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Month: April 2022

Log’s Editor-in-Chief bids paper farewell

April 15, 2022 Ihsaan Mohamed 0

As I sit here writing this letter, it is five in the morning. My final layout as editor-in-chief is almost over. I am attempting to eat suhoor, …

FSU to host Evening With Monica Lewinsky ’95

April 15, 2022 Aubrey Roché 0

On April 20, Monica Lewinsky ’95 will visit Lewis & Clark for several events hosted by the Feminist Student Union (FSU). The main event is titled “An …

Festival of Scholars and Artists returns in-person

April 15, 2022 Philip Steffen 0

On the morning of April 8, Festival of Scholars and Artists (FOSA) began at Lewis & Clark, marking the annual celebration and exhibition of work by students. …

Reed students protest faculty racism, inaction

April 15, 2022 Asmaa Zaidan 0

Students at Reed College staged a two-day sit-in on March 30th and 31st in protest of racist and xenophobic comments made by Professor of Psychology Paul Currie. …

Mitchell S. Jackson to speak at 2022 commencement ceremony

April 15, 2022 Ihsaan Mohamed 0

Pulitzer Prize winning author Mitchell S. Jackson has accepted an invitation to speak at the Spring 2022 commencement. Jackson is native to Portland and currently resides in …

Director Kayleigh McCauley-Sayer leaves Center for Social Change

April 15, 2022 Aubrey Roché 0

Dr. Kayleigh McCauley-Sayer, associate dean of students and executive director of The Center for Social Change and Community Involvement, departed Lewis & Clark on April 6. LC …

New symposium focuses on transformative justice

April 15, 2022 Amelia Doyle 0

Lewis & Clark’s first Transformative Justice Symposium (TJS) took place on campus from April 4-7. The inaugural symposium focused on the theme of  “Planting the Seeds of …

International Affairs Symposium held in person, hosts global experts, discusses assigning blame

April 15, 2022 Venus Edlin 0

Madeline Gallagher ’22 and Madison Thomas ’22 co-chaired this year’s International Affairs Symposium (IAS), “The Blame Game: Reimagining Fault and Responsibility on the Global Stage.” The student-run …

New minor focuses on Earth Systems Science

April 15, 2022 Molly Mahoney 0

Lewis & Clark College of Arts & Sciences will be adding an Earth system science (ESS) minor for the upcoming Fall 2022 semester. This interdisciplinary minor will …

Club sports participants deserve to earn PE credits

April 15, 2022 Alexandra Flory 0

I am a student athlete. Whenever I say this, I laugh to myself because I do not really believe that it is true, even though I have …

Student learning more effective without grades

April 15, 2022 Madison Reardon 0

Grades hinder student learning. Recently, a friend of mine completed an assignment in a way they felt was far below their personal quality standards, but they said, …

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BACKDOOR | Editor disappointed 420 festivities not BACKDOOR | Editor disappointed 420 festivities not for her • By Maya Mazor-Hoofien

On April 20, the city of Portland exploded in holiday celebration. Lewis & Clark students gathered in observance, in a commemoration that was a welcome break from finals plagiarism and publicly crying in the silent section on the third floor of Aubrey R. Watzek library. 

What, you may be asking, were these students celebrating? Well, dear reader, with my honed journalistic senses and Jewish aptitude for gossip, I wondered the same. I grabbed my spiral-bound reporter notebook, donned my Mossy Log baseball cap (available for purchase last semester! Sorry, you snooze, you lose), and ventured out to get to the bottom of this story. 

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Visual by Leo Bernstein Newman
[Image description: Mazor-Hoofien’s celebratory fantasy ft. birthday twins, important historical dates]
Team celebrates while reflecting on successful sea Team celebrates while reflecting on successful season, team camaraderie • By Cole Whitaker

The Lewis & Clark Baseball team not only finished six games above .500 in conference, they swept the Pacific Boxers, cementing themselves as the fourth Northwest Conference title winners in the college’s history for the first time since 1987. This is the first title LC has held since becoming Division III. 

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Photo courtesy of July Ward Jones
[Image description: Photo of the baseball team posing with the trophy]
ARTS | “Two Layers Away” gallery exhibit featu ARTS | “Two Layers Away” gallery exhibit features senior art • By J Frank

On Friday April 14, as part of the Festival of Scholars and Artists, the on-campus Hoffman Gallery debuted “Two Layers Away,” an exhibition of seniors’ art. Lewis & Clark’s graduating visual artists have joined forces to present this final project, making creative use of various styles and mediums to fill the space.

“Two Layers Away” was named for the way the different artworks explore the subversive messages and overlapping meanings and associations that lie below the surface of a work, whether visible or implicit. The exhibit will be open to the community through May 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day except Mondays. 

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Photo by J Frank
[Image description: three photos from Certain Places]
FEATURES | With first year complete, Holmes-Sulliv FEATURES | With first year complete, Holmes-Sullivan discusses challenges, triumphs, hopes for years to come • By Summer Dae Binder

At the beginning of Fall 2022 academic semester, Robin Holmes-Sullivan was inaugurated as the 26th president of Lewis & Clark. Her inauguration was historic, making her the first woman, openly queer person and person of color to serve as president. In 2019, Holmes-Sullivan started at LC as the vice president of student life. 

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Photo by Leo Bernstein Newman
[Image description: photo of President Holmes-Sullivan]
As graduation looms closer, Venus Edlin reflects o As graduation looms closer, Venus Edlin reflects on time at Lewis & Clark, The Mossy Log newspaper • By Venus Edlin

After graduating, some of my most important and fondest memories will be associated with this newspaper. I have learned so much about this institution — for better and worse — through my journalistic pursuits. I will also forever cherish the late nights designing the paper with those who share the same passion.

Most importantly, The Mossy Log has been a personal test of persistence and a pivotal example of the success that will bring. Given my position in this society, I know I will need to continue embodying this trait in order to have the kind of life I believe I deserve, as well as bettering the lives of others.

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Photo courtesy of Devon Freeman
[Image description: photo of Venus]
NEWS | Cross country, track teams scrutinize coach NEWS | Cross country, track teams scrutinize coach’s behavior • By Asmaa Zaidan

Head Cross Country Coach, Interim Track & Field Head Coach and President of the Division III U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Executive Committee for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Matthew Barreau, has recently been the center of multiple reports of Title IX violations. 

Barreau declined to comment, deferring to the athletics department.

Current and former athletes as well as assistant coaches describe his three-year tenure at Lewis & Clark as creating a “male-dominated” team environment. Multiple team members claim that Barreau said inappropriate gendered and racialized comments, mismanaged the teams and undermined female coaches.

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Photo by Leo Bernstein Newman
[Image description: photo of a runner running on the track]
Final issue of the semester out tomorrow! Final issue of the semester out tomorrow!
BACKDOOR | Someone call 911! My roommate is unresp BACKDOOR | Someone call 911! My roommate is unresponsive & starting to turn gray • By Noah Reese-Clauson

College: the time of our lives right? When I came to Lewis & Clark, I expected the movies. I expected beer pong and parties. I expected to be lifelong friends with my freshman year roommate. In typical form, life gave me part of what I expected, but not in the way I expected it. My life is a movie — a horror movie. 

My roommate is named Peter. Peter… something. I do not know much about Peter Something, but I typically spend seven unconscious hours in a room with him along with a few less pleasant, waking ones. The trouble seems to be a lack of connection.

“How are you?” I said today after classes. Peter declined to comment.

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Visual by Leo Bernstein Newman & Noah Reese-Clauson
[Image description: Photo of Noah's roommate photoshopped into catacombs]
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