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Articles by Frankie Spurbeck

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Bon eco-containers give rise to flagging scheme

March 24, 2023 Frankie Spurbeck 0

Students sabotage innocent campus initiative with subliminal queer, kinky messaging: an experts guide I cannot overstate how much I have enjoyed my new green takeout container. Beyond …

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Troom, market fall short as Maggie’s replacement

March 24, 2023 Frankie Spurbeck 1

We need to be real. The dining choices this year are worse than last year. Any discussion of dining on this campus has to begin with mourning …

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New on-campus male leash policy hounded by critique, commentary

February 24, 2023 Frankie Spurbeck 0

At the beginning of the Spring 2023 semester, Lewis & Clark College’s executive council approved a new leash policy for men at the college. The policy, in …

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Professors share reasoning for textbooks on syllabus

February 10, 2023 Frankie Spurbeck 0

Insider look at the “Textbook Industrial Complex,” and alternatives solutions to buying new books This semester, my textbooks cost $280. I’m sure some of you are scoffing, …

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Response to prior article on mandatory voting

December 2, 2022 Frankie Spurbeck 0

This article is an open response to “Mandatory voting creates engaged community” by Isabel Rekow from the last issue. The author alleges that mandatory voting will increase …

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Nonbinary students Rock, Paper, Scissors start brawl

October 13, 2022 Frankie Spurbeck 0

Queer Student Union leaders publicly feud on Twitter, take turns invalidating each other’s identities Alex Nash / The Mossy Log A FEW WEEKS ago, all three leaders …

Student union demands bottom-up reform on campus

April 1, 2022 Frankie Spurbeck 0

The newest student union is penetrating campus life down to its core. The Bottom Student Union, or SUB, has formed to promote equality and sexual liberation. In …

Students in silent section deserve quiet study space

February 25, 2022 Frankie Spurbeck 0

The silent section of the Aubrey R. Watzek Library occupies the southernmost part of the second and third floor of the library, overlooking the reflecting pool. As …

Welcome back orgy to be socially distanced

October 3, 2021 Frankie Spurbeck 0

Due to COVID-19 concerns ASLC announces the annual night of hedonism will be masked, contact traced Lewis & Clark’s annual Welcum Back Orgy (WBO) is a cherished …

Two extremists meet in middle, kindle a radical, ill-informed love

April 23, 2021 Frankie Spurbeck 0

In our era of increasing partisanship, it can feel impossible to work, or even play, across the aisle. But rest assured! True love still conquers all. This …

We need to change our mascot: it is time to talk about Seaman

March 19, 2021 Frankie Spurbeck 0

Let us finally face it, Pios. It is time for a new mascot. I will start with the obvious: what even is a “pio?” Is it short …

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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
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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
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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
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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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