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Articles by Justin Howerton

Portrait of Obama in the style of the iconic "Hope" poster.

Tracing the creative past, future of political art

October 30, 2020 Justin Howerton 0

Art and propaganda have long been used for disseminating political ideologies and beliefs. This year’s impending presidential election is no departure from this tradition. While those running …

Time-Based Art Festival stuns on last night

October 16, 2020 Justin Howerton 0

The Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA) hosted its 19th annual Time-Based Art Festival from Sept. 10-30. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the festival had to adopt …

White disillusioned girl wearing a yellow "Manifest Destiny" shirt

“Manifest Destiny” top spurs varied community response

October 16, 2020 Justin Howerton 0

Members of the Lewis & Clark community recently caught Astra Pellatz ’21 on campus sporting a new tee from the alternative fashion company Urban Outfitters which brandished …

A teenage girl sits sadly in a chair

“NRSA” weaves a tale of adolescent struggle

October 2, 2020 Justin Howerton 0

Meet Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) and her cousin Skylar (Talia Ryder): two quiet, impoverished teens from rural Pennsylvania. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” a film released in the U.S. …

PAM exhibit examines Black representation

September 18, 2020 Justin Howerton 0

The museum and art industries have suffered severe losses due to the effects of the ongoing pandemic. However, certain institutions, including the Portland Art Museum (PAM), have …

Portland venues close, campus events canceled

March 20, 2020 Justin Howerton 0

On March 13, Kate Brown enacted a formal ban on public gatherings of 250 people or more for four weeks following the announcement. In response to the …

I swear crystals cure COVID

March 20, 2020 Justin Howerton 0

Thanks to a tip from an anonymous member of the Scientology community, scientists have recently discovered that certain crystals can cure COVID-19. That being said, not all …

Destroyer proves relevance yet again at Aladdin

March 6, 2020 Justin Howerton 0

On Feb. 21, Destroyer delivered a timeless, captivating show at the Aladdin Theater. The crowd consisted of generally older people, some of whom even opted to bring …

Addressing all sheeple: shirk your shackles

March 6, 2020 Justin Howerton 0

A SPECTER IS HAUNTING the West. And by the West that is to say the world. That specter is capitalism; its dreadful facade has corrupted our ideologies, …

Final Fantasy VII remake hopes to update original

February 21, 2020 Justin Howerton 0

The reputable video game development company Square Enix will finally revive the story of the enigmatic and influential JRPG Final Fantasy VII on April 10. The original …

Street art and graffiti populate the Alberta Arts District

February 7, 2020 Justin Howerton 0

The Alberta Arts District in Northeast Portland stands as a haven for street and graffiti artists. Despite the prohibition of graffiti in Portland, many businesses in this …

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NEWS | Crescent moon brings Ramadan to LC, campus NEWS | Crescent moon brings Ramadan to LC, campus groups support students • By Leila Diaz

Ramadan, expected to start March 23, is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. The holiday, which will be observed by numerous Lewis & Clark community members, is marked by fasting, reflection, charity and prayer. Ramadan typically lasts 30 days and is expected to end in mid-April. 

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Illustration by Halcyon Orvendal
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BACKDOOR | Backdoor Puzzle, studying abroad editio BACKDOOR | Backdoor Puzzle, studying abroad edition: Are you ready for traveling? • By Charley Booker

The Backdoor is proud to present our recurring puzzle feature with contributer-made original crosswords, wordsearches and more. Any mistakes are definitely their fault, and we as editors claim no responsibility. Any opinions expressed are also those of our contributors, unless we happen to agree with them, in which case they were our ideas the whole time.

You can check your answers on the Mossy Log website, piolog.com. Yes, we are still working on changing it. No, we do not know when it will change. Yes, we know it is confusing. Seriously, stop DMing us on Instagram with questions. We have them too. 

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SPORTS | Team speaks about struggles retaining coa SPORTS | Team speaks about struggles retaining coaches, concerns for future competition • By Venus Edlin

Head Men’s & Women’s Golf Coach Bradley Johnson announced he would be leaving in two weeks at the golf team’s first practice of the season on Feb. 21.

Lewis & Clark hired Johnson in January 2022, with many in the athletics community hopeful for the impact he would have for the program. Johnson had a reputation for improving collegiate programs: He took New York University’s men’s team from being 130th in the nation for more than a decade to 8th in the country, and coached their women’s team to a national championship in 2019. Now, Johnson is returning to New York where his wife was offered a lucrative job opportunity.

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ARTS | Campus creatives vend, spend at spring Co-o ARTS | Campus creatives vend, spend at spring Co-op art market • By Summer Dae Binder

On Feb. 26, the student-run cafe and hangout spot The Co-op held their first art market of the Spring 2023 semester. The market had roughly 30 vendors, who displayed their various wares of jewelry, prints, fiber arts, clothing and more in a maze of tables within the cozy cafe, all with a backdrop of snowfall outside.

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Photo courtesy of Lee Hinkle
[Image description: assortment of handmade stickers, small thrown pottery pieces, and other ephemera seen from above spread out on a table]
FEATURES | Editors stir up booze-free take on clas FEATURES | Editors stir up booze-free take on classics • By Venus Edlin & Emma Ford

On March 17, or Saint Patrick’s Day, many flock to bars or stay home and get drunk. However, there are many reasons why people choose not to drink: they have already had one too many, (hopefully wanted) pregnancies, attempting to defeat the alcoholic streak in the family or just wanting to break Irish stereotypes. No matter the case, here are some just-as-tasty non-alcoholic options, because everyone deserves a delicious drink in hand. 

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Illustration by Emma Ford
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OPINION | LC must boycott NY Times in protest of t OPINION | LC must boycott NY Times in protest of transphobic news • By Venus Edlin

Lewis & Clark needs to stop supporting the New York Times.

The Associated Student Body (ASB) should stop providing digital access, professors should stop driving clicks to their website and if you have a paper subscription, it is time to cancel. The New York Times, an institution of United States journalism, has an agenda against transgender people.

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Photo by Leo Bernstein Newman
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NEWS | IT services have been working around the cl NEWS | IT services have been working around the clock since Friday in ongoing investigation into widescale cyberattack • by Summer Dae Binder

Lewis & Clark has been the target of an ongoing cyberattack that has caused network outages of systems and services since March 3.

A campus-wide notification was sent at 7:35 a.m. explaining that the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone system was experiencing an outage. Another notification was sent at 9:38 a.m. that all three campuses were experiencing a widespread outage with no estimated time for restoration. On March 4, the Executive Council notified the school that the outage was the result of an external cyberattack on all of LC’s IT systems, though the source of the attack is unknown.

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Photo by Leo Bernstein Newman
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