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Columbus club highlights Lewis & Clark’s multicultural students

December 7, 2018 Can Altunkaynak 1

*The Backdoor is a work of fiction and humor By Can Altunkaynak A group of Lewis & Clark students decided to take an initiative a few weeks …

Extreme isolation can harm mental health

November 16, 2018 Can Altunkaynak 0

By Can Altunkaynak Ending up alone is not a rare phenomenon on college campuses. Some of us are more social than others, but at some point in …

Personal and academic concerns motivate LC students to transfer

November 2, 2018 Can Altunkaynak 0

By Can Altunkaynak Transferring colleges is not an abnormal phenomenon in the U.S. Many students who do not feel like they are in the right place transfer …

Personal awareness can help college sustainability effort

October 19, 2018 Can Altunkaynak 0

By Can Altunkaynak The word “sustainability” is used a lot to describe facilities at Lewis & Clark, but it is not always clear what makes something “sustainable” …

PSI is a well-intentioned program but lacks efficiency

October 19, 2018 Can Altunkaynak 0

By Can Altunkaynak Every student that comes to Lewis & Clark goes through the Pioneer Success Institute (PSI). The program’s objective is to provide students with necessary …

Common phrase implies cultural superiority

October 5, 2018 Can Altunkaynak 0

By Can Altunkaynak Since I have started studying in the US, “getting educated” is one of the expressions that bothers me the most. It is used so …

New policy butts into student smoking scene, campus culture

September 21, 2018 Can Altunkaynak 0

By Can Altunkaynak This year, Oregon passed a law that increased the legal smoking age to 21. Following this change, Lewis & Clark recently removed its Designated …

Adapting to Portland fashion

September 21, 2018 Can Altunkaynak 0

By Can Altunkaynak With denim overalls, 90s shirts and guys painting their nails, Lewis & Clark definitely has its own culture when it comes to fashion. But …

Why do LC students live in a college bubble?

March 2, 2018 Can Altunkaynak 0

By Can Altunkaynak The college experience is exciting in many ways, but living on campus can be isolating. It creates a bubble that keeps students in the …

Adjusting to cigarette law is difficult, but is necessary

February 16, 2018 Can Altunkaynak 0

By Can Altunkaynak Smoking has long been a significant part of my life. You see, on the other side of the world, specifically in Europe and the …

Finding an identity through cultural differences

December 1, 2017 Can Altunkaynak 0

By Can Altunkaynak Having international friends can be one of the most interesting aspects of college life. Hanging out with international students is a way to learn about …

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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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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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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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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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Issue 3 out now! Issue 3 out now!
Brenden Patrick reaches career milestone, ties Pam Brenden Patrick reaches career milestone, ties Pamplin record for points scored, shares story • By Noah Reese-Clauson

Brenden Patrick ’23 has accomplished a career-defining goal by surpassing 1,000 career points with the Lewis & Clark Pioneers, in only three seasons. This milestone puts him in one of the top 25 D3 scorers in the nation.

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