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Noah Foster-Koth

Passive-aggression to be added as minor option

March 2, 2018 Noah Foster-Koth 0

*The Backdoor is a “work” of “fiction” and “humor” By Noah Foster-Koth As part of the evolving Gen Ed curriculum, professors at Lewis & Clark College are …

Blade Runner 2049 box office failure

October 20, 2017 Noah Foster-Koth 0

By Noah Foster-Koth “Blade Runner 2049” is one of the most critically praised science fiction films in recent years. It’s also a financial disaster for Warner Brothers, …

Adventures Abroad: Trekking through Cajas National Park

July 10, 2017 Noah Foster-Koth 0

“Bleak” and “wintry” aren’t usually descriptions that apply to my experiences in Ecuador. The jungles of the Amazon region were oppressively hot, and the cities of Quito, …

Classzilla problems encourage some first-years to transfer

April 22, 2016 The Log 0

By NOAH FOSTER-KOTH/// Senior Staff Writer Lewis & Clark’s 2016 freshman class is the largest in the school’s history, earning the nickname “Classzilla” from students and staff. …

Washington State senator visits LC campus on campaign trail

April 7, 2016 The Log 0

By Noah Foster-Koth /// Senior Staff Writer ON FRIDAY APRIL 1, a Washington State Senator was scheduled to speak at Lewis & Clark College during her campaign …

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Tattoo Stories: Director of Bands Brett Paschal shows off his love of body art

March 29, 2016 The Log 0

By Noah Foster-Koth///Senior Staff Writer Brett Paschal, the Director of Bands and Percussion at Lewis & Clark College, has tattoos all over his body, including places that …

Music Professor Eleonora Beck confronts Italian Supreme Court over adoption rights among gay couples

March 17, 2016 The Log 0

By Noah Foster-Koth///Senior Staff Writer A professor at Lewis & Clark College is at the center of an international conflict that could change the legal standing of …

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“Star Wars has returned to greatness” with The Force Awakens

March 8, 2016 The Log 0

by Noah Foster-Koth Come on, baby, don’t let me down! Han Solo shouts in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, the newest installment of George Lucas’ epic space …

Obama looks to limit standardized testing

November 13, 2015 The Log 0

By NOAH FOSTER-KOTH On Oct. 26, President Barack Obama announced his goal to limit the amount of standardized testing required in schools. It is unclear how this announcement …

Stand-up comedian Sara Schaefer performs at LC

October 30, 2015 The Log 0

By NOAH FOSTER-KOTH “You never know what’s going to happen up here,” promised comedian Sara Schaefer at the beginning of her performance at Lewis & Clark on October …

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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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