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Gay marriage will pass in Washington state

BY KARINA SCHOOR
Staff Writer

The Pioneer Log News

February 3, 2012

ASLC Update: Tying up fall semesters loose ends

Washington state is on its way to becoming the seventh state in America to legalize same-sex marriage. On Jan. 23, Washington gained support from 25 senators, giving the movement enough votes to allow it to bypass bipartisan measure. On Jan. 26, a Washington state Senate committee approved the bill, but there are still steps to be taken before the change will be made. Several amendments, including one that would have placed the bill on the upcoming Washington November ballot, were rejected during negotiations of the bill, which has now been passed on to the full Senate. Assuming the supportive senators are still onboard, the bill should pass. There have been no official plans on a deadline for voting on the bill, so for now there is no set date by which the bill should be legalized or overturned. Same sex marriage is currently legal in six of fifty states in the US: Connecticut, Iowa, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts and Vermont, along with the District of Columbia. California was briefly on that list, but the law was overturned last year. If Washington does legalize same-sex marriage, it will be the only state on the west coast to do so. How does this affect the Northwest? Considering Portlands close

BY MICAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer

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proximity to the Washington border and its thriving gay and lesbian population, if the bill is passed, there are sure to be a fair number of same-sex couples that would make the trip over the river and through the woods to Washington to officiate their partnership. While couples wouldnt be considered legally married outside the state of Washington, for some couples the certificate would be a strongly symbolic show of commitment to each other.

Unisex communication leader Washington resident Hanna White (14), weighed in on Washington possibly legalizing same-sex marriage. A lot of people dont want to go to travel across the country to get married, so its touching to me to see this kind of movement so close to home...Its not the privileges were concerned with, its the fact that the world partner doesnt carry the same connotation or weight as husband or wife.

New CIO will join staff in March

BY MAYA KASHIMA
Staff Writer

Recently hired Chief Information Officer Adam Buchwald comes to Lewis & Clark from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design to take over as the head of the IT department.
College in Washington as an undergraduate. Vice President and Provost Jane Atkinson, who supervised the hiring committee, said, Adam Buchwald...has got a very bright, strong background in IT, he understands this kind of institution...so we think hes a very strong hire and were looking forward to working with him. In searching for a CIO, the Lewis & Clark hiring committee used a search firm to screen applications before interviewing about seven or eight candidates. From there, the pool was narrowed further and three potential hires were brought to campus. Buchwald was chosen, Atkinson said, because based on our interviews with him and what we know about what hes done in previous positions, we feel he has a strong grasp of technology, we feel hes very proactive, he is one of those people we believe is going to come
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On Thursday, Jan. 12, President Barry Glassner announced the appointment of Adam Buchwald to the position of Chief Information Officer at Lewis & Clark. Buchwald will assume the position March 5, replacing interim chief Keiko Pitter, who has held the position since June of last year. Buchwald will come to Lewis & Clark from his position as Deputy CIO at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. Prior to working at MassArt, he held IT positions at Roscommon Associates, Inc. and Simmons College in Boston, and Pacific University in Oregon. Buchwald has long been acquainted with the ins and outs of higher education, particularly the liberal artshis father was a professor at Carleton College in Minnesota, and he attended Whitman

in and help us as an institution come up with an effective system of IT governance at the college. Interestingly, the position of Chief Information Officer at Lewis & Clark is a relatively new position. LCs previous head of IT, Dan Terrio, held the title of Chief Technology Officer, as Keiko Pitter does currently in her interim position Adam Buchwald will be the first to hold the title of CIO. Atkinson explained the reason for the change: When our previous CTO resigned to take another position, we thought about it, we talked with our search consultants, and they strongly advised that we used the title CIO...they felt it really spoke more to what we were expecting from the position and it elevated the position a bit by indicating that we know that IT is more than technology, its a broader concept, and we could say its a fuse of every dimension of college life.

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Last Thursday, ASLC began the semester by settling many of last semesters major issues. Senators from each class brought up concerns from their constituents, including a desire for the Trail Room to be open on weekends, unrest over the delay on meal plan changes, and concern over the way print balances were not replenished at the beginning of the new semester. Three new junior class senators, Xander Blair, Spencer Byrne-Seres and Justin Midyet, were sworn in by Chief Justice Miles Patterson at the beginning of the meeting to launch their senatorial duties. A piece of legislation was considered in which the senate voted 18-1 to establish a Campus Living Advisory Board (CLAB) liaison for ASLC. The liaison will be selected by CLAB and will serve as a non-voting member of the senate in order to facilitate communication between Campus Living and student government. Student body president Annalisa Peterson (12) also spoke, and informed the senate that the Bon would provide 500 big red cups to students due to many complaints about cup size, but warned that once they were gone, they would not be replaced. Director of Activities Jason Feiner also announced that the Freedom Rock was in place, giving many thanks to senior Senator Ali Crowley for her work putting it together, calling it a project where [he] saw student action actually materialize to something. Feiner also updated the Senate on the delay in moving the meal plan to an la carte system, saying, We cant make the overhead work with the current financial situation were in. ASLC Treasurer Simon Hudes (12) referred to previous discussion, saying, Im curious, I was fairly certain that when we had presenters coming in, the question of the cost was raised, the senate was assured that it would not be an issue. Feiner responded that they couldnt make that work. Feiner closed the meeting with a description of the way the overhead works at the Bon, noting that tuition would have to have to be raised for all students to make up for lost income currently provided just by those on a board plan.