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The Pioneer Log News

February 17, 2012

Glassner hosts mayoral debate

ASLC Update
BY MICAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer

President Barry Glassner moderated the debate and was joined by student and faculty representatives of the College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Education and Counseling, and the Law School, who all posed questions to the candidates.

PHOTO BY MAGGIE MCDERMUT

BY ASHLEY JOCZ
Staff Writer

Over 200 students, faculty and Portland citizens crowded the Agnes Flanagan Chapel this Monday to watch the three top-contending candidates for Mayor answer questions about hot-button issues. Portland mayoral candidates Eileen Brady, Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith had a chance to distinguish their plans and beliefs on the podium. President Barry Glassner moderated, asking questions about the environment, education and sustainability in Portland. Questions were posed by faculty members and students who were chosen from each of the three schools. The idea of the forum wasnt to have the candidates debating, it was designed to allow each candidate to distinguish themselves from one another, since they have fairly similar views on a lot of issues, said Michael Ford, associate vice president for campus life and the panel organizer for the forum.

The forum was widely publicized, with ads put out in The Willamette Weekly and The Oregonian, inviting citizens to the LC campus. Over half the attendees were non-LC students. This forum is different from a lot of debates that you see in politics. Were not looking for the candidates to point out each others weaknesses. We want to know what and how exactly they plan to address critical issues for Portland, said Ford. This forum was particularly important for undergraduate students to take advantage of. Its an opportunity to see citizenship at the local level, and see what a really thoughtful forum looks like, said Ford. Although there wasnt a huge student turnout, it was nice to see a decent student turnout for an issue many arent that attached to (because theyre not eligible to vote in Oregon), said Sarra Wynn (14). Chloe Waterman (12) was the undergraduate student chosen to write a question for the forum.

We got into the nitty gritty with our questions, and we worked really hard on them. We wanted the candidates to tell us what actions they were going to take to deal with issues like sustainability, education and environment in this tough economic climate, said Waterman. Although many students believe the questions were pertinent, they felt the candidates skirted some of the answers. At times I felt the candidates, in true politician fashion, didnt directly answer the questions in a comprehensive or direct enough way, Wynn said. Nikki Ulug (14), a student present at the forum, believes it was an overall success and very beneficial for students. I and many other students had the opportunity to learn about the biggest and most difficult issues facing Portland today. When you know more about the place you live in, you have all more the reason to care about it.

Fields leaves college $10 million

BY ALISHA GARDNER
Staff Writer

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In final testimony to his generous support of Lewis & Clark, Fred Fields recently posthumously bequeathed $10 million to the college, continuing the legacy of his commitment and involvement with LC. Although Fields was a Purdue University alumnus himself, he` in some ways adopted LC, says President Barry Glassner. Fields was very much involved with Lewis & Clark for many, many years even though he was not a graduate of the college, said Glassner. Fields, who passed away in January and is the namesake of the arts building and the undergraduate dining room, was a member of the Lewis & Clark Board of Trustees for 21 years, beginning in 1985, and served as Chair of the Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2004. In the early 1990s, he gave a gift that made it possible to build the Fred W. Fields Center for the Visual Arts. Fields most recent donation of $10 million is the second largest gift the college has ever received, the largest being from Louise Wood, the widow of Portland lawyer Erskine Wood (after whom the Louise and Erskine Wood Sr. Hall on the Law School campus is named).

ILLUSTRATION BY NATALIE ROSE

The Board of Trustees is the body that decides exactly how Fields donation will be used and will meet later this month to discuss possibilities for the moneys use. Barry Glassner says that the money will most likely go into the colleges endowment. Going into the endowment, it would support the many activities of the college for years to come, he said.

Glassner expressed the privilege of personally knowing Fields, saying, He was one of the colleges greatest supporters, and I was really lucky that I had the chance to get to know him. He was very devoted to LC and had a lot of goals and ambitions for us. Fields donation helps to manifest these goals and truly speaks to his enduring interest in the prosperity of the college.

Jeff Feld-Gore was faced with hard questions on his visit to ASLC last Thursday as he spoke about the delayed change to the la carte dining system. He committed to creating a meal-equivalency plan at lunch for the fall 2012 semester, and expressed his hope that his office can keep engaging the students on this, keep talking about this. Feld-Gore answered a huge range of questions from many different senators. Some of the questions examined the override, a $1.6 million dollar tax on meal plans. Feld-Gore explained, Weve never hidden that fact[the override] goes into the building, it goes into the space. Others focused on Bon logistics, and Feld-Gore said, There will be about 60 more students living on campus than there currently was this last fall. We believe that the changes that we are making will help with those lines. Feld-Gore also addressed the cost increase: There is a cost associated with more flexibility, he explained. There is less food, and that saves money, on one hand. But that increased flexibility takes some of those savings, therefore the flexibility costs more. Members of the student body willingly expressed their displeasure with the situation. I just want to express, on the part of my constituents and myself as well, there has just been a sense of frustration having heard we would be making the switch for so long, and getting word through an email that the switch wasnt happening, said senator Tyler Janzen (14). Feld-Gore expressed that the executive council is trying to determine how best to communicate with students on similar issues in the future. Feld-Gore also identified that the financial side of [the switch] is a minor issue, a claim that fell into contention in last weeks Pioneer Log. He was questioned on many more points, and readers are advised to look to ASLCs public minutes for more information. ASLC also debated a resolution that would allow public art, after review by an ASLC committee, to appear on DSAs. Ali Crowley (12), who helped draft the bill but opposed the form it had taken as of the meeting, questioned a line that prohibited offensive works, saying, I think that...anything that the population of Lewis & Clark would deem offensive is very abstract. Senator Isabella Fabens (15) justified the committee, explaining that art without review is not allowed, because its free speech and could be hate speech. LC, as a private college, has the right to limit free speech in ways a public college does not. The bill was tabled for further modification and discussion. President Annalisa Peterson (12) closed the meeting with an update on print balances, explaining that IT is sorry to have not informed students more effectively and that no solutions exist for this semester. The print policy at LC is consistent with other schools, and the average student at Lewis & Clark prints 364 pages less than the allotted 500.