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SECURITY: AT PLETHORAS
WHAT COST? OF RECITALS
A RECAP OF THE DEBATE SENIORS LEAVE THEIR FINAL
ON THE LACK OF ACCURATE MUSICAL MARK ON THE WALLS
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO OF EVANS DURING THEIR FINAL
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THE AMERICAN PUBLIC | NEWS 4 RECITALS | ARTS 13
PHOTO BY SAM MARGEVICIUS

PEAC wins KLC GETS A MAKEOVER

prolonged RADIO SHOWS CANCELLED FOR REMAINDER OF SEMESTER

court battle BY DREW LENIHAN

Staff Writer
celled for the remainder of
the semester.
“The remodel will allow
BY MICAH LEINBACH In the best move since for easier access for staff,
Staff Writer excluding all Scandinavian students and teachers to be-
boy bands and the major- come DJs and participate in
The Pacific Environmental Ad- ity of George Michael al- what KLC has to offer,” said
vocacy Center (PEAC), a legal clinic bums from its library in the Langum.
that operates out of Lewis & Clark’s early 2000s, KLC is having Despite the sad reality
Law School, recently won a multi- a much-needed overhaul of of no longer being able to
year court battle that will require the PHOTOS BY LINDSEY BOSSE its facilities. KLC Board of tune into the hyphy slaps of
Environmental Protection Agency Directors and General Man- Real Talk: The Cutty Hour, expansive collection of CDs
The once illuminated KLC On-Air
(EPA) to regulate ballast water dis- ager Becka Langum (’11) the girly-pop sleepover of was outgrowing its organi-
window stays dark now that the ra-
charge from ships engaged in inter- called for an overhaul of the Champagne Campaign or zation system, while vinyl
dio studio’s renovations have be-
national trade. The litigation marks KLC facilities, informing Jon Satin’s (’12) charismatic records sat in the depths of
gun. Pieces of old KLC equiptment
a major victory for opponents of the their current DJs of the re- voice, KLC is long over due the studio, dusty and unrec-
sit in piles waiting to be sold or
spread of invasive species. model on Mar. 28. In order for the remodel. Things ognized due to the lack of
thrown out, and radio shows have
Ballast water, which is carried in to make way for the remodel were looking grim when organization.
been cancelled for the remainder
the hulls of ships to increase their and all that it entails, radio the main studio’s monitors
of the semester.
stability, is known to carry inva- broadcasts have been can- didn’t seem to work. The CONTINUED | NEWS 3
sive species. These species enter

Senior Art Exhibition showcases talent

the ship’s ballast when the water is
pumped into the ship in one region
of the world, and can be released
when the ballast water is pumped
out in another region. In 1999, a
student led the PEAC to petition BY JERRED BLANCHARD
the EPA to remove an exemption Staff Writer
to the Clean Water Act that al-
lowed for vessel discharges. Every year at Lewis & Clark
That litigation was success- College, the Hoffman Gallery of
ful, and the EPA began to require Contemporary Art hosts the Se-
permits for ballast water to be dis- nior Art Exhibition, which gallery
charged. But according to a PEAC curator Linda Tesner calls “the cul-
statement on the case, “The permit mination of a year-long process for
failed to meet federal requirements the graduating seniors in the Art
because, among other reasons, it Department.” The grand opening
still allowed ships to discharge un- occurred last Friday, April 1.
treated ballast water containing in- The annual event is characterized
vasive species.” by all of the seniors clad in their fin-
In 2009, the PEAC pressed the est garb with excited expressions on
case again, this time calling for the their faces. Their pieces, after semes-
EPA to take specific actions to regu- ters of toiling and sweating within
late ballast water. This litigation was their respective mediums, were dis- The annual Senior Art Exhibition opened
successful due to a coordinated legal played in different areas of the gal- last Friday and will be on display for the
effort by PEAC, the Stanford Envi- lery, except for one piece, which was remainder of the semester. Pieces on
ronmental Law Clinic, the National performed outside. display include Secrets and Lies by Toni
Resources Defense Council and a 13 graduating seniors were in Ruotsalainen (bottom), Survival is a Con-
range of other high profile environ- the show. Before even entering the fusing Attempt by Katherine Groesbeck
mental organizations. building, attendees were greeted (top left), and FUZZMUCK and a Thing’s
by quiet, costumed individuals Thingness by Lydia Cardenas (above).
CONTINUED | FEATURES 8 participating in the performance
art of Katherine Groesbeck’s piece
Survival is a Confusing Attempt. of photographs by Kevin Brown
The piece explores the futility of called 972xx No. 1--No. 6, involv-
FRED MEYER existence through strange costumes
that make the performer face-
ing six 24 x 30 inch photographs
of people juxtaposed with humanly
CLOSED FOR SUMMER less and distant, yet human all the constructed environments in com-
same. plete solitude. Brown explained
NEWS 4 “They’re fun because they don’t that the people were “acting as
really take themselves seriously. I parts of their environments more
also like it how they’re relatable and so than with or against them.”

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moving,” explained Groesbeck. Also in the show is a set paint-
Upon entering the gallery, one PHOTOS BY LINDSEY BOSSE ings exploring imaginary re-
is witness to two sets of paintings, alities by Sandy Fujita, a set of
two installations and one set of which are 105 completely differ- standing wood spikes. seven monochrome C-print pho-
OPINIONS 6 photographs. ent paintings as separate inter- Also on display is Lydia Carde- tographs by Jarré Lyman called
The paintings consist of Ty- pretations of the artist’s emotions nas’ installation called FUZZMUCK Beneath the Waking Life and an
ler Reese’s What Destruction Be- each day. and a Thing’s Thing-ness, consisting installation of different plaster
gun, featuring three figures with
CREW TEAMS
Prominently standing in the of a surreal set of furniture and wall women on gold couches with one
intricate textures behind them, middle of the gallery is a sculpture decoration combining “synthetic plaster man atop a ladder sniffing
MAKE WAVES individually named Grounding,
Reluctance and The Forgiven
by Shannon Wu called Breathing:
the silent resonance of spirits, which
natural and natural synthetic mate-
rials” installed in front of a perfectly
a gold wig called Platinum Musing
by Elizabeth Jaeger.
Generations, and Eleanor Bald- is an exploration of chi through pinkish wall.
SPORTS 15 win’s Self Portraits No. 1-105, a sculpture of crochet yarns and Last in the front room is a set CONTINUED | ARTS 12