By Ben Waterhouse B.A. ’06 | Photos by Robert Reynolds 
Through his documentary films, Brian Lindstrom B.S.’84 brings marginalized lives to light.

Get to know Myles Creed ’11, a major in communication and recipient of a Fulbright award.

Get to know Neha Kumthekar ’13, a major in psychology and rhetoric & media studies.

Laurel Sager ’15, a rhetoric and media studies major, took home second place in the Medford Mail Tribune’s third annual Two-Minute Film Festival.

With the help of food carts, popular TV shows, and indie music, in the last decade Portland has shifted from a being city to becoming a brand. But is our time in the spotlight coming to an end?

Lewis & Clark media studies professor Bryan Sebok has his students making a documentary called Cartlandia, about diversity in Portland’s food cart scene.

From the Portland Tribune:

Too much of a good thing

Sure, “Portlandia” is just a TV show, Sebok says. But sometimes life does start imitating art, even after the art has disappeared from the airwaves. And there’s something to be said for building on an established brand name. “It says something about what we’re up to,” Sebok says of the name choice. “We’re playing with the mythical nature of local identity.”

Award-winning filmmaker Brian Lindstrom B.A. ’84 will premiere his newest documentary, Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse, in Portland in February. The feature-length film focuses on a man with schizophrenia who died after a run-in with police officers in September 2006.

The Jean M. Ward Scholarship at Lewis & Clark

In recognition of her decades of exemplary service to the college, her dedication to her many talented students, and her belief and support of education, the Jean M. Ward Scholarship Fund at Lewis & Clark will provide scholarship assistance to deserving students. When fully endowed, the scholarship will be awarded annually to an outstanding junior or senior Humanities major.

Meet the newest member in the Rhetoric & Media Studies Department for 2012-2013!

Bjorn Hinrichs B.A. ’94

Lewis & Clark’s debate team concluded its 2012-2013 season with a sixth place school ranking and several strong individual performances.

The Lewis & Clark parliamentary debate team completed its regular season in style, as Emily Halter (CAS ’14) and Joe Hykan (CAS ’13) and were victorious at the Dean McSloy Invitational, held on the campus of Whitman College February 15-16.

Teams of students from any of the College’s three schools and recent alumni from the Classes of 2011 & 2012 are invited to submit an initial “Application to Participate” by Monday, February 11^th.

Lewis & Clark’s Joe Hykan (CAS ‘13) and Emily Halter (CAS ‘14) win the Long Beach Classic in their first tournament together this season.