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April 9After much debate, the Executive Council has made a decision on how the new smoking policy will function. Starting in August 2010, Lewis & Clark will be creating 13 Designated Smoking Areas (DSAs) throughout its three campuses, with the goal of preserving the health and safety of non-smoking students and staff members.
April 9Paul Wolfowitz is called the “architect of the Iraq war” for his position as Deputy Secretary for Defense under Donald Rumsfeld. He has been called worse names as well, even “Satan himself.” But Wolfowitz was all smiles and charm when he spoke to a packed chapel Monday night as part of the annual International Affairs symposium
April 9A new car-sharing program on campus will allow students, staff and faculty to borrow cars. Two PT Cruisers will be available for rental outside Templeton starting Friday, April 16. The school is partnering with U-Car Share to establish the program.- April 9A week in crime!
February 26The Lewis & Clark budget for 2010-11 was approved by the Board of Trustees during their meeting last Thursday and Friday. This budget increased CAS tuition by four percent, eliminated one position, froze salaries, and reduced the College’s contribution to most employee’s retirement plans from 10 to nine percent of salaries.
February 19The average salaries for female professors at Lewis & Clark are significantly lower than average salaries of male professors, according to the website citytowninfo.com. According to Dean of the College Julio de Paula, however, this is “absolutely not” a case of gender discrimination.
April 30ASLC Vice President-elect Jared Schy (’12) announced last Thursday that he would not be returning to Lewis & Clark next year and presented his resignation from office for next year.- April 30The Student Organizations Committee (SOC) reviewed 21 budgets through the appeals process last week. Twelve groups received more funding.
April 30At the State of the College Address last Thursday, Associated Students of Lewis & Clark President Brad Elkins declared the 2009-10 year was “a major year.” According to Elkins, the inaugural ASLC Senate passed 6 bills, 12 resolutions, and held 19 sessions this year. Elkins’ theme: Milestones.- April 30Back in the fall, Dean Julio de Paula announced that he would be stepping down from his tenure as dean of the College in order to spend more time with his family. Although he is resigning his place as dean, he will continue to be a part of the college, joining the chemistry department to continue his work on fundraising for the College’s science department.
April 30A week in crimes: the final edition of Crime Beat!
April 23The statue, commisioned by the York Committee, was installed next to Watzek Library on Wednesday.
April 23Adrian Guerrero (’12) was shocked when he got an email telling him he had been found responsible for violating Lewis & Clark’s disruptive behavior, hate and bias motivated incident, and harassment policies. Guerrero, who hung anonymous posters at the end of January, entered the conduct system when Campus Safety wrote an incident report about the posters.- April 23A week in crimes.
April 23On April 20 at 4:20 p.m. the Portland police were stationed at the flagpole and waited for students to either trespass or smoke marijuana on the premises. The Portland police did not write any citations, but Campus Safety wrote up some students protesting the administration’s actions.
April 23After a large showing by student-athletes and international students, a resolution that would have discontinued the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the International Students of Lewis & Clark (ISLC)’s vote in the ASLC Senate was defeated at the Senate meeting on April 15.
April 16The Student Organization Committee (SOC) released the budget for student groups on campus on Monday. A number of groups, including the Platteau, the Gaming Society and STAND, are upset over the amount of funding they received. In particular, STAND feels that its budget cuts are an unfair response to its actions against the administration this year.
April 16After 23 years, Barnes & Noble’s last day with Lewis & Clark College will be April 23. The bookstore will be closed from on April 26 until May 3 or 4, although there will be a door open to students hoping to sell back textbooks. Also, the bookstore will definitely be open for graduation.- April 16High turnout for the ASLC election last week resulted in multiple close races, including tight runs for the presidency and vice presidency. An impressive 51 percent of the student body, a total of 932 students, voted in the elections over the weekend.
- April 16Weekly crimes.
- April 16Identify information from 3.3 million people was stolen in a recent data theft from Educational Credit Management Corp. (ECMC), a non-profit guarantor of federal student loans.
March 19The ASLC Senate recently passed a resolution calling for the option to transfer credit from one student’s print balance to another’s. However, Director of Client Services Kelly Wainwright has concerns about how the program would work.
March 19The Information Technology Department has instituted a new policy in regards to peer-to-peer file sharing. It will now be blocking an individual’s access to the server if it is notified that that individual is engaged in illegal file sharing.
March 19About 25 students, faculty, and administrators discussed how Exploration & Discovery should deal with education of diversity at the E&D Teach-In on Monday. Many agreed that more education on diversity is necessary, citing the recent poster incident, swastikas in the library as well as personal issues.
March 17The week’s crimes.
March 12Dr. Leonore Tiefer spoke on the problems with the medicalization of human sexuality on Wednesday night at the keynote lecture “Is Sex More Like Dancing or Digestion?” part of the 29th Annual Gender Studies Symposium, The Science of Gender and Sex. Council Chamber was packed with Lewis & Clark students and faculty.
March 12Republican Jim Huffman, Erskine Wood Senior Professor of Law at Lewis & Clark Law School, announced last week that he will be campaigning against Ron Wyden, D-Ore., for his Oregon Senate seat in Washington, D.C.
March 12What do William James, Bob Dylan, knowledge and the seven dwarfs have in common? In the most recent Memory Studies Lecture, Professor William Cole mentioned them all and told students we are here for knowledge.
March 5Hanako Conrad (’10) and other students are working to include a requirement of one book by a person of color to the Exploration & Discovery core curriculum. The current first semester curriculum contains a list of shared books with an overwhelming predominance of majority males.
March 5Students Engaged in Eco-Defense (SEED) is currently working on a resolution that will raise the Green Energy Fee 65 dollars and contribute to the amount of renewable energy produced by Portland General Electric.
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