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FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2012 WWW.PIOLOG.COM Vol. 78, Iss. 9 Inside... KONY 2012 Fighting or a cause, or ghting just because? BAR OF THE WEEK Woodsman avern OPINION 4 ARTS 12 ASK AN ATHLETE Meet our o LC’s athletes SPORTS 15 NEWS 2 FEATURES 8 Student art collaboration comb ines visual art and dance BY DREW LENIHAN Arts Editor On uesday, art acionados ocked to the Arnold Gallery in Fields to witness an experimental art installation. Extensory: Breath/ Evidence is a collaborative installa- tion envisioned by Abigail McNa- mara (’12) or assistant proessor o sculpture Mike Rathbun’s special topics course. It is a perormative piece using the mixed media o human beings, spandex and metal hooks to create an experience in the gallery that was inviting and gestural. Perorming in the piece were dancers Louise rueheart (’12) and Nikima Jagudajev (’12), who participated in the installation or their independent study on con- LET IT ‘BURN Following months of plan- ning and several weeks of final negotiations, the 2012 Sunburn Music Festival came to fruition March 10, with three acts taking the stage in the Pamplin Sports Center: Gogol Bordello, GZA and the Thermals. o the art space. “I wanted to have limbs that extended through space and connected to the walls,” said continued. Troughout the perormance, the dancers used the tension o am immersed in it.” Trough the release and reattachment o these extensions, the dancers illustrated the ephemeral nature o the human body in a given space and what constructs and deconstructs how we move through these spaces. It blurs the dichotomy between the warmth o the eshy, active bod- ies and the cold, static architecture. “You are taking an empty white box and injecting movement and warmth and drawing attention to the way space is embodied,” said McNamara. Te use o spandex reveals how the dancers relate to one another and the unctioning balance o muscle and movement. “We talked a lot about the way space is per- ceived and the way your construc- tion o a space is based on h BY JOSH FREEMAN Staff Writer “We were really just dipping our toes in the water to see what a music estival could be at Lewis & Clark. I think the results are quite notable,” said im Howe (’12), a general manager at KLC. With a high turnout and sat- isaction rom the majority o the student population, this year’ s Sun- burn was a success according to the bodies that organized it, including KLC, President Barry Glassner’s ofce and the Campus Activities Board. However, there were still several incidents the night o the estival that let students unsure o the overall saety o the event. In addition, questions still linger about the nances o the estival, in the ace o near-silence on the part o the college’ s administration con- cerning the total amount invested in this year’s concert. Like most major events with high attendance, there were inci- dents that inringed upon the ex- perience or some. Ranging rom relatively benign misbehavior to criminal activity, the concert saw its share o problems. An allegation o sexual harass- ment was the most disturbing event o the evening, as one o the non-student attendees allegedly groped several emale students on the dance oor. Campus Saety removed the individual rom the venue ater calling the police, who arrested the individual upon their arrival. “It is important to remember that it was not the Lewis & Clark students that were causing prob- lems; it was the individuals who had entered as guests that were causing problems,” said Supervisor or Campus Saety Mark Nisbett. Several students were urinated on while dancing and the attend- ees responsible or this behavior were ejected. In total, 22 attendees were ejected rom Pamplin or vari- ous reasons, the most common be- ing extreme intoxication and mis- behavior. According to Coast to Coast Event Services, the security company that worked with Cam- pus Saety, the majority o those in- dividuals ejected rom the concert were non-students. NEWS 2 BY MARLY WILLIAMS Staff Writer Lewis & Clark’s Mellon Re- search Grant unds both interna- tional and domestic research proj- ects or Environmental Studies students and aculty. Te grant is provided by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, which gives a num- ber o substantial grants to both the college and the Environmental Studies’ “Situating the Global En- vironment” (SGE) initiative. “ENVS has received three Mel- lon grants to date; the current grant or $600K ollows up on a previous grant or $300K, both o which I obtained on behal o our ENVS aculty and students,” said Jim Proctor, the Mellon Initiative Director and Proessor o Environ- mental Studies. Te current grant began in June 2011 and will run until May 2014. Students use Mellon Grant to fund Environmental Studies projects PHOTO COURTESY ROXANNE DAVIS “[Te grant is]...a great way to apply knowledge from classes to real issues and engage with people outside of the Lewis & Clark community.” Proposals are granted at the beginning o the semester. Each project combines the “situated approach” to research with a so- cial learning method. Te situ- ated approach is a synthetic style o research that addresses environ- mental issues rom a geographical standpoint based on a location, re- gion or network o locations. Tis roots each student’s research in a real-world context that is appli- cable both to specic and general cases. Te situated approach strives to cross two major academic and intellectual divides: o nature and culture, and o global and local. Te Mellon International Re- search Grant rewards students with a $1000 or $2500 stipend to en- hance their studies abroad, extend their overseas trip or return or urther study at a later date. Te Mellon Student-Faculty Research Grant provides unds or two En- vironmental Studies majors or mi- nors and two aculty members or a 10-week summer research project. PHOTO BY DREW LENIHAN Student experimental art installation features performance art. PEAC & LAW SCHOOL VICTORIOUS SET DESIGNER KAYE BLANKENSHIP (’12) NEWS 2
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FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2012WWW.PIOLOG.COM
Vol. 78, Iss. 9
Inside...KONY 2012 Fighting or a cause, or ghting just because?
BAR OF THE WEEK Woodsman avern
OPINION 4 ARTS 12
ASK AN ATHLETEMeet our o LC’s athletes
SPORTS 15NEWS 2 FEATURES 8
Student art collaboration combines visual art and dance
BY DREW LENIHAN
Arts Editor
On uesday, art acionadosocked to the Arnold Gallery inFields to witness an experimentalart installation. Extensory: Breath/ Evidence is a collaborative installa-
tion envisioned by Abigail McNa-mara (’12) or assistant proessor o sculpture Mike Rathbun’s specialtopics course. It is a perormativepiece using the mixed media o human beings, spandex and metalhooks to create an experience inthe gallery that was inviting andgestural.
Perorming in the piece weredancers Louise rueheart (’12)and Nikima Jagudajev (’12), whoparticipated in the installation ortheir independent study on con-temporary dance as a language. Teperormers wore white body suitsand were attached to tan coloredstrips o spandex, which they con-
nected and disconnected to a serieso hooks drilled into the three walls
LET IT ‘BURNFollowing months of plan-ning and several weeks offinal negotiations, the 2012Sunburn Music Festivalcame to fruition March10, with three acts takingthe stage in the PamplinSports Center: GogolBordello, GZA andthe Thermals.
o the art space. “I wanted to havelimbs that extended through spaceand connected to the walls,” saidMcNamara. Te spandex was in-tended by McNamara to be an ex-tension o the dancers’ bodies andto create new barriers and modes o
movement that were constantly inux as the hour-long perormance
continued.Troughout the perormance,
the dancers used the tension o the spandex and their own bodies’ weight to create emerging patterns,movement and barriers. As theprompt or the show said, “i do not
see [space] according to its exteriorenvelope; i live it rom the inside; i
am immersed in it.” Trough therelease and reattachment o theseextensions, the dancers illustratedthe ephemeral nature o the humanbody in a given space and whatconstructs and deconstructs how we move through these spaces. Itblurs the dichotomy between the
warmth o the eshy, active bod-ies and the cold, static architecture.“You are taking an empty whitebox and injecting movement and warmth and drawing attention tothe way space is embodied,” saidMcNamara.
Te use o spandex reveals how the dancers relate to one anotherand the unctioning balance o muscle and movement. “We talkeda lot about the way space is per-ceived and the way your construc-tion o a space is based on how youunderstand your body and how itrelates to other bodies,” said Mc-Namara. By extending the dancer’sbodies through the installation, the
project experimented with the po-tentialities o body relations.
BY JOSH FREEMAN
Staff Writer
“We were really just dippingour toes in the water to see what amusic estival could be at Lewis &Clark. I think the results are quitenotable,” said im Howe (’12), ageneral manager at KLC.
With a high turnout and sat-isaction rom the majority o the
student population, this year’s Sun-burn was a success according to thebodies that organized it, includingKLC, President Barry Glassner’sofce and the Campus Activities
Board. However, there were stillseveral incidents the night o theestival that let students unsureo the overall saety o the event.In addition, questions still lingerabout the nances o the estival, inthe ace o near-silence on the parto the college’s administration con-cerning the total amount investedin this year’s concert.
Like most major events with
high attendance, there were inci-dents that inringed upon the ex-perience or some. Ranging romrelatively benign misbehavior tocriminal activity, the concert saw
its share o problems. An allegation o sexual harass-
ment was the most disturbingevent o the evening, as one o thenon-student attendees allegedly groped several emale students onthe dance oor. Campus Saety removed the individual rom thevenue ater calling the police, whoarrested the individual upon theirarrival.
“It is important to rememberthat it was not the Lewis & Clark students that were causing prob-lems; it was the individuals whohad entered as guests that were
causing problems,” said Supervisoror Campus Saety Mark Nisbett.
Several students were urinatedon while dancing and the attend-ees responsible or this behavior were ejected. In total, 22 attendees were ejected rom Pamplin or vari-ous reasons, the most common be-ing extreme intoxication and mis-behavior. According to Coast toCoast Event Services, the security
company that worked with Cam-pus Saety, the majority o those in-dividuals ejected rom the concert were non-students.
NEWS 2
BY MARLY WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
Lewis & Clark’s Mellon Re-search Grant unds both interna-tional and domestic research proj-ects or Environmental Studiesstudents and aculty. Te grant isprovided by the Andrew MellonFoundation, which gives a num-ber o substantial grants to boththe college and the EnvironmentalStudies’ “Situating the Global En-vironment” (SGE) initiative.
“ENVS has received three Mel-lon grants to date; the currentgrant or $600K ollows up on aprevious grant or $300K, both o which I obtained on behal o ourENVS aculty and students,” said Jim Proctor, the Mellon InitiativeDirector and Proessor o Environ-mental Studies. Te current grantbegan in June 2011 and will rununtil May 2014.
FEATURES 8
Students use Mellon
Grant to fund
Environmental
Studies projects
PHOTO COURTESY ROXANNE DAVIS
“[Te grant is]...a great way to apply knowledge fromclasses to realissues and engage
with people outside
of the Lewis & Clark community.”
Proposals are granted at thebeginning o the semester. Eachproject combines the “situatedapproach” to research with a so-cial learning method. Te situ-ated approach is a synthetic styleo research that addresses environ-mental issues rom a geographicalstandpoint based on a location, re-gion or network o locations. Tisroots each student’s research in areal-world context that is appli-cable both to specic and generalcases. Te situated approach strives
to cross two major academic andintellectual divides: o nature andculture, and o global and local.
Te Mellon International Re-search Grant rewards students witha $1000 or $2500 stipend to en-hance their studies abroad, extendtheir overseas trip or return orurther study at a later date. TeMellon Student-Faculty ResearchGrant provides unds or two En-vironmental Studies majors or mi-nors and two aculty members or a10-week summer research project.
Te international research proj-ects have spanned continents andaddressed environmental issuesaround the globe.
PHOTO BY DREW LENIHAN
Student experimental art installation features performance art.
PEAC & LAW SCHOOL
VICTORIOUS
SET DESIGNER KAYE
BLANKENSHIP (’12)
NEWS 2
