Jillian Beaudry

March 7 issue

It’s always nice when issues come out pretty smoothly, and this one definitely did. We walked out the door of the Renshaw lab at about 2:20 a.m. and it felt pretty good, considering we never left before 4 a.m. the past couple of years.

My favorite story of the issue had to be about the football coach and players who donated furniture and money to junior and single mom Darcy Thompson. I can truly say how proud I am to be a Linfield student and live in such a caring community. Of course it didn’t hurt my ego that they learned about it from reading the Review.

Lizzie did a great job on the tuition increase story. I’m glad she took it on because she is so great with numbers and very understanding. Students may be angry that they will have to pay a lot more, but she showed the benefits such as more safety officers and construction projects.

I was really nervous about the plagiarism story. It was spurred by something I had heard from a lot of professors and that tid bit led me to find this major discrepancy in the faculty. I say major simply because academic honesty and plagiarism are a huge deal. I wanted to know who decided my fate if I ever plagiarized and got caught, and I was so surprised to find out I may not even be sent to the judicial board. My name might never even be reported. This is scary. Students could be getting away with this over and over and we would never know.

Jordan’s feature on video games was well-written and insightful. I really hope that readers felt the same way. The layout wasn’t as creative as I thought we could have been, but it’ll do. I love the screen shot.

The arts section was fairly uneventful except for the piece on the art on the senior bench. I really hope they bring it back so this year’s graduating class can continue the tradition.

Dominic Baez

All I know is that when I grow up, I would like to have a decent health insurance plan. I think most people want that. How can we have that, though, if most health care plans don’t even cover the people who need them most? I happen to think that is a little ridiculous.
I support Clinton’s thinking: an universal health care reform through insurance premium subsidy. She also feels that single-payer health care is unrealistic, which it is. I’ve talked to older friends and coworkers about this before, and I really can’t believe how much they have to pay just to be insured. Clinton also supports AIDS education and research and advocates expanding eligibility for the SCHIP program, expanding Medicare coverage and requiring all employers to contribute to the cost of their workers’ health care, which would be amazing steps forward in achieving her goal. She proposes expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act and barring insurers from rejecting patients with pre-existing conditions. I personally agree with all of these planned steps and would love to see them happen.
I even agree with Obama’s thinking that the government should provide health care for everyone. Even if the government can’t fund such a large operation solely on its own, it should make a conscious effort to start moving in that direction.
Why should hard-working people be left uninsured because they barely make enough to pay the rent, much less pay for insurance or medical bills? It really does not make any sense to me, especially since health-related issues are the number one cause of personal bankruptcy.
But hey: Don’t take my word for it. Everyone has their own opinion; it’s why I’m writing this blog. Let me know how you feel. But until then, remember this: Think for yourself. It’s normally the best course of action.

 Kelly Copeland

This blog has nothing to do with being a senior, but it isn’t against the rules to deviate from the specified topic now and then, is it?
This weekend I had one of the greatest afternoons ever. Lizzie Martinez, Janna Windsor and I made tamales on Saturday and boy, was it the craziest experience! Lizze and Janna came up with the idea and, bless them, they invited me too! I don’t know if you have ever had a tamale, but they are way more work than you ever would have expected. Lizzie and Janna started making them at 3 p.m., and when I joined them at 4, we continued to make them until almost    11 p.m.!
When you make anything as complicated as tamales, I have one important piece of advice: If the recipe calls for something specific, you need to have that item and you should not try to substitute. It doesn’t work very well. What am I talking about? Well, the recipe called for a steamer to cook the tamales, but we didn’t have one, although Lizzie said she had one… So we rigged up a special contraption with a pot, a small strainer, some shoelaces and a towel. It was THE funniest thing I have ever seen, and it ended with the demise of my roommate Katy’s strainer. Who knew three hours of steaming tamales could permanently warp a strainer? I guess we didn’t… and now the strainer looks like a Davey Crockett hat!
The tamales took about 8 hours to make, but they were delicious. First, you have to boil some pork (or chicken or beef) and then you make some sort of puree (they made that before I got there) and mix the meat and the puree, then you have to make the masa, which is the doughy part of the tamale. During all of this you have to soak the corn husks so you can wrap the tamales, and then you have to tie them and steam them for an hour. It is a lot of work, but it is definitely worth it.
After I started writing this, I realized there is absolutely no way I can possibly explain to you well enough for you to understand how funny and crazy the tamale-making process was. You just have to trust me. So, if you really want to get a glimpse of what the day was like, you can check out my facebook profile and look at pictures of me. Lizzie put together an album and the pictures might clue you in a little more.
So… how does this tie into being a senior? After some thought I found a correlation: I know I only have two more months left of college so I am cherishing these memories becaues I know there won’t be many more of these afternoons!

Kelly Copeland
With my college experience coming to a close, I have been feeling a little more obligated to go to school-sponsored events to hang out with friends I don’t usually see, and to take advantage of my school fees! Unlike my sophomore and junior year, I feel more up to attending school functions outside of my regular activities and more interested in meeting new people. So far this semester I attended almost all of the men’s basketball home games, went to IM basketball games, and today I went to my first Women’s Issues Group (WIG) meeting.
As I attend more and more events, I feel like I am taking advantage of what is offered on campus. I also feel a little like I felt my freshman year.
If you think about it, when you come to college you go to a lot of events and you meet a lot of people. You attend every function available to you the first month or two because you want to experience what college life is like, and you want to make a lot of new friends. Freshman year is full of insecurities and uncertainties, and as a freshman I definitely took advantage of the activities to help find my place at Linfield.
After freshman year was over, everyone had found that group of friends to hang out with. We chose new roommates, joined clubs, maybe even figured out what major you are going to declare. We were in a new dorm, and life was great. I finally felt like I fit in, and I no longer had to go to that comedian alone on Friday night because I didn’t have anything better to do.
Sophomore year, at least for me, was the year of fraternities. As a girl who likes to dance and, I was always heading over to the fraternities on the weekends. They were (and I think they still are to a certain extent) the cool places to go on the weekends, so I never really went to other school-sponsored events. I spent more time in my room and off campus. I had found my group of friends and I didn’t feel the need to attend sports games or events sponsored by ASLC (sorry, guys).
Then there was junior year. By this time, I was living in the apartments. This was a whole new atmosphere, and although I was abroad for Spring Semester, I spent a lot of time in that apartment before I left. I had a living room with a couch, a kitchen, and because I was living in the Greens, I was partially isolated from everyone else. I went out occasionally to the comedian or illusionists, but I don’t think I attended a single CatCab or football game except for a few. I just didn’t have a huge desire to go out. Unfortunately, I didn’t turn 21 until Spring, so it was a rather boring semester because most of my friends could go out. Now that I think about it, I’m not sure why I didn’t go to more school-sponsored events. Isn’t that what you do when you are bored on a Friday night?
When junior year passes and you hit senior year, things change. I am in that mood where I have to take advantage of the activities because, in three months, I’m out of here. I have a new perspective on college and I feel bad because I didn’t do more in my other years. It sounds funny, but I really do feel like I did my freshman year. I want to meet new people so I can have the most fun I can. I attended the basketball games and I met new people, I cheered next to hard-core fans and I wore white on the white-out days and black on the blackout days. I had so much fun! I am more inclined at parties to say hi to someone I don’t know and I smile and say hi more often when walking down the sidewalk.
So why this change now? Why didn’t I see this in the years before and take advantage of the great activities on campus? Probably because I didn’t see the value of them, and I didn’t realize graduation would sneak up on me so fast. So all I can do now is go to all of those baseball and softball games, attend CatCabs and sit in on those comedians. I will go to Wildstock and have fun, because that is what college kids do. And since I will only be one for about three more months, I will have to attend A LOT of those!

Dominic Baez
What to do…I have so little space and so many topics to discuss. Where to start? How about civil rights or abortion rights or gun control? How about this: crime and punishment. There’s a fun topic.
As a Democrat through-and-through, I believe there should be stricter sentencing for hate crimes. Oh, and I believe in the death penalty. Call me barbaric or cruel, but I really don’t care. It horrifies to me think that a murderer can be released on parole after seven years and those who commit hate crimes might only receive community service or a brief sentence in jail. This is one of the many reasons I support Clinton for president. She is honest in how feels about these topics. Of course, the other candidates have their points, most of which even happen to make sense, even to someone as stubborn as myself.
I agree with Clinton’s thinking: We really need stricter and more justified sentencing, and not just for hate crimes, either. However, there is no need to be rash. I am true believer in the doctrine “innocent until proven guilty” and there aren’t any reasons why everyone suspected of committing a crime should be lethally injected on the spot. There is a balance that must be struck, and I think Hillary is on that track.
But hey: Don’t take my word for it. Everyone has their own opinion; it’s why I’m writing this blog. Let me know how you feel. But until then, remember this: Think for yourself. It’s normally the best course of action.

Jillian Beaudry

The Feb. 29 issue had so many great stories in it. In news the Facebook and your career story was so well written and informative. It was also really interesting to learn that Linfield was not enforcing an Oregon law as strictly as it should have to protect students. The features section wasn’t our best, but I liked the creativity that went into our 24 hours in Mac story. It’s nice to get fun things in the paper every now and then.

Our paper was critiqued by Steve Bagwell, the managing editor of the McMinnville News-Register, and he said our sports section is very weak. The writers really listened and the stories had a lot more humanity through imagery and direct quotes. I hope they were more fun for the readers too. I know it was a lot easier reading the sports pages at 1 a.m. than before. We also tried to run  our photos larger and we tried a special layout with the Who to watch feature on page 15. I turned out really well even after a few kinks.

This was the first time that we have run elections coverage in a news feature, rather than a feature on pages 8 and 9, and I am really happy with the choice. We didn’t have a lot of art with the news stories this week, it comes and goes, and I am really happy with the color page turnout. I have to give props to Tim Harrower for that one.

We also decided to keep the old-school flag for the rest of the semester because so many students liked it. Ryan honored us this week with coloring it for our color issue and I hope you all enjoyed it!

Dominic Baez

Another week, another controversial topic that’s sure to make someone a little upset somewhere along the way. This week, I decided to voice my opinion about abortion.
As a guy, I really don’t have to deal with this aspect of pregnancy, but I do have friends who have dealt with this issue. I try to be there for them, but it’s hard when they don’t know what to do. Some girls become pregnant and rejoice; others realize that this isn’t what they want and decide to get an abortion. I am a firm believer in choice: a woman should be able to decide what she wants to do, without crackpot religious fanatics getting in her way. I agree with most Democrats’ point of view of allowing abortion to be legal. It surprises me to think there are some people out there who would ban it, making it illegal altogether. While I myself am against late-term abortion, other than if it’s needed to save the mother’s life, that shouldn’t be a platform for others to use to ban abortion altogether. Who’s to say what is right for person is right for all people? Not the leader of the anti-abortion group, that’s for sure.
Another important area in this topic people need to consider is prevention measures. I know condoms and birth control can get expensive after awhile, but there is a reason why they are there. If you don’t use them and somehow, though some divine intervention, wind up pregnant, you really shouldn’t be surprised. Just think about what you want, what you can afford to do and what is right for you.
But hey: Don’t take my word for it. Everyone has their own opinion; it’s why I’m writing this blog. Let me know how you feel. But until then, remember this: Think for yourself. It’s normally the best course of action.

Kelly Copeland
After six semesters on campus, one abroad and two Jan term courses, you would think I would have developed the fine art many other students have done so well at: procrastination. But no, I have never been able to master this skill. It might be the fact that I have always had really difficult classes that require me to be on top of my assignments and about 10 extra things to do every day.
Well, I think this semester I am finally starting to get the hang of it. It’s a shame, isn’t it? Just when I am finally on the brink of graduating. One perk I am enjoying in my last semester is the light class load. Having only three classes really cuts down on how much time I spend in my apartment doing homework. This week was particularly slow, and I thoroughly enjoyed procrastinating (does that defeat the purpose of procrastination, the fact that I wait until I’m not so busy?) So, in honor of my newfound procrastination, here is a rundown of what I should have been doing and what I was doing instead:
Monday: When I should have been working on resumes for summer internships, I decided I wanted to read. There is this great book called “The Glass Castle,” by Jeanette Walls that I have been reading, so instead of working on resumes or reading for class, I read. But even better, when I got home from work, I got an unexpected treat: Two of my best friends and roommate were hanging out on the couch, watching the most awesomely bad show EVER: My Redneck Wedding. Oh, the trashiness that show exudes… and it was WAY better than working on cover letters. We even escaped to Albertson’s for some yummy ice cream bars while Justin lay sleeping on a chair.
Tuesday: This day was particularly busy for me. Even though I don’t have class until 12:40, I seem to fill up the hours before class with random things anyway, reading the news, cleaning out my inbox, reading posts on studentforum, etc. When I really should have been working on my newspaper story, I was perusing Facebook and looking at pictures of my friends who are studying abroad. I shopped for a while on zappos.com and I cleaned my room. Then later, instead of reading for Creative Writing, I watched Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban. Of course, I stayed up until 1:15 reading, but that’s beside the point.
Wednesday: Instead of working on my newspaper story even though it was due at 5 p.m. the same day. I made a Facebook group for the Sesquicentennial time capsule (which you should visit and submit your ideas!) and invited more than 100 of my friends, and I spent about half an hour looking for pictures of time capsules to add to the page. Exciting, huh?
After I started writing this, I realized that is the only procrastinating I can remember doing. Sad. I need to learn how to be a real college student!

Jillian Beaudry

This past week’s issue took an entire month (or more) of planning. I knew it would be neat to do a special edition for the anniversary of the college and back in December Stacey and I decided to recreate an old issue for the front page.
A ton of news happened over Jan Term so the news section was really easy to fill. It was fun to see the graphics of what Northrup Hall will look like and we knew the readers would like it too. The front page looks so great, maybe better than I expected, and it took Ryan four hours to draw the title up top. He recreated it from a photo of the 1928 issue.
It was also absolutely necessary to write about the death of the Old Oak, so we made it the main feature. We played with the idea of using an old photo of the oak in front of Pioneer and cutting the tree out leaving a white hole and chalk outlines, but the photo of it on the ground with the roots exposed was too intense to not use it. I actually got a chance to touch the old tree when I looked at it behind facilities and it was so clearly sick. The wood literally crumbles off in your hands as you try to grab the spongy wood. The story about the death of Professor Clem Ady was also necessary and I can’t believe how dreamy he was when he was younger. He was loved by his students, and Kelly did a great job of showing his character through the story. The inclusion of students’ letters was also nice.
The arts section was actually very easy to fill (for once). I love how the makeup feature turned out, and Claire’s story really captured Marcia’s laid-back style. We don’t often play with the layout design in the arts section, so I think we are starting something new.
The sports section is never my favorite because it has been so hard to get photos this year. I liked that we played with the cut out of the baseball player on page 16, but I wish we had cropped our photos better and run them bigger.  It always seems to be a struggle to get a dominant photo on the page.
If you have any questions or comments about this week’s issue, please feel free to comment below or send me an e-mail at jbeaudr@linfield.edu.

Kelly Copeland

*This blog, titled “Life as a senior” will follow my last three months in college. I will write about my final semester activities, the dreaded job search and I will most likely freak out a little more as time progresses. I hope you enjoy it, and if you ever have a question for me, or want me to talk about a certain topic, let me know at kcopela@linfield.edu. Happy reading!

I can’t believe it, I am a senior in college and I am graduating in three months! To be quite honest, graduating scares me and is a lot more intimidating than graduating from high school ever was. In college, you still have the comfort blanket over you. You are supposed to go to class on a regular basis, you have an adviser who will help you plan your next move, and you always have friends close by. The hardest thing is maybe juggling extra curricular activities and classes while still having fun. But no, the transition from college to post-college life is a huge difference.
Like a lot of my friends who have graduated and are graduating from Linfield, I am not planning on attending grad school in the near future. So therefore I am going out into the work field–into real life. I have to be an adult. Before this semester I didn’t really feel like a senior, much less an adult (actually today I had to check a box that actually said “adult,” and not just an age range!). Sure, I live in the HP Apartments, I had to write a capstone paper and graduation e-mails come to my inbox, but until job applications started to become a necessity, I didn’t really see graduation, real life and being an adult as my reality.
For the last few months I have been researching internships for the summer, writing resumes and cover letters and putting together newspaper clips. It is a really overwhelming process because I realize that everything I have learned since I came to Linfield is finally being put to the test. I have to figure out how to write my cover letters so potential employers will want to give me a job. And it’s hard! So far I have applied for four internships, and of those four, I have been rejected by three. But, what gives me hope is that I have a second interview for an internship I really want. (I’ll keep you posted on that as I find out more).
As much as I want the internship, I am a little apprehensive because it means I will have to leave Linfield, the place that I have felt comfortable for the last few years, and fend for myself. I want so badly to have a job when I graduate, but the idea is still really scary because it is so unknown. Part of me wants to stay in town, work at the same job I have had for almost seven years and hang out with my friends.
But, like everyone has to do, I have to grow up. I know I can do it, but the idea of being an adult kind of snuck up on me. I think it really hit me when my answer to the question of “what are your plans after graduation?” changed from “well…I’m not really sure,” to “Well, I have an interview and I am applying for other internships.” Because now I am one step closer to having to accept that I am growing up.