“Twice Told Stories-Most of Them True” is the title of the last lecture that Dave Hansen, professor of economics, will ever give after four decades of teaching.

The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. May 13 in T.J. Day, Room 222.

Hansen is an economics professor and the play-by-play Wildcat football announcer.

He is distinguished in the Linfield community for the relationships that he made both inside and outside the classroom.

Although he is retiring, he is staying on as a radio broadcaster for the Wildcats.

“If I bring anything of value to the broadcasts, it’s knowing the kids outside of the football realm. I have the opportunity of interacting with them through the week,” Hansen said about radio broadcasting. Due to all his years of service to Linfield, he is able to offer unique insights about the school, bringing the past into the present.

Sophomore Michael Zeir had Hansen for a “Principle of Economics” class.

“Professor Hansen is a wise man. What really stood out for me about the class, though, was his particular style of teaching. He would never let the class become boring,” Zeir said. “To help illustrate complex economic theories, he would pick a student in the class and break the theory down into an interactive story where the student would go through the problem as if they were the business facing the problem. This helped everyone in furthering their understanding. He was a good economics professor and will surely be missed.”

After more than four decades of teaching, his lecture will be his last words of wisdom for the students at this school.

However, his voice will still be heard over the radio during the Wildcat football season.

Quinn Carlin

Staff writer

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Visitors to Linfield College debated both for and against compulsory universal service May 6 in Riley Hall 201.

The debaters were asked to answer whether it should be allowed to require all 18-year-old citizens to commit to compulsory 18 to 24-month service in either military or civilian service. The two debaters were asked to focus specifically on the version created by the Clinton administration.

Will Marshall, president of the Progressive Policy Institute, argued for having a program that was not compulsory but would instead allow young people to engage in active citizenship.

In contrast, Tom Palmer, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and director at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, argued that young people should be free to choose whether they participate in service.

“It was a spirited debate,” said Nick Buccola, assistant professor of political science. “It was well attended [and] a successful event.”

Palmer and Marshall discussed the pros and cons of having compulsory universal service, which Buccola said made people feel a little bit pulled in both directions.

“I think that the liberty aspect of it is very powerful,” Buccola said. “I thought it was a really interesting contrast for people to see.”

Often times, debates over issues such as universal service do not fall into ideological categories. Typically the essential contested concepts involve liberty, patriotism, obligation and the common good, Buccola said.

“I am still in the process of educating myself on the issue, Buccola said in an email.

“I can identify some persuasive arguments on both sides. I hope students come away with a deeper appreciation of the arguments on both sides of this debate. Although I think a system of universal service is unlikely to be adopted any time soon, there will continue to be serious discussions about more modest versions of this proposal.”

Samantha Sigler

News editor

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The Linfield Review received 24 awards in the 2013 Oregon Newspaper Publisher Associations’ Collegiate Day on May 10.

The Review placed second in general excellence, first in best headline writing, second in best design and second in best website.

Individual awards were also given out to numerous staff members. Sophomore Samantha Sigler placed first in best writing, senior Jessica Prokop placed third in best writing and second in best series, junior Kaylyn Peterson placed third in best series, sophomore Sarah Mason placed first in best feature story, sophomore Carrie Skuzeski placed second in best sports story and junior Kate Straube placed third in best photography.

Other awards included sophomore Chrissy Shane receiving third in best section and first in best graphic and sophomore Alyssa Townsend receiving second in best editorial. Sophomore Paige Jurgesen placed second for best review and senior Joel Ray placed third for best feature photo.

The Linfield Review

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Art is often used to communicate how one is feeling at any given moment, and for many artists it was how they conveyed the pain and suffering in El Salvador during its civil war.

Martivon Galindo, professor of Latin and Latino/a studies at Holy Name College, spoke on several artists’ work, including her own, and how they coped with being exiled from their home country May 8 in Riley 201.

Galindo has written four books since being in the United States, and her artwork has been on display in exhibits in the United States, El Salvador and Japan.

Each of the pieces of artwork shown focused on the pain and loss the country was going through. With many of the artists being exiled, they traveled to the United States. Upon her arrival into the United States, Galindo had a deep hatred for the country.

“[At the time], I couldn’t distinguish between the government and the people,” Galindo said.

Galindo found herself in San Francisco, where she and her son rebuilt their lives with the help of the other exiles in the area.

“I was a political exile and had a small child with me, I had no idea what to do or where to go,” Galindo said while visiting the PLACE program class, “Revolutions: 20th Century Latin America” on May 8.

Once finding help in San Francisco, Galindo began to heal through expressing the pain and suffering she had experienced in paintings and poetry.

“I had this friend, and she was taken away, and I never knew what happened to her. I still don’t,” Galindo said after reading a poem she dedicated to this friend.

There were many people who disappeared during the Salvadorian Civil War, and their families still have no idea what happened to them or whether they’re even alive.

“It was a terrible to live there. Some of my classmates had become Guerillas,” Galindo said. “There was a terror that anything could happen.”

Art helped Galindo, and many like her, survive the memories and aftermath of the war.

“Art kept me alive,” Galindo said. “The memories were terrible, and people asked me why I didn’t just try to forget them. But I didn’t want to forget.”

Kaylyn Peterson

Copy chief

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Margaret Ruth Groening, a ’41 Linfield graduate, died in her sleep at the age of 94, April 22 in Portland.

Groening, mother of “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening, was born March 23, 1919 in Chisolm, Minn., as Margaret Wiggum, according to a paid obituary in the Oregonian.

Margaret married Linfield classmate Homer Groening, “whom she chose because he made her laugh the most,” according to the Oregonian obituary.

Margaret Groening said that the highest honor she received throughout her schooling was being named May Queen of Linfield College.

After college, she taught high school English before starting a family.

Margaret and Homer Groening supported the Oregon Symphony, the Portland Trail Blazers and many local yarn shops, according to the Oregonian obituary.

Margaret’s son, Matt Groening, said on several occasions that he named Marge and Homer Simpson after his parents, and Lisa and Maggie after two of his sisters. His other sister, Patty, shared a name with Marge Simpson’s sister.

Additionally, he used his mother’s maiden name, Wiggum, for “The Simpsons” character, Chief Wiggum, chief of police in Springfield, according to an article in the Oregonian.

Margaret Groening is survived by her brother, Arnold; her children, Mark, Matt, Lisa and Maggie; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren, according to the Oregonian obituary.

Jessica Prokop

Editor-in-chief

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama recently traveled to Portland to give multiple speeches and participate in an Environmental Summit. Linfield students were given the opportunity to attend events on May 9 and 11. Maitripa College, the first Buddhist College in the Pacific Northwest, hosted the event, along with the University of Portland.

David Fiordalis, associate professor of the Linfield Religious Studies Department, contacted colleagues at Maitripa College and requested the tickets for his classes. He also offered the opportunity to other students not in the Religious Studies Department, allowing junior Robin Fahy to organize a pool of tickets for students who otherwise might not get the chance to go.

“The main reason I chose to see the Dalai Lama is my interest in Buddhist philosophy and thought,” freshman Mariel Pratz-Albert said in an email. “I am also sympathetic toward the Dalai Lama and his advocating of Tibetan autonomy. So I thought the chance to see such a highly regarded individual would be an opportunity that I just couldn’t pass up.”

The Dalai Lama spoke in many sessions, first at the University of Portland on May 9 in an interfaith gathering and an additional session in the afternoon. He spoke about the importance of preserving the environment and the responsibility we all have to the Earth.

On May 11 he participated in a panel alongside Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber;  Andrea Durbin, executive director of the Oregon Environmental Council; and scientist David Suzuki, with the theme of “Universal Responsibility and the Global Environment.” The rock band “The Red Hot Chili Peppers” played a 90-minute set, concluding the day with a Q-and-A session.

“I expected the Dalai Lama to speak more on fundamental Buddhist aspects like compassion and impermanence, but I was pleasantly surprised by the wide range of subjects he discussed, especially the environment and education,” Pratz-Albert said.

The Dalai Lama interacted with guest speakers and answered questions from audience members. Students were particularly struck by the white silk scarves, or katas, that were handed out to each audience member at the end of the event.

“Inspired by an Indian tradition, white scarves were handed out to the thousands of people in the audience. Everyone held up their scarves in offering to the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama then explained how the white of the scarves are symbolic of purity of heart, and the scarves themselves represent connectedness and compassion between people, Pratz-Albert said.

“It was really beautiful to see so many people standing in unison with the white scarves around their necks.”

Fahy said the visual representation was striking, as nearly 11,000 people wore the scarves in “symbolic reverence and solidarity.”

Pratz-Albert said many people mentioned the moment they will remember most was when Grandmother Agnes Baker Pilgrim, a Native American spiritual elder, and the Dalai Lama shared a hug.

“It was pretty adorable,” Pratz-Albert said.

Students described the overall feel of the event to be positive and enlightening, some calling it surreal.

“The Dalai Lama has the best laughter, so every time he laughed the entire audience also erupted into laughter, Pratz-Albert said.

“It didn’t matter what the joke was, everyone felt drawn to join in with his joyfulness.

Kelsey Sutton

Managing editor

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Graduation is just around the corner, whether those graduating have chosen to accept it yet. As the long journey comes to a close, the alumna chosen to give the commencement address shares her story and advice to take advantage of all the opportunities offered at Linfield.

Theresa (Stichick) Betancourt graduated in 1991 with a degree in psychology and a minor in international studies and art. Now, 21 years later, Betancourt is a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and director of the Research Program on Children and Global Adversity at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights. But she says she wouldn’t be where she is today without everything she learned while at Linfield.

“Linfield helps you build an excellent foundation for so many things that you might want to do in the future,” Betancourt said.

As her success and research grows, Betancourt said that Linfield is a great place to start out.

“It’s a tremendous foundation,” Betancourt said. “[Students] are well-prepared. Linfield gives you a broad and well-grounded education.”

Working for the Upward Bound program, Betancourt served as a tutor during the school year and a counselor in the summer. Through working with the different students in the Upward Bound program, Betancourt found the motivation to work with refugees.

Also influencing her passion for cultural studies was her interactions with the International Programs Office (IPO).

Traveling abroad to France, Mexico, Greece and Turkey helped her to deepen an appreciation for cultural exchange and gave her a sense of humility in working and living in diverse settings. For more than 11 years, she has been leading a study in Sierra Leone following the lives of a cohort of war-affected youth, many of them former child soldiers, and working with Partners in Health in Rwanda to launch research on an intervention to promote mental health among children and families affected by HIV/AIDS.

“[My experience at Linfield was] an amazing one,” Betancourt said.  “I was able to pursue my interests in language and cross-cultural exchange and plant the seeds for a career that I enjoy immensely. Linfield provides a tremendous foundation.”

Betancourt will speak June 2 during the commencement ceremony.

Kaylyn Peterson

Copy chief

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A 2011 Linfield alumnus spoke about trials and triumphs during his year teaching on a Fulbright scholarship in his presentation, “From Festivals to Floods: A Year Teaching in Thailand” on April 29.

Craig Geffre, a recent graduate of Linfield from the anthropology department, taught in Thailand from October 2011 to October 2012. A big influence on his decision to teach abroad were his fond memories of the study abroad trip he went on while at Linfield, the Hong Kong program.

“I had an amazing time when I studied in Hong Kong,” Geffre said. “It was a big step out for me, and living in another culture, getting to know students from other countries and traveling around were all so much fun. When I got back to the U.S. I was actually a little bummed about being back.”

Once back, Geffre emailed the International Programs Office to see how he could get involved with the study abroad student activities on campus. Through helping the international students here, Geffre realized how much he loved intercultural education.

“That experience was a big part of what made me interested in applying to Fulbright,” Geffre said.

The Fulbright program was created after World War II to create intercultural bonds in the hope of avoiding future conflict. It promotes international education and exchanges between the U.S. and more than 155 other countries and awards 8,000 grants every year.

“The Fulbright objective is to make activists out of people,” Geffre said. “Seeing people from different countries humanizes them and makes them real, and you can break down those stereotypes. It helps to prevent war and exercise every possible option before going into a conflict.”

The application is challenging, but Geffre says it’s manageable if you commit early, stay motivated and utilize mentors.

“I wrote 12 drafts of my essay, and each mentor got three drafts,” Geffre said. “I’m sure they were sick of it, but they never complained.”

Geffre was interested in the Thailand program after working with a Thai monk for his senior thesis, but he explained how this program was a bit different from the others.

“For most Fulbright programs, being a teaching assistant means being an assistant. You’re there with a native teacher, and you help with pronunciation, lesson plans and things like that. For Thailand, Laos and a few other countries, you are the teacher. It’s a challenge, but you also learn a great deal.”

Geffre spoke about the difficulties of teaching in another country, including acclimating to a new school system, learning Thai and overcoming cultural stereotypes.

“Some people had ideas about Westerners from others they had met before,” Geffre said. “That you would be partying all the time, or wouldn’t be a good teacher, but you really have to show that you are serious, and the Fulbright scholars do a really good job of doing this.”

Geffre also spoke about the rewards of working within another culture and the lessons it taught him that he will continue to use throughout his life.

“I had so many failures the first semester, so many lessons that didn’t go the way that I wanted,” Geffre said. “But if you’re persistent and work to improve, you can achieve really great things. I made wonderful relationships with a lot of my students, and by working to understand the priorities of others I’m now a much better teacher, and I know so much more now than I did before.”

Geffre now works as the program assistant for Oregon University System for Programs in Asia, which works with students from the seven public Oregon universities, plus some private schools, like Linfield.

“I think the most important thing I learned was how to break down stereotypes, humanize people of other cultures, and understand the nuances of other cultures,” Geffre said. “While my students may not have learned a ton of English, they learned a lot about me and my life, and I learned a lot about them and their lives. We got to know each other as people, and that was what made my experience so amazing.”

Olivia Marovich

Staff writer

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Senior Mary Campbell won first place and $500 in Linfield’s second Frederick Douglass Forum on Law, Rights and Justice on May 2. Senior Aaron Good won second place and $250.

Campbell and Good participated in the undergraduate persuasive speaking competition along with seniors Leanne McCallum, Xavier Reed, Nick Rhoten and freshman Caleb Snodgrass.

Students delivered a five- to seven-minute speech answering the question of whether the United States should implement a compulsory 18-month service in either the military or civilian service.

The theme of the speech was drawn from Linfield’s Program for Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement theme of legacies of war, and the proposal of the forum derived from William Galston, a political theorist and political figure who focused on issues of citizenship and an advocate for universal service.

They were then judged by Patrick Cottrell, assistant professor of political science, David Sumner, associate professor of English and environmental studies, sophomore Megan Schwab and freshman Maggie Hawkins.

Schwab was the first place winner of the first Fredericks Douglass forum, and Hawkins was the second place winner.

McCallum spoke first, being the only student to argue for a compulsory universal service. She argued that civil service would also benefit society as a whole, as it would make citizens appreciate what it means to be an American.

“Universal service would create equality by helping bridge the massive socioeconomic gap that separates Americans today,” McCallum said.

McCallum argued that universal service would also make people care more about sending soldiers overseas.

“[The military] would no longer be predominately lower income or disadvantaged people making up the majority of the servicemen,” McCallum said. “The least privileged would no longer be forced to bear the burden of the political decisions of others. It would become a burden of society as a whole.”

Contradicting McCallum’s argument, the other five students argued that having compulsory service would not be American, and would also infringe upon citizens’ rights.

Campbell compared doing chores poorly at home to how 18-year-old citizens may respond when being forced to perform service that they otherwise would not engage in.

“Don’t [citizens] have an extra incentive to perform poorly merely as a form of resistance?” Campbell said.

Campbell went on to explain that only the most willing citizens should participate in such service because they would be more dedicated and hard working.

Also, having fewer citizens forced to participate in service would bring the costs down and more incentives could be created to influence citizens to join, such as creating grants that could be put toward a college education.

“Forcing our youth to serve will not revitalize citizenship,” Campbell said. “It will cause resentment and bitterness to the tune of billions of dollars.”

Samantha Sigler

News editor

Samantha Sigler can be reached at
linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

As a professor, if you had one lecture left to give, what would it be about?

This question was posed to Eugene Gilden, professor of psychology, and he responded with a lecture titled, “From Type A Behavior to Black Helicopters or Subtle Influences on Human Behavior.” It may sound far-fetched, but the lecture was a synopsis of his career at Linfield and his interest in psychology.

Gilden will retire at the end of this school year. He has taught at Linfield for 30 years.

The audience was engaged and entertained throughout the presentation. Gilden’s sense of humor was evident even before he began speaking.

Lee Bakner, professor of psychology, began the presentation saying Gilden wanted the audience to know three things he was proud of after his 30 years at Linfield:

“Thirty plus years with an extraordinary spouse, two successful daughters and professionals and dogs that come when called.”

Bakner ended his introduction and called for applause for Gilden. The applause was thunderous. Gilden, thanked everyone, and said, “First, I don’t know if I wish I was at a loss for words so we could all go home.”

Gilden urged the audience to think about the importance of relationships between people and situations. He repeatedly said that the way humans think about the world matters, and there are implications for how humans think. He related it to thinking about “the forest as a whole…not just the trees.”

Gilden’s career is a bunch of impressive trees that create a beautiful forest.

He received his bachelor’s degree from UCLA, his master’s from California State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Houston. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship at Oregon Health-Sciences University, he accepted a position at Linfield, where he has been ever since.

Gilden weaved his autobiographical story with these underlying themes for the crowded audience, and as he ended his lecture, he thanked everyone who had influenced his life. He closed with a smile, and what he said was the most important thing to take away from his lecture: “You might have built it, but if you did, you only did so because someone got you to the right set of circumstances to do so.”

After 30 years at Linfield, Gilden’s impact cannot be squeezed into one lecture. But judging by the response of the audience, his impact has clearly given students and faculty the best possible circumstances to succeed.

Tyler Bradley 

Sports columnist

Tyler Bradley can be reached at
linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.