The Lewis twins, Mitchell (left) and Dylan stand together from football to making the choice on where to go to college, they do it as one.

Freshmen Mitchell and Dylan Lewis are unmistakable identical twins. The twins are often referred to as “twin” or “Lewi,” a term derived from the plural of Lewis.

The twins both stand at six and a half feet tall and have light brown hair. One of the only noticeable differences between the two is a darker brown patch of hair on the back of Mitchell’s head, which is not visible under a football helmet.

“When we were born one of my toenails was painted red to keep us straight,” Mitchell said. “For all I know our parents could have confused us and I could be Dylan.”

The mixups never get old for the twins. Mitchell and Dylan are notorious for sneaking to the bathroom to swap clothing, causing confusion among their friends, babysitters, substitutes, sports opponents and teachers.

“We’re bad,” Dylan laughed. “Its kind of funny and really easy to confuse people. Sometimes I have full conversations with people who think that I’m my brother and I just don’t even correct them.”

The confusion and double-takes surrounding the twins have continued since their arrival at Linfield four weeks ago for football. The twins recalled their first week on campus, when they felt as if there wasn’t a single person who didn’t give them a second glance.

“Even the guys on the football team were a little surprised about how close we are,” Mitchell said. “I think they get it now that we consider ourselves a package deal.”

Playing football without each other in college was never even an option for the Lewi. In fact, the twins never even considered going to different colleges. When asked what it would have been like to play football with out each other, they answered in unison that they wouldn’t be playing if that were the case.

“Choosing a college was a group decision for us,” Mitchell said. “We visited University of Oregon and Western Oregon University, but we didn’t feel like they were schools we wanted to spend the next four years at together. ”

The Lewis brothers felt good vibes from the football coaching staff and players at Linfield.

“We liked Linfield because the team is close and feels like a family,” Dylan said. “The community felt similar to Sheldon High School, where we just graduated from.”

In addition to their identical looks and shared interest of football, they have identical academic goals and hobbies. They are both majoring in business, have the same class schedule, work on homework together and even share a room on the third floor of Mahaffey. In high school, despite taking different classes, the twins had the exact same grade point average, down to the thousandth.

Their free time is spent together of course, playing baseball, Mario Party with their older sister Amanda who goes to Oregon State University, shooting targets, hunting birds, squirrels and deer and fishing for salmon and trout in the Willamette River behind their house.

Dylan Lewis (right) and his twin Mitchell Lewis have done everything together, so going to Linfield together was always the plan.

You would think that spending every waking moment with someone that looks and thinks the exact same way as you, would get annoying; however this is not the case for the Lewi.

“It’s weird when we tell people that we never want space from each other,” Mitchell said. “Most siblings can’t stand to be around each other all the time, but for us its more weird when the other twin isn’t around.”

The longest the boys have spent apart is one week, which was during this past summer when Dylan participated in the Les Schwab Bowl for football.

“Mitch didn’t go, and it was terrible,” Dylan said. “He sent me a text as soon as I left the driveway.  A couple days after I left Mitch texted me that whenever he saw a picture of me around the house, he told me that he felt like he was trying to forget about me or like I had died or something.”

On rare occasions, the twins are apart. Mitch has a girlfriend, which often forces Dylan to be a third wheel while they hang out. Also, the twins’ parents separated when they were 2 years old, forcing them to spend half of their time with their mom and half with their dad, sometimes splitting up for nights at a time.

“If we do split up it’s only for one night because thats all we can handle being away from each other,” Mitchell said. “We have been extremely fortunate in the sense because they still live close to each other, we still have family dinners and they still come to our scrimmages together, which makes it as easy as possible on us.”

According to the twins, there is absolutely nothing they don’t agree on. As freshman on the football team this year the Lewi want to be coachable, accept their roles on and off the field and practice hard all the time.

Mitchell will be wearing jersey number one from the safety position and Dylan will be number 13 from the corner position. The boys have been playing football since the first grade, and have been on the same team ever since. The Lewi brothers love playing on the field at the same time, big surprise.

“People always ask me what its like to be a twin,” Mitchell said. “And I’m like what is it like to not be a twin?”

“People are like, “You guys are weirdly attached to each other,” Dylan said. “And I’m always just like “Yep, you don’t really get it.”

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Sophomore Josh Wong focuses on kicking the ball at the Aug. 31 game against Howard Payne, which the Wildcats won 2-0. The mens’ soccer team has gone through preseason undefeated landing them the third place in the Northwest Conference going into their next game Sept. 13.

The Wildcat goalkeepers, junior Grant Loriaux and freshman Jorge Rodriguez, had a clean sheet during the game against Walla Walla on Sept. 7,  helping the Wildcats leave the Wolves scoreless 7-0.

Rodriguez made three saves and faced six of the Wolves’ goal attempts in the second half. Loriaux also made a save in the first.

The offense dominated with five different players scoring goals for the Wildcats. Sophomore returning letter winner Domenico Del Prete and freshman Brian DeGrandmont both scored two goals.

Del Prete made the first goal of the game and DeGrandmont followed up with both of his goals back-to-back. With assists from freshman Nicholas Autencio and junior Jake Baker, the Wildcats’ offense stayed strong with strong moves at the goal.

At the 29-minute mark, senior Michael Swain slid in a low kick in the right corner, giving the Wildcats a 4-0 lead by the break.

The Wolves’ defense tried to keep up with the ‘Cats already having nine goal attempts. In the second half, they continued to struggle to get onto the scoreboard.

Within minutes of the second half, the Wildcats seemed like they did not lose steam as Baker helped send a penalty kick right in and gaining another goal for the team.

Autencio scored for the Wildcats less than a minute later.  Del Prete scored the last goal of the game, making the gap even further for the Wolves.

The Wildcats started the weekend with a 2-1 win over Oregon Technical Institute on Sept. 6.

Four minutes into the game, junior Tyler Repic slipped in a goal past the Owl’s keeper. Freshman Eric Conte made his first career goal just three minutes after being put in, giving Linfield a 2-0 lead.

After the break, the Owls came in and went straight for the goal but the Wildcats continued to gain possession. OIT found an opportunity 71 minutes into the game and made their sole goal.

Linfield did not allow them to score for the rest of the half, securing their victory. The Wildcats had their first shutout of the season against Howard Payne University on 2-0. Baker and Autencio scored the two goals of the game.

Rodriguez helped with defensive plays while in the goal during the first half to make sure Linfield did not give up its lead. During the second half, the Wildcats tested the Yellow Jackets with 15 goal attempts and their keeper responded with five saves.

The Wildcats also had an exhibition game against Bellevue Community College on Aug. 30, where they won 2-1. Linfield will next travel to Everett, Wash., to play Trinity Lutheran College in their last preseason appearance on Sept. 13 at 4:30 p.m.

 Ivanna Tucker / Sports Editor

Ivanna Tucker can be reached at LinfieldReviewSports@gmail.com

Photo by Helen Lee

The football team competes in many competitions as an end of preseason tradition, such as the cannon ball contest, relay races and synchronized swimming. Audience members scored the athletes in front of the whole school. This tradition took a new turn this year, by the team asking for donations to help local charities.

Photos by Helen Lee

The team has been preparing for this season for the past couple of weeks with practices from 4-6 everyday and morning weight lifting practices a couple days a week.

“We want to focus on each play at a time,” Junior Audrey Frazier said. “One of our goals this year is to expect to work to win. We want to be successful and have committed to putting in the time and effort it is going to take to get there.“

The 14 member team went to the California Invitational on Sept. 6-7 on a high note with an undefeated preseason score of 3-0. They went to face new opponents and hone in on what the team needs to work on for the rest of the season.

“We will improve on our game from last weekend,” head volleyball coach Shane Kimura said. “There will be tougher teams there. We can see what are the teams’ strengths and weaknesses. We can also see what we need to improve on when we come back.”

The teams’ next game is an exhibition match against Blue Mountain Community College at 7 p.m. on Sept. 10 at the Ted Wilson Gymnasium.

“Our main goal is to prove everyone wrong,” Frazier said. “We’re expected to finish eighth in conference this year, but we know we can do better and we plan on it.”

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Junior Kaliana Ritte-Camara prepares to stike the ball for a serve at Newberg, Ore. on Aug. 31.

Photo Courtesy of Kelly Bird

Lisa Macy-Baker, Linfield’s new NCAA Compliance Officer and head women’s tennis coach, has spent the last 12 years working as both a special education teacher and a women’s tennis coach at Mountain View High School in Bend, Ore., McMinnville High School and Duniway Middle School in McMinnville.

“So far Lisa is well liked by our team,” junior Gretchen Jernstedt said in an email. “I think she will bring some fresh ideas and plans, while also staying open to our feedback.”

Macy-Baker was “born and bred” in McMinnville and has been playing tennis competitively since her freshmen year of high school. Macy-Baker considers it her “first love” in regards to sports.

“I took my first private lesson from Linfield’s number one tennis player at the time,” Macy-Baker said.

Macy-Baker grew up in McMinnville and later attended Oregon State University after receiving a full-ride basketball scholarship. She played basketball her freshmen year, but quit due to the lack of support she received from her coaches while they were under investigation for violations.

“I learned a lot from that experience and it helps me now as a coach,” Macy-Baker said. “I know that I want to make sure my freshmen are well supported and well taken care of.”

Macy-Baker plans to meet with freshmen players on a weekly basis to ensure they are receiving the necessary support to succeed—not only on the courts, but in the classroom as well. Other plans for the six-week fall season include player performance evaluations, spring season preparation and outdoor practices as often as possible before the rainy season.

“Our long-term plans are to maintain the excellence that has been this program,” Macy-Baker said. “Last year was a bit of an off year…But [if] you look at the history, they have won the conference [title] six out of the last 10 years.”

Practices are scheduled everyday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. She has also planned various 6:00 a.m. conditioning sessions and time for weight lifting. According to Jernstedt, this year’s practice schedule is slightly different than last year’s.

The women’s tennis will play their first preseason tournament in late September, and will have various inter-squad matches throughout the season.

Macy-Baker also plans to have the team participate in McMinnville’s Runtoberfest, a community run on Oct. 5 that raises money for the McMinnville Education Foundation.

“We want to optimize the team experience,” Macy-Baker said. “Tennis is often viewed as an individual sport, but the way it’s set up at this level, it is truly a team sport.”

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After a slow start being down 1-0 going into the half, the Wildcats came out with a vengeance in the second where precision accuracy with their passes and well placed shots on goal eventually put them in the lead.

Senior Emily Fellows got the Cats started, scoring their first two goals within seconds of each other, and sophomore Tegan Grunwald gave the team an insurance goal a few minutes later.

It was then the defense who ultimately kept Linfield ahead with a few excellent stops by the goalkeepers, sophomore Kallina Haase and senior Amy Hammerquist, and lock-down defense from the entire team. Linfield won its second game of the year as well. The first half put them up 4-0 and they kept that momentum going into the second playing perfect defense yet again and holding Howard Payne scoreless. They went on to score one more goal, giving them a 5-0 victory and improving their so far flawless record to 2-0.

Fellow recorded another goal for the Wildcats, her third of the season, giving her a 1.5 goals-per-game scoring average after her first two games.

The Wildcats also got some help off of their bench, with juniors Laurel Huth and Emily Ing scoring their first goals of the season.

Coach Dominic Doty’s Wildcats, projected to finish as the number one team in the Northwest Conference, are definitely meeting standards so far this season with a total point differential of 8-1. The women’s soccer team hopes keep up this hot start through the rest of the season and prove the projections right by finishing on top.

Linfield’s next matchup is against Oregon Technical Institute on Sept. 11, as well as their next game against Corban University Sept. 14, will be played away from Linfield. They play at home again on Sept. 18 at game will be at 7:00 p.m. against Pacific University.

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Senior Emily Fellows scores a goal against Howard Payne at the Aug. 31 which the wildcast won 4-0. The girls go into the next rounds of games undeafeated as they talke on Pacific Unifersity on sept. 18.

Photo by Helen Lee

Both finished first at the Linfield Harrier Classic on Sept. 7, a dual meet against George Fox University.

On the women’s side, they had superior performances despite missing key runners. Senior returner Hannah Greider finished in the top spot with 24 minutes, 28.01 seconds, only 11 seconds in front of the George Fox runner. Freshman Marisa Kume finished in third in her second college career performance.

Seniors Katie Skinner, Claire Hann and junior Madison Trowbridge rounded out the top-10 finished forthe Wildcats.

On the men’s side, senior Joe Gladow led the 8K, finishing first with a time of 27 minutes, 12.05 seconds Freshman Michael O’Neil trailed in behind Gladow, claiming second. Juniors Flint Martino, Calvin Howell, freshmen Chris Roth and Adrian Clifford also finished in the top-10 for the Wildcats.

“We ran well but we expect better performances out of ourselves,” junior Chad Linnerooth said.

At the Lewis & Clark University Dual Meet on Aug. 30, Gladow and senior Siena Noe were the top runners for the Wildcats.

Noe finished with the time of 19 minutes, 13.4 seconds. Gladow was in control during the majority of the race but Pioneers’ runner Jarrod Nixon came up from behind near the end forcing him to finish in second with 21 minutes, 15.3 seconds.

The men’s and women’s scores were combined at this meet, which the Wildcats lost by one point. After first race, the cross country team takes a trip to Camp Kiwanilong in Astoria, Ore. They hang out as a team and also participate in a run that is a Linfield tradition. Assistant coaches Greg Mitchell and Chris McIsaac also ran it when they were on the team.

“Camp is a great place to foster team building,” junior Ian Lundgren said. “It’s all about time. At the midpoint of the time, we have to turnaround.”

The team together runs three miles to get to the location, do an interval workout and then run the three miles back.

Team members’ interval workout goal is to make it to a jetty near shore shoreline by the halfway point of the workout and then make it back to where they started in a certain amount of time.

“It’s a hard workout that not many can complete, only a handful of male runners can complete the workout every year,” Linnerooth said. “Only one female has actually touched the jetty in time.”

The Wildcats will next compete at the Northwest Classic in Eugene, Ore. On Sept. 20 at 5:15 p.m.

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Senior Clair Hann is racing against George Fox University on Sept. 7 where she finished in the top-10. The Wildcats have been taking over the score boards as they look to future games.

Photo courtesy of Amanda Gibbons

Using its funds from the Associated Students of Linfield College (ASLC), the station purchased and has installed a new automated music system.

The system will a replace an outdated one and allow for a much more professional style broadcast to come out of the studio. Not only will the system upgrade the flow of music, new features will allow shows to be produces much more like a professional commercial station.

Along with upgrading the automated music system, live-assist and voice tracking, two of the most common features of larger stations will now be possible The new software will allow for recorded pieces to be done in advance and inserted into the system. The equipment inside the KSLC studio wasn’t the only thing that received some major upgrades.

The station also purchased a new remote broadcasting system, which will improve the station’s already successful sports broadcasts. On top of this, plans are in the works for KSLC to broadcast all comedians and Cat Cabs this year. The new KSLC staff is excited to get a new year started and bring the station’s great content to the entire campus. Along with music, the station also provides talk shows on sports, pop culture. News Director Max Milander will be starting up the station’s first one hour news show soon.

Technical Director Jeremy Odden has been in the middle of all of the happenings at KSLC. He has been instrumental in the installation of the new automation as well as all of the cleaning up that has gone on at the station. “It’s been a long, fun process,” Odden said. “ We’re slowly cleaning up and streamlining the station, and still have a few ideas up our sleeves!”

KSLC is open to any student that wishes to contribute a show. To schedule a show and setup a training time, contact General Manager Jerry Young at jyoung@linfield.edu.

For more information about the station, along with a complete schedule list for in studio, remote, and sports broadcasts, head to http://www.linfield.edu/kslcfm.html.

Jerry Young / KSLC General Manager

If you have questions about sustainability programs or simply want to discuss an idea please do not hesitate to reach out and contact me. You can usually find me in my office (Cozine 109), in the garden or walking around campus. Come and say hi sometime!

For those of you who are new to our campus community, you may have noticed that sustainability is an integral part of our community at Linfield. The Green Team talked to colloquium groups during your orientation programs and provided opportunities for recycling and composting at the welcome picnic. For those of you who I haven’t had the chance to get to know here are a few things that are happening this year with sustainability:

First off, as a part of our Zero Waste project, we are piloting a few new recycling and composting bins in a few buildings on campus including Elkinton, Frerichs, T.J. Day, HHPA and Riley. New bins will also shortly be featured outside of Dillin next to the solar powered trash compactor. Please help us by using these bins properly. If you have questions or comments about these we would love to hear them. You can also look out for opportunities to participate in these new systems at upcoming campus events. One thing to note about the compost: our compost goes to feed local pigs so please do not throw anything in there that a pig couldn’t eat. Thank you in advance for helping us reach Zero Waste!

This week has been busy for our office. Thank you to all of you who have come out to participate in the farmer’s market, the wood fired pizza dinner, the lecture on “The War on Agriculture” and the gardening workshop. These are just the first of many events that we have already planned for this semester.

Coming up this month:

9/13-15, 2 p.m. Friday–2 p.m. Sunday, Greenfield Retreat, Westwind (Oregon Coast) 9/18, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., Sustainable Agriculture Internship Presentation, T.J. Day 219 9/22, 3 p.m.-5 p.m., Composting Workshop, Renshaw 106

Feel free to contact me for more information about any of this. Thanks again everyone and I look forward to a great year building and participating in a sustainable community here at Linfield.

Duncan Reid

When his mentally unstable mother becomes fatally ill, Victor Mancini quits medical school and begins a slightly more lucrative endeavor: pretending to choke in order to have someone save him.

The logic behind Victor’s madness is that when someone saves him, they automatically feel responsible for him and sometimes, his overdue bills.

However, Victor is not tricking his saviors for selfish purposes; he uses all the money he collects in order to pay for his mother’s hospital bills. Ms. Mancini, Victor’s insane mother, who often doesn’t even recognize her own son, is housed in a hospice center and treated by the very inventive, and very pretty, Dr. Marshall.

Victor’s mother is not always shown as a dying woman, but in addition to the first person account of Victor’s story, the novel includes a series of flashbacks, usually involving his mother liberating him from a foster family. When Victor is not dying in public, he is working as a tour guide for a living history museum with his best friend, Denny, or making new friends at sex addicts’ anonymous meetings, where he is fervently avoiding his fourth step.

Victor’s story is not one a directional journey and does not necessarily have a distinct beginning, middle, or end but his is a tale of self-sabotaging self-discovery. Like many of Palahniuk’s characters, Victor is often lost in existential thought. He often wonders what the value of his existence is and theories about why he finds it necessary to insert himself into anyone that will allow him to do so.

Unfortunately for the reader, Victor is very much an unlikable character. Because of his unstable childhood, he is unable, and perhaps unwilling, to maintain a healthy or lasting relationship with a woman. He is a manipulative sexist who does not have a plan for his life. Essentially, he is that one guy that everyone regrets dating. Palahniuk, a Washingtonian and alumni of the University of Oregon, is an award winning author whose immense work of literature has inspired three films.

His hobbies include travel observing addiction support groups. Much of the novel is based off of stories that Palahniuk heard while he was in sex addicts’ anonymous meetings, which he frequented as a form of research. Which, as is common knowledge to Palahniuk fans, is also a large part of his most famous novel, and later film, “Fight Club.”

Paige Jurgensen / Staff writer

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