L&C Magazine
Summer 2008
Sticky Business
Biologist Kellar Autumn is one of the world’s leading authorities on gecko adhesion.
Featured Stories
Nation Focuses on Global Warming
A Lewis & Clark–based initiative captures national attention and spurs discussion of global warming solutions.
Protecting ‘A Global Good’
No place on earth is richer in biodiversity. Few places are poorer financially. How to help Madagascar raise its living standards without squandering its ecological treasures is an everyday question for these alumni.
Visible Man
Rudolph P. Byrd BA ’75, a noted African American studies scholar, has dedicated his career to exploring issues of identity.
Getting to the Core of the Matter
Faculty and students learn together in Lewis & Clark’s latest iteration of the first-year core course, Exploration and Discovery.
Message from the President
The Transformative Power of Science
I have always been intrigued by kaleidoscopes. I remember being fascinated by the ever-changing symmetrical patterns I saw through that magical eyepiece. Later on, when I figured out how the configuration of mirrors created those patterns, I was no less impressed by the ingenuity of mind that could conceive such a wonderful contraption and then construct it out of tin, cardboard, a bit of plastic, and a few pieces of colorful glass. If anything, my admiration for the kaleidoscope was enhanced by understanding how it worked.
On Palatine Hill
Bolton, Krueger Square Off
When John Bolton and Robert Krueger finished their conversation with the Lewis & Clark community at the 46th annual International Affairs Symposium, the several hundred students who attended the event had much to ponder.
Gross Wins Teaching Award
Karen Gross, assistant professor of English, won a 2008 Graves Award in recognition of her teaching accomplishments.
Pio Sports
Women’s Tennis, Baseball, and Track
Meet Pio
Strength, pride, and endurance. All three are descriptive of Lewis & Clark’s athletics program as well as its new mascot: a Newfoundland named Pio.
A Growing Reputation in the Sciences
With a recent surge in national grants and student awards, recognition of Lewis & Clark’s achievements in the sciences is growing rapidly.
Hughes Institute Awards $1.3-Million Grant
This spring, the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) endorsed Lewis & Clark’s interdisciplinary approach to the sciences by awarding the college a landmark $1.3-million grant.
Here Comes the Sun
In an effort to expand its use of alternative energies, Lewis & Clark is partnering with Honeywell International, a technology and manufacturing company, to supply the campus sports facility with solar power.
Spring Break in the Borderlands
A group of Lewis & Clark undergraduates trekked to the U.S.-Mexico border to better understand Oaxacan immigration to Oregon. The students were part of Elliott Young’s U.S.-Mexico Borderlands course.
Family Therapy in India and Egypt
Last winter and spring, several graduate students in Lewis & Clark’s counseling psychology department journeyed to India and Egypt to gain valuable intercultural experience for their future work as family therapists, school psychologists, and community counselors.
Preparing for Rwanda’s Future
Viviane Gakire Kabeho is the 2007–08 Romeo Dallaire Scholarship recipient. The scholarship provides full tuition, books, and living expenses for a qualified African student wishing to study the English language at Lewis & Clark for one academic year.
Poetry Reimagined
In February, the Department of English hosted a well-attended poetry symposium, cosponsored by the Kinsman Foundation, to explore the relevancy of poetry in today’s world.
Stafford Archive to Lewis & Clark
The family of poet William Stafford has generously given his papers to Lewis & Clark College, where they will be in the care of Special Collections at the Aubrey R. Watzek Library.
Letters from Readers
Letters from Readers
Profiles
Music Professor Emerita Kilbuck Mourned
Edith Kilbuck B.M. ‘52, professor emerita of music, died March 23 of respiratory failure at age 76. She served on the college faculty from 1963 until her retirement in 1989.
Spiders With Their Heads (and Bodies) in the Sand
Rebecca Duncan BA ‘06 spent most of her junior and senior years at Lewis & Clark conducting an independent research project using an evolutionary framework to unite biology and physics.
Changing Lives in the Great Outdoors
Liz Flinn BA ‘91 became became YMCA Camp Widjiwagan’s first female executive director in 2006.
Taking Flight With the Jupiter Hotel
Kelsey Bunker JD ‘83 has a hip Jupiter Hotel in Portland’s lower Burnside district–the stretch between Grand and Sandy avenues, dubbed LoBu. Transformed from a seedy Travel Inn, this 80-room boutique hotel with its attached Doug Fir Lounge combines cutting-edge design with an indie ambience that offers “a new experience in urban hospitality.” In 2005, the hotel landed on Condé Nast Traveller’s coveted hot list.
Alumni News
Afterword
Haiti: People and Places
Last fall, I visited Haiti for one week–long enough to learn that this island nation, only 700 miles from the tip of Florida, is much more than its poverty.