L&C Magazine
Winter 2003
Cover Story
A Village on Palatine Hill
Photo essay: Lewis & Clark’s new apartment-style residence halls.
Read the storyOn Palatine Hill
I’m Tormented by Turtles
This is the winning entry in the Chronicle Student Essay Contest, held this fall. Casey Rose Fagre, from West Glacier, Montana, is a senior majoring in environmental studies. She is the recipient of a Morris K. Udall Foundation
Beyond the Beltway
To educate young citizens about the importance of the Senate’s advice-and-consent function, U.S. Senator Gordon Smith and former U.S. Senators Bob Packwood, George McGovern, Mark Hatfield, Paul Simon, and Eugene McCarthy spoke on campus between October 31 and November 8.Life in Balance
Is it possible to pursue a demanding legal career while maintaining a sense of personal balance? It is if you are Kathleen Dailey JD ’84 or Jim Brunberg JD ’03.
Professor Par Excellence
With enthusiasm, energy, and commitment, Professor of French Nicole Aas-Rouxparis has nurtured and challenged her students at Lewis & Clark College for more than a decade.Faculty Focus
Faculty Focus & Faculty NewcomersThe Magnificent Pamplin 7
The College inducted seven sophomores into the Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Society of Fellows, the College’s highest honor.Hall Named for Parents (but Maggie Gets Café)
Residence Hall DedicationShare Your Memories of Former Professors
Do you remember taking classes or visiting professors in Thaxter, Throckmorton, or Edmonds?The Rogers 2 Dozen
Rogers ScholarsStill Multilingual After All The Years?
Polyglot, the College’s foreign languages journal, accepts submissions from alumni in addition to undergraduates.JDs Extraordinaire
Law School HonoreesGuiding Principals
John Horn ’83, MAT ’90, principal of Portland’s Kelly Elementary School, arrives at work around 6:30 a.m. and often doesn’t leave until 12 hours later.Sports Hall of Fame Turns 25
Nearly 200 Pio fans attended the silver anniversary celebration of Lewis & Clark’s Sports Hall of Fame on October 19.
Vital Stats
Selected from the fourth-largest applicant pool in Lewis & Clark’s history, the class of 2006 is one of the College’s biggest and brightest. Here’s a look at the numbers.
Did Anyone Bring a Measuring Tape?
Is Argentina’s Aconcagua at 22,800 feet the highest peak in the Americas? Or does the honor belong to Bolivia’s magnificent Ancohuma, which many maps show to be 23,200 feet?
Hanging on by a Hair
The gecko’s remarkable climbing ability has puzzled scientific minds for centuries—until now, that is.
Vintage Nader
Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential Americans of the 20th century, consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader addressed a full house in Pamplin Sports Center on October 6.Entropy Rewarded
Entropy, Lewis & Clark’s literary magazine for the 2000-01 academic year, competed against more than 100 colleges and universities from throughout the nation to win the 2002 National Program Directors’ Prize for Undergraduate Literary Magazines for content.South Africa or Bust
Student at U.N. World SummitAbout the Roundabout
A recently constructed roundabout directs vehicles past the law school’s new entrance near Terwilliger Boulevard and Palater Road.1 + 1 = $2 Million
Two programs in Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Education have attracted the interest of the U.S. Department of Education—to the tune of about $2 million.
Art Gallery Nouveau
In recognition of a generous gift from Ronna and Eric Hoffman, Lewis & Clark College has renamed the campus art gallery in the couple’s honor.Law School Reunion
Law School ReunionSymposium Sizzles
International Affairs SymposiumVisit Romania in Summer 2003
Explore centuries-old monasteries, Dracula’s castle, and Romania’s Mediterranean landscape with Klaus Engelhardt, professor of French and German, in the summer of 2003.“Ironclad” Research May Lead to Cleaner Water
Elise Jones-Landry ’03 spent much of last summer closeted in a second-floor laboratory in the Olin Center for Physics and Chemistry, observing the chemical interaction between iron and various clays.
