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News 2
BY DREW LENIHAN
Staff Writer
Aukeem Ballard (11) to speak at commencement
Aukeem Ballard (11) will be the senior speaker at
commencement. Ballard was chosen from a pool of
six other competitors and fellow class members who
gave their speeches last Monday.
BY JAKE SIMONDS
Staff Writer
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS
Te Gregg
BY MICAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer
Chapel addition completed and set to open
The inside of The Gregg, which will seat approximately 80 people. The space will be multi-purpose and will
be available for any campus group to book.
Sustainability Task Force emphasizes
that its decisions afect everyone
PHOTO BY ELANA WEBB
After more than eight months of con-
struction, the Diane Gregg Memorial Pavil-
ion will open Mar. 28. Although currently
waiting on a permit for full occupancy, the
remarkably well-lit, unique space is all but
ofcially complete. Formal dedication will
take place Apr. 17, and after that, the space
will be open to the community for schedul-
ing.
Campus events will have their hands full
scheduling [the space], predicted Chapel
Director Mark Duntley, who sees the multi-
purpose space being used for small group
meetings, including spiritual life groups ea-
ger to get out of the cavernous main cha-
pel; dancing, because of the solid wooden
foor; and performances by student-led the-
atre groups. Te Gregg will seat about 80,
and Duntley believes a formal yet practical
space of this size will fnd a niche on campus.
In the main chapels original design, ar-
chitect Paul Tiry included a smaller medi-
tation chapel that was scrapped before con-
struction began due to lack of funding.
Tose original plans collected dust until
2007, when principal donor Glenn Gregg
(CAS 55) initiated the project in memory
of his recently deceased wife, Diane, who he
met on Palatine Hill. Because of donations,
this project did not cost students anything,
and created the opportunity to move for-
ward on something the school might be re-
luctant to fund otherwise. Said Duntley, If
you had told me ten years ago this was going
to happen, Id have called you crazy. People
talk of things we need on campus, and [the
pavilion] was never very high on that list. We
might not need this, but we can use it, and
thats pretty cool.
Now complete, Duntley points out that
the addition feels like it was here all along.
Walking from the main chapel to the Pavil-
ion feels natural, and as one enters the space,
large bay windows allow tons of natural
light, enough to sufce even on the rainiest
Portland days. Wood milled from the three
old trees cut down for construction panels
the walls. [Te trees] are still here. Teyre
in a diferent form, theyre not living and Im
sorry about that, but I just think its just
Duntley paused for a moment. Its beauti-
ful, because that was the wood of this par-
ticular place. I loved those trees.
Te octagonal space feels open, and upon
walking in, one sees a freestanding wood-
paneled structure along the North wall,
which provides orientation within an other-
wise directionless space. As Duntley noted,
the Gregg Pavilion is not the future of ar-
chitecture, which is part of what he thinks
makes it so interesting.
Constructing the Gregg from old de-
signs while remaining faithful to the original
plans was difcult. Said project superinten-
dent Clark Scholl, As challenging as the site
has been, it actually has gone well. We had
a very unique design, and unique designs
[present] challenges, but [challenges were
overcome] very well by the team.
Scholl described his interactions with
Lewis & Clark staf as fantastic, and felt
the building tenants were very accommodat-
ing. Said Scholl, Tey had to contend with
a lot of construction nuisances and thats not
always fun.
Duntley concedes that at times the con-
struction nuisances were inconvenient and a
bit challenging. For instance, the day of this
interview, his ofce was too loud for conver-
sation, so he talked with this reporter in a
lobby. Despite the trouble, he speaks high-
ly of all involved in construction. Clark
[Scholl]s been great, the construction peo-
ple, our facilities staf, everybodys done their
best. Teyve tried to be accommodating and
make it work for everyone, said Duntley.
Te changes are all for the better, and
while most of us resist change on some lev-
el because we prefer the familiar, I was on
board with this from the beginning and Ill
be very glad when its really done.
PHOTO BY HANNA H PRINCE
Sustainabilitys role in educational insti-
tutions is about to become a topic of discus-
sion as the Sustainability Task Force (STF)
attempts to bring the student body into con-
versations about the future of sustainability
at Lewis & Clark.
Under the leadership of director of Envi-
ronmental Studies Jim Proctor and Associate
Vice President of the Ofce of Public Afairs
and Communications Tom Krattenmaker,
the STF has been meeting throughout the
year to discuss sustainability at LC. Tese
discussions have resulted in plans to shift
the focus of sustainability away from just the
campus, and to embrace a wider focus en-
compassing the educational mission of LC
and its work on a range of scales.
A series of subcommittees, focusing on
everything from student life to campus oper-
ations, has been meeting to draft statements
and commitments regarding sustainability
at the school. Students and faculty from all
three schools and staf from facilities, cam-
pus living and other departments have all
participated. Other prominent members in-
clude Sustainability Manager Amy Dvorak,
Associate Vice President of Facilities Richard
Betegga and Vice President of Finances Carl
Vance, among many others.
Its supposed to dissolve at the end of the
year, said Student Representative Caitlin
Piserchia (13), explaining that sustainabil-
ity would be integrated into new structures
on campus. Te intent is for sustainability
to become a focus for many parts of the in-
stitution rather than the concern of a single
task force. Te recommendations will help
that process along. I like that there are rec-
ommendations for next year and the long
term there are defnitely some good ideas
going, Piserchia said.
Friday Apr. 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in
Smith Hall were going to have an area set up
with representatives from the task force to
answer questions and gather input and just
discuss or share ideas, said student repre-
sentative Julia Huggins (13). Tis is exact-
ly the opportunity for people with random
thoughts or ideas to come this is the op-
portunity for that to get heard.
If we do it right, Jim Proctor said, as
quoted on Te Source, Lewis & Clark will
be known as an institution with fresh ideas
and efective practices related to sustainabil-
ity, and this is certainly an outcome worth
our time and collaborative efort.
PHOTO BY MAGGIE MCDERMUT
The construction of the Gregg Memorial Pavilion has
spanned eight months, but is finally completed. For-
mal dedication of the space will occur on Apr. 17.
Seniors gathered in Council Chamber
last Monday night to shake fsts, share cli-
chs and provide insight to each other on
how they will make it in this hard world after
graduating. Tis was not a therapy session,
but the Senior speaker competition: a place
where words and hand gestures were shot
out as fercely and passionately as faming ar-
rows. Te speeches varied in types and styles
of messages and advice, but the importance
of community and fnding adversity in an ev-
er-changing world were some of the themes
presented in the seven speeches. A wide va-
riety of majors, from SOAN to Music Per-
formance, were represented in the seven f-
nalists. A committee comprised of students,
faculty and staf evaluated the speeches after
each presentation and eventually decided on
Wednesday that Aukeem Ballard, a Commu-
nications major from Tacoma, Wash., was
the graduate who best ft the bill.
In his speech, Ballard refected on his and
his classmates reaction to statements made
at their initial freshman convocation by a
faculty member, who tried to inspire them
by proclaiming, Here you will learn how to
save the world. Aukeem spoke about the
ambiguity in such a statement, but empha-
sized that his peers, whether ready or not,
must be prepared to save the world, and that
it is quite imperative they fnd their own
way to do it. Aukeem looks to do this in the
feld of education. In the speech, Ballard also
discussed the importance of education and
how his mother instilled this in him. No
one can take our education from us, he said,
clenched hand raised at his side.
Te idea of a senior speaker selected by
his or her peers was frst introduced to Lew-
is & Clark commencement ceremonies in
1995 by Michael Ford, the current associate
Vice President of Campus Life. I think the
perspective shared in these remarks provides
a window to the class as a whole and insight
about what it means to experience the Col-
lege. An invited Commencement speaker
just doesnt have that perspective, said Ford.
Te speeches have been podcasted on the
LC website since last year. All speeches in the
competition, with the exception of Ballards,
which will premiere at May eighths com-
mencement, will be available online at the
end of March. A full webcast of the gradu-
ation ceremony will also be available this
summer.