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Commuter editor LaMuerta gives fond farewell to LRCC Q: "What are your plans f Davis LaMuerta company knows that I'm not the most talkative The Commuter person. Writing has always been my preferred summer break?" method of communication. Perhaps 'someday I'll The end is near ... or rather, the end is here. This have an entire book published that will give people is the last issue of The Commuter of which I am the something to bitch about. editor-in-chief. And thus, this is the last column I I'd like to say thank you to Rob Priewe, my advi- will write for this paper that I have grown to love, sor, for dealing well with having to work with me in and hate. his first year teaching here, "Going to Cali." It has been quite "I am thankful for the and for being very support- the experience; I still ive and accepting when I remember walking opportunity to express myself told him, "I'm changing into Rich Bergeman' s through my writing, which is my name ...and my sex ..." office three years ago what comes naturally to me." I'd also like to thank Rich and humbly aSkrng Bergeman for allowing me him to let me into the opportunity to prove his journalism labs, DAVIS LAMuERTA myself; hopefully he wasn't a week late. Since too disappointed with the that moment, The result. Commuter has been a major part of my life. It has To my co-workers: Minda Trulove, Will Parker, given me amazing experience as a writer, editor, Loren Newman, Chris "Cheese" Kelley, Aaron reporter, and more importantly, as a member of Broich, Monique Cohen, and the new Editor-in- "Racing my 360 an awesome team of fellow journalists. And at Chief Gregory Dewar, I extend much appreciation sprint car!" times it has made me want to rip my hair out and and gratitude for the opportunity to have worked scream ...but I wouldn't trade the experience for wi th you, and also for being accepting and open- anything. minded in dealing with me as a person. You're My career at this paper has been met with much all amazing people, and I wish you much luck in • Sterhng Kane- pandemonium at LBCe. As the opinion editor last futl/;,tt endeavors. Mech. Eng year, I pissed off a lot of people (and had much And finally (don't worry, I'm almost done fun doing it). My philosophy on the matter is: If I rambling), to the LBCC community. Thanks for made someone angry enough with my writing to putting up with me for the past three years, and actually speak out and give a resp~nse, I did my making me feel like I belonged somewhere. LBCC job well. is an excellent educational establishment, and I I am thankful for the opportunity to express am fortunate to become a proud alumnus. m self throu h m writin which is what comes So...adios. "...partying at the 1 na ura y 0 me. nyone W 0 as s en ime Partying like a rockstar buffalo Or slowly going the way... '

Greg Dewar a rock star. When was the last time you partied The Commuter like a rock star? Or, for that matter, did anything extraordinary that you don't normally do? How did I go from a hyperactive teenager to This generation is boring. I'm writing this on a "I'm going rafting Friday, the week before dead week starts. And I someone who would rather read a fine novel in began to imagine all the things I might do today! their time away from the grind? and backpacking." Oh, such glorious machinations in my mind. I I believe the answer lies in the technological thought maybe I'd go home and do my home- revolution. Through the TV, the computer, the ra- work, but that's just silly. Then I thought, maybe dio, the written word, and even sitting, staring at .JaDlH: Sprick» 7 I'll go home and play "Lord of the Rings Online" the sky, we humans have shown with great courage a Health Educ. and enjoy some player vs. monster player combat the ingenuity to entertain ourselves while putting . . (PvMP). Or, I could catch up on those seasons of in only the basest of minimal effort. Why go and "Stargate: Atlantis," or the anime that's been pil- do all those "exciting" things I mentioned? When ing up on my bookshelf. Ah, the possibilities were I can press a button and be completely enthralled endless for a nerd with a free Friday night in the for a few hours? At least you burn a few more darkness of dungeon. calories playing video games or thumbing through Guilty by association I began to think of my the pages of a book or magazine. friends. What video games might tltey be playing We're a boring culture: While people fight wars tonight? Perhaps they'll just watch TV. Or maybe and starve to death all around the globe, like Hob- they'll enjoy a night of Dungeons, Dragons, and bits in the Shire, we're content to merely vegetate Mountain Dew. My pulse quickened, as if I'd and get fat. Without vigilance, even the Shire was been the recipient of a foreign adrenaline injec- threatened by the Shadows of Angmar and the tion: "Dungeons and Dragons." That is a glory dread of Mordor. oft journeyed to in my days. Upping your level But what do we do when our hearts are mired and advancing your armor class. The chill in my in the wiliest of bogs? There's a glimmer of hope ~ pants was nearly sexual. Imagery of "dragons" in every well of shadow. in lingerie just waiting to be "slayed" filled my Enjoy this summer; live it like it. will be your mind to the brim and cascaded over in an ecstasy last. Get out, be active, use those nerd-muscles. Do of mental fumbling. Wooh! that thing you've always wanted to do. Talk to that Then reality, as it is won't to do, barged back in. person, go on that trip, take up this hobby, remodel "Making music." I never once thought of going to a bar, at the ripe your living space, paint your car, eat a chimpanzee. age of 23. It doesn't occur to me go to skateboard- I don't know, use your imagination. ing at the park. I wouldn't think about going to Just get out and live for the sake of the continu- a concert or anything. Yet the idea of a game of ation of the species, because I know I won't. What "Scrabble" wets my whistle. Wow, I am a boring did I do tonight? I spent about two and a half • JOl' Wl',lIind' person. All my friends are boring. In fact, I don't hours reorganizing The Commuter's office to be I:nghsh know anyone who is "exciting." We've become a more friendly, interesting place, and then wrote " '" " a culture of people who spend most of our time this story. indoors enjoying pre-recorded entertainment. I Now, if you'll excuse me, there are a few Orcs c.O>nln .. .,t9' do whose heads are missing an arrow from my Dwarf ~like- Hunter's PvMP reward Bow. nesday, June 4,2008 The Commuter

.ASU president praised by fellow members reunion, and identity to the natives and non-natives on campus and in the Albany and Corvallis communities. Membership in the club has waxed I have known Rocky Gavin for many and waned, but not Rocky's determina- . .He first came into, my life as a tion to enrich the lives of both natives dent, and then as a friend. As a stu- and non-natives. He has spearheaded t, I found his commitment to learning many things: a new blanket and coat ressive. Often,studentswouldcrowd drive, a adopt-an-elder program, a flute. und him to listen to his stories, and demonstration and workshop, teaching k him questions. There was a thirst students the meaning of and how to knowledge from his peers- perhaps make prayer bundles, story-telling, and use of their own spiritual barrenness he has extended his hand to members of contributed photo because they were just curious. Rocky the Indian community, He often financed de it a point in telling them that his many of the club's pursuits out of his own From left to right: RockyGavin, Curtis, Tall Eagle and Michele Wilson. , ey was not the same as everyone pocket. 's and to understand other's, they Rocky is a man whose heart is as big in life. He can be quite devilish, too. At because Rocky has spent the better part ed to listen to their voices, too. As as the moon, and whose spirit is touched times, his humor is dark, and his eyes like of the last decade forwarding the Indian by all that is good in this world. He is .end, I can count on him to make me to wander. But his spirit always turns voice. I think though that now is the right' gh, to think about things in a different humble, generous, always seeking new him around so he is facing the best path and good time to honor him. My life has ways to make the lives of natives better, y, and to respect the journey in front for his journey in the circle. beenblessedbecauseofhim. The club has me. and is always seeking new ways to make Rocky picked up a flute one day and been blessed, and the LBCC community These types of encounters inspired non-natives better what it means to be the wind that blew through the pipe was 'is a better place because of Rocky. y to start a'campus club. The NA5U native. He gives with a good heart, and as big as the wind that moves a raptor's Thank you, Rocky. Rocky's baby. He dreamed big when he has touched so many lives. wings in the sky. Today, his songs have -Michele Wilson Through years of personal struggle, anizing the club and believedthat with reached many and have sung even more resources and energy of members, the Rocky was reborn - not as a different per- sweetly home. U would outlive his tenure at LBCC son, but as an Indian whose quest came Perhaps this honor is late coming, d become a place of guidance, hope, with a new understanding Of his purpose obody wants to hea~about your personal life

private matters in a room full of people, then there is bombs. a problem. I know I'm not the only one who has experienced Why these people would want to do this is a mystery these thoroughly annoying situations. I've heard tales to me. Perhaps this is just a case of a mostly reclusive from friends about these loud cussers (who are being e days when cell phones were only used in emer- .introvert trying to understand a bunch of super-social just plain rude, to be honest) and every time I mention cy situations are long gone, if there ever was a time individuals, but I don't really believe that. these people who wail over their woes in public, the en they were used exclusively for this. In the four Mot:" than once I have found myself sitting in Takena person I am talking to nods, knowing exactly what I'm s I spent at LBCC Thursday I saw no less than Hall doing homework, reading or just listenin~ome saying. 50 other people have encountered this problem, e people using these phones to make simple small music when someone walks over, plops themselves .too. Now, this isn't what's so bad. I've been told that ' down in a chair near me, pulls out their cell phone and Here's the point. If you're going to make a calion . some people it is cheaper to have a cell phone than proceeds to complain to some mystery person about yourcellphonewhereinyou'llbediscussingsomemat- ome phone, so I see nothing wrong with a person some problems they're having with a friend, or some ters that should be kept private, please find a vacant this situation using their cell phone tohave casual issue they're having with their significant other, or, area first and stay there until you're done with the calL versations with their friends and family. But when perhaps even worse, cuss upa storm while my estimate Don't make another person's day worse just because eone takes it a step further and starts talking about of their IQ drops at the same rate they are dropping F your life is not going so well right now. nited States violates U.N. charters ation breaks rules,unlikely to face international punishment

In the last few years alone, the Bush administration demandsfrom previous resolutions, andthiswouldhave has threatened (directly and indirectly) many of our been the framework for an internationally approved own U.N. "allies": Iran for the last few years, Sudan military strike. Itfailedtopass, inlargepartdueto heavy this year over the Darfur conflict, Pakistan in 2007, and opposition by NATO members Germany, France and Many people believe the U.S. is threatened by Iran. North Korea as early as 2003. Canada, Despite this, the U.S. invaded Iraq in March of samepeoplearerrtawarethatIranhasn'tattacked Beyond-threats, the U.s.-led 2003. ther nation for 250 yeaxs; meanwhile the U.S. has The U,S. is not concerned The U.S. has not, and likely will not be reprimanded however it pleases in the name of spreading de- with-international peace by the U.N. for its actions. Coincidentally, one of the acy. How can it be demonstrated that there may and stability, but rather its very first resolutions adopted by the U.N. (number four something fundamentally wrong with our nation's own interests, opposition be in April of 1946) concerned Iran. Going through the ernment? , proper diplomatic channels, the Iranian government Introducing them to the charters of the United Na- damned. complained about the presence of Soviet troops in their , which can be found at www.un.org, is a good BRANDON GOLDNER country, and the U.N. voted to set a timetable of USSR . The second article states that no member of the withdrawal to within a few weeks from the passing of N. will use violence, nor even the threat of violence, invasionofIraqfiveyearsagowasindefianceoftheU.N. the resolution. It is unlikely, in regard to an unwanted ainst another sovereign nation. The actions taken charters, which the U.S: helped to establish; yet nothing foreign presence, that Iran would enjoy the international ainst Iraq by the U.S.' are in clear opposition to this was done to stop it. The reason is simple: The U.S. is support and protection today that it received 60 years ic obligation, and further support the belief (held by not concerned with international peace and stability, ago. y peoples and nations) that the u.s. will continue but rather its own interests, opposition be damned. All this begs further inquiry, but for now we're left ignore international law in favor of its own political Early in 2003, the U.S. attempted to convince the with a question: Who can be blamed for maintaining a economic gains. U.N. to set deadlines for Iraqi compliance with various . hostile and threatening world environment? www.linnhenton.edu/commuter The Commuter Wednesday, June 4,20C!

~r. Nollooks: Or how I.learned to stop caring and fight the system Will Parker option for students who are already on tight budgets, know of in the Student Life and Leadership office ove The Commuter shouldn't the administration.l:>roadcast it everywhere? which Paul presides hasno concept of what free speed What of the fact that the bookstore won't take back half really is. And I think the "proof is in the pudding", Ii In a term spent without books, the greatest challenge the books they sell, and the ones they do take back, they to how well she's done at getting them to be the voio Ifaced was not the lack of access to material. It wasn't pay pennies on the dollar for? Are used books signifi- of the students to the administration. Or run a decen a challenge at all. But dealing with the unknown, un- cantly cheaper there? Nope. A used book is generally election. Or be known outside their clique. I think yot foreseen, uncontrolled twists of fate that sought to at only 10to 20 dollars cheaper when by their own budget could ask 90 percent of the students on this campu: times 'drive me insane proved more damaging than they pay less than half what they pay for a new book. what ASG has done this year, and Idoubt you couk anything Tdidn't buy at the bookstore. And why do they sell 360s and Wrls? get an answer. I know every time I've polled studenti Over Memorial Day weekend, I was invited to go The bookstore is a business. They operate for their and they haven't had a clue. Most don't even know wha down to Texas with my family for a wedding Ifamily the student government is. Which is probably w~ reunion on my dad's side. And aside from Texas's lack "No more powerful tool has , less than one-tenth of one percent of students votei of non-smoking restaurants, the trip there was good. ever been manufactured than in the election. Except for the retutn. The return was hell. ' the human voice." Just as the student government is content to sequeste Ihad known in advance that Iwas going to miss class itself in the shadows of their offices, so have the student , on the Tuesday following the holiday, so Iplanned ac- been content to let them hide. I personally didn't knml cordingly. Itook a test early and informed my teachers. that the same people whose ability to tie their owj I figured I had all my bases covered. What was sup- shoes I find questionable were the same people ~ posed to be five hours stuck on a plane turned into ten determined the fate of the $2.15per credit every studen (not unlike a certain three hour tour turned popular pays. As LBCC has grown over the years, the amo T.V.series. Except in hell); a trip that was supposed to not our benefit. If we accept their terms, then we are of revenue from this fee has grown to be some . take less than a day painfully stretched over two. By just as at fault as they are. If we do not question their considerable. Something real. Iknow there's a lot y the time we got home to Corvallis, Ihad slipped into exorbitant prices, we have only ourselves to blame. can do with haifa million dollars. It's enough mo that altered state of consciousness that happens after Just like the student government. People that the to pay for 200 full time tuitions for a y<:ar.It's eno staying awake past 3 a.m. I slept most of Wednesday majority of the student body didn't elect are going money to offset the cost of books at the bookstore away. Iwoke up sick Thursday and found out my dad to determine how close to a half million dollars gets 20 percent. and brother were both also sick. I'm still sick today, but spe~oney that's taken from every student that . It all comes down to this: No more powerful tool at least I'm on a diet of regular food. takes a credit class in the form of the Student-Activity ever been manufactured than the human. voice. Imissed a whole week of school when Iwas supposed Program fee. I personally paid a hundred dollars into is no weapon that can silence it, no armor that can s to only miss a day, and it's the second week of school the fee this year. it. Bunt has to be used. When we sit idle and let 0 I missed because of catastrophic illness. Are you upset at the lack of student activities? Did dictate our interests, we consign to them our voi What does it say that. this event that spanned only a you even know there was a student government? Did We let them use our voice for their gain, not ours. If ,couple of days had more of an impact on my success you know they had that sort of oversight on that much desire change, then we must act. We must speak . . er witwas's tandhowifs conversations that can change this school have alrea

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40th annual commencement honors LB grads is LaMuerta Commuter

obbing friends and family, proud students med in hideous blue gowns with c1ashingytiIlow Is, and speeches galore: Welcome to the 40th ual Linn-Benton Community College commence- t ceremony -, .s year, LBCCis honoring 719graduates, includ- 370 GED recipients. A crowd this large couldn't ywhere on campus, so the Linn County.Fair and o Center will house the celebration on Thursday, 12. The ceremony begins at 7 p.m., but grads expected to arrive no later than 5:30 p.m. at the tiam Building of the Expo Center. . he excited chatter will be accompanied by a tra- onal bagpipe procession courtesy of the Portland o Pipe Band. bligatory caps and gowns can be picked up today 11a.m, to 4 p.m., and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to m. in Takena Hall. . p oto y avrs a uerta tudent Ambassador Heather Boldt can't wait to LBCC'sbookstoredisplaysdecorativeframesfor diplomasand other variousgiftsfor the graduating student. one. "I have a little sheet of paper to scratch off in English as a second language," Gutierrez says. She mencementceremony, where LBPresident Rita Cavin days; it's very satisfying," she says. Boldt is a plans to transfer to OSU in the fall to continue with . will give the welcome address, arid be one of several . essadministrationmajorwhowillbegraduating ethnic studies. people doing the honors of handing out degrees and term with her Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer Both Boldt and Gutierrez are grateful for their certificates to hundreds of accomplished students. e. Boldt says she plans to continue her education experiences in Student Life & Leadership, and recom-. Following the ceremony, festivities will continue t-LB in Israel, where she will be staying for 10 mend it to any student who wants to feel involved . with a reception for grads and theirfriends and fami- nths to study at the Calvary Chapel Bible College on campus. lies. The reception will be in-the Willamette Event erusalem. This experience isn't cheap, and she'll "I'm glad that I got involved, because there are Center. spending this summer working hard to save up so many things I would have"missed out on [had I Gutierrez and Boldt offered advice to future gradu- $10,000needed. not]," says Boldt. ates:·· he reality of graduation hasn't quite set in for "It helped a lot working in Student Life & Lead- . "Don't freak out, don't drop the ball; be spicy!" dent Ambassador Mercedes Gutierrez, AAOT ership, with learning the culture and the education Gutierrez says. ipient and ethnic studies major. Nevertheless, she system, which is completely different than Mexico's," "Get involved; it helps keep life interesting, and roue;!of her accomplishments. Gutierrez says, and adds that she wouldn't change keeps you from getting burnt out," says Boldt. "Just "When I started, I didn't have a goal to graduate. her experience for anytli.ing. keep living life and working toward your goal." e from another culture, and have had W.!l;iill.ll,- __ To.:h:;;;e.;;e.,. • www.linnbenton.edu/commuter The Commuter Wednesday, June 4,2OC I

Liberty Tree Fair helps spread democracy jenna Conrad was allowed five minutes to talk about any issue The Commuter they felt strongly about Among the speakers were Justin Virrug, Addie Maguire, EliMarchbanks, Dan. A liberty tree grew in the courtyard of the Taylor, Randy Herron, and Niel Gudriaan. Linn-Benton campus last Thursday at the Uberty Some of the topics included universalhealthcare, Tree Fair. stemcellresearch,nuclearenergy;~thehighprice On Thursday, May 29,the student group Democ- of textbooks. The prize for first place is a round-trip racyinActionputonaneventforstaffandstudents . ticket to Wasffington, D.C., to watch the next presi- in an effort to get people more involved in govern- dentialinauguration ThewinnerwasRandy Herron, ment and politics. The Uberty Tree Foorbegan at 11 -who spoke about the cost of textbooks. arn, and ended at 3 p.m, Following the student speakers was the improv During the event there were different political class, which provided entertainment for the after- booths passing out information, a speech contest noon All of the skits were politically themed and among students, and a political improv show put worked to "make light of all of the candidates," on by the improv class. said class member Tun Frink, a freshman studying Four different political parties attended. There psychology. weretablesdedicatel!.totheDemocrats,Republicans, StudentaudiencememberAmandaHilburnsaid, the Pacific Green Party, and the Libertarians, "They were hilarious! Entertaining and energetic." "We wanted to give people an easy way to get History teacherRobertHarrison, who formed the involved with government if they want to:' said group Democracy in Action, was happy with how sophomore KirstenStudley, amernberofDemocracy the event turned out. in Action . "The students who spoke were great examples of "We invited a lot of different groups so people individuals speaking about what they believe in," can find what they identify with:' Studley said. he said. Some of the other groups included Veteran's for He wants to make this an annual event and next Peace, Native American Student Union, and Ameri- year, he hopes to "line the courtyard with tables." photo byMonique cal can Civil Uberties Union Members of the Native American Student Union adorn the Liberty~ The speech contest began at noon Each speaker with meaningful messages and decorations .: B'aguette restaurant boast big flavor for small cost

Monique Cohen ginger chicken with the ~ ,_:.T::h:::e"'C:.:o:.:m:.:m=u:.:t=-er'------bination of the crisp cane .... . cucumber and cilantro isurd Whoever thought a sandwich anything I've tasted before could be so exciting? mild garlic pepper sauce 11 Baguette is a gem of a res- drizzled over the filling. tau rant, tucked away near. sandwichwasspicyenou the Second Street condomini - me, but for the more adv urns and Elements building ous palate, fresh jalapen in downtown Corvallis. The available. plain facade belies the taste An explosion of fresh sensations awaiting visitors. captivated my taste bulla Vietnamese sandwiches are the bit into the vegetarian specialty. roll. The crunchiness Thanh Hoang and wife carrot strips, lettuce an Huong own and operate Ba- cumber are a perfect rna guette. They opened their doors the vermicelli noodles. Finish your bachelor's degree ... inApriI20117. Mr. Hoang's sister and cilantro rounded au ... on your schedule and within your budget. Tuition in the Linfield owns and operates Magenta intriguing combination and was instrumental in the vors. The creamy peanut College Adult Degree program is com~rable to state universities opening of Baguette. His wife's ping sauce complemen and financial aid is available now; Contact us today. family operated a restaurant in array of flavors without Vietnam. overpowering. As soon as I entered the tiny The bao (steamed bun restaurant, I was greeted with filling)issofterthanad a friendly smile. The smell but filled with a creamy, of freshly baked bread filled sweet coconut paste. Ba the air. The decor ;s minimal also has a traditional bao but inviting. Fresh bamboo is with ground pork or displayed on the counter, and and a boiled egg. three small tables are available . Available drinks on the ~ for people who want to eat in. include Thai iced tea, Nothing on the menu is styleicedcoffee,cafecrem more than $3.95. The menu fills espresso with condensed one page and features eight and hot tea. sandwiches, as well as salad· Friendly, speedy servi rolls, steamed buns, and four fresh flavorful food are a beverage choices. Prices are ning combination that affordable and portion sizes are sure a following for Ba generous. The sandwich bread is baked Baguette Vietnamese on-site and is available in white wiches or wheat eight-inch baguettes. Address: 501 S.w. Sec Although all the sandwich in Corvallis options looked inviting, I Phone: (541) 752-9960 chose the' chicken baguette Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 on wheal. With the first bite I Monday-Saturday knew I' d found my new favorite Prices: Lnexpensive: $3. sandwich shop. The garlic and sandwiches / salad rolls o nesday, June 4,2008 The Commuter www.linnbenton.edu/commuter 7

Sell back your books & Get a FREE DRINK II coupon! While supplies last. Battleofthe Bands 8 :The Ocho Loren Newman The Commuter

The sounds of rock' n' roll could be heard reverberating off the buildings from Monroe Avenue to Philomath Boulevard this last Friday as OSU's MUPC (Memorial Union Program Council) put on the eighth annual Battle of the Bands. For over eight hours, 12 bands duked it out for the title of champion of the 2008 Battle of the Bands, from rock to ska, and funk to metal, almost all genres were represented. The event went on without a hitch with local band Honest to E-mpire taking first place, In Pursuit Of takingjiecond. and Action Panther taking third. For the past eight years the MUPC has been putting on the Battle of the Bands as a free venue for the students at OSU. The event al- . lows aspiring Corvallis bands (who have at least one member attending OSU) to have a chance to showcase their talents before thou-

Above: Brett Yoder Of Blue Ember sings for the second time as the band's new frontman. Above right: ReniaYdstie accord ian player of third place winner Action Panther. Left:Ian Nelson of second Royal from One Third Kosher, "We jill place winner In Pursuit Of. want to come and have fun." The eveJI featured a large gamut of artists from maJ] sands of spectators. different music backgrounds. "Oh my God, the biggest show I've ever "There are just so many good musiciaa played!" said Jason Lusk, the bass player for in Corvallis," said second place winner I ka band Pilot Li ht. "If the sto ped Nelson, front man of In Pursuit Of. Out e oing t is on t now w at you wall the 12 competing bands eight are retumin do for music here, it's the biggest show of from the previous year. Some competitor the year." have been playing at the contest for evd The.Battle of the Bands is both a chance longer. to play a big venue and a competition. "This is my fourth time playing at Lusk commented on the intensity of his Battle of the Bands and the second ti playing at the event: "If I can see through with In Pursuit Of," said Nelson. the streams of sweat on my face I'm not The crowd, at times in the thou sa playing hard enough." ranged from college students to mid The event was financed primarily by schoolers, and older Corvallis locals. B MUPC and several fund-raisers, including Yoder, the vocalist for Blue Ember, c the events during mom's and dad's week- men ted on the event and crowd. "The ends, and Panda Express. The event was battle yet-a really receptive crowd. It also covered and televised live by KBVR just fun. Thanks to OSU for sticking by for those not able to make it to the event .. crowning event for any local band." "I want it to go on every year," said Tim

Death Cab lands a darker album Aaron Broich romances on the album. Smiths-both are quite laugh- The Commuter Gibbard's falsetto is an- able. For example, on "You Can noying in the opening track, Do Better Than Me," Gibbard Death Cab ForCutie continues "No Bixby Canyon," but the sings, "I think a leaving but their indie pop compositions grinding guitars move along it's something I'll never do with their new album, "Narrow beautifully with a marching 'cause you can do better than Stairs."It's decent and musically drum beat. Death Cab creates me but I can't do better than simple as usual. The lyrics are a a textured tapestry of music you." The song is appropriately bit bleaker, even if many of the through repetition marked by lighthearted. cords sound upbeat. For inquir- subtle changes. "Narrow Stairs" is filledwith ing music fans, it's the singing On the track "I Will Possess delightful melodies, like on of front man, Ben Gibbard, that Your Heart," the band plays a "Your NewTwinSized Bed"and usually makesorbreaks people's long atmospheric intro and then the rocking "Long Division." appreciation of the band. Gibbard chants with persistence, The driving bass has room to Gibbard sings softly with a intent on wooing agirlwho's not breathe on most of the album. interested. "You got to spend The simple bass lines are foun- stark clarity, and happens to photo by MCTCa sound like he's 14.Death Cab's some time with me, 1know that dational and the guitars and Death Cab For Cutie has grown in popularity over the past few music and lyrics are readily you'll find love, I will possess keys built upon and around accessible, and I enjoy them, your heart." It's pretty stalker- them. - and was recently nominated for a Grammy Award. but Gibbard's voice is slightly ish. Although the band is new- lacking in emotion and is kind There's an abundance of wave, they still sound like sound like Frank Black's slower "Narrow Stairs" is a wei of matter-of-fact testimonial. ridiculous lyrics on "Narrow the Smiths, With their layered rocksongs. Gibbard sounds like addition for Death Cab Fortunately, the music carries Stairs," and it's fun. Gibbard's guitars and drum snare "rolls, Black's falsetto, but his regular The band achieves sublime the emotion. Gibbard sings al- lyrics are reminiscent of Mor- and the Beatles with their pop singing doesn't sweep the same lads without shows of te most exclusively about failing rissey during his time with the romance obsession. They also lower frequencies. skill. FACE OFF 21 years in the maki ng

TYLER DAHLGREN 2008 NBA Playoff predictions CHRIS KELLEY Garnett on who would take the last shot for LA? What about adorn or the recent when they lose to Boston. if it came down to the game winner. They addition of Paul Gasol? Obviously espn Dahlgren: I wish I could say the same all said Allen would get the ball. The active didn't make itclear enough to you lastyear about one of the big three but honestly I leaderformostthreepointersmadeisAllen. Cheese, or should I say before this season can't. I agree they are an incredible trio That says a lot And while Kobe was MVP started that. Kobe was the only talent threat who next year I am almost certain will win This is the best NBA Finals of the because he was the only talent threat on his on the team and that's why he wanted a the finals. Kobe is a baby when times are century. Arch-rivals from the 80s, The team,Bostonhasbeensharingthecourtwith tradebeforetheseason. Now thattheyhave hard, but he's playing the best basketball of Lakers and Boston Celtics, have been their rookies and other role players. addedkeyplayerslikeGasol andAndrew his career right now. He's being unselfish, 20 years for a rematch of the old Dahlgren: Yeah they say that. Allen Bynum. Kobe has outlets and that's why making the extra pass, and taking the shot . My money is on the Celtics because can't hit the shot He has been struggling they're thriving . whenheneedsto.AlsorememberthatKobe "Boston 3 party" won't be hasfinalsexperienceand whohas finals experience for the Celtics? gren: The Lakers and Sam Cassel. Kobe will lead LA to tics are the classic NBA yet another NBA championship. upandthisyear'scontest .01eese: Even though Garnett hat the older generation and Allen haven't had the Fi- been waiting two decades nals experience, they have been I'm thinking it could be the .grooming themselves for the watched NBAFmals ever. chance and are both unselfish money ison the Lakers who leaders. The only problem I see ethebestplayerin the NBA, for the Celtics is their coach Doc Bryant Rivers. He is one of the least eese: Too bad Kobe has deserving coaches to make the he has only learned to Finals since Paul Westphal for the with for three months. He 1993 Phoenix Suns. Rivers can't 't have the experiences coach this team of talent. He can t the Celtics have as far as only let them play unorganized . together.IhavetheCelt- basketball. l winning in fivegames. They Dahlgren: You couldn't asked t lose one of two at home, will sweep in LA. than Phil Jackson and the Lakers ahlgren: What about Kevin will need that experience to win Paul Pierce, and Ray They cannot simply rely on talent ? If I recall they just got alone.Theyneedagameplanand r for the first time this Jackson gives them just that. It's I do give credit to the coaching experience with Kobe they were responsible Bryant, versus big time veteran the largest single season photo by MCT Campus experience in the Celtics. und in NBA history but O1eese: Ihave $5 on theCeltics. anyone can see who has watched the throughout the playoffs, averaging at best Cheese: Odom has-been decent this year, They don't need Larry Bird, Robert Parish r they still can't decide who's going 175pointspergameagainstDetroit. The9.3 andisbattlingchronickneeproblems.Gasol and BillWalton to winchampionships. The take that "game-winning" shot The ppgagainstOeveland(ateamthatreminds isnew to the team and hasn' tproved he can Celtics will win it for longtime owner and rs know they have that player in Kobe me of L.A.) and 16points in the first round handle the inside paint. He was horrible coach Red Auerbach, The Garden will be ant and with key role players, just like series against Atlanta have me saying he's against the Spurs. Allen has done enough filled with green to watch the Celtics win Chicago Bulls of the 90s you can win played the worst of the "big three." I think tohelp the Celtics to the Finals, and has had a championship again! pionships. if anyone were to take it, it would be Pierce a ton of support from the rest of his team. Dahlgren: Yougot a bet. eese: I'm sorry Tyler that you missed but either way they still aren't a cohesive Kobe is a whining baby and will end up Ray Allen interview with Pierce and unit. How do you say the only talent threat being the cancer that breaks up that team Reds' Griffey sitting on 599th career home run five seasons prior to the 2001 season, the loss of r Dah.lgren games is not an insignificant consideration. From Commuter 2001 through 2003 Griffey totaled only 43 homers. Had he been healthy and maintained his previous en Griffey Jr. will step to the plate sometime pace he would have hit 149 during that span, mak- week with a chance to become a member of ing him worthy of a shot at Aarons record had he of baseball's most elite dubs, joining the likes stayed healthy. Sammy Sosa, Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Hank But No. 600 is a big deal.Jt should be celebrated. n, and Barry Bonds as one of the six players We've learned recently that players who hit a lot of r to do so. home runs are worthy of suspicion. Steroids have riffey entered the season just seven homeruns ruined the game the last 20 years as evidence con- but has yet to hit his 600th this year. The man tinues to poor out inregards to superstars of both cted to break Hank Aarons record during his yesterday and today. Griffey however is yettohave ry days as a Seattle Mariner has slowly been been mentioned in any suspicion and it appears roaching 600 for the last few years of his career that although he's bulked up, it seems that if that Cincinnati. extra bulk accumulated in the mid section much rowing up as a child who loved baseball and like a middle-aged 30-year-old expects it to. Seattle Mariners it's been hard to watch over Fans need to know that what Griffey is about past seven years as Juniors career has slowly accomplish may very well make him go down as an to dull. Fans may have forgotten about the best power hitter of the modern era. If you e Kid" but not me. After hitting 40 homers take away Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, and Mark d driving in 118 runs in 2000, his first year with McGwire who are you going to mention when Reds, Griffey missed 252 games over the next asked who the greatest power hitter of our era photo by MCT Campus seasons due to injury. Considering Griffey is? You are going to say a "steroid free" home-run Griffey has a chance to hit his 600th home run tonight at d averaged 49.8 homers per year for each of the hitting Ken Griffey Jr. the Phillies on FSN. Swanson: An ambitious grad Monique Cohen to college. Through the tutoring center he The Commuter "I really look at her as a role pursued a national certification model, even though we're the for tutoring. Currently at level Afterhesufferedasrnallstroke same age. Her pushing through one, he's about to reachlevel two, in July ZOO1 while working on a as an older student to get her de- which will allow him to tutor tu- construction site, Merlan Swan- gree in a whole new area allowed tors. son's life took a new direction. me to come back and pursue the Swanson's favorite and most "I had one of those life-chang- same thing." challenging subject has been ing epiphany-type moments," Swanson's originaI plan was anatomy and physiology. Swanson said. to follow in his wife's footsteps "Being a person coming from Swanson, 48, relocated to Or- and get a nursing degree. He a construction and remodeling egon from Ventura, Calif., with began the pre-nursing program in background, I had to apply that his wife on June 17, 1991, and ZOO3, and worked at the hospital same psychology of building worked as a building contractor. as a certified nurses assistant for something to the human body." He remembers the exact date three years. As Swanson took Swanson also tutors at the photo by lydia Ell" of the move because it's their the required coursework, he was TRIO center on campus, which Merlan Swanson tutors at the Learning Center and TRIO center. wedding anniversary. This year tutored by a pre-med student. assists first-generation college will graduate from LBCCnext week. they will celebrate 3ot-years of He found this so helpful that he students, low-income students marriage. decided he wanted to help other and students with disabilities. He relates well to the students After his stroke in Z001, students and became a tutor. Some students are also displaced and is very patient," said Sandra Swanson and his wife Cecelia Swanson has tutored at the workers or non-traditional stu- Shink!e,directorofTRIOStudent looked at this time as an oppor- Learning Center since November dents. Support Services. tunity to plan to do something ZOO5. He tutors for anatomy and Swanson was in the first group Swanson's advice to students, together. physiology, as well as biological of students to join the program "Sticktoyourplanandifyoufind Swanson's wife graduated sciences. when it began at LBCC three yourwaytoTRIOtakeadvantage from LBCC 10 years ago with a "I like his rapport with stu- years ago. He learned about the of all the services they have. The nursing degree, and is a critical dents. He's a kind man and an need for TRIO tutors and has advisers here are superb." care nurse at Albany General excellent employee. He really worked as a tutor there for the Inaddition to being afull-time Hospital. She proved to be the knows his stuff," said Barb Horn, . last year. In addition to science, student and tutor, Swanson is inspiration he needed to return tutor coordinator at the Learning he tutors reading and writing. an associate chaplain at Albany Center. -- "Merlan is a natural teacher. Artist Rank's work on display in NSH

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portraits of people and ani- itself and the beauty of nature Since she was a toddler, mals. The first piece of art she she has made art that has sold Elizabeth Rank has worked ever entered into a show was well and earned the respect through the pen to bring an oil painting of a beagle, of one of her instructors. her artistic vision into exis- which she titled" Amber." "She has put in her time tence. ~ank was born in Salem . learning the techniques of "My mother says that I've and was home-schooled until drawing and painting," said been scribbling since I was she came to LBCe. In Z005 Analee Fuentes, art instruc- two years old, but since then she took a watercolor class tor at LBCC, "I have no doubt I've refined my 'scribbling' and since then it has become that she'll succeed in art." into art," said Rank. one of her favorite mediums Rank now lives in the Rank, now ZO, has done to work with. "Beach Bums," country west of Junction numerous commissions, one of her pieces in NSH, is City with her family and her entered her art into shows a watercolor of horses, mod- horse. This summer she will Elizabeth Rank's passion for horses is the inspiration for her at the Oregon State Fair arid eled after Chincoteague Po- be taking a job as a horse currently has some of her nies, standing on the beach. wrangler at a summer camp works on display for sale in ButwhataboutBaronfrom near Dufur, Ore. North Santiam Hall. These "Baron's Close Up"? He was . Note: Four of Rank's works all depict horses. a yearling (a year old horse) pieces are still on display in "Like most little girls who lived at Rank's house NSH and up for sale. "Beach horses have always been my for a month while he was Bums" and "Baron's Close favorite animal, but now that being weaned. Rank used Up" are both $75. "Wild I'm grown up, horses have photos she took at the Cody Ride," an acrylic painting, become a passicn," said Wyoming Rodeo as refer- is $100. "8 Second or Bust," Rank. ences when she was making a sculpture made of wire, . But Rank does not restrict "Wild Ride" and "8 Seconds horseshoes, board and nails, . herself to making artthat dis- or Bust." is $50.

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ampus Shorts Anime Alliance Courtyard Lunch Five fun things to do Join the AnimeAlliance for a meal in the Court- yard today from 11 a.m, to 1 p.m. This group is Applications are being accepted now for in their second year as a club at Linn-Benton and this summer C's second annual Girls Expanding Career they're seeking more student support. Lief VanAtta explore it? Go camping next to orlunities Camp. The camp runs June 18, 19 _ Inaddition to lunch, the event features music, The Commuter' a body of water to ensure you 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the LB Albany dancing, fun and' Japanese cuisine. have something to throw your pus. This is an all-girls camp with hands-on Summer break is just around friends into. .vities to introduce middle school girls to non- Sword and Steel Demonstration the comer. Some of us might 3.) Hit the beach: . ditional occupations. take some classes, and some 'Oregon has a coastline, too! The camp includes three full days of fun ac- On Friday, June 6 from Noon to 12:50 p.m. in may shut themselves indoors Head on up to Seaside for a ities. Space is limited to 20 students so please the Russell Tripp Performance Center, the student for a three month Xbox Live beautiful coastline horizon, -up early. club Something of Shakespeare is sponsoring a marathon. shopping, and skee ball. There is a $25 workshop fee. Lunch and snacks Renaissance sword and steel demonstration led Summertime isn't all about 4.) Carnies: be provided. by Jeff Bailes, a local Society for Creative Anach- a long vacation, or an oppor- 1£ you can't get enough of For more information and to register, contact ronism (SCA) member and instructor. ' tunity to speed up graduation; those elephant ears; summer is erie Zeigler at 917-4485. Bailes wilt demonstrate historic fighting styles it's about enjoying weeks of the Fair Season. With all thevari- of interest to history buffs, Shakespearean actors, sunny, warm weather, getting ous local fairs in addition to the ntiam Restaurant's Last Day and theater fans. outdoors, and spending time state fair, you'll be throwing up Bailes has coached athletes and actors, and his with friends and family. from rides for months. 1£you're a Today is the last day the Santiam Restaurantwill demonstration should be informative and enjoy- Here are some things you hippy, or just want to experience open for the school year and they are planning able. All are welcome. should make sure to do to get a surreal and weird experience, cial Spanish tapas lunch buffet. The cost is the most out of your summer check out the Country Fair near 2 per person and includes lunch, beverage and Benton Center Pottery Sale & Show experience. Eugene. Girls often go topless ert. Listed below are a few of the dishes they there, so that's a plus. .Ibe serving. Please make reservations early Beautiful and functional pieces made by LBCC 1.) Put another shrimp on the' 5.) Road trip: use they usually fill up quickly for these instructors and students will be offered for sale Barbie: Avoid goingona cross-coun- ents, Friday, June 6 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Pieces are Having a barbecue is a great try road trip, because Middle made using techniques such as high fire, raku, excuse to get together with America isboring. Instead, pack eatured dishes will Include: salt glaze and wood fire pottery. Choose from friends and family. Clear the up your car and head south to ortilla Espanol affordable functional art including vases, teapots, steaks and bratwursts out of California or even_Mexico. Or panadas mugs, bowls, plates, platters and more. ' 'the supermarket, fill a cooler go north and visit our Canadian aella The sale is being held at the north patio outside full of beer, take the cover off of neighbors. elon, Chorizo and Artichoke salad of the Benton Center ceramics studio; 757 N.W. the pool, and let the good times Summer only comes once panish Meatballs Polk Ave., Corvallis. roll. a year for three months. Get monChicken A portion of all sales goes to support the ceram- 2.) Set up camp: outside and enjoy it! an ics studio. For more information, contact LBCC's Welive in the beautiful Pacific urros Benton Center at (541) 757-8944 x5114. Northwest. Why not go out and aux Sangria www.linnbenton.edu/commuter The Commuter Wednesday, June 4,2(

National radio host wows Corvallis '1)°8 ~Cess9lmerical Brandon Goldner Iraq) that are sometimes passed fledgling nuclear program The Commuter over by major media outlets. (which began in 2006), Barsa- A.R. was founded in 1986and is mian countered by noting that "This just in: President Bush offered free to any public radio Iran's yearly military budget, at and VicePresident Dick Cheney station, serving as "a forum for $6 billion, is less than what the were arrested today in a small controversy and debate." U.S.spends on it's own military town in northern Oregon on He is probably. best known budget ($583.billion) in about charges of conspiracy, interna- for his published interviews of four days. He also said that tional war crimes and crimes some of the greatest progres- Iran has not attacked another against humanity for their sive minds of our generation, nation in more than 250 years. role in the ongoing conflict in including Howard Zinn, Tariq Compared with operations Iraq." Ali and, most notably, the the u.s. has carried out over With a deadpan man-en-the- linguist and political activist the years, Barsamian insisted, radio voice, David Barsamian Noam Chomsky. Having in- Iran is not a threat to any world (pronounced bar-sahm- YAWN) terviewed hundreds of brilliant nation, lent authenticity to a fictional minds, Barsamian holds the He was energetic and fleet of event, providing a colorful distinction of being an accurate phrase, engaging his audience opening to his lecture May 18 distiller of their very complex at Odd,fellows Hall despite at Oddfellows Han in Corvallis. and sometimes difficult to un- 90-degree weather and poor The talk, titled "Stopping War derstand concepts, and being ventilation in a third story in Iran and Iraq," covered many able to speak about them with building . .His public speaking topics related to the United ease to those who may not have voice runs miles arninute faster May States and its involvement with previous know ledge of those than that of his calculated on-air LastSaturday, 31, the Corvallis the Middle East. topics. drawl. Farmer's Market was ~ced with Barsamian held the audience Speaking in Corvallis, he Listening over the radio, one ., .a.noJiticaJ statement in the form of captive. They laughed at limes, stayed relevant to what many gets the feeling that he may not ~lne (l) excrement in the grass while moments later they were would call the '''impo~tant'' be as emotionally invested as with a miniature American frag in visibly shaken with his poignant issues, most notably the up- he really is. He lets his subjects coming presidential elections. speak, and he gets the best out of . the middle .' criticisms of US policies and • their implications. The crowd One point he stressed. is that them by prompting them along was always engaged and think- . two of the three candidates without taking over. In this ing critically about what he was have spoken ipenly of attack- way, he lets the content come to photo by Davis I.aMuerta presenting. ing Iran, a move that wQllJ.llbe light more than his personality, Barsamian's weekly radio both appalling and disastrous which, as his talk in Corvallis . show, "Alternative Radio", has for repairing damaged foreign proved, is itself worthy of at- much the same tone as did his relations, he said. . tention. Corvallis lecture, shedding light While media in the states Note: Alternative Radio canbe on viewpoints of popular issues have denounced Iran's insis- heard on OPB (AM 550) every (such as the U.S. led invasion of tence upon maintaining its . Tuesday at 8 p.m. mrWel• Linn-Benton CertificatePharmaryTechnician;Andrea of Applied Science Criminal Justice; ence Horticulture; Stacee M. Roskelley, Child & FamilyStudies; TaylorI. Willems, R. Chladek, Certificate Phlebotomy; Aaron M. 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You'can surf in Oregon? a local shaper profile

at the Pura Vida Surf Shop in Philomath and is that you find there," Rube said. the only professional surfboard shaper In the Nation-wide surfing has been becomu Willamette Valley.Some think that the Willamette increasingly popular. And the effect can ev ValIey is a strange place for a surfboard manufac- be seen here in Oregon. With the combinati turer and surf shop, but Rube disagrees. of better wet suit technology and the ability "Philomath is ou the direct thoroughfare to the rent gear and get lessons, the amount of surf central Oregon coast, why not have a shop here in Oregon has been on the increase. One of I where you can gear at cheaper than the coastal greatest boosts to Rube's shaping is not nom price?" and added, "some of the locals here in to most surfboard shapers; it is his connectu Philomath still don't get it but they're catching with a Mexican restaurant chain that has mer on." his shaping business and surf shop possible. T, Rube grew up with his dad in the military and Del Mar has a contract with Rube that whene learned to surf while his family was stationed in they open a new chain they buy a surfboard fr Hawaii. him to be used as decoration in the restauran "And then my dad retired from the military "I've shipped boards to everywhere, from and moved to Iowa, and guess what you can't do Carolinas to Alaska ...Each board is the same" in Iowa? Surf." After high school Rube got a job the Taco Del Mar logo in the middle and mine working for a restaurant chain that soon opened the nose. It's made alI of this possible." up franchises in Oregon, so he moved out to Bend where he would take the time off to drive to the beach and surf. He later moved to the Corvallis area where he still resides. "I like living in a college town; I love the vibe

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In1996 Robert Rube graduated from LBCC with an associate of science transfer degree. Two years later, Rube convinced his wife to let him take $1,200 to start shaping surfboards in Corvallis; 695 surfboards later Roberts NW Surfboards and Pura Vida Surf Shop became a staple in the Willamette Valley. "Out of the first four boards I made onl one reall turned out. sur It or awe an en so It or 1 e , Just ar ey covering the cost," Rube said. Rube currently makes special order surfboards and stock boards Oregon's Summer Music Festivals MaryAnne Turner schedule. - JOOSun The Commuter - www.myspace.com/reaggaeonthe- - The Escort Service Oregon State Fair: August 22 - Seplj mountain - Camping available berl I Oregon Country Fair: July 11 -·13 - www.nwworldreggae.com - Weird AI - Outside Eugene Oregon Jamboree: August 2 - 3 - hotline: (503) 288-1310 - Creedence Oearwater Revived - Get tickets and alI stage schedules at -SweetHome - Willie Nelson www.oregoncountryfair.org -Sugarland Warped Tour: August 10 - Poison - Neal McCoy' - Columbia Meadows in Portland - and lots more Reggae on the Mountain: July 18 - 20 - Joe Nichols - Angels & Airwaves - www.oregonstatefair.org - At Cougar Mountain -Many more. - Against Me! - JOOSun, Soul Medic, .Ishi Dube - www.OregonJamboree.com - and others 36th Annual Fall Festival: Septem - Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown - www.NRQ.com 27-28 Band NW World Reggae Festival: August - Corvallis Central Park - Prezident Brown & Solid Foundation 8 -10 Da Vinci Days: August ~8_-20 . - www.corvallisfallfestival.com ~ - South Town Hounds - Eugene, 5 miles north of Marcola - This years theme "Flights of Fancy" - And many more. Check website for - Sister Carol - www.davinci-days.org LBCC Choirs to perform Missa Gaia

MaryAnne Turner seal, songbird, and loon. These Argyres on soprano saxophone, The Commuter willbe combined jazz, Gregorian Otto Gygax, George Beekman chant and other world music as and Katheryn Ronnenberg on On Thursday, June 5, at 7:30 a celebration of the earth as a percussion, James Wilson and p.m. the LBCC choirs will per- whole. Mark Weiss on guitar, and Anne form Missa Gaia/Earth Mass: A Movements from the Latin Ridlington on the cello. Mass in Celebration of Mother mass use various texts adapted The whole show is a celebra- Earth as composed by Paul Win- from St. Francis of Assisi and tion and registered as an official ter. The performance will be held the book of Job of the Old Testa- event of World Environment at the Russell Tripp Performance ment. Day, which has been recognized Center, directed by Susan Peck, In addition to the LBCC annually on June 5 since 1972. and the $6 for the ticket will go Chamber and Concert choirs, This year's slogan is "Kick the to the student scholarship funds other musicians from around habit! Towards a low carbon for the LBCC Performing Arts -the community and a quartet of economy." photo by Marit Gnl Department. LBCC faculty members includ- Celebrate World Environ- Choir rehearses for upcoming performance on June 5. The Contemporary Earth ingAudrey Perkins, Mark Weiss, ment Day and support LBCC's Mass will feature a variety of and Susan Peck will join them. _ performing arts program; don't timbres including the timber Theaccompanyingmusiciansin- miss the only showing of Missa wolf, humpback whale, _harp elude Joy Byers as pianist, Peter Gaia.