February 3, 2012

The Pioneer Log News

Romney wins Florida, Newt vows to keep fighting

PRESIDENTIAL RACE UPDATE

Facilities winter break full of work

Many major concerns addressed and fixed, with system upgrades implemented
BY MICAH LEINBACH
Staff Writer

ILLUSTRATION BY SAMANTHA SARVET

BY RYE DRUZIN
News Editor

With the American economy still trudging on and partisan divisions across the country making political dialogue near impossible, Republicans went to the polls in Florida to vote for their Presidential candidate, who will face President Barack Obama in November. On Tuesday, voters overwhelmingly chose former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney, giving him 46 percent of the vote, 14 percent higher than competitor and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who gained 32 percent of the vote. According to a New York Times exit poll, demographics from the vote showed women and Hispanic voters voted almost twice as much for Romney compared to Gingrich, while the former Speaker gathered 41 percent of very conservative voters, with Romney gaining the vote of more moderate and liberal conservatives. Tea Party support, which helped drive Gingrich to a primary win in South Carolina, swung marginally in favor of Romney, adding to Gingrichs defeat. According to new Republican primary rules drawn up after a hectic primary race in the 2008 presidential elections, Romney will receive all 50 delegates from Florida, giving the former governor 71 delegates to Gingrichs 23. The primary race has been particularly vicious given the new role of so-called super PACs, groups that are allowed to raise unlimited amount of resources and use them as they see fit. These have been particularly influential in the Republican primary because of their ability to raise massive funding in little time from just a few donors. For example, private citizens Sheldon and Miriam Adleson, have contributed $10 million to Newt Gingrichs super PAC, Winning Our Future, allowing that organization to buy massive amounts of air time to launch attack ads against Gingrichs rivals, particularly Romney. This has increased the influence of a small number of private citizens willing to part with substantial amounts of money to buoy their preferred candidate. Despite Gingrichs loss in Florida, he has vowed to continue, saying that he will run in all 52 primaries, the next one being tomorrow in Nevada where 28 delegates will be up for grabs, with Colorado and Minnesota holding their own primaries next week. Ron Paul and Rick Santorum, the other two remaining Republican candidates, bypassed Florida and have focused their efforts on Nevada, with next weeks results likely to determine whether or not the two challengers continue their push for the nomination. With Romney in the lead and Gingrich an immovable competitor, it looks like the Republican field will not be reduced to a firm anti-Obama force until the summer Republican convention in Tampa.

As students leave the campus bare and empty, Lewis & Clarks facilities service steps up its work on and around campus, ensuring that campus can keep running upon students return. We can have a longer work day, Assistant Director of Facilities Sharon Hayes explains, allowing them to focus on bigger projects so [they] dont bother people when they are here working. Prioritizing in the winter involves a combination of things, says Vice President of Facilities Michel George. Stuff that needs to be done when there are no students here gets priority, he mentions, including fire alarm testing and work on the water heating systems. We need to know its doable in the two weeks of downtime we have, Hayes adds. Some work addresses major issues that develop in the year (residents of Stewart, for example, will no longer find Portlands winter rains sneaking into their rooms). Other jobs are more preventative in nature, such as extending the life of equipment or address-

PHOTO BY RYE DRUZIN

The Trail Room received new glass faceplates, stainless steel light fixtures and food covers.

President Glassner plans strategic initiatives

BY DARYA WATNICK
Editor-in-Chief

ing potential safety hazards. This winter brought projects both easily

noted and not. The tennis dome has come to near completion, a project that took just under a year with design and installation. Pamplin Sports Center also received a new outdoor entry area. The existing ramps did not really meet ADA code, George explained, in the spring well do a lot of replanting, making the space more appealing, as well as legal. Visitors to the Trail Room will notice that it has been remodeled, both for aesthetics and health with stainless steel backing on equipment to combat mold growth in addition to new glass sneeze guards. New tabletops, upgraded equipment, new heat lamps, soup kettle heatershot water check valvesthats not very exciting, Hayes said. Other projects included general grounds maintenance (tree trimming, path enhancements, and more), staining steps in Agnes Flanagan Chapel to enhance their visibility, working on maintaining and upgrading residential heating systems, and much more. Additional projects can be seen on the facilities website.

Upon his arrival at Lewis & Clark in the fall of 2010, President Barry Glassner proposed a plan for Strategic Initiatives to realize what he considers to be the full potential of the three campuses of Lewis & Clark College. President Glassner then assembled the 2011 Strategic Plan Working Group, which in turn has worked to determine six priorities for taking these educational institutions to the next level of higher education. The 2011 Strategic Plan Working Group is composed of faculty, administrators, students, alumni and board members from the three LC campuses. In order to engage with students during the groups planning process, President Glassner and Director of Strategic Initiatives and Paul S. Wright Professor of Christian Studies Rob Kugler are hosting a student forum to describe what the strategic planning process is and to take questions and comments. We want students to think of priorities... within [these] priorities and anything else they want to see us accomplish, Kugler said. Students are encouraged to attend the forum, which will take place Feb. 7, 4:305:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber.

2011 Strategic Plan Working Group

1. Make Lewis & Clark an undisputed leader in international education and global reach. 2. Advance the college to be an undisputed leader in innovative environmental scholarship, education, and engagement. 3. Make Lewis & Clark a national leader in studentfaculty collaborative research and cooperative professional endeavors. 4. Have the college become a national leader in providing a full-spectrum liberal arts education as the gateway to postbaccalaureate educational opportunities and professional life. 5. Make Lewis & Clark the college that comes to mind when people across the nation think about outstanding academic institutions in the West a world-class school in a world-class city. 6. Enhance revenue streams, physical and technological infrastructure and marketing to support efforts to achieve and maintain leadership and to build new strengths.

Six preliminary priorities for the group:

CRIME BEAT

The Pioneer Log reports crimes in the campus community recorded by Campus Safety from the past week.
1. On Jan. 22, a bike was reported stolen from the Ponderosa Hall basement sometime between Nov. 15 and Jan. 22. 2. On Jan. 23, a purse was stolen from the storage area just inside the main Fields Dining Hall door in Templeton Student Center. 3. On Jan. 25, a vehicle parked in the lowwwer Griswold parking lot was found with the rear window smashed out.No items were reported missing. 4. On 15 January, an amount of currency was reported stolen from a students room in Platt- Howard.