amckenn @ October 25, 2008 # Comments Off
Brianne Ries
Assistant editor
Four Linfield students and one professor traded the brisk Oregon weather for a weekend in Honolulu, Hawaii. The group was there for more than lounging on the beach; they were competing in the Oct. 16-20 Pan Pacific Debate Championship.
Linfield was represented by sophomore Colin Jones, junior Kaitlyn Vannoy, seniors Ashley Price and Morgan [...]
amckenn @ October 25, 2008 # Comments Off
Bradley Keliinoi
Review staff writer
With 11 days until the much anticipated election, students and faculty are continuing to evaluate both presidential candidates’ policies.
On Oct. 21, representatives from the Obama and McCain campaigns were scheduled to speak on behalf of their candidate’s education policies.
Sponsored by the education department, the evening gathering was intended to create a space [...]
amckenn @ October 25, 2008 # Comments Off
Mai Doan
Review staff writer
The Sparky Awards are annual, national contests to promote the open exchange of information.
The awards are organized by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition that promotes the universal benefits of sharing ideas of all kinds. This is the first year Nicholson Library has sponsored the contest.
To enter the contest, students form [...]
amckenn @ October 25, 2008 # Comments Off
Kelly Hungerford
Copy editor
Oregon’s new Smokefree Workplace Law, prohibiting smoking within 10 feet of entrances, exits and windows of workplaces, will go into effect Jan. 1, 2009. Linfield’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team is discussing ways to implement this law on campus.
“All of our campus is a workplace, so we have to be in compliance,” [...]
amckenn @ October 25, 2008 # Comments Off
Scott Cinatl
Review staff writer
The Linfield branch of Habitat for Humanity has created an opportunity for 12 students to travel to Guatemala during Spring Break to work on a Habitat for Humanity project.
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, Christian housing ministry which provides decent, affordable housing for low-income families. The students will help two families build [...]
amckenn @ October 25, 2008 # Comments Off
Septembre Russell
Copy editor
Senior Nick Rampone has been playing online poker for two and a half years.
At the onset of his poker playing, Rampone said his parents were apprehensive about him keeping up with his studies.
“My buddies and I were playing online poker a lot,” he said. “Then, when we all went off to different colleges, [...]
amckenn @ October 25, 2008 # Comments Off
Katie Armes
Review staff writer
The Evaluation Committee from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, which will decide if Linfield’s accreditation by the NWCCU should be reaffirmed, will conclude its three-day visit and submit its initial impressions of Linfield today.
The committee members were chosen by the NWCCU based on the available pool of trained accreditors and [...]
amckenn @ October 25, 2008 # Comments Off
Katie Paysinger
News editor
To raise funds to help expand an English-language learning center in Romania, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Anthropology Joel Marrant donated books that are being sold in the Sociology and Anthropology Department in Walker Hall.
Marrant began teaching in the SOAN department in 1978 and retired in 2007. He first discovered the village of [...]
amckenn @ October 25, 2008 # Comments Off
SPORTS COMMENTARY
Grant Lucas
Review staff writer
Four days after the Philadelphia Phillies clinched its first World Series berth since 1993, the young and surprising Tampa Bay Rays beat the defending champion Boston Red Sox, making it to the World Series for the first time in its 10-year history.
Yes, the Rays: A rare Cinderella, worst-to-first story. After finishing [...]
amckenn @ October 25, 2008 # Comments Off
Katy Thompson & Heather McClellan
Review staff writers
At the Northwest Conference Fall Classic on Oct. 18 and 19, the men’s golf team topped the field of competition, while the women’s team finished fifth of eight teams.
Key players for the men were co-captains senior Andrew Fitch and junior Tyler Nelson, as well as juniors Yutaro Sakamoto and [...]