Volume 73, Number 1

2 News The Pioneer Log, January 28, 2011

Use of the Andrew Mellon Foundation
money will help ENVS further its eforts to
guide the direction of the feld of environ-
mental studies in the future.
While the grant has been awarded for a
range of reasons, research opportunities pro-
vided by the ENVS program remain one of
its most cutting edge features. Te program
focuses on interdisciplinary research, defned
by the programs wiki site as research focus-
ing on a regional area (rather than a process
or particular subject) in order to get a sense
of the range of phenomena, practices, and
perspectives as they act on a particular lo-
cation over multiple temporal and spatial
scales.
Te value of such an approach is multi-
faceted. Studying a region allows a range of
disciplines to enter into the picture, as they
all play a role in many environmental issues.
Tis goes hand-in-hand with the programs
interdisciplinary focus. Proctor is quick
to note the distinction between the ENVS
program and a traditional department
the diference lies in that departments staf
their required courses with their own faculty,
whereas ENVS depends on other depart-
ments to contribute to its major he said
over e-mail.
Much of the money will go towards fund-
ing both student research proposals over the
summer, and also faculty research with stu-
dent assistance. Up to six ENVS students
each year will receive $2,500 to do a situated
international research project. Tat aspect
of the fund is starting soon, with a request
for proposals estimated to be out at the end
of January. Each summer the grant will also
fund two faculty research projects, each of
which will include two ENVS students.
LCs Environmental Studies program has
a history with the Andrew Mellon Founda-
tion. Te ENVS program was launched in
1999, and received its frst grant shortly af-
ter. Tat grant was used to hire Liz Safran,
currently LCs only geologist and an active
participant in environmental studies. A sec-
ond grant in 2006 allowed the program to
push its interdisciplinary, situated research
focus.
Troughout the process, the programs in-
tent has reached far beyond LCs own bor-
ders. Documents from earlier communica-
tions with the Andrew Mellon Foundation
indicated that the program will explore one
important means of promoting excellence in
environmental studies, with signifcant ben-
efts not only for the Environmental Studies
Program at LC, but for American environ-
mental studies as a whole.
With a renewed show of signifcant mon-
etary support, that mission will no doubt
continue to grow.
ILLUSTRATION BY KATE OWENS
In memory of student Zephyr Rapinchuk
BY LINDSEY BOSSE
Editor in Chief
Zephyr Rapinchuk was a frst-year at
Lewis & Clark who spent his frst semester
living in Platt-Howard and instilling campus
with his joy for life and play. People around
him could note his exceptional musical tal-
ents, ranging anywhere from vocals to gui-
tar or piano playing. In addition to these
talents, he was also a skiing enthusiast. On
Jan.12, Rapinchuk was pronounced dead in
the Teton Village Clinic. He had been re-
ported missing the day before, after a day
of skiing at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort,
and had been found near a patch of forest on
the run, having collided with a tree.
Rapinchuk was born on Feb. 4 in Brit-
ish Columbia to Tanya Rapinchuk and Ka-
mal Souccar. He grew up with a passion
for the outdoors while growing up in West-
ern Massachusetts. Another passion in his
life included his sister Indra, who was born
while Rapinchuk was in kindergarten. He
attended the Academy at Charlemont for
high school, where he found his niches in
photography, art and politics, in addition to
his aforementioned passions of skiing and
music. He captivated all the members of a
Model U.N. Conference one weekend by
spontaneously rapping for the crowd. He
also invested much efort into a book enti-
tled Lost Ski Areas of New England something
that he worked on primarily around the end
of his high school career. He included pho-
tography and the stories behind copious
numbers of closed ski areas in his region.
A memorial service was held for Rapin-
chuk at Berkshire East Ski Area in Massachu-
setts last weekend. Te Zephyr Rapinchuk
Memorial Fund has been created at the Flor-
ence Savings Bank in his hometown; dona-
tions will fnd their way to the Jackson Hole
Search and Rescue as well as the Academy at
Charlemont.
On campus, Dean of the Chapel Mark
Duntley, Area Director Liv Edens, and sev-
eral of Rapinchuks friends have scheduled
a celebration of his life on Feb. 4, in Smith
Hall at 4 p.m. Students who seek support
are welcome to fnd Dean of Students Ce-
lestino Limas for conversation at any time.
Student Counseling Services is another sup-
port system, as well as area directors and resi-
dent advisors.
EDITORS IN CHIEF:
Natalie Baker & Lindsey Bosse
BUSINESS MANAGER:
Lindsey Bosse
NEWS EDITORS:
Zach Holz & Laura Nash
OPINION EDITORS:
Beau Broughton & Julia Stewart
FEATURES EDITORS:
Darya Watnick & Mari Yamato
ARTS EDITORS:
Hayley Trivett & Zibby Pillote
SPORTS EDITORS:
Michael DAngelo & Fiona Corner
STYLE SOURCE:
Alicia Kroell
ILLUSTRATION EDITOR:
Kate Owens
ILLUSTRATORS:
Allie Cheroutes
PHOTO EDITOR:
Sam Margevicius
PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Cathy Grella, Grace Guenther, Maggie
McDermot, Maggie Oliver, Leo Qin, Amy
Rosenhiem & Elana Webb
HEAD COPY EDITORS:
Natalie Eagan & Sarah Gottlieb
STAFF WRITERS:
Daniel Althouse, Kate Barhydt, Marissa
Finley, Alex Finnegan, Justin Goodlow,
Adrian Guerrero, Maggie Hennessey,
Drew Lenihan, Megan Morin, Micah
Leinbach, Scott Pisapia, Eric Protsman,
Tyler Rizzo, Anthony Ruiz, Melia Sch-
urig, Jake Simonds & Rachel Young
ADVISORS:
Peter Christenson & Jason Feiner
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