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colleges in the nation. As far as
faculty diversity goes, 1 percent is
A frican-A m erican according to
collegeprowler.com.
Friday’s demonstration brought
out students from a diverse set of
backgrounds, overtaking the out­
side of the school’s main adminis­
tration office with chants of “Walk
the Talk!” and calls for change to
how the college deals with issues of
race on campus.
Lewis and Clark President Berry
G lassner briefly addressed the
crowd.
He told them, that in his youth he
and his family were subject to nu­
merous racist acts because of their
Jewish ancestry. Though he noted
that “no two groups and no two
people’s experiences are the same,”
he expressed empathy for the call
for action in addressing blatant ra­
cial insensitivity on campus. But
Glassner did not provide a specific
plan to crack-down on racist acts
or increase diversity on campus.
Organizers of the rally say that
many members of the faculty have
shown their support by attending
student meetings on diversity is­
sues and sending e-mails to the
student body condemning racist
actions.
Micah Leimbach, one of the or­
ganizers of the sit-in and a four
year Lewis and Clark student, said
the large support the demonstra­
tion drew sent a message to the
importance of race relations on
campus.
“This is one of the most impor­
tant issues th a t’s com e up,”
Leimbach said. “A lot of our ad­
ministrators and faculty are new,
they’ve never seen this kind of
energy before. So having this kind
of energy around an issue shows
that this is something that Lewis
and Clark students care about.”
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brother; he lives with a pretty
teacher, Lena (Zoe Saldana) with
whom he intends to make a life,
though it is taking longer than he
wishes. He bears it all without
complaint; each day he has a
plan, and he stolidly adjusts that
plan when life throws in com pli­
cations and costs for which he
didn't provide.
It all unravels, predictably. A
cascade of Russell's own and
his brother's m istakes lands
Russell in prison. He faces this
like he does everything else; with
determination and realism. He
takes responsibility, and hangs
onto his hope, though while he's
in prison Lena leaves him and his
father dies. By the time he gets
out, Rodney has returned from
his fourth tour, and seems even
more lost and angry. He literally
fights - in bare-knuckle, fixed
bouts — for cash that raise the
stakes ever higher and suck him
into the orbit of a mountain com ­
munity ruled by a ruthless out­
law (W oody Harrelson).
The elements of this story, as
I recount them, sound familiar;
without seeing the film, you can
guess the outlines of the rest of
the story. Yet what Cooper (who
co-wrote the screenplay) lacks
in imagination he makes up for in
the concreteness and com m it­
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you're willing, the film draws
you into the mix of will and bad
luck that characterizes each of
Russell's choices; you invest in
his love for his brother, his deep
grief at the loss o f his dreams of
a life with Lena, his sorrow over
his own mistakes.
T he scenes betw een Bale
and Saldana are particularly
affecting; the film takes tim e
to show their resolution and
pain, and why it m ust be so,
and doesn't spare us the way
so many film s would. W e know
I f you 're willing, the film draws you into
the mix o f will and bad luck that
characterizes each o f Russell's choices; you
invest in his love for his brother, his deep
grief at the loss o f his dreams o f a life with
Lena, his sorrow over his own mistakes.
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that people this beautiful exist
in w orking class com m unities,
and a good film show s you
w hat intrinsic beauty actually
looks like w hen a person does
not have an artistic team to put
him or her together every day.
In a sim ilar way, the film shows
us w hat courage and reso lu ­
tion and toughness look like
when one's options don't real­
istically involve w ork that one
loves or opportunities to lead.
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H ome
As the film 's ads aptly note,
"sometimes your battles choose
you" — and corny as it sounds,
this film m akes that case with
sincerity.
Even if that premise wears
thin upon reflection, the great
performances from all the film's
players leave you with much to
savor. Bale, Affleck, Saldana,
Harrelson, and Willem Dafoe
and Sam Shephard in smaller
roles, all make you believe in and
care about what happens in a
story that trades on the inevi­
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