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Last Thursday, an oak tree fell on a powerline connecting to CCC, causing a massive power outage.
tudents woke up Thursday, March 6 to messages alerting them to a major power outage on the Oregon City campus. Campus officials cancelled classes and sent home all non- emergency personnel for most of the day. To the delight of many students that meant an extra day off to study for finals or just catch up on sleep. The power outage marked the third day officials closed campus due to weather-related emergencies this term. A nearby tree belonging to Clackamas Fire District on South Molalla Ave. caused the outage. Around 3:30 a.m. Thursday, strong winds caused the oak tree to fall onto a power line that connects to CCC, said Bob Cochran, dean of campus services. Workers didn’t restore power until approximately 2:45 p.m. CCC spokeswoman Janet Paulson said she understood some teachers and students may be worried about missing class but pointed out the difference between a college and grade schools. “Our requirements for classes are not based on ‘seat time’ that you might find in a K-12 district,” Paulson wrote in an email. “We have options such as hybrid or online. Our instructors work to ensure that students achieve course outcomes, which are not based on ‘seat time.’” This leaves a lot of instructors pushing to keep students up to date on their course work. Missing a day, much less three, can hurt students who rely on class time for help.
Teachers are scrambling to keep up with their course schedules. It’s not often that CCC has been forced to cancel its classes. The last time it faced a snowstorm like the one in February was in 2008, Paulson said. But that snowstorm fell between fall and winter terms, so the college didn’t cancel classes. Last Thursday, PGE worked quickly to repair the damage done to CCC’s power and got the campus back up and running in time to make sure the evening classes could happen. No one was hurt in last Thursday’s incident, save for the giant oak tree that caused the damage. Days after the outage, a sign in front of the fire station read “it did make a sound.” Campus policy says that classes must be cancelled if the power goes out for more than 30 minutes due to safety issues; campus fire alarms won’t work without power. Campus buildings also don’t have backup generators. Officials follow established guidelines during emergencies such as power outages. When the power goes out, alarms alert a plant engineer, which is what happened Thursday. “That’s when he responded to find out what was going on,” said Cochran. Officials asked only emergency personnel to stay on campus. Still, other employees continued to show up to get work done, said Lloyd Helm, director of campus services. A stern Flash Alert message reminded staff, “Any non-emergency staff on campus are asked to leave.” Helm said: “It was just a polite way of telling everyone to go home.”
Top 5 things you want to know about Ukraine Chris Browarski The Clackamas Print
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f you’ve tried watching the news in the past few months, you’ve probably been alerted to the riots, chaos and overall craziness that has been going on in Ukraine. If you’re coming late to the party, then you might have a hard time catching up with the events. Here are the quick answers to five questions you might be asking about the crisis in the region. 1. What is Ukraine and Crimea? Ukraine is a large Eastern European country bordering Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Moldova, Hungary and Romania. Crimea is a selfgoverned republic belonging to Ukraine, mostly separated by the Black Sea, near Russia. The country has had a rough history being placed under Soviet control through most of the 20 th century. Ukraine gained its independence after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990 but, according to Clackamas Community College political science instructor James Hite,
has struggled to keep itself truly independent. “Other former Eastern Bloc countries like Poland and the Czech Republic have had an easier time getting away from Russia,” said Hite. “Ukraine has had the hardest time transitioning since gaining its independence.” In 1994 Ukraine signed a treaty with Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States to uphold its borders. Since then, Russia has held a strategic naval base on the coast of the Black Sea in Crimea, which served as the country’s only warm-water port. The 2004 Ukrainian presidential election won by Viktor Yanukovych was surrounded in scandal over vote rigging, and non-violent protests broke out around the Ukranian capitol of Kiev. After a recount, Yanukovych’s win was revoked and was awarded to Viktor Yushchenko in what is known as the Orange Revolution. Yankukovych regained power in 2006 and became prime minister and then was eventually voted in as president in 2010.
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Want up-to-the-minute accounts of what’s happening in Ukraine? Here are five Twitter accounts to follow for Ukraine news. @shustry Simon Shuster — Reporting for Time in Moscow. @ngumenyuk Nataliya Gumenyuk — A Ukrainian reporter tweeting in English from the streets of Kiev. She has provided consistent details around the clock. @ChristopherJM Christopher Miller — An editor of the Kiev Post. Offers most up-to-date insight on political movements in Ukraine and Russia and reports of the protests. @ukrpravda_news Pravda — A Kiev-based newspaper that tweets only in Ukrainian but offers many photos and video from the capital city. @rt_com Russia Today — A Russian news outlet that does not strictly focus on the Ukrainian crisis but shows the news from the Russian spectrum. Bonus: Check out the Ukranian conflict sticky post on reddit. com/r/worldnews for a live, updated timeline of events and news stories from Kiev, Crimea, and Moscow. The live thread provides aggregated new stories as they come in and is the fastest way to catch up on the events in Europe. — Compiled by CHRIS BROWARSKI
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here is an ebb and flow to everything, including the function of running a college, which entails many details and participation that keeps it going. For students from an ethnic background, the process of adjusting to a different culture and environment may be a bit of a challenge in a place of majorities. Students who may be adjusting to such an environment can seek advice and support from a group created and supported by professors such as Guadalupe Martinez, Becky Torres, Klaudia Esquivel, Chippi Bello and Tory Blackwell, who are members of The People of Color Group. They are available to help students. Blackwell, an AfricanAmerican biology instructor at Clackamas Community College,
shared some information about the group and his experience as a member within the group with The Clackamas Print. What exactly is Collaborative Learning Center? Blackwell: Its main focus is giving faculty the opportunity to get professional development either on campus or through the college. They organize a lot of training and in-service related things – being more aware of what students have going on… and relate to the students better. What is The People of Color Group within CLC? Blackwell: We’ve made an effort this year to get it re-established and invite both the faculty and other employees of color on campus to attend those meetings basically to get to know each other and discuss things that are going on that might be specific to minority groups. We have monthly meetings. There are about 15 people in the group.
The meetings are kind of open door...whenever you have the time to visit and chat. How can this group help students? Blackwell: How we present ourselves to the students on campus – there’s kind of two ways we can approach it. I’m going to make myself visible but not push myself on students. I’m going to go out there and talk to students, and if a students says “Do you mind talking about some issues, relating to them being a minority?” I make myself available for students to come talk to me. But I’m not going to push myself out there … I wander around campus. I go to the gym. I’m making myself visible. I never shut my blinds. I have a corner office facing Roger Rook so if anyone walks past I’m here. Are their any concerns in particular that minority students have? Blackwell: I’m new and peo-
ple are still finding me. I’ve had conversations with a few minority students to let them know that I’m out there. The most fun for me was going to graduation last year and I actually had families in the crowd who were minorities waving, saying hi. I could see that there were families there that could identify with me—let them to know that yes there are African-Americans that have these advance degrees and [their] kid can go on and get these advance degrees. How can students reach out to you and other faculties of CLC? Blackwell: We will not eat you! Everyone on campus, especially the faculty and staff that are minorities are in there for you, no matter what their position is. They are there to talk to you...about whatever. So if it’s a class, life, career goals, we will gladly talk to you. First and foremost our job is to make sure that
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group of Clackamas Community College students from a communications class began a humanitarian project, The Good Samaritan Project, as part of a class assignment. The assignment? Devise a way to give back to the community and talk to people. Lauren Cole, elected leader of the project, met with fellow classmates in front of Roger Rook Hall at 9 a.m. Saturday to pile five team members, five volunteers and the 971 articles of clothing and blankets collected into three cars. During the setup and car assigning, Rachel Soderberg team member, called “shotgun” in true road trip fashion. Group members Ashley Anderson, Kelsea Heaton, Juana Morales and Chelsea Vincenzi joined their teammates and volunteers — Becky Copeland, Austin Dahlstrom and Kody Dahlstrom — in laughter. Missing group member Sean Blice would be meeting up with the group later before they headed into downtown Portland. The Clackamas Print met with the group to find out what The Good Samaritan Project was all about. The Print: The Who came up with the project name? Cole: We talked it out and The Good Samaritan Project came out of those talks. It is the perfect name. TP: Who came up with the idea of collecting clothes for the homeless? Soderberg: Once again, it was a group effort. We all had similar ideas about what we wanted to collect. Cole: It’s cold here in the winter. No one wants to have wet feet, so socks were a high concern for us too. TP: There were donation boxes outside the ASG office. How many boxes of donated goods did you get from the people at the college? Cole: Four large bags and a huge quilt. TP: Were you surprised by the amount of donations? Vincenzi: I was hoping for more, but the biggest surprise was the amount of donations we received from the box at McNaulty & Barry’s bar on Main Street [in
Oregon City]. We collected over 500 articles from that box alone. Copeland: We even got monetary donations from people at Lauren’s mom’s work. Cole: Nearly $300 in cash donations. Vincenzi: Which we used to buy blankets from Fred Meyer and wash all the donations at the laundry mat.
TP: You mentioned having a box at the bar in town. Did you have other donation boxes setup? Soderberg: We each had a box setup in a different area, close to where we live. Morales: We also used social media to promote the project — Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and hung up fliers around campus.
Vincenzi: We received lots of interested people asking if we could pick up donations. Some delivered their donations here to the school as well. TP: Do you feel this was a worthwhile assignment/project? Morales: It is important and has a great impact on our community. I hope we were successful in raising
Top: Ashley Anderson helps Luis go through a bag of men’s pants. Above: The Good Samaritan Project group goes through a bag of scarves and hats. Throughout their route the group was asked for blankets, gloves and socks the most. Bottom left: After a thorough search through bags for the perfect jacket. Bottom right: The group leaves a blanket with socks on a mans lap his friend finds a scarf to keep her warm during a rainy Saturday in Portland.
awareness for the homeless problems. Vincenzi: It was the successful project in class. Cole: What we aren’t able to deliver by hand will be donated to the Portland Rescue Mission because they have a DHS closet for interviews. DHS sends people who need nice clothes for a job interview there. TP: Would you have done this if it weren’t a class assignment? Cole: I volunteer with OHSU community service already and soup kitchens just don’t leave as long of an impact as new clothes – one hot meal versus many days of being warmly clothed. Morales: I did a similar project in high school. I organized a food drive and collected food for my senior project. The Print followed the Good Samaritan Project from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Initially the group met with disappointment; the first two stops on the trip proved to be unsuccessful because the spots were either deserted or the people were not interested in clothing assistance. The Portland trek of compassion and goodwill was met with both “no”s and “thank you”s. Only once was the group responded to with hostility when one gentleman in a wheelchair was offended by the offer to help. “No, he’s not homeless. He’s a wonderful man. Thank you,” said the gentleman’s companion. But others were more than happy to accept the group’s generosity. One gentleman came back to express his gratitude. “God bless you guys. It’s a good thing you are doing. I really needed a new jacket.” One individual was found walking along the Park Blocks without any shoes on. The group sent a runner back to the car to grab the bags that had shoes for him. Shortly afterward, they were approached by another of Portland’s homeless. “I doubt you have shoes in my size, but do you have gloves?” he asked. Gloves, jackets, socks and shoes were the most asked after articles of clothing along the Park Blocks. But if you missed a chance to donate don’t fret, the Good Samaritan Project turned in its constitution to ASG last week and will become an official CCC activities club in the coming Spring term.
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Fall term The Print invited Clackamas Community College student body to submit creative works for a writing contest. Entries were categorized by poetry and flash fiction (201 – 400 words). The entries in each category have been evaluated and 1st place awarded. We here at The Print wish to thank everyone for their submissions and re-print the entries here for your enjoyment. In addition, the first place winners of each category will also be reprinted in the CCC Writers’ Club annual book.
y FOREVER FORWARD z ~ Joe Ballard
The danger of this place is real. Death in this place lives. Keeping traditions of ages past, Protecting innocent souls to the last, Falls now to our youngest generations of kids.
somewhere across the sky, We jump from planes, with our thoughts on the mission. No thoughts of dying or nervous positions, Calm envelope’s these men that fly.
No one makes you fight in these trenches, with esprit de corps. They must die for their country, not you for yours. But you volunteered to sleep in this hole.
Hate we constantly feel. Love we don’t. This desert is evil to your mind, Endurance itself, isn’t enough to survive. You can try to understand it but you won’t.
Shadows of violence cover the locals. Shadows of despair cover us all. Steel-rain travels miles, seeking people to free. You wouldn’t believe how quiet ‘very loud’ can be. Feeling destruction’s fire is awakening most of all.
Listen: this isn’t pettiness. And it isn’t sympathy, my friend You must remember that blood got us here. It was hard. It was nasty. It was beyond fear. So the next time you see them say, ‘Happy Veterans Day… Again.’
In an instant things can be better. In a flash hope can begin. Everything changes with one letter from you, A simple line of encouragement or a few. Think that power you have with that mighty pen. Somewhere across the ocean,
Oblivious of time. Numb to reality it seems. Lining up the sights and hearing your heart race, It’s just a dog-target you think, as sweat pours down your face. The end of someone by any means. Ultimate sacrifice, or ultimate goal?
The Great Blue Heron ~ Nathaniel Flying Owl
Soul Syntax ~ Spencer Patterson
Sunlight sparkles on the surface Of the lake and the verdant leaves Of the surrounding conifers Lightly shudder in a soft breeze A heron stands near the shore Waiting calmly among the reeds
A word written on a page is nothing But a collection of runes In a set order and pair.
With an exceptional patience The heron at last takes a fish And with great haste devours it For yet another few minutes He remains still and statuesque Before lifting off into flight A brief image of the city, A cold world of steel, cracked concrete And power-hungry decadence, Quickly flashes within my mind Where humanity promptly learns To overlook its own soul I observe the great blue heron As he flies into the distance His wingbeats graceful, archaic And genuine serenity Lingers here like a mist with me Beside the lake, kissed by the breeze
When one speaks, one describes an idea, Which then attaches itself at the ankle of Reality like the proverbial ball and chain. There is no magic in “PHRASE,” Or in “ARTWORK,” Or in “SYMPHONY,” no. The rules that define the Ways we read or write are arbitrary And completely incorporeal. The only reason words exist Is to feed the insatiability of the Perpetually anxious creed of man. It is the spoken word that connects us, And the written word that fastens us To one particular sense of self. Languages bind the identities of Man the creature and Man the machine Into one in our minds, separate from fact. Too bad the word “SELF” is written in Such ridged, restrictive verse; Or we might come to know that there is more than one way to write our names.
She Enjoys Destruction ~ A.E. She enjoys destruction. Building up structures Higher and higher, Only to watch it all Crash down around her She enjoys destruction. Whispering words Of sickly sweet nectar, Lies upon lies Soon your soul will be rotten She enjoys destruction Pulling the puppet strings Tighter and tighter, Choking all life off and Leaving you blue in the face She enjoys destruction. Acting coquettishly, Playing your heartstrings and Giving you love Only to pull it away She enjoys destruction. Feeding you all that You want to hear, Speaking of futures that She never plans for She enjoys destruction. Playing the shy card or Blatantly lying, Cajoling and cuddling and Basically being your mate, but She enjoys destruction She won’t ever listen Her heart is of stone All love is a game Or that’s what she thought, Because She enjoyed destruction. Until she met someone who Became her soul mate, Someone perfect and lovely but Of course she threw it away She enjoys destruction. But not this time.
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y The Thai Dinner z by Jade Scheytt
The emotions coursing through the room could be described in several ways; “foreign” was almost too literal as the pan seared and vegetables sizzled as they were shifted. The aroma was harsh and warm. The girl sat still, eyes wide open, seeing nothing. She could not see past her grief and astonishment. The buzz of whispers were around her but blurred, words of sadness unable to be made out past her own disheveled thoughts. Her mother sat, head in hands, unable to console a soul. How could she when there was no longer someone to console her? The sorrow passed down the line, as each person was wrapped in themselves and the cloak of what had happened. “Gone” was the overwhelming truth that echoed through the house, drumming in every ear drum. The uncle spoke, saying something weak and impassionate. A response was mumbled in reply. The girl stared on, trying to focus on the world around her, trying to focus on anything but her loss. Her little sister wore an apron; even she felt the heaviness of the room. She helped the guest roll out rice paper. Both of their faces were grim, as they put all effort into the meal at hand. They all inhaled in humid air and took in the flavors of the meal before it ever reached their lips. Fatigue was seen in every face. Suddenly the guest stated, “It is done.” Heads lifted in the direction of the kitchen toward a sprawl of food set before them all. One minute the girl was sitting, the next she was lifting her spoon. Eyes shut tight, she begged for the flavors to wash it all away. “Mmms” filled the room, and the rough sounds of bowls and spoons took over the solemn silence. The guest must have known just the right amount of salt to account for the tears. The panang curry was thick with comfort and a longing to mend broken hearts. The one no longer there shared his final meal with his family one last time. He would have loved it.
The Inventor’s Mentality by Keith Winans When do you start to believe in the Inventors mentality? Is it when he’s alive? Or when he’s dead and buried? Isn’t this rhetorically our reality? Because mostly my effort was in designing this new reality! From the atoms in my mind to this physical frequency, From the inner dimensional, Drawn out in mental lines of x, y and z’s, From formations of artificial realities, Spanning throughout my mental laboratory! Who can invent with me out to the edge of gravity? Who wants to build more vibrations of reality? Creatively constructing inside microns of restructured lines of coded atom-ology, 3D printed inventions for your economical monopoly, Rapidly fabricated using the latest in Nano-technology, Perfectly polished using Tesla’s high frequency philosophy, You can’t mess with this, Because it’s infinite energy! Levitating transportation gliding on magnetic harmony, Viscosity and Adhesion working in a vortex of horse powered geometry, Expanding with the accuracy of a galaxy, Like spinning the latest inventions using the latest in holographic technology, Like generating prime inventions off of the well know laws of Universe-ology, Like there plucked from the shelves of God-ology... And intensely studied for its human-ology... Then quickly shared before death deletes the whole society... So let’s get together and invent immortality!!!
You’ve Never Looked Finer Than This by Aaron Leque
A gift of the occasion it had always seemed to be at once when a solid feeling came out of the great unknown –letting itself free to feel the great injustice of the freedom itself, and the tortured inequality of those who seem so far from us all- after a life of desperation, a single man stepped forward in the line. His name was greater than anything one might believe to be something more substantial that anything anyone might see on their late night/early morning news repertoire beatings of other people we can do nothing to apprehend or console. This man’s name was Stanley Wayward, a fitting name for a man who only thought about stepping out his next foot in front of him (not at the occasion of progressing in line (which was what he was doing at the moment)) but to be actually take the act into justice; to do what one thought was impossible –an act of thinking, not of doing. What Stan did was continue to dream, and never act. “It’s been too long, since I had something good to drink..” he moaned his way through the line as others didn’t dare look back, or even attempt the socially heinous act of talking to him (much like any other pedestrian you’d might see in a metropolitan/urban setting). Stan began to think if yawning or sighing (a makeshift irate yawn) to display is unsettled dissatisfaction of impatience in the line, in the cost of ostracizing himself among others who might probably think the same. “I think I’ll just.. Try and think some more to pass the time..” he mumbled under his breath –almost at point of in his mind- and think is what he did. A woman walked Stan’s way, making his last name appropriate: “Don’t tell me you’re going to yawn, God. I hate how everyone in the city just yawns, all of the time –like they own the place,” “Well, I suppose..” answered the somewhat meek soldier of his own disposed atmosphere, only to be shared with those we let in for a short while. “I saved a spot for you,” “I see that,” she complied and noticed the small compact space of air and concrete where he opened up with his arms in length as if for a hug instead of introducing reserved contemporary real estate. “thank you..” “You’re welcome,” he smiled moderately. FIN.
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Chris Browarski The Clackamas Print
New art coming soon to Randall Hall
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Cooking with Bro demonstrates how to make pudding with simple, easy to follow instructions. This dessert is good for any occasion.
man really only needs to know one dessert recipe. It just better be a good one—something that can be fixed up quick and easy and can fit a wide range of settings is perfect. A pudding might not be the most elegant of desserts but twist it up with some fruit and you got yourself something you can serve to your girlfriend’s parents. This chocolate pudding recipe is real quick to turn out when you’re in a rush and can be made with some pretty basic ingredients. The best part is you can toss in anything you have around you to make up something unique. You’ll need: -1/2 cup sugar. -1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder. -3 tbsp. cornstarch. -2 cups milk. -2 tsp. vanilla flavor. -Whatever else you want to throw in there. Use your imagination. Get a microwave safe bowl and mix together the cornstarch, cocoa and sugar. Then stir in the milk slowly until everything is smooth and not lumpy. Cook your mixture in the microwave for three minutes. Stir and put it back in the microwave for another three minutes, stirring every 60 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir in the vanilla. From here you can stir in fruit, nuts, M&Ms — whatever you think would be good. Cover it with plastic wrap and let it cool in the fridge before serving. I personally like to mix in peanuts and bananas and then serve it on ice cream with whip cream on top. Strawberries, cherries, really anything goes good in this so try different combinations to suit who you’re serving.
“Marching Women” will be found in the lobby of Randall in front of the trophy cases. It is one of the largest sculptures that’s ever been at CCC.
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culptor Jan Zach’s “Marching Women” is a 10 foot by 24 foot wooden sculpture composed of about six separate sections making up its length. Clackamas Community College is expecting one of the largest sculptures it’s ever seen. CCC art department chairwoman, Nora Brodnicki tells The Print that this sculpture will be generously donated to the college from the artist’s estate. “We intend to have it placed in the lobby of Randall in front of the trophy cases,” Brodnicki said. According to the online Oregon encyclopedia, Zach was born northwest of Prague and was the youngest of sixteen children in a working class family. He consistently displayed a connection to the arts and it was the work of sculptors such as Zdeněk Pešánek that deeply inspired his stylings. And in 1958, he was hired to teach sculpture at the University of Oregon in Eugene. Some of his most popular and expressionistic pieces are titled Resistance, carved from distressed logs, Prometheus, made of cast iron, sand, and cement, and his Flower of Freedom series from sheets of stainless steel. “He worked in a variety of media to create sculptures
that celebrated courage and freedom, a lifelong concern of Zach’s that was rooted in his opposition to the Nazi and then Communist control of Czechoslovakia, where he was born,” the Oregon online encyclopedia states. A book completely on the life of this incredible artist has also been given to the school’s art department for any students or curious minds wishing to know more information on his life, experiences of revolution, and the resonance his expressive pieces have left on the public after all these years. Interim dean of arts and sciences, Bill Briare, said that CCC expected to have the statue on its way to campus by March 14. Kate Simmons, studio tech, is said to be coordinating a group of students’ visit to the artist’s studio in Eugene. These students will also be helping with the transportation of this piece to its new home. Zach’s artwork and collections can be found in the Czech Republic, Brazil, Victoria and Oregon. And soon his art can be found even closer to home, right here on campus. A large selection of his sculptures are in the collection of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University, where his papers are archived. “This prestigious piece is something we’re thrilled to have on campus,” said Briare.
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he NJCAA wrestling championships took place Feb. 27 to March 1 in Spokane, Wash. Clackamas Community College took third place out of 38 teams with 139 points. Clackamas was beat out by first place Northeastern Oklahoma A & M College with 169 points and second place Northwest College with 149 points. “Our guys wrestled hard and we are proud of their efforts,” stated coach Josh Rhoden. Clackamas produced a school record seven All-Americans: First place in the 133 weight class CJ Palmer, sixth place at 141 Robbie Rizzolino, fourth place at 157 Eleazar DeLuca, third at 165 Kyle Bateman, first place for 184 Adrian Salas, third in the 197 division Ihoghama Odighizuwa and
at 285 Brandon Johnson took eighth. The team scored the most points by a Clackamas team at the national championships in school history. “This year’s performance set school records in most AllAmericans earned (seven out of 10) and points scored at the national championship 139,” stated Rhoden. “Honestly if I was told we did both of those things before we competed the weekend I would have thought we won the national championship. We just found ourselves in a fight with two other really good teams. Both of those teams have a more experienced group as each graduate seven of 10 sophomores while we only graduate two.” Also earning team points for the Cougars were Stevan Knoblauch (125), Kenny Martin (149) and Tyler White (174) all falling one match short of placement. “CJ and Adrian are such phenomenal talents and both
kids are good enough to go wherever they choose to continue the sport and their education,” stated coach Rhoden. “We could not be happier for the two of them.” Hall of fame inductees for the NJCAA included the former Cougar wrestler, professional mixed martial arts fighter and Olympic silver medalist Matt Lindland. “This year was a tough one because so many of our guys did so well and as a team we did very good but it is bittersweet because our kids, staff and program have set the standard so high that it feels like a bit of a letdown not to win the whole thing.” Rhoden stated. “That said, we really enjoyed these guys and our team accomplished some amazing things this year. We definitely have earned the right to say we are one of the very best programs in America and a great destination for wrestling students”
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Jasmine Gibbs-Brown leaps for a layup against Whatcom. Gibbs-Brown placed ninth among the top 10 scorers in the tournament. She secured 32 points in just two games with five rebounds, four three-pointers and made four out of five freethows.
The Cougar women’s basketball team recently went to the NWAACC championships in Kennewick, Wash. They took seventh place out of 33 teams, playing four rounds and only losing the first. “We played pretty well,” said Coach Jim Martineau. “We lost a tough game to a good team in the first round, then bounced back and won three games in a row and finished the year on a good note.” Sophomore point guard Laci Effenberger scored the most points in the tournament, averaging 28 points per game and scoring 112 over-
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The Cougar wrestlers celebrate their third place rank and accept awards for the NJCAA wrestling championships. CJ Palmer shows his pride in taking first place in the 133 weight class with a “number one” hand gesture. Adrian Salas also took first place in the 184 weight class.
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all. Freshman guard Cassidy Edwards took second in free throw, scoring 15 out of 16. Sophomore forward Rebekah Jamerson held third place in the tournament for successful blocks with eight total and averaging two per game. The team finished 8-4 in the league. The men’s team lost their first two rounds and did not place in the top bracket. They lost to Highline and Whatcom, 83-49 and 73-63 respectively. Grant Sitton placed third in successful blocks with five overall and 2.5 per game. — Compiled by Nathaniel Klein
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UKRAINE: Is war on the horizon? Continued from Page 1
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2. So what is everyone mad about now? In November 2013, President Yanukovych suspended talks of a trade deal with the European Union in favor of reviving a trade deal with Russia. According to the Chicago Tribune, some 100,000 protesters gathered in Kiev to demonstrate against the ties to Russia. The President called for strict laws to contain the protesters. Police used tear gas on the crowd and three protestors are killed by live ammunition. Riots broke out all over the capital and the death toll rose as protestors clashed with police. Yanukovych eventually stepped down from his position and fled for Russia, making room for interim President Oleksander Turchynov. 3. What role does Russia play? Russian President Vladimir Putin held off action until the conclusion of the Sochi games but immediately followed up by moving troops into Crimea and taking control of strategic points including their Black Sea naval base. According to CNN, Turchynov called the invasion “an act of war” on his country. Hite calls the invasion of Crimea a “power play” by Putin and says that having control of the peninsula is an important strategic and economic move. Putin is pushing for a ballot for Crimea to secede from Ukraine and become close partners with Russia. It remains unknown how far Putin wants to push for taking control of Ukraine. For now, Crimea remains his focus but having control of the region
would provide a better opportunity to move into mainland Ukraine. “It’s easier to move into Ukraine after going into Crimea… every little piece makes him stronger and more powerful,” said Hite. “Putin is all about money and power… He’s creating an oligarchy.” 4. What about the rest of the world? All of the other G8 countries (Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, The United Kingdom, and United States) as well as the European Union were displeased with the Crimean invasion and backed out of the scheduled G8 summit in Sochi later this year. All proposed economic sanctions but ultimately little has been done to set back Putin’s invasion. CNN reports German Chancellor Angela Merkel told President Barack Obama that Putin has “lost contact with reality.” Putin and Obama spoke on the phone for an hour on March 7, but the Russian president claims the two are “still far apart.” 5. Is war on the horizon? While initially there was some media speculation of potential war, Hite says the notion is very unlikely. “Russia probably won’t invade Ukraine but will try to influence their elections somehow,” said Hite. “Germany is probably the most significant outside player to impose sanctions… but there is really no chance at all of war.” The world watches as new developments sprout up from Ukraine daily while the future of the country remain unclear. The following weeks and months will be a significant indication of the role the developing east will play in world politics.
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