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Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008
Volume 42, Issue 1
Ban on lighting up leaves students split Lydia Emily Bashaw Editor in Chief
“I want to shove a lit cigarette down someone’s throat,” said smoker Jeff Carlysle, in response to the new smoking rules on campus. “It’s not fair that they can boss us around and even fine us without bothering to ask smokers what they wanted,” Carlysle continued. “There wasn’t enough knowledge about what was going to happen to our rights – rights as smokers.” The regulation – that became effective Sept. 15 – says that smoking on campus is only to occur in the newly built smoking booths set up around the campus, and is causing quite a ruckus amongst smokers and non smokers alike. “It’s only one more step in the direction of not allowing smoking here at all,” said Makayla Jones, an 18 year old student. “I hate walking through a cloud of toxic smoke to get to my classes. It’s not fair my lungs have to suffer because… (smokers) have an addiction. With the new areas set aside, I can avoid the smokers altogether.”
Donovan Hamilton, a new student this year, claims that the ban will not affect him at all, because he does not smoke and avoids anyone smoking no matter what. “What’s the big deal?” Hamilton said. “People smoke; people don’t smoke. If you see someone smoking, just avoid them. It’s not that complex. But, I can see how students would be upset that smokers didn’t follow the original rules.” The decision to keep smoking at bay went through a two year process and was eventually approved by the Campus Use and Development Committee, the President’s Council, and finally, the college’s Board of Education. According to Dean of Campus Services Bill Leach, the discussion started long ago and is continuing. However, the new regulation will stay in effect despite smokers’ annoyance. Campus Security will start issuing citations next month. Leach said, “We started enforcement on Sept. 15, which was giving warnings and cautioning people about the new rules. But, on Nov. 15, we will start hard enforcement. The first time we will just caution people, the second offense will be a $15 citation and the third offense will be a $30 citation.”
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Peter Bauer (left) and Victor Garrison smoke outside of the designated smoking area, perching on the statue near McLouglin Hall.
Family volleyball tradition continues with freshmen player John Helmkamp The Clackamas Print
For years, Shikara White’s grandpa has told her stories about when her two aunts used to play for Coach Kathie Woods’ volleyball team back in the 1980’s. The stories that he shared were not about the games; they were about the bonding and team experiences. White’s
aunts love the memories that they created playing under Woods, and now, as a college freshman, she has the opportunity to create similar memories of her own. White’s childhood was not as easy as some. Her mother was not around much as she was growing up, so her grandparents took legal custody of her. Despite the issues surrounding her, she still grew up to love her family and everyone in it. As she got older, her mother took a
more prominent role in her life, allowing White to move back in with her. White, who graduated from Estacada High School last year, has been playing volleyball since eighth grade. “I played basketball in middle school, so my grandparents wanted me to play another sport to condition for basketball. I tried out for a club team and made it, and have been playing volleyball ever since,” White said. In high school, White developed into
a very talented volleyball player. She played on her Junior Varsity team her freshman year, but began to play back and forth between Junior Varsity and Varsity in her sophomore year. “When I started to swing to Varsity, a lot of the older players did not think that I deserved my spot,” White said. Her junior and senior year, White was a starting player on the Varsity team. Please see White, Page 3
Clackamas awarded $373,972 to promote sustainable goals John Hurlburt
Associate News Editor
Fall has come; trees are turning red and yellow, but some staff and faculty members on campus are seeing seemingly nothing but green. This is thanks to a $373,972 grant given to Clackamas, by the state, through the Governor’s Strategic Investment Fund. The “Green” grant – as it is called – will be used to help promote the state’s goals of sustainability. The grant will also help the college reach its own goals in the area, while making it a prominent player in the green movement as a whole. “Clackamas is positioned to be an active, visible player in the region,” College President Joanne Truesdell said. “This grant will serve as a catalyst for sustainability efforts in the region.” According to Ray Hoyt, one of the drafters of the grant, the money has not currently been allotted to anything specific, but a general outline has been laid out. A few things that will be accomplished with the grant money are adding new classes, organizing “green” road trips to places such as Columbia Gorge wind farms, networking with businesses and groups to create a hub where sustainable practices can be discussed and working with other schools and organizations such as Portland State University on developing green technologies more efficiently. Aside from just creating more classes, Truesdell hopes that this money will also be able to help streamline the programs that are already in place into being more sustainable. Photo illustration by Kayla Berge Clackamas Print
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Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008
Presidential candidates leave college issues out of election discussion Despite many debates, presidential candidates still have not touched on financial issues for college students Lydia Emily Bashaw Editor in Cheif
With a presidential election less than three weeks away, Americans keep asking the same question to the candidates, “What are you saying?” Even more notable is the number of college students that are wondering what candidates will do for them. Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have both failed in the eyes of college students when it comes to connecting the issues. “The biggest problem students have right now is that no one is speaking out on our issues,” said Ashley Camden, first year student at Clackamas. “We want someone to talk about college affordability, the future of jobs and what it means to be a youth in America. Unfortunately, the only candidate who has even
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mentioned it is Obama, and financial aid, create programs even then the discussion is to help younger students prelacking,” Camden continued. pare for college, expand Pell In the two debates so far Grants for low-income famibetween the candidates – the lies and eliminate expensive first on Sept. 25 in Oxford, bank subsidies. Miss. and the However, second on Oct. the most 7 – there was applicable little to no piece of conversation O b a m a ’ s “We want someabout what plan is the one to talk about each candidate Community is going to do C o l l e g e college affordfor students. Partnership ability, the future Nevertheless, Program, though the w h i c h of jobs and what mainstream would help it means to be a discussions to strengthyouth in America. have not en commuincluded stunity collegUnfortunately, the dent issues, es through only candidate who there has been grants, cresome converating new has even mentioned sation directed associates it is Obama, and at students. programs even then the disIn a camand rewardpaign speech ing colleges. cussion is lacking.” on Nov. 7, McCain’s 2007, Obama Web site claimed that also outlines Ashley Camden he wanted to his plans freshman make college for what he affordable for wants to do everyone. for students. “That’s the best investment Some of his goals are to prewe can make in our future,” pare colleges and universities said Obama. for the 21st Century, increase Obama’s campaign Web tax benefits for those attendsite, at barackobama.com, ing college, simplify the procontinued this cess for financial aid, improve statement by the grant money going to providing a research programs at universidetailed plan ties and fix the student lendof the chang- ing programs. When McCain’s es he would press office was contacted to make to help expand on these ideas, no one students. was available for comment. One of Despite the information these is the available, the economy has A m e r i c a n taken the forefront. Without O p p o r t u n i t y detailed discussion about their Tax Credit, issues, students are still not which would convinced. give an imme“It is not that I do not diate $4,000 believe that they support colrefund credit lege students,” said Joshua to anyone Ragin, another Clackamas stupaying tuition. dent. “It is the fact that neiThis refund ther candidate has put down would cover a clear cut path of how they two-thirds of are going to help us. We are the cost of not middle class Americans; most public most of us have not even gotcolleges and ten the chance to become part universities. of a class. We are not in the O b a m a ’ s military, so veterans’ benefits other goals are do not touch most of us. We to simplify the are just left out. No one is a p p l i c a t i o n talking about how we are the process for ones who have to keep this
country running after (the candidates) are dead and gone.” After three d e b a t e s , Americans are still seeking answers to questions no one cares to follow up on. Following the two presidential debates, CNN reported online that 55 percent of viewers were still left with unanswered questions. However, on CNN’s forum many voters said that it was clear that Obama won the first two debates, but that fact did not clinch their vote. “I am not 100 percent in either direction,” said OBAMA Kerry Calistero, a registered Republican and Clackamas student. “I think that the last debate will really help me clinch my decision. I am sure there are many other students in the same place as I am.” The current campaign has turned to the economy, the war in Iraq and healthcare. With the largest number of new voters to date, some are wondering when the issues will be directed at them. Yet, most agree that, either way, the best choice is still to vote. “Everyone needs to regis-
ter, and everyone needs to get their ballot turned in,” said Henry Truey, a volunteer for MyDebates.com, in a phone interview. “It doesn’t matter who you agree with; what matters is getting your voice heard and telling people what you think the best decision is for America. People have always said, ‘If you don’t vote, you can’t bitch.’ What they should have said is, ‘If you don’t vote, you can’t say you care whether America fails or succeeds.’”
The next presidential debate will be held Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. It will be aired on all major broadcast stations. Ballots must be dropped off no later than 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Postmarks do not count.
GREEN: grant fuels sustainable courses and campus changes Continued from Green, Page 1
“We’re always refreshing content, why not do it with something good?” Truesdell said. Vice President of College
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Services Courtney Wilton hopes that the grant money and these courses will help “reach out to the students whether it is in the short term or the long term.” Wilton also hopes that the new sustainable courses will
help attract new students to the school and increase enrollment. The grant proposal was the brainchild of five dedicated staff members, who Truesdell estimated put in about 60 hours
Editor in Chief: Lydia Emily Bashaw Copy Editor: Emily Walters Associate News Editor: John Hurlburt A&C Editor: Jess Sheppard Associate Sports Editor: Matt Garrison Photo Editors: Kayla Berge and John Shufelt Photo Associates : Robert Crawford and Lisa Sellers
of work from starting with brainstorming sessions to actually sending in the letter. Mike Mattson, Bill Briare, Theresa Tuffli, Hoyt and Truesdell worked throughout the summer in order to get the grant
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finished by its deadline. The grant is not annually reoccurring, and the money must be used by June 30, 2009, the date the grant expires.
Goals: The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased, professional manner. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the student body, college administration, its faculty or The Print. E-mail comments to chiefed@ clackamas.edu.
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‘Breaking Dawn’ brings Twilight Saga to an end
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Jess Sheppard Arts & Culture Editor
It began as a concept that was all too familiar: girl meets boy, boy is a vampire, they fall in love, they have problems. However, Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” rekindled the vampire romance genre for readers, making them sympathize with the clumsy and ordinary Bella and fall in love with the handsome and extraordinary Edward. The long awaited “Breaking Dawn,” fourth book in the saga, concludes the engaging tale of the romance between Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. The seemingly mismatched couple is finally married, and Bella is more committed than ever to join Edward in immortality. But an unforeseeable circumstance shatters the happy dream. Meanwhile on the La Push Reservation, Bella’s decision to become a vampire is tearing the werewolf pack apart. Despite his instinctual hatred of the “Cold Ones,” Jacob Black cannot let go of his love for Bella and ultimately he is forced to choose: Bella or the pack? With the addition of the talented and irresistibly beautiful Renesmee to the Cullen family, it seems as if everything might work itself out until a fatal misunderstanding with another vampire coven brings the entire family – and all their allies – to the threshold of annihilation. Meyer has added a new aspect to the saga in “Breaking Dawn.” The book is split into three sections; parts one and three are narrated from Bella’s point of view, just like the previous three books. Part two, however, changes the flow and the position of narrator is instead given to the werewolf, Jacob Black. The differences between Bella and Jacob’s characters are well illustrated by the writing and style. Readers were accustomed to simple – and often metaphorical – chapter names while Bella was telling the story such as Gesture and Unexpected. Jacob’s, on the other hand, are much longer, less poetic and undeniably humorous. Most of his chapter titles are whole sentences. For example: Sure as hell didn’t see that one coming and You know things are bad when you feel guilty for being rude to vampires. Fans of the series will be just as captivated by “Breaking Dawn” as they were with “Twilight.” With intriguing new characters, and old rivalries coming to a head, Meyer has ended the Twilight Saga on a strong and satisfactory chord.
WHITE: Following in her athletic aunts’ footsteps Continued from WHITE, Page 1
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Shikara White (9) jumps high for a kill shot against Chemeketa on Oct. 3.
attack with two great hitters in the middle.” In high school, White was After White graduated, she an All-state volleyball playhad several options to weigh. “I am really close to my er and was Estacada High family, and knew that I wanted School’s go-to hitter, but it to stay close to them. Everyone is different on the Cougar is here; I live with my mom Volleyball team. “She is learning what and stepdad, one of my sisters and her boyfriend, and a niece the team is about. In high school she was the and nephew,” White said. go-to hitter, White also has but here, extended family she is surliving in Oregon. “Every rounded by At the end teammates of White’s high team that were all school career, needs go-to peoher grandma conple for their tacted Woods to someone high school tell her that she who can t e a m s . wanted to stay kill the Everyone close for college. on this Woods, who had ball like team is talbeen watching she can...” ented and White since high has to play school, and had Kathie Woods together as expressed interest Head Coach a team,” in having her play W o o d s for Clackamas’ said. team, took the White opportunity to try has improved this year and seal the deal. After meeting with Woods, due to her work ethic taking a tour of the campus and the help of the and talking about the ideals team around her. She of Cougar Volleyball, White has great passers and decided that Clackamas is great setters to get her the ball, making it easwhere she wanted to be. According to Woods, White ier for her to succeed, has been a very valuable addi- according to Woods. Although White is tion to the team. “We would not be where only in her first seawe are without (White). We son here at Clackamas, would not be as aggressive Woods can already see without her,” Woods said. how bright of a future “Every team needs someone she has ahead of her. “I told her she is who can kill the ball like she can, and I love her competi- going to be a great tiveness and her drive to suc- player; she already is. ceed. We already have our If she fine tunes her great go-to hitter in Kristel game a little, she can (Baeckel), but having (White) be an amazing player. I gives us a more balanced think she is just starting
to figure out what she can be, how much more she can give and how much better she can become,” Woods said. Woods thinks that White will definitely play after Clackamas, which is something that White also hopes
to do. “The harder she works, and the more she develops as a player, the more doors there will be that open to her. The best is yet to come for her. I am excited about her future,” Woods said.
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Sports
Cougars hold first place in division Photo by Robert Crawford Clackamas Print
Looking to continue a winning tradition, Clackamas has to overcome injuries Matt Garrison Associate Sports Editor
The Clackamas Cougars Women’s Soccer team has started the season successfully with a team mainly made up of rookie college players. With only two returning players this year, the team has managed to hold the top spot in the Southern Division of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges thus far. The Cougars hold an eight point lead over Lane Community College with 29 points. Clackamas is also ranked fourth
in the Horizon Air To win the Rankings. NWAACCs, the team “We are having fun will need to have fewer and we are doing well,” injuries and improve said freshman Marissa their shooting. Santana. “We are pass“I think it is hard, ing to each other and because there are only using communication.” two returning players,” For a team that has Landis said. “We are only two people from trying to learn all the last year and most of traditions and continue the team meeting this the success of the (socyear for the first time, cer) program.” Sara Landis the players “have realOver the weekend, Co-Captain ly good chemistry,” the Cougars pulled according to freshman off two wins against co-captain Sara Landis. Yakima Valley, 5-2 and The Cougars hope to Wenatchee Valley, 1-0. repeat last year’s NWAACC champiRachelle Kliewer had an outstandonship with a whole batch of almost ing weekend with two goals and an all new players. assist on October 10 against Yakima “We’re going to dominate and win Valley and one goal on Oct. 11 against the NWAACCs,” said Santana. Wenatchee Valley. Kliewer now has
“I think it is hard because there are only two returning players.”
Volleyball team shows promise
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Taya Clark (7) celebrates with Melita Elliot (12) and Shikara White (9) after a kill shot to Chemeketa on Oct. 3. Chemeketa defeated Clackamas in the fifth match, however.
Sports Scores
Soccer10-10 Clackamas 5 Yakima Valley 2
10-11 Clackamas 1 Wenatchee Valley 0 Volleyball10-10 Clackamas def. Mt. Hood (25-12, 25-20, 25-14)
Upcoming Games
Soccer10-21 Chemeketa @ home
Volleyball10-17/10-18 @ Chemeketa Crossover Cross Country10-18 Mike Hodges Invitational @ home
14 goals already this season. The Cougars play their next game against Chemeketa at the Oregon City High School stadium on Tuesday, Oct. 21.
Next Game Chemeketa @ home, Oct. 21 Game will be held at Oregon City High stadium