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Making a great play is dirty work By Annemarie Schulte has poisoned). He has driven Arts & Culture Editor Adam Oakhart, Nellie’s true “Ten points!” actor James Sharinghousen exclaimed, opening his mouth wide hoping for an audience member to throw a peanut into it. From the third row, I aimed and made it; a perfect shot. Why was I throwing peanuts at an actor in the middle of the play? Attend Clackamas Community College Theatre Arts Department’s latest production at the Osterman Theatre and you’ll see why. The play, “Dirty Work at the Crossroads,” written by Bill Johnson and directed by David Smith-English, is being performed in the Osterman Theatre from May 20 to 30. As Sharinghousen writes on his Facebook, the play “is the story of our heroine, Nellie Lovelace, an innocent country girl, and the dastardly Munro Murgatroyd. Munro pursues Nellie tearing her from the arms of her dying mother (whom he

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love, to drink. This colorful mix of characters is a hissing and booing … hootin’ and hollerin’ melodrama of the first order.” For $5, people attending the play could buy a bag of peanuts, which were used to throw at the villain and main character, Munro. Signs that prompted the audience when to say “BOOO!” and “HOORAY!” added to the fun theatrics of the play. The actors were funny and quick-witted, and there were a few lines here and there that the actors ad-libbed, and those were the funniest. The play also had humorous references to nearby places like Lake Oswego, West Linn and Portland, which localized the play. Other familiar names were referred to like David SmithEnglish, and actress Heather Ovalle even referred to herself as the artist in residence (which she is indeed). Very small things like this made the play unique and intimate. At one point, one of the characters threatens to blackmail another and says they will publish a picture in “The Willamette Week.” This got a lot of appreciative laughs from the audience, including me. Please see Crossroads, Page 7

Great student and a great player: the story of Taylor Hill By Mark Sunderland The Clackamas Print A full-time student, full-time worker and a baseball player, Taylor Hill is a busy man. Hill is in his second year at Clackamas Community College, and he is currently working towards a degree in business. He started out as a relief pitcher for the Cougars as a freshman, he is now a starting pitcher. Hill is from Sherwood High School where he was an All-State player. He originally went straight to a four-year college, Grand Canyon University, in Arizona. “The season didn’t work out there. Clackamas was the closest place to home, so I thought I’d come back and try it out,” Hill said. He seems to have found his stride at Clackamas. “Playing here at Clackamas has

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been great. The coaches are great; it’s been a lot of fun and a learning experience. But it is really nice to have two solid years with a bunch of great guys,” he said. He is an All Region, Gold Glove and all NWAACC player. He earned the Gold Glove in 2009 as the best defensive player as a pitcher and in the words of Hill, “It’s an honor to work hard and pitchers, especially, aren’t known for defense. So it’s kind of cool to get recognized for something like that.” Beyond the titles though, he is dedicated student baseball player. When he isn’t training or studying, he said, “I hang out with my family and friends a lot. I’m an outdoors guy; so hanging out playing basketball, playing sports anything like that. Anything outside.” Please see Hill, Page 5

Retirees will learn for life By James Duncan The Clackamas Print The economy is in shambles, and we are on the edge of seeing 78 million baby boomers enter retirement. The Plus 50 Initiative opens doors for people who are in or entering retirement, making it more possible for retired persons to get back into the work force and to share their vast experience with the younger generations. The Plus 50 Initiative is the American Association of Community College’s work to benchmark and showcase the most current and innovative programs at community colleges to engage the

50-plus learner. Through this program, community colleges will create or expand campus programs to engage the older population in learning, training or retraining programs and volunteer, civic, or service activities, according to the Plus 50 website. “This ... economic crisis developed right in the middle of this initiative so year one we had a lot of goals and then year two people flooded community colleges going back for their education,” said Tracy Reilly Kelly, program manager in continuing education at Clark College. Please see 50 Plus, Page 3

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Ballot set for fall By Brian Baldwin The Clackamas Print

Oregonians have now locked down on who will appear on the November ballot to govern Oregon for the next four years. Kitzhaber, former governor of Oregon from 1994-2002, will represent the Democratic Party, Jerry Wilson, a long time activist and founder/CEO of Soloflex, will represent the Progressive Party and Chris Dudley, former Trailblazers’ basketball player and businessman will represent the Republican Party. Kitzhaber is the former governor of Oregon serving two terms from 1994 to the end of 2002. State governors are constitutionally bound to only serve two terms, or eight years, of a 12 year period, so Kitzhaber is able to step back into the political arena for Democrats now that current governor Ted Kulongoski cannot run for re-election. Kitzhaber hopes to reform the insurance system, improve the quality and organization of healthcare in Oregon, invest in higher education, and strengthen our state economy so that, in the end, Oregon will have “a strong, diversified, globally competitive and recession-resistant economy that generates enough jobs to keep Oregon consistently below the national average unemployment rate,” according to his official platform. He hopes that this can be accomplished by acting on immediate opportunities to create jobs, such as expanding the state’s energy efficiency, helping small and medium businesses access venture funds and invest in transportation and city infrastructure, stating that “the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials estimates 35,000 jobs are created for every $1 billion spent on transportation projects.” “Kitzhaber’s reputation and

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appearance is both a curse and a blessing; he has eight years experience running the state as governor through good economic times. However every act he did that can be used against him will be by the Republican Party. For example, when he left the governorship he said that th0e state was ungovernable,” said Dean Darris, political science instructor on campus. Dudley is a businessman and former NBA basketball player, playing despite being diagnosed with Type I diabetes. He is running under the platform of “Jobs First” because “for too long Oregon’s political leaders have made job creation and economic growth an after-thought rather than the central focus of protecting and improving our quality of life. And without jobs and a growing economy, our families are worse off and so are our schools, health care and other essential government services,” according to his website. He lists his plan for jobs in four points: 1) Promote private sector job creation, 2) Control state spending and reform government, 3) Educate for our economic future, and 4) Rebuild public trust in government. He hopes to impact all aspects of Oregon by lowering taxes and regulations on busi-

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nesses, enacting sustainable timber harvests to increase the amount of money going to schools coined “Timber for Textbooks,” hold frequent town halls across the state every year to hear what citizens have to say about his policies, and “make saving for a rainy day the first – not last – priority of the state budget by setting aside 3 percent of forecast revenue into a fund only accessible for schools and essential programs in times of severe economic downturn,” according to his Four Point Plan. “Dudley’s positives: we don’t know what he stands for. Negatives: he has no experience. Kitzhaber: he’s experienced; negatives: we know what he’s done and can pick it apart. You’ve got two candidates with equal and opposite strengths and weaknesses,” said Darris adding “Oregon’s Republican Party is ceasing to exist at the governatorial level unless they get a more moderate candidate. So Dudley has been asked to step in as an outsider to both politics and the Republican Party so that moderate voters, which make up the majority of Oregonians, will think about voting Republican.” Jerry Wilson has also decided to throw his hat into the race for governor as the frontrunner for the Progressive Party. On his blog at www.viva-la-revolucion.org, he talks about numerous issues that he feels are important and weighing the country down, such as the approval ratings for the military compared to the government, and what it would be like if the military was the acting governmental body. He says that if elected he will use the executive powers given to him by the Oregon Constitution and “pardon all Oregonians ever convicted of a ‘victimless’ crime,” and also repeal laws that prohibit the planting and use of hemp. Now that these three have been chosen to be the frontrunners for their political parties, they will spend the next five months campaigning for your vote in November. For more information on these candidates, visit their websites at www.chrisdudley.com, www. viva-la-revolucion.org, and www. johnkitzhaber.com.

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Chuck Mitchell 1. Hubris: Exaggerated pride or self-confidence. 2. Procedural due process: A course of formal proceeding carried out regularly and in accordance with established rules and principles. 3. Democracy: A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. 4. Rule of law: A legal-political regime under which the law restrains the government by promoting certain liberties and creating order and predictability regarding how a country functions. 5. Bill of Rights: A summary of fundamental rights and privileges guaranteed to a people against violation by the state — used especially of the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution. 6. Communism: A theory advocating elimination of private property: a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed. 7. Civil Rights and Civil Rights Movement: The nonpolitical rights of a citizen; especially: the rights of personal liberty guaranteed to United States citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress. 8. Federal Reserve Board: A seven-member board of governors overseeing the Federal Reserve System. 9. European Union: Economic, scientific, and political organization consisting of Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal,Austria, Finland, Sweden, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania. 10. Globalization: The act or process of globalizing: the state of being globalized; especially: the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets. Dean Darris 1. Republicanism: A system of government based on the principles of “representation, rule of law, separation of powers and public virtue.” This is the type of government the Constitution created. 2. Constitution: The fundamental document that underlies

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all of American government. The Constitution is the blueprint of the U.S. government. It spells out the scope of governmental powers and the limits of these powers, known as rights. Every state government also has a constitution. 3. Rights: All individuals have rights guaranteed by both the U.S. Constitution and their state constitutions (e.g., speech, press and religion, among many others). Rights prevent the majority from silencing or harming people who are in the minority by immunizing individuals from the tyranny of the majority, which is why experts refer to your rights as civil immunities. 4. Citizen: One who cares about their country and acts accordingly. For example, a citizen does more than vote; he or she also takes classes in political science to improve their civic literacy so they can more effectively impact the political system. Moreover, they also act on their education and beliefs via voting, organizing and running for positions of public leadership. 5. Democracy: A system of government that is based on the consent of the governed and mass political participation by the citizens that makes up that system. 6. Congress: The federal law makers (authors of federal statutes) who sit in the House of Representatives and the Senate. 7. President: The chief executive in the US government. Contrary to what most American believe, the president has no law making powers but instead is constitutionally charged with enforcing the laws Congress has enacted. This accounts for why so many Americans feel the president “can’t get anything done.” (See the recent health care legislation, for example.) 8. U.S. Supreme Court: the third branch of government (along with all other federal Article III courts). These nine judges serve for “good behavior” and exercise the power of “Judicial Review.” Judicial Review is the authority of the Court to determine what the Constitution means based on cases that come before the Supreme Court. 9. Federalism: A system of government where power is divided between a national government and sub-governments, called states. 10. Apathy: The indifference to all of the above; the root cause of why James Madison, the author of the Constitution, wrote that “democracies are short in their lives as they are violent in their deaths.” In short, apathy is what allows democracies to become corrupt and dysfunctional. This is why he and the other Constitutional authors preferred “republican” governments over “democracies.” -Compiled by Brian Baldwin

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Crime hits campus hard By Brian Baldwin The Clackamas Print In recent weeks, there have been several crimes of opportunity at Clackamas Community College’s Oregon City campus. Lockers have been broken into and car windows have been smashed by perpetrators, giving them access to valuables inside vehicles. These thefts are crimes of opportunity set up by owners who leave valuables in plain view, such as backpacks, laptops, cameras, purses and even phones, according to Dick Ashbaugh, department chair of criminal justice and the campus safety supervisor. “Don’t give people an opportunity,” said Ashbaugh, adding that the trunk is a better place to put your valuables in or at least to conceal your belongings if you do not have one. Those that commit these “smash and grabs” are not students, and cars are not typically stolen, according to both Officer Brian Azule and Ashbaugh. However, in winter two cars were stolen but found later. Lockers have also been broken into and, according to Ashbaugh, those are crimes mostly committed by fellow students. These thefts happen when a student forgets to lock

their locker or uses their locker for extended periods of time for storage, according to Ashbaugh. Two lockers in the Randall gym were reported broken into on Thursday April 29. Azule and Ashbaugh both commented that it was odd that this happened in the women’s locker room, since the men’s locker room has previously been the more troubling area in Randall for thefts. According to the report filed by Campus Safety Officer Peter Kandratieff, both lockers were cut by bolt cutters and selective items were looted from the lockers totaling a combined value of about $700. When asked if there were any suspects, Ashbaugh mentioned that they were cooperating with police to identify a woman photographed while she was using one of the stolen bankcards. Another locker was ransacked as recently as May 5. When asked what one can do to help ensure that their valuables don’t get stolen, Azule said, “Periodically go back and check your locker.” Ashbaugh added by suggesting that students do not bring valuables unless they are needed. Some hit and runs have occurred in parking lots, usually damaging parked cars. A hit and run was investigated on May 21.

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Mary Sue Vickers, director of the Plus 50 program, said, “The values of their homes have decreased, their 401k’s and their retirement funds have decreased, so many of them are having to rethink whether or not they can be retired and if they need to go back to work.” The retirees returning to work need to be retrained. While they do have a wealth of experience to share with the younger generations, they lack many skills that would make it easier to jump into new careers. “Community colleges providing training and retraining and skill upgrading for this age group has been very helpful for them to get back into the labor market, and to get back to work which of course will help the economy,” said Vickers. Clark College is one of the other schools in Oregon that has been using the initiative, and they are entering their third year of use. Kelly is part of the Plus 50 Initiative at Clark College and peer-topeer ambassador for Clackamas Community College. “At Clark College we have an existing senior citizen academic personal enrichment program and much of the work is done by volunteers, [and] my original grant request working on making this stronger was key to it,” Kelly said. “The second thing that I worked hard on is to create a wine and cooking school at our new campus, and ... that program has a strong emphasis on people who are over

the age of 50.” Colleges around the nation are working to bring the over-50 population back to school. Four out of five people over the age of 50 will continue to work even after their retirement. Many of those people will be looking to advance their skills in several different fields. Community colleges around the nation are adopting the program, which will make it easier for seniors to go to classes and take courses that are more adapted to their needs. “I think the colleges are doing a really great job of trying to tailor their programming to meet the needs of this population group,” said Vickers. “I think their interests and their need for challenges are being identified and the colleges are really trying to rise to the occasion and meet those needs.” The program has been a success so far and with extra grant money being given out this year, it is being started here at CCC. With the help of Kelly our school will be designing new programs and changing some of the old. “The programming that has been available to people 50 and older is more focused on personal enrichment – you know, taking a class that you always wanted to take just for fun – but because of the academic downturns circumstances have changed greatly for people 50 and older,” said Kelly. For more information please visit www.plus50.aacc.edu. For information about the CCC Plus 50 program, ask at the registration desk in Rodger Rook Hall.

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Westboro Baptists Church members protest around the country, showing their enthusiasm supporting their church’s beliefs.

By Jaime Dunkle Associate News Editor The Westboro Baptist Church is coming to Portland to express their views for female preachers, homosexuality and Jewish people. Congregation Ahavath Achim on SW Barber Boulevard. will be the first Portland area visited, on Friday, May 28. The final destination facing Westboro’s destination will be the New Hope Community Church on SE Stevens Road in

Happy Valley on Sunday, May 30. A total of eight Portland Metro locations will receive the brunt of WBC’s dislike over the weekend. Fred Phelps founded WBC in 1955 in Topeka, Kan. where their headquarters resides. They claim to have reached 43,364 locations with protests. Slogans like “God Hates Fags” and “God Hates America” are central philosophies behind the church. Members of WBC will also protest the public memorial service of deceased heavy metal legend, Ronnie

James Dio. The service starts at 2 p.m. at the Hall of Liberty in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 30. Megan Burns is organizing a counter protest against the WBC. Burns believes that WBC is “completely ridiculous.” The premise of the counter protest is to fight absurdity with absurdity, she added. “What the Westboro Baptist Church is doing is borderline insanity,” Burns said. To view the entire WBC picket tour, go to www.godhatesfags.com/ schedule.html.

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Track & Field meets at NWAACCs Cougars’ track team finishes second at NWAACC Southern Region Championships By Steven Weldon Associate Sports Editor

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Demarcus Garner runs at practice on Wednesday, May 12. Garner helped Clackamas to a first place in the 4x400 at the NWAACC Southern Region Championships May 15 and 16.

The Cougars are racing to the finish line for 2010 track and field season and heading into the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges’ championships at Spokane Falls Community College on May 24 and 25. Fresh off of a second-place finish at the NWAACC Southern Region championships, the Cougars track squad appears poised for a great showing at the NWAACC championships. On May 15 at Southwestern Oregon Community College, the Cougars finished second in both men’s and women’s events, compiling a score of 191 for the men and 181 for the women. Lane Community College took the Southern Region championship by get-

The offseason: Athletes plan to train in their down time, summer By Cody Ferdinand The Clackamas Print When the baseballs aren’t being pitched, and volleyballs are no longer being spiked, and when the high squeals of plastic on newly polished hardwood floors cease, what happens? What do our athletes do during the summer? Well, one thing is for sure: they don’t go into hibernation mode and sleep all through summer and then jump back into it once the season starts. The athletes here at Clackamas Community College never stop. “I’ll be working out and working on my game. I got to get ready for next season,” said sophomore guard Justin Steinke. The 6’2” guard was on the starting championship Cougar basketball team this year. Steinke averaged 13 points a game and three assists. To stay on top of their game most of the athletes will be working out and lifting weights and working closely with the coaches to make sure when they come back they are faster and stronger and ready to bring their “A” game in the next season. “I’ll be working with my coaches a little bit on shooting and ball handling; I got to get my game right,” said Steinke. But it’s not all work and no play for Steinke. He has social life outside of basketball. “I’ll be hanging with friends. You always hang with friends in summer, but that’s for the night. During the day you do your work and at night you go out with friends. You get the drills done in the day, and then you can go have fun at night,” said Steinke. Women’s basketball co-head coach Kayla Steen just wrapped up her first season as co-head coach and before that she spent four years as the assistant coach. Due to certain regulations, Steen won’t be able to spend as much

time as she would want to with her girls this summer, so it’s up to them to make sure they are on top of their game for the next season. “We won’t get started till about the middle of August, but there will be a lot of open gym work, and the girls will have their own individual work to do at home,” said Steen. “There are NCAA regulations that regulate how much time we can spend with each individual athlete with hours per week, so for the most part it’s a lot of individual work, it is really their own responsibility.” Steen added. Women’s basketball guard Shayla Ball gave her plans as well. “I go back to my high school trainer, and he helps me with some agility drills, and I work with my

dad and my brother at home and they help me with other drills.” The 5’11” freshman guard was selected this year for the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges AllTournament Second Team. Before that she led her Hillsboro Spartans to a 2009 Northwest Oregon League Championship. It won’t be all drills for Ball though, she has other responsibilities for this summer. “I have a job, so I will be working all summer,” Said Ball. The athletes here at CCC are very dedicated to their sports, but they have their lives outside of the sport. They have a healthy balance of their love of the game and the importance of an identity outside of the game.

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Freshman Shayla Ball pushes the ball up the court against Chemeketa. Ball plans to work with her high school trainer over the summer to keep in shape.

ting the top scores in both men’s and women’s events, collecting 210.5 for the men and 274 for the women. Despite Lane’s dominance, the Cougars’ Jennifer Roberts gained 35.5 points to lead all individual competitors. Roberts finished second in the 100- and 200-meter dashes to gain 16 points, and then assisted in a Cougars’ victory in the 4x100 and a second place in the 4x400-meter relays to gain another 18 points. On the men’s side, James Ratliff paced the Cougars with 30.5 points; good enough for second in the individual scores. Ratliff finished the 110- and 400-meter hurdles with first place finishes, giving him 20 points, and was the fourth leg in a first place 4x400-meter relay finish, giving him another 10 points. Other notable finishes on the men’s events included Chris Olsen winning his first ever steeple chase competition, and Jared Hippler taking home first in the pole vault. Ethan Moore launched to first in the long jump, and Anthony Lantz tossed his hammer to first as well. Kenny Echternkamp also

made it to first place, throwing the javelin to the top in that event. On the women’s side, Emma Bucholz not only helped in winning the 4x400-meter relay for the Cougars, but she also won the javelin as well. All in all, the Cougar women earned seven second place finishes. Coach Keoni McHone stated in an e-mail that “We are ready to go. We underemphasized the Southern Region Championships in our physical and mental preparation. We did not rest them for last weekend in order to peak at [the] NWAACC’s.” Last season at the NWAACC Championships, the men gained a third place finish and the women a fourth place finish. This season, the Cougars appear ready to improve upon that and more. UPDATE: Day one of the NWAACC Championships are through, with the Cougars’ men currently in second place behind Spokane Falls Community College, and the women currently in fifth place. Day two took place on May 25, but results were unavailable at press time.

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Baseball fails to make post season By Robert Morrison The Clackamas Print The Cougars’ baseball season came to an abrupt end on May 20, as the team failed to make the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges tournament this year. The team finished the season with a final record of 16-15 in the South Region which put them in fourth for the year. Their overall record was 21-22. A game above .500 in the region was not good enough for the team to hold one of the South’s two tournament spots. “I’m very disappointed we didn’t make the playoffs. I feel that out of the whole region we had the best talent,” said freshman second basemen Zach Miller. The year had its lows but also had its highs. The team lost a number of games but they kept their heads high and looked at the good points of the year. “We played very well. We had a number of injuries, but we kept in there,” said Head Coach Robin Robinson. With the team not making the playoffs, they look forward to next year a little bit earlier than normal. Next year brings them new challenges and new players. While many members of the coaching staff return and majority of the freshmen do, some players will not. Well-performed pitcher Taylor Hill will be one of those who will not return. “I enjoyed the experience and in the middle of August I’m moving to Oahu to play for Hawaii Pacific,” said Hill. He also went on to talk

about working as a team as well as improving as individuals. Each member of the team had their own opinion on who the most improved was. “I think both Marshall [Crawford] and Sergio [Cruz] improved a lot throughout the year. Sergio gave us a lot of walk-off wins,” said Miller. “I’d have to say Sergio was our most improved. I just found out he had only been playing baseball for a few years. Since like middle of high school, he has improved a lot,” said Hill. “Crawford was our most improved pitcher. Cruz and Beau improved as well,” said Robinson. Though the team looks towards next year sooner than expected, the team already has its eyes set on improvements to make so the team can make the NWAACC tournament next year. The biggest need at this point for the team looks to be pitching. “We have to go out and get some pitching to come here. Pitching and experience will help next year,” said Robinson. Robinson will return next year as head coach. With much to build on, the team looks to find a way to win close games. Eleven of the team’s 22 losses were one-run losses. “I know we lost a number of one run games. If we had won those, who knows how many we could have won,” said Hill. The building blocks are set and now the Cougars just need the right pieces. Look for the Cougars to try and bring a Championship to Clackamas come next spring.

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A Cougars’ infielder takes ground balls during practice. The Cougars finished the season with a league record of 16-14 and 21-22 overall. about Cougars of next year. and that becoming a team was a “The sweep of Hood was a “The right guys need to step up,” great part to a good baseball sea- great point in the season,” said said Hill. son. Robinson. Both Hill and Miller said that “I liked hanging out with the Throughout the year the team some of the best parts of the year guys and hope to come back a improved minus the losses to Lane. were hanging out with the team, leader,” said Miller. The players learned a great deal

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Of course, all of this sounds all good but what do the coaches think of Hill? Meeting up with Mick Ellet, the pitching coach, the obvious question was asked on what kind of pitcher was Hill. “Taylor has probably been our stellar pitcher for the last two years,” Ellet responded quickly, adding, “He’s a guy that’s not overpowering but knows how to pitch. He’s got a fastball, changeup and a breaking pitch he can locate anytime, any count.” Personally Ellet had this to say about him, “Taylor is one of those individuals that he’s kind of been on his own a little bit,” Ellet said. “He’s had to work along with going to school. He’s had to make money so he could be able survive and live. He does have some scholarship money with us

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hard. He’s worked a job full-time as well as being a full-time student as well as being a baseball player with the number of hours of time we demand of him. He’s done great.” The coaches have nothing but words of praise for Hill. Robinson said, “A very good team guy, he’s been one of our team leaders. In the dugout he’s the guy that keeps the guys going whether he’s pitching or not. He keeps the good positive, high energy in the dugout all the time which has been very helpful to us. I have high accolades for that young man. He’s worked his butt off to get where he is.” It also seems Hill is leaving a piece of himself behind with Robinson’s comment. “I think he has been a great mentor for our young pitchers. We have some pretty good young pitchers and I

Taylor has probably been our stellar pitcher for the last two years. Mick Ellet Clackamas pitching coach

but he is a very dedicated individual. He works late, he’s on time here. He gets his school work done. He’s just been a great kid for us to have and the kind of kids you always like to coach,” Ellet said. Head Coach Robin Robinson reinforces Ellet’s words, saying, “He’s a good student; he’s worked

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think they’ve learned from him. How they train, how they condition and what it takes to be a winner. I think he’s done just a great job showing guys what it takes to be a champion.” Hill is signed up to go to Hawaii Pacific when he is finished at Clackamas where it sounds like he has a steady career ahead of him. In the words of Robinson, “He’ll be fine; he’ll have a great career there.”

The Clackmas Commnuty College softball team’s season came to an end May 24. The Cougars fell to Southwest Oregon Community College 2-1 in a 10 inning bout. The Cougars previously beat Green River and Everett community colleges to reach the semi-finals. Freshman Ashley Suter pitched in every game of the NWAACC tournament amassing 35 strikeouts over the three games. Suter pitched a complete game in the semi-final loss to SWOCC. Suter and the Cougars won the NWAACC South Region with a league record of 16-4 and 31-11 overall. It was the second place team in the region though who took the title this year. Mt. Hood defeated SWOCC 7-4 Monday May 24 at Delta Park.

Taylor Hill NWAACC stats rankings: ERA: 48th, 1.92 Saves: 52nd, 1 Win/Loss: 28th, 5-6

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Portraits from left to right: Stephanie Pelto, Madelynn Marcotte, Annie Scharich, Heather Ovalle, Molly Schwartzman, Joseph Walker, Nick Jones, James Sharinghousen, Cody Foote, Cynthia Tinker. TOP RIGHT: Corinne O’Donnell, one of the “Show Stoppers,” prompts the audience to “Boo” at the villain. TOP LEFT: Annie Scharich sings about being in love with the villain with help from the “Show Stoppers”. BOTTOM RIGHT: James Sharinghousen and Heather Ovalle plot while peanuts are being thrown at them from the audience. BOTTOM LEFT: Madelynn Marcotte informs Nick Jones of “Munro’s” plan to marry her daughter.

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Perhaps my favorite quote from the play was “Adam’s an Oregonian and can’t keep Oregonians down, no sir,” said by Cody Foote who played “Mookie” (the “Hired Hand”) In a close second came the line “That son of a … blacksmith!” said by Munro (Sharinghousen), who was an extremely convincing villain — complete with a Sharpie mustache. “I watched the old melodrama cartoons for inspiration such as Snydley Whiplash, and meshed that with the idea that if I was a snake/spider, how would I walk and stand. His voice is inspired by all the classic villains and my own idea of a creepy man,” Sharinghousen said in regards to his inspiration for his character. Only at one point did I begin to get a little bored with the play, and almost instinctively the actors seemed the amp it up and this is when I made the million-dollar-peanut-shot into Sharinghousen’s mouth. “As an actor, it’s been a real challenge keeping it together when peanuts are being thrown at you, or turning it into a joke,” said Sharinghousen.

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Designer shows off versatile costume shop

The play kept the audience laughing the entire time and it was really the small references to local places and people that were my favorite part. Sure the plot was twisting and the actors were good, but there was something unique about the performance that makes me almost want to see it again, just to see if I missed something small. Something else notable was the fact that each actor had their own distinct walk, whether it be shuffling or almost slithering like Munro, and I looked forward to seeing them walk on and off stage, if only to watch their hilarious strut. Actors included Cody Foote, Madelynn Marcotte, Corinne O’Donnell, Heather Ovalle, Stephanie Pelto, Annie Scharich, James Sharinghousen, Jess Sheppard, Molly Schwartzman, Cynthia Tinker, Joseph Walker, and Troy Williams. My recommendation: go and see Clackamas’s production of Dirty Work at The Crossroads, but don’t forget your sense of humor, or your peanuts. The theater department also wants to remind people that there are a lot of peanuts thrown around, so if you have a peanut allergy it’s probably not a good idea to attend.

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Clackamas Community College Theatre Department’s costume designer, Alva Bradford, shows a student a costume.

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ABOVE: Annie Scharich (left) and Madelynn Marcotte (right) bond after finding out they both persued the same man. BOTTOM LEFT: James Sharinghousen and helps Heather Ovalle get back to business and continue their evil plot. BOTTOM RIGHT: Cody Foote cracks another lighthearted joke.

The first thing that you notice when you walk into the costume shop/dressing room is the clothing posted up on the walls and the materials used for making costumes on the shelves. “It’s multipurpose; I usually spread out over the whole room but once there’s a play, I have to pull back and put all my stuff away from the mirrors and give all the actors room, so now it’s a dressing room. The rest of the time, it’s a costume shop,” said Alva Bradford, the costumer for Clackamas Community College’s theater department. Bradford has been working at CCC since 1992. “First I helped Marylyn Taylor when she was doing costumes; I helped her sew. The next year she became the director when Jack Shields became the dean. I started making costumes for the shows that she directed,” said Bradford. Her job consists of a number of different responsibilities. “I costume the productions, and I have some students which is a part of tech theatre,” she said. Her class is composed of five students, due to limited space and access to sewing machines. “It’s mainly students that are involved in theater or want to be involved with theater; they have to come and sign up with me,” said Bradford. Bradford learned to sew from her mother and grandmother in the fourth grade. “I just thought it sounded interesting; costumes and costume history, [and] then I got involved with modern [costuming],” she said. “I don’t think I’ve ever had

any favorite [shows]. They’re all so different. It’s fun to do period shows; it’s really fun to do Shakespeare because you have a little more liberty to stylize things than just trying to replicate history. That’s always really fun to stylize,” Bradford said of the plethora of productions that have been performed since she started her career. The seamstress brought attention to an ornately decorated maroon robe adorned with a fringed shawl. “My favorite right now is this costume for ‘The Tempest,’ which is a [Clackamas Repertory Theatre] production, which is an outcrop of the school. It has more previous students that have gone on to get their degrees in theater or different people from the community. It’s more of a professional theater. ‘The Tempest’ is this summer. I had to make that for the summer; I really love that costume,” she said. Perched on a shelf behind her is a handmade mask in the shape of a puffin’s head. Puffins, according to Bradford, who made the mask, live on Haystack Rock at the Oregon Coast just outside of Cannon Beach. “I was making a lot of masks for a while before New Orleans flooded and selling them in New Orleans. The place that I sold them out of was flooded out and then they never started up again. I really liked doing that,” she said. “Tomorrow I’m going to start teaching my students how to make masks.” Despite being involved in theater for so many years, Bradford said she had ever done any work on stage. “Oh no, no. I’d rather be behind the scenes for sure,” she said.

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Built on a strong foundation of a fighting spirit and rigorous academics, the University of Notre Dame has become one of our nation’s most famous universities. Far away from this glitzy college that gets all the bravado, here in our own backyard sits one of the sister colleges of Notre Dame, University of Portland. Founded in 1901 of the same order that created Notre Dame, the Congregation of the Holy Cross, UP is a private Roman Catholic college that puts a heavy influence on community building and deep thinking. Laurie Kelly, assistant vice president of marketing and communications, says that the university focuses heavily on sending students out with an education that includes more than just the student’s discipline. All freshman and sophomore students are required to take a core of liberal arts courses in order to achieve this. “That’s our philosophy of teaching; a university is about comprehensive learning, not just learning in your field,” Kelly said. “We think it makes for a more rounded university experience as well.” For students looking to attend a massive college with a thriving campus life and tens of thousands of students, UP isn’t the place to be. The college has a total of 3,700 students which may mean less opportunity for being social to some but others prefer the smaller campus feel. One such student is Oliver Swenson, who currently leads tours on the campus. “Coming here, it’s a nice feel. You get so much individual attention on your academics. Your professors know your name, you know, you’re not being taught by a student assistant or teacher’s aid,” Swenson said. Although the institution is officially Roman Catholic, students from all walks of life are accepted at the university. “About 50 percent of students here are Roman Catholic and 50 percent are not,” Swenson said. “If you want to be involved in the ministry and things like that, it’s very easy to get involved. If that’s not what your into, that’s not what your belief system is, it’s also easy to get away from.” Many of the instructors at the university are professors or priests with backgrounds that come from the Congregation of the Holy Cross’s most famous champion of education, Notre Dame. “All congregation priests that work here were trained in Notre Dame,” Kelly said adding, “Many of the professors

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that are not priests got their PhDs there. So there’s a close affiliation.” The tuition price for the tight-knit university, however, is not the cheapest in the area.

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Students looking to attend UP for an undergraduate degree will be spending $15,400 a year. The credit price for graduate programs is $850 per credit. Although the price may seem high, 94 percent of the more than 3,500 students who attend the college are on some sort of financial aid, which helps students overcome what may seem to some to be a staggering sum. Like many four-year higher learning institutions, when going into UP as a freshman, students are required to live on campus unless they get a waiver that allows for special circumstances. In order to remain off campus for the first year, you must live within at least 30 miles of the college and the individual’s place of residence must be with his or her legal guardian. The university also is home of one of the largest Air Force ROTC programs as well as an Army ROTC program. The AFROTC on campus, known as Detachment 695, itself contains about 10 percent of the college’s student body. Probably UP’s biggest claim to fame is the success of their women’s soccer team, the Pilots. The Pilots have twice taken the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I championship, in both 2002 and 2005. UP offers a hands on education that is lost to many four-year institutions. But for students looking for the anonymity of a larger institutions as well as the large amount of people and activities state universities such as the University of Oregon or Portland State may want to look elsewhere.

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Weekly horoscopes; let’s be kids again By Mystic Cat The Clackamas Print Aries (March 21 - April 19): You shiver with delight whenever you see your name on top of the list; that’s why the “Game of Life” works for a fast car like you. However, there’s always time to play “Battleship” with Taurus. Taurus (April 20 – May 20): As the ultimate strategic game player, “Battleship” is your game. After zeroing in on your opponent’s ships, move out of the water and on to land where you may try your hand against Scorpio playing “Risk.” Gemini (May 21 – June 20): First you promise to be kind and play nice and then it’s “Sorry!” as you send them back to home. Outside of the safety zone, you might enjoy trying to fool an Aquarius at “Clue.” Cancer (June 21 – July 22): “Operation” is right up your alley. You have the compassion that is needed to navigate the sickness from the patient’s body. Maybe it’s time to pick up a few tricks from a Gemini in a game of “Sorry!” Leo (July 23 – August 22): Ever wanted to be a super awesome queen that makes all other pieces quake like useless pawns? Chess is for you. If you’re feeling up to capturing some mice, grab a Sagittarius and play “Mousetrap.” Virgo (August 23 – September 22): Refined and organized, you have kept the crown in “Scrabble” for so long that everyone else has forgotten how to play. Now is the time to help your friend Cancer in a “Operation.”

Libra (September 23 – October 22): As the most, balanced member of the zodiac, you hold the top title in “Cranium.” Only there is one problem, Virgo has lately been babbling about “Cranium” being a “kid’s game.” It’s time to challenge the “Scrabble” champ at her own game. Scorpio (October 23 – November 21): What’s the one thing you’ve always wanted? Think real hard; for you it’s found in “Risk.” You crave total world domination. If that doesn’t work, grab a Capricorn and see if you can snag the business tycoon’s “Monopoly” title. Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21): You’re notorious for avoiding all kinds of traps. This makes you excellent at catching others in “Mousetrap.” If you want to up the ante, find “Cranium” and grab a Libra. Capricorn (December 22 – January 19): When it comes to “Monopoly,” you play one of two ways: a) quickly crush the fools under your natural business sense, or b) draw the game out to long painful agony to watch them squirm. If you want a bit of a challenge, grab a Leo and play some chess. Aquarius (January 20 – February 18): Your room is scattered with papers with lists that only you can decipher which through process of elimination leaves you with the correct answer in “Clue.” Bored? Grab “Candyland’ and a Pisces and let the fantasy adventure unfold. Pisces (February 19 – March 20): For a fantasy lover such as yourself, I shall suggest playing “Candyland.” We both know you giggle each time someone draws the Plumpy card. If you would like to branch out, grab your Aries friend and play the “Game of Life.”

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Vampire expert, Leslie Ormandy, orchestrates a series of courses and presentations revolving around the undead By Jaime Dunkle Associate News Editor Immortal children of the night. Bloodsucking freaks. Fiction’s hopeless romantics living in exile that are often feared yet revered by those around them. That’s right; vampires! When I saw the flyer for Leslie Ormandy’s free presentation on Vampires in Victorian Literature, the Goth kid buried deep inside urged me to go. On Wednesday, May 12, I headed to Roger Rook at 7 p.m., eager to encounter a new perspective of the proverbial night stalkers. The acceptance of vampires into pop culture is surprising to me. When I was younger, it was not cool to wear all black. When I was reading Anne Rice, my mother could not understand why I had such morbid interests. Ironically, when I saw my mother last she asked me if I had read “The Vampire Chronicles” by Rice. That is when I knew the negative connotation vampires had earned was now dead. As I entered the Literary Arts Center at Clackamas Community College, I saw the Hollywood horror legend Bela Lugosi projected on the screen, starring as Count Dracula in the 1931 cult classic film “Dracula.” “Notice he wasn’t invited in,” Ormandy said to the class. “He just walks in whenever he wants.” Ormandy analyzed several archaic films to illustrate the varying characteristics of vampires. She explained their strange aversion to wolf-bane that mysteriously turned into an aversion to garlic over the years. The discussion also included scenes where the vampire typically lacked mirror reflection. Examples of shape shifting into mist, bats and wolves were some of my personal favorites. The parasitic undead feasting on plasma have a lengthy, quixotic history in literature. During the lecture, Ormandy summarized stories, plays, novels and poems written from 1800 through 1897. Two of the rarest pieces were “Bride of the Isle” by an anonymous author and “The Skeleton Count, or The Vampire Mistress” by Elizabeth Grey, the first vampire story written by a woman. Both stories are available in “The Vampire Omnibus.” “The whole pantheon of supernatural literature interests me,” Ormandy said during our interview. Clackamas Community College’s in-house vampire expert is working part-time, teaching writing and grammar courses. She has prepared a full year of Vampires in Literature study. The final class in the series will focus on Dracula. “From there I was supposed to move into zombies and werewolves,” Ormandy said. “Then into ghosts and witchcraft, and end in the apocalypse.” Now that sounds like my kind of education! In fact, it sounds like everything I studied between high school and college. It’s reassuring to know that a fascination with the occult can be transformed

into an accredited curriculum. “Students are interested in taking it,” Ormandy said. “They discover history, literary criticism, life and death and undeath; all the same things we talk about in a traditional literature class.” Ormandy’s favorite vampire poem is Charles Baudelaire’s “Metamorphosis of a Vampire,” specifically the Edna St. Vincent Millay translation. I was very excited that Ormandy mentioned one of my favorite writers of all time. “When she drained me of my very marrow, and cold/And weak, I turned to give her one more kissbehold/There at my side was nothing but a hideous/Putrescent thing, all faceless and exuding pus,” an excerpt from “Metamorphosis of a Vampire” by Baudelaire. The discussions in Ormandy’s classes and presentations are interesting, interactive and thought-provoking. Much to my liking, she actively invites her students to maintain inquisitive minds. “I want them to get outside of one specific notion of vampires and recognize that vampires really are a product of the culture that’s writing about them,” Ormandy said. Ormandy is very interested in the occult and even celebrated the undead at the Open Graves, Open Minds Conference hosted by the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom, April 16 through 17. “My interests fit in with the interests of everyone there,” Ormandy said. Her favorite aspect of the conference was the presentation on the steampunk subculture. Ormandy even dabbles in fashion designs inspired by steampunks, an underground subculture combining science fiction fantasy and post apocalyptic cyberpunk where technology relies on steam. Ormandy will offer her Vampires in Literature class in the fall at Harmony campus, and the classes will have a maximum of 35 students. Max Dorsey is studying art at CCC. He was at the presentation and he has taken Ormandy’s full-length Vampires in Literature class. “We saw some movies, like ‘Mister Vampire,’ where the vampires hop,” Dorsey said about the previous class he took. Unbelievably, some people take the whole vampire obsession a little too far. Some people truly believe they are one. “I’ve seen a few myself, and it’s pretty freaky,” Dorsey said. “They actually draw blood, and they drink it.” If you are thinking of taking a class dedicated to vampires, don’t forget that those nocturnal bloodsuckers are sexy! “Be prepared. Sometimes she might accidentally get a smut book, accidentally, but she mostly wants to show you the campy stuff,” Dorsey said. “Like, ‘this is really cute,’ or ‘this is really dark,’ or ‘this is really sexual.’” If you find those who draw blood attractive, check out Ormandy’s presentations and classes.

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Top 10 reasons why I hate Ke$ha

By Annemarie Schulte Arts & Culture Editor 1. I can’t take anyone seriously who spells their name with a dollar sign. 2. Her lyrics are so dumb I feel myself losing brain cells if ever I am forced to listen to one. In fact, I would rather listen to my boyfriend play “Call of Duty” for hours on end and yell expletives that make no sense when strung together than listen to “Tik Tok” one more time. 3. She doesn’t even sing; she “singtalks” or “sing-song raps” as Rolling Stone more nicely puts it. Watch the video on collegehumor.com titled “Sing Talk (Tik Tok Parody).” I can’t stop watching it. 4. She promotes alcoholism and promiscuity and has bad taste in men. During an interview with Ryan Seacrest, Ke$ha said, “I like guys with preferably a trashy mustache and a mullet ... Joe Dirt is like my fantasy ... I prefer a mullet and/or beard. I kinda like fat guys, and guys who can’t see like super well, because then they can’t look at other girls.” 5. She can’t perform live. See her Saturday Night Live performance of “Your Love Is My Drug.” 6. She’s sang background vocals for Paris Hilton. Yes, you read that right; background … vocals … for Paris Hilton. You and I could sing background vocals for Paris Hilton. (It’s also rumored that there was an incident in which she puked in Hilton’s closet; classy!) 7. She trespassed and was thrown out of Prince’s home because she was so desperately trying to get him to produce her record. That’s a true story. 8. She has a song (that she’s made millions from) titled “Blah, Blah, Blah.” If that’s not talent and originality, I don’t know what is. She also ends one of her songs with “I like your beard.” Ke$ha, as my mom always used to say, “Don’t go away mad, just go away.” 9. She describes her style as “garbagechic.” Isn’t that an oxymoron? Remove “chic” and I’m pretty sure that’s what everyone honestly thinks of her “style.” 10. She abuses Auto-Tune to the point where no one actually knows what her voice sounds like. Perhaps that’s a blessing in disguise though; I’m not sure I could take listening to her voice raw. You’re not T-Pain, Ke$ha.

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Student club crafts creative experience By Cody Ferdinand The Clackamas Print The sounds of women laughing and scissors cutting away fill the room, but not too many people know what’s going on. On the second and fourth Wednesday of every month in the Fireside Lounge, located in the Bill Brod Community Center, the Scrapbooking Club of Clackamas Community College meets. Deanne Tracy, Scrapbooking Club founder, says there are many reasons why she started the club. “I wanted to bring diversity through craft and history and togetherness to students,” said Tracy. Tracy started the club back in January, so it is still fairly new and not too many students know about it. “I started the club to get people together and turn their photos into creative history,” she said. “I would love to eventually fundraise enough money that students don’t have to spend their own money to create this family heirloom; it’s expensive to create. Each meeting we meet and review the plan for the month, we review past fundraisers, and the rest of the meeting is spent scrapbooking. It lasts about two hours and then we end our ‘play time,’” she said. The club is geared towards

anyone; whether you are a faculty member or a student here at CCC, this club is open to you. The club has four regular members so they are always looking for more people to come and join in on the fun. “For me, I scrapbook by myself most of the time, so it’s nice to get together and be around other people,” said club member Nicole Cagle. Cagle, who is a long–time friend of Tracy, joined the club in April, and so far her experience has been great. “It has made me a better scrap booker. It’s all about being creative,” said Cagle. “It might sound boring and stuffy, but we have fun. Pictures are important; it captures a moment you will never get back,” Cagle added. Tracy hopes that more people will come and join in on all the fun that scrapbooking has to offer. Her dream is to see the club grow so that there will be even more creativity then there is now. If you’re handy with some scissors and looking to capture a moment in your history, or if you are just looking to meet some new people and develop a new skill, then head down to Fireside one of these Wednesdays and dive into the creative experience that scrapbooking brings.

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Disputable law passes in Arizona

By Joshua Baird The Clackamas Print Over the last year, I have been doing something I never thought I would ever do when I was younger. I am working my way through the United States immigration process. Though it is not for me, well not completely, it is for my wife, Angela Baird, a Peruvian immigrant. The last several months have been more stressful than any others in my life, or hers, for that matter. On the up side, at least we aren’t in Arizona, my birth place, where new legislation has been heating up ever since a new law was put into effect giving police officers more power than ever. The Arizona Senate Bill 1070, which is being heavily contested already as of the time of this writing, was signed into law on April 23, 2010. By early May, three lawsuits had been issued in Phoenix since the signing. According to the S.B. 1070 fact sheet the new law “requires officials and agencies of the state and political subdivisions to fully comply with and assist in the enforcement of federal immigration laws and gives county attorneys subpoena power in certain investigations of employers. Establishes crimes involving trespassing by illegal aliens, stopping to hire or soliciting work under specified circumstances, and transporting, harboring or concealing unlawful aliens,

and their respective penalties.” What many people are concerned about with this bill is that the police in Arizona will take liberties with interpreting the codes and requirements set forth by the state senate and signed into law by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. The law states that it “requires a reasonable attempt to be made to determine the immigration status of a person during any legitimate contact made by an official or agency of the state or a county, city, town or political subdivision if reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the U.S.” The real question is what is “reasonable suspicion”? According to the Supreme Court, it is “the sort of common-sense conclusion about human behavior upon which practical people are entitled to rely.” So it is very possible that an officer will rely on past experiences or unconscious prejudices to profile what he or she believes to be a suspect. In turn, they could end up violating a citizen’s rights to privacy which can be at the very least embarrassing and in other ways could cause damages to the person’s reputation. These concerns have led to the Arizona House of Representatives to propose an amendment that “stipulates that a lawful stop, detention or arrest must be in the enforcement of any other law or ordinance of a county, city or town or this state.” “We have this whole politicizing of immigrant status, and so it’s become very volatile. My father is from Arizona; I have ancestors from Arizona; my sister lives in Arizona. I told her I won’t be visiting this year,” said Joanna Ponce of the Engish as a Second Language program. My wife has gone through all the legal channels to ensure her future citizenship, which I thought was a guarantee when married to a citizen. It turns out that this is not entirely true. The immigrant is entitled to permanent resident status; then after remaining married for a minimum of three years from the date of being

granted his/her green card, the immigrant can apply for citizenship. The process of getting a green card is so dizzying that at times I wasn’t completely sure what was going on. In my spouse’s case, she had entered legally with a visa and received a three by three inch scrap of paper called an I-94 form which is used to prove that entry to the country was legal. The whole process is not only a daunting task but highly confusing as well. Many people don’t know what rights they have or even what the whole process is. The longest part, according to Andrea Csavajda, an immigrant who has gone through the whole process of immigration in Los Angeles and now works in the ESL program at Clackamas Community College, is “Standing in the line and waiting at the [Immigration and Naturalization Service] office. I went there at 6 o’clock in the morning with my 8-year-old son, and I got in around 11 o’clock, and they told me I was in the wrong line. ‘That’s not the line you need to stand in. Go up to the second floor.’ Fortunately, there wasn’t a line.” After we got married last summer, we immediately began saving up money to pay the $2,200 for various forms and applications as well as $750 for legal services, which as I am told is dirt cheap. Once we had the cash in hand, we were told that INS wanted payment in the form of money order, not cash or check. When you walk into a 7-Eleven and ask for 3K in money orders, apparently they are required to take down your name, birth date, driver’s license number, social security number and blood type. OK, maybe not the blood type, but you get the idea. This process is so that they can register the transaction with the FBI. Once we filed all of our paperwork, it was only a matter of time before we started to receive all the forms in the mail. The final form we received informed us of the date of our interview: April 28. Go figure that this would be the day that my midterms were scheduled for. Lucky

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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signs the Arizona Senate Bill 1070 on April 23, 2010. The bill has already received negative feedback. for me, I have some pretty understanding instructors. When the day did come, I was expecting something more like in the movies, a waiting room filled with screaming children and angry men and women arguing with equally angry Human Service employees, where both partners in the marriage are taken to separate rooms and grilled about the other one. “What kind of cold cream does your wife use?” or “Does your husband shave upwards or downwards?” What I found instead is a very quiet room and an understanding staff. The wait was only 10 minutes or so which is not common, and then we went into a small office and answered a few questions about how

we met and the wedding. Afterwards, she actually told us we were approved and that the green card would be in the mail within a couple weeks. All in all, I believe that while the process of immigration is a long, expensive and difficult process, it can be done legally if you really want to become a citizen of this amazing country. The new law in Arizona is too strict in my opinion. If they want to insure that things are fairly addressed then perhaps the law should simply state that every traffic stop and criminal arrest should include providing evidence of the person’s citizenship, not just those that the police department suspects are here illegally.

Students can turn to free alternatives for necessary software

By Neil Lundin The Clackamas Print Many students are on a limited financial budget and need to find ways to save money besides learning to live off of rice and ramen for months at a time. Computers are expensive. They can cost between $300 and $3,000 to build and that does not always include the cost of the software required for a computer to perform tasks the user needs it to do. Here are some alternatives to popular commercial software or services that many college students need to make it through college successfully. OpenOffice.org Office Suite It wouldn’t take a leap of faith to

believe that Microsoft Office is one of the most used bundles of software that college students need and use. You can write your papers, do financing and much more with the suite, but the cost can be a major issue for students at a price of upwards of $100. There is a free alternative, OpenOffice. org Office Suite. This software package comes with many programs that have many of the same functions. OpenOffice. org comes with a word processor, spreadsheet, PowerPoint alternative and more. OpenOffice.org is free and available at www.openoffice.org and runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and most versions of Linux. Linux Most computers that you may purchase will come with an operating such as Microsoft Windows or a Macintosh OS. However, not all manufacturers include an operating system on their computers and if you need to purchase an operating system it can cost you several hundred dollars, depending on what you need. Linux is a term used to refer to operating systems based on the Linux Kernel and is generally free and open source. Linux is made of different distributions or “distros.” Each distro has its own features and uses, so it is up to the user to decide which is best for them. A distro can be made by a single individual or a collaborate group of dozens. However, because Linux is the way it is, there is no paid support for most distros

and help comes from online forums normally. Linux is usually considered fairly advanced and requires the computer user to be fairly computer literate. Usually considered one of the most user friendly distros, Ubuntu is very popular among new Linux users and would be a good place to start. Download at www.ubuntu.com. AVG Norton, ESET and McAfee are among many of the popular anti-virus programs that many users use to protect their computers and personal information. But of course, they can cost quite a bit of money over time as most are subscription based. AVG is another commercial product for users, but they offer a unique option for its users. AVG has a free version of its program that offers free anti-virus and anti-spyware features. However, for added protection like those offered by other programs, there is a fee and it depends how safe you feel you can keep yourself on the Internet to decide if the added protection is for you. AVG can be found at www.avg.com for Microsoft Windows and Linux. GIMP Photoshop is an extremely powerful tool to manipulate images and create masterpieces. But this powerful tool from Adobe is not cheap. A license for Adobe Photoshop can cost $699 for a single license. Most students simply cannot afford what is the equivalent of almost a full term’s tuition cost here at Clackamas

Communtiy College for a full-time student. GIMP, GNU Image Manipulation Program, is another free and open source program that does much of what Photoshop can and more with the help of user created scripts. However, once again with free and open source programs, there is a lack of support that commercial programs have and requires the user to put in some more effort to achieve what is wanted. GIMP is available for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OSX at www. gimp.org. Skype Have limited minutes on your cell phone and have a high-speed Internet connection? Then you may consider Skype. Skype is a free program that offers users the ability to talk with other Skype users who have microphones or a webcam for video chat. Skype also offers calling to land and mobile phone numbers for $2.99/month to anyone in the United States and Canada and $13.99/month to anyone in the world. Skype is available for Microsoft Windows and many cell phones as well at www.skype.com. There are many other free software alternatives for commercial products out there to save you money. If there is another piece of software you need but cannot afford, then I encourage you to do some research on the Internet to try and find the alternative.

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special section: summertime

Sun springs closer By Neil Lundin The Clackamas Print

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Librarian Terry Mackey takes some time to stop and smell the flowers. This summer Mackey plans to spend time outdoors.

Temperatures rising, clouds disappearing and allergies bothering; this can only mean that summer is on the way. With summer comes the opportunity for more free time, unless you’re going to school for the summer, and more opportunity to have fun. Many students love to camp and Oregon has an almost endless selection of places to pitch a tent and spend some time outside of the busy city life most of us live in. For students like Brittany Kolb who loves to go hiking, camping and do other outdoor activities, summer is a long awaited season while waiting under the Northwest clouds. Honeyman and Silver Falls State Parks are among some of the destinations for students such as Ellen Tobias who enjoys camping. The beach is another popular summer destination for college students. Clackamas Community College students Jacob Hansen and Adrianna Scoro both plan to try and

Music festivals, shows fill this summer’s calender with fun By Neil Lundin The Clackamas Print Summertime in Portland means there will be many events going on from music festivals to Saturday Market. Among the many music festivals going on, there is the famous Warped Tour coming back to the Portland area. This year it is coming to the Washington County Fairgrounds in Hillsboro on August 15. Some of the bands that will appear this year are Anti-Flag, Everclear and Sum 41. Tickets are $30.50 for general admission. The tour travels across the country and music of all flavors is featured. Sasquatch! Music Festival 2010 will be coming to at the Gorge Amphitheater and features indie-rock and alternative rock as its main genres but also has a pinch of other types to go with it. Tickets are $70 per day and other discount prices for multiple day purchases are available. Besides the more mainstream and well-known bands, student bands are also going to be performing over the summer. “The Swamp Frogs” is a Clackamas Community College student blues band that will be performing several times during the summer. Band members are James Ortega, Darin O’Brien, Johnny Johnson and Gideon Hawkins. For more information and a schedule for show times visit: www.myspace. com/theswampfrogs. The Portland Rose Festival is an annual event that features free music, a parade, rides and much more. The festival starts on May 28 and goes through June 13 at 1020

SW Naito Parkway. Teresa Romick commented that Rose Festival was one of her favorite events. “The Rose Festival is the big fair for Portland [and there are] really cool dragon boat races on the waterfront,” she said. Saturday Market is a great place to hang out, listen to music and go shopping for exotic foods and miscellaneous items from the vendors ranging from board games of “real life” to intricate puzzles that will leave you pulling the hair out of your head. The market is located at SW

Ankeny and Naito Parkway and runs from March 6 to December 24. Mt. Hood is not only for the winter. During the summer Skibowl opens its Adventure Park for the summer. Skibowl hosts events ranging from mountain biking, bungee jumping and even a zip line. More information on Skibowl’s summer Adventure Park can be found on www.skibowl.com. There is a huge amount of things to do in the summer in the Portland area and these are only a few of the things going on.

make it to the beach for some fun in the sand and sun. The beach is not just for students though; Katie Havonic, library staff, also plans on taking a beach trip at the end of August and spending time with her grandchildren. Librarian Terry Mackey has a new summer project this year. Mackey had heard of a unique way to grow potatoes very efficiently. He went down to a local dealership and got some old beatup tires for free and planted potatoes in them. It saves space and potatoes seem to love to grow in the inside of the tire. He plans to have potatoes “four tires high” this summer. Gwen Anderson has some interesting plans for the summer. Anderson is part of the Brotherhood of Oceanic Mercenaries, a pirate impersonating troupe that is at least 20 strong and does professional festivals such as the Portland Pirate Festival, which takes place on National Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19. This event achieved a Guinness Book world record last year for most people dressed as a pirate in one location. The

troupe travels beyond state lines and has done a performance in Idaho recently. For some, summer signifies the end of their experience here at CCC. Oriahnna Nueske got accepted to a four-year university in Arizona. She does plan to make a good time out of the trip though. Nueske and her friends are going to go on a road-trip to Arizona and will try to “get lost in California” and hopefully stumble across Disneyland for some fun with Mickey Mouse. However, not all students are going to have a summer that will revolve around fun in the sun. Many students elect to take summer courses, which are condensed courses that would normally be done over 10 weeks in about four weeks instead, a true challenge, Linda Kaczenski warns. “Consider this,” said Kaczenski. “Ten week class in a four week period … [you] can’t cram that all in your brain at once.” Whatever your plans may be, make sure you get some time to go outside and enjoy the sun that we see so rarely in this part of the world, and be sure to have a great time.

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International Politics Day and BBQ June 2 from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. Outside the Community Center For more info, visit CC152 or call 503-594-3932