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During a break in the game on Oct. 11, Kathie Woods (left) steps aside to address her team before heading back out to the court for another round. Please see story, page 4.

Clackamas student runs for West Linn City Council By Erik Andersen Co-Editor in Chief To become President of the United States the lowest age requirement is 35 years old, but what about other offices in government? Twenty-yearold Kamon Bryck, a student at Clackamas Community College, is currently testing the age limit in which one can run for city council by doing just that, running for West Linn City Council. Kamon Bryck is currently taking classes pertaining to the water environmental technologies program and hopes to someday work as a waste water operator or water treatment operator. Growing up in West Linn, Bryck is very familiar with his town. Bryck is aware of West Linn’s needs and wants and is confident that he can satisfy the voters if elected. Aside from the challenges he faces with his campaign, Bryck is also running against some pretty heavy hitters such as Jody Carson, Gail Holmes, Mike Jones and — surprisingly — his own father, Kevin Bryck. “I’m running for council because the previous complete council was not doing a very good job. They were all hold-

ing grudges and not actually getting work done that needed to get done,” said Kamon Bryck. “I think that I would do a very good job at making sure that the council and all the collaborative groups, the different boards, the committees and the city staff all actually did what they are supposed to be doing, which is whatever is in the best interest of the majority of the people of West Linn,” he said. Although Kamon Bryck is confident in his campaign, he is not getting such optimism from likely supporters. His father supports his son’s interest in politics and is proud that he is making moves to better his community, but feels that there is no chance of his election. “People are not looking at Kamon going, ‘Wow, we got to campaign against him because he’s got a chance’ because he didn’t print signs, he hasn’t raised money and he hasn’t done a mailer … he’s not somebody I’m really running against. He doesn’t have any intention that he’s actually going to win. “When you file to run for city council there’s certain things you got to do to be a serious candidate. You got to be in the voters’ pamphlet, you got to put out yard signs. I mean, if anyone ever won a

city council seat by running an Internet-only Facebook campaign, I would be amazed,” Kevin Bryck said. Kevin Bryck takes a tough love approach towards his son’s campaign by letting his

son learn from doing it himself. He explains that he is not helping his son in his run for city council, but if he asks for help in something he would be glad to do so. One of the other runners for

city council, Mike Jones, said, “I applaud him and think that it’s great that anyone takes an interest in public affairs and is willing to step up and run for public office. I think there are a lot of advantages to having a

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Kamon Bryck talks about his political stance and campaigning strategies, as well as his trials and tribulations in the race for West Linn City Council.

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Nursing grant to explore partnership By Brian Baldwin Associate News Editor Imagine if you were to be handed a check for $30,000. What would you do with it? That’s exactly what happened to the Workforce Improvement with Immigrant Nurses program at the Clackamas Community College Harmony campus. The Northwest Health Foundation has given the WIIN program here at CCC a $30,000 grant to explore, design and carry out a partnership with Clark College that hopefully will allow more nurses to be able to join the program. The WIIN program will now be in its seventh year of existence. According to the WIIN program director at Harmony, Judith Andersen, the program will have had over 60 nurses from other countries graduate and be recertified to work in the United States. The five-term program is small by design and the average class size is around 12 students. “The $30,000 was given to us to see if we could expand the numbers we have by working with a sister institution in Washington state, Clark College, so that we could split up the group for skills and for different labs that require intensive one-on-one instruction from the instructor,” said Andersen. So why choose Clark College for this partnership? Most of the nurses that come into the program apply from Washington, so it helps to stay local. Also when some of these nurses come into the program, they find that they have deficits in certain areas.

“Their program might have been acceptable by the Board of Nursing, but they didn’t have a psychiatric mental health component. So we can’t say to them, ‘Well just go downstairs and take the psych mental health class.’ They don’t have it anymore. So we started out working with Clark because they still have separate classes,” said Andersen. This also is not the only grant that the program has received this year. The WIIN program received a Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Grant to help them set up a prep class for the Test of English for International Communication as this test is one of the biggest hurtles that these nurses face for recertification. Most hospitals are still on a hiring freeze for new nurses. It is because the older nurses that would have retired in the last few years have not retired due to the economy, according to Andersen. They stay on longer because they might need more money or their spouse doesn’t have a job to offset their retirement. Andersen doesn’t think that recertifying foreign nurses will contribute to the oversaturation of nurses, as hospitals are in need of bicultural and bilingual nurses. “The Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has mandated that by … three years from now that hospitals (will) show that their nursing staff reflects the population that they serve,” said Andersen. As the college continually gets its budget reduced by each state economic forecast, it is possible that we will see more of these types of partnership bonds.

“We are definitely exploring those options with community colleges as their funding is also strained. We are trying to identify which courses (we need) and who has which courses at which campus that perhaps we can tap into,” said Joanne Truesdell, college president. Currently both WIIN programs have set meetings in November and a joint review session in December to iron out the plan of who will teach which course in this partnership.

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Financial woes stretch budget thin; grant office desired

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Last spring a proposal to reintroduce a grants office was approved by the college’s Board of Education. Since then the state has put out several economic forecasts that have reduced the college’s standard operating budget by just under $3 million. Now the idea is in limbo as the college administration considered whether to invest in a two year trial period grant writer, or save the money to keep other key positions at the college. As the first economic downturn happened in 2003, the college decided to cut the original grants office that was in place. Since then the college administration has come up with a solution one may associate with the phrase “All for one, and one for all!” where college president Joanne Truesdell and other members of the administration and faculty are actively looking for grant programs along with their other respective duties. Oregon released an economic forecast in May that reduced the budget by $1.45 million. In late August, the state released another forecast that further reduced the budget by another million dollars, according to Truesdell. “So at this time what we are going through is comparison to everything else we have on the list. The grants officer — does that rank in relative merit to some of the other key positions we may need to support services?” said Truesdell. “With

roughly $2.5 million down coming into this year in revenue, it changes what it is we think long term about where we need to restructure the college.” “There are instructional positions we’re not filling. There are just a lot of things that we’re doing that aren’t ideal, but are necessary given the financial constraints we face,” said Courtney Wilton, vice president of college services. Sources of opportunities are out there for grants, according to Wilton, but the competition doesn’t guarantee to help offset the cost of a grants officer. Lynn Lennon, a student here on campus, feels the same way. “It’s a crapshoot, it’s scary, but there’s a difference between one person and an entire department. If it’s one person, yeah, get on it, but a whole department, yeah, that’s a lot of money. There’s not very much money and everyone’s being cut back so much.” Truesdell and Wilton would not commit to answering whether tuition will be raised to fill up the $2.5 million gap these recent forecasts have made, but Wilton said that he wouldn’t rule it out when they put together the budget for next year. “It’s the one revenue that we have some control over that can generate substantial amount of money and by doing that you can prevent some cuts that would otherwise happen and impact students,” said Wilton, adding, “We’ll go through a very comprehensive budget process and we will look at all the ways the college is spending money.” The general question being asked though is not one of “Do we want to invest?” but rather, “How we could keep services and funding up if we do invest?”

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Changes in leadership By Jaime Dunkle News Editor Several administrative changes took place at Clackamas Community College over the summer. Marsha Edwards is the new dean of Human Resources. She was previously the director of Human Resources at Linn Benton Community College. Philip King is the new dean of the Academic Foundation and Connections. AFAC focuses heavily on harnessing student success by utilizing math, English and

skills development. He was the director ofAquatics and Recreation at Mt. Hood Community College, and he was also the director of Enrollment, Assessment and Retention Management at Florida International University in Miami. Richard Oathes is now the new chairperson of the CCC Board of Education. He has been involved with the board since 2007. Two associate deans have also joined Clackamas. Cynthia Risan is the associate dean of the Technology, Health Occupations and Workforce Division. Matthew Altman is now the associate dean of the Arts and Sciences Division.

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By Jaime Dunkle News Editor The plan to ban smoking on campus may have burned out. The disbandment of the Campus Use and Development Committee has halted the plan to ban smoking at Clackamas Community College campuses. The CUDC envisioned CCC being smoke free by Aug. 9, 2010. The committee lost five of its 12 members, three of which left CCC altogether. Both Bill Leech and Bill Zuelke were key figures in implementing the project. In the midst of raising tobacco awareness, part two of the three part agenda, the issue essentially vaporized. Before taking the policy to the Board of Education, College President Joanne Truesdell requested the committee to explain how they were going to inform students and how they would eventually enforce the ban. That was early 2010. Around the same time, CUDC leader and previous Dean of Campus Services Bill Leech retired, according to current Dean of Campus Services Bob Cochran. “The wind kinda got taken out of the sail there,” Cochran said. “When he retired, the project was passed down to Bill Zuelke, and he just recently left.” Mt. Hood and Portland community colleges have discovered several ramifications of implementing a smokefree campus, according to Cochran. Students are smoking in the remote areas on site, and neighbors are complaining. “They also moved into wooded areas,” Cochran said. “Mt. Hood is experiencing some fires associated with smoking.” Consequences ensued by isolating student smokers is a concern of the college, according to Cochran. Before restarting the smoke-free campus campaign, the college wants to continue researching the efforts of other smokeless schools.

“We need to make sure we understand, if we do implement the smoking ban, what it means to our campus and our neighbors,” Cochran said. People have complained about the smoking areas on CCC. Cochran is looking into changing the locations of some of them. “Not all of the cabanas are strategically placed. They’re close to the entries of doors, or where people walk through,” Cochran said. Maintaining the manpower to enforce the ban is another issue. With only one officer patrolling the campus, the college cannot commit them to wrangling smokers.

Martin Wilkinson is studying Real Estate Investment at CCC. He’s a nonsmoker allergic to cigarette smoke, but he is neither for nor against the ban. “A lot of people smoke. I just don’t go by it,” Wilkinson said. Associated Student Government President Alyssa Fava said that ASG played a role in feedback from the students about the ban. Changes in leadership have paused the progression of the campaign, but Fava is still interested in students’ comments. “We’re gonna come back to it. All of the work is still here,” Fava said.

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Woods gets 700 wins By Katherine Suydam The Clackamas Print For most collegiate coaches, 700 wins is a big accomplishment. For Cougars Volleyball coach Kathie Woods, it’s just another game. “I’m not saying it’s not nice, but more important to me is how we do year to year to year,” said Woods. Woods has been coaching volleyball since 1980 — two years spent at LinnBenton Community College and 28 years at Clackamas Community College. On Sept. 17 she reached her 700th win in the game against Edmonds Community College. Woods’ feelings are mirrored by her assistant coaches and players. “We go into every competition the same, whoever we’re playing, or whatever game it is. The beginning of the season, the end of the season, it’s all the same. So 700 was just another number,” said Kristen Sundquist, head assistant coach for Cougars volleyball. But would they all think this way if they realized that Woods could have upwards to 800 wins on her record? An entire year of data is missing from the records

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and, when coupled with the fact that not all games were counted in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Woods winning record is impossible to really know. That is not something that Woods really seems to care about though. “I didn’t even know that I was near that (700 wins) until our SID (Sports Information Director) started looking up the numbers,” said Woods. “But when I do look at that number 700, I think of every team we’ve ever had and every girl I’ve ever coached that has been a part of that 700.” Throughout her 28 years of coaching at Clackamas, Woods has touched the lives of hundreds of players and students. “She has built this Cougar program, and what I’ve been able to do is because of what I’ve learned in this program,” said Casie Hulden, volunteer assistant coach and Woods’ selfdescribed adopted daughter. “She is a great person. She loves each one of us; she loves pretty much everybody she comes into contact with. She will help anybody with anything, whether it’s on the court or off the court, in school or just general in life,” said Ali

King, second year student at CCC and middle blocker on the Cougars volleyball team. “She’s really striving to get one hundred percent out of everybody because she gives one hundred percent of herself in everything she does,” said Sundquist. “I really consider it an honor to coach. And I really want my athletes to consider it an honor to be able to play. And that’s why we give it one hundred percent,” said Woods. “I guess what I want to be known for is being a Christian coach.” Even if Woods does not see her winning record as a major accomplishment, others certainly do. “Seven hundred wins is amazing. There’s not many coaches that are able to stay in their sport long enough to accomplish something like that. To me it shows how dedicated she is,” said Hulden. One thing is for sure, you will see her winning record growing. Woods plans on staying on at CCC; she is not interested in moving up in collegiate coaching. If you would like to contact Woods, she can be reached at woodsk@clackamas.edu.

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The Cougar volleyball team practices last Thursday, getting ready for their next game and hoping to gain another win.

By Robert Morrison Sports Editor Sports referee: A person who watches over a sporting event and dictates the playing rules. A referee must get their calls correct or a team could lose a game. The games are in their hands in the long run. Referees have had a questionable year of calls though. Sporting referees are meant to be there so that rules are enforced, so games don’t get violent and to prevent cheating. Every sport to my knowledge has an official, whether called a referee or not, on the court, field or course. Some sports may have more than one so that they can cover twice as much ground and see so much more than a lone referee. As a youth referee, I have had both games with other officials and games alone. Being a referee is difficult on either end of the spectrum, but when do obscured rules and judgment come into play when you’re a referee? Should a referee call the obvious play correctly or do they need to be obligated to the specifics of each rule? Should what looks like a touchdown be called a touchdown or what looks a like a foul be called a foul? One of my basketball games last year had a few

questionable calls. As referees we are taught that “a late call is better than no call.” In this specific game though, not only was a foul called late, but it wasn’t a foul. The referee I was working with called a foul on one of the boys playing when he went for a block but it was clearly all ball. I went with the call because the other referee was new. The team that got the call against them ended up losing a two-point game. Those free throws were enough to change the game. I talked to the referee at halftime to make sure he got the call right next time but not all referees call it like it is. This year every level of sports from small ball up to the professionals has had their issues with calls. Not only are the calls from new referees questionable but even the calls from referees that have been doing their job for a decade. I know this year as a youth basketball referee, I saw some questionable calls that changed games. Youth sports are all about the kids and having fun but teams do want to win. A referee’s call should always be as correct as possible but when a game is in the playoffs things need to be correct. Blown calls can end even a youth basketball season. Referees in pro games are no different than the youth refs this year. Calls based on judgment and obscured rules have been made all year long. The one that comes to mind this year is the Detroit Lions’ Calvin Johnson. Johnson is a wide receiver for the team. In a game against the Chicago Bears this year, he made a late-game touchdown catch. The catch would be reviewed a few minutes after and would be determined to be not a touchdown. The review went through sport headlines all over the U.S. and as plastered all over ESPN. On the replay you can

clearly see possession of the ball and that both feet were in-bounds, both NFL requirements for a touchdown. The rule in the book though is that a player must control the ball all the way to the ground. Johnson caught the ball with one hand and propped himself up with the ball. The ball had hit the ground and he let it go thinking it was a touchdown. This call was a pure judgment call `and an obscured rule. Basketball games are just as bad. Clackamas Community College games get some bad calls from referees as well. Some fouls are getting called that you wouldn’t think would be a foul. In a game last winter, the shooter was going for a shot and the defender had his feet set. The shooter hit the defender in the chest and knocked him down. What should have been called an offensive foul was called a defensive foul. It didn’t matter in the end seeing as it was a big win for CCC, but it’s a referee’s job to get the call correct. We don’t have a football team to get the worst calls but we do still get some bad calls in sports. Good teams are the ones that can always come back from bad calls, but sometimes referees make bad calls that end up changing who wins a game. Rules need to be made more clear and referees need to universally know them. Don’t have referees making a call that some referees didn’t make in another game. That puts some teams at an unfair advantage. A referee’s job is to keep a game orderly and make sure good calls are made, but if calls are blown in youth, college, and professional games, how can a sports fan watch a game? We, as sports fans, want good calls to be made, to see close games and to see game-winning plays; bad calls prevent that.

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Cougars undefeated in region play By Robert Morrison Sports Editor The women’s soccer team hit the field this year in high fashion as they finished second last year in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges’ South Region. Heading into this week the Cougars are holders of a 8-2 overall record and an impressive 7-0 record in region play. The team has gone through some changes and has improved a lot since last year. “The team chemistry and the maturity of the team have made improvements,” said Tracy Nelson, head soccer coach. “I think we have improved on everything,” said All-Region player and Region MVP Jennifer Jackson. The Cougars have had their share of offensive and defensive plays this year, but according to the team, defense has been the biggest factor in their wins. “They have to run every time we allow another team to score a goal, so we have extra motivation,” said Nelson. Nelson also agreed with the phrase “Defense wins championships.” “Both our defense and offense have been important and our defense has really stepped it up,” Jackson said. Improvements in players as well as improvement in the team are big factors for a potential NWAACC playoff berth. “I think our whole team has improved. Not any one person more than any other,” said Lindsay Bauman, a sophomore member of the team. Winning games against higher ranked teams are always important in having a good season. A team can’t win a championship without winning big games. “I think this last game was our biggest win. It was against Bellevue. They were ranked high in the NWAACCs,” said Nelson.

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The Lady Cougars practice hard to maintain their winning streak on Oct. 11 on Clackamas Community College’s soccer field. With hopes of remaining undefeated, the Cougars will continue to improve their offensive and defensive games. The Cougars are a team that’s used to big wins; the team won South Region Championships in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. They seem to know their way around beating good teams. A good team never underestimates the average team either or a good team

can lose to an average team. One game at a time is a common statement in sports. “We need to treat every game like Walla Walla,” said Bauman. The Cougars lost to Walla Walla (1-3) on Sept. 1, the first of their two losses. Their only other loss

was against Spokane (1-2) in the game immediately after their first loss. “We would love to stay undefeated (in Region play), but we are taking one game at a time,” Jackson said. Teams win some and lose

Portland Timbers lose in playoffs to Vancouver By Katherine Suydam The Clackamas Print

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Portland Defender Steve Purdy fights to protect his team’s goal againt Vancouver Defender/Mid-Fielder Blake Wagner during the playoff game on Oct. 10 in Portland.

The Portland Timbers suffered a bittersweet end to their season, playing a winning game and losing the playoffs. The Timbers played their second game in the first round of the playoffs against the Vancouver Whitecaps at the University of Portland’s Merlo Field last Sunday, winning the game with a one-tonothing shutout. But the win did not get them to the second round of the playoffs in Puerto Rico where the Whitecaps will be playing Thursday, Oct. 14. The Timbers held the Whitecaps to five shots, taking 15 themselves, and both teams took three corner kicks. Timbers midfielder James Marcelin scored a goal in the beginning of the second half, giving the Timbers their last win as a United States Soccer Federation Division Two team. “I think that apart from this year … it has progressed. I think the style of football has changed. We’re starting to bring in some good players for the future. So I think for the organization, you look at the fan support, you look at the quality of the football, the only thing missing here is a trophy. It’s disappointing,” said Timbers’ Head

Coach Gavin Wilkinson. “It was an extremely entertaining game. Obviously it would have been nice to go on to the next level, but it was a good game and they played very well. Any other game this season … we would be celebrating, definitely,” said Ryan Pollard, a member of the elite group of fans known as the Timbers Army. The Timbers got four extra minutes after the second half to get the goal that they needed to tie up the playoffs and go to an overtime shoot out. Though they played hard and the Timbers Army cheered as loudly as they could, they did not get that extra goal. “It was mostly an offensive effort tonight. We didn’t have much to do, well the guys in front of me, the four in front of me did a fantastic job. I mean I don’t even know if I really had a save tonight,” said Steve Cronin, Timbers goalie. “I’m real proud of everybody going forward and we nearly got them.” “I think they came around late but they did really well, I think that the neatest thing about them this year is that they are so close to the fans and the community, and it’s going to be sad to see any of them go,” said Timber Joey, the mascot. Though the season has ended, Timbers fans can look forward to a new beginning next year as a Major League Soccer team, with fresh faces and a stadium of their own.

some, but with the season well underway and the playoffs rolling over the hill come early November, the Cougars look to play strong as they try to add another NWAACC South Region Championship to the Clackamas Community College books.

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One question is asked more than anything in the college hallways: “Why are my books so expensive?” In the past, students would buy a textbook and if it was in good enough condition they would sell it back to the bookstore at the end of the term, losing money in the process. However, even $20 is good for most students when it means the difference between dinner and going without. These days, however, this is not as easy as it once was. The problem comes in the form of book publishers packaging books with online pass codes required for a number of classes on campus, for example business computing, accounting and science classes. The bookstore cannot buy these books back once the wrapper is removed. “The publishers want to sell the books new with access codes, and when they sell the book with an access code they will add ten dollars to the cost for the access code when you buy the new book,” said Carol DeSau, the manager of the bookstore at Clackamas Community College’s campus. “If you buy the access code separately, they jack the price way up and it, a lot of times, makes it more expensive for a student to buy a used textbook with a separate access code than to buy the package from the publisher.” Most students aren’t aware of the new style of books available at the bookstore in the form of loose leaf pages in a three-ring binder called customized textbooks. These books cannot be bought back either. “I think perhaps the dilemma that I see in customized books is the inability to sell back. That’s not because of us,” said Kelly Brennan, speech instructor and contributor to “The Power of Words: Public Speaking.” According to Brennan, the reason for using this new style of book is actually to keep the cost down from what the complete textbook costs. “The main concern was cost and the lack of being able to sell them back. We find that with most custom books, even though you can’t sell them back, they tend to be a little bit cheaper. So when you do all of the calculations it ends up being about the same,” said Brennan. When books are sold brand new, the bookstore receives a portion of the profit, accounting for approximately 25 percent of which they use to pay shipping, salaries for employees, custodial services and reimbursing the college for the cost of electricity. The other 75 percent is received by the publisher who then goes about paying the authors and coauthors of the textbook. This is not to say that the 75 percent received goes to the author. Instead this is split up among several areas of the publishing world, everything from printing prices to paying the academics that test out the various chapters of each book to ensure that all of the data is correct and all of the answers to problems and

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exercises are correct. In the case of anatomy and physiology texts, the authors have to pay for cadavers for illustrations. So after paying for printing costs, models, dummies, academics and photography, the share that the authors receive is fairly miniscule. What happens to the royalties for books in required classes that are written by instructors on campus? This brings up a matter of ethics. Is it ethical for the author to receive money for a book that he wrote and then requires for his required courses to use? According to math instructor Stefan Barrato, it is not. Barrato is the co-author of “Elementary and Intermediate Algebra,” which he wrote with Don Hutchison. They donate all of the royalties from books sold at CCC to the foundation to avoid a conflict of interest. According to Brennan, who co-authored a customized book by entering pertinent information and his PowerPoints into a set of pre-existing text, indicated that all royalties are being exchanged for a two gigabyte USB drive that comes packaged in the public speaking textbook from the publisher. The USB drive is a required asset for his classroom. Students don’t always have to buy the book, in some cases rentals are available at the bookstore, as

long as the books aren’t damaged, you do not have to pay the full price of the book at the end of the term. The library also has several copies of most textbooks on reserve, though in the case of “The Power of Words,” very few of them are checked out. So who is the bad guy here? The author who writes the book and uses his royalties to benefit the student body? Or the bookstore who, though owned by the college, acts as a separate entity? Or is it the publishers who pay for the whole process from writing to printing? Unfortunately nobody is to blame for the high cost of textbooks; this isn’t a novel that sells for $7.99 at Fred Meyer and sells a million copies. This is your education, so which would you prefer: a cheap textbook or a higher standard of education? “We try to find the best textbooks, and what happens, in my opinion, was they raised the prices to become as they are. That makes us have to go and find a book that may be a little cheaper to help bring those costs down. The problem is that we might be lessening the quality of the books now, (but is it) going to be at the cost of the student’s education? So that is the dilemma that we are finding,” said Brennan.

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Students buy textbooks for their classes for Fall term. Students’ wallets are being strained as book publishers release new editions and increased costs for buying access codes separate from the package deal.

21+: Celebrate the new school term with bacon infused vodka

By Joshua Baird Arts & Culture Editor Welcome to “21+”; a column for you, the drinking class, as Oscar Wilde would call you. We will be discussing bar reviews, beer, wine, liquor and other aspects of being of age. The last time I went to a liquor store, I found that there are literally dozens, if not hundreds, of different companies making new and creative products. Flavored gin, rum, tequila, even whiskey are available on the market at a surprising rate. One such product that has possibly the most variance is vodka.

Vodka is one of the first of the five main spirits most people go for when they reach their 21st birthday, so it is no surprise that vodka companies have begun to market so many new flavors to the public. Everything from citrus flavoring to acai berry to the most surprising of all, bacon flavored vodka. With hundreds of thousands of cocktail recipes available both in books and on the Internet, one has to wonder what kind of drink one would make with bacon flavored vodka. In my pursuit of a perfect bacon cocktail, I had to go no further than the homepage for Bakon Vodka. Bakon Vodka has an aroma similar to imitation bacon bits that can be found in just about every salad bar. I felt that in order to get the overall effect of this interesting concoction, I should try it straight the first time. While it did have an undertone of peppered bacon, the majority of the flavor was that smooth and slightly sweet flavor that can be expected from good potato vodka. Bakon’s website, www.bakonvodka.com, has compiled a list of 13 different cocktails and one recipe for a “Bakon Vodka Marinated Steak.” Included in this list are a “Bakon Chocolate Martini” and a “Prosciutto Wrapped Melon Shot.” These two strange cocktails went head to head in a taste test. In my years as a bartender, I have come across a number of recipes that sounded strange, even terrible, yet they turned

out to be a unique and sometimes wonderful experience. The melon shot coming from two very different gravity alcohols had to be poured just right in order to get that fantastic appearance found in layered shots, first by adding the Midori, a Japanese melon liqueur, and then layering the vodka on top to make the fantastic visual. The flavor was both sweet and savory and provided an interesting overall taste. It legitimately tasted like the name indicates. Whether that is a good thing or not is up to you. I personally enjoy that combination. After the shot of fruit and Bakon, I decided it is now time to experiment with the Bakon Chocolate Martini. I have never been more afraid of a cocktail in my life. The only thing I kept thinking was, “If I dial 911 and I’m too busy lurching to talk, will they be able to find me from my cell signal?” Surprisingly, the cocktail didn’t taste half bad. The chocolate flavor was a bit weak so I felt inclined to add a bit of chocolate sauce that I keep in my desk drawer for just such emergencies. Okay, so maybe it was in the refrigerator not the drawer, but it saved my “Bakon” none the less. While this is not the type of thing I will probably ever order in a bar for fear of being ostracized, unless I have had a few already and the “need food” region of my brain takes over, I have to say that all in all this is a pretty versa-

tile and enjoyable drink. People really will put bacon on or in anything these days. Disclaimer: The Clackamas Print does not support underage drinking of any kind. Drink responsibly.

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This chocolate and bacon vodka martini is the perfect mix of sweet and savory.

The Clackamas Print 7 & Film fest’s future remains unseen Arts Culture

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Contributed by Todd Gardiner

Horror fans yell out the tradional chant “IA!” replicating the writings of H.P. Lovecraft during the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival at the Hollywood Theatre on Oct. 3. After 15 years of bringing dark and deranged entertainment to the Northwest, the festival may be on hiatus next year.

By Jaime Dunkle News Editor “That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” — H.P. Lovecraft, “The Nameless City” Acclaimed horror writer H.P. Lovecraft has developed enough of a cult following to have festivals celebrate his name. The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival showcases films, comics, books, visual art, and more based on the archaic author’s particular chthonic aesthetic, which is commonly referred to as Lovecraftian. The historic Hollywood Theatre on North East Sandy Boulevard in Portland hosted the HPLFF. The weekend fest ran from Friday, Oct. 1, until Sunday, Oct. 3. I wish I caught the entire event, but I could only make it to the Sunday show. Several people told me the two blocks of short films I didn’t see were exceptional, so I’m certain I missed out on some quick quality psycho-thrillers. I also missed the entire literary aspect of the event,

called CthulhuCon. I wasn’t worried because I prefer the progenitors; I’m not into current horror authors. Besides, listening to people read for extended periods is boring, at least I think so. After running the H.P. Lovecraft Film Fest for 15 years, founder and festival director Andrew Migliore is stepping down. The 2010 festival was the last fest he will direct, at least for now. “It’s a lot of work. When I was doing it full time, it was different, but the banking crisis in 2008 basically left me without a credit line and it became harder,” Migliore said. “I ended up this last year having to get a ‘real job,’ so I ended up going back to programming computers.” Migliore said that although he won’t be the festival director anymore, he intends to be actively involved with any future festivals to ensure the preservation of his original vision. Indie filmmaker and writer Aaron Vanek, a longtime friend of Migliore, will continue directing the HPLFF in Los Angeles. However, Portland’s future is still undecided. “The only problem in Portland is finding someone equivalent, or a group of people who are gonna

be able to take care of it and build an organization that will continue to grow and be successful,” Migliore said. Jon Ho, a student at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, was working as a volunteer at the event. He did everything from stage set-up to checking people at the door. Festival shirts sold out the first night of the three day event, according to Ho. Later on, I asked someone handling official merchandise and confirmed that they were taking back orders. When I asked for a film recommendation, Ho emphatically suggested I catch an Australian horror film called “Primal.” “It had teef,” Ho said. “Spell that with an ‘F.’” “Primal” did indeed have teeth! I only caught the last half of the movie, at the very end of the festival. I walked out of “Re-Animator: The Musical,” which was hokey thespian psychobabble, to watch it. I could tell the Australian bloodbath was a clever flick. The gore effects were well done, and the monsters were genuinely frightening. From what I saw, it was about a group of people on some desolate island full of hungry cave-dwelling octopus demons and

bloodthirsty zombies. “The Unnamable II: The Statement Of Randolph Carter” was the first film I saw. I had previously seen “The Unnamable” years ago, and I recalled it being corny and goofy. The sequel was campy, but not as awful. The audience found it amusing, and many of us were laughing in unison. The second thing I watched was Shorts Block 3, introduced by an onscreen art show with Coil as the soundtrack. One painting was especially morbid. A boy and his dog stood in mutual decay with nasal cavities and jawbones visible. It mocked the style of vintage photography. The short films were diverse. Some were funny, witty, gory, imaginative, or just plain awful. The funniest short was “At the Reefers of Madness” by Brian Clement. It played off the gratuitous violence induced by marijuana as portrayed in its 1938 exploitation predecessor, “Reefer Madness.” The film “A Tell-Tale Heart” by Michael Swertfager was an impressive CGI take of a famous Edgar Allan Poe short story. During a Q&A, Swertfager told the audience he wanted to add another minute and a half, but it would have taken two to three months! “Dagon” by

Michael Chase was a grim, abstract animation with subtle mystical elements. “Effulgence” was terrible. The storyline, camera work, and acting were all vapid attempts at failed cinematography. “Eater” by Stuart Gordon, the director of one of the most famous Lovecraft films, “Re-Animator,” was the next movie on my list. Gordon told the audience that “Eater” was entered into NBC’s “Fear Itself” horror series. The plot was good, and the filmmaking looked great. The cannibalistic villain was scary. The blood spatter scenes gave the movie an ominous touch. I’d watch it again. I still have no idea why Gordon followed such a cool film with that “Re-Animator: The Musical” cornball crap. I almost wished I had caught the first half of “Primal” instead. Even though I spent more than eight hours away from homework, I’m happy I sat through all of those films. I hope the HPLFF finds a way to manifest in the Northwest again next year. If it does, I recommend planning ahead to avoid missing out on the overlapping films and readings. Visit www.hplfilmfestival.com for updates on the festival’s future.

Coming soon: 24-Hour Story Jam By Kyle Smith The Clackamas Print Look, up on the stage! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Scott McCloud! That’s right, the legendary cartoonist and comics theorist is coming to Clackamas Community College, and he’s bringing his 24-Hour Story Jam with him. The Story Jam is a creative workshop session with the goal of producing a finished project within a 24-hour time span. “Students who attend McCloud’s lecture should expect to be entertained, enlightened and ultimately challenged to think about how we make and experience art in the new millennium,” Trevor Dodge, English instructor at Clackamas Community College, stated in an e-mail. “Those who sign up and complete the creative workshops in letter pressing, comics or video can expect to chart an idea from beginning to conclusion and leave Saturday evening having produced a finished piece of their own design and execution.” The event starts in Gregory Forum on campus at 6 p.m. on Friday the 15th and goes until 10 p.m., at which time it will adjourn for the night and resume at 9 a.m.

on Saturday the 16th ending that evening at 6 p.m. Scott McCloud’s talk and the 24-Hour Story Jam is free to attend for current CCC students. To register, contact Kate Gray in the English Department or attend the event Friday night, as registration sheets will be at the door.

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Lovecraft measures the ballot Elections take place on November 2, and the last day to register was yesterday, October 12. To quench your political thirst, enjoy these rewritten measures. By Jaime Dunkle & Brian Baldwin News Editor & Associate News Editor Reading the measures can be a tedious mission. To make it more fun, we have rewritten them in the vein of two commended horror authors: Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft. Measure 70 Few soldiers are stopped at the gate. It’s not too late. If you desire, vote “yes” and get these men into homes where they’ll be called “Sire.” Measure 71 In the den of Oregon politicians, a plea of “yes” will require them to meet once a year, with a limit to 160 calendar days to regular sessions of odd numbered years and 35 days in even numbered years. Plea “nay” and continue to be surprised. Measure 72 Do you have deep pockets, sir? A “yes”

vote will allow the state to exceed $50,000 on bonds for their property. My, your coins look ... tempting. Measure 73 Unhappy is the creepy sex offender repeating abominable acts, if this measure is passed. Increased sentencing will leave them aghast. Habitual DUI convictions share the task. Measure 74 Harmony will reign when medical marijuana ceases to be misunderstood by the misinformed. With this measure more research and assistant programs for cardholders will be born. Measure 75 The City of Roses will soon see the glistening of gold, if Multnomah County allows casinos into its fold. Measure 76 Lottery will pay 15 percent of proceeds to silence the screaming trees of our parks, wildlife and beaches until 2014.

For a longer and more detailed explanation of the measures, and for descriptions of measures not listed here, please read your complimentary voter’s pamphlet or Google it. Illustration by Jaime Dunkle Clackamas Print

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