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Hunger awareness hits home for students By Felicia Skriver The Clackamas Print Hunger awareness is brought to Clackamas Community College by the efforts of the associated student government and the Oxfam organization. Oxfam was founded in 1995 by a group of independent nongovernmental organizations. The group is an international confederation composed of 17 different organizations networked together in 92 countries. The event on May 31 was coordinated to make our population aware of the striking hunger problem that not only affects foreign countries, but also how it hits home in Clackamas County. “I was low-income at one time so I feel it’s my duty to give back what I can,” said student Susan Wonderly. “I think everyone should be aware of
hunger.” The structure of the event was designed so that when one would check-in for the luncheon, they would receive a card that specified what class of citizen they were to be. The lower class would sit on the floor, and middle class at tables. As the rows of tables got closer to the back wall the classes rose. The amount and varieties of the lunches were also organized according to class. The high income diners were served every food group. They enjoyed a variety of beverages, deli sandwiches and fresh fruit. These lunch goers were also served promptly while the other classes had to wait to have their meals that at the lowest income level was a ladle of communal water and one spoonful of plain white rice. These poorest of the attendees also had to wait the longest to satiate their hunger. Please see HUNGER, Page 3
Hall of Fame honors outstanding athletic alumni By Emily Rask Associate Sports Editor At the end of each year, Clackamas Community College has taken the time to honor some of the outstanding athletes and teams that have passed through the athletic department. The annual Athletic Hall of Fame (HOP), which will take place this Saturday, June 9, is in its third year, but isn’t a new idea. “This was the dream of former athletic director Jim Jackson,” said Jim Martineau, current Director of Athletics. “After he retired and I took over, we worked together with the CCC Foundation to plan the first ever Athletic Reunion and Hall of Fame Event. That was in June 2010.” “A ton of planning and work goes into it,” said Martineau. “First off, we have a selection committee (chaired by Jim Jackson). Their job is to review the nominations and select
who gets into the HOF for the upcoming year. After we decide who gets selected, the real work starts. Lots of time is spent locating former athletes and coaches, and lots of time is spent promoting the event to our alumni.” This year the HOF will cost $40 per person and to get a sponser table of eight will be $500. There will be a no-host bar at this event that will run from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dinner will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. as well as the indiction of this year’s honorees. The host of the HOF this year will be former CCC President John Keyser. Martineau also added, “The hard work is planning the event. Kayla Steen will spend countless hours on the following: producing the program, getting the plaques designed and ordered, working with our publications department on the prints that will be on our HOF board, planning the meal, working with the foundation
on registering individuals and selling sponsored tables. She also works with facilities and campus services to plan setup of the gymnasium for the night.”
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This was the dream of former athletic director Jim Jackson.” Jim Martineau Director of Athletics
Steen is the assistant athletic director here at CCC and has planned and ran the event for the past two years. She also added about her involvement in the planning and running of the HOF. Please see FAME, Page 7
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White hot metal melds with students
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By Craig Hartrampf The Clackamas Print As you enter the warehouse sized shop, “tang tang tang” is all you can hear. Student blacksmiths are pounding out new creations from steel and other metals to form something they can imagine in their minds, forming new shapes like artistic forks and more simple things like a rod that’s been modified to fit into a specific device. The class is Welding 103, an elective that any student can participate in. Whether it’s a welder expanding his skills to be more marketable or an artist who’s trying to learn a new form of art to express himself in, blacksmithing is open for just about anyone.
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Adam Buell is a blacksmithing assistant who started as a student in the class and stayed with it volunteering until he was offered a job helping out. Buell shed some light on the history about this ever increasingly popular class. “[Blacksmithing] started off six years ago, but it lacked structure and direction, and it wasn’t until Bert Romans took things over did the class really have a structured material and direction,” said Buell. “We now start with learning hooks and we go from there to more complicated things.” Welding and blacksmithing instructor Romans contributed to the class and how it’s structured. “We start with the basics of
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Left: Connor Peterson forges a leaf form from white hot metal using a hammer and anvil. Above: Bert Romans explains the finer points of blacksmithing to David Williams as he heats up iron bars in a forge. blacksmithing for example, basic concepts like metal manipulation, tools, heat control and the metal itself,” said Romans. Romans admits that there is a steep learning curve at first. “Like using a hammer, a lot of people don’t know how to use a hammer correctly. But after [students] get used to it, it isn’t as hard,” he said. Buell says blacksmithing has lost its popularity and was dying from the ‘50s all the way to the ‘90s. Romans also said over time, with new technology advancing through the years, blacksmithing had become archaic. However the class is becoming more popular. Romans credited the new popularity of the class due to the fact that blacksmithing has many artistic uses as well as commercial. “If you want to use [blacksmithing] as an art, it opens up a whole new world for you. With blacksmithing, you can make [art] more organic,” said Romans. “It’s like an artist. They start off with a blank piece for
paper and draw an apple or something weird. Blacksmithing is the same thing. I can make a tree stump with branches growing from every which way and out.” Jonah Baker, a student at Clackamas Community College, enjoys blacksmithing with a passion.
“I want to pursue this as much as I can. I’d like to make it
as an interior designer, even if it’s just as a hobby,” he said. Baker had a prior interest in it before he started, unlike fellow student Ben Cooper, who is seeking his associate’s in manufacturing. He took the class for a very different reason. “I took the class to fill out the two remaining credits to go full time and it ended up being fun,” said Cooper. Both Baker and Cooper agreed that one of the more important skills taught in the class was how to use a hammer properly. When it comes to job seeking, Cooper said, “Clackamas Community College is well known for their welding and blacksmithing in the Portland manufacturing business.” This opens up a lot of potential for students who want a job, not only coming from a highly regarded source, but one that’s also close to home. When asked about how well the blacksmithing class is, Cooper gave it nine out of ten.
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The sizes of all the classes were also arranged to represent how many people in the world are low-income compared to how many are high-income. “I think that it will make everyone more aware of not only world hunger, but hunger in our community,” said Diana Muresan, the supervisor of the low-income group. “When people think of hunger they think of starving foreign countries when half of us college students are hungry.” Several speakers were invited to share their knowledge and experiences with hunger. Carrie Summers, a sociology professor here at Clackamas, spoke out about the issues with poverty, and how, they play into the food system.. “We do make enough food to feed the world. It’s all about the political jargon,” said Summers. “It’s the flaw in the food distribution system.” According to Summers, in the time that it takes to pull
out a phone to check Facebook, 200 people have died. “I am starving,” said Lou Radja, the president of Rotary Club and speaker at the lunch, as he took the microphone to begin his speech. As of 6 p.m. the previous night Radja decided to not eat or drink anything until the event. “I grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa,” said Radja. “And there is nothing like walking 45 minutes to school with a hungry stomach, and even try and sit there and pretend to understand what they’re trying to teach us. And to walk another 45 [minutes] hoping that mom had enough money to have dinner waiting for us.” Radja also went on to say that “hunger cannot be tolerated in a land of abundance.” Representatives of local food banks and food charities also made it to the event, speaking out about the growing food problem here in Clackamas County. Alice Hayden from the organization Helping Other People Eat, or HOPE, explained
Members of the Associated Student Government serve up food at the Oxfam hunger event on May 31. People showed up in droves to support the efforts of Oxfam and Helping Other People Eat. that in 2005 they served 5,000 households, and last year the number increased to 8,000 households. “The impacts of hunger on children are far more devastating than to adults,” said Lesley Nelson from Partners of Hunger Free Oregon. Her organization promotes child nutrition programs. They were able to give 55,000 meals
to children in the summer of 2011. She believes the number still needs to increase to meet the demand. “I thought it was awesome! And very informative,” said Wonderly. “I learned things, and I’m very glad they provided information on the back of these cards, because I’ve always wanted to volunteer in such things, but didn’t know how to get into
it.” Wonderly walked away from the event knowing she’s going to donate to one of the organizations. “I think it was great, more than I thought,” said ASG member Tolu Oyetunde, the main organizer of the event. “I’m just really happy this was our first and the turnout was awesome. We’ll see how next year goes.”
Historic observatory reopens By Felicia Skriver The Clackamas Print
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The Haggart Observatory nestled away on the Clackamas Community College campus is going to reopen thanks to the Rose City Astronomers.
The Rose City Astronomers make their way on to campus to open Haggart Observatory once again to gaze at the nighttime sky. The purpose of the agreement is to provide a space where beginners and pros alike may observe constellations while having an educational atmosphere to learn in. As of right now the only astronomy classes provided through Clackamas are taught by instructor James Dickinson in the science department. “The Haggart Observatory offers a very ‘hands on’ and individualized experience to visitors,” said Dickinson. “With the RCA taking over the public access programs at the Haggart Observatory, Clackamas County residents will once again have the chance to be wowed by the stars.” Haggart Observatory is the only one of its kind in the Portland Metro area according to Bill Briare, dean of arts and sciences. The agreement is meant to maximize the use of the building.
The Rose City Astronomers Club is a local non-profit organization that advocates for the study of astronomy. More than 300 members belong to the organization, making it one of the biggest amateur astronomy clubs in the country. The agreement between the two will last until December of 2013, and in the time span the RCA can open the dome to use the telescopes as well as the rest of the equipment in the building. The observatory acquired its name after the builder Harold Haggart, a long-time Oregon City resident and devoted astronomer. He had originally built the observatory attached to his residence in 1948. However before his death in 1984, Haggart sold the observatory to the city of Portland. With the help of ELC Technologies, the club was able to relocate the dome to Oregon City and construct the 45-foot viewing deck that it sits upon today. Since then the dome has gone through many repairs; employees and volunteers of Clackamas have also helped in maintaining the old observato-
ry. Karen Halliday, a librarian here on campus was in charge of the facilities before it was closed a year ago. During an interview Halliday explained the procedures of the observatory. On a calm and clear night, volunteers of the observatory would open the dome by using a phone system. Eight people are let onto the viewing deck, while volunteers explain what constellations they were looking at. “As far as I know, that observatory was only meant to look at cool things in the sky,” said Halliday. “It’s still a very cool resource to have.” The Rose City Astronomers also sponsor many star parties over the year where any astronomer is welcome to come and bring their own telescopes. The next one will be held on June 30 for the Summer Solstice Celebration at Rooster Rock State Park. There is a $5 parking fee, but the event itself is free. Any aspiring astronomer is welcome to come and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Laurelhurst Theater offers many brews ‘n’ views By Steven Weldon The Clackamas Print
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Dustin Brown is the lead singer and songwriter for Ninja Turtle Ninja Tiger, whose debut album will be released this Friday at their CD release show at the Someday Lounge in Portland.
Portland band unites indie pop, danceability By Isaac Soper Arts & Culture Editor
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Had I known what I know now, I would have probably recorded it not in my living room.” Dustin Brown Lead Vocalist of NTNT
you done since you’ve been together? DB: Just two and one of those was actually a house show. It was kind of a little test run of the band. The next one we played at the Wonder Ballroom that was a huge step up; [it] was a fun show. TCP: Did you perform any shows prior to this year? DB: Everything we did in 2011 was with our old guitar player Jesse and we used backing tracks for the keyboard parts, so it was just a three-piece back then. TCP: What was the hardest part about recording your new CD? DB: Getting the mix right was tough, because I recorded it all in my apartment’s living room. So it wasn’t recorded under optimum circumstances, per se. I went out to Nashville and my buddy Ryan — he’s a mix engineer and a mastering engineer out there — he helped me with it. Finally we got it where we were happy with it. TCP: How was recording in your living room? DB: Not really knowing [my roommates] that well and recording in the living room, it would be like four in the morning and I’d get an idea and just be like belting out a vocal part. Steve was totally cool
about it he didn’t ever make it awkward or anything. TCP: What are some of your favorite tracks on the new album? DB: “The Way Back,” it’s the first song on the new CD. I love the energy of it. I felt like it was a pretty sweet breakthrough for me, even though it’s the first track on the CD, I did it a little bit later. It helped me tie everything together sort of. “Vines, Baby!” was the first one I wrote on this project, it’s sentimental. It’s like choosing your favorite kid though, you have one, but you don’t want to tell anyone. TCP: What is the message behind your music? DB: Especially with this album, it’s a step of personal growth for me, not just in music, but in life. TCP: What is the record label you recorded under? DB: We’ll probably eventually sign with a record label, but right now we’re pretty much able to get everything done on this level. It’s such a great learning experience, doing all the research, reading the books about [recording], you kind of know what you’re getting into once you’re ready to sign. TCP: Did you record all of the instruments at the same time? DB: No, it was all multitrack. I did a lot of programming; I have a MIDI controller so I would just play through parts. TCP: Is there anything you would have liked to have changed with the album? DB: Had I known what I know now, I would have probably recorded it not in my living room. NTNT’s debut album “I’ll Find You in the Colors” will be released on June 8 at the CD release show at the Someday Lounge in Northwest Portland. The show starts at 8 p.m. and costs $8 and it’s 21 and over. They will be going on two tours this summer, starting with one near the end of July, and then another tour in September.
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Ninja Turtle Ninja Tiger is an up-and-coming indie dance group in the Portland area, filled with high energy, catchy vocals and great beats to dance or bob your head to. This Friday they will be releasing their first feature-length album, entitled “I’ll Find You in the Colors.” Dustin Brown (lead vocals, guitar) wrote the album, backed by members Jon West (guitar), Steve Yautz (drums) and James London (keys, bass guitar). The Clackamas Print: Where did you come up with the name NTNT? Dustin Brown: I was sitting there one day on my computer kind of spacing out, and it just came to me. I like the sound of it, the way it rolls off my tongue; it doesn’t mean anything. TCP: How long have you been together? DB: We all met pretty much this year, which is incredible, because we hang out like old friends. Actually, I met Steven almost exactly a year ago, and he was the first member to the band, because I had like three songs that I wanted to start playing out and my buddy Brent was like ‘You should just post something on Craigslist.’ I’d had horrible experiences on Craigslist, but I did. Steve’s from Pennsylvania, he’d just moved out here that week, so he came out and jammed and it was totally amazing. [He was] the first guy that even responded to the ad. And then right after [that], I got fired and I needed someone to help me pay rent in my apartment ... so we became roommates within like a week of knowing each other. Then my buddy Jesse [Kelly] played in the band for a little bit, but then he left to Austin. We got Jon on guitar, and we added James. I met Jon through a short film that [I] actually worked on music for, for my buddy Brent, who told me to put up the ad, and James through the job I got fired from. He recently also got fired from that job. TCP: Have you put out any
EPs? DB: Sort of, I had a group of three songs that are actually on the album that I released called “Early Demonstrations,” seeing just how people responded to the music. It was an experiment sort of. TCP: How many shows have
Classic problem: you want to sit down on the couch with your significant other, enjoy an ice cold beer and watch a movie for the night. Your significant other has a very different idea, instead clamoring for a night on the town with dinner first, then a movie and finally drinks. Rest assured, this problem has been solved. Enter the brew ‘n’ view movie houses. The city of Portland is littered with them, most wellknown being the McMenamins theater-pubs such as Mission Theater in northwest Portland and Bagdad Theater & Pub in the Hawthorne District. If you would prefer to avoid massive parking issues, then visit the Laurelhurst Theater at 2735 East Burnside St. in Portland. Conveniently located on the east side of the Willamette River, Laurelhurst is a small, four screen brew ‘n’ view that began operations in 1923 as a theater, and in 2000 opened business as a pub as well. The small venue allows for secondrun movies such as “21 Jump Street” and indie (or limited release) movies such as “Jeff, Who Lives At Home” to attract a crowd and provide a nostalgic experience. As it is a pub, photo identification is required and you must be 21 years of age to enter. Those under 21 are allowed before 5:30 p.m., as the theater shows movies for the younger audience as well. Ticket prices are very inexpensive, general admission is only $4 and $3 before 6 p.m. Concessions are a movie theater tradition, and Laurelhurst brings the mainstays of popcorn and candy as well as dinner possibilities. Tired of popped corn kernels? Enjoy a large slice of cheese, pepperoni, vegetarian or a meat-lovers’ pizza. Had enough grease? Have a salad! Want something completely different? Get a chicken wrap or veggie wrap. Not one of these menu options damage the plastic on your debit card, as none exceed $4.50. The New Deal Café; located at NE 53rd ave. and Halsey St., has teamed up with Laurelhurst to deliver these menu items. Add on the unique choice of a pitcher of soda pop for just $3.50 instead of a small soda for around the same price and you have a bargain. If alcohol is what brings you to this unique theater, drink it in. With nine microbrews on tap including Widmer Hefeweizen and Full Sail Amber Ale, you can have a taste of the Pacific Northwest with your popcorn. Pints of all microbrews are $4.25 and pitchers are $11.25. If you prefer the hipster’s special, Pabst Blue Ribbon is on tap as well. If it’s a fancy night you pursue, Laurelhurst has five different wines available as well. Laurelhurst also has monthly special events, where the theater shows retro movies in the theme of the month. The month of
The Laurelhurst Theater, which first opened in 1923, is host to an array of both wide and limited release films. After 5:30 p.m., only adults 21 and over are permitted. June is ‘1960s month,’ and each week a different movie of the period is shown. The theater has ample street parking compared to its other McMenamins counterparts and even has a parking lot available after 6 p.m. daily. If you are looking for the best compromise between you and your honey on what to do on a date night, take a trip to Laurelhurst Theater.
Other Portland “Brew ‘n’ Views” The Academy Living Room Theaters McMenamins theater-pubs Cinema 21
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Wildman denounces ‘Digital Age’
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We call ourselves adults, and by that, we don’t allow ourselves to have fun. I’m a man, therefore I have to drink coffee and watch the news instead of playing. Frankly, that’s B.S., which does not stand for Bachelor of Science. With finals coming next week and summer vacation just around the corner, it is just about time for all of us to kick back and have some good old fashioned fun. Let’s go outside and find our passions, let’s remember when we were kids and imagine again. I can’t even count how many hours I’ve spent watching the screen of a television when I could have been doing, literally, anything else. I work in a movie theater, so that doesn’t help much either. With the new onset of warm weather (which will probably be as consistent as usual in Oregon), I really want to take advantage of my summer break. It’s my new goal to attempt to stop watching movies before I go to bed, which I do on a regular basis. It’s not that I think that Hollywood is brainwashing the nation (though they might be), it’s just that I’m sick of throwing away hours every day that I could be spending living life in the daytime. Do you know why time feels like it goes by so much faster when we’re adults opposed to when we were children? It’s because we don’t live in the moment like we used to. I remember being a kid and spending every waking minute of every single day playing and enjoying life. Yes, we all have to work, and most of us are tired when we get home from our aforementioned job. If you’re tired, go to sleep. If you can’t sleep, read a book, do yoga, meditate,
have a conversation. Do something that is going to increase your life experience, opposed to melting your brain into a mix of garbled mush of Axe deodorant commercials and sports statistics. I’m not saying that sports are bad; I just think it would be a better use of our time to actually play sports opposed to watching them from the comfort of our living rooms. La-Z-Boy shouldn’t be a goal to strive for. I realize that I’m not going to convince anyone to change their lifestyle, but it’s a neat idea. Maybe I can give up the instant gratification of living vicariously through Denzel Washington’s on-screen characters; I’m going to try at least. This will be the last tale of the Wildman. I’ll be heading to Oregon State University in the fall to study forestry, which will be the start of a new adventure altogether. If I could leave anyone with some “wisdom,” I would have to say “question everything.” By that I don’t mean be a conspiracy theorist, or some jerk who asks “why?” after everything that someone says or does, but instead, ask yourself. The biggest change that I am trying to make right now is to always ask myself why I do the things I do. What is the purpose? Recently I asked myself why I watch movies, and the only logical answer was because I was tired or stressed and it was easy. I don’t even have to go to Blockbuster to rent movies anymore, I can just download them. Some days, I just want to smash my laptop into a million pieces because it is such an easy avenue to waste so much time, but as I’m starting to realize, as with most things, it is a tool that must be used wisely, not mindlessly. If we allow it to, this summer is going to speed by, just like the last one did, and at the end of it, it’ll feel like it was only days since we were last in school opposed to months. Enjoy some Frisbee golf, go on a hike; try something new. I really want to try caving (spelunking). Go out and help someone in need. Blow up your TV, as John Denver once sang, and let’s all go outside. Perhaps we’ll meet again someday, maybe even on the trail. Let’s pretend, even if it’s just for a little while, that we’re kids again.
The “weeping wall” is just one of the many beautiful scenes hikers can enjoy along the two and a half mile hike called the Horsetail Falls Loop located in the lovely Columbia River Gorge.
Horsetail Falls abundant with beautiful scenery By Brad Heineke Photo Editor A great national treasure is only 45 minutes away from Clackamas Community College, the Columbia River Gorge. It is a U.S. Scenic area with easy access via I-84. In a 44 mile stretch there are a total of 77 waterfalls on the Oregon side. A third of these would be extremely difficult to access, however that leaves a great number of waterfalls that have well maintained trails leading to them and many that you can actually drive right up to. A fun and easy hike in the Gorge that takes you past three waterfalls is the Horsetail Falls Loop Hike. This is along the Historic Columbia River Highway (Historic Highway), as are many other falls and trails. The Historic Highway travels up the gorge just south of I-84. It’s a beautifully scenic winding two lane road with dense forest that overhangs in many spots. Several waterfalls and scenic overlooks can be viewed while traveling down the road including Horsetail Falls Loop. The highway is accessible at several points. Heading up
Name: Horsetail Falls Loop Location: Columbia River Gorge Type: maintained dirt trails Length: 2.5 miles Difficulty: easy Equipment: boots (if it’s wet), water bottle
the Sandy River at Troutdale leads you to the west end of the highway. To add even more to the tour, it can be fun to stay on I-84 and drive past Multnomah Falls. A few miles further is the Ainsworth State Park exit; take a right onto the Historic Highway and travel back for a closer view of Multnomah Falls. Multnomah Falls is the most visited natural attraction in Oregon with about two and a half million visitors per year. Another couple miles will bring you to Horsetail Falls Loop which plunges 176 feet down to its roadside pool. It is well marked with a large U.S. Forest Service sign and there are parking areas on both sides of the road. This is the trailhead. After enjoying this lovely falls and its grand mist, follow the path to the east side and begin the 2.6 mile hike. In a short distance you will take the Horsetail Trail Loop (#438). It is largely uphill for the first half mile, but made easier with well-maintained trails and half a dozen switchbacks that serve to reduce the steepness. There are spectacular cliff walls, flora and fauna along the way. The switchbacks have old stone retaining walls covered with
ferns, moss and flowers. At about half mile is Ponytail Falls Hike where the trail passes behind the falls in a large cavelike area. Along the trail in another quarter mile there is a short side path to a very dramatic viewpoint of the gorge and large ponds down below. Take caution in this area, especially if youngsters or pets are along, as there are sheer cliffs along the edge. Continuing on a short distance the trail hugs along the “weeping wall,” a moss and fern covered rock wall with sprays of water emanating from and dripping down it. A short distance further brings you to a walking bridge across the creek at Middle Oneonta Falls. Looking down the creek you can see the cliff walls of the narrow Oneonta canyon and glimpses of the Columbia River. Hiking further, the trail intersects with Oneonta Trail (#400.) Take a right and follow it back down to the highway where you will take a right and travel a half mile back through the now restored Oneonta tunnel to complete this scenic loop. A drive back to Portland via the Historic Highway with a stop at the Vista House at Crown Point and you’ll enjoy a day that you won’t soon forget.
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Value of sports lies not on the field but in the heart
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They say that time flies when you’re having fun, and that when you love what you do, it’s not really an occupation, but a vocation. It seems only yesterday that I first stepped foot on the job as sports editor, eyes wide and ignorant of what I would learn, who I would meet and what I would face. Now that a year has elapsed in no time at all and my time on staff is coming to a close, the only way to keep ahead of the nostalgia is to firmly grasp the things that have imprinted themselves on me in the last 10 months. I played soccer as a youngster, and I watched my older brother participate in cross country meets for years, so fall term left only the unfamiliar sport of volleyball. Throughout the season, the girls along with their head coach Kathie Woods taught me bit by bit what volleyball was about. Mixed in with the shrill cheers between points, the chanting of the bench and the pure technical aspect of the game is something a lot deeper. They’ve created a culture that is passed from season to season and team to team. There’s a general attitude about the program that even the casual spectator can pick up on, and that is the idea that camaraderie is the greatest victory. At the end of the day, wins will be wins and losses will be losses, but without the close knit friends and partners in crime to fall back on, those W’s and L’s are just that and no more. Once the fall sports were finished and with wrestling already
Volleyball players celebrate after upsetting No. 2 Community Colleges of Spokane in the NWAACC volleyball tournament on Nov. 18, 2011. Following the victory, several players attributed the victory to the fact that the team came together at just the right time. underway, Clackamas moved on to something I was much more familiar with: basketball. It was easy to follow the story of each game, to track the stats and know which players to talk to. I got to the point where I knew the players and their style well, and began to analyze what I saw. I noticed what I thought was a flaw in the offense of the women’s team, and despite my nature to keep quiet, I wrote a column “exposing” their weaknesses, (notably the refusal to take a jump shot,) and published it a week after a stinging loss at home to Lane Community College. The reaction was fairly instantaneous. The team was so up in arms that those who hadn’t read the piece had at least heard about it and had their own opinion. The bluntness of the article combined
with the loss on the home court led to some hostility from players and even coaching staff for several weeks leading up to the NWAACC tournament. Through that experience I had to learn that an opinion isn’t just something that we’re entitled to, it should be precious to us. If we’re not willing to stand up and defend what we think, then what are we really good for? I was saddened once winter term was over. Baseball and softball were both unfamiliar to me, and track and field is a difficult sport to cover. To make matters worse, a rash of injuries and other wild circumstances surrounding the baseball team meant that they started off the season 0-6 and ended the season with 11 straight losses to finish at 10-32. At one point, they ran out of pitching options and turned to their first baseman who gave up 13 runs in the top of the ninth. As odd as it might sound, there’s a lesson here too: no matter how bad things get, just keep playing. There’s no sense in giving up because life always has a new inning ahead of you. The last lesson was the most recent. It was in the top of the fourth inning against Lower Columbia College in the second to last game at the NWAACC championships, and sophomore pitcher McKenzie Marshall had just given up a two-run homer to make it 4-2 in favor of Clackamas. She let loose another pitch, and the batter hit that one out of the park too. In the next inning with two strikes and two outs, Marshall gave up another home run to pull LCC to within one. Smiling, Marshall met with her catcher and her coach to discuss the situation. She closed out the inning, and then handed things off to Noelle Wright, who shut out LCC the rest of the way and moved the Cougars on to the final. A few hours later as Clackamas jumped and celebrated their champion-
ship, I realized how important that exchange was. It showed the value of listening to those with experience and wisdom, and displayed the benefits of delegating responsibility in order to accomplish a greater goal. After so much time traversing Randall Hall and its surrounding facilities, you’d think that I would have picked up sporty lingo, made a bunch of athlete friends and seen a lot of sports scores. Given, I have done all of those things to a fairly
good extent, but years down the road I won’t remember who beat what team, and how many runs they scored in what inning. I’ll remember that friendship is more important than results. I’ll remember that opinions are a precious resource. I’ll remember to never give up, and I’ll remember that it’s ok to ask for help. Above all, though, I’ll remember the excellent hearts and minds that taught me each of these things. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Fans cheer for the softball team during the championship series on May 23. Clackamas won the title, it’s ninth in school history.
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Craig Fife demonstrates the seiza position in which the teacher sits to begin the class. Students earn one PE credit training with him at his school, Aikido Northwest, in Milwaukie.
Cody Isaacson (left) and Nukula Shaffer spar with one another. Isaacson and Shaffer both train at Team Quest in Portland.
Students walk warriors’ path through CCC By David Beasley The Clackamas Print The CCC fall schedule, which was just released a few weeks ago, includes a plethora of one-credit physical education courses. What better way to start the day or refresh between classes than a good workout? Students looking for a little more than just a workout can tread the warrior’s path by enrolling CCC’s various martial arts programs. There are many reasons to walk the warrior’s path at Clackamas. Students can reap the benefits and experience success throughout their college career and life. With the Olympics coming up this summer, a very relevant success story is one of CCC’s own successful Olympians. Wrestling and mixed martial arts stand-out Matt Lindland is among the most decorated competitors to have trained in combat at Clackamas. He won an Olympic Silver Medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 2000, he was the national wrestling champion in his weight class for Clackamas in 1991 and he
has a professional MMA career of 22 wins and 9 losses. “I grew up in Oregon City,” said Lindland. “I knew Clackamas had a strong wrestling program and I wasn’t recruited to a Division-I wrestling school so CCC was the answer to achieving that goal. Getting my two associates degrees helped me move on and winning nationals helped me gain recognition from major universities. Lindland moved on to University of Nebraska after Clackamas, and nine years after his national championship for the Cougars, he was a part of starting Team Quest, a mixed martial arts gym that had just wrestling at first, but added other forms as it grew. “We now offer a lot of classes,” said Lindland. “I’m really proud of our younger kids programs, Tough Tots & Tykes, and we have a big teen program lately. There’s about 40, same with the kids program.” The wrestling team placed fourth in the country at NJCAA national championships this year and the coaches have helped many students succeed competitively in
wrestling and mixed martial arts. “We have wrestlers that are members of Team Quest,” said Clackamas head coach Josh Rhoden. “Two-time regional champion and two-time All-American Tarrence Williams, freshman Jacob Mitchell is an amateur competitor, sophomore Jake Morris competed in wrestling with us for two years and he trains at Tualatin Team Quest ... because of Chael Sonnen and Yushin Okami [guest coaches and local professional UFC competitors/wrestlers], lots of wrestlers come to CCC.” The wrestling program is by far the largest athletic program at CCC and is the only official martial arts team on campus. Rhoden also teaches a class that’s open to all CCC students called wrestling conditioning, but there are more choices when it comes to classes that teach students how to defend themselves from unscrupulous fiends in a dark alley ways. Other one credit courses through CCC are self defense, karate, kung-fu, aikido, and tai chi. “I started teaching tai chi on
campus four years ago then three years ago kung fu and additional tai chi off campus at Eastham,” said Nick Hancock, resident tai chi and kung fu instructor. “Over half of our class are returning students. The physical fitness and peace of mind that comes with practicing arts like tai chi and kung fu — getting the time to clear your mind between studies is beneficial to academics.” Robin Robinson started teaching karate and self-defense classes at the college in 1993. “There was already karate and self defense classes established on campus and when there were openings I was able to fill them because I was a black belt in two systems, kung fu and zazente,” said Robinson. “We usually have a mix of returning students and new students in class. I would say 70 percent of students who take the class take it a second or third time. It’s a cheap way to do it. Most private martial arts schools charge over $100 per month. Ours is $78 for three months.” On campus isn’t the only place that credit can be earned for martial arts courses through Clackamas.
Aikido Northwest, in Milwaukie, offers the opportunity to earn a PE credit as well. “I contacted the college about six years ago to ask if they wanted to have aikido on campus; they said they’d like to have an off campus class,” said Craig Fife, aikido instructor at Aikido North West. “Aikido teaches an underlying philosophy that is more valuable to a person than self-defense skills. The philosophy helps develop an awareness of how to learn and focus which all college students need. Taking a martial arts class will help students find motivation.” With so many opportunities to grow as a martial artist and a college student, it is likely that future students will continue to benefit from the programs in professional success or indirectly through philosophy and way of life. There are many opportunities to learn martial arts without the college credit as well. The CCC schedule of classes has a community schools section which features various martial arts classes that are all worth investigating. Many even offer a free first lesson.
FAME: Clackamas chooses five new inductees for 2012 HOF “My involvement started for the most part after the inaugural Hall of Fame in 2010,” said Steen, who was once an athlete herself at Clackamas. “The Foundation helped us with the planning for the first banquet including guiding us through the necessary steps to plan a formal banquet of this size. After the inaugural, they handed the reins over to the athletic department where nearly all of the work is done through us now. Jim Martineau and I do nearly all of the planning and work that goes into it.” Steen has a huge role in setting up the HOF and
getting everything organized and planned. “I took on the role of coordinating most of the things that the Foundation had done previously,” said Steen. “The last two banquets, I have coordinated nearly every aspect of the banquet including but not limited to planning/preparation/set-up, programs, invitations, plaques, facility coordination to get the gym set up appropriately, catering and beverage services, picking the menu, letters to all the inductees, organizing guests of inductee’s and table sponsors, linens, stage and table decorations, etc .... Each of the coaches plays a big part in spreading the word to alumni and supporters of CCC athletics through
media outlets and their own contact lists.” Steen explained how the HOF can work, “We have tried to position the Hall of Fame banquet as an alumni reunion as well, to encourage alumni to support the inductees but also give them an opportunity to reconnect with former teammates, coaches and friends. For this reason we usually have a variety of years of alumni present, some who know the inductees some who are there just to reconnect with coaches, teammates and friends from CCC athletics.” Clackamas chooses just five inductees in order to keep the event short and interesting. “We wanted to make it a fun event,” said Assistant
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The 1991-1992 track team, seen posing here, will be inducted into the Clackamas Hall of Fame this year on June 9. Men’s Basketball Coach Paul Fiskum, who coached softball at Clackamas for many years, including one of the 2012 inductees, Danielle (Fitzgerald) Josetti. An event such as the Hall of Fame banquet speaks strongly to the years of suc-
cess for Clackamas athletics. The inductees this year will be 1991-1992 men’s and women’s crosscountry and track and field teams, Jim Roberts, Josetti, Lindsay Schiely, Mike Hodges and Michael Kuebler.
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Right: Hula dancers Shell Bell and Alysha Brooke spin the crowd into a frenzy on May 31 the last Thursday of the month. Below: “Nala” captivates Alberta Street with cat eyes and paint.
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What are you doing this summer? “I’m heading down to the river as much as possible.” — Alex Bowers
“I’m a full-time mommy, so I’m gonna be raising my kids all summer long.” — Kara Percy
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Below: Street drummer Thomas Brown rocks a beat on the buckets for the crowd at Last Thursday in Portland.
“I’ll be working here at Clackamas Community College. I’ll also be taking my grandkids to the wild animal safari.” — Sam McGrady
“I’m gonna be going to a pro wrestling tournament in Europe where I Greco[-Roman]
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