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EDITORS Zak Laster
Dear Professor Clackamas,
Erin Carey
I’m a broke college student who needs some java. Where is the best place to go on Campus?
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Tim Young
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Liz Gomes
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-Undercaffeinated ell, Undercaffeinated, that’s a good question. While my expertise in coffee ranges from how to make instant coffee taste less horrible to getting the most out of my Starbucks, I’m well versed in the coffee situation at Clackamas Community College. Currently the coffee situation is just a little bit less than deplorable.
One option is the bookstore. While their stock of Cup O’ Noodles is admirable, their coffee is the same machine you find at a gas station. If gulping down lukewarm sludge that you’re concerned will give you diabetes is your idea of a good time, I admire you for it. At $1.50 for a small, $1.75 for a medium and $2 for a large, it’s easy, cheap and right there. They have Butterfinger, mocha or regular black coffee or tea, if that suits your fancy. Your second, slightly more desirable option is the Cougar Cafe in the cafeteria. With options similar to a coffee shop, it’s your best bet on campus. Personally I’d rather stick my head in a cougar’s mouth than trust the water in the McLoughlin building. Prices range from $1.70 to over $4 with actual espresso machines. Sincerely and always irritated, Professor Clackamas
Have a burning question about CCC? Send it to chiefed@clackamas.edu. Corrections: In the Issue 5 ‘Professor Clackamas’, the number of times Associated Student Government checks its suggestion boxes was incorrect. The boxes are checked one to two times a term. The volleyball player on page 8 was misidentified. Her name is Sierra VeraCruz. We regret the errors.
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Photo illustration of little shopping bag of horrors by design editor Brandon Chorum.
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Midnight mugging on campus
Photo composition by Liz Gomes
A student was mugged on campus shortly after 12:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, according to Clackamas Community College Dean of Campus Services Bob Cochran. Reportedly, a male student arrived to work-out on the track and he was approached by four males, who demanded his wallet. When the student refused to relinquish his wallet, he was assaulted. Reportedly, there was no money in the wallet. The CCC student then fled the crime scene, to a friend’s residence. Both the assaulted student and his friend later returned to the track where they found his wallet with nothing missing. This case is currently still under investigation. If you have any information, please contact the Clackamas County Sheriff ’s Department at 503-723-4949, or Campus Safety at 503-594-6650. –Tim Young
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Horticulture sells to local restaurant
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n the outskirts of Clackamas Community College is the Clairmont building, home to the Horticulture department. Earlier this summer, CCC horticulture instructor Chris Konieczka began to form a relationship with a local Buggati’s restaurant, just minutes away from campus.
son, providing them with storage onions (a cured, long storing yellow onion,) potatoes and parsley. That being said, Konieczka expects Bugatti’s to be able to pick up fresh organic produce weekly in the future. “In the height of the season (May-Oct.) students harvest every class period,” he said. With those expectations students are gearing up for a big harvest.
The focus of the relationship was to “give students the opportunity to grow organic produce while somewhat mimicking a real buyer/seller market for their crop,” said Konieczka. He worked with the managers of the restaurant to price their produce, matching the weekly prices of competing vendors like Sysco.
With the season gone, students work on repairing their equipment from normal wear and tear after a harvest, as well as take time to reflect on what changes need to be made in order to create a more successful harvest. The profit from the sales of produce goes directly to buying more seeds and repairing equipment. In late January, classes will begin to plant seedlings to transplant, in preparation for spring. They expect a big harvest, adding lettuce, carrots, and bok choy to the list of fresh organic produce for sale.
“Although ideally when you’re selling organic produce, you mark the prices up because the quality is better, but I was more concerned about getting our foot in the door and starting this relationship for the students,” said Konieczka. For Bugatti’s the agreement is just as exciting. “We’ve posted a few things on Facebook about our involvement for our guests. We hope the program continues to blossom as we further our involvement,” said Trudy Hoekzma, a manager at the restaurant. In the future, Bugatti’s will send the head chef or manager down the street every week to buy fresh produce during the harvesting season. The restaurant prides itself on having fresh locally grown produce for its customers. The farm is located on campus directly behind the Clairmont building, making it easy for students in the program to work on their crops. “I’m really excited for this program to be in full swing,” Konieczka said. “Before this relationship with Bugatti’s, the produce we grew was sold at the CCC Farmers Market, but other than that, all the extras went to students and staff. With this added incentive, we have the opportunity to grow more types of produce in higher volume.” Because this relationship was such a recent agreement, the classes were only able to sell to Bugatti’s twice this sea-
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Chris Konieczka helps the Food Harvest class get ready for the CCC farmers’ market on Oct. 1. Produce from CCC gardens was also sold to Bugatti’s this fall.
Photo by Liz Gomes
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Food, Serve -Us Changes in store for cafeteria by Nathan Woosley
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ave you been to the Clackamas Community College cafeteria lately? Did you think:
1. No improvement needed? 2. Some improvement needed? 3. Much improvement needed? Chances are, you fell into 93 percent of students who answered the second or third option. CCC conducted a survey of staff and students about the cafeteria in April 2014 found some rather unflattering results. The general consensus? More variety, less fried food, healthier options, and this stuff is way too expensive. The results of this survey seem to have created some movement. Sandwiches were recently re-introduced, as well as the salad bar. But is it enough? The food at the Cougar Café primarily consists of fried, grilled or greasy fair. Or as one student in the survey put it, “It’s all browns and yellows (not very healthy). [It] would be nice to have something healthier.”
“The bid should be complete by spring, and a new catering service should be instituted by summer of next year,” said Cochran. Why the split? Did the survey play into it? “The contract ended three years ago and we’ve been extending it ever since, ” said Cochran. “We met with the owner and manager of the company and he wants this to be his last year as well.” Cochran also said that Brosis is choosing instead to focus its time and effort on its barbecue catering service, Outlaw BBQ. “It was a mutual decision,” wrote Joshua McGraw, owner of Brosis Management, in an email. “Brosis owners are looking forward to semi-retirement in Montana, and thought it was the appropriate time. We will be helping CCC with the procurement of the new food service vendor in order to ensure CCC gets what it needs.”
He also said that July 5, 2015 would be the last day for Brosis on campus. “We’ve built some endearing relationships with the staff, but especially with the student body,” said McGraw. “We are grateful for the opportunity to be a part of Clackamas Community College.” He also mentioned that he hopes to do lots of hunting and fishing in his retirement. So with a new food service coming in next year, what kinds of things do students and staff members want to see? Some key words in the survey included: “food carts, healthy food, more options, vegetarian / vegan options and specials for different days of the week.” Some students also mentioned that a better or more detailed menu would be nice, as sometimes they don’t know what options are available. Take note Clackamas: we’re hungry.
On a positive note, many students found the staff to be friendly and courteous. “The food service staff is fantastic,” said another surveyed student. The majority of students asked for healthier options and more variety. What lies ahead for food services at CCC? The college will be terminating its contract with Brosis Management, the current food service provider, next year. Bob Cochran, Dean of Campus Services said that a “Request for Proposal” has been submitted so that a new catering company can bid on Clackamas’ food services.
Students in the Courgar Café wait to select their lunch options, on Tuesday.
Photo by Liz Gomes
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Swinging around Stumptown by Maddy Kays
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drum marks the start of Benny Goodman’s “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” as dancers partner up and take to the floor. When the brass section jumps in the dancers take flight and, to a bystander, their feet never touch the ground. The guys are swinging and the girls are spinning, feet are tapping on the sidelines. It’s a scene straight out of the 1940s brought into the era of smart phones, social media and electronic music. A DJ on stage in the ballroom of the Norse Hall in Northeast Portland brings back the big band sounds of Louis Prima, the Andrews Sisters, Benny Goodman and more. Mindy Barnhart, owner of Stumptown Dance, looks on proudly from the sidelines. Barnhart began swing dancing when she was in high school but really took to it after a running injury in college left her unable to do cross country. She started going to Stumptown Dance in 2005, back when it was called Westside Swing and was held in a grange hall in Tigard. She purchased the company from the original owner in 2009. “One of my favorite things about Stumptown Swing is the influence we’ve had on the swing scene in the Northwest and on the West Coast in general,” says Sam Estrem, Barnhart’s dance partner and co-instructor. “To hear people coming back saying that Portland is a hub of good dancers and dancing venues makes me so proud of all the work that we’ve done.”
You can find Stumptown Dance at the Norse Hall in Northeast 11th and Couch Street any given Sunday night. The weekly Sunday night dances are manned by approximately 18 people, not including Mindy herself who teaches the intermediate and beginning lessons before the social dancing begins. Jobs include two DJs, one other dance instructor and the front desk staff (a group of volunteers who alternate every half hour with two people manning the desk at all times). For a cover price of $8 a person (save two dollars with a valid student ID),
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Sam Estrem and Molly Burkhart swingdance at the Sunday night social dance at the Scottish Rite Center in Portland. you get a half-hour dance lesson and three hours of social swing dancing. The intermediate lesson begins at 7 p.m., the beginning lesson is at 7:30 p.m. and the social dancing begins at 8 p.m. For more information, check out their website at www. stumptowndance.com. Not sure that Stumptown is for you? You can try your hand at swing dancing at CCC! There are beginning and intermediate/advanced swing classes offered every term. Look for them in the upcoming course schedule. Each class is only 50 minutes long and fulfills one PE credit.
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Winter(sports)is(are)coming
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consecutive losses in the NWAC Tournament. This year’s focus is primarily on defense. “We expect to see them play hard every night,” Wegner said. “Bring that effort, be consistent on defense, be consistent rebounding and get better and better throughout the season with the offense. Defense needs to be a constant all season long from the get-go, from day one. That’s what we’re really focusing on, developing a team mentality, a team personality. Every time we play we’re going to play defense this way, we’re going to play this hard.”
NWAC, and then he had knee surgery last year and missed last season. Brandon Halter was our leading scorer and rebounder off last year’s team. Ezekiel Martin started last year. He’s a great defender, all around basketball player.” WRESTLING: Aside from hoops teams, Clackamas boasts a dominant wrestling program. In eight seasons under coach Josh Rhoden, the Cougars have placed in the top five at the NJCAA Wrestling Championships six times. This year the team expects similar success. “We’ve got a pretty good group,” Rhoden said. “We returned seven All-Americans from last year’s team. Currently we’re ranked no. 2 in the preseason polls in the country, which is great but we still got a ways to go. The main thing for us is just being able to continue to be learners, stay focused, take care of our class work, and being healthy.”
“I challenge our guys to redefine what greatness is to them.”
Dominant teams often have trouble with complacency. Rhoden combats it with new challenges for his wrestlers. “I challenge our guys to redefine what greatness is for them. In the classroom, off campus, with wrestling, all the aspects kids have to come to junior college for. Going forward it’s not just about competition, but what can we do in the classroom and outside the classroom to impact ourselves as best we can for the future.” Of course, the team still has high expectations for winning.
Last season, the team won a share of the Southern Region crown and hopes to do so again. “Our goal is to always play for a postseason spot, the best spot we can get,” Wegner said. “To do that, you have to win the league, so our goal is to try to win the Southern Region. We’ve got the people back to potentially win the region again.” Wegner expects a trio of experienced stars to lead the team this year. “Michone Hopkins is returning,” Wegner said. “He played two years ago and he was one of the best guards in the
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“We’re going to have an awesome season; we have a really fun group, a wonderful group of young men. Our team captains this year will be Lawrence Otero, Dylan Reel and Kyle Bateman. All three of those guys we expect good things from. It could be super special, maybe a record-setting year, but a lot of things have to happen between now and then.” For a program that has accomplished so much, what is there left to do? “I think for us, our goal to redefine greatness, we’ll try to get 10 All-Americans because nobody has ever done that before. Can you get to 10? That would take an entire group of guys doing something pretty cool.”
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BLACK FRIDAY CREATES
RETAIL NIGHTMARE by Katie Archer
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he nightmare before Christmas for many people is the cute movie about Jack Skellington spreading Christmas joy. For everyone in the retail industry however, the real nightmare is Black Friday.
Clackamas Community College student Maisey Ortega said of Black Friday, “It’s the shittiest day of your life.” Ortega, who works at Footlocker in the Clackamas Town Center, remembers one lady who came into the store to return a pair of shoes for her daughter. Her daughter’s dad bought the wrong size and the lady didn’t have a receipt. The lady started cussing up a storm and the employees almost had to call security. “She did it all in front of her daughter,” said Ortega. The problem was resolved and Ortega said they returned her the shoes for the store’s original price because customers were coming into the sore. Picking up socks from the floor in Fred Meyer was not the job for Summer Walston. After dodging stilettos, getting her hand squashed by a pair of giant boots and a cart bashed into her head, Walston said, “F’ the socks.” Rescuing one pair of socks was not worth losing her fingers, so Walston moved on to other duties. Amy Neelands, a former Fred Meyer employee, had to open doors at 5 a.m. All the other doors had several managers to assist in opening the doors, except hers. As she opened the first set of doors, people outside threw the doors open and shoved past her. Neelands said, “I couldn’t get past these people until they were all inside.
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Once the coast was clear I was able to safely return to the donut table.” Children’s toys always seem to bring out the worst in people, even grandma. While volunteering to restock the unwanted merchandise at Fred Meyer, Jessica Stalling saw two elderly women yelling at each other. Stalling said, “Seeing as they were older and hopefully mature women I didn’t see any need to keep an eye on the two ladies. Well, I was wrong.” A few aisles over, Stalling heard a shriek and ran back to the ladies. What she found was one lady’s glasses were crooked and the other on the floor against a gift table holding a toy for dear life. Witnesses of the WWE granny style said the lady on the ground pushed the other lady’s face and that lady rammed her shopping cart into the other lady, knocking her to the floor. Both ladies said the other tried to steal the toy from them. What toy was this? A Pillow Pet. Former retail worker John Rozzelle said of working on Black Friday, “I blocked most of those memories.” Rozzelle did remember one time he was stuck in the lamp aisle for two hours helping a customer when he should have been covering the whole store. Retail workers also have lots of advice for Black Friday shoppers. Ingrid Meza, another CCC student, said, “People should know what the sales are and what they want when Black Friday shopping.” Ortega said, “Don’t bring your kids! Be aware of your surroundings and remember that the employees are people too. Black Friday all in all is just barfy for everyone.” Have a Black Friday story? Tweet it and be sure to tag @ clackamasprint for a chance to win a holiday sweater!