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Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010

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New growth threatens old growth Clackamas Community College is supporting the construction of a road that would require the removal of old growth trees

By Abigail Neet News Editor The college is supporting the controversial construction of a road that runs through an old growth forest with trees up to 500 years old.

Clackamas County is working on a plan that would extend Sunnybrook Road from 82nd Avenue to Harmony Road.

The road would run through 3-Creeks natural area. 3-Creeks contains 89 acres of streams, wetlands and upland habitat consisting of Mt. Scott Creek, Phillips Creek and Deer (Dean) Creek.

The streams provide habitat to a resident Cutthroat Trout population, and a very small number of still returning Coho Salmon and Steelhead. Mammals living in the area are beavers, deer, weasels, mink, otter and a wide variety of bird species.

Jim Grabill, instructor at CCC believes putting the road in would throw things off for the current inhabitants of 3-Creeks.

A group called the Tsunami Crew visits 3-Creeks each week to help restore the area. The crew began over nine years ago and is still going strong.

The group is run by Chris Runyard, instructor at Portland Community College. Runyard lead Clackamas’s

sustainability club on a tour of the area.

According to Grabill, Runyard is unsupportive of the plan to extend Sunnybrook.

Grabill explained that the Tsunami group put a lot of work into bringing 3-Creeks back to life. The Tsunami group worked on removing invasive species and planting native species, as well as cleaning the area up.

Grabill said he wondered if the county considered that the area was being taken care of in their decision making process.

Grabill also believes in the importance of old trees saying “Old trees are symbols of the power of the ecosystem. They provide homes for many different species, and it seems like they deserve to be protected.”

“They speak to our values and represent the greater wilderness, literally, and symbolically,” he added. “It would be a real shame to cut them down.”

The road would run on top of the bluff and behind the Aquatic Center and Harmony Campus.

Grabill explained that the road would separate land and interrupt life patterns.

“Species like to have space between civilization and wildlife,” Grabill said.

This project is on a list of plans for the county.

According to Courtney Wilton, vice president of College Services, “Extension is necessary

for development of Harmony.”

Wilton explained that the college has received $8.5 million from the state and would need another $20 million in a bond in order to expand Harmony campus.

“If we do get the bond, we would be able to build a second building for Harmony,” Wilton said.

The building would be used to possibly expand on Health Sciences and would have general classes as well.

“We believe we need to expand at that campus to provide a more convenient location for students who may go elsewhere,” Wilton added.

There are some who are not so fond of the road implementation.

Please see HARMONY, Page 2

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To legalize or not to legalize, that is the question Mass public sentiment towards the use of marijuana has been shifting away from the negative spotlight to a more tolerable opinion. Now that more and more Americans are starting to understand that the drug will not turn users into maddened murdering rapists, a new question is emerging: does this substance have a place in our culture and should it be considered legal and would it fix our economic low?

In February 2009, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department government would no longer raid medical marijuana dispensaries in states that have allowed them. The announcement fulfilled a campaign promise that Obama had made during his run for presidency to stop the raids.

The announcement led to multiple cannabis cafés opening in Oregon for those who can use the drug as medicine.

Currently pro cannabis advocates are gathering signatures in order to get two new laws put before voters that would legalize marijuana for recreational use.

Oregonians will decide their own fate ultimately if and when they vote on the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act and the Oregon Cannabis Tolerance Act. The topic of legalization remains hotly debated.

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HARMONY: road could kill forest Continued from HARMONY, Page 1

Wilton agreed that there are some negatives involved in building a road.

“It is true when you build a road there are negatives,” he said, explaining that in the bigger picture it will help sustainability as more people live close to Harmony and expanding there would allow them to drive less if they were to go to the Harmony campus rather than Oregon City campus. Thus cars would be driven less and the overall environmental impact would be less, Wilton said.

Wilton also explained that Harmony campus is much closer to the Green MAX line and would not be a far walk for people from the transit center to Harmony, where as from Green line to Oregon City is a much longer bus route.

Wilton also said that the college is not in charge of environmental impacts and that the county has been working hard to compromise. He explained that the road is much smaller and narrower than the original plan.

“They are trying to make it less impactful,” Wilton said.

Wilton also explained that the intersection of Harmony and 82nd Avenue is very busy and by putting in the extension it would help reduce congestion.

However, Wilton did say that there are some who are not supportive of the road but does feel that most people are supportive of the road and think it will allow more opportunities and closer to home education.

Milwaukie Mayor Jeremy Ferguson was not availble for comment.

Gary Parkin, Engineering Director for the City of Milwaukie explained in an e-mail that “The city’s concerns with the extension of Sunnybrook are related to the traffic impact it would have as additional traffic would be directed to City streets. The intersection of Harmony Road and Linwood Drive would receive traffic from the Sunnybrook extension and is already at capacity. There are also environmental concerns as the new road impacts an area adjacent to Mt. Scott Creek, a sensitive salmon habitat just upstream of the City.”

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Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010

Core classes fill too quickly

By Travis Hardin The Clackamas Print Are you on the wait list? Yes, I’m number 125.

Starting Feb. 23, returning students here at Clackamas will have the opportunity to start signing up for spring term. With the increase in student enrollment at the campus students are finding it more difficult to get into the classes that they need.

According to an e-mail statement from Judy Redder, who works in the curriculum and reporting office, as of Feb. 11 the non-duplicated student headcount was 11, 591 at the college. Of those students, 3,641, are classified as non-credit taking students, an increase of about 2.17 percent from this time last year. The full-time student population at the college has increased 26.49 percent since last year.

Nowhere is it more evident in how tough it is to get into classes than in courses listed under general studies.

When asked which class or classes he has had trouble in the past getting into, sophomore Steven Rousseve said, “Math.”

Rousseve responded when asked which classes he plans on signing up for first for spring term, saying, “Definitely math, other than that … I’m going to try sign up for a science class and then maybe a psychology class.”

Students are finding that they need to have a plan B and in some cases a plan C nowadays because of the competition for popular and required courses.

According to registrar Tara Sprehe, via e-mail, the courses that typically fill up the fastest are in the science department, specifically anatomy and physiology. Next in line is some of the math and writing courses.

When asked which class she will sign up for first, freshman student Karly Null replied, “Math 95.”

One of the biggest issues that students are facing is finding classes that don’t conflict with one another as well as their work schedules.

When asked how does not getting into a specific class affect her overall schedule, Null said, “Like certain times, I have to work on Mondays, so I probably wouldn’t take the class at all if I couldn’t get the right time.”

Freshman Troy Spivey, who is a transfer degree student, still has many core classes to take.

When asked what classes he plans on taking for the spring term, Spivey responded, “You

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Students pack Barry Kop’s anatomy and physiology class. Kop’s class is one of the many core classes that fill up within the first week of registration. know, some core classes. I still have to take some writing classes, a speech class, some social science classes and you know, a lot of those fill up really quick, and if everyone logs on at once, it just trashes the server like it did [last term].”

Last November, students had a problem signing up for winter term classes due to the CougarTrax sever becoming overwhelmed, and it actually crashed.

According to Rousseve, he was one of the students who had trouble signing up for classes over CourgarTrax last term. This time, he is going to go in person to the registration office and sign up.

According to Sprehe, the issues impacting winter registration have been addressed. Her department is bringing in four additional parttime employees to help at the enrollment services counter during the first week of spring term.

Spivey said, “Oh well yeah, I mean the whole computer problem, I had to wait for a lot longer than I thought I would. It really wasn’t all that bad; I still got all the classes that I wanted.”

Students who are new to the college have more options if they can’t get into a particular class because they have many more classes that they need to take.

On the other hand, a student who is near completing their course of studies may find it harder when they don’t get into that last remaining class.

Now students have the option of signing up on a wait list for a class, but typically they are

required to still show up to the course to keep their name on the list. Students usually have to wait until the first week of term is over to exactly see if they can get into the course or not. According to Sprehe, the cut off for the number of students in a course is determined by each department, so it varies.

When asked what course he will sign up for first, freshman student Matt Gottlieb said, “Probably Math 111 because I need that for transferring.”

Gottlieb is majoring in business and marketing management and is transferring to the University of Oregon after he leaves Clackamas.

According to Gottlieb, he had trouble signing up for Reading 115 last term.

“I was on the wait list for like a month and I was third on the list, people were just stubborn and not dropping that particular class,” he said.

According to Rousseve, half of the students in his math class have dropped the course already.

As Feb. 23 nears, returning students have many options available to them in how they can registration, but it is up to them to make sure they register sooner rather than later.

When asked what method he will used for registration, Rousseve replied, “Most likely in person. I usually have a lot of problems with my Internet at home, and it’s just a lot better to show up and do it and show up really early.”

Blackboard bites the dust; Moodle triumphs

By Abigail Neet News Editor Blackboard’s life at Clackamas has officially been called to an end.

The Feb. 5 President’s Council approved the recommendation made by distance learning to adopt Moodle.

A training program for faculty was started Monday, Feb. 8.

“I’m happy about it. It is an unprecedented opportunity for the college,” said Steve Beining, head of distance learning.

“Moodle is going to allow the college to greatly improve the way it uses the Internet to support teaching and learning,” he added.

According to Beining, one of the main benefits of switching to Moodle

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is financial.

“Moodle would cost approximately half of what Blackboard costs,” Beining stated.

Beining said the savings will go back into the distance learning department and will also be used for the conversion and training process now that Moodle is approved.

Another new element Moodle will provide is the capability to connect MyClackamas with the online learning system (Moodle).

This would make things easier and more convenient for students as they would no longer need to log in to MyClackamas and the distance learning system. It would also automatically enroll students in their online classes. The hope is that this will be accomplished by fall term.

Beining said the college has start-

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ed to implement the conversion plans and is currently in the process of purchasing the new system.

“We have found it is better for teaching and learning,” Beining said.

Beining also does not think it will change a lot in what happens in online courses but will change the way students access their online courses.

Other colleges seem to agree as many are also piloting Moodle.

Portland Community College is now piloting Moodle. Linn-Benton, Columbia Gorge and Lane community colleges have switched from Blackboard and are using Moodle.

Portland State University is also in the process of finding a new learning management system, and Moodle is being discussed as one of the options.

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According to a Fall 2009 survey using 109 students, 75 percent of them discovered finding materials and resources on Moodle to be easy or very easy compared to 25 percent who found it neutral or difficult.

A larger 83 percent also found using the Moodle system to be satisfactory, and 72 percent of students surveyed actually preferred Moodle to Blackboard, out of the 72 students who had previously used Blackboard.

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Potential quake shakes up local Oregonians

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Event fires up justice club

By Erik Andersen Associate News Editor The buildings are falling all around and the ground shakes violently beneath you. Portland is completely devastated, and people are panicking. Sound like fiction? Think again; what was just described was a very real earthquake that has happened in the past and will again in the future.

Roughly 320 years ago, the Native Americans in this region experienced a very violent earthquake. The quake felt by the early inhabitants came from what is now known as the Cascadian Subduction Zone, which sits just 75 miles off the Oregon Coast.

At that time, there were no settlers around to document the event. So how do we know it happened? The natives weren’t writing anything down. The knowledge of this massive earthquake was actually discovered in Japan where their early ancestors were writing history as it took place. Japan documented a huge surge of water that flooded many cities and towns on the Eastern seaboard roughly 320 years ago.

Since this discovery, scientists have been looking into the ground around the Cascadian Subduction Zone to figure out how often this major quake occurs. The results came with startled reactions as scientists discovered that this subduction zone tends to snap back every 300 to 350 years.

Every town in any area prone to earthquakes must by law build structures that can withhold some earthquake damage but the older buildings did not go by this code and hardly any even today can hold up in a strong quake like an 8.0 or 9.5 on the Richter scale.

“The size earthquake that is being predicted is anywhere from an 8.5 to a 9.5,” said Sara Hoover, a geology instructor at Clackamas Community College.

Hoover explained that we are starting to make preparations for this geological catastrophe by upgrading our buildings and creating plans for such an event.

The coastal areas could be devastated. There is very little the coastal towns can do except make evacuation plans and making sure people know what to do in the event of a large earthquake, although it isn’t the quake itself that threatens the Coast.

Following the quake will be a large tsunami that will slosh in and out of coastal towns for hours, destroying everything that wasn’t built to withstand such punishment.

“One of the wake-up calls for the Pacific Northwest was the earthquake in Indonesia because that’s basically the model we use.

You look at the type of shaking, the type of earthquake, the plate boundaries that caused that earthquake, we’re basically looking at the same scenario here in the Northwest,” Hoover said.

Although a bit scary, it’s important to realize that harm from earthquakes can be avoided by simply taking precautions and knowing what to do in the event that an earthquake does happen.

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Girard Morlan, member of Clackamas Community College ETA club, fires rounds in preparation for the American Criminal Justice Association National Conference. The conference is being held in Portland March 14 through 19.

By Joshua Baird The Clackamas Print Spent ammunition shells litter the floor, a woman stands clutching a .38 Special in her hands as a man behind her, urges her to squeeze off a few more rounds.

This may sound like a climax of a 1990s revenge thriller; however, it’s just another weekend for Clackamas Community College’s Criminal Justice Club’s Alice Cruikshank, the club’s secretary treasurer and her instructor Greg Willis.

The two of them were working on Cruikshank’s accuracy at the Public Safety Training Center in anticipation of the upcoming American Criminal Justice Association National

Conference. This conference is being hosted in the City of Roses next month, running March 14 through 19.

According to Ryan Hansen, the club’s vice president, “It’s a lot of work,” although he feels the work will be worth it when the convention starts. “It will be a weeklong adventure.”

Epsilon Tau Alpha, or ETA, is the local chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association. They are responsible for planning this event.

This year’s theme is “Port security, water and air,” said Hansen.

The annual conference is a combination of physical competition and mental preparedness.

A firearm test will be assessed at the PSTC in a

“Police Pistol Combat” competition. The test is a series of distance and time challenges, as well as tests given using both the dominant hand and the weaker hand. Several of the contests of skill will be in a team participation format.

“Maybe even an all women’s team,” said Cruikshank enthusiastically.

An agility test will be administered at the Oregon Institute of Technology’s gym blocks away from the firing range.

This year the test given will be the Oregon Physical Abilities Test, or ORPAT, a test that all Oregon law enforcement personnel are required to pass.

The mental aspect of the conference is five tests – general knowledge, corrections, juvenile justice, police proce-

dures and law tests.

The conference will act as a job fair as well, allowing students from across the country to meet and create contacts with professionals at the event.

Estimated attendance will be anywhere from 500 to 1,000 students, instructors and speakers at the downtown Marriott Hotel.

Those in attendance will be given a walking map with local restaurants that are friendly to a student’s budget.

One such destination that both Cruikshank and Hansen mentioned is Voodoo Doughnut.

As far as organizing the conference, Hansen said of the whole club’s desire to make this happen, “[It was] very, very impressive; we just take care of business.”

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Volleyball player makes progress Family and friends find ways to help support Richelle Heacock after her horrific accident

By Mark Foster Sports Editor It’s been over a month since Clackamas volleyball player Richelle Heacock was involved in a single car accident near Eatonville, Wash., which left her paralyzed from the chest down.

Since then, she has been in recovery and progressing towards leaving the hospital and moving back home to Eatonville.

In weeks since the accident, Heacock has began to regain some feeling in her lower body, specifically muscle spasms in her abdominal region.

Though she has had some progress in regaining her feeling, Heacock also experienced some low blood pressure and sore spots on her back from laying all the time.

Sherylee Kolbas, Heacock’s sister, wrote on the CaringBridge Web site that she is also having muscle spasms in her arms and shoulders which have been painful.

CaringBridge is a Web site on which patients or their families can

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Head volleyball coach Kathie Woods (Left) visits Richelle Heacock (Right) in her Seattle hospital room at Harborview Medical Center on Jan. 19. give updates on how the patient is doing. Heacock’s CaringBridge Web site is sponsored by Harborview Medical Center where she is a patient.

Each week Heacock has six days of physical therapy and has Sundays

off.

Kathie Woods, head women’s volleyball coach at Clackamas Community College, attributes the drive and will to walk again to the support of the Heacock family.

Woods said, “Her family is amaz-

ing people. Everybody at the hospital and the area is amazed at the strength of the family.”

Currently Heacock and her doctors are working towards being able to spend 45 minutes in her wheelchair without having to tip her back

in order to help with bloodflow, according to a post on CaringBridge Volunteers making renovations on the Heacock household are also making great progress.

Jeff Patterson, construction manager for the renovations, said in a construction update Feb. 1, “We reached a major milestone this weekend, and I’m happy to say that framing on the new addition for Richelle is substantially complete.”

In order to help pay for the cost of renovations and for lodging while the Heacock family is in Seattle, there have been many fundraisers held in honor of Heacock and her family.

The Associated Student Government at Clackamas held a barbecue in January to raise money for Heacock. ASG raised $1,400 which was all donated to the family.

Also at another benefit held at Eatonville High School over $42,000 was raised for the Heacock family.

Kolbas wrote on CaringBridge, “We are just blown away by the amount of support that we see! We cannot begin to express to everyone just how thankful we are! I wish that I could name everyone on here and give them a personal thank you, but the number of people is just so big that I don’t even know where to begin.”

A fundraiser will be held Feb. 17 at Pizzano’s Pizza in Oregon City; 25 cents of every dollar made all day will be donated to the Heacock family.

Cougars battle at region championships, look to take NJCCA finals A second place finish at the Region 18 Championships have the Cougars roaring into the NJCCA Championships

By Steven Weldon Associate Sports Editor The Clackamas Cougars wrestlers are gearing up for another trip to the NJCCA championships in Des Moines,

Iowa, after completing a solid season marred by injuries and an inconsistent lineup throughout.

Coach Josh Rhoden stated in an e-mail that, “I feel like this is good and bad because it allows our reserves to get a lot of matches but we have a harder time with team chemistry.”

The Cougars finished 7-4-1, the fourth year in a row that they have finished the season with a winning record, and finished the regular season ranked fifth in the NJCCA weekly poll.

While defending national champion in the 285 pound

weight class, Tyrell Fortune was a redshirt, the Cougars were led by freshman Rudy Schaffroth, who finished with a record of 13-5 and is the third ranked wrestler in his weight class. His grit and determination will be a heavy asset come national championship time.

In the 141 pound weight class, sophomore Anthony Weerheim seemingly mopped up competition finishing with an unblemished record, ranked No. 2 in his class and won the Region 18 Championship in his class.

Tarrence Williams, a freshman who wrestles in the 149

pound weight class has been outstanding, ranking No. 3 in his class and even defeating the No. 1 wrestler in his class at the Region 18 Championships Saturday, Feb. 13. Williams not only topped the best wrestler, he also was named most outstanding wrestler at the Region 18 tournament and was one of nine Cougar wrestlers to qualify for the NJCAA Championships.

All in all, the Cougars finished second in the Region 18 championships and appear poised to take a bite out of the competition in Des Moines on Feb. 18 for the NJCCA Championships.

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Late game heroics save Cougars

By Steven Weldon Associate Sports Editor The look on the players’ faces was confusion. The look on the fans’ faces was disappointment. The Mt. Hood Saints were up 23-4 midway through the first half on the Clackamas Cougars Wednesday, Feb. 10 in Randall Hall.

Playing without All-NWAACC forward Cheheles Tapscott for the first 10 minutes of the game, the Cougars offense stalled and the team could not buy a basket.

It was then, Tapscott came into the game, and the Cougars woke up.

Rattling off a 14-1 run, the Cougars brought the game to 24-18, giving new life to the team once dead in the water.

At the end of the first half, the Cougars were down 37-31, a remarkable turnaround considering what happened in the opening stages of the game.

What happened in the second half dazzled everyone in the gymnasium.

Being down for the entire game, the Cougars began chipping closer to the Saints’ lead. The teams traded baskets until the Cougars got a much needed defensive stop.

The fast-break began. What started as a dreary night became an exciting one.

Guard Justin Steinke sped up the court as Tapscott ran parallel down center court. All it took was one look from these two teammates and they knew exactly what to do. Steinke tossed the ball to Tapscott, gliding in the air, who snatched it and threw down an alley-oop slam that could be heard all the way to Rook Hall.

It gave the Cougars their first lead of the game at 47-46, and in turn energized the powerful crowd and would turn the game around.

As the announcer for the basketball team, I’ve seen my share of blowout wins and a few exciting finishes … but nothing could prepare me for what I would see next.

The Saints and Cougars battled

to the final seconds, and with less than 30 seconds left, the Saints had control of the ball.

Saints guard Earl Jones, who had his fair share of 3-pointers and spectacular layups the entire game, drove to the basket and was fouled with 7.1 seconds left. Going to the freethrow line, with the crowd standing and releasing deafening noise to distract the shooter, a poised and experienced Jones hit both free throws.

The Cougars had only made three 3-pointers the entire night, shooting an anemic and albeit uncharacteristic 15 percent from behind the arc.

Down 66-64, a 3-pointer to win the game would have been a longshot (literally). Racing up the court and trapped in the corner as time ticked down, Cougars guard EJ Manley whipped a pass to Steinke, who saw a wide open Jeff Dorman.

Dorman, like Tapscott, was an allNWAACC player as well. This night, he showed it.

Dorman took the wide open 3pointer. SWISH. The bench went mad. The crowd went bonkers. The Saints were stunned. Time expired as the ball bounced to the court after Dorman’s amazing shot, however, according to college rules, in that situation time is to be reset to the moment the ball finished going through the basket.

The ball was to be inbounded by the Saints with 0.5 seconds left.

After timeouts to set up the desperation play, the Saints inbounded the ball down-court. The ball deflected off of a Saint and a Cougar and fell out of bounds as time expired.

The game was over. Fans rushed the court to congratulate their classmates for their exciting, exhilarating victory.

After the game, Dorman said, “That was my first game winner.”

I’ve seen teams come back from insurmountable deficits. I’ve seen game winning buzzer beating shots.

I’ve seen games full of highlights and inspired play. I’ve been watching basketball for over 10 years, and it has never happened all in the same game.

Saturday night, the suspense did not end. Playing against the Portland Panthers, the Cougars were heavily favored to win.

However, the Panthers had other ideas. Seemingly making every shot late in the second half, the Panthers could smell victory.

With two minutes left in the game, the Panthers coach Kevin Collier called his final timeout, his team up by seven and looking like they needed to gain composure. After all, this team had only won one game in the southern division. To beat one of the best teams in the NWAACC on their home court would be nothing short of amazing.

Then, the turnaround came. The Cougars, staring an embarrassing loss in the face, turned up their offense and effort. After each shot, they fouled as well. The late game strategy that usually ends up failing for the team that is down, was working for them. The Panthers missed critical free throws.

Down three with 30 seconds left, the Cougars inbounded the ball after a made free throw by the Panthers’ Ernesto Mayz. Cougars guard Steinke found the ball for a prayer 3-pointer.

SWISH. Tie game with 12 seconds to go.

The Panthers inbounded the ball, no timeouts in their arsenal. Panthers guard Russell Millage began to race up court with the ball when the referee’s whistle blew emphatically.

“OUT OF BOUNDS! HE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS! WHITE BALL!” It was back to Cougars ball with

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TOP: Cheheles Tapscott takes a jump shot over the Saints’ Chris Weitzel on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Tapscott had 20 points in the Cougars’ victory.

LEFT: Tapscott and Travis Robbins celebrate after the Saints’ last second heave drops out of bounds. The Cougars won 67-66 on a clutch shot by Jeff Dorman. four seconds left. In a week that had Dorman hit a game winning three, it was only natural for him to see the ball again.

The Cougars made the inbound pass to Dorman. He drove towards the basket, stopped and took a shot.

The bank was open, as the shot kissed

off of the glass and in. Cougars took their first lead since halftime, 91-89 with 1.2 seconds left.

The Panthers desperation beyond half court shot would draw no iron, and the Cougars won another thrilling game, on another Dorman dagger.

What happened on Wednesday and Saturday was unforgettable and will surely go down in Clackamas Cougars lore for years to come.

The Cougars’ final home game of the season takes place Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. against the Lane Community College Titans.

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Face off: marijuana burns deep Words of advice: happiness comes from within, not drugs an almost unlimited supply while having to spend no money of his own.

This was not the last time my relative would be caught. In fact he was caught numerous times that year and most recently was last week.

I am against any sort of marijuana legalization.

I am against it because of real life evidence and not because of facts that pro cannabis industry comes up with.

I am against it because instead of finding a job my sister’s husband sits at his TANF ( Te m p o r a r y Assistance for Needy Families) funded housing and smokes pot while fending off the

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et me tell a story.

I have a relative who is very important to me.

When I was 16 I was going through a typical teen rebellious phase. During that phase, which lasted roughly two years, I did many things I am not proud of.

Let’s just say I have not always had such strong anti-weed sentiments, although it truly didn’t appeal to me the way it seemed to with others. However I was still weak and affected by what my peers thought and probably wanted the few friends I had to accept me, plus I wanted to know what they thought was special about it and that’s how it happened to begin with. I let it happen a few times after that but had bad experiences doing it.

There were some things that stick out to me during that phase of my life.

I think the worst thing I did, at least the thing with the most consequences and the thing I regret most was exposing my relative to weed, who at the time was 13 and in eighth grade.

That act did not have any immediate consequences. He didn’t even repeat it until his sophomore year.

Things did make a pretty drastic change for the worst that year I must say.

For awhile we had the same group of friends. For awhile I didn’t really think anything of it. I began to notice him doing it on a more regular

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basis than I could have imagined.

First it was every other weekend, then every weekend, then multiple times a week, then it was every other day and finally it was almost every single day.

I was pretty outspoken about my dislike for his “habit” so for the most part he tried to hide it from me.

The trouble was it was obvious when he was high and we had the same group of friends so what he did I knew about.

I realized how bad things were one spring night when I was invited to a party. I ended up going with a few friends and to no big surprise my relative was there. The worst part was he had brought his friend, who he has known for many years and considers his best friend.

His friend, however, has never been interested in drugs or drinking.

It just does not appeal to him at all ever. No matter how much peer pressure my relative has used to attempt to bring him in, it never works.

His beliefs are strong and will not be swayed but he somehow ended up at your typical high school party, a place he would not desire to be.

I asked my relative what his plans for getting a ride home that night were and he informed me that they would ride home with a friend, who was a bad enough driver as it was, I had seen playing a drinking game.

I was shocked my relative would put himself and his best friend in this situation.

Could he really be this stupid?

I offered to give his friend, who was sitting on a couch alone while my relative played drinking games and smoked, a ride home. His friend was all for getting a ride with me as I was the only sober driver there.

My relative actually attempted to intervene and say that my parents would think it was weird if I drove his friend home and he wasn’t with us. He thought more about getting in trouble than his or his friend’s safety.

Well I ended up taking them both home and my parents found out.

They also found out about him “hooking people up” as he would call it.

Which in reality means he would find newbies in the pot smoking world and get their weed, take a good amount of it and charge more money. This scheme of his was a success in the fact that it gave him

munchies with his food stamps while my sister cares for their three children.

I am against it because I went to visit my friend a week after having her baby and instead of looking for work her husband was looking for the joint papers.

I am against it because it makes you ordinary and replaceable. Every where you go has the same cliché stoners.

I am against it because since my relative has picked up this “habit” I have never felt like I could trust anything he was saying.

I am against it because I saw my relative go from having an engaging and animated personality to being boring and simply fitting the stoner cliché. He went from being irreplaceable and different to being one of many.

I am against it because since he started smoking he has made it blatantly obvious that he does not care about anything as much as he cares about getting high.

Regardless of what some say it is addicting and powerful.

According to National Institute on Drug Abuse Marijuana is addictive.

“Although not everyone who uses marijuana becomes addicted, when a user begins to seek out and take the drug compulsively, that person is said to be dependent on the drug or addicted to

it. In 2004, more than 298,317 people entering drug treatment programs reported marijuana as their primary drug of abuse, showing they needed help to stop using.”

National Institute on Drug Abuse also says marijuana can be harmful in a number of ways through immediate effects and damage to health over time.

The reasons given for smoking it are primarily bullshit.

They smoke to relax, they smoke to be happy. Why can’t they be fully functioning people and relax without having to be high? Why can’t they make themselves happy?

By legalizing marijuana we are opening it up for everyone to use, as well as accepting something that should not be accepted for all to use.

The few who would benefit can never outweigh the many that would be destroyed.

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Time to move away from marijuana myths and fears

By Kayla Berge Co-Editor in Chief

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hat turns a “drug” into a “bad drug”?

Is it the mind-altering effects that have the user seeing flying badgers sailing through burning hula hoops while screaming, “Throw the cat up here; he can fly too!”? Is it because the user develops bad habits causing him to be “shady,” a thief and a murderer?

What makes a substance that has been put on the market to help people deal with pain, anxiety and other health problems transform into a substance that has you “tripping balls” while popping acid.

After years of pondering this very question, my

answer is propaganda and abusers.

You can give me all the sad, sappy, terrible, you (fill in the blank) stories you want, but the point that remains is when it comes to drugs, it won’t effect you the same way as the living, breathing carbon life form sitting right next to you. This is the reason why we have competent users and ignorant abusers, and no, they are not the same.

Competent users can sit down, use the drug, let it run its course and then get up and be productive again without bumbling up the non-user’s day. These kinds of users currently keep their affairs low to the ground and quite possibly have already come to class without you even knowing that they are “high.”

Ignorant abusers ... that’s another story. Just like the downside of every goddamn thing we do in this world, there is some poor schmo who hasn’t figured it out that maybe, just maybe, one is not invisible and that this world has a kaleidoscope of things that kick you on your ass without a hesitation. These users are the ones giggling like “school girls” in the corner, reeking of cologne and distrib class.

This is where the propaganda comes in (to be fair, on both sides).

“Propaganda A” – America’s favorite slogan, “Don’t do (fill in the blank), it will kill you!” Really?

Do you really think a drug like marijuana is more likely to kill than a common household drug like Advil?

“There are hundreds of alcohol overdose deaths each year, yet there has never been a marijuana overdose death in history,” claims SAFERchoice.org

Granted, too much of anything could overload our already delicate system and the abundance/ abuse of anything (including food) could shut it down and we would die. However, I’m not naive enough for the government to convince me that “smoking a bowl” with some friends will have us falling over dead.

Another propaganda ploy was a movie called “Reefer Madness” that was filmed to “enlighten” the public and inform the youth of the dangers of “Marihuana.” As far as propaganda goes this was the most poorly put together, yet ironically, somehow most effective piece funneled into the American homes.

The movie shows how after a few puffs from a joint of this “violent narcotic” will turn the user into a paranoid, raping murderer.

Another well versed anti-marijuana myth is “Marijuana is a gateway drug.” People, please.

Marijuana is not something that is going to drown the brain in some mind control hogwash that makes

the user say, “Hey, you know what? I’ve had so much fun with my Mary Jane, I think I’m going to go fuck with Crystal now, because damn it, Mary is just not hardcore enough for me.” The user who wants to play with methamphetamine is probably already an abuser and is looking for the next thrill. A user is going to know their limits and stick to that.

Even the Drug Policy Alliance Network admits that “Marijuana does not cause people to use hard drugs.”

DPA Network continues to state, “What the gateway theory presents as a causal explanation is a statistic association between common and uncommon drugs, an association that changes over time as different drugs increase and decrease in prevalence.

Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in the United States today.

Therefore, people who have used less popular drugs such as heroin, cocaine and LSD, are likely to have also used marijuana. Most marijuana users never use any other illegal drug. Indeed, for the large majority of people, marijuana is a terminus rather than a gateway drug.”

“Propaganda B” – The other side of the fence. This is where I’d classify dealers who feed lines to the teetering possible consumers.

An example would be, “Smoking marijuana while pregnant will actually help the baby become smarter” or any of those outrageous claims that can be cast like a net over the unsuspecting and reel them in along with some of their friends.

However, a “good dealer” is rarely a user or abuser. They are shrewd business men or women and/or propaganda masters who know more about the consumer and how they tick than the consumer knows about him or her.

But abusers and propaganda artists won’t just go away with some silly ban or outlaw of the drug; rather the better plan of action is legalizing it. Or we can take the route that Amsterdam did.

Amsterdam.info states the uniqueness of Amsterdam laws, “It

is directed by an idea that every human being may decide about the matters of its own health.”

If marijuana was legal, we could treat it like alcohol, regulate and tax it. In fact, when it comes right down to it, alcohol has more damaging effects on the brain than marijuana.

It is Amsterdam.info that I return to make this point. In Amsterdam they have strict laws that limit the quantities of the soft drugs such as marijuana. There are also conditions of sale and use. And just like alcohol, driving under the influence of the soft drugs is taken seriously.

It’s like picking your “poison” in this life. Everyone develops a vice that hinders the ability to function the ideal way in society, whether that is drugs, relationships, eating disorders or a “freaky fetish” and unless we want to be living automatons manipulated by the clever artist, let’s stop the slandering and let us teach our youth how to have moderation in our vices. After all, it’s not the gun; it’s the hand that pulls the trigger.

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Lions dance at Lan

By Kayla Berge & Mark Sunderland The Clackamas Print

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ABOVE: One of the many dancing lions from Lee’s Association parades around Lan Su Garden.

The moment of stepping through the threshold of the Lan Su Chinese Garden the visitor is transported to another world. A world of the past.

Red paper lanterns hung from roof tops, beautifully grown plants filled the air with their rich scents, a small school of fish lazily swam their way across the large lake in the center of the garden. This was a place of magic.

After showing the Garden’s greeters the receipt, the visitor is handed a pamphlet and a hongbao, a red envelope that has two pennies already inside. The hongbao is to be passed on to a younger child to protect them from evil and to bring them good luck in the upcoming year.

Feb. 14, 2010, was the start of the Year of the Tiger reaching record attendance for the Garden. The Lan Su Chinese Garden has put together

what they feel is the largest Chinese New Year (or to what is more commonly referred to as the Lunar New Year) celebration in the country. The festival started on the new year (the Feb. 14) and will continue everyday until the Feb. 28, 14 days later. No two days will have the same program.

One visitor, a Portland Art Institute student, Dylan Wainwright came to film the event.

“Oh, it’s great; it’s a beautiful location we’ve been here for just a little while now, but so far it’s been really interesting. The lion dance was pretty cool,” said Wainwright. This was his first visit to the Lan Su Chinese Garden.

“I love looking at all the bonsai trees,” Wainwright admitted.

Last Sunday’s program consisted of tiger mask coloring, red paper lantern making, story time, calligraphy demonstrations, a performance from the Portland Orchids and Bamboo Chinese Ensemble and the highlighted Lee’s Association lion dance and dragon procession performances.

Starting at 11:30 a.m. and every hour after until 2:30 p.m., Shirley Hoem read stories from vivid colored picture books to her audience.

“I love interacting with the children and having them making the animal sounds,” Hoem said with a smile.

A table stood before her with stuffed animals spread across it for her props. Each animal represented the animals of the big race to become part of the Lunar Year calendar. Her young volunteer held the stuffed dragon above his head and waved it in the air like a toy rocket after Hoem gives the boy his cue.

“There’s only a few Chinese Gardens outside of China and we are really blessed to have one here in Portland,” Hoem stated. “The garden is in bloom all year long. I wish my garden was like that.”

From noon to 2 p.m. Dr. Yang sat behind a desk demonstrating calligraphy on red sheets of paper.

Every hour from noon until 3 p.m. there was a lion dance put on by the

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Another lion shows its stuff in front of the Tower of Reflections tea house.

BOTTOM: Kids color tiger masks and make paper lanterns.

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By Mark Sunderland The Clackamas Print Passing through Chinese gardens that are filled with various flora and fauna with a stone walkway that winds its way through the various halls. The stone walkway leads one through the Hall of Brocade Clouds and past the Painted Boat in

Misty Rain to a hall marked by its two stories and windows carved in simple scroll work.Entering the two storied hall, one is greeted by a simple cluster of wooden tables and woven mats resting upon them.

The place is the tea house in the Chinese garden and the tea house is called ‘The Tower of Reflections’ that is located on 239 Everett St., and is part of the Chinese gardens.

The interior of the tea house is floored in simple stonework with pillars of polished wood and a display case off to the left as one enters.

The display case is filled of various tea serving ware and tin canisters of loose leaf teas.

The air is filled with the soft sound of a Erhu playing; the Erhu is an instrument that dates 500 years in the past Chinese history and is a widely used two string violin.

The set of tables downstairs are lined with either simple

wooden benches or carved wood chairs. The ceiling is lined with lamps that one might find in any Chinese restaurant. Walls are decorated by various wall scrolls of planets and animals with potted plants scattered here and there to add to the quiet atmosphere.

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Su Chinese Garden Lee’s Association. The lion dance consists of three lions. Each lion consists of two dancers, one which controls the head’s movement and expressions and the other dancer controls the rear and is able to lift the first person into the air in order for the lion to stand on its hindquarters.

“This team was formed in April of 2004,” coach Terry Lee said. “The lion dance is more of power and energy and based on Chinese Kung Fu, so a lot of strong dancers, powerful movements.”

The lions playfully left the stage in search for food, wading through the audience. There were a total of five different lions between three different performances.

“We’re trying to figure out a way to get the youth involved; bring in some young people and teach them the traditions,” Terry Lee said.

At 4 p.m. two of the lions were accompanied by a long dragon controlled by nine dancers.

“The dragon is really long, kind of like a serpent, and the movements

are different,” Terry Lee explained.

“It’s more graceful. It’s more of doing formations and patterns with it.”

Brandon Lee, one of the dragon dancers explained how he became involved, “My uncle’s the coach.

When he wanted to start he just asked all of his little nephews if we wanted to do something fun.”

“It’s a great experience, you get to meet a bunch of interesting people,” Lee continued. “You get to go to a lot of different places. It’s pretty cool. We go to the convention center, here; we go to a bunch of local businesses on 82nd. We just go all around Portland, really.”

“For this year’s New Year, we have 30 events scheduled,” Terry Lee said.

The 15 day festival will end on Feb. 28 with what is called the “Lantern Viewing.” There will be 200 lanterns floating in

the lake while all the red lanterns are lit. It promises to be quite a sight to see. On Feb. 27 and 28 the Lee’s Association will return to the Chinese Garden to perform their lion dance and dragon procession. On Feb. 28, the Lee’s Association dragon procession will be held at 7:30 p.m. while the 200 lanterns light the lake.

Despite the threatening rain, the nonprofit Lan Su Chinese Garden kept the celebration strong and is looking forward to the rest of the Lunar Year Celebration.

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ABOVE: Terry Lee leads the dragon procession through the garden.

house review Traveling from the downstairs to the upstairs via a winding set of stairs. The upstairs is much like the downstairs in décor with the tables arrayed against the windows and down the middle of the room. The windows overlook the gardens and with the windows open there is a pleasant breeze that drifts over the

water and plant life.

Beyond the quiet atmosphere and calming surroundings is a tea house which means they serve tea among other variety of products.

The main focus, of course, is the tea that comes in a wide selection of green to black teas. The selection is vast enough to be daunting to one who hasn’t done a study of tea and yet, the choices can be broken down easily enough. The menu gives a very detailed description of the teas and the flavor and texture each tea beholds. Green teas, black teas, to herbal infusions and chai teas: herbal teas that vary from the infusions as they aren’t a blended mix of leaves and spices.

Pick a tea from the mild green teas to a potent black tea. Yet what is tea without some snack or light meal? Why, it would be nothing but a simple pot of tea to which one could enjoy a quiet afternoon overlooking the garden that hides the city beyond the walls. The issue that may arise is that most teas are enjoyed with some sort of snack that varies from Chinese dumplings to a bowl of noodles bedecked with carrots and turkey (or tofu for those

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Dr. Yang demonstrates calligraphy for visitors to the garden.

BOTTOM: A bamboo lion dances in front of people along the walkways.

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who aren’t meat eaters).

The food listed on the menu is a much shorter list with a selection that one wouldn’t find in any ‘regular’ Chinese restaurant with dishes of sweet mango to a platter of various fruits and nuts. There is enough variety to perk one’s interest and, while not all, the food is tasty; even if it is a bit oddly named. All in all, the tea house can be quite an experience and that experience blended with a visit to the gardens themselves. It is quite an opportunity, especially if one gets a chance to visit the garden and tea house on a Chinese holiday or event.

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By Jaime Dunkle The Clackamas Print What do you know about Norwegian black metal? What have you heard about it? The estranged subculture is shrouded with rumors of Satanism and cannibalism, and its prominent artists have been convicted of arson and murder. Is it surprising that the pioneers of such a sordid scene are actually funny and even polite?!

The only documentary film about black metal, “Until The Light Takes Us,” is showcasing at the Clinton Street Theater in Southeast Portland Tuesday, Feb. 9. The theater offered a discounted fare, knocking $2 off the price. Enough fans of black metal attended to nearly fill all available seats; the place was packed.

Some people were repeat viewers, like Eric Ongtooguk.

“It’s good. It shows more of the bands’ perspective,” Ongtooguk said.

The film was advertised as a platform to allow the artists to speak for themselves. It claimed to uncover the ideas inspiring two of the main black metal progenitors: Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell of Darkthrone and Varg “Count Grishnackh” Vikernes of Burzum.

Vikernes and Nagell were hilarious all throughout the movie, although they both had their own unique sense of humor. Nagell was effortlessly funny whereas Vikernes was a pompous heckler. Nagell’s personality had an element of selfdeprecating black comedy – he’s more like, “You suck and it makes me depressed”. Anyone with a brain can relate to him. Vikernes was moreirony. focused on political anomalies and

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Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell of Darkthrone is one of the primary people in “Until The Light Takes Us.” New York filmmakers Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites toured with “Until The Light Takes Us” last year. They presented their film and hosted a meet and greet at the Hollywood Theatre in the Portland Hollywood District. The screening was “maybe one of the strangest” of the tour, according to Ewell.

“A few people in Portland seemed to get really angry at one of the people in the film (Varg, of course), and they seemed to want to argue with us as if we were proxies for him,” Ewell stated in an e-mail interview. “We both left feeling that

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it was a hostile crowd, but then the weirdest thing was that we got all these e-mails afterwards from people there saying how much they loved the film.”

No one appeared disgruntled at last week’s showing at the Clinton Street Theater. Notably, Vikernes was not talking about his wellknown racially motivated political beliefs as much as expected considering the alleged reactions to the film. After reading the essays on his Web site, it seemed like a lot of his personality was left on the cutting room floor. However, Vikernes did

make some bold statements in the movie.

“Christianity is the roots to all problems in our modern world,” convicted church burner Vikernes said in the film.

Vikernes continued to talk about the Americanization of the world and the negative influence of NATO. The film cut to billboards advertising name brand products and fast food signs cluttering a quaint Norwegian village. Everyone laughed. It was probably one of the most evocative scenes in the film.

Nagell was not interested in the political agenda of Vikernes.

Although Nagell repeatedly emphasized that depression and darkness were the main motivators behind his band Darkthrone, he had a funny way of expressing himself on film that made everyone in the theater audience laugh throughout the entire movie.

During a phone interview, unrelated to but in the film, Nagell seemed to be getting annoyed with the journalist because she was surprised that he was talking about techno music instead of black metal.

“We in Oslo, we are not secluding [sic]. We know about all sorts of styles of music. We are not fucking living in a trailer camp just listening to Anthrax, if you know what I mean,” Nagell said.

Even some of his down-trodden comments evoked fits of laughter.

“What I’ve done with my last two albums should drive people to suicide,” Nagell said during the aforementioned interview.

There were a lot of people involved in the film, but there could have been more. There was a lot of talk about the beginning versus the end of black metal. The originators were bitter about it becoming a

trend. It would have been interesting to see interviews from the current fans that are hated by the old school bands.

It didn’t make sense how the film portrayed Kjetil-Vidar “Frost” Haraldstad of Satyricon. They made him look like a Gothic geek. He’s one of the most amazing drummers in the world. His band Satyricon performed at the Hawthorne Theatre last October. It was their first headlining tour in America. Everyone is still talking about how incredible the show was. Nagell even appeared on two Satyricon albums. Making Haraldstad look stupid was a major contradiction. Why put him on the movie poster?

Overall, “Until The Light Takes Us” was worth watching.

It succeeded in answering, “How the hell did it happen?” The conflict between Vikernes and Nagell was depressing at times because Vikernes came across as a snide jerk, whereas Nagell was indifferent, zany and considerate. Some of the scenes were too long, especially during the segment with visual artist, probably a trust funder, Bjarne Melgaard. There were some arguably important things omitted, but it didn’t kill the premise.

The Clinton Street keeps prolonging the run, so call them if you want to catch a show. It didn’t play the first day it was advertised, so be sure to contact the theater. The employees told customers to “never trust the Web site.”

Clinton Street Theater 2522 SE Clinton St. Portland (503) 238-8899 “Until The Light Takes Us” www.blackmetalmovie.com

Rock climbing provides Top 20 symptoms to tell that elevated PE opportunity you might be a college student

By Javierh Montero The Clackamas Print Exercise is a great way of not only looking great, but it’s also good for your health.

It increases energy levels, releases endorphins into the brain allowing you to feel better; it can help prevent certain types of diseases such as osteoporosis, help you manage high blood pressure, and it can even put the spark back into sex life.

But if exercise alone is not fun enough, rock climbing, aside from being extremely fun, will help also you improve balance, teach you how to tie knots for safety and allow you to move muscles everywhere.

“I love it; it’s a lot of fun, and I feel more energized. It’s a great feeling,” said Sage Losh, a rock climbing student.

“It’s a whole body exercise!”

Do students need to have a certain type of body? Not necessarily. According to rockclimbing.com, “[You] don’t need to be young or extremely fit to pick up climbing. Many people start later on in their life, and there are excellent climbers of all ages.”

Rock climbing is not even entirely about strength. As a matter of fact, even older students can climb, in many cases, even better than some males can.

Why would that be? Well, climbing has a lot to do with

balance and adaptation.

These are some of the valuable skills that students learn.

In a safe environment with people watching out, students get to climb, learn and experience the feeling of being supported no longer by their feet but by their entire bodies. Mind participation is also required, as students need to stay alert and aware of their surroundings.

With classes once a week, rock climbing is not only a good and fun sport, it is also time convenient and accessible for anyone who wants to try something different, something new or simply something to brag about.

“It’s actually hard to climb it but very rewarding.

It’s easy to tie the knots.

You just have to put effort, and it’s fun!” said Losh.

Rock climbing can be a great experience, lots of fun and an awesome way to exercise. Students will get by all means, valuable skills not only for the class but also for the future. And even though it might be a challenge for some, at the end, it’s a sport to be proud of for many.

For more information, contact rock climbing instructor, Marlin Kendall at (503) 657-6958 ext. 2526 or e-mail him at marlink@ clackamas.edu.

By Annemarie Schulte Arts & Culture Editor 1. You lick the butter from the inside of a popcorn bag … not because you like butter, but because you’re hungry.

2. “I Love College” by Asher Roth is your anthem.

3. You count the hours of sleep you’re going to get right before you go to bed; you consider four hours a solid night.

4. You consider procrastination a fine art.

5. Applebee’s is fine dining.

6. When you have an 8 a.m. class, 8 a.m. is really just a suggestion.

7. You belong to the Facebook group “Shit, it’s due tomorrow?”

8. You think fortune cookies are an excellent source of nutrition.

9. The golden rule: don’t pass out with

your shoes on.

10. You play the ‘penis game’ during a lecture.

11. You only need two things to survive: booze and food.

12. You’ve figured out 30 different ways to cook Top Ramen.

13. Taking produce from the cafeteria is “grocery shopping.”

14. You come home to your roommate eating cereal with a spatula and plate because there’s nothing else clean, and you’re both too lazy to do the dishes 15. When you hear the word “pong,” you immediately think of the drinking game.

16. You bring a laptop to every class.

Not to take notes but to have something during to do during the two hour lecture, i.e. Facebook.

17. You went through an “experimental phase.”

18. Watching YouTube and lighting random things on fire are your normal forms of entertainment.

19. You shoot for getting to class 25 minutes early just to get a decent parking spot.

20. You’ve blurred out substances in photos before adding them to Facebook.

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Meteorologist Dave Salesky talks to students about forecasting the weather while standing in the Storm Tracker Weather Center after the 6:30 p.m. newscast.

By Travis Hardin The Clackamas Print “Does anybody drive a Toyota?

Get ready.”

Those simple words uttered from news anchor Steve Dunn during a commercial break drew laughs from the eager crowd compiled inside the first floor television studio at 2153 NE Sandy Blvd.

Co-anchor Debra Knapp even couldn’t help but chuckle as the evening news team prepared for the 6:30 p.m. news segment.

On Thursday, Feb. 4, students from Clackamas Community College accompanied Kelly Brennan of the communications department into the waiting lobby of KATU and into a world that very few people have the chance to actually see. Lobby seats normally occupied by audience members for AM Northwest now were being utilized by public speaking and digital multimedia students.

When asked how long he has been taking students to KATU, Brennan replied, “Well, I worked with Steve [Dunn] on Town Hall years ago, so I’ve been probably doing this off and on for about 14 years and the first five years, we did it five years in a row, then we took [the students] every other year, and it’s been the last three years we’ve been here. We only come twice a year, like I was saying before, so we don’t overstay our welcome.”

Anticipation grew as the clock on the wall read 5:31 p.m. The man, who a couple minutes earlier was being broadcasted over the air waves, would be on his way to greet and welcome the students.

At 5:35 p.m., Dunn, wearing black slacks, a light blue dress shirt and pink tie, appeared in the lobby, catching some students off guard.

Those students had their backs to the hallway and didn’t see Dunn

approaching the crowd.

A very enthusiastic Dunn took about six questions from students until 5:45 p.m. and then was back to work. Dunn spent the remaining time proofreading the scripts for the 6 p.m. news. According to Dunn he doesn’t know what stories he will be covering, so proofreading the scripts gives him the chance to see the stories and make sure the flow of the story is appropriate.

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You can have a lot of pretty faces in front of the camera, but if you can’t write and tell a story, then you’re not going to last long.

Steve Dunn KATU news anchor

After Dunn left, Steve Benham a KATU employee from the Web department, which is housed in the news room, appeared in the waiting area. Benham would be the students’ official tour guide for the evening and would give first hand accounts of how the station operates on any given day. It has been in this same building that those operations have continued since the news station’s

inception in March of 1962.

Due to the size of the attendees, 48 in total, the crowd was divided into two groups. The first group was swept away and taken into the news studio to watch the 6 p.m. news live in person. Aside from being reunited with Dunn, students were welcomed

by Knapp and meteorologist Dave Salesky.

When asked if there was anything that the students looked forward to seeing, Brennan said, “Well they want to meet the news anchors. I mean it’s like a local celebrity and I think it’s their idea to get a glimpse into the word of broadcasting.”

The other half of the group was taken on a tour of KATU that included stops in the newsroom, the new digital control room as well as the old analog control room with a final destination of the television studio.

In the newsroom, students had a chance to speak with Craig McMillan, the chief editor at KATU, and peek into one of the many video editing rooms where news stories are polished up for broadcast. In the small dimly-lit rooms, there is nothing more than a desk, chair and computer.

Inside the control room, students watched quietly as the production team skillfully orchestrated the evening news. Tasks included directing camera shots, organizing the order of news stories and controlling commercial breaks. Some students had a chance to speak with Lee Maxwell, an ignite operator with KATU, who was working at a desk in the back of the room. Maxwell was working away on a computer and was getting prepared for the broadcast, which was a mere 10 minutes away.

Just before the 6:30 p.m. newscast, both groups rotated and group two filed into the studio. The first students to enter filled the two rows of chairs that were located on the anchor’s right side of the news desk.

The remaining students stood as the double doors were closed and the anchors made last minute adjustments. The very large green screen, which sits in front of the news desk, drew everyone’s attention. It was there that students got to see Salesky in action as he delivered the local weather.

In between air times, Dunn, Knapp and Salesky interacted with the students taking questions, making jokes and offering advice into the world of broadcast journalism.

Students learned that the anchors have to buy their own wardrobes and do their own make-up, unlike the early days of television. Back then, anchors got a clothing allowance and had someone designated to do their make-up and hair. With the decrease in revenue, those days are long gone.

After the news team signed off, Dunn and Salesky stayed around in

Students and family members take turns sitting at the KATU news desk after the nightly newscast. Students had their pictures taken with Steve Dunn and Dave Salesky, partook in a question and answer session with the news team and toured the KATU building on Feb. 4.

the studio, inviting students up to the news desk to have a seat. Students also got to have their pictures taken with Dunn and Salesky and finished the night with a question and answer section right inside the studio.

Asked what piece of advice he would give to students trying to get into market, Dunn responded, “Run. No, no, no. I’m kidding. Learn to write; learn absolutely how to write because the people that really move up in this business are the good writers. You can have a lot of pretty faces in front of the camera, but if you can’t write and tell a story, then you’re not going to last long. We’ve all seen it.”

Just as the evening came to a close, Dunn was asked if he ever had a moment while the cameras were filming live and the news story was so intense that he almost couldn’t keep his composure, he replied, “Yes we had … several. For me it was a number of years ago, the Oregon City girls killed by Ward Weaver. It was an odd situation anyway because we didn’t think [the police] were going

to find the bodies that day. It was a Saturday, and they said to me … ‘just come in and sit on the anchor desk just in case they find somebody.’ It was 7 o’clock in the morning, and I sat here by myself until 5 o’clock at night. From 7 to 5 at night, just on that story because they found the bodies, with no commercial breaks, it was a stressful environment anyway, it was emotional. They kept finding these girls.”

The studio stood still, quiet, people looking at each other, pondering what Dunn had just said. Out of everything that Dunn had reported on in his career, the one story that stood out in his mind was the one that occurred just outside the campus of the college.

After the tour, Clackamas student Ryan Brinsfield was asked what he learned from the tour, his response was, “How they do the news basically, where it starts with the journalist and getting the stories, like the newsroom and how the story moves up to the people and eventually makes it to the TV screen.

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Created by Roxanne Matthews GED Proctor

horoscopes for the week

By Swami W. G. Harding Aries (March 21 – April 19): Don’t put the top down on your convertible when you drive. Trust me; you will regret it.

Libra (September 23 – October 22): This is a good time to make peace with your Scorpio enemy. They are receptive to compromise.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20): You will long be remembered for your intense cruelty.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20): Neptune and its moon, Triton, want to know when the last time you called your mother was. She gave birth to you; you should be more considerate.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22): You will inherit a million dollars and the next day, lose it all on the stock market. Good job.

Leo (July 23 – August 22): Signs say you are the carrier of a virus that will start the next pandemic.

Virgo (August 23 – September 22): Mars says you should build a survivalist bunker under your house in preparation for the coming pandemic.

sudoku

How to play: Make sure the numbers 1-9 are in each box. At the same time, there must be the numbers 1-9 vertically and horizontally. All numbers must match up accordingly.

9 3 2 1 5 7 6 8 4

1 4 6 8 3 9 5 2 7

8 5 7 4 2 6 3 9 1

3 6 1 7 9 2 8 4 5

5 7 8 3 6 4 9 1 2

4 2 9 5 8 1 7 3 6

7 1 3 9 4 5 2 6 8

2 8 4 6 7 3 1 5 9

6 9 5 2 1 8 4 7 3

Last week’s sudoku answers

9 4 5 1 8 9 7 5 3 7 1 8 4 1 9 1 4 6 2 3 7 8 1 3 6 7 3 9 1 4 6

Scorpio (October 23 – November 21): Now is your best opportunity to take advantage of your Libra nemesis’ naivety. They will offer a truce and that is when you should strike hardest. I recommend brass knuckles.

Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21): Be like a grizzly bear: huge, predatory and aggressive.

Capricorn (December 22 – January 19): It is all down from here.

Fortunately, just like a roller coaster, by going downhill you can gain a lot of momentum and smash into something while going really, really ridiculously fast.

Aquarius (January 20 – February 18): There is a monster in your pantry at home. You need to buy yourself a shotgun to get rid of the thing and also get some new groceries as all your food was eaten.

Pisces (February 19 – March 20): The best you can do isn’t good enough.