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Wild waves of white cold water

By Jaime Dunkle Associate News Editor Whirling currents whipped river sports enthusiasts up and down the Clackamas River this weekend. The rushing river plummeted to temperatures as low as 41 degrees Fahrenheit, showing no mercy for competitors.

Aquatic game lovers journeyed from Washington, Idaho and California to wrestle the waters at the 27th Upper Clackamas White Water Festival on

Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16. People meandered to the site at Carter Bridge before the first race at 9:30 a.m. Winners of the UCWWF will compete next year for the national competition, and the champion from that will represent the U.S. in an international competition.

More than 100 unique teams and individuals attended, according to Registration Chair Maren Vikan.

Luke Spencer, from The Next Adventure, has been kayaking for 12 years.

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While fighting their way down the Clackamas River, Team Mega Tran struggles to help their teammate, who is floating in near 41 degree water, back into the raft during the Clackamas White Water Festival on May 16.

Richelle Heacock returns to campus

By Mark Foster Sports Editor After a four-month hiatus from the Clackamas Community College campus, former Cougar volleyball star Richelle Heacock visited the college on Tuesday, May 11 for a welcome back barbecue.

Teammates, friends and faculty were among those who greeted Heacock when she came back to Clackamas for the first time since her accident. This was not the first time she had seen her team, though, who had visited her twice in the hospital in Seattle.

She did admit it was a different feeling coming back to Clackamas given the situation, she said, “It feels good to be back, but it’s kind of weird being in a different situation, but it’s helping me move on with everything.”

Head coach Kathie Woods was ecstatic to have her former all-region setter back on campus, saying, “I’m so excited ... we have missed her so much and it’s just

good to see her here.”

Woods has been of huge support for Heacock since the Jan. 4 car accident, which left Richelle paralyzed from the chest down, visiting her 13 times while she was in the hospital as well as after she returned home.

Peg Heacock, Richelle’s mother, acknowledged that Woods has been a huge rock for Richelle and herself while dealing with this tragedy.

“It’s kind of been a life line. Kathie’s been very loving and supporting and helping us in every way. Any time I think there was another crisis, I was able to text Kathie or call her and she was very faithful in supporting us,” said Heacock.

Woods wishes she could have been there with her more but the distance has hindered that “It’s been really hard because it’s so far away. It’s been killing me” she said.

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ASG elections draw to a winning close Voting for the ASG election ended with a total of 122 voters.

Barbara Sue McCambridge won with 72 votes against Sage Losh who had a total of 44 votes for the position of ASG vice president.

Voting occurred for two days starting on May 13.

Alyssa Fava also gained a total of 86 votes and again is our student body president with McCambridge as our new vice president for the 2010-2011 school year.

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Ancient healing marries medicine

By Erik Andersen News Editor As of right now the worlds between Western modern medical practice and the Eastern holistic medical methods have always been separated by a huge void. With Western modern medicine consisting of pills, surgery and methods of a more technical practice, some may see holistic practice to be somewhat taboo. Holistic medicine is a practice that has been around for thousands of years dealing with such methods as acupuncture, herbal treatment and massage therapy.

Clyde Jensen, a teacher at Clackamas Community College Harmony campus, is doing something few, if any, have done before him in the field of medicine. Jensen has developed a program that, as he would say, “bridges the gap” between the two completely different fields that share the same goal.

Jensen has his PhD in physiology and pharmacology. Jensen says that he has been teaching in the medical field his whole career, and although he started in teaching, Jensen, at the age 32 became the president of a medical school. Jensen didn’t stop there though.

He would soon become the president in about half a dozen medical schools which included MD colleges, osteopathic colleges and the naturopathic college in Portland where he started an oriental medicine program. According to Jensen, he is one of the few in the country, if not the world, with the experience of being in charge of such a diverse array of health science doctor level institutions.

Jensen’s goal for CCC is to create a program that takes both Western modern medicine and holistic medicine and put them in the same room. The program that Jensen has put together is

called Collaborative Health Care, and the reason Jensen said he calls it that is because he believes that it puts the two fields together that should collaborate together.

“I began teaching this course entitled the ‘health professions continuum’ where we are teaching the students how to assess the levels of scope and assess the variations in philosophy in the health care professions,” said Jensen.

“What I’m interested in doing here at the community college is training some of the entry level health care professions to simply understand the philosophies in the professions on both sides of the continuum.”

As mentioned, Jensen’s goal is to link the two professions on opposite sides of the medical spectrum. Here at CCC, this will be on the lower levels of the profession on account of the fact that Clackamas is just a two-year school. Jensen explained that not only does it have to start somewhere but he also has aspirations of creating whole new career paths that never before existed.

“I believe that there is a need for a profession that might be called a collaborative case manager. Again that’s a speculative title of the profession, but I think it’s a descriptive one,” said Jensen.

Jensen continues to explain that a collaborative case manager would be the person who a patient would see to learn what type of treatment would be best for their situation, whether it be more Western medicine or something along the lines of holistic medicine.

The course went in front of the curriculum committee early Friday, May 14 and was approved to be put into the school’s curriculum catalog; Jensen hopes to teach the class in the fall of 2010.

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Clyde Jensen describes the layout of the new program that he anticipates teaching in the fall of 2010, called Collaborative Heath Care.

Tuition increase predicted to turn away returning students

By Brian Baldwin The Clackamas Print “What is a student supposed to do if they can’t afford tuition?” asked student Crystal Springs, adding, “I think it’s ridiculous because students already pay a lot to get their education.”

Springs is talking about the $2 increase in tuition per credit hour that will begin summer term 2010.

According to Chuck Clemans, one of the seven elected officials of the Board of Education for CCC, the increase of tuition was needed because of the drop in state funding. At the 2007-2009 biennium, community colleges received about $500 million dollars in state funding. However the 2009-2011 appropriations show that it will drop to $450 million, even with the passing of measures 66 and 67.

“We took a 10 percent reduction in our appropriations for colleges. Financial forecasters for the 2011 legislative session are suggesting we may get even less in the next biennium. Looking at where this college is heading financially, with or without the tuition increase, we’re heading for some pretty tough times,” said Clemans.

Initially college president Joanne Truesdell had hoped for a $3 increase for the 2010-2011 school year, adding the $2 to tuition and $1 to student

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fees. The Board had called a budget committee to review the proposal, but after hearing testimony from several students and reading postcards that students submitted in March, the Board decided to postpone their vote until their meeting on April 14.

“We solicited information from students all across campus. We had 261 student stories and 50 percent of those were students saying ‘If this $3 increase happens, I’m priced out. I cannot come back to Clackamas because I cannot afford to drive anymore, I can’t afford to buy food anymore, I can’t pay my bills anymore, and I can’t buy books anymore.’

Students are truly really struggling,” said ASG president Alyssa Fava.

Clemans brought a motion to the floor that accepted the $2 increase of tuition but cut the increase of fees. The motion passed 6-1, with member Ron Adams voting against it.

“Part of my rational was going into this year we raised tuition $10 per credit hour. My worry was if we waited another year without at least a modest increase, then again we have to do another really steep increase sometime next year,” explained Clemans.

Courtney Wilton, vice president of student services, projects that this increase of tuition will generate a total of $340,000 for the college. If the Board of Education had accepted the original plan and included the $1 increase to fees, the college would have generated another $170,000, making the total $510,000.

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“I think they were trying to be sympathetic to students. It’s a mix; there are some students I think that are doing OK financially and another dollar for them is roughly $15 a term. There are others that are absolutely on the edge, so I think they were trying to be sensitive to those students that are having a tough time affording college,” said Wilton when asked about why he felt the Board did not accept Truesdell’s original proposal.

Fava also commented that when the $2 increase was approved she got a call from Shelly Parini, the dean of college advancement, asking if she wanted to help make their in-house CCC scholarships more accessible. Another topic that was brought up from the Board’s meeting on the April 14 was the possible introduction of scholarships that help cover student fees.

“Clackamas has very high fees. We don’t have any scholarships that support that to help and cover it; it’s mostly just for tuition and books,” stated Fava.

Zach Cooper, another student against the tuition increase, tried to see the issue from the administrative side. “To a certain extent it’s understandable if they are losing state funding, but you know it is unfortunate; it’s not ideal for the students,” he said. “It’s a tank of gas. In times like this it’s important to be able to hold onto all the money you can.”

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Driving to be green Tim Maher, sustainability coordinator for CCC, studies greenhouse gas emissions to determine how the college can reduce pollution

By Jaime Dunkle Associate News Editor Carbon Dioxide. Methane. Nitrous Oxide.

Fluorinated gases. Vehicles are one of the top polluters of these greenhouse gases into the Earth’s atmosphere.

Sustainability Coordinator Tim Maher is focusing on measuring and reducing Clackamas Community College’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Data collection is the essential way to give a number to Clackamas’ GGE. Students took a GGE survey in early May, and the information will contribute to future funding of sustainability projects, such as possibly establishing a long-term shuttle to the college.

Research data has come from several different campus groups — from the business office to fertilizer information, energy usage, natural gas usage, heating and cooling and refrigerants, but the most challenging information to obtain was commuting.

“Greenhouse gas inventory is what I’m finishing up right now,” Maher said. “It’s been my main project all year.”

The Department of Environmental Quality requires that employers with over 200 employees take the survey every two years, to calculate GGE. The recent survey taken by students is similar to the mandatory one school employees had to take, except the new survey accurately calculates travel mileage.

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“Originally, the survey just asked number of trips per week,” Maher said. “It just said that you did drive that day, and that’s all the information they needed.”

To estimate travel distance, DEQ referenced the average miles per trip for the average Portland Metro commuter, which is 8.2 miles.

“I don’t think we should use that because we’re probably going to be a lot higher than that,” Maher said.

Maher teamed up with Environmental Health & Safety Officer George Sims and Website Coordinator Dean Walch and modified the preexisting survey to configure the precise amount of GGE contributed by students. One of the major changes was adding the Google Maps mileage calculator.

“We just made a couple of changes,” Maher said.

“It had to get approved by everybody, and that took a while.”

The greenhouse gases inventory will be available publically in a few weeks, according to Maher.

The temporary shuttle from Clackamas Town Center to CCC is a green experiment to offer students an alternative to driving to the college. GGE results will implement the development of more clean — aka green — transportation for students and staff.

“As we move forward and make more and more energy efficient measures, we try to come up with all of these avenues to knock down our commuters,” Maher said.

Any progress made will be traceable via the GGE surveys. The lack of public transit to the college makes it challenging to tackle transportation options.

“We know that public transit is not very good,” Maher said about community transportation to CCC. “We’re trying to come up with all these ideas.”

The shuttle was one of those ideas. Making bus passes readily available was another. Some additional incentives and possibilities are feasible, while others are not. Regardless of the method, the goal remains the same — decrease the amount of GGE coming from CCC. “The shuttle is a pilot. We’re averaging about 60 people a day, and June 10 is the last day,” Maher said.

“After that, we are going to be collecting a lot of data on ridership.”

Depending on how many people utilize the shuttle, it may or may not continue. The project will request more funds in the fall of 2010 and the money will not go through for about a year, according to Maher.

If the shuttle becomes permanent, a bike rack may be included because many people are requesting it.

Student Devon Seale is finishing a transfer degree at CCC. He takes public transit routinely from Molalla.

When it comes to measuring GGE, Seale is skeptical about how the data will be used.

“It’ll be interesting to see where they take it,” Seale said.

Seale believes that global warming is a serious issue.

“I have seen some pretty strong evidence that it’s not some myth people are coming up with,” Seale said.

“It’s a fact, and it scares me, and anything we can do to combat that will be useful.”

President of Associated Student Government Alyssa Fava supports the efforts of Maher and the GGE survey.

“Anyway we can help students get to and from campus cheaper, with less carbon emission, is awesome,” Fava said.

Fava lives across from the campus and walks to and from campus every day.

“I think it’s unfortunate how reliant we are on our cars,” Fava said. “I think walking is a lost art.”

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Cougar athletes commit to colleges

By Steven Weldon Associate Sports Editor As graduation nears, athletes are making their decisions on where to go after Clackamas.

Some may take their two-year degree and immediately go to work, while others decide to take their academics over athletics and go to a university without playing a sport. These athletes have decided to take their skills from the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or even the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Jeff Dorman, a guard on the Cougars’ basketball team, is taking his basketball prowess north, to Seattle Pacific University.

Rylee Peterson is bouncing her basketball skills to Western Oregon. Samie Genskay, second baseman on the softball team, is headed to Concordia University.

Joanna Abraham of the volleyball team is moving on to Corban College and Alison Riggs of the soccer team is kicking off to Linfield College.

Dorman, an All-NWAACC South Region player who was a starting guard on two Cougars NWAACC championship teams, averaged 19.5 points per game, 4.1 rebounds per game and 4.5 assists per game during his soph-

omore season. During his second year at Clackamas, he had two exciting game winning shots, including a buzzer-beating three pointer over Mt. Hood to cap a 19-point comeback. Dorman said he chose Seattle Pacific because, “It’s like the Clackamas of that level [NCAA Division II]” Peterson, also an AllNWAACC South Region player in the women’s basketball category, is headed to Western Oregon.

Peterson said, “I went on a few visits before visiting Western … it just felt right. I wanted to stay close to home so my friends and family could come watch … it’s close to Philomath where I played high school ball for two years, and [WOU] made a good offer. I couldn’t refuse.”

Genskay, a softball second baseman, decided on Concordia University. “I am going there to play softball, which I am super excited about. Also I really liked the campus and Concordia has nursing so I am hoping to get a good education.”

Abraham is an outside hitter on the volleyball team, heading to Corban College. The former Cougar volleyball team leader said about Corban, “I really like the coach and the girls on the volleyball team there. I know people who have gone there and enjoyed their experiences at the school, and Corban is a great school for my major.” Abraham will be reuniting with coach Nels

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Norquist, who coached the freshman team at Canby High School while Abraham was playing varsity volleyball.

Riggs is a forward for the women’s soccer squad who is taking her skill on the pitch to Linfield College. On heading to Linfield, Riggs said, “I have always loved the campus and the atmosphere at Linfield.

I’ve wanted to go there since I was a senior in high school …

I just knew that’s where I was meant to be.”

These five athletes aren’t the only ones going off to four-year schools. Cheheles Tapscott of the men’s basketball team signed with Portland State and wrestler Tyrell Fortune pinned Ohio State as his next stop. Also, wrestlers Anthony Weerhiem and Rudy Schaffroth have signed with Montana State University-Northern, wrestlers Brett Sanchez agreed to go to California StateFullerton, Josh Miller decided to head north to Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, and wrestler Prescott Garner has flown east to Boston University in Massachusetts.

While they leave Clackamas for bigger and better opportunities on and off their field, court or mat, where they began will not be forgotten.

HEACOCK: Ex-Cougar greeted by familiar faces

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Richelle Heacock gets her hair done by former teammate Kellie Gamble during a barbecue on May 11 in which Heacock returned to Clackamas Community College for the first time since before her car accident on January 4.

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Heacock was injured in a car accident on Jan. 4 while heading home to Eatonville, Wash. to attend the funeral of Deputy Kent Mundell, a colleague of Heacock’s father.

She was traveling along Highway 7 when she swerved to avoid an oncoming car and flipped hers. She shattered her C-5 vertebrae.

After the accident, residents of Eatonville and Ashford, Wash. began raising funds to help pay for hotels and meals while the Heacocks stayed with their daughter at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. A meeting was held days after the accident to begin planning how the town could help the family in renovating their home to make it accessible for her wheelchair.

Organizers were expecting between 30 and 50 people to show, not the 200 who appeared ready and willing to help this family in need.

Tammy Vinson became friends with the Heacock family after attending the meeting. Vinson was formerly a registered nurse and has become one of Richelle’s caregivers. Vinson’s church was one of the organizations that wanted to help the family with the renovations in whatever way they could but were turned away because of an already overwhelming amount of resources donated.

“Our church was trying to bring food or whatever we

could do to help and there was no room for us because so many people were supporting.

There was all the food that was needed, all the helpers.

They said, ‘We don’t need food; we’ve got so much!’” said Vinson.

Peg Heacock has been taken aback by the amount of support from everyone that has reached out to them, describing it simply as “unlimited.”

She said, “I keep thinking at this point that it’s done, but there still seems always more ... they have gone over and beyond anything that you can even imagine.”

The Heacocks’ home has undergone renovations which have essentially doubled the home in size. Volunteers added a whole new wing to the house which now serves as Richelle’s apartment.

The apartment is completely wheelchair accessible, with a kitchen and bathroom that are wheelchair friendly. It was also fitted with wood floors to make it easier for her to get around with her wheelchair.

Crews are also working on paving the driveways on their property so that she can get around on the property.

Peg Heacock was astounded by the renovations done to their home, she said, “It’s been really amazing all the way around, and it was so well thought out that the longer we lived there the more we realized the thought and planning that went in to this.”

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Baseball team holds on to hope

Beau Day, freshman catcher and first basemen for the Cougars, steps up to bat against Linn-Benton on April 22. Day has a batting average of .295 with 26 hits and one home run and 13 RBIs.

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Roman Lorentz, a pitcher for the Cougars, is 3-0 in 11 appearances with one save and a 1.75 ERA.

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It is crunch time for the Clackamas Cougars baseball team. With two games left against rival Mt. Hood Community College, the Cougars look to finish the season strong. The Cougars head into the two final games of the season with a 15-13 region record. Good enough for fourth place behind Chemeketa by four games. The Cougars overall record so far this season is 20-21 heading into the final two games.

“We need to keep a high level of energy to win,” said freshman outfielder Sergio Cruz.

Going into their final games, the Cougars look back at the four straight losses against Lane that lead up to the Mt. Hood games.

Those games very well may have decided the fate of the Cougars this season. Three of those four losses were by one run and the other was a three run loss. A sweep of Lane would have made a playoff run realistic.

The Cougars could gain third place with a sweep of Mt. Hood but are officially out of the playoffs this year. If the team sweeps Hood on Thursday at Mt. Hood they would have won five out of six games against them. The team still looks to finish the season strong.

“We need to win them all.

It’s in our hands,” said freshmen reliever Marshall Crawford. “We came out flat versus Chemeketa but anything can happen.”

Many of the players agreed that a little better pitching and better clutch hitting would have

gained the team more runs and probably more wins. The team could have made the playoffs with a few more wins, specifically against Lane.

Sophomore third-basemen Kyle Paul said, “We just need more clutch hitting.”

On that same subject sophomore outfielder Joe Bray said, “All of our games are equally important.”

All the players have the same goal in place going into the final two games: finish strong and win both games.

The Cougars face the once first place Mt. Hood team, whom they swept a few games ago.

Look for the Cougars to finish the season strong and sweep Mt. Hood again to leave a good to improve on going into next year’s season.

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By Annemarie Schulte Arts & Culture Editor

Poison Waters, a local drag queen, rocks the mic in the Bill Brod Community Center during the drag show on Wednesday, May 12.

Thai food that crawls

By Joshua Baird The Clackamas Print “That is so disgusting,” Shya Velasquez said. Her face took on a greenish tint as I shoveled yet another of the deep fried crickets into my mouth that Rice, a Thai eatery in Milwaukie, serves as a specialty appetizer.

These little creatures are fried whole and then seasoned with soy sauce. That may sound disgusting to many; it was, however, a delicious and unique start to a wonderful dining experience.

Crickets are served whole, however in order to eat these scrumptiously crisp Gryllidae you have to break off its hind legs, which in the male of the species contains a set of teeth which are quite sharp, but also used to create that chirping sound many of us are familiar with.

The flavor was similar to a roasted pumpkin seed.

After washing down the crunchy shells with a tamarind lemonade, I started to dig into my second course appetizer, which was a tofu salad roll dipped in peanut sauce. Many Thai restaurants have these however what I was most impressed with was that they placed a single basil leaf inside each roll providing a distinct flavor unique from other Thai restaurants.

Next up the waitress brought out our entrees; I had a dish made

with poached pork and Thai broccoli sliced thin and marinated in a lime chili garlic sauce with chunks of fresh garlic added after cooking it. All of that was finished off with mango sticky rice, which is the host of slices of fresh mango and a generous helping of sticky rice flavored with a sweet coconut milk base.

Though my meal, which was supposed to be medium, turned out a bit spicier than I had hoped for it was an enjoyable experience and I would definitely return.

The prices were reasonable ranging from $5 to $10 dollars for an appetizer and anywhere from $7 to $18 for a entrée.

The service was prompt and polite and the atmosphere is highly eclectic with images and posters ranging from what I can only assume was an old school Thai film, to a joke reading, “There are three types of rings in marriage, engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffer ring.”

There was even an ad for cigarettes sporting the visage of a Thai warrior complete with sword and armor.

As for service I would give Rice three stars, the food four stars and the environment deserves three stars for creativity.

Rice is located at 10614 Southeast Main Street in downtown Milwaukie.

You can also view the menu at www. ricethaicookery.com.

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There’s something about seeing a man in heels that is both fascinating and disturbing … and also weirdly humorous.

The Spectrum Gay-Straight Alliance at Clackamas Community College hosted the third annual Drag Show on Wednesday May 12 in the Bill Brod Community Center.

There were drag queens and drag kings, and most of the acts featured lip synching to famous rock or pop songs.

The show started a notable 35 minutes late because they were on “drag queen time” but the real reason was technical difficulties. None the less, a large crowd remained and patiently waited for the show to start.

The Mistress of Ceremonies Poison Waters (Kevin Cook) started up the show and commented on the harsh lighting of the community center saying it was like “drag in Albertson’s.”

Right away Poison Waters had the audience laughing.

Poison Waters said he had been doing drag for 22 years now and is part of Darcel XV and Company at Darcel’s downtown. Darcel’s is the oldest running female impersonation show in the nation and is hosting their only all ages show on June 6.

The performers included both men dressed as women and women dressed as men.

The individual winner, “Josie” lip synched to a song called “Creep” in a dress, and ASG officers Alyssa Fava, Quen Tuoy and Wendy Serrano made a strong showing, winning the group category by lip synching in drag to “Gold Digger.”

CCC student Dominique Hale, who had “Happy Birthday” sung to her by the whole community center

thanks to Poison Waters, said she had never seen the show before but that it was “interesting and different.”

Another student Jason Phillips who had also never seen the show before (and was even grabbed from the audience in one of the acts) said it was “hilarious, super funny.”

Raffle tickets were being sold for prizes such as massages and free lunches, and even drag queen Poison Waters bought some tickets for two young girls in the audience.

The judge panel included two other drag queens besides Poison Waters: “Felicity Carmichaels” who won Miss Gay Portland in 2009 and performed to “I Love Rock

N’ Roll,” and also “Bolivia Carmichaels” (From CC Slaughter’s in Old Town) who did a comedy skit and also lip synched at the end of the show.

Other contestants were Amanda Skies, Anita V. Gina and M, who all lip synched and interacted with the audience. After every performance the judges would say a couple things and for the most part, were always kind to the nervous performers.

To get more info about the Spectrum Gay-Straight Alliance, call Bruce at 503594-3332 or Carol at 503-5943256, and to see what Poison Waters is all about visit her website at PoisonWaters.com

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Joe Halverson receives a makover for his/her grand entrance at the drag show as Josie.

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By Joshua Baird The Clackamas Print Blue sky fever is starting to kick in for a lot of us. Spring term is nearly over and we have only a few more weeks until summer vacation. But this

is no time to stop thinking about your studies; in fact this is the ideal time to begin careful consideration of your future.

After some careful examination of three of the larger schools in Oregon, it is time to think about what a smaller university could have in store for you, and Western Oregon University could be the place for you. “[WOU] is a pretty tight-knit community because it is so small. It is safe and there are things to do over here, though not in abundance. I would say there are definitely extracurricular activities in the numerous clubs, intramural sports, collegiate and club sports, etc,” said Ali Chapman, a Clackamas Community College alumna and current student of WOU. To give some idea as to the size of the student body at Western Oregon we must look no further than CCC’s summer schedule. Here at Clackamas we have a total of 16,624 full and part time students. WOU only has 4,500 undergraduates and 400 graduate students, according to the school’s website.

“I feel like WOU is a great college. It is small, yes, but as a student

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[WOU] is a pretty tightknit community because it is so small.

the country. If you can get an education degree from Western, it is respected in every state. There are a few that require additional courses [such as] Texas, which requires a course in Texas History to teach there.”

If a smaller campus is more your style, WOU may be exactly what you are looking for.

Ali Chapman Clackamas Community College alumna

you are known by name as opposed to number. You are able to establish relationships with professors and other students. There is a lack of activities compared to a large school such as PSU, but there are quite a few to match a variety of interests for students,” said Chapman.

WOU is the oldest university in Oregon, having been founded in 1856.

The two schools with the most students enrolled are the College of Education and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, where according to www.WOU.edu, two thirds of the student body resides.

According to Patrick Melby, “WOU is one of the best education schools in

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horoscopes of the week by Mystic Cat Aries (March 21 - April 19): I admire your style; you’re never afraid to fight for what you want. You just run out there charging full speed, head butting the competition to take what’s rightfully yours! Five words: “Let’s get ready to RUMMMMBBBLLLEEE!” Taurus (April 20 – May 20): I have never, never, met someone as stubborn as you. I don’t know if you know this, but there are sporting events of people running away from your deadly horns. May I make an observation? Red is a color, not a death threat.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20): You’re lovable and have those big brown eyes that make people want to inch closer and closer and then you snap on them with your snarly, saliva dripping jaws. You know what; I think I hear a bell ringing, are you hungry?

Cancer (June 21 – July 22): Have you ever heard that phrase “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”? That saying was written just for you. While you scuttle sideways through the discarded refuge you scoop up the plain and whittle it into a five star quality with the tools you call your hands.

Leo (July 23 – August 22): We cats have living down to an art. As the leader of our family pride (felidae), you have just perfected it. The ladies go out hunting, bring back the food as the males bask in the sun and the little cubs roll about in the Savannah grass.

Virgo (August 23 – September 22): I’ve only seen you do three things; clean, pray and murder your lover. Everyone still thinks of you as the innocent little virgin, but I have seen the truth! While walking outside I noticed the leaves were

crunchy, they were the bodies of your exlovers sans heads.

Libra (September 23 – October 22): Every day is like a barrel full of laughs for you. You’re the closest thing to those crazy humans; in fact you can even communicate to them with the use of “sign language.” Next time don’t ask them for a banana.

Scorpio (October 23 – November 21): You know there is a reason why the entire zodiac animal kingdom is nervous around a little, black creature such as yourself. That poison weapon hanging at the end of your tail has even me thinking twice before making that tango.

Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21): Most people, when they think of you, they think of freedom and nobility.

When I think of you, I think of stomping hooves and glue.

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“I was the first person to ever race hard shells,” Spencer said.

Spencer is the co-organizer of the UCWWF. Extreme kayaking is his forte. He won several competitions over the weekend.

“I did the Mass Start, and I got first, actually,” Spencer said. “I didn’t do too well on the ramp, and then I did freestyle, and I got first in that.”

Racing formats consist of rafts races, downriver, slalom (three gates), freestyle and head to head. Inflatable kayaks, hard shell kayaks, paddle rafts, river boards, and drift boats are the different types of racing rafts used.

“I think the big air ramp — that’s what they call the ramp that we build — it’s one of the premiere events,” Spencer said. “Basically hard shell kayaks slide down a ski ramp style jump and do aerial maneuvers

landing in the river.”

Bob Mosier has been organizing the UCWWF for the past seven years.

“We all come together, get to see each other, com-

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We all come together, get to see each other, compete and have a good time.

Bob Mosier UCWWF organizer

pete and have a good time,” Mosier said. “We bring venders from all over the Northwest here that sell the gear that we all use.”

The event has grown over the decades.

“We have expanded it from being just a rafting competition to being kayak events,” Mosier said. “We’re trying to be inclusive to bring all of the people of the white water community into it.”

Julie Jewell has been the secretary and even the vice president of Oregon River Games. Her daughter, Shari Jewell, organized the Kids Day Fishing event held on Saturday, May 15 down at the Small Fry Pond.

“That’s something that we started four or five years ago for the kids, because there is nothing for them to do,” Jewell said.

Jewell is usually active during competitions, but this year she is free to have fun.

“I have to say that this is my favorite part of this year, was doing nothing,” Jewell said. “We hope everyone has a good time when they come out, and enjoy the outdoors.”

Capricorn (December 22 – January 19): As luck would have it, you will never go hungry. You could try to fool the rest of them with a suave coat and a beard because some study told you people with facial hair seem more reliable, but the truth is you’ll eat just about anything.

Yes, even a tire.

Aquarius (January 20 – February 18): Let me just say if there is a fire, I’m calling you. It’s the strangest thing watching you scoop up your meal and fly off with a pouch full of water and a swimming dinner.

Pisces (February 19 – March 20): Bad luck of the draw, my tasty treat.

While the rest of us get to pick up a partner to bump and grind with … you get to stare at the cup and baster left in your fridge. Don’t blame me; blame Mother Nature.

& Robin Hood nearly steals the show 8

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By Kayla Berge Co-Editor in Chief Have you ever been slapped at full force and then after a few moments of reflecting on the taste of tangy iron in your mouth, you realized you actually enjoyed it? I hadn’t either until I sat through the first 15 minutes of the newest Robin Hood story.

Robin Hood is the kind of tale that’s been retold a thousand times, each time dressed up with some slight twist that keeps the audience excited.

As most of us know, Robin Hood is a tale about a knight – Robin of Loxley – who returns home from warring in the Holy Land alongside King Richard the Lionheart.

On Robin’s return, he sees his homeland – England – in dire straits.

Instead of playing the political game in the noble’s court he decides to cast off his nobility, build a band of interesting characters, don a hood and become the rather eccentric and charismatic outlaw: Robin Hood. At this point he robs from the rich, gives to the poor, courts a beautiful maid and waits for the king to return from the Crusades.

Here’s the newest twist, and that bittersweet slap I was referring to: within those first 15 minutes, two of those major characters die. If you haven’t guessed it, they would be Richard the Lionheart and … Robin of Loxley.

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So how does this tale even get off the ground? Well, now with the main character dead the newest blockbuster hit can focus on the supporting cast and a new Robin. Let me tell you, they do an AMAZING job of that.

The newest Robin, Robin Longstride (played by Russell Crowe) was an archer in the King’s army and after promising Loxley to return his father’s sword, he starts off his quest for freedom with a few of his army buddies.

Longstride’s band of merry men consists of a silver tongued bard by the name of Allan A’Dayle (Alan Doyle), a lively Scotsman named Will Scarlet (Scott Grimes), a tall brute of a man nicknamed “Little” John (Kevin Durand) and later, the children of the damned. OK they aren’t really children of the damned, but they run around with pigskin masks terrorizing and stealing from the villagers.

Friar Tuck (Mark Addy), the always interesting man of the cloth, has a side job of bee keeping and with a little bit of persuasion joins the new Robin in stealing back some grain seeds from the village of Loxley.

Maid Marion (Cate Blanchett) is no longer a maid; she is the widow of the late Robin of Loxley with a blind and crazy father-in-law (Max von Sydow).

Prince John (Oscar Isaac), excuse me, King John is no longer the conniving evil man one might remember from the legend of Robin Hood. This time he is a rather likable character which you find yourself pitying.

All his life he’s been choked in the shadow of his oldest brother Richard and just as he receives the crown the nobles of England wish to rise up and claim freedom from the crown.

Congratulations Brian Helgeland, despite all the rough edges, you’ve written a very fine film. I could go on and explain other hidden plot twists, but this is an adventure you’ll have to experience on your own.

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Grade: B+

Top 20 things you never knew that you really wanted to know

By Annemarie Schulte Arts & Culture Editor 1. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is “shake” and the 46th word from the last word is “spear.”

2. A blue whale’s throat is the size of an orange.

3. Martha Washington was the only woman to appear on U.S. paper currency.

4. Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the mid-

dle ages: hearts represent the Church, spades represent the military, clubs represent agriculture and diamonds represent the merchant class.

5. Canadian researchers have found that Einstein’s brain was 15 percent wider than normal.

6. The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69.

From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.

7. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean but is really the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.

8. During his presidency,

Eisenhower was so popular with women that marketers modeled the Mr. Clean products after him, hoping to appeal to their target audience: housewives.

9. Approximately two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss. Some scholars speculate this preference starts in the womb.

10. If Facebook were a country, it would be the fifth largest country in the world, after China, India, the U.S. and Indonesia. Doesn’t that blow your mind?

11. Harvard is the oldest college in the United States. It is also the first and oldest corporation in the United States.

12. Thongs are illegal in Melbourne, Fla. as of January 2005.

The punishment is a $500 fine or 60 days in jail. (Guess they don’t appreciate the “Thong Song.”)

13. No one in Greece can choose to not vote. Voting is required by law for every citizen who is 18 or older.

Imagine if the U.S. had that policy!

14. Only 53 percent of Haitians can read and write.

15. Because Venus rotates very slowly on its axis (taking 243 days to make a complete rotation), a day on Venus is longer than its year.

16. If a man is colorblind, it is a sure thing that his grandson will be as well.

17. The full name of the Barbie doll is “Barbie Millicent Roberts.” She is from Willows, Wis. and went to Willows High School.

18. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

19. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s worth of footballs.

20. Leonardo DaVinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

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