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Nancy Prior, a local Portland artist, demonstrates the unique artform of intaglio printing during her art show in the Niemeyer art gallery.

Local artist displays work in Niemeyer

By Chris Taylor The Clackamas Print Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, pottery and music are very well known forms of art. But does anyone know about intaglio print? It’s a very interesting and unique art form which is on show here at Clackamas Community College in the Art Gallery of Niemeyer Center.

The gallery opened on Jan. 19 and will run until Feb. 16. All the art in the gallery was created by a local Portland artist, Nancy Prior, who works at the No. 2 Print Shop in Portland, where she creates many different pieces of art using intaglio printmaking. Prior

was contacted by Clackamas to come and show her work to students on campus, hopefully encouraging students to pursue different forms of art and to raise interest in the art of intaglio printing itself. All the pieces on display are from her past four projects and are tied together by a theme of cultural abnormalities.

Intaglio is a family of printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface, known as the matrix or plate and the incised line or area holds the ink. Normally, copper or zinc plates are used as a surface and the incisions are created by etching, engraving or drypoint.

By Patty Salazar News Editor It’s not often that a co-worker sues another coworker and his spouse, but that’s what’s happening behind the scenes at Clackamas Community College.

Guadalupe Martinez, a college counselor, is suing the now retired Marshall (Dean) Darris, former political science instructor and his wife, Tara Darris, who was DARRIS banned from the college during September of 2011. Tara Darris has a no trespassing order on her for disrupting a school meeting.

Darris went on medical leave in May of last year, and officially retired on Dec. 31.

According to the lawsuit filed in October by Martinez’s lawyer, James Tait, she is suing the couple for $130,000 for intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and false light and defamation. The lawsuit states that the Darrises “began a course of conduct that was intended to cause Plaintiff extreme emotional distress” in January 2010.

Among the complaints in the lawsuit, Martinez accuses Tara Darris of libeling her by sending emails to faculty, staff and students in which Darris states that Martinez is a psychopath, liar, “uses a fake accent,”and is a “pseudo intellectual Latino.”

Martinez and her attorney would not provide copies of alleged emails. Martinez did not want to comment on the lawsuit.

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Cougar wrestling primed and ready for regionals after win over SW Oregon

By John William Howard Sports Editor

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Sophomore Martin Gonzales wrestles against SW Oregon at Clackamas Community College on Jan. 27. Clackamas won the game against SW Oregon 42-6.

The Clackamas Community College wrestling team showed that they are still very much in the running for the 2012 NJCAA championship last Friday when they defeated No. 6 Southwestern Oregon Community College by a staggering count of 42-6.

Coming in to face the second ranked team in the nation, the SW Oregon Lakers knew that it would be challenging. “[Clackamas] took care of business,” said Laker assistant Phillip Lopez. “It don’t matter who we throw out there, you’ve still got to wrestle. You’ve got to prepare for who’s out there and they put it to us tonight.”

Friday’s top 10 matchup has become somewhat of commonplace over the past several seasons in Region 18, which includes Clackamas, North Idaho, Highline, SW Oregon, and Yakima Valley. Four of the five teams from Region 18

Anatomy revealed in Body Worlds SEE PAGE 4

are ranked in the NJCAA top ten, making for stiff competition and regular clashes between some of the best programs in the nation.

Things began quickly in Clackamas’ favor as they picked up six points on a forfeit in the 125 division and three points on a 4-3 decision for No. 2 Martin Gonzalez (133).

Next on the mat was No. 1 Cody Randall (149), who took SW Oregon’s Joe Gardner by surprise, winning the match by technical fall in the third round for an additional five points.

Minutes later, Clinton McAlister (141) was awarded the 10-2 major decision over No. 9 Nick Brendon to bring the total score to 18-0 in favor of the Cougars.

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Athletics Notebook SEE PAGE 6

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LAWSUIT: Martinez v. Darris Continued from Page 1

According to the lawsuit, filed Oct. 11 in Clackamas County Circuit Court, it all started in 2009 when Martinez and Darris were part of the faculty bargaining team for CCC. In December, Dean Darris was not present at the bargaining team meeting. The suits states that Martinez was overheard talking about her lack of confidence in Darris to “refrain from speaking out during the negotiations.” That information was then relayed to Darris himself, and at the next bargaining meeting Darris requested to talk about Martinez’s comment.

Martinez did not want to go into further detail since it was her personal opinion.

Darris has had a colorful past with the college. He reported the college for violating the election laws for the May bond election. He also had a physical confrontation with a student in February of 2008.

From January 2010 Martinez claims that both Darrises began making oral and written false and defamatory accusations against her.

According to the lawsuit, the Darrises made Martinez’s personal opinions public, “casting them in a false light intended to portray her statements as malicious, false and defamatory attacks on Darris personally and professionally.”

The suit states that the Darrises sent emails to people claiming that Martinez had made a violent, vicious, and malicious attack on Darris defaming his personal character and professional reputation and intentionally causing him emotional stress and duress. They also claim that Martinez “conducted a smear campaign against Marshall Dean Darris in her capacity as a counselor by telling students that Darris was unprofessional, homophobic, a bigot and a pedophile seducing his young female students.”

Emails then followed from Tara Darris to faculty, administration, students and then republished to the school and the community. The emails claimed that since Martinez is a MexicanAmerican US citizen, she has “gotten by as a diversity hire her entire life,” she has been playing the victim card as an “oppressed” Latino woman, “that just because she uses a fake accent when she says ‘Latino’ does not make her ethnic.”

The lawsuit continues to say that “she is a psychopath and incapable of shame; that many working class students have been defrauded by being advised to take her ‘stupid’ classes; that she is a pseudo intellectual Latino, and that she is a liar.”

Martinez also claims that Dean Darris enlisted fellow faculty members, students in his classes and veterans that he counseled asking them to support him by speaking in his favor, and by sending emails, and letters to faculty, administrators, students and Martinez.

It continues to say that they knew that Martinez would be subjected to severe emotional distress or that such distress was substantially certain to result from their conduct. Martinez continues to claim that they were successful by dam-

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aging her reputation. She states that she suffered severe physical and emotional distress including loss of hair, humiliation, stress, depression, unproductivity at work and fear of people who could be incited to violence by the defendants’ “false and misleading statements about her.”

When asked about the lawsuit Martinez stated to contact her lawyer and that she was advised to not talk about it.

When her lawyer, Tait, was contacted, he would not send over the evidence of emails.

“This is pending litigation and I don’t feel comfortable to talk to anybody at this stage,” he said. “There has been enough damage by what things that have been published about this matter already.”

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The idea of transferring transcripts from one college to another is often simple but in the case of Brandon Earl Cole, a former student at Clackamas Community College, this was not a simple transaction. Cole filed a lawsuit against CCC on Dec. 29 in the amount of $10,000 at Clackamas County Circuit Court in Oregon City. Cole’s claim is that CCC willingly violated the college academic policy by not transferring his “C” average or better grades to Portland Community College.

According to Kandie Starr, an enrollment services specialist with the admissions and records department at CCC, there is a simple process. The process is done by mail and usually takes 72 business hours from the date the request was received. The transcript may be delayed if the student’s transcript is incomplete or there is a “hold” on the amount due to unmet obligations such as outstanding balance owing, fines or

lost books to the college. Otherwise college courses usually transfer easily.

College courses usually transfer as one of three types of credits: elective credits, general education credits or major field of study credits. When a student is ready to have their classes and credits transferred to a four year school or a different community college, he needs to request an official transcript to be sent to the college or university they will be attending.

Courtney Wilton, vice president of college services is confused about the case.

“We simply don’t understand the reason for Brandon’s small claims action. I’ve called him twice. Each time I spoke to him directly and each time he promised to call me back. He never did. The college has denied his claim and requested a hearing,” stated Wilton in an email.

Wilton will represent CCC since the case will appear in small claims court, which doesn’t require an attorney. The case should go to court within 30 days.

Cole declined to comment.

... we believe it is baseless, frivolous, and an outrage against American jurisprudence and the courts of law of Oregon .”

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Tara Darris Defendant in lawsuit

When asked at what stage the lawsuit is in, he said, “They (Darrises) have yet to make an appearance,” Tait stated.

When asked about the lawsuit the Darrises stated in a email, “We have no comment on it, other than that we believe it is baseless, frivolous, and an outrage against American jurisprudence and the courts of law of Oregon. In fact, it is our contention that this lawsuit was a strategic lawsuit to financially exhaust us so that we could not afford to seek legal remedy for what we believe to be civil rights violations committed against Dr. Darris by agents of CCC.” In response, Courtney Wilton, vice president of college services, said, “That is absolutely not correct. We have no involvement in this whatsoever.”

He continued to say, “It is not fair for the college (for Darris) to make statements like that when it is absolutely not true.”

When asked what the college tried to do to resolve the issue between Martinez and Darris, Wilton said he was unable to go into detail since it is a personnel issue.

“It’s frustrating and I would love to give you everything but I can’t.” When asked how he thought the lawsuit makes the college look he said, “I don’t see it having a big impact on our image; I see it as a lawsuit. It is not against the college; it’s a lawsuit between two individuals. I really don’t see us really being involved in this.”

Tait said he expects the lawsuit to be closed in a year.

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Ron Hammon, sales engineer for Gosiger Inc., talks about the capabilities of the new CNC milling machines that have been delivered to the college. The college and Gosiger are partnering to showcase the machines for the company and train students how to use the cutting edge technology.

Company, college collaborate for success

By Joshua Dillen Associate News Editor “These machines can make anything out of anything,” said Scott Giltz, dean of technology, health occupations and workforce at Clackamas Community College. He was beaming with pride and excitement as he explained the capabilities of the three new computer numerical control (CNC) machines that had been delivered to room 152 in Barlow Hall on Friday, Jan. 13.

Giltz spoke with enthusiasm about a new partnership between CCC and Gosiger Inc. The new CNC machines are worth $500,000 to $750,000 depending on final specifications and configuration. The company sells and services the machines, yet its closest dealership is in Seattle, Wash. The milling machines are a vital part of manufacturing worldwide. Whether it is a plastic part in your computer or a tiny screw in a hearing aid, most of what we use every day would not be possible without these behemoths of modern technology.

“It’s a win-win situation for all of us,” Giltz said.

Based in Dayton, Ohio, Gosiger always strives to make the machines they distribute as accessible and usable to their manufacturing customers as possible. With no showrooms in the area and an industry shortage of professionals trained to run these sophisticated machines, the company needed a way to connect and build a network of manufacturers and a qualified employee base. Most importantly, they needed a convenient Oregon location to showcase their products to their area’s customers.

Ron Hammon explains the companies marketing strategies with passion.

Local companies like Boeing, Nike and several small manufacturers need fully trained CNC machine operators to replace a retiring workforce and staff a growing industry. Hammon is Gosiger’s sales engineer. He voiced his concerns about a shortage of skilled workers.

He describes a potential dilemma on the horizon. Hammon is part of the team coordinating the installation of the machines.

“Our industry is going to be in a crisis by 2012,” he said. “No one is being trained to replace those retiring.”

The deal will allow Gosiger representatives to demonstrate their inventory and its capabilities to clients, while manufacturing and engineering students get hands on training using the most advanced technology out there today. Gosiger will rotate machines through the Barlow lab in the manufacturing shop. With some minor upgrades to bring power to the machines, the cost to the college will be minimal compared to the huge expense of just one of the machines. Students are the true beneficiaries. The college can now graduate and certify students who can operate the newest technology.

CAD/CNC Instructor Chris Rizzo, with 25 years in the field, and seven years at the college, said “I have a pretty good finger on the pulse of what’s going on in the manufacturing industry.”

Rizzo’s personal network connected him with Gosiger and allowed him to get the ball rolling and help link the company and the college.

Giltz worked at the Wilsonville campus before he became head of his department at the main campus, which used to be home

to Oregon Advanced Technology Center (OATC). The OATC was similar to this partnership in that connected local manufactures, CNC dealers and trained operators.

The OATC no longer exists.

Rizzo knew of that program’s success through consulting work in the past. He decided to figure out how to make something like that happen in Barlow’s manufacturing shop and got the ball rolling. Rizzo organized a meeting attended by Hammon and other representatives from Gosiger with himself, Giltz and Bob Delgatto, CCC manufacturing instructor, last August that has culminated in a synergistic relationship. These men hope to give CCC graduates a jumpstart in the field of manufacturing, by working to build this relationship. These workers will not need to be retrained on advanced equipment.

“Instead of on the job, we can train students here,” said Rizzo.

Delgatto had the same excitement about this project as Giltz, Hammon and Rizzo. The passion for engineering and manufacturing was only superceded by their desire to prepare stu-

dents in the best way possible.

Delgatto was just as passionate about enabling students to gain the employable skills they need.

He was particularly animated when telling about the void the industry is experiencing with the growing lack of skilled operators “There are 600,000 jobs out there that can’t be filled,” he said.

“We are all very excited about what this can mean for our students and the manufacturing community as a whole,” Delgatto stated in an email.

Delgatto expects the machines to be up and running in two to three weeks. Some accessories and parts need to be delivered and there is quite an install process he said.

Delgatto also gave kudos to Rizzo. “He was very instrumental in getting the ball rolling on this arrangement,” he stated.

This brilliant engineering of an exceptional partnership has rocketed CCC to the forefront manufacturing training.

“This is the future of America” said Rizzo as he admired the new advanced manufacturing lab in Barlow.

Littering the halls of justice: is America lawsuit-happy?

By James Duncan Design Editor With lawsuits on the campus’ mind, this writer finds the topic of the law and the way people wield it against each other, deeply fascinating. Over the course of the last many decades the law has become easier to use in more and more frivolous ways.

In 2006 the parents of a student decided to sue a school because a teacher woke the student up in a less than polite way. While it is terrifying to be jarred awake suddenly from a nice classroom nap, I’m not sure it has even spontaneously resulted in severe

hearing loss or “emotional trauma” the parents and the student claim. This is one instance where there is a chance, no matter how small, that the plaintiffs are actually responding to an injury or they are just taking advantage of the system to make some quick money.

Just last week an instructor was throwing pen caps at me for sleeping in class! The precedent has been set, litigation will be swift. “Pen bruises” should be worth at least a couple million.

A woman sued a pair of girls because she had a panic attack when they brought her a plate of cookies in 2005.

Cases like this litter the halls of justice but why is this allowed to happen? Why is a person able to make a sandwich in the back of a Winnebago, while driving and sue the company when they crash? The simple answer is because people are no longer held accountable for their actions.

There was once a time not that long ago, as a matter of fact, that when you burned yourself with a cup of tea it was your own fault for not blowing enough or sipping!

An increasing number of people are deciding that rather than looking at themselves

and saying “Wow, maybe I did something wrong and should not do that,” they would rather say “I can do no wrong. I am going to sue the closest person I can blame!”

Now this is not to say that all lawsuits are silly. Many that look like a desperate ploy for free money have valid reasoning behind them. A famous case that’s cited by many as frivolous legislation is the McDonald’s hot coffee case, also known as Liebeck v.

McDonald’s Restaurants. In this case Mrs. Liebeck opened a cup of coffee that was 180 degrees and spilled it into her lap. Stop here and add that she was initially awarded $2.7 million; it starts to look like she was grubbing for all she could steal.

The facts though, paint a different picture because after receiving third and second degree burns to 22 percent of her body, she asked only that McDonalds pay for the extensive skin graphs and eight days of work she was forced to give up for her stay in the hospital after the incident. She requested a total of $10,500 that would be needed to cover the medical bills and compensate her for missed work, but McDonalds offered a total amount of $800 and refused to budge.

An overzealous lawyer and a jury decided

that she should be compensated for two days’ worth of total coffee sales. This amount was lowered by the appeal of McDonalds and Mrs. Liebeck. In the end they settled for an undisclosed amount that was less than $600,000.

The power of the law was laid down to protect people and to keep us all safe from others who would choose to put us in harm’s way, to keep us from harming ourselves and to keep us from harming each other, but whatever happened to learning from your mistakes? When did personal responsibility go flying out the window? Who knows!

Maybe people need to learn that even if you leave your two-year-old alone with a small toy and they shove it so far up their nose that you need to take them to the hospital, that it isn’t the responsibility of the toy maker to prevent YOU from being a bad parent or an overall bad person. Yes that is the end of it! If you are dumb enough to be injured by the day to day activities of being alive you don’t deserve to make money because you can call a lawyer. You see lawsuits are like children, just because you have the skill set to make one doesn’t mean you should.

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shrunken head, which was strangely cute, to views of organs in various states of disease.

The examples of cigarette blackened lungs had a somber effect on me, as did the ingenious placement of a receptacle to ditch your cigarette pack, next to a sign that encouraged visitors to do so. There was also a list of the immediate and cumulative benefits to your body from giving up the dang cancer sticks.

Examples of the fatty plaques that develop inside arteries and the heart were enough to make me seriously think about becoming vegan. Need I describe the liver display? I should have visited here before the New Year!

The example of the brain and nervous system is a ghostlike, almost alien display that was one of my favorites. The plastination of a giraffe can only be described as “WOW.” I can’t even imagine how they got that huge naked animal inside or even able to hold itself up. And just like the human specimens, he was anatomically correct.

Several examples of genitalia and reproductive organs are pretty much unavoidable to see. You may want to think about that when bringing your children. You WILL be asked lots of questions.

Especially striking were the circulatory system displays. The blood vessels of a human arm and lungs were next to the complete vascular network of a lamb and rooster; all rendered in a scarlet brilliance. A teen skateboarder, soccer player and two ice skaters all posed in their respective activities were all very interesting displays. Also very cool were what I call the “cyborg displays.” These were the bodies of people who had knee and hip replacements, or other shiny pieces of stainless steel in their bodies when they died.

All of the exhibits are numbered to use the audio device that will cost you an extra $4.

The recordings were very informative as well as the signage next to each of the specimens.

The whole body displays have detailed diagrams that describe the different organs and features shown. Poignant quotes from great thinkers of the world are inscribed on huge pictures of people in various landscapes to add to the power of the overall experience.

All in all, I have to say this has been a greatly enjoyable and educational experience and very worth of the trip.

The exhibit runs from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The ticket price includes general admission to the other OMSI exhibits.

For more information, call 503-7974661. Internet users can visit www.omsi. com or www.bodyworlds.com.

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A grotesquely powerful tour of beauty, OMSI’s latest surreal expression of the human form, Gunther Von Hagen’s ‘Body Worlds and the Brain’ is a vividly real and mind bending exhibit.

Body Worlds is an enlightening journey of the human body that will enthrall and develop the mind as you witness the inyour-face expansion of several figures and the incredible complexity of human physical form. Tastefully displayed, all the specimens evoke curious emotions. My first impression was almost “too much information,” but it quickly lost the shock value and I continued the journey with awe and enthusiasm.

Adult price is $25, and the parking fee is $3. Children ages three through 14 get in for $17. Student (fourteen and older with student identification) and senior price is $20.

The experience will give you a new perspective of your own body and those around you. I certainly have looked at myself differently after enjoying the exhibit last week.

Whether you are studying anatomy or don’t even have an interest in what the most intimate parts of the body look like, I urge you to see the exhibit before it leaves Portland in early March. Don’t miss this wonderful thought and emotion evoking example of life frozen in action, oh yeah — with the skin peeled off.

I thought a microscope in biology class was cool, but plastination blows that kind of observation away. The process literally turns a body (or a slice, section or portion thereof ) into a plastic replica of itself. Once complete, depending on the particular process used, it results in a spectacular and mind bending (literally) 3D view of all the details of a human body.

Different organs and sections of the body are processed separately and reassembled in varying configurations to give visitors a plethora of paths into the inner realms of the human body. Bones are white and muscles are clearly defined. Nerves and blood vessels are distinctly revealed in their respective networks in the body.

The huge collection is of plastinated bodies is arranged in various configurations to highlight different features that have been revealed by the process. All of the bodies are donated by people who want their remains to further science.

The displays are an incredible spectacle of nature revealed, from a tiny fetal skull that first reminded me of a South American

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A plasticized human body imitates a statue. All the bodies in the exhibit were donated to science. Get to OMSI before March to see this unique exhibit!

Theater dusts off old costumes in preparation for director’s final fundraiser

By Isaac Soper Arts & Culture Editor The practice schedule is intense; actors rush to relearn their lines from 10 years ago. Costumes are taken from the archives and repaired if necessary; others that are too far gone are remade. Cast and crew are in a flurry to prepare for the one-night-only performance of, “The

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Travis Nodurft acts as John Worthington and Jayson Shanafelt as Algernon Moncrieff in a production of “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

Importance of Being Earnest.”

Clackamas Repertory Theater is starting its eighth season this year. At the beginning of every season, CRT puts on a fundraiser, which in this case is a one-night-only show taken from the 2002 season.

The preparation for the fundraiser is very fast-paced; according to Theater Instructor and Director, David Smith-English, the whole production takes only two weeks to arrange. “It’s about a 90-page script and we were within 17 pages after five rehearsals. It’s a quick process,” said Smith-English. “These guys are really good and really quick. They come in knowing all of their lines and some of them have done the show before.”

Chris Whitten, set and lights designer and tech theater instructor, is in the process of creating the set for “Earnest” so that it can be used for the fundraiser and the upcoming student production of “The Crucible.” Though the lights aren’t finished for the upcoming production, Whitten said that particularly in Act II, “lighting can help [tell] the story.”

Whitten has worked with Smith-English in the theater department since 1996.

“It is a very flexible and very clever way that he’s created the set,” said Smith-English.

The fundraiser is meant to bring in money for CRT’s upcoming season, which consists of three productions that will be revealed on the night of the fundraiser. “[It will bring in] a nice chunk of money, but it’s

nowhere near what it costs for a season, because everybody gets paid at Clackamas Rep.; we bring in professional actors from all over the place,” said Smith-English, “There’s a lot of money involved, so this is just a small portion, but it’s a nice portion.”

All of the actors and theater techs in CRT are professionals, meaning that they are paid for their efforts; it is an extension of the college program that provides jobs that pay from approximately $500-$2,100, according to SmithEnglish.

Alva Bradford, has been the costume designer for the theater department since 1993. She has been working hard with her staff to prepare all of the costumes for the upcoming show.

“Several [costumes] are from 10 years ago — mainly the women’s,” said Bradford.

On the CRT Facebook page, they have taken old costumes out of the archives and spoofed many musicals and stage productions to tease their followers. Of these false productions, they have included such productions as “Cats” and “Grease.”

The fundraiser will take place on Saturday, Feb., 4. and to the happiness of Smith-English, it is currently sold out.

“We [will] have a party after the show, we also announce our season, which has been a secret up to this point and then people can start buying season tickets right after that.”

Season tickets for the upcoming season cost $36 for youth (aged 26 and under).

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In etching, an image is etched into a plate and ink is pressed in, then after rubbing away the excess ink, a wet piece of paper is pressed onto the plate. The plate and paper are covered by a thick blanket to ensure even pressure and a rolling press applies very high pressure to the plate. The blanket is then lifted, revealing the paper and printed image. It is a process that requires focus and detail, but can produce some great artistic results in the end.

The gallery really seemed alive and abuzz with excitement as curiosity piqued people’s interest, with some people just stopping by to see what the commotion was. Art students seemed taken by the presentation and many hovered around Prior like honey bees. They asked her a few questions about her work, which she was glad to answer.

“It’s great because printmaking is an antiquated process that uses images, textile, wax, metal and machines. It’s very satisfying work,” said Prior. “I would encourage others to pursue this form of art.

It can be very gratifying.”

Students and community members who were in attendance at the gallery’s opening seemed entranced with the art, studying it and trying to derive a meaning from it, to interpret it for themselves. They even got see Prior do a live demonstration of printmaking right in the gallery, which was a very unique and interesting process.

“It’s pretty great that you can look at the art while you see a live demonstration at the same time. Simply fantastic.” said Clackamas student Ryan Otnes.

It seemed to be a hit amongst those who were there and the free refreshments were a plus. “It’s very interesting. The art is excellent and pretty

Artist Nancy Prior wipes ink off of a sheet of copper with a sponge. impressive. Not to mention the food really made my day,” said Otnes.

So whether it was the food, the art or just the general commotion that drew viewers in, the show had a very pleasant opening day and hopefully will continue to hold people’s interest during its run.

Everyone should take a look, if just to see the art. It couldn’t hurt to take a chance. One may come to find a new love for the art of intaglio printmaking.

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Quarters slam into coin slots and lights and sound emerge. You push the power button on your new Star Wars-themed Xbox 360 and R2D2 lets you know what time it is: it’s time to close your school books, ignore your friends and family, stop showering and play some video games.

With the opening of Stryker’s Main Street Arcade in downtown Oregon City last month, it brings to my attention the love/hate relationship I have with video games. On the one hand, I get to be a character that changes the world, whether it’s a super-spy chasing down your former partner turned nemesis, a miner digging to the core of the Earth while fighting for survival or an Italian plumber stomping on mushrooms and innocent turtles, I get to be somebody that I’m not. On the other, while I am hunting down Stormtroopers with a lightsaber, I could be writing, I could be hiking, I could be living.

When I take the role of a video game character, I feel no pain, I am invincible, I am capable of great things: I can save the world. In the real world I am weak, there’s no “soft reset” for me. Healing doesn’t come in the form of potions or medpacks, it comes from expensive hospitals.

As a kid, I grew up with the knowledge that my older brother hid a Sega Genesis in the attic with a copy of “Mortal Kombat.” Though I had never played a video game at the time, the dragon logo on that plastic cartridge beguiled me. “Play me,” it hissed.

I didn’t own a gaming console or a decent computer until middle school, when a friend gave me his outdated Nintendo 64 and I bought a Super Nintendo from the now-defunct GameCrazy that was in Oregon City.

Gaming followed; home-

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work did not. While I became a whiz at playing “Super Mario World” and “The Ocarina of Time,” my grades suffered, which was to be expected. The ensuing “need” to play was not. All I thought about was getting home to unlock a new secret level or cheat code. My name was Bond, James Bond.

For many years, video games have been my secondary life, some days they were even the primary. My mind has been stuck in a constant yearning to play, to get my hands on a controller or a mouse and run, jump and shoot.

My goal as of the end of last summer was to stop my button-mashing during the school year. That lasted most of fall term. As the end of the term neared, I thought I could get away with playing some console emulators on my laptop, which turned into playing nearly every day.

During winter break, “L.A. Noire” was finally released for PC, a game that I was literally waiting for since its announcement in 2006.

I couldn’t play it enough. I am a huge fan of the film noir genre and being able to “live” in that world was fun while it lasted. Then “L.A, Noire” ended and what did I want? More. As the Rolling Stones said long ago, “I can’t get no satisfaction.”

Playing video games, albeit entertaining and usually an instant source of pleasure, always gives me the feeling that I’ve done something wrong afterward, that I’ve wasted so much time; I’ve lived as this video game character for two hours when I could have been living my own journey, my own adventure.

One week ago, I made the decision to stop playing video games. So I’m not a detective, nor am I a Jedi.

The longing to play is still there but that’s okay, because I am a human. I have weaknesses that I have to keep in mind. I have powers that I can build upon. I am not limited to 30 pre-defined skills that I can acquire over a period of 20 levels. I am better than any video game character. My adventure is real and the challenge is astounding. I don’t know the end yet, because this quest has more gameplay than “Skyrim.”

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Prior’s intaglio press was used to demonstrate the careful process of printmaking to her audience during the opening of the gallery on Jan. 19. The show will remain open until Feb. 16.

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Athletics Notebook: Richardson signs with NW Christian, basketball picks up pair of wins Volleyball

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Cougar volleyball had both a hello and a goodbye this week as star sophomore Taylor Richardson signed with Northwest Christian University and newcomer Zoey Martin committed to play at Clackamas next fall.

Richardson, who celebrated her 20th birthday on Jan. 31, led the NWAACC in total kills (290) her sophomore season and led by a wide margin in the southern region.

Named a regional second team all-star as a freshman, Richardson came back the following year and made the southern region’s first team and was named a National Volleyball Coaches Association All American for her efforts.

“Everything has just fallen into place and that’s the greatest feeling,” said Richardson after her signing.

“Around middle school I realized that I wanted to play as long as I possibly could, so it’s pretty cool to get something that you’ve been waiting for for 10 years.”

Martin hails from Santiam Christian High School where she played both outside hitter and setter. She was a second team all-league player in her junior and senior seasons, and has played on two state championship teams.

“I’m just ready to train and play volleyball,” said Martin. “It’s my passion.”

Zoey Martin, second from left, signed with Clackamas to play next fall, whileTaylor Richardson, center right, signed with Northwest Christian University. Also pictured are Kathie Woods and Mike Gaffaney, NW Christian head coach.

Men’s Basketball Matched up against arguably the worst team in the NWAACC, Clackamas easily dispatched the winless Portland Community College Panthers 73-34 in a contest that set an opponent low for points this season. Sophomore Paul Walter led the home team with 16 points and seven rebounds and sophomore Taylor Dunn added 15 points and five steals. Sophomores Brett Ball and Alex Loul rounded out the four Cougars that were in double figures with Ball

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Sophomore wing Paul Walter (32) shoots over the defense in the 73-34 victory over Portland Community College.

Playing free and loose the Clackamas women fully flexed their offensive muscle and broke the 100 point barrier for the first time this season in their 107-59 victory over Portland Community College on Jan. 25.

The Cougars forced Portland into a dismal 42 turnovers in the contest scoring 55 points off those turnovers. Sam McCloud broke out of a recent slump and led Clackamas with 22 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and six steals while only committing four turnovers.

Five other double figure scorers contributed to the blowout, which took place without one of their key sophomores Lindsay Kanalz, who has been sporting a bright pink cast ever since she broke her wrist during the Mt. Hood game on Jan. 18. Kanalz says that she will be

narrowly missing a double-double (11 points, nine rebounds) and Loul hitting for 10 points on the night.

Clackamas picked up another win on Saturday over Umpqua winning 76-60 for their third consecutive victory. Dunn led all scorers in the game with 21 points and Ball registered a double-double with 12 points and 13 boards.

The win keeps Clackamas (10-9, 4-3 South) a half game behind SW Oregon (12-7, 4-2 South) for the fourth and final playoff spot in the southern region. out six weeks, which puts her return after the championship tournament March 3-6 in TriCities.

Clackamas again emerged victorious over Umpqua on Saturday with an 84-64 road victory in Roseburg. First year guard Jenny Johnson played all but two and a half minutes of the contest and led all scorers with 22 points and nine assists. Freshman Ashleigh Anderson continued to improve as she was 6-11 from the three point line for 18 points. Sophomore sharp shooter MaKesha Bizon added 17 points in the victory, which moves the Cougars to 17-2 on the season, which is tied for the best overall record in the NWAACC. Also in the win, Clackamas lost guard Alex Howe to a torn ACL.

Wrestling Sophomore Eric Luna, ranked No. 7 in the nation at the NJCAA level has recently been dismissed from the team.

“Unfortunately we just couldn’t get Eric to commit to what the goal was here at Clackamas,” said head coach Josh Rhoden. “We attempted several times to try and give him an opportunity to get on board. Unfortunately it didn’t work out. We have always been in the frame of mind that no one’s bigger than this program. In this case it hurts a bunch because you have a person ready to finish very high nationals, but in the long run a program is probably better for it.”

Starting in his place is freshman Clinton McAlister who redshirted during last year’s national championship run.

Clackamas split a pair of meetings with four year universities on Saturday, winning 28-15 over Simon Fraiser University (BC) and falling 25-12 to Southern Oregon University. The Cougars will finish up their season against Pacific University at home on Thursday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m.

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No. 2 Martin Gonzalez positions himself for the take down during his match last Friday. Gonzales got the 4-3 decision against SW Oregon’s Johnny Campbell in the 133 lb division, adding to Clackamas’ 42-6 victory.

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League drops ball with Coaches vs. Cancer

By John William Howard Sports Editor It’s always great to see a team reach out to help those less fortunate. You see athletes from the junior high level all the way up to the professional leagues that give their time to others around them. One cause that is particularly close to home is Coaches vs. Cancer, something that the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges participated in this last week.

It’s touching, really. In some ways a show of humility, in others a glaring example, it reminds us that we’re all in this together, no matter whom we are. It’s also a huge opportunity to spread the word about a certain cause.

Athletic programs draw a large number of eyes, making them a perfect source of attention for concerns such as child abuse, homelessness, poverty and cancer.

It would make sense that events staged to raise awareness for cancer, much like the NWAACC’s games over the last week, would be staged to get maximum attention. At least at Clackamas, there are a few things that they’ve done right. Number one is the bright pink tie-dye shirts that both the volleyball team and the women’s basketball team have worn on game night. Also, the basketball coaches wear white sneakers with their suits, Men’s coach Clif Wegner sporting his customary white converse all-stars.

On top of that, proceeds from the game along with donations go to help fight cancer, which seems noble, right?

Wrong. The problem is that the stands are completely empty, and that’s not right. There are several reasons for the stands being empty and that blame falls on several different heads.

The first reason is plain and simple. People won’t come out to see what they know will be

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an absolute drubbing, which is exactly what happened last Wednesday against Portland Community College. PCC came into last week’s Jan. 25 matchups a combined 4-27 record between the men’s and women’s teams.

All four of those wins were by the women, and two of the four were forfeits. The result of that was a less than spotty crowd that not even the boisterous cross country and volleyball teams could cover up.

So much for raising awareness.

The situation was much the same in the fall, when the volleyball team took on a pitiful Multnomah team with only nine players on their roster. That game ended up just as bad, with the girls in pink flattening the visiting girls in dark blue so badly that there wasn’t hardly any time to notice that the crowd was non-existent.

The second reason is also obvious. Unless you had your ear tuned toward the athletic department or knew the patterns of the stars, you wouldn’t have known that it wasn’t anything but a regular season game until you walked in and saw the smattering of pink around the gym. The blame for that falls on the athletic department. If they really want to make a statement about their solidarity against cancer and their support for those who fight it, they need to advertise themselves and fill up their gym.

The blame for the scheduling is a little harder to tack down. The ‘sneakers with suits’ tradition isn’t specific to the NWAACC, and it’s not simply done at the school or athletic league’s choosing. It’s a national occurrence at all different levels of basketball. That, however, means that everybody who is anybody knows exactly when it’s happening long in advance, far ahead enough to plan something more exciting than PCC coming to town.

I’m not saying that PCC should have sat idle last week while the big boys (and girls) fought it out, but you’d think that the people planning out the schedule could have chosen something a little more interesting. Why not schedule Clackamas and Mt. Hood to clash on the same night as Coaches vs. Cancer? The stands are packed full of students, community members, families and all manner of fans any time that Clackamas and Mt. Hood meet, making it a much better choice when trying to raise awareness.

Yes, Clackamas did donate around $500 to fight cancer but the NWAACC dropped the ball on this one. If the NFL can schedule Detroit to play on Thanksgiving every year, then the NWAACC can choose the games for the Coaches vs. Cancer week better.

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Cougar Head Coach Clif Wegner dons white sneakers for Coaches vs. Cancer Week last season in the Randall Hall gymnasium. The “sneakers with suits” tradition is known within the NWAACC league and local colleges, as well as at the national level. This year’s event at CCC was sparsley attended, but the event still raised around $500.

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WRESTLING: Cougars dominate nation’s strongest region Continued from Page 1

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It was then, in the 157 lb division, that Clackamas had their first stumble.

No. 9 Nikko Veltri and SW Oregon’s Craig Trask remained locked at 0-0 entering the third round. With time winding down, Trask took Veltri to the mat and was awarded two points.

Veltri would give it his all, but lost the match, giving SW Oregon their first three team points of the meet.

The 165 lb match brought the first and only match with two nationally ranked wrestlers. Clackamas’ No. 5 Eric Hensel and SW Oregon’s No. 12 Saul Soto made things interesting from the start, with Soto jumping out to a 1-4 lead before Hensel brought it back to 3-4 at the end of the first round. In the second, Soto extended his lead to 3-7. With under a minute left in the third and final round, and with his whole bench on its feet, Hensel made a valiant effort, scoring a quick pair of points and giving the crowd hope of a comeback. Hensel’s efforts, however, would fall short, and the match ended in a 5-8 decision for Soto.

SW Oregon wouldn’t score any more team points the rest of the evening.

Clackamas came out with a vengeance, getting four pins in a row for No. 7 Trent Noon (174), No. 1 Austin Morehead (184), No. 2 Rudi Burtschi (197) and No. 11 Jake Laden (285).

The 42-6 win was the most complete of the season and the best since the opening match against Highline, something that bodes well for the upcoming regional tournament on Feb. 11.

“It gives these guys a lot of con-

fidence that what we’re doing in the room, the training we’re doing … [the victories] make it worth it,” said Clackamas head coach Josh Rhoden.

“They see ‘OK, I’m making gains’ and that’s the biggest thing. That gives them confidence maybe more than the victories themselves.”

The fact that Clackamas has come out and dominated arguably the strongest region in NJCAA wrestling means two things; one, Clackamas will be incredibly well prepared going into nationals, and two, there will be a lot of good wrestlers who won’t make the cut.

“It’s fun, but it sucks because you know that someone good is going to stay home,” said Lopez, who wrestled at SW Oregon for two years and made nationals both times. “Especially this year, it’s just like high school. There’s always someone who deserves to go that doesn’t go. You just hope that you’ve got your guys prepared well enough that when regions come that they can take care of business.”

While the toughness of the region and the upcoming tournament may have many of the teams flustered, things are the same as always at Clackamas, where the national spotlight has become an every day thing.

“We still work out hard every day,” said McAlister. “As long as we work out every day and keep our conditioning up we should be fine for regionals and nationals.”

“We’re pretty confident. We should be able to walk out of there no problem with it. Nationals is where the test will be.”

Cody Randall picks up his opponent to wrestle him down. Randall is ranked first in his weight class nationally. He won this match by technical fall in the third round earning an additional five points.

Clackamas Wrestlers

Alger Ballard Becerra Burtschi Conn Cook Dahl Gonzalez Goodrich Hensel

Hughes Huizenga Humphrey Johnson Joshua Laden Luna Maelfeyt McAlester Melendrez

Mitchell Morehead Nelson Noon ONeal Ornelas Randall Roberts Sanchez Scheidman

Sierra Veltri Whitaker Williams Wilson Yacuta

Look for all of the CCC Cougar wrestlers in this word search.

Names are horizontal, vertical, and diagonally.

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