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Volume 45, Issue 15

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Wednesday March 7, 2012

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Clark Pierce grinds on one part of a new sculpture, that will be placed on Clackamas Community College’s campus.

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Bill proposed by local representative can help fund projects

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you exactly what your doing wrong and tells you how to fix it. Before actually going to the shop and weld you can play with it a little bit and get an idea in what to do when you get out there.”

During the skills competion, Montminy was using the VRTEX and got a score of 94 points out of 100. Nobody beat Montminy’s score.

“It does take some pressure off the general funds. It’s kind of one of those point and time questions. Do we need this stuff? Yes. If we don’t get the bill are we going immediately charge it to the general fund, no we are going to do with out. We are going to phase in purchases over time and rank them on what’s critical and what’s not,” Giltz said.

“The money obviously would be very helpful in that it would allow [the] college to strengthen some existing academic programs. The community wins as a result by us being able to do a better job of serving them. Some of these purchases will also be from Clackamas area vendors, which helps the local economy.

Our board and other interested community members are contacting specific legislators asking for their support. If legislation does not pass, these improvements simply won’t happen. We will continue to look for ways to strengthen our programs regardless, but it’s challenging obviously given existing funding constraints and the absence of a bond,” said Courtney Wilton, vice president of student services.

Representative Dave Hunt wrote “As Co-Chair of the

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No student should have his classes in a hollowed out trailer home, right? Well for some students that is exactly the case at Clackamas Community College.

More technical degrees come out every year; it’s not a big surprise that the college is trying to upgrade to keep up with more efficient technology. Clackamas is known for its career technical education (CTE); renewable energy is one of the newer available degrees. If you have ever wondered what the mobile home sitting by the tennis court is used for, it’s a classroom for renewable energy students.

Dean of technology, health occupations and workforce, Scott Giltz said the college was unable to house the students elsewhere and that the uncongenial classroom was a last resort. “It’s simply overflow,” Giltz said.

The college isn’t the only one who notices the changes of technology. House district 40 representative Dave Hunt introduced house bill 4028 that would allow all 16 community colleges in Oregon to get lottery bonds.

As soon as CCC was notified of the possibility of “free money” they scrambled to put together a $800,000 proposal to submit towards the bill.

Luckily for the college, most of the things in their proposal were already written up under the failed 2011 May bond.

House Bill 4028 would substantially benefit the college’s CTE program by being able to buy hybrid and Flex fuel

vehicles for the automotive program. As of right now the automotive program students are working on older cars that can just be taken apart and put back together; one can learn only so much from that.

“Right now, we don’t do a lot of it and we want to do more of training for hybrid vehicles. It’s a whole different technology for technicians and there are quite a few on the road now and we want to increase our efforts there,” Giltz said. “Right now we get them totaled from insurance companies and we repair them and give them back and that is all the experience we get, obviously not a controlled structured curriculum and we need to (buy) a couple of those.”

With the Harmony campus used predominately by the nursing program, medical assistance and cynical lab assistant, the bill would be able to fund laboratory improvements and smart technology.

Robotics equipment for welding is also under the bill.

Giltz explained the “robot” similar to the Wii. John Phelps, welding instructor said that the Lincoln Electric VRTEX 360 is a virtual welding stimulator.

“It would be a great training tool in case someone had forgotten their gear,” said Phelps.

He explained that buying such a machine would save money over time because it would reduce some of the money spent buying metal for students to practice on.

Second year welding student Travis Montminy said, “I can see how it is useful. It tells

Steve Giltz, dean of technology occupations and workforce, explains the need of new technology on campus for students and community. The bill would cover manufacturing, automotive, robotics welding and energy technology.

Transportation and Economic Development Committee, I wrote and passed legislation during this year’s Legislative Session to invest $9.6 million in community college construction projects that will strengthen their workforce development partnerships with local businesses

and create good construction jobs. I am especially excited that we funded an $800,000 construction project at CCC to upgrade industrial technology and science workforce advancement right here in Clackamas County.”

Rules of the Road — driving Miss Douchebag

By James Duncan Design Editor Traffic, it can basically be summed up to little more than a large group of chil-

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dren in very large, fast moving death machines. I say children because when most people get behind the wheel of their car, they lose all sense of humanity and sense of give and take.

Later this month the exit that many of us take to school will close. The crowds of commuters will be funneled into yet even fewer routes to their destinations. This means we are all going to have to learn to get along and follow some basic rules of the road.

One of the first skills teachers tried to offer us was sharing. Letting Billy play with your balls and letting Suzy

use your crayons. For many people sharing is one of the first lessons that is learned around three, but when 16 rolls around and you’re driving a car for the first time, it all goes right out the fucking window and let’s be honest; it just gets worse from there.

The problem is that most people are babies when it comes to the road. You lose your ability to share, your temper and start to think that shoving the front end of your car up the muffler of another is a great idea. It is all basic human psychology, when you are trying to get somewhere

you want to fill the space between you and the person in front of you.

Rule of the road No.1: Don’t get so close!

This really is part of being human. It is why people are trampled to death in lines to see Justin Bieber and why drivers think it is a good idea to be a foot away from your bumper. The law requires a minimum distance of one car length between vehicles. Read your drivers manuals! When in motion and stopped you are REQUIRED to be a certain distance away. This is for everyone’s benefit. If you leave

the required amount of space, it makes it easier for other people to merge and it helps traffic flow smoothly. If traffic is moving, leave the normal three seconds worth of space, but if traffic is getting worse don’t hug their bumper. Leave more space and go at the right pace for the traffic. The less you hit your brakes in heavy traffic, the faster it will clear up. It’s simply a fact.

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Left: Alyssa Rands is eager to learn about polynomials in Math 111. YouTube videos and other Internet media create a new learning environment in a new style of teaching for the class. Right: Rhonda Hull, Clackamas Community College math instructor, demonstrates the use of a graphing calculator with an overhead projector.

YouTube class creates sum worshippers

By Joshua Dillen Associate News Editor Some students would rather poke out their eyes than endure the lecture portion of a college algebra class. The standard learning environment in this class may be the reason it’s one of the most hated and feared classes at community colleges.

The boring stream of math rules and graphs that govern functions and lines gets easily replaced by the more enjoyable thoughts in a student’s head. Who wouldn’t find it hard to follow and actually retain enough of the information to pass the course?

Clackamas Community College’s math department has been changing the way Math 111 is taught, to hopefully increase the pass rate of this required course for many transfer students. Rhonda Hull, math instructor, has helped to design a new and different approach to teaching this difficult part of the math curriculum. During her sabbatical two years ago, she

worked closely with Carrie Kyser, math department chair, to develop and create an engaging and fun learning environment to make the class more enjoyable and fun.

Hull seems to be almost exuberant when describing how the math paradigm has changed in her class. “We really talk about the math, and we really DO the math in class.

I don’t just give the students one long boring lecture and then hope students ask questions about what they don’t understand,” she said.

The result of the project led to the development of a hybrid class that utilizes the best of both Internet learning and real classroom dynamics.

Gone are the expensive textbook and long boring lectures.

The interactive “e-book” used is a virtual textbook accessed through the course’s Moodle page to be printed off as the term progresses. This virtual textbook is an internet gateway to lessons and pertinent math links which include YouTube videos and a plethora of other videos and sites that

cater to a visual learning style.

Lectures have been replaced with groups of like scoring students that work together to complete exercises and work on developing skills rather than listening to the drone

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We really talk about the math and we really DO the math in class.”

Rhonda Hull Math Instructor

of a lecture. The same groups work together on pre-exams (a longer version of each actual midterm/final) during the class to ensure they are even more prepared for the real test.

“There is a post quiz online that must be completed 24 hours after each in class lesson. Research has shown this type of repetition helps students retain what they have learned” said Hull.

Kyser described that they use social media to dial into the way students build math skills. Most would not associate polynomials and functions with YouTube, but that is precisely what this class does.

A familiar way of interacting socially in today’s world may be key to teaching math.

“People go to YouTube and the Internet to view music video clips and all kinds of popular videos,” she said.

“We’re using a vehicle that is typically used for recreational purposes to help us teach a math class,” said Kyser.

Kyser has taught the same class and believes her students enjoyed the new method of learning. She also made it clear she had tremendous fun teaching the course and even sometimes had to kick students out of class when it was over.

Alyssa Rands is pursuing

her transfer degree and really enjoys the class. She intends to work in the fashion industry. She expressed that it was a lot of work, but she feels she has actually learned about math, rather than just retaining information.

“I like that a lot of learning is accomplished on your own,” said Rands. “It requires you to fully understand the concepts, rather than just absorbing information in the classroom then exuding it back out onto the test.”

Kevin Douglas, student and volunteer at the information desk in Streeter, took the new class last year after not completing the traditional college algebra course. He really feels the new type of learning setting helped him to succeed the second time.

“The type of lessons and all the different links really helped me to get it. All the work made it easier to pass the tests,” said Douglas. “The course does an outstanding job of teaching you the material and keeping you on track.”

RULES: Follow them and share the road Continued from Page 2

Rule of the road No. 2: Let people merge!

Now this is the one thing that makes my blood boil on the road: when you need to

get right to make an exit and nobody will touch their brakes or let off their accelerator long enough for you to slide into the lane and to your exit without trouble. What is even worse are people who close the space

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between them and the car in front of them to keep people from merging onto the highway at on ramps or to get to exits. Are you so pathetic that your sense of self-worth can be challenged by letting someone pull in front of you? Everyone is going the same direction and if it weren’t for people who close the gap when it is most important, we could all be going a higher speed.

Rule of the road No. 3: Don’t suddenly speed up because traffic has cleared up a little.

Traffic is stop and go for a mile or so, but suddenly it breaks up and starts to flow a little only to be stop and go

again another exit down. Do you know why this is? It is because you can’t keep a pace.

You feel the need to catch up with the traffic and make it worse. If traffic is bad and suddenly you are lucky enough to be going 30 mph, don’t take that moment to speed up more and more because all you do is catch up to traffic. Use your little brain for a change.

Look ahead. If traffic is still bad half a mile ahead of you, there is no reason to catch it.

Split the difference. Traffic is going slow ahead of you, don’t go 60 mph and catch them in 45 seconds. Try going 30 mph, giving traffic a chance to clear up on its own. The less you hit

your brakes, the better traffic will be.

More than anything just try not to be a stupid child; remember that sharing is caring. Take the higher road. If someone is tailgating you, let them pass. If the person in front of you is going the speed limit; just be happy they aren’t going slower. Give yourself time to get places without having to speed, but if you get the chance to speed do it responsibly. There is never a reason to be going 15 mph over the limit try 5 mph. Go with the flow. You might find that if you are just not a total dick on the road, it will turn ou to be a nicer place for everyone.

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Sam Munger(left), acts out a scene with other members of the cast in ‘The Crucible’ in which John Proctor refuses to sign his name on a confession that he knows is a lie.

‘The Crucible’ brings witch trials to stage

By Brad Heineke Ad Manager Lust, greed, jealousy and fear.

These are some facets of human nature which can bring out the worst in people. Public panic and hysteria can have dangerous results as demonstrated in “The Crucible,” the current play of the Clackamas Community College Theater Arts Department.

The play, written by Arthur Miller, focuses on the Salem Witchcraft trials of 1692.

Miller wrote the play in 1953

during the House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings and it parallels to the unfounded panic and “witch hunts” of McCarthyism. CCC’s striking poster for the play also acknowledges this tie. The hundreds of names on it are many of those of some who were blacklisted as Communists during this time of “red-baiting.” Miller himself was one of those listed as he refused to identify people who were present at meetings he had attended.

It brings to light questions of pride, guilt, reputation, and faith,

which is part of what makes this play so powerful and enduring.

The set, costumes and strong performances produced by the theater department capture the era of the Puritan New England town during this dark time in American history. The talented cast is fairly large at 24 and strong with acting experience. They do an excellent job in this dramatic production.

The play is directed by David Smith-English, who has directed more than 50 plays with the college.

“The Crucible,” along with another play during the spring term, will be the last that SmithEnglish will do with the college; he is retiring after the school year.

Smith-English has a great legacy with CCC. He started working at the college in 1989, and has been the Director/Instructor of the Theater Arts Department since 1994.

“He will certainly be missed,” said Chris Whitten, who handles the theater department’s set and lighting design among his many faculty duties. “David is not old

enough to be my father, but I wish he was ... he’s glad that he is not,” said Whitten with a sparkle of jest in his eye.

“The Crucible” runs through March 11 with shows Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Osterman Theater located in the Niemeyer Center. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.

TheaterCCC.org.

Transforming Seuss’ ‘The Lorax’ from book into 3D film “The Lorax” was orginally published in 1971 by Dr. Seuss, is a wonderfully hand drawn tale of the dangers of industrialization and corporate takeover

By Katherine Sudyam Copy Editor

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How would you feel if the world lost its sheen? If there were no trees left to be green, if the world was dark and gray? If the sun didn’t shine all day?

In the world of Dr. Seuss’, “The Lorax,” it’s been a long time since the townspeople had seen natural green. That is until the main character, known only as “you”, decides to find out what happened to make his sad little town so unequivocally depressing. I don’t know exactly what route the new theatrical release of “The Lorax” will take the end of this Seussian story to, but I’m hoping that some of the bright colors I saw in the commercials will be a part of the climax.

This book, originally published in ’71, takes an environmentalist’s protest and translates it into child friendly text. In fact the newest edition is notably printed on recycled paper, as the logo on the cover dictates.

The gloom and doom story of the Once-Ler’s greed tells of him causing a catastrophic chain of events. The happy town thick with unencumbered odd animals of the typical Seuss style is altered into such a dismal place that it’s nearly unidentifiable.

The Once-Ler’s story begins and ends with the chopping of a Truffula Tree, a beautiful tree that looks sort

“The Lorax in 3D,” from the director of the acclaimed 2010 animated film “Dispicable Me,”was released in theaters on March 2

Written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss, “The Lorax” was one of his first books to be originally illustrated in color. of like palm with a brightly colored tuft. The Once-Ler, a character synonymous with human greed, decides to cut down these trees to make a thneed, something he thinks everyone needs. As soon as he is finished making his first thneed the Lorax appears, an ugly short animalistic creature that does not agree with the Once-Ler’s Thneeds.

The Lorax speaks for the trees and the animals in the community. One by one he sends them away; he doesn’t want to see them starving and coughing all day. Each group of happy animals turns into melancholy versions of their past selves as they leave their home with an uncertain destiny. Even the Humming-Fish walk away on their fins.

As the last Truffula Tree is chopped down the town turns

completely gray, except for a certain spot in the sky where the Lorax is ‘lifted away,’ which is soon covered up with smog.

The Once-Ler is left all alone, with nothing but a pile of stones that the Lorax left him, saying “UNLESS.” The story never goes into when humans began to inhabit this sad little place, or why they would want to live there. In the end the Once-Ler pushes off his guilt onto ‘you,’ the nosy main character.

He is left with the very last Truffula Tree seed, a very great responsibility indeed. ‘Grow a forest,’ the Once-Ler did say. Making certain that for his crimes the child will pay. Isn’t that, after all, why the Lorax left the message “UNLESS” where he was lifted away?

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Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

Dr. Seuss “The Lorax”

“The Lorax” is a revamp of the classic Dr. Seuss tale of the same title. The story has seen multiple incarnations, first the book, published in 1971 and the latest being the new film, which came out to theaters last Friday.

Directed by Chris Renaud, the acclaimed animated filmmaker behind “Despicable Me,” his new film is entertaining, dramatic and informative. It features many musical numbers as well.

As a new take on the classic, the film adopts an evil corporation that is behind keeping the surreal, dystopian city of

Thneed-Ville the way that it is.

The company, named O’Hare’s, makes its money off of selling purified air to the masses, in plastic bottle form, no less.

On the outside of the city’s walls, a desolate landscape is found. There isn’t a Truffula Tree in sight, the animals have left the area and the air has become sour. Within Thneed-Ville, trees have been replaced by mechanical decorations that resemble trees, which have light bulbs instead of foliage, the latest model doubling as a disco machine. The majority of the denizens in the futuristic town like it the way it is and have been convinced that trees are vile, dirty things.

Produced by Universal Pictures, “The Lorax” is a 3D computer-animated film, unlike its two predecessors, though it is available to view in 2D theaters.

“The Lorax” is worth seeing in 3D, especially if you are a fan of Dr. Seuss or computer-animated films. The only downside to the film is that it seems to come to somewhat of an abrupt ending.

The film succeeds in reinforcing ideas of environmentalism to the viewers while ranging from lighthearted to mildly dark, much like the 2008 post-apocalyptic Pixar film “WALL-E.” The 3D is surprisingly effective, unlike recent film trends.

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Mckenna sits relatively still, smiling and laughing while the three members reminisce over the past year as a band.

“I’ve had drummers leave in the middle of tours and stuff, because they’ve met a girl.

[Mckenna] seems a little more steady,” said DeLacy, to which Mckenna laughs aloud.

Though DeLacy has had more experience with songwriting, releasing two full-length albums in the past, the plan is to write more songs together in the near future.

“Kim’s a really good songwriter; it’s nice starting a band [while] having a base to build off of, and that’s what kind of happened,” said Johnson.

Aside from being the guitarist and lead vocalist for the band, DeLacy has had many years of experience playing other instruments.

“I was a percussionist for 13 years,” said DeLacy.

She mentioned that Mckenna is good at playing the opposite of what she hears the beat being for certain songs, preferring to tweak the beat and break the norm.

DeLacy joked that he will sometimes use a doo-wop beat with a salsa song.

“I don’t pick on the cello, because I can’t play the cello,” said DeLacy. “I don’t even know the terms.”

DeLacy imitates her band mate’s cello.

“Add a little more fingerwaggle, make it a little more wwwooommm,” she said jokingly.

The recording session that the band worked on after the interview was for the first CD release that the band will have done together.

“Separately we’ve recorded some stuff, Kim especially,” said Johnson.

DeLacy mentioned that she wants to cover one of Johnson’s old songs, from a band she was in years ago, called “She Did It.” “We’ve never done anything together, so this is the first time, and Clackamas really provided a space to do that for free, and for

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Orchestral: Of or relating to an orchestra.

Indie: Not belonging to or affiliated with a major record company.

Folk: Of or originating among the common people.

Rock: The solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other planets.

Formed around members Kim DeLacy (guitarist and lead singer/songwriter), part-time guitar instructor at Clackamas Community College, Allie Johnson (cello, mandolin, bass guitar, backup vocals) and Drew Mckenna (drums), “The Petite Beat” is a small band that is going to be big news within this coming year.

The three members of the band sat in one of the practice rooms in Niemeyer Center. They were going to be working on their upcoming EP in one of the recording studios.

“Kim and I knew each other in Sedona, Arizona,” said Johnson, who was running a coffee shop, Random Acts of Coffee, at the time. DeLacy used to come in and play music fairly often.

Both Johnson and DeLacy moved to Portland to pursue other projects, unbeknownst to one another. After the transition, the two connected once again.

“We totally met up, and we’ve been friends [since]. We started playing music, went through tons of band names, landed on ‘The Petite Beat.’ We bought the dot com, so it’s going to last at least a year,” said DeLacy.

DeLacy came into contact with Mckenna through a short employment as a server at a nowforeclosed, “crappy” restaurant.

“We met, I worked there for maybe a month, quit, but I found out Drew played drums, and I said, ‘we should hang out.’ I think that’s why I was meant to work there for a month, was to meet Drew.”

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Allie Johnson (cello, mandolin, bass guitar, backup vocals), Kim DeLacy (guitarist, lead singer/song writer), and Drew McKenna (drums), members of The Petite Beat, doing the robot. me to get credit for it. It’s like a win-win-win-win situation,” said DeLacy.

According to the band, it’s been a fantastic learning experience, and many people have assisted them throughout the process. Andy Nagatori, a student who graduated CCC, has been instrumental in helping the band produce their album.

“My goal is to get it done by the summer, like June or July, so we can have a summer tour and sell a bunch of CDs,” said DeLacy.

“The Petite Beat” considers themselves to be “orchestral indie folk rock.” Johnson doubts that they are really orchestral, while DeLacy explains that venues will book more shows because it sounds different.

“There are strings, so technically it is orchestral,” said Mckenna.

Thus far, the trio has been together for a little less than a year, and they have only played a few shows under their new moniker.

“The beginning of summer is when I first really started play-

through Thursdays all day, will have some free CDs to hand out.

She also teaches Guitar I. Johnson recently finished her Associate of Arts at Portland Community College, and will be heading to Portland State University in spring to study organismal biology. Mckenna is going back to school this spring at PCC. As for the future of “The Petite Beat,” Mckenna speaks words that ring true to many: “I can’t speak the future, but I’m here to roll with it.”

ing with [‘The Petite Beat’],” said Mckenna.

The band has performed at the Someday Lounge and at Mississippi Pizza.

They were all particularly fond of the Someday Lounge, which they said was “super professional.”

The venue included miked drums and a green room for the band to relax in prior to and after playing.

“Abe the sound guy, big shout out to him,” said DeLacy.

If you are interested in listening to their music, DeLacy, who works in the music office Tuesdays

Catch “The Petite Beat” When: Friday March 9 @ 9 p.m.

Who: All ages welcome

Where: Mississippi Pizza 3552 N Mississippi Ave Portland

Cost: $4 Check them out at: thepetitebeat.com or www.facebook.com/thepetitebeat

New sculpture to be displayed at Clackamas

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Kay Simms works on the skeleton of the new sculpture being built for Clackamas Community College.

Sparks fly as steel is welded, ground and turned into a new masterpiece of both ingenuity and creativity. A new steel sculpture is being built for Clackamas Community College, and though it’s not completed, it shows a lot of promise.

A joint venture between the art and welding departments, the new sculpture is a big undertaking, including a good number of man hours, coordination between participants and departments and planning.

The project is the brain child of Thomas Wasson, digital media arts instructor at Clackamas.

He drew the blueprints, is the artistic leader of the project and coordinates with the welding department.

The structure will be located in the quad area on campus near

the Community Center. The inner “skeleton” of the sculpture itself is made up of flat bar steel beams, welded together with dual shield wire, resembling an unfinished New York skyscraper.

The outside will be plated with aluminum, and eventually look like steel trees, each 10-12 feet tall.

The group developing the sculpture is a mix of CCC students and staff. Wasson, the visionary, is helped by CCC student Clark Pierce, who has 15 years of experience in the field, and is taking classes at Clackamas to improve his work.

“I love welding. It’s just really great. I get excited whenever I get to weld. I love my job,” he said.

Pierce was initially on another project, building a new bumper for a local police car, but soon joined on for this project due to his years of experience. Pierce is one of the faces attached to

the forefront of the project, but there also some behind the scenes people working with Wasson, including Susan Caldera, welding instructor and faculty adviser at Clackamas.

Caldera was one of the first people approached by Wasson with the idea for the new sculpture. Caldera liked the idea, and she really loves getting involved with work in the local community. “The CCC AWS [American Welding Society] Student Chapter is happy to take on community projects for several reasons,” said Caldera.

This project was a great opportunity to bring the art and welding departments together and gives students a chance to create a project for their peers and local community to admire.

Construction is behind schedule, but they’re working hard to finish up and hopefully have it out before the beginning of next term.

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Men’s basketball title hopes dashed

By John William Howard Sports Editor Clackamas’ tournament began Saturday morning at 10 a.m. against Peninsula College Pirates.

Clackamas Community College men’s basketball team failed to place at the NWAACC championships, falling in the first round to the Pirates and later losing to Bellevue College to be knocked from the tournament.

Peninsula 74 Clackamas 65 Peninsula’s J.T. Terrell and DeShaun Freeman combined for 39 points to defeat Clackamas 74-65 in the first round. The game was a close contest for the first few minutes with neither team seeing much advantage.

Tied up at nine after four minutes of play, Peninsula went on an 11-2 run to get a 20-11 lead on a three pointer by Daniel Sims. Clackamas used a flurry of points to cut the deficit to five at 26-21 on three pointer by Taylor Dunn. Peninsula led 35-27 at halftime.

The second half brought more of the same for Peninsula, which maintained a steady lead throughout the second half. Clackamas found themselves down by 13, but climbed to within seven points on a field goal from point guard Jake Dewitt with 15 minutes left in the second half.

Leading rebounder Brett Ball fouled out with six minutes remaining and Peninsula’s Sam Waller hit one of two from the

free throw line to make it a double digit lead yet again at 59-59.

The Cougars would cut the lead to eight on several occasions, but with less than two minutes remaining, Peninsula had pushed their lead to 15. Clackamas’ Josh Lokeno hit a three pointer with seven seconds left to make the final score 74-65.

Clackamas was led by Dunn’s 15 points and nine rebounds and Ball’s 13 points. The loss dropped Clackamas from contention for anything higher than seventh place, and set up a match up with S. Puget Sound the next morning at 10 a.m.

Clackamas 70 S. Puget Sound 67 S. Puget Sound Community College came back from a 12 point deficit to tie and take a brief lead to make things interesting, but in the end Clackamas prevailed, winning 70-67 to stay alive in the hunt for seventh place in the NWAACC tournament.

Clackamas jumped out to an early lead, moving ahead by nine points after five minutes of play, leading 11-2 on a field goal from Andre Dickson. S. Puget Sound battled back to get within two on a three pointer by Alexey “Lucky” Lagerberg, but Clackamas went on a 16-5 run to take a 13 point lead with 7:38 to play in the first half. S. Puget Sound used a 9-0 run of their own to climb back to 29-25, but Clackamas’ Paul Walter made the deficit 12 with a put back at the buzzer to give the Cougars the lead 40-28 at halftime.

S. Puget Sound came out of halftime with a vengeance, going on a 13-2 run to pull within one point on a field goal from Deshawn Hayes. Several minutes later, a three pointer from Tyler Vanderhoff made it 63-61, and Hayes followed with another three-point basket to put S. Puget Sound in the lead 64-63 with just over four minutes to play in the game.

Clackamas regained the lead on a fade away jumper by Jake Dewitt, and built their lead up to 3 points with 25 seconds left. S. Puget Sound missed all their three point attempts and Clackamas was just good enough from the line to edge past S. Puget Sound 70-67. Dunn and Ball both had 14 points for Clackamas, who moved on to play Bellevue on Monday morning at 10 am.

Bellevue 75 Clackamas 56 Clackamas got down by double digits early and never led in their loss to Bellevue by a count of 75-56. Bellevue held the Clackamas starters far below their averages offensively in the loss, which ended Clackamas’ tournament run for good.

Bellevue jumped on Clackamas from the get go, running out to a 16-5 lead on a field goal from Keaton Hayenga.

Clackamas moved to within nine, but Hayenga’s three point play with six minutes left in the first half put Bellevue up 14 points.

Alec Wilson hit a three pointer for Bellevue to make Bulldog’s halftime lead 35-22.

Clackamas fell even further

behind in the second half, as Bellevue pushed the lead to 18 points on another field goal from Hayenga after just four minutes of play in the second period. Bellevue’s Jon Humphrie pushed the lead to 21 points with a layup at the five minute mark. Clackamas had little to no answer for Humphrie, who exposed the Cougar defense several times down the stretch.

With four minutes remaining, Clackamas head coach Clif Wegner waved the white flag, emptying his bench. Bellevue’s lead would reach 21 once more before Andrew Weaver’s putback basket with 19 seconds remaining. Bellevue finished shooting 54 percent from the field and holding Clackamas to just 33.3 percent in the 75-56 loss. Ball had 13 points for Clackamas, while Dunn, one of

the NWAACC’s top scorers, was held to just 10.

The loss ended an up and down season for the Cougars, who struggled in the preseason and early regular season, but finished with an impressive run to make the NWAACC tournament. Clackamas will lose a lot of talent with the graduation of their sophomores, including the scoring threat of Dunn and the rebounding machine of Ball.

The Cougars will also lose the sophomore leadership of Walter, who has been with the program since his redshirt season three years ago. The focus now turns to recruiting and preparing for next season and the quest to get back to the NWAACC tournament.

John William Howard also covered the championship for the NWAACC.

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Sophomore guard MaKesha Bizon reaches in the cookie jar after scoring all of her three point attempts in the first half against Skagit Valley Community College.

By John William Howard Sports Editor Clackamas Community College won three of four games at the NWAACC tournament, taking fifth place with a win over Skagit Valley College yesterday.

Clackamas’ only loss was to Columbia Basin College, who advanced to the championship game last night.

Clackamas 74 Bellevue 65 Clackamas and Bellevue College matched up to start of the NWAACC women’s basketball championships, tipping things off first thing Saturday morning.

Clackamas came away with the 74-65 win, and advanced to the second round to take on Columbia Basin.

For the first several minutes, the two teams kept things close. After four

minutes, Clackamas led 7-5 on a Jenny Johnson threepointer before committing three consecutive turnovers, giving up their lead as they saw Bellevue score four in a row. Clackamas led 37-35 at halftime behind Johnson’s monster first half. Johnson put up 19 points in the first 20 minutes.

Clackamas scored first to start the second half, but Bellevue answered right back.

Just over three minutes into the half, Clackamas’ lead was still just two at 43-41. That’s when Clackamas let loose their most potent weapon: the three point shot. Things seemed lost for Bellevue, who found themselves down 68-61 with just one minute remaining after Clackamas’ Johnson hit a pair of free throws. Then Bellevue ran down the floor and netted a three pointer from guard Kelsey Sparks to get to within four. A steal and a made free throw by Brittany Barrington cut the deficit to just three at 68-65, but Clackamas hit six consecutive free throw attempts to ice the game 74-65.

Columbia Basin 64 Clackamas 55 Clackamas and Columbia Basin, two teams that both spent time at the top of the coaches poll all season, matched up in the second round and presented the fans with one of the most exciting finishes the women’s tournament yet. Columbia Basin used a run early in the first half to take the game 64-55 and move on to the NWAACC semi finals.

Columbia Basin took a seven point lead after five minutes of play on a shot from Lacey Young, but Clackamas reeled off seven points of their own to tie the game at eleven points apiece.

Clackamas broke the tie a few possessions later with a shot from Sam McCloud, and the teams traded baskets, neither gaining an advantage bigger than four. Clackamas led 25-23 at halftime.

Columbia Basin took a brief lead early in the second half, but Clackamas fought back, draining consecutive three pointers from MaKesha Bizon and Johnson to go up four at 31-27. Columbia Basin then went on a 9-2 run to take a 38-33 lead when Jennifer Noon hit for two of her game high 20 points.

A few minutes later, Young made it a ten point lead for Columbia Basin.

Clackamas scored four in a row to cut the lead to 48-42

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on a pair of free throws

by Johnson, but Columbia Basin held strong, stopping the run and pushing the lead back out to nine. With just over a minute remaining in the game, Lindsay Kanalz hit a pair of free throws to bring it to 56-51. Columbia Basin answered with a jumper from Young and forced Johnson to travel with the basketball, giving Columbia Basin possession with a seven point lead. Columbia Basin would swish their next six free throw attempts, icing the victory and sending Clackamas to the losers bracket of the double-elimination tournament by a final score of 64-55.

Clackamas 85 Blue Mountain 65 Blue Mountain Community College hung around in a tight first half, but eventually fell behind in the second, trailing by as many as 23 points before losing 85-65 to Clackamas to put an end to their first NWAACC tournament appearance.

Blue Mountain led early, with Nadia Telles hitting a two pointer to put the Timberwolves up 8-3 after the first two minutes.

Clackamas quickly made up the ground with a pair of three pointers from Ashleigh Anderson and McCloud to take a one point lead.

Clackamas went on a run, hitting four consecutive treys to go up by five at 28-23. Clackamas led 36-35 at halftime.

Blue Mountain started the second half slowly and Clackamas took advantage, slowly building their lead until Bizon hit from downtown to put the Cougars up 53-43. The lead grew to 16 points when Jordin Feldman hit a layup in the paint with just over eight minutes remaining in the game.

Blue Mountain climbed to within eleven at 66-55, but Clackamas buried the Timberwolves with a 15-3 run to go up by 23 at 81-58 with just over two minutes left in the contest. At that point, Clackamas emptied their bench, cruising to an 85-64 victory.

Clackamas was led by the near triple double of McCloud, who finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists, and five steals.

Johnson also finished with 19 points on five of nine shooting from three point range. Clackamas moved on to play Skagit Valley for fifth place on Monday at 2 p.m.

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Clackamas 101 Skagit Valley 88 Bizon was perfect from three point range in the first half and ended shooting 10 of 14 from distance for 32 points to lead Clackamas to a fifth place finish over Skagit Valley 101-88.

Clackamas jumped out to a 10-5 lead when Bizon swished her first three pointer with 16:29 left in the first half. Skagit Valley pulled to within two points, but another pair of three pointers from Bizon and Johnson hit two more three pointers to put Clackamas out by six.

Skagit Valley tied the game at 29, but Johnson answered from distance with another three to put the Cougars back on top. Clackamas went on a huge run to finish the half, hitting three more three-pointers and getting a three point play from Kanalz to take a ten point lead.

Clackamas led 55-47 at halftime, as Bizon was perfect from three point range with six made three point field goals in the half.

Clackamas started off the second period where they left off in the first, going up by 20 after five minutes of play at 76-56.

Several minutes later, Skagit Valley made a run to cut the deficit to 13 points on a steal and fast break field goal from Jessica Denmon.

The Cardinals got within 10 points on a pair of occasions, but with Clackamas up 11 with less than a minute to go, it was too little too late.

The Cougars emptied their bench and time ran out, giving Clackamas the 101-88 victory.

Clackamas got 32 points from Bizon and 29 from Johnson to take fifth place overall in the NWAACC tournament.

Anderson, who’s first game back from surgery was the first regular season game for Clackamas, said that the four games in four days were difficult on her knees, but that it was good to finish the season with a win.

“I’m especially happy to see [Bizon] go out like that in her last game,” said Anderson.

Bizon was as nonchalant as ever about her performance, which put her in third place all-time at Clackamas for made three pointers in one season.

“It’s just a good way to end the season,” said Bizon.

John William Howard also covered the championships for the NWAACC.

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