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Wrestling revisits team success

By Katie Aamatti The Clackamas Print

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Clackamas wrestler, Trent Noon, (pictured right) struggles to keep his opponent from holding him down. Last season the team made it to Nationals, where they managed to place first, despite losing a key team member, Tarrence Williams, to an unexpected injury at the last minute.

With the first wrestling meet, the Mike happening on Nov. 6, Clackamas Community College’s wrestling team takes the time to remember the success of last season and map out their individual and team goals once again.

This past February in Spokane, Wash., the Clackamas national team won the NJCAA title for the first time since 1971, after overcoming a plethora of bumps and bruises on their way to victory.

During the quarterfinals in Spokane, the Cougars lost AllAmerican Tarrence Williams, who wrestled in the 174 weight class to an injury, leaving five of the National team’s 10 individuals in the semifinals. Such an unexpected loss has the potential to break a team’s focus but that wasn’t the case for the Cougars. As the weekend went on, the guys came closer together and rallied for their teammate.

“If someone were to tell us beforehand that we were going to lose [Williams] and still win Nationals, we would have been like, “No way, not possible,’” said Head Coach Josh Rhoden. “[But] as the weekend went on you could see the guys really come together. It’s a show of how far we could come and the bond of our team in just two months.”

Filling the shoes of those who have moved on after last season are returning sophomore All-Americans Martin Gonzalez and Matt Melendrez and sophomore Eric Luna, among others. Gonzalez (133), who is nationally ranked in the top three and Melendrez (157) both placed 4th at Nationals last season. “[Luna] practiced as a red shirt last season and we’re looking forward to seeing him back in action,” said Rhoden.

Williams will be returning this year to the team, taking the place that Luna had last year as a red shirt.

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Former CCC student Aaron Burton talks about journey to NASA

By Robert Morrison The Clackamas Print “I really love my job. I love getting up and going to my job,” said Aaron Burton, NASA employee.

Not many people get the chance to say that they enjoy their job everyday on their way to work, Burton is one of the few that can. His work is something really loves to do and he found that love at Clackamas Community College.

On Tuesday Oct. 26, CCC had the rare opportunity to host one of America’s proudest undertakings, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

Former CCC student Burton paid the school a visit to his previous chemistry teacher, Nick Hamel. Burton is a postdoctoral researcher for NASA. Hamel and Burton organized a presentation in which

Burton would speak about his journey from CCC to NASA as well as how Burton had to take many roads to get to where he was going. The presentation brought in a group of over 20 students and staff.

“Students will see how transfer of classes from CCC directly lead to four-year college success,” stated Hamel before the event in an email.

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It’s only by giving things a chance and coming across it later in life that you find out you really like it.”

Aaron Burton NASA Scientist

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“As a student he was a class leader, directing discussions, leading group work and helping others work out difficulties.” Hamel was Burton’s teacher in three different chemistry classes from 20012002 in which he eventually graduated with his Associate of Arts with honors.

Burton grew up locally in Estacada where he went to high school. At that point in his life, he wanted to be a computer prog r a m m e r.

He went to Oregon State U n i v e r s i t y, Clackamas and Portland S t a t e University majoring in many a r e a s includ-

ing math, computer programming and biochemistry.

When Burton attended CCC he found his love for chemistry which lead to him getting his associate of arts transfer degree. Burton received his Ph.D in biochemistry from PSU. Burton took a few years off from school, which he spent stocking shelves.

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Farmers market freshens up as seasons change

There is a brisk, freshness in the air. The smell of newly harvested vegetables, sausages and the sound of live music calls people to come closer to see what the buzz is about.

On Saturday, Oct. 22 The Clackamas Print had the

Everett Dirksen works with the Three Brothers Nursery as a horticulturist where they specialize in Japanese maples.

privilege of visiting the Oregon City Farmers Market. But as one season comes to a close and another begins brings about the change is market theme. The time has now come for hot chocolate, pumpkin pies and a book to read by a warm fire.

The Oregon City Farmers Market is now revving up for its annual Winter Market.

The Saturday Market, which ended last Saturday, was honored this year to be the location that National Farmers Market Day. Jackie Williams, Director of Oregon City Farmers Market, said “We just did get to be designated our own 501c3 corporation, not a lot of farmers markets get that designation but we have so many community outreach programs and education, that’s what gave up the designation.” A 501c3 corporation is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization.

Oregon City Farmers Market has many activities for young children and adults, such as the Power of Produce Club. The POP Club is designed to help teach young kids, ages five to 12, about growing produce and how to be sustainable. Children involved in the POP Club will receive $2 in wooden tokens to spend on any fruits or vegetables they want, ready to eat or plants that they can take home to grow themselves. “This teaches kids good money management and healthy eating habits,” said Williams. Each year the POP Club has a kids harvest when the children bring in the produce they have grown and are awarded prizes.

The farmers market offers events for adults as well. They have a matching “funds programs,” they will match up to $5 if you exchange for wooden tokens worth $10 in market money. They also have food growing workshops where master gardeners will give free presentations on how and when to plant, cultivate and harvest your produce.

There are many other things that you can do if you are able to make it to the market. The wide array of vendors will be sure to have something of interest for you and some will only be here for a limited time.

If you are interested in landscaping and produce, look into the Three Brothers Nursery. Everett Dirksen, a horticulturist of the nursery, said, “We specialize in Japanese maples and for unusual items we have a nice selection of blueberries, which are all bearing and we also have a columnar apple.

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Curt Norquist of Golden Woods Soap sells goat milk soap at the Oregon City Farmers Market on Oct. 22.

There are no limbs on it and it is for people who live in condos and apartment houses.”

The Three Brothers Nursery also has a tree known as a monkey-puzzle tree. “This was originally brought here in 1903 for the Lewis and Clark exposition,” said Dirksen.

Golden Woods Soap is another vendor at the market, which offers goat milk soap, hand creams and fragrances.

They have 70 different candle warmer fragrances and about 40 different types of soaps. Curt Norquist of Golden Woods Soap said, “We even have manly man fragrances.” They offer scents such as cedar, pine and their top selling Satsuma orange and grapefruit. “Our hand creams dry so fast because it doesn’t have any butter in it. It’s not greasy.”

A must see at the market is Green Acres Family, which has everything that you could want from a produce stand.

They offer 40-50 different varieties of fruits and vegetables.

“During the Winter Market we will [be] offering mainly root type vegetables like potatoes, carrots, kale and leeks,” said Amelia Parker of Green Acres Family Farm.

You will be able to see Green Acres for the next few months but the monkey-puzzle tree of the Three Brothers Nursery and manly man fragrances of Golden Woods Soap have left the market as the season turns and the winter Saturday market is now open. The Winter Market starts Saturday, Nov. 5 and occurs every other weekend from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and according to Jackie Williams, “Everything will be there.”

Correction In the Issue 3 article “CCC staff fined for breaking election laws” the photo caption on page 2 was inaccurate. The postcard pictured was not the one sent to voters during the bond campaign; changes were made to the postcard, after it was sent in to election officials for suggestions.

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Meet the voices of our student body

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By Patty Salazar News Editor

ASG Vice President, Céili Smythe checks in students for flag football fridays.

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Sean Briare stops to talk to another ASG member about upcoming events.

Briare along with being ASG Presidnet is also a full-time student at CCC.

Did you ever wonder who your student representatives are at Clackamas Community College? Well ladies and gentleman if you have yet to meet them let The Clackamas Print introduce Associate Student Government President, Sean Briare and Vice President, Céili Smythe.

While most students had some time for rest and relaxation away from school, Briare was hiring a team of about 20 students that now make up the student government. Briare had to attend many meetings. As President of ASG at CCC, Briare is the voice of the CCC’s student body at the Presidents Council Meetings, Board of Education Meetings as well as being the representative of CCC at the Oregon Community College Association.

Briare is currently involved in a new group on campus called Foundations of Excellence, a yearlong study of first-year students at CCC. The group is going to be participating in surveys to let the voice of students be heard.

Briare is not only the voice of student body, but also a full time student. He attributes his ability to give his all toward both aspects of his life to “good study habits.” Briare is planning to attend PSU after this school year to study international relations in hopes of becoming a teacher.

Whenever Briare is not in class or at a meeting, he loves to spend time with his family.

“I love to play and watch soccer. I’m a huge Portland Timbers fan,” Briare said. He also said he likes to get together with his friends at four-year universities when they have time.

Briare is open to meeting the student body when he is in the ASG office and is trying to set up a meet and greet to introduce the members of ASG. Smythe, who graduated with Briare from Clackamas High School in 2010, said that she got involved with ASG after high school with the recommendation of her high school counselor. As VP of ASG, Smythe over sees the members. She is a liaison between ASG and Clackamas Community College Foundation,

which gives ASG the scholarship money a part of the grants money that is given out to students for books and child care.

When Smythe is not busy with ASG, she is very dedicated to school. Smythe, who has had three open-heart surgeries within her lifetime, is seeking a career as a cardiac surgeon. Smythe also plays the violin, participates in triathlons and loves to be outside. “I would really love for people to come talk to me I think it is great,” Smythe said. She encourages students to approach her.

Jason Williamson, grants officer for ASG, said that he thinks Smythe and Briare are doing a great job thus far. “They got the team motivated [and] they helped kick up the year strong,” said Williamson.

Clackamas students rejoice return of Towncenter Xpress shuttle Students of Clackamas Community College welcome back the Towncenter Xpress, a shuttle from Clackamas Town Center to CCC that will run Monday through Thursday.

Students wait to load the Towncenter Xpress at the end of a long day by Roger Rook.

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It’s back! Congratulations to Clackamas Community College for making the return of the Towncenter Xpress, a welcome sight for CCC students. The shuttle that runs from Clackamas Town Center to CCC and Red Soils county offices made its return at the beginning of fall term.

The 14 passenger van has been helping the passengers get from the town center to the school since 2010. The shuttle is free of charge and is greatly appreciated by the students that have to travel from farther out since no bus runs from CTC to CCC. “I have to get to school from 82nd and Powell. The shuttle makes it so I can take the MAX and then the shuttle to CCC the days I do need to use it,” said Jennifer Scotts, a part-time student at CCC. The shuttle was created when the college, the county and the North Clackamas County Chamber of Commerce’s Transportation Management Association came up with the partnership. The school received a tranportation grant to help fund the shuttle and the remainder will be paid for by student fees coupled with the college general fund.

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“Many of our students live in the I-205 corridor, making the MAX a good transportation option. But the bus service to Oregon City isn’t direct and it takes a while to get here,” stated Courtney Wilton, vice president of college services in a press release about the shuttle. “The shuttle provides a great service to students and the public as well.”

The shuttle runs six hours a day, Monday through Thursday. The shuttles will run as early as 8:40 a.m. and as late as 3:45 p.m. The shuttle time gives an hour leeway for any traffic and takes about a half hour each way.

“I think the shuttle was a great idea by the college,” said, full time student, Sidney Johnson. “I rarely take it, but for the people that can’t get here on time from the bus it makes life a lot easier.”

Students sit comfortably aboard the Towncenter Xpress for its trial run last spring.

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Above: Towncenter Xpress scheduale to and from Clackamas Town Center to CCC.

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Electronic Arts and DICE

‘Battlefield 3’ wages war on ‘Call of Duty’

By Brian Baldwin Editor-in-Chief On Oct. 25, game studios Electronic Arts and DICE released their latest first person shooter game,“Battlefield 3.” The game boasts crisp graphics, an intriguing storyline for single player, a new cooperative mode and includes the multiplayer mode that most Battlefield fans have come to love.

As many fans may know, “Battlefield” and Activision’s “Call of Duty” franchises have taken on a “friendly rivalry,” often taking pot shots at each other such as in “Battlefield Bad Company 2,” when one of the main characters pokes fun at special forces using heartbeat sensors from“Call of Duty.” However “Battlefield 3” seems to have taken some influence from “Call of Duty: Black Ops.” In the single player game you begin handcuffed and fighting your way through a hijacked subway train.Upon completion you flash back as Sgt. Blackburn of the US Marine Corps being interrogated by two agents of unknown origin about a claim Blackburn made of a nuclear threat to New York. The interrogation continues throughout the game and you flash back to a different character throughout the world

and play through their experiences as you track the progression of three stolen nuclear warheads.

That sounds very familiar. Perhaps it could be that “Call of Duty: Black Ops” had the same storyline? A soldier goes insane and other mysterious agents are trying to piece together an imminent chemical weapon plot on the United States before it happens.

Despite the almost identical storyline “Battlefield 3” is a lot of fun. Several of the characters you play are a focus on some of the new features in the game, such as jet and tank warfare. In total you play a Marine rifleman, a tank commander, a Russian GRU agent and the co-pilot of a fighter jet.

My biggest issue with the single player campaign is the inclusion of quick-time events where the player must press the appropriate buttons presented in order to successfully pass the event.

Cooperative play offers another view of “Battlefield” that also harkens back to the “Call of Duty” franchise’s Special Ops mode. Two people work together to complete a series of missions where both players are required. Missions range from sniper support and a defense against approaching

enemies, to my personal favorite: piloting an attack helicopter. This mission was my favorite because it provides an opportunity for the players to learn how to fly helicopters in Battlefield. With the lack of any tutorials for helicopters or jet aircraft in the past I have always struggled to figure out how to fly. With any luck, this may decrease the amount of times that I or another player I am playing with will crash into a mountain after three seconds of flying.

Multiplayer mode is perhaps the biggest part of “Battlefield 3” that caught my eye.

With the major upgrade that DICE gave to the Frostbite engine, the world environment is more destructible and much more crisp in my opinion. Buildings have more points where they can be damaged and with much more debris than has been shown in the past. Several pieces of the world seem to have a more “durable” tolerance to explosions that would make someone raise an eyebrow and ask why they are not looking at a respawn timer, such as empty cargo containers being hit by a high explosive tank round.

DICE also added several character animations that still seem to be in testing, like the one grabbing an edge of a wall and bounding over it. Several times I have become stuck bounding over a destroyed

wall into a staircase.

A body movement that DICE added was the ability to become prone again.

This also helps to serve new tools in the game, like bipods on sniper rifles and light machine guns that players can activate to increase their accuracy.

With the addition of fighter jets, increased team sizes, additional tanks and other ground vehicles DICE increased the size of the battlefields dramatically. This constantly leads to times where you are hiking several miles to the nearest battle or objective because there are no teammates to start with or any vehicles to get you there.

Also with the upgrade of the Frostbite and the graphics looking as crisp as they do, enemies seem to blend into the background, making them hard to spot in the distance or until they are right on top of you.

“Battlefield 3” is worth the $60 you put forward, but the single player story lacked the imagination that can make a perfect game. Cooperative play is short but is a great breather between the campaign and multiplayer. Multiplayer is still the powerhouse that it claims to be with massive vehicular warfare presented with a simple “go forth and figure it out yourself” philosophy.

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Alter Wiener shares his experience during WWII

By John William Howard Sports Editor

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It’s not often that one man can change the lives of everyone he speaks to in just a few short minutes. That was the case last Thursday when Alter Wiener, a Holocaust survivor, author and speaker, came to share his story with a packed and silent McLoughlin Auditorium.

Wiener sat in the furthest corner of the stage, nearly hidden by the podium, as the crowd filed in. There was an expectant hush, not the usual drone of voices that typically precedes the many speakers that Clackamas Community College brings in.

Something was different about this one and everybody knew it.

As Wiener stood, a picture flashed on the screen behind him. Gaunt, black-eyed and nearly lifeless, the image bore no resemblance to the man standing next to it. The image was taken of Wiener the day he was liberated from a Nazi labor camp by the Russians in May of 1945 after nearly three years of incarceration.

From that first moment and for the next 90 minutes, Wiener held the audience in the palm of his hand. He wove his horrifying story from one end to the other, stopping every so often to point out the terrifying effects of prejudice on a people and how he found it “completely absurd.”

Using a string of experiences, Wiener not only told his tale but also illustrated some incredible moments of hatred, compassion and sickeningly close brushes with death.

Wiener told of how, when starving while working in a textile factory, a German woman took pity on him.

Against the rules, the woman made eye contact with him and motioned to where she had hidden a sandwich of white bread

and cheese. The woman continued to feed Wiener for another 30 days, despite the incredible risk to herself.

Also told was the story of the day the Russians freed the prisoners. The Russian tanks rolled up to where the prisoners were waiting to be taken to the work site and an officer shouted to them that they had been liberated to do as they pleased.

“When they saw our bodies, they broke down,” said Wiener. “They cried with us.”

By the time Wiener was finished with his presentation, the audience was also in tears. Moved by the incredible tale of unthinkable brutality, tearful admirers crowded around the stage as others filed quietly out of the auditorium.

“It’s emotional because how do you live through that? I just can’t believe that people have had to survive such awful things,” said Loretta Mills, one of the many onlookers. “He’s on a mission … he was touching people’s lives and I think he’s doing a great job.”

At Wiener’s ripe age of 85 and with a story like his to share, he has plenty of wisdom to give out everywhere he goes.

He speaks in front of all ranges of audiences from elementary school children to college students to book clubs and always seems to stress that people should appreciate what they have because “you never know what is going to be tomorrow.”

Another of Wiener’s points was how important it was to hear about the past so that it could be avoided in the future, and that we should never despise those around us just because they’re different. “[To keep it from happening again] number one is to not gravitate towards hatred,” said Harry Wise, another member of the audience who met Wiener personally. “Whatever you go about, go about by love.”

Alter Wiener shared stories from his past with Clackamas Community College students and faculty last Thursday in McLoughlin Auditorium.

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of the presentation and enjoyed what she learned.

After the production, many of the students said that they would definitely go to another event similar to Burton’s NASA presentation. CCC had a great opportunity to learn and hear from one of the nation’s best scientists. Students and staff would be smart to take the chance to learn if the opportunity comes around again.

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“I’d recommend taking a lot of different classes at least to get a flavor for it.

I hated chemistry in high school. It’s only by giving things a chance and coming across it later in life that you find out you really like it,” said Burton.

Throughout his education for his career, Burton has had many people he counts as idols. Burton talked about some of his biggest influences throughout his journey.

“The biggest influence[s] on my way to NASA were Nick Hamel and also my adviser at PSU that I did my graduate research with.

Our research there was also founded by NASA on the origins on life,” said Burton, “just having these science mentors that you really build close relationships with really keep you going.”

The presentation caught the interest of many, as there were more than 20 students and staff members in the audience. Burton spoke for

an hour with a PowerPoint presentation full of visuals that caught everyone’s eye such as the visits of Bill Nye and the staff of “Robot Chicken” to Burton’s lab in Maryland.

“I like that he was relaxed. Normally presentations about intense sounding stuff have the guys in suits and are all stuffy. He was really relaxed and made it fun,” said Emma Wilson, who stayed the entire hour

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Officiating offers work for athletes

By Isaac Soper The Clackamas Print

All photos by Katie Aamatti The Clackamas Print

Youth Sports: two words that bring up many memories for some of us. Perhaps how our mother made us stop playing soccer in kindergarten because it was too dangerous or possibly we enjoyed the glorious refreshment of juice boxes or Capri Sun after a game. Maybe we did more with our athletic abilities.

Clackamas Community College has many intercollegiate teams and with many teams comes many athletes. College athletes and other students interested in sports have a excellent opportunity to exercise their knowledge to either coach or officiate youth sporting events.

“Officiating is a great thing for kids to get involved in. I did it myself when I was in college, it was a great part-time job throughout the early years of my coaching career. I think being on the other side, understanding what the official goes through, it’d be a tremendous benefit for an athlete,” said Paul Fiskum, assistant men’s basketball coach at CCC. “What you need to do is find out who is running the youth sports leagues in your community.

Portland Parks and Recreation actively recruits high school and college kids to officiate their youth basketball program. The CYO, Catholic Youth Organization, has quite a sports program and they also have a lot of high school kids and college kids officiating,” said Fiskum. “Basically, anybody could Google parks and rec or talk to their local school district. Any parks and recreation district would primarily be the ones running youth sports or organizations like little league.”

Becoming an official is not only a prospect for an athlete but for anyone that is interested in officiating, in most cases. Prior knowledge about a particular sport, although it helps, is not required for most youth sports programs.

“Some of the local grade schools … they’d say ‘find me [officials] who played in high school’ because they didn’t have any training programs,” said Fiskum. “But organizations like CYO and Portland Parks and Rec, in my neighborhood, in Portland, they do have training programs.

Definitely, experience playing the game is not a prerequisite at all.”

Coaching and officiating youth sports is a great opportunity for student athletes to gain a full understanding of the sport that they play and it is possible even with a heavy class load, according to CCC volleyball Head Coach Kathie Woods.

“It keeps the athlete connected with the sport they are playing,” said Woods. “[It] lets them meet more people in the volleyball community, which might help them in recruiting for the next step after Clackamas. It is also a great part time job for them after their season of playing at Clackamas.

It pays well in most cases and is flexible with the school schedule.”

Being both flexible for your school schedule and paying well sounds like a dream come true for any student seeking part-time work.

Throughout the school year and even during the summer months, there are many youth programs willing to hire on members of the community that are interested in coaching or officiating. “[Back in college] we used to have middle schools call the athletic office and ask for student athletes to come officiate. My roommate and I used to go out and do 7th and 8th grade basketball games regularly in the winter,” said Fiskum.

It was a great little way to put a little spending money in our pockets. That led into officiating in the adult city leagues and I did that for a number of years.”

Anyone looking to get into the field of either coaching or being a physical education teacher as a career can use the experience from coaching or officiating youth sports to build up their resume.

They can also gain networking skills and contacts to get into their field of choice.

“I intend to [coach] this club season for a 16 [year olds] team,” said Taylor Copeland, freshman setter for CCC’s volleyball team. “I am really excited for it and I am probably going to [be an] assistant coach for Canby Volleyball Club with Brittney Bevens. I love working with kids and can’t wait to give back to the volleyball community.”

Whether wanting some extra cash for the holidays or looking to update a resume for a job in the industry, becoming an official for youth sports in the area could be a good first step and one step further for a student athlete towards having a more well-rounded view of the sport they play.

Above: Shane Yacuta (133) wrestles last Thursday. The meet was the first since the Clackamas Community Wrestling team won the National Junior Collegeate Athletics Association title last February in Spokane, Wash.

Left: Cody Randall (right) gets Eric Luna into a hold during their match on on Thursday, Oct. 27. Randall was a region champion in his weight class last season.

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Aside from the returning sophomores, Clackamas has added some established names to the roster as well, such as transfers Austin Moorehead, Rudi Burtschi and Nick Sierra.

“Clackamas has a stellar program with great coaching; it’s a good place to be,” said All-American Moorehead (184), who placed 2nd at Nationals last season for Rend Lake College.

Burtschi (197) placed 4th at Nationals for North Idaho College in 2009. Sierra (157) was the California State Champion in 2010 and is transferring in from Grand Canyon University, bringing with him a lot of experience.

These additions are more than just another name on the Cougars’ roster. Each talented individual brings stability and strength to the team; caliber, rank, experience and leadership.

“The team has a lot of depth; perhaps the most we’ve had since I’ve been here. It’s a great testament to show how far we’ve come, to be able to recruit guys of these levels.

I’m really excited for the guys’ potential,” said Rhoden.

Clackamas is known as an athletic ‘powerhouse’ in the NWAACC and known nationally when it comes to wrestling. In recent years the program has made great strides in building an exceptional name for the college, one built upon the many successes with Rhoden at the helm.

“The wrestling community as a whole is small. People will come to know you and at that time your reputation is what you have,” said Rhoden.

To bring the program to a higher level, changes in Right: Shane Yacuta (top) and Martin Gonzalez fight for the win during last Thursday’s intrasquad meet in the Randall Hall gymnasium. Gonzalez won his weight class in region 18 a season ago and advanced to the national championships.

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recruiting and fundraising were the first to be made. “[When recruiting,] there needs to be a confidence in coaching for us to say, if you do what we tell you, you’ll reach your goals,” said Rhoden. “It’s to a point where recruits know that we’re a National team and it’s nice to have those things [wins] to point to.”

Such success is often times accompanied by pressures both on and off the mat. Any time a program makes a national appearance, there’s always the question of whether they can reach the same level the next year. “We had a lot of success last year and we’re definitely going to try and defend it,” said Melendrez.

There are pitfalls that have nothing to do with wrestling directly, the guys on the team have to act the right way no matter what they’re doing. That includes spending their time off at home, attending classes on campus and going about their business in the community.

“The part of my job I love the most is what I do off the mat. It’s the question of, ‘how do I impact these guys to become better leaders, to make better choices,’” said Rhoden, who also said that building a strong relationship between the coaches and wrestlers is essential to the success of the team. “We try to build those relationships so that they know they can come to us and there won’t be any judgment, regardless of the situation.”

Building from the experiences of last season, the Clackamas wrestling team as a whole certainly has high hopes to make a repeat appearance at nationals as well as defending the title.

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Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011

Soccer a ‘goal’ with soccer city, USA

By John William Howard Sports Editor It wasn’t long ago that nobody cared about soccer. In fact, in much of the country that’s still the case.

Hatred of soccer can be attributed to many different factors. Not the least of those is that Americans simply like to be the best at everything.

We’re basically the only people that play American Football —except for the Canadians but who really counts them? The United States absolutely dominates everyone at basketball. While Japan and the Dominican Republic have made strides with baseball, they still lag behind. Americans are rabid fans of all those sports and why not? We invented them, after all.

That story is different with soccer. Soccer originated in Europe, taking on European rules and ideals, which differ greatly from what the US is used to. Americans are king of the quick-fix. Just think of the microwave oven, drive-thru restaurants and diet pills. Instant gratification is built into our brains and if something isn’t exciting right away, we quickly find it boring and return to something else.

That’s why soccer just doesn’t attract most Americans. Soccer is a long, low-scoring game.

There is plenty of drama and action, but little to ‘show’ for it. Americans like scores that are easy to understand, with numbers in the tens and hundreds that show the flow of the game and make it simple to understand what happened. Soccer can be the complete opposite. Two teams can battle defensively and score in the 90th minute, or a team can put in a goal inside the 1st minute and will be held scoreless the rest of the game.

The ‘slow’ pace is combined with the idea that soccer players are whiners, fakers and generally overdramatic. Anybody who has searched on YouTube for professional soccer will know that there are plenty of examples of players bumping wrists and falling to the ground holding their ankles. The truth

is, the sport of soccer doesn’t allow time to stop for players to state their case to the officials, so they often have to over exaggerate things in order to get the attention of the referee. Americans dismiss that as softness, opting for the more ‘masculine’ sport of football, where the players are covered in protective pads from head to toe.

Now don’t get me wrong, I love football. I just happen to be from Portland, where we’re a little different than the rest of the country.

Portland is a place where soccer has not only scraped a living, it has thrived. Dating back further than the early 1920s, when a local team was rumored to have played sailors from a British freighter, soccer gained a foothold in the area’s culture. We’re a city where we like things with a distinct European twinge. We like scarves (even during the summer), we like the rain, we like being green and face it: we like soccer.

While the most visible representation of soccer fever is the Timbers, whose jump to Major League Soccer sparked an even larger and more rabid following than before, the soccer movement can be seen at all levels of the game, starting with youth sports.

Over the past decade or so, soccer has become the most popular sport for children to play, eclipsing youth football, basketball and even little-league baseball. Much of that success can be attributed to the simplicity of the sport at the youth level. Soccer involves kicking a ball, while baseball, basketball and football require more practice and more skill to get the basics of dribbling, passing and hitting down.

Add in that football is expensive and dangerous, it rains too much in the Northwest to play baseball year round and basketball requires a hoop to make it fun and you get why soccer has done so well here: It’s an inexpensive, low-contact sport that can be played anywhere that there is enough grassy space to kick the ball.

With the large fan base, a strong pool of talent, soccer has made leaps and bounds in the region. In 2002 and 2005, the University of Portland women’s program won the NCAA championship and since has produced four current members of the US national team, including star Megan Rapinoe. Even closer to home, the Clackamas Community College women’s team took back to back NWAACC titles in 2004-05 and another in 2007, while winning the Southern Region five times since 2002.

Now it makes sense why the University of Portland Pilots are a national women’s soccer power.

We can understand why JELD-WEN field fills to the brim every time that the Timbers play or the US Women’s National Team visits. Soccer is part of our culture here. It’s in our blood. It’s been built from the ground up and isn’t likely to fade any time soon.

Steve Purdy fights for the ball against the Vancouver Whitecaps offense at Merlo Field, home of the University of Portland Pilots on Oct. 17, 2010.

Contributed by Steven Weldon

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The Timbers army celebrates a 3-2 win at JELD-WEN field after the Portland Timbers’ game against FC Dallas on April 17, 2011. Attendance for Timbers games has increased greatly since the stadium’s expansion in the summer of 2010 and is regarded as one of the most rabid in Major League Soccer.

Upcoming Events Women’s Vollyball

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Cross Country

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NWAACC Championships @ Everett CC

3:00pm Saturday Nov. 12

Clackamas vs Lane Playoff Quarterfinal Opponent TBD

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Most Valuable Player Cia Bywater

Taylor Richardson

Brad Prettyman

4th overall at Southern Region Championships

Southern Region Defensive Player of the Week

3rd overall at Southern Region Championships

5k Personal Best: 18:58:53

Sept. 7 and Oct. 20

8k Personal Best: 25:22:84

“Cia has been very consistent this season and will continue to be the rock that we build the team around.

She has competed at every meet for us this season and has established herself in my eyes as both the emotional and vocal leader of the group. I feel everyone looks to her on a daily basis to for focus and support.”

— Associate Head Coach Jarret Mantelas

Pierce, Clackamas crossover All-Tournament teams 2nd in total kills All-NWAACC “She is the most consistent offensively and defensively for us right now.”

— Head Coach Kathie Woods

Women’s Soccer Record: 9-4-0

33 Goals for, 14 Goals allowed

6 Shutouts

“I don’t have one player who is an MVP. It has truely been a team effort.”

- Head Coach Janine Szpara

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“Brad has been our leader during the daily practice sessions and continues to be someone that I go to when I need to handle team situations. He is going to be a leader going into the NWAACC meet because the team is primarily made up of freshmen and they will be looking to him for structure.”

— Associate Head Coach Jarret Mantelas

Amanda Coulimore Kelsie Knight McCall Morgan Jasmin Garcia Samantha Hamacher Brianne Paisley Courtney Johnson Ali Scharbach

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Yasmina Coto Ashley Brewer Sandra Tinoco Sadie Tegtmeier Tori Wilkinson Allia Martushev Sevilla Soriano