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Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011

Sustainability tour shows steps of efficiency

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You’re entering a world with black skies and putrid groundwater. The forests have been clear-cut and are now barren wastelands. The very air you breathe is becoming poison. You are not entering “The Twilight Zone,” welcome to Earth.

This is not the same planet Earth that we lived on in the industrial revolution, in which more coal and gasoline burning was considered to be a good thing. Clackamas Community College has been making many strides in the past few years to help dissolve our environmental footprint.

“I think anyone that reads the newspaper now and kind of connects the dots between some of the dire headlines that always come out that the ‘business as usual’ stance is not going to work much longer. I think it’s only wise to read the writing on the wall and start changing how we consume, how we go about our day-to-day life,” said Mike Noel, head of the sustainability department at Clackamas Community College and co-designer of the self-guided Campus Sustainability Tour.

Sustainability is no longer going to be an option for us.

“There’s some stat out there [that says] we would need five Earths if everyone were to live like an American. I’ve heard that stat a number [a couple] of times but then when you really stop and think about that, whoa, that’s going to require some drastic change if we’re going to all live on this Earth in harmony.” said Noel.

The new Campus Sustainability Tour, which is a culmination of renewable energy and sustainability projects on campus, opened to the public in September of this year. “[At] Clackamas, we have great sustainability champions in each department and they were all doing their own thing,” said Noel, “and then I arrived and said ‘let’s group it together and turn it into this united front.’”

Freshman Julia Toscano leaps for a kill during the game at Mt. Hood Community College on Nov 4. Toscano was second on the team with seven kills, but the Cougars lost three games to none in their last road game of the season. They finish their season today at home vs. 4th ranked Linn-Benton Community College at 7 p.m.

Volleyball drops rivalry game to Mt. Hood Community College Clackamas volleyball tries to recouperate from a straight-sets loss to MHCC in time for their final regular season game this Wednesday vs. Linn-Benton Community College at Home.

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A student passes one of the pathway markers for the selfguided sustainability tour, new to campus this fall. The tour begins at Barlow hall and visits locations around campus.

Head Volleyball Coach Kathie Woods has basically seen it all. She’s been coaching at Clackamas since 1983 and has compiled more than 700 wins, giving her the most wins as a coach in NWAACC volleyball history. That said, even Woods was surprised by the outcome of last Friday’s game against top ranked Mt. Hood.

Clackamas was beaten down by the Saints in Gresham 25-13, 25-19, 25-16 in a match that wasn’t even close.

“We did a lot worse than what we had talked about and what we went out to do,” said Woods. “It’s very frustrating because we’re having a hard time mentally focusing on what our roles are … we’re forgetting how to just play the game.”

The Cougars started things out as they always do in a big rivalry game. They made plenty of noise, shouting and jumping in a raucous circle just behind the bench and gave every notion that they were hyped up and ready to play.

“We were pumped for the game,” said sophomore Kristin Best, “but as soon as we got out on the court, there wasn’t any fight as a whole team. There were individuals but it doesn’t

matter individually, we just need to bring it as a team.”

The first set began with promise. Mt. Hood jumped out to an early lead but Clackamas quickly returned the favor, climbing ahead 6-5.

That was about as good as things would get.

Before long, the Saints had pushed the Cougars to the brink and then over it, commanding the first set 25-13 and quieting both the Clackamas bench and their host of followers in attendance.

The second set began where the first set stopped. Clackamas looked confused as they mishandled about every easy dig and sent several would-be kills strait into the net. Hardly anything went right and again the road team found themselves in a hole, trailing 22-12.

That was when Clackamas decided to make a run.

All of the sudden, things clicked. Sets that normally went high, giving Mt. Hood time to set up blocks were suddenly low over the net.

Digs and passes were right on target and holes began to open on the Mt. Hood side. Several kills later, Clackamas found themselves down only 4 at 23-19 before the Saints squelched their run and went into the break leading two sets to none.

At this point, the traveling Clackamas fans must have begun to wonder if driving out to Gresham was worth their time. Other than a Justin Bieber look-alike being pulled out of the crowd to dance with the mascot, there wasn’t much to watch. Both sets were sloppy, players were playing out of position, easy passes going awry and kill after kill was going Mt. Hood’s way.

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International students find home at Clackamas

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Hiroaki Hayashi, an international student from Japan, talks with his advisor, Andrea Vergun, at Clackamas Community College. Hayashi is one of 23 international students attending CCC this year.

In the bustle of new and returning students at Clackamas Community College, you may have noticed a few visitors around campus. This year we have 23 international students, joining our student body. Although it might not seem like an extremely large amount of students, it is one of the highest numbers of international students that CCC has had in a few years.

The number of international students attending Oregon universities on student visas has risen recently. According to the Oregon University System in the fall 2010 enrollment fact sheet, international students grew by 19.9 percent, to an all time high of 5,733 students representing 127 countries. The college could have had a big pay out from international students since they pay triple the tuition of an Oregon resident.

Over time at CCC, the international student count has been relatively low. Anne Bachmann, English as a second language instructor at CCC, mentioned that the program for intensive English has 11 international students but there are more in the general student body.

Andrea Vergun, adviser for intensive English at CCC, said, “It’s great that we [CCC] have a great reputation that we are getting people to come by word of mouth, however 11 people aren’t much.”

SUSTAINABILITY: 14 stops on tour Continued from Page 1

The tour starts at Barlow Hall, with a display of how the college has been saving millions of dollars in energy costs, thanks in part to CCC’s Lead Energy Coordinator Hilmo Ljucevic. “Hilmo Ljucevic is a really smart guy. He used to run billion-dollar power plants in Bosnia and [across] Europe. He has all sorts of ideas to increase our energy efficiency and move more and more off the grid,” said Noel.

According to Ljucevic, his goal has always been the same, to increase efficiency through researching new discoveries and technologies. “For me, [there] always was [the] question about the optimization process. If you want [a non-technical] word, optimization means sustainability. It means green,” said Ljucevic.

Some other features of the sustainability tour include a wind turbine on top of Barlow Hall, solar thermal energy collectors on top of the Pauling, Randall and McLoughlin buildings, which provide them with hot water. In the south parking lot near Roger Rook Hall, the campus has installed two electric car charging stations, which are currently free to use.

The Environmental Learning Center, which was built mainly from recycled materials and reclaimed lumber, is included on the sustainability tour. “They are looking to update and improve that site,” said Carrie Kraten, from the renewable energy and sustainability department.

Toward the horticulture center, there are displays

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featuring many different practices of composting, each with benefits and cost to build. Also in the area, an ecoroof model is displayed. The water-efficiency demonstration gardens can be seen closer to Clairmont Hall.

“One thing the dean wants to do is merge the functional aspect with the educational aspect,” said Kraten.

There are 14 stops in all. Soon, the wind turbine and photovoltaic solar panel on top of Barlow will feed to a TV screen in the Community Center, which will show the live energy being generated by the turbine and solar panels in the area.

There is more information available about each stop in the Sustainability Tour pamphlet released by the campus’s Renewable Energy and Sustainability Resource Center and on the signs at each stop on the tour itself.

According to Kraten, the project has been funded by both federal grants and the college foundation, which helped purchase the live energy display monitor in the Community Center, along with making the signs and pamphlets for the tour.

“Hopefully, [the tour] creates a sustainability dialogue on campus. I think that’s the first step,” said Noel. Last Friday, Noel left the project, heading back East to pursue other projects but the sustainability tour will continue with the help of volunteers. “[With sustainability] you can’t reach a goal if you don’t change some habits,” said Ljucevic.

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Bachmann, who went to Taiwan as a recruiter for CCC in past years, explained that the department simply doesn’t have the funds to go on recruiting trips. “Those fares are quite expensive, but I think that there is a big pay off if you keep going.” She stressed that it is really important to build relationships with the families so that they are comfortable sending their child to CCC. With the department funds running low that cannot be accomplished.

Since the ESL department cannot afford to send recruiters out, Vergun is now doing what they call “arm chair recruiting.” She is doing a virtual fair this month. Vergun is going to be a representative for Study Oregon, an organization that consists of Oregon colleges, to recruit online.

One of the international students attending CCC this year is Hiroaki Hayashi, 21, of Japan.

Hayashi isn’t new to Oregon; he finished his senior year in high school at Silverton High School in 2008 before going back to Japan to attend college. While in Japan he studied linguistics and wanted to study abroad once again.

Hayashi spoke to his American host family in Silverton about coming back to study. They recommended CCC as the best community college in Oregon.

The cost for Hayashi to attend CCC for a term is close to $3,000. Hayashi is attending CCC for the rest of the 2011-2012 year.

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Clackamas volleyball huddles after a time out during the third and final set last Friday. Mt. Hood outscored the Cougars 25-16 en route to a 3-0 win.

RIVALRY: Cougar volleyball falls short to rival Mt. Hood Saints Continued from Page 1

Whatever hope was left for a miracle comeback was ripped away, as the Cougars again dug a hole to start off what would be the final set. A faint glimmer of hope appeared when Clackamas scored a few quick points to make it 24-16, but Mt. Hood buried the road team and walked off the victors in straight sets, making it the second time in as many games that the Cougars had come up empty against the Saints.

“We know we can beat them,” said sophomore outside hitter Taylor Richardson. “It’s a matter of who is going to come out strongest in the beginning. Start strong, stay strong, finish strong.”

Perhaps they’ll get that chance when they return to the campus of Mt. Hood Community College on Nov. 17 for the NWAACC volleyball championships, but for now they have to focus on another powerhouse opponent in Linn-Benton, who will visit tonight at 7 p.m.

“We just need to go in with fire,” said Best. “We need to take [this loss] out on them … there’s no reason to let up.”

Best and freshman Julia Toscano had strong showings for Clackamas, getting eight and seven kills respectively. The team combined for only 26 kills to Mt. Hood’s 46 and finished with a lowly .130 hitting percentage.

Mt. Hood was lead by Devan Belshe, who turned in a stellar performance with 19 kills, four serving aces, and hit .472 with only two errors.

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By John William Howard Sports Editor Playing against the odds usually tends to make the best stories. We get the most excited about David vs. Goliath, a Cinderella team or succeeding despite huge setbacks.

The Super Bowl that everyone remembers isn’t the one where the two best teams scrapped with one another for 60 minutes, it’s the one where the nobodies came back to win against their powerhouse opponents.

It also seems that there is nothing quite so inspiring as watching a player struggle with an injury but prevail.

Yes, Clackamas Community College lost its final home soccer match to Lane Community College last Wednesday and yes its seven game win streak has been snapped but that wasn’t the story of the game that audience members will recall.

The story of the game was watching injured Clackamas goalkeeper Tori Wilkinson.

Some time between the Oct. 22 game at Clark College and the Oct. 25 game against Southwest Oregon Community College, Wilkinson acquired an injury to her right knee. At that time, Wilkinson had four shutouts in a row and hadn’t allowed a goal since the end of September. Coach Szpara declined to comment on the injury itself. “[I’m] taking the Chip Kelly approach,” said Szpara. “I don't really want to talk about injuries.”

During the SWOCC game, which Clackamas won in a 6-0 blowout, Wilkinson was being rested to help heal a minor injury heal. When the team ran out on to the field last Wednesday, it was clear that things weren’t completely back to normal.

The first thing you’d notice was the ugly black brace. If that didn’t tip you off, you might think to watch the home end of the field when nothing was happening. You’d see Wilkinson jogging across the field after her shin guard that had gone astray. You’d see a grimace. You’d definitely see the pronounced limp after every brush of action.

Wilkinson’s first test came early in the match.

In the 5th minute, Lane’s Kenzie Harding lobbed a corner kick across the face of the goal to the far post, where Kiki McDonagh headed the ball past Wilkinson and into the net. There wasn’t even time to raise her arms

before Lane had scored, putting Clackamas down a goal for the first time since losing to top ranked Spokane on Sept 24.

Normally when a goal is scored early in a match and especially an easy one, it can take the air out of the game. It happens even in big professional matches. The crowd quiets considerably and the players get heated with one another.

Perhaps it was a lack of focus or the knowledge that the game was meaningless for Clackamas, as they’ve already clinched the Southern Region Championship. Maybe they were caught a little by surprise by Lane’s physicality.

Whatever it was, they fixed it. And Wilkinson fixed it.

From that point on, limp or no limp, Wilkinson and the Clackamas defense tightened things up considerably. After each time Lane forwards would near the goal, Wilkinson would corral the ball and boot it back toward the center of the field. As the game continued, Wilkinson’s pain level seemed to rise and she could be spotted gingerly favoring her good knee between attacks.

Once the final whistle sounded, the injured freshman didn’t hobble over to the bench and wait to be treated by the team trainer. She jogged over with the rest of the team. The only sign that she was ailing was that instead of cooling down, she sprawled on the ground to remove her brace.

Wilkinson’s secret? She had just put it out of her mind.

“I just don’t think about it,” said Wilkinson.

And you know what? I’d like to see more athletes like her. All too often, a minor bump or bruise will keep a player sidelined for far too long. Show some toughness.

Not without reason, of course. If you could hurt yourself worse and threaten the rest of your season, then okay, sit on the bench. But if you can play through the pain and make a difference for your team, then you should be out on the field. Or court. Or wherever it is you play.

Those are the performances that we remember. We remember watching Tiger Woods win at the US Open in 2008 with a torn ligament in his knee and a stress fracture in his tibia. We remember Brandon Roy’s return during the 2010 playoffs against Phoenix. It’s those times that you see somebody do something extraordinary that stick in your mind. Those memories help us to remember that in whatever we’re going through we should just stick it out to the end.

It’s not just a game. It’s not just a distraction from life’s worries. There are lessons to be learned and I just learned another one.

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Goalkeeper Tori Wilkinson surveys the pitch from her goal duing the final home game of the regular season against Lane Community College on Nov. 2.

& ‘Tower Heist’ doesn’t rob you of a good time

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Last Friday, the next big star studded comedy made its way to the big screen. “Tower Heist” puts the phrase “Don’t get mad, get even,” into action. When a group of hardworking hotel personnel finds out that their boss, a hotel owner and wealthy businessman, has involved all their investment money in an illegal scheme, a group of them unite to rob his high-rise residence.

Josh Kovacs, a principle character in this action comedy, runs a hotel known only as “The Tower.” His boss Arthur Shaw, played by Alan Alda, has been one of the most successful businessman, but when Special Agent Claire Denham and the FBI come knocking accusing Shaw of scamming people, the hotel staff are left wondering if their big shot boss is innocent or guilty.

Kovacs teams up with his colleague and nephew Charlie, resident Mr. Fitzhugh and sometimes criminal Slide to plan out how to get the hotel’s money back.

“Tower Heist” is directed by the same man that brought “Prison Break” to television and “Rush Hour” to the big screen, Brett Ratner. This PG-13 comedy unites the talents of Ben Stiller (Josh Kovacs), Eddie Murphy (Slide), Matthew Broderick (Mr. Fitzhugh) and Casey Affleck (Charlie). The main female character is played by actress Tea Leoni (Special Agent Claire Denham).

This all-star cast offers up a heaping plate of humor

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for the audience but leaves them wanting more. The language and sexual content makes the PG-13 rating seem incredibly reasonable.

“It was funny. I love Eddie Murphy,” said Julia Scott, “but I was bored at other times. Overall it was good.”

Coupled with its humor “Tower Heist” brings both action and suspense. The movie leaves you guessing what the group of workers will do next and how far they will go. “Tower Heist” teaches the audience a lesson in money management and trusting your coworkers.

“I’ve heard about schemes and people losing money to random people, but I like that the movie added some humor to the situation. I would never let someone invest millions of dollars for me and the movie shows why no one should, but it got everyone to laugh at it,” said Jason Scott.

With a 104 minute runtime, the film lasts as long as the average movie but the audience loses track of time when the film gets into how much a hotel really takes to work at top notch. After the premiere of the film, the opinions were mainly positive but there were a few people that didn’t enjoy it.

“I didn’t like it much. I thought it could have had more comedy. The action was good but I expected it to be strictly a comedy,” said Steve Waison.

With the combination of action, hilarity and an allstar cast, the movie tells the story of a serious but amusing event that could happen to any person. “Tower Heist,” is deserving of a three out of five stars.

Gain insight into scholarships, financial aid during College Night at Clackamas

By Chris Taylor The Clackamas Print She wants to be a doctor. He wants to be a lawyer. They both have high hopes for their futures. The first step towards that future is college. The question is, how do you pay for it? The answers are in your grasp with College Night.

Clackamas Community College is hosting College Night, where you can learn all of the ins and outs of scholarships, financial aid and applications on Nov. 14 in Gregory Forum from 6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.

“This is a great event for students and their families.

We will talk about why college is important and how to choose the right college for you. We will even discuss how to pay for college,” said Darcie Iven, financial aid and scholarship coordinator at Clackamas Community College.

In the past, College Night has brought people in from across the country; anyone interested in Oregon higher education is welcome. High school freshmen and even

senior citizens have attended the event in the hopes of learning how to learn in Oregon. Whether you want to attend a four year university or earn your G.E.D. this event can give you a leg up.

How many people actually know of the event? How many have seen a flier or had any notice of College night?

Andrew Carlman, a sophomore at Clackamas, majoring in graphic design, said “I never heard of this event in high school or even here for that matter. Nor did I attend. But it sounds very interesting.”

Who wouldn’t want to know how to get to the school of their dreams and have the federal government pay for schooling? After all, the more financial aid and scholarships you can attain the less money comes out of you or your parent’s pocket.

As a college student, this is the icing on the proverbial cake that is the education system.

“The way my job is now, I find it hard to eat regularly on a daily basis. I can barely afford fast food. But with the flexible hours available to me, I hope to go

back to school and financial aid can help with that,” said Clackamas hopeful David Taylor. “Not to mention the kickback check could be very helpful for me in my current financial state.”

For many college students, this may sound like a familiar story? It seems to me that it’s all too common for people to give up on college simply because it’s ‘unaffordable’. But that’s exactly why the college is putting on this event, to help you do just that and maybe more.

The ‘kickback check’ from your financial aid could pay for books, food for your kids or go into a savings account so you can pay for future schooling. College Night is coming up next week and ready to remind the masses that the possibilities are open to you. Let this event educate you; take the first step in finding out what possibilities are open to you.

There is a $500 scholarship giveaway every year at College Night and if that doesn’t attract you, plenty of students have attended in the past just for the free pizza and soda.

TWEAKS OF THE WEEK College Night in Oregon

This session provides information about planning and paying for college, financial aid and scholarships. Event is Monday, Nov. 14 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in CCC Gregory Forum.

Enjoy free pizza and soda and enter to win a $500 scholarship. For more information, please email scholarships@clackamas.edu.

Veterans Day Holiday

Clackamas Community College will be closed on Veterans Day Nov. 11.

Da Berry Brothers Concert

The Da Berry Brothers, a local acoustic rock band, will be performing at The Rumpus Room on Saturdays Nov. 12 and 19. The concert will be from 9 p.m. to midnight. 10555 SE Division St. Portland.

Does your band have a gig or are you involved in an event you would like CCC students to be in the know about? Send your event info to “Tweaks of the week” at aced@clackamas.edu.

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