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‘phantom’ video keeps media students busy
Brittany Horne News Editor The Digital Multimedia Communications department at CCC has recently helped Oregon’s First Lady, Cylvia Hayes, get 1,000 pledges for her challenge. On March 22 three DMC students went to the Governor’s Mansion to film Hayes’ ‘I Will If You Will’ Earth Hour challenge. DMC instructor Andy Mingo put together the team of student videographers who successfully created the video, though it was last minute. “The schedule kept shifting and when it was finally set, we had under 24 hours,” said Mingo. In the 60 second video, Hayes asks people to reduce phantom energy by unplugging charged devices and using a power strip for electronic devices so they can be switched off when not in use. The Earth Hour YouTube channel where the video is posted states: ‘Thanks for supporting Earth Hour this year. Go beyond the
hour and support my challenge and eliminate phantom power! Cylvia Hayes, Oregon’s First Lady challenges you to lessen your “Phantom Load.” Even when electronics are turned off, they keep using electricity. This “Phantom Load” and can increase electricity consumption by 10 percent. Unplug fully charged devices, connect TVs and stereos to power strips that can be turned off completely when not in use. I will be made up into a monster by special effects make-up artists if 1000 people will lower your “Phantom Load” by unplugging your electronic devices when not in use during the months of April and May. Accept my challenge now.” Hayes goal was to get 1,000 people to pledge to her challenge. She stated that if her goal was reached, she would go to the set of Grimm to be turned into a hexenbiest (witch-like creature). “Which is a painstaking deal, a number of hours of makeup and prosthetics,” explained Mingo. Please see UNPLUG, Page 2
The crew of Clackamas media students filmed a public service announcement for Cylvia Hayes, Oregon’s First Lady. They also witnessed her transformation into a monster scary enough to frighten away any phantom. Hayes’ morbid transformation was in the spirit of energy conservation.
A few of the DMC courses offered by CCC: • • •
Introduction to Media Arts (DMC-100) Digital Video Editing (DMC-104) Animation & Motion Graphics I, II & III (DMC-106-108)
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Entertainment Law & New Media (DMC-146) Music, Sound & Moviemaking (DMC-147) Introduction to Film (DMC-194)
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American Film (DMC-195) Adaptation: Literature into Film (DMC-296)
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And many more!
Fueling athletes: Gut bomb or health food? Andrew Millbrooke Sports Editor
Photos Contributed by @JustinVerlander
Please see NUTRITION, Page 7
Photo by Andrew Millbrooke The Clackamas Print
Three Crunchy Taco Supremes, a Cheesy Gordita Crunch and a Mexican Pizza from Taco Bell might not seem like the meal of champions, but for Detroit Tigers ace pitcher Justin Verlander, these items comprise his pre-game meal. According to Taco Bell’s website, the meal delivers a colossal 1,630 calories, 96 grams of fat and 2,300 mg of sodium. The fact that Verlander, at 6’5 and 225 pounds, will probably burn that many calories during his pitching start is the reason he can get away with eating a gut bomb like that. I got to wondering if athletes at Clackamas Community College were focused on eating healthy or if they ate like their peers at cheap fast food places. I found that most athletes said they ate healthy, especially during the season or on game days and this was especially true of wrestlers. Head track and field coach Keoni McHone talked
about some of the difficulties in getting young athletes to eat right. “We talk in general about nutrition with our athletes, but unless we see something specific, we usually don’t address it too much, because sometimes it goes in one ear and out the other,” said McHone. “Forty percent or more of our athletes live on their own, they are on college budget and busy schedule and they don’t want to cook.” Add all that up and it’s tough for the college athlete to stay on top of a healthy diet. Still, most athletes at CCC said they generally eat healthy food. Distance runner Badane Sultessa runs more than 50 miles per week, so he doesn’t worry about nutrition too much. “I don’t eat fast food. I eat good food, but I don’t really care or think too much about it,” said Sultessa. “I don’t take any supplements. I just eat good food and keep running. I eat a lot of breads, vegetables and pasta – that kind of food.”
Justin Verlander, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, Tweeted this photo of his pregame Taco Bell meal containing 1,630 calories, 96 grams of fat and 2,300 mg of sodium.