The Advocate, Issue 9, November 12 2010

VOLUME 46, ISSUE 9

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

NEGOTIATION BREAKDOWNS CAUSE UNIONS TO RALLY

By Jordan Tichenor The Advocate

A sea of red descended on the MHCC District board Wednesday evening as members of the full-time faculty association and the classified employees association marched in a show of support for their contract bargaining teams.

“We are here because we want you to be clear on the fact that we understand the positions our bargaining team has presented and support them in all their efforts,” Jack Schommer, president of the full-time faculty association, said to the board during public input.

At least 120 employees marched from the Town and Gown Room to the board room, while some estimates placed the number at close to 200.

Schommer said the march was to show the full-time faculty “knows what’s being bargained, and we support them (the bargaining team).”

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Construction to begin on child development center

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Theater lead brings new features to character

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Runner finds solace in prayer and cross country

2 OPINION Editors-in-Chief

Jen ashenberner & Jordan tichenor

Sports Editor Jon Fuccillo

Advertising Manager Copy Editor David Guida

Living Arts Editor David Gambill

Assistant Living Arts Editor Anevay Torrez

Photo Editor

Devin Courtright

Opinion Editor L. John King

Reporters Joseph Baird Jill-Marie Gavin Chanel Hill Riley Hinds Laura Knudson Yuca Kosugi David Lopez Mike Mata Jess Peterman Kylie Rogers Mario Rubio Shelby Schwartz

THE ADVOCATE

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Editorial

MHCC deserves praise on many fronts Applause should be heard around the MHCC campus this quarter as several of our student groups are doing big things. The Advocate would like to dedicate recognize the forensics team, the Lady Saints volleyball team and the combined efforts of the bookstore and Associated Student Government.

If you haven’t heard, the Forensics team swept the Lower Columbia College Smelt Classic last weekend. We can’t be surprised though, after they finished fourth out of 15 community colleges in an October tournament. The Advocate congratulates the team in their efforts and would like to thank them for their consistency throughout the term.

And how about our amazing volleyball team? They have been unstoppable in South Region action and the crowd should be cheering loud and proud for our team — “Here come the Saints, the mighty, mighty Saints” — at the NWAACC (Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges) Championship next week, Nov. 18-21, in Mt. Hood’s gymnasium.

In regional action, they are 10-0 in the South Region and 20-0 for the last two seasons since head coach Chelsie Speer took over the program. This year they are considered one of the

favorites to win the NWAACC Championship after finishing second a year ago. The Advocate encourages students and faculty to come out and support our Saints at the NWAACC Championship. Our first match starts Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Then there are the wonderful things the ASG and the MHCC Bookstore are doing to support Barney’s Pantry. First it was Spirit Fridays, where in exchange for a can of food for the pantry and showing some school spirit by donning your reds and blacks, you can get 20 percent off Saint gear. Now they have a tip jar in the bookstore café where students can contribute cash donations to help stock Barney’s Pantry. As of Nov. 5, they had accumulated $144.97 in four weeks, according to Julie Godat, the bookstore manager. That averages about $35 a week and when you consider how broke people are these days, that’s a pretty good average. Keep dropping those dollars!

In the interest of school spirit (thanks MHCC bookstore), get out your pom-poms and school colors and say a “rah-rah sis boom bah” for all of the hard work and sweat these groups have put into the year so far. They have made us all proud to be Saints.

John Tkebuchava Jessica Winters

Adviser

Bob Watkins

If the shoe doesn't fit, put it back in the box

Assistant Adviser Dan Ernst

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FRONT-PAGE PHOTO

BY DEVIN COURTRIGHT

By Mike Mata The Advocate

Two to three times a week, one might find me at Kohl’s department store hating my life.

The cause of this deep self-deprecation is messy and indifferent customers.

I work in the shoe department, which means I’m vulnerable to the whims of shoe-crazed women or kids high on

sugar, both of whom leave my department a complete wreck in a matter of minutes and then give me a suggestive look as if to say; Well… Are you going to clean up my mess?

Don’t get me wrong, it’s part of my job and this column isn’t about me hating my job. If there’s a mess, I clean it up, simple as that. My point is, why is there a mess in the first place?

When we were all kids, didn’t our parents teach us to clean up after ourselves? Mine did. My friends’ parents did. As far as I can tell, this is one of the basic tenets of good manners… no?

Has something changed from the years when we had to put away all of our toys before we could watch the

TV to now when people will pull down all of the shoe boxes on a shelf and then leave them there?

So, rather than just complaining, I am offering up a couple suggestions: Suggestion One—Customers could find an associate in the shoe department to help them. We are trained to help customers find the right shoe in the right size in a timely fashion, so please, utilize us.

Suggestion Two— If a customer could not find or did not want an associate, they could simply clean up after themselves. It’s really not that hard to clean up after one person; it’s when you need to clean up after 15 people, while still trying to help another five to ten customers, that it gets difficult.

If customers cleaned up after themselves, some might say that I would be out of a job. That would be untrue. My job is to help customers and provide great customer service.

Wouldn’t I be able to more effectively help customers find a shoe if I wasn’t trying to rush back to the Misses or Children’s section to clean up all of the boxes?

So, dear readers and potential customers, I ask of you: please consider my plight and pick up your boxes.

Editors note - This issue was produced Wednesday night, due to the Veterans Day school closure Thursday.

NEWS 3

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Construction to begin on childhood development center The Advocate

Parking lot Z and an adjacent row in parking lot Y will be permanently closed next weekend as work begins on a new MHCC Childhood Development Center, according to Director of Communications Maggie Huffman.

“We’re putting signs at the entrances to Z (near Mt. St. Helens Bistro and Allied Health) informing people that it will close,” said Huffman. “We’re informing pedestrians about the closure because we don’t want anybody to be surprised.”

Huffman said once the project begins, the parking lot will be fenced off, along with signs posted letting students know parking lot Z is closed.

Construction is beginning because the existing facility has been on the campus for more than 30 years and it’s “inadequate,” Huffman said. The new structure will be one story and, she said, “it will have a large footprint,” — 21,000 square feet — and will be the “first new building on the Gresham campus in about three decades.”

“This new facility will be able to serve more children and will be designed in such a way where it will serve the children going there, which is (going to be) 180 young children, and it will also have classrooms for our students, who are studying early childhood education,” said Huffman. “This is very exciting.”

Huffman said Head Start, a federal-

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Students should look to lots M, N and P and S, T and U for underutilized parking.

ly funded program “that provides comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families,” will operate the new facility in collaboration with MHCC. The new center, a $6 million project, will be funded through an “innovative publicprivate partnership,” between federal and state grants and private donations from the community.”

The new building is scheduled to be open by fall 2011. In the first two weeks of the Fall 2011 term when parking is

most crowded, public safety and the public safety volunteer students will be out directing traffic, according to Public Safety Director Gale Blessing.

Asked which parking lots she would recommend students to use, Huffman said lots M, N and P at the north side of the campus are “underutilized,” as are lots S, T and U near the Mt. Hood Gymnasium.

Larry Lovelace, a student who parks in the M-N area, said, “I’ll probably (have to get to school earlier). I don’t understand why they’re doing this. Parking is already a problem and now I won’t be able to park.”

Another student, Don Schaefer, who walks to school, said, “Why don’t they build a parking garage while they’re at it? (The extra parking traffic) could be a potential hazard (for pedestrians).”

Karie Tomlinson, who parks in the front lot, said, “It’s also a safety thing.

If I have to walk through the tunnel or all across campus, there are that many chances for something to happen to me. I’m perfectly capable of walking the distance I just want to maintain safety for myself.”

Paul Dunlap, manager of capital construction projects, is the college’s representative for the contract between the college and the construction company, Walsh Construction, said Huffman. She said Christie Plinski, dean of social sciences, also oversees the project because “she’s responsible for the early childcare program.”

Forensics takes Longview tourney

By Jessica Winters The Advocate

The MHCC Forensics Team won the overall sweepstakes and earned top community college honors at the 38th Annual Smelt Classic Nov. 5 and 6 at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Wash.

The team competed against 18 schools in the event.

Shannon Valdivia, director of the forensics team, said she thought the team had a pretty good chance of finishing first out of the community colleges.

“I knew it was going to be a horse race with Clark (Community College), because they always have a good squad,” she said. But, she added, she was not expecting the team to win first overall. “But . . . we’re awesome.”

Zach Nicholas was named top speaker of the open IPDA tournament. The team won four first-place awards and two gold medals. For more information about the awards, go to www. advocate-online.net.

The team will reconvene for the 2nd Greater Portland Parliamentary League Tournament, which will be hosted by MHCC Nov. 19.

Photo by Devin Courtright/The Advocate

Jack Schommer, president of the faculty association, speaks on behalf of the full-time faculty at Wednesday’s district board meeting.

Negotiations continued from page 1 The classified employee association voted down the administration’s package proposal Friday.

Catherine Nichols, speaking to the board, said the vote had the “largest voter turnout in eight years,” with 211 voters. There are approximately 237 classified members.

The classified employees association and the administration now go to a mediation session Nov. 29.

Sara Williams, the faculty’s chief negotiator, said Wednesday night that the administration’s proposal for the classified association was “very comparable” to the administration’s proposal for the full-time faculty.

“They had a choice between a really bad contract and going to mediation and continuing to negotiate. I think they made a really good choice,” said Williams.

Cat Parish, financial aid adviser and student employment coordinator, said to the

board, “We are your sales force, and we ask that you pay us fairly.”

Asked about the march to the board room, MHCC board chair Brian Freeman said, “Whenever there’s bargaining going on, we expect them to voice concerns.”

Asked if the board believes that there is no solidarity within the faculty association, Freeman said, “I have no firsthand knowledge of that.”

A mediation date is scheduled for the fulltime faculty on Dec. 8. The administration has stated it will not bargain with the faculty without a mediator.

If mediation fails, the administration can ultimately implement its last best offer. For their part, the associations could strike after 10 days notice.

Asked about the possibility of a full-time faculty strike, Williams said, “I don’t think it’s an appropriate time to comment on that.”

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Students gain experience broadcasting live games

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By Anevay Torrez The Advocate

n East Multnomah County, as in many parts of the country, high school football is a way of life.

And for those who can’t make it live to the Friday night games, there’s KMHD2.

MHCC adds to the community spirit by offering its football field for use to local teams, and the campus radio station does its part by broadcasting many of the games.

Integrated Media students broadcast several sports talk shows each Friday afternoon, so it only makes sense they would broadcast live at the football games at the MHCC stadium.

MHCC students Larry Collins-Morgan, BJ Perkins, Leigh Oliver, David Mast, Keishan Dorsey and PJ Miller cover high school sports as part of an IM broadcasting class.

“It’s time consuming, it gets cold but there really isn’t a downside,” said Perkins.

Photos by Anevay Torrez/The Advocate “There’s always something new Integrated Media major Larry Collins-Morgan broadcasts during an Oct. 22 high school football game between Barlow and Gresham. to learn.” from the press box. teams and has created some buzz,” understatement. I love this. It’s rare For coverage like this to work, difWatching from the press box is a said Collins-Morgan. “This allows for students to get real world experiferent aspects of broadcasting have different experience than most fans many of the local teams to have some ence.” to work together. Perkins is the color encounter. “I love how you get to media coverage that they wouldn’t Collins-Morgan said, “The main commentator who analyzes the play talk to the future college athletes of get otherwise.” teams we focus on are Reynolds and after it happens and provides further America and see them shine when KMHD2 adviser and broadcast in- Barlow. We cover mainly the Mount guidance on what’s happening on the the lights are on,” said Collins-Mor- structor J.D. Kiggins said, “We start- Hood Conference.” field so listeners can understand. gan, who is also Associated Student ed doing this in 2007, my second year To hear tonight’s football broadCollins-Morgan handles the play- Government president. here at MHCC. This is our fourth cast, tune in to 89.1 KMHD-FM at 7 by-play from the booth high above “This experience has brought a consecutive year doing football.” p.m. when Centennial will play Forthe field. On the sideline, reporters huge amount of visibility and coverDo the students like what they est Grove at Centennial High School gather information that can’t be seen age to many of the local high school are doing? Perkins said, “Like is an in a 6A first-round playoff game.

Second annual Salmon Festival held at Multnomah Falls There were plenty of Coho salmon in Multnomah Creek (at the base of Multnomah Falls) for visitors to view during the MHCC-sponsored Salmon Festival Sunday. Activities included painting t-shirts with a rubber salmon and making bracelets to represent the life cycle of salmon.

One fish was cut open to display the amount of eggs they carry.

Photo by Devin Courtright/The Advocate

LIVING ARTS 5 First-year empress reigns in the MHCC Studio Theater

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By Shelby Schwartz The Advocate

HCC first-year theater student Quinci Daoust, whose passions include theater, music and dance, brings to life the role of the empress in the Children’s Theater production “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”

Daoust has had several years of theater experience in high school plays, first at Portland Christian then at David Douglas. She was involved in choir, musical theater and dancing.

“My whole life was theater and choir in high school,” Daoust said.

Daoust said her high school had about three plays a year and she would try out for all of them and usually get cast.

While Daoust attended Portland Christian, she appeared in “Once upon a Mattress.” At David Douglas, she appeared in “The Wizard of Oz,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “The Matchmaker,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” “George Washington Slept Here” and various one-act plays.

Daoust also appeared in “The Importance of Being Ernest” in a small community theater in Olympia, Wash.

“I first met Quinci at the auditions for this show but she is also in my Acting 1 class,” said Jennifer Hunter, part-time MHCC theater director. “Right off the bat, I could tell she has a lot of charisma and she has a lot of stage experience.”

In “The Emperor’s New Clothes,”

directed by Hunter, Daoust’s character, the empress, is the stereotypical Victorian queen.

“She pouts her lips and yells a lot. She is pretty much another servant to the emperor,” Daoust said. “I added a very obnoxious uproarious laugh to her character.

“It’s fun (being one of the leads). You get to do more stuff with the kids. We ask them to come up on the stage and hold the invisible clothes. It’s more responsibility when you’re the lead. It gives you more time to show your talent. I feel this is the best part for me.”

As far as hobbies go, Daoust likes to attend anime conventions where she dresses up as anime characters from video games or other various anime-related characters.

She said some of the conventions are in Seattle or Portland.

“I guess I just love dressing up,” said Daoust.

After this school year, Daoust plans to transfer to Central Washington University where she will major in musical theater.

She is taking as many theater classes as she can this year including acting fundamentals, children’s theater and ballet.

“In rehearsal, she is extremely professional and she is always prepared,” Hunter said. “She takes direction quite easily but at the same time she made this character her own. I would look forward to working with her again.”

Daoust said, “I’m pretty much going to make this my lifestyle and career, somehow.

I’m not sure how. Hopefully with a traveling group like Broadway Across America.

“That’s leaning toward fame but I’m just doing it ‘cause I love it.”

A Nov. 20 showing is the only public performance of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” at 2 p.m. in the College Theater. Tickets are $2. For more information, call the box office 503-491-7154.

Photos by Devin Courtright/The Advocate

“My whole life was theater and choir in high school.”

Quinci Daoust Theater student

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6 SPORTS Running helps Ethiopian fight inner pains, near and far NOVEMBER 12, 2010

By Jon Fuccillo

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ixteen isn’t your typical age for starting high school. But for freshman cross country runner Tahir Chakisso, that was his only option after moving to Portland from the Arsi province in Ethiopia.

Change often presents challenge and it’s never easy. Imagine the transition from a poverty-infested war zone to living in the United States, with no formal training of the land, language or culture.

The biggest heartache for Chakisso was leaving his mother Zetuna and one of his younger brothers Adam (18) behind in Arsi. This made high school a living hell for the Ethiopian native.

Chakisso lives in Northeast Portland and attended Madison High School, where he was constantly reminded that he didn’t fit in.

“I wanted to go back to my country,” said Chakisso. “I hated life so bad. It’s really hard separating from my mom. We’re trying to get them over here.”

He was fortunate enough to have family in Portland, including his father Waritu, along with four of his five siblings: brother Mustefa (23), sister Keriya (22), brother Gutame (17), sister Kume (15) and brother Risku (8).

His father, of the Oromo ethnic background, fled the country after a handful of run-ins with the law (government related) in Ethiopia when Tahir was just a boy. There has been a constant feud between the Oromo people and the Ethiopian government during the last 100 years. The Oromo natives have been fighting for their freedom.

Tahir hadn’t seen his father for a stretch of nearly six years. His father was able to get the paperwork to be approved by the American Embassy in Ethiopia.

The reason his father settled in Portland was because he already had family here who knew the area.

In the summer of 2006 (right before Tahir moved to Portland), he remembers “gun shots and beatings,” that took place in his village after a political campaign season. “(That’s) scary when you’re young,” said Chakisso. “The soldiers came into the town and they were shooting guns. I witnessed people (Oromo) being beaten.”

How running came to be in his life.

Chakisso runs with a purpose, one deeper than seen on the surface. He said he runs for his family near and far, for the pride of his country’s people and for a higher power – “Allah”, whom he praises on high through his strong Muslim faith and which includes five special daily prayers differing from month to month.

In Ethiopia, Chakisso was known for his soccer skills and agility. He gained strength in his legs from walking to and from school each day two miles away, no matter the weather.

The words “track and field” did not exist in his mind until his sophomore year of high school, the same year he competed in cross country for the first time.

Madison’s U.S. history teacher and cross country coach, John McNulty, was the man who convinced Chakisso to run track after seeing his ability in cross country.

His decision to run paid off with quickly in the Portland Interscholastic League. He won the 5A PIL district championship in cross country, along with the 1,500 meters and 3,000-meter races during the spring track season.

Running has helped him set new goals. He would love to compete at the highest level (Olympic trials)

photo by David gambill/the advocate

Freshman Tahir Chakisso, shown last week during the Southern Region Championship in Coos Bay where he won the individual championship.

and become a professional athlete.

“If I become a pro athlete, I want to help my people (in Ethiopia),” said Chakisso. “I want to help build new schools. It’s not like here where there are schools on every block. I want to contribute money to build new ones.”

He would also like to support building new hospitals. “In some villages you have to carry people (sick and injured) to the nearest hospitals in big cities,” said Chakisso. “It breaks my heart.

As a dedicated Muslim, Chakisso prays five times a day and holds a special place for God not only in his heart but in his mind and soul.

“Allah is on my side,” said Chakisso. “Everybody is my brother and sister. Color doesn’t matter. We pray for thanks and for the poor people.”

From Aug. 11 until Sept. 9, Chakisso celebrated Ramadan, a monthlong fasting period where between dawn and dusk Muslims can’t eat or drink and must refrain from sexual relations in respect to Allah. It’s a period where they dedicate more time towards prayer than normal. This can be a difficult time for Muslim athletes.

“You have to do it,” said Chakisso on the importance of Ramadan.

“I didn’t run at all this year during (Ramadan). Fasting is very important

during that time period.”

How he found MHCC. While sitting out all competition during his junior and senior years of high school due to academic ineligibility, he focused on school and ran as an unattached athlete in certain meets.

He had a friend going to MHCC who convinced him of the importance of education and staying in the groove.

“I didn’t plan on running here,” said Chakisso with a bright smile. “I had been feeling a little weak, hadn’t run all summer.”

Chakisso found head coach Matt Hart and asked if they had a cross country team and, of course, the answer was yes. So he decided to give it a twirl and just last week he won the Southern Region cross country championship with a time of 26 minutes, 42 seconds. He is ranked as the sixth best runner in NWAACCs. Hart couldn’t be more pleased with accidently landing an athlete such as Chakisso.

“In sports, there is a component of luck,” said Hart. “Having Tahir join our team this year was definitely a stroke of luck, or what we call a gift. To tell you the truth, I don’t know a whole lot about Tahir and I hope to gain more familiarity with him by track season.”

Throughout all the adversity, Chakisso stays true to his testimony and promises with the help of Allah that he will some day be reunited with his mother and brother Adam in Portland.

But for now, he plans on making strides in his overall wellbeing by taking advantage of his Godgiven talent — running.

“Running means so much to me,” said Chakisso. “When I start thinking about her (my mother) I go on a run to clear my mind. It makes me stronger. I’m praying every single day to reunite with her. She gave me a lucky ring and I wear every single time I go running.”

Freshman Tahir Chakisso performs one of his five daily ritual Muslim prayers (Asr) Wednesday at MHCC’s campus.

SPORTS 7

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Cross country prepares for final showdown in Oregon City

By John Tkebuchava The Advocate

The MHCC men’s and women’s cross country teams will compete Saturday at this year’s cross-country NWAACC Championship, hosted by Clackamas Community College in Oregon City.

The Saints’ teams qualified for the championships with Amanda Faggard their performance at the Southern Region Championship meet two weeks ago in Coos Bay at Southwestern Oregon Community College.

“Spokane (Community College), year in and year out, is one of the best. Everett is real good. It’s (the meet) a really big one,” said assistant coach Keith Maneval.

Just a season ago Spokane’s Donnie Coulson men won the NWAACC Championship and the women placed second behind Everett Community College.

Spokane have four men ranked in the top eight

runners in the NWAACCs (Anthony Brown (1), Trevin Goodrick (2) Justin Yoke (4) and Joey Hartmeier (8)).

The Saints runners are hoping to excel despite the stiff competition.

Freshman Tahir Chakisso is one of the favorites from the men’s team after winning the Southern Region Championship with a time of 26 minutes, 42 seconds. He is ranked as sixth fastest runner in the NWAACC. “We’re looking forward to him running. We’re looking for him to do well,” Maneval said.

Head coach Matt Hart said Chakisso has a strong chance of winning the championship but knows the competition is wide open.

“NWAACC has become very strong the last few years,” said Hart. “I would like to think that Tahir has an opportunity to win. However, he will need to earn it, as there are several individuals in the NWAACC who have posted faster times thus far.”

Chakisso, one of MHCC’s newest recruits from Madison High School, had just a few choice words for the meet: “I’m ready for it,” he said.

Freshman Donnie Coulson said, “We’ve been taking it easy this week.” He said the men would try to “pack up” the team as much as possible, meaning they will run together to encourage each other and to boost the team score.

Sophomore Amanda Faggard is getting ready to push herself in her final cross country meet of the season.

“Oh yeah, it’s going to hurt,” said Faggard, who leads the pack on the women’s side. “We’re going to run really hard.”

On the women’s side, Faggard is as pumped as ever, “I’m nervous right now,” she said, adding, “I feel like we’re all going to do very well. We know the course very well.”

The men’s 8K race begins at 11 a.m. and the women’s 5K race begins at noon.

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Volleyball wraps up regular season undefeated in South

By Jon Fuccillo The Advocate

With a win over the Chemeketa Storm Wednesday night in Salem, the Saints volleyball team finished the regular season with a 10-0 record in the Southern Region, the second undefeated season in a row.

“I don’t think about it often,” said head coach Chelsie Speer on going undefeated in consecutive seasons. “Yeah, it’s awesome, but I strive for perfection. I do that in everything, kind of natural.”

How has the team reacted? “I don’t think it has sunk in on them. I need to make it a bigger deal, because it is. We need to recognize when we’re doing something great, especially for our sophomores.”

The Saints took care of the Storm in three straight games (25-10, 25-21, 2523) to end the regular season Wednesday night thanks to the strong offense that Speer takes pride in.

Things got a big shaky when the Storm woke up after the first game and gave the Saints a run for their money.

“Chemeketa started playing well after the first game,” said Speer. “They were really, really scrappy. Their libero (Caley Burdon) had an awesome match. She does everything.”

The Saints only dropped one game out of 31 games possible in conference play.

Speer said it all starts with the offense and the way they’ve defended their half of the court.

“We’ve done a pretty good job being aware of beating teams in three (games) that you should,” said Speer. “Not to sound like we don’t respect our opponents, because we do.”

On Thursday, the Saints will play at 4:30 p.m. against the No. 4 seed from the Northern Region, the Bellevue Bulldogs, in the first round of the NWAACC Championships, which is being held in the Mt. Hood gymnasium Nov. 18-21.

The Bulldogs aren’t an unfamiliar team to the Saints who swept them twice during non-region matches earlier this season. On Oct. 15, the Saints beat them in two games (25-10, 25-14) during the Clark Crossover tournament in Vancouver, Wash. On Sept. 15, they won in three straight games (25-22, 25-19, 25-16).

“It all starts over,” said Speer on the postseason. “We’ve talked about the NWAACCs a few times. Come NWAACC time, anyone can win.”

If they beat the Bulldogs, they will play the winner of the Eastern Region No. 3 seed (Wenatchee Valley Knights) and the Western Region No. 2 seed (Highline Thunderbirds). That game would be 12:30 p.m. Friday.

If they lose their first match, they would next play at 8:15 p.m. Thursday.

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The Saints, shown earlier in the season went 10-0 in conference action after beating the Chemeketa Storm Wednesday night on the road. The Saints (No. 1 seed in the South) will face the Bellevue Bulldogs (Northern Region No. 4 seed) 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 18 in the first round of the NWAACC

"We've talked about the NWAACCs a few times.

Come NWAACC time, anyone can win."

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New recruits needed for blood drive

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The Student Activities Board (SAB) will sponsor a blood drive Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the College Center.

The blood drive will be dependent on attracting new donors, as anyone who gave blood in September will not be eligible to donate this time due to policy, which requires donors to wait 56 days between donations.

After a successful blood

Toy and food drive in progress throughout campus

A toy and food drive has begun in various locations on the MHCC campus. The organization, led by ASG Director of Community Affairs Jonatan Lopez and ASG Vice President Jon Francis, began Nov. 9 and will continue until Dec. 18. Items that will be accepted include

new, unwrapped gifts and non-perishable foods, as well as turkeys, hams and roasts. The locations where the items can be donated are the College Center (also the only location accepting turkeys, hams and roasts), library, Career Counseling Center, HPE Athletic Cen-

ter, Aquatics Center, Vista Dining Center, the front office of the Maywood Campus and the Work Source Center East.

The drive is in partnership with the “Something Wonderful” program headed

by MHCC program coordinator Rich Duval.

drive in the first week of classes, the SAB is hoping to attract another large turnout.

“We’re hoping to make more people aware of the importance of donating, and we’d like to get people who have never tried before to donate,” said SAB member BJ Perkins.

Anyone interested in donating must be at least 17 years old and weigh 110 pounds or more.

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