A surprise snowstorm came to Mt. Hood Community College on Feb. 22, interrupting activities until the following Monday. While classes and services on campus came to a halt, the life of students certainly did not: From binging shows, to playing in the snow with friends, these snow days provided relief to what may have been an otherwise stressful Winter Term.
We asked around to see what the staff of The Advocate did on their snow days:
Kane Finders
The snow days (Wednesday through Friday) officially started when the the slightly unsettling announcement went over the loudspeakers. This meant I had to walk home, since my ’03 Camry can barely handle the rain, let alone snow. To say I didn’t dress for the occasion would be an understatement, too: I was wearing a thin sweater with a pair of jeans. However, while I was cold, the walk back home wasn’t that bad except for the occasional car wrecks.
The real fun came on Friday, I went up to Sunrise Park in Troutdale with a friend while it was snowing again. Thankfully, I was a bit more prepared. My friend and I were using this snow as a chance to just unwind and relax, even if she did fall over into the snow half a dozen times.
Overall, these snow days were a much needed break from the term for me.
Matana McIntire
The snow day was a joyful development in
my week! I had decided to stay home from my morning classes, using the freezing temperatures enough justification to stay behind. I was pleasantly surprised that halfway through my Zoom class it had begun snowing, and sticking quite a lot. Not long after, I overheard the MHCC announcement through Zoom.
It was so funny, because here I was making an excuse to stay behind thinking the snow would be nothing in the end and my excuse would be transparent, but then the snow hit so hard that campus closed for days! At home,
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I enjoyed the inches of fresh powder in my backyard by hiding kibbles in the snow for my dogs and playing fetch with snowballs.
Jackson Hamelund
I did not think the snowstorm would get as bad as it did. I had about 10 inches at my house and it
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kept me stranded for the rest of the week. Power went out only once but I made use of my time by shoveling my pathways as well as my backyard so I could still play basketball. Also when it got warmer I was able to make and throw snowballs.
Overall, I enjoyed the winter surprise and wouldn’t mind it again.
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Photo of Beaver Creek by Kane Finders / The Advocate Photo by Matana McIntire / The AdvocateMt. Hood’s Career Planning and Counseling Center (CPCC) is is a valuable resource easily accessible to all MHCC students. It’s found in Building 11 in the main courtyard of the Academic Wing, right below the Student Hub. The staff provide lots of services for students, including help with student employment opportunities, resumé and job interview preparation, and career coaching. They also provide personal counseling to discuss not only academic issues, but also personal concerns, offering free confidential and professional services for students that are having problems.
The CPCC has a student support services request form so if you do not see what you are looking for, simply fill out that form and its staff will connect you to the person or department at MHCC that can help you.
When you fill out one online application for an MHCC scholarship, you apply for over 150 available campus scholarships. The single application enters you for any/all MHCC scholarships for which you are eligible, covering just a portion of your tuition or even all of it.
The deadline to apply for the 2023-24 school year is March 31. There are two more virtual workshops for scholarship applicants available: 4 to 5 p.m. on March 14, and 1 to 2 p.m. on March 28. This is an easy and great way to lower your tuition for the upcoming school year. To learn more, visit https://www.mhcc.edu/ scholarships/ or scan our QR code below.
ECMC Learning is a brand-new online resource that can help MHCC students build a better foundation, financially. The new platform allows you to explore ways to help you build your understanding of how to not drown financially now, or in the future. Topics covered include budgeting, investing and saving, career development, and much more. You only need to create an online account at https://www.ecmc. org/students/ and you have quick access to the information to help your financial well-being.
There’s another blood drive coming to MHCC on March 14 and 15, run by the American Red Cross. It will be in the Jazz Café, which is above the Student Union in Building 10. Appointments are available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Visit https://www.redcrossblood.org/give. html/drive-results?zipSponsor=MtHoodCC or scan our QR code to make your appointment and to be a donor and help save lives.
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Arianna has been a student at MHCC since Fall 2020 and is pursuing an Associate of Arts Oregon transfer degree. She enjoys the Portland and Mexican sunshine, listening to songs that remind her of her grandparents and the powerful women in her life, as well as dancing to
the most upbeat music. She dreams of the day she’ll have her own classroom where elementary school students will feel safe, motivated, and confident in their learning.
For many students, tackling the tough and challenging assignments that college requires can be very time consuming and frustrating. On top of that, trying to learn new topics and courses can be overwhelming. But, if students feel that they need help in a particular subject or class, a valuable resource that many MHCC students have come to appreciate and take advantage of is seeing a tutor.
When some hear the word “tutor,” they may think it is reserved only for students really struggling with their coursework and needing lots of extra help, but that is just not the case. Tutoring is a service that anyone and everyone at Mt. Hood can benefit from. Seeing a tutor is part of the learning process; the more students can grasp their tough subjects, the better they will learn and retain what they have been taught.
There are many reasons why you, or any student, should consider seeking help. The most important is that tutors have deep knowledge of their specialty and can help students grasp and learn tough subjects and assignments. Whether help is needed in math, science, writing, or English, college-provided
tutors are there and want to help you learn. Mt. Hood’s AVID-Learning Success Center (based in the Room 1451 computer lab) has many options to help you with your coursework. For example, the center has math and science tutors to help you learn tough subjects like calculus or chemistry. It even has writing and English tutors who can proofread your essays to see what can be improved upon. And tutors are not there to give you all the answers –they are there to help you learn and retain new subjects, as well as learn tactics to improve your overall knowledge.
Saints email, MyMHCC, or BlackBoard: In that case, the student computer support team can help you work out those problems.
With the diverse settings of classes on campus and online, MHCC’s tutoring services have adapted to fit the needs of all students. For example, if seeing a tutor in-person is helpful, then the AVID Learning Success Center is open for most of the day, Monday-Friday, for in-person tutoring. But suppose online tutoring works better for a students: In that case, there is tutoring available on many subjects offered through Zoom or other forms of communication, such as email.
tutor and get the specific help you need.
For more information on the hours and availabilities of AVID’s Learning Success Center, go to mhcc.edu/avid.
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Along with tutoring for academic subjects, there is also help available related to scholarship writing and computer support. With the increasing cost of college tuition a big motivator, getting your scholarship essays in tip-top shape can significantly increase your chance of getting a scholarship, to reduce costs. And suppose you are having computer issues, such as problems with your
The best part about this is that tutoring at Mt. Hood is offered completely free, paid for by your student fees. If you need help in your coursework, there are many resources to help, and one of those resources is tutoring. Whether it is math, science, or writing, tutors are there to help students learn and improve their knowledge. If you would like to get the most out of their college tuition, you can see a
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Mt. Hood Community College has secured a promising new partnership with NBCU Academy, a journalism training and development program serving select universities and colleges across the United States, focused on increasing diversity in journalism, content creation, and storytelling in all forms.
MHCC was selected to become one of NBCU Academy’s 45 academic partners, one of very few two-year colleges to join the likes of celebrated four-year institutions such as Syracuse University and University of California, Berkeley.
The relationship will give Mt. Hood’s Integrated Media Department additional resources, training, and development intended to help the success of students majoring in Integrated Media (IM) at MHCC. It also will provide special workshops and expert access to the general student population at Mt. Hood, regardless of their chosen studies.
Additionally, NBCU Academy will
provide $100,000 worth of scholarships to IM majors (through the MHCC Foundation fund) over the next two academic years, awarding nine full scholarships to new students.
NBCU Academy was founded in January of 2021 by mass media and entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal. A megamerger of NBC television, Comcast and Universal Studios won federal approval years before with the explicit requirement to promote and grow diversity, equity, and inclusion in the media and entertainment
industry. The long-term goal of NBCU Academy is to diversify the conglomerate’s workforce so that at least 50% of employees are women, and 50% are people of color.
To achieve this goal, the program provides a range of resources to underrepresented students of “diverse racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, economic, and geographic backgrounds,” according to the NBCU Academy’s mission statement.
These resources include scholarships, mentoring, training workshops, and access to “world-class journalists” – not just for IM students, but any Mt. Hood students who are interested. The Academy already offers many free educational resources, open to all, on their website, nbcuacademy.com. For instance, there’s a free course, “Fundamentals
of Journalism,” but many more topics are explored. There are videos about other fields of media and storytelling including editing, videography, and production.
In fact, the Academy is hosting a virtual event teaching storytelling later this month: “NBCU Academy Next Level Summit: We Are All Storytellers,” will be held from 7 to 11 a.m., Pacific Time, on Wednesday, March 22.
[To register, go to: https://nbcuacademy. com/event/next-level-summit-storytellers/]
In the Academy’s own description of the virtual summit is the recognition of students who want to reach their audience, in any situation:
“Masterful storytelling is critical to success in journalism, entertainment, sports broadcasting and creative careers. Your ability to weave a narrative for the audience is a key skill whether you are building a website, writing a press release, engineering a live news broadcast or even designing a theme park attraction. Attend this virtual summit to hear from industry leaders and innovators about the power of storytelling and how to take your talents to the next level to succeed in the new media, tech and digital landscape.”
“I recall her having a rough time, because she was a woman in the program and she challenged not only folks involved in the nursing administration and the doctors and such (but also others), being an advocate for much larger and important roles for nurses in that program,” he said.
MHCC not only has always been a home to influential and strong-minded people but also a haven for those who were not always treated so favorably elsewhere – a critical value for all community colleges since their formative years in the 1960s and 70s.
campus, and we would spend every day in the library stacks reading,” said Donald.
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Although it may seem empty at times, the MHCC Gresham campus is blessed with a robust history of diversity and community that is there to help one another.
That feeling was rekindled by a recent visit to the campus by a father-daughter duo that motivated us to start digging into our Advocate archives and asking more questions to learn more. Donald Dean, of Los Angles, and his adult daughter, Dondei, walked around the college last autumn. He wanted to show off where he grew up and spent much of his youth, and where lasting memories were made.
The strongest impression was actually made by his mother, Diana Dean, who left a rich legacy all during her too-brief life and career. But the campus left its mark, too.
Diana was likely the first female, and definitely the first African American, nursing program director at Mt. Hood. Working here from the mid-1960s until 1974, she was a trailblazer of sorts, constantly innovating and changing the way we know and learn about health today. She pushed the boundaries for woman and minorities alike, and was phenomenally successful in influencing every
community in which she was a part.
For instance, an Advocate story published in April 1973 tells how Diana had recently been involved in consulting with a children’s educational television workshop.
A second article, headlined “Career women to gather for Eugene Conference,” explained her contribution at the second annual Lebanon Business and Professional
Diana’s son, Donald, recalls spending many hours on campus as a safe place to stay as other local public schools had rejected or mistreated him and his brother, Derryck, numerous times, for reasons owing to overt racism. At his Sandy middle school, Donald and his brother, as the only Black students there, were made to role-play as slaves during a class exercise – and would suffer verbal and physical harassment.
When Diana then transferred the pair into the Gresham school district, waffling a bit on their home address as had other Mt. Hood employees at the time, administrators blocked them.
The school district “decided they had their quota on Black students, and they recognized
Feeling welcome and safe on the Mt. Hood campus, the brothers learned as much as they could while their mother worked. On the lighter side, Donald said he remembers running through the college’s concrete corridors and sneaking junk food from the cafeteria when his mom was not looking.
Sadly, Diana would suffer uterine cancer, and died quite young.
“We ended up at Catlin Gabel (a private Southwest Portland campus) in middle and high school,” said Donald. “My mother passed before I finished high school, so I finished down here in California while my brother stayed with an aunt, out in West Linn.” Diana’s wonderful legacy includes life and learning success throughout the Dean family tree.
Donald is a technology consultant, while Derryck works for the federal Department of Justice in Boston. Donald’s daughter, Dondei Diana Dean, who joined his nostaligic visit, has entered a master’s program in social justice at USC, and her sister, Darynn, is studying jazz at UCLA. Ultimately, Diana and her two young sons received a great amount of respect and acceptance from MHCC when other parts of our community were not so loving.
Womans Club conference, helping lead a timely discussion titled “The Changing community and Women’s Role.” This was the second conference for the working woman that Diana had attended, as part of a panel.
As a powerful woman it was not always easy for her, Donald told the Advocate in an interview.
that we were using the address of other colleagues of my mother’s,” Donald said. “They threatened to expel the other people’s kids, too, if they did not get rid of us.”
That’s when MHCC became the two boys’ second home.
“We had nowhere to go, so when my mother was teaching, she would bring us to
Today, we often overlook our campus for all that it really is – not just a maze of cement pillars and malls, but a blooming ground of opportunity and hope for those in our community who need a place to grow. And one can feel a sense of welcoming to all communities, from the Student Union being always open for anything and everyone, to the Multicultural & Diversity Resource Center, all the way to the stacks in the library.
Our campus will always be a wonderful place to grow and learn.
advance to scout out the College and make sure the location was safe. Watkins’s Outlook story notes dozens of extra telephone lines were wired into the college. But a huge difference from today was the amount of crowd scrutiny: No one remembered any bag checks, metal detectors, or any of those security measures.
One funny anecdote did come up, shared by Donahue. A Mt. Hood math instructor was watching the Secret Service set up the secure area – and the teacher was wearing the same trench coat as they were, so the agents had taken him aside to confirm he wasn’t trying to sneak in.
Another quirk the Outlook story noted was a White House secretary needing to type something quickly on an MHCC typewriter. When finished, the aide ripped the ribbon out of the machine. College staff thought at first they had just stolen the ribbon, but Watkins learned it was a security measure to make sure no one could possibly see what was written.
After roughly an hour, Carter returned to his motorcade and soon flew on to Sacramento, California. It turns out Straub lost his election, four days later.
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Since former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 98, entered hospice care last month, many are looking back at his legacy, and The Advocate joins them, through a special, local lens: The president and his entourage visited Mt. Hood Community College on Nov. 3, 1978, one of the most high-profile events ever to take place on the campus.
Flying into Portland on Air Force One from Illinois that Friday morning, Carter was whisked to MHCC to support the re-election campaign of Oregon Gov. Bob Straub, a fellow Democrat.
Starting a bit past 10 a.m., Carter’s speech mostly focused on the economy – still not great, but improving – and human rights issues.
Bob Watkins, a reporter for the Gresham Outlook (he would later teach journalism and serve as faculty adviser to The Advocate for nearly three decades) covered the story that day.
He described the atmosphere as “electric” – the Main Mall of the college was filled with students, staff, and community members, cheering and shouting upon Carter’s arrival at the campus. Among them were thousands of Gresham school district students. While media accounts varied, some estimated as many as 10,000 people in attendance, the biggest crowd ever at Mt. Hood up to that time.
Besides admirers, there were also some protesters. Dan Donahue, then a member of the MHCC Jazz Band, recalls that there
were hundreds of Iranians gathered nearby, protesting Carter’s visit. They were wearing white hoods, so as to not be identified, a real and serious threat. Many of them visiting college students, they opposed Carter’s support of the shah – controversial Iran leader Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who would be ousted a year later by the Iranian Revolution and replaced by the Ayatolleh Ruhollah Khomeini. The event in part featured the college’s Jazz Band. Mt. Hood alum Steve Watkins (no relation), a bandmate of Donahue’s, recalled the band playing the Democatic Party hype tune of the era, Happy Days are Here Again, before and after Carter’s speech. He sarcastically noted the band must have played the tune a hundred times.
Due to the band learning that Carter would visit only a week in advance, Donahue said their band director had a trumpet player, Sheldon Brooks, throw together an easy arrangement of the song for the band to play. In true Oregon fashion it was drizzling that day, and looking back, Watkins said that a lot of the band members just wanted to get the rally over with. However, for Watkins this wouldn’t be the only time he played for an American president. Long after graduating from Mount Hood, the musician joined the U.S. Air Force military band and played for an additional four presidents during his time there.
“It just goes to show, you never know where music is going to take you,” Watkins said, reflecting on his experience playing at MHCC. To be sure, many preparations took place before the president’s visit. Per usual, the Secret Service came out a few days in
Why Mt. Hood? Carter had already visited Portland in May of that year. But it seemed he preferred locations where he had once campaigned, aides told reporters – and in 1976, the former Georgia governor was on the campus to campaign for election. He told MHCC students and others how he
would pardon Vietnam-era draft evaders if he won, that he would support any Democratic nominee that fall, and discussed foreign policy.
Two years later, Carter lost his own reelection try, to Ronald Reagan. The Iranian Revolution and taking of American hostages played a large role. But those at Mt. Hood who saw the president’s visit won’t easily forget it.
THE ENTIRE MALL OF THE COLLEGE WAS FILLED WITH STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CHEERING AND SHOUTING UPON PRESIDENT CARTER’S ARRIVAL TO THE CAMPUS.Above: Carter during his May 1976 visit to MHCC.
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The Super Bowl halftime performance is one of the biggest stages each year to perform as an artist, and we saw another on Feb. 12. These artists – this time, Rihanna – have under 15 minutes to perform their big hits, and I can only imagine how hard it must be to choose from a discography such as hers.
Whether you know her name or not, I am sure if I were to play you one of her songs you would at least recognize it. As someone who grew up listening to her music, I was more than excited to see her perform, even if it was just on my TV at home.
Rihanna has not released an album since 2016, and she has not toured in seven years. In fact, her most recent song was a ballad for the “Wakanda Forever” movie called “Lift Me Up.” Even before that she had not released music in years. Last month, people had placed all sorts of bets on her Super Bowl performance, ranging from her opening song to which songs she would sing at all, given the time limit.
Rihanna started her show with “B**** Better Have My Money,” suspended on a hanging platform in the middle of the stadium. It was an epic way to open. She also was visibly pregnant with her second child (something she confirmed after her performance on social media).
There was some controversy about her show. Some people loved it, while others were mildly disappointed, saying that there was not much to it. Sure, it was not as extravagant as other Super Bowl shows that had huge props and costume changes, but there is a story that I think goes deeper than most saw. That story deals with the songs she chose to sing.
This is a deep and beautiful love story she deals with in the songs she chose to perform. She starts off strong and independent with “B**** Better Have My Money.” Then she transitions to this idea of finding someone, when she sings “Where Have You Been” and “Only Girl in the World.” Then she performs “We Found Love,” to represent the act of falling for each other.
She then acknowledges break-ups and those hardships with her song “Rude Boy.” She chooses her next song “Work” to describe one’s focus on self. Then there is this temptation to go back to that same person (relationship), when she sings “Wild Thoughts.” When she sings “Pour It Up,” she represents the mindset that you should not care what anybody else says.
There is a notable shift when she performs “All of the Lights,” in the lyrics pretty my much cover this one, “if you want it, you can get it for the rest of your life.” Her song “Run This Town” shows this idea of we can do anything – it’s ‘us against the world’ vibes. She shows the hardships that come
with relationships with her hit “Umbrella,” and ends her story with “Diamonds,” showing that this love can last forever.
For those who said Rihanna did not do much more than sing, I disagree. She gave such an amazing performance. For the songs that people wanted to hear but didn’t, including her first big hit, “Pon De Replay,” or “Disturbia” or “Love on the Brain,” and many more are now streaming at high rates on Spotify and Apple Music – which is a genius move by the artist and business owner. She knew what she was doing.
Special shoutout, too, to the American sign language (ASL) interpreter, who was owning her moment to the people at home, translating the songs Rihanna performed. You could tell she has known the songs for a while, given her facial expressions and overall vibe she gave off. She did so well!
Rihanna gave an amazing performance, her voice was stunning, the visuals were simple but moving. She gave us a halftime show to remember.
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Durighello AdvocateIf you are anything like me, you are obsessed with the Hogwarts world and Harry Potter legacies that have grown over decades. After waiting for a full-force interactive game, I’m thrilled that it has finally arrived, with the Portkey games product “Hogwarts Legacy.”
Legacy is a full RPG game set 100 years before Harry Potter ever existed, but as a player, you are a student roaming through the halls of Hogwarts, as a fifth year, getting thrown into a feud between the wizards and an evil goblin. It is now up to you to help solve mysteries and learn the dark secrets of the school we always wanted to help reveal.
This version of the game is very interactive and a combination of everything that we enjoy from some other favorite RPG games, such as “Skyrim” or “The Breath of The Wild (from “The Legend of Zelda).” It’s filled with numerous nostalgic references to the
Potter movies and books, and the developers poured their heart and soul into the details of Hogsmeade, Hogwarts, and the surrounding
world.
Being able to fully customize characters, wands, and robes, I feel this game allows
me (and you) to be the wizard that you have always dreamed of. On top of the gameplay being strategic and engaging, I also enjoy the fact that this game offers multiple save files so that you can live out different magical destinies – meaning you can experience the game from different houses, one day Gryffindor, or perhaps the next, Slytherin? The possibilities are endless.
With the game just being released there are, of course, going to be some beginner game bugs and glitches, such as the lagging images and non-blending voice overlays I noticed. However, I find that none of those are distracting enough for me not to enjoy my wand-whipping combats.
So, if you have dreamed of joining the wizarding world or just enjoy an open-world RPG game, you should give Hogwarts Legacy a try.
The MHCC Visual Arts Gallery’s newest display, the annual Faculty Arts Exhibit, helps visitors match artwork with a name/face they might know and builds a feeling of connection on campus. Even with a delayed opening on March 2 due to inclement weather, the show is very well put together, with many pieces on display including paintings, sculptures, and jewelry made by Mt. Hood faculty coming from all departments, not just Visual Arts.
The Faculty show is such an important event because it lets instructors/staff express their artistic side by showcasing their impressive work. Many students may feel disconnected from faculty members and the exhibit helps bridge that gap. And not everything displayed is just there just to look at – many items are up for sale, as well.
Most notable is the handmade jewelry, including earrings, bracelets, and rings made from many different materials and in many different styles. Another noteworthy piece of art for sale is a humorous, hand-written IRS tax Form 1040; this is perfect for anyone who wants to relive the good old days of filing tax returns by hand.
While many artists are showcased at this exhibit, two pieces stand out as especially diverse and meaningful to the artists. One is a beautiful painting of a side view of the old Milwaukee Hospital from the perspective of Donna Ryan, a Student Life department employee. The
he took these pictures, and he hopes that “the form and the beauty of the photograph will draw you into paying attention to it.”
Orosco’s expression of his approach represents the overall atmosphere of the Gallery and how each art piece has a special meaning and purpose that
second consists of photographs of the Huntsman oil facility in West Texas, taken in December 2021.
Art teacher Nathan Orosco, who typically works in scupture, spoke about the true meaning behind the pictures and how they represent the community in an around the oil processing plants.
He said he wants “the factories to look very powerful in their visual presence” and hoped to make the images “look dramatic… almost a beautiful evil.” He noted how this particular plant was being investigated for polluting his hometown when
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If you like cramped spaces, and especially if you don’t, the 2005 horror film “The Descent” might be just the adrenaline rush you need to get your heart rate up.
It follows a group of young adult women who go caving, although two of them, Juno and Sarah, are struggling to repair their friendship.
It all starts with the group hiking into the Appalachian Mountains to explore a cave system. Soon after entering the women get trapped due to an area of the cave collapsing. While desperately looking for an alternate exit, they discover they are not alone. The cave system is crawling with flesh-eating, cannibalistic creatures that are constantly hunting the group.
Fortunately for the women, the creatures are blind and hunt using sounds, making survival somewhat possible.
Along the way we learn that Sarah once had a husband and daughter, who were killed in a car accident. Juno, one of Sarah’s best friends, had been sleeping with Sarah’s husband prior to the accident. This caused a big rift in their friendship because after the accident Juno moved away and wasn’t there
to support Sarah. In an attempt to mend their friendship, Juno planned a “girls trip” to discover a new cave system and name it after Sarah.
The Descent is an underrated horror film for its time. The way the lighting is used really helps create a terrifying atmosphere. (Unfortunately the lighting wasn’t used as well in a sequel, “The Descent 2,” which truthfully is just not scary.) There are also a
in caves. What’s more, the sequel developed by Endnight Games, “Sons of the Forest,” was recently released, in February. Both games are absolutely terrifying, just like “The Descent.”] As most horror movies go there’s at least one character who is incredibly stupid and gets themself, and potentially their friends, killed. In most cases it’s a woman portrayed as the stupid one, but in this movie all the characters are women. Still, I find it pretty dumb that even after discovering the creatures are blind and hunt using sound, a few of them are still yelling for each other through the caves.
the artists are trying to convey.
The overall mission of the Visual Arts Gallery is to create a welcoming center for artists of all genres to raise student, staff and public consciousness about the value of art in our community. Mt. Hood’s showcase is particularly welcome in East Multnomah County, where galleries are more scarce.
The Visual Arts Gallery is open to all, free of charge, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Next up, following the Faculty Arts Exhibit, will be the (local) High School Arts Exhibition expected to open on April 13.
few times this movie plays off claustrophobia, since to be stuck between rocks as the cave starts collapsing is really gut-wrenching.
[As a side note for my fellow gamers, the movie is quite similar to the game “The Forest,” a PC game released in 2014 as a horror survival game. The stories are completely unrelated, but the horror aspect shares many similarities: It’s essentially exactly the same, regarding cannibals living
Some in the group lose their flashlights in the initial attack, as well as splitting up from each other. Sarah is forced to light a torch, which really adds to the suspense since the lighting is so dark. At one point one of them uses a camcorder to see in the dark. With such a small line of sight, it made me extremely anxious not knowing whether there was a monster lurking just out of view. The lighting creates a truly terrifying atmosphere for the audience that makes this a Top-three horror movie, in my opinion.
I went into watching this movie not knowing anything about it, which added so
much suspense and tension. Having been caving myself makes it even more terrifying. The thought of being trapped in an uncharted cave with so few supplies sounds like hell. I kept thinking as I watched, what would I do in this situation? I decided at first that I would probably just scream so the cannibals would kill me – although this plan got crapped on because
I found out the cannibals don’t always quickly kill their victims: They can just eat the person’s guts and leave them dying there in agony. That would totally suck.
“ ‘THE DESCENT’ IS AN UNDERRATED HORROR FILM FOR ITS TIME”Web Photo Photos by Isabela Durighello / The Advocate
WOMEN’SBASKETBALL SEASON STATS:
RECORD: 9 - 17
FG %: 31.4, 32ND OVERALL
FT %: 60.2, 28TH OVERALL
PPG: 57.7, 23RD OVERALL
WOMEN’S STANDOUT PERFORMERS:
PPG: 14.1 MARLEY JOHNSON
REB/G: 5.8 HALLE MEEK
AST/G: 2.1 SYDNEY KNUTSON
SOPHOMORE NIGHT INTERVIEWS
MEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON STATS:
RECORD: 10 - 17
FG %: 45.2, 21ST OVERALL
FT %: 72.8, 6TH OVERALL
PPG: 78.7, 19TH OVERALL
MEN’S STANDOUT PERFORMERS:
PPG: 27.1 WILL WILSON
REB/G: 7.0 NIC FOWLER
AST/G: 3.5 WAYNE HAMPTON
Advocate: You guys are off to a hot start. How does that reflect from the season you had in the fall?
Hendrickson: We just lean right into the spring season. We have a thing called “Hell Week” in January where everyone works very hard and everyone is excited to return after their performance last year.
Advocate: Now that basketball season is over, you get some players back who did both sports. How will that help the team’s focus now?
Hendrickson: Well, they’re big starters, and they are relearning how to play together. Getting back into drills, redeveloping the team chemistry. They are family on and off the field, so it doesn’t take long for them to work together.
Advocate: What makes this team so special?
Hendrickson: Just the family aspect. All our failures are resolved by support. This is a good team, one of the greatest teams I think I’ve had.
Advocate: You guys come off being NWAC champs – how do you keep the same mojo going into spring season?
Hendrickson: It’s tough. Being champs means expectations are high but we are still a different team from what we were last fall. We are creating
a new team mojo and motto, also new values and culture and a new team identity.
Advocate: What are you looking forward to this season?
Hendrickson: Getting back to NWACs (championship tournament). All the memories we create during road trips, game days, and just creating a family environment.
Advocate: Why did you choose to coach softball?
Hendrickson: For the money and millions of dollars they are paying me (No, I’m just kidding). It’s because I had two different coaches when I played. One was good and taught us how to have a good impact. I also had a bad coach, who created an environment I would never want these players to go through, like I did.
Advocate: How many players do you have and how many freshmen and sophomores?
Hendrickson: I have 22 players, split 11 each. Each one is special and I love all but two of them (again, kidding). I love being around them, they’re a great group to coach.
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