The Advocate Vol. 50 Issue 25 - April 24, 2015

The Independent Student Voice of Mt. Hood Community College

April. 24, 2015

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OPINION

April 24, 2015

Editorial | We need to make healthy food convenient for a change

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If you’ve been told that eating healthy costs more than eating unhealthy, you’ve been lied to. Sure, eating processed foods and starches is cheaper, if you’re sourly uncreative. No offense, but most of us are. So, what’s really holding us back from purchasing wholesome foods and getting more munch for our money?

It’s something precious that we seem to lack in American culture: time. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average adult spends four hours a day on leisure activities.

Included in that is, of course, three meals a day. However, that’s assuming someone works full-time, seven or eight hours a day. Some of us work more than one job and have families to raise. We’re always running around and somehow we’re always eating.

According to WebMD, Americans eat a surplus of calories, yet in a sense, we are mal-

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nutritioned. We are lacking crucial vitamins and minerals in our daily meals that boxed mac-and-cheese and dinosaur chicken nuggets don’t provide.

Due to the limited free time to go shopping, American families tend to hit the super-store once a month and fill multiple carts with $600 worth of processed junk.

We think there’s a better way. Instead of purchasing everything at huge, super-chain grocery stores, what if people took to opening and shopping at small markets and vendors in the streets? This kind of thing occurs throughout Europe and Asia. Food carts have already become a thing in Portland, so it’s quite possible. The only way to combat the seductive convenience of prepackaged food is restoring the convenience of purchasing raw fruits and vegetables and healthy snacks.

We shouldn’t, of course, torch Walmart or anything, but it gets to the point that publishing books and writing documentaries on better eating gets us nowhere. Sure, we can protest all we want, but sometimes creating an establishment is more productive than trying to destroy one. Make produce vendors hip, cool, enjoyable, and hopefully, the American lifestyle will change on its own.

Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and the Saturday Market is a big thing in the Pacific Northwest. The only real issue: Shopping at Trader Joe’s gets pricey. Natural food stores seem to attract mostly singles, young couples, small families, and urban dwellers. We need to evolve this movement so that it becomes part of our popular culture and common lifestyle. It can no longer be just a quirky special interest for a select few.

The option to sell fresh fruit or vegetables on the street with similar regulations as our food carts would allow farmers some independence and freedom with how they choose to raise their produce. The farmers markets have provided these freedoms; however, they’re almost like a tease. They aren’t a regular thing only a fixation people can satisfy from the late spring through early autumn.

The only reason fresh produce and healthy foods are so expensive is because they aren’t readily available and convenient, but the Earth is amazing. All we need are seeds and healthy land. In the Pacific Northwest, we have plentiful soil and beautiful land for growing more food and to buy all one’s food at Walmart seems like a cop-out.

Now, what about places in the United States that are dry and where the terrain isn’t so easy to work with? Well, if people can create a Kibbutz or a huge irrigation system in the middle of a desert (as the inhabitants of Israel/ Palestine have), anything is possible.

We believe that culture can change, as long as we take initiative. Portland has made healthy food a thing now, but we should make it the thing all across America.

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Quinn Harrison Student, General Studies “I hope to see that the student leaders will be out and about, getting to know the students they represent, and they continue to build the content in the OohLaLa app.”

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OPINION

April 24, 2015

Column | I don’t need weed; Jesus is my ultimate high “It’s hard to get involved and it’s hard to stay involved. I think there’s a lot of things, one thing the studentAlex government Garcia should have a hand in is getting the student body passionate about their school, and about each other, I guess. I think that our infrastructure leaves something to be desired, such as the parking lot and the Internet. ” Amy Veenker Student, General Studies

“I do have a complaint about Barney’s Pantry. At the beginning it was two meals and one snack and they’ve changed it to two snacks and one meal.

I’m here from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and two snacks and one meal just isn’t enough to keep me full... It would be cool, if they hold events, to say what they’re doing and what they plan on doing.”

Sabrina Hisey Student, Graphic design

“If I weren’t a Christian, you can bet your balls I would be smoking pounds of grass a day.

That’s not to say I crave weed, however, it’s probably something I’d turn to if I did not know God.”

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Well, now that 4/20 has come to a close and the Advocate’s weed issue has come and gone, I will attempt to offer a counter and rather unpopular viewpoint. Now, if I wanted to smoke marijuana, I easily could. I have a few connections and so do most people. So why don’t I try it? Besides having a family history of schizophrenia, I would say that I have a legitimate reason not to.

Concerning my personality type, people usually sense my peaceful, laid-back and seemingly “un-offendable” attitude. I’m not always like that, but it’s a euphoric feeling to walk the streets and have all the negative forces pass harmlessly beneath you.

What accounts for this? It’s certainly not myself or any particular substance. It’s Jesus.

Oh no! Not another freaky, snake-holding, speaking-in-tongues, faith-healing, Bible-thumping freak!!!

Well, don’t worry. I’m not here to preach to you. I don’t intend to, at least. I’m just simply here to inform the world what religious people and people who do drugs – assuming pot is a type of drug - have in common. Also, why Christians like myself refrain from using pot (aside from the usual, dry excuse of it being illegal).

People who get high - as well as people who worship God - realize that reality isn’t just what is confined to physics and the eyes. There is something grander, something mysterious about life and some of us desire to find that fulfillment.

Think about it. Now, I’m not trying to patronize people who use drugs or smoke, but some become chemically dependent on substances when they’ve hit their lowest point in life. They’ve sunk into the crevices of the darkest valley. That valley doesn’t have to be treacherous - they could be just wandering aimlessly with no clear path.

Now, when does the Psalmist call upon the Lord?

Most seek God in the same way some seek drugs. We know there is a hole in us and we know we need to fill it with something bigger and something that can achieve the things we can’t.

But how is Jesus different, or especially in my case, better than marijuana? For one, Jesus doesn’t cost money. Jesus doesn’t wear off so long as I’m seeking him. Jesus does not harm my lungs or inhibit my intellect.

While drugs are often an escape or a release, spiritual life is a fulfillment. It creates purpose inside and Christ attributes divine meaning to every aspect of my life. This is different than trying to dilute the burden of life with any substance.

Another thing: if I were to receive my high from pot or any other drug for that matter, I’m using it in place of God, which in a sense is idolatry.

If I weren’t a Christian, you can bet your balls I would be smoking pounds of grass a day. That’s not to say I crave weed, however, it’s probably something I’d turn to if I did not know God. Coming before God in prayer, feeling the power of heavenly energy exuding from the souls in a worship service, gathering divine insights – is more than enough for me.

I would consider myself a mystic, like that of St. Teresa of Avila and St. Francis of Assisi. I’m more about the connection to the creator and

sustainer of all things above, versus judging and criminalizing things and beings below. So please, don’t feel like I’m against you or trying to belittle you - regardless of what you do with marijuana or anything for that matter.

I believe there is a spiritual world that connects to us on a metaphysical level. Just because one is not in tune with their spirituality does not mean that all assertions of religion or a higher power are void of reason.

“But God made Marijuana, therefore it’s perfectly okay to smoke it.”

I wish that argument confirmed the recreational use for marijuana for me, but there’s this passage in Galatians: “For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.”

Several other passages in the Bible tell Christians to be of sober mind.

Certainly, marijuana has its healing purposes for countless ailments. All drugs change the psyche and sometimes it’s needed.

It’s just that I must choose what to get high from: heavenly things or earthly things. Although, I may not choose “two masters.”

I’ve referenced a bunch of religious hype for sure, but if there’s one thing I want you to take away from this column, it’s this: We Christians should not look at stoners with disgrace, because we are more alike in spirit than we give each other credit for.

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NEWS

April 24, 2015

Leaders with experience with violence talk peace

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Laila Al-Amin and Sheikh Ally Peerbocus in front of Peerbocus’ non-violence work that he discussed.

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The Oregon Peace Conference, hosted in the Student Union April 17, was “a day of sharing, caring, learning, and getting in touch with inner selves to understand that to make nonviolence a life decision means taking a certain kind of initiative,” said Laila AlAmin, Women’s Federation For World Peace Oregon chairwoman/chaplain.

The event started with Cambodian genocide survivor Kilong Ung explaining why April 17 was an important day for history and the struggle for nonviolence and peace.

On April 17, 1975, Cambodian communists, known as Khmer Rouge, unleashed terror on the entire country. Some 2 million Cambodians were systematically murdered in the so-called “Killing Fields” during this “helllike” period, Ung noted. “ ‘The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living,’ ” he said, quoting Cicero; “ ‘Clear as glass, the memory of those who passed lived in my nightmares.’ ” Mt. Hood ASG’s director of diversity, Tenzin Yangchen, led the introduction from the panel of local students. The panel consisted of five other individuals representing Maltripa college, Portland Community College, Washington State University, and a Quaker peace program.

Being a Tibetan refugee, Yangchen has a different perspective from most people. She was taught as a youth in a refugee Tibetan transit school, where Buddhism was very prevalent. She learned about the 10 forms of violence that are categorized into three categories: physical, verbal, and mental/ spiritual. “If you can’t help someone, don’t hurt them,” was one lesson ingrained in her by the Dalai Lama’s teachings, she said. *** Sheikh Ally Peerbocus, an instructor of

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the International Sufi School of Peace started off the Conference seminars and introduced the audience to the Initiatory Way to Peace, a formula encouraging people to choose nonviolent actions over violent actions.

Peerbocus asked why there aren’t more people such as Martin Luther King Jr., the Dalai Lama, and Gandhi in the world today. He said people come into the world innocent, and are taught to be “selfish, deceitful, cruel, and violent.” One can override these characteristics that “have been conditioned by our history and our parents.” For example, individuals feel the need to compare themselves to others. “We are never satisfied, we always need more,” he said.

“This leads to a great deal of violence in the world.”

A lot of violence caused comes from emotions, said Peerbocus. To eliminate these emotions, individuals need to be conscious of the causes of such feelings which result from teachings and experiences during early childhood. After locating causes of violence inducing emotions, action is necessary to correct thoughts and thinking. “In order to solve a problem, you have to change the consciousness behind the problem,” he said.

“We are all a gift to humanity ... everything that you have will be for the benefit of all.” *** Ung started off another group by defining what a “golden leaf” is: according to his blog, a golden leaf is “a survivor of a heinous act against humanity, especially genocide.”

The Portland-area resident has published his own memoir about his experience in the Killing Fields. He has done multiple philanthropic works in Cambodia and around the world through his organization, The Golden Leaf Education Foundation.

Currently, he helps the foundation is working on a documentary focused on forgiveness, and works as a State Farm Insurance representative.

This talk, said Ung, was unlike most other presentations he usually gives. “In the beginning, I would (usually) cry more than speak when I started presenting... (today) I want to deliver my message in the context of what you want to get out of this room.”

The preview of the documentary that Ung is working on detailed what he experienced during those five years in communist controlled Cambodia. Ung said he knew how to kill, because he saw it daily, growing up an eight-year-old boy trying to survive. He was starved for five years, only eating two tablespoons of rice porridge diluted with water, daily. He learned to eat rat, bat, and snake because of these conditions. “Anything was food - roots, all that stuff.”

Ung was put in a slave camp and forced to work “13 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days out of the year.” He endured the Khmer Rouge killing 10 members of his family and more than 50 relatives, in all. He watched his parents starve to death. “While two million leaves disintegrated, I persevered... Against all odds, I survive,” he said.

After this brief historical perspective, Ung asked the audience, “Right now, how many of you have somebody to forgive?” Hands timidly went up. Ung said people probably had a good reason to not forgive, and that he feels he is not one to judge those people for not forgiving. However, he said, “I can offer you this, though: For 20 years after I was freed from slavery, I was a victim of that feeling.”

The moment someone declares themself to no longer be a victim, is the only way to move forward, Ung said. For him, forgiveness allowed him to be able to deal with his fear, anger, and pain. “I went from having PTSD, to no more nightmares.” *** There was a communication seminar led in the afternoon by Kathy Masarie. She is the mother of two children, a grandmother, and a pediatrician who left her medical practice 19 years ago to become a parent coach and life coach and to found an organization, the Family Empowerment Network. She left her practice to help troubled teens before they walked in “anorexic, pregnant, violent, and drug-addicted,” she said.

Her seminar was focused on communication, specifically parents and their adolescent-teenagers. “Empathy is the key ingredient to getting along.”

Along with her partner, Jody Bellant Scheer, Masarie developed a form of nonviolent communication based on the work of renowned psychologist Marshall Rosenberg.

Rosenberg said every behavior committed is driven by an emotional or physical need.

“You are sitting in these chairs on a really nice, sunny day. There are a lot of other needs that you could be having met right now, but you chose these values (peace, harmony with other people) that got you in these chairs,” Masarie told the audience.

One thing Masarie said people need to understand about communication is “no matter what behavior you have done your entire life, the good and the bad, there was a positive value behind it.” She said that even for bad behaviors, there were good needs driving them, but the situation was solved through ineffective strategies.

Masarie said nothing necessarily needs to be done about emotions. They are “warning flags” indicating needs that aren’t being met.

“Instead of figuring out what the need is, we (people) direct it towards the person that triggered this feeling with us,” she said. And, conversation in this state is unproductive.

Human brains cannot distinguish the difference between an emotional or a physical threat, Masarie said. The reason humans are alive is because there is an effective system for dealing with threats - they go into fight, flight, or freeze mode. “The people who went, ‘Ooh la la, I don’t think that saber-toothed tiger is going to eat me’ - they just died,” she quipped.

Masarie said the state people are in once they have committed to fight, flight or freeze mode is their “lizard brain.” It is what should be flashing in the mind when someone is caught in an unproductive situations, and requires a pause. “When you find yourself in this state (lizard brain), don’t talk. Whatever comes out of your mouth is stupid and you don’t want to hear what is coming out of (the other person’s) mouth because it is also not very good,” she said. Distressed individuals should reflect on needs not being met; this should help them calm down. They should then ask what needs of theirs (the person(s) that inspired the conflict) are not being met, she said.

“It all comes back to empathy,” said Masarie. No one should start their side of an argument until they have enough empathy for themselves so that they are grounded and also have enough empathy for the other person, as well as their argument, so that both sides can not become “lizard brained.” She said people should begin an argument by confirming the other person’s needs as a question, and only then should they present their own needs. ***

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NEWS

April 24, 2015

Community members and officials talk state funds

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Community members, government officials, business leaders, and Mt. Hood students met in the Town & Gown Room last Saturday for a thought-provoking symposium on education, employment, and economic development symposium (SEEED).

The event began with an overview of Oregon’s current economic, educational, and employment situation. Attendees then participated in discussions and exercises mainly geared toward finding solutions to ongoing problems.

Cliff Garner, a concerned citizen and husband of Sharon Garner, at-large member of the Gresham-Barlow district school board, was the main facilitator of the event. He talked

for a bit about different types of poverty.

There is situational poverty, a result of unfortunate circumstances that happen to people who are not accustomed to not having sufficient funds to get by, then there is generational poverty, which happens when families and individuals live below the poverty lines for generations, and poverty becomes the basic reality.

“Frequently what you have are people who are not used to being in poverty,” said Chris Gorsek, an MHCC Criminal Justice instructor and state representative in the Oregon Legislature, about situational poverty. “Most people don’t have a lot of reserves, and so many people have gotten into situations where maybe they have lost their home… (it was a) new thing that was shocking to experience.

“Portland has gentrified more, and more… poor people from the central city can’t afford to live there, and so because they’re still in that kind of despair and hopelessness (they) don’t see a way forward to change that,” Gorsek said about area families struggling with generational poverty.

Guests split into small groups to further discuss interdependencies between community members, educators, students, business and industry leaders, government officials, etc., and then one person from each group presented to the entire crowd.

After presenting, groups worked on specific solutions for overcoming obstacles that stand

in the way of collaboration with groups that are interdependent on one another – such as educators depending on parents, students depending on educators, educators depending on government officials, etc. It was said many times that each group depends on all other groups.

“The biggest thing right now we’re seeing is that we’re having conversations, so things aren’t as “silo-ed.” Communication barriers are being gotten rid of,” said Larry Morgan, member of the Gresham City Council and a former MHCC student.

“I learned in college a few years back that we’re in a national-international process of interdependence, and we need one another, and this is hopefully the first of many steps towards a long, prosperous East County,” Morgan said.

Sharon Garner, the school board member, clarified “silos” as groups of people in the same line of work. “We have educators, a lot of the people here were from the education arena… we have our perspectives, and we bring those to the tables. There’s also the silo of legislation and government, and of course they have their perspective, then we have business and industry.”

Michael Calcagno, strategic video producer and currently a candidate for the MHCC District board of education, said, “The biggest challenge with these types of events is finding concrete next steps that are actually going to make a difference and that we actually have control of.”

Calcagno said that it’s important for com-

munity members to find ways in which they can directly implement solutions rather than spending too much time talking about problems with legislation. “I wish that we had more people getting together and talking about concrete policy from programs that would actually create real change in the lives of impoverished families,” he said.

“Here in East County, we’re really, really controlled by downtown Portland, Multnomah County. We’ve got to start thinking regionally, and I think the Mt. Hood district, starting at I-205, and going east into Government Camp, and Cascade Locks – this is the root of who we are as a people, and we should come together for those things we stand for,” he said.

Skye Troy, Mt. Hood’s ASG director of state and federal affairs, helped to organize the event. She said she believes it is important for more students to get involved in events like the symposium.

“Hopefully together we can get more students here in the rooms because obviously we’re one of the missing pieces to the puzzle today,” Troy said. “We’re going to be thinking about the bigger picture, and not just the individual entities, but us as a whole, and I really like that, honestly, because that’s what I wanted to see from this.”

Gorsek and the Garners also helped to organize the symposium.

ASG candidates discuss platforms and experience Adam Elwell the advocate

Jhoselyn Hernandez, current Associated Student Government (ASG) director of community affairs, and Jewel Denney, ASG senator of legislation, are on this years ticket for Mt. Hood ASG president and vice president.

Hernandez said the two wanted to run “because we were already in student government and we just felt that we wanted to take it a step further and know that we wanted goals that wanted to be accomplished and (to) just be the advocate for students in a bigger way.”

The duo’s platform seeks to emphasize diversity on campus by creating a welcoming campus environment; stopping car breakins in the parking lots through better communication with public safety; and making first aid kits more available to students.

Hernandez said, “We also want to work with other organizations around campus and just make sure that we do what is in our hands, to be able to make a bigger difference just knowing that there are other organizations striving to also get the best for students, and just working together to have a bigger outcome.”

A big part of Hernandez’ ASG job is running Barney’s Pantry. Denney is the senator of legislation and the SOC (Student Organizations Council) administrative

assistant; she describes her duties as taking a lot Greg Leonov of notes, and recording the meeting minutes. the advocate Outside of school, Hernandez is also a board member at the Rosewood Initiative, a Seth Albert, Mt. Hood ASG’s (Associated group dedicated to improving some immediate Student Government) health and wellness cocommunities and generally “making a better ordinator for SAB (Student Activities Board), neighborhood,” according to Hernandez. is running for ASG president with Lindsay Hernandez also said, “I really like writing Patiño, president elect for AAUW (American poetry. It’s just something I really like Association of University Women) to do, so it’s like when I have my who is run- ning for vice presialone time, I can do that.” dent.

There’s also soccer: “I The duo really like playing hopes to fasoccer; I don’t cilitate unity really like the throughwhole exercise out student thing, so soccer leadership just makes me organigo at it and run zations, everywhere and clubs, and keeps (my) mind co-curricuoff of actually lar activities: exercising.”

“Just building D e n n e y open lines of said she swims communication competitively, which so that we’re all also entails a host of other in the loop and Graphic by Heather Golan - the advocate exercises, she said. She is also “a big don’t have any buttgamer, I play video games D&D, that kind of ing heads of events,” said Albert. stuff.”

Earlier this year, Albert had an Ultimate

Frisbee event that was scheduled at the same time as a Japanese club event. Attendance to Albert’s event was drastically impacted, as a result.

Albert and Patiño hope to improve communication “to help the clubs and ASG work together, as well as co-curricular,” he said.

The candidates hope by improving communication between clubs, attendance to club events would improve. “Having to be able to combine our sports and our clubs with ASG will not only help with communication skills, (it) will also help accomplish attendance,” said Patiño.

Both candidates held leadership positions before their current ones. Albert was a seventh-grade class president, and held leadership positions all the way up to his current job.

Albert spent a lot of time hosting events, and was in charge of keeping track of minutes on the Student Finance Council.

“I feel like I can rally people, I can be the change that I want to see in the campus,” he said. “I intend to learn by experience and lead by example. I say that all the time and I try to live my live that way.”

Patiño was involved in speech and debate in high school, then became a Rose Festival Princess. She had the chance to get “a lot of publicity, a lot of training on speaking and talking to people and learning about how to connect in leadership skills,” she said.

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Each week the advocate supplies you with our top five songs for your playlist.

In honor of Kylie Jenner’s shot glass challenge here are our top 5 songs to get white-girl crazy to.

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April 24, 2015

MHCC hosts high school art exhibit Adam Elwell the advocate

MHCC’s Visual Art Gallery is showing its annual regional high school art exhibit through April 30, with weekday hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The award ceremony for this year’s show was held April 9, and the recipients were: Best of show was “The Other Side,” by Sandy High School 10th grader Dana Welty. First place for emergence of vision or voice was David Douglas sophomore Holly Dresbeck, with “Ilex.”

First place for technical skill was Portland Adventist Academy ninth-grader Michael Pau, with “Yellow Lamp.” First place for composition and use of elements was “Flower Shop,” by St. Mary’s Academy 11th-grader Lumi Barron.

Second place for technical skill was St. Mary’s Academy senior Natalie Shea, for “Pysanky Egg Series.” Second place for composition and use of elements was Sandy High School junior Davyn Owen for “Star Searching.” Second place for originality was Portland Adventist Academy 11th-grader Alejandro Paczka for “Priority Mail (Male).”

Sam Barlow High School junior Brandlyn Hval has been featured in the exhibit the past three years, and received an honorable mention for her acrylic painting “Stein” (a rendition of Albert Einstien). Hval said that she was “excited” to be included in the exhibit and that art was something she enjoyed and that she “feels blessed that others appreciate it, too,” in reference to the Gallery exhibit.

Honorable mentions include the pieces, “The Beauty of the Concrete Jungle,” by Kendra Siebert; “Anonymous,” by Hanh Nguyen and Taylor M. Sells; “Conscious Overdrive,” by Margot Flynn; “Plotting Revenge,” by Alexis Harris; “Pitcher,” by Graciela Paz; “Stein,” by Hval; “The Walk,” by Veronica Graciano; and “The Rev,” by Autumn Beckwith.

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Top: “The Other Side,” scratch art, by David Douglas High School 10th grader Dana Welty, won best in show.

Middle: “The Beauty of the Concrete Jungle,” photography, by St. Mary’s Academy 12th grader

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Kendra Siebert, won honorable mention.

Bottom: “Stein,” acrylic, by Sam Barlow High School 11th grader Brandlyn Hval, won honorable mention.

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LIFESTYLE

April 24, 2015

Chloe Allred

To be Brave: Ending Body Shame

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Seattle-based artist has taken on the task of ending body shame by painting expressive portraits.

MHCC’s Diversity Resource Center is featuring paintings by the artist, Chloe Allred, to celebrate Women’s History month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The exhibit is titled, “To be Brave: Ending Body Shame.”

Explained Allred, “This series evolved from a previous project, ‘Loss, Recovery, Transcendence.’ In this project, I used the self-portrait as a way to address my experiences with anorexia, bulimia, and sexual assault.

“It was important to address my story openly. Painting gave me a way of reclaiming my body image and seeing myself with kindness, rather than judgment. In response to this work, other women began telling me their stories of survival. I realized I could use my art practice to tell the stories of other women and show their intense bravery, vulnerability, and beauty,” she said.

“I created this series because sexual assault and eating disorders are incredibly harmful and common, yet are often not talked about. I created this series to demonstrate to other survivors that they are not alone,” she said.

Allred will be hosting a workshop on self-portraits as well as speaking about her work, from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m.

Monday in the Jazz Cafe.

The workshop is free, and materials will be provided.

“In this workshop, we will be creating self-portraits. I will demonstrate various drawing techniques, including blind contour,” Allred said. “The self-portrait has been an important tool in my art practice. It forces you to slowly examine your form, rather than quickly make a judgment about yourself. My goal is for students to create a portrait where they are seeing themselves with kindness, the same kindness that they would show towards a friend.”

Allred said she came up with the idea for the workshop, and that she is “excited to work with college students and show them some of the tools that I use in my own practice.”

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A painting from Allred’s series, in which she gave her models a word to react to, and then painted their reactions.

The artist said she discovered painting during her second year attending the Cornish College of the Arts, but that she’s always enjoyed drawing and couldn’t remember a time when “art

wasn’t central in (my) life.” She said she finds painting challenging, and has been obsessed with it ever since.

“Quite simply, I love to paint. That’s basically why they are paintings and not

drawings, or sculptures. I think my love of the medium brings something to it,” Allred said of her work, “I also love oil, but I don’t love the fumes, so I work in acrylic.”

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LIFESTYLE

Weakly Horoscopes* Taurus (April 20 - May 20) - There’s no shame in wanting a tune-up to fix that flat tire. Real cars do what they want with their body. If it makes you happy, go for it.

Gemini - (May 21 - June 20 ) - Do they really NEED child support? Go ahead and treat yourself, that four-star vacation is calling your name. Isn’t that what being single is for?

Cancer (June 21 - July 22) - Have you had your pets spayed or neutered yet? Sorry, this doesn’t pertain to your future directly, but since you’ve got a 51 percent chance of getting hit by a bus this week, why worry about it?

Leo (July 23 - August 22) - Ur anus will be especially bright the next few days. Ha ha.

Astrology puns.

Virgo (August 23 - Sept. 22) - Your place of living’s feng shui is way off. Put garlic in a bag and smash it on the walls. Oh, wrong pseudo-science? It’s a religion? Whatever. Bite me.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) - Now would be the time to put your nose to the grindstone. I know that sounds painful, just rub some Vaseline on your nose and hold it there as long as you can.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) - People might be feeling more distant from you than normal. Reassure them by making eye contact, with one eye, then proceed to stare at that person’s lips, then their other eye. Don’t be intimidated into “normal” eye contact by authority figures.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) - Pluto moves into its fourth phase meaning you should avoid the color blue this month. You also may experience the sudden urge to eat live crickets. I mean, you can if you want to, but seriously, man? Despite the protein, that is pretty nasty.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)- No. Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) - The Age of Aquarius might be over, but your party has just begun! You know that cheap vodka with the glitter in it? Now would be the time to partake.

Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20) - Combat your inner demons by blaring Gwar wherever you go. WHEREVER YOU GO. Aires (March 21 - April 19) - Josh Visan. Yeah, the one born on April 19, 1995. I’m looking at you, buddy. Don’t do it. You know what I mean, and for God’s sake. Don’t. F*cking. Do It. * Just for fun and not to be taken seriously, seriously.

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April 24, 2015

Resident instructors lecture on ‘The Birth of a Nation’ Greg Leonov the advocate

On Wednesday, April 15, several Mt. Hood instructors held a “Historian’s Roundtable” discussion about D.W. Griffith’s landmark 1915 motion picture, “The Birth of a Nation.”

History instructors Pat Casey and Elizabeth Miliken and Film studies instructors Jonathan Morrow and David Wright talked about the film’s history, controversy, and impact on the motion picture medium that can still be observed today.

According to Casey, “Birth of a Nation” was the America’s first big blockbuster. “This was an utter, complete game-changer – this movie,” he said. Filmed in several locations in Southern California, “Birth of a Nation” turned Hollywood into “the world’s film factory,” he said.

The film deals with the Civil War and Reconstruction. “People my age could remember the Civil War, and people, even youngsters like Jonathan and David, can remember Reconstruction: In 1915, things are that close,” said Casey.

Casey gave a historical background on the film.

After President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, his vice president, Andrew Johnson, took over and “does this incredibly lenient process where the southern states ... re-institute everything (in racist policies) that they had before the war.” They restricted almost all rights of African Americans.

In response, Congress (under a Republican Party majority at the time) instituted its own reconstruction approach. “It becomes this effort to not just free the slaves, but an effort - using government force - to somehow create equality among black and white,” said Casey.

Miliken explained that “Birth of a Nation” was an effective tool to sway people’s views on reconstruction.

“Because of its power as a film, and because it was so popular, and because it was so artistically sophisticated and powerful, it helped to further promote and legitimate a view of race relations in this country - a view of what reconstruction that was not accurate historically, and that was one of the things of white supremacy,” he said.

The film was produced by Griffith, who “does with this (film-making) perfect things that have become part of the driver of cinema to this very day,” said Casey.

“Birth of a Nation” is an adaptation of Thomas Dixon Jr.’s book and play titled “The Clansman.”

“This guy (Dixon) is from an old American tradition,” said Casey. “He’s a guy who decides he wants to use mass media to change public opinion, and he’s very good.”

Dixon traveled to the North and decided that the region’s ideas on reconstruction were wrong, so he wrote “The Clansman” in an effort to change the North’s attitudes on reconstruction, said Casey.

Morrow talked about the restriction of rights, and said that it is an issue that remains relevant today. “They weren’t racist back then, (the legislators and Congress) sat down and wrote laws. It wasn’t just an attitude. It was institutionalized in the same (way that) people are trying to do now with voter suppression laws that are an outrage.

“In the Carolinas and in several other states across the country, Republicans are trying to force (restrictive) voter ID laws into effect, and some have done so,” Morrow said.

Miliken clarified, saying that troubling laws were never directly racist. “The laws that kept people from voting in the South never used any racial terms; there was never a law passed that said ‘Black people can’t vote.’ It was, because according to the 15th Amendment, the right to vote cannot be impeded because of race or previous condition of servitude,” he said.

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April 24, 2015

Derr unveils MHCC’s Strategic Plan Hayden Hunter the advocate

Mt. Hood Community College is planning to become more recognized in the greater Portland area and across the state.

On Friday, April 10, President Debbie Derr presented the college’s updated strategic plan during an all-staff forum.

According to Derr, the question that MHCC asked in a recent community survey was, “ ‘What if we were to be recognized as the best community college in the country?

What would we have to do to get there?’

“That generated the ideas of how we could make Mt. Hood a great college,” said Derr.

Created by MHCC faculty and staff members that were on the formal Strategic Plan Task Force, the plan outlines ways that Mt.

Hood will try to achieve its maximum academic potential by focusing on three key areas: “learners’ success,” “community pride,” and “partner innovation.”

“These are the big, audacious goals. This is the basis of the plan,” said Derr, commenting on the key goal statements that were taken from stakeholders’ input.

From here, the three pillars of the plan are broken up into more specific categories on what the college will do to achieve the objective. Learners’ success is broken up into nine sub-categories, the community is discussed in five sub-categories, and the partners are covered in nine sub-categories.

“How we get those done is through individual departments and divisions of the college saying ‘How can we interact with learner success?’ ” said Derr.

Now that the strategic plan has been presented to the school’s staff, the next step is to go before MHCC’s board of education for approval before the Strategic Plan Task Force can move forward with pursuing the outcomes.

“We are working on a continuous improvement cycle, so they’ll plan, and they’ll have to check and report how they are doing, they’ll have to make adjustments, and then they’ll have to report their results,” said Derr.

Contingent on the board’s approval in June, the plan will take effect this fall, she said.

Derr said the plan should be a blueprint for success. “If we talk about our vision for the future, it is really about improving the quality of life of the people in our district, and it’s about serving our students in the best way we possibly can,” she said.

NEWS Peace Conference Continued from page 4 *** Rachel Hestmark, a human trafficking survivor and community advocate was one of the last speakers at the conference.

Hestmark talked to her listeners about not forgetting what happened to them in their past, but to instead draw hope from it.

“Who would I be today if those things hadn’t happened to me. I can now empower others to be free,” said Hestmark, “Peace was hope, peace is the freedom that I got from hope.”

According to Hestmark, everybody has to be a slave to something. “You choose to be a slave to life, or you choose to be a slave to death.”

Board candidates hope to create a better Mt. Hood Michael Calcagno and Mike Langley are candidates in the May 19 Special Election, running against MHCC District Board Chairwoman Diane Noriega Hayden Hunter the advocate

Michael Calcagno: For the past two years, Calcagno has been working closely with administrators from Mt. Hood for his marketing firm, Calcagno Media.

“I have been producing videos that help promote career and technical education,” he said.

He has also worked on programs like VESL (Vocational English-Spanish language) and I— BEST. “These programs have really engaged me to want to do more to support low-income families and to provide skills training for nontraditional students so that they can attain better incomes,” he said.

Holding a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon, Calcagno enjoys hiking with his wife and dog, as well as enjoying culinary options with his wife.

He is mentoring a young, at-risk youth whose parents thought “could benefit from a rolemodel … to talk to him about life skills and character building,” he said.

According to Calcagno, MHCC needs more

leadership coming from the board of directors to identify and address concerns from within the community and to come up with “forwardthinking and innovative ideas.”

Calcagno said he is passionate about making college affordable at the community college level.

“I fear that if we are to do things the way that they have always been done, we are going to get the results that we’ve always seen,” he said.

“I really, strongly believe that the community colleges in Oregon provide the best avenue for learning and achieving goals,” he said. But he also said he thinks that actions and comments by Mt. Hood’s board members at the March 10 board meeting was very troubling – including a planned 3.8 percent tuition increase for this autumn.

“That we are considering another increase in student tuition, I think it is wrong,” he said.

“We cannot keep financing our operations of the college on the backs of the students.”

Community colleges are becoming less and less accessible to low-income students and low-income families, Calcagno said. It is important for students, faculty, and the community to recognize that “education must be accessible,” he said.

He also criticized salary increases for several Mt. Hood administrators.

“Our board ought to be thinking long and hard before giving mid-level managers promotions, (how) we’re also going to essentially tax our students more,” he said.

MHCC can either blame its problems on the state and the actions coming out of Salem - “pass the buck, as it were - or stand up and say, ‘No, we are going to find the money elsewhere,’ and not put the burden on the students,” he said.

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Mike Langley: Langley graduated with an associate degree in political science from the State University of New York, (SUNY) Canton. He then transferred to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to earn a bachelor’s degree in marketing.

According to Langley, he stayed at home, worked, and saved money during his years at SUNY. “I paid for all of my education,” he said.

Langley moved out to Oregon from New York in 1975 and, he said, ran for Portland mayor two years ago because of how much he has fallen in love with the city.

Along the way, he attended a class here at Mt. Hood. “I took some computer programming courses in Excel and Word. That was great, we went our own pace, and there were tutors coming around giving me help,” he said.

Langley currently works at Smitty’s Golf Shop and with Nike as an equipment specialist.

He said he has worked with kids his whole life, including through his job at Smitty’s.

Langley currently holds a seat on the Parkrose School District board. He said he has seen public school budgets have gone down over the years, and the results.

“You share stories about math tutors and counselors, you want to help them but once you start checking into stuff, especially (while serving on) the high school board, (everyone) is adamant about Oregon absolutely needing help” to improve its education system.

Langley feels that this is a crucial time for community colleges, because four-year schools are becoming less and less affordable for modest-income families now. “Where are those kids going to go?” he said.

“At the last meeting (MHCC board meeting), I saw them (Board of Directors) take a vote to raise your guys’ tuition instead of looking for more funding. MHCC’s board of directors admit that they don’t follow up on scholarships.”

Langley wants to install a new “3 R’s” (for all of you who still remember the first version: readin’, ‘ritin’, and ’rithmetic). “The new 3 R’s are recruitment, retention, and revenue,” he said.

Commenting on the recent 3.8 percent increase in student tuition adopted by the board, Langley suggested other ideas to come up with these funds. “We could go door-to-door, soliciting help from alumni to help MHCC, work the high school circuit, and get some of those kids from Clackamas (Community College) and PCC to come back to our Mt. Hood Community College.

“I feel like we have to have more of a business approach,” he said. At the last board meeting – where the $3.50-per-credit tuition increase was passed – he said he was upset that he “didn’t see a lot of passion, and no indignation.”

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News

April 24, 2015

‘Ways and Means’ hears issues affecting Mt. Hood

Greg Leonov the advocate

Oregon’s Joint Ways and Means legislative committee came to Mt. Hood from Salem on April 16 to listen to community members testify about state funding for programs that help education, agriculture, healthcare, and other projects and organizations.

Most of the committee’s senators and representatives were present in the Visual Arts Theater. Almost all of the seats were filled with staff, students, and community members from across the metro area, and beyond.

The evening event was planned to last 90 minutes, but was extended to two hours due to the large number of testimonies. Each speaker was given a two-minute time limit to speak to the legislators who make up the 24-member committee.

Individuals from different educational

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institutions urged increased state funding.

These institutions ranged from grades K-12 school districts to universities.

Dan Goldman, superintendent of the Hood River County School District, asked the committee to approve a two-year budget of $7.5 billion for Oregon K-12 schools. He talked of his district closing down schools and cutting staff members, forcing class sizes to grow.

“This is a disinvestment in Oregon’s children, and now with the economy improving, it has to stop,” he said of flattened school funding recently, including a tentative proposed K-12 school budget of $7.255 million.

Seth Albert, ASMHCC (Associated Students of MHCC) Wellness Programs coordinator, voiced his support for more community college funding, rather than tuition increases. “I’m a second year (student)

here and already, I’ve amassed over $6,000 worth of student debt,” he told the committee.

“Students should not have to walk out of school with a piece of paper signifying that they graduated only to be weighed down with a backpack full of debt,” Albert said. “If tuition goes up, the chance students have of succeeding and living the life they went to school to achieve gets crushed by the weight of the sacrifices they had to make, just to be able to pay for a few credits.”

Although many different individuals asked for funding for various projects, advocates for Oregon State University’s extension program were most common.

OSU’s extension program offers children in middle and high school opportunities to gain skills in the fields of science, robotics, and forestry through its 4-H Youth Development Program. The extension program also works with individuals in the agriculture and forestry

industries.

“With faculty across the state, the OSU Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension program helps people grow. Through education programs such as Master Gardeners, Growing Farms, pest management workshops, and new crop trials, OSU Extension engages with people in all parts of Oregon agriculture,” according to the OSU program website, http://extension. oregonstate.edu/programs/ag.

Representatives from agriculture and forestry were the majority of representatives from the program who spoke at the committee hearing.

Other community members asked for funding to aid hospice care for the elderly, for mentally disabled residents, and for foster care. One man urged funding for programs to educate on the dangers of smoking because he lost his wife to lung cancer.

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SPORTS

April 24, 2015

Saints heat up, sweep Chemeketa in doubleheader Brandon Raleigh the advocate

The Saints softball team picked up momentum and several important wins, taking seven out of eight games played in six days.

On Tuesday, the Saints took care of business at home, sweeping Chemeketa CC in a doubleheader at Saints Field to move to 20-7 on the season.

Game One started off slow for both sides, the Saints possessing a 2-1 lead through three innings. In the bottom of the fourth, the Saints caught fire and never looked back, scoring three times and outscoring the Storm 10-3 in the final four innings, for a 12-4 win.

First baseman Megan Marcy led the Saints on the offensive end with three hits and three RBIs. Freshmen Rachel Rutledge and Ashlee Muller both provided a pair of hits.

In the pitching circle, freshman Kelly Scott picked up the win. In six innings pitched, she allowed four runs and five hits, striking out a total of three batters.

In Game 2, the Saints won in convincing fashion. After jumping out to an early 2-0 lead, the Saints surrendered their only run of the game to the Storm. Mt. Hood closed out the game on a 7-0 run to win, 9-1.

The Saints found phenomenal production from their hitters, as six players had two or more hits. Marcy once again led the way, connecting on all three of her at bats.

Freshman Kendal Cox picked up the impressive pitching win. She allowed only three

Photo by Beka Haugen - the advocate

Saints freshman third baseman Rachel Rutledge prior to swing in Saints victory over Clark College last Thursday.

hits and one run in five innings pitched, while striking out four Chemeketa batters.

Saints head coach Meadow McWhorter was pleased with her squad’s performance.

“Coming off (four games) this weekend and only one day of rest going into yesterday, the girls really came out with a bang,” she said.

“We talked a lot about the importance of all the pieces of the puzzles, whether you’re in the lineup or not. About everyone playing their part and contributing.

“I couldn’t be any more pleased with how they played yesterday. Everybody came in and did their job, whether they were on the bench or in the lineup. We had timely hitting, great pitching, and phenomenal defense.”

The dominant doubleheader came on the heels of the NWAC Crossover tournament played in Yakima on Saturday and Sunday.

The Saints started off with three victories over Everett CC (16-8, Saints), Yakima CC (15-8), and Douglas College (7-6).

In the final game of the crossover, the Saints faced off against the NWAC No. 1-ranked Spokane CC, a game that finished 3-2 in Spokane’s favor. A couple of costly errors by the Saints made the difference in the close loss.

In the victory over Everett, Coach McWhorter notched her 400th career win with the Saints. The mark is a great accomplishment for the highly successful coach.

When discussing the milestone, she gave all the credit to her players, however.

Before the tournament, Mt. Hood took two one-run games from Clark College on Saints Field, winning 4-3 and 5-4 on April 16.

Now 20-7 overall (6-4 in league play), the Saints sit third in the South Region, behind both Southwestern Oregon CC and Clackamas CC. Entering the second half of league play, McWhorter discussed her team’s progression.

“Our team is really beginning to understand and realize our potential,” she said.

“Knowing what the quality of our opponents (is) and how we match up has really inspired them to really say ‘We can take this, we are good enough, (and) we have the potential.’

We have all the pieces of the puzzles. Our destiny is really in our own hands.”

On Saturday, the Saints square off against South Region rival Clackamas CC in a doubleheader at Oregon City. The doubleheader kicks off at noon.

McWhorter spoke on the impending showdown: “I know the Clackamas game will be a battle because like our selves Clackamas is definitely on the rise. They’re improving every game, as are we.

“I think it will be a much closer doubleheader than one (game) close and one (game) more of a blowout. Going to Clackamas is always a tough place to play at. I’m looking forward to it. It’s going to be really good softball.”

Hawley to lead both men’s and women’s hoops Brandon Raleigh the advocate

MHCC’s new basketball coach, John Hawley

Photo courtesy of NWAC

Following the news that both Mt. Hood men’s basketball head coach Geoff Gibor and women’s head basketball head coach Tyler Rose had stepped down, the Saints were with a large void to fill.

Insert Centennial High School Athletic Director John Hawley.

In a rare move, MHCC has decided to hire Hawley as both men’s and woman’s head coach for 2015-16.

Hawley, a volunteer assistant coach for the Saints under Gibor in 2013-14, was all for the challenge.

“I’m a basketball junkie. When approached with the opportunity, I thought it was a great opportunity to bring both programs together. It was an opportunity to mentor athletes,” he said.

Hawley continued, “I bring a wealth of knowledge through my 35 plus years of

coaching.”

He began his coaching career as an assistant, and has spent a total of 29 years as head coach. His vast resumé includes time in Europe where he ran camps with both professional and youth athletes.

In 2003, Hawley began working with the Suwanee Sports Academy in Georgia. During seven years there, he worked with a broad range of players, ranging from NBA and WNBA professional players to college, high school, and lower-level athletes.

Interestingly enough, this isn’t the first time Hawley has coached both men’s and woman’s programs at the same time. During his career, he spent time at the high school level as both men’s and woman’s head coach, he said.

He discussed his approach to coaching men’s and women’s players: “I look at both of them as athletes. Not as male or female, just athletes, so I want to treat them equally as well.

“I thought it was a good opportunity to bring the two programs together” at Mt. Hood, he said.

Hawley was a high school basketball All-American in Atlanta, Georgia. He played college basketball at Berry College in Rome, Georgia and at Eastern Oregon University, in LaGrande, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in secondary education.

He spent only the past year at the Centennial district.

Gibor left Mt. Hood after six seasons. This year’s Saints team earned a 13-15 overall record, but made the NWAC playoffs before dropping its two championship tournament games. Rose left Mt. Hood after two seasons.

His last squad finished with a 5-22 overall record and missed the playoffs for a second straight year.

The Advocate was unable to reach MHCC Athletic Director Kim Hyatt for comment on the hire.

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SPORTS

April 24, 2015

Saints split four games with Southwestern Oregon

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Saints sophomore left fielder Clark Bryant connects in the bottom of the first in the Saints 9-3 victory over George Fox JV on Wednesday.

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The Mt. Hood baseball team went 2-2 with Southwestern Oregon Community College over four games last weekend, bringing its record to 13-3 in South Region play.

Lane Community College is now only two games back of the Saints in the South, at 11-5, with eight games remaining.

Against SWOCC, the series was backand-forth, with the teams splitting two doubleheaders in Gresham both on Friday and Saturday. The Saints only had one dominating game, a 9-0 win on Saturday.

On Friday, the Saints took a hard-fought Game 1, eventually winning 2-1 in 11 innings.

Southwestern Oregon scored in the top of the seventh to take the 1-0 lead in a game that had very little offense. The Saints answered in the

bottom of the ninth on a Kody Matthews single to score Nick Gawley to extend the game into extra innings.

Two innings later, Nick Gawley won the game for the Saints with a walk-off single.

Chase Wiger came in to pitch the final two innings for the win, while starter Seth Rayburn gave up only one run while striking out 11 in nine innings of work.

In the second game of the doubleheader, a shorter seven-inning contest, the Lakers scored a single run in the top of the first and never looked back. Mt. Hood couldn’t muster any offense off its seven hits and lost, 1-0.

Saints starting pitcher Nathan Hunter, now 3-1, got his first lost of the season after allowing just one hit in seven innings.

The series resumed Saturday. Saints had no trouble finding offense this time, starting with a four-run second inning, including a

Gawley single that scored Tommy Lane and Isaac Benard, making it 2-0. Louis Wolf drove another run right after Gawley’s single, with a double to score Mitchell Rose. Mt. Hood got another score off a walk to finish the inning.

Mt. Hood’s batters weren’t finished, adding two more runs in the bottom of the third to extend the Saints’ lead to 6-0, on the way to a 9-0 final.

Pitcher Joe Balfour got the win, improving to 5-1 on the year, with 10 strikeouts. Balfour leads the Saints in wins (five), strikeouts (48) and earned run average (1.05 per game). Gawley and Benard had two RBIs apiece, and Mt. Hood showed how dangerous it can be when its batters are “on.”

The Saints hoped to take the series win, which it looked like they would get in Game 4, but a late surge by the Lakers put that on skids.

Mt. Hood scored a run each in the bottom

of the third, fourth and fifth innings to take a 3-0 lead. But SWOCC answered in the sixth to tie the game, then scored one more in the top of the seventh to take a 4-3 win, and earn a series split.

On Wednesday, the Saints defeated the George Fox University junior varsity team, 9-3, to improve to 23-10 overall on the year.

Next up, Mt. Hood plays Everett Community College in Lacey, Wash., in a two-game series today. The Saints swept a four-game series with Everett earlier this season.

The Saints have a weeklong break, then resume league play on May 1 against Linn-Benton, which is third in the South Region. The four-game series starts in Gresham, then moves to Albany for a doubleheader on May 2.

BATTING LEADERS

PITCHING LEADERS

AVG HR RBI

W SO ERA

Gawley, N

.398 Lane, T

7

Lane, T

28

Balfour, J

5 Balfour, J

48

Balfour, J

1.05

Matthews, K

.385 Bernard, I

Rogers, J

20

Wiger, C, Hunter, N & Rayburn, S

Bernard, I

20

4 33

1.14

.320

3 Rayburn, S Clift, A

Wiger, C

Wolf, L

4 1

Hunter, N

1.64

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Haley, A & Gawley, N