The Advocate, Issue 25, Apr. 26, 2013

Gresham, Oregon | April 26, 2013 | Volume 48, Issue 25

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n their May 21 ballot, Portland voters get the chance to choose whether or not their tap water will have fluoride added.

Though only Portland residents may vote, much of the surrounded metro area will be affected as well. That includes Gresham, Tigard and Tualatin, where residents receive Portlandsupplied drinking water.

As defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), fluorides are salts that form when the element Fluorine combines with minerals in soil or rocks. For several decades in the U.S., they have commonly been added to a city’s water supply to help prevent tooth decay.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started recognizing water fluoridation as a safe way to prevent tooth decay 65 years ago. In fact, the CDC even named the idea as one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century.

Reaction from MHCC students was mixed, however.

“As long as it doesn’t taste bad, I’m okay with it being there, especially if it helps our teeth,” said first-year student Rodney Allen.

No matter how well the government dresses up fluoridation, there are still many rumors circulating about the safety of people drinking fluoridated water, as noted by others on campus.

First-year Hailey Cromoga said, “I heard that

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Is water fluoridation a safe way to prevent tooth decay, or too toxic for the body?

it is really bad for you, something like it helps the teeth but may attack and hurt our bodies.“ According to some critics, fluoride is highly toxic and should be avoided wherever possible. Research cited this week in the Oregonian finds increased health risks when fluoridated water is passed through lead plumbing, which is still used in many older Portland-area homes.

“Well, think about it,” Cromoga said. “They (health experts) don’t want us swallowing toothpaste, but they want us swallowing fluoride?”

The CDC website says the amount of fluoride introduced in domestic water supplies is not large enough to cause any harm to the body.

It reports that numerous tests show that its only effect is help the teeth, and no more.

But Allen wondered aloud, “Would it be good for the teeth after drinking the recommended eight cups of water (daily), or maybe even more?”

The CDC has done no such study on fluoridated water to date, however.

“No matter what is true or what isn’t, because of these rumors, I wouldn’t want my loved ones drinking it,” said Cromoga, unconvinced.

One flew over the cuckoo’s nest Page 6-7

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SPRING IS HERE

ADVOCATE Staff CHIME IN ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH BOSTON BOMBER page 3

ERIC HUSON: MHCC PITCHER SHOWS PROMISE AS A SAINT page 12

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Opinion April 26, 2013

Editorial: Budget cuts need to be fair, but for who?

The college has now pushed through its first weeks of the budget process, and though things appear to be running smoothly so far, we at The Advocate would just like to express some of our concerns as students for this very crucial juncture at MHCC. As a part of the college’s two-year balanced budget plan, 30 percent of deficit reductions are to be attained with tuition and fee revenue increases, 30 percent from reduced costs through administrative reductions and efficiencies, 30 percent from faculty/staff collective bargaining cost reductions, and the final 10 percent gained by increased revenue from higher student enrollment and state funding.

Last year, the students fulfilled their obligation by facing up to new tuition and fee hikes. The administration has stated that students’ role in deficit-reduction efforts is finished (aside from a small fee increase for

next year) and that they will not soon see any more significant tuition or fee hikes.

As students, we are happy about that, but when you’re talking about contracts and the wages/livelihoods of employees at MHCC, the ice you walk on is very thin.

We at The Advocate doubt that anyone, whether from the administration or faculty, wants to go through what the college endured the last time negotiations nearly turned disastrous. Faculty members threatened to go on strike and the attitudes of student and teachers alike turned sour as both stared into an uncertain future.

The administration needs to tread carefully, especially when it comes to that final 10 percent, as enrollment and state funding are not something that the college has direct control over.

Both sides at the bargaining table

need to be prepared in the case that this 10 percent solution will need to be met through different means.

Given the stated aim for a “shared balance” of sacrifice, we at The Advocate think that meeting a middle ground between the faculty and administration and ensuring open lines of communication between the groups are key.

For example, what the administration might view as a “fair” portion of the burden for the faculty might not be viewed as such by the latter. The opposite may be true, as well.

The administration and faculty must look at themselves and speak with honesty to one another, as both will no doubt have some very hard questions ahead. Adding confusion and misunderstanding will only hinder the process.

Both sides need to be prepared to ask themselves, “Can we manage to just make a little more of a cut here?

The only protection Portland needs is from itself

Mike Mata The Advocate

Over the years, with every new tragic shooting, bombing or other violent act that erupts across television screens and computer monitors, I notice that I have the same two thoughts: Those poor people! How could someone do something so horrible!

And then I think of how grateful I am to live in Portland.

Seem a like a non-sequitor?

On second glance, what my

mind seems to be saying to itself is that while I can sympathize with the plight of those affected by terrorist attacks, by wars being fought on their front lawns and by those who are having to flee their homes as refugees, I never seem to experience the sheer terror that comes from anyone of those scenarios.

I seem to think this is because I live in the relatively sleepy backwater Portland-metro area where hipsters and hippies fight one another in the Willamette Week over the presence of fluoride in their water instead of killing one another up and down Burnside in street fights and suicide bombings.

However, while I might find comfort in knowing that Al-Qaeda or the North Koreans aren’t planning to obliterate Portland, it never occurred to me that the place I call home could ever be the setting of one of the tragedies that seem to pop up with

startling regularity.

Then, seemingly every loose cannon living in the U.S. decided to debut their insanity on national television by shooting and bombing their way into the spotlight. In the span of a few months, shooters opened fire at schools and shopping malls whilst bombers lit up at marathons.

In that short time, I went from feeling safe and snug in my corner of the world to eyeing each homeless person muttering to himself or herself like they were the next time bomb waiting to explode.

This revelation was brought into a higher clarity last week when an elderly man robbed a bank inside a local Fred Meyer and then threatened to bomb it, as well. The fact I can nearly see this Fred Meyer from my house only served to ignite my paranoia like never before.

Sure, there was the big

scare of Mohamed Mohamud attempting to blow up a car bomb at the Pioneer Courthouse Square Christmas tree lighting ceremony in late 2010, but when the details surfaced that the FBI was onto him the whole time, I felt much less worried.

It wasn’t until the most recent Fred Meyer incident that I felt like crawling into my proverbial shell and rocking back and forth until I felt better.

This may seem like a defeatist or fatalist viewpoint. However, when your increasingly neurotic psyche gets a hold of information that a department store you frequent not five minutes from your house received a bomb threat, it seems much more logical.

It’s at this point that I feel the need to calm down, stop stocking my apocalypse shelter with canned beans and fruit cocktail, and take a deep breath.

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Or, there?”

It has also become obvious to us that some bad blood might still exist between the various groups on the campus. But, in order for MHCC to maintain or even surpass its current state as a great source of education, grudges must be laid down for the greater good.

While it’s common for people to say that schools “are all about the students” and that without them, there would be no campus, the same could be said of the faculty members.

No matter how many students you have, if there is no one to teach them, the college will fail as an educational institution.

“If proven guilty, what sentence should be carried out against the Boston bomber?” ◊ Life in prison ◊ Death sentence

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Tsarnaev is in custody, but now what?

Try him as a college student, not a terrorist

Mike Mata The Advocate

With a simple Google search, one can delve into the world of how a 19-year-old man from an immigrant family came to become one of the most hated people in the U.S. Just search “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.”

Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan, who was shot to death last week, have been accepted as the alleged perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15 that killed three people and injured more than 200 others.

Almost immediately, people seem to be trying to find ways to condemn the younger Tsarnaev to a dark and dank pit in Guantanamo Bay. However, what most people seem not to realize, is that Tsarnaev is a U.S. citizen, not a foreign terrorist. He was, until very recently, a student at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he did what most young college kids do: study, drink and party, fantasize about the opposite sex,

and just try to get by. He wasn’t and isn’t a foreign terrorist.

Thus, Tsarnaev the younger may not be consigned to a pit in Guantanamo Bay, much as he may seem to merit it.

Recovering from multiple gunshot wounds he received during his arrest, Tsarnaev was quickly questioned by authorities and then read his Miranda Rights and then assigned a public defendant. This is how U.S. citizens who are guilty of a crime are handled. Note, he wasn’t zip-tied to a chair and questioned with a bright lamp in his face or waterboarded until he screamed out names willy-nilly.

Yet, in Congress, Republican lawmakers are pushing that he be classified as an enemy combatant and subjected to martial law.

Under the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution, all U.S. citizens are guaranteed to trial by jury, to speedy trials and to protection from cruel and unusual punishment.

As it stands, Tsarnaev could very well spend the rest of his life in prison or receive the death penalty.

According to our nation’s legal system, this is enough of a punishment for Tsarnaev’s crimes. I’m inclined to agree with that.

Sure, Tsarnaev and his brother’s actions are horrific and completely unwarranted, especially considering that they lashed out at a country that has housed them, given them citizenship and even provided them

with welfare benefits. Yes, they killed three people and harmed hundreds more. But, at the risk of sounding clichéd, the difference between the Tsarnaevs and the rest of the civilized populace is trust and belief in the power of the law.

Tsarnaev could lose his right to continue living. He could very well lose all his freedoms while in prison. But he should

not be treated like a faceless foreign terrorist that vanishes forever. It should be enough that he will be prosecuted to the very full extent of the power of the penal codes of this country. Let that be enough.

We should forget about him ASAP – he doesn’t deserve our attention

Jeff Hannig The Advocate

After the unfolding of the events following the Boston Marathon bombing —complete with photos, videos, a campus police officer killed, a carjacking, a police chase, a shootout resulting in one suspect’s death (Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26), and an all-out manhunt for the other (Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19) consisting of thousands of police searching a 20-block area with the whole world anxiously waiting — one suspect is silent after being read his Miranda rights.

There are a lot of people who would argue this type of investigation doesn’t

merit attention and the remaining suspect should be thrown in a hole and forgotten about. He’s guilty.

While it is tempting to treat Tsarnaev as an “enemy combatant” or “unlawful combatant,” meaning Tsarnaev “would be detained or prosecuted under the domestic law of the detaining state for such action,” it would violate the democratic principles that help to define our country.

So, my argument is to not say how Tsarnaev should be tried, but to ask what constitutes enough evidence to pronounce someone guilty in a day and age where smart phone footage is viable evidence in the case? And why, if someone who has so clearly disregarded the public’s civil liberties, should we care about their liberties?

I understand the flaw in this question. Because of how previous trials, like that of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, were carried out, I know the right thing to do is give Tsarnaev a fair trial. But I feel the evidence that is widespread, thanks to video footage and the Internet, changes the situation.

We have what seems to be evidence

convicting these two suspects of killing three people and injuring 264 others, yet they still have the right to a fair trial?

What’s going to be talked about in this trial? The whole world has enough evidence to form an opinion on this case; there are photos of the suspects taking cover before the explosion; one suspect was killed in a shootout with police after he killed a police officer and was in a police chase; the other was found hiding after being injured in the shootout.

They’re guilty. Why should we treat this guy with any respect? Would he have treated you with respect? Did he care about the MIT campus police officer or their family? NO. He and/or his brother killed the officer.

I believe in a right to a fair trial and understand that Tsarnaev will more than likely be pronounced guilty, but I think for the sake of the families involved we should pronounce Tsarnaev guilty while the trial determines his fate unless a piece of evidence comes to light clearing his name.

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Danny Perez-Crouse The Advocate

As the MHCC administration seeks to implement “shared sacrifice” across the college and its employee groups, the full-time faculty president has a different view.

Full-Time Faculty President Sara Williams said she doesn’t believe the sacrifices are fair and that too much is being asked of the faculty. She said the faculty gave up more than $2 million in the last negotiations.

“Between 155 people, that’s about $10,000 a piece,” she said.

The administration is asking for the same amount again for this year, which she calls “too much.”

“I think the idea that an equal percentage of how the budget is presented is pretty arbitrary,” Williams said.

In the recently unveiled college budget proposal for 2013-14, President Micheal Hay spoke of shared sacrifices. Marilyn Pitts, president of the Part-Time Faculty Association, said “I believe that it’s the college’s intent to fairly distribute the sacrifices that’ll need to be made in order to have a balanced budget next year.”

Pitts added, “Students experienced an increase in tuition last year, so I’m pleased there’s no tuition increase included in the proposed budget for 2013-14.”

Pitts is confident that the sacrifices are truly being shared and that her bargaining team is seeking ways part-time faculty and tutors can pitch in, she said.

She said she doubts labor talks will get out of hand like two years ago, when a full-time faculty strike nearly occurred.

But Williams voiced concern that, overall, negotiations are moving very slowly. Not much is happening and contract language proposals she brought forward have not really moved along, she said.

The negotiations are slated to finish by June, but Williams said she thinks that isn’t going to happen. “I have no idea how they think we will be able to finish by then.”

She said that her faculty group passed two proposals it thought were pretty big concessions. “For example, we wanted to add some explanation of how you get representation from the association as a faculty member. That explanation was for the faculty member, for what they can expect and for the dean, knowing what their job is” when handling disputes, she said.

“It’s good for the dean to have

that written down someplace to protect them from screwing up,” Williams said.

“We thought that was good language, but they (the administration) didn’t want that kind of language in the contract. We wrote a page for how it works, and they responded with a paragraph on the topic that they said already existed.”

Williams said her full-time faculty accepted that, but had thought the administration could “come back with something that would get through quickly.

They said ‘Thank you, we will think about it.’ How long does it take to think about it?”

Maggie Huffman, MHCC communications director, said the school is acting with a proper sense of urgency, but the process is far from simple.

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Coordinator position still empty for diversity resource center More than a year after the MHCC Student Finance Council voted to approve funds for a campus Diversity Resource Center (DRC), there is still no coordinator hired to run the center.

During an interview in late January, Associated Student Government (ASG) President William Miller told The Advocate, “Last I heard, the job posting should be posted this week.”

Miller explained ASG’s motivation to open a DRC: “We were kind of falling behind. All other community colleges in our area had DRCs except us.”

Funds received this year

by ASG, following last year’s Student Finance Council decision, were earmarked to remodel the Lake Room into a new center with new furniture and multi-media resources for students of all walks to get further in their higher education careers.

A year ago, Jackie Altamirano and Erika Molina, then ASG president and vice president, pushed hard for establishment of the DRC. At the time, Molina said, “MHCC needs a dedicated center that will encourage greater diversity on campus and serve people of different ages, ethnic backgrounds and religions.”

Speech, debate head off to tournaments Mt. Hood Community College’s Forensics team will head to Columbia Basin College this weekend in Pasco, Wash., for their upcoming debate.

According to Head Coach Liz Kinnaman, this regional championship is for both debate and individual events.

“This year has been a challenging and exciting year for our team, with many new students and new tournaments,” said Kinnaman. “Our students work hard and are a pleasure to coach. They are creative and dynamic, and enjoy healthy academic competition, without losing sight of their educational goals. “ The team recently returned from the National BP Tournament at the University of La Verne in Los Angeles (April 12-

“The (current) contract expires Aug. 31. Our desire is to reach an agreement as early as possible,” she said.

“It takes mutual desire for ‘getting to yes’ in any negotiation process. The administration appreciates the difficulty and tension inherent in any negotiation discussions…” Huffman said.

The administration, too, is dead-set against any further tuition hikes, Huffman noted.

“The students have absorbed all the tuition increases they can possibly absorb. Our board has no appetite for hitting the students up again either,” Huffman said.

The school is also very reluctant to price itself “any further way from the state average for community colleges than it already is,” she said.

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“Our students discussed lots of different current event topics, including budget sequestration, international foreign policy, technology and law and many others. Our debaters did well, and were up against teams from Harvard, Yale, Cornell, both graduate and undergraduate students,” said Kinnaman.

She said the students present a wide variety of speeches, from humorous after-dinner speeches to poetry and literature interpretation, to impromptu and extemporaneous speaking, as well as debate.

With the season winding down, Kinnaman expects the new members of the team to have a major impact next year.

“Our newer members, Elsie

Praeger-Goller, Karasalla Fale Patton, Phillip LePoivedin and Hunter Jones are energetic and tireless, and have achieved a good degree of success so far in their competitions. They are ready to take on the driver’s seat next year and lead our team to many more awards,” said Kinnaman.

Senior members of the team have had a big impact on the younger members this year, according to Kinnaman.

“Stephanie Saracco, Kim Neal, and Ryan Rhoades, senior members of the team, work closely with our newer members and the coaching staff to keep our team competitive,” said Kinnaman.

— Aaron Marshall

According to Miller, the DRC is a completely nondiscriminatory, safe place for any students to go and access resources.

“By safe, I mean a place where everyone can feel welcome. Diversity encompasses every walk of life,” says Miller.

Miller said, “Human Resources is very diligent in their process to hire someone effective” to be the coordinator.

Miller said in an interview earlier this year that ASG is waiting to begin remodeling the Lake Room into the DRC until there is a coordinator hired.

— Hayden Hunter

With Oregon’s May 21 election less than a month away, prospective voters need to make sure they have registered by the deadline Tuesday (April 30).

Ballots will be mailed out starting May 3.

Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown last week issued an email “urging all eligible Oregon voters to make sure they are registered in advance of the May 21 election.”

Those who are not yet registered may sign up online, or use forms available at county elections offices or any DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) office. Voters who are registered are advised to make sure information on their current voter registration is current, including mailing addresses.

To complete either forms online, visit www.oregonvotes.org.

“Voting is one our most precious rights as Americans,” said Brown in the email.

—Mike Mata

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ASG presidential candidates take the spotlight Jeremiah Whitfield & William Scott Powers

Laura Aguon & Nathan Doering

Jeremiah Whitfield and William Scott Powers run on building community Cameron Miller The Advocate

Jeremiah Whitfield and William Scott Powers, candidates for Associated Student Government (ASG) president and vice president this spring, are focused on a platform that includes three key areas: community, student involvement and the overall experience at Mt. Hood Community College.

Whitfield is running for president, while Powers is his vice presidential running mate.

Whitfield has service experience in community functions and local groups, including as a youth mentor for Lions of Judah. He wants to focus on improving student life, as well as campus life and sustainability. He went to Parkrose High School and is in his fourth year at MHCC. Whitfield said he prefers MHCC over other local community colleges because of the condition of the school and the quality of instructors.

Powers is also focused on sustainability, plus safety and the maintenance of MHCC. His leadership background comes as a former machine operator, a night shift supervisor and being a Public Safety work-study student and volunteer on campus.

The first line of their platform states that “community begins with communication,” and they echo that in speaking about frequently communicating to students. They said they believe if they can create a larger sense of community at this college, it will improve the experience for everybody.

Whitfield and Powers are both looking to increase student involvement in the common MHCC programs and events. Examples include the dental service clinic and public events such as dances, and the two also look to implement a wellness program to help students with health and exercise.

Whitfield and Powers decided to run together, they said, because they have similar

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Laura Aguon and Nathan Doering seek to give MHCC a five-point plan for 2013-14

Mike Mata values about wanting to improve the qualThe Advocate ity of the campus, raising general student awareness and improving the connection Sporting a cumulative three years of and communication between ASG and the student leadership at MHCC, Associated MHCC student body.

Student Government (ASG) candidates In his election petition form, Whitfield’s Laura Aguon and Nathan Doering seek to personal statement said, “I have one (year) implement a five-point platform next year. left here at Mt. Hood and I want to make Aguon, the presidential candidate, and a change, create programs to help future Doering, the vicestudents and also president hopeful, create a healthier This is the first of are both currently Mt. Hood Comin ASG, with Aguon munity College two installments serving as Director through knowlof profiles on the of State and Federal edge.”

Affairs and Doering Power’s perfour ASG electoral as Senator of Student sonal statement candidates. See Life. Aguon is also declared, “I unthe rest next week an Oregon Commuderstand that the nity College Student office that I am Association Board running for is a representative and she served as its comfull-time position and I shall treat it as such. munications director last year. Doering is The student government is a full-time comcurrently president of the Gay-Straight Almitment, which shall modify my other reliance (GSA) at MHCC, having been the sponsibilities of work-study and academia president of Reynolds High School’s GSA. as necessary. I have rarely given up on any The five-point platform for Aguon and task, and shall not on this one. I shall hold Doering is: to reinvest in Public Safety on office with the greatest ethics and integrity. campus, to provide more opportunities for If I fall short of these declarations, I shall students to stay active and fit, look for albring myself to account and shall also hold ternative funding sources for the Veterans others to account for their actions.”

Services office on campus, to continue and Whitfield outlined his objectives in his grow lobbying efforts for students on state election petition form: “Spread awareness and national levels, and to initiate what of ASG as a whole and change the image of they call “inclusive engagement” by proASG. Also try and create programs to make viding resources for students, increasing college cheaper.” awareness of campus activities and making As for the election this spring, Whitfield multi-media communications from ASG said, “I understand a lot of other candidates more active. wish to cut costs, but before we do that we “In light of recent events, it’s so crucial have to stabilize our income.” that it (campus safety) stays Number One Powers echoed this idea by saying that and that we implement state-of-the-art proif MHCC can build a stable campus culture cedures and plans that show students that and student body it can create new revenue it’s okay to be on campus at night,” said and in turn avoid cutting some of the benAguon. She said she and Doering would efits students like in its programs. like to add more security cameras and

safety call centers on campus, modeled on those at Portland State University, and they also would like to increase Public Safety staffing by adding more patrol volunteers and work-study positions.

Doering said about veterans’ concerns on campus, “The veterans center (budget) is in threat of being slashed. We want to make sure that it is staying where it (Veterans Services) is, that it isn’t going anywhere but up.”

Aguon mentioned adding intramural sports. “I played sports in high school and I didn’t think I was good enough to go out for a college team, but I still want to play and I still want to be active and get out there and rub elbows with somebody and break a sweat.”

The inclusive engagement initiative plan for Aguon and Doering centers on their so-called Three Cs: culture, as in getting students engaged on campus through activities; commitment, by providing students resources that they require to advance through higher education; and community, by making MHCC more inclusive to the surrounding community by advertising campus events.

They also want to add gender-neutral and family locking bathrooms on campus.

As for increasing awareness of events on campus, Doering said, “We’ve had events that have fallen through because of the (lack) of advertising. We haven’t had the Senate, the EC (Executive Cabinet), SAB (Student Activities Board) and SOC (Student Organizations and Clubs) coming together and promoting each event together.”

Aguon and Doering have a history of working together, even before MHCC. “Me and Nathan actually got to be teachers and student leaders together at outdoor school (during high school), and that’s where we met,” Aguon said. She said the two reconnected this year when she was registering students to vote.

Foundation dinner and auction a team effort Katelyn Hilsenbeck The Advocate

The MHCC Foundation is hosting its annual “Power of the Dream” Auction and Dinner May 4 at the Red Lion Hotel on the River.

“Getting all those people in one place, for one cause — that’s the best part,” said Casey Ryan, a member of the foundation board. “Everybody’s there for the betterment of the community college. There’s something powerful about having that many people together in one room, for one reason,” Ryan has been a member of the foundation board and the annual auction and dinner for the past two years. This year, however, he took on the role of auction chair.

He oversees meetings, helped with sponsor and donation gathering and will be the emcee for the evening, but,

he said, “My role is nothing really compared to what the committee does as a whole.”

The event is planned by board members and volunteers from the community who make up the committee. They, along with MHCC Foundation staff such as Sunny Klever, are responsible for picking a theme and organizing the event.

“Sunny is amazing. Without her, this thing doesn’t go as well as it does,” said Ryan. “She is a blessing for this whole organization.”

Ryan said the event brings people together and allows them to learn about what is going on inside MHCC. The committee and staff has been planning the event since early fall term and accumulated more than $60,000 in sponsorships and received donations for the silent and live auction baskets.

The proceeds earned from this event, which is the foun-

dation’s biggest fundraiser of the year, mostly go to a scholarship fund. Klever said the scholarships could go to both part-time and full-time students who are not studying any particular major.

Ryan became a foundation board member two years ago; He has served on various other boards, but he realized he was not as passionate about their areas.

Ryan will become foundation board vice president in July and president the following year.

Today is the last day to reserve your seat for the event.

Visit http://mhcc.edu/foundation/ or call 503-491-7206 to make reservations. Tickets are $100 each or $200 per couple.

They are also selling raffle tickets for a 2013 Chevrolet Spark or Ford Fiesta until all 300 have been sold. The drawing will be at the auction; you do not need to be present to win. Raffle tickets can be purchased in the Foundation office or by phone.

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Living Arts April 26, 2013

Photos by Jeff Hannig/ The Advocate

“One Flew Over th

The cast of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” rehearsed a scene at Wednesday’s rehearsal, in which McMurphy (Matt Rowning) convinces the rest of the patients to watch the World Series, even though the TV is off.

Actor steps into a daunting, respected role as McMurphy Matt Rowning juggles school, work and rehearsals and brings his acting to the next level, as the lead in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Danny Perez-Crouse The Advocate

Stepping into the shoes of one of the most respected roles of all time may be daunting, but one actor is up to the task.

N i n e t e e n - y e a rold Matt Rowning will star as Randle Patrick McMurphy (R.P. McMurphy) in the MHCC studentdirected theater production of “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.” McMurphy is convicted of statutory rape, and pretends to be crazy so he doesn’t have to go to prison.

Rowning said that “this role feels huge,” since he has never performed in such a well-known part. “Everyone is going to come in and expect to see Jack Nicholson (who played McMurphy in the 1975 motion picture that cleaned up at the Academy Awards),” he said.

Rowning did not expect to get the role of McMurphy. He was originally hoping to get the part of Billy or Harding, fellow patients in the mental institution. He is happy with the role, but he confesses that it brings a lot

of pressure. “I was telling my friend’s dad about it, and he told me how much he loved it and that it was one of the greatest performances of all time,” he said. “I now have to own up to the legacy of (Nicholson), doing this role.”

Rowning said his character is very energetic: “When you read the script it just leaps out at you, that this guy is constantly moving.”

Rowning thinks that it’s okay to do a little channeling in his roles, like using Nicholson for inspiration, but he will also put his own spin on the character. “I think that all my specific mannerisms and quirks will come through in the performance.”

Rowning said he likes acting but enjoys doing musicals more.

“The tempo of a straight play is different than a musical. You do have time to get more intellectual with your role, but I just love to sing,” he said.

He said he got involved in acting so that he could participate in more musicals, but

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now has learned to love acting, too.

Rowning recently had a starring role as Mark in MHCC’s production of “RENT.” He said the transition to his new part has been no trouble. “These characters are like night and day, so there are no problems there,” he said.

Rowning has a full load on his plate. “I am exhausted,” he said.

On top of the play, he is taking 14 credits at Clackamas Community College this term and has a full-time job at Subway. “It’s not sexy but it pays,” he said. “The first week was like, how can I do this, the second was I think I can do this, the third was I know I can do this and this week I am halfway there.”

In order to relax, he likes to read and play guitar and video games. “I have recently been playing through the Bioshock series,”

and the screaming in the scene was a little much, at first. However, after many practices, he is more comfortable with the encounter. “Today, for better or for worse, I was finally able to get in the mode of ‘I wanna strangle this person,’ ” he said after a recent rehearsal.

Now, he said, this scene is what he most looks forward to when the curtains rise. “It was violent, it was emotional, it was safe (in rehearsal) and I am very excited to present it.”

Rowning said the rehearsals are going well, for the most part. He will start feeling better when he no longer has to call for a line and when he is fully in tune with his fellow actors.

“I don’t feel good until I am perfect, or as perfect as I can be,” he said. “I am an utter perfectionist.”

Rowning said, “This role will be memorable because it is my first foray into serious theater and it’s a big part that’s well known.

“I would say that these two plays (“RENT” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”), as a duo, would be where I took my acting to the next level.”

“I don’t feel good until I am perfect, or as perfect as I can be.”

Matt Rowning he said.

In the film version of “Cuckoo’s Nest,” McMurphy didn’t have any trouble attacking Nurse Ratched, but it was a scene that Rowning struggled with. He said the combination of pretending to strangle someone

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The spring play is May 9-11, 16-18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Studio Theater. Adult tickets are $10. Student and senior tickets are $5.

Sydney Hope’s Nurse Ratched stands over Drew Pierce’s Chief Bromden during an April 17 rehearsal of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” in the studio theater.

Actress channels the evil inside of her as Nurse Ratched Sydney Hope channels her inner demons to fulfill her role in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Shelby Schwartz The Advocate

Feeling like a celebrity, giddy and excited to just be talking about theater, is the young actress who will portray Nurse Ratched in the upcoming MHCC student-directed production “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

Sydney Hope Describing theater as her “home,” MHCC theater major Sydney Hope will again take the Mt. Hood stage in what will be her fourth MHCC show. She was in last spring’s student-directed show, “The Underpants,” fall term’s children theater production of “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” and most recently in “RENT.” Hope describes her character, Nurse Ratched, as “probably the meanest character I’ve ever played. She’s very dark, very manipulative, a control freak. In her mind I feel she thinks she is organized and put together and likes order but in reality she’s torturing

these people. She’s pretty much humiliating them and finding enjoyment in it and enjoys tormenting people. She’s just an evil, evil person,” Hope said.

“She’s just one of those characters where you try to find something nice about her but you can’t,” she said. “It’s just she’s not nice, she’s not a nice person. She’s very sly and sometimes the patients get control and she can take it back, like that, with just like the look she gives them, or something.

“It’s weird for me because I’m not used to having a character where it’s uncomfortable to be her, but it really is, but in a good way. It’s like it’s challenging me to find my inner ‘rude’ person, to find the queen bee that hides within. She’s pretty much the queen of the castle.”

As for her future, Hope will to return to MHCC in the fall and audition for the winter musical. She has plans to transfer to a fouryear university in New York to pursue the-

home.” Hope said.

Hope graduated from Reynolds High School in 2011, “I had never been any type of lead before in a musical — and finally senior year I got the lead in the school musical, ‘Pajama Game.’”

Hope said of her lead role as Babe Williams, “It was really, really fun. It was a great experience, it was just fantastic, the feeling of the audience, the energy. Everything about the stage I adore and cherish.”

Hope said of the musical, “That was one of the musicals that made me realize I really do want to pursue acting,” she said. “But actually ‘Phantom of the Opera’ (at the Keller Auditorium in 2008) is the one that really made me realize, okay this is what I want to do for my living. So that was the big musical that was eye-opening to me.”

As a child, Hope acted with Portland Center Stage in “Chicago” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie.”

Hope has been taking acting classes with theater instructor Jesse Merz and said, “He’s taught me so much about how to get your name out there and I’m going to be making a website for myself.”

Hope also said she has plans with many of her fellow MHCC actors to audition downtown for plays, musicals and showcases during the summer to get their names out, “and just kind of make it a friendly group family thing. All of us theater kids, we’ve grown up together since fall term and we’ve had this family feel ever since then and we’re all very supportive of each other and very there for each other when it comes to careers and whatnot.”

Hope has upcoming auditions with Portland TV shows “Grimm” and “Portlandia.”

According to Hope, the “Grimm” role is a speaking role, “and I’m so excited for that one.” The “Portlandia” audition is for an extra.

“It’s the magic of it, the fact that you have actors and producers and directors and the crew that put so much time and effort into it,” she said.

“At the end all of our hard work, it comes together and we create a show and I think that’s magical and I will do it until the day that I die. I’ll probably be performing up in heaven for all I know. I just love it. It’s home to me.

“I’d rather be poor and doing what I love than rich and have a different career,” Hope said.

“I’d rather be poor and doing what I love than rich and have a different career.”

Sydney Hope ater after finishing up her MHCC requirements.

“I just know that I want to be on the East Coast, that’s all that I know.” “I love New York. I’ve been there once for acting,” Hope said.

“I’ve done acting all my life and I love it,” she said, “It’s what I live for, it’s my

Hope said, “I just love the aspect of performing, it’s amazing to me.” She also sings and plays piano.

Hope is currently doing table readings of “The Beauty and the Beast,” and has been cast as the character Belle, but is still uncertain whether the Black Swan Youth Theater will actually produce the play.

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Hospitality and culinary students get hands on experience in a restaurant setting open to the public

SE Portland

Culinary Council chef Tom Douglas will have a special food demonstration at Macy’s today at 6 p.m. Chef Douglas will be preparing his favorite American dishes that contain fresh, locally grown ingredients. Attendees who purchase $35 or more in the Macy’s home department can receive a $10 Macy’s gift card and a copy of “Dahlia Bakery Cookbook” that will be signed by Douglas at the end of his special demonstration. For more information about the event, contact Macy’s at (503) 653-8811. The event is located at the Macy’s inside Clackamas Town Center at 12100 S.E. 82nd Ave.

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Culinary and hospitality students from MHCC will prepare and serve guests freshly made meals at their Café Tuesday banquets, offered every other week at a new downtown Portland location this spring.

Students serve both a la carte items and three-course meals for guests. The next Café Tuesday will be held Tuesday at the University Place Hotel near Portland State University.

Court Carrier, hospitality and tourism instructor, describes the event as a labor of love and “just a fun, fun opportunity for students to learn.”

The menu will change each time to introduce various concepts to the eight culinary students working in the back with instructor, Chef Jason Elliott.

Tina Bernard, first-year culinary student, said, “It’s really preparing us for when we actually get out into the real world.” Bernard served dessert for the initial event this year April 16, but will be on hot line preparing the entrees this time.

This Tuesday’s menu consists of: Caesar salad, chicken cordon bleu, seared snapper, eggplant Parmesan, and fresh berries in sabayon.

Diners are given the option of purchasing individually priced meals or purchasing three courses for $10. “We’re not there trying to make a profit. We’re there trying to make an experience and to teach (the students),” said Carrier.

Bernard said the experience is valuable. “You definitely have to have confidence. You definitely have to work as a team and you definitely have to communicate,” she said.

The front of the “house” will be the charge of catering, restaurant and food service management students. Their instructors, Carrier and Suzy Bicknese, will rotate the students through different jobs each time they host the event.

The rotation provides students with a variety of experiences, Carrier said. “They need to be able to understand and learn and appreciate how to interact and deal differently with different kinds of guests.” Students get classroom credit during the event.

Carrier said the three-course meal would usually run about $20 in a restaurant, but the food costs usually amount to $7. Any leftover proceeds from the Tuesdays go to purchase needed supplies or to fund scholarships or trips.

“That’s a steal of a deal,” Carrier said of the $10 cost for diners. “We can focus on quality and price it as an experience.”

Previously, MHCC has hosted Café Tuesday in the Jazz Café. But enrollment growth in the culinary program and additional Chartwell’s food service workers to serve a growing Mt. Hood

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student body simply put too many bodies in the campus kitchen, Carrier said.

He said he understands: The MHCC kitchen is not designed to be a teaching kitchen, nor is it designed to run two different food service operations at once.

“If I were operating (the Chartwell) food service establishment, I would be uncomfortable with the number of students being in the kitchen at the same time,” he said.

The University Place Hotel is not using their facility during lunch this term, and so it provides a better learning environment, Carrier said.

Finding customers does become a problem, because there’s no built-in clientele of MHCC students, faculty, administrators and staff, said Carrier. “We really have to try and market hard to get people to come in.”

On alternate Tuesdays, culinary students have lab sessions, of sorts. They study the menu the next week’s menu and make sure they understand terms and how the dish will be prepared. They also convert measurements beforehand.

“I know when I was first working in the industry, that was a great part of my education,” Carrier said. “The practical experience was a huge part of it. I treasure and value that to this day.

“It’s a challenge, real-world. That’s the goal, to give (students) real-world experience,” he said.

High customer demand had also prompted Café Thursday events, but those were dropped last year. Carrier hopes they can resume again, if appropriate.

MHCC’s first Café Tuesday this spring on April 16 drew 45-50 guests, shy of an ideal 70, said Carrier. The program averaged 60 to 70 guests at each sitting last year.

Remaining dates beyond Tuesday include: May 14, May 28 and a Western-themed Barbecue Buffet on June 4.

Reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance: Email htrpt@mhcc.edu or leave a voice mail at 503-491-7230. You should leave a name, return number, date desired and number of diners in your party. Seatings are held 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.

The University Place Hotel is at 310 S.W. Lincoln St.

SE Portland

saturday 4.27

Food lovers, listen up. Eat Mobile 2013 will give people a chance to try food from 50 of Willamette Week’s favorite food carts. The vendor’s will be competing for the coveted ‘Carty’ award. There will also be a presentation by OMSI on the science of food. General admission will be $20 and will allow you to sample from all of the Eat Mobile carts from 5:30-9 p.m.

1945 S.E. Water Ave. For information on tickets, go to omsi. edu/eatmobile.

Sat. 4.27 & Sun. 4.28

Vancouver

Test paddle more than 100 kayaks and canoes at the 21st annual Spring Paddle Festival. There will also be introductory paddle lessons. The event is free and goes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. 6801 N.W. Lower River Road Vancouver, WA.

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Not all elementary students in El Salvador get to go to high school. Some who are fortunate enough can pay for school, some work hard enough and get a scholarship.

Glenda Maribel Alfaro Salmeron was fortunate enough to receive two scholarships: one to study English and one to attend high school.

Salmeron became the most popular SEED student overnight. Salermon, a SEED (Scholarship for Education and Economic Development) student at MHCC, recently was runner up for The Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) challenge and got to meet both Bill Clinton and the host of the conference, Steven Colbert.

While introducing Salermon, Clinton said, “I’m very proud of her. She’s the first community college student ever to reach the finals.”

But her road to stardom wasn’t easy.

“I studied English in the morning and then went to school,” said Maribel adding that she typically studied from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Niiki Gillis, SEED’s program director, said that a student’s capacity to do well and those who have the least access to education comes into the decision making process of scholarship selection.

Salmeron credits her sister and her parents for her success and the opportunities that have been set before her. Her older sister, Silvia, did well in classes and is now studying at the university in El Salvador,

Salmeron said.

“My parents guided us on a good path and always taught us education was the best way to success,” she added.

While talking to Salermon, it is easy to see that making her parents, Silvia and Douglas Salermon, proud is a huge part of her staying motivated in her studies and growth as a leader.

When asked what helped her decision to move from home, leave her family and move from the sunny climate of El Salvador to come to the gloomy-overcast-ridden state of Oregon, Salmeron said, “I knew my parents wouldn’t be able to pay for university and saw the issues in my community.” Those issues, she said were: the lack of vegetation in her area; the clay soils produced poor harvests, which in turn affects the animals because there is no grass.

For these reasons, she sought out classes in natural resources. Because the students come from such diverse areas, it’s worth mentioning what a wonderful job all the instructors involved with SEED do of weaving together the material so that it relates to the multitude of environmental context that the class of SEED students represent, said Gillis.

Salermon said while, “It was really hard to leave them. [She knew] It’s going to be good. The sacrifice is going to be good. The sacrifice is going to be worth it. I talk to them on the weekends [her parents],” she was embraced by a wonderful host family for her first year of the two year SEED program.

“I was concerned about the host family. They were very nice. The first day they Photo by Jeff Hannig/The Advocate

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Long road, hard work paying off for SEED student

Glenda Maribel Alfero Salmeron tests out the water for depth and velocity in her MHCC Watershed class.

picked me up from the school. I learned a lot from them,” she added.

The second year of the program SEED students live in apartments with other students in the program to promote life-building skills that come with living independent from a family, said Gillis.

After students complete the program, the ones that “follow through with their commitment to return home and work for positive change often find they have a lot of opportunity because of the connection to the program and the two years of cross culture experience abroad.”

When Salermon finishes the program, she plans to return home and implement her Compost Method’s to Improve Soil Fertility (CMISF) project that she has recently gotten so much attention for.

The biggest challenge she has foreseen for implementing the project is “they have to believe that it’s going to work; to make them believe,” she said, adding that she plans to show pictures and results from of other communities that have successfully

ran similar projects. She also plans to start composting at her own house.

Salermon said she will also need to find a job when she gets home; the best job opportunities are in the capital. She hopes to eventually do something along the lines of environmental technician, “I liked working with an NGO, non-government organization; leading projects; volunteering; international organizations and relating with other people. I like other cultures.”

Considering that only 1–3 percent of students who apply for the SEED program, according to Gillis, Salermon has achieved a tremendous amount in her short stint at MHCC. Salermon said this of the SEED program, “It’s been the best opportunity of my life; it changed my life. It’s helped me to understand environmental issues that not only my country but the whole world is passing through. I feel very happy to have come to Oregon; I really like this state,” adding that Gillis not only is a teacher, “but she really wants to help us and support us.”

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Softball wins four straight at Crossover Tournament Jacquie Beatty The Advocate

There’s no better way to ring in the springtime than by adding four straight wins to your season record.

Last Saturday, the MHCC softball team swept through the Crossover Tournament in Yakima, Wash., blowing away the competition by scoring at least twice as many runs than their opponent in three out of their four games.

The Saints yielded runs in the first two innings of almost every game, but according to coach Meadow McWhorter, “They showed a lot of fight,” and were determined to come out on top. Asked about the team and its approach in the games, McWhorter says her team focuses on one thing at a time, which came in handy in a tournament and playing four games in two days.

Their first game of the tournament Saturday started bright and early at 9 a.m. against Big

Bend (9-25). MHCC demolished their hopes of winning by only allowing two runs in the first inning on the way to a 15-2 win. Nicole Kellams got credit for the five-inning win, while Kylee Gaspar went three for three with a home run Next up for the Saints were the Douglas Royals, who had only lost four of 19 games. The Royals were up 2-0 after the first inning and the game was a shootout until the fifth inning, when the Saints scored seven times to break up what had been a close game. Both teams had 16 hits but the Saints effectively made almost each and every one count.

Kristen Crawford struck out four in picking up the win in relief.

Teauna Hughes and Jamie Martin each homered in the win and four Saints had three hits each.

Nearly two hours after defeating Douglas, MHCC had to get back on the field for their last game of the day. They played the Treasure Valley Chukars who held a 16-11 re-

cord before the game. The Chukars were ahead 3-2 in the first, but the Saints posted a powerful comeback in the third and fourth innings by scoring six unanswered runs.

Treasure Valley wouldn’t go down without a fight and crept back into contention. MHCC held a 9-6 lead after five innings when TVCC scored once in the sixth and seventh, only to see their rally fall one run short. Crawford was the winning pitcher in the 9-8 victory and Courtney McCarthy had three hits and two RBIs. The last game of the tournament was Sunday when the Saints defeated Bellevue 10-5.

The Saints host SWOCC Saturday in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. They are scheduled to play a doubleheader Wednesday against Clark in Vancouver.

Their last home game of the season is May 4 against Chemeketa at noon.

Photo by Jonathon Long/The Advocate

The Saints softball team made short work of their competition this weekend, with their only close game being against Treasure Valley, which ended with a score of 9-8

Freshman Teauna Hughes takes a swing at bat in the Saints game against Lower Columbia last Tuesday.

Blazers have a lot of work to do this off-season

Aaron Marshall The Advocate The Portland Trail Blazers’ season ended in bittersweet fashion this month. But how has that been any different the past couple years?

Finishing with a 33-49 record and a 13-game losing streak, the team could not look at much positively for the year, besides the surprising and explosive season by rookie guard Damian Lillard.

Playing in and starting all 82 games this season, Lillard made an impact from the first game of the season in October, when the Blazers defeated the L.A. Lakers, 116-106. He scored 23 points and dished out 11 assists in his first NBA game.

After that, it only got better: Lillard won rookie-of-the-month honors for the Western Conference in November, December, January, February, March and again in April.

He averaged 19 points, six assists and

three rebounds per game. He is heavily favored to win the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award over New Orleans forward Anthony Davis, who played only 64 games due to injuries throughout the season.

Lillard will be the franchise centerpiece for the Blazers for years to come.

Injuries once again ended the Blazers’ run at the playoffs in March-April, after starters Nicolas Batum and Wesley Matthews got hurt down the stretch.

But, as a result, the potential of rookie guard Will Barton was revealed.

Scoring in double digits in four out of the last five games, Barton showed that with more experience and practice, he could play a key role coming off the Blazers’ bench.

The Blazers have a lot of work to do, with off-season decisions. Already, the team has waived veteran Jared Jefferies and is not expected to bring back Nolan Smith or Luke Babbit, as both were inconsistent during their time in Portland.

Elliot Williams’ contract also has not been renewed, but he deserves a chance to stay on the roster due to his impressive athleticism. He has not been able to show his full potential due to continuous injuries, including an Achilles tendon tear suffered this past summer in a voluntary preseason workout.

Portland has a big challenge in deciding whether to bring back big man J.J. Hickson, who practically carried all the

weight inside this year. While playing in the post – not the 6-foot-9-inch power forward’s normal position – he averaged a double-double, with 12 points and 10 rebounds per game. As a free agent, he is expected to want more money than the Blazers will be willing to offer. And, the Blazers need to target more money to build up their bench, which was terrible this season, to say the least.

Before guard Eric Maynor was traded

May, but the chances are slim. Since many observers expect that Hickson will not be returning next year, it would be smart for the Blazers to look for a new big man to create more depth, an obvious need.

They also could use another shooting guard or back-up small forward behind Batum. If they get the right opportunity, they can pursue a trade and possibly acquire an established post player to play alongside all-star LaMarcus Aldridge. At

“A lot of eyes will be on the Blazers’ moves this summer. But, at least one thing we can all agree on is that they are set at point guard for years to come.” to the Blazers, rookie center Meyers Leonard was the best player coming off the bench and yet he is too raw, at this point.

Leonard still has much to learn, but shows a lot of potential in being a 7-foot-1-inch big man who can run the floor well.

In late June, perhaps Portland’s best chance to build its roster will come, in the NBA draft.

The Blazers are expected to have the 10th pick in the first round. That could change in the draft lottery held in late

6 feet 11 inches, Aldridge is capable of playing center but due to his style of play and the fact that he denies he’s a true center, that will not happen anytime soon.

Portland also has three draft picks in the second round: the 39th, 40th and 45th picks.

A lot of eyes will be the Blazers’ moves this summer. But, at least one thing we can all agree on is that they are set at point guard for years to come.

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Callahan breaks own javelin record at Cougar Open meet

Freshman Charlene Manning (center) takes flight in the women’s 100-meter hurdles at the Cougar Open. Manning placed second in the event, finishing with a time of 16.11.

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Another MHCC track and field record fell last week at the Cougar Open at Clackamas Community College as sophomore Tyler Callahan broke his own javelin record he set in 2011.

Callahan threw for 68.15 meters (223’ 7”), breaking his former record of 215’ 11”.

Callahan took the gold with a throw that was a staggering 50 feet farther than any other competitor.

According to head coach Matt Hart, Callahan is now the top-ranked javelin thrower for community colleges in the nation.

“At (the beginning of the season), I didn’t feel that I was doing very good,” said Callahan, who missed the majority of last season due to health reasons, participating in only one meet.

Callahan said he has been having to fight off the rust this year, but is now finding his groove.

“I was stuck at 209 feet for a while,” he said.

He added that this time, “I was much more relaxed

Tyler Callahan readies his throw at the Cougar Open meet where he broke the school javelin record.

and had fun with it.”

Callahan said too many times he goes into his throws with too much of an analytical approach.

As a team, the Saints peppered the meet with various top five finishes.

In the women’s 100-meters, the Saints took all three top spots, led by freshman Kristi Kachel, 13.20, followed very closely by sophomores Molley Scoles, 13.21, and Whitney Warren, 13.65.

Both Kachel and Warren went on to take first and second, respectively, in the women’s 200-meters, with Kachel finishing with a time of 27.77, and Warren with a time of 28.30.

In the women’s 400-meters, sophomore Christa Collmer placed second with a time of 1:01.

In the women’s hurdle events, freshman Charlene Manning placed second in the 100-meter hurdles, 16.11, and Scoles finished first in the 400-meter hurdles, 1:05.

Both Scoles and Manning also took part in the women’s 4x100-meter relay team, which placed first at the meet, 50.56, as well as in the 4x400-meter relay, which also took home first, 4:09.

In the women’s jumps, freshmen Kachel and Manning placed first and second in the long jump, with a distance of 4.88 meters and 4.71 meters, respectively.

Manning also placed third in the high jump with a height of 1.45 meters.

The women’s throws were once again a dominating force at the meet, with a first and second place finish by freshman McKenzie Warren and sophomore Tori Dixson in the shot put (12.32 meters and 11.97 meters), both of whom also placed first and second in the same order in the discus (41.92 meters and 35.68 meters).

Warren was also the winner of the hammer throw with a toss of 48.31 meters.

In the men’s sprints, sophomore LT Avants placed second in the 400-meter, 50.25, and both the men’s 4x100meter and 4x400-meter relay teams placed first at the meet, finishing with times of 44.07 and 3:28, respectively.

In the throws, freshman Quinton Cody placed third in the discus, 42.98 meters, followed by Callahan in fourth with a throw of 41.41 meters.

The track and field team had another meet, the Titan Twilight, Thursday at Lane Community College, but results were unavailable by press time.

The Saints next scheduled meet is the NWAACC Multi Championships April 29-30 at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City.

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Baseball’s eightgame win streak comes to a halt Shaun Lutz The Advocate

Despite seeing their eight-game winning streak snapped while dropping a doubleheader Tuesday to Lane, the Saints baseball team still clung to a half-game lead in the Southern Region heading into Thursday’s action.

The Saints are now 11-3 in conference and 18-8 overall.

After throttling the Titans in both games of their previous meeting, MHCC was looking to boost their regional lead Tuesday, but Lane had different ideas. In game one, the Saints scored in the top of the first but the Titans responded with a run of their own in the second inning.

After the Saints took a 3-1 in the top of the third, Lane scored in the bottom of the third, fourth and fifth innings and won the game 4-3. Sophomore Jon Bjorklund took the loss, giving up four runs in his six innings on the bump. Ryan Degner had three hits and one RBI in the losing effort.

With the eight-game win streak a thing of the past, MHCC tried to take one win away from the road trip.

They took an early 4-0 lead after two innings in the second game, but the offense stalled in the third and fourth, opening the door for Lane to creep up.

MHCC built a 5-2 lead going into the bottom of the seventh, but Lane exploded to score four runs on four hits off Zev Egli, who took the loss in relief. The 6-5 win gave Lane a doubleheader sweep and tied the season series at two victories each. The loss was highlighted by a 3-run bomb by Hunter Weiss in the second inning..

On April 18, the Saints welcomed the Linn-Benton Road Runners to Oslund Field but were anything but good hosts as they swept a doubleheader from the visitors..

In the first game, MHCC took advantage of three fielding errors by the Roadrunners and won 5-1.

Sophomore pitcher Eric Huson started the game and turned in another strong effort, allowing only one run on four hits in his seven innings of work.

The combination of freshman Joe Piercey and sophomore Egli closed out the final two innings without surrendering a run, giving up one hit between the two relievers.

MHCC only managed four hits in the game, but a 4-0 lead after the sixth inning proved to be more than enough to secure the victory, extending the Saints win streak to seven games.

The back end of the doubleheader was a much more dominant performance by the Saints, shutting out Linn-Benton in a 6-0 win.

Sophomore Brandon Williams took the mound to start, carrying on the success of the pitching staff. Williams went six innings, allowing one hit while recording two strikeouts.

Freshman Michael McCall closed the game with a three-up, three-down seventh inning. MHCC’s offense came alive, piling up 11 hits in the victory, including a three-hit game from sophomore outfielder Weiss, while sophomore Cody Childs and freshman Cole Hamilton each had two hits of their own.

The sweep over the Roadrunners gave MHCC sole possession of first place in the South, and stretched the winning streak to a season high eight games.

The weekend games versus the Chemeketa Storm were postponed and rescheduled for Thursday. Results from the make-up games scores were unavailable at press time.

The Saints will host Clackamas in a 1 p.m. game Saturday.

12 Sports

April 26, 2013

Photos by Jeff Hannig/The Advocate

Saints pitcher aims to help team bring home first NWAACC title since 2000 Eric Huson’s no-hitter offers glimpse of what’s to come from Cornelius native Shaun Lutz The Advocate

Over the recent spring break, the Saints traveled to Pendleton for an ordinary game, against an ordinary opponent. The outcome, however, was anything but.

Sophomore right-handed pitcher Eric Huson tossed a no-hitter en route to the victory, a rare feat in baseball.

Huson is from Cornelius, Ore., a town of 11,000, and is a graduate of Forest Grove High School. He arrived at MHCC last season doing nothing but bolstering the strength of their already stout pitching rotation.

He helped the Saints reach last year’s NWAACC title game, where they came close to winning it all.

In regards to his no-hitter, Huson said, “I didn’t notice anything ’til the fifth inning. We just made routine plays. The scariest moment was a soft line drive to left, but Hunter (Weiss) was able to make a play and secure the catch.”

Huson has been consistently good this season.

He leads the Saints with a 1.97 ERA to go along with his 3-0 record.

Huson, one of 13 returners from last year’s squad, has been consistently good this season. He leads the Saints with a 1.97 ERA to go along with his 3-0 record.

Helping MHCC to an 18-8 record, including the lead in the NWAACC South division, Huson said he hopes to help make another deep postseason run.

“We just want to win, win the South, then go get

a ring,” he said.

Outside of baseball, Huson holds a love for being outdoors. “I spend time snowboarding, hunting, and fishing,” he said.

There’s always been time for baseball, however.

“I’ve been playing as long as I can remember,” said Huson. And this season has brought its own joy, he said.

“We have a good group of guys, and we all get along really well,” he said. Being part of a team was one of the favorite qualities he finds in the sport.

“We know what we have to do to get to where we want to be” atop the league, he said, “and having that many returners helps pass on the winning tradition.”

Huson is currently working toward a general degree from MHCC, hoping to study business or criminal justice with a possibility of getting into forensic science in the future.

As for where he’ll wind up once his baseball days at MHCC end, that’s still up in the air. “I’ve talked with a few schools about continuing to play.

But if baseball isn’t in my future, I’ll go to Oregon State to get my degree,” he said.

Huson said he will pick from among three schools, but was unable to say which ones. His inspirations and role models include his grandfather, and future major-league Hall of Famer Chipper Jones.

Right now, he’s focused on helping his team towards a Southern Region title and eventually bringing home its first NWAACC championship since 2000.

Eric Huson warms up before the Saints’ home game against Chemeketa Community College on Thursday.

“We have a good group of guys, and we all get along really well. We know what we have to do to get where we want to be.”

MHCC pitcher Eric Huson