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Which candidates will make their mark? Recap: candidates debate their platforms by Greg Leonov The Advocate The ASG presidential and vice-presidential candidates for 2014-15 spoke during debates held on campus Monday and Tuesday about assisting students with textbook affordability, better engaging the surrounding community with Mt. Hood Community College, and raising student and community awareness about campus events. Alma Pacheco, who is running with vice-presidential candidate Cristian Urzua, wants to bring the Textbook Tradeoff to the MHCC campus. “Just like the Barney’s Pantry, we should have a place organized so people could go there and trade their book, and do it personally — not through the (online MHCC) portal, because we do hear a lot that the portal is really hard to access,” said Pacheco. Urzua called the team’s proposed idea “Barney’s bookshelf,” and said it would be located in the Student Union. Under this plan, students would “bring in their math book and ask if we have a business book, and trade it off,” he said. “It’s gonna be easy, accessible, and that’s what our students need,” Urzua said. Currently, Mt. Hood has a tradeoff program, which is accessible on the portal, he said, but “many of our students hate the portal. Why do you put something so great on the portal?” Kristin Werner and Diana Ramirez, running as a separate ticket, want to advertise the existing tradeoff program better than the current methods do. “We need to make sure that our students are well informed of what’s out there and make sure they’re utilizing the available resources for them,” said Werner, running for ASG president. Ramirez said she agrees that textbook affordability is “definitely one of the biggest challenges that we’re all facing today. Last year, I went to (Washington) D.C. and lobbied our national legislators and I had them talking about how textbook affordability is affecting me and many of our students
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here,” she said. She plans to do the same next year, she said. Jonathan Beaman and Nathan Doering, the third ticket in next week’s election, have a long-term idea to pursue, if elected: They plan to buy the bookstore. But, Beaman, the presidential candidate, mentioned a short-term plan, as well. “I would love to maybe have a table right here (in the Main Mall) with a catalog with the books that we have that are available to trade,” he said. As for a student-owned campus bookstore, “I would love to have (a) student presence in there to say ‘Hey, it’s not fair to the students, and the students are why you are here, you need to answer to them,’ ” he said. All of the candidates had something to say about spreading greater awareness of Mt. Hood’s presence to the surrounding community. Pacheco said she wants to let the community know about existing programs the college offers. “Programs already have internships available for their students – like mental health, like education, like our funeral service, automotive, they already have those internships available,” Pacheco said. “Education is possible here, students can come here and take advantage of the Planetarium, or Cosmetology, our pool, our rock wall, our gallery, our early childhood development center, all of those things are available for the community,” she said. Werner said she would like to “hold more events off campus. Say it’s March Madness, and we could get into Geno’s…. and involve our local community,” she said. She also wants to see open-house style events “where the public here joins us on our campus, and they can see what we stand for, what we’re all about.” Werner wants to go to Gresham Chamber of Commerce meetings to learn what businesses in the Gresham area are saying and to provide feedback from the college.
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Editorial Endorsement Read who we think should be MHCC’s next ASG president
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assion, presence and realistic goals: These are among some of the reasons that we at The Advocate are endorsing Alma Pacheco as ASG president. Before we go more in depth about why Pacheco is our choice, let’s address the other candidates.
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Editorial: Alma Pacheco is the best choice for ASG president
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Jonathan Beaman is on the bottom for us. While it’s hard to ignore his ambitious goals, they don’t seem feasible. Buying the bookstore sounds like it could be possible, and promising, but on-site housing is not happening. And besides, housing is something that is not traditionally expected or needed of a community college, especially one in such an urban setting, and there is no way we can afford that kind of expense now. It actually ended up being a hard decision between Pacheco and Kristin Werner. Werner definitely has the most leadership experience; she was a branch manager at US Bank for seven years, among other things. That’s a pretty massive plus on her part, because she has plenty of professional job experience. And, just like Beaman, she seems very serious and honest about this position. The problem is that she isn’t very specific with her presidential goals. Her platform has three branches: community engagement, student life and diversity awareness. It’s just hard to grasp what those branches actually mean. During the debates, it was hard to nail down what some of her concrete goals were and how she wanted to go about them. As opposed to Beaman and Werner, Pacheco’s goals seem realistic, clear and attractive. One of her primary goals is to stage more frequent events. On-campus events have always given the college a lot of life and personality. It’s a great way to give students a break from the monotony of classes and studying. We think they’re great and like that Pacheco puts importance on them. We also like Pacheco’s approach to getting students involved and educated on things outside of the classroom. She hopes to do more class visitations, or “class walks.” The other candidates talk about how they want to utilize the school’s texting and social media ser-
vices. These tools are great (when actually used), but many students don’t care about that stuff and will probably never sign up for those methods of notifications. With class visits, you have the students right there to inform them. They may be somewhat intrusive to a class curriculum, but if done strategically, it shouldn’t be a big issue. We have been seeing her flyers all over the campus and she has even visited a few of our classes. Her presence has definitely been quite noticeable (in a good way). This shows how much more aggressive she is with getting people’s attention, which is something we haven’t seen in the other candidates. Something that should be put into consideration is her personal battle with cystic fibrosis. Her condition (unfortunately) worsened last year when she wanted to run for president, and she had to wait until this year. It may sound harsh, but what if she got sick again and we were to end up with Cristian Urzua, her running mate, as the president? We think he could get the job done. However, her disorder brings positives to her candidacy: Because there is an air of uncertainty around her life and all those who struggle with this chronic disease, she has an unmatched drive to make every second count. And, as she was quoted in our profile of her last week, she hopes to leave a legacy of great work behind in this position. Another possible argument against Pacheco is, unlike her running mates, she is not currently an ASG member. While she often coordinates with ASG as a member of SOAR and the MeCHA co-chair, she still doesn’t have the insider’s knowledge of being in ASG. That might result in a bit of a learning curve, especially since she will be ASG’s leader. Despite that, it could be good if someone outside of ASG’s mindset became the president. The last two Mt. Hood student body presidents were already members of ASG, so this may be a refreshing change. There are a lot of other positives that we could stretch into another article as to why Pacheco is the best choice. But, overall, there is something that you can only determine with your naked eye. During the debates, you could see the passion practically bursting out of her chest. She was breathless after every question, and raved about all the great services at Mt. Hood, naming them individually. She wants to nurture what we already have, rather than make unnecessary expansions. She gets specific, she gets in your face and she’s so dang charming. The other candidates seem adequate, but we would feel most comfortable with Pacheco in the president’s seat next year.
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by Greg Leonov The Advocate
From about the age of 10, whenever I heard “the American Dream,” I always thought of Ellis Island and swarms of immigrants holding a suitcase in each hand containing their few most precious belongings, with a couple of kids on their trail looking in wonder at the Statue of Liberty in the distance. Often when the term comes up and the question of what the American Dream means to people is asked, replies such as “a nice car, big house, money, career, trophy wife, white picket fence, etc.” come up. These types of responses often stir a sense of mild despair within me. What the idea of the American Dream really does is to describe an individual’s relationship to the USA, and it bridges the gap between that person’s hopes for their place within American society to their current state of mind. For the most part, the answers that I hear are material-based, and I feel that people believe their possessions describe who they are. What is the purpose of having a big, expensive house if you spend all of your time in absolute solitude? Imagine
having the most beautiful house imaginable, but no friends or family to enjoy the benefits of having such a house. Wouldn’t you want to invite people over and show it off? Even if it’s just to show off the house, and talk about how much better it is than others, that would still be a step toward connecting to someone. Possessions should not be what defines the worth of a person. I believe that a person’s worth is defined by the relationships that they cultivate and hold onto. The American Dream shouldn’t ba a quest for accumulating as much stuff as possible, it should be a responsibility to create friendly bonds with your comrades, by being able to embrace their differences. My parents did their best to instill a code of morality and faith in me. Coming to the United States to escape religious persecution, they felt blessed to have the opportunity to raise their kids however they felt was right in a society that protected individuals’ beliefs. They weren’t pressured by the state to deny their faith, or feel compelled to practice it underground. They did what they could to teach me that money and power are not what life is about. My interpretation of the peace that my dad always talked about (even though he spoke more from a Christian perspective) is an acceptance through understanding. To curb hate and bickering, we need to seek
“This is my nephew that was totally a different kid to us. He is still very much loved by all of us. We will not stop standing beside him. Our prayers and support are with him . He is worth all we can give to him. Instead of judging please pray! This could be someone in your family or one of your friends.” Online comment from Sheree Hannah Dudley on the “Not black and white: Every crime has a story” column
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common ground and from there, learn about each other’s differences and understand those differences through the practice of empathy. Often, I find myself giving in to my own biases and verbally making judgments before seriously considering the alternative viewpoints and the reason that those alternative ideas exist. There is almost always a journey that someone goes through to achieve the mindset and opinion that they have. Even if that journey is just a person’s upbringing, there is still a story involved and that individual went through different stages to get to the mindset they’re at. I like to say that I don’t have any firm beliefs, except that everyone has their own personal grasp on whatever universal truth there is. Even though we may all believe different things and have different ways of knowing how we relate to the world, we still have to coexist. My dad does everything he can to keep the home peaceful. He makes a real effort to do whatever possible to make the environment one of understanding. I have a responsibility to expand on those ideas and bring them outside of the realm of my religious upbringing and do whatever is possible to learn how to relate to those I disagree with. Even though it can be a challenge at times, that is my definition of the American Dream.
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Debate team succeeds at regional competition by Hayden Hunter The Advocate The MHCC Forensics team excelled at regional competition last weekend, having no competitor return home empty-handed as the team prepares for its upcoming Casual Fling Tournament, which comes with an added twist of philanthropy. At Northwest Division III IPDA regionals held last weekend at Longview, Wash., the Forensics team placed second, trailing only Lower Columbia Community College. The loss was bittersweet, though, with not just a few, but every student on the MHCC debate team bringing home at least one award, or “shiny” as the team members call them. Karasalla Fale, the only returning Mt. Hood debater from last year, took six “shinies” on Sunday. She placed first in the Poetry and Prose competitions, second in the Programmed Oral Interpretation and Exempt competitions, won the bronze award for IPDA debate (under International Public Debate Association rules), and was honored as the Top Speaker overall in the tournament. “I was really really surprised about the Top Speaker, that one shocked me,” said Fale. Mt. Hood teammate Chris Josi edged Fale for a silver in the IPDA debate and was named third-place Top Speaker for the event, meanwhile. Each debate at the tournament was scored on a 1-through-30 point scale. Forensics team coach and MHCC forensics and speech instructor Shannon Valdivia said Fale’s performance was remarkable. “Throughout the whole tournament, she (Fale) only lost four points, which is an outstanding accomplish-
ment.” For the year, the Mt. Hood team excelled. It placed fifth nationally in the IPDA sweepstakes for all community colleges and captured the firstplace prize for the Oregon Sweepstakes, Valdivia said. That success continued in Longview, where each Saint came home with a “shiny.” MHCC competitor Ava Sanchez won two awards in Longview, and is looking forward to the next tournament. “They didn’t offer forensics at my high school, so this is my first year, but I had a lot of fun and really enjoyed it,” she said. On May 9-10, the Mt. Hood debaters will participate in the Casual Fling Tournament, hosted at MHCC. The Casual Fling is an entertaining competition, not to be taken so seriously. “It’s the end-of-the-year, everybody-letstheir-hair-down, have-a-good-time tournament,” said Valdivia. Instead of debating foreign affairs or politics, competitors might debate events out of the tabloids, she explained. As well as debating ideas one might find silly, the debate team gets to do situational impromptu scenes where the judges give a crazy scenario instead of a serious topic in which the debater has to explain. For example, Valdivia said, “You get pulled over for speeding. You are about to get out of your ticket when all of a sudden there is pounding in the trunk, the cop opens the trunk and there is a bear inside. “You have seven minutes, explain yourself,” said a grinning Valdivia. Students also get to participate in an event called “bad interpretation,” in which debaters see who can break the rules the best. Participants will be awarded on how well they break the conventions of the IPDA rule book.
James Biederbeck, a first year Mt. Hood debater, said, “I found an article explaining how that missing (airline) Flight...370 ended up on the moon. I think that’s just begging to be used in the bad interp.” Although participants can only hope to win a certificate (plus bragging rights) rather than a “shiny,” the debate team is expecting to have a lot of fun. After their competition ends on Saturday, team members aren’t going to just pat themselves on the back and call it a good season. Valdivia, along with the coaches of the five other local community colleges (Columbia Basin, Lower Columbia, Clark, and possibly, Lane, community colleges), decided that following the event, the teams should find a way to help out the community. “It’s one thing to have ‘righteous indignation,’ but it’s a whole other thing to actually stand up and do something,” she said. As the debates wind down on May 10, competitors will head down to the Gresham Post Office to join the Postal Carriers Food Drive taking place that day. They will help the postal carriers load donated food into trucks to take to the Oregon Food Bank, for three hours. Valdivia has not decided yet, but she hopes that while waiting for more postal trucks to arrive, the students can strut their stuff by doing a few situational impromptus. “We get the chance to spend some time with good people doing good stuff. Of course (I am excited),” said Sanchez about the community aid. Valdivia was a bit less charitable in predicting revenge for the Saints during next season, however. “We’ll beat them (Lower Columbia Community College) next year,” she said.
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Voting for ASG president opens Monday “I’d also like to host small business fairs here on campus so that way we can connect our students with our local small businesses and begin the networking process so when our students graduate, they may already have a foot in the door into the workplace,” she said. Beaman said he wants to advertise Mt. Hood events off campus. “This will get people (outsiders) on campus to realize how beautiful it really is here and how awesome the experience is, and it would also help generate revenue if we charge admission for nonstudents to join,” he said. “We could get people from downtown Gresham to help support our events,” said Doering, Beaman’s running mate. “We need to have this open relationship with the owners and businesses around our local community so they can help with us here. We could get so much funding and donations from those people.” Beaman and Doering also want to open up the campus for public use. “I’d love to see more public events held on our campus and get people in our community engaged and invested with what we do here,” Beaman said. All of the candidates voiced ideas on how to represent the students and to get them more engaged. Pacheco said that if an event is aimed at a particular demographic, it should scheduled at a time that is convenient for those students. “If our target is an ESL/ENL class, arrange an event after their class time so they can benefit from it, if it benefits them,” she said. Pacheco and Urzua said they believe it’s important for ASG leaders to have a good relationship with instructors. “We (ASG) serve as a bridge between faculty and student. We have to be there, and be the glue and connect everything back together,” Urzua said. Werner said that it’s important for ASG to interact with students. “Too often in ASG, we sit behind our desks and don’t get out here to talk to what the students want and what the students need,” she said. “We need to get out, spend more time and figure out what’s changed. What (students) needed at the beginning of the year might not be what they need now.” Werner said she wants to have events on campus where students can get in touch with instructors they aren’t usually familiar with. She also wants students to reach beyond Mt. Hood: “I want them to interact with local leaders, in addition to campus leaders.” Beaman and Doering want to begin a “Free Food Friday Forum,” where students would get free food and have a place to address concerns and criticisms with the college. “As the student leader, it would be my job to do exactly as you guys need, or request,” said Beaman, referring to students. “I am a representative of you guys.” Beaman also wants to maintain a prominent student presence in all MHCC administrative councils, he said, to “make sure that the students, the focus of this entire institution is represented at all of these councils.” Although it’s one of Beaman and Doering’s main platform points, all three candidate teams agree that designated smoking areas on the MHCC campus are an important change that needs to occur. Online-only voting on the ASG candidate tickets will open at mhcc. edu/vote, running Monday through Thursday. Winners will be announced on May 10, during the Spring Dinner Dance at Persimmon Country Club that runs 7 to 11 p.m. Dinner Dance tickets are free for MHCC students and $5 per guest. They can be picked up in the Student Union.
News Briefs High school students will race to find ‘bugs’ in cars On Friday, May 9, Mt. Hood will host the 2014 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition, beginning at 10 a.m. and lasting for about 90 minutes. Twenty juniors and seniors from 10 high schools across Oregon will compete to represent the state at the national finals, set for June 8-10 at Ford’s world headquarters in Dearborn, Mich. Intentional “bugs” will be installed in identical 2014 Ford Fiesta vehicles. Each two-person automotive
technology team will vie to be first to diagnose, fix and drive its car across the finish line. Students will then be judged on the accuracy and quality of their workmanship. At the state and national levels, the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition has offered nearly $12 million in student scholarships this year. This is the 65th year of the competition.
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Dance the night away at the Spring Dinner Dance Mt. Hood’s annual Spring Dinner Dance is happening Saturday, May 10 at Persimmon Country Club from 7 to 11 p.m. The event features magician Adam Trent and music from DJ DMOE Funk. There will be dinner and a comedian will perform. Results of student voting for ASG president and vice-president will be announced during the dance, allowing guests to meet the newly elected presi-
dent. “It’s an excellent event to unwind, enjoy a quality meal, laugh, meet other MHCC students… and dance the night away,” said Meadow McWhorter, student events coordinator. The event is free for MHCC students and $5 for non-students.
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Dreams, visions and other illusions by Greg Leonov The Advocate “I’m just hoping that they are either shocking enough, weird enough or interesting enough for people to stop, look, think and come up with their own vision of what this is,” said Keith Dillon about his artwork, on display in the MHCC Fireplace Gallery starting today through May 29. Dillon’s work consists of surreal images that are photographs that have been manipulated in Photoshop. They depict images of a surreal nature. “Basically, they usually start out as a dream or just a vision or something and then they develop from there,” he said. “Maybe we have to take reality and do what I do, and twist it a little bit to bring us back to real reality of what’s really important (which is) people, and the people in your life and community,” he said about the point of his images. “It’s about love, it’s about community, it’s about sharing with Contributed photos
people and trying to make this world better.” Dillon’s photography is his career and his focus. “I’ve shot millions of images in my 30 years, but I can remember almost everything I shoot,” he said. Before getting into photography, Dillon was a painter. “I was an artist, a painter, and I worked in three-dimensional paintings and then I was sitting in a studio one day and decided to myself ,‘You know, I’m sitting here by myself painting. It’s getting kind of lonely,’” he recalled. He got acquainted with the work of a photographer called “Arcane” who had work in “Life” and “Look” magazines. “I thought, ‘You know, this guy is doing something like what I like to do,’ so I went and got a used camera and started taking pictures.” Dillon worked as a commercial photographer for 30 years. “I worked in advertising and public relations, I even did stints of doing newspaper photo-journalism (and fashion)... pretty much the whole gamut.” He started working with digital photography with the U.S. Army. “The Army (was among the first wave) to go digital,” he said. Dillon went to work with the Army after a job downsizing at AT&T, where he had hoped for digital photography training. The Army was impressed with Dillon’s work, so they took him on, and sent him to school to learn how to use a digital camera and work with computers. The first digital camera he used cost about $27,000. It “was a Nikon body with a Kodak chip in it. It was only 6.5 megapixels and it was a dog because the software wasn’t figured out, so we had to figure out,” he said. The head of the department and Dillon learned by experimenting. “What happened — you took the camera under controlled conditions, like in the studio where you took a white balance (and) it would be great,” he
said. “(When) you took it outside and shot a picture this way and then turned it (and) shot a picture that way, they would be two different colors.” Dillon’s current projects start with a 10day camping trip where he spends his time just taking pictures. “I photograph lots of things not knowing what I’m going to do with them. Just whatever catches my eye, I photograph. “I like nature, I spend time with that — when I do these trips, I’ll decide to go in some area where I’m gonna have a choice of some different environments, of some different interesting things,” he said. “I’ll travel to different parts of that area shooting images because there’s gonna be something there that I can get — so I kind of connect that whole thing as ‘it’s a circle,’ we are in a universe that’s a circle constantly. I think there could be, as we’re talking here, we could be five dimensions going around, where we’re in different places and different people, and I think somehow that influences a lot of thought processes and how my thought processes work.” Dillon explained that process: “I, literally, have trained myself where if I have an idea and it’s just an idea and I can’t get a visual part of that idea— or I’m working on something, and I have one part of it, but I can’t get the rest and see what it means — I can go and take a nap, and train myself to actually dream, and then in that process of dreaming, waking up sometime solving the vision problem,” he said. From there, he manipulates the images using Photoshop. It never gets stale, he said. “With this I don’t get bored. You can tell it’s all one theme in the sense that it’s my style, but the images are not connected to each other. They’re all visions, separate visions,” he said.
Above right: Artist Keith Dillon hangs his artwork in the Fireplace Gallery on Thursday to prepare for today’s opening of his exhibit, which is titled “Dreams, Visions and other Illusions.” Top left: Dillon’s piece titled “No Escape.” Bottom left: “Corporate Matrix Clones.”
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May Planetarium show Tuesday, 6, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m. MHCC Planetarium
The topic of the month’s show will be “Unstable Stars,” which will showcase some stars that are far from peaceful. This will include the star WR104 and other relevant objects of the spring sky. Planetarium shows take place on the first Tuesday of every month, and are free for MHCC students, $2 for the general public.
The Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra Sunday, 3 p.m.
MHCC College Theatre This program, “Bon bons and bratwurst,” will be led by Conductor Peter Shannon and feature work by Beethoven, Berlioz and more. If you are looking for a fun Sunday musical experience, tickets are available at www.columbiasymphony.org, or at the door one hour before the performance. Cost is $35 adults, $30 seniors, $10 students, $5 children.
Cinco de Mayo Festival
Saturday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Waterfront Park, 1020 Naito Parkway, Portland This is one of the many Cinco de Mayo events happening in Portland this weekend. The 30th annual Cinco de Mayo fiesta features live entertainment, authentic food, rides, family fun and more. Bring canned food to the event and help SnowCap Charities to feed the hungry. For more information, visit cincodemayo.org.
Harry Potter vs Star Wars In the mood for a laugh? As part of our weekly feature, we will show you one awesome video and tell you why you should watch it. For a YouTube video, the special effects, acting and stunts in this three-minute video are awesome. With over 5 million views in just three days, clearly the Harry Potter and Star Wars fans are into it. Full of light sabers, wands and plenty of fighting, this video is viral for a reason. To see the action, awesome music and stunts for yourself, search it on YouTube.
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ing,” Dillon said. The image that will be used for the movie poster was not planned for the movie, but a colleague of Dillon liked it and felt it was appropriate. Dillon hopes his images will be noticed and will inspire conversation, he said. “The problem is we live in this computer age now, the average person seems thousands of images a day to the point where they’re immune to them. And my thing is that I want to make images that make people stop and look. “It’s a way of communicating and my feeling about art is that if it’s not communicating something to me, then I’m not really interested in it.” The Fireplace Gallery in the Student Union is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays.
First Thursday took place in the Student Union yesterday from noon to 1 p.m., which featured music from the David Friesen Trio.
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FREE MOVIE!! FREE POPCORN !! FREE LAUGHS!! Join the ASL Club as we present the first drop dead comedy of the Summer.
Friday, May 23 in the Visual Arts Theater
Show times: 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Do you know the true meaning of Cinco de Mayo? You can find out by heading to the Main Mall from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday for a Cinco de Mayo celebration. There will be a special dance performance by the students in the SEED program. Traditional Mexican cuisine will be served, and a candy bar for all the sweet tooths out there. An opportunity to create a custom piñata will be available as well. Food is free for MHCC students, and $3 for nonstudents. Students are expected to bring their student ID for verification. “We created this event to make sure that people know what Cinco de Mayo is truly about,” said Diana Ramirez, SAB multicultural coordinator. “People have a misconception that Cinco de Mayo is the Mexican independence day; it’s not.” Rather, Cinco de Mayo is a celebration over Mexico’s miraculous victory over the Spanish army in a battle known as the Battle of Puebla that took place on May 5, 1862. (Mexico’s independence is marked on Sept. 16.) Be on the lookout for a flyer that describes more about the Cinco de Mayo festivities.
- Emily Wintringham
Learn about peace, nonviolence Mt. Hood is hosting the “Making the World a Better Place” conference on Friday, May 9, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Student Union. “(This) is a learning opportunity for our students to learn more about peacemakers, peace actions, and how they can impact the world by using nonviolence as a choice,” said Melinda Bullen, Diversity Resource Center coordinator for MHCC. Bullen said the DRC is offering a free half-day conference to MHCC students, employees and community members, due to a new partnership between the Center, The International Sufi School for Peace and Service and the Women’s Peace Federation. The event will consist of two main sessions. The first will include local international peace workers in a panel discussion; the second session is titled, “Exploring Within, Peace in the Family, Peace in the Community, and Peace in the World.” A continental breakfast will be offered to attendees, as well as resource tables and a Peace Laureate exhibition featuring peacemakers from around the world. The conference presents guests “an opportunity to explore what peace actions and activities they can engage in that literally impact the world, even if only from their own ways of thinking,” said Bullen.
- Madeline Boyce
Free bowling at Mt. Hood Lanes Come join the Associated Student Government for a night of free bowling at Mt. Hood Lanes, from 9 p.m. to midnight on Wednesday. The evening of free bowling is available to all MHCC students who bring their student ID card. They can share the free bowling with a single guest; all others who may want to come are invited for $3 each. “It is a fun night for our students to come out and take a break from their crazy, busy lives and enjoy themselves with friends,” ASG coordinators said about the event. Mt. Hood Lanes is at 2311 E. Powell Blvd. in Gresham.
- Teela Bergen
Sports
May 2, 2014
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Mt. Hood shines on home turf Saints turn focus to NWAACC qualification by Edgar Valencia The Advocate Mt. Hood Community College hosted the annual Mt. Hood Track & Field Festival on Saturday, where the Saints athletes made the most of competing at home with many good performances. “The competition was fierce but the team stepped up as some of our athletes recorded some PRs (personal records) and being at home was a big plus,” said head coach Doug Bowman. “Everybody is in a competition in trying to qualify for the (NWAACC league) championships in May and (Saturday’s) meet helped a lot of them who are still trying to qualify.” The star of the day for the MHCC women was sophomore Caitlyn Safley, who earned first place once again in the 400-meter sprint and finished under the one-minute mark (57.88 seconds), nearly three seconds faster than in her previous meet. Safley also finished fourth in the 200-meter sprint (26.27). Sophomore Whitney Warren grabbed 10th place in the 200-meter sprint (27.50), as did freshman Marley Yates in the 100-meter sprint (13.04). Three Saints made the top five in the high jump as Yates took first place (1.67 meters) while freshman Xayna Robinson took third (1.62 meters) and sophomore Carrie Haguewood finished sixth (1.47 meters). Sophomore McKenzie Warren had another impressive afternoon, as she earned the top spot in the hammer throw (49.07 meters), a second in the shotput (12.58 meters) and third in the discus throw (44.21 meters). Another notable performance came from sophomore Megan Nelson,
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Above: Freshman Josh Visan participates in the pole vault this past weekend at the Mt. Hood Track & Field Festival meet.
who finished third in the javelin throw (38.96 meters) but had a little bit of trouble in the hammer throw and came in last place, fouling out in the finals. Robinson also finished seventh in long jump (4.85 meters) and sixth in the triple jump (10.21 meters). The men’s team also had a solid allaround performance as several MHCC athletes finished in decent positions. In the 110-meter hurdles, freshman Devon Larson earned the top spot once again (15.15 seconds) and fresh-
man Kingsley Mgbadigha came in third (17.03). After sweeping the three top spots in the discus in the last meet, the Saints’ trio couldn’t continue the streak. Freshman Tyler Jackson placed fourth (42.19 meters), while sophomore Cody Quinton came in fifth (42.08 meters) and freshman Zach Kilgore earned ninth (39.67 meters). Jackson also placed sixth in the shotput with 13.41 meters, and Quinton came right behind him in seventh with
12.93 meters. Sophomore Justin Schlaht came in second in the javelin throw with 54.57 meters. Freshman Josh Visan surpassed his previous personal best as he finished third with 51.50 meters. In the 100-meter sprint, freshman Janaree Porter ran for seventh place (11.40). In the 4 x 800-meter relay, freshmen Taylor Hybl and Brandon Raleigh provided the speed with sophomore Cody Beierle and Nathan Geiter to win second place with a time of 8.01.21
minutes. Raleigh also placed sixth in the 5000-meter race (15.53.02). The Mt. Hood track and field teams will travel to Forest Grove this weekend for their next meet, their final tune-up ahead of the NWAACC South Region championships on May 10. “It’s going to be a very competitive qualifying meet because some of the athletes are (on) the bubble of qualifying (for the NWAACC meet) and they want to end up in the highest rank possible,” said Bowman.
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Sports
May 2, 2014
Mt. Hood goes 5-1 on the road First loss of season seen as motivation for first-place Saints
by Aaron Marshall The Advocate It’s been a long and busy week for the (30-1, 13-1 South Region) Saints softball team. Mt. Hood took five of six road games, and preserved a one-game lead in its division. On Monday, the Saints’ school record 29-game win streak came to end, after Mt. Hood lost to division rival (31-3, 12-2 South) Clackamas Community College, 5-2, in the second game of their double-header. Mt. Hood won the first game in extra innings, 5-4. In Game One, the Saints were the first to score as they brought in two runs in the top of the first and once more in the third. The Cougars would rally, scoring three runs in the bottom of the fourth. With the game tied going to the final scheduled inning, the Saints would score once in the seventh when sophomore shortstop Teauna Hughes got the go-ahead run to bring the Saints to four. Clackamas also scored in the bottom of the seventh, sending the game into extra innings. In the eighth, sophomore Morgan Entze’s solo home run gave the Saints the lead and sophomore Ann-Marie Guischer then closed out the game on the mound. In the second matchup, Mt. Hood again was first to get a run on the scoreboard, going up 1-0 in the top of the second. Mt. Hood also got a run in the fourth inning, but the bottom of the inning would hurt as the Cougars got their revenge, bringing in five runs. After that, no more runs would be scored in the 5-4 Clackamas win. Saints head coach Meadow McWhorter said her team’s first defeat of the season won’t sting much. It could even help. “Any time you take Game One away
from a quality team at their place, you know Game Two is going to be a battle. We scored early, but got a little complacent mid-game and it hurt us,” said McWhorter. “My goal was to win at least one game at Clackamas. It’s a tough house to play at and it was important for us to get one game,” she said. “This team has fought hard all season and we still fought in the loss. I am grateful to get the first loss out of the way. It keeps us humble and makes us even more hungry to improve. That was the longest win streak in the history of the program,” McWhorter said. This was the Saints’ first loss since May 19, 2013,when Mt. Hood lost to Douglas College in the NWAACC championship tournament. The Clackamas showdown was originally scheduled for April 22, but was set back twice (the first time to April 25) because of weather. On Wednesday, Mt. Hood brushed off the Clackamas loss by defeating Southwestern Oregon in two games played in Coos Bay, 8-2 and 15-2. In Game One, the Saints got to work early, scoring four runs in the second inning, one in the third and two more in the fourth. Sophomore Kristen Crawford earned the win, pitching a complete game. In seven innings pitched, she gave up four hits, one earned run and added six strikeouts. Freshmen Kasidee Lemberger, Chelsea Spanier and sophomores Hughes and Entze all had multiple hits and Hughes and Lemberger also added two RBIs each. Spanier also hit a solo home run. In Game Two, Mt. Hood’s five runs in the third and eight in the sixth were the game-changers. The Saints’ top hitters, Lemberger and Hughes, both had three hits to go along with two and three RBIs, respectively. Hughes hit two doubles and freshman Kelsey Reams
added a triple. Entze contributed three RBIs and Reams and freshman SheaLee Lindsey had two RBIs. Sophomore AnnMarie Guischer was the winning pitcher, striking out seven Laker batters and pitching three innings before sophomore Nicole Kellams came in. Last Saturday, tuning up for the Clackamas games, Mt. Hood gave a thumping to Lower Columbia Community College, beating them 11-0 in both match-ups and combining for 10 home runs in the two games, played in Longview, Wash. The Saints’ 13 hits, compared to Lower Columbia’s four, were a big part of the game. Saints freshmen Mercedes Green and Reams and sophomore Emma Bird and Entze all homered. Crawford picked up the win, pitching a shutout and giving up four hits in five innings and adding six strikeouts. In Game Two, Guischer got her share of success against the Red Devils, going for a shutout in five innings pitched. She gave up two hits and recorded 11 k’s. The reigning South Region pitcher-of-the-year is now 11-1 on the season with a 2.39 ERA. The Saints got another boost on Wednesday, when Clackamas was knocked off by Chemeketa, 3-0. That pushed the Saints back into the South Region lead. For the week, Mt. Hood played six games in five days, all on the road. They return home for a double-header on Saturday against Clark College. Last time the two teams met in Vancouver on April 9, Mt. Hood dismantled the Penguins, 17-0 and 9-1. “It is so exciting to be at home this weekend. We have some of the best fans,” said McWhorter. “I am proud of the resilience this team showed in these six tough road games. To go 5-1 against Lower Columbia, Clackamas and SWOCC on the road is quite the accomplishment.”
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Top: Freshman SheaLee Lindsey attempts to lead off a base against Chemeketa on April 21. Above: Freshman Megan Reed connects with the ball against Chemeketa.
Saints split doubleheaders against Chemeketa Baseball falls short against Clackamas in makeup game by Brandon Raleigh The Advocate On Wednesday, the Saints baseball team suffered a tough 4-2 loss at home to Clackamas Community College, in a game that was rescheduled due to weather. The defeat was a setback in Mt.
Hood’s fight to make up ground in the chase for a playoff spot this season. The Saints (12-20 overall, 9-11 South Region) were up a run against Clackamas going into sixth inning, but gave up four runs in the sixth and were unable to muster a comeback. Sophomore shortstop Cole Hamilton and freshman center fielder Nick Gawley
both recorded two hits in four at-bats to lead Mt. Hood’s effort. “ It was definitly a tough loss this far into the season since its a game we know we should have won,” said Hamilton. “ I’m excited to see what we do with these last 10 games.” Prior to the loss to Clackamas, Mt. Hood played in two doubleheaders
Mt. Hood played strong in the vicagainst Chemeketa Community Coltory, recording 14 hits. Freshman Evan lege, and split both. Jones sparked the Saints’ offense with On Tuesday against the Storm, three hits and one RBI. the Saints lost a close one, 7-6, in the Donohue was happy with the win. opener. The Saints played well through “We had a lot of guys step up and pile seven innings, leading 6-2, but some up runs late in that game,” he said. untimely errors allowed Chemeketa to “One of the nice things was getting surge late. Freshman Tommy Lane was (sophomore) Zane Bambusch back on a bright spot on the offensive end, with the mound. We hadn’t had a start from three hits in four at-bats. him in quite a while (due to a dislocated Head coach Bryan Donohue conknee). Having him on the mound, our soled his players after the disappointNumber One guy, ing loss. definitely makes “I really just us play with a lot of challenged our confidence, knowing guys,” he said. “The that we don’t have to easy thing to do here do too much offenis to let that effect sively because he’s you. Obviously I’m going to do a good job frustrated that we holding them.” didn’t come out with a win right there, The second game Bryan Donohue but the bottom line got away from Mt. Baseball Coach Hood. MHCC started is that we have to respond — and we off with two quick did.” runs but was held The Saints bounced back in Game scoreless for the remainder of the Two, shutting out the Storm, 3-0. game. Lane contributed two hits in Sophomore pitcher Joe Piercey played three at-bats. well for the Saints, holding Chemeketa After the doubleheaders and the scoreless and allowing only four hits. makeup game against Clackamas, Mt. Lane and sophomore Catcher Jake AzeHood sits fourth in the South region. vedo had big hits for the Saints, comWith only two South teams qualifying bining for three RBIs. Mt. Hood played for NWAACC playoffs, these next ten clean baseball, committing no errors. games are do-or-die for the Saints. Last Saturday, the Saints split their The Saints play another doublefirst double-header against Chemekeheader today, against Lane Community ta. The Saints won the first game, 7-1, College in Eugene. The games will be but dropped second game, 6-2. held at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
We had a lot of guys step up and pile up runs late in that game
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Freshman Tommy Lane finishes his swing against Chemeketa Community College on Tuesday. Lane has a .311 batting average on the season and leads the team in home runs with four.