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October 15 march was estimated to have drawn more than 3,000 people.
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By Shelby Schwartz The Advocate
MHCC students are among those who have become involved with Occupy Portland, the local demonstration that is in peaceful solidarity with Occupy Wall Street Occupy Portland has literally taken over Lownsdale Square in downtown Portland. On Oct.15, Portlanders marched through the city streets, holding signs with phrases such as “99% pissed off” and “Eat the Rich” and advocating for Ron Paul in the 2012 election, all while chanting, “Whose street? Our street!” The various things being protested ranged from the war in Iraq to big banks, with protestors urging people
to close their bank accounts. They also advocated for the 99 percent, meaning 1 percent of the population holds the country’s real wealth and the 99 percent are lower- and middle-class people. MHCC student Cyan Wunderlich has been active on the weekend occupy site. “The cool thing is after we passed the park (Lownsdale) and then went two blocks farther east and circled back, we could still see the tail end,” Wunderlich said about the Oct.15 march. Wunderlich estimated that there were roughly 7,000-10,000 people at an Oct. 6 march and around 3,000 people on Oct. 15. “Basically, our economy is tanking, we are really
unhappy our money doesn’t belong to us and we can’t get jobs because of corporate greed,” Wunderlich said about how the Occupy movement came around. MHCC student Erika Salisbury has been involved with Occupy Portland since the Oct. 6 march. Since then she has been contributing on social networking sites and spreading the word at school. “I asked one of my teachers permission if I could stand up in front of class, right before class started. I did a little speech, saying ‘I want to invite everyone in the class and this is what it is about and it doesn’t matter if you’re left wing or right wing. It’s for everyone.’ I got one student really involved and we’ve been talking a lot.” Salisbury said.
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Free speech area on campus open for student expression and opinion Designated areas are open for use, but are rarely used throughout the year by Mike Mata The Advocate
Freedom of speech is known as the language of democracy and many consider it to be a fundamental building block to a free society. However, just as many people would caution that not enough Americans utilize their full rights as outlined in the First Amendment. Oct. 17-23 is Free Speech Week across the United States and the National Communication Association, a major sponsor of Free Speech Week, emphasizes on its website the “need to cultivate in our com-
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munities the importance of being wellinformed, articulate citizens.” MHCC has a space designated to free speech located in the Main Mall, roughly from cosmetology to under the library. This space protects the free speech and expression of students as long as it doesn’t advocate illegal acts or violence. “All colleges established free speech areas as a way to handle events and activities ensuring that they meet time, place and manner standards,” said Dean of Student Success Robert Cox. Some on campus believe that students are taking full advantage of the free
speech area. “Many times a year I see student clubs hosting a table in the free speech area. Additionally, all ASG candidates campaign in the free speech area during the student election process,” said Cox. “Last year during faculty negotiations, a student-hosted a rally was held in the free speech area,” he added. Political Science instructor Janet Campbell feels differently about the student usage of the free speech area: “No, they don’t really utilize it a lot. There are not a lot of organized events, though they would have to go through
David [Sussman],” she said. Campbell said she feels students utilize their free speech in other ways, though. “I think, in general, there are a lot of discussions and forums that go happen on campus,” said Campbell. She added that there have been a number of groups that have come to the campus to hold debates. Among these groups were debates about evolution vs. intelligent design and gay rights. Campbell also facilitates political forums on campus that feature members of the forensics team, students and faculty members.
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Editorial: Students should join the fight to be heard If you choose to complain With protestors of corporate about something, but aren’t greed “occupying” numerous willing to put any effort into major cities nationwide and bebringing about some change yond, Americans have begun to yourself, you not only come exercise their freedom of speech off as incompetent, you simand are expressing themselves ply are not taken seriously. more than they have in a long Whether you agree or distime. agree with the “Occupy Wall The concern held by The Street” movement, you canAdvocate is that many MHCC not deny the effect it has had students are not exercising their not only in this country, with rights to free speech nearly as Portland having its own “ocmuch as they could be. cupy” demonstration downLast year, MHCC saw many town, but also worldwide, of its own faculty exercising reaching all the way to Rome their right of freedom of speech Photo by Shelby Schwartz/The Advocate Protesters support the Occupy Portland movement downtown at the intersection on 3rd and Main and other cities in Europe. during the contract negotiastreets at Lownsdale Square on Saturday Oct. 15. What started as an unorgations, and although students were to be directly impacted by the results of the negotiations, there nized group of people in one city has sparked thousands to come to were few who even paid attention, let alone involved themselves order in their own cities and move towards a common goal. Now imagine if MHCC students were to do the same. with it. Imagine that instead of uselessly complaining to each other about There was only a select handful of students who demonstrated in the parking permits, tuition cost spikes, and 91,326 other things that favor of the teachers at the Main Mall last year. Nonetheless, while only a dozen or so chose to voice their opinion, students have to deal with, they came together and said enough is it was not hard to find students who were upset about the whole situ- enough and created a plan to obtain a more efficient system that ation, whether they were in favor or not, yet so little chose to express benefitted everyone. No one will care to listen to one single dissenting opinion, but their frustration. It’s easy to complain, but when students have the opportunity to when hundreds or even thousands unify for one cause, those in voice their opinions to the masses, and yet hardly choose to do so, power will have to listen. But then again, maybe students are just too busy with school and it essentially demeans the opinions students are expressing among too caught up in all the rush of life to pay any heed to what happens themselves. Simply whining isn’t going to get students anywhere, and why around them, even if it may impact their lives significantly. Or maybe they’re just too lazy. would it? The Advocate offers a challenge for all students to become more Some may find it surprising but the founders of this country didn’t whine their way into creating a nation that offers free speech active in the environment around them and hopes the next time they open their mouths in discord or opposition, it’s not in the comfort to its entire people; they fought tooth and nail for it. Across the world, in Libya, Saudi Arabia and other places, young of their living room directed at a television, but addressed to the and old of all nationalities are risking their lives for freedom, a word crowds out on campus and even online who may join them in the we like to toss around here in the U.S., but seldom take advantage of. same cause.
Occupy movement: What does it mean? What is it trying to achieve? by Janet Campbell
MHCC Political Science Instructor
The Occupy Wall Street movement does not really have an action plan, nor does it advocate a specific agenda or position. It is more of a statement of disillusion regarding the way things are: namely that Wall Street practices were in large part at fault for the economic crisis and that these actors have not been held accountable (hence the name); that the system hugely rewards 1% of the population while 99% struggles; and government is doing nothing about it. Interestingly, the movement is not alone in terms of crowds of people getting together to state similar things (ala much of Europe). It really could be categorized as a movement of “giant discontent.” There are no good demographic surveys of who is participating in the occupations as it is quite new. In terms of passive support—those that agree with the message but aren’t participating—it could be anyone that agrees with the above sentiments, which in these days could be a large amount of people. What many people are asking is what the movement will accomplish. Why have a protest that doesn’t seem to have any demands? To answer this we need to look at the purpose of protests in general. A narrowed core list would include the following: Bring people together to create energy and political will and facilitate the de-
velopment of networks where that political will can be activated; cause awareness of an issue or issues and increase press coverage; let governments know that its people are not complacent or fearful; create enough pressure where governments will respond with positive change regarding the issue(s) at hand; create enough pressure and mass to overthrow the government (usually the military has to be on the protestors’ side for this to occur). Clearly the Occupy Wall Street movement has achieved the first two. Usually, protests have to be quite large and demographically varied for the government to be convinced of the third. The question remains, however, whether big change will result. And even if change does occur, would it solely be from the pressure of the protests? These questions aren’t easily answered. More people may vote; more people may read; more people may become politically involved. Each of those small actions could cause major change. So to answer the question, does the Occupy Wall Street achieve anything? Yes, it achieves awareness and networking. Will it translate into major change? As the famous saying goes…”we shall see.” A political forum on Occupy Portland will be held on Monday Oct. 31 from 12:10 p.m.-1:00 p.m. in the Bob Scott room in the library. An Occupy Portland organizer will be there to speak.
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MHCC students support the ‘Occupy’ movement from up close up and afar Continued from Page 1 The occupation in Lownsdale Square is indefinite and has no end date. According to Wunderlich, in a protest people show up and make demands then go home; in an occupation, it means the people stay and it is indefinite, she said. Wunderlich said the occupations will go until something is done. “We are picking up after ourselves and cleaning the bathrooms. The city should but since we are occupying, we are showing that we are willing to take care of something we believe in and care for,” Wunderlich said. “A lot of young people and a lot of students have to pay to get education during a time where people are unable to pay such ridiculous prices and can’t afford to pay an arm and a leg,” Wunderlich said of how students are affected the most. Because of this, many college and high school-aged people have joined in the cause for change in this country. “We hope to get the money and careers back in the hands of the people. We don’t believe that any citizens in any country should have to pay for the mistakes of the private sector.” Wunderlich said of the Occupy Portland goals. Wunderlich has participated in several of the marches and camps out on Friday and Saturday nights in a friend’s tent because of school during weekdays. “We as the citizens of the United States of America have been shortchanged and belittled and treated like trash and we are sick of it. Being part of that class has made me want to show support for this occupation,” Wunderlich said. Wunderlich believes there needs to be some serious change for the country.
“We might march again. I think we need to do more than just sit around and occupy,” Wunderlich said. “Not everybody can occupy, but a lot of people can protest, which is good. We like to see support,” Wunderlich said. Salisbury said she loved going to the march but has not been downtown since. “I’m more likely to support in person if it stayed anti-drug, anti-alcohol” Salisbury said. “I do a lot of support offsite. I’m less likely to go back the more that we are having the problems with the teenagers that are bringing in the drugs and alcohol and are making us look bad, because I don’t want any personal conflict with the police.” Salisbury said. Salisbury’s involvement in the last few weeks has been much more social networking based. “They have it set up to where there is certain committees so you can help in whatever your strengths or your connections are, so some people bring supplies and some do legal things. I’m in the Twitter committee, cause I already tweet a lot so I’m one of the main people of that so basically you just go onto the website, there’s a forum so you just say, “Hey, it’s me, I’m with the Twitter committee, how’s the committee going?” You just help where your strengths are.” Salisbury said. Salisbury urges people to help where they can, even if they do not attend the marches or even camp out. According to Salisbury, Internet help is just as great as being there. “If you are educating, doing outreach and who knows, you could have a friends list of 200 people and someone on there could be totally interested in this and they didn’t know about it. Then they read your post and say, ‘Tell me more.’ So it’s just as helpful if you’re not there, because a lot of people have work obligations and school.” ‘I’ve been crazy involved in the Twitter and that takes up so much of my time and it’s gotten in the way of homework a little bit. Twitter is great for outreach and so many people are misinformed,” Salisbury said.
“We might march again. I think we need to do more than just sit around and occupy.” — Cyan Wunderlich Student
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Instructors Holly DeGrow, Debbie Vandover and Susan Spencer were honored at the district board meeting Oct. 12 with the MHCC Distinguished Teacher Award. The award is given once a year based on student nominations. Degrow, who, teaches literature and composition, and Spencer, honored for her work teaching anatomy, physiology and microbiology, were unavailable for comment However, a student in the nominating process said of DeGrow, “I used to be a horrible student and she helped me enjoy learning. She is a teacher with a heart and a soul.” In the same press release, a
former student said of Spencer, “Susan was able to take a scary class like A&P and make it come alive for me!” Vandover said she started working on campus in 1997. In 2000 she said she started working full time in the Allied Health Services in the Physical Therapist Assistant Program. Vandover has a clinical background and said she wanted to work with students because she enjoys nurturing their confidence. She also said she’s especially proud of the Allied Health Services, saying, “We’re all awesome down here.” Vandover also said she wanted to give a quick shout out to her students. “I’ve learned more from them than I could ever possibly teach them,” she said.
Seven professional fighters will participate in SportFight 30 Limitless, a mixed martial arts (MMA) event that will take place and be recorded Saturday at 7 p.m. in the MHCC gym. The fight will be filmed for a television pilot for the upcoming series “Takedown Fights.” The show will deliver live MMA fights from around the world on a weekly basis. “Our expected attendance is about 1,800,” said Matt Lindland, one of the founders of Team Quest. “We have filled it up to about 2,000 seats at this venue before.” Team Quest is an MMA training camp with six facilities in Oregon and Washington, with one of them in Gresham. Many MHCC students are involved in Team Quest and CrossFit Gresham, Lindland said. Lindland himself used to fight. SportFight has been held at the Rose Garden where there’s been up to 7,500 attending, said Lindland, which is one of the reasons why they have moved away from the venue at MHCC for a few years. But they brought it back to MHCC this year to film the fight, “which is also a good promotion for the college,” said Lindland. Experience level of participants range from veterans to new fighters.
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“UFC alumni Paul Kelly will match up against Team Quest member and WEC and Strikeforce veteran Ryan Healy in the main event, while Black House/AMC Pankration member and UFC vet ‘Super Mario’ Miranda will face local favorite and IFL vet Aaron Stark in the co-main event,” Scott McKendry posted about Sportfight 30 Limitless on the SportFight site. McKendry is the manager of the Team Quest Gym in Portland, which is a home to many MMA champions. More specific information about the lineup of fights can be found on SportFight.tv. “This event has been held (at MHCC) two or three times, and the last time was a few years ago,” said director of communications Maggie Huffman in an email. She also said the group putting on this event has hired 15 security officers. Chartwells, which will be providing refreshments, has also gathered about 10 people for security. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are available through TicketsWest.com. A direct link to the event on TicketWest is posted on the SportFight website at SportFight.tv. Prices range from $26.50 to $106 with reserved seating for ringside, second row, and reserved, and general admission seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
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The most recent forum on Wednesday featured the topic “Should the government regulate extremist websites?” and discussed lines if government starts regulating, where does the line end and does censorship stop the problem or merely repress it for it to come back with a vengeance. Forensics members Ryan Rhoades and Rob Sepich were the ones debating in Wednesday’s forum and chose to express their freedom of speech through the aforementioned forums as well as discussions in class, though that method is one that requires more care. “You have to take into account human empathy in discussions. In the forensics room, we’re all fine with saying whatever we want to each other, but in classrooms, I’ll express myself differently,” said Rhoades. Sepich added, “I know where I stand. I want to know where other people stand and create discussion with them, but constructively. Building up points, not bringing them down.” Part of free speech comes in what can be said in classrooms, an arena known to be a gray zone
for free speech. Teachers across the country have limits on what can be said in classrooms. For example, at MHCC, instructors are not allowed to advocate for positions, use public resources to promote personal agendas and are supposed to be germane in class time. “For example, a math instructor can’t talk about how bad Occupy Portland is,” said Campbell on the topic of germane class time. “The college is committed to protecting free speech. It’s a priority to protect it not just as a fundamental building block from the Constitution, but also as its role on college campuses,” said David Sussman, manager of College Center Services and Grant Sponsored Programs “A challenge of ours is making sure the community has access to free speech, but also balancing the fact that we’re a teaching and learning institution,” Sussman said. “So our instructional purpose doesn’t face disruption, finding the right venues is important, especially making sure it’s accessible and still creates a harmonious campus environment.”
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Liepold Farms is more than a pumpkin patch by Kylie Rogers The Advocate
If people are willing to venture a little off Highway 26 and onto Kelso Road, they will happen across an expanse of open land, some cows and Liepold Farms. Liepold Farms, located at 14050 SE Richey Road in Boring, is not just the berry farm that provides all sorts of goodies to Burgerville but transforms itself into a family friendly pumpkin patch come October. I was pleasantly surprised to find a large grass lot full of free parking and hardly full on Wednesday afternoon. I was also thankful October hasn’t been too wet or I could imagine the entire lot would have been muddy. I came in rain boots, prepared for mud, but there wasn’t much to be found. It might be due to the lack of torrential downpours this month but mostly it’s because the farm lays down bark-dust over all potentially muddy areas. The farm was divided into four main areas: the covered kids place, a small shop, the corn maze and the pumpkin field. The kids area requires paid admission for the hay maze and kids pavilion. The hay maze costs a dollar and is a pitchblack feel through dry grass. It was worth it to not see my hand in front of me and be mostly deaf to what was going on outside. The play-place costs $2 and has all sorts of things for kids to climb around and play, with their shoes off, of course. The retail store is small and offers a variety of treats and house décor. It’s where patrons buy all their passes for the activities
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that the farm offers and stock up on caramel corn and cider. It also houses an ATM that charges a $3.50 fee for a withdrawal. The corn maze was what I was most excited about. At a cost of $7, it’s more than five acres of cornfield that you have to fight your way through. Along the way there are informational sets that give information about how the farm produces its berries and facts about specific types of berries the farm grows. Mud wasn’t a problem in the maze as the staff had seemingly done a very good job at covering problem areas with barkdust. The peak of the maze was the two high bridges that offered an overhead view of the maze and a full view of the farm. Right next to the corn maze entrance is the starting point of the hayride. A tractorpulled trailer of hay takes you around the farm and gives you information on the farm itself and pumpkin growing for only $3. It takes about 15-20 minutes to finish and focuses on getting kids excited about farming. After learning how pumpkins are grown, it’s just a short walk to a lot of pumpkins waiting to be picked. Pumpkins are priced by the pound and there are wheelbarrows available to transport your pumpkin to the scale and then to your car. If you’re not interested in large pumpkins or pumpkins at all, the farm offers a variety of small pumpkins for 50 cents each and other types of seasonal fall squash. Liepold Farms is open everyday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and has more information listed on their website, http://liepoldfarms.com.
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‘Mr Bean’s’ English is getting better by Shelby Schwartz Your weekly reason to stand up and hit the streets
Oct. 24 The Who’s Roger Daltrey to play the entirety of ‘Tommy” at the Rose Garden’s Theater of the Clouds, One Center Court, Portland. The show begins 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $40.50 and is available at rosequarter.com.
Oct. 25
After playing 10 years with Hillstomp, Henry Hill Kammerer is playing guitar and banjo solo at the McMenamins Edgefield Winery. The free 21-andover show starts 7 p.m.
Oct. 26 Acadia Bistro is celebrating its 10-year anniversary all month by offering $10 deals on several menu items, including chicken maque choux. The Acadia is located at 1303 NE Fremont Street, Portland. Visit their website at creolapdx.com.
Oct. 27 SAB Fright Week dance 8-midnight in the Vista Dining Room. Free to MHCC students with ID.
Oct. 28 Dress up, make crafts, play games and dance at a Halloween event at the Peninsula Park Community Center, 700 N. Rosa Parks Way. The event starts 6 p.m. and is free to all visitors.
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Although many people are familiar with the character Mr. Bean, portrayed by funny man Rowan Atkinson, the 2003 British comedy “Johnny English” about an unlikely spy is less widely known, and for good reason. While Atkinson is generally funny, the original “Johnny English” movie fell short. Jokes that were intended to be funny fell flat and his shtick of pretending to not be aware of how idiotic he is being was slightly redundant. The movie was a flop. Although the announcement that a sequel was coming was neither longawaited or even necessary, the film somehow manages to redeem the name “Johnny English.” Atkinson returns to portray the title character in “Johnny English Reborn.” It is set seven years later. The premise is that English was the top dog agent for two years until an unexplained accident in Mozambique caused him to flee the country and train with monks. He is summoned back to work with MI-7 agents. The
movie is set in modern day and along with that comes fancy new gadgets such a chewing gum that turns into a dart, voice-changing throat lozenges, a camera that shoots a dart, an umbrella that shoots a grenade, and a voice activated Rolls Royce. In this movie we see Atkinson as a leading man, unlike the previous movies where he is less a leading man and more a goofy mess-up. He exudes a confidence we have not seen until now. He is partnered with a young agent who is the equivalent of English in the last movie, clumsy and unaware, the underdog. The second movie shows better acting from Atkinson and showcases his signature eye twitches and buggy eyes that bring comedy to his character. He presents himself as charmingly clumsy, even with his ridiculous behavior and crazy antics. One thing that stood out in this movie as weird was the 60-year-old Chinese woman who was playing an assassin. She was popping up throughout the entire movie pulling machine guns out of a vacuum cleaner and a golf bag
and randomly pulls out a chainsaw, all in attempt to off English. We never see who she is working for or why she somehow knows where he is at any given time; she is creepy and, frankly, the movie could have done without her. We see quite a bit of product placement from Toshiba, which at times was a bit overbearing. This movie will have you laughing. There is a lot of comedy in the film, which is refreshing as the first movie’s humor was not consistent. I would recommend these films for a family, although it isn’t clearly directed towards kids or adults. The humor is appropriate for all audiences, and besides mild fight scenes, it will be enjoyable to all. “Johnny English Reborn”is worth seeing but it would be a waste of time to see the first film before heading to the theaters. There is nothing in the “Reborn” that will leave viewers confused about what happened in the first film, and there is nothing particularly exciting about it either. But “Reborn” will not disappoint.
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Family friendly fazio farms is fun bring your phone. The staff gives you a phone number to call in case you get lost. If your phone If you’re looking for a family-friendly corn has a flashlight feature, it can come in handy, too. maze, Fazio Farms has fun for kids and adults. There were a couple of downsides to the maze. I wish Located in Northeast Portland at 8433 NE 13th Ave., I had brought my boots; it was muddy, even on a sunFazio Farms may be a bit of a ny day, and there were times drive, but it is closer than the when I could smell the petSauvie Island mazes and you’re ting zoo in the evening breeze. sure to avoid large crowds. Fazio Farms also has a maze Walking onto the faciljust for the kids. With hay bales ity, I couldn’t help notice a masstacked three-bales high, kids sive farm tractor with an even can wander around and climb larger wagon attached rolling while their parents can see around the facilities. I discovthem in the maze at all times. ered the wagon’s interior was For animal lovers, John Hoefklined with hay bales covering er, a real cowboy who said he’s up bench seating, making it a been “cowboying” for 40 years, hayride. If you’re looking for a will assist you with the pony rides. slow trip around the facilities, There is also the aforementioned then this is an option. Of course, petting zoo with a llama, a pig, a you could always just walk. cow, a goat and several chickens. The corn maze itself is just Other activities include a bounas massive as the tractor. With cy slide, a carnival swing and a ferstalks rising well above my 6’ ris wheel. The mechanical rides tall head, it was difficult to see are on a very small scale with anything beyond the twilight only four carts on the ferris wheel. sky and a couple of radio towers. All of the activities require What is lovable about the sima token-based entry fee. The ple 6.5-acre maze is the serenity. tokens can be purchased at a Wandering at a leisurely pace, hut as you enter the grounds. with only a few other visitors Fazio Farms Corn Maze is in the maze, the sounds of the open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunhayride in the distance and the day through Thursday and 10 a.m. blue twilight sky, this maze left to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Photo by David Gambill/The Advocate me at peace with my thoughts. A pony at the pony ride paces while awaiting a new patron. The maze closes after Halloween. With 1.72 miles of path, it’s For more information, a healthy little walk, too. check out the Fazio Farm It is a good idea to website at faziofarms.com. by David Gambill
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Corn Maze: Adults $7 Children $3 Hayride: $3 Hay Maze: $1 umpkin Pult: 3 for $1 ony Rides (Weekends only): $5 minimum Children’s Pavilion: $2
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C’s Student Activwill host this year’s eek, starting Monday and wrapping up night with a dance Vista Dining Center. ay features a free event nts, which will take he Main Mall, weather g. If the weather does erate, these activities d in the College Center. Week kicks off MonOktoberfest, which will erman food, live polka m The Country Dutch root beer as a substieer, which is a staple onal Oktoberfest celOktoberfest will take m 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. ay’s activity will be a decorating contest. are encouraged to e in the event where
a digital camera is the prize for first place. Free Halloween cookies and candy will also be available. The contest starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m. Wednesday’s activity is Halloween mask decorating. Stop by and design a mask to wear on Halloween or at the dance Thursday. Free hot chocolate and sweet bread will be provided. Decorating begins at 11 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m. Thursday’s is Fright Day and the dance will be the culmination of this year’s Fright Week. Fright Day will take place from 11 a.m. to noon in the Main Mall where sliced apples and caramel will be offered to students. Thursday night sees the week’s main event, a dance in the Vista Dining Center from 8 p.m. to midnight. The dance is free of charge for MHCC students. Students are allowed to bring a non-student guest as long as
they can provide proper ID. DJ Denver will provide music all night. A costume contest will be held at the dance, with prizes including a Sony PS3 for 1st place, a digital camera for 2nd place, and an Apple iPod touch for 3rd place. Free food, drinks, and group photographs will be available. Costumes, though not required, are encouraged; any student wearing a costume will receive free glow sticks at the door. Everyone who attends will be given a raffle ticket and be entered in a drawing to win an Apple iPad 2. The drawing will take place between 11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Students are urged to participate to help celebrate Halloween and possibly win some prizes. SAB Seasonal Events coordinator Betsy Velazquez said, “We’re putting in a lot of effort into making this week fun for everybody.”
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Songwriter keeps busy with Genesis by Shelby Schwartz The Advocate
While many students come to MHCC in search of a direction, second- year student LeAnne Robinson knew exactly why she wanted to come here. Robinson started coming to MHCC when she was a freshman in high school for the Northwest Vocal Jazz Festival on campus. Originally from Idaho, Robinson said, “I came here to specifically be in Genesis.” Robinson, the lead soprano for the MHCC vocal jazz group, has been playing piano since she was five or six and participated in church choirs as well as band and choir in middle school. Robinson also attended a private high school for the arts where she studied vocal jazz. Music is important to Robinson because “it’s a level that everyone can connect on, everyone enjoys it. It is a higher form of expression. To be able to study and perform all day, everyday, is unbelievable.” Robinson said she does not participate in the MHCC musicals, as she is very busy with Genesis, although she has previous musical experience from when she participated in “Les Miserables” in high school. Robinson said Genesis records twice a year, once in January and again in April. After they record in
January, they send in an audition tape to the Next Generation Jazz Festival and they hope to be invited. The festival takes place in Monterey, Calif. Robinson has been working on writing new songs and getting out into the community. According to Robinson, she has made a lot of connections here in Portland with musicians in the Portland area. Robinson is focused on learning as much a she can during her time at MHCC. She is currently taking 17 credits of music. She hopes to start recording her own music soon so it will become well known. Her hope is to transfer to Portland State University next fall and study with the instructors there. Robinson’s goal is to make it as a recording and performing artist and to teach music. Genesis will perform at the Genesis Invitational Festival and Concert Nov. 11 and 12. Genesis will open for jazz vocalist Louise Rose on Friday while Saturday will be high school performances and a performance by Genesis at the end of the night. According to Robinson, Genesis will also start visiting area high schools and performing for them during the day as a way to recruit students and be recognized in the community.
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Sophomore middle-blocker Demi Belshe cheers on her team after a Saints game point vs. the Linn-Benton Roadrounners Wednesday.
Third time proves a charm for Saints volleyball By Chanel Hill The Advocate
“We’ve gotten shafted enough, you can take one,” yelled a Saints fan from the bleachers Wednesday night as the Saints volleyball team took on the Linn-Benton Roadrunner’s at home. The shout, which came during a back-and-forth battle in the third game, was aimed at Roadrunner’s fans that were booing officials for what they considered a bad call, something Saints head coach Chelsie Speer had been challenging all match. “All I ever ask is that they are doing their jobs and being consistent. I had a talk with the girls during the break and told them that no one controls our destiny but us,” said Speer. In their third meeting this season with the Roadrunners, neither team was backing down, with both sides showing incredible resilience and athleticism. The Saints, who dropped two matches to the Roadrunner’s earlier this season, were anxious to pull out the W on home turf. “We knew that they would come out hard. They are a good team and a well-coached team,” said Speer Ultimately, the Saints pulled out the win in four games (22-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-12) after a grind-out effort following a game-one loss. The Roadrunners, tied with the Saints at the top of the Southern Region with a 5-1 record, never backed down. With calls falling heavily in the Roadrunners favor in game three, the Saints battled back with aggressive offensive play, leading by as much as 10 points in game four before closing out the Roadrunner’s and taking the match. Stepping up on offense and leading the team
with 18 kills was sophomore setter Rylie Engleson, who was coached by Speer while at Pendleton High School. “There was a point in the match where I had goose bumps. She’s always had talent, but I could see that it all finally clicked. She’s a great player of the game,” said Speer, who said she also appreciated the Saints fan support, including fellow athletes coming to support the team. “It was great to see the support there. I remember playing at Hood and feeling the support. I think that’s what a community college should be about, showing each other that support,” said Speer. The Saints also swept the Bellevue Crossover Tournament Oct. 15-16, and are starting to find an on-court chemistry and vocal communication that was not there at the beginning of the season. With a perfect 5-0-tournament record, the Saints bested four teams en route of the championship match where they defeated the host Bellevue Bulldogs in four sets (21-25, 25-13, 25-15. 25-14). Sophomores Rylie Engleson and Samantha Bryan and freshman Casi Johnson were named to the all-tournament team. The Saints play the Umpqua Riverhawks away tonight at 6 p.m. The Riverhawks head into the match in the number four position in the Southern Region with a 2-3 record. This will be the second meeting this year between the two teams; on Sept. 24 the Saints defeated the Riverhawks in threestraight games (25-20, 25-9, 25-18). On Saturday, the Saints face the Southwestern Oregon Lakers at home at 1 pm. At press time, the Lakers were 0-5, ranking them in the number five seed position in the Southern Region.
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Upcoming volleyball schedule October 21 - Umpqua Riverhawks at Umpqua C.C. 6 p.m. October 22- SW Oregon Lakers at home, 1 p.m. October 28- Dorian Harris Classic, Gresham Game 7 Hood vs Clark 4 p.m. Game 12 Hood vs. MHCC Alumni 8 p.m.
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Above: Jonathon Butcher, leading a pack in the four-mile race at the Mike Hodges Invitational, finishing 36th overall. Right: Jennifer Tina races in the 5K at the invitational, and placed 51st.
Photos contributed by Matt Hart
Cross country struggles at Mike Hodges Invite by John Tkebuchava The Advocate
Conditions were as ideal as they could get at the Mike Hodges Invitational Saturday, but the MHCC cross country team was left wondering why the pieces didn’t add up. “Lukewarm.” That was head coach Matt Hart’s single word description of the performances at the meet. At their last meet — the NWAACC Preview Meet —the women’s team achieved personal bests across the board on a more challenging course, even though the team arrived later than planned after hitting heavy traffic on their way there. But the team’s performance stagnated at the Mike Hodges Invitational on a fairly mild course. “It was a weird meet. We were on the road for five hours at the last meet (NWAACC Preview Meet) and did well,” said Hart. “I don’t know why they didn’t compete as well as they could have.” Although the men ran a four-mile race, rather than the usual 8K (five miles), Hart felt performances could have been better, calling overall performances “okay.” First to finish on the men’s side was sophomore Chris Newell, who placed 17th overall (21:26). Running behind Newell were sophomores Jonathon Butcher in 36th place (21:48), Donnie Coulson in 48th (22:27), Wes Hughes, in 58th (22:42) and freshmen Kyle Williams, 61st (22:50), Robert Hanke, 81st (25:19), and Brian Hoglund who finished 82nd (25:20). Sophomore Gabriela Diaz was the Lady Saints’ top finisher, placing 29th with a time of 19:36. She was followed by freshman Christa Collmer, 48th (20:35), sophomores Jennifer Tina, 51st (20:48), An-
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drea Beseda, 73rd (22:45), freshmen Molly Scoles, 79th (24:39), Mariah Crumpler, 80th (24:43), Bianca Jimenez, 81st (25:14), Laura Knudson, 83rd (25:59) and Katie Brokaw, 84th (25:59). “It seemed like a practice meet,” said Hart, adding that he wants the runners to compete harder, something he has focused on week in and out, saying that the cross country team needs to find more competitive spirit at meets, and this week was no different. “At this point in the season, you can’t hold back anymore,” he said. “Cross country is a tough sport, it’s hard on the body,” Hart said. “But we’re running out of opportunities. Whenever the gun goes off, it’s an opportunity,” said Hart. Freshman Kyle Williams said, “It was definitely the easiest course, though there was quite a bit of pavement,” something he said is difficult to run on with spikes. “It (the meet) was pretty good,” he said, “though it’s hard to judge since it was a four-miler.” The cross country team will have another bye this week. They had planned to attend the Beaver Classic in Corvallis on Saturday, but cancelled that appearance due to budget issues, Hart said. Hart said even before the season started, attending that meet was uncertain due to the financial issues. “It was kind of in the red on the schedule,” said Hart. After this weekend’s bye, the team will head back to Clackamas Community College for the Southern Region Championships Oct. 29.
Basketball preview
By Laura Knudson The Advocate
It’s as if the women’s basketball team is starting over this year. The Lady Saints have seven new players, as well as a new coach after the resignation last year of head coach Larry Davis. The women finished last season fifth in the Southern Region, barely missing a berth in the playoffs. They ended the season 6-8 in the Southern Region and 10-16 overall. Retuning players include sophomore guards Emily Burch and Haley Chovich, along with guard/forward Melissa Carey. Jocelyn McIntire, the new head coach, is looking forward to the opportunity to implement her knowledge at the college level with a fresh group of players. She said she won’t be surprised if the team struggles early on. “The brain slows the body down,” she said, but she is confident everything should pick up once the team gets past the learning curve. Overall, McIntire is excited to be a part of the MHCC community that she said has a “good positive vibe.” The Lady Saints first game will be a scrimmage at Willamette Friday, Nov. 4, at 5:30 p.m.
Left: Freshman Christa Collmer finished in 48th at the Mike Hodges Invitational.
Photo contributed by Matt Hart
Mens ByChanel Hill The Advocate
The Saints men’s basketball team ended last season by qualifying for the NWAACC playoffs in the Tri-Cities, Wash., only to be eliminated in round one of the double-elimination tournament. This season, head coach Geoff Gibor welcomes back a strong core of returners, along with calls a group of talented freshmen. The 14-member roster, as well as the coaching staff, have worked hard in the off-season in preparation for the upcoming season. “They each put in about 80 hours of individual work. Our incoming freshmen are all tough and they are great additions,” said Gibor. Looking toward the season, Gibor said one of his goals is for the team to push the tempo while working on the basics. “We are working on defense and rebounding as always, and trying to push the tempo. I think all of the guys have an idea of what we’re trying to do because of all the hard work they put in, in the summer,” he said. The Saints are scheduled to begin their season Nov. 25 in the Lower Columbia College Red Devil Classic in Longview, Wash.
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