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Religion goes belly-up Order contemplates navels Don't be surprised if at some time in the near future a monk should walk up to you in the street and say to you, "take my Pope--please!" By Jim McCaffrey Of The Print He will only be a practicing member of the Order of St. Omphaloskepsis. The Order of Omphaloskepsis has adopted the saint as the patron of laughter and are able to perceive God as the cosmic comic. The Order of St. Omphalos kepsis is the idea of College student Joe Lee. Lee got his idea for the order one night while searching through a dic tionary. Lee was saddened by the fact that the Catholic Church de stroyed hundreds of years of harmless and beautiful myth ology by eliminating some saints, such as St. Christopher and St. Nicholas, from its role of saints. Lee feels this was a terrible mistake because the mere fact that these people never existed should not take away from the value of the traditions they represent. In the middle of the diction ary, Lee found the word ompha loskepsis. Further, he found that the word referred to the religious contemplation of one's naval. Immediately becoming inter ested, Lee researched the word and found that it came from a group of nesycast monks who lived on Mount Athos in the 14th Dr. Frankenstein, look out! These charact ers are dead on your heels. This Friday, outside the Community Center, Al Aiken (left) and Jeff Bolander (right) are hosting a Mad Sci- Century. These monks practiced the meditation upon one's belly button. Grasping the’absurdity of the word, Lee has taken it up- self to designate as the mentor of these monks, St. Omphalo skepsis. According to Lee's legend, St. Omphaloskepsis preached the gospel of laughter. The saint taught that man speaks to God not only through supplication in pr yer but also through laughter. "Laughter is like prayer", Lee quotes the saint as saying, "Only man, of all God's creatures, pos sesses the ability to laugh. Therefore, laughter is man's spe cial way of communicating with God. The cosmic is like any other comedian. He wants peo ple to laugh. He knows man's lot is not an easy one since Adam was '86'd' from Eden. Daily travels are lessened by the act of laughter." The story is continued with the monks going out and preach ing laughter throughout the world. The quality of life was enhanced and strengthened a- mong all who embraced the philosophy. Minor miracles hap pened daily as people began to daily contemplate their belly buttons and laugh, Lee said. . forms religious order Students coordinate Mad Scientists Fair By Scott Starnes Of The Print Springtime...an inspirational time promoting inspirational ideas. What better time is there to demonstrate your ideas and creativity than in a mad scien tists fair solely designed for this purpose. The rnad scientists exhibition, to be held this Friday on the College's campus, is to mainly "promote fim," said Jeff Bo lander, co-president of the fair and College student. "I live in Portland and frequent the down town area, I met a guy who showed me a project he was working on which was really creative and unique," Bolander said. "His idea inspired me to promote an idea similar to his in the way of a mad scientists fair." Since it is springtime, finals are coming up and people are getting pressured and tired, Bo lander felt that this would be a good time to set the fair up. "The fair is being established for the people who get burnt out and want to havefun. You don't necessarily have to be mad to en ter your inventions in the fair, just be creative," Bolander said. Bolander said that he is cur rently working on an invention which he intends to patent in the 'near future. "I don't want to go into explicit detail about my entist Exhibition featuring invisible fighting fish fresh from the Philippines and other schi zophrenic art works. Photo by Brian Snook . project but-it is based on m aturized hydraulics. It is am for adults which exhibits to speed capabilities in runnini meaning that it will be able! outrun any human being," fi said. "I guess you could call I quadropede." Bolander said that he fee] that the mad scientists fair wi congregate all the mad or cream scientists into a "brainstorm think tank." "Many peofi don't believe us and feel jf fair is a big hoax. We're series Remember, man's first landffl on the moon was the reality® an idea some guy dreamed upj couple of decades before it aT ually happened," Bolander saffl Entertainment during the.® will consist of guest perfof ances by the College's SchizoB members of Hare Krishna an« display of invisible fighting fl Bolander said. Student government has p cepted the idea of a mad sci| tists fair and is allowing them® use the College's facilities,■ lander said. If the weather® nice this Friday, the fair will® set up outdoors and if not, n should be held in the College] Community Center, he said, j Flyers were printed Mol and should be circulated throui out the campus at this time,® fair begins around 10 a.m.Friffl morning and will last through® the afternoon, Bolander said. I CCC graduation faces record turnout The College will experience its largest graduate turnout since its opening ten years ago as 655 College students have petitioned for the June 9 graduation ceremony. The 655 student total repre sents all the students who have graduated either last summer, fall or winter terms including this year's spring term graduates, said Chuck Adams, registrar. "Of the 655 students who have petitioned, 282 are gradu ates from .¿this year's spring term," Adarns said. The commencement will con sist of General Educational De velopment (GED), occupational, transfer and adult high school diploma students, Adams said. Prior to the 7 p.m. commence ment ceremony in Randall Hall, the attending graduates will meet in the mall of the Com munity Center and then proceed from the mall to Randall Hall gymnasium, Adams said. "The faculty members will roceed to the gym and will fall in behind the platform partici pants who will then be followed by the graduating students," Adams said.. During the commencement ceremonies, one, possibly two speakers will partake in the class address, said Debbie Baker, stu dent activities counselor. "We have four candidates- Richard Cranswick, Larry Hess, Barbara St. Mary and Mitch Newton who will present their speeches before a committee composed of faculty and staff members," Baker said. "One, possibly two speakers at the most will be selected during Wednesday's presentation." College Board of Education awards, given to Clackamas County citizens for their con tributions to the College, will be presented by Anne Nickel, board chairperson, who will present the certificates, plaques, and one honorary degree, Adams said. After the commencement cer emonies, a reception is planned in the cafeteria somewhere a- round 8:15 p.m., Adams said. Light refreshments and cookies are planned. "The faculty wives are spon soring the reception," Adams said. A graduation practice for the participants in the ceremonies This coupon good for one Come join us at our extraordinary Quality Paperback 50%off ss $©JT SlfyER.TAgO This coupon good for one Soft Super Taco Regular $1.09, with coupon Limit 1 per customer. JLr fl ffl' Offer expires June 9 will be held Thursday, June 81 3 p.m., Adams said, and the sM dent Activities office in tffl Community Center June! through 9, Adams said. "The ceremonies will be held] inside regardless of the weat conditions," he said. 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