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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1979)
Sunday, April 1,1979 Thumbs up This street, 82nd Avenue in Portland, sets the scene for a new summer class being offered by the College called “Late Night Hitch-Hiking.” This and other class offerings can be found on page 16. NBC televises College sports Freddie “Mac” Brown the Misprint Clackamas’ sports program as dealt a more than easurable blow over spring eak when the NBC television work awarded the college a million dollar grant and ex- iisive rights to televise all ickamas sporting events. The move came as a shock the whole sporting world, in king Clackamas who, as Dr. ohn Hakanson put it, tadn’t a notion to that effect.” hen asked if there could be N possible reason for such a ove Hakanson replied,, lone whatsoever.” The Clackamas basketball [ogram also received a easurable bit of news over pring break when it learned pt Moses Malone, now of the BA’s Houston Rockets, and |e leading rebounder in the ¡ague this season, has decided o retire from the NBA and play | Clackamas next season, [hen asked why Malone hid give up his multi-million pilar salary to play for the MyCougs Malone replied, “I P where NBC goes.” Malone fined his letter three days pore NBC’s announcement | its intent. [Malone also stated that he pst wanted to go back to schol and get my degree.” Malone will be majoring in intermediate basketball weaving next fall. Football With the announcement of Clackamas’ award came the announcement that Clackamas will be reinstating its football program next fall. The team looks to be a good one with many promising prospects who will try to make the Cougars competive. One of those prospects will be the cougars’ new coach, an ex professional quarterback who once played for the champion ship New York Jets. Although he isn’t one of the better known players in the history of the game, Athletic Director Chuck Hudson feels his presence will be quite an aid to the program. “We think that with our new coach our whole program will profit,” Hudson said, “not only in the field but in the box of fice.” The announcement of Mr. Namath’s appointment as head coach is expected to be made sometime this week. Namath will also be teaching some courses at Clackamas next year according to Hud son, some of which include, Bad Acting 101, “How to Wear Brut and Still Breathe Nor mally;” a special course-gram, and Human Relations 121, a Study in “How to Dress Com fortably and Get Away With It.” Some of the players who will play for Coach Namath next year include, Billy Namath, Beaver Falls, Penn., Mark Snell, New York, Tom Margret, son of actress Ann- Margret, and Jimmy Unitas, Baltimore. just recently in effect makes this necessary.) Cougar Coach Norm Berney, after hearing of recruiting new talent to add to that already at the College. “This is my big chance: for the thé move, cancelled all previously scheduled matches and plans to spend that time big time,” Berney explained, “and I’m not about to let it pass me by without a reasonable try at it.” College building Rugby out The Clackamas Community College rugby program will be dropped from the agenda next year because of “A lack of in terest,” Mr. Hudson said. Not one prospective player turned out for this year’s squad which finished the season number one in the Oregon Community College Athletic Association. Our own College wrestlers, this yeai’s state champions, have been asked to host next years’ NCAA wrestling tournament. Because of this, the college will be building a new fieldhouse this summer with the added funds the school has received. Since Clackamas will be hosting the tournament they will con sequently be involved in the tournament pairings, (a rule centimeters Colors by Munsell Color Services Lab still sinking According to a popular belief, McLouglin Hall is rapidly, sinking into the earth. This is not so, ac cording to one science department member, who wishes to remain anonymous. We shall call him Jones. “Oh, McLoughlin Hall may be sinking very slowly at the rate of a fraction of an inch a year, but nothing like the massive collapse which has been reported,” said Jones, “What has been reported is an optical illusion caused from the sun’s rays refracting off rainwater.” When reminded that some students who have 'classes in McLoughlin have been entering the building through second story windows, Jones replied, “the students are having hallucinations. They were probably on acid or something. Sure, like I said, the bauilding has dropped a little, but not much. It was built on very stable swampland.