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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1979)
TV* 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 by Freddie “Mac” Brown Of the Misprint and get my degree?’ Malone will be majoring in intermediate basketball weaving next fall. I Clackamas’ sports program .was dealt a more than Football pleasurable blow over spring With the announcement of break when the NBC television network awarded the college a Clackamas’ award came the $2 million dollar grant, and ex announcement that Clackamas clusive rights to televise all will be reinstating its football program next fall. The team Clackamas sporting events. I The move came as a shock looks to be a good one with Ito the whole sporting world, in many promising prospects cluding Clackamas who, as Dr. who will try to make the Cougars competive. One of |Mohn Hakanson put it, those prospects will be the “hadn’t a notion to that effect.” When asked if there could be cougars’ new coach, an ex any possible reason for such a professional quarterback who move Hakanson replied,, once played for the champion “none whatsoever.” ship New York Jets. Although I The Clackamas basketball he isn’t one of the better known program also received a players in thé history of the pleasurable bit of news over game, Athletic Director Chuck spring break when it learned Hudson feels his presence will that Moses Malone, now of the be quite an aid to the program. NBA’s Houston Rockets and “We think that with our new Rhe leading rebounder in the league this season, has decided coach our whole prograrrr will to retire from the NBA and play profit,” Hudson said, “not only Eat Clackamas next season. in the field but in the box of ■When asked why Malone fice.” ¡would give up his multi-million The announcement of Mr. i dollar salary to play for the I lowly Cougs Malone replied, “I Namath’s appointment as head Igo where NBC goes.” Malone coaçh is expected to be made feigned his letter three days sometime this week.. Namath will also be teaching ^before NBC’s announcement some courses at Clackamas of its intent. next year according to Hud [ Malone also stated that he son, some of which-include, must wanted to go back to schol 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?’ just recently in effect makes this necessary.) Cougar Coach Norm Berney, after hearing of the move, cancelled all previously scheduled matches Some of the players who will and plans to spend that time 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. 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 recruiting new talent to add to that already at the College. “This is my big chance for the big time,” Berney explained, “and I’m not about to let it pass me by without a reasonable try at.it.” College building 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.”