Image provided by: Clackamas Community College; Oregon City, OR
About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1980)
Death Valley scene for class study during vacation DUNES, DUNES AND MORE DUNES-Class gazes over Death Valley’s normous sand dunes and catches some sun rays. Photos courtesy of John Snively. By James Rhoades Of The Print While most of us sat at home looking for something to do over spring break, geology instructor John Snively led a group of 21 students into Death Valley for the class, “Natural History of Death Valley.” “We studied the ecology and geology of the area,” said Snively. “There are some rocks there that date back 1.7 billion years.” “For the class, each student picks a topic involving Death Valley and the Sonora Desert, spends a term researching it and gives a talk or discussion on it while we are down there,” Snively said. " ''Z HERE, DONKEY—Student persuades a wild burro to eat a snack from his hand. RFIOW—Valiev horizon creates a mirage effect of an ocean. One such student was Joan Frazee. “My topic was mesquite. It’s a desert shrub that sends its long roots into the water table. It’s a member of the pea fathily,” she said. Frazee said, “We got up at six o’clock every morning, rushed through breakfast, packed into the van and went to points of in terest.” Scotty’s Castle was one stop. “It’s a castle built by Death Valley Scotty, who was a miner, supported by a rich guy back East who vacationed there. It is very ornate and has a waterfall running in side. We also went to the Devil’s Golf Course, which is just a big salt flat. I enjoyed mvself.” Frazee said. Daryl Hampton, College biology instructor, was also a student on the trip. “We saw a lot of natural-history-type things. We saw the oldest] rocks exposed in North America. My topic was on kangaroo rats, and rattlesnakes. About two-thirds of us gave talks. When we saw a particular thing, we would stop and talk about it,” Hampton! said. “John kept us busy and working all the time. It was a won derful experience, learning firsthand. I d recommend it to anyone.” briefs Graduation With graduation less than a ECKANKAR presents A series of lectures and discussions on the basic theme of ECKANKAR, A Way of Life. Clackamas Com munity College, 149 Orchard Center. April 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27. Tues. 7:30 p.m. L——J Page 4 month away, plans are already taking shape for this year’s commencement exercises, set for June 6 at 7 p.m. in Randall Hall. Petitions for graduation are available at the Registrar’s Of fice, and should be turned in as soon as possible by students in tending to graduate this term. Petitions will be evaluated to determine if the student is eligible to graduate. Caps and gowns will be provided at no charge for graduating students. They will be distributed through the Student Activities office from Dick Smelser For County Commisioner Position No 3 May 26 to June 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Honor cords for students with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher will be available. Graduation announcements went on sale today in the College Bookstore. A practice session for all graduating students and par ticipants has been scheduled for June 5 at 3 p.m. in Randall Hall gymnasium. A reception is being planned to follow the graduation ceremony. Food survey Students will have a chance to comment on the College food service Thursday and! Friday, when a questionnaire! will be distributed in the! cafeteria. Jim McConnell, food service! consultant, and John Cornyn! of Restaurant and Lodging! Consultants, devised the! questionnaire “to solicit com-l ments and suggestions from! cafeteria patrons regarding the! present and future College! food service program,” said! McConnell. The results of the survey will! be used to plan for the cafeteria 1 remodeling and expansion» recently approved by the -J Board of Education. Orner community colleges injI the area are being surveyed,! McConnell said. Clackamas Community College■