Movie class offers
Sci-fi, horror films
Humanities Visit
By J. Dana Haynes
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Staff photo by Joel Miller
Humanities Instructor Gordon Wood and retired educator Alice Teeter preside over a
tea sponsored by the Senior Oaks program. Humanities students from the College at
tended the luncheon at the Oregon City Senior Center.
Lost educational money found
Of the approximately 360
veterans attending classes at
Clackamas Community Col
lege this term, a substantial
number are unaware that they
are now eligible for federal
grants that were denied them at
the beginning of the year. The
change in eligibility re
quirements stems from legisla
tion passed by Congress in late
October and signed by Presi
dent Reagan in early
November.
Until the beginning of this
school year many veterans
were elibigible for educational
Pell Grants, which are the basis
for all federal financial aid. This
year eligibility requirements
were changed and thousands
of veterans lost grants. Then, in
September, the Supplemental
Appropriations Act was passed
and
an
additional
$140,000,000 was provided
for Pell Grants. After successful
lobbying by veterans groups
Congress passed legislation
modifying the way veterans
were being calculated into the
process.
“We’re almost back where
we started. Not quite, but
almost. We’re trying to get the
through
a
word
out
newsletter,” Scott Fischer,
financial aid veterans officer
Many of the veterans
here (attending the College)
are probably elligible again, but
the forms must be filled out,”
Fischer said. “Included with the
forms is an addressed
envelope. All the student has
to do is put a stamp on it and
drop it in a mail box, but
nothing can be done until the
student mails those forms.”
The forms are sent to a
processing firm in California,
which has been contracted to
review the applicants be the
federal Department of Educa
tion. Pell grants are available as
well for non-veteran students.
Students wishing to pick
up the forms or receive more
information can do so at the
financial aid office or veterans’
office in the counseling center
of the Community Center.
Space ships, monsters and
‘some things man was never
meant to know’ will dominate
the films study class for Winter
term.
Films of Science Fiction,
Horror and Fantasy is the title
of the class, which is held on
Wednesdays from 2:30-5:30
p.m., and again from 6:30-
9:30 p.m. Each film will be
prefaced by a discussion, con
ducted by the instructors,
Social Sciences Chairperson
Fred DeWolfe and An
thropology Instructor Richard
Ramsperger. The discussions
will look at the history of each
motion picture, the directors,
actors, screenwriters and back-
stage personnel.
The cinematic offerings in
clude:
Jan. 12, "The Incredible
Shrinking Man,” 1957:
Directed by Jack Arnold, this is
the film of a man who is expos
ed to radioactive gasses and, as
the title suggests, begins to
shrink. This was the first movie
to examine the nuclear threat
on one individual person. 81
minutes.
Jan. 19, “20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea,” 1954: From
the pen of Jules Veme and the
genius of Walt Disney Studios,
this is the story of the
redoutable Captain Nemo and
the world’s first nuclear sub
marine, the Nautilus. Many
people consider this to be
Verne’s finest novel, and is as
prophetic as it is exciting. 127
minutes.
Jan. 26, “War of the
Worlds,” 1953: Based on the
novel by H.G. Wells and the
Murcury Theater radio produc
tion by Orson Welles. This was
one of the first movies to con
centrate on realistic special ef
fects. Earth is invaded by
marauding Martians who seem
unbeatable, and upon whom
Steven Speilberg’s E.T. may
have been patterned. 85
minutes.
Feb. 2, “Forbidden
Planet,” 1956: The story of a
U.S. Patrol ship investigating
the survivors of a landing party
on the planet Altair-4. This
movie is usually considered
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light-weight fare, but is
presented in a comic-book-like
simplicity that makes it fun, in
cluding square jawed Leslie
Neilson as the hero, stem,
baritoned Walter Pidgeon as
the brilliant scientist, and in
troducing Robbie the Robot. 98
minutes.
Feb. 9, “Of Things to
Come,” 1936: This film begins
by predicting a war that will
begin shortly and last for 30
years, destroying much of what
we call civilization. This was
one of the first post-holocaust
story-lines, and has often been
copied. Considered by most to
be one of the true S.F. classics.
92 minutes.
Feb. 16, “THX 1138,”
1971: This was George Lucas’
first feature length film. Starring
Robert Duval, this is the story
of a near future civilization in
which emotion is outlawed, ft is
an interesting and exciting
variation on the “1984” theme.
88 minutes.
Feb. 23, “Clockwork
Orange,” 1972: Director
Stanley Kubrick (“2001, A
Space Odyssey” and "The
Stand”) created yet another
look into the not-too-distant
future. This time, as opposed
to the society in “THX 1138,”
the world is run by man’s most
violent and animalistic instincts.
This cult classic on mindless
violence and mind-numbing
drugs is considered by many to
be Kubrick’s best film. 137
minutes.
March 2, "The Birds,”
1963: This is the only example
of Alfred Hitchcock’s work to
be presented this term, ft is a
variation on the “man versus
nature” theme, with a small,
California town beseiged by
killer birds. 119 minutes.
March 9, “Hie Shining,”
1980: Another Stanley Kubrick
picture, based on the novel by
horror author Stephen King,
this is the story of an ex-teacher
(Jack Nicholson) who takes his
family to run an out-of-season
Colorado resort. Unfortunate
ly, his son is telepathic, the
resort is haunted, and
Nicholson’s character is teater-
ing on the edge of a nervous
break-down. The result is a
claustrophobic and exciting
flick, of which Steven King
once said, “Could it Have been
made any better? ... I don’t
think so.” 146 minutes.
Classes held
Clackamas Community
College will present two
workshops this next week to
help community members
communicate better with the
opposite sex, and leam first
aid.
“Communication for In-
timacy” will help people over
come difficulties in male/
female communication, ft will
be offered Thursday, Jan. 13
from 7-10 p.m. in CC 101.
First Aid techniques will be
taught from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
Clackamas Town Center Fri
day, Jan. 14.