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The Arts
Shields to recite
Oregon poetry
By Heather Wright
thought this poetry should be
brought to my attention.”
Shields said.
Of the Print
Jack Shields, Clackamas
Community College, theater
director, will be performing a
poetry reading as part of the
Oregon Sampler Series,
Wednesday November 14 at 7
p.m. in the McLoughlin
Theater.
Theater Director Jack Shields will read
poetry by e. e. cummings Nov. 14. The
By D. Dietrich
Of The Print
Does a trip to a foriegn
country sound good to you?
Does a chance to learn about
your specific career field
abroad sound appealing? Are
you looking for a practical ap
plication for those foreign
language classes you’ve taken?
You may be interested in a
work-abroad program cur
rently underway for the sum
mer of 1985.
Positions in the Interna
tional Cooperative Education
program are now available to
qualifying students. The pro
gram sets the students up with
jobs and living arrangements
in European countries,
Greece, Turkey or Japan for a
three month summer stay. The
jobs are selected to allow
students to gain international
experience in the career field
of their choice, provided they
fill certain basic requirements
in that field.
This is the third year that
Clackamas Community Col
lege has participated in the
program. Last year, first year
German student Yvonne
Muller spent three months
working in a German hospital,
gaining invaluable experience
in her nursing educational
career.
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A list of jobs available to
applicants is now on file to in
terested students. A wide
variety of jobs fill the list,
ranging from Forestry and
Park Managerhent in the
Black Forest of Germany to
computer programming with
the Hewlett-Packard Corpora
tion.
Magdalena Ladd, foreign
language instructor at the Col
lege described the program as,
“a very positive experience for
this (the U.S.) job market.”
One student who entered the
program a few years ago
found the job he received a
worthwhile enough position
that he decided to remain and
is currently employed with the
same company. Ladd said that
she saw the benefits of the pro
gram twofold in that it allow
ed a greater cultural awareness
as well as an excellent
background in one’s career.
The cost of the program in
cludes a $100 application fee
which covers the placement of
the student, and the cost of the
airfare. Students also receive
college credit for the program.
The deadline for applicants
is December 4 and includes
several requirements such as a
resume, personal references
and the application fee. For
more information, students
should contact Ladd at ext.
392.
“I chose several selections
of cummings poetry in subject
areas such as love, spring,
death, and joy,” Shields said.
“I like the selections I chose,”
Shields said. “I find the poetry
impacting, clear,” he added.
“I am forever in his (Kepler’s)
debt,” he said.
The reading will feature the
works of poet e. e. cummings
that Shields learned of from a
friend. “About five years ago
Mike Kepler (English instruc
tor at the College), brought me
a book full of poetry written
by e. e.
cummings. He
reading is part of the Oregon Sampler
Series.
Positions available
for summer abroad
Shields has performed the
poetry along with a friend on
two occasions at the Coaster
Theater on the Oregon Coast,
and once at Portland State
University, about four years
ago.
Debut album proves intense
Autograph
By J. Jason
Of The Print
Although the group
Autograph sounds like Night
Ranger and Bon-Jovi, the
back of their premiere album
says that they are most in
fluenced by the “Mighty Van
Halen.” Sign In Please is pro
duced by industry-veteran
Neil Kernon and has all the
earmarks of an album headed
for the Top 40 list.
This virtually-unknown
five-man band has no shortage
of people named Steve. Lead
singer Steve “Plunk” Plunkett
incorporates the styles of
other singers into his singing,
yet is unique in his own right.
I
I
enough, the bassist and drum-j
mer aren’t exactly for looks.]
On
“My
Girlfriend’s]
Boyfriend Isn’t Me” bassist!
Randy Rand shines. The song I
has a fast and even-paced I
guitar sound reminiscent of I
many Night Ranger songs.
Drummer Keni Richards I
helped write “Turn Up Thej
Radio,” a very singable!
number with a catchy chorus |
destined for the charts.
“Night
Teen
and!
Non-Stop” is the best song on|
the album. Plunkett uses hisj
voice superbly on this song,|
making it easy to singj
along with.
The songs “Thrill Of Love” |
and “All I’m Gonna Take”]
are a bit slow and don’t]
possess the intensity of the]
previous eight masterpieces on ]
this amazing debut album.
He also plays guitar on the
album.
Steve Lynch is the main ax-
slinger, however. On the song
“Deep End,” Lynch’s guitar
seems to sing an imaginary
chorus.
The third Steve in the band
is keyboardist Steven Isham.
Isham is one of a handful of
great “heavy metal keyboar
dists.” Many hard rock bands
will frown at the idea of a
keyboard player in their
band. Isham, however is an
essential element to this
group’s success. On the song
“Send Her To Me” Isham
uses his talent to produce a
Bon-Jovi-type sound. He also
uses some interesting syn
thesiser techniques on the song
“Deep End.”
As if the talents of the many
Steve’s in this group weren’t
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