THE PRINT
Vol. XXII No. 13
Wednesday, February 1,1989
Clackamas Community College
Cougar game ends in basketbrawl
by Briane Dotson, News Editor
Mark Borrelli, Sports Editor
Luis Perez, Staff Writer
What started out as an in­
tense, physical game between
Clackamas and Chemeketa last
Wednesday eventually turned into
a war on the court, and was even­
tually overshadowed by a fight in
the stands.
The game was intense from
the opening tip, and both teams
were aggressive throughout the
contest. The officials let both sides
play very aggressive defense from
the outset of the game. This
sparked some heated exchange of
words between players, and even
a few shoving matches took place.
Talking between players became
more and more heated as the vol­
cano began to build.
With one minute left in the
game, and Chemeketa safely out
in front, the volcano began to
explode.
“They played dirty all night
long. They didn’t comeout to play
basketball,” said Phil Dalton.
Dalton, who had a few verbal
exchanges with Tyrone White, a
Chemeketa player, feels that White
and his teammates played the role
of instigators all night long, lead­
ing up to the fight in the stands.
“They play dirty. They call
you names, and will slap you in the
face when your back is turned, “
said Dalton.
incident. He landed hard on the
Dalton and White had a court, and lay motionless on the
confrontation, and Dalton and floor after the brawl ended.
Coach Kiser were hit with techni­
Clackamas players and
cal fouls.
coaches alike feel that bad offici­
That’s when the crater began ating led up to the volcano’s erup­
to explode, with 37 seconds left in tion.
the game and Chemeketa leading
“They (the officials) didn’t
75-64. Jeff Hoffman intentionally control the game. They let it get
fouled a Chemeketa player to stop way out of control,” said Dalton.
the clock. Chemeketa fan Anto­
“I thought the refs let it get
ine Miller took exception to the out of hand,” commented Todd
foul, walked out on the court, and Spencer.
challenged Hoffman and the rest
Clackamas Coach Royce Kiser
of his team to fight.
agrees with his players about the
A Clackamas Cheerleader, poor officiating during the game.
Jennifer Rae, stepped in the way
“I thought they did a terrible
of the Chemeketa fan to try and job. They didn’t keep the game
keep him off the court.
under control at all, and they are
“The guy came out on to the partly to blame for what hap­
court, so I just stepped in front of pened,” said Kiser.
him and told him to go sit down.
Although the bad officiating
He then pushed me, and I pushed was a factor, several players feel
him back,” said Rae.
that if Chemeketa fan Antoine
Two fans began fighting, and Miller hadn’t stepped on to the
a Chemeketa player ran up into court nothing would have hap­
the stands. Both benches then pened,
emptied into the bleachers as fans
“Their fan stepped on to the
and players became physically court and wanted to fight us. He
involved.
pretty much got it going,” said
The brawl lasted a matter of Trev Kiser.
minutes. The players were cleared
“The players were bickering
out of the stands, the game was back and forth the entire game,
called, the lights were turned off, but it was the fan on the court
and everyone was asked to leave. which got it started,” said Coach
The event left only one per­ Royce Kiser.
son injured: a Chemeketa fan was
Some people think the event
flung from the stands during the might have been racially motivated.
This, according to Clackamas
players, is ridiculous.
“It wasn’t racial at all,” said
Tim Osburn. “If it was two white
teams, or two black teams it still
would have happened.”
“There was nothing racial at
all. The players were intense and
played aggressively. The refs just
let the game out of hand,” said
Nate Pyatt.
Some fans who were in atten­
dance also had thoughts on what
happened, and why.
“I heard no racial slurs. I don’t
think it was racial at all,” said
Kelli Brown.
The two teams will meet again,
this time at Chemeketa on Feb.
15. This is cause for concern for
school administrators, but the
Clackamas players are looking
forward to it.
“I can’t wait. If they want to
play basketball, then we’ll play
basketball,” remarked Phil Dal­
ton.
According to Chief of Detec­
tives Gordon Huiras, the Oregon
City Police Department sent four
police cars to Randall Hall Gym­
nasium. It took the police under
four minutes to respond and by
the time they arrived at the gym
the fight was over with.
“No charges were filed and
see BASKETBRAWL - page 4
Supporters of levy
to hit campaign trail
Pho*o by Tim Zivney
BEFORE THE ERUPTION -Clackamas Center Phil Dalton (52)
attempts two points in last Wednesday's contest which was
marred by a fracas involving players and fans.
by Briane C. Dotson
News Editor
an affordable price, and that the
The Friends of Clackamas voters are getting a lot for their
Community College are planning money,” said Dickson.
a campaign to inform the public
There are several reasons why
about the proposed $9.5 million the friends of Clackamas would
bond levy.
like to see this bond levy pass.
“It will be a person to person One of the reasons is that the old
campaign,” said David Dickson, bond levy will be retired in April
assistant to the president for col­ and without this new bond levy
lege advancement. “Volunteers the college will not be able to
will be used to knock on doors.”
construct any new buildings. They
The goal of the Friends of also say that Clackamas Commu­
Clackamas Community College is nity College is sixth in size in the
to reach over half the voters in the state, bu t last in space per student.
district. They plan to reach the
This bond levy would cost the
32,500 voters in one weekend.
average $60,000 house hold about
Phone solicitation will not be $5.40 a year.
used as a way to reach voters,
According to Dickson the
however. According to Dickson it passage of the bond levy would
is better to meet people face to take off some of the pressure toward
face.
raising tuition.
The Friends of Clackamas
Bill Ryan, administrative dean
hope to use 200 volunteers from of college services and planning,
both students and the staff of said he would not be in favor of
Clackamas Community College to repealing the tuition raise sched­
inform voters, and are currently uled to go into effect this summer.
in the process of hiring an individ­
Ryan contended that even if
ual to staff the election effort, said the bond levy passes the college
Dickson.
would be in debt over $208,000,
“The points the friends of and if the bond doesn’t pass the
Clackamas are trying to get across college will be over $308,000 in
to voters are that the bond levy is the hole.
Oregon City, Oregon
News
Digest
Positions open
in government
Associated
Student
Government has five posi­
tions currently open.
- Entertainment Coordi­
nator, Assistant to the Presi­
dent Senator, Administrative
Assistant Senator, and two
Entertainment Senator jobs
ASG are currently vacant.
Vice President Leslie
Barton is coordinating the
effort to fill those positions.
Library seeks
volunteers
The library needs more
student volunteers. Valerie
McQuaid is seeking morn­
ing and evening help to as­
sists library patrons.
The Clackamas Commu­
nity College library serves
people throughout the com­
munity.
Cocaine
Anonymous to
meet today
Cocaine Anonymous will
meet today from noon to 1
p.m. in CC-116. This is an
open participation support
group-
Other support groups
meet regularly; students and
Staff can obtain a complete
list of those groups from the
Student Activities Office.
See Africa in
slide show
A slide show entitled “Bi­
cycling Across Africa” will
be shown at the Fireside i
Lounge from 11-3 p.m. Thurs­
day
Inside...
Q105DJ's
visit campus!
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