FEATURE
THE CLACKAMAS PRINT October 11,1989 Page 7
Left-handed,
right-minded
Araki travels to Oregon for an education
Japanese student, Madoka Araki, is studying at Clackamas
this year. Araki is from Shizuoka, Japan.
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Photo by Lane Scheideman
Actors cast for play
by Roseann Wentworth
Copy/Entertainment Editor
Auditions were held last week
for James Leonard Jr.’s “The
Diviners,” the first stage produc­
tion by the Clackamas College
Drama Club to be performed this
/ear.
With the exception of a few
Clackamas stage veterans, most
)f the performers chosen are new
lo the college, some even new to
¡he stage. The lead roles were
warded to Roger Hancock as
‘Buddy Layman” and Lisa Wel-
lon as “Jennie Mae Layman.” The
supporting cast consists of stu-
lents William Andersen, David
Jurnett, Julie Piubeni, Maklynn
>t. Clare, Liz Egbert, Travis Box,
Elizabeth McDougall, Adam Jar­
key and Chad Goodell.
Astage production cannot be
somplete without the people
behind the scenes: the crew. Cheryl
Ellison is Assistant Director as
well as Stage Manager. M. Leigh
Hagen is mastering the sound­
board; Ron Theod and Karen
Andersen are responsible for the
lights; Andria Racetteand Kenye
North (also in charge of ward­
robe) are heading the prop de­
partment and Travis Box is Make-
Up Coordinator.
Merril Lynn Taylor is the
special guest director for this
production. She has also previ­
ously directed Clackamas stage
productions which consisted of
“Happiest of the Three” among
other well-known productions.
Taylor is also currently directing a
stage version of George Bernard
Shaw’s comedy “Mrs. Warren’s
Profession,” which will open
October 25 of this year at the New
Rose Theater in downtown Port­
land.
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by Julie Merriott
Staff Writer
Unlike Eddie Murphy in
“Coming to America”, 20-year old
Madoka Araki traveled to Ore­
gon in search of an education.
Araki arrived in the states last
summer, and has spent a year
learning to speak the English
language. The six years of study­
ing English grammar in Shizuoka,
Japan did not completely prepare
Araki for conversational English.
“I come hereto learn English, but
I hate having to speak it,” she
explained.
On her own initiative, Araki
chose to study abroad. It was a
decision greatly supported by her
father, as he is now paying for her
educational and living expenses.
“I am used to being with my fam­
ily,” Araki expressed. “But I only
write home about once a month,”
she admitted as if ashamed of the
feet. Her younger brother, mother
and father enjoy the occasional
contact through the mail.
Araki is more committed when,
it concerns her schooling or inter­
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Andrei Kltaev, jazz pianist, is to perform at Clackamas.
Jazz pianist to perform
by Rick Piller
Staff Writer
Clackamas Community Col­
lege Jazz lovers will be treated to
a transplanted Oregonian jazz
pianist on October 18th between
12 and 1 in the community center.
Andrei Kitaev was bom in a
suburb of Moscow in the Soviet
Union and ten years ago came to
the U.S. to hone his jazz piano
technique.
Kitaev, who started piano at
the age of three, graduated from
the Soviet equivalent of New York’s
Julliard school, Gnessen, in 1967.
He began to teach classical piano
at a private college in Moscow
until 1975. Even then the threads
of jazz were weaving their way
into his life.
Kitaev had been introduced
to jazz through broadcasts on Voice
of America and through record­
ings of Oscar Peterson, John
Coltrane and Miles Davis. He then
came to the U.S. with an Ameri­
can exchange student whom he
married. Settling in the San Fran­
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ests, including music and the pi­
ano. “In Japan, there is a lot more
homework,” Araki related. Not
surprisingly she added, “I like
school.”
Although studying keeps her
busy, Araki has found the time to
make “lots of new friends.” Many
are from Portland, and attend
Portland State Universtiy. When
questioned why she chose Clacka­
mas, she replied, “A friend highly
recommended it.”
However, Araki’s living loca­
tion, downtown Portland, would
not seem as ideal as her college
choice. Araki can attest to this,
having had to contend with the
“rude” behavior of Portland’s
residents. “In Japan, people are
more polite.”
Despite the obvious differ­
ences, Araki likes Oregon, even
its weather. “In Japan it is so muggy.
I hate Japanese summer.”
On the other hand, Araki
enjoys Oregon’s cuisine, “Espe­
cially all the fruit,” and its varied
activities and people. In short, she
describes her experience as “a little
scary, but exciting.”
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cisco area he began to learn how
to speak English and drive as well
as practice eight hours a day just
to learn American jazz.
Kitaev, who now lives in a
Gresham apartment, moved to
Portland eight months ago. He
said in a recent This Week article
that “... even when we get 20 people
we are happy. We are trained this
way. Jazz musicians are not spoiled
by audiences!” Kitaev (pronounced
Kee-TAY-eft) moved up here for
both the climate and the jazz scene.
He says of Portland audiences
“They’ll come out and listen with­
out talking!”
Kitaev has an album out en­
titled ‘Yesterdays”, accompanied
by two superb area musicians Mel
Brown on drums and Tom Gilson
on bass. It includes several jazz
standards like, “Caravan” and
“Love for Sake.” Those who wish
to catch Kitaev can see him at any
one of several local jazz bars or
they can come to the community
center on October 18.
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So I’m sitting in my second
class on the first day of school and
I’m thinking how annoying it is
that I’m having difficulty writing.
It took me a second, but I figured
out what the problem was. So the
next thought I have is- how is a
left-handed person supposed to
write on a desk made for a right-
handed person?
From the left
by Angela Wilson
I’m sure I’m not the only
person who has asked this ques­
tion, and I’m sure I’m not the only
person who has this problem. I
wonder if right-handed people have
the same problem? The problem
is that my arm hangs off the edge
of the desk and there is nothing to
hold it up. It is very difficult to
write this way. I’m not sure how,
but somehow I managed to make
it through last year without ever
running into one of those tiny desks,
and this year all of my classes have
them.
Another thing I find difficult
as a left-hander is writing in a
spiral notebook The wire spiral
gets in the way of my hand. De­
pending on what I am writing,
whether it is a letter, notes , or
some kind of homework, I some­
times turn the notebook upside
down and write from the bottom
of the page to the top.
It is also difficult to write in a
spiral notebook if you have a
sweater ora long-sleeved shirt on.
The spiral gets caught on your
sweater and that can be quite
annoying.
One thing I hate about being
left-handed is that, as you write,
your hand moves from left to right
over the writing. If you’re using a
pen it smears the ink and leaves a
beautiful ink stain on your hand.
There are a lot of things that
can be difficult for left-handed
people. Pencil sharpeners in the
classroom are right-handed, zip­
pers on coats are right-handed,
and scissors are right-handed. Sure
they make special scissors for left­
handed people, but how often can
you find a pair lying around?
My friend Rian is left-handed
too. She is very left-handed and
can’t do anything with her right
hand. She has a difficult time trying
to use a manual can openers,
because they too are made for
right-handed people.
I’ve heard that left-handed
people are supposed to be more
creative than right-handed people.
Whether that is true or not I don’t
know. But I do believe you have to
be pretty creative if you’re left­
handed, in order to get around
some of the minor obstacles you
face living in a right-handed world.
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