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The Clackamas Print
Feature
Wednesday, M^ch 10, 1993
International students
exploring America
by Raju Chuganey
Contributing Writer
"I have many friends, but
not American," Mizuho Kato
sadly stated.
Kato is an international
student from Japan attending
Clackamas. She is currently en
rolled in the general studies
program, with 12 credits.
She commutes by bus from
Portland everyday, where she
has an apartment. When asked
if she had a roommate, her reply
was, "No, it is very comfortable
to live by myself."
Kato likes to think of her-
favorite American food is pizza.
She enjoys listening to "Guns and
Roses" as well as "Marky Mark
and the Funky Bunch."
Kato does not know much
about American politics and can
not vote, but if she could have, she
would have voted for Clinton.
With five years of English,
she can speak fairly well and can
not understand why students on
campus do not engage in conver
sation with her.
"I think Japanese are more
friendly to foreigners. American
young people are cold to foreign
ers," she said.
Mizuho Kato is an international student from Japan.
Why would someone want to
by Jeff Kemp
leave their country?" I was bored,"
Staff Writer
Mika Yoshida, an interna
tional exchange student from
Japan, remembers her first
thoughts of America. "I didn't
like the United States at all," she
said.
Yoshida lived in Reno, Nev.
for a year before moving to
Portland. When asked why she
moved to Oregon, Mika re
sponded, " I didn't like Reno.
The American students were rude
to the foreign students."
She came from Japan, a
country rich in tradition and
she said. Yoshida was required to
study everyday after school for
five hours, and ten ¡hours on her
day off.
When discussing, how Yoshida
likes the United States, she said "I
like it so much that, hopefully
after I graduate from college, I
will be able to get a job so I can
live here permanently."
In a country where family is
the most important ideal, how
would the family react? "My family
has been very supportive, in fact
they even pay for me to be over
the United States permanently.
Clackamas Community College choir performs at last weekend’s choral concert.
Vocal, instrumental festivals
to take place on campus
by Tyson Morrow
Staff Writer
March 12, 13, and 19,
amateur jazz is going to hit CCC
in a big way. The 22nd Annual
Instrumental Jazz Festival
(March 12-13) and the 10th
Annual Vocal Jazz Festival
(March 19) will feature more
than 50 junior and senior high
school bands from throughout
the Northwest.
The Instrumental Jazz Fes
tival will begin competition
Friday at 8 a.m. and continue to
6:30 p.m. each day. Evening
playoffs begin each night at 7:30
p.m. CCC’s faculty band, fea
turing five professional musi
cians and teachers who work
with college music students, will
also perform during the evening.
The band is led by Tom Wake-
ling, who directs the CCC Jazz
Ensemble and Combos. He is
joined by Jeff Homan on saxo
phone and flute, Jeff Cumpston
on drums, trombonist Jeff Uusi-
talo and pianist Steve Christof-
ferson.
The Vocal Jazz Festival
opens the following Friday at 9
a.m. simultaneously in both
McLoughlin Theater and the Gre
gory Forum and concludes at
4:30 p.m. The evening perform
ance starts at 7:30 p.m. and will
feature guest artist Michelle Van
Handel with the Bill Sabol trio.
Van Handel, a Clackamas alumni,
is well known in the Eugene area
for her outstanding jazz vocals
and recently appeared on stage
at the 1992 Eugene Celebration
as well as being one of the fea
tured performers at the Oregon
Coast Blues and Jazz Festival in
Lincoln City. She is a past win
ner of the Oregon Jazz Society’s
award for most outstanding new
jazz vocalist. Currently she di
rects the University of Oregon
Vocal Jazz Ensemble and will
be a clinician at the upcoming
Pleasant Hill Jazz Festival. Since
moving to Eugene in 1981, Bill
has become known throughout
the Eugene/Springfield area not
only as a unique jazz soloist, but
also as a creative performer with
his own trio, and other jazz pro
fessionals.
Final Exam Schedule - March 15-17
1. Exams will be held in
die regular classroom un
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any other time that does not conflict with the regular exam schedule.
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