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News Pg. 2 The Clackamas Print News Clips compiled by Hafidha Acuay Portland attorney and mystery novel writer Phillip Margolin will be visiting Susan Kobos’ mystery writing class Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. in S-136. He will be discussing his novels and how an attorney finds time to write. Visitors are welcome to sit in on the class and participate in the discussion. Women writers are welcome to join “Chrysallis,” a group to support and encourage the writings of women, every Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. in B-114. For further information, contact Kate Gray at ext. 2371. Faculty, staff and students are invited to participate in a commu nity reading of fiction or poetry May 28 from noon to 1 p.m. in B-112. Those interested in reading can contact Kate Gray for more information. The Student Art Show is on display in the Pauling Gallery through May 28. The show is open and free to the public. For more information, call ext. 2386. Lawson Inada will give a poetry reading from his works focus ing on his Japanese-American heritage, May 10 in the Gregory Foriim from 11 a.m. to noon. The event is free. For more informa tion, call ext. 2370. “The Lansings,” a local country rock band, will be performing today at noon on the outside stage in the fountain area. The Tony Award winning musical, “Into the Woods,” will be performed at the college May 20,21 and 22 at 8 p.m., and May 23 at 2:30 p.m. in the McLoughlin Hall Theater. Additional perform ances will be held June 3,4 and 5 at 8 j^m. and June 6 at 2:30 p.m. Admission for the production, presented by the Theater Arts and Music Departments, is $10 for the general public, $5 for students and free for seniors with reservations. For more information, call Barbara Bragg at ext. 2356. Clackamas instructor and author, Craig Lesley, will autograph copies of "Dreamers and Desperados," his latest book, May 26 at the CCC Bookstore. The signing will be from noon to 1 p.m. For further information, call ext. 2565. The Clackamas vocal jazz ensembles will perform at Vocal Jazz Night, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gregory Forum. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for students and free for seniors. For more informa tion, call ext. 2434. The Portland Baroque Orchestra will perform during an educa tional concert and lecture exploring baroque music and instru ments. The event takes place in the Gregory Forum from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 26. Admission is free and the public is welcome. Call ext. 2434 for further information. Representatives from Omicron College will be in the CC Mall today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to provide students with information about their campus. All students are invited to enter the Christophers Video Contest for College Students. Entries must be five minutes or under in length and express the theme: “One Person Can Make a Differ ence.” Thousands of dollars in prize money will be awarded. The deadline is June 11. Entrants must be currently-enrolled college students in good standing. For more information, write to the Christophers, 12 East 48th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017; or call (212) 759-4050. Entry forms are now available for the 16th Annual Cascade Run Off. The world-class, 15-kilometer road race takes place June 27 and attracts top runners from across the country. The registration 'fee is $20; entry forms can be obtained at Legacy Health System, the Portland Marriot Hotel and local running stores. Cash prizes totalling $30,000 will be awarded. More than $12,000 in prizes will be awarded this year to more than 250poets in the North American Open Poetry'Contest. To enter, send one poem, any subject and style, to the National Library of Poetry, 11419 Cronridge Dr., P.O. Box 704-XN, Owings Mills, Md., 21117. The poem should be no more than 20 lines and the poet’s name and address should appear on the top of the page. Entries must be postmarked by June 30. There is no entry fee. RSVP ext 2422 Gregory Forum Annual Scholarship Recognition Reception Thursday, May 20 1993 7 p.m. hold in honor of the 1993-94 scholarship recipients Wednesday, May 19, 1993 Diversity present in poetry reading by Daphne Hartt Staff Writer Lawson Inada, an Asian- American poet, will visit Clacka mas Community College, Thurs day at 11 a.m. in the Gregory Forum. Inada, author of “Before the War” and “Legends from Camp,” is the first Asian-American to have poetry published by a major firm. Inada has received two crea tive writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and is currently teaching at South ern Oregon State College in Ashland, Ore. He has been with the college since 1966 and serves as a multi-cultural consultant for schools and agencies throughout the nation. While Inada has had many works appear in collections by Avon, Bantam, Crowell, Dell, Doubleday, Grove, Hartcourt, Houghton, Mifflin, Macmillan, New Directions, Random House, Scott and Foresman, he is fea tured in a part of theEncyclope-- dia Brittanica filmstrip series on American literature. In January, 1980, the White House invited Inada, along with other famous poets, to read their works. Inada was one of 21 writ ers at the event, “A Salute to Poetry and American Poets.” His most recent book, “Leg Asian-American poet Lawson Inada uses his poetry to express personal experiences. ing World War II. Inada uses his poetry as a method to express and share his personal experience with his readers. Diane Averill, English in structor, organized the poetry reading in the forum. She will also be joining Inada, Vem Ru- sata and Sandra Williams, Friday at 7 p.m. at Broadway Books, for a reading. Since Clackamas has in vited mostly predominately Caucasian poets, Averill thought that it would be nice to have a poet with an ends from Camp,” focuses on the ethnic background. She said that hardships and experiences of the she wanted to “provide the col Japanese internment camps dur lege with more diversity of lit erature and poetry and offer a new dimension. “Lawson is very geniune in his writing. It is not self-pitying. It deals with his experience in the camps. His writing also shows his love of jazz and musicians,” Averill said. Not only is Inada a poet, but a musician as well. He is a jazz bassist and celebrates jazz and the blues in his collection of poems. The readings in the forum and at Broadway Books are both free and anyone is welcome to come. Phi Theta takes regional awards by Nicole Turley Staff Writer The members of Clackamas ’ chapter of Phi Theta Kappa were honored with several awards at this year’s Northwest Regional Convention in Alberta, Canada from May 7 through 9. Every year students from all the Phi Theta Kappa chapters around the Northwest gather during Spring Term for this event. During these three days, Phi Theta Kappa members are honored with Hallmark Awards for their achievements in the honor soci ety’s four areas of focus: leader ship, fellowship, scholarship and service. Clackamas’ chapter, Alpha Xi Zeta, was recognized as the chapter with the most outstand ing leadership development pro gram in the Northwest. Along with the Hallmark Award for lead ership, Alpha Xi Zeta received a scholarship of $625 to the annual Phi Theta Kappa Honors Insti- The Clackamas Print Editors-in-Chief: Melissa Freels, Robert A. Hibberd News Editor: Nolan C. Kidwell Sports Editor: Daphne Hartt Feature Editor: Heidi Branstator Copy Editors: Jason Eck, Paul Valencia Photo Editor: Anjanette Booth Business Manager: Scott Morris tute at Elizabethan College in Pennsylvania next June. “We will nominate a member to go to that,” said Joel Donaldson, president of thecollege’schapterofPhi Theta Kappa. The chapter also won an award for the Oregon Region. Its honors study display, a six-foot table bearing the theme for this year's topic, dynamics of discov ery, won a state-wide Hallmark Award. Alpha Xi Zeta focused on the discovery of the Japanese culture for their display. Alpha Xi Zeta won another Hallmark award from the Ore gon Region for their yearbook. “We had the best yearbook in the state of Oregon. It was a history of everything we’ve done during the year,” Donaldson said. Donaldson won an individ ual fellowship award for the Oregon Region because he accu mulated the mostpoints fordoing fellowship activities. Staff Writers: Hafidha Acuay, Melissa Baughman, Justin Fields, Linda Gibson, Frank Jordan, Jeff Kemp, Brent King, Zach Kreinheder, Daniel J. Mala, Tina McFarland, Tyson Morrow, Michele Myers, Tracey Roozenboom, Staci Smith, Claudia Smulders, Eric St. Anthony's, Nicole Turley Adviser: Linda Vogt The Clackamas Print aims to be a fair and impartial newspaper cov ering the college community. Opinions expressed in The Clackamas Print do not necessarily reflect those of the college administration, faculty or advertisers. The Clackamas Print is a weekly publication distributed every Wednesday except for finals week. The open adver tising rate is $4.13 per column inch. Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon; 97045, Barlow 104. Telephone: 657-6958, ext 2309 (office), ext 2577 (advertising, news), ext. 2578 (features, photos, copy, sports), ext. 2576 (Editors-in-chief). Joel Donaldson, president of Phi Theta Kappa, recently won an award for his work with the Clackamas chapter.
