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Pg. 2 The Clackamas Print
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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
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Joel Donaldson, president
of Phi Theta Kappa, recently
won an award for his work
with the Clackamas chapter.