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Wednesday, April 12,1995
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by Jocelyn Gauthier
Feature Editor
Amy Ku’uipo Bierman
Staff Reporter
“Easy going,” “multi-tal
ented” and “creative” describe art
ist Jason Zeringue, CCC student
and graphic design major. His art
work is currently on display at the
Art Center until April 20.
The show has been described
as “figurative art work,” but
Zeringue explains his art work
show as “realistic/fantasy/what-
ever pops in my mind.”
He’s been attending the col
lege since fall ’93, and plans to go
on to PCC this fall to pursue his
degree in graphic design.
Zeringue works with a vari
ety of art forms, including water
color, oil, pencil, computer and
airbrush. “I don’t have a preferred
one; it’s just whatever works easier
on the subject matter,” he said.
His works include business
cards, packet illustrations and
property/realty sketches for Cen
tury 21 in Canby. “That’s the work
part of it, but I. really like comic
book art (which is the fun part),”
he said.
As a freshman in high school,
he was chosen as one of 24 entries
out of 500 in a contest at OMSI.
The contest, for high school and
college students, had a theme
about relations between the US
and then USSR.
“I drew a Russian Mig and
an
F15
Eagle
flying
(together)...it’s now on permanent
The Theater Department is
currently working on this term’s
one-act plays.
“Minority Status Quo” is the
first play, written and directed by
student Matt Russell.
According to Craig
McCarty, the play explores
the conflict between Chris
tianity and homosexuality.
Most importantly, this
play deals with “the search
ing for friendship^ (because
of) the loneliness, a human
connection of some sort,”
said Barbara Bragg, Theater •
and Communications De
partment secretary.
Russell, McCarty, Jef
frey D. Woods and Jen
Johnson make up the cast of
“Minority Status Quo.”
The second play is entitled
“Miguelito,” written by student
Rosemary Jane.
It takes place in a South
Photo by Josh Kehler
One of Zeringue’s favorite
pieces of art which “came
out of nowhere,” he
described. .
display at the Soviet Space Launch
Site in Bochnia.”
This was the start of a string
of successful competitions for
Zeringue, although he said; "I al
most don’t want to take (the) credit
because you don’t know judges. 1
don’t know, half of it, I think, is
luck on any contest. So, you gotta
have a judge who’s really inter
ested in it.”
After he finishes at PCC, he
plans to go on “to work, hope
fully!” he said. “(I want to) get a
job and move out from my parent’s
house!
“I don’t want a $5/hour job.
I’mjust trying to get out of that. I
will hopefully use this ability to
make some kind of sustainable
money - that is, if the band doesn’t
go totally nationwide.”
His band, “Herbal Jones,” a
favorite with Canby High School
Photo by Josh Kehler
Jason Zeringue, CCC
student, is a member of the
band, “Herbal Jones.”
students, has a tape out called
“Flower,”
He and his friend joined the
band in October ’94 and “meshed
together with our ideas and their
ideas, and actually, not too much
later, got our first album re
corded,” And that was the birth
of “Flower.”
“We just got a review in this
one Portland magazine. It was
funny, you know, there’s just a ton
of reviews of hundreds of bands
and...actually, we felt lucky be
cause he (the reviewer) didn’t say
we were totally good, but he didn’t
totally slam us.
“At least he said they were
‘catchy enough to stick around
with you all day’,” Zeringue said.
Zeringue describes the band’s
sound as “90’s rock, I don’t want
to say grunge. It is actually dif
ferent, though, because we do have
a lot of catchy songs. People seem
to like it...they come to our shows!
“We totally paid for our al
bum in 1 1/4 shows. It cost just
under $1,000 to get our album
made,” he said.
“Flower” is available on cas
sette only. “When we become
rich, we’ll get CDs - with color!”
Zeringue said with a laugh.
“We saved a lot of money
because we did the cover art on
my computer...I manipulated the
photographs that other people
took, through PhotoShop, and
sized them and put them all to
gether,” he said.
Despite his Success with
“Herbal Jones,” Zeringue holds
his future with that very lightly.
“It’s just a hopefully
thing...kind of a side-fun thing. If
that happens, great, if not, that’s
fine too. I have graphic design to
lean.on.”
by Brendon Neal
Staff Writer
Chrysalis, a writer’s club, al
lows women to share their ideas
and works in progress with other
women and get feedback.
Chrysalis was formed a little
over two years ago by a group of
students. They wanted to continue
the work-they had done in a Intro
duction to Literature class.
The group at the time was all
women and has become a
women’s writing club.
However, Kate Gray, the ad
visor, said that men would not be
turned away if they asked to enter
the club.
Over the first two years the
club averaged about five mem
bers. Then last fall the member
ship rose to about 10 members. It
is now 16 members which is the
most they have ever had.
The members don’t have to
do any fund raising. This is be
cause the club doesn’t actually re
quire any money to keep it going.
Chrysalis meets every
Wednesday from 1-2. They meet
in different locations every term,
depending on what classroom is
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Sky Trammell as soldiers.
Fuzzy Aura is the name of this
term’s comedy improvisation
group. Comedy improvisation
here at the college was started last
term as part of the Theater
Department’s Special Projects
class,
The group acts out a num
ber of different skits and scenes
using audience suggestions and
input
Fuzzy Aura consists of stu
dents: Jeffrey D. Woods,
Heather Rowley, Angela
Deardorf, Sky Trammell,
Matt Schwab, Rae Cooper
and Bonita Daniels.
“Miguelito” and Fuzzy
Aura will be performed at
12:30 p.m., May 30 and
June 1, in the McLoughlin
Hall Theatre.
“Minority Status Quo” will
be performed at noon, May
31, and a special perfor
mance of all three acts will
be held for Humanities
classes at 6:30 p.m.
All three performances will
be held at 8 p.m., June 1.
AU performances are free
and open to the public. *
empty during their time. This term
Chrysalis is meeting in Dye Learn
ing Center, library, in room 104.
They read or sing their works to
each other.
These works include pieces of
novels, poetry and even some
songs which are sung.
Then the rest of the members
talk about the pieces and ways the
author might improve their writ
ings.
Gray says, “This group is ter
rific for giving very constructive
pragmatic suggestions on writing;”
In the future Gray hopes to
find a way to have two meetings a
week. One during the day and one
in the evening.
This is because many writers
work during the day and can’t
come to the regular meetings.
However, she doesn’t know
when this change could occur, be
cause she doesn’t have time to
advise the night meetings herself.
American country and is a pictur
esque dreamscape about war.
Starring in “Miguelito” will
be: Craig McCarty as Miguelito,
Rae Cooper as Juano, Matt Russell
as Enrique, Angela Deardorf as the
narrator, and Jeffrey D. Woods and
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...This play deals
with “the searching
for friendship, (be
cause of) the lone
liness, a human con
nection of some sort.”
-Barbara Bragg,
English Instructor
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