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Wednesday, May 24,1995
FEATURES
Retirees to be honored at reception ‘Betty the Yeti’ takes
stage with satiric humor
by Lora Wahrgren
Staff Writer
Clackamas Community
College will be honoring five in
structors for a lifetime of teach
ing. People say life begins at re
tirement, is this true? The teach
ers that are going to be retiring
are Deryl Hampton from the sci
ence dept., David Miller an auto
merchandising
instructor;
Loretta Matvlich, an English
instructor; Mildred Sandwick, a
teacher assistant and secretary in
the Learning Center; and Marv
Thornley, a re-employment
training coordinator.
The Retirement Reception
will be held in the Gregory Fo
rum June 7, at 2 p.m. There will
be coffee and dessert. And the
President of CCC John Keyser
will also say a few words on be
half of the five retiree’s.
When I asked David Miller
what he plans on doing after he
retires he said that he was going
to travel. And that he didn’t want
to retire, but it was time.
When I asked him what most
memorable thing happened that
he can recall he stated, that at a
party one of his students from ten
years ago came up to him and told
him how successful he was be
cause of Miller. Miller said that
because of this, he felt really good
and that all that teaching had
somewhat paid off. I think that to
have a student from ten years ago
tell you how you made a differ
ence in their life is really flatter
ing and special.
By listening to David Miller
talk about his career as a teacher
and how he is planning on trav
eling now proves the saying right
that life does begin at retirement.
Good luck and congratula
tions to all of the retiring staff here
at CCC.
• Play Review •
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Photo by Jon Roberts
David Miller is looking
forward to retiring, but will
remember fondly his days
at Clackamas.
‘Die Hard’ hits with a vengeance
by Jon Roberts
Staff Writer
“Die Hard With a Ven
geance” hits with a vengeance
and doesn’t let up for the full 2
hours and 15 minutes of the
movie. Die Hard with a Ven
geance, or Die Hard 3, features
the famous character from the
first two movies, the cop who has
all the answers, John Mclain,
played by Bruce Willis.
The movie starts with a bang,
quite literally, in the first scene a
bomb goes off in a crowded New
York store. The mad bomber calls
the New York Police Department
and asks for John Mclain (Willis).
But Mclain is on suspension, the
movie takes off with him coming
back off suspension to track down
the mad man.
Samuel L. Jackson comes
into the picture when Mclain gets
in trouble with a gang in down
town Harlem. Jackson ends up
being Mclain’s right hand man
throughout the movie.
The movie takes off again
when the mad bomber played by
Jeremy Irons, sends Willis and
Jackson racing all across New
York to defuse bombs. Appar
ently the mad bomber is upset
because Willis’s character killed
his brother in the' first movie.
The suspense builds as
Willis’ and Jackson’s characters
race to save the people of New
York from several well-placed
bombs. The plot is well laid out
but at times sort of predictable.
The plot in this movie is dif
ferent than the first two, it’s not
just the same plot with new char
acters, it is actually a new idea.
Yes, there is the same old bad guy
versus the bad cop who is really
good, but a little bad.
The good bad cop is por
trayed well by Willis, and the
character is a well developed one,
in which Willis appears to have
fun portraying. He really seems
to get into the character and he
enjoys it. After his last movie
“Color of Night,” which in my
opinion was a flop, it is good to
see him in a good role.
Jackson gives his usual great
“For adults:” remember that
if you ever have a chance to see
this play. Although it makes the
# e e e e e
e play much more real, some view
by Jocelyn Gauthier
ers might be offended at the lan
guage.
Feature Editor
Full of satire and double
The bestiality, on the other
meanings, ‘Betty the Yeti,’ di hand, only made the audien'ce go,
rected by David Smith-English, “um...okay...” but by the end of
opened with success last Thurs the show we sort of had a weird
day night in McLoughlin Theater. sense of sympathy for the
The play takes place in a “couple.”
grove of old-growth in the
Patrick Sterling, in his por
Willamette National Forest, near trayal of Russ T. Sawyer, stole the
the Santiam River,
show with his sen-
the time: “maybe
sitive/Vietnam
never. Maybe to
vet/ex-logger/ani-
morrow,” accord
mal loving (to say
My hope is that the very least)/Mr.
ing to the pro
gram.
the themes of Tough Guy per
It takes place
sonality. “Screw
this play continue Sasquatches, Not
in a time where
the “mythic Pa
to linger long af Actors!”
is
cific Northwest is
Sterling’s quote in
ter the laughter
dead” and in its
the program.
subsides. About
place are factory
The names of
outlets, beds and
our own respon the characters
breakfasts, soft
suggest
their
sibility to the stands in the envi
ware designers,
airplane factories
natural ronmental issues,
and
car
world...and sec like Clare Kutz,
dealerships.
Iko (Eco), Terra
ond chances...
The
play
Sawyer,
Trey
-Jon Klein
wright, Jon Klein
Hugger, and Russ
playwright T. Sawyer.
believes that sa
tiric humor illu
“One
final
minates issues in a
comment. I don’t
truthful and effec
believe theatre au
tive way. ‘“Betty the Yeti’reveals diences turn their brains off when
all sides of the environmental cri they’re laughing (some critics dis
sis to be equally valid - and agree). “My hope is that the
equally absurd,” Klein said.
themes of this play continue to
“It would be dishonest for me linger long after the laughter sub
to suggest that there are solutions sides. About our own responsi
that would satisfy all parties, and bility to the natural world...and
downright stupid to promote one second chances,” Klein said.
viewpoint over all the others.
Before the play started I had
“The U.S. Government has the opportunity to view the “Re
been trying to come up with a tim quiem for Paul Bunyan” art ex
ber compromise for two years now hibit in McLoughlin Hall as part
— without success. If there ever of the performance with artist
was a subject appropriate for sat Nancy Travers, who painted her
ire, this is it,” Klein said.
work on wood for a more pro
The yeti, very much in heat, found effect. The play continues
was played by J. D. Woods. Betty through June 4.
is “...a creature that represents all
the mystery and beauty of the an
cient forests — and the same threat
At First Interstate Bank, we are
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performance. In his last two mov
ies, “Pulp Fiction,” and “Kiss of
Death,” he gave good perfor
mances but in this movie he out
did himself. He provides comic
relief throughout the movie with
his general attitude and his con
stant arguing with Willis’s char
acter about racism.
Jeremy Irons last heard as the
voice of Scar in Disney’s “Lion
King,” gives a good performance
as the token bad guy of the movie.
He is a very good actor but this
part does not really suit his act
ing abilities.
There is a lot of violence in
this movie, but it is not overly vio
lent, the violence is overshadowed
by the humor that is mixed in with
the violence.
I would have to give this
movie three and a half stars. The
reason it doesn’t get four stars is
because it is a little predictable at
times.
“Die Hard 3” is directed by
John McTierman and is rated R
for violence, language and mild
gore.
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