Women, sports unite
for Authors1 Night
JEREMY STALLWOOD
Staff Writer
Three female sports writers will be
the featured speakers at Authors'Night
in the McLoughlin Theater at 7 p.m.
tonight.
Lauren Kessler, author of seven
books, will be reading from
Full Court Press, a story about a suc
cessful women's basketball team and
the fight for equal funding in women's
sports.
Karen Karbo will read from Big Girl
in the Middle, the story of Gabrielle
Reece, a 6' 3" professional beach vol
leyball player named by Elie maga
zine as one of the five most beautiful
women in the world.
Rene Denfield, a freelance journal
ist, will read about being the first
woman to train an amateur boxer from
her book Kill the Body, the Head Will
Follow,
A $2 donation to the Friends of the
Library is suggested.
Rene Denfield (top), Karen
Karbo (not pictured), and
Lauren Kessler (bottom left)
are showcased for this term's
Authors' Night.
O'Brien brings youth to horticulture
LAURA ARMSTRONG
Staff Writer
At 24 years old, Timothy O’Brien, new to the Horticulture Department, is the youngest full-time
instructor at Clackamas.
O’Brien is originally from New Jersey. He went to the University of Delaware, where he received
his bachelor’s degree in Plant Science. Then he earned his master’s degree in Horticulture at Oregon
State University. His training is specialized in vegetation and fruit crops,
“I try to tailor my classes around my students,” he said. In the courses that O’Brien instructs he
abandons traditional teaching methods and strives for team
learning. O’Brien noted that most of his students are com
fortable with the group work, but some seem to feel uncom
fortable without the traditional lecture style class.
O’Brien is enjoying his teaching at Clackamas.
producing a unique character greatly
“It’s a great place, I’m impressed with the environment [at
suited to each tune. The time and en
Clackamas],” said O’Brien
ergy expended by Lonnie Cline in
A new club that O’Brien is active in is American Land
molding this group are indeed admi
scape Contractors Association or ALCA. It is a club that
rable.
allows Horticulture students to compete with other schools
“Under the Influence” CDs are
in competitions like identifying plants, designing landscape,
available from Lonnie Cline at his
bidding on and estimating jobs and personal management
office upstairs in R208 F. They are
skills.
definitely worth checking out.
O’Brien adds a sprig of youth to the campus and instructs
Clackamas has one of the best music
classes that will take students outside, provided the weather
programs in the Northwest, and Main
is permitting. “I try to allow shared visions,” said O’Brien.
stream is an energetic testament of
On campus these shared visions will be visible to the col
this. May they continue to move on
lege community through landscape and design projects.
ward and upward.
Clackamas Vocal Jazz shines with new CD
JOEL P. SHEMPERT
Feature Editor
How would you like to add to your
music collection a recording by an en
semble which has enjoyed widespread
success on tour and in jazz festivals?
What if this ensemble was part of
an institution accredited as the best in
the state, and had attracted talent from
as far as the Baltic country of Estonia
to work and study with the group?
You don’t have to travel to New York
or Chicago to hear this group perform,
or pay inflated prices at some extor
tionate record store to obtain their
work. The Clackamas Mainstream
Jazz Ensemble and their newly re
leased CD, “Under the Influence,” are
right here in Clackamas’ own back
yard.
Perhaps Jazz conjures up thoughts
of elevator music for some. Rest as
sured, Clackamas’ jazz ensemble sings
anything but. Listeners acquainted with
the wealth of musical depth and diver
sity jazz has to offer will not be disap
pointed. The ensemble, under the tu
telage of Director Lonnie Cline, has
developed extremely well over the past
year. “Under the Influence” displays a
remarkable maturity. The comparison
between this and last year’s vocal jazz
CD, “It’s All Good,” an enjoyable yet
less sophisticated release, serves to
demonstrate the Clackamas’ Music
Departments commitment to never re
gress in the pursuit of excellence.
Volume XXXI, Issue 3
“Under the Influence of Main
stream” is nothing less than a feast of
smooth vocals and eclectic instrumen
tation. The 13 tracks are all notewor
thy and create a wonderfully diverse
CD. These students are capable sweep
ing the listener into the extremes of
love, joy, heartache, attraction, intro
spection, and regret. Tunes, such as
“One More Time” and the opening
track, “Have You Heard?” create a lin
gering atmosphere of peace. Others
tracks like the racy and diverse “Oh,
Lady be Good” and the swaggering
blues of “Jersey Girl,” that veritably
crackle with energy.
Among the notable tracks is “So and
So,” which starts out in a playful man
ner but drops to a moaning whisper
before the finish, is carried by the solo
vocals of Dawn Reins to a pinnacle of
hushed intensity. Another peach is the
stunning arrangement of “I Can See
Clearly Now,” a cut which begins by
lulling you ever so gently, then builds
to an exultant climax. It doesn’t stop
there. If jazz is even remotely your cup
of tea, you won’t grow bored of this
recording anytime soon.
Kudos are definitely in order for
those responsible for producing such
excellence in an amateur recording.
Arranger Jason Womack is an talented
composer who is obviously in tune with
the group’s strengths. The instrumen
talists add significant depth to the vo
cals, and Jarrod Lawson’s skills on jazz
piano are nearly unparalleled. The
various soloists are impeccable, each
Advertise
in
CI ac I< amas
P rint
for cheap!
Reach a
WIDE
variety of ages
and back
grounds that can
ONLY
be found at
C lackamas
C ommunity
C o I I e g e .