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Inside Sports Scores 1 Clackamas finds itself ranked #4 in the NWAACC with | big games ahead. Read more on page 7. Students tell us about their fashion sense on campus. Story and pictures on pages 5. / _______ Volleyball_______ Clackamas beats I 15-4,15-8, Umpqua I 16-2 Quick stat$: Jessica Rowley 10 kills Kimber York 18 assists Wednesday, October 21, 1998_______ ____________ Clackamas Community College_____ Oregon City, Oregon This week: Clackamas vs. I Friday, Mt. Hood I 7 p.m. Quick Stats: Clackamas [7-1, 29-3] Mt. Hood [5-3, U/A] Volume XXXII, Issue 3 Fossil find lands at Clackamas ANGIE DASCHEL Staff Writer Vocational Options Program In structor Eric Faucher, while on sab batical in Alberta, Canada came across an interesting lump of rock one day as he was away from camp looking around. “As I was walking along a river bed, I saw the bone sticking out of the sand,” Faucher said. , TIMOTHY A. BELL/ Clackamas Print , Instructor Eric Faucher found this fossil of a Hadrosaur vertebrae while on a sabbatical in Alberta, Canada. It will be on display In Pauling Center near the geology lab. Faucher worked with paleontologist Frank Hadfield and geologist John Snively. Eric Faucher explains where the fossil is located in the anatomy of the dinosaur. Faucher was working with Frank Hadfield, a paleontologist, to find fossil sites for a project called Exposaur. The project’s goal was to find and inventory dinosaur bones. The bones would then be sent to various museums for view ing. “It’s not legal in Canada for just anyone to find a bone and keep it. You must have a permit to dig for dinosaur bones,” Faucher ex plained. The bone that Faucher found was located near the tail of the Hadrosaur. It is one of the lowest vertebrae in the animal and con nects the spinal column to the ribs. These animals were 40 feet long, weighed five tons and were herbi vores, or vegetarians. “These dinosaurs were food for the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Sometimes you can see teeth marks on the fos sils,” said Faucher. The climate in Canada in the time of the dinosaurs was much like present day Florida-very swampy and tropical. This is why the bone was preserved so well. When the animals died, they sank into the swamp. The land dried up and hardened around the dinosaur, creating a covering from the elements. Before going on the dig, Faucher took a sabbatical from teaching and studied geology from John Snively. “I needed to learn what to look for at a dig site,” Faucher said. Faucher is how teaching again and has the bone on loan from Hadfield and Exposaur. The fos sil will be on display at the Paul ing Center near the geology lab for viewing. Cougar's Den opens today at noon with free pizza Kelly Brennan and the debate team display the trophies won this month. toni mcmichael / Clackamas Print Debate team scores again JEREMY STALLWOOD [Feature Editor I Sixteen forensic students on Clackamas’ speech and debate ¡team took home another victory at She Louis and Clark Pioneer Invi tational oh October 9, 10 and 11. The 27th Annual Louis and Clark Pioneer Invitational was the first designated tournament of the year, according to speech and de bate student Wendy McKay. Bringing home a total of 15 tro phies was a good way to start the Reason. i Clackamas placed second in the two-year college division, includ- community colleges in Wash ington and California. The team’s greatest success was placing first in the overall division, competing against two-year and four-year col leges, a total of 30 schools. “Clackamas has developed a re nowned speech team that has re ceived national attention,” said speech and debate advisor Kelly Brennan. Out of 16 students on this first run, said Brennan, only three were returning. The majority of the team were novices. These novice stu dents, each having previously won less than three awards in an event, did exceptionally well in the indi vidual events—a total of fourteen trophies were earned in these events. Competing against such schools as Notre Dame and UCLA could seem intimidating, but Clackamas has a prestigious speech and de bate team. There was an advantage for Clackamas, since they were com peting on their home front. “When the tournament was over,” said Brennan, “we could go home and go to bed.” He added that it’s much more comfortable that way. Looking to the future, the foren sics team will go to a tournament at the University of Oregon on October 23, 24, and 25. Anticipating this coming tourna ment, Brennan said, “This one should prove to be tougher.” TONI MCMICHAEL / Clackamas Print The Cougar's Den is opening today at noon with a free lunch compliments of Associated Student Government. Featuring a jukebox, arcade games and pool tables, the re-opening of the game room has been long awaited by students and staff. The game room was renamed The Cougar's Den in honor of the school's mascot.
