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1 Clackamas finds itself ranked #4 in the NWAACC with
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Students tell us about their fashion sense on campus.
Story and pictures on pages 5.
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_______ 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.
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TIMOTHY A. BELL/ Clackamas Print
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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.