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News
WEdNEsdAy, FEbRUARy 2, 2000
TI he CI ac I camas P rínt
Debate team receives 22 awards at tournament
Nash Carey practices for an
upcoming tournament
MANDY GOOD
Sports Editor
The Clackamas Speech and De
bate team, coached by Kelly
Brennan, took home a third place
sweepstakes award and 22 indi
vidual awards, Jan. 28-29 at the
Ben Padrow Portland State Univer
sity Tournament.
“I think we did well individually;
collectively they won third place
and it was a tough tournament. I
thought they did awesome," re
marked Brennan.
In individual events, Matthew
Steketee placed second in After
Dinner Speaking, first in Dramatic
Interpretation, was a finalist in Ex
temporaneous, and a finalist in Im
promptu Speaking. Kerrie Baker-
Hughes placed second in Dramatic
Interpretation and placed first in
Prose.
Melissa Jones Was a finalist in
Informative Speaking. Roxanne
Johnson placed third in Im
promptu. Amorita Patterson
placed second in Informative
Speaking. Melissa Stivers re in Impromptu, and placed as a fi
ceived first in Communication nalist in Prose.
Analysis, second in Persuasive
“I think that we did great in indi
speaking and was a finalist in vidual events,” explained Steketee.
Prose.
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Samantha Griffin
third as a team.
Kelly Brennan
placed as a finalist
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eighth in Overall
Speaking when
Kindra Hazen
placed as a finalist in Prose. evaluated on his speaking ability.
Sherrie Martin placed third place
“The competition was really
in Extemporaneous, was a finalist strong; we had to step it up and
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that
work
the
superior giants
within us.
do the best that we knew how to
do,” explained Steketee in re
sponse to the tournament. “I think
that we really pulled together as a
team in this tournament.”
The forensic team is gearing up
for their National Tournament.
There are three remaining tourna
ments that the team can compete
in and gain experience through.
The team will compete at Oregon
State University Feb. 10-12. Ac
cording to Coach Brennan, be
tween now and the next tourna
ment he is really working to bring
the team up to its potential.
“I think that we need to work on
waking the superior giants within
us,” said Brennan. “This team has
a lot of great potential, but I think
that some of us need to come out
of our shells.”
Vigil: Candles lit for diversity
Continued from page 1
TIM BELL/ Clackamas Print
The Haggart Observatory located at the Environmental
Learning Center is being renovated for reopening this spring.
Reconstruction to begin
on Haggart Observatory
DIANA SCRIVNER
Associate News Editor
potential of the observatory.
The observatory holds a 26
inch telescope that is eight feet
long, which allows the viewer to
see a variety of sky objects that
can’t be seen through a tele
scope on the ground. The tele
scope that is currently in the ob
servatory, which is one of the
largest in the region, was built by
Steven Swayze of Portland.
The size of the telescope that
is located in the observatory en
hances astronomy studies. The
ELC plans on developing cur
riculum for studies bf astronomy.
One of the things they plan to do
is communicate with other obser
vatories in the Northwest, and
share educational findings in the
Clackamas’ studies of as
tronomy will be enhanced with
the reconstruction of the
Haggart Observatory located
at the Environmental Learning
Center (ELC).
Last spring ELC staff discov
ered that the wooden sub
structures had been damaged
by dry rot, and they were
forced to close the observa
tory. With donations of labor
and 80 percent of the funds
needed, the reconstruction is
ready to begin on March 1.
Work will replace the rotting
sub structures with steel, and
is proposed to be finished by
May 15, according to John
As a result of fund-raising ef
LeCavalier, ELC director.
forts at Clackamas Town Center
The Haggart Observatory is
during October, the ELC was able
a major tourist attraction, with
to raise more than $6,000 for the
over two thousand visitors
Haggart Observatory, toward the
each year, explained LeCavalier. . $72,000 goal.. This makes the to
It is the only public observa
tal of cash donations over the last
tory in the metro area. The year and a half $10,000.
observatory was built in the
Along with the cash donations,
1950’s by Howard Haggart at his
all of the labor for the project has
home in Redland. After his death
been donated, explained
LeCalvalier. Donations of labor
in 1988, the observatory was do
and supplies are from: Andersen
nated to the ELC arid the dome
was moved to its current loca
Construction, Nupercon Demo
lition, Ace Electric, Phoenix Elec
tion.
“We’ve got a great facility, it’s
tric, Harder Mechanical, Portland
a unique facility, and we just General Electric, Coast Crane
have to get the word out and it
Company, and Gordon Wireless
will grow,” said LeCavalier, of the
Systems.
read one of her own poems, “In An-
swertoNew Arrangements,” which
she said was inspired by a talented
composer/graduate of Clackamas.
Candles were lighted with wishes
and prayers.
Don Hutchison, mathematics in
structor, said, “I would like to pray
that the light and warmth of these
candles be brought to those that are
in the cold and the dark.”
Nursing Instructor Nancy Wilson
offered “a prayer and a hope and a
wish that all of our eyes might be
opened even more to the beauty and
wonder of every person.”
Ellen Wolfson, counselor, has
known Joshua Alexander [who filed
the complaint against Epstein] since
he came to Clackamas; she spoke
about the elementary education stu
dent.
“He is a thinker, not a person who
would want to hurt or harm anyone,”
she said. “So the first candle I’m
going to light is for Joshua, with the
hope that he has gained tons of lead
ership and respect for himself. Iam
so thrilled today to see that people
are here to support him.
“And the second candle I want to
light is for the students who left
classes...” Wolfson continued,
“who had issues and their voices
were never heard. Maybe they can
come back on campus and be part of
this community.”
Bill Zuelke, chair of the counsel
ing department, addressed the privi
lege of teaching and “the struggle to
learn and to grapple with new ideas.”
He said, “I would like to call for the
wisdom and grace of God...”
The final speaker of the evening
was Jeremy VanKeuran, a former
Clackamas student.
“I attended four classes that were
taught by Dr. Epstein,” he said, “and
although I wasn’t altogether with his
view points -because to fund my col
lege education I worked as a cross
dresser and up until six months ago
I still was - despite that, I felt that Dr.
Epstein was a man who genuinely
cared about his students.
“I would like to light a candle for
Dr. Epstein, because I believe what
has happened here has been severely
misguided. Of all the college profes
sors I have had, Dr. Epstein has been
one of the best.. .and if the misinter
pretation of some of his statements
is going to cost this institution one
of its best professors, then I believe
education has failed.”
Kate Gray ended the vigil with a
Wallace Stevens poem entitled “Fi
nal Soliloquy of the Interior Par
amour.”
As the gathering dispersed,
Joshua Alexander spoke to the Print,
saying he thought the vigil had been
a “wonderful celebration of diver
sity.” Alexander said he had not ex
pected so much interest in his com
plaint, “but the support has been
wonderful,” includirig that of his
“very supportive family.”
As to VanKeuran’s comments,
Alexander added, “with any incident
there are two sides, with supporters
on each side; I respect the opinions
of both sides. I respect Jeremy for
coming up in front of people who
were not expecting to hear someone
from the other side...it was
needed...it’s good to have both
sides, to create some balance.”