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Earthquake shakes, rattles and rolls through campus Baseball slams into a new season Check it out on page 2 Check it out on page 5 ClACkAMAS P r ÌNT nt £C fl " www.ClackamasPrint.com Wednesday, March 7, 2001 Clackamas Community College Speech team wins BIG MAGGIE JIRASEK Feature Editor Clackamas’ Speech and Debate team placed first at the Phi Rho Pi Regional Speech and Debate tour nament last weekend and received a total of 20 awards. The tournament was hosted by Clackamas and was a pre-cursor to the Nationals. Colleges from Northern California, Oregon and Washington attended. “I had a good time. I always en joyed coming to Clackamas for tournaments,” said Shannon Valdivia, director of forensics at Mt. Hood Community College. The next goal for Clackamas’ speech team is the National tour nament in Jacksonville, Fla. The team can only afford to take half of - the members. Students chosen for the National team are Kerrie Baker- Hughes, Jenifer Gile, Samantha Griffin, Chris Henry, Melissa Jones, David Lee, Amorita Patterson, Laura Pi and Paul Southwick. “Our team did pretty We have definitely improved com pared to the last tournament. Now we are preparing for the Nation als,” said Kelly Brennan, Clacka mas instructor and speech and debate team coach. The National tournament, which is the largest and oldest in the United States, will be tak ing place April 5-15. Student dies after rave News Editor A 19-year-old Clackamas student died Saturday morning at Legacy Emanuel Hospital af ter she attended a rave in downtown Portland. Melissa Flaherty’s death at 19 is raising discussion about the dangers of the drug ec stasy, and the rave parties where it is consumed. Though she took a pill and a half of ecstasy that night, doc tors are not sure whether that was the cause of her death. The toxicology report won’t be available for about another week according to the state Medical Examiner’s Office. According to an article by Gillian Gaynair in yesterday’s Oregonian, Flaherty was at the party with two friends from Al bany who bought and con sumed the same amount of ec stasy. She was also separated from her friends for an hour and a half. Medically qualified volun teers treated Flaherty at the party. Her vital signs remained normal as she laid on a gurney in the first aid tent. She started to have trouble again when she tried to sit up to walk. Volun teers checked her vitals then at around 6 a.m., and her oxygen levels were so low that they called 911. She died about two hours later. Flaherty was a full-time stu dent at Clackamas, and taking biology, chemistry, and writ ing. “Melissa was a quiet student. I didn’t get to know her real well, but she seemed like a real nice young lady,” said Biology In structor Richard Rueb. “She came to class regularly and we’re really going to miss her.” Neither Rueb nor Chemistry Instructor Hal Bender knew her very well. “I didn’t get a chance to talk much with her outside of class,” said Bender. “She was doing fine in chemistry class, doing good work...so it was really quite a surprise to read about her in the paper.” Volume XXXIV, Issue 16. Kirkpatrick dies following battle with cancer DIANA SCRIVNER Editor-in-Chief Laura Pimentel, speech and communications major, seated above and pictured at right, awaits her turn to speak after PCC student, Kyle Wilken. They were competing in the speech to entertain contest. STEVE NIELSEN Oregon City, Oregon “I always think of Corky as be ing a rather unique person, with the characteristics of being very tough, very tenacious, and very talented,” he said. “She was very instrumental in helping us pass the bond issue and very effective in helping us deliver our message to Salem,” stated Keyser. “Corky handled this ill ness a little differently than other people. She wanted to keep work ing, keep producing; she didn’t want people to feel sorry for her. She wanted to be re garded as a contributing p r o f e s - sional.” Corky Kirkpatrick, director of grants and community relations, died Monday morning after a cou rageous battle with cancer. She was 62, and had been employed at the college since 1986. Kirkpatrick was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago and went through several rounds of chemotherapy. Her death came as a surprise to many at the college because she was so active and kept her illness private. Friend and col league Jim Meiser, department chair for cooperative work ex- perience, worked Kirkpatrick’s with Kirkpatrick on work at the the International college will Educational Commit not be for tee. gotten, ac Corky Kirkpatrick, director of “I knew that this cording to grants and community relations time would probably died Monday at her home. David come, but I kept ex Dickson, as pecting her to come to work this sistant to the president and her week,” Meiser said. “I talked to her immediate supervisor. last week on the phone one night, “She’s made a huge difference,” and she talked about having a he said. “She took over commu rough time but said that she would nity relations as well as grants, be back - and I fully expected to which is pretty unusual for a col see her. lege our size to have two functions “She was a tough lady and real this large managed by one person. inspirational about all this. Sev But Corky is a pretty unusual per eral faculty members I spoke to to son; she always had a strong work day who were not close friends ethic.” Kirkpatrick worked closely with said ‘Oh my goodness . . . what happened? the community and the She never let media. “I think there is on that she "She's made a was sick.’ a huge amount of trust That would be tremendous between the media and exactly her difference here at the college as a result style.” of Corky’s integrity and the college. " Anne forthrightness,” said Donelson, Dickson. Anne Donelson grants and Along with her Grants and Community ■ Relations community other duties, Kirkpatrick relations, was very involved with worked with the International Educa Kirkpatrick since 1996. tional Committee. “She’s been through a struggle. “She was very supportive of stu She’s handled it with such dignity dents and staff having interna and strength; she fought stronger tional exchange opportunities,” than anyone could fight,” said Dickson. “She really was the Donelson said. “She’s made a tre one who started the International mendous difference here at the Endowment Fund through the college... she was so incredibly Foundation. We are looking right knowledgeable. She was certainly now at naming that fund for a mentor to me.” Corky.” College President John Keyser The foundation endowment pro spoke of Kirkpatrick’s profession vides help for students and staff alism throughout her career at to travel and study abroad. Clackamas. See Kirkpatrick, page 3
