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Priscilla Buckley - author, journalist - shares her memoir Softball crushes South Puget Sound, Grays Harbor Check it out on page 3 Check it out on page 7 Ever seen anything really bad? BAD ART is here!! Check out the special on page 4-5 CI ac I< amas P rìnt www.ClackamasPrint.com Wednesday, April 18, 2001 ________ Clackamas Community College Oregon City, Oregon Volume "XXXiy, Issue 19 Speech talks the talk at nationals, places fourth DAISY BAIN Staff Writer The Clackamas Speech and De bate team placed 4th overall and brought home four individual awards last week from the national speech tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., making a total of 32 individual awards and four team national awards won in the last six years. Kerrie Baker-Hughes and Jenifer Gile took second in Parliamentary Debate bringing home silver med als. They are one of three teams hat went undefeated with six vins. David Lee won an individual aronze medal in Extemporaneous Speaking and Baker-Hughes won i bronze medal in Program Oral In- erpretation (POI). Competing in Jacksonville were 15 schools and involved 455 com- aetitors. “There were a lot of people from Efferent states,” said team mem ber Chris Henry. “We made friend hips with different people.” Mt. Hood Community College vill be hosting the State Touma- nent this weekend on Friday and PHOTO COURTESY OF SAMANTHA GRIFFIN Speech team members brought home four individual awards and placed fourth at the national tournament in Jacksonville, Fla. last week. From left to right: Chris Henry, Paul Southwick, Laura Pimentel, Melissa Jones, Jenifer Gile, Kerrie Baker-Hughes, David Lee, Ammorita Patterson and Samantha Griffin. Saturday; seven schools will be competing. “Clark College is challenging, but I think we will do well,” said Coach Kelly Brennan. An end of the year tournament will be held here at Clackamas May 4-5, the winner being the best in the Northwest region. Members of the speech team said that they appreciate the financial support of the college making it possible for them to travel to na tionals. “We thank them for their sup port and money,” said Brennan. Johnson brings experience, leadership DIANA SCRIVNER Editor-in-chief TAMARA BARRY / Community Relations Jr. Joe Johnson will start as college president on July 1. He currently is the chancellor of the San Mateo Community College district. He was also president of Clark College in Vancouver, Wash, for 15 years. Dr. Earl ‘Joe’ P. Johnson of San Mateo, Calif, will be the new col lege president beginning July 1. Johnson was chosen out of 20 applicants and is currently the chancellor of the San Mateo Community College District where he oversees three campus presidents. Before working at San Mateo, he served as presi dent of Clark College in Vancouver, Wash, for 15 years. "Joe was a big mover at Clark College," said Lynda Graf, presi dent of the classified staff, and screening committee member. "Suddenly Clark became viable and alive; they were receiving en dowments that went into the mil lions for college needs." "We felt Joe Johnson had an outstanding record at Clark Col lege - - he basically transformed the college," said Mimi Chitty, Clackamas Board Member. "We felt he had outstanding leader ship skills, he's highly intelligent, he likes to be out in the commu nity. He'll be a team leader." According to Johnson, a num ber of things drew him toward our institution including an at tractive campus, the strong com munity support, the recent pass ing of the bond measure and the opportunity to work with a large foundation. "Clackamas is an institution that has been very well run," said Johnson. "It has a stable board; it is a very exciting place to be." Along with his new role as president, Johnson is excited to be back in the Northwest for other reasons as well. “I like to ski, fish and read,” said Johnson. “My youngest son snowboards so we go to Mt. Hood a lot.” He also coached his three sons' soccer teams. Johnson and his wife Ann have four children: Mark, 24, of San Francisco; Eric, 22, of Port land; Erin, 17; and Alex 12. The reason Johnson goes by the name Joe is a unique story. “I was bom in the desert and there was no hospital around,” explained Johnson. “Earl was the person who witnessed my birth. My mother named me Joe but when I got my birth certifi cate when I was 5 it said my name was EarL I guess the doctor heard the name Earl and assumed that was to be my name. I tried switching and going by the name of Earl in graduate school, but people heard that I had gone by Joe so that’s what they called me.” Johnson earned his doctorate at The University of California at Berkeley. He earned his master’s degree in labor and industrial re lations at Michigan State Univer sity and his bachelor’s at Univer sity of the Pacific. Johnson looks forward to his new role as president and said he has spent most of his career in community colleges because he believes in them. “I really enjoy working with students and seeing them suc ceed,” said Johnson. “I like it when years later students come back with their families and tell me how community college helped them succeed.”
