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News
WedNEsdAy, OdobER 24, 2001
The CI ac I camas P rint
CCC program
holds book fair
Authors' Night draws
enthusiastic turnout
ERINNLERTEN
Staff Writer
Authors Jody Seay and Katie
Schneider read from their first
novels on Oct. 17 for Authors’
Night-“Fire and Ice: Passion and
Hate in Contemporary Fiction.”
Both authors have been nomi
nated for numerous awards, in
cluding the Oregon Book Awards
and the Pulitzer Prize.
Despite the small turnout, the
audience was eager and attentive
during the reading and question-
and-answer time.
Schneider read first from her
novel All We Know of Love. It is a
coming-of-age story about a girl
from Washington who leaves
home for Italy to pursue her art
career, finds herself there, returns
home and finds this is where she
is meant to be. Schneider says it
has been described as a Wizard
of Oz of sorts.
Schneider writes with a simple
elegance that echoes the voice of
the character, Joanna Shepard.
During a scene in which Joanna
and her best friend Jack jump from
a train bridge into the river below,
the reader can feel Joanna’s fear
and anxiety as well as her subse
quent exhilaration and relief. The
picture is a vivid one of two chil
dren amusing themselves on a hot
summer day.
During another scene in which
Joanna visits the Vatican with her
friends Chad and Walter, the
reader is transported there along
with them. The description of the
Sistine Chapel, as well as Joanna’s
reaction to, it is very powerful and
intense.
Schneider claims that writing
has made her “a more sane per
son.” She elaborates that “it is
something about when you are in
tensely focused on your work, it
turns on a different part of your
brain. It’s like an out-of-body ex
perience.”
In Seay’s novel The Second
Coming of Curly Red, Jimmy,
whose wife is viciously murdered,
seeks a release from his pain and
mourning and moves to Reliance,
Oregon. While there, he is be
friended by a lesbian couple who
are the targets of viscious attacks.
The battle is based on the Ballot 9
issues in central Oregon. She de
scribes the situation in Reliance
in this way: “Sometimes hatred
spins out of control, and it often
seems rooted in religion. We [hu
mans] have killed many people in
the name of God.”
The characters in Seay’s novel
are varied and complex. She de
scribes them as “an ultra-conser
vative,
fire-and-brimstone
preacher, a skinhead, and country
dykes who would ride 50 miles in
a blizzard on a motorcycle to give
you a hand.” They are presented
with Seay’s quick Texas wit and
will make the reader laugh and cry.
The issues presented in Seay’s
novel are very real and relevant to
today’s society; they are pre
sented in a heartfelt way that
makes a great story.
Both novels deal with love, loss
and relationships. Seay sums up
by saying, “Sometimes in your life
you’ll get really lucky. Someone
will see you as better than you are,
and it’s true.”
ERINN LERTEN / Clackamas Print
A small but enthusiastic crowd turned out for Authors' Night, held
Oct. 17 In the Gregory Forum on the Clackamas campus.
Enrollment up at CCC
Continued from page 1
According to Debbie Baker-
Antcliffe, director of community
education, additional classes
were added to the curriculum
such as a Russian class, a writ
ing 123 class, a sign language
class and an extra speech class
that might have had something
to do with the increase in num
bers. Another reason might be
good advertising.
“Our instructors are getting a
good reputation, and our location
is convenient for working stu
dents,” said Antcliffe She also
believes that students are shar
ing their experiences on campus
with friends and family.
“Word of mouth is one of the
best tools,” said Antcliffe.
DAISY BAIN
MICHAEL POLLOCK I Clackamas Print
Pvt. Treavor Thorne of the U.S. Army rappels from the top of the
rock wall during the community fair held on campus last week.
Criminal
Justice sees
rise in
enrollment
A&E Editor
The Barnes & Noble bookstore
in Clackamas will donate 20 percent
of all profits from a book fair spon
sored by Clackamas Community
College’s Volunteer Literacy Pro
gram on Saturday, Oct. 27 from
noon-4 p.m.
“This is a prime fundraiser for
purchasing materials,” said Kerrie
Shrock, volunteer literacy tutoring
coordinator. The monies raised will
be used to purchase learning ma
terials for the volunteer tutors in
the program.
Last year the program was able
to raise over $1,200. However, this
year’s purchases must be made
with a voucher in hand, which may
make it more difficult to get the
same results. A table will be set up
inside the store with vouchers
available.
“We are not allowed to approach
people with our vouchers,” said
Shrock. “So people are going to
have to come to us.”
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program in order to accommodate
this increase.
“We just absorb them in” said
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The increase of students inside the
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students signed up after Sept. 11.
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