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Term abroad educates teacher ■ Sports Editor If you were given the chance to describe a two-and-a-half month trip to Italy, what words would you use? For Jan Anderson, who spent fall term 2002 living and breathing Florence, a few would be “magic”, “marvelous” and “extraordinary.” “I just loved every minute of it,” said Anderson. “It was magic. It was a marvelous experience for me and I would do it again in a heartbeat.” Anderson was selected as one of two teachers from Oregon communi ty colleges to participate in the cul tural program that is put bn by Oregon International Education Consortium and offered through the American Institute of Foreign Studies. Several CCC instructors had been to London as part of the program, but this was the first time the organiza tion took a group to Florence. All in all, 35 Oregon community college students from five schools made the trip to Italy, with only one student ice; thi students and staff vis- representing Clackamas. experienceahe nrosram. ” said ited, ited. among amone others. others, The Leaning “It’s a wonderful program, Anderson. “It’s as close as we could Tower of Pisa, Milan and Venice. They were also treated to some come to an immersion program, in a short period of time at least. Most of unique experiences including cook them went over there with nearly no ing classes with an Italian chef, two Italian and came back with function nights of wine tasting and tickets to a ballet, an opera and a_soccer game. ing survival Italian.” Most of the courses that were Anderson took part in all of these offered were the same type of classes events except for the soccer game. that the students would be able to However, she was still able to come take in the states, which is the point to the conclusion that Italians are of the program. The classes that “totally, totally lunatic nuts about Anderson taught in Italy were Greek soccer.” A good deal of attention during mythology, Shakespeare’s Italian plays, world literature with special the trip was also given to the art that Italy is famous for. Florence was the emphasis on Italian works, and two heart of the Italian renaissance, so it composition classes. ' “One of our goals was to incorpo abounded with beautiful sculptures rate the Italian experience of the city and artwork for the staff and students of Florence and Italy, and Europe in to feast their eyes on. Included in all general into as many of their studies of this beauty was Michelangelo’s masterpiece work David, which was as we could,” said Anderson. Students were encouraged to trav Anderson’s favorite of all the amaz el throughout their foreign stay, and ing pieces of art she saw. “It’s the most perfect piece of art Anderson said that many of them did, I have ever seen... it’s breathtaking,” taking trips to London, Morocco, Paris and Istanbul, as well as other Anderson said. “Many things, of places of interest. Field trips were course, stopped you in your tracks, included as part of the educational but that piece of sculpture stupefies.” ' JAN ANDERSON Contributed Jan Anderson, English instructor, spent fall term living and teaching various classes in Florence, Italy. Anderson was one of two instructors from Oregon community colleges to participate in the cultural program. Now that Anderson has been to Italy and back, she is aware of just how great of an opportunity it is for students and staff members. It is an experience that she truly appreciated and enjoyed. “It takes a college that’s commit ted to this kind of educational experi ence for its students and teachers, and we’ve had that here Clackamas,” said Anderson. “I think it’s an extraordinary education al experience; something that I wish more students could do.” Academic counseling helps students achieve goals Staff Writer MIKE CAUDLE Contributed Mike Caudle strives to help students save time and money by providing academic counseling. If you’re anything like me you probably sign up for classes at ran dom and figure you’re on your way to graduation; you don’t need any one but yourself. Well, I’ve got to tell you this, STOP! I recently found out about the academic advising center and I’m hopping mad. I’ve been here for two-and-a-half years, and since I had never heard of the advising center, I never went to it, and now I’m paying the price. I still have another year before I can get my transfer degree. Don’t let this happen to you! Go talk to academic advisor, Mike Caudle. Caudle, along with his staff, is new to this department and is trying to make it more known around the campus. “So many students don’t even know it’s available,” Caudle said, “If you get good academic advising it makes a world of difference in your university experience.” Yeah, now yoti tell me. Caudle can help students save their time and money by getting them on the right track to early graduation. Mike was a student at CCC for three years and is the only person to be ASG president two years in a row. After getting his degree at CCC he transferred to Oregon State where he was ASG president for one year and received his bachelor in political science. Mike knew that he wanted to help people in his cho New literature sequence brings creative options to Clackamas Staff Writer Don’t you hate it when you’re looking through the list of classes and you find one that has a cool name, so you sign up for it just to realize that it’s nothing like you expected? Don’t lie, it’s happened to every one. But have no fear; here is some information on some of the new class es being offered at Clackamas. A new literary sequence is now available. The classes include American Film in the fall. Literature of the Beat Generation in the winter, and Comics ofLiterature in the spring. The American Film class has already taken place this year, but due to its success it will probably be offered next year, with Susan Mach teaching the art of filmmaking. It helps “film buffs” leant the movie “lingo” and gives them a chance to show their stuff by making thdlr own film. “It’s a class I hope I can build,” said Mach, “I hope to make the Film class its own sequence, so that we can go more in depth with American film and foreign films.” Mach also suggested that students interested in screen writing classes take the American Film class first. The second part of the series is Literature of the Beat Generation, taught by Brad Stiles'.' This is not a class on the Beatles. The beats were writers in the 50’s and some of the main beats include Jack Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs. Students in this class will study the writings of these beats, plus study work by some rare female beats. “We want to try to connect 50’s and 60’s literature to contemporary work, especially rap music,” Stiles said about the class. “It’s an unusual Literature class. It’s not old lit, or new lit, but what’s known as the lost literature.” The class meets Tuesday nights from 6:30 to 9:20. The class has already started, but Stiles says that he will still let people join. The third class of the series is Dave Mounts Comics and Literature class. This class will be offered for the first time this spring. The purpose of this class is to explain that comics can be seen as literature. This class will not only focus on comic books, it will also focus on graphic novels. In the class students study comics from the early days, (Superman, Spiderman) more artsy comics (Krazy Katz, Pogo) antk modem comics (The Dark Knight, Box Office Poison). Every student will be able to read one graphic novel of his or her choice. Mount has set up a small col lection of graphic novels that are available for students to view at the circulation desk in the library. sen profession. “I want to make sure students have the same experience I did,” Caudle said. “If you get good aca demic advis- ' Ing It makes a world of differ* ? M&e.” 3 Mike Caudle Academic Advisor : Advising Center That is why he wanted to return to Clackamas. After graduating from Canby High School, he came to CCC. The college really helped him develop good study habits and he was very successful in his college career. “I have a lot of respect for this school,” Caudle said about the col lege. “I think part of my desire [to work here] is that Clackamas fills a niche for its students. All different types of students with different aca demic backgrounds all come together.” Caudle works with Student Government, the Clackamas Print, and Phi Theta Kappa. 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