Term abroad educates teacher
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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.
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“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.”
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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- '
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world of differ* ?
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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. He
can be found in CC 149 or you
can call him (ext 2690), and if
you ever want to get through this
debacle we call college, you had
better make sure you make your
appointment with Mike before
you register for next semester.
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