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Softball wins final four league games Pg- 7 The Clackamas Inside Opinion...... 3 Feature...... 4 A&E........... 5 Sports.........7 z-. OR • May 14, 2003 • Issue 17 • Volume 36 • http://www2.clackamas.edu/theprint Clackamas Community ■ College «Oregon ritv ciiy.w >------------------------------------------------ r________________ ______ r---- Election racé crosses finish line Berney, Pike take reins of '03-04 student government back. I was actually shocked by that.” Though Pike won’t officially serve as the ASG vice president until next year, one The votes are in and it’s official: Marlies of her primary responsibilities will begin Berney will represent Clackamas as the now. She will assist Erika Egger, current 2003-2004 ASG president, while Liz Pike vice president, in selecting next year’s ASG team. Pike said that anyone interested will serve as vice president. During the May 8-9 elections, 200 peo in one of the approximately 20 positions, ple voted for the ASG president position including officer, senator to an officer or and nearly as many people voted for the senator-at-large positions, needs to submit vice president position. When the votes an application to her. Applications can be were counted, Berney had secured 136 found in the ASG office (CC 140) or online at www.clackamas.cc.or.us. votes to win with a 68 per Applications are accepted cent majority. Her competi year-round, but interviews tor, Christopher Cox, for the 2003-2004 will secured 49 votes (24.5 per begin soon and will contin cent). Fifteen votes went to ue until all positions are write-ins, including one for filled. Luke Sky walker. Berney plans to attend a “Some people seemed Crossover meeting for the really surprised to me,” said Oregon Community College Berney. “I wasn’t saying I Student Association later was going to win.. .but I just this month. She will meet knew that I knew a lot of Marlies Berney with other student presi people who were going to ASG president-elect dents from Oregon commu vote and I was hoping they’d nity colleges to discuss vote for me....But the big issues affecting the state, margin, no way, I had no particularly the current economic struggles. idea.” Mindy Brown, coordinator of student Pike received 102 votes (51.8 percent) to become the vice president-elect. Brandi leadership, said that the primary role for Bean received 50 votes' (25.4 percent) Berney anil Pike light now is to work with while Christina Miller received 33 votes the current president and vice president to (16.8 percent). There were 12 write-in learn the positions in preparation for taking votes,: including one for Sponge Bob over next year. “I thought the process went really well Square Pants. “I felt confident about running,” said this year,” said Brown. “I was pleased to see Pike “But I thought it was a closer race than that we had competition. I thought that all of it ended up being. I was thinking it was going the candidates conducted themselves very to be really close, and then we got the results well and I thought that was great.” Tina Tate News Editor “I was hoping they’d,vote for me....Butthe big margin, no way, I had no idea.” May election ends in victory for Marlies Berney, (left) 2003-2004 ASG president, and Liz Pike, vice president. Interviews for remaining ASG positions will begin soon and will continue until all positions are filled. Garden enthusiasts swarm spring plant sale said. “It was a feeding frenzy, and I just go at it.” The night before the joined in.” Horticulture students grow all the sale, horticulture students Students, faculty and community plants for the annual sale during win and faculty gathered for members inundated the horticulture ter and spring terms. The horticul pizza and a final chance to department’s Spring Plant Sale on ture students in the three-term series pick out the hottest plants. Friday, snatching up thousands of of practicum classes select a crop The department raffled and presented dollars worth of plants in just a few winter term, said second-year horti prizes culture student Alexia Newman. The awards. hours. Although the big event At this popular event, the good students form small groups and of the year is over, the pres stuff goes fast—and it’s all good choose varieties they want to grow. Newman estimates- she spent sure isn’t totally off of stu stuff. The usual crowd of box-carrying about 15 hours outside of school dents in the practicum plant enthusiasts plugged the side transplanting the seedlings her group class, said Newman. She’s walk outside Clairmont Hall well started in the winter term practicum part of the annual garden class. Her group, which lost a mem ing group, which designs before the sale opened at noon. Lee Ko walked away from the ber from winter term, grew 15 differ and creates a garden. It’s sale with $28 worth of assorted ent varieties of perennials for the slated for planting today, including delphiniums, “so I’m still busy,” she plants some perennials, a few annu sale, said. Other practicum stu als and eight tomato starts in seven columbines and Echinacea. Preparation for the department’s dents have different proj different cultivars. After visiting the sale, she went to a few fanners’ mar biggest sale entails more than hard ects, such as tending to work, though. Prior to setting out the plants in the greenhouses kets that were less impressive. “(The) sale just spoiled me,” said plants for the sale, students collect 20 and hoophouses. Profits from the sale Ko. “There’s great variety and prices percent of their own crops, which they are allowed to keep for them reached $8,800, which will are so reasonable.” Although she has attended the selves, and set up for a four-hour fund scholarships for horti culture students, according sale once before, this was Ko’s first trading session. department chair “We spent a whole class period to year to arrive shortly after noon. “It was a buying rampage,” she trading plants,” Newman said. “We Elizabeth Howley. Elisabeth Meyer The Clackamas Print F ive day FORECAST C ourtesy of weather . com Wed Mav 14 partly cloudy 63°/42° 10 % chance of rain X-.Wfci-X* Thu Mav 15 partly cloudy 59°/43° 10% ELISABETH MEYER Clackamas Print Lee Ko walked away from the annual sale with $28 worth of assorted plants. She said the variety and prices were more impressive than those at a few farmers’ markets. Proceeds from the sale will fund scholarships for horticulture students. Fri Mav 16 few showers 52°/41° 30% Sat Mav 17 few showers 55°/38° 30% lr w Ï Sun Mav 18 few showers 59°/40° 30%
