O ctober 29, 2003___________ _______________________
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Bush called liar, crowd shoute for Moore
Karen Hill
F eature E ditor
A mixture of politics, humor, satire,
land undeniable enthusiasm filled the
[Memorial Coliseum last Thursday
■night as democratic activist Michael
[Moore addressed a crowd of over 8,000
■fans.
Portland State University’s (PSU)
[Continuing Education program coordi-
Inated the event Portland was the 25th
Icity in a tour of 39.
Moore, a political voice in our
country for over two decades, first
[obtained recognition in 1989 for the
[documentary “Roger and Me.” He
¡also directed the Oscar winning film
[“Bowling for Columbine,” a documen
tary of the American culture of vio
lence, and authored the bestselling
[books, “Stupid White Men.. .and Other
Sorry Excuses for the State of the
Nation” and “Dude, Where’s My
Country?” which both brought an
[extraordinary amount of passion,
humor, and energy to a topic some
would consider dull—politics.
The evening began with songs from
the band “The Last Five” and musical
duo “Samusson and Tomassi” before a
welcoming word from Les Samoff
from KINK radio.
When Moore took the stage, he was
greeted with thunderous applause from
a crowd dominated by college students
(and twenty-something young adults.
Although much of the audience was
assuredly not quite as politically-mind
ed as Moore himself, a sense of will
ingness to take a stand on issues that
affect them was present. Moore’s frank
political statements and ability to enter
tain brought the cheers, laughter, and
applause of an actively responsive audi
ence.
The majority of the evening was
spent discussing the political state of
our nation.
“It’s a very despairing time, living/
under Bush. I call the Bush administra
tion ‘serial liars’... We don’t have to
take this anymore!” he said. Audience
members cheered and rose to their feet.
Moore picked up one of his books
and opened to a chapter entitled, “Jesus
W. Christ.” Die chapter was written as
a letter from God to our country, dis
cussing topics including prayer in
schools, public displays of the Ten
Commandments and abortion.
“Don’t let kids pray in school!” read
Moore in his rendition of the voice of
God. ‘If you keep forcing them to pray,
they’ll hate me!”
He continued to read a section about
abortion.
“An embryo is an embryo, a fetus is
a fetus, and a baby is a baby. I designed
it that way. I don’t want you humans
around nine months longer than you
already are!” he read.
During a portion of the event,
Moore, cell phone in hand, asked the
audience which right-wing friend or
relative he should call to publicly
express the opinion of the crowd, that
democracy is now the majority and the
hope for republicans is rapidly decreas
ing.
A unanimous decision was made to
call radio talk show host, Lars Larson,
from KXL 750am. An audience mem
ber produced Larson’s home telephone
number. Moore’s fans were disappoint
ed when the call resulted in the activa
tion of Larson’s answering machine,
which could be heard over the sound
system as Moore held his phone to the
mic.
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Much to the excitement of the
crowd, Larson’s answering machine
offered his cell phone number as an
alternative way of reaching him and
although the cell phone number result
ed in a second answering machine, a
large portion of the audience members
had been able to jot down Larson’s
number.
Later Moore decided to entertain
the audience with a game show he
called “Stump the Yanks.” He called
forth 10 American audience members
who considered themselves very intel1i-
gent.
Several Ph.D. graduates came for
ward, as well as high school and junior
high students with 4.0 GPAs. He then
asked for one Canadian who considered
himself “extremely dumb.” Moore
explained he would ask a question to
each side. When a side answered the
question correctly, they received one
point.
Turning toward the single
Canadian, he asked, “Who is the
President of the United States?” Die
man answered correctly. Moore pro
ceeded to ask the Americans, “Who is
the Prime Minister of Canada?” Silence
followed.
The game continued, ending with a
score of one point for the Americans
and three for the Canadian.
“Since, the Canadian won, let’s at
least sing him his national anthem!”
said Moore to the American team.
Moore began to sing, attempting to
share the microphone with the group,
but predictably enough, not more than a
few words were sung by anyone other
than Moore himself.
“Don’t be so desperate to have
someone other than Bush in office that
you’ll vote for anybody,” Moore
reminded the crowd at the close of the
evening. “We have the leverage right
now. These candidates right now need
us more than we need them.
“And don’t let people question your
patriotism! I support the troops! This is
an incredible thing these people do for
us...and all they ask is that we never
send them in harm’s way unless it’s for
the defense of the country,” he said,
eliciting nods and soft words of agree
ment from the audience.
Building volume, Moore said, “The
war started because of premeditated
lies. These people [in the White House]
are criminals!”
Audience members rose to their feet
and a roaring applause followed Moore
as he left the stage.
Fans left the event feeling refreshed
and invigorated.
“I liked hearing what he had to say
because it confirmed what I believe,”
said Clackamas student Andi Sanchez.
“I’m going to tell all my friends
about this night,” said Melissa Lane, a
student at PSU. “Michael Moore has a
lot of good stuff to say.”
Artist Bill Carman pays college a visit Retiree welcomes new dean
Cyndee Mady
Jesse Lamond
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Bill Carman, an accomplished
artist and published children’s book
author, paid the campus a very
informative visit on Oct. 22.
Carman has a Masters of Fine
Arts in painting and 20 years of skill
under his belt. He has worked in
graphic design and was employed for
a time by Lucas Arts, designing
theme parks.
The reason for this easy-going
artist’s visit was to speak on his
newly released children’s book enti
tled, “What’s That Noise?” The fully
illustrated book follows the midnight
adventure of a young boy who
explores his eerily darkened house in
search of a mysterious noise.
Carman spoke to students in a
slide lecture called “Illustration to
Publication,” which was held in
Gregory Forum. He showed a num
ber of his whimsical gallery paint
ings and personal favorites.
Discussion topics included pub
lishing aspects, personal anecdotes,
and commentary on his techniques.
“I love texture and surface,” he
said, displaying a painting of a very
slippery-looking poison dart frog.
“The process is everything.”
His renderings ranged from out
landish fantasy distortions to excep
tionally life-like acrylic paintings of
snakes and wildlife. A selection of
behind-the-scenes and pre-produc
tion sketches, storyboards, and con
cept paintings relating to his book
were also shown and explained.
JESSE LAMOND
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Artist Bill Carman demonstrates his style on an unusual
painted fellow during his visit to Clackamas.
One set of sketches shows a
biplane speeding towards a house
with a large target on its roof. The
final pages created from the sketch
were not used in the book since the
airborne attack on the Twin Towers
was a very recent event when the
book was nearing print. As a result,
the two pages were pulled and a sub
stitute painting of a UFO hovering
over the house was designed. The
removed pages and replacement art
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A boy explores his closet in this art from Carman’s> ■.
recently published children’s book, What’s That Noise? .
are now on display in the Art Center.
Carman spoke confidently about
his works in his lecture and gave lis
teners some interesting insight for
dealing with publishers.
“The most important piece was
my portfolio,” he said. “That’s
really what sold them, I found out
later.
[It] was the professional
quality of my portfolio. They knew
they were going to get a product at
the end.”
After the lecture, an invitation-only
studio session was held in the Art
Center where Carman created a tex
ture-enhanced demonstration painting.
Attendees created their own pieces
and were free to ask questions of the
artist.
To wrap up his visit, a reception
was held in the Art Center lobby
and Carman signed books, spoke
with students and was available for
public discourse.
Those that attended were able
to glean a lot of useful advice from
this experienced artist and appreci
ated the time he took to speak and
teach.
Students are invited to view Bill
Carman’s incredibly detailed and
colorful paintings now hanging in
both the Pauling Gallery and the
Art Center.
Carol Patterson, associate dean of
campus services, is retiring after 28
years of dedicated service to
Clackamas. She has spent the last three
weeks preparing her successor, Bill
Leach.
John Wilberg has been working
with Patterson for 13 years. He is the
day team leader over custodial, recy
cling and facility setup.
“Carol has always been the type of
person that allowed us to be the profes
sionals that we are, do our jobs and give
us backup and support when we need
it,” said Wilbeig. “She's going to be
greatly, greatly missed.”
Wilberg believes the transition from
Patterson to Leach will be very smooth.
“I think he's going to be a really
good Associate Dean for this college,”
said Wilberg. “I think he's going to
have that ability to get in there and help.
He likes to wink.”
Leach has been working in facilities
management for 27 years, most of
which have been spent living in
Oregon. He currently resides in Salem,
commuting to Clackamas daily.
“My first grandchild is going to be
bom in a month. I live right across the
street, so it might be a little [while
before relocating to the Portland area],”
said Leach.
Leach served at the legislature in
Salem for seven years, heading the
restoration project on the state capital.
He also did work in human resources,
financial services and visitor services.
It was in Salem that Leach created
and managed a facilities support pro
gram that endorsed 77 school districts
under contract. His territory spanned
from Pendleton to Coos Bay and
Medford to Yamhill Carlton.
.‘Tve worked in a lot of different
environments and the one that I keep
going back to is my community college
experience,” Leach said. “It was the
EARL ENGLAND
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Bill Leach will succeed for
mer dean Carol Patterson.
one time when there was so much
enthusiasm.. .there's just such an ener
gy that happens in a community col
lege. Tve been here [just a few weeks]
now, and it's all around me.”
“I just love it here!” he added.
Although retirement is just around
the comer for Patterson, she has built
strong bonds with CCC that cannot be
broken. Her roots began as a student
and before long she became a custodial
employee of the college, working her
way up to associate dean where her
duties included building maintenance,
custodial, plant engineers, public safe
ty, risk management and environmental
health and safety, all of which she now
graciously delegates to Leach.
“We spent the last [few] weeks
together sharing an office, sharing a
computer, sharing a telephone and I've
gotten to know him as a professional,
and that's exactly what he is,” said
Patterson.
She has nothing but well wishes for
Leach and his success at Clackamas.
“He is a perfect fit with Clackamas.
He is the person that Clackamas needs
to come in here and go to the future,”
said Patterson. “Expect a lot, because
he's going to give a lot”
Oops! An image from the
Word & Form III article was
mislabeled in Issue 1. The
politically adorned ceramic
plate is by Nora Brodnicki,
not Diane Gauthier, and was
displayed in the Pauling
Gallery show which featured
works from staff and students.