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THE ♦ Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR A F R E E S T U DE N T P U B LI C A T 11 O N Candidate Kucinich visits campus Ben Maras T he C lackamas P rint (Jhio Congressman and eMbcratic Presidential candidate erinis J. Kucinich, one of two ^Bicrats still active in the race for e «candidacy, made a stop at ^■amas yesterday morning to ow support for a people’s utility strict (PUD) in Clackamas and for ^Hunity colleges, and discuss the rong connection he sees between C two. “Taxpayers end up paying for the ;ht bulbs in a place like this,” ufflich said, “and it’s a great sav- gs on energy cost for everyone. It ves 11colleges | more money, so stcaid of spending it on electricity, ey tan spend more on education. dBbody wins.” The event was originally schcd- ed'to be held inside the Gregory >rum, but with a remark on the :autiful Oregon weather, Kucinich stead opted to hold it outside. In c Brassy courtyard between the regory Porum and the Dye ^■ng Center, with the banner of i America flag behind him, he Idressed a small crowd of about 15 :oplc. Kucinich is one of only two emclcrats still actively campaigning Ithough his visit was not a cam- stop); however, with Massachusetts Senator John Kerry iving already reached the number " delegates needed for the candida- ; Kucinich is now running to shape e platform of the party, rather than be elected. In Ian interview with The Print, BEN MARAS C lackamas P rint Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich visited Clackamas on Tuesday, speaking to stu dents about the advantages of public utilities and how they affect students’ education. Kucinich vocalized his opinions on what he considers to be the biggest problems facing college students today. “Well, first off, college tuition ougfit to be free at all public colleges and universities, and that requires a shift of our national priorities. That’s number one. Number two: There have to be jobs available at a living wage. Number three: There should be universal, not-for-profit health care, where everyone is covered. And number four ...” he paused for a Kill Bill Vol. 2 Tarantino's sequel a success $25,104,949 in revenue, despite crit icism over Tarantino’s choice of Cory Price more dialog and character develop Co E ditor - in -C hief ment rather than the gratuitous, Kung l'u aficionados and movie Monty Python-style blood bath of buffs rejoice at the release of the the first volume. This movie has redefined the final installment in Quentin term “cat fight.” No longer will Tarantino’s payback epic “Kill women feel the need to scream, Bill.” The combination of graphic claw or pull hair. livery cat fight appeal, a killer soundtrack and an should follow this simple recipe: abundance of sneaky classic film one part butt-kicking, two walls references make “Kill Bill Vol. 2” a finely destroyed, swirly once and flush before grabbing your movie in a class of its own. I f Arnold Schwarzenegger and sharpest Hitori Hanzo sword and Michelle Yeoh had a child, that slice. As the finishing touch, rip child’s name would be “Kill Bill.” out an eye and squash it between The flick is a mixture of all-out your toes. A cat fight like this sure brutality with some of the great to please a man in waning. est Ninja films intertwined for a i s - By far, the highlight of the movie is harmonious unity of new-age when the Bride visits Pai Mei, brilliant ly bringing together old and new char Kung l'u. After slicing and dicing her for acters. The character of Mei appears in mer co-workers O-Ren Ishii (Lucy many Shaws Bros. Kung l'u films dur Liu) and Vernita Green (Vivica A. ing the 70s and “80s and introduces a I-ox) in “Kill Bill Vol. 1,” Black new audience to the mysteriously mis Mamba, a.k.a. the chievous mentor. Fans of classic fight Bride, (Uma Thur movies and more recent action films man), continues her like “Crouching Tiger” will definitely pursuit for justice in the second appreciate the training sequence that was conveniently absent from “Kill Bill volume of Kill Bill. The second volume catalogs Vol. 1.” With all that going for it, there is Black Mamba’s mission to kill the final three—starting with still one thing that irked me. The cli Budd (Michael Madsen) and Elie mactic clash lacked the flair and clas Driver (Daryl Hannah) before sic Kung foolery that 1 had been the elimination of Bill (David anticipating since Vol. 1. A person can tell that in this Garradine). After being released more than Please see BILL, Page 8 a week ago, the movie grossed R eview by : moment, gathering his thoughts, then without hesitation, made his final conclusion: “There should not be a draft.” Due to the fact, however, that this was not a campaign stop, Kucinich’s main focus was to show his support for PUD’s. According to Clackamas Public Power, a PUD would provide “pub lic ownership and local control of electrical service in [Clackamas] County ... [to] serve residential, Commercial, and industrial electric customers.” In addition, supporters of a PUD say that it would deliver power riiore cheaply, based on studies suggesting that PGE/Enron customers pay 20 percent more than those who pay for PUD power. , “People don’t realize there aren’t two kinds of power,” Kucinich said. “If you flip a switch • and Enron power comes out, it’s not any better [than PUD power].” In the interview he continued. “It’s even more apparent now, after Enron, that people need to have control over their utilities,” he Said. ‘If you don’t have any control over your utilities, the utilities can do whatever they want and you have to pay for it. This is just a very impor tant issue, and that’s why I’m here to support it.” Also speaking was Tom Civiletti, the coordinator for Clackamas Public Power, who advocated not only changing the owner of the ener gy, but changing Clackamas County’s dependency oh power from fossil fuel to renewable sources. “The price of natural gas will only go up, but the price of wind is free!” Civiletti remarked. “It’s just a matter of this: would you rather pay $200 per month for electricity or $120 per month?” Please see KUCINICH, Page 2 Fall into four credits with next year's classes Cyndee Mady Co E ditor - in -C hief Students returning to Clackamas fall term can look forward to the addition of four- credit classes (formerly three credits) in the arts, social science and humanities departments——as well as the elimination of mandatory sequences. While the Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer degree (AAOT) will still require a mini- mum of 90 credits (with a maxi mum of 124 transferable cred its), students will be able to mix- and-match classes of their choosing from the required cur riculum in order to obtain those credits. In addition, arts, social sci ence and humanities depart ments will be increasing many of their courses from three to four credits. With this increase alsp comes a rise in tuition and longer cla ss- es; however, Students will be able to satisfy their requirements, faster. English Department Chair Emily Orlando believes these changes will have a positive effect on students; “Students are already doing four credits worth of work, especially in the literature and creative . writing ' classes,” Orlando said. “Students are reading more than they were reading five or 10 years ago. There arc more stories, more poems, more novels, more read ings to go to ... students arc being asked to do more in that three-hour block. So by expand ing classes to four hours [a week], we can have time for the students to explore, to do the work, to get credit for the work that they are doing and to get more technological and theoreti cal frameworks within the con text of their studies.” i English department classes converting to four credits include all classes with a prefix of ENG as well as WR classes in creative writing. The required composition classes of WR 121, •122 and 123 will remain three credits. With the additional hour per week, per four-credit class, stu dents will also need to adapt to .the changes in class times, but precautions have been taken to make the transition a smooth one. “The English department and the humanities division did not want to complicate students’ lives, so we’re starting our class es at the same time whether they’re three credits or four credits. So a three-credit class will end sooner than a four-cred it class, but everybody can go to the next class at the same time,” said Orlando. For example: If a three- Please see CREDITS, Page 2
