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