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T he C lackamas P rint • 3
JNE 2, 2004
.iterary review released tomorrow
National literary
nagazine features
fty-some pieces from
writers worldwide
Karen Hill
T he C lackamas P rint
beatimrig a compilation of
>rt stories, essays and poems,
Clackamas 1 aterary Review
,R) magazine celebrates its
:ase tomorrow.
This is’ the seventh year CCC
published a national literary
^azinc, featuring various writers
n all parts of tbe world.
‘We sec a lot of variety,” said
glish [instructor Kate Cray,
icrc’s stuff from India and
>tralia, but |it’s| mostly from
U.S.”
The editors of the magazine
lude Git ay, as well as English
tructrirs Amanda Coffey and
ics CJrabill, and
student
:rns INicolc Rosevear and
Samantha Cox.
The editors receive thé submis­
sions and spend hours reading and
sorting until they can collectively
decide on the few best pieces to
publish. Gray primarily edits the
short stories, while Coffey and
Grabill work through the stack of
poems. The magazine received
around 1,000 submissions this
year, of which, they were only able
to print approximately 50.
Gray expresses excitement over
the finished product, which dis­
plays a bright blue cover designed
by staff member Diane Angelo,
and contains what Gray considers
high-quality writing, embracing a
diverse group of writers.
1 “That’s the cool thing about
this magazine. We have this range
of writers who arc totally estab­
lished and we have |writers] who
are brand new,” said Gray. “In the
world of literary magazines, that’s
somewhat unique.”
The hope of the editors is
that instructors will be able to
use the CLR in their classrooms
as an example of contemporary
literature.
“We hope teachers -say, ‘Let’s
teach something that’s really
contemporary—let’s see what’s
happening in the CLR,”’ said
Gray.
The CLR can be purchased in
the college library, at any inde­
pendently owned bookstore or by
subscription. The editors arc also
planning to launch a website this
summer for readers to place orders
and read pieces from past issues.
A release party will be held at
noon in the Literary Arts Center
on the upper floor of Rook Hall
tomorrow. Guests can enjoy
refreshments while meeting a few
of the writers whose work was
selected for publication. Selected
pieces from the publication will
also be read.
Gray invites all students to
attend the celebration.
“The |CLR| is what we con­
sider some of the best writing
happening in the U.S. today,”
said Gray.
A release
party
with
readings
and
refresh­
ments
for the
Clackamas
Literary
Review
will be
held at
noon
tomorrow
in the
Literary
Arts
Center
in Roger
Rook Hall.
'ollege searches for new options after Aramark ends contract
Aramark, food
provider for
the Clackamas
cafeteria, chose to.
nd contract due to
unrealized sales
expectations
Karlin Johnson
N ews E ditor
□ackgmas’ cafeteria food
vider J Aramark, has made a
ision fci pull out of their con-
,t with the college, leaving the
■tcria Without products or food
dlers.
The agreement made between
the college and Aramark allows
cither party to opt out of their
contract as long as 90 days notice
is given. Aramark said their reason
for leaving the college is that they
were
not
reaching the
amount of
sales
that
their corpo­
rate hcad-
quarters
wanted them
to reach.
“The size
of the account at Clackamas docs
not fit |Aramark’s] standard for
this type of a business operation,”
said David Holcomb, director of
the bookstore. Holcomb has offi­
.ocal vendors share goods,
lervices at Community Fair
cially taken charge of food servic­
es at the college as of June 1.
“¡Aramark has| reached a
financial decision ... they arc not
seeing a level of sales that their
business model requires them to
Since all cafeteria workers are
employed by Aramark, the college
will lose them as well. As for who
will take over the cafeteria when
Aramark has left, Holcomb said,
“We arc evaluating all of our
meet in each location,’’ said
Holcomb, further explaining that
the food provider is canceling
three to four other contracts in
the region.
options right now.”
The possibility of price increas­
es in the cafeteria is also unknown
for now.
“There is a huge’ awareness for
the college over price issues for all
of us who shop |in the cafeteria]:
students, faculty and staff,” said
Holcomb. “That is definitely on
our minds as we visit with any
potential replacement. That is the
number one thing I’m cer­
tainly looking at.”
Among these things
there is much left to be dis­
cussed, planned and decid­
ed on before fall.
“I wish that we had more
information, but. it’s just an
interesting time,”
said
Holcomb. “1 can tell you
we’re definitely working very hard
and our first goal, if it can happen,
is to bring in good quality food at
good prices, because it doesn’t
make sense not to do that.”