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wi^&dackamas.edul theprint ! Volume 38, Issue 5 : ! A free student publication ---------- '■ Jl wr 9 A ‘Dinner’ to remember The last play in the McLoughlin Theater promises to be great as cast prepares for upcoming performance Katie Wilson The Clackamas Print ISSUE ian yisits e '? 2 vu s their ? 3 IE a c l’ liment piness ? 4 IION > really, in the end, [the play] has a good message: it’s about two friends who care about each other.” ‘Gateway’ scholarship window of hope Theft The scholarship continue^ program comes to 9£umpilvd hy Ben Maras :r BELOW: (From left) Students Jayson Shanafelt, Annie Rimmer, Cynthia Smith-English, Seth Wrubleski, Life Science Instructor Bob Misley and student Sarah Griswold. he can. He has talked with the stories and the cast is really music department and a brass good,” said artist in residence ensemble will play Christmas Amanda Jensen. “It will be a music at selected showings. night of fun entertainment and For those involved with the show there’s a high level of excitement surrounding its open ing— “the kind of excitement [that goes with] the last show,” said Smith-English. “But I think there’ll be some tears as well. We’ve had a lot of success in this “The Man Who Came to Dinner” building.” Hopefully “The Dates: Opens Thursday, Nov. 18. Runs'*’ Man Who Came to Dinner” will help ease Nov. 18-20 at 7 p.m., Nov. 21 at 2:30 the transition to the p.m., Dec. 2-4 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 5 at new facilities a little. 2:30 p.m. The play has a lot of energy and all the cast Admissions: $8 general admission, and and crew are quite $5 for students and senior citizens. dedicated to it. “We’ve had a lot of fun creating these ? 8 ITS LEFT: (From left) Students Jayson Shanafelt and Bob Alsman rehearse a scene from “The Man Who Came to Dinner.” JI )ffs ? 5 All photos by Karlin Johnson Clackamas Print “It’s pretty wild,” said Annie Rimmer about the upcoming play in which she stars. “It’s also the last play in McLoughlin, so it’s very exciting too.” The CCC Communications and Theater Department opens “The Man Who Came to Dinner” Nov. 18, written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman in 1939. The play is a crazy romp into the lives of a family turned upside down by an increasingly unwelcome guest. “It’s a comedy,” said director David Smith- English. “I was looking for something that would give us a positive sendoff [from the old McLoughlin i| Theater].” Among the large cast jH are Bob Misely, a Biology instructor at MH Clackamas, who plays the long-suffering Richard Stanley, and artist in residence Amanda Jensen who plays the conniving actress Lorraine. Smith-English hopes to con vince other faculty from the col lege to show up as “mystery guests.” Since it’s the last play in McLoughlin Theater he wants to include as much of the college as ■Continuing rhe trend from prev ious weeks, a proieetor was stolen from its ceiling mount in a classroom in the mmcr level of Rook Hull Thursday J he ihell was reported to C.impus Safety at 11 *40 a ru on J riday Ciincntly. there .ire no leads If you have any mlor- mation about the theft of either the projector or the printer that were both stolen from Rook 1 (all. please con- jjbt Officer Peter KandratiefT at ext. 6650. ion ons: off! ? 5 ~s to. ditor ----- CCC, offering options for H.S. dropouts Isaiah Creel L Editor-in-Chief Beginning in fall term of 2005, high school dropouts and those in danger of dropping out of high school may benefit from a new pro gram designed to not only help them graduate but to prepare them for higher education. Developed by Portland Community College, the successful “Gateway to, College” program gives students an opportunity to earn their high school diploma while simultaneously earning col lege credit toward their Associate of Arts Transfer Degree. CCC is one of eight colleges to everything we value in our democ replicate PCC’s program and will racy depends upon our ability to receive $300,000 for planning and educate all children well,” establishing the Gateway to remarked Melinda Gates at the College program. Associate Dean National Conference of State of Extended Learning Services and Legislatures 2003 Annual Meeting. project coordinator Donna Acord “Public high schools must train not estimates enrollment of 300 stu only consumers.” dents over the two years of imple Clackamas staff will work with mentation of the grant. the Clackamas County School Although developed by PCC, the District to identify potential stu “Gateway” program is now part of dents of ages ranging from 16 to 20 Bill and Melinda Gates’ Early for the program who will study College High School Initiative and reading, writing and math in stu is the only program in the initiative dent groups and with an instructor. to target high school dropouts. “As we reach for more options Funding to replicate the program to further open up college access to comes through a multi-million-dol- students, we see the Gateway to lar grant initiative sponsored by the College program as a good fit with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, our existing array of programs.” in partnership with the Carnegie Clackamas President Joe Johnson Corporation of New York, the Ford said, “It will serve as a true gate Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg way toward which we can point our Foundation. students who enter our various high “The fact is, every public debate school dropout recovery pro we hold, every campaign we wage, grams.”
