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Katie Wilson
“They were really nice ... I’d
want to stay with them if I ever
went back again,” he said.
Verducci could either walk to
“I love Spanish and traveling... the school from the apartment—-
so it seemed like it would be a real this took around 15 minutes—or he
ly great experience,” said Nick could take the metro, which was
Verducci, officer of campus activi only , a five-minute ride. It didn’t
ties for the Associated Student really matter which way he used as
Government.
long as he got to class on time.
He was talking
‘It was great
about
the
being in the
Intensive Spanish
classroom,” he
“It’s a great
Course
in
said. “The stu
opportunity to
Barcelona, Spain,
dents weren’t
which is offered
just English-
experience the
every summer to
speaker s',
language and
students, faculty
they’re from all
and community
over the world:
the culture. ”
Switzerland,
members
at
Clackamas.
Australia,
Nick Verducci
It took 11
Germany. . ..”
ASG Officer of
hours for him and
Verducci had
Campus Activities
seven
other
many , varied
Clackamas stu
experiences
dents to fly from
from visiting
Portland, through Canada, over the Picasso and Dali museum,
Greenland and Holland, into seeing first-hand the cathedral
Frankfurt, Germany, and finally to (Sagrada Familia) and other
Barcelona, Spain.
buildings created by the Spanish
“It seemed long [in the plane], architect Antoni Gaudí, to
but once I got off [the plane] it did encountering thieves on the
n’t seem so bad,” said Verducci. “I beach.
had jet-lag for about two days arid
“It was night and half of us
then I was fine.”
were sitting on towels, and the
He stayed in an apartment with other half were taking showers
a family consisting of a mother and because they’d been swimming in
her daughter.
the ocean,” said Verducci.
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A man approached them and
began talking back and forth with.
them in Spanish. He knew they
were tourists and all the students
were quite focused on him, con
centrating on trying out the lan
guage with a native speaker.
“And then I turned around,”
said Verducci, “and saw this other
guy reaching for one girl’s purse
and I yelled at him to stop.”
The thief merely got up calmly
and walked away.
“You have to watch your
things,” said Verducci. “I kept my
wallet in my front pocket. And if I
was in crowds, you know, I’d keep
my arm down [near my pocket].”
But Barcelona isn’t just full of
pickpockets by any means.
“There’s some people that don’t
like American tourists ... and they
can be really rude, but basically
everyone is nice,” said Verducci.
“If you’re going for the language
or the travel, either way it’s a great
experience.”
Students going for travel will
have a chance to meet people from
various cultural and geographical
backgrounds.
“I got information from a lot of VERDUCCI
people and they told me if I ever speakers and it’s a great opportu
want to come to their country to nity to experience the language
and the culture.”
look them up,” said Verducci.
For many students the cost
“If you’re going for the lan
guage,” he said, “the school is could be daunting.
“One thing that stops people is
great. You’re, around Spanish
Katie Wilson
the cost,” agreed
then added, “but iti
money. If you hi
money from your
your family to spa
that decision now.”
Campus Christian clubs worship, volunteer, sodi
I Millie Wallace
| | Contributing Writer
Members of the Christian
clubs on campus don’t spend
all their time reading the Bible;
they do service projects and
have fun socializing with like
minded students.
Baptist Christian Ministries
(BCM) meets every Wednesday
at
noon
in
M257
of
McLoughlin Hall, led by volun
teer divinity students Beth
England and Matt Munger.
“We have once a month movie
night, a quarterly retreat, confer
ences and game days such as
broom hockey at Lloyd Center ice
arena,” said England. England can
be reached for more information
about the club at bsmbeth@net-
“Wé have snacks at our meet
boise.com.
ings so you can feed body and
“I like tritan formal discus^ ¡spirit at one time and place,”
sions of BCM. where we can said Jon Beckner, a computer
really dig into the meaning of a science student.
scripture,”
said
Cory
Those with an interest in
Westerman, a drafting Student.
sports would find the Fellowship
Campus Crusade for Christ of Christian Athletes right up
is a local chapter rif a national their alley.
organization, run by campus
“We spend a third of the time
students. lhe> meet Thursdays ^playing games and the rest in dis-
at noon m the Commu'nrH cussion and prayer time,” said
Center, and can be reached at Kathie Woods, PE instructor and
clackcc4c7@hotmail.com.
club adv isor. “Sometimes we have
On the college web site its stat guest speakers.”
ed purpose is “To be a spiritual
< hitsidc of their Thursday
resource to individuals in the col meetings at noon in R12 of
lege and community by providing Randall l¥M||||by get together for
investigative
Bible
studies, bowling, movies, eating out, beach
retreats, prayer, discipleship and trips and commuhity service.
fellowship activities.”
“Everyone is accepted and
ASG greets students in a new location
Karlin Johnson
Feature Editor
Associated Student Government
has finally settled into their new,
more usable home.
The new office was formerly the
Skylight Dining Room, and is
much larger and more organized
than the old office.
“[The old office] was really
crowded,” said Krista Moore, ASG
senator for community relations,
who now enjoys the new office.
“It is definitely a big change at
first but it’s nice to have my own
office, rather than a cubicle,” said
Sara Stokes, ASG vice president.
There is also much more space
for other members of ASG
“There’s a lot more individual
space for people,” said Moore. “We
all have our own cubicles, so that
really helps.”
The front lobby in the new
Michaels Cooper Clackamas Print
ASG Vice President Sara Stokes finds the new ASG office
to be much more organized than the old office.
office is much more open and wel
coming with a large front counter
where students can come to get
information.
“We have our new counter and
we can fit a lot of students in [the
lobby],” said Officer of Campus
Activities Nick Verducci.
Members of ASG also have new
equipment this year, including
more computers.
“We’re looking into getting
more computers, so maybe some
time in the future we’ll all have our
own computer,” said Verducci.
The only drawback to the new
office is that not many students
know where to find it.
“The students, who probably
don’t go in the cafeteria don’t know
about [our new office], but other
than that I think it’s a good loca
tion,” said Moore.
The new ASG office can be
found in the Community Center,
just inside the Cougar Café.
“If you have any questions,
we’re a really good resource and
we offer a lot of different things for
students,” said Verducci.
There are always reasons to
come in and talk to ASG
“[We want students to] know we
always have events going on,” said
Moore. “It would be cool if stu
dents could come check it out.”
loved,” Woods said. Contact
Woods at (503) 657-6958, ext.
2418 for more information.
Latter Day Saints Students
Associations (LDSSA) begin their
noon meeting with a song and a
prayer in M253 of McLoughlin
Hafi, Tuesdays and Thursdays, fol
lowed by a discussion led by
Group Leader Gordon Henderson.
For more information contact
Henderson at (503) 557-5862.
“Our purpose is to encourage
members to become an influence
for good by service to the commu
nity, and to strengthen our testi
monies by studying the scriptures
of the restored gi
Christ,” said Hendf
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