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February 2, 2005
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Shannon Armstead
The Clackamas Print
1-27-05
10:24 p.m.
Clackamas is celebrating
the grand opening of the
new Niemeyer Center for
Communication Arts with
a special event entitled ‘A
Midwinter Night’s Dream
Come True.’
The celebration
and
benefit is a production of
the Clackamas Community
College Foundation and
will be held Feb. 19.
The event will feature
professional local perform
ers as well as student musi
cians.
“It will be an evening
of surprises; there will be
lots of things that won’t be
released to the public,” said
Carrie Moore of the CCC
Foundation.
The Clackamas theater
department will perform
a vignette of the upcom
ing production “Twelfth
Night,” and award-winning
auctioneer JillMarie Wiles
will showcase her skills in
an oral auction.
The night will showcase
the fist ever art show in
the Alexander Art Gallery
featuring the works of 13
faculty artists.
For foundation members
the night will be a special
finale to all their hard work
together for the arts.
“The_ campaign
has
been my most fabulous,
cherished experience at
Clackamas,” said the foun
dation’s Executive Director
David Dickson. “The night
will be a culmination of two
years of intensely focused
energy to support the arts at -
Clackamas.
Tickets to “A Midwinter
Night’s Dream” are $50.
For reservations contact the
CCC Foundation at (503)
657-6958, ext. 2402.
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3:19 p.m.
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Staff reported theft a
computer from Barta
building.
doing pretty good. I like the fact that in my
math class I got straight As last time, and I
or a heroin addict will steal from you, but a think I aced the test this time. At my age, real
tweaker, he’ll steal from you then help you izing that you still have a brain and can learn
look for it,” David says, reminiscing on the ... I just think it’d be a slap in the face [to] put
state of mind of the users he experienced.
me on a freaking list.”
Unable to hold a job, and not wanting to
Despite this, the backers of the bill maintain
steal for it, he began to spend
that the only drawback to this
time with those who were mak
bill will be the cost — the
ing his drug of choice, until he
Oregon State Police says $14
finally found out how to make
million is spent each year to
it himself.
track 6,000 sex offenders. No
»The old
This ended when David
estimates are yet to be made
saying is, a
finally got caught in 1988, and
on the cost of the meth cook
served a three-year term in
registration list.
drunk or a her
prison. After getting out, he
Even David* however, sees
oin
addict
will
stopped making, but did con
a benefit to the bill, despite
tinue using until three years
steal from you,
the negative effects it would
ago, when he joined a 12-step
have on his life.
but
a
tweaker,
program, and has been clean
“As a whole, I think it might
he’ll steal from
and sober ever since. Although
be a good thing, for people
to this day he suffers from the
who are currently [using] and
you then help
effects, including the loss of
have re-offended over and
you
look
for
it.
”
his teeth and' sores, the rem
over again .7. but how can
nants of his intravenous use.
you draw that line?” he says.
"David"
“I don’t have to do that
“Maybe if there was harder
46-year-old Clackamas
again; I can make something
consequences in the ‘80s, I
student and former meth
out of my life,” he says. “I
wouldn’t have gotten so deep
producer and user.
like the fact that I got a 4.0
into it
but then again, I
last term. I like the fact that
might have. Who knows? You
I’ve taken writing 121 and am
can’t second guess yourself.”
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^Got Politik?
Feel like working your bum off only to have people
think you’re a lazy, lying scoundrel? Then politics coifld be for
you. Stop by the ASG office in CC152 to pick up your applica
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Wanna Be Published?
Attention poets, writers, and otherwise crazy artsy
people (not that there’s anything wrong with that!), your work
could be published in the literary magazine, synesthesia. You
can submit up to 3 poems, 1 essay, and 1 piece of fiction.
Submit 4 copies of each set of entries. On each entry include
the title and your student ID number. The cover page for each
entry should include the title, category, your name, ID number,
address, and phone number. Include floppy disk with your work
on it. Submit your entries to Allen Widerburg, RR 222, ext.
2359.
1-25-05
7:45 p.m.
Library staff reported
. found credit card. I Io
owner and referred to
library to claim.
Writing Worksl
The English depart™
offer a free writing«
for students to get fee
from instructors.
Tuesday: 10-11a.m. in
lounge (by Admin, offs
10:30-11:30 a.m.,2-3p
5-6 p.m. (Rook)