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laison here to ease Clackamas-PSU switch for English majors
Karlin Johnson
H hiï Editor
|Poet, rocker, adviser and instruc-
IPSU liaison Sydney Thompson
[welcome new face to Clackamas’
fei department
A new program is underway for
pent!s interested in transferring to
SU in English, and Thompson is
ere to coordinate it and lighten the
tress load for transfer students.
Ji's a collaboration between
Maud State and Clackamas that’s
eenlears in the making, so I saw
■window of opportunity,” said
Rnpson.
The program is basically an cppor-
toity for English students who are
toning to transfer to PSU to be able
»finish a four year degree more eas-
|A300 level or higher PSU class
dll be offered on the Clackamas
Inpus at least once per term.
‘lean help with everything from
Rising, to help planning your trans-
j; to letting you know where the
5cret parking places are downtown,
1 the best burrito on campus,” said
fepsrai. “So that’s my job—to
lake it easy, less intimidating and
Bible, so that students have a
ice to talk to instead of just a list of
pbeis”
Hong withherwork at Clackamas,
ad with the PSU
aster’s degree
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1 I Writing,
Gerhart Clackamas Print
Aside from coordinating a PSU transfer program for English majors, Sydney Thompson is a
singer-songwriter and teaches song writing in grade schools. She can be round in RR223.
and a poetry editor I just find that so
age group Thompson works with.
fascinating how we develop this fear
For a few years now Thompson has
of language as we grow older—we’re
been teaching song
afraid to put certain words together,”
writing in elemen-
said Thompson. “At [a young] age
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—~| tary schools.
they’re still interested in how words
“I liked teach
sound and how they sound strung
ing at the college
together, and they don’t care about
level but then I real
conventions and rules and grammar,
hompson also
ly started enjoying
they just like words that sound cool .
forks at Portland
working with the
Immunity
smaller
kids,” \ together.”
Thompson’s interest in song writ- ;
Kege. teach-
said Thompson.
lg
women’s
“Second and third ing and music began after she got her
master’s degree in poetry at PSU,
■defense. Self
grade is my abso
and some friends, who were trying to
efens': classes are
lute favorite, and
form a band, asked her to write lyrics
■thing that she
they’re the best
forthem.
as been involved
poets.”
“A couple of bands later and many
1 for about 15
Thompson has
Sydney Thompson
years later, now I find that that’s just
fears, and she
noticed that songs
PSU Liaison
toula like to be
formed by the my main mode of expression,” she
said.
i part of the self
minds of children
fee program at
Thompson is now file lead singer
are very different
Hamas as well
and a songwriter for her current band,
than songs written by older writers.
Smidgen, which has been together for
■though Thompson enjoys these
“I just find that they are absolutely
ibs, [college students aren’t the only fearless with language, and as a poet about three years.
“[Kids] don’t
care about
conventions
and rules and
grammar; they
just like words
that sound
cool together. ”
Hablando nuestro idioma
I
A weekly Spanish-language column ——-—
¡Club latino un espacio para todos!
.Norma Martinez
■ The Clackamas Print
I El Clackamas Community
College como institución en
lita educación, ofrece diferentes
actividades extra - curriculares o
también llamados “clubs” a todo
estudiante que forme parte de ésta
institución. También da la opor-
tunidad a otros, de formar sus
propios clubs, y así compartir un
espacio en donde juntos disfru-
tarán de un mismo pasatiempo.
M Existen diferentes tipos de
Clubs, hay para todos gustos y apti-
tudes, hay clubs de escritores, clubs
de viaje, club francés, club alemán,
y muchos otros más. Pero también
existe un club en el que muchos
«venamos de formar parte, y éste
es “El Club Latino” o también cono-
sido como “Unidos Club”. Éste
club está formado por estudiantes
Hispanos que deceén compartir con
la Sociedad parte de su cultora, y
al mismo tiempo identificarse de
una manera exitosa. El Chib Latino
es para estudiantes a los que les
gustaría envolverse en proyectos
que traigan a su campus tradicio
nes y experiencias de la cultura
T atina, y al mismo tiempo interac-
tuar con otros estudiantes con los
mismos intereses. El Club Latino
es un círculo de ideas abiertas,
toda opinión es aseptada, así
como todos pueden
contribuir con sus
talentos y a la
véz aportar sus
puntos de vista
para mejorar
éste proyec
to.
Si
qui
eres formar
parte de éste
grupo o simple
mente quisieras
saber más hacerca de
éste, puedes reunirte
con ellos el primer y el tercer
Miércoles de cada mes de 2 a 2:45
de la tarde en la Oficina de Sevicios
para Estudiantes Latinos que está
localizada en el centro de consejería
(Counseling &Advising center).
Devido a que éste es un club
\
abierto, éste es manejado por los
mismos estudiantes con la super-
vición y apoyo de la consejera
Guadalupe Martínez, la cual les
brinda su apoyo en cada una de las
sessiones que realizan.
Si quieres formár parte de
éste grandioso grupo de
estudiantes latinos, no
te coívas por que
aquí no hay req
uisitos para entrar
lo único que
tienes que
demostrar
es la dis
posición de
trabajar
en
grupo y pon
erte en contacto
con su consejera
al (503)657-6958
con la extención 2717
y registrarte, no te arrepen
tirás y compartirás tu cultura con
los demás.Ya veraz que encontrarás
más estudiantes con tus mismos
intereses y te divertirás. ¡Unete al
club Latino por que ellos te están
esperando, todos son bienvenidos!
À
“It’s definitely a mixture ofi I’d say,
indie-pop and jazz influences as well,
and maybe a tiny bit of alt country
thrown in for flavor,” said Thompson.
Working with children has been
inspiring to Thompson’s career in
Smidgen.
‘I’ve wanted to steal lines “[from
the kids] many times, to use in my
songs or something, because they
realty get the idea of rhythm and
meter and syntax, just based on how
they hear it”
Thompson is also a nationally pub
lished poet, and has read on National
Public Radio (NPR) and KBOO, as
well as working with a magazine.
“I edit a poetry magazine called
Fireweed Poetry of Oregon and it’s
one of Oregon’s longest-running
poetry journals,” she said. ‘I’ve been
editing that for eight years.”
Thompson’s main interest right
now is making the program at
Clackamas work.
“Any person who feels interested
in that whole process, it doesn’t matter
what program they are interested in
going into, they can come talk to me
and I can at least get them pointed in
the right direction,” she said.
In the long run, Thompson would
just like to help students in general
and make a difference.
‘I think with the rising cost of
tuition, and there just seems to be so
many roadblocks thrown up in the
way for people to go to school and I
think it’s ridiculous,” said Thompson.
‘1 want anybody who wants to go to
school to find ways to be able to do ft,
and it might sound a little bit idealistic
but I just think that’s the way ft should
work. If somebody has the desire to
go they should be able to go. So If
I can make that easier just tor a tow
people, then great”
To speak with Thompson, please
visit RR223.
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