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free 25, 20 05 ❖ Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR ❖ www2.clackamas.edu/theprint Volume 38, Issue 22 Cougars win eighth tank Jordan I Clackamas Print fTTie Clackamas softball team I defeated Columbia Basin |X College 8-1 in the second tonship game last Sunday to win NWAACC softball championship k the eighth title in school history. I win ended the six-year reign of ^Columbia College as NWAACC tons andre-established Clackamas be premiere junior college softball km in the Pacific Northwest lam so proud of these girls,” said Want Head Coach Paul Fiskum, who also picked up the hardware as the NWAACC Coach of the Year. “We had an outstanding tournament, from our great pitching, solid defense and prob ably the best hitting performance that a Clackamas team has had in the tourna ment ever. A great weekend overall.” The Cougars opened tournament play on Friday against their old nem esis from Spokane CC. All-tournament performer Casey Middagh set the tone for the weekend with a home run in the bottom of the first to give the Cougars a quick 1-0 lead. CCC led 2-0 until the fifth, when Spokane scored four runs on three hits and three walks to take a 4-2 lead. But in a three-hour game that had three rain delays, the Cougars showed everyone that there would be no quit in this team Anna Alcala brought the Cougars within 5-4 with a two-run homer in the sixth, then Christina Roberti fol lowed with a single. Kayce Ernst pinch- ran for Roberti and scored on a Caitlin Ooley RBI single to tie the game. In the seventh, Erin Snyder singled, was sacrificed to second, then scored the game-winning run on consecutive wild pitches. Chelsea Koch recorded the final three outs on the hill in the sev enth to pick up the relief victory. Please see CHAMPS, Page 6 Denise Nasuta Contributed Photo The softball team gathers around after their championship victory over Columbia Basin College. Coach Paul Fiskum (back row, left) was named NWAACC coach of the year. ASG event prompts alcohol awareness I Isaiah Creel Editor-in-Chief n an effort to raise aware ness of the negative effects of drinking and driving, Associated Student Government is hosting their annual Alcohol Awareness Day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today in the courtyard. The goal of the event is to provide students with infor mation and examples of what happens if they choose to drive a car after drinking. This event has been held every spring Michaele Cooper Clackamas Print term for approximately six years. ABOVE: The two cars sitting “This year, we decided to on campus this week are hold it just before Memorial products of drunk driving Day,” said Officer of accidents. Community Relations Catrina BELOW and FAR BELOW: The Schehen. “The weather is get outside and inside views of ting nice, and a lot of students I Laura Cameron Clackamas Print [endangered Rana aurora, or the Red-legged Frog, has recently made an appearance the ponds outside of the Pauling Center. This rare species could spread to surrounding ter bodies and aid in a local comeback for the species. College staff have been leaving [frogs alone (with the exception of keeping trash and other unnatural and damaging ngs out of the pond), and encourage others to do the same. Idigenous rare amphibian in Ruling pond excites, amazes frogs.” Bown also stresses While the frog itself seems unexceptional, its presence in that the frogs should continue the Pauling pond is worthy of to be left alone. “Please don’t K Clackamas Print go out there and try to catch notice. For one thing, it shows They’re endangered, that the pond, while small, is them. ut in the Pauling unpolluted, as frogs are highly after all!” While the frogs are still Center courtyard is intolerant to impurities in the a rather unremark- water. For another thing—and listed as an endangered spe le little pond. Often over is tied directly to the first cies, they are doing very well this feed, it is only about the point—it shows that, at least in here at Clackamas; they con e of two bathtubs and con- this area, the frogs are making tinue to thrive in the Pauling pond, and frog comeback. ntly crowded by the myriad a -• calls have pts growing around it. Yet The red-legged | tiny body of water has frog is not only been heard coming from fcn discovered to be a safe living in the the fountain fen for an endangered spe- Pauling pond, in front of s: Rana aurora, the Red it is thriving bed Frog. Dye, though there. it has yet to Like the pond, red-legged “We don’t be confirmed es are rather unremark- know exact whether these le; they are small—around ly how long are red-legged been ee to five inches long— they’ve I hard to distinguish from there,” frogs or a says ire common frogs. They Biol o g y more com [usually brown or green, mon species. instructor th mottled backs. The only Jennifer Bown. With these two safe spots ng that would grab your “Four or five to start from, ention is the characteristic years, prob the frog could it gives them their name; ably. We’ve Jennifer Bown {bright brownish-red col- just left them to spread out Biology Instructor to surround ng on their legs and sides, themselves, and is divided into two sub- ing bodies of they’re doing ecies: the Northern Red- . .. water, bring great. The only tged Frog, R. a. aurora, and help they get ing R. auro | larger and slightly rarer from us is that we try to keep ra that much closer to being flifomia Red-legged Frog, trash out of the pond; other removed from the ehdangered |a draytonii. than that, it’s all up to the species list. aura Cameron O “We don’t know exactly how long they’ve been there... We’ve just left them to themselves, and they ’re doing great. ” are of drinking age.” Attractions include two inspirational speakers, a beer goggle setup designed to give students an idea of what it’s like to be under the influence' of alcohol, a free barbecue and free t-shirts. Two wrecked cars are on display in the courtyard to show students the results of drinking and driving. “If you went out and did a survey, most people wouldn’t think they were impaired [after drinking], but they are,” said ASG President Teresa Roberts. “Sometimes we all need to one of the wrecked cars. Not a single window was left intact after the crash. see the impact of what hap pens [when one drinks and drives].” While ASG acknowledges that some students will only attend the free barbecue and take advantage of free t-shirts, they are hopeful that the infor mation regarding alcohol’s ill effects will reach some stu dents. “Just be responsible if you’re going to choose to drink,” said Roberts.
