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Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005
I Cougars take championship
second year in a row
Clackamas 2005 Soccer Team
(TOP ROW):.
Sophomore Stephanie Rodriguez (10),
Freshman Megan Durand (3), Fresh
man Stephanie Cielong (14), Freshman
Lauren Elliott (13), Freshman Danielle
Fenton (8), Freshman Amy Cardinas (9),
Sophomore Tianna Meduri (7)
(SECOND ROW): Freshman Mirium Coto
(6), Freshman Maggie Warner (20),
Sophomore Trisha Little (2), Sophomore
Ashley Webster (5), Sophomore Nicole
Cahill (12), Sophomore Entity Ingalls (4),
Sophomore Amanda Triller (15)
(BOTTOM): Freshman Jyella Deloney (1)
Photo contributed by Kara Moody
¡Clackamas Print
In Sunday, Nov. 20, the
Lkamas women were
ply where they hoped they
[Id be at the beginning Of
season: the NWAACC final
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likwila, Washington, com
pg for the championship,
[he Cougars had their
I on the prize but „first
would have to go through the
only undefeated team in the
league, Walla Walla C.C. Due
to their outstanding regular
season record, most thought
“that Cougars beating Walla
Walla for the championship
was pretty unlikely, except
for Clackamas, that is.
“The final was unbeliev
able; it was just how a final
should be, an intense and
exciting edge-of-your-seat-
type game, and we won,” said
Head Coach Tracy Nelson.
I told the girls at thebegin
ning of the game that all we
needed to do was score one
more goal than them - that’s
all, just one more.”
And the final score of 2-1
proves they listened,
The game started out with a
Walla Walla goal in the fourth
minute of regulation, giving
them a 1-0 lead and making
it just that much tougher for
Clackamas.
“It’s not like we felt we
hereout of it as soon as we
trailed,” said Nelson. “We’d
been there before and were
confident we could put one in
and then pull ahead.”
Which is exactly what they
did as soon as Amanda Triller
put one in the net during the
24th minute, tying the game
at a goal apiece. The rest
of the game went scoreless
but was far from a defensive
struggle.
- team
• - had ............
“Each
their chanc
es to score,” said Nelson.
“They would have a chance
and not convert, then we
would do the same. It really
went back and forth the whole
game.”
So to overtime they went,
and triumphant they were.
The Cougars’ Amy Cardenas
Sealed the victory, the sea
son, and the championship by
scoring a goal in the 93rd
minute, giving Clackamas the
edge they needed to win the
game 2-1.
Please see SOCCER, Page 11
Mng Tree symbolism divides college
I ns tie
- Wilson
Editor
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■he ASG Giving Tree has
^Rd questions this year and
^Bears past about how a com-
^■lity college should celebrate
ilBpolidays, especially when that
.■ege has as diverse a student
Was Clackamas does.
^Bhe Giving Tree has been a tra-
Bh at Clackamas for 13 or 15
■s. according to ASG Advisor
■dy Brown. Its primary func-
B'~ to get students giving to
■)w students who are in need,
■leedy students apply at the
office and their requests
’•put on a card which is then
?■ to a branch on the Giving
H Students who wish to fill
■ need contact the ASG office,
■ch then conducts the gifts to
•recipient.
I^Bhe current problem stems
^■the use of the Christmas tree
^■e Giving Tree tradition.
■No one has ever been against
■ giving part,” said Counselor
■n Wolfson. “But in the past
■e have been students who
don’t celebrate Christmas. Lots
of people here come from differ
ent backgrounds.”
However, many people seem
to view the tree as a predomi
nantly Christian symbol and feel
it excludes them if they are not
Christian or do not celebrate
Christmas.
“If it were just a giving, tree
we. would have one in July too,”
said College Counselor Lupe
Martinez, “but we just do it dur
ing the holiday season and it’s a
Christmas tree. I think it is very
symbolic. It does exclude people
from feeling welcome.
“It’s about how warm we make
the atmosphere,” she continued.
“If we’re not going to be inclu
sive of everyone, we shouldn’t
have anything.”
Student and Black Student
Union member Freddie Bailey
has been conducting student polls
and talking to ASG and College
president Joe Johnson about the
Giving Tree.
“You see all ike flags in the
Community’ Center,” Bailey said
to The Print,. “We’re supposed
to be culturally diverse. There
are people who would love to
see a menorah next to the Giving
Tree. I think a lot of students feel
intimidated and that they’re not
given the chance to display their
views.”
Some members of the college’s
community hold a different view:
“[The tree] symbolizes the giv
ing of the season,” said Tiffany
Kimmel; ASG’s Child Care Office
Senator. “We wanted students to
be able to give. The Christmas
tree is part of our culture. It’s
hard when people apply symbols
to different things ... the tree
was a pagan symbol before it was
Christian.”
The tree is - not decorated as
a normal Christmas tree,” Brown
pointed out. There is no star or
angel at the top.
“It’s not set up as a brg time
Christian symbol,” Brown said.
English Instructor James
Bryant-Trerise is not offended by
the Giving Tree being a Christian
symbol because “it’s actual
ly a pagan symbol. Maybe the
Christians should be offended.”
Please see TREE, Page 3
Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print