The Clackamas print., January 25, 2006, Page 5, Image 5

Feature 5
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006
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AFSA form fears demystified
C.J. Ciaramella
Feature Editor
For most people a new
year means a fresh start, new
beginning and resolutions,
but for students, a new
year can only mean
one thing — time
to fill out the
FAFSA.
Th e
FAFSA,
which
stands
for
Free
Application for
Federal Student
Aid, is the stan­
dard application for
anyone who wishes
to receive grant money
for college from the gov-
ernment. Filling it out is also
considered1 a perennial night­
mare by many students.
However, for those having
trouble with their FAFSA, all
is not lost. Kara Vavrosky,
who works in the Financial
Aid Department at Clackamas,
said the staff at the depart­
ment is always willing to field
questions.
“[The FAFSA] is hard, to
tell the .truth, but if you walk
in here we won’t treat you like
an idiot,”, she said. “People
come in and say, ‘Oh, sorry
to bug you,’ but that’s what
we’re here for.”
For those who haven’t, the
time to fill out the FAFSA for
the 2006 - 2007 school year
is now.
“The sooner the better,”
said Vavrosky, “because
[when tuition has to be paid]
everyone gets so mad, going
‘Where’s my money? Where’s
my money?’”
Students have two options
to apply for “the money:”
they can either fill out their
application over the internet
or send in a paper copy.
“If you do it on paper, it
takes about three weeks to get
to us,” said Vavrosky, “but if
you do it online it only takes
about one week. It cuts time
off our process here.”
However, when filling
out their application over
the internet, students must
electronically sign the form
before they submit it - a step
that, according to Vavrosky,
many “just don’t do.”
In addition, Vavrosky and
her co-workers added that
many students fail to put down
their correct social security
information. Also, men that
have failed to sign their selec­
tive service cards are ineli­
gible for federal aid.
Overall, though, Vavrosky
attributed the majority of
mistakes on student’s FAFSA
forms to the fact that “people
do not read.”
“That’s the biggest thing,”
she said. “Read!”
Co-worker
Maria
Linderman chimed in as well.
“The key to financial aid,
honestly, is for students to
stay educated,” she said.
“[They] need to ask ques­
tions.”
FAFSA applications can be
found in a variety of places
on the campus, such as the
lobby of Roger Rook Hall,
and the financial aid office is
located in room 110 of Roger
Rook.
op, collaborate and listen: Improv class on brand new mission
The coach briskly clapped
his hands, he hollered, “Let’s
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go!” His team assembled in
a semi circle. The experi­
Iprov is one of the enced group began warm-ups
ire obscure courses on with an energized game of
[Clackamas Community “Speaking in Unison.”
As the exercise went on,
lege theater class list.
joking
comments flew at the
Erding to John Renner; the
■ctor, the class “teach- team from the peanut gallery
■tudents improvisational of two in the auditorium seats.
lg skills [while] empha- The team took the distractions
Ig comedy-improv form in stride, and even threw back
a few of their own one-liners.
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ISCOVER YOUR POTENTIAL
Everyone knows comedians
are notorious for their one-
liners, especially in an improv
comedy class.
At the end of the term, the
students will perform along
with the one acts in several
performances. The show runs
March 7-9, with performanc­
es at noon and again at 7 p.m.
Until then, practice is name of
the game.
Practice comes in the form
of forms. These exercises are
not only used to teach stu­
dents acting skills, but also
as team building exercises for
the entire group.
For example, in the game,
“There and Back Again,” one
Retired
teacher
REPARE TO WORK
IA HELPING PROFESSION
Richard Ramsperger,
retired Social Sciences
instructor, died Dec. 18
of complications from a
stroke. He was an anthro­
pology instructor at CCC
for 27 years. He was 74.
- Contributed by F.Y.I.
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person enters the
stage and starts act­
ing out a ’scene until
one of group yells
“freeze.” The indi­
vidual then joins the
first person on the
stage and changes
what is happening in
the scene. More peo­
ple are added until
no one is left on the
sideline. Then the
last person to join
must find a legiti­
mate reason to leave.
When he does that,
the situation reverts
to ' the previous
scene. This contin­
ues until the stage is
once again echoing-
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ly empty. The game The Improv Comedy class stetches
not only requires the
actors to come up their minds in preparation for their
with scene ideas on upcoming shows, March 7 - 9.
the spot and carry on
a scene unrehearsed,
but it also requires everyone said student Mike Ryan.
One of the cardinal rules of
to work together.
Other games include such improv is this, “It’s ok to die
peculiar titles as “Go,” “Party as long as you die big.” So
next time one takes a nose­
Quirks” and “Interview.”
On the whole, the class dive, take a moment and con­
has a strong structure and a sider this one-liner from actor
lighthearted atmosphere, that Edmund GWenn, “Dying is
would make anyone want to easy. Comedy is difficult.”
Improv Class meets Monday,
stay all day.
So what is the best thing Wednsday and Friday, 2-3
p.m. in the Niemeyer Theatre.
about improv comedy?
“[It’s when] people start There are no auditions for
laughing not because you did this class. Anyone interested
something stupid but because in joining should contact the
you did something funny,” Theater Department.
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