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Artisan inspires aspiring artist
Katie Wilson
I News Editor
Eugene-based artist David
Thompson stopped by the Art
Center last Wednesday and
Thursday to give a demonstra­
tion on forging steel.
“I started as a fabricator, cut­
ting and welding steel shapes
together,” he said. “I became
bored with that, so I thought
I could take these same indus­
trial shapes and change them.”
Art Instructor Rick True led
a group consisting of sculpture
students, a three-dimensional
design class and various other
people to an area behind the
Art Center on Thursday morn­
ing. Two anvils were set up
near a small forge. Examples
of Thompson’s work lay in
boxes.
“Steel is rigid, hard, cold
stuff,” said Thompson, “but
once it’s hot ... you can make
any form you want out of it.”
He told his audience that
forging is very much a tool and
equipment-oriented art.
“You’re always limited to
the equipment that you’ve
got,” he said. “You’re always
trying to acquire more equip­
ment to make more stuff.”
Thompson began the dem­
onstration by making a fire
poker. He took his piece of
steel, heated it, tapped it with
his hammer, cooled, heated,
tapped, twisted. About 15 min­
utes later the fire poker was
done: One end was hooked,
the other end spiraled into a
loophole.
True had also attempted a
fire poker.
“I did this demonstration,”
he said to the students, holding
up his crooked fire poker, “to
show you that craftsmanship
comes with practice.”
After a few more examples
of different forging techniques
the demonstration continued
inside. Thompson showed
slides of his work and the
demonstration ended.
Some of Thompson’s work
is currently on display at
the Alexander Gallery in the
Niemeyer Center as part of the
exhibit “Iron and Steel.”
After the demonstration
True took a few students over
to the gallery to take another
look at Thompson’s art.
“He’s a really fine crafts­
man,”
said
True
about
Thompson. “He has nice con­
ceptual and formal skills. I
consider him to be the pre-
miere artist in what he dl
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The beauty of technology: digital textbooks cost le
Mike Kimberling
I The Clackamas Print
The Clackamas bookstore has become
one of thirty stores nationwide to offer a
new, leading technology: Digital textbooks.
Clackamas joins other colleges like the
University of Oregon in becoming a test
school for the Universal Digital Textbook.
“We honestly want to do anything pqs-
• sible to offer a better deal on textbooks,”
said the Director of the Bookstore David
Holcomb.
Holcomb also states that he is very
pleased with the digital textbook distribu­
tor.
“MBS Direct offers a lot of flexibility,”
said Holcomb.
Holcomb points out Digital Textbooks
features such as a robust search engine and for digital textbooks.
Read-Out-Loud, a program that allows a
High-speed internet access is required in
student to listen to the document.
order to download the books onto the com-
Holcomb goes on to say
puter, DeSau states. Once
that students may place
a student activates the dig­
highlights over sections
ital textbook online, there
of the digital text and add
are absolutely no returns
notes from their lectures
or exchanges for any rea­
onto the digital copies.
son.
According
Carol
In accordance with
DeSau, Assistant Manager/
the University of Oregon
Textbook Manager at the
website, digital textbooks
Clackamas
bookstore
(which range in size from
sent to 77re Clackamas
5MB to 100MB) are a
Print, Universal Digital
one-time, single computer
Textbooks, or UDTs, pres­
download. If the Internet
David Holcomb
ent students with a 35%
connection is lost for any
Director of the CCC
savings over the cost of
reason during download,
Bookstore
new textbooks. However,
I—
the download will contin­
there is no buyback value
ue from the point of inter-
S
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ip
“We honestly
want to do
anything
possible to
offer better
deals on
textbooks,”
ruption once successfully reconnectel
According to www.digitaltextbool
activating a textbook requires Wind!
SE or above or Mac OS 10.2.8 or abol
Adobe Reader 6 or above in order to J
The website also states that due to 0
Rights Management students may pi
to 100 pages or more a week but nt
entire text at once. Digital textbool
valid and readable for a minimum
months before expiring, the websites
According to www.digitaltextboi
digital textbooks are encoded with a
ticated Digital Rights Management
nology that does not allow for copy
burning of additional copies.
Clackamas courses with digital
books include: Biology, Calculus!
Music Styles, Life-Span Develop!«
Integrated Principals of Zoology. |
CAMPUS EVENTS
ft NEWS
The Iron & Steel art exhibit in the Niemeyer Center is now showing in the Alexander
Gallery. The exhibit features the works of eight regional metal sculptors and will run through
Feb. 23. It is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
CCC Scholarship Workshops: You only need to attend one! These workshops will cover tn
CCC scholarship application procedure. Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m., Oregon City Maa
Campus, Roger Rook Building, Room 117. Feb. 7,14,21,28, and March 7,2006
At COUNTRY, we like to reward people for
being good. For instance, if you've been a
good driver, we'll give you a discount on your
car insurance. Ask about our other discounts,
too. Sometimes it pays to be good.
Attention Procrastinators: The absolute last day to drop classes without responsibility fori
grade is Feb. 18 (end of the sixth week).
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The Classified Association is collecting food to benefit the Oregon Food Bank. Collection
barrels will be placed around campus until March 7. In the spirit of a brand new year, please
donate to those who are less fortunate.
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The bookstore is offering a 5% discount off all NEW textbooks at the CCC bookstore.
ASG is holding a Date Auction on Wednesday, February 8 from 11-2 p.m. The dateswill
take place in the Community Center. A basket of food will be provided. All proceeds go to bool
grants. For more information contact the ASG office at 503-657-6958, ext. 2245.