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Nine wrestlers sent to regionals n independent, student-run newspaper since 1966 Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006 ackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR Volume 39, Issue 10 tomantic affle brings :he funds Ben Naras tditor-in-Chief ' [Today ASG is holding fair first ever Valentines Day ite raffle in the Community pter. About 20 students the college will be plac- g themselves up for grabs, [the mere cost of a $1 pet. As the brainchild of Tiffany immel and Margo Wyatt, the file has already raiised more Jan $100 for book grants, and 'ey are hoping for $300 by lend. [“We thought this would be good way to raise money,” hmel said, “and if you have [sell people, you know there n desperate need.” [Originally getting the idea Im an episode of “Gilmore iris,” Kimmel and Wyatt ayed off the small-town [me and thought it would be rood way to bring the stu nts together. This is not to [though that there haven’t en some bumps along the k “A lot of people on this mpus are taken and resent [idea of us asking,” mmel said. “Others didn’t I that it was for book grants, d took offense. In a group 10, there’s about three who ould participate.] This however, is not stop- g students from signipg up, hough some are a bit hesi- t at first. “I got talked into it,” Caleb Iler said. “My girlfriend is it, and I figured, why not?” “I just thought it would, be I” student Heather Ovalle led. Even Ovalle had some res- ktions though'. fl wanted to know the pations, so not just anyone lid buy them,” she said. [Unlike an auction, students p are interested buy raffle lets for different people, [for $1, or six for $5. Ise are then drawn, and the |e is held on campus. ASG< [up flyers, but most inter- was generated via word of rath. “People needed to go out d sell themselves,” Kimmel d. “I mean, if I’m doing I need to go out and say is is me, buy me! ’ If people n’t sell themselves, they n’t get bought. Even the ittiest people don’t get fight by a picture.” Knother problem they fan [was that this week is p Awareness Week, and a Indom Carnival’ was sched- d for the same day as the . date raffle. his has since been rem- [d. ■ - Vhile the sex split is even, .es seem to make up the ority of bidders, some [ding as much as $20 on Sets. tickets can still be pur led in the ASG office, but [y, the raffle is today. Destination: Death Valley Elizabeth Hitz The Clackamas Print Bullfrogs, Gilbert skinks, and chuck- wallas: these scaly creatures are just a hint of the sights to be seen on the college’s Death Valley trip taking place during Spring Break, March 23 through April 1. The outing is organized and guided by two Clackamas instructors, Jennifer Bown, a biology instructor, and Sarah Hoover, the geology instructor. The trip itself has been held annually for nearly 30 years. Death Valley, located in California, boasts variety in every comer of its envi ronment ... from sand covered deserts, wooded hills and snow packed mountains to its diverse assortment of flora and fauna. rocks,” according to Tischler. “[It’s a] desert version of Antarctica,” Business majors mix With science said Bown. majors on the trip. Science majors mix Even the trip, which lasts about 10 with music majors and all of them end days, is flooded with variety and chance. up learning something new from the sur Guest lectures, museums, nature walks roundings, the lectures and each other. and impromptu talks are all loosely struc “Students have told me that this trip tured around what the group wants do and has totally changed the way they view the world,” said Hoover, “ ... in a positive whatever else happens to present itself. The grqup stays in tents at Furnace way.” Students are expected to keep a journal Creek Campground which has running water and flushing toilets for those less of things they see and give a fireside pre sentation. The trip counts as a four-credit inclined to rough it. Mary Ann Tischler, a student here at lab science class. Expenses include $235 Clackamas and a math tutor, went on the plus tuition. This covers travel, lodging and most food costs. Death Valley trip last year. Students interested in participating can The best thing about last year’s expedi tion Ayas “The geology part and looking contact Bown at 503-657-6958 ext. 2926, at the mountains, seeing the history of or Hoover at ext. 2812 as soon as pos the land and learning about it through the sible. Student artist pours her ‘Hart’ out Täyo Stalnaker The Clackamas Print Liz Hart has been going to Clackamfes Community College for three years now. She is an artist but she isn’t an art major. In fact, she is not sure what’s she’s majoring in. “I have no desire to fulfill the science requirements for my transfer degree. Not that I don’t like science, but yeah’, I. just don’t like science,” Hart said. “So I guess I’d have to admit my major is creative writing, though what kind of writing “No one is here to make friends, and they’re lying if they say they are. It proba bly just means they want to get in your pants.” Liz Hart CCC Student I’m npt sure, and how creative ... well, I’m not very sure about that either.” Hart will be going to Clackamas Community College for a fourth a year and finds it to be just like high school. ‘T like to think of CCC as my very own four-year institution, and I can’t stress the word ‘institution’ enough,” she said, “I thought high school in Oregon City was bad, and then I came here, and wouldn’t you know the same HART people I went to high school with are in my classes. It’s not all bad though, the soup is good.” When it comes to classes Hart has a couple of sugges- tions for the students. “I encourage people to take the ‘Science and Religion’ class, and also the ‘Mushroom Identification’ class,” Hart Said, adding that she has “... taken every creative writing course CCC offers and now [she’s] just Adam J. Manley Clackamas Print repeating them. Hart has quite a few interests .that keep her busy when she’s not in class: “Mostly [I smoke] menthol cigarettes because no one wants to bum a menthol, and I also frequent coffee shops and queer clubs,” she said. “I drink cara mel macchiatos at the down town hipster coffee shops and I don’t dance at the queer clubs, but I’ll buy a girl a drink and watch the gay boys dance.” Writing poetry and making collages keep Hart’s artistic side awake. “I love imagery and symbol ism. That’s what I try to evoke in my art no matter what form it comes in. I believe that sym bolism is biologically inherent in all of us. It hits somewhere deep and primal,” she said. Please see HART, Page 5
