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8 Clackamas Print O\ I THE D-F'FlD I By Jeff Sorensen Though The D-Pad has taken steps toward its own independence, and although we still fully support - and work for - 77re Clackamas Print, the paper that gave us our start, it has become clear to the D-Pad staff that we have a correction of our own to make: We’re sorry, Microsoft. The X-Box 360’s we pur chased over the summer have proven that they’re not the com plete waste of the American dollar they were once thought to be. For example, the new X- Box Live Gold and Silver. They both allow on-line multi player, on-line co-op, game and content dowhloads, and micro-transactions. For Gold level, however, it’s only $60 a year to allow myself to enter tournaments I have no inter est in, just so my mediocre stats can be tracked by some guy named “nOObKilla” in Scranton, Pennsylvania. My free Gold trial is finally ' up, and I’m not exactly sure . how I’m going to be able to enjoy this sub-standard ver sion of X-Box Live ... except that Silver is exactly the same! I guess, to supplement my cheapened experience, I’ll have to rely on the exclusive, down loadable X-Box Live media content. Like the episodes of “Red Vs. Blue” we can only get ... never mind. Apparently, they have a web site. Or what about the free TV “previews” I can download? If we want to fill the hard drives of our 360’s with all the same commer - um ... “previews” - that we enjoy from the TV, isn’t it our right? Only the genius of Microsoft can bring real-life advertising to the virtual world of gam ing. They’re just brilliant that way, I guess. A brilliance which is definitely reflected in Microsoft’s latest on-line inno vation: micro-transactions! A “micro-transaction” is a- way to purchase really impor tant content such as extra levels, characters, weapons and wallpapers. Now, when developers push a game out to meet some ridiculous cor porate deadline and they for get something they meant to tweak in their game, Microsoft can just make its X-Box Live customers pay for it, or deal with it. Everyone knows that a well-behaved consumer will just pay the fee for arbitrary game content and like it, and we appreciate that. The last thing we want to apologize for is having stan dard-definition . televisions. Clearly, the guys that put together this incredibly fun and cost-effective piece of machin ery hate anybody who can’t afford an HDTV, and we feel absolutely awful for making them so upset. Our games still work, but we suppose it’s our own fault that our current TV’s couldn’t handle Dead Rising’s tiny - or “high-def’ - 3pt font. So we’re sorry, Microsoft, for saying all those mean and hateful things about the cost of the X-Box 360. Your new machine is a gift that keeps on giving, and clearly we were wrong. thedpad@gmail. com ntertainir Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006 Mystery of statue revéate The real question here is ... what is it? The answer is far | The Clackamas Print more profound than expected. True was in his work shop one day, working with Walking around campus ’for a wrench that hurt his wrist, a couple of days will make thus the- title “Tendonitus.” a person notice things he or Examining the statue, you can she didn’t see the first time see the form that holds up the around - for example, a giant cylinder (the wrench) resem statue with a bolder hanging bles a hand. The hanging part from it displayed in front of of the statue is the tension he Barlow. - felt in his wrist after using the The statue was constructed wrench for so long. by Rick True, who teaches in This is not the only piece the art department. Created by True on campus. The in 1998, it was one of two leaves hanging in Roger Rook pieces that were purchased are his as well. Both were for the school from an art completed and donated over show, the other being the two- the summer. horse statue by the main road He also participated in a leading up to the bus stop. collaboration piece with Dave Liz Travers Anderson; it is on dis play in the auto shop. True became an art ist so that he would not have to explain ideas. He wishes to “create questions” with his aTt. Along with teach ing, he is an active part of the Cultural Arts Committee. Though True is pleased with the piece, he feels it needs refresh ing. He also prefers sculpture because peo ple interact with it, mak ing it part of daily life. “I want to expose people to a lot of dif ferent ideas, processes, and creativity,” he. said. Idol hopeful recalls his audition experien Past Fortunate, considering the fact that people were The Clackamas Print pressed together like sardines. By seven o’clock, With the sixth season of “American Idol” coming soon, tens the line had started of thousands of hopeful idolons moving, and within (possible contestants) head to vari 20 feet had stopped. ous cities to audition for a chance to Twenty minutes become a national icon. later, it moved For many, the dream of becom another 10 feet It ing an idol is easily worth the hours continued at this pace of waiting in excruciating condi for the next three hours. At the front of the line, tions. For one such individual (who an official was giving out orders will remain anonymous), the first over a megaphone. He sounded day began at 4:45 a.m., so that like the adults from the old Peanuts he could get a good place in line. cartoons. Upon arriving promptly at 6.00 a.m. So by the end of the day, our - before then, officials stated that aspiring idolon had succeeded in his people would be turned away - he registration, coming away from the discovered there were already hope experience with bracelets and tickets fuls in a line of truly Disneylandish for himself, and his date. proportions. When the day of auditions finally In order to pass the time, our arrived, everyone was emotional and idolon enjoyed die classic game of concerned as, after all, it was then The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the that the chaff would be separated David Stark nt, they were search™ the “X-factor,” a quasi J cal attribute separating from singers. I After hours of I ing in seats that ■ a whole host of ■ back pains, our fl got his chance toI tion. His song of cfl was “Last Kiss,” fl famous by J. Frank \fl and The Cavaliers. Afterfl ing his heart out, the judges ■ their verdict. ■ Our aspiring idolon, his M Internet Photo crushed after being told th^H from the wheat People lined up and “Sang great, but wasn’t quiteM were led into the Seattle Center, a [they] were looking for,” left tluB large stadium capable of seating up what officials dubbed the “no^H ners” exit ■ to 17,098 people. Some cried while leaving, tfl The air practically crackled with excitement when executive produc merely scowled and cursed, bJfl er Nigel Lythgoe arrived. Lythgoe idolon held his head high. He (fl informed the collected idolons, his hardest, did his best, and flS which numbered approximately didn’t make it then it simply v.fl ■ 9,000, that they weren’t looking for meant to be. Theater program stays active through summ Andrea Simpson The Clackamas Print The Clackamas Repertory Theatre, a professional exten sion of the theater program here at Clackamas, put on two highly-entertaining produc tions this past summer. “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” provided a comedic look at the highs and lows of dating, romance and marriage. This musical com edy, written by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts, was well- received at the Osterman Theatre. Their second production, “Fuddy Meers,” received an equally positÿ/e response - a comedy about a woman with amnesia and her attempts to unravel the mystery of her so- called family, including her kidnapping husband, her pot smoking son, and an ex-con- vict with a foul-mouthed pup ' pet. Both of the CRT plays were directed by David. Smith- English, the head of the com munication and theater depart ment. The theater program at Clackamas offers one major production each term, in addi tion to three to five student- directed, one-act plays. The Fall Term production of “Romeo and Juliet,” also. A. SÄ < 5/ ill Adam J. Manley Clackamasf^ In the Fall Term production of “Romeo and Juliet,” student Jennifer Whitten will be playing servant, and student Jake Dannen is a stage manager as well as the character, “Abram. ”■ directed by Smith-English, has a cast composed of both experienced actors and new hopefuls. The title characters are played by CCC students Colton Ruscheinsky as Romeo, and Sarah Wilson as Juliet. “I’m delighted to see the group we have beginning this year. They show a lot of prom ise,” said Smith-English. Smith-English is look ing forward to acting classes, another aspect of the depart ment. The acting classes offered this term will include Acting 141,142 and 143. Also offered will be weekend sound seminars regarding how to operate the state-of-the-art sound equipment in Neimeyer Hall, as well as other basic sound equipment. This December, the Clackamas Repertory The! • will be producing the Cfl Dickens classic, “A Chrifl Carol,”, directed by kfl Love. The show runs Dew through 24. j Later this week, the defl ment will update their WJ site, including all newAei tures and information. Itjcj be accessed at http: dept® clackamas.cc.or.us/theatrqfl
