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^Clackamas Print _______ Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006 ___________________________________ Feature 5 Day overcomes adversity, inspires others in process Katie Wilson (¿Editor-in-Chief She's not an intimidating person: small build, hpoken. * Clackamas student Snowie Day is only 18 is oil but she’s living on her own and making town way through college. “[ lived with my mom most of my life,” she ¡j, “But that wasn’t a good situation.” At 14, she was removed from her mother’s t and moved to live with her father. “That was life-changing and pretty hard,” j|Day. In the course of the next few years, she was jyed back and forth between relatives. Before moving in with her dad, Day said that t feshman year of high school had been fun. eplayed sports, and had even been homecom- ¡princess. had fun, even though my home life ¡s bad,” she said. “School was basically my ape” But then sophomore year came around, and she left her mother’s house. “When I came back to that first high school, everything was different,” said Day. “[High school] was not my favorite,” she said. “It was the hardest tim^of my life... I was asking, ‘Who am I and where am I going?”’ Now, she’s living on her own with a room mate, learning how to deal with bills and get by. “I thought, ‘Okay, I’m going to go to college and move on,”’ she said. “I’m going to take charge and be in control of my life.” And that’s just what Day has done. She applied for scholarships at Clackamas and was awarded the Gwen Dickson Memorial Scholarship, and is now a Service to Community intern. She mentors 17 students on campus and helps coordinate the Swindell Scholars. She recently spoke at the college’s Inservice at the request of Scholarship Coordinator Darcie Ivens. “Her [scholarship application essay] was one that I picked up ... I asked her to come in,” said Ivens. “And once I met her, of course, I fell in love with her. She had a lot of confidence ... she’s just a terrific girl and a hard worker.” Day hopes to get into the nursing program either here or elsewhere. Helping people is her goal She wants to be a nurse overseas. ‘Tve always wanted to travel and just help,” she said, “maybe through the mercy ships.” Africa is her country of choice. “I don’t know [where in Africa], just Africa in general,” she laughed. She says that God is the most important thing inherlife. ‘I met this guy, and he went to church each week,” she said. “He never pushed it on me, but I asked, ‘Can I just go with you?’ That had a )f zombies, theater lachel Gillette Jh Clackamas Print Many students may be unaware it a zombie attends Clackamas. Not only is this zombie enrolled, the spends practically all of his ie on campus and is even paid to here. This zombie goes by the ie of Matt Morrison. To clarify: Morrison is in fact indent. Recently, he dressed as zombie to win tickets from the io station 105.1 to a zombie vie show. Morrison went to the takee transit center in full nbie attire, advocating for zom- riglits. After winning the tick- the radio hosts found him so norous that they asked for his uber to contact him for future io bits. Although quite intriguing, nison’s “zombie work” is hard- his greatest achievement as an or. He has been acting in the the- r department for the approximate t years he has been enrolled. “When I first showed up, I had experience whatsoever. I was a play once [before] when I s six; I think I played a tree,” «rison recalled. “I took a writ- I class, and we had an exercise ere we had to read dialogue out All photos by Adam J. Manley Clackamas Print Artist in Residence Matt Morrison will be Friar Lawrence in this term’s play: “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare. loud, and I remember one old lady said, ‘You should be an actor.’ The next term, I took David’s [Smith- English] acting class, and I ended up in a play.” Smith-English, heady of the theater department, has appointed Morrison the Artist in Residence this year. The Artist in Residence is someone who is a current or former student and has been through, and is knowledgeable of, the theater program. The Artist in Residence has free tuition and is also paid for their work. The job requires that Morrison to be extremely involved in all stage plays, includ ing the three main stage perfor mances and all student-directed one acts of the year. “He is amazing,” English said. “The first term I knew him, his theater experience was limited, and he came to the theater depart ment and wanted to participate in the Show, ‘Lend Me a Tenor.’ Three weeks into the rehears al process, the male lead in the show was unable to continue and Matt was working as an assistant to the stage manager. Suddenly, I said, ‘Matt, I guess it’s you,’ He did a great character, and it was a very successfill show!” Ever since his spontaneous debut; Morrison has been heav ily involved in acting and has acted or worked backstage in almost all of the college’s theater productions, not to mention his work in the Clackamas Repertory Theatre. He. will soon be taking the stage as the Friar in “Romeo and Juliet,” a role that will later overlap with rehearsals for his part in “The Christmas Carol” for the Clackamas* Repertory Theatre. The theater absorbs the major ity of Morrison’s time, as he rehearses four days a week. After classes and rehearsal, Morrison comes home to an apartment where he rooms with fellow the ater people. “At least for this term, this [theater] has become my life, being the artist in resident. I have three classes, doing the play, doing the one-act and when I am home and all. my roommates are in theater. It’s pretty insane,” Morrison said. “Make up some stuff about my outside life. I am a big skydiver! And I built a rocket” really good influence ... giving my life to God.” Ultimately, Day doesn’t demand too much from life. “Getting married and having a family, and being happy,” she said. “I don’t care about money.” Students help students Michael Hogland, Theodore Bieber and Andrew Gleason can assist students at the Math 253 level, and below. Mitchell Hayes, Caleb 77ie Clackamas Print Copko and Sarah Berens can assist students at the Math 251 level, and It is no doubt that some students below. In addition, Sarah Berens struggle with mathematics. helps students taking Statistics along The Math Lab is located in with Travis Eschweiler and Dustin Streeter Hall and offers math assis Ragsdale, who tutors Math 252 stu tance to students having difficulty in dents as well. The tutors in the Math any level math course. Lab this Fall term also include Chris The lab is open Monday through Campenella and Johnathon Johnson, Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m„ a Math 252 tutor. Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The requirements to be a tutor are and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Only passing certain math courses with a registered Clackamas Community “C” or better, and a recommendation College students are authorized to from a faculty member. take advantage of its services. The Math Lab has a comments Some students box in which stu may have a false dents may express impression of their opinions or what the tutors feelings about are actually like, the service they or are capable of receive. doing. Math help is ‘You have to offered to students find a tutor who’s via the Web as patient and com well. An on-line patible with you math study group and your meth is available for ods of learning. I students to join Grace Dluva wish one of the through MathLink. Student tutors here in the MathLink provides Math Lab could free on-line math have been one of tutoring and study my high school groups. math teachers,” said student Grace Registration is simple. Log on to Dluva. http://clackamas.blackboard.com and Dustin Ragsdale, math tutor, create a Blackboard account. When technology tutor and writing tutor, the account form is complete, click said, ‘I think the most common on the Courses tab, and then select misconception about the math tutors Browse Course Catalog. All that’s and tutors in general is that students left is to do a key-word search for tend to believe we are experts in our MathLink, click on enroll, submit subjects. Tutors are not teachers; and ok. we are dedicated students struggling Also, students should allow them through the same classes as our selves adequate time to take advantage peers. I can’t speak for my fel of the help being offered. Students low tutors, but I have higher grades should figure on approximately two because of my tutoring jobs, not the hours of work on their own outside of other way around.” class for every hour they are in class. Alexandria Vallelunga “Z wish one of the tutors here in the Math Lab could have been one of my high school math teachers.” Elizabeth Hitz Clackamas Print Math tutor Sarah Berens coaches student Jess Casper through- his math homework.
