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Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006
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Feature 5
Day overcomes adversity, inspires others in process
Katie Wilson
(¿Editor-in-Chief
She's not an intimidating person: small build,
hpoken.
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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
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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
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offered to students
find a tutor who’s
via the Web as
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math study group
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students to join
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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.