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4 The Clackamas Print Feature Wednesday, May 2, 2007 Developing their abilities T Displace Me’ jgfl ^Siudent^e^^ present What is hunger? Participants j Co-Editor-in-Chief got a taste of it For 24 hours all they had to eat was Saltine crack 1.7 million: That’s the estimat ers, and all they had to drink was ed number of displaced people water. What is homelessness? The currently in Uganda. Last Saturday, ^7,871 peo participants only had cardboard ple gathered in cities across the boxes. “We built our own houses,” Uhited States to raise awareness for the situation in Uganda and to said Makano. “There were some experience exactly what it’s like creative pçople there.” It wasn’t only about the refii- to be a refugee. . This event ‘Displace Me,’ gee experience: They showed the was organized by a non-profit Invisible Children movie, had a s group called Invisible Children, time of silence and wrote letters Iric. to U.S. senators and the president The group was bom from a of Uganda. / . film tfie^jhree original founders ■ \ •’ ^3 think it was good,” said created in 2003. Now, according Esther Prentice, a Clackamas sta- ; to their mission statement they dent and president of the college’s are actively myolyed in improving Global Activism Chib. “They’ll get so many letters. I think there ï “the quality of life for war-affect- [ ed children by providing access was a news station there too.” Makano, who was bom in to quality education, enhanced learning environments and inno Africa, wants to continue spread vative economic opportunities for ing the word here at the col the community” through various lege. The most effective way, he thinks, is to show the original outreaches. I One of the ‘Displace Me?,cit- Invisible Children film. ■ tes last weekend was Seattle,'Wa. “I look at it and just go, B ’ According to Useni Makano, a ‘Wow,’” he said. “I really want tjjjudent ambassador and “Displace to get the word out. If people are Jr-Me” participant ages ranged from wi lling to come watch the video, 16 to 30 years old, and there were I want to show it It’s an eye- I quite a few Clackamas students opener. You can’t ignore it.” ■r . . »—........ , —r Katie Wilson Emily Walters The Clackamas Print They are disappearing throughout the country - no, I speak not of the fairies, although they are getting mighty rare these days. Alas, I am talking of darkrooms, the realm of photog raphers. With the coming of digital photography -to the art scene, many darkrooms have vanished. However, many schools, includ ing Clackamas, still have them in use. Oregon State University, for instance, has several. At Clackamas, film photog raphy has been taught off and on throughout the years. Several years ago, a makeshift darkroom was set up in the old Art Center. The photography classes had to use that darkroom for about three years, sharing space with the jewelry and metals classes. Then, in June 2003, the cur rent darkroom was built in the new Art Center, and the students were able to develop their film without having to set up all the equipment, only to have to tear it down again at the end of class. Smith Eliot is the sole film photography instructor at Clackamas, and also teaches at Portland Community College. Though having experience with both film and digital photogra phy, she has observed that film is generally the preferred medium. “Amongst those who are invested in photography, there is a lot of controversy over whether digital prints last as long as silver prints,” said Eliot. “There aré very few people who think that digital prints are better.” Surprisingly, her photogra phy classes have not suffered at all for students, even with the ever-gaining popularity of digital photography. “Here at Clackamas, I find that classes are still as full as they ever were,” she said. Eliot believes that the photog raphy classes would not be the same if the darkroom was not available to the students. “Here’s an analogy: It would be like telling a volleyballer how to play, but never putting them out on the court,” she said. “The students have to train their eyes as part of the process to becom ing an accomplished photogra pher.” The Clackamas darkroom is a key part of Eliot’s classes. Her passion for photography has been enriched by the hands-on darkroom experience. “I personally prefer the dark room to the printer because there is a certain degree of interaction that you cannot get from the computer to the printer that you have in the darkroom,” she said. Walking into the darkroom is almost like entering a different world; the lighting and smell cre ates an unearthly atmosphere. “There is something really magical about the alchemy of darkroom printing,” said Eliot. “It’s kind of like turning silver into gold, but the gold is the image.” Contributed PhJ ABOVE: CCC student Esther Prentice builds a shelter out of cardboard. BELOW: (Left to right)] ASG Members Margo Wyatt, Mitch Hayse and Useni Makano take a moment to relax during tha event. BOTTOM: The Displace Me site where nearly 68,000 people gathered last weekend. 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