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ture Wednesday, June 6, 2007 Clackamas Print 11 T he END OF A ll T hings HOLY: The Life & Times of I - Jsaiah Creel ra Cameron said. “I pick people’s brains.” He says that his time on The Print has helped him in his job. L “It’s like interviewing,” he laimer: This story con- , said- “I, try to get them to tell nguage that some people me what I want to know, and I offensive. then I write it up. I just do it for a smaller audience.” re’s something in the Creel says he joined the of Man that compels US Army because he was “tired of nee.” thinking.” Isaiah Creel would know “I wanted someone else to nt back to AfghamstM do my thinking for me,” he 15. said. “It’s funny - I’ve actually hanistan is a lot like had to do more thinking in the Creel said. “Thepeo- military than I ever had to do as very friendly. They’re a civilian.” ly honest, but bribery ^ He enjoys the Army. In fact, I. Their whole govem- the military introduced him to stem is based on bribes, his wife, Kimberly. as crooked as the day js; “I went to Basic. Training nt they’re honest about with a guy from Portland,” he said. “We went on to advanced is a former editor-in framing together, and got sta i’ The Clackamas Print. tioned together afterwards. The ber a crazy comic strip first time we went home on The End of All Things leave, his sister met him at the That was him. airport, and I remember looking 1 he left the college at at her and thinking, ‘I’m going of the 2004-05 school to marry her. ’” ! enlisted in the Army, When Creel next came home w an interrogator! on leave, he took Kimberly out bnically, I’m a ‘Human on several datés. They married nee Collector,”’ Creel on-Nov. 17 of last year. Editor Creel is signed up for a five- year tour of duty. “I might re-up; I don’t know,” he said. “The military gives you a chance to live out in the world. You don’t have to worry about rent or food, and you can tour around in your free time. It’s not such a bad gig.” He believes that the Army has given him more and better experiences than he would have gotten otherwise. “I remember when I was fly ing home on my first leave, and they’d bumped me up to First Class. There were these two businessmen, probably 50 years old - good suits, well-groomed - reading The New York Times or some-such - and they just didn’t look happy. “And I realized that I’ve probably had more exjperience ih my two years in the military than they’ve had in their 50 oh God’s green Earth, Allah’s green Earth, Gaia, whatever the fuck you wanna call it. Money’s been their focus, and what’ve they got? Money, sure, but they’re hot happy.” Creel thinks everyone should spend some time in the mili tary. Why? “Because the world is getting smaller,” he said. “It’s more of a community now and less of a world. Joining the military makes you part of that global community. gaPThe scene *s seL whether you’re a pawn or bishop doesn’t matter. The board is out there, and if you don’t step up, you’re doing your- self and everyone else a disservice.” He says he understands where anti-war protesters are coming from, but TOP: Pfc. Isaiah Creel in uniform. Creel used to lead the CCC stu dent news paper and draw a comic, “The End of All Things Holy.” One of the charac ters, the fish Malkorto (above), lived an odd and twisted life that perhaps only its cre ator could understand. LEFT: Creel shows off his be-stickered M-4 rifle. LAMETTE 4 W V UNIVERSITY , THE. FIRST UNIVERSITY IN THE WEST kirn your community college credits into a Willamette University degree! ansfer to Willamette University! illamette University is located in the eart of the Willamette Valley in his- >ric Salem, the state’s capitol. With er 40 majors and minors and numer- js campus activities, make the tran- ition to a four-year institution by se cting a school that will offer exactly what you are looking for! Stillacceptingapplicationsfor/- admission for Fall 2007. to not too late to transfer in for next > '^.a^assSyea r! intact: Heather Daniels Admissions Office S Email: hdaniels@willamette.edu Phone: 503-370-6759 www.wiflamette.edu/admission he thinks they’re “silly.” “Peace is a great idea, and it can be damned useful. Is it a reachable goal? Yeah, as long as you realize that peace is not absolute, just like violence is not absolute. “Theje’s something in the nature of Man that compels us to violence. This is the only sanctioned way to do violence. It’s pur nature; it’s in our blood, whether we like it or not. You can fight it - but that’s a con flict in and of itself. “Violence is always with us. The way you choose to incorpo rate it in your life is up to you.” ENG-105: for the stage-frightened Emily Walters The Clackamas Print Is drama your passion, but stage fright has kept you from ever stepping out on the stage? If so, take English 105 this sum mer. Introduction to Drama is a four- credit English class where students read and discuss the literary works of great playwrights, including Sophocles, Claspell, Miller, Wilson, Shakespeare, Euripides and Ibsen. It will meet Mondays and Wednesdays, from 10 a.m. to 12:20 pm “[The class is] essentially talk ing about the literature, rather than performing,” said Instructor Jan Anderson. Not only are these inspired writ ings read in class, but students also critique the dramatists. Rewriting the plays is also encouraged. “Almost every year, one of the stu dents in this class comes to me, want ing to rewrite the ending of Othello because it has such a tragic ending,” said Anderson. Anderson tries to introduce the plays in a fairly chronological older, going “from the Greeks through the Dark Ages, into the Renaissance.” This way, the students are able to observe how dramatic works have progressed. As part of the course, Anderson also takes students on a tour of the finest theaters in Clackamas County, in order for them to better understand what goes on the behind the scenes. They also visit the college’s cos tume room and select appropriate cos tumes for the play they are studying at the time. In addition, one of the class assign ments is to write an original play. Signup to taketheclassthisSummer Term because, sadly, Anderson is retir ing from Clackamas at the end of the summer, after many years of teaching for the English Department. Anderson promises that students who take the course from her will “laugh, cry, mope and howl” For more information on the course, contact Jan Anderson at ext 2429, or the English Department at ext 2284.
