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6 Arts Culture The Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 ClackamasPrint Campus pirate hooks student interest e-mailed questions, which wear. My last hat can be accessed at Askaninja. was a bowler, like com. Charlie Chaplin.” “I am a pirate by day, pirate Stanchfield is by night, ninja by night,” he part of a profes said. sional group of In addition to his consider pirates known as able swashbuckling skills, he the Brotherhood owns a katana and is famil of Oceanic iar with shurikenjutsu, the Mercenaries, or Japanese martial arts of throw the BOOM Pirates ing shuriken, or small, hand for short. He is held weapons that resemble typically known Nick Kornafel stars. He even admits that a as “Anchorchain” pirate would probably lose to The Clackamas Print among his fellow a ninja in a fight, although he group members, likes pirates best. and is a gunner’s “Well met. How dost Surprisingly, Stanchfield is mate on their thou?” not a big fan of the “Pirates of ship, The Emerald This is the greeting of the Caribbean” trilogy. Rose. Clackamas student and pirate “When I think Johnny Depp, “It’s just a Andrew Stanchfield whenever framed picture of I think Edward Scissorhands, he meets someone.. not Captain Jack Sparrow,” a ship,” he said. When a student comes to he said. According to school dressed like a pirate The pirate movie he pre Stanchfield, the almost every day, he tends to fers is “Pirates of the Great BOOM Pirates get noticed. Salt Lake,” an independent, are a “theatrical Stanchfield’s pirate garb award-winning film by JCN representation of consists of a tri-comered hat Photo by MistyMarie Wilks-Salguero Clackamas Print Films. Special screenings can with juggling balls in each pirates.” They are be seen each year on Sept. hired for fairs, Andrew Stanchfield shows off his every comer, a vest and a belt hold 12 - International Talk Like ing everything that a college festivals, parties day look that has made him known as a Pirate Day - at Portland’s “wherever the Clackamas pirate. attending pirate would ever and Hollywood Theater. need, complete with a spy pirates are want This year’s pirate show glass, bottle of water, pens ed.” Their per season is over for the and pencils, sack of coins, a formances include juggling, Portland Pirate Festival, Gig BOOM Pirates, which gives lighter, a flashlight and, last singing, sword fights and Harbor’s renaissance fair Stanchfield time to work on but not least, grog-flavored <pock battles. Stanchfield’s and the Lance Armstrong his associate degree so that he job, apart from the actual per LIVESTRONG ride. mints. Stanchfield does not view can transfer to the University “1 bought the hat on Sept. formance, is setup and man ninjas as his enemies. He is of Oregon, where he will 22, 2006 at a pirate festi agement of the small arms. The BOOM Pirates have a big fan of “Ask a Ninja,” a major in either art or drama. val,” Stanchfield said. “I wear More information about hats that people don’t usually done a number of gigs for humorous video series about the BOOM Pirates can be the Portland Rose Festival, a ninja who answers viewers’ Dressing as a pirate and just being himself has made Andrew Stanchfield well-known around campus found at their Web site, ww boompirates.com, or on the MySpace profile at ww myspace.com/boom_pirates fopul ar pirates | 1. Dread Pirate Roberts: 1 Fought being “mostly < dead” and saved the Prin- i cess Bride. 2. Captain Hook: Waged a losing battle against a group of children and still lost to them and a croco dile. 3. Davy Jones: Not much is known about this fic tional pirate except he has a locker. 4. Guybrush Threepwood: I Star of the “Monkey Is land” games; some people s may know this pirate. f 5. Captain Morgan: I think a we all know why. I Thrust your way to better health Jess Sheppard I The Clackamas Print machines. " “Basically, I’m a slave-like machine operator,” Aalto said. Some individuals have more unconventional systems of losing their excess weight. “Sex is one of the best exercises out there,” Tiffany Fischer said. “I still go to the gym, but that’s my quality time.” “The more you put into it, the more you lose,” she added. Fischer is not alone. Several other students agree with her opin ion of what she calls “the sinful exercise.” Many simply don’t indulge themselves on seasonal food. “Don’t make an exception just because it’s a holiday,” advised been an unhealthy eater in the past, but now he limits how much food he consumes. “Basically, I take stuff in por tions and don’t eat when I nor mally wouldn’t,” he said. But for all the students who run, lift, limit and strain to lose weight, there are those who are content with* their .body image enough to just accept those extra pounds. “I actually eat like it’s the holidays all year-round,” Victor Hallmark said. Randy Stapleton shares Hallmark’s philosophy on fat. “I enjoy my meal, and I sit on the couch,” he said, adding “I’m proud to be fat.” In conclusion, Clackamas stu- Thanksgiving: the holiday on which we throw dieting to the wind and eat without guilt until we hurt. Inevitably, all that culinary goodness has to come off, but how? Clackamas students have a myriad of methods of keeping from putting on extra pounds dur ing the holidays. Crystal Maresh combines regu lar jogging with martial-arts-style sparring against her friends. Many students try to keep fit all year rather than only when there is weight to be lost. “I exercise every day,” said Matthew Ostergren, whose workout consists of classic push-ups and sit-ups. “I don’t work off holiday pounds specifically,” said another student, Aaron June. In addition to sit- ups and basic dumb bell exercises, June’s exercise includes a frequent five-mile walk while wearing weights around his ankles. Other students have daily lives that are active enough . Photo by Megan Koler Clackamas Print to not require any Full-time student Garrett Erickson exercises his arms during his Nov. 20 thing extra. “Work pretty workout in the Randall weight room during open gym hours. much keeps me in shape because they overwork me,” Mikal Aalto said. 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