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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Volume 41, Issue 23
®ther one rides the bus
S Sop’: Clackamas’ current play production textures humor of a
al nature, easily understood by college audience
page 5
Police called
to instructor,
student brawl
A fight breaks out
after instructor
Marshall Dean
Darris ’pregnant wife
is allegedly almost
hit by a students car
John Hurlburt
| News Associate
m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with the final show Sunday, June 1, at 2:30 p.m.
;ion accomplished, graduation on the horizon
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1 students will celebrate their
;nt into a new phase of their
or career.
t of the two ceremonies, to
3 evening of June 12, will
lentsKraduating from either
il Education Development
adult high school programs,
d, scheduled for the follow-
will recognize those who
;d a certificate or degree
te college.
Both events will begin at 7 p.m.
and be roughly an hour in length, said
Janis Rosenlof, executive assistant to
dean of instruction. Students should
meet in the Bill Brod Community
Center before 6:30 p.m.
There is no cut-off for individuals
to sign up for the ceremonies as long
as they arrive before 6:30 p.m. with a
cap and gown, which have a combined
cost of $30 dollars. However, students
lpoking to have their name printed in
the program must register no later than
Friday, May 23.
On both nights, the personal stories
of a few graduates will be profiled in
a speech given by College President
Joanne Truesdell. The highlighted stu
dents, who are currently being nomi
nated by staff, will be chosen based
on contributions they have made to the
community and challenges they have
conquered.
Along with the student profiles,
Truesdell will give a commencement
speech each evening.
Truesdell, a former CCC gradu
ate herself, sees this time of year as
important, symbolically.
In an e-mail addressed to faculty
and staff, she commented on what
graduation means to her.
“Commencement is the activity
where we celebrate the cycle of our
work, the fulfillment of our mission,”
she said.
Please see GRADUATION, Page 2
Opinion:
Sports:
ire:
lai chi
ctor brings
ience from
ickyard
Seepage 7
Arts:
An inside look at
ASG s Battle of
the Bands
See page 5
After 18 years
at Clackamas,
Robin Robinson
is a jack of all
trades
See page 7
Oil prices,
the environ
ment: Political
problem-solving
leads to more
damage
On Thursday, Feb. 21,
Clackamas’ normally peace
ful environment was shat
tered by a physical confron
tation between a teacher and
a student in the Barlow Hall
parking lot.
At 2:12 p.m., police
responded to a call regard
ing a fight between Marshall
Dean Darris, a social studies
instructor on campus, and stu
dent Nathan Scott McCrary.
According to the police
report, when the officers
arrived on scene, both par
ties had separated from com
bat and each showed signs
of minor bodily damage,
but neither required medical
attention.
Darris claimed in the
report that McCrary had
almost hit Tara Darris, his
wife - who at the time was
18 weeks pregnant - with his
truck while going between 40
and 50 miles per hour in the
Barlow parking lot. McCrary
denied Darris’ claim in the
report.
“I was going 10 to 15 miles
and did not (nearly) hit his
wife,” McCrary told police in
the report interview.
After the alleged near-hit,
Darris approached McCrary’s
vehicle to find the license
plate number, according
to Darris’ testimony in the
police report. McCrary was
still nearby.
“You owe my pregnant
wife an apology,” Darris said
during the police interview.
McCrary denied almost hit
ting Tara Darris and refused
to apologize in the report.
The ensuing argument bal
looned into an altercation,
and the parties were soon
cursing at one another.
“For about 30 seconds,
both (Darris and McCrary)
were cussing each other out,
and they knew where this was
going,” Robert Edge, a wit
ness, said in the report.
In statements taken by
officers Feb. 21, McCrary
said that Darris pushed him
during the verbal argument
and that was when the fight
started. Darris told officers
that McCrary approached him
and he pushed him back, and
then after McCrary advanced
a second time, he again
pushed him away, triggering I
the fight.
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