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ks Culture Clackamas Print Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 3 ebate team dominates contest Ichelle Sanchez es, members of Clackamas’ speech and debate team them as an opportunity growth. ladkamas’ speech and “Debate gives you ¡elteam set the bar in ability to learn, ” said hunity college level eran speech and debate team fchlteams this year, as member Jay Sabin. “It forces Idompeted in several you to look at many different lerlity level comperi avenues and broaden your perspective.” ¡tiis school year alone, Bartlett commented that, Hni has participated “Every time you go to a ■ous events, includ- tournament you learn some ' Mt. Hood thing new, and participating | Linfield, mu nity. helps you learn Rclark how to articu ■.o» late your feel lu in b i a ings.” “ It forces |ge com- Bartlett said you to look at |01 |s. it had helped ■ani e him learn to many differ 1er, an ‘stand up for his ent avenues fl Inem- rights, instead jyears and broaden of just throwing kom- in the towel.’ your perspec that at Speech and tive. ” ci ■field debate, howev Hition Contnbuted Photo er, is much more ■vere the than just argu The speech and debate team poses for a group shot before the debate on Oct. 28, 2008. [team ing and political jargon. h com- Jay Sabin There are paring for an interpretation Py col- speech and debate several differ speech or getting stoked to team member the ft ent events in team up as a duo for debate, iAt i - which students the passion and love for the hlld at can enter to event is evident in the stu kLnas, compete. Many dents. Stephanie Bachelder ^Hcame members par admitted, that she can some | lilh several awards ticipate in interpretation times be found wandering ^Individual level and speeches in which students around, talking to . herself ^Hpstakes award as a take a piece of poetry, prose out loud. ^Bor the most collec- or other literary work, and “I will be wrapping sil ^Hn awards. It was a through it express their verware at work practicing ^Bdav for the team. opinions on subjects such as my speech,” she laughs smil B)Bartlett placed sec- teen angst, divorce and other ing- fcnImpromptu and was a socially significant subjects. So whether they are on the Klin debate and Garry Speeches prepared with road competing or in the back Lt is second in forum out previous knowledge on room at work rolling silver Robert Crawford Clackamas Print in duo. a given topic, known as ware, Clackamas’s speech most students con- impromptu speeches, height and debate team members Debaters Taylor Haymen, left, and Jesse Kingsolver, right, ^■class debates as use- en the challenge at hand. are ready to give their all to collaborate on their counter argument at the Annual ^■liinerving experienc- But, whether they are pre- the what they love. Invitational Speech Tournament on Dec. 13. Tamas Print ater alumna returns to Clackamas as guest director Sean Huggins The Clackamas Print inock I Megan Shaw Clackamas Print st djrecter Annie Rimmer gives her actors tips during a rehersal of ‘How I Learned to II Clackamas’ upcoming winter show. oif t miss Rimmer’s latest show I ‘How I Learned to Drive’ by Paula Vogel opening Feb. 26 and running until March 8. L~ A new year, a new quarter and the theater department has a new guest director, Annie Rimmer. She is currently directing the newest performance from the theater, ‘How I Learned to Drive.’ She was a student at Clackamas before she trans ferred to Willamette University. She directed two other plays at CCC, ‘Downtown,’ by Jeffery Hatcher and “Dentity Crisis’ by Christopher Durang. As a former student at Clackamas, most of her stud ies were in the theater depart ment under theater instructors David and Cynthia Smith- English and technical theater instructor Chris Whitten. It was under these instructors when she did her two plays here. “The theater department is really strong here, and they influenced me to direct here,” said Rimmer, when asked how her time here at Clackamas affected her. Whitten hinted that thanks to the Clackamas Repertory Theatre that David Smith- English asked Rimmer to guest direct in the summer of 2008. Rimmer’s work is thought of rather highly in the theater department, particularly by Whitten. “Not only was Annie an actress, she was a stage man ager, and I remember her stu dent directed one act as one of the strongest pieces we have ever had be a part of the end of term showcase,” said Whitten. “Not only was Annie an actress, she was a stage manager, and I remember her student directed one act, as one of the strongest pieces we have ever had be a part of the end of term show case. ” Chris Whitten technical theater instructor
