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Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009
Top ten things to be thankfi
1. Your family. Yep, it’s number one. Although
subjective, most of us love and care for our fam
ily deeply and would be up shit creek without
a paddle if it weren’t for their guidance and
support. Whether you’re thankful for your close
bond with your parents, or a sister who always
bails you out, I think that family is number one
on almost everyone’s list (or at least we act like
it for the sake of Thanksgiving).
2. Clackamas Community College. Thanks to youi
lies and mine, we are able to go to college for a much
amount than at a four-year university, and are able to be
by real professors and not just grad students. I’m thank
Clackamas mainly because of all the opportunities and c
we have to succeed, when elsewhere we normally would
3. The iPhone. If you’ve
got an iPhone, it’s safe to say
you have the world at your
fingertips. And if we look past
the cliché, we can realize how
much iPhones have truly helped
us during crunch time: for me,
it’s all the times spent getting
lost and using the Maps App
to find my way again. There’s
also the times it saves us from
a boring lecture with YouTube,
visual voicemail to keep us
from wasting our time and
Shazam so we can download
that random song we really like
playing in Starbucks.
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4. The world has not ended. Unlike in the movie 2012 we can rejoice in the fact that the worlds
not ended and we still have a planet to call home.
Holiday survival tips for the beleaugered student: fri
By Matthew Ostergren
Arts & Culture Editor
It’s supposedly the most wonderful time of the year, but you already know that
always true. Often times, the holidays can be stressful and unpleasant to say the
But worry not, because I have collected the wisdom of a number of students as wl
my own advice into this handy guide. I can’t promise everything will be perfec
hopefully with a little bit of mental and physical preparation the holidays reall]
be as wonderful as they promise to be. Let’s break things down into a few secti
Traveling: Traveling can be quite a
Buy tickets as soon as you can.
hassle around the holidays. Whether it There are two reasons for this. One,
is by car, bus, train or airplane, it almost you can get your preferred flight time
always involves a ridiculous amount of and get tickets before they possibly sell
waiting. Drake Tolan said, “As far as out. Two, ticket prices will probably
holiday travel, the trip back is always increase as it gets closer and closer to
longer than the trip there because you the flight time.
can’t wait to get back home. Holiday
Travelling by car has its own hazards
travel is legendarily bad.”.
and inconveniences. Besides what Was
The best piece of advice I can give been said before, it is also important
you is, give yourself a lot of time to get to be a relaxed and careful driver.
to your chosen destination. Things are Depending on what time you are driv
going to be even more unpredictable ing, the roads are probably packed. Just
than usual, and it is a good idea to make take your time and don’t be rash.
sure you can handle delays and still
Tolan also added for travelling by
manage to be on time.
car, “Bring board games to play on
Travel by flight is going to be espe the ride there because someone is not
cially bad around the holidays. Show up talking to someone on the way back.” I
to the airport earlier than you usually think he was. half joking. But he has a
do, and be prepared for delays every point, if you aren’t the one driving it is
where. As Tolan said, “Delays are ram a good idea to find something to occupy
your time.
pant in airports during the holidays.”
Check the bus schedules beforehand.
The busses usually run less frequently
on holidays, and they often stop run
ning a little earlier, but otherwise they
are not any more inconvenient thpn
usual.
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Shopping: Whether it is for food
or gifts, holiday shopping is busy and
often unpleasant^
On the subject, student Steven
Wonser exclaimed, “For the love of
God go early.” I agree wholeheartedly.
Starting your shopping early is a good
way to avoid the crowd and get the
items you need.
Jessica Foster Clacka
Steven Wonser, left, and Tristan Harris, right, spend time in bet
classes at the community center,
Alicia Stalcup said, “The mall is a
bitch. When it’s getting close to the
holidays, fuck that shit.” The mall cer
tainly is a busy place as it gets closer
to the holidays. It can even be danger
ous with so many people in a limited
space like that. Stampedes aren’t just
for gazelles and buffalos. Sometimes
people form a stampede too.
Tristan Harris gave a piece oi
from a slightly different angle. 1
ommended shopping with the I
you are buying something for. “1
the person you’re shopping for fl
them it is for someone else.”
sense, even if it is a bit silly. I
think it is hard to screw up wfl
person shows you what they wan