6 The Clackamas Print
Arts\Culture
Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010
Club learns value in choosing wise words
By Conni Gaunt
The Clackamas Print
In this crazy and wonderful
season of Oregon’s mixed fall
weather of wind, rain and sun,
one can meander over to the
inviting blue Niemeyer Center
at Clackamas Community
College’s Oregon City campus
for relaxation and an escape
from the elements. It’s in this
building that the Speech Club
meets.
The club is more like a big
family with a homey adviser,
Kerrie Hughes. The close
ness of the group cannot be
ignored, considering this is
2010, the time our culture is
known for decreased human
emotional connections in a sea
of educational pursuit.
Last week they traveled to
Longview, Wash. For a speech
competition against 17 other
schools. Stephanie Willis of
the club won first place in her
impromptu presentation, and
Jessica McDonald won fourth
place in the program oral
interpretation category. At the
competition, Willis was given
the theme of the speech, then
had to create it in five minutes
and deliver it in two minutes.
The delivery came from her
heart, stunningly filled with
wisdom for her young age of
18 years. These young women
gleamed with confidence,
knowing they are using skills
learned in the club.
Shawn Rocheleau, the club
president, is 31 years old and
served the U.S. Navy for eight
years prior to his enrollment
at Clackamas in 2009. This
veteran was a leader in the
Navy but said Hughes has
“taught me new ways to com
municate effectively and be a
better leader,” which gave him
new tools to motivate others,
instead of yelling orders as in
his military days.
“In all my relationships, I’m
more mindful of the impact
my words have and the way (I)
say them. I’ve developed more
patience with others, especial
ly (with) my children,” said
Rocheleau.
Courtney Englet joined
speech this year because “I
like to talk,” she said with a
smile, adding that “most of
my college friends are in this
club.”
Jared Blalack said the club
is fun and that “people that
are in the club help you and
provide support for you.”
Hughes tries to instill in her
students the principles of com
munication that she learned
from Kelly Brennan, a speech
instructor at Clackamas. The
principles include fundamen
tals of articulation, persua
sion, research, critical think
ing, interview, productivity
and power in any relation
ship.
“I think Kerrie is one of
the best debate coaches in the
nation (because) she fosters
an atmosphere where we real
ly become family,” said club
Vice President Robby Price,
who debated in Louisiana this
year at nationals. “When you
travel and see other teams,
you realize this is not the case
with them. They don’t have
the relationship with each
other that we have; we work
as a team.”
Hughes added that their
club is not about individuals
but about the team. “We are a
family that stands behind each
other; we win together, we
lose together,” she said.
Hughes said the speech
department has had a debate
team for more than 25 years
at the college, but in 2008,
they lost their funding due to
college budget cuts. In 2009
club members decided to pull
together to continue com
petitions. The club hosted a
garage sale this past summer
with donations from 32 fami
lies and raised $1,500 towards
their expenses.
The club has to raise money
for all their competitions,
with the exception of one
national competition which
is paid for by a Niemeyer
grant. Nicole Petty has made
silver gift boxes, along with
brightly beaded jewelry, to
sell for a fundraiser for their
club. Jennifer Bietchek, a non
member, offers support to the
club by presenting a plan for
ways to fund their trips for the
competitions and the fees they
pay to compete.
The plaques on the wall
in the speech room say these
words: Courage, Destiny,
Determination, Perseverance
and Team Work. Room 140 is
where the club can be found
working on Mondays and
Wednesdays from 3-5:30 p.m.
Join Santa for breakfast at
the Niemeyer Center on Dec.
4 and 5 to help the team fund
raise and continue to grow.
Shawn Rocheleau, Clackamas’s Speech Club president, competes in a speech and debate con
test at Mt. Hood Community College.
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21 +: The hangover, nature’s way of making you pay
By Joshua Baird
Arts & Culture Editor
possibly condoms, if you’re the miserable experience.
lucky. Really lucky.
Stuff like eating tomatoes or
Hangovers are typically drinking more booze have been
There is nothing more ter caused by an overindulgence in the highlights for getting rid
ribly horrifying than waking that sweet nectar called alco of a hangover, but those cures
up naked in water up to your hol. This can be as little as one really don’t work as well as
neck surrounded by piranhas. shot of vodka or as much as a they seem. I mean how ridicu
Although lying in bed with a whole bottle. The amount that lous does it sound to just keep
bad case of the spins at the end it takes is unique to all of us drinking t<^ avoid a hangover?
of a long night of drinking and based off of a number of fac Someday it will catch up with
hanging out with your friends tors including gender, height, you.
I have personally experi
is a close second. The reason: weight and even your cultur
al
heritage
can
play
a
major
mented
with a couple of pos
you just have to know that you
are going to be hung over in a impact on how much or little it sibilities and I have found that
takes to have a hangover.
if you must drink, the best way
few hours.
So what can I do to get rid of to avoid a hangover is to drink
The question here is two
fold. First, how did this hap this horrible pain in my head, a glass of water for ever shot,
pen to me? Second, how bad is i neck, stomach and knees? Not beer, cocktail or glass of wine
a whole lot. Although every you enjoy.
tomorrow going to be?
The symptoms of a hang
For many of us, the hang one and their mother seem to
over is nothing new. It’s a part think that some BS homeo over can be but are not limited
of life, like death and taxes and pathic remedy is going to fix to headaches, nausea, vomiting
and other grossness. The thing
I have to ask myself is “if I
know this is going to happen to
me, then why do I drink?” Your
answers are probably different
from mine, but I drink to taste
the complexity of the flavors
that I am about to enjoy. Of
course for many college stu
dents the reason for drinking is
probably a lot more basic - to
get (expletive deleted) up.
In the end, if you are going
to have a hangover your best
bet is to just tough it out, take
a couple of aspirin and just go
to class.
Disclaimer: We at The
Clackamas Print does not
encourage drinking to excess
or underage drinking of any
kind.