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News W ednesday, O ct. 1 2 ,2 0 1 1 new sed@ clackam as.edu MYERS: Student remembered Continued from Page 1 According to Irish, Myers’ classmates have been reflecting on the legacy he left for them and the best way to honor him, “People have been really just remembering what a beautiful soul he was, and are trying to take it to heart..how they should try to be.” She said students are considering starting a scholarship fund in his name or holding an open rnic night for a fundraiser. T he family released a statement saying Myers was “the kind o f m an this country needs,” and that he helped hold the family together during difficult times. They have asked for privacy. Close friends say Myers was close to his family. Another band member Chris Garcia said, “I remember him pacing before the show ... he was on the phone with his m other trying to calm down .. .H e was always talking to his mom; she was always there for him .. .that family was very tight, very dose. H e was close to my heart big time.” Garcia remembered Myers for being a magnet for car _ 3 fe e O g ■ W * ÿ w l 3 Mr T 5 David Pedersen < -f ’ ¿a *•> » IK ______ * - Holly Grigsby Paul Paresa, another music student, befriended Myers when they were in a combo group together in a band class. H e said Myers took his music seriously and showed up for rehearsals on time, “There’s something special about what goes on in C C C ’s music departm ent... Cody fit into it perfecdy. H e was a musician through and through. H e got it, whatever there is to get anyways.” Paresa and Myers played together at what was sup posed to be Myers’ first paying show. “H e was so excited,” Paresa said, “Cody rocked socks off and everyone was like, wow! You guys rock.’...W e played and ended up getting everyone to dance.” In the end they were not paid for their performance but according to Paresa, “It was worth it. Sometimes you just don’t get paid.” Paresa said that Myers was kind hearted, “The one thing you could tell .. .he was really the nicest guy. Vou could get him to a boiling point and he still would not offend you. It just wasn’t in his nature to say an unkind thing or act aggressively. T hat’s what I saw in him. H e was just a good guy man, and sometimes that’s all you can say.” _ The situation is terrible. Tm not happy with what these peo ple did. Cody didn’t deserve it. Chris Garcia Family friend troubles, “Poor Cody had the worst luck with his vehicles ... I would always go save him.” H e said that when Myers wasn’t breaking down on the side o f the road they would get coffee together, “We’d have coffee all the time before the rehearsals. H e would try to buy me coffee before I could buy him coffee. He wanted to make sure he was doing the m an thing and keeping up with me ... I’d buy him one and he’d w ant to buy me two or three.” Garcia said that Myers was clqse to his family and they have been struggling since the news o f Myers’ death, “The situation is terrible. I’m not happy with what these people did, Cody didn’t deserve it.” A public memorial service will be held in Niemeyer at 1 p.m. on Oct. 15. The Clackamas Print 3 Staff spouse stifled By Brian Baldwin Editor-in-Chief T h e w ife o f a p o litical science in stru c to r has been b a n n e d from th e cam pus after in te rru p tin g a sta ff m eeting. T ara D arris, w ife o f Q ean D arris, d isru p te d a m ee tin g o n Sept. 22 w here K ate Gray, an E nglish in stru cto r, was g iving a presen ta tio n a b o u t g ra d in g rubrics in fro n t o f o th e r m em bers in th e E nglish d e p a rtm e n t. A ccording to Pete K andergraff, th e cam pus security officer th a t responded to the d istu rb an c e, she “m ade a ccu satio n s a n d w alked o u t.” She h a d left v o lu n ta rily before he co u ld arrive. T h e accusations m ade by T ara D arris w ere against college policy according to K andergraff, b u t n e ith e r D arris n o r th e college were w illing to c o m m e n t on w h at th e specific a rg u m e n t was ab o u t. C o u rtn e y W ilto n , vice p re sid en t o f college services, however, d id c o m m e n t o n the college’s policy o n disru p tiv e b ehavior on cam pus. “I do w a n t to reiterate college p olicy regarding w h a t is a ccep t able behavior for stu d e n ts, sta ff an d th e general p u b lic w hile on cam pus. As you know , we to lerate a n d encourage all kinds o f o p in io n s a n d speech. A t th e sam e tim e, behavior th a t is d isru p tive to o u r learn in g e n v iro n m en t, or abusive tow ards stu d e n ts, sta ff o r th e general p u b lic violates college standards a n d is n o t to le rate d ,” stated W ilto n in an em ail. G ray does n o t know w hy T ara D arris cam e d u rin g h e r p re sen ta tio n an d does n o t know o f any co n flict th a t w o u ld be betw een them . “I barely know M rs. D arris. I knew o f h e r w h en she was a stu d e n t here, a n d I have m et her a couple o f tim es over th e years w hen I was a m em ber o f th e faculty senate,” stated G ray in an em ail. As a result , o f the Sept. 22 in c id e n t th e college has m ailed an official no-trespassing o rd er to T ara D arris for th e m ain cam pus. T ara D arris also c o m m e n te d th a t she had placed a sim ilar order. “W ?’ve also placed a no-tresspassing o rd e r o n all individuals c o n n ected to C C C . W e also th in k you sh o u ld focus o n th e fact th a t th e college broke O reg o n election laws as a service to y our readers,” said T ara D arris. W h e n asked her o p in io n a b o u t the no-trespassing order sent to T ara D arris, G ray stated “It seem ed th a t th e college acted according to regulations.” DARRIS
