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MYERS: Student remembered
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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
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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.”
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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