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H ,, i . e C la c k a m a s ----------- Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 <¡k ä i ; JT. sp & " ' i ^ ' jf jk , ■ ■ Heinek Ad Manager It was a gray, drizzly m o rn in g Feb. 2 5 . T h e g ro u n d w as w et a n d th e sky dark, b u t spirits w ere b rig h t fo r th e 2 4 skiers a n d snow boarders th a t lo ad ed o n to th e b u s b o u n d fo r M t. H o o d M eadow s. T h e A ssociated S tu d e n t G o v e rn m e n t (ASG) o f C lackam as C o m m u n ity C ollege sp o n so red th e ski trip w h ich left th e college cam p u s a t n o o n . S tu d en ts w ere offered th e rid e a n d lift tickets fo r $30. As th e bu s arrived, lift passes w ere h a n d e d o u t, waivers w ere s ig n e d /a n d gear was lo ad ed in to u n d e r carriage lockers. T h e re was am p ié ro o m fo r everyone o n th e Raz tra n sp o rt bus, w h ich offered p lu sh ad ju stable seats, overhead storage a n d video m o n ito rs, lig h tin g a n d so u n d system . A fter roll call w as tak en , a D V D m ovie w as im m ed iately started . T h e g ro u p w as e n te rta in e d by th e a n im a te d m ovie “R ango,” th en , later th e rem ake o f “T ru e G rit.” * F or m a n y th is w as th e first ski- trip o f t h e year. “I in ju re d m y ankle over five years ago a n d p u t skiing aside, th is i s m y first tim e since th e n ,” said Susan N isb e t. “T h is ski bus trip is really w h a t m o tiv ated m e to get b ack in to it. I t s a great deal. A lso,-! have a tw o w heel drive. I d o n ’t like d riv in g in th e snow .” Máék Please see SKI BUS, Page 8 Cougar wrestling goes to nationals, pins fourth place By John William Howard Sports Editor T h e Clackamas C o m m u n ity College wrestling team fell short o f their second consecutive national cham pionship last Saturday, com ing in fourth at th e N ational Junior College A thletic Association cham pionships in Rochester, M inn. Clackam as advanced six wresders to the, final ro u n d o f com petition where wresders com pete fo r placings. O r the six wresders to advance, only A ustin M orehead was undefeated in thè double elim ination tournam ent. E n terin g th e last ' day of. the tournam ent, Clackamas sat. in fourth place w ith 69-5 points, only four points behind Lincoln College for third.- T hey h ad already lost Sage O rnelas (125), C linton McAlister (149), N ikko Veltri (157), and N ick Sierra (165). T h e four had scored a com bined' 10.5 points before being eliminated. Saturday didn’t fare well for the Cougars, w ho lost m atch after m atch by tantalizingly dose m ar gins; T o start things off, M a rtin Gonzalez (133) lost his m atch o n an injury default to take fourth place and 10 team points. M om entslater, second ranked C ody Randall (141) was pinned in fight for third College considers raising tuition to $79 per credit place and d ropped back to take fourth after scoring 14.5 points for the Cougars. N ext u p was freshm an Trent N o o n wrestling for third place in the 174 lb. division. N o o n lost a dose one, giving u p the.dedsion 4-3 after scoring a total o f 17.5 team points. Clackamas followed up the Joss w ith yet andther injury, this tim e to Rudi Burtschi (197), w ho took sixth place. T h e last m atchup o f the early afternoon was freshm an Jake Laden (285), w ho lost 4-2 to take fourth place in his w eight dass for a total -of 12.5, team points. Saturday night saw die o n ly ; cham pionship m atch for Clackamas, w ho h ad six top five plac ings a year ago in d u d itig the 285 division tide. M orehead lost a dose m atch, falling.9-8 to John M cArdle o f M iddlesex C om m u n ity College to take second place overall. In the efyJidt was only Clackamas’ past success th a t m ade their trip to nationals even begin to look like a letdown. Clackamas finished w ith five top five wresders a n d 97 points, ahead o f fifth place Nassau C om m u n ity College by 10 and leading Region 18 rivals N o rth Idaho College b y - li^ s s T h e trip was Clackamas’ sixth in a row to tire national com petition, and this season m arks the third tim e since 2009 th at die Cougars have fin ished in the top five nationally. By Joshua Dillen Associate News Editor Students’ wallets m ay feel the effect o f current budget decisions being considered these days at the college. Students could be asked to fork over more m oney to attend school here through even more tuition and fees as the college takes in input from February’s budget forum m eeting Tuition ana foes are the largest source o f dollars at our college in a changing world o f educational funding. State support is at record lows and the huge influx o f students in our current economy has resulted in that being a more substantial share o f the colleges budget than in past years. D uring the 2002-2003 school year students paid $41 for each credit-hour. N ow they pay $77. T h e administration m ay be hiking that by another $2 for next school year. If that hap pens, it would be almost a doubling o f the tuition rates in ten years to $79 per credit hour and that doesnt even include other fee hikes that may b e considered. C C C s tuition is still lower than the state average for com m unity colleges, according to administration. W ith a current rainy day fund o f nearly $10 million that will par tially disappear into the black hole o f Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) and monies com m itted to the H arm ony D ebt Service Payments, education at Clackamas C om m unity College still faces some challenging budget issues. 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