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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 .”
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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
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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.
Please see BUDGET, Page 2
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