Wednesday, June 6, 2012
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The Clackamas Print
HUNGER: Oxfam
exposes people to hunger
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T he sizes of all the classes
were also arranged to represent
how many people in the world
are low-income compared to
how many are high-income.
T think that it will make
everyone more aware of not
only world hunger, but hunger
in our community,” said Diana
Muresan, the supervisor o f the
low-income group. “W hen peo
ple think of hunger they think
o f starving foreign countries
when half o f us college students
are hungry.”
Several speakers were invited
to share their knowledge and
experiences with hunger. Carrie
Summers, a sociology professor
here a t. Clackamas, spoke out
about the issues with poverty,
and how, they play into die food
system..
: “We do make enough food to
feed the world. It’s all about the
political jargon,” said Summers.
'It’s the flaw in the food distri
bution system.”
According to Summers, in
the time that it
takes to pull
out a phorie tocheck Facebook,
200 people have died.
“I am starving,” said'"’ Lou
Radia, the president o f Rotary
Club and speaker at the lunch,
as he took die microphone to
begin his speech. As of 6 p.m.
the previous night Radja decid
ed to not eat or drink anything
until the event.
“I grew up in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo in
Africa,” said Radja. “And there is
nothing like walking 45 minutes
to school with a hungry stom
ach, and even try and sit there
and pretend to understand what
they’re trying to teach us. And
to walk another 45 [minutes]
hoping that mom had enough
money to have dinner waiting
for us.”.
Radja also went on to say that
“hunger cannot be tolerated in a
land o f abundance.”
Representatives: o f local food
banks and food charities also
made it to the event, speak
ing out about the growing food
problem here in Clackamas
County.. Alice Hayden from
the organization Helping Other
People Eat, or HOPE, explained
Members o f the Associated Student Government serve up fo o d a t the Oxfam hunger event on M ay
3 1 . People showed up in droves to support the efforts o f Oxfam a n d H elping Other People Eat.
that in 2005 they served 5,000
households,- and last year the
number increased to 8,000
households.
I “The impacts of hunger on
children are far more devastat
ing than to adults,” said Lesley
Nelson from Partners o f Hunger
Free Oregon.
. Her organization promotes
child nutrition programs. They
were able to give 55,000 meals
to children in the, summer of
2011. She believes the number
still needs to increase to meet
the, demand.
“I thought it was awesome!
And very informative,” said
Wonderly. “I learned things,
and I’m very glad they provided
information on the back of these,
cards, because I’ve, always want
ed to volunteer in such things,
but didn’t know how to get into
.it” - !
Wonderly walked away from
the event knowing she’sgoingto
donate to one of the organiza
tions.
“I think it was great, more
than I thought,” said ASG mem
ber Tolu Oyetunde, tfee-fmain
organizer o f the event. “I’m just
really happy this was our first
and the turnout was awesome.
We’ll see how next year goes.”
Historic observatory reopens
By Felicia Skriver
. The C lackam as P rint
T he Rose C ity Astronomers
make their way on to campus
to open Haggart Observatory
once again to gaze at the
nighttim e sky. T h e purpose
o f the agreement is to provide
a space where beginners and
>rds alike may observe constel-
ations while having an edu
cational atmosphere to learn
in. As o f right now the only
astronom y classes provided
through Clackamas are taught
by instructor Janies Dickinson
in the science department,
“The Haggart Observatory
offers a very ‘hands on and
individualized
experience
to visitors,” said Dickinson.
“W ith the RCA taking over
the public access programs
at the Haggart Observatory,
Clackamas C ou n ty residents
will once again have the chance
to be wowed by the stars.”
Haggart Observatory Is the
only one o f its kind in the
Portland M etro area accord
ing to Bill Briare, dean o f arts
and sciences. T he agreement is
m eant to maximize the use o f
the building.
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The Haggart Observatory nestled away on the Clackamas
Com m unity College campus is going to reopen thanks to the
Rose City Astronomers.
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study o f astronomy. More than before it was closed a year
300 members belong to the ago. D uring 'a n interview
organization, making it one o f Halliday explained the pro
the biggest amateur astrono cedures o f the observatory.
my clubs in the country. The O n a calm and clear night,
agreement between the two volunteers o f the observato
will, last until December o f ry would open the dome by
2013, arid in the, time span using a phone system. Eight
the RCA can open the dome people áre let onto the view
to use the telescopes as well as ing deck, while volunteers
the rest o f the equipm ent in explain what to'nstellations
they were looking at.
the building.
“As far as I know, that
The observatory acquired
its name after th e builder observatory was only meant
Harold Haggart, at long-time to look at cool things in
O regon C ity resident and the sky,” said Halliday. ‘It’s
devoted astronomer. He had still a very cool resource to
originally built the observa have.”
The
Rose
C ity
tory attached to his residence
in 1948. However before his Astronomers also ; sponsor
death in 1984, Haggart sold many star parties over the
the observatory to the city of year, where any astronomer
Portland. W ith the help o f is welcome to come and
ELC Technologies, the . club bring their own telescopes.
was able to relocate the dome The next one will bé held
to Oregon C ity and construct on June 30 for the Summer
the 4 5-foot viewing deck that Solstice C elebration at
Rooster Rock State Park.
it sits upon today.
Since then the dome has There is a $5 parking fee,
gone through many repairs; but the event" itself is free.
employees and volunteers o f Any aspiring astronomer is
Clackamas have also helped in welcome to come and enjoy
maintaining the old obsei \ ato- the atmosphere.