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http://www.theclackamasprint.com Wednesday,Nov. 21,2012 ? ® ® B R ìL Safety Pages $ Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR www.TheClackamasPrint.com An independent, student-run newspaper since 1966 Basketball team pushes forward Andrew Millbrooke Sports Editor Music Department Chair Professor Tom Wakeling slaps the bass M u s ic d e p t . lo s e s - v a |u a | j| e p ro f e s s o r s Caylee Miller The Clackamas Print After the 2012-2013 school year, the music department will never be the same. With one semi-retired professor and two more on their way to bigger and less stressful things, foe Niemeyer Center will be seeing new feces sooner, rather than later. Tostartoff, Music Department Chair Tom Wakeling will be leaving his full time position at the end o f this term. Some o f his most notable achievements since the 1980s spent leaching at Clackamas Community College include being a huge proponent o f get ting Niemeyer built. By being so involved, he has ensured that the entire building was created to the specifications that best suited the arts programs, rather than being just another building. “I was involved totally, both feet in, for four and a half years; fell-winter-spring-summer, days- nights-weekends,” said Wakeling in an email. With the foil time faculty posi tion here being Wakeling’s- first and only “real job,” he has shown what true dedication looks like. In a fast p aced gam e filled w ith m assive runs, great shoot ing and an ejection for a double technical foul, the C lackam as C om m unity C ollege Cougars w on th eir first gam e o f the season, 115-105 ag ain st the N o rth w est In d ian C o lleg e E agles o f B ellingham , Wash. F riday night in R andall Gym. The gam e w as closer than the final score indicated. “I t ’s good fo r us play in a close gam e like that w here we have to m ake plays , u n d er p re s s u re ,” said head coach C lif Wegner. “That helps us early in the season to get som e confidence.” C lack am as led by as m a n y as 20 points in the opening h a lf as the Cougars m ade sev en o f 13 th ree-p o in t shots to ju m p on the visiting Eagles. “It starts and ends on d efen se,” said N W Indian head coach G reg M ahle. “I f you d o n ’t p lay defense, you get dow n by 20.” W egner w as im pressed w ith how his team w as hum m ing along early in the game. “We w ere ru n n in g w ell, sh o o tin g real w ell and g et ting good shots,” said Wegner. “I guess w e co u ld n ’t stand prosperity, because w e gave it aw ay in p retty quick fashion.” The lead w as short lived because the E agles had a lot o f fight in them , alm ost literälly. I BBlBlii ' t EIS i Please see BASKETBALL, Page 6 Photo illustration by Andrew Millbrooke The Clackamas Print Please see MUSIC, Page 5 CCC gets Purple Award for supporting veterens Felicia Skriver News Editor Felicia Skriver The Clackamas Print Veterans D ay this m onth was a tim e to appreciate U.S. sol diers for their service to their country and fighting for free dom o f the A m erican people. Just in tim e for the holiday, the college’s Veterans prog ram was thanked w ith an aw ard from the N ational Guard. The school w as aw ard ed the 2012 Fam ily Program Com m unity Purple Award by G eneral M ike C aldw ell o f the O regon M ilitary D epartm ent for its outstanding w ork in support ing m ilitary fam ilies and veter ans during a cerem ony held in school has also been awarded the E m ployer Support for the Salem Nov. 10. R oss Johnston, a veteran G uard and R eserve’s “M y Boss attending the program here at is a Patriot” aw ard as w ell as CCC, agrees that C lackam as the “Pro-Patria” aw ard from the has been a helpful resource for N ational Guard. The college was a finalist him to succeed. “I ’ve been to three differ for the Freedom Award in 2011 ent colleges in m y career, and and for the last three years in a C lackam as Com m unity College row the school has been nam ed has one o f the best v eterans’ a G l-Jobs M ilitary Friendly program s by far,” said Johnston. School. “F or instance I tried to get into L inn-B enton’s program and I Please see VETS, Page 3 called them, four tim es, and they never called back.” O ver the last year Clackam as Clackamas Community College has b een reco g n ized m u l proudly recieves the 2012 Family tiple tim es for its exception Program Community Purple Award al hard w ork to support v et fo r its outstanding work in support erans and their fam ilies. The ing military families and veterens.
