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‘P H A N T O M ’ V ID E O K E E P S
M E D IA S T U D E N T S B U S Y
Brittany Horne
News Editor
The Digital Multimedia
Communications department at
CCC has recently helped Oregon’s
First Lady, Cylvia Hayes, get
1,000 pledges for her challenge.
On March 22 three DMC stu
dents went to the Governor’s
Mansion to film Hayes’ ‘I Will If
You Will’ Earth Hour challenge.
DMC instructor Andy Mingo put
together the team of student vid
eographers who successfully cre
ated the video, though it was last
minute.
“The schedule kept shifting
and when it was finally set, we
had under 24 hours,” said Mingo.
In the 60 second video, Hayes
asks people to reduce phantom
energy by unplugging charged
devices and using a power strip
for electronic devices so they can
be switched off when not in use.
The Earth Hour YouTube channel
where the video is posted states:
‘Thanks for supporting Earth
Hour this year. Go beyond the
hour and support my challenge
and eliminate phantom power!
Cylvia Hayes, Oregon’s First
Lady challenges you to lessen
your “Phantom Load.” Even
when electronics are turned off,
they keep using electricity. This
“Phantom Load” and can increase
electricity consumption by 10
percent. Unplug fully charged
devices, connect TVs and stereos
to power strips that can be turned
off completely when not in use.
I will be made up into a monster
by special effects make-up artists
if 1000 people will lower your
“Phantom Load” by unplugging
your electronic devices when not
in use during the months of April
and May. Accept my challenge
now.”
Hayes goal was to get 1,000
people to pledge to her chal
lenge. She stated that if her goal
was reached, she would go to the
set of Grimm to be turned into a
hexenbiest (witch-like creature).
“Which is a painstaking deal,
a number of hours of makeup and
prosthetics,” explained Mingo.
Please see UNPLUG, Page 2
The crew o f Clackamas media students film ed a public service announcement fo r Cylvia Hayes, Oregon’s First
Lady. They also witnessed her transformation into a monster scary enough to frighten away any phantom. Hayes ’
morbid transformation was in the spirit o f energy conservation.
A few of the DMC courses offered by CCC:
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Introduction to
Media Arts
(DMC-100)
Digital Video Editing
(DMC-104)
Animation & Motion
Graphics 1, II & III
(DMC-106-108)
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Entertainment Law
& New Media
(DMC-146)
Music, Sound &
Moviemaking
(DMC-147)
Introduction to Film
(DMC-194)
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American Film
(DMC-195)
Adaptation:
Literature into Film
(DMC-296)
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And many more!
Gut bomb or health food?
Andrew Millbrooke
Sports Editor
Three
Crunchy
Taco
Supremes, a Cheesy Gordita
Crunch and a Mexican Pizza from
Taco Bell might not seem like
the meal of champions, but for
Detroit Tigers ace pitcher Justin
Verlander, these items comprise
his pre-game meal. According to
Taco Bell’s website, the meal
delivers a colossal 1,630 calories,
96 grams of fat and 2,300 mg of
sodium.
The fact that Verlander, at
6’5 and 225 pounds, will prob
ably bum that many calories
during his pitching start is the
reason he can get away with
eating a gut bomb like that. I
got to wondering if athletes at
Clackamas Community College
were focused on eating healthy
or if they ate like their peers at
cheap fast food places.
I found that most athletes said
they ate healthy, especially dur
ing the season or on game days
and this was especially true of
wrestlers. Head track and field
coach Keoni McHone talked
about some of the difficulties
in getting young athletes to eat
right.
“We talk in general about
nutrition with our athletes, but
unless we see something specific,
we usually don’t address it too
much, because sometimes it goes
in one ear and out the other,”
said McHone. “Forty percent or
more of our athletes live on their
own, they are on college budget
and busy schedule and they don’t
want to cook.” .
Add all that up and it’s tough
for the college athlete to stay on
top of a healthy diet. Still, most
athletes at CCC said they gener
ally eat healthy food. Distance
runner Badane Sultessa runs
more than 50 miles per week, so
he doesn’t worry about nutrition
too much.
“I don’t eat fast food. I eat
good food, but I don’t really
care or think too much about it,”
said Sultessa. “I don’t take any
supplements. I just eat good food
and keep running. I eat a lot of
breads, vegetables and pasta -
that kind of food.”
Please see NUTRITION, Page 7
Justin Verlander, pitcher fo r the Detroit Tigers, Tweeted this photo
o f his pregame Taco Bell meal containing 1,630 calories, 96 grams
o ffa t and 2,300 mg o f sodium.
-‘-J