Rally members dress up to support funding fo r higher education on the
steps o f the Salem Capitol last week.
Students rally
at Capitol
Patty Salazar
Photo Editor
On what would normally
be a quiet day on the Salem
Capitol steps, last Thursday
turned out to be a rather full
day. Hundreds o f Oregon col
lege students were there pro
moting funding for higher edu
cation; students from all over
Oregon attended the Salem
rally. A ssociated Student
Government President Diana
Muresan was one o f the many
students to be there.
“I believe they have over
800 students signed up,” said
Muresan.
With tuition prices rising all
over the state, it is definitely
being felt right .on campus.
Starting summer term, CCC
students will have to pay $84
per credit hour. Although com
munity college students feel
the financial sting, it can bum
even hotter for four-year uni
versity students.
“This one [rally] is specifi
cally for the budget because
that is our biggest concern,”
M uresan said.
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Clackamas ends losing streak on Saturday
Andrew Millbrooke
Sports Editor
The C lackam as Com m unity
College baseball team had to
think a visit to South R egion
rival Mt. H ood on Saturday was
not the best place to halt a six-
gam e losing streak. The Saints
have w on seven o f the last eight
South R egion titles and are tied
w ith Lane atop the standings
this season.
N o t to w orry though, as
freshm an righthander M ichael
Kelly, from H untington Beach,
stepped up for the C ougars,
pitching a com plete game shut
out by scattering five hits over
nine innings in a 1-0 win. The
w in stopped C lackam as’ (9-21
overall, 5-13 in league) sec
ond six game losing streak this
season and w as ju s t w hat the
Cougars needed, according to
2 3 -y ear v eteran head coach
R obin Robinson.
“This w in w as huge,” said
Robinson. “W e’ve been press
ing a little bit lately, everybody
trying to do too m uch. Today we
w ent in and relaxed and played
the gam e and had som e fun and
I think the guys did th at.”
K elly w as excited after the
gam e, both for his com plete
gam e effort and the fact that his
defense stepped up behind him.
“I felt really good. I got a
good stretch in w arm -ups and
m y catcher w as calling a really
good game for m e,” said Kelly.
“T here’s no better feeling in the
w orld. I cam e out and told my
team I w as going to give them a
lot o f balls and they helped me
out a lot. Today w e left it all on
the field.”
D espite 11 hits, the C ougars
m anaged only one run as fresh
m an right fielder Luke M arks
rapped a single to score sopho
m ore DH Scott M yers from
second in the sixth inning. The
run boosted K elly’s confidence
to close out the game.
“O nce w e got that one run,
I knew I had the gam e,” said
Kelly.
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