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Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR
An independent, student-run newspaper since 1966
Survey aims to improve college
as it nears 50th anniversary
Erin Carey
News Editor
T here are m any people at
C lackam as C om m unity C ollege
w hose entire line o f w ork is to
m ake it run sm oother. T hese
people w ork in cred ib ly hard
on im proving the quality o f
education y ear after year, even
w hen th e y ’re faced w ith d iffi
cult roadblocks such as budget
cuts th at have dram atically set
back progress in som e areas.
The new est endeavor, Im agine
C lackam as, spotlights w hat not
only the students direly need
to have changed, but w hat the
com m unity based around CCC
values the m ost.
S helly P arini w as a found
ing m asterm in d in creatin g
Im agine C lackam as. She also
serves as the dean o f C ollege
A dvancem ent.
“The bo ard is p reparing for
th e 5 0 th y e a r o f serv ice in
2016, [and] w an ted to re a l
ly b etter u n derstand w hat the
com m unity m ost values about
C C C ’s service— our program s,
o u r p h y sical sp ace,” P arin i
said. “We also w anted to id en
tify w here w e can im prove.”
Im agine C lackam as w as a
survey th at to o k over 100 d is
trict m em bers to form during
sum m er 2012 and to o k one
y ear to com plete. M ore than
1,500 students, sta ff and facu l
ty to o k the survey, along w ith
m em bers o f the com m unity and
local businesses. A round 750
h igh school students as w ell as
com m unity m em bers to o k p art
in face-to -face surveys. The
school put to g eth er a recep tio n
for the resu lts o f th is extensive
survey, one th at m any faces o f
the com m unity attended.
The g reatest struggles th at
Im agine C lackam as highlight-:
ed w ere m any th at students at
CCC feel on a daily b asis, the
b ig g est o f them being fin an
cial. W ith the econom y still
struggling, m any students are
feeling the pin ch w hen tu itio n
co n tin u e s to rise. Jo an n e
T ru esd ell, C C C ’s p resid en t,
u n derstands th at th e students
are finding it m ore d ifficu lt to
keep up w ith the fiscal stru g
gles.
“W e’re try in g to k eep
tu itio n low, and it’s d ifficu lt,”
T ruesdell said. “It d o esn ’t help
the students m uch for us to say
th at w e have th e low est tu itio n
in the state— w e do— but it’s
still ex trem ely ex p en siv e.”
The fin an cial ro ad b lo ck th at
is g laringly ev id en t is som e
Veterans, students share
memories at Veterans Day
event
Sports Editor
A lthough excitem ent and
hopes were high in anticipa
tion o f the quality o f readings
and num ber o f veterans attend
ing, the atm osphere and light
ing in the W inklesky Literary
C enter was calm and com fort
able. Yummy refreshm ents were
provided including soda, chips,
and other snacks.
M arlene Broemer, the event
coordinator, sm iled brightly as
she explained how this y ear’s
veterans reading is the second
annual and expects to see many
more to come. “This event came
from the ‘W riting for Veterans’*
w orkshop and we hope we can
keep it going,” B roem er said.
“I am hoping to see some vet
erans tonight and eventually we
w ould like to see a veterans
w riting group be form ed.”
event. Veterans gathered with students to tell stories on Veterans Day.
I hope to learn a
little more about
the prospective o f
veterans,”
Nate Courtney
Volunteer from Writers
Club
A s volunteers from the
W riters Club set up the event,
they expressed their expecta
tions. “I hope to learn a little
more about the prospective o f
veterans,” said N ate Courtney
w hose pen nam e is “Flying
O wl.”
A aron Leque, a w riters club
member, helped setup for the
event.
“I expect good patriotic, good
spirited literature,” Leque said.
W riting Teacher Ryan Davis
anticipated a good evening.
“I hope to see some veterans’
contributions and a good-size
crow d,” said D avis. H e was
hopeful, but realized that tim ing
can present a challenge. “There
is a bigger crowd, usually in the
afternoon,” he said. “It’s harder
to get a lot o f people in the eve
nings after three o ’clock.”
English Teacher K ate G ray’s
father and four uncles were all
in the military, G ray explained
“G randpa m ade sure they
w ere all in different branches,”
she said.
As she w aits for the readings
to begin, Gray asks the question
o f the evening. “W hat w ould be
a good w ay to help support the
veteran w riters?”
B roem er opened w ith a w el
com e and an invitation for peo
ple to share their experiences,
either as a veteran or about vet
erans whom they knew.
M aj. G reg M yers, U .S.
M arine, spoke about his father
w ho w as a V ietnam veteran.
“H e absolutely w on’t talk about
Vietnam ,” M yers said. “He has
tons o f pictures, but w on’t talk
about it.”
Please see VETERANS, Page 5
students from a w ide variety
o f places, and for th at reason,
tra n sp o rta tio n gets trick ier.
CCC has received a new shuttle
to help increase the accessib il
ity o f the O regon C ity cam pus,
but it’s still a w ork in progress.
Please see OPPORTUNITY, Page 3
NWAACC soccer
wraps up season
David Beasley
Robert Crombie
The Clackamas Print
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th in g th at Im agine C lackam as
and th e team th a t th e y ’ve
assem bled are doing th eir best
to clear, it req u ires pushing
scholarships, grants, all o f the
th in g s th a t can ease financial
burdens on the students and
m ak in g th e s e sch o la rsh ip s
w ell-k n o w n to th e stu d en ts,
ensuring th at th e y ’re aw are o f
th ese opportunities.
The second b ig g est hurdle
is tran sp o rtatio n . CCC serves
NWAACC soccer season
came to a close Sunday. Over
the weekend, championship
titles were awarded to teams.
Outstanding individual athletes
and coaches were recognized
and they took part in an All-Star
match.
2013 NWAACC Women’s
Soccer
A ll-Stars
from
Clackamas were: South Region
Coach o f the Year Janine
Szpara; South Region MVP Tori
Roberts at midfield; Midfielder
Claudia Flores; Defender Marci
Haynes; and Keeper Melanie
Trumbull. The Cougar All-Stars
played for South-West in the
2-2 tie between North-East and
South-West All-Star teams.
The winning women’s soc
cer team o f the championships
was Peninsula with a 2-1 victory
against Edmonds on Sunday.
Peninsula went undefeated in
league this season.
Edmonds won their way
into the final game with a vic
tory on Saturday. That victory
was a hard-fought, disappoint
ing 1-2 loss for Clackamas. The
Cougars subsequently placed
third in the championships.
The ladies o f Clackamas soc
cer are a classy and talented
bunch. They were top in South
Region and had an impressive
season with 12-2-2 in league
play. The Cougars have cause
to be proud as they have proved
to be one o f the top teams in the
league.
But luck was not on the
Cougars’ side Saturday. The
coin toss at the start of the game
declared that Edmonds would
kick off. The initial leverage of
ball possession gave Edmonds
a slight edge, putting Clackamas
on the defensive early. Edmonds
kept up the pressure.
Edmonds took a shot early in
the first half that was deflected
and went just wide, resulting
in a comer kick. Shortly after,
another Edmonds comer kick
set up a header attempt that went
over the Cougars’ goal.
Please see SOCCER, Page 7
Defender Dija Kirkland boots the ball upfield.