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PRINT-- Arts & Culture
Wednesday, November27,2013
What’s up with... no Speech and
Debate team?
Marissa Nwerem
The Clackamas Print
T h e once thriving and suc
cessful Clackamas Community
College Speech and Debate
Program was never really given
the goodbye it deserved. With
a c^se full o f plaques and tro
phies to prove its members’
accomplishments, the award
winning program ended sev
eral years ago. But its departure
went unnoticed when unfortu
nate budget cuts decreased its
funding substantially.
K e lly
B ren n a n ,
Communications and Theatre
Arts instructor at CCC, was the
coach and director o f Speech
and Debate from 1995 to 2008.
While under his lead, the team
went to the Phi Rho Pi National
Tournament 15 years in a row
and won six o f those competi
tions. Phi Rho Pi, a speech and
debate association, is one o f
the largest and oldest national
collegiate organizations in the
United States.
W hen Brennan stepped
down in 2008, an incredible
coincidence happened. O f all
the applicants who would
replace him, it turned out to be
one o f his past students, Kerrie
Hughes. Hughes was directing
the program when budgets took
a turn for the worse about five
years ago. After the program
was cut, Hughes attempted to
run it as a club in hopes o f res
urrecting it as a program once
again.
“The students worked so hard
fundraising,” said Brennan.
Sadly, their efforts were in
vain. After the program was cut
completely, there was never an
official announcement to stu
dents looking to join or transfer
into the program, nor to faculty
on campus.
“It was very disappointing
to see it go, but more so that it
w asn’t officially announced,”
Brennan said. “It was a disser
vice to the students.”
Hearing o f such an impres
sive and hard-fought program
being dismissed with no formal
goodbye might be the most dis
heartening part o f this story.
Some new students such as
Godlyne Ulinwa have questions
about what CCC has to offer in
terms o f speech and debate.
“I was on speech and debate in
high school and I always want
ed to see what it would be like
in college,” Ulinwa said. “It
would have been a nice experi
ence.”
Now
Lane
Com m unity
College
and
Mt.
Hood
Community College are the
only two community colleges
in Oregon that offer this pro
gram, Brennan said. Regardless
o f the speech and debate pro
gram ’s absence here at CCC,
it is something that should be
recognized as a great prepara
tion for people using any and
all communication. It teaches
this lifelong skill and will prove
incredibly useful wherever life
leads.
Tunes change with the season
Larissa Harper &
Marissa Nwerem
The Clackamas Print
M u s ic
is
im portant to
everyone. Johnny Depp once
said that, “Music touches us
em otionally, w here words
alone can’t.”
Some people like music for
that reason because it is an
escape as well as a way for
them to hear lyrics that encour
age them. For others, it is a
way to pump themselves up
when they are working out
or maybe feeling down and
depressed.
D iffe re n t g e n re s o f m u sic
c an d e p ic t tfte p e r s o n a l i t y o f
a person as well. Everyone is
their own individual and has
a different preference. Music
and song is a way to express
that because it in itself is
expressive. That is an artist’s
job, to portray something they
are going through or passion
ate about, lyrics and music
that can touch and empower
people.
Thanks to some students on
campus, The Print has com
piled a list o f students’ favor
ite songs to get your playlist
started. Maybe there are some
new songs and bands here that
fit your genre o f preference as
well as some new ideas to add.
Karin Rothi said her favor
ite song at the moment is
“Celebrity Status” by Marianas
Trench.
Justin Saman said, “My
favorite song at the moment
w ould probably be ‘Soul
Sister’ by Train.”
Rosa R. said that right now
she loves the new Lady Gaga
song called “Do What You
Want (With My Body).”
K elsea H eaton said, “I
like ‘Be E asy’ by Radical
Something. It’s kind o f a reg
gae song.”
And Chris Sears’ said his
“All I Want for Christmas is
You,” by Mariah Carey was the
favorite o f two women, Karen
Rothy and Rosa R.
“Carol o f the Bells,” said
Lena B.
Chris Sears had to th ink
on it for a little while but he
then said his favorite is “Silent
N ight.”
“Feliz N avidad” is the
favorite o f Kelsea Heaton.
We even heard o f a few good
artists who have full albums
dedicated to the Holidays! Rod
Craig likes Andy Williams and
Lydia H unt said, “M ichael
Buble.”
Student Autumn Eells talks
about how her music choices
and how music affects her. “I
choose music that is inspiring
g e n re o f c h o ic e w o u ld "p ro b - ’ because* it b rig h te n s m y o u t
ably be “alternative.”
Plus the holidays are almost
here! What better way to get in
the spirit than to groove out to
some Christmas-themed tunes.
These students, as well as a
few others, shared their favor
ite Christmas song. Here is a
compiled list.
“Jingle Bells” came in as the
most popular. Justin Saman,
Bibi Duran and Viri Duran all
chose this song because it is
such a happy one.
look on life and my capabili
ties,” she said.
And Katherine Nelson said,
“To me, music is an important
part o f life. I listen to music
the most when I am driving
in my car because I don’t like
the silence and because it puts
me in a good mood. I really
don’t look for certain lyrics.
However, I like it when people
suggest songs for me that they
think will help me if I am
going through something.”
Black Friday
moments
Elizabeth Anel Diaz
The Clackamas Print
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behind clouds, and cold weather
has hit the streets. The almost con
stant rain and early-morning fog
indicate fall is underway.
It is during this season that we
celebrate holidays like Veteran’s
Day on Nov. 11 and Thanksgiving
Day on Nov. 28.
As Thanksgiving Day approach
es, so does Black Friday.
Black Friday, the day after
Thanksgiving, is when shopping
malls and big-box stores open early
and have special discount events
during which customers scramble
and scour for the best deals. Even
though many people stay at home
that day, there are some people
who use Black Friday as an oppor
tunity to buy all their Christmas
presents at once.
Britton Raymer, studying hor
ticulture at CCC, remembers a
particularly shocking Black Friday
experience. “I was in Walmart,
walking toward the electronics sec
tion,” she said. “This lady pulled
out a Taser and tased this chick for
some Xbox game. Then she got
shot in the front and escorted out,
but she still had the game in her
pocket. She got out of the store and
she still got arrested, but they never
took the game away from her.”
Leonila Larriba, working on an
Oregon transfer degree, focused on
her feet one Black Friday.
“I bought so many socks my
parents tell me that the minute I
am 35, they are not going to buy
me any more socks,” Larriba said.
Hannah James, studying busi
ness said, “We went to Kohl’s on
Black Friday and had to wait two
hours in line to get to the check
stand. So what we did was get one
of our family members to stand
in line, while we went around the
store to get stuff and whatever else
we wanted, and switch [with the
person waiting in line] every half
hour.”
Madeline Szabo another student
shared her story.
“I was going with my folks to
Walmart,” she said. “My mom had
this flier for [a] specific time that
we had to be there. So it was like
five minutes to midnight and my
dad and I decided to catch some
sleep - because it was [at] a certain
time the next morning [we were
going to Walmart] so we both went
to bed. Five minutes later, my mom
comes and wakes us up, saying
that we have to be at Walmart in
seconds. So me and my dad had
5 minutes of sleep and we were
there until 6:00 a.m. the next morn
ing. We were super tired. We were
angry at her for doing that, but it is
one of the funniest stories that I can
remember.”