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#Selfie trend hits #CCC campus
Erin Carey & Do nny Beach
Arts & Culture Editor & News
Editor
T ak in g a self photo, other­
wise known as a “selfie,” is one
of today’s biggest daily activi­
ties. During sporting events, class,
or even while driving, people
are selfie-ing all over the place.
Either through apps like Snapchat,
Instagram, or even Facebook,
people are posting their duck
faces, “just bored” faces, or any
other type of posg they can come
up with. ,
The Clackamas Print inter-
viewed-Stuckhts abbUttheir selfie-
taking habits and whether they’ve
ever gotten caught: in the act.
Sommer Norton, a peer assis­
tant, often uses Snapchat to post
her selfies or just keeps them
in her phone, she said. “I get
awkward, so I’ll [take a selfie],”
Norton said. “No one’s caught
me, but I feel like everyone knows
s ta b
She’s also gotten caught in
someone else’s selfie. “This one
kid was Snapchatting at a bas­
ketball game; I’ve never talked
to the kid in my life — but I was
getting up to do something and I
look over and it was on an iPad,
and I realized I was in it [and
posed],” she said. “He sent it to
his girlfriend,”
Rocky Robinson and Karen
Heiberg catch their classmates
doing it all the time. “It’s really
weird when you’re taking a math
test and you look behind you and
you see someone [taking a self-
ie],” Heiberg said. “It’salw ays
fun to comment on, and they all
go red.”
Even while interviewing, peo­
ple decided it was a good time to
take a selfie. Jessey Dilley was
taking a selfie while watching
“Doctor Who” on her laptop when
she got caught. She uses Facebook
and Tumbh for her selfie posts.
“I was trying to take a selfie over
the edge of a bridge and managed
to almost fall backwards,” Dilley
said. She has memories of her
high school peers taking memora­
ble selfies during the presidential
election, too. “It is entertaining
when you watch two people at
my high school taking a selfie
with an Obama and Romney mask
on after walking into government
class,” she said.
Some people just aren’t the
selfie-ing type, however. Kristin
Hilton, a peer assistant, said she
avoids taking selfies because she
doesn’t want to seem vain. Nick
Wallace said, “I don’t redly see
the point of selfies.” And Mat
Genuser, student success coordi­
nator, says he doesn’t selfie, “but
my stepdaughter selfies all the
time.”
Whether it’s, waiting for class,
sending a funny face to a friend,
or just documenting the moment,
people are getting into the selfie
craze.
The moral of the story is that
sometimes people should be care­
ful about when and Where they
selfie. Max Dorsey has seen some
pretty weird ones. “Some people
take selfies in the bathroom,”
Dorsey said. -T can see your toilet,
it’s really nasty.”
Above: Rocky Robinson pretends to selfie in the library. Below: Sommer
Norton smiles fo r her phone camera.'
Valentine’s Day poll sweetens the campus
12% -A saIad,
because candy’s bad
for you.
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students two
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weight in choco­
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