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w w w .TheC lackam asP rint.ôom THE CLACKAMAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014 V. 47, ISSUE 20 [ CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ELECTION SEASON HAS ARRIVED The Print breaks down the candidates vying fo r seats representing Clackamas and the state byTIMYOUNG associate news editor E le ctio n se aso n is here, Voters’ Pam phlets have been distributed, ballots have been m ailed o u t N ow it is tim e to vote in th e p rim a ry electioffiqf th e 2014 election cycle before M ay 20 a t 8 p.m . But w h o will we b e vo tin g for? H ere are th e highlights. T h is is w h o re p re se n ts Clackamas C om m unity College at th e state level: < In th e state Senate, C C C is represented b y A lan O lsen o f th e R epublican P arty w ho is th e in cu m b en t ru n n in g u n o p p o se d in th e prim ary, h e will face Jam ie D am o n w h o is also u n o p p o se d in th e D em ocratic p rim a ry com e Novem ber.' State house Rep. Brent Barton . o f th e D em o cratic P arty is r u n n in g u n o p p o se d a n d will face Steve N ew gard in N ovem ber w h o is also u n o p p o s e d in th e R e p u b lic a n p rim a ry . R epublican B en Pollock is facin g R ep u b lican T ootie S m ith in th e U.S, H ouse o f Representative race in D istrict Five. T he w in n er will likely face C ongressm an K urt S chrader o f th e D em ocratic Party, w h o cur rently represents th e C C C area. However, A nita Brown is a 2014 D em ocratic candidate seeking electio n to th e U S , H o use, ru n n in g against C ongressm an Schrader in th e M ay 20 p rim a ry election. In th e U n ited States Senator I I race, republicans will b e vot- in g o n M o n ic a W ehby, Jo PRINT Rae Perkins, M ark C allahan, T im o th y C raw ley o r Jason C onger to challenge incum bent Jeff Merkley, w ho faces Pavel G oberm an and W illiam Bryk in th e d e m o c ra tic prim ary. . Incum bent D em ocratic Gov. Jo h n K itzhaber is running for an unprecedented fourth term as governor in the D em ocratic prim ary. To challenge the w in n e r in N ovem ber, R epublicans w ill b e voting fo r T im Carr, Gordon Challstrom, Bruce Cuff, D arren Karr, M ae Rafferty, and front runner Dennis Richardson. M o s t C C C stu d e n ts w e talked to w ill be voting and have been since th ey w ere 18. M atthew Schacht said he w ould be voting and has since last year. H e feels it’s a privilege to vote as a U S citizen b u t h e said he also has “a lot o f o ther things going on in m y life, and it kind o f tak es a b ack s e a t” S tudent C hristian G utierrez feels voting is im portant b ut is skeptical on h o w effective it is. “Y ou are n o t really too sure w hat the outcom es a r e .. . W hat is being prom ised o r w h a f y o u are voting for is going to com e true. Voting is n o t a fo r sure thing for m e.” C la c k a m a s C o m m u n ity C ollege student body P resident E rick B reton feels “v o ting is extrem ely im portant. W e have the right to u se it and w e can | AN INDEPENDENT, STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1966 W H E N TRACKS ATTACK Students say some CCC exercise facilities are hazardous to your health by BLAKE THOMASON sports editor h t a tim e w hen colleges across the nation are constantly enhancing their facilities to state-of-the-art status, Clackamas C om m unity College has neglected two o f its signature sports venues, students an d staff m em bers said. Athletic ‘D irector Jim M artineau acknowledged the issue w ith the track, and is hopeful the $90 noil- lion bond Clackamas m ay put on the Novem ber ballot will be used to help fix i t It’s a frustrating situation though, because even w ith all that potential m oney nothing will happen this year, he said. “We know som ething needs to be done,” M artineau said. “W e jtrsthave to wait and see” T he track at Clackamas has gone from a place where athletes have the chance to com pete and win, to a place where they can only practice-and only in som e areas. T his isn’t an issüethat cam e u p recently either; it’s been ongoing since the current track athletes were in grade school “It started to becom e an issue around 2000-2001,” Keoni McHone, Clackamas track coach, said. “W hen we’re doing really fast stuff, we m ake sure we stay out o f certain areas. Maybe we have to ru n in lanes three and o u t There’s definitely some things We don’t d o on our trade that on other tracks you can do.” Forced to m ove because o f the condition o f thetrack, athletes com pete at O regon City High School for their “hom e” meets. Fortunately, it’s n o t to o far o f a m ove for the track program , b ut its still a nuisance. W hile m oney obviously isn’t the m ost available resource, som ething should be done for a track whose injuries outnum ber its hom e com petitions, students said. “T h e track is awful; m ost o f us get shin splints,” freshm an Kennedy Rufener said. “W e can’t even hold meets on it.” T he track isn’t the only facility in need o f renovation. T he wrestling equipm ent is subpar at best, espe cially for a program that has produced five national cham pions since 2 04^ W restling coach Josh R hoden is excited about the opportunity for new equipm ent, b u t like everyone else at Clackamas hoping for som e improvements, h e m ust wait until the b o n d is voted on late next fall. , O n e concern for coaches is the feet th e b o n d doesn’t actually say it’ll provide help for the athletic facilities. “I haven’t seen it o n the list [of im provem ents to be made],” college spokeswom an Janet P a u ls o n s a id “But as o f right now the b o n d is ju st a proposal and there m ay still be changes an d revisions?’ M artineau expressed confidence the b o n d will go outside o f its fist o f things to fix to help th e track, and M cHone reasoned that the ath letic program s are p art o f the ‘‘infra structure” the b o n d is supposed to address, h i feet, M cH one is doing w hat h e can so the track can be reriovated as soon as th e b o n d gets passed. The, track c o ath ’ h^s m et w ith an architéct w ho designed the facility at the University o f Oregon, am ong other schools, an d has start ed planning for Clackamas’ facility. . T he b o n d co u ld address the problem . If it does, students will have waited 14 years. C onstruction w ould take a long time; current ath letes certainly won’t see its benefits, an d recruits m ay n o t see it either. However, som e students m ay th ink better late th an never. In the m ean tim e, watch y our step. . express our opinions though our votes,” h e said. H e w ill also be voting in the p rim ary election. a t v ia c ic a m a s n a s b e e n d e te r io r a tin g to th e p o i n t th a t th e c o a c h is ta k in g p r e c a u tio n s to k e e p h is a th le te s fr o m g e ttin g in ju red . “W h en w e ’r e d o in g r e a lly f a s t stu ff, w e m a k e s u r e w e s ta y o u t o f c e r ta in a r e a s ,” s a id tr a c k coach K e o n i M cH one.
