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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014 V. 47, ISSUE 20
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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
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race, republicans will b e vot-
in g o n M o n ic a W ehby, Jo
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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
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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.