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CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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AN INDEPENDENT/-STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1966
by BLAKE THOMASON
sports editor
For th e fo u rth tim e this year,
th e C lackam as C o m m u n ity College
C ougars’ softball team faced o ff
against th e M t H o o d C o m m u n ity
College Saints, T his tim e around,
th e N W A A C C cham pionship was
o n th e line.
These tw o team s w ere so evenly
m atched; th e p o in t total heading
into th e finals was 18-16 in favor o f
th e C ougars. T h e tw o regular sea
son doubleheaders w ere b o th split
a n d th eir first to u rn a m e n t m atchup
was a one-point w in for th e Saints.
M onday’s cham pionship gam e w as a
similar story w ith th e Saints narrow ly
beating th e C ougars 4-2.
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“I th in k w e played well, it’s Just a
tough team,” pitcher Breann M orrison
said /“M t H o o d has b e en o u r biggest
com petitor all year. I th in k we just
didn’t execute w hen w e needed to.”
B oth team s threatened early b ut
failed to take advantage. C lackam as
loaded th e bases in th e first in ning
b u t w ere unable to score any ru n s.
M t H o o d h a d ru n n e rs in scoring
position as well, b u t could n o t capital
ize. C lackam as w as first to get o n th e
b o a rd in th e second inning; catcher
Kandace Furlong scored from second
off o f a double by utility player Cassidy
Edwards. M t H o o d got o n base w ith
th e ir first at b a t in th e second; b u t
C lackam as got file next th ree batters
o u t to e n d th e inning.
Facing tw o outs w ith only a ru n
n e r o n first, it looked like Clackamas
wasn’t going to add to their lead b u t
b a c k - to - b a c k s in g le s b y o u tfie ld e r
—M or ga n Br o w n and utility player
Cassie Cruz drove in first baseman
K iara V asquez to extend the lead
to 2-0. It w as three u p a n d three
dow n for M t H o o d in th e b o tto m
o f th e third, a n d it started to looklike
Clackam as w as gaining m om entum ,
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2 0 1 4 -1 5 ASG ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN
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ready to h it th e ro a d ru n n in g . H is
first o rd e r o f business is to start
tra in in g u n d e r c u rre n t 2013- 2014
vice p resid en t Susi Escobedo to
Clackamas C o m m u n ity College
h ire h is staff fo r th e u p co m in g
students v o ted last w eek for th eir
school year.
A ssociated S tu d en t G o v ern m en t
T h e P rin t h as re a d ie d o u t to
p re sid en t a n d vice p re sid en t for
B reton over th e last w eek b u t h e
th e 2014-2015 school year.
h a s yet to re tu rn calls o r em ails.
C u rre n t p resid en t E rick B reton
Russ o n th e o th er h a n d received
ra n u n o p p o se d b u t still racked
a text fro m Escobedo T h u rsd ay
u p 244 s tu d en t votes. T h e vice
m orning. “G o o d m o rn in g Johnney
presidential candidates ra n a tig h t
o r should I say M r. Vice President,”
race, b u t Johnney R usssnagged 197;
th e te x t read, according to Russ.
votes, b eatin g C an d ice Stauffer b y
Russ jo in e d ASG in fell te rm as
a m ere 23 votes.
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th e d u b s sen ato r a n d saw h e could
N ow th e tra in in g begins for th e
m ak e a difference in stu d en ts’ col
new vice president Russ, “I feel like
lege experience, h e said. In w in ter
I’m o n d o u d nine,” Russ said. H e’s
by PATTY SALAZAR
editor-in-chief
VOTER TURNOUT
te rm he was to rn betw een ru n n in g
fo r presidency a n d vice presidency
b u t ultim ately decid ed to r u n for
vice president.
“I felt th a t m y skills are be tte r
suited a n d I c a n w o rk closely w ith
students, as w ell th e m em b ers o f
A SG [as vice president],” Russ
said. “I always felt like I could b e
a leader?
O n e o f th e large projects Russ
w ill b e ta k in g over is establishing
a “lending library? w hich will offer
b o o k rentals fo r students for $20.
H e also w ants to e x p an d cultural
aw areness, w h ich w as Stauffer’s
p latform for vice presidency.
“T h e m a in p la n rig h t n o w is to
b e p re sen t for th e students,” said
Russ. “To be som eone th ey know
th e y c an com e to w ith a problem .”
M att W ahdschneider, a C C C
sophom ore, said h e k ep t bou n cin g
b a ck a n d fo rth betw een votin g for
Russ o r Stauffer.
“Ultim ately it was his b io g ra p h y .
[that w as placed a ro u n d cam pus],”
said W andschneider. “B eing a n
o ld er s tu d en t m yself I felt like h e
w o uld b e spited fo r th e position.”
Softie stu d en ts w h o w a n ted
to v ote w ere u n able to because o f
confusion on h o w to actually cast
a ballot.
M elisa F o rd , a C G C fresh
man, was one o f th e students w ho
VICE PRESIDENT
VOTES
i Johnney Russ
1197 votes
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Candice Stauffer
174 votes
believed Stauffer’s ‘b u b b ly p e rso n
ality’ w ou ld be th e rig h t tit for vice
president, b u t w as unable to vote
because she w as never in fo rm e d
o n h o w to vote.
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“N o o n e said h o w to vote,” said
A nniè C atinoh. “T h e y really need
to because a lo t o f us are freshm en
a n d I never h e a rd h o w to d o it” .
C annon believes her voice won’t
be h e ard a n d saw a lack o f p a r
ticipation fro m candidates. “T hey
really n e ed e d to m ake a bigger
e ffo rtto incorporate m o re people,”
said C annon. “N o t ju st a select few.
T h e o nly th in g I saw o r h e a rd was
a few posters ab o u t th e election.”