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SEPTEMBER 2 8 .2 0 1 5 • CLACKAMAS PRINT
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How to connect on campus
by Megan McCoy
Photos by Matt Rowning
Roll out o f bed, get ready fo r class,
begin the com m ute o u t to Clackamas
Community College, fig h t fo r a parking
spot, tre k to class, sit th ro u g h a lec
ture, get the homework assignment and
head back home. This is w h a t the daily
school schedule looks like for many stu
dents at CCC, and day after day, it can
g e t bo rin g and e xtre m e ly repetitive.
Students may start to ask themselves
w hy they are still going; they may think
it isn’t im p o rta n t to go. So how does
one avoid th is re p e titive nightm are?
Get involved w ith th e campus.
Getting involved may seem hard; it
can be difficult to connect w ith people
ju st by going to classes. Some classes
d o n ’t provide much tim e to be social
w ith your classmates. The best way to
get connected to the campus is by be
coming involved with one of CCC’s many
clubs and extracurricular activities.
Some of the clubs at CCC include Gay/
Straight Allience, French Club, Horticul
tu re Club, Phi Theta Kappa, Veterans
Club, W riters Club and many more.
French instructor Heidi Cropsey said
th a t getting involved w ith the French
Club is as easy as signing up. They have
meetings every Tuesday in McLoughlin
and have activities throughout the year
such as movie nights w ith French films.
They also go on a trip to France every
o th e r year w ith m oney earned fro m
fundraisers at th e school. Cropsey also
noted th a t you do not have to be in the
language program to be in th e club.
They mainly just w ant to “prom ote the
French culture.”
The Associated Student Government
has a lot of events throughout the year
students can go to and get involved.
They have a s tu d e n t book exchange
at the beginning o f every term, intra
mural sports in th e fall and spring, the
Cougar Run in th e spring and m any
more. Cody Havens, ASG Grants Officer,
said a couple more event possibilities
are a skiing and snowboarding trip, a
volleyball game against the faculty and
a pum pkin carving contest. An event
they have available to students soon
is the Dollar BBQ on Wednesday, Sept.
30, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. outside
the community center. During the event,
students can get a hotdog, chips and
drink fo r a dollar.
Another way to get connected to the
campus is by being a part of the th e
ater. Jim Eikrem, theater director, said
th a t students can get involved in the
performing arts by being in the student
performance showcase, stand-up com
edy, one act plays and fully produced
plays as well as the classes offered at
CCC. Any CCC students are w elcom e
to audition fo r the fall play, Sylvia, on
Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 3 p.m. to 6
p.m. in the Osterman Theatre.
There are so many ways to get con
nected to th e cam pus so next tim e
boredom strikes, th in k a b o u t jo in in g
one o f the numerous clubs offered or
go to an event on campus.
Students learn about all the different clubs and extracurricular acticities offered at Clackamas Community College at the
new student orientation in the Community Center on Wednesday, Sep t 16.