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COLLEGE DROPS INTRAMURALS 0 o LACK OF INTEREST LEADS TO CUTS IN EVENTS BY NICHOLAS ALLISON Intramural sports, defined as recreational sports within an organization, is a surprisingly unknown term on the Clackamas Community College campus. Some examples of intramural sports, are open basketball and open volleyball, where a number of student, staff and faculty teams sign up for a tournament, engaging in entertaining matches. Intram ural sporting events have, not been held this academic year for a num ber of reasons. According to Megan Baumhardt, a member o f the Associated Student Government, it’s m ainly the lack of interest. “ W e did in tram u ral sp o rts la st year,” said Baumhardt. “ There wasn’t a whole lot of participation for them. It was a very small event.” “ The gym is booked between classes and practices mostly everyday. (It’s) Hard to find the time.” -Jim M artineau Another problem ASG faces when planning an intramural sports event, is the logistics o f it all. Between the m any forms, liabilities, bringing in the people required by OSHA rules and the lack of participation, it is no wonder the campus hasn’ t seen an event in the past two terms. À major hurdle intramural sports events faced was in ASG. “ W e’ve had som e departm ental changes in ASG this last year where d e p a rtm e n ta l o b lig a tio n s w ere shifted, so that created a little bit of confusion as to whose obligation photos by Victoria Tinker those events w ere,” said Baumhardt. When one considers all the events that have taken place this year and the fact that ASG is somewhat short- staffed compared to previous years, there is little surprise some less than beloved events fell to the side. According to Jim M artineau, the a th letic director, one reason it ’ s difficult to organize intramural events is the lack of space. “The gym is booked between classes and practices mostly every day,” said Martineau. “ (It’s) hard to find tim e.” While ASG does handle most of the Students in spring term 2016 play w ork for such events, according to a intramural volleyball game in the Martineau, “ It does require some sort courtyard. of faculty or staff oversight.” When 26 students were questioned a b o u t in tr a m u ra l s p o r ts , th e m ajority didn’t kn ow w h at it w as, but recogn ized it once explained. Fifteen of the students said they had little interest in intram ural sports and would be unlikely to participate, w hile five other students said they w ould participate if an even t w as held. The last six w eren ’ t certain whether they’d participate or not, but expressed interest in an intramural event. Carter Knox, a student at Clackamas, said thereason he was interested was that it is a chance to connect w ith o th er p eo p le and th a t he sim p ly enjoys sports. Knox states th at som etim es life simply gets in the way of events, “ It could be work, health issues, it could be multiple thin gs.” Aside from trying out for a sport or taking a PE class, ASG has arranged a field day on May 31, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m . It, w ill include a num ber of games, but not sports. For those that w ant to see intram ural sports make a resurgence on campus, ASG is happy to hear student’ s input on event ideas. On The Cover: Donald Wallis of General Tree Service cuts down a tree Monday outside DeJardin Hall. Photo by Collin Berend. Most Trafficked Story This Week: Now Streaming: Girl Boss by Elizabeth Kessel. 2 Clackamas Print MAY 10,2017 theclackamasprint.com © CLACKAMA PRINT EDITORIAL Co Editors-in-Chief Blake Swan Victoria Tinker chiefed@clackamas.edu Copy Editor Merari Calderon Ruiz copyed@clackamas.edu Photo Editor Sam Weston photoed@clackamas.edu News Editor Collin Berend newsed@clackamas.edu Arts & Culture Editor Nick Allison aced@clackamas.edu Sports Editor Doug Fry sportsed@clackamas.edu Web Editor Alexis Wagar webeditor@clackamas.edu Design Editor Chelsea Pagan Ad Manager i Elizabeth Kessel admgr@clackamas.edu I STAFF WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS I Ian VanOrden Kristen Wohlers Ahmed Almarai Linda Barnett PRODUCTION I Jeffrey D’Auvergne JOURNALISM ADVISER Melissa Jones ' meiissaj@clackamas.edu The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased and professional manner. Content published in The Print is not screened or subject to censorship. Email comments, concerns or tips to: chiefed@clackamas.edu or call us at 503-594-6266 Roger Rook Room 135 19600 Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 The Clackamas Print is free, but please take only one copy. Apy person removing our papersfn bulk will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
