The Clackamas print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1989-2019, February 14, 2018, Page 6, Image 6

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Chinese New Year comes to campus
BY AUTUMN BEREND
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Chinese New Year is upon us and the Clack­
amas Community College Multicultural
Center is hosting the inaugural Chinese New
Years event on campus on Feb. 15. from noon
to l p.m.
Xiao Tan of the Multicultural Center and
Student Activities, is the lone person working
on the first-time -event. Her goal? To educate
students about Chinese culture, including
food-often eaten on Chinese New Year, music
and culture.
“I [want] to try to bring more culture
events and cultural activities to the school”
Tan said. *1 wanted to bring my culture to
the school so more people can learn about it,
and I feel very honored to do the first Chi­
nese New Year [celebration] ”
Teaming up with Trio Hospitality, the
company that partners with CCC to serve
food in the café, Tan requested they cater
food that would closely resemble Chinese
traditional cuisine.
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Not every culture is Well represented on
campus, which is what Tan hopes to change.
“I wanted to represent my culture because
I feel that my culture is underrepresented,”
Tan said, “That’s why I wanted to bring it to
the school.
The reason I wanted to do [the event] is be­
cause Chinese New Year is one of the biggest
events in China.”
A typical celebration has family gather to­
gether with long, red, ribbed firecrackers, as
a grand opening, followed by a Lion Dance.
It’s an interactive dance, and the music is loud
with drums and other instruments. There also
exists traditional Chinese dances.
Family and friends gather to enjoy tradition­
al Chinese cuisine.
When it starts is entirely dependent on the
Chinese Lunar Calendar, according to Tan.
The event will include papercraft activi­
ties used for decoration and Chinese food
is served.
The Clackamas Print reached out to Trio Hospi­
tality fo r more information on the partnership fo r
this event but did not receive a reply.
Xiao Tan
High school students direct one-act plays
BY AUTUMN BEREND
ED ITOR-IN-CHIEF
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Clackamas Community College
hosted the Mount Hood Theater
Conference for the student directed
One-Act Play on Feb. 9.With six
high schools from a local confer­
ence.
Every year, the conference holds
the student-directed one-act plays
where students get a chance to
perform in front of other students.
“They were looking for a place
a few years ago,’’said Jim Eikrem,
theater instructor. “I had a con­
tact with David Douglas high
school [they] thought about
having it here and we said,
‘That’d be great!"
This year, they were held at
CCC, as they have been for the
past four years. About 150 students,
having attended, Eikrem said.
The experience has been amazing
for everyone, Eikrem said. “We get
to see what they do, and they get to
see our facility, it encourages them
to go to school here,” he said.
For every school, there will be ,
one one-act play, making a total of
six plays. One of which consisted
of a murder tale, from the point of
view of three dead girls who were
led on by a strange man, lied to and
then murdered in the garage. The
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play was by students from Reynolds
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High School.
Reynolds, David Douglas, Centen­
nial, Gresham, Clackamas and Bar-
High school students participate in their self-directed one-act plays on Feb. 9.
low High Schools also participated
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