6 A R TS AND C U L T U R E _______ 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. < ' 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 ' 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 ü gjl play was by students from Reynolds I ■ I 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 Clackamas Print _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ;_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ theclackam asp rin t.n et — — -------------------------- ------ ----- - Febuary 14, 2018