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2 OPINION & NEWS Kobe, loved in Rip City STORY BY JACOB THOMPSON AD MANAGER Jan. 2 6 ,' 2020, will be a date always remembered as the day the basketball community lost a legend. Here in Portland, Kobe Biyant, the basketball player, was the villain. Somehow it always seemed Kobe and his Los Angeles Lakers were destined to ruin Portland’s chance at gaining glory. - 1 grew up in a house that could not stand Kobe. Anytime Bryant,was on TV, the sentiment that he was overrated, a ball hog, and he would never be better than Michael Jordan was never far behind. Kobe was the villain and the few times I was lucky enough to be in the Rose Garden/Moda Center when the bitter rival Lakers were in the house, it seemed like all of Portland agreed. Thatidea, that Kobe was the bad guy, changed for me on March 3, 2014. _ Kobe wasn’t playing at the time, as he was still recovering from a torn Achilles he suffered the prior season, but he was in street Clothes supporting his squad that was struggling without him. Somehow, the damn Lakers won despite not having Mamba on the court, but the memory has little to do with the game. Back in those days, fans could go down to the.p layers’ parking lot and try to get some autographs as the players left the arena. So there we were; me, my buddy Adam Archie and about 30 other Blazers fans trying to get autographs from players. We got the Portland autographs we wanted and it seemed like all the players were on their way out, but the fans still hung around. Then it happened: Kobe Bean Bryant walked down the loading ramp. I didn’t know how things were about to go down, but I never could have imagined what happened next. The Portland faithful broke out in a MVP chant for Bryant. Kobe didn’t sign anything that night, but I will always remember that m illion- dollar smile on his face as he made his way towards the Lakers’ team bus, almost as if h e knew he had wort us over that night. We could boo him in the masses, but when he was 10 feet away, we could only bask in his glory. 1 This dude was the read deal, and even though his heroics often broke our hearts, we couldn’t deny that he was the best. Grant expands shuttle service G etting to class has gotten a lot easier this term due to a shuttle grant Clackam as Com m unity College received last spring. According to CCC Transportation Systems Analyst Ray A tkinson, the funds were acquired through the Statewide Transportation Im provem ent Fund, which granted CCC a total of $245,774. This grant has allowed CCC to expand the sh u ttle’ s evening service year-round and add summer term service. The pre-grant evening service ended at 6:3b EST. 1966 Photos by Jordy Villagomez p .m . Monday through Thursday. The expanded evening service now ends at 10:45 p .m . Monday through Thursday. Because C C C is closed on Friday during the summer term , the shuttle will be available M onday-Thursday from 7:30 a.m . to 10:45 p.m. The shuttle’ s extended hours began in June of 2019 and are expected to last through June 2021. Shuttle services are free to a lf students, faculty and staff, as well as the public. — Rebekah Thompson Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Villagomez* Arts & Culture Editor Jared Prebje chiefed@dackamas.edu aced@clackamas.edu Associate Sports Editor Riley Buerk sportsed@clackamas.edu Managing Editor Zach Whitley News Editor Laura Canida Copy Editor Victoria Drews maned@dackamas.edu newsed@clackamas.edu copyed@clackamas.edu Photo Editor Jordy Villagomez photoed@clackamas.edu Sports Editor Lexi Shull Advertising Manager Jacob Thompson sportsed@clackamas.edu admgr@clackamas.edu w CLACKAMAS C O M M U NITY COLLEGE Web Editor Paige Dean webeditor@dackamas.edu Staff Writers/Designers Andrew Griffin, Jake Kaiser, Sophie Larsson, Kyler Fleming, Olivia Lynch, Nick Schwada, Kai Tinker, Rebekah Thompson, Lauren Kinney, Zach Murray ON THE COVER: The college started providing free hygiene products last summer. Cover art by Sophia Larsson. The Clackamas Print aims to report news in an honest, unbiased and professional manner. Content published by The Print is not screened or subject to censorship. The Clackam as Print is free, but please take o nly one copy. A n y person rem oving The Clackam as Print in bulk w illh e prosecuted to the fu ll exten t o f the law . January 29,2020
