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advocateadvocateadvocateApril 3, 2015 Volume 50, Issue 22The Independent Student Voice of Mt. Hood Community College

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WHAT’S YOUR SIGN

Candidate overflow for board seats PAGE 3

Saints come out swinging PAGE 7 & 8

Venturing to hear Adventure Club PAGE 5

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OPINION

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April 3, 2015

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Chat with BarneyHow do you feel about

Othello in MHCC’s

production of “Othello”

being played by some-

one white?

the advocateEditor-in-Chief

Greg Leonov

Copy Editor

Hayden Hunter

News Editor

Hayden Hunter Opinion Editor

Emily Wintringham

Lifestyle Editor

Adam Elwell

Sports Editor

Brandon Raleigh Photo Editor

Beka Haugen

Video Editors

Aurora Angeles Thomas Stewart

Graphic Designers

Heather Golan Shawnie Fortune

Reporters

David Ahlson

Aurora Angeles

Gustavo Bulderas

Will Darkins

Ivy Davis

Isaiah Ishman

Sam Krause Omar Morante

Nicky Nicholson- Klingerman

Steve Olson

Alex Seymour

Antonio Pineda

Ad Manager

David Ahlson

Advisers

Howard Buck, Dan ErnstBob Watkins

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“We’re not trying to take away your (adult) rights, we’re here to protect the children,” Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith was quoted saying, in an online article published by KOIN-TV News. She is refer-ring to proposed new Oregon state legislation regarding vape, or electronic cigarette, use. Since “vaping” has become a sweeping trend in our community, lawmakers have been quick to pounce on it. Multnomah County lawmakers quickly proposed eight new bills for the Oregon Legislature, including House Bill 2546 which appears to be moving for-ward.

That bill would banish vaping from any building where traditional tobacco smoking is not allowed, and prohibit anyone under age 18 from buying or owning an inhalant deliv-ery system.

The commissioners, and other lawmakers, claim that they are not trying to take away rights, but rather, protect children. Among the buildings where one cannot vape happen to be vape shops themselves. This prevents

anyone from being able to test the products before making a purchase. We wonder, ex-actly how is this specifically going to protect public health and prevent kids from inhaling flavored vegetable glycerin and propylene gly-col liquid? If that sounds shady, refrain from reading the (known) carcinogenic material on the ingredients list of your Diet Coke. Al-though nicotine is a fair cause for concern, we don’t believe there are any logical reasons for not exempting vape shops from this ban.

As young editors with astute minds, we sense the same sort of “nanny state” attitude that lawmakers have about many things, in-cluding marijuana, birth control – and, ironi-cally – the politically averse gun control issue.

Sometimes, our individual sense of free-dom can be diluted in the name of protecting the community.

As of late, there is no substantial evidence that there are negative effects to secondhand “smoke” from vaping. People who are using vapes to curb their cigarette habits are suf-fering the greatest drawbacks from avoiding

“health consequences” lawmakers .aren’t even sure of, yet. Vapers are seeing the conve-nience of, and accessibility to, their alterna-tive habits being constrained. While we don’t quite find it necessary to fight back against the newly adopted policy, we think the vape industry has every reason to challenge the policy that prevents consumers from testing their products.

If there aren’t any valid reasons to pass “nanny” laws on vaping, there has to be some reason why politicians are so vehement about the issue We have a hypothesis: Multnomah County (and every other county) collects x amount of taxes on every traditional cigarette pack sold. It would make sense why the coun-ty would do anything possible to make sure people continue to rely on cigs and chew – rather than let them flock to vaping. Regard-less if it’s sharp practice or sincere pro-activ-ity for health, we concur that the laws that intend to ban vaping almost everywhere - es-pecially inside vape shops - are unwise, and unfounded in logic.

If you’re anything like our typical read-er (bored) there’s a pretty decent chance that you’ve seen the viral YouTube video, “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared.” If you haven’t, I recom-mend watching it. Now that the obligatory spoiler alert is out of the way, let’s kill even more time by browsing YouTube.

The video, which might seem just for laughs (or nightmares) at face value, is actu-ally a commentary on children’s programing. You might have heard this theory before – the video is four years old – but I haven’t seen a comprehensive explanation yet, so I’ll give it a shot.

In short, it’s about how children’s shows

create empty symbols for our children and eventually lead to disappointment.

In the first scene, we open to a shot of a per-sonified notebook who asks us, “What’s your favorite idea?” A few things are happening here: First, it’s a note-book talking, which is basically a symbol for all other symbols and creative outlets. Or, at least what our chil-dren should be led to perceive them as, since the notebook functions as a narrator/dictator for the rest of the video. Secondly, it’s a question: Why should any idea be your favorite? Doesn’t that discourage oth-er, “lesser” ideas?

The notebook then answers by saying, “Mine is being creative.” A rather straightfor-ward answer for a self proclaimed free-think-er, huh? And to his own question, no less.

From there, we’re introduced to our cast of unlucky participants, who are fashioned in the style of most of our beloved children’s pup-pet shows and who function much like chil-dren who would be watching the show. This

lends to the implication that our children are being con-trolled, since they’re pup-pets.

Then the cast breaks into a musical question-and-an-swer session, shepherded

by the notebook. Most notable is when the notebook flips one of its pages and points to its hair (which is yarn): “I use my hair to express myself.”

The yellow puppet with blue hair stages a brief rebellion – “That sounds really boring.” The notebook shuts down the puppet’s idea (which was, for a puppet, relatively creative) by saying in a dry, factual voice again, “I use my

hair to express myself.” Remember that tidbit.The notebook rambles on, in a similar

fashion. The scenes where the bird paints a picture of a clown, and the line about green not being a “creative” color, function similarly to the example of the notebook’s hair.

Then the notebook directs his flock to-wards a window and points to the clouds out-side, instructing the others to use their imag-ination. At first, the puppets don’t get it, but once the notebook provides imagery for them, the rest of them jump in and spout off a series of unconnected, meaningless objects that the clouds might symbolize.

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“What’s your favorite idea? Mine is being creative!’

-Notebook

No “nanny” laws on vaping

“Because it’s a community col-lege production with budget cuts, I think it’s alright. In a larger produc-tion I would be more hesitant to ac-cept someone not fit for an ethnic important role.”

“Though it doesn’t specifically say Othello is black, it’s important that he’s from another country. I feel like it’s supposed to be played by someone of color.”

Cole Shawn Child Development and Early Education

Jamie Holmes Transfer student

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Roger Thomas McDowell, a veteran chemistry instructor and former administra-tor at Mt. Hood Community College, passed away on March 25, leaving behind a legacy of dedication to Mt. Hood.

McDowell started his career at Mt. Hood teaching the first chemistry class on the first day the college ever held instruction in 1968, according to Dave Shields, former instructor for engineering, industrial, social science and

more, before he served on the MHCC board of education.

Shields worked with McDowell for a few decades and remembers a dedicated individual who truly believed in the school.

“He had such a strong commitment to education in general, strong commitment to students, and a strong awareness of what we should be doing to really enhance and promote education through the state of Oregon, and in our community,” said Shields.

McDowell was in a unique position to col-lectively bargain for the administration, the faculty, and the board, according to Shields.

“He had that ability to be analytical, he the ability to be challenging without being offen-sive, he had the ability to be a critical thinker, and to also make other people think critically,” he said.

MHCC President Debbie Derr said Mc-Dowell was involved in her hiring when she went through the interview process for her current position 2013. Seeing McDowell gave her a bit of a jolt.

“I went ‘Roger McDowell, what are you doing here?’ ” she said, knowing him from her previous administrative work at Mt. Hood a decade earlier.

“I was so surprised to see him. Surprised, but not surprised because of his commitment to the college,” said Derr. “He just believed in Mt. Hood. It was his life; he believed in this college.”

McDowell’s support is reflected on the donors wall of the MHCC Foundation office. “You can check the foundation’s donor wall, and see how many times McDowell shows up, ’cause he was a very solid supporter of the col-lege,” said Shields.

A memorial service to celebrate McDow-ell’s legacy is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Satur-day in the Vista Dining Room.

Robert Coen:

Coen is currently the CEO of the BCI Group. He previ-ously worked with employee benefits, group retirement plans, and corpo-rate consulting. He graduated from the Willamette Univer-sity. He has served as Zone 5 representative of the MHCC Board for the past four years.

Kenney

Polson:

Polson works for Portland Public Schools as the dean of students. His background in music edu-cation includes

stops at Marylhurst University, Merced College, the International School of Beijing, Howard University, and the American School of Rio de Janeiro. He has an Associate of Arts degree from Fresno City College, a master’s degree in jazz composition from Howard University and a master’s degree in education administration from Lewis & Clark College.

Four of seven seats on the Mt. Hood Community College District board of education are open in the May 19 special election, and there’s no shortage of candidates. When the filing deadline closed March 19, a total of eleven hope-fuls had registered for the four po-sitions. Here’s a quick look at the candidates and their backgrounds.

Zone 5

Diane Noriega:

Noriega, currently the Mt. Hood board pres-ident, was elected in 2011. She earned her bachelor’s degree and doctorate from the University of Cali-fornia, Santa Barbara, and a master’s degree from UC Davis. She is

past president of the Rotary Club in Gresham.

Michael

Langley:

Langley is a golf re-tailer for Smitty’s Golf in Portland, and an independent contrac-tor for Nike Golf and DemoTech. He also serves on the Park Rose School District budget committee. He was employed for 22 years in the hospitality industry, and spent eight years in radio and advertising. He has an asso-ciate’s degree in political science from the State University of New York, Canton, and a bachelor’s degree in marketing/economics from the Uni-versity of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Michael

Calcagno:

Calcagno owns and operates a small busi-ness called Calcagno Media. Previously he was employed as a reporter at KBOI-CBS TV in Boise, Idaho, and KPTV-FOX 12 in Portland. He earned a

bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Univer-sity of Oregon.

Ted Tosterud:

Tosterud has served as mayor of Fairview since January 2014. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a medi-cal technologist, sta-tioned at Portland Air Base. He has a bache-lor’s degree in chemis-try from Portland State University. He was president and owner of North-west Medical Laboratories, Inc., as well as the 25 and Lovejoy Pharmacy, Inc. He retired in 2012.

Tamie Arnold:

Arnold has been a small business own-er since 2006, and a practicing registered nurse specializing in pediatrics since 1998. She worked in the credit union and bank-ing industry for five years. She is working towards her master’s

degree in healthcare administration at the Oregon Health Sciences University. She has a bachelor’s degree in nursing and general studies earned through Walla Walla University and MHCC.

Marshall

Tuttle:

Tuttle, a former MHCC instructor and longtime music educator, earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berke-ley. He earned his master’s degree from California State University, Hayward. He also has a doctorate in musical arts.

At-Large(Pos. 7)

At-Large(Pos. 6)

Mark

Callahan:

Callahan currently works as an infor-mation technology consultant. He has worked in the IT industry, both con-sulting and in some

permanent positions, with local and national com-panies for over 15 years. He earned his master’s degree in city planning, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration/management informa-tion systems from Oregon State University.

Pat Edwards:

Presently, Edwards works as a sales ex-ecutive. He previous-ly worked as the vice president/general man-ager of DAC Corp. and LightPoint Communi-cations. He also served in the Marine Corps. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Marylhurst University in interdisciplinary studies/organizational communication, and a doctorate in business administration from the National Gradu-ate School.

Teena

Klawa-Ainslie:

Klawa-Ainslie now serves on the Long Term Care Advisory for the State of Oregon. She retired from the David Douglas School District after working as staff advisor to the Exploring Division unit

for 14 years. She has studied at several colleges and universities in Oregon, including Mt. Hood, and earned her certification in Career and Vocations from the University of Oregon.

Zone 3

MHCC ‘believer’ McDowell remembered fondly

Board candidates flood available positionsHayden Hunterthe advocate

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LIFESTYLE

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April 3, 2015

Ivy Davisthe advocate

Laying in bed: unshowered, sweaty, eating cake pops, potato chips, and shuffling through Net-flix. Over spring break, all the good TV series and movies were watched. Now, rather than continue to procrastinate with your eyes glued to a screen, there’s homework to do.

The big question is, “What to watch?”The answer: “I’ve already watched everything

good!”However, this answer is

wrong. It should be some-thing like, “I’ve already watched all the good En-glish-speaking movies!” be-cause there are many foreign films worth watching. Some are really good, while others are only decent. To help sort out the terrible foreign films, and promote procrastination, here’s a list of movies that make reading subtitles worth it.

“Amélie”: This one is a French romantic drama, but with a lot of quirks. The movie is about a woman named Amélie who finds a box of treasures in her bathroom, behind a tile. The young girl returns the treasures to their original owner, and plays a bit of matchmaker. Amélie even solves a mystery in this movie. The beginning is a bit questionable, but by the middle of the movie you’ll be hooked. WARN-ING: Parents and roommates passing by the screen will also be hooked: Be prepared to make your room into a movie theater.

“Miss Granny”: Picture a know-it-all old wom-an who won’t stop shouting her opinion. Did you think of your grandma? This drama comedy from South Korea follows a widow who is about to be sent to a home for the elderly, but not before she is magically changed into a 20-year-old. Ms. Mal-soon had a rough beginning and now has the chance to do it all over. She must choose between being young again, or going back to being grandma. The ending is a surprise you’ll never expect.

“The Intouchables”: This true story follows the tale of a convict who becomes the caretaker of a

wealthy quadriplegic. Driss is hired on for his strength to help Philippe, but soon the two become friends. Driss has family issues and Philippe deals with a wild daughter. It’s interesting to see how Philippe treats Driss even though he was just released from prison. The French movie is filled with humor and is recommended for everyone.

“The Hunt”: In this Danish movie, Lucas is a kindergarten teacher who lives a lonely life. It picks up when he receives custody of his son and finds a new love. When a young child makes a claim, Lucas faces charges of pedophilia. His life takes a plum-met for the worse as no one trusts or believes him. Incredibly suspenseful, “The Hunt” will easily drive one crazy waiting for the end.

Remember, when there’s nothing good to watch in your native English tongue, switch to foreign films and don’t be afraid to read a few subtitles.

The big question is, ‘What to watch?’ The answer: ‘I’ve already watched everything good!’

Weekly HoroscopesAdvocate Staffthe advocate

CAPRICORN - Experiences received this month will rejuvenate

your inner Beyoncé. The fierceness within you will awaken and

you’ll be on your way into building your creative

empire. You’re a flawless soul just don’t drop

that alcohol.

VIRGO - Mars and Venus align, causing incon-

gruity in your life. Try shaking things up. Mmay-

be read a better publication, or literally anything besides a mock

horoscope, Seriously, how empty is your life?

LEO - You’re feeling asymmetrical, try turning your

furniture 30 degrees in opposing directions. Sorry,

it’s that or you chop off an ear to avoid stomach can-

cer. If neither of these sound preferable, you can al-

ways change your sign for a small monthly fee of

$29.99. Checks should be made out to

The Advocate.

SAGITTARIUS - Easily the most boring sign. You’re a passive,

fly-on-the-wall type of person. Does your future really

matter? Short answer: No.

CANCER - A close friend or family member’s soul is in extreme danger

of eternal damnation; you need to bring them to Jesus now. They might

protest, but you know it is what is best for them.

LIBRA - Sprinkle ground flax seed and mice blood on

your car. It’s not going to help with your future direct-

ly, but I’m pretty sure your neighbors will think

twice before messing with you.

TAURUS - The Kelley Blue Book says you’re expected to hold your

resale value, as customers like your Eco-boosted V6 engine (al-

though focus groups suggested a V8) and AWD. Now would be

the week to try switching to unleaded fuel.

GEMINI - You are lost in a fight between two halves that

don’t fit too well. Rather than keeping the peace between

your friendships, it is important to take your feelings and

throw them out the car window while going 70 mph. Em-

brace your sorrow and make your living room a movie

theater– remember to care only about yourself and Magic

Mike XXL.

PISCES - This month your life will probably stay the same, un-

less you decide to get in any car other than a white van with no

windows owned by a creepy old man. What will happen if you do

get in any other car? Glad you asked, you’ll get your body stolen

by the ghost of Michael Jackson.

AQUARIUS - On your way home on April 6 you’ll be

kidnapped by your friendly neighborhood homeless

man and be taken to a backyard Woodstock where

you will find out you were adopted and your true par-

ents are traveling hippies. It gets better, but I won’t spoil it for you.

SCORPIO - We don’t really know enough about your Zodiac sign to

write you some wisdom, so have a nice day, or don’t. It’s not like we

would know.

ARIES - Although you may not realize it, dark times loom

upon you and you subconsciously feel that putting all

your energy into “happy thoughts” will make you less

miserable. Brighten your future by consuming a light bulb

Spring break rut cured with popcorn and cultural films

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LIFESTYLEApril 3, 2015

Aurora Angelasthe advocate

The beat wasn’t the only thing that dropped March 20 at the Roseland Theater. The crowd was confident and energetic, and the friendship within the PLUR (peace, love, unity, respect) community was at its climax.

After standing in the rain for 35 minutes, I finally got into the Roseland, where I had to wait another 15 minutes to go though metal de-tectors and get patted down. The pat-down was a little too frisky for my liking but, hey. Regard-less of the liberal pat-down, the Canadian duo known as Adventure Club brought it down. When “Gold” came on, the crowd went wild!

“Gold” is one of the duo’s biggest hits be-cause it was the theme song for the EDC (Elec-tric Daisy Carnival) 2014 trailer to promote the biggest EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festival.

Aside from all the sweaty and mostly na-ked bodies, the show was very exuberant. I

started noticing that every time a good song would come on individuals in the crowd would squirt their over-priced water bottles everywhere. After being in the crowd for three hours, the water and mist was the most refreshing thing ever.

The whole atmosphere of the show was amazing. Everyone in attendance was happy, high, and was on Cloud Nine. Well, more like ten or eleven, but we’ll stick with nine. Ad-venture Club’s energetic interaction was re-freshing to see.

The Roseland is a small enough venue to allow for the give-and-take between the crowd and the artist to be amazingly intimate. I mean, launching yourself at the crowd – what could be more intimate than that? My friends loved it, my sister loved it, and I loved it. An EDM show is a place where you dance to dance and you don’t care who’s watching, or what they’re wearing. We were all just there to soak in the music and rage.

Antonio Pinedathe advocate

Opal Creek’s remarkable scenery is captured in the MHCC Fireplace Gallery.

This month, photographer Mike O’Brien has showcased his exhibit, “Looking Into Water,” inside the Student Union. The exhibit started April 1 and will continue through April 29.

O’Brien’s favorite time to take pictures of the scenery is in summertime, when the water is

clear enough to see the bottom, he said.The photos focus primarily on how subtle

differences in viewpoints can show drastically different scenes in nature.

“Water is never twice the same,” said O’Brien in a brief interview. He had come across Opal Creek, which flows into the North Santiam River a half-hour east of Salem, when he was younger and fell in love with it. “I want more people to experience the place. This is a place I love going to with my family.”

According to O’Brien, he most enjoyed playing with the surface of the water and how it shows what lies underneath, when crafting these photos. The details and colors of the rocks under the prismatic light the water creates are among his favorite parts of his photos.

“I enjoy going home and seeing how my pictures turned out, because it is always a surprise. I know that I can never recreate this image again,” he said.

“My father had a camera that I saw him use and wanted very badly. I got my first camera and took pictures of everything that caught my eye,” O’Brien explained when asked about what sparked his passion.

He said he wishes more people will go and experience Opal Creek and its deep, emerald-colored pools of water. His goal is to encourage people to witness its natural beauty and enjoy it.

O’Brien’s work features shots from Opal Creek and will be showcased through April 29.

Opal Creek photography adds flare to Fireplace

Adventure Club ‘brought it down’ at Roseland Theater

The notebook finishes his how-to on clouds and says, “Listen to your heart, listen to the rain, listen to the voices in your brain.” And then all hell breaks loose.

The puppets become animated briefly and the camera pans out to show a production team behind the set, just to remind us again that someone is influencing our children, and they’re mainly doing it for money.

The imagery gets progressively darker, some of which could be to add to the effect. The raw meat sliding into the mousehole is especially perplexing.

We see a character sprinkle glitter onto a disembodied heart because the puppets are all sup-posed to “ l i s t e n to their heart” and be “creative,” but what they’ve been told is, creativity amounts to mash-ing Popsicle sticks and glitter

together, and spouting off random nonsense at the TV. When they do listen to their heart, they’re left feeling empty by all these bogus symbols they’re having poured down their na-ive throats.

The same goes for the cake with the brain in it.

Did you notice how the yellow character grew his hair out? He’s using his hair to express himself, but since expression was explained to him as blurting out rhyming objects, he’s tor-mented.

There is another shot, of the word “death” spelled out in arts-and-crafts style letters, then things mel-low out again. There is a pause, and the notebook says, “Let’s all agree to never be cre-ative again.”

In the meantime, I guess the notebook would just have its puppets watch TV.

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April 3, 2015

Emily Wintringham the advocate

Co-curricular delegates reconvened for two hours on Wednesday to re-balance the Student Finance Council (SFC) budget for 2015-16, previously rejected on behalf of concerns the it was not a “shared sacrifice” among the student groups.

In two hours, the SFC narrowed the balanced-budget gap from $1,785 to $140.

David Sussman, MHCC manager for the Student Union and specialized student support services, cut $500 from an administrative expense line during the meeting. The Student Activities Board cut $500; Associated Student Government, $300; The Advocate student newspaper, $150; Perceptions literary magazine, $50; student body senate, $100; Rho Theta honor society, $20; Venture magazine, $25; KMHD2 (radio station) came to the meeting with a budget that reflected a 9.8 percent cut with no additional cuts being made during the meeting, and Forensics (speech and debate team) came with a budget showing a 3 percent cut with no additional cuts being made.

The meeting ended with similar regrets to those after the last meeting, however.

“To me, the tone felt similar to the first round,” said Sussman. “It started off with a good spirit of collaboration but as we came closer to a balanced budget the collaboration seemed to slip away.”

While the goal of each delegate was to

arrive at a balance with shared sacrifice, there was disagreement on the ethics determining which program should make more cuts.

According to Chris Josi, SFC representative for Forensics, the means of trying to achieve a shared sacrifice were more of a direct personal attack than a focus on his program.

“It became ad-homonym attacks instead of about the forensics budget, “ Josi said. “It came down to shared sacrifice and I didn’t see that being met and it didn’t matter how I argued that – no one wanted to see it that way.

“When it comes to some of the statements like, ‘In the adult world…’ it was just degrading to hear that. I’m a 27 year old… I know ‘how the adult world works’ and it bothers me when someone makes assumptions and attacks my character,” he said. “They’re trying to get me to bend at their will to prove a point.”

David Ahlson, managing editor and representative for Perceptions and ad manager for The Advocate, said that particular point is SFC’s primary goal.

“The goal is to make sure everybody makes their share of the sacrifice,” said Ahlson. “In this case, Forensics historically has not made their fair share of cuts. They’ve always done a little bit less… eventually that snowball adds up and the rest of us are up against a wall

because we have made those cuts historically. They have a much more generous budget and the ability to raise that money, so that responsibility lies within them to raise that money just like the rest have.”

Ahlson did agree with Josi on the tense mood Wednesday.

“It’s difficult for people to disengage themselves from their program. I noticed a lot of the representatives – myself included – have a difficult time avoiding the personal pronouns rather than addressing programs,” Ahlson said. “I feel that some people are feeling very personally attacked and I don’t think that’s anybody’s intent. If it were my program that was holding money in reserve, I would expect the majority coming after my program, too. It’s not a person being targeted, it’s the asset of

the program.” Josi said he was holding off on reductions,

which would ensue from a combined effort.“I was waiting for some actual communal

movement. But it instantly became a target for Forensics,” Josi said. “How am I supposed to participate when everyone is expecting Forensics to make an X-amount cut, when it’s supposed to be a community aspect?

“It’s the assumption that Forensics can cut that is really unfair,” he said. “I think it’s a matter of ‘we have to clear the air before we can continue this.’ ”

Sussman said he is open for anything that would encourage groups to support each other. “I’m still hopeful that students can set aside their individual differences and focus on the greater good,” he said.

Finance Council reconvenes, attitudes stay sour

For any student interested in run-ning for the position of Associated Student Government president or vice president, application packets will be accepted up to noon on Friday, April 10. Potential candidates are invited to attend an informational meeting

from 2 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday in the Town and Gown Room, located di-rectly above the Student Union.

For more information email the elections committee, at asg.elections@mhcc.edu.

ASG seeking candidates

for President and Vice

President

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SPORTS

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April 3, 2015

Steve Olsonthe advocate

Mt. Hood opened up NWAC league play last week strong against Clackamas Communi-ty College, in double-headers played at Clacka-mas and then on the Saints’ own Oslund Field.

The Saints’ home sweep on Saturday helped them jump to an early lead in the South Division, with a 4-0 record against the Cougars. Scoring proved not to be a problem against Clackamas as the Saints were white-hot in all four games.

The first game on Friday at Clackamas saw the Cougars jump to an early lead, taking the lead 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning. Mt. Hood would answer back in the fourth, to tie the game at 1.

Saints scored two runs in the top of fifth to

take a 3-1 lead, but Clackamas would take back the lead late, with a four-run seventh inning to take the lead, at 6-4.

Down by two in the top of the ninth, with their final chance to tie or win the game, the Saints would deliver, scoring seven runs to put the game out of the reach for the Cougars, winning 11-6.

Kody Matthews, Andrew Haley, Tommy Lane, and Isaac Benard would combine for seven hits and eight runs. The Saints as a team would finish with 12 hits. Mt. Hood reliever Chase Wiger would get the win, while pitch-ing only two innings. He shared duties with Seth Rayburn, who pitched seven innings.

The second game Friday wasn’t even close as the Saints blew out the Cougars, 17-2. Clack-amas had no answer for Mt. Hood’s hitters. They finished with 14 hits – even more impressive, as

the game was shortened to five innings due to the “mercy rule” (the game is called if one team is leading by 10 runs or more).

The Saints obviously had found their offense, a good sign for them this early in the season.

Game Three in the series would see Clack-amas come to Mt. Hood’s home field. The re-sult would be no different: another dominating game for the Saints, which saw Saints batters drive in 10 runs with 15 hits, in a 10-2 win.

Joe Balfour would pitch eight innings for the Saints, allowing only four hits, two runs while getting nine strikeouts. He improved his record to 3-1 for the season, with an ERA of 1.90. Evan Jones would close for the Saints, pitching a solid final inning with no hits and no runs.

The fourth and final game would be anoth-er shortened game - this time seven innings - the Saints would hold the Cougars scoreless,

in a 7-0 victory. Mt. Hood’s Aaron Clift would get his first win of the season, pitching all sev-en innings. In his shutout, he gave up four hits and earned eight strikeouts.

The Saints batters again would have no trouble finding offense, recording seven hits, led by first-baseman Tommy Lane, who had three hits and three RBIs.

The sweep left the Saints at 4-0 in the South Region, and 11-7 overall. Their record the last 10 games is 6-4 – those four losses coming at Western Nevada College, during a spring break road trip.

Mt. Hood was scheduled to play the George Fox junior varsity on Tuesday, but rain forced a cancellation.

The Saints play a doubleheader against Clark CC at home today, then play Clark twice more on Saturday in Vancouver, Wash.

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On March 21, the Saints track and field team headed into the Rose City Preview with limited numbers.

The meet, co-hosted by Portland State University and the University of Portland, was held at Mt. Hood’s Earl Klapstein Stadium.

A total of six women and 11 men competed for Mt. Hood in what was considered a home meet. Shanice Lakes ran the 200 meter dash, finished in 16th place in 26.81 seconds. Madison Greenleaf ran the 400 meter dash, taking 13th in 1:02.11. Emily Trosino and Haley McDonald both ran the 2k steeplechase, Trosino finishing third in 7:46.59 and McDonald taking fifth in 8:18.96.

Rachel Woodcock threw the javelin 36.93 meters, taking sixth.

On the men’s side, sprinter Dennis Carline ran the 100 meters, finishing in 15th with a time of 11.56. Brandon Raleigh ran the 3k, finishing tenth overall with a time of 8:44.76. Josh Turner doubled in the hurdles, running the 110 meters in 15.34 for third, and 57.63 for the 400 meters in 57.63 seconds.

Tyler Jackson took fourth place in both the shot put and the discus, throwing 14.13 meters for the shot, and 43.71 meters in the disc. Jon Horn threw 12.5 meters in the shot for sixth, as well as 51.8 meters in the javelin, taking fifth.

A week prior, the Saints hosted their first

home meet: the Saints Open. Star sprinter Margaret Paul had a strong double, running the 100 meters and the 200 meters. She finished second in the 100 with a time of 12.70, and second in the 200 with a 26.04. Lakes ran hard in the 400 meter sprint, taking first in 58.23. Courtney Andre ran the 100 hurdles as well as the long jump, finishing second in the hurdles at 15.26 and fourth in the long jump with a mark of 5.05 meters. Greenleaf ran the 400 hurdles in 1:07.48, taking fourth. The girls 4x400 meter relay team, consisting of Andre, Lakes, Paul, and Greenleaf, ran 4:03.14, taking first.

On the men’s side, Raleigh took third in the 1500, with a season-best 4:04.4. Turner once again doubled in the hurdles, taking first in the 110s in 15.49, and fourth in the 400 meter event at 57.54. Carline took fifth in the long jump with a mark of 6.41 meters. Jackson threw the discus 39.81 meters for fifth, while Horn threw the javelin 52.52 meters for sixth.

Both Turner and Paul earned NWAC Athlete of the Week awards for their peak performance in the Saints Open.

Over the spring break, three MHCC athletes competed in the Mt. Hood Multi-Events meet. On the woman’s side, Andre and Kayla Watkins participated in the heptathlon, while sophomore Josh Visan competed in the decathlon.

Andre had a strong showing, finishing third with a score of 3958 points earned, while Watkins placed ninth with a score of 2939. Visan finished sixth in the decathlon with a score of 4562.

Saints distance coach Jim Satterfield discussed the team’s performances over the past couple weeks.

“We’ve been practicing and starting to execute some race strategies more effectively, and ended up with better overall times and better finishing. So what we’ve been practicing is starting to work,” he said.

Looking ahead, Satterfield said, “We’re

training pretty hard, and not going into meets completely rested. So we are looking for strong efforts out of people, and continuing to train for our big meets in May.”

The team won’t have to wait until May for its next big meet, though, as it heads to the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash. this Saturday for the Shotwell Invitational. Events are set to start at 10 a.m.

Saints track and field finds stride during break

Photo by Jeff Hinds

Santiago Velasco competes in the 2k steeplechase during the Rose City Preview. He placed fifth.

Saints in first following sweep of Clackamas CC

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SPORTS

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April 3, 2015

Brandon Raleighthe advocate

Last Sunday, the Saints softball team ex-tended its win streak to six, winning both games of a doubleheader with Pierce College.

The Saints hoped to add to their total on Thursday, with a make-up doubleheader against Clackamas Community College, re-scheduled after a rainout on Tuesday.

The Clackamas games kicked off the regu-lar season, after the Saints finished their pre-season schedule with a 12-2 record.

Mt. Hood began the two-game home sweep of Pierce College with a 9-1 victory. The Saints jumped ahead early, scoring four runs through two innings. In the third inning, the Raiders were able to muster up their only run of the game. In the fifth inning, the Saints ran away with the game, scoring five of their nine runs.

Offensively the Saints found production from sophomores SheaLee Lindsey, Mercedes Green, Chelsea Spanier.

Lindsey finished with three hits and an RBI in four at-bats, while Green added a hit and two RBIs in three at-bats. Spanier knocked two hits and an RBI in three at-bats.

Freshman pitcher Kelly Scott played an integral role in the victory, allowing only two hits and retiring seven batters in just five in-nings of play.

Game Two had similar results as the Saints

won, 8-3. Tied 3-3 in the third inning, Mt. Hood began to find a rhythm and finished the game on a 5-0 run.

Lindsey provided three hits and an RBI in four at-bats. Spanier recorded three RBIs and a hit, and freshman Rachel Ruthledge added two hits in three at-bats.

Pitcher Kendal Cox continued her success-ful freshman season, picking up her sixth win of the season. She struck out five batters in seven innings.

Head coach Meadow McWhorter gave her thoughts on the Saints’ win streak.

“They have worked to get better every sin-gle game and one of the things that we really enjoy about preseason is it exposes some of the things we need to work on,” she said.

“It’s been nice to play a doubleheader, go back to the drawing board and figure out what we need to work on based on the results we had in the game. Wins are great, but I’m al-ways looking for the improvement regardless who our opponent is,” she said.

The Saints have been effective offensively as of late, hitting well as a team. McWhorter discussed the challenge due next, that is the South Region.

“It’s going to be a really good test for us, heading into conference. We have such in-credible pitching in the South. I’ve been very pleased with our hitters, who are making ad-justments earlier in games versus making the adjustments in the second game of the double-header.”

The Saints batters are “communicating really well with one another on what pitchers have before they go up to the plate and they just know that we need to generate runs in or-der to get W’s,” McWhorter added. “They’ve done really well with that.”

The strong hitting has overshadowed what the Saints are accomplishing on the defensive end. In their last five games (through Sunday), the Saints had allowed eights runs total. A lot of that is thanks to strong play from the fresh-man pitchers, Scott and Cox.

Following a somewhat rocky start, the pair has blossomed under McWhorter’s guidance, combining for 11 wins and 86 strikeouts.

“Those two are taking direction really well and getting confident in the circle. They’re re-ally making sure they put in 100 percent effort into every pitch they throw,” McWhorter said. “They’re learning really quickly that if you take a pitch off against a good hitter, they’ll capital-ize on that.”

The challenge has ramped up, with the start of South region play, the coach said. “They are really going to get tested here be-cause they are going to be playing teams that are equal to us. I have a lot of confidence in them,” she said.

The Saints began league play Thursday af-ternoon against rival Clackamas, the team they faced and beat in last year’s NWAC title game.

The nigthtcap was played after the Advo-cate’s press deadline, but results for both games will be posted on the Advocate’s Twitter page.

Weather permitting, Mt. Hood is then scheduled to play doubleheaders at Southwest-ern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay on Saturday and at Lane Community College in Eugene on Wednesday.

The Saints are looking beyond the win streak, toward the heart of their schedule.

“Our team never focuses on the fact that we’ve won,” said Cox. “It’s ‘Who’s next?’ ”

Saints ride six-game win streak into league play

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Photo by Beka Haugen - the advocate

Freshman pitchers Kendal Cox (left) and Kelly Scott (right) practice in the main gym inside the Yoshida Event Center.

TEAM LEADERS

Saturday @ SW Oregon 1pm

Saturday @ SW Oregon 3pm

Batting Average

Home Runs

Runs Batted In

Wins

Strikeouts

Earned Run Average

Tuesday @ Lower Columbia CC 2pm

Tuesday @ Lower Columbia CC 4pm

Courtney Cabana .619

Christina Kaady 3

Mercedes Green 21

Kendal Cox 6

Kelly Scott 48

Kelly Scott 3.18