The Advocate Vol. 50 Issue 4 - October 10, 2014

The Independent Student Voice of Mt. Hood Community College

Oct. 10, 2014

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OPINION

October 10, 2014

Editorial | Group work skills are essential for students Graphic by Heather Golan

Remember when your elementary school teacher went around the classroom numbering off the class? Most kids jumped for joy but the sensible children beat their heads on their pine-andClorox-scented desks. Maybe they didn’t, but they wanted to. For the majority, group work was an easy grade but for others, teaming up with a bunch of unreliable parasites meant they would have to forfeit watching cartoons or going to the playground that afternoon. Either that, or sacrifice their good grades. Those were the days, right?

Unfortunately, college is often no differ-

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trust us, that person is only making their life harder for when real life knocks them off their feet. In the real world, letting one person do all the work will not fly, except maybe that personwhen her or she gets fired and booted out of the building. Don’t be that person.

College is likely the last step before you face the real world. Learn how to communicate and be a resourceful asset to your group or team, now.

Though the majority of work in college are individual assignments, the work you do as a group is more common out in the job world. Very few careers require one person to do everything on their own. That said, it is also beneficial for those who usually pull everyone’s weight to learn leadership skills and encourage others to pull their own weight.

We could go on about what instructors could do to create better work group criteria, but by now, we as college students should know how to properly function in a group.

Everyone should be putting it into practice, if they haven’t already.

“All of Me” brings tears and hope

“What would I do without your smart mouth...”

The first line to John Legend’s ballad, “All of me,” had me rolling my eyes, thinking ,“Oh, great, another women-objectifying song about how complicated we are.’ I found out later this wasn’t the case in this particular song.

As the beautiful piano chords and Legend’s melancholy voice continued, songs like “Anaconda”, “Talk dirty” and “Booty” trespassed my mind. I love the beat to these songs. They’re energetic and they put me in a confident mood. However, these type of songs also make me want to vomit hundreds of mutilated armadillos. Gross? Well, that’s how gross these type of songs are to me.

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ent: The fact that this is college doesn’t faze some people who play the same childhood games. In fact, with all the extra responsibilities everyone has as an adult, it’s even more tempting to let the fireballs do most (if not all) the work.

It’s irritating when no one else puts forth their input. This leaves one person to do all the thinking and problem solving. The good grade is given to all, even when only one did the work.

It’s also annoying when someone puts in all the input and does not take anyone else’s ideas into consideration. Some of us have been there. We have this great idea and then it gets blasted to smithereens because it deviates from the leader’s master plan. Suddenly, we’re not so much of an Einstein anymore.

At the advocate, we understand what it’s like to work as a group. We are a team every day of our current lives and we will remain a team until the end of the school year. Though taking the easy road out of meeting all one’s responsibilities may work for a project or two,

songs, but I also can’t help how bad they make me feel: uncomfortable, infuriated and objectified. I know that I am not being targeted in these songs, but I sense the frightening way the media views women. Even the song “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor, while seemingly positive and empowering, still reinforces the idea that a woman’s value resides in her body’s ability to please, whatever shape it may be.

As Legend sings, I kind of want to cry.

Teardrops roll into the keys of my laptop. It isn’t because the song is sad or romantic. It’s because I found hope in a song I assumed would infuriate me.

What initially sparked my hope was the chorus: “ ’Cause all of me loves all of you. Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.” Yes, he does reference her

body but not in a dehumanizing way. Instead, his words embrace her humanness, the imperfections he finds beautiful. In a world where we mask anything we deem imperfect, I find hope in that one line. “ ’Cause I give you all of me and you give me all of you, oh...” I believe when Legend says all, he means all. This brings more hope to my broken view of modern romance. It reinforces my personal value that under the surface, true love is about commitment and sacrifice. Too many people view love, sex and relationship as some gateway to satisfy one’s need or desire. The fact that Legend (in his song) actually cares about the need and status of his partner is rehabilitating for me.

Though Legend implies that his love brings him down at times, he doesn’t make that his focus. His focus is that he is there for

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her when “The world is beating her down.” It is encouraging, without the fueling-the-fire effect as in most “He/she drives me crazy” songs.

I just wish more music was like this. I’m not saying it’s flawless, but this song reminds me of true love. Love that is hard to believe in, when hearing “my anaconda don’t want none unless you got buns, hun.”

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OPINION

October 10, 2014

Column | What you should be watching this fall

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Forget football season, The Walking Dead is on.

It may not be the first thing on your mind involving fall, but this year’s fall TV shows are abundant in talent.

The Walking Dead (TWD): A huge part of TWD was the inception story. Sure, an apocalyptic show typically makes for good television, but they seem to be a dime a dozen these days. What set TWD apart was the Robinson Crusoe vibe that came with the first season. The man-vs.-world dynamic, to me, was the creative element that the creators really nailed during the first and second seasons. They are now on the fifth season, which means there is time for character development - they excelled in this area in the graphic novels, but seem to be lacking on screen. If you want to catch The Walking Dead premiere, tune in Sunday at 9 p.m. on AMC. NCIS New Orleans: L.A. had the coke and hookers. D.C. had the politicians (also the

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coke and hookers). New Orleans has . . . a lot of swamps?

Honestly, I think there’s some potential with the series’ newest venue, but with such an original setting, something else seems to be required. Maybe it needs some extra-mediocre acting for a change?

A to Z: Since “How I met your Mother” left the air, primetime television has been left with a gaping, rom-com sized hole. Maybe not the best hole, but one that needs to be filled nonetheless, and “A to Z” fits the bill. Indecisive protagonist? Check. Assertive female supporting role? Check. While it does feel familiar, “A to Z” hasn’t completely sold its soul yet - it doesn’t use a laugh track. It may not be my first pick, but for its target audience, it will do just fine. If you want to see new episodes, tune in to NBC on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m.

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rest of civilization. Last year, this show premiered its first season on NBC and it became a hit almost instantly. How couldn’t it? When I first saw it, I felt like I was in a Lays chips commercial – suffice to say, I just didn’t watch one episode. James Spader is one of the most suave villains, by far, on television right now. The storyline is great and the characters are immediately relatable. By far one of the best shows on television this year.

The show is only on its second season now, but it has gained a huge following already, ensuring more seasons to come.

If you want to watch The Blacklist, tune in to NBC Mondays at 10 p.m.

The Vampire Diaries (TVD): For those of you who follow TVD, you know that is enough said. For those of you who just crawled out of your rock, TVD has been around for five years and started its sixth season two weeks ago.

The show contains vampires, werewolves, witches; it even has a hybrid in it (I’ll let you figure out the crossbreed on your own). This show has almost evertything when it comes to mythical creatures, but it also has a solid storyline with just enough twists to keep it interesting throughout. If you want to catch the new episodes of TVD, tune into The CW Thursdays at 9 p.m.

Once Upon a Time: The three-season strong NBC veteran enters its fourth season.

As many fans remember from the last season, Elsa the Ice Queen, from Disney’s recent hit, “Frozen,” was introduced to the series. She takes no time making her appearance known in the first episode.

This is a good series to get into right now.

If you haven’t seen it yet, you have a couple of seasons to binge watch, but they are really worth it. The writers from the TV show “Lost” have a great way of weaving the storylines of everything Disney, mythical, or magical seamlessly together. If you want to watch new episodes, tune in to NBC Sundays at 9 p.m.

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NEWS

October 10, 2014

Marketing Task Force created to boost enrollment

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Last summer, Mt. Hood’s administrative marketing team got a new name and an upgraded mission.

Next month, it will have a new leader, a new marketing manager hired just this week.

The Marketing Task Force is a group created by MHCC President Debbie Derr with the assignment to increase student enrollment. It is made up of 14 members from different parts of the school: human resources staff, webmasters, graphic designers, even the director of MHCC’s Foundation.

“We had a marketing committee in the

past; it just wasn’t too active,” said Al Sigala, executive director of the MHCC Foundation and Alumni Relations.

Kristin Taylor, an outside consultant hired by Derr, oversaw the marketing task force this summer.

“To tell the truth, having that many people be a part of the group is a recipe for disaster, but this was an incredible group of people,” Taylor said.

She started her work by having oneon-one sit down meetings with every member of the task force.

“This gave me a lot of input into who these people are as individuals and what the various departments are like,” she said.

Taylor took up an office on campus a couGraphic by Heather Golan ple of times a week so that she could get a feel of the school.

Every week or so, Taylor would give the new team homework, to brainstorm ideas on multiple subjects ranging from how it could help increase enrollment, to what form of media each student uses.

Cassandra Walters, graphic designer for

MHCC, said, “At the very least, we had weekly summaries and assignments like, ‘Come up with three things that are an asset to the college that Taylor doesn’t already know about.’ ” In between assignments, every two or three weeks, Taylor would meet with the task force to present her ideas, with the group’s help. During these meetings, they would discuss how they to put these ideas into a marketing plan.

Taylor crafted a clever summary of all the ideas. “They (the task force) kept saying that they wanted to see this plan go into action, then I made the marketing plan into a video for the MHCC board of directors and themed it after an action movie,” she said, laughing.

“This plan is meant to be acted upon, not put in a drawer and forgotten,” Taylor added.

Mt. Hood has already increased its social media presence substantially, and Derr liked Taylor’s idea of a live animal mascot for the college so much that a St. Bernard dog named Ada (on loan from a nearby family) represented Barney at Welcome Day. The marketing emphasis will continue. If Taylor had her own way, the plan would be here to stay, evolving as needed. “It will change over time, but a good plan will always be in effect,” she said.

In a few more weeks, Mt. Hood will have a new marketing manager to lead the way, as Taylor steps aside.

Bruce Battle, one of two finalists for the job, has been hired and will start in early November. He has most recently served as marketing and communications manager for the College of the Canyons, in Southern California.

Re-evaluating the idea of the “good life”

Philosophy instructor talks about search for happiness throughout the ages David Ahlson the advocate

“What is the Good Life?” with Chris Jackson, philosophy instructor at MHCC, was the first in a series of three discussions about the need to redefine the “good life” and understand what it is that we as human beings are seeking.

Jackson argues, in his animated style, that today’s modern secularists are in need of a plausible telos, or a purpose or shared goal, to replace the dated religious modicums of the past. He explains that the modern intellectual minds are something akin to players on a football field.

In the past there was a defined “goal,” that is, a reason for the game, Jackson said. During the Classical Age, humanity strove to achieve the Virtues. A virtue, according to Aristotle, was obtaining balance between two excesses

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in pursuit of a certain goal (i.e. Recklessness is the extreme of courage and cowardice is the antithesis.) It was thought that obtaining these goals (e.g. becoming courageous) led to one’s being happy.

When Saint Thomas Aquinas added to these ideals in the 13th century, it was akin to adding the forward pass to early football rules. It was a game changer that forced us to re-evaluate what the good life was and how to obtain it. It was then that we began to first use rules and morality to seek happiness.

Christianity played a pivotal role in this reshaping, as thinkers such as Aquinas blended classical Greek ideas with Roman Catholic religious teachings in a method known as scholasticism. The new telos became “striving to be more ‘Christlike’.” This was now the way to obtain happiness.

Further changes came as first Copernicus,

then Galileo, and subsequently, many others sought to refine the older definitions of the good life by challenging the traditional views, aided by burgeoning new sciences. With each revision of the rules of our philosophical football game, we sought to make the game more enjoyable. That is to say, we sought to make our lives happier.

Aristotle and the pre-Copernican philosophers were discredited because they adhered to a belief in geocentrism (the Earth being the center of the universe. Copernicus, you might remember from history, theorized heliocentrism, or the idea that the sun is at the center of our system of planets). Because they were wrong about something so major, the ancient ideas of the great thinkers were cast aside.

This all led, Jackson explained, to the Enlightenment of the Renaissance, with thinkers like Descartes, causing us not to change

the rules, per se, but rather to remove the goal. We began to focus on the method or the rules, rather than the telos. We began to try to change the world to fit ourselves, rather than changing ourselves to fit into the world. We were now left with trying to fulfill a purpose that was much more ephemeral and far less defined.

Jackson concluded the one-hour session with the modern dilemma we face and posed the audience with a thought-provoking question, “Is there a plausible telos capable of uniting secularists – and maybe others? If so, would this matter now?”

The next discussion in the series, “What is Good and Why? The Ethics of Well- Being,” will seek to answer this question. Jackson’s talk runs from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15, with the location to be determined.

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Important upcoming measures

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ith Election Day rapidly approaching, Oregon voters have the opportunity to vote on seven different

ballot measures.

The measures range from No. 86 to No. 92.

Measure 86 would implement the Oregon Opportunity Initiative which wouldl amend the Oregon constitution to create a protected fund dedicated to increasing student aid for higher education. The fund would help Oregon to build and maintain the highly trained workforce that employers need, according to supporters.

Passing Masure 87 would allow the National Guard and state universities to employ Oregon state judges for military service, or as teachers, something the state constitution now prohibits.

The Oregon Alternative Driver Licenses Referendum, or Measure 88, would allow undocumented, or illegal, immigrants to have four-year driver’s licenses. If passed, a person would not be required to prove their “legal presence in the U.S.” to receive driving privileges. Individuals would still have to meet certain other requirements, though.

Measure 89 would amend the state’s constitution to explicitly state that women have equal rights. Although women currently have the same rights as men, this measure would add the text “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the State of Oregon or by any political subdivision in this state on account of sex” to Article 46.

If approved, Measure 90 would restructure Oregon’s primary election process by

including all candidates on the ballot “regardless of political party.” The top two finishers in the primary would then advance to the ballot for the general election, even if both were from the same party.

New Approach Oregon is the big sponsor for the legalization of marijuana which would become legal for recreational use in Oregon if Measure 91 passes. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission would regulate marijuana. Individuals 21 or older would be allowed to possess up to eight ounces of dry marijuana, and as many as four plants.

“Oregon GMO Right to Know,” is the driving force behind Measure 92 which, if passed, would make it mandatory to label foods containing GMOs (genetically modified organisms). This measure would take effect in January 2016.

Election Day is Nov.

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Nutshell News MHCC wins NWAC President’s cup MHCC President Debbie Derr will be accepting the annual NWAC President’s cup on Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. in the gym.

The President’s Cup is awarded to schools based on their athletes’ progress in their academics. Academic institutions receive points based on the completion of 36 credits, 72

credits, certificate completion, and degree completion. The number of points is based on the GPA of athletes.

Mt. Hood scored 4.69 out of five this year setting MHCC in first place, opposed to a 3.39 last year gaining third place.

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NEWS Vote or Vote continues to register voters

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nonpartisan, student-led campaign called “Vote or Vote” has focused on registering students at Mt. Hood to vote in the coming Nov. 4 general election, and the results are “awesome,” according to its campus coordinator.

Skye Troy, ASG director of state and federal affairs, has led the campaign for the last month with the objective of raising student awareness.

Troy originally started with a goal of registering 56 people a week. Since the campaign started, it has registered close to 70 people each day. “On Welcome Day alone over 100 people signed up to vote,” she said.

To acquire new registrations, , campaign members have been making the rounds to classrooms, club meetings and athletic events, even just walking up to people in the Main Mall at MHCC. This year, ASG got SEED (an international student group at Mt. Hood) involved with Vote or Vote, to increase awareness even more.

Prior to the presidential election two years ago, 50,000 students in Oregon registered to vote. For this year’s general election, 45,000 Oregon students have signed up, so far. Troy said that size of signups happens very rarely.

“We are hoping to break that (50,000 mark)” this year, she said.

The student-focused Vote or Vote campaign ties in with Get The Vote Out (GTVO) campaign that is running in Oregon right now. GTVO is campaign designed to increase participation statewide.

On Nov. 4, Troy plans to start Unite Graphic by Heather Golan the Vote (UTV), another nonpartisan campaign designed to unite minority groups and increase their voter awareness at

the same time.

Troy plans to lead the front lines in February when MHCC goes lobbying in Salem.

Executive dean position still vacant Although an offer was made to both Brenda Ivelisse and Kerry Froehlich-Mueller for the executive dean position, both decided to turn it down.

Froehlich-Mueller is currently the director of student development at Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville, Wisc. It seems that she will be there for many more years to come.

Ivelisse works as the associate dean of student development at Portland Communi-

ty College. Like Froehlich-Mueller, Ivelisse’s future seems pretty steady.

Why both chose to deny the position still remains unknown.

Mt. Hood has to go back to the drawing board on this one and come up with some more candidates for the executive dean position. As of now, The position still remains vacant and there are no more candidates left in the Human Resources candidates pool.

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LIFESTYLE Pinocchio performed as a six person ensemble

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Get Ready, Coming soon...

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MHCC’s theater program will be opening its production of “Pinocchio” on Nov. 5.

The department has been working to prepare for the upcoming ensemble. Along with the typical practices, actors have been trained to move like puppets. Pinocchio, the lead character, also presented his own challenge: how to make the nose grow?

To answer these questions, theater teacher Mace Archer sat down with The Advocate.

Who are the leads?

Our Pinocchio is Ezra Virvin. She just moved from Arizona. A gal named Michelle Chase plays Hickory Cricket. In the Disney story they call him ‘Jiminy,’ but in the original, his name is Hickory.

Is this rendition closer to the original?

It is. A lot of people go, “His name’s Jiminy!”

Well... no, it’s not.

Why Pinocchio?

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Director Mace Archer (right), works with students Lewis Hill and Jessica Wojtas during a recent rehearsal for the upcoming MHCC show “Pinocchio” on the stage of the school’s auditorium.

This opening show in the fall is primarily geared toward young audiences, and we thought the story of Pinocchio was a good lesson for kids. We also thought it would have really great roles for our actors to play, as the characters are very bold. They have to play puppets, so trying to figure out how to move like a puppet has been fun these first couple of weeks. The goal is to move from your joints.

Is there a modern twist on it?

I wouldn’t say so. Scenically though, it’s

great - since it’s an Italian story from the 1800s.

The language is very contemporary, though.

Are there any actors who really stand out?

It’s an ensemble play, which means there are only six actors who play every role. So that’s really fun - to see them transition through their roles. It’s not meant to be one greater than the other, but a group. I think Ezra is great as Pinocchio.

Does the nose actually grow?

It will. Our costume designer is working

on engineering and figuring out how it can physically grow. There’s some great videos on YouTube on how to do it.

As college students, do you think there’s a little bit of Pinocchio in all of us?

Absolutely. And the great thing about Pinocchio is that he’s trying to become a real boy, and the idea of what it means to be a real boy, and the lesson that comes with that: To be a real boy means to be honest, and to be a good friend, and to be reliable.

Drowners: Indie meets punk meets ‘good music’ Greg Leonov the advocate

American-Welsh alternative rock group “Drowners” have an amazing album out.

They recently performed at the Hawthorne Theatre in southeast Portland, a homecoming for one band member.

The group originated in New York and has recorded one album, which is self-titled and was released in January.

Their music is relevant to today’s youth because it is representative of a standardized model of what is known as “indie” or “alternative rock” music. Plus, lead guitarist Jack Ridley III is originally from Portland, but now lives and resides in NYC where he is known by many as a bartender at the hipster lower eastside Manhattan bar, Welcome to the Johnson’s.

Drowner’s music is basically what one would expect when they hear the words “indie” or “alternative.” Initially, the sounds of alternative rock band The Bravery came to my mind.

The vocals from their album have a punk rock vibe to them and it is obvious that the lead singer, Matthew Hitt, is British; he has

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that accent that could be compared to Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day. Plus, it doesn’t hurt any that he is a young model.

Overall, the album is easy to listen to, although with melodies that abruptly jump from one song to the next creating a pause that could make the listener think it’s a break in a single song.

It might be difficult to tell when one song ends and the next one begins. Having an album that sounds like one song is not necessarily a bad thing because it shows a consistency in style. The group knows what they’re doing and are comfortable with the direction they are taking.

The short songs make it very easy to listen to the entire album in one sitting, and then play it again, to really feel the message.

Drowners’ lyrics are a bit dependent on nostalgia. They really make me feel nostalgic for the week-long cross-country road trip I never took.

With lyrics like “I’d carve along the avenue, retracing steps that we once took. And here I am looking at the sun, what else must remind me of you at some extent,” is it is easy to imagine driving toward the east coast, watching the sunrise.

For the most part, Drowners’ lyrics aren’t too specific to any situation, making them easy to relate to one’s own personal experiences.

Personally, I don’t like to rate with stars and whatnot, so I’ll just say ‘Yes’ to this album.

I definitely recommend it.

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LIFESTYLE

October 10, 2014

New photography instuctor ‘steps up’ to teach Kemper Woodruff the advocate

Texas native David Strohl started teaching photography this fall at Mt. Hood after Nancy Jones resigned midway through Winter Term last year.

For Strohl, finding similarities between Oregon and Texas has come from the pride the Pacific Northwest carries, correlating with his home state. He does however, miss the barbecue.

Working in the photography industry since 2006, Strohl uses what he considers his greatest quality, persistence, in overcoming adversity in the highly competitive field, which has thrown plenty of tests his way.

In 2009, Strohl returned to graduate school to acquire his master’s degree, having found

his “calling” as a teacher while continuing to pursue photography as a full-time freelancer.

Feeling “very lucky to have found this position, not only as a teacher but as a program coordinator,” Strohl considers it to be “definitely a step up.”

Strohl wears his heart on his sleeve as the art that is his story leaves no question as to why his name is David. Displaying a humility but also a clear passion for photography large enough to make Goliath cringe, he shared more of his story.

Photography attracted Strohl in the first place “because I didn’t really like drawing,” he said. “One of the best repeat gigs I had was for a magazine called Texas Monthly. They had me photograph a different Texas-based celebrity each month, so I got to meet a lot of very interesting people and travel all over the

state doing these high-profile photo shoots.

“My favorite one, being a huge baseball fan, was of Josh Hamilton when he was with the Texas Rangers and I got to go out onto the field,” he said.

But Strohl also easily touched on how famed artist Pablo Picasso was a big inspiration to him as well, having mastered one thing (art form) then moving onto the next.

Backing Strohl’s enthusiasm to shine light on the expression of the real life constantly flowing around us is his own dedication to enlighten those who wish to learn.

The students he has been able to teach at Mt. Hood have showed a willingness to improve themselves constantly, he explained.

Making art is something anyone can do, and his mission will not stop, he said.

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MHCC faculty exhibit showcases spectacular work Adam Elwell the advocate

MHCC’s Faculty Art Exhibit, which showcases art from teachers here, continues through Oct. 16 in the Visual Arts Gallery.

Joe Davis is the resident pottery teacher and clay aficionado at Mt. Hood, and has two series in the exhibit. During an interview on campus, Davis pulls up a stool near a workbench to discuss his art. The stool’s legs are covered with tennis balls and there’s a faint layer of dust over most of the room.

“Geez, I got into it (clay) when I was

around 19, ” said Davis, setting his elbows on the table. “The pieces I made for the exhibit were actually based off of a series I did a long time ago, and I really liked them, but they got so popular that it was the only thing I was selling,” he said. “So, I had to stop.”

The Visual Arts Gallery exhibit includes two series by Davis: a collection of mugs and a series of dishes.

Inevitably, the first thing a visitor notices when walking into the exhibit is “Annie’s New Year Kimono,” a nearly 6-foot-tall woodprint draped over a length of bamboo that grabs one’s eye, in the middle of the room.

“The most I could feel jus-

tified in verbalizing this work is to say that the piece is about her (the girl in the kimono) becoming one with all the life that’s buzzing around her,” said its creator, MHCC teacher and artist Georganne Watters. “It’s that sense of, Wow, I know what I want to do.”

Davis also commented on the piece, saying it was ”spectacular” and “demanded a lot of attention.”

Watters said she was inspired by the passing of her father a few years ago. She said he was not an artist “but he acted like one,” which influenced her unique style.

“You don’t see a lot of them (woodprints)” Watters said. And some might say it’s even more rare to see it mixed in with the domestic

arts, in this case hand-sewn fabric, which she said she picked up from her mother.

Another series Davis and Watters admire is a series of mixed media pieces by Richard Cutshall. Watters described them as incredibly forceful and confident.

“There’s this incredible force that counteracts the abstraction of his work,” she said. “It’s almost as if you’re facing someone riding into battle and they’re just like, ‘WRAAAAWAAGGH!’ It’s that assertive.”

The second of Davis’ showcases are a series of mugs. Davis said that mugs are more complicated than people might think, but that he loves the medium as they’re “immediately intimate objects.”

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The girl in Georganne Watters’ piece “Annie’s new kimono peeking out into the Visual Arts Gallery during Mt. Hood’s annual faculty art exhibit.

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LIFESTYLE

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Jon’s Pick 5: Each week, I’ll highlight five random songs that are stuck in my head– brought to you by bands from the beautiful Pacific Northwest (Portland mainly.) Enjoy the journey and hopefully some of these bands, and maybe the songs hit home for you fine MHCC folks. Please feel free to contact The Advocate or email me at jonfuccillo@gmail.com to give a request. Cheers!

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Campus Clean Up Day is a hit Hayden Hunter The advocate

The Tuesday before Welcome Day, Sept. 16, MHCC Academic Advisors Janine Shockley and Katelyn Goslin, along with 30 other school employees and students, came together to clean up around the main campus to make it presentable for the event.

Staff and students come together to benefit everyone at Mt. Hood, and the environment.

Campus Clean Up Day all stemmed from asking the question, “What can we do to come together and take pride in our college, making it more welcome to everyone?” said Shockley.

The event itself is aimed more to-

wards Mt. Hood classified employees but is open to anyone who would like to help.

The event is geared towards staff in that through their classified labor contract each worker qualifies for 12 hours of paid community service each year.

Last year, thanks to MHCC President Debbie Derr, the Community Service/ Community Engagement Release Time Program was put into effect. It encourages staff to provide any sort of philanthropic service, for salary compensation of as many as 12 hours of pay.

Campus Clean Up Day was put together to help the Facilities department, as well as tidy up Mt. Hood in time for Welcome Day. MHCC staff cleaned up the Visual Arts mall and the surrounding area, the 1600s courtyard memorial garden, the area

outside the Orientation Center and downstairs outside Room 50. The work included weeding planters, the concrete, edging where needed, and, generally, picking up.

“We were really happy that Facilities recognized that we were there to just support them when we could help out and we knew they needed the help,” said Shockley.

Shockley and Goslin said wanted to lend a helping hand because they understand that there are a lot of projects the college cannot attend to, due to a lack of resources. “Here are some resources, what can we do?” was their thinking, said Shockley.

Facilities managers are already meeting with Shockley and Goslin to plan the next Campus Clean Up sometime before Winter Term.

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Some volunteers helping out on Campus Clean Up Day.

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Sloan fills the breach Hayden Hunter the advocate

Todd Sloan temporarily came out of retirement to fill the vacant position on the MHCC board of education this summer after Maggie Nelson had to step down.

Sloan agreed to be the stand-in board member representing Nelson’s Zone 3, after she moved outside the MHCC district.

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Twenty years ago, when Paul Krieder was still president at Mt. Hood, Sloan sat in the same seat overseeing the same district. Despite the nostalgia, Sloan will be on the board only temporarily. “I only agreed to fill the vacancy until the next term” begins in late 2015, he said.

Sloan would prefer to spend his time with his grandchildren, he said.

“As a family we travel to a lake about four or five times a year,” he said.

When not preoccupied with his family or board business, he likes to go fishing.

It’s not all piggyback rides and board decisions, though. To keep busy in retirement, Sloan likes to pursue various projects. Currently he is a chairman on the Gethsemane Lutheran Church board. “It’s a fun job,” he said.

Being a chairperson of Fellowship of Opportunities on the church’s board is a lot different than being on Mt. Hood’s board, he added. While MHCC board members work together as a team to achieve goals, the church has each board member assigned to a specific job.

Sloan’s specific task is to make sure that people know about the events happening at, or in partnership with, Gethsemane Lutheran. It’s something a lot more fun than his past job as a church treasurer, he said.

In his early life, Sloan attended Mt. Hood for a year while holding down a part-time job at a steel mill.

It was at MHCC that he met his wife.

Later on, he attended Portland State University while still holding a parttime job with his wife working fulltime. “I remember having a study book in one hand and me rocking the baby in the other,” he said.

It is this connection to community college students and their similar paths that will make him a great board member, he said.

When it comes to the topic of “change” around MHCC, Sloan called it a “thinker” question.

“It takes a long time to accomplish important things, but I want to be of some benefit to the students,” he said.

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SPORTS

October 10, 2014

Cross-country coach Jim Satterfield enters his first season as the Saints head coach after serving as an assistant to former coach Matt Hart for two seasons.

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Satterfield conquers life one day at a time Jon Fuccillo the advocate

Not much can slow down head Mt. Hood cross-country coach Jim Satterfield.

Satterfield, who enters his third season with the Saints cross-country team, has officially taken the reigns after his friend and longtime head coach Matt Hart Jim Satterfield stepped down last year.

“I knew Matt and heard they were looking for some help (three years ago) and we saw it was a great fit for us,” Satterfield said about joining Hart at Mt. Hood. “And, I started to get more and more responsibilities the last two years” – as if he saw the writing on the wall that he would one day take over for the newly married Hart.

In the spring of 2008, Satterfield would get some life-altering news: He was diagnosed with prostrate cancer, and by June would have his prostrate removed.

According to Satterfield, his doctor, Bruce Lowe, saved his life at Good Samaritan Hospital in downtown Portland during what he

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recalls as a two-and-a-half hour procedure.

“I count my blessings every single day,” Satterfield says now, as he leans back fairly stoic in thes office space that he shares with two other head coaches, including his good pal, track and field coach Doug Bowman.

“I got my prostate surgically removed, and all of the blood tests have been good ever since,” Satterfield adds. “I was lucky enough to get Dr. Lowe. He is the guy all of the other doctors that find themselves with prostate cancer go to see. But it all worked out and I gained my fitness and earned All-American (for long-distance running) in my age group.”

Satterfield kind of laughs at the notion that six years ago he had a “robot operate on me,” through the wizardry of Dr. Lowe’s hands.

He stares at the computer dumbfounded, then sighed and asked kindly if we didn’t focus too much on the “cancer aspect to the story.”

“I have four main focuses right now,” Satterfield said with a smile. “One being coaching and running, two is music, three is fishing and four being golf. I usually balance three of the four at any given time.” He laughed and said family fit the mold, as well.

Not bad for a guy who stared cancer in the eyes and beat it through surgery, But he keeps his fingers intertwined to pray for the time he has here on this earth.

Satterfield couldn’t be happier being the father of five, being happily married, coaching cross-country, racing and playing in his

“classical rock pop, hot-rodded blues band,” as he calls it. “We have been described as a rock n’ roll blues band,” Satterfield said of his band “Hard Rain.”

On Nov. 8, Satterfield is hoping for a celebratory end to the team’s NWAC championship race in Battle Ground, Wash. That’s because directly after the meet, he will be attending his band’s gig in Oregon City, at the Ice House. And then, less than a week later, his band will play their CD release party at Bradford’s Sports Lounge in Northeast Portland.

He said music and long distance running have a lot of similar qualities and go together like a fine wine and good pasta.“On the bass guitar (which Satterfield plays), you have to be steady and lay out a foundation for the band,” he said. “A runner won’t get any better not practicing from week to week. And you won’t progress as an individual or help your team or band without lots of practice.”

Satterfield is a thinclad through and through. He grew up in Seattle and attended Nathan Hale High School and then took his legs and brain to Washington State University in Pullman. He would eventually start coaching a middle school in Pullman in 1972, after suffering a college career-ending injury, which derailed his running completely for a while.

“Broke my foot junior year,” Satterfield said, while cringing at the idea of his collegiate competitive prime ending before it even really began. “I was in the best shape of my life and

broke my foot.”

Prior to coming to MHCC with a wealth of knowledge and expertise of long distance running, Satterfield ran an insurance agency for 31 years.

He said his philosophy in coaching at MHCC is quite simple.

“I’ve learned a lot of different coaching techniques from all of the coaches that I have had,” Satterfield said. “A lot of what I do is recruit runners for potential. Some runners don’t come from high-profile schools like Central Catholic High School.

“We teach them how to run and give them more and more.”

I’ve learned a lot of different coaching techniques from all of the coaches that I have had.

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Roller Coaster ride continues in college football Brandon Raleigh the advocate

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Saints Kim Smith, Courtney Andre, and Kat Lucero battled a pack of runners at the Portland State Viking Classic last Saturday at Blue Lake Park.

Saints run with the big Dogs, excel Jon Fuccillo the advocate

Mt. Hood’s first-year cross-country runner Georgia Glovatsky continues to impress.

Glovatsky might have finished in seventh place during the Portland State Viking Classic on Saturday at Blue Lake Park, but that was great, considering she was competing against runners from five four-year universities, including Portland State University, the University of Portland and Oregon State. The Saints women finished in fifth place with 131 points, while Warner Pacific College finished right behind them, in sixth place out of the six-team pile-up.

The 26-year old Glovatsky had a PR of 17:20.27 in the 5K run, which bested her former PR (personal record) by more than a minute.

“Our whole team raced really well,” Glovatsky said. “We had super tough competition.”

The Saints were the only team representing a two-year school at the meet, which took place on a beautiful and fast course.

Head coach Jim Satterfield mocked a similar response after finding out that a handful of his women had PRs, but he swore swears the course is “legit” after it was measured

twice, he said.

Satterfield had a hard task at hand when deciding on who his stand-out female student-athlete nomination would be, for all-Northwest Athletic Conference recognition.

“I had to nominate athletes of the week, and submitted to the league my whole (women’s) team,” he said. “So many gals did well and had PRs. I’m not sure if (the NWAC) will allow it.

But there (were) too many individual outstanding performances to say one person did better than another.”

Satterfield again was struck by his phenom runner, Glovatsky, who ran in the heat of the pack for the entire race.

“She was tucked in right with the lead, which was our plan, but she PR’ed by 75 seconds. She was able to run down two or three girls in the last lap and went from 10th or 11th to seventh. Great race!” he said.

For the second weekend in a row, freshman Michael Francy surpassed teammate Brandon Raleigh and finished with a time of 25:56.47, which was good for ninth place in the men’s 8K race, Raleigh finished behind with a time of 26:21.19 and wound up in 14th place.

“He’s (Francy) running really well,” said Raleigh, a sophomore. “He runs very smart. I got him the first cou-

ple races but he got me the last two.

I need to hold off more in the begging because it’s a much longer race than I make it sometime.

“We talked about it after the race and we’re going to run together. It’s definitely nice having someone to push you, especially compared to last year,” Raleigh said.

There was too many individual outstanding performances to say one person did better than another.

Jim Satterfield Head Coach Satterfield was happy to see freshman Jonathan Zacarius back in action after he missed the first two meets with an injury. Zacarius finished with a time of 28:00.01.

Up Next: Saturday, Oct. 18 Lewis & Clark Invitational

It was a week full of upsets. Last week, we saw several topranked Division I college football programs fall. A quick recap of the upsets: Arizona beat No. 2 Oregon, 31-24 No. 11 Ole Miss beat No. 3 Alabama, 23-17 No. 25 TCU beat No. 4 Oklahoma, 37-33 No. 12 Mississippi State beat No. 6 Texas A&M, 48-31 Utah beat No. 8 UCLA, 30-28 Although still early in the season, these upsets have shaken up the playoff picture. This year, college football is implementing their first playoff system for Division I teams. In this system, the top four teams in Div. 1 are selected by a panel of twelve experts based on strength of schedule, season results, championships won and other factors.

The top-ranked team will take on the fourth-ranked team in one semifinal game while the second seed takes number three.

This year, the two semifinal games will be the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. The semifinal games run on a three-year cycle of alternating sites: Rose Bowl/Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl/Cotton Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl/Peach Bowl.

The winners of the semifinal games advance to the championship game in Arlington, Texas, held Jan. 12 in the 80,000-capacity AT&T Stadium (home of the Dallas Cowboys).

There were two programs that made it out alive in the crazy week that was college football: the No. 1 ranked Florida State Seminoles and the then fifth-ranked Auburn Tigers, who cruised by the 15th-ranked LSU Tigers (41-7).

The two programs faced off in last year’s BCS National Championship game; the Seminoles came out victorious, 34-31.

Is this Déjà vu? Will we see the two fighting again for a championship in January? This is very possible, but as we saw last week no team’s unbeaten record is safe. If both Florida State and Auburn win out, they will make it to the playoff and have a chance at a rematch in the championship game.

Besides a tough game against the sixth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Florida State won’t face too challenging a schedule for the rest of the season. Auburn, on the other hand, has to face the likes of Mississippi State (tied for No. 3 in this week’s Associated Press poll), Ole Miss (also No. 3), Texas A&M (No. 14), Georgia (No. 13), Alabama (No. 7), and if they are able to win all these games, they must also play in the SEC Championship game (not an easy task).

It’s far too early to pinpoint four programs that will make it to the playoff and that’s the exciting thing. There are over a dozen teams who have a shot at the playoff.

Even the Oregon Ducks, yes the Ducks, have a chance of winning the championship. The Arizona game was a heartbreaker, but there is still hope. If Oregon is able to win out and take home the Pac-12 Championship – assuming opponents such as UCLA, Stanford and Arizona, and maybe USC, stay high in the AP rankings – it is right back in the conversation of a top-four program.

This is a roller coaster of a season. Sit back and enjoy the ride.

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SPORTS

October 10, 2014

Saints fall to the Roadrunners Brandon Raleigh the advocate

Last Friday, Mt. Hood’s volleyball team suffered a three-set loss to the Linn-Benton Roadrunners (25-16, 25-19, 25-19). The Saints had difficulty getting into a rhythm, finding themselves down early in sets.

The Roadrunners outplayed the Saints in almost every statistical category. On the offensive end, Linn-Benton recorded 34 kills to Mt. Hood’s 20, and 31 sets to the Saints 18. On the defensive end, Linn-Benton totaled 30 defensive

digs and nine team blocks. Respectively, Mt. Hood recorded 24 defensive digs and six team blocks.

Despite the loss, coach Andrew Clifton saw positive play out of his team. “We did some good things,” he said. “After I watched the film a few times over the weekend, I noticed a lot of great things happening; we just didn’t finish the plays.

“So, (we are) trying to work on finishing out the rallies a little bit better and being conscious when we’re on runs of points and how to keep possession of the ball when were doing that,” he said. “We just had a lot of unforced errors at the wrong time.”

Sophomore Saints setter Rachel Woodcock had similar thoughts on the Linn-Benton match.

“We performed well, it just wasn’t our game,” she said. “But practices have been going well and I think next time we play them we will be much

more prepared.”

The loss dropped Mt. Hood’s record to 2-2 in conference play, and 9-16 overall.

The Saints take on the South Region leading Clackamas CC Cougars tonight in the MHCC gym at 6 p.m. The Cougars (4-0 in conference play, 19-7 overall) play a similar game to Mt. Hood, said Clifton.

“They have strong outsides (outside hitters), like most of the teams. They’re scrappy, but nobody has that one dominant player that’s just going to take over,” he said. “There are a lot of really balanced teams in the South. It just depends on style of play and how that matches up and who is on that night and not on that night.”

Heading into the Clackamas match, the coach’s focus is playing consistent, clean volleyball. The outcome will be a good indicator of what Mt. Hood is capable of this season.

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