The Advocate, Issue 04 - Oct. 14, 2016

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OPINION

October 14, 2016

Not just another firework show

How a simple walk can express love when words are much harder Matana McIntire the advocate

Saturday, Oct. 8, I was lassoed out of my cocoon of blankets by my mother in frenzy.

“Are you ready, Tana?” she called as she stomped from one side of the house to the other. She did the same to Brother No. 2 in the bedroom next to mine. “Hurry up,” she said. “They’re on their way over and we’re going to follow them there.”

‘There’ was the Oregon Convention Center: That night in downtown Portland, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) was holding its annual Light the Night Walk, which started with a reception in the center, included a short march across the Willamette River and ended with a show of extravagant fireworks on the waterfront.

My family was going because in the spring of 2016, my eldest brother was diagnosed with a seven-by-seven-centimeter tumor resting just above his heart. He spent a grueling summer receiving treatment, and on Sept. 23 – just two weeks prior to the LLS walk – he discovered he was officially in remission.

Now, that’s a very concise description of how it played out. That’s just the facts, not the story. The story is my family and the role that cancer played in our dynamics. This story has been written a hundred times over, unfortunately, with many different outcomes. And, of course, I only have my own perspective to attest to.

As for that Saturday night, I was not in a good mood. I’d just arrived home from work and knew I had to go back in the next morning. I knew I didn’t actually have time to hang out with friends, but I was somehow going to try and fit them into my evening.

All I really wanted to do was to lie in bed, if I were being honest with myself.

What pulled me out of my cocoon of blankets, what got me dressed and compliant to my mom’s whims, was an obligation to my eldest brother.

I was born eight days before my brother’s

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10th birthday. We’re both Virgos, 10 years apart, but still cut from the same cloth if you believe in that stuff. Despite having different fathers, I was never compared so much, in reverent tones, to any one person as I was to him. According to everyone we both encountered, I was his little clone. His spitting image. And I never understood it until I was old enough to truly get to know him. He was more than my ‘cool older brother who could probably kick your ass.’ He became someone I grew up to be just like, inadvertently. As I came into my adulthood, my relationship with him and his wife became – still is – one of my closest and most dear.

So, when he was diagnosed with cancer, I thought I had to change who I fundamentally was in order to be there for him. Sure – I’m a fucking sap. I know it, I’ll declare it for all to hear, but I’ll never give someone the satisfaction of actually knowing how I feel, let alone what I’m thinking (sorry, Mom).

The act of expressing emotions and me?

Not things that mesh well.

While I tried to embody this perfect

Photo by Matana McIntire

LEFT : Image of the firework show put on by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at the end of the walk. The fireworks lit up the night sky for nearly 20 minutes as walkers looked on.

RIGHT : A candid photo of the author’s eldest brother wearing his survivor Light the Night shirt and holding his white lantern. He is standing next to his wife (left) who is holding a red lantern in support.

support system, like I thought I needed to be, in the end all I could do was settle on how I could realistically help him. Take him where he needs to go; watch his children as much as I could; support his wife with my friendship. Be the self I was around him before all this happened. I went to bed feeling like Scrooge because I couldn’t emote anything, but I did what I could. And I learned something.

Simple things can be powerful. Yes, yes: Every book, sappy article such as this, TV show, and movie has pounded this simple idea into our brains since I don’t know when. But, as you would guess, this truth doesn’t really click until you experience it first hand.

I remember one day of watching my brother’s children very distinctly. My whole point of being there was so he could rest, though that was something that never quite

happened. (While I usually sat around on my phone, he would essentially be a dad to his children.) This day, we were sitting out on the porch as his girls ran about. He was crouched on a child-sized Doc McStuffins chair, and I on a patio chair.

“I know it doesn’t seem like it,” he said, pulling my eyes from the depths of Facebook. “But it actually helps when you’re here.”

It’s the simple things. Like showing up to an LLS walk on a evening when your body is yearning for the comfort of your own bed.

To learn more about the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the annual Light the Night Walk, you can visit

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Barney’s Briefs

Debate awards earned Individual Event Awards Tyler Garcia: 2nd in Junior Impromptu Hunter Boelow 4th in Junior Impromptu Kevin Henderson: Top Novice and 2nd in Open Poetry and 3rd in Novice Extemp Karasalla Fale Patton: 4th in Open Poetry and 5th in Open POI Sara Cass: Top Novice - Dramatic Interp Jo Cunningham: 6th in Open Poetry Danner Marshall: 3rd in Open Poetry Basil Hawley: 5th in Open CA

IPDA Debate Karasalla Fale Patton: 2nd place - Open Division, 6th best speaker Sara Cass: 2nd best speaker in Novice Division

NEWS

Help families this season The Something Wonderful giving project is starting up again for the holiday season. Mt. Hood Community College staff, students and the greater East County community

have been giving since 1994. Something Wonderful is a project that gives less fortunate families household everyday goods, holiday meals, winter clothes and children’s toys.

Those interested in helping “adopt” one or more families should contact Katrinia.McNeal@mhcc.edu or at 503-491-7515 by Nov. 7.

- Gloria Saepharn

Board meeting of updates Gloria Saepharn the advocate

The second meeting of the MHCC District board of education this school year came Wednesday evening, without much taking place.

A student enrollment update from administrators John Hamblin and Sergey Shepelov showed Mt. Hood just barely above last year’s FTE (full-time equivalent) mark for Fall Term.

Board member Michael Calcagno and a few other members

of the project’s steering committee discussed progress on the proposed bus rapid transit (BRT) line, to be built by Tri-Met to better connect Gresham to downtown Portland.

Due to budget and other issues, the project will end at the Gresham Transit Center and not extend to the Mt. Hood campus, as previously hoped. The project should be completed by 2021.

MHCC president Debbie Derr discussed some new policy decisions made since the beginning of the year, as well as new committees that have

been formed since the elimination of several administrative vice president positions.

Under the Carver Policy governance process, which delegates some board business, new committees that include some board members are responsible for different sections of MHCC-related business, such as oversight of school policies (although the committee can’t vote on policy changes itself).

The board will continue to establish and review the committees’ roles.

NPDA Debate Kevin Henderson and Tyler Garcia Semi-Finalists - Junior Division.

Garcia was named 3rd and Henderson 4th best speakers in the division.

Basil Hawley and Hunter Boelow Octo-Finalists - Open Division.

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Mt. Hood Community College’s forensics team has brought home a first-place award from Lewis & Clark College at the first designated tournament of the Northwest Forensics Conference. There was a lot of competition for them, since more than 40 college teams also attended, including UC Berkeley, Western Wyoming CC, the University of Oregon and Boise State University. They earned first in Individual Event and Debate Sweeps for community colleges and fourth in overall Individual Event sweeps.

MHCC blood drive

On Monday, Oct. 24, Mt. Hood Community College will be hosting a blood drive on behalf of the American Red Cross. The blood drive will run 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To schedule an appointment, or for more information, v i s i t : redcrossblood.org with the sponsor code: MHCC.

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NEWS

October 14, 2016

New coordinator hopes safety practices to transcend MHCC Greg Leonov the advocate

Ron Myers, Mt. Hood’s recently hired environmental health and safety coordinator, hopes to positively impact the college by encouraging employees and students to make safety a daily lifestyle.

Myers applied to work for MHCC when he first moved to Oregon, but didn’t get the position. He got hired at Vigor Shipyards as a senior safety manager, but lost his job when his position got eliminated during a mass layoff in the shipbuilding and repair industry.

He later found the position that he originally applied for at Mt. Hood was revised, so he reapplied, “and it just sort of clicked. Everything

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Ron Myers, MHCC’s environmental health and safety coordinator

clicked right away,” he said. “It was the place (where) I wanted to work.”

Myers started working in the hazardous materials remediation business in 1985, removing asbestos. He progressed through

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The Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership partnered with many education, workforce and manufacturing partners

different positions in the industry until he realized that “the guys that were really not having to break their backs working were the guys that were monitoring,” he said.

Eventually, he got into the business of industrial hygiene – improving the health and safety of people at work through smarter workplace training and habits and environmental practices, such as reducing toxins or chemicals in building or cleaning materials.

In 2000, Myers became a leader in helping hazardous material managers for the King County, Washington, wastewater and transit groups. He became infatuated with occupational safety while working as a construction manager for hazardous materials for the

around Oregon. These photos are from Makers Gone Pro, which was an event that encouraged fun and engaging hands-on activities related to learning about careers in manufacturing. Community members, students, and businesses were visibly excited

during the event.

The event was hosted at the Center for Advanced Learning, located in Gresham, Oregon on Oct. 6.

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In general, Myers is most concerned with ergonomics and biomechanics “as it relates to facility and industrial hygiene,” he explained.

He said he will examine many practices his Mt. Hood predecessors have developed “standard operating procedures” with hopes of improving them even more.

Myers said the regulations and programs his forerunners set forth are commendable: The college “from my experience in the last 25 years has one of the best health and safety programs that I’ve ever seen,” he said.

He said he wants to get MHCC’s teams and committees to involve

the college with OSHA’s voluntary protections program (VPP) – “a gold star program for safety,” he explained. “I don’t believe that there’s any community college that has ever achieved that status.”

Aside from industrial safety, Myers is a retired motocross racer who still enjoys the sport with his son.

He is also into winter sports. “I live in Brightwood (near the actual Mount Hood), so obviously, we snowboard like crazy in the wintertime.”

With his work, Myers hopes to leave his footprint on the campus workplace. He said his mark of success will be encouraging everyone he works with, and having all of Mt. Hood’s stakeholders make “safety a daily lifestyle value for everybody.”

Photo by Davyn Owen

roundtable discussion with questions and answers with other members of the manufacturing industry.

This is the third year Makers Gone Pro has been held. MHCC also hosted a Manufacturing Day on campus on Oct. 7.

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September 29

Schedule of classes goes online

Priority registration for students who’ve earned 75 or more MHCC credits

October 13

Priority registration for students who’ve earned 60 or more MHCC credits

October 14

Priority registration for students who’ve earned 45 or more MHCC credits

October 17

Priority registration for students who’ve earned 30 or more MHCC credits

October 18

Priority registration for students who’ve earned 15 or more MHCC credits

October 19

Registration opens for new and transfer students

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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Ryan Moore the advocate

This past week, Xbox owners saw the return of a franchise that many have been waiting for: Gears of War. The new entry comes packed with fundamental elements from the previous games, including a thrilling multiplayer experience, a new Horde mode, and a campaign that is set 25 years after the events of the original trilogy.

Gears of War 4 is the first in the franchise not published by Epic Games, after Microsoft purchased the rights to the franchise and revealed a new game would be developed by an in-house studio recently renamed The Coalition.

The game was also directed by Rod Fergusson, the former director of production at Epic Games, and he ensured that players with experience from the previous games would feel right at home with this new game.

What’s most surprising, yet also impressive, aspect of the game is that even with how technically demanding it is, Gears of War 4 offers

local split-screen multiplayer, giving fans the ability to dive into the classic couch co-op play style. My own brother, who has been a fan of the series since the beginning, jumped at the chance to play it at the earliest opportunity possible.

Back in April, those with a copy of the Gears of War Ultimate Edition, a re-mastered version of the first game, were given access to a multiplayer beta for Gears of War 4. This allowed my brother and I to test the game’s multiplayer capability months before its release, and we quickly became excited.

As soon as the full game was available my brother and a friend of his who played all three previous games were instantly ready to embark on the campaign. And now that they have finished the eighthour story, they told me it was awesome.

The gameplay is smoother than ever, since this is the first Gears of War to be released on the Xbox One. All the level design is visually appealing, and the story features new weather elements that actually affect gameplay in certain areas.

The weaponry includes all the old favorites plus a few new choices like the Overkill, a hi-tech double barrel shotgun, and the Embar which is a non-scoped railgun.

In addition to the updated equipment, Gears of War 4 also featured a new and improved version of Horde mode, the game’s popular wave-based defense mode. Horde 3.0 offers five-player co-op across 50 waves of enemies, with a boss wave every 10th wave. The new Horde also allows players to set up base anywhere on the map they may please, with a transportable fabricator that dishes out weapons, barricades, and turrets.

With all the new additions in play, the balancing of the multiplayer was designed in hopes to popularize Gears of War 4 with the eSports community. The blend of tactics and gritty, fast-paced action of Gears of War has always been an attraction for many since the game’s beginning, and with my experience I think the game’s competitive aspect has the potential to really catch on with both casual and hardcore players.

High Fiber Diet returns with quilts galore Matana McIntire the advocate

High Fiber Diet isn’t just what the doctor would recommend it’s also a collective of artists who focus on fiber work, specifically that of quilt art. And it’s not quite what your grandma would sew, or quilt, but rather something more.

A subgroup of an artists’ guild called Columbia Fiber Arts, High Fiber Diet meets once a year as a group to choose a theme for an upcoming show. This acts as a challenge of sorts, as each theme comes with parameters to adhere to. The past couple years the themes have been colors; this year, the color is green and the parameters include a requirement to use 25 percent re-purposed material.

For some of the artists, creating work for “It’s Not Easy Being Green” – now showing in MHCC’s Visual Arts Gallery –

this was a real challenge.

“Re-purposing is the hardest thing for me,” said Sherri Culver while discussing her piece in the gallery, titled ‘Experiencing Life.’

“I usually know what I want.

I can find it or I already have it, but this time I was forced to go out and find things,” she said.

In her piece, viewers see a repurposed dollar bill sewn into the quilted portrait of a young woman. Atop her head is a flower crown from re-purposed fabric that Culver held onto for a long time, and the background is a thrifted scarf. Most interesting is what Culver refers to as the work’s values: “When you think about it, people don’t just have a nose or something on their face, it’s all shadows.”

She got the idea from watching her son work in Photoshop, and began to break apart values in the shadows of images into different fabric shapes, she said. As a whole,

it looks like a face, and up close it almost appears terrain-like.

In talking with a handful of the two dozen or so artists in the “Diet” gallery reception held Oct. 6, each had their own interpretation of “green.”

“To me, green is the color of healing. It’s the color of the heart chakra. And my piece is about opening my heart and keeping it open, no matter what,” said Toni Smith about her piece, ‘Heart in Motion.’

“I’ve always been fascinated with green men. I’ve been to England and Europe several times and a lot of the old buildings have these little gargoyle shape, type of green men,” said Pam Pilcher on her work, titled ‘Green Woman.’

All the pieces in the gallery show were chosen through a juried process, which includes votes from artists outside the guild, said Pat Fifer, a High Fiber Diet leader.

“It’s always good to be chosen... to know that someone else likes your art as much as you like your art,” Anita Kaplan said about her piece, ‘Retail Therapy, the Pearl.’

“It’s Not Easy Being Green” will remain in the Visual Arts Gallery through Oct. 27.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

October 14, 2016

Kishi Bashi releases an album to lust for

Kyle Venooker

It cannot be denied that Kaoru Ishibashi, better known by his stage name Kishi Bashi, is a sharp dresser.

Attired in a vest, bow tie, a messy haircut and wielding his violin he seamlessly weaves classical training, atmospheric composition, an octave-shattering vocal range and impeccable timing into huge, soaring, sonic masterpieces. All by himself.

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he usually does. If you watch Kishi Bashi’s live recordings (which I highly recommend), he’s typically on stage with a violin and a loop pedal, and does most of the layering himself.

It looks like he’s taking a different tack on his newest album, “Sonderlust,” released under the aptly named Joyful Noise records.

A stark departure from his two previous albums, Sonderlust was recorded with a full band, including members of Grizzly Bear and Of Montreal.

While you’ll still hear the soaring violins and echoing, anthemic choruses that he is so well-known for (like in the first track, “m’Lover”), you’ll find a lot more synths, a lot more bass, a lot more electronically generated sound than in his previous albums.

I’m not gonna lie, as I was initially sitting down to listen, I was a little worried. The textures and qualities that usually comprise his music have undergone a drastic shift in tone and in subject matter.

And you know what? In this case, different is very good. The track “Say Yeah” exemplifies the album: You’ve got these 8bit, janky electronic sounds coupled with synths a la “Stranger Things” to start the song, and by two minutes in you’ve got this silky, juicy disco jam that segues into one of the best flute solos I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to. It’s a perfect synthesis between the electro-saturated sounds of his new direction and the charming, polished, just-plaingood music that got me hooked on Kishi Bashi in the first place.

Another notable track is “Who’d You Kill,” which recalls the groovy, spaced-out minimalism of the finest Pink Floyd, in which he croons, “One day I’ll make you mine/I’ll show you heaven, it’s about time.”

The album feels like it’s being sung to someone, as in “Why Don’t You Answer Me,” a driving, guitar-forward song interspersed with harpsichords. Bashi sings, “One time I was in love with you/

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Above: The Saunderlust vinyl album. Left: Kishi Bashi himself. If you like what you hear, you have the chance to see him live at Wonder Ballroom in Portland on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. Tickets range from $20-$75 according to the Wonder Ballroom website.

You make the Earth move/Every day was born for me and you/The world’s still turning.” According to his website, during the writing of this album he was undergoing some personal turmoil, with the pressures of touring taking its toll on his relationship with his wife of 13 years. That turmoil is evidenced throughout the album, underscoring the simpler songs with a plaintive sadness that makes lyrics that might at another time feel a little cutesy feel a little less so.

It is definitely a darker album,

and definitely not what I’m used to hearing, but all things considered Sonderlust is a great album. I’d give it 4 stars out of 5, because what it may, at times, lack in lyrical complexity, it more than makes up for in heart, soul, and just plain fun.

I recommend giving it a listen on Spotify (check out “Say Yeah” and “Ode to My Next Life”) and watching some of his KEXP videos online. If you like what you hear, you can buy the album on iTunes, or the vinyl directly from the website at www.JoyfulNoiseRecordings.com.

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Have the chance to meet artist Micael Hoeye, as well as florist and writer Joanne Burke Mulcahy. They will be speaking about their work and answering questions from Noon - 1 p.m. in the Student Union building, DRC AC 1050.

Oct. 28 Submissions Due for Intercultural Photo Contest How do you experience culture? Is it through special tradition, travel experience, a treasured object, a new and exciting food, a diststant family member, or the people around you? If you have photographs you would like to enter, submit up to three photos. You could win $100-$25. More information about the contest is available at the DRC.

Later events include: • Nov. 15 Homeless in the Land of Plenty with Ryan Stroud • Nov. 29 Just a Number: Aging and Intergenerational Friendship with Simeon Dreyfuss and Jennifer Sasser • Dec. 6 Arab Refugees in Our Midst: Terrorism, Bigotry, and Freedom with

Yasmeen Hanoosh.

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All submissions will be put into a raffle and one lucky artist will be randomly selected to be published in our November 4th print issue!

Submissions must include your full name, email address, and the official 2016 prompt which corresponds to your drawing.

Submissions will also be featured in a gallery on our website.

Submissions accepted until November 2nd.

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Beavers upset the Golden Bears—a sign for the future?

Jamie George the advocate

Last Saturday, the Oregon State Beavers accomplished something they hadn’t since 2014, a football victory over another Pac-12 team.

It’s been a rough couple of years since longtime head coach Mike Riley left, but things may be looking up for the Beavs after a huge overtime win over the California Golden Bears, 47-41.

It wasn’t an easy win nor was it pretty, but OSU, now 2-3 on the season, is hoping to build on it.

Entering the game, Cal was ranked 21st in the nation, the Beavers unranked and a clear underdog. Vegas oddsmakers had Cal as a 14-point favorite. But the Beavers came out fighting early, scoring 10 straight points in the first quarter.

The second quarter began with a field goal from Cal, pulling them within seven. OSU answered back with a 25-yard rushing touchdown from quarterback Darell Garretson, to go up 17-3.

Just before the half, Garretson

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Oregon State Beavers head coach Gary Andersen and quarterback Darell Garretson celebrating in the locker room after OSU’s first win over a Pac-12 football team since 2014. The win came over the California Golden Bears, 47-44 in overtime.

threw a heartbreaking interception to Cal’s Raymond Davison, who returned it 39 yards for a score, pulling the Bears within 17-10. But the start of the third quarter washed away all bad feelings when OSU tailback Ryan Nall broke off an 80yard run for seven more points, and a 24-10 Beaver lead. The Beavs then pulled away to lead 34-17 heading into the fourth quarter.

With just eight minutes remain-

ing, OSU led 41-24. It appeared the game was out of reach and the Beavs on the way to their first Pac 12 victory with second-year coach Gary Andersen. But that’s when the tides turned. Cal’s Tre Watson ran for a touchdown with seven minutes remaining. Cal then got a huge defensive stop, and with under three minutes left Khalfani Muhammad ran for a 50-yard touchdown, pulling the game to 41-38.

New Blazers show promise Brody Mathews the advocate

The Portland Trail Blazers haven’t won an NBA championship since 1977, but have made the playoffs the last three years – and hope to contend again for a title sometime soon.

The 20152016 team finished in fifth place in the Western Lillard C onference, with a 44-38 season.

In the summer before, the Blazers lost one of their best players, LaMarcus Aldridge, along with starters Leonard Wesley Matthews and Robin Lopez. That left them with just one remaining starter – Damian Lillard.

Many fans worried that these losses would result in a poor season. But the surprising Blazers went on to knock out the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the

playoffs, and took the defending champion Golden State Warriors to five games in the second round before losing.

It’s October, now, and a new NBA season is ahead. On Oct. 3, the Blazers’ 2016-17 preseason began at home in the Moda Center against the Utah Jazz, the game giving many fans an opportunity to see their newest acquisitions.

The team came out of the gates slowly, but went into halftime with a two-point lead. The Blazers then controlled the third quarter, outscoring Utah by 10, and finished with a 98-89 victory.

Portland looked impressive, on the whole. One of the most promising and surprising areas was the Blazer bench, which outscored the Utah bench, 52-36. Of all the returning bench players, Allen Crabbe had the biggest offensive impact, scoring 15 points in 22 minutes.

Lillard scored 16 points on the night, on 6-for-12 shooting. Ed Davis was the key defensive player: He grabbed seven rebounds, blocked two shots, and had one steal in 17 minutes of play. Big man Greg Stiemsma also looked like he could be an anchor defensively for Portland off the bench, coming away with four rebounds in 14 minutes.

The most impressive offensive

Blazer debut came from Shabazz Napier, who won an NCAA title at the University of Connecticut, was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in 2014, and traded to the Blazers this summer. Napier played for 17 minutes and impressed countless fans, scoring 11 points while hitting two of his three three-point shot attempts.

Free agent addition Evan Turner scored just seven points in his Portland debut. On the night, all but four Blazer players entered the game: Meyers Leonard, Noah Vonleh, Jake Layman, and big man free agent Festus Ezeli, who is recovering from knee surgery.

The Blazers showed a lot of promise in their first game of the 2016-17 season, winning by nine points. The number of weapons they displayed against Utah showed how deep the bench is. Once they found their rhythm in the game, they were very consistent. They forced 19 turnovers and turned them into 20 points.

Portland looked as strong, maybe even stronger than last year’s team. This group could become very dangerous near the end of the season and should easily find itself in the playoffs once again.

The Golden Bears came up with yet another stop, and with five seconds left they kicked a game-tying, 39-yard field goal to force overtime.

In the OT, it was the Beavers who came up with the big stop, forcing Cal to settle for a field goal after three downs, giving the Bears a 44-41 lead. Now the game was in the Beavers’ hands: a field goal would tie it, a touchdown would win it. The Beavers pulled off the

latter of the two, when Garretson ran in for a 16-yard touchdown on a keeper to win the game – his second rushing score of the game.

Garretson didn’t throw for a touchdown, and passed for just 85 yards on 24 attempts, and suffered two interceptions. He rushed for 105-yards and made plays when it mattered most, however. Nall was the Beavs’ key player, scoring three touchdowns while gaining 221 yards on 14 carries. Backup OSU running back Artavis Pierce rushed for 58 yards on 13 carries and scored one touchdown.

This game won’t go down as a college football classic, or even one to remember; unless you’re a Beavers fan. What it was, is a key victory for a team on a 12-game losing streak against its Pac 12 opponents. The hope is this is a sign for the future, that maybe OSU (210 in 2015) is coming around. No, no national championships are in the Beavs’ near-future, but if things keep going their way they may be back in bowl games before you know it.

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Tom Brady returned from his four-week suspension in fashion, throwing for over 400 yards, three touchdowns, and completing 28 of 40 passes. Reminding us all who the best quarterback in the NFL is.

Rex Ryan’s Buffalo Bills defeated the Los Angeles Rams Sunday for their third straight win. Reports were popping up that Ryan’s job may be on the line, but if he keeps the streak alive he may be able to hold on to his job.

Just weeks after announcing his return to golf, Tiger Woods pulled out of the Safeway Open in Napa, California. Explaining that his game is not strong enough yet, he left many questioning when, or if, he’ll actually return anytime soon.

Tuesday night, the San Fransisco Giants blew a three-run lead in the top of the 9th due to their relief staff failing again, losing to the Cubs, 6-5. That knocked them out of the playoffs and ended their even-year championship run (2010, ’12 and ’14).

The game symbolized their second half collapse this season, falling apart late due to a shaky bullpen.

David Ortiz played his last MLB game Monday night when the Cleveland Indians won again to sweep the Boston Red Sox in three games to advance to the American League Championship Series. The season ended faster than any Sox fans were ready for, but it’s not like Big Papi didn’t go out with a splash. He ended the regular season as a top candidate for the AL MVP award, batting .315, hitting 38 home runs and bringing in 127 RBIs. Big Papi will be missed.

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SPORTS

Oct.14, 2016

Cross country team a small, tight knit family Jamie George the advocate

The Saints cross country team is at its halfway point on the season.

The men and women aren’t off to a great start, but they weren’t expecting one: Their main goal is to improve as runners, and not to win events.

This is a very young team filled with mainly freshmen, with the exception of sophomore Jon Morrell-Salter. The women’s runners are: Whitney Hanson, Hannah Lewis, Stephanie Lite, Leah Russell, Sarah Sjaastad and Erica Velkamp.

The men’s runners are: Erick Daniels, Jacob Fry, Aaron Pettengill, Jared Pohll, Terek Thornburg and Morrell-Salter.

The Saints aren’t a large team, but they’re okay with that. Russell likes that they’re a small team opposed to the MHCC track and field team, which has a lot of athletes.

She said, “We’re like a family. We complain together but we also grow together.”

The Saints are indeed putting in a ton of work, running somewhere around 40 miles a week in practice.

When the group started the season, Pohll said, she and the others were running closer to 25 miles a week.

Coach Jim Satterfield has been a huge reason why they’ve seen major improvement, individually, since the beginning of the season, starting them with a lesser amount of miles and building them up as time goes by.

Here’s what Satterfield had to say about his team: “They all have a love for it… Right now we’re not loaded with a ton of runners who will run in the front of the pack; we’ve had

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Above: This year’s current cross country team roster. According to Coach Jim Satterfield, all members have seen improvements in their mile times.

those teams in the last few years.

“This year we have a lot of people who are fairly new or raw to the sport. This is a sport that takes 10 years to get really good,” he continued. Comparing cross country to

It takes 10 years to really develop your heart and lungs so you can be really close to your potential as a runner.

-Jim Satterfield baseball, he said, “show me a kid who’s playing college baseball that didn’t play Little League.

“There aren’t, at least none that I’ve ever heard of. It takes 10 years to really develop your heart and lungs so you can be really close to your potential as a runner,” Satterfield said. Most of the Saints team “are really in those beginning years and you can’t make them run 10 miles a day. They can’t handle it, you

start them at five and work them up to six and seven miles a day.”

While their coach loves to see major individual improvement over time, he hasn’t been the only one to notice. Pohll and Russell have both felt the differences. Russell said her biggest struggle has been better breathing, which she feels is under control. Pohll said this season has really got him in shape. He has seen a 40-second improvement in his average mile time from the Saints’ first event, to their latest.

Fry sliced 21 seconds off his average mile time, and Russell saw a 34-second difference.

In cross country, the men’s competitors run an 8-kilometer course – about 5 miles. Women run a 5K course – about 3 miles. So, improving per-mile individual times can make a huge difference.

Fry, the top MHCC runner, said he’s proud of how the team has come together and worked on getting better.

“Right now it’s not about win-

SAINTS MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY SCHEDULE DATE

EVENT

LOCATION

Sat., Oct. 15

Wes CookGeorge Fox Invitational

Willamette Mission 11 a.m.

State Park, Brooks, Ore

Sat., Oct. 29

Southern Region Championships

Clackamas CC Oregon City, Ore.

TBD

Sat., Nov. 12

NWAC Championships

St. Martin’s University Lacey, Wash.

11 a.m.

ning meets, it’s about everyone giving their best and seeing how far we can stretch our abilities,” Fry said.

That’s exactly what Satterfield wants out of his runners. He’s more focused on them improving, and clearly that mentality has been passed down to his runners.

The next time supporters can see the Saints compete is Saturday at the Wes Cook–George Fox Invitational, to be run at Willamette Mission State Park, west of Brooks (near Salem).

They should remember when they’re out there that cross coun-

try is so much more than just a three-to-five mile run. These guys and girls are competing, and not just against one another. They’re competing against the mental battle they face out there alone. They don’t get to go to the bench and talk, or grab three minutes of rest as their legs begin to soar and their heart pumps like there’s no tomorrow. They face those battles alone on the course, a tremendous life lesson itself.

It’s like Satterfield says: “If cross country was easy, everyone would compete.”

VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS NWAC SOUTH

Photo by Robert Routson

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DIVISION OVERALL

Linn-Benton 7-0 29-0 Clark 6-1 18-8 Chemeketa 5-2 9-7 Umpqua 3-4 19-17 SW Oregon 3-4 13-13 Clackamas 3-4 12-14 Mt. Hood 1-6 11-18 Lane 0-7 3-17

STAT LEADERS KILLS

Jazmayne Williams Ashlyn Huntington

ASSISTS

Mikalyn Almberg Elisha Levasa

BLOCKS

Hannah Snyder Jazmayne Williams

TIME

124 79 201 131 15 15