The Advocate - Issue 2 - November 11, 2022

Volume 57, Issue 2 November 11, 2022 advocate-online.net

FOR THE STUDENTS, BY THE STUDENTS

'Wordplay' gets serious in gallery exhibit Page 5

Shows to chill out with on winter nights Page 8

ASMHCC elections candidates tell their story

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Drama spikes at volleyball home finale

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WELDING SPARKS PASSION FOR MHCC STUDENTS PAGE 6-7 Veteran's Services shines at MHCC

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THE AVID-LEARNING SUCCESS CENTER TEAM IS HERE TO HELP Karuna Rai

the Advocate Mt. Hood students have a great team ready to help them with their studies, and more.

AVID – known as Advancement Via Indvidual Determination – and the Learning Success Center staff space are set up in Room 1451 on the Main Mall of the Gresham campus.

This is a summary of the information, services and resources provided in the AC1451 computer lab, plus a profile of some of the team members who are willing to help MHCC students with their academic success, and also anything they can do to assist students.

Among AVID-LSC services and resources available to students are using the computer lab, receiving any class or computer class help, plus general help from AVID staff, and getting their MHCC student ID cards.

Specifically during Fall Term, services offered include AVID academic coaching, computer skills support and tutoring, math and sciences tutoring, and writing tutoring, which are offered both in person and online.

Mostly importantly, these services are for all MHCC students, whether they are getting financial aid or not.

The star student worker Hayden Blanchard, a computer science major at MHCC, has been working as a computer tutor for Federal Work Study salary since last winter. He explained that because he likes technology, he wanted to help others as a 1451 lab tutor. With a very friendly and easygoing personality he enjoys working in the lab while helping others.

His daily tasks as computer tutor are providing students with general technological help, answering questions, helping them set up their Saint email accounts, and cleaning and organizing the computer lab. Also he helps students to navigate essential tools and resources that are used for class – such as BlackBoard, MyMhcc, all Microsoft software, SIMnet, etc.

“We all struggle from time to time, but it’s the determination to succeed and support of others that get us through it,” said Blanchard, who greets visitors with a smile.

Away from Mt. Hood, his hobbies include travel, hiking and exploring the outdoors.

The AVID-Learning Success Center Coordinators

Lance Lannigan, a graduate in English Literature, has been working at MHCC for over 20 years. He currently serves as a computer lab coordinator/technology and learning specialist. However, he first began working at MHCC as an Adult Basic Education instructor and he also worked in the “Steps to

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Top (from left): Sarah Aimone, Lance Lannigan, Hayden Blanchard.

Success” effort to help those students in need to achieve their goals.

Now Lannigan supports students in setting/resetting their Saints email, with all Microsoft software, and with any academic or technological issues that students come in with. He also tutors for computer classes and teaches a free basic computer class for all MHCC students, either during the Summer or Winter Term. If you come to the lab, you will find him helping a student or on a meeting as he is very dedicated to the support.

Sarah Aimone started working at Mt. Hood as an AVID learning specialist in 2014. She holds an associate degree from community college, a bachelor’s degree in marine biology and a master’s degree in teaching. She is just one of the inspiring and amicable staff in AVID, as she always makes sure students feel welcome and comfortable when coming in for help.

Aimone provides general tutoring services, academic support for new and returning students, support for the AVID learning community classes, teaches a

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College Success class and runs the Summer Bridge program for new students.

She said she is immensely proud of the services and resources that are provided to all Mt. Hood students through the AVIDLSC department, as they are very flexible (in-person or online) and provide critical help to meet students’ needs. She said she enjoys working with students (and studentworkers), making connections and better understanding students’ experiences and perspectives.

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BARNEY’S PANTRY

Wanted – essential supplies for students in need Mt. Hood offers crucial support for students in need, through essential supplies distributed by Barney’s Pantry. Currently, here’s a list of items needed in the pantry – donations are encouraged.

Items we really go through quickly: cookies, crackers, nuts, chips/ fruit snacks, pasta sauce, peanut butter, canned soup, tuna (we need a LOT of tuna).

Staple items: canned beans, veggies, and fruit, mac ‘n cheese, rice, any other shelf-stable food items.

Personal hygiene items: lotion, shampoo and conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrushes, tampons, pads.

We accept monetary donations through the Barney’s Pantry Foundation Fund. Donate to Barney’s Pantry through the MHCC Foundation fund (see: mhcc.edu/ foundation) or sign up for monthly payroll deduction gifts with the attached form or go to GIVE NOW and choose Barney’s Pantry from the drop-down menu of program funds.

Executive assistant to MHCC president/District Board arrives Roxanne Richardson has been hired as the new executive assistant to the Mt. Hood president’s office and the Mt. Hood District Board of Education.

She arrived on Monday, Nov. 7, with 19 years of experience at Portland Community College, working with international student programs and teaching part-time.

She has also served as an office manager and owned and operated her own business. She holds

two degrees from Portland State University: a bachelor’s degree in social science and a master’s degree in post-secondary adult and continuing education, educational policy, and leadership.

Richardson replaces Laurie Popp, who has retired but has filled in on a part-time basis. All correspondence should now go to Richardson, in Room 2550A, by telephone at x7474, or by email.

Special offer: ‘Black Panther’ screening for MHCC students Want to pounce on super-discounted tickets for Marvel’s latest blockbuster movie?

The student body government at Mt. Hood (ASMHCC) has bought out a whole movie theater for currently enrolled Saints students to see the much-anticipated “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” on the big screen – right across the street!

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first-come, first-served basis. No expired food items will be accepted. All proceeds from this drive will go to support Barney’s Pantry, which supplies food and other personal items to students in need. IMPORTANT NOTE: For entry, students must present ticket in hand at the theater!

Meeting notice: Board of Education work session A meeting of the Mt. Hood Community College District Board of Education will be held on Monday, Nov. ember 14, 2022, with a Board wWork sSession at 6:00 p.m. held via Zoom. The board agenda is attached and will be posted to the board website at https://www.mhcc.edu/BoardAgendas/.

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Any student who donates at least $1 or two cans of food (suggested) to Barney’s Pantry (inside the MHCC Student Union, Room AC1051) by Friday, Nov. 18, will get one free pass to the 6:30 p.m. show at Regal Cinemas Stark Street. That’s directly across Northeast Kane Drive from the campus. Tickets are available – just one per current student – on a

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DECORATED VETERAN HEADS DEDICATED MHCC VETERAN SERVICES TEAM Kelley Chang The Advocate

In recognition of Veterans Day on Nov. 11, the Advocate is featuring some veterans and services provided to them at Mt. Hood Community College.

Appropriately, the Veteran Services office on the Main Mall of the Gresham campus is headed by coordinator Joshua Ray, who is a decorated U.S. Army vet with a combat tour in Iraq. He is no stranger to danger.

To give you a little more background on Ray, we must travel back in time to 2003 when America declared war on the Iraq regime of the dictator Saddam Hussein. This came after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City.

In suspecting Hussein of holding weapons of mass destruction, President George W. Bush ordered the invasion and occupation of Iraq by U.S. armed forces, which led to the eventual capture of Saddam.

Ray spent the final year of his five

years in the Army stationed at Fort Hood. However most of his career was with the 101st Air Assault Division out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky as an Airborne paratrooper.

Currently Ray leads the four-person team that does everything within their ability to take care of veterans at Mt. Hood – mostly to keep them in school but also offer services to help enrolled veterans with other aspects of their lives.

“We create a holistic approach to helping vets in their education,” Ray said when asked what MHCC does for returning combat vets. “We go the extra mile in assisting our vet students with their goals and help them become successful at it,” something he said other colleges may not follow through on.

For those veterans attending MHCC who carry severe issues such as PTSD, Ray said Mt. Hood follows the federal American Disabilities Act that requires the college do everything it can to accommodate these students “but even if it wasn’t the law, we’d do what we

can for them.

“We try to get them services through our Office of Accessible Education. Whether the student needs sign language, or a profile to take walks for our students diagnosed with PTSD… anything, we are here to help and assist,” Ray said.

When asked why he works so hard to help vets, Ray replied, “I serve those that have served us” – meaning veterans who served and sacrificed for our freedoms, and to keep us safe.

Next in Mt. Hood’s Veterans team is Heather Mitchoff, whose job entails processing the veteran student into the school’s system and coming up with a specialized education plan.

The Veterans Student Success Specialist has been with MHCC for three years and she assists and advises the veteran student on what are the different majors and programs offered at the college. She also processes all the paperwork to comply with the military’s GI Bill

Joshua Ray

and other rules for veteran education benefits.

Amy Sievert has been with MHCC for 12 years in different departments but now takes joy in working for Veterans Services as a Financial Aid Specialist. Coming from a long list of family members who served in the military during her lifetime, she said she feels a certain duty to those who honorably served our county.

“I’m a huge student advocate, advocating for all students, but I specialize with veterans,” Sievert

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said. “If there’s any problem with the student, I’ll do what I can to solve the student’s issue and if I can’t I’ll get back to the student promptly with a solution.”

The most important part of veteran students and their education is the funding part. Sievert makes sure the veteran’s education expenses are paid on time and that their living and housing money gets processed on time. She also informs them about all the grant money that’s available to them. If there are any financial questions like grants, scholarships, and student loans, she’s the person to ask.

Sievert also offers classes to all Mt. Hood students to let them know about upcoming grant money, FAFSA applications, loan reductions or forgiveness, and so on.

She encouraged anyone in contact with a veteran to send them to the Mt. Hood team.

“If our veterans are feeling lost or confused, please reach out. Help and support are here,” she said.

Newest to the MHCC office is Derek Hanley, outreach and success specialist who will work on recruiting more veterans to the campus.

The decorated combat paramedic spent four years of active duty with the U.S. Air Force, then five more in the Army National Guard assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division in upstate New York.

Hanley added thoughts appropriate for all as Veterans Day arrives: “I would like to thank all veterans for their service and sacrifice… and thank all the dependents and family members, for supporting our veterans.”

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WORDPLAY EXHIBIT PRESENTS NEW PERSPECTIVE Arianna Perez – Garcia The Advocate

“Wordplay: Print/Text/Image” is the newest exhibition in the Visual Arts Gallery at MHCC, open for viewing through Nov. 22, free of charge for Mt. Hood students and all others.

Edie Overturf, printmaking and drawing instructor at MHCC, co-curated the exhibition with Kevin Haas, a Washington artist and instructor. Text is a key and notable component behind the artworks included, Overturf explained. “We wanted to bring together a collection of artists that utilize text and language in a myriad of ways. Though not every work in the show is traditional printmaking, there is a distinct consideration of the influences of printmaking processes, graphic design, and graphic culture,” she said. “When choosing the work, we were focusing on visual culture, how the written word and image pairings are an ever-integral part of contemporary life.”

This exhibition can bring viewers a non-superficial way to look at words and text, Overturf said. “I hope that viewers leave the gallery with an enhanced curiosity and observations about image and text relationships in our daily lives. “She specifically mentioned the display provided by Portland-based artist Christine Miller, which comes from her “In-

tentional Definitions of Black” series. “I’m very excited for the MHCC and local community to see the work of Christine,” she said. “In these six pieces, she appropriates advertisements from vintage “Ebony” magazines. (She) has paired these with Webster’s Dictionary defini-

tions of ‘Black.’

“The work prompts the viewer to consider the power of words, and how they can impact perception. She is challenging the historical use of language, some which upholds white supremacy, racism, and social inequities,” Overturf said. “I’ll use Christine’s words di-

rectly from her statement about the work, as it reflects it most succinctly: “To attach moral definitions to a word which also ‘defines’ a group of people was intentional design and enough time that has passed for this to be re-evaluated/updated.”

There is another interesting component to this month’s exhibition: The Quarantine Public Library, a web-based database of single-page zines (specialized, nontraditional forms of magazines). Through the interactive display in the Gallery, they will be available to the audience to create their own zines to keep.

Overturf noted it was her first experience co-curating an exhibition – with Haas, who also focuses on printmaking and drawing and teaches at Washington State University. And like any artist, or fan of art, she grew from the experience, she said.

“Kevin and I both use text in our creative practices, so we were interested in bringing artists that use different approaches to utilizing text. We brought our individual ideas and ‘dream’ artists to the table… based on the work they have available and the balance between our selections,” she said.

“At any moment that I collaborate, whether it be on (a) physical project or curating, I learn something from my collaborator. Regardless of our field, we all get in a rhythm of methods and processes.

“Collaboration can shake up our regular routine and get us to see a different way of working and seeing.”

WORDPLAY: Print/Text/Image MHCC Visual Arts Gallery Open, free to all, weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (and by appointment only on weekends). Exhibit ends Nov. 22nd.

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MHCC WELDING PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS CONNECT WITH 150,000 JOBS

From left: MHCC welding student, Tyler Whaley, works on an assignment; Board presents work from different students; Whaley gets feedback from instructor.

Kelley Chang The Advocate

I really enjoy writing about people and their art or their creativity... everyday people and their everyday positive accomplishments. But what I really like to write about is people, places, and things that make this world a better place.

Whenever I interview an MHCC staff member, an instructor, or a coach, my biggest questions always rotate around “What is it you do to help the students compete in the job or career market, or at higher level in sports, or getting into a higher, four-year learning institution?

“What are some of the things you do to help the student compete in this world?”

I always ask hard questions with the student’s future in mind. So, it’s great to get some great answers here at Mt. Hood.

And it seems clear to me that Welding Technology is a great campus program that helps connect students to employers and a promising career.

The American Welding Society (AWS) estimates that about 150,000 (pre-pandemic) welders are retiring within the next one-to-five years. It’s been predicted there’s going to be a big vacuum, as soon as next year.

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welding companies to Mt. Hood. She also helps students obtain a welding certificate PSI Test that would normally cost them a pretty penny to do on their own.

Gilbert has taught the last nine years at MHCC and has been responsible for many of her students going on to careers in welding and/or metallurgy. The campus programs go on for three terms and at the end of every class ending in spring, she invites welding companies to look at her students’ work.

She facilitates their interviews with such local companies as Gunderson (railcar fabricator) and Cascade Corp. (lift truck attachments).

Gilbert noted that certification is not the end-all, because companies will often train new employees. She explained that the field has many options, such as factory work and production lines, as well as “mom-and-pop” shops.

“Welding is a good career (choice) that has a lot of work.

Even if you decide to not weld after completing the course, it’s something you can fall back on,” she said. She adds that she works hard to give each student every opportunity to succeed.

Students in the program learn four different welds, including stick – the most common type of arc weld, using electrical current – MIG (for metal inert gas), TIG (tungsten inert gas), and flux-core. They move on to advanced metallurgy and plasma welds/cuts, which are computer-assisted.

“Welding is what we call in the business ‘time under the

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hood.’ In this course we build confidence and/or skill,” said Gilbert, emphasizing that welding is “for everyone.” Having overcome dyslexia herself, she expressed confidence Mt. Hood’s program has room for just about any type of student.

Indeed, the Saints’ program is a melting pot of students of different backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and ages with different skill levels.

Gilbert estimates that three or four out of her class of 25 students started welding in high school; a small portion welded at home or in their back yard; but at least half entered the program with no experience at all.

For a quick sample, take Michael Ray Bixel, well-liked by his classmates and a veteran with a combat tour served in Iraq. He was diagnosed with severe PTSD while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom but was awarded multiple medals while stationed at Al Asad with the Oregon National Guard out of Hillsboro.

Bixel is currently enrolled in Welding Technology but plans on a degree in integrated metals, using his GI Bill.

Asked why he chose welding Technology as a major at Mt. Hood, he said, “It’s fun and it keeps me busy. I can be around people again” and it ”bring(s) me back to the world again.

There’s a lot of work in this field.”

Then there’s Tyler Whaley, 17 years old and a senior in high school, earning early college credits while pursuing his

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welding certication and his Eagle Scout award with the Scouts. He plans to work as a welder “until I can get into an electrician apprenticeship program,” he said.

“That’s what I really want to do. I see welding as a stepping-stone.”

Whatever the goal, it’s personal motivation that is the key to success in her program, Gilbert said.

“A lot of students struggle with the basics in the beginning, but if the student is willing I will make time for them and most succeed,” she said. “It’s the repetition of doing the same thing over and over (making weld beads) to the point where most students get it over time...

The only way to not being able to weld at the end of this class is if an individual never enters the shop, or never tries.”

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FALL AND WINTER MOVIE GUIDE Arianna Perez – Garcia The Advocate

When daylight savings ends in November I start to dread the short days, and darkness by 5 p.m. On the plus side, that calls for movie nights – not only on weekends, but right after getting home from work or school.

There are great movies that capture the essence of what the fall, and winter, seasons look like, as well as movies that fit right into the world of festivities like Halloween and Christmas. This fall and winter movie guide are for all the staying-in nights ahead.

Fall The fall equinox happens in September, but this year it seemed as if it was never going to arrive, I almost forgot what autumn felt like. Thankfully it made its appearance.

Instantly the trees began to show their red, orange, brown color palette and the rain started pouring again. These movies bring fall vibes to the screen.

Scooby-Doo (2002) In this “Scooby-Doo” movie, the gang goes to Spooky Island(!), once again to solve a mystery. This movie is top-tier for the fall season.

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Director Guillermo del Toro created a dark fairytale that truly is a masterpiece. This movie takes place in Spain during a war in the 1940s.

Ofelia is a young girl that enters a fairytale that becomes her own escape from reality.

Falling for Christmas (2022) Lindsay Lohan is returning to acting! She will play the main character, Sierra Belmont.

This holiday rom-com is available to watch on Netflix, as of Nov. 10.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) “The Nutcracker” is another Christmas classic. In this adaptation from Disney, the movie features stunning costume design for each character and surely transports you to the four realms.

Winter The winter season will be quickly approaching when Starbucks and Dutch Bros have holiday cheer written all over their drink cups. Here are fun movies that reflect winter-

time and its festivities.

The Age of Adaline (2015) This movie fits the romance genre quite nicely. Blake Lively as Adaline Bowman gives a beautiful performance. Adaline survives a car accident that leaves her ageless, and is constantly moving around and wanting to experience life normally.

Coraline (2009) This animated film takes you to Coraline Jones’ imaginative encounters through her own house to a different, and what she considers perfect, universe.

Coco (2017)

Home Alone (1990)

Disney movies have been presenting family movies, it seems, since forever. In recent years, movies about diverse cultures and families are being represented, and “Coco” is one of them.

The main character, Miguel, shows the loyalty and unity a family can hold for generations.

This movie is a classic for the winter season. Kevin gets left behind when his family is traveling for their Christmas vacation. While Kevin is alone, he becomes the protector of his home when two burglars are trying to make their way inside.

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ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF MHCC

In their words: Candidate Bios ASMHCC Presidential Candidates

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ASMHCC Vice Presidential Candidates

Cheyenne Winchell

Sory Ibrahim Diarra

Javier Estrada

Erick Solano

I, Cheyenne Winchell, am running for Student Body President. As someone who has held leadership positions in both academic and workplace environments, I will use my experience and communication skills to support, advocate and empower the students at Mt. Hood community college. During my time as President, I will work towards bringing opportunities to our campus that allow students to feel prepared for their future and set up for success. I believe as a leader; I will bring creative solutions that have the student’s perspective at the forefront of my decision making. I will work towards making our students genuinely feel as though every voice matters, and our diversity is celebrated.

Hello fellow students of MHCC I am Sory Ibrahim Diarra and I am running for ASG President.

Right now, I am the Academic Affairs Representative of ASMHCC; you have probably met me at the Students Union, where our office is. I am always playing pool or having conversations with students. I have worked as a teacher assistant and customer service in the past so I have some leadership experience. My most qualifying experience is I have been president for my class multiple times back in Mali and in case I have not told you before I am from Mali (West Africa).

As students, not to assume we all have the same goals but at least, one we all want to graduate from here and two we all want to graduate with the best experience possible. With that said, my most important goal is to do my best to assure that and to ease students’ stress and worries. I know I cannot make everyone happy but at last, I will do my best so most of you will be. With me as President any ideas, opinions and concerns are welcome and I will organize events and group talk so we can have fun and forget about everything else for at least a couple of hours. Moreover, I will do my best to find help you need.

Hello One and All. My name is Javi Estrada. I declare my candidacy for the role of ASMHCC Vice President. At my previous institution, I was the member of an Elite Squad known as the Student Ambassadors at Cedar Valley College.

We were the bridge between prospective students, our college campus, and beyond. Also, at the University of Dallas, I served as the Freshman class representative for my dorm, Greg Hall. I worked alongside Student Government leaders who were fellow freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors; we worked together to provide resources for students on campus so that they could succeed and so that they could feel welcome. Also, I have 12 years of life experience, living without a mother. When I was 17, my mom passed of a brain aneurysm. I promised her that I would live my life to the fullest and make her proud. I believe that I am doing so. The first 3 years after she passes, I was in a state of immense grief. But as time passed, I recognized that I had to pick myself up, and I had to become a go-getter. So as the years went by, I decided to pursue the study of music. In 5 years’ time, I earned 3 degrees in music. I am classically trained as an operatic tenor, with a degree in classical vocal performance. I also have two degrees in music industry studies.

Hello fellow students of MHCC I am Erick A Solano and I’m running for Vice president.

You may have seen me around the student unions playing the piano or at events in my Blue tuxedo. I am currently the Legislative Affairs representative, which is a member of the student leaders of the school. You might have even seen me at the Gresham farmers market. I worked there on Saturdays until we closed in October. Maybe even on youtube but I doubt I have like no clout haha.

So aside from being a part of the school’s Student leaders I helped set up and break down a farmers market along with running the EBT transactions, I used to be the leader of a gaming group until covid happened, and things kind of faded. I was the lead guitarist of my jazz band and was voted MVP by the class so that was fun.

I think as a student who’s running for vice president one of my big goals is to change the perspective the school looks at students because I am a new college student. Covid had a big effect on all of us and we kinda went through 3 years of the bare minimum online teaching and a few google pages things are a little bit harder than expected, especially after 3 years of daily naps.

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After a few years’ hiatus, a.m. to 5 p.m. four straight days, the annual Holiday Sale is Dec. 5-8, inside the Visual Arts returning to Mt. Hood this Gallery on the MHCC campus. autumn with an array of All items have been crafted by exciting new crafts. Shoppers students whose skills range will find a variety of bowls, from beginners to professional mugs, and other ceramic gifts, quality. Proceeds from the sale go to Clay the individual as well as jewelry, Hosted bydrawings, the MHCC Club student artists and a percentage goes to and prints.

Sponsored by the student- support the Clay Club. Cash or run Clay Club, the sale runs 11 check only, please.

December 5–8, 2022 11 a.m to 5 p.m.

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EYE ON NATURE 7 November 2022

With the last week’s downpours (not to mention the forecast for political storms ahead), it’s hard not to feel like staying in bed and hibernating until the sun rises again. But to do that would mean missing a very active season of transitions, movements, and arrivals in our natural world. As the snow level drops, some birds, like Varied Thrush, are pushed into the valley. Last week, our intrepid F240 ecology students [Natural Resources Ecology] watched a flock of these beautiful relatives of robins join their cousins on the lawns of campus. Even the robins were probably passing through, visitors from the north, perhaps the Yukon or the slopes of Denali. Just one of many transitive treasures waiting for us if we dress warmly and venture outside. Fisheries students brought news of other travelers – salmon had made it up into Beaver Creek!

With some luck and the timely recharging of the stream, their extraordinary efforts may be rewarded with successful spawning. Their return to campus is only possible because of changes to the culvert running under Stark Street, proof that we can reverse some of the degradation our species delivers when we fail to see our connection and dependence on what is wild.

The recent rains triggered still more renewals and, again, our students were firsthand witnesses. BI 211 [Biology] professor, Catherine Creech, on her morning campus perambulation found a beautiful porcini, which she shared with her budding biologists (image above!). What we see is the fruiting body of a vast, but hidden individual, showing a small part of itself to surface dwellers only when conditions are right.

Like so much in nature, what we see is only a taste of what is there – a reality that can inspire us all to look longer, pause more, and explore our wet and wild world!

with an eye on nature, Wally Shriner Biology instructor at MHCC

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SAINTS CELEBRATE SOPHOMORE NIGHT ON EVE OF PLAYOFFS Jackson Hamelund The Advocate

Emotions started to ramp up plenty early as the Saints volleyball team got ready for their final home match of the 2022 season, against the Clark Penguins on Nov. 4.

And there was still plenty of excitement to come.

By 5:30 p.m., before the 6 p.m. contest, Mt. Hood players warmed up and took selfies on the bench while spectators began showing up – mainly parents and families bringing flowers and balloons to support the Saints and cheer them on one final time at MHCC before most would go their separate ways, athletically.

It was Sophomore Night in the gym. In fact, due to COVID-driven extended eligibility, there were many “Super Sophomores” finishing up a third season of playing for Mt. Hood. All this, against metro rival Clark College, of Vancouver, Washington, and with a potential spot in the Northwest Athletic Conference Championship Tournament on the line.

Mt. Hood had the opening serve in the first set of the best-of-five sets match. They took the early lead and then the Penguins fought back and got a lead of their own, but it didn’t last long. The Saints regained the lead and PA G E 1 2

never lost it, winning 25-18. Super-sophomore Grace Ormiston contributed in her final home game by planting a couple of devastating spikes.

The second set started much the same. Mt. Hood jumped out early but then both sides would exchange complaints with the game officials. The Saints went on a a huge run, causing Clark to take a timeout and regroup. The Penguins started to inch closer but the Saints held on for a 25-22 win. Super-sophomore Josie Jansen had a couple of slams at the net to help her team put the hurt on, and for her to leave her final mark at Hood.

With the Saints up by two sets, fans were energized. Even Barney, the Mt. Hood mascot, was involved in the fun, dancing with little ones and sitting on the Saints’ bench cheering on the players. It looked like Clark might avoid the shutout, going on a run of their own, but after a timeout the Saints started to come back.

After a few more harsh words for the officials, and some harsh spikes by Mt. Hood sophomore Oriana Levasa, Mt. Hood grabbed the late lead and stole the third set, 25-22, to win the contest in straight sets.

The Saints began to celebrate with each other after the hard-fought win, as families gathered to hand them flowers and other gifts to show their pride. A few player awards

were given, and sendoffs for the sophomores – then, news from the scorer’s table: the announcement, “I have just received word from the NWAC, Mt. Hood (has) made the playoffs.”

Emotions soared again, as the Saints found out their season was not over just yet.

In fact, the team would hit the road just hours later, thanks to a three-way tie for the fourth and final championship bracket slot from the South Region between the Saints; the Umpqua Community College Riverhawks; and the Rogue Community College Ospreys.

First stop was Roseburg on Saturday afternoon, where Mt. Hood thumped the Riverhawks, 3 sets to 1. That meant a Sunday showdown farther down the road in Medford with the Ospreys, who had dropped their last four previous matches. The Saints took the first two hard-won sets, 27-25 and 25-22, but then dropped back-to-back sets, 25-18 each.

And Rogue snared the decisive fifth set, 15-10.

The heartbreaker oddly mirrored a 3-2 loss just three weeks earlier, also played in Medford, after the Saints took the first two sets that day also.

But the play-in/playoff loss couldn’t dampen the memories Mt. Hood teammates had made for life, before they moved on to their next individual journeys.

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