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With Oregon at risk of 'larger' quakes, MHCC prepares drills Jen Ashenberner The Advocate

To celebrate the 40 anniversary of Earth Week, there will be a clean-up Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. on MHCC’s border along Troutdale Road and Stark Street (across from Dairy Queen). Garbage bags and gloves will be provided for volunteers. Taking two hours on a Saturday will help make a greener, cleaner Earth. th

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Crouched underneath a desk, covering her head with her hands, MHCC’s manager of environmental safety, Karen Reynolds, explains why it’s important the MHCC community is aware of this protective position.

In response to the recent catastrophic earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, Mexico and China, Gov. Ted Kulongoski officially designated April as Earthquake Awareness Month in Oregon. In the proclamation, he said that “scientific evidence indicates that the State of Oregon is at risk for much larger and potentially more damaging earthquakes and tsunamis.”

In an attempt to spread the word about earthquake awareness, Reynolds said there will be a “Duck, cover and hold on” drill Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at MHCC. According to Reynolds the drill will last about three minutes.

“It’s a drill to help us reinforce the duck, cover, and hold on routine, so please participate,” said Reynolds.

“While the drill occurs, I have a nice script that talks about past earthquakes and what to do when you are at the coast, inland, or driving, or in a shopping mall,” Reynolds said. “There are all sorts of ways you can at least try and take cover. If you can’t get under a secure object, then at least get yourself away from the windows, or crouch next to a substantial piece of furniture so it would take the blow of anything that is falling.”

Having experienced a high magnitude earthquake in 1965 in Seattle, Reynolds said the tip to get into a door jamb has since been changed. “That’s not where to go. They do not want you going into the door jambs,” she said.

“More than likely, the door is going to slam shut on you. Getting under something substantial is the best response.”

Reynolds instructs people to get under a desk or table of substantial size and weight in order to protect themselves from falling objects. She said people with disabilities and who cannot get under a desk or table can crouch and cover their heads next to a substantial piece of furniture.

She urges the MHCC community to be prepared for the worst at all times.

“I know it sounds crazy to always be in this mentality,” said Reynolds.

People may be on their own for as much as 72 hours, according to Reynolds. “There will be no external help, so make sure that there’s food and water,” said Reynolds.

A kit that Reynolds keeps in her office contains bottled water, a small first aid kit, a flashlight with extra batteries, rain ponchos, Cup-A-Noodle soups, Carnation Instant Breakfast in a can, peanut butter crackers, granola bars, and more non-perishable food items in a backpack.

“Water is the most important. We can’t live without water so people need a supply of water,” said Reynolds. She also keeps a sleeping bag, pillow, mat and little camp stove in her car.

Being mentally prepared for a disaster is the first step, according to the American Red Cross. “Having a plan in place will make it easier to locate or communicate with loved ones,” according to a Red Cross pamphlet.

Reynolds agrees and said typically cell phones will not work; they will either be overloaded or the towers will be down.

“Payphones will work and if people try to call out of the quake zone, they will have better success,” said Reynolds.

“Have a plan that everyone will call ‘Aunt Alice’ in North Dakota to check in with her so that everyone knows everyone’s safe,” Reynolds said.

“Also, maybe have a meeting place that everyone can walk to. That way they know they can get home,” she added.

There are many resources available to people to help plan for an earthquake. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website (www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake) has “six ways to plan ahead, including creating an emergency communication plan.

Other information can be found at Oregon Emergency Management’s website (www.oregon.gov/OMD/ OEM/archive/earth_tsunami_aware).

ASG presidential tickets prepare for week of campaigning and debating Jordan Tichenor The Advocate

Campaigning for the positions of 2010-2011 Associated Student Government president and vice president starts Monday.

During the campaign week, there will be two debates held in the Main Mall, weather permitting. In case of inclement weather, the debates will be moved to the College Center. The vice presidential debate will be Wednesday

from 4 to 5 p.m., and the presidential debate will be Thursday from noon to 1 p.m.

Each candidate will be asked the same question in a roundtable fashion, and be given a certain amount of time to respond. Both debates have been scheduled to last one hour.

The Elections Committee will decide on questions for the candidates. The audience will also be allowed to ask some questions.

The three teams of candidates —Larry Collins and running mate Jon Francis, Dee Hawes Sr. and running mate Richard Ison, and Nikki Jauron with running mate Heather Tarabella — outlined in their election petition forms what they hope to achieve if elected.

The following statements are printed exactly as they appeared in the candidate’s forms.

Collins said, “I want to better utilize our diversity as a bridge to

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unite us rather than a wall to divide us. I want to get better funding for lower income families and students who seek to better their lives through education.”

Hawes said, “I would like to be able to define and implement a better way of communication between the student government and the student body.” He also said he “would like to see the constructing of a handicap ‘ramp’ or access into the main court yard of the

campus from the drop off zone.”

Jauron said she would like to “improve cohesiveness in student govt, assist in student concerns, improve the current ASG structure by offering experience/leadership.”

Voting will start May 3 and end May 6, and will be conducted online. The winner will be announced May 8 at the Spring Dinner Dance.

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April 23, 2010

Editorial

One week is not long enough to learn about ASG presidential candidates With spring in full swing and midterms quickly approaching, it’s Associated Student Government election season again.

This year, the elections are the equivalent of driving through Boring at midnight in the middle of a storm: Blink and you’re going to miss them.

Candidates were announced last week, with three teams running for the top leadership posts: Larry Collins (also known as Larry Morgan) with running mate Jon Francis, Dee Hawes Sr. with running mate Richard Ison and Nikki Jauron with running mate Heather Tarabella (also known as Heather Nichelle-Peres.)

Campaigning kicks off Monday and the candidates get a whopping week until polls open May 3.

With a mere five school days, it’s going to be a pretty busy week not just for candidates but for voters as well.

Then polls close on May 6, giving

voters three days to vote for whom they want in charge of their student government next year.

When it comes to voting, it’s crucial to understand the positions the candidates are taking and what they believe in.

Aside from stances, five days is an extremely short amount of time to uncover the integrity and character of the six individuals vying for president and vice president. It’s important to not just know what the candidates want to change, but who they are as a person before being they’re put into office.

How can it be assured that these teams can make their case in the span of five days?

Debates are held in the Main Mall (if the weather agrees) on Wednesday and Thursday, four days before the polls open. The vice presidential candidates will debate Wednesday from 4

to 5 p.m. while the presidential candidates will debate Thursday from 12 to 1 p.m.

At least the candidates will get one hour of guaranteed campaigning time.

The debates become even more important this year for someone to attempt to make a genuine, educated selection when voting, unless the candidates kick it into overdrive with their campaigning.

This year it is not just up to the candidates; the voters must make sure this election is as successful as possible. Get to know the candidates, take two hours to attend the debates, think about the decision. Just because voters are given a ridiculously short amount of time to make a choice, it’s not an excuse to make an uneducated one, or worse not choose at all.

Here’s hoping next week is a week well spent.

'Batman Forever' is a stunning prophetic vision Ron J. Rambo Jr. The Advocate

Fifteen years ago, a prophetic film called “Batman Forever” hit the theaters. Nostradamus wore a green jump suit covered in question marks, and his alter ego, Edward Nigma, had fashioned a creation known only as “The Box” that could beam television directly into the minds of viewers. Fast forward to present-day, and nearly all major television makers have followed The Riddler’s genius and produced some form of 3-D television, which allows viewers to see the tackiness of gimmick films such as “Avatar,” “Clash of the Titans” (the remake), and “Alice in Wonderland” first hand from the comfort of their own home.

Those interested in developing a headache in record time can witness this madness first hand by get-

ting a demo at your local electronics store. The TV works by switching images designed for each eye back and forth quicker than a person can see. Wearing the special glasses (companies haven’t quite reached the point where they can melt your brain and steal your IQ without those glasses yet), this creates a 3-D effect. At least two Best Buy executives believe this is the wave of the future, even though 3-D has failed three times already; early in filmmaking history (1920s), 30 years later (1950s), and another 30 years later (1980s). Thirty years seems to be the unspoken universal law of trying bad or failed ideas all over again, because last winter James Cameron gave it another go. This time, it was wildy successful; so much so that “Avatar” is set to be re-released in theaters this summer.

There are already plans in motion to be able to do everything else in 3-D. Everything, including video games, porn, e-mail, you

name it. Soon, entertainment industry executives hope, the Earth’s population will mirror that of the humans in “Wall-E”: Talking piles of fat stuffed in floating chairs that have robots do everything for them.

Why exercise when you can exercise in 3-D?!

There is, thankfully, a reason why 3-D has failed so many times and will hopefully do so again: People like gimmicks for only a little while, then they get sick of them.

There is no practical use for 3-D, and watching football in 3-D at home on your 100-inch LCD TV will get old when you start having strokes at the rate of two per quarter. Samsung has already issued warnings about this. But, a stroke is a small price to pay for being able to stay plastered to your couch and still feel like you’re doing something with your life.

Already, people who make watching TV a regular part of their lives (North Americans tend

to watch more than four hours a day on average) and especially play video games for a prolonged period of time display loutish behavior; when more things like this are added to the equation, things can only get worse. Chronic TVwatching and video game-playing is the equivalent of eating KFC’s new bread-would-make-this-too-healthy sandwich (see below) – a public declaration of “screw it, I give up.”

With this new 3-D home theater, IQ hasn’t exactly been stolen and funnelled into one person’s brain, making them a super-genius like The Riddler; it is simply given away on a daily basis by people who prefer not to do anything productive with their lives. For the observant, it is a sign of the apocalypse that stealing a person’s IQ would literally be more productive than what people are doing with it now.

The tea-bagger movement is proof of this – but that is a conversation for another day.

The KFC Double Down: A critical review

Jordan Tichenor The Advocate

KFC has never looked too friendly to me, but on this day, I feel as though I am walking toward my funeral. I give a hollow chuckle as I realize that, realistically, I could be.

I drag my feet as I walk toward the counter. After what seems like months, I look up and lock eyes with the cashier.

“One Double Down sandwich, please,” I say, my voice cracking.

The cashier looks down. She takes a heavy breath before asking, “Are you sure sir?”

“Yes,” I say with firm resolve.

After signing the mandatory release forms, I grab my tray, and find a seat near the back of the restaurant.

I take the thing out of its rather large box.

I can feel my heartbeat increasing constantly. I grasp the two chicken “buns,’ and carefully examine the layer of bacon and cheese between them.

I close my eyes, fight back the tears, and take my first bite.

Initial Impressions: The sandwich is somewhat of a chore to eat. Aside from having no actual buns, it is rather unwieldy and large, and very greasy. The other main problem is that is has some type of mayonnaise-based cheese sauce, which, when combined with the copious amounts of grease (that means lots and lots), practically makes the thing fly out of your

hands. However, it makes the sandwich slide down your throat much easier, which is lucky, because it is hard enough to swallow food while crying (which presumably, if you are eating a Double Down, you are crying and contemplating the mess that has become your life).

Taste: The taste, sadly, is not good enough to justify the creation of this monstrosity. The processed cheese flavor is overwhelming, and the chicken is nothing special. You can barely taste the sad, single strip of bacon that lies between the two, which is a problem, since bacon can usually give any food that little extra that will launch it from ordinary to extraordinary.

However, assuming again that you are probably crying while eating this, the taste probably won’t come into play. One way or another, you are going to be shoving fried food down your gullet, and it is likely that the Double Down was just the convenient way to do so at the time.

Nutrition Info: The Double Down weighs in at a hefty 540 calories and 32 grams of fat.

This is a very sad state indeed, since the required caloric and fat intake to actually eat your problems away is 600 and 40. Taking this into account, one is better off heading down to the BK Lounge and picking up a Whopper (without cheese), which is nearly 700 calories and 40 grams of fat. While this may somewhat shocking, what you have to keep in mind is that the Whopper utilizes ACTUAL BUNS, which are what civilized people use. The extra 160 calories and 8 grams of fat are a SMALL

price in order to cling to any small semblance of humanity.

Final Thoughts: The last couple bites of the Double Down are likely to be the most difficult for you. Not only are you likely to feel slow and your stomach feels as though it is about to burst, but if you ARE going to have some type of cardiac episode, now is the time that it will take place. Also, you are going to have forgotten about whatever problems you were trying to drown in “The Colonel’s Secret Blend” and are now fully concentrating on how gross this “sandwich” actually is. It has no bread, no lettuce . . . in fact it has no vegetables of any kind. This may seem like a benign observation, until you realize that almost every other fast food item in existence has SOME type of plant matter to give it some type of healthy facade. The Double Down attempts no such lie.

In this way, it may be the most honest food I have ever eaten. With it, you know exactly what you are getting, why you are getting it, and how long you are likely to live after consuming it.

Correction: In Issue 24 of The Advocate, there was an error in “ASG candidates announced.” The presidential candidates are Larry Collins (also known as Larry Morgan), Dee Hawes Sr. and Nikki Jauron. The Advocate regrets the error.

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Calendar FRIDAY, April 23 Men's Forum from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 1008 Student Success Seminar “Getting the Most From Your Textbooks” from 3 to 4 p.m. in Room 2307

Speakers sound off about free speech

Softball vs. Clackamas starts at 3 p.m. in Oregon City

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Panelists from left: Jeff Luers, Chauncey Peltier, Ashanti Alston and Tre Arrow discuss freedom of speech during a Wednesday event organized by students from on- and offcampus clubs, including the Students for Environmental Justice, Black Student Union and Chako-Kum-Tux from Mt. Hood Community College.

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A variety of speakers at Wednesday’s “Free Speech Now! Political Prisoners, Political Repression and the Prison Industrial Complex” event had been imprisoned, for various reasons, mostly due to their political or environmental activism.

The event was free and sponsored by the Black Student Union, Students for Environmental Justice, and Chako-Kum-Tux Club.

The first speaker, Kent Ford, said he’s been active for more than 40 years and was first arrested in 1968.

He was a founding member of the Portland chapter of the Black Panther Party in the late ’60s, and is the father of political prisoner Patrice Lumumba Ford, who was one of the “Portland Seven” and was sentenced in November 2003 to an 18-year prison term after pleading guilty to seditious conspiracy charges.

Jesse Guardipee, director of the Portland-area chapter of the “American Indian Movement,” spoke about being taken away to a boarding school when he was a child.

“My grandparents told me it was a camping trip,” he said. “When we got there, they yelled at us and screamed at us. They took away everything native, they cut our hair, they deloused us!” After graduating from boarding school, he said he “got to go to a place called Vietnam,” which he said was better than where he had been.

He then turned his focus to a prisoner named Leonard Peltier, who was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life terms for the murder of two FBI agents in a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Tre Arrow, an unannounced guest speaker, took the microphone next.

This is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, celebrating “our sacred earth mother,” he said.

He spoke of the time he fell out of a tree where he had been perched for two days protesting a logging sale in Tillamook County.

He said, “I was protesting the logging in Mt. Hood National Forest”

Club collects 20 pairs of shoes for children L. John King The Advocate

The Physical Therapy Assistants Family Fun Run April 17 gathered 20 pairs of new children’s athletic shoes for donation to an event put together by the national P.T. Assistant Association called “Shoeless Sunday.”

Nissa Sorenson, the president of the club for Physical Therapy Assistant students, said the national association has emphasized the effort to provide needy children with new athletic shoes. Sorenson will represent the college and present the donated shoes at this year’s conference, to be held June 13-16 in Boston.

Sorenson, who has a daily commute of 62 miles each way from her home in Lyle, Wash., said, “The Fun Run was definitely team building for the club members.”

A first-year student in the PT Assistant program, Sorenson said the P.T. assistant students participate in a number of fundraising events throughout the year, including bake sales and garage sales, as well as selling association sweatshirts among themselves. Sorenson said the program also has guest speakers lecture on trends in the physical therapy.

Sorenson said most jobs for graduates are found in hospitals and nursing homes but typically physical therapy assistants find work in private P.T. offices the most desirable.

The program has an enrollment of 24 first-year and 24 secondyear students and is set up as a cohort program where all the students take the same courses and progress at the same pace.

MHCC has the only program in Oregon and, according to the career search webpage payscale.com, a P.T. assistant in the Portland area with less than one year experience can expect to earn from $30,684 to $40,978.

Those interested in the program may contact Debbie VanDover at Debbie.VanDover@mhcc.edu or by calling 503-491-7465.

"The Fun Run was definitely team building for club members."

Nissa Sorenson, president of the club for Physical Therapy Assistant students

while on the building ledge in downtown Portland. He encouraged everyone to donate and volunteer to the groups being represented. “United we stand, divided we fall,” he said, referring to all groups representing “the solution.” He did not say exactly what is being solved.

Ashanti Alston, a member of both the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, spent more than 10 years in prison for armed robbery. He is co-chair of the National Jericho Movement (to free U.S. political prisoners).

He said conquerors, referring to Europeans, institute their own systems over the conquered people. “Two basic groups are always on the bottom in this country: indigenous and African,” Alston said. “Jericho represents liberation movements,” he said referring to his current affiliation. He finished his speech by saying, “We need to organize like never before. Power to the people!”

The next-to-last speaker was Chauncey Peltier, the son of Leonard Peltier, who was eight years old when his father was convicted of killing two FBI agents. He remembered his friend Joe Stuntz who was killed along with two FBI agents. Chauncey said his father is innocent but the feds told Leonard Peltier that “somebody has got to pay.” Leonard Peltier has been in prison for more than 35 years and is serving two life sentences.

The final speaker was Jeff Leurs an environmental justice activist who was released from prison Dec. 16, 2009, after serving nine years, six months for setting fire to three SUVs in a car lot in Eugene.

Leurs was originally sentenced to 22 years but that was reduced to 10 after an appeal. He said, “I am a recently released Earth liberation prisoner.

“Real change has never been accomplished by obeying the law,” Leurs said. He finished his speech by saying, “Each of us is capable of making an impact. It doesn’t matter what you give, as long as you give of yourself.”

The event was concluded after a 45-minute question and answer session.

Officer on hand to help veterans get benefits Sanne Godfrey The Advocate

Campus Veterans Service Officer Ron Kincaid will be on campus every second and fourth Wednesday of the month to help veterans obtain benefits.

Kincaid said his main goal is to “get the word out to veterans that there are benefits available.”

Previously, the MHCC Veterans Office was able to assist veterans in getting help with educational benefits, but with Kincaid’s help veterans can get information about other benefits such as health care, home loans and compensation for injuries.

Kincaid said not all benefits are available to all veterans, but that he would be more than happy to help anyone figure out what benefits they are eligible for.

Kincaid has been a veterans service officer for 16 years and is now reaching out to veterans in college to get them the help and benefits they’re entitled to.

“There’s a lot of benefits out there,” said Kincaid.

Kincaid can be contacted at the MHCC Student Services area, Room 2256, on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or via e-mail at kincair@odva.state.or, on his cell phone 503-559-3247 or his office at 503725-5524.

Saturday, April 24 Earth Week Campus Clean-Up from 1 to 3 p.m.

Meet at the flagpoles Baseball vs. Chemeketa starts at 1 p.m. at Oslund Field Softball vs. Chemeketa starts at noon at the softball field

Monday, April 26 Student Success Seminar “Steps to Success Test Taking” from noon to 1 p.m. in room 2307

Tuesday, April 27 Baseball vs. SWOCC starts at 1 p.m. at Oslund Field Softball vs. Lower Columbia starts at 1 p.m. at the softball field

Wednesday, April 28

News Briefs Free skating for Rites of Spring on Thursday A free skating party will be hosted by Skate World and the Student Activities Board Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. as the finale of the Rites of Spring events.

Seasonal Events Coordinator Collin Miller said there will be prizes for the top three contestants in a wig contest. The event is free for MHCC students.

Skate World is located at 1220 NE Kelly Ave. in Gresham near the corner of Burnside and Division. For more information, contact Collin Miller, 503-805-8472 Hospitality and Tourism to raise funds A Gala Dinner & Auction will take place April 24 in the Town & Gown Room. A reception will start at 5:30 p.m. and the dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. The gala dinner is created by executive chef Paul Bosch and is sponsored by the Hospitality & Tourism Program. The event is $70 per person. To reserve by phone, call 503491-7698.

Parking lot closed Parking Lot Z will be closed today because of preliminary construction on the new Child Development Center.

AA Meeting srom noon to 12:50 p.m. in Room 1266 Student Success Seminar Student Success Seminar “Understanding Test Anxiety” from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 1152 Student Success Seminar “Steps to Successful Test Taking” from 4 to 5 p.m. in Room 2307

Thursday, April 29 HS Appreciation Luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Town & Gown Room

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VA Students display their work around the VA classrooms Jordan Tichenor & Devin Courtright The Advocate

Around the Visual Arts classrooms, there is a year-round, ever-changing gallery of student art on display.

“They start to get feedback from other artists or from people who just walk by and say, ‘Wow, that scares me. I don’t like that at all’ or ‘I like that’ and they immediately respond to it,” said ceramics instructor Stephen Mickey. “I think it feeds their need to know how their work is perceived.”

The art is made by students from various MHCC art programs, including sculpting and painting.

“A large part of art is the display,” said Nathan Orosco, sculpture instructor. Orosco said it also provides an environment to talk about their work outside of the classroom. “(The students) take a great deal of pride in their art,” said Orosco.

Painting instructor Lori Lorion said she encourages the artwork being shown because it “expands our awareness” of art. “It’s visual language,” said Lorion.

Lorion also said she likes to see art becoming integrated into everyday life.

Asked if she thought the students appreciated having their work displayed, Lorion said, “I think they do.”

Orosco said that the student art “adds to our art village.”

Mickey adds, “What I feel about it is that the students immediately get to have their work exposed to public opinion.”

"They start to get feed back from other artists or from people who just walk by and say, 'Wow that scares me, I don't like it at all' or 'I like that' and they immediately respond to it."

Stephen Mickey, ceramics instructor

"It's visual language."

Lori Lorion, painting instructor

"A large part of art is display."

Nathan Orosco, sculpting instructor

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Students from the Visual Arts Department display their work around the Visual Arts classrooms. Various mediums are represented including sculpture and paint.

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Lopez disappoints as a comedian while supporting cast shines Jen Ashenberner

tion. It helps that every other person in the movie stands out as a comedian, too.

The show-stealer was one of two or three appearances by the “The Back Up Plan” should use the back up plan and get a “playground dad” (Anthony Anderson). This guy is supposed to new lead actress.

The first thought that comes to mind about the new Jennifer be talking up fatherhood for Stan’s (O’Laughlin) benefit. Instead, Lopez flick, “The Back Up Plan,” was ‘Didn’t she learn she isn’t a he describes his favorite part of fatherhood being that when facomedienne with ‘Monster-In-Law’?’ There was no excitement to therhood is “awful, awful, awful, then something great happens . . . and then awful, awful, awful, awful.” Then his kid walks up and see her on the big screen again whatsoever.

However, viewers will absolutely fall in love with the hunky hands him poop from the sandbox. Priceless.

Kate Angelo, who people might recogpiece of man-meat that is Alex nize as a producer for “Will and Grace,” O’Laughlin in this movie, espewrote the screenplay and the same witty cially if they missed him in the and crude humor reverberates throughunsuccessful TV show “Three out “Back Up Plan.” Things that women Rivers” or in the 2008 film “Aumight not have been able to laugh at in gust Rush.” As the distraught real life become the punchlines of shockyet charming Stan, he’s natuing jokes. For instance, women would rally funny and it seems a lot of probably never picture themselves laughthe time it’s by accident, which ing at an internal ultrasound. comes off as refreshing.

Before someone watches this movie, Lopez, on the other hand, as they should beware of three things: One, the stubborn and non-committhis isn’t a cheesy chick flick; it’s pretty tal (yet too committal, hmm?) raunchy so it’s a good one for guys to see, Zoe, is not funny at all. The too. Two, J-Lo’s ass. Enough said and not most clever thing she said the Web Photo entire movie was “Oh, oh, oh!” Jennifer Lopez and Alex O’Laughlin co-star in “The Back Up in a good way, but yet another reason why it’s a good one for guys to see. Three, guys, when she had a premature or- Plan.” The film will be released in theaters today. her clock will start ticking after seeing this gasm while Stan kissed her neck movie and she just might not wait for you to be ready to be a (a bonus of early pregnancy).

Don’t misunderstand — the movie is gut-clenchingly hilarious. daddy.

Regardless of those three things, see the movie. Lopez might Viewers can just replace Lopez with Jane Lynch (“Glee”) in their minds and they will be able to recognize the humor in the situa- be the only downer to spending the $10 and it’s well worth it.

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Cosmetology students compete in annual competition Ollie Barker & David Gambill The Advocate

MHCC cosmetology students competed Sunday in the Student Day of Success at the Lloyd Center Double Tree in Portland.

Students competed against other local beauty schools in the hair, make-up and nail departments.

About 300 students from the Portland-metro area attended the annual competition, including 26 MHCC students. Cosmetology student Monica Ann Blackmer placed second in the sculptured nail competition.

Six other MHCC students competed: Mollie Kirkpatrick in women’s commercial cut, Henry Reyes in men’s fade, Sopheap Yin and Rattey Yin in evening comb-out and makeup, Francine Crabb in sculpted nails and Sierra Haggart in fantasy makeup.

Cosmetology student Karen Stalsberg described fantasy

makeup as butterflies on a face or a feathered makeup look.

She said you would only see it on a runway or magazine model but you wouldn’t see it on the street unless someone was trying to make a statement.

Competitors were judged in three main areas: originality, creativity and workmanship.

Sculpting nails is a form of artwork using detail and imagination.

Students needed to fill out a submission packet located in the cosmetology department or had registered online at studentdayofsuccess.com.

Crabb, a first-year cosmetology student, was one of the 26 MHCC students who competed. “I wanted to compete for fun and since I’m in nail term, I decided to sign up,” she said. This was her first cosmetology competition, and she said she wasn’t sure what to expect.

Cosmetology faculty member Juanita Loveland said the

students did well in comparison to bigger schools. “On a whole, we only have 50-some students, where a lot of schools have a 100, 150. So I felt we did really well.”

Loveland said competitions and events help gather new ideas, “Even as an instructor, and I’ve been in this a for long time, I always get something and I watch the others as much as I do my students because maybe there’s something that I can bring back that somebody else has.”

The scores ranged from 30 (high) to 0 (low). Students needed to provide their own models.

Interested students wanting to compete next year can stay posted by checking at studentdayofsuccess,com, or by speaking with the MHCC cosmetology instructors.

The school with the most points is awarded a traveling trophy for display until the annual event, then it is passed on.

The winner of each category was awarded either cash or a prize donated by the sponsors of the event.

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Today is the last day to turn in your audition application for MHCC’s “Rites of Spring” talent show.

Applications must be turned in before the College Center closes at 5 p.m. The talent show will be held April 27 in the Main Mall from noon to 2 p.m.

This year’s show has time available to feature 20 to 25 acts from a varied pool of talents, and ASG Seasonal Event Coordinator Collin Miller is still searching for unique skills.

Miller said most of the applica'I heard... some guy tions received have been for musical acts. Miller said he is looking for was trying to start a dancers, actors with monologues juggling club. I want and anyone with talent. He made a specific call out for a juggler. “I that juggler to come heard in one of my classes last term that some guy was trying to start a out and be like 'I want juggling club. I want that juggler to come on that stage to come out and be like, ‘I want to come on that stage and juggle,’” and juggle."

Miller said.

Collin Miller, There are a few things performers should know. There will be a ASG seasonal event stage with a sound system, but the coordinator lighting will be natural. Miller said if students bring their own — equipment, projectors, speakers — he can work with it.

The top three contestants will receive prizes. First place is a concert and dinner package for two. The winner makes the decision on which concert and restaurant to go to. The package may not exceed $160. Second place receives a new Nintendo Wii system, which will include the Wii sports game, Miller said. Third place is a $50 gift card for the iTunes Store.

The judging will be by a three-person panel in what Miller calls “American Idol meets the Olympics” style. Each judge will make comments on what they enjoyed about the performance and then hold up a card with a value of one through 10. The total of the three cards will be the performer’s final score.

Dan Moe, (aka D.Moe Funk) the ASG health and wellness coordinator, will be the MC for the event.

To allow for a maximum amount of acts, performances should be under five minutes. For additional information, contact Miller at 503-8058472.

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Freedom through music Photo by Devin Courtright/The Advocate

MHCC Orchestra member Joseph Watrous practices the viola with the string quartet in the MHCC Orchestra room.

Student finds solace in MHCC Orchestra , string quartet Devin Courtright The Advocate

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Politcal activist Tre Arrow performs at the MHCC Freedom of Speech event in the Jazz Cafe Wednesday.

Event to pay off band's Taiwan trip David Gambill The Advocate

The MHCC Jazz Band is scheduled to open for the Gabriel Alegria Sextet Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the College Theater.

Also opening for the sextet will be David Douglas High School’s Jazz Band.

The event is a benefit to help pay off MHCC Jazz Band’s recent trip to Taiwan in February and the proceeds going to David Douglas High School will put into a schol-

arship fund, according to Susie Jones, MHCC Jazz Band director.

Tickets are $10 in advance for adults and $12 at the door. Students get a discount of $5 advance purchase and $7 at the door.

Tickets are available at www. mhcc.edu/music.A benefit Peruvian buffet will be available in the lobby at 6:30 p.m. There is beer and wine for attendees over 21.

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extent because the viola doesn’t have a high profile in the orchestra; it’s in the middle,” said Watrous. “It has a very important role but not a lot of people appreciate that role because it’s right in the middle (of the violin and cello in tonal rage); just filling in.”

“The first piece he put in front of me in the orchestra — never even looked at the viola music before — was Beethoven’s 9th Symphony,” said Watrous.

Watrous says the viola “just grew on me. It took a while to get the clef down because it’s a different clef (from most clefs). It just takes a little time to get that through the hair and I had to get over myself.”

“I had to actually deal with the ego and that’s what Dr. Tuttle helped me extinguish, the sense of musical ‘big headedness’ and big ego,” said Watrous.

Asked if he would teach music, Watrous said, “Maybe I’ll end up adding some music stuff later on but I’m being a little selfish with music at this point. I don’t really want to teach music just yet. I still need to fulfill my own interest with music.”

Student rock band scheduled to perform for ‘Rites of Spring,' 2nd band to be announced David Gambill The Advocate

“Everyday Life” will be one of two bands performing at the Main Mall during the Rites of Spring festivities hosted by the Student Activity Board Wednesday between noon and 2 p.m.

Everyday Life features two Mt. Hood broadcast students, Jon Fromm and Logan Irish. Fromm is the drummer and Irish plays bass.

Fromm said the band expects to play the songs “Dark in the Shadows” and “Let Me Go,” which are

in the rotation of the MHCC radio station KMHC. Fromm described the group’s style as “versatile in the rock genre,” and said its biggest influence is pop-punk group Blink 182.

He also said they will be giving away a few song samplers in addition to selling an LP at the show.

SAB Seasonal Event Coordinator Collin Miller said music won’t be the only highlight of the twohour event.

There will be a free barbeque put on by Chartwell’s (the MHCC

food service contractor), a threelegged race and a performance by the top talents of Tuesday’s talent show.

Miller said the food will cater to vegetarians and carnivores alike, but it will be first come, first served.

Miller said there will only be enough free food for about 300 people.

The second band will be announced later this week.

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MHCC student Joseph Watrous will perform in front of fifth-graders at Ventura Park Elementary School Thursday, with two MHCC students and instructor Marshall Tuttle in the “String Quartet.”

Watrous said Tuesday he wants to offer the musical “exposure that needs to be offered to young children,” informing them that music “is a viable option for furthering their own personal development.” ”It’s an option because I was able to pay for a lot of schooling, playing for the orchestra,” said Watrous. “It was really beneficial.”

In addition to playing viola for the String Quartet, Watrous, an education major, is a part of the Orchestra Band at MHCC, directed by Tuttle, and plays the viola and violin.

“I’m on to bigger things: Now I play in the string quartet with Dr. Tuttle, working on Beethoven’s “Late String Quartets” and (performing at) weddings,” said Watrous. “It’s a lot of fun.”

Watrous first met Tuttle while taking a music fundamentals class

in the summer of 2004. At the time he was playing guitar and bass and prior to taking the class, he had no formal music training and never played a string instrument or listened to classical music.

“That’s when I was forced to deal with my internal, musical, issues because I really had to figure out how to write scales, how to read clefs, how to count (music), and how to actually perform,” said Watrous. “I kind of just ended up going in the music major program and that was a lot of fun.”

“Essentially he (Tuttle) completely changed my life, all for the good and thankfully he’s here doing his thing,” says Watrous.

“The more I took a theory class with him, the more I thought, ‘Wow, I need to be around this guy more,” he said.

“He knows what he’s talking about and so I asked him ‘what can I do in orchestra? Maybe I can play bass?’ and he said, ‘We don’t need any bass players. You’re going to have to play viola.’ And that’s how I started playing viola.”

Asked how he felt about changing instruments, Watrous said, “I was definitely apprehensive to an

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MHCC Orchestra Director Marshall Tuttle will be supervising a strings certificate audition Saturday in the College Theater.

“They (students) are auditioning for a certificate that specifies their level of achievement,” said Tuttle. If a student doesn’t meet the standards, instructors may stop teaching them, Tuttle said.

Tuttle has been president of The American Strings Teachers Association (ASTA) since 2004 and said that he introduced the strings certificate audition process to Oregon and MHCC. The ASTA is a non-profit membership organization for string and orchestra teachers and players that helps them “develop and refine their careers,” according to the ASTA website.

Asked how many string performers will be at the auditions, Tuttle said, ““It increases every year. I haven’t counted the applications yet.”

MHCC Orchestra students are able to audition because they study under him, Tuttle said, but he is unsure if any will be attending.

Tuttle said that although the auditions will be held on campus, the event is closed to the public.

“They perform for a professional musician who evaluates their level of achievement,” he said. “There are 11 levels from absolute beginner to very advanced.”

Tuttle said he has not personally recruited any of the people who are auditioning but those who stand out do so because of the “manner in which their experience of music changes when they work with me.”

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Saints charge into first place in South on four-game win streak “It wasn’t a lot of fun splitting doubleheaders. I think they finally understand what it takes to win and what that feels like.

I still say our best baseball is yet to come.”

Jon Fuccillo The Advocate

The Saints baseball team jumped into first place in the Southern Region in the past week with doubleheader sweeps against the Lane Community College Titans and LinnBenton Community College Roadrunners.

The team improved to 16-10 overall and 9-3 in the Region.

The Saints had struggled early in the season to pick up consecutive victories but now sit on a four game win streak with the strength of young pitching and the offense hitting their stride.

“It wasn’t a lot of fun splitting doubleheaders,” Saints skipper Bryan Donohue said Wednesday night. “I think they finally understand what it takes to win (doubleheaders) and what that feels like. I still say our best baseball is yet to come.”

With the two most recent victories Saturday against Linn-Benton, the Saints have improved to 4-0 against the Roadrunners this year. The Saints bombed them 11-1 in game one followed by an 8-2 victory in game two. The team ended the evening with a total of 27 hits in the two games.

Centerfielder Michael Blake and shortstop Griffin Boyd each had four hits in the winning effort in game one behind Jeremy Burright.

Donohue admits that his team came into Saturday’s doubleheader with full confidence that his group would walk away with two wins.

“We carried over the momentum from the wins (on Thursday) against Lane,” he said. “We kind of just showed up and said ‘lets do what we do and get after them’.

And that’s exactly what happened.

Burright pitched five innings, allowing one hit and one run before his team 10-runned the Roadrunners in game one of

Bryan Donohue Head baseball coach

Photo by Brett Stanley/ The Advocate

Shortstop Griffin Boyd makes a stop up the middle in the first inning during game one of Saturday afternoon’s doubleheader against Linn-Benton. Boyd finished the game 4 for 5 at the plate and is batting .333 on the season. The Saints picked up the victory 11-1.

the doubleheader. He struck out five batters, improving his ERA to 1.61.

Corey Davis (1-0), the team’s regular catcher, pitched game two and pitched a complete game. Second baseman Nic Fowl-

er helped Davis by going 4 for 4 and is batting .452 (14 for 31) on the season. Fowler moved from being a starting pitcher to second after suffering elbow problems in his pitching arm.

Asked what has changed in his team’s demeanor over the past week (the group has gone 5-1 since April 13), the coach said, “Practices have gotten so much better. We don’t need an outstanding performance for our guys to win. We just need to play clean ball, and that’s been working for us.”

As a whole, the team has lifted its batting average to .275 and the squad’s earned run average is at 3.81 over 205.67 innings, according to the team’s online statistics.

For the second time this season, the Saints play the Chemeketa Community College Storm Saturday at Oslund Field starting at 1 p.m.

According to Donohue, Burright will take the mound in game one but he is undecided who will pitch game two for the Saints.

In game one, Donohue expects that the Storm will start sophomore ace Grady Wood (5-1) with a 1.13 era. Wood pitched a complete game and struck out six batters back on April 6 against the Saints.

Softball wins all four games at NWAACC Crossover Tourney Chanel Hill & Jon Fuccillo The Advocate

Contributed photo by Matt Hart

Sophomore Zach Young (center) clears the 42-inch hurdle in the 110-meter high hurdles at the 2010 Pioneer Open at Lewis and Clark Saturday. Young finished the event in fourth with a time of 16.06 seconds.

NWAACC honors 3 MHCC track and field athletes Sanne Godfrey The Advocate

Three MHCC athletes were honored by the NWAACC last week when Jr. Velasquez was nominated as male field athlete of the week, Anaiah Rhodes as female track athlete of the week and Kelsey Strot as female field athlete of the week.

Head coach Matt Hart said, "This is exciting as this recognition is from all NWAACC athletes competing in track and field."

Velasquez had a lifetime PR of 53'7.5" in the shot put at the Pioneer Open last weekend at Lewis & Clark College in Portland and he has a 2' lead over all NWAACC shot putters.

MHCC’s record in the shot put was set in 1970 by Don Philpot at 54'6" and, according to Hart, Jr. "has the skills" to break this record before the season is over.

Rhodes finished third in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.62 and second in the 200 meters with a time of 25.70, right behind MHCC alumnus and Concordia record holder Catherine Sims, who finished first with a time of 25.41.

Hart said, "I am extremely proud of Anaiah. She has been working hard for the last year and a half to improve her athleticism. She is very close to her lifetime PRs in both the

100m and 200m. I am anxious to see how she progresses for the last month of our season.

It was cool to see Catherine and Anaiah interact and compete against each other this last meet. Anaiah really tried to challenge Catherine (Concordia school record holder in the 200 meters and 400 meters) in the 200m. Coming off the turn, I could see a KI (killer instinct) in Anaiah’s eyes as she was even with Catherine."

Strot finished second in shot put with a distance of 39'10.75" and came in sixth place in the discus throw event with a distance of 115'.

Four MHCC athletes competed in the women's 1500-meter race and even though they didn't score at the top of the leaderboard, Hart said it was a successful event.

"Successful distance running, like many other events in track and field, is an accumulative effect. Women from four-year colleges/universities have an advantage as they have more years of experience and training to positively affect their abilities to compete. Though our women did not finish within the top 10, the size of the field was very large and Amanda Faggard ended up setting a great lifetime PR. I would call that a successful day."

The Saints do not have a meet

scheduled this week but the training continues and Hart said, "We have been doing a lot of speed-oriented training the last couple weeks. Now that our speed is up a little, we can bring more speed into the conditioning intervals which will allow us to get more quality training in."

The men's 4x100-meter relay team finished in 42.60 seconds and Hart said, "We are improving at an aggressive pace and I feel our team this year is talented enough to come close to breaking the record. (The school record was set in 1978 at 42.01) We will definitely try."

Zach Young, who ran in the relay, also competed in the 110-meter hurdles where he finished in fourth place with a time of 16.06. In the 400-meter hurdles, he finished second with a time of 55.82. Hart said, "He has a very smooth stride and hurdling technique that aids him in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles.

However, we are working on being more explosive and aggressive for the 110-meter high hurdles."

The next meet will be the Oregon Relays, for qualified athletes only, on April 30 and May 1 at Hayward Field in Eugene. The rest of the team will compete May 1 in the Pacific Twilight at Pacific University in Forest Grove.

The Lady Saints softball squad went 4-0 at the NWAACC Crossover Tournament in Yakima, Wash., this past weekend.

The team improved to 18-4 overall and 3-1 in league play.

"We played four and we won four," said Head Coach Meadow McWhorter in excitement.

In game one on Saturday, the Saints played the Treasure Valley Community College Chukars. Freshman Kayla Anderson (7-1) with a 1.31 ERA, started things off with a bang throwing a complete game (seven innings), allowing only two hits in the 6-4 victory.

In the second game of the doubleheader, the Saints defeated the Olympic Community College Rangers 4-2. Sophomore Myranda Sawyer (4-2 with a 1.82 ERA) threw a complete game and allowed only four hits.

The Saints, who in the past have been told by the coaching staff to be more aggressive, came out in this past weekend with more self-assurance and got the job done. "We definitely played with more confidence with each game," said McWhorter.

Sunday produced the same results. The day started with the closest scoring affair of the tournament against the Bellevue Community College Bulldogs, with the Saints winning 3-2. Freshman Chelsea Schriber (6-1 with a 1.08 ERA) came prepared for the challenge. "She threw a fantastic game. She was ahead in the count, she was using all of her pitches. She got out of a lot of key situations. She just played 100 percent on and off the mound," said McWhorter on Schriber’s pitching performance.

The final game of the tournament was against the Walla Walla Community College Warriors and the Saints closed out the tournament with a 5-3 win. Freshman Amanda Livingston made her debut (1-0), throwing an impressive five innings for the Saints until she was relieved by Anderson who pitched the final two innings.

Unlike the first three games of the tournament, the Saints struggled early in the game and played with their backs against the wall. "In the Walla Walla game, we were down 3-0 in the fifth, and we had been struggling going with the outside pitch all game," said McWhorter.

According to McWhorter, her team wasn’t going to end the game without a fight. "Each hitter executed to generate the runs we needed. A definite high point for us was hitters coming in and having timely hitting," she said.

The team travels to play the Clackamas Community College Cougars in a doubleheader today starting at 3 p.m.

The Cougars are tied with the Lower Columbia Red Devils for first place in the South at 4-0. The Cougars overall record is 17-6.

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Student's speech wins Japanese Toyama Cup Jen Ashenberner The Advocate

MHCC student Victoria Leca was a first-place winner in the Toyama Cup Speech Contest Sunday in Portland.

“I wasn’t expecting to win,” Leca said. “I went into it thinking that the experience alone would be enough.”

The contest was held at the World Trade Center in Portland to honor the Oregon and Toyama sister-state relationship.

Shinobu Chrisman, MHCC modern language tutor, said, “She did great. We are all so proud of her.”

Contestants are put through a preliminary process that included submitting an English essay answering the question “How would you improve the relationship between Oregon and Toyama?”

Leca knew she wanted to participate in the contest for about a month before the event. She wrote the English essay and submitted it to the committee, then waited.

“I wrote my speech even though I didn’t know if I would be accepted,” said Leca. “I met with Shinobu and my Japanese instructor, Yoko Sato, and they helped me organize my ideas, figure out exactly what I wanted to talk about, and the grammar and pronunciation.”

Born in Romania, Leca moved to America five years ago. Over a span of four and a half years, she has learned English, become fluent in Japanese and learned some Spanish. She said she practiced her speech for her Japanese class with her parents and by herself.

The speech Leca gave at the contest was about the similarities of Oregon and Toyama and the important relationship between the two.

“They were announcing the second-, third- and even fourth-place winners and I was thinking, ‘Why aren’t they calling my name?’ be-

Victoria Leca

“I wasn’t expecting to win. I went into it thinking that the experience alone would be enough.”

Victoria Leca MHCC student

cause I knew I couldn’t have done that bad,” said Leca.

Leca placed first in the Division I (lower division), which is designed for students who have less than two years of Japanese study. The upper division is for students with more than two years of Japanese study and the grand prize of a round trip to Toyama, Japan, is reserved for that winner. Leca won a Nintendo DS, a couple of educational CDs and a manga (Japanese comic book).

Leca said, “Oregon has a very large Japanese population and the consulate general is in Portland. People should try to immerse themselves in the culture and make the Japan/Oregon relationship stronger.”

'Potty Press' to grace restrooms David Gambill The Advocate

When MHCC’s Associated Student Government introduces its “Call to Nature” program this week, their new marketing technique will hold a captive audience.

The “potty press,” as it has been nicknamed by ASG officials, will be a biweekly publication presented in calendar form on the inside of restroom stalls throughout MHCC. The MHCC President’s Cabinet approved the signs April 6 to be placed in the three most used men’s and women’s restrooms: near the cafeteria, the library and the bookstore. If the program works to the cabinet’s approval, it will be continued and extended to all campus bathrooms next year.

ASG Director of Communications James Dezellem said the idea came from an Oregon Community College Student Association retreat. At these retreats, student governments from around the state get together and share ideas. The bathroom calendar program is similar to one used at Portland Community College.

Graphic design student Melissa Andrews developed the template for the calendars. “She does a great job and she worked really hard to put it together,” said Dezellem.

The main goal of the program is to have a place for events to be publicized where everyone can see it.

The calendar will be created by the communications cabinet of ASG. The cabinet will decide which events make the calendar and will distribute them, but events are not limited to what student government is doing. Dezellem hopes the college staff uses this. “We want a wide range of events where we can choose the best events that will impact students,” he said.

To seek out school-wide events, the ASG cabinet sent out an all-staff e-mail. “We’re hoping that they will be sending us information that we can just take as much as we can from it and put it out. There’s obvi-

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Space is limited. Dezellum says there may be times when five events happen on one day and they may only have space for two. “We’re going to do our best to accommodate everything we can,” he said.

ASG President Bradley Best explained the scale of events that happen on campus. Best said he asks Diane Rosenthall, who does all the room assignments for events on campus, for a printout of the monthly events and it’s about seven pages long in small print.

Best said there would be discretion to prioritize what the cabinet thinks are bigger events. “If we have a full boat or not enough items, I don’t think we’re ever going to hold anybody out or keep them away from gaining recognition by any means,” Best said.

Dezellum wants to bring the whole staff together with this program. He said he wants input from staff, student, ASG and clubs. “Lots of things right now slip through the cracks,” he said.

In early discussions, vandalism came up as a threat to the project. Best said they brought up the vandalism in talks with other community colleges and he was comfortable that it would not be a problem.

Best praised the plan and Dezellum’s work as director of communications. He said that the penetration rate to reach the student body in previous years was around the 10 percent mark and that with Dezellum as director he’s possibly doubled or tripled that mark.

According to Best and Dezellum, the MHCC student activities Facebook page started the year at 125 students and is now over 1,300 students. The Facebook group sends a weekly e-mail as another means to find out what is going on.

Dezellum hopes the Call to Nature will chip away at the challenge of getting students involved in anything they’re interested in. Dezellum said he doesn’t want students just going to class and thinking, “It’s a lame school because I didn’t get involved.”

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