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Parking fee cost and structure of concern to students at forums Economics instructor provides input on college's proposal to cut sections rather than add them Ron J. Rambo Jr. The Advocate

Mt. Hood Community College officials gave students an opportunity Tuesday and Thursday to voice their concerns, ask questions, and make recommendations on the 2010-2011 budget proposal, which includes increased tuition and parking fees.

Sygielski said at the end of last week’s budget meeting, in which he introduced the proposal that any recommendations should be made prior to the May 19 budget meeting. So far, suggestions have come from students and faculty alike.

The discussions, which centered mostly around parking fees, which will be $50 per term for students, gave MHCC President John Sygielski and budget consultant Heidi Franklin food for thought to process before making their final budget proposal to the board at the May 19 budget meeting.

“A parking fee is not bad,” said one student. “It’s the $50 that is bad. When I broke that down and found out it was higher than parking in Portland, bells went off. I do understand helping the college, I get this parking fee, I think it’s a brilliant idea. Fifty dollars? Not a brilliant idea.”

Sygielski asked what amount this student

would be comfortable with, who responded, “In the range of $20 to $30.”

Another student asked if, once the parking fee was in place, there was a chance it would be repealed – a question Franklin answered with uncertainty.

“At this point it is too early to tell,” Franklin said. “Will the need for it go away?

I don’t know. I don’t feel comfortable saying yes or no.

“If the board approves the budget as we propose it, it will be a matter of implementation. If the fee is less than $50, where else do we cut or where do we make up the money to balance the budget?”

Another student mentioned people who come from Washington to MHCC instead of places in their area – which she said might be her situation soon – that will be affected by gas costs, living costs, and now a parking fee.

“I drive by Clackamas (Community College) and Portland (Community College) to get here,” blurted one student.

David Minger, vice president of student success and enrollment management, noted that the federal Pell grant will increase by $200 over the next year for students who receive the maximum amount, which will

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A proposed $50 parking fee makes the spaces closest to campus “prime real estate” according to instructor Ted Scheinman.

cover the cost of the $5 per credit tuition increase as well as “a little” of the parking fee. Minger encouraged everyone to apply.

One student mentioned he didn’t think the $50 was “that much,” saying he used to

pay $75 to $80 per term at his last college.

However, one student offered an idea that Sygielski made note of, saying it was “excellent.”

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ASG President-elect Larry Collins-Morgan and Vice President-elect Jon Francis on stage addressing the crowd after the results were announces during the 2010 Spring Dinner Dance.

ASG President-elect Larry Collins-Morgan said this week he is working toward fulfilling his campaign promises.

Collins-Morgan said he has been drafting legislation and actively working toward implementing some of the ideas he expressed during his campaign, although he does not take office until after finals week next month.

Collins-Morgan said that until he takes office, he feels as though he is “sitting on (his) hands.”

In what may have been the closest election in MHCC history, Collins-Morgan and Jon Francis were announced at the Spring Dinner Dance Saturday as the new ASG president and vice president.

Collins-Morgan and Francis, with 230 votes, won by two votes over Dee Hawes Sr. and Richard Ison, who drew 228 votes. Nikki Jauron and Heather Nichelle-Peres, the third ticket in the election, had 122 votes.

Meadow McWhorter, student events and center coordinator, said the election is the closest in MHCC history.

In many elections, if a vote count is very close, there is an automatic recount.

“With online voting we won’t do a recount,” said McWhorter.

Collins-Morgan said, “The first 13 days are going to be crucial to moving forward.

“I promised to have this intramural sports thing going, and we hope to have that going by summer,” said Collins-Morgan.

Collins-Morgan said the intramural sports program would be part of a daily health and wellness event he thinks would help bring the student body together while encouraging good health.

He also said he was working with MHCC

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President John Sygielski on instituting a program in which criminal justice students can gain work experience by being made public safety officers.

Asked about who he was looking for to fill his cabinet positions, Collins-Morgan said, “If you don’t have heart, if you don’t care about the students, you aren’t qualified.”

“They (the students) elected me, but I can’t do anything unless I can get some cohesion,” said Collins-Morgan.

Collins-Morgan also talked about his upbringing, and some confusion with his last name.

He said, “I know myself as Morgan. Everybody knows me as Morgan.

“For the election, I had to use the name Collins because legally that is my last name,” said Collins-Morgan.

At 2 months old, he was taken from his birth mother who was going to jail for drugrelated offenses by a prison chaplain named Robert Morgan and his wife Jeanie Morgan.

They were eventually given permanent custody over Collins-Morgan. At age 12, his father died.

Collins-Morgan said he credits his mother with his current successes.

He said, “I appreciate my upbringing a lot. “She was doing everything to make sure I had the livelihood that every kid would dream about,” said Collins-Morgan.

“After losing my dad, I turned to her. She gave me everything,” said Collins-Morgan.

Collins-Morgan also talked about his relationship with the other candidates during the campaign.

“I think it (relationship with the other

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Editorial

Proposed parking fee is too high; puts too much financial strain on students It has been a week and a half since Mt. Hood Community College President John Sygielski made his cabinet’s first 2010-2011 budget proposal to the district board, and if it hasn’t become clear based on what students have said so far, here it is in plain writing: Change the cost of the parking fee.

In a classic social psychology sense, as well as negotiation tactics, the administration will have already won by implementing a parking fee in the first place.

Ask someone to lend you $50, and they may look at you as if you have three heads. Lower the price to say, $25, and it becomes much more likely a person will comply.

This is the case with the parking fee. Students have already said they’re on board with helping the college from a financial standpoint; the question is the cost of the fee. As one student said at a budget forum this week, “It’s not the fee I have a problem with, it’s the $50.”

The college has projected nearly $2 million in revenue from a $50 per term parking fee. As the budget is currently proposed, the revenue increases and cost cutting will create a $320,000 surplus, coupled with a one-time $4 million transfer from unrestricted funds to the college’s emergency reserve fund. At Wednesday’s board meeting, a $600,000 transfer was approved from the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) fund into the general fund. All of these funds create nearly $5 million, and if all of it were to be placed into the reserve, the fund would total more than 7 percent of the general fund – or 2 percent more than it is expected to be.

This doesn’t sound like a lot, but consider back in April, the fund was at zero. When the year started, the fund was at $900,000 (1.75 percent), and fluxuated on a monthly basis, according to Sygielski. Increasing the emergency fund beyond the board goal of 5 percent in one fell swoop is the equivalent of eating only two apples a day for a week, then gorging on 6,000 calories per day the next. The change should be gradual.

If the college had a great deal of expenses, students might understand the need for an extra $4.9 million in the reserve fund. The cost of the electrical outage is projected to be nearly $3 million – but budget consultant Heidi Franklin has already said that would be paid for via a loan.

“In the state of Oregon, it is illegal to borrow money to pay for salaries and benefits,” Franklin said at Tuesday’s budget forum. “So we can’t borrow money to run the college’s education services.

But you can borrow money to build buildings, fix buildings, do energy projects; things that are called capital projects because they have a useful life of many years or they add to the life of the building . . . you don’t see the numbers for the electrical fix in the budget packet because we would borrow money to pay for that fix.”

With that in mind, the other question would be paying for the college’s recently adopted facilities master plan. However, Sygielski has already said he is “very confident” the college will be able to finance the plan with bonds and grants. So why does the college need this much money?

Using the same conservative projections the college did, if the parking fee were $25 instead of $50, it would create about $1 million in revenue. If the college wants to keep its $320,000 surplus, here is a simple solution: transfer $1 million of the $4 million in unrestricted funds to the general fund.

Relieve the pressure on students, who have already shown they’re willing to pay a parking fee.

College officials: Lower the parking fee cost to $25.

The $5.8 million debt was created by administrators, not students. Sygielski has been here two years now, which should have been more than enough time to stop the bleeding.

The purpose of the college is to serve students; making students pay for the college’s debt is irresponsible and will only push students away, slowing any attempt MHCC will make at becoming Oregon’s premiere community college.

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A Student Senate bill proposed

by ASMHCC Sen. Charles Cookman, would give greater power to the senate over future presidents and vice presidents.

The proposal which surfaced Wednesday would change bylaws to better address disciplinary action against the president and vice president.

Currently, there is little recourse against an elected president and vice president outside of a recall election that would remove that official from office should complaints arise.

The proposed changes effectively outline a procedure that eliminates student body involvement from the removal or discipline of elected officials.

According to Senate Bill #09116, formal complaints against presidents or vice presidents must be made 48 hours before the next senate meeting.

The senate (at its discretion) will set up an investigative committee, will hear complaints in executive session, and then decide on punitive measures against the person or persons the complaints were made against.

Under the proposed bill, the

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senate may vote on disciplinary actions “including, but not exclusive to probation, sending the elected official to a job performance training prescribed by the compliant, or removal of the elected official. Removal of an elected official will require a three fourths (3/4) vote.”

Despite needing a 3/4 majority to remove an elected official, the majority needed to take disciplinary action of any kind against an elected official is not yet outlined by Senate Bill #09-116.

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News Briefs Graduation caps and gowns available

Graduation caps, gowns and tassels are for sale at the MHCC bookstore for $27.99. The MHCC commencement ceremony will take place June 11 at 7 p.m. in the College Stadium.

Gowns will be available until the day of the ceremony from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Basketball team fundraiser

The men’s basketball team is sponsoring a golf tournament to raise money for travel expenses, community service projects, team apparel and team-building events. The event will start at noon June 18 and will be held at the Gresham Golf Course.

Tickets are $100 each.

New student workshops start soon

The MHCC Advising and Transfer Center will conduct workshops for new students between May 26 and Sept. 6.

The workshops will take place three times a day, no less than

three times per week. They are designed to guide new students through registration and signing up for Fall 2010 classes. For more information call 503-4916067 or go to twitter.com/mhccadvisor.

New traffic signal near campus

The City of Gresham has started construction of a new traffic signal at Northeast 23rd Street and Kane Drive at the south entrance to MHCC on Wednesday. The new signal will convert the existing pedestriancrossing signal to a full traffic signal. Kane Drive will have temporary lane closures at the intersections, but access to the college driveway and Northeast 23rd street will remain at all time.

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May primary election ballots are due May 18. MHCC instructor Chris Gorsek and MHCC District board member Duke Shepard are both seeking the Metro Council position for District 1, along with Shirley Craddick and Jeffery Reynolds. You can either mail your ballot in or drop it off at the Gresham Library.

that a president is removed from office. Under current bylaws, the vice president would assume the position of president if the current president is recalled; if the vice president is recalled, the president would name a candidate to be confirmed by the ASMHCC senate. The new bylaws remove that language and do not outline a chain of succession in either event.

In Wednesday’s ASMHCC senate meeting, Senate Bill #09116 was read and tabled for revision. Another reading and vote is expected next week at its 4 p.m.

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The Ford Motor Company and AAA will sponsor a car show in their name today at 10 a.m. in the Industrial Technology building. Twenty juniors and seniors were selected from around the state to participate in the event, which will provide two students with a $10,000 automotive scholarship and a chance to compete in the AAA nationals in Deerborn, Mich., in July.

The students have spent the last year maintaining a qualifying GPA, passing all mechanical and technical exams and meeting the approval and recommendation of their automotive instructor.

In this show the students will be divided into 10 groups of two where they will each be under the eye of the general public, local media and their instructor who will also act as line-judge to examine their work.

The teams will be given 90 minutes to de-bug mechanical and technical problems inserted into the models as if they were all real mechanics. The team with the least demerits will be the winner.

Demerits can include anything from a loose screw on a carburetor to not following safety regulations.

“It is really something to see all of these young people work hard at a service such as this,” says Earl Baker, an AAA employee and coordinator of approved auto repair.

He said that the Portland metro area is growing at an estimated 7,000 people each year that means more commuters and more traveling, which means more mechanics will be needed.

Baker quoted a line from an article in National Automotive Magazine, which stated that between now, and 2014, there will be a demand for 90,000 automotive jobs in the U.S and Canada. “That’s just four years”, Baker said.

Baker and Event Manager/ MHCC automotive instructor Jerry Lyons said this event puts pressure on those participating but it also deepens their automotive skills to ensure their abilities as future mechanics. Those who come in second and third will also receive prizes, including car equipment, tools, a one-year warranty on a Ford model and other scholarship amounts.

“Every young man and woman who is involved has already given 110 percent. No matter how fast they finish or who comes in first place, everyone will walk away a winner,” Baker said.

Advocate wins 10 awards The Advocate won 10 awards last week at the annual statewide college newspaper contest, including second place in general excellence for the second year in a row.

The Advocate also won first place for best news story and best graphic (both by Ron Rambo) and for best photography (Brett Stanley). The newspaper won honorable mention, or third place, for best website www. advocate-online.net, under the direction of web editor Chelsea Van Baalen.

The 2010 Collegiate Newspaper Contest, held May 7 at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, is sponsored each year by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association (ONPA). Twenty-one newspapers submitted a total of 640 entries in 21 categories that cover the spectrum of newspaper arts. Those entries were judged in March and April by a group of individuals in the editorial and advertising departments at ONPA member newspapers.

Newspapers were divided into three categories: dailies at four-year colleges, non-dailies at four-year colleges, and two-year non-daily college publications.

The Advocate also won the following awards: second place for best editorial (Ron Rambo); second place for best sports photo (Brett Stanley); honorable mention for best news photo (Thelma Lucas); honorable mention to the newspaper staff for best design; and honorable mention for best graphic (Ron Rambo.

Sanne Godfrey, Advocate editor-in-chief, said, “It’s great to get rewarded for all the hard work we did this year. The staff, with the help of the advisers, worked really hard and the end result is a great newspaper.”

Advocate adviser Bob Watkins said he was pleased his students were honored for the quality of their work that reflected their commitment to the newspaper and website. He praised Godfrey for her “leadership and countless hours of work each week,” and also thanked assistant adviser Dan Ernst for his “invaluable help in design and in helping the students develop a top-notch website.”

Historian's Roundtable Ronald Reagan's Impact from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 1608 Ford AAA Autoskills from noon to 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Industrial Technology building

Monday, May 17 Student Success Seminars Outrageous Study Strategies from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 2307

tuesday, May 18 "Dead Mathematicians’’ Society The Cantor Set starts at 3:15 p.m. in Room 1573 Student Success Seminar How to Write a Resume from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 1152 Student Success Seminar Overcoming Procrastination from 3:10 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 1267

Wednesday, May 19 AA Meeting

from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Room 1266 Laser Tag Free with student i.d. from 7 to 10 p.m. at Lazer Planet

Student Success Seminar Effective Interviewing from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 1152

Thursday, May 20 WorldView: Rhone Valley from noon to 1pm in room 1600 Café Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Jazz Café Student Success Seminar Your Learning Style from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 3333

Friday, May 21 The Advocate Issue 28 in news stands around campus Men’s Forum from noon to 1 p.n. in Room 1008

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Enrollment increases 17.9% compared to May 2009 David Gambill The Advocate

state determines what our reimbursement is, but it’s not immediate. It’s a three-year process,” Maas said.

Information from the MHCC website explains that 40 percent of the states money allocated from this years enrollment is included in the 2010-2011 distribution, and then 30 percent over the next two years. The state splits the reimbursement funds between the 17 community colleges in Oregon, Maas said.

However, she said, more enrollment doesn’t necessarily mean MHCC will see more state money; the college sees more of the pie only if its increase is larger than the increase of the other schools.

Enrollment at Portland Community College is up 16.8

The MHCC research and planning department said enrollment is up 17.9 percent when comparing May 5, 2009, to May 5, 2010.

In an email, research and planning departments, Tim Green said, “As of today (May 5), spring is up 17.9 percent compared to the same point-in-time last spring.”

MHCC President John Sygielski said there are several reasons why enrollment is up. “One, unemployment is a driver. Two, individuals that are employed but may want to get additional course work to enhance their skills.

“I think we’re also seeing more students who are coming to us from four-year institutions.

We’re also seeing more individuals who are getting reengaged because of the economy.”

He also said he thinks the college has a good reputation.

Sygielski said there also are promotional efforts used to attract new students. He cited faculty participating in various high school events, speeches in the community and marketing as ways that the college is “getting itself out there and spreading the news about what this school is all about.”

The final enrollment numbers for spring won’t be available until this summer, said Peggy Maas, director of admission, registration and records.

Enrollment numbers are reported by the college to the state each quarter and are factored into how the state distributes funds. “Eventually, The full-time it does make a difference on how the

enrollment numbers per term since

percent as of week four of spring term, according to PCC’s website.

The report gives some of the numbers that are sent to the state. These numbers include full-time enrollment (FTE) and percent change from last year, unduplicated head count and percent change, and duplicated head count. The most current numbers on this report are from winter and show a FTE of 3143.63, up 15.51 percent from the previous year.

Maas said unduplicated head count is each individual student counted once whereas duplicated is each student counted for each class they enroll in.

This means that a student enrolled in five classes is counted five times under the duplicated head count. The unduplicated head count from winter term was 16,176, up 6.73 percent and the duplicated was 38,451 up 15.44 percent.

Maas said the state funds are only a part of the revenue the school earns. “We get part of our funding from the state, part from tuition and fees and part from property tax,” she said.

Maas said the property tax revenue in the district has shrunk, “because it hasn’t been adjusted since I don’t know when.

“So the percent of property tax has gone down as far as that portion of our funding.”

She said the state plays a factor in tuition increases “If we aren’t getting a lot of money from the state, we have to look at other ways to increase our Summer 2005 revenue.”

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The Child Development Center is set to nearly double in size, according to Director of Facilities Management Dick Byers.

“As far as I know, we’re trying to design a building of approximately 20,000 square feet. That’s twice the size of the current facilities,” Byers said.

CDC program director Kris Pearson said the new center will occupy a space on the north end of the academic spine and that while the actual positioning of the building hasn’t been sited yet, it was “selected with the master plan in mind.”

The master plan is a 10-year remodeling plan for the campus that has been adopted by the college.

According to Byers and Pearson, the building should be completed in July 2011. Byers said, “Our goal is to start construction in October of this year. Construction will take approximately 40 weeks and if we can start construction in October of this year, construction should be completed by July of next year.

“We have a budget of $5.3 million, but the actual cost of the project has yet to be determined,” Byers said. “We have received $2.5 million from the state and we have to provide the other half. We have to spend our $2.5 million first before the state gives us their $2.5 million.” According to Byers, this money has already been set aside.

Pearson said plans for a new CDC center have been in the works for years. Pearson said that the center was originally constructed in the 1970s.

“They were never permanent structures,” she said. “The college has remodeled the modular buildings over the last 40 years. The college has worked really hard to keep the building safe and appropriate.”

Pearson said the buildings have experienced leaks in the roof and that “the sewage system was never

designed for the number of children we serve between this building and Head Start.”

As for what will be done with the current structures, Byers said, “The current Head Start building is federally owned, and will remain for the next 10 years and become a satellite Head Start school. The other buildings will be demolished.”

With the new structures, Pearson said new classrooms would be added for both the Head Start program and the Early Childhood Education program as well.

“There will be more classrooms, probably eight classrooms.

That’s the direction we’re going in,” she said. Byers said the new building will also include a prep kitchen.

Pearson is part of the Early Childhood Steering Committee that also includes Byers, JoAnn Zahn (vice president of administrative services), Jennifer Dement (director of finance and auxiliary services), Jean Wagner (director of child development & family support programs), Susan Brady (director of child development and family support services), Ellen White (Early Childhood Education instructor), and Christie Plinski (dean of social sciences).

“We’re the ones working with the architect on the design,” Pearson said.

Kurt Haapala is the architect working on the building. Haapala is from Mahlum Architects, the group that has been selected by the college. Pearson said that Welsh Construction are the contractors that will be working on the building.

According to Pearson, this is the first new building the college has built in 30 years and that “this building is being built as a sustainable building.”

With the new facilities, Pearson said the programs that the CDC center provides would also go under a slight change with the implementation of the program Early

Head Start.

“The building will be Head Start and Early Head Start, both in a full-day and half-day program,

she said. “It’s shifting the way the program runs. In the new building, all the families will be (either) Head Start or Early Head Start eligible.

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Meetings allow for discussion on a variety of topics to 'improve men's lives' David Gambill

a club to be chartered, it must have eight student signatures, and the signature of an adviser who can commit to at least ASG Senator of Counseling and Advising Jedidiah Lee an hour a week to attend a meeting, in addition to being apis helping the Men’s Forum be a positive force in the com- proved by SOC and the senate, Lee said. If approved, the club will plan and organize the forum, facilitatmunity with the help of faculty members. ing the topics, guest speakers and other events, The Men’s Forum meets in Room 1008 Lee said. from noon to 1 p.m. every Friday and offers free Lee said the average attendance is about pizza with a vegetarian option, Lee said.

15 people. He said the forums in Room 1008 Student counselor Malcolm McCord origicould hold about 20 people. He said his goal for nally started the group as a single fathers’ group next year is to move a larger room next door. “I but the group wasn’t inclusive enough, Lee said. would like to see a rise in attendance enough to Each week the forum has different topics facilitate 30 people to 40 people a week,” Lee and a guest speaker, Lee said. “It’s something said. that people are getting something out of and Women are invited, Lee said, but he said everybody’s able to chime in their opinion and there are concerns that the men may not be as discuss the topics that we talk on,” he said. Lee open about personal issues when women are said the forum May 7 included speeches by lopresent. “That’s just one of the ongoing obcal pastor Bob Bretsch on sexuality, MHCC Jedidiah Lee stacles that as we become more structured and peer mentor Woodie Camp on addiction and become a club that we’ll be able to address these McCord on anger management.

McCord’s lecture on anger management, Lee said, was issues in our meetings,” he said. Lee also said that most perabout how anger builds up throughout the day. “Part of the sonal issues can be taken to McCord in the counseling cendiscussion was different ways to present the initial bother ter after the forum meetings.

Lee has seen progress in the group. He told a story about from affecting you,” he said.

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“I ran into him on the bus, and he said to his friend, ‘Hey everybody, this is one of my counselors in the Men’s Forum and he’s helping me get my life together,” Lee said. Lee then said that he’s not a counselor but it was a positive experience to see someone using the forum as a means to get their life on track.

The story meets with the goal of the forum, Lee said, which is “to improve men’s lives so that they can improve the lives of their families and the community around them.”

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Instructor suggests proposal doesn't follow 'marginal cost equals marginal revenue' “Is there any way to negotiate a price difference between carpooling, and charge them the $50, and make the ‘crap’ parking cheaper?” asked the student. “If there’s a way to negotiate that, it would be better because people will be a little more likely to pay $50 when you’re getting front row parking. There will be some that will be able to afford that.”

Sygielski said the college would be bringing in officials from PCC to help discuss ways to implement the parking fee.

Elsewhere, the full-time faculty association has also been working on potential fixes to issues facing the $5.8 million deficit.

Economics instructor Ted Scheinman, who has been at MHCC for more than 30 years, suggested to the faculty senate in a presentation Tuesday that the college’s budget

proposal was not following “marginal cost equals marginal revenue,” a concept in economics Scheinman said “goes against basic decision-making rules in economics.”

“What is relevant is to focus on the variable costs and not the fixed costs,” Scheinman’s message said.

“The fixed costs are fixed and are not influenced by the number of students or classes in the short run. So, in this example, what you should do is to try to maximize the difference between the additional revenues and the additional costs.”

Scheinman said Thursday the parking costs and instructional costs have been looked at the wrong way, saying the college “isn’t asking the right questions.”

“We can raise revenue for parking, but we have to take advantage of the scarcity of

a source,” Scheinman said. “A fee by itself doesn’t achieve that. But if we charge different rates for different parking zones, we can find out who is really willing to pay for the best spots.”

Scheinman said in the past what the college has seen is students dropping classes or leaving the college altogether if they can’t get into classes that they need.

“If someone can’t take their Math 111 class here because there aren’t enough sections available, they might take all their marbles elsewhere,” said Scheinman. “We should take advantage of other areas where classes can be taught, and other times. We should be adding more sections, not removing them. The theater across the street doesn’t start showing movies until the afternoon. Are you telling me we can’t rent out

some theaters and teach classes that will almost certainly fill up?”

In a discussion Scheinman had with Franklin, it had become clear to him that she doesn’t understand the operation of the college.

“Heidi comes from a public institution where revenue is fixed,” said Scheinman.

“They can’t make extra money at public schools. Here, students pay. She is looking at the budget saying, ‘We have $4 in revenue and $5 in costs – we have to cut costs.’ But they don’t look at different ways to operate.”

Whether Scheinman has gotten through to any of the administrators has yet to be seen. But, he said, this is not the first time he has proposed this idea.

The final budget will have to be adopted by the board by June 23.

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MAY 14, 2010

Baseball on the verge of missing playoffs after 16 seasons Jon Fuccillo The Advocate

This spring’s stretch run has been anything but a fairytale finish for the Saints baseball team as they have dropped five of their last six games and are on the verge of missing the postseason for the first time since 1994.

The Saints were scheduled to play a doubleheader Thursday in Gresham at Oslund Field against the Southwestern Oregon Community College Lakers. Saints won game one 14-4 in seven innings. Game two results were unavailable at press time. Freshman pitcher Matt Pechmann picked up the victory after pitching six innings. Freshman Cam Foster closed out the seventh inning.

For the first time in six years, the team won’t reign as Southern Region champions. The Saints are in fourth place (13-11 in league) with six games remaining.

They are only two games back of Clackamas Community College and Lane Community College (each 15-9 in league action).

Chemeketa Community College is in first place with a 16-8 record — but only the top two teams from the South advance to play in the NWAACC Tournament May 27-31 at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Wash.

If the Saints win their final six games and Lane goes 3-3 or worse, the Saints would move ahead of the Titans. If Clackamas also finishes the season 3-3 and MHCC goes 6-0, the Saints would finish in second place. But if Clackamas finished the season 4-2, they would play the Saints in a playoff game to see who would represent the South as the two seed.

Lane and Clackamas play each other in the next four games. Lane finishes the season with a doubleheader against the lastplace Linn-Benton (4-20 in region action).

The Saints dropped four in a row to Lane last Thursday and Saturday and split a doubleheader with the first-place Chemeketa on Tuesday.

In game one against the Storm, the team picked up an 11-10 victory as freshman pitcher Nate Dolman (2-1) got the win and freshman Matt Pechmann picked up the save in relief.

Sophomore Corey Davis (1-1) took the loss in game two as the Saints dropped a 3-1 verdict. Chemeketa sophomore ace Grady Wood (7-2) picked up his third victory of the season over the Saints. Both pitchers threw complete games.

“That guy (Wood) is the man,” said Davis who struck out three in the loss. “He really knows what he’s doing out there. Works well, works fast.”

Photos by Jon Fuccillo/ The Advocate

Freshman Danny Clifford at the plate in game one in Thursday’s doubleheader against the Southwestern Oregon Community College Lakers. The Saints were leading 4-0 after one inning of action and Clifford is batting .261 for the Saints. Freshman Matt Pechmann earned the game one victory on the mound.

Eighteen errors have killed the Saints over the last six games and freshman pitcher Jerremy Burright (6-3) has lost two straight after winning six in a row.

“We really haven’t played clean,” coach Bryan Donohue said Wednesday night. “It’s been a tough season. We haven’t capitalized.

On paper we are much more talented than our record.”

Some would think that the Southern Region was down this year since no one was a clear favorite and ran away with the title.

But Donohue thinks the region is just as strong as always.

“No one gives the South enough credit,” said the coach. “Look at a team like Lower Columbia, who dominated the East last season, and then came into NWAACCs and went two and out (at their home field).”

Davis couldn’t have agreed more with his coach. “We’ve beaten ourselves a lot this year,” he said. “We’ve been that team all season long and it really caught up to us. We still have a great chance. We need to find out what team we really are. It’s baseball; anything can happen at this point.

Co-captains Davis and sophomore center fielder Michael Blake have all of the confidence in the world despite their backs

against the wall.

“Personally, I need to bring more energy to the park,” said Blake, who will be heading to the University of Hawaii next year. “We can’t get negative. We need to stay very positive right now. The freshmen look up to us. We just need to act like each of these six (remaining games) is our last game. We can make a run at this.”

Davis said, “Times in baseball are defined by how you react to pressure. We have to be loose, relax and play the game the right way.

This is a game of miracles unlike any other sport. As long as we limit our mistakes, we will be fine.”

With so many superstitions involved with baseball players, almost three-fourths of the team gathered together to get “rally hawks” haircuts for the final six games of the season. Davis said the idea behind it was to give the team a “new surge” with the hope of making it to NWAACCs. “It’s meant to be fun,” Davis said of the team’s new haircuts. “We need that huge kick to get us

going. It’s all about having fun and pumping our players up. Things tend to go south when you’re playing stressed out. So we thought we would give this a shot. Plus it’s a last resort.”

The team travels to Coos Bay Saturday to play the Lakers again in a doubleheader that starts at 1 p.m. The regular season ends Thursday with a doubleheader at Oslund Field against the Clackamas Cougars at 1 p.m.

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Softball head coach gets concussion after line drive Women extend win streak to 6 after rough patch during conference play Jake Fray

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The Saints softball team extended its win streak to six games after sweeping Clackamas at home last Friday followed by Chemeketa in Salem Saturday.

The Saints played most of Saturday without Head Coach Meadow McWhorter, who was hit behind her right ear after a foul ball came her way in the third inning of game one.

“It sounded like it hit a metal pole,” said Saints third baseman Nicole Colpron. “I didn’t play because my hand got reinjured against Clackamas and I was on the bench and I thought it hit the pole. But when I saw Coach drop, I was like, ‘Oh my god’.”

McWhorter said, “I don’t remember too much. They got me into the dugout and I was shaky and felt like I was abut to cry and I asked the trainer why I felt like I was about to cry when I wasn’t in pain and he said it was because of the adrenaline. Then my arm started to go numb and that is

when they called 9-1-1.”

McWhorter left in an ambulance and suffered a concussion.

She said Thursday she was starting to feel better.

“I really don’t remember much about it other than what people have told me,” she said. “I am just lucky I turned and saw the ball when I did.”

The Saints cruised to easy victories over the Storm. They won game one 11-3, only needing five innings even with losing their coach in the third. In the second game, the Saints struggled with their bats but that may have been because McWhorter was at the hospital at the time.

“She was definitely on our minds,” said Colpron. “It was a really big reality check for us because we didn’t have our coach. But as a team we pulled through it and that is what counted.

The Saints scored the only run of game two in the fifth when JadeMarie Kealiinohomoku led off with a single and scored off an Ari VanHorn single. Picking up the win

“I really don’t remember much about it other than what people have told me. I am just lucky I turned and saw the ball when I did.”

Meadow McWhorter Saints head softball coach for the Saints was Chelsie Schriber.

During Friday’s doubleheader against Clackamas, the Saints had Sophomore Day, which McWhorter said raised the intensity of the game.

“I’ve known these sophomores since they were sophomores and juniors back in high school,” she said. “We jumped out on them early and the emotion and adrenaline we had going into that game made us play at such a high level.”

The Saints went into cruise control, McWhorter said, once the game got going and the emotion level went down.

“The emotion went down after we jumped out early on them and

that is when Myranda (Sawyer) came out in the fifth and Kayla (Anderson) came in to finish the game for us,” she said.

Anderson came in to finish off the Cougars in game one to win 5-2.

“Our pitching has been strong all year,” said McWhorter. “Myranda’s windup is slow and she pitches fast for us. We generally can go one through nine without her giving up a hit because hitters can’t adjust to the slow windup.

And Kayla does what she always does and goes out and closes the game.”

In the second game, the Saints jumped out on the Cougars early

and Anderson started for the Saints on the mound but struggled, facing only 14 batters.

“You can tell when she is off,” said McWhorter. “Usually she is ahead in the count but she kept falling behind so we brought in Chelsie and she did her thing closing out the game for us.”

The Saints final regular series is against the Lower Columbia Red Devils Saturday in Longview.

“It’s going to be tough to win in that house,” said Colpron. “I will be able to play again and I played through the pain against Clackamas and still got hits. So we should be able to win there if we play the way we know how.”

The Saints then take a week off to prepare for the NWAACC tournament at Delta Park, which takes place May 21-24. The Saints have a solid chance to repeat as champions, according to McWhorter, as long as they play “Hood” softball.

“If we do the things we have taught all year and play the way we can, we have a good chance,” she said.

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Jr. Velasquez breaks 40-year-old school record Saints prepare for Southern Region Championships Saturday

Jon Fuccillo The Advocate

Former Saint takes big strides in the National League

Sanne Godfrey The Advocate

I

’ve been waiting for this day for the last three years and the day has finally come — a Brian Burres article.

Burres is a former Saint who pitched here in 2000 (still the only pitcher in school history to be a part of two no-hitters) and is now pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates and is off to his best start.

Burres was drafted in 31st round (931st overall) in 2000 by the San Francisco Giants. But he didn’t appear in his first pro game until 2006 with the Baltimore Orioles after spending time in the farm system.

For the first time in his young career, the 29-year old southpaw is off to a solid start (2-1 with a 3.91 era in six appearances). His team is a whole different story: they sit in fifth place out of six teams in the NL Central Division with a 14-20 record.

It’s weird calling a player who has only been involved in 87 games a journeyman. In the last three seasons, he has pitched for three teams (Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays and now the Pirates).

He spent Brian Burres three seasons with the Orioles before getting dumped.

To be honest, I just think he was happy to get out of the powerhouse offensive stacked AL East with teams like the Yankees, Red Sox and Rays. I don’t blame the Gresham native. I would run for the hills if they told me I was facing any of those three teams. In an era dominated by homeruns (steroids) and pitchers throwing triple digits (steroids), Burres has found a way to make a name for himself.

He throws high 80s to low 90s. His best pitch is his changeup that dies on you.

Burres spent most of his 2009 campaign in the minor leagues with the Las Vegas 51s (the TripleA organization for the Blue Jays).

He made two starts for the Jays and went 0-2 and was shelled for 10 runs in less than seven innings.

It’s great to have a former Saint making some noise in the big leagues and putting Mt. Hood on the map. Plus, he’s a local guy who attended Sam Barlow High School.

Yeah, his stats are nothing “booming” at this point but the guy is headed in the right direction. He only has room for improvement at this point.

Career stats: 15-21 overall record, 288 total innings, 183 strikeouts, with a 5.91 era.

Burres is scheduled to face the Chicago Cubs today at 11:30 a.m. for the second time this season. In his first start against the Cubs he picked up the victory and threw seven innings, striking out four batters and walked three.

Fun fact: As a Yankee fan I was at the game when the future Hall of Famer Andy Pettitte won his 200th career game in a 2-1 victory over the Orioles on Sept. 19, 2007, at Yankee Stadium. Guess who picked up the loss for the Orioles in that game? BRIAN BURRES! What are the odds?

Jr. Velasquez

During the Mt. Hood Twilight last Friday, Jr. Velasquez broke the school record in the shot put.

Velasquez finished second in the event with a distance of 54’8.25,” breaking the 54’6” record set by Don Philpot in 1970.

Head coach Matt Hart said, “I am so excited that Jr. broke our 40-year-old school record. The thing about his performance that day was that he wasn’t focused on the record but rather on competing and doing his best. The end result was a school record. I am confident that he still has another foot in him just waiting to pop out. It could be at Southern or NWAACCs.” Velasquez also competed in the discus where he finished ninth with a distance of 136’05”, right behind fellow MHCC athlete Adrian Weber, who threw a distance of 143’8”.

Chris Zeller has recovered from an ankle injury and came in first place in the 400 meters with a time of 49.03. His teammate Nathan Hope finished third with a time of 50.03.

“His ankle is still very sore and I am curious to see how fast he will be when it recovers completely,” said Hart.

MHCC’s men’s relay team finished first place in the 4x100 with a time of 43.00.

Sprinter Micah Strong finished first in the 100 meters and fifth in the 200 meters. Strong ran 10.94 in

the 100 meters and 22.31 in the 200 meters.

Anaiah Rhodes competed in three events during the meet, the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters and placed in the top five for all events.

Hart said, “It is very difficult to do the sprint triple because the 400m is immediately before the 100m. Imagine running as fast as you can for a quarter of a mile, then trying to perform at optimal peak performance immediately afterwards in the 100m. Very tough and gutsy. As testimony to how hard she worked this year is that not only did she compete in the sprint triple but she also set new lifetime PRs in all three of the races and winning the 200m against university women.

I am very proud of her and she earned her success.”

Rhodes finished first in the 200 meters with a time of 25.19, second in the 100 meters with a time of 12.30 and fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 58.77.

The women also competed in the 1500 meters with Amanda Faggard finishing ninth with a time of 5:07.38, Amanda Smith finished 13th and Holli Davis finished 15th.

Kelsey Strot won the women’s shot put with a distance of 43’5.75” and finished seventh in the discus throw event with a distance of 120’.

The teams will compete at the Southern Region Championships Saturday in Coos Bay.

Photos by Devin Courtright/ The Advocate

Sophomore Jr. Velasquez throws his the shotput 54’ 8.25” at the Mt. Hood Twilight last Friday, breaking the 54’6” record set by Don Philpot in 1970.

Upcoming Schedule • Baseball plays Saturday vs. SW Oregon at Coos Bay in a doubleheader. Games start at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

• Baseball plays Thursday vs. Clackamas at Oslund Field in a doubleheader.

Games start at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

• Softball plays today vs. Lower Columbia at Longview in a doubleheader. Games start at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

• Track and field competes Saturday in the Southern Region Championships at SW Oregon in Coos Bay.

Softball conference standings School

W-L

Pct.

W-L

X-Clackamas 14-4 X-Mt. Hood 14-4 X-Lower Columbia 10-8 X-SW Oregon 10-8 Chemeketa 3-15 Clark 3-15

.778 .778 .625 .375 .125 .125

27-10 29-7 30-9 30-8 17-21 12-25

Baseball conference standings School

Chemeketa Clackamas Lane Mt. Hood SW Oregon Linn-Benton

W-L

Pct.

W-L

16-8 15-9 15-9 13-11 9-15 4-20

.667 .625 .625 .542 .375 .167

27-9 20-17 24-14 20-18 14-20 8-30

Tues. May. 11 - Salem

Sat. May. 8 - Salem

Game 1: Mt. Hood Saints 1, Chemeketa Storm 0

Game 1: Mt. Hood Saints 11, Chemeketa Storm 10

Game 2: Mt. Hood Saints 11, Chemeketa Storm 3

Game 2: Chemeketa Storm 3, Mt. Hood Saints 1

WP - Chelsea Schriber

WP - Myranda Sawyer

LP - Bre Hendrick

LP - Katie Millard

WP - Nate Dolman

WP - Grady Wood

LP - Dan Withnell

LP - Corey Davis

MUSIC

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CD Previews Nas and Damien Marley Distant Relatives

MAY 14, 2010

Front Toward Enemy Story by Jen Ashenberner

“Once we got started, we couldn’t stop,” Nas said to theboombox.com.

“It started out as an EP and we just said let’s make it an album.” Nas, American-born, and Marley, Jamaican-born, said the album’s title is derived from their African roots. Marley told Rolling Stone the proceeds from sales of the album will go to a project possibly building schools in Africa.

Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street

“92 singles, 29 studio albums, 10 live albums, and more songs than you can count,” said rollingstones. com, showing how deep into the veins of the music industry Rolling Stones have gone. On Tuesday, fans will be able to experience the magic that makes them the “Stones” all over again when the re-mastered mix of their 10th studio album is released in stores across the U.S. Also available is a deluxe edition that, according to the New York Post, will include 10 neverreleased tracks.

Genesis

N

ick Anthony, MHCC music and education major, was raised with an emphasis on education and his love of music is nurtured when writing and performing for his band Front Toward Enemy.

Music and education are an amalgamation of pursuits Anthony said he was born into and something he has a passion for. “Both of my parents are in education,” he said. “My dad is an administrator and my mom teaches K-8 grades.

“An education major was something I always wanted to pursue,” said Anthony. “I figured since I love music as well, I could tie them together.”

Front Toward Enemy is comprised of four members including Anthony. Nick Michael is on guitar, Justin Goddard is on drums and Joe Hurley is on guitar and produced the band’s last album, “Facing the Dragon.”

“We’re crazy, we drink a lot, and we like to have fun,” Anthony said.

“We spend 30 hours a week together so we have to have fun or we would kill each other.”

Anthony said his bandmate Hurley described their relationship the best: “It’s like NOW PLAYING having three girlfriends,” he said.

The foursome has gone through all of the Front Toward Enemy “bumps” that a good band would have to go “Movie Star” through in order to be good together, according to Anthony. “There have been drug adGo to The Advocate online at www.advocate-online.net dictions that we’ve had to get through as well to hear this music. as people quitting the band and replacing them. People trying to help us out to people trying to screw us over — basically everything a good band should have gone through to make it somewhere.”

The name Front Toward Enemy comes from the front of an M-18 Claymore mine, an explosive device used primarily during World War II, said Anthony. “It’s a mine that they (military) labeled ‘front toward enemy’ on the front of because so many soldiers were blowing themselves up by installing it the wrong way and then discharging it.”

Front Toward Enemy’s sound is “rock-n-roll with some sweet guitar leads,” although it isn’t derived from a specific genre, said Anthony.

We’ll be loving you always

MHCC’s vocal jazz ensemble Genesis will release its 16-track CD on Tuesday, according to Genesis director Dave Barduhn. The CD will be available for purchase at all of their campus performances and at www.djrecords.com for $10 each.

Photo contributed by Nick Anthony

“Our band plays a wide array of stuff and we go from heavy to soft,” he said. “We play pretty much everything except the newer hip-hop.”

“If you like Foo Fighters, you will probably like us,” he said. “If you like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, you will probably like us. That’s two different genres right there.”

While Anthony writes 100 percent of the lyrics, he said the music is written by the band as a whole. “Someone will start a guitar riff, then we will all build off of it,” he said.

A May 29 show at The Redroom Rock-n-Roll Sports Bar, located at 2530 N.E. 82nd Ave., is next for the band.

“Folks should come out. It will be a good show with awesome bands,” said Anthony.

The fan base is a small Oregon and Washington cluster but it consists of a faithful following that includes a variety of demographics due to the wide range of genres they cover, according to Anthony.

When school is out, the fun will just be beginning for Anthony and his bandmates as the group finishes up a new CD and will be going on a concert tour. “We’re just finishing up recording a six song LP, then we are going on a 30-day tour from Gresham to Tennessee July 21-Aug. 22,” he said.

“We start in Gresham, then up to Seattle, through Spokane, then to Chicago, and down to Tennessee, back through Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, then home,” Anthony said. “Basically a big circle.”

A happy ending for Anthony doesn’t have to include fame and fortune because he just loves playing music. “I’m not trying to make a million dollars but I wouldn’t mind playing everyday for the rest of my life,” he said.

“I definitely see myself with this band, trying to make something of ourselves after I graduate though,” said Anthony.

A note of advice to anyone out there who wants to start a band but doesn’t have the confidence or resources: Anthony said to stick with it. “It’s not easy at first,” he said. “But you have to learn how to jump before you can fly.”

To purchase merchandise or download Front Toward Enemy tracks for $1 each, go to myspace.com/fronttowardenemy.

Campus Music Briefs Genesis alumnus to visit MHCC

Schools take stage for festival

MHCC alumnus and ex-Genesis singer Emily Braden is scheduled to perform May 21 in the College Theater at 7:30 p.m.

Braden attended MHCC in 2001-02, according to Dave Barduhn, music instructor and Genesis director.

“She has two CDs out, performed at last summer’s Mt. Hood Jazz Festival, and is currently living in New York City,” said Barduhn.

Barduhn said Genesis will open for Braden, performing a few tracks from their upcoming CD “We’ll always love you.”

Barduhn said, “The place is going to be packed. It’s going to be cool.”

Admission to the event is $10 for the general public and $5 for students.

The 43rd annual NW Vocal Jazz Festival will be held all day May 21-22 in the MHCC Visual Arts Theater and the College Theater.

The free event will feature Oregon, Washington, Idaho and one California junior high and high school vocal jazz groups competing for the Genesis Division I/II titles.

Genesis, the MHCC vocal jazz ensemble, will perform to close out the competition May 22 at 5 p.m. Genesis director Dave Barduhn said the group will sing some of the tracks from their upcoming CD. Barduhn said the festival is a good opportunity to recruit students interested in pursuing music at MHCC. “It’s an absolutely incredible marketing and recruiting tool,” he said.

B.o.B's album is ‘adventure’ for listeners Chealsey Fischer The Advocate

“The Adventures of Bobby Ray,” B.o.B’s new album, was released April 27 instead of May 25 due to the unanticipated success of the song “Nothin’ on you.”

The album includes 12 songs from B.o.B, eight of which feature artists of all different types of music, from Eminem to Hayley Williams of Paramore, and Lupe Fiasco to Rivers Cuomo of Weezer. This singer-songwriter has got what it takes to entertain the masses.

I’m not a huge fan of rap. It typically annoys me. I like hip-hop and R&B — but after listening to the adventures of Bobby Ray all the way to and from Seattle on a weekend trip, I was a big fan. That’s because he is different than your typical 50 Cent-type rapper.

Blending the classical sounds of piano with lyrics that are sung as well as rhymed is what first caught my attention. There are songs on this album that flow so smoothly I wouldn’t know it was the same guy performing as on the songs that are rough and hard and to the point.

Bobby Ray also has a way of combining humor with seriousness with only a two second gap in between.

For example, track seven is called “The Kids,” and it’s about making it through hard times. But the very next track is called “Magic,” and it’s basically a song saying, “Hey, look at me, look how good I am.” But a catchy beat is all it takes to turn this into a hit.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the next B.o.B song to hit the airwaves. And I wouldn’t be disappointed either, because it is one of my

favorites on the album.

Another favorite is called “Bet I,” featuring T.I. and Playboy Tre. This song is funny.

That’s why I like it. There is a lyric in the chorus that goes, “Matter fact give me fifteen minutes and a bag of bud, I bet I bust.”

Of course I can’t be positive but judging from the lyrics it’s about going out, having a good time, and smoking weed while you’re at it.

B.o.B is a 21-year-old guy and it’s pretty obvious in his songs that he likes the same things most 21-year-old guys are into: girls and parties.

So for anyone who likes girls and parties, or girls who like guys that like girls and parties, they would probably like B.o.B’s new album, “The Adventures of Bobby Ray.”

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We'll be loving Genesis members reflect on you what it was like recording thier annual CD always Devin Courtright The Advocate

Genesis will hold a CD release party at Jimmy Mak’s Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., celebrating their album, “We’ll be loving you always: A tribute to Hal Malcolm, the father of vocal jazz education.”

Dave Barduhn, director of Genesis, said the band held two recording sessions for the CD, Jan. 30-31, and March 19-20, at the Kung Fu Bakery studio in Southeast Portland.

“It’s good stuff. We do it every year,” said Barduhn. “It’s an incredible experience for the students to go and see how a studio works and it’s an incredible marketing tool for us.”

Barduhn said the students “are very consistent. They work very hard.” He said the Genesis CDs “always turns out great.”

Katie Kendall, Genesis singer, said the CD is a “really good accomplishment that we’ve been all a part of and it’s our baby that we got to see (grow and mature).”

Rose Reynolds, Genesis singer, jokingly added, “With birth pains.”

Kendall said, “It’s really long days, very tedious — the same songs over and over and over again.”

Asked what her favorite track is on the CD, Kendall said, “I really like ‘Always,’ because it has a really good back story to it. That’s why the album is (called) ‘We’ll be lov-

ing you always.”

Reynolds said, “Recording is really hard. It’s really tiring. Your ears get really tired of being in there.

“We’re in the studio all day: you sing, then you perform it . . . (with) all your performance energy while you are in the studio, then you have to listen to it, you perform it again, fine tune stuff we didn’t like, and then we go listen to that again,” said Reynolds.

Reynolds said, “We take up to three takes for each song. Some of the songs are one-take wonders and you only have to do it once and we’re like, ‘Yes, that’s good.’

We had a couple I remember.”

Reynolds said the students don’t get involved in mixing and editing; they’re only involved with recording.

“After everything is done (with recording), Dave and the sound guys go in and fix everything at the

Kung Fu Bakery.”

Dylan Sundstrom, bass player for Genesis, said it’s his third year in the band. He said he thought the recording process went “pretty smooth” this year.

“We have a solid rhythm section, which is nice to be a bass player and work with people who are competent,” said Sundstrom.

“Our members are strong this year, so I thought they had a good recording process.”

Sundstrom said, “I do a lot of recording (at the Kung Fu Bakery Studio) as well. Bob Stark, who’s our recording engineer, works with me a lot and I go out there and do sessions for him.

“So it was nothing new for me but it’s a great studio. Bob Stark is a great engineer,” said Sundstrom.

“As far what Dave wants, adding his own abilities and knowledge to what we’re doing really helps a lot to get a solid recording.”

Sundstrom said his favorite tracks on the CD are “Never Never Land” and “Artistry Rhythm.”

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Asked how she feels about the release party, Reynolds said, “I’m excited. It always feels fun to perform at Jimmy Mak’s; it’s fun.”

The CD has 16 tracks and can be purchased, for $10, at the CD release party and next week at the Friday night concert featuring Emily Braden and Saturday at the Northwest Vocal Jazz Festival.

Barduhn said the CD could also be purchased at www.dj-records. com.

Reynolds says, “I think it’s a pretty good CD this year.”

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May 14, 2010

'A peaceful intimacy' Malcom L. Edwards looks to express himself through his photographs in the Fireplace Gallery Jon Fuccillo The Advocate

The Fireplace Gallery is featuring “Patterns” by Seattle artist Malcolm L. Edwards, the first black and white photography exhibit in that space this year.

“It’s the first and only black and white artist of the year,” said Student Events and Special Projects Coordinator Pam Kuretich.

Edwards’ work has been displayed since May 3 and will be up until May 27 during gallery hours, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Fridays.

He has 27 pieces and are all for sale, ranging from $295-$395.

Edwards’ photographs have been shown in more than 40 individual and group exhibits in the United States, Japan and Europe — and now for the first time at the college.

Out of his 27 photos shown in the gallery, Edwards is most impressed with his photo of a picnic gazebo in California.

“It’s something that sort of snuck up on me,” Edwards said Thursday of the picnic gazebo. “It was the best image I took down there. It was something that really appealed to me. Plus it really opened up my mind.”

“I strive with my images to achieve a peaceful intimacy with the subject mat-

ter and the viewer,” said Edwards on his website (www.medwarsphoto.com/artist).

“There are many ways of viewing our world,” he said. “I believe you see what you look for. I look for beauty, and find it everywhere.”

Prior to concentrating on his photography Edwards was involved in the professional world as a lawyer.

He got his undergraduate degree at Washington State University, where he graduated in 1954, then graduated from law school at the University of Washington in 1957 and then finished advanced legal studies at the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1959.

Edwards said he hasn’t practiced law in more than 15 years. He became more interested in the arts and has been involved in photography for past 20 years.

“After practicing many years, I discovered I needed to improve my ability to express my own feelings, and photography helped me do that. I hope that shows in my images.”

Edwards doesn’t feel any pressure when he’s out shooting photos. He said it’s just him and the camera.

“I have no preconceived notions,” he said when shooting his photos. “I open up my mind and heart. You don’t need great equipment. You need a great eye.”

Photo by Chelsea Van Baalen/The Advocate

Malcolm L. Edwards’ exhibit “Patterns” is comprised of black and white photographs and will be on display in the Fireplace Gallery until May 27.

KMHD2: Station working out kinks, planning launch party Chelsea Van Baalen The Advocate

Mt. Hood Community College’s HD radio station KMHD2 is on the air now, even while the staff is “still working out the kinks,” according to broadcasting student Mara Becker.

Part-time broadcasting instructor Kevin Welch said this includes making sure “everyone is on task” and that the station is no longer just practice. “It is being run as though it’s an actual business,” he said.

Welch said the station, that began broadcasting April 26, “takes academia and puts it into the real world so it doesn’t feel like a college course anymore,” and that “it’s a whole different mindset when you think about it.”

There will be a launch party to promote the station May 26 from noon to 2 p.m.

“We’re trying to have it (the event) in the Main Mall,” broadcasting student Heather Hollingsworth said. “No Kind of Rider will be playing, then there’s a hip hop artist, his name is Flynn, then we’ll be giving away HD (high definition) radios.”

Hollingsworth said, “When May 26 comes, there’s nothing stopping us from being a quality HD station.”

Welch said KMHD2 offers more than a dozen specialty shows that will be featured on the station. This includes shows focusing on music from the ’80s to the Grateful Dead to talking about sports.

“These are shows that have come out of the brains of these students,” Welch said. “Anyone can have a specialty

show if it sounds good and they’re very consistent at keeping it going.”

The station was intended to begin broadcasting in January. However, issues with parts, such as installation of the transmitter, caused the launch date to be set back.

“I think all of winter term we were just waiting,” Hollingsworth said. She added that despite not going HD right away, she and broadcasting students Tom Ely and Becker have “worked hard on getting it to be a quality radio station.”

When it comes to making KMHD2 Mt. Hood Community College’s radio station, in the wake of KMHD being transferred to OPB last year, Becker is confident KMHD2 will fill the void.

Becker said, “The sound of KMHD2 pertains more to the college and I feel it can hold the place that KMHD once held.”

Kiggins said, “Hopefully we offer a connecting point or something unique about Mt. Hood. We want to make the station more about the college, the campus community.”

Kiggins said the name KMHD2 was chosen for a specific reason.

“We chose that name because it’s the next evolution of KMHD, the second coming of KMHD. This is the college’s radio station,” he said.

Because the station is in HD, listeners will need an HD radio to tune in.

Welch said, “It’s clearer, it’s crisper.”

In order to tune in, listeners will need a High Defini-

tion, or HD radio, however, the station also will be available streaming online at www.kmhd2.org. Kiggins said the website is part of “trying to take broadcast to that next logical level” in addition to the radio station. The website will launch May 26 as well.

Hollingsworth said KMHD2 will be publicized using advertisements in local newspapers like The Gresham Outlook and that a graphic designer is making posters. She said social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter will also be utilized.

Kiggins said students from several Integrated Media departments have been involved in the launch of KMHD2, including graphic design students and photography students. For instance, graphic design Daniel Teeny is putting together the website while graphic design student Jake Givens designed the logo.

“The hope is that we open it up to the entire campus,” Kiggins said.

Hollingsworth also sees the large window in front of the KMHD2 studio as another benefit. “That window will be used as an advertising tool, too,” she said.

Becker is excited by the prospects of reaching a broader audience with KMHD2. “You just know you’re reaching a lot more listeners now and it makes it a lot more exciting,” she said. “Before it felt like you were just broadcasting into a closet.”

Welch said of the launch, “They’ve really been working toward this. It’s a mixture of passion to get this running and enthusiasm for their specific jobs.”

Editor's Note

Don't forget to love one another and go see 'Godspell' With only three shows left to catch the Theater Department’s rendition of “Godspell,” time is running out to catch this enjoyable, memorable show based on the gospel of St. Matthew.

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The cast of “Godspell” runs through the play during a preview for the Theater and Music students on May 5.

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Faculty contract talks Basement construction continues to focus on economics Jordan Tichenor The Advocate

The MHCC administration announced it will focus on the major economic issues of the fulltime faculty contract as contract negotiations started Wednesday.

“The issue for the college is financial,” said Randy Stedman, a private attorney hired by the college as the chief negotiator for the administration.

Stedman said the college “is out of kilter with the economic market.”

The articles of the contract that most concern the administration negotiate are Article 1B and 1C (particularly the number of full-time faculty positions), Article 21 (the salary package), Article 12A and Article 12B (extra-teach and summer teaching compensation), Article 19 (fringe benefits), Article 22B (fringe benefits for retired faculty).

Sara Williams, the full-time faculty chief negotiator, said the faculty was unsure as to why the college did not want to consider rolling over the current contract, to which the Stedman replied “a rollover will not put the college in

the financial situation it needs to be in.”

The faculty was given a request for expedited bargaining from the administration in order to bargain for step increases.

Stedman said that in a difficult budget situation, the administration is charged with looking after the well-being of the college and the interests of the students.

Williams countered by saying, “I want to go on record saying that we are the permanent feature of the school. Administrators come and go. We teach the students, we have the long-term interests of the students at heart.

“We are well aware of the budget situation. We gave up 10 faculty positions and four days last year. We are the solution to your budget problem. But we take issue with allegations that we don’t have the students interests at heart,” said Williams.

Bargaining teams are set to meet weekly on Wednesdays, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., unless there is a MHCC District board meeting at 6 p.m., in which case the bargaining session will end early.

Board adopts Strategic Program Assesment Jordan Tichenor The Advocate

The MHCC District board voted to adopt a facilities master plan Wednesday night.

The district board also adopted the strategic program assessment for instructional programs (SPA).

According to the adopted proposal, SPA will include an “internal selfstudy of a program,” “an external assessment of that program,” and “a final report that provides a clear plan for applying the results of the internal and external reviews.” It also stated, “The objectives of SPA are to provide clear assessments of a programs strengths and weaknesses and to develop a plan for future action. Any recommendations for improvement in quality and effectiveness will be based upon data and in accord with the college’s vision, mission, goals and values.”

The district board did not vote to adopt an HM3 energy request, and decided to delay voting on the proposal until a new proposal could be drafted.

“This board is not prepared to say tonight yes or no,” said board member Rod Monroe.

Board member Duke Shepard said, “We need to know the risks, and have a defined upside.”

The next regular meeting is scheduled for June 23.

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Construction continues in the MHCC basement area, temporarily displacing several school program offices.

Chanel Hill The Advocate

The MHCC basement, home of MHCC’s Transitions, Transiciones and Trio programs and which also served as a “pre- and post-hang out for students,” ia getting a face lift, said David Sussman manager of the College Center student services and grant funded programs.

The project, fully funded by the “Go Oregon” fund for schools, must adhere to specific guidelines. One of them is that the basement must be completed by mid-June. “We are right on schedule to be finished in time,” said Sussman.

ASG President Bradley Best said, “We’ve poured about $100,000 into this project.”

One of the major changes will be the entrance. “It will be more inviting and it will enhance the perspective of the college,” said Best. The new entrance will replace what used to be a hall of lockers and become a double glass door entrance to make it what Sussman referred to as “more warm and inviting.”

With the project on track, Sussman is confident this change will be better for all parties involved. “The basement before was under used. There is new carpet, paint, new modern furniture, new areas for students to study and lounge, and a 10-person computer lab that’s free. We want students to spend quality time here when not in class.”

Sussman said it will also enhance the programs that are already in place, “All the staff involved played a role in this project to rebuild the future. This brings programs together that are historically scattered all around campus. It will be a more collaborative, open environment.”

Regular hours of operation will resume when the project is finished in June.

With the closure of the basement at the end of March, the programs and students have had to relocate.

“Nobody likes to be moved but this is certainly something that had to be done for the future of this college and the generations to come” said Best.

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candidates) helped and I think it hurt,” he said.

He felt that it hurt because he thought both Hawes and Jauron deserved to win.

McWhorter said she was “very impressed with the camaraderie between all three tickets.”

Collins-Morgan said he plans on utilizing all candidates in whatever role they feel comfortable in.

Hawes said he hopes to work in student government wherever he “fits in.”

Asked how she planned on being involved with student government next year, Jauron said, “If they need me, I’m there.”

Hawes said, “I’m glad Larry won it. He’s well qualified.

“We all fought hard, and at the end of the day, the best man won,” Hawes said.

Jauron said, “I’m very proud of him (Collins-Morgan) and I know that he is going to do a fantastic job.”

McWhorter said, “Larry is just a fantastic leader, and he is going to make a positive impact on Mt Hood Community College. I am looking forward To working with him,” said McWhorter.

Collins-Morgan said, “This is a quest to get Mt Hood back on track.”

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The Wanderlust Circus provided some entertainment at the Spring Dinner Dance while patrons ate bacon cheeseburgers, macaroni salad, and desserts. Acts included unicycle riding while juggling knives and swords, high-flying trapeze acts, and balancing in standing formations.

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