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Scott Greenstone The Broadside H ow does a college fill an empty building? The answer might seem simple - classrooms, labs, offices - but deciding on the largest need is not. In two or three years, Oregon State University-Cascades will vacate Cascades Hall and Central Oregon Community College will move into Cascades Hall. COCC has already committed two million dollars to renovating and remodeling Cascades Hall, according to Matt McCoy, COCC’s vice president for administration. But the question is, for what? Ideas are plentiful. Across campus, there are departments that are crowded or are spread across several buildings, according to McCoy. For these departments, Cascades Hall could be a ticket to a better working environment. See CASCADES HALL, page 5 the broadside INDEX A&E 10 Campus Word 2 Clubs & Sports 14 Comics 13 Editorials 2 Features 6 Incident Reports 4 News 3 www.TheBroadsideOnline.com COCC and OSU-Cascades’ weekly campus newspaper April 30, 2014 | www.TheBroadsideOnline.com | www.facebook.com/TheBroadsideOnline | Vol. 61, Issue 19 (pg. 4) ASCOCC elections: Same process, different results? Molly Svendsen The Broadside W ith record low voter participation in previ- ous council elections, student government are working to increase student participation. Last year, there were under 400 student voters and the previ- ous years had relatively similar numbers. “We’ve had such low vot- ing numbers in the past. It is important that students vote,” said council member Stephanie Pedro. “We are here to advocate for students, so we need to hear the student voice in voting.” Due to the Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College’s recent restructure, the positions on next years’ council will be differ- ent; however, the main voting process will remain the same, according to Gordon Price, di- rector of student life at COCC. See ELECTIONS, page 3 “We’ve had such low voting numbers in the past” COCC gets its own station radio New kid on the block Cascades Hall isn’t changing hands for a few years, but COCC departments are already vying for its use reports COULD GO UP after this month (and why that’s a good thing) (pg. 6) CPS OFFICER RESPONDS TO REGENCY CAR CRASH (pg. 5) Psych club faces “The audience from HELL” (pg. 14) EMILY KALEI GOES CHEEK- TO- CHEEK (pg 10) Graphic by Andrew Greenstone | The Broadside S E X U A L A S S A U L T Taking back the BOSTON MARATHON (pg. 11)

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Scott GreenstoneThe Broadside

How does a college fill an empty building?

The answer might seem simple - classrooms, labs, offices - but deciding on the largest need is not.

In two or three years, Oregon State University-Cascades will vacate Cascades Hall and Central Oregon Community College will move into Cascades Hall. COCC has already committed two million dollars to renovating and remodeling Cascades Hall, according to Matt McCoy, COCC’s vice president for administration.

But the question is, for what?Ideas are plentiful. Across

campus, there are departments that are crowded or are spread across several buildings, according to McCoy. For these departments, Cascades Hall could be a ticket to a better working environment.

See CASCADES HALL, page 5

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IndexA&E 10Campus Word 2Clubs & Sports 14Comics 13Editorials 2Features 6Incident Reports 4News 3

www.TheBroadsideOnline.com

COCC and OSU-Cascades’ weekly campus newspaperApril 30, 2014 | www.TheBroadsideOnline.com | www.facebook.com/TheBroadsideOnline | Vol. 61, Issue 19

(pg. 4)

ASCOCC elections: Same process, different results?

Molly SvendsenThe Broadside

With record low voter participation in previ-ous council elections,

student government are working to increase student participation. Last year, there were under 400 student voters and the previ-ous years had relatively similar numbers.

“We’ve had such low vot-ing numbers in the past. It is important that students vote,” said council member Stephanie Pedro. “We are here to advocate for students, so we need to hear the student voice in voting.”

Due to the Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College’s recent restructure, the positions on next years’ council will be differ-ent; however, the main voting process will remain the same, according to Gordon Price, di-rector of student life at COCC.

See ELECTIONS, page 3

“We’ve had such low voting numbers in the past”

COCC gets its own

stationradio

New kid on the blockCascades Hall isn’t changing hands for a few years, but COCC departments are already vying for its use

reports COULD GO UP after

this month (and why that’s a good thing)

(pg. 6)

CPS OFFICER RESPONDS TO REGENCY CAR CRASH (pg. 5)

Psych club faces “The audience

from

HELL”(pg. 14)

EMILY KALEI GOES

CHEEK-TO-

CHEEK(pg 10)

Graphic by Andrew Greenstone | The Broadside

SEXUAL ASSAULT

Taking back the BOSTON

MARATHON(pg. 11)

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We asked four students on campus will you be voting in this year’s elections? Why or why not?

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COCC is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.

I will be voting, I still don’t know my selections though.”

-Zech Mickel

No, because I am com-pletely against anything government related.”

-Amber Frank

I will be voting, I don’t know my selections also, but its important to vote.”

-Kimberly Bettelyoun

Yes I will be, because I like to have a voice.”

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Correction:In the April 30 issue of The Broadside, the story “Campus garden takes root, struggles to bloom” said that the campus garden would have ramps. The campus garden will be ADA accessible, but will not have ramps. The Broadside regrets this error.

Kudos to The Broadside staff for the best-looking issue yet of your ever-improving publication! From a student who reads this little paper religiously, it has been a pleasure (and at times a relief) to see every aspect of this paper mature and progress (from the journalism, to the aesthetics) over the past academic year, especially. For a long time I did not take The Broadside very seriously, but the constant evolution has made it a worthy read. Your efforts are noted and appreciated; please, keep up the good work!

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Brayan GonzalezThe Broadside

I asked several students from d i f f e r e n t

backgrounds, some of them from Latino heritage, if they knew what Cinco de Mayo stood for, and all of them said the holiday was related to either “Mexican Independence”, “the Mexican-American war” or “the Alamo.” In fact, Cinco de Mayo has absolutely nothing to do with the Mexican revolution and even less with the Mexican-American War or the Alamo. Cinco de Mayo actually commemorates the Mexican army’s

unlikely victory over French forces at Puebla on May 5, 1862, and is only celebrated in Puebla, Mexico.

Now that ASCOCC has cut club budgets by 23 percentw, it would be more sensible if the Latino Club used their remaining funding for events with more cultural significance. As a Latino in this community, I think that if we were to teach about how the actual Cinco de Mayo came to be or any of the many factual Mexican holidays, for that matter, it would be more logical and a better use of club and school funds. Let’s be conscientious about what we celebrate and let’s get the facts of our traditions right.

(Contact: [email protected])

Think twice about Cinco de Mayo

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Molly Svendsen Scott GreenstoneThe Broadside

One student—that’s what kept Jon Bouknight work-ing for two years to get the

college a radio station.COCC received the construction

permit from the Federal Communi-cations Commission for their own radio station on March 26. The per-mit will allow the college to have a low power FM radio station operate from the Bend campus. LPFM sta-tions are primarily used for educa-tional reasons, according to Bouk-night, a communications professor at COCC. This means that, begin-ning in fall 2015, the LPFM station —which Bouknight and Cohee are calling Bobcat Radio—will be a media arts class at COCC.

“He almost gave up on it”Though Bouknight did the work

of getting the license, he would have given up long before the final stretch if not for the encouragement of Joe Cohee, a radio enthusiast and communications major who met Bouknight when he took a radio class at COCC.

When Cohee found out that Bouknight was trying to start a ra-dio station, he immediately showed

interest. Cohee has loved radio from the age of nine, when he would cre-ate his own shows and newscasts on a tape recorder.

“I grew up listening to the Dr. Demento show,” Cohee said. “There’s always a little bit of imagi-nation thrown in there … it’s not like television.”

Thirteen years before Bouk-night met Cohee, the professor had applied for an LPFM license for COCC but been denied. But in 2012, the FCC changed the require-ments and Bouknight wanted to reapply. It was Cohee’s interest that catalyzed him into action.

“[Bouknight] almost gave up on it,” Cohee said. “He said, ‘Thanks a lot for being interested. It kept me going.’”

Why radio?Even though the advent of the

internet is rendering many medi-ums obsolete, Bouknight believes radio transmission is here to stay.

“Radio still remains,” Bouk-night said. “The numbers are changing for sure but radio is still an important part of people’s lives.”

Bouknight believes that today, radio still has “purchase power,” and the section of bandwidth FM COCC received is part of “highly valuable real estate.”

“Any organization interested in media should get a purchase within this radio bandwidth,” Bouknight said.

Radio is currently a mix of ana-log and digital transmission. How-ever, in the future, this could change to mostly digital radio, according to Bouknight.

“As radio changes maybe we can change along with it too,” Bouknight said.

The FCC forced companies to switch from analog to digital on TV stations and not radio stations yet because radio is “much more com-plex with many more stations to deal with,” according to Bouknight.

“If there are going to be any changes in the evolution itself, I want to be there for that,” Bouk-night said.

Bouknight also had a profes-sional reason for applying for the grant.

“I’m a speech teacher, I like to hear students enunciate and like to hear planned oral expositions and speeches,” Bouknight said. “Hav-ing a radio station here is an excuse to do more recording and practicing of delivering the human voice over the airwaves, which to me is just a thrilling opportunity.”

But why not internet radio? Starting off gradually with an online presence and testing for re-sponse could be a better way to go, but Cohee said that it wouldn’t offer a realistic radio experience.

“I’ve seen how internet radio has been done; it’s really easy and it’s really fun,” Cohee said. “But it’s not the same thing as being in a studio. … We’re trying to create a simulation of what a real radio is like.”

Wanted: communications ma-jors with ideas

When COCC’s radio station starts, it will need to fill 12 hours a day at minimum. That much pro-gramming will take more than just disc jockeys to produce, according to Cohee. Bobcat Radio will need programming managers, techni-cians for equipment, and lots and lots of student-produced content.

Cohee and Bouknight wanted to start a club to help get the station on its feet and get students involved, but when it came to the club objec-tive, they both felt “COCC Radio

Club” was too exclusive. They de-cided to extend the club to all forms of media -- television, Internet, and newspaper -- and call it the Media Arts Club.

“I want it to be a synergy be-tween all of the different media and communications classes that we have,” Cohee said.

Cohee never meets other com-munications majors on campus and feels disconnected from the com-munity. He thinks the Media Arts Club could be the thing to bring them together.

“We have places like the Sci-ence Building and the Health Ca-reers Building for those majors,” Cohee said. “They have all this new equipment … but for communica-tions, we don’t have anything.”

(Contact: [email protected] or [email protected])

ELECTIONS, from page 1

“Even with the changing structure, the overall process of the elections will largely be the same,” Price said.

Because of the restructure, candidates will now have to select one position they are running for. The three elected positions will be president,

vice president for legislative affairs, and vice president for ASCOCC affairs, according to Price. The remainder of the council will be selected by an appointment committee, and there will be three or possibly more positions in that area.

“In the past the council has been at six [members],” Price

said. “They are cur-rently looking at having more than six positions on the

council.”This could help to add flex-

ibility with position descrip-tions, according to Price.

The changes made to this year’s process are largely to increase student participation in voting, according to Price. This year, for the first time, elected candidates will partici-pate in an open forum facili-tated by The Broadside. Can-didates will also have access to materials such as the button

and t-shirt machines in the AS-COCC office.

Price encourages those con-sidering running for council to “read the job description closely and be sure that’s what you’re intent on.”

“It’s a great resume build-er,” Price said. “It’s a tough job with great growth opportuni-ties to learn time management, parliamentary procedure, how to run a meeting. It is high risk, high reward.”

Pedro believes positions on council are resume builders.

“It is a great opportunity to learn community outreach and involvement as well as a great way to develop leadership skills and take a stance when you need to,” Pedro said.

The elected council packets are due May 2 and voting will take place on Blackboard from May 19-21.

“I’d love to see thousands of students come and vote and have a say in how their fees are spent,” Price said.

(Contact: [email protected])

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PRESIDENT

ASCOCC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

ASCOCC GENERAL COUNCIL

TREASURER

VICE PRESIDENTASCOCC AFFAIRS

DIRECTOR OF BRANCH CAMPUS

INITIATIVES

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

DIRECTOR OF CLUBS & EVENTS

EVENT COORDINATOR

STUDENT AFFAIRS

COORDINATOR

VICE PRESIDENTLEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

NEW ASCOCC STRUCTURE

Graphic by Cooper Malin | The Broadside

COCC gets permits for radio stationKXBC could be on your radio as early as this fall

Think twice about Cinco de Mayo

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Junnelle HogenThe Broadside

The cafeteria as you know it could soon be changing. While the college is still

in the process of contracting with a food service for the upcoming school year, another cafeteria-relat-ed issue is now up in the air: Expan-sion.

Central Oregon Community College has tossed around ideas of

growing food options for several months, especially with the plan-ning of a new dorm. Now, more serious discussions about changing the downstairs Campus Center lay-out have begun, according to Alicia Moore, dean of student and enroll-ment services.

“When the residence hall opens up, part of [the Campus Center] will be an expansion of the food servery area,” Moore said. “We’re just start-ing those discussions.”

Big changes, small window of

timeRight now, the conversation is

centered around expanding food op-tions by knocking out several walls.

When the Campus Center build-ing was first designed, the north wall was given a “dummy” wall, accord-ing to Moore. The wall has plumb-ing behind it for gas, water and elec-tricity – everything needed to put in some more stations. If the wall was knocked out, the building might be able to fit about three stations in the pre-existing space. The work might not take up too much time, either, ac-cording to Moore.

“Because everything’s already plumbed and ready to go, it’s a rela-tively small window to remodel,” Moore said.

Another expansion issue being discussed is adding to the space for tables and chairs. COCC currently has space for 100 residence hall stu-dents, as well as outside students, faculty, staff and visitors. When the dining hall was built, it was made to accommodate about 400 people. Now that the number of residence hall students will be potentially jumping to around 330 students, more renovations might need to be made. COCC will be looking to con-

figure tables and chairs so new stu-dents have seating, but if that doesn’t work, the game room could be the next option, according to Moore.

“We also have the game room, which was designed to be expanded into,” Moore said. “We could shift it somewhere else.”

Future food serviceAs for the future of the college’s

food provider, progress has been made since initial requests for infor-mation. Since February, three food service providers - Chartwell, Avian and Sodexo - submitted requests for information, and out of that pool, So-dexo was the only one to submit the subsequent request for proposal.

While Sodexo was alone in sub-mitting an RFP, that does not mean the process is finalized, according to Julie Mosier, the college’s purchas-ing coordinator.

“This is a solicitation process,” Mosier said. “There is a negotiating team.”

In order for Sodexo to be chosen, the service might still have to prove flexibility in meeting higher de-mands. In the request for proposal, COCC mentioned possibilities of catering to more students and em-ployees.

“During the past six years, the college experienced unprecedented growth,” the proposal states. “En-rollment more than double in full-time equivalent students.”

While part of the growth was due to an economic downturn, the future food provider will have to be cognizant that their services will probably need to be expanded, ac-cording to Mosier.

Now college faculty are work-ing against the clock to determine next year’s food provider. Sodexo’s current contract ends June 22, leav-ing the college with less than two months to make the final decision before its termination.

But while the campus still has future avenues to sort out, the pro-cess of finding next year’s food ser-vice - and discussing future growth - has found support, according to Lori Willis, the contract adminis-trator for the process.

“I think there certainly is inter-est,” Willis said. “It’s an exciting process.”

(Contact: [email protected])

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▲ Sodexo might see several new food stations pop up when the new residence hall is built.

Room for seconds?

Photo by Junnelle Hogen | The Broadside

What will the campus center do to meet enrollment and residence hall demand?

Molly SvendsenThe Broadside

Campus Public Safety officer Kevin Lanier, was heading to take his lunch break when his “gut instinct” turned him around.

On April 21, 2014 around 11:30, Lanier was driving down Regency checking routine patrol areas when he saw a Bend Police officer getting out of his vehicle. Lanier heard the

officer on the scanner in the CPS car say he was going to be out with a collision of a vehicle into a house. Even though it wasn’t “technically” part of his job description, because it was off campus, Lanier stopped to offer aid. “It’s not required for [CPS officers] to assist off campus,” Lanier said, “but there’s no way I could just drive away from it knowing someone’s in danger.”The Bend Police Corporal Troy Wiles was notified of the motor vehicle crash while conducting routine traffic enforcement in the area. When Lanier arrived at the scene, it was only about 30 seconds after it happened, and Wiles had just opened the door to remove the occupant from the vehicle.

Terry Howard, the only occupant in the car, was “not showing signs of life” upon his arrival, according to Lanier. While Howard and Wiles performed “lifesaving efforts,” another concern arose. The vehicle had crashed into a house, which could cause smoke and possibly start a fire.“I took a step back to reassess the scene while [Wiles] was doing his lifesaving efforts,” Lanier said. “At that point it did look like the car was starting to smoke.”Luckily, the car did not catch on fire and the two individuals in the house were unharmed, according to the incident report.At the time of EMS transport, Howard was breathing on his own, and is currently in “stable” condition, according to Lanier.

“It wasn’t all just a win for me or a win for Corporal Wiles but a successful mutual aid call for the agencies involved,” Lanier said. “There was no tug of war for power or anything like that. Our teams worked very effectively together.”All CPS Vehicles have AED’s in them, which was able to be deployed quickly and used with effective results, according to Lanier.“Our entire department is proud of the life saving actions that Officer Lanier took,” said Jim Bennett, Campus Public Safety Coordinator. “This is a great example of our belief that the right equipment and training saves lives.”

(contact: [email protected])

CPS officer goes out of his way to help with crash “There’s no way I could just drive away”

Broadside stock photo

Perla Jaimes | The Broadside

▲Kevin Lanier, COCC Campus Public Safety Officer

▲COCC Campus Public Safety assisted with the crash close to cam-pus on April 21.

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Reports of an off campus harassment.

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CASCADES, from page 1

“They’re almost sitting on top of each other”Before Cascades announced plans to leave, COCC was look-ing at building a student success center from the ground up, ac-cording to Dr. Jim Middleton, COCC president. The idea was to move the Career Services, Academic Advising and Person-al Counseling Center out of the basement of Barber Library and into their own building, possibly pairing them with the Testing and Tutoring Department.

But the student success center would have cost $15 million, $7 million of which COCC would take on, raising student tuition in

the process. To avoid this, when it became clear that Cascades Hall was going to be empty in the near future, administration re-assessed their plan.

“It’s like getting a used versus a new car,” Middleton said. “The win is we get a building virtually the same size we were going to build.”

So the idea of a student suc-cess center was imprinted on Cascades Hall. A student success center is sorely needed, accord-ing to Alicia Moore, dean of Stu-dent and Enrollment Services.

When the CAP center opened nine years ago, it had three staff, according to Moore. Now, it has 11 staff and two mental health professionals contracted through

St. Charles Medical Center. “They’re almost sitting on

top of each other,” Moore said. “There is simply no more room to expand in the library.”

There are a few flaws with the student success center idea, Moore admits. One is that the testing and tutoring departments already work well together in the library, according to Moore.

“We try to put departments like that together,” Moore said. “For instance, financial aid and enrollment services have a natu-ral synergy in Boyle because stu-dents can get enrolled and then work on getting their financial aid.”

But Moore still believes that Cascades would be a prime loca-tion for the proposed student suc-cess center.

“Are there other locations available on campus? Sure,” Moore said. “But it isn’t easy to direct new students to Jefferson or wherever.”Cascades Hall could help bring faculty together

Perhaps the best use for Cas-cades Hall is more office space for faculty. Right now, one of the main goals of the campus is to bring programs and faculty together in one building, McCoy said.

Having faculty close-knit “feeds the development of thought,” McCoy said. Seeing other faculty in the halls and be-ing in a connected environment with them leads to exchange of ideas.

The college is currently con-

sidering a remodel of the Ochoco building with a price tag of $2 to $4 million or more, depending on the extensiveness.

This would bring the Hu-manities department, which is currently scattered through Mo-doc, Jefferson, Deschutes and Grandview offices, together in one building. But if Cascades Hall became that one building, it would solve the problem.Make everyone happy?

It is possible Cascades Hall is big enough to accommodate all of these departments, according to Middleton. There are already offices, and classrooms could be turned into computer labs.

When the move-in date comes closer, the college will meet with an architect to decide what structural changes or remodeling needs to take place inside.

“We’re not going to do major

changes on the outside,” Middle-ton said. “They’ll be within the bones of the building.”

With this induction of a new building onto campus, COCC is looking beyond just the present, according to Middleton. Growth at the moment may not make sense when the college’s enroll-ment is plateauing, but in 30 or 40 years, they will need it.

The Central Oregon region is expected to experience huge growth, according to Middleton, and COCC has to be ready. The college’s “feeder community,” people in Bend who would go to COCC, will increase.

“[It’s] not what do we need two years from now, but what do we need 30 to 40 years from now?” Middleton said.

(Contact: [email protected])

Will Cascades campus’ departure answer

our parking pressure prayers?

Probably not, COCC President Dr. Jim Middleton says. OSU-Cascades juniors and seniors will be leaving COCC campus, but at least while the 2+2 program -- which allows OSU-Cascades freshmen and sophomores to enroll at Cas-cades while finishing general education at COCC -- is still in effect, many Cascades students will still be taking up parking spaces at COCC.

“Certainly it will free up some parking, but dually en-rolled students in the pipeline to OSU will still be coming to COCC,” Middleton said.

Broadside stock photo

▲ Cascades Hall, winter 2014.

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features

Half of women rape victims don’t acknowledge what

happened to them was rape. Even though researchers have found through interviews and investigation that what happened to them was rape, many refuse to believe it, according to Taran Smith, director of Student Activities at Central Oregon Community College.Much of this is due to victim blaming, according to Smith.

“Somehow the girl was asking for it,” Smith said. “‘you were wearing this, you were drinking.’ Somehow they are participant in the process.”

April is Sexual Assault Awareness month, and COCC faculty, staff and campus public safety have been working together to break down these mindsets and prevent sexual assault from happening on campus.

Just say yes? In the past five years, there

have been three reported sexual assaults at COCC, according to Jim Bennett, campus public safety coordinator. But that’s only reported incidents of a crime that is largely underreported.

Dianne Capozzola, assistant director of Human Resources and Title-9 officer at COCC, believes reports could increase after this month.

“We could expect that as more people get trained, we’ll have more people come forward,” Capozzola said.

This would be exactly what Campus Public Safety is looking for, according to Bennett.

“This is a serious issue for us,” Bennett said. “What it comes down to is if it’s not brought to the forefront, it allows people to continue these behaviors.”

Smith believes that lack of reporting isn’t the only issue but that going back to the mindset before the incident is the key to fixing the problem.

Even though not every incident has a male as perpetrator and a female as victim, statistically those are the highest. The issue lies in the male “psyche,”according to Smith.

“We’re trained to say no, but why aren’t we trained to say yes?” Smith said.

Growing up, males are trained to start off thinking a female wants to engage in sex and then looking for a sign to disprove that. Instead, Smith believes, males and females should both be trained to look for signs of mutual consent.

The times when women are most vulnerable in college tend to be freshman year before Christmas break, Smith said. This is when college freshmen arrive and get inducted into the social scene: They’re young, new and suddenly around upperclassmen.

Then there’s the problem of alcohol. Smith believes as a

society, we seem to have a belief that if both parties were drunk, no crime took place.

“Alcohol becomes an excuse: ‘They were both drunk, they both didn’t know what happened,’” Smith said. “But what if we took that logic to a car crash? We can’t say that alcohol’s to blame. … For some reason, alcohol blurs the line.”

Prevention, response, and post-incident

The events COCC has organized during Sexual Assault

Awareness Month follow the three components of an incident: Prevention, response, and post-incident.

Prevention was addressed at a campus conversation on sexual assault on April 17. Smith, Bennett and Capozzola discussed with participating students how sexual assault could not only harm students physically and psychologically, but how it could demotivate their school experience and wreak havoc on their academics.

Response -- what to do in a sexual assault situation -- will be addressed on April 30 at a Krav Maga workshop put on by Campus Public Safety. Krav Maga is a “reflexive” self defense system that can help victims against offenders, Bennett said.

But if an incident cannot be prevented, the post-incident is very important, Bennett said. Helping victims feel supported will not only aid them, but help others step forward. Saving Grace’s Take Back the Night event in the Old Mill on April 25 was an event supporting survivors of sexual assault.

Bennett said everyone needs to come to these events because though statistically, male-against-female is the most common type of sexual assault, female-against-male, female-against-female and

male-against-male happen as well.What happens when

you report sexual assault?When sexual assault on

campus is reported, Campus Public Safety works closely with Capozzola, who makes sure they are following federal statutes regarding sexual assault. Campus Public Safety can issue no-contact orders on individuals, but the incident has to be turned over to Gordon Price at Student Life to make the decision on whether or not the perpetrator can continue going to school.

If you need to report a sexual assault on campus, contact Campus Public Safety at (541) 383-7252.

(Contact: [email protected])

Sexual assault reports may increase

A sexual assault hasn’t occurred on campus since 2012; COCC intends to keep it that way

▲ Jim Bennett, Campus Public Safety Coordinator

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Brayan GonzalezThe Broadside

The Redmond campus has grown larger than two stand alone Oregon com-

munity colleges. Central Oregon Community College Redmond campus is larger than Tillamook Bay Community College and Or-egon Coast Community College.

When the Redmond extension opened in the 1970s, it was oper-ated from a storefront in down-town Redmond. At the time, the extension’s main focus was com-munity learning and adult basic skills.

Today, it has blossomed into an effective branch with a strong community presence. The branch has expanded to add three build-ings and a new technology cen-ter, which is set to open June 2014.

The growth in Redmond is due to its location and being “at the center of Central Oregon,” according to Matt McCoy, vice president for instruction at COCC.

“Right now, Redmond is sit-ting on 26 acres of land, which we hope to expand further. The same is also happening to Ma-dras, which has 15 acres, and Prineville as well,” McCoy said.

There are many factors that caused Redmond’s growth to sur-pass that of Oregon Coast C o m m u -nity College, which has a total of 572 enrolled stu-dents, and Til-lamook Bay with a total of 436. And the campus is not done grow-ing, according to Dr. James M i d d l e t o n , COCC presi-dent.

“The Technology Education Center [set] to open this fall is the major next step for the campus,” Middleton said. “[The center] will create the platform for expanded

collaboration with manufac-turing and other business in the region, not just in Redmond.” The funding for the Technol-

ogy Center being open in Redmond comes from state funds, a COCC bond measure approved by vot-ers in 2009 and also a $5.7 million match from the state, according to Shirley Metcalf, Vice president and dean of instruction.

“When [Redmond] campus was first set up, it continued to grow and grow,” Metcalf said. “The com-munity has been very supportive of our efforts and the efforts of the school.”

Getting the Redmond campus to where it is today wasn’t an easy task. The campus grew by increments, slowly adding one buildings and classes to campus as the demand grew, according to McCoy.

“We’re using the Redmond example to teach ourselves what’s the best way to respond to the demand and growth and meet

the demand in the com-munity.” McCoy said.

Middleton adds that the flourishment of the extension is a “resulting vision set over a decade ago.”

Even with the knowl-edge that Redmond as just an extension is bigger than Tillamook Bay and Oregon Coast Community College, Metcalf and McCoy agree that the work in the branch is far from being done.

“Students in Redmond re-ceive quick skill increases or improvements, which make the individual more hireable,” Mc-Coy said, “The business in and around Redmond are the manu-

facturing focus of Central Or-egon. So we’ve complemented the industries in the community by offering the program that we have at the Redmond campus.”

Because of its continued growth, Metcalf is also confi-dent that even though Madras and Prineville have their own branches, Redmond will still ex-pand further.

“What really made a differ-ence is that in 2013, we added two science labs and so now we’re able to offer courses like chemistry, biology, and classes that are not offered in the other branches,” Metcalf said.

Redmond growing into what it has become today shows the investment the city has with COCC in furthering the com-munity’s learning opportunities and taking them further into the future.

“It’s a nice combination of many things coming and work-ing together, which have lead to growth in Redmond and what we see today,” McCoy said.

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Scott GreenstoneThe Broadside

Redmond campus proves investment returnCampus now larger than two stand-alone Oregon community colleges

“When [Redmond] campus was first set up, it continued to grow and grow. The community has been very supportive of our efforts and the efforts of the school.”

—Shirley Metcalf, dean of extended learning at COCC

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Quick and easy recipes for the thrifty student

Vera HolidayThe Broadside

As a student on a budget, finding time to cook can be a challenge. Meals in a mug brings readers creative and

nutritious meals using only a microwave and a mug.

In a pinch to get out the door but craving a home-cooked meal? Don’t have the time or the stove to cook? With this recipe, a few ingredients and a little effort you can have a delicious breakfast in no time.

Ingredients:1 egg1 cup water

Directions:1. In a mug, add water then microwave on high for about 2 minutes and 30 seconds or until boil-ing.2. Crack the egg into the boiling water and mi-

crowave on high for about one minute. If you want it to be firmer add 10 or 15 seconds.3. With a large spoon, carefully remove the poached egg and throw out any watery white bits.4. Place on a plate, add some salt and pepper to taste, grab a glass of milk or juice and an apple or pear and enjoy.

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What can I do with a degree in…By Tracy Dula, Career Services Coordinator Do you know that most people work at least 80,000 hours in their lifetime? Or more? Therefore, it is important to choose a college major that is a good fit so you will, hopefully, be satisfied with most, if not all, aspects of your career. Self-explo-ration and career exploration are the first two steps in the process of choosing your college major. COCC’s Career Services Coordinator, Tracy Dula, can guide you through this process.

Often times, students make their college major choice due to an interest in the field.The next question may then become “what can I do with this major?”

If you need some help understanding what career opportunities are available to you in your field, check out some of the resources on our Career Services webpage. These sites can help you discover applicable jobs titles for many college majors. Some will outline different industries to consider for employment as well. For example, a nursing degree holds value as a staff nurse, in community and public health, in independent practice, in government services, in the telehealth industry, in research, in education, in insurance, in international health, and in patient advocacy, among other areas.

Check out some of the sites on this link:http://www.cocc.edu/cap/career-services/what-can-i-do-with-my-college-ma-jor-/

Remember, your major is important, but you as a person are much more than just your major. Your major alone will not get you hired. The sum-total of all your ex-periences, both in and out of the classroom, will help determine your opportunities.

To schedule an appointment for assistance with choosing your major call the CAP Center at 541-383-7200. Alternatively, attend a FREE, non-credit class, The Pro-cess of Choosing a College Major. Call the CAP Center to register.

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Beavers vs. Bobcats

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Molly SvendsenThe Broadside

Cascades is facing the hurdle of how to convince students to do all four years at a university when a community college is up the road.

As of 2014, 175 students are dually enrolled at Central Ore-gon Community College and Oregon State University-Cascades through the “two plus two” program. This program enables stu-dents to pay lower tuition for their first two academic years by taking classes at COCC and then do their upper-division course-work at OSU-Cascades.

The two plus two program will continue to be a large part of the educational field in Central Oregon, according to Chris-tine Coffin, director of Communications and Outreach for OSU-Cascades.

“Our 2 plus 2 partnership with COCC is an important part of the success of OSU-Cascades,” Coffin said. “As we expand, the two plus two program will continue for students who want to start their studies at the community college.”

COCC not “cheapening the process”The expansion will bring changes to both schools, according

to COCC Vice President for Instruction Charles Abasa-Nyarko. Though students would be able to spend their first two years at OSU-Cascades, they will still be able to take the same courses at COCC at cheaper rates.

About a year ago, COCC brought in a consulting agency to evaluate their recruiting efforts and what they do with students.

“As community colleges we do some recruiting and engage in recruiting throughout the northwest but we are still not at the level or nature that happens in the university setting,” Moore said.

As OSU-Cascades looked at expanding their programs COCC looked at ways to “elevate their game,” according to Moore.

COCC has an easy draw being in Central Oregon which ap-peals to a lot of the northwest.

“We had some great recommendations from that consulting group,” Moore said. “Beginning for this fall we will approach recruiting in a way that is more on-par with what universities typically do.”

Universities have clear and developed recruiting strategies for prospective students and typically have wide areas they recruit from. However, most community colleges focus on their service region high schools and don’t typically look at recruiting from out of the area or out of state, according to Moore.

About eight years ago, COCC started recruiting more in the way that universities do. Currently, the college’s recruiting region includes Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Montana and Colorado.

As recruiting efforts expand, one of the main questions is by going to college fairs and high schools to recruit, are they target-ing the students who are most likely to come to the college?

“This makes us look at what we are doing in terms of mes-saging such as Facebook postings, emails, student phone-a-thons where student ambassadors call prospective students,” Moore said.

Recruiting strategies are “closely guarded” by individual uni-versities, according to Moore.

“There are no conventions you can go to and learn the ways to have the best recruiting team possible,” Moore said. “That information is held very close to each univer-sity.”

Moore believes COCC is already doing a “pretty good job” recruiting outside of the region to be more on the same plane with universities.

The expansion of OSU-Cascades The recommendations from the consulting committee

will change who and where the college recruits and grow the recruiting area in a “professional and competitive way,” Moore said. In upcoming recruiting efforts, COCC will give the message of the value of their tuition, Moore said.

The lower tuition COCC will offer will be a large contributing factor in recruiting, according to Abasa-Nyarko.

“We have lower tuition and a wider array of courses at COCC, students have the ability to take courses in the morning, afternoon or night,” Abasa-Nyarko said.

Though COCC tuition is lower, COCC is not “cheapening the process,” according to Abasa-Nyarko.

“The quality of education students can get at COCC and OSU-Cascades in the first years is the same,” Abasa-Nyarko said.

Abasa-Nyarko also believes that the smaller class sizes at COCC could draw students to take classes there. The career and technical education programs will also be a recruiting advantage for COCC because OSU-Cascades won’t be offering those, ac-cording to Moore.

Central Oregon isn’t the only community that will have both a community college and university in one town. Both Abasa-Nyarko and Moore believe the Linn-Benton Community College and OSU-Corvallis partnership is a model of success in this way.

COCC will still continue to recruit from the “traditional stu-dent” groups such as high school students.

“I don’t see us backing off on that traditional student market,” Moore said.

Overall both college’s presence will bring “tremendous ben-efits” for the community, according to Moore.

“By having these two here it will make the partnership more clear … and give more opportunities to strengthen that partner-ship,” Moore said. “I don’t really look at it as a new competitor in town but as a way to provide more opportunities so Central Oregonians can have a broader choice in their educational op-portunities.”

Advantages to university As OSU-Cascades begins to recruit its freshman class for

2015, the college is looking at ways to set their program apart.Some students believe they must take all four years at a uni-

versity in order to continue on to grad school, however this is not the case, according to Jane Reynolds.

“I think it is mostly the students who come straight out of high school who have are looking at doing all four years at a university level,” Reynolds said.

However, Reynolds does believe there are some advantages to students spending all four years at a university campus.

“By being on the university campus those first two years, students are able to get connected into the OSU community,” Reynolds said. “With that connection comes the opportunity for getting into positions in leadership at the university later in their junior and senior years.”

The freshman and sophomore curriculum OSU-Cascades is planning will be based on the baccalaureate core currently of-fered at OSU Corvallis.

Though Reynolds believes there are similarities with the COCC and OSU-Cascades curriculum, there will be some dif-ferences.

“At the university there will most likely be a larger group of a certain kind of students,” Reynolds said. “A university typically attracts the traditional student straight from high school.”

Students at OSU-Cascades will also have more options in re-search with faculty in their chosen field.

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arts & entertainment

Cullen TaylorThe Broadside

The Bend Fly Fishing Festival was an event put on to bring together the different aspects of the fly fishing community. The festival

was put on and organized by Bend Casting Clinic. The event was a chance for local fly shops to gather and share expertise with festivalgoers. Confluence Fly Shop out of Bend and The Fly Fisher’s Place based out of Sisters were both giving displays of different techniques in casting and fly tying. Jeremiah Houle of Confluence Fly Shop was giving casting clinics every hour and showing guests how to improve techniques using a two handed rod,

while guides from The Fly Fisher’s Place was giving lessons on casting using a one handed rod. Fishing guides and employees of both fly shops were also giving presentations on fly tying as well as the insight into the methodology of the process. Local artists Brad Emery and Tye E. Krueger both had displays of their respective works. Brad Emery is a wood carver who carves fish to a lifelike finish was present with a variety of species of trout as his specialty. Tye E. Krueger in association with Confluence Fly Shop creates very intricate and detailed paintings of a large assortment of species of fish. Each one of his paintings is taken and painted in the exact likeness of an actual fish that Mr. Krueger caught himself. The festival was also filled with films about topics including water issues and fly-fishing videos, or “fish porn” as it is sometimes referred to as. The Fly Fishing Festival was a chance for like-minded individuals and fly fishermen as a whole to get together learn a little

about the different aspects of fly fishing as well as the chance to see the history and evolution of the activity.

(contact: @cocc.edu)

Photos by Cullen Taylor | The Broadside

Emily KaleiThe Broadside

I felt the blood rush to my cheeks.“Excuse me, I’m sorry, you want me to put my cheek where?” I laughed

nervously. “On my ass cheek,” Basevi Adamo replied with a sheepish grin.Was he serious? Not only did I have to tackle him, I had to press my face against the

back pocket of his shorts? I was completely out of my comfort zone and it didn’t help that my photographer, Perla, was over on the side of the field laughing at the expression on my face.

“Are you okay?”Basevi’s voice brought me back to the present moment.

“Oh yeah!” I replied. “I know, its kind of a shock,” he reassured.“Oh no,” I choked. “I totally understand. Let’s do it.”Basevi slowly started walking with the ball as he directed me on what to do. I

processed what he was saying as I focused on the task at hand. “Don’t think about it.” I told myself. “It's only awkward if you think about it.

The rugby team does it all the time and the guys can still look each other in the eye. Just tackle him already.”

As quickly as I thought about tackling Basevi, it was over. We were picking ourselves up from the ground and brushing the grass off our shirts. He and I both laughed. No blood vessels burst, no tears were shed, and I was having fun without physically damaging the person next to me. Rugby is actually a fun sport, and I had a cool teacher who was patient enough with me to learn the basics. Basevi answered my questions and broke down the steps so that I could understand everything that was happening. Rugby has a way of bringing players together in a way that’s different than any other sport I have seen on television. Players from both sides of the field are brought together through comradery with bonds that last even after the final whistle of the match. All of the players are close to each other. Then again, what better way to become close to a person than having to stick your face next to their butt cheek?

In all honesty, if I can manage to play rugby without hurting myself or another person, anyone can play rugby. Its fast, its fun, and it makes you strong. I dare you to try to get into a shoving match with a rugby player. After trying to push Basevi away from the ball, I felt like I was pushing a wall.

I walked away from the rugby field feeling accomplished. At five-foot three, I had tackled a guy who stands about six-foot. Neither of us were injured and I learned a lot about rugby.

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Emily KaleiGoes cheek to cheek

▲ Emily tackles Basevi to the ground!

▲ Basevi and Emily practice Rucking, while he tried to maintain possession of the ball.

Photo by Perla Jaimes | The Broadside

Photo by Perla Jaimes | The Broadside

Fly Fishing

Festival

Photos by Cullen Taylor | The Broadside

▲ The older generation of fly-fishing equipment shows the similarities and evolution between equipment that fly-fishers are using today.

▲ A box of flies shows the variety and complexity of techniques in fly-fishing.

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Junnelle HogenThe Broadside

A year after the Boston Marathon bombings shook the nation, a Central Oregon Community College professor qualified

for and ran the globally recognized race to show support for those who lost their limbs and lives.

Emma Chaput is an assistant professor of human biology at COCC, but she’s also a competitive runner. Chaput didn’t always run. Before high school, the award-winning athlete was “completely inactive.” But in high school she started up, and found her passion.

Chaput has now been running for over 25 years, giving her the needed fitness to qualify for a very competitive race.

Chaput’s inspirationOn April 15, 2013, at 2:49 p.m., three bombs

exploded in Boston, killing three people and injuring about 264 others. The location? The annual Boston Marathon. The incident dominated the news for weeks, prompting new security measures. But for Chaput, it was more than just a chilling story. It was personal.

Chaput grew up in New England, and lived an hour outside of Boston. As a young girl, she

and her parents used to watch the race. Chaput knew she wanted to run someday, but last year’s bombings sped up her determination.

“As a result of the bombing, I got a little bit pissed and said, ‘You don’t get to do that to my people,’” Chaput said. “So I decided I would run Boston this year. I wanted to be a part of the demonstration of resiliency.”

Chaput hadn’t run a marathon for two years, but she prepped for qualifiers, and July 2013 ran the Foot Traffic Flat Marathon at Sauvie Island near Portland, Oregon. Chaput needed to finish in under 03:45:00 to qualify, based on her age and gender. She crossed the finish line with a time of 03:02:58, winning the race for the women’s category.

As a result, Chaput packed her bags and headed to the Boston Marathon on April 21.

Demonstrating hope for AmericaThis year’s Boston Marathon was the largest

since 1996, and over a million spectators gathered for the race – twice the amount of a typical year.

And that’s not all. Standing side by side with Chaput were some of the victims of last year’s blasts.

“I saw … survivors who had been injured last year and were running,” Chaput said.

Morale was high, and Chaput felt it. At about 20 miles, Chaput heard the news that the first American in over 30 years had won the men’s competition.

“The whole crowd of runners just erupted into cheers,” she recounted. “It definitely carried us those last six miles.”

COCC’s professor didn’t place badly, either. Although Chaput says she tried not to push herself, she crossed the finish line with a time of 03:13:15, with the top finish time of any Central Oregon runner.

Chaput didn’t stay to celebrate. She flew back to Bend the same day as the marathon, and went to COCC early the next morning.

“People from all around campus – faculty, staff, students – have been thanking me for representing the campus and representing Central Oregon,” Chaput said.

Chaput doesn’t plan to run the Boston Marathon again in the imminent future. But for now, she says she’s “moved” to have been there and shown support after last year’s tragedy.

“I have never been so grateful to have the opportunity to run a marathon,” Chaput said. “The feeling of celebration and joy among the runners and the crowds of spectators was so moving. … It was profound in a way I didn’t quite expect.”

(Contact: [email protected])

COCC professor “takes back” Boston Marathon

How one COCC professor made the top finish time of any Central Oregon runner

Photos submitted by Emma Chaput▲ Emma Chaput in Boston before the race.

▲ Emma Chaput, assistant professor of human biology at COCC, ran the Boston marathon April 21 and made a higher finish time than any central oregonian.

▲ Chaput was the fastest finisher for Central Oregon.

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Junnelle HogenThe Broadside

A group of college students de-scribed as “introverted” re-cently formed the courage to

present at a prestigious psychological convention. How did they get the push?

After Dr. Andrea Woodell, the group’s advisor, developed a plan – to have them speak in front of the most disrup-tive audience Central Oregon Commu-nity College could muster.

Four members from the Central Or-egon Psychology Enthusiast Club at Central Oregon Community College were asked to share at the Western Psy-chological Association Convention in

Portland, from April 24-27.For a group that has only been in

existence for about a year and a half, the request was an unexpected honor, according to club advisor Dr. Andrea Woodell, an associate professor of psy-

chology at COCC.“It’s amazing how fast this thing has

snowballed,” Woodell said.But before the group got to the point

of speaking at a convention, they pre-sented to the “audience from hell.”

“What [Woodell] developed was a

worst case scenario,” Morrison said. “We’re up there delivering our presen-tations, and we got professors throw-ing paper, and calling, and interrupting

and asking absurd questions that no one would ever ask.”

Woodell gathered faculty, including Lilli-Ann Foreman, Tina Hovecamp, Owen Murphy, Matthew Novak, Sara Henson and others to challenge the stu-

d e n t s ’ s k i l l s . Woodell w o u l d p r o m p t t h e o t h e r -wise-re-spectful

faculty to start being hecklers, by mak-ing them go to the back of the room, kick their feet up and distract the stu-dents. One was supposed to be texting, and another would spout off crazy ideas.

“I think the most challenging fac-

ulty issue was them not participating,” Hawkins said. “There was one teacher up on a table at one point saying, ‘This is baloney.’ … They did a great job

staying on top, but it was definitely hard.”

Following the initial training ground, Morrison, Hawkins, Anaya, Sonnier and Damon Holland started presenting at new student orientations and Psych Night, as well as mentor-ing the students who started the Heroic Imagination Project this year. Now, the students just finished their largest pub-lic speaking opportunity: the Western Psychological Association Convention.

The conventionWoodell headed to the convention

in Portland on May 26th with students Morrison, Hawkins, Anaya and Sonnier – for an unexpected public speaking opportunity.

“You usually don’t get to do that at this level; it’s unheard of for undergrad students,” Woodell said.

The four students presented on their

experience with mindset studies, and Woodell shared about making the He-roic Imagination Project a reality on campus.

COCC’s model for implementing the project was unique. With Heroic Imagi-nation, the cost to have the study come is generally expensive. Woodell worked to present an innovative fundraising model, then brought in ASCOCC and faculty, as well as the campus. This project also focused on giving back to the community by training any students interested, according to Woodell.

COCC is one of the first campuses in Oregon to implement the Heroic Imagi-nation Project. And while the project had limitations, it was able to make an impact.

“It’s not a full study with research stats,” Woodell said. “It’s about how this thing works, and how other people can bring it to their campuses.”

Woodell and the students involved had a large audience to hear about their project. The 94th annual conven-tion drew many people with prominent speakers – including the COCC proj-ect’s inspiration, Philip Zimbardo.

For students who have only shared the project with 200 or 300 people at max, the opportunity was “incredible,” according to Hawkins.

Now that Woodell and the students are back at COCC, they expect to see their club and the project expand.

“We’ve seen a lot of growth over the past year and a half,” Woodell said. “It’s just really neat to watch how the project has taken off.”

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clubs & sportspHow one club overcame fear of public speaking and presented at a national symposium

The

Audience

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Photo submitted by Andrea Woodell

▲ Most of the generation one students pose with Philip Zimbardo, the creator the of Heroic Imagination Project. Zimbardo is center.

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It’s That Time Again…Fifth Annual Paint the Deschutes!!

Paint the Deschutes is a community service project put on by the students of COCC and OSU Cascades. Headed by the Juniper Residence Hall Staff, Paint the Deschutes provides free house painting for one local family in need of assistance. This year, the program is hoping to have more than fifty volunteers to help in their efforts. The 5th annual Paint the Deschutes will take place on Friday, May 16th. All volunteers will receive food, raffle prizes and a free T-shirt for putting in their time. Professional painting skills are NOT required.

If you would like to volunteer this year, contact Megan Bernard at [email protected] or by calling 541-383-7593. You can also find pictures, updates on the project and ways to get involved with Paint the Deschutes on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/paint-the-Deschutes.

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