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Editorials & Community Voices
2 The Broadside | April 22, 2015
EDITOR-IN-CHIEFMolly Svendsen
MANAGING EDITORRhyan McLaury
ASSISTANT EDITORBrayan Gonzalez
BUSINESS MANAGERAusten Law
ART DIRECTORAllie Kasari
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Jason Miller
NEWS EDITORKelli Pangle
FEATURES EDITORElizabeth McKeown
CLUBS & RECREATION EDITORTim Cachelin
REPORTERSDrew BurleighLaura Emerson
Emily Kalei
PHOTOGRAPHERSMarie Nye
Will NyeCarl Swanson
GRAPHIC ARTISTBrenna Burke
MULTIMEDIA Savannah DeBudge
Michael Gary
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COCC is an affirmative action, equal opportunity
institution.
The Broadside Staff
A woman earns approximately 77 cents
for every dollar a man earns, according to
the American Association of University
Women. What this means for women is that
it takes an extra three months of wages to
make up the nearly 23 percent difference.
Equal Pay Day, on April 14, marks how far
into a year women must work to earn what
men earned in the previous year.
What is possibly more concerning than
those statistics, is that the pay gap has bare-
ly budged in over a decade, according to
AAUW.
This pay gap affects all women but most
dramatically women of color. According to
the AAUW, Hispanic women’s salaries are
typically only 54 percent of a white man’s
salary.
Luckily there are things that can be done
to combat this unequal pay. One of those
comes down to women learning strategies
and learn how to better negotiate for fair
pay. According to the AAUW, improved
negotiation skills will help close the pay
gap. AAUW hosts start smart salary nego-
tiation workshops all throughout the US so
go to aauw.org and ind out how to get more involved.
(contact: [email protected])
Equal Pay DayBrenna Burke | The Broadside
NewsApril 22, 2015 | The Broadside 3
Bringing the latest
news to you
Karl Dinkel The Broadside
What will your student fees be used for next year? For
the irst time, Central Oregon Community College estab-
lished a Student Fee Committee to allocate student fees on campus. The committee will allocate fees
to the Associated Students of COCC, intramu-
ral clubs and sports and The Broadside stu-
dent newspaper.
The decision to establish the SFC was collaborative and egalitarian. Prior
to the SFC establishment, however, fees for The Broadside and intra-
mural clubs and sports were allo-
cated by ASCOCC directly. The goal of the SFC is to “provide broader representation to all
of the student led activities
across the board,” according
to Gordon Price, director of
Student Life.
“The student govern-
ment said [that] if you
take the allocation of fees
out of our hands, we feel
that the process would
be more equitable,” said
Price.
The process should
be “collaborative, inclu-
sive, and objective so
that this need is met,” ac-
cording to The Dean of
Students, Alicia Moore.
Moore added that the
SFC has successfully “taken the burden off of ASCOCC, given broader representation to COCC students, and has greatly
increased objectivity regard-
ing the dispersion of student
fees across the board.”
The committee consists of
three non-paid at-large students,
a COCC faculty member and math professor David Lui, as well
as David Dona of COCC Fiscal Ser-vices.
The three students at large are not
participants of ASCOCC, intramurals or The Broadside, which allows them to main-
tain an objective outlook on the process. Lui is responsible for overseeing the students.
Dona is involved with the dispersion of student fees via checking, money
allocation and credit cards.
The budget for the current 2014-2015 school year
is $262,700.00 and the estimated budget for the upcom-
ing 2015-2016 school year is $248,117 according to
Dona. The SFC budget is projected and allocated based on the projected enrollment statistics
each year. This year, ASCOCC received 70 percent of the student fees, The Broad-
side received 18 percent, and the clubs/
intramurals received 5 percent. The
remainder of the unused funds that
each branch does not use carries
over into the following school
year. This year, $20,000 car-
ried over from last year into
the 2014-2015 budget, and
$90,000 dollars is projected
to carry over into the 2015-
2016 budget, for a grand
total to a $110,000 surplus
of funds.
Unused funds can be
dispersed to any intra-
mural sports team, any
sub-group controlled
by ASCOCC, or The Broadside. ASCOCC received $145,300 of
the student fees, which
are used to support vari-
ous clubs, programs,
events and salaries. Af-
ter the SFC determines how much each entity
will receive, Moore gives
suggestions and inal ap-
proval on the allocations.
“My role is to make sure there is no ill inten-
tions in the inal [budget] decisions that are made,”
said Moore.
Moore would also like to
thank the students and faculty of
the SFC for their time and work on the student fee committee.
“I’m very pleased with the pro-
cess,” said Moore.
(Contact: [email protected])
Clubs and Sports
5%
ASCOCC
70%The Broadside
18%
COCC Student Newspaper
COCC Student Government
New Student Fee Committee
allocates quarter million
Brayan GonzalezThe Broadside
The student whose roommate is ac-
cused of stabbing him filed an intent to
sue the college. On October 31, James
Briles roommate, Eric Norgaard al-
legedly stabbed Briles multiple times
in their dorm room on the Central Oregon Community College campus, according to Bend Police Department
records.
Norgaard is being faced with charg-
es of attempted murder, first-degree
assault and unlawful use of a weapon
and plead his case on April 17, accord-
ing ot the Oregon Judicial Information Network.
Briles recently filed a notice of in-
tent to sue COCC. A tort claim notice dated March 17 states James Briles
“nearly died” and the extent of his in-
juries, “remains uncertain.”Ron Paradis, COCC director of
community relations, was unable to
comment regarding the situation.
(contact: [email protected])
Stabbing victim filES to SuE cocc
Allie Kasari | The Broadside u
Marie Nye The Broadside
Central Oregon Community
College professor Tony Rus-
sell has won a national award
for student feedback. Russell,
COCC humanities professor,
was nominated as a “Turnitin”
inalist for Grading and Feed-
back earlier this year.
Turnitin is a software pro-
gram used in many colleges
and high schools which allows
students to submit work online
for feedback from the instruc-
tor. Russell said his students re-
spond well to the software pro-
gram and he uses it extensively
for feedback.
The award is given to an
educator who has used Tur-
nitin to provide “rich” feed-
back on student work, save
time grading and streamline
the teaching process. Turnitin
All-Stars recognizes educa-
tors who demonstrate a com-
mitment to academic integ-
rity, enhance student learning
by providing more engaging
feedback, or champion the use
of Turnitin at their institution
or district-wide.
In 2014, COCC won the
excellence for Higher Educa-
tion award through Turnitin,
according to Russell. That
award was evaluated off of
how institutions used the Tur-
nitin system over a course of
multiple years, and COCC is
still featured on the Turnitin
website.
Four inalists were picked for the Turnitin Grading and Feedback award and the win-
ner was announced on April
14.
“What interested them was
that I use audio comments
extensively for my students,”
said Russell. “I use positive
motivation to help my stu-
dents [and] I developed a way
to manipulate their class stats
so that it tells me how and if
students are improving. I can
tell over the course of the term
if the class is doing better or
continuing to struggle,” said
Russell.
Russell expressed his ex-
citement to be nominated and
to ultimately win the award.
“It was unexpected. I feel
honored and excited that
COCC will be posted again,”
said Russell, “I feel fortunate
that our institution uses Tur-
nitin and glad we have their
support,” said Russell.
(Contact: [email protected])
“It was unexpected. I didn’t realize I was going to be nominated. I feel honored and excited that COCC will be posted again.”
- Professor Tony Russell
4 The Broadside | April 22, 2015 News
Tony Russell wins award
for student feedback
▲ Professor Tony Russell, award winner for student feedback.
Alan Nunes, AAS, LMTOne Year Temporary Instructor of Licensed
Massage Therapy
Mr. Nunes holds an Associate of Science Degree in Massage Therapy from Central Oregon Community College, graduating with highest honors. Mr. Nunes attended the National Holistic Institute (NHI) in Berkeley, CA where he also graduated with Honors, receiving a Letter of Excellence. During his work at NHI, he served as a graduate teaching assistant and has previously taught at the Sage School of Massage in Bend. Mr. Nunes is currently employed as an Adjunct Instructor of Massage Therapy at COCC and is creator and owner of his own private massage therapy practice in Bend. Additionally, he is an accomplished artist, well known in the Central Oregon community.
Amanda LaytonTenure-Track, Assistant Professor I of Biology
Ms. Layton has a Master of Science in Exercise Science degree from Central Washington University. She started teaching human anatomy and physiology courses in the Science Department at COCC, and at The Sage School of Massage (Bend, OR), in 2011. At COCC, she also has taught an introductory general biology course for non-science majors (BI 101: Cells &Genes), and from 2011-2012 was the Exercise Physiology Lab Coordinator (part of our HHP Department).
Jane Denison-FurnessTenure-Track, Assistant Professor I of English,
Developmental Literacy
Ms. Jane Denison-Furness holds a Master’s degree in Literature and Rhetoric and Communication from Northern Illinois University. Her MA thesis title is “TranscendentalMothers: Orienting the American Cultural Hearth.” Ms. Denison-Furness has taught at Rockford University and Northern Illinois University and is currently teaching developmental educationand composition at Rock Valley College. She is also a technical writer and is the author of several articles and conference presentations.
Rebecca FranklinTenure-Track, Assistant Professor I of Forest
Resources Technology Dr. Rebecca Franklin earned a Ph.D. in Geosciences from the University of Arizona at their Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and a B.S. in Forestry from Humboldt State University. The title of her dissertation is Climatic and Ecological Implications of Shrub-Chronologies at Rock Glacier Sites of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Range, California, U.S.A. She has taught full time at COCC since September of 2013. She has also taught at Oregon State Cascades Campus and the University of Arizona. She has worked in various capacities, including Botanist and Research Assistant, for the U.S. Forest Service Paciic Northwest and Paciic Southwest Research Stations.
Thor EricksonTenure-Track, Assistant Professor I of Culinary
Arts
Chef Erickson received his Associates of Arts degree in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management from Columbia Community College in Columbia, California. He also completed an extensive study in Brewing Science, Enology, and Viticulture from the University of California in Davis, California. In 2013, Chef Erickson received the Award of Excellence as International Cooking Teacher of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Chef Erickson’s professional experience includes over 25 years as an Executive Chef, Banquet Chef, and restaurant consultant in Northern California and Oregon. He has been teaching as a Chef Instructor at Central Oregon Community College since 2009 and assisted in curriculum development for the Cascade Culinary Institute program and Elevation restaurant.
Ken RuettgersTenure-Track, Assistant Professor I of
Sociology
Dr. Ruettgers earned his PhD from Oxford Graduate College and holds an MBA from California State University at Bakersield. His research interests include ethnicity and sport as culturalexpression and sports as a positive coping mechanism for at-risk youth. He founded a nonproit organization assisting professional athletes transition away from a sports career. Papersand presentations include “Life Beyond the Game” and “Is There Life After Soccer?” He currently teaches Sociology courses at Central Oregon Community College.
(Contact: [email protected])
Marie Nye | The Broadside
The Central Oregon Community College Board of
Directors approved hiring the following instructors
for 2015-16 at the Board Meeting on April 8, 2015.
New Professors at COCC
The Broadside Staff
April 22, 2015 | The Broadside 5News
Laura EmersonThe Broadside
Retired dean, Diana Glenn stepped in as interim to ill a top ad-
ministrator position at the college.
Central Oregon Community Col-
lege’s vice president of instruction,
Charles Abasa-Nyarko, submitted
his letter of resignation at the end
of February. His oficial date of de-
parture isn’t until June 30, but in his
letter, Abasa-Nyarko stated: “As we
have agreed [Feb. 27] will be my last day working in the role of VPI.”
Abasa-Nyarko will continue
to receive his salary through June
though he is no longer doing work
in that position.
To ill the position, COCC hired Diana Glenn, retired dean of instruc-
tion, to ill the role as an interim. Paradis said paying an adminis-
trator who has effectively resigned
“is something we don’t normally do,
but something we can do.”
Ron Paradis stated that an agree-
ment to pay an employee who is no
longer completing work is made
“when it is in both parties’ mutual
interest.”
Paradis said, he could not speci-
fy why it would be in the college’s
interest to pay someone who is not
completing any work for the col-
lege.
The college has not decided how
they will select a new vice president
of instruction at the time of print.
Glenn was a faculty member and dean for 25 years before retiring
in 2011. Glenn has been working on projects for the college off and
on since retirement, and said she
doesn’t plan to consider the posi-
tion beyond an interim role through
June.
“I am retired and will work until
the summer only,” Glenn said.The application process for ill-
ing the positon has not been set
yet, according to both Paradis and
Glenn. However, Paradis noted that “discussions are underway.”
“I imagine that the next VP will
have to have previous experience
working in a community college at-
mosphere, along with a Ph.D., and
have teaching experience as well,”
Glenn said.
(Contact: [email protected])
Instructional VP: Interim steps in during
personnel shakeup Local Sage Grouse Going: In order to prevent sage grouse, a bird species native to the Western half of the United States, from making it onto the Endangered Species List, the Western Governors’ Association released a report on April 9th regarding the conservation of sage grouse habitat, according to The Source Weekly. Oregon is one of eleven states that are featured in the report. Although sage grouse already qualifies under the Endangered Species Act, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service wants to determine if conservation methods via both government and businessescan help negate the destruction of habitat before placing it on the list by September of this year. Nestle’s Plunder: Oregon may be the next stop for the multinational corporation Nestle. According to ClimateProgress on April, 10th the town of Cascade Locks, Oregon applied along with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to trade between state-controlled springs and town-controlled wells. This was done in order to fulfill a proposal by Nestle to build a bottling plant in the town. This comes as Nestle is currently under investigation by the United States Forest Service, for pumping and trans-porting water out of the San Bernardino National Forest with a license that expired back in 1988, according to The Desert Sun. Nestle has been criticized for exploiting California’s water during times of “exceptional drought.” Water taken from San Bernardino National Forest is currently bottled and sold by Nestle under the name Arrowhead.
Dam Decision: Bend City Counsel approved 4-3 the repairing of the failing dam that holds Mirror Pond despite controversy according to The Source Weekly. Bend Park and Recreation District Board has approved for the refitting of the 105-year-old dam. Cougar Life: On Saturday, Apri, 4th, during the evening hours, a male cougar was sighted on a frequently used trail on Pilot Butte by hikers, according to The Bulletin. The cougar was the second to be sighted in Bend and euthanized this year according to The Source Weekly. Offi-cials worry that as Bend continues to become more developed, encroach-ment on habitat will cause a higher rate of encounters with residents and wild cats.
National Blackwater Down: Four Blackwater mercenaries were given lengthy prison sentences on April, 13,th for the 2007 murder of 14 unarmed, Iraqi civilians, according to The New York Times. The massacre, which occurred at Nisour Square in Baghdad, was deemed by prosecutors to be a “wartime atrocity.” Mohammed Hafedh Abdulrazzaq Kinani, whose 9-year-old son, Ali, was shot and killed in Nisour Square, stated, “Black-water had power like Saddam Hussein.” Of the four men, who maintained their innocence throughout: Dustin L. Heard, Paul A. Slough, and Evan S. Liberty each received the mandatory, minimum 30-year prison sentences, while Nicholas A. Slatten received a life in prison sentence. Beneath The Surface: NASA’s Curiosity rover has just discovered a clue in Mars’s soil that could indicate the presence of liquid water be-neath the surface of Mars, according to The Telegraph. The salt Calcium Percholate, has been discovered by Curiosity, which holds two properties that may indicate the existence of liquid water. First, it lowers the freez-ing temperature of water so it could exist in a liquid state below 0 degrees Celsius. Second, it can absorb water, which scientists say means that water in the atmosphere can be absorbed into the salts on the surface. Liquid water on Mars could indicate the existence of microbial life either past or present.
Rolling got Stoned: On Easter Sunday Rolling Stone retracted an article written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely titled ‘A Rape on Campus,’ a story about “Jackie,” a woman who was allegedly gang raped at a fraternity house at the University of Virginia. The story was a “journalistic failure” that had major defects in reporting, fact checking and editing, according to the Poynter Institute.The Columbia Journalism Review also declared ‘A rape on campus,’ “The worst journalism of 2014.” Life or Death: On April 8, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty on all 30 accounts of terrorism related charges for the role he played in the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, according to The Guardian. The same jurors will decide the sentencing next week as to whether Tsarnaev should get life in prison or capital punishment.
International Unprecedented Protest: Some 700,000 Brazilians took to the streets against President Dilma Rousseff and The Workers Party on April 12th, after a corruption scandal involving the state-run oil company Petrobras erupted, according to The Telegraph. An investigation found The Workers Party had inflated contracts and embezzled money for politi-cians and business executives. Protesters responded by calling for the impeachment of Rousseff, while some even have suggested the military should intervene and overthrow her and her party. Whaling Wars: Despite the International Whaling Commissions ban on Japan’s proposal to hunt 4,000 whales within the next 12 years, on April 13, Japan has plans to “move forward with the aim of resuming whaling around the end of the year," according to Vice News. Japan’s claim that its hunting was for scientific purposes was unfounded by IWC, but de-spite this IWC does not have the ability to prevent Japan from continuing its whaling practices. Japan has killed around 14,000 whales since the worldwide moratorium on whaling in 1986. Oiled-Up: Tapes leaked by an unknown source at the Chevron Cor-poration, and released by an environmental group, describe how Chev-ron covered up its oil contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon after an Ecuadorian court found Chevron liable for $19 billion for clean up costs and punitive damages, according to VICE News. Footage taken March of 2005 show Chevron employees finding massive amounts of oil con-tamination in soil core samples, while attempting to locate a “clean” core sample as evidence for the companies cleanup. Iraqi Treasures: The war for the preservation of Iraq’s antiquities and archaeological sites continues as archaeologists from the University of Manchester find over 300 new artifacts in the Mesopotamian city of Ur, according to phys.org. Despite attempts by Islamic State militants to ‘culturally cleans’ the Islamic world of its antiquities, archaeologists are preserving newly found artifacts, by placing them in the Iraq Museum, a temporary exhibit set up in Baghdad and visiting Universities teaching archaeology.
News in BriefCompiled by
Michael Gary | The Broadside
Unique insights into the things that shape our
communityFeatures6 The Broadside | April 22, 2015
Brayan GonzalezThe Broadside
After 17 years the Massage Therapy Program director
Stephanie Manriquez bids farewell to the campus. Man-
riquez began her educational career in 1998 when she came
to Central Oregon Community College as an aspiring mas-
sage therapist.
Today she owns her own private practice, has a total of
13 grandchildren and just bought a vintage camper that she
plans to use for camping after she hands the reins over to the
new director come September.
“I started the program at [COCC] in 1998 and went
through the certiicate and the degree program, then I had my own practice for several years before I got on the Oregon
State Board of massage therapy and spent eight years there,”
Manriquez said.
After her time at the state board, Manriquez felt it was
time for a change and so came back to the school and pro-
gram she called home.
“I began teaching in the program in 2001, and was in-
terim program director in 2003 and 2004,” said Manriquez.
After a brief period where she left her position to pur-
sue other ventures she made the decision to come back to
COCC and oficially become the director of the program, a position that she’s had as of March 2015. Though it hasn’t
been easy and there have been issues within the programs
that had to been address Manriquez managed to not only
overcome the obstacles but propel the program to the best
its been in years. Recently, the Massage therapy Program
received accreditation under COMTA.
“COMTA is the only accreditation available for schools
that teach massage therapy in the nation. We weren’t re-
quired to but we decided to do it because it shows that our
program goes above and beyond what’s expected,” Man-
riquez said.
Manriquez cites that is not only her that make the pro-
gram the success that it is but the staff and instructors that
back her every step of the way.
“When I took over the program there were several in-
ternal classroom conlicts so we began cleaning out the pro-
gram and making it more congruent and hiring staff that to
this day are still here with me which are awesome staff,”
said Manriquez, “If i’ve done my job correctly when I leave
the program it will be as strong as it ever has been, not be-
cause of whose leading but because the staff is good and
invested.”
As for who will be the next director of the program, Man-
riquez stated that she is very please and happy that one their
very own will be taking the reins. Adjunct Professor of Mas-
sage Therapy Alan Nunes who was hired into the position
after COCC concluded a national search.
Nunes stated that, “Stephanie Manriquez has been an in-
strumental force of strength and knowledge” since shes been
part of the program, and that she “will continue to be part it
in different ways come September.
“I look to continue our ongoing dedication for excellence
within our program, our curriculum and our faculty,” said
Nunes, “We constantly look for ways to raise the bar for our
program and what we offer students who decide to pursue
massage therapy as a career.”
Nunes has been an instructor for COCC for the last sev-
en years, and its excited about the next chapter for the pro-
gram, but always keeping the students best interest in mind.
“Our growth in the quality and balance of both Western
and Eastern studies has been substantial since I came on
board,” said Nunes, “it is my plan to continue that growth in
the best way possible while maintaining a strong presence in
our community outreach work.”
As for what’s next for Manriquez; she plans to still prac-
tice massage therapy in her own private practice and also
states that she will be spending much needed time at home
with her grandchildren and make use of the her newly re-
store vintage camper.
“I’m 67 years old and its time to change direction, I have
6 kids, and 13 grandkids. So I have plenty of things to do at
home,” said Manriquez.
Will NyeThe Broadside
This month, the campus community gath-
ered to relect and pay respect to Holocaust victims. This year Central Oregon Commu-
nity College assistant professor of word his-
tory, Jessica Hammerman, and Rabbi Johanna Hershenson facilitated an event to honor Holo-
caust Remembrance Day.
“The Jewish community asked me, because
we did it last year” Hammerman said of how she got involved in this event. “Every student
here knows about the Holocaust, what I’m try-
ing to do with this event is say, expand our
view intellectually of the history of what hap-
pened.”
The movie “A Secret,” a French ilm, was shown to a crowd of students and community
members at the April 15 event. The movie is
about a Jewish boy born after the holocaust
in France. Jessica Hammerman described the ilm as a “story about someone coming to terms with the past.”
The boy inds out he had a half-brother, Si-mon, who was killed in the holocaust. The family
concealed their actual heritage as to avoid perse-
cution, but Simons mother wouldn’t compromise
who she was and turned herself and her son in.
“I could imagine my will to survive would be
great,” said Hershenson. “I was born after the ho-
locaust, so my allegiance to any large body like
that probably isn’t as strong as generations before
me.”
The father, Francois, later remarried and had a
son from whom he kept his secret.
“It was both beautiful and heartwarming”,
said Hershenson, “and at the same time there was a disturbing element.”
At the end of the evening, Rabbi Hershenson led a memorial ceremony for the many victims.
“It’s unimaginable what happened, nobody
can understand,” said Hammerman, “It’s my goal as a history professor and an advisor of the
history club to make this about education of the
history.”
(Contact: [email protected])
Remembering
the Holocaust
Massage director retires after a decade
Will NyeThe Broadside
As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Saving Grace and
COCC Campus Public Safety presented Take Back the Night at the
Old Mill District. Saving Grace is an organization that provides sexual
assault and violence services and promotes freedom from violence.
The Take Back the Night event was held to raise awareness about
sexual assault in the community. The event had a series of booths or
stations designed to educate people about sexual violence.
Station 1: Healthy Relationships had cards with statements on them
and you had to determine if they are myth or fact.
Station 2: What is Sexual Assault, you had to recognize what sexual
assault is.
Station 3: It’s a community Issue, was about statistics.
Station 4: Speak Out! Silence Hides Violence was about how to
speak out against sexual violence
After completing each station the person running the station would
initial a booklet you receive after arriving at the door. When inished guests then would put the booklet in a collection bin for a drawing.
To contact Saving Grace, visit their website at www.saving-grace.
org
(Contact: [email protected])
Saving Grace is
Taking Back the
Night
Will Nye | The Broadside
Marie Nye | The Broadside
▲CPS preparing for a group photo.▲Rabbi Johanna Hershenson answers questions after the feature ilm.
Features April 22, 2015 | The Broadside 7
Michael GaryThe Broadside
What will the drought mean for Central Oregon?
January 2015 marked the warmest winter on re-
cord for Oregon since record taking began in 1895,
according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Association.
California isn’t faring any better with 2015 show-
ing to be the driest on record prompting Governor
Jerry Brown to sign the “first ever statewide man-
datory water reductions,” according to the state’s
website ca.gov. This comes a year after Governor
Brown declared a State drought emergency last year
in January of 2014.
While Oregon State does not have the magnitude
of agriculture that California does, parts of Oregon’s
economy is heavily based on agricultural products.
West of the Cascades, in the Willamette Valley veg-
etables, tree fruits, berries, hazelnuts, wine grapes,
hops, diary, and timber are the region’s staple crops,
whereas alfalfa, hay, garlic, and beef cattle make
up Central Oregon’s most profitable agricultural
products, according to Oregon Department of Ag-
riculture. While Deschutes County has not been
hit as hard by the drought, Oregon’s Governor Kate
Brown signed a drought state of emergency for
neighboring Crook County on April 7.
“[The drought] will certainly affect farmers on
the West side more than it will affect farmers on the
East side in the beginning because the West side,
like the Willamette Valley, is much more reliant
upon snowmelt-fed streams, such as the Willamette
or the McKenzie. The Deschutes is driven largely
by stored water in the aquifer,” said Ron Reuter,
associate professor of natural resources at Oregon
State University-Cascades, who teaches soil sci-
ence and ecology.
The aquifer in Deschutes County gets refilled
from both precipitation and snowmelt unlike the
aquifers West of the Cascades that rely solely on
snowpack. As long as we are getting a normal
amount of rainfall, those aquifers can recharge,
Reuter added. “In California they’re in the mid-
dle of probably what is going to be a 10 year
drought,” Reuter said. “They’re reliant, just like
the Willamette Valley on snowmelt getting into
their aquifer, which they don’t have the snow to
get that water in there.”
There are other problems associated with the
water depletion from the aquifer.
“Water is non-compressible, so its actually
holding up a lot of that land area, and what they
are finding is that with aquifer depletion, when
you take that water out you are getting land set-
tling,” Reuter added.
Effects on wildlife habitats
Another effect of the drought, are the impacts
on wildlife habitat, including those on fish life,
and micro-invertebrate (insects) populations.
“For fish it means the stream temperatures are
likely to get warmer and [possibly] too warm for
fish earlier in the season than they typically do,”
said Lauren Mork, monitoring coordinator for the
Upper Deschutes Watershed Council.
One of goals of The Upper Deschutes Water-
shed Council is to monitor stream temperatures
for the Deschutes River, Tumalo Creek and
Whychus Creek, to determine if stream tempera-
tures are too high for survival of native fish spe-
cies including trout, and whether restoration is
needed.
Temperatures are expected reach above 18 de-
grees Celsius this year, which is the biological re-
quirement for trout, rearing and migration. When
temperatures exceed 18 degrees trout cannot grow
or thrive and will even die if the temperatures get
high enough, added Mork.
“This year we are at around five percent snow-
pack in the Cascades, that will affect stream flow
particularly on creeks that don’t have reservoirs
Stream flow is diverted for irrigation on the De-
schutes, Tumalo Creek, and Whychus Creek,”
Mork said.
On the Deschutes River there are reservoirs that
are actually full because we did receive enough
precipitation. On Tumalo Creek and Whychus
Creek where there aren’t reservoirs, we will only
have what is currently stored in snowpack.
The Deschutes River Conservancy is one non-
profit organization that works to restore stream
flow and increase water quality in the Deschutes
Basin.
“One thing we have seen over the years, as
stream flow restoration has occurred the micro-
invertebrate community has become characterized
by species that prefer cooler temperatures, so we
are actually seeing them respond to temperatures
coming down with increased flows,” Mork said.
(Contact: [email protected])
Where did the water go? How the drought is affecting Central Oregon
“In California they’re in the middle of probably what is going to be a 10 year drought,”
-Ron Reuter, associate professor of natural resources at OSU-Cascades.
▲ Central Oregon’s dry winter could negatively affect farmers and wildlife habits
Michael Gary | The Broadside
8 The Broadside | April 22, 2015
Pot or Not: Student Success and MarijuanaTimothy Cachelin | The Broadside | (Contact: [email protected])
With the legalization of recreational marijuana around the corner,
campus oficials are discussing the effects on students.On July 1, 2015, recreational marijuana will be legal to possess and consume
in Oregon, however, the consumption and possession of marijuana will still be illegal on campus, according to Seth Elliot of Campus Safety.
“We are a federally funded institution, and because of this, the rules here don’t
essentially change, the realities might, but the rules don’t,” Elliot said.In keeping with this, a charge of possession or sale of marijuana could
disqualify students from federal inancial aid. According to the Federal Student Aid website, “[student] eligibility might be suspended if the offense occurred while you were receiving federal student aid.”
Recreational users will face the same prohibitions that medical users currently
face, which according to the Central Oregon Community College Drug Free Campus Policy, means that, “the unlawful possession, use, or distribution of
illicit drugs and alcohol is prohibited on the College campus in all College facilities, or as part of any College-sponsored activity.”
For Campus Safety, the priority is education, according to Elliot.
“The irst 30 to 60 days, that’s going to be a chance to let people know… we will see that window as an educational opportunity, not as a chance to bust
people,” Elliot said.If a student is caught smoking marijuana on campus, they will have the
opportunity to extinguish the contraband and dispose of it. They can also expect a $50 ine, and a meeting with the ofice of student life. According to Elliot, minor offenses generally won’t necessitate police involvement. This, however, will change with possession and intent to sell.
“Distribution is going to be a police call that will have higher consequences,” Elliot said.
Legality aside, Kathy McCabe, a criminal justice professor on campus, doesn’t believe that the legalization of recreational marijuana will have a signiicant impact on student success. “You’re going to have motivated students who smoke marijuana, motivated students who don’t smoke marijuana, unmotivated students who smoke, and unmotivated students who don’t,” McCabe said.
McCabe believes that although there might be some additional experimental use now that it is legal, a majority of smokers will be those who already use marijuana recreationally.
“I don’t think this is going to turn into reefer madness,” McCabe said.Rebecca Walker-Sands, COCC professor of addiction studies, added that amotivational syndrome is not conclusive and there is no proof that
marijuana leads to a long term decrease in motivation. Walker-Sands believes that the regulation of marijuana will take
away the criminal element, which puts individuals into the prison system unnecessarily. The biggest concern for Walker-Sands is the pediatric element. In the same way that drinking before your brain is fully developed can be potentially harmful, so can the consumption of marijuana, according to Walker-Sands.
“Marijuana is the only drug associated with the early onset of psychosis,” Walker Sands said.
There is concern regarding marijuana
“You might feel more in touch
with the universe, but your
memory is going to [suffer].”-Rebecca Walker-Sands,
COCC professor of addiction studies
April 22, 2015 | The Broadside 9
ess and Marijuana “I don’t think this is going to turn into reefer madness.”
-Kathy McCabe, COCC criminal justice professor
Photo Illustration by Rhyan McLaury | The Broadside
as a gateway drug, however, Walker-Sands denies these claims pointing to the textbook, Drug use and abuse, wherein the most recent studies point to tobacco
as a bigger gateway drug than marijuana. In fact, according to Walker-Sands, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical association, states that legalized medical marijuana since 1999, have seen a signiicant decrease in opiate overdoses. No one dies from marijuana overdoses and in fact the amount of THC, the active “high” ingredient, required to kill the average human male is 1998mg, which is equivalent to about 425 joints with 2 percent THC or 140 joints at 30 percent.
“I don’t think it should be maligned the way people are like, ‘oh my gosh,’ nobody dies from marijuana overdose,” Walker-Sands said.
Kevin Fehrs, owner and operator of The Good Leaf Organic Collective, a local medical marijuana dispensary added that, “You’re either going to be happy about it or you’re going to be asleep.”
Despite this Walker-Sands states that while this is true, “That doesn’t mean there are no downsides.”
Marijuana affects memory consolidation, and for students this could mean poorer performance on tests, according to Walker-Sands. In most cases, though, this side effect is only present in the short term when the user is actually high.
“You might feel more in touch with the universe, but your memory is going to [suffer],” Walker-Sands said.
Walker-Sands is also concerned about the growing rate of THC in many marijuana strains, which could lead to an increase in paranoia, anxiety and
psychosis. Additionally, marijuana has been proven to deposit tar in the lungs,
similar to cigarettes. And while marijuana isn’t smoked as often as cigarettes, the way it is smoked still deposits tar. According to Walker-Sands, “They tend to hold it in their lungs longer so there is more exposure per smoke.”
Although both the physical side effects and the legal repercussions must be seriously considered, “It’s
not meth, people tend to just kick
back and go ‘yo baby’ and eat,” said
Walker-Sands.
With the legalization of recreational marijuana around the corner,
campus oficials are discussing the effects on students.On July 1, 2015, recreational marijuana will be legal to possess
and consume in Oregon, however, the consumption and possession of marijuana will still be illegal on campus, according to Seth Elliot of Campus Safety.
“We are a federally funded institution, and because of this, the
rules here don’t essentially change, the realities might, but the rules don’t,” Elliot said.
In keeping with this, a charge of possession or sale of marijuana could disqualify students from federal inancial aid. According to the Federal Student Aid website, “[student] eligibility might be suspended if the offense occurred while you were receiving federal student aid.”
Recreational users will face the same prohibitions that medical
users currently face, which according to the Central Oregon Community College Drug Free Campus Policy, means that, “the unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol
is prohibited on the College campus in all College facilities, or as part of any College-sponsored activity.”
For Campus Safety, the priority is education, according to Elliot.“The irst 30 to 60 days, that’s going to be a chance to let people
know… we will see that window as an educational opportunity, not
as a chance to bust people,” Elliot said.If a student is caught smoking marijuana on campus, they will have
the opportunity to extinguish the contraband and dispose of it. They can also expect a $50 ine, and a meeting with the ofice of student life. According to Elliot, minor offenses generally won’t necessitate police involvement. This, however, will change with possession and intent to sell.
“Distribution is going to be a police call that will have higher consequences,” Elliot said.
Legality aside, Kathy McCabe, a criminal justice professor on campus, doesn’t believe that the legalization of recreational marijuana will have a signiicant impact on student success. “You’re going to have motivated students who smoke marijuana, motivated students who don’t smoke marijuana, unmotivated students who smoke, and unmotivated students who don’t,” McCabe said.
McCabe believes that although there might be some additional experimental use now that it is legal, a majority of smokers will be those who already use marijuana recreationally.
“I don’t think this is going to turn into reefer madness,” McCabe said.
Rebecca Walker-Sands, COCC professor of addiction studies, added that amotivational syndrome is not conclusive and there is no proof that marijuana leads to a long term decrease in motivation.
Walker-Sands believes that the regulation of marijuana will take away the criminal element, which puts individuals into the prison system unnecessarily. The biggest concern for Walker-Sands is
the pediatric element. In the same way that drinking before your brain is fully developed can be potentially harmful, so can the
consumption of marijuana, according to Walker-Sands. “Marijuana is the only drug associated with
8 The Broadside | April 22, 2015
Pot or Not: Student Success and MarijuanaTimothy Cachelin | The Broadside | (Contact: [email protected])
“You might feel more in touch
with the universe, but your
memory is going to [suffer].”-Rebecca Walker-Sands,
COCC professor of addiction studies
the early onset of psychosis,” Walker Sands said.There is concern regarding marijuana as a gateway drug, however,
Walker-Sands denies these claims pointing to the textbook, Drug use
and abuse, wherein the most recent studies point to tobacco as a
bigger gateway drug than marijuana. In fact, according to Walker-Sands, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical association, states that legalized medical marijuana since 1999, have seen a signiicant decrease in opiate overdoses. No one dies from marijuana overdoses and in fact the amount of THC, the active “high” ingredient, required to kill the average human male is 1998mg, which is equivalent to about 425 joints with 2 percent THC or 140 joints at 30 percent.
“I don’t think it should be maligned the way people are like, ‘oh my gosh,’ nobody dies from marijuana overdose,” Walker-Sands said.
Kevin Fehrs, owner and operator of The Good Leaf Organic Collective, a local medical marijuana dispensary added that, “You’re either going to be happy about it or you’re going to be asleep.”
Despite this Walker-Sands states that while this is true, “That doesn’t mean there are no downsides.”
Marijuana affects memory consolidation, and for students this could mean poorer performance on tests, according to Walker-Sands. In most cases, though, this side effect is only present in the short term when the user is actually high.
“You might feel more in touch with the universe, but your memory is going to [suffer],” Walker-Sands said.
Walker-Sands is also concerned about the growing rate of THC in many marijuana strains, which could lead to an increase in
paranoia, anxiety and psychosis. Additionally, marijuana has been proven to deposit tar in the
lungs, similar to cigarettes. And while marijuana isn’t smoked as often as cigarettes, the way it is smoked still deposits tar. According to Walker-Sands, “They tend to hold it in their lungs longer so there is more exposure per smoke.”
Although both the physical side effects and the legal repercussions must be seriously
considered, “It’s not meth, people
tend to just kick back and
go ‘yo baby’ and eat,” said Walker-Sands.
April 22, 2015 | The Broadside 9
ess and Marijuana “I don’t think this is going to turn into reefer madness.”
-Kathy McCabe, COCC criminal justice professor
Photo Illustration by Rhyan McLaury | The Broadside
A fresh look at Central Oregon’s
diverse art and culture sceneArts & Culture
10 The Broadside | April 22, 2015
Kristin Castro The Broadside
Thor Erickson worked at a restau-
rant in California for 30 years before
moving to Bend in 1992. He enjoyed
teaching his co-workers culinary tech-
niques and this is what made him pur-
sue a job in teaching. In 2009 Erick-
son got a part- time teaching position
at Cascade Culinary Institute and said
from the irst day he knew he “loved teaching.”
In 2013 Erickson was nominated
for an award by the International As-
sociation of Culinary Professionals for
instructor of the year that he went on
to win. That led to him being chosen
by the International Association of Cu-
linary Professionals to go to the White
House. He had no idea what he would
be doing there or who he might be
cooking for.
“I was just going to roll with the punches,” Erickson said.
When he arrived he irst met with the head of the kitchen staff they talk-
ed about a day of education and team
building and Erickson learned they had
just begun a program of food preserva-
tion. Food preservation can consist of
pickling curing or even making jams.
When he was informed that he would
be teaching the kitchen staff how to
butcher and cure a whole pig Erickson
said he “was relieved.”“That is one of the main skills I
teach at CCI,” Erickson said.
“I gained a lot of knowledge about what people are and if I can teach at
the White House nothing is impos-
sible,” Erickson said. “Students think big things are unattainable when all
they need to do is just ask, just reach
out and try.”
(Contact: [email protected])
CCI chef relects on what it is like cooking at the White House
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BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IDAHO SYMPHONY BAND CONCERTApril 22, 7:00 p.m.Bend High School Auditorium, 230 NE 6th Steet, Bend, OR 97701The Symphony Band from Brigham Young University - Idaho will perform on April 22, 2015 at the Bend High School Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Admission is FREE. The Band is comprised of 44 of the University’s finest Woodwind, Brass and Percussion Players. Everyone is welcome.
ARGENTINE TANGO DANCEApril 22, 7 p.m.Sons of Norway Hall, 549 NW Harmon Blvd, Bend, OregonWe are an intimate group of dancers who meet regularly to dance Argentine Tango, offering beginning Tango lessons every Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30. This is followed by two hours of practice
time from 7:30 to 9:30 for all levels of Tango dancers.
FOLLOW THE FORK TOUR: WESTSIDEApril 23, 1:00 p.m.Meet at Backporch Coffee Roasters, 70 SW Century Dr., Bend, OregonJoin our Culinary Adventurer on a walking tour of westside Bend. We will sip and sample our way through local vendors, producers, chefs, brewers, and roasters.THE LOCAL POUR BREW, WINE, & SPIRIT EVENTApril 23, 1:30 p.m.Pick-up from your hotel or residence, Bend, OregonYour Wanderlust guide will pick you up at your door and take you on a delightfully educative tour through a micro-brewery, winery and distillery.
HISTORY LECTURE AT THE HIGH DESERT MUSEUMApril 23, 6:00 p.m.High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Hwy. 97, Bend, OregonHistory Lecture: Shifting Gender Roles on the Oregon Frontier
HUMM KOMBUCHA ANNIVERSARY PARTYApril 24Humm Kombucha, 1125 NE 2nd street, Bend, OR 97702,
541.306.6329 (Humm Kombucha brewery)Come celebrate Humm Kombucha’s 1st birthday at our Taproom and Brewery on Friday, April 24th, from 10am - 5pm. Let us give back to you and show you our gratitude for your support! $5 growler fills! Prizes and giveaways! Cupcakes from Luscious Baking! And tours on the hour, every hour!
JEFF JACKSON AT FAITH HOPE CHARITY VINEYARDSApril 24, 6:00 p.m.Faith Hope & Charity Vineyards, 70450 NW Lower Valley Drive, Terrebonne, OR97760If you like James Taylor, you’ll love Jeff Jackson! One of our favorites, Jeff does popular covers as well as the occasional original, and has a fantastic voice for them! Come see us and him for Fondue Friday!
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WEST COAST SWING GROUP CLASS & SOCIAL DANCEApril 24, 7:30 p.m.The Dance Surge, 63220 OB Riley Rd, Bend, OregonWest Coast Swing Group Class & Social Dance is totally fun partner dancing with no partner required! Drop-ins welcome.
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LIVE MUSIC WITH THE WEATHER MACHINEApril 25, 8:00 p.m.The Belfry, 302 E. Main Street, Sisters, OregonThe Weather Machine’s sophomore full-length, Peach, was recorded over the course of two years, and showcases the band’s transition from folk-born storytelling into the realm power-ballads and effects pedals.
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Emily KaleiThe Broadside
how to guide for everything.
Brayan’s
I want to
introduce the
guide that will
make your life
easier and will
help you with
everything
from student
life to personal
life. Learn it,
live it, love it.
Brayan GonzalezThe Broadside
As summer approaches and
school, for the most part, seems to
be winding down, a trend starts hap-
pening. In my case this trend is that
friends and acquaintances begin going
out and date. Honestly, I’m not one to
complain and most of the time when
going out with friends I’m more then
happy to play the wingman. But there
are times now and then when, as is in
my case, that one wishes things we
reverse.
If you’re like me and you’re feeling
down in the dumps and feel encased
in your own private fortress of solitude
read on to ind out how to turn things around.
#1: Get a hobby: A lot of times we
notice there’s something missing in
our life because we run out of things to
keep our mind occupied. If that’s the
case then start a new activity or hobby,
whether is a sport, or arts and crafts
keeping yourself busy will prevent you
from realizing the bigger picture. They
do say that idle hands are the devil’s
play things.
#2: Work a lot more: It’s simple,
if you work more then you don’t have
time to be lonely. And besides, if you
work more you make more money. I
know they say that money cannot buy
happiness. . .but im my experience it
sure does help.
#3: Get a good movie and ice
cream: Nothing beats a good movie
and pint of your favorite ice cream. Set
aside to have an evening all to yourself
and have a date. . .with yourself. eat
and indulge, its good for the soul.
#4: Get a puppy: There is nothing
cuter than a puppy or kitten. Though
keep in mind the life long commitment
you will be making if you do decide to
become a pet owner. . .in a lot of ways
this is a lot like being in a relationship,
except you don’t make your partner do
his/her business out in the front lawn...
or can you? (o_O)
#5: Get set up: If all else fails get
a good close friend to set you up with
someone they think you’re compat-
ible with. This way you take away all
the pressure of going out and inding someone on your own. Though keep
in mind that if it goes south you cannot
hold against your friend. They were do-
ing you a favor.
Overall, we all feel lonely some-
times. It’s human nature, we crave so-
cialization and contact. The takeaway
message for this edition is that if there
is something missing in your life, ac-
tively try to change it, because no one
is going to change it for you. Just re-
member to keep it safe, keep it fun and
keep it classy, but above all remember
to always Treat Yo Self!
Now, for the seventh entry in the
series of Guy-code and Girl-code, The
guide to Today’s Young People:
#7 If your best bud is in a pick-
le and he inds himself incarcer-ated for whatever reason. You
must immediately bail him out. No
questions asked. You’ll thank him
when he returns the favor one day.
#GUYCODE
#7 This should be inscribed on
the back of all phone cases, or the
inside of a bracelet or even your
forehead. Being best friends means
being there for all of each other’s
needs, both shallow and deep.
This includes good selies, bad ones and everything in between.
#GIRLCODE
Now fellow Bobcats, if you have
any suggestions for the next issue of
Students How to guide for everything,
Or if you have any tips please send me
an email, until next time keep it classy.
(Contact: [email protected])
Emily Kalei has earned her
Mickey Mouse ears and has been
accepted into the Disney College
Program. Read over her shoulder
as she chronicles her internship
in The Disney Diaries.
To be or not to be
Hippos, and Gators, and Rain. Oh My!
“Houston, we have a problem.”
That was the thought that ran through my head
as I watched crowds gather around me. The Jungle
Cruise been closed for nearly ten minutes due to
technical dificulties. It was Thursday of the irst week of Spring Break. The park was projected as
having 55,000 guests– and it felt like all of them
were now staring at me, waiting for an explanation.
A big, tall man wearing his daughter’s bright
pink princess backpack attempted to push passed
me toward the wait cue.
“I’m sorry, sir,” I called as I ran out in front of
him. “We are closed.”
The man looked down at me, his blue eyes
displaying the typical signs of a frustrated, tired,
irritated Disney dad. Clearly, the idea of a 5’3”
twenty-year-old girl blocking his path did not seem
plausible in his mind.
“What?” he said as he inched closer to me.
As if I were stubbornly accepting a dare, I craned
my neck back and looked him in the eye.
“Some hungry, hungry hippos decided they
wanted a boat for an afternoon snack,” I explained
while remaining in character. “So we are sending out
some brave Skippers to handle the situation while
the ride is closed.”
“When will you be open?” He demanded.
“At this time, I cannot give you a time frame,” I
answered before going into the authorized spiel my
coordinators gave me. As I spoke, I saw the frustra-
tion mount in the man’s eyes.
“Okay, cut the show,” the dad said, “What is re-
ally wrong? Why is the ride not open?”
I made direct eye contact with the guest. Out
of the corner of my eye, I saw a group of children
clearly eavesdropping on our conversation. Recog-
nizing my need to keep the magic alive for them, I
held my ground.
“Sir…” I took a deep breath to control my nerves,
“As I said earlier, we had some hungry hippos. So
for your safety, we are closed at the moment.”
The man looked like he was about to explode.
Just as he opened his mouth, a well-manicured hand
grabbed his fore arm. Suddenly, the man stopped to
turn and see his wife giving him the look of shame.
“We will come back, later,” his wife said to me.
She smiled. “Thank you for your patience.”
It did not end with them.
Minute, after minute, I was approached by
guests and bombarded with questions. Every guest
vented their unique frustrations to me. Every guest
presented their own obstacles– including language
barriers. For those who believe a person only needs
to know English, I dare them to come to Disney
World and try to explain the FastPass system to a
family who only speaks Spanish. Or give directions
to a family who only understands Korean. You will
wish you were able to speak their language, and you
will be very good at learning how to draw universal
directions on a map.
After two hours the ride was open. But the night
was far from over…….
…and GATORS…
I glanced down at my watch as I walked towards
the bathroom. I had ifteen minutes to walk to the cast restroom, walk back to the annex, ill my water
bottle, and ix my hair before returning “Onstage.”As I walked passed the boat dock, I heard a hiss-
ing noise coming from the water. Recognizing the
fact that it was mating season, I assumed the ducks
were just acting up like they had been the last couple
days. I ignored it and went on my way towards the
restroom.
On my way back from the restroom, I heard the
same noise again coming from the water. I stopped
by one of the boats. The noise sounded like a throaty,
scratchy hiss– not the sound I associated with a duck.
“Hear them gators, sweetheart?” I heard a voice
yell from the other side of the boat storage.
I turned to see one of the older maintenance guys
watching me piece together the puzzle.
“Gators?!” I yelled back.
“Yep,” he said as he wiped his brow with a
towel. “That’s a gator. We occasionally get ’em back
here during the spring and summer.”
My heart started pounding in my chest.
“Just be aware when you come back here from
now on. They won’t hurt you, I promise. Okay,
sweetheart?”
I nodded my head and began to quickly walk
back to the “Onstage” area to clock back in. At
the moment, I thought the night couldn’t get any
weirder. Little did I know, the Jungle still had one
last surprise for us.
…and RAIN….
I felt as pathetic as I looked as I stood on the
dock.
“Out of all the days I had to forget my rain
gear…” I looked at my coworker Rhodez, “today
had to be the day.”
Rhodez, a girl from Puerto Rico, looked at me
and laughed. It illed the entire que and dock.“You look like a wet puppy!” She laughed. “It
too funny!”
Florida, I discovered, is a lot like Bend in that the
weather constantly was changing. One second, you
could be dying of heat and humidity. The next, you
could be in the process of taking your second shower
of the day. Wet curls clung to my cheeks as I assisted
guests out of boats, reminding them to watch their
steps. The usual khaki color of my uniform was now
a deep brown as the fabric stuck to my body.
Fun fact about myself: ever since I was little, I
have hated the sensation of wet clothes on my skin.
Seriously, I abhor wet cotton– especially cold, wet
cotton. So as I stood there on the dock contemplat-
ing everything that had happened during the day,
I couldn’t think of the poetic irony of my predica-
ment. On the day that had been one of the weirdest
and craziest days of my life, it was only itting that the night end with me facing my own Kryptonite:
soaking wet clothes.
Finally the rain stopped around midnight, and the
heat did return. My clothes dried within the hour and
I was inally free from my own personal hell. We all laughed at what the rain had done to our hair. Some
of the skippers were especially impressed that my
hair looked better after the rain storm, than before it.
That night, I crawled into bed and passed out
within minutes of my head hitting the pillow. Look-
ing back on it now, it felt like a dream. A very weird,
wet, awkward dream. But I realize that the memory
of the day from Oz will stick with me– like cotton on
a rainy, Floridian evening in March.
Arts & Culture April 22, 2015 | The Broadside 13
Marie NyeThe Broadside
Bet William’s four-octave range voice
mesmerized students on campus on April
8. Williams’ music blends folk, rock and
roots rhythms with intelligent lyrics and
infectious hooks.
Williams was joined on April 8 at Cen-
tral Oregon Community College by John
Hodian, a composer, conductor, and pia-
nist whose music combines his Armenian
roots with classical composition tech-
niques and free improvisation,” according
to his website.
Over the past 15 years, Hodian has
scored over 250 documentary ilms and won the New York Emmy award for “Best
music for a documentary.”
Before attending this concert,
I’d never heard Armenian music before.
Within a few minutes of the opening, I
was a fan. Armenian sound and songs
come from is based on their tragic life
which makes it sound mournful, haunting
and nostalgic some of the songs are sung
in a dead language.
Williams is the master of Armenian
music. When she sings you can feel every
emotion just by looking at her face. You
can hear the story in the way John Hodian
plays on his piano, you can even hear it
in the drums there 11 year-old son, Jack
Hodian, plays. The music, the songs, the
whole atmosphere pulls you in and makes
feel for the words that are sung. By the
time the song is over you understand what
the story was about. One of the songs per-
formed speaks of spring and the woman
awaits her beloved to come back so she
can feel his loving arms around her and
feel the joy and happiness she once felt.
The song’s story will leave you breathless
and in tears. The music is amazing anyone
who hasn’t heard Armenian music I sug-
gest give it a listen you may fall in love.
(Contact: [email protected])
Marie NyeThe Broadside
Fusing the art of theatre, poetry, and
music, YO MISS! is a sometimes fun-
ny, sometimes sad, always truth-telling
show about one woman overcoming
her own traumatic experiences as she
helps immigrant/refugee teenagers and
incarcerated youth grapple with the
cataclysmic events that shaped them.
Using midi-controllers and an origi-
nal musical score to accompany her
compelling performance, Judith Sloan
transforms into a multitude of charac-
ters ages 14 to 80 years young.
Imagine a fusion of theatre, poetry
and music. If that piques your interest,
check out the presentation of Yo Miss
on campus on April 29. Yo Miss is a
funny, sometimes sad, always truthful
show about a woman overcoming her
traumatic experiences as whe helps im-
migrant/refugee teenagers and incar-
cerated youth deal with the cataclysmic
events that help shape them.
“She has interviewed people
who have been in prison,” said Roth.
“She had these interviews and then she
creates a performance around them
where she introduces us to the people
she met.”
The performance is aimed to give
attendees a better understanding of
the events leading up to incarceration
in many situations. This, according to
Roth, is crucial in overcoming stereo-
types regarding incarceration.
“It helps us understand their ex-
periences”, said Roth “We sometimes
have stereotypes about those who are
in prison.”
The performance is being held on
April 29, 2015 from 4pm to 6pm. The
location is Hitchcock Auditorium, 201
Pioneer Hall, Bend campus.
(Contact: [email protected])
Review: Amazing almost Operatic Armenian Music with a Twist
A Performance by
Judith Sloan
Will Nye | The Broadside
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Submitted
▲John Hodian, composer pianist, performing at COCC.
▲ Judith Sloan will be performing YoMiss at COCC on April 29.
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CAM
PUS EVENTS
Movie: The Hunting
Ground
April 22, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Campus Center Wille
Hall, Bend Campus
As part of Sexual
Assault Awareness
Month, COCC will be
screening the ilm “The Hunting Ground.” From
the team behind “The Invisible War,” comes
a startling exposé of
sexual assault on U.S.
campuses, institutional
cover-ups and the brutal
social toll on victims
and their families.
Weaving together verité
footage and irst-person testimonies, the ilm follows survivors as they
pursue their education
while ighting for
justice — despite harsh
retaliation, harassment
and pushback at every
level.
Dinner and
Presentation:
Engaging Familes
and Communities in
Education
April 24, 5:30 p.m. to 8
p.m.
Bend High School
Auditorium
The night begins with a FREE Parents’ Night
Out Dinner at 5 p.m.
catered by Longboard
Louie’s. Please bring
a donation for the
NeighborImpact Foot
Bank (recommended: 1
can per guest).
At 6:30 p.m. Dr. Karen
Mapp, senior lecturer
on education at the
Harvard Graduate
School of Education,
will present and discuss
the importance of
schools, families, and
communities working
together to support
children’s learning.
Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. For tickets and
information visit www.
cocoaeyc.org.
Denim Day USA
April 29, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Campus Center Info.
Desk, Bend Campus
The Denim Day campaign was originally
triggered by a ruling
by the Italian Supreme
Court in which a
rape conviction was
overturned when
the justices felt that
because the victim was
wearing tight jeans
she must have helped
her rapist remove her
jeans, thereby implying
consent. As a visible
means of protest against
the misconceptions that
surround sexual assault,
make a social statement
through fashion by
wearing jeans and a free
button you can pick up
at the Campus Center
building reception desk.
Judith Sloan
Presents: Yo Miss!
April 28, 4 - 6 p.m.
Hitchcock Auditorium,
201 Pioneer Hall, Bend
Campus
Fusing the art of theatre,
poetry, and music, YO
MISS! is a sometimes
funny, sometimes sad,
always truth-telling
show about one woman
overcoming her own
traumatic experiences
as she helps immigrant/
refugee teenagers
and incarcerated
youth grapple with the
cataclysmic events that
shaped them. Using
midi-controllers and an
original musical score
to accompany her
compelling performance,
Judith Sloan transforms
into a multitude of
characters ages 14 to 80
years young.
8th Annual Mother’s
Day Weekend
Pottery Sale
May 9, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Parilla Grill, 635 NW
14th Bend
COCC Ceramics
instructor John Kinder
knows moms love
pottery - functional
ceramics for sale -
bowls, vases, bird
houses, pitchers and
more.
Event at Parilla Grill, 635
NW 14th st. Bend - for
more information email
Anniversary of the
Bend Campus
May 14, 4-7 p.m.
COCC Bend Campus
Free and open to the
public
Please join us as we
celebrate COCC’s “Past, Present and Future” at
the 50th anniversary of
the Bend Campus.
Enjoy tours (including
our new residence hall),
prizes, refreshments,
kids activities and a
celebration honoring the
Coats Family for their
generous donation of
the land where COCC is
now located.
The Broadside
Mondays &
Wednesdays, noon - 1
p.m.
Broadside newsroom,
Campus Center Building
Room 102
Contact Molly Svendsen
for more information:
African American
Heritage Club
Tuesdays, noon-1 p.m.Multicultural Center,
Campus Center, Bend
Campus
Contact Gordon Price
for more information:
Gay Straight
Alliance
Fridays at 3 – 4 p.m.
Multicultural Center,
Bend Campus.
Contact Owen Murphy
for more information:
Garden Club-
Meeting
2nd and 4th Mondays of
each month from 12-1
Multicultural Center
AAUW - American
Association of
University Women
1st and 3rd Monday of
each month from 11:45-
12:45
CCB 107, Bend Campus
Student Massage
clinics
All term on Thursday and Friday, 9:45 a.m.,
11:15a.m., 1:45p.m.,
3:15p.m.
studentmassageclinic@
cocc.edu for
appointments.
Prices: Public $20 and COCC Staff $10 Students $5
Have a club meeting
or event you’d like to
see on our calendar?
Send the info to
broadsidemail@cocc.
edu and we’ll print it in
our next paper.p The First Nations Student Union painting the covering of a tipi last Friday, April 17. The art will be used at future events. Rhyan McLaury | The Broadside
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