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MHCC District board chair says restoring college's emergency fund is top priority

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MHCC slugger faces possible

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A&EPage 6A&EPage 6 Jordan Tichenor

The AdvocateDeadline for turning in applications to run for Asso-

ciated Student Government president is April 12. Those looking to run must be taking at least six cred-

its and have an accumulative GPA of 2.5. Applicants must also submit a elections petition form

to the elections committee, along with a certificate of scholastic eligibility verified by the Office of Admissions and Records and a minimum of 200 signatures of sup-port from current enrolled students.

Those interested in running should see Meadow McWhorter in the College Center to obtain an election packet.

Campaigning will begin April 26, with debates for the candidates on April 28 and April 29.

Voting will be online and begins May 3 and ends May 6, with the winner announced May 8 at the Spring Dinner Dance.

Asked about what advice he would give to those con-sidering running, current ASG President Bradley Best said, “Anybody that is thinking about doing it, do it, be-cause you don’t know if you’ll ever get a chance to run for president again.”

Vice President Bethany Peterman said the most im-portant thing is to “have fun.”

Best said, “Get ready for the biggest ride of your life.”

Photos by Chelsea Van Baalen/The AdvocatePieces of Daiken Asakawa’s work will be on display in the Visual Arts Gallery until April 29.

ASG president: Application deadline around the corner

College closure helped avoid major dangerBrett StanleyThe Advocate

It was several gallons of water that led to the shutdown of the power supply Monday on MHCC’s Gresham cam-pus, which resulted in a school closure Tuesday and which could have led to a “major catastrophic event,” college of-ficials said this week.

The leakage was discovered early Monday and resulted in a 5 p.m. closure. The campus was evacuated and all class-es and services were cancelled for Tuesday.

Water leaked into conduits that house the main under-ground power lines and that led directly into the main trans-former and caused electrical arching to occur “between the bus bar and glastic supports,” according to Richard Byers, director of facilities management, and Russ Johnson, associ-ate director of facilities management.

“It would have caused a flash-over,” Byers said Tuesday. “There would have been a lot of heat, a lot of fire, a lot of damage. It would have been a major catastrophic event.”

“We don’t know how the water got into the conduits,” said Byers.

Johnson said Tuesday, “It’s still a mystery.”Over a period of almost 24 hours — Monday evening to

Tuesday afternoon — repairs were made to the main power supply, preventing a larger systemic failure of the electrical system.

As of press time Thursday, the full extent of the impact to MHCC services was not known, according to several sources in the administration and other MHCC depart-ments.

Temporary repairs were made to the main power sup-ply Tuesday, and the college announced about 5 p.m. that all activities would resume Wednesday. An outage will be scheduled in the near future so that permanent repairs can be made, Byers said.

Byers said the scheduled outage will take place whenever the impact to MHCC will be the least. “We’ll have to sched-ule that shutdown for when it has the least effect on college operations,” he said.

The cost of repairs is also unknown. “Estimates for per-manent repairs are not known at this time,” said JoAnn Zahn, vice president of administrative services.

Other sources also did not know how much repairs to MHCC’s power supply would cost as of press time. “We don’t have any idea what it’s going to cost,” said Byers.

Despite the power outage, computer services maintained operations throughout the closure.

The move of computer services from their old location to their new one, where Multnomah Community Television had been located, is what allowed the main college comput-er servers to stay in operation, according to Mike Callaghan, manager of infrastructure technology services. “The reason we moved was exactly because of what happened on Mon-day,” said Callaghan. “The power goes out on campus, the generators kick on, and everything in that room stays up.”

According to Callaghan, computer services had com-pleted moving the college servers the previous Friday, days before the power outage. “Did we plan to have a power out-age the day after we moved everything? No, but I can sleep easier now that it all worked,” said Callaghan.

Monday’s emergency campus closure at 5 p.m. was caused over fears of an explosion of the chemical conduc-tors that regulate and maintain power to the main campus, according to Byers.

Johnson originally found the problem Monday morning, “As soon as Russ showed it to me, we knew it was going to be serious,” said Byers.

The main power lines coming into the school were shut down by PGE shortly after 5 p.m. Monday and power was not restored until 4:26 p.m. Tuesday, nearly 24 hours after

electricity was shut off.The repairs to the electrical supply were made as a

“three-way” effort by PGE, MHCC and EC Electric,during the 24-hour outage, according to Johnson and Byers.

"It would have caused a flash-over. There would have been a lot of heat, a lot of fire, a lot of damage. It would have been a

major catastrophic event."Richard Byers,

director of facilities managment

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OPINION2 The Advocate april 2, 2010

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Ron J. Rambo Jr. Executive Editor,Design Jake Fray Sports Editor

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I’m too young to be so jaded, but with the last few experiences I have had with men, I completely believe them to be useless — at least those between the ages of 18 and 22.

A few months ago I was dating this great guy. He courted me the way you would expect to see maybe 100 years ago. And respected me! Shocker, right?

Well, after we broke up I realized that there are plenty of other guys out there and I should just move on. So I began hanging out with different people trying to see if any of them would be worth my time. Let’s just say they weren’t.

Bachelor number one: Sort of took me on a few dates, but was way too mixed up in his alcohol and partying habits for me to re-

ally find him interesting, not to mention he had some bad breath.

Bachelor number two: Well, apparently when I say, “Hey, do you want to come over and watch a movie and hang out?” that means something completely different to a 20-year-old guy with raging hormones. To him that meant come over and wait for my dad to go to sleep and then try to force me to do things to him that I definitely didn’t have in mind when I invited him over. I made him leave shortly af-ter that business. Needless to say, we didn’t see each other again. I then found out that he has a long-term girlfriend whom he got engaged to three days after the incident at my house. What an ass!

Bachelor number three: I met him on-line and we talked some, then we exchanged numbers and began texting quite a bit. We had made plans to meet one day, but then he just quit responding to my texts. His excuse three days later was that he was at a friend’s house

the whole time and his phone died. I thought it was pretty lame but decided to give him one more chance. That chance ended as well, when he gave me another lame excuse to blow off our plans, and then proceeded to ask me to send him inappropriate pictures with my cell phone. I said goodbye.

And finally number four: He wasn’t even someone I was interested in. We were just friends and he has a girlfriend. But I have learned that when stupid guys get drunk, they don’t care about a damn thing anymore and it makes me sick! This idiot kissed me until I said, “Hello! What about your girlfriend?” and then he stopped. Haven’t talked to him since then either.

What I’m getting at is maybe there is only one great guy out there for each girl. I already had mine and so until some knight in shining armor comes and sweeps me off my feet, I believe that the men my age are mostly just a bunch of idiots wrapped in tin foil.

Editorial

Tuesday’s facility closure due to water leakage into the power supply of MHCC should serve as a wake up call to the college and the community, and a reminder of how fragile the economic state of this institution is. It should also serve as a warning sign to other institutions that put-ting off important facility upgrades can prove to be a seri-ous problem.

A relatively small amount of water was able to put a halt to a college that has over 25,000 students. For one, this is because the college has received little to no fund-ing for major maintenance since being built in the 1960s – despite the $3.8 million the college received last year to upgrade energy efficiency and improve roofing, along with other minor facilities improvements. Second, the col-lege has been unable to set aside money as a result of spending and not gaining enough revenue.

One equation that has yet to be solved is how the col-lege plans on paying for repairs made. Vice President of College Advancement Cassie McVeety said Wednesday the college is still assessing the damage and the total cost of the repairs, and this will need to be done before the college can figure out how it will be paid – a thought that Russ Johnson, associate director of facilities man-agement, and Dick Byers, director of facilities manage-ment, both wondered while the power was being shut down Monday evening.

Vice President of Administrative Services JoAnn Zahn is also looking into whether the college’s insur-ance will cover any part of the outage. If this is not the case, the college would likely have to dip into its ever-fluctuating emergency reserve fund, which at its latest total ($256,000 as reported in the March 12 issue of The Advocate) may scarcely be enough to pay the cost of damages incurred. District board chair Beverly Russell reiterated Wednesday via email that rebuilding the col-lege’s reserve fund is “our biggest concern.” The fund, as

determined by the board, is to be at 5 percent of the col-lege’s operating fund, but has not been anywhere near that level in years. Given the structural vulnerability of the college, which appears finally to be at its tipping point, the college and board would be wise to seriously undertake the task of putting the college back at a stable level – which would improve MHCC’s bond rating and help the outlook overall.

Beyond the financial aspect, there is the student effect. Obviously, no student will ever complain about a day off, but the problem lies in the potential for further problems. The college has shown it is vulnerable once – and that is enough for concern. Some classes meet only once a week, and any student having an orientation Tuesday will likely have more work compacted into the remaining weeks. Some classes are not only once a week, but only meet for half the term. Suddenly, 20 percent of those student classes are gone. And one day of school closure could easily have become two or three or even a week if the damage was great enough. The pressure on the fac-ulty also increases.

Then there are sports teams. Track missed a day of practice, to which Head Coach Matt Hart said, “This is problematic, as we have lots to do this season. Practices are cumulative and every practice day adds up.” Had the school been forced to close for longer, all spring sports teams would be staring at a slow start. Softball and base-ball missed practice Tuesday as well.

Students also missed a potential registration day, as well as the possibility of adding wait-listed classes be-cause instructors were either not on campus, or could not be reached due to the servers being down (and by rela-tion, their e-mails being down). The waves of damage from the closure have been fairly noticeable in all aspects, but they may not be felt in their entirety until weeks down the line.

Trickle effect of power outage will be felt for remainder of term

Chealsey FischerThe Advocate

Ladies: Four types of guys to avoid dating

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Calendar

Good Friday

FRIDAY, April 2

SATURDAY, April 3

SoftballNorth Inter-regionat Mt. Vernon, Wash.

Track and FieldShotwell Invitein Tacoma, Wash.

Planetarium show“Hubble’s Treasure: New Images from the Upgraded Orbiting Telescope.”at 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.in the Planetarium

Sunday, April 4

SoftballNorth Inter-regionat Mt. Vernon, Wash.

Easter

Tuesday, April 6

"Time Management"Student Success Seminarfrom noon to 1 p.m.in Room 2307

Monday, April 5

Baseball vs. ChemeketaStarts at 1 p.m.at Chemeketa CC

Softball vs. Lower Columbia

Starts at 3 p.m.at Lower Columbia CC

"Choosing a Major"Student success seminarfrom noon to 1 p.m.in Room 1152

Wednesday, April 7

Thursday, April 8

Genesis ConcertStarts at 7:30 p.m.in the Visual Arts Theatre

Mt. Hood Conference Symponic Band Festival

All day eventin the College Theater

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Available at newsstandaround campus

Vocal Jazz Summit College Festival

All day eventin the Visual Arts Theatre

Softball vs. ClarkStarts at 3 p.m.at the softball field

Track and FieldJohn Knight Twilightin Monmouth, Ore.

Ron J. Rambo Jr.The Advocate

Integrated Media instructor Jack Schommer was elected during finals week as president of the MHCC Full-time Faculty Association.

Schommer is co-director of the Integrated media program.Pam Shields, a business instructor, was elected last year as faculty

association president and will remain co-president with Schommer for spring term only.

Asked why she didn’t run again, Shields said in an email, “I have been president four times in the past 30 years. That’s enough!”

Tim Polly, chair of industrial technology, was elected vice president, librarian Anna Johnson was elected secretary, and early childhood devel-opment instructor Ellen White was elected treasurer. Each member ran unopposed on the ticket.

Integrated Media instructor elected faculty association president

Ron J Rambo Jr.The Advocate

Mt. Hood Community College’s budget crunch will likely tighten when repair costs for damage incurred during Tuesday’s power outage are calculated.

Cassie McVeety, vice president of college advancement, said the total costs to repair damages are not yet known.

“The college will need to assess the overall damage and repair costs before we can determine how it will be paid,” McVeety said.

Restoring MHCC’s emergency reserve fund is the college’s top prior-ity, according to District board Chairwoman Beverly Russell.

“I feel our biggest concern is trying to build the contingency fund for any emergencies, especially after seeing what happened this week with the electricity problem,” Russell said in an email Wednesday.

As last reported in the March 12 issue of The Advocate, MHCC President John Sygielski said the reserve fund was currently at $256,000 and would fluctuate monthly due to college operating costs. Neither Sygielski nor Russell commented this week on what the current reserve fund amount is.

McVeety said JoAnn Zahn, vice president of administrative services, was researching whether the college’s insurance would cover any of the damage.

Asked what the current emergency reserve amount is, Zahn, who reg-ularly makes budget presentations for the board at their monthly meet-ings, redirected questions back to McVeety, who also did not comment on the current reserve fund amount.

June Jacobs, assistant to the president for strategic initiatives and board relations, said Thursday via e-mail that the college would receive a visit from a PGE representative at the April 14 board meeting.

“We are working with PGE to get a representative here to talk to the board about the electrical problem recently experienced and what may be needed in the future,” said Jacobs.

Board chair says reserve fund biggest concern, but current amount is unknown

Spring has arrived

Top right: A cross is displayed by the Campus Ambassadors club in the MHCC free speech areas doing Easter outreach. The Campus Ambassadors club is the only Christian club on campus. (Photo by M. Michael Rose/The Advocate) Left from top to bottom: The Easter display at the MHCC bookstore. (Photo by Sanne Godfrey/The Advocate) Dafodills on the way toward the Visual Arts Gallery. (Photo by M. Michael Rose/The Advocate) Cherry blossoms line the path between the western parking lots and the main campus. (Photo by M. Michael Rose/The Advocate) Flowers bloom in the MHCC Main Mall. (Photo by Sanne Godfrey/The Advocate)

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The baseball team opened up the year as the early favorite in the NWAACC poll when they were ranked first place out of 27 teams in the four regions, but have been plagued with injuries that dropped them to 7-7.

Conference action was scheduled for Thursday against the Linn-Benton Com-munity College Roadrunners. First pitch was scheduled for 1 p.m. Results were un-available at press time.

In years past, the Saints have relied on strong batting averages and power at the plate but this year, over the 14 games, the team has an average of .239 at the plate. A key factor is losing the NWAACC Player of the Year Taylor Ard to a left wrist injury (see story below).

The team might also be without ace pitcher Nic Fowler for the rest of the season, according to Head Coach Bryan Donohue, who said the pitcher has been battling with elbow problems for the past few years.

The team also lost starters Derrick Hough (right field) and Tanner Hodges (short stop)

Fowler was 2-0 on the mound in 11-plus innings with a 2.47 earned run average.

“(Our) number one arm might be done for the season with an arm injury,” said Donohue.

Donohue said that if Fowler’s injury is se-rious, he would need Tommy John surgery.

Tommy John was a professional baseball player who pitched for six teams (Indians, White Sox, Dodgers, Yankees, Angels and Athletics). In 1974 he tore his ulnar collat-eral ligament which led to a new surgery for pitchers to come back from what was con-sidered a career-ending injury. The surgery replaced the ligament in his elbow of his

pitching arm with a tendon from his right forearm.

The Saints play Saturday against the Lane Community College Titans at Oslund Field in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.

In seven preseason doubleheaders, the team split five series, lost one series (Bellevue Bulldogs) and won one series (Bellevue Bull-

dogs). “We’ve been really up and down this sea-

son,” said Donohue. “Some guys have gotten off to good

starts and some have not started off great at all. I think the biggest problem so far is that guys have been trying too much and we’re not sticking to the game plan.”

The third-year coach said his team has learned a lot about themselves in the games leading into conference play.

“I just expect our guys to have a different sense of urgency,” said Donohue. “(During preseason) we played passively. Even when we played well, we didn’t light the world up offensively. When we get into league, we will have a more consistent lineup. Nothing is set in stone.”

Hough, the team’s right fielder and bat-ting average leader (.409) and is (9-for-12) with seven rbi’s, thinks that once league gets going the team will find its stride and turn the season around.

“We’ve had some shaky pitching and un-timely hitting,” said Hough. “Usually when our (pitching) staff is having issues, we’ve always had the bats to back them up. But lately we haven’t executed.”

With injury issues, Donohue said he has been impressed with his freshmen stepping up and performing at a high level.

“I have seen a lot of growth in our fresh-men,” he said. “They continue to get better and better.”

Freshmen pitchers Jeremy Burright, Fowler and Jon Yearout have a combined 6-3 record, compared to the rest of the staff who is 1-4. The three share a 1.38 earned run average on the mound over 52 innings of work.

Saints performance doesn’t show early 1st place rankings

All-American Ard's future questionable after wrist injuryJon FuccilloThe Advocate

The Saints baseball team took a big hit off the field March 13 when All-American first baseman Taylor Ard found out his season might be in jeop-ardy due to a left wrist injury.

As a freshman Ard, was awarded NWAACC player of the year and finished the season batting .490, hitting 12 home runs and driving in 49 runs.

Ard is expected to miss the remainder of the sea-son due to a possible broken bone in his left wrist and is waiting for news by this weekend.

There is a strong possibility that he fractured his “hook of hamate,” which is a common break for baseball players, softball players, tennis players and golfers, according to reports online.

The injury took place before the preseason in late February during batting practice at Oslund Field.

Ard said, “I was taking batting practice and af-ter one of my swings my hand was throbbing.” Ard had six official at bats this season (1 for 6) with a double and a .167 batting average before the pain in his wrist started to intensify against the Bellevue Bulldogs in game one of a doubleheader on March 13. He played in two and a half games. Ard reached base five other times with three walks and was hit twice.

“I came out halfway in the Bellevue game be-cause it hurt too bad," said Ard.

The sophomore is keeping his fingers crossed for some positive feedback from doctors. “I hope I get some good news,” he said.

Ard saw an orthopedic specialist last week but they weren’t able to tell him whether his wrist is bro-ken. He received a CT scan Thursday.

“They couldn’t tell with the X-ray. So I’m get-ting a CT scan done. It takes a few days to find out. I am hoping by Monday to hear back from them with some good news."

According to radiologyinfo.org, a CT scan, or sometimes called CAT scanning, checks with great-er clarity and reveals more details than regular X-ray exams.

Ard wants to find out if he can be apart of the team or if he needs to work on getting a medical redshirt so that he can return to action next season for the Saints.

“Waiting to find out has been the worst,” he said in frustration during a phone interview Tuesday. “If it’s hurt, it’s hurt. Not much I can do about it now.”

Head Coach Bryan Donohue is staying patient and waiting for the results to figure out if his star will be back this season or not.

“Once we get some real answers, we will take it from there,” said Donohue.

Ard said, “If I find out it’s for sure broken and I can’t play, I will talk with Donohue and figure things out for next year.”

Before the season started, Ard was ranked the fifth best junior college player in the nation accord-ing to Baseball America. He had originally signed a letter of intent to play for the seventeenth-ranked Oregon State Beavers this year, but decided to re-turn to the Saints program.

While he expects to come back next season if he cannot play this year, he is also keeping his options open for the professional baseball draft.

“I don’t expect much from the draft,” Ard. “No one has seen me play this year. I didn’t prove any-thing.”

Although Ard has committed to play for the Washington State Cougars next season, he is not sure at this point what will happen depending on the seriousness of his injury.

Taylor Ard 2009 Statistics

“Usually when our (pitching) staff is having issues, we’ve always had the bats to back

them up. But lately we haven’t executed.”

Derrick HoughRight fielder

Photo by Jake Fray/ The Advocate

.490 batting average12 homeruns

49 runs batted in47 runs scored

12 doubles70 hits

Southern Region Player of the Year

NWAACC Player of the Year

File photo by Jon Fuccillo/ The Advocate

Freshman pitcher Jeremy Burright dives into third base earlier in this season against Columbia Basin Community College. Burright has allowed one earned run in 19 innings with an ERA of 0.36 with 12 strikeouts.

Sophomore Taylor Ard stands at the plate against Lane Community College last season. The NWAACC Player of the Year from a season ago may be out with a left wrist injury after injuring it in a preason practice.

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The Saints sprint into Shotwell Invite at Puget Sound CC

Softball learns coasting can cost a shot at an easy victory Jake FrayThe Advocate

The Lady Saints softball team dominated its opposition over spring break, posting an 8-2 record (11-3 overall) and learning some important lessons.

The two losses came against Everett Community College and Blue Mountain Community Col-lege, giving Saints Head Coach Meadow McWhorter an impor-tant teaching tool to keep her team from coasting.

“This team has a tendency to coast. This was a learning oppor-tunity that the game is not over un-

til the last out,” said McWhorter. The Saints started the streak

against the Bellevue Bulldogs March 13, winning 10-4 followed by an 8-0 victory against South Puget Sound Community College the next day. Five more victories followed — over Grays Harbor CC, Centralia CC, Columbia Ba-sin CC, Treasure Valley CC and Walla Walla CC — before the loss to Everett.

During the stretch, freshmen pitchers Chelsea Schriber and Kayla Anderson showed they were ready for the upcoming regular season with both stellar perfor-

mances, according to McWhorter. “Both Chelsea and Kayla have

shown a considerable amount of poise on the mound,” said Mc-Whorter. “They are quite the freshman duo. They both have the potential to have double digit wins.”

Schriber and Anderson each have five victories on the season with Anderson second in all of NWAACCs with a .93 ERA and Schriber sixth with a 1.26 ERA.

Following the seven-game streak, the Saints suffered two losses in a row to Blue Mountain Community College and Everett Community College.

“Each game has taught us something different or reiter-ated something we are working on,” said McWhorter. “The Blue Mountain game taught us the im-portance of coming out hard every game because every team is going to play us tough. There are no days off.”

As for the loss to Everett, Mc-Whorter thinks the team learned coasting and coughing up timely hits by the opposing team can cost them a victory.

“The Everett game showed them the importance of timely hit-ting and taking advantage of the opposition’s mistakes,” said Mc-Whorter. “We outhit Everett 10-4, we had one error, they had four. They scored off our error and took advantage of a walk and a home run in the top of the seventh. You cannot rest on a two-, three- or four-run lead. The game can change with one swing of the bat.”

Everett’s Rachael Ivelia hit the home run in the seventh to cost the Saints another victory.

Following the losses, the Saints rebounded and scored 10 runs on Centralia Community College

with Anderson picking up another victory and two home runs coming from sophomores Nicole Colpron and Myranda Sawyer.

During the stretch, the Saints were averaging just under of 10 hits a game and holding teams un-der six a game.

“We have been aggressive at the plate,” said McWhorter. “It is exciting to see the 10-plus hits gen-erated at the plate. We (still) need to continue to make adjustments at the plate.”

Colpron has three home runs and 24 RBIs and is fourth in NWAACCs with a batting average of .585. Also for the Saints, sopho-more Bre Thomas is third in the NWAACC with a batting average of .592.

“Nicole and Bre have definitely been big for us at the plate,” Mc-Whorter said. “They have battled each at-bat. They are both a tough out. It will be important for the hit-

ters who follow them in the line-up to protect them. As we get into league, they will be respected by opponents and probably won’t see the best pitches. They will have to continue to be disciplined at the plate and take advantage of pitch-ers’ mistakes.”

Next up for the Saints is the In-ter-Region Tournament at Skagit Valley Community College in Mt. Vernon, Wash., on April today and Saturday. The Saints face off against Olympic CC at 6 p.m. fol-lowed by Edmonds at 8 p.m. today. The Saints then turn around and play Shoreline CC at 1 p.m. and Skagit Valley CC at 3 p.m. on Sat-urday

The Saints begin league play April 6 against Lower Columbia at 3 p.m. in Longview, Wash. Ac-cording to McWhorter, it is simple: “(We have to) take it one game at a time and play Hood ball. Earn every win, one pitch at time.”

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The MHCC track and field teams will compete at the Shotwell Invite Saturday in Tacoma, Wash., after missing a day of practice Tuesday due to the school closure.

“We did train on Monday and concluded prac-tice right before campus closed. Tuesday, however, we did not train,” said Head Coach Matt Hart. “This was problematic as we have lots to do this season. Practices are cumulative and every practice day adds up.”

According to Hart, the team has focused on try-ing to gain fitness through low-impact training such as pool workouts and running intervals in the pole vault and high-jump mats.

“We are now getting back to a pretty aggressive training cycle on the track. If the weather permits, we are going to try adding more speed workouts,” said Hart.

MHCC did not compete in the Linfield decath-lon/heptathlon that was scheduled for March 22-23.

Hart said, “We did not compete in this meet be-cause we are still getting more experience in some of the events. We will host our own multi-meet in a cou-ple weeks where we will get Chris Zeller and Markus Stevens qualified for the NWAACC Multi Champi-onships, which we are also hosting in early May.”

A Mt. Hood Multi Meet has tentatively been scheduled for April 12-13, while the NWAACC Multi Championships will be May 3-4.

“Aside from an occasional shin splint (painful but not structurally compromising), we have been fortunate to avoid any serious injuries. Brian How-elton sprained his ankle pretty bad which took him out of training for the last couple weeks and he was unable to compete at the Oregon Preview,” said Hart.

During the first home meet, the Saints Open on March 13, Howelton came in first at the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.59 and came in second in long jump with a final distance of 6.60 meters, which was a lifetime personal record (PR.)

The Oregon Preview was held March 20 at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

“Competing at the Oregon Preview at Hayward Field was a great experience for many of the athletes who got to compete. First of all, this stadium is the track and field

stadium of the United States. Secondly, our athletes had the opportunity to compete against athletes of all skill levels, in-cluding elite NCAA Division 1 competitors, some of which are national champions and/or competed in the Olympic trials,” said Hart.

Regarding gaving a home meet and a meet at Hayward field back-to-back, Hart said, “The venue often has an im-pact on meet-day performances. There are some facilities that have fast or slow competition surfaces, which will af-fect the times for the track events and the distance marks for the field events. Also, how the meet is run often affects performances. Well-run meets often elicit quality perfor-

mances. Some locations, like Hayward Field at the University of Oregon, have a mystical-like en-ergy because of the history and grandeur of the stadium. This can yield optimal anxieties where athletes compete at the highest levels and some-times even debilitating anxieties which hurt per-formances,” said Hart.

The MHCC athletes didn’t end up at the top of the performance rankings, but they did com-pete at a very high level and were able to keep up with athletes from the four-year colleges, accord-ing to Hart.

“Chris Zeller ran a life-time PR in the 400m at the Saints Open, then broke that at the Oregon Preview. He has the fastest time in the NWAACC right now in the 400m with 49.52. Zach Young ran an extremely fast 400m intermediate hurdles at the Saints Open, which is also leading NWAACC at 54.98,” said Hart.

The men’s relay team had a final time of 43.03 for the 4x100 and 3:26.24 for the 4x400 meters. The team finished first in their section for the 4x400 meters, but was outrun by the second sec-tion.

Jr. Velasquez placed third in men’s shot put with a distance of 14.68 meters, while Kelsey Strot placed fifth in women’s shot put with a dis-tance of 12.19 meters.

“Kelsey and Jr. are doing very well already this year. Though they both compete in the same events, they have completely different throwing techniques. Kelsey is a glide shot putter while Jr. is a rotational thrower. We have a new throws coach, Nik Kay, who is working very well with all of our throwers. He is really helping everyone in their individual events,” said Hart. Kay will work with

team members on throwing events such as shot put. The Oregon Preview also brought former MHCC ath-

letes to Hayward field to compete for their new teams.“As a coach, it was great to see some of our alumni

competing for four-year programs. Jordan Trump, Mandy Federici and Catherine Sims competed well for Concordia University while Crystal Sims competed for Seattle Pacific University and Adrienne Davis threw great for Portland State University. It is a little bittersweet as I am excited they are doing so well at the four-year level but we miss them in our program,” said Hart.

Contributed photo by Matt Hart

Freshman Zach Young hands off the baton to sophomore Micah Strong during the 4x100 meter relay at the 2010 Oregon Preview March 20 in Eugene at Hayward Field.

Photo by Brett Stanley/ The Advocate

Sophomore outfielder Bre Thomas slides into second during the Saints home game against Concordia University earlier in the season. Thomas is third in NWAACCs with a batting average of .592.

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The April celebration of “Herstory” will feature artist Vicki Ham-mond’s work in the MHCC Fireplace Gallery until April 29.

Hammond brings recycling to an art form, taking the castoffs and trash of others and forging them into treasures of found art that have been described as “hauntingly exquisite.”

Hammond scours flea markets and estate sales for everything from broken jewelry, discarded cupboard doors, watch parts and old docu-ments to showcase antique photos of women.

In an artist’s note, Ham-mond said, “By using the old photos who have gone before us, I feel like I’m bringing them back to life in a way, and honoring an ex-istence that sadly has prob-ably been forgotten.”

Hammond is involved in a local community of female artists who call themselves, “Local 14.”. Hammond served as the group co-di-rector in 2007-2008.

The group began in 1968 when 14 women formed the Lake Oswego Crafts and Art League. Together they cleared out the first floor of one of their homes and they all offered their artwork for sale. The event was a suc-cess and thus Local 14 was formed.

Local 14 sponsors $6,700 in scholarships for women enrolled in many artistic pursuits ranging from painting, pottery, and sculpture to photog-raphy.

Those interested in the work of the artists of Local 14 and art that emphasizes the concerns of women should go to http://www.local14.org/directory.htm

The Fireplace Gallery is open during the College Center Lounge hours which are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information regarding the Fireplace Gal-lery, contact Pam Kuretich at 503-491-7260 or go to www.mhcc.edu/fireplacegallery.

Artist turns recycled objects into art form

Web PhotoVicki Hammond’s piece “This is My Heart.”

Sculptor Daiken Asakawa displays tongue-in-cheek perspective with his workL. John KingThe Advocate

The Visual Arts Gal-lery is featuring the work of sculptor Daiken Asakawa from through April 29.

Asakawa, 35, hails from Odessa, Texas, and employs a tongue-in-cheek perspective to depict his diverse subjects in a lighthearted manner that he says is designed to bring people enjoyment.

Asakawa uses numerous materials and techniques to illus-trate everything from a grasshopper to three bobble-head fig-ures of Jesus portrayed as a religious figure, a businessman and a middle-aged farmer with a receding hairline that Asakawa has dubbed, “I met Jesus in Anderson, Texas literally.”

Another piece included in the collection in the exhibit is the piece called “Porta Confessional” a fixture with running

holy tap water where one can seek spiritual absolution and have their request sent off via a satellite dish, according to Asakawa.

Asakawa said he was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, un-til he was 15 when his family moved to Canada and later to Texas.

Asakawa studied ceramics at a campus of the University of Texas and later got his masters in fine arts at Washington State University.

Nathan Turner, an art major, said of Asakawa, “I think his work is great. He uses a great variety of styles in his sculp-tural pieces.

“These wood cut pieces are really interesting. I am in printmaking now so I understand what it takes to do some-thing on that scale.”

Asakawa said of the exhibit, “I would love all to come, enjoy and leave with a smile.”

Photos by Chelsea Van Baalen/The AdvocateDiaken Asakawa’s art is on display in the Visual Arts Gallery through April 29.

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Jazz quartet shares their love of music with MHCCMario Rubio The Advocate

The Quadraphonnes, a Portland-based saxophone quar-tet, delivered an hour of experimental jazz Wednesday in the College Center as part of “Herstory,” MHCC’s tribute to Women’s History Month.

Among the performers, Michelle Meddle was on tenor saxophone, Chelsea Luker on soprano/alto Sax, Mary Sue Tobin on soprano/alto Sax and Mieke Bruggerman on baritone sax.

While mostly a quartet, they sometimes feature two other band members. Ward Griffiths on drums and Leah Hinchcliff on bass occasion-ally make the group a sextet.

The all-female group was on campus promoting their debut album “Music to watch girls by,” available for sale on their website. Already a regular at local coffee shops and jazz bars, the group returned to MHCC with the help of a friend, MHCC staff member Mary Burlingame.

Burlingame helped bring the group public attention some years ago when she invited them to play live on the air when she supervised the jazz radio station KHMD on cam-pus. Since then, the group has been booking shows around town and recording a full studio album.

Susie Jones, MHCC’s Jazz Band director and president

of the Mt. Hood Jazz Festi-val, joined the group on alto saxophone at the perfor-mance.

Although Jones said she has a variety of perfor-mance experience, it was her first time performing for students in the Fireplace Gallery. “It was a good time,” she said.

Jones has performed with The Quadraphonnes before as they invite her to play with them when they are performing music that has been written for five sax-ophones instead of a quartet. The performance Wednesday included two such pieces and Jones said she hopes people enjoyed the music.

Asked what her favorite tune was, Jones said, “They played a Klezmer type tune that was very interesting. It al-most had a gypsy sound to it.”

The hour-long show began with music composed by European-based musicians, including Gordon Goode. Two to three songs into the show, the women began to move on to more well known/contemporary jazz hits written by Miles Davis and eclectic rock icon Frank Zappa. While they played music written by other well-known artists, Tobin ar-ranged all songs.

Each member of the quartet had the opportunity to per-

form a solo. One of the solos performed by Tobin featured a New Orleans jazz sound.

The group’s classical jazz approach may be their influ-ence but they also enjoy utilizing their sax skills by crossing genres from blues, jazz, classic rock and at times Latin.

The group’s name is also a quirky spin on the saxophone. “While much of the great literature written for saxophone is written in French, quadraphonne is properly pronounced with one ‘N’ as it has a masculine ending,” according to the group’s webpage. “We simply made the Quadraphonnes have a feminine ending,” the description points out. “Call it Frenglish if you will.”

Their debut album can be heard and purchased on their official website, on CDbaby.com and sonicbids.com.

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MHCC’s jazz group Genesis will take the stage along with two local jazz musicians Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Visual Arts Theater.

Nancy King is a Eugene resident who has toured internationally, performing jazz vocals since the 1960s.

King has performed at New York City’s Town Hall, the Montreal Jazz Festival and some Euro-pean festivals, according to her website,

In addition to her 10 albums, King has been a guest on 15 albums by other artists, including the Genesis album “Don’t think it’s easy” in 2006.

Washington pianist/composer Steve Christof-ferson will join King and Genesis on the stage in the MHCC theater.

Christofferson has accompanied King before as they have toured nightclubs and jazz festivals around the world, according to his website.

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

Photos by Mario Rubio/ The AdvocateAbove: The Quadraphonnes saxaphone quartet perform in the College Center Wednesday.Left: Susie Jones, MHCC Jazz Band director, performs alongside The Quadraphonnes.

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The annual Mt. Hood Confer-ence Symphonic Band Festival, be-ing held Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the College Theater, is a district qualifier for the high school state meet, according to jazz and concert band director Susie Jones.

"It is a recruiting tool and not just for our music department but really for the whole campus," she said about the event.

Jones estimates more than 600 high school students will be on campus during the event. "These are potential college students," Jone said.

The event is also an opportu-

nity to witness some of the best bands in the state, she said. "The public should know that some of the best bands in the state of Or-egon happen to reside in the Mt. Hood Conference," Jones said.

Mt. Hood has hosted the event for more than 10 years said Jones.

Only the school with high enough scores will make the small pool qualifying for the state com-petition according to Jones. Quali-fication is based on score, not rank in the event.

“If somebody dropped in to see one of these bands, I think they would be impressed and en-tertained by the quality that they hear,” Jones said.

Conference for high school bands to be held at MHCC

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Eight jazz choirs from colleges in Washington, Idaho and Oregon will be joining Genesis on stage for the Vocal Jazz Summit College Festival all day April 9 in the Visual Arts Theater.

Some of the jazz choirs attending are from Eastern Washington Uni-versity, Boise State University, Clark Community College and Clackamas Community College.

In a previous interview with The Advocate, Dave Barduhn, Genesis director, said the festival provides a non-competitive environment for Northwest collegiate jazz choirs to perform.

The first scheduled performance is Green River Community College from Auburn, Wash., taking the stage at 9:20 a.m. The groups will break for lunch from noon to 1:30 p.m. Genesis will take the stage at 1:30 p.m. and the groups will continue until 4:20 p.m.

After the event, there will be a “no-host pizza hang” at Abby’s Pizza on 212th and Stark Street in Gresham.

The festival is free to anyone who wishes to attend.

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