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Raw memoir of mistakes and accidents wins readers’ hearts

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BeBe Zahara Benet (left and far right) interacts with students during her performance while Shannel (middle) entertains the crowd during Wednesday’s Divas of Diversity presentation in the College Theater. Both drag queens, from season one of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” which Benet won, performed lip-synchs to two songs as well as shared their personal stories and what diveristy means to them as well as a Q&A session with the audience.

by John TkebuchavaThe Advocate

Lidia Yuknavitch, an MHCC literature and composition instructor, won the read-er’s choice award for the 2012 Oregon Book Awards for her personal memoir titled, “Chronology of Wa-ter.”

Yuknavitch’s publisher submitted her memoir to the Literary Arts commit-tee, who hosts the 2012 Oregon Book Awards. Her novel was one of 100 books in her category, then found itself in a list of six finalists.

Readers of The Orego-nian were asked to vote on their favorite books from the list of final-ists. “Chronology of Water” received the most votes and earned the reader’s choice award.

“I was surprised and I’m actually a

introvert so public atten-tion is a little hard for me,” said Yuknavitch in response to hearing she had won the award.

“But I was really hap-py for all my fellow mis-fits that a book like this could get a prize,” she said. Many faculty in the humani-ties department were equally thrilled and happy to have a fellow colleague win an award for a literature piece.

Celia Carlson, literature and composi-tion instructor, said, “We are all absolutely delighted for Lidia. We’re all especially pleased that she received some well de-served recognition.”

Michele Hampton, a literature and composition instructor who also read some of Yuknavitch’s work said, “She’s such an inspiration. Her love for writing is infectious.”

“The book is dynamite and it’s truly a heart-wrenching story,” she said.

Yuknavitch, describing the memoir in her own words, said, “It’s a memoir so memoirs are usually life stories and it’s the kind of story of a person who is going down the self-destructive path.

“It’s more different than some other people’s (memoirs) because I wrote from the position of the kind of people who mess up a lot in life, cause I know I’m not the only person like that,” she said.

Yuknavitch said that whereas the au-thors of many memoirs are talking about

inspirational topics and transcending dif-ficulties, her memoir is one of mistakes, accidents and destructive choices.

“Mine is more about some of us [mess-ing] up in life but still managing to get through it,” she said of the memoir.

Though Yuknavitch won the award for her memoir, non-fiction is something she does not want to write ever again, saying that writing about such personal things was both difficult and painful.

“I had a weird hard life, so the process of writing the book was much more pain-ful,” she said, adding that personal mem-oirs like hers require you to totally expose yourself to your reader.

An avid writer, Yuknavitch has written three books of short stories and has two more novels coming out within the next two years and is working on a third.

Lidia Yuknavitch

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Lidia Yuknavich, MHCC’s literature and composition instructor, wins the reader’s choice award for the 2012 Oregon Book Awards for “Chronology of Water”

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by Jeff HannigThe Advocate

I don’t get much sleep. I av-erage about six hours a night, which might be a lot to some, but for me it means coaxing myself out of bed every morning with the promise of a coffee-guzzling rush of caffeine.

Needless to say, weekends are what I look forward to. It’s safe to say everyone in this fan-tastic country of ours looks for-ward to the weekend. And so, as a group, we all slap our snooze buttons and dream of those two special nights when we can go to sleep without having to set our alarm clock.

While driving home from work last Friday, I called my wife and she told me she was due at the South Waterfront District at

8:40 a.m. for a volunteer cleanup project presented by SOLV.

At this point of the story, I’d like to point out that I’m part of a gang. The husbands gang is an unorganized band of misfi ts that roams the outskirts of depart-ment store dressing rooms hold-ing lady’s handbags, watching sports and nodding politely that, “of course I will come with you to cleanup trash.”

And so, for that night, I joined the ranks of the unfortunate few who set their alarms on Friday night and slapped it shut fi ve hours later Saturday morning.

Before I knew it, I was putting on a disposable vest, latex gloves and fi lling up a paper cup with surprisingly good coffee. Maybe this wouldn’t be so bad after all.

As far as places to clean up, the South Waterfront is about as

good as it gets. Once I got past the initial grogginess and awk-ward introductions to my wife’s co-workers — it was through her job that she volunteered — I started to enjoy myself.

I enjoyed myself so much that I saved my disposable vest. There was an incredible amount of trash on the ground when I be-gan looking for it and since then I can’t stop seeing it.

SOLV reported that Earth Day volunteers removed 139,147 pounds of mixed waste from neighborhoods and in natural areas. And I can proudly say I contributed about 15 pounds to that number.

I am concerned with the state of our planet. But until that morning, aside from recycling and refusing to litter, I had never really felt part of the solution.

That morning, joggers were thanking us and, from the safety of their cars, people were study-ing our movements like we were bears digging through garbage. It felt like being pulled over on the side of the road, but instead of feeling people’s relief that it wasn’t them, I could swear peo-ple were almost envious of what we were doing.

It felt good to be out there do-ing my part, or at least stepping in the right direction of what-ever that may be. I look forward to putting that vest on again, hopefully more than just once again this year. I will even set my alarm on a Friday night if that’s what it takes because it felt good being part of the group that con-tributed to cleaning up Oregon last weekend.

The campaign tables are appear-ing, the free candy is fl owing and fl yers are festooning columns. It’s Associated Student Government (ASG) election time, folks.

The ASG president and vice president will be elected in less than two weeks and there are fi ve fully formed tickets to decide from, with debates between the candidates tak-ing place next Tuesday and Wednes-day from noon to 1 p.m. in the Main Mall.

Here’s the catch though: you, as a student, need to get involved with the campaign and vote according to your perceptions of candidates be-cause the ASG president and vice president will infl uence and affect your time at MHCC more than you may know.

The decisions an ASG president makes are important in govern-ing the student body; they are the voice of students and their rights on campus. They should be looking

out for you as students, as they at-tend a variety of meetings and are a part of several committees includ-ing: Student Organizational Coun-cil, The Finance Council, ASG Ex-ecutive Cabinet meetings, Strategic Planning Council, ASMHCC Senate Meetings, Board of Education meet-ings and monthly meetings with the college president, etc.

You get the idea; the two students elected will be in on nearly every important meeting, council or com-mittee on campus for the entire year. They will also be the primary stu-dent leaders who will be advocating for students and student rights at the Capitol in Salem.

As they wield considerable infl u-ence on campus through their atten-dance in all of the aforementioned meetings, councils and committees, it is the student body’s responsibil-ity to make sure they choose the right people for the job, as cliché as that may sound. This translates into

an involved student electorate, one that attends the debates and asks the questions on the issues that matter to them, from allocation of funds during Finance Council, the input when it comes to decisions such as parking fees and tuition increases during budget forums and even about what sort of events ASG and its sister-group Student Activities Board put on for the education and entertainment of students.

So, during the week of May 7-10 when you see a member of the ASG Elections Committee roaming the Main Mall with iPad tuned to the voting screen at the ready, or you’re browsing the MHCC website, take a moment and consider who you’ll vote for, as those individuals will be involved in all the aforementioned activities making decisions for you. Remember everything they’ve said in debates, what their platform says and the promises they may have made. Remember all of those as-

pects and vote accordingly.

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by Mike MataThe Advocate

At Wednesday’s budget fo-rum, different aspects of admin-istrative changes and course restructuring nestled next to fee changes during the presentation.

Answering a question on

the rational of funding limited/restricted programs with high costs, Bill Farver, vice president of administrative services, said during the forum, “program re-duction hasn’t provided the sav-ings we thought. It was less posi-tive than we thought.”

Farver added that their goal

is to not cut programs, but to use “smart growth versus program review,” to restructure courses and course sections that meet the students’ needs.

MHCC President Michael Hay said on the topic of program cost, “Cost is certainly an issue,” but that looking at community

value and analyzing how many students matriculate to the sec-ond year of a program are also important considerations.

The forum was intended to show how the results of the re-cent online budget survey were integrated into the budget pro-posal.

When it came to looking at the parking fee versus a uni-versal campus access fee, 10.6 percent of the total 245 people who responded to the survey, in-cluding 20 percent of all student respondents, approved of a $20 universal access fee.

However, the proposal fea-tures a $35 universal access fee, which received a combined 4.9 percent of approval, of which no students voted for.

Also on the survey were the approval percentages for sev-eral new programs including the AVID postsecondary program, an expanded College Now pro-gram and implementation of a diversity resource center. The college is currently hiring for the College Now and AVID pro-grams according to Pam Polito, recruitment specialist for human resources.

AVID received 33.1 percent overall approval, with 26.7 per-cent of responding students ap-proving of the program and 55.2 percent of responding college management approving it.

An expansion of College Now received 22.9 percent ap-proval overall, with 40 percent of

responding students approving it and 41.4 percent of responding college management approving.

Implementation of a diver-sity resource center, something which ASG stands behind as it approved $3,000 for the project in the 2012-13 ASG co-curricu-lum student budget, received 17.6 percent overall approval, with 66.7 percent of responding student approval and 24.1 per-cent from responding college management but less than 20 percent from either staff or fac-ulty polled.

Some items that received 50 percent or higher approval were the expansion of Veterans’ Ser-vices, implementation of a Busi-ness and Industry Workforce training center, Community Education online registration, Summer “Fast Track” programs for students and expansion of student fi nancial aid.

Also in the proposed budget is a proposition to implement two furlough days for Classifi ed Association employees in an ef-fort to reduce employee costs. XXXX Cathy Nichols.

There will be another budget forum today from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Visual Arts Theater. The next budget committee meeting will be May 2 at 6 p.m. in AC1710, which will include a public hear-ing session. Following the public hearing, there will be a regular budget committee meeting in the Board Room to approve the bud-get proposal.

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ASG presidential candidate Jeremy Likens speaks with a potential voter on � ursday in the Main Mall.

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by Dorothy OcacioThe Advocate

An ASG meet and greet session in the Main Mall with the presidential candidates Tuesday included refresh-ments and sweets as candidates passed out buttons, fl y-ers, pencils and other promotional campaign items to students.

During the meet and greet, presidents and vice presi-dents answered voters’ questions. Some candidates put out suggestion boxes to get student input on what they would like to see happen for students during their terms.

The Advocate asked the candidates about their goals and intended foci should they win the election. A com-mon theme among all the candidates was their pride in MHCC and their desire to advocate for students.

In no particular order, here are the candidates’ indi-vidual responses:

Luis Delgado and Marcelino Bautista said they feel student life has been in decline concerning involvement with campus activities. They want to bring it back up again, starting with more communication between stu-dent government and the student body.

Delgado said he wants students to know they “can come here, contribute and learn from various clubs that are around. They (the clubs) have a lot of great plans.”

He wants to make students aware of what is going on around campus, make people feel welcome and get their input, “because student voices are very important,” he said.

Delgado feels transparency is needed so students can be more involved with what occurs at MHCC and made more aware of when they can make a difference.

“I want everyone to feel like they have a second home, (at MHCC),” Delgado said.

Eric Cansler and Sadaf Saleem are running as write-ins on the ballot.

They said they would like to give a more positive image to community colleges.“We’re all about redefi ning our community and bringing it together,” Saleem said. “We want to reunite everyone,” she said, and have people say “community college is a

good thing.”Parking and TriMet passes for the bus are issues they

plan on working on with the ASG members in order to fi nd a solution to benefi t MHCC students.

Candidates William Miller and Antonio Guerrero have the tag line “Our school, our future, your vote”.

They said would like to advocate for students on a national level. Their plan is to join a group like the USSA (United States Student Association) or ASACC (Ameri-can Student Association of Community Colleges) to ad-vocate and lobby for MHCC on the state level. “We are looking into the groups and will decide which is best for helping MHCC,” Guerrero said.

They said they feel it is “very crucial to have grants and scholarships that can benefi t the student body,” said Miller. With so many people out of work and returning to school, he feels fi nancial aid, along with money to help the college function, is very important.

Jeremy Likens and Natalia Figueroa believe if stu-dents have pride in their school, it will improve involve-ment with MHCC activities.

“Our platform can be summed up,” Likens said, “with ‘Restore Saints Pride’.”

Likens said he feels students need to be made aware of campus activities and events, like the surveys on bud-gets and changes to curriculum, as well as the various clubs available.

Likens plans on sending out regular newsletters to keep students informed and have “outdoor offi ce hours” so students will see their government and give their in-put.

Tobin Shield and Garrett Larreau would like to im-prove the image of MHCC as a community college. “School image is a big, important issue for me,” Larreau said.

They would like to increase student enrollment from the feeder high schools by working with the SOAR (Stu-dent Outreach and Recruitment) team. Larreau said with more students on campus, more funds will be available to the college, and a better atmosphere will be created.

“MHCC has many advantages over other colleges,” said Shields.

Michael DiNapoli and Jake Whitten’s goals if elected will be to improve the handling of fi nancial aid, the trans-portation and parking issues and get the community more involved with the college.

A series of town hall-type meetings would be held for students to make contact with the ASG members to pro-mote a sharing of ideas, concerns and issues that affect the student body.

ASG will be holding the vice presidential debates on May 1 from noon to 1 p.m. and the presidential debates on May 2 from noon to 1 p.m., both in the Main Mall of the Gresham campus.

Elections for ASG start at 12:01 a.m. online May 7, and will close 11:59 p.m. May 10. Vote online from the MHCC portal homepage or the ASG voting login page. Members and volunteers of ASG will be around campus with iPads® for stu-dents to vote from.

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May 3 MHCC’s “First Thursday” will feature �lamenco guitarist Toshi Onizuka. The Japanese born artist currently lives in Portland and will be playing with drummer Reinhard Melz and bassist Jarrod Lawson. The free show runs from noon to 1 p.m. in the College Center.

The Fireplace Gallery will host the Amalya Nane Tumanian exhibit “Experiencing Urban City Life.” Tumanian’s paintings have traveled worldwide including museums in Armenia and Moscow. The Fireplace Gallery is located in the College Center and is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. The Gallery is closed on the weekends. For more information contact Pam Kuretich at pam.kuretich@mhcc.edu.

Tennessee Williams’ award winning play, “The Glass Menagerie,” continues in the Studio Theater, room AC1118 at 7:30 p.m. Advance purchase tickets are $3 for students and $8 for general admission. Prices increase by $2 at the door. Tickets are available by calling the box of�ice at 503-491-7154 or by e-mail at tickets@mhcc.edu.

British singer/songwriter James Morrison will perform at the Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., Portland, at 8 p.m. The Rugby born artist is known for his blues guitar and soul music. Minors are allowed with a guardian. Tickets are $20 and are available at www.ticketmaster.com.

May 4-612th annual Glass Gallery ShowOver 60 members of the Oregon Glass Guild, a nonpro�it membership organization, will be selling their glass art at the 12th annual Glass Gallery Show. The free event opens Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland. For more information visit www.oregonglassguild.org.

by Yuca KosugiThe Advocate

It is the first time directing a play for 19-year-old Dylan Gardner, who will be di-recting MHCC’s second

spring production, “The Underpants,” in two weeks.

He decided to direct this spring play because “I wanted to try some-thing new.” He started taking classes at MHCC in the fall and has been tak-ing math-based courses because he intended to be an engineering major. However, he is now transitioning into a math and business degree.

Gardner had taken theater-oriented classes in elementary school and went to drama camp over the summer dur-ing middle school. He went to Portland Christian High School where he chose to play football over theater, although he had love for both.

“This is the first time I’ve been su-per stressed,” he said about directing, since he has always been on the acting side.

Stage manager Kevin Elliot works

close with Gardner behind the scenes of the play.

“It’s actually been really easy work-ing with him,” said Elliot, who is also working as a stage manager for the first time. This is his second produc-tion with MHCC; he worked as a stage technician for “Snoopy!!!”

Gardner said the hardest part about directing is “working with an actor that’s really inexperienced.”

He also feels more empowered be-ing a director than when he was an ac-tor. However, Gardner says he does not feel nervous because he is not the one on stage.

Elliot said, “I can really tell he’s pas-sionate about this (the play). We have an iron grip on our play.”

Technical director Daryl Harrison-Carson said in an e-mail, “Dylan and the production team are having a great time staging the play and preparing all the elements. From scenery, to props to costumes, to lighting and sound, we have a very creative team of students at work, and I’m excited to see the fin-ished result in a few weeks.”

“The play has a simple story line,”

explained Gardner. “The Underpants” was written by Carl Sternheim in 1910, and was later adapted by comedian Steve Martin.

The story is about a wife who has an oppressive, “racist asshole” husband, said Gardner. After an incident of her underpants falling down in public, she finds a lover and also a stalker.

Gardner described the play to be very comedic and said that is why he picked the play over “Glass Menag-erie,” which is showing this week-end.

“I’m very excited about this year’s student productions. ‘The Under-pants’ is a really funny play and it’s also a good social commentary,” said Harrison-Carson.

“The Underpants” will show at 7:30 p.m. May 10 through 12 and will be about an hour and a half to two hours. MHCC students may pur-chase tickets in advance for $3 or at the door for $5. Community mem-bers may purchase tickets in advance for $8, or $10 at the door. To purchase tickets, call the MHCC Theater Box Office at 503-491-7154.

by Leah EmuraThe Advocate

MHCC will celebrate the last event of April’s Diversity Month, Cinco de Mayo, on Monday, May 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Main Mall.

Students will be able to participate in activities such as creating and breaking piñatas events as well as other games in which students will have the opportunity to win prizes.

There will also be performances by local mariachi band Mariachi Viva Mexico live and SEED (Scholarships for Edu-cation and Economic Development) students who have pre-pared traditional dances from their homelands.

A free burrito buffet will be available as well.“Besides having fun activities, games, music and food,

we also want to focus on the educational aspect of the event,” said Daysis Guerrero Avalo, multicultural coordina-tor. “Most people think Cinco de Mayo is just about fiestas and fun, which is not quite true,” he said.

Cinco De Mayo, the 5th of May, is a Mexican holiday commemorating the victory of Mexican militia over the

French army at The Battle of Puebla in 1862. “We will have some sort of informational brochures to hand out to people and inform them about the real meaning of this holiday,” said Guerrero.

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Actor � nds empowerment in role of directorDylan Gardner (middle) directs Matt Rivera (le� ), who plays Cohen, and Alex Giorgi, who plays � eo, during rehearsals for “� e Underpants” in the Studio � eater Wednesday.

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As the lines flew and the tension rose and fell at the dress rehearsal Wednesday, the four actors of “The Glass Menag-erie” gave Tennessee Williams’ Depression-era play an angsty yet enjoyable feel.

The first character you meet is Tom (played by Corey Ce-darleaf), the narrator, who is a young man employed at a warehouse. The play opens with Tom’s soliloquy, delivered in nostalgic yet detached tones that set the stage for rest of the performance.

Following the soliloquy, Amanda (played by Lauren Fylan), the single mother of Tom and Laura (played by Lynd-sea Moore) enters, followed by Laura, a young woman who has a foot defect and is terribly shy.

The whole first act of the play is centered on the problems within the family, mainly Amanda’s problems with her two children. Fylan plays Amanda as a flustered and beleaguered housewife who is forever trying to push her less ambitious offspring into success: whether it’s pushing Tom to become a shipping clerk at the warehouse or Laura into finally receiv-ing a gentleman caller.

Laura meanwhile spends most of her time shut away with her collection of glass figurines, called the glass menagerie by her mother, or playing old classical records left behind by their father. The father is described as a telephone company em-ployee who is said to have “fallen in love with long distance.” He deserted the family and is now travelling the world with a portrait acting as his only presence in their home.

Moore plays Laura as a painfully shy and awkward young lady who is forever doubting herself and cower-ing from the tempest that is her mother. Such is Amanda’s waspish fury that the only character capable of standing up to her is Tom, who is prone to angst-ridden outbursts that tend to end with him departing for the movies, his one sol-

ace from family and work.This continues in a cycle with Tom and Amanda raging

at one another while Laura cowers and swoons with belle-like abandon until Tom agrees to provide Laura, and to some extent Amanda, with a gentleman caller from the warehouse.

The gentleman caller, Jim (played by Alex Bans), is the final character in the play and turns out to have been something of prodigy in high school, where Laura nursed a sweet-spot for him. Bans plays Alex with a swaggering bravado that belies the character’s newfound confidence excavated from a public speaking class.

As a whole, the cast does well with getting across their characters’ mental and emotional states: ranging from frail and worn out in the case of Laura and Tom to the stri-dent ambition of Amanda and the oblivious assuredness of Jim. However, each member did slip up on their lines a few times, though in the case of everyone but Bans and Cedarleaf, it added to the character: the franticness of Fylan’s Amanda contrasting with the timidity of Moore’s Laura. Cedarleaf slipped on his lines the least so as to be barely noticeable, but Bans was at times choppy in his delivery, which may have been an effort to induce a general dislike of Jim, which the audience will sense during the climax of the performance.

Small line slip-ups aside, the play is really a treat to sa-vor, especially for those who enjoy awkwardness and ten-sion, which at times is thick enough for the proverbial knife to cut through it. The set is simply done and the period music mixed in to add another level of emotion. The costumes are also nicely done so as to add to the period feel of the play, as are the props, which include several cigarettes for the male characters to alternately smoke or fondle absentmindedly during monologues.

As the cast lines up for the curtain call, the audience is bound to find itself sated by the performance of “The Glass Menagerie” if not a little more world-weary, by the ardently tense performance.

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by Kylie RogersThe Advocate

MHCC will host the 34th annual Northwest Jazz Band Festival May 4 and 5 at the Gresham campus.

Friday night’s events will consist of concert per-formances by vocal jazz group Genesis, Jazz Band 1 and a guest performance by jazz artist Anat Cohen.“We try to get a guest artist every year,” said second-year music major Joey Boyer. Boyer said the jazz band has been preparing their concert music since the beginning of the term but have only been working on Cohen’s music since last week.

According to Tyler Nelson, second year music ma-jor and vice president of the jazz club, the jazz band will be playing two songs but it is still undecided how many they will play with Cohen. They have been preparing four but he expects to play two or three. “(Anat Cohen) is one of the most outstanding woodwind players in jazz,” said jazz band instructor Stan Bock.

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the College The-ater. Tickets in advance can be purchased at www.mhcc.edu/music and cost $20 for community members and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets at the door are $25 for community members and $10 for students and seniors.Day two of the festival will be judged jazz competitions for 45 high and middle schools, including a middle school from Bellevue, Wash., and a high school from North Se-attle according to Bock and a condensed version of the previous night’s concert.

Bock described this year’s event as “a little smaller” than in past years and said it is being done differently by having it run by the jazz club.“Students have ownership. They experience lots of de-tailed work and are learning to manage tasks and time,” said Bock.

According to Nelson, music students volunteer for the event by running stations for performances, giving information to judges and keeping visiting bands from getting lost on campus.

“We’re really lucky to have really great local artists willing to judge,” said Boyer.

Bock described the judges as “some of the finest musicians at what they do.”According to Bock, pianist Tony Pacini, bassist Tim Gil-son, big band drummer Gary Hobbs, MHCC vocal jazz instructor Dave Barduhn, trumpeter Paul Mazzio and trombonist Jeff Uusitalo will be on campus to judge the competing schools.

When asked if Dave Barduhn’s announced retirement would affect the event, Bock said it effects the music de-partment more than it effects the perception of the school but he expects it to have a larger impact on the upcom-ing Northwest Vocal Jazz Festival on May 18 and 19. “It’s all about exposure, exposure to good music. It’s a place for students to test their abilities and show what they can do. It’s a good place for young musicians to grow and learn more,” said Nelson about the event.

For more information about the festival, contact Bock at stan.bock@mhcc.edu or by phone (503) 491-6969.

A r t B r i e fThe Café Tuesday originally scheduled for April 24 was postponed due to a chef/in-structor personal emergency. The theme “American Comfort Food” will be rescheduled for Tuesday, May 1. Seating for Café Tuesday is between 11:30 a.m. and noon. Hospi-tality and Tourism program director Court Carrier recommends making or reconfirm-ing reservations for this event by phone at 503-491-7230 or e-mail at htrpt@mhcc.edu.

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The names of Yuknavitch’s next two novels are “Dora: The Headcase,” which she said would be out in September, and “The Small Backs of Children,” which is due out a year later.

To describe the novels briefly, Yuknavitch said “Dora: The Headcase,” is a novel based on a fa-mous patient of Sigmund Frued whom he diag-nosed with hysteria.

Yuknavitch said the second novel, “The Small Backs of Children,” illustrates the relationship between art and war.

Currently, Yuknavitch is writing a third novel that is loosely based on Joan of Arc.

“I’m taking her out of history and sort of writ-ing a different story,” she said.

Though Yuknavitch has an obvious talent and a way with words, writing novels was not some-

thing she ever imagined herself to be doing when she was younger.

“When I was little, I wanted to be a box-er and then I wanted to be an astrophysicist. I kind of still want to be an astrophysicist but I’m terrible at math,” she said, laughing.She said she first started writing after a heart-breaking experience.

“I was about 25 and something really sad hap-pened to me, my daughter died and stories just started coming out of me,” she said.

“Once that happened, that (a writer) felt like what I was supposed to be. I feel more passion for writing than for living.”

“If I could figure out a way to live inside it I would do it, but apparently you have to go out in the world,” she said with a laugh.

Memoir : Continued from page 1

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Instructor to release two novels within two years

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April 27, 2012

In the city,for the city.

W A R N E R P A C I F I C . E D UPORTLAND, OR

by Shaun LutzThe Advocate

The Saints took over fi rst place in the NWAACC Southern Region after sweeping a double-header with the Lane Titans Sat-urday and maintained their posi-tion by splitting a doubleheader Tuesday against the second-place Chemeketa Storm.

The Saints knocked the ball around during the fi rst game against Lane, touching up the Ti-tan pitching for 10 hits en route to a 4-1 victory.

Alex Foulson, Nick Paxton, Jake Thran, and Taylor Williams all contributed two hits during the fi rst victory. Offense wasn’t the only bright spot in game one as Isaac Henslee improved to 3-0, surrendering only one run in seven innings, improving his ERA to 0.84, sixth best in the NWAACC.

They followed up with a nar-row 3-2 win in the second game. With only two days off, the team looked to continue its winning ways when they welcomed the Chemeketa to Oslund Field Tuesday for a two-game set.

In game one, the Saints took an early lead and held onto it as the Mt. Hood’s leading bats-man Shea Coates showed why he’s hitting .321 with two hits and two RBI. Sophomore Chris-tian Bannister notched his league leading eighth save as Mt. Hood held on to win 4-1 allowing

pitcher Zev Egli to improve his record to 4-0 on the season. Egli gave up one run and four hits in seven innings of work.

Keeping the ball in play all game long, the Saints took an early lead and then held on, al-lowing sophomore Christian Bannister to notch his league-leading eighth save as MHCC won 4-1.

But the Storm came back to win the second game 5-4, scoring two go-ahead runs in the top of the sixth, and giving their bull-pen the opportunity to shut the door, as well as ending a 9-game win streak for the Saints.

Outfi elder Hunter Weiss had two hits and two RBI in the losing effort. Although Tuesday’s loss put an end to

an impressive winning streak, Mt. Hood has nothing but positive notes to look back on. Although Tuesday’s loss put an end to an impressive winning streak, MHCC has nothing but positive notes to look back on. Strong pitching led the charge as the staff gave up no more than three runs in any game during the streak, including shutouts against Clackamas and Linn-Benton, as well as a 15-3 beat-down of SW Oregon. Coach Bryan Donohue credited their success to near-fl awless infi eld and outfi eld play during the re-cent games.

“We know our pitching is go-ing to go out on the mound and get the job done whenever we need them to, and it takes a lot of

pressure off the offense. We have confi dence going into every game,” said Donohue.

Donohue also said that hav-ing a more con-sistent schedule has helped the team. “Not hav-ing to wait a week in be-tween games keeps the team focused,” he said. With strong pitching and consistent hitting, the Saints will be sitting pretty at the top of the Southern region, battling against Linn-Benton, Lane and Chemeketa for the number one seed head-

ing into the NWAACC tourna-ment at the end of May.

The league play may have just begun, but those were the three squads Donohue noted that would more than likely be the toughest competition through season’s end. He said they still have four more meetings against each team.

With 18 games left, over half of the league schedule is still to be played, but the team looks to take the confi dence that Dono-hue mentioned into every match-up left on their schedule.

The Saints had a doublehead-er scheduled Thursday against Lane but results were unavail-able at presstime.

Next up, the Saints will host South West Oregon Community College Saturday in another dou-bleheader at 1 p.m.

Photo by Logan Scott/� e AdvocateSophomore Tristan Metcalf slides back to � rst base at Tuesday’s game against the Chemeketa Storm.

“Not having to wait a week in between games keeps the team focused.”Brian Donahue, head baseball coach

Saints’ nine game win streak haltsAfter back to back wins against Lane CC, MHCC baseball falls to Chemeketa Storm

Track and fieldupdate

The MHCC track and fi eld team took last week off, skipping the Oregon Relays last Friday and Saturday.

The team will be heading back into action this weekend at the Pacifi c Twilight meet at Pacifi c University in Forest Grove today and Saturday.

Head track and fi eld coach Matt Hart said that the team took last week off to clear

up athlete’s aches, pains and minor injuries.“We’re just going to take this weekend

off and try to recover and regroup and come back for their next meet strong,” said Hart last week.

Photo by Logan Scott/ � e Advocate

Zev Egli gave up one run and four hits in the � rst game against the Chemeketa Storm.

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File the FAFSA by these dates:

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1. File your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) online for faster processing (fafsa.gov). 2. Check MyMHCC regularly for your application status and turn in required documents promptly. 3. If you missed deadlines, financial aid will not be available until after the start of the term. 4. Students are served first-come, first-served for fairness - do not ask for exceptions unless the College made a clear error in your file completion date. This will help us serve you and all students faster!

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“Rhianna Russell pitched probably the best she’s ever pitched.”Meadow McWorther, softball coach

by Laura KnudsonThe Advocate

The Women’s Softball team came away with 3 wins and one loss last weekend at the annual Crossover Tour-nament in Yakima.

According to the NWAACC website 23 teams par-ticipated in the tournament. The Saints went up against Douglas College, Bellevue College, Treasure Valley Com-munity College and Pierce College losing only to the Bel-levue Bulldogs.

The Saints got off to a strong start beating the Douglas Royals 6-1 in game one on Saturday. Scoring 6 runs in the fi rst four innings was enough to get the win, while the Royals scored just one run in the 7th inning.

In game two on Friday the Saints suffered a 10-0 loss to the Bellevue Bulldogs, who scored 7 runs in the fi rst inning. This was followed with 2 runs in the 2nd inning and 1 run in the 3rd. The loss against Bellevue, who are at the top of the North region, was the Saints only loss out of the 4 games they played in the tournament.

The Saints bounced back the next day in game one against the Treasure Valley Chukars defeating them 13-5. The Chukars held a slight lead over the Saints going into a scoreless 3rd and 4th inning 4-3. In the 5th inning the Chukars managed one more run, but it was no match for the 10 runs scored by the Saints, putting the game well out of reach.

Game two on Saturday was also in favor of the Saints who beat the Pierce Raiders 12-4. Box scores were not available for this game.

For now, the Saints remain in 4th place in the South-ern Region with a 5-5 record.

The Saints also played against the Linfi eld College Wildcats on Thursday. Results from the game were un-available at the time of publication.

MHCC softball Coach Meadow McWorther was im-pressed overall by the team’s performance in the tourna-ment. “Rhianna Russell pitched probably the best she’s ever pitched,” says McWhorther. She added, “Our short-stop Kali Van Cleave played well defensively.”

Up next, the Saints will stay at home to battle the Clark Pioneers in a double-header Saturday at 12 p.m. The Saints will then travel to Salem to play another dou-ble-header against the Chemeketa Storm on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Both Chemeketa and Clark are ranked below the Saints in the Southern Region.

Saints softball wins 3 out of 4 games in Crossover TournamentBrittney Dawson winding up for a pitch in the April 10 game against Lower Columbia Community College.

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April 27, 2012

Sun-drenched campus

Students take in the sun Monday in the Main Mall, where Student Activities Board Director Sophie Tung promotes the Divas of Diversity event that occurred Wednesday a� ernoon in the College � eater.

by John TkebuchavaThe Advocate

Three candidates for state representative share com-mon campaign themes, such as job creation and better-ing the economy, as well as a common relationship with MHCC.

Maggie Nelson (R.), running 47th district, Matthew Wand (R.), running for 49th district, and Chris Gorsek (D.), who is also running for 49th district each have ties to MHCC.Nelson is currently serving as an MHCC district board member, Gorsek is a geography and criminal justice in-structor at MHCC while Wand who was a student at MHCC for two years before transferring and graduating at Portland State University with a political science degree.

Maggie NelsonNelson, currently serves as an MHCC district board

member, a position she has held since last year.

Though this is Nelson’s first time running for a state legislative position, she is confident in her success in the fall.

“I believe I have a great chance of win-ning because I am committed to doing the hard work it will

take to win the race. There are dedicated volunteers working with me on the campaign and together, with teamwork, we can move mountains,” she said.

When asked her reasoning is for running, Nelson said, “As I wound down my career as an educator and gained knowledge serving on the Board at Mt. Hood Community College, I began to think of ways that I might further ap-

ply my experiences and knowledge in service to others.” I have always been interested in the health, welfare and industry of our state,” she said.

In regards to her priorities should she get elected, Nel-son said, “Jobs creation and a healthy economy is the first priority in Oregon. We need to target ways to cut taxes and regulations on business with a focus on helping busi-ness succeed.”

As an advocate of education I will work for stable school funding at all levels. Oregonians need a strong educational climate with career pathways, which prepare students to participate on a global level,” she said.

As a child, Nelson was raised on a wheat farm. That, along with spending her adult years in the urban Port-land environment has given her an “appreciation for the needs and concerns of both the rural and urban citizens of Oregon,” said Nelson.

Matt WandWand has previously run for city council in Trout-

dale twice, served as Troutdale city councilor from 2009 through the end of 2010, and also ran for state representative in January 2011, a posi-tion he has since held.In response to what he aims to achieve and the focal point for his campaign, Wand said,

“My main focus is bringing in jobs to the Troutdale industrial area and to Fairview and helping redevelop Rockwood with local

jobs,” he said, adding that his reason for running is to “help make east county more prosperous and help us be more self-sufficient.”

Wand emphasized the need to battle unemployment in the current recession.

“It’s imperative that we make sure that we’re provid-ing an atmosphere for jobs for our young people, because if we don’t, the best and brightest will move away and we want the best and the brightest to stay here in the

community,” he said. His said that the more people that are put back to work, the more tax payers there are and more revenues are obtained.

Chris GorsekGorsek, who also has experience with governmental

work, served as Troutdale city councilor from 2003-06.Gorsek also ran for Oregon State Senate last year

where he accumulated approximately 18,000 votes to the winning candidate’s 24,000.

As for his reasons for running, “There’s a lot going on nationally and in the state and local situations and it seemed like a good time to step up and see if I can help with some of the real serious situ-ations that we face…also public service is

very important to me,” he said.“I like to, in the various things that I do try to give back to

the community, and this is one way to do that,” said Gorsek.Being a teacher, it may come to no surprise to some that the focus of Gorsek’s campaign is to revamp and help create more funding for the educational system.

“One thing would be to deal with the somewhat un-certainty related to education funding,” said Gorsek of his priorities. “I think we really need to find a long term stable way to fund education. We can talk a lot about re-structuring, but at the root of everything it’s the amount of funding.

“Education is just so important, it’s really the base of everything else within our society,” said GorsekGorsek also sees job creation as a priority. “We want good solid jobs that help people raise families and to get their kids to good schools,” said Gorsek.

“We have the land and I think if we all work in a coordinated fashion I think that we can bring some really good jobs to east county,” he said.“This district has a lot of people that are hurting, so job creation is especially important.” Said Gorsek.

MHCC provides common thread for three state representative candidates

A board member, an instructor and an alum all vie for spots on the

ballot in November

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