the broadside 10/24/2012

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October 24, 2012 | www.TheBroadsideOnline.com | Vol. 61, Issue 5

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IndexA&E 10Campus Word 2Clubs & Sports 14Crossword/Sudoku 13Editorials 2Features 6Incident Report 4 & 5News 3

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A bright future for COCC’s

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Combat

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Defend yourself against the cold and flu this winter

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Scott GreenstoneThe Broadside

Campus security can now fine repeat offend-ers who do not comply

to the confines of the campus’ non-smoking policy at Central Oregon Community College and Oregon State University Cascades.

“We’ve always enforced the policy through warnings and even student conduct hearings,” said Jim Bennet, Campus Public

Safety Coordinator, “The most important thing we want to communicate is that this is not a change of policy. It’s simply that now, in extreme circumstances, a monetary penalty can be im-posed on students.”

Bennet stressed that the penalty was not something that would be handed out arbitrari-ly.

“This penalty will be put in action against repeat offenders,” said Bennet, “or students who are not cooperative.”

The current policy confines smoking to COCC and OSU-Cascades’ parking lots and twenty-five feet away from cam-pus buildings.

This fine has been a few years in coming, according to Gordon Price, Director of Student Life.

“We’ve got a lot of com-plaints from students and staff about violations of the policy,” said Price. “We’ve even been fined as a college. No one’s been enforcing [this policy].”

Seth Elliot, Director of Cam-pus Security, spoke for the col-lege’s ambition to get the word out about this policy.

“We want a chance for peo-ple to see this and take note,” said Elliot.

Ron Paradis, Director of Col-lege Relations, was the force be-hind the penalty’s approval by the College Affairs Committee in the summer of 2012. Educa-tion is Paradis’ and Campus Se-curity’s main goal before issuing any fines.

“Right now, we’re just start-ing the education process,” said Paradis, “but we want to get the word out to students that this is indeed the policy and we’ll be taking it more seriously.”

Paradis feels strongly support-ed by the community at COCC.

“Most of the response I’ve got-ten so far has been very positive and encouraging,” said Paradis.

(Contact: [email protected])

Smoking policy enforced with a $30 fine for repeat offenders

“Spread your legs and bang!”

is the motto of which COCC club?

Find out on page 14

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College employees live double lives as rockstars

Students learn to walk a fine line

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Photo illustration by Stephen Badger | The Broadside

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editorials

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I actually don’t do a whole lot of reading. It’s hard to find something that will keep my interest. Murder mysteries - If I Wind Up Missing. It’s a true story.’’

-Christina Hyser

I don’t have [a favorite book genre.] Hunger Games. I’m reading the trilogy right now.’’

-Anthony O’Donnell

My favorite book genre, probably comedy, but not young adult comedy. The older books grab my attention. 50 Shades of Gray. It’s a really good book. It’s more of a raunchy novel but there’s some funny stuff in it.’’

-Jessica Sabadin

I guess you could say textbooks since I’m reading those all the time.’’

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEFCedar Goslin

MANAGING EDITORJarred Graham

FEATURES EDITORAnna Quesenberry

PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORRay Carter

REPORTERSJosh Agee

Chris BrowningKathryn Eng

Lauren HamlinWilliam James

Jordan SternbergerMolly Svendsen

PHOTOGRAPHERSPatrick IlerIan Lusby

Ian SmytheNick Thomas

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Noah HughesRhyan McLaury

ADVISORLeon Pantenburg

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Cedar GoslinThe Broadside

Last year, 9,660 Central Oregon Community College students decided they did not want a say on how their money was spent. That 96 percent of eligible students made that decision when they chose not to vote in the student govern-ment elections of spring 2012. Voting was as easy as logging into Blackboard and completing the online ballot.

The opportunity forfeited by the majority of the student body was a valuable one. The Associated Students of Cen-tral Oregon Community College control the distribution of student fees, which every student must pay when he or

she enrolls in classes. They determine how much funding student clubs get and what new programs will be introduced to benefit the student body. If those 9,660 had learned the priorities and plans of each candidate up for election and then voted for the ones they sup-ported, they could have voiced their opinion on how their money should be spent. However, when the votes were counted in spring, the overwhelming voice of the student body was one of apathy. The message sent by the student body was that they didn’t care how their money was spent.

In November, students will have another chance to decide how their money will be used, this time in the form of tax dollars. This time instead of campus programs, students can help decide the future of American healthcare. They can help determine whether or not jobs will be available to college students after graduation.

There are a lot of issues of student interest hanging in the balance of the November elections, and with the ASCOCC having ex-ceeded their goal of registering 1200 new voters, there’s a potential for a powerful student voice. However, if the newly registered voters show the same apathy as was displayed in last year’s ASCOCC elections, only 48 of those 1200 will actually vote.

It’s your money that the government will be spending over the next four years, and it’s your future that’s going to be impacted by the decisions the government makes. You as students have a voice, and you can use it to have a say in what the government does with your money. The catch is, you only get to use that voice if you make the effort to vote. This November, be proactive and choose to use your voice.

Think before you skip voting this November

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“Chris BrowningThe Broadside

If you are an employee at Central Oregon Communi-ty College and you receive

a benefits package, you may qualify for a discount on your class tuition.

All benefited employees, their spouses, domestic part-ners, retired members of the employee’s immediate fam-ily, and dependent children 25 years and younger are eligible for free tuition at COCC, ac-cording to the Employee Tu-ition Waiver Policy.

“It’s a fairly standard prac-tice,” said Ron Paradis, Direc-tor of College Relations. “Every college I have ever worked with has a similar policy in place.”

Giving benefited employees a discount on tuition makes them more productive and more likely to retain their jobs with the college, according to Paradis.

“I have a whole list of em-ployees who’ve received de-

grees while working at COCC, and many of those employees still work here. They are proud Bobcats and that is an honor which lasts a lifetime,” said Paradis.

Katie Edwards, an employee in the Human Resources de-partment, takes advantage of the discount by taking classes.

“I think it is an incredible deal,” said Edwards. “Benefited employees are eligible to waive

all credit expenses. They still have to pay lab fees and costs related to class materials, like books and supplies, but the credit portion of the class is free.”

Edwards received her Associ-ates in Arts last year and contin-ues to take advanced classes.

Jillian Hollenbeck, who works as a librarian at COCC’s Barber Library, spoke of her experience with the tuition waiver policy.

“At first, I wasn’t aware that my family and I would receive free tuition. I’ve been out of school now for decades and decades. But once I started taking classes with my hus-band, it was nice to know that the credit portion of the tuition was free,” said Hol-lenbeck who regularly takes hiking and exercise courses through COCC’s Community Learning program.

For employees like Ed-wards and Hollenbeck, tuition discounts make college-level learning more accessible for themselves and their families. Whether it is earning a degree or enjoying community learning classes, the Employee Tuition Waiver Policy is an additional perk for many COCC workers.


Employees save with Tuition Waiver Policy

Samuel CowerThe Broadside

Funding is now avail-able for Oregon State University-Cascades

students who need help pay-ing for their childcare.

As of fall 2012, all Oregon State University-Cascades

students with children be-came eligible for a subsidy to help pay for childcare.

The Associated Students of Cascades Campus have been working on a Childcare Subsidy program since spring 2009, ac-cording to Rachel Mayhill, the president of ASCC. They will be funding and coordinating the program to make it easier for

students with children to make their way through college. The program will help students pay up to $500 of their childcare bills.

“How it works is they send in the application,” explained John Pittman the programs coordina-tor of ASCC, who is in charge of the Childcare Subsidy program. “and based on a few different factors, a maximum of $500 is sent to the licensed childcare center that the applicants have signed up for.”

The main factors that will be taken into account are the appli-cant’s annual income and how

many children they need to get childcare for, according to Pitt-man.

Once a student has been ap-proved for assistance with their childcare, they have assistance for one complete term, accord-ing to Mayhill.

“After the term is over, [stu-dents] need to send in another form,” said Mayhill.

The program’s budget of $18,000 comes from student fees and is going to be divided between four terms.

Depending on the number of applicants ASCC receives for

the Childcare Subsidy program this year, they may expand it in the future, according to May-hill.

“It’s really all about what the students need,” said Mayhill. “That’s what these programs hinge on. And the students are welcome to contact us at any-time about issues like this.”

Applications for the Childcare Subsidy program can be found in the student government of-fice in Cascades Hall or online at www.osucasces.edu/ascc

(Contact: [email protected])“Assistance with childcare now available to OSU-Cascades students

It’s really about what the students need. That’s what these programs hinge on. And the students are welcome to contact us at any time about issues

like this.”Rachel Mayhill

ASCC presidentIan Smythe | The Broadside

COCC student Jeff Whitworth and his son Aiden playing in the rain at Mountain View Park on Bends eastside

At first, I wasn’t aware that my family and I would recieve free tuition. I’ve been out of school now for decades and decades. But once I started taking classes with my husband, it was nice

to know that the credit portion of the tuition was free.”Jillian Hollenbeck

COCC librarian at Barber Library


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Possible vehicle theft

Found Property

Narcotics

Disturbance

Hit and Run

Found Property

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Narcotics

Narcotics

Finishing touches on new Health Careers Building

Patrick Iler | The Broadside

Patrick Iler | The Broadside

Left-Doug Dean and Larry LaFrance put new sign on the Health Career Center Building with use of a crane.

Above-Harvey Lathrop installs new benches for Commons in front of the Health Career Center.


LocationSynopsis Disposition

October 3 to October 8

Reports of UUMV. Vehicle possibly used in a drug run.

Keys recovered by COCC staff and later returned to owner.

Narcotics discovered at the Prineville campus.

Disturbance in admissions due to student upset about FA denial.

Hit and Run.

Laptop found in MODOC.

Lamp found on the curb by COCC staff, later on returned to owner.

Vehicle abandoned in wildlife area.

Narcotics paraphenalia confiscated from Juniper Hall

JRH resident in possession of alcohol, narcotics, and paraphenalia.

Juniper Hall

Jefferson

Prineville Campus

Boyle Ed Center

Serpentine Lots

Modoc

Unknown

Campus Services

Juniper Hall

Juniper Hall

Investigation in Prgress

Case Closed

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Case Closed

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Investigation Suspended

Investigation in Progress

Case Closed

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

By Eryn BrownLos Angeles Times(MCT)

Researchers have found a way to classify breast cancer tumors into 10

distinct categories ranging from very treatable to extreme-ly aggressive, a major step on the way to the long-sought goal of precisely targeting therapies for patients.

The new categories, described in a study released Wednes-day, should help scientists de-vise fresh approaches to treat some of the cancers and could spare many women the risks

and pain of unnecessarily toxic treatments, oncologists said.

"If you belong to one group you'll need one therapy, and if you're in another you'll need another," said Dr. Carlos Cal-das, a breast cancer geneticist at the University of Cambridge who helped oversee the re-search. For some women, he added, tumor typing might in-dicate that traditional chemo-therapy isn't warranted at all.

"A lot of women are being overtreated," he said. "Can we spare them that?"

The study, published by the journal Nature, is the first of many expected in the coming months that will use genetic clues in breast cancer tumors to help refine categories of the disease, which strikes one in eight women in the U.S.

Doctors like to say that breast cancer is not a single disease,

but a range of them. But be-cause they don't completely understand which therapies will work for a given tumor and why, they tend to err on the side of caution administering treatments in cases in which they may provide little added benefit.

This type of research could begin to change that, experts said.

"This is going to have a huge impact on the way we think about breast cancer," said Raju Kucherlapati, a genet-ics professor at the Harvard Medical School who was not involved in the study. "To-gether with other data coming out in the next few months, I think the whole landscape of research, discovery and treat-ment is going to change."

Clinicians already divide tumors into a few different types, and targeted treat-ments are available for some flavors of the disease. For in-stance, women with tumors that test positive for a can-cer-promoting protein called HER2 often respond well to the drug Herceptin, which isn't effective against other types of tumors.

But in a frustratingly high number of cases, scientists can't explain why one woman will respond to a given treat-ment and another woman won't even though they both might have tumors that are estrogen-receptor-positive, for example.

"It's not a very precise art," Caldas said.

Hoping to hone the process, Caldas and colleagues from Britain and Canada analyzed the genetic signatures of sam-ples from 997 tumors, exam-

ining how aberrations in DNA turned various genes on and off. They analyzed 2 million spots on the genome, focus-ing on differences in the num-ber of times a string of DNA is repeated and on small gene variations known as single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs. They also looked at RNA, which helps translate DNA instructions into pro-teins, to gauge gene activity.

Then they correlated that data with long-term health outcomes of the women from whom the tumors were re-moved, establishing a link between the genetic patterns and how tumors progressed. The analysis involved compli-cated number-crunching and took more than five years to complete.

In the end, the research team identified 10 distinct subtypes of breast cancer. They reinforced previously known groups and were able to make further distinctions within them.

For example, they found that tumors in two of the catego-ries had very few DNA aber-rations compared with those in other groups. Tumors in one of these categories were particularly vulnerable to im-mune system cells, and they had one of the best profiles for prognosis.

"These tumors do have something different about them," Caldas said. And by studying them further, he sug-gested, researchers may dis-cover that they respond well to novel treatments.

The team confirmed the va-lidity of their categories by testing them in a separate group of 995 tumors.

Experts said the scale of the work was "remarkable," as Kucherlapati put it.

"The fact that they have 997 samples for discovery and 995 for validation makes it very special," he said.

Dr. John Glaspy, an oncologist at the University of California, Los Angeles' Jonsson Compre-hensive Cancer Center, added that the genetic analysis also sheds light on a fundamen-tal question: How do cancers emerge?

"It's an insight into how this whole thing works," he said. "Insight is the beginning of new treatment."

But Glaspy and others also cautioned that the discov-ery would not revolutionize the practice of medicine right away.

"I want to make sure people won't see this and say, 'Game over!'" said Stephen Friend, co-founder of Sage Bionet-works in Seattle, a nonprofit organization that promotes collaborative medical re-search. In truth, he said, the ability to match genetic sig-natures to long-term cancer outcomes is a sign that "the game starts."

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Breast cancer classifying improves therapy

“ A lot of

women are being

overtreated.

Can we spare

them that?"

All photos by Stephen Badger | The Broadside


Eight ways to avoid the nasties

during cold and flu season

Kathryn EngThe Broadside

Many Central Oregon Community College students are busy juggling school and work, so they don’t have time to get sick. Dana Topliff, nursing department staff member, and Michele Decker, COCC’s Nursing Program Director share advice on how to stay well this cold and flu season.

Lindsay Smythe is feeling the effects of the changing seasons, sneezing ensues

Operation: Don’t Go Broke

Anna Quesenberry

Affordable meal-planning tips that make

sense for college students

Operation: Don’t Go Broke is devoted to bringing readers helpful tips on ways to save in college.When Central Oregon Community College students start calculat-ing how much money they spend each term on food and drink, it becomes clear eating out is eating up many students’ hard earned cash. These affordable menu planning tips will help students look-ing to make their dollar stretch:1. Drink plenty of water. Water keeps minds alert, energy levels up and is available on campus for free. Invest in a few different water bottles so you can cycle them out daily. Try to cut out sugary drinks or at least follow them with a bottle of water to rehydrate yourself. If plain water just isn’t quenching your thirst, try serving it with lemon slices or adding them to your ice cube tray, it’s a refreshing form of vitamin C. 2. Snack on fruits and vegetables throughout the day. This can be as easy as grabbing an apple, stalk of celery or handful of blueber-ries. The key is to make these readily available by taking them out of the plastic grocery store bag and storing them in reusable snack size containers. Stock your backpack, purse and lunch box with healthy fruits and vegetables you can munch on between classes.3. Non-perishable snacks are perfect for stashing in your car, desk and gym bag. Foods like energy bars, trail mix, dried fruits, nuts and seeds won’t go bad if they sit in your glove box for a week or two. An-other thing you may want to consider squirrelling away in your trunk is a cup-of-soup or easy mac for the days you forget your lunch.4. Don’t forget your lunch. If you skip your lunch, you’ll be famished by 5 p.m. and more likely to end up hitting the drive-thru on your way home.5. Save your leftovers, they save you from having to put any thought into packing your lunch the next morning. Stir fry, pasta and most prepared meats taste great reheated the next day. 6. If you’re rushed in the mornings and just don’t have time to make a lunch, the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich takes two min-utes to make. If PB & J isn’t sophisticated enough, try peanut butter and honey or maybe something more taboo, like Nutella. If you have 15 minutes, you have time to boil an egg for an egg salad sandwich.7. For many college students there’s just not enough hours in the evening, with homework, families, pets and other obligations, din-ner is often put on the back burner; but dinner doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are four affordable dinners any college student can make:1. English-muffin pizza - Spread red sauce on an English muffin, top with cheese and other toppings of your choice and bake in the oven until cheese is melted.2. Bagel sandwich - Turn a bagel into a meal by adding your favorite cheeses, veggies, meats or scrambled eggs.3. Brinner (Breakfast for dinner) is cheap and easy. For those who don’t have a lot of time in the mornings, sometimes making break-fast for dinner is the only chance you have to enjoy a big plate of waffles, hash browns and bacon.4. Pasta is so simple, and with all the varieties, spaghetti, penne, fet-tuccini, linguini, just to name a few, it’s easy to come up with your own pasta dishes on the fly. Jarred sauces are no-brainers or you can skip the sauce and simply butter the noodles. Experiment with dif-ferent meats and vegetables and consider throwing together a sim-ple green salad to round out the meal.

Anna Quesenberry is first year COCC student pursuing a degree in nursing. The wife and mother of two is passionate about saving her family money and is hoping to spread some money-saving tips to readers.


1. Get a flu shot

2. Wash your hands frequently

3. Avoid crowds

during cold and

flu season

4. Use sanitizer wipes at the grocery storeto wipe down the handle of the shopping cart

5. Get plenty of rest

6. Eat Well

7. Exercise

8. Manage stress to keep your immune system strong

All photo illustrations by Ian Smythe | The Broaddside


Deaf student in

automotive program

awarded QUOTA

scholarship

Cruz Saucedo is a deaf stu-dent attending Central Oregon Community Col-

lege who was awarded a $850 scholarship that allowed him to continue pursuing his master au-tomotive technician certificate at COCC this fall.

“I was really enthused be-cause I didn’t want to have to drop the classes,” said Saucedo through his interpreter, COCC’s American Sign Language inter-preter coordinator, Dave Hagen-bach.

It was Hagenbach who informed Saucedo about the scholarship available from Quota International, a service organiza-tion known for their service to people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

“I was really thankful,” said Saucedo.

Saucedo’s experience with Quota has inspired him. Quota first made an impression on Saucedo back when he was a child. The organization sent him to Camp Taloali, a two week sum-mer camp for the deaf in Stayton, Oregon. Later volunteering at the camp sparked Saucedo’s in-terest in “helping special needs people.”

As a student attending COCC, Saucedo is enjoying the college experience. He is a mem-ber of the American Sign Lan-guage club, which consists of 15 to 20 students.

“I like that we do stuff to-gether with the club: we go bowl-ing and [play] Frisbee golf,” said Saucedo. “I like playing [disc golf] around campus.”

He also enjoys camping, fishing and kayaking when he’s not fixing cars or motor-cycles.

Saucedo feels accepted and respected by his peers at COCC and has witnessed students showing an interest in sign lan-guage.

“I don’t feel rejected. I feel involved,” said Saucedo. “I feel very comfortable. It’s a good en-vironment.”

A challenge faced by deaf or hard-of-hearing students at-tending college is “having ad-equate interpreters,” according to Hagenbach, COCC’s ASL Co-ordinator.

“This year we are really blessed, though, because we have around four certified in-terpreters that live locally and they are just outstanding,” said Hagenbach.

Some courses offered at COCC include very technical language which interpret-ers are required to pass from the instructor to the student, so it is beneficial for the in-terpreter to have a grasp on the material, according to Hagenbach.

“Interpreters are exposed to a lot of different classes so sometimes they can have a real depth of understanding on the subject,” said Hagenbach.

Advances in technology have paved the way for a va-riety of communication de-vices and software, according to Hagenbach.

“The deaf are generally high-ly educated when it comes to

technology, the computers, the phones. They’ve been using vid-eophones for a long time,” said Hagenbach. “The technology is moving so quick now.”

There are two video-phones designed for deaf and hard-of-hearing users avail-able on campus, which are lo-cated in the Boyle Education Center and library.

Saucedo also has a video-phone at home and is excited to see what happens with the technology in the future.

The only downside to his automotive classes, accord-ing to Saucedo, is sometimes the videos do not display closed captioning, but he is able to get the information he needs from his interpreter, instructor and text books.

“I really like the instruc-tors,” said Saucedo. “I’m taking brake class, overhaul engine will be next and then automotive performance one and two.”

Saucedo has noticed his classes seem to be getting eas-ier.

“Two years ago it was more of a challenge, it was automatic transmission, and those are a little more complicated,” said Saucedo “Now it seems like it’s getting less stressful.”

Saucedo’s goal is to graduate by summer 2013, at which point he will begin his job search.

“I’d love to get the keys to open and close up the shop for Subaru of Bend,” said Saucedo.

He has also considered continuing his education at COCC and pursuing a business degree related to automotive management.

“My family has inspired me,” said Saucedo. “When I was young, my dad was a me-chanic for diesel trucks.”

Saucedo’s family has en-couraged him over the years and supports his decision to further his education.

“I am the man of the house right now,” said Saucedo, “I would really be happy to get a full time job working somewhere preferably here in Central Or-egon.”

Resources for COCC

students with disabilities

Central Oregon Community College coordinator of stu-dents with disabilities, Annie Walker, aims to assist students who identify themselves as dis-abled. “It’s heartwarming to see...students push themselves fur-ther,” said Walker.She offers advice to individuals with disabilities who are inter-ested in furthering their educa-tion.“The first step is to really un-derstand how your disability affects your ability to succeed

in a learning setting,” said Walker. “Accept and be excited about who you are and what you want to accomplish.”Due to confidentiality and pri-vacy issues, COCC is not able to approach disabled students, so it is up to the students to speak up and seek the resources that are available, said Walker. “The most important thing for students is to be proactive,” said Walker. On COCC’s website there is a link for disability services which includes a guidebook and a link for scholarship in-formation at www.cocc.edu/disability-services

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Member of Quota of Central Oregon, Michelle Loftsgard, presents Cruz Saucedo with $850 scholarship this fall.

Perseverance, attitude pays off for COCC deaf student

Ian Smythe | The Broadside

Cruz Saucedo takes his brake final in order to move on to Overhaul Engines.

‘‘I don’t feel rejected. I feel involved.”

-Cruz Saucedo,Recipient of QUOTA Scholarship

By Anna Quesenberry


Liska Jewell sees dispelling myths about deaf culture as part of her ca-reer.

She has been interpreting American Sign Language for nearly 40 years.

Jewell’s job as an interpreter at Central Oregon Community College involves any

experience that a deaf or hard-of-hearing person might have in life. Her role is to interpret for deaf or hard-of-hearing stu-dents in the classroom.

“I really have the best job in the world," said Jewell. “You get to meet presidents and rock stars.”

When Jewell was living in Portland, Oregon she had the op-portunity to interpret for Presi-dent Clinton at the Pacific Rim Conference and President George W. Bush at his Victory Tour just before he was elected.

“It’s by the grace of God I guess,” said Jewell. “I end up at the right place at the right time.”

Being an interpreter takes flex-ibility and a lot of grace, according to Jewell.

“People say some... things that show me they are not informed,” said Jewell. “I still have people ask, ‘How long have they been a deaf-mute? Do they read braille?’ A lot of things that most people by now would know not to ask.”

Part of an interpreter’s job is to offer “cross-cultural mediation,” which involves educating hearing clients about deaf culture, accord-ing to Jewell.

“People use the word ‘mute’ or ‘deaf mute’ and deaf people hate that,” said Jew-ell. “It’s so funny how they’re careful about every other cul-tural group, but they still don’t seem to be very informed about deaf people.”

Jewell has never met a deaf person who is mute.

“Having never heard sound, they don’t know what sound is like to copy,” said Jew-ell. “So their speech is going to be differ-ent, of course.”

It is for that reason that some deaf or hard-of-hearing people choose not to use their voice, said Jewell.

One common misconception involves cochlear implants, which are small elec-tronic devices that provide a sense of sound to deaf or hard-of-hearing people.

“Sometimes people think that if there is this technology, then why doesn’t ev-erybody just get cochlear implants and get their ears fixed?” said Jewell. “Deaf people don’t really see themselves as needing to be fixed, because they’re not broken: they just can’t hear.”

Throughout her career, Jewell has en-countered individuals with derogatory comments which have impacted her on a personal level. This is an aspect of an in-terpreter’s career that is referred to as “vi-carious trauma” and there are workshops designed to help interpreters cope with these feelings, according to Jewell.

“When I get done at a particularly hard job, I go out to my car and bawl my eyes out,” said Jewell, "because you can’t say anything. You want to slap them and say... ‘how dare you talk to them like that?’”

Jewell graduated high school in 1973, and after completing some ASL classes, went right to work.

“I have a sister who is deaf,” said Jew-ell. “That’s why I started sign language. I didn’t realize that you could be an inter-preter as a profession.”

Jewell grew up in Eugene, Oregon and interpreted for ten years in the Eugene/Salem area. She then spent the next ten years interpreting in Alaska.

She moved back to Oregon and free-lanced as an interpreter in Portland for twenty years. Last July, when she and her husband decided it was time to “settle down”they relocated to Bend.

“It was the best decision we’ve ever made,” said Jewell.

One of Jewell’s favorite aspects of her career is interpreting music.

“I’ve got to interpret for some pretty fun music,” said Jewell.

Her favorite band to interpret is The Charlie Daniels Band of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” fame.

“I like country music, mostly be-cause they’re story songs and they in-terpret well,” said Jewell.

Jewell is certified with the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.

Individuals interested in ASL in-terpreting should learn sign lan-guage, spend time with deaf people and investigate educational options, said Jewell.

COCC does not currently offer ASL courses, though ASL is recognized as a foreign language in Oregon, accord-ing to Jewell. Oregon students are able to use ASL credits to fulfill their foreign language credit requirement.

“If they would offer [ASL] classes here at [COCC] that would be awe-some,” said Jewell.



Liska I. Jewell, Certified ASL Interpreter serving Bend, Portland, Salem and sur-rounding areas in Oregon.

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COCC’s American Sign Language Interpreter advocates ‘Deaf culture’


a&eTabitha JohnsonThe Broadside

Your math professor may be a rockstar in his spare time.

You may know them as professors and program directors, but at the end of the day when its time to loosen their ties, some members of Central Oregon Community College’s faculty and administration know how to rock out.

In 2009, Gordon Price, the director of Student Life; Tom Barry, a sociology professor; Sean Rule, professor of math and statistics; Josh Evans, a Spanish professor; Kevin Multop from the Financial Aid department and Aimee Metcalf who now works in college relations discovered a shared love for music at COCC faculty retreat, according to Price. The group formed a band, which Metcalf suggested they name F’n’A, for “faculty and administrators.” Metcalf plays guitar for the band, and is also in charge of coordinating practices and performances.

F’n’A: six college employees who know how to rock

“What I lack in musical ability I gain in coordinating ability,” joked Metcalf.

After forming the band, F’n’A created a playlist featuring music from The Ramones, Johnny Cash and Aerosmith.

“It wasn’t supposed to be this great band or anything,”

said Price, the vocalist and occasional drumming of F’n’A. “It was just supposed to be fun.”

The band ended up being bigger than Price imagined. F’n’A has played at faculty retreats and other gatherings, and during the band’s debut, Rule, the drummer for F’n’A,

sold tee shirts with the band’s name. All the proceeds were given to the COCC Foundation Scholarship fund.

While some members of the band are also members of other bands that play gigs, F’n’A mainly plays at COCC events. Students may get to hear F’n’A perform

on campus, according to Price, who mentioned the possibility of the band playing at Tunes @ Noon, a monthly event in the Campus Center dining hall that features local bands.


From left: Aimee Metcalf on guitar, Sean Rule on drums, Kevin Multrop on bass guitar, Gordon Price on lead vocals, and Tom Barry on lead guitar.

Sean Rule shows off his vocal prowess.

Photos submittted by Gordon Price

Elated after their gig at Campus Center, F’n’A band members show off their band apparel.


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Karen Roth believes books are the most per-sonal form of commu-

nication.“A book connects with you

and your experiences,” said Roth, Director of the Multicultural Department at Central Oregon Community College, “as well as challenging your perspective.”

Roth and other faculty be-gan Conversations on Books and Culture to use the intimate aspect of books to drive discus-sions about culture.

“Books open up new worlds,” said Roth.

Conversations on Books and Culture was born out of a dis-cussion about the “‘n’ word” in Huckleberry Finn. This discus-sion took place during spring 2011’s ‘Can We Talk About Race?’ forum, and it inspired members of faculty like Karen Roth to start the twice-a-term book discussion.

“It’s not so much a book club as an open forum,” said Roth, Director of Multicultural Activities at COCC. “Anyone is welcome: students, staff, peo-ple who haven’t read the book and people who have.”

Roth uses other members of humanities faculty to lead the discussions.

“The faculty involved love books and believe that nov-

els and nonfiction can explore non-equities and social jus-tice,” said Roth.

In honor of Hispanic Heri-tage Month, October’s book is Victor Villasenor’s Burro Ge-nius, a memoir about the dys-lexic author’s struggle in an English-only American school system. Willan Cervantes, La-tino Success Coordinator at COCC, will be leading the dis-cussion.

“My hope is that [atten-dant’s] sense of empathy will become widened. We shouldn’t succumb to assump-tions so fast,” said Cervantes, “and maybe we could even ex-tend a helping hand.”

The book choices for Con-versations on Books and Cul-

ture will often reflect events like Hispanic Heritage Month.

“We try to follow a theme,” said Roth. “November is Na-tive American Heritage Month, February is African American Heritage Month, and May is Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month.”

On the non-themed months, Roth hopes to read some not-so-obvious choices like Suzanne Collins’ bestseller Hunger Games, chosen for its class society theme.

“Our definition of culture includes class, ethnicity, sexual orientation...all the ways we are different,” said Roth.

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thing as simple as a peach... that made all the effort worthwhile,” said Barnett. “At Project Connect this year alone we provided over 200 families with fresh produce, families that otherwise would have gone without.”

“The long-term goal for this club is to lay a footprint for future students, because the students who helped found this club will not be students at COCC forever,” said Barnett.

“We want to give students that come in after us a well-func-tioning club that will continue to be a part of COCC.”



ACTIVITIES ON CAMPUS

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Molly SvedsenThe Broadside

The Garden club is closer than ever to having an on-campus garden by spring 2013. Having an on-campus garden would help the garden club achieve its goal of edu-cating students on ecological practices for gardening in the high desert climate.

One of the ideas for an on-campus garden is to create a “wheel” garden by the library parking lot.

“The idea for a wheel garden is one we really hope we will get permission for. It would be built with rock so the cost is minimal and it would be a low risk to the college” said Lisa Barnett, founder of COCC’s garden club.

While still waiting to get permission for an on-campus garden, the garden club has been granted access to the greenhouse at the Chandler

Building, Central Oregon Community College’s com-munity learning building.

Ralph Tadday, a physics pro-fessor at COCC, has helped con-nect his students and the garden club by having his students think of technologies that would make the greenhouse a showcase for sustainable energies.

“I think there is a lot to be learned by using the greenhouse as a model for learning skills and technologies that students can later transfer to other buildings and for solving new problems and challenges,” said Tadday. “It is wonderful to connect several interest groups at one and the same object.”

Regardless of not having an on-campus garden this term, the club has many enthusiastic members and is still seeking to teach its members effective gar-dening practices.

Andrea Anaya, a COCC stu-dent and garden club member, is excited about the many learning

opportunities the club provides.“I hope being a part of this

club will help me to be more conscious of how the environ-ment and climate affect growing a garden in Bend,” said Anaya.

All students are welcome, even students who know nothing about gardening practices. The participants learn together and have fun, according to Barnett.

“It is wonderful to see the growth in students when they can apply skills they've learned to something tangible and get to see the results,” said Margie Gregory, who is an active partici-pant in the garden club.

As well as educating stu-dents about gardening in the Central Oregon climate, the garden club is making an im-pact in the community.

“This year at Project Connect, we took fresh fruits and vegeta-bles and there were people there who rarely have the opportunity to have fresh foods. and the joy on those people’s faces over some-

Garden Club still growing

The garden club meets in the Multicultural Center every other Thursday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Lisa Barnett (right), founder of COCC’s Garden Club, leads new and returning members in club introduction in the multicultural room in Campus center.

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DRUM CLUB

◄ Drum Club practices outside COCC’s Campus Center. The club, which meets Mondays and Wednesdays at 12:15 and Thursday at 12:35, is open to all students. Extra percussion instruments are available for anyone with a desire to jam.

Club members from left: Peter Koeneman, Tadelle Fuchs, Isaiah Spence, Ian Bo-zovich, President Samuel Fisch, Eric Parker, and Francis Cain.

▲ Drummer Tadelle Fuchs pounds away at his djembe.Photos by Ian Smythe | The Broadside

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On Oct. 17, students at Oregon State Uni-versity Cascades competed with arms out-stretched and eyes focused dead ahead.

These students were slacklining, a sport growing in popularity that originated in the rock climbing community. Participants bal-ance on a strap tensioned between two points.

“There’s a lot of competitive people on cam-pus,” said Victoria Odinet, Activities Coordina-tor at OSU-Cascades. “I’m hoping to start more competitions.”

SlackliningCompetitive

Clockwise from top; Adrian Roberts-Dearing tries out for the competition; Zebedee Rear “stalls” mid-line; Nickolas Birdseye balances on his ankles, trying to gain favor with the crowd during the creative section. ►

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