Victoria Drews
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] June 2, 6:15 p.m. “A-C-A-B!” “A-C-A-B!” “A-C-A-B!” “Nah, nah, nah — I don’t wanna hear any of that! We don’t like that!” We had already marched from Pioneer Courthouse Square up and across the Burnside Bridge to join up with another protest happening at Washington High School; marchers from downtown Portland filtered into the…
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Story by Victoria Drews Many students that have been able to stay in school at this time have found themselves looking over billing statements and making sure school payments are covered — while deferred payment fees and late registration fees have been waived, so as to ease the financial burden of their students, why hasn’t…
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Black leather and metal glinted in the sun as we circled the venue a fourth time looking for parking; the modest line leaned against the brick facade of the building and some stepped aside to smoke – this show was one we had all waited 10 years to see. “Did I leave my cheese stick…
Read MoreThe window next to me smelt vaguely of spoiled milk as I stared across the tarmac at the landscape. The mountains lay far away, though cloaked with Oregon’s signature pine trees, they seemed to smoothly undulate above me. Soon, I’d be higher still than them, crossing the country in a mere six and-a-half hours to…
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Michael Doust, “Mike” for short, is a Clackamas Community College student, veteran, business owner, former union pipe welder and engineer, and a suicide survivor. After an uphill battle reached its climax when he attempted suicide in 2010, Mike has sought to blaze a path to inform and empower others to aid those in need and…
Read MoreRoger Rook rooms 204-209 as well as McLoughlin 121 hosted Clackamas Community College’s annual writing event “Compose” last Saturday. Beginning at 8:45 a.m., light snacks and water were served for participants as they gathered for a full days’ worth of workshops on “fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, publishing, and more,” according to clackamas.edu. Workshops began at…
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