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After two failed searches the col-

lege board has selected a president. The

Central Oregon Community College

Board of Directors voted to begin nego-

tiations to appoint Dr. Shirley I. Metcalf

as the college’s ifth president. Metcalf has been serving as interim president

since September 2014. She began that

role after Dr. James Middleton retired

with 10 years of service at COCC.

COCC recently concluded a national

search for president after the identiied leading candidate, Dr. Tony Miksa from

McHenry County College in Illinois,

withdrew following the unexpected

death of his father-in-law on Feb. 28.

“Our thoughts and prayers go out

to Dr. Miksa, his family and especial-

ly his wife,” said COCC Board Chair

Laura Craska Cooper. “We understand

and respect their decision to remain

close to her mother and, therefore, not

make the move to Central Oregon. For

COCC and for Central Oregon, we are

very disappointed as we felt Dr. Miksa

would be an outstanding president for

our college.”

Following Miksa’s resignation, Coo-

per stated, “Having seen the tremen-

dous talent and dedication of faculty,

staff and the board during the search

process, I’m conident that COCC is in a position of strength and will contin-

ue to provide a quality, supportive ed-

ucational experience for students and

members of the community.”

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Molly SvendsenThe Broadside

After two failed searches the col-

lege board has selected a president. The

Central Oregon Community College

Board of Directors voted to begin nego-

tiations to appoint Dr. Shirley I. Metcalf

as the college’s ifth president. Metcalf has been serving as interim president

since September 2014. She began that

role after Dr. James Middleton retired

with 10 years of service at COCC.

COCC recently concluded a national

search for president after the identiied leading candidate, Dr. Tony Miksa from

McHenry County College in Illinois,

withdrew following the unexpected

death of his father-in-law on Feb. 28.

“Our thoughts and prayers go out

to Dr. Miksa, his family and especial-

ly his wife,” said COCC Board Chair

Laura Craska Cooper. “We understand

and respect their decision to remain

close to her mother and, therefore, not

make the move to Central Oregon. For

COCC and for Central Oregon, we are

very disappointed as we felt Dr. Miksa

would be an outstanding president for

our college.”

Following Miksa’s resignation, Coo-

per stated, “Having seen the tremen-

dous talent and dedication of faculty,

staff and the board during the search

process, I’m conident that COCC is in a position of strength and will contin-

ue to provide a quality, supportive ed-

ucational experience for students and

members of the community.”

See President, pg. 4

Interim president Dr. Shirley Metcalf accepts COCC presidency

t Ashley

Delepine and

Jarred Web

accend Todd

Ridge last

February as

part of a COCC

Backcountry Ski

Class.

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Minimum wage may see increase to $15

Brayan GonzalezThe Broadside

What would you do if minimum

wage went up to $15?

New state legislature proposes

to raise minimum wage to $15 by

2018, the proposed will increment

wage in stages each year.

For many students who are

working while attending school

earning more means more money

in their pocket. But, as according

to Jonathan Wolf, economics pro-

fessor at Central Oregon Com-

munity College, believes that rais-

ing minimum wage would mean

for business could cut back hours

which consequently could mean

less for minimal wage earners.

“It is not uncommon for em-

ployers who are seeking to make a

proit to seek additional proits by cutting cost. And the biggest cost

in any business is wages,” said

Wolf.

Oregon already has the sec-

ond highest minimum wage in

the country at $9.25 behind Wash-

ington state at $9.35 according to

qualityinfo.org, which is the de-

partment of employment online

portal.

“Someone who is working at

a minimum wage level would

produce an income of just under

$19,000 a year which would make

them eligible for all sorts of aid.

But if these same people are now

making 30k a year, then they are

no longer eligible for the aid that

they would have gotten in the irst place.”

According to Oregon Center

for Public Policy, raising Oregons

minimum wage to $15 by the year

2018 would constitute a great prog-

ress for Oregon’s working families

and by 2018 about 589,000 work-

ers would “likely see their wages

raise directly as a result of the in-

crease.” Adding onto this num-

ber it also states that “as a group,

workers would beneit directly and indirectly from the increase and

would gain about $3.2 billion in

additional wages during the three

year implementation period.”

However, what the Center for

Public Policy release does not add

is how local business in the region

would try to offset and balance

out the higher pay and still make

a proit. “Every time wages goes up and

makes labor more expensive, busi-

nesses who seek a proit will look for the least expensive alternative,”

said Wolf, “and the least expensive

alternative in modern days is to

supplement technology into equa-

tion, [business] will keep looking

for ways to make it cheaper. So

we have a choice, keep 100 people

employed in an assembly line or

invest in technology that will re-

place 99 of them?”

As of now, Jefferson County

has an unemployment rate of 9.2

percent, with a total number of 850

people unemployed and Deschutes

county has an unemployment rate

of 7.6 percent, with a total of 5,793

this according to the State of Or-

egon Department of Employment.

“So if you’re an employer or

business, and the government de-

cides that they will raise minimum

wage then you’re going to look for

cheaper alternatives,” Wolf said.

“First of all your going to cut back

hours, second you will look at in-

vesting in technology because if

you’re hoping to stay in business

you’re going to look for the best

and highest resources and utiliza-

tion of your money, which might

investing in technology and cutting

back hours.”

During an interview with CNN,

the president and CEO of Star-

bucks afirmed that “there will be unintended consequences for small

business at that level” and that

[for small businesses] “across the

country it will be very dificult to pay those types of wages.”

Essentially, as state legislature

debates whether to pass a bill to

increase minimum wage, it can be

foreseen that it will affect not only

the working class but also those

who make more than the minimum

as well.

“This is another sociological

problem that would raise from the

raising of minimum wage,” Wolf

said. “Business that were promot-

ing people due to excellent job

performance or that were giving

employees raises in their pay won’t

have an incentive to push their em-

ployees to do better.”

This means that if everyone gets

paid a high wage, business small

and large would have to implement

technology. Examples provided to

look at the displacement technol-

ogy makes would be looking at

bank tellers vs ATM’s, car washers

that are drive in, or restaurants like

Chili’s - who are beginning to use

tablets instead of human servers.

By using technology, employers

can would be forced to take away

job incentives like promotions and

raises because they would simply

not be able to afford them.

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International

Uruguay’s coolest president steps downJose Mujica, known as “the world’s poor-

est president” according Fusion.net, stepped down as president on March 1. The for-mer guerilla, VW Beetle-driving, tie-hating 79-year-old farmer donated 90 percent of his $12,000 monthly salary to charity so that he would have to live on the average $775-a-month wage of a worker in Uruguay. The for-mer president also legalized marijuana, sup-ported abortion and gay rights legislation, and had a 70 percent approval rating. “And all that after being shot six times and being put in jail for 14 years for opposing the country’s former dictatorship,” reported The Independent.

U.S. House slights Obama by inviting Israeli Prime Minister to speak to Congress

In an attempt to undermine President Barack Obama’s nuclear arms deal with Iran, the U.S. House of Representatives invited Is-raeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the U.S. in an attempt to persuade Congress to not approve President Obama’s arms deal with Iran which is still in negotiations.

It is not yet known if the political stunt had any effect on the President’s negotiations for, or Congress’ willingness to approve, a poten-tial deal to help regulate nuclear arms in Iran.

National

U.S. Supreme Court to decide on another Affordable Care Act case

In Supreme Court Case King v. Burwell, the issue at hand is whether or not the spe-ciic wording in the Affordable Care Act only applies to state-run marketplaces. If the Su-preme Court rules that it does, nearly eight million individuals in the 34 states that force their citizens to apply for health insurance through the national marketplace, Health-Care.gov, will lose the subsidies or tax credits that allow them to better afford health insur-ance.

“Oficials say Oregonians’ subsidies are safe, because the state has retained many functions of a state-run exchange,” reported KGW Portland. “Oregon still contracts with health insurance carriers and certiies plans, and it takes care of all outreach, marketing and consumer assistance, including running a call center.”

Shocking DOJ report on Ferguson PD

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice issued its report on the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department following the controversial police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, reported CNN: 85% of vehicle stops involved African-Americans, 90% of citations were is-sued to African-Americans and 93% of arrests were of African-Americans, while only 67% of the city is African-American. In the summer of 2014 when the shooting took place, USA To-day reported that only three of the 53 oficers were African-American.

Oregon

Oregon employment on the rise“The state added more than 55,000 jobs

between January 2014 and 2015,” reported OPB on March 5. “Oregon unemployment dropped nearly half a percentage point from December to January, settling at 6.3 percent. That’s the lowest rate since July of 2008.”

Personal beliefs may no longer exempt Oregon students from vaccinations

Currently, parents in Oregon are able to sign a ‘personal belief exemption’ form to pre-vent their children from being vaccinated be-fore entering kindergarten.

However, Senate Bill 442 would prevent all non-medical exemptions in Oregon, which has the highest vaccination exemption rate in the nation, as high as 70 percent in some ar-eas and seven percent state-wide.

Greater concern over vaccinations has pervaded Oregon schools after 18-year-old University of Oregon student Lauren Jones died of meningococcal disease last month, reported KPTV News.

Bend

Bend forest sold to Singapore companyFidelity National Financial sold 200,000

acres of forest land near Bend and Sisters, in-cluding the 33,000-acre Skyline Forest that is often used for public recreation and the 90,000-acre Mazama Forest, to Whiteish Cascade Forest Resources, LLC., a Singapore-based company, reported The Source Weekly.

“We’re concerned that this is going to be a new serious threat for partitioning and develop-ment in that area, the kind we’ve been ight-ing for the past 10 years,” said Paul Dewey, Executive Director of Central Oregon Land Watch. “My concern is it’s bad enough having [Fidelity, a Florida-based developer,] own it and now Singapore? There’s even less apprecia-tion for what this land has historically meant for this area.”

Bend home prices ranked 10th in the nation.“The Bend-Redmond area actually saw its

home prices drop .01 percent in the last quar-ter of 2014, but the 11.25 percent rise for the year still put the county at No. 10 among U.S. metro areas with the highest rates of house price appreciation, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency,” reported KTVZ.

Home prices rose 28.51 percent in Central Oregon over the last year, compared to the na-tional average of 4.2 percent.

COCC administrator resigns

Charles Abasa-Nyarko, Vice President for Instruction since 2013, resigned on March 2. Abasa-Nyarko came to COCC from Ghana where he had helped to develop the local community college system.

“It is a top role,” said college spokesman Ron Paradis. “As vice president of instruction, he’s the chief academic oficer, which over-sees all of instruction, which is about 50 per-cent of our budget.”

“Faculty will work with the administration to minimize impacts from Abasa-Nyarko’s de-parture,” reported The Bulletin.

(Compiled by Kelli Pangle: [email protected])

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Inside the new residence hall

Kelli PangleThe Broadside

Streaming videos, on-

line gaming, download-

ing music and multiple

devices are making your

devices function slower

on campus. The aforemen-

tioned activities require

bandwidth, the amount of

data that can be received

at one time and which de-

termines the speed of in-

ternet services. Regardless

of whether students are on

campus or in the Juniper

Residence Hall, internet

streaming makes the inter-

net slower for everyone

On campus

Central Oregon Com-

munity College’s campus

internet is made up of two

networks: the main wired

network and the wireless

network, which also in-

cludes the campus’ open

community network that

does not require a log-

in. The main network is

reserved for academic

purposes while the wire-

less and open networks

are available to students

throughout the campus and

especially where students

and community members

tend to congregate such

as in the Boyle Education

Center, the Campus Center

and the Barber Library.

When the internet is

slow, it is likely due to

non-academic use. How-

ever, the IT department

is not looking to regulate

how students use the in-

ternet on campus: over or

misuse will simply leave

students with the self-

inlicted consequence of slower internet service in

these common areas.

“We focus on the learn-

ing aspect irst. That’s our job,” said Jeff Floyd,

the Network Administra-

tor. “The problem that we

have is once you are on

the network, especially the

wireless network, you’re

not policed or anything in

terms of what you can or

cannot do.”

“We have not been re-

quested by faculty to make

it a very restricted environ-

ment because it’s an educa-

tional environment,” said

Laura Boehme, Director

of IT Infrastructure.

The busiest hours on

campus are from 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and

Thursdays due to greater

class enrollment at those

times. For example, there

were 800 people using

the network at its peak on

Thursday, Feb. 12.

“If you have 800 people

trying to stream a video,

it’s not going to support

that,” said Floyd. “If you

have 800 people going out

to a webpage looking for

an article that may pertain

to their class work, it’ll

handle that. But, we all

know that the majority of

people out there – and the

big issue is at lunch time

and stuff like that – they’re

probably not working on

their homework. They’re

probably on their Face-

book or watching a You-

Tube video or something

like that. We have a piece

of our bandwidth carved

out for that and it’s great if

you can utilize that, but we

also have a piece carved

out for instruction, which

is our priority.”

Fifty percent of the

bandwidth is designated

for academic use while the

other 50 percent is desig-

nated for the wireless net-

work in student areas, such

as the Campus Center.

“The other thing to

consider,” said Boehme,

“is that every device that

people have with them

connects to our wireless.

So if somebody has three

phones, a tablet and a

laptop, those are all look-

ing for resources. […] So,

if you’re using stuff and

walk away, you could still

be taking resources away

from another individual.”

The bandwidth is evalu-

ated and increased at the

end of each academic year.

This past June, it was in-

creased by 50 percent on

the Bend campus to one gi-

gabyte, which is more than

enough to support the cam-

pus’ academic needs.

“We have our main net-

work and within the cam-

pus probably about 95 per-

cent of our connections are

at a Gigabit speed, which

is fast,” said Floyd.

The COCC IT depart-

ment spends an estimated

$120,000 annually to sup-

port the bandwidth and

infrastructure needs on all

Slow internet on campus? Students may be to blame


he board reached out to an-other of the presidential inalist candidates who said they did not want to be considered at that time, according to Ron Paradis, director of community relations at COCC.

he COCC Board met in execu-tive session on March 6, at which point they voted to begin negotia-tions to appoint Metcalf as presi-dent.

“In her six months as interim, Metcalf has shown great leader-ship and a passion for students at the college,” Paradis said.

Prior to serving as interim pres-ident, Metcalf was COCC’s Dean of Extended Learning, overseeing the college’s non-credit instruction and the COCC campuses in Red-mond, Madras and Prineville. She has been at COCC for four years. In 2013, from February through June, she served as interim vice president for instruction.

Prior to coming to COCC, Met-calf held the positions of executive vice president for instruction and vice president for advancement at Lake Washington Technical Col-lege. At Hawaii Community Col-lege she served as dean of instruc-tion (chief academic oicer) and dean of outreach. Metcalf attained the rank of full professor in busi-ness and held a tenured position with the University of Hawaii Sys-tem for 26 years. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Hawaii and her doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University.

Laura Craska Cooper, COCC’s board chair, describes Metcalfs leadership skills as including “lis-tening, being responsive, following through and empowering those she leads. She also builds consen-sus, is open-minded and she has an infectious enthusiasm and en-ergy that makes everyone want to jump on board and follow her on a journey leading to student suc-cess.”

Metcalf will be the irst female president at COCC since the col-lege opened.

“It feels great,” Metcalf said. “I’ve always wanted to be a role model and this role allows me to be that.”

Metcalf said when she accepted the interim position last year, she stepped in because she “wanted to keep the college going for the next president.”

One of the factors in Metcalf ’s decision to accept the ofer was in the support of the faculty and staf.

“I love this college, the students here, and this community and would like to continue to serve them,” Metcalf said.

Metcalf said that the irst tasks in her job will be to look at projects that were postponed until the new president was hired. One of those tasks will the completion of the college’s master plan.

“We have a great campus and community here and I am proud to be able to lead the college,” Met-calf said.


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Inside the new residence hall

of the Bend, Redmond and

Madras campuses.

“With all our new

buildings, it’s state of the

art,” said Boehme. “We

upgraded all of our equip-

ment two and a half years

ago when we put in a new

voice and phone system, so

all of our equipment was

updated at that time to help

support our wireless and

wired infrastructure. So,

we’re good. We should be

pretty good.”

“We do really care that

students have a good ex-

perience,” said Boehme

and encouraged students

to report any incidences

or outages that may occur.

Boehme also encourages

students to take the “Com-

puter Lab Everywhere”

survey on the IT depart-

ments computer lab web-

page, which was designed

to see how students use the

internet on campus.

Juniper Residence Hall

Most complaints

about slow internet are

likely coming from the

residents of the Juniper

Residence Hall.

However, the residence

hall contracts their inter-

net out to Bend Broadband

separate of the COCC

campus and is not on any

of the COCC networks.

The residence hall last

updated its bandwidth in

2013 and is currently at

capacity.

“We have maxed out

our upgrade capabilities

for Juniper Hall at this

time,” said Paul Wheeler,

Student Housing Coordi-

nator. “However, we will

be moving out of Juniper

Hall as a residential facility

starting this coming sum-

mer and for the fall. The

bandwidth that we have is

what we have available to

us and what the students

have available for the re-

mainder of this academic

year until we move into

the new residence hall,

which, as I understand it,

will have a signiicant in-

crease in bandwidth for all

of those students. “

Until the new residence

hall is complete, students

will have to economize

their internet usage in the

residence hall to avoid ex-

tremely slow periods.

“When we do have ma-

jor slow-downs, we try

to educate the students

as to what the causes of

that slow-down are,” said

Wheeler. “A lot of times,

it’s not the hardware or the

infrastructure, but a lot of

times it has to do with in-

dividual students and what

they are doing. We have to

remind them that online

gaming, online streaming

and downloading music,

whether legal or illegal, all

of that takes up that band-

width and can really have

a negative impact on all

the students. Even though

some may feel that we

need more bandwidth, we

have to work with what we

have. So, it’s about edu-

cating the students around

that and just looking for-

ward to the new building

and its greater bandwidth

capacity.”

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Michel Waller is using current primate behavior to piece

together an understanding of early humans. Waller, biological

anthropologist and professor at Central Oregon Community

College, studies the human condition using an evolutionary

framework to discover what people could have been like in

early stages of human life.

Waller has studied biological anthropology for 15 years

began his career due to his love of travel.

“As I started to [travel and experience other cultures] the

more I became interested in conservation,” Waller said. “I

would go to all these really cool places but there would be

very few of the native animals left.”

This experience led him to pursue a ield where conserva-

tion could be a primary focus and the opportunity to travel to

Africa, where he could study chimpanzees, was presented to

him.

“I got to travel, I got to experience the culture, and I got to

do some real tangible conservation related work,” Waller said.

Today, after his travels to Africa, Waller is still study-

ing chimpanzees and sharing his knowledge with others.

On Feb. 20, Waller spoke to a group of interns at Chimps

inc. about the similarities between humans and primates.

Chimps Inc. is a non proit organization that houses chim-

panzees and other animals who were previously owned

by people and abused, abandoned or kept as circus and

sideshow entertainment.

While striving to gain a better understanding of the hu-

man condition, Waller studies bonobos and chimpanzees

since they are human’s closest genetic relative. Despite

the physical similarities between bonobos and chimpan-

zees, they have very different personalities which could

explain the different personalities in humans. Humans

have an equal genetic connection to chimpanzees and

bonobos and it is important to study both when learning

more about the human condition, according to Waller.

As a professor, Waller strives to teach his students to

appreciate life and their place

in the world.

“Even if you aren’t going

to become a biological an-

thropologist this information

will force you to ask some serious questions about your

perspective of humanity,” said Waller. These questions

are important to ask, according to Waller who tries to

keep his classes as welcoming and open as possible so

that class discussions can lead to those questions. Similar

to the open discussions of the subject, the classes them-

selves are not strictly lecture but also combinations of

hands-on lab work with the possibility of ield trips. Despite his years of experience, Waller is still learn-

ing and thoroughly enjoying it and hopes to spread his

knowledge and love of learning to those students willing

to partake in his classes.


Unique insights into the things that shape our

communityFeatures6 The Broadside | March 11, 2015

▲ Michel Waller gives a presentation to a group of interns at Chimps Inc. about the similarities between humans and primates titled “Us and Them.”

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▲ Jackson, a chimpanzee rescued by Chimps Inc. in 2007, is now the most playful chimpanzee and youngest male at Chimps Inc.

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Being Human: A professor investigates early human evolution

Chimps Inc. provides a safe and healthy sanctuary for chimps in Central Oregon. Help feed and shelter rescued chimps by donating your used textbooks.Bring your books to Modoc 106 or contact Michel Waller or Sara Evans and they will arrange a time and place to accept your donation.

First annual Chimps Inc. book drive

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A college alumnus is making his mark on the local culi-

nary scene. Dan Benson, Central Oregon Community College

Aviation Science graduate, and his wife Allison have recently

opened The Tower at the Bend Municipal airport.

“The scariest thing was deciding to do it. Once we crossed

that bridge, the fear went away and we just want to make sure

that we are doing it right,” said Benson.

“We want to serve the 500 plus workers and pilots who are

at the airport on a daily basis,” said Daryle Thomas head chef

of Restaurant, and business major at COCC.

Thomas originally moved to Bend to attend Cascade

Culinary Institute before switching to business. During that

transition, however, he maintained his interest in culinary art.

Thomas is now enrolled in the COCC business program with

hopes to transfer to OSU-Cascades.

Thomas has extensive culinary experience and has been

a chef at multiple restaurants and attended Le Cordon Bleu

in Pasadena where he met The Tower co-owner Jason Wil-

liaman.

“I’m very impressed by the 2025 initiative of Bend, basi-

cally about the direction Bend is going. I have lived a lot of

places but Bend is one of the places, I feel is making sure to

preserve its authenticity,” said Thomas.

In addition to providing food for airport employees and

pilots, Benson hopes to attract dinner parties and other cus-

tomers because of the views of the Cascades from the venue.

Benson hopes to keep the costs relatively low between $5

and $8 for a meal.

“The people who work at the airport are hard working. and

if we are lucky enough to have them come in to eat we don’t

want them to get hit hard in their pocket book,” said Benson.

“We serve lunch and breakfast at anytime.”

The Tower is currently open from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.


Alums open restaurant at Bend irport

Above: The dining room of the new Tower Restaurant at the Bend Airport, a business collaboration between two COCC Aviation alums. Below: The Tower shows off one of their breakfast omlettes.

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Ice culture is growing in Central Oregon

“Ice hockey, and ice sports in general, have had a

presence here for a long time, but nothing like it is in the

east,” says Scott Wallace of Bend Parks and Rec. “It’s

not part of the culture. That’s what we’re trying to build

here, the ice culture.”

In November of 2012, Bend voters passed Measure

9-86, which allocated funds for several projects across

the Bend Parks and Recreation District. Construction is

well-underway all across town, perhaps most visibly just

downriver from the Old Mill District, where two of the

new projects are gradually taking shape.

While the Colorado Dam Safe Passage project aims

to augment the tremendously popular summer pastime

of loating the river, its neighbor just uphill – the Simp-

son Ave. Site & Pavilion – seeks to bring something new to Bend’s winter recreation menu: Ice.

Since Wallace moved to Bend in 1969, he has been a

part of Bend’s ice culture that has thrived in small pock-

ets for decades. His father Roland “Wally” Wallace was

a native of Calgary, Alberta, and having -- like many

Canadians -- a deep passion for hockey, did perhaps

more than anyone else to plant the seeds of the game in

Central Oregon soil. Wallace’s father started the hockey

programs at the Inn of the Seventh Mountain in 1971

and ran the programs for children through the Parks and

Recreation district for 35 years.

“When I was a kid, we’d go to the Inn every Satur-

day. My dad would have a station wagon full of kids and

we’d play for three or four hours,” Wallace said.

It is that experience that Wallace hopes adding an in-

town rink will offer the community.

In addition to the Inn of the Seventh Mountain, Sun-

river also currently hosts hockey, igure skating, and public skating at its rink.

Oregon State University-Cascades’ Career Services

Coordinator, Laura Kloss, assists in coaching the 11 and

12-year olds at the rink.

“The rink in Sunriver is so small, we are unable to

teach systems and positioning to kids at this point. In-

stead, we focus on basic skills like skating, stick han-

dling, passing and shooting. The arena is far too small

for the adult league,” Kloss said.

Kloss and Wallace express appreciation for the exist-

ing facilities, but said they are simply not enough. Sun-

river’s ice surface is about 100 by 50 feet, which is about

a quarter the size of a National Hockey League regula-

tion ice surface. That’s the key element of the Simpson

Pavilion rink that has people excited. Among them is

Matt McCoy, Central Oregon Community College Vice

President of Administration and lifelong hockey player.

“There’s been an ongoing conversation -- for decades

– to get a full-sized rink and full-ledged ice environ-

ment,” said McCoy, who has served on the board of

BendICE, the non-proit volunteer organization that is working with Bend Parks and Rec in this venture. After

all the years and efforts by private developers to make

it happen, it was the introduction of a new player to the

equation that made the difference.

“Having the Park District’s involvement and leader-

ship,” explained McCoy, enabled the project to succeed.

Being a Parks and Rec facility rather than a private

building and business, there will be greater opportunity

for community use. And while current players (Wal-

lace estimates there are about 150-200 in the Bend/

Redmond area) are salivating at the potential for com-

petitive leagues, the intention is to start at ground level

and build up from a strong base. BendICE will work to

make equipment and entry-level instruction available to

all who are interested in learning the game.

This year’s mild winter may raise concerns that there

could be years with insuficient ice at the Pavilion. “It’s been designed with an oversized chiller, and shading,”

assured Wallace. “The district is doing everything it can

to ensure that we protect the ice. It should be good from

early November through early April.”

That leaves half the year for non-ice uses of the Pa-

vilion. These are expected to include concerts, swap

meets, basketball, festivals and more.

Most of the buzz for now comes from a hockey com-


pThe Simpson Ave. Site & Pavilion is on track to open around November 2015.

“It’s a great social experience, bringing people together... We’re trying to bring an ice culture to Central Oregon that’s available to all sectors of the community.”

-Matt McCoyCOCC Vice President of Administration and

former board member of BendICE

Simpson Pavilion set to

ill recreation gap

munity ready to bloom as it moves from its cramped

quarters out of town and onto a full-sized sheet of local

ice.

“The sport is sure to take off once kids and commu-

nity members are exposed to the inesse, true grit, and team nature of ice hockey,” said Kloss. “From my per-

spective, there is no better game to play.”

The Simpson Ave. Site & Pavilion is on track to open

around November 2015.

Adding curling to the recreational scene

For most Central Oregonians, the only time curling

appears on the radar is during Winter Olympics. That

may be about to change. With the expected completion

and opening of the Simpson Ave Site & Pavilion around

November 2015, curling will join ice hockey and igure skating as winter sports and recreation offerings in Bend.

Hockey and igure skating are not exactly new to the area, with the Inn of the Seventh Mountain and Sunriver

each hosting skaters at their small ice rinks for years.

Curling, however, will be a new introduction to the local

menu, and it will take some time for people to learn the

iner points of the game.BendICE, the non-proit organization that has worked

for years to bring a full-sized ice surface to Bend, will

be working alongside Bend Parks and Recreation to de-

velop the sport in the community, providing coaches,

training, and equipment.

Given the commitment displayed by skaters in the

area, the expectation that hockey and igure skating will thrive at Simpson Pavilion has a strong foundation.

Curling has no such existing base going for it. So why

introduce it?

“It seems like it would be a natural it for the social culture of Central Oregon,” said Matt McCoy, Central

Oregon Community College Vice President of Admin-

istration and former board member of BendICE. “You

don’t have to ice skate, and if you like socializing, often-

times it’s around a brewpub atmosphere.”

That atmosphere is in abundant supply in Bend, and

those involved with BendICE and Parks & Rec hope it

will spread to events at the Pavilion. Shufleboard has

become a ixture in some local pubs, and curling may hold a similar appeal for those interested in ice sports

that are a bit more low-key than the fast-paced competi-

tion of hockey or the dizzying feats of igure skating. It’s all part of the plan to have something for everyone

at the new facility.

“It’s a great social experience, bringing people to-

gether,” said McCoy. “Not everybody can afford to go

to Mt. Bachelor, or has a snowmobile or a fat tire bike.

We’re trying to bring an ice culture to Central Oregon

that’s available to all sectors of the community.”

The sport originates about 500 years ago in Scot-

land, and was brought along with immigrants to Canada,

where it has lourished since. While curling has taken its time in spreading to Central Oregon, it does have its

place in the state. Klamath Falls has a curling club, as

does Portland, whose Evergreen Curling Club was es-

tablished in 2002. Washington, Idaho, and even Nevada

have existing clubs. McCoy is among many hoping that

Bend will follow suit.

Ice hockey

Ice Hockey has lourished in Central Oregon for de-

cades, albeit in small pockets out of mainstream sight.

While Cascades Indoor Sports has provided a haven in

Bend for those playing on a dry surface, skating on roll-

erblades, players of the original game on ice have had to

look a little further from home, where Sunriver and Inn

of the Seventh Mountain have long hosted hockey on

their rinks for those willing to drive a few extra miles.

Hockey players pride themselves on being a tough,

committed breed. One does not have to scratch far

below the surface to ind a profound dedication to the game. With the rinks at Inn of the Seventh Mountain

and Sunriver being far smaller than a regulation hockey

surface – too small to play a typical ive-on-ive game – many local players have gone far over the river and through the woods to satisfy their desire to play.

McCoy, is one of them. McCoy travelled often to

Klamath Falls to play games on their full-sized ice sheet,

and even for a time commuted all the way to Eugene to

ind playing opportunity.

“I used to play in a league over there,” said McCoy.

“Living here, I’d drive over and play Sunday or Monday

nights.”

With the construction of the Simpson Ave Site & Pa-

vilion in Bend, hockey is soon to have a new home, and

a chance to expand beyond its current local conines. For those that have been playing here, there is great ex-

citement, and a sense that their patience and dedication

are about to pay off. And while those players will have

their opportunities, Bend Parks and Recreation aims to

make the pavilion a place for the whole community to

learn the game and fall in love as so many others have.

“Leagues and travel will develop,” predicts Bend

Parks and Rec board member Scott Wallace, “but the

foundation is to get as many kids and adults exposed

as want to play. Everybody who wants to play, gets to

play.”

As next winter approaches, eyes will once again fall

on Mt Bachelor in anticipation of ski season, and snow-

mobiles will reemerge from summer storage. The usual

excitement will be joined by a new buzz, and the sounds

of steel blades and wooden sticks on ice. There’s a new

game in town.

Bobcats and Beavers on Ice?

There could soon be on-campus options for COCC

or OSU-Cascades students interested in giving hockey

or curling a try.

“We would certainly consider sponsoring teams,”

said Bill Douglass, COCC Director of Club Sports and

Intramurals. “Once we have enough students express

interest we would look into obtaining equipment and

working with the Parks District to add a team or teams to

their respective leagues. A hockey team would be fun.”

Students who are interested are encouraged to contact

the Ofice of Sports and Recreation.

(contact: [email protected])

March 11, 2015 | The Broadside 9

Photo by Carl Swanson | The Broasdside

Other recreational construction projects: Colorado Avenue Dam Last summer, Bend Parks and Recreation district won board approval to begin the Colorado Avenue Dam Safe

Passage construction. This project is aimed to reconstruct the Colorado Dam with the intention of creating

three river channels. The one would be for recreational river use and ish safe passage, one for wildlife habitats and one for active recreation.

The project is slated for completion by fall 2015 though work will continue in McKay Park and the Deschutes

River Trail likely through 2016.

The project also includes construction of a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge and new park amenities at

McKay Park on the river’s west side.

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Marie NyeThe Broadside

On Thursday March 4 the

Steampunk Illusion Show put

on by the Nelson family took

place at the Tower Theatre. Jeff

and Lynn Nelson along with

their daughter Sharri and their

future son-in-law Scott Mac-

neill are a family of magicians

who have been in showbiz

most of their life.

As the curtain rose, Jeff Nel-

son magically appeared out of

a helicopter and introduced the

irst act: his daughter Sharri. The act starts off as him draw-

ing a picture of a woman and

as he removes the picture she

comes to life and dances then

falls asleep. While she’s sleep-

ing a box is brought in he puts

Sharri in it, he folds to a small

box and stabs four swords

through it. Sharri miraculously

is alive after he pulls the

swords out. Lynn does an

act with paper were in the

end it appears it is snowing

on stage.

Another act they ex-

ecute is a large industrial

drill that goes all the way

through Sharri. At the end

of the act she walks away

unscatted .

The show will astound

you and it will leave you

mystiied and full of ques-

tions of exactly how did

they do that? The family

loves the fans especially

the children, as some of

the various acts involve

one more act were children

come up to the stage. The

show is family friendly,

all ages and fun, I say go

to this show next time be-

cause you won’t be disap-

pointed.

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diverse art and culture sceneArts & Culture


The LotThe Broadside

Are you tired of the same old sit down

restaurants and want a quality food ex-

perience? If so, head on over to The

Lot, located at 745 Northwest Columbia

Street in Bend. The Lot is a collection of

ive different food carts surrounding an outdoor covered area. Now you might

think this sounds less than desirable in

the middle of winter. The covered area

is complete with a ire pit, a heated table,

heated benches, and overhead heat lamps

all enclosed with plastic walls to shield

the wind and keep the warmth in.

The food carts include Rico’s Tacos

which has a good selection of enchiladas,

nachos, and massive burritos. The Brown

Owl has “The Burger,” “The Fries” and

a few other classic dishes. You can order

bacon or a fried egg with your burger or

sandwich. Mauna Kea is a Hawaiian food

cart that makes smoked pork, tri tip or

chicken that they serve in large portions

over rice with spicy mac for a fair price.

You can get a combination of meats or

just one. The Real Food Street Bistro has

a good selection of fresh, local foods.

They offer gluten free options and a vari-

ety of sandwiches and soups. Thailandia

is an Asian food cart that serves different

curry, stir fry and several other authentic

dishes. They have ive levels of spices, one being the lowest and ive being the one they warn you about.

Now if all that wasn’t enough to gain

your interest, The Lot is also complete

with a bar and sixteen tab handles with

local beer, cider and kombucha. The Lot

also holds special events on some nights

including trivia night, live music and

other events.

(contact: [email protected])

Steampunk Illusion Show

pMagician Act of Four poses after preformance at Tower Theater of Bend. From left to right: Lynn Nelson, Jeff Nelson, Sharri Nelson and Scott Macneill.

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pThe Lot is a semi-outdoor collection of food carts located on northwest Columbia Street in Bend.

Will NyeThe Broadside

On Feb. 26, Jive Coulis rolled

into Bend, Oregon to rock The

Broken Top Bottle Shop. Jive

Coulis is a rock ‘n’ roll, mixed

with blue grass/blues/country and

folk, three piece band from Ash-

land.

Members consist of Eric Lead-

better (lead vocals, guitar), Jordan

Mack (bass, vocals), and Collin

Braley (drums, mandolin, vocals).

Leadbetter and Mack are origi-

nally from Colorado and Braley is

from Iowa where he studied jazz.

They toured much of the U.S. in

2014 and have two albums re-

leased and a third acoustic album

to be released at an unspeciied date.

At 7 p.m. Jive Coulis took

the stage and Braley introduced

the band with much enthusiasm.

They played through every song

off the new unreleased acoustic

album, including “It Is What

It Is” “Banister,” and “Foolish

Pride,” as well as a cover of The

Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses.”

Leadbetter played guitar with a

very bluesy style and his vocals

were soulful and heartfelt, along

with Mack’s funky bass lines

and Braley’s spot-on drum-

ming, the trio rocked the house.

Then Braley took to the

mandolin and called up Dylan

Works from the band Criti-

cal Roots, also out of Ashland.

The style shifted to bluegrass

- inluenced set of songs. The place was packed with people

dancing and singing along with

this talented trio as they played

tirelessly through the night. I

highly recommend Jive Coulis

to music lovers of all styles, as

they did not disappoint.


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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?March 12, 7:30 p.m.2nd Street Theater220 NE LafayetteBend, Oregon 541-312-9626Adapted by Ron Spencer from the Henry Farrell novel that later became the screen classic, “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” is a fascinating blend of comedic almost Moliere-like farce and dark, horriic tragedy ala Stephan King.Cost: $19 Adults, $16 Student/Seniors

BEND COMEDY SHOWCASE & OPEN-MIC @ SUMMIT SALOONMarch 12, 8:00 p.m.Cost: $5 in advance online / $8 at the doorSummit Saloon & Stage125 NW Oregon AveBend, OR 97701541-419-0111Bend’s most talented comedians make up the best comedy showcase in Central Oregon, starting at 8pm.Hosted by: Ryan TraughberAt 9:30pm, the stage

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THE VOETBERG FAMILY BANDMarch 13, 7:00 p.m.Tower Theatre835 N.W. Wall St.Bend, Oregon 541-317-0700The Voetberg Family is made up of 8 siblings ranging in ages 13 to 26. With over 8 years experience, they put on a show that displays a cohesive variety of musical styles and a developed musicianship beyond their years.Cost: $18 - Adults, $13 - Children 12 & under

DEREK MICHAEL MARC AND THE BAND AT MCMENAMINSMarch 17, 4:00 p.m.McMenamins Old St. Francis School700 N.W. Bond StreetBend, Oregon Imagine powerfully rich and smooth harmonic vocals and sweet dynamic sounds of electric goodness! Imagine silky guitar, creamy bass, and groove driving drums. When the essence of these ingredients are combined, you get current West-Coast U.S. based group Derek Michael Marc & The Band.

MARCH NATURE NIGHT AT THE TOWER THEATREMarch 18, 7:00 p.m.Tower Theatre835 N.W. Wall St.Bend, Oregon Climate change is

changing the face of the natural world. As we prepare for these changes, we have a chance to renew our partnership with natural world to compliment wildlife and human efforts to restore rivers and the lands around them. Join hydrologist Suzanne Fouty for a look at the role beavers play in transforming landscapes from water-poor to water-rich and the critical contribution that wolves, ire, and logging have in restoring health to our landscape. We’ll explore the connections, the challenges, and the opportunities these partners and strategies present using water as our guide and measure of success

COTA MOVIE NIGHT AT MCMENAMINSMarch 19, 9:00 p.m.McMenamins Old St. Francis SchoolOld St. Francis Theater700 N.W. Bond St.Bend, Oregon A pair of urbanites embark on a 4000-mile bicycle ride in search of the last wild place in America; to their dismay they ind it. Set in the wake of America’s great western expansion, the ilm is a portrait of bike touring and a meditation on wilderness.COTA Movie Night raises funds and friends for Central Oregon Trail Alliance.Cost: $5 per person, cash only

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Broken Top Bottle Shop presents Jive Coulis

pJive Coulis band is joined by Dylan Works (on the drumset) during a song in their preformance at Bro-ken Top Bottle Shop in Bend. From left: Jordan Mack (bass, vocals), Colin Brayley (drumset, mandolin), Dylan Works (drumset), and Eric Leadbetter (lead vocals, guitar).

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how to guide for everything.

Brayan’s

I want to

introduce the

guide that will

make your life

easier and will

help you with

everything

from student

life to personal

life. Learn it,

live it, love it.

Brayan GonzalezThe Broadside

The sun is shining, the birds

are chirping and everytime you

go outside you sneeze so much

that your eyes bulge out. That

can only mean one thing: spring

is here!

Spring Break is the time of

year when we get to leave the

sanctuary of school and forget

what we learned for a whole

week. For some, that means go-

ing back home and seeing those

we missed. For others it means

going away to a beach some-

where and getting so smashed

that you forget your own name.

Read on for tips to make this

spring break memorable without

making decisions that will haunt

you for the rest of your life.

• Plan ahead: If your going

away for spring break, go with

a plan of the activities and

things you will do while there.

Do your research into the fa-

cility and its past history. If

you’re going out of the country

be sure to go with a group and

stay with them throughout the

trip.

• Staying behind ain’t so bad: If you’re staying local dur-

ing the break, it doesn’t have

to mean sitting around. Find

other friends who are staying

around and plan a weekend

bash at the lake or down the

river at the Old Mill or even

Tumalo. Toss in a barbeque

and that can be your own ver-

sion of spring break.

• Think of others: If you’re re-

ally not up to doing anything

extravagant, think about vol-

unteering. During spring break

there are a lot of community

organizations that would love

to have you help out. That can

also beef up your resume for

when it comes to applying for

transfer schools and scholar-

ships.

• Hydration is essential: If

your going away and ind yourself getting some rays,

hitting the slopes or even ind yourself at a party remember

hydration is essential. You’ll

thank me in the morning when

you avoid a killer headache.

• Be smart: Making memories

is not the same as making re-

grets. Don’t do something you

wouldn’t normally do. If it’s too

embarrassing to tell your mom

or talk about with your friends

...then you should stay away

from it.

Spring Break is a special time

in every college students life. It’s

up to you to set the standard of

how it will be remembered and

if you’ll regret your choices ive years from now.

Until next time remember to:

Treat Yo Self!

Now, for the ifth entry in the series of Guy-code and Girl-

code, The guide to Today’s

Young People:

#5: Under NO circumstances

is it okay for two men to share a

tiny umbrella. #GUYCODE

#5: Best friends are there for

you like a pair of your favorite

Prada heels – all the time and-

without question -- plus they al-

ways make you feel hair-lipping fabulous. #GIRLCODE

Now fellow Bobcats, if you

have any suggestions for the

next issue of Students How to

guide for everything, Or if you

have any tips please send me

an email, until next time keep it

classy.


Spring Fever

Emily KaleiThe Broadside

When you irst begin your career with Walt Disney, they tell you how you will have the ability to create “magical mo-ments” for guests. Two weeks ago, I did.

I never felt so helpless in my life — my body was trembling from the cold and my fever.

The bug that had plagued everyone else in the jungle had inally made its way to me and it was attacking with a vengeance. All I wanted was to retreat to the comfort of my bed where I could get warm and sleep.

Just when I thought I was going to die right there on the dock, my coworker handed me the rotation slip.

EMILY GARCIA, please go to BOAT 004– CONGO CONNIE.

I took the slip and walked down the dock to board the next available boat. Tears were forming in my eyes. The be-trayal of my body left me dreading the trip down river. It is always twenty degrees cooler on the water than the dock. It was 1:13 in the morning, right in the middle of “Extra Magic Hours.” For all I knew, I was going to take an empty boat out on the river and freeze.

I pulled up to the loading dock and stared back at my two fellow skippers. We all kept our eyes on the dispatch lan-terns, waiting for the cue for me to begin my journey. That’s when it happened, the sound of tired, little feet puttering down the dock: guests.

It was a family of four — typical, ev-eryday tourists. The dad was carrying the toddling daughter, while the mom held the hand of the rowdy little boy. The little boy completely disregarded my simple instruc-tions within 20 seconds of entering the boat. I took on my role as the obnoxiously bubbly skipper who never seems to have a bad day.

As I turned my attention to the irst scene of the ride, I noticed a pin on the boy’s shirt. I looked below the glossy title, “I’m Celebrating!” Trying to decipher the smudged handwriting describing the cause for celebration. I glanced back at his mom.

“What are we celebrating tonight, folks?” I asked in the trembling version of my usually chipper voice.

“We are celebrating Bennett’s last dose of chemo radiation,” the mom smiled. She placed her arm around the little boy.

“Bennett has undergone chemo therapy for nearly two years, but as of last month, he is inally in remission and cancer-free.”

My heart immediately sunk. I slowed down the boat to a stop and knelt down to

look into Bennett’s eyes. They were a soft grey color, and they sparkled under the show lights of the boat.

“How old are you, Bennett?” I asked.“Four!” He loudly proclaimed, shoot-

ing his ingers up in my face.This little boy had spent half his life

in hospitals. That night was the irst time he ever the chance to feel like a normal, healthy little boy.

Without thinking, I stuck my free hand in the pocket of my pants to grab a Junior Skipper’s card. I handed it to Bennett.

“Bennett?” I asked very quietly, “Would you like to be the world’s youngest Junior Skipper and drive my boat?”

His eyes lit up as he shot up off of his seat.

“Yeah!” he screamed. His excitement made me laugh.

“Okay,” I said as I stepped to the side to let him control the wheel. “Let me give your mom your boating license, and I’ll control the speed.”

For the irst time that night, my hand did not tremble as I handed Bennett’s mom the small card. Recognizing the tension in her throat as she fought back tears, I turned back toward the river and Bennett— giv-ing her and her husband a moment to gath-er themselves.

Even under the haze of my cold medi-cine, I felt the intense awareness of my body and how lucky I was. When I grew up, I took my health and body for granted, I stopped taking care of myself. Yet, when my body let me down to a bad cold, I felt entirely betrayed. My frustration sudden-ly became folly as I stood next to a child who just recently discovered the beauty of health after a lifetime of illness.

We pulled back into the dock and said our goodbyes. Bennett’s parents asked for a picture with me and Bennett holding his little “license.” Then they were gone, and I was left alone in my boat once more.

At the time, I never considered the im-pact of that moment. Two weeks later, as I sit at my kitchen table preparing myself for another day at work two weeks later, I cannot help but think about that night.

Then I remember what my facilitators told me on my irst day of work.

“You will have the opportunity to cre-ate magical moments for families.” I will always carry the memory of that night.

Not as the worst night of my life; but as the night where I was given a magical mo-ment by a little Junior Skipper with grey eyes named Bennett.


Making Disney Magic

Emily Kalei has earned her

Mickey Mouse ears and has been

accepted into the Disney College

Program. Read over her shoulder

as she chronicles her internship

in The Disney Diaries.

Tim CachelinThe Broadside

The previously unranked

Bobcat baseball team is a force

to be reckoned with.

The Central Oregon Com-

munity College Bobcat base-

ball team is currently ranked

25th nationally, according to

Nick Lockwood, one of the

team coaches.

“We came out last year,

and shocked some people,”

said Lockwood, attributing that

comeback in part to an aggres-

sive recruitment program led

by key players and COCC stu-

dents; Dalton Chambers, Tim

Drafahl and Jake Reed.

The team inished with only nine players last year, due to

poor grades and other contrib-

uting factors. This year, the

coaching team has put empha-

sis on academics to reduce this

issue, Lockwood said.

“We have guys missing

practice for homework which is

very new,” Lockwood said.

Contributing in part to the

excitement regarding the up-

coming season, is a new team

dynamic, according to head

coach, Matt Greenleaf.

“I like our mix, we have a

lot of new guys, guys straight

out of high school, we also

have seven or eight returning

players, so it’s a nice mix of

new guys as well as returners,”

Greenleaf said.

Dalton Chambers, the

team’s shortstop and a national

Player Of The Week last year

believes the fresh talent will

help the team succeed.

“I’m super excited, we have

a bunch of guys out this year

that are actual ballplayers,”

Chambers said.

Among these ranks of ‘ac-

tual ballplayers’ stands talent

such as Devon Haney, a irst-team all-state outielder last year, Elias Allen, a talented

utility player, and second base-

men, Cole Chambers. Combine

these rookies with the skill and

experience of players like Dal-

ton Chambers, and number one

on the mound, Jake Reed, and

you have a team that deserves

its national ranking.

Just as important as the mix

though, is the team interaction

and, according to Chambers

the players get along great with

one another. While they are

still working out how to react

to each others plays, there is an

absence of cliques. It’s this mix

of talent he added, as well as

how they play together that will

propel the Bobcats to postsea-

son success.


Following your college’s teams,

clubs and campus happeningsClubs & Recreation


Tim CachelinThe Broadside

Will the college revive the

disc golf course? When Central

Oregon Community College

broke ground for the new resi-

dence hall, the disc golf course

was disbanded. College admin-

istrators are now considering

the return of the course.

When COCC and Oregon

State University-Cascades be-

gan their construction of the

new residence hall, the disc

golf course that occupied that

space, was taken down and put

away. Jeffrey Meyers, advisor

of the OSU-Cascades disc golf

club, volunteer for the Central

Oregon Disc Golf Club, and

campus advocate of disc golf,

stated that there was an obvious

conlict of interest with having the course open while construc-

tion was taking place.

However, the school has

not said the course is gone for

good, and plans to revisit the

idea once the hall is complete.

“It’s in the initial, ‘we are

going to reinvest in this’ phase,”

Meyers said.

Correspondence between

Meyers, Gordon Price, director

of student life, and Bill Doug-

las, athletic director on campus,

has included the return of the

course.

Meyers said he is optimistic

about the return of the course,

and mentioned that he hoped

to have a course professionally

designed by Ryan Lane, owner

of Discventures. Lane has a

history of course design and

his handiwork can be found in

courses across Central Oregon.

Meyer’s ideal course would

have multiple tee pads and mul-

tiple pin placements to accom-

modate all skill levels, as well

as to negate the effects of ero-

sion and soil compaction over

time.

“If we are going to bring it

back, we want to make sure we

do it right,” Price said.

Even though talk has begun

again, a myriad of issues still

stand in the way of the return of

the disc golf course, according

to Douglass.

“Space is limited as a result

of the housing complex and

the parking lots needed for the

housing project,” Douglass

said.

Price adds that building the

course in valuable space might

preclude potential campus

growth. There are additional

obstacles that must be consid-

ered before moving forward

with the project. According to

Price, there is the question of

who is responsible for course

maintenance. On the previous

course, littering, alcohol, and

smoking were all prevalent.

These challenges took a toll

on campus services, and would

have to be addressed before

moving forward with the new

course, Price said.

Both Price, and Douglas

mention that although an ofi-

cial timeline hasn’t been set, a

decision likely won’t be made

until the residence hall is up

and running by fall of 2015. A

course, if decided on, wouldn’t

be operable until after that.

Despite these challenges,

Price realizes the beneits the course would provide.

“I would love to see it, it’s

a unique aspect that we could

offer to our students, that we

could offer to the community,”

Price said.

How to get involvedIn the meantime, there are

still several ways to get in-

volved. If you have an itch only

disc golf can scratch, to the

west of Cascade Hall, is a two-

pin, six-hole course, known as

the Beaver Back Six. Informa-

tion on the course can be found

within Cascade Hall. You can

also get involved in the Cen-

tral Oregon Disc Golf Club by

visiting their website, at cen-

traloregondiscgolf.com. Lastly,

student interest is a main fac-

tor in the return of the course.

By contacting Douglas, Price,

or Meyers, regarding your con-

cerns or questions, you can in-

luence the return of the course.


pThere is currently only two disc golf hole to play at COCC.

pCooper McCoy dives back to irst base during the bobcats game at Southern Oregon two weeks ago

Disc golf course gone for good?

COCC baseball team ranked 25 in the nation

The Broadside Newspaper

Mondays, Noon-1 p.m.Bend Campus, Campus Center Room 102Learn about job opportunities and see how weekly meetings are run.

African American Heritage

Club

Fridays, Noon-1 p.m.Bend Campus, Campus Center Multicultural CenterContact Gordon Price for more information: [email protected]

Gay Straight Alliance

Fridays 3-4 p.m.Bend Campus, Campus Center Multicultural CenterContact Owen Murphy for more information: [email protected]

Garden Club

Monday, March 23rd Noon- 1 p.m. (repeats on the 2nd and 4th Mondays each month)Bend Campus, Campus Center Multicultural Center

AAUW - American Association

of University Women

Friday, March 20th 11-1 (repeats on 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month)Bend Campus, CCB 107

Student Massage Clinic

Thursdays and Fridays Email: [email protected] for appointmentsPrices: Public $20, COCC staff $10, students $5

Fafsa Workshop

Friday, March 13 10 a.m.Bend Campus, Pioneer 200DAll students should bring social security number, drivers license number, estimated income and all 2014 W-2s.

Nursing Program Information

Session

Thursday, March 12 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.Bend Campus, BEC 0155A review of COCC’s Nursing program selection process for students and community members who are interested.Contact: [email protected]

Major Confusion

Friday, March 13th 10:00 a.m. to NoonBend Campus, LIB 0001A free non-credit class for those interested in learning the steps for determining one’s college major.

First Nations Student Union

Tuesday, March 17th and 24th, 11:00 a.m. to NoonBend Campus, Campus Center Multicultural Center

Add an event to this calendar by email-ing us at [email protected]

Campus Calendar

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Learning in an outdoor classroom:

COCC Backcountry Skiing Course

t A pit is dug to show probability of weak layers which could produce an avalanche.

Want to experience backcountry skiing first hand? See Go Pro footage from the class atfacebook.com/thebroadsideonline

u Jeffery

Meyers, Outdoor

Recreation Coordinator

at OSU-Cascades,

shows different

aspects of avalanche

risk assessment

during a storm last February.

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