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Dan Cecchini may be a college employee, but his other interests just took him across the globe, bringing him in contact with an emir and letting

him expand global efforts for sustainable energy.Cecchini, the head of the Info and Technology

Services at Central Oregon Community College, is a dedicated supporter of wildlife and a U.S. birds of prey delegate. He recently returned from a January visit to Qatar, a small country in the Middle East. In the country, he met political leaders while addressing the impact of wind energy on the environment.

See QATAR, page 8

Molly SvendsenThe Broadside

The current lease of the Oregon State Uni-versity-Cascades building could be an ob-stacle in the upcoming expansion.

OSU-Cascades currently rents Cascades Hall from Central Oregon Community College; this lease was originally for 30 years and at the time of the expansion would have 17 years remaining. However, they now hope they can resolve that lease before the expansion begins.

To resolve this, OSU-Cascades and COCC are looking to Oregon legislature, according to Repre-sentative John Huffman (R-) The Dalles.

“Getting the funding wrapped up for COCC and OSU-Cascades is my number one priority for the February session,” Huffman said.

In order to resolve the debt created by the re-mainder of the lease, COCC would require $5.26 million. Currently, there are plans that $3.63 mil-lion of that would come from a matching bond from the state. To match that, COCC is trying to get an additional $1.63 million from state lot-

tery funds that would not require being matched. The remaining $2 million would then come from COCC’s coffers, according to Jim Middleton, president of COCC.

“The allocation would be to COCC. However, Cascades Campus would get a major benefit from that,” Middleton said. “We think we are in a better position to look at a proposal that would be a technical fix. This would recognize funds such as $2 million set aside for renovations and would count that as part of the project which would help cover part of the match.”

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With OSU-Cascades moving out, COCC is work-ing to resolve the debt and get the building

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STORIES:• Depression

at COCC: Counseling services provided at the CAP center (pg. 6)

• From homeschooled to college: Breaking out of the stereotype (pg. 6)

• Stepping into the spotlight: Lilli Ann Linford-Foreman (pg. 10)

• OSU-Cascades administrator nominated for Pushcart poetry prize (pg. 11)


The Board of Directors is weeks away from choosing the future col-

lege president. The Central Oregon Com-

munity College Board of Di-rectors met on Friday Jan. 31 to reveal their three presiden-tial finalist picks: Dr. Patrick Lanning, Dr. Sheila Ortego and Dana Young.

The faculty on the task force had mixed feelings about the stage, stated Bruce Aber-nethy, the chair for the Board of Directors.

“I’m excited and kind of relieved,” Abernethy said. “It has been a long process, an in-credible amount of work went into it, and I think everyone that was on the search commit-tee took it really seriously.”

The college received 35 formal applications during the process. After several meet-ings and deliberations, eight applicants were selected as candidate semifinalists. By the time they came to the de-termining process, COCC fac-ulty and students were not the only ones interested in hearing the result, said Laura Craska-Cooper, the vice chair for the board.

“I had a number of people in the community who knew I’m on the board of the search committee, and they’d say, ‘Well, what can you tell us?’” Cooper said. “I’d have to say, ‘I can’t tell you anything until we have a meeting.’ They’re terrific candidates, and I think that everyone will be pleased.”

See FINALISTS, page 5

Board of Directors prepares to choose next leader of COCC

DAN CECCHINI GOES TO QATAR:COCC’s head of IT takes his passion for wildlife to the other side of the world

▲ Dan Cecchini at the outdoor falcon racing competition in the desert.

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▲ While OSU-Cascades prepares to expand to a new campus, they are working with COCC to pay off the debt of Cascades Hall.

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Off-campus housing nets lower costs, but fewer amenities

newsJunnelle HogenThe Broadside

While there are perks to living on-campus, the price tag often cannot

compete with off-campus living.Student housing at Central

Oregon Community College is currently $8,680 for a nine-month school year. This cost includes a furnished, shared double room, meals and most utility coverage. However, that does not mean living on campus is the best deal, according to Paul Wheeler, director of Residence Life at COCC.

"We don't have comparative numbers between on-campus and off-campus housing," Wheeler said. "But I do think it's possible for some students to find more affordable housing off-campus."

Students looking to share an apartment off-campus could find several alternatives. Splitting rent and utilities can be a viable solution to minimize costs, ac-cording to the Central Oregon Rental Owner’s Association av-erage monthly rental costs. As of 2011, the association found the average rental costs for a two-bedroom rental unit in Bend

averaged $615 per month. The average cost for a two-bedroom duplex was slightly higher at $704.

For students sharing an apart-ment, that would bring the aver-age monthly rental costs down to $308 per person. That can be compared to an average monthly $961 room and board fee, or a monthly $529 room fee, at Juni-per Residence Hall.

Local apartments can be cheaper than this price tag, ac-cording to Henrietta Lindsey, Bend property manager for Fox Hollow Apartments.

"We charge $580 for our up-stairs apartments, which are two-bedroom, one-bath," Lind-sey said. "For downstairs apart-ments, it's $530."

But the lower cost does not compensate for on-campus ame-nities, Wheeler explained.

"Even if you have to share that space, the rent and other utilities you have to pay with an apartment, you're splitting," Wheeler said. "If you're looking at the residence hall, you may not want to live in the building, but you're only going to have to take care of you."

Students living off-campus might have to look at several additional costs. While the ini-

tial price is cheaper, it does not include the cost of food, some utility services and transporta-tion. Housing in Bend or Central Oregon is also harder to get into, according to Lindsey.

"We would usually encour-age people to come in [to Fox Hollow Apartments]," Lindsey said. "Right now, though, there's no space."

The lack of available housing is starting to become a Central Oregon trend. In fall 2013 the average vacancy rate in De-schutes County was only 3.7 to 3.2 percent, according to a New York-based real estate research firm, Reis. The same firm found that while some Central Oregon apartments have lower prices, the average cost is going up. While the firm found the aver-age cost to be $690 a month in 2012, the price has now risen to $704. And according to a year-long study by the Central Ore-gon Rental Owners Association, Central Oregon only had a one percent vacancy rate in 2013.

While trying to find an off-campus apartment may be a difficult process, sometimes the best option is just staying at Ju-niper Hall, Wheeler explained.

"I think the sacrifices [stu-dents] might have to make to

live off-campus sometimes out-weigh the benefits," Wheeler said.

Students living in Bend instead of Juniper Hall may not be able to experience the same satisfaction level with their choice, according to Wheeler.

"I don't think it's just as easy as comparing apples to apples," Wheeler said. "It's hard to put a dollar amount on meeting people, interacting with people, being able to have your bathroom cleaned for you, your ability to just walk out of your door and interact with 100 other people."

The new residence hall, slated for completion June 2015, will have a higher price than the cur-

rent cost to stay at Juniper Hall. For some students, that might not make COCC living feasible. But living on campus still has benefits. Students who do choose to stay have access to public computers, TV and game rooms, facilitated activities, and available staff 24/7.

Looking at the future, whether or not a student decides to stay in a resident hall depends on their pri-orities, Wheeler said.

"If you're looking at strictly dollars, you can go off-campus and find things that are dollar-for-dollar or more affordable," Wheel-er said. "But it's weighing what's more important to you."

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OSU, from page 1

Effects on OSU-CascadesWithout this funding, the

OSU-Cascades expansion would have to be divided among three campuses: The graduate cen-ter, Cascades Hall, and the site of the new campus. This would mean that for the next 17 years, OSU-Cascades would not be able to have a single contigu-ous campus, according to Becky Johnson, vice president of OSU-Cascades.

“We would still go ahead with the expansion but would have to scale it down as we would still have Cascades Hall,” John-son said. “Our faculty, admin-istration, and students would be spread over three different campuses. It wouldn’t neces-sarily stop expansion; we’d still go ahead with it but for 17 years we’d be stuck with this lease.”

Receiving the money required to resolve this lease would be “a win for the state, a win for OSU-Cascades, and a win for COCC,” Middleton said.

For OSU-Cascades, being freed from the remainder of that lease would mean they would be able to forge ahead with the cur-rent plans for the expansion. Effects on COCC

Approximately five years ago, COCC submitted a list of projects that would require addi-tional funds from the state. The

top three projects were the Health Careers building and Science Cen-ter, next was the Redmond Tech-nology Center, and third was plans for a Student Services Center. All of these plans were submitted before plans for Cascades Campus had been started, according to Middle-ton.

The first two projects have al-ready been completed, and the plans to build a Student Services Center have now been resolved in light of the Cascades expansion. If COCC gets the funding to resolve the lease with OSU-Cascades, COCC could would then be able to transition that building into a stu-dent services center.

“By using Cascades Hall for that purpose, it would cost COCC half of what it would cost to fund a new building,” Johnson said. “It might not be like the building they would have planned it through the construction phase, but we’ve been working really closely together to make sure this is something that works for both parties.”

This building was slated to specifically focus on student sup-port services. COCC has looked at which services would be the best to move into a separate building; two possibilities were tutoring services and the Careers and Personal Coun-seling Center.

“There are also part-time profes-sors at COCC who currently strug-gle with office space: with an additional building we would be

able to open up offices for them,” Middleton said.

An additional building would be able to accommodate for future enrollment growth, Middleton ex-plained.

“Even though we are in a little decline just with the economy and people deciding to go back to work we do anticipate long-run enroll-ment growth,” Middleton said.Effects on the community

On the state level, legislators would be able to save $5 million in community costs. If COCC de-cided to go ahead with construction

for an additional building, most of that cost would be covered through bonds. With funding needed for a new building there would also be a potential for a tuition increase.

“This would mean significant savings for the community and for students,” Middleton said.

Overall, resolving the OSU-Cascades lease would be a positive step for both colleges as well as the community.

“It makes more sense to trans-fer use of Cascades to COCC,” Middleton said. “This is a way of setting an example of not doing

this the standard way and of using taxes and student funds more effi-ciently. It is a great example of col-laboration to bring things together.”

Though it is not certain that funding will be granted to release OSU-Cascades from the lease, the outlook is promising, according to Huffman.

“Though we have no guarantees that we will receive the necessary funding in February, I am optimis-tic that we will get it done,” Huff-man said.


Molly Svendsen | The Broadside

▲As OSU-Cascades expands, the question remains-what will happen to Cascades hall?

▲While it is possible to find cheaper housingoff-campus, there are other additional costs that can make it more expensive.


Food service set to change with incoming residence hall

Scott GreenstoneThe Broadside

Even before the campus cen-ter was completed in 2003, plans were already being

made for a bigger residence hall.Though the residence hall con-

struction project—now set for completion in 2015—was in fetus stage at that time, the campus cen-ter has spaces prepared for it, ac-cording to Paul Wheeler, campus housing coordinator at Central Or-egon Community College.

“The campus center was built to accommodate this residence hall,” Wheeler said. “As the con-struction moves forward, we’re going to look at the adjustments that need to be made.”

The residence hall will hold 330 students using the food service two meals a day on average, ac-cording to Wheeler. But even with only 94 students in the residence hall, Sodexo is impacted heavily, according to Herb Baker, food ser-vice director at COCC.

“The majority of people hit from a little bit before 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.,” Baker said. “When it gets really crowded, it pretty much backs up, so they’re going to

have to do something.” Administration is reviewing a

variety of ideas for changing the dining area, according to Baker.

“We’ve been thinking of put-ting in an Italian section,” Baker said. “We might put [in] a sand-wich shop there, or it could be a Mexican food station, like a Baja cafe. Some colleges have Subways right in the food service area.”

When Baker worked as a cater-ing manager for the University of Oregon’s food service in Eugene, there were facilities for local pro-

viders to serve food.“They had 10 different outside

groups coming in with food,” Bak-er said.

The current game room in the campus center could be turned into a “grab and go” area, according to Gordon Price, director of Student Life. In this plan, all the prepack-aged salads and sandwiches in the cafeteria service area would be moved out to make room for more kitchens or another counter.

Whatever the changes, work will most likely be finished in

summer of 2014. Work needs to be done during a “slow time,” accord-ing to Price.

Even when the changes are made, however, the cafeteria will no longer be the only place for residence students to eat: The new residence hall comes with new community kitchens. The kitchens will be used for programming, for events in the residence hall, and for student use, according to Wheeler.

“Culinary students will be able to access that kitchen for use in studies,” Wheeler said. “They

can’t access the culinary institute at all times, so they’ll be able to use it to practice and to study.”

This will also give students an option, at least, of not relying on cafeteria food.

“Maybe the kids will want to make their own stuff,” Baker said. “But maybe not. You throw in having to do dishes, and it can put a damper on the college expe-rience.”


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FINALISTS, from page 1

Narrowing it downMany questions went into the

determining process. The board was interested in differentiating qualifications, and through the interview process, several main points came up, Abernethy stated.

“Do we think this person is a good fit?” Abernethy said. “Do they have sufficient background and experience, or a student-cen-tric mentality, and will they make sure the students are successful?”

Other concerns also included each finalist’s ability to maintain oversight for COCC’s satellite campuses and prompt campus growth.

The presidential task force had a head-start in narrowing down their search pool, and finding qualified individuals. Due to Dr. Middleton’s early announcement of retirement, the college was able to send out notifications before the

normal time, Abernethy said. The Associate Community College Trustees disclosed that COCC was looking at more qualified individu-als than the norm, according to Ab-ernethy.

"It was a slightly stronger can-didate pool than they might have expected," Abernethy said.

Previous experience was an im-portant factor. All three finalists - Lanning, Ortego and Young - have served in administrative positions at community colleges across the northwest. Dr. Patrick Lanning was an associate vice president for instruction at Lane Commu-nity College, Dr. Sheila Ortego held several leadership positions at Santa Fe Community College and Dana Young also served as presi-dent at a branch campus, Treasure Valley. The candidates share an-other common trait: years of high-er ed. Lanning, Ortega and Young have both bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and as of next year, when Dana Young will complete her lat-

est degree, all three will have doc-torates.

Because of the prior experi-ence, each candidate should have potential to step in as president at COCC, Cooper said.

“[The experience] is really nice, because it means that you've got somebody who already knows the system,” Cooper said. “In the-ory, when they come they'll all be a little bit more comfortable. They'll still have to learn the community, but that's probably more that they already know.”

The board's decision to approve Lanning, Ortego and Young as presidential candidates was unani-mous. For Cooper, this was not a surprise.

"I'm thrilled with them," Coo-per said. "They pretty clearly rose to the top. I think that it was virtu-ally unanimous that these were all top-notch candidates, and I think we'd be happy with any of them."The next steps

Community and staff response

is now a priority. The board will be meeting the candidates and in-troducing them to both Central Or-egon and all of COCC during the last two weeks of February, and Cooper believes Central Orego-nians and students will provide the most important feedback.

“I think part of the reason for their visit is for us to get to know them, and see how they engage with the various constituent groups here in Central Oregon,” Cooper said. “I also want to hear what stu-dents think. We had two students on our committee, and in a couple cases they saw things we didn't see during the interview process.”

Cooper cited community sup-port as a main reason why people would want to attend COCC’s upcoming presidential finalist fo-rums.

“I think that COCC is a unique community college because our community - even if they have vir-tually nothing to do with COCC on a day-to-day basis - feels like it's a community asset,” Cooper said.

“So to me, the forums are impor-tant to gauge how faculty, staff, students and the broader commu-nity feel about each of these can-didates.”

In the future, a melting pot of ideas should help finalize the board’s decision, according to Ab-ernethy.

“Faculty is interested in ex-actly to what extent this person is able to move forward in academ-ics,” Abernethy said. “We've got a couple students that have student concerns, we have representatives from some of the outlying com-munities interested in economic development and employment background. I think the more they look into these three candidates, the more they see that they really can not only bring new experience, but also provide leadership.”

The COCC board of directors will name their chosen finalist for the presidency at the March 12 board meeting.


I'm thrilled with them. They pretty clearly rose to the top. I think that it was virtually unanimous that these were all top-notch candidates, and I think we'd be happy with any of them."

-Laura Craska-Cooper,vice chair for the COCC Board of Directors

Submitted by COCC Public Relations▲From left to right: COCC presidential candidates Dr. Patrick Lanning, Dr. Sheila Ortego, and Dana Young.


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Molly SvedsenThe Broadside

In their college years, 40 to 50 percent of students suffer from depression severe enough to

hinder their ability to function. And most students are treating it the wrong way, according to Dr. Linda Porzelius, personal counselor at Or-egon State University-Cascades.

“Unfortunately, in society peo-ple are much more likely to get antidepressants than go to counsel-ing,” Porzelius said. “It is easier nowadays just to take a pill instead of going through the work of coun-seling.”

Depression is one of many reasons students utilize the free counseling services at both Central Oregon Community College and

OSU-Cascades, according to Shar-ron Richards, personal counselor at COCC.

“Some of the biggest things students come for are time man-agement, test anxiety, depression, coping skills and just general tran-sition issues,” Richards explained. “Another big one is students who are just generally overwhelmed. A lot of students come in for general life stressors and they need a third party to help them sort it out.”

Porzelius recently started track-ing reasons students use the coun-seling services at OSU-Cascades and found the top three reasons were general anxiety, relationship problems and depression.

“I think college campus students are more stressed now than in years past,” Porzelius said. “We have a notion of college life as this really fun time, but not only are people transitioning into the responsibili-

ties of adulthood, [but] then you throw in academic, social, and fi-nancial pressure and sometimes it all becomes this large, stressful ex-perience.”

Currently enrolled COCC and OSU-Cascades students have per-sonal counseling services available to them at no cost. There are two personal counselors at COCC, both of whom are St. Charles Medical Center employees and are contract-ed at the college part-time. There are also two part-time counselors at OSU-Cascades creating a wide variety of open hours for students. However, an “astonishing” number of students do not know the free counseling services are available, according to Richards.

“Students who are considering coming to counseling should know that whatever is said in this room stays in this room. It is completely confidential. Sometimes what peo-

ple really need is just a sounding board,” Richards said. “People hear things differently when they say it out loud versus in their head.”

In addition to lack of awareness; time constraints and societal stig-mas surrounding counseling often prevent individuals from seeking help. This is not specific only to college campuses; it mirrors what happens in today’s society, accord-ing to Porzelius.

“The reality of the situation is that most students-the ones who really need the help-don't come in. In our society, there definitely is a feeling where people feel they have to be completely overwhelmed by some large event to come to coun-seling,” Porzelius said. “In reality it is psychologically healthier to come in with the little stressors too.”

In addition to offering per-sonal counseling to students, the counseling centers have a focus

on general health and wellness of students, explained Porzelius.

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For students struggling with depression, COCC provides counseling

Emily KaleiThe Broadside

The adjustment of be-ginning college can be stressful, but having a

network of friends to support you during the time can make all of the difference.

Reagan Knopp, a student at Central Oregon Community College, relied on his network of friends as he adjusted to life as a college student. Unlike many students at COCC who be-gin college after finishing their education in the public school system, Knopp entered college

after completing his education in a homeschooled environment.

“In public school, your network of friends is built upon who you went to school with,” Knopp explained. “I didn’t have that. I had to figure out where my community of friends was.”

Because homeschooled stu-dents like Knopp do not attend public schools, the foundation for creating friends comes from involvement with extracurricu-lar activities in the community. When entering college, these connections made in the com-munity are transferred to the COCC campus.

“I had friends who were homeschooled and I had friends who were in public school too,” Knopp said. “The only difference [between my homeschooled and public school friends] was we didn’t hang out at school, whereas here at COCC, we do.”

Seventy-five homeschooled students registered for college classes during the Fall term of 2013, according to COCC’s Office of Admissions. Some homeschooled students at-tend COCC to continue their education through the Baker Early College program, a charter program that allows high school students to attend community college while earn-ing both high school and col-lege credit. To those who were raised in a homeschooled envi-ronment, the experience is not

much different than a public school experience.

Similar to attending a public school, homeschooled students are taught through a structured curriculum and are required to meet the same standards as their publicly educated counterparts through state authorized test-ing. However, homeschooling differs in the fact that families can choose to educate their chil-dren in the privacy of their own homes or join with other fami-lies in the home school com-munity and form “co-ops.” The educational possibilities of a homeschooled environment are open.

“[Being homeschooled] al-lowed a lot of freedom,” said Connor Briggs, another COCC student who was previously homeschooled before beginning his college career. “We would work on one subject, and if we were feeling all right there, we would move onto the next.”

Briggs did not find the ad-justment between homeschool and college to be difficult.

“There wasn’t any huge shock factor,” Briggs explained. “I think the thing I struggled with the most is sitting and lis-tening to a teacher speak for three hours, because it’s not in-teractive, versus when there’s four kids and one teacher where you can discuss things and have that interaction.”

The average size of a class at COCC is over six times the size of a homeschooled class.

In 2012, the faculty to student ratio was one to 25, as stated on COCC’s website.

“I found when I got [to COCC] that the higher education system is structured in a way that is different than homeschooling,” said Knopp. “But I feel like I adjusted well to the new structure of the classes.”

Although different education structures are a sizable obstacle home schooled students face when beginning to attend college, it is not the only obstacle they come across. Beginning college as a homeschooled student has its own social difficulties as well.

Many people in the public education community have de-veloped a stereotyped view of homeschooled students, Briggs explained. To those who do not understand how homeschooled students develop friendships, those who are previously home schooled are labelled as “anti-social” or “awkward.”

“People believe that we always wear our pajamas, we don’t get up until 12 o'clock, and we are antiso-cial,” explained Briggs. “Someone asked me where I went to school and I was like, ‘I was home-schooled’ and they just looked at me and said ‘that’s weird.’”

Although Briggs has interacted with those who may question his homeschooled lifestyle, Briggs re-mains firm in his confidence with his previous eduction.

“They just don’t know what we do or why we do it,” Briggs ex-plained. “Its different, but it works for my family.”

There is no need for those in the public education system to worry about homeschooled stu-dents, according to Knopp.

“You will see that we are do-ing a different form of school-ing but we are getting a good education. If that’s the thing they worry about, the education part of it, that’s not a problem,” Knopp said. “If they try to get to know us, they will see that we are cool people, we just come from a different back-ground.”

A different background that, Briggs explained, has devel-oped him as a student both in and out of the classroom.

“You learn how to learn things on your own and put the time into your education. It al-lows you to explore and learn more about the things you are interested in,” Briggs stated. “[Homeschooling] really taught me self-discipline, and a love for learning.”


From homeschooled to college: Breaking out of the stereotype

Photo submitted by Dr. Linda Porzelius

Photo by Vera Holiday | The Broadside

Photo by Vera Holiday | The Broadside

▲ Reagan Knopp was home-schooled prior to coming to COCC.

▲ Connor Briggs was home-schooled from kindergarten through high school, but he wrestled for Mountain View High School his sophomore year.

▲Dr. Linda Porzelius, person-al counselor at OSU-Cascades


Rosalinda CorningThe Broadside

For students who have early morning classes or day jobs, getting up

on time can be a challenge. So what can you do to ease the process?

“The best thing I can sug-gest is putting your alarm on the other side of the room so you physically have to get moving to turn it off,” said Travis Parker, a Sergeant First Class in the army and military science instructor at Central Oregon Community College. “When the alarm is right next to your bed, it’s too easy to hit the snooze button.”

Having a set routine also helps with early mornings. When you do the same thing every day, whether it’s taking a shower or going on a run, your

body be comes accustomed to this daily pattern, according to Parker.

An important part of being able to get up early is getting to bed at a reasonable time and

getting a good night’s sleep, according to Seth Newman, a COCC student.

“Having all my homework done helps me sleep better be-cause there’s no stress on my mind when I go to bed,” Newman said.

Whenever possible, try to get everything done so you don’t have anything to worry about when you’re trying to fall asleep.

Sometimes you need to take extra measures to make sure you wake up on time, especially if you have an early class or need to be at work by a certain time.

“I usually have my regular phone alarm set,” Newman said, “but I also have a louder alarm set to go off five minutes later in case my phone doesn’t wake me up.”

Lastly, a way to help your body wake up is to surprise it.

“I usually step outside for a few moments to help myself wake up,” Newman said, “or I roll out of bed and do a few pushups.”


Tips for getting up early

Graphic designed by Jacob Juarez

The Broadside Staff

For ladies1. Plan a nice dinner at a restaurant you know she will enjoy, but make sure to reserve a spot ahead of time since going out to dinner is a popular option for many people on Valentines Day.2. Plan an at-home spa day for her. Put together a basket with bath salts, relaxing music, a nice robe and some candles. This would be an especially good option for a girl who is under a lot of stress.3. Buy her some new pajamas and some fuzzy socks. These will be much appreciated on chilly nights in Central Oregon.4. Go traditional and get her a bouquet of her favorite flowers, and add a teddy bear or box of chocolate for a nice touch.For guys1. Go 90s-style and make him a mix-CD of his favorite songs or songs that you enjoy together. Any guy who enjoys music will appreciate this thoughtful gift.2. Put together a basket with supplies for a movie night. Be sure to include a movie you know he will like, a couple bags of popcorn, something to drink and possibly a gift card for some pizza or sandwiches.3. Plan a nice dinner at home and cook his favorite meal. Set the mood with some candles and a nicely-set table and he will be sure to appreciate your thoughtfulness.4. For something unique that he will be able to use day after day, make some wooden coasters. These are inexpensive as you can use any leveled block of wood and carve your initials into them. If you want to get even more creative, you can try using woodburning or carving techniques.For anyone1. Make some homemade cookies or another treat that you know your significant other will love. This is a great chance to show off your baking skills.2. Buy a couple of plain mugs, draw a design on them with sharpies, let them dry 15-20 hours and then bake them for 30 minutes to lock in the design.3. Make a list of “Things I Love About You” and get it laminated at a nearby copy store so it can be saved and looked back on for years to come.4. Recreate your first date for a fun, romantic night that will remind you of why you first got together.


Valentines Day gift ideasStuck on what to do for your sweetheart on Valentines Day? Read on for some fun ideas.

Photo illustration by Vera Holiday | The Broadside

Photo illustration by Vera Holiday | The Broadside



Continued from QATAR, page 1

Working his way upCecchini did not begin as a U.S. delegate. In the beginning, it was an interest in falconry that got him

started. Cecchini has been both training and flying falcons for more than 40 years, as well as involving himself in the legislative aspects of the interest for about 30 years.

For him, his growth to a national spokesperson started with natural steps.“I was selected by the North American Falconers Association to be the U.S. delegate to the IAF

[International Association of Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey],” Cecchini said.Cecchini is also the president of the Oregon Falconer’s Association, but the position as a birds of

prey delegate is far more expansive.“[It’s] an organization that currently represents 60 countries that have falconry, and that have vari-

ous projects associated with raptor conservation.”This year, Cecchini experienced the responsibilities of being a delegate in a whole new atmosphere:

Doha, Qatar, in the Middle East.IAF conference: growing concernsWhile the trip to Qatar had lighthearted moments, the main point was the nearly global collaboration

of the International Association of Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey. The organization met in time to address issues with energy sustainability on developing environmental impacts.

A growing concern for the organization is how to deal with the widespread environmental results of one type of energy: Wind turbines. Cecchini presented issues in ecology to the other 59 national delegates on the committee using his book Spinning a Green Yarn: Another Inconvenient Truth.

“I gave a presentation on the negative impact that commercial wind energy has on wildlife,” Cec-chini said. “Specifically I talked about raptors, bats and sage grouse.”

Cecchini had a Western perspective on the issue, as he is currently on the board of directors for the North American Grouse Partnership. For him, a huge issue of negative impact is what wind energy has been changing in the ecosystem of native birds.

Wind energy was an innovative solution to sustainability a decade ago, but it is now taking some birds to the brink of endangerment. The average professional wind turbine runs at about 22.3 miles an hour, according to Wind Inc., a wind turbine supplier. That is very detrimental to wildlife, Cecchini said.

“For birds of prey, including Golden Eagles, they actually get hit by the turbine blades,” Cecchini said. “Bats get killed by the pressure differential created by the wind turbines, and they’ll actually have the blood vessels in their lungs explode by pressure differential. When it comes to sage grouse, the big impact is not from the actual blades; it has a lot to do with where they locate the wind farm.”

Part of the issues that Cecchini addressed in the conference stemmed from his research on the devastation created by wind power. One of Cecchini’s main points was the impact on sage grouse. In Oregon, an increase of wind turbines in natural habitats of sage grouse has created nesting places for birds of prey, Cecchini said.

“The power for those high voltage lines, those high tension lines, become platforms for predators on the sage grouse,” Cecchini said. “Sage grouse are on the edge of being listed under the Endangered Species Act.”

Grassroots movements in sustainabilityAlready Cecchini’s work at Doha is starting to have global effects. Cecchini is currently getting in-

volved in efforts for eliminating wind energy in France by working with a French supporter of wildlife who is both a lawyer and a falconer.

“The impacts of commercial wind energy is pretty significant in France at this point, so he’s actually [preparing to file] a lawsuit against the French government as well as a maker of wind turbines to try to stop an additional implementation of wind energy in France,” Cecchini said.

The lawyer will be using Cecchini’s recent research as a major support frame for his case.“He contacted me and asked for a copy of my book so he can use that as the material,” Cecchini said.

“I’ll help him on some other data and backbone information regarding the impacts on wildlife that wind energy has, at least in North America. I think he’ll use that as leverage to address the impact that wind energy has on wildlife in France.”

Meanwhile, Cecchini is also on the cutting edge of grassroots efforts in America. Environmental or-ganizations like The North American Platform against Wind Power are starting to consider other types of energy, due to problems with wind energy.

“To replace all the additional carbon dioxide that’s generated by fossil fuels every year, you’d have to take up an area the size of the country of Germany with wind farms every year, year after year, just to keep up with the increase in CO2 emissions,” Cecchini said. “It would be spread out over the world, but that’s the kind of volume you’re talking about.”

Cecchini says at a political level, the concern is starting to become a viable issue.“There’s a lot more people putting pressure on Congress to stop the subsidies, because without the

subsidies, the whole thing just basically falls apart,” Cecchini said. It’s simply not profitable for the large corporations that own wind energy farms to be able to operate without having significant govern-ment subsidies.”


▲ Dan Cecchini after his presentation at Falcon Souq (market) in Doha.



▲Prizes are awarded during saker falcon beauty contest in Doha, Qatar.

▲ Dan Cecchini after his presentation at Falcon Souq (market) in Doha.Photos submitted by Dan Cecchini

A COCC employee’s Delhi experience: birds of prey and an emir


D an Cecchini may be the only employee at the college who can say he has met royalty.

Cecchini, head of Information Technologies at Central Oregon Community College, returned from Qatar in the Middle East on Feb. 1 after spending time with many leading officials. Cec-chini went as a U.S. delegate to the Internation-al Association of Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey, and spent time in the capital, Delhi.Qatar is located on the third largest natural oil reserve in the world. Because of that, it ranks as one of the richest countries per capita in the world. For a country with 250,000 to 500,000 citizens, according to Cecchini, the wealth is concentrated to the government.

The other aspect of being in a smaller coun-try was a chance to meet royalty. Cecchini said he went to the equivalent of a White House gala, and met the leader: Sheikh Tamim, emir of Qa-tar.

“This gala had the emir and the royal family and the executives in the Qatari government,” Cecchini said. “It was at a falconry event, and ... they do things on kind of a huge scale. They had a whole series of events around falconry. It would kind of be the equivalent of the Westmin-ster Dog Show, except it’s for falcons.”

For Qatar, falconry has historical roots. The residents were originally Bedouins living a no-madic life until they discovered oil, according to Cecchini.

Because of its past, the culture champions fostering falcons, birds handed down for gen-erations. The prizes and the event itself was supported by the Qatari government, according to Cecchini.

“It was interesting watching the whole pro-cess, watching the judging of the falcons,” Cecchini said. “The first prize there for the first place falcon was about 140,000 dollars. They’ve got it so it’s even for the children. It’s a whole different scale of spending money than I’m used to.”

While Qatar may be unique in its falcon events, there is a growing interest in these birds of prey. Falconry is considered to be under UNESCO, which is under the Educational, Sci-entific and Cultural Organization of the United Nations. The sport was identified in 2011 as an important piece of cultural heritage for several cultures, including those in the Middle East. Seeing it incorporated into the Qatar culture was like a piece of the past for Cecchini.

“It’s been recognized as an intangible cultur-al heritage at this point,” Cecchini said.


Hipster DateValentine’s Day is finally

upon us, and dinner and a movie is too

“mainstream.” You want to spend time together, but the idea of having to yell over the noise of a busy restaurant exhausts you. None of the movies being shown at Regal 16 have caught your eye and honestly, you want some peace, quiet and a good cup of coffee. Beat the cold and the crowds while still staying in your budget with these unique locations. •American- Jackson’s Corner, Delaware Avenue Price: $3-$20•Bookstore- Dudley’s Bookshop & Cafe, Downtown Bend Price: $2-$10•Coffee- Lone Pine Coffee Roasters, Tin Pan Alley Price: $2-$15•Tea- Townshend’s Tea House, Downtown Bend Price: $2-$9

*Outdoor DateNature gives couples an opportunity to focus on each other without the distractions

of the hustle in city limits. If the Central Oregon weather allows it, pack a backpack full of snacks or a picnic lunch and head off with your honey to these hiking trails

around Central Oregon. •Pilot Butte State Park

Easy, 1 mile•Upper Deschutes River Trail

Easy to Moderate, roughly 4 miles• Tumalo Falls

Easy to Moderate, 4 miles one way• Tumalo Mountain

Moderate to Difficult, 1.75 miles one way*Note from the Editor: For your safety and the safety of others, please exercise caution when engaging in outdoor activities. Prepare yourself with proper survival gear and plenty of water, always tell someone where you are going and check weather reports before heading out on the trails.

Casual DateWhether you are going

on a first date or a 15th, a casual date is

a good way to spend quality time together. There is no pressure of dressing up, so you can both let your hair down and simply focus on having fun with each other. These restaurants give you and your valentine the opportunity to relax without putting too much pressure on the checkbook. • American- Pilot Butte Drive-In, Eastside Pilot Butte

Price: $5-$10• Hawaiian- Big Island Kona Mix Plate, Old Mill Shopping District

Price: $2-$13• Middle Eastern- Mazza Bistro, Downtown Price: $5-$10• Pizza- Flatbread Community Oven Pizzeria, Old Mill Shopping District Price: $5-$30

Classic DateSometimes the perfect date can

simply be dressing up and going to a nice restaurant for dinner. It

may seem overdone in the movies, but like true love, some dates are just classic. Keep the class and cut the cost with these restaurants in Bend.

• American- Greg’s Grill, Old Mill Shopping District

Price: $15-$20• Asian- Shinsei Sushi, Cascade

Village Shopping CenterPrice: $2-$17

• Eclectic- ElevationPrice: $3-$21

• Thai- Toomies, DowntownPrice: $12


arts & entertainment

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Weekly Trivia:

Answer to last week’s question: 4,142 students were enrolled at COCC during the Fall Term of 1999.

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How many students get married while still attending college?

Dates on a dimeEmily KaleiThe Broadside

As Valentines Day draws near in Central Oregon, couples can feel the pressure to plan the perfect date. Everyone wants to show the person they love how much they care, but it can be hard to have the world on a string when you are living on a shoestring budget. Here are a few budget friendly date ideas to fit you and your valentine’s personality.

▲Sharing a dessert is another flirty way to cut costs on a dinner date.▲ Planning a breakfast date is another way to be responsible with your budget without losing the spark of romance.

▲ Playing a game like “20 Questions” or “What If?” while hiking is a good tactic to start a conversation with your sweetheart and acts as a way to learn more about them.

▲ When you are out with your valentine, have the two of you set your phones in your pocket or purse on silent, so you can focus on the person in front of you and not texting while talking.

Photo taken by Vera Holiday | The Broadside

Photo taken by Perla Jaimes | The Broadside

Photo taken by Perla Jaimes | The Broadside Photo taken by Perla Jaimes | The Broadside

February 12, 2014| The Broadside 11

Stepping into the Spotlight:

Cooper MalinThe Broadside

Lilli Ann Linford-Foreman was destined for the stage. Even before she was school

age, Linford-Foreman, a theater director and speech communica-tion professor at Central Oregon Community College, was singing, dancing and performing routines from Fractured Fairy Tales and Peabody’s Improbable History.

“I was strong-arming my little brother into putting on a show with me, for the family. And my family was a very patient audience,” ex-plained Foreman.

There was never any question as to what she wanted to do: She wanted to perform. All throughout high school Foreman studied voice and music, and was involved in the-ater. She went to Stanford, where she was one of four other drama majors.

“People didn’t go to Stanford to get a drama degree,” Foreman said.

After graduating from Stanford, Foreman made the move to San

Francisco to attend the American Conservatory Theater to study act-ing. And after that, she wandered.

“I was a nomad for a while. I worked at different theaters, moved around,” until that no longer felt right. Foreman wanted something more stable, and “decided what [she] needed to do was finish a graduate degree so [she] could teach.”

Foreman came to COCC in 1987 as head of the then-active theater department and produced two to three full productions a year featuring students and community members alike. After fall 2003, when the theater department funds were cut due to the economic re-cession, Foreman took a year off to take classes in Corvallis. She then returned to COCC to teach speech communications.

Foreman remains active within the community, performing in lo-cal plays at the Cascades Theatrical Company.

On Feb. 14, Linford-Foreman will be in a Valentines Day perfor-mance at the Cascades Theatrical Company. Foreman will be taking on the role of Melissa Gardner in the play “Love Letters” by Ameri-

can playwright A. R. Gurney. The play follows the lives of two people through their letters exchanged from 1937, when they met as chil-dren, and continues on into their 60s. A. R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and is still performed to-day off Broadway.

“We are performing the letters, we’re telling the story of their rela-tionship through what we wrote to one another,” Foreman explained.

There will be dessert before curtains rise and tickets can be pur-chased online through the Cascades Theatrical Company website. The show starts at 7:30.

(contact: [email protected])

OSU-Cascades administrator nominated for Pushcart poetry prize

Molly SvendsenThe Broadside

An Oregon State Uni-versity-Cascades ad-ministrator has been

nominated for one of the most prestigious literary prizes. Em-ily Carr, a poet and the direc-tor of the master of fine arts in creative writing program at OSU-Cascades, was nominat-ed for the 2015 Pushcart Prize.

The Pushcart Prize is an an-nual American literary prize awarded by Pushcart Press. This prize seeks to honor the best in poetry, essays and short fiction published in small presses. Since 1976, an annual anthology of the winning piec-es has been published.

There are many nominees for this prize, according to Bill Henderson, editor of the Push-cart Prize. Writers and poets are nominated through editors of magazines in which they have been published.

“Eight thousand individu-als are nominated through the magazine editors they have written for,” Henderson ex-plained. “Of those nominated,

only 60 are chosen to go into the anthology that is published annually.”

However, even being nomi-nated for a Pushcart Prize is a “high honor in the literary world,” Henderson said. Nom-inees chosen to be published in the 2015 anthology will be notified in early spring.

“Emily Carr will hear from us in May whether she is one

of the finalists,” Henderson said.

Carr was nominated by Fairy Tale Review for poems that ap-pear in Name Your Bird Without a Gun, a tarot novel.

Carr’s book of poetry, 13 Ways of Happily, was chosen by Cole Swensen as a winner of the 2009 New Measures Poetry Prize.


Ron Woodroof’s War: Dallas Buyer’s Club is a character study with a timeless yet relevant message

Cooper MalinThe Broadside

Human Immunodefi-ciency Virus swept through America

in the 1980s, creating in its wake confusion and fear. There was little known about this infection beside the ste-reotypes, which were harm-ful when so many lives were affected.

Dallas Buyers Club, starring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto as his transexual business partner, tells the story of Texas outlaw Ron Woodroof and his fight to bring unapproved medicine to AIDS patients in 1985. Told by his doctors upon being diagnosed HIV-pos-itive that he had only 30 days to live, Woodroof began receiving Azi-dothymidine, an antiviral and the only treatment at that time for the AIDS virus, by bribing a hospital worker. Nearly dying from the com-bination of AZT and cocaine, Woodroof travels to Mexico to speak with Dr. Vass, who has had his American medical license revoked. Dr. Vass prescribes Ron a combination of Dideoxycytidine and the protein peptide T, both of which are not approved by the FDA, and which Dr. Vass claims are better options to AZT. Because the drugs are not illegal but only unapproved, Ron begins selling these drugs to AIDS patients on the streets of Dallas. Partnering with Rayon (Jared Leto), Ron starts a buyer’s club for these unapproved medicines. Charging $400 a month, HIV-positive members are given drugs that are an alternative to the untested AZT that is still in its trial period.

Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto lost a combined weight of over eighty pounds for their roles in this movie. To see Leto’s charac-ter Rayon shakily pull off her dress to see her withered and emaciated body, ravaged by AIDS and spotted with lesions, is painful to watch. The dedication to the story is visible in all the actors. Steve Zahn as a local Dallas police officer with a father suffering from Alzheimers shows the dichotomy of the situation; enforcing the new FDA law against the use of unapproved drugs while employing Woodroof’s peptide T to help his father.

The movie, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, was above all else, a character study. Ron Woodroof’s transformation from a spitting ho-mophobe to his acceptance of the very people that he is helping is mesmerizing to watch. Director of Photography Yves Bélanger shot the movie beautifully, capturing the people and the locations where the movie took place. Writers Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack kept the story alive with captivating dialogue, combining humor with bit-ing reality. And the reality is that the viewer is watching people die.

What the movie had in performance, it lacked in pace. Often times I felt suffocated in a scene. Things moved languidly in the movie, which often proved as no form of forward movement in the story. Woodroof managed to survive seven years after his HIV-positive di-agnosis but the viewer had no handle on such a thing as time in this movie. The movie could very well have taken place inside a six month period.

There is a generational gap within this movie’s ability to be under-stood. To millennials, the HIV virus is mostly seen as a devastating infection and not a reason for ostracization. The stigma put onto AIDS patients is virtually extinct with the understanding that we now have on the infection. The same was not true for those alive during this new epidemic. Fear was widespread as the disease was unknown and proved lethal. This movie showed how little sympathy was given to those suffering. A sense of that shame and stigmatizing is perhaps lost on a lot of the younger audience.


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Photo submitted by Lilli Ann Linford-Foreman

Photo submitted by Emily Carr

Lilli Ann Linford-Foreman

▲ Lilli Ann Linford-Foreman

▲Emily Carr, director of the master of fine arts in creative writing program at OSU-Cascades, has been nominated for a national Pushcart prize in poetry.


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clubs & sportsp

On Feb. 6, Forestry students braved the cold, making their way down to the gymnasium in Mazama to participate in a ropes course class taught by Kurt Killinger, director of Legislative Affairs of Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College. “Ropes courses are designed to have fun and reveal leadership de-velopment in an exciting way,” explained Killinger. Throughout the class, Forestry students participated in team build-ing activities that were led by members of ASCOCC. Each activ-ity was specifically chosen by Killinger to develop leadership skills among students that could be applied in their class and other realms of their lives. “It is a leadership development opportunity for forestry students,” explained James Miller II, a volunteer of ASCOCC who helped con-duct the event. “Our goal is to identify leaders in small groups and develop their skills so they may be inspired to pursue future leader-ship opportunities.”


Leadership Development Course

▲ Students work together to turn the leaf while trying to keep both feet on the leaf if they can.

▲ Students from each team work together to get one marble from scrabble tile to scrabble tile until they get it into the bowl.

▲ The students have to run into the circle and touch the letters in on the order of the alphabet one at a time switching after they touch the

▲ Students work together to hook a rope to the airplane and transfer to the pad, repeating the process until they have gotten to all of the landing pads.

Photos by Vera Holiday | The Broadside

Rugby on Ice

▲ Rugby player Davis Kellar rests after a 2-mile run in the snow.

▲ Patrick Oldham, president of the COCC rugby club, catches a pass.

▲ Rugby player Basevi Adamo practices passing in the falling snow.

▲ Trevor Prayter passes to teammate Levi Penter during a passing exercise.

▲ Patrick Oldham passes to Mark Troxel in an exercise with the rugby team.

Photos by Scott Greenstone | The Broadside

▲ Even college closure and a snowstorm could not keep the rugby team from practicing on Feb. 7. After Coach Woody Bennett sent the team on a two-mile run, they came back and practiced passing and tackling for over an hour.


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Rosalinda CorningThe Broadside

You are in college and the days of gym pe-riod and exercise

class are behind you. No one is checking your P.E. atten-dance anymore. But staying away from exercise completely could keep you from getting a degree.

Exercise is one of the most important aspects for student health and success, according to Kathy Bowen, a personal trainer in Bend.

“It is important for students of any age to get in exercise time,” said Bowen. “That’s why physical exercise classes are required in middle and high school and why colleges have exercise classes as a require-ment for most diplomas.”

Allie White is a student at Central Oregon Community College who works at least an hour of exercise into her schedule four times a week. She does this by participating in Total Fit, a Health and Hu-

man Performance class offered at COCC, working out in the Mazama gym and practicing karate, which she’s been doing for six years.

“It can be hard to fit in ex-ercise time if I have a lot of homework because it’s a lower priority,” White said.

However, the availability of

the Mazama gym and the HHP classes are both helpful tools to stay fit, according to White.

Regular physical exercise helps reduce stress, keep your

brain alert and improve over-all health. These are all impor-tant benefits that will improve student academic success and start building good habits for the future, according to Bow-en.

“Central Oregonians are fortunate enough to have so many local options for people who want to get fit,” Bowen said. “There are many gyms, a couple of public pools, and of course several hiking and bik-ing trails.”

Students in Central Oregon have access to many fitness opportunities, including HHP classes offered at COCC, com-munity classes, and workout equipment available in Maza-ma or local gyms. Last but not least, anyone can work out on their own by walking, biking, running, swimming and much more with Central Oregon as the backdrop.


Stay fit and keep your 4.0: How your brawn can help your brain

Broadside file photo▲ Many colleges have exercise classes as requirements.

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