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STORIES:•Neverrunoutofmoneyagain,(pg.7)

•Collegefoodserviceintherunningforreplacement,(pg.3)

•Givingbybuying,(pg.6)

•Historyclubtobringthepasttolife,(pg.15)

•Steppingintothespotlight:VanceWirts,HomeBrewer(pg.11)

FinalistsforCOCCpresidentannounced

Scott GreenstoneThe Broadside

The college is about to decide who will lead the next stage of development. The new residence hall, drop in enrollment and other challenges and opportunities

for Central Oregon Community College will come to this man or woman’s desk.

The COCC presidential search committee announced their three finalists for the position on Jan. 31, 2013. The fi-nalists are Dr. Patrick Lanning, vice president of Chemeke-ta Community College, Dr. Sheila Ortego, interim president of Pima Community College in Arizona, and Dana Young, president of Treasure Valley Community College.

Info and bios provided by COCC Public Relations:Bruce Abernethy, chair of the COCC Board of Direc-

tors, said he was very pleased with the search process thus far, and with the three finalists.

See FINALISTS, page 4

▲ Dana Young, president of Treasure Valley Commu-nity College.

▲ Dr. Sheila Ortego, in-terim president of Pima Com-munity College in Arizona.

▲ Dr. Patrick Lanning, vice president of Chemeketa Community College.

JuniperHallseesrecord-highoccupancyforwinterterm

Prinevillecampusgrantexpires,takingawayclass“cushion”

Junnelle HogenThe Broadside

The campus just made a record for maintaining a full Juniper Hall. As of winter term, Central Or-egon Community College saw large percentages

of returning and new students living in the residence hall.

In the past, COCC has witnessed a drop of residence hall students as the school year progresses. But not this year. Seventy-nine percent of students returned for winter term, which is an anomaly, according to Gordon Price, the director of Student Life.

“Sometimes we’ll get down to 70 percent, 65 percent or half of our students leaving,” Price said. “It’s really encouraging to see the students stay from term to term. We want that consistency and sustainability.”

There is a reason why high occupancy rates at the col-lege are maintained. Students who decide to stay sign a full-year contract, and those who leave Juniper Hall in the middle of the school year are required to pay cancel-lation fees.

See OCCUPANCY, page 3


The grant that kickstarted Prineville campus expired in September. But after four years of growth in en-rollment, the campus is in a position to continue on

without the grant, according to Suzie Kristensen, Prineville campus administrator.

The campus, 200 students strong now, was opened in 2009 with help from a national grant obtained by Crook County, Kristensen said.

“The Broadband Technology Opportunity Program grant ended June 30,” Kristensen said. “We applied for and re-ceived an extension that carried us through to the end of September.”

The grant subsidized under-enrolled COCC classes in Prineville, so small classes would not have to be cancelled because of low enrollment. Now that the grant has expired, that subsidy is gone.

“Now there’s no cushion,” Kristensen said. “So if a class does not meet minimum enrollment, it will be cancelled.”

The good news, Kristensen said, is that the campus has not had many classes that actually needed subsidies, so the grant expiring will only impact a few students.

See Prineville, page 5

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HowOSU-Cascadesisgoingtogrowwhilestayingsmall,(pg.8&9)

Dronepilotprogrampreparesfortakeoff(pg. 4)

YearoftheHorsegallopsintoCOCC(pg.6)

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College food service in the running for replacement

Junnelle HogenThe Broadside

Food options at the college cafeteria and cafe could be changing, as the current

five-year food contract is running out. Central Oregon Community College is starting to look at other options as its current provider, So-dexo, may not be chosen next year.

In the summer of 2009, COCC signed up with Sodexo when the food service provided a winning bid over the previous provider, High Desert Food Service. Now, the current food supplier only has a little while to continue, according to Herb Baker, the food service di-rector at COCC.

"It's going to be running out at the end of this [school] year," Bak-er said. "Right now we're looking at future options."

Sodexo may continue with the college, but for now, potential re-placements are being discussed. The college put out a request for information to see what options are available, said Julie Mosier, the purchasing coordinator for COCC.

"As of July first, we will need to have a new contract," Mosier said. "It's an open solicitation, so any food company can submit a pro-posal. We issued on the 17th and it's scheduled to close on the 26th."

Already, several food services are expected to be in the running. Bon Appétit and several other

small food entities around Cen-tral Oregon provide services that might outbid Sodexo. As of now, at least two other food services are expected to bid against the current provider.

The competition is healthy, ac-cording to Baker.

"When it's a publicly-owned en-tity they have to put things out for bid to make it fair for everybody," Baker said.

The expiration of the current contract could open new doors, ac-cording to Mosier.

"The point of an open solicita-tion is to allow all the vendors to have the opportunity to show what they can do," Mosier said.

A changing cafeteria provider could impact the future of the cam-pus' net benefits. With the current Sodexo contract, COCC is in a profit-and-loss position. While this means that the food service agrees to run the cafeteria and coffee shop with pre-existing conditions, there are also downsides, accord-ing to Baker. Busy school days net a larger benefit, but holidays and summertime are costly to the cam-pus. Though only the coffee shop is kept open for summertime food options, it can still negate the ben-efits of a busy rush.

Price-wise, the current system can be concerning, according to Baker.

"This is very thin ice, as far as making profits," Baker said. "Be-ing closed one day can put us in the red."

While COCC is still in the midst of receiving replies from the initial request for informa-tion, a process is being devel-oped for the future. In February, the college will be collecting the information of interested parties, then asking questions and receiv-ing bids.

The college has strict guide-lines to find the new provider, Baker explained.

"It's bidding that explains, 'This is what we want done, these are the rules, this is what

we have, this is what you're go-ing to have to pay for,'" Baker said. "The food service compa-nies come up with something they think would be good, and the college decides which one they'd rather go for."

The competitors will only have a few months to submit their bids before the approved food service is announced. COCC plans to send award no-tices at the end of March. The Board of Directors will have an opportunity to voice their sup-

port or opposition in the April meeting.

While this does leave room for change in both the system and the services of COCC's cafeteria and cafe, Mosier believes it is impor-tant to consider other food options.

"I don't have any expectations to what's going to happen, but my hope is that we get several propos-als," Mosier said. "It will end up being whoever has the best pro-posal."

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OCCUPANCY, from page 1

The new record at Juniper Hall is also due to incoming stu-dents, according to Paul Wheel-er, the director of Residence Life.

"We had a large number of new students coming in to start winter term, which had our num-bers come to an all-time high mark," Wheeler said. "It's some-thing that grabbed our attention this year."

COCC students might be pushed to stay at the residence hall due to a lack of available apartments. With a slight eco-nomic upturn, Bend has been in demand for more housing, and COCC students may be taking the brunt of that, according to Wheeler.

"We do hear a lot from parents and students that it is really dif-ficult to find apartments or rent-als," Wheeler said. "I think students choose to live in the residence hall for at least the first year to get their bearings with Central Oregon, Bend and the college - and have that year to find a rental."

Currently, only four com-munity colleges in the state of Oregon - Southwestern Or-

egon, Treasure Valley, Coos Bay and COCC - have resi-dence halls. Price believes that this gives COCC an advantage in gaining student enrollment.

"The amount of community colleges with student hous-ing is comparatively small to four-year universities, most of which have a residence pro-gram," Price said. "But there's a trend nationally that more community colleges are mov-ing that way, so I think we're on the cutting edge."

The news about high winter occupancy levels came right in time for the board's decision to build a new residence hall, ac-cording to Wheeler.

"We've been publishing statis-tics for years, and every year we see that our occupancy numbers, our return rates, and our aca-demically-related numbers have progressively gone up," Wheeler said. "I think that information being provided to the board and decision-makers lends some as-sistance to the process."

Price also thinks the informa-tion helped contribute to the new residence hall being approved.

"We looked at the numbers at Juniper Hall when we were

planning a new residence hall: What that would mean, and how we would adjust so we could keep our students term to term," Price said. "Seeing numbers at that level was a great indication that students do want to stay in the resi-dence hall."

There are other factors that could contribute to the high oc-cupancy levels at Juniper Hall. Being close to classes and ca-reer interests can be a priority for some students, and while COCC is a community college, residence life can still lend a charm, according to Price.

"[Students] get that social taste they may find at a four-year university: The [resident assistants], getting to know other students,” Price said. “Some stu-dents choose community col-leges economically, but they're also choosing that social aspect, which community colleges lack and are trying to offer."

As the new residence hall forms part of COCC’s future, fill-ing the more-than-tripled amount of living space will be a priority.

Outside factors may detract from this effort. If future students choose to go straight to Central

Oregon's developing four-year uni-versity, OSU-Cascades, residence numbers for COCC might go down.

Nevertheless, the high rate of on-campus students should spell out continued success, according to Wheeler.

"People that contact us say a lot of times that the reason

they're choosing COCC is be-cause we have a residence hall," Wheeler said. "[Also] we have a lot of students from out-of-state staying here. When the new housing is created, it will hopefully expand that reach."


▲During the busy hours of the day Gary Johnson and other Sodexo chefs still insure that customers are satisfied with the food and services.

Photos by Cullen Taylor | The Broadside

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Molly SvendsenThe Broadside

If the unmanned aerial vehicle industry is going to take off, it needs to have pilots.Currently COCC offers an in-

troductory unmanned aerial vehicle course and will have a second sim-ulation-based class for students by spring 2014. Currently UAVs are not used in domestic airspace with the exception of government pro-grams, according to Karl Baldessa-ri, director of the aviation program. However, American companies currently train pilots for foreign op-erations.

By 2015, the Federal Aviation Authority is required to create an implementation program to begin using UAVs in American airspace, according to Baldessari.

“We know what the UAVs will look like and the skills required to operate them,” Baldessari said.

“We are getting closer to the point where we will get permission to have airspace for UAVs.”

The first class in UAVs teaches the background and history of and the second class uses simulation to teach students how to coordinate and control UAVs, according to Bean.

“Similar to the general aviation program, in the UAV degree, stu-dents are given the opportunity to actually fly UAVs on a test range,” Bean said. “They are able to actu-ally practice flying UAVs through contracts we have in the commu-nity with our program.”

Job opportunities within the fieldWith federal regulations being

created, job opportunities relat-ing to UAVs will steadily increase over the next ten years, according to Bean.

“The UAV is a new industry that will provide job opportunities for multiple areas and people,” Bean said. “Employment opportunities relating to this field are actually re-ally high.”

One of the areas UAVs can be used is with Search and Rescue.

“With Search and Rescue, UAVs can be sent out and can be used to find people because of infrared sensors that detect heat sources,” Bean said. “This same idea is used in fire detection. If you are flying a helicopter over a fire and lose the engine, you aren’t walking away.”

UAVs can be particularly help-ful in eastern Oregon where there are large cattle ranches, according to Bean.

“UAVs can be used to fly over the entire range and count cattle which can be difficult with just

a helicopter,” Bean said.

Regulations from the FAA are still yet to be determined, how-ever there are indica-tions that they could require UAV opera-tors to hold a pilots license, according to Baldessari.

“Pilots understand being connected to what happens out there relating to weather,” Baldessari said. “That knowl-edge is still critical when controlling a UAV. If this is an in-dustry that is going to take off we have to have people who can operate the vehicles.”

The 2013-15 leg-islative budget allo-cated approximately $900,000 to create the Unmanned Aerial Systems Center of Excellence. It is pro-posed that that cen-ter would include a flight-test site located in Central Oregon.

“If this is an in-dustry that is going to take off we have to have people who can operate the vehicles,” Bean said.

In the meantime, the UAV degree op-tion at COCC gives students inter-ested in aviation a variety as far as specifically what they will study.

“UAVs provide an alternative

especially for students who may not have resources to fund their desire to be a professional pilot because it is no small undertaking especially

when relating to finances,” Baldes-sari said.

(Contact: [email protected])▲Karl Baldessari, director of the COCC aviation program.


COCC goes unmanned: Bringing the software side of aerial vehicles to the aviation program

MCT Campus

Vera Holiday | The Broadside

▲At the University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center Dr. Reza Ehsani and Joe Mari Maja look at their “crop copter” on July 18, 2011, in Lak Alfred, Florida. The unmanned aerial vehicle could give citrus farmers a cheap aerial view of their orchards to spot trees in distress from insects and other problems.

FINALISTS, from page 1

Dr. Patrick LanningLanning is a native of Prineville and graduate of Crook County High School. Prior to his current roles, he served as the associ-ate vice president for instruction at Lane Community College. He started at Lane in 1992 as a faculty member before moving into department chair and divi-sion chair roles, supporting and leading music, dance and theater arts; art and graphic design; and health, human performance and athletics. During his tenure at Lane and Chemeketa, he devel-oped new academic programs, provided enrollment manage-ment leadership by working with faculty, staff and deans to foster strategic enrollment growth as well as increase student reten-tion, dual credit enrollment and graduation rates, with an em-phasis on establishing a college-going culture among first-gener-ation and populations of poverty.

Dr. Lanning earned his bach-elor’s degree in psychology and master’s degree in interdisciplin-ary studies from the University of Oregon, and a doctoral degree in community college leadership from Oregon State University.Dr. Sheila OrtegoDuring her 30-year career at Santa Fe Community College, Dr. Ortego held a number of ad-ministrative positions and served as an adjunct instructor in the area of humanities, teaching both in person and online. She says she practices an “open, trans-parent and inclusive leadership style” and believes in empow-ering faculty and staff through professional development and leadership training. While at SFCC, she led the campus in at-taining full accreditation under the Academic Quality Improve-ment Program (AQIP) model, launched the Achieving the Dream and other student suc-cess initiatives, and worked with her team to address the region’s

workforce and economic devel-opment needs through significant improvements and expansions in the health and sciences and trades and technologies fields. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English and master’s and doc-toral degrees in American stud-ies from the University of New Mexico.Dana YoungYoung has a progres-sive 25-year community college career track that includes senior adminis-trative positions of vice president of student and enrollment services at Blue Mountain Commu-nity College in Pendleton, Oregon (1999-2003) and vice president for student affairs at Northwest Col-lege in Powell, Wyoming (2003-10), prior to being named president at Trea-sure Valley in 2010. She is a first-generation col-lege graduate and says

she is “deeply committed to the mission and open access philoso-phy of community colleges” and considers them to be one of the nation’s most valuable assets. Young earned a bachelor’s de-gree in business/economics from Eastern Oregon University and

a master’s of business adminis-tration from Portland State Uni-versity. She is currently working on her doctoral degree in com-munity college leadership, from Colorado State University.

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Prineville, from page 1

The change will not set the college back because of good preparation, according to Shir-ley Metcalf, dean of extended learning at COCC.

“We knew it was going to end,” Metcalf said. “We’ve been planning so that we have been able to continue.”

This is not the first time lack of money has affected the Prineville campus. In 2003, the college closed the Prinev-ille center they were renting,

according to Matt McCoy, vice president for administration at COCC.

This was when the state took back 16 percent of all money they had allotted to community colleges for the biennium, Mc-Coy said.

“At that time, when we an-nounced that we were closing the center, we committed to coming back on a permanent basis,” McCoy said. “In es-sence, the determination was made that when, not if, we re-opened in Prineville, we would

seek to make it a permanent presence.”

This was made a reality in 2009, when bond measures passed at the state level gave COCC enough to go in with Crook County, OSU and a few local partners to buy a building.

“COCC responds to the de-mand for programming,” Mc-Coy said. “So as demand grows, our programming should ex-pand to meet demand.”

And the demand is grow-ing, partly because students in

Prineville can receive their full Associate of Arts Oregon Trans-fer Degree at the Prineville cam-pus, according to Kristensen.

“That’s the only one we cur-rently offer solely,” Kristensen said. “It’s really a great oppor-tunity to complete your degree without going out of the county.”

Kristensen often talks to stu-dents who could not get their degree if Prineville wasn’t an op-tion.

“Many students in Prinev-ille can’t commute to Bend,”

Kristensen said. “Some main hurdles are childcare, trans-portation, a job and family commitments.”

COCC is proud of the fact that they have provided oppor-tunities for these students, ac-cording to Metcalf.

“It’s been great to give our students in Crook County a degree that they don’t have to leave home [to get],” Metcalf said.


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Rosalinda CorningThe Broadside

By buying for yourself or a friend, you can also contribute to a cuase.

Fortunately, Central Oregon has many options for doing just that.

One of these options is 541 Threads, located in down-town Bend. 541 Threads sells clothing and accessories for men and women, and for each shirt purchased, five meals are donated to local food bank Neighborhood Impact.

“It started as a hobby with one shirt design,” said Patrick Wurtz, co-founder of 541 Threads, “and we now have over 50 designs.”

541 Threads works with Neighborhood Impact and oc-casionally joins with statewide and national efforts to feed the hungry. Over 30,000 meals have been served in the last three years on behalf of the efforts of 541 Threads.

A similar organization that operates on a global level is Sevenly, a weekly cause acti-vation platform that helps raise funding and awareness for a specific cause.

Sevenly offers limited edi-tion products that are available online for seven days, and for each product sold, seven dol-lars is donated to that week’s cause. Past campaigns have included helping orphans, pro-

viding clean water, feeding the hungry and working against human trafficking.

Yet another option is pur-chasing a HydroFlask. Hy-droFlasks are insulated, high-quality flasks created by the HydroFlask company, which was launched in Bend in 2009. For each purchase, customers have the opportunity to donate five percent of the net profit to any one of 12 charities.

“I bought HydroFlasks for all of my family members at Christmas this year,” said Ju-lie Young, a former student at Central Oregon Community College. “I really liked being able to give them something that I knew was a quality prod-uct and that they would use ev-ery day. The fact that I was able to donate to a cause at the same time was a definite bonus.”


Giving by buying in Bend

For each shirt purchased from 541Threads, five meals are donated to Neighborhood Impact.

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Over 29,000 meals have been donated through customer support since 541 Threads opened.

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Year of the horse gallops to COCCThe Broadside

The year of the snake slithered away from the Central Oregon Commu-nity College campus on Jan. 30, as

the Flying Tiger Lion Dancers performed at the Campus Center.

The Chinese New Year is celebrated for three days starting on Jan. 31, the first new moon of the calendar year. This year is the Year of the Horse. The horse is associated with energy, straightforwardness and witti-ness, according to the Chinese zodiac.

Performers Thue Le, Phong Le, Phillip Dang and Preston Dang from Flying Tiger Lion Dancers in Portland Oregon treated the audience to a performance with martial arts demonstrations and dancing dragons. In

addition to the performances, Chinese food was served by Sodexo and several game boards of Xiangqi, or Chinese Chess, were made available to students.

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Photos by Noah Hughes | The Broadside

This simple design was the first for 541 Threads.

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Photos by James Miller II | The Broadside


Rosalinda CorningThe Broadside

Mapping out your mon-ey is the only way to financial success.

So how can you keep planning ahead, save money and not for-get any expenses?

“The college years can be some of the most difficult when it comes to financial success,” said Melissa Jordan, an inde-pendent finance consultant in Bend.

The first step when creat-ing a budget is evaluating your monthly income. Students should include income from jobs as well as assistance from family and the government, ac-cording to Jordan.

“To determine what your monthly income will be, take your net income from the pre-vious three to four months and average it,” Jordan said. While income may be always fluctu-ating, especially if you do not have a steady job or you work for yourself, this is a good place to start, according to Jordan.

The second step of budgeting is planning your expenses and staying within the guidelines you set for yourself.

“The major categories you need to budget for are school

and living expenses, insurance, entertainment and savings,” Jor-dan said. Doing this will help you see where your money is be-ing spent each month and where you can cut back to save money.

Kayla Thomas, a student at Central Oregon Community Col-lege, has a plan to let no expense go unplanned or unrecorded.

“I start by writing down my mandatory monthly expenses, deciding how much I need to save that month, and then al-lowing the rest to be used for non-mandatory expenses, like entertainment or little extras,” Thomas said.

“One of the most important elements of every budget is saving money,” Jordan said. “This needs to be split into

short-term and long-term savings plans.”

Short-term savings in-clude saving for a used car, a deposit on an apartment or a new cell phone. Long-term savings include preparing for large expenses, such as a wedding, the purchase of a first home, graduate school or depositing into a retire-ment savings plan, according to Jordan.

“Planning ahead of time and cutting back on unneces-sary expenses will set you up for long-term financial suc-cess,” Jordan said, “and this will better prepare you for the future.”


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Photos by Cullen Cox | The Broadside

Tunes at Noon is a local artist showcase put on by the Office of Student Life every Wednesday for the remainder of winter term.

Jeffery Pinley put on an hour-long set filled with familiar classical songs and other intriguing pieces.

Illustration by Jeremy Pierce and Vera HolidayIllustration by Jeremy Pierce and Vera Holiday


In 10 years, Oregon State University-Cascades wants to offer 40 degrees. They intend on reaching this goal by adding two to four degrees a year for the next 10 years, according to Danny Cecchini, admissions advisor

at OSU-Cascades.Why so many degrees? OSU-Cascades is shooting for major growth,

Cecchini said.“We’re looking to have a school of 3,500 to 5,000 [students] by 2025, with

5,000 being our goal,” Cecchini said. “We’re at just over 1,000 right now.”In order to reach that number, OSU-Cascades is going to need a 15 percent

enrollment increase every year until 2025. At the same time, they do not want class size to significantly change, Cecchini said.

Why keep class sizes small when growth is the goal?The average class size at OSU-Cascades is currently around 18

students, according to Dr. Marla Hacker, dean of academic programs at OSU-Cascades.

“We expect the majority of our classes will be in the 30 to 40 range,” Hacker said. “We’ll still be considered a very small university by class size.”

As much as small is good, classes too small can be one-dimensional, according to Hacker.

“We have a few classes that are 12 to 15 students,” Hacker said. “If a class is too small, you don’t get enough diversity of opinion and discussion.”

Though it looks big compared to Central Oregon Community College’s classes, a class of 30-40 is considered small in the university world, Hacker said.

To keep the classes small, the university will add programs every year instead of expanding class sizes. Cecchini feels that piece is crucial to keeping the OSU-Cascades experience intact.

“That small, personal feel, that personal touch, is something that sets us aside from other schools,” Cecchini said. “So instead of increasing class size, [we are] increasing class selection and still keeping that small personal feel that, I feel, is one of the best attributes at OSU-Cascades.”

When Hacker taught freshman classes at OSU in Corvallis, she taught classes of 200 three times a week and never met one of her students. Now, she knows professors who are teaching to classes of 350.

“We’re going to stick to the small model,” Hacker said. “It’s part of how we attract faculty. We say ‘do you want to teach to 40 or is

350 more your thing, and for some, 350 is their thing. But a lot of faculty who got into teaching got into it to work with students and make a meaningful impact.”

The “teacher-student connection” is, Hacker feels, a central part of OSU-Cascades.

“You get to know the students,” Hacker said. “Our teachers teach

multiple different classes and some of their students are in more than one of their classes.”

And whereas at a large university a student may

not know anyone in a certain

class, students at OSU-Cascades will often see other students in multiple classes and develop “tight bonds” with them.

“These are the things that really make us stand out as unique,” Hacker said.

What new degrees are coming?The university will start by adding freshman and sophomore years to the

degrees already offered at OSU-Cascades, according to Rebecca Johnson, vice president of OSU-Cascades.

“Right now we offer majors that are general,” Johnson said. “As we grow, we want to break those into specialized programs. … Instead of just having general science, we have social science as well.”

For instance, the university currently offers a business degree with three options: general, international and hospitality management, according to Cecchini. As OSU-Cascades expands, instead of simply offering hospitality management options, they will offer a full degree. The hospitality management degree will potentially start next fall.

“There’s no program for [hospitality management] in Oregon,” Johnson said.

The uniqueness is one of the reasons hospitality management and other “niche” degrees are so important to OSU-Cascades, according to Cecchini.

“A degree that’s full on the east coast might not work [here],” Cecchini said. “We’re taking the time to see what works in Central Oregon.”

To this end, OSU-Cascades did their research on what degrees will work best in Central Oregon, and they went local asking how to shape those degrees.

“We built our degrees as a direct response to what the industry said they needed,” Johnson said. “We asked, ‘What workforce needs do you have?’”

But why all the research? Because OSU-Cascades wants to give students the option of staying in Bend, Cecchini said.

“Not only do we want to graduate students with dynamic degrees,” Cecchini said, “we want them to have the option of staying.”

One of the degrees developed under this process was computer science, Cecchini said.

“We went to the tech industry in Bend and said, ‘We’re starting a computer science degree,’” Cecchini said. “‘What are you looking for from a potential

graduate with this degree?’”This is how the university developed their computer science degree focusing on web and mobile web applications,

Johnson said. The degree, which launched fall 2013, is unique to OSU-Cascades.

Next stepsCecchini encourages students to call enrollment

services at OSU-Cascades and ask about programs they’re interested in, because they could be in development or even on the way. Even if they are not even on the horizon, Cecchini said, OSU-Cascades records and monitors requests about certain programs, so potential student interest could provide a catalyst for a degree program to be


Big in a small way:OSU-Cascades wants to bring 5,000 students by 2025, yet retain the “small, personal feel” that sets them apart

build.“In a

weird way, you could influence future programs the university offers,” Cecchini said.

Interested students can call enrollment services at (541) 322-3100.



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OSU-Cascades’ planned major would let certificate students go beyond AAS

It will save technical students years of study and thousands of dollars. There is nothing like it even at Oregon State University in Corvallis. It’s what Dr. Marla Hacker, dean of academic programs at OSU-Cascades, is most excited about.

“OSU-Cascades is currently developing a Bachelor’s of Applied Science degree,” Dr. Hacker said. “It’s a new major. It’s going to enable students in programs like automotive, pharmacy tech and veterinary tech to earn a bachelor’s degree right here at OSU-Cascades.

Normally, students going through those programs would have to take four years beyond their certificate to complete a bachelor’s degree, but this degree will take coursework completed at Central Oregon Community College and put it toward a four-year.

“OSU doesn’t have a degree like that, Corvallis or OSU-Cascades,” Hacker said. “And it’s led by us right here at OSU-Cascades.”


arts & entertainment

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The winter olympics only come around every four years which is extra cause for celebration. As the world gathers together

in Sochi to participate in the winter games, gather your friends together and have your own celebration while cheering on Team USA.

BYOD- Bring your own dishOne of the biggest stresses of throwing a party

is providing enough food for everyone while being conscious of both allergies and your tight college budget. Skip the stress and have your party be a potluck style meal. Guests can bring what they want to eat and there is no worry about providing enough food. Craving a little creativity with the menu? Add an olympic touch to your meal by having guests bring their favorite dishes from different countries. Like the olympics themselves, the meal will provide an educational element with a taste of each country’s different culture.

Show your team spiritWhether you are rooting for the USA or Italy,

its always fun to show your support of your favorite country. What better way to show your country you care by incorporating their flag colors into what you are wearing. Face paint, scarves, extra fabrics, and silly accessories give you the opportunity to show your support. Cheering on Team USA? Instead of going out to the store to buy a new shirt to connect with your American spirit, look through your closet for your old Fourth of July shirt. After all, having the country being displayed on an international stage gives you a perfectly acceptable excuse to wear your American flag T-Shirt in the middle of winter.

Set the moodMusic is the perfect way to set the mood for

excitement. From “The Eye of the Tiger” by

Survivor to “We are the Champions” by Queen, music has a way of bringing out the olympian in all of us. Get together with your friends to gather fun, upbeat songs that can help get you in the spirit of the olympic games. Be sure to include Team USA’s official 2014 team song, “Everything Will Change” by Gavin Degraw on your party playlist. All purchases of the song will go toward helping Team USA.

Release your inner competitor

Depending on when your party starts, it is likely you will have some time to kill before the opening ceremonies begin. Host your own olympics by playing a series of “Minute to Win It” games such as “Oreo Stack” or “Tissue Toss.” Keep track of the results and reward your winners with small prizes like chocolate gold coins or a five dollar gift card to Starbucks.

Tune in to watch the opening ceremonies

Finally, gather your guests in the living room and kick back as you watch the opening ceremonies. Coverage of the olympic opening ceremonies in Sochi, Russia starts at 7:30 on NBC Feb. 7th.

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Stepping Into the Spotlight Emily Kalei The Broadside

As Bend’s brewing industry continues to grow, entrepreneurs

are tapping into a new art form to develop their businesses: Talented brewers. Vance Wirtz, a Central Oregon Community College student is pursuing an Associates of Arts Oregon Transfer degree in business while he taps into his artistic potential as a home brewer in Central Oregon. Becoming a master brewer takes a lot of time and training, according to Wirtz. Those interested in becoming a brew master must undergo extensive training to learn the artful process of brewing the perfect beer.“Beer making is basically making oatmeal, to be honest,” Wirtz said. “As crazy as that sounds, that’s exactly what

you’re doing.”Brewers take grains and soak them in hot water, allowing the grains to steep. Then, they will collect the sugars and the starches from those grains, which creates the beer in its most basic form as

“wort.” After gathering the wort, hops will be added to the mixture before bringing the solution to a boil. The addition of hops to the mixture creates the bitter taste beer drinkers experience when enjoying a fine-crafted brew, as well as a beer’s distinct aroma. Finally, after a specific amount of time has passed and the work is complete, the hops are removed and the wort is filtered from the liquid and what is left is a homemade crafted beer. Crafting the perfect beer takes time and skill that can only be achieved by extensive training. However, taking the perfect brew from the privacy of a home kitchen and sending it to a public tap can be just as challenging as the process to make the beer itself. “It’s really about who you know,” Wirtz said. “I just got lucky and met the right people who got me excited about brewing and wanted me to take the next step.”

Wirtz’s next step took his ale, “Dasher and Dancer,” from his home to the commercial taps of McMenamin’s Old Saint Francis School in January 2014. “Its been a crazy, fast year,” Wirtz said. “But I still have a long ways to go.” In ten years, Wirtz hopes to own his own business brewing beer and distributing it throughout Central Oregon.“The priority is definitely to brew my own stuff and have my own label,” Wirtz explained.As Wirtz has already experienced in the earlier stages of his career, brewing can be intimidating to tap into. Rejection is an obstacle all brewers will have to experience at some point while developing their craft. However, Wirtz recognizes this obstacle as an opportunity to grow as a brewer and businessman. Utilizing his previous experiences in Central Oregon’s brewing community, Wirtz has developed his own

recipe for success in beer making and life.“As long as you are willing to put the hard work in, you are capable of achieving your goal,” Wirtz said. “Just stick with it and don’t allow any setback or obstacle to stop you from pursuing it.”


Vance Wirtz, Home Brewer

▲ Wirtz is inspired by Bend’s “exciting brewing community.”

▲ “Dasher and Dancer” is described as being malty, sweet and smooth.

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clubs & sportsASCOCC’s club of the week:

Prineville Business ClubA new club for business majors is opening in Prineville, a campus that is currently working on providing an Associate of Science Oregon Transfer degree in business, according to Suzie Kristensen, Prineville campus administrator.

▼ Prineville campus computer lab

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Monday League:1) Friendship 2-02) Knights 2-03) Red Raiders 2-04) Midnight Scorpions 1-15) Thunder from Down Under 1-16) Bobcats 0-27) Excelsior 0-28) Wolverines 0-2

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Announcement from coach Woody Bennett:Practice for the COCC Men’s Rugby Team begins Tuesday, February 4th at 5 p.m. on Mazama Field at COCC.Practice is open to all COCC and OSU-Cascade students.For information please contact Patrick Oldham, club president, at 541 740-5213.

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History Club to bring the past to lifeCooper MalinThe Broadside

Olivia Haro wanted a club that was both academic and intriguing. A club

that could satisfy her interests in the humanities. A place where she and people like her could pursue a common passion: history. In Haro’s words, a place for “people who just love history overall.” And so, Ol-ivia Haro created the history club.

Haro has been an active mem-ber of the Bend branch of the So-ciety for Creative Anachronism for eighteen years now. The Society, as it is commonly referred to as by its members, is a non-profit educa-tional organization which deals in the pre-17th century Western Eu-rope, particularly the Middle Ages and Renaissance Era. It was birthed from a college classroom out of the Bay Area and has many branches throughout the world. It aims to bring people together.

Jessica Hammerman, a history professor at COCC, was recruited by Haro to be the club’s advisor. Hammerman hopes the club will be a place for people to come to socialize and learn about history through lectures from scholars and various professors. The club hopes to work to develop an awareness of the study abroad program and the benefits that travel can have for stu-dents, according to Hammerman.

A base knowledge of history is often perceived as having important dates and facts about events of the past memorized. Haro disagrees and instead sees history as a study into the context of historical hap-penings, and plans to stress that sort of understanding within the club.

“To understand not just the facts about what happened in history but the society. To learn about the peo-ple; what they thought, how they thought, why they thought that,” Haro said.

Hammerman and Haro encour-age students to approach the history club with their own interests in the various epochs of human history.

The future of the club lies in pubs and intergroup connectivity. Possible movie nights with the Psy-chology Club is in the works, where

the study of the mind and the study of the past will merge. A trivia night at one of Bend’s local pubs is also planned. Projects and various other activities dealing in historical con-cepts and events will help all of the club better understand the bigger picture.

The first history club event is on Feb. 15. In partnership with the Society, the history club will be put-ting on a consort feast, with various activities and foods having to deal with the different traditions and be-liefs behind love from cultures of the past.

To learn more and get involved in upcoming history club events, contact Olivia Haro at [email protected].

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▲Jessica Hammerman, faculty History professor, helped form the student-run history club.

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Photo submitted by Olivia Haro▲Olivia Haro is a member of the Society of Creative Anachronism where history comes alive.

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