Hold on: Campaign season isn’t over just yet – not at Mt. Hood. MHCC will hold its first election in three years for student body president and vice president over the next three weeks, culminating with an online student vote ending Dec. 2. The fast-moving process was announced Nov. 10 by Rozina Lethe, student leadership and engagement coordinator who oversees the Associated Students (student government) of Mt. Hood, formally the ASMHCC. Two candidates apiece will square of

7 November 2022 With the last week’s downpours (not to mention the forecast for political storms ahead), it’s hard not to feel like staying in bed and hibernating until the sun rises again. But to do that would mean missing a very active season of transitions, movements, and arrivals in our natural world. As the snow level drops, some birds, like Varied Thrush, are pushed into the valley. Last week, our intrepid F240 ecology students [Natural Resources Ecology] watched a floc

Aurora Myers, or “Rory,” is a writer for the Advocate who predominantly works on the arts and entertainment section and someone who has shown amazing leadership skills and a fun personality, and who was amazing to work with this term. I’m really glad to have gotten to know them! Q) What made you want to join The Advocate? A) I’ve always had a deep interest in journalism and wanted to use that interest to get involved with the school more, other than just being a student. When

It’s almost summer, Saints, and there are many entertainment events coming in the next few months: · Kraftwerk will bring their 3-D tour to the Arlene Schnitzer Hall at 8 p.m. on July 8. · The Moda Center will be hosting Machine Gun Kelly and Maroon 5 on July 21 and July 30, respectively. · On Aug. 1, Tones and I will perform at the McMenamin’s Crystal Ballroom. · Sante Fe Klan will also visit the Moda Center in the Theater of the Clouds, at 8 p.m. on Aug. 3.

If you’ve passed a line of picketers on Southeast Hogan Road, you’ll notice the amount of people there striking against Cannabis Nation’s lack of a union for their agricultural facility employees. As someone interested in labor/union issues, I decided to investigate the strike further. The picketers have chosen the UFCW Local 555 (United Food and Commercial Workers) as their union of choice. Although this union does recognize agricultural workers, the National Labor Relations

Mt. Hood Community College has a lot of incredible students, but one that really stood out this year was Eddy Calel. A senior at Reynolds High school, he has also been taking classes at MHCC since his freshman year and is getting ready to go to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, majoring in mechanical engineering. “I was ahead for a long time in math in middle school and high school,” Calel said. Because Reynolds did not offer an AP Calculus class, he attended one at

Closing out the month of May, this a final piece on Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, honoring those who paved the way for all of us to have a better life than we would’ve had in our countries of origin. We are no longer Asian Americans; due to our ancestors’ sacrifices over the centuries, we are now known simply as Americans. Aloha means hello, goodbye, and “I love you.” Taste of Aloha is translated into “taste of love” – and today our journey takes us to t

Eid al-Fitr is an Islamic holiday on the first day of the month of Shawwal, which marks the end of Ramadan. It is one of the Muslim holidays, and the other is called Eid al-Adha, which is one of the days of Hajj, the tenth day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah. Muslims celebrated the first Eid al-Fitr in Islam in the second year of the Hijrah, after fasting the first Ramadan in that year (the Hijrah being the year prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina, to escape persecut

As of today, April 7, 2022, I have started on my journey for Hormone Replacement Therapy. I have thought long and hard about this decision for months now, and to overcome my body dysphoria I have decided that this is the best choice for me, personally. That said, there is no right or wrong way to be transgender. You don’t need surgery or HRT to feel happy as you are, and anyone who thinks different has a problem. Trans people do not need politicians, peers, or family speaking

America amazes us with its unique cultural diversity that combines innovation and originality. Many local and international cultural and entertainment events are held that attract tourists from around the world, trying to get to know American society closely. The hobby of motorcycle riding is highly popular and finds many audiences for it, part of the culture of American society that is emerging today and that attracts lovers of this vehicle from all over the world. A motorcy

This month at The Advocate, we’re exploring history, stories and people in our community during Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month in Oregon. And if you visit the Learning Success Center/AVID center or the Room 1451 computer lab on the MHCC campus, you may see the person featured here, Karuna Rai. Karuna is always willing to help those that have questions about either facility and can even in some instances give a little tutoring. She works at the computer lab und

It’s the time of year; the “Merry Month of May,” that (usually) means spring is here – but it’s also officially Asian American/ Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This closer look features the history of the most overlooked and most times, forgotten, past of our Asian and Pacific Islander citizens’ migration, which would eventually lead to Portland’s rich and diverse population. For starters, a centuries-long series of events lead to the building of Pacific Northwest railroads

Portland Saturday Market It would seem we are finally seeing the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, which we have endured for the longest two years of our lives. As I walk through the neighborhoods and communities in and around Portland, I am becoming increasingly hopeful that our time with COVID is coming to an end – a gradual end, but an end, nonetheless. I see the cherry blossoms bursting to life as our spring has come upon us, serving as hope that we are finally ge

When was the last time you saw a magazine headline that read “50-year-old woman looks stunning in red dress” or “man publishes award-winning novel at 65”? It is not a secret that modern America idolizes youth culture, although it is often not talked about or viewed as problematic. We are bombarded by images that portray youth as sexy, fun, and cool, every single day. Most everybody in the media, whether a politician, an actress, or a music artist, has most likely had some fo