Kyle Long The Advocate It’s been more than two years since the last election of the Associated Student government leaders at Mt. Hood. With COVID no longer holding students back from attending in-person classes, more are coming to campus. And, as such, the lack of food options and difficulty in accessing student resources such as Barney’s Pantry boxes has become more apparent. With a new election ending Friday (Dec. 2), a candidate forum was held Nov. 17 in the Fireplace Gal

Martin Kay The Advocate As everything else is slowing down for the holidays – people are visiting with friends and family, and eating a few extra desserts – a unique group of athletes is preparing for their annual world championship, where they will use complex dance routines, gymnastics, and a variety of signature moves designed to fascinate and command your attention. This January, more than 100 professional sign spinners, who have previously qualified from a group of over

MHCC has closed outside water fountains and water bottle fill stations around the Gresham campus until warmer weather in the spring. Students and staff can still get a drink and fill water bottles at the following locations: In the Academic Center – inside the Library, the Library mezzanine, the College Theatre, the Student Union, and any break room. In Applied Tech – there are six locations for fountains and bottle filling. In the HPE lobby and the Aquatics lobby.

The Teaching and Learning Center will be hosting an adventure-themed hybrid event on Monday, Nov. 28 from noon to 1 p.m. Students can attend the event in person in the TLC (Room 2553) or via Zoom. Volunteer climbing ranger Josh Stratman will be speaking about his 28-day stint with the National Park Service in Alaska in 2019. He will be showing photos and passing around equipment as he discusses the process of climbing Mount Denali and all the endeavors his team embarked on wh

The Advocate is hiring for Winter Term! No experience necessary for paid positions on campus! Who we are: The Advocate is a fully independent student publication that is funded by your student fees and our own advertising sales. We report on issues that impact the student body online at advocate-online.net and in print around campus. Who can apply: Any MHCC student can work at the Advocate — no experience necessary! Why you should apply: Working with our team is a great

The Advocate is holding a Donation Drive this holiday season, to benefit Barney’s Pantry. Barney’s Pantry is an emergency food resource created by students for students. It provides emergency food services, education, and other resources so that MHCC students can reach their education goals. The Advocate will be collecting items for our Donation Drive through Friday, Dec. 9 – last day of Fall Term classes. All of our donations will be delivered to Barney’s Pantry during th

Welding student, Tyler Whaley, gets feedback from MHCC instructor. Photos by Martell Meacham I really enjoy writing about people and their art or their creativity… everyday people and their everyday positive accomplishments. But what I really like to write about is people, places, and things that make this world a better place. Whenever I interview an MHCC staff member, an instructor, or a coach, my biggest questions always rotate around “What is it you do to help the student

Note from the Editor: The following candidate biographies were prepared by the ASMHCC candidates themselves and are published here as they were provided to the Advocate. Cheyenne Winchell Cheyenne Winchell, running for ASMHCC President. I, Cheyenne Winchell, am running for Student Body President. As someone who has held leadership positions in both academic and workplace environments, I will use my experience and communication skills to support, advocate and empower the stude

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

Joshua Ray. In recognition of Veterans Day on Nov. 11, the Advocate is featuring some veterans and services provided to them at Mt. Hood Community College. Appropriately, the Veteran Services office on the Main Mall of the Gresham campus is headed by coordinator Joshua Ray, who is a decorated U.S. Army vet with a combat tour in Iraq. He is no stranger to danger. To give you a little more background on Ray, we must travel back in time to 2003 when America declared war on the I

Photo of Barney’s Pantry at the MHCC Gresham campus by Martell Meacham. Mt. Hood offers crucial support for students in need, through essential supplies distributed by Barney’s Pantry. Currently, here’s a list of items needed in the pantry – donations are encouraged. Items we really go through quickly cookiescrackersnutschips/ fruit snackspasta saucepeanut buttercanned souptuna (we need a LOT of tuna) Staple items canned beanscanned veggiescanned fruitmac ‘n cheeserice **We

A meeting of the Mt. Hood Community College District Board of Education will be held on Monday, Nov. 14, with a Board work session at 6:00 p.m. held via Zoom. The board agenda is attached and will be posted to the board website at https://www.mhcc.edu/BoardAgendas/.The Zoom connection information is listed below: Please click URL to join Zoom Webinar https://mhcc.zoom.us/j/97591406293?pwd=azJLRGZmMlhnWVNwMU5RZ2RXN05MUT09 Join by Phone: 1-669-900-6833 (San Jose) or 1-253-215

After a few years’ hiatus, the annual Holiday Sale is returning to Mt. Hood this autumn with an array of exciting new crafts. Shoppers will find a variety of bowls, mugs, and other ceramic gifts, as well as jewelry, drawings, and prints. Sponsored by the student-run Clay Club, the sale runs 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. four straight days, Dec. 5-8, inside the Visual Arts Gallery on the MHCC campus. All items have been crafted by students whose skills range from beginners to professional

Roxanne Richardson has been hired as the new executive assistant to the Mt. Hood president’s office and the Mt. Hood District Board of Education. She arrived on Monday, Nov. 7, with 19 years of experience at Portland Community College, working with international student programs and teaching part-time. She has also served as an office manager and owned and operated her own business. She holds two degrees from Portland State University: a bachelor’s degree in social science an

Web photo. Want to pounce on super-discounted tickets for Marvel’s latest blockbuster movie? The student body government at Mt. Hood (ASMHCC) has bought out a whole movie theater for currently enrolled Saints students to see the much-anticipated “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” on the big screen – right across the street! Any student who donates at least $1 or two cans of food (suggested) to Barney’s Pantry (inside the MHCC Student Union, Room AC1051) by Friday, Nov. 18, will

(From left) Sarah Aimone, Lane Lannigan, and Hayden Blanchard. Photo by Jennifer Wilhoite / the Advocate Mt. Hood students have a great team ready to help them with their studies, and more. AVID – known as Advancement Via Indvidual Determination – and the Learning Success Center staff space are set up in Room 1451 on the Main Mall of the Gresham campus. This is a summary of the information, services and resources provided in the AC1451 computer lab, plus a profile of some of

Janet Campbell is the sole full-time faculty in Political Science. Web photo Advocate: Talk about the three-way race for governor [between Tina Kotek (D), Christine Drazen (R), and Betsy Johnson (“NAF” or unaffiliated)] – recent polls show a virtual tie between Kotek and Drazen, with Johnson far behind. What outcome do you see? Campbell: I am not even going to predict whether the Democrat or Republican will win. It’s really, really, neck-and-neck. It depends, really, who turn

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

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