Image sourced from istockphoto.com Summer is upon us! Soon we will be loving the long days and short nights – especially those of us with air conditioning at home, or who live in basements where the temperatures stay cool for sleeping. For those of us who lack these amenities, here are some tips and tricks for keeping your house cool when the temperatures become too hot to handle. Most notably, staying ahead of the heat is always best. So, if you can plan for it, here is an e

If you currently have no plans for summer, change that: Now you do! It is my pleasure to serve you the dates of an eclectic blend of summer concerts coming to Portland and across Oregon & environs. Venue Key: MC: Moda Center, WB: Wonder Ballroom RT: Roseland Theater MS: Mississippi Studios Beyond Wonderland at the Gorge Gorge Amphitheatre Sat.-Sunday, June 22-23 Ages: 18+ Why not kick off the first week of summer break with an EDM festival? Mojo Family Fest 2024 Red Mud Ranc

If there’s one frustration that I think the majority can relate to it’s… d-d-d-dating. Think about how many times you, friends, and family have expressed the absolute frustration in online dating. So many people, myself included, won’t STFU about it. Tinder, Bumble, Grindr, Hinge, Her, Coffee Meets Bagel, Plenty of Fish to name a few of the popular apps! I’m far from Carrie Bradshaw; I’m not smokin’ a Marlboro light in my upper Eastside apartment thinking the “I couldn’t help

The Sandy River is a hotspot for people wanting to escape the upcoming summer heat. With freezing-cold water from the high glaciers on Mount Hood, it seems like the perfect getaway. But don’t let the look of the river fool you, because it can be deadly. On May 16, the Corbett Fire District, along with the Gresham Fire Department and Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, teamed up to showcase some of the lifesaving equipment they have and warn people about the dangers of swimming

After a hard-fought weekend of game-securing (game-clinching?) home runs and crucial strikeouts, the Mt. Hood softball team is the 2024 Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) champions – the Saints’ second title in three years. This journey was by no means easy, with a few close games and, as expected, some large wins for the team. The Saints’ playoff path started on Thursday, May 16, at Delta Park in north Portland. In their first game at 10 a.m., No. 2 tournament seed Mt. Hoo

Photo by Kane Finders With the weather warming up again, the outdoors is getting more and more attractive. And one of my favorite ways to remain active when the weather is nice is to go for walks around the Portland metro area – the kind of accessible walks that everyone can participate in, with a little bit of effort. What this brief guide won’t describe are more challenging wilderness hikes, or particularly lengthy and difficult walks. These are just a couple of my favorite

My husband [Fred Krynen] went to Mt. Hood around 2014-2015 and was in the Mechanical Engineering transfer program. We’d just had our first child and he had been a chef for over 10 years when he decided to earn his GED and create a better life for himself and our family. One day, he picked up The Advocate and read an article about a student who transferred to Stanford. He reached out to the student, also an immigrant, and got advice on how this could be possible, and decided h

Artwork by Devin Singh It has been an amazing year working with The Advocate, being able to contribute to every issue as much as I can. The freedom of bringing in my ideas and having them seen has always given me this feeling that I cannot describe. On top of that, I get to work with the most talented and passionate people who come into a room together to make The Advocate, who are willing to help and give wonderful ideas for the next comic I may draw. I recommend anyone with

Photo sourced from albinamusictrust.com After over twenty years as an employee of Mt. Hood Community College, longtime academic adviser Calvin Walker has retired this spring. I had the opportunity to interview him after his departure, during which I learned about his path through MHCC, his advising philosophy, and how he has seen our school change over the years. Walker worked in several positions during his tenure here, starting in 2003 as a development director for the camp

The Performing Arts department at Mt. Hood Community College put on a Theatre Improv Show the evening of May 23, and it was hilarious. I came in with no expectations and not too much information about what would happen, but I did know that MHCC theatre instructor Zach Hartley had been working very hard all term to teach the improv class students who made up the entire cast of actors for the showcase. One thing I was not expecting with this show was audience participation. We

No matter whether you have great, purposeful ambitions and experiences ahead or are heading into new adventures not by choice, moving on is hard. I have been with The Advocate since January 2023, almost a year and a half, and that is a major part of my life. Roughly 8% of my life up to this point has been spent working with a wonderful team of writers and editors at this college newspaper. My departure is a bittersweet moment as I thoroughly enjoyed my time here working with

About a year and a half ago I found myself at wit’s end. I was at a job that I didn’t enjoy at all, which was slowly and surely destroying my mental and physical health, and I couldn’t see a path forward. After a bit of consideration and with a whole lot of hope, I decided to quit that job and pursue a different path by going back to school full-time. That’s the abridged version of how I found myself in Mt. Hood Community College’s Integrated Media: Video program as a 28-year

I had the pleasure of being able to attend part of the Global Breakfast event on April 30. This was my second time going, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. From the wide variety of food available to guest in the Vista Dining Hall to the dance exhibitions by several different groups, the atmosphere was one that not many places have anymore. It was a breath of fresh air to be in a place where everyone can express their culture and learn about other cultures, too, and be able to

Wini (left) and Alex Benvenuti (right) Most people usually wouldn’t consider going to a mathematics talk as fun, but the Infinite Enrichment series of presentations on the Mt. Hood campus take the fundamental concepts of math you know and use them to create an engaging talk for all who come to learn much more.Put on by the Dead Mathematicians Society, the Infinite Enrichment series normally takes place over several Friday afternoons every Spring Term – from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Photo provided by MHCC Marketing With mental health concerns more openly addressed and far less stigmatized than in the past, there’s been surging interest in the counseling career field. Many students want to be part of helping their community to heal. May is National Mental Health month – so I sat down with Karen Green, MHCC’s Director of the Mental Health, Social Services, Addiction Counseling A.A. Program, to talk about her offerings here at Mt. Hood. As it turns out, Gre

This performance was so beautiful! I was mesmerized by the emotion that was put into the performance. I used to not like jazz, but I’ve always been interested in finding new music and have fallen in love with the art of jazz since last year, when I also attended the festival. Photos by Lindsay Leeman Watching Redman play the saxophone impressed me: I’ve never seen anyone play sax the way he does, and it brought a whole new light to jazz I hadn’t seen before. Cavassa was a del

Photo by Ken Perez The MHCC Theatre program has continued to blow me away, time after time. I have been an audience member for all the productions the program put on for the community this year. And I am very proud of the hard work and passion Zach Hartley brings out in my fellow students. For Spring Term, the MHCC Theatre cast and crew has put together a production of “Everybody,” which was a finalist in the 2016 and 2018 Pulitzer Prize contest for drama. Written by Branden

“[Being a BIPOC adoptee] is a resilience that no one asked for.” – S. Loecker (she/they) Hi, I’m Kira. I am a Korean, transracial adoptee from Montana. In my thirty-something years, I have never thought to openly discuss my adoption story or its unsolicited mental health baggage. Thinking about it, no one has asked. I don’t blame them. It’s personal but also seems odd, given (almost) everyone is getting curious about exploring their mental health. Even so, the adoptee experie

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Debuting on April 10, Amazon released its hit streaming show “Fallout,” which revolves around the long standing game franchise of the same name. Graphic by Cortlan Souders Taking place in Los Angeles of 2296 – 219 years after the bombs dropped during the great war of 2076 – the show follows the paths of Lucy MacLean, Maximus, and The Ghoul. Lucy, a bright-eyed and happy-go-lucky dweller from Vault 33, has spent all her life underground. Her life turns for the worse when raide