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EDITORIAL CONSTITUTION BHARGO’S RUN

The Olympian asks why nothing was done A look at the discrepencies in ASOC protocol. Online exclusive investigating the decision to
sooner and who is to blame. Page 4 Page 4 allow Himesh Bhargo to run for office.

Bowers “I’ve never before been fearful of my life. My life has

changed and my life with my family has changed. This is
Student
elected as very difficult.” - Toni Hartsfield, ASOC adviser officers
president ineligible,
BY CHRIS CARTER missing
AND ALEX VINCENT BY ALEX VINCENT
Editor in Chief
After qualification
problems, election issues In the midst of issues
and a repeat of voting, regarding the Executive
Olympic College students Council, one council
have chosen their leaders for member was missing and
the 2009-2010 school year. another was ineligible for
Jonathan Bowers won his position.
the presidential race with Council President David
49 percent of the 247 votes. Hammrich said he found
Second in that race was out part of the way through
current Treasurer Bryan the quarter that his financial
Davis with 34 percent, aid had been lost. Because
and Derek of this he was unable to pay
Martinez tuition and remain enrolled
received 8 in his classes. According
percent of to Toni Hartsfield, director
the votes. of Student Programs and
Nine percent leadership development,
did not vote the Executive Council
immediately convened to
for president
address the situation and
at all.
agreed to allow Hammrich
Thelma JON BOWERS
PHOTO BY TED COPELAND to retainthe position as long
Corbin and Himesh Bhargo Prison and politics. Suspended vice president of judicial affairs appears before a Superior Court judge May 22. as he got the problem fixed.
ran uncontested in their

Student leader pleads not guilty

“There’s always the
races for vice president of possibility that the student
communications and vice government will make
president of judicial affairs exceptions or give people
respectively. Corbin received
83 percent, with 17 percent
not voting. Bhargo received
to harassment, threats to bomb grace,” said Hartsfield.
According to Hammrich,
he had no idea and had
80 percent of the votes, with BY ALEX VINCENT Vannett by MacLennan, the ban from campus been attending classes.
20 percent not voting. AND CHRIS CARTER was issued after it was deemed that Vannett’s Hammrich said he did not

For vice president of
Shelton campus, Shawnie
Balmer won with 45 percent
of the votes. Ashley Brand
received 40 percent of the
votes, and 15 percent of the
students did not vote.
The vice president of
Poulsbo campus position
remains open at this time.
Votes were counted
and re-counted by Toni
Hartsfield, head of Student
Programs and leadership
development, David
Hammrich, Executive
Council president and
students at large Aileen
Arsenio and Monica
Robinson.
See Election Page 3
A
actions “materially and substantially interferes draw a paycheck while
t the end of an election gone wrong, with the personal rights or privileges of others he was ineligible and the
an Olympic College student leader or the educational processes of the college.” problem has been fixed.
was arrested May 21 and remains in The letter of suspension details two voice mails Vice President of
the Kitsap County jail on $50,000 bail. in particular left by Vannett where he allegedly Communications Ryan
Joseph Vannett was arrested and charged indicated that there would be a “blood bath” Shotwell is no longer on
with threats to bomb and harassment following at the following week’s OC Board of Trustees campus and is currently
a series of altercations revolving around the meeting as well as a threat to “blow OC out of in Oregon, according to
recent spring Executive Council elections. the water.” Hammrich. According to
Vannett, vice president of judicial affairs, was MacLennan said that the college did not file Hartsfield,
elected to office in the fall. charges against Vannett and that the Bremerton Shotwell
Police Department made the decision to take resigned
The morning before his arrest, Vannett was
Vannett into custody after conducting interviews verbally
called into a meeting with Vice President of
on and off campus. and gave
Student Services Rick MacLennan and Safety and
the council
Security Supervisor Rocky Wallace to discuss According to police reports, Vannett was
“ s o m e
his conduct on the Shelton campus on May 20 arrested after students and faculty came forward DAVID HAMMRICH
notice.” She
and threatening messages left on the voice mails with threats made by Vannett toward Toni
said she was unsure as to
of several college personnel. Hartsfield, director of Student Programs and the exact date he had left.
Vannett was issued an emergency summary leadership development, and other members of “Verbally he gave us a
suspension and escorted off campus immediately the college campus. date but I am kind of waiting
following the meeting.
According to the suspension served to See Arrest Page 3 for him to put it in writing,”
said Hartsfield.

May 18
-Student government elections
UNUSUAL begin for the 2009-2010 officers.
The Bremerton campus is first.
POLITICS
May 27 May 29
May 20 May 22 9 a.m. - Vannett appears before a 3 p.m. - Jon Bowers
-Voting takes place on Olympic College’s Shelton campus.
-Vannett visits the Shelton campus for a forum and is overheard 3 p.m. - Vannett
Superior Court judge and enters a
plea of not guilty to charges of threats
elected as president. Shawnie
Balmer elected for the sec-
allegedly threatening to, “blow OC out of the water” and that appears before a to bomb. Vannett’s trial date is set for ond time as vice president of
“Toni (Hartsfield) should be shot.”
-Vannett and the Executive Council disagree over the legiti-
Superior Court judge
for a “preliminary
July 13.
-OC begins second round of elections.
Shelton. Bhargo and Thelma
Corbin win their positions
macy of the election. appearance.” Bhargo reinstituted on the ballot. unopposed.

A look at the
-Election continues on Bremerton campus. 9:30 a.m. - Vannett is escorted off campus and issued 9:19 a.m. - Vice President of Stu- 11:56 a.m. - MacLennan sends
events leading -Joseph Vannett disqualifies vice president of an emergency summary suspension generally given when dent Services Dr. Richard MacLen- out another e-mail to campus
communications candidate Himesh Bhargo after an individual is deemed to be a “percieved risk.”
to the second reading evidence of ineligibility in the May 19 -Hammrich convenes a Judicial Review Board to rule on
nan sends out an e-mail to students
apprising them of the situation.
releasing Vannett’s name and
including information pertaining to
edition of The Olympian. Bhargo’s ineligibility, as well as election changes.
election and his ban from campus and campus
Vannett alters the remaining ballots to reflect the
change.
5:49 p.m. - Vannett is booked into the Kitsap County May 26 events.
the arrest of a jail after being arrested on threats
-ASOC President David Hammrich responds with
to bomb and harassment charges. May 28
student leader an e-mail overuling Vannett’s decision and alerting
candidates that the ballots are “tainted.”
May 21
May 19
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2 OC News June 2, 2009

Campus News Briefs Poppo will begin meeting with members of

Shelton’s staff and faculty in the coming weeks.
on OC’s Web site.

Manufacturing program seeks students

Poppo to run Shelton campus
Due to recent administrative rearrangements with-
in Olympic College, the position of administrative
oversight at the Shelton campus was due to be vacat-
ed effective July 1.
Dr. Kim McNamara will leave her position as direc-
tor of the Shelton campus to take over for Dr. Gina
Huston in Student Development Services. Effective
July 1, Dr. Kristin Poppo will assume the administra-
tive oversight for Shelton.
Huston will be taking the position of dean of Social
Sciences and Humanities.
Poppo was hired in Summer 2008 as the director of
OC Poulsbo. She will retain the Poulsbo position and
lead staff members will be designated at a later date
to cover for her when she is off site.
Phi Theta Kappa inducts new members
Olympic College’s Beta Gamma Eta chapter of Phi
Theta Kappa inducted more than 30 new members in
a ceremony held May 22.
Dr. Richard MacLennan, vice president of student
services, was the key speaker at the event. Math profes-
sor Donald Robertson, who is the club’s adviser, also
spoke at the event. Robertson, a native of Scotland,
peppered his speech with phrases in Gaelic.
Phi Theta Kappa is an international academic
honor society for students who have achieved at least
a 3.5 GPA. The club focuses their time on academics as
well as community service. The next event coming up
for Phi Theta Kappa will be Relay for Life.
For more information on Phi Theta Kappa go to
their page which can be found under the club section
The new OC manufacturing technology program,
which started this spring, is looking for students for
summer quarter.
The new program has no prerequisites and is only
a two-quarter long program, which would put sum-
mer applicants into the job market by Christmas.
The first quarter of the program requires 12 credits,
and the second requires 15.
Classes are held at West Sound Tech and include
many hands-on skills as well as work-related soft
skills that are in demand by employers.
Several local companies are offering internships to
program participants.
For more information on the program, contact
Chris Gallagher at (360) 475-7676 or cgallagher2@
olympic.edu.

Campus Calendar BY BRIGID LOHMAN

Friday in the BSC at 11:30 a.m.
Registration begins for new
students for summer and fall. June 14
Commencement ceremony
Saturday at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion at 2
Weekend final exams and p.m.
instruction.
June 18
June 8 Spring quarter grades avail-
Weekday final exams and able.
instruction begin.
June 22
June 8-10 Weekday classes begin for
Bookstore buy back begins. summer quarter.

June 10
End of spring quarter.
Graduation breakfast at 8
a.m. in Bremer Student Center
North and South Conference
Rooms.
June 12
Graduate Celebration for
graduates of the Shelton cam-
pus at 8 a.m. in Shelton.
Year end student celebration
June 23
Board of Trustees meeting
in College Service Center 5th
floor conference room.
June 26
Last day to register for classes
except for continuous enroll-
ment classes
Last day to request an 80 per-
cent refund for withdrawal
from classes.

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area.
I can respect the rights of moved it right outside the gym. they want to make the
smokers, but it shouldn’t be
courtyard more presentable
the first thing you see as you for visitors.
step on campus.

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June 2, 2009 OC news 3

Council at odds over bylaw College increases security presence

interpretation in election
from Election Page 1
The second round of voting saw a
higher turnout than the first where
only 129 students voted.
This election came after the first
round of voting was thrown out due
to “tainted” ballots and trouble with
election accountability.
Himesh Bhargo, who ran for the
position of vice president of judicial
affairs, was disqualified May 19 by then-
Vice President of Judicial Affairs Joseph
Vannett. Vannett cited a section of the
Associated Students of OC constitution
and bylaws stating that a student must
have completed a minimum of 10 credit
hours and have a minimum GPA of 2.7.
Bhargo is in his first quarter at OC.
After declaring Bhargo ineligible,
Vannett altered the ballots, removing
Bhargo and replacing presidential
candidate Bryan Davis into the running
for the vice president spot.
“He did it and then I found out,” said
“I am not going to back down unless
forced to.”
ASOC President David Hammrich
on allowing Bhargo to run for office
Toni Hartsfield, adviser to the ASOC.
“By the time I found out, he had already
contacted the candidates.”
According to Hartsfield, she had
made a note on Bhargo’s election
paperwork calling attention to how
long he had been at OC and there were
different interpretations of the bylaws.
Hartsfield said she left the decision
up to Hammrich, Vannett and Vice
President of Communications Ryan
Shotwell.
“I guess I made an assumption that
when they went ahead with the list, I
said ‘well here’s the final list and there
was no disqualification,’ I’m assuming
they were going to talk about it,” said
Hartsfield. “I’m assuming they worked
it out.”
Hammrich responded May 20 saying
that the election was compromised.
“With the changing of the ballots,
that compromises day one all together
for the simple fact that the people
who voted on Monday, did not vote
on the same ballot as the people on
Tuesday,” said Hammrich in an e-mail
to candidates. “I regret to inform you
of this but all of the current ballots
have been deemed ‘tainted,’ therefore
they will be thrown out, and I will be
extending the election from Wednesday
through Friday of this week to allow
the Bremerton campus student body to
revote.”
A Judicial Review Board was called
by Hammrich May 21 to decide the next
In wake of Vannett’s arrest, Bremerton police placed on campus
from Arrest Page 1 was formally charged. was done for over six
step after calling off the first election.
The board voted unanimously to redo
In an e-mail sent May months, and when he
“There were threats 22, MacLennan said that was ready to make his
the election based on Hammrich’s about me and threats the college has made problems known, he
explanation of the events that transpired about the college,” said an effort to increase was jailed,” said Cheryl
regarding altered ballots and Davis’s Hartsfield. “People were visibility of security on Vannett. “It has been
change of candidacy. The same board pretty concerned about campus and to have the nothing but lie after lie.”
voted Bhargo eligible to run. me, and concerned in presence of at least one The members of
The three mandatory students at general.” Bremerton police officer. the board denied to
large also decided unanimously against According to one A text message alert comment without their
allowing candidates to change the office police report, Ashley was sent out May 26 legal council present.
they were running for after the election Brand, then-candidate from MacLennan’s office “I’ll let the dirt come
had begun. for vice president of updating students and out in court,” said Cheryl
When these discrepancies came OC Shelton, stated that staff on Vannett’s status Vannett.
out at the May 26 Board of Trustees Vannett had said, “Toni in court as well
meeting, Gina Huston, dean of student should be shot,” during as the increased
development, advised Hammrich that his election visit to the s e c u r i t y
a legal Judicial Review Board had to satellite campus. His presence on
have not only three students at large threat was allegedly campus.
and the Executive Council president in heard and reported by Va n n e t t ’s
attendance, but the adviser as well. at least one other student mother made
According to Hartsfield, she was not present on the campus. an appearance
present at the review. “I’ve never before been at the May
“I was home for personal safety fearful of my life,” said 26 Board
reasons,” said Hartsfield. “I was involved Hartsfield. “My life has of Trustees
in the sense that Dave (Hammrich) and changed and my life with meeting on
my family has changed. behalf of her
This is very difficult.” son.
The court set a trial “I want
date of July 13 and an something
omnibus hearing date done because
of June 17. Vannett’s bail these charges
remains set at $50,000 are not right,”
after being lowered from said Cheryl
I had a conversation.” $100,000. Vannett to the
Huston also advised Hammrich via Class B felonies carry board.
e-mail and again at the board meeting a maximum of 10 years Vannett said
that Cheryl Bateman, state assistant in prison and up to a that her son was
attorney general, had reviewed the $20,000 fine. falsely charged,
constitution and bylaws and determined Vannett was set to and jailed
that Bhargo was ineligible. appear in court for because he
“What is the level of autonomy that arraignment May 26, was preparing
the ASOC enjoys,” said board member but was removed from to come
Alice Tawresey after being presented the courtroom before forward with
with the information at the meeting. going before the judge information on
The council, however, ultimately after complaining of illegal actions
makes the final decision. medical issues. Vannett within the PHOTO BY TED COPELAND
“If ASOC decides not to do that appeared in Superior college. Waiting. Joseph Vannett waits to go before a
(disqualify Bhargo) they are going Court Wednesday and “ N o t h i n g Superior Court judge for arraignment May 26.
against their bylaws,” said Huston. “I
left it to the hands of ASOC.”
Hammrich expressed concerns Students will now pay more for classes
State board adopts measures to raise tuition 7 percent
about the “shades of gray” within the
governing documents and stood by his
decision to allow Bhargo to run.
“I am not going to back down unless BY CHRIS CARTER indication, tuition will likely rise again
forced to,” said Hammrich. Managing Editor in fall 2010, according to Martin.
The second election was conducted In between revenue forecasts, the
by Hammrich and started May 27 Students registering for summer administration is preparing to release
with all the candidates in their original and fall quarters will find themselves final budget recommendations to the
positions. Some candidates are not
reaching deeper into their wallets to institution’s trustees for adoption.
pleased with having to run a second
time. pay for classes. Martin and her staff, as well as the
“I will win this election twice if I With the authorization from the college’s budget committee, have
have to,” said Jon Bowers, the front- state legislation and an adoption organized and drafted a set of
runner in the race for ASOC President, by the State Board for Community guidelines for the college to consider
after the results of the first elections and Technical Colleges, tuition was as it moves forward into a financially
were invalidated on May 20. increased by 7 percent. In-state uncertain biennium.
Bowers was elected as the 2009-2010 residents taking a full-time load of The guideline includes a look at
ASOC president with 49 percent of the 15 credits can expect to pay $973.70 frozen and eliminated positions as
vote Friday. per quarter, up from $910. Per credit well as the cost of running various

College ‘mainstay’ dead at 61

tuition is increasing by approximately programs on campus.
$5 to more than $80 for the first 10 The president’s cabinet has reviewed
credits. the items and responded with their
BY ALEX VINCENT Monday, and shortly Wainwright was quick- Seeing the bottom line, the college concerns and comments.
Editor in Chief thereafter she and minded and inventive. is expecting to yield approximately “They (budget committee) worked
her family decided to Cameron also said $651,000 from the tuition hike, really hard all year long,” said Martin.
Olympic College discontinue her dialysis Wainwright had a very according to a draft budget reduction “In their recommendations they
English professor and to “let nature take its strong voice in the work plan for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. The tied back directly to the priorities of
former faculty union course.” of the English department draft was presented to the college’s guidelines.”
president Dr. Jana “She’s been a real and the SSH division. Board of Trustees at their May 26 After a financially straining year
Wainwright passed mainstay of the college “She was never
meeting. that included six layoffs, Martin said
away Thursday due and the division for quiteintimidated by anyone
The SBCTC met May 5–8 to discuss that the next year might bring some
to complications from some time,” said Palm. she thought was not
budget items and tuition. Although normalcy.
diabetes. Cameron remembers being mission-centered,”
the board adopted a resolution to “If the state budget stabilizes it will
Wainwright said Lawrence.
had been at Wainwright increase tuition for the following year, look like a more traditional process

J W
OC for 17 years was a force to the group did not attempt to make (next year),” said Martin.
and served as ANA AINWRIGHT be reckoned any decisions on the latter half of the For now, Martin said that the
biennium. administration is standing by to see
president
OC’s
of
faculty
A PRIL 20, 1948 - M AY 28, 2009 with during
her time as the According to OC Vice President of what the financial forecast has in store.
union at one faculty union Administration Barbara Martin, the The next forecast is to be reviewed
time. She was president. state board will likely vote to adopt a by the state’s Economic and Revenue
one of the first professors Wainwright as welcoming “She was a staunch measure similar to next year’s when Council Friday.
at OC to work with online all students with open supporter of academic more information about the economic “We certainly will pay attention to
learning options. arms. and faculty freedom,” climate is known. any economic landscapes released,”
“She was deeply “She loved teaching,” said Cameron. “She was If the board’s history is any said Martin.
dedicated to the said Cameron. “She loved an advocate for learning
educational work of the working with students in and liberty.”
college. She had been the class and individually. Lawrence remembers
president of the faculty She was a mentor to a lot Wainwright as being
union in the 90’s,” said of students.” an across-the-board
Dr. Thomas Cameron, Cameron said he had supporter for all people
fellow English professor known Wainwright at OC.
and long-time friend of for 33 years, ever since “She was a champion
Wainwright. they were colleagues in for so many other
According to Dr. graduate school in Texas people at OC, students
Edward Palm, dean in 1976. Wainwright and faculty alike,” said
of Social Sciences and was instrumental in Lawrence.
Humanities, Wainwright bringing Cameron to According to Palm, the
had been ailing for OC as a faculty member, family has not planned
quite some time from according to Randy a traditional memorial
the affects of diabetes. Lawrence, former vice service and asks that in
Palm said her death was president of instruction. lieu of flowers, donations
sudden because he had “Jana had a short list be made to the OC
thought she was doing of real friends, and I was Foundation. An on-
better. lucky enough to be on it,” campus memorial service
Palm said Wainwright said Cameron. will be held Thursday in
developed an infection According to Cameron, Art 103 at 3 p.m.
4 Editorial June 2, 2009

2008-2009 ASOC: epic fail

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T
aking into account the recent was held without Toni Hartsfield, direc- for the continuing failure of the group to
actions and inactions in behalf tor of Student Programs and leadership deliver consistent results.
of the Olympic College student development present. The constitution The student administration told The
government, this page strongly supports states that the adviser is to be present dur-
Olympian in the fall quarter that the
an internal investigation into the entire ing such proceedings, thus rendering the Associated Students of OC constitution
department of Student Programs. review void. was outdated and was going to be rewrit-
The original spring election that began Through our coverage of the student ten to accommodate new rules and regula-
May 18 and was subsequently suspended government, it is obvious that the stu- tions as well as to improve clarity.
and scrapped marked the third consecutive dents serving as representatives of the Apparently an entire year was not time
election riddled with errors and contro- students and who vote in matters of great enough as the government is referencing
versy for OC’s student the same con-
officers. In spring 2008, “If anything, the outgoing administration should be an ex- stitution consis-
a ballot issue forced a ample for future leaders to closely examine their actions tently in their
recount that took lon- efforts to justify
ger than the stated time and communication strategies to avoid the blatant and ig- their actions as
frame of 24 hours, a vio- norant breaches of student government conduct that have the year comes
lation of the constitu- occurred this year.” to a close.
tion. The establish-
In the fall, a candidate ment of the OC
was disqualified following an election pro- importance, including that of the budget, food bank system should be applauded, as
tocol violation. This spring, Vice President lack the knowledge and training to carry well as the effort put into helping the com-
of Judicial Affairs Joseph Vannett arbitrari- out their duties. This falls squarely on the munity volunteer services with donations
ly disqualified a candidate after a review shoulders of the student programs depart- during the holiday months. However,
of his eligibility and proceeded to alter the ment heads, the adviser and the general this year failed to yield any considerable
remaining ballots to reflect the change. cohesion of the elected and hired officers, accomplishments.
Executive Council President David which has consistently shown itself to If anything, the outgoing administration
Hammrich decided he had the ability dissolve at the slightest bit of tension or should be an example for future leaders to
to declare the candidate able to run for scrutiny. closely examine their actions and commu-
office without going through the proper This should be evident seeing as the nication strategies to avoid the blatant and
channels including a judicial review and current president’s student status has been ignorant breaches of student government
Executive Council approval. in limbo for most of the quarter and until conduct that have occurred this year.
Hammrich was not reprimanded for his only recently was he officially reinstated On a commuter campus with an already
decision. He did however eventually hold as a student, one vice president was miss- dismal student life atmosphere, we should
a review board to settle the matter after the ing in action, another is in jail and a former at least be able to count on the elected
fact wherein the three mandatory students treasurer was fired after allegations relat- students and their adviser to keep what
at large voted unanimously to allow the ing to the misuse of funds.
candidate to run.
little spirit we have from dwindling into
While Hartsfield cannot be blamed for nothing.

Managing Editor
Political sabotage, controversy and strife
Chris Carter
the council has proven it cannot.
It, over the course of the year,
Editorial Staff
has violated at least 18 sections
Kathy Bray
of the constitution.
Matt Fields
Although members of the
Aaron Gould
administration continuously
Ted Copeland
claim they were unaware of any
breach in protocol, saying they
simply weren’t aware of what
BY CHRIS CARTER the constitution said. However,
Staff Managing Editor some of the violations occurred
repeatedly throughout the year.
A Judicial Review Board was
Contributing Staff convened at least twice this year.
posted.
Furthermore, Bhargo’s review
consisted of Hammrich giving
the mandatory three students at
large a series of issues to vote on
related to the suspended election.
Hammrich asked the students
whether or not Bhargo, who was
deemed ineligible by the vice
president of judicial affairs mid-
race, should be allowed back
into the race. Although the stu-
dents voted unanimously that
his candidacy should be rein-
body was not informed of the
decision once it was made. A
cover up? No, probably not. A
lazy oversight on the part of the
council is more likely. Or per-
haps they considered the ineligi-
bility of the student body presi-
dent to be none of the student
body’s business. Had anyone
been informed of the meeting,
we might know the reason.
The recent elections also serve
as another example of blatant
oversight. Section four of Article

A
Vincent Duerme rticle five of the pream-
Kevin Doucette ble to the Associated
Brian Foley Students of Olympic
Ethan Warner College constitution states that
Zac Halls “any elected council member
may be removed from office for
Cartoonists dereliction of duty or truancy…”
Steven Guest This seems exceptionally appli-
Brigid Lohman cable now as the outgoing stu-
dent government administration
Communications leaves behind a trail of bad deci-
sions and negligence.
Marketing Director I have covered the Executive
Jon Miller Council extensively since the fall
elections and have witnessed it
Adviser both grow and dissolve.
Michael Prince For any agency to operate
successfully they must abide by
rules and regulations, to which
I say at least twice since one
of the council’s most repeated
infractions is failure to announce
and post the dates and times of
special meetings.
The constitution and bylaws
state that the board must include
the student government advis-
er and invite the accused or
reviewed to attend. In the review
of former Treasurer Greg Wood
by the board, Wood was barred
from the meeting. In both Wood’s
review and the recent convening
to discuss Himesh Bhargo’s can-
didacy in the spring election,
the adviser, Toni Hartsfield, was
not present. Additionally, offi-
cial minutes were not kept or
stated, the integrity of the board
was thrown out the window.
The board cannot vote in favor of
an illegal action. The Bremerton
City Council can’t vote to allow
citizens to use marijuana rec-
reationally even if it is unani-
mous.
Similarly, according to
Hartsfield, the council met to
discuss Hammrich’s student sta-
tus after he was found to be inel-
igible to continue in office and
decided as a collective group
that he should keep his post.
Since when does the council
get to override its own constitu-
tion without an amendment on a
whim? Furthermore, the student
two states that the polls must
be open for one day. Both the
“tainted” election, so called
by Hammrich himself, and its
slightly more successful second
version consisted of two days of
voting on the Bremerton cam-
pus.
Fingers cannot be pointed at
any one person for the train
wreck that is this year’s student
government. Individually the
students and their adviser have
their strengths and weaknesses.
Unfortunately, their weaknesses
slipped through the cracks more
often creating a sight so painful
to watch, yet you are unable to
avert your eyes.

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College is what you make of it. I may small community, a loss I am sure no one we want more. We want to be the best,
The Olympian have started college about seven years will soon forget. and we need your input to do that. Let us
is a member of the later than your “normal” college student, In the midst of the budget problems, our know, tip us to things you feel are impor-
Associated Collegiate but I will not let that prevent me from campuses continue to grow. Not only has tant.
enjoying myself, being visible on campus enrollment continued to rise, but the phys- We will be working away over the sum-
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We are also limited by time and other com- a plan for more parking. The Poulsbo cam- Also, watch for a special summer edition
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JUNE 2, 2009 FEATURE 5

Illness forces long-time ‘favorite part of the year’

professor’s retirement
By Matt Fields
Staff Writer
After teaching at
Olympic College for 31
years, professor Arthur
Wicks is leaving his
prestigious tenure after
developing a serious
health problem.
Wicks, 65, was
diagnosed with a case of
transient global amnesia
earlier in the quarter
and lost his ability to
teach. Substitutes were
located to cover his
classes. According to
Wicks, the condition,
while temporary, has
affected his memory and
health and as a result he
will be going into early
retirement.
Not letting things slow
him down, Wicks already
has a number of plans for
his post-OC life.
“Two summers ago I
wrote a book,” said Wicks.
“Last summer I revised it.
I’m still not happy with
it, when my head clears
a little bit, probably next
month, I’m going to give
it a final revision, then
I’m going to spend the
fall traveling.”
After spending the fall
visiting friends in Prague
and Amsterdam, Wicks
said he plans to go to New
Orleans in early 2010 for
an extended length of
time. According to Wicks,
the purpose of this trip
would be to spend time
with his daughter, who
has lived in the city since
1992. While down there,
Wicks plans to volunteer
in local schools, many of
By Vincent Duerme
Contributing Writer
Olympic College showed its
appreciation of its students with the
college’s annual Student Appreciation
Day Thursday.
Events were held on all three
campuses, with OC Poulsbo holding
their event Monday.
Activities in Bremerton included
inflatable obstacle courses and sumo
wrestling, door prizes, free items, video
game tournaments, stand-up comedy
and dance performances, a barbecue
and much more.
OC Shelton featured an “Aloha”
theme, with a free barbecue catered
by Rosemary’s Catering. OC Poulsbo
featured a barbecue and chili cook
off. The event was organized and
sponsored by the OC Bookstore, the
ASOC, the OC Recreation Department,
the Multicultural Center and various
student organizers.
“It’s something that we’ve pretty
much put on every year,” said Spencer
Stark, recreation and athletic specialist
at OC Bremerton, and one of the
organizers of the event. “It all goes
towards thanking the students for all
they‘ve done.”
In addition to thanking OC students,
the event also served as a venue for
various clubs at OC to fundraise, and
showcase the talents of club members.
The International Club provided the
opportunity for people to have their
name written in Chinese, Korean or
Photo by Aaron Gould
Strength in numbers. Approximately 14,000 students have
been in Wicks’ classroom in his 31 years at OC.
we were there in ’07 to noted for his
refurbish it. So that class unconventional teaching
hasn’t taken place now methods. According
in two years and with me to Wicks, he has only
gone it probably never flunked three students
will again.” throughout the course of
One of the professor’s his entire career. The three
more noted classes went students were apparently
by the title Rock ‘N collecting GI Bill money
Roll-Music and Ideas. and never showed up to
According to Wicks, it class. If the students had
was the first college level been given a discontinued
rock and roll class in the attendance-passing mark,
world. what Wicks generally
“I got the idea for it bestows upon pupils in
Japanese characters. The Math and
Engineering Club had a dunk tank
complete with an air-powered cannon
that shot tennis balls at the tank’s
target. The cannon was designed by
engineering students with additional
help from the welding department for
the tank.
“I would say it’s been a success,”
said Aaron Nugent, member of the
Engineering club. “We’re so happy
to do this for OC. People have really
been enjoying it, and we’ve even had a
few professors volunteer to go into the
tank.”
Standup comedian Debbie Wooten
performed in the BSC, filling in for
originally scheduled performer
Adam Ace who was recovering from
appendicitis. Despite the unexpected
change in performers, the OC audience
greatly enjoyed Wooten’s performance,
and had her performing to a full house.
The event also had many free
giveaways available. The OC Bookstore
provided free notebooks to students, the
Boeing Employees Credit Union had an
information booth complete with free
bags and key chains, and cartoonist
Tom “huf” Hofstedt of Tacoma drew
free caricatures of those who wanted
one.
“I absolutely love it. It’s my favorite
part of the year,” said Tammy Bong, an
OC student who was standing in line to
get a free cartoon caricature done. “I’ve
been going here for the past two and a
half years, and I look forward to it every
time.”
Photo by Ted Copeland

which are still struggling
following Hurricane
Katrina almost four years
ago.
According to Wicks,
his incumbency at OC
began on Sept. 14, 1978.
During his time here he
has taught a number
of disciplines such as
English, Geography and
History as well as a variety
of specialty classes.
Wicks is responsible
for structuring and
professing the popular
OC creative writing class.
In the fall, professor Ian
Sherman will be taking
over the endeavor.
“I have been in
the creative writing
classroom since winter
quarter 1979,” said Wicks.
“I’ve had almost 5000
students in it and it was
just a delight.”
From the stretch of
time between 1987 and
2007 Wicks taught a
summer study program
in Wales. The program
was terminated when the
University of Wales closed
the building granted to
OC for renovations.
“The building was
built in the 1840’s and
nothing had been done
to it since the First World
War,” said Wicks. “They
closed it down after
when I did graduate this scenario, they would Oh, inverted world. Amanda Wearstler rides the Gyro Tron during student appreciation day.
studies at Oxford,” said
Wicks. “I attended a
not have been able to
collect their money. Children the focus at family appreciation day
lecture on Bob Dylan. “I have a hard time By Matt Fields day was low, with only three children
When I started here about thinking about myself Staff Writer present after almost an hour of the event
four years later, the rock having a style in the being open. The group of people grew
and roll class was one of classroom,” said Wicks. As a special commemoration for following the delivery of pizza.
the first things I started “The main thing for me Olympic College students and their The highlight of family appreciation
working on.” is the material, I love the family members, student organizers day was a performance by the Brothers
One of Wicks’ material and I just try to arranged a family appreciation day that from Different Mothers, a juggling
retirement projects put it across any way that took place on Saturday. comedy duo who hold two Guinness
includes finishing a book I can.” The event, which was spearheaded World Records and have performed
about his now deceased Although he may no by Student Organizer Sheryl McKinley, on NBC television’s “America’s Got
featured a number of events, most of Talent.”
brother who had Down longer be teaching at OC,
which were targeted towards children. The duo gave a spirited performance
Syndrome. the wisdom ushered from
According to Arts and Entertainment that included such acts as juggling pizzas
His parents, who the mind of Wicks will
Coordinator Christina Waugh, festivities and incorporating kids from the small
were involved with continue to diffuse from included a bouncy house, a large audience into various tricks and stunts.
civic activism, refused the hearts of his students. inflatable twister board, bubble station, “They did some really good juggling
to place their child in an “The greatest pleasure free pizza and beverages as well as a acts,” said ASOC Vice President of
institution and instead of OC has been the special performance from juggling act Poulsbo and volunteer Thelma Corbin.
galvanized a number students,” said Wicks, Brothers from Different Mothers. “They interacted with the crowd which
of relatives and fellow “14,000 students over McKinley distributed advertisements was nice, and it was good seeing the kids
activists into forming 31 years and I don’t for the event to the YMCA and OC get involved with them as part of the
an establishment where think I have had a bad Child Development and Family Center act.”
all handicapped people experience with a single two days prior to the event. According Family Appreciation day was a great
could get an education. one, although I’m not sure to Waugh, while on her way to deliver opportunity for OC to give back to the
The Northwest Center all my students would ads to the Boys and Girls Club and local community that unfortunately was not
for the Retarded was say the same about me. If elementary schools, McKinley ended up taken advantage of by enough people.
founded, and still exists someone still remembers heading to the Emergency Room as the “I think we could have had more
today, although the title me next June, I will be result of a back injury. people,” said Corbin. “For the people
has been altered to just happy with that.” Turnout to the family appreciation that did show up it was fun.”
the Northwest Center.
“So my brother,
though he never spoke
never wrote and never
really did anything, was
rather important in a lot
of people’s lives,” said
Wicks. “So I put together
a brief biography of his
struggle.”
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6 Around campus June 2, 2009

Welders race Campus concert a ‘collective failure’

in global baja
By Alex Vincent According to Miller, although the evening after
Editor in Chief the event he was not sure he wanted to continue the
tradition, he said he felt better about it the next day

competition
By Brian Foley
Contributing Writer
A group of Olympic College welding students
built and raced a miniature baja vehicle, which they
competed with at the Washougal Motorcross Park
May 7-10.
The race, which took place at the 1.5 mile track
in southwest Washington, consisted of 95 teams
competing from schools from all over the country
as well as two teams from South Korea and another
from Saudi Arabia.
The competition was only open to students
currently enrolled in school, and the majority
of teams were from four-year technology and
engineering schools. OC was the only community
college participating in the event.
“It was crazy to see how many teams were there
and where some of them were coming from,” said Joel
Atteberry, an OC student and the lead manufacturer
of the vehicle. “It was really awesome.”
Out of the teams that came to Washougal, Wash.,
65 actually competed in the race, and OC finished
56th. There were several individual awards given
to teams based on various components related to
the manufacturing process, OC finished 31st in cost
efficiency and 24th in design.
“There’s more to us shop
people than just welding
plates and working at the
Shipyard. We’re talented in a
lot of ways.”
The third annual The Young and the Indie concert and plans to repeat the event next year.
and barbeque invaded Olympic College’s Bremerton Miller called this year’s show a “collective failure”
campus May 23, showing a smaller crowd than on the part of the organizers given that the planning
previous years. started very late. The Olympian was unsure if it
The event was put on by The Olympian, and had the financial means to produce the show this
featured local bands Mal de Santo, Steelscape, Total year, and had all but decided against it until the last
Wreck, Cuntry Cuntroll and Irony. The concert was minute, according to Miller.
held in the Bremer Student Center. Regardless of the poor turnout, the show gave the
“I thought the music was of higher talent,” bands an opportunity to play in a venue they would
said Johnny Hassett, member of the OC custodial not normally perform in.
staff and second time attendee. “I especially liked “I had never seen a performance at a college before
Steelscape.” and it was great that I was a part of it,” said Bell.
Prior to the concert, which started at 6 p.m., a free
barbecue was held in front of the Bremer Student
Center for any and all interested people.
“The free barbeque before the concert was great,”
said Hassett. “It is very rare that there will be a free
venue with free food.”
“I think out of the three Young and the Indies I
have participated in, this year’s event was the least
successful for a few different reasons,” said Jon
Miller, one of the event’s organizers.
Miller cited several reasons for the smaller crowd,
including a late start to planning; inability to get the
venue on the preferred day and not having a major
headlining band.
“A Saturday show was definitely not as effective
as a Wednesday or Friday show,” said Miller.
Everett-based band Save the Disorder was signed
on to headline the event, but backed out just days
before due to conflicting schedules.
“Not having a major headlining band definitely
contributed to not bringing in a big crowd,” said
Miller.
Regardless, those that did attend enjoyed the show.
Hassett said the event “totally rocked.”
“The people that did attend the show were still
very satisfied with it,” said Miller.
Some band members did express disappointment
in the small crowd.
“Towards the end it kind of died,” said Sean Bell,
drummer for Irony. “Unfortunately, we were the last
band to play, so we didn’t have a lot of people to
gather around, but it was still enjoyable. Honestly, if Photo by Aaron Gould
we had more people I wouldn’t mind playing again Play that funky music. Bremerton-based instrumental
because I don’t like playing to a blank audience.” metal band Steelscape performs at The Young and the Indie.

-Joel Atteberry

“It was a really good show for us since it was

our first year involved in this competition,” said
Atteberry. “We researched last year’s winning
vehicle to get an idea of what we wanted to do, and
we went from there.”
The race itself took four hours, and when teams
would stop to check on their vehicles or to fuel
back up, the drivers would alternate. At one point
during the race, the team rolled the vehicle coming
out of a turn and had to stop for a mandatory safety
inspection.
“Usually it’s a 30-minute inspection when you
roll it, but the judge was so impressed with our
welding that they sent us on our way immediately,”
said Atteberry.
Nate Farmer, Laddie Cox, Erik Potter, Robert
Hartloff and Atteberry all worked constantly to
ensure the construction of the racer was completed
before they had to bring it to Washougal.
Al Kitchens, the shop director, and Ron Raty,
technical design instructor, helped make sure the
students built the racer correctly.
“Al helped with all the manufacturing and
welding,” said Atteberry. “Ron was just a second
eye to make sure nothing broke or was flawed.”
The team started planning on making a racer to
compete with in November, and the registration
deadline was looming Dec. 22. They completed the
registration three days before the deadline, and ran
into problems immediately.
“After we finally got registered and got our
engine, we realized that the engine had a broken
mounting point,” said Atteberry. “We then had to
wait until February to get a new one, and it became
a mad scramble to get everything assembled.”
Atteberry said the last couple weeks of construction
were hectic just trying to finish on time.
“I was here from about 8 a.m. until about 10 or
11 at night the last two weeks leading up to May 7.
He said Nate and Laddie would get off work and
come straight here, too. Even Al had to stay and
keep the shop open late for us, and we worked right
up to the moment we loaded up and had to leave for
Portland. It was hectic.”
To fund the SAE Baja racer, the team received
$4,500 in sponsorships from OC, and an additional
$1,000 and various supplies from EJB Services in
Bangor, where Farmer and Cox work. Briggs and
Stratton also donated the engine to the team.
In all, OC spent approximately $6,000 putting the
racer together, while competing schools spent as
much as $30,000 to $50,000.
The team as a whole recognizes that they were a
part of something very unique, and may have set
themselves up for a special career down the road.
“This is my goal,” said Atteberry. “This is what I
want to make a living at. Everyone but Eric wants
to make a career out of something like this. There’s
more to us shop people than just welding plates and
working at the Shipyard. We’re talented in a lot of
ways.”
Graduation speakers chosen
Breaking away from tradition, this year’s commencement will feature two speakers
By Alex Vincent
Editor in Chief
As the end of spring quarter
looms on the horizon and Olympic
College’s annual commencement
ceremony draws near, speakers
for the event have been chosen to
represent the student body.
This commencement is a
particularly important one, as it
marks the first graduating class
for OC’s Bachelor of Science in
Nursing program. Because of
this, two speakers were chosen
instead of just one as in past years.
Representing the graduating class
will be Jonathan Fujimura, and
representing the nursing class will
be Megan Erickson.
“This is the very first one, so it’s
a big deal,” said Dianna Larsen,
dean of Enrollment Services and
Registrar.
The speakers had to be
recommended for the position by
someone at OC. Fujimura said he
was told he was nominated by
multiple people, including Penny
Morse, transfer adviser. Geri
Babbo, associate dean of Nursing,
nominated Erickson.
“I actually got an e-mail
from Geri Babbo asking if I was
nominated, would I be willing to
Megan Erickson
get up and speak if I was chosen,”
said Erickson.
For Fujimura, his selection came
as a surprise because he had not
known he had been nominated.
“It was a surprise, I didn’t know
what to say, I was frozen on the
phone,” said Fujimura.
Nominators had many
nice things to say about the
candidates they supported.
According to Larsen, Fujimura’s
recommendations said he had
a “keen sense of humor” and a
“bright future.” Of Erickson, Larsen
said she was recommended for
being a “leader in the workplace,
classroom and community.”
For both speakers, this
graduation is a repeat
performance.
Erickson graduated from OC’s
Jonathan Fujimura
associate degree in Nursing
program in 2000. “Pretty much a whole
“It was good to be back,” said community got us here,” said
Erickson. “It was nice to have Erickson. “Pretty much everyone
that experience coming into the graduating can give back.”
program.” According to Larsen, the process
from recommendation to selection
Fujimura graduated from
had several steps.
Olympic High School on the same
First, a selection committee
date in the same location just
one year ago. He has worked his reviewed the recommendations.
way through his associate degree From there, the students’
quickly, sometimes taking as many transcripts were reviewed,
as 35 credits in one quarter. they were interviewed and the
“He is graduating in four selections were made.
quarters,” said Larsen. “It’s highly According to Larsen, both
unusual.” speakers are president’s scholars,
Both students said they were which means they have a
slightly nervous about their cumulative GPA of at least a 3.9.
speeches. Erickson said she will There were several things about
likely get more and more nervous the candidates that stood out to
as the ceremony approaches. Larsen.
For Fujimura, it was his
“I’m not much of a speaker,” said
emphasis on how important it is to
Fujimura. “The most important
have an international perspective.
thing and the best way to go about
it is to be true to myself.” “They’ve spent practically his
Fujimura said he did not feel he whole life going back and forth to
was the best person for the job. Japan,” said Larsen.
“I don’t have to work. I don’t According to Larsen, Erickson
have to raise children. I don’t is well regarded by her peers and
have to support a family. I have has spent more than 180 hours
a whole bunch of privilege,” said mentoring OC students.
Fujimura. “She always volunteered to
Because of this, Fujimura said he mentor OC students,” said Larsen.
plans to “talk about everybody’s “She was elected by her peers to
journey.” the RSN to BSN student faculty
Erickson said she plans to speak governance committee.”
The 62nd OC graduation
about how she, and the rest of the
ceremony will be held June 14 at
graduates, can give back to their
the Kitsap Sun Pavilion at 2 p.m.
communities.
JunE 2, 2009 AROUND CAMPUS 7

Summer weather brings optimism to construction

By Kathy Bray
Staff Writer
The new Humanities and Student
Services Building is nearing its January
2010 completion date and with that
faculty and staff are choosing offices
and color schemes while the project
coordinator said he is optimistic that
summer weather will lead to a finished
roof and reopening of the Student Entry
and Advising Center entrance.
OC faculty and staff got to
personalize their individual offices in
the new humanities building recently
by choosing fabric for their office
furniture and accent wall colors. The
process began with a furniture fair
held with the intent to narrow down
the color and fabric options.
Director of Procurement Diana Lake
said she worked with the designer,
Rice Fergus Miller, to find a common
decorative theme, established by the
choices at the fair and from there they
came up with a narrowed selection for
staff and faculty to choose from.
“We just had to narrow it down,” said
Lake, “you want to have it somewhat
limited, so it does still coordinate.”
According to Capital Projects
Coordinator Ken Blankenship, faculty
members pick out their offices based
on seniority.
Lake said they hope to have the final
drawings for the offices complete with
who will inhabit each room and their
individual color choices within the
Teamwork. Epigmenie Pastor (left) and Carlos Moreno (right) work on laying down tar for
the roof of the new humanities building. The roof constuction involves several tar layers.
next few weeks.
“They have had some fun with
it,” said Lake about staff and faculty
reactions to the process. “Most people
know what they like when it comes to
colors and fabrics so it’s nice they were
given the choice.”
Blankenship said the contractors,
Pease & Sons, Inc., are 50 percent done
with the roof and should be completely
done with it this summer. Window
frames have been set for the exterior
on the south side and Blankenship said
the contractors will be working their
way around to the north and putting
plastic up along the way to keep the
weather from blowing through.
“We have started sheet rocking the
Photo by Ted Copeland
first floor,” said Blankenship who said
it helps to keep the building warm for
when they do mudding and taping,
“that is going to help it dry faster.
Summer time sheet rocking is good.”
Ongoing projects for the new
building include rough end plumbing
and electrical. Blankenship expects
rough end plumbing to continue
for another month and rough end
electrical will continue for the next
two months. He said Interior framing
is almost complete, ductwork is 90
percent complete and exterior framing
is 99 percent complete.
According to Blankenship, the
contractors are working on the brick
veneer and placing the exterior metal
panels along the west side of the
building.
“You can see it really good from the
CSC, and every time you look at it, it
is a different color’” said Blankenship.
“This is in contrast to the brick, similar
to what they have on the Sci-Tech, we
almost mirror that building when we
are done.”
The emergency generator will be
on site soon said Blankenship and
that will service the CSC and the new
humanities building. He said a number
one priority is reopening the walkway
to the SEAC entrance, which should
happen “in a couple of weeks.” In order
to do that they have to raise the ground
level up two feet. He said Monday, the
clock tower will also be raised two feet
and re-anchored into place.
According to Blankenship, the plaza
will be one of the final projects. He said
the contractors will be doing all of the
underground work for the lighting
soon and they are getting ready to pour
the foundation for the wall seating.
“We are going to try to get most
of that done this summer when we
have less students here. It’ll be quite a
bit different than it was before,” said
Blankenship. “We won’t have as much
lawn, it will be more of a collective area
for the students.”
One of the major things Blankenship
said students in the fall can expect to
see is “Hopefully, we will have quite
a bit of that front entry opened up,
weather pending.”

Golf team finishes season 7th in NWAACC tournament

By Brian Foley game Sunday in Auburn sour on Monday as the their mediocre opening Championships at and tied for 20. Schienfeld
Contributing Writer and make a run at leaders team tried to improve round performance with Veteran‘s Memorial Golf shot a final of 151, Myers
Bellevue Community on their opening day a 314. They closed out the Course, which left their a 157, Brad Guzman a 159
The OC men’s golf College and Community ranking, but stayed right tournament with a 627, coach optimistic about and Jordan Swanberg a
team played through College of Spokane, head where they were and finishing in the middle of next season. 165.
unfriendly weather coach Daryl Matheny said only gave up one stroke the 11-team tournament “We’ve got a lot to look Matheny said that he
conditions May 3- the team continued to from their previous team in Auburn. forward to next year,” felt all his players put in a
4 in the Green River make the same mistakes round. Ben Nelson led the said Matheny. “These kids great season, but Nelson
Tournament, and had they have all season. Matheny said he felt Rangers, as he shot 76-76 played hard all season, in particular shined
beautiful conditions “It was like our that the weather had for a total of 152, tied for and they’ll get better.” brightest all year.
for the NWAACC tournament in Spokane,” little impact on his team’s 8. Tim Myers also had two While OC finished “I would have to give
Championships in Walla said Matheny. “We had performance. solid rounds, shooting seventh out of the 11 player of the year award
Walla May 17-18, as some good tee shots and “The weather was 77-81 for a 158. Ajandra teams who entered, to Ben Nelson,” said
they finished 6 and 7, stayed on the fairway, marginal, but it was Singh’s best round was a Nelson and Singh showed Matheny. “It was a tough
respectively. but our chipping and pretty nice overall,” said 78, and Joel Schienfeld’s promise for next season. decision because all of my
Despite the good our putting has got to get Matheny. “We were sixth was a 77. Nelson finished with kids had what I thought
weather that allowed the better.” after Sunday, and finished The team was fully a 73-71 and a final score was a great spring but
team to crank up their The weather did turn sixth for the tournament, prepared to improve of 144, placing him 15 Ben has really put the
so the weather didn’t where they had been overall and 10 strokes time in and it showed in
impact us much.” struggling all season as away from the individual his performance. He is
OC shot a 313 as a team they traveled to Walla title. Singh finished with as dedicated to school as
on Sunday, and followed Walla for the NWAACC a 73-73, shooting a 146 much as his golf game.”

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Cummings, Quint spring players of the quarter

BY KATHY BRAY on scholarship.
AND KEVIN DOUCETTE Quint said her sister Jackie Quint,
who is also a pitcher, is her idol for the
Star pitcher Erika Quint has helped sport.
lead the Olympic College Rangers Even though her sister is five years
softball team to the Northwest Athletic older than Erika, she talked about
Association of Community Colleges always competing with her sister while
tournament this year, taking third using growing up and then laughed at her
quiet leadership, hard work and an own contradiction.
absolute drive to win. “I always wanted to be like her, but
This season, Quint was again named then I wanted to beat her,” Quint said.
to the Quint started playing softball at five
N WA A C C years old after watching her dad, John
first team Quint, coach her sister.
and was “I saw her playing the sport and
also an thought ‘Oh, I want to play too,’ so my
N WA A C C dad kind of just took over and coached
first team me,” said Quint.
tournament She said her experience from high
player. Since school to college is completely different,
coming to “it’s a lot more hard work. In high school
OC, Quint you don’t practice as long, you don’t
said she really work as hard, it’s a total change.”
feels she She said a weakness for her as a
ERIKA QUINT has grown player is that she is a quiet leader. She
a lot as a player. She attributes this to prefers to lead by example.
her softball coach Jessica Cabato. Quint As for strengths, “I am a really hard
led the team for batting average this worker. I love the sport so much and I
season. always want to win.”
“She definitely made me a better Cabato said she is really going to
pitcher, and a better infield and hitter,” miss her next season.
Quint said, “so I guess all around she “It’s going to be hard to replace her,”
made me a better player.” said Cabato. “I am looking, but I don’t
As a sophomore pitcher at OC, know if I can, she led the team in batting
Quint will be moving on to Western average and pitching for a couple years
Washington University. Quint signed … I know whatever she does with
her letter of intent to attend WWU to softball, school and beyond, she is
continue her education and play softball driven and she will do very well.”
BY KEVIN DOUCETTE real vocal guy, he always did what he
Contributing Writer was told and was a role model for the
younger players.
The Rangers baseball team has had “He led by example, he worked his
their share of ups and downs this season, butt off in the weight room, you know
but like any team in sports there is one he wasn’t real vocal but he did what was
player who stands out among the rest asked of him and never complained,
and for this season it was sophomore and he helped out the rest of the guys,”
Jesse Cummings. said Parker.
When head coach Ryan Parker was Next season, Cummings will attend
asked which player stood out among Clark College in Iowa, where he
the rest he said,”that guy is Jesse was given
Cummings,” without hesitation. an $1800
Cummings was named to the scholarship
Northwest Athletic Association of to play
Community Colleges North Region baseball.
second team and also this season led Clark is a 4A
the Rangers in both runs batted in and school and,
batting average. unlike OC, 4A
“He has a knowledge for the game schools use
and he knows what needs to be done, aluminum
he has a passion for the game and wants bats.
to win and hates losing,” said Parker. “I think
Jesse Cummings is a sophomore who he will do
graduated from North Kitsap High great,” said JESSE CUMMINGS
School. Parker. “He is going to play in a good
Cummings said he has a passion for league in Iowa and he will get an
the game and has been playing as long aluminum bat back in his hands and his
as he can remember. Cummings said power should really go up.”
his success this season came from hard Cummings said he believes in his
work. freshman teammates and knows they
“I always did what I needed to do can do well next season. With a team
and I worked hard, I led by example leader like Cummings, next year’s
and showed what you should do,” said sophomores will know what needs to
Cummings. be done to be leaders.
Parker said he really liked how “I want to tell the guys good luck,”
Cummings led by example on and off said Cummings. “You guys can turn
the field, and although he was not a this thing around.”

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