March 12, 2010 –
Volume 45, Issue 21
 
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Calendar:


 
FRIDAY, March 12
 
 

NW Orchestra Festival
from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
campus wide

 
 
SATURDAY, March 13
 
 

NW Orchestra Festival
from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
campus wide

Baseball
vs. Bellevue CC
starts at 2 p.m.
at the baseball field

Softball
South Inter-region
vs. Bellevue CC at 10 a.m.
vs. S Puget Sound at 2 p.m.
in Vancouver, Wash.

Track and field
Saints Open
starts at 8 a.m.
Earl Klapstein Stadium

 
 
Sunday, March 14
 
 

Baseball
vs. Bellevue CC
starts at noon
at the baseball field

Softball
South Intern-region
vs. Centralia at 9 a.m.
vs. Grays Harbor at 11 a.m.
in Vancouver, Wash.

Daylight Savings Time begins

 
 
Monday, March 15
 
 

College Book Buyback
in the bookstore

 
 
Thursday, March 18
 
 

National Forensics League
starts at 8 a.m.
campus wide

VESL graduation
from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
in the Town & Gown Room

St. Patrick's Day

 
 
Friday, March 19
 
 

National Forensics League
starts at 8 a.m.
campus wide

C.E. Nursing Assistant graduation
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
in the Town & Gown Room

 
 
Saturday, March 20
 
 

National Forensics League
starts at 8 a.m.
campus wide

Baseball
vs. Green River CC
starts at 2 p.m.
in Auburn, Wash.

Softball
Preseason Tournament
vs. Treasure Valley at 9 a.m.
vs. Columbia Basin at 1:30 p.m.
in Pasco, Wash.

Track and field
Oregon Preview
in Eugene, Ore.

 
 
Sunday, March 21
 
 

Columbia Symphony Orchestra
from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
in the College Theater

Baseball
vs. Edmonds CC
starts at 2 p.m.
in Edmonds, Wash.

Softball
Preseason Tournament
vs. Blue Mountain at 9 a.m.
vs. Walla Walla at 1:30 p.m.

 
 
Monday, March 22
 
 

Track and field
Linfield Decathlon
in McMinnville, Ore.

 
 
Tuesday, March 23
 
 

Track and field
Linfield Decathlon
in McMinnville, Ore.

 
 
Saturday, March 27
 
 

Baseball
vs. Everett CC
starts at 2 p.m.
at the baseball field

Softball
West Inter-region
vs. Green River at 3 p.m.
vs. Everett at 5 p.m.
in Centralia, Wash.

 
 
Sunday, March 28
 
 

Softball
West Inter-region
vs. Centralia at 1 p.m.
vs. S. Puget Sound at 3 p.m.
in Centralia, Wash.

 
 
Tuesday, March 30
 
 

Baseball
vs. Linn Benton
starts at 1 p.m.
in Albany, Ore.

 
 
Wednesday, March 31
 
 

Women in Jazz and Blues
from noon to 1 p.m.
in the College Center

 
 
Thursday, April 1
 
 

Daiken Asakawa: Ceramic Sculpture
VA Reception
at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
in the Visual Arts gallery

 
 
Friday, April 2
 
 

HERstory
Fireplace exhibit begins
by Vicki Hammond
in the College Center

 
 
BBall

Photo by Jake Fray/The Advocate

Top Story:

NWAACC Disappointment

MHCC's men's basketball team finishes in 7th place for the NWAACC championship title, while the women's team takes 9th.
The MHCC District Board was presented an in-depth look at the new college master plan Wednesday night, much to the delight of board members as well as those in attendance.

Lee Haga, a part-time MHCC jewelry and metalsmithing instructor, has an article featured in the March issue of Art Jewelry Magazine and said Tuesday her students were “pretty excited.”

 

The MHCC District board was presented a preview of coming budget scenarios Wednesday night by Heidi Franklin, a consultant hired by the college to review budget processes.

The MHCC Performing Arts Department will host the 38th Annual Northwest Orchestra Festival today and Saturday.
The MHCC track and field athletes started their season with a Red, White and Black intersquad meet Feb. 26 and competed against other colleges for the first time Saturday at the Linfield Icebreaker at Linfield College.
MHCC's softball team came away with three wins in four games after their opening weekend, with a 2-1 win and a 7-6 loss against Concordia University Cavaliers Saturday and two shutout wins against the Grays Harbor College Chokers (8-0 and 17-0) Sunday.