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Editorial
Pat on the back to Forensics, theater, men's basketball
Amongst all of the commotion between the administration and the full time faculty regarding contract negotiations, the loss of another college president, excessive campus evacuations and snow days this term, there have been some pretty awesome accomplishments by various groups at MHCC.
How about our Forensics team? They deserve kudos for all they have achieved. Scoring multiple Gold awards throughout the term and their latest slaughter at the "Bloodbath at the Beach" tournament in San Diego where they placed 8th overall and three of the four competitors placed in the top 15 out of 68 at the competition, to name a few of their feats. Not to mention how well they did in the earlier tournaments and the honor of hosting the national forensics tournament at MHCC over Spring break. We applaud their ability to be|consistently great!
While we are at it we would like to toast to the MHCC theater department's production of the Rocky Horror Show. It takes a lot of work to put on a show the scale of the Rocky Horror Show. From the musical direction of Dave Barduhn, to the costume designs of Liz Hoover, to the casting and directing of Jennifer Hunter, the musical made a two-week impact on the school. Even the Hospitality program got involved with a pre-production party on opening night.
Hats are off to the brave stage actors, women and men, who pranced around delightfully in fishnet stockings and the use of a "heckler" studiously placed in the audience to instigate responses from the audience!
Audience participation is something central to the success of Jennifer Hunter directed plays and is something theater fans can hope to see more of in the future.
Last but not least we want to send a shout out to the Saints men's basketball team who after ending the regular season in the second seed position in the Southern Region will play in the NWAACC tournament Saturday. The Saints, who struggled early on in the season to get wins, made a late run to end their regular season with a record of 8-6 in the region. They started out with their backs against the wall with a record of 1-4. Inching out the Saints for the division title were region rivals the Clackamas Cougars, who ended their regular season at 11-3. The Saints will play the Highline Thunderbirds who are ranked third in the Western conference with an 11-5 record, Saturday at 8am at the Toyota Center in Kennewick, Wash. The tournament is a double-elimination, and the Saints are looking to top their seventh place finish from a season ago.
Thanks to all for giving The Advocate something positive to write about! Good luck at your home tournament Forensics, we look forward to the spring productions by the theatre department, and come home with a championship Saints!
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