NEWS BRIEFS

Volleyball 

The Saints volleyball team will face off against Chemeketa tonight, Nov. 1, at 6:30 p.m. Concessions will be open, and MHCC students get in free with a student ID. Adult tickets are $5, (non-Mt. Hood) student tickets are $4, and seniors and children get in for $3. 

Know Your Student Rights: Public Forum 

Learn about your rights and responsibilities as an MHCC student. Associated Student Government leaders, along with Student Conduct Officer Nikki Barone, will explain the process for students to express grievances on campus. The event will be hosted in the Student Union from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 pm. on Monday, Nov. 4, and again from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7.

Interview Tips 

If you’re preparing for a job change, MHCC’s Career Planning and Counseling Center may be able to help. It will host an event to help students prepare for any job or restricted program on campus, held from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the Town & Gown room (upstairs, next to the Riverview cafeteria). 

Photographing the Night Sky 

Enjoy photos taken by amateur photographers of the night sky with MHCC Planetarium Director Pat Hanrahan. This month’s show takes place in the Planetarium (Room 1305) on Tuesday and Friday, Nov. 5 and 7. Each night offers two showtimes, one starting at 6p.m. and another at 7 p.m.  

Apollo 11 Revisited

Fifty years ago, humans left Earth for the first time, and walked on the moon. Join Mt. Hood history instructors Pat Casey and Elizabeth Milliken for a special Historians’ Roundtable event on the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, plus a quick look at the 1960s Space Race. Open to anyone, the event starts at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Room 2728.

Mouths of Others:
Liz Prato 

The English department will hold its first Mouths of Others speaker series event of the year with Liz Prato, author of “Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege,” a book of essays on Hawaii. This event will be held in the Visual Arts Gallery on from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7.

First Generation College Celebration

MHCC will join colleges across the country in celebrating first-generation students in the U.S. The celebration will begin at noon in the Town & Gown room. It will feature refreshments, a keynote speaker, and a panel of Mt. Hood staff, students, and alumni.