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Monthly movie series offers a break from the classroom

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By Chris Hamby//

The flickering image on the silver screen.  Being immersed in breathtaking surround sound.  “Let’s all go to the lobby to get ourselves a treat.”

Nothing beats going to the movies and watching the latest feature films on the big screen.

At Hood College, students and faculty will take a break from the ongoing chaos of schoolwork to attend the college’s “Blockbuster Movie Showcase” series; which will mark its eighth year on campus.

Every semester, members of the Campus Activities Board screen a monthly series of popular second-run major feature films, along with select cult favorites.

Films are screened at Hodson Auditorium, located inside Rosenstock Hall on campus.  Select movies are also projected on an inflatable, oversized screen at the softball field during the spring and fall seasons.

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Sneezing, coughing are the sounds of the cold season

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By Kaylene Wright//

Students are beginning to feel it in the air. The sniffles during class, the embarrassing and constant coughs, and that saying among friends, “Don’t get to close to me, I’m sick.”

Cold season has begun. The months September through April generally have the more illness than other months. This is because people stay indoors due to the lowering temperatures outside. Cold weather itself does not cause illness, but people congregating indoors causes easy spread of germs from person to person.

Campuses are among the germiest places. Students live in just about as close quarters as you can get. Students share bathrooms and dining halls, and their own room with their roommate or roommates.

“The most common illness that we see in Hood’s Health Center are eye, ear, nose, and throat complaints,” Teresa Cevallos, director of health services at the Hood College Health Center, said. “The reason that they are grouped together is that it is not unusual for a student to have a sore throat along with an earache or nasal congestion.”

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Coblentz takes home the pink spoon

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Coblentz won the coveted pink spoon in Policies for Dollars.

Coblentz won the coveted pink spoon in Policies for Dollars.

 

By Chloe Scott//

As an annual tradition, Hood College hosts “Policies for Dollars,” for freshman to show their pride and fierce competition among the residence halls. On the evening of Oct. 26, campus residents initiated the nights’ festivities with a battle on the quad.

The event entails residence halls participating in a competition for extra House Council money and the Pink Spoon. The main events for the evening included an obstacle course, chants, skits and jeopardy. With the assistance of House Council Officers, first-year students, who served as representatives, were tasked with the main duty of planning and coordination for the four main events. Each event can help the hall gain points to win.

When seeing all the excitement, and hearing the chants from students on the quad proceed through Whitaker Campus Commons, Senior Maya Gonzalez recalled her experience with “Policies for Dollars”. She was sad to say that the tradition of the event is slowly dying. “Students are losing interest, especially upperclassman who had their first experience three years ago. I don’t know why it’s dying out, but if we could revamp ‘Policies for Dollars’ for better understanding of it, we could possibly strengthen it for future first-year students,” Gonzalez said.

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Chapdelaine becomes college’s 11th president

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By Carly Berkowitz//

Students, staff and guests stood in honor and applauded as Dr. Andrea Chapdelaine took the stage to officially become the 11th president of Hood College.

The ceremony started at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, in the Hodson Outdoor Theater on campus.  The autumn wind was cold against hands and faces, but the reception of the guests from the Hood community was still warm as the long-awaited ceremony began.

Chapdelaine officially began her work as president back in July, but now, with great celebration, pomp, and circumstance, it becomes official.

“I’m very passionate about small liberal arts colleges,” Chapdelaine said in an interview prior to the event.  She expressed her interest in the challenges and opportunities Hood presents, as well as the Hood community.  “I want us to continue to be a strong institution so I will be working on continuing to gather resources, with primary interest in improving the academic experience of the students.”

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