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Darwin IkardThe Broadside

A student chef is looking to smoke the competition in spring 2013 as she battles for

the title of Western Student Chef of the Year.

Suzann Fillmore, recent gradu-ate and fellow at the Central Oregon Community College’s Cascades Culinary Institute, will be com-peting April 13 for the title of the American Culinary Federation’s Western Regional Student Chef of the Year. The competition will be held in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, as part of the ACF’s Western Regional Conference, and the winner will have a chance to compete for the national title in Las Vegas in July.

“I feel blessed,” said Fillmore. “I’m really excited to have an opportunity

to do this.”CCI’s Executive Director

Gene Fritz and Chef Instructor Thor Er-ickson have been working with Fill-more on recipes as well as prep-aration for the competition.

“It’s a col-l a b o r a t i o n between all three of us,” said Erick-son, “but Suzann is d r i v i n g the bus.”

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compe-tition Fill-

more will be asked

to prepare two identical

dishes of the chosen entrée, which is a maple-wood smoked duck breast. The judges will select a winner based on cooking skills, menu taste, and professionalism, according to the ACF.

“Right now we are taking each por-tion of the dish--protein, starch, and veg--and getting it to perfection,” Fill-more said. “It’s like a building, you start with the foundation and build it

up from there.”The Bend native,

who hopes to run her own restaurant one day, will be working with her coaches from now until April in hopes that she will be ready to bring home a victory.

“Winning would mean a lot,” said Fill-more. “It would blow

my mind. It would boost my confi-dence.”

Also in Coeur d’Alene, CCI will be manning a four person team for the Knowledge Bowl, a Jeopardy style question and answer competition. In a double elimination tournament, teams will go head to head in a test of culinary knowledge, with only one advancing to the nationals in Las Ve-gas.

“We are going to get every question right,” said team member Chelsea Martin. “I’m expecting a big trophy.”

Self proclaimed “pastry specialist” Brook McDonald is equally confident.

“We’re going to put the COCC cu-linary school on the map,” said Mc-Donald.

Chef Wayne Yeatman will be coaching the team and is confident that all the CCI students taking part will gain more than just a victory at the Western Regional Conference.

“Its great for the students network-ing with people and building relation-ships,” said Yeatman. “It’s an oppor-tunity to show off knowledge and be exposed to people that can give them a job.”

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► Suzann Fillmore fine-tuning her dish, a maple-wood smoked duck breast, for the Western Student Chef of the Year competition.

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We’re going to put the COCC culinary school

Winning would mean a lot. It would boost my confidence.”-Suzann Fillmore, COCC Student

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-Brooke McDonald, COCC student

CCI Will Compete in Western Regional Culinary Competition

Anna Quesenberry | The Broadside

POLARPLUNGE


clubs & sportspI am not sure what drove me to plunge. It could have been the money raised for charity, being in a college team building event, or maybe just to participate in a fairly ridiculous activity that Bend evidently took pretty seriously. When I showed up at Riverbend Park it was mayhem, and the multitude of costumed-people only added to the chaos. Although it was deceptively sunny out, it was still cold. One by one I watched the teams do their collective plunges, and the suspense built. Finally it was the Central Oregon Community College team’s turn. We took our marks on the banks of the Deschutes, and before I had time to think twice, I was diving headfirst into the water. The crisp Central Oregon wind picked up as my frozen body staggered out of the river and I was chilled to the bone. My Bend rite of passage was complete.

Despite the shivering, which lasted long after I dried myself off, the plunge was a success. I can now say I am a true “Bender,” and I participated in an event that allowed the Associated Students of Central Oregon Community college to raise $2,781 for Special Olympics Oregon.

►Photos by Stephen Badger►Story by Rhyan McLaury►Video by Jeremy Pierce |The Broadside

Go to thebroadsideonline.com to see my headcam video coverage of the Polar Plunge▼

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Molly SvendsenThe Broadside

Using a greenhouse as a physics lab project might not be traditional, but this idea was what won Ralph Tadday the Green Star

Award in January 2013.Tadday, physics and engineering professor at

Central Oregon Community College, first had the idea for using the Chandler Building greenhouse as part of his physics lab during the summer of 2012.

“There is always the danger in the science department of students saying, ‘I will never do that again,’” Tadday said. “There is no geekiness in a greenhouse and so I thought that this could be a re-ally hands on project that would grab students and make them excited about learning.”

Over Fall 2012, Tad-day directed students in his Physics 213 class in developing proposals and ideas to improve sustainability at the Chandler Building greenhouse.

“I was overall really pleased, it did over-whelm me a little bit, after a few weeks seeing how much work it is to put a project with 10 to 12 groups together,” Tadday said.

Tadday saw this project as a way to get students interested in physics in a practical way.

“When we think of lab work, we think of what would be useful and applicable for students,” Tadday said. “Sustainability is something many people are connected with. With this greenhouse we can have a showcase of sustainability projects, something that continues on.”

Tadday is one of 10 individuals and groups that have received the Green Star Award since the sus-tainability committee started this program.

Kevin Grove, physics and engineering profes-sor at COCC, is chair of the sustainability com-mittee that decides the recipients of the Green Star Award.

“Ralph [Tadday] really stood out by imple-menting sustainable practices and involving this into his curriculum,” Grove said. “Taking physics into the learning garden was an excellent demon-stration of sustainability practices.”

Grove believes the Green Star Award will make an impact on sustainability practices and will change COCC for the better.

“I hope it motivates people to step up and take action,” Grove said. “Maybe it will even motivate people to practice sustainability and one day win a Green Star Award.”

For Tadday, receiving this award only reaffirms his teaching style and enthusiasm for helping stu-dents learn.

“I didn’t even know [Green Star Award’s] exist-ed, it doesn’t change what am doing, what drives me is finding rhyme and reason for students to learn,” Tadday said. “It is nice that these incen-tives are there, because maybe it can change the future as far as sustainability.”

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Learning, from page 1

“At first, I was intimidated be-cause I don’t know everything, I started at Math 10 and Writing 60,” Mueller said. “I had students come to me asking for advice because I [was] older and it was intimidating.”

In 2013, Mueller will graduate with a bachelors degree in Human Development and Family Science from Oregon State University-Cas-cades. Mueller hopes to use her de-gree to become an advisor for high school or college students.

“I really like school, and hope to eventually go into advising,” Muel-ler said.

Mueller’s chances look good, ac-cording to Dula, who believes that students graduating with a degree later in life will have an equal op-portunity of getting a job.

“The chances of being hired is equal for all job seekers in my expe-rience,” Dula said.

Employers look for qualities that would guarantee a well rounded employee, according to Dula.

“In general, employers look for three basic things,” Dula said. “The first would be skills or ability to do the job, the second would be how well you fit into the organization, and the third would be a passion and enthusiasm for the job.”

Older age could even be an ad-vantage in a job search because of the added experience associated with it, according to Dula.

“Age and life experience cer-tainly would work for that advantage,” Dula said.

M u e l l e r believes her life experi-ence will give her an advantage in searching for a job.

“ G e n e r -ally [we] are more expe-rienced over younger people, and experience should count for something,” Muel-ler said. “From talking to advisors, it is how you’re organized how you present yourself that can get you a

Nothing geeky about a greenhouse

Ralph Tadday, physics and engineering professor

Molly Svendsen | The Broadside

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1 out of every 13 credit students at COCC are over the age of 50

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job.”Mueller said that her and oth-ers in her situation are remaining optimistic about their chances of getting a job with their degrees.

“I am being really positive about my chances of getting a job, I’m re-ally not that concerned,” Mueller said. “Most students who are older and in school that I have talked to are positive about their chances as well.”

There are a lot of skills that Muel-ler learned because she went back to school later in life.

“I’ve learned about how to be patient with young people,” Mueller said. “We have a lot of great smart young people and it is exciting to see that.”

Mueller’s advice for people con-sidering re-turning to school when they are older is to stick it out.

“It’s tough, hang in there though, there is a great sat-isfaction of just getting a degree,” Mueller said. “My grand-mother al-

ways said, ‘You’re never too old to learn.’”


Credit students at COCC over the age of 50

Data from the COCC Enrollment Report-Tracy Dula, career servicescoordinator

You can never have too much education. Someone who is going back to school later in life is exhibiting lifelong learning skills.”

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Alex Hogen believes that homeschooling helped him in continuing his education.

Hogen, a second year student at Central Oregon Community College was homeschooled from second grade through high school graduation.

“Being at home and being closer to friends and family was really a blessing,” said Hogen.

Being schooled at home was an asset to further education for Ho-gen because his previous studies were more intense. Before starting college classes, Hogen had already completed some of the course-work.

“Before starting taking trig., I read through the entire precalcu-lus book, so I was basically just re-doing stuff I’d already done,” said Hogen. “My first term it was almost like ‘wow, this is lame’ compared to high school.”

During the transition from homeschool to college, Hogen found the size of the student popu-lation at COCC was not a problem, although at times it could be a little overwhelming.

“If it does seem like a huge class, I’ll sit in front sometimes so that it feels like it’s a smaller class size.” said Hogen. “It [also] helped to have students who I knew in the classes, so it felt like I wasn’t as alone.”

Students who were home-schooled face nothing different

than what those who attended pub-lic school face, according to Hogen.

“Public school students don’t know what homeschooled stu-dents go through,” said Hogen, “and homeschooled kids don’t know what public school students go through.”

Hogen believes that success is not measured by where your diplo-ma is from, or if you even have one.

“You don’t really need to have a GED or diploma to be successful,” said Hogen. “My diploma was from Hogen family homeschool...it was signed by my mother.”

Hogen’s future plans are to trans-fer to Oregon Institute of Technolo-gy in fall 2013 to study electrical and mechanical engineering.


Darwin Ikard The Broadside

Student law enforcement is learning to keep the peace and earning college credit

at the same time.In the Campus Public Safety

Department at Central Oregon Community College, students and law enforcement profes-sionals work side by side to en-sure a safe learning atmosphere for the COCC community.

“We’re committed to keep-ing the college community safe,” said Jim Bennett, public safety coordinator, “24 hours a day, five days a week.”

Seven active duty officers and five unpaid criminal jus-tice cadets earning college credits patrol the campus beat throughout the week.

“[The cadets] have become an incredible resource for our department,” said Bennett. “It’s an excellent opportunity for criminal justice students to build their resume and gain ex-perience.”

Bennett, who has worked in public service for 24 years, sees the function of the department as both a public service and an opportunity to learn.

“The majority of persons that come to work here are inter-ested in law enforcement,” said Bennett. “This is a starting point for them.”

Before going into active sta-tus, every officer goes through a six to eight week basic academy training. Cadets are trained alongside active duty officers in the field, developing skills in re-port writing and investigation, as well as major incident strate-gies.

Dan Smith is a former Bend Police officer who works nights for Campus Public Safety at COCC, and also trains cadets.

“It’s a good stepping stone for sure,” said Smith, who him-self was once a cadet at Bend Police Department, “I treat the cadets like I wanted to be treat-ed. I let them get the full experi-ence.”

Because officers are not al-lowed to carry weapons, a major emphasis in training is de-escalation tactics through verbal communication. This type of training translates well to other areas of the career, ac-cording to Smith.

“Talking to people is the number one thing in any law enforcement job,” Smith said. “Observing cues and body lan-

guage is essential.”Smith, who often patrols the

campus by himself, takes his job seriously and sees it as a way to maintain his edge in law enforcement.

“It keeps the skills sharp-ened, keeps me as fresh as pos-sible,” said Smith. “You’ve al-ways got to be on it; anything can turn into a major incident.”

In addition to ongoing train-ing, Campus Public Safety makes an effort to develop rapport with students by tak-ing part in student outreach projects such as Jump Start and resident orientations at Juniper Hall, according to Bennett.

“I can’t emphasize enough the importance of a relation-ship with the college commu-nity,” said Bennett. “It is critical to providing services and crime prevention.”

This effort of ongoing train-ing and college community out-reach has led to a decline of ma-jor incidents from 2011 to 2012, according to Bennett.

“The response and preven-tion ratio is good,” Bennett said. “It’s a proactive department, and that’s due partly to the ca-det program.”


Campus Cop Cadets making a difference

“[My Job] keeps the skills sharpened, keeps me

as fresh as possible. You’ve always got to be on

it; anything can turn into a major incident.”

-Campus Safety Officer Dan Smith

▲ Campus Public Safety officers Dan Smith and Kevin Lanier get ready for night patrol at COCC.

Homeschooled student finds transition to college easy

▲ Alex Hogen was much more challenged in his studies at home than his first term at COCC.

Scott Greenstone | The Broadside

Darwin Ikard | The Broadside

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Operation Don’t Go Broke: Balancing your family budget

Photos by Stephen Badger | The Broadside

Operation Don't Go Broke: Balancing your family budgetAnna QuesenberryThe Broadside

Operation Don’t Go Broke is devoted to bringing readers helpful tips on ways to save in college.

With the average annual cost of daycare now exceeding the price of college tuition, according to Child Care Aware of America, degree-seeking parents are striving to make ends meet while balancing their time between work, school and family.

These tips are designed to help students bring balance to their family budget:

Spend time not moneyGiving your child “the floor” is worth more than all the money you could spend on “stuff.”

• Set time aside each evening to read and do homework together.

• Encourage your children to help with chores and meal prep.

• Get active and take the fun outdoors.• Break out the art supplies and get

crafty.• Surprise them on your lunch hour

Affordable Family Fun around Central OregonCentral Oregon’s parks, lakes, mountains and streams make it a giant playground for families. Take advantage of affordable family fun near you.

• Head to High Desert Museum for Family Free Day.

• Visit your local library during storytime.• McMenamins often shows family movies

at noon and 3 p.m. During the summer, watch for Regal Cinemas Summer Movie Express featuring family movies for $1 at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

• See the stars up close at Pine Mountain Observatory on Saturday and Sunday nights May through September. Located just 30 minutes from Bend, the observatory is great for grade-schoolers on up and is free with the option of donating.

• Summertime is loaded with free activities to keep families busy, from floating the river to free concerts, and don’t miss the annual Fourth of July Pet Parade.

• Winter in Central Oregon offers the perfect conditions to build a snowman, start a snowball fight or go sledding. Then, warm up with a hot cup of cocoa by the fire.

Cutback on child care costsFinding quality child care at an affordable cost is a challenge for parents everywhere, which is why so many parents are searching for a better alternative.

• Have Dad stay home with the kids or ask a family member to babysit.

• Consider working and scheduling classes opposite shifts, so one parent can always be home.

• Ask for a discount if you have more than one child in daycare.

• Check out after-school options like Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Club and the Good News Club.

• Co-op with friends, trading off babysitting each other’s children so each set of parents gets a night out.

• Look into the Child and Dependent Care Credit, which reduces your taxable income.

Saving on family expensesFOOD

• Contact Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College to sign up for their food bank.

• Healthy homemade foods are better for your budget than expensive pre-made meals and snacks out of a box.

MEDICAL

• Apply for Oregon Health Plan through the Department of Human Services.

• Keep your family healthy by eating right, getting plenty of sleep and exercise.

CLOTHING

• Join a clothing-swap on Facebook and get gently used items for less.

• Shop during the off-season from clearance racks.

BIRTHDAYS

• Stash gifts in a closet so you’re prepared for the birthdays that land between paydays.

• Give out homemade gifts as party favors. Tutorials for do-it-yourself playdough and crayons are available online.

First year COCC nursing student Anna Quesenberry is a wife and mother of two who is passionate about saving money.


Next on ODGB, budget your time during Dead Week.

Your Weekly Places to study on Campus

Write on the wall in the Science BuildingWriting on the wall is encouraged in the study room located on the top floor in the science building, making it the perfect place to brainstorm and complete projects. Refine your projects and presentation by hooking your laptop up to the big screen.

Tutor labFree tutoring is offered to

students at the tutor lab in the

basement of the library. Check

the website for scheduling.

http://www.cocc.edu/tutoring-

and-testing/tutoring/bend-

tutoring/

Top floor of LibraryFind a table overlooking the forest to hide away and cram for midterms. Score snacks in the lobby during “Dead Week.”

The lawn in front of Grandview

HallDon’t let

home-work stop you from

getting outdoors. Camp out

on the lawn at the top of the hill.

Fireplace Lounge at

Grandview HallJuniper Hall

Residents wake up and head to

the fireplace lounge for break-

fast. The cozy ambiance makes

it the perfect place to catch up

on reading.


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If super-lame monologues, unfollowable plots,

and hilarious one liners are your thing, Zombie Night is the movie for you. This movie begins with the president being assassinated, nuclear fallout and then, yes, zombies. Watch closely for the cameo of director David J. Francais urinating on set.

Top 5 best worst B movies

Troll 2 is a quintessential disasterpiece. With

jarring set and costume designs, deplorable acting, and a “plot” that is painfully disjointed, this steaming heap of cinematic garbage is the perfect flick for a bad movie night.

Put your snark skills to the test with the awfulness

that is The Room. Plot holes the size of the Grand Canyon and dialogue as unnatural as peanut butter with coleslaw make this movie worthy of sarcastic evisceration. And who could forget the iconic line, “You’re tearing me apart, Lisa!”

Sharktopus takes the crown for Syfy’s

best awesomely bad horror movie. What’s not to love about unrealistic CG, more explosions than a Michael Bay movie and buckets of fake blood?

When aliens resurrect dead humans as

zombies and vampires, hilarious horrible production follows in this 1950s flick. Due to goofs and consistent inconsistencies (one actor gets his wife’s name wrong), as well as acting that borders on morally wrong, this film starring Bela Lugosi and Vampira is widely regarded as the worst film of all time.

Rhyan McLauryThe Broadside

Strawberry won’t be the only type of jam going on at the Campus Center at noon.

Tunes at Noon, created by Director of Student Life Gordon Price, will feature local musicians and bands every other Wednes-day in the Campus Center, beginning at 11:30.

“This place was built to be a hub on campus,” Price said, “that main spot where folks can congregate...it is nice to fill that space with music.”

Along with bringing a musical atmosphere into the Campus Center, Price said that the goals of Tunes at Noon are to give musicians an opportu-nity to perform and expose them to a wider audience. All the dates are booked with students, staff and faculty, as well as other acts from around Central Oregon.

“I also opened it up to the community because we are a community college,” said Price, “and we want to be connected to Central Oregon.”

On Jan. 16 Tunes at Noon featured classical guitarist, Jeffery Pinley, a Sisters High School and University of Oregon COCC branch graduate. He played classical pieces from the 1800s transposed for guitar, including Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata and a song called Romance by an un-known writer, which “makes it all the more epic,” Pinley said during his performance.

All genres and styles are welcome to play, according to Price.

“That’s something I really wanted to stress,” Price said.

The upcoming lineup includes such diverse acts as Central Oregon Singers, COCC’s jazz choral; The Beer Slayers, a metal rock group; a string ensem-ble; and some folk music acts.

So far the program has been well received by staff and students, according to Price. With many musi-cians showing interest, he is already working on a schedule for next year.

Tunes at Noon will be featuring the Rich Hurdle Jazz Trio Jan. 30 at 11:30.

Lunch time entertainment hitting the Campus Center


TunesNoon

► Jeffery Pinley plays classical guitar at the first Tunes at Noon Jan. 16

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“I learned to expect the unexpected and be okay

with it, and to just let go and enjoy the moment.”

-Kate Roth, OSU Business Program Intern

Bend, Oregon

Hangzhou, China

One of Roth’s first assignments after arriving in China was to teach the Eng-lish language to 250 of the hotel staff where she lived and worked during this three month long internship.

“At first, I was saying everything through a translator because I didn’t know the language,” Roth said. “It was a little intimidating because I didn’t know that this was to be a part of my experience, I had to just jump in feet first and feel it out.”

In China, Roth was also faced with a different menu than she was used to at home.

“We were served food that was com-pletely whole, fish were served whole with their skin, gills and eyes,” Roth said. “Right before we came back to the

U.S., I finally even got brave enough to eat a scorpion in Beijing.”

While in China, Roth worked close-ly with internship program leaders to learn about the cultural and political past of the country. “One of these cul-tural changes coming to China is how the country views women,” Roth said.

“There is a large feminist move-ment that has been in the making for 20 years,” Roth said. “It was neat to be able to be on the front lines of seeing something like this that will ultimately change this country in a positive way.”

Roth hopes to use the leadership and business skills she gained through this internship to attend law school in fall 2013.

“Business was a great stepping stone to this goal,” Roth said. “Ultimately though, business is not my greatest passion, and this internship has basi-cally solidified the next step.”

Through all these experiences, Roth said the most important thing she learned was humility.

“I went over with these huge expec-tations on what I could and would do, but you can’t go to a foreign country and expect these to be met,” Roth said. “I learned to expect the unexpected and be okay with it, and to just let go and enjoy the moment.”


▲ Kate Roth by a lakeside pagoda

Student gains skills and perspectivein China


You’re in a new place. You don’t speak the language or under-stand the culture and you can’t

recognize anything on the menu.This was the reality for Kate Roth during the summer of 2012, when she par-ticipated in a business internship in Hangzhou China.

In January 2012, Roth, a graduate of the Oregon State University Cas-cades business program, was first approached about the possibility of completing an internship at The Dragon Hotel in China.

“It was exciting to be offered this opportunity,” Roth said. “I didn’t have any idea what this experience would be like, but I didn’t want to miss it.”

In the past, OSU-Cascades has partnered with IE3, a global intern-ship agency, to offer international internships for students. This specific internship was opened up through a unique connection OSU-Cascades professor, Sandy Chen, had with managers at The Dragon Hotel. At the time, the hotel managers were seek-ing to invite students to come help staff learn about the Western culture.

These internships are created to give students the opportunity to gain valuable skills that they can later ap-ply in their careers, said Sandy Chen, assistant professor in hospitality management at OSU-Cascades.

“To get a job in business today, graduates need experience in their field,” Chen said. “This internship is a great way to introduce students to what the business field is like.”

The students chosen for this in-ternship were picked based on pro-fessor recommendations as well as personality, flexibility, and a mind-fulness of cultural differences, ac-cording to Chen.

“The Chinese culture is almost completely opposite from here,” Chen said. “We picked students based on how well we perceive they will adapt in this environment.”

Chen worked with both of the stu-dents who were chosen to participate in this internship.

“The students we sent didn’t have any previous experience,” Chen said. “We talked with them a little about what to expect, but really they were thrown into a whole different cul-ture.” Photos submitted by Kate Roth

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Are the Cascades seeing a decline in snowpack? Two Oregon State University-Cascades professors

have differing opinions.Current snowpack data does not

point to a long-term drop, according to Matt Shinderman, OSU-Cascades’ Natural Resources instructor.

“I don’t deny that climate change is occurring; it is certainly occurring,” Shinderman said. “If we really want to talk about snowpack, then we should probably wait another 20 to 30 years because right now, the data don’t nec-essarily support a declining trend.”

It depends on how they interpret the data, according to Shinderman. At the moment, things look favorable.

“It’s very dangerous...to try to in-fer general trends,” said Shinderman. “Generally speaking, there’s little evi-dence to support the idea that snow-pack is declining.”

Despite the unreadability of the data, Shin-derman sees a lot of hype about de-creasing snowfall going around.

“There’s a stat that you’ll see out there that says ‘snowpack has been declining at something like roughly 15% in the last 50 years.’ I don’t see it in the data.... Usu-ally that figure doesn’t include 2012, where we had over 690 inches of snow at Mt. Bachelor.”

These reports are circulating, said Shinderman, because of how the data is presented.

The “perception” of declining snow-pack, Shinderman explained, is be-

cause “you can read it in almost any report... [certain re-ports] talk about changes, but then you look at the data and it’s not necessarily congruent with results.”

As far as the future goes, S h i n d e r m a n doesn’t see any cause for worry for outdoor rec-reation.

At Hoo-doo ski resort, there’s no trend

of snow decrease, according to Leif Williams, Vice President of Marketing for Hoodoo.

“Amazingly, it goes up and down quite a bit from year to year,” said Wil-liams.

This supports Shinderman’s claim that snowpack is “highly variable.”

Shinderman is not ruling out cli-mate change, but can’t say the snow is “leaving” until he’s seen more evi-dence.

However, not everyone is as neutral as Shinderman. Climate change will doom snowpack eventually, according to Matt Orr, OSU-Cascades instructor of Biology and Ecological Restoration.

“The skiing industry’s screwed,” said Orr.

Studies show fewer and fewer open days for ski resorts specifically in the Northeast, according to Orr. A study in the New York Times article “Rising Temperatures Threaten Fundamental Change for Ski Slopes” identified seven of 18 resorts in New Hampshire and eight of 14 in Maine that will be closed by 2039.

“I think we’re headed for a com-pletely different world,” Orr said.


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