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Amid the bustling October streets after sundown, Jools Sinclair and Meg Kehoe lead groups through the haunted alleyways of Historic Downtown Bend, teaching locals and visitors the eerie history deep inside the heart of Central Oregon. The spirit guides of Bend Ghost Tours, Sinclair and Kehoe, delved into what exactly the ghost tours meant to...
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When I told others I was going to Japan, they warned me of all the crowds—the sounds, the movement, the overwhelming sense of people. What no one prepares you for is the calm within the storm: the organized chaos and the small moments of complete stillness that make you crave more. I was walking down...
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Students, staff and faculty spent last week bracing for a faculty strike that was slated to begin Monday, October 5. But on Friday evening, email and text alerts from Central Oregon Community College notified students that the college and the faculty union had come to a tentative agreement and classes would continue as normal. COCC’s...
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Lindsey Spakousky Contributer KPOV Radio Station Offers a Class on How to be a DJ KPOV, a radio station located in Central Oregon, offers a DJ class through Central Oregon Community College. This class runs in spring and fall and is open to the community. “Be a DJ” teaches the basics of radio hosting and...
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Central Oregon Community College offers a wide range of unique classes, and some of the most fun are the health and human performance activity courses. From backpacking to backcountry snow riding, there is no shortage of adventure. I had the opportunity to take the beginning mountain biking class this term, and I had an absolute...
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The Iran War. The debacle in Minnesota. The mounting onslaught of Artificial Intelligence. The new housing crisis. With a constant deluge of bad news accessible at one’s finger tips it’s easy to imagine that life is on a continuous downhill with no stopping point. Which, right now yeah, things are hard. But I’m here to...
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Given the stresses of the modern world and school, a practice to calm and center one’s mind and spirit feels more important than ever. For this purpose, meditation, prayer, or some combination of both, are time-tested tools for bringing one out of the boxing ring of the ego and into the calming union found beneath...
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It’s seemed like over the last two years, no matter where you looked, there they were. Talia Stockwell, outgoing president of the Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College, served on ASCOCC for two years, doing everything from event planning and tabling to general upkeep. Stockwell is a veritable campus celebrity, which came with its...
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Greetings from the proverbial desk of the editors-in-chief! We’re proud to deliver another slamming print edition of The Broadside, featuring a slew of topics sure to entertain, astound and intrigue. Artificial intelligence, of course, rears its ugly head, a certain new Tea and Art Lounge is discussed, as well as the logistics behind hiking Mt....
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Inside the Tea and Art Lounge on NW Bond Street customers sip tea while sketchbooks, watercolor palettes and conversation spread across tables. The recently opened TEAL is more than a tea lounge—it is designed as a community-centered environment focused on creativity, connection and slowing down in the middle of downtown Bend. TEAL was born from...
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