<![CDATA[The Olympian - Features RSS]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/se/the-olympian-features-rss-1.307326 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:25:15 -0400 en <![CDATA[Commencement speaker overcomes challenges to succeed]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/commencement-speaker-overcomes-challenges-to-succeed-1.1486778

By: Rich Wells



Picked to speak at the 2010 Olympic College commencement ceremony, Tara Marie Wilson is excited about the opportunity to inspire her fellow graduates....

]]> 1.1486778 Mon, 31 May 2010 02:43:34 -0400 <![CDATA[Softball team’s ‘great leader’]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/softball-team-s-great-leader-1.1481922

By: Kevin Doucette



The Olympic College Rangers' success this season has been largely due to the leadership of pitcher Jacqui Bushor. If someone were to see Bushor not in uniform, his or her first thought would probably not be that she is a star softball player. With shorte...

]]> 1.1481922 Mon, 17 May 2010 18:22:27 -0400 <![CDATA[New golf coach brings experience]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/new-golf-coach-brings-experience-1.1481920

By: Kevin Doucette



Last fall the Olympic College golf team was looking for a head coach, but the already busy OC athletic director Barry Janusch decided to take on the job himself. In early March there was still an opening for the head-coaching job. The teams’ number...

]]> 1.1481920 Mon, 17 May 2010 18:18:41 -0400 <![CDATA[New coach and new golf players ‘remain confident’ for spring season]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/new-coach-and-new-golf-players-remain-confident-for-spring-season-1.1353661

By: Brian Foley



The Olympic College Rangers men’s golf is set to start another season with a new coach and an optimistic outlook to improve upon last season....

]]> 1.1353661 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:42:03 -0400 <![CDATA[Talking the trash and wearing it too]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/talking-the-trash-and-wearing-it-too-1.1348352

By: Eric Lee



Planet Earth has a friend in Diane Kaber, an environmentally active student of Olympic College....

]]> 1.1348352 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:33:20 -0400 <![CDATA[Security’s own ‘Mayor’ presides over OC campus]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/security-s-own-mayor-presides-over-oc-campus-1.1305696

By: Aaron Gould



Olympic College alumna Michele Mayor finds herself back at OC, this time not as a student, but as the campus’ shortest security guard....

]]> 1.1305696 Mon, 5 Apr 2010 17:51:43 -0400 <![CDATA[Student shuffles school with owning her own bar]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/student-shuffles-school-with-owning-her-own-bar-1.1258722

By: Christina Lanham



Local bar owner Mary Jo Abernathy-Rose started taking classes summer quarter at Olympic College who owns her own bar, South Pacific Sports Bar....

]]> 1.1258722 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:48:19 -0500 <![CDATA[Obi crowned ping pong champ]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/obi-crowned-ping-pong-champ-1.1258442

By: Brian Foley



Olympic College recently held the Ping Pong Championships in the Bremer Student Center gym with several players looking to compete for the title. ...

]]> 1.1258442 Sun, 7 Mar 2010 22:02:23 -0500 <![CDATA[Costume class developing community ties]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/costume-class-developing-community-ties-1.1258322

By: Charmaine L. Clark


Olympic College Dramatic Arts Department has recently created a beneficial association with the Bremerton Community Theater. ...

]]> 1.1258322 Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:11:03 -0500 <![CDATA[New coach hopes for change]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/new-coach-hopes-for-change-1.1167787

By: Ashley Gunderson



The Olympic College men's soccer team has a new coach, hailing from Scotland....

]]> 1.1167787 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:36:15 -0500 <![CDATA[Students learn about black history in Kitsap]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/students-learn-about-black-history-in-kitsap-1.1167727

By: Brian Foley



Olympic College students and staff were educated on the history of African Americans and their influence in Kitsap County, among other things....

]]> 1.1167727 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:59:31 -0500 <![CDATA[OC only community college in WA to offer EMT certificate ]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/oc-only-community-college-in-wa-to-offer-emt-certificate-1.1167694

By: Josh Nothnagle



Interest in the Emergency Medical Technician class at Olympic College has led to the development of a Certificate of Proficiency in Emergency Medical Services that will begin in the spring of 2010....

]]> 1.1167694 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:51:49 -0500 <![CDATA[Lady Rangers stumble]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/lady-rangers-stumble-1.1085595

By: Brian Foley


Two critical losses leave team 3-8

The Olympic College women’s basketball team continued their recent downslide as the team dropped games to Seattle Community College and Edmonds Community College. After holding a first half lead against the Storm from SCC 31-30, the Rangers were th...

]]> 1.1085595 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:13:28 -0500 <![CDATA[Ranger men remain in last place]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/ranger-men-remain-in-last-place-1.1085592

By: Kevin Doucette



The Olympic College Rangers men’s basketball team has been struggling as of late and is yet to put together a win in league play. “We are small but quick and can score well on breakaways,” said Isaiah Thompson. “We have been playi...

]]> 1.1085592 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:10:57 -0500 <![CDATA[New players for struggling basketball team]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/new-players-for-struggling-basketball-team-1.1085583

By: Kevin Doucette


Lady Rangers try to ‘keep the intensity up’ as Campbell and Bolger come on the team

Campbell and Bolger both graduated locally: Campbell from North Kitsap and Bolger from Klahowya. The major different between the two is that Bolger graduated high school last year, but its been four years since Campbell graduated and ...

]]> 1.1085583 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:07:42 -0500 <![CDATA[Finding experience and a career under the hood]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/finding-experience-and-a-career-under-the-hood-1.1085578

By: Christopher Carter


In the classroom and on the shop floor, students learn the art of automobiles

Across the street from the main campus, Olympic College students operate a fully functioning business while learning the ins and outs of a hands-on trade.

In the six-bay service shop, students ]]> 1.1085578 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:59:10 -0500 <![CDATA[Student gives back to community with art]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/student-gives-back-to-community-with-art-1.1085504

By: Josh Nothnagle



Seated in his workspace in a modest Capitol Hill building, Erik Marquez works on adding to and updating the Warren Knapp Gallery Web site. “I mostly update the Web site and get the newsletter ready to send, but I also do most of the administrative ...

]]> 1.1085504 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:12:54 -0500 <![CDATA[Student-produced feature film may debut in spring]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/student-produced-feature-film-may-debut-in-spring-1.1085476

By: Nicholai Crees


“Found Lost” is almost ready for release after two years of struggles with schedules and turnover

The student-made film nears completion after two years in the making....

]]> 1.1085476 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:10:25 -0500 <![CDATA[Andy and Mandy: From shipmates to soulmates ]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/andy-and-mandy-from-shipmates-to-soulmates-1.946407

By: Kathy Bray



They are active and happy in their roles as husband and wife, and president and vice president of Phi Theta Kappa, but it is all in a day’s work for these full-time college students. Andy and Amanda Newill — fondly known as Andy and Mandy to ...

]]> 1.946407 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:17:51 -0500 <![CDATA[Internationally minded, locally active]]> http://www.ocolympian.com/features/internationally-minded-locally-active-1.946400

By: Matt Fields



Olympic College student and Peruvian native Rut Montero shares her experiences as an international student and uses them to make other foreign students feel at home....

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