Clearly, food isn't the only way to get Clark students to show up to an event. Free massages also work.

    Massage therapists from Massage Envy (8802 North East 5 Avenue), set up two chairs in the cafeteria Wednesday, May 5, for Clark College's quarterly Vendor Fair. Led by Debbie and Kelsey Walsh, the team opened their booth at 9 a.m., and by 11 a.m., had serviced over 50 people.

    "What I really like," Kelsey Walsh says, "is that everyone is so busy, but made time for it."

    Students lined up to the back wall of Gaiser Hall (GHL) for a few slices of pizza and to enjoy local music on April 30, as part of La Fête de la Musique.
    Le Fête de la Musique, a French national holiday, translates as The Festival of the Music, where musicians, both amateur and professional are encouraged to come out of their homes and fill the streets with music.

    Archer Gallery Director Marjorie Hirsch scrambles around her crowded office, shuffling through informational packets. She clearly shows enthusiasm for the next Archer Gallery dialogue. 
    This exhibition that will exclusively feature all forms of art from Clark Students. The dialogue is titled, The Art Student Annual.
    Hirsch is expecting 400 pieces of art to be submitted. All work will be juried by Art Department faculty and 100 to 120 pieces will be selected for the Archer Gallery.

    Molly Dotson, a student at Clark, signed up for Art 280 not knowing what exactly the class was about.

    “I happened to sign up for the class because it sounded exciting,” Dotson says. “I didn’t even know it was going to be a publication for the Phoenix.”

    Art 280 is described in the Connections magazine as a class intended for the Phoenix staff, yet it is not entirely clear how involved the class truly is.

    Dancehall Reggae is a musical form that is gathering steam. Rooted in the third-world squalor of the West Indies, dancehall is a rough and tumble collage of regular reggae, dub, hip-hop and electronica.
 
    The melodic beats and repeater tones of classic reggae are the foundations of this high impact music. Sounds from roots reggae notables, such as Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and King Tubby can be extracted from this new hybrid version of Rasta gospel music.
 

    As part of Earth Week, the Office of Student Life and Multicultural Student Affairs presented the movie An Inconvenient Truth.
 
    An Inconvenient Truth is a documentary about a presentation that Al Gore presents across the country showing citizens how global warming can affect the nation and the world. At the same time it also shows why Gore decided to find a cause to fight for through experiences throughout his life.
 

    The smell of pizza and many helpful tips on how to keep houses eco-friendly greeted students in the Penguin Student Lounge on Earth Day 2008.
 
    The event that started at 11 a.m. was hosted by the Watershed Stewards and the Clean Water program. There were roughly 30 guests at the event.
 
    A slide show titled Green Cleaning was presented by Patty Page and Frances Foley, two volunteers from the Watershed Stewards.
 

     The Clark security office sold cards for children to wear during their visit to the campus on Take Your Child to Work Day. Faculty and staff lined up to purchase the cards on April 24.  
 
    The cards, which sold for $5, were designed by Program Support Supervisor Lynn Van Hoomissen from the security department.
 
    “The money we earned from selling the cards is used to pay for the (Clark) ID cards,” Van Hoomissen says. “They’re very expensive.”

    Earth Action speaker Janelle Hansen was one out of 1,000 chosen to be trained by Al Gore to present the Global Warming Crisis. Clark students had the opportunity to watch the presentation in the Penguin Union Building on April 23.
 

    The Sakura Flower Festival of 2008 attracted Clark students, faculty and staff, even though the cherry blossoms were not in bloom. The festival was held on Thursday, April 17.