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Editor's Note: The following editorial is reprinted from the Sept. 22
issue of the Southwester, Southwestern Oregon Community Col­
lege's newspaper.
Early in August, Clackamas Community College got voter ap­
proval of their operational tax levy on the third try.
Before the successful election, John Hakanson, Clackamas' pres­
ident, had indicated that if the levy was not approved in that election
or the following one scheduled in September he would 'ecommend
that the school be closed for fall term.
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The weekend before the election I was in Portland attending a
meeting of the Community Colleges of Oregon Student Association
and Commission (CCOSAC) with other members of SWOCC's student
government. One of the things on the CCOSAC agenda for the week­
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end was to meet at Clackamas to help in a canvassing effort.
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As you probably know, a petition is being circulated tfl
When we arrived at the college, members of their student govern­
ment had prepared literature, organized transportation, and selected people the issue of whether or not utility companies caiM
the areas where we would go door-to-door urging people to vote. In ratepayers for building being done that will not provide sen?
a short time we were divided into groups and began knocking on til sometime later.
doors.
Called "Construction Work in Progress," there are elderlyp
who are paying for service they may never receive. For this!
The following Tuesday, voters approved the tax levy by a wide
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margin.
referral which will be on the November, 1978 ballot if 46,OOM
Upon reading the election results it was rather apparent to me that
tures are obtained.
the success of the vote was due largely to the concentrated effort of
Oregon is the only State in the west that permits this
Clackamas's student government.
practice. Thirty-four states forbid this financial maneuvering,!
What impressed me as much as anything was the fact that all of ing Missouri which recently passed a similar measure by 63perde
Anyone interested in getting involved in this effort writstoj
the people working on the effort to get the budget passed were doing
it only because they wanted to, not because they had to. Most of the (Oregonians for Utility Reform), Box 12763, Salem,Or.M
people I talked to were finding time around jobs and other summer
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activities.
I think that experience fully opened my eyes to the fact that the 1609 Morrison
community college is a very important part of many people's lives. Portland, Or.
By that I mean that for many people the community college is not
only a place to take a few classes, or to wait out two years and then
transfer to a four-year school. It is, for many, a place to get serious
about education and the community college as an educational
process.
That is what I feel many people who come to SWOCC miss out
on. They don't get into the educational process. Decisions are made,
committees meet and many other things take place that have a dir­
ect impact on the community college student. But, students are
often content to let those processes go on without the benefit of
their voice being heard.
I think all of us can really be proud of the community college we
attend when we know that students attending a school not unlike
ours care enough to make sure their school will stay open. Let us all
care enough this year, and the year can't be anything but fantastic.
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