College bowl games return to campus scend
College Bowl, the intercolle
giate quiz game that helped make
eggheads in the '50's and '60's as
popular as football heroes, is
springing back with renewed vigor
on campuses all across the coun
try—including Clackamas Com
munity College.
The game, which was a popular
national radio and television fea
ture for more than 17 years, now
enjoys the collaboration of Read
er's Digest, which serves as the
official authenticator of all Coll
ege Bowl questions.
Reader's Digest is also a source
for many of the questions which
are drawn from the magazine and
from a variety of reference books
published by the Digest. College
Bowl operates in cooperation
with the Association of College
Unions-International (ACU-I).
College Bowl intramural comp
etition for Clackamas Community
College students will begin on
Jan. 16 and run through Jan. 26.
Matches will last 30 minutes and
will be scheduled at 45-minute
intervals between the hours of 3
Rounds are
scheduled as
follows if 16 teams enter:
Round 1 - Jan. 16 and 17
(Monday and Tuesday)
Round 2 - Jan. 18 and 19
(Wednesday and Thursday)
Round 3 - Jan. 23 and 24
(Monday and Tuesday)
Round 4 - Jan. 25 (Wednes-
day)
and 6 p.m., Monday through
Thursday each week. Each team
will have to lose twice to be out
of fhe tournament and double
elimination tournament is sche
duled.
College Bowl is played be
tween two teams of four players
each. The teams score points for
correct answers toquestionsasked
by a moderator. The fast-paced
game tests students' knowledge
in a wide range of subjects, in
cluding many that are covered in
a liberal arts curriculum, other
undergraduate studies and current
events.
The questions, which are re
searched by the College Bowl and
authenticated by the Reader's
Digest, are closely guarded and
known only to a handful of
officially designated people prior
to the game.
Entry forms may be obtained
in the Student Activities Office
and are due on Jan. 6, so that the
date and times of the first round
of matches can be posted. This
will allow activities to be sche-
duled around the matches. Other
matches will be scheduled as soon
as the winners from the first
round are known.
Round 5 and 6 - Jan. 26
(Thursday)
The College Bowl tourney will
be held during a one-week time
period if only eight teams enter.
No more than 16 teams will be
able to participate. Entries will
be taken on a first come, first
serve basis.
Winners will have expenses
paid by the Associated Student
Government to the ACU-I Region
XIV College Bowl Competition to
be held Feb. 24 and 25 at Pacific
Lutheran University in Tacoma,
Wash. If the College's champions
take first place at the regional
level, Reader's Digest will pay all
expenses to the National Compe
tition.
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Financial aids officer offers help in meeting college cd
Students upon entering the
College may have trouble meeting
the high costs of a college edu
cation. Richard Thompson, finan
cial aid officer, has answers to
questions frequently asked con
cerning possibilities of using finan
cial aid to help meet these costs.
"Basically, any student at the
College who is a United States
resident and enrolled in a degree
or certificate program who has
demonstrated financial need can
qualify for financial aid," Thomp
son said. "Over 50 percent of
CCC's students are receiving aid
in one form or another."
"Whether you actually get it
in your hand depends on if it is
available at that time of year or
not," he said..
Source of funds is limited and
commitments are made to all
qualified students to meet their
full year needs at the beginning
of the school year, according to
Thompson.
"There may be times that
requests for funds exceed what
we have
available," he said.
"That's not a major problem a
Clackamas. The major problem
is that you may not get the type
of funding you wanted. For in
stance, getting work study when
you wanted grants."
Students seeking financial aid
must fill out /three financial aid
applications. These include a fin-
ancial aid form, basic grant appli
cation and CCC aid application.
Information on the applications
are compared with national stan
dards to determine a student's
ability to pay their own expenses.
The College financial aid office
then compares what the student
can pay with the cost of living
budget which is worked out by
the financial aid office.
If a student's ability to pay is
less than the budget, they are
qualified fpr some type of finan
cial aid for a certain amount of
dollars between the difference of
the two, according to Thompson.
After the applications are filled
out, there is a waiting period of
three to four weeks before the
forms come back . The student
is then contacted for additional
information or told of qualifica
tion or non-qualification.
A single student, living in an
apartment, has a maximum fin
ancial aid dollar amount of $3,000
for a nine month period.
"In most cases it is less than
that." Thompson said. "The stu
dent has some ability to pay
something somewhere. We carry
very few students at maximum
level."
"The maximum for a married
couple is $5,200 if only one is
going to school," he said. "If
both are going to school and need
aid, we'll go to $5,500. The
amount doesn't double as if it
were two single students."
John Hooley, division chair
person for humanities and social
science, suggested to the recent
ASG meeting that entertainers with
wider reknown and appeal than
"Scottie, of Star Trek" (an earlier
program of ASG this year) could
make more money and offer the
community substantial cultural op
portunities.
Hooley mentioned the Chicago
Brass Quintet and suggested nation
ally known poets, politicians or
folk singers within the realm of
the College's finances.
ASG accepted the resignation
of Ron Kunkel, senator, who is in
volved with the College's handi-
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capped resource center and cited
lack of time as his reason.
Constitutions
were accepted
from three on-campus clubs -
Catholics on Campus, the dance
collective and the stage band --
bringing the total number of ac
tive clubs to twelve this term.
Debbie Baker, student activi
ties counseler, announced the plan
for College Bowl participation,
which will put Clackamas players
on the quiz panel at ACU-I Region
XIV Competition at Tacoma, Wa.,
Feb. 24 and 25,1978.
In other business --
-It was announced that legal
aid surveys are being distributed
on campus.
-ASG approved the constitu
tion committee's proposed con
stitution amendment dealing with
funds raised by clubs in the case
of abandonment.
--ASG tabled a policy statement
students are independent if they
live away from home and depend
ent if they are living at home.
"If you are feeling a financial
pinch, you should come in and get
a financial aid form," he said.
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come back to the office]
out why. Something■
been overlooked when«
were filled out, or even!
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for you Since."
for books
If a student is planning to quit
their job, but wants to be sure
financial aid is available to them,
application should be made be-
for they quit the job. Qualifica
tion for independent students is
based on future projected income.
at the
CCC Bookstore
"All students' budgets will be
automatically increased about 13
percent next year for aid deter
mination," he said. "There is also
a maximum $500 given to a stud
ent for the nine month period for
transportation."
December 13 through 14
We buy all types of books
action concerning hiring teacher/
coaches, pending further investi- ,
gation after a discussion of the
policy proposed by Dr. John Hak-
anson.
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"Budgets are built on the basis
that a student is living with a
roommate," Thompson said. "The
money doesn't stretch very far,
so we try to help all the students
we can a little bit."
Cultural committee asks funds
The tentative figure mention
ed for Associated Student Govern
ment support of the faculty Cul
tural Events Committee's plan to
bring nationally famous figures
on campus for community pro
grams was $1500.
The criteria between dependent
and independent is simply that
West Coast Books
Having trouble finding that special gift
FOR CHRISTMAS
WHY NOT GIVE A BOOM
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ABOUT COOKING, FARMING, ANIMAL»
BUILDING, CAMPING, HIKING.. .AND MUCH
MORE. WE ALSO HAVE CHILDRENS BOOKS«
Bookstore
Remember! The bookstore will be open
8 am. to 5 p.m. Dec. 19 thru Deg 30
with the exception of Dec. 26 when tie
store will be closed. Pick up your winter
term books early.
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Thursday, December 8,13