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Rise noted in funds available Financial aid deadlines draw near for 1978-791 By Cyndi Bacon Of The Print It's time for students to plan for the next academic school year, al though the signs of winter are still draping the College campus - es pecially if f inancial aid is to play a big role. According to Richard Thomp son, financial aid officer, it's time for students to fill out new finan cial aid forms for the academic year 1978-79,especially if they are trans ferring to a four-year institution. "If you postmark your finan cial aid application by the dead line date, there will probably be aid money to meet your needs," Thompson said. "If you mail after that date they will meet your needs as long as money lasts, and chances are you'll receive a little less the longer you wait." Portland State University (PSU) has a mail-in deadline of Feb. 1. Along with the usual financial aid form, students applying for finan cial aid at PSU must include a no torized affidavit if they were claim ed as a tax exemption, living at home in 1976, stating that they no longer have financial ties with their parents, according to Thompson. University of Oregon (U of 0) asks that their forms be back in their office no later than April 1. Forms should be filled out and quite confusing for applicants, ac cording to Thompson. The Oregon schools met and devised one single form to be used for statewide aid next year called the Financial Aid Form. "The big difference between this year and last year is that this form is used for all types of financ ial aid, including basic grants and many scholarships," Thompson said. "Basically, the form hasn't changed much from last year and the questions are very similar." Clackamas Community Col lege's deadlines for returning stu dents applying for financial aid are quite flexible, Thompson said. "To be fully considered for aid next year, the forms should be mailed by March 1," he said. The College requires that if a student will not be 19-years-old by June 1978 a parent's signature must be included on the form. Students wanting to apply for scholarships should check with the financial aid office or individual department areas they are interest ed in for availability of scholar ships at the school they are apply ing to, Thompson said. "All transferring students ap plying for financial aid must fill out a form called the Financial sent by mid-February to insure this deadline, Thompson said. U of O requires its applicants to sub mit their latest income tax form to them directly. Oregon State University (OSU) requires a Jan. 15 deadline for forms to be sent. Although no dead line dates are available for other state institutions, Thompson ex pects them to be about the same as the others. "We think that the State of Oregon will have about a six to 10 percent increase in financial aid next year," he said. "The out look for aid looks good statewide." In prior years, different schools used different forms which made it Student crisis center proposed By Lynda Roberson Of The Print The organizing of a student crisis center is in the process at the College. Students Carol Goede and Valerie Whittemire are working on a draft concerning the proposed crisis center to be pre sented to the student government. With the combined efforts and counseling of Art Hames and Vince Fitzgerald, it is hoped that we can get this draft drawn up and presented at the next student government meeting, said Goede. "I feel there is a real need for such a center on campus here at the college. Although we have qualified counselors that advise and aid students about matters other than school, many students who need help for personal prob lems are not coming to the coun selors," she said. "This problem seems to be due to a number of things. One exam ple would be that the younger students may feel that they can't relate to the counselors because of the age barrier," Goede con tinued. "Therefore, what we are hoping to organize would be a student organization that would consist of students. These students would be trained to deal with various Speakers win awards at recent tournament < I 1 < i s t I £ t e One first, two seconds, and one third , place sweepstakes tro- phies were the rewards the College's forensics team brought back from the Seattle Pacific University speech tournament last weekend, said Frank Harlow, coach and college speech instructor. The team placed third in over all points, being defeated by the University of Puget Sound and Northwest Nazarene. The team members are Hallie Brown, Mike Day, Denise Kline and Mitch Newton. "I find speech the keenest competition I've ever been in, and I'm a highly competitive per son," said Newton, after obtain ing a first place trophy in story telling and a second place trophy in interpretation. "The ability to get up and speak in front of a group of people is an ability that anyone can learn and its an ability that you can retain during your entire lifetime," said Mike Day, who brought home a second place trophy in persuasion. "When you're competing, you have an anti-climatic feeling after competing because you reflect on the speech and wonder if there is a way you could have improved on it," he said. "I enjoy speaking and the chance of meeting new people to learn about them and their feel ings. I think that speech competi tion is excellent because it gives students a chance to express their opinion and show their knowledge in almost any area they should choose," Kline said. "It gives me more self-confi dence by competing with others at the same level," Kline added. "I'm coach of the forensics team because I believe in forensics and in the educational value of people becoming better speakers," Harlow said. "I believe in getting people to learn to think and speak on their feet," Harlow said. "Speech is an expression of all the classes which students take. They must research, organize, write and say their speeches." Other teams involved in the tournament were Gonzaga Uni versity, Big Ben College, North Idaho College, Eastern Washing ton University, Lewis and Clark College, Mount Hood Community College, Gray's Harbour, Everett Community College, Northwest College, Western Washington Un iversity, University of Washington, Seattle Pacific University and St. Martin's College. ■ crisis or problems and would pos sibly wear a badge to let other students know that they were trained personnel for the crisis center." The counselor-volunteers would have to undergo training, which would consist of classes in drug abuse, drugs, suicide, counseling, family crisis counseling, family planning and pregnancy counsel ing, as well as alcoholic problems. "Psychology students might be interested in working with the program. Although we haven't worked out all of the possibilities with the psychology instructors at this time. Still we are hoping that the psychology department will work with us and maybe give the psychology student an extra credit or grade point for his work as a counselor," according to Goede. Hames said that he was will ing to help as far as training, reference books, and providing CO 101 for the crisis center meetings. However, he stipulated that the plans and organization of such a center were still undeter mined and unsettled. "There is lots of work and organization concerning something like this and the very earliest the center could begin operation would be by the end of Spring Term," Hames said. Goede is optimistic and plans to work hard to make the idea of a student crisis center become a reality, however. "The students at college need such a center, so I don't feel that my time and efforts will be in vain," Goede said. for sale F Hatch back; axed lent condition; 19,000 C mllea—call 266-4626. Barbara St. Mary, publicity dir ector for Associated Student Gov ernment at the College, has been appointed community college rep resentative to the advisory com mittee to the Educational Coor dinating Commission (ECC). The 23-member committee is made up of representatives from every level of education in Ore gon, and serves the ECC in its role as advisor to the State Board of Higher Education. "Before this committee was formed three years ago," St. Mary said, "The State Board of Educa tion, which is in charge of colleges and universities, never spoke to one another." perse funds until the new schod has this form," Thompson® "It has.to be sent school to s® through the financial aid offica Arrangements should be made« Feb. 1, or mid-February at tn latest, to send this form." "I'm guessing, but I thinkM schools will be sending award« ters back to students indie« actual amount of aid they® receive next year by May® Thompson said. Students having difficulties fffl ing out the financial aid forms can attend workshops being taugffl Thompson and Ron Hoodye® ancial aids specialist. The workshops are at no® CC-101 on Feb. 6, Feb, 7 afl Feb. 10. "The remaining workshop® for returning students," Th® son said. "I would advise® ferring students to come into™ financial aid office beforethesi dates and get individual help,® most of the deadlines are b® these dates." I resources about the subjei "This resulted in a lot of dup lication of programs and a waste of money and effort," she said. Our job on this committee is to make recommendations to the ECC whose seven members are not al lowed to be involved in education and thus have limited knowledge Workshops provide training Three workshops are being off ered by the College this term cov ering special aspects of publicity, reading and basic life support. "Taking the Pain Out of Pub licity" is a workshop designed for the individual with little or no previous experience with publica tions, said Pam Lewis, Community Services assistant. The course will be taught by Sara Wichman, a free-lance writer personal TOM & ASSOCIATES: Thanks for all the help you've given me to get Honkie motivating. Marlene in the College financial aid off ice," he said. "It's function® transmit to new schools an® ancial aid received at CCC." I "ft is against the law to B St. Mary selected as ECC representa™ clla ss fiiedIs 1 FOR SALE: 1976 Honda Civic CVCC Aid Transcript, which is ava® BOWLERS: Good Luck in your game« against Mt. Hood and Pacific. You are all a great bunch of people. A Fellow Bowler for the Oregonian and Community Press, on Thursday, Jan. 19. Two classes will be held in the Col lege's Community Center Building, room 117, at 9 a.m. and at 1 p.m. "AGP Rapid Reading," is being offered for the student interested in increasing his reading rate, Lewis said. "The student should be able to double his reading rate in 21 days if he practices one-half hour each day," Lewis said. "Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscita tion (CPR)" will cover basic life support techniques. CPR will be taught Jan. 23 and 25 from 7 to 10:30 p.m. in the Community Center Building, room 117, and Saturday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Randall Hall, room 101. Cost is $3 per person. For more information regard ing the workshops, contact the College's Community Service off ice, 656-2631, ext. 232. Page 8 Barbara St Mary fl ... appointed to state commit St. Mary, who represent® community college students® chosen by the Community Col] leges of Oregon Student Adv® Council (CCOSAC). CCO® members represent students at ill 13 two-year colleges in Oregon through their ASG officers. 1 "This committee gives a place] and a value to community colleM students," St. Mary said. "Myi opinion is just as valued and li tened to as Roy Lleuallenl (Chancellor of the State Boar« of Higher Education)." "This position gives me al® at the biggest powers in Or® education — grade school teac® and administrators, high sc® teachersand administrators asj® as community college and f® year college faculty and adn® trators," she said. "Whoever assumes thispos® has a chance to learn and ® high powered people," St. M® said. "There is so much to I® and I'm learning more from® experience than in all my sell® ing put together." Clackamas Community Cd® inches D50 Illuminant, 2 degree observer Éì Density
