The print., April 12, 1978, Page 2, Image 2

First women chosen for advisory group
Student integrates county police committee
By Happie Thacker
Of The Print
Although women are slowly
working their way into all areas
of employment, including law
enforcement, some people feel
they still have to be better,
smarter and work harder than
their male counter-parts to get
ahead.
"We take the same civil ser­
vice exam but tor a woman to be
accepted or even to be viewed or
really looked at, she really has
to know her stuff," said Twila
Sowle, the first woman to be
appointed to
the Clackamas
County Law Enforcement Ad­
visory Council (LEAC).
As one of two student rep­
resentatives to the LEAC, Sowle
provides student input to the
council which is made up of
chiefs of all law enforcement
agencies in Clackamas County.
"We discuss what this college
needs and what's needed in the
field," she said. "We are also
working to update the college's
programs and act as a sounding
board for what students and in­
service officers need."
Sowle, who will be completing
her first year of law enforcement
training in June, plans to go on
to a four-year institution after
completing her associates degree
at Chemeketa Community Col­
lege in Salem.
She cannot complete her pro­
gram at the College because it
doesn't offer the chemistry pro­
gram she needs.
After graduating she hopes to
become a criminologist or a
crime scene technician.
"Law enforcement is some­
thing I always wanted to do but
it was just something that I
couldn't talk about," Sowle said.
"While other women were read­
ing cookbooks I was reading
about dangerous criminals."
Sowle admits that grades are
more important to her than they
are to male law enforcement stu­
dents.
"I have an 'A' average," she
said, "and I intend to keep it
that way, even if 1 have to stay
up all night studying. If there
are two applicants for the same
job and they both have master's
degress they have to take the one
with the higher GPA
(grade
point average).
Sowle is encouraged by the
fact that the law enforcement
field is opening up for women
and that they now hâve oppor­
tunities for advancement that
didn't exist before.
According to Sowle it was
only recently that women in
Multnomah County were even
allowed to apply for advanced
positions in law enforcement.
"They didn't post the open­
ings so that women could see
them and know that there were
openings," she said.
"Now
they're posting them, allowing
women to apply."
"Its always been this way in
Clackamas County " she said.
"It's just that before there were
no women qualified to apply."
She feels that television is
responsible
for the increased
number of women entering the1
law enforcement field with shows
like "Charliers Angels" making
the work seem glamourous and
exciting for women.
However,
student concern
over job availability is contri­
buting to an overall drop in en­
rollment in law
enforcement
curriculums and Sowle is work­
ing with the LEAC to develop
new programs that will encour­
age people who are already work­
ing to return to school to up­
grade their skills.
College hosts vocational students
Selected
vocational
high
school students from the Port­
land metropolitan area will dem­
onstrate their respective techni­
cal and vocational expertise in
the eighth annual Vocational
Industrial Clubs
of America
(VICA) Skill Olympics to be
held at the College this weekend.
According' to Larry Noonan,
chairperson, auto department,
the College will provide the
necessary facilities for the vari­
ous skills involved.
"The skill operations involved
will be carpentry, electronics.
plumbing, body and fender etc."
Noonan said.
"Students in­
volved in the carpentry skills
will construct a corner of a wall
and a stairway, the body and
fender students will straighten
out sheet metal- and paint it.
All together, there will be 30
different skills involved."
As the projects become com­
pleted, several persons from in­
dustry will judge each individuals
work. "We expect judges from,
the Bricklayers and Carpenters
unions, Tektronix, Sunn Elec­
tric Corporation
and various.
automotive dealers in the metro­
politan area," Noonan said.
The actual contest will begin
this Friday, Noonan said.
Friday evening, the Oregon
VICA chapters' banquet will be
held
at the Milwaukie Elks
Lodge, Noonan said. "350 to
400 people are
expected to
attend."
Saturday,
Verne Duncan,
State Superintendant of Public
Instruction, will attend the a-
wards ceremonies.
They are also working to
develop programs such as ser­
geant's training and mini-work­
shops in areas like photography
and fingerprinting as well as
developing programs that willt
be of value to students entering
the field.
"I've been working to get
self-defense
taught here for
three terms instead of two like it
has been," shesaid. "We're not
getting the credits that we need."
Self-defense is very important
to women like Sowle because, at
105 pounds, there is only so
much she can do physically to
subdue a large attacker.
cause more women are
employed and they'fe
forced to accept us." I
Sowle is confident about her
ability to succeed iruthe law en­
forcement field.
"The field is starting to open
up and men are beginning to
view women as co-workers be-
Twila Sowle I
. Appointed to comi
Student candidates
face filing deadlinel
Students interested in run­
ning for student
government
executive positions for next year
should pick up their petitions in
the Student Activities office in
the Community Center.
Petitions are available for the
offices of Associated Student
government president, vice-presi­
dent,
secretary and business
manager.
These petitions must have 30
signatures and deadline for filing
them is Friday, April 21.
There will also be interviews
for all candidates'by the editor­
ial staff of the Print starting
April 24 at 2:30 p.m.
All executive positions carry
a fullltuition waiver with the
president receiving
$75 per
month expense reimbursement.
Applications are also avail)
for three appointed positions
next year. These positions:
activities director, publiai
rector and assistant to ths pi
dent. These positions carr
full tuition waiver.
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and student development, publi­
cation media, electronic media
and registration changes.
"To bring that sagging FTE
up we're going to have to have a
grass-root approach, a concerted
effort by everyone,"
Larry
Wright,
board member, said.
"We have a great college and
fine staff, we just need to get
them out to the high schools
and meet their counterparts.
Letting people know what you
have has to be done on a one-to-
one basis."
"I like the notion, but I
don't think
we're far along
enough to draw a conclusion,"
Roger Rook, board member,
said.
"The general concept
seems fine to me. After we've
had some experience I'll be able
to form some conclusions."
"This should be a priority to
the board and needs full-hearted
support," Ralph Groener, board
member, said. "We have a very
fine counseling staff, but they
have to have tools to work
with."
"My concern is that we had
an enrollment dip, or ,at least a
leveling off," he sajd. "They
(the recruitment committee) had
to take the bull by the horn and
see what they could come up
with."
"I feel that we really need to
go ahead with a compulsary pro­
gram like this because if we
don't have the people here, we
won't be able to do anything for
them," Dr. John Hakanson, Col­
lege president, said.
"It's a-
nother way to com municate with
people in the community and let
them know in considerable de­
tail what programs we have."
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