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Candidates voice views on next year's ASI
Familiarization,
reorganiza
tion, restructuring and progres
sion of the College's student
government appear to be the
separate philosophies
of the
three candidates competing for
the position of student body
president.
Richard Weiss is presently a
senator in student government.
He feels that the College needs a
different style of leadership and
student government must be
come more assertive in order to
get more things done.
Richard Weiss
"I would like to high profile
the student government, make it
reach out to the students," Weiss
said. "I would like to com
municate with the students on a
person-to-person basis generat
ing more student awareness as to
what student government can
constructively do for them as a
whole," he said.
If elected as president, Weiss
said that he would like to create
certain activities people would
appreciate.
"I would like to take surveys
in an effort to locate where the
student's interests lie.
In terms of leadership, Weiss
said that he has worked as a
leader among the people in his
occupations and experiences in
the military.
"Student government needs
some sort of structure to get
anything done. I will initiate
leadership
training programs
among each of the members of
student government explaining
individually the responsibility
and importance of their posi
tions and what is expected of
them." Weiss said.
"I would
like to see student government
working for the students instead
of student government working
for student government."
Weiss likes what he sees in
the College as an academic in
stitution and respects the faculty
and the administration.
Mike McCarty, presidential
incumbent, would like to imple
ment mare programs and fur
ther organize the student govern
ment he has fashioned this year.
"There still exists a lack of
organization with no structure in
student government.'/ McCarty
the Short and Long Range Plan
ning committees, the Extraordi
nary Tuition Waiver Committee
and the Student Rights, Free
doms and Responsibilities Com
mittee.
learning experience.
"I'm not trying to selimyj
to be elected, but I thmffl
Practical experience-wise, Mc
Carty has previously served as
ASG senator, assistant to thé
president and is a business stu
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le. I'm not a radical out of the
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that threatening
force is the way to handle af
fairs. College affairs and issues
should be acted upon in a rat
ional and
smooth manner,
McCarty said.
He has begun a program of
managerial-type leadership With
in the senate.
This program
would set specific duties for
each senator and provide them
with a direct contact for pro
blem solving.
McCarty doesn't feel that
the senate's lack of enthusiasum
for a structured organization is
a serious detriment and plans to
carry out his program next year.
McCarty has served on many
committees that have had a di
rect impact on students as well
as with the future of the College
and the community.
Among these committees are
"I would like to continue on
the direction student govern
ment is going and make it a more
credible body." he said.
Another of McCarty's main
goals is to promote student
participation in collective bar
gaining. He feels that since de
cisions on tuition, class load,
course
offerings and faculty
Work load directly affect the
student as a consumer, students
should be involved at a bargain
ing level.
Randal Camplin is a first-
year student in psychology at the
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Having no direct in
volvement with student govern
ment. Camplin said the presi
dential office would be a good
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Budget cuts to axe county information agency
Clackamas County residents
will lose an important resource
if proposed budget cuts by Com
munity Action close down it's
Information and Referral Center.
The Information and Referral
Center (I and R) is the only
comprehensive information and
and referral service in the county
and handles up to 700 calls a
month from county residents
who need aid in finding helpfor
their problems.
"I and R is a ciearing house
for anyone with a need", said
Esther Walworth, I and R Co
ordinator, "And in doing so ex-
tens that service with an attitude
that will help preserve pride and
dignity.
"I and R is linking prople in
need with an agency designed to
eliminate or alleviate that need."
I and R isn't just a phone
answering service,’according to
Walworth, but an agency that
follows up on its callers to insure
that they have found the help
they needed.
"We've had people call us
from a phone booth with their
last dime and we've kept them
there while we made up to ten
calls to find them emergency
shelter, food and whatever they
needed," said Walworth.
I and R also has a small emer
gency fund to help people pay
utility and fuel costs provided
they meet Community Service
Administration guidelines.
Along with providing infor
mation and emergency services,
the coordinator and three assis
tants Work with other agencies
to tabulate data to determine the
need for services in outlying
areas of the county.
"We gather statistics for the
other areas and help locate such
things as the Loaves and Fishes
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programs (a program that pro
vides hot meals to senior citi
zens)." said Walworth.
Walworth doesn't feel that
the agency can continue to help
the people it does now on a re
duced budget.
reaching effects on the citizens
of this county, said Walworth.
Many of the people who call
I and R for assistance either
don't know which agency to get
ahold of or have tried once and
were rebuffed and don't have the
courage to try again.
"Having us project a person's
story opens some doors because
agency people know who to go
to, while an individual might be
"We need all our staff and I
don't see how the budget could
be cut and have us continue to
work effectively," she said.
The budget cuts will also
told to call another number and
be too timid to phone."
I and R helps put residents in
touch with counseling, employ
ment, emergency housing, live-in
assistance, yard work and small
chore services and businesses
that offer senior discounts.
Individual wishing to pro
test the proposed budget cuts
should call or write to the county
commissioners at the county
courthouse, said Jim Phillips,
community action director.
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transportation for senior citizens
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affect the proposed crisis line,
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"If they don't have the funds
for a toll-free line there won't
be a crisis line," said Walworth.
However, there may be a crisis
line without the toll-free ser
vices that would offer
help
locally.
Closure of the I and R pro
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