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playing
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Kelly Laughlin
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interest in the
was Mike Mc-
■y’s main interest when he
.me a candidate for CCC
dent body president in
‘Promoting
lent body”
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After serving a two-year term
hat position, McCarty is
»turning his post over to
n Porter, newly elected
p president for 1979-80.
iter should have it so lucky,
tarty, with a growing
Let, turned ASG into “a
re efficient, functional
lip,” in the words of Dr.
n Hakanson,
College
pdent.
there was no organization,
Such,” McCarty said of his
few school terms as
lident. “The community
lege student government
Iciation had no very con-
ittive ideas. They would
roach the board and
and things instead of
png internally with the
pie and trying to gain some
lidence and get them to
lie to one decision or
I
per.”
fcCarty
had no easy task in
|| beginning.
Simply
iking, he had to turn the
3 into an organization with
lidence in itself, and also
Hence from administration
eadership without distin-
n was one element in ASG
McCarty had to deal with.
De his
position was
lesentative of the whole
nation, “it was impossible
establish my autonomy as
pe president and as an
vidua) he said.
The partition between my
te and the vice president’s
»used to be opened, and
and noon the place turned
ta jam center with people
king in all corners. It was
Bible to get some
ide, talk to an ad-
ktrator, or do some work
burself. One of the things I
list as president was to
ethe partition. It caused a
misunderstandings, but I
io have time for privacy.
G used to be a communal
y. They were under a dif-
pt philosophy on how to
!■ In a sense, it changed
Power structure,” he said.
Aspect the staff that I have
wk with, but as a business­
person, I have to have a
in amount of autonomy to
kefficiently,” McCarty said,
efficient McCarty has
!■ With the advent of the
»al Organization for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws
(NORML) chapter on campus,
McCarty continued to im­
plement more programs, with
the help of ASG. The Friday
night coffee houses, the
Student Information Network
(SIN), legal aid for students, a
change in the school publicity
position and a new ad­
ministrative assistant for ASG
all came as a result of McCar­
ty’s leadership.
Through SIN, McCarty
helped to promote a tighter
unity between ASG and the
College by “showing the
students that we are interested
in giving them information.”
Legal aid came on campus for
a short time this year, but the
Oregon State Bar Association
required payment by the cam­
pus attorney for giving free ad­
vice. “Now they’ll have to
budget money so one can be
hired on a part-time basis,”
McCarty said .
The former publicity position
was not generating enough
revenue, McCarty believed.
“The promotion of activities
was too much for one person,
so when the football team and
rally squad went out, I grabbed
the tuition waiver that was
available and created Media
Director and Art Director, two
postions filled this year by
Happie Thacker and Marty
Sayles,” he said.
By creating the admnistrative
assistant position, “we got
student representation in every
activity that came off,” McCar­
ty said.
. “The student
assocation was growing all the
time and needed added
representation. The commit­
tees on campus are massive. I
grabbed the tuition waiver that
was available and created a
needed position,” he said.
McCarty agreed that his
responsibilities as president
were “much more intense in
the beginning. The more in­
volved I am the better off I
am,” said McCarty. “The more
time I can till with positive,
creative things, the more fun it
is. It is a lot of fun, a lot of
work. You are really given a
lot of power in what you can do
with your staff and create
relationships
within
the
association of the student
body.”
“Because of his leadership,
Mike helped cut down on
student apathy and increased
student involvement,” said
Michele Miles, a firt-year
senator in ASG. “He’s the type
of person who can get along
with both students and staff.
He accomplished a lot,and will
■tkamas Community College
END OF TERM—Mike McCarty prepares to turn over his gavel after two years as ASG
president. "You have to keep rolling,” McCarty says, photo by Kelly Laughlin
be a tough act to follow,” she
added.
Among the largest accom­
plishments McCarty and ASG
promoted were first, an •
adequate representatiion of the |
students at Clackamas, and
second, a positive reflection of
the ASG’s responsibility among
staff and administration. “We
showed that we aren’t kids
playing student government,
but responsible adults who can
make
judgements
and
decisions,” McCarty said.
With a “business knack”
already intact for McCarty, he
said he lives in a day-to-day
reality, and offers this advice to
the incoming president: “You
can’t worry about the student
newspaper sticking you next
week, for something you said
last week. You don’t need to
dwell , on things; you have to
keep rolling. The one quality
that can make or break a
student government is a lack of
involvement, which I think Don
(Porter) doesn’t have to worry
about. He’s a very high-energy
individual,” he said.
From CCC, McCarty has
several options open for his
future.
A possible board
position, law school and
finishing his degree in business
at Portland State University are
some of the roads he considers
taking.
McCarty has left his mark on
Clackamas, and has made sure
that student government is no
longer a make-shift operation.
“The next person who comes
in my old office has some in­
formation to look back on.
They’ll find it, whether it be one
year or five years from now.
Filing cabinets, binders and
folders are packed with infor­
mation that will never be
thrown away,” McCarty said.
In a unique way, Mike Mc-
Carty’s presence will never
leave the College. He and the
growth of ASG have promoted
a responsibility and dedication
not soon to be forgotten on the
CCC campus.
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