Former students nowcreate commercials
from there.” All production is
done in the basement of John
stone’s home in Oregon City.
The two work primarily with
special effects, which includes
the animation clay figures.
Making the figures appear to
It all started about seven move on film is a time
years ago. When they both consuming process. The
were students at the College, figures’ positions have to be ad
they produced an astronomy justed between each and every
film together. From then on frame. With this process it can
they just kept in touch. Their
take hours to shoot a single 30-
first commercial was produced second commercial.
in the summer of 1978.
As they make more ana
the more commercials, Griffith and
Griffith
described
preliminaries for a commercial: Johnstone are getting into
“Jeff and I get together with the more complicated processes.
public relations department For example, they are now
and decide on a theme for the making the figures out of la*ex
commercial and then we take it and foam rubber because those
wasn’t just one imagination, it
was two. The imaginations of
Scott Griffith and Jeff John
stone. Griffith and Johnstone
create commercials advertising
the College.
I SEE YOU —Cameraman adjusts equipment for filming
College commercials.
By Lee Jeffries
Of The Print
A space ship shoots through
space. A one-eyed monster at;
tempts to read an intergalactic
map while his computer lec
tures him about Clackamas
Community College. A pum-
pkin, enveloped in mist, begins
to hatch, only to reveal not a
horrifying creature but a
message reminding, us it’s
about time to register for fall
classes at the College.
What fertile imagination
came up with these ideas? It
New courses for spring
Spring term at the College is
producing its usual crop of new
classes. Among this term’s of
ferings are an English class
called “Classics in Crime Fic
tion,” also a family life offering
called
“Family
Com
munications,” and from the
music department, “Recording
Techniques.”
“Classics in Crime Fiction,”
according to the instructor,
Marcia Myers, is designed to be
a “serious College transfer
course,” but she expects that it
will be “a great deal of fun.”
The course will include a lot
of reading, she said, but that
will be alleviated by deduction
games and occasional films.
Myers herself is a self
described “voracious” reader of
crime fiction. She stressed,
however, that novices are
welcome in the class, as well as
crime fictions buffs, like herself.
“It is designed as an in
troductory class,” she said.
“Family Communications”
involves a broader scope than
the course title indicates, ac
cording to the instructor, Dottie
Hajek.
Hajek says that this course is
open to “anyone who has a
group that they live with or
relate to.”
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According to Hajek, “Family
Communications” will
“basically look at different
communication patterns, and
assess them.”
This course’s requirements
will include a weekly “reaction
paper.” Regarding to midterm
or final exam, “That is still very
open,” she said.
“Recording Techniques“ is
still available in the Music
Department. This class’ of
ferings could benefit two types
of people. Those interested in
recording engineering and
those involved with the per
forming end.
“Recording Techniques” will
serve to familiarize the student
with the various pieces of
equipment associated with the
recording field.
This class is not listed in the
spring class schedule. The
course number is MUS 109;
three credits; offered Mondays,
4-7 p.m. in R 208.
Students interested in taking
“Introduction to Mass Com
munication” should be remin
ded that the day the course will
be offered is not Monday, as
erroneously stated in the
schedule. It is offered, instead,
on Wednesday evenings, from
7-10p.m.
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“Star Wars.”
The Portland area isn’t exac-l
tly a hotbed of film production,]
so in order to generate some]
public interest in their work, I
Griffith and Johnstone have]
entered some of their commer-j
cials in national contests, and]
have received three third-place]
awards. They are currently]
looking for some original music]
for their documentaries and]
commercials,
they said,]
because using copyrighted]
music can lead to law suits.
ELC introduces new toilet
By Sandy Carter
Of The Print
Because Pete Smith and
Jerry Herrmann had a good
idea last year, visitors to the
restrooms of the John Inskeep
Environmental Learning Cen
ter Pavilion next summer will
christen a technological first:
the brand > new building will
house the state’s first public
composting toilet.
Smith, former head of water
sanitation technology at the
College, and Herrmann,
E.L.C. project director, agreed
to pursue the compost toilet
iaea over a year ago. Today,
after winding its way through
the bureaucratic maze, as must
all new good ideas, it’s on the
drawing board and partially
completed.
By the time lazy summer on
ce more puts the campus into
low gear, their idea will be a
reality: Oregon’s first working
indoor compost toilet in a
public building.
Manufactured by Earth
Cycle Warehouse Ltd? and
Green Earth Manufacturing
Company, of Cottage Grove,
and slated to be installed in the
new informational pavilion, the
toilet will probably be seen by
many as a sort of indoor
outhouse, since it makes no
noise, has no handle, and uses
no water.
But therein lies its beauty.
According to Herrmann, the
average flushing toilet uses ap
proximately 10,000 gallons of
water a year. Although that
water isn’t really lost, the time,
money, and environmental
costs of reclaiming and per
petuating the “flush” cycle are
enormous.
The composting toilet, on
the other hand, is a living, en
closed ecosystem which con
verts human and other organic
wastes to harmless, fertile
compost by means of nature’s
greatest leveler, bacterial ac
tion.
Invented 40 years ago by a
Swedish engineer named
Rikard Lindstrom, the compost
toilet reduces accumulating
sewage and other organic
material such as gardern clip
pings and kitchen garbage to a
dry, earthy humus, rich in
phosphates and nitrogen.
A September, 1977, issue of
Mechanics Illustrated points out
the amazing efficiency of the
system, stating that, “up to 95
percent of sewage and organic
matter go up the vent pipe as
carbon dioxide or water
vapor.” That’s right, 95 per
cent!
In terms of current waste
disposal
problems,
that
statistic alone turns the thinking
person’s head. Combine that
fact with the unit’s water-saving
virtues in an age in which water
is fast becoming a scarce com
modity, and it becomes ob
vious why Smith and Herr
mann felt they had a good
idea.
Implementing the idea tur
ned out to be a challenge.
The obstacle course of legal
impediments to the project
began with the necessity of
legislative approval. A law had
to be created where there had
been none.
After much lobbying by Ron
Davis, chief Oregon proponent
of waterless toilet systems,
private installation of the
systems was deemed ap
propriate anywhere drainfields
and septic tanks were accep
table. By okaying the use of
such systems, Oregon joined
several other state?, including
Maine—first to approve them
in 1974—New Hampshire,
Pennsylvania, Massachussetts,
and at least two Canadian
provinces.
The next stop along the of
ficial road to approval of the
idea was Clackamas County,
which passed the ball to the
State Plumbing Board. That
board, after hearing an exten
sive presentation explaining
and justifying the project, gave
it the nod of approval
necessary to forward it to Cor
nelius Bateson, • of the State
Commerce Commission, for
final judgment.
With Bateson’s stamp of ap
proval, the project was at last
okayed bv the county, as an
experimental unit which must
be monitered by water
sanitation technologists.
Today,
the
pavilion’s
precedent-setting toilet,
although legalized and planned
for, remains to be seen. Its
concrete wall is there. The two
back-to-back restrooms above!
where it will rest are framed in I
and wired. But Herrmann says I
the toilet itself probably will be I
the last detail of the building to I
be completed.
The unit’s $1,250 price tag is]
the delaying factor, according]
to Herrmann, who says he’s]
not sure where the funds will]
come from. Plant sales, a time-]
honored money-raising activity]
at the E.L.C., is certainly one]
option. Donation may be]
another possiblity. However it]
comes about, he’s sure it will be]
a functioning part of the]
pavilion before fall.
Aside from fresh water con-]
servation, Herrmann sees as a]
principal value of the system!
“its potential for demonstrating]
to the state, the county, and]
the public at large an optional
method of human waste]
disposal,” which could allow!
for much greater development]
of lands with marginal or]
do.wn-right poor soil perl
eolation.
Drawbacks? The Compos!
Toilet Owner’s Manual devote!
its last two pages to what it calls]
“troubleshooting.” It is here]
that one encounters the]
question uppermost in skep]
tical minds.
Does it stink?Sometimes|
says the manual. But only if the]
miniature ecosystem is not]
being fed a balanced diet or has]
not been vented, sealed or ini
sulated properly.
Instructipns for remedying]
the odor situation, if it occurs!
are clear and simple, but the]
last three items on the]
troubleshooting list may be a]
turn-off for some would-ba
users. They address the]
problem of insect population!
in the tank, and create some]
vivid images for the reader with]
an aversion to small things with]
many legs that fly or crawl
where they shouldn’t.
But, what’s a bug or two in'
the system, weighed against all
of the ecological advantages ofl
the Earth Cycle Warehouse]
Ltd.
and
Green Earth]
Manufacturing Company’s!
Compost Toilet?
Smith and Herrmann’s good
idea has made it this far. They’ll
be sure to have the “bugs” out]
by next fall.
Clackamas Community College