The print., February 18, 1981, Image 1

Prepare ye the way of tuition increases
I Tuition increases have now
become a yearly tradition along
Lvith Christmas and ice storms.
Starting in summer term,
Clackamas Community Col­
lege students will be facing
$170 per- term tuition com­
pared to the $150 currently be-
ng charged. This is a 13.3 per­
cent increase over last term fop
students enrolling in 10 credit
hours or more.
I Why the increase? Inflation
knd a lack of. money filtering
through from the state were the
two major culprits cited by Col-
lege President John Hakanson.
[When Governor Atiyeh found
his budget $200 million short,
obviously, things had to be
cut,” Hakanson said, “and
we’re not getting $300,000
that we planned on getting, so
we had to raise the tuition to
meet operating costs.”
The tuition per credit hour is
being raised from $15 to $17
for up to 10 credits, which/is
then a flat fee of $170 until a
student enrolls for over 21
credits. Each credit hour over
21 will be an additional $9.
The increase was first pro­
posed at a special college board
meeting in December and was
adopted at the regular meeting
in. January.
This 13.3. percent increase
is a hike within a hike, com­ A total of 3 percent of the
pared to the ’80-’81 year, money is what was left over
which was only an 11 percent from last year, and interest. Of
increase. All in all, tuition pays the $17 tuition, $12\goes into
17 percent Of the College’s Student Activities foi\ concerts
total operating budget. and other activities, and sports.
Another 28 percent is obtained The rest goes into the general
from - Salem and Governor fund.
Atiyeh’s budget. What bothers
Of that general fund, 80 per­
Hakanson most of all is the fact cent goes to instruction. “We
that over half the College’s need instruction, Otherwise we
budget stems from the tax­ don’t open,” Hakanson said,
payer. “We rely too much on “and that might happen if we
income tax for money,” he don’t get a levy passed by
said.
June.”
The taxpayers contribution
Despite the tax levy passage
of 52 percent of the budget is defeat in November and the
the estimate the College Board tuition increase, the College
has made for the ’81-’83 years. might have to cut the budget
for next fall term by 10 percent.
It depends on the accuracy of
the board’s estimates. “In the
last 10 years, the College has
doubled in size,” Hakanson
said. An example is the Col­
lege’s budget. In 1967,
$197,932 was needed to keep
this College moving. - During
the ’79-’8O school year, the
College
operated
for
$16,811,223. At Tuesday’s
levy election, the College ask­
ed for $23,179,358 for the
next three years. The construc­
tion levy (also taken to the
voters Tuesday) asked for
$7,123,688. This levy is strictly
for new buildings for the future:
Clackamas Community College
Wednesday
Wednesday, ,FebruaryH^^^l
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Vol. XIV, No. 16
Carlson wins Tuesday;
re-elected on Thursday
A controversy arose Concer­
ning the election of Sean
Carlson to the position of ASG
vice president. The original
election, held on Tuesday of
last week, was overruled and
reheld on Thursday. The out­
come: Carlson is still the ASG’s
new vicç president.
The confusion and con­
troversy stemmed from a
misunderstanding of the stu­
dent government constitution.
At the Tuesday meeting,
Carlson and two other
nominees were asked to give
short speeches and entertained
questions from the senate and
excutive council. After that, the
As of press time, the College’s dual levy bills were being student government was asked
■oundly defeated by margins off (for the maintenance bill) to vote.
Bl percent for, 59 percent against, and (for the construc-
The problems came as a
I ion bill) 33 percent for and 66 percent against.
resplt of confusion over the
margin necessary for a victory.
Photo by Dave Hayden
By Mike Rose
Of The Print
to relocate
spring term
“I remember one time,
a kid came into my office
looked around, then he
said, What did you do,
screw up?’ ” said Chuck
Scott In his soon-to-be-
vacated office in the Or­
chard building.
Many programs and of­
fices will be shifted due
to the spring term open­
ing of the Linus Pauling
Science building, and
the adminstration’s pro­
mise to the State
Legislature to remove
temporary space. (Money
from the State is based
on students versus
space.)
“The trailers are unat­
tractive, need repairs,
and many people feel se*
According to the constitution, a
candidate would need a two-
thirds margin to win. ASG
President jBrlc' Etzel, who
chaired the meeting, thought
that a simple majority, 51 per­
cent or better, would suffice.
Carlson received the majority
of votes, but was two votes shy
of the required 66.6 percent.
It was not until the Tuesday
meeting that the mistake was
realized. A contingent of voting
members discovered the error
and brought it to the attention
of the Executive Council.
At the Thursday meeting,
which was, held in Barlow Hall
and attended by a speech class,
Etzel expressed concern over
the error and mentioned that
some ill feelings had arisen (see
related story, page 3). Said
Etzel, “The one thing I hope is
cond class being stuck in
the trailers or in Orchard
when most off the offices
are located in the main
buildings,” said, Scott,
assistant dean for math,
science and engineering.
All the trailers will be
moved, and the area will
be planted with grass.
The trailers may be sold
or leased. Plans have not
yet been finalized.
The Orchard building
will become the new
home of security ,
RSVP/Senior
Job
Center
and
home
economics
related
classes. Science classes
will be moved to the
Pauling Center. The
Child Development
Center will remain in its
present location.
Two off the Orchard
buildings wilf be put up
that we don’t have any verbal
warfare on this subject.”
Carlson’s stiffest competition
for the job came from nominee
Walt McCallister, who is a
senator and “a major catalyst in
the Senate,” said Etzel. That
was the main reason the Ex­
ecutive Council did not en- '
dorse McCallister’s campaign.
They did, however, endorse
Carlson. Explained President
Etzel, “We could have let,him
(Carlson) come up through the
‘ranks,’ but we felf Sean would
bring new-blood into the stu­
dent government.”
The Executive Council inter­
viewed every norninee, Etzel
explained to the general body
why Cindy Langley, Joe Bostic
and McCallister were not en-,
dorsed.
continued on page 3
for lease to other
organizations. They may
also be used for other
college programs or they
may be torn down in the
future.
Student Publications
and the Development Of­
fice currently located in
trailers are moving to
Clairmont. Continuing
Education will also be .
moved to Clairmont.
Water Quality, now in
Clairmont, will be moy-
ed to ike Pauling Center.
The future home of
Physics and classroom
B-253 will be the science
building. Electronics
will shift to the former
physics lab. The math
lab will move to the first
of
Barlow,
floor
ABE/GED/ESL, now in
the trailers, will move to
Barlow.
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