Cutbacks close door on DVIC
By J. Dana Haynes
'Of The Print
For the last three years, the
on-campus Domestic Violence
Intervention Center has provid
ed an alternative for battered
wives and abused children in
the county. Effective im
mediately, DVIC is shutting its
doors.
The organization has receiv
ed its funding through both the
College and CETA (Com
prehensive Employment Train
ing Act). The school provided
the building (on Molalla
Avenue), along with heat,
water and electricity, while
CETA has paid salaries for
manager Kathleen Normile and
DVIC employee Paul Moon.
With the recent government
cutbacks, originating from
President Reagan’s office,
CETA has been forced to drop
funding for various social
organizations, including DVIC.
Moon’s final work day was last
Thursday. Normile’s contract
will be up on April 30.
“There are two aspects to
what we do here,” said
.mile, “One, information
referral (I and R), and
workshops and lectures.
Confidence Clinic will
over our I and R work. They’ve
got a good counseling service
there already.”
But the lecturing service? Ac
cording to Normile, there is no
alternative organization within
Clackamas County to take up
the slack. “We’ve balled
everybody, gone to every
meeting.. .thlere’s nobody
around .here to take over,” said
Normile.
“There might be some group
in Portland that can do the
educational aspect, but there’s
no one but us in Clackamas
County/’
Nationally, it is estimated
that one instance of domestic
violence occurs every 12
seconds. It is further estimated
Staff photo by Duffy Coffman
On-campus Christian club
provides fellowship, fun
“I thought it was some kind
of sports club,” was one reply
when a few Clackamas Com
munity College students were
asked what they thought of In
tervarsity Christian Fellowship.
Many on campus have never
heard of inter-varsity since its
arrival is fairly new to com
munity colleges. Inter-varsity
(or Inter-University) is an inter
denominational club here at
Clackamas designed for
students of any age, sex or
race, to come and get together
with other Christians and to
find out moré about Jesus
Christ.
Bill Serios, campus staff
member for Mt. Hood and
Clackamas Community Col
leges and Portland State,
describes the purpose of the
organization: “Inter-varsity is a
worldwide movement of Bible
believing, Christian students in
teracting with others on their
college campuses. England-
born Inter-varsity exists
primarily for three reasons:
—To introduce and help lead
others to Jesus Christ.
-To help Christian growth
through communication with
fellow Christians. This includes
on-campus group and off-
campus socials, many with
other Inter-varsity groups.
—To train Christians to ex-
tend their outreach (or the
knowledge they have of the
gospel of Jesus Christ) to
others at home, on the job, and
even different cities and coun
tries.”
Here on campus, Inter
varsity (otherwise known as
Clackamas
Christian
Fellowship) has been active in
social trips to Mt. Hood,
recreation days with organized
volleyball and football, pro
gressive dinners and beach
trips. Included in their weekly
meetings are guest speakers on
such topics as, “Hard questions
people ask” and “Role
Playing.” Other activities in-
elude
on-campus weekly
studies centered on the Bible,
films, singing, and more. ,
Throughout the year
workshops on training camps
are available for interested
students. A . recent IV.
workshop was held over Spring
break at Camp Magruder near
Rockaway on the Oregon
coast. Over 100 student, from
U of O, SOSC, 1OT, UOHSC,
OSU, PSU, Mt. Hood,
Willamette University and
Clackamas, participated.
that only 30 to 50 percent of all
cases of “in-home” violence
are ever reported. “There were
something like 6,000 cases of
domestic violence reported in
the city of Portland in 1980,
and that’s probably a very con
servative estimate. Most go
unreported,” Normile said.
“Originally, 75 percent of the
calls we got were emergency
cases, where the wife had just
been beaten up and needed to
get out,” said Normile. “Now,
only about 25 percent are
emergencies. The other 75
percent are requests for I and
R. That’s because, I think,
we’ve educated the communi
ty. Women now call. aind
say'What doT do? I’ve got four
children, and I’ve never work
ed, and have no education.
What recourses do I have if I
move out?’ I feel that this has
been a real significant achieve
ment,” Normile added.
DVIC suggests legal rights,
welfare and food stamp infor
mation, and general alter
natives to being abused.
The other main concern of
the soon-to-be-defunct DVIC
has been lecturing. Normile
and Moon have spoken at
churches, schools and civic
centers all over this.county and
the general metro area.
“Mostly, we went into the
high schools, rather than the
lower grades. Paul and I felt
comfortable there. But it needs
to be done in the grade schools
and junior highs, too,” said
Normile.’
The lectures for adults and
children have differed widely,
according to Normile. “When
we speak to adults, we say
‘What can you do? Where can
you go?’ With kids, it’s ‘What,is
abuse?’ Quite honestly, I think
it’s just a Band-Aid effort to talk
to adults. Batterers won’t admit
they’re batterers. But with kids,
we can really help. Since, bat
tering is a learned response, it
can be unlearned.”
Normile has only been with
the DVIC since September.
She has a master’s degree in
education, and teaching is her
first vocation. “I really don’t
know where I’ll go from here,”
she said, “but I hope to teach
somewhere. Maybe overseas.”
Normile replaced Janelie
Montes, former head of the
organization.
“I feel really good about the
Confidence Clinic taking over I
and R,” said Normile .“Actual
ly, the two programs should
have been combined. The
power we would have had for
funding would have put us in a
better situation.” The Con
fidence Clinic, housed on the
edge of. campus on Beaver
creek Road, serves the needs
of persons in transition, par
ticularly
displaced
homemakers.
Normile explained that she
was upset at losing Paul Moon,
whose job already has gone.
“Paul was a real benefit to the
program,” she said, “being
male, in what is usually con
sidered to be a female oriented
business. We did some self-
help, talking to groups at one
time. A volunteer and I worked
with the group, and Paul took
care of the children, babysit
ting, I guess you’d call it. A lot
of these women tend to think
that all men are bastards, and
they see Paul, who’s so loving
and caring and gentle...It lets
them know that there are ‘good
men’ as well as ‘bad men’,” she
said.
Normile .is saddened to see
her organization fold, but she
believes steps,are being taken
to keep such public service
organizations alive. “I think the
steps are going in the right
directions. But so many of these
organizations are built on fine
ideals. That’s okay, but behind
the fine ideals, you have to
have some basics. You have to
have a building, you have to
know where your fundingis
coming from, etc. I’m sorry that
the current administration is
cutting back so much, but this’ll
make the human interest
groups take a second look, and
maybe straighten up the basic
business end of it a little more.
, And that’s a real benefit.”
Pauling Center: furnished rms. avail
Spring break was a time for
vacation for most students and
staff members at the College,
but for some of the science
students and faculty, it was a
time to move into the Linus
Pauling Science Center.
The official move took place
over spring break. Most of the
equipment was packed away
the. week before the move.
One truck, several science
teachers, the custodial and
maintenance crews and about
half-a-dozen science students
were involved in the move.
Pauling was designed three
years ago to fit the needs of the
teachers and students then.
Some of the needs have
changed, even a few of the
science staff has changed, but
basically it is still,tailored to the
specific needs 6f\he College
staff and students. '
The assets of Pauling are
many, according to Chuck
Scott, the assistant dean of in
struction. Instructor John
Snively says the main benefits
Grades delayed by computer
Due to computer programm
ing and testing, grades for
5,415 College students were
delayed from delivery for one
week, and the majority of the
grades were delivered yester
day and today, according to
Chuck Adams, director of ad
missions at the College.
The grade information was
entered into the registration
computer for each student and
was double-checked for ac
curacy by Adams and Tsuyoshi
Inouye last Sunday. “We
sampled the system last Sun
day for accuracy by sending
500 reports through the com
puter?’ Because they turned
out accurate, a majority of the
grades were mailed on Monday
and should have reached the
local students by Tuesday and
Wednesday.
This was the first time that
the grades have been run
through the new computers. “I
didn’t want to put them (the
grades) out without assurance
of their accuracy,” Adams said.
“The processing itself hasn’t
changed, it’s just that the grade
information is now entered into
the computer.” Adams believes
that students should still check
their grades for mistakes.
of. the new buildings are the
vast amount of space and the
pricey it provides. The
teachers now have their own
privateXoffices. The classrooms
are spacibus and are equipped •
with the old, equipment as well 1
as some new\There is a lounge ’
ip one part of Pauling and a 1
special work area dose to the J
office^ so students are close to 1
assistance. Pauling is bright
(there are many windows, and
much of the flighting is hatural)
and very colorful. The hallways
are pleasantly decorated -with
large windows, colorful walls,
and healthy green plants.
The science staff stressed
that there is no smoking in any
of the science buildings. This is
for a combination of health and
safety reasons, Scott said.
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