College pushes public relations By Tracy Teigland communicates with the public unless it needs to pass a tax In an effort to boost rela- levy. Ralph Groener, a College lions between the college and board member, suggested Pro local communities, the College ject Visibility as a means to cor Board of Education will meet in rect the problem. The Com Ihe library of West Linn High munications Task Force, a fcchool, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. committee made up of College According to the College administrators, faculty, and public information office, three students, will work out the recent election campaigns specifics of the program. revealed that community “The main goal of Project leaders feel the College rarely Visibility is to get the faculty Of the Print communication on-campus. According to Symes, they used the old survey as a “yardstick.” and students at the College to have a sense of pride”; said Bill Symes, a member of the Com Kevin McMurdo, director of Project Visibility, said “Im proving internal communica munications Task Force. “It is pointless to go out to the com munity until our own house is tion is the first step in solving After the results were com our problems. If the public and pared, it was evident the Col staff are aware of what we do, lege staff feels the same about they can accept it.” internal communication today Although, still being as it did in 1976. developed, the first steps of the Trying to establish a feel project are being taken, ing of pride in Clackamas through such action as an off- Community College is the campus board meeting. main objective of the Com The Communication Task munications Task Force. The Force also ran a survey Sept. task force believes once the 14 to see how the administra staff and the students show tion, supervisors, faculty, and pride in their college, that pride the support staff feel about thé will spread to our community. in order.” He added, “The big gest problem is that the com munity isn’t aware of what we do. We want people to come on campus and see what’s ¿jo- ing on,” Handicapped access discussion slated The Linus Pauling Center was discussed during a Han dicap Advisory Committee meeting Wednesday when lege were installed before the lighter weight “closers” were manufactured. Thus the elec tric doors are not necessary in the new buildings. they discussed possible pro blems concerning Commented Don Fisher, facilities development and handicapped-student mobility planning officer, “The Pauling at the college. Center is within the codes that The college currently the federal and state govern meets all state and federal han ment have set. Any more im provements will be done dicap codes. The Pauling because we feel they are Center doors are within the necessary to the students we eight pound “pull” limit. Any are dealing with.” Staff photo by Duane Hiersche further improvement will go beyond the requirements of the The outcome of the codes. The electric doors found rheeting will be updated in the in the older buildings of the col- following issue of “The Print”. addition, the maximum award is $30 less than last year. Although, with adjustments for increased, expenses, the awards are approximately the same as last year. “There isn’t a heck of a lot' of impact this year - just a 5 percent GSL fee and a little less BEOG money and the delay on next years budget,” Fawcett Experts will be on hand to said, adding the predicted ma Hundreds of varieties of identify fruit, answer questions jor changes in financial aid in fruits will be on.display and on how fruit can be grown on a the 1982-83 school year. questions on fruit will be small scale, and explain cann “Congress has yet to decide on answered Saturday and Sun ing processes with displays of the new budget cuts and until day at the Home Orchard some 20-year old dried fruit. then, the college must wait and Society’s Secdnd Annual Fall roughly estimate the funds they Fruit Festival in Randall Gym. The festival hours are 10 will receive,” he said. “This More than 200 varieties of year we ran out of money in Northwest grown apples will be a.m. - 5 p.m. on both days, July; next year it may be June. on display, along with many with a $1 per family entrance Students who apply early will varieties of fresh pears, grapes, fee. Proceeds will go to the Greco Scholarship Fund. do okay.” and other fruits. Financial aid feels pinch ■ By Tina Riggs ■ Of the Print Trying to keep ahead of ■inflation is not an easy task ■especially for college students ■who are now turning to finan cial aid for help ' “Almost 50 percent of full- ■time students at the college ■receive some sort of financial ■aid,” commented Lee Fawcett, ■assistant dean of student ser vices. “The situation is getting ■worse, ” he\ added. Conse quently, recent .Federal budget ■cuts concern many students on Campus. The largest impact of the ■ budget cuts, Fawcett ^id, is in ^the Guaranteed Student Loan ■Program (GSL). Although the ■changes were not drastic, the ■ federal government has put limits on eligibility for the loans and has initiated a 5 percent fee to be paid by students to help relieve the government’s financial burden. In the past, there had been no eligibility cut-off by a stu dent’s income, but this year’s applicants must have an ad justed income of $30,000 per year or less. The adjusted iiy ,come takes into consideration medical and living expenses, tax requirements and number of dependents. Despite this fact the majority of students at the college still quality/ Minor changes in the Basic Education Opportunity Grant (BEOG) willz affect a small percentage of “borderline” cases who will not receive the grant this year, Fawcett said. In Fruit fest planned 9