Blood drive nets
record 14 units
By David J. Hayden
Of the Print
The, students, staff and
faculty together with the
American Red Cross Pacific
Northwest Regional Blood Ser
vice set a new record for
donating blood.
During the one day ses
sion 128 people offered 114
units of blood. On Jan. 1, 108
units were donated.
''‘It’s the largest turn out in
the history of the College,”
commented Debbie Baker, stu
dent activities director, noting
that 13 people had to be turned
away.
“There is a constant need
for blood,” she continued, “It is
one of the most important ac
tivities the students and staff get
involved with.”
The blood collected will be
separated into three com
ponents; plasma for bum vic
tims, platelets for cancer and
leukemia patients, and red cells
for surgery and anemic pa
tients. “The most difficult time
for us is during the holidays
and the summer,” commented
Dennis Donin of the Red
Cross. “During those times,
our blood reserves are com1
pletely depleted. That is what
makes these drives so impor
tant.”
/‘We always need more
blood donated,” Donin con
tinued. “But, right now, we’re
in a favorable position. We’re
as close to meeting our quotas
as we’ve ever been.”
One of the Red Cross’
most difficult problems is sup
plying chemotherapy patients A RECORD 114 units of blood was obtained Monday, including Steve Vohs’ fair
Photo by Tina Riggs
with blood platelets. Each pa share.
tient requires 7 to 10 units of
Donin said. “They have con drive.”
platelets 3 times a week. With a problem.
“The real credit has to go stantly put in time and effort.
For more information
shelf life of only 72 hours,
keeping a constant supply of to Sam Crosby, Debbie Baker, Without their work, there about blood donations contact
platelets becomes a serious and Bonnie Hartley-Linse, wouldn’t have been a blood the Red Cross at 243-5200.
Student/staff steering committee formed
A Strident Services Ad
visory Committee is being
formed to make sure Student
Services are effective.
Lee Fawcett, assistant
dean of student services said,
“We want to make sure the
students are getting the most
out of student services.” The
committee will consist of
students and a business office
and faculty representative. The
committee will review various
student services to make sure
there aren’t any problems at a
meeting at least once a term.
Student Services include
the Admissions Office,
Counseling Center, Student
Activities, Career Development
and Job Placement, Financial
Aid, Veterans, and the Han
dicap Resource Center.
Note-taking available for blind
By Kristi Blackman
Of the Print
There are some students
at the College who are unable
to take effective notes, due to
impaired vision, hearing dif
ficulties or physical disabilities.
According to Mary Patter
son, student services specialist,
the College is in need of hiring
more notetakers. “We have six
students who have come to us
(the Handicapped Resource
Center) to . let us know they
need someone to take notes for
them.
“We try to match the
notetaker to the student,’’she
explained. “There are some
notetakers who won’t take
notes for certain students, or in
certain classes. We, try to ac
comodate both.
“It is important that we
have trustworthy notetakers.
They are being paid to- take
notes only, they are not being
paid to tutor or study with the
student,” Patterson said. “We
do not employ ‘hand-holders.’
If this happens, we would lose
support of the instructors and
we would be defeating our own
purpose.”
Notetakers receive $3.50
an hour. The Handicapped
Resource Center is accepting
applicants now for substitutes
to get ahead of the game
before Spring term.
“Most students feel they
do not take good notes,” Pat
terson said. “If a student
receives good grades, then
they are taking effective notes“
A notetaker’s meeting is
held at the beginning of each
term. “At that time, we get an
idea of how many notetakers to
students we have. If students
are in ddubt or request help for
effective notetaking, we give
tips on how to pick out details
in lectures and we have ex
cellent books on notetaking,”
Patterson said.
Patterson noted, “Some
handicapped students have
had trouble working in
dependently. They have had
people doing things for them all
their lives and it’s hard to
change.”
As a result of the
notetaker’s assistance, the
students have begun to find
ways to survive in classes on
their own.
■ “Students have come to
us and said that they could do it
on their own,” she remarked.
“We have reached a stage of
success.”
She added “There haven’t
been any complaints from the
students
about
poox
notetakers.” ’
Ellis battles unemployment
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other day. Finally, the com
pany hired him to get him out
of their hair.
“The moral of the story is
to put your pride aside,” Ellis
said, “Sometimes, you have to
try a business several times.
Simply put, the people who
check in the most are die ones
the employer will most likely
remember.”
'
The anxiety and tension
that accompanies unemploy
ment is well known, and Ellis
and Schoenbom often find
themselves on the receiving
end of that frustration.
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“There’s a lot of pressure
here,” Schoenbom said. “We
don’t really mind though. It’s a
challenge to help someone
who’s frustrated,”
Other tactics that can aid
and abet the job search in
clude:
—Checking the Center’s
file box, with reports from peo
ple who have already applied
at a job. If a person is interview
ed at five companies, and gets
a job with one of them, the
Center asks the person to send
back information on the other
four, to help the next ap
plicants.
-Skill assessment. Accor
ding to Ellis, if a person can
assess their own skills, they can
market themselves better.
“We conducted a survey
not long ago to see what peo
ple’s reactions were when they
went for help from student ser
vices,” Fawcett said. “Basically
we’re doing a good job but we
wanted to ask the people who
use the services.”
“I think it’s important that
students are fully advised about
student services,” Sam Crosby,
ASG president said. The com
mittee would allow students an
“avenue to return criticism or
comments on student
services,” he said.
Marv Thornley, Career
Development and Placement
Officer said; “I think it’s a good
idea to have a committee. It
encourages review.”
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The workshops will help
improve the situation in
Clackamas County, EHis
hopes. “We’re feeling a lot
more positive now. We’re do
ing more than ever and helping
people more,” she said.
“Everybody is having a tough
time,” Ellis said, “Ope man was
in here looking for work, and
he once wrote a book on how
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