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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1982)
Two escaped Polish students attend college By Darla J. Weinberger Of The Print The following interview was translated for The Print by Irene Hyde of Gladstone The dream of many citizens of a terror stricken country is to live in a free socie ty. For two polish refugees this became true on December 16, 1981, when they made' America their new home. Wojciech Pustkouski, 33, and Ludwik Rultowski, 19, are currently enrolled at the Col- lege, studying English language. In Poland, English wasn’t taught in public schools, it was up to the individual to learn English by other means. The two are taking Sur vival English, in hopes of fin ding employment and further ing their education. Pustkouski and Roltowski met in Vienna, Austria, at the American Embassy and lived in a refugee camp in Austria for Rultowski three and a half months before coming to America., The Tolstoy Foundation, a non-profit refugee organiza tion, sponsored the two men and suggested several cities in which they might settle. They chose the Portland- area because it would, be easy to ad just and would be most adap table. Oregon is approximately the same in geographic size as Poland. Also the landscape is very similar. It is different in that Oregon has a population of approximately two million and in Poland there is a population of 36 milion.. The Tolstoy Foundation paid the first month’s rent on their West Linn apartment and gave them $35 a week for the first month. Pustouski’s and Rultowski’s present income is from welfare and Social Securi ty. In Poland, Pustkouski worked for the Department of Projects for six years as. a technical mechanic and also as a “Straw-boss” on a copper- mine in Lubin. Rultowski was employed as a car painter before leaving his homeland. Rultowski was bom in Zienlonoi Gorol, Poland where he left his mother, two sisters, and a brother. “There was no future there for me,” he com mented. “I like the College, I have few problems adapting,” Pustkouski said. He left his 65-year-old mother and a sister in his home town of Szczecin. His last letter from home was on December 10, 1981. He said he has writ ten letters and hasn’t received any answers. He has also tried to call but couldn’t get through to Poland. Pustkouski and Rultowski plan to stay in the Northwest and have their refugee papers. After learning English, both will go for their American citizen ship. They agreed that “We áre very happy.” Pustkouski Request for copier, money barrage ASG By Rick Obritschkewitsch Of The Print A petition to acquire a copy machine for the Com munity Center Mall signed by 40 interested students was among the items discussed at last Thursday’s ASG meeting. Business Manager Steve Vohs felt the purchase of a copy machine for the CC Mall would “eliminate a lot of has sle.” Vohs said, “A lot of time can be spent waiting for use of the copy machine in the library. Librarians are busy sometimes when people need help making copies.” Senator Emma Nelson ad ded that a CC Mall copy machine is needed since the library machines are sometimes unavailable or not working. Vohs suggested, “We could charge a quarter if we really wanted to suck people’s blood.” Vohs volunteered to check into how much such a project would cost. In other business, the ASG listened to guest speaker, Larry Gray, a Democratic can didate for Oregon’s new 5th District (see story, right) ASG plans on inviting all of the candidates running for the 5th Dist. to speak at student government. meetings, and then have a “Candidates Fair” for all the Congressional com petitors. ASG denied a request to give $50 to Molalla High School students that would have helped send seniors to Washington DC through “Pro ject Close-up.” Senate liaison John Schaf fer said, “We are out of móney in some accounts, and low in others. I think we need to keep the money on campus.”. Senator Jerry Hale argued that giving money to “Project Close-up” could not be used as a recruitment tool, as he had heard other senators saying. “I would hope the (Molalla) students, since they are going to Washington, are smart enough that they would not say, ‘Clackamas Com munity College helped me when I wanted to go to Washington, therefore I should pay them back by attending the college.’ Music instructor Lonnie Cline’s request for $222.30 to cover transportation, and/or lodging so two students can compete in a tournament • in Walla Walla, Washington, was referred to Ways and Means. The competition is for all Northwest college choirs. BEGINNER OR ADVANCED Cost is about the same as a, semestet tn a U.S. colleqe $2.989 Price includesjet round trip to Seville from New York, room, board, and tuition i omplete Government, grants and loans available for eligible students. Live with a Spanish family, attend classes four hours a day. four days a week, four months. Earn 16 hrs. of credit (equi valent to 4 semesters taught in US colleges over a two Representatives from Portland State University and Portland Community College will at tend. Theater department chair man Jack Shields urged the ASG not to cut funding for the theater department. ASG received a letter of thanks from the American Red Cross. A new record of 114 pints was collected at the recent blood drive, breaking the previous mark of 105. This in cluded 20 “first timé” donors. The student'government also received a request that the body sponsor a Little League Baseball team for the second year. Congressional candidate Gray discusses campaign, opponent Larry Gray, a Democratic nominee for the 5th Congres sional District spoke last week to the Associated Student Government. According to ASG Presi dent Sam Crosby, Gray is the first candidate to speak before the student council. “We hope to have all the nominees speak here,” Crosby said, noting that a candidate’s fair is scheduled to happen during the spring term. Gray said because he never held public office he is not “tied to the mistakes of the past.” Gray grew up in the Willamette Valley and in 1966 graduated from West Linn High School. He studied speech and communications at Portland State University. His career as a radio news broadcaster eventually led him year time span! Your Spanish studies will.be enhanced by opportunities riot available in a U.S classroom. Standard- zed tests show our students' language skills superior to students completing two year programs in U;S. Hurry, it takes a lot of time to make all arrangements. FALL SEMESTER SEPT. 10-Dec. 22 SPRING SEMESTER Feb. 1 June 1 each year. FULLY ACCREDITED A program of Trinity Christian College. SEMESTER IN SPAIN 2442 E. Collier S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506 (A Program of Trinity Christian College) CALL TOLL FREE for full information 1 -800-253-9008 (In Mich., or if toll free line inoperative call 1-616-942-2903 or 942-2541 collect) to owning an independent radio news service that he operated in Washington, D. C. Gray specialized in covering the U. S. Congress. “When I was in Washington, I didn’t feel that Oregonians were adequately informed about the national congress arid I still feel that way,” he said. The newly formed 5th District consists of parts of Marion, Clackamas, Linn, Benton and Polk counties. Gray felt the district would be predominated by small business and small-farm populations. The College is also included in the district. Denny Smith, the Republican incumbent from the 2nd District, is currently the only Republican opposition to the seat. ; “I think Denny is a fluke,” Gray said, “He isn’t respected in Washington, D.C., not even by his own party?’ ’ Gray has already launch ed an attack against Smith, claiming that he “.. .has raised a smoke screen to separate him from the Reagan budget.” The main points of Gray’s campaign are support for small businessmen and farmers and to decrease military spending. “Right now, 60 percent of all new jobs are from small business,” Gray said. “Also, what’s more important-a riew bomber system or a remedial reriding program?” Inskeep Center receives METRO recycling grant Recently, Environmental Learning Center, was awarded a grant from METRO’S Recycl ing Support fund . totaling $5,084 to develop a 24-hour full-service depot for the coun ty. Plans are in the works to provide training for disadvan taged youths arid handicapped adults through work ex perience. The College’s En vironmental Leaning Center (ELC)' has a model recycling program encompassing over 15 tons of seven distinct grades of recyclables. The center handles recycl ing for the college and is serv ing as a model for the com munity. the, depot will, accept glass, metals/caris, motor oil and all grades of paper. The facility will be designed to in clude an information and ex hibit area as well as recycling workshops to be held for the public and for schools. Clackamas Community College page 4 D50 Illuminant, 2 degree observer Density