Candidate for
superintendent
speaks to ASG
State Senator Rod
Monroe, a candidate for the of
fice of State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, spoke before
the Associated Student
Government last week.
“We have to change the
way we support schools in this
state,” Monroe said of school
financing at the Thursday
meeting, “I’m calling for at least
50 percent support from the
state level.” Oregon is listed
number 46 (fourth from the
bottom) in state support for
schools.
Monroe also believes in
strengthening local control of
schools, by “providing services
to local school districts which
enable them to better serve the
needs of their communties.”
Monroe, 39, is a 3-term.
Oregon legislator. He has been
a teacher for 17 years, and cur
rently teaches at Tigard High
School.
The Senator said com
munity colleges are an impor
tant part of the educational
system. “With all. the new
technology, the types of jobs
are changing constantly. We
have to train people for these
jobs, and the community col
leges are where we’ll do that,”
he said. “Universities have
been raising tuition so much
that they’re keeping people
out. That’s where the com
munity colleges fit in.”
Monroe has served on
educational finance commit
tees in the state Senate and
House of Representatives. He
has received endorsements for
his campaign from the AFL-
CIO, the Oregon Educational
Association, and the American
Federation of Teachers.
The job of superintendent
is a nonpartisan post, and there
is no limit to the number of
terms a person can serve. The
incumbent, Verne Duncan, has
served in the office for the last
eight years.
Letter writing idea
tops ASG agenda
By Alison Hull
Of The Print
Staff Photo by Tracy Sumner
ADVISOR DAVE BUCKLEY and ASG members discuss concerns at a recent meeting.
College offers cooking for kids
The College’s Child
Development Center is offering
a class entitled “Junior Chefs,”
designed to help include
children in the creative process
of food preparation.
Carolyn
Knutson,
chairperson of the home
economic department, said
that the class is held every
Monday and Tuesday from 3
to 5 p.m., for children of Col
lege students and staff. The
class is available for kids ages 4
through 6.
Originally, the class was to
be held only once a week, but
the response was so over
whelming, Knutson said, that
the Tuesday class was added.
“We’ll be adding another ses
names of utensils, how to read sion in May,” she said. The
recipes, and will teach them to class began this term.
recognize the tastes of various
“Childcare is a very im
ingredients, and what you get portant service for a communi
when you add them to food,” ty college,” Knutson said. The
Knutson said.
average age of a student at the
College is 27. The Child
Each session includes Development Center watches
eight children, and Schutz will children between the ages of
try to teach them to prepare six months and six years jn the
several recipes each time.
Orchard Center, room 132.
The instructor Debbie
Schutz, early childhood aid, of
fers two-hour sessions for five
weeks. “Debbie is teaching the
children cooking vocabulary,
Lee Fawcett, assistant
dean of student aid and sup
port services, suggested that
the students start writing letters
to senators concerning the
Federal Financial Aid cuts at
last Thursday’s Associated Stu
dent Government meeting.
“Congress needs to hear from
people who are being affected
by these cuts,” he said.
April 19 there will be a
“Candidates Fair” for persons,
running for U.S. Congressional
5th District. Those candidates
who will be attending are Greg
Kaufman, Larry, Gray, Dave
McTeague,
and
Ruth
McFarland. Mike Penski has
yet to be contacted. The fair
will begin at 11 a.m. and will be
held in the Fireside Lounge.
Students will get a chance
to listen to the candidates and
also ask them questions.
“There will be more candidates
here who. will be running for
other positions such as county
commissioner, superintendent
of the State School Board, and
state representative for the
23rd District,” Sam Crosby,
ASG president said. “They will
not take part in the fair, but
they will be Tjere if students
wish to talk with them.”
State Senator, Rod
Monroe, who is running for
state superintendent of public
instruction, was the guest
speaker at the ASG meeting.
Monroe gave a short presenta
tion of himself and what he
believes in and asked the ASG
to help him with his campaign
(See story, page 4). As quoted
in his pamphlet, he will “bring
to this job 17 years’ experience
as a classroom teacher, success
as owner of a small business,
and three terms as an Oregon
legislator, working on he com
mittees most important to
education. I also bring the con
cern of a parent who knows ex
actly what’s at stake—the future
of our children.”
There will be an anti
nuclear rally on campus, April
22. In a letter written by Mar
sha Meyers, acting dean of
humanities, the ASG was ask
ed to help sponsor the rally.
ASG passed a motion that they
“cannot support” the rally.
Crosby feels that the ASG can
not lend support to a con
troversial issue without letting
the student body vote first.
Also on the agenda was
the resignation and dismissal of
two senators. Kim Smith has
resigned and Rebecca Col
eman has been dismissed. Col
eman is no longer a student at
the College, but failed to
resign. Two senator positions
are open and nominations will
take place this Thursday.
Concerning
this
Saturday’s softball game
against Portland Community
College student government
members, the ASG has been
considering moving the game
to Sunday. Steve Vohs, ASG
business manager, suggested
that the game be moved to
Sunday so we can help with
the High School track meet
that’s supposed to be held here
Saturday.” Discussion will take
place at the meeting this Thurs
day.
ELC schedules auction
vironmental Learning Center,
“but it will probably be used to
remodel the trailer.” The trailer
serves as the center’s recycling
depot. .
The auction, featuring
Clackamas County Commis
sioner and College Board
member Ralph Groener as one
of the auctioneers, will include
This is x the
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School’s third year for the auc live music, casual entertain
tion and the first year it is shar
ment, assorted wines, and
ing the event with the John In gourmet hors d’ ouerves. Ad
skeep Center.
vance tickets are $15.
Among the many items
“There are a number of
planned to be auctioned off are
projects our share of the
furniture, jewelry, art work,
money could be used for,” said
and even a sailboat cruise.
Charles Puckett of the En
Staff photo by Mike Cato
Clackamas Community College
An auction to benefit John
Inskeep Environmental Learn
ing Center and the New
Outlook Early School is
scheduled this Saturday from
7-11 p.m. at the Milwaukie
Center in North Clackamas
Park.
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