EVENTS CALENDAR
Wednesday, Jan. 26
Landscape Design
7-10 p.m.
ELC Pavilion
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Friday, Jan. 28
Master Gardener Class
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8:30 a.m. ■ 4 p.m.
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Thursday, Jan. 27
Business
Success
Workshop
7*9 p.m.
Small Dining Room
Saturday, Jan. 29
First Aid Class
9 a.m. *4 p.m.
R 101
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Sunday, Jan. 30
City League Basketball
6-10 p-m.
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Randall Gym
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Nuffer brothers
design
quick-draw art
By Shelley Ball
Of The Print
Staff photo by Duane Hiersche
Basic Design students at Clackamas Com­
munity College may soon learn to drastically cut
time used producing designs with the aid of com­
puters, thanks to College students Roger and
Foster Nuffer.
By combining Roger’s knowledge of art and
Foster’s experience with computers, the two
brothers are the first at the College to successful­
ly program a computer to produce and print out
dynamic symmetry designs in 20 minutes, as op­
posed to 12 hours drawing by hand.
Because the system saves on time, Roger
said he and his brother Foster would like to
demonstrate their system either at the Art Center^
with a portable computer, or at the Study Skills
Center sometime next term, although he stress­
ed that they would need special permission
before they could do so.
The method for combining design and com­
puter science came at the end of last term while
Foster was doing a calculus program, in which
he had to graph equations. From this Foster and
Roger designed a formula to program a basic
design, after which they obtained special permis­
sion to program the design using the Apple
Computers in the Study Skills Center located in
McLoughlin Hall.
“Mr. (Norm) Bursheim said that we (Basic
Design students) could probably do these
designs on a computer, but nobody had the
knowledge to do it,” Roger said. Bursheim is the
art department chairperson.
Since that time, Roger and Foster have on
computer disks two dynamic symmetrical
designs, one of ancient Greek descent and the
other created by Bursheim. From these two
designs hundreds of design variations can be
printed out through either black and white or col­
or printers, Roger said.
Both Roger and Foster estimate at least 30
hours of their free time are involved in the pro­
ject, which they are currently working on to up­
date and improve.
“It’s turned out as good as 1 thought,”
Foster said, although he explained that it can be
hard to program somtimes due to the fact that
the computers can erase parts of a program.
“Some people think that the computer will
take away from the artist, but I see it as an ad­
vantage because you can get new effects, it’s
faster, and you can do designs on a broader
scale,” Roger said.
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State of the Union
Reagan focuses on social security, deficit
By Rick Obritschkewitsch
Of The Print
President Reagan spoke
optimistically last night about
national economic recovery in
his State of the Union address.
Reagan announced that
he would “urge Congress to
enact a bill by Easter causing
sacrifices by all while imposing
undo burden on none.”
A four-part recovery plan
was introduced by the presi­
dent. First is a federal spending
freeze, “to hold the line on in­
flation.” Also a six month
freeze on retirement benefits
and federal pension. Reagan
said he felt bad about freezing
military pensions but it was
necessary.
A standby tax was also
suggested, less than or equal to
one percent, for no more than
three years.
Speaking about the na­
tion’s unemployment situation,
Reagan said, “We must find
jobs for all Americans,” and
contended that his plan will
create jobs for most Americans.
Included in the presidents plan­
ned relief for the unemployed
is a sub-minimum wage for
youth summer employment.
Also Reagan hopes to set
up training programs for those
who have been unemployed
for long periods of time, those
new to the job market, and
displaced homemakers.
In order “to keep an edge
on high tech,” the U.S. must
improve the quality of educa­
tion with block grants and tui­
tion tax credit,” for those wan­
ting to send their children to
private and parochial school,
mendment for prayer in public
schools is still among the presi­
dent’s goals. Reagan said,
“God should have never been
excluded from the school
system.”
Reagan then turned his at­
tention to the equality of
women. The president said he
would work to “enforce a child
support laws, which primarily
concern women, and promote
equality for women.”
Still speaking on equality,
Reagan said he would like to
“extend the civil rights commis­
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advocate free trade and . . .
establish
democracy
throughout the world.” He ad­
ded that the “American
uniform should be worn with
pride.” He stressed that “arms
Turning tc the elderly,* reduction aids both sides.”
Reagan suggested “curbing
Reagan concluded by say­
health care costs,” and giving ing the government needs to
catastrophy insurance to older take the lead in restoring the
Americans.
economy. “The government
In International affairs, the needs to help,” he said, “and
president said America “must not hinder the economy.”
sion,” which expires this year.
The time has come “to
wage an all out war against
organized crime,” giving more
aid to the victims.
Rhythm and rhyme at the College
Jazz Festival Page 3
College Bowl bites the dust
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Wrestling team brings home the gold
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