Trio of siblings
spark Cougar
athletics
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On campus
“Murders”
reviewed
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Hakanson sees success despite economy
By J. Dana Haynes
Of The Print
“All in all, it has been a
good year,” That is how
Clackamas Community Col
lege’s President, Dr. John
Hakanson, describes the
1982-83 school year.
“In a time of great
economic difficulty for the state
and the nation, we have been
able to maintain the programs
we had functioning,” Hakan
son said.
The positive points the
president remembers of this
year include better campus
communications and the Take
Charge Day and follow-up pro
grams. On the other side of the
scale, Hakanson cited the
lower enrollment as a problem.
“The only disappointment
was the enrollment, which did
not come up as much as we ex
pected,” he said. As of now,
Hakanson said the College is
projecting a Full Time
Equivolency (FTE) of 3,550 by
the end of the year. “We ex
pected about 100 more,” he
said.
The reason for this,
Hakanson explained, is “we
had 150 fewer course offerings
than we did last year.” The
president said economizing was
the cause for the dropped pro
grams, most notibly the
Timberlake Job Corps program
which was eliminated.
“(Job Corps) produced
170 to 200 FTE’s,” Hakanson
said. “We made up more than
half of those lost, but it still put
us behind.”
Hakanson said the Col
lege is projecting 3,700 FTE for
the next year.
One of the most successful
projects of the current year was
the Take Charge program,
Hakanson feels. The program
was designed to create alter
natives for unemployed people
and consisted of a full day of
workshops and presentations,
as well as follow-up projects.
. Hakanson said plans for
another Take Charge day are
under discussion. “I would not
be surprised to see it held dur
ing fall term,” he said.
Other highlights of the
1982-83 year included what
Hakanson considered to be an
improvement in on-campus
communications. “The various
clubs, athletics and activities
have all done well,” he said.
Hakanson made special men
tion of this year’s Associated
Student Goverment, which he
called “very responsible.”
Next year, the College will
have to go before the voters
with the triannual levy election.
Hakanson said he plans to
create an advisory committee
this summer to look at the levy
and choose the best time to
present it. He said the election
may be held during spring term
of 1984.
“We
need
more
buildings,” Hakanson said.
“We are beginning a drive for
more buildings this next year.”
The itinerary for construc
tion on campus includes a
library/learning center, voca
tional education building, and a
music hall, to eventually be
part of a performing arts
center.
If a new library is built, it
will also mean extensive that the state legislature helps
remodeling of upstairs out by allocating funds for ap
McLoughlin Hall, the site of the proximately 65 percent of
current library. Hakanson said allowable costs, which equals
most of that space would be about 50 percent of the total
building costs. Neither the
turned into class rooms.
“Right now, we haven’t 1981 nor the 1983 legislatures
any money. But we did a provided monetary help for the
review of the long range plann community colleges.
ing and we have our priorities
set,” the president said.
The College has a good
record for passing three-year
levies, the first two of which
were held in 1978 and 1981.
Prior to that, the College had to
approach the voters much
more often. “In our first 12
years, we held 33 elections,”
Hakanson said.
To fund the planned
building, the College will need
to pass a construction levy as
well as an operating levy.
Clackamas Community is not
alone in this need either.
Hakanson said of the 13
Oregon community colleges,
all need new construction ex
cept Linn-Benton, Blue Moun
tain and Mt. Hood.
Hakanson pointed out
Homeroom pet set free
as gradeschoolers send
box turtle to Turtle Island
By Duane Hiersche
Of The Print
Recently the turtle popula
tion of Clackamas Community
College increased by one
thanks to the students and
faculty of Stafford Elementry
School in West Linn.
Wednesday, May 27, the
Environmental Learning
Center held a small ceremony
to dedicate the arrival of the
box turtle named Cecil. Cecil
was a gift to the teacher, Ann
Blanton, who later had it as a
homeroom pet.
The class visited the ELC
earlier and asked if the College
would like to keep it, since they
could provide a better home for
the turtle. After a poem'reading
by author Kristin Dunham,
nine, Jason Ashcroft freed
Cecil where it will live among
the other five turtles who are
already there.
Cecil will make his new
residance on Turtle Island with
the other inhabitants of the
pond including ducks, fish and
muskrats.
“Do you think she’ll like it
more in the pool?” one student
asked. “Well, wouldn’t you?”
the teacher responded.