ASG Fzesident Sagoe cites job duties, goals
DeAnn Dietrich
Of The Print
Talking with ASG Presi
dent John Sagoe is reason
enough to instill inspirations
of being involved in the school
system. The decor in his office
reflects the people-oriented
person that he claims to be.
With pictures of family and
friends on the wall, he speaks
anxiously of his goals and am
bitions for the school year and
for the future he plans in inter
national relations, com
munications, ' journalism and
politics.
Originally .from Ghana,
Sagoe arrived in Oregon in
1982 as a foreign exchange stu
dent. His interest in student
government reflects a political
awareness of the world. Sagoe
maintains his belief that extra
curricular involvement is more
He said, “People are los
ing their dreams and are settl
ing for mediocrity.”
Sharing the campaign
ticket last year with Vice Presi
dent Linda Cox was a deci
sion made after the two found
that they shared many com7
mon goals. Besides en
thusiasm, a unification is ah
integral part of an effective
student government, and
Sagoe believes this year’s
group is a healthy mix of dif
ferences and compatibility.
Considering the ad
ministration to be a supportive
force, Sagoe does admit that
there is, “a little opposition by
people who don’t see the
essence of student govern
ment.” In Sagoe’s opinion the
student activities budget is a
reasonable one, but feels
strongly that there is a great
need for a more effective tax
than just important for in
dividual growth. “Involve
ment anywhere will make a
difference in the world,” he
said.
Seeing his part in the
school as being more than
coordinating the smoking sec
tion and scheduling movies
and dances, Sagoe puts his
presidential duties as a priority
over his 20-credit-hour class
schedule. In his viewpoint his
duty includes being “a liaison
between the administration
and the students,” relaying
both the needs and the limits
of each party. Sagoe has an
enthusiasm about what he
believes he can accomplish,
and will try to offer “a little
bit of myself, ideals mainly,
but mostly what the students
want.”
Why is this job so impor
tant to him?
base system, and that the cur
rent property tax system is not
to carry the school support
load.
Success to Sagoe is not
financial in nature but is in
stead an educationally-
oriented goal. Aiming toward
“making the world a better
place,” he will continue his
education until he earns his
Ph. D., perhaps “picking up a
few other degrees along the
way.”
Cox joins ASG as vice president
By Kathy Johnson
Of The Print
“I like the togetherness
and the striving for a common
purpose that I have found
since becoming involved in
ASG,” stated Linda Cox, vice
president of the Associated
Student Government at
Clackamas Community Col
lege.
Cox was elected last
Spring with the rest of the
ASG Vice President Linda Cox
ASG Executive Council. All
summer, along with the rest of
the council, Cox has worked
so that there would be ac
tivities planned for the first
week of fall term. Energy has
also been put into trying to get
more clubs started and getting
the school more actively in
volved in the community..
Cox became an ASG sen
ator last year, her first at the
College. Cox was hesitant
about running for vice presi
dent but was encouraged by
several friends before running.
“I’m glad I ran because I
really enjoy dealing with peo
ple. I feel that being involved
is an important part of the col
lege lfe. It makes your campus
a special place, and not iust
some place you have to be.”
' Cox plans to attend Port
land State University upon
graduating from the College
this year. Cox is an interna
tional marketing major, and is
also studying the Spanish
language, because her main in
terest lies in the Hispanic
countries.
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Assertiveness training,
self-esteem building and skill
assessment are a few of many
subjects being covered in a
class for women by the
Women’s Center near Clack
amas Community College this
term.
Titled the Displaced
Homemakers’ Pre-employ-
ment Training Program, the
10-week class is designed for
women who need to find
work, but think that they have
no job skills or have
been out of the job market for
awhile. The class began Sept.
13 and currently meets every
Tuesday ajid Thursday from
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Art
101.
“Most of the women have
been out of the job market for
a considerable amount of
time, and we have some
widows and
divorced
persons,” Women’s Center
Coordinator Carol Strazer
said of the 24 women, aged 24
to 55, currently enrolled in the
class.
Strazer, who co-teaches
the class with Women’s Center
Coordinator Anne Par-
dington, thinks building self-
esteem is one of the major
goals of the class. She explain
ed how many homemakers,
who for example might have
served on the PTA, don’t con
sider that a job skill. By taking
the class, Strazer said the
women will learn to identify
those job skills that had
previously gone unnoticed.
Although the term
“displaced homemaker” has
been around since the mid
’70’s, the new program is the
first one to be offered near the
College since 1977, when
because of a loss in funding,
all previous programs were
cut. Oregon is one of the first
states to offer a displaced
homemaker program, and as
of this term the center has
designed an updated class,
which will be offered during
winter and spring terms as
well.
“I think the message is
getting clearer that it’s a lux
ury to stay home,” Par-
dington said of today’s
women. She stressed the im
portance of such a class for
women, as she said that
women, who for example have
become widows, cannot rely
on collecting their husband’s
social security to use as income
until they are over 60 years
old.
Pardington also said that
statistically women outlive
men, so the “probability of
being alone gets higher as
women get older.”
By having such a class
available women will be able
to learn to support themselves
should they find they are no
longer supported by a spouse,
she said.
In addition to the class
training, Pardington said the
women will receive a cer
tificate stating all the skills
they have learned, which could
be used when looking for a
job.
Anyone interested in tak
ing the class will have to wait
until next term to register. The
class is free, and has been well
received by the women cur
rently taking the class.
“During our class evalua
tions, we have gotten good
compliments, ’ ’ Strazer said.
Clackamas Community College