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daekiimas Community College
Wednesday, February 15, 1984
Vol. XVII, No. 15
College hosts annual competition
Clackamas Community
College will play host to an ar
ray of high school students
from around the county on
Feb. 23 at the fourth annual
Clackamas County Skills
Competition.
The competition gives
local high school students a
chance to compete in several
chosen areas. Competitions
will be in both vocational and
academic areas, from auto
mechanics and welding to
mathematics and computer
skills, Al Pfahl, competition
organizer, said.
For the College, it is an
indirect way of familiarizing
future college students with
the campus.
“We don’t openly talk
about what the College has to
offer, but the idea is trans
ported,” Pfahl said. “It can
be used as a recruiting tool
because it has been so suc
cessful.”
Winners of any competi
tion are given the opportunity
to apply for a one-term tuition
waiver for their first year at
the College, Pfahl said. Of last
year’s competitors, 22 of the
40 winners received waivers.
The idea behind the com
petition is that it is a func
tional part of the education
process. It gives a high school
student the chance to use the
skills he/she has learned and
apply it. “These students are
the top high school students in
the county. Each high school
is usually represented by at
least a couple of students,.”
Pfahl said. “We get calls from
some high schools out of
county, too. But they are not
eligible for. the county
awards.”.
In past years Pfahl, who
is employed by the Educa
tional Service District (ESD),
has worked with the assistant
dean of instruction at the Col
lege. Since the position is now
vacant, he is cooperating with
Jeff Buser, the metal fabrica
tion department chairperson
at the College.
• Pfahl said that in past
years about 900 students have
participated in the skills com
petition. This year, though, he
is expecting 700.
In addition to the tuition
waivers offered to the winners,
medals and certificates will be
mailed out to the schools’
team competitors.
Tax presentation cancelled
A sales tax presentation,
scheduled for Feb. 15 at 7
p.m. in the McLoughlin
theater, has been cancelled due
to the recent Supreme Court
ruling that removed the sales
tax from the March ballot, Ed
Mills, economics instructor
and presentation organizer,
said.
Mills had announced
earlier last week that the
presentation would be held if
he was assured of certain con
ditions concerning the special
session of the legislature.
Rep. Darlene Hooley and
Rep. Chuck Bennet were going
to present both sides of the
issue, and Richard Munn,
director of the Oregon State
Revenue Department, was
scheduled to give a historical
view of the sales tax.
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HONOLULU OR BUST—Members of the
College’s music dept, washed cars yesterday to
raise money for trip to Hawaii.
Photo by Joel Miller
Student government plays part in Social Awareness
By Kathy Johnson
Of The Print
Clackamas Community
College, along with the 12
other Oregon community col
leges, will host Social Aware
ness Week Feb. 20-24. It will
be the first of its kind.
Social Awareness Week is
coordinated by the Communi
ty Colleges of Oregon Student
Associations and Commis-
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sions (CCOSAC) to increase
student awareness of social
issues of concern.
CCOSAC is the state stu
dent organization that
represents all community col
lege students in the state of
Oregon.
Rape Prevention will be
the first issue covered during
Social Awareness Week.
Representatives from the Rape
Victim Advocate Program will
be on campus from 11 a.m.-l
p.m. to give a two-hour
presentation with films and a
lecture on Monday, Feb. 20.
Literature on the subject will
be handed out, and there will
be a question and answer ses
sion at the end of the presenta
tion.
Hunger Day, Feb. 21, will
signify the launching of a cam
pus food drive which will con
tinue through the week. Pam
phlets will be circulated con
cerning starvation in Oregon.
Feb. 22 is Peace Day. The
new Clackamas County Anti-
Nuclear Coalition will send
representatives to the campus.
They will hold a question and
answer session on peace and
what they are trying to do to
resist nuclear war.
Voters’ Awareness day
will be held on Feb. 15, instead
of the 23 because of a skills
competition taking place on
campus that day. Voters’
Awareness Day. is intended to
encourage people to vote in
the upcoming budget election.
Information will be passed
around on the budget issue.
Feb. 24 is designated as
Optional Day. The college
decided to use this day to em
phasize more on voting. There
will be a staff talent show
from 11-1 p.m.
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