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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1984)
Student body elections draw ‘quiet’ response By Shelley Ball Of The Print Although Clackamas Community College’s annual presidential elections are just two weeks away, there are presently only three candidates running for the two positions. The three candidates in clude Sandy Bush and Jenny Metzker, who will both com pete for the office of presi dent, and Shawnee Chris tensen, who will campaign for the vice presidency. At the pre sent time there are no applica tions for the appointed posi tions of activities director, ad ministrative assistant and the assistant to the president. Despite the efforts of the ASG’s Elections Committee in publicizing the events, ASG Vice President Linda Cox describes outside student in President Linda Cox File Photo terest at this point as “quiet.” Cox, who is chairperson of the ASG’s elections committee, ex plained that meeting gradua tion requirements is the top priority of students at this time of year, therefore they may not be thinking about the elec tions. She said some people may think that, “My classes are important and that’s it?’ The elections for ASG president and vice president will be held at the Student Ac tivities Office in the Com munity Center on April 25 and 26, while the three selected positions of the ASG executive cabinet will be appointed on April 30 and May 1. The voting times for the elections have not been determined as of press time, but Cox said they would probably be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Since the ASG president and vice president offices are elected, candidates running for these positions aré each re quired to submit a petition consisting of 30 signatures. Candidates applying for ac tivities director, administrative assistant and assistant to the president must turn in applica tions. The deadline for filing petitions and applications is April 20. Cox stresses the impor tance of those who may be in terested in running for ASG office to turn in the required papers as soon as possible, especially for the positions of president and vice president, since the sooner they declare interest, the more time they will have to campaign. “If they (candidates) wait until the 20th, they will really be cutting it close,” she said. In order to help get the word out to students about the elections, the elections com mittee is organizing a can didates’ reception for April 23 in the Community Center, as an opportunity to have them meet with the students. Cox said the details of this recep tion are not known yet, but it could be anything from a debate to a question and answer period between the candidates and the students. Other attempts to pro mote the elections include the handing out of elections packets, which include such items as job duty descriptions for the offices of the executive cabinet, a petition and ap plication, a timeline of elec tion dates and the student handbook, which includes the ASG Constitution and the elections code. The elections packets are available at the Student Activities Office. Cox also said she hopes more student interest will be generated through elections articles appearing in The Print. “I think more people read The Print instead of the walls,” she said. Although no applications for elected of ficers’ positions have been fil ed as of press time, Cox said she knows of some ASG senators who are interested in running. Overall, Cox said she ex pects more applications for the selected officers’ positions than petitions for president and vice president, mainly because she thinks the job duties of the latter two posi tions may seem overwhelming to students. Red Cross Blood Drive scheduled April 16 By Shelley Stone Of The Print Clackamas Community College will sponsor the American Red Cross Blood Drive for the third time this year on Monday, April 16 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge, located in the Community Center. There will be a sign-up sheet in the Community Center Mall today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for those who are interested in giving blood. The College hosts the blood drive three times per i year and is considered by the Pacific Northwest region of the American Red Cross to be one of its most consistently successful donors. The Oc tober 1983 blood drive set out to attain 80 units of blood as its goal. However, 120 units were donated, an overall record. Last February’s goal was set at 80 units again, whereupon a total of 106 units was collected. “This year the most units we’ve acquired was 120. This spring I’d like to get at least over 100, and possibly pass over 120 units to make a new College record,” Nancy Per man, Associated Student Government chairperson of the blood drive, said. Perman accredits the success of this year’s past blood drives to the ASG senators who helped with the promoting of the events. The Portland Blood Center, a division of the American Red Cross, collects 130 units of blood per day, Monday through Saturday. In addition, the center has five bloodmobiles which travel throughout the Pacific Nor thwest. 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