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tlM?s Print Clackamas Community College ............... ..................... '. ' Wednesday^May29, 1985 .Ym. jfcYiim i u?.i mi. Speaker canceled due to time, safety factors By Shelley Ball Of The Print Last week the ASG decided against allowing a speaker, who has known connections with the Church of Scien tology, from appearing on campus. The decision to cancel the speaker was made by ASG President Daniel Hilts and other officers following the recommendation by College interim President Lyle Reese. The controversy started last Wednesday when the Student Activities Office received a call from Terry Davanne, a public relations person for enter tainer Frank Stallone, the brother of actor Sylvester Stallone. Stallone speak on campus. Palacios said there was “no specification” made about the nature of Stallone’s speech, only that the speech was to be about his life. Although Palacios said he began to make arrangements to have Stallone on campus for May 24, he reconsidered his plans after discussing them with Hilts, Vice President Shawn Watterberg, and Assis tant to the President Roy Thorp. The Davanne call “caught us off guard,” Hilts said. He explained the decision to cancel the speaker was based on two facts. First, since the call was received on Wednes day, it would have given the Activities Director Enrique ASG only 48 hours to prepare. “Henry” Palacios said Palacios noted that Stallone Davanne asked if the College was in town until May 25. was interested in having Secondly, Davanne did not make the nature of Stallone’s speech clear. Stallone was in Portland that week to entertain and lend support to the Scientologists protesting the recent $39 million damages award to former Scientologist Julie Tit- chbourne, a Church of Scien tology representative said. While there was no proof that Stallone would have ad dressed the Scientology issues, Hilts said Reese was concerned about the number of people Stallone might attract and the need for additional security. Hilts said that because of the controversial nature of the event, he called Reese “to have his input.” Reese told Hilts that he “refused to allow” the event to take place at that time because of the “possibility of disruption or threat” that might occur. Reese emphasiz ed that his decision wasn’t bas ed on bias against the Church of Scientology, but rather because of the security issue. “We don’t have the kind of security force to control crowds like there is in Salem or Portland,” Reese said. He added that given the short notice, it would have been difficult for the College to hire extra security had the event taken place last Friday. Reese noted that/ although there had been no reported in cidents with the Scientologists, he could not determine whether it was due to the nature of the protests or the increased security in the area. Tentative agreement within reach for contract A tentative agreement may be reached today, May 29, by the faculty and administration over a 1985-86 faculty con tract. Both Michael Durrer, chairperson of the faculty negotiating committee, and Jim Painter, chairperson of : administrative negotiating mmittee, expressed the ief such an agreement will reached. “We’re very close to settl ing; there could be a tentative agreement,” Durrer said, while Painter stated, “I feel very confident that we will walk away with a first-year agreement.” The negotiating teams for Clackamas^ Com munity College’s faculty and Board of Directors have been meeting since the end of January to reach an agreement on a one-year contract. Durrer explained the pro posal now being considered for approval offers increases in base salary, an increment adjustment and department heads with doctorates for a total increase of eight percent. Included in this eight percent will be a four percent incre ment. He added this increase is lower than the 9.5 percent in crease that was proposed by the faculty. The purpose of the May 29 meeting will be for both sides to review the language issues of the contract and the monetary figures ob tained with an eight percent in crease, after which Durrer said i the faculty negotiating team could decide to make a ten tative agreement. As for the language issues, Durrer said they are “more or less staying the same. It ap pears that the faculty is willing to live with the existing language,” he added. The tentative agreement will also include accepting a monetary cap on health benefits to faculty members as part of a proposed health benefit package. The proposed cap is set at $211 for medical coverage, with long-term disability, life insurance and dental coverage being picked up by the College. Such a pro posal was made after the results of a health care benefits survey put out by Durrer and Painter in mid-March was gathered. In addition to the 1985-86 contract, Durrer said the ad ministration has also offered a second-year proposal. “There is a second-year (contract) on the table, and we’ve been talk ing about a second year,” Painter said. While he couldn’t release any informa tion about this second-year contract proposal, Painter said the May 29 meeting will be used to see if the faculty is interested in pursuing it. While Durrer said the facul ty won’t be ready to decide on a second-year contract until the monetary figures from the first one are known, he said at this time the possibility of ac cepting the (second year) con- tract “doesn’t look good.”
