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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.”