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News Hepatitis will halt club fund-raisers In response to the recent in crease of reported Hepatitis ‘A’ cases in Clackamas Coun ty, the College adopted the Public Health Division’s recommended restrictive food handling policies last week. The policies state that home prepared food may not be distributed on campus, and that until the hepatitis alert is lifted by the Public Health Division, potluck dinners, food fairs, and carnivals will not be permitted on campus. The guidelines also insist that food handling be kept at a minimum and that gloves must be worn during the prepara tion and serving of any food not prepared and served in the College cafeteria. “I think that the policies will be very effective,” said Director of Student Activities Deborah Baker. ' “Hepatitis isn’t something to mess around with.” The letter from the health department indicated that the restrictions would most likely not be lifted soon. Both student and communi ty activities such as dances and family night movies will be af fected by the food restrictions since concessions at such events will be severely limited or completely discontinued in order to comply with the new regulations. By Dean Grey News Editor ÄBEMO tete; W Promt Subject: January 29, 1986 Jim Roberts Debbie Baker i HEPATITIS "A" ALERTQ At the recommendation of Thomas County Public Health Division, coi fessionals, the following rules sho events/activities for staff/stud^M Separati of food. 1. Home prepared food may not be distributed on campus. 2. Handling of food, including commercially prepared fooc kept to a minimum. Food handlers must wear gloves whe serving food (unless hands are cleansed with special £ in the College food service) or served with tones. Photo by Dan Wheeler ASG acting on student suggestions By Dave Holmes Editor-In-Chief ‘Evaluation and Review’ seemed to be the theme of the Jan. 30 Associated Student Government meeting where student forums, suggestion boxes, and activity evaluations were discussed. In his report at the meeting, ASG President Daniel Hilts made note that the student forum proposed at the last ASG meeting had been ap proved and would be held Feb. 26 in the Fireside Lounge. He also said that a goal re- evaluation meeting for all ASG members would be held Feb. 20 so that the group could determine a unified direction before the forum. Two new suggestion boxes were constructed as per the probationary time-line impos ed on Assistant to the Presi dent Stefanie Weaver. One box was placed in the Han dicap Resource Center and the other in the lounge on the se cond floor of Barlow Hall. Sen. Mary Tarbet said that some responses from the boxes had already been acted on. “A lot of people complained about the vending machines in Barlow,” she said. “Those people can get refunds from the Business Office.” Some ASG sponsored ac tivities are getting a close look to see if they should be chang ed or eliminated. ASG Ac tivities Director Breck Jacobs said that student-oriented movies, such as the ‘Star Trek’ series shown Jan. 24, hadn’t February ,4» 1986 received the support necessary to continue them. “We’re going to try and move the film to the (McLoughlin) theater,” Jacobs said of ‘The Ter minator’, the last show scheduled for this term. “We’re also thinking about showing it twice, once at night and also at noon.” Work study available A study is also being done as to why lip sync contests fail. Other business presented before ASG included a solicitation of support from Les Tipton, art instructor. Tipton proposed that the burned-out Smuckers Building be converted into a sculpture garden and general activity area. Hilts said ASG would look into Tipton’s proposal and, if appropriate, draft a letter of support for the plan. Discussion of a suggested change in the By-Laws that would affect officer voting rights and summer term meetings was postponed until ASG’s Feb.6 meeting. Administration reorganized By Dean Grey News Editor “Generally to become more lean, happy, and effective.” That was the first line in a memo sent out to the staff by John Keyser, president of the Col lege, on December 16, 1985. The memo was ra tionale for a proposed restructuring of the ad ministration. Since then, the proposal has been accepted as one on death row accepts his demise. In true team co-operation the staff has put aside per sonal pride and backed their superior one hun dred percent. The plan came about when Pat Lantz, former assistant dean of Physical Education, retired along with former director of the CCC Foundation, Richard Engstrom. With two positions open, Keyser felt he could save money by re-organizing and working around the positions instead of filling them. Essentially, Keyser’s proposal converts a five dean platform into one under the direction of three deans. This is brought about by the unify ing of the instructional departments. “It will improve communication because it will put all the players (deans of instruction) in one communication line,” Keyser said. What it in fact will do is change the title of two of the deans, Bob Ellis, Community Education; and Bill Hargadine, Instructional Support Services, to assistant deans and posi tions them alongside three other deans. In addition, eight departments and three sub departments will be put under the five assistant deans. munication line from the president by at least one department. According to Hargadine, Keyser “worked very hard to develop a process that will improve communication.” However, Hargadine, along with several other staff members, feel that “structure will neither impede nor improve communication. “I don’t feel that the structure of an organization makes that much difference in how it operates. I feel it’s the people that make the real difference,” he said. Ellis said it would be best for the college and it would help unify the instructional depart ments. “Reorganization, as far as instruction is con cerned, will enable the college to get a more ef ficient and effective use of its resources, both human and financial,” said Ellis. This will be accomplished by increasing the work load and decreasing salaries. : “If it accomplishes what the president wants, and it will make his job easier, it should be done,” Hargadine said. The proposal will go on the agenda for the Feb. 12 College board meeting, where it will be discussed and a vote taken. The need for extra money in order to go to school plagues everyone from time to time. Work study is the ideal pro gram for students who wish to gain work experience and earn money while continuing their education. The student finan cial aid office still offers this form of financial aid to quali fying students. “Work study is a good op portunity for students to earn a part of the money they need for college,” stated Kathy Scheer, financial aid coor dinator. At the beginning of the year the financial aid office was awarded $181,000 in work study monies by the U. S. Dept, of Education. Currently, 140 students are us ing the work study program, which equals approximately one third of those eligible. There is still a good sized amount of funds available. The Financial Aid office has three targeted areas that they want to reach. First, those who have work study may ap ply for additional funds. Se cond, those who have been awarded money and have not utilized the opportunity are encouraged to do so. Finally, some of the students who have never applied can still do so and may receive work study. The work that the students do is in a legitimate work en vironment and can be used as a reference later on in obtain ing a job. There is quite a variety of jobs available in areas dealing with office and library work. Outside jobs such as grounds maintenance and working with the Environmental Learning Center are also available. “Jobs for students are located on campus which allows for greater flexibility in scheduling work hours and eases the burden of com muting to and from work,” said Kate Adams, job place ment specialist of the Career and Job Development Center. For more information regarding the excess work study funds stop in at the Financial Aid office or the Career and Job Development Center. Page. 3
