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THE PRINT
Oregon City, OR 97045
Clackamas Community College
January 28, 1987
SG maintains Knight’s position
by
Lyn Marie Thompson
Ihoto Editor
■ I January
22, the Associated
■ indent Government held an ex-
< jmtive meeting regarding the
1 psition of entertainment coor-
I inator and the qualifications
t lereof. Bill Knight, the current
I xrrdinator was under review for
| le possible failure to meet GPA
Endards for his position.
Two weeks previous to this
«ting, the advisory board had
ftund that there was not suffi-
■ent information to make a final
gecision on Knight’s standing,
ight had an incomplete in a
ass and the council’s constitu-
tion said nothing on how to count
an incomplete in the determining
of GPA and officer standing.
Upon the advice of Debbie
Baker, ASG advisor,President
Pattie Groombridge suggested,
with no objections from the
council, that a two week period
be taken to gather more informa
tion before reaching a final deci
sion.
Because he was already on pro
bation from the previous term,
Knight did not have the option of
appealing and gaining a proba
tion period.
The constitution states that
when a individual is under proba
robable cause:
Dean Grey
litor
SCENARIO: Two young men
ive been hanging out at a near-
I 7-11. One that they frequent
iring the week. They were
Were, buying pops and playing
Hdeo games for about an hour,
wien they noticed a policeman
■ter the premises. Feeling that
tley had overstayed their
■elcome, the two men left.
■ Outside they noticed that a
Alice car was parked directly in
■ont of them. As they turned to
Eave, they saw another car park
ed across the street.
<
■ Knowing that something was
B, they headed their car down
the back way toward home. Just
oui of town the police made their
move, pulling over the men for
having no light over their license
■ate.
■The police informed the two
men of the violation and had
them step out of the car and emp
ty their pockets. While one sear-
died the car, two others question
ed the men about a magazine that
the 7-11 worker had claimed that
Iiey had taken.
In this particular incident the
en were innocent, but that
dn’t satisfy the police. They
■arched the car, glove box, and
Emk; finding nothing, they con
ned accusing the men of other
mes of which they had no pro-
qt.
I Finding nothing to substantiate
an arrest, the police let them go
with just a warning about the
Ight.
■ When did the police overstep
their bounds? How do we, the or-
Bnary citizen know when they,
lion that: “If an official fails to
meet the requirements the follow
ing term he/she will be removed
from office, with no considera-
tionzfor appeal.”
Controversy arose within the
council on whether or not the two
week period should have been
taken. Since there was no clear
cut information dealing with in
completes in regard to officer
qualifications, ASG formed an
advisory board out of the appeals
committee to investigate whether
or not Knight had been enrolled
in a class that didn’t show up in
the registrars computer. The pur
pose of the advisory board was to
interpret the constitution in this
matter.
In this time period, Knight was
able to receive a pass grade from
his instructor and therefore meet
his requirements as entertainment
coordinator.
After the executive meeting
had been adjourned, the question
of how a pass affects a GPA
arose. In the old Constitution, a
pass counts as a 2.0, in the new
constitution it does not affect the
GPA at all. The problem occurs
when questioning whether the
new constitutions simply had a
copy error, or if deleting the pass
as a 2.0 was actually an approved
where is the line?
the police have gone too far? ■
The Oregon Regulatory
Statute (ORS) 133.535 states that,
“The following are subject to
search and seizure under 133.525
to 133.703:
(1) Evidence of or information
concerning the commision of a
criminal offence;
(2) Contraband, the fruits of
crime, or things otherwise
criminally possessed;
(3) Property that has been used,
or is possessed for the purpose of
being used, to commit or conceal
the commission of an offence;
(4) A person for whose arrest
there is probable cause or who is
unlawfully held in concealment.”
The 7-11 worker had called the
police and said that she thought
that the two men were going to
rob the place. Although she call
ed under a non-justified reason,
the fact that they were dressed in
Hack, drinking coke, and playing
video games, the police had no
choice but to investigate. With
this information and the ORS
133.535 section 1 they are given
their right for search and seizure.
The police should have stop
ped at the initial cause of the
search, the complaint. In this
instance it seems that the police
overstepped their bounds when
they started questioning the two
men about whether or not they
had committed any other crimes
to which they had no probable
cause to suspect.
Probable cause, that’s where
the confusion comes in. What is
it? Under ORS 131.005 pro
centimeters
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bable cause is defined. “(11)
Trobable cause’ means that
there is a substantial objective
basis for believing that more
likely than not, an offense has
been committed and a person to
be arrested has committed it.”
Who determines it? Probable
cause is determined by the
police involved in the situation
and how they interpret the
facts. However, it is ultimately
up to the judge or jury who is
trying the case.
Search and seizure hinges on
whether or not they have
enough reason to believe that
you are doing something wrong.
Editors Note: Due to the con
troversy involved with probable
cause, I would request any
response to this article.
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revision to the constitution.
In May of 1986 a ballot was
voted on by the students and
passed. Change K, Article V,
Section III had been passed, in
fact. Whether or not it was in
tentionally written to exclude
the pass clause or not is known
only to last year’s council.
As it stands now, the pass
dause will remain as is, and
Knight will remain in his posi
tion of entertainment coor
dinator. The council is,
however, reportedly going to
discuss the pass clause, it s
relevancy and whether or not to
revise or leave it as it stands.
Threat suspect
traced by
handwriting
by Mary Prath
Staff Writer
Phil Garver, Girls’ Basketball
Coach and his assistant Jim Hill
received a threat on their lives Jan
2.
The note was on a piece of
notebook paper which was burn
ed on the edges. The note was
pasted together with letters cut
out of a magazine or newspaper.
The context of the letter can not
be released. Garver said that he
had an idea of who it was but
could not reveal their idenity.
The suspect put the letter in an
envelope, then wrote on it with
his own handwriting.
Garver suspected that it was a
former student; therefore, Detec
tive Howard of the Oregon City
Police Department got a court
order to obtain the file on him.
Howard then presented this to
the assistant to the Director of
Admissions and Records, Mary
Dykes.
Dykes turned over the former
student’s records. The next step
was to take the envelope with the
handwriting on it along with the
file, to the crime lab in Salem
Officials will have the results
by Feb. 1. Garver and Hill are
almost positive that it was indeed
a former student but it will be a
relief to them to know for sure.
Stan Johnson, chief of Public
Safety here on campus, said this
kind of thing isn’t that unusual.
“Some kid doesn’t make the
team, they’re disappointed,” said.
Johnson.