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News
CCOSAC Board
unifies students
by Sherri Michaels
Staff Writer
Community Colleges of
Oregon Student Association
Commissions (CCOSAC) “serves
a valuable function for the ex­
change of ideas,” said Neale
Frothingham.
CCOSAC provides the
presidents of many community
colleges with services that they
may not be able to obtain as a
single voice.
In the past, CCOSAC has had
a lobbying team to work at Salem
for their platform, also they have
sponsored a student to go to
Washington D.C. to lobby there
during the sessions. Some of the
issues that they work on are
financial aid, the right to have a
say in the change over in four
year colleges from quarters to
semesters, and numerous other
issues.
One of the issues that
CCOSAC is beginning to look at
is a state wide accident insurance
program for community college
students. They want to provide
an inexpensive insurance plan
that students can afford. This
may be easier for CCOSAC to do
instead of individuals because of
the greater student numbers col­
lectively.
Other services provided by
CCOSAC are the leadership
training workshops for student
governments, the accessibility to
organizations such as United
States Students Association
(USSA), Association of Colleges
Union International (ACUI), and
the National Entertainment and
Campus Activities Association
(NECAA).
NECAA has both colleges and
entertainers as members. It pro­
vides a conference once a year
that allows college representatives
to view and listen to various
entertainers. Besides a con­
ference, NECAA holds different
workshops on how to do
showcasing.
Each college that belongs to
CCOSAC pays $350 in dues,
which gives them all the rights
that go along with being a
CCOSAC member, such as
voting and having a represen­
tative from your college (the
representative is usually the Presi­
dent from the college). The
representative also has the right
to bring an assistant under the
CCOSAC rules.
The cost to send someone from
Clackamas is an additional $900
for traveling to and from
CCOSAC meetings, hotel rooms
and meals.
The CCOSAC budget for last
year was $4900. This was used
for the long distance telephone
that they bought, the expenses
for representatives to Oregon
Community Colleges Associa­
tion, Oregon Education Com­
munity Colleges and for the
State Board of Education. They
also pay an executive secretary
and his/her administrative
assistant full tuition for the
year.
They executive secretary is
not a voting position, but in­
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stead the executive secretary is a
chairperson to conduct
meetings. This is done because
the presidents don’t have
enough time for added respon­
sibility. It also allows the ma­
jority of the presidents to “get
what they want” in voting
issues.
This year’s executive
secretary is Metta Fredericks of
Chemeketa Community College
in Salem. Fredericks was chosen
out of six applicants, including
Jim Evans from Clackamas,
based on her written application
and interviews with the board of
presidents.
Fredericks has not yet hired
an administrative assistant but
should within the next couple of
months. The administrative
assistant will probably be a stu­
dent from Chemeketa.
Along with the missing ad­
ministrative assistant, the
CCOSAC Board will not be
complete until the October
Board meeting. A few colleges
such as Portland Community
College don’t elect their new
student governments until the
first of the new fall term in
1987.
CCOSAC’s job is to present a
unified way of representing
students. “It (CCOSAC) gives a
larger equal representation for
students because of the nature
of organization,” said
Frothingham.
Three ASG senators selected
Julie Maynard
by Beth Coffey
Photo Editor
Recently Sherri Michaels, Jill
Overfield, and Julie Maynard
have been appointed to three
senator positions
which they
will hold until this October.
Sherri Michaels is acting as
senator to Dana Dumolt, the
assistant to the President of ASG,
Neale Frothingham. “I am really
excited because it gives me a
chance to learn more about stu­
dent government and the work­
ings of a college,” explains
Michaels. Michaels respon­
sibilities include collecting data
and taking control of overflow
work that the assistant to the
President may not have time for
when setting up events such as the
CCC Blood Drive. Michaels also
assists in organizing student com­
plaints and suggestions on major
student issues and takes Dumolt’s
place when absent at council
meetings.
As well as all the time .and
work required of Michaels in
Please complete and turn in the
financial aid surveys. The ASG
would appreciate it so that we
would have a better understan­
ding of student needs.
Periodicals
not feasable
Jill Overfield
Sherri Michaels
working under the guidance and
instruction of Ann Hallar. “It’s
helpful in dealing with people in
the business world. I’m a
business major,” explains
Maynard. Maynard’s numerous
duties include secretarial tasks
such as filing, typing, taking
minutes at councH-jmeetings and
organizing programs as the
book mart. “I think It’ll be in­
teresting, becoming involved
with other students and presen­
ting new ideas. It should be a lot
of fun,” concludes Maynard.
This quarter unlike previous
years, the senators were chosen
late in the quarter. “We needed
additional man power for up
coming events, the beach party
for example,” explains
Frothingham.
“The senators are here to
represent the students’ interests
and suggestions, they are people
students can talk to,” concludes
Frothingham.
ASG
—
ASG solicites
surveys
her new position, she also has
those of the second assistant
presidential senator. Unlike
terms before, this quarter has
only one assistant President.
In addition to Michaels
senatorial office she holds a
place on the line member
marketing team headed by Lee
Fawcett. This group of student
representatives’ purpose is to
advertise
Clackamas
throughout the community as a
school of quality education.
The office of entertainment
senator has been filled by Jill
Overfield. Overfield works
under Becky Blumenkron, head
of the entertainment council,
along with other senators and
coordinators to set entertain­
ment programs for the campus.
“I am really happy and excited
about it, I have never done
anything like this before. I hope
I can be of help to the school,”
expresses Overfield.
Julie Maynard, now Ad­
ministrative Assistant Senator is
students. These people will then
help set up an alcohol and
substance abuse program on
the main courtyard. Join the fun campus for students, staff and
at the dunk tank with your faculty.
favorite ASG member or faculty,
or stretch those muscles for a lit­
tle limbo.
Announcements
couple of new ones. ASG has
found that back issues are kept
on micro fiche and that the addi­
tion of any new periodicals being
added are not feasable due to the
lack of funds.
Beach Party
happening
In regards to the note left in the
ASG suggestion box concerning
Party, Party, Party. That’s
missing back issues in the
periodicals and the suggestion what is happening at the Beach
that the library needs to add a Party, June 5 from 2-8 p.m. in
Surname.
That’s not too much for your country to ask.
Abuse program
set up
ASG congrats
graduates
ASG would like to con­
gratulate this years graduates.
They have made an outstanding
The Alcohol and other Drug contribution to Clackamas Com­
Compliance Committee have munity College. ASG wishes
been given $2,000 from the them the best of luck on their
Presidents Council to train 20 future plans.
people, this includes two submitted by ASG
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