College’s Friends plan for levy
Two arts’ work
campaign came about.
47 percent YES. Dickson said
The input suggested that for about the past election “people
the next election the college had are very willing to vote YES if it is
“It’s pretty ambitious to have to be more visible and should a frozen rate. Voters are very
a different campaign group for have a better campaign. “I kept aware of the rate.”
each of the eight communities,” hearing to tailor your message.
The objectives for the cam
stated David Dickson, develop-1 That you can’t have a campaign paign are to attain a targeted
ment officer, about the campaign' for the whole county.”
number of YES voters, to
strategy for the March levy elec
The facts about the March develop strong Friends groups in
tions.
election are: The Clackamas each community, to increase the
Eight Friends groups from the Community College Board is re- understanding within each com
following communities: Oregon .questing a $ 1.32 per $1,000 over a munity of the college’s contribu
Qty, West Linn, Gladstone, N. two-year, rate based serial levy. tions to that community, to touch
Clackamas,
Estacada, This is a five cent decrease from all segments of the community
Molalla/Colton, Canby, and the requested rate in November, with the campaign, especially the
Wilsonville/Charbonneau will but a seven cent increase over the less informed, and to listen to the
develop a strategy and present current rate. “My expectation is tax paying public and respond to
that to the people of their com that if we didn’t change anything their concerns and questions.
munity.
(the rate) we would lose.
“I think that what we need to
Each Friends group consists of
“I hope they (the community) get to the voters is number one,
a Chair (community member), a will react to it as ‘well the Board we have listened to the voters.
staff representative, and a stu listened and lowered the rate’ and The second message is that they
dent representative. The main that’s a plus,” Dickson com are getting their money’s worth.
goal of the campaign is to con mented on how he thinks the peo The third piece is that the col
duct local election campaigns ple will react to the new rate.
lege creates life time oppor
with a result of a successful
The March election is a mail-in tunities for success. We have to
March election.
ballot, with the election day really get that message out,”
“When I asked the question March 22 and March 5 the pro
To sum everything up,
“what do we need to do this time jected date for receipt of the Dickson expressed “I’m quite
to pass the election’ I got quite ballots.
excited about it. My expectation
some input,” Dickson said ex
In November the levy was is we will win!”
plaining hOw the idea for this
defeated by 53 percent NO to a
by Hdeen Veenstra
Editor
Textbook in development by staff
geared for community college student
by Tom Golden
Staff Writer
“Community college students
want a math book that won’t be
threatening to them.” With that
in mind Jim Streeter, Chairman
of the Mathematics and
Engineering Department at CCC,
is currently working on his third
textbook for the community col
lege math student. The first two
books, a basic math book and a
beginning algebra text, were co
written with Gerald Alexander
(retired). Currently, Streeter is
developing an intermediate
algebra text with faculty member
Don Hutchison. The books are
published by Macgraw-Hill.
Why have Streeter and his
cohorts put the time and energy
into such a monumental task as
writing these texts? Streeter cites
a number of reasons:
“Sometimes the way a book is
laid out is threatening. The A-V
course math labs (Harper and
Row) that I worked on got good
reactions from students. They
like the style, they like the presen-
photo by Bath Coffey
Jim Streeter, head of the math department, discusses
calculus with Cami White.
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tation and they enjoy using them..
We’ve made a real attempt to
write books that the community
college student can use.”
Finding the time to do the
work is a small challenge but still
a challenge according to Streeter.
“There’s always time. I’m a
weekend and evening worker.
The technology (word processors,
micro-computers) has helped a
lot.”
Streeter also has gotten help
with revision of the old texts and
development of the new text from
instructors around the country.
“It certainly helps to have in
structors teach from your
material. I’ve received letters
from people around the country
as well as feedback from our own
staff. I’m learning a lot about the
revision process.” The texts,
though used mainly by communi
ty colleges, have also received,
“some four year use in college
developmental programs.”
With a manuscript for the new
book and revisions on the
previous two texts due January of
1988, Streeter and Hutchison
have been busy finishing up the
projects. Streeter says the work is
not just a chore. “It’s something
I enjoy doing or wouldn’t do it. I
enjoy the challenge of it.”
photo by Both Coffey
“Dichotomy of Passion ” is one of the two large scale sculptures
built by David Fish and Judith Wyss on display in the Pauling
Gallery. Several smaller sculptures are also displayed in addi
tion to one wall dedicated to black and white photographs of
other work by the two artists. The show, entitled “Assemblage, ”
has been running since January 6 and will continue through
January 28.
Keyser to recommend
against semester system
by E.A. Berg
Co-News Editor
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College President John S.
Keyser will advise the College
Board tonight to urge the State
System of Higher Education to
cease its plan to convert to a
semester system.
“I’ll basically recommend that
we address a letter to the ap
propriate people asking that the
semester system be put on an in
definite hold,” said Keyser. He
added that several other Oregon
community colleges have taken a
similar stance.
The Board will not be deciding
whether to convert regardless of
the state’s decision. Keyser said
he knows of three community
colleges that have chosen to stay
on the current term system. “We
have another five or six months
before we have to make that
tough decision,” he said.
The announced resignation of
William “Bud ” Davis,
Chancellor of the State System of
Higher Education, may put a
stop to the semester system, said
Keyser, Davis has been an ad
vocate of such a system.