FEATURE
January 27, 1988
Page 5
Baptist students seek fellowship
BSM Howdy Party ‘breaks inhibitions’
by Alberta J. Roper
Staff Writer
The “Howdy Party” put on
by the Baptist Student
Ministries attracted a steady
stream of students to watch
videos and fellowship together.
The party took place last Friday
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the
Community Center’s Fireside
Room.
Students gathered around the
video to hear “Michael W.
Smith in Concert,” “Petra in
Concert,” and Amy Grant in
“Find a Way.”
Several people made com­
ments concerning the party, like
“Good mingling time,” of
“Pretty successful event,” and
“We should do it once a month..
It would break down inhibi­
tions.” Another observed that
he had seen a gathering of “for­
ty people at one point.”
Melissa Olmsted, a BSM Bi­
ble study attendee, said she felt
the party went well. She com­
mented, “I met a lot of neat
people and I hope they come to
the Bible study to learn more
about themselves and God.”
BSM or Baptist Student
Ministries is a national student
organization made up of
students who desire to grow
spiritually, mentally, and emo­
tionally. Its aim is to be “Christ
centered, student led, church
related.”
A Bible study group spon­
sored by BSM meets on campus
every Wednesday at 11 a.m. and
again at noon in Barlow Hall,
Room 240. Students of all
Christian faiths are welcome.
This term the subject under con­
sideration
is
entitled,
“Discovering My Identity.”
Otey Enoch, Area Director of
BSM for the Portland/Van­
couver metropolitan area and
Mark Bradley, Baptist Minister
of a church in Beavercreek,
worked to get a BSM group on
the CCC campus. They had
worked together before in BSM
while attending Western Oregon
State College. Bradley assists
with the Wednesday Bible study
here on campus. Larissa Clark
is the actual campus Bible study
leader.
Branch to express student views
by Michelle Walch
Staff Writer
Students will have an oppor­
tunity to voice their concerns
about community colleges
through forensics student Brett
Branch, as CCC’s representative,
at an upcoming statewide Student
Success Conference at the Jant-
zen Beach Red Lion Inn, Feb. 4
and 5.
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“We try to help Branch gather
data and give information from
other students rather than from
his own viewpoint,” said Student
Activities Director Debbie Baker.
“We would like response on
how students feel about their in­
struction at the two year
colleges,” Branch said. Branch
and other students from Oregon
and Washington community col­
leges will express viewpoints as a
panel in front of 350-400 student
service members and instruc­
tional staff.
Questions the Focus group
students are encouraged to res­
pond to are: l.What is the best
thing about the institution? 2.
The worst? 3. How do you find
out if you are not being successful
in class? 4. Do faculty members
call you/drop a note if you’re not
attending/have a problem? 5.
How do you feel about that? 6.
Do you generally feel your in­
structors are qualified? 7. Are
your instructors accessible to
you? 8. How do you feel about
the treatment of different student
populations in your class?
Program aids in
balancing life
by Caree Bussey
Feature Editor --------------------------
The Work and Family pro­
gram here at CCC is a program
designed to help people balance
their family and home life.
This program is not usually
held at the college (there have
been classes held on campus for
the staff; it goes to different com­
panies to help the employees).
There are a variety of classes of-,
fered, such as time management,
personal financial planning, self
esteem and family communica­
tions. It is a “results oriented for­
mat, ’’ explained Barbara Brooks,
project coordinator for Oregon
Family Seminars. Classes are held
at the business site and are taught
by home economists and other
professionals. Work and Family
is a “preventative program, there
is a lot of discussion and problem
solving as well as guidance from
stated Brooks.
The Work and Family
seminars (once called Balancing
Work and Family) was started by
a group of people called the
Oregon Community College
Home Economists Consortium
and has been in effect here at
CCC for two years now.
The program has served ap­
proximately 200 people at
businesses such as the Safeway
Bakery Plant, OWECO Corpora­
tion, Precision Castparts, Omark
Industries, Tektronix and N.
Clackamas Community School
District.
“If an employee’s home life is
good then his/her work life will
reflect it,” stated Brooks. If a
company is interested in this pro­
gram, contact Barbara Brooks at
657-8400 ext; 233 for morelinfor­
mation.
photo by Julie Church
Students are encouraged to leave
message for Branch in the Stu-
dent Activities Office.
Matt Benedict (I) and Mike Lane enjoy the festivities at the
Howdy Party.
Winter play under way
by Michelle Walch
Staff Writer
“I chose this play because it’s
funny,” says Merril Lynn
Taylor, guest director for
CCC’s winter term play, “The
Happiest of the Three.”
“It’s a French period play, so
that indicates it’s not from this
century .The author, Eugene
Labiche (co-written with Ed­
mond Gondinet) is not very well
known in this country. Labiche
wrote vaudville and was com­
pared to Moliere in his later
work. This is one of his last
plays.”
Taylor’s other reasons for
chosing “The Happiest of the
Three” are because “it is a good
satire and has a good point -
true of any good play. It’s a lit­
tle raunchy. I also had the op­
portunity to work in ensembles -
there are lots of group scenes.”
This is Taylor’s second time
for directing at CCC and she
also has been doing costumes
here for two years. “I directed a
show two years ago, “Towards
Zero” by Agatha Christie. I’ve
also directed shows at the
Coaster Theatre, such as
“Oliver” and “On Golden
Pond,” and “A Doll’s House”
at PSU.” Currently, Taylor is
in “Quilters” at Artist’s Reper­
tory Theatre. She comments on
working at CCC, “I’m pleased to
be working her again.””
Only two weeks in the term, yet with scripts in hand three actors
diligently rehearse CCC’s winter play, “The Happiest of the Three. ”
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