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THE PRINT Vol. XXII No. 1 Wednesday, October 5,1988 Clackamas Community College Rawson honored at special ceremony by Christopher L. Curran Editor In a special ceremony held Sept. 22, Clackamas Community College officially remembered one of its own. The college was honoring Production Designer Ralph Rawson, Who died Feb. 5 of this year of pneumonia. He was 30. The ceremony was to an nounce that an underground sprinkler system would be dedi cated in the gardens near Clair News Digest fund, but due to financial diffi culties, the sprinkler system was chosen, because of Rawson’s appreciation for the gardens in the Horticulture area. “The irrigation system will be designed this winter,” said Elizabeth Howley, a horticulture instructor. “It will be installed during winter and spring.” Cur rently there is no planned cere mony for when the sprinkler system is finished. At the Sept.?22 ceremony, "The feeling (at the ceremony) was good...Peaceful. He is definitely missed." Zoodirectorto speak at CCC This year Clackamas is expecting to experience an eight percent increase In enrollment over last year. - Kevin Forney mont Hall in memory of Rawson, who worked at the college^for over six years. “A sprinkler system seemed like a fitting thing,” said Kevin Forney, who worked with Rawson in the publications department. “He realty liked flowers and plants. Forney added that Rawson would buy several plants and flowers for his yard, which he maintained constantly. Originally there was talk about setting up a scholarship several people, including College President John Keyser and Foun dation Treasurer Gary Nelson spoke to the people who gath ered. A plaque was presented, which will stand to honor Rawson. “The feeling (at the cere mony) was good...peacefui,”said Forney. “He is definitely missed.” “He did a lot of nice work for the college,” Forney said, “He left a legacy that will be around a long time.” Oregon City, Oregon Enrollment increase predicted at 8% by Briane Dotson Staff Writer Clackamas Community Col lege is experiencing a predicted increase in enrollment of over eight percent, and that percent age is expected to go even higher. Turn out is better than what was originally anticipated said True expression Mary Dykes, director of admis sions and records. The reason for this high turn out appears to be thedemand forwell educated people in today’s job market. The classes which are most popular this year are foreign language classes which can be transferred to other colleges for credit. There is also a wide range of people who are attending CCC Not only people fresh out of high school, but older students who want to better themselves for thé changing times in today’s soci ety. At Clackamas this year there is an Full Time Equivalent (FTE) of996. This is higher than it has been in the past. An FTE is equal to forty-five credit hours. Even though there has been an increase in tuition, it has caused little effect on enrollment In fact, most people have not even no ticed that there has been an in crease in tuition. Changes in the way that students sign up for classes has helped by setting up an appoint ment, and seeing a counselor for their own personal needs. This helps so that students are not lost in the shuffle of registration, which has happened in the past. “I project registration will be up eight percent when this year is over,” said Mary Dykes. “However, there will be no ac tual count until later this week.” Photo by Juli« Chruch The Art Show In Pauling Center will end one week from today on Oct. 12. The show Includes works by John Leland and Rick True (the artist of the above sculpture), both of whom are instructors at Clackamas. Y. Sherry Sheng, Director of the Washington Park Zoo will be at Clackamas Wed nesday, Oct. 12 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Community Cen ter’s Skylight Room. Sheng will be speaking about the challenges she has faced as a woman in a tradi tionally male field. She is one of just two women in the country who head a major zoo College hires former student Leslie Wisnieski turns from student to staff at Clacka mas as she becomes the new Documentation/Information Specialist She’ll be working with Chuck Adams at that post Last year Wisnieski was a student at the college and was active in student government Test scores on the increase The National Education Association announced the scores of minority students on the SAT and ACT tests are on the rise. The NEAsay the test results give positive signals that schools are doing a better job. There still remains, however, a large gap between minority and majority test scores, which the NEA would like to see closed. Molalla to use Randall gym Basketball fans at Clacka mas will be getting a double dose of action this year. In addition to the college teams Molalla High School will play its home games this season at the college. Molalla, who will play about 10 games in Randall gym, is using Clackamas as an alternative sight due to the fire which destroyed its gym during last school year. Inside: • Student services page 3 - Women's volleyball page 4
