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THE PRINT
Vol. XXII No. 17
Wednesday, March 8,1989
Clackamas Community College
County to ponder CCC bond levy
by Christopher L. Curran
Editor
Clackamas Community Col­
lege is hoping that a Saturday of
intense campaigning and a pleth­
ora of information will pay off as
Clackamas County ponders the
college’s bond levy proposal.
Last Saturday the college sent
approximately 200 people all over
the county to go door-to-door and
campaign for the levy vote, which
will be a mail-in ballot later this
month.
“It’s important that we (the
college) pass this bond levy,” said
Clackamas President John Key­
ser, “because we train people here
and after they graduate they come
back and work and contribute to
the community.”
“If we provide service to the
community, then we will be sup­
ported by the community,” said
Keyser, who feels that passing the
bond levy is part of an effective
way to provide that service.
If passed, the $95 million bond
levy will provide the college with a
business/computer tech center,
Photo by Debbie Baker
Clackamas Community College Public Information Specialist
Bill Symes goes over information with a Clackamas County
voter during Saturday's bond levy campaign blitz.
Smoking debated
at college forum
by Zach Zacharias
Staff Writer
The complex issue of smok­
ing rights was hotly debated at the
March 1 smoking forum in the
Clackamas Community College
Community Center. It was billed
as smokers versus non-smokers,
the forum drew a vocal audience.
Both sides presented argu­
ments for and againstsmoking on
campus. Part of the discussion was
lost because of technical prob­
lems with the microphones.
The forum ended at 1 p.m., an
hour before the allotted time.
“I ended it because the issue had
been thoroughly discussed and all
the questions had been addressed,”
Taylor said. “I had check with the
others concerned and they agreed
it was time to end it.”
Another contributing reason
the forum was cut short was, that
there was bickering, and it started
to get out of hand according to
ASG Administrative Assistant,
Gertrude Andmimdson.
Clackamas President Dr. John
Keyser, who attended the forum,
said that to upgrade the ventila­
tion would cost between $15,000
and $20,000, which is not avail­
able in the current budget Even if
expansion of the community cen­
ter and the library, a four class­
room facility in Wilsonville, and
critical maintenance to the build­
ings and facilities on campus.
The 37,000 sq. ft. business
center would take up the bulk of
the levy, costing $4,760,000. It
would include four new computer
labs. Clackamas now has three
computer labs.
In expanding the Community
Center, a passed bond levy would
go towards creating a new book­
store, expanding Norm’s Cafe,
enlarging the Student Activities
area, remodeling registration and
counseling, and changing the va­
cated bookstore into classrooms.
The total cost for these would be
$2,025,000. Completion date would
be set for 1997.
Remodeling the library and
learning center and remodeling
the classrooms and offices in
Barlow Hall comprise a $600,000
chunk of the levy, and would be
scheduled for completion by 1990.
Approximately $900,000 of the
bond levy would go to cover criti­
cal maintenance. According to
college administrators, Barlow
Hall, McLoughlin Hall, Randall
Hall, the Community Center and
the Art Center are all in need of
new roofs.
In 1987 when the Clackamas
Community College operating levy
was defeated, the college was forced
to cut $900,000 from the college’s
budget. Two-thirds of that,
$600,000, was cut from the main­
tenance budget. This part of the
bond levy would go to replacing
those funds and having that work
done.
At present, Clackamas has the
smallest area per student of any
Oregon Community Collegeat 95
sq. ft. Clatsop Community Col­
lege of Astoria provides the larg­
est with over 200 sq. ft. per stu­
dent. The Oregon'average is 137
sq. ft. and Clackamas is the only
College under 100 sq. ft. The col­
lege is hoping to change that with
the passage of thjs bond levy.
The new yearly cost on the
bond levy for taxpayers is esti­
mated at $5.40 on a $60,000 house,
$7.20 on a $80,000 house and $9
on a $100,000 house. The old bond
rate cost two-thirds those figures.
The old bond, which voters
passed in 1970and will be paid off
this year, provided the funds for
some of the current building on
the Clackamas campus. It takes
20 years for an average levy to
mature.
The college is orchestrating
several fund raisers, including
dinner theatre presentations of
the Clackamas theatre department
production of “Vampyre” March
9 and 12.
Accident claims life
of contest winner
by Briane C. Dotson
News Editor
The designer of this year’s logo
for the Clackamas County Re­
the bond levy passes, itwould be 8 gional Skills Competition, Rachael
years before the funds would be Stahley, drowned after her car
available for a ventilation system. skidded off the road Feb., 24, she
The suggestion of a program was 16.
to help smokers quit is being re­
Stanley had been awarded a
searched. Depending on the cost $1,000arts scholarship to Clacka­
and feasibility a “Quit Smoking mas Community College after
Program” may soon be available designing the winning logo dur­
on campus.
ing last year’s regional skills com­
Keyser commented he thought petition. Stanley had participated
the forum was a good learning in the regional high school skills
experience for those who attended competition the day before her
and was pleased with the partici­ death, competing in graphic arts.
pation.
Stanley was a member of the
The question of where should National Honor Society and had
the smoking area be is to be con­
sidered by the President’s council,
which consists of Keyser and the
eight deans.
One consideration is leaving
the areas where they are now.
Another consideration is the lobby
of Randall Hall, beta's of the
high ceilings, bette» ventilation
and separate egress available for
smokers and non-smokers.
“We have to take many fac­
tors into consideration. This
(smoking) is a complex issue with
no easy answer, but in the interest
of the student body a workable
compromise must be found,
Keyser said.
maintained a 3.9 grade point av­
erage at Colton High School, where
she was a sophomore.
Stanley was winter home
coming queen in 1988 and served
as a varsity cheerleader for both
basketball and football. Stanley
had also participated in girls’ track
the last two years.
At the time of Stanley’s death
she was taking college prepara­
tory classes. Stanley was also in­
volved in student government at
Colton High School.
“Rachael was an accomplished
artist; her death made a big im­
pact because she was so popular,”
said Charles Kanzing, a counselor
at Colton High School.
Oregon City, Oregon
News
Digest
Weinstein
to speak
on campus
Joel Weinstein, editor
and publisher of Mississippi
Mud, will lead a discussion
on literary and small press
publishing.
The lecture will take
place in room 227 of
McLoughlin Hall tonight
from 7 to 9 p.m.
Egg drop
sponsored
by OMSI
The Oregon Museum
of Science and Industry is
sponsoring an egg drop on
March 10-11 at the museum.
The object of the drop
is to drop an egg weighing
no less than 70 grams (the
average grade A large egg)
from an established height
(25 to 45 ft.) in a home­
made package container.
The egg must reach the
judges unbroken. The
judges decisions are final.
There are five differ­
ent age categories; under
5,6-9,10-13,14-17 and 18
and older. A compact disc,
player will be awarded to
the egg owner who’s egg
survives the most drops, in­
dividual winners from each
age group will win movie
tickets to Cineplex Odeon.
Videos
shown
for series
Two short videos,
“Reach Out” and “So Long
Pal,” will be shown as part
of the winter term Alco-
hol/Drug Series.
The videos will be
shown today at‘9 a.m. and
11 a.m. in the Community
Center’s Fireside Lounge
and at 2 p.m. in Pauling
101.
The videos are spon­
sored by Student Activities/
Health and all students and
staff are invited to watch
free of charge.
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