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About Cougar print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1976-1977 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1977)
Skills center offers tutorial aid itudents who are having learning prob- 5 can go to the Study Skills Center and ive help. 'he Study Skills Center offers study |n all fields or curriculums that are red at Clackamas Community College, lepartment chairman of the Study Skills ter, Robert Misley, said out of the stu- Iibody approximately 400 to 500 stu- f per month use the center. slide and cassette tape viewers, tape Irdings and pamphlets are all part of the [available to students who request help. “The program has been very rewarding listructors who work through the pro- m and see the improvements in students' It," said Misley. Dr,Bohn Hakanson, who started the pro- gram approximately nine years ago, foresaw the need for the Study Skills Center to meet the community college philosophy of an open door policy. Dr. Hakanson feels that students who have not completed high school may need the service and therefore the subjects would have to be started from a basic level. The program has been very successful and Misley said the only problem encoun tered is that most students wait too long before requesting help. Misely said students should not feel em- barassed to come in for help and any stu dent is welcome. Many foreign students come in and request help in English be cause of the language barrier. The main part of the Study Skills Center is the tutorial services. Tutors are provided for biology, chemistry, foreign languages, math or any subject a student needs assis tance in. Misley said all services including tutorial assistance are free and should be used to the student's advantage. "I cannot see how any student could not succeed if they ask for help," said Misley. The Study Skills Center also assists blind and handicapped students. Readers for blind students, for example, are provided upon request. The Study Skills Center is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Any student needing help is welcome and should take advantage of the free ser vices provided. usar Clackamas Community College Brianpruning doesn't want help in select- j the right kind of bra. Ron West doesn't want a course in how pet his; hair. Ray Delker isn't interested in learning >w to stand and sit properly in a skirt. Reverse ‘discrimination [Larry Granger doesn't really care how should act on a date with a man. Don Bixler has no use for information tut feminine personal hygiene. surfaces These are some of the subjects being Bussed this term in the Personal Promo- in on course at Clackamas Community Col- k Why are men enrolled in this class? Sim- i. Personal Promotion (CT-25) is a re business ared course at CCC for business majors ^Management or Merchandising. [Five of the 19 students registered for the rurse are men. Granger, Delker and West curriculum Bixler changed his major to avoid the curse, Bruning was asked not to attend tees; a request which creates a problem Borts tor him. |"l almost feel like it's sex discrimination," lining said. "I can't take the course and By Joe McFeron Staff Writer can't drop it; I need it for my Associate Re." Bixler, who was a business major in Mid Mement, changed his major to Indus- Mobile Hydraulics. ■ couldn't see any sense in wasting time •ith that course. I'll wait and see what's Wed when 1 get to O.I.T.," he said. ■Bruning and Bixler were not the only Bents to voice dissatisfaction. The gripes put the course are many. ■here may be a need for the course, ut the way it's being taught is flat out ■dination. It's like enrolling in a sew- |gcourse and being required to take Body Id lender Shop to learn how to make ■terns," said Granger. »About the only thing Personal Promo- ioii' promc.es to me, is how to be a pan," commented Delken. BEtext is called 'Today's Woman', prat should tell you something. One of the [apters is actually entitled "How To Act I [Date With A Man," said West. Heanor Stubbs, department chairperson. admits the text is not consistent with the aims of ¿he course. "The text is a bummer," Stubbs said. "We thought the course would lean more toward Medical Assistant and Secretarial majors, who are traditionally female. When it turned out that a quarter of the class was made up of men, I withdrew the book as a required text. It definitely will not be a re quired text next term." "We're not so much opposed to the course as we are the way it's being pre sented," Granger said. "There is something to be said for promoting yourself; but there's nothing in this course for a man, and we're required to take it." Art Hames, director of counseling at CCC, feels that part of the problem may stem from the combining of two courses. "The business curriculum was originally divided into two categories; Fashion Mer chandising and Mid-Management. The two SN: OL0055 Thursday, March 3,1977 programs were combined in 1974, and Per sonal Promotion, CT-25, has been a re quired course," Hames said. "I can under stand the problems this presents for some of the guys enrolled in the program." Many of the students enrolled in CCC's Mid-Management Program are funded by the Department of Vocational Rehabilita tion (DVR). This often presents another kind of problem. Of the 93 credits required to graduate, 45 must be in the areas of business admini stration, business technology, clothing and textiles, fashion management or industrial supervision. Though CCC offers 52 credits in those areas, 18 of them are "work experi ence" credits. In a number of cases, a DVR recipient must waive the "work experience" credits because of his disability. "That means I have to take things I don't really want, like Home Economics courses, as substitutes for 'work experience' courses," one student said. "DVR almost pushes peo ple into business courses; and when they're paying the tuition, you have to justify what you're taking if you substitute courses." According to Don McKay, DVR repre sentative, the problem is a rare one. "Obviously, we wouldn't certify a voca tionally handicapped person for rehabili tation unless that person was potentially employable. If he is eligible for DVR funds, he is able to work in the field of his studies," McKay said. "Not so," said Granger, "I had to get a doctor's statement and then have my attor ney intervene when DVR tried to cut off my funds." DVR funds or not, business majors are required to take CT-25. Numerous com plaints have been made through channels. Lyle Reese, division chairperson, business education and public service, has been in volved in some of them. "I have been made aware, from both viewpoints, of the apparent problem. We are working toward a resolution," Reese said. The men enrolled in the Personal Promo tion course agree on two things: "It's a stupid class for us to be required to take," and, "Eleanor knows - and she cares."
