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Vol. XXIII No. 22
Clackamas Community College
April 25,1990
Oregon City, Oregon
CCC still one of lowest in state
Tuition increases proposed
by Jim Spickelmier
Staff Writer
Proposed tuition increases for
the 1990-91 and 1991-92 school
years were recently sent to the
President’s Council for considera­
tion by Jim Roberts, Dean of
Students.
The recommendation, which
could become effective Fall Term
1990, would see an increase from
$25 to $25.50 per credit hour for
part-time students, $235 to $250
per term for full-time students,
and $1.25 to "$1.35 per contact
hour for community education
students. The 1991-92 rates would
be $26.50per credit hour for part-
time and $265 per term for full-
time students.
The proposed increase could
produce an estimated additional
revenue oP$121,901 for the 1990-
91 school year that, according to
Roberts’ memorandum, “will al­
low the college to fund the follow­
ing decision packages which will
directly benefit students: Tuition
waiver dollars to offset the tuition
increase; Additional dollars for
student government, athletics, and
co-curricular programs based on
the growth in enrollment; and two
additional forensics tuition waiv­
ers.”
Keyser credits Friends of CCC for
hard work, support of levy campaign
by Roseann Wentworth
■cws/Managing Editor
Voters passed CCC’s three-
year rate-based serial levy worth
about $30.2 million in the March
27 election by the wide margin of
victory of over 10,000 votes, the
second best in the college’s his­
tory. These record figures may well
be the result of the hard work and
support given behind the election
campaign. .
A
committee called the
Friends of CCC devoted activities
solely to passing the 1990 levy.
Campaigning for months before
the 1990 levy issue was ever put
before the voters, Friends of CCC
had no intention of slowing down
as March 27 drew near.
Although many of the group’s
members give each other kudos
and give continual selfless credit,
the committee’s success lies equally
heavy on CCC President John
Keyser. By the end of February,
the committee, also high up in the
organization Lee Fawcett, Bill
Symes, and David Dickson, had
organized several local satellite
Friends groups throughout the
community. By the end of Febru­
ary of this year, 193 CCC staff
members had signed up to “blitz”
35,000 households in the district,
put up almost 400 lawn signs, send
out over 2,000 personalized post­
cards to friends and relatives, and
ask dozens of local residents and
business leaders to write letters to
the city’s newspapers in favor of
the levy. That they did.
Within weeks, letters to the
editor and editorials were run in
publications from The Clackamas
Print to The Oregonian in favor
of the college’s levy.
CCC-President John Keyser
believes the levy wouldn’t have
passed without the support of the
Friends of CCC group. “I think
that community support and the
communication that takes place
with the community is the most
important aspect of passing an
election,” states Keyser.
The recent election was a
success for the college as well as
Friends of CCC. Only the March
1986 election result was better,
with almost a 12,500victory mar­
gin. The 1990 election saw a 613
positive turnout. Out of 136 pre­
cincts, only three precincts failed
to pass the CCC levy: #93 Clacka­
mas, #09 Oregon City, and #373
Estacada.
The Oregon City and Clacka­
mas districts that voted down CCCs
levy were surprisingly close to
home. “Any tax issue is primarily
a pocketbook issue,” said Keyser.
“If people think it’s going to raise
their taxes and they’re on fixed
incomes-even though they like
the college, they’ll vote no.
"We know that a lot of these
people who voted no (approxi­
mately 40 percent) like the col­
lege,” reports Keyser, “but the
financial concern overrides the
feelings of support [for the col-
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The proposal is also intended
to adjust the ratio of part time
versus full time tuition so that the
increase for the two groups is
equivalent for the period 1989-90
through 1991-92. This is assum­
ing that 58 percent of tuition comes
from full-time students and 42
percent from part-time students.
According to Roberts the
administration tries to keep tui­
tion revenue between 18 to 20
percent of the total revenue; the
proposed tuition increase stays
within that range. The largest
majority of revenue, approximately
52 percent, comes from the tax
levy. State funding accounts for
about 28 percent and another 3
percent comes from miscellane­
ous sources.
When compared with other
Willamette Valley community
colleges, CCC currently has the
second lowest full-time tuition rate.
The proposed 1990-91 full-time
rate of $250 ties with Portland
Community College for the low­
est full-time rate, as other com­
munity colleges are also raising
their tuition rates. -
If the tuition increase pro­
posal is passed by the President’s
Council, the recommendation will
be submitted to the Board of
Directors for approval during their
May board meeting.
Local comedians featured
ASG Comedy Fest offers
stand-up humor at mike
by Margy Lynch
News Editor
Associated Student Govern­
ment will give students a chance
to show their comedic talent at
the comedy tournament, May 2,
at 12 pm. in the Fireside Lounge.
Troy Kerr, ASG senator and
comedy chair, is coordinating
the event There are at least three
people who will perform at the
tournament for certain. How­
ever, it is now too latetosignup
according to Kerr.
There will be a panel of
judges scoring the student
comedians. The person who is
scored thé highest will receive
$10 and will be the official Master
of Ceremonies for the comedy
program on May 4, which ASG
is also sponsoring.
The performers will be
judged on originality, stage
presence, time management, and
on audience reaction. To par­
ticipate 4n the tournament,
people must be CCC students,
must sign up with Troy Kerr,
and must speak a minimum of
two minutes or a maximum of
ten minutes.
If profanity is used, it must
be limited according to Kerr. If
it is used too much, points will
bedocked from the performer’s
score.
Judges are still needed for’
\he tournament. If people want
to participate but don’t want to
perform, they can see Troy Kerr
about judging.
“The purpose of the tour­
nament is a couple of things,”
said Kerr. “It’s to get students
involved with the program and
school, and also to get students
involved in comedy.”
It is the first mini program
at Clackamas involving com­
edy. “The show will be a good
teaser for the 1990 Comedy
Fest,” stated Kerr. The Com­
edy Fest is scheduled for May 4
at 8 p.m. in the CC Mall.
The event will feature
“Portland Comedy Tonight,” a
group of local comedians which
include Darrell Mitchell, Mike
Jenkins, Benny Grayf Berry
Organ, Gardner Smith, Jay
Webb, Colin McNulty, and Dan
DePouz. .
“They've been here before,”
Kerr said. “And from what I’ve
gathered, they were pretty suc­
cessful. I want it to be even
moresuccessful this timeand it
should be because it will be held
in the evening,” he added.
Tickets can be purchased
for $3 in the Community Cen­
ter or $4 at the door.