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NEWS THE CLACKAMAS PRINT April 25,1990 Page 2 Gideons visit CCC campus News Briefs - CCC hosts recycling & resource fair Clackamas continues to celebrate Earth Day by presenting the Re source Conservation and Recycli ng Fair on Friday, April 27. The all day event is free and open to students and public alike from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. in the CCMall. The fair is sponsored by the ELC, CCC, and Payless Stores. Information on resource conservation and new tech niques available in recycling will be demonstrated. Red Cross looking for volunteers Roll up your sleeves and sharea little ofyourself to people who need it as a matter of life and death. ASG is sponsoring a blood drive with the American Red Cross on April 30 in the CC Fireside Lounge from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Cookies and punch will be served. Formore in formation or to sign up to give blood contact Aaron Brown in the Student Activities Office or at ext. 563. Festival given to raise funds Doug Poppen (D), a candidate for Clackamas County Commis sioner, is presenting "An Eveningwith Oregon’s Finest” This event is planned for Thursday, April 26, at Marylhurst College in Flavia Hall from 7-11 p.m. Musician Michael Harrison and magician Jim Pace are performing and local fine-wine tasfing and hor’doeuvres will be available. Cohen to speak on CCC campus State representative, Joyce Cohen, will speak in the Community Center today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cohen is running for re-election as state representative against Bob Tiernen. Computer lab: use it or lose it The existence of tl e computer ab in M134 is being threatened due to the lack of use by students. The lab, which can be en ’ered from the outer doorat the south end of McLoughlin Hah, is open for student use during various hours Monday through Friday. The hours are posted outside the door.,Look for an article in Hie Clackamas Print next week for more details. Alcohol syndrome workshop slated A workshop sponsored by CCC on fetal alcohol syndrome is being offered tomorrow, April 26, at 12:30 p.m. in the CC Mall. Special Projects Coordinator from the OC School District Vern Ferguson will speak on the subject and present a slide show. Behavior workshop to be held A workshop is being offered on wandering behaviors and how to manage them. It is from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. May 1 in the Community Center Dining Room. For moreinformation,call 657-6958,ext240. by Me-Ussa Cartales Rhapsody editor Have you received your copy of the New Testament yet? Many students here at CCC heard this question on Monday, when Gideons International vis ited the campus. Gideons International, which was founded in about 1899, is an organization of Christian business and professional men. The group has members in 146 countries, the most recent being Romania. When the group comes to Clackamas, they send about eight men to stay for one to two days and distribute the small, green copies of the New Testament Each year, the Gideons pass out about 1000bibles here, which constitutes a small portion of the approximately 30 million copies they give out every year to loca tions around the world. When asked about the re sponse they receive at Clackamas, two Gideon members, Donald R. Smith and Donald R. Lucich both said that the response, in most cases, was "very positive.” “It is always a pleasufe for us to come here,” said another Gid eon, Earl Kabel, “because we get such a good response.” Most of the students don’t seem to mind the Gideons. Some of them get upset if they are asked more than once if they would like a Bible, but most are very toler ant • “I think it’s fine,” said stu dent Ginny Cowan. “They’re not pushy. I think they ought to have the right to hand out the Bible. You don’t have to take it” “I think it’s great,” said an other student, Paul Champlain. “If people wanted to give me a copy of the Koran, Fd be happy to take one of those, too.” “It’s a public place,” said David Plankinton, also a student here at CCC. “There are some things that you just have to contend with in a free society.” “It’s freedom of religion. It’s also my choice not to accept it,” stated Steve Jones, student Some students aren’t so tol erant “They have the right to be here,” said student Mark Veta- nen, “but if the college is going to allow them here, where are the Zen Buddhists, for example? The college should allow other groups on campus if they ask, not just the Gideons.” Friends'support helps pass CCC levy Continued from front page the college] they have.” According to a President’s Council memorandum from Lee Fawcett, over 60 percent voted yes in seven out of ten Communi ties in which Wilsonville, home of a major CCC satellite campus, came in ahead with 65.5 percent voting yes. Canby went from a 46 percent 1989 yes margin to a 60.4 percent yes this year. The memo also reports that there was a little more than a 10 percent gain in 60 percent of the communities. This may have been due to the fact that the 1990 ballot was mainly that of a mail-in type. Al though not a lot is known de- mographically about mail-in vot ing due to its relative newness, Keyser has faith in it. “I tend to think that the mail-in ballots help the college because more people vote--It gives busy people more time to vote, [where otherwise they might forget to get to the polls,]” said Keyser. In 1993, a new levy will have to be brought before the voters as the 1990serial levy which recently passed expires. The projection within the CCC staff is positive for 1993. However, a tuition in crease, spread out at about five percent increments, which will add up to approximately 15 percent by the 1993 elections has been pro posed. This may create mixed feelings with the voters. “Tuition increases are un popular with a lot of people; however, they are popular with other individuals in the commu nity who think that the direct user ought to pay-a greater share,” Keyser states. “They believe if the user doesn’t pay their fair share, then their property taxes go up: so it’s a balance issue. Even if we raised our tuition $10 (4 percent), we would still be the lowest in the metro area.” * Despite these increases and Oregon’s tax' structure based unpopularly on property taxes, Clackamas Community College has its fingers crossed and sup port ready to campaign for the 1993 election. “We have to start thinking right now about three years down the road,” Keyser comments. “The best thing we can do is keep doing a good job in everything that we do: all of our classes, all service areas, to be as responsive as we can to the community, and if we are, we’ll pass again if wc develop a reasonable budget.” UPS DELIVERS EDUCATION Help us help you through college. Part time job opportunities available. For information contact: Come try out NORM'S fresh salad bar! Clackamas Community College Career and Job Development Center or call UPS Job Information Hotline 240-6668. 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