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THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
May 9,1990
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Candidate Franklin sees need for change
by Mark A. Borrelli
Editor-in-Chief
Running against an incum­
bent in any race is often a difficult
challenge, but Tony Franklin, who
is hopeful of gaining the ASG
President position for next year is
enthusiastic, as he feels that a
change needs to be made.
“I have a strong desire to do
something for schools like CCC. I
like the students here at Clacka­
mas,” said ASG candidate for
President Tony Franklin.
Franklin has a very simple
campaign platform in his effort to
oust incumbent Ken Ingram. “It’s
time for a change.”
“He wasn’t elected to his
position. He didn’t do the things
that I think could have been done.
I think that I can do a better job,”
said Franklin.
One of the things that Fran­
klin will work on, should he be
elected, is student involvement and
student awareness. That, in fact,
will be his biggest goal as ASG
President.
“My goal is to make ASG more
student involved. Students have­
n’t been involved that much in
ASG events, because they were
not aware of them. That’s one of
the changes I’ll make, to get stu­
dents involved in ASG,” said
Franklin.
Franklin, who probably is
more recognizable by his attire,
than his name, can often be seen
around campus with his "biker"
attire on but doesn’t feel that his
attire will hurt him when students
go to the polls.
“I think that it does me more
good, it’s my style of dress, a lot of
students believe in freedom of
expression. People should judge
a person by what he does, not
what he wears.”
Franklin, was born in Cali­
fornia, lived in Utah, and then
moved to Oregon in 1982. He has
been a student at Clackamas since
last fall; majoring in business. Al­
though Franklin has no political
background, he feels that his
communication with students will
help his campaign.
“I communicate a lot with the
students at CCC As ASG presi­
dent, I feel that it’s important to
keep the students involved, by
getting their ideas, and opinions,
and keeping them informed.”
One thing that Franklin would
like to see at Clackamas this year
is a large turnout at the polls. In
past years, turnout has been low,
so Franklin has been getting the
word out to vote.
“I’ve been pushing people to
vote, even if they vote against me,
I’ll have done something if I get
enough people to vote.”
Photo by Tim Zivney
Presidential candidate Tony Franklin.
Presidential incumbent wishes to remain at executive seat...
Dedication, experience assets for ingram
Photo by L>ne Scheideman
Ken Ingram, presidential incumbent.
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Ken Ingram, ASG incumbent
candidate for president, describes
himself as dedicated and hardwork­
ing, which, according to Ingram,
is a prerequisite needed to fill the
executive ASG office.
Ingram joined ASG as a sena­
tor fall term of 1989. He was ap­
pointed vice president after Gar­
rett Lytle’s resignation, and then-
Vice President Tim Jones moved
to fill the vacancy in the presiden­
tial seat. After Jones’ resignation
at the beginning of spring term,
Ingram moved into the presiden­
tial position, where he currently
resides.
“[ASG] had many successful
events. We had three blood drives
where we met our goal, and got a
bank ATM on campus,” reported
Ingram. “We’ve had a lot of enter­
tainment such as the Rocky Hor­
rorshow, and we helped out in the
levy election.”
Ingram plans to take the les­
sons he learned from the former
presidents and use those skills to
benefit his position in ASG if
elected.
“With Garrett I learned how
to downplay controversy and still
get things done,” said Ingram.
“With Tim, I learned how to relax
while getting work accomplished.”
Married and a father, Ingram
came to CCCas a night student. “I
liked the instructors and the per-
"We need to
find a way to get
students at CCC
more involved."
sonal attention that I got, so rather
than going to any of the larger
schools because of this and be­
cause of the interest that the fac­
ulty have in the students here,”
stated Ingram.”
“I’m kind of a cross example
of the average student [at CCC]
because I am married and have
children, but I’m still fairly young,”
explained Ingram. “Plus I have to
work part time in order to make it
through school.”
According to Ingram, some
of the changes that need to take
place within the college revolve
around making it easier for stu­
dents to get involved.
“We need to find a way to get
students more involved...It could
be that we need later daycare, but
we may need to make college more
affordable through financial aid
so these people might not have to
work as much, therefore having
more time for college activities,
and more time to study,” suggested
Ingram.
Ingram pointed out that some
of the major weakness in ASG
this year were “advertising and
getting information to the stu­
dents.” He added that this is one
of his major goals to overcome if
elected as president.
“I”ve always been a real people
person,” stated Ingram. “So I look
at things at the standpoint of
people. This year [in ASG] has
helped me to learn a wide variety
of skills.”