The Clackamas print., October 03, 1990, Image 1

Vol. XXIV NO. 1
Oregon City, Oregon
October 3,1990
Pending board approval.....
Connett selected Dean of Students
by Jane C. Wilcox
Staff Writer.
Dian Connett was unani­
mously nominated On Monday
for the position of Acting Dean
of Students. Connett’s selection
was made by a screening commit­
tee formed by College President
John Keyser, according to infor­
mation received from Keyser’s
office.
“I’m thrilled...real excited,”
Connett commented when asked
about her first reaction to the
news of her appointment. “The
interview was challenging...so
when I heard from John Keyser
that I was selected, it was a relief.”’
Action on the screening com­
mittee’s recommendation of
Connett as Dean of Students will
be taken tonight at the regular
session of the Board of Education
meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Barlow
boardroom. Connett will then be
either confirmed of denied for the
position.
The appointment is for 20
months. Twelve months into- the
appointment, the Board of Edu­
cation will hold a comprehensive
review to evaluate Connett’s per­
formance. It will then be deter­
mined if she will continue in the
position. -
“We did this with Gary Dir­
rim’s position, the Dean of Col­
lege Services, and it worked very
well,” said President Keyser. “It’s
a growth-oriented approach.”
Public
Safety
cracks down on parking
by Angela Wilson
*
Photo by Jim Spiekeimier
if anything comes through the legislature that attempts to take
away local control from the school boards and districts in the
state, as governor, I will veto It* stated Roberts to reporters at
Clackamas on September 20.
Barbara
Roberts
speaks
by Jim Spickelmier
Trojan and on her proposal to
News/Managing Editor
Barbara Roberts, Secretary
of State and gubernatorial can­
didate, held an impromptu press
conference on campus during
her Sept. 20 visit to address the
faculty and classified staff mem­
bers.
The press conference was
sparked by State Attorney Gen­
eral Dave Frohnmayer’s re­
cently released school funding
proposal and his accusations
that Roberts’ plan would take
away local control of schools. In
response, Roberts, a strong sup­
porter of public schools, ex­
plained the differences between
the two proposals and stated “as
a former school board member
for 10 years, and Dave has not
had this experience. If anything
comes through the legislature
that attempts to take away local
control from the school boards
and districts in the state, as gov­
ernor, I will veto it”
Roberts’ proposal would
fund public schools with a five
percent sales tax and completely
remove school funding from
property
tax.
Whereas,
Frohnmayer’s proposal would
call for a four percent sales tax
and property tax reduction but
would not separate the two.
After the press conference,
Roberts addressed both the clas­
sified staff and the faculty. In her
address to the classified staff, she
responded to questions regard-
ing the nuclear waste issue at
remove the limits placed on state
spending.
On tiie Trojan issue, Roberts
expressed grave concern regard­
ing the storage of nuclear waste at
the plant site and said “even the
Russians were smart enough not
to store nuclear waste material at
Chernobyl.”
In response to her proposal
on lifting the state spending lim­
its, Roberts explained how the
legislature could and has voted to
exceed those limits for special
interest groups and that it is time
for the whole state to benefit.
“We doli’t have to raise a
single tax dollar,” stated Roberts.
“All we have to do is take the
income tax dollars you all send in
and invest in prison beds, drug
treatment programs, retraining
for timber and agriculture work­
ers, CSD case workers and take
that money and invest it in our
state.”
Roberts wrapped up her visit
by addressing the faculty. She
described how her campaign was
progressing and where she stood
on pertinent issues.
During her address Roberts,
a former Mount Hood Commu­
nity College board member, ex­
pressed her goodwill toward
community colleges when she
said “once you get indoctrinated
to community colleges it’s like in
your blood stream; you never get
rid I of it, the perfect disease. I feel
so stronglyabout the community
college system in the state.'
Editor-in-Chief
It’s 9:02 and you pull into the
parking lot late for your first
class. The available parking spots
are way out on the outskirts of
campus, but there is room for you
to park in an unmarked space
close to the building of your class.
Do you park there or not?
The trouble facing the Pub­
lic Safety Department on campus
is that, as the available spots get
farther and farther in the lot and
the lots become filled, more
people violate the parking regu­
lations by parking where ever
they want to.
Jim Wiseman was appointed
Chief of Public Safety at the end
of spring term last year when
Stan Johnson retired. According
to Wiseman, Public Safety’s pur­
pose is to protect lives and prop­
erty, and to enforce the laws of
the U.S., the state of Oregon, and
the rules and regulations of the
college.
“At Clackamas, parking is
based on a first-come-first-serve
basis for everyone,” Wiseman
said.
Wiseman pointed out that
there are no special parking privi­
leges at Clackamas.
“There is no segregation for
the administration, faculty or
staff,” Wiseman added. “We need
a regulatory apparatus that places
control on the overall parking
structure.”
The parking policy at Clacka­
mas was reviewed over the sum­
mer and some new policies were
put in place while other policies
were better defined. Illegally
parked vehicles are subject to be
towed, and will be towed at the
owner’s expense if they are ille­
gally parked.
Warnings were given last
week for cars parked in the wrong
area; now any car parked in a vio­
lating spot will be given a citation.
“Parking is based on the as­
sumption that everyone will do
the right thing and follow the
rules,” Wiseman said.
“There is a small group of
dissent when it comes to follow­
ing the parking regulations,”
Wiseman added.
Any cars that are double
parked on roadways, fire lanes
and posted unauthorized areas
will be towed.
“If the vehicle’s position is
creating a safety hazard it will be
towed,” Wiseman said. “That
means that a fire engine or ambu­
lance musj be able to fit in that
area if needed.”
It is also a parking violation
to park in an area that is reserved
for handicapped vehicle owners.
The handicapped sticker must be
visible in the front window or the
vehicle must have an Oregon
handicapped license plate to be
parked in handicapped spaces or
they too are subject to be towed at
the owner’s expense.
“It hasn’t been a major prob­
lem to where we have had to tow a
lot of cars so far,” Wiseman said.
Cars parked along red curbs
Continued on page 2.
New building construction underway
by Jane Wilcox
Staff Writer
The roar of heavy equipment
will be the norm for a long time
yet. The construction of several
new buildings here at Clackamas
Community College began this
last June with the addition of 200
new parking spaces near
McLoughlin Hall and will wind
up in September of 1992 with re­
modeling work in McLoughlin
and Barlow Halls.
According to Gary Dirrim,
Dean of College Services, the
building in progress now, the
computer technology building,
will house the classrooms and
offices now on the second floor of
McLoughlin Hall, except for the
library, which will have a building
of it’s own. The new building will
have two math classrooms, two
undesignated classrooms, vari­
ous computer labs and 29 new
office spaces. Construction is
expected to be completed by
Photo by Lana Schaidwaan
Construction proceeds as ductwork Is awaiting Installation In
the new computer technology building.
April 15,1991.
The second floor of
McLoughlin Hall, presently oc­
cupied by the Library and com­
puter technology classes, will be
remodeled beginning in April of
1992. The space will then be dedi­
cated to 16 new offices, a work
room, a test room, a conference
room, two new restrooms and 12
classrooms.
“The net result will be about
seven new classrooms,” accord­
ing to Dirrim, due to the loss of
some classroom space in
McLoughlin Hall.
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