CLACKAMAS
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
April 24,1991
Oregon City, Oregon
Vol. XXIV No. 21
Keyser addresses facts of Measure 5
by Jennifer Soper
News Editor
College President John Key
ser will answer questions about
the impact of Measure 5 on Clacka
mas in a forum for students today
at noon in the CC Mall.
“We thought having this time
would be especially important
because of tuition increases and
program reductions next year,” said
Keyser. “We want the students to
know that we are listening.”
Keyser will briefly go over the
college budget and explain the
funding procedures. He is also
expected to explain the program
reductions before opening up for
questions.
“The concern about the tui
tion increase is a significant one,”
Keyser said. “Several students are
wondering if they will be able to
attend classes next year.
“Some students are very con
cerned. Hopefully their schedules
will permit attendance,” he said.
Keyser said one reason tui
tion is being increased next year is
so that the college can add courses
that would otherwise be cut due
to funding limitations.
The college has also asked
that the school districts pick up a
larger portion of the cost of com
munityeducation courses. As the
budget is now, the college has cut
nearly half the funding for those
courses.
“The main reason we’re in
creasing tuition is so that we can
add classes that students need to
graduate,” Keyser said.
At the March 13 college board
meeting the board discussed the
proposed budget cuts, including a
reduction of $400,000of the part-
time staffing budget, the loss of
eight programs and numerous
faculty and staff. The final budget
is not expected to be approved
until the June board meeting.
Funds awarded through mini-grants
Candidates running for ASG positions campaigned last week
in the CC Mall. Voting begins this evening and will continue
through Friday. The polls will be open tonight from 5 to 7:30,
Thursday from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. Students are invited to attend the cnadldates* reception
today outside the Community Center Mali at 3 p.m. This will
be an opportunity for students to meet the candidates and ask
questions. Turn to pages 4 and 5 for more information about
the forum and the candidates.
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Center mapped out now
waiting for board approval
by Jennifer Soper
News Editor
The working blueprints for
the Family Resource Center are
nearly complete and will be pre
sented to the college board at the
May 8 meeting, according to Marcia
Coker, assistant dean of business
and human services at the Learn
ing Resource Center.
The center will be the home
of numerous programs that are
now being housed in temporary
facilities. One of the programs,
the Orchard Center, was a part of
the original college facility on
Warner Milne Road in Oregon
Ci ty and-was moved to the college
20 years ago, according to De
partment Chair of Family and
Human Services Carolyn Knut
son. j
The purpose of the programs
in the FRC is to “provide a bridge
to education for people who might
not be able to enter the main
stream yet,” according to Knut
son.
“Family roles are changing as
more women go back to work to
supplement the family income, and
as the number of single parent
households soars,” explained.
Knutson.
The LRC will house the col
lege child day care facilities, the
Life and Career Options Program,
the Work and Family Projects,
the Young Parent Opportunities
Program, and the Focus on Women
program. Classes will be offered
on gerontology, nutrition, and
parenting in addition to a child
care resources and referral serv
ice, said Coker.
“The idea is to have good ties
with the county social services,”
said Coker.
On February 13 the college
board accepted a $300,000 Com
munity Development Block Grant
from Clackamas Cbunty. The board
was also given information about
the possibility of a two-year
$600,000 interest-free loan from
the county to help build the facil
ity. The board is still discussing
that option since the county, not
the college, would have control
over the project if the loan is util
ized.
“The opportunity to apply
for the grant gave a number of us
a chance to think about how we
could best serve the community,”
Knutson said.
“We will be looking for other
grant funding,” continued Knut
son.
The feelings about the start
of the project run deep.
“It is almost unbelievable to
think that something that started
as such a desirable dream is going
to happen,” said Coker.
“We are excited about answer
ing such a community heed for.
family education,” Coker con
cluded.
Coker expects the bidding
process for the construction of
the FRC to begin June 20. The
ground breaking will be sched
uled for some time in July. The
occupation of the center is ex
pected by early summer of 1992.
by Jennifer Lessard
Staff Writer
The Clackamas Community
College Foundation awarded
$8,500 in mini-grants to instruc
tors who were interested in pur
suing projects that require funds
not available through the general
fund.
The Foundation has awarded
a total of $30,500over the last two
years to staff. Fourteen requests
totalling over $45,000 were re
quested, and only six were awarded.
The Foundation awarded total
funds requested to three appli
cants and partial grants to the
others. There is still a great need
for grants, and according to Bev-
erly Fulmore, college advancement
coordinator, “if more funds are
received, we will award more
money.”
Barlow Learning Center was
awarded $1,190 to purchase an
optical character recognition sys
tem for two existing compu ter work
stations. They will be using these
systems to respond to the needs of
students with severe physical or
to co-sponsor the third annual
Celebration Internationale. The
committee promotes international
education on campus. The money
will go to host a speaker from
Thailand.
Another $1,600 was awarded
to set up a Macintosh computer
to answer questions about the
college in general.
The Intellectual Cultural
learning disabilities.
The Employee Management
Development offices were awarded
$1,950 to increase skills of the
part-time instiuctors who work in
business and industry.
The International Education
Committee was awarded $1,000
Committee was awarded $1,260
in order to promote environment
programs on campus.
The Student Services Divi
sionwill implement a formal cus
tomer service program with the
$1,500 awarded to that program.
Bookstore occupies temporary location
by Jennifer Lcssa rd
Staff Writer
The CCC Bookstore moved
temporarily to the new computer
tech building in Streeter Hall,
behind the Community Center,
while remodeling of the former
location in McLoughlin. Hall
continues.
The remodeling project is
scheduled to be completed by Aug.
1. The whole month of August
will be used to organize the mer
chandise. The bookstore will be
operating in its remodeled loca
tion by fall registration ifall plans
continue to move smoothly. '
Originally, the bookstore
remodeling was considered a phase
3 construction project and was
planned for 1994 or ’95. But last
July, observers realized the growth
of the college was putting stress
on the services the bookstore could
perform.
Gary Dirrim, dean of college
services, and Roxie Hobarcon
troller, realized that .there was a
need for the expansion. The plans,
were moved from phase 3 epp;
structionto phase 2.t
The remodeling.is intended
to “step up the process to serve
the needs of students faster, which
the original time line didn’t ac
complish,” said Douglas Shannon,
bookstore manager.
The final decision came when
the bookstore agreed to finance
the total expansion through reve
nues on the merchandise sold over
Photo by Altan Ziemke
During remodeling of the McLoughlin location, the bookstore is
temporarily located in the Strc ter Tech Building.
a 15-year period. Shannon stressed
the fact that “prices will not be
raised to accommodate this.”
The original money set aside
for the project for 1994 will be
used for other products at the
college.
Michael J. Watt, Inc. was
awarded the bid for both the
bookstore expansion and the game
room,as,a package deal.
■ ' The original plan was not to-
temporarily move out of the loca
tion while the remodeling was being
completed, but Shannon said that
they were convinced by the archi
tect to move because of the exten
sive reconstruction that needs to
be completed.
The present location has about
2600square feet of area. With the
expansion, thè bookstore will about
double that figure to roughly5200
square feet of space.
The extra area will allow the
bookstore to offer more merchan
dise, including computers and
computer software, as well as
providing ample space on the
shelves for books.
Shannon describes the tem
porary move as a “real challenge.”
The bookstore will be operating
in four disconnected rooms with a
total of 1200 square feet.
Shannon said that “we will do
our best to maintain the same level
of service. It will be somewhat of
an inconvenience, but if students
will bear with us we will do our
best to do what we need to con
tinue the high level of customer
service.”