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Campus builds towards future, new look by 1992
pleted, the 10,200 square foot build serving on the board, which he had
ing will consist of one big meeting done for 18 years.
The family resource center will
room which will hold 450 people.
The meeting room will be equipped be nearly 12,000 square feet when
with two portable walls which will completed in mid-February of 1992.
break the large room down into., It will house the childcare facility,
the teen parent program, and the
three smaller classrooms.
According to Dirrim, the family resource center. The child
campus needs a room where the care facility will house up to 100
entire staff can come together,and children, which is an increase over
the forum building will meet their the present facility which is only
needs. The building is named after able to accommodate 50 at one
a former board member, Bill Gre time. The resource center has not
gory who died of a heart attack in been named yet, according to Dir
1987. At that time Gregory was rim.
When the library moves into
its new home, McLoughlin Hall
will begin undergoing a large re
modeling project. Both the top and
bottom floors w ill be recons true ted
to provide 11 or 12 new class
rooms. The CCC Board of Educa
tion approved Oct. 9 the recon
struction of the theater in the lower
level of McLoughlin. According
to Dirrim, the seating capacity of
the theater will decrease, but the
“quality will be immensely im
proved.”
The lower level of Barlow Hall
will also receive a face lift in the
summer of 1992.
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A 9.5 million dollar bond was
approved in 1989 for the improve
ments and building of the new fa
cilities. Dirrim says that the col
Photo by David VanKeuren
lege has received about $200,000
Dry weather has allowed builders to make great progress on the library and Forum building
in lottery funds, nearly $3,000,000
behind the Community Center and Streeter Hall.
from the State of Oregon, and about
by Jennifer Lessard
News Editor
Three new buildings and two
remodeling projects, totaling ap
proximately 8.7 million dollars, are
scheduled to be completed by the
Fall term of 1992, according to
Gary Dirrim, dean of college serv
ices.
The projects include the con
struction of a forum building, a
learning resource center, and a
family resource building on cam
pus. Along with the construction,
McLoughlin and Barlow Halls are
scheduled for remodeling during
the summer of 1992.
The Eva Dye Learning Re
source Building will be completed
in May of 1992. The center will
house the library, learning center
and audio-visual departments in
the 30,000 square foot structure.
The building was named after an
early pioneer to the Oregon coun
try who was very actively involved
in education.
The scheduled completion date
of the Bill Gregory Forum Build
ing is May 15,1992. When com
$500,000 dollars in interest from
the incoming funds, for the project.
Dirrim explained that the
money provided for the projects
were general obligation bonds. This
means that there was a direct divi
sion of money from what students
pay for tuition, and from the build
ing projects. He said when the
money comes in it is divided. Part
goes to the operation of the col
lege, including salaries; and part
goes to the building projects.
Dim m says that “ th e con str uc-
tion of the facilities has no impact
on tuition.” The only impact that
Dirrim sees as affecting the stu
dents is in the future. With the net
increase of nine new classrooms,
Dirrim explains that more staff will
need to be hired to teach, and to
keep the buildings in order.
He sees a giant impact that
these facilities will have on the
campus and community. In the
1990-91 school year, more than
30,000 people passed through the
doors of CCC. The college em
ploys approximately 360 full-time
teachers. Dirrim says the college is
planning for an increase in stu
dents, and explains “if we were not
building these buildings we would
not be able to serve them.”
According to Dirrim, “We are
building for the future.” He de
scribes the projects as “fun, chal
lenging, and interesting.”
Science lectures prepare students for action in future
by Tracy Hobbs
Staff Writer
How can we make the world a
better place? This idea and others
will be explored at the Science,
Technology and Society Lectures
held throughout the year at the
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. The
point of the lectures is to prepare
people for the 21st century.
The lecturers are celebrated
authors in both academics and public
writings. Each is a leader in his or
her field, and all are controversial.
Tickets are available for each of
the lectures from Don Shula, ext
324; Corky Kirkpatrick, ext 538
and Chuck Scott, ext 420. The
instructors also have a limited
amount of free tickets available,
bought by a foundation from the
college. Shula spoke for all three
when he said, “We just basically
want people to know about the
series.”
The first of the lectures was
held Oct. 4 and featured Dr. John
Barrow, from the University of
Sussex. His topic was Theories of
Everything: The Search for Ulti
mate Explanation. Barrow spoke
on how scientific discovery has
changed beliefs about the nature of
the universe.
The second lecture, to take place
Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m., will be hosted
by Dr. Henry Petroski from Duke
University. His topic is die role of
failure in successful design. Ac
cording to Petroski, “The impulse
to build and to rearrange inanimate
nature is as much a part of us as is
our instinct to walk and to dance.”
Lecture number three, The
Cosmic Blueprint: New Discover
ies in Nature’s Creative Ability to
Order the Universe, will be hosted
by Dr. Paul Davies from the Uni-
versity of Adelaide on Dec. 5 at
7:30 p.m. Davies has been called
the most incredible physicist/phi-
losopher in the last 50 years.
Dr. Ilya Prigogine leads the fourth
lecture. Prigogine, who is from the
University of Belgium, will focus
on the time paradox on March 6 at
7:30 p.m. Prigogine feels people
are beginning to perceive nature on
earth in exactly the opposite way it
was viewed in classical physics.
The fifth lecture will be held
April 10 at 7:30 p.m. Dr. John
Polkinghome’s lecture will revolve
around the friendship of science
and religion. Polkinghome taught
mathematical physics at Cambr
idge University for 25 years, then
resigned to study theology and
become an Anglican Priest.
The Gaia Theory : The Earth as
Living Organism is the final lec
ture. Dr. Lynn Margulis of the
University of Massachusetts leads
the discussion May 1 at 7:30 pjn.
Marguhs is the author of three books,
Symbiosis in Cell Evolution, The
Origins of Sex, and Microcosms.
System change rings in new extentions
Nolan Kidwell
Features Editor
All college phone extensions
will be changed to four digit codes
on Oct 21, due to an upgrade in the
current equipment and system.
“We try to keep this as simple
as we can,” said Louise Slawson,
who is heading the conversion of
the phone system change.
There are two major reasons
for the change in extension num
bers, according to Slawson. The
first is that the new equipment will
link the campus phones with Har
mony and Wilsonville. The new
equipment requires a four digit code
to operate.
The second, according to
Slawson, is that “in a year or less
we really will run out of three digit
codes.”
After Oct 21 all existing on
campus codes will be preceded by
a number *2.* So for instance exten
sion 309 would be dialed 2309. All
Harmony Center extensions will
be preceded by a number *3,' and all
Wilsonville extensions will start
with a number ’4.’
Slawson says that with the new
system, in the long run, “there will
actually be cost savings.”
The only other noticeable
change to the phone system will be
that the message lights on the phones
at Harmony and Wilsonville will
light when voice mail is left for
those extensions. In the past these
locations had to be called and noti
fied whenever there was a message
for them on Audix.
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Students use the new addition to Randall hall as a stress
reliever between classes. The game room hours are Monday-
Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. See related comment on page 2.