Ç L A£K A M A S
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
Oregon City, Oregon
Vol. XXV No. 21
April 29,1992
Student apathy a key issue
ASG Officer Candidates face off in forum
by Robert A. Hibberd
Co-Editor*In-Chief
ASG held its Officer
election forum yesterday in the CC
Mall from noon to 1 p.m. Candidates
campaigning for the offices of
President and Vice President spoke
to students.
CCC students Amy
Gaskell, Alisa M. Dean and Harold
Isackson are running for President.
CCC students Shauna Barnett and
Jeff DuBell are running for Vice
President
During
the
forum,
candidates were given three minutes
each to openly speak to students.
Following the speeches was a
question and answer period
controlled by moderators President
Lauri Mayfield and Senator John
Cowart
The first speaker of the
forum was Vice Presidential
Candidate Shauna Barnett
“There are several qualities
that I feel are necessary to be a
good Vice President Oneisagood
sense of humor which is a must
when you work with fifteen other
people. Another quality is a good
listener.
Enthusiasm and a
dedication to work are also helpfill,”
spoke Barnett.
Barnett feels that her two
years experience working for ASG
has given her the attributes that are
essential to being Vice President.
“After serving for two
years, I feel I have learned a lot
about leadership. It is necessary to
respect others opinions and to bd
fair in decisions. I have the qualities
to be a good Vice President.”
The next speaker was Vice
Presidential Candidate Jeff DuBell.
“Most the candidates you
see before you have been in the
Student Government before and they
know what has been going on but
most of us don’t know what’s
going on. Most of us are the
students on the outside.”
DuBell
used
this
speaking opportunity to inform
students as to what he can bring
to the office of Vice President
“As Vice President I am
an accounting major. I love
accounting. You know what we
need in accounting around here?
We need space.”
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After DuBell it was time
the ASG Presidential
Candidates to speak to students.
The first Presidential Candidate
to speak was Dean.
Dean stated some of the
missions she would like to
accomplish at CCC.
“Today can be the base
point so that student involvement
can go forward in a positive,
ohoto bv Vivian Johnson
ASG Presidential Candidates Alisa Dean (left), Amy Gaskell (center) and Harold Isackson
speak to students during Monday’s forum. All candidates considered student apathy a key
energetic, honest and successful issue.
leadership.”
“I, as your ASG President
would strive to incorporate these
elements in my day-to-day
dealings.”
Dean also spoke of her
attributes that she feels is pertinent
to being ASG President.
“I have two major
philosophies that I feel are the
keys to being a success. One is
that attitude is everything and the
second is accept diversity.”
The
next
ASG
Presidential Candidate to speak
was Gaskell.
“My two years here at
Clackamas have allowed me and
enabled me to learn how to work
exceptionally well with the
administration. I am never shy
when I am standing up for student’s
needs or wants and most
importantly I’m listened to.”
“I have a strong feeling
“I can confirm and I can
totally guarantee all of you that
my responsibility as President,
number one priority will be to
select 14 other members in ASG
with the same goals, the same
agendas as myself; not 14 or 15
Amy Gaskells. No, by no means,
but with the same agendas for
you.”
Following Gaskell, Isackson
spoke as an ASG Presidential
Candidate.
“Knowing what the students
want and need is an important
factor in the office of Student
Body President The Student Body
President’s primary responsibility
is to be the voice of the students.”
Although college is
important to Isackson, he feels
that being involved in the
community is essential to growth.
that although academic goal in
life and a career is important,
equally important to that is being
involved and being of service to
your community.”
Isackson also addressed
his sight impairment.
“Yes, I am blind but if
you talk to me and my associates I
think you will hear from them that
my blindness has not been a
significant detractor from abilities
to perform my various duties.”
Once the candidates had
finished their speeches, the
moderators questioned each of them
on issues that affect students.
One of the questions
pertained to persuading students
to get registered and vote on issues
facing the community.
Gaskell was the first to
field this question.
“To inform students and
get them involved and get them
involved in political issues: number
one, educate them if they don’t
know about issues. They certainly
are not going to have a stand on
them.”
Isackson then responded
to the voter registration issue.
“You would be amazed to
take a little historical look at some
of the issues and some of the
candidates in history would not have
been elected or issues passed by
one vote.”
Then Dean responded to
the question.
“Let people see what they
are missing by not getting involved,
let them see what the bad effects
can be by letting something happen.”
Next, the forum was open
to students io ask questions.
Voting is May 6,7 and 8.
College sets goals for year 2000
President Keyser defines aspects of educational reform
by Kevin Shields
StaffWriter
House Bill 3565, the
educational reform bill, is still in
to achieve the state’s goals: Having
the best educated citizens by the
year 2000 and a workforce equal
to anyone by the year 2010.
Keyser said that the fiscal
struggle isn’t a new problem.
“We’ve already been
dealing with financial problems,”
the beginning phases, but Clackamas
Community College is planning well
Keyser opened the
conference with an overview of
he said.
in advance to deal with the many
implications of the bill.
Last Thursday, College
the reform process and explained
some of the trends and the new
forces which are beginning to
President John Keyser and Assistant
Dean of the Industrial Division Kit
Youngren defined aspects of
educational reform and explained
where it was going and how it would
take place.
“The rest of the nation
is looking at Oregon to see how
we’re going to do,” he said.
One of the trends that
will have to be dealt with is to
tighten the college’s financial
resources and to prepare to deal
with the increase in enrollment
affect the college.
The educational reform bill
is aiming to restructure our current
education system which is necessary
pressures.
Keyser emphasized three
new forces that will be “a much
bigger challenge.”
He cited the many
changes that will take place
because of educational reform,
the importance of merging the
educational system and the
workplace and the increased role
of community colleges which will
be expected to do more and more.
“It’s complex and
revolutionary... a whole variety
of implications,” Keyser said.
Universities are in trouble
considering the changes that need
to be made suit educational reform,
Keyser said.
“Ivory tower aloofness is
getting them (universities) in more
and more trouble. They reward
those most who teach the least,”
he said.
Keyser
said
that
community colleges are prepared
for the changes that lie ahead. He
likened universities to the”blue
sky” and secondary and elementary
schools to the “deep blue sea.”
“(Community Colleges)
are standing on firm ground
between the blue sky and the deep
blue sea,” Keyser said.
One of Keyser’s short-term
goalsis to free up time for Youngren
to be Clackamas’s point man for
educational reform.
Youngren, who spoke
next, emphasized his focus on who’s
doing what and the structures that
are needed to help us get where we
want to go. He pointed to two
specific things Clackamas needs to
do.
The first point of emphasis
was “to become a part of the bigger
picture.” Youngren said that
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