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Vol. XXV No. 26
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Oregon City, Oregon
Ready for Summer
Returning students next Fall
will find that many of the various
departments and programs on
campus will have moved.
“We’ie moving a lot of things
to maximize our space utiliza
tion,” explained College Presi
dent John Keyser.
The portion of Barlow Hall
which is currently the Learning
Center will house the vocational
people, said Dean of College
Services Gary Dirrim. There will
also be 18 new offices, a storage
photo by Nolan Kidwell
CCC students take a break before finals week and
play tennis in the sun.
Tuition increased to cost of living
An increase in tuition prices
has been announced for the 1992-
93 school year, as part of a plan to
raise tuition each year at or near
to the percentage increase in the
Portland area’s cost of living.
The moderate yearly increase
approach would avoid large per
centage increases like the 1991-
92 jump of more than 18 percent.
According to Dian Connett, dean
of student services, Measure 5
resulted in state cuts of a cata
strophic level. She felt that this
was an example of a case where
people need to be more informed
when voting on an issue.
This represents a continu
ation of the full-time plateau,
(students carrying between 12 and
19 hours per term are charged a
flat rate) 1991-92 at $324 per
term andl992-93 at $342 per term.
It should be noted that eight
other Oregon community colleges
have already planned tuition in
creases for 1992-93. Six of the
eight have already increased their
per-hour rate, and five of the eight
have increased the number of hours
before the full-time plateau is
reached.
Even with the $150 per credit/
hour increase (presently $27 per
ciedit/hour, but beginning Sum
mer term, $28.50 per credit/hour),
CCC tuition costs are still under
the statewide average, according
to information from the Oregon
Office of Community College
Services.
All of this becomes neces
sary due to cuts in state share
funding, increased enrollment and
reduced property tax income
which has affected the financial
future of CCC.
“What has happened with
Measure 5 is that the college no
longer has the flexibility of ask
ing taxpayers for more help,” said
College President John Keyser.
This tuition hike was announced
in March to the Board of Educa
tion and drew a great deal of re
sponse from both faculty and
students about educational afforda
bility.
Reaction came from ASG in
the form of an instant survey to
assess the general student opin
ion regarding this crucial issue.
After compiling the results, ASG
President Lauri Mayfield asked
for a personal response from the
administration. On April 23,
Connett visited ASG during their
weekly meeting and explained the
need for the tuition rate increase.
This disparity in perceptions was
resolved when concern on the part
of the faculty and the opposing
vote from a Board member, to
gether with a forum on the issue,
in which Keyser elaborated on
the facts that Connett had pre
sented, sufficiently satisfied the
students involved. A planned rally
and informal protest action, based
on the issue, was cancelled.
Apparently, the hike is justi
fied and necessary although some
hardship appears inevitable.
By the end, some of the stu
dents involved were supportive,
[although one petition began to
circulate as recently as Monday,
June 1, opposing the increase]
and since the previous dissent of
some faculty, an informal coali
tion-style atmosphere of unified
bridgebuilding emerged.
“The student input, (through
representative Lauri Mayfield)
throughout the whole process,
showed how effective people can
be in a situation like this,” said
Connett.
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June 3,1992
Department moves planned
by Nolan Kidwell
News Editor
by Eddie Murphy
Staff Writer
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room and a drafting plotter room
added.
“The Learning Center will
be moving from Barlow to the
Eva Emily Dye Resource Cen
ter,” Keyser said. Also moving
into the new Resource Center
will be the Audio-Visual Depart
ment and the Library, which are
currently housed in McLoughlin
Hall, which will also be remod
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“We have to be out of here,
at the very latest, by June 15,”
the trailers,” said Keyser.
The Family Resource Cen
ter has already been moved into
new facilities, from the small
house at the edge of campus where
it was formerly located.
The college is planning to
reduce its printing capabilities.
All of the printing will be done
off-campus, except the quick
copying, according to Keyser.
The Computer Information
Management Systems will be
moving to where the Graphics
Arts Department was, and Graphic
Arts will be moved to next to the
quick copy facility.
classrooms and the theater will
be remodeled and brought up to
date. The bookstore was already
remodeled last year, according to
Dirrim. All of the elevators will
be made functional and more
accessible for handicapped use,
he said.
"All of our remodels have
handicapped access in mind and
will meet handicapped access
requirements,” said Keyser.
Pauling, Randall and the
Community Center are all “stable”
and will not change, according
to Keyser. “I think we’re going to
have to make due with what we’ve
said Valerie McQuaid, depart
ment chairperson of the Library.
“We want to keep die Library
open through finals.”
The College Advancement
Office will, according to Keyser,
also be relocated in Barlow so
that it is more conveniently lo
cated for students. The college’s
Community Relations and Mar
keting Departments will be moved
into where the upstairs student
lounge is now in Barlow. The
Barlow student lounge will be
relocated downstairs, to make it
more accessible. The offices of
‘The Clackamas Print’ will also
be housed in the lower floor of
Barlow instead of the mobile
home trailers, in which it cur
rently resides.
“The college is getting rid
of some of our temporary facili
ties like the Orchard Center and
photo by Nolan Kidwell
Students will pass the new fountain on their way to classes
in the new buildings that will start holding classes next
Fall.
“The Social Science Depart
ment will be moved to the second
floor of McLoughlin with 12 new
classroom s where the Library cur-
rently is,” said Keyser. There will
also be 16 new faculty offices, a
conference room, a test room and
two new restrooms put into the
second floor of the McLoughlin
remodel.
The first floor of McLough
lin Hall will receive four new
got with this final phase for about
eight years,” he said.
“We are currently conduct
ing an update on the college's
master plan,” said Dirrim.
The campus is also having a
variety of street furniture and small
trees added by Andy Rice, the
college landscaper, said Assis
tant Dean of Humanities John
Hooley.
photo by Notan Kidwell