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The Clackamas Print
News
Smoking controversy addressed
News Clips
will feature poetry and fiction by staff, faculty and students,
Dec. 4 from 12-lp.m. in Pauling 103. If anyone is interested
in reading their work, please con tact Kate Gray by today,
Dee. X Call exL3371» >
The C€C Writers’Club meets on campus every Wednesday
at 2p.m»m Barlow 239» Weeklyoff-eampus meetingsare-
held on Fridays at the Sub Shop on Main Street in downtown
Oregon City from 5:15-6:30 p.m. •’
ASG meetings are held every Monday from 3-5 p.m. in CC-
126 and areopen to all students. Studentsarewefcometo
come and express their opinions,
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Baptist Student Ministries wants you tocóme to their “Joy.
Explosions” on Tue^aynightsfrom 8:30«lO^;¿tó^O^
Fireside Lounge in the Community Center, BSM also holds
a Bible St udy on Wednesdays from 12-1 p.m. in Pauling 104.
Registration for
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Dec. 7 for returning students with appointments and open
ing to new sí^ntó. by^ippointmt^onMood^jib^^Li
Open registration (no appointment necessary) begtns Dec,
16« Winter term classes^ begin Jam'::'^li^3?i;Stu^eOi
returning to CCC are encouraged to register as soón as
possible,as it’ s anticipated thattheie will be mpre returning
students this term thannormal¿:CallexL2254:formOre
information.
The ASG-sponsored Family Night Movie takes place this
Friday, Dec. 4 at 4 pan. in the Fireside Lounge a fid at 7 p.m.
Strike €C: Mall. Don’t miss the heartwarming story of
“Pinocchio”
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A representative from the Oregon City Employment Divi
sion will be here every FridayfitotoÍ:^^|^^^^ÍÍ2j^!¡^
the Family Resource Center), Stop by or call 657-2971 and ¿
make an appointmenttoget jobrelated i«^o^jWinclwá||
ingemployers that are listed with the Employment Division
and State job listings.
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Students can volunteer to usher at one of the performances
of “Pen Don” on Dec. 3,4,5,11,12 and 13. An usher can see
the entire play for free. Call ext. 2356 or come by M-Í29 tó\
sign up. Student-directed one-act plays can be seen in the
McLoughlin Hall Theatre at lunchtime on Dec.«, 9 and 19
: (a different one-act each day) or see all three beginning at
7:30 p.m. on Thurs., Dec. 10. The admission is
:líppIirtt^O^^:^^^^n'Assoiááteid Student Goverumerit;
positions of EntertammentCoot^óatórand Promotió^ Dí-L ■
rector are stiU a vaitable m^
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deadline for turning in applications is Friday, Dec. 4 by .5
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A fiction reading will be held in the Gregory Forum Friday,
Dec, 11 at 12 p.m., Charlotte Watson Sherman, author of
Killing CoIOp. and Kathleen Alcala, author
to read excerpts
from their work. For more information, call ext, 238Í6T
2284,
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The Clackamas Print
Editors-in-Chief:
Melisfea Freels, Robert A. Hibberd
News Editor:
Feature Editor:
Nolan C. Kidwell
Heidi Branstator
Sports Editor:
Daphne Hartt
Photo Editor:
Vivian Johnson
Assistant Copy Editor:
Jason Eek
Wednesday,December2>1992
Copy Editor:
Tracy Hobbs
Business Managers:
Scott Morris, David VanKeuren
Staff Writers: Hafidha Acuay, Melissa Baughman, Anjanette Booth,
Eric Eatherton, Frank Jordan, Jeff Kemp, Tina McFarland, Tracey
Roozenboom, Staci Smith, Claudia Smulders, Nicole Turley, Paul
Valencia
Photographers: Teka Brown, Lynn Sickel
Adviser: Linda Vogt
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ering the college community. Opinions expressed in The Clackamas
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19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon- City, Oregon; 97045, Barlow 104.
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by Frank Jordan
Staff Writer
One of the most controver
sial issues on the Clackamas
campus in recent years may have
finally came to a climax.
The subject of smoking rights
and outdoor facilities has taken
another turn this term, and with
the urging of students, CCC has
offered some alternatives for stu
dents and staff desiring comfort
able, sheltered areas in which to
indulge in their habit.
A group of students, led by
Mike Morriss, turned in a peti
tion bearing over 400 signatures
to the Associated Student Gov
ernment in hopes of persuading
the CCC Board of Education to
reinstall the heat lamps and pic
nic tables to the Community
Center, McLoughlin and Barlow
Hall entrances. These tables and
lamps had been in place for two
years at those entrances, before
being removed prior to the be
ginning of Fall Term.
College President John Key
ser has been working on this
conflict since the beginning of
the entire smoking issue some
four years ago.
“This has been a long proc
ess, and we are trying to resolve it
in as quick and efficient way as
possible,” Keyser said. “This is
really one problem that we would
like to see go away, and we want
to come up with a reasonable
solution.”
The smoking controversy
started back in the spring of 1989,
when the CCC Board of Educa
tion first banned the sale of ciga
rettes and other tobacco products
in the bookstore. The following
week, the CCC President’s Coun
cil voted to ban smoking indoors
in all campus buildings, as re
ported in the May 31,1989 issue
of The Clackamas Print. That
ban took effect at the beginning
of Fall Term, 1989.
During the Fall Tom of 1989,
several protests and student votes
took ¡place. Twenty smokers
staged a sit-in in President Key
ser’s office in an attempt to change
the ban.
Later during that term, a
forum was held to give both sides
a chance to speak on the subject.
Both smokers and non-smokers
engaged in heated discussion on
the issue.
A student opinion vote was
held on the subject in order to get
feedback on the issue, and the
result was a wide distribution of
opinion.
Of the 434 votes cast, 40
percent favored changing the ban
to include an indoor smoking area,
30 percent favored continuing the
ban without change and 26 per
cent voted for continuing the ban
but upgrading outdoor smoking
facilities.
The poll was designed to give
administrators some idea on
whether to continue the ban or
overturn it. On Dec. 13, 1989,
the CCC Board voted unanimously
to continue the ban, with an at
tempt to make improvements in
outdoor smoking areas.
That spring, picnic tables
were placed at entrances of all
campus buildings, and heat lamps
were in place for the beginning of
Fall Term, 1990.
Back in the present, a group
of people, including Dean of
College Services Gary Dirrim,
Plant Services Supervisor Carol
Patterson, College Architect Rob
Barrintine, College Landscaper
Andy Rice, and ASG President
Amy Gaskell recently toured the
campus to look for adequate
sheltered areas in which to place
more outdoor furniture to be used
by smokers and non-smokers alike.
The group came up with
several areas in which to place
benches around buildings, all of
the places being covered, but away
from major entrances to campus
buildings.
“We tried to look for places
where people could be comfort
able, but would not infringe on
the rights of those who choose
not to smoke,” Dirrim explained.
“Given the rules that we had to
work with, I think we did a rea
sonable job.”
The biggest problem now
seems to be how to pay for the
additional furniture, and getting
students to accept the furnish
ings. Barrintine and Rice both
agreed that the college could use
some existing furniture, as well
as using the style of benches that
are already in place to help keep
the costs down.
“We did use some of the
natural features of the campus,
including trees and building sup
ports, in order to come up with
adequate facilities that should
please everyone, I hope,” said
Rice.
The long-range plan for the
college hopes to shift the center
of student activity away from the
courtyard in the middle of cam
pus toward the ampitheater be
tween Streeter Hall, Dye Learn
ing Center and the Gregory Fo
rum. Presently, on the north side
of the Gregory Forum, lie tables,
chairs and 14 heat lamps that
await student use.
President Keyser would like
to see that area used more often,
but he feels the majority of stu
dents are either not interested in
using the facility, or don ’ t want to
take the 45 seconds or so to walk
over there and sit in the heat.
“We hope that students are
at least supportive of what we are
trying to accomplish with this
issue. We are trying to push the
center of campus over toward the
new buildings and the heat lamps
and tables near the Gregory Fo
rum are in place and ready to be
used,” Keyser said. “We empa
thize with students who believe
that it is too far out of their way,
but we want them to give the
facility a chance.”
President’s Council met
yesterday to discuss the recom
mendations that ASG, Dirrim,
Rice, Barrintine, and Patterson
came up with, and the results
were not available at press time.
A full follow-up will be in next
week’s edition of The Clacka
mas Print.
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor,
I think it is time that gays, les
bians and bisexuals alike have a
place to go to get moral support and
to be with friends. The hardest part
of this club is to get people together
in one place at one time. Weneedto
know who you are so we can get in
touch with you. The best way to go
about this is to do it somewhat an
onymously.
If interested in going to meet
ings and being with friends, you
must first of all do at least one of
three things: 1) Call the faculty
advisor for the club, Connie McFar
land, at ext. 3112; 2) contact Norm,
Bemey, Student Activities Direc
tor, at ext. 2247; Or 3) contact a
counselor in CCC’s Counseling
Center. Meetings will probably not
be announced, so the only way of
getting in contact with you is for
you to get in contact with us.
Signed,
Anonymous Friend