Wednesday, February 24, 1993
The Clackamas Print
Vol. XXVI No. IS
_____________________ ___________ Clackamas Community College_____________________________ Oregon City, Oregon
INSIDE
Clackamas career specialist
nominated for national award
Career Development Special­
ist Gail Laferriere is a nominee
for the Practitioner of the Y ear
Award. She was nominated
by the Oregon Career Devel­
opment Association. Laferri­
ere is competing with 49 other
people who are nominated for
the award. "It makes me feel
good that they picked me out
of all the people they could've
chosen," she commented.
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Academic progress may be required for registration
by Frank Jordan
StaffWriter
Clackamas Community Col­
lege and its Counseling and Fi­
nancial Aid Departments are at­
tempting to bring a policy of
Satisfactory Academic Progress
on-line for all students,
As of the present time, stu­
dents drawing some sort of aid
from the college, whether that
aid is from, the federal govern­
ment or from the state, need to
show some sort of progress to­
ward a degree or a certificate of
completion. The college would
like to round out this policy by
having it apply to all students,
whether they are receiving aid or
not.
Currently, students receiv­
ing aid need to meet certain class
load requirements and maintain
a certain GPA in order to keep
receiving aid. However, the col­
lege has no policy for those stu­
dents not receiving aid.
“As class sizes increase, and
money that the college receives
from the state decreases, we need
to have some sort of policy that
allows the college the option to
help those who really need it,”
says Kathy Scheer, director of
financial aid ait CCC. “We are
now in the process of coming up
with that policy to apply to all
students, regardless of whether
or not they receive some sort of
aid.”
The proposed standards of
this new policy of academic prog­
ress are'as follows: 1) the stu­
dent must complete at least 50
percent of the enrolled hours,
not including hours dropped by
the official drop date, and 2) a
cumulative GPA of 2.0 or greater.
Failure to meet either standard
will place the student on proba­
tion status.
This policy will apply to all
students who register for six or
more credits in a term with an
intent to work toward a certifi­
cate or degree and students who
receive veterans’ or financial aid.
Those students who would
find themselves on a probation
status would be notified of their
status at the end of the term.
Students who complete 50 per­
cent of their courses and achieve
a term GPA of 2.0 or greater
during a probationary term, but
have a cumulative GPA of less
than 2.0, may enroll for a second
probationary term.
Students who fail to com­
plete 50 percent of their courses
and achieve a term GPA of 2.0 or
greater during a probationary term
will be prohibited from register­
ing for college credit classes for
three consecutive terms. Stu­
dents allowed to register after the
three-term restriction and who
still fail to meet the minimum re­
quirements will not be allowed to
register for college credit classes.
They again must wait three terms
before trying again to register.
There is a committee of staff
and students from various col­
lege departments working on the
draft of this plan. Their recom­
mendations will be presented at
toe upcoming Board of Educa­
tion meeting. Any student opin­
ions or complaints regarding this
issue may be directed toward
Associated Student Government
President Shauna Barnett or any
other ASG officer located in the
Student Activities Office in toe
Community Center. ASG would
like to hear from students regard­
ing this issue.
The gangs are here''
Forum focuses on Oregon’s increased gang activity
18 influential people honored
on CCC's fountain
fey Daphne Marti
Three former gang mem-
The courtyard fountain, which
is nearly finished, exhibits
bronze masks of 18 historical 1 y
significant people. The fig­
ures represent a variety of
subjects, ranging from science
to music.
ate spoke about: their personal
at a studcmdeadershipfpruihi:
County”, in toe CCMali TTjms-'
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The two-hour forum in­
cluded panel members, John
Stei^^.piegpH ¿State/Ppiiice:
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ney Cbok^ehmr cf Clackamas
CountyGang Task Fórce and
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rriéinèè^fàrid'tìto four youths/ Dick Steine, an Oregon State; Police detective, and head of the State Youth Gang Strike
aged M, 15, H
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Force, speaks at a student leadership forum. The forum, held last Thursday, was titled,
: z\;<^^k^^.^udeni'ieaci^;: "Gang ftctivityin Ctockamas.Óàunty^
menteweneededtohave acrile- Jihad
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Sports
Cougars hold top spot
With an overall 26-2 record
and 13-1 in league action, die
men's basketball team holds
the number one spot in the
Southern Division of the
NWAACC, automatically plac­
ing them in the tournament, to
be held in Washington.
relations, arid
coordinator of
^jjB^^tivities;<^anii^the::
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riaofwhai a gang was. We needed '{reveal^agi^lncrcase in gang
Ww^a..1992. .. .beare at^W&jates in Oregi&i U
peels and characteristics of gang f - S^ne'indicated that thefpree. LCOUldbeavbry diffimrifjbb to
members and affiliates were, so fc'Taamly sticking tostmetgaags? Iteep
of
wefrastoaliy. aditoted the: saw j but Cook said that toast people
criteria thac£ahfornto: uses,” j only
of tite Crips orBloods.
Steine said.
system called LEDSfLaw En­
' According to Steine, the | had orignated to lös Angeles, forcement Data System^
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3 Jaödite well. J’ • ; ;■ " / :
■ gang coritaete tittdnghtriit Ore­
Steines^tomtheslze of gon, theyare.able toestimate
The number of active gang members in
4 titoPoitiand gangs to toe LA gangs how mariy gang members there
Oregon has increased from 313 in 1988 J are1 much smaller, hut operate on ’ are
in toe state, f \
,
O^Bc^ding' to another re-
to 2*803 In 199Z
t much the same basis.. ?
about thè growing problem of
youth gangs,
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■ y” The forum was presented in
injunction with the Ciackantas
County Regional plaits Camper
fition,
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Mindy Brown, coordinator
second annu^ forum/ <
• ' ”Itis very obvious that gang
mcr^sirig, especially
im Clackama^ arid Multnomah"
counties,” Steine said.
The force, which operates
on a statewide basis, began gang
enforcement in 1.91B,.
•. "Beforewestartedeniwce-.
Contrary to popular belief, it
isn&juriM
forciihastwopih^^
referred toasthe“hood* that has
W enforcement of drugs®*#: ? > ^biénit wife gang violence any­
weaponsotmiddfeand:upper: more.'/,' : i • j. ’ ’ -J
level
gathering from gaatgeonm^,>4 tori,.wipch'hats a/popuiation of
■' \X 1992 gang-anest:repbrt/ ¿tout 1500, there is gang activ­
front! the force showed that mJ ity,” Steine saids'
Washington County ¿one, po-; ../ : ■ Whiie:impst of toe media
jibeofficers
IW iahOl usually portrays black, gangs,
iated arrests com|wxl ip iej. mosOy the CfipsandBlodds,toe:
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chided tofitoria^^^
RedC^thsaioafewrif thegroyv*
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port released by the force, the
dumber of active gang mem*
bers in Oregon has increased
from 313toT988 to2,803 m
1992.
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' te^andCocfcbf^^teed.
that many people are JStill in
dental of a gaag problem,
tot of people are saying 'The
gangs ate coming, the gangs
are coming’. My message to
toeeommani^^Rtegangsrite
S teine said. '’ -