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compiled by Hafidha Acuay
This term’s Authors’ Night features Earl Emerson, Vince Kohler
and Stephen Greenleaf, three writers of mystery fiction. They will
read from their books April 28 at 7 p.m. in the Gregory Forum. The
event is free, but a $2 donation will be appreciated in support of
the Friends of the Library, the non-profit organization that spon­
sors Authors’ Night. For further information, contact Allen Wid-
erburg at ext. 2359.
Registration is now open for the Fifth Annual Women's Week­
end, to be held April 30-May 2. The event includes workshops on
various topics, including women's friendships, poetry, overcom­
ing childhood trauma, art, music and dance. Cost of the event,
including food and lodging, is $120; register now!
Student Activities and ASG are promoting a CCC team to walk in
the March of Dimes’ “WalkAmerica.” Anyone interested in
joining the team or sponsoring a walker can contact Dotty at ext.
2562 or Debbie at ext. 2245, or in the Student Activities Office.
The Spring Term Red Cross Blood Drive will take place Friday
in the Community Center Mall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students,
staff and the general public are encouraged to donate blood if they
are able.
The Job Fair is Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Gregory Forum.
Participating employers include Lady Footlocker, Fred Meyer,
Safeway Distribution Center, Providence Milwaukie Hospital and
several temporary services, among others. The fair is open to CCC
students and the public. For more information, contact the Career
Center in CC-108.
The John Inskeep Environmental Learning Center will be offering
three tours during Spring Term. Participants will learn about the
natural history, geology, wildlife and economic development of
Mt. St. Helens, the Willamette River, or Central Oregon.
College credit is available for some students and teachers. The
events take place April 24, May 2, and May 14, respectively. For
more information, call the center at ext. 2351 Tuesday through
Saturday.
The Spring Term Focus on Women Issues Breakfast, April 21 at
7:30 a.m., is "Humor in the Workplace” and features nationally
known speaker and former CCC instructor, Carol Peterson. The
cost is $5.50 and includes a continental breakfast For more infor­
mation call ext. 2548, or register through the Registrar's Office.
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Workshops, music, dance,
art, fun, laughter!
Women's Weekend
April 30-May 2, 1993
$120 includes lodging and meals;
scholarships available. Register now!
The Clackamas Print
Editors-in-Chief:
Melissa Freels, Robert A. Hibberd
News Editor:
Feature Editor:
Nolan C. Kidwell
Heidi Branstator
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Sports Editor:
Copy Editors:
Daphne Hartt
Jason Eek, Paul Valencia
Photo Editor:
Business Manager:
Anjanette Booth
Scott Morris
Hafidha Acuay, Melissa Baughipan, Justin Fields,
Linda Gibson, Frank Jordan, Jeff Kemp, Brent King, Zach Krelnheder,
Daniel J. Mala, Tina McFarland, Tyson Morrow, Michele Myers, Tracey
Roo2enboom, Staci Smith, Claudia Smulders, Eric St. Anthony's,
Nicole Turley
Staff Writers:
Adviser: Linda Vogt
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Wednesday, April 14, 1993
Schedule circulation criticized
by Staci Smith
Staff Writer
The recent criticisms of the
cost of mailing schedules of classes
to all district residents has
prompted the college to set up a
task force to look at alternatives
to that procedure and to recom­
mend the most cost-efficient
method of circulating them.
The 1993 Spring Term sched­
ule of classes was delivered at a
cost of $6,912 for the school and
taxpayers.
The schedule is currently
delivered to 106,000 district
households and businesses, and
to approximately 175 distribu­
tion sites. Each distribution site
receives a few stacks of sched­
ules, and each stack contains a
few thousand copies.
According to Lisa Wilcox,
publications supervisor, “it costs
roughly 12 cents apiece to print
the schedules, and 6 or 7 cents
apiece to mail them.”
“This is the most cost-effi­
cient way to get the information
out,” Wilcox said.
“We have a responsibility to
every taxpayer in district to let
diem know what we’re doing here
at the college, and that’s what we
are doing by mailing these sched­
ules,” Wilcox said.
According to a Portland
Community College survey, 42
percent of the students said their
main source of information con­
cerning PCC comes from the
schedule. Word of mouth was
next at 16 percent, and finally,
according to the respondents, was
the media at 15 percent.
Clackamas is currently pay­
ing a market research company
$700 to research the last five years
of enrollment and to match that
to segments of carrier routes.
“This will enable us to mail
only to those segments with a
history of enrollment,” Wilcox
stated.
This would be made pos­
sible by the post office’s new
“zip code + 4” mailing system.
The “zip code+4” system would
allow the college to mail to only
certain sectors of carrier routes,
and each carrier route sector
contains between six and 15
homes, depending on the den­
sity.
“But even if we see that one
home in a 15-home sector has
enrolled within the past five years,
each home in the sector will re­
ceive a schedule,” Wilcox said.
The task force that will help
decide the fate of the mailing
procedure will be made up of a
small group of people represent­
ing the staff, student government
and the student body. Members
of the task force will make their
recommendations to the Presi­
dent’s Council as to which method
they find to be the most cost
efficient.
Wilcox plans to have the force
meet with focus groups, the stu­
dent community and the staff
members for their input.
“Along with the ‘zip code +
4’ mailing system as an alterna­
tive to district-wide mailing, the
group will be discussing creating
a mailing list, using distribution
sites more, setting up an informa­
tion telephone line and using cable
access as a means of getting in­
formation out to the taxpayers,”
Wilcox said.
“The results of the market
research company are expected
in early May, and when we re­
ceive that information, our first
task force meeting will take place
to discuss the results,” Wilcox
said.
“In the end, it is likely that
we will go to a more complex
system that will cost us more, but
we have to make sure that we
take a close look at all the alter­
natives,” Wilcox concluded.
Foundation seeks donations
by Tracey Roozenboom
Staff Writer
The Clackamas Community
College Foundation, a non-profit
volunteer organization that col­
lects money for scholarships and
grants, is asking for donations
from staff, residents and busi­
nesses for the 1993-94 school year.
Two types of grants the col­
lege seeks money for are; the
mini-grant and the student emer­
gency grant. The student emer­
gency grant is a maximum of
$200 and is for students who can’t
pay for school due to an emer­
gency, remarked Beverly Fulmore
of the CCC Foundation. “It is
strictly a one time only program
for their time at Clackamas.”
The mini-grant is open only
to the staff and is for innovative
programs in the classroom. Last
year, the Drafting Department
received software and a virtual
reality program from the Foun­
dation. “The college budget
doesn’tallowany room forbring­
ing new ideas into the classroom.
The budget is limited to staff,”
explained Fulmore on why the
funds are used for instructional
equipment.
The CCC Foundation also
requires money for scholarships.
As Foundation President Paul
Schultz stated in a recent news­
letter “tuition at CCC has gone
up 50 percent in the last five
years (due to federal and state
budget cuts). More and more
students are turning to the Foun­
dation as their lifeline to stay in
college.”
For the next school year,
Clackamas is offering 22 full and
partial scholarships for students
who plan on attending CCC. The
scholarships range from $100 to
$1200. Several scholarships are
geared for students registered in
specific majors but numerous
others are not. The deadline for
CCC Foundation Scholarships is
Friday at 5 p.m.
For more details about schol-
arships contact the Financial Aid
Office. If interested in making
contributions to the college call
the CCC Foundation at 657-6958,
ext. 2402.