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Newell Brief compiled by Vicki Welch The Clackamas Print is now accepting submisssions of short fiction and poetry for publication in a future issue. Bring your sub missions to Barlow 104. The Literacy Council isseek- ing volunteer tutors to help stu dents with basic reading and/or math skills. No experience is nec essary. There is a nine-hour train ing program provided. Schedules for sessions are arranged by the tutor and student. For more infor mation, call Laurie Blakely at ext 2591z The College is hosting a busi ness seminar Dec. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4p.m. attheHarmonyCenter,Room H-107. The workshop will intro duce the steps needed to open a business. Instructor KeithMischke will discuss business licensing, per mits, tax requirements, hiring, de veloping a business plan and iden tifying your market. The cost is $25. For more information, calf 656-4447. Clackamas is hosting a holi day craft fair today and Thurs day in the Community Center Mall. The times are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and .9. a.m. to 4.p.m. Thurs^ day. Eighteen vendors will display a wide variety of crafts to choose from, including stained glass, wooden furniture and bowls, jew elry, silk flowers, stuffed animals, hand-knit items, ornaments, toys and more. There will be an In ternational Education Brown Bag talk Thurs day. Kay Davis will talk about her visit to Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia. Have you ever desired to broaden and enrich your life by making an international friend ship? Clackamas International Christian Fellowship would like to help you make an international friendship. CIQF club is forming to provide friendship-making skills. For more information, call David Doty at 266-9684. The Clackamas Community College Foundation has received a $4,000contribution from Blount/ Oregon Cutting Systems of Port land. The gift will be used to provide state-of-the-art instruction to students in the computer-aided manufacturing program. Blount helped the college’s manufactur ing department get its first nu merically-controlled cutting tool and personal computer to begin training students in CAM. For more information, call ext. 2402. ' The Oregon State Police is looking for people interested in 1994 summer work through their Cadet Program and is accepting applications through Dec. 31. The employment time is from mid-June through the first week of Septem ber. The starting salary is $7.83 per liourf I£mteffisi«i.. aB)liGar’ tions may be picked up : at aify .Oregon State Police office, Low income families and individuals in Clackamas County may begin signing up for gifts of food and toys for the holidays at the Clackamas County public li brary. Sign up began Nov. 3 and extends through Dec. 10. The Clackamas County Food and Toy Program is coordinated by the Clackamas Holiday Committee. THE CLACKAMAS PRINT Editors-in-Cbief- Jeff Kemp, Heidi Branstator (Ext. 2576) Feature Editor- Tina McFarland (Ext. 2577) Sports Editor- Justin Fields (Ext. 2577) Copy Editor- Paul Valencia (Ext. 2309) Photo Editor- Anjanette Booth (Ext. 2309) Co-Business Managers Michele Myers, Tyson Morrow (Ext. 2578) Staff Writers: Cathryn Belleau, Mike Bradley, Nate Clark, Eric Eatherton, Jason Eck, Garry Egan, Kate Gibbons, /Jennifer Gunst, Chris Haberman, Jason Hunter, Frank Jordan, Cori Kargel, Zach Krienheder, Chad Patteson, Michelle Shipman, Andrea Smith, Staci Smith, Nicole Turley, Maury Webber, Vicki Welch CCÇ ; É Secretary: Cheryl Willemse Advisor: Linda Vogt The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbi ased, professional manner. The opinions expressed in The Clackamas Print do not neces sarily reflect those of the student body, college administration, its faculty or The Print's advertis ers. The Clackamas Print is a weekly publication distributed every Wednesday except for fi nals week. The advertising rate is $4.50 per column inch. All letters to the editors will be considered for publication and must be sub mitted by 2 p.m. the Friday prior to the next issue. Clackamas Com munity College, 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon; 97045, Barlow 104. New program provides 'two-way conversation' for faculty and students by Maury Webber Staff Writer It’s not often that students and staff are provided a format in which to discuss ideas, concerns or problems in an open and informal manner. But the new College Con versations program offers just such a format to all members of the college community. The program resulted from an idea by Instructional Services and is now co-sponsored by the Associ ated Student Government The program was an im mediate success. At the first meet ing on Nov. 15, seven students and five staff, including College Presi dent John Keyser, attended. “It was a small group but then everybody got a chance to talk. It was a great exchange,” Keyser said. Dean of Students Dian Connett, who was also in attendance, agreed. Although it was what she had hoped for, she admitted it wasn’t what she had expected. “It was a wonderful sur prise,” Connett said. “It was an informal way for students to touch base with the faculty. It was really student time. “We had planned for Dr. Keyser to talk for about 20 minutes after everyone had introduced them selves and indicated why they were there, but during the introductions, each student brought up their per sonal concerns,” she continued. Keyser immediately bor rowed some paper and beg an to take notes, Connett added. Topics included public safety on campus, the revised com plaint process and new registration procedures. “In the end, 45 minutes had past before we got to Dr. Keyser,” Connett said. As aresultof the first meet ing, Connett’s secretary and pro gram coordinator, Becky Carnahan, has planned other meetings to dis- cuss specific topics. “At our next meeting, we’re going to focus on registration. Future topics will probably include possible tuition increases, annual registration and the club council,” Carnahan said. “We want this to be a ca sual and informal meeting,” Carnahan added, noting that talking with an instructor or even a college president can be very intimidating. “This is a two-way con versation,” she emphasized. The next meeting is atnoon today in CC-127 with staff members from the registration and counseling departments planning to attend. Any body interested in getting more in formation on upcoming meetings shoiddcontact Carnahan at ext 2205. “I hope this will continue because it’s great for the faculty as well as the students,” Keyser said. “We need to keep talking about con cerns and perceived problems and how to solve them.” New speech class offered Winter Term by Cathryn Belleau Staff Writer In an effort to increase intercultural communication, a new class that teaches the concept of com municating wiflrpeople of different, backgrounds is now being offered at Clackamas. Speech 115, Introduction to Intercultural Communication, is a class with a team approach being taught by two instructors, Molly Williams and Ellen Wolfson. The enrollment is 25 students, half of which are international students and the other half are American students. There are no prerequisites for the class. Williams has been teach ing at Clackamas since 1979 and is currently the coordinator of English as a second language and the Learn ing Center. She got her masters degree in ESL at Portland State Uni versity and also taught Introduction to Intercultural Communication there for five terms. Wolfson is the Interna tional Student Adviser at Clackamas and has been employed here for 13 years. She got her degree in social work from San Diego State and PSU. The class teaches cultural differences between people from various parts of the world along with people from different areas of the United States. One thing this class stresses is the realization of your oWn life and surroundings. “The key to intercommu nication is to understand your cul ture first,” Williams said. The students learn behav iors that are typical to their own culture so they can better understand the differences in the other cultures. By doing this they can better com municate with other cultures. The students do a “Cui- t • - * ;■ (No' purchase nessasary. Not valid with any other coupon,) J tural Simulation” where two people from different cultures interact and learn more about the other culture. This is to help relieve “culture shock.” During this course, students yillhave.jto kegp a journal, they will be given a midterm and will have a final paper to write in which they will have to contrast the cultural values of others to their own. They will also have to discuss what would happen if the values clashed. “This course gives the students an increased awareness of their culture, an awareness of value ALL FULL-TIME STUDENTS (12+hrs) are now eligible to join ClackamasFederal Credit Union, a non-profit financial cooperative. Some benefits: checking with no minimum balamce, no monthly fee, no per check charge, audio response and ATM's, new car loans from 6.5%, safe deposit boxes, family members eligible to join. Offices in Hilltop Oregon City and Milwaukie Expressway. Age 21 and under need to maintain a $5 savings, 22 and over need $ 100 savings. 270 Warner Milne Rd, O.C. 656-0671 and 4400 Int'l Way, Milw. 653-7788. Clackamas FCU welcomes CCC full-time students, and invites you to become differences, an increased sensitivity toward and an appreciation of cul tural differences, along with the abil ity to better deal with the intercultural misunderstandings,” Williams said. “it’s a chance to get to know people from different cultures.” Wolfson said that this course “raises the awareness of how we see ourselves. Also it enables us to understand that we live in a world that incorporates different cultures and to learn to place value on diver sity.” COHIRCT LENSES amember / owner. TVTg-' vir virry with CCC ID. Accept any competitors' coupons. (Not valid with any other coupon.) Great-Tasting Ore-Ida FRENCH FRIES Straight from the Oven*Hot air-No Oil!
