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Opinio» ;
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Public Safety Supervisor J J).
Wiseman dispells some
common myths regarding
gang members in this month's
'On the Street'
Clackamas' Forensics team
received a second place award
at the Pacific Lutheran
Tournament last weekend.
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_____ Opinion
The campus library has
replaced the old card catalog
with the Dy nix computer
system.
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Clackamas' women's
basketball team picked up two
big league wins last week.
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Wednesday, January 26,1994
The Clackamas Print
Failure of Measure One causes minor cuts
by Michele Meyers
The Print Editorial Staff
The 1994-95 budget is facing
cuts because of the Ballot Mea­
sure One failure. Current costs are
projected to exceed $ 1.9millionper
year, so staff and administration
are coming together to solve this
financial crisis with the least
amount of cost to the academic
futures of Clackamas students.
David Dixon, assistant to
the president for College Advance­
ment, was concerned with the bud­
get cuts, but expressed that there
were some positive changes being
put into effect to make Clackamas
an even more efficient source of
education.
Some modifications be­
ing put to review could seriously
change the outlook on tuition waiv­
ers. For instance, eliminating all
gratis scholarships is on short-term
review. This means that all schol­
arships that are not in some way
service related, such as waivers
for forensics and journalism, may
be eliminated. Dixon said that
this may be taken to some degree
and those scholarships would be
awarded with more emphasis to­
ward service in library, media ser­
vices and registrar.
An important change
that could affect Clackamas is to
restrict or eliminate all athletic
programs. This is on long-term
review by the athletic director and
a committee. Dixon said that the
board supports athletics and will
look at the need to reduce coSts
instead. Part of the answer could
be to reduce the tuition waivers
awarded each year for athletics.
This idea is currently being dis­
cussed at a state-wide level for all
of Oregon.
All fees for use of com­
puters, credit challenges, GED
equivalencies and various other
services provided by the college
will increase slightly. Services pre­
viously provided at no charge will
now have fees rather than raising
tuition. Currently the tuition is at
College to reap benefits
of concession trailer
by Heidi Branstator
The Print Co-Editor-in-Chief
Clackamas Community
College, with the help of Hildreth
Food Services, recently purchased
a concession trailer for use at sport­
ing events, local fairs and various
campus events.
Clackamas signed a con­
tract last year with Hildreth with
the understanding that the con­
cession trailer would be purchased,
said Jim Jackson, head of the Ath­
letic Department.
Within a two-day period,
the staff had made the necessary
changes. They painted it, as well
as put in a beverage machine, grill
and heating tables. Jackson said
that it is almost two times bigger
than the one the college has used
in the past.
Clackamas purchased the
completed trailer from Hildreth for
$8,625. The booster club paid
$3,000, and over the next two
years, the difference will be paid
out of the profits.
In the first five months of owning this trailer
it brought in as much in commissions as it
usually does in one year.
In the past, the Athletic
Department has taken an older,
smaller concession trailer to the
Washington
County
and
Clackamas County Fairs in order
to help raise money for travel and
other athletic expenses, said Gary
Dirrim, dean of College Services.
Jackson said that these are the
only combined fund raisers for the
athletic department. The profits
are split evenly among each sport.
Joy Cavis, the owner of
Hildreth, was “very committed to
helping us,” Jackson said. She
spent a mojith looking for a trailer
that would fit the college’s needs.
She found one in Washington that
needed a lot of work, so she pur­
chased it and “put her staff on the
project,” he said.
The new trailer, which
was used this summer at both fairs,
makes working conditions easier,
Jackson said. There is a full size
reffigerator/freezer in the trailer
that allows many more food items
to be stored than the old trailer.
In the first five months of
owning this trailer it brought in as
much in commissions as it usually
does in one year, said Dirrim.
“We’ve never had a con­
cession trailer for our spring
sports,” said Jackson. The trailer
will be available for sporting events
and other campus events, such as
the Skills Contest Jackson said
that the Athletic Department will
be “open to other suggestions on
how to create revenue here on
campus.”
$30 per credit. Next year it will
increase to $32 per credit and the
corridorrange will be 14to 18cred-
its.
Another limitation of tu­
ition waivers is the possibility of
changing the Gold Card benefit to
50 percent or eliminating it alto­
gether. This would give the col­
lege a substantial net savings. Part
of this idea stems from the fact that
the 18- to 30-year-old students are
the ones who can least afford it and
need the education the most.
Cuts that directly affect
the staff and administration are
under consideration. One idea is
that staff raises should reflect the
average increase of income for
Oregon taxpayers. This will be
discussed next year when the sal­
ary contracts are up for negotia­
tion.
Another cut that many
instructors may not like is to cut
sabbaticals and administrative
leave. They will take a closer look
at travel and national conferences.
This idea is currently on short-term
review. Dixon said, though, that
the idea is a bit naive. “(Sabbati­
cals) are worth every penny. They
re-energize for teaching," Dixon
stated. Instructors need to stay
really good at what they do, he
said.
An idea accepted by in­
structors will be to pay for all the
breakfasts, lunches, coffees, so­
das, desserts for staff in-service
and meetings themselves.
Cuts that will affect ev­
eryone at Clackamas and future
students will be the limiting of
enrollment. Clackamas has been
aggressive in increasing enrollment
the past few years, Dixon said, and
continuing to increase enrollment
is just not practical.
“We have the same
amount of full-time staff as we had
in 1980, but a 40 percent increase
in students since that time."
Other ideas are to elimi­
nate some academic programs that
have low enrollments such as
Gerontology, Supervisory Train­
ing and Clerical Office Assistant.
Other colleges such as Portland
Community and Mount Hood
Community offer similar pro­
grams so the students will just
have to travel a little farther to
attend these classes. This will
create a more efficient system and
allows more money for improve­
ments and new programs.
Some ideas that were re­
jected that could possibly gener­
ate money for the college were re­
quiring students and staff to pay
for parking permits to cover the
cost of maintenance and security.
This idea was rejected due to the
hassle and the cost it would take
for the collection and enforcement
of the parking permits.
Use of the architectural
firm will still be used for small
projects such as remodels instead
of using our own Drafting Depart­
ment to design and draw new plans.