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The Clackamas Print Page 2 Wednesday, Oct 19,1994 NEWS Time shows progress, still a 'long way to go' Michelle Shipman Staff Writer The tenth annual Oregon Multicultural Education Associa tion (OMEA) conference was hosted by Clackamas Community College on Oct. 14. The OMEA is a nonprofit organization formed to educate students, teachers and administra tors about multiculturalism. Its goals are to establish a statewide network for educators in the area of multicultural education, to in crease the understanding of the importance of multicultural edu cation in all Oregon communities, and to promote cooperation and facilitate communication among all groups in the community by providing a forum for the discus sion of multicultural education. At the beginning of the con ference, Dr. Dapo Sobomehin, president of the OMEA, talked about how alarmed he was about the new homicide statistics of young males, ages 14 to 18. “We have work to do. We photo by Josh Kehler President John Keyser speaks to faculty members at the Multicultural Seminar. have to take it (education) seri ously. There is too much anger out there,” Sobomehin stressed. He also was concerned about the low turnout at the conférence. “In the 10 years of this oiga- nization, turnout has never been so low. Now schools do not allo cate funds for this type of func tion," said Sobomehin. CCC President John Keyser spoke about developing a sense of community. He hopes the changes the college makes will reach all of the 30,000 students that attend Clackamas. Keyser talked about going to college dur ing the 60s, as well as the radical human rights groups. “We made a lot of progress during that time. Fundamentally, we still have a long way to go,” Keyser said. The keynote speaker was Dr. Patrick Burk, director for the Or egon Education Improvement Act Development, of Portland Public Schools. Burk spoke about rede signing the school system so all kids will succeed. “ We can no longer afford a system that lets 25 percent of high school students not graduate,” Burk said. During the all-day conference, mini-workshops were held on conflict resolution in a multicultural setting and helping students understand multi culturalism. The last group dis cussion was entitled: “What if you invite them to a party and they don’t come?” As part of the conference, a mural has been put up in the Com munity Center. Different nations for Justice and Peace, put to gether a 14 foot panel mural painted by 40 different artist The artists used traditional symbols, portraits and scenes to display their panel-to-panel message. Social Science Department begins tutoring program by Christi Snavely Staff Writer The Social Science Depart ment is launching the Master Stu dent Program, a new concept in tutoring. The program was designed as a supplement for all levels of stu dents in the social science courses, and it’s growing in popularity with both students and instruc tors. One of the program’s most appealing features is that it’s been designed with the sessions focus ing on each particular instructor’s class. “These are sequence courses taught by an instructor maybe two or three times in the same quar ter," said Eric Lewis, program director for the Master Student program. "For example, I’m teaching three sections of psychol ogy, 200 level, which gives me maybe 120 students. So, I have a tutor to work with all those 120 people who might want to come.” Each instructor has chosen a student who had the course in the past and did exceptionally well. This allows the tutors to work di rectly with the students, focusing on how each instructor teaches. “The person has taken the class before and they can say ‘I know exactly how you need to study for this instructor’ because the different instructors all may teach the same topic, but they teach it very different. And one tutor is not going to know the dif- ference between them, so there is a specific tutor for each of the in structors,” Lewis said. Lewis emphasized that any one on any grade level is encour aged to participate. “It can help students who are getting a ”B” and want an "A", Ike CCackawM Punt Stofi Editor-in-Chief: Tina Guinn (Ext. 2576) News Editor: Anjanette Booth (Ext. 2576) Feature Editor: Jocelyn Gauthier (Ext. 2577) Sports Editor: Jason Hunter (Ext. 2577) Photography Editor: Chad Patteson (Ext. 2578) Copy Editor: Cori Kargel (Ext. 2578) Business Manager: Zach Kreinheder (Ext. 2578) Editing and Design Editor: Jeff Kemp (Ext. 2578) those who have an A and want to continue to grow, as well as those who are getting poorer grades and want to get passing grades,” Lewis said. This is the program’s first year, which means there are still things to improve. “Any time there’s a new pro gram, there’s a lot of organization that goes along with it, and so right now we're coming up with a lot of these organizational prob lems. We need to try to find times, try to find people, try to get the mind set into students that this is a program on campus for them,” students and faculty can discuss the benefits of the sessions, the program should continue to grow. “More growth will occur when students get back their first exams,” Lewis said. “Start go ing before you get into trouble, or fail your first exam.” The program is beneficial in many ways. It will help develop better study habits and note-tak ing skills, as well as improve let ter grades. Lewis said as demand for the sessions increases, it may prompt other departments to instigate tu toring as well. /------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION ’ URBAN ART SHOW * URBAN ART SHOW THE CCC ART CENTER WILL BE DISPLAYING THE WORKS OF SAM CALLAS A 17 YR. OLD CLACKAMAS STUDENT. 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