Wednesday, Oct 26,1994
AT A GLANCE
Compiled by Cori Kargel
Copy Editor
v Chrysalis, a women’s writing
group, is looking for interested writers.
The group is open to female students and
staff of any experience level. For more
information, call Kate Gray at ext 2371.
"V A Student Depression Education
Group is now being held at CCC. The
class will run every Wednesday for four
weeks and will be in SI 10, from 3 to 4
p.m. For more information, contact Ellen
Wolfson in the Counseling Center at ext
2550.
■>/ An exhibit featuring the work of
paperclay artist Rosette Gault opens
from 7 to 9 p.m. today, in the Pauling
Gallery. The artist will speak at 6:30
p.m. in P102. The exhibit will run
through November. For more informa­
tion, call ext 2386.
"V Come to Authors’ Night in the Gre­
gory Forum tonight at 7. Various writ­
ers will read their works and answer
questions at this panel. For more infor­
mation, call Allen Widerburg at ext
2359.
V Make sure to check out the classes
offered by CCC at North Clackamas
Aquatic Park: Beginning Swimming,
Aquatic Exercise, Aquatic Fitness and
Lifeguard Training. For more informa­
tion, call ext 2291.
"V Proposed legislation on the Novem­
ber election ballot will be the topic for
open discussion at a public forum at
CCC. Sociology instructor Joe Uris will
mediate. Bring your questions and opin­
ions to the Gregory Forum Oct 31, from
noon to 1 p.m. For more information,
call ext 2453.
a / CCC’ s Small Business Development
Center is sponsoring a Going into Busi­
ness workshop discussing the essentials
of establishing a business. Instructor
Keith Mischke will discuss licensing,
perinits, tax requirements, hiring, devel­
oping a business plan and identifying a
market. Thé workshop will be at the
Harmony Center in H107 Oct. 29, from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $30. For more
information, call 656-4447.
"V CCC’s Community Recreation de­
partment is sponsoring an 8K Hallow­
een Road Run and a two-mile Hallow­
een Fun Walk. The run includes men’s
and women’s divisions for elementary
school through senior age level. The
entry fee is $5; a commemorative long-
sleeve T-shirt is available for an addi­
tional $7. The event will be Oct 30 at
11:30 a.m.; check-inis 11:15 a.m. at the
lower level of Randall Hall. Thepre-reg-
istration deadline is Oct 27 at 4 p.m. For
more information, call ext. 2211.
INSIDE
NEWS
Pages 2,4,5
FEATURE
Pages 3,6
CAMPUS LIFE
Page 7
SPORTS
Page 8
ASG, Lundy set goals for new year
by Tina Guinn
Editor-in-Chief
Associated Student Govern­
themseives.
ASG purchased slots at the
Camp Fire Child Care Center in
ment (ASG) is off to a positive
the Family Resource Center to
start this year with many goals
and projects already under way.
help ease the child-care load.
Those slots were split up to make
seven slots which were handed
out to seven of the 30 people who
ASG President Amy Lundy
said the main purpose of ASG this
year is to represent the students.
“We give a lot of representa­
tion for political issues that finan­
cially affect student access to edu­
cation,” Lundy said.
However, she said they do not
advocate one way or the other for
regular political issues.
Some of the ASG projects for
this year that fall under student
access to education are volunteer
programs and child-care.
According to Lundy, part of
the process ASG will go through
to attain their goals lies under the
heading “Students Helping Stu­
dents.”
“It provides opportunities for
career experience and personal
satisfaction with the volunteer
applied.
“There were 30 applicants
(for the child-care slots), which
is exciting since we only adver­
tised that for a week,” Lundy said.
“Hie college needs to recog­
nize there are needs out there, and
work to meet those needs,” she
said.
Another duty for ASG this
year is to provide campus events
that, according to Lundy, are “not
only entertainment, but offer di­
versity education as well.”
Aside from the goals Lundy
has for ASG, she has a few of her
own that she is working to achieve
this year.
“It seems like so many times
program,” Lundy said.
there are so many loose ends and
I’d like to see us (Student Gov­
Another program that Lundy
strongly advocates is the child­
ernment) become a strong and
put-together group,” she said.
care co-op. Through this pro­
gram, students meet weekly to
exchange phone numbers and co­
ordinate child-care amongst
“I want each person to be in­
dividually successful, to feel like
they have a personal stake in this
college. You work harder when
Photo by Jason Hunter
ASG President Amy Lundy and Vice President Rachel
Austen have been hard at work setting goals they alm to
attain this year.
you have that.
“I really urge students to get
involved. There are so many ways
to get involved on campus that
enrich your time here,” she said.
Lundy added that if students
or faculty had any questions, they
could see her in the ASG office
in the Community Center, or call
ext. 2247.
Depression: 'more than just the blues'
by Jeff Kemp
Editing & Design Editor
Are you feeling overwhelmed
with the current state of your life?
Do you wish all the pain you’re
feeling would just go away? You
could be suffering from more than
just the blues.
Clinical depression is a seri­
ous medical illness. Many people
have it; few know it. Most have a
feeling something is wrong, and
few can find a place to talk about
it. It is as much an illness as can­
cer or diabetes.
In the same way that lung
cancer afflicts the lungs, clinical
depression affects the brain. For
many people, the problems of
clinical depression go unnoticed
until they have suffered for a long
period of time.
On Oct. 6, the Counseling
department and the Clackamas
plained.
Wolfson estimates that one-
fourth of all women and one-tenth
of all men will suffer from seri­
ous depression in their life.
“People are now beginning to
come forward to say ‘something
is wrong with me’,” Wolfson said.
The screening which is uti­
lized nationally as an aid in iden­
tifying the afflicted, included an
lem. We want to let people know
that they’re not alone when it
comes to this issue,” Wolfson
said.
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screening was beneficial for all
who attended.
“We identified a lot of seri­
ous cases,” she said. “Things like
fatigue and sleeplessness are com­
mon factors. We saw some real
suicidal possibilities. There are
some people with some real ques­
tions about their mental stability.”
Wolfson claims there is a
problem with mental stability on
campus. And apparently there’s
a need for a place where these
people can congregate. That is
why Wolfson and fellow Counse­
lor Maggie Pederson have de­
signed group discussions on
Wednesdays from 3 to 4 p.m. in
Streeter Hall 110.
“It’s a process of education
that I hope begins here,” Wolfson
said. “If people are clinically de­
pressed, they need to be treated
with drugs. The problem doesn’t
heal itself.”
Obviously if you’re sick, at­
tending the group sessions isn’t
going to eliminate your troubles.
However, it will give you a place
to talk to others and provide you
with the information you need to
begin a healthy recovery.
“It’s important to let every­
one know that it’s not their fault,"
Wolfson reiterated.