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Check It Out Oregon City, Oregon Clackamas Community College Vol. XXVIII No. 15 Wednesday, March 8,1995 AT A GLANCE Compiled by Cori Karget Copy Editor “V Spring Term registration is here. Registration for returning students with appointments started March 6. New students with appointments can start registering Monday. Open reg istration starts March 15. Registra tion will be held until April 1. For more information, call ext. 2254. V Petitions for graduation are now being accepted at. the Registrar’s of fice and the Help Center. The gradu ation ceremony will be June 9. In formation on the ceremony will be sent out during Spring Term. For more information, call ext. 2254. "V The bookstore will resume book buy-backs during finals week, start ing Monday. For more information, call ext. 2248. V The North American Open Po etry Contest will be awarding a to tal of $24,000 in prizes to more than 250 poets. The contest is open to everyone. The deadline is March 31. For more information, call Pamela Roberts at (410) 356-2000. y Award-winning author Diana Abu-Jaber will be presenting a fic tion reading and discussion, spon sored by the CCC English Depart ment and Focus on Women. Come hear her share at 4 p.m., tomorrow, in Pauling 101. "V Help raise money for ASG Child Care Scholarships - get yourself some BBQ Ribs. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., today, at the Community Center, buy a small meal (one rib) for $2.75 or a large meal (two ribs) for $3.75. Meals will include baked beans, cole slaw, dinner roll, ribs and more. "V The Book Mart will be open from 9 a.m. io 5 p.m., March 13 to 17, 27 to 31, and April 3 to 5, in the Com munity Center. For more information, call ext. 2247. "V Come listen to the talented musi cal group “Motherlode” perform at 12:30 p.m., tomorrow, in the Skylight Dining Room. Everyone is invited to attend this concert of original mu sic. "V Music by Verdi, Kabalevsky and Beethoven will be featured at a per formance of the Willamette Falls Symphony. The performance is sponsored by Oregon City Commu nity Schools, with grant support from the Metropolitan Arts Commission. Come be exposed to culture at 2 p.m., Sunday, in the Barclay Auditorium, 817 12th St. in Oregon City. Adults are $5, seniors are $3, students are $2. Season tickets are $12. INDEX NEWS Pages 1, 2 & 3 OPINION Pages 3 & 4 FEATURES Pages 5 & 6 SPORTS Pages 7 & 8 Students, politicians lobby for grant by Viet Nguyen ASG Legislative Director On Feb. 23, more than 300 students from all four public uni versities and 16 community col leges in Oregon gathered in Sa lem to voice their opinions regard ing the distribution of the Oregon Need Grant and the community college base budget. The morning began at Mis sion Mills Museum where Rob Nosse, Oregon Student Lobby (OSL) executive director, OSL Legislative Director Jane Lesser and Dia Leavenworth from the Community Colleges of Oregon Student Associations and Com missions (CCOSAC), gave pre sentations to students on “How To” present yourself when meet ing with legislators. At 1:30 p.m., students and supporters gathered on the steps of the state Capitol for a kick-off rally to let legislators know the students were there and wanted to be heard. Ed Dennis, OSL field direc tor, was the master of ceremonies for the afternoon. The list of speakers for the rally included Sen. Lenn Hannon, (R)-Ashland, Rep. Cynthia Wooten, (D)-Eu'- gene, April Waddy, Oregon State University associated president and Jason Rackley, Lane Commu nity College associated student president. Sen. Hannon and Rep. Wooten encouraged the students and gave short speeches on how much they agreed with OSL and CCOSAC’s plans to equal ize the Need Grant. They assured the stu dents that they were influenc ing their fellow legislators to do the same. Waddy spoke on the power of the student voice. If stu dents make the time to talk with legisla Photo contributed by Viet Nguyen tors, they will ASG Legislative Director Viet Nguyen traveled to Salem to rally for be listened to. reversal of the Oregon Need Grant decision. Rackley humored the crowd, ending his Adams, (R). All the legislators we CCOSAC. As far as what will speech chanting, “2,4, 6, 8. WE met with were undecided on need happen with the Oregon Need WILL NEVER GRADUATE,” grant issues. Grant, Leavenworth, Lesser and meaning, if we don’t get the We didn’t expect any of our Nosse will go to the house floor money distributed equally, stu legislators to give us a “yes” or and lobby to get a budget note, dents won’t be abie to attend “no” answer. The purpose of the rather than a law. The reason for school, which adds up to no de trip was to inform them of House the budget note is because the is gree. Bill 5030, which is what the Or sue can be passed easier, and once At 2 p.m., it was time to meet egon Need Grant falls under. changed, no legislator will be able with legislators. ASG Senators Hopefully, lawmakers were made to change the note. This lobby Jennifer Butler, Mike Caudle, more aware, due to the voice of will not occur until the State Cheryl Corrie, Guy Crooks, Ben students at the state capitol. Scholarship Commission gets Rickard and Shane Riedman and What’s upcoming? OSL and their appointment to speak on the myself represented Clackamas CCOSAC will have representa house floor in mid-March. Community College in Salem. tives going to Washington D.C. If you would like more infor We met with Senator Bill March 17 to fight at the federal mation or want to get involved, Kennemer, (R)-Milwaukie, Rep level. Also on March 17, U.S. please stop by the Student Gov resentatives Jerry Grisham, (R), Rep. Ron Wyden, (D)-Oregon ernment Office (CC140) or call Lynn Snodgrass, (R) and Ron will be talking with OSL and me (Viet Nguyen) at ext. 2247. ff 1^ 1 Students to be honored for academics by Anjanette Booth News Editor Oregon Community Colleges Student Scholars All-State Team Recognition is to be given to CCC students Bridget Kinsey and Kevin Haines at the governor’s luncheon tomor row. Two honor students from each of the state’s 16 com munity colleges are selected to receive this award each year. Student scholars are also candidates for the All-USA Academic Team for community and junior col leges. The team is sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa, the American Association of Colleges and USA Today. Kinsey, a 3.9 GPA student, is an active member of Phi Theta Kappa, an honors student and a tutor in sociology. Her plans for the future include attending Lewis and Clark College or Portland State University, with the goal of teaching sociology with an em phasis on jus tice and social inquiry. Kinsey was nomi nated for the All-USA Aca demic team by CCC English Instructor Kate Gray. “From my experience as advisor of Phi Theta Kappa, with her serving as vice-president, I recognize in Bridget an innate curiosity, a commitment to the rigorous pursuit of learning and a compassion toward others that informs her actions. She has in tegrity, empathy and intellect. These qualities are those of a real scholar,” Gray said, according to the CCC News Bulletin. Haines, a 3.74 GPA student, received CCC’s top financial award, the James Streeter Memo rial Scholar ship. Haines also works as a peer tutor in chemistry, mathematics and political science. A doctoral degree in po litical theory is in Haine’s fu ture plans. Working on the Nez Perce and Umatilla Indian Reservation and membership on the Civil Rights Committee of Portland’s Metropolitan Human Rights Commission are just two activi ties included in Haines extensive community service record. Haines was nominated for the All-USA Academic Team by Dean Darris, CCC political sci ence instructor. “In my five-plus years of teaching, I have never encoun tered a person with a sharper mind or more sincere heart than Kevin. His analytic skills are matched only by his desire to do well for oth ers,” Darris said, according to the CCC News Bulletin. Student schol ars around the nation, including Kinsey and Haines, will be com peting for cash awards, national press recognition and attendance at an annual convention in Min neapolis.
