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6 NEWS The Clackamas Print Wednesday, November 1,1995 Drama class visits Family Resource Center Brad Zimmerman Staff Writer Fifteen to twenty “Acting I” students visited preschool classes for kids age three to five at the Camp Fire Community Child Care area located in the Family Resource Center on last Wednes day. The preschool teachers asked the drama class to entertain for a while, and the Acting I class said that they would, even though they had never done a community project before. The Head Teacher, Michelle Williams, thought the kids reacted well to the acting students’ ar rival. “Are you kidding? The kids are having a blast...it’s really un usual to see them so enamored,” said Williams. “The kids seem to enjoy it, and it’s a lot of fun for us,” said Jim Miller, an Acting I student. Miller started off their arrival with introductions and “Follow the Leader”. However, it took the kids a while to get used to a pirate and a merry band of Halloween oddities. “I think at first some of the costumes were intimidating, but now the kids seem to like them,” said Assistant Teacher, Gail Allen. GALAB involved in awareness Continued from page 3 become involved. “We support national gay, lesbian and bisexual issues, but we are really too small in atten dance right now to do anything,” Gray said. At a national level, the month of October has been designated Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual His tory Month (LGBH Month) and is part of the growing movement of gay pride and acceptance in America. The first LGBH Month was celebrated in 1994. It was en dorsed publicly by Governor Weicker of Connecticut, Governor Weld of Massachusetts and Mayor Menino of Boston. The first na tional conference for LGBH Month was held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in October of 1994. In 1995, the LGBH Month gained acceptance in Oregon with Governor John Kitzhaber pro claiming October 1995 as Lesbian and Gay History Month in Or egon. Kitzhaber also encouraged observance of the month among Oregon citizens. There has been progress in Oregon, considering all the anti- gay legislation that hit the state over the last few years. The OCA is planning to introduce a new anti-gay bill in the Fall 1996 elec tion. - With all the current national attention to gay rightsand the growing effects of national gay awareness, GALAB is trying to become involved. Fundraising helps finance German exchange program Lora Wahrgren Staff Writer The German Clul “Deutscher Verein” is doing an other fund raiser this year t< help support themselves for at exchange program with Ger man students. “The club is designed t( encourage the promotion o better understanding of th< Germanic cultures, mainly it Germany, Austria and Switzer land,” states Dick Stones, Ger man teacher and advisor of th( club. Because of the campus vis its and other correspondence: since March, a relationship hac been established between Clackamas Community Col lege and Berufsbildeneschulen 5 in Hanover, Germany. According to Stones, one term of school in Germany is equivalent to three years of col lege here at CCC. Most Ger man students are in vocational programs that offer in-school study for one day, coupled with on-the-job apprenticeship training for the remainder of the week. Since CCC offers program s i n m anufacturing, drafting, marketing, construc tion, auto mechanics, among others, “Their students are inter ested in spending time to ob serve our programs too.” says Stones. photo by Chad Patteson German exchange students attended several CCC classes comparing the educational programs to theirs. Helping make this exchange possible is Mr. Gerd Rodewald, a teacher from Hanover’s Otto- Brenner-School. Rodewald has visited CCC twice before and has had lengthy discussions over the exchange proposal. The efforts of Industrial Coordinating Depart ment Chairman Glenn Ferris, Jim Meiser and Dick Stones, who are all serving the International Edu cation Committee, as well as the efforts of the Deutscher Verein, are helping this dream become a reality for CCC. This December, Stones will be visiting Germany to work out details on the study programs and housing for CCC students. The new officers of the Deutscher Verein are: Presi dent, Angela Morgan, a second year German student; Vice President, Jacob Boenisch, a first year German student; and Secretary-Treasurer, Robert Peters a first year German stu dent. Currently, the club is sell ing raffle tickets for $ Ito win a $30 gift certificate for Gustav’s, a German restaurant. The drawing will be Dec. 1. If you have any questions about becoming involved with the German Club or purchas ing a raffle ticket, contact ad visor Dick Stones at ext. 2392. Norma Paulus speaks on education, the Senate and reelection Damon Fouts Contributing Writer “Community colleges are a godsend,” said Oregon Republi can senatorial candidate Norma Paulus to a audience of about 70 at CCC Oct. 20. “They have just superior in struction,” she added, “and it’s accessible and it’s much more economical.” The former Oregon state law- maker and Secretary of State spoke and took questions for more than an hour in Gregory Forum. CCC was one stop on a campaign to gain the seat vacated by former Oregon Senator Bob Packwood. Public education was a ma jor theme of Paulus’speech. “No matter how much it takes,” she said, “you have to have an ex tended education and you have to continually upgrade your'skills. The world you’re entering will demand it.” Currently Oregon Superin tendent of Public Instruction, Paulus cited global competition, technological innovation and the information explosion as reasons to pursue a college degree— a prerequisite for high wage, high- skill jobs, she said. Paulus covered a wide range of issues during her speech, in cluding the balanced budget plan Congress is trying to hammer out. “Everything has to be diminished in some way if we’re going to re duce the deficit-defense spend ing” included, she said. “The last session of Congress gave the Pen tagon more money than it asked for. Why is that? Because where those (defense contracts) are built means jobs.” Paulus said Congress could learn from Oregon on a number of issues. “Oregon had a balanced budget, term limits and a line item veto in the Constitution. Con gress needs the same thing.” If Senator, Paulus said she would try to protect two current tax deductions from deficit cut ting measures: deductions for charitable contributions, and mortgage deductions. “Home ownership is one of the most sta bilizing things you can have in society.” While she acknowledges that eliminating congressional perks would have little effect on the deficit, Paulus feels they should be curtailed. “It’s appalling to me that senators get paid thousands of dollars to make speeches. It corrupts the system. “Same thing with congres sional pensions. Congressional pensions are better than the country’s leading CEO’s have.” She also believes the practice of using publicly funded congres sional mailings for re-election ef forts rather than for information purposes should be discontinued. Paulus has always been pro choice, she said. And she believes affirmative action has been ben eficial. “I’ve never supported quotas. In Oregon, (affirmative action) has had a positive effect.” Regarding the hotly debated Endangered Species Act, “The act itself is not the problem.” Twenty years of court and regulatory chal lenges have changed the act, she said, adding that she hasn’t suffi ciently reviewed those changes. Paulus supports the fre quently endangered Oregon Health Plan. At the request of Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber she said, she joined a delegation in Washington DC trying to save the plan from congressional bud get cuts. Responding to a question from the audience, Paulus ex plained how 25 per cent of the Republicans can control the en tire Republican party in Oregon. “The ultra-conservatives (the 25 per cent) control the party because the moderates have been sitting on their hands.” A moderate on issues such as abortion, defense spending and affirmative action, she would prefer a more equitable balance within the party. As a familiar face in Oregon politics for many years, Paulus has developed a resume of public service which she related to the audience: —she was instrumental in getting vote-by-mail passed in Oregon; —she was nationally recog nized for her efforts to fight dis crimination regarding entry into schools, sports and, and ac cess to credit cards; , —she chaired Oregon’s first solid waste committee; —she sponsored the Willamette Greenway bill; —she fought to protect Willamette Valley farmland; —she supported various Or egon environmental bills and is sues. As superintendent of public instruction, Paulus noted she has tried to improve public education in Oregon. She implemented in Oregon the national Goals 2000 program, building coalitions be tween the business community and the state to improve student math science skills. She also sought to facilitate parent input to school boards through “site council” meetings between parents and faculty. “I care passionately about public education,” she said. “It’s uniquely American, and it’s what has fueled the democratic pro cess.” Yet the chance at higher pub lic education almost passed Paulus up. She was too poor to pay for it. But with the help of a Harding County district attorney, she got a job as a legal secretary to help pay her tuition. She ended up selling her car to stay in law school. Paulus met her husband while in law school. Eventually her husband borrowed money from an uncle so she could quit her job and concentrate full time on her studies. She believes she has served Oregon intelligently and success fully. And she believes there’s a reason for her success: “I had a pretty good brain, and I put it to use.” ©Buy me!! Office desk, metal with woodgrain top. $45. Bunk bed set, solid oak, heavy duty springs, some bedding. $99.95 special bargain. 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