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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.”
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