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News The Clackamas Print Wednesday, May 22,1996 ^7 Outbreak of car stereo thefts endangers parking lot safety Paul Ulmen Photo Editor Several expensive car stereos were taken from vehicles in park ing lots here on campus last week. On May 13, three stereos were taken within an hour and a half and two were taken last Fri day. Public Safety Officer Lieu tenant Dexheimer said “It’s hard to say if it’s a gang or just one person. They’re going after qual ity stereos, like Clarion and Blaupunkt, they’re not taking junk. The wires aren’t cut, they’re unplugged; It’s very profession ally done.” “They’ve been going after pickups mostly. Smash out a win dow and take the stereo unit. Added up, over $2,700 worth (have been) taken in four break- ins alone,” he said. Dexheimer mentioned one student had around a $1300- $1400 unit mounted in a box be hind the seat. They simply re moved the entire box after smash ing the window. “They’re brazen as hell. It’s a busy time of day on a Monday when a lot of students are around. Smashing a window makes a lot of noise. They’re either brazen or nuts,” he said. According to Dexheimer, a call came in last Friday about 2:15 p.m. concerning another break-in in the front parking lot by the Community Center. This time rather than smash a window, the lock had been taken off the door. An Alpine stereo unit worth about $400 was taken from the 1984 Corolla belonging to Student Ryan Andersen. The component had a detachable face, but the face was left on. The detachable face, which is designed to deter theft, was left on most of the units taken. These types of units also have identifi cation numbers which helps in retrieving lost or stolen equip ment. Most of the students did not know the identification number for their stolen stereo. “Someone pays $300 to $400 for a unit, it’s taken and sold for $50 to $75, probably to a pawn shop or to a friend,” he said. Dexheimer keeps in touch with the Portland Police Crime Unit that checks out various pawn shops. If they see something that looks suspicious, they can check the i.d. number. “Without a num ber though, it’s virtually gone,” he added. “Some of the students’ moth ers are mad and have called and complained, saying we’re not do ing our job. It’s kind of frustrat ing. With one person you can’t be everywhere at once. You can’t stop and check out every person that’s sitting in a car. Some stu dents are studying or sleeping or socializing with friends. If I checked out every car with some one in it, I’d spend a lot of time in just one parking lot,” said Dexheimer. Stereos with detachable faces should be removed and taken with the owner or locked in the trunk. Record the stereo’s identification number and keep it some place where it will be handy in case there is a theft. PTK holds recognition, awards banquet Laney Fouse Copy Editor The Alpha Xi Zeta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa held its recogni tion and awards banquet on Monday evening. Family and friends gathered to celebrate the achievements of chap ter members during the past year. Outgoing President Rosemary Jane shared the club’s awards earned at the International conference held in Washington, D.C. last month, as well as those awarded during the Regional conference ear lier this month in the Dalles, Ore. Several members were recognized for their help with the club’s “fun’raising” efforts and for volunteer work and service to the com munity. ..................... .. ■ < ----- See next week’s Print for a feature article on the newly installed Phi Theta Kappa officers. Photo by Laney Fouse Denise Monte accepts the Personal Hallmark Award from Club President Rosemary Jane. Positive feedback encourages change REPORT from page 1 “I think that’s a very good to work on things,” said Keyser. recommendation. There are a “The recommendations will help variety of thoughts that are being considered for achieving that us become a better college.” Keyser gave specific com purpose,” said Keyser. ment regarding Clackamas’ plan Standard V - Educational Pro to address each of the following gram and Its Effectiveness - Policy 25 - Educational Assess recommendations. Standard III - Physical Plant, ment “The college should continue Materials and Equipment “Clackamas Community to participate actively in outcomes College has an updated and well assessment, locally and at the formulated Facilities Master Plan state level, to improve the quality which identifies future projects, of follow-up data available beyond the timeframe of priority through baccalaureate grade and employment projects. It is recommended that . records Clackamas Community College records.” “The college should continue consider ways and means to implement those future projects its ongoing efforts to increase the which concern programs cur relevance and congruence of as rently in serious need of adequate sessment information gathered at and appropriate physical facili the individual program-level and ties and space, such as art and at the institutional research level in an effort to better determine the music.” The college has already been effects of educational programs upon students.” working on a plan for this. Keyser agrees that this is an “That’s the high priority in our faculties master plan.We area that could benefit from some know we need to address that and improvement. “We can do a better job in we’ll be addressing it over the next couple of years,” said Keyser. terms of tracking our students af Standard IV - Library and In ter they graduate,” said Keyser. Standard XII - Instructional formation Resources “The Library, in collabora Staff - Policy 26 - Faculty Evalu tion with the teaching faculty, is ation “It is recommended that the encouraged to develop and imple ment a plan to increase student College review the faculty evalu utilization of its print and elec ation process and develop crite ria that specifically address the tronic resources.” This is another area that effectiveness of faculty as teach could benefit from some attention. ers; also, that establish guidelines that are more explicit about the required frequency of student evaluations.” This is a recommendation that is being considered. Right now the college is in compliance of this standard, but Keyser agrees that it is an area that could use some improvement. Standard VIII - Administration “It is recommended that CCC start thinking strategically about dealing with staff turnover, espe cially in light of predictions from the Director of Human Resources that 45% of faculty and adminis tration are or will be eligible to retire within the next five years. Replacement strategies should maintain the momentum and cul ture of the institution, while meet ing affirmative action goals.” It is realized that there will be high turnover of faculty and administration in the next five years and the college is working on finding the best ways to solve the situation. Standard IX * Students “The faculty advising pro gram needs to receive special at tention. The once successful ad vising committee should be re-es tablished with accountability for progress, training for participants, and coordination with student ser vices.” This is an issue the college recognizes and is working on improving. “We had already re-estab- lished an advising committee so they are already working on that,” said Keyser. The draft report also included a rare closing statement. “A closing statement is a little unusual. They usually don’t do this, but I think they felt that it was such a positive college en vironment that they wanted to make special note of that in a closing statement,” said Keyser. One particularly impressive comment included in the closing statement is, “Members of the Evaluation committee agree that Clackamas Community College comes as close as we have ever found to modeling this ideal defi nition of the community college as a community of learners.” “I think it (closing statement) shows that there are so many people that are trying to make a better college. It’s been a great team effort to put it together and this shows the great team effort has gone into making the college what it is,” said Keyser. ‘Mini grants’ allow for creation of programs Brad Zimmerman Assistant Feature Editor The Clackamas Com munity College Foundàtion awarded 11 “mini-grants” to CCC staff for projects in 1996-97. The total amount awarded through the grants was $23,097. The “mini-grants” lend financial support to innova tive projects for which tradi tional college resources are not available. The following projects were funded for 1996-97: Music Department, for “Just Jazz with Ed Beach.” Communications and Theatre Arts, Tom McCall Forensics Tournament. Athletic Department, Hall of Fame construction. Art Department, Out door sculpture show. Drafting Department, developing a 3D-rendered animation on interactive CD- ROM’s. Math Department, pro ducing a model for tracking student progress. Drafting Department, establishing World Wide Web access for development of a comprehensive elec tronic distance learning pro gram. Engineering and Life & Physical Science, equipment for cooperative multimedia production and presentation to enhance delivery of com plex instructional materials Continuing Education, purchasing an “assistive lis tening system” for the hear ing impaired. Manufacturing Depart ment, purchasing materials and supplies for construction of backhoe and sprayer. Business Opportunity Minimum investment, phenomenal return. 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