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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. ..................... .. ■ <
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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.
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