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Two opinions along with polls and quotes on the
so-called White House sex scandal. Read more
about it on Pages 4 and 5.
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Wednesday, January 28, 1998
Men’s Basketball
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BiUy Bright 20 pts
Robbie Nix 20 pts, 7 reb, 4 blk
Billy Townsend 12 pts, 14 rt>s
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Oregon City, Oregon
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Volume XXXI, Issue 10
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Latino students
receive new
$30,000 grant
Contributed Article
Courtesy Clackamas Community College Public Relations
Portland
State
University
Admissions
Counselor
Jill S.
Staffers
looks on
as
Clackamas
student
Samuel
Liebelt
fills out
forms for
more info
about
PSU.
This year’s College Transfer Day
lived up to the hype.
Clackamas students were given
the opportunity to meet with col
lege representatives Jan. 26. There
were spokespeople from colleges
around the Northwest giving stu
dents answers to their questions
about further schooling.
Tables were set up and organized
displaying college applications,
pamphlets, pencils, keychains, and
other miscellaneous college para
phernalia.
Joann Zum Brunnen, academic
assistant for the University of Or
egon, shared her thoughts on the
effectiveness of Clackamas’ college
transfer day.
“It gives Clackamas Community
students the option to see what’s out
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Denise Bean 21 pts, 7 reb, 6 st
College Trahsfet day:
questions, answers
LAURA ARMSTRONG
Staff Writer
Portland
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there statewide,” she said. “We’re here
to provide the students with choices.”
The three hours that college repre
sentatives were visiting was ample
time for them to meet Clackamas stu
dents interested in attending their re
spective schools. According to Zum
Brunnen, her table for UO had about
50 students stop by.
“We are giving a face to our school,”
said Zum Brunnen.
The student turnout for each
college’s booth varied but representa
tives were satisfied with the numbers.
Betsy Ellsworth, assistant dean of ad
mission for Reed College, said that she
had about eight Clackamas students
stop by and ask about the school.
Of course, on a community college cam
pus, financial aid is a prominent topic.
“Never let the price tag deter you
from a school,” encouraged Ellsworth.
“It might work out or it might not work
out, but at least you tried. The hard
thing about colleges is that you
can’t use blanket statements.”
The Army ROTC accompanied
the college representatives on cam
pus. Second Lieutenant Ward, a
Gold Bar Recruiter, advocated the
Army ROTC’s main goal to make
students aware that there are schol
arships available to them. The Army
ROTC bases its scholarships on a
student’s merits. They do not give
any attention to race, sex or creed.
Clackamas students who visited
the booths with a good idea of
which school they want to transfer
to now have more information to
help make their choice final. Oth
ers who are still looking were able
to gather important information
about colleges around the North
west. This information will help
students, many of whom are still
deciding where to transfer, to come
closer to making a choice.
The college received a $30,000 grant from the Oregon
Community Foundation for a collaborative plan among
Clackamas, Mt. Hood Community College and Portland
Community College to serve the educational needs of the
growing Latino Community with the es
tablishment of the Council of Latino
Educational Support.
“We are thrilled that the Oregon Com
munity Foundation funded this pro
posal,” Dian Connett, dean of instruc
• Grant designed
tional services, said. “This gives us an
to
meet needs of
opportunity to do a grassroots planning
effort with other educational providers, the Latino
social service agencies and businesses. community
We intend to itemize existing educa • Project is
tional resources and to identify gaps in designed to
service that will build a plan for future create an
successful action.”
educational
The three colleges work with the Or outreach and
egon Council for Hispanic Advance support program
ment and will incorporate the for high school
organization’s experience with the high students
school leadership program into the plan
ning. The project is expected to result
in the design of an educational outreach and support pro
gram. It would transition Latino youths from high school
to community college and then onward to a baccalaureate
degree program.
Ayde Manzano de York will be project coordinator. Her
background includes 16 years of teaching English as a Sec
ond Language. She has also taught Spanish at the high
school and community college level. She is completing
her master’s degree at Portland State University, where
she is researching reasons for high drop out rates Hispanic
youth.
The grant is possible through the James F. and Marion
L. Miller Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation.
The Oregon Community Foundation, established in
1973, manages charitable funds given by individuals, fami
lies and businesses to enhance and support the quality of
life in their community. Today, the Foundation’s endow
ment consists of 500 funds with combined assets of $200
million.
Tuition to rise by $1 per credit hour
JEREMY STALLWOOD
Staff Writer
Tuition will rise one dollar per credit hour begin
ning summer term, according to College President John
Keyser.
The one-dollar increase reflects the general cost of in
flation, said Liz Goulard, Dean of Instructional Services.
Tuition is “used as a means to transfer a portion of
the costs of education to the user,” according to an Ad
ministration Regulation report. “Tuition revenue is in
tended to cover the student share of the instructional
and facilities costs of normal classes taught in stan
dard classrooms. Tuition rates are established by the
Board of Education of Clackamas Community College
for all classes offered by the college.”
The report also explains that a general student fee,
$2 per credit hour, “provides the student’s share of the
cost for non-course related services available to the
general college community, such as athletics, technol
ogy, student government, and co-curricular pro
grams.”
Roxie Hobart explained how the $2 student fee is split
up among departments: 53% athletics, 31.7% Streeter
Lab, 8.7% ASG, 6.7% co-curricular and the extra cur
ricular fund (drama, forensics, music, etc.).
Other fees are charged to transfer some of the direct
costs of instruction and instructional support services
to students rather than raising tuition for all, accord
ing to the Administration and Regulation report. This
pays specifically for the benefits a student gets out of a
particular class, according to Hobart.
Hobart also explained that these other fees may not
be all used up at the end of the class and would go into
a “carryover” fund. This fund supports upgrades and
replacements in that specific department. The draft
ing department, according to a Fee Carryover Budget
June 30, 1997, totaled $155,753, which they used to
turn their manual lab into a computerized one.
“We are looking at fees,” said Goulard, “and require
departments to specify what their fees are for.”
“In the future, as more and more fees are added to
provide student services, hopefully the students will
know how these benefits apply to them,” said ASG
President Jacob Boenisch.