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Wednesday, October 13, 1999
Rankin
controversy
continues
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon
Volume XXXIII, Issue II
Haggart Observatory in turmoil
ELC fund-raises at the Clackamas Town Center in order to fix CCC’s rotting observatory
JOHN THORBURN
Editor-in-Chief
ontroversy continues to
mount around last week’s
removal of Jennifer Rankin
as president of the Associated Stu
dent Government.
The issue is whether Rankin can
be disciplined under the rules out
lined in the Student Handbook (as
used by the administration in this
case), or whether she is protected
as an elected member of ASG un
der the student Constitution and
can be removed only by student
action.
According to the Student Hand
book, Rankin is entitled to a public
or private hearing to appeal the
action of her removal. After being
notified of the removal, Rankin had
five days to respond.
“Jennifer can appeal the action
of her removal through the hear
ing process,” said Dian Connett,
dean of student services. “She has
taken all the necessary steps for a
hearing to be held. Now I’m just
waiting to get the names of the com-
mittee members. Once I have that
The observatory was closed to the public more than one year ago due to rotting timbers.
list we’ 11 all get together and see if
we can find some common dates
and times, along with Jennifer’s
schedule, to set up the hearing.”
The hand-built telescope,
The student constitution sets
normally housed under the
out the removal of an elected ASG
aluminum dome at the ELC, will
be on display at the Clackamas
member by the students. When the
Town Center, on the lower level
removal of an elected member of
of Montgomery Wards.
ASG is initiated by a member of
C
ASG, a three-fourths approval of
the ASG is required. Impeachment
follows and requires a two-thirds
approval of the entire student
body. When a member of the stu
dent body initiates the process to
remove an elected ASG member,
100 signatures are first required on
a petition. The removal then re
quires an approval of two-thirds of
the votes cast by the student
body.
Dr. Dean Darris, a political sci
ence instructor and constitutional
scholar, wasn’t familiar with all of
the details in Rankin’s removal, but
commented on the removal of a
student-elected member of ASG.
“As an educational institution,
if we have a duty to all, we should
teach respect of the democratic
processes,” noted Darris. “I am
troubled as an educator and a po
litical scientist that we would not
want to instill among students a
deep respect for the outcome of
elections. We shouldn’t easily
overturn those.
“For example, if Jennifer has
See Controversy, pagò 3
SARAH WELCH / Clackamas Print
PHOTOS BY TIMOTHY A. BELL
Engineering estimates put the
cost of replacing the structure
at $72,000. Fund-raising
efforts have resulted in
pledges totaling $42,000, and
ELC supporters are fund-
raising all this month at the
Town Center to help raise the
remaining money needed.
See story in next
week's edition of
The Print for more
details
TIMOTHY A. BELL I Clackamas Print