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b WEdNEsdAy, J anuary 26, 2000 News TI h E ClACkAMAS P rìnt McLoughlin elevator reopens after 9 months After six weeks of drilling and repairs students and staff can return to their regulary scheduled classrooms DIANA SCRIVNER Associate News Editor Tired of carrying your heavy bags up the stairs in McLoughlin Hall? The eleva tor is now up and running, af ter closing for repairs nearly nine months ago. Many problems were caused by the loss of the elevator: dis abled students and staff were unable to get to the classrooms and offices on the second floor of the building; the theater de partment and bookstore were unable to retrieve big items from the storage rooms in the basement; and office supplies had to be taken up the stairs to the offices. But these problems should be over now that the el evator is repaired. While attempting to repair the elevator last summer, an un derground stream was discov ered, according to Kirk Pearson, director of plant ser vices. This water was corrod ing the hydraulic jack, the mechanism that controls the movement of the elevator. Nearly six weeks ago drilling began to place a protective sleeve into the elevator shaft to protect the hydraulic jack from corrosion. The drilling was quite a process as the company had to erect a drill rig into the elevator shaft, then drill in the confined space. This took approximately four weeks according to Pearson. After the drilling was com plete the Millar Elevator Ser vice Company was able to place the cylinder into the elevator. This process took about two weeks; however it is. now se cure and ready for use. The Millar Elevator Service Com pany termed this type of work a 100 year repair. “There’s a steel casing that has a plate welded at the bot tom. Inside that you’ve got a plastic liner, and inside of that you’ve got your elevator jack," SALENA DE LA CRUZ I Clackamas Print The McLoughlin elevator, which has been closed since April 1999, reopened last week. Drilling was needed to place a protective cylinder around the hydraulic jack in order to prevent corrosion. explained Pearson, of the new cylinder. "So the water that is down there is going to have to work hard to get in there.” With the elevator up and run ning, classes can meet in their regularly-scheduled rooms and students can feel free to take a break from carrying books up and down the stairs by riding in the elevator for a change. Budget cuts reduce Public Safety officers; not expected to impact their performance KARLKATZKE Dexheimer. Public Safety’s role on campus is primarily addressing crimes that Clackamas Public Safety forces happen on campus. have been reduced in recent years “We enforce parking regula due to campus tions, we handle budget restric lost and found tions, but the re property... ductions are not thefts... and car If you have ah expected to im break-ins,” said emergency, call pact performance. Dexheimer. Still, students Public Safety’s 911, then call and staff are en staffing policies Public Safety. couraged to call are being emergency ser changed to re Larry Dexheimer vices before they flect this role. Chief of Public Safetly inform Public "I think in the Safety of the cri future what we’ll sis. be hiring rather “If you have an emergency, call than armed officers will be secu 9-1 -1, then call Public Safety,” said rity-type officers, that is, one with Chief of Public Safety Larry out a weapon, but they have the Business Manager state mandated training for secu rity training, that kind of thing,” said Dexheimer. Graveyard shift Public Safety patrols have been eliminated, also due to budgetary constraints. “We’re in discussions now with Oregon City Police Department... they keep an eye on the place at night,” said Dean of Student Ser vices Peter Angstadt. So far, no change has been no ticed by students or staff members who use Public Safety’s services on a regular basis. Roni Wilhelm works the late shift in the Help Center, and says that she hasn’t noticed any difference in safety. “I always call [Public Safety] and have them walk me out... but I don’t have any problem feeling safe,” said Wilhelm. Fire and rescue responds again JOHN THORBURN I Clackamas Print In a second incident within a week, Oregon City Emergency personnel responded last Friday when a Clackamas student who had a medical history of heart problems complained of shortness of breath. The student, whose identity was withheld, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital as a precaution, and later released. Only a week before, 911 was called and emergency vehicles responded when student Brian Trapp collapsed and later died in the Barlow parking lot. Formore about Brian Trapp, see page 8. College to be on the air Nash Carey and others from Clackamas' new radio broadcasting class discuss their new radio station which will be broadcast over television on TCI cable channel S3. Dedicated to equipping students for careers in radio broadcasting, the station will be organized, designed and run by students of the new radio broadcasting class now offered at Clackamas. Students will learn the fundamentals of radio, radio news style, media relations and other valuable information.
