Sculptures on
display around
campus
Cougars win
seven of eight
games
Check out the special
on Pages 6-7
Check it out on page 10
Wednesday, April 12, 2000
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon
• Tip
Volume XXXIII, Issue
19
Up, and Away
The dome of
the Haggart
Observatory is
now removed
and being
repaired
JASON LINGEL
Staff "Writer
The metal dome of the Haggart
Observatory was crane-lifted off its
perch and placed gently on the
ground last Wednesday to begin
the reconstruction of its platform
and replacement of rotting timbers.
Within the next two weeks, a vol
unteer crew will commence demoli
tion of the observatory deck and
timbers, to include the railing and
warming hut. After the demolition,
Portland General Electric (PGE) will
replace the rotted pole of the eight
holding up the super structure. The
new substructure, consisting of
most of the deck, will be rebuilt on
the ground and then hoisted to set
on the poles. Then, the rest of the
deck construction will be completed.
Asbestos found in the original
dome set construction back by two
A crowd of twenty watched last Wednesday as the dome of the Haggart Observatory was removed for repairs,
weeks.
‘Were back on track now,” com
mented John LeCavalier, director of
the John Inskeep Environmental
Learning Center (ELC).
The dome is expected to be re
turned to the top of the structure in
late May or early June, with the re
opening of the observatory late
June.
“We still need about $15,000
more to finish,” said LeCavalier.
There is also a volunteer work
ing party being organized. Contact
Karen Olsen at x2963 for informa
photos by timothy a . bell
tion on volunteering.
The ELC is asking students and
staff to be careful while traveling
through the ELC/Art Center area
due to the construction.
New building headlines up-coming bond measure
JOHNTHORBURN
Editor-in-Chief
Clackamas is hoping that a $47
million bond measure will pass next
month that will renovate most of the
buildings on campus as well as add
a new facility that will house the arts
and English departments.
The building, which would be lo
cated on the site of the existing soft-
ball field, is the centerpiece of the
college’s campaign to generate sup
port countywide.
Bond 2000, as its referred to by
the Associated Student Govern
ment [ASG], is the first measure sent
to voters by the college since 1988.
Its purpose is “to help ensure the
future of our community college,”
according to campaign literature
printed by the school.
“The college district has added
nearly 30,000 people, and popula
tion is projected to grow another
27% in the next ten years,” explains
the literature.
It’s no secret that enrollment has
skyrocketed at the college in the
past five years. Since 1994-95 school
year, total enrollment has grown
nearly 23 percent. During that time,
programs and staff have been
added making space even more lim
ited. Since the college’s last bond
measure was placed before the vot
ers in 1988, the school’s district has
grown by nearly 100,000.
Art and music departments ben
efit most
No department feels the need for
a new facility more than the art de
partment.
This award-winning department
has been making do with a 90-year
old building that was formerly the
Smuckers Jam juice bam.
Today, fire marshals won’t allow
welding stations formetai-smithing
and sculpture and ceramics stu
dents cannot have kilns.
The sculpture lab is a big closet.
Photography classes are unavail
able because there is no darkroom—
forcing students who hold an in
terest in such classes to attend Mt.
Hood Community College for its
darkroom facilities.
In the spring, the art instructors
and their students fight the hornets.
In the winter, when the heaters are
roaring, the instructors can’t be
heard above the noise.
The music department has been
waiting for a music building pro
posed in a feasibility study in 1978.
Many of today’s students weren’t
even bom yet.
See Bond, page 4