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WEdNEsdAy, ApRil 12, 2000
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Bond: Could change the face of athletic fields
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creative arts departments and their
learning and performance facilities
under one roof. This will allow pro
grams and productions to be inte
grated—with involvement by all
the departments and room for the
community to participate as stu
dents or spectators.
Slusarenko envisions partner
ships with organizations such as
Clackamas County Arts Alliance to
bring local and national artists to
the community; with the NW Film
Center for film festivals at Clacka
mas rather than only downtown;
with businesses using the facilities
for conferences; with cities and
schools holding symposiums in
every area of creative art, includ
ing performances open to the pub
lic.
The possibilities are endless,
Slusarenko believes, and will be
gin with passage of the bond in
May.
Music is housed on the top floor
of Randall Hall with three class
rooms accessible only by crossing
the rehearsal hall—which is 10 feet
high rather than 20’ that is consid
ered necessary for good acoustics.
When rehearsals are in progress,
offices are unusable.
With only 8x10 inch speakers
and no listening library, an appre
ciation of music is difficult to teach,
according to instructors.
Kay Slusarenko, associate dean
for arts, humanities and social sci
ence, came to Clackamas less than
two years ago and found the the
ater, art and music departments
comparable to those she took over
at Marylhurst College 23 years ago.
Slusarenko believes a commu
nity college should be the center
of the arts for the entire district it
serves—a core where students and
community may have the best En
glish, music, theater and art edu Face of athletics would change
cation, performances and exhibi
tions; and may be made aware of
With the building of the new fa
all the other arts available through cility a short distance from the
out the district.
Randall Hall gymnasium and on the
“Without a building, we are in site of the softball field, changes
visible to a great degree,” noted are in store for the athletic depart
Slusarenko. “The art exhibition ment, as well.
space [in Pauling] is just a hallway;
The field, which has housed the
the English department is in four winningest program in the North
separate buildings; the theater’s west, will move directly across the
low ceilings don’t allow for ballet street next to the overflow parking
performances; the art history slide lot.
room is a little hole in the wall; there
Head Coach Paul Fiskum, who
is no wood working room.
has been with the college for al
“Idon’t know how we have such most two decades, is looking for
quality [instructors] here with such ward to the move if the measure
poor facilities,” added Slusarenko.
passes. He bases this desire on a
more spectator-friendly design.
New building would be open for
“I’ve spoken with Jim Jackson
public use
[athletic director] about a possible
move,” said Fiskum. ‘Tm all for it if we
The new arts and communica can put in some nice bleachers, a bath
tions building, to be built with $ 14.4 room facility, and added parking.”
million of the bond, will gather the
Currently, the closest restrooms
Campus Announcements
Experience the Labyrinth: A 30
foot replica of the Labyrinth from
the great Cathedral in Chartres,
France is on display at Clackamas,
Thursday April 13, open walks are
from9:30-ll a.m. 12-1 p.m.and2
- 3 p.m. and classes are scheduled
from 11 aan. -12 p.m. and 1 -2 p.m.
Friday April 14from9ajn.-12p.m.
and 2-3 p.m. are open walks and
scheduled classes are from 12—2p.m.
A women’s retreat “Healing the
Mother Story ... for every daugh
ter,” is scheduled for Sat. April 15.
The cost is $59 which includes lunch
and materials. It runs from 9:30a.m.
-4p.m. For more info, or to register
contact Bill Briare at ext. 2457
Bond Volunteers Needed: Election
Skylight dinning room. Come
leam more about the club, upcom-
¡ng events such as the Earth Day
clean up from 8-10 a.m, Sat April
22, and haveasliceof pizza. Formore
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info
Bobbi or Ken at ext 2247.
Get Into the Great Outdoors: A
work party will be held to beautify
Newell Creek Canyon, one of
Portland’s largest natural areas,on
Thursday April 20, from 12:30 -
3:30 p.m. For more info, contact
Emily at ext 2637.
ASG Elections: If you are inter
ested in running for president or
vice president of the Associated
Student Government, applications
are due by April 20. For more info
call ext 2247.
work groups are forming. If you
are interested in volunteering to
help with the Bond 2000campaign
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here are the times: Thursday April
13,11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. and Wednes-
day April 19fromll:30ajn.-6p.m.
For more info, contact Corky
Kirkpatrick at ext 2538.
a luncheon will be held for par-
ents and their daughters on Thurs
day April 27 at noon in the Gre-
goty Forum. Thecostis$10foradults
and daughters are admitted free. Reg-
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H.E.E.L Club:(HelpingEveiyone's
Environmental Life) There will be
an informational meeting Mon.
April 17, from 11 a.m. -1 p.m. in the
All extensions are on campus,
dial (503) 657-6958, or use a
campus phone.
The above map shows proposed
locations of new building and new
softball and soccer fields.
are located in Randall Hall, the
bleachers are rundown and the
parking would only become tighter
if a new building were added with
out additional parking being made
available.
While the current field has been
good to the Cougars, Fiskum has
no problems if millions of tons of
concrete and brick are laid right on
top of homeplate.
“Ever since we’ve played on this
field,” noted Fiskum, “we’ve been
working on it non-stop. It’s never
been finished.”
Last November, Clackamas pro
duced a booklet named the master
JOHN THORBURN / Clackamas Print
If the bond passes, the softball field (above) will be moved to a
location beyond the score board (below.)
plan.
According to the mid-term cam
pus development plan—the first of
two long-range plans, the softball
field would be located across the
street and community soccer fields
would be added in that same area.
If the bond passes, the mid-term
development redesign would take
effect.
The college’s long-term devel
opment plan is geared toward
growth over the next 10 years. Pos
sible additions to the college would
include a two-level parking garage
in the Barlow parking lot, expan
sion of virtually every existing
building as well as a general class
room building on the east side of
Randall Hall and a new covered
physical education practice facility
on the north side of the building.
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