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Clackamas Community College
Volume XXXIII, Issue 22
Oregon City, Oregon
Who will lead?
Bitins
As Associated Student Government elections approach, it is a good time to get to know your presidential
candidates and what they represent. When asked how they will impact the college if elected and what
£2000 characteristics they have that are important to the position of ASG leader, here is what they said.
ASG elections
are May 11-12
Nash Carey
Katherine Meece-Smith
Bryan Fuentez
Age: 24
Hometown: Olympia, WA
Past leadership experiences: Nash was involved in
Age: 17
Hometown: Clackamas
Past leadership experiences: Katherine was involved
Age: 22
Hometown: Canby
Past leadership experiences: Bryan has been in
student government for a few months while in Job Corps
in 1998. He has owned his own business for the past
two years. He is a member of Clackamas’ Forensics
team.
in ASG for a few months this year as access senator-at-
large. She has taken leadership classes in the past, led
an Earth club and been involved in the Key club, a
Kiwanis affiliated organization which performs com
munity service. She has also volunteered for the
Clackamas County's Service to Children and Families
organization.
volved with the ASG for three years. He has been a
senator-at-large and vice president and is currently
the administrative assistant. He also has coached
sports teams for seven years.
“I feel like I have a lot to offer. I want to give power
back to the students and create more diversity at
Clackamas. I ’m going to spend time on diversity and
gearing students up about diversity in the workplace,
lfeel it’s important when dealing with the one global
community and being prepared for the job force. I
have ability in inter-communication, group commu
nication and leadership. ”
“I want to represent the student body as well as I
can. I have heard a lot of good ideas from students. I
think that I would stand up for students and address
their concerns, to make everyone feel important. Ev
eryone has the right to be heard. ”
“I want to start fall term and get right to the issues
of childcare and textbook grants; creating different
avenues for students to afford them. I’ve been there
(in ASG), and I know the avenues to take and the
people to talk to. I always like to have fun with ev
erything I do. I know what needs to be heard at ev
ery level and I know what people are thinking at
every level. ”
Vice-presidential candidate
Gloriarme Muggle
Age: 48
Hometown: Estacada
Past leadership experiences: Glorianne
worked this year for ASG as the childcare
officer. Clackamas is the second college in
which she has been involved in leadership.
“I think that older students ’ points of view are good to have. They are
a large percentage of the student body. I like being involved in student
government and I want to make sure that someone in office has had expe
rience. I see the role as vice president as a personnel position, running
interviews and overseeing clubs. I also have been going to many of the
same meetings as the vice president this year and have been able to see
what that was like. ”
What is your Associated Student Government?
MEGAN OLDENSTADT
MAGGIE JIRASEK
The office is nestled in the cor
ner of the community center. Stu
dents are in and out of it daily,
some work there, others use the
resource called the Associated Stu
dent Government (ASG).
Their mission is serving fellow
students. Their objectives are to
increase student morale, increase
student/faculty/staff involvement
and increase student opportuni
ties. So what exactly does this
group, which is dedicated to serv
ing others, do, and how does it af
fect you, the student?
Since around 1966, ASG has
been addressing students’ needs.
Textbook grants, the bookmart, a
giving tree at Christmas time, the
blood drive, rock the vote, the
childcare program and lobbying for
federal funding are just a few of
the causes ASG organizes or has
accomplished.
“There is a hierarchy. That is
the way we are structured, it’s just
for
functional
purposes.
Everyone’s opinion is just as im
portant and looked at equally,” said
ASG Vice President Paul
Creighton.
The president’s responsibilities
include attending the Board of Edu
cation and President’s Council
meetings.
“The president and the vice
president are both elected posi
tions, therefore they are voted
upon by the majority of the voting
populous. They represent the gen
eral needs of the voting populous,
so it is as adequate a student voice
as one is going to find,” Creighton
explained.
Another aspect of the
president’s job is to represent the
student body at big events and
functions.
“As the representative of the
student body, the president will
be the one contacted for local
events in the community and even
nationally,” commented Creighton.
Every year ASG tries to hold a
retreat at the beginning of the year
to plan, communicate, bond and
set goals for the coming year.
“The president and vice presi
dent, mostly the president, brain
storm a list of goals they want to
See ASG, page 4