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Wednesday, May 17, 2000 Oregon City, Oregon Clackamas Community College Volume XXXIII, Issue 24 Fuentez towers over competition Bryan Fuentez wins ASG presidential election with 146 votes DIANA SCRIVNER Associate News Editor ryan Fuentez, 22, is president elect of the Associated Stu B dent Government (ASG) for the school year2000-2001. Fuentez is a resident of Canby and has been involved with the ASG for the past three years, as senator at large, the vice president and the administra tive assistant. Lobbying for childcare and textbook grants is an important issue to him. “It is a legislative year and we are going to be focused on a lot of issues and lobbying for childcare and finan cial aid dollars... grants, and Pell grants,” Fuentez explained. “The student government needs to take an active role as far as writing letters, and getting letters written by other students, to tell our legislature how we feel about those programs and how we feel they are necessary,” he said. Planning and making sure every one is on track and doing what they should be doing is also essential to Fuentez. “I want to be working so hard over the summer so that by fall people can be given a task and just go and run with it, and have their own ideas and work themselves,” said the president elect. “Everybody in student govern ment needs to have an active role in deciding what our goals will be, and where we’re headed.” Fuentez’ responsibilities as presi dent include attending weekly President’s Council meetings. “There are a lot of issues, and stu dents have tire opportunity weekly to bring them up, as well as other things that are happening on campus, to the President’s Council,” said Fuentez, who plans to bring student issues to that meeting each week. Along with his duties as president, Fuentez will also serve in the Oregon Community College Student Associa tion (OCCSA), making sure that the state legislature addresses issues such as childcare and textbook grants for community colleges. He is also a board member of the American Student Association of Community Colleges (ASACC), which lobbies for federal dollars for community colleges. “It’s a big role, but in the same sense it’sjustapieceofthepie,” said Fuentez of his responsibilities. “I am responsible to the students at Clackamas; if there is an issue that needs to be heard, the student gov ernment will hear it and we will dis cuss it, and we will decide what can be done about it” Oregon Supreme Court holds session on campus STEVE NIELSEN Staff Writer Gamer, who is facing conviction on two charges of aggravated murder in Clatsop County. The State of Oregon, he seven Justices of the Or egon Supreme Court met in die the State Court Administrator, and Gregory Forum yesterday to the Clatsop County Trial Court Ad questioned the right of a hear oral arguments in two cases ministrator in volving the death penalty; it was the circuit court judge to require the pros ecution to provide Gamer with jury justices’ first session on a commu lists from his trial. Gamer wants the nity college campus. lists to discern whether the juries were Justices sat on the stage in the forum and heard ____ ..... -.................. -.... 1. drawn from a cross section that accu arguments in cases are i rately reflects the front of an audi community. IfGar- ence of about 100 resolved quickly; ner is convicted, Clackamas stu last the state intends dents and staff be to ask for the death each session. penalty. Present were and not spoken The second case Wally Carson, Jr., before the court, Chief Justice, Susan M. Leeson State vs. Reyes- and Justices W. Associate Justice Camarena, is an Michael Gillette, automatic review George Van of conviction and Hoomissen, Skip sentence of death. Unlike other cases Durham, Ted Kulongoski, Susan that come before the Supreme Court, Leeson and R. William Riggs. Arguments in the first case, State cases on automatic review have to be heard. Reyes-Camarena is a Mexi vs. Brownhill, were heard at 9 a,m. This case involves Anthony Scott can national and an agricultural T These not the word will a written word a word. At the polls Presidential Candidates • Brian Fuentez 146 Votes • Katherine Meece-Smith 38 Votes • Nash Carey 7 Votes Write-in • Bob Bosserman 1 Vote • White Mr. T. 1 Vote Vice Presidential Candidate • Glorianne Muggli 138 Votes Write-in MIKE POLLOCK I Clackamas Print ASG President-Elect Bryan Fuentez • Bob Bosserman 13 Votes •White Mr. T. 3 Votes • Mickey Mouse 2 Votes • Jacob Pence 2 Votes • James Gould 1 Vote • Katherine Meece-Smith 1 Vote BBBBBBI MIKE POLLOCK I Clackamas Print [above] Justices Robert D. Durham, IV. Michael Gillette, Wallace P. Carson Jr. (Chief Justice), George A. Van Hoomissen, Theodore R. Kulongoski and R. William Riggs listen to arguments in the Gregory Forum yesterday. worker who lived near Woodbum. Reyes-Camerena was convicted of murder following an attack on two sisters, Maria and Angelica Ja Zetina-Carillo. Reyes- Camerena robbed and JggBB BUaBg repeatedly stabbed both of them, killing B Marta His attorney, B David, E. Groom, ar- I „mednri"wol tin. my .r-lsXd’r.Ill.id C’U'l ’ he Was raising before B the court. The/irstassignment oie i ^involvedatieaiv B I B B B by the Vienna Cdnven- B tieri on Consular Rela- B B I ^^^B B B B ti’ii, I H r liKCthn one are accented by the U S./and con- firmed by die Senate, so that they are equal in au- thorit\ to federal law. In this case, the defense argued that Reyes-Camerena never re- B^g ceived counsel he was entitled " KARL KATZKE I Clackamas Print See Session, page 4 Chief Justice Wallace P. Carson speaks with student Michele Knoph after hearing death penalty cases at Clackamas.
