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What member of the faculty was Paul deLay’s childhood friend? ’croelectronics Technology Program begins with Intel boost Check it out on page 3 Check out the profile on Page 5 Cougars try for a second NWAACC Championship Check out sports on Page 6 CI ac U mas P rint www.ClackamasPrint.com Wednesday, October 11, 2000 Clackamas Community College Oregon City, Oregon Volume XXXIV, Issue 1 ion, education Memorial planned for Rippey Many ballot measures threaten community college funds in Oregon Ruth Rippey, Clackamas finan cial aid accountant, died Satur day night at her home in Beavercreek. She was 53. Rippey has been employed at Clackamas since 1986. She was ac tive on the STEVE NIELSEN News Editor With 11 measures on the Novem ber ballot that will have some effect on state funding for community col leges, the Associated Student Gov ernment (ASG) is in the middle of a major drive to get Clackamas stu dents out to vote. Last week’s festivities, including live performances by Paul deLay and his band, were part of “Rock the Vote,” a nation-wide effort to bring young people together, educate them about local issues and encour- I age them to vote. In the last elec- I tion, only eight percent of people 118-34 voted. I “Everyone 35 and older is making I decisions for 92% of people 18-34,” I said ASG President Bryan Fuentez. I That amounts to one group of I Americans deciding how another I group will live their lives. I Anyone who hasn’t registered yet I has until Oct. 17 to drop by the ASG I office (in die Community Center), to I fill out a voter registration card. There I will be a locked box at ASG in which to put completed ballots on or before I Nov. 7. ASG is also organizing “class raps” in an attempt to educate stu dents about seven measures ASG feels will impact students most Some of these measures could strip com munity colleges and Oregon services I of literally billions in state funding. Measure 91 Measure 91 would remove any limit on the amount of federal income tax Oregon residents may deduct from their state income tax liability. union negoti ating team, and served for the past MIKE POLLOCK I Clackamas Print The Paul deLay Band plays in the courtyard for the "rock the vote" barbecue hosted by the Associated Student Government (ASG). Voter registration forms were available for students to register to vote. At present, personal income taxpay ers are allowed to deduct up to $3,000. Most families now do not even reach die $3,000 limit If 91 passes, it would allow indi viduals and corporations to deduct the full amount of their federal in come tax from their Oregon income tax. This would mostly benefit fami lies with a yearly income of $50,000 and higher. Most families under that level would end up paying more than they do now because Measure 91 would do away with the “kicker” refund check that they receive now. If Measure 91 passes, the result would be a loss of almost a billion dollars a year from state revenue. Since community colleges get 53% of their binding from the state gen eral fund, they would be devastated by this measure, according to Fuentez Measure 91 would also cut rev enues to the general fund for other programs like K.-12 education, trans portation, public safety, healthcare, foster care, adoptive services, and services for the disabled and elderly. Oregon businesses would see the biggest tax cuts, with no limit on how much federal income tax they could deduct. But many Oregon businesses for tuition to rise,” Fuentez stated. Measure 9 Measure 9 looks least likely to financially impact the college. It states that “Notwithstanding any other law or rule, the instruction of behaviors relating to homosexu ality and bisexuality shall not be are against Measure 91. “We believe the elimination of $ 1.5 billion from the state’s general fund will destabilize the state and damage the quality of life we enjoy,” said Associated Oregon Industries, repre- senting 19,000 Oregon TlH E encourages, promotes or sanctions [gives one’s consent to] such behav iors.” In other words, instruc tors could not say anything t< good about such behavior. It also provides that any community col lege in noncompliance “shall be sub ject to appropriate sanctions [eco nomic measures], like withholding all or part of state funding...” “It could tear our funding out from under us,” Fuentez declared. Many people feel this measure also raises the question of academic freedom and censorship, and its im IjflE « VOTE businesses, in a written ar-f gument in opposition to presented in a public school in a manner which ■* the measure. Measure 8 Measure 8 would also cut the gen eral fund. It would limit state spend ing to 15% of Oregonians' personal income, as averaged over the previ ous two years. This measure would cut about the same amount from the general fund as would 91. Together they would take away almost three billion dollars from public services, including community colieges. “If 91 and 8 pass, it will open the door pact on college campuses. Former CCC wrestler, silver medalist, comes to campus STEVE NIELSEN News Editor Matt Lindland, 2000 Olympic sil ver medalist, and former wrestler at Clackamas, will speak and sign posters and autographs on cam- pus Oct. 26, from noon to 1 p.m., in the Skylight Dining Room. Lindland beat Manukyan of the Ukraine 7-4 to enter the Olympic semi finals and wrestle for the gold with Mourat Kardanov of Russia. Kardanov walked away with the gold Former CCC wrestler Matt Lindland, right, wrestles for the USA at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. but Lindland brought die silver home to Oregon. Lindland was recruited to Clackamas 12 years ago out of Gladstone High School, where he won the High School Greco-Roman championship, placed second in the Oregon State Athletic Association championships and won third in Freestyle at State. "I recruited him because of his hip motion, mobility, and athletic abil ity,” said Clackamas Coach Norm Bemey. Where other people saw just a skinny kid, Bemey saw lots of po tential even then. “I feel really good I had any small part of helping him along in his ca reer,” he added. Lindland red-shirted his first year PHOTO COURTESY OF / Oregonian Photo Department on campus behind a returning all- American in his weight class. Later Lindland beat that wrestler 10-1. In 1989, Jim Jackson, who had coached Lindland when he was 16 at the USA Oregon wrestling club in Northeast Portland, took over as wrestling coach at Clackamas. “He (Lindland) was vety unorthodox. He didn’t wrestle like other people, but it worked forhim,” remarked Jackson. Both years that Lindland wrestled atClackamas(89-90and 90-91)he went to the National Junior College Athletic Association Championships. The first year, he missed placing by one match. One of Lindland’s weak points was lifting weights. He hated lifting, but after that tournament he decided he would have to start lifting, and lifted religiously until the next year, when he several years as a classified representative to the foundation board. “She was very active as an ad vocate for students,” said Mary Jo Jackson, director of student financial services. “She was very dedicated, and a great person; she’ll be missed.” A memorial will be held this Saturday at noon at The Lower Highland Bible Church, 24353 Ridge Road in Beavercreek. According to the Clackamas County Sheriffs office, a domes tic disturbance call came in just after midnight Saturday, and of ficers were dispatched to the Rippey home. “Our detectives and the deputy medical examiner con ducted an investigation,” said Deputy Angela Blanchard, pub lic information officer for the Sheriffs office. “They spent quite a bit of time investigating the scene. The female subject was deceased upon our arrival; she had apparently shot her self.” When contacted by The Print on Monday, Deputy Medical Ex aminer Jeff Mayer confirmed the cause of death as suicide. Blanchard said that detectives from her office “were comfortable with that ruling.” News of her death shocked and upset co-workers and colleagues Monday morning, and a college coun selor was brought in to help them cope with the loss. ‘ Chippi Bello, scholarship coordina tor at Clackamas, has worked with Rippey for several years. “Ruth has been here a long time,” said Bello. “She was like a rock and she is going to be missed by a lot of students.” Bello is deeply affected by Rippey’s passing. “It’s a big shock for me,” she said. “ She is the last person you returned to win the NJCAA cham pionship. would think to do something like that. I don’t know what to say. It’s hard to talk about it.” See Lindland, page 6 See Rippey, page 3
