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Norm Berney says goodbye after 30 years Check out the feature on page 4 Profesional photographer Max Gutierrez shares photo essay The Grinch steals Christmas and box office Check out the profile on Page 5 Check out the review on Page 6 ClAckAMAS ft I NT ntl 68,11 Wednesday, November 29, 2000 icks off awareness eek at lackamas MAGGIE JIRASEK d Feature Co-Editor he Associated Student Gov- ?ri- lament (ASG) kicked off Aware- a nels Week Monday to inform stu dents on such issues as binge driiking, marijuana use, body im- ne a8e sexually transmitted diseases >rs Inc depression; and to launch the j|. first annual food and clothing n-We- jy ■ We think that those five topics to are highly sensitive among college 1 students and we want to bring same facts to the student body,” informed Rachael L 0 c k e ,-a ASG cam- pus ac tivities officer who is organizing Awareness Week together with ASG Senator Mark Palmer. ■Approximately 1,000 awareness pamphlets on the five specific ar eas were distributed around cam pus. More are available in the ASG office, CC140. Posters addressing topics like body images and drugs have been hung up as well. ■Now through Dec. 8, barrels provided by the Port-i_^^: lla n dX^ij? Iles cue Hi s s i o n ale located outside of the (i mmunity Center, and around campus. These 60-gallon contain ers make it possible to donate food and clothing for people in need. ■“People can donate food as well as clothing," explained Locke, ■he Portland Rescue Mission will Aen come, pick it up and donate it t| homeless.people in the Portland com- m u - nity". Coor dinating Awareness Week for the I first time, Locke and Palmer are excited and hope for a good out- rme. “This is our first Awareness eek and we are still trying to get a feeling for things. We hope ev- ■rx thing will work out.” GRAPHICS BY LIESL MUGGLI Clackamas Community College_____ Oregon City, Oregon Volume XXXIV, Issue 7 Red Cross saves lives one oint at a time CORINNE RUPP Staff Writer The smell of lemon cookies filled Gregory Forum Monday at the first bloqd drive of the year. There were 43 usable pints do nated at the blood drive, which was coordinated by the Associ ated Student Government (ASG). New donors gave eight pints. Nagisa Beniya had given blood once before. Beniya is a nursing student on campus and often sees patients in need of transfusions. “When you see a patient who needs blood, that makes me think more about it,” she said. Maribell Lopez also donated at the last blood drive Clackamas held. “It makes me feel good to give blood— it helps other people.” Lopez also learned her blood type from the experience, some thing student Tiffany Lopschat knows all too well. “They’re always calling me!” says Lopschat. The first time she donated was at a high school blood drive. Lopschat learned that she has a rare blood type and has been a regular donor ever since. “I know they need it,” she ex MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print Medical Assistant Lareina Bettelyoun draws blood from student Lisa Funderburg in the Gregory Forum, Monday, during the Red Cross blood drive. plained. Not everyone at the blood drive is as experienced as Lopez or Lopschat. First-time donors heeded the Red Cross’ call for blood for many reasons. Jarod Rhoden was hoping to get out of wrestling practice “...and to help people I guess,” he said with a grin. Even though he admits to being frightened by needles, the donation process was not as bad as he thought it would be. “I almost fainted— had to breathe into a bag one time,” he admitted sheepishly. Despite the ease of the process, Rhoden said he would probably not donate again, but “I had to do it once at least.” Other first-time donors had dif ferent reasons for giving up some of their life-saving blood. Josh Rhodes thought he “might as well drop in and do it.” His nephew had to have heart surgery as an infant, and ended up having a blood transfusion. “Having someone that close to you reminds you of the need for blood,” said Rhodes. “Plus, it seems like such an easy thing to do.” See Blood Drive, page 3 resolution to STEVE NIELSEN News Editor In response to numerous com plaints received by the Associ ated Student Government (ASG) and Campus Services about ciga rette smoke, the school is work ing on a solution that may in clude covered smoking shelters and enforced designated smok ing areas. ASG has been looking into this problem for some time and has begun considering options for a solution. Their main focus is to get smokers away from door ways and high traffic areas while providing them with covered ar eas to avoid the constant Or egon rain. Covered smoking shelters are being discussed as one option. Shelters would be somewhat like bus stop shelters, made of Plexiglas and metal. Prices range from $6000, for a very basic shel ter, to $9000 for shelters equipped with benches and ashtrays. George Sims, of Environmen ways and complained that they tal Services, has researched pos had to walk through smoke to sibilities for designated smoking enter buildings. areas including the west wall of They were generally con Barlow Hall between Bl 14 and cerned with the smell of cigarette the entrance; the east or west smoke, the risks of second-hand sides of Gregory Forum; and the smoke and the litter that is asso covered walkways between A ciated with smoking. and C buildings of Pauling Cen “When smokers stand in front ter. of door Clackamas already ways or No Smoking has designated areas u n d e r that were designed to o v e r - entice smokers away hangs, I from doorways and high- Building Entrance have to a traffic areas. Many build walk ings already have 'no through smoking' signs posted near en the same smoke that current tries, but often these signs are smoking laws are designed to ignored or even removed. Two ex protect me from,” said one stu isting Oregon regulations also dent. limit smoking to ten feet or more Several students said they away from building entrances. thought shelters were a good In a survey of Clackamas stu idea, even though they prefer a dents, The Print found that most smoke-free campus. Others sug respondents were non-smokers. gested restricting smokers to Though some students don’t parking lots or well-ventildted mind the smoke, most said smok rooms inside buildings. ers should move away from door- Some students and faculty are allergic to cigarette smoke. They experience congestion, head aches, burning eyes, sneezing and sore throats from second hand smoke. Staff member Judy Singer sits in an office directly across from the north entrance of Barlow. When the doors are open, wind rushes down the hall and into her office through a gap underneath her door. Singer is especially sensitive to the smoke that seeps into her office, and has been so affected by it before that she has had to take time off of work. “I’m not trying to make it hard for anyone, there just has to be a way of solving this,” said Singer. Of the few smokers who re sponded to the survey, most said that they would use shelters and accept restrictions. Most agreed that smokers should move away from doorways so non-smokers wouldn’t be subjected to second- hand smoke.. See Smoking, page 3
