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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