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RIMI ds Women’s basketball roars on Mshkol ahneeManito / G. Spirit Hawk leads Native American club Check it out on page 7 Check out theprofile on page 5 Student’s car catches fire Check out the opinion on page 2 pdatl Wednesday, February 7, 2001 a at Cal 783 olon I, /9 / ’9 ikes n. cy 256 1 t(l ts Y >n □ns *ed| ’cdl v t al ts.l □n it Clackamas Community College Oregon City, Oregon Volume XXXIV, Issue 12 Community College Day at the State Legislature Students, staff lobby for federal funds STEVE NIELSEN News Editor Last Wednesday’s Community College Day at the Oregon capi- tol building in Salem provided community colleges with the op portunity to argue their case be fore Oregon senators and repre sentatives regarding the need for an additional $45 million that Gov ernor Kitzhaber has written in his 2001 community college budget. Representatives from several community colleges were on hand to talk to legislators. As Wednesday’s meeting of the 71st session of the Oregon House of Representatives convened, stu dents and staff from Klamath Falls, Umpqua, Lane, Rogue, Chemeketa, Columbia Gorge, and Clatsop community colleges were recognized along with Bryan Fuentez, Associated Student Government president of CCC. Clackamas President John Keyser, board member Larry Wright, and Clackamas students met with District 14 senator and former newscaster for KOIN, Rick Metsger. They expressed a need for funds that are already allo MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print cated to community colleges to College President John Keyser (right) speaks with Rick Metsger, District 14 senator, last Wednesday at the state capital building in stay in the governor’s budget af Salem. Keyser encouraged the senator to make sure Community Colleges have proper funding. ter it clears the legislature. needed to maintain current service ries. Areas of information included “One problem I see for the col levels, no matter how you cut it, community college facts, high lege is making it accessible and good programs will suffer,” said school partnerships and adult ba we really struggle with tuition," said Wright. "Every year it’s a real Metsger. sic skills. “Do you know you’re preach struggle; how do we keep tuition Since the state Legislature ing to the choir?” said Represen passed laws allowing community at a point where we can get stu tative Kathy colleges to form and finance them dents the most afford ^ Lowe after selves by levying taxes in the early able quality services.” she met and Metsger expressed 1960s, community colleges have spoke with a grown drastically and need in that he understood 4 diversified group from creasing amounts of government that the legislature had irriculum is a Clackamas. a legacy of short-term funding. strength to the When fixes when it came to According to the college’s re asked to sup search and planning department, community colleges. community." port funding when it began in 1966, CCC had a “We try to get for commu total enrollment of 693. Today the things to a continuum Kathy Lowe nity colleges, annual enrollment is around 27,500. of access and pro State Representative Lowe was grams - that’s how we Board member Larry Wright re fully in agree membered when there were 13 really like to have it,” ment; she community colleges in 1975. Since said Metsger. He ex plained that the Legislature has only asked that in return Clacka then, four more community col “never really maintained and built mas develop ways to help incar leges have been created. Portland upon a consistent approach. It is cerated youths, especially those Community College has the larg a very disheartening reality. I’d in the MacLaren Youth Correc est enrollment with 97,000. All 17 like to find some ways to change tional Facility. community colleges have a total “A diversified curriculum is a enrollment of 392,472 students. that long term.” strength to the community,” said That is around 10 percent of the An approach that would ac complish this is not possible, Lowe. “What do you need from total population of Oregon. however, when people want to cut me and how can I serve?” The governor’s budget allo Information tables from the Or cated $474.4 million for community taxes also. When people petition Students Daisy Bain, Bryan Fuentez and Steve Nielsen represent for new programs, he wonders egon Community College Associa colleges this year, which is $45 mil Clackamas at Legislative Day. They spoke to senators and how many of them voted for mea tion were set up by 9 a.m. in the lion above current service levels. representatives about how Clackamas is important to them. sure 88, which took $240 million lobby behind the Great Seal of Or The Legislature’s co-chair’s bud egon. Representatives from the get, that came out last week, in move into the Legislature, where the governor for his approval. out of the budget this year. • “When the governor has a bud OCCA passed out plants, pam cluded an additional $6.4 million. they will debate and revise it, be get of $800 million below what is phlets, coffee and morning past The budget proposal will now fore a final version is presented to See related story on page 3 1
