The Clackamas print., February 07, 2001, Page 3, Image 3

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WEdNEsdAy, FEbRUARy 7, 2001
TI he CL ac I camas P rint
17 community colleges in state benefit from lobbying
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Staff'Writer
How many Clackamas stu­
dents have problems paying tu­
ition on their own? My guess is,
too many.
Last Wednesday, I spent the
day at our state capital learning
how our government works by
participating in the process.
Right now, the governor has a
new proposed 2001 budget for
Oregon community colleges.
How much money will eventually
go to the schools has yet to be
decided.
The money from last year's
budget was used to maintain low
tuition rates and to upgrade our
facilities here at the college. With
the growing number of students,
money is growing increasingly
scarce.
When I approached the capi­
tal building, I had no idea what I
was supposed to do. I thought I
was there to report on the day’s
events. Later I found out that I
was also there to lobby for
money. I sat in the senator's and
representative’s offices, gave
them my story about why I was
in college, how I am paying for
school, and why, if tuition went
up, I would no longer be able to
attend school.
At first, I was very nervous, but
as the day went on it got easier
and easier. I realized later that what
I was doing was somewhat cool. I
just took part in something that is
going to benefit every student in
the state of Oregon. The $45 mil­
lion dollars that we were lobbying
for has to be split up between 17
schools in the state of Oregon, and
I helped all 17 schools. That is a
good feeling to have.
MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print
Legislators meet on the house floor to vote on bills such as
operating a vehicle while using electronic devices and use of
digital signatures by government agencies.
MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print
The Speaker of the House and his aides conduct business as representatives gather in the
house side of the Oregon Capital.
Opening of buildings
delayed
College considers energy
conservation
Due to recent thefts, the col­
lege has delayed the opening
of all classrooms and buildings
to 7 a.m., from 6 a.m.
This policy began on Mon­
day Feb. 5, and will continue
through the end of this term.
At that time, a meeting will be
held to discuss the effective­
ness of the delayed openings
and the plan for Spring term.
“After the incident where the
printer walked away, we de­
cided to open the building at a
later time,” said Peter
Angstadt, dean of college ser­
vices. “Having the building
open at six is great, but we have
some people taking advantage
of it and that is not good.”
If for some reason you need
to get into a building before 7
a.m., custodians have keys and
can assist you.
With all the hype about the energy
crisis in the Northwest, what are we at
Clackamas doing to preserve energy?
According to Angstadt, over the
last year the college has installed an
energy-related system which regulates
how much energy has been used and
indicates specific areas of usage.
“We will also look around (in the
next few weeks) and see if there are
any more things we’re missing and
that the college can do,” he said.
One thing the college plans to do is
to raise awareness among students on
how they can help aid the crisis.
“We will put together a program for
students in the next few weeks with
tips on how they can preserve energy,”
he said.
According to Angstadt, it will in­
clude small tips such as how much
energy you can save by turning off
the computer monitor when you are
done using it.
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