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______ L News TU e CL ac I camas P rint WEdNEsctay, MARch 07, 2001 Students to lobby for drop-in daycare International Women's MAGGIE JIRASEK Feature Editor In hopes to establish a drop-in daycare program at Clackamas, students Chris Henry, Samantha Griffin, Kim Dullea and Ombe Makano designed a questionnaire to get feedback on student inter est before presenting the idea to the college board. When assigned in his group com munication class to choose and solve a problem, Henry decided to take a closer look at daycare pro grams being offered at various col leges. “It sounded like a good idea. I found out that they have daycare drop-offs at Mount Hood as well as Portland Community College,” ex plained Henry. Having a daughter living in Los Angeles who visits him often, Henry knows how hard it can be for par ents to find good daycare. His plan is to poll everybody on campus, find out how they feel about a daycare ------------------------ •--- , Campus I Daycare drop-in program at Clackamas, and Drop-in " afterwards present the idea at the president’s council meeting. “We want to make it known to Questionnaire everybody. We want all the stu dents to have a chance to vote on 1. Are you a parent? it,” said Henry. Yes □ No O Henry has several ideas in mind on how a daycare program could 2. Do you have adequate daycare work out. arrangements how? “Parents dropping off their chil YeSl I No. rn dren could have apager and if there’s 3. On campus? I I a problem with their child, they Off campus? I I would get paged. Volunteers would be needed to help watch the chil 4. Would you utilize drop-in day care? dren,” stated Henry. “Another idea . Yes f~T No I I is computer screening where a cam era would be in every classroom 5. Would drop-in daycare be bene showing the parents that their child ficial to you? Yes I I No| | is OK.” 6. Do you support the idea for a The questionnaire is designed for parents as well as students drop-in daycare? ; Yes. r~~l Nfrf—1 without any children. Everyone is asked to express his or her opin 7. Would you be willing to volun ion towards such a program. Ques teer one or two hours per week tionnaires can be dropped off in in exchange for daycare costs? the Associated Student Govern Yesl I No I I ment office. L Day celebration coming to Portland TAM OLIVER A&E Editor Portland’s 26th An nual International Women’s Day celebra tion takes place Sunday, March 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Portland Confer ence Center, 300 N.E. Multnomah. The event is dedicated to providing the oppor- - tunity for women to dis- Q j cover similarities and N learn from differences in an atmosphere that is respectful, inclusive and supportive of the I values and points of all women. Featured events include en tertainment, educational work J shops, international food, a health fair, retail vendors, women’s writing and ^rt dis plays. Free childcare is avail Her family has asked that chari able for those who need it. At table contributions in memory of tendance is free although do Codey be given either to the College nations will be gratefully ac Foundation, to the International cepted at the door. Education Endowment-which will Two related events will take be dedicated in her name - or to the place at Portland State Univer Friends of the Zoo. sity. Thursday, March 3 at 7 Anne Donelson summed up her p.m., room 71, in Cramer Hall thoughts about Kirkpatrick’s ill there will be a free screening ness. of Diamonds, Guns and Rice, “She never let the cancer get the a film about women, war and upper hand,” Donelson said. “She peacemaking in the small West definitely won the battle. How she African country of Sierra handled that with such dignity and Leone. Donations will be ac veracity is a lesson for us all about cepted to help create a how to live and how to die.” Kirkpatrick: 'She definitely won the battle' Continued from page 1 “She was a real shaker and mover in the International Educational pro gram,” said Keyser. “She helped pro mote it.” According to Meiser, the reason for Kirkpatrick’s interest in the In ternational Ed Program stemmed from her personal travel experiences: she has traveled to 25 countries in cluding Indonesia, Australia, Mexico and Fiji. “She would often donate her clothes to someone else, and bring home a bag full of new clothes from another country,” explained Meiser. “She would always have some new necklace on that was from another country and a story behind it about the man who made it or the women who put it together.” Kirkpatrick’s job at the college was not her whole life. “She worked very very hard, but when she played she also played hard,” said Dickson. “1 think that if you asked her, in her last days, what the most important thing was in her life, it would be her grandchildren.” Corky is survived by her husband Jerry, who works at the Northwest Regional Educational Lab; three chil dren: Mary, Paige, and Scott; and six grandchildren. 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