Children’s book
drive going on
now at the library
Check it out on page 3
Music, glow sticks,
drugs: what else
happens at a rave?
Men take 6th,
women 8th at
NWAACC
Check out the special on
pages5-8
Check out the stones on pages 10-11
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Students
place
2nd, 3rd
in nation
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon
Volume XXXIV, Issue
17
One-acts light up stage
Horticulture students
Richter, Stimantel win at
national horticulture
competition.
CORINNE RUPP
Opinion Editor
Freezing weather and snow
didn’t stop Clackamas students
Phil Richter and Sorjen Simantel
from winning second and third
place at a national horticulture com
petition in Colorado over the week
end.
Richter and Simantel were joined
by students Barry Brown and
Derek Ruecker, whoalso competed
at the 25lh Association of Land
scape Contractors of America Stu-
dent'Career Days competition.
This is the fourth time Clacka
mas has attended this annual
event, which is held at a different
school every year.
“It was great that a small com
munity college beat out universi-
ties across the United States,” said
third place victor Simantel.
The Clackamas team competed
with over 700 other landscape stu
dents from all over the nation. In
the final count, Richter placed sec
ond overall, winning $1000. Rich
ter had attended last year’s event
and placed fourth. Simantel came
MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print
Amber Dodgson, John Renner, David Shanorand Christine Quinlan perform in the one-act play 'Dentity Crisis, by Christopher
Durang. They also performed improv exercises with the audience's participation. More one-act plays take place today from noon -1
p.m. in the McLoughlin Hall theatre and tomorrow at noon and 8 p.m.
Community college funds put on hold
See Horticulture, page 3
MAGGIEJIRASEK
Feature Editor
Flaherty’s
death sparks
interest in
raves, ecstasy
Prompted by the deaths of
Clackamas student Melissa
Flaherty and another Portland
youth, Peter Vu, there has been a
maelstrom of media attention and
controversy about raves and the
drug ecstasy.
This week The Clackamas Print
has included a special section,
starting on page 5, that deals with
various aspects of this issue: drug
testing, the dangers of ecstasy,
staff opinions on the March 9 rave
and an interview with one member
of the rave sub-culture.
MAGGIE JIRASEK / Clackamas Print
President John Keyser, second from left, listens as state
legislators in Salem discuss whether or not they will approve the
$45 million dollars allotted to community colleges.
State lawmakers on the Ways
and Means Education Subcommit
tee placed a hold on the $45 million
enrollment growth package for
Oregon’s 17 community colleges
last Thursday in Salem.
Legislators were expected to add
$45 million in state funding toward
community colleges to help pay for
rising enrollments. But there is a
possibility that the plan being held
could be cut depending upon the
strength of the economy in months
to come.
“We don’t have as much money
as in recent years and if there is
any extra money at all, we want to
make sure that the $45 million will
be there as one of our top priori
ties,” said Representative Kurt
Schrader. “I would like to give them
the $45 million right now, but we
also have a budget out there that’s
hanging in the wings and we have
a lot of serious senior problems
and are in danger of not getting
adequate funding.”
With lawmakers looking to cut
$108 million from the state budget
after receiving a diminished tax
revenue forecast, community col
leges across the state may not get
additional money. Without the
money, colleges will not be able to
completely meet the education
needs of students and the job
training needs of local businesses.
According to College President
John Keyser, a budget cut would
be enough cause for concern.
“The co-chairs put a hole in our
$45 million budget which I think is
cause for some concern. Against
the reality of an economy that is
slowing down, I think they had to
do this. We need a little more time
See Budget Cut, page 3