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Wednesday, May 16, 2001
Clackamas Community College
Illness forces
library closure
and lack of breath.
“It is not a panic situation,” said
Andrews. “The college is doing all
The library was closed Monday it can to find the cause of it, but it is
afternoon and evening because of a process of elimination.”
absent staff due to illness caused
Clayton Environmental is doing
by poor air quality in the Dye tests that will help determine the
Learning center.
problem. They are also testing a few
The library was reopened Tues library books to insure that there is
day, though the cause of the air no problem with mold.
quality problem is still unknown
According to Patterson, the ven
according to Carol Patterson, as tilation and air system is not the
sociate dean of Plant Services.
cause of the problem. Plant Service
“Right now we’re in the process staff members have also determined
of testing to find out what the prob that moisture in the walls is not the
lem is,” said Patterson. “We did problem.
some minor testing today and we
Patterson and Andrews agree
will put some machines in the build this is an urgent matter.
ing Thursday. These will run cycles
“The staff is concerned about
which will tell us how much humid their own and student health,” said
ity and particles are in the air.”
Andrews. “But they are trying »«>
Nineteen staff members have re stay on the job and on site. We
ported symptoms and a half dozen have been taking the precaution
have been ill in the last 10 days with of keeping all windows and doors
related allergy like symptoms, ac open to the largest degree pos
cording to Cindy Andrews, director sible.”
of instructional support services. Six
According to Patterson, Plant
other people who are not library staff Services are currently interviewing
also reported allergic reactions after students and staff about their
visiting the building for a meeting.
symptoms. If you have become ill
The symptoms include: head after visiting the library or have
aches, fatigue, itchy eyes, sore any symptoms you think may be
throat, tender glands, numbness and related to this please contact Plant
dryness in and around the mouth Services at 503-657-6958 ext. 2385.
Oregon.City, Oregon
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school students test skills
DIANA SCRIVNER
Editor-in-Chief
MARK VENETUCCI / Clackamas Print
Mountain View High School team members work on a 2001 Mustang that was bugged for the Ford
Auto Skills competition. Vale High School won the competition by finding the most bugs In the
least amount of time. Clackamas automotive students helped out with the competition.
See Feature, page 5
Open forum kicks off student body elections
Online voting happens tomorrow
and Friday. Cast your vote for next
years president and vice president at
www. clackamas.cc.or.us.
MIKE POLLOCK7 Clackamas Print
Bryan Fuentez, current ASG President, asks questions of Yvonne
Ingram and Stefan Myers who are running for next year's ASG
vice president and president. They are both running unopposed.
FRANKJORDAN
Sports Editor
The 2001 Associated Student
Government Candidate Forum was
held yesterday in the Skylight Din
ing Room in the Community Center.
Stefan Myers, the lone candidate for
ASG president and Yvonne Ingram,
the lone candidate for vice-presi
dent, spoke to a small group of stu
dents to present themselves and
their ideas for the 2001-02 school
year.
Myers, a freshman at Clackamas
and a graduate of Canby High
School, displays a lot of enthusiasm
and drive. He was involved in stu
dent government and leadership at
Canby, and has management train
ing in the workplace. He believes
that campus communication and
student involvement in the pro
grams at Clackamas is the key to
success at this college. Myers plans
to start a newsletter that will be dis
tributed to students on a regular
basis as well as use the college’s E-
mail system more effectively to dis
tribute the newsletter.
“I want students who want to get
more involved have the resources
and the means to get more involved,
not only with their own studies, but
also with the college in general,”
Myers said. “When you (the stu
dents) want to get more involved,
we will help you find out how.”
Ingram, a collegiate fresh
man and graduate of the
Adult GED program at
Clackamas, is
a recovering
addict and
the mother of
two teenage
sons. She
believes that
her life expe
rience has
given her the
insight to deal
with a wide vari
ety of people, including the diver
sity at Clackamas.
“I have one parent who is deaf,
and the other parent is blind, so one
of my goals is to focus on the sign
language transfer degree program,
as well as others.” Ingram said. “I
want to help promote student aware
ness and get students more in tune
with what CCC has to offer. We, as
student government, will do what
ever it takes to help you succeed as
students.”
Both Myers and Ingram gained
experience working as ASG senators
this year and want to continue a tra
dition of excellence for next year.
“We don’t know what we could
do to improve on this year’s per
formance,” Myers said. “We
just hope that next year’s group
can step up to the level
that our group this
year was able to
achieve.”
Ingram added
“we want to leave in
coming ASG groups
with a foundation to
build on; to be able to
incorporate future
ideas with those that
have proven success
ful in the past.”
ASG elections will take place on
campus this Thursday and Friday.
Computers will be set up on cam
pus to help students vote in the
online election. Students may also
access the college’s website at
www.clackamas.cc.or.us and vote
through the ASG link. Any Clacka
mas student taking at least one
credit hour is eligible to vote. Com
plete results will be published in
the next issue of The Print.