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Campus Crusade for Christ hosts event
Columbine victim’s father speaks at Clackamas
DAISY BAIN
A&E Editor
Darrel Scott, the father of Rachel
Scott, who died in the Columbine
High School tragedy, spoke Friday,
Feb. 22, about how Rachel’s life
and death has affected her friends,
family and even the nation.
Students met in the Community
Center Friday for the talk spon
sored by Campus Crusade for
Christ. It began with Justin
Miracle, CCC student and a Cam
pus Crusade for Christ club mem
ber, summing up the topic of the
hour-and-a-half afternoon session
with the words, “Rachel’s entire life
was just like, wow!”
Scott has been traveling all over
the world spreading Rachel’s
words. He had two meetings with
the president of the United States,
and has spoke to over 24,000 stu
dents in New Zealand, and at vari
ous high schools and junior col
leges around the world. He is the
leader of “Rachel’s Challenge,” an
organization whose goal is to stop
school violence by targeting
young people who will be the par
ents of the next generation. The
goal is to target people like CCC
students.
“I have this theory that if one
thank you.” These words were
written on May 2, 1998, less than
one year prior to her death.
According to Scott, Rachel used
to befriend those in school who
didn’t have any friends. Rachel’s
childhood dream was to become an
actress and a missionary. In an
essence, she has achieved both
person can go out of their way to
show compassion, then they will
start a chain reaction of the same,”
said Rachel Scott, in an essay titled,
“My Ethics, My Code Of Life” writ
ten in one of her classes. Scott’s
mission is to carry on Rachel’s code
of life. He wants to start a “chain
reaction.”
After the shootings at Colum
bine occurred, Darrel Scott went to
the school. “I saw the body parts,
I saw the blood,” he said. He said
he wanted to feel what his son felt.
Rachel’s brother Craig, was in the
library where most of the shooting
took place. Craig had both of his
best friends shot down on either
side of him and witnessed eight
other classmates fall to their deaths
in a matter of minutes. 12 students
and one teacher were killed on 4-
20. Scott asked himself why and
investigated.
Scott listened to a one-hour
video of Eric and Dylan (the stu
dents responsible) planning the
shooting. “We need to get a chain
reaction going here,” Eric said to
Dylan. These very same words
were used in many of Rachel’s own
writing; and chills went up Scott’s
back, he says, as he heard those
words.
The basis of “Rachel’s Chal
lenge” comes from the many dia
ries Rachel kept. Rachel had told
PHOTO COURTESY WWW.RACHELJOYSCOTT.COM
Columbine High School student Rachel Scott was killed In the
April 20,1999 massacre at her school in Littleton, Colorado.
her father she was inspired to keep
those journals because of Anne
Frank’s diaries. She wanted them
to carry on what she felt even af
ter she died.
“Iwrite-
-Notfor the sake of glory
-Not for the sake of fame
-Not for the sake of success
-But for the sake of my soul. ”
This was on the front cover of
the diary that was in her backpack
the day of her death. There is a
bullet hole through the cover; she
was shot in front of the cafeteria
entrance, where she thought she
would eat a peaceful lunch.
As many of Rachel’s friends, and
family expressed in TV interviews,
Rachel knew she was going to die
young. She just wanted to use her
life now to make a difference in the
world. “This will be my last year,
Lord. I have gotten what I can,
goals.
“I am so grateful she landed the
leading role in her high school
play,” said Scott. And because of
Craig, who spent last summer in
South Africa in honor of Rachel’s
ideas and her father, her words are
spread around the world. Scott
concluded his message with this,
“Don’t look just for the future.” He
would like us all to live for today
and to remember others when we
decide our actions.
To learn more about Rachel’s
ideas, or about Columbine, there
are two books for sale. “Rachel’s
Tears,” and “Chain Reaction,” are
both $15 and a video is available,
“Untold Stories,” for $25. You can
also
log
on
to
www.RachelJoyScott.com for more
information.
“These hands belong to Rachel
Joy Scott and will someday touch
millions of peoples' hearts,” Rachel
had written on the back of her
dresser next to a trace of her hands
when she was 13 years old.
GED: Students have to now make appointments to take tests
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“The last major revision was con
ducted in 1988. This version ended
Dec.31,2001.Anyonewhodidn’tccHn-
plete the GED by the end of2001 must
start completely over with the 2002
series,” said Judith Miles, testing and
assessment services coordinator at
Gackamas.
GED tests at Clackamas are given 2
days per week. On busy days, the num
ber of tests per day range from 112 to a
high of 179 tests a day.
“We had our busiest days until No
vember. There was no testing in Janu
ary while new materials were delivered
and the staff was planning the new
testing process,” said Miles.
With the new testing process, stu
dents have to make an appointment to
takeaGEDtest.
“Before that, students could just
walk in and take their test Alotofpeople
were walking in and out and it was kind
of distracting,” said Miles. “Now that
we have set up times for students who
want to take a test, it’s more quiet, and
there is not as much distraction. The
new version of the test is more up
dated to what is being taught in high
school at this time.”
Through the Skills Development
program, Clackamas not only gives
individuals the opportunity to take the
GED but also offers classes to pre
pare them for the testing.
“We cover four things here in our
department, including GED and adult
high school diploma preparation. We
offer a state diploma through the col
lege and basic skill development,” said
Michael Watkins, skills development
department chair.
According to Watkins, there are vari
ous reasons why students decide to
get their GED.
“For some of the youth, they find
the high school environment not to be
the best..or sometimes they have dif
ficulties with attendance or social prob
lems. For some, it is hard to buy into
the system,” said Watkins.
For students who want to get their
GED at Clackamas, they must be at
least 18 years old, unless they have
a release from school or a parental
C oum *
permission. The GED program is
funded by local high schools, and they
refer the most test takers to the col
lege.
“Our program goes beyond just pre
paring students for their GED,” said
Watkins. “We offer a variety of re
sources about what to do after you
get your GED. It’s not the end; it’s
the beginning. It’s where the door
opens.”
To reach Maggie Jirasek, e-mail
bunny_y7222@yahoo.com or drop
by. B-104.
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