Image provided by: Clackamas Community College; Oregon City, OR
About The Clackamas print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1989-2019 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 2002)
Th e Check US put, online, Wednesday April 10, 2002 http://depts.dackamas.cc.or.us/prmt Clackamas Community College Oregon City, Oregon Volume XXXV, Issue 18 Thieves take advantage of trust MAGGIE JIRASEK Editor-in-Chief PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SALENA DE LA CRUZ / Clackamas Print Illustrated above is the robbery of March 19. The Foreign Language Department was robbed between 8:30 and 10 p.m. and a VCR, four paintings, pop, candy as well as money were reported stolen. The Foreign Language Department in Barlow Hall was robbed Tuesday, March 19, be tween 8:30 and 10 p.m. A VCR, four German expressionistic prints, fundraiser money, pop and candy were reported stolen. “I walked in Wednesday morning, and I noticed that all the pop, the money and the candy were gone,” said Dick Stones, German instructor. “As I walked out I saw that all the paintings up on the wall and the VCR had disappeared as well.” It is the first time that an incident such as this occurred. Stones assumes that more than one individual was involved in the theft. “I have no idea who might have done it, but I think it had to be more than just one person. No one could carry the VCR, the paintings, and all the pop by himself,” said Stones. “It might have been someone from outside who is not even a student. I can’t imagine a mad student whom I gave a lower grade last term do ing this.” Staff members are respon sible for locking up the room for the night. However, that night it was left open. The stolen art work was not worth a lot of money since the paintings were only prints. The total loss for the German Club was around $130. “The paintings were really nice. I hope that the person who wanted these paintings that badly now sits at home, drinks the pop, eats the cookies and enjoys the artwork,” said Stones. The German Club and the Spanish Club have been selling candy and pop as part of a fundraiser for several terms. Stones says that the pop sale does not make a lot of money but it gives students something to do. The money goes into the club fund and helps students go to Germany. The Foreign Language Department is open during the day, and students are welcome to go there and do homework. Students can buy soda or candy for 50 cents each. “We won’t change any thing. We will continue to leave the Language Department open during the day,” said David Miller, Foreign Language De partment chair. “We want stu dents to come in there.” Ground due to break in fall for new buildings FRANK JORDAN News Editor Clackamas Community College hopes to begin con structing the first three of five new buildings planned for the Oregon City campus in Au gust or September 2002, ac cording to Dean of College Services Al Erdman. “If we get all of the per mits from the city, and every one approves the plans we have drawn up, then we hope * Check out page 3 for the ongoing investiga tion of the two missing Oregon City girls. *Meet the new Soccer Coach on page 11. to break ground in late sum mer or early fall,” said Erdman. “After breaking ground, we should have all of the concrete work needed done before the rainy season sets in.” The three buildings in the first phase of the project are a building beside the au tomotive wing of Barlow Hall to house the welding, con struction and apprenticeship programs; the Studio Arts Building, between Randall Hall and the softball field, for the Art Department; and the Streeter Annex, to be built in the grassy area adjacent to Streeter Hall. If all goes according to preliminary plans, ground would then be broken on the other two buildings in late fall or early winter of 2002. Those two buildings are the Gateway Building, which will house all the student services now located in the Commu nity Center, and the English Department and Student Pub lications; and the Pauling Annex, on the west side of Pauling Center for the Nurs ing, EMT and Life Sciences programs. “We have had numerous meetings with all of the asso ciate deans and instructors on where to place programs and if the designed structures have met with everyone’s ap proval,” said Erdman. “There have been modifica- ”After breaking ground, we should have all of the concrete work done before the rainy season sets in." Al Erdman Dean of College Services tions to original designs when necessary, and we now be lieve that we have a plan that will work.” Erdman and his staff have also had numerous plan ning sessions with the city of Oregon City, hoping to smooth out the process needed to carry out this enor mous project. “The city has to ap prove all of the plans before construction begins, and we have been very pro-active on this point. The city has to approve conditional use per mits for construction, as well as all of our plans for infra structure. The city has to perform site reviews and pub lic hearings must be held to see if anyone in the commu nity has any objections to what we want to do. All must be okay with the city before we can start bidding out the construction to contractors.” If everything goes well, the first three buildings should be ready for occu pancy by Winter Term 2003- 04. The other two buildings should be ready by Fall Term 2004. “We have been very pleased with the process so far,” said Erdman. “We had a rocky beginning, but the planning is now going rather., smoothly.”
