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b— Feature---------------- WedNEsdAy, ivUy I, 2002 TN e CI ac I íamas P rint Here she comes, folks: Miss Clackamas 2002 DAISY BAIN A&E Editor Clackamas student Alisa Mara recently won the title of Miss Clackamas 2002 and will be com- peting for the Miss Oregon crown in July. The three competitors all at tend Clackamas. Lisa Rocheleau and Serena Elder also vied for the award. Mara is a 20-year-old Milwaukie resident who is a full- time student studying medicine. “I want to be a heart or emer gency surgeon,” said Mara. Miss Clackamas was Mara’s first pageant. “I became interested when I saw what it had to offer,” said Mara. Pageants offer many scholarships and opportunity to meet new people, according to Mara. Contestants base their inter views on a platform issue. Mara’s was diabetes awareness. She wants to work on research and development for new inno vations. “My dad’s diabetic,” said Mara. “Before, I wasn’t aware what diabetics go through.” She sang for her talent compe tition, which was her favorite part of the competition. When asked what the worst part was she said, “I enjoyed the whole thing, but I think it’s kind of nerve-racking knowing you’re getting judged on everything.” Yes, they have the swimsuit competition at this level, too. “I wouldn’t mind being Miss America, that’s a goal I think any one would want to pertain (to),” said Mara. Even if she doesn’t win, she will still compete be cause “it’s so fun.” She never thought she would be competing, “It was something that I viewed in TV land, not in actuality.” The current Miss America, Katie Harman, was at the crown- Clackamas student Alisa Mara accepts her Miss Clackamas 2002 award with her parents Joshua and Juanita Mara by her side. Mara's next competition is the Miss Oregon pageant in July. ing of Miss Clackamas and will be there for the Miss Oregon Pageant. “It was really special that she was there,” said Mara. The Miss Oregon Pageant will run July 11-13, and there will be a parade, with details to be an nounced later. To reach Daisy Bain, e-mail daisybain@hotmail.com or drop by Bl04. Potential nursing students await admissions diagnosis ELISABETH MEYER Feature Editor Prospective nursing student ap plicants who filled the Pauling lec ture hall Thursday night, April 25, got some good information on pro gram prerequisites but also left with some questions that won’t have answers coming until June. Due to a high dropout rate of second-year nursing students this year, CCC officials are re-evaluat- ing prerequisites for application to the program, said Tina Criswell, the advising specialist who hosted the meeting. “We looked at the (drop-out) student’s academic record. Their transcripts showed that they had gotten A’s and B’s,” Criswell said. “Why weren’t we able to catch that this person was going to have a problem? We started re-evaluating the measurements...to find out what we could change to the ad missions criteria to make sure that we weren’t setting somebody up for failure.” But no one is quite sure what the new standards will be. The admissions board is still discuss ing how GPAs will be computed, and the writing sample will be scored differently. Cut scores for the placement tests and the Nurse Entrance Test (NET) have both been raised. To apply to the nursing program, prospectives must provide their GPA, placement test scores, a writ ing sample, and an acceptable score on the NET. The top 60 of the 100-some applicants then have group interviews with nursing fac- "I'm going to have to say, I don't know a lot of these things... but I am like, hoping, hoping, hoping that details will be finalized by June 1. " Tina Criswell Advising Specialist ulty, and the final choices for ac ceptance to the program are made from the interview, Criswell said. “There has to be some subjec tivity (in the selection process),” Criswell said. “And there’s very little, but this is it.. .it’s not some thing that you can prepare for.” “I’m going to have to say, I don’t know a lot of these things. We haven’t thought all of the things through yet,” added Criswell. “But I am like, hoping, hoping, hoping, that details will be finalized by June 1,” Much of the question and an swer session centered around the concept of points. Nursing pro gram applicants are ranked by the points they earn by taking classes, maintaining a competitive GPA and scoring well on the NET and place ment tests. Criswell advised students that there is a tradeoff between earning more points by finishing courses quickly and keeping good grades. But no schedule for determining how points will be earned with coursework is available right now. Open summer registration and fall term registration for returning students begins May 29, meaning that new nursing students will be waiting for information they need for scheduling while classes begin to fill. The Nursing Department has scheduled two more informational meetings for Monday, May 6, from 10-11 a.m. and Tuesday, May 21, from 2-3 p.m. Both sessions are in CC127. To reach Elisabeth Meyer, email saladlass@hotmail.com or drop by B104. Speech instructor's long tenure due to hard work, students, enthusiasm JENNIFER KANE_______ Staff Writer MAGGIE JIRASEK / Clackamas Print Long-time instructor Jane Rickenbaugh is still kicking up her heels after 35 years of teaching communications and theater. From the minute I stepped into her office, I could tell Jane Rickenbaugh, the CCC Communi cations and Theater Department Chair, really enjoys what she does. Colorful pictures and flyers for plays cover about every inch of her office walls. Talking to her brought out even more enthusiasm. This year marks her 35th year with the college, and she shows no signs of slowing down. In 1967, while teaching speech at Southern Oregon University, Jane Rickenbaugh was preparing to get married and move to Port land when she heard about a teach ing position available at Clackamas, which was just start ing out. “It was a much different world than it is now,” she said. She re called the early years of CCC as being filled with sociability be tween faculty and students be ported in order to discover talent cause the school was so small. She and creativity. reminisced of bake sales on week “I encourage risk taking and ex ends to raise money Also, Vietnam perimentation,” she said. As a veterans were returning home and teacher, Rickenbaugh is very open beginning to take classes. to new things. She often hears Rickenbaugh can also be cred from former students thanking her ited for the dance floor that is now for the chances they were given in a part of Randall Hall. She ex her class. plained how the college had a foot One of her students even re ball team back in the early days that ceived special funding for a busi was so terrible they actually lost ness program he was working on. every game for three straight years. He never would have had the cour So when the school decided to get age to present his plan without rid of the program, the money went having taken her speech class. to building the dance studio. “No Another student was able to body ever said ‘No. You can’t do present a eulogy at his uncle’s fu this.’ You just had to work hard to neral when no other family mem make it happen.” bers would speak. Because of the She pays homage to practically communications program, many of everything when speaking about her students are taking chances her longevity at CCC. But most of they wouldn’t normally have taken. all, she credits her students. “It’s an exciting thing to see “They’ve taught me about look something flower [in a person] ing at life through different they didn’t even know was there.” lenses,” she said. From them she 7o reach Jennifer Kane, e-mail has learned the importance of be jenk403@aol.com or drop by ing given chances and being sup B104.
