Wednesday, June 5, 2002
Clackamas Community College
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Issue 26 Volume XXXV
Construction to begin in late summer
FRANKJORDAN
News Editor
Clackamas Community
College is moving forward at a
steady pace with construction
plans, working through issues
with city and county authorities
before breaking ground in late
August or early September.
“We really are just trying to get
things worked out with the city
of Oregon City and Clackamas
County officials before any pub
lic hearings are held on these
issues,” said Dean of College
Services Al Erdman. “We hope
to have the hearings on our con
ditional use applications with
the city on June 24. Most of the
issues we are dealing with now
deal with infrastructure. We
have had great conversations
with our governmental officials,
and they have been very helpful
in this whole process.”
The first three structures to be
built are the Streeter Annex, the
Art Department building and the
Pauling Annex. Those struc
tures have undergone city site
reviews and the college hopes to
begin the bid process in the next
few weeks. Groundbreaking
should happen in the August-
September time frame. The
next two buildings, the
Gateway Building and the
Welding/Automotive building,
are out of the design phase and
in the site review phase. The
college has started to begin the
physical design process of the
new Performing Arts Center,
which will be the last building
to be constructed.
“Nothing real unusual has sur
faced through this whole
process, we have tried our best
to cover all of our bases. Many
of our people have put in some
extremely long hours in this
whole process,” said Erdman.
“Storm water runoff and light
ing concerns are the two issues
that have concerned the city of
Oregon City the most. The
lighting standards of the city
are higher than ours, so we
have had to adjust accordingly.
Dealing with storm water, we
have had consultants in here to
help us determine the environ
mental impacts of the residual
runoff, not only from construc
tion, but also from new or
revamped parking that we will
have to install. These issues
are really complex, but we
have a better grasp on it now,
so everything is smoothing
Photo contributed by Clackamas Community College
Building 1: The new welding building will be constructed at the site of the C-TEC building
on the eastern edge of the campus. Building 2: The old art center will be demolished and
portions of the old building may be incorporated into the new one. Building 3: The
Gateway building will be located south of the Community Center. Building 4: The new
Pauling Annex will be built south of the Pauling Center. Building 5: The new Streeter
Annex will be just south of Streeter Hall. Building 6: The Communication Arts building,
which will be located near the Gregory Forum, is still in the preliminary design stages.
itself out.”
Erdman will ask now for
everyone returning in the fall
for classes to be patient, as with
new construction may come for
some new parking hassles.
“We are going to have some
parking changes come Fall
term. We will try to be as
accommodating as possible, but
students and staff are going to
have to be patient. One of the
biggest changes will be to the
McLoughlin parking lot. A lot
of that area will be a staging
area for construction, but we
will have alternate lots to park
in.”
To reach Frank Jordan email
fmj68@hotmail.com or drop by
B-104.
Political analyst says America is back to normal
DAISY BAIN
A&E Editor
Jim Moore, a political
analyst and commentator for The
Oregonian and various radio
news shows spoke to approxi
mately 35 students and faculty
members May 30 about life after
the September 11 bombings. The
focus of conversation was: “Are
we back to normal?”
The Social Science Colloquium
topic seems fitting as the last
pieces of debris were removed
from ground zero and a memorial
service was held for all the vic
tims of 9-11, the same day of the
colloquium.
Thursday was
another sign of America return
ing themselves back to the “nor
malcy” of everyday life.
“The rest of the world returned
to a state of normalcy before we
did,” said Moore. The rest of the
world deals with terrorism as an
everyday part of life. “In living
memory, the United States has
never gone through a state like
this.” Moore reminded the room
we would have to go back to
some of our bloodiest wars to
compare the magnitude of lives
lost.
Still knowing America has suf
Salena De La Cruz/The Clackamas Print
The Oregon Community College Association sponsors
this Genocide display that travels to different college cam
puses in Oregon. This year it is at CCC to create aware
ness about injustice and hate crimes. It will be displayed
until the end of finals week.
fered greatly, Moore believes that
the United States has come to
terms with ourselves and has
returned to a sense of normalcy
once again. He says we showed
signs of being normal sometime
back in February. The first sign,
according to Moore, is partisan
bickering. There was a six-
month period when all parties
agreed; we just need to get the
bad guy. Now we have recently
seen parties butting heads on
more economic standpoints and
views. The second sign Moore
claims rings the bells for normal
cy is that US foreign policy has
returned to normal. President
Bush has been focusing on noth
ing but terrorism, however these
last few months, subjects have
changed and now the topic is get
ting Russia into NATO.
Not to say America has forgot
ten about those tragic hours as we
watched the towers fall creating
an enormous city graveyard.
“We still have that shock,” said
Moore. “The number one thing
people think of when they think
of foreign policy is going to be
terrorism.”
Moore expressed his views that
in light of America’s policy to
stop and fight all tetrorism,
America’s government is being
used by the world. The rest of the
world is claiming that everybody
they don’t like is a terrorist. They
claim this because they know that
our main goal is to eliminate all
terrorists. The problem arises
that there is no universal defini
tion for what a terrorist is, or what
an innocent victim is. Moore’s
definition of teirorism: anybody
who challenges the order. How
do you punish accordingly and
whom do you punish. These are
ideas that were thrown about on
Thursday’s meeting. There were
no clear answers.
President Bush has also violated
a promise to himself that he
swore he would never do, said
Moore. He said the United States
was involved in too many coun
tries during the Clinton adminis
tration. He wanted to limit that.
Since 9-11, the American military
range has increased drastically.
Especially in places like Pakistan
and Afghanistan.
“Afghanistan is going to be
amazing to watch,” said Moore.
After America -is done with its
military campaign in the country,
the Afghanis are going to need
help rebuilding their government
and economy. They are going to
need western help because they
are so poor.
“This country is not going to
work unless they have some out
side help,” and where does the
help have to come from?
Probably the United States. “It is
going to have to be a nation
builder,” said Moore.
Factors that have changed our
world as the Americans know it?
According to Moore, the number
one way we are going to engage
in the world is through the mili
tary. Ten years ago, economics
was our main focus; the Pentagon
has increased the budget for the
military more than this country
has seen in 20 years. The FBI has
been going through a complete
revamping of their operations.
Their main focus has shifted from
fighting crime to fighting terror.
Moore still wonders, “Why’no
one has ever asked what failed on
September 10 that needs to
repaired today? Instead, they just
said, here are buckets of money,
do what you need to.” Moore
says the money is not going
towards the actual fight of terror
ism, but to the defense of nuclear
war. In essence he believes that
the monies given for defense and
the military are to fight the cold
war.
“It’s not going to fight terrorism,
it’s a return to normal,” he said.
To reach Daisy Bain email
Daisypower2@yahoo.com
or
drop by B-104.