The Clackamas Print
Campus construction continues
Copy Editor
Drier than usual fall weather has
helped construction crews on the
Clackamas campus, as work contin
ues on three of the six new buildings
atCCC.
“We could hardly have had better
weather, the gods have been smiling
on us this fall,” said Dean of Campus
Services Al Erdman. “All of the
projects currently underway are on
schedule and on budget.”
Concrete pouring has been helped
by the dry weather, which is* great
news for contractors from Baugh
Construction, charged with building
on the new sites. The sooner that
slabs can get poured, the easier the
rest of construction will be during the
winter.
“In addition to current construc
tion, we have received the bids back
from contractors interested in the
new Gateway and Pauling build
ings,” Erdman said. “The college is
really very fortunate that the bids
have come in lower than we expect
ed, but those doing the bidding are
excited for their companies getting
major projects during the slow win-
ter months in the construction bu$K
ness.”
No major problems have
occurred during these initial phases
of construction, although some large
hurdles have had to be overcome.
“Construction personnel were
digging on the site of the Gateway;
building when they came across
some really large boulders in the
ground,” said Erdman. “One of
these rocks was 12 feet by 6 feet,
estimated to weigh about 30 tons.
We hit several other 15-20 ton boul
ders in the same area; You just can’t
lift those out of the ground. Those
rocks had to be broken up and
hauled away.”
Recently, more meetings have
gotten underway to discuss renova
tions to existing buildings, once
departments start moving out of
their locations into their new spaces.
“It’s not just a matter of moving
departments, it is also what to do
with the space that is left behind in
current buildings,” commented
Erdman. “We have-many issues to
discuss along those lines, but every
thing has changed from the original
plans. We need to not only look at
the cost of renovation, but how we
can maximize the efficiency of
those departments that will have to
move.”
Not many complaints have
reached Erdman’s desk as far as
parking or public safety issues are
concerned, although changes have
been mSde recently that affect stu
dents. The speed limit on Douglas
Loop around the campus was
recently lowered from 30 to 20 mph.
Construction personnel have report
ed no major hassles as far as inter
ference with their work is con
cerned.
“Baugh Construction and the rest
of the sub-contractors have really
gone out of their way to insure that
student accessibility has not been
compromised in this process,”
Erdman said. “That was a big goal
of this whole project. To have stu
dents and staff not be affected by
what is going on around them.
Contractors and equipment have
been parking out of the way, and
with the exception of the 50-75
spots that we took out of the
Community Center, parking has not
been an issue so far. Once the rain
decides to make an entrance, how
ever, all bets are off.”
Date auction to benefit ACS
Staff Writer
Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), CCC’s
chapter of the National Community
College Honor Society, is coordinat
ing a date auction to benefit the
American Cancer Society (ACS).
Here is your chance to help.
Jan. 31, at 5:00 p.m. in the
Gregory Forum, Phi Theta Kappa
will host the auction, with 100 per
cent of the proceeds going to the
ACS.
Contestants were chosen through
an interview process in the cafeteria,
and those fortunate enough were
called back for a second interview,
which took place on Dec. 2.
The PTK is soliciting prizes from
the local community, and looks for
ward to local media coverage.
“None of the applicants asked
about the prizes,” said Cyndee
Mady, event chairwoman.. ’’They
just wanted to have fun and try
something new. Plus it’s for a great
cause.”
According to their official web
site, the ACS was founded in 1913
as the American Society for the
Control of Cancer (ASCC) by fifteen
prominent physicians and business
leaders in New York City.
The Society’s main purpose at
the time was to make the general
population aware of the severity of
cancer. To accomplish this feat they
wrote articles for popular-magazines
and professional journals.
Clarence Little, ASCC’s manag
ing director at the time, wrote “In
1935 there were fifteen thousand
people active in cancer control
throughout the United States. At the
close of 1938, there were ten times
that number.”
In 1945, the ASCC reorganized
and became the ACS, and has since
raised $2.2 billion for research, and
helped fund 30 Nobel Prize winners.
Quite a few students signed up to
take part in this event.
Students selected to participate
had to go through an interview
process to be selected for the auc
tion. To find out if one of your
friends made the final cut, come to
the date auction, Jan. 31, in the
Gregory Forum.
Finals Week Schedule
Class day & start
Exam day & time
MonJWed. or
MonJWedJFri.
7:45or8a.m.|
Mon. 3/17
10 or 10:15 a.m.
11 or 11:30 a.m.
noon or 12:45 p
10 a.m.- noon
Tues. 3/18
Wed.3/19
8-10 a. m.
8-10 a.m.
10 a.m. noon
noon-2 p.m.
2 p.m.
3W3:lâ|
4 or 5o,nili^S
TuesJThurs.
7c30 or 8 a.m?
I fel y
10 or 10:30 am.
2:30 orS p.m.
2-4 p.m.
8-10 a.m.
10 a.m.-noon
noon-2 p^m.
2*4 p.m.
4-6 p.m; |
See your instructor
conflicts
Grades won’t be mailed this year! They will be availabe on the internet at
the college’s website.
Photo contributed by Kirk Pearson
This gigantic rock was unearthed from the future home
of the new Cateway Building. It is 12 feet tall and 6 feet
wide, and weighs in at approximately 30 tons!
Colloquium examines
domestic violence in
Clackamas County
Editor In Chief
The Clackamas Social Science
department started the first of sev
eral colloquiums in late November,
discussing and examining the
topic,
“Violence
in
our
Community.”
On Nov. 21, about 20 students
and staff filled the seats to discuss
violence in our community. The
main topic for the first colloquium
focused on child and domestic
abuse in our community.
Marcy Cady, a social ■service
specialist with the Oregon
Department of Human Resources,
explained the realities of family
violence in our world. Hitting the
realities of our hometowns.
“Often times we think of vio
lence over there,” said Cady.
In actuality, there were 96
reported rapes in Clackamas
County during the 2001 calendar
year and over 900 assault crimes.
In addition to sex crimes, child
abuse was talked of extensively. In
1979, family violence became ille
gal and eventually the “Threat of
Harm” law was enacted. This new
law made it so if a child was pres
ent during spousal abuse, the child
could be taken from the home.
“It’s not as easy as you think,”
said Cady. “You have to be sure
you have a strong basis to take chil
dren out of their home.”
A controversial issue has
always been what to do with babies
who are bom addicted to drugs.
According to Cady, the Department
of Human Services likes to tty to
help the parent to lead a clean life,
before taking the child.
In the event that children do get
removed from their homes, the
family goes through parent train
ing, family therapy and individual
therapy. In the end, about 59 per
cent of children are returned to
their homes.
The majority of child abuse
calls, about 16 percent, come from
schools, said Cady. A chilling sta
tistic presented by Cady is that of
child brutality. In 2001, eight chil
dren died of abuse in Oregon alone.
During the same time the
“Violence in our Community,” col
loquium was taking place, a
“Celebrate what’s right in the
world,” video was viewed next
door.
To the Environmental
Learning Center’s disappointment,
attendance wasn’t as high.
The video, which was about 20
minutes long, was a National
Geographic film based on one pho
tographer’s views on life and how
to absorb nature’s wonders and use
them with a positive outlook on
life. An overlying theme was “per
ception controls our reality.”
Strong positive outlooks such
as, “Instead of griping about what’s
wrong with the world, ask what’s
right with it,” and “when we
believe it, we will see it,”, were
stressed throughout the video.