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April 30, 2003 Pinch-hitter steps in as Eclitor-in-Chief Frank Jordan The Clackamas Print Shadra Beesley, a sophomore journalism major, has taken over the reins of Editor-in-Chief of The Clackamas Print for the spring term, replacing Daisy Bain. Bain left school to take a produc tion position with KBCI television in Boise, Idaho. Beesley, who is from St. George, Utah and graduated from high school there in 2000, is excited about the task ahead of her and realizes the enormity of her new position. “I have to do a lot of organizing, and leam to communicate a whole new way with a lot of different peo ple,” said Beesley. “As the editor, I spend a lot of time making decisions and motivating people. I seem to spend a lot of my time coming up with solutions to problems. That is my main focus at the present.” After graduating from high school, she wanted to get out of Utah. Her grandparents and an aunt live here in Oregon, and Beesley had originally planned to go to Portland State University. When those plans went somewhat awry, she decided to attend community college. “I started out going to Portland Community College and had wanted to work on the newspa per there, but when I tried to contact them, they weren’t very helpful,” Beesley said. “The PCC paper is also a bi weekly paper, and I really wanted to work for a weekly. I found out that The Print was a weekly, so I transferred to Clackamas.” ‘ Beesley joined the staff of The Print spring term of last year and has worked as the news editor and the copy edi tor this year. She still holds the position of copy editor as well as editor-in-chief this term. Tina Tate has been named assistant copy edi tor to help Beesley with some of those BEESLEY duties, especially College considers increasing English instructors' workloads NIc Delzell The Clackamas Print In an attempt to compensate for the college’s budget shortfall, the administration has started to examine the possibility of requir ing full-time English teachers to take on an extra three credit hours in addition to the twelve they are already required to teach. According to Dean of Instruction Dian Connett, this is not yet definite. “What’s really important for the students to understand is that we are trying not to eliminate any instructional programs,” Connett said. “Changes will happen all over campus to maintain instruc tional offerings to students. Students and faculty must under stand how important it is to review the possibilities.” Connett added there is no hurry to come up with strategies to deal with this possibility. The college has been dealing with budget shortfalls over the last two years. “I think the more we talk face to face, the more we will under stand each other. Student instruc tion needs to be the faculty’s utmost concern,” said Connett. “I need to trust their judgment.” The English department is concerned about the extra work and the added amount of compo sition papers that will follow if they are asked to take on another class. According to English Department Chair Emily Orlando, students are assigned- six to eight 750-word essays in the average writing composition class. Drafts, conferences, and revisions Cultural celebration comes to campus Bekah Finch The Clackamas Print “We’re going to have a celebra tion, all across the world...” The lyrics of Madonna will ring true at this year’s International Celebration. The International Celebration will be held May 7 in the Clackamas Community College cafeteria. From 10 a.m.. to 2 p.m. the German, Spanish and French clubs will host a wonderful variety of activities. The French club has a variety of foods to sample, and the German club will bring out professional accordion ist Greg Meyers to rouse sing-a-longs and dancing from by-standers from 11 a.m. to noon Following the accordionist, the Spanish club has arranged for a Latin Band from the Dominican Republic, Ritma Tropical, to play from noon to 1 p.m. The Spanish club will also pro vide chips and salsa and take orders for tamales. Irma Bjerre, who is in charge of the celebration, has contacted several members of the community about hosting their own tables. Countries like Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Iran, Columbia, Chile and Japan will be represented. At each of these tables there will be maps and handicrafts, as well as some videos describing life in that particular country. “My only hope is that student^ get to practice their target language with the booth of that country,” said Bjerre. ,. “Even though we don’t have a band, we will have plenty of great food and performances expressing the way of life in France and in French speaking areas,” assures French Club President Marlies Bemey. The food includes crepes to represent France, Maple syrup pies to represent Quebec and Gumbo to show a little French love in Louisiana. ■ “The International Celebration is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the International Education Committee, as well as the most excit ing,” said Bemey. All of the proceeds from the inter national celebration go the study abroad program. make grading a long process for English instructors. “English instructors are upset. We are being asked to maintain the same quality of instruction,” said Orlando, “but the amount of time instructors can give to stu dents will be severely curtailed.” In response to the possibility of this extra class, Orlando said, “The department is aware of the budget crisis and we can work towards cost-improved efficiency. There are other things that need to be looked at before we possibly compromise the quality of educa tion that the students deserve from the English department.” Dean Connett wants everyone to understand that dealing with budget shortfalls is a campus wide issue. “Everyone must look at what they are able to do for their department,” said Connett. on production day. “When we found out that Daisy was leaving, I knew that this was my last term, but someone needed to take over,” said Beesley. “I real ly did not want to pass up this opportunity. This is the strongest staff since I started on the paper, and that is a big plus.” Beesley plans on transferring to the University of Oregon after this term is over and hopes to get her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism there. She wants to be an editor more than a writer in the future, hopefully with a newspaper or a magazine. “I will miss Daisy and wish her well in the future. She was a good advocate for the staff and for The Print. She was always on our side,” Beesley said about her pred ecessor. “I understand her a lot more now and all that she went through. She did a great job and she will be missed.” from CCC’s public safe ty incident logs. Summaries are edited for clarity, not content. 4-18-03 Dave (custodian) phoned. Said instructor’s auto was stolen. Instructed him to tell victim to phone 911. 4-20-03 Checked vehicle with a couple “making out,” asked them to find another location. 4-21-03 Staff phoned. Said found vomit on south end of CC building. Welding building finished The new welding building has been completed, and will have a grand opening celebration on May 6 at 5:30 p.m. in the building, located near Clairmont Hall. “We are all very excited to get full use of this building, as it will be able to greatly expand our teaching capability,” said Scott Giltz, manufacturing technology chair. “We already have one class that is meeting in the new space, and as classes currently going on finish up their individual process es, then we can move additional equipment into the new facility from its current location in Barlow Hall.” At the grand opening event, Clackamas welding students and instructors will be giving demon strations of techniques and welding processes, and welding supply ven dors will be on hand to talk about their wares. The event is sponsored by the college, the American Welding Society and Airgas. Dinner and refreshments will be served, Meal Deal Coupons Add Chili to a Side of French Fries Only $0.65 additional ONLY VALID WHEN COUPON IS PRESENT Offer valid thru May 6; 20.03. Only in the Cougar Cafe, Clackamas Community College 16 oz. Starbucks Espresso Milkshake On Sale $1.75 ONLY VALID WHEN COUPON IS PRESENT Offer valid thru May 6, 2003 Only in the Cougar Cafe, Clackamas Community College. donors will be reeognized and there will be a raffle for prizes. College President Joe Johnson will deliver the opening remarks, and other dignitaries will deliver brief remarks. A number of groups have been invited, including high school advisers and instructors, members of the Construction Bond commit tee, Baugh Construction and Skanska sub-contractors, as well as members of the Clackamas Board of Education, CCC Foundation board members and members of the American Welding Society national board of direc tors. The new building will be ready for full operation beginning sum mer term 2003. Anyone interested in attending the open house/grand opening are asked to RSVP by May 2 to Mona Escriva at (503) 657-6958, ext. 2287 or monae @ clackamas.edu Compiled by Frank Jordan o
