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,
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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
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On Sale $1.75
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Offer valid thru May 6, 2003
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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
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