NEWS
2 * The Clackamas Print • Moy T, 2003
Pro/ector
pilfered,
mower
missing
A projector was stolen from
McLoughlin 252 on April 24
between 12:30 and 1 p.m.
Public Safety said a white male
in his twenties, about six feet tall
with dark hair and a medium build
reportedly stole it.
He allegedly brought a bag of
tools and dismounted it in a few
minutes in the unlit room.
According to Joan Ryan, the
projector’s estimated cost is $4,000.
“It was the best machine we
had,” said Ryan, business depart
ment chair. “It’s really frustrat
ing....It never even went through a
light bulb.”
Due to the theft, classrooms will
now be locked between classes to
discourage future incidents, said
Ryan.
In other news, Horticulture
Instructor Bob Nelson noticed that
a lawn mower wasn’t in its usual
place while taking a class through a
shed Monday morping. The horti
culture department reported the
missing mower to Public Safety
yesterday.
The walk-behind mower is one
of several mowers that belong to
the department.
“I don’t know how or when the
mower disappeared,” Nelson said
yesterday. “I just know it’s gone.”
Public Safety has requested that
anyone who has information about
these! incidents contact them.
Compiled by Mark Falling and
Elisabeth Meyer
Welding building grand
from CCC’s public safe
ty incident logs.
Summaries are edited
for clarity, not content.
4-27-03
Patrol car hit curb, flattened front
and rear passenger-side tires. Had
vehicle towed to Les Schwab.
4-28-03
Student with seizure at Clairmont
Hall. Ambulance responded to
scene.
4-28-03
Group of suspicious students in
Orchard parking lot.
4-28-03
Staff complaint of several subjects
on BMX bikes riding recklessly in
McLoughlin area in the direction of
the bus turnaround.
4-29-03
Staff member sideswiped wooden
plant box with personal vehicle. No
damage done to plant box. Staff
member’s vehicle dented.
CORY PRICE Clackamas Print
A representative from Holem Welding Supply shows a guest some of the latest pre
cision welding equipment last night at the grand opening celebration of the new
welding building. More than 200 people showed up at the gala, which was held to
celebrate the completion of the first building to be erected of the six newest struc
tures being built on campus. This building was completed on time and under
budget. Full use of the building will begin summer term 2003.
Library books vandalized, stolen Monday night
Shadra Beesley
Edltor-ln-Chlef
Six books were vandalized and
stolen from the college library
Monday night, and one other dam
aged book was found.
According
to
Circulation
Coordinator Katie Hovanic, the cov
ers, bar codes and call numbers were
all that remained of the six missing
books, most of them on Greek
Mythology. One other book,
“Women’s Encyclopedia,” was found
damaged.
Katie Mason, a part-time worker,
found the remains of the books in a
back comer of the library Monday
night, said Hovanic.
The covers were tom from three
of the books and left in the library,
and the call numbers were cut off all
six books. Hovanic said it looked like
the bar codes had been cut off with a
knife.
“This is unfortunate because these
books are no longer available to other
students. This is an area of study that
is used often because we have a
mythology class offered here at
CCC,” said Hovanic. “It also adds to
the overall price of school for stu
dents because these books will have
to be replaced.”
The missing and vandalized books
include “Gods and Goddesses,”
“Illustrated
Encyclopedia
of
Arthurian Legend,” “Celtic Myths
and Legends,” “Guide to Astrology,”
“Illustrated Book of Myths and
Legends,” and “Ancient Greece, an
Illustrated History.”
“It’s not an unusual occurrence
for libraries to experience stolen and
vandalized books, but it is unusual
for it to happen to this many books all
at once,” said Hovanic. She reported
that very shortly after they started
receiving comic books for a new
class some of them were vandalized.
“These gates aren’t 100 percent,”
Hovanic said on possible reasons
why the perpetrators were able to
leave the library with the books.
She also explained that often
when the buzzers go off patrons
aren’t thoroughly searched because
things like cd’s and videos can set
them off.
“We try to find a balance between
searching and not insulting people,”
said Hovanic. “Unfortunately, I tend
to be too trusting, but I’m going to
get tougher.”
The library staff does have plans
to prevent future theft and vandalism
from taking place.
“We’re going to be more diligent
about checking everybody’s bag
when the beeper goes off and about
patrolling the far back comers of the
library, because that’s where the mis
chief happens,” said Hovanic.
4-29-03
Two juveniles playing jokes on
Harmony campus. Told them to
leave and they did.
4-30-03
Someone reported a white male
adult had been in the training center
restroom for some time. Public
Safety talked to the guy, who said
that he did not feel well. Subject
said he was going to his home,
which was not far away.
4- 30-03
Talked with Amber Moore (aero
bics instructor) regarding white
male adult inside women’s locker
room.
5- 1-03
Received a call from campus serv
ices. They were unable to set the
alarm to the Harmony Center. They
called Sonitrol (the alarm compa
ny), who said that the system would
be down for approximately 45 min
utes. Building would be locked and
secured.
The Print wins-four awards at state competition
Editorial on police log battle wins second place
Shadra Beesley
Edltor-ln-Chlef
“Stay away from those vomit fla
vored jelly beans,” said Bob Welch,
columnist for the Register-Guard in
Eugene. “They don’t even taste like
the real thing.”
Welch gave this sage piece of
advice as his clo$ing statement at this
year’s Oregon Newspaper Publishers
Association (ONPA) collegiate day
and awards ceremony, which was
held at Oregon State University on
May 2.
The ONPA convenes every year
to award the top college newspapers
in the state. Schools are placed in one
of three divisions: four-year school
daily newspapers, four-year school
weekly, bi-weekly or monthly news
papers, and two-year school weekly,
bi-weekly or monthly newspapers.
The Print fits into the third category,
referred to as division three.
The Print won four awards in its
division this year. Mark Falling’s
Fine Host ad series won second place
for best college ad. Elena Borysjta’s
sports section won second place for
best section. Frank Jordan won sec
ond place for best sports story for his
May 2002 front-page softball story.
Daisy Bain’s fall editorial on The
Print’s battle for access to the campus
police logs won second place for best
editorial.
Unfortunately, unlike the past
three years, The Print did not receive
a spot in the general excellence cate
gory. The winner of general excel
lence in division three was The
Commuter
of
Linn-Benton
Community College in Albany. In
divisions one and two combined, the
Oregon Daily Emerald of the
University of Oregon in Eugene won
first place for general excellence.
The annual ONPA collegiate day
is not just an opportunity for journal
ism majors to evaluate the perform
ance of their school’s newspaper. It is
also an opportunity for them to learn
about specific aspects of the field
from in-state experts.
Some of the featured speakers this
year were Nancy Casey, art director
for The Oregonian, Steve Bagwell,
journalism professor at OSU, Ryan
Gardner, staff photographer for the
Gazette-Times and Judson Randall,
retired senior editor,, for The
Oregonian and faculty advisor to stu
dent publications at PSU.
Speakers gave one-hour seminars
on topics within the field of journal
ism- ranging from jobs and intern
ships in the newspaper industry to
digital photography.
Perhaps the most valuable thing
that The Print took from the ONPA
awards this year was inspiration. The
new look in |his issue is thanks to
comments from the judges’ panel this
year.
BOB WATKINS Contributed
The Print staff attends the Oregon Newspaper
Publishers Association Collegiate Day. (Front, from left):
Robb Egan, Shadra Beesley, Pete Ford. (Middle, from
left): Mark Falling, Isaiah Creel, Advisor Linda Vogt, Tina
Tate, Frank Jordan, Cyndee Mady, Nic Delzell. (In
bush): Cory Price.