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N ews 2 • T he C lackamas P rint Public Safety Cyndee Mady CO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The retirement of Larry Dexheimer, chief of Public Safety, has initiated a task force to reassess the needs of campus Public Safety. “Rather than go in and say, 'Okay, somebody retired, let's just fill the position,' it gives us the flexibility now to say, 'What do we want to do?'” said Al Erdman, dean of col lege services. Erdman, along with Dick Ashbaugh, faculty of criminal jus tice; Mike Caudle, for the classified union; Theresa Tuffli, community education director at Harmony cam pus; Larry Levi, the associate dean at Wilsonville and Nichole Richards, student representative of the Associated Student Government (ASG) encompass the task force. They will take into consideration the needs and wants of students, staff and faculty when it comes to campus security. “The question that we're asking ourselves is: 'What do we want Public Safety to look like and what is it that we want it to do,' and it all revolves around the [idea] of what makes people .feel safe?” said Erdman. “Everyone has a different reaction...reactions all the way from 'I don't want them to have guns', ver sus 'No, I think they should be armed,' versus 1 feel safe having a larger visible presence whether they're armed or not.' We put out a . survey to the campus with what we/ hope were some probing questions./ ASG distributed surveys to stu dents while an on-line version rif the survey was accessible to staff and faculty. Nearly 340 surveys were completed. The Public Safety Task Force will consider the survey results (see side bar) when making their final decision as to how to re-structure public safe ty for the good of the college. “The committee is not there to say this is the vision of what the com mittee sees for the college, the com mittee is really there to take input from the college and say, this is what you want, here is what we think is the best way to lay it out and here is the cost of doing that,” said Erdman Many people are under the mis conception that the whole debate regarding Public Safety centers on whether or not they should carry guns. “That's only one of the questions among a whole myriad of questions. It is an important question, but it's not the only question,” said Erdman. Whether an officer can carry a firearm is dependent upon if he or she is a sworn officer. “To be sworn is to receive the same training as every other police officer and that's on criminal proce- O ctober 29, 2003 What makes people feel safe on campus (J All reports are taken from CCC’s public safety 12 incident logs. Summaries are edited for clarity, not QJ content. 10-21-03 10:05 am Assist #43 remove plywood and trash from area-possible transient camp. 10-21-03 3:35 pm Print staff asked for identifica tion of a wanted subject. Showed booking photo. 10-21-03 6:04 pm XII inglani CLACKAMAS 'Hl.VT Larry Dexheimer is serving as interim Chief of Public Safety during the reassessment of the department, department. dures, police procedures, whether they are armed and how they handle a firearm,” said Erdman. “There are certain things I would not want to ask a person to do, if they were not armed.” Open forums will be held four times in the Gregory Forum - today from 3-4 p.m, tomorrow from noon - 1 p.m., Nov. 5, from noon-1 p.m. and Nov. 7, from 1:30 p.m-2:30 p.m. An overview of Public Safety's history, what standards are currently in effect, what safety measures stu dents, staff and faculty want for their institution and the goals of the task force will be discussed. Attendance is encouraged. Sheriff's office still seeks fugitive Jared Eschweiler N ews E ditor Gordon Keith Rodwick, found living on campus and wanted by Clackamas County Sheriffs Office for violation of parole, still remains at large. “To my knowledge Rodwick has not yet been apprehended,” said Larry Dexheimer, chief of public safety. c co According to Public Safety logs Rodwick was first seen on campus on Sept. 18, 2003. Public Safety Department con firmed that Rodwick was living on campus in a shed adjacent to the garage of the Reeder House, a building owned by the college, located behind the old art center. These transient camps continue to be an ongoing issue on CCC’s campus. “Occasionally transient camps have been found in the woods adja cent to Highway 213,” said Dexheimer. “These camps are usu ally found by the campus Grounds Department.” * The woods where these dwellings for the homeless have been found are located on the west side of campus, beyond the soccer field, facing Highway 213. All transient camps found on campus are dismantled by Public Safety. Received a call from a gardener at the community gardens. He said it looked like someone with a 4-wheel drive pickup had driven through the gardens. 10-24-03 10:00 am Met K. Schneider (Nursing) with copy of student restraining order posted in Department of Public Safety room. More info to follow from student. 10-24-03 2:05 pm Talked to white male juvenile about panhandling per ASG staff. 10-24-03 3:25 pm Talked to OCPD Reserve Officer Baley about possible gang fight on campus. Assisted in dispersing high school juve niles in Barlow lot. Public Safety is located in B-101 Ext. 2385 Plagiarism: copy and paste all the way to expulsion Jared Eschweiler NEWS EDITOR Plagiarism is a growing problem in colleges and universities nation- wide. “The English department takes this problem very seriously," said Emily Orlando, depart ment chair. "We don't like it. However, few students have a grasp on exactly what pla giarism is and how serious an offense it is.” Webster's 1 Revised Unabridge : d Dictionary defines plagiarism as “to steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appro priate with out due acknowl edgement (the ideas or expressions of another).” intentionally lift papers. We have According to information on incidents each term.” www.tumitin.com, a website geared Writing Tutorial Services of towards plagiarism “In the pre-com- Indiana University (WTS) offers sev puter era, plagiarism took a lot of eral helpful tips to avoid plagiarism. work to accomplish. One had “Put in very limited resources and quotations "Few students restricted access to information. everything However, with the invention of that comes have a grasp the worldwide web, plagiarists directly on what have instant access to informa from the tion and texts from all over the plagiarism text, espe world with just the click of a cially when is..." mouse now, a plagiarist can taking Emily Orlando simply cut and paste facts and notes,” figures from all over the advises the English Department Internet about their assigned website, Chair topic and turn it in. This is pure www.indi- and simple cheating.” ana.edu. Today it is so easy to pla When writing the actual paper, try giarize,” said Orlando. to paraphrase. However, students “Most of the instances must be careful they aren't just rear of plagiarism ranging the order of the sentence or here are unin replacing a few words here and there. tentional, but WTS suggests this method: there are “Read over what you want to par those aphrase carefully; cover up the text who with your hand, or close the text so you can't see any of it (and so aren't tempted to use the text... Write out the idea in your own words without peeking.” “Check your paraphrase against the original text to be sure you have not accidentally used the same phras es or words, and that the information is accurate.” Campus instructors are aware of the potential problem and are looking for ways to cut down on breaches of copyrighted information. “The computer science depart ment and several other departments want to help us curtail the plagiarism problem here at Clackamas,” said Orlando. “The more specific classes get, the easier it is for instructors to tell if there is plagiarism going on,” said English instructor Jim Grabill. The penalty for flaunting anoth er's words and ideas as one's own can be stiff. According to Orlando, the punishment for plagiarism ranges from failing the assignment in ques tion to failing the entire course. In the rare and most extreme cases, pla giarism can result in expulsion from the college. Even with such harsh conse quences, plagiarism will likely con tinue to be a problem. Speech team challenges beginning debaters Shannon Armstead T he C lackamas P hi \ t For their second tournament of the season, Clackamas Speech and Debate Team joined students from Idaho, Montana and more as they gathered at Pacific University this past weekend. Before the debates began, stu dents crowded the cafeteria, some sitting at tables with their plastic tubs of filed “current issues,” ran domly grabbing a topic and testing each other’s knowledge in an attempt to further broaden their vast knowledge of recent events. “Last minuté cramming,” explains Erin Busch, a first-time debater. K BusCh wasn’t the only inexperi enced one in the group. According to speech coach Kelly Brennan, 16 of the 21 students on the team are “brand-spanking new.” “[This was] a get-your-feet-wet tournament for many,” said Brennan. “I really enjoyed this tourna ment. Now I know how things work,” said Bucsh. Debate was not the only compe tition for team members. Some events included interpretive speech- es, such as poetry and prose. Others included dramatic and platform speeches, such as persuasive and informative. Rachelle Pementel, who joined the team just two weeks ago, admits she was not yet confident with debate, but was quite excited about her prose piece. “Prose pieces tell a story. Mine is about a mother and her little boy. I love it!” she said. Impromptu is yet another event at the tournaments. “You get two minutes to prepare a five-minute speech,” remarked Justin Wallner, who said he feels like he did well for his first tourna ment. “[For] extemporaneous speeches, you have 30 minutes and a bin of resources to construct a seven-minute speech.” When asked about his stress level during the tournament, Wallner con fessed it was a little high, but after ward be said, “It all feels good now.” According to Brennan, the new debaters did well. The team came in second for community colleges and brought home nine awards. “For such a new team, we did amazing,” said Brennan. “By the end of the year, we will probably be a powerhouse college.”
