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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
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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
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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.
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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.”