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December 3, 2003 ♦ Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR ♦ Volume 37, Issue 6
look exchange saves students money
Frank Jordan
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Students who are looking to sell
ir unwanted textbooks at the end of
: term have another option, courtesy
their
Assbciated
Student
ivemment (ASG).
The ASG Student Book Exchange
a program that allows students to
1 their books to other students who
iy need a particular book for a class,
t don’t want to pay a high price for
This program has gotten more pop-
ir with each passing year, but ASG
mpus Activities Officer Rian
urphy acknowledges that the pro-
im has had its growing pains.
‘The program has been kind of
>sely run over the past few years,
d we, quite honestly, may have been
:en advantage of,” said Murphy,
fe had a student once who tried to
1 more than one book from the
ne class and he got away with, it.
; are not saying that some of the
oks [were] stolen, but it may have
jked that way. So this year, we
eamlined and formalized the
ocess, and it has worked out great.”
The Book Exchange works like
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The Book Exchange Program, organized by ASG, helps students sell their books to
others at a reasonable price and has gotten more popular with each passing year.
this: A student comes into the ASG
office in CC 140 and picks up a con
tract for the exchange. The student
fills out the contract and lists the
books by title, author, edition number
and a price that the student wishes to
receive for the book. Each contract
will cost the student $2 and he/she
may list up to eight books per con
tract.
Each term’s book exchange runs
from finals week of the current term
until the second week of the following
term. At the end of the book exchange
period, a contracted student will pick
up their remaining books or the cash
from the books that were sold.
Any participating students need to
remember that their copy of the con
tract is their receipt and they need to
have their copy to pick up their
remaining books or their money.
Students interested in buying a
book can go into the ASG office,
where a staff member can show them
a list of books that are available and
the asking price for the book. If the
book they want is there, then they just
pay the money to the ASG for the
book.
“This book exchange program is
huge; we have had great success with
it. It is not as big in the fall, but the
program really picks up during winter
and spring terms,” said Murphy.
“Even the bookstore on campus
knows that this program has a place
and they have been supportive of the
idea. They know that we don’t make
any money off of this; the $2 fee goes
toward maintaining the program.”
Interested students oan sign up for
the Book Exchange program by going
to the ASG office in CC 140 and talk
ing to Murphy to get more informa
tion or call Murphy at ext. 2247.
^SG helps make
Rook Hall is
named after
Roger Rook, one
of the original
founding board
members of
CCC. The build
ing is dedicated
to him for all his
contributions to
the college.
Christmas special
vith Giving Tree
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ROOK
Rook honored at building dedication
Justin Keppinger
C ontributing W riter
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he Giving Tree has been sponsored by ASG for over
0 years. The presents purchased for the kids can
e delivered unwrapped to the ASG office by Dec.8.
Though Clackamas suffered the
loss of one of its founding board mem
bers earlier this year, Roger Rook’s
impact on the college will live on
through the building named in his
honor.
An open house for Rook Hall will
be held next Wednesday from 2-5
p.m., at which time the facility can be
toured by the public.
Other new
buildings may also be visited at this
time, including the recently named
DeJardin Hall (previously the Pauling
Annex), whose Grand Opening will be
held in March.
The DeJardin family is being rec
ognized for their donation of $500,000
to the college for the purpose of com
pleting the construction of the
Communication Arts Center and
establishing an endowment in Health
Sciences. (For a sneak peek of
Dejardin Hall Please see Page 2)
In addition to the Rook Hall Open
House, a dedication in honor of Roger
Rook will be held at 10 a.m.
Colleagues and former college
presidents, as well as current President
Joe Johnson, will attend to honor and
remember the longtime board member
who died of congestive heart failure
last March at the age of 75.
“He was an extraordinary man
who always carried his sense of humor
with him,” said former CCC President
John Keyser. “He was one of the best
and longest-standing board members
in Oregon.”
Mike
Caudle,
current
advising/recruitment specialist and
former Associate Student Government
president at CCC, has fond memories
of his time spent with Rook at the
board meetings. He illustrates the
impact Rook had on one particular
meeting.
The last speaker at a board meeting
was finishing up talks on an apparent
ly exhausted issue, made obvious by
the complacent looks on the members’
faces.
“[Rook] leaned forward in his
chair. As soon as Roger started to
move, everybody on the board of edu
cation—their
whole
demeanor
changed. Everyone was paying atten
tion,” explained Caudle.
When Rook spoke, Caudle said, he
chose his words carefully and people
listened. That ability to command
attention was pivotal to his success in
all facets of his career, including his
private practice as an attorney in
Milwaukie.
“Every day [Rook] spent here was
purely out of the goodness of his heart
because he cared deeply about what
we do here,” added Caudle.
In 1969, Rook was part of a group
of 25 Oregon attorneys who went to
Mississippi under the auspices of the
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights.
This group volunteered to go to the
South, at considerable personal risk, to
provide legal services for people who
had been denied their civil rights.
“Sometimes, we don’t take time to
give credit to the silent heroes like
Roger. It was no big deal to him.
That’s what was big about it,” said
Harold Williams of the Portland
Community College Board. “It was a
human thing, not a black-white thing.
When there were no voices to speak
for the voices of my people, he was
one to speak. When there was no one
to stand, he stood.”
Rook served three terms as district
attorney of Clackamas County prior to
his election onto the board of educa
tion in 1971, where he spent 32 years
of dedicated service to CCC.
As students enter Rook Hall, they
will see a plaque hanging on the wall,
reminding all who see it of the man
behind the name and his passion for
this college. Inscribed on the plaque is
a quote explaining Rook’s affinity for
Clackamas.
“Z stayed on the board for two rea
sons: my affection for the community
college system and my affection for the
staff at Clackamas, ” said Rook. "I am
proud of the caliber of teaching and of
the great warmth and friendliness
toward students here.”
In memory of Roger Rook
1928-2003
Remember: Winter Term begins January 5th!