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N ews 2 • T he C lackamas P rint F ebruary 11, 2004 & A keeps presidents on toes Shannon Armstead T he C lackamas P rint College President Joe Johnson, ASG president Marltes Bemey and other college staff gathered in the Community Center on Feb. 4 to answer students’ questions concern ing the college. The meeting began at noon and hungry students were offered free pizza, punch and coffee. The presi dent stood at a microphone in front of the former financial aid office and began by addressing some common ly-asked questions. ‘As most of you know, Measure 30 failed yesterday,” said Johnson. “There are probably some questions about [its] effect on Clackamas. The same amount of classes [and pro grams] will be offered. We will not be Cutting anything out. The adverse effect it has on students is that they will continue to see tuition rise” Johnson commented that he had heard a lot of questions about parking and proceeded to explain that expan sions are planned for the future ‘After the construction near the Communication Arts Center is fin ished, we will be expanding the park ing lots,” Johnson said. ‘We are also looking for ways to make it easier to get in and out.” Another issue Johnson discussed was the concern for campus security in regards to the recent car thefts. “Car theft is an issue wherever you are, [but] Clackamas is trying to implement a reform of our security program to introduce cadets, so that there are more people involved in actually monitoring the campus community,” he said. “We are also planning on improving lighting so that people will feel safer.” / After addressing these issues, Johnson invited students to ask questions. One student wanted to know what was being done about the absence of a student center. “We moved everything out of [the Community Center] so that it could be returned to a student cen ter,” said Johnson. — At this point, Bemey took the microphone to explain that the area formerly concealed behind the financial aid center would also be opened up for student use. The discussion was then diverted to the high price of textbooks. “Who thinks they spent the most this quarter on books?” asked Johnson. One student responded with $498, another estimated $600 and one had paid roughly $700 for her medical textbooks. David Holcomb, the director of the bookstore, explained that this isn’t something the bookstore can control “(The publishers] charge more to the U.S. market, which makes no sense,” Holcomb said. ‘We are try ing to work with the publishers to make them realize that this is unfair to the bookstores and the students.” ‘We are not blind to [the high prices of textbooks]. We are trying to explore some novel ways to drive the prices down.” AU reports are taken from CCC’s campus safety incident logs. Summaries are edited for clarity, not content. 2-2-04 2:30 p.m. ASG staff reported a college club poster set on fire in McLoughlin area. No sus pects. CORY PRICE C lackamas P rint College President Joe Johnson addressed student questions in an open forum last Wednesday in the Community Center. Meanwhile, it was noted that stu dents are able to buy books at lower costs and sell for a higher return by utilizing die ASG’s textbook buy back at the beginning of every term. The numerous dub posters that are taped on building walls all over campus was of concern to another student. “[The posters] are like visual pol lution,” the student said. “How many posters are allowed and what kind of content is allowed?” An ASG representative respond ed that there are currently no limita tions on the number of posters or their content as long as it is a college club. “We have not had any problems with [posters], but regulations are a work in progress,” said the ASG rep resentative. Still other student concerns addressed by Johnson included spe cial smoking areas, cafeteria prices, flea markets on campus and several other topics at die forum. He wrapped up the meeting with thanks to everyone in attendance and asked that the students kindly finish the leftover pizza so that he would not be forced to. Bird flu takes lives in Asia, threatens U.S. poultry human infection. imports of poultry. Hong Kong and time. 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According to the World Health were cuUedystiahsport of dhitken^ few; other subtypet axe easily mutat- risk of mutation and exchanging of Organization, what could have been was stopped completelyTand/l^ (Zd-and could become a higher risk. genes between humans and animals. a pandemic at this time was likely nearby farms were tested for infects Though studies change this According to the World stopped by the culling of Hong tion, none of which shelved sijjps pf ’ information daily, as of now it is Health Organization, a total of Kong’s entire poultry population. infection. I / known that when the infection 23 cases of human infection and Since this outbreak, various other This recent Delaware Outbreak passes through humans and ani 18 deaths have occurred between outbreaks have been documented caused Japan, Russia, Singapore, mals such as pigs, it is more easi Vietnam and Thailand to date, worldwide, but few have resulted in South Korea and Poland to ban U.S. ly passed to humans the next with numbers changing daily. Karlin Johnson N ews E ditor . Clean bill of health helps Small Business head home Bethany Monroe T he C lackamas P rint After a temporary residence on CCC’s main campus, the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has moved back to the OIT building at Harmony campus. The SBDC was forced to make a short-term location change after mold was discovered in their Harmony campus office in Milwaukie. The Environmental Learning Center (ELC) at the Oregon City campus housed the SBDC while the mold problem was being taken care of. According to Tim Shea, direc tor of the college’s SBDC, the OIT building (on Harmony cam pus) now has a dean bill of health. Nestled away in the ELC building near Clairmont Hall, many students were not even aware of the SBDC’s existence-or purpose. The SBDC’s main goal is to offer information and resources to business owners or those interest- ed in starting a business. Any stu dent with an entrepreneurial idea is welcome to seek advice from the SBDC’s qualified business pro fessionals. Backed by tax dollars and the college, the SBDC is able to offer their counseling services for free. Classes and workshops, such as "“Marketing Your Web Site” or “Customer Service” are available for small fees, Shea said. Sixteen community colleges and three state universities cooper ate with Oregon’s chapter of the SBDC. By joining with the SBDC, the college is able to serve, the community beyond formal aca demics. According to Shea, the Oregon chapter of the SBDC helped start 1,100 new businesses and created 2,676 jobs in 2002 alone. The SBDC, now back home at Harmony campus, is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m.' to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 503- 656-4447 or visit their website at www.bizcenter.org/ dackamas. campus 2-3-04 1:27 p.m. Student reported theft of property from her vehicle while parked in Community Center lot. 2-3-04 2:38 p.m. Student reported theft of OR license plates from his vehi cle while parked in Orchard overflow lot. 2-3-04 2:59 p.m. Cadet reported a car prowler in the Barlow lot. 2-3-04 3:00 p.m. Observed a white male adult pulling on door handles of drivers ed vehicles. 2-4-04 10:18 a.m. Staff reported finding a disturbing note in a McLoughlin classroom. 2-4-04 10:46 a.m. Staff reported disorderly con duct in the Café by several white males. 2-4-04 12:35 a.m. Phoned for outside assistance in case involving suspicious activity by a student. 2-5-04 10:18 p.m. Received a call regarding the Pauling Annex “D” Elevator stuck on the second floor and the alarm going off. Repairman sent. 2-5-04 10:59 p.m. Asked two lovers to leave the lot as the campus is closed. o Meal Deal Coupons BREAKFAST SANDWICH WITH MEAT & A SIDE OF POTATOES FOR $2.95 ONLY VALID WHEN COUPON IS PRESENT Not valid with any other coupons. Offer valid thu Feb. 10, 2004 From 7:00a.m. - 10:30a.m. Only in the Cougar Cafe, Clackamas Community College > 3 3 m — 7T s Sarbucks 1 REGULAR 2 SHOT MOCHA FOR $2.75 ADD A FLAVOR FOR $0.25 # Open from 7a.m. - 3p.m. ONLY VALID WHEN COUPON IS PRESENT Offer valid thru Feb. 10,2004 Only in the Cougar Cafe, Clackamas Community College 2 in
