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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.
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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.
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