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j me kamas e e student publication ¿005 ❖ Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR ❖ www2.clackamas.edu/theprint Volume 38, Issue 9 I If p R 1 w Transfer Day » valuable resource Michaele Cooper The Clackamas Print Simple-to- make home metham phetamine kits (such as this) fuel the meth epidemic. 1 Target: Meth The first in a series focusing on local meth use \amphetamine Governor tto take drastic wide is >n has declared war nst a new demon: "hamphetamine. le street names jeth,” “crystal,” name a few), this llant has reached lise in Oregon and <unty in particular, irred action from ngoski (D). County is one of egon which ranks :th use, although laving on campus h. J ilways rumor of Dampus by some it no one has real- ird and helped us its,” said Campus Safety officer Peter Kandratieff, “but we definitely live in a county riddled with meth use.” A harsh stimulant, it affects the brain in several ways, the result being heightened energy levels as well as stimulus to the “reward center” of the brain, which causes a feeling of eupho ria. The drug has become more common over the past 10 years due to technological updates making it easier and cheaper to make meth, as well as the improvement of the chemical structure, producing a ‘^better,” longer lasting high. Prolonged" use itfw^^^an, produce ,frHt^biIiiy,;#^fr&noia, anxiety,depression,andhalluci- nations. Users have been known to go weeks without sleep, and do other physically damaging things, including self destruc tive behavior and even commit suicide. Dueto this and the fact that recent studies have linked meth to 85 percent of property and identity theft crimes in Oregon, Kulongoski has declared a new “war on meth.” This includes the establishment of a meth task force. “I am particularly concerned about the impact th» meth has had on the younwmildren who’s homes have become toxic and whos^warents have become, at best distant strang ers and at worsttheir abusers,” Kulongoski said in a speech one year ago, when his crackdown officially began. “It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that there is no greater challenge facing our public safety system than me||amphetamine production, distribution, and addiction.” Recently, more steps have been taken. This includes pull ing pseudoephedrine-based cold medicines (such as Sudafed) from shelves, now being only available upon the providing of identification, and pharmacies must now provide records of sales of pseudoephedrine. The condensing of pseudoephedrine is one of the most common ways meth is made, due to its (until recently), easy-to-obtain nature. Another initiative taken by the Governor is the establish ment of a list for convicted meth cooks, similar to that which must be signed by sex offenders, which has now got ten bipartisan support from Oregon representatives, despite the possible cost of the legisla tion. No numbers have yet been determined, but it costs Oregon $14 million per year to track Oregon’s 6,000 registered sex offenders. Through this, Kulongoski remains steadfast and convict ed in his newly found war on meth. “This is one of the great est public safety challenges our state has ever faced,” he recent ly said in a press release. “It is going to take all of us to crush Meth and keep Oregon chil dren, families and communities safe.” Editor’s Note: In the upcom ing weeks, The Print will be running a special series of arti cles discussing meth, the war on meth, and its effects on the Clackamas community and its students. dents lobby for techno-tools eel a submitted by i; student John Hart is faculty that the ¿r Clackamas to cre- to aid students and echnological boom • gital video shooting If id in filmmaking, duction of a feature 984, led John Hart leo editing class to [iiad a meeting with said Hart. “Shesug- Jition.” ier 100 signatures, oaiked conversation ampus community oposed writing lab , in the near future, . ogy class warrants is very enthusiastic; snd Trista Comelius- ish instructor,” said pick I’ve hit [them] ^meeting, led by Associate Dean Kay Slusarenko, is set for Friday to discuss the possibili ties for media arts programs and set up a Media Arts Task Force. The purpose of this committee is to con sider the areas of digital media that would be discussed in the proposed class and to find a space for the class to take place. “There is a real demand for hav ing a media arts entity on campus not oi3y from faculty but from students,” said writing instructor Andy Mingo, “even more so from students.” “It’s a good idea to have more of the video journalism things avail able,” remarked Laura Cameron, a student who signed the petition. ‘To be able to have resources for things like that available for students would be very helpful.” Andy Mingo and Sue Mach are planning to take the helm for WR264, the proposed screenwriting and pro duction class, which will take place during spring term and will focus on teaching the various aspects of film making. One of the main factors in the development of such a class is to incorporate the skills learned in WR 262 (Introduction to Screenwriting) and put their completed screenplays into a visual format “A lot of people in screenwriting production lab (RR135). want to go into production,” said “There are students all over the Mingo, “but it’s also for drama stu campus who have the abilities but no dents, music majors and writers who outlet,” said Hart want to be directors.” Mingo, who led the television production class at Mt Hood Community College, insists that infor mation technology is one of the few jobs that is not getting outsourced. While the demand for media arts is evident, the availability of space is limited and even though the new Niemeyer build ing boasts one of the larg est recording studios in Oregon, there is some debate as to whether or not it should be used by faculty and students out side of the music depart ment Mingo insists that the video production class will take place no matter Isaiah Creel Clackamas Print what, even if he and Mach are forced to bring their John Hart’s petition has forced fac own equipment and set ulty to take a closer look at the up a temporary producti on needs of students interested in space in the newspaper careers in new media. his year’s Transfer Day will help serve those students whose goal is to move on from Clackamas to another institution. Transfer Day will take place from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 27. The event will be held in Gregory Forum. Academic advisor Ariane Amstutz and the rest of the Clackamas advising team are in charge of the upcoming event. “Students always say that they benefited from coming in and meeting people.” Amstutz said. “They didn’t have to drive out to the campus.” Of the 27 schools scheduled to attend, the list includes local ones, like Portland State and the Art Institute of Portland, and also a few out-of-state, like Washington State University in Vancouver and Hawaii Pacific University. “Reps from all these schools will be there to answer ques tions if you have them about their schools,” said Amstutz. “If you don’t , [have questions]—you’re kind of just thinking you might like to transfer to certain schools- -it’s just a great way to one-stop shop.” Also in attendance will be the Ford Family Foundation Scholarship Office. Usually locat ed in Eugene, they are scheduled to have a booth at the event. According to the Foundation’s website, the Scholarship Office’s purpose is to “offer assistance to residents of rural and urban Oregon and Siskiyou County, California, to pursue higher edu cation.” Amstutz encourages students to attend, in order to take advan tage of the opportunities Transfer Day offers. “You don’t have to stay there for the full four hours,” said Amstutz. “Just drop in between classes.” T Schools that are currently scheduled to attend Transfer Day are as follows: Art Institute of Portland Bastyr College City University Concordia University Eastern Oregon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Hawaii Pacific University Linfield College Linfield College — Portland Marylhurst University Northwest Christian College Oregon College of Arts & Crafts Oregon Institute of Technology Oregon State University Oregon State University—Cascades Pacific University Portland State University Reed College Southern Oregon University University of Oregon University of Phoenix University of Portland Warner Pacific College Washington State University — Vancouver Western Baptist College Western Oregon University Willamette University
