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Guest speakers at the English
department’s “Meet n’ Greet”
last week are introduced to
a standing-room-only crowd
in Rook Hall’s Literary Arts
Center. The guests (from
Left) were Perrin Kerns
from Marylhurst University,
Michelle Kendrick from
Washington State University’s
Vancouver Campus, and Kate
Sage, Sydney Thompson and
Cyndee Mady of Portland
State University.
¡chaele Cooper
^etlackamns Print
| an attempt to get Clackamas
dents onto campuses they
Ian to attend after transferring,
eling and Advising depart
as set up a new program called
■er Tours.”
■term’s “tour” is to the Portland
■Diversity campus on Feb. 24,
LI that Clackamas is closed due
■dlls Contest
Ifct term there’s talk of going to
pBSU or U of O,” said Jennifer
Iger. academic advisor. She hopes
e ® the tours going, and to visit
h®t universities each term.
it’s a neat opportunity for those
be who say that ‘oh, well, I’m
ng io go to Portland Stale’ but
■ver been there, to go and actu-
■erience what a day at Portland
■ould be like,” said Lininger.
■ngier cited the chance for sta
ts to “make connections with the
lor that they’ve selected.” Her plan
■ to become a reality is to have
[students meetwithPSU students
Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print
Students get glimpse into future
looking to get their degree.
The “Meet n’ Greet” in the
The Clackamas Print
LAC last week featured pre
sentations from Perrin Kerns of
Marylhurst University, Michelle
tudents’ opportunities and
Kendrick of Washington State
expectations were the topic
in Vancouver, and Kate Sage,
last Wednesday at Rook
Sydney Thompson, and Cyndee
Hall’s Literary Arts Center, where
Mady of PSU’s Writing Center.
guest speakers presented options
After introductions were made,
for both students looking to fulfill
Perrin Kerns from Marylhurst spoke
an English requirement and those
Jeff Sorensen
S
h similar majors, as well as perti-
i department chairs and assistants.
Itoit will include the tall campus,
■brought by Lininger from a com-
pif college in California where
I practiced this to a much greater
tent Their tours would extend for
ny days and reach many different
■ties, Lininger said. The coun-
ing and advising department opted
I smaller veision of the event after
¡ariiE Lininger’s suggestion.
In order to sign up for the Feb. 24
rt PSU, simply drop by the coun-
|ng and advising offices located in
■nimuiiity Center. The recep-
pist at the front will give out a ques-
pnaire to help students communi-
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«forehand
what departments at
JU ■ley will be interested in. The
f for the tour, including lunch, is
Signing up is on a first-come,
[•serve basis, and there are only 28
[spots available. Students are also
fed to bring an unofficial transcript,
Hable from the registrar’s office in
»kHall.
■Students are] going to be sft-
H>wn with academic advisors [at
KJ],” said Lininger. “You’re going
have evaluations done of your tran-
ripts to tell you exactly what you
■ft [to do].”
■linger feels that the tours will
hie students to not only get their
Ban ic matters squared away, but
¡o to give them an opportunity to
apt to the physical environment
'the school to which they wish to
nsfei.
T feel that it’s very important for
Bents to visit the campus they want
Bend and get a sense of what it’s
ally like on [that] campus, because it
ft lot be what they’re looking for.”
^■¡ninger. “They may think it’s a
■private college, and it ends up
Ifcthis huge campus frill of life that
not used to. So, I feel it’s really
t for students to visit many
t kinds of schools and figure
tly where they feel like their
home is.”
Kerns’ presefitation was fol
lowed by Kendrick, who presented
on behalf of the Digital Technology
and Culture degree program, which
focuses on writing, technology and
creativity in the media.
“I would argue that tech
nology has always been a part
of writing,” said Kendrick
first, promoting the English<depart-
ment as well as the relatively small
student body and exclusive atten
tion from advisors and administra
tors that Marylhurst has to offer.
“Clackamas is actually fairly
intimate,” said Kerns of the small
class sizes available on both cam
puses. “A lot of the same things
that people like at Clackamas
they find at Marylhurst.”
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Target: Meth
■ng housing. She hopes that this
■on will not only let transfer
■its meet each other as abase for
Imai friends and roommates, but
111 Clackamas students befriend
lai PSU enrollees for a comfort
[when the student does transfer.
[The idea for the Transfer Tours
Volume 38, Issue 12
www2.clackamas.edu/theprint
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The fourth in a series focusing on local meth use
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Law enforcement meets epidemic head-on
Ben Maras
News Editor .
he meth epidem
ic in Clackamas
County
has
caused a particularly dif
ficult problem for law
enforcement, one which
the Clackamas County
Sheriff’s Department has
been forced to deal with
on a daily basis.
“It’s responsible for
the majority of all crimes
we deal with,” Clackamas
County Sheriff’s Deputy
Joel Manly says. “Meth
is an extremely addictive
drug; it drives people to
do things they normal
ly would not do. They’ll
to 40 years incarceration for
steal, shoplift, or rob peo
the first offense, even with
ple in order to get it.”
as little as five grams of
Just weeks ago, a 10-year-
pure meth, or
old
girl
in
50 grams of
Indiana named
a mixed, and
Katlyn “Katie”
less pure, sub
Collman
was
stance. If death
murdered
so
or
serious
that she would
injury occurs,
not
reveal
the
penalty
information on
ranges from 20
a meth lab in
years to life in
her neighbor
imprisonment.
hood that she
An individual
had accidental
can
also- be
ly discovered.
fined up to $2
Because of
million if coin-
the
dangers
victed of meth
and
difficul
trafficking.
ties, penalties
This stands
for meth are
as
a
con
very
harsh,
Joel Manly
trast to other
even on the
Clackamas County
drug
penal
national level.
Sheriff Deputy
ties.
Heroin,
Meth traffick
for example,
ing, for exam
requires
100
ple, carries a
grams of mix
penalty of five
The graph (left) shows the
minimum amounts of pos
session needed to charge
someone with drug
trafficking. A first-offense
penalty would consist of
no less than five years and
no more than 40 years in
prison. If death or serious
injury occurred, an
individual would be
charged with no less than
20 years and no more
than life in prison.
T
“[Meth is]
responsible
for the
majority of
all crimes we
deal with ... It
drives people
to do things
they normally
would not do.”
Illustration by Michaele Cooper
Clackamas Print
ture — twice as much -- for
the same penalty. Cocaine
requires 500 grams. During a
second offense, the minimum
penalty is 20 years, and life
imprisonment being a pos
sibility, even if no serious
injury or death is involved.
In addition, meth labs pose
a particular threat to the com
munity due to the toxicity
of the chemicals used. This
threat is even worse for law
enforcement officials who are
involved in meth lab busts,
because, they are more direct
ly exposed to the chemicals
and the environment.
“If you run into a meth
lab, it’s extremely toxic and
volatile, so it could explode,”
Manley said. “It also exposes
the deputies to the chemicals,
so once we see a meth lab,
we get out the [Hazardous
Materials] team.” Manly has
experienced meth busts first
hand in his work as a sheriff’s
deputy.
Despite new laws in Oregon
governing sales of meth ingre
dients and minimum sentenc
es, officials admit there is
a long way to go to solv
ing the problem. One hope
is the “Combat Meth Act,”
a piece of legislation sup
ported bipartisanly by Oregon
Senators Ron Wyden (D) and
Gordon Smith (R). The bill
would increase funding for the
fighting of meth and research
into its treatment, as well as
more direct action to limit its
production.
“Meth is a horrifying and
corrosive presence in Oregon
communities,” Senator Gordon
Smith said at the legislation’s
unveiling. “This bill sends
desperately needed resources
for law enforcement and treat
ment - the most critical fronts
in the war against meth.”