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April 13, 2003
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ampus’ first Black Student Union
All photos by Bne Daykin Clackamas Print
Union President Brendon Campbell (left) presents
including Josh Spirlin, with ideas for raising money.
In Johnson
Editor
Slack students, and students
ested in sharing and learning
it black culture, have joined
prm Clackamas’ first ever
Black Student Union.
Observing that there was no
sort of organization for black
students on the Clackamas cam
pus, student Brendon Campbell
decided to take the matter into
his own hands and bring stu
dents together to celebrate their
African-American and black
ancestry by creating a BSU here
at Clackamas.
“I noticed, demographical-
ly, that we had an increase in
black students this year,” said
Campbell, who is now the club’s
president, “and I wanted to actu
ally get to know some of those
students and actually get to do
some things with them, in the
community.”
The BSU began last term at
Clackamas, and has increased
in the past few weeks from hav
ing one member to around 10
members who have been active
ly attending weekly meetings.
Members of the Union have each
been trying to bring one new per
son with them to each meeting.
“My friend was in it and
she was really excited about it,
so I decided to get into it and
help,” said BSU member Lauren
Vallespir.
The effort by members to
bring in more students seems to
be paying off, as numbers are
steadily increasing.
“I’m actually really excited
about it because it’s momentum,”
said Campbell. “It’s showing that
we’re being active and bringing
together the black students on
campus and some ofjjhe people
that want to spread the black and
African-American heritage.”
The goals of the BSU are to
create an interest in the" commu
nity, and become active within
it.
“[We want to] be able to unite
the Black Student Unions across
the state and to be able to do
things totally different from all
the other clubs on campus,” said
(From left) Black Student Union members Brendon Campbell,
Josh Spirlin and Kareem Walcott attend meetings actively.
Campbell, who would also like to
see some scholarships created for
the black students on campus.
BSU member Kareem Walcott
became interested in the club
after seeing flyers and wondering
what it was all about.
“I’m hoping for scholarship
opportunities and to get some
knowledge on African-American
history,^’ said Walcott.
The BSU is currently creating
interest within students by plan
ning events to involve the people
on campus.
The group recenfly*held a soul
food cookout on March 9 in the
courtyard to earn some money
that, aside from food included
some entertainment.
A concert is also being
planned for April 14, from noon
- 3 p.m., which will present
singers, local rappers, hip-hop
dancers, and African dancers and
drummers. Further in the future,
the BSU is also getting a step
dancing contest together, which
will hopefully involve steppers
from Washington and California,
which they hope will be “a really
big community event.”
“[We want] a huge turnout,
uniting a lot of the student unions
and a lot of the community togeth
er at Clackamas Community
College,” said Campbell. Movie
screenings are also something
the BSU is hoping to host on a
monthly basis.
The BSU would love to gain
members of all skin colors and
races.
“We want people to know that
it’s all-inclusive,” said Campbell.
“That’s what we want to show in
Clackamas Community College,
is that it’s not just for black
students. We’re not trying to
become a multi-cultural club, but
it’s to bring in other people that
feel that they want to spread
out the black heritage and want
to talk about African-American
heritage.”
The Black Student Union
meets every Wednesday from 1-
2 p.m. in CC124.
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them slowly.
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cle. Remove and place all lug-nuts
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on die caliper.
Step 6: Slide out the retaining
clips. In doing so, the anti-squeal
springs should come out.
Step 7: Pull out the old brake
pads (they will slide out from
where the anti-squeal springs were
located).
Step 8: Inspect the rotor, if the
rotor is not smooth you will need to
remove it and get it re-surfaced or
possibly replaced.
Step 9: Loosen the master cylin
derreservoir cap. Force the pistons
back into the cylinder to accommo
date for the greater thickness of the
new pads.
Step 10: Apply a tight coat
of grease to sliding surface of the
caliper.
Step 11: Install new pads and
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springs and retaining pins, secure
them in place with their clips.
Step 13: Depress and release
brake pedal several times.
Step 14: Put wheels back on and
tighten lug-nuts. Also tighten mas
ter cylinder cap.
Step 15: Lower vehicle to the
ground and re-tighten lug nuts.
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