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Volume 38, Issue 18 ¡127, 2005 ❖ Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR ❖ www2.clackamas.edu/theprint jscene gas ices cramp udents’ style yle Slate 'i Clackamas Print n America, 240 million icles consume 5.8 billion gal- iof fael each week. Gas prices e made a tremendous leap ^February of this year, espe- ly on the west coast and upper beast- point of the United k Jasoline fuels roughly 17 per- l of the United States’ energy, it is paid at the pump is a cost pt the crude oil to refiners, lery processing costs, market ed distribution costs, and the ¡1 station costs and taxes. These taxes help pay for street highway maintenance and duction. Oregon is currently sidering numerous alternatives lis gas-tax system. According to the website ilandGasPrices.com, the Flying Troutdale and the Fred Meyer e in Cornelius has gas for $2.28 per gallon, the lowest jrted in the Portland-metro i. An Astro on Baseline & 4th lillsboro has gas for $2.31 gallon and a Safeway on comer of Teal & Murray in iverton is selling gas for $2.32 gallon (with discount card). Some Portland and Tigard prices in the city were are raids of $2.51 per gallon, with gon City and Clackamas hav- no listing on the website. It is normal for gas prices to k just before Memorial Day ¡kend, but at this time last year statewide average was $1.85, roared to $2.33 now. New ley has the nation’s cheapest , but it still costs $2.02 a gallon. So why are gas prices up ugh? Oil and gas industry lysts say they don’t see any cation that the industry is nipulating prices. They note I demand is higher than pro hon, so retailers have to com- : for the limited supply. Such ipetilion inevitably generates her prices. U.S. demand for is up 2 percent over last year, global demand is also increas- . Producers simply have been ble to crank out enough oil to vide any slack in price. There are ways to deal with igas prices. Going the speed it can help decrease unnec- iry gas waste. Gas mileage reases rapidly above 60 mph. ly 5 mph over 60 is the equiv- it of paying an extra 10 cents gallon. Avoiding excessive idling, ig cruise control and overdrive rs can also lower gluttonous use. Things like replacing ir air filter regularly, filling s properly, and using the rec- mended grade of motor oil are J ways to avoid waste of gas 1 are necessities in keeping a icle maintained. • To avoid excess fuel con nption., some try alternatives has: biking, car pooling, or itching to more fuel efficient rides, which includes altema- : fuel sources such as hybrid iiodiesel. These alternatives will become re valuable with time, as gas ces are showing no signs of (easing. » ' Ben Maras Clackamas Print After a bomb threat and response by Campus Safety which resulted in a full search by staff of the campus’ 17 buildings, the college was declared safe and reopened last Thursday, although many students opted to take the day off to enjoy the sunny weather. WE DIDN’T BLOW UP! Thursday’s scare provides real experience for college Hllllary Ferguson Bon Warns The Clackamas Print It was 6:48 a.m. last Thursday at Clackamas when the phone call came in. A muffled male voice said that there were five bombs planted on campus, set to detonate at 4:15 p.m. The secretary who received the message alerted cam pus safety, who in turn alert ed Interim Dean of College Services Brenda Tank. Tank received the voice mail when she arrived at the college just before 8 a.m. and shortly after, Oregon City Police Department was notified and the decision was made to evacuate the cam pus. Many students were unaware of the threat when they arrived on campus, but the unusual atmosphere tipped them off that something was askew. “I got [to Clackamas] kind of late, and found a good park ing space, and thought: ‘Hey ... that’s odd,”’ said Clackamas student Bob Alsman the day of the scare. An estimated 500-600 stu dents and staff filled parking lots as staff, under the instruction of Campus Safety Supervisor Dick Ashbaugh, began a thorough search of the campus’ 17 build ings. According to a memo released by Tank, it is a matter of policy that police do not con duct building sweeps, but staff, who are more familiar with the building, are relied on to search agencies infrequently receive for any out-of-place or unusual an unfounded bomb threat. However, we must take all items. Staff who were not comfort such threats seriously and put able with this practice were not the safety of our students and expected to participate in the staff first,” said President Joe searches. Students were also Johnson. “I was happy that we asked to assist in the search by were able to resume frill opera removing their personal belong tions by late morning.” Despite this false alarm, the ings from the buildings so that administration still takes the they would not be searched. Searchers were instructed not possibility of future threats very to touch anything they found, seriously, being very careful not but to report its location to to become a victim to the boy OCPD. In all, three suspicious who cried wolf. “I think it’s important to items were uncovered, but all mention that .nine times out of tested negative for explosives. Around 10:30 a.m. the build 10 [bomb threats are] hoaxes, ings were cleared and reopened but you never want to be that one by one as no explosives 10th one,” said Brenda Tank. were found and classes began “We will err on the side of safety for the staff and the com again as usual. “Unfortunately, large public munity.” Campus speeders face extracurricular consequences Jadon Triplett The Clackamas Print Campus Safety Officer Peter Kandratieff is serious when he says that 20 miles per hour is not just a suggested speed limit. There may be the perception that the 20 mph speed limit is more suggest- Jadon Clackamas Print ed than strictly true, however are all city streets, and Campus Kandratieff says that if you trav Safety Officers are deputized by the Oregon el over 20 mph, City Police you are at risk for Department. a citation. “We do have Furthermore, “In some police authority Kandratieff cases, the on campus, and stresses that the [those driving on implied speed consequenc the college cam limit in the park es are more pus] need to be ing lots is 10 severe [on aware of the fact mph, and he says that there will be that they enforce campus], ” consequences, that speed limit just like if you as well. were off campus For college Peter Kandratieff and a police offi students, it is Campus Safety cer stopped you,” easy to scoff at Officer says Kandratieff. or flat out ignore Kandratieff such a low speed also says, “In some limit, especial ly when running' late to class. cases, the consequences may be However, not many realize that more severe [on campus] ... getting a ticket on campus from because of the fact that we have a Campus Safety Officer means [Oregon City High School] near the same thing as getting a ticket by us; students cross between from a police officer off cam their high school campus and us pus, because the college’s roads to get to the bus mall... we have the day care center ... we have a lot of foot traffic.” The only difference in receiv ing any kind of ticket on campus versus a ticket anywhere else is in the fashion in which parking vio lations on campus are processed. Parkingvio- lations are dealt with here at the, college, unlike traffic citations. “Citations issued for traffic are [in the juris diction of] the circuit KANDRATIEFF court,” says Kandratieff. This means that they will go on your record just like a ticket issued by a police officer. “This campus is just like any where else,” says Kandratieff, “the traffic laws apply ... we will enforce those laws.”
