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.
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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.”