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Volume 38, Issue 21
Returning
students face
tuition hike
frcasticaliy named
B/fe/y features 21 of
h/damas instructors
liisi/d works of art.
Katie Wilson
Elizabeth Tobey
The Clackamas Print
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■Pretty Dumb Paintings” is the
K of Clackamas Art Instructor
Rd Andersen’s art exhibit recently
■splay at Crossing Tracks Gallery
Kn Diego.
sarcastic,” said
Keisen of the exhibit title, “but
■painting are pretty (and pretty
lot viewed as good by much of
Kontemporary art world) and the
Kate dumbness actually becomes
■It's a little
Kind”
■he exhibit, which opened April
■and ran until May 14, featured 21
les of artwork by the local area
■ feel veiy lucky [to be in the
■bit],” Andersen said. “‘Cause
le s a lot of artists out there doing
Eat work who never get seen.”
■just hope to heck someone buys
Bl can pay off my Visa,” Andersen
Kndersen, who works primarily in
land watercolors, first started mak-
I art in college at Brigham Young
■versify. He was majoring in ento-
logy and working as a toxicologist
pen he decided to try his hand at
Kng.
■snuckinto
I iadvanced
Kng class,”
Kid “I just
I the teacher
lad all the
Requisites.” -
Kfter that,
Knew that
[as where I
Bed to be,”
Rrsen said,
pd went on
Receive his
Kin visual arts from BYU.
■hough he never completed his
Rnology major, his paintings
Reuse of his early love of science
lie attempts to formulate his ideas
Contributed Photo
Art instructor David Anderson has had his works exhibited widely,
his latest exhibit “Pretty Dumb Paintings” was recently shown in
San Diego and featured 21 of his pieces. He is currently working
on a project with Estacada Junior High School.
of what he refers to as “the absurd and
banal” into a visual art form.
“It’s all about matter and empti
ness and force and movement and
light,” said Andersen. “Visual art is
mind-boggling and that’s what I love
about it”
Although he’s on sabbatical from
teaching at Clackamas this term,
Andersen has plenty to keep him
busy.
He is currently working onproduc-
ing two illustrated children’s books.
“Well, they’re presented as chil
dren’s books,” he added, “but they’re
really for adults. Random House
expressed some interest so that’s
a big thing.”
The books will deal with
aspects of modem physics, quan
tum mechanics and natural sys
tems.
Another current project is a
mural that he’s working on with
students at Estacada Junior High.
“The art instructor there is
Angennette Escobar Andersen,”
he said. ‘You’ll notice we have
the same last name; that’s because
she’s my wife.”
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Students taking classes this
summer term or returning in
the fall will find that their
credits are costing more.
The college has deter
mined the need for a tuition
increase.
Currently, for in-state stu
dents the cost per credit for
one to 15 credits is $54. This
summer that cost will rise to
$56 per credit. For out-of-
state/internatiorial students,
the current $184 per credit will
increase to $194 per credit.
‘“A lot of analysis and
Also, the college’s general
thought goes into tuition
student fees have not been
rates,” said Vice President of increased since 1998 when
College Services Brenda Tank.
they were raised from $3 to
“There was a lot of discussion
$4.
and thought [concerning] the
“Inflation is inflation,” said
decision to raise rates ... it Tank. “Tuition has to increase,
wasn’t done lightly.”
but we try to make that change
For the college, determin
as gradual as possible. We’re
ing tuition rates is a balancing below the state average and
act.
the administration and the
“If you raise tuition, you board is committed to keeping
could lose students,” explained [rates] low.”
Students worried about the
Tank.
One thing for students to higher costs may be happy to
keep in mind is that despite the know that the college offers
for * students
increase, Clackamas’ tuition alternatives
rates are still below the state struggling to meet the tuition
average for community col
rates.
There is financial aid avail
leges.
able for those who qualify, as
At Portland Community
College, for instance, the cost well as scholarships that go
to students based on major,
right now per credit for resi
dents is $62. For out-of-state financial need, extracurricu
lar activities, academic merit,
students it is $190 per credit.
and/or personal barriers (dis
In-state students at Mt.
Hood Community College pay ability, language, etc.).
$67.50 for one credit. Out-
As rates rise, Tank wants to
of-state students pay $213.50 make sure the students under
and international students pay stand that the administration
$240.50.
, and the board are on their
“It’s important to recognize
side.
“We have a goal,” she said,
the difference [between] us
and the state average,” said
“and that is to keep costs as
low as possible.”
Tank.
Bean bag baby battalion ships out to war-torn Iraq
Ben Maras
who would work with distribut
ing them to the children.
“Having a daughter in a war
zone is beyond my worst night
Rast week the Pauling Center mare,” Anderson said, “It con-
|as littered with around 100
firms my life-long notion that
Jeanie Babies,
war is insane and
stupid, and that we
p preparation to
ft shipped out to
need to be spending
Bq The beanie
our time cooperating
■lion was part
rather than compet
Ifalprojectby PSU
ing with each other.”
■son Sydney
The Beanie Babies
Ihompson, with
donated were all
[he intent that the
new or barely used,
loys be handed
and came from col
but to the Iraqi
lege and community
children, who are
members with the
Particularly fond
intent to help those
■em.
affected most by the
■he
stuffed
war, regardless of
■nais
were
political beliefs.
Jan Anderson
■ng shipped to
“I think many peo
English
■cialist Kacey
ple feel helpless in
Instructor
■lite,
daugh-
the face of this awful
iterlof Clackamas
war,” Anderson said.
Ing/sh Instructor
“With this, people
fan Anderson, with the 403 Civil
can connect with something
■airs Unit serving in Iraq,
real, like the children of Iraq.
Bras Editor
“Having a
daughter
in a war
zone is
beyond
my worst
nightmare. ”
We can feel like we’re doing
something positive.”
They are an easy tool in con
necting to the Iraqi community,
and many soldiers carry large
quantities of them at a time.
Their small size and portability
make them easy for soldiers to
stuff a handful into their pockets
and hand them out to kids as the
day goes on.
This proves very useful in
what is called by some “winning
hearts and minds”—a term orig
inating in the Vietnam War. This
process is looked upon as being
a pivotal factor in the rebuild
ing effort, although Thompson
sees it as much
more.
“It’s
not
about war; it’s
not a politi
cal statement.
It’s about kids.
They’re
kind
of stuck in the
middle of it,”
Thompson said.
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Clackamas staff member Sydney Thompson
organized approximately 100 Beanie
Babies to be shipped to English Instructor
Jan Anderson’s daughter in Iraq. The toys
will then be given to Iraqi children.