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« 2 News The nesday, June 7, 2006 Clackamas Pri Clackamas graduates say ‘Adios’ . Katie Wilson 11 News Editor It will be time for graduat ing students to say goodbye to Clackamas next week. “I’m going to miss the people,” said student and ASG Senator Tiffany Kimmel. She is walking with her mother at one of two graduation ceremo nies next Friday. “My mom had this fear of school,” said Kimmel. “I told her it was going to be fun... now she’s in love with school.” Kimmel and her mother are only two of 938 students gradu- on Thursday. Tawnya Stauffer and available in Barlow 223 and at the Greg Willis will be switchboard in honored on Friday. the community Outgoing ASG center. President Kristen College Madden will, be President Joe the speaker at the Johnson will Friday ceremony. include the According to names in his Rosenlof, graduat remarks to the ing students have graduates, and been asked to help the “thankyou” the college rec forms will be ognize staff and forwarded to Janis Rosenlof faculty who have the staff and Graduation positively impacted faculty. Coordinator them during their Of the many time at Clackamas. students gradu If the student wants ating this term, to thank that person, forms are less than half are actually partici “Walking can give real closure and a sense of pride. ” pating in the ceremony. ‘Teople have different real for walking or not walking,” i Rosenlof. “Walking can give] closure and a sense of pride Parents are walking and their will see them. Kids are wall Families are there. It’s differen everyone.” Graduation will be held the Randall Hall Gymnasiuni Thursday, June 15 at 7 p.m.,I Friday, June 16 also at 7p.m.| There will be overflow s ing in the Gregory Forum and ceremony will be shown on a 1 screen TV. For more information pi contact Roselof at (503) 657-6! ext. 2205. Cell phones hope to dial away domestic abus College says ‘No’ to pets inside campus buildings Megan Koler The Clackamas Print . Katie Wilson 11 News Editor ating this term with a degree or certificate. There are two ceremonies: the GED and Adult High School Diploma Graduation Ceremony on Thursday, and Certificate and Degree Commencement Ceremony on Friday. In the past, the college tried to do both ceremonies on the same night. “It just got too full,” said Janis Rosenlof, graduation coordina tor and administrative assistant of instructional services. _ At each ceremony two students will be honored by the college. “These are students that have been inspirational,” said Rosenlof. Gisela Altairano and Primavera Salinas from the will be honored ' Pets have been banned from -college buildings. According to an adminis trative regulation approved by the college council on May 19, pets can no longer enter the college buildings and must be kept on a leash or under direct physical control if outside. The regulation sprang from the college adminis tration’s desire to maintain a healthy and safe environ ment at Clackamas. Many people are allergic to certain pets and some people are frightened by them. Jean DeVenney from Advising and Counseling owns a German Shepard named Maxi, who, as a ser vice dog, is exempt from the regulation. “I make a point of ask ing people who come to my office if they are allergic to dogs or are afraid of them,” she said. “If they are, we meet elsewhere. These are issues you have to pay attention to.” Maxi has served as a personal protection dog for the counselor since DeVenney began receiv ing threatening e-mails and phone calls both at work and home in March 2003. The threats have continued to this day. “It’s an interesting place to find oneself in,” said DeVenney. She added that having Maxi with her makes it possible for her to work and walk around with some feeling of safety. Maxi goes with her near ly everywhere. For other pets, however, unless they are service ani mals, the regulation means they’ve got to stay out side. Keeping victims of domes tic violence only a dial away from help at all times is the goal of the new cell phone collection being run by the Criminal Justice fraternity, Epsilon Tau Alpha. “The most dangerous part of being with an abusive spouse is leaving,” explained full-time student and direc tor of the cell phone donation project, Greg Willis, “... this is when the abusive spouse will most likely break the restraining order.” Willis believes having cell phones readily available to victims of domestic violence at that crucial juncture makes the transition from abuse to safety that much easier. The fraternity hopes that people will bring in phones they find obsolete or in need of repair to a donation depot. From there, the fraternity will hand off the phones to the District Attorney’s Victim Greg Willi Advocacies office, where they will be refurbished and dis talks on hi tributed. cell phone Willis and] “[The cell phones] have to be repairable,” said Willis. members “We just need any phone that the Crimin can still call 9-1-1.” Justice ] The fraternity is also reach fraternityl ing out to large organizations Epsilon Tai such as Cingular Wireless for Alpha are] help in gathering as many leading a tj donations as possible. Anyone wishing to donate phone drif their cell phones can drop to aid victi them off at room 150a at the of domesd Criminal Justice office in violence ai Clairmont Hall. Epsilon Tau abuse. Alpha will also run a fire work stand in the summer, where they will have an area! set aside for cell phone dona tions. “Domestic violence is a huge issue, and anytime you can help take a huge chunk out of it is worth it,” explained Willis, “I’ve donated five or six cell phones myself.” Megan Koler Clackamas Print According to the American Medical Association, it is friends a year, and that one out about donation can con] estimated that four million of four women will be abused Ida Flippo at (503) 657-61 ' ext. 2255, or by email] women are victims of “severe at some point in their life. Anyone with questions iflip@clackamas.edu. assaults” by husbands or boy- Hybrid Spanish class offers new alerntatives Matt Olsen The Clackamas Print Clackamas will be one of the first schools in Oregon to offer the new Spanish 101 hybrid class that will begin this fall as a four-credit course. James Barnhill, the instructor for the part-online, part-classroom course, will bring his 14 years of Spanish teaching experience to this new part of the College’s Foreign Language Department. The program promises to be a laige step for the Spanish program. “We think this program will be pret ty popular,” said Barnhill. “Students can work at their own pace.” The hybrid course is designed for “untraditional students” according to Barnhill. Students that are part-time, have a job or are somehow unable to take the campus courses now have an alternative. “Because it’s a hybrid class [stu dents] will have the opportunity to practice the language in a class once a week,” said Irma Bjerre, head of the Foreign Language Department. Students will meet in a classroom for one hour every week to ask ques tions and take quizzes, but will do the majority of the work online. The online part of the class will include activities with a partner, voice recording, pronunciation practice and many other interactive assignments. “One concern is that they’ll have a lot of questions,” said Barnhill. “They won’t always have that imme diate contact.” With any language course students learn the bulk of pronunciation and grammar by oral practice and by mak ing mistakes that the teachers can correct. “Help is readily available through the publisher,” said Barnhill about the concerns. “Most of the courses are set up by Vistas Higher Learning.” Vistas is a publishing company that specializes in Spanish textbooks, and recently adapted an online course that Clackamas’s hybrid course will utilize. “We’re not trying to do away with traditional classes, we’re just trying to supplement them,” said Barnhill. The course will be “taking advantage of new technology.” If the 101 course is a success, plans for adding 102 and 103 are in place for Winter and Spring Terms respectively. It is hoped that this array of new courses will foreshadow an expansion and improvement of the Language Department as a whole. campus safety incident logs. Summaries are edited for clarity, not content. 5-25-06 4:14 p.m. Staff reported suspicious activity in wooded area behinl the Environmental Learning Center„Numerous Oregon! City Police Department and Clackamas County Sheriff«! Office units enroute. Assigned cadet to get information! from reporting parties and block off Inskeep Drive. 5:00 p.m. Contacted suspicious party and advised them to leave I campus. No crime committed. Oregon City Police Department and Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office | cleared area. 5-27-06 4:40 p.m. Report. DeJardin exit door not closing. Rock removed.® 5-29-06 10:55 a.m. Officer found two west windows ajar, enough to get I hand inside. Officer closed and secured the windows. I
