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Clackamas Print
News
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Wu (left)
and
College
President
Joanne
Truesdell
(right)
sit down
in the
Fireside
Lounge
with stud-
nents. Wu
invited
every stu­
dent on
campus to
come and
ask him
questions
in person.
What
Wucan
do for
you...
effects that affects indviduals and has
a real cost to a society and requires
resources to address...
Well, first of all, I don’t believe
Congressman David Wu, D-Ore., we should have gotten into the Iraq
visited die college last Wednesday to war in the first place. But if you are
talk with staff about the improvements in a conflict, you have a moral and a
being made to the Environmental public policy obligation to provide
Learning Center, and also to have a for the veterans who come back
round-table discussion with students - especially those who are injured
badly. That is one of the reasons
to discuss their needs.
After 45 minutes of ASG bom­ why in the Iraq supplemental bills
baiding Wu with questions regarding that we’ve just considered, we’ve
inflated textbook prices, Wu gave increased the amount of veterans’
77«' Print a chance to pick his brain benefits and veterans’ health ben­
efits over what the administration
for a few minutes.
The following is a transcript of asked for out of just the concern that
the interview.
you have just identified, Sam. And I
77«' Clackamas Print. We have believe that it’s up by $4 billion, but
a lot of Iraqi war veterans here at I’m not sure.
CP. I don’t know if you know
the college who have served in the
current war and also the one back in who Kurt Schraeder is, but he’s a
the nineties. Services for post-trau­ [state] representative from Canby.
matic stress disorder aren’t necessar­ He pointed to one of the issues [in
ily available. Some are available, but general] at community colleges is
aren’t enough. I was wondering if poor management on the part of the
you could speak to that
administrations and school boards
Congressman David Wu: That [The Sunday Oregonian, April 8,
is one of the great problems and trag­ 2007]. I was wondering if that issue
edies. The positive side of things is has been brought to you at all.
that, ranging from battle armor to on-
Wu: Senator Schraeder has his
the-field health care, that’s gotten bet­ obligations, and I have mine. From
ter, so survivability has gotten better, my perspective, we have underin­
and that’s the positive end of things. vested in education. We certainly
The negative end of tilings is that we have a right to expect efficient educa­
have very seriously injured people, tion. But from my perspective, over­
physically injured people and, as you all, we haven’t put enough into the
say, traumatic brain injury...
seed com in our society, and that’s
CP. Record casualties ...
education and research.
Wu: Yes. And I’m very, very con­
I would be hesitant to point fin­
cerned that this administration has gers at an administrative base that I
not... There are long after-effects of personally don’t know about as an
a war, and the injuries that you asked explanation for underinvestment, if
about are one of those long-term we have an underinvestment prob-
I Sam Krause
II Co-Editor-in-Chief
lem.
Was that politely enough put,
Sam? I just want to be as polite as
I can.
• CP. One more question. Tuition
rates are just sky-rocketing. U of O,
PSU. Here tuition went up; it’s not
much, two bucks, but it’s a disturbing
trend. What has been going on, on a
consistent basis, that you have been
doing and your committees have been
doing to curtail this?
Wu : I think one of the most impor­
tant things we can do is to improve
financial aid, and unfortunately one
of the results, I think, of the economic
and foreign policy that this adminis­
tration has pursued is downward pres­
sure on a lot of other areas, including a
$20 billion cut in college financial aid.
That’s one fork to reverse those cuts
and to make sure that - I’m not sure
we’ll ever have enough - at least [we]
have more college financial aid.
The other fork in the road is to
ensure the administrators here, the
state legislatures in Salem and else­
where have a clear sense of the effects
of their decisions on tuition costs. I
think the state institutions in Oregon
have had a more significant increase
in tuition, and part of that can at least
be attributed to budget cuts at the state
level, also.
So, there’s a financial aid compo­
nent that’s about federal financial aid,
and there’s a state and local compo­
nent about coming up with state mon­
ies or local money to help hold down
tuition increases. And that’s sort of
like tiie two sides to the coin that have
to come together to make college at
least slightly more affordable to you
Graduation Ceremony
2007: Get it while its
hot; standing room onl\j
Megan Koler
I News Editor
It’s now time to leave this
place.
Next week, on Thurs.,
June 14 and Fri., June 15,
at 7 p.m. in Randall Hall,
hundreds of Clackamas stu­
dents will be celebrating the
cbhipletion of their GED’s,
certificates and degrees.
Students receiving a GED or
Adult High School Diploma
will attend Thursday night’s
ceremony, whereas those
receiving a certificate or
degree will attend Friday’s.
Most
deadlines
have
passed for graduates; how­
ever, not all hope is lost for
absentminded students.
“If they are completing
their degree requirements
through Fall Term, they’re
encouraged and welcome to
walk,” said Janis Rosenlof,
executive assistant to vice
president of instructional
services. “They will, how­
ever, be invited again next
year.”
The doors to the Randall
Gym will open to general
admittance at 6:15
p.m., though .organiz­
ers recommend that
guests arrive no later
than 6:30 p.m.
,./‘Th^. gym is usu-'
ally 'over capacity'
both higHtk,'- genef-;
ally, so there will
be additional view­
ing in the lobby of
the gym and in the
Community Center,”
said Rosenlof. “We
even have a big screen
in the Gregory Forum
so people can go and
sit down and watch.”
In
addition
to
speaking at the com­
mencement ceremo­
ny, College President
Joanne Truesdell will
be looking back at
her very own gradu­
ation from CCC.
“It’s my 25th annivei
sary from graduating fror
Clackamas,” said Truesdell
“I’ve invited my parent
over, and they’re coming.”
The message she hope
to convey at each ceremon;
is “I did it; they can do it.
“I think what’s mos
important is that parent!
and others who support
their graduate know that the
work they do is incredibly
valuable,” she said. “It’l
hard work, and it pays ol
in the long run for every
one.”
With an average student
headcount over 30 thousand ]
this year, it can be difficult
for a college president tH
know everyone. However,
Truesdell feels an impres­
sion has been made.
“This
student
bodH?
has taken , special care in
being thoughtful about
Clackamas as a college,™
she said. “That is some­
times not seen in other col­
leges; sometimes it’s just
easier to throw stones. Our
students are~involved in I
fixing the glass house.”
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Yesterday was the ground-breaking for the Allied Health Sciences building at Harmony Campus scheduled for construction in July. In an effort to fill
the demand for health care professionals, the college, Providence Hospital and other local businesses collaborated on the development of the pro-
gram and the building. Attending the ground-breaking was (from left to right): Department Chair, Librarian, Library Services Terry Mackey; Part-time
Association President Rosemary Teetor; Full-time Association President and Department Chair, Physical Sciences Dave Arter; Dean of Human Resources
Dennis Chapman; ASG President Tim Lussier; Dean of College Advancement Shelly Parini; Outgoing Dean of Student Services Jan Godfrey; Vice President
of Student Services Baldwin van der Bijl; College President Joanne Truesdell; and Director of Public Affairs Anne Donelson.
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