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Contributors Wednesday, June 6, 2007 ___________ Clackamas Print LCOP class provides transition skills Kim Myers Contributing Writer Students at CCC have access to a great resource that is commonly unknown by many, and is often overlooked. It is a class called L.C.O.P. (Life and Career Options). In a world of acronyms, this program is a hidden treasure of vital information that get's passed over time and time again. “We help pur students assess their interests, edu cations, value systems (as applied to the workplace), personalities and transferable skills from their past employ ment, and how that may cross over into a new career,” said Carol Christofero, an instruc tor of LCOP, LCOP is a six to 10-week class (depending on the time of year), offering six credits and no tuition, only a minimal materials fee. “It’s a program originally designed to help displaced homemakers, after raising their children, who have lim ited or outdated skills (also victims of domestic violence), get a fresh start, retrained and back into the workplace,” said Jackie Hubka, one of the pro gram’s instructors. The course’s facilitators are comprised of profes sional counselors, specifical ly trained in general mental health and career develop ment. Many staff instructors have also worked as rehabili tation" and vocational coun selors. “We also provide transition al support for anyone making a life-changing career choice or suddenly becoming a single parent, male or female, with childcare.and transportation. “We offer people of all ages and backgrounds support in managing career or life transi tions,” said Hubka. Deciding on, or changing a career, is an overwhelming task; it is one of the most important in a person’s life. It affects happiness on a daily basis for many years. Training for the wrong choice of career can make people’s lives mis erable, therefore negatively affecting their quality of life. The portion of time we Spend at work is sometimes larger than any other area of our lives, even larger than the time we spend with our spous es and children. We should be just as selective when training for our future job as we are when choosing a spouse or. a life-partner. Many people just fall into their jobs by being at.the right place at the right time. Others have a precise career plan, but may not realize exactly what they would be doing on a daily basis. A large number of students even finish college with many years of student loans to pay off, so they feel trapped if they are unhappy with the actual work they do each day. Taking the time to research our career choices in depth is a wise step. LCOP provides the resources in which to do this, and also how to prepare for interviews and write resumes in this new era of computers. In today’s workforce, it can be very difficult for middle- aged men and women to sjay gainfully employed, as they can no longer perform the physically-demanding jobs of their youth, due to injury or aging. This group consists of our construction workers, food and beverage service industries and many more. It (or any other age brackets) is often facing major life changing hurdles, such as a divorce or an unexpected career change, by choice or not. LCOP helps make it bear able to reinvent one’s lifg. Almost anyone who is con sidering enrolling in college level courses, seeking a new direction in his or her career or just searching for person al growth, will benefit from LCOP. Our current instructors are Jackie Hubka, M.A., LPC, and Carol Christofero, M.S., who do a wonderful job, and next year, the program will Cele brate its 25th anniversary here at CCC. Jackie and Carol wel come any inquiries through the Family Resource Center and Department of Education, Human Services. Estonian riots stem from Soviet WWII memorial, Russian meddling over. In the weeks following, found tha^afefioters were what have already been called being "paid by -pro-Kremlin the Estonian Kristallnacht, organizations from Moscow, Russia threatened to impose which in Turn «re fueled by Okay — one dead, 150 economic sanctions as protes media and government propa wounded, hundreds arrested, tors blockaded the Estonian ganda. '• millions of dollars in dam embassy in Moscow. Cyben- Personally, my initial opin age, and all over 1.6 tons of attacks were traced back to ion' was to leave its -I; what bronze. Huh? Russian government organs, a waste*'’some««$<2 j million. When the Estonian govern and President Vladimir Putin .; Mowse|i6usw, though, I just ment removed a Soviet era attacked the statue’s remov- didn’t see reason to delete WWII memorial last paonthfSKB al...The fragility and .sense of histoa Hut now, fWter the had apparently underestimated Security could even wholeTardeal, I feelT^bit like the'reaction and-con^UgMmSe^ from thjs t side ...... of the wo’rld as( ¿Estonian nationalist 'Mfe- Liim, of both the local RusBjffijpop- itnanv wonder^Jfa^po^sitf^WM Mh reatened to Vilnxxr blow tKja the xxf I iz V lit*at Kangri tri ulation and the Kremlin. For for our fate to be signed off damn thing up >. The- R&ssi^m Estonians, the bron$e’sta||c of , once again, like if hatUbeeni wgaWon was .... outragjg'Qujftv a red army soldtee embodied hwith the Warsaw Pact? disproportionate to the actu- ÄÄ^^^ ’^most amazing, crime,” but more infpor- the fear of Soviet oppression. f hi th-opening, iirhtton'aif but for Russians, ir is a trib- mouth-opr forefathers deserve ute to the men who defeated |’^ntrwdicti í.ñod is to stM>rf>tes£-\ > justice. Nazi Germany and “liberated” j Whph th|e ®reefc of Moscow I y 1 |s the many Estonians, Ugrew Estonia. f | | with swasi s superimposed * up listening to, the stories of üHr« ■ i | tire lost frigHu&nd torn fami- For several'M^ys, rxtrem-1 ia®fe.stc^p I li^S whq/vajre wtt of the tens ists rioted and footed, break-1 jWo wha1 | of thousaWs sent to Siberia, ing store windows, pushing’ doe over cars and starting fires; J^®ian/Ei 5 never' ti^Tetunn'' My grand?' but the conflict “was far from rae'Estcfcu parents felt the iron fist of Ott Tammlk Contributing Writer the Soviet oppressor, and my a sovereign, democratic nation parents guarded the “eternal that can protect the rights of flame” set before the statue. all of its citizens, and Russian To them, this bronze soldier intervention is completely was not just an ancient symbol, ihappropriate. but a reality of their everyday “Why is Putin’s Russia lives. Hell, I wouldn’t be liv so hostile to a democratic ing in the states if it wasn’t for Estonia? After all, the Bronze the occupation. Soldier has to do with the These words come not from Soviet Union, not with the blind nationalism,.and through Russian Federation. .sober judgment, one will see “The answer is simple: The that the facts couldfqot be Russian regime sees clearer .Like MLK and Gandhi, ( itself as an heir to the Soviet LEitpnia^set an\exampl«rauring Union,” said Finnish journal its Singing RevoL^on^ win- ' list Risto Penttila. ning independence without ^¿‘~'W|Oij¿X..this is true or shedding a drop of 1 I? ¿pt we hav^'yet to see, but fof nowjlgfean only say that Accusations that Estonia dis Putin’s aci^ns and rhetoric criminates against its rn^aori- sadden me-.g|^m disappointed ties, but all fetOW tetojseeeap unnatural disruption Immigrants seekiqa^itbrn- in the otherwise smooth and |hip is that they pj^se^ve the peacefuliixtggration process, Estonian language, which is W^|^^aW|Kr weeks retreated spoken by so few? Often rated ■ into another unnecessary and as having freest fragile conflict in the handful media in the world, Estonia is we face today. Photo iliusi ration by Andrea Simpson Clackamas Print Alumna reminisces about adviser, says fond farewell Board thanks students for opinions To some she was a journalism adviser, to others a teacher, but to me Linda Vogt was so much more. She is someone I can always call a friend. I met her in the winter of 1999, when my life seemed to have no direction. I knew I wanted to come back to school, but I didn’t know what I wanted to major in. I had done journalism classes in high school and liked it well enough, but did I really want a career out of it? I knocked on her office door and was welcomed with a smile and a mass of fur, The Print’s former mascot, Rudy. Somehow she managed to show me a world that I could be part of. I met many faces that day and came to call many of them friends, and they still are today. For two and a half years, I stayed on The Print, in positions ranging from staff writer, to co-sports editor, to design editor, to opinion editor. I had found my calling that I want to personally thank each of the Clackamas Community College community members who participated in the recent Presidential Search process. Twenty individu als volunteered to read and assess the eight applications, and another 81 participated and completed evaluations during the candidate campus visit. The Clackamas Community College Board of Education is convinced that our search process worked effectively and that we selected the best possible new president for Clackamas CC in Joanne Truesdell. We are now ready to put the distractions of the past sev eral months behind us and get back to being the best possible community college we can be for out students, our commu nities and our staff. There is important work to be done, and we are moving forward under what will prove to be excellent new leadership. Again, thanks for your help. - Ron Adams, CCC Board Chair day, and I found that something that was just a hobby and extra curricular activity could mean so much more to me. I also found a woman that I would later refer to as “The Fabulous One.” Vogt gave me a chance to show people what I could do, but most importantly she helped me show myself. ' I’ll never forget the experiences that I gained from working on The Print, under the tutelage of such a wonderful woman. I can only hope that she has gained just as much knowing me and others like me. I still find myself looking at things I’ve written and say, “Oh, there’s a Salenaism.” Thanks for teaching me to be more disciplined in my work. Thank you for teaching me that stepping up was part of being a leader. And even several years later, after life’s little bumps, thanks to your encouragement, I’m still on my road to writing. I have other experiences where we all got to know each other so well. I’ll never forget “The Retreat from Hell.” How could you forget, Linda? I believe we woke you up with the ruckus. I remember the ONPA where we rocked the house with so many first-place awards. Do you remember the journal ism convention in Seattle, where we learned about putting F$%@ above the fold, and we had to go put it in a story as soon as we learned that from Sex Columnist Dan Savage? I can’t probably thank you enough for all you have taught me and let me walk away with, but to “The Fabulous One”: May each day be filled with the fabulous joy you have brought so many. May your life be just as fabulous as you. May your dreams come true in the most fabulous of ways. But most importantly, do it in the best way, do it your way - Fabulous! - Salena De La Cruz, Alumna of The Clackamas Print, 1999- 2002 Letters to the Editor continued on Page 6.
