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ited or outdated skills (also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.
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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
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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.