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First copy FREE; additional copies 14 n Jackamas Print independent, student - run lac|tamas "Community College, Oregon City, OR newspaper ______ Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 Volume 41, Issue 5 >NE (JI JN DEFENDS SECOND AMENDMENT Ben Caldwell The Clackamas Print Clackamas is the ■only school in Cjregon to arm its «campus safety officers, who are issued Eig 226 pistols. South Medford High School teacher Shirley Katz maintains a need to carry a firearm to school in order to pro tect hetself from her abusive husband. The school district policy forbids this out of concern for students’ safety. The main issue in Medford is the dis trict ban on weapons. State • law affirms that Katz may have her gun as long as she has the proper license. Katz went to court Thursday, Oct. 11, to argue that her Second Amendment rights, according to Oregon state and federal law, are being violated by the ban. Until Jackson . County Circuit Judge G. Philip Arnold makes his final deci sion, she will be allowed to bring her pistol to class. Depending on what Arnold decides, whole sale changes to the current administrative regulations may ensue not only at the K- 12 level, . .I l ...... ... but' also at the community col lege level. The rules and regulations for Clackamas state that the follow ing persons may be armed at the college: sheriffs, police officers, any person sum monsed to assist a peace officer - provided that they are assisting said officer - any member of the military engaged in the perfor mance of duty, any valid Concealed Handgun License holder and cam pus safety offi cers. The policy According to policy, students at Clackamas are allowed parallels state have a concealed handgun license. law. According to Oregon Revised tive regulation. Before that a Columbine-like Statute 166.370, on implementing it, a law incident would be han condition that indi yer verified that it was dled properly so there viduals have a license constitutionally sound. wouldn’t be as many under ORS 166.291, According to Head of student deaths.” they can legally carry a Campus Safety Richard Campus Safety’s gun anywhere that does Ashbaugh, Clackamas stance regarding weap not have a no-weapons is currently the only ons is that they are per policy. campus that allows its mitted only if they are The former safety officers, along out of sight, provided Clackamas policy did with its students, to the student has a CHL. not permit any weap carry firearms. Hunting rifles in gun ons whatsoever. First-year criminal racks, open carry or After examining justice student Brandon overly visible weapons state law, the school Key was surprised to chose to autho learn about the campus rize concealed regulations. weapons. The “I figured it was board then just like high school, wrote up only without the pris the current on fencing,” Key said. “I feel safe knowing administra Elizabeth Hitz Clackamas Print to carry firearms if they are not acceptable. Ashbaugh would prefer to see as few weapons on campus as possible. He would support a policy that restricts them to quali fied persons only, he said. Ashbaugh agrees that the current policy is the only legal way to go about weapons on campus. Oregon is one of 12 states that allows people to carry weapons to school. Illustration by John D. Shufelt Clackamas Print ■OORS OPEN FOR FORMER BASKETBALL COACH lak Laster [he Clackamas Print Waking up every morning, driving to work and ning into celebrities like Dustin Hoffman and nela Anderson - fix Mark Campbell, former istant basketball coach and player, these occur- ces are routine. Mark Campbell was hired as an assistant coach Pepperdine University in August of 2007 after nq|pg two years working the same position at ^Kas. The job has let him witness sights he has never 1 before. “Pepperdine is great,” Campbell said. ‘Dustin [■pan lifts weights in our weight room, and Pamela Anderson walks the track a lot Those are Pepperdine. He gets to the office at 630 am every the types of people that live in Malibu and that you rrKxning and is lucky to leave by 6 pm. His respon see nm into the grocery store.” sibilities as assistant coach include guard develop Campbell’s position at Pepperdine has opened ment, recruiting in the Oregon and Washington area more doors fix him than he ever imag and scouting opponents. ined. Campbell is especially proud “When (former NBA player) Reggie of three basketball commitments Miller was thinking of making a come coming to Pepperdine next back with the Boston Celtics this year; I year. Brad Tinsley from Oregon happened to be the guy that got to be his City Paul McCoy from Grant and Ameer Sharrisud-Din from workout partner,” he said. ‘We worked out every day and every night; it was Benson. a great experience. (Boston Celtics fix “They are all very big-time, wad) Kevin Garnett also came to work big-time basketball players,” out with us.” he said. “Brad and Paul were Other than visiting with his celebrity First Team All-State last year as CAMPBELL clients, Campbell does have a job to do fix juniors.” Even though Campbell enjoys his new job, he hasn’t forgotten the people who helped him get where he is today. “I am very thankful fix the opportunity that (Head Basketball Coach) Cliff Wegner, (Athletic Director) Jim Jackson and Clackamas gave me,” he said. ‘ I had a great experience coming back to CCC alia'playing there. Coach Wegner realty helped me develop as a coach.” Wegner feels Campbell will be a good fit fix Pepperdine. “He’s a bright guy with a realty good under standing of the game, especially from the athlete’s point of view,” Wegner said. “He will be a great asset fix his ability to recruit, relate to players and develop players’ skills. He will also contribute a lot of fresh energy and ideas.”
