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STRESS
Getting help
is key to road
of recovery
Continued from STRESS, Page 1
“I think it takes students a while
to figure out what’s use, what’s
abuse and what’s addiction,” Wolfson
claimed. '"“Sometimes people won’t
realize how (drugs and alcohol) are
creating some of the challenges in
their life.”
Student Rick Khamsuk, a former
substance abuser who has been clean
and sober for 18 months, understands
from experience the problems that
can be created through substance
abuse.
“It’s a good way to escape, but
the problems, they are always there,”
Khamsuk explained. “(The problems)
get worse when you come out of it.”
Another student, Lindsay Buzan,
has recently watched as some friends
of hers lost their jobs and subse
quently started abuse.
The biggest change Buzan has
seen is how they act.
“They are much more loners now,”
said Buzan.
Buzan understands that it’s not
just a problem for them, but for the
people around them.
“It’s frustrating watching them go
on a downword spiral. Everything
they worked for has crashed,” Buzan
said.
Fortunately for students seeking
help with depression and drug prob
lems, the college is willing to help.
“Sometimes it’s hard to cope with
i all the things happening in people’s
lives, So letting other people help is
a good thing,” Wolfson declared. “If
you had diabetes, would you go to a
doctor? We look at mental health the
same way.”
The counseling center is open
five days a week and there is always
at least one counselor on call at all
times while the department is open.
The hours of operation are Monday
through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
and Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Walk-ins are accepted. If the
issue isn’t urgent, you can set up an
appointment either with the secretary
Guadalupe Gomez or by calling 657-
6958 ext. 2794 or ext. 2213.
Photo illustration by Kayla Berge and John Shufelt Clad
BUDGET:: Tuition may rise due to state a
Continued from BUDGET, Page 1
best, the next biennium will be the
same as the last.
Wilton said the timing of the cut
Unfortunately, costs are going to
was very strange, as the college had increase.
already budgeted for that money. The
The costs, in which 85 percent go
college has to make up the shortfall towards s.alaries and wages, are both
before the end of the year. It was not negotiated in contracts. Wilton said
anticipated at all.
labor costs are expected
The college did not
to increase about five
think the recession
percent each year.
If
would effect this
revenue remains flat,
year’s budget. It
but costs increase, the
does have a reserve
college will have to run
fund, but it is not
a deficit.
large enough to
“The college may
cover this problem.
have to negotiate chang
Beyond
the
es in salaries,” explained
immediate
con
Wilton.
cerns, there are
There are other meth
more long term
ods of closing the bud
problems as well,
Courtney Wilton
get gap, but none is
according to Wilton.
Vice President of
particularly savory for
Revenue for the
College Services
students.
state is expected to
Cutting services or
be almost a $1 bil
reducing financial aid
lion less than last
are options. The most
year.
unpopular way to raise money to
Community colleges received close the budget gap is an increase in
from the state approximately $500 tuition, but it may be necessary.
million for this most recent bien
“Tuition increases suck,” said stu
nium, which is a two-year period. At dent Alicia Stalcup.
“The
college may
have to
negotiate
changes in
salaries.99
The ten percent ci
With the cut, Clackamas is
lose $456,000 out of their c
budget which could buy...
— 1,824,000 packs of Rama
$0.25 each.
—- 152,000 energy drinks at.
can.
— 28,518 months of “World
Warcraft” at $15.99 a month.
— 1,824 Nintendo Wii at S2i
each.
— 1,140 Sony Playstation 3s
$400 dollars for the basic sys
— 332 Dell XPS M1530 Laj
computers at $1,373 a unit.
—114 rebuilt Volkswagen Tj
at $4,000 each.
Letter to the Editor: ASG doesn't deserve scholarship
On Nov. 24, 2008, Clackamas Community
College held College Night in Oregon. At the end
of the night, four $500 scholarships were handed
out at random - two of them happened to be for
Associated Student Government (ASG) Officials
who already receive some form of a tuition waiv
er. Good for them?
Maybe unless you think about the fact that our
economy is failing and 50 percent of the people
who are receiving these scholarships already get
their school paid for.
.The truth is, you exist under an institution that
seeks to de-humanize you in to nothing more than
statistics (FTE or Full-Time Enrollment). This
system is collapsing around us; colleges all over
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Oregon are going under and CCC is just another
domino.
Does that matter to most students? Doubtful.
After all, stuff like that doesn’t really happen,
besides even if the college does collapse, it won’t
happen in their time here.
It’s this nihilistic attitude that is the driving
force behind students not getting the necessary
money to attend, By sitting back and watching
things unfold, you’ve created a nobility on this
campus, they call themselves ASG. They don’t
have your best interest in mind, unless your best
interest is a cheap hot dog and increased tuition.
The administration of this college looks at you
and sees next to nothing; after all, intelligent^
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people don’t go to community college, dot!
Enough is enough, the ASG should hand!
scholarships to students in need, along with
tuition waivers. That’s the duty of a public
vant.
Or maybe that’s what you, the students'
your government to be. No? Then the qua
becomes: What have you done?
— Jayc Izsc
Student
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