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Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008
Work study
money: use it or
lose it!
Armondo Borboa
| The Clackamas Print
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nens basketball moves
rani with a win, while
is halts with a loss
egan Koler
tor-in-Chief
e women’s basketball team continued their
ig streak last Saturday, while the men’s
iealt with a hard loss.
e game was a close call for the" women’s
ABOVE LEFT: Courtney Greenleaf and Ashley Cunningham wait to
' but they maintained a slight lead over
see if the shot will make it in.
|ua for most of the game, finally defeating
72-69.
ABOVE: Freshman J.C. cook avoids Umpqua M he hcadc w tha
e played really, really well,” said Women’s
basket,
(ball Coach Jim Martineau. “[Umpqua] was
1 number one, and we knew we had to play
Saturday’s victory was a welcome change in play compared
-st game to beat them, and foe girls did a really good job
to foe women’s win earlier last week at Mt Hood.
ht at both ends of foe court I was very proud of them.”
“We won, but we didn’t play great” Martineau said. “It was
was probably, overall, our best team effort,” he added,
one of those things, up at Mt Hood, that we just wanted to win
was probably the best; having more of a team victory
and get out of there, and that’s kind of what happened.”
1 of foe few that usually scores points for us.”
One of foe team’s freshmen, Jill Niebeigall, attributed a little
le of foe standout players that night was Christie Richaids,
of their victory to some inspiring words shared by foe team’s
1 Shirt freshman Who stole foe ball five times from
semi-professional cheerer, Shayla Fetters.
[ua’s offense and scored her share of points.
he came out late and helped us,” Martineau said. “She is a
athletic girl, and she guarded their point guard all night”
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lackamas prepared for the worst?
in Hurlburt
Clackamas Print
tornado touches down in the park-
t near Roger Rook Hall, flipping
s it moves toward campus. People
and begin to panic and flee for
ives.
though this event is unlikely,
rister that struck Clark County
J is a Bulling reminder that foe
west is not a safe haven. This
some questions, such as, what
;;rs should the college be weary
id are we prepared?
cording to foe Clackamas
y Department of Emergency
gement, there are seven types
sters tha t supply a real threat to
imas County and foe college,
are floods, landslides, severe
\ storms, windstorms, earfo-
> and volcanic eruptions. The
lesfructive disaster is perhaps
/OTHake, with an estimated
"trillion in damages possible.
I Bums, a state-employed
dk geologist, agrees that an
poses one of foe great-
■ of any disaster in foe
vest
is likely that we will have a dev-
ig earthquake in foe future,” Bums
itflkting this to Oregon’s classifi-
as |nigh seismic zone.
In foe event of a disaster, foe outlook
is good in foe eyes of many students,
including Chris Kulink.
“The campus is open enough to get to
somewhere safe, I think,” Kulink said.
But while measures can be taken to
ease foe impact of a natural disaster, no
man-made structure is indestructible.
Photo illustration by Nick Komafel CZiu-fawws Print
“I think our school could withstand
a natural disaster as well as any build
ing could,” said student Jessica Mascher.
“I think it would do all right, but any
building, if foe disaster is bad and strong
enough, could destroy it”
Tina Birch and George Sims, planning
chiefs for foe Incident Command System
at Clackamas, agree that the campus is
fairly secure.
The Incident Command System was
created in order to implicate an evacu
ation more smoothly in the event of an
emergency. Starting two years ago, in foe
wake of a bomb threat that turned into
an evacuation nightmare, foe system has
made great strides in order to achieve a
successful evacuation plan on campus.
With members in every building at
Clackamas, foe system may not be per
fect, but it has been getting closer ever
since its start
This system is only a piece of foe
greater, foe Emergency Response
Management Plan, which includes
detailed plans of what to do in case of a
disaster. The plan can only be activated
after foe head of foe executive council
declares foe situation emergency level 3,
and outlines many facets of what to do in
an emeigency situation. Everything from
foe evacuation to foe setting-up of triage
centers is covered, in an attempt to keep
foe campus and its inhabitants safe until
further assistance can arrive.
Although Clackamas has not gained
foe status of a “Disaster Resistant
College,” it is by no means defenseless in
the face of disaster.
As the larger national economy continues to worsen,
Oregon students from working families are looking for new
ways to support their continuing education efforts.
One possible avenue available to Clackamas students is foe
Federal Work Study program.
However, like most federal programs, foe available funds
are under a “use it or loose if’ constraint. This fiscal year,
between $150,000 and $200,000 in funds have been made
available for use by Clackamas students. Last year, less than
half of that amount was utilized.
According to Financial Aid Specialist Craig Nickles, The
Federal Work Study program is a part of foe larger Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and can be
used in conjunction with scholarships, grants, fee waivers and
tuition assistance.
The program itself provides funds for employers who meet
particular criteria and are willing to provide academic flex
ibility to hire student workers. Students in return are offered
part-time employment with an academically friendly employer
at pay rates above minimum wage. Most but not all of foe posi
tions available are located on campus.
“It makes all the difference to me,” said zoology major
Richard Shew, who works as a computer assistant in the
Dejardin Hall nursing lab and must carpool to school. “I can
show up in foe morning to attend classes and study, go to work,
earn money, and I never have to leave schooL”
Starting salaries for most positions begin at $9 an hour,
which is above the minimum wage of $7.95 an hour that most
iw>pip ixm pyppct to receive for lcs3 than full-time employ
ment. The time worked can also be split up so as to not
with class schoduloo. c tu Jviiu ruigut wurx wo or three hours in
the morning and then a few more hours in the afternoon based
on their class times.
Individual benefits are based on financial need and FAFSA
award letter limits. Students can expect to receive employment
up to as much as 19 hours a week, but the primary focus is still
on education.
"We do everything we can to help students afford to pay
their own way,” Nickles said, ’hut their first task is still educa
tion.”
All the FAFSA paperwork is available online at www.fafsa.
ed.gov, with students having the option of either printing out
the forms or filling out their applications online. If a PIN num
ber is requested at least three business days prior, students can
sign their forms electronically and file online instead of mailing
the application.
With a PIN number and all financial documentation in
hand, foe application process is surprisingly easy to complete,
taking- approximately an hour to finish. The Web site is very
easy to navigate, with every step listed numerically and clearly
explained.
Applicants must use school code 004878 to ensure proper
distribution and must bring a copy of all paperwork to the
Student Financial Services office.
The Student Aid Report (SAR) award letter should arrive
within foe next several weeks, listing eligibility for awards,
grants and federal loans. Students can also apply for other
forms of aid such as Pell Grants, Stafford loans and scholar
ships. Grants and scholarships do not need to be paid back, and
most forms of aid do not count as declarable income.
Once all foe preliminary paperwork is completed, students
can then focus on the task of actually landing a part-time job.
"Other than going through this (FAFSA application pro
cess), getting a job is still the same,” Nickles said. “You go on
foe college Web page, click on ‘employment’ to find a position
you like, and then you go interview with that employer.”
Since foe majority of positions are available on campus,
most jobs directly or indirectly relate to a student’s chosen field
of study.
“Since at work, I’m on a computer all foe time; I can keep
my skills up,” said Shew of his job at foe nursing lab. “I can do
a job I like and feel I’m helping people at foe same time.”
According to Terry Fourtner, department secretary for foe
nursing program, Work Study has been a great success for both
foe nursing department and student workers.
“We have them (student workers) do some light work
around foe department - cleaning up, moving boxes, ect,”
Fourtner said. “But they also have plenty of freedom to study
and to learn what we do here. We both benefit”
One of foe less common but no less possible opportunities
is foe possibility of securing a full-time position. A number
of part-time and full-time Clackamas faculty and staff once
started out as student workers, including Nickles himself.