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2 News The« Clackamas ft Wednesday, Feb.20, 2008 Message from the preside This is the text from an e-mail containing information about our front-page story sent to campus staff by College President Joanne Truesdell on Sunday, Feb. 17 Dear Campus Community: John Shufelt Clackamas Print Laurie Nelson, manager of Let’s Quilt, located across the street from the college, calls an insurance agent after a car came crashing through the store Friday, Feb. 15. Tuition: Raise next year will cost students money I Continued from TUITION, Page 1 Even with a $5 increase, the college “would be at $921,” she concluded. The big question is not necessarily where Clackamas will stand with other colleges but where the money will go. Truesdell shared that students at Clackamas put their experience at the front, the services the colleges offers second and the expense third. “(It’s) about accessing the services, technology, support service programs and the experiences for their educational goals,” she said. “The question is, what is the matey going towards? Are we providing that quality kind of experience?” “We would not be asking for students to bear the foil brunt of any kind of expenditure reduction ...” she added. “This will help us ... to invest in the kinds of things that help students to persist, complete and achieve their goals.” ; ijil 1 1 John Shufelt Clackamas Print Members of the board talk about the need to raise tuition before for start of Summer Term. CORRECTION In issue 12, published Feb. 13, The Print misidenti fied the bassist on the front page as Zach Dear. Ed Bennett was the bassist. The Print regrets the error. The college is serious in its efforts to create a safe campus for everyone. Our student of con cern process worked well and our communication with you is continuing. Bill Zuelke, Dick Ashbaugh and Bill Leach are well connect ed with the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office and Clackamas County Mental Health. They are keeping Baldwin van der Bijl, Courtney Wilton, Jan Godfrey and I informed and participating in the decision making process. It is with this information that we have determined the cam pus will operate as usual. I have asked that we create a more visible pres ence with our security offi cers and local law enforce ment over the next few days, so staff and students can focus their attention on teaching and learning. Bill Zuelke, dean of student services, will be sending an e-mail to the campus DELL community informing you what’s happened, what’s next, how the student of concern pro cess works and where to seek support for yourself or your stu- dents. We will have a review of this situation way imp, I ha with dent asst and theii I als ate coi fron mui weh opj to d with ther son our ing Cha diffl for college campuses t We will continue work! er toward our prefen] “Student of Concern” exploit Dear Campus Community, vice president and staff from Community Mental Health. (Throughout the time this process was going on, the stu dent of concern and his writ ings were being monitored and new material was being discovered and considered.) On Thursday, Feb. 14, new writings were received and the sheriff was notified, and a meeting was scheduled with the sheriff’s office as well as County Mental Health for Clackamas Community College has had in place for a number of years a pro cess we call our “Student of Concern Process.” This pro cess is designed to assist us in becoming aware of and address concerns that are raised by and for our students. The recent episode involving one of our students provides an example of how this pro cess works. Before I describe the process, please be aware that right now our process has led to the summary suspension of a student in accord with our student disciplinary process, and the student is prohibited from being on campus or participating in any col lege activity. The student disciplinary process will proceed in this case. Recently, a student approached one of our fac ulty members with some material written by a fel low student that he found disturbing. The faculty member, upon reading the material, considered the student who wrote it a ZUELKE “Student of Concern.” The faculty then noti fied the department chair. Friday, Feb. 15. Before that The department chair in turn meeting occurred, the sher notified the department chair iff’s office took the action of counseling and advis that the news has made you ing (the department chair of all aware of. Counseling and Advising is We will continue to moni the point person for all stu tor this situation, and we are dents of concern issues.) working closely with both the That began a process of sheriff’s office and County investigation and consulta Mental Health. tion with staff, deans, the Our Student of Concern process is working! it helped us protects pus community and! appropriate intervel one of our students.! Please do not hl use this process if I have reason to be cl about one of our stud! contact the departml of Counseling and Al The news of the! days brings deep col surely some anxieil of us. Many of I encounter studenl coming days who! experiencing marl ent emotions. I We all know t| of our students I fragile and/or lesl than others. Pleas! ber that the colli seling center is stl six high-quality cl who are standing! to assist anyone I some help. The cl can be reached bl ext. 2213. I This situation! all of us as well be advised that wl excellent employ! tance program all lege for all staff! are free and col and are for any! college staff mel have. Contact HR I ■ ; information (ext. 2.: I Thank you i for ■ and concern on behF students. - Bill Zuelke, Dean of Student Sen I x The Clackamas Print The Clackamas Print 19600 S. Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 503-657-6958, ext. 2309 Editor in Chief: Megan Koler Copy Editor: Colleen Watkins News Editor: Lydia E. Bashaw A&C Editor: Emily Walters Sports Editor: Andrea Simpson Feature Editor: Kyle Steele Photo Editor: K^yla Berge Photo Associate : Mistymarie Wilks-Salguero News Associate: Matt Garrison A d M anager : Meredith James S taff W riters / P hotographers : Dale Balbi, Armondo Borboa, Kenton Benfield, Helen Conley, John Hurlburt, Nick Komafel, Genyva Laubach, Riley Lundgren, Christina Maggio, Jess Shepard, John Shufelt £ P roduction A ssistants : Dusty Ragsdale, Chris Young D epartment A dviser : Melissa Jones D epartment S ecretary : Pat Thompson G oals : The Clackamas pT to report the news in an hl unbiased, professional The opinions expressed A . necessarily reflect those oil dent body, college admin# its faculty or The Print. E-fy comments to chiefed@da# edu. -------------------- - t
