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Clackamas
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Election breakdown: ASG candidates pledge serv
Latisha
Burley:
ASG vice
president
I wilt
-Listentoyou
-Represent you
-Be fair, honest and open
Jayc /zso:
ASG presidential
candidate
Michael Vu:
ASG presidential
candidate
Whois Jayclzso?
BURLEY
My experience:
* CCC ASG Administrative
Assistant, 2007-2008
- 4.0 high school GPA, two-year ASB president, valedic
torian
-2005 Hugh O’ Brian Youth Leadership Alumni
-Clackamas County Young Leaders Program, 2005-2006
- Foundation for Rural Services trip to Washington, DC,
learning about telecommunications
- National Honor Society Vice President, 2006-2007
- Key Ctob Treasurer, 2005-2006, and TreasurehVfce
Resident, 2006-2007
Clackamas Students,
If I had to pick one important issue that this col
lege feces, I’d say it is student involvement. Coming
from Associated Student GovemmenL it can be
challenging to capture the participation of students
on campus. There has to be a way to conquer this
task, and I have a few suggestions.
ASG’s job is to provide opportunities, but I
would like to see more input from students of what
they want to see happen. While talking to students,
I found fee reason people don’t get involved is
because the activities that they’d enjoy are not
offered. Student input is crucial!
I would also like to see ASG’s president and
vice president make quarterly visits to the clubs’
meetings to see what their advice is. They should
focus on offering students more options and rais
ing the awareness of each opportunity. Suggestion
boxes could be revamped to encourage students’
proposals.
College is all about making the most of this sea
son of life. It’s during this time that students decide
who they’re going to be for the rest of their lives.
Whether you are a still in high school and enrolled
here or you are taking a few classes to finish up your
degree, this is your chance to take advantage of all
this school offers. Like all the fliers say, CCC is the
“smart” choice, so why not make the “smart” choice
and make the most of your time here?
It may be more convenient to come to school,
attend to class and go home, but ASG is here to
make your experience the best it can be. On the way
to your next class, stop by the Community Center
and drop off a suggestion. Give us your thoughts,
give us your ideas and we’ll give you a great college
experience!
Experience:
- 2007-2008 ASG senator and
officer (campus activities)
- 4.0 Clackamas Community
College GPA, 89 Credits
- Four-year class officer, Canby
High School
vu
Qualities:
—A “listen first, then act” leader
- Reliable, open, honest hard-working and passionate
- Care deeply about helping students
Goals:
- Get more students involved
Clackamas Students,
Let’s work together, you
and me. As president, I want
to collaborate and make
change happen.
First off, I would like to
increase the communication
between you all, my fellow
classmates, and the student
government Our job is to
provide services and, more
importantly, a voice for you to
our college administration.
As president I will serve
as an active “mjddle-man”
between the students and the
college administration. I will
always be gauging what you
all want/need and commu
nicate that to the administra
tion.
The student government
also needs to hear feedback
from you, so that we can make
changes, hear more feedback
and make more changes. We.
are representing you, so we
need to hear what you have to
say. This invitation is for any
and all ofyou who would like
to be heard.
An action step to move
towaid this goal is to have
a way for the students to
communicate to the student
government In this day and
age, we will likely move
toward a more technological
stance to reach you all.
What do you think about
an online blog/forum, where
you could voice your opin
ions about what can be done
differently? Would you use
it? What if the student gov
ernment could remind you
of upcoming activities, or
ways to have fun and get
involved? What do you
think? Let me know; you can
find me in the ASG office.
Related to that, I would
also like to increase your
involvement here. There are
many students who go to
class for a couple hours and
then just head home until they
have class the next day.
There’s really more to
be experienced in college. If
you are looking for some
thing more to do, you should
be given that opportunity. In
order to accomplish this, stu
dent government should have
a student recruitment depart
ment to get in touch with any
and all students who want to
get involved.
All in all, Clackamas
Community College is a great
place, and it has vast opportu
nities, but we need to all pitch
in and make it the best place
for us, in whatever way, shape
or form. Let’s make CCC the
place to be.
I have been a student at CCC
for four terms and have thor
oughly enjoyed every one of
them. The grim reality of the sit
uation is that I have realized that
the system by which students are
“governed” is flawed. Now I’m running for ASG pi
rectify the issues frat are cunently dictating how stud
sentation is being conducted
Why vote for Jayc?
- To prevent the misrepresentation of students and 1
quent funds they supply ASG with.
-To make this a student-run govemmenL not oneb
foundation of pseudo-nobility.
- Let’s be honest; over 75 percent of students eil
know we have a student government or simply don’t c
is the time to have someone who wants to actual!}’
majority their due.
- He’s just an average guy, works a full-time jol
school full-time and understands the stressors of a
student.
- It’s time for the system to evolve.
The truth of the matter is
at least 80 percent of the stu
dents on this campus have no
knowledge frat die Associated
Student Government even
exists. Sure, we in the ASG
pretend like they do; in feet,
we call ourselves “student rep
resentatives.” But how can we
possibly represent the average
student when only 200 out of
30,000 actually vote?
To put it simply, we can’t
It is because of this very
issue frat we arrive at the
reality at which we are now
faced. Tuition is increasing;
book paces are as high as ever,
and instead of spending the
ASG funds - student-supplied
money - on scholarships and
better food options, we decide
to throw the money away on
cotton and barbeques.
The truth is, the college is
struggling. Enrol lment is down
and, thus, one of the primary
sources of the college’s income
is being forced tops
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ASG Elections:
Vote online at clackamas.edu on
Wednesday, May 7, or Thursday, May 8.
CLINTON: wife’s campaign issues
discussed on platform last Saturday
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“We have to create more jobs in this econo
my if we expect incomes to go up, and we have
to address the cost problems of America, which
are energy, healthcare and higher education,” he
said in regards to how America should rebuild
the economy.
“She (Hillary) has the best plan to produce
jobs in the only way that all these countries that
are succeeding are producing them today,” he
added.
Edwards asserts that Hillary Clinton is “the
most experienced” of the candidates.
“Hillary has years of public service, relation
ships with leaders around the world and a proven
record of fighting for working families,” she said.-
“She is the only candidate who has proposed a
universal healthcare plan, and she is the only
candidate to put forward a detailed plan specifi
cally addressing Oregon policy priorities.”
Clinton has created an Oregon Compact that
involves goals for the state of Oregon. She has
requested two debates with rival Democratic ■
candidate Barack Obama sometime before
Oregon’s May 20 primary election. One of
the debates will discuss challenges facing rural
Oregonians.
The public can go to Clinton’s Web site,
www.hillaryclinton.com, to sign a petition to
make a debate between Clinton and Obama in
Oregon possible. The site details issues Clinton
supports, her personal history and how to become
a volunteer for her campaign or donate money to
the cause.
“Our country needs a strong, experienced
leader to put us back on the track of peace
and prosperity after seven years of failed Bush
administration policies,” Edwards said. “Hillary
Clinton is the candidate who can do that.”
Attendees of the event included voters who
are similarly confident in Clinton’s abilities as
a leader.
“She is, by far, the best candidate,” Dan
Domenigoni said. “She is the most presidential
out of the Candidates.”
Another audiencemember, Terri Domenigoni,
said, “She is bright and politically aware.”
Bill Clinton also addressed his wife’s charac
ter, assuring the crowd of her dependability.
‘You will never worry that she will not be
there for you,” he said.
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All of this, however,
doesn’t seem to deter stu
dents from smoking, Fender
pointed out.
“Scare tactics don’t
work,” she said. “The bot
tom line is that they’re
addicted.”
Students on campus who
smoke do so for a variety of
reasons.
Giovanni, a 16-year-old
student who did not want
his last name used, says that
he has been smoking for
two years. He started due to
troubles within his family,
as well as because all of his
friends smoked.
With nfe plans to quit
anytime in the near future,
Giovanni sees it this way:
“You only get one life.
Might as well live it up.”
Another student, Nate
Young, now of legal age,
has been smoking since he
was 14 years old and attri
butes his starting the habit to
“just being stressed out.”
“My friends told me to
try it,” he said. “Improbably
kept me out of jail a couple
of times.”
For Young, smoking
relieves aggression
Clackamas’
security
officials were unwilling
to comment about under
age smoking at the col
lege, but a search through
the Department of Public
Safety shift togs on campus
showed no citations issued
to minors for tobacco use
within the months of March
and April
Even though, recently,
students have not had severe
disciplinary steps taken
against them for smoking,
this does not mean that
security is not on the look
out for violators.
Student Zack Brooks has
been carded on campus.
“We had security guards,
yesterday, check our IDs,”
Brooks said.
Brooks sees no prob
lem with people smoking
on campus as tong as they
stay out of traffic areas.
He thinks it’s rather trivial
when individuals who are
on the verge 'of adulthood'
get into legal trouble for
lighting up.
He does, on the other
hand, see something wrong
with youth of a certain age
doing so.
“It’s ridiculous how
early people are starting,”
he said.
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