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£ Clackamas Print online at TheClackamasPrint.com First copy FREE, additional copies 10 lackam dent, Print student-run newspaper since Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Is Community College, Oregon City, OR Volume 42, Issue 15 ackamas sees me stimulus Ay, the waves of recession ■ breaking on file shores of L drowning the school in E nearly any outside aid is fessing. |new stimulus plan being |y the state in order to build Ke and generate jobs in lit hardest by unemploy- Ichool is getting $1.35 mil- Ito help pay for deferred ce projects on campus. 1.35 million is going to be |y the college for a total of Ion going towards mainte- essary projects and repairs, to Kirk Pearson, director of lations and campus services. i sees the money as neces- foth students and the local Boing this work now, we ¡¡ally prevent things from | that might effect students,” plained. pre 11 different facilities an are candidates for work ¡, with approximately 29 g the most important undertakings Eg and upgrading some of jnechanical systems such as Bid air conditioning to pro- reliable comfort to build- i^gampiLs as well as create energy savings. • Revamping the electri cal distribution system, a 40-year-old center where the power to the college is broken down and al located to each bui lding. The re-al lotment of energy will cre ate a more reliable power dispersion system, while at the same time ulti mately save money by cutting down the amount of waste. • The fire alarm system on campus wi ll be upgraded, and the Lewelling building will have fire alarms added, a building which was previously not covered by an alarm system. Aiding the Local Economy The second objective of giving state money to Clackamas is to cre ate jobs within the local community through these work projects. According to Pearson, Clackamas will be giving the work to companies within file community, or to compa nies who have a lot of employees in file surrounding areas. The school is looking for competi tive bids in order to utilize the mcaiey to its fullest potential and has started to advertise the work in the Daily Journal of Commerce. The task will begin once contrac tors have been chosen, which should be within the next couple of months, according to Pearson. He believes this will help spark the economy and sees the value of giving out these jobs. “Keeping people employed or put ting them back to work is extremely important at this time,” Pearson said adding, “We can’t all go on unem- _... - l j John Shufelt Clackamas Print ' Bill Leach, dean of campus services, stands next to a transformer that has been on campus for more than 40 years. Leach says that the high voltage equipment has become a hazard. The replacement of the machine is one of the projects that the stimulus money will go toward. ployment” With file college buried up to its neck in the sands of debt for the upcoming years, it might seem coun terproductive to be spending even more money on deferred projects. Courtney Wilton, vice president of college: 8 Mv i&C3 <.hn i Mr: v n; -is-Taking a more carpe diem approach to shell ing out file $1.35 million required to match file state’s money. “It’s an opportunity to get some stuff done fiiat ultimately needs to be done and this time we get some money from the state,” Courtney logi cally explained, adding that there will be a noticeable payback to the general fund with savings from some of the projects. As for where the money is coming from, Clackamas has some money set aside in capital reserves that have been allocated for projects already. Federal Money Aside from the state stimulus flmu -is cdau Ql—'-w eral stimulus package that is suppos edly on its way, feeding the nation approximately $53 billion in training and education. This money, however, has not been allotted yet Kathryn Dysart, communications director far the Oregon Community College Association, said that cur rently the state is analyzing where the money should be applied, meaning so ught the mocha took too long before? IV Meet fanas Print loss in daily sales in catering, B is making changes King to the current econ- mrtwells had to lay off Itime employees and is re hours it isopen. ■ will be a breakfast ftkicc ol made-to-order B Getting a little of ■ in fee buffet costs Buffet includes biscuits Bty scrambled eggs and ppat wells manager Lizeth Bd. “The college cannot ¡oh spending as much on 1 K said daily sales had M been decreasing and | has seen a significant BChartwells made most money from catering, so gig loss is affecting them ■se of fee contract Bls has wife the college, ffiiol raise any prices. Idle | ends in .lime. Ramos Bln decision of whether phartwells continues to Backamas next year will gt how they do through ■few months. gwells employee ■King said fee employ- ees who were laid off were the ones who had less knowledge regarding all parts of file job. “I can pretty much do every thing,” King said. King is a full time employee and needs to con tinue working to pay for school. Having a buffet seems to be the right thing., to do, to reduce the amount of help needed, according to King. Another Chartwells employ ee, Patrick Neitzel, said Monday last week, “Most people were, really happy with it. It went over really well and we sold out of almost everything.” Some students feel differ ently. One dissatisfied customer was student Giuseppe Baffaro, who was disappointed that he would no longer be able to pick up a breakfast burrito after work ing out in the morning. “It’s a bummer,” Baffaro •said. Mindy Brown, the adviser for ASG, said money for catering has been decreasing for some time due to budget constraints. “The college came forward and asked that there not be food at meetings,” Brown said. David Holcomb, who is on the food committee, said all the catering the college does will continue to be done by Chartwells. Holcomb also admits, “The college is not spending catering dollars like they used to.” Ifthey used to have dinner or lunch at meetings, they might cut costs by having cookies and cof fee now, Holcomb believes. Holcomb said he has heard every, restaurant, save McDonald’s and Burger King, is hurting. "No one is immune to this,” Holcomb said. Holcomb believes Chartwells is doing the same thing as most students are, cutting costs to save money. Students are bringing lunch or eating breakfast at home. Students seem to be taking full advantage of the microwaves in the cafeteria, as a means to save money, by bringing their own food. “The quickest way to save money is to cut money spent on food, and that seems to be what everyone is doing,” Holcomb said the college will wait and see how the next month or two go for Chartwells, and will try and make the best choice for file college. “Everyone seems to agree that some form of food services is positive for students and staff” said Holcomb. Chartwells new hours are Monday thru Thursday 7 am. thru 4 pm. and Friday 7 am. thru 2 pm. Grill hours from 11 am. to2p.m. fer nothing is set in stone about how much the college will get. What is fir sure, is fiiat there will be an increase in file amount of money put into the Federal Pell Grant program, and that some of 1he money received by the Oregon will be used tex m BS v I tilV atatl/o 1 cuts. Wilton isn’t even 100 percent sure fiiat file money is coming through to Clackamas, but says the college will know within a couple weeks if and how much money the college will be getting. “It has file potential to alleviate the money problem,” Wilton said with just a glimmer of hope. Intervision plays funky fresh Larissa Flgley The Clackamas Print Take some “funky nasty soul” combined with “beautiful and heart wrenching melodic pop,” add some “pure and unadulterated sexiness” ending in a “state of Nirvana,” and you get Intervision, a local band that is now nationally acclaimed. This musical description can be found on their MySpace page, which also provides show listings. The Independent Music awards recently awarded Intervision with the R&B song of the year for their song “Live out Loud” off of their second album, Shades of Neptune. They received file award in January. Intervision has been a band for six years and file group met right here at Clackamas in May of 2003. They are still made up of the original members. Kit Walker, back up vocalist and pianist explained that the awards, “are basically like the Grammys for artists that haven’t been signed.” Paul Creighton, fire lead vocalist, songwriter and student adviser at the college, explained, “The Independent Music Awards is judged by a group of musicians and producers including Susan Vega and Lisa Loeb.” Creighton said, “Winning this award and the feet that it is judged by musicians makes it a huge honor.” It is validating because it’s great to work hard be and recognized. They are, “currently investigating different publicity to spin the award to create a new showcase.” Jessica Foster Clackamas Print Lizeth Ramos, one of the remaining employees in Chartwells, rings up a student. * Ptéasëlee INTERVISION, Page 2