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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Student quells his addictioi
Mead worked together to start
an NA meeting on campus.
The meetings are Monday
and Friday from noon to 1 p.m.
in room 112 in the Community
Center.
He believes, “It’s better to
face our problems in numbers
than by ourselves.”
Senase emphatically sup
ports the NA and AA programs,
and believes the programs were
helpful in his own recovery, and
would aid in the recovery of
others.
Angela Harvey, Senase’s
mother said, “He has the biggest
heart there ever is.”
She believes he has always
been very compassionate, and
has become even more so with
his recovery. Harvey believes
he has learned a lot of things
through the recovery process.
His father, Tony Senase
proudly said, “He is an asset to
society,” and also believes he
has become a more dedicated
father.
Those views are shared by
Senase who said during his
addiction it was all about him
self, and now he is much more
focused on his son who is, “the
apple of my eye,”
Senase is doing his part to
help the community, and is
a chapter chair of an Oxford
house. Oxford house is a*dem-
ocratic program that provides
sober living for those who
want to a change and want help
Abbv Neet
The Clackamas Print
Andrew Señase used to have a
very powerful addiction. Señase
is a former alcoholic.
It started out casual. At 14
he would drink with his friends,
have a good time and party.
As usual, addictions do not
stay casual. It evolved into an
everyday thing, and as he got
older, he*got deeper and deeper
into it. He was in denial of what
was happening, and what he was
doing.
“It’s a progressive disease,”
Señase said, regarding alcohol
ism. 7
Señase attributes much of his
success to his involvement in
Narcotics Anonymous and his
sponsor through the program.
His sponsor is there to mentor
him, and help him out in situ
ations he has never been in, as
well as encourage Señase to
look at himself, and Ways to
keep improving.
Mary Brown, Senase’s girl
friend said, “He is very active in
classes. He’s focused and deter
mined. When he says he is going
to do something, he will. He is
trying to better his future.”
“He is the type of guy who
sees a sunset and starts crying.
He is very open and honest,”
Brown added, much to Señase’s
embarrassment.
Señase, Brown and Shelly
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getting clean.
The 26-year-old full-time
student said he never would
have imagined he would be in
college and actually passing his
classes.
Senase had a rough child
hood. He is the oldest of six,
and things became more dif
ficult when he was nine and
his parents divorced. He had to
step up and help take care of the
younger kids. Senase learned to
cook, clean and do laundry and
other things that took away from
his time as a kid.
He eventually dropped- out
of high school, and was in the
Navy for five years. Senase
would consider himself to be a
veteran.
He continues to be proactive
in his goal of making a bet
ter future. He is going for his
associate’s degree, and is going
to get into water environmental
technology. .This is his second
term at Clackamas.
Senase said when he finds
himself in situations where he is
tempted to relapse, he can call
his sponsor and has a wide sup
port group.
Living up to what his fam
ily has said about him, Senase
really does care about others,
and would like to help anyone
who needs help becoming clean,
or is interested in sober living.
Anyone interested in contacting
him can contact The Print for
contact information.
SENASE
Involved: ASG amplifies the voice of Clackamas Community College’s studen
Continued from INVOLVED, Page 1
Student reaction to the “first
aid kif ’ idea and lobbying has been
positive according to Alyssa Fava,
student am bassador and event coor
dinator for ASG.
“Tire general reaction has been
very supportive. Students are very
interested in what is taking place,”
Fava said.
Brown sees student involvement
as a key factor in obtaining critical
funding from the state.
“It’s more powerful to hear from
you (the students) than the college
president,” Brown said, emphasiz
ing the power of collective voice.
The importance of students get
ting their collective voice heard is
not lost to Adriana Skero.
‘T think we definitely need
that if we want to support the
school,” Skero said about students
getting their voices heard. “Without
students, what opinion is there?”
Student
Jamie
Waddle
feels helpless in the eyes of the
legislature, at least if she is fighting
alone, “but with ASG putting every
thing together... it shows everybody
is effected not just one person.
For students on campus Fava
would like to emphasize that any
body can make a difference. She
.encourages students who want to
make a contribution to the ca
increasing support for our < 1..
contact members of congress
Fava also is encouraging st»
to come by ASG’s office, 1«
in the Community Center near
cafeteria, if they have any
tions about how they can he
college.
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Continued from CLASSES, Page 1
New icons and labels dot the
Clackamas spring registration
catalog, as hybrid courses and
online courses bring us onward
and upward into the year 2009.
Five new classes have even man
aged to emerge in this economic
crunch in the nursing program.
“We are under the umbrella of
a statewide program in the nurs
ing department and when they
change the curriculum so do we,”
stated Graf. The nursing pro
gram has refused to dwindle at
Clackamas as students have con
tinued to flourish in the program
despite the economic downturn.
When registering for spring
term the best decision is to reg
ister early.
“Do it as soon as you can, and
apply for financial aid as soon as
you can,” said Ric Jenkerson, an
enrollment services specialist at
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