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is really just one com-
I the whole project,” said
hmpus Services, Bill Leach,
k to get us off the grid in the
bars.”
Lent on to explain that this
Lid manifest itself in the
progen vehicles, permeable
|i even power from water
On the academic side, Scott
Giltz, Dean of the Technical Career
Education Division, pointed out that
the turbine is really just an “awareness
piece,” that is the catalyst, allowing the
college to supply students with mul
tiple opportunities right out of CCC.
Glitz said that one of their goals
was to become a feeder school for col
leges with advanced alternative energy
programs. By creating a partnership
with Columbia Gorge Community
College, Clackamas would take the
first step in (hat direction.
The goal Giltz had was to set up
a 49 credit program, that would pro
vide students with a stepping stone to
Columbia, Gorge’s 95 credit program.
He also explained that Clackamas’
new curriculum will not just provide
students with “many transferable
skills,” but also immediate placement
in the renewable energy field.
“This will also be a great utility to
Clackamas County residents,” Giltz
said.
Several students, however, weren’t
as enthusiastic as Giltz.
“Going green is very much a fad,”
sai d fi rst year student Charlotte Pepper.
“It’s in vogue.”
Pepper stated that she hoped the
classes would help provide students
with a bit more insight as to why green
technology is beneficial, as compared
to just jumping on the bandwagon.
Student Trevor Raunch wasn’t as
generous about the green changes. “I
don’t care about wearing a loin cloth
and living in the woods,” he said on
the topic.
Raunch, a student at Clackamas
Community College for nearly four
years, has seen the col lege go through
several changes and isn’t too swayed
by the flashy new environmental
view.
“The college as an institution
should be concerned about education.
‘Going green’ should be a distant sec
Opinion
Campus bathroom survey:
Clackamas is number two
to no one
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Bro goes to a bathroom as nice or as
Bng as those we have at Clackamas
■unity College.
Ba new student here, I noticed CCC
Kns are much cleaner and more pleas-
K those at the school I went to last
■ won’t embarrass that fine institu-
Bid its less-than-sparkly, inconveniently
Bed outdoor-entry-only bathrooms. Let’s
By its name rhymes with Count Wood.
Bause my initial impressions were so
Bible, 1 decided to investigate further. I
■ visit all 82 bathrooms on campus -
E| to Campus Services super employees
Blexandcr and Don Sager for providing
Kct number - but I did drop in to quite a
Below are just some of the highlights,
■closure of bias: The author, being
Bsed of that most plunger-shaped of
Bosomes, the Y, visited only men’s rest-
B while researching this column. Except
■or details, such as user cleanliness and
panship, it assumed the corresponding
h’s restrooms are much the same.)
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rorisingly, the bathroom here is white,
[and more white. Other than two post
lie wall, this restroom is a 100 percent
¡-free blank canvas in which to do
aim... work.
idall Hall, main floor outside gym
in this restroom,
acably, it is confined almost entirely
the middle stall. Aside from the usual
Nazi, and profane references, the inside
[door says, in large letters, “Push it
Idd, considering that from the reader’s
re point, the door only opens in.
lughlin Hall, first floor, just past the
Ire is graffiti
instructions to “Insert two coins together”
and the suggestive overlapping quarters illus
tration.
Dye Learning Center
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auxiliary reading room.
Clairmont Hall
This is the horticulture building and it
shows. The toilet paper dispenser has a big
Master Lock on it - just like you might use
to secure the tool shed. Unlike elsewhere on
campus, they use earth-friendly, single-ply
paper here. There is even an electrical outlet
in the handicapped stall in case you want to
plug in your grow lights.
Environmental Learning Center
If you want that back-to-nature experi
ence without having to dig your own latrine,
check out this rustic commode, featuring
exposed log construction and rough hewn
wood. It’s like being at summer camp. Want
to have some fun? The light switches are
outside the bathrooms - a design peculiarity
you can use to scare the dickens out of fellow
campers late at night.
DeJardin Hall—first floor
This one’s the winner, people. From the
cozy entry nook - complete with campus
phone; to the tasteful, contemporary palette
of black, purple and gray, to the most restful
lighting on campus, tins is a thoroughly com
fortable space that says, “Welcome friend.”
Once inside, close your eyes, and the
HVAC-’s gentle hum becomes the muted
sound of sun, surf and sand. A delicate
scent hangs in the air. You are king here,
and because there is but one throne, you will
likely luxuriate in solitude.
If the day should'come that you decide to
seek out this most lovely of lavatories, and
you arrive only to find it occupied, you have
my deepest condolences.
bookstore entrance
color here is brown. The smell is
I hospital. It looks like a shrine to mid-
I jentury industrial America. But wait!
I on the wall is a dainty little shelf for
I lost-modem latte or metrosexual man
I
II Bill Brod Community Center
I | worth braving the claustrophobic
I yay to see the condom machine inside.
Is not just any condom machine, it’s the
I Cold Latex Condom, Premium Ribbed
I pms with Stimulating Lubricant, USA
By Inspected” condom machine. Truly,
■prophylactics are “The gold standard
Bsfaclion.” Especially titillating are the
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ond,” said Raunch.
Student Matthew Compton dis
agreed saying, “(With green technol
ogy) we wouldn’t be polluting die
world for the next generation.”
Compton was incredibly excited at
the prospect that the college would be
moving in the direction of alternative
energy.
“Wind energy is great, the only
thing it would hurt is birds,” Compton
joked, “so as long as it’s not in their
flight path, it’s amazing.”
While the college has received a
Green Grant of $358,000 and is in pur
suit of a $24 million grant, the admin
istration expressed that this change
wouldn’t be immediate.
“If this saves the college money,
if this preserves the institution then
it’s a good idea,” Raunch said. “But,
the college should be more concerned
about saving itself and it’s students
rather than trying to save the world.”
j
turbine,
which is to be built
by the end of the
year, will provide
about 100 watts of
power.
Illustration by Kayla Berge
Clackamas Print
BUDGET: Drafting depart
ment suffers complete cut
Continued from BUDGET, Page 1
According to Wilton, among the solutions
were cutting out Clackamas’ drafting depart
ment, laying off 20 full-time employees,
increasing tuition by $10 over the next two
terms, continuing the staff and faculty freeze
and the reactivation of various enrollment fees
such as the $50 dollar late enrollment fee.
Associate Student Government Promotions
Officer Bailee Sanders was present at the col-
le«e council meetinc where Wilton presented
a PowerPoint highli^iting the changes that
were taking place and she understands the bit
tersweet victory that CCC has made with the
new batch of cuts.
“The college is doing the best they can
to not effect (students) access to the college
. . . an access to higher education,” Sanders
said passionately. “The college really has the
students’ best interests first”
According to Wilton, one of the positive
things about this round of budget cuts was
there were not a lot of fingers being pointed.
No one played the blame game, and everyone
trudged in the direction of finding solutions
instead of bickering about who created the
problems. The nature of what created the
budget shortfall could have something to do
with this.
When Clackamas initially laid out its bud
get for the next two years, 09-10 and 10-11,
it was relying on an amount of $550 million
that the governor had pledged to give to com
munity colleges statewide.
In December; that number had already
plunged to $485 million and now it’s only
$430 million that community colleges will be
receiving statewide, and that number isn’t nec7
essarily rock bottom, a fact Wilton believes
should be duly noted.
“We don't want people tnnuang every
problem is solved,” Wilton expressed.
On April 10, after the interview with
Wilton,. College President Joanne Truesdell
announced in an e-mail that the state warned
agencies to be prepared for a decrease of up
to 30 percent This would leave the 17 com
munity colleges in Oregon struggling to craft
budgets with only $350 million in state aid.
Truesdell said that dropping the number
to $350 million would be, “a level that would
devastate our ability to provide the size and
scope of our current service.”
The school should know however by the
end of May how much funding they will be
receiving for the next biennium.
GARDEN: Services cut, prices
go up to save college money
Continued from GARDEN, Page 1
The sprinkler ban also met .with disap
proval. Until this year, a few club members
watered the entire garden for everyone.
Zuelke explained the change, ‘You’re
going to be watering by hose, and you’ll
be watering your own plot yourself.” He
said he knows it will mean more work for
gardeners.
Quite a bit more, explained Von Striver.
She said watering and tending a garden
requires a minimum of three visits per week.
For people who come from as far away as
Portland, making that many trips is really
hard, she said.
Zuelke said that he expects hose watering
to save on water and sewer costs, helping the
college meet its goal of cutting $135,000 in
utility costs next year.
Currently, however, there are not enough
spigots in the garden to accommodate indi
vidual hose watering, said Von Striver.
To address the lack of faucets, the col
lege is currently taking bids to have pipes
and additional hose bibs installed this year,
Zuelke said. He noted, however, that all
the fees collected this year, even with the
increase, will likely not cover the cost of that
project.
A third controversial change is that the
club will no longer have control of file money
it pays in fees. Zuelke said rather than route
the money through the club system, funds
will be part of the student activities budget
This means instead of the club collecting
depositing and drawing fees, the college will
collect and allocate the fees.
The college needs to have better control
over the money, said Zuelke. He stressed that
no one is saying anything improper ever hap
pened, only that the college had no way of
verifying and tracking the money coming in.
In spite of the changes for the Club, Zuelke
said, “There’s nothing to stop you from com
ing together and collaborating in any number
of ways to help each other.”
Voicing an opinion shared by many dur
ing the meeting, Von Striver said, “For more
money we should be getting more services.
We’re kind of disgruntled by the fact that
we built the program and now they’re going
to make money, and take the money away
from us, when we were the ones that built
the program, and they still want us to do it
all ourselves.”
. Clackamas community garden plots are
still available. For more information, e-mail
communitygarden@clackamas.edu or call
503-657-6958, ext 5316.