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Clackamas Print New Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Secretary of State encourages leade Greg Stoltz The Clackamas Print Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown was at Clackamas Community College April 15, deliv ering the message that Oregon poli tics needs more women. Brown spoke as part of the Women in Public Leadership Forum. The event,, designed to encourage women to become pub lic leaders, was organized by the Clackamas Community College New Leadership Oregon Club. During her keynote speech, Brown listed a number of pioneer ing women from Oregon politics. To a group of about 60 people gath ered in the McLoughlin Hall audito rium, she said, “Many extraordinary women have shown what we can accomplish when we’re not just spectators.” Included in Brown’s speech _What is New Leadership Oregon? The CCC New Leadership Oregon Club was created to allow women interested in politics easier access to an annual training program called National Education for Women’s Leadership Oregon (NEW Leadership Oregon), sàid club founder and former President Catherine Pike. Based at Portland State University, NEW Leadership Oregon is a six-day residential program designed to introduce Oregon’s college women to opportunities for public leadership. The PSU program, held each June, is part of the 17-college NEW Leadership Development Network started at Rutgers University in 1999. For more information on the CCC New Leadership Oregon Club, call 971-227-3734, or e-mail meegan.youngblood@ gmail.com. were a number of Oregon’s politi cal female firsts and their election dates, including: first state repre sentative, Marian Towne, 1914; first U.S. representative, Nan Wood Honeyman, 1936; first Secretary of State, Norma Paulus, 1976; and first Governor, Barbara Roberts, 1990. Pointing out that former U.S. Senator Maurine Neuberger, elect ed in 1960, is still Oregon’s only woman to hold that post, Brown said, “I’m hoping one or two of you will change that.” After noting the considerable accomplishments of these politi cal leaders, Brown said it is clear Oregon can do better. “I think this is where each and every one of you fit in,” said Brown. “I think it’s extremely important to have women and people of color at the table. I think we look at the world through different lenses than, frankly, straight white men.” After her prepared comments, Brown took questions from the audience. Asked about her position on preferential treatment for appoint ing women and people of color to judicial and other state positions, Brown said, “As I look around at our Oregon State Legislature, we DRAFTING: Drafting not the only cut? Continued from DRAFTING, Page 1 Aside from completing course materials at other schools, CCC was able to negotiate with the state to give students a one-year degree if they have finished the coursework pece^ary for the degree. . Usually, this process would take months of approval, but in light of desperate times, the state was able to speed up the approval process. “They essentially fast-tracked processes that are usually set in stone,” Lundy explained. This fast track would only help students who would choose the inferior one-year degree, as SANFORD Drafting Department Secretary The Clackamas Print The Clackamas Print 19600 S. Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 503-657-6958, ext. 2309 opposed to the two-year degree many students signed up for to get an edge over the competition. “The two-year degree is what the industry wants,” Cook emphasized. Even Lundy recognizes that none of the alternatives students are being offered are as good as the two-year program. “Students will be impacted,” Lundy admitted, adding, “I don’t know anything we can do to pre vent that.” Clackamas’ drafting depart ment was quite accredited in the drafting world. The main cor ridor in the drafting department has a section of wall decorated with the covers of textbooks CCC instructors have written. Drafting has almost been deemed an “authorized training center” by the software company Autodesk, which according to Cook, is not an easy thing to accomplish. “The software company, Autodesk, has blessed us,” Cook said with reverence. With such accreditations and success it leaves one to beg the question of all things, why are we getting rid of this department? And like many tough decisions faced in a budget slump a lot of it boils down to numbers. One of the reasons behind the drafting department’s execution was its slumping enrollment. Low student interest is the rea son many drafting departments in the region have downsized from two-year degree programs into one-year; However a low student count can’t be tire only .reason to shut down. Cook points out that there are many classes and departments that have either lower Full Time Equivalence (FTE) or at least the same as drafting. Lundy confirmed that the deciding factor that sealed the fate of drafting was the rippling effect that happens when classes are cancelled. If math classes, science classes or humanities classes are cancelled, it affects more students’ ability to get a degree. Drafting, however, is a fairly self-contained degree pro gram. By sacrificing drafting, fewer students will be affected than if other departments with low FTE were eliminated. Even though it made sense, Lundy said’it wasn’t an easy deci sion to make. “It wasn’t a decision that was made lightly at all,” Lundy expressed. She also alluded to the fact, that not all of the schools prob lems are solved. “Something had to be cut,” Lundy explained, warning, “It’s not incomprehensible to say something else might get cut as well.” Although necessity may have forced the school’s hand, it isn’t an easy drop to swallow, and Cook wishes it could happen another way because even though instructors and staff will be left jobless, it’s the students who will suffer the most. “There’s not another vocation al rehab program out there that will give them the training we can,” Cook said. Editor in Chief: Lydia Emily Bashaw A d M anager : Meredith James Copy Editor: Matthew Ostergren Web and Graphics Editor: Kayla Berge S taff W riters / P hotographers : Dale Balbi, Jessica Foster, News Editor: John Hurlburt Mark Foster, Brad Heineke, A&C Editor: Abigail Neet * Jaycob Izso, Michelle Newby, Feature Editor: Nic^Komafel Lisa Sellars, Greg Stoltz, Mark Sports Editor: Kayla Calloway Sunderland Photo Editor: John Shufelt Photo Editor: Robert Crawford ’ have 90 members. We barely have 30 percent women.” Brown, who served in the Oregon House from 1991-1997 and the Oregon Senate from 1997- 2009, noted that the number of women has actually decreased since she has been in the Legislature. Commenting on minority rep resentation in die state Legislature, Brown said there are just two African Americans and no other people of color. “I don’t think that’s very reflective of the state. And so I think, it’s really important for the legislative leadership to work hard to recruit diverse candidates.” In an interview before the event, Brown offered two bits of advice to ^omen aspiring to leadership positions. The Secretary said she has really struggled with her public speaking, and that she’d tell people this is a critical skill for political and busi ness leaders. Brown also said political savvy - knowing when to fight and when to let go — is very important Of her time in the state Legislature, Brown said, “I was very particular about the fights I would select. I wanted to make sure that they would make a difference.” BROWN Also speaking at the t» forum, were Sunny Petit, j of programs for NEW 14 Oregon at Portland State IM Clackamas New LeadersW Club President Meegan You and club officers Lindsey! Kate Rough and Amy Add In a phone interview! Youngblood said the go! forum was to get womeu about business or politics J ever they want to do. “|| inspires women to reach I stars,” said Youngblood. I CHARTWELLS: College’s foa provider suffers major /ossi Continued from CHARTWELLS, Page 1 The lack of concern for Chartwells well-being seemed to be a common thread. “I really just don’t care,” said student John Kelly. “The food tastes like plastic and you have to pay like $5 for a biscuit.” Eldrich’s comment was on par, “It doesn’t really matter whether they’re here or not” Not everyone has the same exact feelings, however. Jonathan King, both a two year student and employee at Chartwells, wasn’t pleased with the company’s move. “It’s my job, so it kind of sucks,” he said on the topic. Both Ramos and King explained that there is a possible silver lining, as the school’s new provider might rehire the current employees. King was enthusiastic, “There are some things I agree with Chartwells on and some things I don’t I would hope whoever replaces them would do as good, hopefully better.” The prospect of a new sheriff in the cafeteria isn’t necessarily a win-win in all students’ minds. “It’s a good idea, bad idea thing,” said student Andre Nicholson. “It’s only good for stu dents if they replace it with some thing quick and health conscious.” The goals of the students are not necessarily congruent with the P roduction A ssistants : Kelsey Schneider, Sean Huggins J ournalism A dviser : Melissa Jones D epartment S ecretary : Pat Thompson plan of the college itself. ■ Ramos said otherwise, ■ person that takes over is« have almost the sanfe nfen Though many students lind this a disappointment j lege instructors might not. “Staff and students don’ti sarily agree on food sluffs.' Courtney Wilton, vice presS college services. Wilton said the college™ tainly look at fast food comp like Taco Bell and McDtn but that it would come to what food service pra would be interested in biddi be here. “Will it be someone Chartwells?” Wilton asked torically, “1 don’t think so." Don’t think that the bidd all about money though; io Clackamas was actually p (’hart w el Is to be on campu>» pointed out the next contra be different in the sense th college won’t require future dors to pay rent, but w ill ta option open and allow 4^1 to potentially'make money’ cafeteria. “The school doesn't any money off Chart« said Wilton. “We didn’t w keep writing them a ched $24,000.” So what does all this mea the student body? likirichs# it up in a single sentence:* 1 sucks for the people that fe (Chartwells).” G oals : The Clackamas Prints to report the news in an honest unbiased, professional manner. 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