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Volume 42, Issue 20
egislature gives stimulus checkup
John Hurlburt
W ots Editor
One key detail that the state officials were excited about
was the money the college was able to save when it went
through the bidding process with contractors.
“The school’s bids came back as half of what was
is a boss and on Wednesday, April 29, expected,” said Joe Austin, dean of information technol
inistrators reported to theirs.
ogy services.
:aker of the House Dave Hunt, state Senator
“They’re bidding these projects to keep people work
r and state Representative Brent Barton ing,” Austin added, referring to why contractors bid so
j they could view the progress the college low.
’ with the $1.35 million in stimulus money
After the presentation, the group wOTt on a tour show
e state.
ing the work that had been done and the
it would be important for
people that were being affected by it.
lat we were doing so we
Michael Antonietti, a manager for *
ble for the funds,” College
“This was
Cochran technologies, one of the con
ie Truesdell said, shortly
tractors doing work for the college, -
a challeng
i officials arrived, adding,
explained how the work provided by
ing decision
nted to see this.”
the college has helped him and his
Schrader and Barton arrived
employees.
for me. In
ily greeted by many of the
“More than 50 percent of the people
retrospect
I
nt administrators, who had
haven’t been getting their 40 hours,”
ith the Go Oregon stimulus
feel very good
Antonietti commented to the state reps,
“but count our blessings. Nobody’s been
about
it.
”
elcomes and introductions
laid-off thanks to you guys.”
by Truesdell, Bill Leach,
State Rep. Brent
Schrader was pleasantly surprised by
services, began a presenta-
Barton said on his
what Antonietti had to say.
(what was being done, what
decision to vote on
“I’m planning to share this on the
npleted, what savings the
Oregon’s stimulus
floor tomorrow,” Schrader said emphati
i able to manage and what
package
cally. “It’s creating and it’s sustaining
any jobs were produced,
jobs.”
iced that out of the 29 proj-
All in all, the project was purported
:ing funded by the stimulus
to create or retain a total of 100 jobs in
already been completed, the other 23 were the local economy.
vay, an important factor because all projects
After the tour was concluded, all three of the visiting
Sen. Martha^hrador (bottom lett), Speaker of the
start before May 1.
officials seemed very pleased with how the college had
House Dave Hunt (bottom right) and Rep. Brent
ole the projects played was in reducing the managed the stimulus money.
Barton (middle back) are being led on a tour by
osts substantially.
“This was a challenging decision for me,” Barton said,
Ily reduced our utility budget by $140,000 referring to when he voted for the stimulus package. “In
College President Joanne Truesdell (back left) and
Board of Education member Ron Adams (back right).
Leach reported.
retrospect, I feel very good about it.” '
Interviews with the next team of student representatives
ASG Presidential candidate Alyssa Fava
V
Forasecondyearinarow, both the Associated
Student Government (ASG) Presidential and
Vice Presidential candidates are running
unopposed in what is becoming Clackamas’
annual corronation. We decided to sit down
with the candidates and learn what they are
planning to do over the next year.
What do you plan to do as ASG President?
I really want to make sure students feel that they
are being heard. One of
my biggest plains is having
bi-monthly open meetings
with students. I’m going
to sit down and talk to stu
dents about the questions
they have, what changes
they would like to see in
ASG. All of their ideas I will bring to meetings like presi
dents council and the board of education. Especially, with
the economy and the changes happening on campus, I want
to make sure that I’m not the only one talking, that I know
what students are saying as well.
What exact policy are you planning to enact to better
improve Clackamas?
My meetings, that’s going to improve my knowledge
FAVA
of the student body I want to create a larger sense of com
munity on campus, so I will be working with our campus
¡activities department to really reach out to clubs on campus as well as athletic depart
ments. Every month campus activities is going to have a club in mind or an athletic team,
and they’re going to work on an activity to host on campus. There are also internal things
I would like to work on as well.
I What do you mean by that?
I Just within our departments. Our promotions department-this was its first year. I think
I it’s a great department to have and I would like to utilize that. It’s really a great way to pro-
I mote the student government on campus. I want make sure that any event ASG is having
I is really well promoted. I think that is really something that we can do a better job on.
I What do you want the administration to work on?
I Cost is big. Students are already facing a tuition raise. There are new fees being rein
stated and I completely understand the pressure the college is under to fill that gap, but
■students have to be kept in mind. We really want to push them to keep students in mind
land realize students can’t keep forking out a lot of money.
Plèase see FAVA, Page 2
ASG VP candidate Bailee Sanders
What are the vice-presidents responsibili
ties in ASG?
We’re the internal management of the team,
and we just kind of keep everyone on ASG
responsible for
their
require
ments. We’re in
charge of setting
the office, mak
ing sure people
are turning in their hour logs and we also take
care of all of the conflict resolution, setting up
the meetings. We work a lot with the appeals
committee, and we make sure that we are fal
lowing our bylaws. Another thing that I’m
really excited about, being vice president is the
clubs. Currently, the vice-president is the offi
cer of the clubs department. I think that there
is so much potential and so much of a need
for more involvement in the clubs. I’m really
looking forward to being able to oversee that
SANDERS
and facilitate all the clubs on campus.
What kind of experience do you have in
leadership?
I’ve been on student council all through elementary school and middle
school. I was involved in DECA during high school. It’s kind of a quirky
little thing. [DECA] is a club that you join and you put together business
plans. It’s teaching you business operations and marketing strategies depend
ing on what event you’re a part of. My role in DECA was the vice president
of promotions. Junior year, I was co-captain, for soccer. I was team captain
my senior year. I was varsity all four years. I was a soccer referee. That’s
another thing I’ve done and that kind of puts me in a leadership. DECA is
really what has brought me here to being a part of ASG on campus. Actually,
Emily Smith is the one who got me hooked on ASG.
Interviews conducted and edited by John Hurlburt
Please see SANDERS, Page 2