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First copy FREE, additional copies 1$ ¿¡dependent, student-run newspaper since 1966 |s Community College, Oregon City, OR __ Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Volume 42, Issue 23 ■ uovernmeni rresiaeni Micnaei vu participates in a dance off with Tim Scott during the alcohol awareness event on Wednesday May le Associated Student Governement members and students cheer them on. a Emily Bashaw \ Chief | was mangled: the front end shoved in, the windows fo girls lay crumpled in the front seats, one uncon- m terrible wounds, the other crying for help for herself lend. As the firefighters rushed in to examine the scene Ithe task of saving the two gins lives, you could liver say, “It’s all my fault Oh my god. It’s all Kratzer, publ ic affairs senator and main coordinator for the event. ‘'I hope that through anything, that someone could be touched in some way.” The event was held in the Community Center quad on a rare day of spring sunshine, with music from Jammin’ 107.5. Several students danced, and there was even an impromptu dance off between ASG President M ichael Vu and students Tim Scott and Jake Larson. ASG served a free barbecue with hot dogs, chips and drinks. They also handed out T-shirts. According to Kratzer, the barbecue and shirts were a big hit, with nothing left by the end of the day. Please see ALCOHOL, Page 3 [The firefighters quickly cut off the roof of the letal screaming'as it was pulled away from the ■passenger lay motionless. “She’s pretty bad fie firefighter to an EMT. The accident was loth the driver and the passenger needed lip. To any one standing by, it would the passenger was already dead, her ,X loving, her eyes closed, another In unfortunate drunk driver. I though, this time it was an Wednesday, May 20, the ps Associated Student lent held an Alcohol I event including a reen- ffa drunken driving crash [two of their own mem- fka Fitzsimmons and | Richards. The annual light in at least 500 stu- Bucate them on the dan- Eohol related accidents. have one main message to show the dangers of and driving,” said Melanie er headcount hits Harmony Ik Foster ASG members Annika Fitzsimmons and Cassandra Richards reenact a gruesome crash for students last Wednesday. Budget shows signs of hope lohn Hurlburt «clamas Print News Editor fer-growing Clackamas Community College is expand- |again. ■since 2008, the Harmony campus’ new building has Ring its fair share of use since its conception. Enrollment wring student use has seen unprecedented increases. ■spring term 2007 to spring term 2009, the campus has Increase in enrollment of 300 percent. In spring 2007, Students who attended classes on the Harmony Campus Id building re-registered 639 times. The 1,784 students frrently use the campus have re-registered over 3,000 [use there was already an established presence of the hd hospitals nearby, school officials found it plausible pd the campus for healthcare related studies. With mul- Ipitals around the campus expanding, this site seemed to f most sense for expansion on the part of CCC. Please see HARMONY, Page 2 The state’s budget forecast is in and its starting to look like Clackamas will able to weather the financial drought even if it ends up as withered as a concentra tion camp survivor. The school’s state funding dollar amount for the next biennium was released by Oregon’s Legislature May 15 two days after the school had released its own budget with a number that they had previously estimated they would receive from the government Clackamas had expected that the state would give $430 million to community colleges throughout Oregon. This would leave the school with a $14.4 million piece of the state’s junior college pie. The final sum differed from what the college had planned and hoped to receive and now lower level colleges throughout the state will be dividing up a slightly smaller budget of $423 million. The new number leaves CCC with about $830,000 less than it was counting on originally, according to Courtney Wilton, vice president of col lege services. “There’s a decent chance we can make up that gap,” Wilton said adding importantly, “We aren’t at tiie moment looking to cut more.” Wilton is very much a strait shooter. Many deans and administrators on campus try spin an answer in order to form a positive outlook, Wilton understands the reality of what’s going on and is willing to talk about it without tripping up his speech with rhetoric. hr my interview with Courtney he talked about no cuts being planned in the present, but that the future holds many possibilities and challenges not all of which are remotely pleasant “We still have some long run issues.” Milton com mented. Right now the college’s budget resembles a tight- Please see BUDGET, Page 2
