Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Clackamas Print
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ar in review from smoking to Vu
like all of the students
bid the college, nothing at
has is the same as it was
L for better or for worse,
bias Community College
[people in it have faced a
lot, changed a lot and overcome
a lot throughout the last school
year.
CCC has seen record enroll
ments while at the same time suf
fered devastating budget cuts.
Some faculty and staff have lost
their jobs, and more have retired.
A new president has been
elected for our nation, one that
ran under campaign promises of
change.
All of this has happened while
the nations of the world have been
suffering one of the hardest hitting
international recessions in history.
In the spirit of the last year,
we at The Print felt it was impor
tant to recap the important events
that have been covered within our
paper in the 2008-2009 school
year.
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First Rounds of Budget Cuts: A state revenue shortfall caused the
school to cut $456,000 in early December. The cuts were mostly made
up for by department fee funds. However, due to the cuts, as winter
k. term started, a hiring freeze was placed in effect which meant no
unnecessary staff or faculty would be taken in by
the college. Little did anyone know this shortfall
was only the tip of the iceberg. A Titanic sized
budget cut was on its way.
The New Harmony Campus: Harmony campus’ new build
ing opened its doors officially during the summer of 2008. The
construct later had its grand opening Sept. 27 of the same year. It
replaced the old building on campus which was showing its age and
gave a new, more technologically advanced home to CCC’s Nursing
and Allied health programs. The completion was only phase one in a
plan to build up the size and scope of Harmony campus.
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Inic Cut Sunk College’s Budget: Clackamas had hoped to
lend of cuts after experiencing the first $456,000 in midyear cuts.
ie college was forced to make $13.2 million in cuts over the next two
lie second round left lasting damages. On Mar. 12, it was announced
■full-time faculty and staff members would be laid off, Clackamas’ draft-
■rtment would be completely cut and tuition would increase $10 each credit
■009. Courtney Wilton later warned that this may nbt be the last budget slash
■as has to make. At the moment no more are being planned.
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tenter Opens: The college opened Clackamas County’s first Veterans Center in January. The cen-
imeant to give veterans a space to work and socialize as well as find out about what benefits they
lied to. However, the space has been infrequently used aside from twice monthly meetings from the
s Club. Some veterans blame the lack of use on how the center has been managed.
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Transparency
New President: Barack Obama was inaugurated as 44th president
of the United States of America on Jan. 21, running on a campaign
promise to bring the country “hope” and “change.” We will see if he
lives up to his promises over the next four years.
Questioned:
Clackamas’ Associated Student Government
(ASG) raised more than a few eyebrows in
late October and early November when they
claimed to be exempt from Oregon Public .
Meeting Laws. One student Allen Paige sum
marized his feelings by saying “We have a
transparent government system for a reason.”
Although at the time ASG representatives, as
well as their lawyer, said they had done noth
ing wrong, Bailee Sanders, ASG vice presi
dent elect stated in a Q&A from the May 6
Issue of The Print that she wanted to modify
their constitution and make their organization
more transparent.
ASG Lobbies: In early March ASG launched
its first student involved lobbying campaign
of the year in order to encourage the Oregon
state legislature to supply community col
lege’s with increased funding. ASG had stu
dents fill out “first response” cards and then
delivered a box full of the signed messages
to the legislature during their lobbying trip to
Salem. Later, during CCC’s Community Fair,
ASG organized a phone .campaign where they
urged students to call Sen. Richard Devlin and
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asked him to vote for an increase in the state’s
Basketball Team Triumphs:
junior colleges funding.
ASG Election: Candidates Alyssa Fava, On March 8 the Cougar’s men’s
for president, and Bailee Sanders, for vice basketball team takes first
president, ran unopposed in this year’s ASG place at the Northwest Athletic
election. Their victories were announced on Association of Community
(NWAACC)
May 8. The election showed how Clackamas’ Colleges
student involvement has dropped within recent Championship. They beat Lower
Columbia in double overtime
years.
with a score of 71-69.
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