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Wilton agreed that there
are some negatives involved
in building a road.
“It is true when you
build a road there are nega
tives,” he said, explaining
that in .the bigger picture
it will help sustainability
as more people live, close
to Harmony and expanding
there would allow them to
drive less if they were to
go to the Harmony cam
pus rather than Oregon City
campus. Thus cars would
be driven less and the over
all environmental impact
would be less, Wilton said.
Wilton also explained
that Harmony campus is
much closer to the
’
Green
""
MAX line and would not
be a far walk for people
from the transit center to
Harmony, where as from
Green line to Oregon City is
a much longer bus route.
Wilton also said that the
college is not in charge of
environmental impacts and
that the county has been
working hard to compro
mise. He explained that the
- road is much smaller and
narrower than the original
plan.
“They are trying to make
it less impactful,” Wilton
said.
Wilton also explained
that the intersection of
Harmony and 82nd Avenue
is very busy and by putting
in the extension it would
help reduce congestion.
However, Wilton did say
that there are some who
are not supportive of the
road but does feel that most
people are supportive of the
road and think it will allow
more opportunities
and
closer to home education.
Milwaukie Mayor Jeremy
Ferguson was not availble
for comment;
Gary Parkin, Engineering
Director for the City of
Milwaukie explained in an
e-mail that “The city’s con
cerns with the extension of
Sunnybrook are related to
the traffic impact it would
have as additional traffic
would be directed to City
streets. The intersection of
Harmony Road and Linwood
Drive would receive traf
fic from the Sunnybrook
extension and is already
at capacity. There are also
environmental concerns as
the new road impacts an
area adjacent to Mt. Scott
Creek, a sensitive salmon
habitat just upstream of the
City.”
Wednesday, Feb, 17, 2Q10
Core classes fill too quic
By Travis Hardin
The Clackamas Print
Are you on the wait list? Yes, I’m number
125.
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Starting Feb. 23, returning students here at
Clackamas will hâve the opportunity to start
signing up for spring term. With the increase in
student enrollment at the campus students are
finding it more difficult to get into the classes that
they need.
According to an e-mail statement from Judy
Redder, who works in the curriculum and report
ing office, as of Feb. 11 the non-duplicated student
headcount was 11, 591 at the college. Of those
students, 3,641, are classified as non-credit taking
students, an increase of about 2.17 percent from
this time last year. The full-time student popula
tion at the college has increased 26.49 percent
since last year.
Nowhere is it more evident in how tough it
is to get into classes than in courses listed under
general studies.
When asked which class or classes he has had
trouble in the past getting into, sophomore Steven
Rousseve said, “Math.” .
Rousseve responded when asked which class
es he plans on signing up for first for spring term,
saying, “Definitely math, other than that... I’m
going to try sign up for a science class and then
maybe a psychology class.”
Students are finding that they need to have
a plan B and in some cases a plan C nowa
days because of the competition for popular and
required courses.
According to registrar Tara Sprehe, via e-mail,
the courses that typically fill up the fastest are in
the science department, specifically anatomy and
physiology. Next in line is some of the math and
writing courses.
When asked which class she will sign up for
first, freshman student Karly Null replied, “Math
95.”
One of the biggest issues that students are fac
ing is finding classes that don’t conflict with one
another as well as their work schedules.
When asked how does not getting into a spe
cific class affect her overall schedule, Null said,
“Like certain times, I have to work on Mondays,
so I probably wouldn’t take the class at all if I
couldn’t get the right time.”
Freshman Troy Spivey, who is a transfer
degree student, still has many core classes to
take.
When asked what classes he plans on tak
ing for the spring term, Spivey responded, “You
Steven Riley Ci
Students pack Barry Kop’s anatomy and physiology class. Kop’s class is o
many core classes that fill up within the first week of registration.
know, some core classes. I still have to take some
writing classes, a speech class, some social sci
ence classes and you know, a lot of those fill up
really quick, and if everyone logs on at once, it
just trashes the server like it did [last term].”
Last November, students had a problem
signing up for winter term classes due to the
CougarTrax sever becoming overwhelmed, and it
actuallycrashed.
According to Rousseve, he was one of the stu
dents who had trouble signing up for classes over
CourgarTrax last term. This time, he is going to go
in person to the registration office and sign up.
According to Sprehe, the issues impacting
winter registration have been addressed. Her
department is bringing in four additional part-
time employees to help at the enrollment services
counter during the first week of spring term.
Spivey said, “Oh well yeah, I mean the whole
computer problem, I had to wait for a lot longer
than I thought I would. It really wasn’t all that bad;
I still got all the classes that I wanted.”
Students who are new to the college have
more options if they can’t get into a particular
class because they have many more classes that
they need to take.
On the other hand, a student who is near com
pleting their course of studies may find it harder
when they don’t get into that last remaining class.
Now students have the option of signing up
on a wait list for a class, but typically they are
required to still show up to the courseti)
name on the list Students usually
until the first week of term is over to
if they can get into the course or nod
to Sprehe, die cut off for the number
in a course is determined by each
it varies.
When asked what course he a
for first, freshman student Matt G
“Probably Math 111 because IB
transferring.”
Gottlieb is majoring in business an
management and is transferring to the
of Oregon after he leaves Clackamas,
According to Gottlieb, he had Ira
up for Reading 115 last term.
“I was on the wait list for likea
was third on the list, people were j
and not dropping that particular class,
According to Rousseve, half of
in his math class have dropped
already.
As Feb. 23 nears, returning st
many options available to them in lx
registration, but it is up to them to
they register sooner rather than later.
When asked what method he v
registration, Rousseve replied, “M
person. I usually have a tot of probl
Internet at home, and it’s just a lot
up and do it and show up really early!
Blackboard bites the dust; Moodle triumd
By Abigail Neet
News Editor
Blackboard’s life at Clackamas
has officially been called to an end.
The Feb. 5 President’s Council
approved ' the recommendation
made by distancé learning to adopt
Moodle.
A training program for faculty
was started Monday, Feb. 8.
‘Tm happy about it It is an
unprecedented opportunity for the
college,” said Steve Beining, head of
distance learning.
“Moodle is going to allow the
college ttJ'greatly improve the way it •
uses the Internet to support teaching
and learning,” he added.
According to Beining, one of the
main benefits of switching to Moodle
is financial.
“Moodle would cost approxi
mately half of what Blackboard
costs,” Beining stated.
Beining said the savings will
go back into the distance learning
department and will also be used for
the conversion and training process
now that Moodle is approved.
Another new element Moodle
will provide is the capability to
connect MyClackamas with the
online learning system (Moodle).
Ibis would make things easier and
more convenient for students as
they would no longer need to log
in to MyClackamas and the dis
tance learning system. It would also
automatically enroll students in then-
online classes. The hope is that this
will be accomplished by fal 1 term.
Beining said the college has start-
ed to implement the conversion plans
and is currently in the process of
purchasing the new system.
“We have found it is better for
teaching and learning,” Beining said.
Beining also does not think it
will change a lot in what happens
in online courses but will change
the way students access their online
courses.
Other colleges seem to agree
as many are also piloting Moodle.
Portland Community College is
now piloting Moodle. Linn-Benton,
Columbia Gorge and Lane com
munity colleges have switched from
Blackboard and are using Moodle.
Portland’State University is also
in the process of finding a new
learning management system, and
Moodle is being discussed as one of
the options.
According to a Fall
using 109 students, 75j
them discovered
and resources on Moodk
or very easy compared tq
who found it neutral or
A larger 83 percent
using the Moodle sj
satisfactory, and 72 pe
dents surveyed actual!
Moodle to Blackboard,
72 students who had pre
Blackboard.
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