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L the clackamas print Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Ancient healing marries medicin By Erik Andersen sNews Editor As of right now the worlds between Western modem medical practice and the Eastern holistic medical methods have always been separated by a huge void. With Western modem medicine consisting of pills, surgery and methods of a more technical practice, some may see holistic practice to be somewhat taboo. Holistic medicine is a practice that has been around for thousands of years dealing with such methods as acupuncture, herbal treatment and mas sage therapy. Clyde Jensen, a teacher at Clackamas Community College Harmony campus, is doing something few, if any, have done before him in the field of medi cine. Jensen has developed a program that, as he would say, “bridges the gap” between the two completely different fields that share the same goal. Jensen has his PhD in physiology and pharmacology. Jensen says that he has been teaching in the medical field his whole career, and although he started in teaching, Jensen, at the age 32 became the president of a medical school. Jensen didn’t stop there though. He would soon become the president in about half a dozen medical schools which included MD colleges, osteo pathic colleges and the naturopathic college in Portland where he started an oriental medicine program. According to Jensen, he is one of the few in the country, if not the world, with the experience of being in charge of such a diverse array of health science doctor level institutions. Jensen’s goal for CCC is to cre ate a program that takes both Western modem medicine and holistic medicine and put them in the same room. The program that Jensen has put together is called Collaborative Health Care, and the reason Jensen said he calls it that is because he believes that it puts the two fields together that should collaborate together. “I began teaching this course enti tled the ‘health professions continuum’ where we are teaching the students how to assess the levels of scope and assess the variations in philosophy in the health care professions,” said Jensen. “What I’m interested in doing here at the community college is training some of the entry level health care professions to simply understand the philosophies in the professions on both sides of the continuum.” As mentioned, Jensen’s goal is to link the two professions on opposite sides of the medical spectrum. Here at CCC, this will be on the lower levels of the profession on account of the fact that Clackamas is just a two-year school. Jensen explained that not only does it have to start somewhere but he also has aspirations of creating whole new career paths that never before existed. “I believe that there is a need for a profession that might be called a col laborative case manager. Again that’s a speculative title of the profession, but I think it’s a descriptive one,” said Jensen. Jensen continues to explain that a collaborative case manager would be the person who a patient would see to learn what type of treatment would be best for their situation, whether it be more Western medicine or something along the lines of holistic medicine. The course went in front of the cur riculum committee early Friday, May 14 and was approved to be put into the school’s curriculum catalog; Jensen hopes to teach the class in the fall of 2010. George Craig Cluck] Clyde Jensen describes the layout of the new program that he anticipi teaching in the fall of 2010, called Collaborative Heath Care. Tuition increase predicted to turn away returning studen By Brian Baldwin The Clackamas Print “What is a student supposed to do if they can’t afford tuition?” asked student Crystal Springs, adding, “I think it’s ridiculous because students already pay a lot to get their education.” Springs is talking about the $2 increase in tuition per credit hour that will begin summer term 2010. According to Chuck Clemans, one of the seven elected officials of the Board of Education for CCC, the increase of tuition was needed because of the drop in state funding. At the 2007-2009 biennium, community colleges received about $500 million dollars in state funding. However the 2009-2011 appropriations show that it will drop to $450 million, even with the passing of measures 66 and 67. “We took a 10 percent reduction in our appro priations for colleges. Financial forecasters for the 2011 legislative session are suggesting we may get even less in the next biennium. Looking at where this college is heading financially, with or without the tuition increase, we’re heading for some pretty tough times,” said Clemans. Initially college president Joanne Truesdell had hoped for a $3 increase for the 2010-2011 school year, adding the $2 to tuition and $1 to student — staff— the clackamas print fees. The Board had called a budget committee to review the proposal, but after hearing testimony from several students and reading postcards that students submitted in March, the Board decided to postpone their vote until their meeting on April 14. “We solicited information from students all across campus. We had 261 student stories and 50 percent of those were students saying ‘If this $3 increase happens, I’m priced out. I cannot come back to Clackamas because I cannot afford to drive anymore, I can’t afford to buy food anymore, I can’t pay my bills anymore, and I can’t buy books anymore.’ Students are truly really struggling,” said ASG presi dent Alyssa Fava. Clemans brought a motion to the floor that accept ed the $2 increase of tuition but cut the increase of fees. The motion passed 6-1, with member Ron Adams voting against it. “Part of my rational was going into this year we raised tuition $10 per credit hour. My worry was if we waited another year without at least a modest increase, then again we have to do another really steep increase sometime next year,” explained Clemans. Courtney Wilton, vice president of student servic es, projects that this increase of tuition will generate a total of $340,000 for the college. If the Board of Education had accepted the original plan and included the $1 increase to fees, the college would have gener ated another $170,000, making the total $510,000. Co-Editors in Chief: Staff Writers/ Photographers Production Assistants Steven Weldon Joshua Baird, Brian Baldwin, Copy Editor: Michael Bonn, Hillary Cole, Kayla Calloway Alexandria Coover, George Associate Copy Editor: Craig, James Duncan, Cody John Simmons Ferdinand, Travis Hardin, Brad Design Editor: Heineke, Tyler Kern, Neil Lun Kelsey Schneider din, Javierh Montero, Robby Photo Editor: Morrison, Mark Sunderland, John Shufelt Kitty Suydam Arts & Culture Editor: Web Editor: Annemarie Schulte Brian Steele News Editdr: Erik Andersen Associate News Editor: Jaime Dunkle 19600 S. Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 503-594-6266 Ad Manager; Kayla Berge, John-Hurlburt Meredith James “I think they were trying to be sympathetl students. It’s a mix; there are some students 11 that are doing OK financially and another J for them is roughly $15 a term. There are o| that are absolutely on the edge, so I think! were trying to be sensitive to those student» are having a tough time affording college,’! Wilton when asked about why he felt the Boar! not accept Truesdell’s original proposal. Fava also commented that when the $2 incl was approved she got a call from Shelly Parinl dean of college advancement, asking if she wa to help make their in-house CCC scholar! more accessible. Another topic that was bro up from the Board’s meeting on the April 14 the possible introduction of scholarships that! cover student fees. “Clackamas has very high fees. We don’t! any scholarships that support that, to help] cover it; it’s mostly just for tuition and bod stated Fava. Zach Cooper, another student against the tuil increase, tried to see the issue from the adminil tive side. “To a certain extent it’s understand! if they are losing state funding, but you k| it is unfortunate; it’s not ideal for the studeij he said. “It’s a tank of gas. In times like this] important to be able to hold onto all the mol you can.” Sports Editor: ' Mark Foster Associate Sports Editor: Goals I Bethany Jackson, Tiffany The Clackamas I Myers, Tom Redick, Ste- aims to report the ■ ven Riley, Corey Romick in an honest, unbiil professional mal Journalism Adviser: Content published ill Melissa Jones Print is not scree™ subject to censorshil E-mail coinmen™ chiefed@clackamal(|
