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news_______________ 'rime hits :ampus hard By Brian Baldwin The Clackamas Print In recent weeks, there have been u-ral crimes of opportunity at lackamas Community College’s tan City campus. Lockers have ¿¡broken into and car windows ke been smashed by perpetrators, i I ik them access to valuables inside These tlicfls are crimes of opportu ne! up by owners who leave valu- fyi plum u’ew, such as backpacks, lops, cameras, purses and even -nos. e uMtiing to Dick Ashbaugh, Btrnent chair of criminal justice llhe-campus safety supervisor. ‘ P »’t give people an opportu- TMjd Wibaugh, adding that the ik is a better place to put your Imhles in oi at least to conceal your jngings if you do not have one. Those that commit these “smash B grabs” are not students, and is me not typically stolen, accord- tbioth Officer Brian Azule and faugh. However, in winter two k were stolen but found later. Lockers have also been broken p and, according to Ashbaugh, K are crimes mostly committed ■fellow students. These thefts hap- kwhen a student forgets to lock their locker or uses their locker for extended periods of time for storage, according to Ashbaugh. Two lockers in the Randal 1 gym were reported broken into on Thursday April 29. Azule and Ashbaugh both commented that it was odd that this happened in the women’s locker room, since the men’s locker room has previously been the more trou bling area in Randal 1 for thefts. According to the report filed by Campus Safety Officer Peter Kandratieff, both lockers were cut by bolt cutters and selective items were looted from the lockers totaling a combined value of about $700. When asked if there were any suspects, Ashbaugh mentioned that they were cooperating with police to identify a woman photographed while she was using one of the stolen bankcards. Another locker was ransacked as recently as May 5. When asked what one can do to help ensure that their valuables don’t get stolen, Azule said, “Periodically go back and check your locker.” Ashbaugh added by suggesting that students do not bring valuables unless they are needed. Some hit and runs have occurred in parking lots, usually damaging parked cars. A hit and run was investi gated on May 21. Illustration by Michael Bonn Clackamas Print 50 PLUS: Old schooling Continued from 50 PLUS, Page 1 Mary Sue Vickers, direc tor of tire Plus 50 program, said, "Tlie \ alues of their homes have decreased, their 40Ik’s and their retirement Hinds have decreased, so many of them are having to ■'■think whether or not they can be retired and if they need to go back Io work.” Tire retirees returning to work need to be retrained. While they do have a wealth of experience to share with the younger gen- ; ms they lack many skills that would make it easier to jump into new careers. "Community colleges provid ing training and retraining and fill upgrading for this age group las been very helpful for them to get back into the labor market, ad to get back to work which of course will help the economy,” said Vickers. Clark College is one of the other schools in Oregon that has ken using the initiative, and they are entering their third year of use. Kelly is part of the Plus 50 Initiative at Clark College and peer-to- peer ambassador for Clackamas Community College. “At Clark College we have an «¡sting senior citizen academic Pesonal enrichment program and much of the work is done by vol unteers, [and] my original grant Wiest working on making this tager was key to it,” Kelly said “The second thing that I worked kid on is to create a wine and J "tag school at our new campus, that program has a strong snphasis on people who are over the age of 50.” Colleges around the nation are working to bring the over-50 population back to school. Four out of five people over the age of 50 will continue to work even after their retirement Many of those people will be looking to advance their skills in several dif ferent fields. Community colleges around the nation are adopting the program, which will make it easier for seniors to go to classes and take courses that are more adapted to their needs. “1 think the colleges are doing a really great job of trying to tai lor their programming to meet the needs of this population group,” saidVickers. “I think their interests and their need for challenges are being identified and the colleges are really trying to rise to the occa sion and meet those needs.” The program has been a suc cess so far and with extra grant money being given out this year, it is being started here at CCC. With the help of Kelly our school will be designing new programs and changing some of the old. “The programming that has been available to people 50 and older is more focused on personal enrichment - you know, taking a class that you always wanted to take just for fun - but because of the academic downturns circum stances have changed greatly for people 50 and older,” said Kelly. For more information please visit www.plus50.aacc.edu. For information about the CCC Plus 50 program, ask at the registration desk in Rodger Rook Hall. Wednesday,. May 26, 2010 the clackamas print 3 Protesters coming to Happy Valley All photos from Westboro Baptist Church Westboro Baptists Church members protest around the country, showing their enthusiasm supporting their church’s beliefs. By Jaime Dunkle Associate News Editor The Westboro Baptist Church is coming to Portland to express their views for female preach ers, homosexuality and Jewish people. Congregation Ahavath Achim on S W Baiter Boulevard, will be the first Portland area visited, on Friday, May 28. The final destina tion facing Westboro’s destination will be the New Hope Community Church on SE Stevens Road in Happy Valley cm Sunday, May 30. A total of eight Portland Metro locations will receive the brunt of WBC’s dis like over the weekend. Fred Phelps founded WBC in 1955 in Topeka, Kan. where their headquarters resides. They claim to have reached 43364 locations with protests. Slogans like “God Hates Fags” and “God Hates America” are central philosophies behind the church. Members of WBC will also pro test the public memorial service of deceased heavy metal legend, Ronnie James Dio. The service starts at 2 p.m. at the Hall of Liberty in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 30. Megan Bums is organizing a counter protest against thewBC. Bums believes that WBC is “com pletely ridiculous.” The premise of the counter protest is to fight absurdity with absurdity, she added “What the Westboro Baptist Church is doing is borderline insan ity,” Bums said. To view the entire WBC picket tour, go to www.godhatesfags.com/ schedule.html.
