Green Bay vs.
Pittsburgh in
Super Bowl
Speech and
Debate smells
the steel roses
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Wednesday, Feb; 2, 2011
Volume 44, Issue 11
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Shooter has colleges aware
In wake of former Pima Community College
student Jared Loughner’s Arizona shooting,
colleges have been rethinking their cam
pus safety; Clackamas is no different when
it comes to reviewing how to deal with stu
dents of concern.
By Mandie Gavitt
Associate News Editor
On Jan. 8 Jared Loughner allegedly killed six people and
injured 13 at an event called “Congress at your corner.” Of
those injured was U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and those killed
includes a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl.
As time has passed since the shooting, more details have
emerged about Loughner. He was a student at Pima Community
College until he was asked to leave the school because of
erratic behavior. He was told he could return if he sought out
the care of a psychologist and that said psychologist deemed
him stable enough to return to the school.
Loughner’s case may be stirring up questions for com
munity colleges around the nation. However, for Clackamas
Community College it is not a new subject. In 2008, a student
Benjamin Caldwell, was asked to leave campus because he
publically posted on MySpace that he wanted to shoot people
on campus. It was known that Caldwell had a concealed weap
on license. Caldwell was placed on a legal hold and was asked
not to return to campus. As a result, Caldwell lost his weapon
license. He was not available for comment.
The college does have a system in place should a student
become a risk to campus safety. According to Ellen Wolfson,
the department chair of counseling and advising here at
Clackamas, the process has been in place for about 10 years. If
a teacher has concerns about a student, he or she will discuss
this with their department chair or call one of the school’s
counselors.
After this, a risk assessment team is called in. The team
includes: the dean of Academic Foundations and Connections,
a counselor, the dean from the department of criminal justice,
a member of the nursing faculty, and a liaison from Clackamas
mental health.
“We do encourage teachers to work with the student on their
own if they feel comfortable,” said Wolfson. It is situations
when that is not possible that the threat assessment team is
called in.
The team determines whether the student can stay in school
or not based on whether or not that student may be a risk to
campus safety. They discuss the issues at hand and offer what
ever help is deemed necessary for the situation. If the student
is asked to leave campus they discuss at what point the student
would be allowed to come back.
According to Tim Pantages, another counselor on campus
who also teaches classes relating to mental health, the way to
recognize if someone is a concern is by identifying whether or
not there has been a dramatic change in their personalities, if
they begin to talk about suicide or homicide and have a distinct
plan and access to weapons.
“The people who will notice these changes will be those
closest to the person,” said Pantages.
When asked whether the student’s right to privacy or the
campus’ safety was more important Pantages said, “As a
counselor I tend to lean more towards patient rights and con
fidentiality.” Pantages said he valued telling the appropriate
people about certain concerns on campus but not necessarily
telling the details, giving the example that it might be okay to
tell a teacher that a student should not be allowed on campus
and they are to call authorities if they see the student but the
teacher doesn’t need to know why the student is a concern.
Please see SAFETY, Page 2
ER
m US to Europe, former Clackamas student becomes nanny
By Abigail Neet
Foreign Correspondent
efore October, I had never been outside
of the US. I had never been to Canada or
’Mexico, and I hadn’t seen very much of
either. I had primarily stayed in the bubble
Oregon.
ways wanted to travel but I never had the
Last summer I decided to take matters into
»hands when I chose to become an au pair,
hose of you who do not know, an au pair is a
nanny, with duties ranging from driving kids
ol, cleaning up a bit after the kids (although
ich since most people have cleaners) and
¡dinner for the kids.
pretty well qualified for the job. All I really
ilodo is tell the families that I have nine sib-
»d 12 nieces and nephews and they assume I
»hat I am doing.
led to a few different families from many
®t places in Europe, mainly Denmark,
dand and Germany. I liked one family above
land as it turns out they felt the same way
c. 1 left the place I have lived for 19 years
Mo Geneva, Switzerland at 7 a.m. Oct. 4.
h’t sleep at all on the plane. My mind was
Jazy as I tried to get myself to accept this
dity: 1 was moving to Europe. Sometimes I
a’t even realize it.
I am now working as an au pair for a British
family with four children living in Geneva. It is a
very good job and I am very happy with the family
I have here. But Geneva is very, very different from
Portland, so I have needed to make some adjust
ments.
The only thing Geneva has in common with
Portland is the climate (though it rains much less
here) and the scenery; it is green and mountainous,
since Geneva is at the foot of the Alps.
The differences are plentiful. People seem to
have a different mentality here; I think it is because
they all are obscenely wealthy. Almost everyone I
meet works in the finance industry and has multiple
homes and Louis Vuitton bags. It’s very different
from the Northwest hiking and biking scene.
American brands are also more expensive here.
Starbucks costs $8 and McDonald’s costs triple the
price it does at home. I have to be honest though;
it actually does taste better and has a much classier
vibe. On the positive side, Geneva is beautiful. It is
located on Lake Geneva, which has the most beau
tiful coloring, unlike bodies of water at home. The
water is turquoise and clear and usually has a good
number of very large and beautiful swans swimming
on its surface.
Geneva also has a historic old town with narrow
cobblestone streets and lovely cafes where you can
enjoy a strong espresso.
Please see AU PAIR Page 4
NEET