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¡Searching for a place
case of an emergency,
'ovidence
Milwaukie
Dspital arrived at the
irmony campus and decid-
that its facilities were
rfect for a secondary cri-
j site.
“Harmony opened its
ors in 2008. Everything
is built to prepare stu-
dents for the working
world,” Said Janet Paulson,
pcc Marketing Project
Coordinator for Public
Affairs.
| “Harmony is ä compre-
frensive care facility,” said
Scott Giltz, dean of tech-
nology health occupations
and workforce division. “It
has a doctor’s office, den
tist office, centers to draw
blood, etc. It was not built
with the thought of an emer-
gency hospital; just educa
tion was in mind. There was
heavy input from the medi
cal community. Doctors,
practitioners and many
other medical professionals
told the college what they
wanted to see in the new
facilities when Harmony
was in construction.”
In the event of a natu
ral disaster, Clackamas
Harmony would not be staff-
ing the facilities. Providence
Milwaukie Hospital would
be providing staff and any
major
,^The col
lege staff * and 1 Students
would only be assistingin
the effort.
“This is a very exciting
opportunity for students
to see how the health care
industry works,Nursing
Department Chair Barbara
Cannon said. |
Earlier this year, about 25
Providence representatives
analyzed Harmony campus
in order to determine where
services will go, how many
and which staff members
will report in the case of
a disaster as well as how
many patients the campus
and its surrounding area can
hold. The numbers will be
unique to the disaster.
“Twenty five people with
hangnails can fit comfort
ably inroo
pie on resßj
are a di
We are definitely
interested, but there
are a lot of liability
issues ...”
Scott Glitz
Dean of Technology and Health
Harmony is well placed
due to the immense amount
of flat land surrounding it,
making it ideal for medical
tents and, if needed, a good
location for helicopters to
land. It is the hope that in
ampus
will be able to function as
a basic care clinic^ provid
ing a, service to the commu
nity as well as educating its
medical students. However,
deSpite the interesj and good
intent, this idea is far from
being implemented.
X‘‘We are definitely inter
ested, but there are a loj oF**
liability issues* and when
something like^tis7 happens
it can take away from learn
ing,” said Giltz. “We want
to do this soft of thing right,
and that takes time.”
? Sometime within this
calendar year, Harmony
and Providence Milwaukie
are expected to co-host an
emergency drill. Clackamas
students have been invited
to critique and learn from
the experience with the idea
of better preparing them for
entering the work force.
etter to the editor: Poli Sci instructor weighs in on debate
To the college community and editors:
I have a duty to respond to last week’s article
roups clash over student elections.” I hope neither
le of this debate sees “everything” as either right
wrong. Political science students certainly don’t
: “everything as wrong,” and I would hope, with
¡veterans returning from combat zones that are too
ital for non-veterans to imagine and with the eco-
mic stress we’re all dealing with, that ASG would
I see “everything as right.”
No matter; the only issue that is at stake is what
¡are teaching our students about citizenship and
nocracy. I find it deeply disturbing that at a
lege in America, students ... have to defend the
“rightness” of a democratic ASG. There are no good
reasons for anything other than free and fair elec
tions, period. This debate should have died on the
battlefields of WWII and at the end of the Cold War.
But alas, on a campus with so many combat veterans
who fought for democracy abroad, we still have an
ASG political structure that is at best archaic and
at worst a slap in the face of those of us who have
dedicated our lives to promoting democracy as the
only legitimate and morally defensible form of gov
ernment.
Also, it is time to thank these political science
students for acting on their knowledge and dedica
tion as they try to form a more perfect ASG. Like
musicians who take music classes, artists who take
art classes and athletes who compete at the collegiate
level, these politically minded individuals also want
to improve their talents and knowledge in their area
of interest - politics.
So from this professor, thanks to all the political
science students for taking their citizenship seriously
and showing the fortitude to dedicate themselves to a
very rigorous education in the science of governing;
special thanks to Mario Smith for going above and
beyond this high threshold.
Sincerely, Dean Darris
Professor of Political Science
Letter has been edited for brevity and clarity.
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ic®nmunity college graduate myself, Iunderstand the
ence CGC can make in the lives of its students and how
Wlocal employers. In these tough econorpic times, we
id on the college more than ever to fill a critical role in
'ding job retraining, avenues to a four year degree, and
■tyffireer/technical education for all Who seek it. I would
Wte yóur vote to keep CCC working for all of us.
Chuck C emans
Brian Baldwin Clackamas Print
Mario Smith’s Board of Education campaign was plastered on McLoughlin last week.
Her platform of free tuition resonates with some students. Others, however, are
concerned with the amount of waste her campaign created.