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The Clackamas
Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011
Meet the voices of our student body
By Patty Salazar
N ew s E d ito r
Briare along with being A S G Presidnet is also a fidl-tim e student at CCC,
D id you ever wonder who your student
representatives are at Clackamas Community
College? Well ladies andgentleman if you have
yet to meet them let The Clackamas P rint
introduce Associate' Student Government
President, Sean Briare and Vice President^
Ceili Smythe.
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While most students had some time for rest
and relaxation away from school/ Briare was
hiring a team of about 20 students that now
make up the student government. Briare had
to attend many meetings. As President of ASG
at CCC, Briare is the voice of the C C C ’s stu
dent body at die Presidents Council Meetings,
Board o f Education Meetings as well as being
the representative of CCC at the Oregon
Community College Association.
Briare is currently involved in a new group
on campus called Foundations o f Excellence,
ayearlong study o f first-year students at CCC.
Tne group ,is going to be participating in surf
veys to let the voice of students Be heard.
Briare is not only the voice of student body,
but also a full time student. He attributes his
ability to give his all toward both aspects o f his
life to “good study habits.” Briare is planning
to attend PSU after this school year to study
international relations in hopes o f becoming
a teacher.
Whenever Briare is not in class or at a meet
ing, he loves to spend time with his family.
“I love to play and watch soccer. I’m a huge
Portland Timbers fan,” Briare said. He also
said he likes to get together with his friends
- at four-year universities when they have time.
Briare is open to meetingthe student body
when he is m the ASG office and is trying,
to set up a meet and greet to introduce the
members of ASG.
Smythe, who graduated with Briare from
Clackamas High School in 2010, said that she
got involved with ASG after high school with
die recommendation o f her high school coun
selor. A s -VP o f A S G , S m y th e o v er sees th e
members. She1 is’a liaison between ASG and
Clackamas Community College Foundation,
A SG Vice President, Ceili Smythe cheeks in
students fo r flag football fridays.
which gives ASG the scholarship money a part
of the grants money that is given out to stu
dents for books and child care.
W hen Smythe is not busy with ASG, she is
very dedicated to school. Smythe, who has had
three open-heartsurgerieswithin her lifetime,
is seeking a career as a cardiac surgeon. Smythe
also plays the yiolin, participates in triathlons
and loves to be outside, “I would really love
for; people to come talk to me I think it is
great,” Smythe said. She encourages students to
approach her.
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Jason Williamson, grants officer for ASG,
said that he thinks Smythe and Briare ate
doing a great job thus far. “They got the team
motivated [and] they helped kick up foe year
strong,” said Williamson.
Clackamas students rejoice return of Towncenter Xpress shuttle
Students o f Clackamas Com
munity College welcome back
the Towncenter Xpress, a
shuttle from Clackamas Town
Center to CCC that will run
Monday through Thursday.
By Robert Morrison
The Clackamas Print
I t’s back!
C ongratulations
to
Clackamas Com m unity College for mak
ing the return of the Towncenter Xpress,
a welcome sight for C C C students. The
shuttle that runs from Clackamas Town
Center to C C C and Red Soils county
offices made its return at the beginning
o f fall term.
T he 14 passenger van has been help
ing the passengers get from the town cen
ter to the school since 2010. T he shuttle
is free o f charge and is greatly appreciated
by the students that have to travel from
farther out since no bus runs from C TC
to CCC.
“I have to get to school from 82nd and
Powell. T he shuttle makes it so I can take
the MAX and then the shuttle to C C C
the days I do need to use it,” said Jennifer
Scotts, a part-tim e student at C C C ., .
T he shuttle was created when the col
lege, the county and the N orth Clackamas
C ounty Cham ber o f Com m erce’s
Transportation Management Association
came up with the partnership. T he school
received a tranportation grant to help
fund the shuttle and the remainder will
be paid for by student fees coupled with
the college general fund.
“M any o f our students live in the-
1-205 corridor, making the MAX a,
good transportation option. But the
bus service to . Oregon Cftydsn’t direct
and it takes a while to get here,” stated
Courtney W ilton, vice president o f col
lege services in a press release about the
shuttle. “T he shuttle provides a great
service to students and the' -public as
well.” ■
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T he shuttle- runs six hours a day,
M onday through Thursday. T he shut-
ties will run as early as 8:40 a.m‘. and as
late as 3:45 p.m. T he shuttle time gives
an hour leeway for any traffic and takes
about a half hour each way.
“I think the shuttle was a great idea
by the college,” said, full time student,
Sidney Johnson. “I rarely take it, but
for the people that can’t get here on
time, from the bus it makes life a lot
easier.”
Clackamas Com m unity College
to
Clackamas Town Center
Students sit comfortably aboard the
Towncenter Xpress fo r its trial run
last spring.
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to
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Above: Towncenter Xpress scheduale to and from Clackamas Town Center to CCC.