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2 The Clack amas P rint. Rise in student enrollment hits close to home ^ T a ^ j^ ^ r e c e iw f f ^ e r e q u e s ^ ^ a i T a n T any paperw ork th at was given o ut at th at m eeting regarding the election violations. Brown is a form er student o f political science in stru cto r Dean Darris who filed the elections com plaint against the college. “In fact D ean Darris is on the record stating that he believed the college has made a m ockery o f the law,” Brown said regarding the previous bond elections. T ie accused the college o f “spend ing like a drunken sailor, spending $ 2 /0 ,0 0 0 on new furniture.” He then inform ed the college th at a group o f concerned citizens led by former C C C student and C olum bia University grad uate N athan Page will be subm itting a formal request w ith the Secretary or State “to perform a real and meaningful audit.” Truesdell responded th at no staff mem ber in the tim e period o f th e bond asked any questions or offered their input about the inform ation and the process for the M ay bond election. Truesdell also did n o t respond to the allegation o f spending $270,000 on office furniture. She also cleared up on the O ct. 21 College Council, m eeting no paper was handed o ut, so no papers would be brought to the next board o f education meeting. Reid the said thank you to Brown for speaking and finished up the m eeting quickly after. T he nextboard o f educa tion m eeting is D ec. 14. — Staff— The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased and professional manner. Content published in The Print is not screened or subject to censorship. 19600 Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 Enrolment Breakdown by Student Enrollment 2010 2011 Deyelopmen EduvJtion Stud«» Cororeanth tawcawoj 1896 By Patty Salazar News Editor If you’re at Clackamas Community College on any weekday morning, you’ve irobably come across the same prob- ,em as many other students: no park ing. Although this common problem is frustrating, has it made you wonder how . many students attend Clackamas? When you ask students why they chose CCC the answer eoulcf range from the college being so local, to the price of tuition being one of the lowest in the area. Whatever brings you to Clackamas it is easy to see that it is One ofth e most popular community colleges in Oregon. In recent years the student in enroll ment for CCC has gradually gone up. In die 2006-2007 academic year, the number of students enrolled at Clackamas w asat 30,677 and it jumped to 38,637 in the 2009-2010 academic year. W ith the college having three different campuses and online courses, it might not be obvious how many students attend CCC. According to Tara Sprehe, director of enrollment management and registrar at CCC, this fall Clackamas was awarded $32,380,476 in financial aid to 3,259 students. Although*'this fall the full-time enrollment has gone down five percent, Clackamas has 10,756 full-time and part- time students this term. There is a connection between unem ployment and enrollment at CCC, accord ing to Steffen Moller, Dean of Curriculum, Planning and Research. “Community college enrollment often works right along with unemployment. If Moller went on to explain that many high school graduates cannot find jobs and attend CCC for an education. Also those who become unemployed go back to school for a new set erf skills to help get a new job. Reasons why students might choose to study here vary. Clarke Robinson, who is a first-year student, said,- “I wanted to be around my friends.” Robinson said he is getting his basic courses at C CC before. transferring to Portland Chiropractic to become a chiro practor. Andrew Roeser, a Second-year student said, “I’m a veteran so I thought this was going to be an easy shot and transfer to a university later on ” Lori Reed, who is.in her first-year said, what attracted her to CCC was more, than just the school being local but the project management degree that a loti of other schools do not offer. “I did project management before in my career ana I never really had the credentials and now I am back to get those and get a higher paying job with my degree,” said Reed. CCC offers many two-year degrees, such as project management to welding technol ogy. Whether it is retraining, transfer degrees or one of the two-year degrees that brings our enrollment goes up as well,” said Moller. others are here for the same opportunity. College Transfer »2* E Continued from Page 1 As the m eeting went on, college pres ident Joanne Truesdell brought up that she, Shelly Parini and Janet Paulson are seeking further clarification regarding the fines they were sent for violating the. election laws during the failed b ona measure campaign in May. T hey are looking into, now to correct the record w ith the election division. “W hat we really found is th at the process is very unclear. T he guidelines are very unclear and w hat it w ould take as individuals is to spend an [enor mous] am ount o f tim e in Salem trying to help the election office to go through this material and we decided we w ould not to do that because it really does take away from our tim e. We are in the middle o f serving students and also having tim e w ith our families,” * said Truesdell. She w ent on to say th at while speak ing to the election director, she learned th at the division is coming up w ith adm inistrative rules. T he adm inistrative rules w ould help explain the statute. “We volunteered to be part o f th at process o f review to ensure that the public and com m unity get w hat they need and that it is clear for personnel w ho are associated w ith any public body,” said Truesdell. D u rin g th e citizen com m ents' Brown brought up the O ct. 21 College newsed&clackam as. edu Top: Clarke Robison chose Clackamas C om m unity College to be close to friends. M iddle: Lori Reed chose ....... mljlUII most colleges do not offer. Bottom: Andrew Roeser, a veteran is a i C C C to later transfer to a-university. . Editors Editor-in-Chief: Brian Baldwin Copy Editor: Katherine Suydam News Editor: Patty Salazar Arts&Culture Editor: Mandie Gavitt Sports Editor: Jo h n William Howard Photo Editor: Hillary Cole Web Editor: Anna Axelson Design Editor: James Duncan Ad Manager: Brad Heineke Contributed by Clackamas Community College AUDIT: Clackamas Community College warned W ednesday, N o v . 16, 2011 Writers & Photographers Dacha bre Dixon Matt Senn Isaac Soper Chris Taylor Adviser: Melissa Jones 503-594-6266 Production Assistants Dan Bailey Mollie Berry Joshua Dillen Tyler Eheler Jaronte Goldsby Telicia Juliano Hicham Kerkour Ellen Niles Fred Ramsey Emily Rask Mireille Soper Contact Information chiefed@clackamas.edu copyed@clackamas.edu newsed@clackamas.edu aced@clackamas.edu sportsed@clackamas.edu photoed@clackamas.edu admgr@clackamas.edu webeditor@clackamas.edu
