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Wednesday, Feb. F, 2012 newsedffclackamas.edu The Ron H am m on, sales engineer fo r Gosiger Inc., talks about the capabilities o f the new C N C m illing machines th a t have been delivered to the college. T h e college a n d Gosiger are partnering to showcase the machines fa r the company a n d train students how to use the cutting edge technology. Company, college collaborate for success By Joshua Dillen Associate News Editor “These machines can make anything o ut o f anything,” said Scott Giltz, dean o f technol ogy, health occupations and work force at Clackamas Com m unity College. H e was beaming with pride a n d excitement as he explained the capabilities o f the three new com puter numerical control (CN C) machines that had been delivered to room 152 in Barlow Hall on Friday, Jan. 13. ' Giltz spoke with enthusiasm about a new partnership between C C C and G osiger' Inc. T he new C N C machines are worth $500,000 to $750,000 depend ing on final specifications and configuration. T he company sells and services the machines, yet its closest dealership is in Seattle, Wash. T he milling machines are a vital part o f m anufacturing world wide. W hether it is a plastic part in your com puter or a tiny screw in a hearing aid, m ost o f what we use every day would n o t be pos sible w ithout these behemoths o f m odem technology. “Its a win-win situation for all o f us,” Giltz said. Based in D ayton, O hio, T he deal will allow Gosiger Gosiger always strives to make the representatives to dem onstrate machines they distribute as acces their inventory and its capabili sible and usable to their manufac ties to clients, while manufac turing customers as possible. W ith turing and engineering students no showrooms in the area and an get hands on training using the industry shortage o f professionals m ost advanced technology o u t trained to run these sophisticated there today. Gosiger will rotate machines, the company needed a machines through the Barlow lab way to connect and build a net in the manufacturing shop. W ith work o f manufacturers and a quali some m inor upgrades to bring fied employee base. Most impor- power to the machines, the cost to tandy, they needed a convenient die college will be minimal com Oregon location to showcase their pared to the huge expense o f just products to their areas customers. one o f the machines. Students are Ron H am m on explains the com the true beneficiaries. T he college panies marketing strategies with can now graduate and certify stu passion . dents w h o can operate the newest Local companies like Boeing, technology. ; C A D /C N C Instructor Chris Nike and several small manufac Rizzo, with 25 years in the field, turers need fully trained C N C machine operators to replace a retir and seven years at the college, said ing workforce and staff a growing | “I have a pretty good finger on industry. Ham m on is Gosiger s sales . the pulse; o f what’s going on in the engineer. H e voiced his concerns manufacturing industry. ’ about a shortage o f skilled workers. Rizzo’s personal network con He describes a potential dilemma nected him with Gosiger and on the horizon. H am m on is part of allowed him to get the ball rolling the team coordinating die installa and help link the company and the tion o f the machines. college. . “O u r industry is going to be in Giltz worked at the Wilsonville a crisis by 2012,” he said. “N o one campus before he became head is being trained to replace those o f his departm ent at the m ain campus, which used to be hom e retiring.’ to Oregon Advanced Technology Center (OATC). T he OATC was similar to this partnership in that connected local manufactures, C N C dealers and trained opera tors. T he O ATC no longer exists. Rizzo knew o f that program’s suc cess through consulting work in the past. H e decided to figure out now to make something like that happen in Barlow’s m anu facturing shop and got the ball rolling. Rizzo organized a meeting attended by H am m on and other representatives from Gosiger with himself, Giltz and Bob Delgatto, C C C m anufacturing instructor, last August that has culminated in a synergistic relationship. These m en hope to give C C C graduates a jum pstart in the field o f m anu facturing, by working to build this relationship. These workers will not need to be retrained on advanced equipm ent.. “Instead o f on the job, we can train students here,” said Rizzo. D elgatto h ad the same excite m en t about this project as Giltz, H am m o n and Rizzo. T h e pas sion for engineering and m anu facturing was only superceded by their desire to prepare stu dents in the best way possible. D elgatto was ju st as passionate about enabling students to gain the employable skills they need. H e was particularly anim ated w hen telling about th e void the industryds experiencing w ith the growing lack o f skilled operators “T here are 600,000 jobs o u t there th a t can’t be filled,” he said. “W e are all very excited about w hat th is can m ean for our students arid th e m anufactur in g .com m unity as , a w hole,” D elgatto stated in a n email. .. D e lg a tto expects th e -machines, to -b e u p a n d .ru n riin g ii>, two to t h r e e ; , , f ¡ S o m e accessories an d parts need to be delivered and there is quite an install process he said. Delgatto also gave kudos to Rizzo. T‘H e was very instrum en tal in getting the ball rolling on this arrangem ent,” he, stated. T h is brilliant engineering o f an exceptional partnership has rocketed C C C to th e forefront m anufacturing training; “T h is is the future o f America” said Rizzo as he adm ired the new advanced m anufacturing lab in Barlow. Littering the halls of justice: is America lawsuit-happy? By James Duncan Design Editor W ith lawsuits on the campus’ mind, this writer finds the topic o f the law and the way people wield it against each other, deeply fascinating. Over the course of the last many decades trie law has become easier to use in m ote and m ote frivolous ways. In 2006 the parents o f a student decided to sue a school because a teacher woke the student up in a less than polite way. While it is terrifying to be jarred awake suddenly from a nice classroom nap, I’m not sure it has even spontaneously resulted in severe hearing loss or “emotional trauma” the par ents and the student claim. This is one instance where there is a chance, no matter how small, that the plaintiffs are actually responding to an injury or they are lust tak ing advantage o f the system to make some quick money. Just last week an instructor was throwing pen caps at m e for sleeping in class! T he precedent has been set, litigation will be swift. “Pen bruises” should be worth at least a couple million. A woman sued a pair o f girls because she had a panic attack when they brought her a plate o f cookies in 2005- Cases like this litter the halls o f justice but why is this allowed to happen? W hy is a person able to make a sandwich in the back o f a Winnebago, while driving and sue the company when they crash? T he simple answer is because people are no longer held accountable for their actions. There was once a time not that long ago, as a matter o f fact, that when you burned yourself with a cup o f tea it was your own fault for not blowing enough or sipping) A n increasing num ber of people are decid ing that rather than looking at themselves and saying “Wow, maybe I did something wrong and should not d o that,” they would rather say “I can do no wrong. Iam going to sue the closest person I can blame!” Now this is not to say that all lawsuits are silly. M any that look luce a desperate ploy for free money have valid reasoning behind them. A famous case that’s cited by many as frivolous legislation is the McDonald’s hot coffee case, also known as Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants. In this case Mrs. Liebeck opened a cup o f coffee that was 180 degrees and spilled it into her lap. Stop here' ana add that she was initially awarded $2.7 million; it starts to look like she was g o b bing for all she could steal T he facts though, paint a different pic ture because after receiving third and second degree bums to 22 percent o f her body, she asked only that McDonalds pay for the extensive skin graphs and eight days o f work she was forced to gfve up for her stay in the hospital after the incident. She requested a total o f $10,500 that would be needed to cover the medical bilk and compensate her for missed wotk, but McDonalds offered a total am ount of $800 and refused to budge. An overzealous lawyer and a jury decided that she should be compensated for two days’ worth o f total coffee safes. This amount was lowered by the appeal o f McDonalds and Mrs. liebeck. In m e end they settled for an undisclosed am ount that was less than $600,000. T he power o f the law was laid down to protect people and to keep us all safe from others who would choose to put us in harm’s way, to keep us from harming ourselves and to keep us from harming each other, but whatever happened to learning from your mistakes? W hen did personal responsibility go flying out the window? W ho knows! Maybe people need to learn that even if you leave your two-year-old alone with a small toy and they shove it so far up their nose that you need to take them to the hospital, that it isn’t the responsibility o f the t t y maker to prevent Y O O from being a bad parent or an overall bad person. Yes that is the end o f it! If you are dum b enough to be injured by the day to day activities o f being alive you don’t deserve to make money because you can call a lawyer. You see lawsuits ate like children, just because you have the skill set to make one doesn’t mean you should.
