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2 The Clackamas Print W ed n esd ay, Feb . 8', 2 0 1 2 newsed@clackamas. edu News Joshua Oilien The Clackamas Print Campus hires new head of security By Brian Baldwin Editor-in-Chief previous line o f work he had three years o f continual budget cuts and can manage under a fiscal constraint.' Already Nelson has started to make W ith m ore than 30 years o f law enforcement experience, K urt Nelson some changes in the department, which is looking forward to the challenges o f some o f them he calls m undane but being the new head o f campus security. . critical. O ne o f these is the change in the Officially hired during the January board campus security shift logs which anyone o f education meeting, his biggest goal is can view inside the campus safety office in to see that the campus safely departm ent McLoughlin. H e is unsure if he will con becomes the m ost efficient ano profes tinue the shift logs in the current format. sional it can be. Instead he is giving officers and cadets Nelson started his, law enforcement personal notebooks to write down a daily career in 1981 with the M ultnom ah activity log and creating a new log system. C ounty Sheriffs Office and a few.years “W e started to im plem ent a daily crime later he was hired J te die Pordand Police | log. It is different than the shift logs and where he eventually retired in 2009-, For is required by law. It would replace the the past three years fete has been the park shift logs and it is still open record,” said ranger supervisor for the Pordand Park Nelson. “{The daily activity logs] w o n t be Rangers, bur Nelson is no stranger to the as detailed as the shift logs but it gives me college. From 1999 to 2010 he was an the ability to quickly see w hat the officers adjunct instructor in the criminal justice and cadets do so l ean make the m onthly departm ent helping develop the crime report to. m y bosses.” analysis program. . . O ne (tifme m ost visible changes Nelson Nelson is approaching His first m onth thinks that people will see is himself in a on die job ana h e loves it. H e felt that uniform walking around campus. H e due to prior experiences and association believes that it is im portant that he knows with the previous head o f campus safety, what they go through during their 4ufts. Dick Ashbaugh, he didn’t have hopes for ‘ It also provides a n opportunity for officers what the job would be like b u t rather to get training if their shift is covered by expectations that have largely been met. Nelson. T he two m et while Ashbaugh was head of Pete KandratiefF, one o f the campus the criminal justice department. safety officers, feels that Nelson is aposi- “I was able to talk w ith Didk before I tive addition to the department. applied to find out what I should expect “I think he brings a lot o f experience and to be prepared. I’v e also h a d the to the positron,” said KandratiefF. “H e’s luxury to consult with D ick since he has on the right track. H e’s implefnenting retired,” said Nelson. “Have there been changes that I think will help this depart surprises? O f course, you can never be ment.” fufify informed or prepared for everything W ith the future ahead o f him , Nelson until it happens.” hopes to paint the cam pus security Nelson was waiting for this opportu-. departm ent in a m ore professional light nity as he said that he had often joked „ According to him , die college board and with Ashbaugh asking when he was going president can take several options that he to retire. can work with, such as, malting campus “T he challenges to this position are security unarm ed or take advantage o f an going to be significant b u t I love the upcoming bill in the Oregon Legislature. challenge. I like to problem solve,” said “It w ould give com m unity college Nelson. “I have an extensive knowledge o f boards the authority that the university the college, I have a strong background in tem h as how, as an option, to create a law enforcement and I have a fairly decent ly sworn, fully authorized police depart training in emergency management. I ment,” said Nelson. “I think we can make think I bring back to it a strong supervi that standard and it w ould be another tvay sory background, so all o f those combine to make tins departm ent more profes to bring m e to this position.” sional with a higher ability to respond to O ne challenge Nelson believes he is problems.” ready to face is the budget H e acknowl Whichever direction the college decides edges that the college isn’t swimming in to take w ith campus security, Nelson is money right now and said that in his ready and willing to tackle the problem. a Need your taxes done so you can file your FAFSA forms? A Trillium Tax Service Your Mobile Tax Solution Call us at 503-688-9507 or Email us at nancy@trilliumtaxservice.com We are your mobile tax solution with affordable prices! 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 Editors Editor-in-Chief: Brian Baldwin Copy Editor: Katherine Suydam News Editor: Patty Salazar Associate News Editor: Josh Dillen Arts&Culture Editor: Isaac Soper Sports Editor: John William Howard Photo Editor: Hillary Cole Web Editor: Anna Axelson Design Editor: James Duncan Ad Manager: Brad Heineke Sim on Tam sits a t his desk working to prom ote the college using social media. C C C hits a Tw itter along w ith a Facebook a n d a YouTube account. NETWORK: OMG he makes 40 grand to tweet Continued from Page 1 T he Slants are the first and only all Asian dance-rock band' for the world according to Tam. H e explained he càme up with the idea o f die band and its name and how a passion for music and its power could break down a lot o f social barriers that many Asians fece today.. “Ive always loved music as early as I can remember,” he said. “There’s these old hom e videos o f m e at three or four where I grab m y dad’s guitar and jum p on the coffee table and perform.” W ith three albums released and another due out this spring or summer, it is obvious that music is one o f Tams m ain passions. T he band he manages and performs with has played alongside Katie Perry, D E V O and Metallica. Corey Gray with the Decemberists and Mike Crenshaw have collaborated with the band. T he hand also played for the Oregon State Penitentiary at the request o f the Asian Club there. T actually had a white suprema cist come up to m e and ask for m y autograph,” Tam said, “It was a unique experience. We do a lot o f untraditional shows.” T he Slants recently finished playing in Europe for the Departm ent of Defense (D O D ). They were hired to play for the troops stationed at the various military bases across Europe. A call from the Pentagon is not uncom m on for the band to receive. There has been a problem in get ting the name the Slants registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Its been two years since they decided to pursue a federally registered Writers & Photographers Nora Goodman Hiroaki Hayashi Mark Sunderland Chris Taylor Adviser: Melissa Jones 503-594-6266 trademark to protect their name. They filed with the office and were rejected on the grounds o f disparagement. T he letter the Slants received from the office said their name was “dispar aging to people o f Asian descent.” ; 1 “Maybe they don’t get it. Maybe they don’t understand what we. are doing,” Tam said. H e was referring to the nature o f the name. Part o f their use o f the potentially derogatory term was o f a heal ing nature for his race expressed through m usic “W hy don’t we own it?” he said. H e was referring to the feet that he and mil lions o f Asians have had to deal with the negative and derogatory connotations o f ■the term for m ost o f their lives and how they can show other cultures a kind o f ironic pride o f the word. A t this time, Tam and the Slants are re-filing their case with Trademark office to obtain the copyright and ensure their branding o f the Slants. Tam grew up in San Diego and gradu ated from the University o f Phoenix with a degree in Business Management. H e loves to read, travel and has a huge inter est in other cultures. Besides playing and promoting his music and performing his duties at the college, Tam' uses his extra time volunteering for several different non-profit organizations (NPOs) take up the rest o f Tams time. “I don’t have time for T V I volunteer for about a dozen non-profits,” Tam said. “I’m starting m y own N P O . It’s called the PACE Foundation. It’s going to be about empowering Asian youth through the arts; and fighting bullying in schools. It was a very natural transition for the band.” Production Assistants Christian Adams Mollie Berry Breanna Craine Tyler Eheler Joey Fisher Jaronte Goldsby Telicia Juliano Hicham Kerkour Ellen Niles Darla Nguyen Emily Rask Audra Sianina Evon Trembly Sharon Wetmore Contact Information chiefed@clackamas.edu copyed@clackamas.edu newsed@clackamas.edu aced@ctackamas.edu sportsed@clackamas.edu photoed@clackamas.edu admgr@clackamas.edu webeditor@ciackamas.edu
