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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.
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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
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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
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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
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