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Clackamas Community College, Oregoh City, OR Volume 45, Issue 12 The Clackamas Print An independent, student-run newspaper since 1966 www.TheClackamasPrint.com Wednesday, Fçb. 15,2012 ese Y ear of th e By Nora Goodman The Clackamas Print Photo illustration by Brad Heineke The Clackamas Print College receives record $1.8 m illion gift By Joshua Dillen Associate News Editor Education is definitely not cheap. M any find it extreme ly difficult to make ends meet and further their education at the same time. Scholarships can be an opportunity that solves the financial woes encountered when considering the rising costs o f education. T he availability o f this type o f financial aid is looking better at the college these days. Students who apply for scholarships m ay like to know the Clackamas Community College Foundation has received a $ 1.8 million gift from thè IFC family trust. The trust was managed by the Inskeep family until recently. This translates to an additional $81,000 in available funds for student scholarship awards for the 2012-13 school year, according to Karen Martini, who has worked with die foundation for more than 12 years and is currently the executive director. John Inskeep, past board member with the Foundation and son o f late Jerry Inskeep was instrumental in making this gift happen. Martini explained that he had contacted her and expressed that since his fathers death, the family was not going to continue the management o f the trust. Jerry had always supported the C C C Foundation. His family decided to split the assets in the trust between the C C C Foundation and Self Enhancement Inc., which is an inner city program in N orth Portland that helps youth to achieve success. “John called me and said, ‘This is what we’re [the IFC trust] thinking o f doing, Karen, and I need a pro posal from you,’” said Martini. went back and forth a couple o f times and then ultimately, they made a decision to fund it.” As president o f C C C, Joanne Truesdell was proud o f this significant gift and what it will,do for students. T he IFC trust had always provided monies for transfer students and those entering health occupations with past scholar ships awards.. She and Martini described that future awards as a result o f this gift will go to the same types o f students. “This means scholarships in perpetuity, that’s whats cool,” said Truesdell. Martini expressed that the gift will be added to the C C C Foundation’s endowment, bringing its total monies up to $11.3 million. T he endowment is invested to assure the Foundation can continue to award scholarships for an indefinite am ount o f time. - During the Year o f the Dragon festival, wearing redunder- wear has nothing to do with Valentines Day. According to Chinese tradition, people bom in die Year o f the dragon wear red underwear to protect them from evil. T he Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration to the Chinese American population. This year marks the Year o f the Dragon according to the Chinese lunar calendar. T he year began on Feb. 9. The Dragon is the fifth sign and the most popular year .of the Chinese Zodiac, which consists o f 12 animal signs. T he Year of the Dragon only comes once every 12 years. T he dragon is a creature of myth and legend; the symbol signifies success, happiness, good fortune; intense power and is considered the luckiest year o f all. , “During the ’’fear of the Dragon, there is a baby boom among the Chinese people. T he strong meaning for the Chinese people , will le birth rate u p ’ 10 to .25. percent,” ;>uis Lee, a Chinese accountant origi- n a J y fro m H o n g people, New^fear-is like -Christmas io the Westerners.” T he year o f the Dragon is an exciting year for the Chinese people all over the world. In China, people may take time | off work to 'prepare for and celebrate J th e two weekcelebration. Pearl Shang and Raymond Lui, the owners o f the Red Rose Tea House and Cafe in downtown China Town, expressed that the Dragon is a very powerful symbol for the Chinese people. Yunjuan Deng, came to the United States with het . husband-15 months ago and has been taking ESL classes at Clackamas Com m unity College for die past year. Dengs family begins the Chinese New Year by cleaning their house, moving furniture, cleaning the carpet and doing laundry the week before, which signifies getting rid o f all bad things. T he house is not cleaned again until after the holiday is over, in order to not allow bad things to come back in. The daytime on New dear’s Eve is spent decorating with flowers, lanterns and buying new clothes. O n New Years Day,-Dengs family gets together for djn.- ner and gives traditional red envelopes filled with m oney to the children, along with sticky candy and oranges. Deng commented that the American way of celebrating the New Year is. simple, in comparison to the way she cel ebrated it in C hina with “dragon dances” and large fireworks displays. In Potdand, the Lan Su Chinese Garden celebrated the Chinese N ew Year and the Year o f the Dragon with two weeks o f events and activities, from Jan. 2 4 'to Feb. 6 fea turing lion* dances, martial arts demonstrations, feng shui classes, music, gardening discussions and m uch more. T he Lantern Festival seemed to be the most popular traditional event when it was sold out on Feb. 6 - T he Portland Chinese Times ended the Chinese New Year celebration by hosting the Year o f the Dragon with a Chinese Cultural Fair at the convention center on Saturday, Feb. 11.
