Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR
Volume 45, Issue 16
O e Clackamasfäitneö
An independent, student-run newspaper since 1966
www.TheClackamasPrint.com
W ednesday, M arch 14, 2012
COMING
SOON!
MUSIC TELEVISION9
Students have a chance to get “M ade”
nplei
sible through modern
is' possible
television. Thanks to M TV ’s
.hit show, MADE, Clackamas
Community College students
have a chance to become the
person they have always wanted
to be .or wished they were, but
can’t. MADE makes this all
possible for those selected from
among high school and. college'
Students across the country.
The show is coming to the
college on Thursday, March 15
on a quest to find the right
person to experience, a make
over and potentially be on TV.
M TV staff will be here to con
duct interviews to find a poten
tial candidate to be featured
on the show; They will be
in the. Com m unity Center in-
CC 126 from 10 a.m? - 3 p.m.
and questionnaires are ayaiL-
able at the Associated Student
Government office in C C I 52,
Applicants must be 18 to 26
years. Contact ASG at 503-
594-3040, Tor more informa
tion.
Highway closure;
CAR-POCOLYPSE
fully closed, this project would
take over a year to complete.
Associate News Editor
Although the road closure will
be a hassle for motorists who
It’s hard not to notice the use the road daily, in the long
chunk of Cascade highway run the project seems very
that has been under construc- beneficial.
. tion for more than six months.
(Nancy Kraushaar, Oregon
Highway 213 is going to have City’s dty engineer and pub
a full closure between March lic works director said, “The
dates were selected based on
22 and 27.
Thankfully the majority the contractors schedule and
of Clackamas Community they just happen to fall on the
College students won’t have spring break for CCC.”
Kraushaar suggested that
to worry about ¿hanging their
commute, as the road sched drivers try to see the positive
ule falls o n our spring break. • impacts o f the closure, but to
An Oregon City contrac prepare an alternate route for
tor will use the 10.4-hour clo when the time comes.
sure to safely install a new six-
lane bridge. If the road wasn’t
Please see CLOSURE, Page 3
By Joshua Dillen
College considers
new $20 fee
Associate News Editor
later dec^
haunts Randall Hall
By Chris Taylor
Clackamas Print
In 1572, Randall Hall was
officially opened on campus,
giving Clackamas our gym and
basketball court, as well as more
classrooms and a weight room.
It was new and primed for use.
Now 40 vears have passed and
Randall Hall is looking a little
worn and torn, with mainte
nance ’ and upkeep striving to
keep the building in the best
condition it possibly can. T hat
said Randall Hall has its prob
lems.
Randall Hall is a relatively
John Carter
- he’s no
Nemo
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old building that was built after
Clairmont (1969) and Barlow
(1970). McLoughlin was btlilt
in the same year, making it and
Randall the third and fourth
oldest buildings on campus.
“It is. one of the older Build
ings, but it has aged well,” said
Jim Martineau, athletic direc
tor at Clackamas Community
College. “It really has, with
many improvements through
out its history. “
Randall has-a rich history of
athletics, and some o f which are
sentimental, such as the fact that
sbfne o f the benches by the base
ball fields used to be the bleach
ers in Randall. There’s also an
announcers box that is no lon
ger in use and was deemed haz
ardous due to its height from the
ground and itk age.
The past’ArmproVementS to
Randall include a fixed water
heatei for the locker room, an
upgraded1 concessions stand in
2009 and the new lights in the
gym: Its biggest set of improve
ments occurred during 2005,
when Niemeyer Center was
built. The new music and arts
building meant moving al l o f
the irtusic classiest 6iit of Rjahdall
Hall.
This week, the Clackamas
Comm unity College Board
o f Educatioryvill consider a
few items that may affect the
wallets o f students attending
the college in the near future.
A $2 hike per credit, a $20
service fee and: elimination
of the “tuition corridor” are
going to be considered. The
college, is increasingly relying
on these types of revenue to
make up for dwindling state
support in today’s -stagnant
economy. These items will
be presented again during
April’s board m eeting for rec
ommended approval. These
are staff recommendations,
. according to the agenda for
tonight s meeting.
The background informa
tion from the agenda states
these requests will ensure
ipstruction and student ser-
vices have the resources they
need. .
Even with these increases
to. students’ education here,
C C C will still be among
the least expensive commu-
nity colleges to attend in
Oregon; If approved, the
tuition here will be $79 per
credit hour while Portland
Community College is $82
and Mt. Hood Community
College is $84-. PCC ’ also
has a $19 general service
fee that is the model for
CGC’s proposed fee of $20.
M H C C has a similar fee of
$30. The fee would elimi
nate current service based
fees that include transcript
requests and graduation
related costs.Currently, each
copy o f an; official transcript
is $10 plus an additional fee
o f $ 15 each for Taxed copies
of transcripts.
The tuition corridor is
the money saving fee struc
ture that charges students a
flat rate o f $1,155 for 16-1S
credits. The. staff has recom
mended the elimination o f
thecorridor.
No matter how the meet
ing goes, students will prob
ably end up forking over
m oit money next school
year to further their educa
tions.
Please see RANDALL, Page 6
G raduation;
m oney for
n o th in g and
robes* for free
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Schedule o f
Spring Sports
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