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Smokers kicked to college curb
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Emily Rask
Associate News Editor
Smoking is a huge part o f many
people’s lives, especially college
students. The CCQ campus has
had several designated smoking
areas. This year brings a change
with the designated smoking areas
being moved to the outskirts o f the
college.
Before the move, many areas
were located between buildings
such as the one directly outside o f
the cafeteria and by McLoughlin
Hall.
Now, all except one have been
moved toward die parking lots.
The only designated smoking area
that has stayed in the same spot is
located outside o f Niemeyer Hall.
Most of the smoking areas have
been moved toward the parking
lots, such as one located at Roger
Rook Hall, is now located directly
next to thè Roger Rook parking lot.
Many students would walk by
these smoking areas on any given
day and have to walk through the
giant smoke cloud, especially the
one previously located right out
side o f the cafeteria.
Some students do not agree with
the new smoking areas though, such
as CCC student Aaron Farwell.
“If you don’t like smoke,” said
Farwell,“stay away from the smok
ing areas.”
Although now with the new
smoking areas, some students and
staff who don’t pay attention to the
new areas continue smoking in the
old smoking areas.
“I don’t even know where they
are,” said nonsmoker Melissa
Nickell, who just started attending
CCC. “I ’ve seen the signs, but they
are not in the places where I walk.”
When students don’t even know
where they are, means that mov
ing them to the new locations has
helped give nonsmoking students
a way o f going around campus
without having to walk through
smoke clouds.
Call center coordinator Rochelle
Dawn also had some opinions
on the new smoking areas. She
expressed that she likes die new
locations.
“I’m all for it, actually for
several reasons. There’s a lot of
positives,” said Dawn. “I think in
regards to respect for nonsmokers
to have them on the outskirts o f
campus and is visually better on
the outskirts.”
“I smoke less ’cause it’s not
as easy. I thank them very much
for putting pavilions with roofs
and benches,” said Dawn. “There’s
some empathy there, which is nice
to see. Smokers don’t get much
empathy.”
Although the new designated
smoking areas have now been put
in place, there are not many stu
dents who have been using them.
CCC student Mark Stimac gave an
honest opinion on the new smok
ing areas.
“Honestly, I don’t know, I see
a lot o f people walking around not
using them, so the concept hasn’t
really sunk in yet,” Stimac said.
Now that there are new desig
nated smoking areas that are out
o f the way o f many students’ daily
paths, CCC can start to lessen the
amount o f smoking that goes on
within the campus. Many people
have stopped smoking on campus
just because the new areas are too
inconvenient for them to go to
between classes.
The new designated smoking
areas are put in place to help CCC
become more o f a smoke-free cam
pus and to help nonsmokers avoid
the clouds o f smoke with more
ease.
Tanner Leitner and Brittany Watson spent some time in the smoking area by the Pauling Center to study. Leitner, at
18 years old is a smoker. Watson, 16, is a nonsmoker.
BRIDGE: Opening many more bridges for everyone
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As bicyclists and pedestri
ans are not allowed on the 1-205
Bridge, die closure caused a road
block for these people.
back, staying dry when it rains
and the people I always talk with
on here.”
The weekend prior to its
ODOT began The Arch Bridge
Shuttle, which transports twelve
Monday re-opening will be the
commemorative Willamette Falls
riders and four bikes on free round
trips from the West Linn end o f
the bridge to downtown Oregon
City on 7th Street. The shuttle will
end when the bridge reopens.
“The shuttle has carried more
than 70,000 riders, including over
12,400 bicyclists.” according to
Hanson.
“A t first I didn’t like the shuttle
and was pissed about the bridge
closing,” stated Shane Borland,
who has ridden the shuttle to and
from work since it started. “It
actually added time compared
to walking because its schedule
doesn’t always line up with Tri-
M et’s. Now I will miss sitting
Festival which runs from Oct. 12
to Oct. 14.
Events will include live music,
O.C. and West Linn high school
marching band parades, an art
walk and sculpture exhibit and
street entertainment.
There will also be a 5k fun run
and a Fun-Athlon including bik
ing, paddling and a run, fireworks
and a trolley heritage tour.
On Sunday, Oct. 14 there will
be a ribbon cutting ceremony and
a parade o f historical cars from
1915 to 1932, the first to cross the
reopened bridge. For schedule o f
events or to register for races, visit
www.willamettefallsfestival.com.
Preview
Construction on the Oregon City bridge started in Jan. o f 2011 which will be reopening to the public at 5 a.m. on
Oct. 15, 2012 with the conclusion o f the Willamette Falls Festival.
GED testing to begin online
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tra n sitio n aw ay from paper-
based GED tests, C lackam as
C o m m u n ity
C o lleg e
now
offers com puterized GED tests
through Pearson VUE, an inter
national com pany that grants
students testin g services via
co m p u ter in 5,000 d ifferen t
authorized centers in over 150
countries in the w orld.
■ “I t’s going to be a hot topic
... it’s going to get h otter and
ho tter as we get closer to the
conversion date,” M elissa P irie,
director o f Student A cadem ic
Support Services at CCC said.
“Dec. 19, 2013 is the last day
w e w ill offer p ap er here at
C lackam as.”,
The test is accessed from
the Internet, but in order to be
allow ed to access it, it m ust be
done in a proctored environ
m ent, a place au thorized to
adm inister th e test.
“We h ad to go thro u g h
som e very heavy restrictions,
req u irem en ts and u pdates in
order to get our center to a
p lace w h ere th ey [P earson
V UE] w ould allow it to be
accessed online by those com
puters,” Pirie said, “You can
access it online but it has to be
through an ISP on a com puter
th a t’s m apped to th eir system .
You can ’t ju s t log onto any
com puter and get on [the GED
test].”
The new GED te st allow s
for greater flexibility.
“I t’s the sam e test, paper
or on the co m p u ter,” said
B ecky Torres, from the Student
A cadem ic Support Services.
This new option is unique
am ong O regon com m unity col
leges.
“W e’re the first for O regon
right now, I think. We h av en ’t
run any yet. It w as ju s t autho
rized to release th is w eek. So
w e h a v e n ’t had any testers
y e t,” said Torres. “ We have
other tests w e give that are not
the GED and th a t’s been busy
like crazy. I t’s a closer site to
com e take a test, and [it’s] con
venient.”
“I th in k if anything, i t ’s
m aking p eople w ho h av e n ’t
com pleted it rush in here and
finish it because the new one is
going to be totally different,”
said Torres. “I t’s going to be
a w hole new test. I think it’s
done every 10 years but they
revam p it.”
Students are able to register
for the online GED testing as o f
Septem ber.