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Wednesday,Nov.28,2012
ASG offers cocoa for your thoughts
Felicia Skriver
News Editor
In today’s economy, it’s not
very often that something is free.
However, Clackamas Community
College’s Associated Student
Government is now giving away
hot cocoa, coffee and apple cider
for free to students who submitted
a comment card saying what they
think about the college.
ASG wants to keep this an ongo
ing event for Clackamas students so
that their opinions are heard. Due to
finals week, ASG will start handing
out cocoa again next term but the
purpose is to find out what students
would change about the college and
what they would keep the same.
“We just want to find out what
they’re not getting from ASG, and
what their disappointments are with
the college,” said Laurie Garrison,
Club Senator of ASG. “We just
want to find out what students are
thinking.”
The members o f the program on
Nov. 21 greeted every student and
encouraged everyone to take the hot
drinks including Donevan Karr, the
Campus Activities Senator o f ASG.
“We’re just trying to get to
know people,” said Karr. “A lot o f
people don’t know about ASG and
we just want to get to know the
people wè’re serving.”
According to Kaylea Henderson,
Public Affairs Officer o f ASG, they
have gone in to different buildings
to try and get everyone’s input.
The first week they were in the
Niemeyer building talking to the
theater students; last week they sta
tioned themselves in Randall Hall
to see what the athletic students had
to say.
“It’s kind o f fun going to dif
ferent buildings,” said Henderson.
“We get to see different kinds of
students and get different kinds o f
comments.”
Change is inevitable here on
campus and according to ASG
President Diana Muresan, there has
been talk o f more change happen
ing including discussion o f a pos
sible $5 increase in tuition for next
year.
ASG is also promoting other
events and charities, like their annu
al giving tree. The way the tree
works is anyone can get a piece
o f paper off the tree that has the
age and the gender o f a child in
need. That person then goes out
and buys an appropriate gift and
gives it to ASG who will make sure
it arrives to the child this holiday
season.
“Basically w e’re trying to
see how to promote these kinds
o f events,” ’ said Pamela Kedev,
Officer for Promotions o f ASG.
“We’re also trying to promote the
giving tree, so kids have presents.”
According to Jamie Gibson,
Public Affairs Senator o f ASG, they
have a lot o f fun organizing the
event. They enjoy hearing what the
student body has to say.
“It’s a lot o f fun, we have a
lot o f fun people o f ASG,” said
Gibson. “The students always have
fun things to say.”
ASG intends to keep on sup
plying more cocoa to cold students
throughout the next couple weeks
so those with comments can come
to ASG to express their concerns.
Be on the lookout for their com
ment booth that provides both
warmth and an attentive ear free
of charge.
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LIGHTS: Illumination on the bricks
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The organizers o f the event also
really enjoyed their time helping to
assemble the holiday joy this year.
According to Justin Akers, the stage
light specialist, they all have a lot of
fun when putting together the event.
“This is my third year doing the
stage,” said Akers. “And I have a lot
o f fun doing this.”
The tree is expected to stick
around until the end o f the holi
day .season after New Year’s.
Christopher Junior, one o f the tree
men on sight, provided some insight
into the massive holiday staple.
“It’s a various paper product tree
from Gaston, Oregon and we pretty
much filled it out with three hun
dred more branches to make it look
more full,” said Junior. “And good
old Portland rain keeps it green.”
According to Junior, if a person
were to layout the amount o f fights
on the tree it would stretch out to be
little more than two and half miles.
As well as singing carols, the
aim is to get people to donate food
to the Oregon Food Bank so that
less fortunate people all over the
state may receive care packages o f
food for the holidays.
Many downtown commoners
say that the tree has become an
icon o f the square, and to some it’s
become a tradition to watch the
fights.
“It kind of ushers in the season.
It’s sort o f ä tradition down here,”
said Valerie Bass, a longtime resi
dent o f Portland. “It gets everyone
in the holiday mood.”
The multicolored lights that
inaugurated the Christmas feel will
shine on until January, so anybody
wanting to see the tree has a lot of
time to do so.
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Above: Pink Martini and Friends lead Pioneer Square in hours o f caroling,
launching the season o f holiday cheer and family-gathering festivities. The
band played until the final countdown o f the lighting o f the tree.
Top right: The tree that lit up Pioneer Square stands tall in Portland.
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