2 * a * Wednesday, May22,2013
P R IN T : News
ASG election results:
Breton, Escobedo prevail
Brittany Horne
News Editor
The Associated
Student
Government election results were
released on Friday! May 10, 2013.
Options for voting were through
myClackamas or a write in,
although the write ins’ choice(s)
cannot be revealed due to regula
tions. They are as follows:
For ASG President:
• Erick Breton - 80 votes
• Dean Wright - 70 votes
•
Six write in votes
For ASG Vice President:
•
Susi Escobedo - 84 votes
• Jamie Gibson - 39 votes
•
Jessica Valdivia - 37 votes
• Two write in votes
We were able to talk to the
newly elected ASG President,
Erick Breton.
The Clackamas Print: Why do
you think you won the election?
Breton: I think definitely cam
paigning had a lot to do with it,
you get to advertise who you are.
Helping around the school also,
there’s a lot of people who remem
ber me from events.
TCP: How do you feel about it?
Breton: Very excited, there’s a
lot of new prospects for next year.
TCP: Do you have any ideas or
changes?
Breton: I have a lot of ideas, but
student involvement is definitely
one that I want to focus orr.
TCP: How do you feel about
working with Susi?
Breton: It’s definitely going to
be fun, I know that for certain.
There will be hard times, but she’s
fun and energetic.
Next, we were also able to
ask Breton’s Vice President, Susi
Escobedo, a few questions.
TCP: Why do you think you
won the election?
Escobedo: It was definitely the
people, my friends spreading the
word for me. They’re very sup
portive.
TCP: How do you feel about it?
Escobedo: I’m just so thank
ful to all of them, they’re just so
sweet. Cody Britt from the track
team was helping me a lot, email
ing people and on Facebook.
TCP: Do you have any ideas or
changes?
Escobedo: I guess the biggest
change that I’m going to be doing,
I think the way that I encourage
the team is going to be differ
ent than it was this year, also the
relationships between students and
ASG.
TCP: How do you feel about
working with Erick?
Escobedo: I’m so excited to
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work with him. I
think we’re a per
fect balance. I’m more outspo
ken, more energetic and he’s more
measured and very intellectual.
As soon as the current ASG
president and vice president
graduate, Breton and
Escobedo will take
over their new positions. This is
when they will start recruiting,
interviewing, hiring and training
for the coming year.
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the consequences of a congres
sional sequester that may shake
up public budgets for years,
higher education is still adjusting
to dwindling state support. As a
result, many colleges across the
country and Oregon have turned
to raising tuition and slashing
curriculum in an attempt to make
up for shrinking federal and state
funds.
Students at Clackamas get to
feel this budget crunch this year
in the form of higher tuition and
less course offerings. The disci
pline of religion is on the chop
ping block and has resulted in the
filing of a grievance regarding
procedure when faculty is laid
off.
The classes have given many
students an opportunity to
explore religion while fulfill
ing the general requirements for
a transfer degree. They will no
longer be available for serious
Religious Studies students who
are preparing for transfer to a
theology school. Two prestigious
spiritual higher education insti
tutions in the area are George
Fox University and University of
Portland.
Toebben said he currently
has students from all over the
Portland area who enroll in these
sections. Potential theologians
who need these classes will have
to look elsewhere to fulfill the
requirements of their educational
path.
Bill Briare, Dean of Arts and
Sciences, is no stranger to th is.
year’s round of budget issues.
“Every budget cut we’ve had
to make is difficult. I think it is
sad that we’ve had to cut back
on religious offerings,” Briare
said. “To me it’s unfortunate the
decline in state budget and the
funding of education that have
this effect on any of our pro
grams.”
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Above, Brad Toebben, right, teaches History o f the New Testament. A ll six sections in the religious studies discipline
have been cancelled at the college and Brad Toebben is losing his teaching position at CCC due to budget reductions.
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Toebben said the eliminated
classes were almost always close
to full capacity, which is 30 or
more— especially his two disS
tance learning sections of R-210,
which is World Religions. If each
of the four credit courses had an
average of 25 students, at the new
tuition rate of $84 that translates
to a potential loss of over $50,000
in tuition revenue.
Angela Thorsell, 19, took
Toebben’s World Religion class a
year ago to fulfill her humanities
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to $395 million for the 2011-13
biennium. During the same time
periods, the amount of money
received from the state for each
fulltime enrolled student went
from a high of $2,778 to $1,559.,
The same web page also states
“Unfortunately, the impact of
budget reductions facing colleges
today will likely be addressed in
two w ays:' program reductions
and tuition increases.” It also
points out that average statewide
community college tuition has
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requirements. She is a Protestant
and is not pursuing religious stud
ies. Thorsell enjoyed the class
and is sad to see it get eliminated.
“I got so much information
about the diversity of religions.
It kind o f exposed me to what’s
out there so I have a better under
standing of people and why they
are spiritual,” she said. “Religion
is a huge part of people whether
you have one or not. I think it
contributes to who a person is.”
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