Hate crimes rise across nation
INCIDENTS ON CAMPUS ARE AN INDICATION OF A BIGGER PROBLEM
BY LIAM AN DER SO N
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THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
Ever since the election o f the 45th President o f
reported amount o f 392 Hispanic or Latino victims.
the U nited States, D onald Trump, the issue o f
2016 statistics that were released on Nov. 13 show
hate crim e has becom e m ore prom inent. W ith
that the'num ber o f Hispanic and Latino victims
people thinking he is a Nazi-sym pathizer and a
has risen to 483.
racist, many Americans with racist intentions have
Alongside these statistics, there is also the news
come out o f hiding to cause what are known as
media’s recent reporting o f these hateful incidents.
“hate crimes.”
Richard Collins III, a college student in Maryland,
A ccording to FB I statistics, the frequency o f
w as an A frican-A m erican allegedly stabbed to
hate crime has increased over the last few years.
death by a white m ale known as Sean Urbanski,
Back in2014, there were 3,227 victims o f racially
who was reportedly a member o f a racist Facebook
biased hate crimes in the U.S. In 2015, the year
President Trum p announced his candidacy and
started campaigning, there was a reported amount
group. That trial will take place in January 2018.
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College students now have to be aware that they
could be subjected to hate crimes.
o f 4,216 victim s w ho experienced racism. One
Clackamas Commurrity College and its students
m ight assum e T rum p’s announcem ent speech
have recen tly fallen victim to these specific
spiked such incidents, but how?
offenders. P hillip Z erzan, director o f C am pus
D uring his speech, President Trum p stated,
“W hen M exico sends its people, th e y ’re not
sending their best...they’re sending people that
have lots o f problems, and they’re bringing those
Safety, stated that crimes took place on the campus
in 2016 and 2017.
“We had two reported hate crimes, both that
were on the Oregon City campus,” said Zerzan.
problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re
The first crime involved a student who owned
bringing crim e. T hey’re rapists. A n d som e, I
a Quran who was on the Oregon City campus in
assume, are good people.”
M ay 2016. W hile the student was carrying the
T h o u g h P re s id e n t T ru m p re fe r r e d to
Quran, an offender walked up to the victim and
u ndocum ented im m igrants, h is w o rd s w ere
knocked the Quran out o f his hands. The victim
reported as his view on the M exican people in
declined to file a police report.
general, which m ay have empowered those with
racist views.
Unlike the 2014 statistics, the FBI included an
Two of the crimes committed at CCC involved racist written messages in the
campus bathrooms.
A third, and the latest crime was also graffiti in
- “I think we need to keep track on all the bad
another bathroom in the Streeter hall building. The
things that have happened, and maybe form some
The second was discovered in Decem ber 2016
graffiti read “I will finish Hitler’s job,” according to
club or committee to put a stop to it,” said Nolasco.
and was identified by Zerzan as vandalism. The
Zerzan. This last hate crime took place in October
“[The offenders] shouldn’t express it outside,
hate crime was a message that was graffitied in
o f this school year, so offenders are still pretty
they should keep i t to them selves,” said A dan
active.
Meza, another student.
‘Anti-Hispanic or Latino’ section on their statistics
the m en’s bathroom at the Oregon City campus
table. In 2014, H ispanics w ere counted in the.
Community Center and the graffiti that was written
‘Other’ minority, and there was a reported amount
said the N-word, and in addition a swastika was
Christian Nolasco, who didn’t know hate crimes
o f 118 victims o f other races. In 2015, there was a
drawn after the message.
are an active problem on the campus.
The situation is surprising to students such as
Ian Van Orden contributed to this story.
COLLEGE LOSES TRANSPORTATION ANALYST: LUKE NORMAN
A p o s itio n is e m p ty h e re a t C la c k a m a s
B a c k in J u ly 2 0 1 5 , N o rm a n w a s a lso
as the O regon D epartm ent o f Transportation,
Com m unity C ollege, and it is a very im portant
a T ra n s p o rta tio n S y ste m C o o rd in a to r fo r
TriMet, Clackamas County and M etro in order to
“I t ’s g oing th ro u g h th e ty pical p ro c ess o f
one for students who are acquainted with CQC’s
C lack am as C o m m u n ity C o lleg e a n d w as in
im prove accessibility o f transportation services
hum an resources to replace him ,” Ginsburg said.
charge o f developing and m aking a m arketing
to C CC students. This includes things such as
strategy for th e college, in order to ensure that
carpooling and state transit.
shuttles.
A few w eeks ago, CC C lost a sta ff m em ber,
fill his position.
O nce th e p o sitio n is re v ie w e d b y hum an
resources and o th er off-campus^ associates, a
L u k e N o rm a n , w h o - w a s th e c o ll e g e ’s
students, sta ff and other faculty w ere aw are o f
N ow that N orm an is gone though, CCC m ust
transportation system s analyst.
find someone to be analyst for transportation here
position requisition w ill be m ade. F o r now the
position w ill rem ain empty, but i f there is som e
N orm an has been an analyst for CCC since
the transportation available to them from the
college, !
at the college. John G insburg, interim associate
Urgent need for transportation analyst services,
M arch 2016 and left around O ctober for a jo b
, A s the coordinator, N orm an had collaborated
dean w ho w as N orm an’s boss, said the college
the responsibilities would g o tow ards Ginsburg,
at TriM et.
w ith m an y tran sp o rta tio n c o rp o ra tio n s such
is going through a process to find som eone to
for now.
— Liam Anderson
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