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CLACKAM AS The price is right: $40 textbooks A u tum n Berend MANAGING EDITOR The price o f college textbooks h as increased o v e f io o o percen t sin ce 1977, accordin g to N B C new s. In Ju ly o f 2015, O re g o n H o u s e B ill 2871 w as p a ssed w h ic h s ta te s th a t e a c h p u b lic un iversity listed in O R S 252.002, in clu d in g co m m u n ity c o lle g e s, w o u ld n eed to m ak e a p u b lic n o te , at th e tim e o f re g is tra tio n , w h ich courses h ave lo w -co st textbooks and m aterials. E a ch sc h o o l d e te rm in e s w h a t co u n ts as a lo w -co s t co u rse, or textbook;, C lack am as C o m m u n ity C o lle g e d ecided th a t $40 w as the appropriate cu to ff. Courses in the catalog were o fficially labeled “ LCT” th is w inter term and w ill co n tin u e go in g forw ard. F in a liz in g th is p ro cess took tim e . There w as a w ork group on cam p us th a t, to ge th er, h e lp e d fig u r e o u t h o w to c o m m u n ic a te , th e lo w -c o s t co u rse s to th e s c h o o l. T h is in clu d e d th e LCT c o m m itte e , Jil F re e m a n , Ja n e L it t le fie ld , D ru U r b a s s ik , M ira n d a B u tle r, D W W o o d , S te p h e n B rouw ers an d C a ro l D eS au , K evin A n s p a ch , w ho designed th e in fo rm atio n a l m aterial, and C C C sta ff. L ittle fie ld , th e d ep artm en t ch air library, stated in an e m a il, “ A good nu m ber o f C C C faculty have already shifted to using low -cost and free textbo o ks and course m aterials for years; w e’v e ju st n o t h ad a w ay to h ig h lig h t th ose classes in our course sched u les. Now we can . A n d we are to th e stage o f edu catin g s tu d e n ts, fa cu lty and s ta ff about L o w -C o st Text m aterial, and we hope to see the num ber o f LCT courses o n ly increase as a re s u lt.” S o m e stu d e n ts are ab le to a lle v ia te th e b u rd e n o f te x tb o o k c o sts b y a p p ly in g fo r FA FSA and sch o larsh ip s. A u s tin M o d rell, w h o w o rks in A S G , said graphic contributed by Clackamas Com m unity College ah » te r ferret WW» ¡vnatit wd w W M » pftp titeas» and { tiá fS tíító te íi fp f MWOtì Editorial E d ito rs-in -C h ie f BY MERARI CALDERON RUIZ. / Asrr, W i mem M M » d arsite» print srtW ta f « h I mmw íW fe M M W k l« « , eMftifciltaft prewMtaaRia ifl riattine «ífc, teMns« e w t m s , »1 fWWSé «tefeHtefr fteM M o t te tes«» paítete üflUfotx&âf feti? 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Probably n o t .” F r e e m a n , w h o w o rk s in th e d is ta n c e le a rn in g d e p a rtm e n t, said th a t th e ir go al is to encourage fa cu lty to consider textb o o k co st m ore, and fo r stu den ts to b rin g it up. T h ere are in c lu s io n s an d e x c lu s io n s to th e lo w -c o s t cou rse m a te ria l. O n page 29 o f th e w in ter class sch ed u le, th ere is; a list available as w ell as a d isclaim er, alth o u gh it is subject to ch an ge if th e co llege receives new in fo rm a tio n . , “ It’ s a m ovem en t th a t’ s h ap p en in g across th e n a tio n ,” Freem an said. “ Stu d en t can G oogle O ER, arid Creative C o m m o n s is a reso u rce th a t h a s a lo t o f in fo rm atio n about open lo w - 4 co st m a te ria ls . S tu d e n ts o n o th er cam p u ses h ave driven th is m o v e m e n t; t h e y ’v e a s k e d fo r lower cost m aterials in cla s s e s .” N o t every* c la s s h as th e o p tio n o f lo w - c o s t ... m a t e r ia l, b u t th e c o lle g e ’ s as a n a lte r n a tiv e p la c e to b u y b o o k s . I f stu den ts still have q u estio n s, th e bookstore can h elp . chiefed@ dackam as.edu M anaging Editor Merari Calderon Ruiz chiefed@ clackam as.edu “It’s a movement that’s happening across the nation... Students on other campuses have driven this movement; they’ve asked for lower cost materials in classes.” - Jil Freeman I g g o a l, fo r n o w , i s to increase awareness on cam p us a n d to c r e a t e an in c e n tiv é fo r s t u d e n t s to s p e a k to t h e ir in stru cto rs. Som e stu d e n ts g o to th e L e n d in g Library or A m azo n - The course catalog features a LCT marking next to the classes that have low-cost textbooks. R M >5§.<E.â H ON THE COVER: C o d y Anderson pitching against Spokane Falls on March 3. Cover design by Sam Weston. Copy Editor Doug Fry Associate Copy Editor Victoria Durling copyed@ ciackam as.edu N ew s & O pin ion Editor la n V a n O rd e n riew sed@ clackam as.edu A rts & C ulture Editor Luis Correa aced@clackam as.edu Sports Editor Jacob Thom pson sportsed@ clackam as.edu Pho to Editor Sam W eston photoed@ clackam as.edu Design & W eb Editor A lexis W agar w ebeditor@ clackam as.edu M ultim edia Editor Sum m er Barraza photoed@ clackam as.edu Ad M anager Liam Anderson adm gr@ ciackam as.edu Contributors W illiam Farris Jared Preble Jeanette W rig h t Jonathan Sanchez Michael Daniel Je ffre y D’Au vergn e Adviser Crystal Kang crystal.kang@ clackam as.edu The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased and professional manner. Content published in The Print is not screened or subject to censorship. The Clackamas Print is free, but please take only one copy. 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