Legislative
action center
WILLIAM R. DEIZ
On January 25th a form er
state Senator from Portland told
newsmen about a coalition which
has been formed to help Social
Action Groups lobby more ef­
fectively In the legislature.
It's called the l egislative Ac­
tion Center and Is located at the
old church In southwest Port­
land.
Spokesman P h il Hitchcock—
the form er State Senator-says
the alrn of the center Is to serve
as a sort of clearing house for
legislative proposals geared to
helping the poor, the p o litica lly
powerless, and the socially con­
cerned.
The center, In conjunction
with the Oregon Council of
S T A T students at Jefferson
Churches, w ill also publish a
High School aren’t statlstlcans -
er u r n
3 ,n aeen, n eS
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T“ to r /A ’
Involved. ALERT w ill outline d i s t a n t Teacher n ro rra m tt.ai
Pieces of legislation and legls- ha.s lts own rew ar,fs £ work^ !
STAT Honors
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By W ILLIAM DEIZ
lngs the layman Is advised to be
represented by counsel. The
world of the Judiciary can seem
a hopeless maze to the unin­
form ed.
So too can the world of the
I-aw Maker. Picketing and dem­
onstrations may make an Impact
In the media and thus have some
Influence on community Bought,
but the tactics of demonstration’
when used in the legislature’
have little effect on law making’
and oftentimes produce a nega­
tive result.
What Is cle arly needed are
efforts to coax the legislative
system along, not Interfere with
It. And from this standpoint
alone the le g is la tiv e Action
f'enter makes sense. By setting
Itself up as a neutral "no sides
taken" operation (which It plans
to fio) the center, hopefully, w ill
avoid controversy while c a rry ­
ing out Its p rim a ry mission as
an Advisor.
The only real problem at this
point Is that In trying to help
2 8 Organizations with their
le g is la tiv e problems, the sm all
Center may be come too inn un­
dated by ideas to function effec­
tive ly.
W'e’ ll Just have to wait and
see.
a
ve proposals that are of con- with people. Now the STAT pro-
h. w v n '/ f ? '" 7’ " '; " '5-
a
is honoring sludents oH he
The whole Idea makes a good month for their tutorlng and
deal of sense. In legal proceed teacher aide efforts.
STAT coordinator Miss Les­
lie Morehead reports that 24
students, representing a ll four
grades at Jefferson, were hon­
ored Thursday, January 21, as
the firs t STAT students of the
P r e llm ln a r y p lan s fo r a new month.
Communications Building were
Over 400 Jefferson students
approved by the PCC Board of take part ln the program . Of
D i r e c t o r s at tlie lr regular these, about 100 go outside the
meeting Monday evening (Jan. school to tutor younger children
18) after protests that a cutback In nine elementary schools ln
in state construction funds was th e Jefferson area and three
forcing the College to •‘build Early Childhood Centers. The
lialf a building and hope fo r the remaining 300 students assist In
re st.”
o f f i c e - c l e r i c a l work o r as
Overcrowding of students Into teacher
assistants,
leading
already-lim ited student working c la s s discussions, tutoring in
stations w ill be the Inevitable g iv e n subjects and presenting
result of delay ln construction classroom demonstrations.
o f badly-neeJed Instructional
I t ’s a rewarding program, ac­
fa cilitie s, D r. Amo De Bernar- cording to Miss Morehead, with
dls, PCC president, pointed out.
the STAT students sharpening
"W e may have to go to full th e ir own s k ills in given subject
Saturday sessions in fa cilitie s areas, and helping fellow stu­
already l«ing used from seven dents to master new s k ills . And
a.m. t il ten p.m ., ” he said, ’ ’ but
the STAT students earn regular
we w ill continue to avoid res-
high school credit, as well as
tric tln g e n rollm ents."
a traditional le tte r grade, for
Discussion took place over th e ir work.
prelim inary plans for the new
E le m e n t a r y school tutors
Communications Building which earning recognition as January
w ill provide for completion of
STAT students of the month
only aliout half the structure,
were Anthony Allen, Charles
leaving unfinished much of the
Eltz, Veda Franklin, Myrna
In te rio r - the only way to stay
Bolt, IvUther Johnson, Sheryl
w i t h in
the already-budgeted McKee and Mary Savala.
construction funds.
Outstanding
o ffic e -c le ric a l
O rig in a lly designed to accom­
workers were Pattle Black,
modate aliout 1,000 students in
Joan
Blanchard, Tina Hall,
an integrated communications Juanita Homan, Linda Ia m b ’
program including graphic arts
Darlene S a v a la and Claudia
and a rt, language arts and Strickland.
speech, photography, Journal­
Teacher assistants receiving
ism, and r a d i o - t e l e v i s i o n
January laurels were Kernan
broadcasting, the structure was
Bagley, Jacque Daley, Steve
estimated to cost $1.5 m illio n .
Everldge, Nancy Hamlik, Dennis
Recent construction estimates
Johnson, Jean McCaffrey, Kathy-
reflecting
constantly
rising M ille r,
Linda Riley, Debbie
costs ran nearly $500,000 more. Swaim and D arr T indall.
Architects are McNeil, Blood-
Students In the STAT program
worth, Hawes & Peterson of
are
nominated fo r the monthly
Portland.
award from every department ln
Construction funds anticipated the school as well as from each
by PCC from the state, to lie
e le m e n t a r y school receiving
used fo r several projects, were STAT tuto rs.
o rig in a lly $3,600,000, college
officials pointed out, but only
$1,354,100 is now anticipated,
and even that amount could lie
delayed o r cut back further by
action of the Legislature now in
session.
Portland Community College
Two other P C C - p la n n e d
buildings are also affected by has enrolled 15,456 students for
the lack of construction funds: winter term , up 21 percent over
th e Perform ing A rts Building the same period last year when
and the Maintenance Technology 12,712 were enrolled.
Building.
C o lle g e o fficia ls attributed
The Communications Building the rise to a higher retention
w ill rise just east of the Health rate than last year, with a re ­
Sciences Building now under port to the College Board indi­
construction and w ill lie con­ cating the loss of students be­
nected to that liullding. It was tween fall and winter term this
o rig in a lly scheduled for com­
year was less than ten percent,
pletion ln 1972 at the same time c o n s i d e r a b l y lower than is
usual.
as the Health Sciences Building.
PCC board
protest
PCC w inter
registration
H j KTLAND/OBSERVER Jan. 28, 1971
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