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Drugging
America's
Children
PCC A n n o u n ces First
"C e le b ra tio n of the A rts "
P ortland C o m m u n ity C ollege is in v itin g the p u b lic to th e scho ol s first
annual "C e le b ra tio n o f the A rts M ay 11 ,6 at S ylva nia Cam pus. 12000
S W 49th A v e A ll events w ill be free o f charge
The ce le b ra tio n w ill reco gn ize the fin e arts represe nted in the PCC curri
culum : litu ra tu re , m usic, dra m a dance and a fu ll range o f visual a its
N um erous day and eve ning events have tieen sche du led th ro u g h o u t the
week, in c lu d in g lite rary w o rk s h o p s le ctu re s and rea dings, m usical and
dra m atic p e rfo rm a n ce s a n ti da nce and art d e m o n s tra tio n s by p ro m in e n t
regional a rtists and p e rfo rm ers, PCC stu d e n ts and fa c u lty m em b ers
by E ldridge Lew is
A m e rica 's m u lti b illio n dollar "W a r on Drugs aim ed at illegal street
dru gs is far fro m co m p reh ensive as a strateg y " I t s w a rfa re w ith o u t ade
qu ate reconnaissance, says Dr B u rn e tt Rucker a ph ysicia n w h o prac
tices in th e heart o f the Black c o m m u n ity o f Los Angeles
The w h o le cam
paign disregards th e unnecessary and fre q u e n t d ru g g in g o f childre n tfia t
legally goes on everyday W e .tie, in e ffe c t, try in g to clam p d o w n on drug
a d d ic tio n o n th e s tre e ts w h ile w e are busy m a kin g d iu g a d d ic ts in the
s c h o o ls ."
Rucker says th a t the increasing us«' of drugs in scho ols across the coun
try has n o w taken on alarm ing p ro p o rtio n s
This tre n d o f g ivin g m ore and
m ore childre n a d d ictive m ind a ffe c tin g drugs, in som e cases sim ply her ause
teachers are inept at keeping stud ents inte rested and disciplin ed, m ust t>e
b ro u g h t un d e r c o n tro l
Part o f th e p ro blem , be says, is tfia t p sych ia try has expanded it's diag no
sis o f c h ild h o o d m en ta l disorders In the last 10 years the nu m be r o f cbil
dren assessed as m e n ta lly ill has increased over ,0 tim es or 1000 percent
Yet in ve stig a tio n reveals that the reason for this is not so m uch a change 10
childre n, h u t in the m e th o d s used to diagnose p sych o lo g ica l disorders
N o w there virtu a lly iso t a single aspect of any c h ild 's no rm al behavior that
c o u ld n o t be ju d g e d .is a s y m p to m o f one o f the m any new classdii a
tio n s o f "m e n ta l illness
If a ch ild is sim ply in a tte n tiv e im p u lsii e nr high ly a ctive he 01 she could
for in sta nce tie diagnosed as sug ge ririg from A tte n tio n D e ficit Disorder
(A D D ) S om e of th e signs that teachers are advised to w a tc h for include
n o t fin ish in g th in g s d iffic u lty c o n c e n tra tin g m i s. ho o l w o rk la. k o f organi
zational a b ility ne ed ing supervision t ailing out in 1 lass .11 tin g before
th in k in g alw ays on ttie g o . I and being easily distra. ted
G e r a ld in e H P e a rs o n
Pearson Earns D o c to ra te
A t O regon S ta te
G eraldine H Pearson, a C entral P oint Rd resident and s ta ff m em ber at
P ortla nd C o m m u n ity College, has earned .1 D o cto r of P h ilo soph y degree
M any o f these s y m p to m s are th e very thin gs th a t poor tea. flin g and la. k
o f classroom c o n tro l w o u ld b o n g about Yet 1, is the te.ii hers w tio se sole
rep orts are o fte n the basis for p u ttin g p ro blem . hildre n on d r u g s
Ritalin is p ro b a b ly the m ost fre q u e n t jis y i h ia tric d iu g dispensed to
sch o o l c h ild re n to c o u n te r a tte n tio n Id in ulties S o m e researchers w arn
th a t the d ru g is da ng erou s and addir t.ve Tfie do. u tn eoted le n g th y list of
side ettei ts fro m
R ita lin in clu d e a ■ "ty insom nia depression, head
aches, fevers epileptu seizures co n vu lsio n s and m any other tea. linos
fro m th e O regon S ta te U n iversity C ollege o f E du ca tio n in the field o f opera
tio n s analysis
A g ra du ate c o m m itte e has rei om m e n d e d tfia t P earson's dissertatio n
"S tra te g ic P roblem S olvin g in th e C o m m u n ity College
A n A n a lytic
M o d e l ’ , be p u b lish e d since it o ffe rs a new p re si n p tiv e m od el for problem
so lvin g in aca de m ic and oth er settin gs, Pearson said
Pearson earned a B A and M A in English fro m the U n ive rsity o f Ore
g o n and U n ive rsity of P ortland, resp ective ly
S h i“ has been on the PCC
s ta ff fo r 16 years, w o rk in g p re sen tly on special p ro je c ts for the 1 ollege
Pearson also w as a p p o in te d re ce n tly to th e bo a rd o f trustee s o f the Pact
fic In te rn a tio n a l Livestock E xpo sitio n
tfia t p s ych ia trists usually put d o w n to fu rth e r 'm e n ta l illness
D u ring w ith d ra w a l fro m Ritalin w in . h o tte n lasts up to 1 m o n th atte i the
dosage has been red uce d or sto p p e d alt |ethet there is even a serious risk
o f suu ide
A nd < o iitiiiu in g m ental .1' • ■ (te c h l i o n the drug fie g u e n tly
e xte nd years in to the fu tu re even after tin hild has s to p jie d takin g it
M en ta l he a lth re fo rm gro up s acn
th.
...id ry ire 1 .w I ie. Jinr 1.1111 to
suggest th a t m any c h ild h o o d in e rtia all
are really just the side el
fectS o f psyi h ia tric d ru g s used in itially lo
. m il on u b e h a v io r p ro b le m s
A dd ed to the situ a tio n 1. ord m g I P u k e i
, th e la I tha t virtua lly all
the p ro blem s that d ru g s such as Rita ,0 lie used I tre it ( an n o w he hand
A w a rd & D ance T im e
Rose C ity C o n n e ctio n w ill be h o s tin g its first annual S cho la rship A w a rd
b V o lu n te e r R e co g n itio n Dance on S atu rday M ay 23, 1987 at the V isco un t
H o te l, 1441 N E 2nd The da n ce w ill be he ld fro m 8 p m to 2 a m The
co st is $5 00 ad ults, and $3 00 fo r stu d e n ts and seniors D upree Casey w ill
be th e guest D J T im e is fro m 8 p m . to 12 a.m
A t the dance, scho la rship s w ill be presented to several Black high school
seniors fro m the P ortla nd m e tro area w h o are p la n n in g to fu rth e r their edu
c a tio n after g ra d u a tin g this sp rin g V o lu n te e rs arid su p p o rte rs of Rose City
C o n n e c tio n w ill also be recognized
Rose C ity C o n n e c tio n is a v o lu n te e r o rg a n iz a tio n w h o s e p u rpo se is to
led w ith o u t the use o f d in g s at all
"The real losers as p s y c h ia try tu rn s m o re a n d m o re of its a tte n tio n to
ch ild re n , ate the yo u n g Ritalin like other a m p h e ta m in ........ h a
.p e e d )
is a very serious d ru g to use T h e n ». a ve ry real p o s s ib ility th a t at .m n e
p o in t in the fu rtu re there w ill he a ■ '. , ir ji re a liz a tio n th a t
,
• .h o u ld e v e r
have been p u t on it in th e first plat a
B ut the leal issue IS tha t < hildren sho uld not tie p u t on any dr in | 1.1 so lve
p ro blem s th .it can bn resolved t>\ im p ro v in g the • dot itm ' »I .y .iem
At
this p o in t, to co n tin u e the w idespread p s v h i, tin Jru<j«, u ij t Am* u i
raise m on ey to s u p p o rt the e d u ca tio n a l en deavors o f Black stu d e n ts in Port
land. RCC p ro d u ce s tw o m a|o r fu n d ra ise rs each year a fall fashion sho w
held each O cto b e r, and C o m m u n ity Team C hallenges an o u td o o r a th le tic
eve nt held each Jun e
ch ild re n is .in a tro city
E m a n u e l C o u rs e S h a rp e n s
S e n io rs ' D r iv in g S k ills
Th e w o rd " c o m m a n d o ' is o f S o u th A frican o rig in , used by th e Boers at
th e en d o , th e last ce n tu ry to d e s ig n a te a m o b ile bo dy of a rm e d m en
Senior citize ns w h o w a n t to boost
their c o n fid e n c e b e hind the wheel
can sharpen their d riv in g sk Ils
th ro u g h a driver re tra in in g program
at Em anuel H o spita l b Health Ceo
ter The ' 55 A live M a tu re Driving
DELI DEPARTMENT
class, de veloped by the A m eru an
A sso cia tio n o f R etired Persons
IA A R P ), tea ches d e fe n sive d rivin g
for persons 50 and older
The
cou rse is ta u g h t by older volunteers
and covers a g in g 's e ffe c ts on dn
ving and h o w to ap ply basic rules of
the road and prevent accide nts
The tw o day class co sts $7 and
w ill be held fro m S a m to 1 pan.
CHEDDAR CHEESE
ROGUE GOLD
MEDIUM or GOLD
99
POUND
LOAF
on M ay 25 and 26 S om e insurar e
co m p a n ie s w ill g ive a d is c o u n t in
the p re m iu m after th e course is
c o m p le te d A m eal d is c o u n t in the
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at 8 00 a m , S atu rday. M ay 16th.
1987
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gam es, sw im m in g , b o w lin g , m o
vies, a m id n ig h t snack, and con
tin e n ta l breakfast The event takes
place at the M erle Davies School
Center, 13000 S W F a rm in g to n Rrl
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d a to ry since space is lim ite d
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K ills N ig h t O ut is
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The In terp reter Training Program
aj P ortland C o m m u n ity College has
scheduled six o rie n ta tio n sessions
for p ro sp e ctive stud ents at Cascade
Cam pus, 705 N K illin g s w o rth
The sessions w ill sup ply in fo rm a
tio n ab ou t the p ro gra m and other
fields related to deafness, help th e
p ro sp e ctive stu d e n t decide w h e th e r
or n o t to ap ply for the sign language
in te rp re ta tio n
pro gra m ,
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co u nse lin g and answer qu estio ns
Sessions w ill tie held the evenings
o f A pril 6 and M ay 21, and bo th
days a n il evenings A u g u st 17 and
S ep tem be r 8
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o rie n ta tio n s are advised to call Chris
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5600 NE U n io n
287 5330
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