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Minority Scholarships Available Portland Community College
Foundation Elects New Leaders
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T w o m in o rity stu d e n t s c h o la r­
sh ip s are a v a ila b le th ro u g h the O r­
eg o n S tate U n iv ersity F ou n d atio n .
D eadline for the M in o rity B u si­
ness S tu d en t A sso c iatio n S c h o la r­
sh ip is M ay 14 and the d ea d lin e
for the P ro cter and G am b le E th ­
nic-R acial M inority S tudent S chol­
a rsh ip is M ay 15. F or in fo rm atio n
o r a p p lica tio n s c o n ta c t E lona B ell
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tu n itie s , a c a d e m ic «linnnrt.
su p p o rt, diti
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are e sta b lish e d to h o n o r u n d er­
graduate students w ho d em onstrate
strong capabilities in academ ics and
leadership at O SU , as w ell as an
interest in en terin g a b u sin e ss-re­
lated ca reer after rec eiv in g a b ac­
calau reate degree. T h e M inority
B u s in e s s S tu d e n t A s s o c ia tio n
serves as a su p p o rt gro u p for m i­
norities in the C o lleg e o f B usiness.
The group w orks to give m in o rities
“ a netw o rk for em p lo y m en t oppor-
build job finding skills.
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headed the exchange. “The goal is to
develop collegial relationships and the
technological capability to support the
long-term, reliable exchange o f exper­
tise and ideas.” Noonan, special assis­
tant to the dean for international law
programs at Lewis & C lark la w School,
and Justice Anita Usacka, o f the Consti­
tutional court for the Republ ic ofLatvia,
submitted the grant proposal. "Com pe­
tition forthe grant was stiff. Theagency
only awarded two grants forthe Central
and Eastern European region," Noonan
says. “The exchange program responds
to a growing need for legal services in
the international arena. “The exchange
program responds to a growing need for
legal services in the international arena.
Its focus on business adds an interna­
tional dimension to the law school s
business law program,” she adds.
Noonan and Amy Bushaw, associ­
ate o f law, traveled to Latvia last Sep­
tember to arrange the exchange pro­
gram. Bushaw returned to Riga in
March to work with Kalvis Torgans,
professor o f law at the University o f
Latvia, to develop a joint course in
international commercial transactions.
Torgans and Usacka will visit the law
school in A ugust and Septem ber.
Torgans will continue his collabora­
tive work with Bushaw. Usacka will
conduct research in legal and judicial
ethics and present lectures on human
rights, comparative constitutional law
and European courts. Support from
the U.S Agency for International D e­
velopment, the George Soros Founda-
tion and Lewis & Clark Law School,
makes it possible for students to par-
ticipateintheprogram. EdgarsDzenns,
a recent graduate o f the University o f
Latvia, is spending spring semester at
Lewis & Clark Law School, where he
is taking courses in street law and legal
research, working at the legal clinic,
and traveling with the m oot court team
to competitions. U pon his return to
Latvia later this month, Dzerins will
receive a two-year stipend from the
Soros Foundation to work with the
Latvia legal com munity to develop a
legal clinic. He will also collaborate
with Lewis & Clark Law School on an
Medical Marijuana
Cards In Demand
SA LEM , O R EG O N — O reg o n ’s
H ealth Division reports that hundreds
o f O regon patients are applying for
registration cards to sm oke pot. The
cards cost 150 dollars a year and are
being used to help cover the cost o f
Shedding
Light on
Grade
Retention
io ta I University.
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program at Portland L State
Savage and her family live in Gresham.
Chappell is a civil and structural
engineer who runs a consulting busi­
ness in project management and engi­
neering. He is a graduate o f the Oregon
Institute o f Technology, where he re­
ceived a bachelor o f science degree.
Chappell worked for 18 years with
Pacific Power and Light, and. until last
year, worked as the senior project en­
gineer at Pacific Generation Company.
He is also the pastor o f the Rhema
Christian Center and the vice president
o f the Ft. Vancouver High School Band
Booster Club. Chappell and his family
live in Vancouver, Wash.
Clifford Chappell
PCC Foundation Vico President
Edgars Dzerins, a recent graduate of
the University of Latvia, Is spending
spring semester at Lewis & Clark
Law School.
ongoingstreet-lawprogram. “Democ­
racy is not a spectator sport," says
D zerins, w ho fought the L atvian
government’s illegal practice o f tow­
ing cars as a means to generate rev­
enue. “People in Latvia aren’t always
aware o f the law. A legal clinic helps
a lot o f people. W hen you know your
rights, it becomes more difficult for
people to breach them.” Steve Johnson,
director o f the legal writing program,
and Sandra Hansberger. clinical pro­
fessor at the legal clinic, will travel to
Riga this month to help Dzerins imple­
ment the street-law program and legal
clinic. Ed Brunet, Henry J. Casey
Professor ofLaw , will also fly to Riga
to introduce Latv ian law students to the
concepts o f mediation, arbitration and
conflict resolution. In the future years,
Steve Ranter, professor o f law, and
Jim Huffman, dean o f the law school,
will also visit Latvia. The law school
was founded in 1885 and has been
affiliated with Lewis & Clark College
since 1965. Lewis & Clark College,
founded in 1867, is a highly selective
college o f liberal arts and sciences.
The largest independent college in Or­
egon, Lewis & Clark College is ranked
among the top 10 undergraduate col­
leges in the nation for its international
education program and second in the
nation for its environmental and natu­
ral resources law program.
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S U P P O R T IN G D IV E R S IT Y & C O O P E R A T IO N
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Tobacco Awareness March
What: Tobacco Awareness March
When: May 22,1999, 10 AM-Noon
Where: Starting on Albina St. at
Peninsula Park to Portland Blvd.,
running O regon’s new m edical m ari­
juana program . W ith a doctor s cer­
tification, patients can grow their own
m arijuana at hom e to ease the pain o f
debilitating diseases o r to curb the
nausea caused by chem otherapy.
a
m eeting earlier this spring.
Savage is the regional director o f
diagnostic imaging within the Provi­
dence Health System, where she over­
sees 17 departments. She is a graduate
ofPC C ’s Radiologic Technology pro­
gram and Concordia College, where
she received a bachelor o f science
degree Savage also com pleted the
m aster’s o f business adm inistration
Lewis & Clark Law School
Begins Exchange with Latvia
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PORTLAND, Ore.- Faculty and law
students o f Lewis & Clark Law School
are exchanging legal expertise with their
counterparts at the University ofLatvia
School ofLaw in Riga, Latvia, thanks to
a three-year, $ 120,000 grant from the
Bureau o f Educational and Cultural
AffairsoftheUmtedStates Information
Agency (USIA). “The grant promotes
democratic institution building andcivic
education,” saysPatNoonan, who spear­
.
The PCC fund-raising and schol­
arship entity, PCC Foundation, has
tw o new people at the helm - Mary
Savage and C lifford Chappell Sav­
age becam e the foundation s presi­
dent and Chappell the g ro u p 's vice
president at the foundation board
T he O SU F oundation is a non­
p ro fit co rp o ratio n that provides a
charitable agency separate from , but
w orking in clo se coordination w ith,
the university. T he foundation re­
ceiv es gifts o f cash, securities, real
and personal p roperty, and deferred
gifts such as b equests, life in su r­
ance, and life incom e agreem ents,
to support the university’ ’ program s.
Child Care Bill
Tied To Violence
Prevention
Senator Frank Shields, D-Portland,
introduced a package o f early c h ild -,
hood legislation, w hich incorporates '
the recent brain research findings into
public policy. SB 870, w hich requires
the D epartm ent o f Education to de­
velop and im plem ent child care train­
ing based on the brain research, has
been am ended to incorporate training
on violence prevention. “W e know
now that what happens in the earliest
moments o f a child’s life truly has a
life-long impact.” SB 870, originally
co-sponsored by Senator Shields and
Senator A vel G ordly, D -Portland,
passed out o f the Senate Education
Lawmakers Want
Schools Teaching
Gun-Safety
Retail commercial spaces, artist co-ops, live/work spaces
available through leasing agent
to MLK Blvd., to Killingsworth
ending back at the park.
Why: To foster more awareness
of tobacco and its affects on
people, especially young people.
Slogan: ASK ME WHY I DON T
SMOKE.
Let's be positive role models for
the future on our youth!
prom otion.
N atio n ally
know n
W hen it’s the end o f a school year,
Com mittee
researcher Linda D arling-H am m ond
and a child h asn ’t grasped the
says “the premise o f grade retention
required academ ic work, a w rench­
as a solution for poor perform ance is
ing decision may arise: H old the
that the problem , it there is one,
child back to repeat the same grade,
resides in the child rather than in the
or promote the child for social bene­
schooling he or she has encoun­
fits? If you're a parent or guardian
tered.” She underscores a report that
fearing that decision, recent research
SA L E M , O R E G O N — Public
says teacher expertise is the m ost
may shed some light on w hat path to
im portant determ inant o f student
schools
in O regon could take on the
take. This is a decision that m ust be
perform ance. With recent research,
task o f teaching children about gun-
made very carefully, w ith a great
many educators now believe that
safety. O r rather— the task could be
deal of thought, w ith as m uch infor­
retention hurts more than it helps.
mation as you can find, and with the
forced on them. The O regon Senate
For exam ple, the booklet cites
best interests o f the child at the heart
has unanim ously approved a bill to
various researchers:
o f the decision.
include gun- safety in elem entary
• Pupils who are prom oted rather
Northwest Regional Educational
schools. State Senator PeterC ourtney
than retained tend to learn more the
Laboratory authors Jennifer Fagcr
says it's a public safety issue because
next year than pupils o f like ability
and Rae Richen take a look at the
guns are in alm ost h a lf the hom es in
w ho are not prom oted
recent research in a new booklet
O regon. T he bill now goes to the
•
Retention
does
not
increase
learn­
called
W hen
S tudents
D o n 't
ing
readiness
for
m
ost
pupils
S tate’s H ouse o f R epresentatives.
Succeed: Shedding Light on G rade
• G ains made during the repeated
Retention. T he booklet says that
second year fade over time
“holding back" a child (now called
• T he m ore tim es a stu d en t is
“retention” ) was a com m on feature
retained, the stronger the chances
of A m erican public schools in the
early 1900s. At that tim e, about 20 are of that child eventually dropping
SA LEM , O R E G O N — Tests to
out o f school altogether
percent of the kids were held back.
The
decision
to
prom
ote
or
to
detect
breast cancer w ill continue to
Social prom o tio n —«prom oting a
retain a child m ust focus on the ben­
be
part
o f insurance p olicies for
child even though m inim um aca­
efits for the child w ho needs to
w om en in O regon under a m easure
demic com petencies haven’t been
acquire skills to m ove along in
approved by the O regon Senate. Port­
met— becam e prevalent w hen psy­
school and to graduate eventually. If
chologists and educators saw that
land state Senator K ate Brow n says
properly planned and carried out.
retention produced negative social
the legislation requires insurance
retention may be an answ er for
and psychological effects for the
com panies to continue covering the
some. Prevention, not retention, is
child. Now. with the higher-academ ­
cost o f m am m ogram s and gyneco­
the best answ er o f all. This booklet,
ic-standards movem ent, social pro­
logical exam s for another six years.
prepared prim arily for school dis­
m otion and grade retention are
tricts, is chock full o f inform ation
under scrutiny. Some schools strive
that parents and others may find
to avoid the need for either.
helpful. The free booklet is available
Today, alm ost everyone agrees
by w riting to N ew spaper Colum n,
that academ ic standards should be
Public Information Office. Northwest
high. Some schools are putting in
N E A R M A N Z A N IT A , O R ­
Regional E ducational Laboratory,
place tough prom otion policies.
EG ON — A large turnout is ex ­
101 S.W . M ain. P ortland. O R
Many teachers and much o f the pub­
pected in O sw ald W est State Park
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south o f C annon Beach today for a
This column by Karen Blaha is
fits to retention— the child matures,
m em orial service in honor o f a m ur­
provided as a public service by the
catches up, builds skills. But take
Northwest Regional Educational
dered state park ranger. Fifty-tw o-
care. Repeating the sam e grade with
Laboratory, a nonprofit institution
y ear-o ld D anny B lu m en th al w as
the same curriculum w ith the same
working
with
schools
and
communi­
m urdered and his partner w ounded a
presentation may ultim ately achieve
ties
in
Alaska,
Idaho,
Montana,
w eek ago yesterday Police have a
the sam e disap p o in tm en t. T h at's
Oregon, and Washington.
hardly a sm art alternative to social
suspect in custody.
L E A S IN G
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IN T E R S T A T E MAX OPEN HOUSES
The Northeast Coalition o f Neighborhoods and
the North Portland Neighborhood Office, along with T ri M et,
the C ity o f Portland and M etro, invite you to learn about
the proposed Interstate M A X light rail line.
Monday, May 3
4-8 pm
Emanuel Hospital-Lorenren Ctr.
2801 N Gantenbein. Portland
(bus lines: 4-Fessenden, 33-Fremont
or 40-Mocks Crest)
Sponsored by the Urban League
Thursday, May 6
4-8 pm
Kaiser Town Hall
3704 N Interstate Ave., Portland
(bus line: 5-lnterstate)
Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente
Wednesday, May 12
4-8 pm
Kaiser Town Hall
3704 N Interstate Ave., Portland
Women’s Health
Exams Covered
(bus line: 5-lnterstate)
Sponsored by Coalition for
a Livable Future
You can also comment on the
Supplemental Draft Environmental
Impact Statement that describes the
benefits, costs and impacts of the
Interstate MAX line.
For information call:
(503) 9 62-2499
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