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March 21, 2001 Page A3 <Ihe glorila nò (ßbseruer iHealth/Education Comforts Added to Home Serving Sick Children PCC Announces Free, Flexible School Opportunities for N on-N ative Youth Portland Community College’s Multicultural Academic Program has opportunities fornon-nativestudents who wants to learn or improve their English skills work toward a high school diploma or GED at PCC. The Map program is holding ori entations for students during March, with classes starting on April 2. Stu dents need to be between the ages of 16 and 20, have some reading ability in English, not currently attending high, and live within the boundaries o f P o rtla n d , D avid D o uglas, B eav erto n , T ig a rd -T u a latin , Newberg, Hillsboro, and Forest Grove school districts. Classes are held at various times, Comforts Added to Home Serving Sick ChildrenVolunteer artists from the Northwest Society o f Interior Designers used decorative painting techniques to achieve the appearance o f a cozy log cabin in the Oregon woods in this new Southwest Airlines lounge at the Ronald McDonald House at Legacy Emanuel Hospital The 14-room McDonald's guesthouse serves out-of-town families whose children are receiving medical care. (P hoto by D ick P owers ) are free ofCharge, and are held at the following locations: in Portland at the Southeast Center, 2850 SE 82nd; the Portland M etropolitan workforce Training Center at 5600 NE 42nd Ave’ and in Beaverton at the Capital Cen ter, 18624 NW Walker RD. Linda Huddle, director o f PCC’s alternative high school programs, said the MAP program at PCC fo cuses on “second-language learners who have either never enrolled in public school, or have enrolled but have not been successful in the tra ditional school environment.” The factors that prevent their suc cess are usually threefold, Huddle said.” Most o f our ESL (English as a Small classes Airport Group to Hear Noise Concerns The Airport Issues Roundtable is sponsoring a public discussion on the impacts o f noise on human health, Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in the second floor auditorium o f the Port land Building located at 1120 S.W. 5th Ave. The citizen advisory committee was created last year by City Com missioner Dan Saltzman to keep the city informed about air traffic issues, including noise. The upcoming session will feature Dr. Darien S. Fenn, a clinical psy chologist from the Oregon Health Sciences University. “In addition to his work at OHSU, Dr. Fenn is serving as an advisory to the Noise Control Task Force” said Commissioner Dan Saltzman. “Our economy is booming and, as anyone who lives near our increas ingly crowded freeways and busy airports can tell you, the booming is often accompanied by roars, clangs, second Language) students have to work to help support their families or them selves and the high school hour’s conflict with their work sched ule. Or, they can expedience cultural isolation in the traditional high school setting. Another factor is the age range The students are often older, 18 to 20, so they don’t fit in.” At PCC. the program is set up for students so they can either go to school from9a.m. to 1 p.m. from 1 to 4 or from 6 to 9 p.m. Huddle also said that three college has set up multi-level classes so students can be placed in class that is consistent with their ability inter ested students may contact PC C ’s Alternative Programs at 503-788-6141. Ik sirens and any other number o f noisy intrusions into the hum o f daily life. Besides disturbing our sleep, noise can interfere with reading, speech and other activities, to say nothing o f our need for peace and quiet. “The real question is how does all this impact our physical health and psy chological well being,” said Dr. Fenn. Dr. Fenn will also talk about changes that would lead to noise control improvements. Real-world instructors Easy transfer Low cost If you think these add up T ‘ to a great education, you’ve already WSU Researcher Establishes Link Between Sleep, Health passed your first test. C la s s e s s t a r t t h e w e e k o f A p ril 2 C a ll 5 0 3 -6 1 4 -7 2 7 0 . James Krueger to Speak at National Conference 1 PULLMAN, Wash. — Your mother was right; a good night’s sleep will keep you healthy. James Krueger, a W ashington State University scientist who studies sleep, says adequate slumber ap pears to be a key factor in our ability to fight illness. In recent studies, K rueger found that deep sleep, taken within a short period after infection, helped animal research subjects fight o ff illness and recover. Sub jects with similar infections that did not get adequate sleep had more serious symptoms and did not recover. The non-sleeping subjects were mice with a genetic mutation that inhibits their ability to regulate sleep. “This is an area that is largely understudied,” says Krueger. “There are many unknowns, and the National Institutes o f Health are taking a keen interest in ex panding research into the rela tionship between sleep and pa thology.” Krueger will discuss his re- A w w w .p c c .e d u Portland Community College College That Tits Tour Lite search results during a confer ence at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. The con ference, titled “Science o f Mind- Body Interactions: An Explora tion o f Integrative Mechanisms,” will be held March 26-28 and videocast live on the Internet at http://videocast.nih.gov. It will include presentations by other distinguished scientists from around the United States. The MacArthur Network on Mind- Body Interactions sponsors the conference. Minority Students Top Oregon Drop Out List re g o n ’s annual high A m ericans and N ative A m eri school d ropout rate cans is disheartening, p a rticu m ay have declined larly com ing the sam e week slig h tly again th is year, as a but report show ing the fail m any m inority students c o n ure o f O regon schools to re tin u e to leave school at a high cruit m ore teachers o f c o lo r in ra te . the past decade. T he d ro p o u t ra te for the A ccording to com puter e s 1999-2000 school year was 6.3 tim a te s, 18 p e rc e n t o f 9th percen t, com pared w ith 6.6 g ra d e rs in th e 1 9 9 9 -2 0 0 0 percent the y ear before and school year are expected to 6.9 p ercen t in 1997-98. drop out som etim e in their high school career. T h irteen percent o f O regon L atino high schools students The figure was 22 percent quit school last year, and 11 in 1998-99. p e rc e n t o f b la c k s tu d e n ts The report only includes stu dropped out. dent who quit during the school N early 10 percent o f A m eri y ear. can Indians dropped out last S ta te law r e q u ir e s th a t year. schools try to learn the rea B o a rd C h a irm a n D o n n ie s o n s w h y s tu d e n ts le a v e . G riffin said the dropout trend A m ong the top reasons stu a m o n g L a tin o s , A f r ic a n dents cited for quitting school O w as th at th ey w ere too far behind in cred its to graduate, la c k o f p a re n t s u p p o rt at hom e, dysfunctional home life, not fitting in at school and preg nancy. 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