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Table
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Kelley-Siel
(from left). Sen.
Ave! Gordly and Jackie
Strong enjoy conversation
after a hearty Thanksgiving
dinner at the Cascadia Northeast
Mental Health Center.
of Giving
photo hv T ony
W ashington /T he P orti ani » O bserver
A surprise snowfall coats a life-size ice sculpture o f Cinderella hours
before last Wednesday's opening o f Disney's Princess Classics at
Memorial Coliseum. Acclaimed ice carver Christopher Huessy created the
royal display.
The Cascadia Northeast Mental Health
Center became a Table of Giving last week
as supporters of the non-profit provider of
services for the severely mentally ill of
north and northeast Portland gathered for
a Thanksgiving dinner for 200 people.
Staff and volunteers donated most of
the food to cover the feast.
The center is still looking for donations
for a holiday gift giveaway.
To volunteer or for more information,
call 503-283-3753.
Cable TV Rates Rise Again
(A P)— Portland cable TV
viewers will see rates go up
next year by an average of
5.3 percent.
Comcast, with 550,000cus-
tomers in Oregon and south­
west W ashington, said the
increase is needed to pro­
vide reliable service and op­
tions such as high-definition
television. Last January, its
rates rose by an average of
8.5 percent.
Regulators and consumer
advocates question the need
for steep increases, noting that
the
P h ila d e lp h ia -b a s e d
Comcast does not have a cable
competitor in Portland.
"We do get very concerned
when we get this kind of
frequent, large increase, par­
ticularly when it’s so much
greater than the cost of liv­
ing,” said Sarah H ackett of
the M etropolitan Area Com ­
munications Commission.
T he m onthly price for
C o m cast’s standard cable
package, which offers b e ­
tw een 68 and 71 channels
and is its most popular, will
increase 6.4 percent from
$39.04 to $41.55. Com cast
also will increase the prices
of many higher-priced cable
services. Some add-on chan­
nels also will cost more.
C om cast said it has in­
vested more than $85 million
this year to improve, expand
and m aintain its cable net­
work in the region, so it
needs to increase rates to
recover costs.
H O STED BY:
City of Portland
Bureau of Purchases
The former offices for West Coast Bank, a brand new office complex in downtown Vancouver, will
become the new home o f the University o f Phoenix, a college specializing in adult education.
University of Phoenix Expands
School for adults
noted for flexible
degree programs
The University o f Phoenix, a
multi-state college specializing in
adult education with campuses in
Beaverton and Tigard, is expand­
ing locally with approval from the
state of Washington toofferclasses
in Vancouver.
The college will soon occupy
the West Coast Bank Building on
East Broadway, in the heart of down­
town. Students are currently en­
rolled in classes at a temporary site
at the Red Lion at the Quay in
Vancouver.
T he d e c isio n to o p en a
Vancouver campus has been in the
works since shortly after the doors
opened for a University of Phoenix
in Oregon in 1997, according to
college enrollment director Flint
Holland.
“For years we have been fielding
inquiries from students wondering
whether there would be a campus in
the Vancouver area,” said Holland.
“Now when new students ask, we
can finally say, yes.”
Faculty members will be part of
the local community as well as the
Portland Metro area.
“Many of our existing faculty
already live or work in Vancouver,"
said David Tucker, director of aca­
demic affairs. “Our hope is that
having a local campus will attract
even more professionals who re­
side in Vancou ver and the surround­
ing area."
The university began offering a
bachelor o f science degree in busi­
ness management and a m aster's
degree in business administration
last month, with more programs to
be added in 2004.
The teaching, called FlexN et,
is geared to meet the needs of
w orking adults who are better
served by flexible class tim es to
meet dem anding work and travel
schedules. Students attend the
first and last night o f class in a
traditional classroom and then
com plete the intervening w eeks
in an online environm ent.
"The FlexNet experience works
because students have the best
o f both w orlds,” said Mary Jones,
the univ ersity ’s FlexN et co o rd i­
nator “On one hand they get the
face-to-face time with their fellow
students, and a personal relatio n ­
ship with the faculty, and then
they also have the flexibility of
’going to class' when it is co n v e­
nient for them, from their hom e or
on the road."
In m any w ays, Jo n es said ,
FlexNet mimics the way businesses
operate these days with an increas­
ing emphasis on electronic com m u­
nications.
The University o f Phoenix is
accredited by the Commission on
Institutions of Higher Education of
the North Central Association of
Colleges and Schools.
For program information call the
school’s admissions office at 360-
693-2525 or 503-670-0590 or visit
the school W eb site at h ttp ://
phoenix.edu
Victory for Black Studies at PSU
A more than 30-year-iong battle
to bring a black studies major to
Portland State University has ended
in victory.
Support for a black studies un­
dergraduate degree began in the
civil rights era o f the late 1960s,
but gained little support through
the decades. O f the n atio n 's 27
h ig h e s t-ra n k in g u n iv e rs itie s .
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only six offer the degrees special­ at PSU drew little controversy. The
izing in the history and culture of university asked for no money to
Africans and African Americans. add the major and no one opposed
S tudents m ajoring in black at a public comment forum.
studies at other universities have
A black studies minor was added
laid the groundw ork for graduate to PSU in the 1980s and students
studies in the subject, interna­ recently collected signatures to
tional relations, social work and show support and help persuade
administrators that a major was
teaching.
This time around, black studies desired at the school.
Business and networking
opportunities for architecture and
engineering firms.
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and Recreation
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