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New Prices
Effective
May 1,2011
Martin
Cleaning
Service
Carpet & Upholstery
Cleaning
Residential &
Commercial Services
Minimum Service CHG
$45.00
A small distance/travel charge
may be applied
CARPET CLEANING
2 Cleaning Areas or
more $30.00 Each Area
Pre-Spray Traffic Areas
(Includes: ! sm all H allway)
I Cleaning Area (only)
$40.00
Surging Enrollment at PCC
continued
from Front
The enrollment figures reflect
the num ber o f students taking
classes for that specific term. These
numbers cannot be added to other
term s’totals to get an overall enroll­
ment number, as many students who
are enrolled throughout the year
would be counted more than once.
FTE is the total number of full- and
part-time students added up to cal­
culate one fxill-time student.
Even though the am ount o f
money PCC receives from the state
is based on FTE, the growth in credit
students has been across all o f the
state’s 17 community colleges and
zeroes out any funding increases.
So, FTE growth doesn’t necessarily
mean the college will receive addi­
tional money.
By campus, here is how spring
term enrollment has shaken out:
Rock Creek Campus, 17705N.W.
Springville Rd.
This cam pus in W ashington
County, known for diesel service
With surging enrollment, the Portland Community College Cas­
cade Campus Business Office needed staff to direct students on
the first day of spring term.
repair, welding, landscape technol­
ogy and biology programs, experi­
enced the biggest growth. Credit
students increased by 23.7 percent
and total headcount by 22.4 per­
cent. Since 2008 spring term. Rock
Creek credit enrollment has grown
by 49.7 percent.
C ascad e C am p u s, 705 N.
KillingsworthSt.
The campus, in inner Northeast
Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area
(Hallway' Extra)
Dixion ’s Rib Pit
Stairs (12-16 stairs - With
Other Services): $25.00
between 19th & 20th on Alberta Street
Area/Oriental Rugs.
$25.00 Minimum
Area/Oriental Rugs (Wool):
$40.00 Minimum
Heavily Soiled Area:
Additional $10.00 each area
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Tueday thru Saturday
Sunday after 3:00 p.m.
D inners $9.50
Sandw iches $8.50
(Requiring Extensive Pre-Spraying)
And Soul Food
UPHOLSTERY
CLEANING
Sofa: $69.00
Loveseat: $49.00
Sectional: $109 - $139
Chair or Recliner:
$25 - $49
Throw Pillows (With
Other Services): $ 5.00
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Portland, is home to the trades and
industry, education, first responder,
fire science and business adminis­
tration programs. It swelled by 22.1
percent in FTE and 18.8 percent in
overall headcount. Compare that to
enrollment during spring term in 2008
and the campus has sustained a 52.2
percent FTE surge.
Southeast Center, 2305 S.E. 82nd
and Division
The campus, which allows stu­
dents to complete many o f the
courses toward a college transfer
degree, saw its core enrollment in­
crease by almost 33 percent. The
Southeast Center also offers Avia­
tion Science courses. Adult Basic
Education courses to help students
prepare for theGED, and English for
S peakers o f O ther L anguages
classes in addition to its core credit
classes.
Sylvania Campus, 12000 S.W.
49th Ave.
The southwest Portland campus
the largest in PCC’s 1,500-square-
mile district and housing such pro­
grams as machine manufacturing
technology, early childhood edu­
cation, sign language interpretation
and automotive technology experi­
enced a 15.4 percent increase in
student enrollment and 15.8 percent
growth in FTE. In the two years
since spring term o f2008, Sylvania’s
core credit enrollment has grown by
31 percent the least o f the major
campuses in that two-year span.
Legalize Pot?
c o n t i n u e d f r o m Front
revealed that over 8 percent o f Or­
egonians ages 12 and up reported
using marijuana in the last month.
"People are realizing that every­
day we are hemorrhaging money to
the black market," said Martinez.
Martinez said that the signature
gathering campaign is going well,
and will use both volunteers and
paid signature gatherers working
for Democracy Resources, a pro­
gressive political campaign manage­
ment firm.
However, Vikram Amar, a profes­
sor o f law at the University o f Cali­
fornia at Davis, questions if initia­
tives like the one in Oregon and a
similar ballot measure in California
will matter, considering that mari­
juana remains illegal under federal
law.
"It will have little practical effect
until the federal government decides
not to prosecute people," he said o f
the initiatives.
In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court
ruled that medical marijuana users
can still be prosecuted under fed­
eral law, even if their state permits
medicinal use o f the drug.
The Bush administration used
the ruling to raid dispensaries in
California, but the Obama adminis­
tration announced last year that it
would mellow on going after medi­
cal marijuana users.
Amar said that a network o f can­
nabis stores with records o f finan­
cial transactions and tax receipts
would be sitting ducks for a federal
government that chose to crack
down on pot smokers.
"A nyone w ith h a lf a brain
wouldn't be involved in it," he said,
citing the hefty prison sentences
that come with trafficking marijuana
under federal law.
If a number o f states enacted
similar measures, it might make the
feds think twice, said Amar, but the
only way for to ensure the success
o f these ballot measures to truly
succeed is for a change in federal
law. However, he noted that this is
unlikely, citing how hard it is to get
60 votes to move legislation in the
U.S. Senate, and that a recent CBS
poll showed that 55 percent o f
Americans oppose legalization.
Mark Meno, communications
director o f the Marijuana Policy
Project, still remains optimistic, ar­
guing that the fact that the Obama
administration has laid off prosecut­
ing people for medical marijuana is
a good sign.
"It's a question if that same logic
would apply to another marijuana
measure," he said. Meno also m en­
tioned that most law enforcement
decisions are made at the local level.
He also pointed out that the Obama
adm inistration cited scarce re­
sources at the federal level in deci­
sion to lay o ff medical marijuana,
and hopes that will be a factor if the
initiative pass.
Martinez is also optimistic; point­
ing out that the language o f the
initiative requires the Oregon attor­
ney general to go to mat to defend
it from any federal blowback.
"Prohibition is the problem," she
said.