May 14, 2014
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CLACKAMAS
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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display at Clackamas Community College.
Student Art Show
day,M ay 15 at 1:30p.m. at Alexander Gallery in the
Niemeyer Center on the school’s Oregon City
campus.
Showcasing the finest work by students who
have taken art courses at the college over the last
year, the exhibition which runs through June 6 will
include a variety of disciplines including painting,
drawing, sculpture, photography, ceramics, jew
elry , print making, design and digital media.
The gallery is open Monday through Friday
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Exhibitions are open to the
public and there is no cost to attend.
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the first in my family to attend col-
lege, I’m well aware of the financial
challenges but also of the tremen-
dous pay-offs of higher education,
Making college affordable is essen-
tial to creating a stronger middle
class. We cannot let college be-
come a luxury. We cannot let fear of
debt hold back our kids from pursu-
ing their dreams.
T h e le g is la tio n b u ild s on
M erkley s past efforts to prom ote
college affordability and to reduce
student debt. The law m aker is the
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to careers.
Addressing the Student Debt Crisis
Oregon s Senator Jeff Merkley
teamed up with Senator Elizabeth
Warren last week to introduce leg-
tslation which would allow students
paying high inter-
est rates on stu-
dent loans to reft-
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deb t has nearly
tripled since 2004,
with the overall student debt held
by A m ericans topping $1 trillion
and the average Oregon graduate
with loans facing more than $24,000
in debt upon graduation,
The Bank on Students Emer-
gency Loans R efinancing Act
would perm it eligible student bor-
rowers to refinance their loans
this year at a rate of 3.86 percent,
a rate approved by both Republi-
cans and D em ocrats last sum m er
under the Bipartisan Student Loan
C ertainty Act
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