2013
SPRING TERM
WEEK 02
Chemeketa Community College
April 10
Only you can prevent your own ignorance By Travis Loose On Feb. 27, Chemeketa’s Board of Education voted unanimously in favor of a $6 per credit hour tuition increase to begin at the start of the summer term. The board acted on the advice of the college’s administrative team, which made its recommendation because of growing statewide pressures to achieve Oregon’s 40/40/20 goal. But according to JoAnne Beilke, the board chairman, that isn’t quite the whole story. “My personal opinion [is that] we’ll never reach 40/40/20. It’s just way too up there,” Beilke said in early April. “I don’t see it happening without a great influx of investments into education. Oregon and the nation, over the last 20 years, have disinvested.” Beilke, 71, has served on the board for the past 18 years and has been its chairman three different times. She has a background in real estate and as a business owner. Unfortunately, she said, “Most students, and most people, do not understand education financing. … We have a $300 million budget, and we only get 25 percent of it from the state of Oregon; the rest comes in the form of grants, etc. You really have to understand the pie to see where the
money comes from.” But Beilke also considers where it’s going. Because the state budget was decreased by $100 million over the past few years, more than pressures from the 40/40/20 goal - pressures to pay salaries and medical insurance gaps, as well as providing educational programs and keeping the lights on have taken a higher financial priority, Beilke said. The programs and salaries and monthly bills are all related to the looming 40/40/20 goals, which state that by the year 2025, 40 percent of adult Oregonians will have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher, 40 percent will have earned an associate’s degree or post-secondary credential, and 20 percent or fewer adults will have earned a high school diploma or GED. In simple terms, to achieve the state’s goals, Chemeketa must increase its graduation rates. To do that, the college must invest in educational programs that are run by motivated staff and faculty members who are adequately compensated. For staff and faculty members to work efficiently, the lights must remain on. This is where student dollars come in.
Chairman of the Board of Education, JoAnne Beilke Before the board voted to increase tuition rates, the Associated Students of Chemeketa, the college’s student government arm, surveyed 218 students at the Salem campus during the winter term. The questions: How would you feel about a tuition increase? And if tuition is raised, where do you want the money to go? James Cutz, the president for the Associated Students of Chemeketa, said, “It was really interesting to
see how students reacted to the tuition increase - how many students responded to the survey, the kind of responses we got from the survey, and what students are willing to do about” the college’s financial situation. But Cut z a lso ex pressed frustration. “A lot of students weren’t even willing to fill out the survey. Some students didn’t even put whether they supported it or not. Some people wrote the most ridiculous things on
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that survey. “This is the smallest way that students can contribute - to fill out a piece of paper and have their voice be heard,” he said. Cutz said that student government members tried to obtain as many responses as they could to accurately convey how Chemeketa students felt about the tuition increase proposal. “But students are still not rising to the challenge,” he said.
Continued on page 2, “Ignorance”
Chemeketa basketball scores big with NWACC Tournament awards
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Chemeketa women’s basketball players Jordan Klebaum (far left) and Hannah Frederick (second from right) accept awards from Chemeketa president Cheryl Roberts (second from left) and Chemeketa vice president Patrick Lanning (far right) on Wednesday, April 3rd. The team took fourth place at the NWACC Tournament in March.
The Chemeketa men’s basketball team is honored during the 2012-2013 Chemeketa sports awards on Wednesday April 3rd. The team won the NWACC Championship in March and are shown here being presented the NWACC Champions trophy.
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Thr. April 11
Fri. April 12
Board of Education candidate forum
Horticulture Program Plant Sale 9-3 p.m.
Student Center of Building 2, from 3-5 p.m.
at the Chemeketa Greenhouse
Study Night from 9-5 p.m.
Last day to withdraw and receive a refund
Sat. April 13
Mon. April 15 Study Night from 9-5 p.m.
Storm Baseball vs. Linn-Benton CC,
Study Night from 9-5 p.m.
in Eugene at 1:00 p.m.
in Multicultural Center Bldg. 2
in Salem 1:00 p.m.
in Multicultural Center Bldg. 2
Storm Softball vs. Clark Horticulture Program College, Plant Sale 9-3 p.m. in Vancouver, at 12 p.m. at the Chemeketa Greenhouse
Pizza & Politics 1-3 p.m.
Horticulture Program Plant Sale 9-3 p.m. at the Chemeketa Greenhouse
Storm Softball vs. Southwestern Oregon Community College, in Salem at 2 p.m.
Horticulture Program Plant Sale 9-3 p.m.
Multicultural Center Bldg. 2
in Salem, at 2:00 p.m.
Wed. April 17
Storm Baseball vs. Lane CC,
Multicultural Center Bldg. 2
Storm Softball vs. Mt. Hood Comm. College,
Tue. April 16
at the Chemeketa Greenhouse
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Brown Bag Discussion/ Intercultural Student Social Hour from 1-3 p.m.
Horticulture Program Plant Sale 9-3 p.m. at the Chemeketa Greenhouse
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CAMPUS
Chemeketa Softball Blows by Northwest Christian in Game 2 By Matt Rawlings The Chemeketa Storm softball team had a slow start to the conference season, losing its first two games. But the Storm was able to get back on track. After losing the first game of the doubleheader 5-3, the Storm came roaring back and took the second game by a 9-2 margin against Northwest Christian on Tuesday. Sophomore third baseman Danielle Upton and freshman designated hitter Danielle Smith each had three hits. Sophomore pitcher Kayla Sheller threw a complete game, only allowing five hits and one earned run, to help the Storm get the victory. The Storm got off to a quick start in the top of the first when they put three runs on the board thanks to RBI by Upton, Smith, and sophomore first baseman Sammie Bowman. After giving up a two-out single, Sheller was able to get the Northwest Christian cleanup hitter to groundout to second, which allowed the Storm to keep its 3-0 lead after the first. Even though the Storm didn’t do any damage in the top of the second, Sheller retired the side in order to end the bottom half of the inning. Despite hit s by freshman outfielder Jessica Hotaling, freshman catcher Sharla Kumai-Farrell, Sheller, and a triple by Smith, the Storm was unable to manufacture any runs in the top half of the third and fourth inning. Northwest Christian was able to
get an unearned run off Sheller in the bottom of the fourth, making the score 2-1. The Storm, however, broke the game open in the top of the fifth. Hits by Bowman, Kumai-Farrell, Upton, and Smith, as well as hits from sophomore second baseman Carrie Bess and freshman shortstop Kelsey Linn, helped the Storm to a 4-run fifth inning and extend the lead to 7-1. The Storm grabbed two more runs in the top of the seventh, thanks to a monster home-run by Upton, which ultimately put the game out of reach for Northwest Christian. Sheller gave up her only earned run of the day in the bottom of the seventh, making the score 9-2. But it wasn’t nearly enough as Sheller was able to shut the door on Northwest Christian and seal the victory for the Storm. “It was great for us to get the win and get momentum into next week,” freshman catcher Taylor Medley said. “I believe we can beat every team out there as long as have confidence and are willing to fight.” The Storm jump back into league play this week when it faces Mt. Hood at home on Wednesday and Clark College on the road on Saturday. The first pitch is at 2 p.m. on Wednesday and at noon on Saturday. “We need to be concentrate on bringing our bats out this week and keep stringing runs together like we did last game,” Medley said.
IGNORANCE
Continued from “Ignorance,” page 1. Student responsibility, he said, goes beyond achieving a letter grade or simply attending classes regularly. “As students, our job is to inform the decision-making process of the administration,” he said. “If no one steps up to voice their opinion, then [the administration] is just going to go on whatever they think is best.” In this case, a $6 tuition increase was recommended, and the board approved it. According to Beilke, however, student reaction is carefully weighed and considered; every decision is not rubber-stamped. In 2012, for example, an administrative proposal was sent to the board to implement a mandatory parking fee that would be paid by all students, regardless of whether they drove to school. After an outcry, the board sent the proposal back to the administrative team with the suggestion that its members reconsider the proposal. But would an informed student response have swayed the board’s decision to increase tuition this time? “I doubt it,” Beilke said. “We absolutely know what investments we need for the overall good of the college’s students.” Cutz said that the student government group’s participation in the process, and at the board meeting that took place in February, was a foregone conclusion. “Quite honestly,” Cutz said, “I believe the decision was already made. The ASC represented students, but I don’t believe it was as big a factor in the board’s decision-making process as we would have liked it to have been.” The college is a business, Cutz said, “but if you are going to raise the prices, we would like to inform where those dollars are being spent on campus.” Interestingly, the specifics of that question remain mostly unanswered today. Cheryl Roberts, Chemeketa’s president, said that the administration heard the students and that students would see “a lot of things in the budget in April that they’ve been talking about.” “Unlike many of our sister community colleges, we are proposing some budget increases in staffing, programs, and services that students value,” she said. “We believe these investments will position us for the future as we focus on student success through access, retention, progression, and completion. “We are fortunate that prudent financial decisions we have made in the past enable us to make investments in exceptional teaching and learning experiences for our students.” But what specifically are those
investments? Greg Harris, the college’s marketing dean, said, “There’s going to be increased support for more advising, and increased support for a range of technologies that help students to understand what they need to do in order to fulfill the requirements for their programs. “But I really can’t say anything more specific at this point.” Harris cited an upcoming reveal of the budget proposal that will be presented to the Board of Education as the blockade preventing specific details from being leaked to the public at this time. Patrick Lanning, the college’s vice president for academic affairs, provided a bit more detail without actually giving any more specifics. “The tuition and fee increase will support some faculty positions where we’ve been spread thin, or areas that have seen significant enrollment increases. We are also looking at staff investments in areas that directly support students in classes/labs and areas like advising,” he said. “The investment in technology will also provide students, faculty, and staff better access to student information and allow students to get their own information, like degree progression, without needing to wait in line.” Beyond the issue of exactly where the money is going to be spent, however, the college’s board chairman is interested in exactly what kind of student attends Chemeketa. Beilke said that as Chemeketa transitioned from an enrollmentbased to a graduation-based budget, the college would have to look more carefully at the admitting procedures. “I think accessibility is going to be tough,” she said. “Student success and achievement compacts are whittling out [students] and putting new expectations on them. And that’s where I’ve always said it should be. I’ve always felt that personal responsibility is where it’s at.” While the decision to raise tuition has already been made, the next big question for students is how that money will be spent. The first budget committee hearing will take place at 7 p.m. April 10 in the boardroom in Bldg. 2, immediately opposite the Planetarium. A second budget committee hearing will be held at 4:30 p.m. April 17 in the same location. Board of Education budget hearings will follow in May and June. The accessibility for each student will only be limited by the student’s own abilities, Beilke said. “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”
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A rare opportunity to see from a new perspective “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all people cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try to understand each other, we may even become friends”—Maya Angelo by Monica Lang “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all people cry, laugh, eat, worry and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try to understand each other, we may even become friends.” A quote from Maya Angelo that portrays the opportunity that Chemeketa is offering its students. The International Programs department is sending approximately sixteen applicants to Oaxaca, Mexico this July for a ten day experience from the 14-24th. It is a part of a class that students can enroll in if they are selected to go on the trip, and it’s not just limited to students.
“Any community member can go. People who aren’t a part of Chemeketa can audit the class if they choose and still be a part of this experience,” said Cecelia Monto, the Director of Evening and Weekend classes. Students will be able to participate by spending mornings learning Spanish, and in the afternoons provide service to the community. Monto described what it would be like to visit a place that has a different level of poverty than what we are used to locally. “The city is a lot like rings of a tree. The further you go out the poorer it gets. This is really where the need is, and it’s really tough to see.” Monto herself is clearly
passionate about what she is able to lead here at Chemeketa and goes on to add, “Community service and travel are my passion. If you want to see a community firsthand, service is the way to go. “We’ll do a short project with construction, but then we will do things like arts and crafts. People ask me all the time if they will get to help children. And the answer is yes!” Monto added with a laugh, “Don’t bring your best shoes. We will be working with concrete at some point I guarantee it.” Saturday and Sundays participants will be able to go to the rural areas to witness the challenges the population faces, and the necessity in which women work at crafts to take care of their families. “The people here are truly beautiful,” Monto adds. Visiting ruins of Monte and Alban is a must see that Chemeketa students will be able to experience. The total trip cost is $1875, which includes tuition for the class, the flight, lodging, and most meals. Applications are due by May 1st, and there will be a required orientation session April 24th. There are four classes prior to the trip to be held
Theater by Storm is criminally comedic
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By Agness Shull Since 2011, Chemeketa has been without a theater program, but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have drama. Starting April 26, the Chemeketa drama club, Theater By Storm, will present two short plays: Cell/Block and Breaking and Entering, in the Bldg. 6 auditorium. The plays also will be featured April 27 and 28th and again on May 3 and 4. The plays begin at 7 p.m., with matinee showings at 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Tickets are sold at the door for $8. According to Theater by Storm members, Cell/Block is a short play that features the death row inmate (played by Aaron Tagabuel) and his incompetent lawyer (played by Indiana Miranda) attempting to get a last-minute pardon from the governor. The second play, Breaking and Entering, features a robber (played by Tavis Evans) who breaks into a apartment, only to discover that a mysterious woman (played by Jini Martin) has been there first. Chantelle Gemmill, an actor in Breaking and Entering, said that she thought that people would enjoy the show. She said, “It’s a good romantic comedy that includes partial nudity; for instance, Tavis is in his boxers,” she said. Gemmill said that her favorite part of acting was having people enjoy the show, and the euphoria she got from being on stage and being the focal point of the audience’s attention.
at the Woodburn campus prior to the trip mid July. Teter Kapan, the Director of International Programs, encourages students to not let cost discourage them from applying. “We can sit down and work out fund raising ideas, and there are possibly some scholarships available.” Financial aid can be applied towards the cost as well. Monto’s answer as to whether there is any dislike of the students who travel by the local population: “If you are someone genuinely interested in culture, and want to help - because that’s what this community trip is about - you will be liked. “If there is nothing else you walk a way with from this class and trip, it’s that I can make a difference. There is a lot of pride of indigenous community, and if you are a photographer you should bring a camera. It is beautiful!” A final informational session will be available Thursday April 11th from 1-2 pm at the Salem campus in Building 2 in the Muticultural Center. Any questions regarding the trip please contact Cecelia Monto
[email protected], or International Programs international@ chemeketa.edu, call or text 503-428-0399. 2- 176.
Auditions were held in late January. The show has been in rehearsal since early February. Matt Foley, the club president and main producer for the show, said that he became interested in theater in junior high and high school and wanted to share that interest with other students. His early experience inspired him to become a part of the theater club, he said. Foley is not acting in the play, but he does a great deal of technical work behind the scenes in addition to his work as producer. He helps the production team stay on the right track. Foley said that the Chemeketa administration has been highly supportive of the club. The college has provided the auditorium for the play dates, as well as giving space to rehearse. Terry Rohse, the club’s adviser and the Chemeketa auditorium coordinator, said, “We have had administration support from Don Brase, the dean of humanities, as well as from the Chemeketa marketing department, which gives advertisement information for the college.” Rohse said he hoped that people would come to the show. “The students have done a great job of keeping theater alive and should be awarded by audience applause,” he said.
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Storm split double-header, also defeat Clark in marathon game
Courier News Service The Chemeketa Strom played a double-header against Mt. Hood on April 2 and split the games with a 5-2 win and a 4-3 loss. Bradley Beardon was the winning pitcher in the first game. In a make-up game played on Sunday, April 7, the Strom came out on top 10-7 in a grueling 9-hour game against Clark College. The game was meant to be played as part of a double-header the day before but was postponed because of the weather.
Chemeketa’s momentum started in the bottom of the fourth inning when Zach Close, after being hit by a pitch, scored on Garret Mill’s hit. Aaron Greer then hit a three run home run to add to the lead. The final run of the inning was scored by Jake Branham after an error was made by the Clark shortstop. Chemeketa’s lead would hold through the rest of the game. Seth Heckel was credited with the win after pitching a full five innings, giving up three runs and three hits.
The team committed a single error behind him. Austin Guzzon got the save, throwing 3.2 innings of relief and holding Clark to one run on one hit.
The Storm played again On April 9 and will next be on the field on Saturday, April 13.
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