It’s time for students to make their voices heard. On May 13 the polls will open on Blackboard and Central Oregon Community College students will have until May 15 to vote in the three elected members of the student council. In order to be eligible to vote in the elections, according to Gordon Price, the [...] [...more]
Branch campuses are often not included in on-campus events, according to Eliot Collins, director of student affairs at Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College. Collins believes the reason branch campuses have not been involved in the past is due to the small student representation. “Unfortunately the nature of the beast has been to focus [...] [...more]
Considering becoming your student body’s voice? Candidate packets are due April 26 and applications for appointed positions are due May 20. The Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College is “a direct line to the administration of the college,” according to Gordon Price, director of Student Life. “They’re responsible for spending student fees,” Price said. [...] [...more]
Bingo, catered lunch and a family fun night: these were some of the ways that Student Life welcomed students to a new term. The series of events was part of Jumpstart, which is organized by Student Life at the beginning of each new term to help students get acclimated to Central Oregon Community College, according [...] [...more]
Crowds at Mazama gym may be a little thinner this spring. Users of Mazama gym facilities at Central Oregon Community College will be required to show ID cards with membership stickers as of April 8, 2013, according to Bill Douglass, director of clubs and intramural sports, who overlooks operations at Mazama. Five new staff positions [...] [...more]
Speech professor says college is “more mercenary” today When Jon Bouknight went to community college, tuition was free and he wasn’t worried about getting a job after graduating. Bouknight, now a speech and writing professor at Central Oregon Community College, never asked his college if they could guarantee him a job with an English degree. [...] [...more]
Strawberry won’t be the only type of jam going on at the Campus Center at noon. Tunes at Noon, created by Director of Student Life Gordon Price, will feature local musicians and bands every other Wednesday in the Campus Center, beginning at 11:30. Rhyan McLaury The Broadside “This place was built to be a hub [...] [...more]
Kyle Schenk United States Navy Even after adjusting to living in another culture, Kyle Schenk still can’t get used to sleeping in. Schenk is a first year Central Oregon Community College student who served in the United States Navy for the last five years. After completing his enlistment, he drove across the country to [...] [...more]
This year’s voter turnout for the Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College elections was lower than hoped for. The Broadside Lauren Hamlin There were 340 counted votes; 361 students attempted voting. One was not counted due to voting for all four candidates and the other 20 did not complete the voting process. In [...] [...more]
He has been pulled over by the police for looking suspicious. Women have clutched their purses when he walked by. He notices other parents don’t sit by him at his children’s school assemblies. He notices that a lot. Kirsteen Wolf The Broadside Teryl Young came to Oregon from Virginia in 2007 to help take care [...] [...more]
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