The 2012-2013 student council has $525,000 to allocate for next year’s budget, Taran Underdal, Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College advisor, stated at the council meeting on May 1. “You have more student fees to allocate than you ever have before,” Underdal explained to council members. Megan Cole, the director of fiscal operations for [...] [...more]
Campus community members called for an increase of over $80 million to the proposed 2013-2015 budget during testimonials given to elected officials on April 19. Students and faculty from Central Oregon Community College attended the regional meeting of the Joint Ways and Means Committee at the William Healy Armory in Bend. At the meeting, members [...] [...more]
Beginning in June, an on-campus garden will give students and community members the chance to forage for food and cultivate their own. At their April 5 meeting, the Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College voted via an “agreement of resolution” to allot $16,000 to fund the garden, meaning that based on the amount, the [...] [...more]
Using student fees for political lobbying is questionable enough, but punishing students for not lobbying reaches a new low in unethical practices. On March 7, the Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College travelled to the capitol to lobby for State Treasurer Ted Wheeler’s Opportunity Initiative. Members of The Broadside rode to Salem with ASCOCC [...] [...more]
Student body government went to the state capitol March 7 to lobby for better financial aid in Oregon colleges. Members Kelly Huskey and Kurt Killinger were part of a rally for the Oregon Opportunity Initiative. The rally was headed by State Treasurer Ted Wheeler. “The Oregon Opportunity Initiative,” said Wheeler, “helps make higher education, including [...] [...more]
Council members will be spending approximately $7500 in the name of professional development. The Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College council members will be attending the American Student Association of Community Colleges National Student Conference in Washington D.C from March 16 to March 20. Molly Svendsen The Broadside The cost of attendance is approximately [...] [...more]
Political involvement is high on the priority list of Kurt Killinger, the director of legislative affairs of Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College. Killinger is Central Oregon Community College’s representative in the Oregon College Student Association. The goal is to allow student representatives to exercise their right to be involved in pushing legislation of [...] [...more]
It was discovered that an individual was no longer a student at Central Oregon Community College, after student fees had been used to pay for him to attend a conference. Cedar Goslin The Broadside Kurt Killinger, the director of legislative affairs of Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College, attends Oregon Community College Student Association [...] [...more]
After being closed for over a year, the Redmond Campus bus stop will open as soon as Feb. 15 due to a coalition of students, faculty and local nonprofits. The campus bus stop will be funded for 17 months by the Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College and Partnership to End Poverty. Scott Greenstone [...] [...more]
The future of tuition aid in Oregon was the topic of discussion when Oregon State Treasurer, Ted Wheeler, visited on Jan. 31. Wheeler wanted to hear what students had to say about the Opportunity Initiative, a pair of measures designed to create a Student Opportunity Fund using $500 million in bonds. “This idea didn’t come [...] [...more]
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