Community Colleges Hit by Legislation
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” )ollk,)(rlnw .............. 2 .................. 4 ....................... .a*........# V~~wumkrllThunde ““m .l@ wEiilE?=-.......... .:. .......... erplained. “They needed a spokesman by Rm Del Mar and came to the Seahawk office look- ing for help. I just happened to be In recognition of this being the year walking by and they asked me if Iwas of the disabled,Steve Raible, wide interested.” receiver for theSeattle Seahawhs, “Although I knew virtually nothing spoke on behalf of Special Olympicson ” about Special Olympics,” he con- April 22 in the Artist-Lecture Center. tinued, “Iwaa more than happy to get involved.” Special Olympics is aworldwide There are three goals involved in sports training program for mental- operating Special Olympics, according ly/physically handicapped. Theonly to Raible. One is to ensure participa- qualificationfor participationis an I.Q. tion of all eligible, another is to con- of 75 or less. Sinceits founding in 1968, tinue community support of the prog- more than one million peoplehave ram, and thethird is to provide leader- participated. ship capable of maintaining and sup In Washington, there are Special porting the program.. Olympic programsin just about every ,Special Olympians in this state county. However, Raible points out meet yearly at Ft. Lewis for the state that there is a dire need to reach a games. Here, athletes competein just greater numberof people. about every sport imaginable. Raible “We reachmaybe 20 per cent of allof insists that the wholeevent works those eli ble,” he stressed. Utyear because of the many volunteers that 8,000 atbf’ etes participated In it. That is help out. not very many.” it weren’t for them (volunteers) Although Special Olympics is a we’d be in trorrble,” Raible stressed. worldwide * event, it is organized, ”Rilritrk,ru-rW”m-”r-HIO” The work that goes into one of those budgeted,and directed locally. The uldknn,mafB8-*mXPuMicFM.tknr-Vkgm eoents is incredible.” success of the programis built around photo by Brad Jones one worct”vo1unteers. It is .runby 1s kids and adults overcome their dis- Raible urgeseveryone to volunteer Raible feels that generallythe favo- board members in this state,allunpaid abilities, according to Raible. Particip some spare time to Special Olympics. rite job is that of a “hugger.” business people sacrificing their free ants are taught the vduea of winning “1 can’t tell you how good it feels,” he A hugger is someone who meets an time in order toensure a smooth and losing gracefully, and maybe said. “You’ll learn somethingabout Olympian at the finish line and gives operation of the program. moBt hportantly,.it is a step for them yourself. Ngwhere elsecan you rejoice him a big hug, no matte? what place he Raible has been a spokesptan for in becomi&@ a Oontributing put of at how wonderful mentally retarded may havecome in. The huggertellsthe Special Olympics since 1977. He in- society. people are.get You’ll a sense of athlete “that was a terrific effort” and sists that his work has become “very “There is an invincible spirit that accomplishment to be able to help. “Ilove you.” important to me.” overcomes all handicapped,” he -00 acl an individud owe it to your “Some may hear those words more “Everybody haa to give something assured. .1Dd JWIUS~~to belp,” Rd- often than at any other time in their ack to society,”Raible stated. “I think Many Special 01pphaze able to bk.astb& ’ life,” Raible noted. Ioweittothiscomme.W&oweit. ~~~~ s&iidor&t&r, - -~~~srrpoitrcdortthSpcdal~~~~~‘~lbotiiages”aarpum[e~‘~th to our society tovolunteer time to help, cnllese athletic px-ogmu following olympics by accident. fn 1977 the questions con- Special Olymp Our society will not survive if we their stint with Special Olympics. program w~bstill very unorganized, ics to contact Pete Guzzo, the state don’t” ‘‘&~t.hwthey turn in suchout- accordixLg to Raible. director at 523-3179. SpecW Olympics gives indivjduals standing efforts that .zheymust be ‘~Pecia).Olympics wasnot reaching ‘We will. be more than willing to an OPportpntty to hand, commended,)” Raible noted. as many people as they wanted to,” he help,” he concluded. Community colleges hit by legislation by Gordon Weeks time, that I doubt many really know we were surprised to find this morning legissIators,including Dick Barnes and what theimpact will be,” he said. (Thursday) that it’s gone upmore than kanls Warnke, for their support of The special session ofthe 47th “They hear a lot about tuition cuts, but that.” community colleges. L,egislaturewrappedupbusinessWed- they won’t realize it until it comes out The independent student will feel “There was more interest by local nesday in Olympia, with community in the bullatin.” the most adverse effectu, according to legislators this year than in past 88s- colleges facing the mostsweeping The coat of a college credit will rise command sions.” changes since 1967. from $10.20 to S15.70 with marim- “There will be a much greater im- Command stated that Highline will The new legislation includes enroll- tuition costs eScufatiae from 8102 to pact on the so-called non-traditional ment lids,alterations in the open-door ‘‘stay cornistent.” $19. These increases become effec- students than the student who’s young- “We will be able to operate very policy, anda tuition increase of 73 per tive when registrationbegins for Sum- er and living at home and can get some cent. closenext yearto what we’redoingthis mer Quarter 011 June. 1. other potentialsupport.” Dr. Edwkd Command, HCC vice- year,” he mid. “We thought for quite a Command felt the legislature had while that we would not be able to president, believes that Highline stu- Co&and explained the legislator‘s the wrong inage of the value of com- dents are just now becoming aware of reasons for making college students maintain the current operation.” munity colleges. The legislation wasn’t a totalloss for the upcoming affects. revenue builders. “Many legislators still have that “The state feels a revenuepinch,” he- conmunity colleges and students, ac- ’ “Most students are SO .busy and image, even though weworked hard to involvedwith their class work and with said. “They haven’t increased themi- cording to Command. try to covert it, that you go through “I think that COW (Council of such a high percentage working full- tion in the last several years and this high school, youfinish high school, you year, to avoid a general tax increase, Representatives and Presidents) and go either to 8 four-year university or they’re increasmsded users fees, the students have been fairly effective commuaity coliege, you finish there, in helping create a compromise,” he tuition being me of them. go to work and that’s it. “The legislators justification on in- said. “Ithink rn a system community They don’t recognize that many colleges have been more successful in creasing tuition is that there hasn’t people are coming back to &hool been an increase in several years, so this session than we have in the past. changing careers, upgrading slttlls, “We at least didn’t lose as much therefore it’s justified. Idon’t buy that and so on,” he added. line of discweion because Ithink the ground au we thought we would.” increase is too high.” Command.. commended some local WUhirrgtoa’S cOmm0nitJr COb#H rrillbehitbardertbrnuf-y- univemaccodb# to eommmd 4“I‘he cost of tuition wiU be at a higher incnease at the fw-y- un- I campus lot iversity, but Iwould expact the regist- ration inpact on enroUnrrrbnt will be more difficult at the commwty col- A 1974FordPintoignitandhed lege level,” he stated. on the campus’ mat parking lot at 9 “1 feel our support level irr just not a.m. oa April 24. nearly ap Idsqurta as it ahould be.” The car waa totalled in what ap The ~lpocirlmmim left “no real peared to be an electrical fire, accord- chan~cbd’from the earlier leginlation, ing to Campw Security Director Jack except for a auprJss increase in Stu- ”0 dent and Activitiea fees. “Smoke mrted Coming out of the ‘‘What the ba8h of this ir, I haven’t hood,” he Theair filter is totally the foggiest idea,” Command ex- burned, the carburetor is gone and the claimed. “It came up aa a complete grill melted.” suprise to, w. We were underthe “1 was just trying to park and my car impression that them waa going tobea startedburning,”srclaimed~ot~ller s0pSr~~~st\ldWthsof the Pinto. radAf~tbrt~WWtobr,~-There were nomoml iqjuriea or IBUkd fOrtbs 8-m fd,but damrrpa to nearby vehicle8. I * ........ ......... ............- ... ..................,. ~ , .. ,.“. ....... , _- - ... ....... ..... e 54 o~.*.*o+.. ,’,, .. New computercoursef. tunes up for the future * by ha Latuseck Library (6th Floor) where the compu- “The machines are in use from 8 a.m. ters are located. until 10 p.m. and they are not built for A new course offering, “Accounting Micro computers can beacquired by that kind of wear,” said Pedersen. “It and Record Keeping with the Compu- individuals and small businesses for as won’t be long before the machines will ter,’* is currently being offeredat little as $4,OOO to $S,OOO. Very little have to be replaced. We are in dire Highline College to anyone in the knowledge of programming or compu- need of more machines with more and community who is interested in learn- ters is required in order to benefit more classes turning to computer ing about the feasibility and methodol- from this very useful tool. use.” ogy of keeping personal or business Partial funding for the project has “Computer use is definitely in the financial records “on the computer.** been provided by the Instructional future and this course will give the The course was developed by Mary Computing Steering Committee and students an introductionto the basics,” E.