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opinion ’weuj 6or ALU MY ÔOOK5 B ut X HAD To promise th & m mt h’RsraoRN Be it resolved Not only is this the beginning of a new year it is also the beginning of a new school term and thus furnishes those of us inclined towards resolutions two cha c Along with the traditional resolutions to lose weight, stop smoking, quit drinking, study harder, stop arguing with your brother, sister, mother, wife, husband...., clean the back cupboards, etc., etc., there are a few we'd like to suggest: Get involved. Not just in school activities (though that wouldn't hurt) but in your commun ity, state and the world around you. Just because there are no great causes to fight for anymore doesn't mean that there aren't little ones just as important. Be a nosy neighbor. Or rather, be interested in the people who live near you. Say hello. If you know they're going away offer to watch things for them. Maybe they'll ao the same for you and neither of you will get ripped off. Invite them over for coffee, a drink or what have you. You may develop a new friend and there is no better feeling in an meergency than knowing you have a friend next door and not on the other side of town. Be concerned about the environment in little ways. Are you riding to school by yourself every day? Share a ride with someone. Surely one other person in your area goes the same places you do at times that can be accommodating. •i j: It In r r I» I Sudden death The decisions made at the Dec. 15 meeting of the Clackamas Community College Board of Educa tion to do away with football at the college should come as a surprise to no one, including the athletic department. This decision, although purely political in the making, was the only one the board could have made, given the circumstances. After all, since the athletic department contended from the begin ning that they could not have a football team without recruiting out-of-district and the only problem most people saw with the program was the out-of-district recruiting, what else could the the board do? Unfortunately, there are other, more valid reasons for discontinuing the program that seem to have gotten lost in the political machinations on the part of some administrators. Reasons,like, does the community college system really benefit by or support a football program? Only two of the 13 community colleges in Oregon now have football teams. Obviously the other 10 (excluding Clackamas) had valid reasons for never starting such a progam r There is also the fact that community colleges draw students from a wide ranae of interests, age groups and backgrounds. Most ot our students have grown beyond tne days of supporting their school team because the players are their classmates and friends. Students at our college are more apt to spend their football-watching hours in front of the T.V. with a can of beer watching the professionals. Cost was only a small part of the football question. As Len Monroe, dean of student activities, pointed out, football at the college costs the taxpayers less than 25 cents on a $40,000 home. Some sources say the program was discontinued because people in nigh places didn't want football here to begin with and they had the influence to get rid of it in the end. But, since football was, for the most part unnoticed, unnecessary and inappro priate, it will probably not be missed by very many for very long. Page 4 It Other viewpoints lit Law to spoil OSU keggeii Editor's note: This article was Surely now there is a greater risk parties and alcohol consumption! an editorial in the Jan. 5 issue of The Daily Barometer, the student newspaper at Oregon State Uni versity in Corvallis. involved in sponsoring a Friday night kegger. We will also be interested in seeing whether this law really has they always have. We suspect tm means continuing to turn tha heads the other way once in awhih But Inspector Manning says he wil We all know the legal drinking age is 21 in Oregon. We also know it's easy to get any teeth and if law enforcement agencies use it to their professional advantage. Some of the local po lice say they will continue to watch objectively enforce the liquor law . . . whatever that means. But for now the word is: "Bod leggers beware!" beer even if you're too young to buy it in the supermarket. All you have to do is find a friend who is old enough to buy it legally. Of tentimes, these friends are referred to as 21 'ers or bootleggers. Sunday (Jan. 1) an Oregon law came into effect which could make bootlegging a risky proposition. Individuals who purchase kegs of beer are now required to "swear, under penalty of false swearing" that they will not allow minors to consume their beer. The law goes further. It requires the purchaser to specify where the contents of the keg will be consumed. We talked with Inspector Steven Manning of the Oregon LiquorCon- trol Commission, about the possi ble repercussions of the new law. He said it will make liquor control easier. All any law enforcement of ficer has to do is visit the local beer distributor and spot-check his re- cords.That way the officer can find out who bought kegs and where those kegs will be. Then the police can go to the kegger and bingo -- "Let's see everyone's I.D." The per son who purchased the keg may be charged with contributingto minors and false swearing if minors are caught drinking. We will be interested in seeing if party life changes in Corvallis. iprint i 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon 97045 Offices: Trailer B --Telephone: 656-2631, ext. 259 or 278 I editor Happie Thacker * news editor Cyndi Bacon * arts editor Marlene Clark * sports editor Ann Breyne * copy editor Scott Starnes * photo editor Brian Snook * assistant photo editor Lor-’ raine Stratton * staff reporters Hallie Brown, Randy Frank * 1 photographer Sam Baer * production staff Mary Cuddy, Jack Tuck er * business manager Paul Byers * professional adviser Randy Clark * office personnel Tommi Davidson, Crystal Tompkins Opinions expressed in The Print do not necessarily reflect those of the CCC administration, faculty or the Associated Student Go vernment. Editorials, columns and signed letters reflect only the opinions of the editors and the persons signing them. Correspond-; ence should be addressed to the above address. The Print, a member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Asso-’ dation, aims to be a fair and impartial journalistic medium cov ering the campus community as thoroughly as possible. We en courage participation through letters, free lance articles and story ideas and suggestions. Deadlines are the Friday of the week prior to the Wednesday publication date. Clackamas Community College
