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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.
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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.
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Other viewpoints
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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.
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