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opinion ALL THE LATEST The College wants you With the current- drop in enrollment threatening to curtail some of the FTE monies this College needs to operate we feel that the Baord of Education should whole-heartedly support the proposed enrollment manage ment program. This program, which would make available funds to hire a full-time enrollment manager, would give this school a co ordinated plan for attracting and retaining new students. We feel that with all the competition this school has for a limited number of students from places like Oregon State and University of Oregon, there is a need for active recruit ment among all age groups. There is also a prevalence of community colleges in this area who are perhaps gaining students because their pro grams, although no better than ours are better advertised. An office of Enrollment Management would also be able to coordinate all areas of the college who are currently working on recruitment such as the counseling department, the Department of Public Relations and indivudal depart ments and faculty members. A coordinated effort in this area would help avoid a lot of the competition and counter-productive efforts that have surfaced in the past in the development and publica tion of brochures, posters and other printed materials pro moting the College and its programs. There is no reason why this college should not enter an aggressive marketplace of attracting student »and state monies for these students in an aggressive manner. If we are to reamin a viable institution and serve all the people we can it is necessary to get out the information and let these people know what we have to offer. We feel that the proposed Enrollment Management Program would successfully complete this task. The comix are cornin' Comics are coming to The Print. In an effort to add a touch of levity in our otherwise "serious and straightforward" publication, The Print is proud to bring you the best of "Rip-Off Comix" every week. We will include the Adventures of Fat Freddy's Cat and all the latest of Diggs every week and will bring you other tidbits for your amusement as space allows. In the future, look for The Forty Year Old Hippie and E.Z. Wolf as well as our regular offerings. feedback Back pat To The Editor: On behalf of the Board of Education, the staff, and speak ing for myself. I would like to thank the students who contri buted to our successful serial levy election on April 4 by their help in the campaign, and more especially, by their votes. Successful elections don't just happen. They are the result of organization, hard work and commitment. Our winning was brought about by a well orga nized Citizen Election Commit ment on the part of the college staff and students. We have all earned a pat on the back. Thanks for your help. John W. Hakanson College President ERA ratification To the Editor: Mot made a basic mistake in' his last letter to you. He meant Thomas Jefferson's "Declaration of Independence" specifically the line that reads "All men are created Equal" Mot's legal point, though pretty basic, was that Thomas Jefferson contrived to use "Men" in the same manner Thomas Paine used "Man" in his publication "The Rights of . Man": To add Poetic meta phorical Punch to a document that was a statement of our America's intention of Demo- cratic self-rule, in a hostile world (our Revolutionary Forces-ex- cept for the tough lean Marines, were a sad comparison to Brit ish troops-at the time) Also Mot was correct in saying Wom an back then were considered Chattel. Nowdays, Democracy being Equality in all senses. Women having been treated as second class citizens in the job market and legal rights in some areas such as bias in pension, retire ment rates and Insurance bene fits. It would only be in the nature of a true responsible Democratic State to simply Equality of Rights under the Law shall not be denied or abridged by the UnitedStates or by any State on account of Sex. Thrilling isn't it? To my mind, it really puts some Punch into our Democracy. According to Reader's Digest one of the most Catholic peri odicals, ERA will not lead to Uni-Sex bathrooms, meddle in private lives or mandate Homo sexual Marriage. Nor will it Abrogate States Rights. Each State will have two years to bring its Laws into conformity with the basic concept of sex neutrality in the eyes of the law. There are some strong emo tions opposing ERA. The strongest being the emotional issue of Male dominance. Sec ondly, a quasi-religious inference that a womans place is | home. My reality on thl point is the actual figures|| men to men ratio's in the- market and the 25% disfl tion in same skill pay difl ces. So where do we gofromB The deadline for the B Rights Amendment is justl year away. I say appoint a« mittee of interested youna dies to support this issrfl support them all the wayfl suggested some good moB his letters, particularly his| Anything is fair to help afl the important three legislatfl You also might in somB ion recognize the leader® have carried the Ball thia Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Gerald ■ Mrs. Nixon, Mrs. JohnsonB League of Woman Voters National Organization foiB man, Betty Friedan, ClaiB Mirassou, Margaret Mead, Gloi Steinem, Nora Ephron.S Kay Humphrey and Famil Alice Walker, Lucretia Mott! probably mostly importai® all Ms. Alice Paul. It ds take much, I think a firm than you would make them feelfl ty warm about what they M done for themselves and S cracy. What else? I can't say. only say we are on the 39 line, and the clock is runriiri down. Shall we move? Thank you. Thomas M. Condon V U. of Ore. ...IF WHAT VOO SAV ISTRUl CONGRESS ALONE COOU) SUPPLY THE FtWEK FOR THE ENTIRE! EASTERN SEABOARD.7« Page 4 Wednesday, April 12®