The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989, April 18, 1979, Page 2, Image 2

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Place your
election bets
Step up, step up. Place your bets on the
Associated Student Government election
wheel of fortune.
We have an important issue at hand. ASG
elections are just around the corner, and that
means that students will choose the officers
of their choice for the 1979-80 school year at
the College.
We feel that there are some exceptionally
good candidates up for the offices of
president, vice president, business manager
and secretary.
But the election wheel off fortune is not just
a game of luck and chance. You have a chance
to find out about the candidates before you
i cast your votes.
Question and answer periods were held
both Monday and Tuesday in the cafeteria.
This left the candidates wide-open for com­
ments and questions from anyone who wan­
ted to voice them.
Election and candidate information can be
sought through the ASG office in the Com­
munity Center, or by dialing 656-2631, ext.
245.
There is one concern about the election that
we feel should be clarified. There are two
groups running together on tickets. Don Por­
ter, Marilyn Bushway and Darren MacFarlane
are running on one ticket and Cindy Bennett,
Richard WeisS,Ron Allen and Beth Thompson
are running on another ticket. Bill Judd and
Denise Kline are separately running. Accor­
ding to an ASG spokesman, the tickets are
solely used for campaign purposes. Students
are not being asked to vote on a slate.
We feel that this clarification is very impor­
tant for students to understand when voting.
You do not vote for a group of officers, but
vote for an individual officer.
Last year there was a 300 percent increase
in students voting for ASG officers over the
last year’s election. We think that’s commen­
dable. We also believe in Dave Rigg’s, present
ASG vice president, theory that there is really
no such thing as student apathy and that’
students don’t get involved because people
keep telling them that they won’t.
So, involved students, we’ll see you at the
polls April 24 through 27.
MIMI in.......... .
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those of the CCC administration^ faculty or the Associated Student
Government.
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Editors
note:
This
editorial is reprintd from
the Commuter, the weekly
student newspaper from
Linn-Benton comm unity
College.
By Kathy Buschauer
Managing Editor
Like money, love does not
grow on trees. If it did, its value
could’ be reduced to about that
of a walnut. However, 'in
today’s divorce-riddled society,
such reductions have become
the fate of many an ill-spawned
marriage.
Some connubial cynics have
tried alternative kinds of
cohabitation. Although these
alternatives have become more
embedded in our accepted
values, they too are flawed. As
estranged, unmarried couples
have discovered, the lack of a
.marriage license does not
eliminate the problems of
property settlement.
To rectify the situation,
California courts have . ruled
that “unmarried cohabitants”
have the right to file property
suits upon dissolution of their
relationships. Since approval of
this type of leagal action was
granted, the state reports from!
1,000 suits have been filed in
an attempt to acquire a legal
division of property amassed
during
the
relationship...
Perhaps the most publicized of
these suits is the case of Marvin
vs. Marvin.
In a trial that is expected to
last until the end of this month,
Michelle Triola Marvin is suing
actor Lee Marvin for about half
the earnings he made during
their six-year cohabitation. If
she wins, Michelle could gain
up to one-and-a-half million
dollars. She would also, no
doubt, gain the notoriety of set­
ting a legal precedent.
Should she win her case, the
resulting mandate would - not
do much to aid the evolution of
marital roles. Instead, it would [
merely compound the con­
fusion about settlements.
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Actually, married wq
and cohabitatirig wq
should be treated
because they’re in the W
basic type of reiationsh®
married women are den
alimony payments as the«
with increasing frequeifl
divorce cases, then why s|
an ex-cohabitant receive
payment? In the same vein,J
an ex’-cohabitant is dl
alimony, why should it ba”
ted to a married woman!
support exempt)?
Consistency should be
tablished C in
settl®
agreements. Either settlF
claims should be viewed■
law as totally ground!®
ALL cases or honor®
thusiastically in ALL cas®
Maybe the solution«
women
in
any ki®
marriage-like relationship is I
them to seek indeper
thereby avoiding the co
sation issue altogether. |
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