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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1979)
opinion Whatabout us? Times may be tough for students of this College if the teachers decide to strike. That is becoming more and more evident. The students need to be aware that there is a problem between the teachers and the school board and the result may be a strike. How can the students help? Well, they really can’t unless they want to walk on picket lines with the teachers, or take the board’s side. It’s frustrating to know that when something includes us, the students, we really do not have a say over the out* come. So, we wait, and go to classes that someday might not be taught, or will be taught by a substitute. While there is nothing we can do, there is one group of people who can help. The board. They can come out and make public I their views just as the teachers have done. I Don’t leave the students of this college in a I cloud over their future. And both parties, while you’re running I around screaming about what you both II want, take into consideration what you’re I here for: to teach the students. So think I about us. || FIRST I'LL WARM IT UP-AND THEN I'LL DECIDE ! THE ON SWlTCH/WHt THEONSW CARTER ROSSA, Champie says... Kennedy favorite for president vatives. This group has ; amassed $50 million, with i Recently, when discussing which they will back many ex with some friends who I wan treme right or extreme conser ted as our next U.S. president, vative candidates. They have I was trying to get them to targeted $700,000 of this realize that we, the nation, against six U.S. senators need Ted Kennedy as our next (Frank Church is one), but they president. My reasons for this are trying to win 10 separate are other than his being Jack’s seats, which would give them and Bobby’s brother. the majority, provided they — Now, we have two, well don’t lose any seats. make that three candidates The reason this is so impor who have a reasonable chance tant is that, if the Republicans of winning: Kennedy, Carter get the majority, they will also and Reagan. gain control of all the senate ¡The main reasonwe need committees ^or instance, Kennedy as dur president is. Strom Thurman would be because of the activities of a chairman of the Senate group called the New Right, a Judiciary Committee, which group of extreme conser- screens appointments of By Dan Champie For The Print sprint 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon 97045 Office: Trailer B; telephone: 656;2631, ext. 309 editor: Leanne Lally; hews editor: Mike Koller arts editor: Elena Vancil; feature editor: Kelly Laughlin sports editor: Brian Rood; photo editor: Duffy Coffman assistant photo editor: Kevin Almond staff writers: Susan Hanneman, Ramona Isackson, Don Ives Lee Jeffries. Chris Merritt, James Rhoades, Tom Rhodes Dea Shepherd-Kent; staff photographers: Cathy Gross Robert Hand; advertising manager: Jack Tucker business manager: Ron Allen; professional adviser: Suzie Boss The Print, a member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, aims to be a fair and impartial journalistic medium covering the campus community as thoroughly as possible. Opinions expressed in The Print do not necessarily reflect those of the CCC administration, faculty or the Associated Student Government. Supreme Court Judges. Orris and leadership, could and ferently. He would have lefl Hatch would be chairman of would initiate some gover controls intact. the Committee on Labor and nmental intervention, when Kennedy is also trying t(| Education. With Hatch, and and where needed, to get us his national health plan pa ultra conservative, in charge, out of this recession. but right now a cheap ¡mill places like Clackamas Com The leadership of Kennedy is is blocking his plan. It wast munity College would suffer one of his strongest points. He ceived by Carter. KennF because the nation’s is the chairman of the Senate plan gives a much more■ educational budget would be Judiciary Committee, which plete coverage and incf cut back. makes him one of the most cost controls, and would! The only way to prevent the powerful senators, if not the down the cost of health| take over by the New Right is to most. Reagan is only one claim Carter’s plan has none ofI elect Kennedy president. Car of any significance: being ex items. Another detail that! ter is a weak, ineffective and ill- governor of California (and nedy helped us with in advised president who has the some times actor). deregulaion of airline pj minorities and labor (to name a As I said earlier, Carter and , which resulted in ¡owe few) mad at him. Hence, if we Reagan wouldn’t and don’t fares. j As you can see, j were to have him as our next. know when to initiate gover nedy believes in governij Democratic presidential nmental intervention. Evidence intervention, only whenlii nominee, a good majority of of this is Carter decontrolling oil benefit the public (lea^iru Democrats would either stay at prices (you remember when controls on and taking ■ home or vote for Reagan (who gas went from 70 cents to $1 controls off). is a pretty sure winner of the gallon?) .All these price rises are I know you’ve f due to the oil controls being saying to yourself while rel Republican nomination). Reagan is just the person we taken off. The gas stations this commentary, Kennedy don’t need for our next didn’t get a raise until recently, not yet come out and saffl president. He is an ultra con and that was only 2 to 3 cents a will run. Well, in then servative and would sit back gallon. Carter thought that was future, Kennedy is going M and not initiate any sort of a wise move, because he had nounce he is running governmental intervention to his windfall profits tax to get president. This is support« get us out of this extremely back 40 percent of that 30-cent an announcement that poor economic situation. Car raise. He was going to use that made to the AFL-CIO cfl ter, if elected, would be to initiate programs to help us in Massachusetts recent! somewhat better than Reagan, become less dependent on ' saying in the near future d but with a senate where the foreign oil, and for alternative * would make a statement« Republicans are the majority, it sources of energy. But the tax his candidacy and that# might as well be Reagan in doesn’t say what the oil com would not be disappointed. charge. panies have to do with that 60 We all have a choiO Kennedy, on the* other percent that isn’t taxed, that make. We can either go] hand, if nominated and elec they wouldn’t be making in the treme right or moderate Id ted, would bring out the first place, if it hadn’t been for The choice is ours and isf Democrats and the majority Carter taking the controls off. Here is where Kennedy portant. would still be Democratic. Kennedy, with this strength would have done things dif- Clackamas Page 2 ( inches D50 Illuminant, 2 degree observer Density