opinion
Strike one
The deadline is drawing near and still an
agreement has yet to be reached. We may
soon find ourselves out of school as the
teachers’ strike draws near.
C’mon school board, it’s resting on your
shoulders now. What are you going to do? It
sure sounds as if the teachers are serious,
and they have right to be. .
It looks as though the teachers have the
students and other factors on their side.
Just think, no other community college in
Oregon has had its teachers strike before.
Do you really want our College to have a
“black mark,” alongside its name?
If it is a game you are playing (as I’ve
heard many say) it’s time to stop and look at
the score. Your team is losing, you better
hit some home runs and make your fans
proud to be associated with the team.
I can’t tell anyone how to run their
business, but anyone can tell when
someone is in danger and in deep water over
their heads, so start thinking seriously at
where you’re at. Make sure you don’t let the
students drown.
Give the teachers what they' want. Af-
ter all, you’ve gotten your way two other
times. Why not let the teachers carry the
ball.
All this figurative talk might sound a bit
like beating around the bush. Well, that
sounds like what the board is doing.
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FRANKLY SPEAKING F- ... by phil frank
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As students, the possible
teaicher strike threatens us all. I
admit that as far as instructors
go on this campus, there is
some dead weight, as is true of
any institution or business. In
general, the quality of instruc
tors is good: Having been to?
three ■ other
community
colleges, I believe this to be
true. In order to maintairi this
quality of learning I advocate
student supDort in favor of a
pay raise for the instructors, as
specified in tne> fact-finder
report.
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I also predict that the school
board will reject this proposal, if
past history is to be relied
upon.
What should we as students
do if the teachers go on strike? I
feel that legal action against the
. school board is called for.
These are the reasons I feel
this way:
1. We paid for certain in
structors-, which we as stu
dents have f aith in. '
2. They will be depriving us
of tune we paid for.
3. We will lose money we
have invested in our future. ;
If we support the teachers,,
we will be saying that we think
they are worth it. If we don'
will be getting second-rate
structors ¿and a second
education.
Tom Hamill
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