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Cafeteria dilemma
now resolved
After all the arguing that has been going
oil, something will finally be done with the
cafeteria that will be both comfortable and
tasty.
An expansion of seating and im­
provements in the service will make the
College cafeteria an enjoyable place for
dining and get togethers. No more will a
student have to search despondently for a
place to sit or something to eat.
We ' • think Grambush, Ryan and
Weiss—those involved in putting the ex­
pansion project together—can all breathe
easy. They all seem to agree and we think
they can now bury the hatchet. They have
conducted themselves well and have put
the students of this College first.
They are right in saying that with the rise
in enrollment, improvements must be
made. They must be made everywhere to
make this institution a benefit, not a bur­
den, to the students who attend.
Once again, we thank all who made the
expansion possible; it just makes us that
much more proud of our school.
Flag controversy needless waste of time
By Mike Koller
Of The Print
Well, let me see. If today’s
Wednesday, that means that
Associated Student Gover-
nemnt ^ASG) has decided to
lower the flags that fly so
proudly in front of our school,
or was it the other way around?
Wait a minute. I can’t even
remember why those little flags
are up there in the first place.
Wasn’t it to represent some
deep political conviction our
school had about the Iranian
crisis? Oh, well, it doesn’t really
matter. All I know is, all those
flags sure look pretty when the
east wind whips through them.
1 don’t know why anyone
would want to take them
down. Maybe some people just
don’t appreciate the ol’ red,
white and blue. But for that
matter, I don’t know why
anyone would want to put so
many flags up, either. I mean,
one or two flags is nice, but my
God, 50 flags is mind boggling.
Maybe ASG put up 50 flags to
represent each state in the
union. No, that can’t be
it—that’s what those little stars
are for.
I bet my initial hunch was
right. They’re trying to make
some deep statement again. I
remember now, they had some
big debate because first, the
flags
were
supposed
to
represent otir loyalty to this
country and to those hostages
over in Iran. Then all of a sud­
den, some of the more
politically oriented members of
ASG developed some theory
¿print
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of the CCC administration, faculty dr Associated Student Gover­
nment.
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that maybe we shouldn’t sup­
port the Iranian crisis because
Jimmy Carter wasn’t doing a
good job of handling the
situation.
suggested that an editorial
which appeared March 5
(“ASG Deals in Buffoonery”)
was “out of order, poorly
researched, biased and directly
Up, down. Up, down. Boy, reflects the bigotry of its author,
those ASG’ers can really spin whoever that may be.”
your head around with all their
I may not know much about
philosophies.
the structures of politics, and I
Well, anyway, we at this don’t pretend to, but it’s ap­
paper came up with a theory or parent that MacFarlane knows
our own, that just maybe our nothing about journalism. An
student government could do editorial represents the view or
more meaningful things than opinion of the paper and not
debate politics on a national just one single author. With
level,
maybe
even
do that being fact, MacFarlane is in
something that applied to this essence saying that “The Print”
school. It didn’t sound like too is prejudiced against student
bad of an idea, but I guess ASG government, a statement I find
gets a little touchy when people hard to digest.
without
the
appropriate
A quick glance over the staff
political background
make box usually found on Page 2 of
suggestions to them. '
this paper will show that several
We decided to print an members of the school paper
editorial stating some of our have been involved in student
views and suggestions over this government in the past and at
incident. I mean, we were just the present time. If they are
trying to be helpful and the “bigots,” then ASG must be
next thing you know, we get a leaving, or have left, a bitter
couple of mean letters from taste in their mouths. Basically,
ASG people. It really hurt my what this paper tries to do is in­
feelings. What ever happened form the student body about
to school spirit?
what’s going on around the
One letter was from a Mr. campus and the community.
MacFarlane, who happens to ASG is a part of this College
be the business manager of and, therefore, we report on
ASG. His letter was titled, what they are accomplishing or
ironically or inappropriately, not accomplishing. It’s that
“Not Too Harsh.” Mr. Mac­ simple.
Farlane was not only harsh, but
If we are being unfair, biased
downright insulting. I wonder if
or bigoted, then I would like to
he remembers last year when
see documents to prove this
this very same publication
accusation. Richard Weiss,
thought that he would be a
ASG vice president, commen­
damn good candidate for the
ted in his letter to the editor,
office he now holds? Those
“You (The Print) seem to see
politicians sure forget their
things one way and react and
friends fast.
report, and the real way it is
In his letter, MacFarlane
escapes you.” Both letters miss
the point that needs to be
made.
This
whole
controversy!
should have been avoided en-
tirely simply because ASG
should have never gotten in-:
volved in raising flags in the first
place. Who really cares what
Clackamas
Community
College, in Oregon City,
Oregon, thinks about the
Iranian crisis, especially when
student government members
aren’t sure themselves?
President Carter probably
isn’t too worried about the
Oregon Primary, much less
what a suburban community!
college thinks of his foreign
policies.
I noticed that the incidentigofi
ASG a little publicity from local
television stations. Maybe that
indicates something about the
motives behind their flag con­
troversy.
If ASG had stuck to trying to
solve the problems around
campus, the hours wasted over
the flags would have been
avoided. Sure, everyone hast
an opinion about Iran, but
those opinions should be saved
for lunchroom discussions and
most certainly kept out! of
student government.
Let’s face it, not many
politicians in the United States
are really concerned about this
school’s opinions on Irani So
why involve national issues in
school politics? Why waste time
arguing national politics, when
the price of soft drinks in the
cafeteria was just raised by a
nickel. Now, that’s an evea
worth fighting about. .
Clackamas Community College