The Community Center
lounge another Atlantic City?
Not according to the State At
torney General’s office. When
ASG attempted to put on a
“Casino Night” to make money
for itself and other organiza
tions, it was halted before the
plans left the starting blocks^
■due to state gambling laws.
Under the event plans, J the
Community Certter lounge
would have been turned into a
miniature gambling casino with
tables and all the gambling
paraphernalia (save organized
crime and prositution). Cam
pus clubs and organizations
would have governed their
own tables as students and
Casino Night
hits roadblock
no gambling
By Tom Rhodes
Lawyers
Last night, Washington
D.C., was the site of President
Reagan’s inauguration and
subsequent ball. But in
Portland, the National Lawyers
Guild was holding a different
kind of celebration: a counter-
“Mt. Hood did the same
thing last year and got busted
and everything was con
fiscated,” Buckley said.
“Schools get away with cake
walks all the time and legally,
that’s gambling.
Fail to the chief?
inaugural ball.
Held at the Earth Tavern
from 8 p.m. to 12, the party in
cluded live music, dancing and
speeches. The objective: to
raise money for the Guild, a
liberal, non-profit organization
Science building
near completion
Progress on the Linus Paul
ing Science Building has been
slowed down slightly because
its completion now requires the
laying of carpet, painting and
the placing of certain hard-
ward. Despite the short delay,
construction is still ahead of
schedule, Classes will com
mence in the new building after
spring break.
said that the only way we could
do it is if we required the peo
ple to purchase only $10 worth
of tokens (play money),”
Buckley said.
Buckley later discovered that
another “only way” they coula
have had the casino night
would have been to exchange
the tokens for prizes 50 miles
away from the College, accor
ding to the state-gambling laws.
faculty used play money that
they purchased when entering
the lounge. The more money
spent at a specific table, the
more money the organization
governing the table would have
received.
David Buckley, student pro
grams specialist, > said“We
wanted to borrow the equip;
ment and have prizes that win
ners would cash in the . play
money for.”
The word “would” has been
used often to describe Casino
Night, because the plans were
halted by what is known as “
the law.” “We talked to
Clackamas County District At-
tomey James O’Leary, and he
At a recent planning
meeting, “punch lists,” dealing
with various small jobs that
must be finished in the near
future, were discussed.
Regarding the landscaping,
Bill Ryan, dean of college ser
vices and planning, com
mented, “It’s coming. We have
to wait for the right weather.”
formed by “...a group of at
torneys who disdain the trapp
ings of the legal profession,” in
the words of one member,
Jack L. Schwartz.
Schwartz is a Portland
lawyer who is active in the
’’Guild. Said Schwartz, “Our
goal right now is to see
Reagan’s removal...I mean,
the man got elected with less
than 25 percent of the eligible
voters voting for him.”
According to Schwartz, the
Lawyers Guild is not against
only Mr. Reagan. “We see the
Republicans and Democrats as
two parties run by the corpora
tions. What we’d like to see is a
Citizen’s Labor Party in 1984.”
The counter inaugural ball
drew quite a crowd. The
Guild was worried about a poor
turnout, said Schwartz,
because, “...we’ve had a pro-
blem with Portland’s conser
vative, homogenous press.
They sometimes won’t even
run our non-profit adver
tisements.” .
Schwartz said that the
Guild’s fears of Ronald Reagan
are well founded. “Since he
(Reagan) won’t be able to turn
the economy around in four
years, we’re afraid he’ll start a
war. That’s always good for the
corporations,” said Schwartz.
Asked if the/United States is
heading in a conservative
direction, Schwartz said, “I
think that’s bullshit from the
press. We’re not moving to the
right. People know that the
corporations are screwing us.”’
AMERICA’S NEW president
faces internal problems as'
well as external: last night’s
“counter-inaugural hall*
Mall offers rooms
each week until Feb. 23. Adi
vance registration is required. ■
According to Haley, a ma
jority of the merchants at the
Clackamas Town Center ar«
quite supportive of the prw
gram. Students who satisfac
torily finish the course will
receive a certificate of comple
tion, which can be used wheii
applying for work at one of the
180 stores at the mall. The new
Clackamas Town Center
located near Sunnyside Road
and 82nd Avenue, is schedule
ed to open March 1.
“Although the course does
not guarantee jobs, it will prog
vide training for those who do
not have actual retail ex
perience,” Haley said.
‘Alternate lifestyle’
seminar offered
I
A special Focus seminar titl
ed Living Together: Legal and
Emotional Issues will be
presented by Community Ser
vices January 22 and 29 from
7-10 p.m. in Room 117 in the
Community Center.
The seminar, which will be
jointly taught by Gay Canaday
and Marv Clifford, will be con
cerned with legal and emo
tional issues which confront un
married couples living
together.
Marv, Clifford, a registered
clinical social worker, has
taught the Men Don’t Always
Need To Be Strong seminar in
the past.
Gay Canaday is an attorney
for Oregon Legal Services and
has previously taught thl
Womens Rights seminar. “Thl
first night we’ll be discussing
emotional issues concerning
current relationships, and lega1
issues concerning contracts
wills and joint ownership d
bank accounts,” stated Cana
day. “The second night wel
move on to emotional issue!
concerning past relationships
and legal issues concerning
children, abuse and enforcing
contracts.” Special attentioi
will be given to agreements tha
couples may enter into befo«
living together and aftó
dissolving their relationship.
Clackamas Community College