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communique’
Public opinion survey:
Who is the most influential?
Every year, "Time” magazine chooses its "Man of the Year.” The
editors of "Time” decide who (male or female) was the most influen­
tial person that year, or who affected the most people.
The topic of this week’s survey is: who would you pick for the man
of the year, the woman of the year, and the event of the year?
Choose between the dates dfJ&n.^, 1980, and Dec. 31,1980. Keep in
mind that this is ndtmmt^ddo just one person but might be a collec­
tion of people.
Return these surveys either to "The Print” office in Trailer B, or to
any of "The Print” survey envelopes stationed throughout the cam­
pus.
Who do you feel the most influential man in the world was in 1980?
Justify your choice.
Who do you feel the most influential woman was? Again, justify.
Darwinism doesn
mean Just atheisn
To the Editor:
Printing an article on Scien­
tific Creationism is like opening
Pandora’s Box. Everyone has
their own prejudices. Some
believe in the theory of evolu­
tion to the exclusion of all else.
Others, like me believe in
evolution as the way God
chose to create life on earth,
and decide which creatures
were fit to survive. Still, though
I believe in God, I would ac­
tively resist any attempt to in­
troduce Scientific Creationism
into science classes of public
schools.
Most controversy over this
from
subject
stems
misunderstanding of present
teaching of the theory of evolu­
tion. Evolution is still taught as
a theory. Instructors cannot,
due to the dictates of science,
say, “This is how life began.”
Rather they say, “This is h
life could have begun,” of “]
is what most of the evidei
points to as the way
began.” What’s more,D
winism is not atheism. ]
theory of evolution does
exclude the existence ol
divine being, it merely does
mention it.
This is done for a very gc
reason. The belief in a divi
being must be taken on fal
On the other hand, thou
there'5 is ho absolute proof t!
evolution was definitely bi
life began and never will be, .
can see evolution, it is happ<
ing now (the definition
evolution is simply the chan
of gene frequency).
As soon as .stroni
evidence to the contrary
brought forth, it will change
Tom Jeffries
What do you feel the most important event was in 1980?
Militant threatens for beans
To the Editor:
Hell, the students can talk in
What’s all this stuff about tak- the regular chair if they want,
ing our bean bag chairs out of That’s like saying, “People who
the library because we talk? have toilets, go to the
Her back aches
for bean chairs
To the Editor:
As I write this letter, my back
screams out in protest and
agony from sitting too long in
this uncomfortable stiff-backed
chair. I never used to have to
suffer these agonies but until
recently there have been bag
chairs in the library to soothe
away my discomforts. It seems
people were making too much
noise and disrupting serious
study and the bean bags
became the scapegoat.
Remove the bean bags and you
remove all the noise. Simple
logic, but simple logic isn’t
always the best logic. I am a
frequent user of the library and
have not noticed any difference
in the sound level since the
bean bags were removed.
Bean bag chairs are a much
appreciated convenience and
provide students with a way to
relax comfortably and quietly
without the discomforts of
straight-backed chairs or the
noise and crowd in the Com­
munity Center Lounge. Many
students have large gaps in
their schedules and have little
to do without leaving the cam­
pus, which is a waste of time,
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money and gas (all precious).
Bean bag chairs allow people
to study comfortably or even
make up for lost sleep during
these breaks without harming
anyone.
If what they say is true and
bean bags are really the culprits
in the soK-called “noise
problem,” there are better ways
to go about solving the problem
without taking the bean bags
out of the library. One that
comes to my mind is to have a
restricted area in which people
can use bean bags and engage
in quiet conversation. This area
would be far enough away
from the main study area so as
to not cause any problems. I
think this would be a simple,
painless, and easily im­
plemented alternative to
removing the bean bag chairs.
? I seriously urge The Print to
undertake a public opinion
survey and to start a petition
drive, if necessary. I am willing
to help in any way possible to
help get our bean bags back to
their rightful place in the
library.
Tracy M. Aul
bathroom. If we take away the
toilets.. .that will stop ’em!”
If you want the students to
shut up, hand out gags...You
could also have a police patrol
with guard dogs or even set up
audio/sensory alarms! Don’t
take away our bean bag chairs!
Where the “Gosh dang
heck’- are we tired, overworked
students supposed to sleep? In
the elevators?
I demand to have our bean
bag chairs returned. I demand
it! And my seat demands it!
If you don’t, I’ll take
hostages!
Marvin
Alas, ‘Print’ journalist arrogant
To The Editor:
There are many things in this ' something like this...” ticks me someday you might get to wi
world of which one could make off a little. He acts like he’s a for the “Daily Emerald,”
fun that are OK in my book. reporter for the “L.A. who knows—“The Enterpii
Granted, a lot of my feelings Tribune,” and since I have read Courier.”
stem from the old saying, “It’s other articles by Mr. Rose, a
OK for me to make jokes about “Joe Rossi” he ain’t.
Sincerely,
my turf, but let someone else
So hang in there, Mr. Rose, Polly Meara
do it, and they’re looking for and if you keep working at it, Milwaukie
trouble.” However, Mr. Rose’s
satirical column (?) was more
than that. (“Hell Bent for
Cookies,” Feb. 4 edition of
“The Print.”)
first, his attempt at humor
was just that, an attempt, and a
THE PRINT, a member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers
very weak one at that. Not only
Association, aims to be a fair and impartial journalistic medium
covering the campus community as thoroughly as possible. Opi­
were his jokes not funny, they
nions expressed in THE PRINT do not necessarily reflect those of
were old.
the College administration, faculty, Associated Student Govern­
Second, his complaining of
ment or other staff members of THE PRINT.
getting “suckered into covering
sprint
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