The print., February 18, 1981, Page 2, Image 2

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Editor’s notes
Publie 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 of Jan. 1,1980, and Dec. 31,1980. Keep in
mind that this is not limited to 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.
What do you feel the most important event was in 1980?
Macho problems
minus discussion
Every week on Thursday, a group of women congregate on
campus. Not to play bridge, backgammon, or even poker, but just
to talk. A simple, yet monumental obligation we have as humans.
Monumental, because language is the one single factor that places
us above most of the other creatures on this humble planet.
(Dolphins are excluded because we don’t know enough about
them.)
These people who have a weekly conversation are known as
the Women’s Support Group, a floating women’s discussion
cluster that shares and supports each other’s needs and cpmmon
goals. The form of communication they use is vocal.'
Why is it
that a group of women (all strangers) can mesh together as easily
as the Women’s Support Group can? There are no groups as such
for men and their problems. Some believe that the male gender is
not quite as vocal about their needs as women are. A men’s sup­
port group was attempted before, -but it died a quick death
because of the lack of...well...support.
Many think that the idea of a support group is a silly one and a
waste of time. But are simple communication and support a waste
of time? I would argue. Why is it that men are not able to perform
a simple task of getting together and talking? Are we that confi­
dent of-our.problems? Do we have our “shit together” (so to
speak)? No, we do not.
Then what is our problem? It can’t be that men’s problems are
the kind that can be void of open discussion; No matter how far
we think we have come in the ‘open emotions’ category, the at­
titude still lingers that if we cry or show emotions other than anger,
we are undeserving of the label, “man.”
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Executive council lacks continuity
To The Editor:
I am slightly disappointed in
the outcome of the ASG Vice
Presidential election. Or rather,
the principle and the wisdom
involved.
Being an older student,
previously attending U of O
and OSU, I was surprised to
note that the present ASG Ex­
ecutive Council is comprised of
only one type of student in its
representation. Among those
members of the council one
finds there are no represen­
tatives for the older students,
ethnic students, or physically
handicapped students.
If, indeed, the ASG Ex-
ecutive Council is the voice of
the Clackamas Community
College student body-then
why are there no represen­
tatives of the above named
groups? It’s nice that the
younger students dan enjoy ac­
tivities like “The Edge of Max;”
however, how many of the
wheelchair-confined students
are able to participate in this
type of activity? How many of
the older students, a large por­
tion of the student body, find
this type of activity acceptable
to them?
By ignoring the rights of
these
students
to
be
represented in the ASG Ex­
ecutive Council, it is being said
that either they “don’t exist” or
no one cares that they do..
I did apply for the Vice Presi­
dent position in an effort to
represent a portion of those
students as an advocate;
however, it appears that with
my opinions of “total student
population,”! could not “mesh
well,” in the words of Eric
Etzel, with the existing Ex­
ecutive Council, as Carlson
does. So I made an effort to
change the present situation, to
nd avail. Now where do we do
from here?
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An art critic
To The Editor:
As president and vice-
president of the THC Fan Club
associated throughout the Nor­
thwest, we have unanimously
voted (“Print” reporter) Mike
Rose to the distinguished
honor of “Asshole of the
Month,” for his incredible
review of The Hallelujah
Chorus, published in “The
Print,” Feb. 12 (“THC said bad
hit”)..
Rose stated, “They were
raunchy, but good,” this was a
typical comment made by one
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in the audience.
„ Really, Mike! You went com­
pletely out of your way to ask
one person, and your prejudice
concerning the drug humor
was, “it was as funny as
plywood.” How can you make
a statement like this when you
missed half the show?
The first step to being a good
critic is to attend!
Very truly yours,
Bill Mascott (President)
Chad Macomber (Vice
President)
An Iranian
To The Editor
If you dare to print this, I will
ask a question of you, “Are
you an Iranian?” (“Calm
Down, America,” Jan. 28,
1981 issue of “The Print.”)
The reason I ask this is I can’t
understand how an American
can feel the way you do about
the past hostage crisis. Sure,
our government can make
mistakes, but, never-the-less,
we as Americans should sup­
port our country, not Iran.
After all, we are the ones that
put our government officials in­
to office.
LaCinda L. Baker
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' covering the campus community as thoroughly as possible. Opi­
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