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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1981)
B d $£ETON communique" ÏHV5 l&TVLER TO WHITE HOU5£ PRÍ5S C0MFE8ENC£5. Registration trials vanishing By Rick Obritschkewitsch Of The Print Less than 10 minutes! That’s right, it took less than 10 minutes. It was unbelievable. Last Wednesday morning, I made my way . over to the Community Center prepared to spend at least an hour in the long lines getting registered for spring term. But when I got into line there wasn’t much of one. So I thought, well why not set the stop watch on my good ol’ Mercury quartz just to see how long it takes. The line, to may amaze ment, moved along very smoothly. After getting through step one there was a short stop, but that was filled up by filling out an insurance request card, determining whether or not I wanted school insurance. They were also asking that if I was not a registered voter, to register, so that I could vote for the College levy in the next election. But I was already registered, so that took care of that. time, ánd that none of the classes I wanted to take had been cancelled or were already full. It only took another few minutes there getting class selections checked, and taking a few comments on my last name. involved in the rapidness of registration for spring term on a job well done, and thank you. Ever had one of those days? To The Editor: Have you ever had one of But now came step three, the final step, the step that had those days? Have you? j don’t taken the most time last term: mean just ah average rotten payment of tuition and fees. day, but a truly pitiful day? And again, I was amazed at the short amount of time that this Where you get to bed at one o’clock the night before and step took. you’re really tired—but you on When I checked my stop ly have a tape player and the watch it read 9:47. That’s nine only tape you have is mintues and forty-seven Beethoven’s Ninth Symphonie You do finally get to sleep seconds. around two, and you’re I thought maybe I was just awakened at 6:30 the next lucky by getting through morning by these two equally registration so quickly. Maybe it obnoxious alarm clocks, one was because it was the first day sounding like someone trying of registration, but in checking to upchuck an empty stomach, with other people I had found and the other sounding like the that they had gotten registered Bell Telephone Company has taken your room hostage and is just as quickly. getting complaint calls every two seconds. Not bbbrrriiinnn- From there it was on to step So I guess there’s only one nggg. bbbrrriiinnnggg, but bbb- two, where my classes were checked to make sure that I thing left to say: CON bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrr- j RATULATIONS to all those rrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggg- wasn’t taking two at the same GRATULATIONS After five minutes of arguing with yourself on the impor tance of existing on this day, you finally get out of our door/bed on to a freezing cold floor in a freezing cold room, then discover that you don’t have any decent pants to wear, so you put on these stupid looking things reserved only for Greenjeans Mr. Greenje ans (no offense in- tended) and go out and drink a cold cup of coffee in an equally freezing room. Then you go out into the freezing cold to catch an overcrowded bus filled with these brats from a Chris tian school and big Italians who love to sing to themselves (but can’t). to students as if it were the only scientifically credible explana tion for origins. Instead, let’s give the creation and evolution models equal time and let the students be free to choose knowledgeably their own view. Fortunately, school districts are beginning to give students this choice, but until it becomes the standard practice academic freedom for creationism is ap parently a farce in the science classroom. qualified creationist like Pro fessor ChittiGk of George Fox College or with one from the Institute for Creation Research in San Diego (addresses have been given to the editor of this paper). If it really is an open and shut case for evolution, there should be nothing much to fear. Unless, of course, the truth might be otherwise. I urge Professors Snively, Hampton, and Lee to exhibit an open mind and be willing to give a hearing before their students to the other view. Let them or a student group ar range for a debate with a Editor’s note: We have received two letters recent* ly that have not been sign ed. Before we can print any letters, they must be sign* ed. Name may be withheld upon request, but we need the names. Just wanted to know T. * • Augustine Augusnne Scientific Creationism a Scopes Trial reversal To the Editor: The three science instructors “Belief in evolution is thus ex classroom. quoted in the January 21 arti actly parallel to belief in special It is time for public schools cle, “Scientific Creationism?” creation—both are concepts and colleges to recognize some were either very uninformed or which believers know to be true important aspects about the very prejudiced. Unfortunate but neither, up to the present, creation-evolution controversy. ly, neither position is accep has been capable of proof.” First, “evolution only” is not table for a college level instruc Matthews, “Foreward” to G. good science. It lacks evidence tor assuming the opportunity to Darwin, Origin of Species at xi for key issues like the speak out on an issue in his or (1971) . . transmutation of species and her field. All three instructors seem to the standard evolutionary Are For example, all three in place creationism in the realm geologic column. structors claimed that crea of religion. Professor Lee said, Clackamas Community Col tionism is not in the realm of “I don’t feel there can be any lege science students informed science. Then why does the such thing as scientific crea that such a geologic column ex Creation Research Society tionism... Science is based on ists nowhere in the world in its have several hundred members facts. We have lots of courses entirety? In fact, in several in with postgraduate degrees in about religion...” However, stances the geologic layers exist natural science who believe Dr. Henry Morris, one of the in the wrong order with no that creationism is at least as leading proponents of scientific evidence of overthrusting. The. credible scientifically as evolu creationism says that it involves creation model cain integrate tion? Is it reasonable to brush “no reliance on Biblical revela such scientific evidence at least aside the viewpoint of many tion, utilizing only scientific as well as the evolutionary men and women of science data to support and expound model Second, it must be recogniz without a hearing or is it the creation model.” In debates perhaps probable that the in across America such men ably ed that “evolution only” is not I structors in question were not present creationism scientifical ~good education. A recent study aware that so many of their col ly while opponents repeatedly indicates that students learn i leagues disagree with such a bring up the religious issue ap science more effectively when parently in an attempt at guilt taught a two-model approach claim? to origins. by association. Professor Snively said,“...from a scientific point of view you cannot teach a belief.” Since that was in reference to creationism, then the evolutionary hypothesis had better be thrown out of the science classroom because it is also a belief. It is based on the assumption of uniformity in rates of change since the universe began. That belief can never be proven scientifically because it supposedly occurred prior to human observation. Page 2 Professor Hampton said, “...evolution is happpening, we can see it...” He is invited to cite one conclusive example of evolution from one complexity of life to another. The concept of evolution requires too much time for such changes to be observed. In fact, Dean Ke nyon of San Francisco State who taught evolution for 12 years sees a lack of evidence for the transmutation of species required for evolution. He is now teaching creationism in his Third, “evolution only” is not good democracy. Various surveys indicate that the teaching'of both the creation and evolution models would better represent the wishes of those who pay for public education. Even Clarence Dar row in his Scopes Trial defense for the teaching of evolution stated that it is “bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.” It is now the Scopes Trial in reverse. Let’s stop presenting evolution John Slivkoff Cannon Beach, Oregon staff________ THE PRINT, a member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, aims to be a fair and impartial journalistic medium covering the campus community as thoroughly as possible. Opi nions expressed in THE PRINT do not necessarily reflect those of the College administration, faculty, Associated Student Govern ment or other staff members of THE PRINT. office: Trailer B; telephone: 657-8400, ext. 309 or 310 editor: Thomas A. Rhodes assignment editor: Matt Johnson; news editor: J. Dana Haynes arts editor: R.W. Greene; feature editor: Steve Lee sports editor: Rick Obritschkewitsch photo editor: Duffy Coffman staff writers: Linda Cabrera, Amy DeVour, David Hayden, Tom Jeffries, Mike Rose, Susy Ryan staff photographers: Brenda Feltman, Ramona Isackson, Sue Hanneman typesetter: Kathy Walmsley; graphics: Lynn Griffith cartoonist: J. Dana Haynes advertising and business: Dan Champie adviser: Suzie Boss Clackamas Community College
