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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-
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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-
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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.
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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
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