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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1981)
Communi Handicaps ^THESES NOTHING UK£ ito HO HO? IT’S > FAVORITE SE/toMf A lifelong battle It’s about time something is done to expose the difficulties of a handicapped person. Handicap Awareness Week was a step in that direction. Probably the biggest problem faced by most handicapped individuals is that people generally have a tendency to underestimate them. It can be a never- ending problem, even after the handicap ped person has proven himself. It’s like “great, you’ve made an accomplishment, but that’s only one thing you can do.” So it becomes a lifelong battle. No matter what’s been accomplished, there always needs to be more. President Franklin Roosevelt had polio, and to keep this from disrupting his presidential duties, he only allowed himself to be photographed from the waist up out of his wheelchair. FDR was a president who served for 12 years, being elected for the fourth term just before he died in 1945. He was, of course, the only president in the history of the U.S. presidency to accomplish such a feat. It was also during one of the hardest times in our government’s history to be a president, during a world war. Roosevelt may not have been so successful in his original bld for the oval office had he let his disability be publicized. And perhaps no other president could have accomplish ed so much while in office. It’s not that handicapped people make better presidents, but generally speaking, they try harder because they’re always having to prove themselves. The abilities of the handicapped were typically exemplified in the past week at the College. They were shown in things from wheelchair basketball to art displays. It shows that with most handicapped peo ple there is no handicap. It’s just a matter of finding their own way of doing things. It’s something I generally just ignore, and do the things I need to, but in order to get some things out in the open about han dicapped people I will bring it out for the sake of example. I have cerebral palsy and (do, did have) epilepsy (four months ago, I was taken off the medication that kept my seizures under control after 16 years', j since it’s no longer necessary). The biggest thing I don’t like about! the disorder is that it’s called CEREBRAL? palsy. The Cerebral part tends to signify that it’s a mental disorder^ which it is, to a certain extent. It’s a brain disorder, but on ly as much as telling various body parts what to do. Epilepsy can also be misunderstood. In looking for a job you never put It on an application if the seizures are under con- trol. It you were to do this your chances of getting a job would fade away. Once many employers see epilepsy on an application, they Immediately think, “Can’t hire this guy, he’ll have seizures all the time.” These are only the two cases I’m familiar with, but most likely this type of misconception goes with all ailments termed “handicap.” So before you go jum ping to a conclusion about someone who is handicapped, find out what their capabilities are; you might be surprised. Readers write Headline Misconstrued To the Editor: In the November 25 edi tion of The Print, your staff committed a grave injustice to the foreign language depart ment, and Mrs. Ladd. Your headline implies that Mrs. Ladd considers the establishing of a sister school with the Republic of China as a mistake. Your ti tle is mis-leading. In the open ing statement, Mrs. Ladd asserts that she believes establishing ties as a positive gesture, yet...your staff in sinuates exactly the opposite and misled the total aim of her draft. Mrs. Ladd believes there exists in the United States a serious ■ gap in understanding staff THE PRINT, a member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, aims to be a fair and impar tial journalistic medium covering the campus com munity as thoroughly as possible. Opinions express ed in THE PRINT do not necessarily reflect those of the College administration, faculty, Associated Stu dent Government or other staff members of THE PRINT. office: Trailer B; telephone: 657-8400, ext. 309 dr 310 editor: Rick Obritschkewitsch news editor: J. Dana Haynes; arts editor: Tina Riggs feature editor: Amy DeVour sports editor: Wanda Percival *■ photo editor: Duane Hlersche; copy editor: Mike Rose staff writers: Kristi Blackman, Alison Hull Thomas A. Rhodes, Tracy Telgland, Darla Weinberger staff photographers: Duffy Coffman, Jay Graham cartoonist: J. Dana Haynes business manager: Joan Seely typesetter: Pennle Keefer; graphics: Lynn Griffith advisor: Dana Spielmann Clackamas Community College Æ sîss ^ /HÆrS.TUBBO? YOU jülll CURTAIL VOUS W1X SCÉNARIO U?a$T wtsæ7 J __ ____ Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas —_ _ ______ and interpreting « basic geography and history. To sup-? port her claims, Mrs. Ladd pro ceeded to introduce a series of distrubing ..evidence which tends to reveal the shallowness of American education. Instead of exploiting a golden oppor tunity to expand upon this growing problem, you staff convicts itself of the supposed felony be revealing your inabili ty to comprehend and grasp the impact of her letter. There is a serious problem infecting American education, and unless innoculated this threat of reaching the highest level of in competence may contaminate the American society. It is ironic that the second letter dealt with the use of pro fanity by The Print. The use of obscenity was quite vogue dur ing the chaotic 60s but today appears more juvenile. Suc cinctly. the need to describe a bull’s excretment or a human’s anal discharging device is the only outlet open than Mrs. Ladd’s description of our American malady has found a home. This is no intent to curb the right to freedom of speech, but for all rights7 there exists a responsibility. It appears The Print extends theirrights even Ftvirtôoo ftACIfe SNO^TÛVOTÛ H0MÊ5 AND caroi £«5 & hth *næwm of comfort m • - He has first billing in the beyond the limits of the Oregonian and the Journal. staff box under “cartoonist” The legacy of the printed and I’ve never seen any of his word extends from the beginn work. I suggest you delete his ing of our Republic and that name and give Mr. Haynes the standard has always been high. full credit he deserves, or j will The English language is a rich, cancel my subscription. colorful, and descriptive ver nacular and we, as Americans, Very truly yours> have had the advantage of ab Mrs. J. Dana Haynes sorbing and incorporating many foreign tongues into our native dialect. The Print should, set a level of excellence and exhort the students to To the Editor: match or better that standard. If I am a full-time, first-year unattainable, I suggest you student at Clackamas Com should divorce yourself^from munity College; howeverH this the College paper ana return to is my last term here, for I am writing for those/hapless in moving to Ohio and Will con dividuals that ' inhabit the tinue my education there. ground between the earth and Before I leave/ I’d like to a rock. give special thanks to the English Department. I have a E. Matthew Coyne literature class and a writing class here, and they have both had a great impact on me. Before this term, I had relative ly very little interest in English, To the Editor: but yet, in less than three mon ths I’ve come to love and ap I am an -avid and loyal preciate it. This change reader of The Print. I find the wouldn’t have been made articles very informative.and in without the guidance of my teresting. I especially enjoy the teachers. I thank the English cartoons by. J. Dana Haynes. Department for such a fine job Which is why I must ask, who is at introducing me to a wonder Jim Adams? ful subject. Mark Domann ‘Thank you’ to teachers Just who is Jim Adams? •. page 2
