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communique’ Needed money wasted on unnecessary costs For the past few weeks the Oregon legislature has been debating how to balance the State budget, in an effort to rid itself of a deficit. Gov. Victor Atiyeh’s plan to make up the deficit was strongly fought by Com munity Colleges of Oregon Student Association and Commissions (CCOSAC). Most colleges would be hit hard by the cuts that have been proposed. It was estimated that Clackamas Community College would have $1 million pulled from its budget. And yet, some of the recent expenses the College has been taking on would make it seem that a six figure cut could be handled easily. One of the outrageous expenses is the Joe Meek sculpture, which will official ly be unveiled next Thursday (although it’s been visible In the cafeteria for over a week). That statue of the pioneering Orego nian cost the College $9,000. It doesn’t matter what contributions Joe Meek bestowed on Oregon, the College really can’t afford to layout that amount of money for a memorial dedicated to him. True, the Meek statue nad been budgeted last year. But isn’t it part of suc cessful budgeting, looking ahead? Another more recent example of wasted money has been that of paying the College’s management negotiating team members a bonus of $600 each; a total ex penditure of $1,800. The bonus was for handling the faculty and support staff con tract negotiations for the management. This was not only an unnecessary ex pense, it was a slap in the face of the faculty. The faculty had already suffered enough without the College Board turning around and paying their negotiating team for sticking it to the instructors. One other item upon which money has been wasted, was recently exposed by Mike Rose last week, in The Print. The item was the eagle painting which resides on the wall above the entrance to the Fireside Lounge. It’s a ridiculous looking bird, which cost $350. It would seem that since the College is always suffering budget cuts, the money it is alotted could be used more wisely. $155 million Support for El Salvador questionable By J. Dana Haynes Of the Print According to yesterday’s Oregonian, front page no less, the Reagan Administration is sending $55 million in military equipment to the government of El Salvador. And. for those of us who feel that our good buddies south of several borders deserve more than that, the President has also ask ed Congress to send an addi tional $100 million in weapons and economic aid. This is simply preposterous. Once again, the Reagan Administration has demonstrated a foreign policy that reads like something from a Marx Brothers movie. Remember please, the way our government handled the Polish crisis. There, the government (a COMMUNIST government) wouldn’t let peo ple form unions, or have access to the press. So the people got mad and staged strikes. And through it all, Reagan made faces at Moscow, rolled up his shirt sleeves, and told the people of Poland, via the “Voice of America” radio net work, that the freedom-loving people of the world were behind them. Meanwhile, back in El Salvador, the people were also unhappy. Why? Because their government, run-the infamous 14 coffee-growing families, has been systematically slaughter ing them: Ah, but there is a dif ference. The El Salvadorian government is NOT COM MUNIST. Better yet, it is an ALLY. Not an ally of its peo ple, of course, but one of ours. So despite the thousands killed (including Americans), we Eire continuing to ship tons of weaponry and money to this banana republic. Of course, there is a rationale from the White House. You see, the El Salvadorian government is get ting better. They recently an nounced that only half as many people were killed bv their ar my in 1981, as were killed in 1980. Readers write----------------------------------- ------------ Thanks for survey help numbers. The project was a success due to the concerted effort by all. Sincerely, To the Editor: Thanks Students! Thank you for par ticipating in the Economic Im pact Study completed this past week. Hopefully, the results will convince Oregon law makers that community col leges are important in both state and local economies. I especially want to thank the members of student government who conducted the survey. Under the leader ship of Stephen Vohs, they did an excellent job of getting the questionnaires out to the classes and returned in good Dr. Kent Heaton College Research Ofc. Blood drive location appalling To the Editor: I find it amazing that the people in charge of the recent Blood Drive found it necessary to set the whole thing up in the THE PRINT, a member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, alms 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. ... P«0e2 middle of the Community Center. Not only did it seem un sanitary (due to the smoking, eating, spitting, etc., that takes place there daily) and lacking privacy, but it was downright unacceptable/; in ... terms of aesthetics for anyone in the area. J for one did not ap preciate having to march past bags and tubes of blood just to get to the lavatory or cafeteria. Through several discus sions around campus I came to the conclusion that I was not the only person who felt this way. It seems to me that the Fireside Lounge would have been a perfect area to set the Blood Drive equipment up in. Not only does it seem more sanitary, but it is out of the mainstream of traffic and lends a certain amount of privacy due to the full length draperies hanging at the threshold. Every year we seem to hear something to the effect of “good turn-out but more need ed next year.” Well personally, I wouldn’t give blood under the abovementioned unsanitary surroundings any more than I would in the middle of a bus depot, and there are others who told me that they would have been donors had it not been for the “public exposure, not even screens set up..” When I confronted the Student Activities Director with “just a suggestion,” I was told that the Fireside Lounge was too small. I beg to differ. I walk ed off the area used and the Lounge area and found that even more equipment than that was used could have fit in the Fireside Lounge. Then I was told that “it has always been done out here” to which I must reply, “then how do we know that we’re getting maximum involvement from the student body?” We can’t know until there is something to compare to statistically, so let’s move it next year and see if we can get a few more takers, or rather, a few more givers. Pam Nelson Staff Development Secretary Thanks for donations To Everyone, Thank you students and staff for a job well done! There are many people out there appreciating your generous contribution of 114 units of blood (plus another 13 willing persons). This is a campus record! It will allow some other wise unfortunate people to celebrate life. Bonnie Hartley-Linse College Nurse Clackamas Community College