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.
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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