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ASG constitution
TK STRIKE
FORCE!
Know why you are not
voting on changes
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Voting is just one of those bothers
that is not worth the effort; especially
when it is concerning student govern
ment.
For a few meetings during winter
term, the Associated Student Government
spent the time in the Fireside lounge, to
show the student body exactly what they
are all about, and what they do. It probably
appeared to most students that ASG was
not really doing anything worthwhile.
The studet officials were simply sit
ting around saying whether one group
would get the money they requested, and
whether another group should be
recognized as a club. That is your basic
ASG meeting, just a lot of this “unimpor
tant stuff.’’ Student government is in
charge of $77,970 worth of this unimpor
tant stuff this year.
So what is the big deal about what
they are doing? So what if there are not
any clubs on campus. And so what if there
are not too many functions to attend. All
we are here for is to get an education. We
do not need any functions to help break up
the monotony of hitting the books.
But actually, if you ask anyone on the
campus who is involved in any club or
organization, or anyone who attends any
functions at the College, you will find, that
as long as there is an ASG, a good
representative group is needed.
That is exactly what tomorrow’s and
Friday’s elections are all about. To help
give the student body the ASG we need.
So take a close look at the constitution
revisions being proposed, and decide for
yourself whether the proposal is better
than the ASG we now have.
Then there is the vote of the non
voter. After you have analyzed the situa
tion, and you still find that voting does not
matter, then do not vote. But first make
sure that is what you want.
Readers write
Improve library,
locker room
removed during a big plumbing
job in January. Since that time,
we’ve been walking and slipp
ing in puddles ’of water,. For
To the Editor:
some reason, I don’t like walk
I am a person who checks ing from the showers, to my
out books from several locker through puddles of dirty
libraries. Sometimes I keep water. I’m sorry, that’s just the
these books too long, and I get way I am. But if that isn’t
a notice in the mail. Usually the enough, one day when I was in
a hurry, I tumbled in there and
notice includes the name of the
had an embarrassing confron
book that’s overdue.
tation with a wet floor—feet up,
The notice I got last week
from Clackamas Community cheeks down.
I told a friend of mine, and
College Library tells me
he suggested I write a letter to
BF385.C748 (32104) is over
due! Now I wonder, where did the safety committee in ASG.
I put that book? I know it was a O.K., here’s my chance to see
student government in action.
good book. It was almost as
Or is that, student govern
good as BF252.M920
ment inaction?
(65521). You know the one?
After my complaint was
Hey, I know this is the
Computer Age and all, but made, they told me that the
mats were being cleaned, and
we’re not all robots yet.
Couldn’t they include the title they would soon be put back.
of the book in the notice so we Well guys, I know it takes a
can scan our memory banks long time to wash* things and
all, but it’s been over two mon
more efficiently?
While I’m on the subject, ths now... Do you think they’re
what happened to the mats in through the rinse Cycle yet?
the men’s locker room? As you Hopefully,
may know if you hang out
there at all, the floor mats were G. E. C.
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Concern over
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To the Editor:
I am a newly elected
Associated Student Govern
ment senator with a large pro
blem that I would like to share
with you.
At the last ASG meeting I
was informed by student
government officers, fellow
senators, and College staff,
that the majority of students at
Clackamas don’t vote.
Therefore, they do not care
about what is happening. I
have doubts of my newly found
knowledge.
Trying to maintain an
open mind, 1 chose to set aside
the fact that we have about 100
voters voting, out of a possible
4,000.1 believe and HOPE this'
will change for very viable
reasons.
In the next elections, we
will be voting on constitution
revisions. One of the revisions
deals with cutting the number
of senators from 20 to 10.
These cuts are cutting back
both YOUR voices and YOUR
choices.
Are we going to sit back
and watch fewer students run
our school? When this issue is
brought before us at the polls, I
encourage NO votes on the en
tire packet concerning constitu
tion revisions for two reasons..
One is that the discussion
at the (ASG) meeting was poor
and sloppy. The second is, we
can open the eyes of the ASG
and show them that we do
CARE.
Please let’s vote so we can
have things going the way we
want them to go.
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Reactions, suggestions,
comments, and ways you want
to help (besides voting), should
be written down, and turned
into the student activities office
so they can be placed in my
box. PLEASE vote, and thank
you,
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dollars. Vote yes for the con
stitutional amendments. You
will be better represented.
Sincerely,
Joseph P. Schweizer
Asst, to the President
ASG
Thank you for
time to speak
Jerri L. Hale
ASG Senator
Yes votes sought
tomorrow
To the Editor:
Tomorrow and Friday you
will have an opportunity to
make history. The Associated
Student Government has ap
proved proposed constitutional
amendments, and is now
presenting them to you for a
vote..
Numerous hours have •
been put into these proposed
revisions by members of the
ASG so that we might better
serve, you. The changes are
necessary to provide for a more
functional group.
By voting YES on the
ballot, you will be saying that
you want a student govern
ment that is effective in
representing and serving your
needs. A NO vote is asking for
the same cumbersome group
to be in charge next year.
A YES vote will mean a
reduction in the numbers of
ASG personnel, and a savings
in hundreds of dollars. A NO
vote will be more costly- for the
students next year, and
perhaps in the years to come.
These changes have been
long in coming, and pro
gressive with the times. We
need to tighten the belts of the
ASG in terms of numbers and
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To the Editor:
I would like to thank the
Clackamas Community Col
lege Student Senate for the
hospitality given to me on
March 5 when I addressed
them in my capacity cis a can
didate for Congress in
Oregon’s new 5th Congres
sional District.
As I told the students I ad
dressed, these budget cuts are
wrong and extremely damag
ing to the American educa
tional system.
I would urge Clackamas
County residents to become
active in the present Congres
sional campaign. Our current
Congressman Denny Smith is
one of the most ultra-right
zealots in Congress! He has
supported Reagan’s reinstate
ment of peace-time draft
registration and voted against
veteran» educational benefits. I
have opposed Smith vigorous
ly on these and many other
issues.
Sincerely,
Dave McTeague
Democratic National Commit
teeman, Candidate for Con
gress
Clackamas Community College
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