Candidate Ruth McFarland addresses ASG
State Senator Ruth
McFarland spoke before the
Associated Student Govern
ment at the last meeting of
winter term. McFarland is run
ning for the newly created fifth
congressional district.
One of the comer stones
of her campaign, McFarland
said, is concern for education.
“I am thoroughly offended by
the (Reagan) administration
and its disregard for
education,” she said.
McFarland has been a
science instructor at Mt. Hood
Community College since
1970 and holds a doctorate in
genetics from the University of
Oregon. “I am very much ‘pro
community colleges’,” she
said, “Community colleges cire
a western phenomenon there
aren’t as many of them in the
eastern states. They’re tremen
dously effective and I think
Oregon has a good system.”
McFarland is currently a
member of the Oregon Senate,
representing thè 12th district
(east Multnomah
and
Clackamas counties). During
the 1981 session, McFarland
served on the Human
Resources and Aging Commit
tee; Agriculture and Natural
Resources Committee and was
the vice chairperson of the
Education Committee.
McFarland sees her
toughest competition in Denny
Smith. Smith is the republican
congressman from the second
district, and has given up that
position to run for the fifth.
News Flash
Cult presentation slated
Author Chris Edwards will
present Crazy For God, a look
at the world of religious cults, in
the College Mall Thursday.
Edwards was a member ot
Reverend Moon’s Unification
Church, into which he was
“seduced.. .shortly after
graduating from Yale Universi
ty,” according to his'informa
tion pamphlet.
Edwards will talk about his
indoctrination, (which he refers
to as “brainwashing”), his work
in the movement to lure people
into “conversion camps,” and
his “...sleepless struggles to
build a political and financial
Kingdom in Heaven on Earth
for the MASTER (Reverend
Moon).”
Edwards was kidnapped
and- “deprogrammed” by his
family. His presentation will
focus on daily cult life, explain
ing how cblts can gain control
over a person in a matter of
days, and will talk about “unor
thodox movements” such as
the Hare Krishnas and James
Jones’ Guyana cult.
The presentation is spon
sored by the Associated Stu
dent Government and the Col
lege’s Special Programs.
Central American update
held by International club
A day-long presentation
on Central America featuring
films and speakers will be of
fered at the College April 7.
The “Central . American
Update” will begin at noon with
a presentation by Rev. Joe
Walker, a United Methodist
delegate to Nicaragua. He will
show slides and speak about
his recent visit to the troubled
country.
Sponsored by the
College’s International Club,
the American Friends Service
Committee and a host of other
organizations, the event will
feature the Academy Award
nominated film “El Salvador—
Another Vietnam.”
The featured speaker dur
ing the evening program will be
James Stephens, author of
several books on El Salvador
and a recent visitor to Central
America. Along with Bianca
Jagger, he was a member of a
spécial delegation which
recently made hews by harbor
ing refugees from Salvadoran
soldiers.
The speakers and films will
be presented from 12-5 p.m. in
the Community Center Mall.
The events for the evening pro
gram will resume at 7:30 p.m.
The historical overview is free
and open to the public.
ASG holds quick meeting
The. first Associated Stu
dent Government meeting of
the Spring term lasted only 30
minutes rather than the usual
60 minutes and was chaired by
ASG Vice President Susy
Ryan. Sam Crosby, ASG presi
dent was attending a Phi-Beta-
Lambda conference in
Pendleton.
Announcements were the
highlight of the meeting, star
ting with the voting of the con
stitutional revisions to be held
April 8 and 9. All students may
vote; anyone wishing to review
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the revisions can get a copy
from the student activities of
fice.
Paul Nastart, ASG
senator, commented on the
progress of the Book Ex
change, “So far we have 49
books and we’ve sold 15. The
students using the Book Ex
change seem to like it.”
On April 17, the ASG will
compete, in a softball game
against Portland Community
College student government
members. No time has yet
been set.
“I don’t like Smith,”
McFarland said. She feels that
Smith’s recent denial of Presi
dent Reagan’s economic
strategies is “a smoke screen to
make him look better to the
voters. Smith’s break from the
president is like a rat chewing
the bottom out of a boat and
then abandoning ship!”
McFarland feels that Smith
doesn’t ^represent Oregonians.
Smith has voted for subsidies
for tobacco, peanuts and
sugar, McFarland said, while
not supporting the timber in
dustry.
“A lot of folks are becom
ing disillusioned by the
Republicans. People who are
knowledgeable will vote for
me, I think. I could do a lot
worse than I intend to do and
still do better than Smith in the
campaign,” she said.
McFarland has earned the
endorsements of the Oregon
Joint Council of Teamsters, the
Oregon Federation of Business
and Professional Women, and
the national and Oregon
Women’s Political Caucuses.
ASG changes controversial
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Hale insists that the
students won’t get to know the
senators until they are already
in office. “Don’t the students
feel insulted by this?” he asked.
When questioned whether
the revisions are a “No con
fidence vote” given the
students, Crosby said “No,
because the students will be
Hale suggests a tighter
crackdown on ASG members.
“Instead of the required 30
signature for a petition, why
not make it 100?” he asked.
Hale also suggested that the
candidates fair be required,
along with all of the meetings.
“Any student can miss at
least one class,” he said. At this
point, Hale sees no cracking
down on senators or other
ASG members for missing
meetings.
Both ends of the spectrum
admit that a lack of participa
tion is the major problem with
the current ASG. “We had
seven senators at the last
meeting,” Schweizer said.
“When the senators outnumber
the officers two to one, and the
ratio is even at the meetings,
something has to be done,”
said the three year ASG
veteran. “The current ASG
doesn’t set half the examples it
should,” according to
Schweizer.
“By cutting the ASG in
half, we will save money and
make it more efective for those
already invdlved,” Schweizer
said, although he went on to
say that the revisions do not
reflect his exact opinions.
The pro-revisionists and
the anti-revisionists are cynical
of ASG’s future if the opposi
tion wins the Thursday-Friday
election. Hale lamented
“You’re going to get what you
asked for.”
Of the few students who
voted, “One half of them voted
Staff photo by Mike Cato because they got a dish of ice
ASSISTANT TO THE President Joe Schweizer
cream,” Schweizer said, referr
ing to the low voter turnout in
the last senate election. “Many
of the voters didn’t know the
Awards were given for 19 agencies in the community. students running at all."
“If people start par
outstanding volunteers df the Presently, there are 113 senior
volunteers working for 80 sta ticipating in ASG, one day we
year at a banquet held by the
Retired Senior Volunteer Pro tions county wide. Funds for may need 20 people,” Crosby
RSVP come from fund-raising said, “But not today.”
gram (RSVP).
Volunteers are honored events.
annually for the work they do
in the community and in
organizations, such as Loaves
and fishes, senior centers?
hospitals, and nursing homes.
This was the ninth year for the
Clackamas County awards and
the tenth national anniversary
for RSVP.
“We sent out nomination
letters to where volunteers
work, asking them to nominate
the outstanding Senior
Citizen,” said Sue Ladd, RSVP
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selected by merit, and not by
how many friends they have.”
This way, Crosby felt that the
better and higher motivated
students will be selected.
“We’re just not getting the
students we need,” he said,
“We need people who can use
the required 14 hours to work
for all the students, not just
special interest groups.”
19 volunteers awarded
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