Monologue
Idle Hands
By J. Dana Haynes
/7..ÙPV I? OF THE
FOOTBALL 5TR1XE. .
First things first: For they’re looking for “new
you newcomers, welcome faces” to appear in com
to Clackamas Community mercials and motion pic
College. For you returnees, tures. The postcards also
welcome back.
request a “$10.00 process
Fine. That’s out of the ing fee.”
way. On to business.
However, promoters in
Far be it for us to start Los Angeles have no
the year on a sour note, but knowledge of this com
it has come to the attention pany. Furthermore, they
of The Print, by way of the say that the advance fee
State Superintendent’s of promotion is contrary to
fice and the Department of regular industry practices.
Moreover, California
Justice, that someone has
been running a business officials have informed the
that is... shall we say... a powers-that-be in Oregon
that Five Star Productions
tad questionable.
A company called Five is not licensed as required
Star Productions, based in by labor codes. The Califor
Los Angeles, has been con nia Department of Justice
tacting recent high school has launched an active in
graduates and current 12th vestigation into this
grade students with a pro organization, and its
position. According to business practices.
If you or someone you
Superintendent Verne Dun
can’s office, “there is a know should receive any
high probability that this Five Star Production
promotion
is
not material, please forward it
legitimate, as the company to the Oregon Department
in question is not properly of Justice, Consumer Pro
licensed and is currently tection and Services Sec
tion, Justice Building,
under investigation.”
Salem, OR 97310, or send it
Five Star has sent to the Print, and we’ll see
postcards in the mail to that the proper authorities
students, saying that receive it.
The price you pay
for education
By Kristi Blackman
For a full-time college stu
dent finding employment can
be a chore in this struggling
economy of ours; most of the
jobs offered are part-time. If the
average student is paying for
the high cost of schooling by
himself then his paycheck
could be considered well spent.
With the prices of high tui
tion the student is lucky if he
has enough money left over for
food. Students can not live by
tuition and food alone. No, the
scholar must have nourishment
for the brain better known as
college texts.
This so-called brain food
does not come cheap, either.
The average text book price
can range from $15 to $23.
This fall I spent $83.99 on my
books and two of them haven’t
arrived yet from the manufac
turer. A friend of mine spent
$120 for six of his classes.
Why couldn’t they have a
system of discounting prices
after the fee has hit $50?
I have come to the conclu
sion that the publishing com
panies have given the term
‘higher education’ a new mean
ing. Sometimes it feels like a
punishment for wanting to get
ahead, but that’s the price you
have to pay for higher educa
tion.
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 members of THE PRINT.
Office: Trailer B; telephone: 657-8400, ext. 309 or 310
Editor In Chief: J. Dana Haynes
News : Doug Vaughan
Arts Editor: Brett Bigham
Sports Editor: Tracy Sumner
Photo Editor: Wanda Perceival
Stiff Writers: Victoria Archila, Shelly Ball, Timothy Canfield, Karl
Gassaway, Doris Hatcher, Tom Jeffries, Etta Leonard, Walt
McAllister
Staff Photographers: Roberta Ellsworth, Duane Hiersche, Troy
Maben, Joel Miller
Business Manager: Joan Seely
Typesetter: Teresa A. Hannaford
Advisor: Sara Wichman
Clackamas Community College
Dialogue
No on 3
To the Editor:
Pen pal wanted
Dear Sir;
I am writing this letter in
hopes you may be able to print
my name and address in your
school paper. I am a 29-year-
old white male, and an inmate
of the “State of Georgia.”
I am interested in cor
responding with anyone, and
especially those interested in
art. I spend much of my time
drawing and working with
pastels.
I would be more than hap
py to answer anyone who may
care to write.
Respecfully,
Johnny D. Brown
EF135601
7175 Manor Rd.
Columbus, GA 31907
Community
college
students beware! If you’re a stu
dent at Clackamas and you
haven’t heard about State
Measure No. 3, then it’s time
you learned. The purpose of
measure No. 3 is to limit real
property tax to IV2 percent
1979 true cash value, plus
enough for 85 percent of each
district’s 1979-80 revenues.
Measure No. 3 isn’t
anything new to Oregon’s
ballots; in fact, there have been
similar proposals in Oregon
over the years. In 1966
Measure No. 7, which asked
for a P/2 TCV property tax
limitation, was defeated 2 to 1.
In 1978 Measure No. 6, a l* 1/?
percent property tax limitation,
and Measure No. 11, which
would have slowed the growth
rate of state governmental
operating expenses, were plac
ed on the ballot. At the general
election in November, both
measures were defeated. Here
are some more facts about
State Measure No. 3 :
1. Measure No. 3 will not
benefit renters who occupy
about one-third of the state’s
housing units.
2. Two property owners
with identical homes could pay
different amounts of tax
because a new purchase raises
the assessed value of one
home to full market value,
while the assessed value of the
other home will increase by on
ly two percent per year. This
means that people buying new
homes or property will be apy-
ing the bulk of the taxes for cur
rent land owners.
3. “User” fees and other
assessments will proliferate to
make up for lost property tax
revenues. This means an
Oregon sales tax could be just
around the corner. A tuition in
crease isn’t out of the question
either.
4. If the state supplies
make-up funding for lost pro
perty tax revenues, it will
assume more and more control
of local governments and in
stitutions.
I’m strongly urging all
students to register to vote, and
then vote against State
Measure No. 3 in November.
Don’t make the big mistake of
thinking that your vote doesn’t
matter, because it does!
Sincerely,
Paul W. Nastari
President, ASGCCC
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