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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1983)
Monologue_________ Idle Hands By J. Dana Haynes Tom McCall is dead. In the next few weeks, we’ll all hear and read various eulogies for the former Oregon governor and newsman, and most of them will remember McCall as a great man and a great Oregonian. That may be true. I don’t know, since like most poeple, I never met the man. But I do know some of the things he stood for, including conser vation and ecology. When times are tough, as they are today, such niceties as the ecology seem to get side lined. It’s a natural enough reaction. After all, when Alcoa Aluminum lays off a thousand workers, one cannot expect the boards of direc tors to worry about the ozone layer. Likewise, when the timber industry is looking at an unemployment rate of nearly 25 percent, it may seem excessive to expect loggers to leave an un tampered radius of 100 yards around an eagle’s nest. But that is exactly what people like McCall ask for. The current recession (or depression, or whatever nice, neat buzz word you prefer) is effec ting all of us. And there is some logic to the idea that making America economically strong should be our number one goal. The question is: At what price? We would all like to see gasoline sell for 59 cents a gallon again. But will that be the end result if Secretary of the Interior James Watt suc cessfully opens up the entire coasts of the Atlan tic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico to drilling? We would all like to see Wall Street’s “30 In dustrials” start hiring again, especially since re cent studies show that every increase of one per cent in the unemployment rate correlates to more than 300 suicides nationwide. However, will these jobs start opening if Anne Gorsuch of the current ly ill-named Environmental Protection Agency refuses to presecute even the most blatant polluters, for fear of aggravating the Dow Jones? We would all like to see the United States cut down its deficit, which in the up-coming year will be the highest in history according to the Presi dent’s own advisors, who tend to be the most op timistic crystal-ball-gazers of all. Ronald Reagan is especially worried about the deficit, as he wags his finger at the Democrat-controlled Congress when they threaten to leave social spending in tact. But please remember, the President who wants to slash spending is the same man who has virtually given the Pentagon carte blanche and who has worked rigorously for the Dense Pack, MX missile scenario: a plan so blatantly silly that it was not the military’s Plan One, or Plan Two, but Plan Thirty (we can well imagine what some of the better plans were, if No. 30 was not quite as good as No. 29, which was slightly less efficient than No. 28, which was ... ad nauseum). When one picks up a newspaper, or turns on the evening newscast, a great deal of the repor ting will be on the sagging economy, which many people suspect will get much worse before it gets any better. However, let us not forget that, as melodramatic as it may sound, this planet is a very fragile thing. Already more than 100 lakes in the U.S. and Canada are lifeless, due to “acid rain.” In response to that, the administration of Mr. Reagan has suggested three to five years of study, and no immediate action whatsoever. Tom McCall was one of the few people in government who seemed to worry about things like clean air and water. This state is filled with breathtaking beauty in its deserts, mountains, coast line and rivers. McCall was aware of that, and was aware of how easily it could be destroyed. He agreed as does nearly everybody, that the economy must improve. But McCall always remembered the price. page 2 '£J Dialogue Print article out of line To the Editor: At the risk of being har- rassed, we feel compelled to protest the sermon which ap peared in The Print, Vol. XVI, No. 9, Dec. 8, 1982, titled “A Christmas Message” on the following grounds: 1. A school newspaper for a public institution should not be used as a vehicle to quote the Bible—to espouse the tenents of a particular religious doctrine (Note that case law prevails here.). 2. On a humanistic level, the choice of style used in the article-quoting Scripture used to reflect a particular religious doctrine—is in poor taste and inappropriate to the school set ting. It is bound to be offensive to any number of individuals at a public institution with such a varied religious and social population. 3. And finally, we protest oh the grounds of Christian discrimination. For example, the quote, “Right now, I challenge every one on this campus who professes to be a Christian to make this pledge and ask what would Jesus do?” from this article offends us in a discriminatory manner. There are many facets to Christian belief and how to act on these beliefe. This quote denigrates those who feel themselves to be Christians, but whose views take a different interpretation. Judy Peabody Cyndi Pucci THE PRINT, a member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, aims 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. 309,310 Editor In Chief: J. Dana Haynes News Editor: Doug Vaughan Arts Editor: Brett Bigham Photo Editor: Duane Hlersche Darkroom Technician: Roberta Ellsworth Copy Editor: Kristi Blackman Staff Writers: Shelley Ball, Rob Conner, T. Jeffries, F.T. Morris Staff Photographers: Roberta Ellsworth, Duane Hlersche, Troy Maben, Joel Miller Business Manager: Joan Seely Typesetter: Teresa A. Hannaford Advisor: Daria Spielman Evaluation system OK Letter to the Editor: It’s very possible there are students and faculty who are not familiar with at least one of the formats for student evalua tion of their instructor. I would like to explain this format and comment on its ef fectiveness, the format is very simple—it asks only three specific questions: 1. What do you like about Mr. or Ms. instruction? 2. What do you feel Mr. or Ms. could do to improve their instruction? 3. What specific suggestions do you have for improving the course/program. These questions are replied to after a concensus agreement and therein lies the key to its efectiveness, what the students are telling you (good or otherwise) is the opinion of your entire class. The results of these evaluations for this instructor have led me into areas of self improvement and permitted me to enjoy the fruits of positive reinforcement. That’s the kind of fuel that keeps me warm long after my day ends here on campus. To all my students I thank you for that! Sincerely, Jim Henderson Clackamas Community College
