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Monologue ' rëturnithe of beeper . .J BÖOy/fOR HERE SQUAT? (ncM IN MY CASE BODIES./) Calendar of events Wednesday, Oct. 19......................Soccer: Portland Community College, there, 3 p.m. Understanding the Soviets series: “Ethnicity, Federalism and Soviet Politics.” McLoughlin Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Free. Thursday, Oct. 20........................“Singles to Couples” Com munity Center Dining Room, 7-10 p.m. $3. Saturday, Oct. 22 ........................ “Take Charge Day” Randall Gymnasium. 8 a.m. registra tion, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Men’s and Women’s cross country at Pier Park Invita tional (University of Portland). Tuesday, Oct. 25..,................... .Movie: “The Thin Man,” Part of series, “World of Crime,” McLoughlin Theatre, 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Free. Co-hit “In Cold Blood.” Tri-Met inadequacy frustrating to student By Rob Conner Sports Editor Who rides the bus? Well, not me anymore. Upon returning home from Olympia Sunday, the Greyhound bus deposited me at the bottom of Oregon City. ’ Last time I got off the Greyhound, I just walked up1 the hill (three miles) to my apartment. I figured it was a savings of 50 cents. This time, suffering from a cold, I decided to forfeit the 50 cents and ride Tri-Met up the hill. The Tri-Met bus sign said that both busses 32 and 33 wind up at Clackamas Com munity College. After standing at that cor ner for 45 minutes the bus finally showed. I boarded, forked over 49 cents (the bus driver didn’t notice I gypped him a penney, uninten tionally), and was on my way up the hill, I thought. The bus traveled along the bottom of the hill and then stopped about a half a mile from the spot I caught it. “That’s it, that’s as far as I go,” the bus driver said. Page 2 LOOK. i my responses tell me you ( pacwi ) ’ ARttiPACKA') PRE'SOIOICE f PAC TA") i MALE CHAUVANI&T < SRUEeK, AR.MN, OINK.0 I PIQ/ - ’ SEARCH HA 5 TAKEN u S from the INTRO,. TO TH-E TH-6S15 ANO NON My FAVORITE.,.. THE OUR “How do I get to the top of the hill,” I asked politely, figuring I would have to transfer busses. “Well, I guess you’re gonna have to hitch hike,” the driver said with a grin. I figure he was just trying to get even because I acciden tally ripped him off by a cent. I would like to know why the Tri-Met sign neglected to inform me that the bus doesn’t go to the top of the hill on Sundays. And why don’t the busses go to the College on Sun days? I found out the obvious reason when I made a phone call down to the Tri-Met of fice. “Apparently because there isn’t enough ridership up there on Sundays,” a Tri-Met spokesperson said. Of course. One is enough as far as I am concerned. I think I will write them a letter and at least demand my 49 cents back. After all it is their fault, right? I learned my lesson, I’m just not going to ride the bus anymore. It’s too complicated with all of the different zones and everything. If everybody stops riding the bus then there won’t be enough ridership anywhere. “School With Ashtrays syndrome mars college " By Doug Vaughan _______ Editor in Chief_____________ Once a reputation always a reputation, or is it? When I considered Clackamas Communi ty College as a start to my furthered education, the phrase “ a high school with ashtrays” always popped up. Is this an accurate estimate? Sometimes I wonder. My first impressions with the College were nothing of the sort, but the longer I was associated with it the more the title fit. The atmosphere of the College is definitely different than high school, and, I have to ad mit, better. But that is not the reason why the label “high school with ashtrays” is put on Clackamas. If it is not the foolish activities such as lip sync competitions, etc., then I do not have the faintest idea. Sure lip sync seemed kind of in teresting the first term of my college education, but then realize my high school tendencies were still a part of me. Let’s be reasonable adults (like we assume we are), lyp sync is not a behavior that college students should be partaking in three times a year. Especially considering the raw talent that some students possess. Why use simulated talent? ^Lnother reason that possibly could be a factor in the name tagging is the staff. Cheap shot, right? Well, sometimes I wonder. It would seem to me that the staff would try to promote the ‘higher’ in higher education. The majority of the staff does, but my inspira tion of some staff members is that they think they are still involved with high school. Are you ex cited? mad? happy? over whelmed? underwhelm ed? intrigued? insane? fran tic? Or just want to be heard? Write us, Trailer B. A prime example was a telephone call by a student report to a department chairperson. No problem, just a potential professional jour nalist trying to get some information, from a higher official. As the chairperson put the phone down to verify information, he uncautiously referred to the student as a “kid” for The Print, “the school’s ragsheet.” Nothing like a good shot in the arm for your ego. First of all, “kids” are still in high school; I refer to college students as men or women. We are adults, aren’t we? Secondly, when discussing professional business ’“ragsheet” seems to be hardly the word to use. Yes, I use the word profes sional—we are the journalists of tomorrow and act on a professional basis. “Ragsheet” sounds like the high school lingo—does this chairper son think that this is high school? If the hierarchy of the College looks at this as a type of high school, then no wonder it got its reputation as a “high school with ashtrays.” As a second year student, I try to look at Clackamas as a college, like I believe it was in tended to be looked at. To me, the programs that the College offers and most everyone in volved with it are far above my humdrum years of high school. But it does not take a whole lot to ruin a school’s reputation, and I think that Clackamas should realize that. For the most part the school is what it should be, but in its shadow lie faults which are giving it a bad name. Remember, this is a college and we are all adults. As students, we expect to be treated that way. Syncronizing our lips to words in a song might be a talent, but making fools out of ourselves is not. One other problem, how can we be a fulfilled institution without left-handed desks? 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. Opinions expressed in THE PRINT do not necessarily reflect those of the College administration, facul ty, Associated Student Government or other members of THE PRINT. Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon 97045. Office: Trailer B; telephone: 657-8400, ext. 309, 310 Editor In Chief: Doug Vaughan News Editor: Shelley Ball Arts Editor: J. Dana Haynes Sports Editor: Rob Conner Photo Editor: Joel Miller Cartoonist: Ward Moore Staff Writers: DeAnn Dietrich, Charlene Jensen, Kathy Johnson, Renee Rickard, Kristen Tonole, Heather Wright Staff Photographers: Kim McAbee, Russ McMillen, Jim Skates, Jason Webb, Dan Youngquist Business Manager: Shelley Stone Typesetter: Terri Hannaford Advisor: Sara Wichman Clackamas Community College