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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1983)
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If all those peo ple are pro-Soviet, there Copy Editor should be no purpose for American weapons there at The recent decision to all. deploy Pershing II and Cruise The fact is, the disarma missiles in Western Europe ment movement consists of and discontinuation of arms church, leftist and feminist talks between the two super groups, intellectuals and trade powers have brought about unions and opposes both news of protests by the people superpowers. of both East and West The Marxian Socialist Europe, and a bombardment Green Party, which is fast of rhetoric by establishmen- becoming West Germany’s tarian politicians. third party has stated in the The meat of the issue is Economist Magazine that it that Soviet SS-4, SS-5 and supports Polish Solidarity for SS-20 missiles give the Soviets a making many socialistic and tactical superiority over U.S. democratic demands on what missiles. The U.S. has leads in they call a “fascist police nuclear equipped fighter state.” The party says since bombers, 6ea-launched tactical Joseph Stalin’s military take missiles and nuclear artillery over of the Soviet Union a shells. form of Capitalism has been This endless militaristic preserved there through hogwash climaxed last week totalitarian policies. when Soviet negotiators walk A logical sentiment. For ed out of the Geneva arms the last 50 years Soviet talks over the West’s missile economics of institutional deployment decision. enrichment and expansionism News of this immediately strongly resembles the strategy caused protests in front of the of large corporations. Crea conference building where ex tion of a stateless classless iting Soviet diplomats were system based on common blocked and heckled by scores ownership and democratic of people yelling “Go back in control of the economy side.” A protest shockwave doesn’t seem to be a priority spread from Italy to Scan of the Soviet government. dinavia, across the East Although the Green’s sen Europian border and into the timent is shared by most disar Soviet Union itself. mament groups, U.S. business Since then, thousands of and political leaders stand by people have taken to the their idiotic claim, because, streets demanding removal of they say, the majority of the all missiles from Europe. protests are aimed at the U.S. Soviet President, Yuri and, especially the Reagan Ad Andropov, in a written state ministration. Why shouldn’t they be? ment, said he sympathized with the protesters but also Soviet expansionism and said it was the West’s fault. He brutal crimes against humani claims Soviet missiles are ty are not to be taken lightly. defending the “gradual transi- < But they have promoted some tion from Capitalism to good disarmament proposals. Reagan, on the other Socialism” supposedly taking place in the Eastern Bloc, the hand, has talked of “limited same poor excuse they used to nuclear war with soph crush the rebelious isticated weaponry where • Czechoslavakian Communist the U.S. would supposedly win, and coupled that with the government in 1968. Washington’s response most intensive arms build-up hasn’t been so diplomatic. The in history on top of an already U.S. has accused the pro superior U.S. nuclear arsenal. Europeans know that, testers of being Soviet backed terrorists. Newsweek says 65 while Reagan speaks of. percent of Europeans support democracy, 50 million By Marco Procaccini THE PRINT, a member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association^ aims to be a fair and impartial journalistic medium covering the campus com munity as thoroughly as possible. Opinions expressed in THE PRINT do not - necessarily reflect those of the College administration, faculty, Associated Student Government or other members of THE PRINT. THE PRINT is a weekly publication distributed each Wednesday except for finals week. Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, I Oregon 97045. Americans go to bed hungry, 12,000 air traffic controllers are fired for disagreeing with the government, and people’s hard-won democratic rights are constantly being violated. They also know that U.S. bas ed multi-national firms have profited and built an empire based on Europe’s post-war destruction and the peoples’ desire to rebuild it. However, they look at the Soviet Union’s role in Eastern Europe in the same manner. The Reagan Administration’s bold faced rhetoric has caused a recent up-surge in anti- Americanism in both East and West. But disarmament spokespersons equally blame both sides for the world’s ills and are desperately trying to change the deadly course the superpowers have set the world on while there is still time. People must lobby for disarmament before the next war destroys the world—per manently. Cabbage Kid craze stupid By Doug Vaughan Editor in Chief ^Everybody wants the ugly things. And it seems everyone will do anything to get them. Cabbage Patch kids—they are the craze of the 1983 Christmas rush. Why do they want them? The kids say they’re cute. But so is a baby the first time he wets his pants, right? The funny thing is not that so many children want them. The funny thing is, parents are stupid enough to go to great lengths just to get them. Near-riots have resulted from this 16-inch rag-doll. Reports are heard daily about the pro blems that these dolls are causing. I saw on the news a Kansas man who flew all the way to London to get a cabbage patch doll for his daughter because he couldn’t find one in America. Then there is the Idaho newspaper editor that claims his cabbage-patch infant was kidnapped (Is that the right term?). More than anything, these dolls are giving peo ple fame and fortune. 1 he idea was drummed up by an out-of- work artist who had switched his ambitions to business. The dolls originally sold for $100-plus directly out of the Cabbage Patch Kids hospital, seriously. In this so called hospital, Cabbage Patch Kids are actually born, or whatever you want to call it. The customers can pick the exact doll they want. It’s theirs after the adoption, an oath, a completed birth certifícate and some big bucks. Coleco, Inc., caught on to the idea and bought into the business. That is why the ‘Kids’ are out on the market—Coleco went into mass production. Even though some of the personal touch is taken out of the dolls, like actual birth, the craze is still there. With the toy-store version, the parent (buyer) still receives the birth certifícate and one year after the purchase a birthday card is sent. It brings tears to my eyes. The $100-plus price tag is dropped to anywhere from $20-$40, depending where it is bought. Still, the stiff price has not brought a slow down in the success of the Cabbage Kids. jA.nother characteristic that makes the dolls so personal is that each one is different. To me, each one does have something in com mon, they’re ugly. But beauty is in the eye of. the beholder, right? The big concern with the recent craze is that people are getting hurt. Not hurt feelings because they are sold out, but physical damage. A seventy-five year-old-man was trampled as well as a pregnant lady at one store. These in juries are only the tip of the iceberg. Is this all worth a $20 doll? Hardly seems like it to me, but then all I want for Christmas is a Strawberry Shortcake doll house. I wonder if they’re sold out, too? I always can ask for tar tar sauce. Clackamas Community College Page 2 D50 Illuminant, 2 degree observer Density
