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Levy vote needs support
By Doug Vaughan
Editor in Chief
When county residents shot down the pro
posed three-year serial levy in early November,
they created a hole that is yet to be filled.
The fact is if a levy doesn’t pass before
June, summer school at the College is jeopar
dized. The longer a levy is not passed, the
longer the College will not function.
To make matters worse, there is a shortfall
in revenue this year. The budget cuts made in
December, even though not drastic, did affect
many programs. The only answer to this pro
blem is to pass a levy.
Of course people do not like to see a rise in
property taxes, but the proposed hike was not
that severe. The current levy on which the Col
lege is functioning is similar to the proposed
levy that was defeated.
With the first levy proposal failing, the
Board of Education has come up with another
levy election date. March 27 will be the day Col
lege officials are hoping to gain residents’ ap
proval.
A problem with the first levy election was
voter apathy. With more than 133,000
registered voters in the county, only 7,500 felt
the desire to vote. The total headcount half way
into fall term was more than 8,000. There was a
total of approximately 3,000 yes votes.
So why didn’t students of the College sup
port the levy? The answer remains unanswered.
It is also not understandable. After all it is their
school and I would hope they enjoy their low
tuition rates.
In pursuit of passing the March levy the
Associated Student Government is forming a
committee to help promote the levy. To pass
the levy would mean a load off many people’s
minds. If it fails, the possibility of summer
school closure will draw closer.
The reason for the increase, a mere four
percent, is because the College has certain
maintenance that has to be done and updating
of programs.
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The College enjoys a good reputation
throughout the community and with its
students. It is a viable alternative to the
outrageous costs of a four-year institution and
fits the needs of many residents. This is one
thing that the voters are overlooking.
Jesse Jackson becomes 'Anderson of 19849
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Arts Editor
Like it or not, we’re all
hostages of an election year.
The flag is up, the runners are
off and pretty much no one
cares.
However, one candidate
is stirring up some interest.
Jesse Jackson has gone from
being a one-issue candidate to
a real, possibly viable, choice
for the presidency.
Jackson’s coup came in
his actions to free U.S. Navy
Lieutenant Robert O. Good
man, who had been shot down
and captured by the Syrian ar-
^y- In a dramatic and im_
nressive
eambit. Jackson
pressive gambit,
traveled to war-torn Syria
(against the wishes of the
Reagan Administration), held
conferences twice with Syrian
President Hafez Assad (who
earlier had refused to meet a
White House envoy), and
negotiated a no-terms release
for Goodman.
The repercussions of the
move were obvious and instan
taneous. Last Wednesday, The
Oregonian ran a story with the
headline “Jackson wins a
bonus: credibility as can
didate.” In fact, the national
press has picked up on his
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campaign as well and Jackson
is ridine
eroundswell of
riding this groundswell
journalistic interest.
Will he ride it all the way
to the White House? No, pro
bably not. Does the release of
Goodman mean Jackson is an
experienced politico? No, of
course not. Then what, one
may well ask, does all the
hoopla represent?
Jackson is currently a
media event, but he is not
seriously a threat to Reagan’s
throne. He has become the
John Anderson of 1984.
In 1980, the race between
Carter and Reagan was, for a
while anyway, neck and neck.
Then, out of the blup, the
press picked up on John
Anderson, the independent
candidate for the office.
By the time the first
primaries rolled around,
Anderson appeared in the
newspapers virtually every day
and the three network evening
news shows rarely let a broad
cast go by without mentioning
his valiant, dark-horse efforts.
Throughout much of that
race, Anderson maintained
approximately nine to eleven
percent of the vote. But as
Gov. Jerry Brown (D-Cal)
pointed out to me, Libertarian
candidate Ed Clark maintain
ed about five to seven percent
of the electorate, usually
hovering about two percentage
points behind Anderson.
The reason Clark was
seldom mentioned hv
by the
press, and Anderson was
touted daily is simple. Ander
son was a creature of the
press. He is handsome, in
teresting and photographed
well, and the idea of a serious,
third-party (in this case, in
dependent) candidate tickled
the media’s fancy. He was, in
fact, never a real challenger,
and in the end fulfilled the
prophesy of the Democrats by
stealing liberal votes from
Carter and assuring Reagan’s
ascension.
Jackson is not going to be
president of the United States
in 1985. However, he will pro
bably continue to get fairly
good coverage. It doesn’t
mean he could win, it just
means he is interested.
The reasons Jackson
could not possibly win are
numerous. First, although I
would dearly love to say
America is ready for a black
President, it just isn’t so. He
might do well in some states,
but no one really can think he
could carry the Solid South, or
Idaho and Montana. For that
matter, what chance would a
black (or a jew or latin-
American) have of carrying
Oregon? It’s sad but true:
Race is still an issue for far too
many of us.
His second strike comes
from his job. Jackson is a
Many peo
Baptist minister. Many
-i„ myself
u included,
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ple,
balk at blurring the chur-
ch/state line that drastically.
Jackson’s third strike is
his lack of experience. He has
never been a mayor, governor,
congressman, senator, or vice
president. In fact, he has never
before been an “insider” in
government, always preferring
to follow the lead of Dr. Mar
tin Luther King and initiating
change from the outside.
The illusion that Good
man’s release means Jackson
is a seasoned, international
negotiator is ridiculous. The
Syrian government, and Assad
in particular, were in a no-win
scenario as long as they held
Goodman. There was no
chance - that they could
blackmail the US marines into
leaving Beirut and they con
tinued to look like agressors to
the world community.
Moreover, a chance to spit in
Ronald Reagan’s' eye was not
to be passed by. Releasing
Goodman, but releasing him
to a Reagan rival, killed two
birds with one stone for
Assad.
So watch for Jackson’s,
name to spring up in The
Oregonian and “World News
Tonight” on a daily basis
from now on. But don’t look
for him in the White House in
November.
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