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College needs respect it deserves
By Doug Vaughan
Editor in Chief
Levy (’lev-e) n, 1. the imposition or collec
tion of an assessment, (a.k.a. life or death for
Clackamas Community College fall term 1984).
It is no secret. The Board of Educators has
attempted twice to pass a three-year serial levy,
and both times it has failed. In November the
thought was that it failed because it was the on
ly issue on the ballot. So it took to the ballot in
March. To no avail it struck out again.
The question is, will the third time be a
charm? For the residents of Clackamas Coun
ty, let’s hope so.
Community colleges are an integral part of
the education system today. Let’s face it, today
is not the time when everyone who wants to go
to college can.
it also is the answer to people who find
their jobs obsolete. The community college
gives unemployed workers an alternative to
unemployment.
The next date to mark on your calendar
will be May 15. Once again the future of
Clackamas Community College will go up
against the voters. This time though it has a
new wrinkle. The previous two proposals were
identical three-year serial levies. The new at
tempt will be a tax base.
A tax base puts limitations on tax in
creases. Basically, all dollar amounts are the
same as the two three-year levies that were pro
posed. The only change is that the College is
setting a limit on tax increases, an area which
should get voter approval.
The activity that goes on behind the
classroom doors on campus is just a fraction of
the College’s worth.
Besides two-year programs and university
transfer programs the College offers several
other projects such as General Education
Diploma (GED), Adult High School Education
and English as a Second Language.
It also works through area community
schools with community development pro
grams. It opens its doors to the community for
open recreation. It provides seminars and series
for local residents. The list goes on.
The threat is that Clackamas Community
College will no longer be offering any of these
programs, much less day to day classes unless
the voters approve the College’s proposal.
Clackamas Community College reaches
beyond boundaries that are typically related to
its name. The credit it gets will probably always
linger below what it deserves. The respect that
the county voters have shown typifies this. It’s
time we support Clackamas Community Col
lege the right way.
Letters to the editor
Sexual reproduction technology article needs research
To the editor,
I am submitting this letter
in response to Mr. Vaughan’s
article in the February 29 issue
of The Print. Tn his article,
which addressed the ramifica
tions of artificial insemina
tion, specifically, the scientific
applications thereof, Mr.
Vaughan stated that this pro
cess is both inhuman and im
moral.
The American Heritage
Dictionary defines “inhu
man” as: “Not human;
lacking kindness or sympathy,
cruel; (and) not of ordinary
human form.” First, any
scientific procedures involved
in this process are performed
by human beings exercising
their innate traits of curiosity
and intellect; this process then,
must be human.
Second, a lack of sym
pathy, kindness or a
predisposition toward cruel-
Campus club announces special week
To the editor,
The Clackamas Christian
Fellowship is pleased to pre
sent plans for its first week of
special outreach, April 16-20.
This week will be dedicated to
the theme of Christ’s resurrec
tion and we as a club hope to
uplift and glorify Jesus on
campus, sharing what He has
done in our lives and pointing
students to what He can do for
them. We believe that Jesus is
the answer for each life, and
that because of His resurrec
tion, He can enter into each
life to heal it, bring peace and
solve problems.
Our goal is to meet people
where they are at and show
that we care. Rather than
criticize peoples’ lifestyles and
judge them, we will strive to
offer them love and accep
tance.
The scheduled activities
include movies, dramatic
presentations, speakers, a
Christian rock band and in-
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dividual contact with students
to share Jesus with them.
For more information,
please contact Dan YounQuist
at 657-3905, or Dale Seale at
620-2426.
Dale Seale
Christian Fellowship President
Library not place for art
To the editor,
I can hardly believe that
Clackamas Community Col
lege is trying to pass off the
radical left-wing propaganda
that currently graces its
library’s walls as art. At a time
when the College is appealing
to the conservative consti
tuency of its district for levy
approval, someone chooses to
display “art” that portrays the
United States as a nation full
of oppressive, warmongering
human rights violators.
What timing. Exhibiting a
display that compares the
American business community
with the Nazis is not my idea
of good public relations.
Donna Grund Slepach,
the artist who created the
display, has the constitutional
ly guaranteed right to her own
personal political beliefs. She,
if she chooses to do so, can ex
pose her own particular brand
of anti-Americanism until hell
freezes over. I don’t care.
I can tolerate views that
are contrary to my own. What
I cannot tolerate, however, is
the fact that CCC is providing
this Marxist-inspired activist
with a forum to spread her
beliefs at the taxpayer’s ex
pense.
Mark Munsom
Oregon City
ty on the part of the scientists
or others involved is absurd.
But if they were to be applied,
then would it not be unkind,
unsympathetic and cruel to
not experiment and thus deny
potential new breakthroughs
to those whom they may be of
life-benefiting or life-saving
importance?
And third, these scientific
«endeavors are performed, as
aforementioned, by human
beings utilizing their natural
human qualities. The pro
cesses, then, must constitute
“ordinary human form.”
In response to the charge
of immorality, it must be
stated that that is a question
of personal belief, brought
about by subjective ex
perience. If morality is to be
applied, however, it must be
kept in mind that there are two
sides to that fence: would it
not also be immoral to deny
potential life-benefiting or
life-saving findings to those in
need? Experimentation on
human embryos may bring to
light the cure for cancer or any
other number of enigmas.
Who can say?
Although there is not as
yet definite proof of heredity
determining intelligence,
evidence does point that direc
tion. The statement by Robert
Grahame, “The more in
telligent you are, the more
children you should have,” us
ed by Mr. Vaughan in his arti
cle, is entirely correct. Unfor
tunately, trends in this world
and in this nation are just the
opposite: intellectuals are sen
sing the need for population
control and are curbing their
production of offspring, while
those of an average or below
intellect are proliferating with
gay abandon.
The issue of scientific
research, whether it be on rats
or humans, is and always will
be one of moral judgement.
The human organism,
however, is doomed to an in
satiable quest for further
knowledge. Where it will lead
only time will tell. Until then,
Man’s gotta do what Man’s
gotta do.
Patrick M. Conley
Editor, The Timberman Times
Umpqua Community College
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.
Oregon 97045.
Clackamas Community College