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College services deserve much more support
By Shelley Ball
Editor in Chief
School is winding down, and once
again the time has come for The Print’s
reigns of command to be passed from
the hands of the old editor in chief to
the new. And since I am the one to take
over the helm this time around, I
would like (whether or not anyone else
does) to take this opportunity to thank
two Print staffers in particular for
helping and putting up with me over
the past two years.
I tip my hat to Doug Vaughan and
J. Dana Haynes, and wish them the
best of luck in the years to come. Most
students may not know or care, but the
College will be losing two of the best
Print writers come next fall. That is, if
there is a next fall;..
As it turns out, the third time was
definitely not a charm, as most
Clackamas Community College
students, faculty and staff no doubt
were hoping it would be. The College’s
most recent tax base proposal was
soundly defeated, making it the third
failed proposal in a row for this school
year. The final election results were
27,896 no to 22,711 yes.
Of course this particular defeat
didn’t come as a big surprise to anyone
(June levy activities were being planned
before the primary), since the College’s
tax base proposal had to compete with
numerous other measures on the May
15 ballot. The College still hasn’t
beaten its all-time record of taking four
tries to get a money proposal passed,
however. Not yet.
The bottom line is, folks, that if
the College doesn’t get some sort of a
money measure passed by next fall, I
and other students can turn in our tex
tbooks and go home: Clackamas Com
munity College will be no more, as
nearly everybody should know by now.
This will be the last issue of The
Print for this school year, due to the
fact we, just like other campus depart
ments, have been subject to budget
cuts because the College couldn’t get a
levy passed way back in November. I
don’t intend to use space preaching
about the importance of the College,
because most people linked to the in
stitution in one way or another already
know this.
Or do they? What about those
students who attend the College and
yet voted “NO” on the ballot(s), in
order to please their nearly-property-
taxed-to-death parents? Granted,
Oregon desperately needs a property
tax relief plan, but. closing the
College’s doors isn’t the best answer.
Don’t these students care to return next
fall?
And what about those community
members who vote no because they or
their kids are not attending the Col
lege, and therefore feel the College has
no other benefits to offer? You’d be
surprised how many people can be
found using the College indirectly,
such as by jogging on the campus or
using its fields so their child athletes
can play soccer or some other sport.
Doesn’t the College get credit for pro
viding these services?
After having lost three consecutive
levy proposals, orte starts to get sweaty
palms. Time is running out. The
Associated Student Government and
other College supporters have hustled
their hinies to try and encourage the
passage of a money measure, all to no
avail.
In desperation, I’m beginning to
wonder if Social Sciences Instructor
John Rau’s witty remarks about pass
ing a money measure are really as
bizarre as they originally sounded.
Nowadays, it appears the only way the
College can expect to pass a levy is if it
declares itself a zoo (by. way of the En
vironmental Learning Center) in the
hopes it would do as well as the
Washington Park Zoo levy did, or else
threaten to close thé College’s doors
and sell out to our Antelope friends,
the Rajneeshees. Now those proposals
are good for a laugh. The question is,
will we College students still be
laughing next fall?
Unless more people start ap
preciating the College for its many ser
vices, June 26 will probably be no dif
ferent from the previous elections. The
College is going'to have to regroup its
forces, and a lot of pressure will be
placed on the College’s newly-elected
executive cabinet of the ASG to put out
an even greater campaigning effort
than the previous group did. If that’s
humanly possible.
Perhaps the scare of the College
closing hasn’t hit home to some voters
yet. In any case, let’s hope that the
fourth time will be a charm.
(Editor’s note: Farewell, Mr. Pro-
caccini, and remember: I expect you to
participate in three demonstrations this
summer.)
Political protest may be behind Clark win
By J. Dana Haynes
Assistant Arts Editor
It seems fair to say many
political analysts were surpris
ed by last week’s upset victory
of Bud Clark over Frank Ivan-
cie for the position of
Portland mayor. However, it
doesn’t have much effect on
those of us in Clackamas
County, right?
Well, maybe yes; maybe
no. Surely, the day-to-day ac
tivities of Portland politicos
do not directly involve- us
suburbanites. However, some
changes may be in store, the
repercussions of which will be
felt on the national level, and
the Clark victory may have
been only a factor, not a
cause.
First, one must realize
just what both candidates
represented. To many people,
Ivancie seems the quintessen
tial bureaucrat, forever en
visaged with his well-tailored
suits, tasteful ties and quick,
firm handshake of a
businessman. In other words,
Ivancie carries with him many
of the upper-class, execu-droid
traits for which Ronald
Reagan is famous.
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Conversely, Bud Clark is
a tavern owner and looks
every inch the part, with his
round, bushy beard, savvy
grin (as opposed to a suave
smile) and half-glasses. After
the election, The Oregonian
ran a front-page picture of the
winner, paddling his boat
down the Willamette, clad in
shorts and sleeveless hunter’s
vest.
All of which leads to the
question: How did Clark, a
political no-one, steal the elec
tion away from Frank Ivancie,
the well-oiled party man? It is
a question which, perhaps, the
Powers That Be in Wash
ington, D.C. should ponder.
It could well be that the
people of Portland have cried
“Enough!” Enough to Ivan
cie, enough to Governor Vic
Atiyeh, another smooth-as-
silk politician, and even
enough to Ronald Reagan, the
ultimate bureaucrat. After all,
the same voters who elected
Clark voted strongly for Gary
Hart, the “yuppie” candidate
for the Democratic Party in
the presidential race, whose
image is that of a liberal
maverick (a la Clark).
Consequently, the may-
oral race was intriguing. As
Frank Ivancie makes a fine
foil for Ronald Reagan, so too
could the vote against Ivancie
herald a plea for change in the
presidency.
Many people across the
nation currently consider
Reagan to be the shoe-in for
November. Not so. Granted,
he is a strong, polished incum-
bant, and it will take a tough
fight and good, solid strategy
to beat him, but beating
Reagan is possible. Dan
Rather, anchorman for CBS
news,, alluded to Reagan’s slim
vulnerability, during Rather’s
stay in Portland last week.
Even George F. Will, conser
vative columnist for News
week and a Reagan groupie,
acknowledges the possiblity
for defeat.
In many ways, there has
been an air of inescapable
doom in democratic circles
during the past few years. If
democrats and independents
truly believe Reagan to be om
nipotent, then that belief will
act as a self-fulfilling pro
phecy. If democrats and in
dependents believe he can—or
rather, he must —be defeated,
then it is possible.
Portland may be the
political backwaters of the
world, but last week’s race
may well be a harbinger of
things to come. If the
Democratic Party gets
organized and quells any inter
nal bickering, then 1984 could
be Ronald Reagan’s Waterloo.
If not, he’ll be with us until
‘88.
Either way, it’s going to
be one hell of a fight.
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