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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1984)
Monologue U.S. automakers improve vehicle quality, design By Joel Miller Photo Editor Why has it taken Detroit so long to motivate itself to pro vide the public with vehicles that finally exhibit characteristics of, the finer road handling automobiles? Legendary cars such as the Ferrari or Masarotti, that have inspired and taken world championships with such style and class, helped to make Detroit look second-rate. Fortunately, American technology has once again persevered. ¿«I Rickft.r¿Z ßyitfoTotf with its mjxture of five in dependent companies, keeps on top with continual innova tions, such as an elec- tric/hydraulic steering system, which is due out in a few years. Ford has again stepped back into serious racing competi tion, from stock car and road racing to off-road racing. It has produced vehicles such as a Thunderbird car which uses four shock rear suspension, which produces a safer driv ing car. Through improved quality and More conscious effort is be use of market research for ex ing applied in meeting the amining the needs and expec public’s need for safer and tations of a more demanding more reliable American cars public, American auto com by Detroit automakers. We panies forced the competition should thank the Japanese, to rethink options and even though, for having made whole concepts of what the Detroit kick itself in the hind public wishes to purchase. quarters. For too long the Two excellent examples are American automakers the mini-van and the réin neglected to observe continual troduction of an American quality control improvements convertable. General Motors, in cars. T etter to the Editor To the Editor: We are writing this letter after seeing the half-page ad in the Oct. 17 issue of The Print. The ad guaranteed for a $45 fee to provide /at least five sources of financial aid. The company providing these sources may well provide several application oppor tunities. However, we too can provide resource information...so can the col lege library and/or your local library. Just thought you’d like to know that there are other ways to find out about available money without spending it. If you have questions about financial aid opportunities, stop by the financial aid of fice! Kathy Sheer/Scott Fischer Little publicity ruins chance to meet senate candidate By Shelley Ball Editor In Chief Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Margie Hendriksen was on campus last Wednesday to speak to students (see related stories, page three). Surprise! How many students were aware of that? Since only about 10 people showed up to Hear Hendriksen’s speech, it ap pears few students were informed of the event. And this is not as surprising as it sounds, considering the fact there was an incredibly small amount of publicity given to Hendriksen’s visit. Why was this the case? Karen Lever, community services director for the College, explained publicity for Hen driksen was given a low-key approach in order to keep the College from look ing like it favored her. Other can didates were asked to appear at the College back in June, but there was lit tle response. Only Hendriksen was able to show up at this time. This publicity was so low-key that even The Print wasn’t informed about Hendriksen’s visit. The only reason ar ticles about Hendriksen are in this week’s Print is because of the extreme ly good luck a Print reporter just hap pened to be in the Fireside Lounge, where Hendriksen was scheduled to speak, when she showed up. Page 2 Hendriksen was the subject of an editorial I wrote in last week’s Print, in which I said she could use more ex posure through debates with her rival, Republican Sen. Mark Hatfield, so that voters could make an intelligent, informed choice between the two can- diddates. There was no debate on cam pus last week, but there was a chance, and a rare one at that, for students to meet Margie Hendriksen. Thanks to the low-key approach to publicity on this campus, that chance had to be forfeited by many. The general election is coming up in less than two weeks. For those who plan on visiting their voting precinct, it’s time to start deciding on who and what to vote for. And yet how can students attempt to make an informed decision between candidates, such as Hendriksen and Hatfield, if they are not informed properly about political activities happening on campus, in this case Hendriksen’s visit? There’s just no getting around it; Hendriksen’s arrival deserved more publicity. So who cares if other invited candidates have not as yet been able to make it to the College and thus get the same amount of publicity that Hen driksen should have gotten? It’s not the College’s fault if Hendriksen was the only candidate to show up so far and she shouldn’t be penalized for be ing the only one by not getting the publicity she deserved. But as low-key as the publicity was, some credit should be given to the fee ble attempts made at publicizing. Lever said there were posters announcing Hendriksen’s visit, the Today bulletin carried an announcement and College instructors were asked to tell their classes about the event. One wonders if any instructors did this much, since there was such a low turnout. Student apathy could also have been a factor in the low turnout for Hen - driksen, but I’m sure there would have been a bigger crowd had there been more publicity. And while the College may have been trying to appear non partisan, it may have actually hurt its reputation through the low-key publicity. The small turnout, and the rude ac tions of those who were present pro /................... . ' bably gave Hendriksen the impression nothing but uninterested, apathetic students who don’t give a damn about the future of their lives and their state attend the College. This implication could keep other candidates from ap - pearing on campus in the future, which in the long run serves to hurt those of us who do care where our lives are go ing. The idea low-key publicity was used to keep the College from appearing biased sounds like an excuse for just plain bad communication on campus. And now that Hendriksen’s visit is on ly a memory for those few who did get to listen to her speech, the only thing to do now is hope the College isn’t stupid enough to keep an important event, like the visitation of a political can didate, practically under its hat in the future. --- '------ ----------- \ 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. V—___________ _______________ / Clackamas Community College
