Image provided by: Clackamas Community College; Oregon City, OR
About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1985)
il 'Nil (fl Monologue Summer ends, but terrorism continues By Fritz Wenzel Editor-In-Chief Your summer may have been good, but it probably does’t compare with that of the Americans who were tak ing the new Middle Eastern ex press route from Athens to London. You know, the one that makes minor stopovers, three of them, in Beirut for reloading of terrorists. Now the politicians around the world don’t know what to do about Lebanon. Terrorists kidnap innocent victims from decadent coun tries in the West, then, accor ding to reports from the U.S. State Department, they ex ecute them, (and put them in cold storage?) holding them until an event repulses them so much that they bring out one corpse and pronounce that they have just killed the hostage in retaliation of said act. It is brutal, it is repug nant, it is truly Middle- Eastern. But wait, the plot recently thickened with the kidnapping of victims from the decadent Eastern Bloc, not known for their swift and generous negotiations. These victims are seemingly killed much faster, or at least we know about it much faster. Should these terrorists be negotiated with? Will it do any good to negotiate with them? I think not. Their list of demands is surely as long as the list of foreigners in Lebanon. As long as that situation exists, the countries of the world will be at risk of losing their citizens. The wat chword ought to be wait and see, from as far away as possi ble. MORE CRAZINESS FROM BEIRUT: It was early August when another suicide bomber from the Shiite sect sacrificed his life for his religion. Only this time, he managed to take with him only one stubborn donkey who didn’t get him to his target in time. The dead donkey made a noble sacrifice, to be sure. Why did you come to Clackamas? How do you like school so far? Shayne Knowles I’m from the Bahamas and they don’t have any colleges over there. Everyone comes over her for higher education. I’ve been here five weeks and it’s really great. Lisa Smith I like Clackamas. It’s a pretty good school. I’m taking pre nursing. I came here because it’s convenient. It seems that things are war ming up a little in the super power relations. With Senator Packwood predicting that a major accord will be struck between Reagan and Gor bachev, maybe the chilly talks in Geneva will end the possibility of a very cold nuclear winter. Just maybe. I remember hearing about airline safety records, and how, statistically speaking, flying was the safest way to travel. After this summer of mistreated hostages, ergo, passengers in Beirut, misinfor mation from the tower in Dallas, and missing tailsec tions over Tokyo, I wonder if the industry isn’t trying to make up for lost time in safe ty. Perhaps a deluxe oceanliner cruise through the Mediterranean is the safest way to go, I think. Sheri Rocheleau I just decided to come back to school. I’m studying elementary education and plan to transfer to Portland State University. I jüst started college and I love it so far. I’m really learning a lot.. Rich Carrol I came here because it’s a lot cheaper than OSU. I’m a se cond year student and I’m taking the basic stuff. It’s school. I’m taking a lot of science classes, so it’s not a lot of fun. It’s school. Letters to the Editor The Print gladly accepts any letters to the editor. All letters are subject to editing, and should not be libelous, obscence or false. Letters must be typed and double spaced. It must be signed by author, and accompanied by an address and phone number. Drop them by trailer B. Page 2 Gayle Moist I’m 41 and I came back to get my degree in elementary education. I’d like to be teaching at age 45. As far as this school is concerned, I either lucked out or they have very good instructors here. All of them are very professional. Clackamas Community College
