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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
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are subject to editing, and should not be libelous, obscence or
false. Letters must be typed and double spaced. It must be
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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