Opinion
From my side of the pool
Ramblin’ and
reggae
By Dave Holmes
Editor-In-Chief
This week, several short and altogether
unrelated bits of information and observa
tion.
Have you ever noticed that the later the
hour gets, the funnier stupid things seem to
be? I spent this last weekend with a friend of
mine at U of O. And of all the things that we
could have done at two in the morning, we
decided that we just had to write a reggae
song.
It was possibly one of the dumber things
I’ve been involved in at two a.m., but
writing that song was an absolute scream.
The next morning we said, “Hey, this is
too good to keep to ourselves.” So what else
do you do when you’re in that situation?
You inform everyone else in your frat house
that they have the unique opportunity to be
in a reggae band.
I’m not sure exactly how we got all of
those amplifiers and drums out on to the fire
escape, but at least we gave everyone on the
block a show.
The moral? There isn’t one. It’s just a
dumb story.
You want to hear a great joke? They keep
on talking about building a domed stadium
in Clackamas County. And you know what?
They think it’s feasable. Life never ceases to
amaze me.
Skipper’s restaurant on Mollala Avenue.
That place is one of the construction master
pieces of the modern age. It took no more
than nine or ten days to go from flat,
deserted lot, to one of the areas better fast
food joints.
Once again we have the great, shining ex
ample of what the private sector can do. If
only the public sector (i.e. the State
Highway Division) could get their act
together like the contractors that built Skip
per’s (i.e. fix more than one damaged road
in Oregon City a year).
Everyone picks on drive-thru windows at
burger places, so I won’t.
One last thing on fast-food places: have
you ever noticed that the person at the cash
register asks you, “Is this for the dining
room?” As if you were going to eat it in the
kitchen or the restroom. But then, they only
get minimum wage.
Well, that’s enough rambling for one
week. If it’s not funny, read it again at two
in the morning. Everything’s funny then.
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Feedback
Guard a
necessity
To the Editor:
I would like to direct your
attention to the Opinion page
of the February 4 issue of The
Print.
The prose with regard to th?
National Guard was, to say
the least, unique.
The first words of the article
were very appropriate. “For
some unknown (or, perhaps,
well concealed) reason,’*’ etc.
It is quite obvious the writer
did not know what the mission
of the Oregon National Guard
is. “Concealed” is a very good
choice of words. What the Na
tional Guard is tasked to do is
so secret and mysterious that a
single phone call to the Oregon
Military Department would
have given the article some
factual basis.
At the bottom left-hand cor
ner of the very page the
editorial appears there is a
paragraph expounding the fact
that The Print will accept let
ters, but that they should not
be, among other things, false.
Take your own advice.
The National Guard in this
state has been tasked (as with
every other state in the union)
with protecting the nation
against ANY enemy.
Where did you. get the idea
that the National Guard’s role
was only to be a disaster crew?
The article asks “What’s the
deal with the Guard getting
ready for jungle combat?” Let
me tell you. “The deal” is to
be prepared to engage, on any
front, hostile forces that
would take away your rights
and privileges.
Let there be no mistake: war
is a dirty business, and as soon
as you or anyone else comes
up with an alternative to
preparedness; I’m sure that
the Defense Department
would be very interested.
Until such time as the
population of this planet can
live together, let us all be
thankful that their are people
in our communities willing to
defend this great nation. We
owe a great deal to our citizen
soldiers.
John Haynes
Student
Member, Oregon Air National
Guard
Ed. Note:
I appreciate Mr. Haynes let
ter, but must inform him, and
our readers, that absolutely
nothing in the editorial (and it
was an editorial) was inac
curate or false. The article was
conjectural and speculative,
and designed to make people
think. Perhaps someone did.
red in the outside world, Mr.
Jacobs would find himself in
court, jail, or the hospital.
On the topic of integrity and
responsibility.; let me speak of
your administration. In the
last several weeks, I have
The following is an open let received phone calls of
ter to the student body of the apology from: the main office
of the National Association of
College
Campus Activities (NACA),
,To the Editor:
A funny thing happened on the Pacific Northwest
Regional head of the NACA,
the way to integrity...
As many of you may and the (former Student Pro
remember, I was the comedian gram Specialist Dave Buckley)
from New York that perform at the College. Meanwhile,
ed at CCC several weeks ago. your administration has done
You may also remember the NOTHING. (There was)no
story surrounding the apology, no action against
unethical behavior (The Print, Jacobs, and even “ques
Jan. 14, page 1) of a student tionable statements” about
(ASG Activities Director my having done something
wrong. I call that a slap in the
Breck Jacobs).
First, an observation in face.
I make a very nice living
regard to that article. You
would think a person who is from performing on college
caught in a lie would take campuses. I am a professional,
responsibility for himself and and I carry myself according
admit his “mistake.” After ly. I gain nothing from trying
reading the outrageous to cheat a school. The blame is
(statements) that were quoted totally on Mr. Jacobs and
by Jacobs, I truly believe he the Office of Student Ac
has no idea about ethics, tivities.
morals, integrity, responsibili Randy Levin
ty, and maturity. If this occur- Comedian
Jacob’s
integrity
questioned
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