Opinion
Domestic Issues: Look to a new tomorrow
I’ll speak loving words.
I felt sorry for myself.
I’ll use my tongue to build peo­
I forgot to count my blessings.
ple up
Yesterday
I had no money for the rent.
There was no milk for breakfast. Not to tear them down.
I’ll hug my daughter.
I forgot to smell the flowers.
Yesterday
I’ll quit being so selfish.
I was depressed. I felt alone.
I forgot to sing a song.
I forgot to notice the sunshine. Today
My feet were tired.
There were tears in my eyes.
I’ll smile in spite of adversity.
My heart felt like lead.
I nursed old hurts.
I’ll count my blessings.
Yesterday
I was bitter about the past.
I have food and clothing.
I forgot about tomorrow.
I have shelter from the cold.
I forgot to say a kind word.
Today
My world is full of love.
I forgot to kiss my daughter.
I thought only of myself.
I realize how miserable I’ve been. Today
I’ll stop my pouting. I’ll stop
I hated everyone.
I’ll notice the beauty
I didn’t let anyone get close to pouting.
Although the notes may be Of the morning sun.
me
I’ll put off my cloak of despair
discordant,
Yesterday
I will reach for new horizons.
I won’t stop singing.
I will look to a new tomorrow. >
\J forgot to smile._____________ Today
by Tammy Swartzendruber
Staff Writer
CCC logo: topic of debate
Have you begun to wonder if Clackamas Community College will
ever get a new logo? The logo has been the topic of much debate since
the beginning of fall term this year, but the debating has now ended.
Many students have wondered why we needed a new logo and why
the college didn’t just get some of the students from the graphic arts
department to design one. The reason given by Bill Symes earlier this
fall was that “it is really important to make a good impression on the
public.”
Wouldn’t a logo designed by the students of the college make a
good enough impression? It is the opinion of some students that it
would show the public that the students here really do learn many
valuable things. It would also give the students some “hands-on” ex­
perience.
The college has many talented students, but these talents have gone
to waste because the college administration wasted both time and
money by going off campus in search of a new design. In reality, the
students here know more of what the college is all about -and would
have been better able to come up with some innovative ideas. Next
time it might be better to ask the students what they think first, before
bringing in outside help.
Campus Comments:
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Kim
Suzy
John
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central location.
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Steve
I’d add a bigger variety
recreation and a bar.
A greater variety
Business classes.
Hate the sin not the sinner
by Mary Prath
Staff Writer
We as human beings sin every­
day. “All unrighteousness is
sin...” says I John 5:19, and the
Webster dictionary defines sin as:
“The willful breaking of religous
or moral law.” There are many
different types of sin. Hating,
stealing, lying, and homosexuali­
ty.
Several weeks ago on the
feature page, an article was run
concerning the harrassment that
the Photo Editor Lyn Thompson
had received for writing her in­
formative article about the Gay/
Lesbian rap group being formed
here on campus.
I do hope the person doing the
harrassing had an opportunity to
read it. Often people are raised in
families whose parents are
against homosexuality. This pre­
judice reaches to the point where
the people see homosexuals as
‘things’ instead of people.
Although I don’t approve of
homosexuality, I also don’t ap­
prove of persecuting anybody,
homosexual or otherwise.
Homosexuals are people. People
have feelings.
Being prejudice sometimes
reaches the point of wanting to
hurt the group that you are pre­
judice against (KKK proved that
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to us) or anyone associated with
them in any way. This kind of
hatred is a sin. “But I say unto
you love your enemies...” says
Matthew 5:19.
By not obeying God’s com­
mand we are sinning. God knew
what would make us happy (love
not hate,) he had a plan for our
lives when he made us. If we
follow this plan, our lives will be
much easier than if we do our
own thing. God did not intend
for us to hate one another, or
commit any other sin for that
matter, but we did, and we still
do, we are only human. We have
hateful feelings toward people or
even groups of people for what
they stand for; we cheat on our
spouse; we steal from people; and
have sexual relationships with our
own sex. When we do any of
these sins we pay for it emo­
tionally. Our emotional health af­
fects our physical well-being
through ulcers or migranes just to
name a few.
Some people feel that
homosexuality is not a sin, for
those of you that feel that way
look up Romans 1:26. “...even
their women exchanged natural
relations for unnatural ones. In
the same way, the men also aban­
doned natural relations with
women and were inflamed with
hist for one another. Men com­
mitted indecent acts with other
men and received in themselves
the due penalty for their perver­
sion” and Leviticus 20:13: “If a
man also lie with mankind, as he
lieth with a women, both of them
have
committed
an
abomination...”
When we sin we feel guilty,
and our lives just aren’t as en­
joyable as when we live life
guilt-free..
I would encourage you to
take a look at your life, are you
doing anything that is causing
you feelings of guilt? .......
Hatred toward others? Lying?
Stealing? Cheating on a mate?
Is it really worth all the guilt?
You might give it some thought.
The point I am trying to make
is, there are different kinds of
sins. No one is better than
anyone else in God’s eyes. All
are the same, whether the sin
commited is homosexuality or
hating a particular group of
people.
Also if we can learn to
separate the sin from the sinner,
it would help our attitude
toward people that are different
than ourselves. In other words,
you can hate the act of sin that a
person commits but you do not
have to hate the person.
I would have it covered
of from (McLoughlin) here to
the Community Centei
because it’s too wet.
IRS: Changing the
W-4 form again
It looks like the IRS has done it again: they have taken a fairly easy
half-page W-4 tax withholding form and made it into a multi-page
complicated mess.
The new form is supposed to bring the amount withheld as close a
possible to the actual tax liability, but the worksheet provided fo
figuring withholding allowances is too confusing for many taxpayers
Because of all the complaints that have been lodged, the IRS ha
decided to either create a whole new form or issue two forms: a simpl
form that is not quite as accurate in figuring withholding allowance
and a difficult form that estimates liabilities more precisely.
Both ideas are better than keeping the present form, but only if the
work as well as they are intended to. Otherwise it will be back to th
drawing board for the IRS. It seems as if it pays to complai
sometimes.
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