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Opinion Domestic issues by Tammy Swartzendruber Staff Writer As a full time college student and mother of a very inquisitive four year old, I find little time to rekix and enjoy the small things of life. Take yesterday for an ex ample. The alarm went off at 4 a.m. It was only 3 1/2 hours earlier that I had shoved my algebra book aside. Picking my way through Barbie dolls and roller skates, I had stumbled into bed utterly exhausted. Now here it was already time to get up. Grabbing a towel I ran for the shower. There was no time to bask in its steamy interior. Throwing on my robe, I ran for the bedroom. With one hand I flicked on the curling iron, while the other hand methodically Another rat-race ahead plugged in the iron. I had no idea what I was going to wear that day but one thing was certain - it would need to be ironed. It was now 5 a.m. and the bus comes at 5:30 a.m. Rather than awaken my daughter too early and have her crying and fussing until the bus came, I decided to let her sleep until the last minute. Needless to say, I almost missed my bus. After four years it seems like I would remember to allow time for last minute runs to the toilet and missing buttons. Three buses, a peanut butter sandwich and two and a half hours later, I arrived at school. What did it matter that I was 10 minutes late for my 8 a.m. class? I slept through the whole thing anyway. Honesty is the best policy by Dean Grey I got out of school at 3 p.m. After many inquiries, I found a ride home with a friend. I had a doctors appointment at 3:45 p.m. I got to my place at 3:47,1 grabb ed my daughter and bailed her in to, my own car, flinging my book bag in after her. I walked through the shiny glass doors at the doc tor’s office at 4:05 p.m. Again it .didn’t matter that I was late. It was 5:00 before the doctor was ready to see me. The real irony of the situation was that I was seeing the doctor for chronic fatigue. After learning a few breathing exercises to relieve stress, I headed home with two T.V. dinners for our evening meal. Thank God, the day was almost done! I gave my daughter supper, then stuffing some Tylenol and cherry flavored cough drops down her throat, I stuck her in bed. Now maybe I could find a few minutes to relax. I still hadn’t been able to read the ‘Ladies’ Home Journal’ I had bdught several weeks ago, so pushing away a few newspapers, my daughter’s jewelry, a bottle of Popples col- fruit. What happened next would Daylight change life forever. In Genesis all right 3:7 it says, “...so they sewed fig I don’t know leaves together and made cover I don’t know if its real ings for themselves.” Why? Its been a long night Because they were naked. and something ain’t right) Then God came down, found you won’t show it them covered and knew that you won’t show how you feel they had sinned. As for the no time punishment, I don’t care that ever seems right we as men have to toil in a curs to talk about the reasons ed ground and grow thistles for why you and I fight a living, I don’t care that the its high time women have to have babies in to draw the line To the Editor: great pain (probably because put an end to this game I’m a man), and I don’t care I would like to compliment before its too late that we as men have to rule over The Print on the story that ap Head games women as it is stated in Genesis peared in February 18, 1987 its you and me baby 3:16. “...Your desire will be for issue titled, “Financial Aid Head games your husband, and he will rule Changes Highlighted.” The and I can’t take it anymore over you.”. But I do mind the story was a well researched and Head games fact that because of them we accurate portrayal of the I don’t wanna’ play the have to wear clothes. We had a changes in CCC’s financial aid Head games good thing going and they blew system as a result of congres -Foreigner^ sional re-authorization. it. Head games. A familiar The Print however has failed Ah but I digress. word. No, an art. But what is it In a relationship (Boy meets to report on other financial aid and why do we play? Girl. Couples are formed) one proposals currently being con This “custom” has been with says to The Other, ‘I love you.‘ sidered by the U.S. Congress us since the beginning of time The Other, in a timed response, that would drastically affect the itself. The first played (as our says ‘I love you too/ How do amount of aid received by CCC records show) was done so by they know that The Other loves students. Among these pro the first people, to be more them as much as they love The posals is the elimination of Carl specific the first woman, to be Other? Simple, they don’t. But Perkin’s Loans (National Direct even more specific Eve. What, they can get an estimate of the Student Loans), Supplemental you ask? And if you didn’t you amount of love felt by how much Educational Opportunity were either a guy or didn’t care shit The Other will put up with. Grants, and College Work or you didn’t know who Eve And so begins the test also known Study. If these proposals are was. Eve doesn’t have a last as a Head game. enacted it could mean the loss name so we will call her the We, by pulling the strings of df a half-million dollars in aid first. She was the companion our significant Other, can tell, by to CCC students. These pro (wife) of Adam, also the first. their response, whether or not grams are only a small part of It all began in the garden long they indeed do love us. But it the financial aid cuts being pro tong ago. One day while doing doesn’t stop there. Once the posed in Congress. Why doesn’t what ever they did in the “Power” over The Other has sur The Print consider this garden, Eve went over to the faced most people, you are pro newsworthy material and why tree of the forbidden fruit and bably included, use it toward Hasn’t The Print lived up to the was conned by a serpent, who their own advantage and push responsibility of a free press by knew too much for his own and pull The Other till He/She editorializing an issue that is of good, to eat of the tree. It ob breaks. When that happens its such importance to its readers? viously didn’t take much to con time for The Other to question Approximately 1000 people vince her because there is less your iove. receive financial aid here an- than three verses dedicated to Might I suggest that Head Eually. The Print, by failing to the serpents speech. The things games is a fancy word for lies and lform them of these proposed that he said amounted to the deceit. And might I also suggest cjuts, is failing to serve its fact that she would become? that the ultimate end to a Head readership. God-like if she ate.^ Sincerely, game is the destruction of a rela From there she took it upon tionship. Furthermore I would Neale Frothingham herself to eat. Then not wanting say if you are really serious about Student Representative to get into trouble alone she this significant Other you might Clackamas Communiy Col went to Adam, batted her eyes, try being honest. I know that’sj lege used her womanly charm and a tough one but it usually? Financial Aid Advisory Com conned him into eating of the works out for the best. mittee Editor ogne and an empty jar of Planters peanuts, I sat down to the table to browse through my magazine. I randomly flipped through the pages. The titles stood out in vivid colors: How Stress Affects Your Looks, A Month Of Perfect Menus, The 10 Piece Wardrobe Every Woman Should Have, The Diary Of An Affair. I find myself sinking in to a latent depression. I know I look twice my age, and as for menus - well, I’m not a gourmet person. My wardrobe is a haphazard, makeshift affair at thrift store specials, and as for the love affair, who has the time? It was now 9 p.m. I moved to the living room to watch a movie. The next thing I knew, I was awakened by my daughter’s coughing. I glanced at the clock. It was 4:10 a.m. Another day had dawned. Another rat race was ahead. Oh well, maybe relaxation and enjoyment weren’t meant for everybody. Letter to the Editor Financial cuts affect society Page 2 i gs It’s that time of year when filling out forms seems to become a never-ending job: tax forms, the new W-4 forms, and, yes, the FAF’s (Financial Aid Forms). For many college students the filling out of an FAF determines whether or not they will be able to continue their schooling next year. But each year more and more programs are being cut back in their funding and some are being dropped altogether. So what does this mean to the student on financial aid? It means that some students may have to find other ways to finance their educations (bank loans, part-time jobs, etc.) while some may have to drop out altogether, and that’s a real waste of in tellect. In today’s society a college education is becoming more of a re quirement instead of just an asset. Instead of cutting funds the government should be adding to the financial aid budget. Education is a reflection on society as a whole, not just in dividuals. Our society needs to look at where it wants to be in com parison to other societies in the world before it starts eliminating programs that will help educate the future working classes of the United States. Advancement is the key to the future, and education is the key to advancement. If the only way to get an education requires students to have financial aid then it only makes sense to addto these funds instead of cutting them back. The Print wg The Print ¿sms tobe a fair and impartial newspaper covering the college 1’/ community. . Opinions expressed in The Print do not necessarily reflect t those of the College administration, faculty, Associated Student Govem- ■ meant ar other members of The Print staff. Articles and informatics 5 published lb The Print can be reprinted only with permission from the® \ Student Publications Office. /Virtt is a weekly publication,distributed each Wednesday except for Finals Week. Clackamas Community Col lege, 19600 S. Molalla Ave., Oregon City, Oregon 97045. Office: Trailer gj B. Telephone: 657-8400, ext. 309. . 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