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
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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
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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.
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