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Opinion Surrogate motherhood draws a fine line Surrogate motherhood. This has been a topic of debate since the much talked about case of “Baby M” during recent months and has become the concern of many state government officials. These government officials feel that they should outlaw what they call “selling” babies. Oregon Senator Larry Hill has proposed a measure known as Senate Bill 456 which would make contracts for surrogate mother ing illegal. Even so, this bill would not make surrogate motherhood a crime, only the payment of money or the giving of something of value in exchange for a woman’s agreement to conceive, bear and give up any rights to a child will be illegal. The crossing of this fine line can bring a maximum $100,000 fine and five years in prison. Some people may ask how a woman can be a surrogate mother and not cross this line. The answer is quite simple, a woman can agree to help a couple who cannot produce their own, natural offspring because Senate Bill 456 gives a surrogate mother the right to decide at the time of birth whether to keep or give up the baby. There is no profit incentive in this kind of surrogate mothering, but some thought should be given to an agreement by which expenses (medical treatment, lost time from work, etc.) could be reimbursed by the couple seeking the services of a surrogate mother.. Surrogate mothering has become another alternative for childless couples and while it should not be banned completely caution should be taken to insure that it does not become a type of baby “selling”. * Change to semester system a sign of progression from the President An Open Letter to Students on the College Work-Study Pro gram: I recently received a student tetter expressing deep concern about the recent cuts in the Col lege Work-Study program. I ap preciate this opportunity to res pond to that letter. Cuts in financial aid awards are not made unless absolutely necessary. Students on College Work-Study and other types of financial aid need the money or they would not receive it. We know that you are on very tight budgets, and that any cuts create problems for you. However the simple fact is that we had no choice. If College Work-Study earnings had continued at the same rate for the rest of the year, we would have spent $45,000 more than we have. The college receives a specific amount of College Work-Study money each year. We don’t want to end the year with money left aver when there are always more needy students than the money we have. So over-awards are necessary to allow for students who do not enroll, who leave before the end of the school year, who are not able to work, or who prefer to work off-campus. Generally we do a good job of predicting the amount of over awards. However this year our predictions were off, because a higher percentage of students us ed their awards this year. Almost twice as many students used Col lege Work-Study in Fall 1986 as in Fall 1985. We regret the fact that the Col lege Work-Study cuts were necessary. We hoped that the first cut (no work over Christmas break or Spring break) would be enough, but it wasn’t. These cuts are the minimum needed to balance the College Work-Study audget. I know that the Financial Aid Office and the Career Develop ment and Placement Center will io everything they can to help fou solve any financial pro dems, you have. Please contact hem. They can help you explore ither options, such as exchanging >art or all of your Work-Study iigibility for a Guaranteed Stu- lent Loan, or obtaining a non- Vork-Study job on or off cam- ms. You have my assurance that the college will continue to de everything possible to provide financial aid to students who need it, and to avoid mid-year iward cuts. Thank you for youi cooperation and patience. Although the change to a semester system by four year colleges is not supposed to take place until 1990, it is important that the proposal be looked into now. It is especially important for community colleges to look into the proposal because they must make a decision as to whether or not they wish to change to the new system. There are many good reasons to change to the new system: fewer registration periods, more opportunities to study subjects in depth, and easier transferrability for students who wish to go on to a four year college are just a few. A disadvantage to changing the system might be the need to redevelop all of the courses in order to make them fit into a semester curriculum. While many students feel that a change in the system will make it more difficult to accumulate credits toward graduation or to transfer, in actuality it should become easier with four year colleges using the same system. Other students feel that the change will benefit them and prepare them for the system when they transfer to a four year school. It is true that the changes will take some getting used to if the pro Sincerely, posal is adopted by Clackamas Community College, but change is a Mohn S. Keyser sign of progression and the College is one of progress, which makes President the decision only obvious. Page 2 Domestic Issues: Letter , The Weight Game by Tammy Swartzendruber Staff Writer Yesterday I awoke with a sense of well being. Today was the day. I had found a diet in a woman’s magazine and now I was going to try it. Hurriedly I leafed through the pages of the magazine. There it was Day one. Let’s see, I was allowed a half cup of cottage cheese and one fruit. Eagerly I set the table using my best dishes. Somewhere I had heard that it’s easier to diet if you make your meals look more attractive, so I carefully arranged lettuce leaves around the cottage cheese. I cut the fruit into dainty pieces. Then I went to call my daughter. She took one look at the white curds lying in their leafy beds and began to cry, “Where’s my Nerds. I want my cereal.” “Honey, ” I said calmly, “Nerd cereal is full of sugar and preservatives. It’s not good for you.” “Waaaa, I want cereal!” Not wanting to start this beautiful day with a scene, I gave her some cereal. I sang as I did the dishes. Just think next month this time I would be skin ny. I spent the morning pouring over fashion magazines, plann ing my wardrobe. Lunch time rolled around. I made myself a nice little salad. Once again my daughter set up a wail so I fixed her a hot dog. For some reason those hot dogs smelled better than I remembered them smelling before. “That’s funny,” I thought. “I don’t even like hot dogs. “The more I thought aboii those hot dogs the more I wante one. Finally I gave in. After all what harm would one hot dog di me? Of course I’d need a littl ketchup with it and that woul have some sugar, but heavens, i would be less sugar than I usual! ate. So I reasoned with mysel until, to my horror, I had eate three hot dogs! That afternoon was terrible, had to take the laundry int town and I could barely resi the tempting array of cand bars and chips in the vendin machines. After we got horn my daughter wanted to help n make chocolate chip cookies, s I agreed. It seemed like such “motherish-daughterish” thin to do. Besides that I wouldn eat very many. One cookie wit a glass of milk shouldn’t hur Needless to say I ate fot cookies and drank two glass« of milk! Fixing a nutritious meal th evening wasn’t quite as fun as was that morning; nevertheless, ate a piece of fish and a few strir beans. For a bedtime snack I ha just one more cookie. The next morning I jumped o the scale. I hadn’t lost a pound, was angry and upset. I hadn’t lo a pound. Why couldn1 somebody put out a diet that rea ly worked? That morning I ha pancakes for breakfast. Afti breakfast I gathered up all n fashion magazines and thre them in the stove. I mean, aft« all summer is still three montl away. I’ll have plenty of time t diet later. The Print The Print aims to be a fair and impartial newspaper covering the college community. Opinions expressed in The Print do not necessarily reflect those of the College administration, faculty, Associated Student Govern ment or other members of The Print staff. Articles and information published in The Print can be reprinted only with permission from the Student Publications Office. The Print 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 B. Telephone: 657-8400, ext. 309. 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