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Opinion — To the Editor In your 4/29/87 issue of The Print the question was asked “Does anyone know what ASG ' is?” You also mentioned how, of all the students here at CCC, that only a very small percen tage voted and only 15-20 peo ple were at the debate, and out of this number five were ASG members. As a concerned student, I would like to comment on the matter. I was at the debate! The questioning floor was held and every moment, whether she likes not released by some of these it or not. ASG members, asking ques And what do we do for Mom tions on non-relevant issues, ac after she does all these favors tually they were trying to run for us? We keep our rooms as down one certain candidate (in messy as possible, leave our dir my opinion). ty laundry on the bathroom The main reason that hardly floor, and complain whenever any of the students were present we’re asked to do the dishes or was that they either weren’t take out the garbage. This, of given substantial notice or they course, makes Mom mad and didn’t even know there was go she yells that we don’t ap ing to be a debate. Next time, 1 preciate all the things she does would suggest that you front for us and we yell back that she page the debate in the prioi never lets us do “anything.” week issue of The Print. This Who’s right in this situation? way students are informed; I can guarantee that it’s pro more than just a few hours bably not us. Mom is always before the debate notice in the right, whether we like it or not. Today. As a NEWS publica They have this uncanny, almost tion, it is your duty to the stu frightening way of always dent to let them be aware of the knowing everything. They tell “happenings” on campus, not us not to do something because just sports, but all things that such and such will happen, and concern them as a whole. it does....everytime. How do It is ASG’s duty to let they know??? Are they psychic? students know “What’s Hap Probably not, they’ve just been pening” on campus. If a poll there before and they remember was to be taken you would pro how it happened to them. Ish’t bably find that most students it nice of them to tell us what to don’t “know who or what” do to keep the same thing from ASG is. happening to us? Too bad we ASG should have a spot in don’t listen more often. The Print to let us know what So this Sunday when that one their agenda is every week, such day a year comes around for us as coming events, issues we need to fully appreciate Mom for all to know about, and any adver she does for us be sure to do so. tising they need. It will make her feel loved and it If we students are better in will make you feel good and formed, I really feel you will have that’s all anyone ever needs out more student participation. of life is love. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. You’re appreciated and loved even if it’s not shown Charles F. Cunningham all the time. Graduating Student Thanks Mom! Bb‘1 Moms, what would we do without them? We certainly couldn’t have made it here without them. All those stories we hear year after year about how much trouble they had to go through in order for us to be bom. From morning sickness to the actual delivery, each story has a purpose and that purpose is to make us thankful to have such wonderful Moms. So now that we know how wonderful our Moms are, how do we show it? We cry and whine for more attention and love as babies. Then we go off to school when we’re about five or six and make them sit through class plays and PTA meetings, have them chaperone us and 30 of our classmates on field trips, and have them make dozens of cookies and cupcakes for the class Christmas party. Most Moms don’t mind doing these kinds of activities and many of them even enjoy it, but they often don’t get thanked for it. Then we become teenagers and enter junior high and high school. No longer do we need Mom to chaperone us or make cookies, we’re too old for that now. We want to be independent. And just how do we become independent? We rely on good old Mom to help us out. Mom gets to be the one to drive us to our new job at the local fast food restaurant, as well as to football games, dances, and our best friend’s house. We ask her to be at our beck and call at I ■TlU$ * irtON-TRHOITiONRU / I'Ve. alwaus -H)urvclJ I oideR. tvomgM afkac/ive and vexu im-fdUqetd'... “ S oil Could I bonÄo V yourt Qu+hiue 7 /frne/ueAA; Ä The uncolum ........ ................................ ............ kvHMH __________________ Highways and byways The other day I was driving in Portland and realized that there is no direct route to wherever I needed to be. This of course is not an uncommon problem, as a matter of fact every time I go to Portland I have to take a scenic drive through God knows where, never to be repeated twice, to get where I want. After I got home from this real life nightmare I went directly to bed where I proceeded to have this ghastly dream about some Road commission that has set out to change the streets of Portland. In the dream I was sitting wat ching the news at about eleven or twelve at night when the follow ing news report came on... ...In recent weeks the Road and Highway commission has received literally hundreds of let ters complaining about the layout and design of Portland roads. In one such letter the patron writes, “Where is the Morrison bridge exit?” The lack of signs for major ex its was just a part of the overall voice written in those letters. “I was driving down Bumside, crossed the river hoping to get on Front Street,” a letter com plained. “When I crossed the bridge I wanted to go left on Front, but there was no Front to be found. So I drove up past se cond, third, fourth, fifth and so on. Every time I wanted to go left it said “NO TURNS” the rest were “ONE WAY” toward the right. What I am wondering is why you (as a driver) have to go the opposite direction you want to get where you have to be. It’s like a remake of “Through thè Looking Glass” only in real life. In a recent interview with Harold Percival Hanson, chief director of Routes and Byways, a subcommittee in the Roads and Highway commission, and author of the book “Road to Nowhere Special,” he stated that “Although the roads may be a tad bit confusing, they are the best route possible under the cir cumstances.” Hanson, a user of Mass Tran sit, brings up the idea of a direc tory, of the easiest road or com bination thereof to get to a cer tain destination. He further ex plains that “there is no real logic involved in the planning of the streets of Portland.” He listed several “dont’s” in driving such as don’t expect a road to continue all the way to where you want it to because it will end, for no apparent reason, just short of where you need to be. He also suggests that you should take any old bridge just as long as it gets you over the river. “That’s enough isn’t it?” In conclusion of his book he says that “There should be signs posted stating ‘Road ends in the middle of nowhere, but starts up again on the other side’.” The signs may be a little wor dy but there may be no other solution. These ideas are well and good but won’t be im plemented (if ever) until the dis tant future. So in the mean time stick to small towns where left is left and right is right and if you can’t go the way you want to get a Four-by. Now I know this was just a dream but it brought out a very important point about the roads. That point is that it’s probably too late to do anything about them, however I’m not sure. With all the continual ‘Road Construction’ going on they may be able to at least con tinue Yamhill all the way to 82nd Av. or put the Seiwood bridge and Morrison bridge signs up so people will know when to exit. I do know for sure that unless we write letters to our state and federal legislature, nothing will change and we will just have to get used to it. But what about the people after us, will they? 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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