Opinion
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College tuition
On the lighter side ASG Pres affect student body
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urges
Take time for an ‘escape’ vote-by-
mail levy
Welcome fall term students, ing wears thin and the class
Opinion/Copy Editor
staff, and faculty! I’m so glad
to be back for my last year at
Clackamas, for me summer just
seems about two months too
long. Call me crazy if you will,
but there is something about the
challenge of learning new things
that keeps me coming back year
after year with increased an­
ticipation of what each new
class will bring. Don’t get me
wrong, there are some things
about school that are not exact­
ly pleasant to look forward to -
homework, tests, and shelling
out all that money for books
and tuition are at the top of this
list.
I guess, for me, it all started in
Kindergarten, when each day I’d
get off of the school bus and go
to this wonderful room that had
all kinds of things with which to
use your imagination: doll
houses, blocks, paper, paste,
crayons, etc. Of course, I learned
things too, but it was such , a
challenge to open up the big
world that lay beyond the
reading, writing, and arithmetic
that it never seemed like work.
I still feel that way when I
begin a new year. The idea of
learning something different,
something that may not be all
that useful to my future career
but would be fun to learn
anyway, just gets me so excited I
can hardly wait for my first class
to begin. Occasionally, that feel­
becomes more work than play,
but it usually balances out in the
end.
If there is one thing that I’ve
learned in my pursuit of educa­
tion, it’s that one must always
have a good balance. Too often
people take only the classes that
they have to take in order to
reach their goal, but this can
become boring and tedious after
a while. It’s better to take at least
one class that you think sounds
interesting and fun, regardless of
whether it is something that
you’ll need later on in life or not.
As long as you enjoy doing it,
that is what counts.
Often this “escape” mak^s the
things that are required more easy
to deal with and you don’t feel so
bogged down by the middle of
the term. Even if you don’t feel
like taking another class, don’t
forget to take time out for an
“escape,” whether it is a walk in
the park, curling up with a good
book, or going out with friends,
it will put the other things in your
life in perspective if you
remember and think of the lighter
side of yourself. Classes,
homework, and tests may be
serious subjects but they don’t
have to be the only things in your
life once the term is underway.
Remember yourself and things
will go a lot smoother once you
hit high stress times toward the
middle of the term.
To the Editor,
The November 3, 1987 “vote
Dy mail” election will affect
CCC students’ ability to get an
iducation on this campus.
Community colleges are not
covered by the “School Safety
Net” plan passed by the
legislature. Therefore, if CCC
cannot pass a levy it will close
since it does not have a tax base.
When voters receive their
ballots in the third week of Oc­
tober, they will be asked to ap­
prove the first tax rate increase
by CCC in six years. The pro­
posed increase would raise the
tax rate from $1.25 per thou­
sand dollars of assessed valua­
tion to $1.37. The increase is
necessary because of the in­
creased cost to provide educa­
tional services that inevitably
results with the passage of time.
AFTER CAREFUL CON­
SIDERATION
YOUR
ASSOCIATED STUDENT
GOVERNMENT IS URGING
YOU, THE STUDENTS,
WHOSE INTEREST WE
REPRESENT, TO REGISTER
TO VOTE AT THE STUDENT
ACTIVITIES OFFICE IF YOU
ARE
NOT
ALREADY
REGISTERED AND TO
THEN VOTE YES.
In service,
Neale Frothingham
ASG President
Language barrier creates difficulties
Two years ago I had a great ex­ normal Dutch conversation with
perience: moving from Holland my aunt. After I was done I hung
to Oregon. It all sounds pretty ex­ up the phone and asked in
citing, but it has had some English, “How much did the
hassles. Without a doubt, the phone call cost?”
language barrier is the biggest
Well, these Chinese were about
hassle of them all.
to freak out. Understand this
Languages can cause some em­ right. These (the Chinese) are
barrassing moments, which I people who moved to Holland a
discovered when I went back to couple of years ago and hardly
Holland this summer. It was my speak any Dutch, then this per­
third time back since my move son walks in, carries on a Dutch
here; however, I knew this time conversation on the phone, then
would be different than the turns and starts speaking English
others, simply because I hadn’t when she wants to know how
been there for a year.
much it costs to use the phone.
My first difficulty took place in The ' Chinese lady couldn’t
a Chinese restaurant the second understand me and after I realiz­
day of my stay. I was with a good ed what I had just said (mainly
friend, who is also Dutch and because my friend kept elbowing
happens to live in Oregon too. me and whispering “speak
With her, we’re used to speaking Dutch!”) I made my excuses,
Dutch to each other, and English gave her 25 cents for the phone
call, and walked out. I was pretty
to people around us.
Oh well, back to the subject. I embarrassed too!
The third day I had an accent
was in this restaurant and had to
make a phone call. I carried on a problem. I was at a fair and there
I met a girl frorrt the East Coast.
After I talked with her for a while
she told me, “Wow, you have
such a West Coast accent.”
Now, maybe you’re thinking
“Big deal!,” but for me it is. Last
year I was teased by a former
Print staff member about having
a Dutch accent. Then I go to
Holland and friends and family
tell me that I have an American
accent, (they only know the dif­
ference between a British and
American accent) and a total
stranger tells me I have a West
Coast accent. I’m starting to have
an identity problem!
I have to say, my trip to
Holland this summer was great.
It was fun to see my friends and
family again and celebrate my
stay. I can’t imagine a better
vacation, but I have to admit,
because of this language pro­
blem I am gonna get myself into
trouble real soon!
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Clackamas Community College tuition will raise 23 dollars p
credit hour beginning summer term. This was a decision made I
the Clackamas Community College Board of Education at a boai
meeting on September 9. This decision will raise the tuition for fu
time students from 210 dollars a term to 230 dollars a term. T1
board also reduced the maximum number of credit hours withoi
paying extra down to 19 credit hours instead of 21 credit hours.
How is this tuition raise going to affect the students? Couplt
with the fact that less financial aid is available to each student th
year because of a rise in the number of students attendir
Clackamas this year, the affect is going to be bad. Some studen
are going to be forced to work more than they want to, to earn a<
ditional money for school. This will give the students less time t
study, and may cause additional stress for them.
What can be done to help students afford college? Clackama
cannot afford to lower the tuition. Without the tuition raise the co
lege will not be able to afford its operating costs. The loc<
residents do not deserve the burden of paying for a large portion c
our education, and the students cannot afford to pay more tha
they are paying now for college. So who should pay? Maybe th
state and federal governments should start paying for our schools
Stop humanitarian Contra aid and start huanitarian student aid.
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UNRAVEL THE MYSTERIES
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