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Opinion Page 2 Americans should think about rights Clackamas Community College On the lighter side In America people are always criticizing the government and their way of life. People are always complaining that the political system does not work, and that the constitution is useless. These people are failing to see one thing, the good side of the constitution. Look at the Bill of Rights, for instance, It allows all people in America freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and most important the freedom of speech. As the weeks wear on, I am If we were in Russia and a person said something negative beginning to find it a bit dif about the government, or distributed pamphlets criticizing the ficult to come up with a new political beliefs of their leader they would be packing up their column topic each week. I know, some of you are think bags for Siberia. In America we can say what ever we please, as long as it is true, ing, “There are a million topics to write about, there shouldn’t and it does not harm another person in a wrongful way. People really do not seem to realize our rights in this country be any problem at all,” If you are thinking this, then you have when they are busy complaining about how terrible it is. The next time it is necessary to complain about our way of life, probably never had to deal with first look at what we have, and then take the opportunity to exer writing against a deadline while cise the right of free speech. That is how we can change what is holding down three jobs and wrong with our country. But also realize what rights we do have, originally 19 credit hours (I’m and appreciate them, and the fact that you will not be sent to New dropping to 16 hours in order to maintain some of my sanity). Jersey for insulting the government. Sure, there are a lot of topics -MKT- to write about, but I can never be sure that the majority of you will enjoy and be entertained by Letter to the editor: what is written. I know that it’s impossible to please everyone, but I would like to hope that at least a few of you out there read this column and get something I would like to thank all the Strickler, who served as tourna out of it. Last year I wrote a column people who gave their time and ment director; Mary Grait, the efforts into the Clackamas tournament athletic trainer; and entitled “Parents - What a con Crossover Volleyball Tourna Bruce Toney, who helped clean cept.” It was a column in which ment. We had eight volleyball up and seemed to be always there I dealt only with the subject of teams from Oregon and to help. Thank you! I am very parents and how they handle Washington on our campus and proud to be a part of this school. their children. The amazing thing about this is that it was ac we received many compliments Kathie Woods tually easier to write about that from coaches, teams, and of Volleyball Coach ficials as to the quality and organization of the tournament. “The Print” welcomes readers Altogether we needed over 150 to express their views by writing people to help and we never came letters to the editor. All letters up short. There are some very should be typewritten and sub special people that attend mitted to Student Publications Clackamas, that is for sure, in Trailer B by 5p.m. Friday Thank you. In particular, I before publication. would like to thank Kathy by Stephani Veff Opinion/Copy Editor How the column topic got away Woods gives thanks to Crossover help limited topic than it is to write this column with its wide range of topics! This week, I had planned to write about a football game I was supposed to go to last Fri day night, but our staff rafting trip ran longer than expected and I ended up missing the game. This I didn’t mind so much though because the team I was going to go watch, my alma mater Madison High School in Portland, lost to Benson for the first time in three years. If Madison had been able to pull another win out of its hat, I would have wanted to be there to see the faces of the Benson rooters - the ones who didn’t think Madison could win last year or the year before to become league champs. As you can see (when it comes to foot ball) the top rivals of the PIL are Madison and Benson, and while we couldn’t take the championship this year, it won’t be long before we have it back. Watch out Techmen! Well, enough of that. I tend to get carried away when I talk about Madison. My next topic was going to be the rafting trip itself since it ruined my first topic, but our dear Design/Sports Editor, Chris, had the idea too and got his col umn typed into the computer before I could barely put the idea into motion. I could very easily have written a column on the trip from the woman’s point-of-view, but it wouldn’t have been nice to make the Design/Sports Editor look bad when I’m merely the Opi nion/Copy Editor, right Chris? Besides I wouldn’t want to bore you with more talk about a fabulous trip, when you weren’t able to go with us. Now, that wouldn’t be fair, would it? So I thought drat since I really didn’t have a topic, I wouldn’t try to fool you by making one up and dashing off a column that probably would have made less sense that this one, and instead I would just tell you the truth and hope that you would understand. I thank you if you did unders tand, and if you didn’t, maybe you could suggest a topic for next week. Until then.... Wooden shoe like to know? by Heleen Veenstra Editor Pronunciation proves painstaking Pronunciation and remember ing words can be kind of difficult sometimes. All people taking a foreign language can relate to this very well. In the beginning I really had a . hard time with the words “nerd” and “weird.” First of all, I didn’t know the meaning, but after I figured that out, I ran into the pronounciation problem. In Dutch we pronounce the “r” different than the English and Americans do. We have a kind of a rolling “r.-” So, “nerd” and “weird” were pretty hard to say, but it got really bad when I had to say both in a sentence like, “that’s a real weird nerd.” The same problems «occured with “curl” and “girl.” After saying “curly girl” for about 20 times in a row I ended up with stuff like, “gurly cirl,” “cirly gurl,” “cruly gril,” and so on. I’m sure you get the message now, so I don’t think I need to go into more detail. Thermometer, three, throughout, and orthodontist never have been my favorite words either. They are kinda complicated and tongue breaking to say. But one thing I can say without any problems that many Americans can’t, is aluminum. Quite impressive, don’t you think? Anyway, I know I’m not the only one with these problems. It is already hard enough to remember the vocabulary of a language, and then you have to learn how to properly speak the language too! Learning-the vocab is, in my eyes, the worst part of learning a new language. Some stupidities arise from which the following is an example. I was involved in some kind of conversation, and I wanted to say the word “remember.” But what happened, I didn’t remember the word “remember.” I tell ya, the word “remember” is absolutely the worst word to forget! I tried to explain that I couldn’t remember the word “remember,” and that sure was hard. I challenge you to try to ex plain to somebody that you don’t remember “remember.” Not very easy! But oh well, it’s a sure thing that everybody who speaks more than one language (and maybe even people who only speak one language) has problems like that. It’s not always fun and easy to learn a new language, but it’s sure worth the challenge!! D50 Illuminant, 2 d( ftps—A 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 pubbeation 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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