Opinion
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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
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