NEWS
Page 4
Clackamas Community College
CCC instructors to end fulfilling careers
photo by Beth Coffey
Joan Weichmann has taught
Office Administration classes
since 1970.
photo by Beth Coffe*
photo by Beth Coffey
photo by June vnurcn
Signy Vernon has taught
Sociology and Geography at the
college, and she’s been here
since 1967.
Jerry Herrignton has been
here since 1968 and She taught
in the nursing area.
Shirley Cressier has been a
Department Chair of the Life
Science department and she also
taught classes. She’s been at the
college since 1969.
not pictured
Earl Zink has been at the col
lege since 1969. He taught in the
Business Administration and
Technology classes.
Censorship angers Putnam actors and advisor
Sheni I m G civk L
News Editor
"Cehsorsmp recently forced the
Rex Putnam High School drama
department to delete language
that was considered by a “small
but loud minority,” according to
a student, to be profane, in John
Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.”
Many students of the cast and
crew, their parents and several
teachers have voiced their con
cern over the censorship. There
has been a split in the cast and
crew over the censoring of the
Play.
Both Glen Jackson and John
Dupasqier of RPHS gave their
support through a statement on
the back of the program that was
passed out off of school grounds.
On it they stated “we are not pro
ud, however, that the drama
department has been forced to
dilute the impact of this play by
eliminating language a vocal
minority considers offensive.”
Drama advisor Julie Gibson-
Wickham said, “it is an infringe
ment on the rights and integrity
of the playwright, myself as a
director and thirdly on the
students themselves.” The.
parents of Roland Dickey agreed
with Gibson-Wickham. Roll
Dickey commented “an award
winning author is a part of the
great America. He doesn’t have a
need or right to be censored.”
Many of the cast and crew felt
as though their rights had been
infringed upon. Such is the case
of Troy Larkin, who played
Boss. Larkin said, “It was really,
really unfair to us. We had work
ed extremely hard for a long
period of time and then we were
told that absolutely under no cer
tain conditions we were to cut
everything (profanity) and we
had already done some-of that
ourselves.”
According to Gibson-
Wickham, “our (drama depart
ment’s) philosophy has always
been in this theatre that if the
students can not handle the
language because of their own
values, they have the choice to
edit. And we gave those students
that right to edit.”
District guidelines and the
school handbook stated that the
use of profanity by students is in
appropriate, whether in the
classroom or at the school func
tions, said Superintendent Ben
Schellenberg.
Schellenberg was the one to
order to edit all profanity from
the play after an advisory com-
*7/ is an ihffihgmeht
on the rights and in
tegrity
of
the
playwright, myself as a
director and thirdly on
the
students
themselves. ”
mittee, consisting of' three
public elected members and five
who are appointed by the school
board, recommended that the
language remain in the play.
Roland Dickey, Whit in the
play, felt “it should have not
gotten this far (the censoring).
It should have stopped at the
advisory committee saying, do
it as rehearsed and as written.”
Another concern of his is the
fact that Schellenberg decided
to overturn the choice of the
people that put him where he is.
Bonnie Stone, who led the
parents against the Use of
obscene language, said, “I ex
pect schools to- present plays
you can bring your family to,
including your children and
your grandparents.” Darby
| Happy Holidays |
from
Pereira, a member of the cast,
said, “If they don’t want to
hear the language they don’t
have to come. They can go to
the children’s plays that we try
sexual references, but then, on
the other hand, we have the
more mature plays.”
Many teachers, students and
parents feel that the theatre is
an extension of the classroom.
‘7 expect schools to
present plays you can
take your family to,
including
your
children or grand
parents. ,f
Especially where in the
dassroom they teach freshman
the same play unedited. But
Dan Carter summons up those
feelings best, “It is an art form.
If you had a 12 billion dollar
Picaso and someone said it was
against the Bible, against the
Lord you wouldn’t paint over
that just because a small com
munity didn’t like it. A Picaso is
a Picaso, a Steinbeck is a
Steinbeck.”
Make a
contribution to
life after death
THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION
MEMORIAL PROGRAM.
|
Norm’s Cafe
¡ t
American Heart
Association
in Oregon
1-800-452-9445
.
• This space provided as a public service.
Registration
to be better
by Hefteen Veenstra
F«Utnr
________
“The nice thing about Winter
and Spring term is that we start
registration one week before
finals,” said Mary Dykes, direc
tor of admissions and registra
tion, about the expected busyness
of registration.
Although it is expected that
enrollment will be up with 3 per
cent compared to last year’s
Winter enrollment, registration
“should go smoothly.
“We are on a new cash receipt
system like we were Fall term.”
The computer now does the
figuring for tuition and fees,
while before the cashiers had to
do the figuring themselves. Since
the computer does all the figur
ing, the cashiers have more time
to serve students, Dykes explain
ed.
The registration area will be
remodelled. The Financial Aid
office will move to next to the
ASG office, and the student flow
will be from Step 1 to Financial
Aid to Step 2. “The remodelling
is going to provide a more logical
flow. It will be less congested dur
ing registration,” Dykes explain
ed.
Yesterday and the day before
were the registration days for the
Vocational Program students and
the
Nursing
students.
“Counselors have been visiting
Vocational Programs to help
register.”
Today and tomorrow there will
be registration by appointment
for returning students. Friday,
December 4 new student registra
tion will begin, appointments are
required.
Open registration will start
December 7. The registration
hours are from 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
on Monday-Thursday, and from
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
Mail in and phone in registra
tion for part time students who
will take seven credit hours or less
is possible. That registration will
be from 6-8 p.m. on December
7-10.