Trust is key to peace
On the lighter side
by Stephani Veff
OpinionfCopy Editor
Activities for winter boredom
The holidays are over and
you have nothing to look for
ward to except spring which is
still a few,months away. There
is something about January that
tends to make people feel run
down and bored. The excite
ment of November and
December just seems to end as
soon as the new year walks
through the door; The weather
seems to have a lot to do with it.
Constant gray skies could bring
down even the happiest of peo
ple, not to mention freezing
rain, ice, and gale force winds.
Just about the only weather that
cheers people up in winter is
snow. All that clean, cold white
blankets the ground and makes
everything look so calm and
peaceful.
What is there to do for fun
while we wait for the warmth of
spring to come? The weather
does create some enjoyable ac
tivities like skiing (cross country
and down hill), sledding,
building snowmen, snowball
fights, and snow-shoeing to
name a few. True most of us are
not able to do these things in
our own backyard, but Mt.
Hood is quite close as well as
some other popular snow areas.
So, you don’t like to go out
into the cold and wet? Well, you
don’t have to; there are a lot of
fun things to do right in the
house. Baking cookies, fitting
pieces into a jigsaw puzzle,
playing board games or cards,
or even just curling up with a
good book can make a gray day
go by faster and lift your spirits
too.
Maybe you don’t like to
entertain yourself, you’d rather
have someone do that for you.
Then go see a movie or rent one
for your video recorder, go to a
concert or a play, or go to a
sporting event.
If you’re feeling intellectual
or into the arts, go to a museum
or take the day and spend it at
Powell’s Bookstore. Estate sales
and garage sales can also be fun
and interesting if you know how
to look for the best bargains.
This is also a good time to
keep in touch with old friends.
Writing letters or even making a
few phone calls is sure to put the
life back into a long day. Maybe
a friend is just as bored as you
are, then you could get together
and do something to relieve
each other’s boredom. There’s
really no end to what you can
do if you just stop and think
about it.
Winter doesn’t have to be bor
ing if you don’t let it. There’s
always something new to try or to
see. Ask yourself about what
you’ve always wanted to do, but
never had the time for and then
do it. It’s really not that long un
til spring gets here, but it can
seem like forever if you don’t
have anythin« to do.
When President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Michail Gor
bachev sighed the ABM in early December most people hoped it was
going to be the first solid step towards total nuclear disarmament and
provide a safe world for all people.
Although the ABM treaty is the .first step down the road of peace
between the United States and the Soviet Union, there are still miles to
go and the road is not going to be a smooth one; In the last 30 years
such a large wall of distrust has been built between both countries that
it is going to take quite a while for trust to develop.
In order to build trust between the two countries both need to open
up the one area where there is the most distrust to each other, the
military. If both countries were to allow top military officials on each
cither’s military bases both countries would know what the other is
doing.
Total nuclear disarmament is very necessary in order, to provide a
safe world for everyone to live without fear. Noy? is the time to start
and trust is the key.
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Note-taking services allow more
freedom, less responsibility
Wouldn’t it be nice to sleep in instead of going to an 8 a.m. class?
Well, for most students the consequences of not going to class are too
high, but for a few (and the number is growing) there is such a luxury
as paid note-taking services.
These paid note-takers attend.class, listen to the lecture and take
note?. While note-taking services are intended to supplement the lec
ture and not to replace it, many of their opponents feel that students
who buy the notes skip more classes and pay less attention if they do
come to class. The proponents feel that the services allow students to
listen more intently to the lecture if they are not bothered with the task
of scribbling notes or copying complex charts;
Note-taking may not be the most exciting part of taking a class, but
for the most part it can help a student to remember things if he writes
them down and if it doesn’t do that at least it will keep him awake dur
ing the lecture. Hiring someone to take notes is almost as bad as buy
ing a test before it’s- given or having someone do your homework for
you. Grades are given on the basis of the student’s own work, not on
whether or not. he has enough money to pay someone to do it for
h’im.
-SLV-
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Wooden shoe like to know?
by Heleen Veenstra
Editor
Editor’s decision
not always easy
Well, after a long and fantastic
vacation it’s time to write again.
A lot of things happened in the
news, so there’s enough material
to write about.
During Christmas some issues
arose concerning newspaper
reporting. The story about
Michael Stoops for example.
November 18, Willamette Week
published an article accusing
Stoops of sexual misconduct with
minor boys.
I don’t know if you read the
article in Willamette Week, but it
made some pretty strong
statements. “Michael Stoops
engages in, sexual activity with
young boys he encounters at
Baloney Joe’s... medical records
help piece together a composite
of a driven individual who has
found release in sexual relations
with minors,” are parts that I
directly quoted from tHfc paper.
I mean, these accusations can
wreck one’s career, and in the
case of Stoops it did. Friday
night, January 8, he resigned
from his post as chairman of the
Bumside Community Council.
Gary Hart is another example.
Because of an article published
about him and Donna Rice he
had to withdraw from the
presidential candidacy. At first a
newspaper article destroyed his
career.
However, Hart re-entered the
race pretending nothing had hap
pened. I wonder, will Stoops do
the same thing in a couple of
months, when most people have
forgotten all about him and pro
bably are involved in some other
scandal? Wouldn’t surprise me
much, because everything is
possible!
Anyway, I won’t get into
whether it was right or wrong
what Stoops and Hart did, or be
ing accused of doing. I’ll leave
that up to you. I just want to ex
press how far papers can go to
publish those kind of stories.
Printing these kind of strong
statements can be quite libelous,
and a paper’s best defense is
Lenard
truth. That means whatever they
published has to be true, or
defended as the truth.
The stories written are pro
bably correct, because why would
a paper print a libelous story? But
it still doesn’t take away that a
newspaper article can ruin one’s
career opportunities.
Editors are the people who
have to make the decision
whether to run a story like that
or not. It’s got to be a very hard
decision. Being an editor
myself, I don’t know what I
would do in a case like that.
I know that people have the
right to know and we have
freedom of press. But would
you want to be responsible for
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destroying one’s opportunities
and disappoint many people?
Many of you do not realize
that before printing such an ar
ticle a lot of good thinking
preceded publication. Often the
papers get blamed for
everything, but editors think in
terms of “the public has a right
to know!”
My conclusion about this
deal... Maybe it is not fair to the
individuals in question to write
a ruining article about them.
But some how the truth needs to
be said and let’s give the editors
some credit or having the guts
to let the truth come out!
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