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Vol. XXI No. 22
Wednesday, May 4,1988
Page 3: Finally, the procrastination story has been written. We just
couldn’t wait any more.
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Pages 4 and 5: There are several obstacles on the Clackamas camups. See
the photo essay.
Page 8: Shortstop John Davenport currently leads the Clackamas
baseball team in RBIs and stolen bases and is batting .351.
Clackamas Community College
19600 S. Molalla Ave.
Election stands...
Oregon City, Oregon 97045
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Taylor proclaimed student president at hearing
by Heleen Veenstra
Editor_______ __ ______________________
The Associated Student
Government of Clackamas Com
munity College fell short by two
votes in a special ASG meeting
April 20, 1988 concerning
whether . Faith Taylor campaign
ed at the polls during the ASG
Presidential election. The vote
proved Taylor was innocent of
the campaigning charges.
Taylor was accused of
violating section 14 of the elec
tion code which states “no can
didate shall campaign at the
polls.” Nine out of elven “yes”
votes were needed on ASG’s part
to prove she was guilty. Taylor
would have been disqualified if
this would have happened.
However, it didn’t and Taylor
was acquited of the charge.
Leslie Winston, Entertainment
Senator, filed the charge based on
an incident that took place April
22 in the Community Center.
Taylor’s mother came to the
Community Center to pick up a
jacket from Norm Berney,
counselor and wrestling coach,
Junior, who was on the Cougar
wrestling team last year. Mrs.
Taylor brought balloons and
refreshments for her daughter,
with the intent to bring it to,the
track, where her daughter would
have practice later that after
noon. However, when Mrs.
Taylor saw her daughter in the
Community Center she brought
the surprise directly to her
daughter, which would later be
defined by Winston as campaign
ing at the polls.
Mrs. Taylor explained that
there was no intent of campaign
ing on her or her daughters part.
“I didn’t know where the polls
were. I was totally surprised she
was even going to run for presi
dent^ she hasn’t been here but 3
(now almost 5) weeks.”
Neale ~ Frothingham, ASG
President, testified that when he
was the incident he approached
Taylor and her family and friends
to ask them to move. “I explain
ed.to her father that whether it
was intended or not, what was
going on could be construed as
campaigning at the polls.”
Winston explained before the
meeting “at first I didn’t think
anything of it (the incident), but
hearing a lot of talk in the office
about section 14 made me think a
little more.” She filed charges
Monday morning after, she later
testified, Frothingham had con
tacted her over the weekend.
Why didn’t Frothingham file
charges himself? “I was a
primary witness to it and I did
not want to be in a position of be
ing a prosecuter in case Faith call
ed me to testify,” Frothingham
said. “I wanted to be available
both sides of the issue. Had Leslie
indicated she would not file the
complaint I think I would have
filed it anyway just so we can get
this out in the open.”
The concern on Frothingham’s
and Winston’s part was that the
balloons drew attention and it
might have caused people to vote
for Taylor. Between three can
didates, the winner must have
won by at least a 5 per cent
margin. Taylor won by seven per
cent, which was, according to
her, “a clean enough margin.”
However, the concern was that,
without the incident, the results
might have been different.
Debbie Baker, student ac
tivities director, explained. “If
indeed what had taken place in
the mall was campaigning, and if
indeed that influenced the voting,
then that could have been the dif
ference between whether or not
there was a run-off,” she said.
Taylor claims that “campaign
ing, to me, is for me to sit there
and give something to someone
myself and say ’vote for me.’ I
did that in no such order.” She
also stated that she did not know
where the polls were, exactly, and
that Section 14 of the election
code is not very clear.
The controversy determined
Section 14 of the code raises
many questions. Taylor claimed
that since there is no definition of
campaigning, and the polling
place is not defined in the code,
she did not know of any wrong
doing.
A meeting was held for the
presidential candidates on April
7; in that meeting, candidates
were told what was acceptable to
do, and what wasn’t.
Since
Taylor did not apply to run until
Hatfield speaks in Community Center
by Michael Walker
»nd Steven Ziolkowsld_________________
Senator Mark O. Hatfield
stood with a small group in the
Clackamas Community Center,
Tuesday afternoon, before ad
dressing faculty, members of the
community, staff and students.
Standing relaxed, left hand in
his coat pocket, shaking hands
the Senator listened carefully,
answered questions and jokingly
remarked to instructor Fred
DeWolfe, “How does the name
DeWolfe fit into American
history?”
Surprised, DeWolfe answered
that he wasn’t sure. “You’re
Photo by Both Coffey
U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield, of Oregon, answers one of
several questions as he visited Clackamas.
family name is famous. Florence
Harding was a DeWolfe before
she married the future President,
Warren Harding,” remarked
Hatfield.
But when it came to questions
and answers the learned Senator
was not entirely light hearted.
After being presented a hand
made teapot decorated with a
ninth century glaze by CCC
Ceramics- Instructor Nancy
Travers,he was introduced by his
former Willamette University
fraternity brother Wally
Johnson.
“Known as the father of the
nuclear freeze,” according to
Johnson, Hatfield said in his
opening remarks, “A military
solution is not the answer to an
economic or social problem.
“I was at Hiroshima within
one month after the bomb was
dropped.
It was before the
bodies had been cleared away.
My view of atomic weapons came
out of this. It probably saved my
life and those of my
colleagues...There was something
so sinister and powerful about
that one bomb.
“I remember Pearl Harbor. I
had mixed feelings,” Hatfield
said solemnly. “I’m a nuclear
pacifist, not a military pacifist.
I’m all for a strong military,” he
added.
Striking the podium with his
fist the Senator emphasized,. “I
am committed to a free Israel,
but that doesn’t mean we have to
buy every single one of their
policies.” Stating that he did not
approve of supplying more arms
to any Mid-East country, he con
tinued “There will never be peace
until all parties face up to the
Palestinian refugee community
problem. There is something
more profound in Palistine than
PLO leader Arafat.”
The sun came in and out of the
clouds passing shadows across
the lawn towards Barlow Hall.
After the first ten minutes the
photographers finished with then-
pictures and the Senator
answered questions about the
budget deficit, balance of trade,
particulary in the Oregon timber
industry, the issues of comprhen-
sive health care, religion in
politics and water resources. “We
are facing a water crisis far
greater, in my mind, than any
Arab oil crisis,” he stressed.
Audience reaction was mixed.
“It was very informative,”
remarked History Instructor Don
Epstein. Gale Wall, department
staffer added, “He gets an ‘A’
for impromptu speaking.”
Commented Paul Kyllo, “He
comes from the Republican party
that still cared about people.”
While one senior was concerned,
“I hope he knows the difference
between social security and an en
titlement.”
April 14, she was not aware of
the meeting; therefore, she did
not know all the rules.
“I was just a little bit disap
pointed that we even had to go
through all this,” she said of the
incident. “I would like to be in
office, and I would like to serve
my presidential term. I v ould
like to get these accusations
withdrawn, and I would like to be
president of Clackamas,” Taylor
concluded.
CCC hosts
Wyden,
McCarthy
Former U.S. Senator
Eugene McCarthy will talk
i about “Tlie consequences of
the Vietnam War” today at
Clackamas Community Col-
.. tege. ; Cpol Ç '•
McCarthy, a Democrat
from Minnesota, served , in
the U.S. Senate from 1958
until 1970. An outspoken op-
g ponent of the Vietnam War,
he ran for president in 1968,
winning
Oregon’s
Democratic presidential
primary. Since his retirement
ù ■ from the Senate in 1970, Mc
Carthy has written several
® books on politics, two
volumes of poetry, and a
book for children.
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McCarthy’s talk will begin
at 10:30 a.m. in the Com-
H munity Center Mall. He will
be introduced by state Rep.
Mike Kopetski, a Democrat
who is running for Congress.
in the 5th District. The talk,
sponsored by the CCC Social
Science Department, is free.
Rep. Ron Wyden will be
the luncheon speaker at a
Clackamas Community Col
lege Small Business Develop
ment Center seminar Satur
day, May 7.
“Success in Home-Based
Business” will be held from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Con
ference Room of the Hi-Ho
Restaurant, 15851 S.E. 82nd
Drive in Clackamas. Wyden
will talk about home-based
businesses at about 12:45
p.m.
Says Wyden, “Our society
is growing more complex.
Our economy is growing
more complex. America
must adapt to these changé»,
and one way we can do that
is through the establishment
of home-based businesses.”