OPINIONS
Student Opinions
Behymer
Yes, it is a proven fact that
seatbelts save lives. And wearing
a helmet would prevent future
brain damage that the person
already has.
—Glen Warren Behymer—
Yes, I feel seatbelts should be
required for all minors and the
drivers should be fined for non-
complience in those vehicles
equiped with seatbelts.
Motorcyclists should not be
required to where a helmet
because a helmet will not prevent
bodily injury other than to the
head and even then it is limited
protection.
—Victor Veelle—
Yes, seatbelts should be worn
because it is proven that tliey do
save lives. Helmets should be
worn because at least they offer
some protection if you wear
them, instead of not wearing
them at all.
—Jennifer “Marie” Keller—
Clackamas Community College
Should seatbelt and
helmet wearing be
made a law?
Photo*
by Jull* Church
Veelle
Letter to
the editor
Issue
opposes
rights
Purdy
Leaving Mom’s house
the common sense that my mom
has instilled in me ever since I
was a baby in her arms. All it
really means is that I will be able
to take a few more chances and
find out just how tough the
world really is out there.
Certainly I know that not
everything is going to be fun and
games when I get to Florida.
Regardless of how often the sun
shines or how close the beach is,
On the
lighter side
I know that a great deal of
responsibility is going to be fall
ing on my shoulders if I wish to
survive these next six months. I
will have to learn to live with
four other persons, be responsi
ble for my share of the expenses,
and still hold onto the goals I
have set for my future.
This is a big step towards the
rest of my life, but by no means
Over the last few weeks college students all over America have
been receiving their letters from the financial aid offices from the
colleges which the students wish to attend.
Many students are discovering that they are not going to be able to
get enough financial aid to get by on. The colleges are telling them
that their parents will have to provide huge amounts of money to the
students for college—more money than most parents can afford to
pay.
Why is this happening? This is happening because of federal cut
backs in financial aid. When the Grand-Rugman act took over to
balance the federal budget five percent was cut from education, just
five percent was cut from all of the government programs. Well, this
five percent from education did a lot more harm than the five per
cent they took off of the military.
Right now the- contras are getting guns to kill innocent people in
Nicauragra and money is being spent to build star wars systems, but
students are not receiving enough money to go to college.
Wouldn’t it be better to spend the nation’s money on creating
something good, like a country with well educated people, instead of
spending the money on weapons to destroy people? That is a ques
tion which every person has to answer for themselves.
-MKT-
Gaining new freedom...
There comes a time in
everyone’s life when he must
leave the proverbial nest and
make his own home. That first
big step is not one to be taken
lightly nor will it be easy for the
one who is leaving (the child) or
the ones being left (the parents).
For many young adults leav
ing home and moving out on
their own means going to college
or the military, but a few may
find themselves building their
own home for the first time. For
some this is the result of mar
riage and for others it just means
getting their own “place.”
This summer I will be moving
out of my mom’s house to live in
Florida for six months working
and saving money to go to
Western Oregon State University
in January. While I have been
away from home a few times
before to visit relatives for the
summer, this will be the first
time I will be completely by
myself with none of my family
to guide me in my endeavors.
In some ways moving out on
my own is a little frightening, I
have depended on my mom to
help me in some of the more dif
ficult aspects of life and now I
will find myself relying on my
own common sense and in
telligence to get me through my
adventures in Florida.
And adventures they will be.
For this will also be the first time
that mom won’t be around to
keep me from trying new things
that she doesn’t necessarily find
appealing. This is not to say that
I’m going to turn into some sort
of party animal. I will still have
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Financial aid cuts
keep students home
No, I feel that if people are
stupid enough not to wear safety
devices, they should be responsi
ble for their own actions. I think
that the police have enough to
woory about without having to
try and enforce such laws. Also,
the population of the world is
growing fast enough, that losing
a few of these idiots would be no
big loss.
—Lang Purdy—
Keller
May 18,1988
do I expect it to be the biggest. I
am using this move as a stepping
stone to my future goals and
dreams. The time I’m taking off
of school will help me come to
terms with the next two and a
half to three years that I must
spend at WOSC in order to ob
tain my teaching degree.
Hopefully this time off will
make me want to return to
school with the zest for studying
that I seem to have lost over the
past two years.
The advantages and adven
tures of moving out- of my
mom’s house far out weigh the
little fears that I have of break
ing the ties between us. I know
that I will miss my family very
much and that I will probably go
through a time of home sickness,
but that feeling of loss will sub
side eventually and the ex
perience will benefit me when I
eventually have to leave home
forever.
So for those of you who are
considering leaving home for the
first time, whether to attend a
four-year university or for some
other reason, don’t let those lit
tle fears of being on your own
frighten you out of going out
and enjoying some adventures
on your own. Life on your own
before marriage may turn out to
be one of the best learning ex
periences of your life and some
day you’ll look back on those
days as the ones that granted you
the greatest freedom to try
whatever you’ve always wanted
to try and not worry about so
meone objecting to your deci
sions.
Letter to the editor:
Ms. Tami Simcox
presented a letter outlining
an issue of major concern to
her, that being the Giddeon
Society being on campus
and providing Bibles. It
seems appalling to me that
Ms. Simcox opposes the
very right that she has to
write the letter that she did.
She only needs to meet the
Russian athletes who were
recently here to understand
what life in Communistic-
block countries would be
like.
If you choose not to study
American history, rights and
freedoms, why not move to
Czechoslovakia.
Marc Essig, American
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