OPINIONS
THE PRINT
Child care facility
too valuable to cut
Domestic
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still have a day care center - that
it will just change locations.
Well, thatdoesn’t sound too
bad until you figure that a lot of
students are riding the bus. Even
if the new facilities are located in
Oregon City, that can mean a
delay of twenty minutes waiting
on another bus. And if it’s after
8 a.m., it can mean up to an hour’s
delay. All of this is inconvenient
for us as parents. So inconven
ient, in fact, that some of us would
not be able to attend school.
I didn’t have a car when I
started school. I traveled an
hour and a half by bus to get here.
It would not have been feasible
to drop my daughter off some
where else, and then wait on
Last week was National Collegiate Alcohol
Awareness week, where colleges from all across
the country celebrated with special events.
Clackamas Community College’s celebration
of the event was highlighted by “The Addict,” a
play produced by the Franklin High School
Theatre Department As a follow-up, here are
some tips from the Will Rogers Institute, which
might help students out this school year.
1. After your next tailgate party or happy
hour - whether you’ve had beer, wine, or spir
its, don’t drive. One American dies in an alco
hol-related accident every 35 minutes. Better to
walk an extra mile, or spend the night at a
friend’s than risk taking lives on the road.
2. Eat something - Before you go to a party
and while your there - never drink on an empty
stomach, Solid food like cheese can slow down
the alcohol absorption rate. If you’re throwing
a party, serve lots of munchies and plenty of
mixers. Adding tonic, soda, or other mixers to
spirits or wine slows down the rate of alcohol
intake.
3. Don’t be pressured into drinking more
than you can handle or pressure your friends to
keep up with you. Everyone has an individual
tolerance. Let you friends pace themselves.
4. Keep a watchful eye: Cocktails should
contain no more than 1.5 ounces of spirits,
wine is commonly five ounces, and a typical
serving of beer is 12 ounces. If you’re mixing
your own drink, use a shot glass to measure
your liquor.
5. Know yourself - and your mood. If you
rarely drink, chugging a few beers will affect
you faster than it would affect someone who is
accustomed to drinking. Your mood can also
influence the way you react to a drink. If you’re
depressed over a test or anything else, drinking
will depress you further.
This information is brought to you as a public
service from the Will Rogers Institute, a non
profit public health, education, and research
organization dedicated to promoting the health
of American citizens for over 50 years.
Education should take priority over athletics
To the Editor:
In regard to Ballot Measure
5 which would increase taxes on
cigarettes and beer in order to
fund college athletics - perhaps
the controversy isn’t over the
extra cent we’d pay at our local
markets for a pack of cigarettes
or a bottle of beer, but rather in
the beneficiary of these revenues.
Like you, I doubt that one
extra penny would be very up
setting to the average person,
but what is upsetting is the fact
that this Measure even reached
the ballot. I cannot rationalize
under any circumstances why
college athletics should have
preference over many other or
ganizations which could benefit
Oregonians. How many of you
remember, for example, the
overwhelming number of school
budgets which failed last election?
Or how about the low pay of some
of our most vital occupations in
this state, such as teachers, po
licemen and firemen? And in
consideration of our children, what
about our day care programs which
are rated among the worst in the
world? The list could go on - such
as grants, scholarships or loans
for college-students. After all,
shouldn’t education itself come
before extra-curricular activities?
No matter how I look at
Ballot Measure 5,1 cannot jus
tify voting yes. This measure
indicates to me that Oregon is
headed on a dangerous course.
I’d like to know that as con
cerned Oregonians, we have
higher priorities for revenues
received from our public, and
thus, will not allow legislation
to pass which emphasizes that
education is secondary to sports.
-Maiji T. Collins
Student Opinions
Do you think a penny tax on a pack of cigarettes and can of beer to support college
athletics is a good idea?
For sure, because no matter
how much of a tax you put on
cigarettes or beer, people are
going to buy it. Like they’re
really going to notice a penny
on a pack of cigs. They just
have to feœ it the cost of cancer
is going up.
-West Helfrich
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Alcohol Awareness
another bus: I was already get
ting my three year old out of bed
at 5 a.m. to catch a bus.
The problem with the family
day care system is very obvious.
Number one, the day care pro
viders must live on the bus route.
And secondly, we, as parents, are
reluctant to leave our children
with strangers to begin with, let
alone a stranger who has little or
no credentials.
A day care center offers an
organized, scheduled environ
ment created by people who are
certified and are accountable to
each other and their supervisors.
I see the destruction of the
child care facilities here on cam
pusas heart-rending. People think
they will only be tearing down
the building, but in reality they
are destroying people’s lives and
dreams.
I see the tearing down of the
Orchard Center as those in au
thority saying, “I’m sorry, but we
don’t have a place at Clackamas
Community College for you as
parents.” If it is true that the
college wants to stress parent
education, how can they even
consider tearing the building
down?
Somehow, there’s money to
fund the dances and the enter
tainment that AJS.G. offers. Why
isn’t there money for maintenance
at the Orchard Center? Dances
are not essential for an educa
tion; the day care center is!
So please, save the children’s
center, and our dreams!
I’m sure you’ve all heard, or
read, of the proposal to tear down
the child care facilities here on
campus. I was absolutely horri
fied to learn of these plans. Those
who propose such a plan are
appeasing their consciences by
spreading the word that we will
October 26,1988
Sounds good. If people want to
use their money that way, at
least now it will be going to a
good cause rather than
influencing people more.
-Eric Douglass
I think it’s a good idea because
it will give some extra money to
college athletics. I definitely
think it’s worth it
-Kathleen Megert
I think it’s a good cause and it
won’t hurt people to support
college athletics.
-Xavier Ellis
Compiled by Julie Church
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