OPINIONS THE PRINT Child care facility too valuable to cut Domestic Issues 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 Page 2 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 The Print alms impartial newspaper covering the college community. Opinions expressed in The Print do not necessarily reflect those of college administration, faculty, Associ ated Student Government, or other members of The Print staff. Ar ticles and information published in this newspaper can be re printed only with permission from the Student Publications Office. The Print is a weekly publication distributed Every Wednesday except for finals week. Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla Ave., Oregon City, Ore gon 97045. Office: Trailer B. Tele phone: 657 8400, ext 309/310. 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