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OPINION From the editor... The ASG “Highway tc Heir dance last week was some thing less than successful. In cluding ASG members and their dates, approximately 40 people attended the event. This is kind of strange when you consider that most of the student surveys received by ASG stated that people would like to see more dances at CCC; Actually, when you think about it, the apathy level at Clackamas is about right: we’re a two-year community college with noon-campus housing, the average age of a student is 32, and a large number of CCC students work. Why should anyone be concerned with what goes on outside of the class room? Unfortunately, even apa thetic students are capable of criticism; it is characteristic of the human animal to complain. But no one should complain without getting involved. Why complain without trying to change the situation? More examples of apathy: The Print has gotten back ex actly ONE reader survey (a reader survey was published in the second issue of the term), and no one outside of student activities has donated to the eatthqdiEike'ielitifdffbrtr. J;/' The college experience is more than showing up for all your classes, it’s getting involved in campus activities. Education IS the priority, but when special activities are offered why not use them as a way to supple ment the total college experi ence? I hate to nitpick, but.,.it appears that local papers “bor row” from The Print on occa sion. I have seen quotes gath ered by Print reporters used in at least two local newspapers. Maybe I was gone the day Linda Vogt covered this subject in Reporting I, but researching a story shouldn’t mean lifting quotes out of another paper. It isn’t against any law, as far as I know, but it is definitely against the journalistic code of ethics. If papers such as the Enter prise Courier or the Clackamas County Review don’t have time to come out to the college and interview people like Royce Kiser for themselves, why don’t they call us? We would be happy to help them out. News sources are strange. They react uniquely to every reporter that talks to them. After editing stories for awhile a per son gets to the point where he can almost tell which reporter got a certain quote. Imagine that person’s surprise when he sees the very same quote in a differ ent paper. To those papers who save | time and gas covering the CCC I beat by interviewing the pages of The Print (and you know who you are): we’re watching you... I THE CLACKAMAS PRINT November 1,1989 Page 2 Minimum wage increase good idea The government seemed to pull the rug out from under those who earn minimum wage from 1981 to 1988 when it failed to raise along with the poverty level. Why was a pay raise needed? For one thing, the poverty level (the minimum amount a person can live on) for a family of four in 1988 was at $10,610. On $3.35 (working 40 hours a week), a per son could make $6,800. Needless to say, a single woman with three kids could not make enough to support her children. This shows that a 1981 wage could not help this woman in 1988. What if she happened to be a student? This woman would be way below the poverty line. For those who are single, poor, starvingstudentswith nodepend ents, $3.35 Supposedly gives them plenty of money, $6,800 a year, which is well above the poverty level of $5,200. Experts say that a person can live relatively “com fortable”. Maybe these experts should try living on this amount instead of their $100,000 a year salaries. With the increase to $3.85, the hypothetical woman with three kids would make a hypothetical $8,000. This is a start, but still not enough. As for the hypothetical single student, the increase will not be enough to keep him/her away from the loan department. There are other drawbacks to this deal. Many businesses will be hit hard by this increase, so they say. A few of these employers have cut back on staff and their hours to compensate. One res taurant in Gresham had to raise the prices on the cuisine to absorb the increased wages. Employees at a retail business have complained that they are not getting same hours before the increase. Is raising the minimum wage a good idea after all? Yes. It will help those who need it most: single mother, unskilled entry level workers and others of similar nature. The U.S. also has to fol low the example of its neighbors, such as Canada, where the mini mum wage is soon to be $5.50. Younger people also need more of an incentive to stay in the work forceand not to be participants in thé growing drug problem. So overall a higher minimum wage will help the employee, but to what extent? It comes down to the employer, who sees each employeea $1,000cut into his/her profits.' Businesses may use the increase to justify cuts in job opportunities, This is really pa thetic. Businesses should be able to afford this and are just trying to whine their way to profits. All in all, the business world practices a dog eat dog philoso phy, turning employees into just another statistic. These corporate moguls who run the country need to see the growing gap between the rich and the poor. Maybe these moguls should wake up and show a little more compassion for their fellow man, instead of ex ploiting them. Gabor got the justice she deserved The Zsa Zsa Gabor Affair filled the news headlines for a couple of days recently and re vealed a few facts that are worthy of attention. First off, she was stopped by a Boy in Blue for a traffic infraction and in the ensuing brouhaha, hauled off and slapped him in the face. Naturally, he wrote a ticket, citing her for driving erratically, having an open container of an alcohol beverage in the car, and for slapping him. In court and out of court she was her usual flannel-mouth per sonality, castigating the officer, calling him a fascist and stating emphatically in Hungary he would be shot. Her remarks, the judge said, denigrated all police officers in America. He ordered he to show her Missing Links real age (70) on her driver’s li legal authority and vehemently cense and to indicate her true takes wild verbal swings at au weight, 150, instead of 100. Judge. thority in general. She shows a Rubin sentenced her to two years complete disregard for the law in the slammer, then reduced it to carrying open containers of booze 72 hours plus 120 days of commu in her car. She throws tantrums at nity service in a homeless women’s the drop of a hat, like a spoiled rich.kid used to shelter, and to]- pay fines and her way The Laugh Clinic getting costs just under with this ploy. All $13,000. these acts are Joseph Patrick Lee Considering predicated on the her age, that’s fair fact that she is Zsa enough. He should have lifted Zsa Gabor who has enjoyed years her license to drive, I think. But, in the limelight because of her he’s the judge, I’m not acting career (brief) and her mar He suggested she undergo riages (eight). some psychology therapy, which Now for my two-bits worth. was a good move. Zsa Zsa Gabor will do well to I hate to take anyone’s inven heed the psychologist when he tory but there are a lot of charac suggests that she has a severe ter defects displayed in this inci problem with alcohol. The symp dent. First she arrogantly resists toms are classic. A treatment center for her problem such as the one established by Betty Ford, the former First Lady, would get her started toward a life less turbulent and reduce displays of hubris. This incident evoked a mem ory of a day in New York during the Summer of 1946. I was win dow shopping near 57th and Madison and looked up the street to see four lovelies walking along, arm in arm, jabbering and laugh ing in Hungarian. I was enthralled. The breathtaking vision of the four Gabor ladies: Jolie, the mother, Magda, Eva and Zsa Zsa, was almost more than my 35 year old psyche could handle. To this day, my best memo ries of New York include this incident. As the song sings: New York, New York! by Paul Henry Chr Clackamas $rint Clackamas Community College The Clackamas Print aims to be a fair and impartial newspaper covering the college community. Opinions ex pressed in The Clackamas Print do notnecessariiy reflect those of the col lege administration, faculty or Associ ated Student Government Articles and information printed in this news paper can be re-printed only with written permission from the Clacka mas Community College Student Publications Office. The Clackamas Print is a weekly publication distrib uted every Wednesday except for fi nals week. Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon 97045. Office: Trailer B. Telephone: 657-6958, ext. 309 (office), 577 (production) and 578 (advertising). "Looking for something?!" Editor-In-Chief: Jim Titus Managing/News Editor: Briane C. Dotson Copyeditor: Roseann Wentworth . Feature Editor: Angela Wilson Photo Editor: Jillian Porter Sports Editors: Mark A. Borrelli Staci Beard Reporters: Aaron Brown Dave Charbonneau Amber Cordry Dan Fulton Dawn Kuehl Brenda Hodgen Margy Lynch Helenmarie Neisen Steve Rudometkin Jennifer Soper Photographers: Scott Johnson Dawn Kuehl Lane Scheideman Tim Zivney Business Managers: Gregg Mayes Rick Piller Advisor. Linda Vogt