May 30,1990
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OPINION
Meeting with Hancock, Emry
Rude students lack courtesy
Picture yourself, if you will, speaking be concepts that are totally foreign to some yields memorable experience
in front ofa large group of people and while people. It is unfortunate that some people
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you’re speaking nobody seems to be listen
ing.
The audience before you is joking and
laughing among themselves and, occasion
ally a rude comment is thrown your way.
You become discouraged at the obvious
lack of interest and disgusted with the bla
tant rudeness. Yet, what can you do? You
are a guest who has been invited to speak to
this group of cretins.
The above scenario is not from Rod
Serling’s “Twilight Zone,” but it does de
scribe how the West German Consulate
General probably felt when he spoke at the
Celebration Internationale on Friday of
International Week “I’ve seen grade school
and high school kids behave better,” com
mented one disgusted student
Courtesy by definition is an excellence
of manners or behavior. To define courtesy
with one word is easy, that word is polite
ness. Yet, courtesy and politeness seem to
need reminding. It is even more unfortu
nate that other people don’t speak out
more often and remind those needing
reminding.
There are a variety of ways to handle a
rude person. If one is Over six feet tall and
weighs 250 pounds, or feeling reckless, a
simple “Shut up or I’ll rip your lips off’ will
usually suffice. On the other hand smaller
people have to use a little more finesse.
There are numerous statements one may
use, for example: “Why don’t you give your
mouth a rest, it looks tired; Do you mind,
I’m trying to listen; Don’t you ever stop
talking; and sometimes just asimple shhhh
will do.”
So the next time you’re listening to a
speaker and someone else is being rude
why not tty one of the above statements, or
one of your own. You may be surprised at
the results because most of the time it
works, it really does.
Bookstore prices unavoidable
When it’s time to buy the summer bikini,
the suave boogie-board, the summer read
ing list, the lad’s sandals, or best, the “school’s
finally over” party chips, where do students
go to find the cash that makes it happen?
To the CCC Bookstore, of course!
From past experience, the end of the
school year becomes a mad dash to the
bookstore to sell back the term’s loathed
text books, so that the-end-of-the-year party
can go as planned, yet most students’ faces
sag after finding that the bookstore would
not take their Economics text back. Not
receiving one cent for the book that they
bought earlier in the term, thinking that
the sell back money might pay for the ac
cessory chips at the big bash, the students
become irate about the policy that the
bookstore dictates from under the warm
blankets ofa mean and nasty administra
tion.
Tempers flare. Bookstore clerks raise
their arms in despairing empathy. The
administration shrugs. Nothing is
accomplished, except the business that the
bookstore was supposed to conduct in the
first place.
The CCC Bookstore is a business. It is
run on a separate and individual operating
budget. It generates operating costs from
profits. It must make a profit to operate. It
buys new books from publishers at a list
book price, like other colleges.
Compared with other community col
lege bookstores’ buy back prices, CCC
Bookstore is right in there. The general
policy throughout the metro area commu
nity college bookstores is to buy back text
books at 50 percent of the marked new
price, though with a catch.
The anxious Economics student that
received nothing for the text did not arrive
on the scene early enough to receive the
sell back price. The reason is simply “sup
ply and demand.”
Depending on what the different de
partments order, the bookstore can only
buy back the exact number of texts re
quested. With the demand for the Eco
nomics text low, the number of texts bought
back will be low and thus the bewildered,
extremely late Economics student does not
get to cash in on the system.
If the text is not assigned by any in
structor the following term, the bookstore
has no choice but to refuse to buy the book
Where will the profit come from, if the
storeroom is filled with un-assigned text
books? The only other alternative that the
bookstore has is to buy the book back at a
much lower wholesale price which is even
marginal, considering die shaky wholesale
market
At least, the bookstore offers a buy
back policy for students. The dictatorial
(and bankrupt) bookstore and the mean
and nasty administration could decide that
students will simply buy their books, re
gardless, even without a buy back policy.
Wouldn’t that be fun! The issue could swing
that way. And if there were a better system
for the bookstore to operate in, wouldn’t it
have been considered long ago, consider
ing the ranting and raving of students through
the years?
Now, do not drop into deep despair
over the low buy back prices. With expecta
tions at a heavenly level, it may seem totally
unfair that the bookstore refuses to grant
the end of the year party, but then the
unlucky Economics student could hook up
with the Biology student who did receive
that cash and party.
Condolences go out to the students
who depend on the money from their text
books for rent
Letter to the Editor...
Bart Simpson speaks out on Norm's, bookstore
Dear Editor:
«
I would like to take this opportunity to
complement you and the writing staff on
what an outstanding paper The Clackamas
Print has been this year. There were a few
rough times when the paper appeared more
like a publication for enquiring minds, but
you guys managed to pull it back together.
Speaking of enquiring minds, there
are a few things we would like to know
about One, how come the book buy-back
prices at the book store are such a rip off?
I mean its like bend over man when buy
back time comes.
Secondly, what’s going to happen to
the cafeteria next year when Norm retires?
Are the prices going to remain the same or
are they going to make us bend over in the
lunch line too.
The final thing enquiring minds would
like to know about is what kind of enter
tainment can we expect from next years
ASG? Are they going to provide the same
ear-splitting racket we had to tolerate this
year orare they going to provide something
that people can actually listen to and enjoy
for a change. Hopefully with an older
representation in ASG someone will think
about the needs and wants of all the stu
dents at CCC. .
Thanks for keeping us informed man
Sincerely, Bart Simpson
Her eyes were bright and her voice some people think. She laughed as she
was strong and unbroken. I sat and watched told me of one incident. The day I was
her with amazement as she delivered the there, she said that she was going to lunch
news, on air, with smooth but powerful with a relative and was having a hard time
carrying her daughter, along with every
sound.
Last week I had what you could call thing else, into the restaurant. She said a
an opportunity of a life time. I had the man drove up and unrolled his window.
He commented that
chance to meet with
she actually did have
two of the most
real problems like real
The Final Word
prominent news an
people.
chors in Portland,
Hancock was also
by
Julie Emry and
extremely friendly.
Shirley Hancock and
Margy Lynch
She invited me to
see them in action.
watch the 5 o’clock
I am a journal
news. It was quite an
ism student, study
experience! I got nerv
ing broadcast news
ous just watching her
specifically. I have al
ways admired the work of Portland’s women report the news under the lights and in
Because I am
newscasters, especially Emry and Han front of the camera.
cock. I am doing a term paper on women doing a term paper on women in televi
in television news and I thought I would sion news, I asked her some questions
take a chance and try to contact them. To about what it has been like for her and if
my surprise they both invited me to the she has ever had any problems with dis
crimination. “Beinga woman in this busi
stations that they work for.
I went to KATU (channel 2) first and ness is no longer a big deal,” she re
met with Julie Emry and then to KO IN sponded. I was happy to discover that she
(channel 6) and spoke to Shirley Han has never had any problems.
The attitudes of both Emry and Han
cock. Emry, who recently had a baby, dis
cussed what it is like being a mother with cock were very positive. They were friendly
a job like hers. She emphasized that her and acted like they were just like anyone.
husband is very helpful and understand As Iwatched them, on air, I could not
believehow personable they both were,
ing.
She said that she is the type of person and, at the same time professional.
fleeting Julie Emry and Shirley Han
who never likes to quit. It was obvious
that she has worked hard to reach the cock ¡¿something I will remember for the
position she holds today. She said one rest of my life. They both gave me advice
thing that she likes the most about her job on what to do in order to get a good start
is being able to have input on what will be on my career. It would be so helpful if
more professionals could share their ex
going bn the and playing a part in the final
periences with students. Someday I hope
product One thing she mentioned that
she doesn’t like is always having to be con I will have one opportunity to help stu
dents in the way that Emery and Hancock
cerned about her appearance.
have helped me.
She mentioned that being a news an
chor is not always as glamorous a life as
g
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