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Page2 NEWS THE CLACKAMAS PRINT January 15,1992 An Editorial View Whose political agenda is best? Swing your partner ASG Square dancing sessions will resume on Thursday nights from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the CC Mall beginning Feb. 6. For more in formation, contact Renae Parr in the Student Activities Office. A run one can't bear to miss Sunday, Jan. 19 is the Polar Bear 5000 Meter Run and 2 Mile Fun Run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $12 with the commemorate T- Shirt or $5 without the T-Shirt. For more information please call the Community Recreation Office at ext 2211. Refund deadline nears The last day students can get a full refund for Winter term textbooks is Friday, Jan. 24. A receipt validating the purchase must be presented in order to obtain that refund. Buy back of books from pre vious terms is over, but will resume again during finals week beginning March 16. Money deadlines approach Ute scholarship list is still growing. Students should not miss out on this opportunity of a lifetime. Deadlines are approaching and with the deadlines the opportunity just slips away; so check out the Financial Aid Office located in the CC Mall. Fly for the hole-in-one Attention students: Anew club isbeing formed and all students are invited to check it out The CCC Frisbee Golf and Country Club meets on Tues, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Trailer A, located on the north side of Randall Hall. Campus closes for MLK Jr. Day Clackamas Community College will be closed cm Jan. 20. There will be no classes due to the observation of Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday. CCC offers business workshop A “Going into Business Workshop” will take place Jan. 21 and 28. Learn the steps needed to open a business. For instance, how to and where to get licensing permits, tax requirement information, how to hire, developing a business plan, and identifying the business market, will all be explained at the workshop. The classes will be in session from 7 to 10 p.m. at West Linn High School For more information please contact the Small Business Development Center at 656-4447. College offers job Info via phone CCC now offers a Job Information Line. The line, operated by the college’s Human Resources Department, is a recorded message listing full-time positions open for application. To receive application mate rials, callers must leave a message which includes their name, their address and the position being applied for. The job line number is650- Poetry reading scheduled Vem Rutsala, Associate Professor of English at Lewis and Clark College, will read his poems at CCC on Wednesday, Jan. 22. Rutsala, whoistheauthorofmany books, will read poems on the past; timeless settings and characters; and humorous and serious poems on contem porary life. He wijl be in the New Pioneers Community Center Mall at By Robert A. Hibberd Staff Writer The battle between conserva tives, moderates and liberals over the issue of political correctness, diversity and multiculturalism in education rages on in 1992. Students, faculty and adminis trators of every college and univer sity in this Country are all currently debating with themselves and with one another about the type of edu cation they receive, deliver orregu- late. A conflict of interest and a clash of ideas has resulted as a direct result of minorities having more exposure in the texts, and the idea that what is in the texts now is substantiated and documented truth and therefore unchangeable. What is at stake, in this ongo ing argument, is educational free dom, as far as a teacher’s right to teach what s(he) feels is correct and a student’s right to receive the type of education that s(he) feels is most beneficial to his or her par ticular ambitions. At certain institutions across America students are becoming more aware and are developi ng opin- ions of their instructor’s personal feelings and agendas regarding the idea of a multiculturally diverse society. When these students dis cern that a specific instructor’s personal ideas are conflicting di rectly with their own perceptions, the students exercise their educa tional right and avoid the specific instructor’s classroom. Work One Weekend A Month And Earn $18,000 For College. With the New GI Bill and the Army National Guard. Give your hometown Army Guard one weekend a month and get $11,000 in pay checks, plus a cash bonus of up to $2,000, depending on your military specialty. Then, under the New GI Bill, vou can get another $5,000 for tuition and books. All of which makes die Army Guard a smart way to pay for college. Call or see your recruiter. An example of students tak ing action against an instructor that was in disagreement with them, on issues of multiculturalism, occurred recently at Stanford University. Students at Stanford began boy cotting Professor Robert Cohn’s classes when it was found that his politics didn’t match the majority of those on campus. Cohn has subsequently decided to retire next year because it’s “too painful” and there is an, “almost totalitarian consensus on matter of gender and race” at Stanford. Recently at Clackamas Com munity College, a forum was held which dealt with the ideas of politi cal correctness and cultural diver- . ..it is absolutely vi tal that people... de velop the ability to relate'and communi cate with one another. sity. Four prominent instructors from this institution conversed about the diverseness issue and its effects on education on this campus. One side of.the coin argued that, as instructors, their educational freedom is being attacked by a marxist mentality, while the other side of the coin argued that by labeling their multiculturalism movement, as a political correct ness fad you are standing in the way of social progress and that makes you, essentially, a racist. After reading several docu ments on the issue, speaking to influential people on the matter and attending the forum on politi cal correctness, it seems to me, that what all this discrepancy boils down to is this: Whose political agenda is best? Now, more than ever, it is absolutely vital that people, of all races and social classes, develop the ability to relate and communi cate with one another. / \ pnttt Editor-in-chief: Heidi Hoffman News Editor: Jennifer Leeeard Features Editor: Nolan Kidwell Sports Editor: Lane Scheldemann Photo Editor: David VanKeuren Copy Editor: Frank Jordan Business Manager: Brenda Hodgen Staff Writers: Heidi Branetator, Jimmy Criswell, Melissa Freels, Maurice Glenn, Daphne Hartt, Rob Hibberd, Tracy Hobbs, Scott Morris, Jim Rydzewekl, Tammae Smith, Greg Tully. Photographers: John Fike, Vivian- Johnson, Kyle Moe, Allan Zlemke. Advisor: Linda Vogt , National Guard The Clackamas Print alms to be a fair and Ski Ball extravaganza scheduled Clackamas ASG and Ski Club are sponsoring a “Ski Ball.” The event will take place Jan. 24 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Mt. Hood Meadows. Tickets are available for$7 in the Student Activities Office. r.- -'' "Just in Case” visits CCC The first concert of winter term will be held today in the Skylight Room from noon to 1 p.m. The rock band’s name is “Just In Case,” Army National Guard Americans At Their Best. For More Informa tion call SFC Jim Rowse or SGT Dave Foland at 657-2027/ 2062 or Toll Free 1- 800-255-2764 Impartial newspaper covering the college community. Opinions expressed In The Clackamas Print do not necessarily re flect those of the college administration, faculty, or advertisers. The Clackamas Print Is a weekly publication distributed every Wednesday except for finals week. The open advertising rate Is $3.75 per column Inch. Clackamas Community Col lege 19600 S Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon;97045. Trailer B. Telephone: 657-6956, ext. 2309 (office), ext. 2577 Through a highly effective system of information, which is provided by an increasing amount of mediums and an ever techno logically advancing communica tion network, we, as a planet, are approachingfif not already there) a concrete realization of social theo rist, Marshall McLuhan’s concept of a “global village,” a world which is borderless as a direct result of communications media (i.e. CNN, AT&TJBM). The new world or der will be one of massive world- wide trade. There will be a need to relate and understand several cul tures on an almost constant basis. The single most marketable skill that a student of today can, and must, acquire from his or her educational institution, is the abil ity to relate and understand a vast array of economical, social and cultural organizations’ differences. It is hard to think about but while we become more advanced, there becomes an increased amount of possibility to consider and under stand. I must mention that while we move into the new world order and become a more multicultural soci ety, it is important for all people to remember three points: 1) Docu mented history is an absolutely vital source of information. There is no other source from which we learn so much about ourselves and about our decision-making process. His tory is fact, not theory. 2) The fact that whites are in the majority is something that can’t be helped. I’m sorry for that 3) Western cultures and values are a major part of multiculturalism. These points are something that militant members of radical, diversity-minded, organi zations must learn to accept. I would hate to see a group formed to alter history and to take drastic measures in order to equalize race proportions. I must compliment CCC on its open-mindedness towards multic ulturalism. Several classes that I attend on campus offer an impres sive understanding of cultural di versity. I am especially satisfied with the education I receive from two specific instructors, Diane Averill and Donald Epstein. Al though the two “clashed” during last month’s forum, I feel that they, in their classes, support, essentially the same cause. Averill’s poetry class exposes students to a culturally diverse group of outstanding poetry writers. Epstein, although somewhat sar castic, emphasizes the importance of history while at the same time sympathizing with m inori ty groups about the white male domination of Western Civilization. Epstein bases his class on substantiated documented evidence. The two instuctors are taking us into the new age. I must also compliment CCC’s Associated Student Gov ernment on their uncanny ability to bring to the school a wide assort ment of diverse entertainment. Multiculturalism is essential. I am appealing to students, faculty and administration of this fine in stitution to work together with one another on issues of cultural diver sity. Let’s begin 1992 with a new sense of open mindedness and acceptance towards the differences society offers us. Peace.
