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THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
NEWS/OPINION
April 22,1992
\l\le're being tough not to care
Poets read work in theatre
Diane Averill and Sandra Williams will read their work today,
April 22, in the McLoughlin Hall Theatre from 11 to 11:50 a.m. and
will answer questions from the audience between noon and 12:30
p.m.
Drop deadline approaches
May 9 is the last day CCC students can drop classes without
responsibility for a grade.
See the stars at Clackamas
The observatory at the John Inskeep Environmental Learning
Center is open to the public every clear Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Admission is $1.50 per person.
Graduates must apply
Students planning to complete their program of study at the end
of Spring term should have petitions on file in the Registrar’s Office
now.
Help is here for abuse
Family Support Volunteers are needed. Parents Anonymous of
Oregon is a child abuse prevention program which offers support
groups and a 24-hour telephone “Helpline.” Volunteers are needed
for a two-hour children’s group meeting, once a week at locations
throughout the community. Complete training is provided for die
“Helpline” that can be answered from the volunteer’s home during
one four-hour shift per week. There are opportunities of internships
and practicums. More information is available from Jan McGrath at
238-8819.
Health insurance in ASG
Student health insurance is available on a term or yearly basis can
be purchased by the third Friday of each term. For more about this
type of insurance, students can contact the Student Activities Office.
Camp Fire offers child care
Camp Fire Community Childcare is available on campus, at the
Orchard Center. Those interested can call 657-6683. Those who need
financial assistance or other child care in the community, can call
253-5000. :
Senators are selected
Congratulations to new ASG senators David Brownscombe,
Bernice Evans and Donna Knight.
Writers club awards excellence
Writers Club awards ceremony will be held on May 4 at 2 p.m.
in the Community Center Boardroom. Winners and honorable men
tions will be presented certificates of achievement Cake and coffee
will be served.-
Editors: Melissa Freds, Rob Hibberd
Lecture: Dams
are threatening
to salmon
News Editor: Nolan C. Kidwell
Sports Editor: Lane Scheideman
Photo Editor: David VanKeuren
Copy Editor: Frank Jordan
Business Manager: Brenda Hodgen
Staff Writers: Heidi Branstator, Maurice
Glenn, Daphne Hartt,Tracy Hobbs, Gin
ger Land, Scott Morris, Kevin Shields,
Greg Tully.
Photographers:
Vivian Johnson,
Kyle
Moe, Allan Ziemke.
Production Assistant: Tobbl Ireland
Advisor: LihdaYogt
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million each, only about half of
those planned have been «stalled.
Another adverse effect
caused by the dams is the length
of time it takesthe smolts that do
sutwe^ reach theoceam The
srio&is iw a
window’*
of about 30 days to teach the
ocean once they start to migrate
downstream. If they do not reach
the ocean m tins tune, they have a
very high mortality in the ocean
and can lose the urgetoepawn,
Before the dams were built, the
smolf could make the trip from
tixtSataKm River tn Idaho to the
Pacific m 10 to 20 days, now it
lakes 30 to 60. z
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Although the plight of
the salmon is grim at this tune,
there are reasons to be optimistic.
All the groups invoked, including
the
Bonnevil le '
Power
Administration, agree that.tlt^
salmon need to be saved andat
least for now are willing to work
together,
By Greg Tully
Staff Writer
Today is Earth Day, so I thought
I might throw my two cents in.
This is an election year, and as
if there weren’t enough reasons
already, George Bush’s environ
mental record is another reason to
“throw the bum out”
George, the self-proclaimed
“environmentalist,” has just defeated
a measure which would have re
quired Mexico to clean up their
environmental record before the
new free-trade agreement between
our two countries could go into
effect.
He is also trying to loosen
restrictions on the slaughter of ele
phants in Africa. It seems their
population actually went on the
upswing for a couple of years, for
the first time in memory, and George
decided to put an end to that.
The Republican party has for
years told us that the environment
is not really in danger, that it is all
propaganda. They say that not even
the scientific community can come
together to say that the ozone layer
is being depleted.
And so, they trot out a scientist
or two to tell us “Don’t worry, be
happy.”
The sad truth is, however, that
these scientists are the equivalent
of the one dentist in five who didn’t
recommend sugarless gum.
Moreover, the tobacco indus
try can also produce “experts” who
And so, they
trot out a scientist or
two to tell us “Don’t
worry, be happy.”
don’t believe that cigarettes are
bad for us.
Common sense tells us to lis
ten to the voices of reason.
Today, Arkansas Governor Bill
Clinton is giving a speech on the
environment. It is important to lis
ten because this will be the alterna
tive to four more years of kissing
our environment good-bye.
And I have a feeling I know
which side four out of five experts
will recommend.
And, although nothing is as
beautiful to me as miles of clear-
cut woodland, I must also take sides
against the timber industry.
While I believe in protecting
jobs, I would like to have air to
breathe in my old age.
It is sadly ironic that far more
jobs could be created through envi
ronmental clean-up, recycling and
conservation.
And by the way, just what will
timber workers do when they have
cut down every tree on Earth?
I guess then they will go to
work in toxic waste storage or
dumping garbage into the ocean.
If you’re wondering, the rea
sons we are having environmental
problems and unemployment are
the do-nothing administration of
King George and over-population.
Stop those problems and we might
just survive.
Is one day a year enough?
New attitude calls end to neglect
by Nolan Kidwell
News Editor
Earth Day is not a day that I
place a whole lot of importance on.
I know that many people would
be shocked and angry at such a
statement. It is true, though.
I say that Earth Day is not that
significant, not because of what it
stands for. I agree almost a hundred
percent with the idea that this planet
needs a lot of help. But, do people
really think that taking one day out
of the year to clean up tiie planet is
going to make much of an impact
on the problem?
The general populace, not just
of this country, but of the globe,
have treated the environment like
one of my best friends treats his
room.
He’s not a real organized per
son and he has a very busy sched
ule. He stops in at his house just for
a couple of minutes to grab a bite to
eat and to drop some things off. He
is also into collecting things like
baseball cards and model trains.
After a while, though, all of
the collecting and dropping things
off gets out of hand and his room
begins to become a mess. It gets to
the point that he can no longer
even get to his bed, which has long
since been buried with knickknacks
and personal debris. He starts to
sleep in the reclining chair, be
cause he cannot get through the
door. He uses it as a place just to
put stuff that he doesn’t want to
throw away. He opens the door just
enough that the stuff piled up across
his room doesn’t spill out past the
threshhold of the door, and he drops
whatever item which he wants to
dispose of inside. Then he promptly
closes the door, and everything is
happy.
Every two or three months, he
decides that maybe his system is
not working so welt So he calls up
But, do people really
think that taking one
day out of the year
to clean up the
planet is going to
make much of an
impact on the prob
lem?
my mom, who used to clean houses
professionally, and begs her to come
clean his room at $10 an hour. It
normally takes my mom about four
hours to clean a whole house. It
takes her six or seven hours to just
clean his room.
This is how we, as humans,
have treated the earth for the last
few centuries. The only problem is
that we don’t have someone like
my mom toclean it all up in a quick
six-hour streak. The humans have
destroyed their home....the earth.
Why is it our home? We are in
charge of this place.-Our species
tends to dominate the decision
making process on this planet when
it comes to the environment.
I agree that Earth Day has defi
nitely brought about an awareness
of the problem. But one day a year
is not going to change anything.
The slogan “Earth Day Everyday”
is not going to change anything
either, unless we make a change in
our attitudes. Attitude is everything.
Unfortunately, very few people have
the attitude that an effort needs to
be made to conserve the earth.
It is true that no one really
wants to live in a place thriving
with pollution, and most people do
not set out to destroy the environ
ment The problem is and has been
that no one has set out not to de
stroy the earth.
People, we don’t need a one
day a year to consider cleaning
things up, we need a new attitude.