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Wednesday, Nov. 16,1994
SPORTS/OPINIONS
With two strikes anti two out, football is the only show in town
by Jason Hunter
Sports Editor
With Major League Baseball
and the National Hockey League
in the can, football has stole the
spotlight with a season of sur
prises, disappointments and
records in the NFL.
The AFC East is going to
come down to the wire, with all
Eve teams in the hunt. Odds are
Miami will win the division, but
they will get a good showing from
the Bills. The Patriots are a much
improved team from last year. If
they can find a running game to
take some of the pressure off Drew
Bledsoe, they will find themselves
in playoff territory. The India
napolis Colts will be in the play
off hunt as well, with rookie run
ning back Marshall Faulk lead
ing in rushing and Jim Harbaugh
leading in passing. They just need
to tighten up their defense, which
is ranked 10th in the AFC.
The New York Jets will make
some commotion in the east, but
I don’t think it will be enough.
Johnny Johnson has carried the
team so far with 592 rushiiig
yards, but they need to keep
Boomer Esiason on his feet.
In the AFC East, the Miami
Dolphins have taken command
with a 6-2 record. Dan Marino
has come back from last season’s
season-ending injury and is cur-
Where are all the fans?
By Jesse Sowa
Staff Writer
The Clackamas Volleyball
team has put together a late sec
ond-half rally in order to earn a
spot in the NWAACC (Northwest
Athletic Association of Commu
nity Colleges) tournament.
We have students at the col
lege that enjoy watching sports
who are hanging out at the mall,
watching re-runs of their favorite
“Roseanne” episode or cruising
82nd Avenue on Wednesday
nights. Does anyone else see
something wrong with this?
Last year, the men’s basket
ball team here at the college had
a sensational year. They were un
stoppable in conference play and
went on to win the NWAACC
Tournament. Yet the team got
little or no support from the stu
dent body.
The people at this college
need to stop for a minute and fig
ure out what’s going on around
them.
I could go on and on about
how sports programs at
Clackamas Community College
are not supported by the staff and
students here. But why should I
write about this when people
would rather go to the movies
than watch a successful college
team do what they do best - suc
ceed.
It isn’t like this is the first
year that Clackamas has had win
ning sports teams. Clackamas has
long been a place where the ath
letes take great pride in being the
best.
Take a look at all the trophies
outside the gym in Randall Hall
or walk into Cross Country and
Track Coach Mike Hodges’ office.
Hodges’ office is filled with
plaques, trophies and pictures of
success in the teams he leads.
Community college teams
that put fans in the bleachers
should be the ones that have com
mitted, accomplished programs.
We have these kind of programs
here at Clackamas.
At Mt. Hood Community
College, home volleyball matches
draw between one hundred and
two hundred people, most of those
being students. At Chemeketa
Community College, a men’s bas
ketball home game packs the
gymnasium with a wild, enthusi
astic crowd.
With a student body enroll
ment of 10,000 to 13,000 here at
Clackamas, our sports programs
should be a major focus of student
gatherings.
Come to a volleyball match,
basketball game or wrestling
event in the near future. Come see
what Clackamas is all about.
Tke CCoduumta Pniat StoH
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rently leading the AFC with 18
touchdown passes, 2,170 passing
yards and an 89.1 rating (second
highest). Bemie Parmalee has
come in and done an outstanding
job at running back with 496
yards on the ground. Irving Fryar
has turned 33 receptions for 647,
yards while Keith Byars has 47
catches for 409. If the team stays
healthy, look for the Dolphins to
dominate the AFC.
It has been overlooked that
the Buffalo Bills have been the
second-best team in the NFL for
four straight years, and are threat
ening to repeat again as AFC
champs. The Bills are currently
5-3 and are trailing the Dolphins
by a game. Jim Kelly and Andre
Reed have connected 45 times for
692 yards, while Thurman Tho
mas has picked up 579 yards on
144 carries. Bruce Smith got to
the quarterback eight times and,
in doing so, leads the AFC in
sacks. Steve Christie is the NFL’s
most accurate kicker. His three
field goals against the Chiefs gave
him 100 in his career, which
makes him 100/124 (80.65 %).
This season he has made 19/19
extra points and is perfect with 15
field goals in 15 attempts. The
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Letters to the Editor:
Students and staff speak out
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To The Editor:
I was shocked aiid: dis«
' You make die same mistake
turbed to read Gaven Marble's when you say “every person ...
letter to the cditor on. Nov, 9... knows what the homosexuals m
The worst thing is, I knew UuscOuntry wahL” Can you read
Gavcri tn high school;I liked my mind, Gavén? Do you know
and respected him for his in- whatlwant? Do you realize what
tegrtty. z Well, that was blown a disgusting piece of slander this
is, making such a judgmental gen-
to hell.
.
Yes it’s true that there erahxaíion about a bunch of
could havebeen someexplana- people you don’t evert know?
Don foregging cars other than People who are different and feel
a “No on 13” sticker. But not differently about things. At the
likely, You’re really reaching, very least, you could have said
Gaven,tryingfo rafionaif?»:a: some' homosexuals; /íiut why
way oat of the feet that many should I expect that front you?
people who oppose homosexu The OCA used the same irrespon-
in th&ii pro
ality even some Christians—
paganda, and called on the voters
r^onlpryMto^iff^^sn’i-: to “protect dor children,” From
us.” I’m surfeit wasn’t you,but; what; may I ask? From ihe evil
it could have been someone else homosexuallepers?
•who supported the OCA’S
I bet you didn’t know that
cause. Just like ihe people who when the GCA’s zw^y;nghts
vandalized “Yes on li”. signs measures’, started caheeroiisly
probably^pimefrom sbme mis- spreading all over our once-beau-
ttful state, T saw a man bn TV
guided person in.
13” campt Sb drop the '^us braggingaboul how he could now
fire someone if he saw him kiss
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like that ” You contradictyotii-;.
self when you say ‘Tdon’twant;
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fute Kate Gray’s observation of
“attempts to silence á
people ”:- - As for minority sta-:
■ tus,: being gay- is not about be-
• havior, which’ stems from the
rwaysomeoneisjinside through
no choice of hls/her owh. Like
¿raceand gender, sexual orien
tation is not a choiccfit’s the
way someone is. There is
growing, evidence that sexual
•brienthtibn isagepetic mutter.
Yet- it 1$ still an/excusefordis-
príminátioií, which is why gays
should have mincaity status, :.
.
í 'A s aChrisírak,íwho.hap-;
ipbhs"topbe;:gay,-’i have been
alienated from churches and
fellowship because1 of people
like you who are so self-righ
teous like the Pharisees ire
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an tbiample Of pro-13 ritetonC, it bhrrassment a small price to
makes, my job a heck of a lot pay for such a valuable contri-.
but ion to the cause ofcivil
attack on my colleague and easierl f >
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friend Kate Gray in last week’s
Print I’ve spent houfe^^g our school to reveal m such apub- bile, Mr. Marble, and iridfei
ing against Measure 13» which, Í1C torum .as the Prmt thatwe har print readers,"(lie.-toying :spifit
like Kate Gray, 1 view as aui at bor Oven Onfe student capable Of Of this would-be guardian of
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use of such infantile epithets as DavidMount
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Dear Editor:
,
I’d like to thank Gavfen
To the Editor:13, It is merely name calling and
;; .' lam dirttubedby thehos- ison the same levelas throwing
tile tone in Gave« Marble’s eggs at the car which earned a
letter .to
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Kate Gray’s comments “crap”, '
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and referring to her as jerk” that Mr; Marble fails to address
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:Sik English
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