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The Clackamas Print Page 2 Wednesday, Nov. 23,1994 NEWS/OPINION Alternative programs help students by Angela Williams Staff Writer There are many reasons that students drop out of high school. Everything from being stalked by an old boyfriend or girlfriend to just not being able to keep up with classes. Clairmont Hall is the home of the Tri-Cities Alternative pro gram. This program is designed to provide an alternative educa tion system for those students who have never graduated from high school. Tri-Cities provides both a General Equivalency Degree pro gram and a High School Equiva lency program. The GED is a test intended to prove a general knowledge of those things that a student should have learned in school. The High School Equiva lency program is designed to give students a chance to earn their high school diplomas by complet ing required high school courses at their own rate. The study time taken to prepare for the GED depends on the student. Some students take the test im mediately after they drop out of high school. Others wait, in order to learn more and earn more class credits before they take the test. Christie Borgman dropped out of high school as a sophomore, because she would never go to school. Now she is working to I’ll graduate before my class and I even missed a full year of school. There needs' to be something said concón# the comments speak out on ‘Measure ■ letterWf and is now working on complet ing his fifth course. The courses vary in content, but generally include some study work, four or five essays and about four packets of homework. When the material is completed, the stu dent may or may not be required to take a test over the course. The students are allowed to take the work home and complete it, or only do work in class. The classes run Monday through Thursday. Each student comes to the Tri-Cities program for a different reason, and with a different situ ation, but all of the students are given the same chances to be suc cessful. Sara Burkitt, a 17-year- old working on her high school diploma, said, “I’ll graduate be fore my class, and I even missed a full year of school.” Editor: aetae Letters SidenÇ státf 44 different semester-long courses. The difference is that a student at Tri-Cities can complete these courses at their own rate. Jason Boyd is 17 years old. He dropped out of high school his junior year. His reason for doing this was to get his credits caught up, then return to high school as a senior to play -Sara Burkitt varsity football with his twin gram than the GED. The students brother. “I want a letterman’s who are working toward their high school diplomas, must com jacket with a football on it,” he plete the same 22 credits that a said. Boyd is one of the leading student enrolled in any high school would be required to com students this year in the Tri-Cit ies program. He has been in the plete. The 22 credits turn out to be program for only seven weeks, ward getting her GED at Tn-Cit- ies. “I want to get more credits, and then try to get my GED,” Borgman said. High School Equivalency is an entirely different kind of pro made by Leigh Martin iii his Now: 16 tetter io. the Miter, Leigh stated that he is a “Christian who happens tobe gay” Well,imfor- lunately the two don’t go together,; just as a person cannot claim io be a Christian and also. be¡ a mü^ : derer, I would like to¡toékq-^; clear in a few words. • í.’?? first of all, we need to estab lish what a Christian is./ The; Bible teaches, in a nutshell, ov* eryone is sinful/and because of this to, we-. j^S^arálted íi^^. God, awaiting judgment' Because of God’s love, he has provided a Christ as our saviot Inso doing, w abandónen;. Christians and ctxitinue to live tn sin. The Bible is clear on this, L Uis commonforindividualsi withlittle knowIedgeoftheBibic to claim simply that ::£tótnó$éto$ ality -is not sínfiiü- Along with ¡that, these same: people label Tke Cbwluum Pwt Stoll Editor-in-Chief: Tina Guinn (Ext. 2576) News Editor: Anjanette Booth (Ext. 2576) Feature Editor: Jocelyn Gauthier (Ext. 2577) Sports Editor: Jason Hunter (Ext. 2577) Photography Editor: Chad Patteson (Ext. 2578) Copy Editor: Cori Kargel (Ext. 2578) Business Manager: Zach Kreinheder (Ext. 2578) Editing and Design Editor: Jeff Kemp (Ext. 2578) ♦ ♦♦♦ Staff Writers/PhotographerS: Eric Eatherton, Donny Kemp, Christi Snävely, Jesse Sowa Angela Williams, Josh Kehler ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Secretary: Cheryl Willemse (Ext. 2309) Advisor : John Knowlton (Ext. 2310) The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased, professional manner. The opinions expressed in The Clackamas Print do not necessarily reflect those of the student body, college administration, its faculty or The Clackamas Print's advertisers. Products and services ad vertised in The Clackamas Print are not necessarily endorsed by anyone associated with The Clackamas Print. The Clackamas Print is a weekly publication distributed every Wednesday except for finals week. The adver tising rate is $4.50 per column inch. All letters to the editor will be considered for publication and must be submitted by 1 p.m. the Friday prior to the next issue. Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon, 97045; Barlow 104; (503) 657-6958, ext. 2309. at'» * -■< encouraging Gray to read Mèa- shbttld have Marbl e, deeply disturbed me. As ah em provided us with the portion of Christians who accept lhc en.hre ployee and student at CCC, I 'the: measure he is. referring.to>. bibiito message (not just 'scrip- ■ found the letter both distressing Inaddition, by referencing the ture that feels comfortable)' as- and pitiful. I am ashamed that defmitipnpf “minority” ash hateful bigots. Well, just for the ^i^fvas; published in The. Trits, legal status, Marble needs1 to may provide a definition. Finally/ record, let it be known that the - ¡Marble needs to explain to this . Bible calls us all to abandon sin, thipkx . ' and that certainly i ncludes homo •Marble is apparently upset citizen of the United States sexuality. If Hiere be any doubt, about Kat eGray’s letter in refer-. what “homosexuals in this want ” • I wonder how the Bible defines homosexuality en.ee to vandalism of a car thathad I think Mtoleito-know what an en as a “degrading shameful lust, and indecent act, iiM^e • s • ppinp^s::tiitd die van- tire group of people collectively and perversion,” (Romans 1:24* dalism could have occurred for a Want..: Does he know what all 32, £ Cotothians 6:9-10). ; reason other than the sticker,, but the blacks and Jews he referred ' . that is not what he communicated. 10 want?.?:?:• ' Is applaud- K^ur^le "i'AW : ity hafefiil on the'part of Chris IWáftvm^mrmmiBaíedwja^hn tians? No, it iksimple obedience to God’s worch lf anyone has a problem with accepting this, re* alize that one Mm calls himself a Christian simplycannot condone sin because God, and his word do not allow it .-Am I wrongfully attack on Gray, the Pimt Amend ment and the homosexual com munity. The ione of the letter was rode and, as a result, unconvine- the point. 1 feel sorry and embarrassed for Marble . In order to argue effectively, one must remember what we are Read it for yourself and see tf you taught REMEMBER YOUR can put God onjnal , ( AUDIENCES Marble neglected to back up the argument with con ’ ; • ' ? bimSauderi : ' ecte ^oñrtátion and failed to de ... CCC Student fine himself. .For. example, by courage tospeak up for himself, butstronglyencourage hirrito take a WR122 Argumentative Writing course before hé gives more f uéi to his opponents, : His poorlyWdçtured -letter only proves to me that- bigotry equates to ..ignorance. sorry for the “future children” Marble is trying so bard to pro tect. I wonder if lam alone, j. - :-:Z: - :••. Lisa Tomfiu ' • ? CCC Staff Passing Measure 16 was a mistake his heart took over beating on its by Angela Williams Staff Writer own. Still the doctors assured his I feel that the passing of Mea family that he would not live long sure 16 was a mistake. A doctor enough to ever regain any amount should not be allowed to assist a of his memory or intelligence patient in ending his or her own back. life. As time went by, he did re A medical doctor does have member some things from his the ability to determine whether past, and he did regain much of or not a patient is living or dead. the knowledge that he had before, However, a doctor is not able to However, the doctors told him make a determination on whether that he would have only six a patient’s life will be valuable months to one year to live. enough to continue. Had Measure 16 been in ef I have a friend who had a fect at the time, he would have heart attack at the age of 18. He .'had the choice to kill himself af fell into a coma and did not awake ter having been told by a doctor for months. Finally, the doctors that his last six months would be gave his family paperwork that painful, embarrassing and expen would allow them to turn off the sive. machines keeping him alive. Today, three-and-a-half years When the paperwork was fin later, he is nearly the same per ished, the machines were turned son he was before the heart attack. off, and my friend did not die. He He has a slight memory loss and began breathing on his own, and he has a pacer on his heart, but he can do almost everything tha he could do before. The choici to take advantage of Measure 1( would have ended a life whicl now is as happy as anyone else’s Like my friend’s life, no lift is worth throwing away. Rough!; 96 percent of the people who con template or attempt suicide do no go through with it. A docto should have no hand in helping patients end their own lives. If a person makes that deci sion, then decides they can g( through with it on their own, thei they can become one of the foil percent who do go through wit! suicide. However, a medical doc tor takes an oath to do all that i in their power to help save i patient’s life. Helping a patien end their life is not in that oath A doctor’s assistance in suicidf is nothing short of assisted mur der.
