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NEWS/OPINION __________________ Wednesday, May 10,1995 Did you know? Seven cars stolen in one week on CCC campus by Hoyun Choi Staff Writer After a long day of hard work and studying, you walk out to the parking lot, exhausted and eager to just go home and relax. Gaz ing out into the parking lot, you can’t seem to place your car. In the practically deserted parking lot, your car is no where to be seen...it’s been stolen! This nightmare was reality for a CCC student Chris Powell. On the evening of Feb. 10, he came to an empty parking space. After tracking down a public safety officer, he was reluctantly told that his car was the seventh car stolen that week. After hear ing this, Chris, as well as many, other students were appalled. Why wasn’t the student body rightfully informed of the string of thefts going on right under our noses? “They made me feel like they were hiding the fact that there was such a big problem with car theft,” Powell said. Fortunately, his car was found with the thief inside. After taking him into custody, he was soon released. There was no questioning of where the thief put all of the stolen stereo equipment. The innocent victim was left with Photo by Josh Kehler Are Public Safety and the administration doing all they can to prevent auto theft on campus ? more than $1200 in losses and damages for him to pay himself. Public Safety is here to try their best to protect and insure the safety of the students, and accord ing to Powell, that’s what they’ve been trying to do. Patrolling is one way, but informing is also a defense to crime. The administration should make a bigger effort to make the truth about theft and crime known, even if it means posting huge, fluorescent signs with warnings of the theft problem. Public Safety works the best they can with the little funding they receive. They can only af ford one officer to patrol all three campuses, 24 hours a day. They can’t always be at the right place at the right time. The only things we can ask for is a better combined effort on both Public Safety and the admin istration to make students more aware of problems, instead of worrying about how it is going to affect the image of Clackamas Community College. Knowing about it would make students take action. The students should lock their doors and make sure their car alarms are armed everyday. Knowledge is the first step in tak ing action against crime. Jim Wiseman, Chief of Pub lic Safety, had a few suggestions and facts to share with us. The most thefts occur in the parking lots near Pauling and Mcloughlin halls. Last month, there were a to tal of 16 car thefts, five of which were recovered. So far this month, there have been two car thefts. For a total of 2100 park ing spaces on campus, it could be worse, but it could also be better. In response to a question about the numerous car thefts, Wiseman sincerely stated, “All of us are concerned about property crimes, such as auto thefts, but our principle mission focus is person to person crimes. We can replace steel; it’s hard to replace human flesh.” Wiseman also feels that the attitude and problems with thieves of today, stemmed from their at titudes as children and adoles cents. Criminals under 18 years of age are taken to Juvenile Hall, where they are hardly punished for their crimes. Kids need to be taught at an early age that crime is not going to be tolerated. They may be just kids, but you are re sponsible for your actions the moment you are born. Sexuality in the ‘90s to be discussed at public forum by Hoyun Choi Staff Writer Sex in the 90’s is the issue of the open microphone forum which will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m., Friday. There will be many different speakers and pan elists who will partake in the fo rum. Panelists will consist of: Lauren Ford, a psychologist; someone from the Baptist Student Ministry; a speaker from the Cas cade Aids Project; Kate Gray, a student from ASG and David Campbell will be the moderator. The different issues which will be addressed at the forum will consist of sexuality, abstinence, diseases and about puritanical cultures. There will be discussion on the different views of sexual behavior at young ages and mar riage. Does marriage work? Is marriage taken too lightly in our society? David Campbell showed great concern on the whole sub ject matter of sex and the sexual behavior of our society. Campbell feels that the children need to be better educated and informed about sex at an early age. “Unless problems of how sex is addressed isn’t changed, the culture will probably self de Ite Cbctaww Batt Stejj Editor-in-Chief: Tina Guinn (Ext. 2576) News Editor: Anjanette Booth (Ext. 2576) Feature Editor: Jocelyn Gauthier (Ext. 2577) Sports Editor: Jesse Sowa (Ext. 2577) Photography Editor: Chad Patteson (Ext. 2578) Copy Editor: Cori Kargel (Ext. 2578) Opinion Editor: Christi Snavely (Ext. 2576) Business Manager: Donny Kemp (Ext. 2578) ♦ ♦♦♦ Staff Writers/Photographers: Eric Eatherton, Hoyun Choi, Patrick Lundstrom, Brendon Neal, Jon Roberts, Lora Wahrgren, Linda Barr Batdorf, Amy Ku’uipo Bierman, Josh Kehler ♦ ♦♦♦ Secretary: Joanne Gale (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 signed 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. struct,” Campbell said. Campbell said that there needs to be an open discussion about sex. The society needs to realize that kids are having sex at very early ages, this means there needs to be early sex educa tion. Abstinence is not working for a number of adolescents. Kids are starting sexual behavior at the junior high ages and even younger. The Dutch and other Euro pean countries are very open about sex. They educate them and show that protection is essential instead of emphasizing so much on abstinence. There are far less teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases in these ar eas. At the forum there will be sign ups for students who would be interested in being part of a team who will go and talk to jun ior highs about sex education. This program will start next year and would be very helpful in edu cating the youth. Kids are more likely to listen to older students rather than grown adults. If you are interested, attend the forum or contact David Campbell at ext. 2600. Photo by Chad Patteson The Wambli Najin, Native American story tellers and dancers, gave an interesting presentation about the Lakota culture last Wednesday.
