NEWS/OPINION
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Wednesday, May 10,1995
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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
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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.
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The Wambli Najin, Native American story tellers and
dancers, gave an interesting presentation about the
Lakota culture last Wednesday.