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2 ___ —______ -, y. . * . , . frfW - Vu New s/Opinion The ClackamৠPr¡Bt ¿ Wednesday, November 8,1995 Print Staff responds to concerns about e-mail usage Editor’s Note to the reader: The following letter was sent to the Clackamas Print via e-mail on Monday night. It was also sent to approximately three hundred faculty and staff members and ad ministrators along with seven stu dents. What is going on with vou guys over there? Why haven't I got a.re- sponse? Are youR ¿Jo- called journalistic aspi rations so little that one dissenting opinion shuts you up? I expect more from you people I don't know why. I have a question for you why does the CCC presi dent get a brand new jeep paid for by the college. Also, why are there over 200 Internet licenses here at the college but not one is for a student.” Isn't that a form of covert cen sorship and also a misuse of public funds. By us ing these funds only for a select few aren't the people who do not have access to the "Net being discriminated against. Sounds like something the A.C.L.U. would like to hear about. Come on people get off of your rear-ends and write some- thing provocative or at least informational. Or are you people just lap dogs for the administra tion? Will I get a response? From somebody! From a student that still believes in Freedom of The Press and also Freedom of Speech M.G> Dear M.G. The Clackamas Print would like to respond to particular parts of your e-mail message. 1. “Why haven’t I got a response?” We didn’t print your first letter to us because we do not usually print unsigned letters. 2. “Why does the CCC president get a brand new jeep paid for by the college?" According to John Keyser, the jeep is part of his com pensation from the college. He also states that this is standard for col lege presidents. The price of this par ticular vehicle, a Jeep with 60,000 miles on it, at $18,000, is typical. 3. “ Why are there over 200 Internet licenses... but not one is for a stu dent?” According to Chief Infor mation Officer Paul Rothi the plan is to have the Streeter Computer Lab open to the World Wide Web right after Christmas break. This will give all students access to the Internet. Rothi noted that the reason the lab isn’t currently hooked up is that they wanted to hook all the computers up at once rather than one by one. 4. “Sounds like something the A.C.L. U. would like to hear about. ” This sounds like a threat. Is e-mail an appropriate way to send threats campus wide? 5. “Are you people just lap-dogs for the administration?” The Print is independent of the administration when it comes to the content of the newspaper. Our only requirement is that we print stories that are accu rate and fair, and that we do not print information that is libelous or ob scene. Libel, as defined by the Asso ciated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual, is “words, pictures or car toons that expose a person to public hatred, shame, disgrace or ridicule, or induce an ill opinion of a person.” This brings up the bigger question: Should e-mail messages be subject to these same restrictions-that is, that they not be libelous or obscene? If so, who is going to regulate this? Paul Rothi explained that the college is currently drafting a set of guidelines to regulate on campus e- mail. “We’re trying to keep e-mail as a useful tool, but if everyone sends too much mail then it becomes less useful,” Rothi said in reference to the above letter. We don’t appreciate being called “so called journalists” but re alize that in this instance it is your opinion and not libelous, even though it might be considered Clackamas performs ‘The Mousetrap’ Amy K. Hanson Managing Editor Don’t miss the theatre’s fall production of “The Mousetrap”, written by Agatha Christie. Since its opening in 1952, “The Mousetrap” has been the longest continually running play in London. Directed by instructor, David Smith-English, this mystery is set at winter time in Monkswell Manor, outside of London. According to Smith-English, “the play is not only a whodunit, it’s a who can you trust? and when can you trust your own instincts, eyes and ears? and . . . when shouldn’t you.” The characters are: newly weds Mollie and Giles Ralston played by Camberley Torres and Ira Kortüm; Christopher Wren played by Thomas Lindsley; re tired judge, Mrs. Boyle played by Angela Deardorff; retired army officer, Major Metcalf played by Glenn Russell; the “androgynous” Miss Casewell played by Debi Guthery; foreigner Mr. Paravicini played by Jim Nicodemus; and Detective Sgt. Trotter played by Michael Gerber. defamatory. But, what if a person has a grudge against someone? That person could send e-mail to others, ruining this person’s reputation. Is there any control? Whose responsi bility is it? The Clackamas Print invites reader response on these ethical questions. Signed letters to the edi tor will be taken in B104 or by e- mail by the Friday before publica tion. Is being different wrong? Ryan Humphris Staff Writer In today’s society everyone is so concerned about what ev erybody else thinks about them, or what they think is wrong with everybody else around them. They have no time to consider what is good about themselves. Conservatives consider themselves normal; everybody is doing it. To them Liberals are considered everything but nor mal; they are society’s screw ups. I consider myself to be very liberal, in the sense that I per sonally do not care what other people think about me, nor do I find time to see what is wrong with everyone around me. I am not concerned with what every body else is doing, but with what I am doing. People looked at me in weird ways because of the way that I dress or the color of my hair, which used to be blue Until I ran out of dye. If society can find the time to see what I am doing different, or what I am doing that is not considered to be normal, in their conservative mode of thinking, then their pri orities are out of whack. What I do with my life does not concern anyone but me. I am human, 1 make my own choices on how to live my life. I personally do not go around tell ing people what they should or should not be doing. Life is too short, if you cannot live life to its fullest extent, then why live at all? Granted, not all conserva tives are as closed minded as half of the country, but the ones that are, make most of the decisions that run the country. They de cide what is normal or what should be the right way. The only thing wrong with it is that by the time they make their de cision society has already passed that stage. Normal is a state of mind. If you consider yourself to be normal, then you are. If you con sider yourself crazy, weird, loony, or just plain whacked, then you probably are. There is nothing wrong with being differ ent as long as it doesn’t cause harm to another person. If you are the way that you are because everyone else is do ing it, then that is wrong. It takes a strong person to be them selves and take a stand for who they are. Take a while to search inside of yourself to find out who you are - and be that person. The Clackamas Print Staff Editor-in-Chief: Chad Patteson (Ext. 2576) Managing Editor: Amy K. Hanson (Ext. 2576) Feature Editor: Jon Roberts (Ext. 2578) Sports Editor: Jesse Sowa (Ext. 2578) Photography Editor: Josh Kehler (Ext. 2578) Copy Editor: Vicki Welch (Ext. 2578) Opinion Editor: Brendon Neal (Ext. 2576) Business Manager: Cori Kargel (Ext 2578) ♦ ♦♦♦ Staff Writers/Photographers: Eric Eatherton, Dan Anderson, Megan Friedow, Lora Wahrgren, Linda Barr Batdorf, Andrew Beck, Pamela Sirianni, Ryan Humphris, Paul Ulmén, Lisa Marie Secretary: JoAnne Gale (Ext 2309) Advisor: Linda Vogt (Ext. 2310) photo by Josh Kerner Michael Gerber and Camber ley Torres practice for the fall production of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.” “The characters particularly in this play aré quirky,” said Smith-English. They provide “tremendous contrasts to each other.” “People love Agatha Christie,”he exclaimed “,she writes wonderful mysteries with great twists.” Performances will be held in the McLoughlin Hall Theatre on Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 2, 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. A special day performance will be held on Dec. 12 at 2:30 p.m. General admission is $6. Stu dent and staff tickets will be $3 and people over age 62 are free with advanced reservation. For reservations or for more informa tion call Barbara Bragg at ext. 2356. 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 orThe 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 ex cept for finals week. 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