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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
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p.m. the Friday prior to the next issue.
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