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2 The Clackamas Print Wednesday, February 21,199 Writer clarifies position we won’t know unless you tell us. This is your paper. Another one of their jibes About a year ago, because of health problems, I found myself was that the student reporters in a situation where I could no were simply lap dogs for the ad longer do my regular job. As the ministration. Never has College doctor told me, “You’re not 16 President John Keyser or Dean anymore.” That meant I had to of College Services Gary Dirrim, learn a new skill and that is why ever stormed in and demanded we only run certain articles or I am here. Personally, I like CCC and write things their way. enjoy being here. This is a fine We are given freedom of the campus with fantastic natural sur press and the freedom to choose roundings, in the country. Away what we write about. But with from big crowded cities. Most that freedom comes the respon of the students and staff seem sibility to write our articles ac curately and fairly. friendly and easy Apparently some to get along with. We are given feel we are to be The instructors Sherlock Holmes are doing a good freedom of late at night snoop job, though I may the press ing through staff not always re garbage cans at their ceive the grade I and the homes, hoping to feel I deserve. It freedom to find some incrimi is a privilege to be here, not an inher choose what nating evidence. Or, disguised as jani ited right. we write tors; rummaging Most stu through wastebas dents seem happy about. kets in their offices here. Some how on campus.. ever appear to If there are improprieties have nothing better to do than complain and stir up dissension. among the staff, then prove it, Some of their complaints seem to don’t just gossip about it.-Have be aimed at campus administra you bothered talking to the indi tive staff and the student news vidual in person or are you not brave enough? paper. Most of the newspaper staff For people who have a great deal of criticism against The spend long hours trying to get Clackamas Print, not once have their articles in on time and the any of these individuals bothered newspaper ready to print. This to come into our office and say can mean taking time away from anything to us in person. We are our families, other studies or éven always looking for ways to im work when we could really use prove or gear the paper to sub the extra money. We are not pro jects that are relative to the stu fessionals but some day hope to dents’ interests and to make it be. You may not like what we do, or the way we do it but so far livelier and more interesting. The paper is here for the stu no one has volunteered to take dents and not just to give us at our place. Like the Marines, “We The Print something to do with are always looking for a few our spare time. We welcome good writers.” We are not here just for'the your ideas and comments plus any contributing articles you may staff nor are we here only for the wish to submit. If you, the stu students. We are here to be fair dent, want to see some changes, See FREEDOM page 3 Paul Ulmén Staff Writer 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. 2309) Business Manager: Cori Karget (Ext. 2578) Assistant Opinion Editor: Ryan Humphris (Ext. 2309) Assistant Feature Editor: Brad Zimmerman (Ext. 2309) News Editor: Pamela Sirianni (Ext. 2309) Assistant Photo Editor: Lora Wahrgren (Ext. 2309) Cartoonist: Joel Gunderson ♦ ♦♦♦ Staff Writers/Photographers: Eric Eatherton, Megan Friedow, Paul Ulmen, Andrew Beck, Laney Fouse, Damon Fouts, Tarah Nimz, Karin Redston, Joel Shempert Secretary: Joanne Gale (Ext.‘2309) Advisor : Linda Vogt (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 advertised in The Clackamas Print are not necessarily endorsed by anyone associated with The Clackamas Print. The Clackamas Print is a weekly publication distrib uted every Wednesday except for finals week. The. advertising 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 publication. Clackamas Community Collegeil9600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon, 97045; Barlow 104; (503) 657-6958, ext. 2309. . E-mail: eccprint@clackamas.cc.or.us V' VÁ pinion Holiday ignored by college Z” Karin Redston Staff Writer The decision-making process of when to keep the college open has again gone beneath this student. We can close the college for Martin Luther King but not to celebrate Washing ton and Lincoln’s birthdays. Never mind that we combined the two presidents for one holiday instead of two. No, we don’t even warrant the one day off. I have nothing against Martin Luther King. He was a very great man who did much for civil rights, but he was not a presi dent. We should also ignore, I guess, the fact most of the elementary, junior high and high schools were off Monday. That means that those students with families are forced to find babysitters or bring their children with them to classes. Let’s also not forget those student’s whose families took a three day holiday and will most likely be penalized for pot attending class Monday. Yes, that decision-making process up stairs definitely stumps this writer. I guess that’s why I’m not an administrator. Right to Free Speech in jeopardy Ryan Humphris Assistant Opinion Editor Knock Knock- Who’s there? No More- No More Who? No more free speech. Thanks to the Telecommu nications Act of 1996 it is now a felony crime to send a private e- mail message with ah indecent or filthy word, even if you were re sponding in kind to an e-mail mes sage you received. Online discussions of safe sex practices, birth control methods, abortion, and of AIDS prevention will also be subject to prosecution. This is just purely another act to deprive us of our rights as citi zens of the United States of America. This bill will punish with two- year jail terms any Internet user who uses one of the “seven dirty words” in a message to a minor. It will impose felony penalties for using an indecent four-letter word or discussing material deemed to be indecent, on electronic bulle tin boards or Internet chat areas accessible to children. Basically, once this bill be comes law, no longer will Internet users be able to engage in free wheeling discussions in news groups and other areas of the Internet accessible to minors. They will have to limit all lan guage used and topics discussed to that appropriate for kindergart ners. No literary quotes from racy parts of Catcher in the Rye or Ulysses will be allowed. Any user who crosses the vague and unde fined line of “indecency” will be subject to two years in jail and fines. ' “This law restructures the en tire telecommunications industry and places the free speech and pri vacy rights of all internet users in permanent jeopardy,” said Ira Glasser, Executive Director of the ACLU. “It will criminalize oth erwise protected speech in cyberspace, impose new censor ship controls on television and destroy the diversity of media ownership. For a congress that says it wants to get big government out of people’s lives this law rep resents the most extreme hypoc risy.” Over 100,000 Internet users signed a petition against the Act; 20,000 of them, in one day, flooded congress with phone calls, faxes and e-mail. Because of this the Internet community has be come a very powerful force. Our very own Senator Ron Wyden showed Internet'users sup port by working to support enlight ened alternatives to government content restrictions. Don’t think this is the last time congress will consider issues con cerning Internet users across the U.S. Take a stand; let the Presi dent know what you think. This is a horrible abuse of leg islative power against the Ameri can people, and we can do some thing about it. Please, write the president at President@whitehouse.gov ,and let him know that you are outraged about this bill passing. variety of shifts to fit a busy schedule. S8-S9/hour and great benefits are part of our part-time package. Package-handling positions require lifting up to 70 lbs. IF A PART-TIME JOB IS THE SOLUTION TO YOUR TUITION EXPENSES, CALL ♦ rhe JOBLINE 800-382-0945 Equal Opportunity employer* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ,
