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The Clackamas Print Wednesday, February 28,1996 Opinion/News Lady From Dubuque’ Bunn: ‘ripping the heart ‘ plays at Clackamas out of higher education’ Jon Roberts Feature Editor Michael Caudle ASG President “Representative Jim Bunn is literally ripping the heart out of higher education,” said Jon Issacs, President of the Associated Students of Oregon State Univer sity. “Although Rep. Bunn claims to support ‘family values,’ his voting record has shown just the opposite. Instead of working with us to better the quality of life for students and their families, Rep. Bunn has voted consistently to make it harder for students to get a college degree or advanced vo cational training.” Student body presidents from Oregon State University, Western Oregon State College, Clackamas Community College and Chemeketa Community College joined together at a press confer ence and rally at Willamette Uni versity to protest cuts in student aid programs supported by Rep. Jim Bunn. “Under Rep. Bunn’s plan, the average cost of college education will increase by as much as $2,111—at the same time, he is voting to cut direct student-loan programs, eliminate awards for low-income students and termi nate new Perkins Loan Federal Capital Contributions. At a time when we should be making it easier for students to get a college degree, we are turning them away,” added Isaacs. “These cuts affect students at community colleges, four-year colleges, private schools and uni versities—all of us,” said D’mitri Palmateer, President of the Asso ciated Students of Willamette University, one of the state’s larg est private universities. “When Rep. Bunn followed Newt Gingrich’s lead and voted to cut student aid by $10 billion, he made it harder for thousands of Oregonians to get an education.” The students were protesting cuts targeted at student loan pro grams included in the Congres sional Fiscal 1996 Budget Reso lution and The Seven Year Bal anced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995, both of which were sup ported by Congressman Bunn. The 1996 Congressional Budget cuts almost two million students out of the direct loan pro gram. If signed into law, accord ing to the National Association of Independent-Colleges and Uni versities, the cuts would also ter minate new Perkins Loan Federal Capital Contributions, abolish $63 million in funds for the state student incentive grant program and end the Byrd Honors Schol arship program. Over one-half of the student body at CCC receives some form federal financial aid. Every time Congressman Bunn votes to eliminate student aid programs, he votes directly against thou sands of constituents in the Fifth Congressional district. The day after this press con ference was scheduled, Rep. Bunn attempted to contact several area student leaders. Bunn wants to begin talking about creating Con gressional plans to give students more aid. Well,. Jim, I think this re sponse is great, but you are about a year-and-a-half too late. We needed your support long before row and we are not buying your attempts to get re-elected in 1996. The newest play to call Clackamas Communtiy College home is Pulitzer prize-winner Edward Albee’s The LadyFrom Dubuque. The play will run from this Thursday at 8 p.m. through March 10 at 2:30 p.m. The play has a cast of eight people and is directed by David Smith-English, who is being assisted by Mandy Pearce. The main characters are Lucinda and Sam, who will be played by Karen Champ and Patrick Sterling, respectively. The character of Jo will be played by Danielle Turley, Fred by Jim Miller, Edgar by Michael James O’Connor, Carol by Michelle Johnston, Eliza beth by Debi Guthery and Oscar will be played by guest actor Lennie Edwards. All of the shows, ex cept the Sunday Matinee, which starts at 2:30 p.m., will start at 8 p.m. and will cost $6 for students and $3 for senior citizens. To make reservations, call 657-6958 ext. 2356. For the faculty and staff, there will be a free showing of The Lady From Dubuque on March 6 at 4 p.m. The writerof The Lady From Dubuque, Edward Albee, visited Clackamas Feb. 9 and gave Smith-En glish some pointers on how Albee himself would direct the production. If you are unable to go to this play, have no fear; Smith-English is already hard at work on CCC’s next dramatic presentation, William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream. Auditions for A Midsummer Nights Dream will be March 4 at 3 p.m. Smith-English stressed the fact that no ex perience is necessary for those who would like to give acting hère at Clacka mas a chance. Student advocates free speech APOLOGY from page 1 having to do with the Print, and I mistakenly assumed that it was Linda Vogt (that made the com ment),” said Garvison. “The letter that Mike Caudle sent to Joe Uris and a few others...the comment was veri fied as being made...my informa tion was incorrect (as to who said what). If everyone wants to at tack me, that’s fine. But, why don’t we look at the facts? I can understand that njy comments were very out of line and inappropriate...but I was going off of the information that I was given,” stated Garvison. Garvison added that since it wasn’t Vogt who made the com ment, then he would like to know who said what. “I want this investigated. This is my grade. This is my career. This is my life...if they can do it to me, what means they can’t do it to someone else?” When Keyser called Garvison to discuss Garvison’s request to the board and his con cerns about faculty comments, Garvison said that he would talk to Keyser when he (Garvison) felt like it. “John Keyser wanted to talk to me, and I didn’t want to talk to him. I am under no obliga tion to talk to him. I’m a mem ber of the community. He works for me. He works for everyone in this community. I’m account able for my actions, and my speech, for which I’m taking full accountability,” said Garvison. Garvison said his purpose of presenting questions at Board of Education meetings was to make sure that the college was held responsible for their ac tions. “My main purpose of this was...why aren’t more people asking questions? It’s our duty and our right to ask these ques tions. Why can’t people in the college take responsibility for their actions,” asked Garvison. 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It has become a personal thing among the students. It could have been me. It could have been anybody.” -Mike Caudle, ASG president. “Anything done outside of class should not determine a grade within a class. Grades should be based on academics only.” -Richard Cook, student “I thought he handled that immaturely (Garvison’s re sponse about faculty quote).” -Tonya, student
