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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Student Views Z Should responsibility be taken
for the faculty comment made in the Nov. Faculty meeting?
“They should take respon
sibility for what they say
(faculty members). It
doesn’t prove any more
than that he’s a coward. I
wouldn’t take it very
seriously.” -anonymous
“I think it would take alot
of courage and I would
understand why they
wouldn’t do it (admit to
the quote). I think if it
was a serious comment
then it would be different.”
-Christy Hurt
“If this dies down without
being resolved, I honestly
feel that people will speak
down unfairly about the
faculty. 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