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The Clackamas Print Wednesday, March 6,1996 2 Letters to the Editor e y is /IniMinn ▼ I p Readers voice support for faculty, Clackamas Print To the Print: The Faculty Senate supports Linda Vogt as advisor and instructor in the journalism department. We appreciate her professionalism. Given the challenges presented in creating a weekly student publication; The Clackamas Print has shown itself to be a responsible source of communication in the CCC community. Members of the Faculty Senate Student thanks campus community Dear Editor: Although I am scrambling like the rest of the student body as I prepare for finals week, I want to take a few minutes to say thank you.” I started attending CCC in the fall and am thoroughly enjoy ing my studies. It is the dedica tion of the excellent staff and the friendship of fellow students that have made me glad that I chose to come here. To my instructors: thank you for creative and interesting lec tures. I hope to emulate your best teaching techniques when I, too, become a teacher. Thank you for staying up until midnight to grade our midterm exams so that we can have them back promptly. Thank you, Marlene Tufts and Kate Gray, for the extra effort you have put into writing letters of recom mendations for scholarships. And thank you all for the knowledge you have imparted. To the rest of the staff: thank you for friendly smiles when you greet me, one of hundreds of stu dents you have seen that day, at the registration desk, financial aid office, help center, etc. I can tell you enjoy helping students. Thanks to the instructors who do not even have me in their classes but have taken the time to talk to me. I am especially grateful to Jan Anderson and Dave Arter for giv ing me valuable feeback on an es say for a scholarship. To The Print staff: Thank you for putting out a fine newspaper. I enjoy reading it. And thank you, Linda Vogt, for being the newspaper’s dedicated advisor. All of you have put many years into educating the women and men of this community, and I hope you will continue for many years to come. Thanks to you, I am looking forward to my next four terms at CCC. I know I will learn a lot. I hope you have a refreshing spring break. You have certainly earned it. Sincerely yours, Cindy Hines Kurfman Freshman 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 Kargel (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 adver tised in The Clackamas Print are not necessarily endorsed by anyone associ ated with The Clackamas Print. The Clackamas Print is a weekly publica tion distributed 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 College, 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon, 97045; Barlow 104; (503) 657-6958, ext. 2309. E-mail: cccprint@clackamas.cc.or.us Single mom extends gratitude Dear Editor: I am writing in response to the last few newspapers printed and a particular story that keeps coming up, taking up a lot of valu able space on the pages of our school newspaper. I am a full time student here at CCC and realize that without an education, that I was not going to fulfill my dreams and goals in life unless I made a serious decision. The day that I walked through the doors of CCC, I knew the answer to my future was on the grounds of this school. I am a single mother, I work four work study jobs and one out side of the college, pay all of my son’s day care expenses with this money, and I take my education pretty seriously. I have been given the opportunity to improve my life and give my son a decent future because of CCC, and for this I am forever grateful. When ever I have had a question, if the person that. I asked could not an swer it, they found someone who could. Whenever the stress of school, work and motherhood be came overwhelming, someone lis tened. Whenever I needed extra help with something here, some one has always been available. And because of the great oppor tunities and people here, my son had a Christmas. Now, I, a devoted and dedi cated student at CCC, have the opportunity to give voice to a problem I do have. It makes me wonder how, with so very little time that we, as the human race, have on this planet, and what little time out of our lives it takes to do some good will, could someone feel that they have the right to enroll in this, or any other school, and make waves for the very people that are here to make life a little bit better for the students? Do you not have enough homework or enough of a life, that you feel it your right to stick your nose in administra tion business that is pretty obvi ously, not any of your business. Do you feel that it is your right to criticize the very people that were hired here to educate us and make it easier for those of us that are serious-minded enough to actually get out of school what we are putting into it? If I want to read stories about the problem chasers in life, I will order the Oregonian. Get a life, those of you out there who are not want ing to chase your dreams. I, my self, have much more important issues in my life than to read a bunch of people’s sorrows, by trying to make their lives more important and others’ a little more difficult. Administration and instructors are here for us; leave them to do their jobs, so that we can do ours. CCC student and proud of it Let me see if I hav§ this straight...John Garvison, CCC stu dent, while in a private discussion with his peers, was told—by some one John chooses not to name;— about something said in a private discussion within another peer group. Acting on the information received from his peer, John tried to get to the bottom of it. But the private discu§sion within the peer group being questioned was not open to public scrutiny; John found this threatening, especially when the second group choose not to give the name of the supposed culprit (is there an echo in here?). This further frustrated John be cause the peer group being ques tioned was being paid by him. Therefore, they should not be al lowed private discussions. (I find it ironic that the people John is so upset with pay HIS bills, as he works for the state.) We pay this peer group to teach us, and in the privacy of that group they vent their frustrations, just like we students do all over the campus at “dumb” tests, unrealis tic deadlines, and instructors that expect our best all the time! Hey, Staff, give us a break, we pay you guys, so lighten up and don’t notice our academic short comings, even in private! We de mand you give us less than we pay for. Like, Duh! Esther Esson CCC student and proud of it Dee Edlund Professionalism appreciated Rush to Dear Editor: I would like to express my great respect and appreciation for the professionalism of Linda Vogt. I am offering my highest praise for her ongoing work as Advisor for The Clackamas Print, her outstanding work with nu merous campus committees, and her integrity. I would like to thank the stu dents who have worked to de velop their skills publishing The Clackamas Print. Their journal istic contributions are useful in distributing information throughout CCC. Elizabeth Howley Horticulture Instructor/ Department Chairperson C&/FUCIUS SRyi'HE Mb TW&0JS MUt> I LOSES 6(l?öUNb. " judgement harms innocent people Someone once wrote that the only problem with youth is that it frequently is wasted on young people. Fortunately Clackamas Community-College provides an excellent atmo sphere for the maturation pro cess to begin. Mr. John Garvison does not appear to understand how his wreckless rush to judgement has inpugned the reputations of sev eral innocent parties while at the same time, unnecessarily arous ing the ire of the Clackamas College Community. Short of a public flogging on the mall at high noon, perhaps a 10,000 word essay on the singular im portance of collecting accurate information will provide a re quired retribution and also lead to development of his intellec tual honesty. Now that the term is draw ing to a close, I hope that Mr. Garvison is devoting as much time and energy to the pursuit of his academic success. It would seem that he needs much im provement in Journalism 101. Stephen E. McPherson, Life Science Adjunct Instructor
