The Clackamas Print
Wednesday, March 6,1996
2 Letters to the Editor
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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
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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
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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
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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