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The Clackamas Pri _A
Wednesday, April 3,
Students
triumph in
Writers’
Contest
Amy K. Hanson
Managing Editor
The winners of this
year’s Writers’ Contest,
sponsored by the CCC’s
Writers’ Club, are now in.
First place winners are
guaranteed to be in Synes
thesia, Clackamas’ literary
magazine, which will be
published in late May.
Cash prizes and certifi
cates will be awarded at
the Annual CCC Writers’
Contest Awards Ceremony
to be held the first week of
May.
And the winners are...’
POETRY DIVISION:
First: Christy Hurt
Second: Jennifer Gibson
Third: Neal Martin
Honorable Mention:
Cindy Hines-Kurfman
FICTION DIVISION:
First: Karen Leblanc
Second: NicholaVest
Third: Esther Esson
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Letters to the Editor
with editing styles To the Editor:
(Editor’s Note: All letters are printed as submitted.)
Joel P. Shempert
Staff Writer.
Upon picking up Issue 14 of
the Print, close examination of an
article I wrote has prompted me
to speak out regarding the edit
ing and proofreading policies here
at Print Central. I object to un
disciplined retooling of my ar
ticles which has at times de
stroyed sentence structure, eradi
cated language flow, and even
occasionally ruined word spell
ing.
This is something that has
been bothering me for some time.
I’m not entirely certain who is at
fault, for a number of people are
involved in the editing process.
However, while the fighter in me
wants someone to blame, I’d
rather I didn’t know. My object
is not to find fault in individuals;
I simply want the problem re
solved.
These errors are cause for
great concern. I don’t write like
that. My parents know I don’t
write like that. My friends know
I don’t write like that. My former
writing instructors know I don’t
write like that. I am building on
the foundation of all those who
have taught and encouraged me
throughout my life, and I owe it
to them to push my writing to the
highest standard of quality that I
can achieve. I shudder when I
think of CCC Writing instructors
Mike Kepler or Emily Orlando
reading some of these glaring
mistakes and thinking that I must
have made them.
To me, writing is an exact
ing craft, and one at which I hap
pen to be quite good. When my
work appears in print, I feel I have
a responsibility for every word on
the page. With that in mind, I
would like the words on that page
to be my own.
I realize that there are times
in the publishing of a newspaper
when, for various reasons, edit
ing must occur. While sometimes
I wonder at the reasoning behind
the editing, I can accept its ne
cessity. I simply ask that, when
editing must take place, greater
care be taken to preserve correct
grammar and meaning. Also, if
some of the editing is taking place
to correct perceived grammatical
errors, I would caution the staff
to look before they leap. Most of
the errors to which I am object
ing transformed correct sentences
into incorrect ones.
Don’t get me wrong; I’m not
trying to be antagonistic. The
men and women here at the Pub
lications Lab are my friends.
Nevertheless, I must put friend
ship aside and take them to task
on this matter, for it is important
to me not only that my writing
come across with its full effect, but
that we achieve the highest stan-
dard of excellence that we can as
a newspaper.
Editor’s Note:. The above article was ¡not initially printed be
cause the problem had not been addressed internally. We feel
this issue could have been resolved with communication be
tween staff members. Unfortunately, there were misunder
standings about the channels of communication.
This term we are under reorganization. Several positions
have changed hands and we will address these types of issues
more efficiently.
Following the guidelines of journalism, we strive for good
communication through editing for accuracy, including gram
mar, spelling, punctuation and content.
CREATIVE
NON-FICTION
DIVISION:
First: NicholaVest
Second: Rosalee Bihl
Third:
Robert Bossaberger
Honorable Mention:
Mary Ren Lundablad
As a concerned student I
have been quite disturbed in the
Journalism department’s han
dling of the Clackamas students’
newspaper, The Print.
During the past nearly two
years at CCC I have been dissat
isfied with the quality of The
Clackamas Print. I have found the
writing quality to be poor, not only
in the area of grammar, but also
in their handling of subject mat
ter, an issue which has most re
cently been manifested in the con
troversy between John Garvison
and the CCC Faculty.
Recently I have become
aware of an incident involving a
friend who writes for The
Clackamas Print. Last term he
submitted an opinion article that
addressed certain problems he
had encountered regarding the
handling of submitted material by
Print editors.
This article was immediately
rejected not on the basis of qual
ity or timeliness, but because it
was felt to be inappropriate sub
ject matter. The submission was
greeted by such comments as,
“Self-criticism is self-destructive”
. . . “It’s airing our dirty laundry
for everyone to see” . . . “It’s not
appropriate for The Print.”
These statements are outra
geous and unjust for any publica
tion institution, or public figure,
to make. You have a right — nay,
an obligation — to offer construc
tive criticism toward any public
figure or group in the hope that
you may improve and refine the
quality of work produced. While
The Print staff maintained that
these problems should not be
aired in public, I contend that it
is just such a person (one who is
on the staff) who is in a unique
position to make such observa
tions and attempt to deal with
such problems. And it must be
The Clackamas Print Staff
Editor-in-Chief: Chad Pàtteson (Ext. 2576)
Managing Editor: Amy K. Hanson (Ext. 2576)
News Co-Editor: Pamela Sirianni (Ext. 2576)
News Co-Editor: Damon Fputs (Ext. 2576)
Feature Editor: Jon Roberts (Ext. 2578)
Sports Editor: Lora Wahrgren (Ext. 2576)
Photography Editor: Paul Ulmen (Ext. 2578)
Copy Editor: Laney Fouse (Ext. 2309)
Opinion Editor: Brendon Neal (Ext. 2578)
Business Manager: Cori Kargel (Ext. 2578)
Assistant Opinion Editor: Karin Redston (Ext. 2309)
Assistant Feature Editor: Brad Zimmerman (Ext. 2309)
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Staff Writers/Photographers:
Andrew Beck, Joel Shempert
Jessica Dvorak, Jack Evans,Brian Ray
Secretary: Joanne Gale (Ext. 2309)
Advisor : Linda Vogt (Ext. 2310)
The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbi
ased, professional manner. The opinions expressed in The Clackamas
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inch.
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noted that since the errors in ques
tion were committed in a public
forum, therefore they must be re
solved in a public forum.
In fact, in the process of their
rejecting said article they have de
nied the highest duty that they as
journalists must uphold — free
dom of speech.
Aparently, the notion of free
dom of speech was lost in the pur
suit of “journalism”. The Consti
tution isn’t a newspaper article,
where anyone can cut and paste
parts that they consider inconse
quential, or dismiss because of
convenience. The Founding Fa
thers of the Constitution wrote the
First Amendment to ensure that
all voices, especially the griev
ances, and concerns people have
about those that hold positions of
authority, are heard. We must not
silence those among us whose
opinions and concerns might re
veal the imperfections that we all
possess, for only through this
analysis of our shortcomings can
we hope to advance beyond them.
While some people argue that
it is inappropriate to criticize the
Print. I feel that, much like it is
The Prints’ duty to report the
news truthfully and accurately, it
is our duty as readers and students
to hold The Print, and Adminis
trators, accountable for their
words and actions. I hope that this
accountability will create a higher
degree of standards that maybe
attributed to their work, and that
this incident of unprofessionalism
that my friend encountered con
cerning his article will never be
committed again.
Lee Eby
To the Editor:
"The press may not be successful
much of the time in telling people
what to think but it is stunningly
successful in telling them what to
think about." Bernard Cohen
Hey you guys really need to
start setting the agenda instead of
being told the agenda. Do you re
alize how much power you have
if you would just use it. The Un
derground has now become the
voice of the students. Your paper
is known as the one that kowtows
to the faculty and administration.
Why don't you try to change
things instead of believing the old
company line.
Where is the outrage con
cerning students being threatened
with being graded down for com
ments outside of the classroom? I
know what he said but you do not
know that he said a lot more than
what was printed. No matter what
you say I have never had a class
that factual errors in E-mail was
part of my grade. Remember my
comments were made outside of
the classroom! But I guess it is
ok with you as long as it isn't your
grade.
Furthermore I am personally
appalled that you are not up in
arms about the comment made by
the instructor that threatened me
with a public flogging. I am
scared for my safety because of
this. Is this type of behavior con
doned by The Print, faculty, and
the administration?
J. Mike Garvison