The Clackamas Print
Wednesday, Apr||,17,
2 Auto skills contest Upcoming
Watch the best students in
Oregon’s high school automotive
programs race to discover and re
pair problems in identical cars at
the Oregon finals of the 1996 Auto
Skills Contest and National Qual
ity Care Challenge on May 3 at
Clackamas Community College.
Competitions will begin at 9
a.m., outside in the courtyard be
tween Barlow Hall and the Com
munity Center. In case of rain, the
competition will be moved into the
Automotive Department.
The competition is free and
open to the public.
The competition is sponsored
by the Ford Motor Company and
the American Automobile Asso
ciation (AAA). Its objective is to
encourage talented students to pur
sue careers as automotive service
technicians.
Ten two-person teams of Or
egon high school seniors will par
ticipate in the competition. Each
team consists of the two top
See Automotive on Page 3
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor:
Why should I vote? Why
should you vote?
Recent elections have left
young citizens like myself disdain
ful of the democratic process and
apathetic of issues that we feel
impotent to affect. As college stu
dents, we Constitution a promis
ing generation, though we face
daunting obstacles. If we forfeit
our right to vote, it only means that
special interests and the status quo
will determine the political legacy
or catastrophe that we must deal
with.
Let us be pro-active, and sup
port a candidate who truly respects
our right to in-depth exploration
of the crucial issues that face Or
egonians. I invite my fellow stu
dents and conscious citizens to
vote for Jerry Rust in the May 21
US Senate primary election.
Jerry Rust believes in open
discussion that honors the intelli
gence of Oregonians and serves as
a constructive base for positive
change. Early in his candidacy, he
invited all the Senate candidates
to run a clean, issue oriented, lim
ited spending campaign.
Thus far, Rust is the only can
didate who has been refreshingly
honest and practical with voters,
plainly stating his position on is
sues important to Oregonians.
With a history of growing up in
Douglas County, and owning a tree
farm himself, he supports forest
plans that are predictable and sus
tainable. He understands that old
economic and social paradigms
should evolve, and our economy
must be diversified to include
workers displaced by the chang
ing system.
Education should be a tool by
which class barriers are blurred
and democracy upheld, therefore
it deserves the strong financial
support from government as well
as community involvement.
Rust supports light rail, reau
thorization and strengthening of
the Endangered Species Act, the
Clean Air Act, and protection of
public lands.
Preservation of our natural
environment is a quality of life is
sue. Rust knows from experience
that there should be no conflict be
tween a clean environment and a
strong economy.
Jerry Rust understands that
investments in crime and drug
abuse prevention, education, fami
lies, and communities are the only
way to ensure a prosperous future.
The future can be ours to embrace,
if we choose to make it so. More
than a politician, Rust represents
a real choice, a real chance for
change. I challenge Oregonians to
take the first step by voting.
Isa Lester
University of Oregon
The Clackamas Print Staff
Editor-in-Chief: Chad Patteson (Ext. 2576)
Managing Editor: Amy K. Hanson (Ext. 2576)
News Co-Editor: Pamela Sirianni (Ext. 2576)
News Co-Editor: Damon Fouts (Ext. 2576)
Assistant Sports/Feature Editor: Jon Roberts (Ext. 2578)
Sports Editor: Lora Wahrgren (Ext. 2309)
Photography Editor: Paul Ulmen (Ext. 2578)
Copy Editor: Laney Fouse (Ext. 2309)
Opinion Editor: Brendon Neal (Ext. 2309)
Business Manager: Cori Kargel (Ext. 2578)
Assistant Opinion Editor: Karin Redston (Ext. 2309)
Assistant Feature Editor: Brad Zimmerman (Ext. 2309)
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Cartoonist: Brian Ray (Ext. 2309)
Staff Writers/Photographers:
Eric Eatherton, Andrew Beck,
Jessica Dvorak, Jack Evans, Brian Ray, Joel Shempert
Secretary: Joanne Gale (Ext. 2309)
Advisor : Linda Vogt (Ext. 2310)
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Vote,
take
control
Brendon Neal
Opinion Editor
Students should take advan
tage of their chance to choose
whom they want to represent them
at this college. Instead, voter turn
out year after year is outrageously
low, not only in campus votes, but
in state and national elections and
ballots.
Last year there were only 230
to 250 voters out of the several
thousand students at this college.
That’s less than 10% of the stu
dent population who voted in last
year’s elections.
The president and vice presi
dent are our voices in campus de
cisions. They represent us before
the President’s Council and in
many other diverse ways includ
ing funding and organizing clubs
and the Club Fair held each year.
Students need to take advantage
of this right. Only then can we can
be assured to get the kind of ASG
who will represent what students
want.
The flip side of this is the
small number of candidates run
ning for office. There are only two
candidates running for president
and two for vice-president. If no
one else runs, there won’t be a lot
of choices for voters.
Certainly there are more than
four people on this campus who
can lead us. Where ape the oth
ers? The ASG senate contains 12
senators and four officers with
experience. Only one has stepped
forward to be in the race.
While the deadline for run
ning for president and vice presi
dent has already passed there are
14 senate seats up for grabs this
spring and next fall. I encourage
any student who wishes to make a
difference to consider running for
one of these seats.
If we don’t take the initiative
and become active in our educa
tion we give up the right to com
plain when our fees and tuitions
increase. We have the chance now
to decide who we want to repre
sent us. Next school year when
we are unhappy with the way
things have pr haven’t changed it
will be too late.
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