News/Opinion
Political opinion: Oops, I think your slip is showing
Wednesday, October 2,1996
Ray Overfield
Staff Writer
“The hemline of political
fashion may go up or down but
the important thing is I’m always
wearing a dress.”
This quotation from the dif
ferently attired political sage
Alfred Bainbright is as elliptical
today as when first uttered years
ago. What Bainbright was try
ing to underscore, though, is an
eternal American truth: candi
dates come and candidates go but
we always have the vote.
With the presidential election
mere weeks away it is not un
timely to reflect upon just for what
and for whom to vote.
In the 60’s and 70’s a simple
formula distilled to a single ques
tion effectively served as a gen
eral guide for the voter. The voter
sjmply asked: “Am I better off
today than I was four years ago?”
An affirmative response meant
the incumbent stayed; a simple no
meant heave-ho.
In the 80’s this formula per
sisted but the circumstances of
that decade forced the single ques
tion to change. In the 80’s the
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voter asked: “Will this proctologi-
cal nuisance never go away?”
Today’s voter finds them
selves in a complex, trouble-
plagued environment and the
single question formula/guide
falls short of guiding the voter.
Today’s voter is now compelled
to ask themselves a series of ques
tions: “Just how egregiously will
this candidate aid and abet white
collar crime; did this candidate
serve honorably in World War II
or sensibly negotiate his way out
of Vietnam; is the candidate’s
wife a lawyer; and when the in
evitable ‘gate’-style scandal
comes to light will it be as enter
taining as the O.J. trial or as wit-
lessly dull as Whitewater?”
Another oft-used guide is for
the voter to compare and contract
the candidates’ campaign styles
and rhetoric.
Dole’s campaign fairly
gleams in martial tones with Dole
energetically declaring ware on
America’s social ills. Dole, who
stumps tirelessly on his military
service in ¡the Big One, is pledg
ing a perverse Vietnam era hearts-
and-minds-destroy-the-village-
in-order-to-save-it-solutioh for
American domestic problems.
Dole promises to secure the coun
try with Liberal pacification re
sulting in a Republicanization of
the people. Huzzah!
Team Clinton is adopting a
benign bunker mentality and run
ning an effective non-campaign.
The evident strategy here is:
hunker down, do nothing, sit on
our lead and for God’s sake don’t
do anything else stupid until we
can squeeze through again in No
vember. With the noisy exception
of an aggrieved lesbian/gay vot
ing block howling betrayal, some
sputtering environmentalists and
a blabbermouth hooker, things are
pretty quiet at the Clinton cam
paign bunker.
And what of Perot? The
squawking candidate with the
tiresome series of personally
funded infomercials hasn’t been
a serious candidate since his Ken
neth-what-is-the-frequency
freakout when he jabbered about
Republican Ninjas planning to
sabotage his daughter’s wedding
and that shadowy Guccione types
were threatening to release pic-
turesofher. Yowza!Yowza! Dis
pense the Thorazine already.
What makes Perot more de
testable than comical, however, is
the churlish way his ego derailed
the Lamm campaign. Perot him-
self.is proving to be the loud, fate
ful rap on the Third Party’s door
of undoing.
So, what is a voter to do?
Well, mindful of Alfred
Bainbright, put on your best dress
and go to the polls and try to mini
mize the damage. And above all
else keep this in mind; the bars
are closed on election day and
you’ll still default on your student
loans no matter who is elected.
N£WS BRIEFS
Community news you need to know!
Campus goes gray
The college school board
approved a policy to use recycled
paper campus-wide.
The gray colored paper
called Unity is a 100% recycled,
unbleached, environmentally
friendly product. It will be the
standard for campus copiers and
in the duplication office.
Unless copy work orders are
marked non-recycled white, cop
ies will be duplicated on Unity
paper.
Alumni exhibit work
The best works of art by
former Clackamas students will
be on display through Oct. 25 at
Pauling Gallery. The exhibits
are free and open to the public.
The gallery is open 8 a.m. to 10
p.m., Monday through Thurs
day; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday.
Women writers
form Chrysalis
16 and 20-23. For an appoint
ment call 657-6958 ext. 3230.
Aspiring women writers can
join other students and staff to
share something you have writ
ten or to get inspiration from oth
ers like you. Free and open to the
public. Register for WKS 1-01.
Noon to 1 p.m., Barlow Hall,
Room 112. Information: Kate
Gray, 657-6958 ext. 2371.
New book group
available for women
Cabaret auditions
Prepare a song and a short
(under 2 min.) monologue. An
accompanist will be available.
Needed are 20-plus singers/danc-
ers/actors. Several roles require
only minimal singing. By ap
pointment only. 12-5 p.m. and
6:30-9:30 p.m., McLoughlin Hall
Theatre. Rehearsals will be eve
nings fall and winter terms. Per
formance dates are February 13-
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Focus on Women. Register for
WKS 1-02. 12-1 p.m.,Oct. 8,
Nov. 5 & Dec. 3 at Bl 14. Free.
Career classes offer
opportunity
This fall, career seekers can
explore technology careers. Ex
ploring Professional/Technical
Careers meets each Tuesday, and
lets students spend two sessions
studying five professions. In
formation is available at the Co
operative Work Experience office
at 657-6958, ext. 2273
The SBDC is
Here For You!
Business Counseling
Services
Clackamas Community
College’s Small Business
Development Center
(SBDC) offers up to 10
free hours of business
counseling to prospec
tive, new and existing
business owners.
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Depression screening
night scheduled
Andrew S. Beck
Staff Writer
The college counseling de
partment will hold their annual
Depression Screening Night on
Oct. 10 at 6 p.m.
Depression Screening Night
is held every year as part of a na
tional prescreening day for people
with depression. Any person at
Clackamas who feels he or she is
experiencing depression can take
part in the screening nights
events.
“Symptoms of clinical and
manic depression can be difficulty
sleeping, changes in eating hab
its and periods of sadness,” said
Clackamas Counselor Dave
Campbell.
Counselor Ellen Wolfson,
Campbell and the rest of the coun
seling department will conduct
the screening session.
“This is the third or fourth
year we have done this. The posi
tive results of the screenings have
been that a number of people have
received professional help
through community resources,”
said Campbell.
Depression Screening Night
curriculum consists of the partici
pants watching a video presented
by people who have had histories
of clinical depression. A written
depression screening test will
then be offered by the counselors
to those who want to take it. The
counseling department will then
finish up the night by interview
ing screening participants indi
vidually to decide further course
of action.
Campbell added, “Often
people present multiple diagno
sis: manic depression, eating dis
orders, drug abuse, etc.”
Those interested in this event
and want more information may
contact the counseling depart
ment at ext. 2385, Ellen Wolfson
at ext. 2550 or Dave Campbell at
ext. 2600.
Depression screening was a
previous project of Phi Theta
Kappa. Current members are en
couraged to volunteer any avail
able time to this event. Please
contact Dave Arter at ext. 2210.
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Call the SBDC
at 503-656-4447
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