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2 The Clackamas Print Wednesday, October 23,1996 Letter to the Editor The environmental club on campus (HEEL) was happy to have the opportunity to visit with both candidates for 5ur£)istrict, U.S. Congress, Jim Bunn and Darlene Hoolq^. HEEL club submitted to both candidates the “Green Voter Pledge” which is an agreement to “simply” consider environmental issues when casting votes; both candidates refused to sign. This type of positioning makes one wonder “what does it mean that they refused to sign?” It is “simply” unfortunate, in today’s times, candidates choose to play it so safe that they cannot even agree that they will consider environmental issues when voting. To us it means that both candidates are unqualified to represent our district. To do some campaign stops, put up some campaign signs, and run some TV ads for name recognition is not equivalent to taking a stand on issues. The politicians continued desire to treat die electorate like mushrooms in the closet is unacceptable. Ken Eshelman Public Affairs Officer, ASG Student Coordinator, HEEL Jake Boenish Federal Affairs Officer, ASG The all-you-can-pay ballot initiatives Ray Overfield Staff Writer Measure 44 good idea James Dean smoked and James Dean was cool. Henry Kissinger didn’t smoke and Henry Kissinger was not cool. If you want to be like James Dean, get ready be cause the cost of being cool is about to go up. Measure 44 aims to up the taxes on smokes by 30 cents a pack, funneling the money into the Oregon Health Plan. Let’s face a few facts right here: smoking is unhealthy; smokers become un healthy; smoking-related illnesses eat up huge amounts of time and money in the form of medical treat ment. Perhaps Measure 44 will serve to discourage the practice. Smokers always moan about their rights being denied but how many smokers with smoking-re lated illnesses have to rely on the public dole to get their medical ex penses covered? Measure 44 forces smokers to ante-up and strengthen the Or egon Health Plan. Take a drive with James Dean and VOTE YES ON 44. Measure 46 bad idea Measure 46 amends the Or egon Constitution to count non participating voters as “no” votes on bond and revenue measures. The Waffle House has an all- you-can-eat breakfast special fea tures omelettes, cereal, pancakes, bacon, juice, etc. The guy at the table next to me had a glass of milk. I asked for one and was told milk only comes with cereal. I told the guy behind the counter I didn’t want cereal. “No cereal, no milk,” he says. So I say, “Okay, give me five cereals and hold the cereal.” That’s 46 in a nutshell: if you don’t vote, you do vote. Duh. VOTE NO ON 46. The food at the Waffle House was lousy. Make a difference with the voting population. It builds character! The Classified-and Faculty Association need help getting infor mation out on the impact of Measure 47 one evening this month. Or, you can help by walking on Saturday, Oct. 19 or 26 to drop voting literature at district residential homes. Please call ext. 2311 or 2490 for more information and to sign up. News/Opmum Censorships powerful process Andrew S. Beck Staff Writer & Some people support Mea sure 31 on the Nov. 5 ballot which advocates censorship in the Oregon Constitution. For those who do I have a suggestion: let me control the way you behave, what you be lieve, what sex you are, who you have sex with, what political party you support, how much money you make. By advocat ing censorship, you are willing to give up these rights if the public deems it so. There is a reason the first amendment to the constitution of this country is the right to free speech. In this country you can express yourself in any medium you chose as long as you do not break laws or harm another human being. And this right is meant to be diverse and abstract so it can cover the entire Ameri can social condition. Sometimes certain “moral ma jority” political groups and cen sorship-advocating committees (like the Parents’ Music Resource Council) forget the expanse of the law. Certain Americans will make legislati ve/political attempts to ex Zoo Boo still looking for volunteers The Washington Park Zoo will hold its annual “Zoo Boo” Halloween festivities until Oct. 31. The theme this year centers around Hollywood studios and “B” movie classics. The zoo is looking for more volunteer par ticipation. Anyone who can vol unteer from 5 to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday or 5 to 11:30 p.m. on Friday and Sat urday is urged to contact the zoo and sign up. People are needed to help with the “Haunted Hive,” game booths and security. A sign-up sheet is located in the ASG office in the Community Center. Or you can call 226-1561, ext. 654, formore information. Halloween run/ walk open to all The Clackamas Print Staff Editor-in-Chief: Laney Fouse (Ext. 2576) Managing Editor: Brad Zimmerman (Ext. 2576) Feature Editor: Karin Redston (Ext. 2578) A&E Editor: Jon Roberts (Ext. 2309) Sports Editor: Brendon Neal (Ext. 2578) Copy Editor: Cindy Hines Kurfman (Ext. 2309) Photo Editor: Joel Coreson (Ext. 2578) Business Manager: Erin Bennett (Ext. 2578) Staff Writers/Photographers: Andrew Beck, Jamie Campos, Dan Clark, Tracy Clay, Mandy Furrow Kim Harney, Shauna McGehee, Mairin Moore, Christina Mueller, Joel Shempert, John Thorburn ♦ ♦♦ 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 administra tion, its faculty or The Clackamas Print's advertisers. Products and services advertised in The Clackamas Print are not necessarily endorsed by anyone associated with The Clackamas Print. The Clackamas Print is a weekly publication 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 The college is sponsoring its annual Halloween 8K Road Run and Two-Mile Fun Run/Walk on Sunday, Oct. 27. Both the 8K run, which begins at 11:30 a.m., National award, continued from page 1 whatever is cheapest. ’^“YoU'hav^ to find a way to get people willing to spend more money to do the right thing,” he said. Eshelman admits there are in stances where switching to the recycled paper is not cost effec tive. However, he says, closing the recycling loop and being part of the solution ends up being cost effective for everyone. For those institutions like Clackamas who take the lead, they help create a market that purchases the recycled paper As the market continues to grow, empt others from the key platform upon which this country was founded. They will write a bill un- der the false pretenses that it will “save your child from the horrors of pornography” or that “pomog- By advocating censorship, you are willing to give up these rights if the public deems it so. raphy hurts women and children.” But what Measure 31 supporters forget to tell you, and hope you will overlook, is the key evil to the bill, as follows in the first sentence: “Ballot Title 31: RESULTS OF “YES” VOTE: “Yes” vote limits free speech protection for “ob scenity, including child pornogra phy” to federal constitution’s level.” Before anything the bill empha sizes limited free speech. All 276 cities and counties in Oregon can and the two-mile fun run/walk, be ginning five minutes later, will be held on the college’s scenic and winding running trails. Mail-in registrations for the Halloween event are encouraged by Oct. 24, although there also will be day- of-race registration available be tween 10 and 11:15 a.m. at Randall Hall. Locker and shower facilities are provided. The entry fee is $7, or $ 15 with the purchase of a com memorative T-shirt. For registra tion and division information; con tact the Community Recreation office at ext. 2298. CCC hosts open wrestling tournament Ellie Putnam of the Women’s Leadership Project will present “Own Your Power” at the college’s Focus on Women lunch on Oct. 31 from 12:30-1:30p.m. in the Gre gory Forum. Putnam will discuss ideas and tools that women of any age or background can use to see themselves as important and ca pable of taking complete charge of their lives. The event is free, prices will tend to come down. This, according to Eshelman, en ables other institutions, public and private, to participate. This, tie says, will build a bigger mar ket and will increase recycling. To date there have been no complaints about the use of re cycled paper “The faculty seems to be on board and excited to participate. Everyone seems to be working with it and likes the idea If there are any complaints, I haven’t heard them,” Eshelman said. HEEL plans to focus on other recycling alternatives on campus and to work at including more na tive plants as part of the college’s landscape. | define censorship any way they want. Measure 31 advocators prey on you fears as parents, forcing you to give the commu nity power over what your chil dren see and hear. Once this bill is written into the constitution, then we get to see all the “good” it does: A town in Southern Oregon bans James Baldwin books from the high school library. A Catho lic school removes Tom Sawyer from it’s curriculum because of the racial, terms in the dialogue. The government of Oregon bans Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer and James Joyce’s Ulysses: these are two of the most read and cherished books in the twen tieth century. You don’t think this kind of censorship could happen? Well, every one of these incidents has already happened in Oregon. Oregon has been a haven for censorship in the past. Are we going to let it happen again? Oregon has a choice this No vember to echo freedom or cen sorship in it’s constitution. If you choose to vote, do this writer a favor. Vote “NO” on Measure 31. Register for WKS 1-04. Formore information, call ext 2770. Marinearcheologistspeaks for college program Join Alison Stenger, a marine archeologist with the Maritime Museum and Oregon Historical Society, as she talks at the morn ing session of the college’s Sea soned Adult Enrichment Pro gram, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Wednes day, Oct 30. The afternoon ses sion will be a group discussion of the book Afy Own Country: A Doctor’s Study of a Town and its People in the Age of AIDS by Abraham Verghese. This session will be from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Both sessions will be at the college’s Harmony Center, 7616 SE Har mony Road, Milwaukie. Cost for one or both sessions is $4. For more information, call ext. 3230. Classified Advertising Help Wanted Earn $ 100-$200 a day!!! Perfect for students. Part-time work sell ing a service that sells itself!! CALL (503) 938-1553 For Sale 1987 Chevrolet Spectrum 4D-S runs great with 88,000. 5-speed. Good mileage, tires, overall condition. Would make excellent student car. $2750. Contact Marc Essig in Au tomotive Department of Barlow Hall or 632-4190. For Sale Brown utility canopy. Fits standard bed Mazda or Nissan. $350. Pine loft bed with dresser. $150. Call Cecilia at 659-9154. Free Free Cellular Phones!!!! AT&T Wireless Services. Contact Cascade Cellular. Ron G. Inloes @ 794-9845 or 702- 5562.
