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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
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Secretary: JoAnne Gale (Ext. 2309)
Advisor : Linda Vogt (Ext. 2310)
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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,
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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.
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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.
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