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2 News/Ojnnion The Clackamas Print Wednesday, October 30,1996 Selden spins story Experience adventure, art and culture with ceramic artist and Clackamas student Piper Selden. She will speak about her recent trip to Peru and Bolivia. The opening reception will be held Nov. 6 from 7- 9 p.m. in Pauling Gallery. Her collection will be on display until Dec. 5. Leadership and ideas part of PTK conference Cindy Hines Kurfman Copy Editor The participants developed a plan to make blocks for the AIDS quilt at a recent leadership confer ence in Portland, sponsored by the western region of Phi Theta Kappa. Alpha Xi Theta Officers Meriwether Mersereau and Tanya Leikam and Advisor Dave Arter at tended the conference, along with officers from Northern California, Idaho, Washington, Utah and Or egon. The emphasis of the confer ence was enhancing leadership skills and increasing fellowship be tween the officers. “The highlight was being able to exchange ideas with people from all over the region,” said Mersereau. In addition to attending work shops, every chapter made plans to submit a block for the AIDS quilt to Phi Theta Kappa International. The block voted the best will be chosen for the quilt. Fellowship included a dance and a dinner theater at Sylvia’s. Mersereau also hosted an out-of- town officer in her home. She said she felt “exhausted but enthused” by the end of the conference. “Phi Theta Kappa is an excel lent opportunity for having fun and fellowship with other like minded people,” she added. The next general meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon in CC127. Light refreshments will be provided. Students’ attitude: àpafthy or action? Brad Zimmerman Managing Editor Recently I have become pain fully aware of how much apathy is present on campus. About two weeks ago, I was in the Skylight dining room in the Community Center to hear Con gressman Jim Bunn answer ques tions and give his position on the issues surrounding this election — about 30 people showed up. With a full-time enrollment of 4,000 people, this means less than one percent of Clackamas’s stu dents showed up to hear a con gressman speak. I think it is pathetic that Clackamas students do not get out more or at least let our elected officials know what they think. When no one says, “Hey, you’re wrong. This is what we really want,” then politicians can basi cally do anything they want. Why shouldn’t they? You don’t complain so there must not be any problems. One thing I really want Clackamas students to voice their opinions on is Measure 47. If this measure passes, you can kiss the Associated Student Government .goodbye, along with lots of other “elective” programs like sports and art-related programs. If Oregon lets Measure 47 pass, you will not see any new fees (tuition, locker fees, etc.). What you will see is cutbacks — LOTS of cutbacks. Measure 47, designed by Bill Sizemore, is the update to Mea sure 5. Measure 5 limited how much money schools can get from property taxes. Measure 47 up dates Measure 5 by making it a law that whenever a school wants to increase fees, voters will have I think Sizemore should take a hint: schools are strapped for cash. to vote on theincrease. This mea sure, however, only applies to fees that will increase a school’s “gen eral fund.” Sizemore says Measure 47 was written because schools were try ing to get around Measure 5 by increasing fees. I think Sizemore should take a hint: schools are strapped for cash. No school wants to raise fees unless they have to do so. Frankly, Sizemore is not going to school ;.he probably does not have kids that are going to school ei ther. Ifhe did, he would probably always hear complaints about no computers, necessary repairs, etc. There are plenty of measures and people to vote on this year. As responsible voters, you have to look past the sound-byte ad vertisements and the cheesy rhetoric that always surrounds any person or measure. You have to figure out exactly how all these measures and new politicians are going to impact Oregon and the U.S. Besides reading the Voters’ Pamphlet, try accessing some outside information. A good source is an organization called “Vote Smart.” Vote Smart, among other things, compiles voting records (i.e., Jim Bunn’s congres sional voting record) and informa tion on all candidates running for representative, senator, governor and presidential positions. You can call Vote Smart at 1-800-622- SMART and request information, or you ca.n visit Vote Smart’s World Wide Web site at http:// www.vote-smart.org. Please, as responsible citi zens, get registered to vote and then VOTE. 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