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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. Otherwise,
politicians will not have any
idea of what we want. (Remem
ber, THEY are here to represent.
US.)
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