Wednesday,
Feb 11, 1998
Pet peeves: littering, disrespect
CHRISTINA MUELLER
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Everyone has pet
peeves but rarely
does anyone do
anything about
them.
My biggest pet
peeve at Clacka
mas is disrespect.
I cun
Most classes let out
at ten minutes till
disgusted
the hour, and it
with the
drives me nuts
when students
level of
start rattling their
respect
bags and papers at
a quarter till. Our
students
instructors have a
have for our
job to do, and we
campus.
have a job to learn.
We should be tak
Christina Mueller ing every minute
of class time we
Co-Editor-ln-Chlef
can get.
Even when the
instructor doesn’t
finish on time and it’s ten minutes till
the hour it’s disrespectful to the in
structor and other students for a per
son to get up and leave. I know they
may have a class to get to, but in most
cases it doesn’t take ten minutes to
walk to any of the four immediate
buildings.
Almost every day I walk out of my
class at noon and down the
McLoughlin Hall stairway. Swerving
chew spit, I wonder how anyone can
be so disrespectful of dur college and
of our custodians. Someone has to
clean that up eventually.
Now let’s talk about littering. How
old are you? Honestly, is it that hard
to walk to a garbage can and simply
place the article of waste into the re
ceptacle? Apparently, some think it is.
While someone I knew was walking
down the sidewalk in front of Barlow
Hall recently, someone walking ahead
unlatched their lid from their drink cup
and threw the contents of the cup, straw
and all, into the lawn. And there was a
garbage can within five feet of them.
Just a few days ago I was sitting in
the Learning Resource Center trying to
find something slightly more interest
ing than the video I was watching. To
my surprise I found graffiti on the TV
and the side of the study carrel. Part
of our tuition as well as taxpayers
money pays for things like that, we par
tially own those things, and students are
destroying them.
I just can't seem to grasp why some
students are so disrespectful. Students
who are on campus should want to be
here. If they don't want to be here then
it might be a good idea for them to not
enroll in classes. Not to mention they'll
save quite a bit of money.
I am disgusted with the level of re
spect students have for our campus.
Many people have worked hard to
make it a nice place to spend time. If
you're disgusted too, don't just sit back
and watch these things happen, say
something to those people and stick up
for your school. So those of you who
spit in the stairwells, leave class while
the instructor is still talking and litter—
you know who you are—start show
ing some respect for the people who
make it possible for you to be here.
Clackamas parking do's and don'ts
Unfortunately, once in a while we need to
review the rules and answer some questions
about parking on campus. Students and fac
ulty need to remind themselves that certain
activities are not acceptable. For instance:
1. Parking on the grass is punishable by
a fine.
2. Parking in a handicapped spot without
the proper permits is against the law.
3. Blocking a roadway is also unacceptable.
4. Taking up two parking spaces, no matter
how nice your vehicle is, could result in a
ticket.
5. The same is true of parking in the fire
lane, in a no parking zone, or by the fountain
near Randall.
These rules are nothing new, but you’d be
amazed at how many students and faculty defy
their own good judgment and break these laws.
More amazing yet is the amount of people who
contest their tickets. As chair of the traffic
appeals board, I hope that future infractions
will decrease.
I don’t think this is a big problem, but it is
always good to be informed about some of the
rules. Also, students and faculty should be
informed about the current parking situation.
In some parking lots modulars have taken
up valuable parking space. Construction
crews are also using it up in order to get their
No student
job done. Although we are limited in pre
mium parking spaces, that doesn’t mean that
or faculty
there’s nowhere to park. The Barlow park
member
ing lot is never full, and the Family Resource
Center parking is always more than half
should feel
empty.
forced to
For some of us it would probably be
healthier if we didn’t frustrate ourselves driv
park on the
ing around, trying to find a close parking
grass.
space, and instead lugged our books over the
short distance to class.
No student or faculty member should feel
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forced to park on the grass. With the amount
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of parking available at this school, every stu
dent should be able to find a decent
spot to park. Parking on the grass
is disrespectful and also a major
drain on the limited recourses our
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Volunteers are needed to tutor adults in reading and
writing approximately two hours a week. Contact
Joe VanZutphen at ext.2724.
The deadline for the writers’ club contest is Feb. 18.
Students may submit up to three poems, one essay, and
one piece of fiction. Submit four copies of each entry.
Include a cover page for each. Specifically, manuscripts
should be prepared as follows: A cover page with the
tide, category, student’s name, social security number,
address and phone number. The first page of the story
should only include the student’s social security num
ber and the tide. Do not put your name on the first
page of the entry. All entries will be considered for the
literary magazine Synesthesia. Submit entries to Allen
Widerburg in M233 or call ext.2359.
A summer employment recruiter will be interview
ing students for summer jobs in the Grand Tetons on
Friday, Feb. 13 at the Phoenix Inn in Tigard. For
more information and applications, see Rosemary in
the Career Center.
Gourmet chocolate truffles and fine quality assorted
chocolates will be on sale in the Community Center
Friday, Feb. 13 from JO a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds go
to the Childcare Club.
There will be a Valentine’s Plant Sale, presented by
the college’s Horticulture Club on Friday, Feb. 13 from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Community Center Mall.
Need money for childcare expenses? Grant applica
tions to help pay for childcare during Spring term
are now available. See Leia or Ann in the ASG of
fices, ext. 2245.
Drop-in basketball will open to all students and staff
of the college 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thurs
days in the Randall Hall Gymnasium.
The blood drive is Fri. Feb. 13, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
in the Randall Hall Lobby. An appointment is rec
ommended by calling ext. 2247 or stop by'CC 140.
A Valentine’s Day fund-raiser, “Floral Designs by
Katherine,” will be held by Coyote Circle Feb. 12 and
13. Ms. Quartz is from the Walker River Paiute Tribe
of Nevada and is a former Clackamas Community Col
lege student. The sale takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
each of these days in the Community Center.