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2 Opinion WEdNEsdAy, OcTobER 15, 1999 The CI ac I< amas P rìnt Traffic tickets or robbery? es, I know we have to have unfairly treated by police. How many people have fog lights there was a transparent cover over the license plate... a $ 150 fine. act. I know wqjhave to trust on their car? My friend, in this case, the guardians^if thSt fyw. JJut when was driving a new GM car with day I believe this is armed robbery. We have a police officer, who has a gun Y laws that govern how we the guardians of that ^aw are told time running and can call in heavily armed forces, lights... and felling us we have to pay money or he still got a $180 ticket He bly, our right to freedom. CAN’T turn If you read my town newspaper, the The West Linn Tidings, the police off Karl Katzke Business Manager will lose privileges and, quite possi lights... there report is illuminating. The police pull isn’t a control more people over at, and go on more to do it. He’s calls to, the scenic overlook on I- had them dis- 205 than they do in the actual town. what parts of it to enforce, I think connected at the dealership... for a There are reports of car burglaries, we have a problem. fee. home burglaries, and even a mug I received a traffic ticket a month I lost points on my driver’s exam ging or two... in the ritziest neigh ago. I’m not sore about the ticket because I DIDN’T pull into a bicycle borhood of West Linn. But I guess itself because, yeah, I was speed lane to turn right... I’m not quite sure patrolling those neighborhoods is ing, fair and square. The problem I boring, and abusing some teenag WITH ASG RIPE WITH CONFLICT} SOMEONE" have with this incident is that the where the law stands on this, but the $95 ticket my friend got for this ers in an area that is theoretically S uggests cop spent his time giving me a ticket offense is still unfair. outside of West Linn police juris for speeding instead of concentrat And the friend who got pulled ing on keeping serious crime down. over on 1-205 in Oregon City by a I don’t think it’s that the police In the past few weeks, I have had West Linn police officer? I guess it’s themselves are bad. I think it’s that friends pulled over for having their so unusual to find someone driving the town of West Linn and the people fog lights on, for pulling into a bi the speed limit at 2 am that the cop who are in charge of the police are cycle lane to turn right and for driv just felt obliged to pull him over. telling the police to go after the high- ing drunk. In all cases, I believe my Then the police officer walked value citations... at the price of actu friends are innocent, and have been around his car, and discovered that ally protecting the taxpayers. an interesting alternative . diction is a lot more fun. The nature of fear hat is it about scaring We hide from fear but almost try to the living daylights out look for it in any situation. If we walk W of your friends? through town in the middle of the night After spending last Thursday by ourselves, we’re almost bound to evening making the Photo and A&E jin hearing footsteps of A Student’s Voice... Rankin: facts misrepresented, truth buried When an issue as important as the has violated the probation. This brings office with out the knowledge of ASG. removal of an elected official occurs, us to the second allegation: lack of Before this allegation can be under somebody following us. We feel |3itWf-desk<^ alone when we’re scared, John Thorbum but almost al Editor-in-Chief you can expect rumors to fly, the facts communication with ASG advisor, stood, we must understand the to be misrepresented, and the truth Norm Bemey, a condition of her pro events from which it arose. It was to be buried. Such is the case of the unethical removal of Jennifer Rankin bationary agreement. editors practically lose all control of ways it’s a feeling that we’re not alone— that some evil pres At the August 5 ASGCCC Consti Administrative Assistant applicants their bodily fluids while traversing the ence is around us. Try going to Molalla from the office of ASG President To tutional Convention Board Meeting, that the selection procedure laid out sometime. You’ll see what I mean. clear up misconceptions, the three Norm Bemey told President Jennifer in the Student Constitution had not Maize on Sauvie Island in Portland, I was left to ponder such a feeling. charges levied against Jennifer will Rankin and Vice-president James Gould been followed. In the presence of We scare people because we love shown the typical “scary movie.” Bats looks to be the frontrunner for the an brought to Jennifer’s attention by two .. This October, I’m sure you’ll be be addressed. They are as follows: the position of Administrative Assis myself and several other ASG mem to see the looks on their faces. We scare consumption of alcohol at a school tant needed to be filled and asked them bers, Jennifer told Norm Bemey of the them because it gives us a sense of nual Halloween Box Office bust award. sponsored event; failure to commu to begin accepting applications and error and made it clear that she was power over others. When friends Before you waste seven bucks on a nicate with the ASG advisor; and setting up interviews. This statement taking the documents home to out crumble to the ground in fear, or laugh crappy movie, try spending five or six misuse of college files. Let us first was made in the presence of seven of line the violations. Bemey and Gould so hysterically that they begin to cry, bucks and go have some real fun on look at the facts surrounding the the board’s members, as well as offi openly acknowledged their error and you’re the one who caused them to Sauvie Island. If you’ve seen films like consumption of alcohol. cially. recorded in the CCB minutes. condoned Jennifer’s decision to take do that We always want to be the most Children of the Com or the recentBfafr There are two main issues that James and Jennifer followed Norm’s home the files. Jennifer and other new horrid creature on Halloween so we Witch Project, taking on the challenge must be considered when looking at instructions and began setting up ap members were unaware of the policy can terrorize little kids, right? of getting through the 10' tall com field/ Jennifer’s use of alcohol as grounds pointments. The interview in question that ASG files were to remain on the Why do we like to be scared? Be for removal. First, out of the fifteen occurred on August 17 at 9:00am with school campus. Officers involved in cause it’s a natural high—an adrena community college presidents who Mr. Bemey’s approval, attendance and Childcare and Textbook grants regu line rush. attended the CCOSAC retreat, in active participation as one of six inter larly took files home which contained cluding last year’s ASG President view committee members. It defies logic social-security-numbers, yet Jennifer David LeDoux, only Jennifer was that Jennifer could be accused and re is the only one to be charged despite punished for drinking ataparty where moved for “conducting an officer in the fact that complaints were filed against four other officers in ASG. alcohol consumption was prevalent. terview without notifying her advisor,” This not only shows the administra when the advisor was present at the There are always two sides to a tions blatant disregard of policy, but interview. When we look at the facts, story, but there is only one truth. I their willingness to reward those who Jennifer Rankin is clearly innocent of urge you as students with a vested agree with them and punish those this second accusation, and is thereby interest in you education, speak with who don ’ t. Second, according to Jan not guilty of violating the probation your peers, find out both sides of the Godfrey, Jennifer’s signing of the pro ary agreement story and look at the facts of the case. bationary agreement was punish The last accusation filed by the ad Elise Norman ment She cannot be punished again ministration is that Jennifer removed Legislative Officer ASG by removal from office unless she ASG officer applications from the ASG Ex.2544 maize at night will fill your fear appetite for the weekend. Staff: Editor-in-Chief: Toni McMichael Jason Lingel Chamaine Larson Whitney Bond Maggie Jirasek Joel P. Shempert Matt Shempert Diana Scrivner Shannon McMahon Mandy Good Pete Ramirez JohnThorburn (x2447) Managing Editor: Megan Oldenstadt Design Editor: Timothy A. Bell Feature Editor: Letters to the Editor... Shelbi Wescott A&E Editor: Angie Daschel The Print should dig deeper when writing news John Thorbum states clearly in his state that “it became apparent that there administration? The process of obtain opinion column that “Our #1 job is to is some confusion over the hearing pro ing a copy of the Clackamas Commu get the news to you. Wefindthatnews cess”, the article then goes on to state nity College Student Handbook and the by digging deep into all the dark cor what the confusion seems to be over. College’s constitution surely, can not ners of the campus.” My question to However, information was missing. be considered a difficult process, nor Sports Co-Editors: Salena De La Cruz James Khosravi Secretary: Jo Anne Gale Business Manager: Karl Katzke (x2578) Advisor: Linda Vogt(x2310) Copy Editor: Sandy Lupo Cartoonists: Photo Editor: Sarah Welch Steven Baggs Chris Lundgren Stephanie Imholt this statement than, is why is some Specifically, what is the correct pro can the simple act of reporting the cor The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased, professional manner. The opinions ex pressed in The Clackamas Print do not necessarily reflect those of the student body, college administration, its news reported in articles published by cess for removing an ASG officer from rect process of removing an ASG of the print, while some vital information office? By leavingoutthisinformationit ficer. is left out? faculty, or The Clackamas Print advertisers. Products and services advertised in The Clackamas Print arc not nccccsarily endorsed by anyone associated .with The Clackamas Print. The advertising rale is $4.75 per column inch. All signed letters' to the editor should be 3( X) words or less and will be considered for publication if submitted by I pm the Friday prior to publication. The Clackamas Print is a weekly publication and is distributed every leaves the students of Clackamas Com If “The Print” wishes to do its #1 In Karl Katzke and John Thorbum’s munity College to wonder who gets to job, perhaps its reporters should con article on the removal of Jennifer Rankin make these decisions. Is it the students, sider “digging deeper” in the future. from her office as ASG president, they who voted Rankin into office, or is it the Wednesday except during Finals week. 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