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2 WedNEsdAy, O ctoòer 2O> 1999 Opinion ’Try not to work too hard this year' How many Molallans does it take to screw in a light .bulb? Just kidding. . » I * From the Editor’s desk This past weekend, the Print staff took off for its annual beach retreat on the Oregon coast. The location: Manzanita. The purpose: To discuss the progress of our work and create a better working relationship between staff mem bers. Plainly, to do a little bond ing. As my friends and I wrestled with the knife-sharp cold waves of the great Pacific, with its bitter salty taste, I suddenly realized what this week’s column could be about. Like my discussion last week about scaring each other, I realized again that people are en tertained the most by pure adrena- What really makes a person want to run into the JohnThorbum ocean and Editor-in-Chief bodysurf the tum bling waves in the middle of Octo ber? Was it the fact that the weather was nice? No way— we wanted to be able to say, “Hey! I swam in the ocean! I’m crazy!” Some people might say, “You’re immature and you should be shot.” We don’t like those people. At a staff luncheon in Septem ber, college president John Keyser encouraged the employees of the school, “Try not to work too hard this year.” That’s awesome. There are two rules the newspa per staff is going to live by this year: 1. Be nice; 2. Have fun. Pretty simple. Don’t forget to smile when you’re in class or at work. If you’re teaching or studying, remember, you only get one shot at this game so you might as well have fun. I often say the ultimate thrill would be to skydive. Hurling my body out the door of an airplane would be amazing—if only to see the world from a different angle, if only to make my eyes water a little more than usual, if only to risk my life and limb and then to safely land with my feet on the ground. Maybe that’s what the Print staff will do for a spring retreat. If our parachutes don’t open, though, we’ll have a hard time run ning another edition of T and A. Which I’m sure would make ev erybody cry. For now, our feet are grounded but our heads are in the clouds. Enjoy the rest of the paper and remember: in the unlikely event of a waterlanding, your seat cushion will act as a floatation device. Women in sports? You better believe it the man parts, but she certainly does have the balls just for step ping into the arena with “Ma chismo,” the burley beast of a bull. However, just five months after facing beast Salena De La Cruz and losing, Sports Co-Editor she retired. In interviews, Margaret “Tiger” MacGregor Sanchez said her retirement was put up her dukes Oct. 8, in the first due to men’s chauvinist attitudes mixed-gender boxing match, toward her. Hello! Walking into the arena pit against Loi Chow. She won by a ted against a beast that could rip unanimous vote. Whooo Hoo! ! Talk before the match was that it her from one end to the other is a lot was a publicity stunt. Either way, more then some men would do. So she lost, and so what? At it’s a nice change to see a woman show up in a man’s world. She may least she went in. It doesn’t make not be accepted, but at least she her a loser; it makes her a winner. Then she quit because of chauvin stepped into it. Another good example of ism. I hate to break it to her, but it’s women up against men is the first alive and well in society. The way I see it Sanchez had two female matador [bullfighter] Chris tina Sahchez. She may not have options: to walk into the ring head Women in mens' sports have taken hold of the world, and I hope they never let go. Make a statement, be heard... held high, or back out knowing she accomplished what some men only dream— either way she’s won. I’m not saying men in sports don’t deserve recognition. I’m saying that we as women are set to higher standards because oh my gosh, we have the gall to walk into the men’s world. I don’t think less should be ex pected of us because people think there is no way we can live up to standards set by men. In the end men may be surprised, when go ing up against a typical women in football, boxing or soccer, to find out she’s not so typical— to find out, in fact, she may be able to whoop some ass. Women don’t deserve special rights. However, if we believe we have the ability to make it in men’s sports then we deserve a chance to prove ourselves— to prove we can kick the soaring field goal, knock out the best or fly high be side Michael Jordan. At least we tried, so give us some credit. TI he CI ac I camas P rint Another Voice. ♦ « Where was Clackamas? As I sat in the Oregon City High School Football Stadium on Wednesday night for the Vigil Against Violence, my heart was overwhelmed by the showing of students from the majority of high schools throughout the county. I asked myself where are Clackamas Community College and its stu dents??? Isn’t the college part of the community? Are we not concerned about violence in our community? Does Clackamas believe a critical in cident [shooting] can’t happen at a community college? If so, we are sadly mistaken. In this day and age, a shooting can happen anytime, any place and anywhere. We each need to ask ourselves, am I part of the so lution or part of the problem? As a former NRA member and gun owner, I felt I was a part of the problem, so I wrote Mr. Heston a note and sold my gun. Speakers gave the devastat ing statistics about violent shootings that have taken place since 1996 - leaving a wake of 37 dead and 79 wounded - Moses Lake, WA; Paducah, KY; Jonesboro, AR; Fayetteville, TN; Littleton, CO. Mothers from Thurston High School [Springfield] shared the incredible triumphs over emo tional and physical trauma by the victims of their horror. A representative from Clackamas Women’s Services addressed the group about the subtleties of dating violence, a thread weaving through many of these tragedies. [Criminal Jus tice Club will hold a Brown Bag on Dating Violence Awareness on 10/28/99 12-1 p.m. inCC 127] Students shared a new pro gram they have designed, “By Kids, For Kids”. This program’s goal is to make ev ery individual student, at any school, -responsible for report ing “abnormal Jjehavior” so peers can receive hilp. Just think, if we all did that, people who need help might actually get it. People who feel angry, depressed or out of sync with the rest of the world might gain a new perspective through in tervention. Young would-be criminals might be stopped be fore embarking on a life of crime leading to jail or death. Men- tally/emotionally disturbed people might receive profes sional counseling before they go “postal” and take out some one I care about. To some of you this might sound too idealistic, but I have hope in this generation and those that will follow. A hope that the civil war in our coun try waged against each other will end. Don’t get me wrong, there is not one problem, but many. Yes, it is gun availabil ity, poor parenting, lack of ad equate enforcement of current laws and people to administer them, lack of constructive pro grams for kids, too much vio lence on TV, movies, video games and a lack of ethics and standards. We are all individu ally and collectively part of the problem and can be part of the solution. Clackamas, I challenge you to get involved. In 2000, let’s-stand up when the roll of schools repre sented is called during the Candlelight Vigil Against Violence. Wear “Ribbons of Promise,” and tie them on car antennas. Let’s stand up and boldly go where this college has never gone before. Be a millennial warrior who will end this senseless war against the hu man race. End violence in all forms, against all people, for all time. Dianna Shepherd Ex 2234 Criminal Justice Department CHRIS L uncx SREN Staff: Editor-in-Chief: Toni McMichael Jason Lingel Chamaine Larson Whitney Bond Maggie Jirasek Matt Shein pert Diana Scrivner Shannon McMahon Mandy Good Pete Ramirez John Thorbum (x2447) Managing Editor: Megan Oldenstadt Design Editor: Timothy A. Bell Feature Editor: Slielbi Wescott A & E Editor: Angie Paschel Sports Co-Editors: Salena De La Cruz James Khosravi Secretary: -JoAnne Gale Advisor: Business Manager: Linda Vogt (x2310) Karl Katzke (x2578) Cartoonists: Copy Editor: Sandy Lupo Photo Editor: Sarah Welch It's a small world when it comes to the removal of a president. Steven Baggs Chris Lundgren Stephanie Imholt 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 faculty, or The Clackamas Print advertisers. Products and services advertised in The Clackamas Print are not neccesarily endorsed by anyone associated with The Clackamas Print. The advertising rate is $4.75 per column inch. All signed letters to the editor should be 300 words or less and will be considered for publication if submitted by 1 pm the Friday prior to publication. 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