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Opinion
’Try not to work too hard this year'
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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
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Editor-in-Chief:
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Jason Lingel
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Whitney Bond
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Shannon McMahon
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Pete Ramirez
John Thorbum (x2447)
Managing Editor:
Megan Oldenstadt
Design Editor:
Timothy A. Bell
Feature Editor:
Slielbi Wescott
A & E Editor:
Angie Paschel
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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
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