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2 Opinion WedNEsdAy, FEbRUARy 9, 2000 Take precaution I T were getting pregnant and/or con tracting diseases. We either didn’t listen or we thought this can’t pos sibly happen to me. Reality check, itcan! Yeah, keep telling yourself it can’t, then one day you’ 11 even start to believe it. One of the ways to help in the prevention of diseases is to use a condom. Then after awhile, it seems the age-old excuse of “it just doesn’t feel right wearing the condom,” comes up. Well, then you have to Letter to the Editor... This letter is in regards to the over-publicized, out- ofIcontext i ssu e th at occurred between Dr. Donald Epstein and his former student. I re- alize and understand the college’s Code of Ethics, as quoted in The Print, but it would seem as though an im portant fact was disregarded: Dr Epstein’s RIGHT to teach the context of the classes that he is paid to teach. History shows that the Greeks were very pro-homo sexual, while the Jews were very anti-homosexual. Jewish families were known to have killed their children just to be guaranteed that the Greeks did not steal them for their own uses. Both of these facts are part of his Judaic Studies class. If this information is inflammatory to a student; then perhaps they (the stu dent) are in the wrong class, not the instructor. This class is not mandatory for general or transfer studies, nor was it ever meant to appeal to every one. This is not high school; this is college. The students are supposedly ' mature enough to choose their own classes, show up to class and do their best. No one forced the student to take the class. Opin^"E!iTr onto your partner. If you and your partner are think ing about having sex or already do ing it, please think about precaution before pleasure. Find out what birth control is right for you and I cannot stress enough a regular health exam. County health departments all over Oregon were given grants to help women who can’t afford exams or birth control. So, nothing should be stopping you now. If not for your own safety’s sake, do it for your For more information, contact your local public health depart ments at: Clackamas County Public Health at (503) 655-8471 Multnomah County Public Health (503) 248-3775 Washington County Public Health (503) 648-8851 STD Hotline at (503) 248-3700 Why couldn’t a simple drop be enough? Many students drop classes every term; sometimes they just don’t like their in structor, but they don’t file charges against him/her. Additionally, Dr Epstein’s personal views should not have been made an issue. He, along with everyone else, is en titled to his/her opinion, as long as they aren’t preaching and expecting everyone else to agree. Dr. Epstein wasn’t preaching; he was teaching...about an earlier civi lization. When he was “quoted,” his comment was not reflected in its entirety, but only a fragment of a sentence was repeated, giving an ex tremely biased view. When someone from off-cam pus read the story they were appalled at how one-sided against Dr. Epstein the paper and the college seemed to be. What was put at stake was not a student’s right to drop a class, or the right to dislike an instructor, but the right of an instructor to teach as well as the right of free speech. Now, because of these alle gations, a professor’s 30-year career is ending when this term is finished at the end of March 2000. He has “decided to re stances, people will attend ftpjleges (of all types) to broaden their minds, increase their knowledge, be better than they were before. I’m grateful to have a chance to go to college, not everyone can. It is very distressing to know, however, that my ac cess to some types of infor mation. isbeingcont rolled without my consent. When did the United States of America.stop being the land of the free? by Joel O. Cihidépsen let ' s Jh-AOC, Hutfy-ibóo peo UMRM / New P€T SWPttí ?-C % Sou'T fbxjr/ wwfr-iwy asM*r uok UKE -rtMT WHEN ( VMS ■Ñ Hf6H»a»t-/ HA-Vte «r cual. Wanted cartoonists to fill a comic’s page- -Interested? Stop by B-104dr call 2309 ask for Joel Gunderson tire,” and although he had ap parently been considering re tirement, I was told the tenta tive plans were for two addi tional years. Unfortunately, there are those who feel it necessary to attempt to de stroy the good reputation of a very respected and effec tive professor. The question now should be, “Who’s next?” What instructor will be overly scrutinized, possibly even reprimanded, simply for doing the job they were hired to do? What instructor will feel it necessary to monitor their every word and action BEFORE entering the class room, to make sure they don’t offend anyone? In most in Teri L. Taber Student Jèiok # < i Is freedom of speech lacking in the classroom? r ' - * he pleasures of sex dateback make a choice your health or your through the centuries’, but pleasure. For safety sake, I hope today is a much different age you make the right choice. You can than back then; there are precau contact your physician or local tions that need to be taken in order county health department and get to avoid any unwanted pregnancies examined to en sure you are Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) free. Both you and Salena De La Cruz your partner should get ex amined, some or diseases. times it’s easier together. We grew up thinking we were in- However, even with the precau vincible—that we could take on the tionary steps taken, an infection can world—but now I’ve learned I’m not be contracted. An infection called and I can’t. It’s about time that ev vaginitis can be contracted from eryone who is sexually active or soap, laundry detergent, feminine thinking about having sex learns hygiene products, bubble bath, etc. that lesson too. That is why it’s very important for We got all the talks growing up; women to have at least ayearly exam, practice safe sex, use birth control because you may have already con and yet the people in our classes tracted something and passed it Make a statement, e heard,.. The CI ac I camas P rìnt JWIMX/W? When the spoken word is not enough- write ¡t down and send ¡t to The Clackamas Print with a disk, no more than 500 words double-spaced or e- mail it to cccprint@clackamas .cc.or.us. Editor-in-Chief: Managing Editor: Karl Katzke (x2578) Photo Editor: Megan Oldenstadt Design Editor: Sarah Welch Cartoonist: Timothy A. 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