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Opinion
WedNEsdAy, FEbRUARy 9, 2000
Take precaution
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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?
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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
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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
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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,
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