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Letters_____________ 2__________________________ WedNEsdAy, O ctoòer 11, 2000 ¡All signed letters to the editor should be 500 words or less and will be Opinion [considered for publication if submitted by 1 p.m. the Friday prior to publication. Letters to the Editor are subject to editing. We reserve the right to not publish any letter. Outlooks for the year and new changes Welcome to a new school year and a new edition of the Clacka mas Print. After winning 13 jour nal ism awards last year, includ ing the top award for General Ex cellence for Oregon Gonimunity college.Ji^jvsp5pers, we hope to 1 * That’s just the way it is once again bring you a quality paper. Our goal is to write articles about things that affect and interest you as a student. I know you are a very diverse student body, and we hope to reach all of you. To keep up with technology and the Internet world of www.coms, we have a new web site this year. Editions of the Print may be found at www.ClackamasPrint.com. Another change we plan to make is to include our writer’s e- mail address at the end of ev ery article, so if you have comments, Diana Serivner you may write Editor-in-Çhief the journalist directly. We want your comments, good or bad. Write us a “letter to the editor.” Our general e-mail address is cccprint@clackamas.cc.or.us. All letters must be under 500 words, signed, and delivered to Stakes are high.. . no time to waste My new job at the Clackamas Print this year is to edit the Opin ion Page. During the summer, I wrote my self a hundred notes— issues and ideas and events I wanted to dis cuss with the campus student body. The summer was so hope ful, with all the sunshine, and with Ruth Rippey left us without warn ing, shockingly, and we’re numb from the sorrow of it, and the knowl edge so many others are in des perate places too. We must progress in our own forward movement, attend classes, read chapters, write papers. With such worry per- meating our thoughts, it’s diffi Sandy Lupo cult to pay Opinion Editor attention to politics. But in 28 more days, we must make choices for our futures—es pecially those of you under 30, for in my 50’s, mine is more behind me than ahead. The stakes are so high. Nothing less than whether we will be allowed to remain in college for another year. Nothing less than whether or not a woman will retain her constitu tional right to choose. Nothing less than freedom of speech. Please write me your point of view about what is important to you to talk about. Hurry. Read. Listen. Think. Write. Vote. E-mail me at Lupo6708@clackamas.cc.or.us Readlisfiaxlhink Write. the promise of Camp David and a peace agreement between the Pal estinians and Israelis. Public radio supplied me with an endless stream of delicious ideas to bring up in our student newspaper. I want the Print to be your pa per this year. I have no interest in a one-way conversation, with me doing all the talking. I want to hear from you about what you care about, what you think of the world you live in and what your plans are for its future. We have no time to waste. The world is in danger of war if compromise cannot be struck in the Middle East.. Oregon schools and human ser vices face devastation if we fail to act. Write us at cccprint @ clackamas.cc .or. us See us online at www.clackamasprint.com the Print office (Barlow 104) by 1 p.m. Friday, preferably on a 3-1/2 floppy disk and saved as Word 6.0/95. All letters are considered for publication but we do not guarantee it; we also reserve the right to edit letters for clarity and brevity. Further, if you are a writer, artist or photographer, and want to have your work published, you may sub mit that too for consideration. Finally, I want to leave you with some tips about Clackamas. One: there is a free phone on campus for local calls in the Community Center by the girls’ restroom—just don’t forget to press 503. Second: the only place to buy Coca-Cola prod ucts on campus is at the bookstore. I once again welcome you to Clackamas and hope that you all have a wonderful year here. vote ! NOV. 7 k IFi? all need to know we are not alone Most of you know of the death now of our colleague, Ruth Rippey. In the Financial Aid office, her loss is keenly felt. Students whom she helped over the years are her legacy. Many lives were supported and methods found to keep folks in school. Student services has a wound that needs time to heal. Sometimes when we work and take on extra burdens, we may feel we,don’t want to bother our peers with how the extra stress may be adding too much to our load. Most of us have networks that help sustain us. Time of ten is the remedy we have to wait on to get through the chal lenges life gives us. For some of you time does not help; the pain keeps get ting worse and maybe your style is just to “tough it out”. If you are one of these types and the pain of life is getting the upper hand,; seek put friends, family and fellow work ers, Keep talking no matter how much you sound like a broken record. Use the college’s Em ployee Assistance Plan to find a therapist/counselor; shop around until you find someone that can work with you. See one of us in the counseling depart ment. We are here for you if for no other purpose than to have a trained ear to listen. Two years ago, many of you supported me when my son committed suicide. Some of you shared your own grief walks with me. I felt nurtured How can it possibly be true that she’s gone? “Ruth,” I would say to her every August when I called her - always on a tight timeline. “I need your help with these stu dent editor tuition waivers.” She would laugh, put me at ease by assuring me she would handle whatever it was, and then say,“What’s up, kiddo?” “I think I forgot to email you these names, and the students are going to be coming in any day to pick up their waivers when they register. Can you help?” My plea was always last- minute, and her response was always forgiving. “Of course,” she would say. “I’ll enter the names into the system right now- Who’s first?” So I would read her a list of the student editors of The Clackamas Print, and she would work magic with her computer, and everything would be ready for the stu dents when they needed it Ruth always made sure stu dents had what they needed when they needed it most. She did a good job making sure faculty did, too. Ruth was good at her job, and we all benefited from her positive attitude and her for giving nature. Sometimes I would call her from the publications lab, a stu Web Master: Diana Scrivner (x2447) Jim Spickelmier Staff: Magic Jirasek Amanda Gosser Chris Lundgren Corinne Rupp Dana Palmer Elena Boryska Jenny Chavez Liesl Muggli Matt Shempert Michael Choe Shannon Recabaren Wes Fawsctt Feature Co-Editor: Tam Oliver A & E Editor: x Mandy Good Copy/Opinion Editor: Sandy Lupo Sports Editor: Jason Lingcl News Editor Steve Nielson Photo Editor: C IA C k A M A $ , Ç Ç , Q It, y $ and cared for. My transition then and now continues thanks to this supportive community. Remember Ruth and her suf fering family and fellow work ers, of course. However, remem ber too, in a world- that may seem increasingly impersonal and uncaring, that at Clacka mas we are here for each, other. Reach out and put your? arm around a fellow worker; a fam ily member; a friend. Just a few words or a touch. We all need to know we are not alone,: David Campbell, Counselor & Faculty Associa tion President How can this be? Feature Co-Editor: C C Ç P j J >> Campus grieves loss of Ruth Rippey Editor-in-Chief: 19600 S, Molili» A vi . Ontqox City, Ontqoa 97045 (505) 657.6951 txt 2509 CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE i Secretary: Mike Pollock Business Manager: JoAnne Gale Advisor: Scott Creson (x2578) Linda Vogt (x231O) dent standing right there in front of me, in a panic about his I financial aid package because I he couldn’t pay this month’s I rent. “Ruth,” I would say, “I have a student here who needs help.” “Send him over,” she would I say. “I’ll take care: of it;” And she always did “You’re the best,” it seemed I was always saying to her. “What would I do without you?” What will we do without her? Linda Vogt, I Journalism instructor Advisor, Clackamas Print The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased, professional manner. The opinions expressed in The Clackamas Print do not necessarily reflect those of the student body, college administration, its fac ulty, 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 col umn inch. The Clackamas Print is a weekly publication and is distributed every Wednes day except during Finals week. The Clackamas Print Copyright2000.
