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WedNEsdAy, O ctoòer 11, 2000
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Opinion
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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