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Opinion
WedNEsdAy, M ay 50, 2001
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Your rights, your responsibilities
present administration thinks we’ll
allow oil drilling in the Arctic Na
tional Wildlife Refuge.
And if you buy
a fuel-efficient car, the
trucks on the road will
outweigh you. As a
bonus, more and more
¡of them are being
driven by people over
come with the urge to
Tarn Oliver
A<feE ««tor |“reach out and touch
someone” while bar-
ber the issue, but I do remember reling down the highway at speeds
the handguns - concealed in greater than 70 mph. A study done
more than four years ago and pub
purses.
About the same time as lished in the New England Journal
Heston’s dramatic picture, another of Medicine found that drivers are
“right” without responsibility four times as likely to wreck if they
came to mind after a report came are talking on the phone. This is
out that almost one-half of all 2001
U.S. passenger vehicles sold are
light trucks, which includes vans,
pickup trucks and sports utility
vehicles. In spi.te of the fact that
we live in a country with only 4%
of the world’s population and yet
produce 25% of all greenhouse
gases, we are choosing to drive
vehicles with low fuel economy.
The 1990s were the hottest decade
on record, and the prediction by
the United Nations’ Intergovern
mental Panel on Climate Changes
(IPCC) is that by 2100 the earth will
be between 2.5 and 10.4 degrees F
To the Students of Clackamas
hotter than today. Yet, we choose
Community College:
to ignore this. No wonder the
I have been attending CCC a
little over 2 years and, will be
I transferring to a 4-year institu
tion beginning next Fall. I have
had a great experience at CCC
and want to let you know a little
bit of what goes on behind the
scenes.
Because of my involvement in
the Associated Student Govern
BUILD A CAREER IN
ment (ASG), last year as the
Childcare Officer and this year as
Vice President, I was involved in
things I otherwise would not
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accountant
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Last year was a tough one for
architect
cost analyst
pension fund manager
ASG, but this year has been
developer
attorney
property manager
great. The officers and senators
builder
insurance agent/broker surveyor
in ASG have done their jobs well
venture capitalist
construction manager investment analyst
and things have run very
smoothly. The ASG has put on
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events and has not always
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but you as students should know
that they have been involved and
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They have put on events rang
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ing from Barbecues and Blood
Drives
to
administering
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Do you ever wonder why people
seem to shout the word,
“RIGHTS!” and if mentioned at all,
barely whisper the word respopsi-
bility?
Recently, that’s been oji«
my mind.-It started when I
came across a picture of
Charlton Heston with both
arms raised high, wielding
a Revolutionary War mus
ket at the annual meeting
of the NRA. In the battle-
cry moment, he is quoted as rasp
ing, “From my cold, dead hands,”
a referral to the gun rights’ slogan,
“I’ll give up my gun- when they
pry it from my cold, dead hands.”
Yet, the truth of the matter is that
we are not prying the gun from Mr.
Heston’s cold, dead hands. We are
instead prying guns from the
hands of children. And the truth
is that the guns are not Revolu
tionary War weapons that take a
considerable amount of time to re
load between shots. We live- in a
different time.
In spite of the fact that the Wild
West is supposed to be history,
President Bush signed a con
cealed weapons gun law extension
in Texas while he was governor that
made it OK to carry your gun to
church. And we cannot just turn
our heads and say, “Well, that is
Texas,” because when I lived in the
little town of Dayton, Oregon
people carried hand guns to a town
meeting where they were discuss
ing an issue that everyone was
riled up about. I don’t remem-
Sounding off.
almost the same statistic as that
given for driving while drunk.
What’s more, even if the phone
is “hands free” you are still three
times as likely to have an acci
dent. These statistics were gath
ered by checking actual phone
records. A recent study based
only on interviewing people af
ter traffic accidents found very
few who would admit to being on
a cell phone at the time of the
crash.
While it seems clear that ev
ery personal right inherently has
personal responsibilities at
tached, it also seems as if we live
in a society that is losing touch
with this.
Departing
student gives
thanks, urges
appreciation for
ASG, College
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ter to vote. They have cheered
at our athletic teams and orga
nized a soccer team. They have
been members of nearly all the
decision-making committees
(working with administration,
faculty, and staff) on campus. I
hope you have some apprecia
tion for ho.w much they have
cared and how hard they have
worked for you, and no small
thanks goes to a great group of
advisors and staff members who
helped us do it all.
Even more behind the scenes
and less well known to students
is the College Foundation. I have
had the privilege of being in
volved with them for two years.
They are a remarkable group of
people who work very hard and
often give of their own means to
provide scholarships for. stu
dents and funding for various
projects needed bn campus. The
Foundation has raised multi-mil-
lions for CCC just in the last few
years.
Foundation scholarships are
available to students in just
about any circumstance or ma
jor, only some depending on
GPA. The Foundation has also
provided many of the sculpture
and artwork installations on cam
pus.
I have been attending Founda
tion Board meetings, last year as
Childcare Officer and this year as
a Board member. If you could at
tend these meetings, you would
be impressed with the degree of
commitment and caring I have
seen. The things these people
want to do for students is won
derful. If you can, please find a
way to thank them.
Thanks CCC for a great couple
of years.
Glorianne Muggli
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" Because of past experiences,
I believe alcohol awareness is
rather important It actually
helps in some ways."
- Truman Nielson
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Do you feel that alcohol
awareness programs
have an effect on your
decisions?
.Secretary:
Mike Pollock
Web-Master
Mark Vcnctucci
Jo An ne Gale
Advisor:
Linda Vogt (x2310)
generally your background
or beliefs. For me it's my
faith and my parents'
guidance."
- Jared Olson
' 'My upbringing has been
more influential than any
advertisements."
- Anna Russel
" I think they're extremely
effective. Very much so.”
- Amy Perm
Poll compiled by
Robin Conner, Mike Pollock
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