Opinion
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Terror
Tracking:
Account of what’s
happened and what’s
happening since
America was attacked.
♦ America Attacked!
♦ America retaliates for the
Sept. 11, 2001 attack on
America.
♦ The Afghan capital of
Kabul is still getting
pounded, after the biggest
daylight raids so far by
American warplanes.
♦ Four plans to bomb U.S.
thwarted.
♦ Leaflets and food pack
ages are dropped as Ameri
cans forces engaged in
raids. This is to ensure the
people that the U.S is aim
ing for terrorists, not citi
zens.
♦ Letters containing anthrax
in a powder form are sent
to Florida and Nevada.
♦ Merchants in Afghanistan
are. refusing to do business,
until government ceases in
volvement with U.S;
♦ U.S severs all of Kabul's
communication with the out
side world after bombing the
telephone4exchange.
♦ Taliban urges longtime
foe, The Northern Alliance
to join the fight against
Americans
♦ President Bush rejects
Taliban'offer to release
Osama bin Laden to a neu
tral country. Bush states,
"This is non-negotiable."
♦ Monmouth, (Ore.) Post
Office is used as practical
joke when it was shut down
when a powdery substance
was found in a letter as a
practical joke. Charges may
be filed for disorderly con
duct.
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♦ Companies offer varying
pledges of assistance to
families of victims of attack.
♦ Special forces gunship
enters fight against Taliban.
♦ Mailrooms warned: Don’t
open it, don’t shake it, don’t
smell it.
♦ Emergency medicine
meeting; doctors learn about
anthrax.
Information compiled from
KATU and The Oregonian
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WedNEsdAy, OctobeR 17, 2001
Foreigners help, not hinder U.S.
nationalities, backgrounds and
cultures from schools would only
lead to isolation. It would contra
dict the whole idea this country
was built upon. Every American
When terrorists attacked the
United States on Sept. 11, their
goal was not just to destroy the
World Trade Center, but to hit the
American spirit and the idea of
freedom and
variety. If
the United
States starts
isolating it
self, the ter
rorist will get
exactly what
they want.
In the past
few weeks, proposals have been
made to prevent future terrorist at
tacks and to make the United
States a safer place. One of them
was to stop issuing visas for in-
tematioiial students over a period
of time and even not allow foreign
students to attend educational in
stitutions at all.
Banning students with different
Take a risk!
Maggie Jirasek
citizen immigrated to the United
States at some point. That’s what
makes this country a great nation,
its variety and its different cultural
backgrounds.
In my opinion, by not letting for
eign students attend educational
institutions, excluding people with
different looks and views, as well
as not letting people immigrate,
would change the country’s spirit
and that’s exactly what the terror
ist meant to do.
I know of students who have
lived in the United States for quite
a while and, although they are not
American citizens, this has become
their home, a place where they feel
safe and secure. As a matter of fact,
you cannot choose where you are
bom, and many people are forced
to live in a country where they are
oppressed and don’t have any
rights. That’s why for them
America is a symbol of freedom, a
place where they can stand up for
their beliefs and rights.
In my case, I have lived in the
United States for about four years.
Most of my relatives live in Ger
many. My uncle, who is American,
has been trying to get my dad over
here for ten years. By agreeing to
sponsor his brother, he hoped to
get him a green card to make it pos-
sible for him to live and work here.
Not until half a year ago, after
waiting for ten years, my dad was
notified that he should be getting
his green card by the end of the
year, which would mean that I
would get it as well. Since the ter
rorist attacks happened, the pro
cessing of green cards and visas
has slowed down and nobody can
really tell us what’s happening.
Of course, when it comes to an
important issue such as immigra
tion and the issuing of visas, the
government has to be careful, es
pecially after what has happened
on Sept. 11. But it is not right to
punish people for a crime that was
committed on Sept. 11 by a certain
group of people. By rejecting new
ideas and concepts and isolating
itself from others, we send out a
message saying that the terrorists
achieved what they wanted.
Where was Clackamas?
Keep on doing what you’re doing
Joel Shempert,
We read your opinion piece,
"America at a crossroads..." in the
Oct 10th Clackamas Print with
great interest and appreciation.
We commend you, not only for
your fine writing, but for your
principled, humane stance with
regard to our nation's headlong rush
to war. We indeed live in precarious
times when a failure to act with
understanding and compassion
could bring the whole world to the
brink of total disaster, if not
destruction. Yourarticleisa
significant contribution to that
understanding. While your views
may be out ofstep with mainstream
patriotism, nonetheless you are, in
our estimation, right on track.
Keep on doing what you're doing!
Respectfully,
Margaret and Robert Dresbach
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I was rather appalled at the lack
of support for our great nation this
morning, as I stood facing the flag
pole in die center of CCC’s campus
- a delegation of one.
Education Secretary Rod Page
and other federal officials, includ
ing our president, asked for, and I
quote :“Todayl ask students, teach
ers, parents, and other proud Ameri
cans across die country to join me
in showing our patriotism by recit
ing the Pledge of Allegiance at a
single time and with a unified voice.
Not a great sacrifice on the part
of anyone, but at this point in his-
: tory, a vital one. We as individuals
and a nation are facing the possibil
ity of additional terrorist attacks to
our homeland, and yet Clackamas
staff, students, etc., could not set
aside five minutes to join with the
rest of the nation in pledging their
support
It is hard to imagine that yester
day, campus populations were busy
discussing the politically correct se
mantics of the tragedy that shocked
our world on Sept. 11. Yet today, I
stood alone, with all of campus life
around me doing business as usual
withouta concern for what we had
all been asked to do.
One voice - alone, and yet loud
and proud, joining with 52 million
others. Sorry you all missed it!
When the call goes out again, will
you be one of the missing?
Dianna Shepherd
Administrative Secretary,
Criminal Justice
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