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J Cracking down on crime at Clackamas
Ilt’s funny how I never really
you’re doing?” However, upon
into just the same. There are emer-
i Bought about crime at Clackamas
|til I started compiling informa-
lion from
»’public
's Ifety.
further pondering, an unarmed girl
catching a possibly seasoned
gency phones located in the build
ings and near the Community Cen
ter, but not anywhere close to the
parking lots.
So what can we do? We need to
ask more questions about our
safety here. Yes, we have Public
Safety and the Oregon City Police
as well as the Clackamas County
Sheriff’s Department just moments
away. We can learn self-defense
techniques, scream loud (that will
hopefully get someone to come
running) and use the buddy sys
tem. When you leave this campus
and are going out to your car, bring
a friend, someone you can trust.
Chances are a possible criminal
may take on one, but two may be a
little less likely.
Granted, all we’ve heard thus far
are car break-ins, but I think it’s
time we as students, staff and fac
ulty think about the safety of
Clackamas as a whole, not only
within the walls, but beyond them,
where we may not be able to get
help when it’s needed, which is as
soon as possible.
■It bewil-
i< ■rs me and
t( ■ghtens me
M at the same
&
Proud!
time. So far,
.c all I’ve re
fs I
ly reported
|jpi
Ti is cars
il:L ling broken into. This is pretty
kheartening because the major-
l of them are occurring in Barlow
Irking lot, which is where I park.
Id be seriously pissed if someone
il] loke into my car, but I wonder
is I ore about the safety and well-be-
hij g of the people on this campus.
ill [Let's get hypothetical here,
e< [hat if I was here on one of my
01 any late nights and parked way
1’; the back where the light just
Sil irely touches my car and I came
11 ion someone breaking into my
el [r. Now, my first reaction would
iti i “Hey, what the hell do you think
Salena De La Cruz
Opinion Editor
criminal off-guard is not going to
have pleasant results. I could take
off running, but what if he or she
catches me first. Maybe I’ll be
lucky and they’ll run the other way.
The perpetrator may just be an
other student who needed a little
extra cash, not that you’d find any
thing of value in my car.
But let’s keep this hypothetical
situation going. My question is,
if I’ve been attacked and am lying
in the parking lot, what are my
chances of getting help? Now, this
is probably a worst-case scenario,
but one that needs to be looked
ra
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Harry Potter: fantasy versus reality
111
All over the world different per-
îr ectives clash over an unlikely
ea—the reading of Harry Potter
loks. ¡twari
In England, an el-
-| nentary
school
acher near London
Ims reading the
I loks. The decision to
ay down books deal-
Ig with magic and
¡ghosts was made by
th school. Carol
R< okwood, the school’s director
"in Chatham, says that ghosts
■ren’t harmless and nice. The
Bible is very clear in saying that
pcerers, devils and demons ex-
| and are very real, powerful, and
Ingerous and that God’s children
lould have nothing to do with
lem.” In March at another En-
» Ish school there was another “
ic Itter-banning.”
[As for New Zealand, in class
fechers have forbidden the read-
|g aloud of Potter books and sent
letter home to parents warning
fere might be discussions of such
loks in class.
In Germany, “Harry Potter and
e Sorcerer’s Stone” has been re
med as “Harry Potter and the
lilosopher’s Stone.” The word
Roger Coleman, a Wiccan minister
of a church in a town called
Iron Oak, said that “it [the
video] goes to great lengths
to misinterpret and smear
Wicca totally without justi
fication.” This would not be
the first time in the United
I States that a book has been
. :
banned. Self-appointed mO-
Liesl Muggli
I
rality
watch dogs have been
Managing Editor
| doing it for centuries. Mark
Twain’s "The Adventures
pared to the United States and of Huckleberry Finn" was banned
other
... countries.- because it portrayed a friendship
The United States continues the between a black slave and white
debate. In a Merritt Island church, boy. If banning books that deal
a pastor made a one hour movie, with magic versus “reality” is what
called “Harry Potter: Witchcraft we are about to do, then why not
Repackaged- Making Evil Look In ban all fairy tale stories such as
nocent.” The film has been shown “Snow White and the Seven
to hundreds of people. Associate Dwarves,” “Sleeping Beauty,”
Pastor Robert McGee wants par “Cinderella” and “Rapunzel"?
ents “to see the truth about these Why not ban all J.R.R. Tolkein
books.” The video says “children books or C.S Lewis books? No
are being introduced to human matter what you do, children will
sacrifice, the sucking of blood from continue to use their imaginations.
dead animals and possession by Parents and mentors need to let
spirit beings.”
children talk about fantasy versus
Elements in the books such as reality. When confronted with the
broomsticks and pointed hats are question of Potter-bannings, I
said to be references to the pagan have to ask myself, do adults have
r e 1 i gio n , a firm grip on reality versus fan
Wicca, which worships nature. tasy?
for sorcerer is left off the book
cover. They seem to be receiving
it uncritically com-
What do you
think?
etter To The Print:
liter reading last week’s article “Terrorism Class on Hold, Instructors Needed,” I thought I might help
Meet any misconceptions that the piece may have unintentionally created. That is, terrorism has two
spects. One is the criminal justice, law enforcement and emergency response aspect which is addressed in
our article. However, you make no reference to the other aspect of terrorism which is the political, ideologi-
il and diplomatic side of this issue. The latter addresses the very reasons we have terrorist activity in the
rst place. So, I checked with political scientist Dean Darris and discovered that he teaches a class in Spring
erm - PS 205 International Relations - that deals with the issues of terrorism as a substantial part of the
irriculum. Also, given the current set of events and political situation, Dr. Darris intends to focus more
lention on this subject. So, this aspect of terrorism is available at CCC for interested students.
'ugo L. Grimaldi, MBA, CPA
rofessor in Business and Accounting
WEdNEsdAy,
N ovemòer
28, 2001
T error T racking
11/26/01
ASUNCION, Paraguay-A Leba
MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan-
Five Americans were wounded by
a stray United States bomb when
fighting with the Northern Alliance
against Osama bin Laden’s sup
porters.
TALOQAN, Afghanistan- A
Swedish television journalist was
killed early Tuesday in a robbery
in northern Afghanistan.
HARLINGEN, Texas-Mexican and
United States borders had a decline
in people trying to go across the
borders after the Sept. 11 attacks.
LOS ANGELES-The United States
Coast Guard has a new security
program and training was started
in ports in California.
WASHINGTON-Marines enter
Afghanistan to cut off escape
routes for the Taliban.
WASHINGTON- Attorney General
John Ashcroft won’t release the
names of suspects in the Sept. 11
attacks currently being detained
because it would violate their right
to privacy.
nese businessman suspected of
having financial links to the Islamic
militant group Hezbollah was de
tained.
WASHINGTON-A small group of
journalists who went into south
ern Afghanistan with Marines on
Monday were the first reporters the
Pentagon has allowed to accom
pany United States troops into the
country.
KOENIGSWINTER, Germany-
Afghan factions can expect no aid
for rebuilding their war-ravaged
country unless they agree on a
broad-based government, a senior
United States official said Monday
on the eve of U.N.-sponsored talks.
Official count of victims of the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks:
NEW YORK: 3,553
World Trade Center: City officials
SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN-
say 1,284 are missing. The medical
examiner’s office has issued 453
death certificates. An additional
1,816 death certificates have been
issued without a body, at the re
quest of victims’ families.
The following includes passengers
and crew on hijacked planes :
United States Marines gained con
trol of an. outpost in Kandahar as
Navy fighter jets attacked a con
voy of armored enemy vehicles
moving near the base in southern
Afghanistan.
American Airlines Flight 11: 92
United Airlines Flight 175: 65
WASHINGTON: 189
Pentagon: 125
American Flight Airlines 77: 64
OXFORD, Conn. -No new evi
passengers and crew
PENNSYLVANIA: 44
dence found in relation to the
woman in Connecticut who died of
anthrax.
United Flight Airlines 93: 44 pas
sengers and crew
TOTAL: 3,786
Information compiled from KATU sources as well as The
Oregonian.
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