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f 2 WedNESÚAy, MARch 6, 2002 Letters_____________ Opinion All signed letters to the editor should be 500 words or less and will be considered for publication if submitted by 1 pm the Friday prior to publication. Letters to the Editor are subject to editing. We reserve the right to not publish any letter. Finding your ’one/ being truly happy, in love With Valentine’s Day having passed, I feel it necessary to say what I really think about love, romance and the realism of finding “the one." How do you know when it’s true love and you’ve found “the one”? I would say, quite pos sibly, a person would just know. I’ve heard it told, by my mom and dad who happen to have been together for over 30 years, that you just click with that person. I might not be the best person to say what true love really is because once upon a time I thought I knew; I thought I was in love but, alas, it was not love. Love isn’t supposed to take your heart, rip it in two, throw it in a blender and hit puree. Love is supposed to leave you breathless. It can give you everything in just that one feeling, but it can also de stroy it in that same moment. Everyone has a sad story of love gone wrong and mine is no differ ent, but my writing this is in hope that everyone will believe love will someday find them no matter how bitter and disgruntled one can get by being alone. So, I’ve decided that love is about a special feeling, Granted, I’m single and yeah, maybe a little bitter, but hey, any body would if they had a six-year relationship that ended the way mine did. I won’t go into details, I’ll just say he left for all the wrong reasons and I wanted him gone for all the right ones, but I wanted to stay with him for all the wrong rea sons. I just didn’t want to Salena De La Cruz be alone. So, here I am three Opinion Editor years later and still single, and I still don’t want to be ner beauty, strength, honesty, de alone, but no one really does. But votion, but most importantly love, I’m healthier and, in the long run, to the highest standards, such as happier for it. Granted, people have myself. friends and family around them, but Hell, I was happy just hearing “I not the kind of emotional fulfillment love you.” Nothing too complicated that love and companionship can or expensive—it was that simple. give. Whether it’s someone of the So, how do we find love or “the opposite sex or someone of the same one,” as most put it? Love can be sex, everyone should have a chance staring at you from across the room to be loved. or the friend you see every day and My final words are don’t go never thought about trying to see searching for love, let it find you, “what if.” Love can be pleasure or because the most unexpected pain; it is what you make of it. So, places or people have a way of jump why do ail singles strive so very ing out at you when you’re not look hard to find someone elsewhere ing. Isn’t it better to be with some when they might already be so close one for the right reasons than all of to “the one”? Sometimes the most the wrong ones? To reach Salena De La Cruz e-mail unexpected places hold the most bountiful treasures, in this case true wonderwoman41477@yahoo.com or drop by B-104. love. happiness and “the one,” who may not be a god- or goddess-type who outrivals all others, but one who characterizes everything I want in someone. Someone who holds in Say It Loud & Proud! By John Baggs, ¿ . lÈÂIttÎ tr-.L- .Letter to the Eating disorders vary immensely Recycling is a good thing _ People assume that most waste is a lack of concern on the part of users. A byproduct of the generation of over-consumption. Certainly there are those who just don’t care. Over 50 percent of the sheets of paper that are put into the printers in Streeter Lab are printed on yet never leave the lab. Why do the pages go straight from ream to recycle? Because the lab user didn’t know how to get just what they needed. On my desk today are some of pieces that have gone through the printer and then were left behind: sev eral copies of a children’shook list that was six or seven pages long; four copies of the college schedule printed from on-line; multiple copies of home work assignments; web sites that run 20+ pages. I suppose this sound like no big thing but these rejects add up to-ever 1,000 pages or two reams of paper, for less than a days operation. Student and staff alike say “someone” should do “something” about the waste. Well, you are the someone and the something is to become an educated user. If you do not know how to pri n t exactly what you ^ant, ask the CS tu tors in the Streeter Lab. They will be more than happy to help in any way they can. Its their job. 1) Learn & use print preview. If the document doesn’t look good before you pint it, it won’t look any better in hardcopy. 2) Carefully proofread the entire docu ment and then make all corrections before printing the document again. 3) If you think you sent something to the printer, but it doesn’t seem to be coming out of the printer, get help. Sending it to the printer three times won’t make the first one come out any faster. But you can bet all three will show up eventually. 4) Print specific pages of a document If the information you want is on page 10 of 30, you don’t need to print the other 29 pages. 5) Research materials on-line, then cut and paste the pertinent information into a single document 6) Learn how to determine the num ber of pages in a web document prior to printing it There are options other than self-imposed conservation. Assigned allotments, cash card or coin-operated systems are all available. But the sim plest most cost-effective process is to take care of what we have so all can benefit Thanks for helping, Kathy Logemann Streeter Lab Manager While the dramatic dangers of bulimia and anorexia cannot be overstressed, they are not the only types of eating disorders. Here are a few of my favorites. One of life’s little ironies is that the culture that embraces Twiggy and aspires to Flockhartesque-thinness is also home of the super-size fry and Double Gulp. The health risk obesity poses to the individual is less destructive than volun tary starvation, but the damage our extra pounds cause on a na tional scale—say, in terms of heart disease—eclipse anorexia and bulimia several times over. Another set of disorders is a study in contrasts. Almost uni versally, eating is an integral part of social activity: think business lunches, meeting for coffee, din ner parties, awards banquets, and church potlucks. Going out to eat is considered a form of en tertainment. Taken to extremes, this becomes a problem, build ing up and reinforcing a culture of overeating. Sufferers from this disorder can’t enjoy a movie without pop corn and candy. To these com pulsive snackers, “I’m hungry” usually translates into “I’m Editor-in-Chief: bored.” The flip side of this coin is the person who is so bored with the process of absorbing vital nutri ents that he or she does not en joy food. Chewing is unjustifi ably time-consuming, so protein shakes and multivitamins are popular al ternatives to actual meals. A varia tion of this disorder is character ized by an interest in food, but insufficient time to eat. The afflicted person is heavily dependent on drive- thrus as a source of nourishment, and typically eats alone. One of the most insidious dis orders includes diets that greatly restrict or eliminate food groups. A vegetarian diet, for example, has many positive aspects, in cluding a far more efficient source of nutrients. But the care ful regulation of these systems of nutrition require, especially for developing organisms—remem ber the high-protein Atkin's diet?—is often overlooked by the casual consumer. Business Manager: Maggie Jirasek (x2447) 19600 S.M o I a U a A ve . O rcqon City, Oii<¡o» 97049 (505) 657-695« cx> 2509 C C C p RI N T @ C IA C k A M A S . C C . O R . U S hnp://dtpTS.clAckAMAS.CC.OR.US/pRlN1 Nick Barron (x2578) Opinion Editor/Production Coordinator Salena De La Cruz Copy Editor: Allison Gerfin Sports Editor: Elena Boryska News Editor: Frank Jordan Photo Editor: Mike Pollock Webmaster: A & E Editen Secretary: Luke Mahan Staff: Willie Hendrix Jeff Heilman Bryan Davidson Jennifer Kane Liesl Muggli Jesse Gurzynski Erinn Lerten Elisabeth Meyer Daisy Bain JoAnne Gale Adviser: Patty Mamula (x2310) Other disorders reflect the poor reasoning skills of our popu lation. Our society’s objection to pesticide/fungicide/herbicide use in food production is usu ally framed in terms of the safety of food, not effects of chemicals on the environment. The health benefits of consuming fresh pro duce are overwhelming, and re search, such as studies done by Hudson Institute indicate the risk of pesticides negatively af fecting a human is so small it is practically theoretical. Now, are these disorders life threatening? Excepting obesity and a continuous carbohydrate diet, probably not. But while these variations on the tradi tional disorders pose minimal risk to actual health, overall life quality is diminished. To reach Elisabeth Meyer e-mail hereswhatimthinkin@hotmail.coin or drop by B-104. The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased, professional manner. do not necessarily reflect those of the student body, coll ege admi nistration, its faculty, or The Clackamas Print advertisers. 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