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2- - Opinion W e dNEsdAy, Appli 10, 2002 Letters 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. Lip balm: can't live without it Editor-in-Chief: Maggie Jirasek (x2447) Design Editor: Salena De La Cruz Copy Editor: Allison Gerfin A & E Editor: Daisy Bain News Editor: Frank Jordan Sports Editor: Elena Boryska Opinion Editor: Erinn Leitern Feature Editor: Elisabeth Meyer Business Manager: Aaron Patelzick (x2578) the same freedom.” I eventually found myself at the Self Test for Lip B alm addiction. Question 1: Do you ever use more lip balm than you planned? No, of course not, I always keep several (ok, ok, a dozen or so) lip balms stashed in various places. "Where logic and Who knows when the need for lip order go to die" balm will strike, in the car, in class, the middle of the night, one never Erinn Lerten wants to be without. So, the an Opinion Editor swer is no, right? I know my lip balm needs and plan accordingly. Comedienne Paula Poundstone Moving on to Question 2: Has has a routine about Carmex ad the use of lip balm interfered with dicts, she jokes that there is a se yourjob? Hmm, no job, answer no. cret wing at the Betty Ford Clinic Two down and I am well on my for such people, and that they way to a healthy, normal, non-Iip roam the halls begging for “just balm addicted life. Or so I think, one little dip of their finger into a but disaster strikes. pot.” To most people this seems The questions become more dif silly and ridiculous, but to a true ficult and probing. Do you have lip balm addict, it is the stuff of an obsession to get lip balm when nightmares. you don’t have it? Oh, most defi My name is Erinn and I am ad nitely, hence the plan to keep lip dicted to lip balm. Yes, I admit it., balm in every conceivable place. After years of denying the truth, Are you absorbed with the it has finally come to light. thought of getting coated even While surfing the Internet one while interacting with friend or day I came across a web site loved one? Well, I have on occa called Lip Balm Anonymous (I sion been brought up short in mid later found that searching sentence while searching for my Google for “lip balm addiction” lip balm. Do you use lip balm in will yield 5,630 matches.) Intrigu your car, at work, in the bath ing, I thought, being particularly room, on airplanes, or other pub fond of the glorious substance lic places? Of course, doesn’t ev myself. The site claims their pri eryone, except for the bathroom, mary mission is to “stay free from how unsanitary. Well, after 43 lip balm and help others achieve questions and 28 yes answers, I’m Staff: m || "Say it loud and proud!" Salena De La Cruz .. Design Editor Secretary: JoAnne Gale Adviser: Goals: Patty Mamula (x2310) The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased, professional manner. The opin ions expressed in 77ie Ctadtamar Print do not nec essarily reflect those of die student body, college administration, its faculty, or The Clackamas Print drawn somewhere. If you suspect that you or a loved one may suffer from Lip Balm Addiction encourage them to visit Lip Balm Anonymous and seek help (www.kevdo.com/ lipbalm/home.html.) Besides the self-evaluation they also offer a 12- step recovery plan for addicts. Granted there are more important issues facing the world today than lip balm addiction, but you know what they say, “think globally, act locally.” Start as local as you can get- your mouth. To reach Erinn Lerten e-mail goawayrocks@hotmail.com or drop by B-104. INTERNET PHOTO Spring brings exciting changes to The Print Webmaster: Luke Mahan Jesse Gurzynski Isaiah Creel Shadra Beesly Andy Price Jennifer Kane J.J. Pearson Nick Barron Megan Cobb thinking I’m home free. Only 65% addicted, I think to myself. And then I read the horrible truth, the last line: “If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you may have a lip balm dependency problem.” Any of these questions? Any? What kind of sick joke is this? De spite my obvious addiction, some comfort came from reading the “testimonials” of other lip balm ad dicts. I don’t cry about my lip balm, I don’t steal it from other people, I don’t claim that I love lip balm more than life itself and I don’t write poetry about my obsession with Chap Stick. The line must be Spring is a time of rebirth and renewal and with the beginning of Spring Term it will be no dif ferent for The Clackamas Print newspaper. During the weekend of March 1, some of the newspaper staff attended the Associated Col lege Press newspaper conven- tion which included sessions on how to make our writing and other various aspects of our paper better. Well I’m happy to say we walked away with some great ideas and will be implementing some of them in upcoming issues. Spring term will begin with flowers blooming and new ideas to make a phenomenal paper. Some ideas we will be trying are new headline fonts. You may notice one will be bold while another is standard. This should show you which is the most important or dominant story on the page. Our flag or title at the top of the front page that says The Clackamas Print may be getting a total overhaul to its page template. Our pulled quotes may not be boxed up like you are used to. The Opin- ion, Sports and Feature col umns may have a different look. These are just a few ideas we will be trying for Spring Term. Other changes involve my own editorial responsibilities. Winter Term I was the Produc tion Coordinator/Opinion Edi tor, but this term I will work as Design Editor. As Design Edi tor, I will oversee the produc tion of our paper on Tuesdays. This includes helping the staff create a design for their desig nated pages and sections. It also includes working with the Editor-in-Chief Maggie Jirasek in laying out the front page. My duties will also include those of the Photo Editor. I will be taking a majority of the pho tos you will see in the paper or assigning them to various staff members. However, I will no longer be responsible for the Opinion pages. I will however, still be “Saying it loud and proud,” with my opinion writ ing. Once all of the pages are laid out, I will look at the end result to make sure we are being con sistent with our pages, head lines, photos, stories and align ment and ensure details com pliments each other. Please keep in mind this is a learning experience for all of us on this staff, and if you think something doesn’t work, or you love something and you think we should continue to use it, don’t hesitate to let us know. We appreciate all feed back, good or bad. To reach SalenaDeLaCruze-mad wonderwoman41477@yahoo.com or drop by B-104. advertisers. Products and services advertised in The Clackamas Print are not necessarily endorsed by anyone associated with The Clackamas Print. The Clackamas Print is a weekly publication and is distributed every Wednesday except during Finals Week. 77ie Clackamas Print Copyright 2001. Advertising: The advertising rate is $4.75 per column inch. 19600 S. M o I a LI a A ve . O regon ClTy, O regon 97045 (505) 657'6958 ext 2509 CCCpRiNT@clACkAMAS.CC.OR.US hTTp://dEpTS.clAckAMAS.CC.OR.US/pRlNT Do you want to go head to head with one of our writers? Bring it on! Send your opinions to cccprint@clackamas.cc.or.us 300-500 words or stop by B-104 with it saved on a disk.
