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December 4, 2002
The Clackamas Print
Student's rights enforced
Campus^
The Print fights for access to public safety logs
unlocked, which was how Jeanne’s pers don’t have to.cover murders on
murderer had gained access to her their campuses, but crime does hap
pen. Information about small crimes,
room.
One year later, Clery’s family start such as how many car break-ins hap
ed a non-profit organization called pen on campus, to larger crimes such
Security on Campus Inc. It was as the recent bomb threat here at
formed to assist other victims and to Clackamas, should be available to any
end cover-up of crime on college cam person on campus, so they can use the
Daisy Bain
puses all over the nation.
information to make more informed
Editor in Chief
In 1998, President Bill Clinton signed decisions about how to safeguard
a bill enforcing The Federal Campus themselves.
In attempt to cover crime at Police Logs-Law, also known as the
The Print’s responsibility...
Clackamas, I went to the school’s pub Cléry Act, named after Jeanne Clery.
The Clackamas Print believes it is
lic safety office to look at the crime .This law, combined with the existing our responsibility to provide this infor
logs. I was refused, and instead the state laws, provided-student journalists mation to our readers. Unfortunately,
officer read the log to me. While he the right to obtain campus security this was a task that hasn’t been carried
was doing so, I knew in the back of my logs.
out to its fullest potential in 77ie Print’s
head about a crime that occurred on
When The Print made a formal
previous years, but not for lack of try
campus not more than a week prior. request for access to the logs, we
ing.
Funny thing is, that one crime was left thought it would be a quick process.
I receiver strong support for The
out Suddenly I knew The Clackamas The law was on our side. However,
Print from Janet Paulsen, market-
Print needed access to these logs.
college officials were unsure of their
ing/media specialist for Clackamas
After about six long weeks of responsibilities under the Clery Act
Community College, who spent a
meetings, phone calls and letters with
Frustrations form...
great deal of her time both listening to
college officials, all the way up to the
At times, we were frustrated and me vent my frustration, and for her
dean of college services and the presi didn’t know what to do next. All 77ie doing intensive research to make sure
dent of the college, our request for full Print wanted to do was report the truth the college was doing the right thing
access to the daily logs has finally been and provide information to our read according to the law.
granted.
ers.
It is not my belief that college offi
What I thought was a wide-known
Chief of Public Safety Larry cials were trying to interfere with the
fact is that police records- are public Dexheimer was unaware of this new rights and responsibilities of our paper.
records. Both journalists and the aver act and requested more time to do They were just uneducated about the
age Joe should be able to drop by dur research. The college had never been Clery Act and students access to pub
ing normal business hours and take a formally asked this question before.
lic information.
In this situation,
look at their logs.
Should the logs be available for stu we believe that we have taught the
However, this right to just drop by dent journalists tô look at? The Print educators at this public institution a lit
and look at the logs has not always sent a letter to Dean of College tle more about their responsibilities to
been. In 1986, Jeanne Clery, a 19- Services Al Erdman requesting access students.
year-old college freshman at Lehigh to the logs under the Clery Act. In
Students, you should know that if
University, was sexually assaulted and response to that letter, Erdman contact you have a cause you believe in, and
brutally murdered by a fellow student ed the college’s lawyer to go over the the law is on your side, don’t lose
she didn’t know. Previous to her Clery Act and advise him of the law.
hope. Continue to fight for what you
attack, there- were several reports of The Print contacted the Student Press believe in and get as many people
violent crime on the Lehigh campus Law Center, which handles cases like involved as you can. It’s surprising
that students were generally unaware these every day. As .it turned out, the sometimes who will support your
of.
college’s lawyer had one interpretation efforts, and don’t forget to let The Print
Students who had not known about of the law, and The Student -Press Law know about your struggles. We are
this history of campus violence had Center had a very different one.
your newspaper, and we may be able
left security doors propped open and
Most community college newspa- to help.
In fesponsejb. The
Print's efforts, the Dean of
College Services wrote this
letter to the advisor, Linda' •
Vogt, granting' access to
the Public Safety lag's,-
with tts'fo better undetstand ths many
issues involved with public records
access: We have greatly appreciated
your patience as we’ve reviewed Col
lege. policies and procedures regard
ing these issues.
Please aptiept this response to
yoiif - recent
reporters
from The Clackamas Print timely
access to Clackamas Community
College’s Public Safety iogsi
The Public Safety Department
iydl- provide- reporters daily :access to
shift Service fogs between the normal
business hours "of 8:00 AM ^5:00
<PM, Monday through .Friday,
The Public Safety- Department.’^
duty is;id protect students; facility and
staff, it t? our belief that tun UPMI
atton With the student newspaper staff
only, enhances our efforts', Strident
and staff awareness is one of the most
effective deterrents to cf iininal acfi'vi-
:
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• Tttias: histbri'cally been,: and- .will
continue to be, the administration's
goal to perform our jobs, in a way-that
fosters personal growth and academic
excellence This project has .been a
learning experience for all of usl
If you have any questions regard
ing this policy, w would like to tfes-
cuss any related issues, please don’t
hesitate to;epntactme;:
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:'Sincerely;:
Al.Erdmah
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
During Operation Desert Storm in
1990-1991, the U.S. was continually
dropping bombs made of depleted ura
nium shells, napalm, fuel-air (nuclear-
scale) explosives and conventional
bombs on Iraq. This tremendous
attack caused more than 400,000 Iraqi
casualties (U.S. Defense Intelligence
Agency) and 158,000 of the casualties
were civilians (U.S. Census Bureau).
Article 52 of the 1977 addition to the
Geneva Convention, written in 1949
states that 1. Civilians shall not be the
objects of attack... and 2. Attacks
shall be limited strictly to military
objectives...
The U.S. is manipulating the
U.N.’s resolutions on Iraq and causing
devastating effects. For example, the
U.N. says no bombs or chemical
agents are to be brought into Iraq, so
we are banning essentials like baby
food, tooth paste, water purifiers, mak
ing (t impossible for 70 percent of the
population to be healthy (The Scourge
of Iraq, by Geoff Simmons). This is in
heavy violation of the Geneva
Convention’s Article 54, because it
clearly states that “starvation of civil
ians as a method of warfare is prohib
ited.” 5,000 children die every year
and 250 people a** day die in Iraq
because of the sanctions that we
imposed (UNICEF and W.H.O.). In
1996 567,000 children had died from
malnourishment and this was
addressed in a CBS “60 Minutes”
interview between Leslie Stahl and
Madeline Albright (then U.S.
Secretary of State) on May 12,. 19^6.
Stahl asked Albright if all of the death,
disease and trauma we were causing
on Iraq was worth it and Albright stat
ed; “I think this is a very hard choice,
but the price, we think the price is
worth it” As reported by former U.S.
Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, in
his book The 'Children Are Dying;
“The people of Iraq are angry.
Everywhere we went people made it
clear that they held the United States
government responsible for the sanc
tions and the misery they cause.”
Which renders all the more absurd
Bush Sr’s statement; “Our beef is with
Saddam, not the Iraqi people.”
Most recently, Resolution 1441
was proposed on Nov. 8,2002 and was
accepted on Nov. 13,2002. The reso
lution states that Saddam Hussein
must allow weapons inspectors into
the country in a plan to disarm him.
This proposal is meant to promote
peace, but even against the U.N.’s
wishes and warnings, Bush II wants to
invade and attack. Iraq is believed to
have weapons of mass destruction, so
then what do we have? Weapons of
mass distraction? Iraq is being forced
to give up their weapons, shouldn’t we
have to make the same sacrifice?
Doesn’t this make you wonder why
we are really in Iraq? “War on
Terrorism?” We think riot Bush is
promoting terrorism with his recent
actions. Here’s the truth- we are hunt
ing the Taliban for two reasons: oil and
money. There is much evidence that
points to some U.S. involvement with
the 9/11 attacks, but certainly the facts
show at best, systemic incompetence.
After 9/11, Condoleezza Rice
(National Security Advisor) acciden
tally let it slip that there was a war plan
on Bush’s desk on 9/9, that’s two days
prior to 9/11. The Taliban put an
embargo on the heroin trade which
crashed the stock market and they
weren’t allowing us to continue build
ing the oil pipes in Pipelineastan
(Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan),
so you can understand why they were
of national interest. The Halliburton
Corp., which Vice President Dick
Cheney was the CEO for, owns the
rights to the pipe lines in
Pipelineastan. Henry Kissinger, for
mer U.S. secretary of state, owns the
exit rights in Pakistan and the entrance
rights in Burma, and lastly Standard
Oil, owns the tankers that deliver the
oil, whom they have cleverly named
the Condelizza Rice.
So, again, what’s the national inter
est? Hmm... You decide from this
point on what the war is really about,
who is really suffering and what’s it
worth to you?
Verena Morrill
Breanna McLean
CCC Students
Thank
staff
you
• Hispanic male waved at a female
student during the evening. Unsure
if she knew him, she waved back.
She drove her friend from the
McLaughlin parking lot to the
Barlow lot. He followed her in a
Blue 4-door Chrysler. She left cam
pus and he still followed her to a
Chevron station. When she got
home, her suspicions grew heavier
when she noticed the news advising
that the Sheriff’s department was
looking for a Hispanic rapist.
Campus Public Safety advised the
student to call for a walkout after her
evening classes. Reported 11-14-02.
• A student’s vehicle was stolen
from the lot between Harmony and
OIT during the day. The vehicle was
used in a crime. Reported 11-14-02.
• There was a burglary at the
Wilsonville Campus. Unknown per-
sonfs] pried open room 100.
Scuffmarks were on the door. Once
inside the burglar pried open two
metal storage cabinets, from one, a
drill was stolen. Drill was the prop
erty of PacifiCorp. Reported 11-12-
02.
• A female was reported sleeping
in upper Barlow. It was reported that
she “has set up quite a nest.”.
Reported 11-08-02.
• A Coffman Construction worker
reported a male and a female “doing
stuff,” in the Barlow parking lot.
Reported.11-08-02.
To submit your letter to the editor, e-mail cccprint@dackamas.cc.or.us., or drop by B-104. All letters must
be saved in Word 6.0/95 on a 3.5* disk. The Print reserves the right to edit for content, space and style.
Is war on Iraq worth the
price?
• A female student at the OIT cam
pus informed Public Safety that her
neighbor was stalking her and he
was following her to school. Public
safety was unable to locate the male
she described. Reported 11-21-02.
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All reports are taken from
CCC’s public safety inci
dent logs. They will contiri
ue to run on a weekly
basis on page 2.
cafeteria
Just a word of thanks to the cooks
and cafeteria staff. I really like all of
the yummy dishes and appreciate all
of your help and patience!
Thanks,
The crazy lady on the scooter
• A white male in his 20’s, wearing
a black jacket, was seen in the FRC
area. She seemed to be looking at
the children and acted funny when
the observer saw her. Reported 11-
08-02.
• A female student reported that
she had befriended a male on cam
pus. She knows him as Steve, and
provided his phone number and she
did the same. Since then hecalls her
residence constantly and follows her
around the campus demanding to
know why she has not returned his
calls and wanting to know where she
has been. No crime has been com
mitted at this point. Reported 11-04-
02i
• A custodian found a threatening
note on a vehicle. It read, “Quit
while you still can.” It remains
unknown who placed the note or
what it means. Reported 11-04-02.
• An orange cone was found
attached to a red Honda Civic’s
exhaust pipe. It had apparently been
there for a while because the small
opening of the cone was burned and
melted. Reported 11-04-02.