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Commentary
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Clackamas Pri
Face Off:
Should campus ban smoking!
Freedom of choice includes
the freedom to smoke
In all honesty, smoking tobacco at
college is perfectly fine if done out
side at least 25 feet from entrances. I
will admit that we smokers do need to
Banning smoking on college cam clean up after ourselves
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puses is something Adolph Hitler and actually use
the ashtrays on /
would do.
campus. ■;/
No, seriously. According to Bristol the
University, Hitler financed studies on We also need
smoking and anti-t'obacco campaigns to obey the
during the Second World War. The signs post
Nazis often pointed out that Hitler, ed by every
Benito Mussolini and Francisco entrance to
Franco didn’t smoke and that the keep 25 feet
Allied leaders, Franklin Roosevelt, away in order
Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin to not annoy
did. Guess who won? That’s right, the the people com
chain smokers.
ing out of the
Perhaps the reason the Allies were building.
victorious is because of their personal
However, that
freedoms. Well, besides Russia. Two is still not grounds
out of three ain’t bad though.
for colleges to ban
America and Britain are both smoking. A more
democracies that allow freedom of civil way to deal
choice, which includes the freedom to with this problem is
smoke tobacco. Smoking tobacco has to fine anyone caught
been shown to increase concentration throwing a butt on
and to be relaxing. This could explain the ground or stand
the Allies’ excellent military strategy ing too close to the
and why Hitler was dumb enough to entrance, preferably
for a large sum.
attack Russia.
If colleges ban smoking on campus
Our country relied
es, they are taking away our personal on tobacco to aid in
freedom of choice. This is something growing our econo
our founding fathers died for and they my. It helped build
should be honored for it. You don’t this nation up from
want to be un-American do you? I 13 colonies to the
would tell the non-smokers to go back superpower that it is
to France but they smoke more than today. America is the
we do.
land of the free and
Public colleges shouldn’t be able to smokers should be
ban smoking because our tax dollars allowed to express
pay for their existence. Can anyone their freedom.
tell me where our country receives a
God
bless
lot of tax money for education? That’s America and God
right, from people buying tobacco bless Sir Walter
products.
Raleigh.
. Tayo Stalnaker
11 The Clackamas Print
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I am a second year student here
at CCC, and was witness to an
outrageous event happening in the
Community Center here at CCC.
On Tuesday, May 8, the college saw
fit to allow a grievous event: a drag
show. Being a moral citizen I found
this event to be offensive on two dif
ferent levels.
Just to be clear, I have no oppo
sition to people expressing them
selves in a manner that allows them
to live a better life. But, for the col
lege to allow something like this in
a center for the community, where a
very small portion of the community
is of like mind, is egregious.
First off, the Oregon City com
munity is one of traditional moral
values and to have this event in the
center for said community is even
more offensive.
Finally, tolerance is a good thing
when tolerance is about accepting
people, but this event wasn’t about
embracing gender confused indi
viduals, it was about exploiting and
mocking them. I found this to be
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even more ironic when a club that
is supposed to be supporting people
who have alternative lifestyles put
on the event.
In conclusion, the college has
made the type of mistake that is
both hurtful to itself, the student
body and the community that it has
became such a good part of. I truly
wish the school hadn’t dropped the
ball this time.
Ron J McGauvran
Clackamas student
Drag show double standard
According to posted flyers, cam
pus emails and an article in The
Clackamas Print, the Rainbow Club
is sponsoring a “drag pageant” on
campus. Regardless of how I feel
about it, I support the right for them
to have this event.
According to their club advisor,
it’s important because “it’s a diver
sity issue.” According to one club
member, “it’s just for fun and com
munity involvement.”
I recall this past winter where
Smoking causes disease,
costs schools money
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ing due to the its horrendous ha
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hazards.
There are a number of ways
The' United States which smoking can increase the ci
Center
for of tuition. Insurance increases]
Disease Control to the risks of fire, as well the <
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most
important co are both the direct danger cau
preventable risk by the inhalation of the chemical ci
to human health in pounds as well as the fire danger
developed countries, a cigarette that has been chemiq
and an important treated to smolder indefinitely. I
The interactions between the bi
cause of premature
and the tar that is inhaled are
death worldwide.”
Of the estimated hazardous as they are numerous]
15 million college stu most publicized of which would
dents today, approxi cancer.
Other unfortunate reactions c(
mately 1.7 million will
die prematurely of com in the forms of myocardial inf
plications that arise from tions (heart attack), strokes, thr
boangiitis obliterans (Buerger’s!
smoking.
Colleges may find it ease), Chronic Obstructive PulmoJ
difficult to focus on the Disease (COPD), emphysema, ha]
hazards of smoking when sis, and in men, erectile dysfunctl
A study done by an internal
there are a whole host of
behaviors that are taking al team of researches has produ
place, such as alcohol results showing that the risk for hi
ism, which have a direct attack in people under the age of 4
effect on the campus quintupled if they smoke.
In 2001, the University of Wiscol
and the students living
Oshkosh launched a comprehenj
there.
While there are many tobacco prevention initiative
compelling issues on included a social norms marke
campus, administrators campaign. Smoking rates decreasa
should make smoking a over one-third following UW Oshi
priority and take a com plan, which is currently used by ol
prehensive approach to campuses as the design for their d
anti-tobacco campaigns. And as si
prevention.
The fact is that they should be commended.
The evidence is clear: tobaccl
tobacco is one of the
nastiest compounds without a doubt one of the n
used by man and deadly creations humans admini
should be kept as far to themselves, and all colleges shl
away from any and make an immediate ban on smokil
David Stark
The Clackamas Print ran an article
about the serious need to not use
the title “Christmas” when referring
to the annual Giving Tree, because
it was found to be offensive to The Clackamas Print encourages
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entirely unacceptable, regardless of week's issue. All submissions must
whether some found it fun, or that it be accompanied by the writer's
garnered community involvement.
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I am not sure if this double stan requests to remain anonymous will
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a diversity issue.
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