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Clackamas Print Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006 ampus fashion found wanting [Travers Qickamas Print times, they are a chan- but peoples’ wardrobes to be stuck in the tran- sition. Being in college generally means worrying about grades, not clothing. But nonetheless, there should be some general guidelines to follow. Let’s go over the top five fashion faux pas, shall we? 1. Furry Boots: We live in Oregon, not with the Inuit’s. The danger of frost bite is low enough that these boots can be set aside. Think of all the puppets’ lives that will be spared when people stop buying these boots! 2. Camouflage stuff: Unless you are trying to hide from a Charlie, there is no need for trying to blend into the scenery. For extra brownie points, avoid different colors of camo, like pink and orange. Living on the sun is the only time when someone would possibly need orange camo. 3. The Matrix look: This will make a lot of people angry, but it has to be said: the Matrix isn’t real! The movie Grandma’s Boy is a perfect example of the social suicide that can occur when a person plays too far into this fanta sy. Plus, wearing your sunglasses at night hasn’t been cool since the 80s. elderly ladies in England are missing thousands of pairs of these. Please, help these women and stop wearing their shoes. What use are shoes riddled with holes anyways? Socks with sandals also fall into this category. The only people who have a reasonable excuse to wear them are those who have just had orthopedic surgery and tourists visiting Disney World for the first time. 5. Tie-dye anything: Tie dye clothing was originally created in the time of peace and love. That ship has sailed, and so should these monstrosi ties. Exceptions to this rule are children, and that’s it. College does not need to be the runway, but these sim ple rules will help ensure that the fashion police won’t come and curb stomp people with their Minolo Blaniks. 4. Gardening Clogs, aka CROCS: Many small, Internet Photos ids outside ASG: Please grow up ev. San Krause ikEditor-in-Chief There is a*group of stu nts that hangs around the immunity Center. They’re hard to miss, teir clothes are alternative, not counter-culture. But it’s not what bugs me. I can k with blue hair, Misfits T- irts and pale, skinny kids; nply put, that doesn’t even aw my attention. FUCK!” was heard across t campus the other day. It :s uttered by someone from s group. “I totally *@#* him off, d then he &#A@ me in the $$!” is just an example. Hove profanity. It’s great d useful, especially when scribing sexual escapades, ii you know what? I just n’t want to hear it when m buying a Coke at the SG offices. I certainly don’t mt to hear about bowel ovements, or the results of »el movements, after get- •? mv triple-shot mocha in (cafeteria. The group I speak of Mains the remnants of a group that was disciplined walking past,” said Brown. last spring for inapropriate “This is what we’re trying behavior, as well as new col to make known to that par lege students this fall. ticular group, and that there I spoke with Ellen Wolfson, is appropriate behavior on co-chair of counseling; she campus.” told me that complaints about Damn straight! Act your the students have filtered to age, people. Come on, we’ve her. passed the counter-culture of “It’s been a general con the ‘60s; the punk thing died versation among staff mem out with Blink-182, and leave bers,” said Wolfson. “Most rudeness to Rush Limbaugh. of the comments have been I think I speak for many about the group outside the when I say clean up your cafeteria and the ASG offic language. Stop talking about es.” where you got poked last Complaints about sex weekend and how drunk you ual harassment have been got, and stop giving ciga brought up, but Wolfson said rettes to high school kids those were matters handled - they don’t belong here! I sound like an old shrew, by campus safety. “That’s just information I know, but if students aren’t that’s starting to be explored,” responsible enough to hold said Wolfson. ~ their tongue or speak soft Mindy Brown, adviser ly, I don’t think they should for ASG, has witnessed the be allowed on campus for a group’s antics. That stands moment. to reason since her office I challenge anyone from faces the spot where it con this group to write in and gregates. defend themselves. Any use Brown and Wolfson are of the phrase “freedom of concerned over how com speech” will be laughable, so fortable students feel around you might want to really try campus. on this one. “If any group tries to take Just don’t strain yourself over an area, sometimes peo when trying to think of words ple don’t feel comfortable that aren’t four letters. Cry for consumer civility David Stark The Clackamas Print It is called a scourge upon human ity by some. Others know it as the source of nightmares and headaches. A small few call it the best shopping day of the year. That’s right; Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, where the only thing more titanic than the frightening crowds are how low the prices are. It takes a very special kind of per son to brave such terrifying gatherings at any shopping center - specifically, the insane land. Black Friday lives up to its name, for it is truly a black mark upon all mankind. When otherwise fairly nor mal people will literally trample each other for the newest “hot” item, how can Americans as a whole not shake their heads in disgust? Anyone who’s waited in line for a new videogame system knows that people can act not just crazy, but vio lent But really, humanity has evolved past die point of having to trip, chib, elbow, stamp the feet of others and, in a few select cases, actually pull a gun on another human being in order to get a new toy for oneself or a loved one. But just because we’ve seen the behavior before doesn’t mean that it’s acceptable; in fact it’s quite the oppo site. We shouldn’t condone these acts; we should punish those who commit them. Just because items have been marked down doesn’t give anyone the right to act like they are the only one who is shopping. So please, I’m appealing to every single one of you, not just as a fellow human being, but also as a fellow shopper if you decide to go out shop ping on Black Friday, try not to act totally batshit insane. Photo Illustration by Adam J. Manley Clackamas Print Clackamas Print 19600 S. Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 (503) 657-6958 ex. 2309 Clackamas Print is a weekly ^student publication and is -dbuted every Wednesday except finals week. C o -E ditors - in -C hief : Sam Krause, Katie Wilson Copy E ditor : Colleen Watkins N ews E ditor : Megan Koler C ommentari E ditor : Tayo Stalnaker F eature E ditor : Laura Cameron S ports E ditor : Mike Guidice A&E E ditor : Matt Olson P hoto E ditor : Adam J. Manley A d M anager : Elizabeth Hitz P hotographers : Juno Dean, Jeff Sorensen, Sean Van Walchren S taff W riters : Justin Goe, Frank Jordan, Andrea Simpson, Jeff D epartment A dviser : Linda Vogt Sorensen, David Stark, Liz Travers, Alexandria Vallelunga, Nicholas D epartment S ecrefari : Christine Delzell P roduction A ssistants : Rachel Frey Gillette, Genyva Laubach, David Stark G oals : The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased, professional manner. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the stu dent body college administration, its faculty or The Print. E-mail comments to chiefed@dackamas. edu.
