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2 Clackamas Print Campus Poll: Are college fairs useful? “If you don’t know what you want to do.” Derick Baugher “I’ve never gone to one, so I wouldn’t know. I think they do help a lot of people, but I think they need more Vanessa Alumina choices.” Commenta Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007 Surviving Valentine's Day... Things to do if you’re flying solo i Andrea Simpson 11 The Clackamas Print This Valentine’s Day, many will not have a special some one with whom to cuddle and to shower with gifts; but don’t get out the iPod and. play “All By Myself’ and “Time After Time” quite yet. There are bunches of great things people can do on Valentine’s Day as singles, A great way for guys and girls to feel special is to do something special for themselves. Girls, go for a manicure and pedicure, or buy yourself a special outfit. Guys, go buy that CD or book you have been dying to get. Both genders can go to the movies or dinner with a good friend. It’s a difficult day for sin gle girls to get through. After watching endless Disney m o v - “They could be useful if they cater to what people want. So yeah, they could be useful.” Logan Popp “Yes, col lege fairs are useful, and also they’re fun.” about true love .for most of one’s childhood, it’s hard to have faith that someday the prince will come. Don’t despair, though, it is possible to enjoy being single. Write a list of reasons why it is great to be single and then do something to take pleasure in being alone, like take a walk or turn on really loud music and dance around like a maniac. Guys have a different experience. Most men view Valentine’s Day as an over rated, commercial money trap (which it is) and feel pres sured to get something for the girl in their life. But if there are single guys who are sad on this day of love, they can share in the pick-me-ups as well. Single men should do something they really enjoy. Whether that be hiking, taking a walk, going to a concert, or reading a book, it will definitely put them in a better mood. Sometimes giving on Valentine’s Day can be more rewarding than receiving. Make a special Valentine for someone telling them how inspi- rational they are. Send candy or flowers to a friend who isn’t part of a couple with a note telling them how much they are cared for, or volun teer somewhere like a homeless shelter or a nursing home. Many elderly people are forgotten on this day and appreciate a card and a kind word. Finally, if none of these methods work at curing Valentine’s Day depression, maybe it’s time to just give in. Lay on the couch watch ing You've Got Mail and eat ing double fudge ice cream with the tissues close at hand. Sometimes grieving is the best way to get over some thing. But this is a last resort; avoid this at all costs. Feb. 14 doesn’t have to be a day of mourning for those who are single. It can be a day of celebration and spreading real love to strang ers and family alike. Robert Alsman “Yeah, they’re use ful, but I don’t have time to go to them.” Erik Edberg Letter to the Editor: Stalnaker wrong; ASG rocks Editors Note: This letter has been edit edfor spelling only. Extremely upset! Campus Poll compiled by Nicholas Baker I have never read the Print before today and dfter today I never plan on to read it again. I was absolutely disgusted when I read the pinheads arti cle ! ! How dare you attack our wonderful ASG. They have only had Jammin’ 95.5 at their events once this year! Maybe you haven’t noticed, but most of the people on this campus listen to that station. Just because the playhouse acts a certain way doesn’t mean the whole station acts that way. I don’t see the print putting on “shindigs,” as she so rudely called them. ASG does a lot of great things for this campus! Just think how boring it would be with out them! Maybe you should C o -E ditors - in -C hief : Sam Krause, Clackamas Print Katie Wilson 19600 S. Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 (503) 657-6958 ex. 2309 C opy E ditor .’ Colleen Watkins N ews E ditor .’ Megan Koler C o -C ommentary E ditors : Matt Olson, The C/ackomns Print is a weekly student publication and is distributed every Wednesday except finals week. David Stark F eature E ditor : Laura Cameron S ports E ditor : Mike Guidice A&E E ditor : Tayo Stalnaker P hoto E ditor : Adam J. Manley A d M vxmger .’ Elizabeth Hitz S taff W riters : Nicholas think about that next time before you insult ASG and all the hard work that goes in to their events! - Submitted anonymously For a response, see col umn at right. To send a letter to the editor, e-mail it to chiefed@clackamas.edu, or drop it off at The Print office, Roger Rook 135. Please in clude your name. Alexandria Vallelunga P hotographers : Juno Dean, Brandy-Marie Faulhaber Baker, Benjamin Caldwell, Leia Dickerson, Jennifer Jenkins, Frank Jordan, Kimberly Maier, Jennesa D epartment A dviser : Linda Vogt Palmer, Dustin Ragsdale, Andrea Simpson, Ott Tammik, Liz Travers D epartment S ecretary : Christine P roduction A ssistants : Jesse Frey Dees, Joseph Elliot, Rachel Gillette, Andrea Simpson, Stalnaker responds to pinhead's angry letter Let me make one thing pea fectly clear: I am a man. I received my first hatl mail, and not just any hata mail, but handwritten hate-mail Somebody has to be really pissel (and/or a pinhead) to write I handwritten complaint, and 1 fel honored to have pissed soml body off that much. Oh man, I was as giddy as a school girl when I unfolded that piece of wide-ruled (wh| the hell uses wide-ruled?) no« book paper and saw the worA “extremly [sic] upset!” at thd top of the page right next to a clipping of my Pinheads colunl about The Playhouse. I was really hoping that til letter would be from an enragA Playhouse fan, but no, it wi written in response to what I wrote at the end of the colunl where I gave ASG some advice! Apparently, those three sentenl es “absolutely disgusted” thl person. I will admit, using the phral “shindigs,” as I so “rudly [sic] called them,” was kind of col descending, but I didn’t meA to bash ASG at all. I was jul trying to say that they should« support the same radio statiA that broadcasts The Play/ioiit ' nationwide. That wasn’t the only thingi that this pinhead letter-writl didn’t understand. Apparent! they think that my column res resents the entire Clackama Print staffs’ opinion; it doesnl Obviously, this person does! understand the concept of an opinion section of a newspaper See, in the opinion, or co« mentary, section, staff wrA ers, editors and readers get] tai voice their own opinions. Yes, their own opinions. They I representing themselves, not tha publication that is printing then commentary. The person who sent me dial hate-mail should also take nqA that most of the writers and eda tors at The Clackamas Prl have different points of view on the same topics, hence the! reason why we have Face-OjU However, this person would» know that since this was till first time reading the . colli paper and they “never plan pl reading it again!” I doubt lit,) though; remember, pinheads never live up to their word. I If anyone else wants to sei me hate-mail, feel free. Howevl I will tear it apart, especially ifl it reads like a post from sol illiterate, Internet message bol troll. Anonymous letter-to-the-el tor writer’s pinhead rating: 2/1 G oals : The Clackamas Print aims] to report toe news in an honest!II unbiased, professional manner I The opinions expressed do not; j necessarily reflect those of the stu dent body college administrate its faculty or The Print. 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