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Alternate >. transportation proves cost-effective '1®% See Page 6 First copy FREE; additional copies 1$ 11 ackamas Print i nd ependeuf, student - run newspaper mas Community College, Oregon City, OR _____ Wednesday, April 30, 2008 ■iderage smokers ¡ht up despite laws Former president campaigns for wife at Oregon City HS in Hiirimirt In 2005, according to the American Lung Association, it was f) Associate found that 23 percent of high school students were current smokers, and l ring -K’s the new hot topic, and in 2009, 54.3 percent reported having smoked wifi expand its Smokefree Workplace Law to at some point in their life. »ars, bingo areas and employee break rooms, Clackamas’ youth population jugh the ban will impact thousands of smokers appears to be no exception to these ds in the state, one sinew aside from the activ- statistics. holds the majority of them together: when Lisa Nielson, a morning GED and I the habit. Tri-City Alternative Program instruc d in a report issued in 1994 by the Surgeon tor, says that the bulk of her students, that year' it was estimated that 90 percent of ages ranging from 15 to 17, smoke ^■before age 21. and were doing so before they were in enrolled in her classes. “I’ve never had a non student start smoking here,” Nielson said, at least to her knowledge. It is illegal for underage stu dents to smoke on campus. First-time offenders usually receive just a warning, but more persistent lawbreakers can earn themselves a court appearance if a MIP (Minor in Possession) is issued. One problem with the current rules is that they are not enforced, according to GED Instructor Steve Long. Even though students receive citations for smoking, more often than not the case gets thrown out and the individual ends up not having to pay any fines. “They know before we tell them not to smoke that they won’t face any real consequences,” Long said. For student Angela Fender, the con cept of trying to stop underage smokers is preposterous. “We should educate instead of fight ing it,” Fender said. Education on the topic is an approach the school has pursued. One method has been to hold forums for students high lighting the effects of smoking on human health. During the forums, attendees were shown pictures of cut-away lungs from a healthy lung and a smoker’s lung, in order to illustrate the differences between the two. They were also subjected to scenes John Shufelt Clackamas Print of throat and mouth damage caused by ident Chloe Blumer takes a smoking break outside cancer. ill. She started smoking at 14. Clackamas is look- ard getting young people to quit lighting up. Please see SMOKING, Page 2 I I----------------------------------------- Volume 41, Issue 19 I Matt Garrison I [ The Clackamas Print Pell Grants and caring for veterans coming out of Iraq were discussed as well. “She (Hillary) has the best ideas, the best record of achievement and the greatest likelihood for tum- More than 1,500 people gathered at Oregon City High School on Saturday, April 26, to listen to what seemed like a multi-gen Clinton said. erational rock legend cam “Unless we turn America paigning for his wife to be around, we will not gain our elected as the 44th presi position back in the world,” dent of the United States of he declared at another America. point. They came to hear former He also noted the rise in President Bill Clinton speak the economy that occurred on behalf of Democratic while he was in office and presidential candidate the drop that took place Hillary Clinton. when Bush took over the “Hillary has supporters reins. of all ages, races and walks of life,” said Julie Edwards, Please see CLINTON, Page 2 Oregon communi cations director for the Hillary Clinton campaign. “Her supporters appreci ate her 35 years of public service and her ability to work with others to get things done.” At the event, shirts were tossed into the crowd and attendees were given the chance to send text mes sages to meet Bill Clinton; there were two opportuni ties for two differ ent members of the audience. Clinton talked about problems including the econ omy, energy effi ciency, eco-friendli Robert Crawford Clackamas Print ness and affordable Former President Bill Clinton technology, as well smiles at the crowd that flocked as healthcare, diabe to hear him speak in the Oregon tes, affordable col City High School gymnasium lege and trade. The concepts of raising Saturday, April 26. sócate opens doors for transgender youth en Conley Hickamas Print not long after stealing a copy of Phenomenon” by Harry Iromthe comer store, Jenn Burleton henMother's clothes, took a city town to the county hospital and e psychology department, where ct®M’Shc was like the individuals I in the book and was ready to start loctors’lland her mother’s response nd her to a psychiatrist ton realized by age 5 that although my indicated otherwise, she was a began to express feelings of confu- at her true gender as soon as she red them, but quickly learned, as cisgender children do, to suppress lings when confronted by ridicule, hit and disrespect from the people ingher. On April 9, she performed with her band, Uncommon Women, at Clackamas, before the Take Back the Night march. She was there to teach students and other attendees about transgender youth and their connection to domestic violence. Telling her own story, she explained how a psychiatrist “spent the next year talking to me about football and baseball and whether or not I liked girls.” Soon, with research, Burleton began to realize the changes that puberty would bring. “1 began to ‘borrow’ my mother's estro gen pills that she was taking for her meno pausal symptoms,” she recalled. Six years later, in 1972, she transitioned to her true female gender identity. Burleton is the founder of the organization TransActive, the objectiveskof which are to raise awareness and to advocate on behalf of chi ldren who identify themselves as transgen der or are gender-nonconforming. Burleton defined “gender-nonconform ing” as anybody who has an identity, a form of self-expression or views his or her gender in a way that is not stereotypically either male or female. The organization works with grade levels K-12, assisting children and family members in communicating the child’s gender identity, as well as allowing him or her to undergo transition - meaning the chi Id can begin living in his or her desired gender role as early as kindergarten. ‘Many of the children we work with have a completely different experience than the one I described” Burleton noted. She attributes this to the willingness of these children’s parents to support their child’s gender identity and gender expres sion. However, she added, “Many other children and youth, despite the decades since my childhood and adolescence, have the same negative and oppressive experi ence that I did.” Please see BURLETON, Page 4 Helen Conley Clackamas Print Jenn Burleton plays guitar and sings with her band, Uncommon Women, at the Take Back the Night event held on campus earlier this month.
