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7 The Clackamas Print Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 College voters back Obam Lydia Emily Bashaw Editor in Chief “John McCain’s policies seem like putting a Band-Aid on a severed limb. It won’t stop you from bleeding to death,” said Clackamas stu dent Jacquelyn Kenny, when asked why she was voting for Barack Obama in the upcom ing election. Students around the coun try are voicing their opinions on the election — which is less than two weeks away - and most are turning their bal lots in with a check next to Obama’s name. In an online poll taken by the non-profit organization dedicated to educating voters, MyDebates, more than 59 per cent of voters ages 1.8 to 24 are voting for Obama on Nov. 4. Students in 49 states are looking to democrats to bring change and stabilization to a country on the edge of eco nomic and social turmoil. “I think we finally have realized that we want a new path for our country,” Kenny said. “It’s been eight years of hell and before that it was someone else’s country. It’s our turn; it’s young people’s chance to speak out for their future. If we don’t stand up now who knows what the U.S. will be like in ten years. I don’t want to raise my chil dren in a place where there are no jobs, people aren’t healthy and education is impossible to pay for.” Students seem most con cerned with the economy and education, with environ ment coming in a close third, according to a study done by MyDebates.com. “We need to fix our schools. We need to give stu dents money to go to college, and we need to create jobs to survive,” said Ellen Irole, a 23-year-old first time voter. “This is the first step. By voting Democratic, I know I’m doing something that will matter later. We were behind for a while (in the polls),” said Christian Kellerman, Clackamas student. “Now we are ahead. Anyone who is an Obama supporter has faith that we will come out on top.” Yet, there are McCain sup porters who think that Obama will not win. Despite polls stating Obama was in the lead, some still hold on to hope for McCain and his party. “I think that people will see through the media and Obama’s lies,” said Julianne Photo contributed by McCain Campaign Photo contributed I Treayson, Clackamas student. life matters.” tion and a soci “The last election proved However, the choice of care of its citia that'you can’t trust the news, Palin seemed to weigh nega “I wish that or the polls. There is still a tively with students, with a back to 1789 chance for McCain to win. I drop in support from college with James M support his policies on abor age voters. tion, war and our economy. I “She isn’t think he is the best choice for what college our country.” students want According to CNN.com, in charge of country. Obama took a step ahead in our the polls back in September, She has no real when he won by a slim mar experience, is gin in the first debate. The cocky, thinks following two debates hit his that freedoms opponent McCain’s campaign should be taken hard, with Obama winning away such as them as well with increasing abortionrights popularity. and —i Outright After introducing Governor supports peo Sarah Palin as his vice presi ple my . age dential running mate, McCain going to Iraq,” Jacquelyn Kenny gained points in the polls pull said Craig Student ing even with Obama. Chambers, a “The polls are not defin first-year busi itive,” said Treayson. ness student. “Americans will see that Chambers, we don’t need someone like whose older brother is an Iraq felt about Iraq, Obama in the presidency. veteran suffering from post dent who stn We need experience and real traumatic stress disorder, is for college « insight to what the people completely for withdrawal in do to help,” s want. McCain and Sarah Iraq. He also opposes legisla “The only per! (Palin) stand for what we tion against women’s rights to care about want in this country. A coun and immigration, but most Obama. He has try where God matters and importantly, supports educa- trust him with! “It’s our turn; it’s young people’s- chance to speak out ^jor^tKeit . future. ” RECYCLE: Bottles fill the trash instead of recycling Continued from RECYCLE, Page 1 The audit helped to make this clear - out of 325.75 pounds of trash, 128 pounds could have been recycled in one way or another. Part of the reason so much waste was present is that the school does not have a way of recycling everything that can be recycled. “We need to find more vendors that will take products that our current vendors won’t, such as Styrofoam and glass,” Leach commented. Many vendors will not take much of the school’s waste because there is either no market for it, or it is costly to manufacture. “The cost of melting down glass to make new The Clackamas Print The Clackamas Print 19600 S. Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 50^-657-6958, ext. 2309 bottles is more expensive in energy than making glass from raw materials,” said Leach. The other reason for the amount of waste pres ent in the audit was that people were throwing away items that the school does recycle into waste bins, instead of recycling bins. One of the big disappointments present was plastic bottles. Out of all the waste collected, five percent was plastic bottles, an item that we currently recycle. “We got to get people unhooked from water bottles,” Howley said. She believes another one of the recent features added to the campus is imperative, and that is the water bottle filling stations. These stations were x Editor in Chief: Lydia Emily Bashaw Copy Editor: Emily Walters Associate News Editor: John Hurlburt A&C Editor: Jess Sheppard Associate Sports Editor: Matt Garrison Photo Editors^ Kayla Berge and John Shufelt Photo Associates : Robert Crawford and Lisa Sellars added to help encourage people thr< campus to reuse water bottles. Clackamas still has a lot to comes to recycling and green technol task is by no means too big for “The vision for (the campus’ ret gram) is very big, and I hope it is not in coming. The vision includes altera and large scale composting, selling of resources outside the college or internally.” His vision is unobtainable. A( Leach, if the college uses energy al did five years ago, Clackamas wouli $800,000 dollars more a year on enei A d M anager : Meredith James P roduction A ssistants : Ashley Campos, Lindsay Hofer, S taff W riters / P hotographers : and Kelsey Schneider Dale Balbi, Jon Helmkamp, Nick Komafel, Zach Oldham, J ournalism A dviser : Matthew Ostergren, Melissa Jones Megan Shaw, and Mistymarie Wilks-Salguero D epartment S ecretary : Pat Thompson G oals : The Clackamas to report the news in at unbiased, profession The opinions.vxpje^ necessarily reflect those student body, col lege al tration, its faculty or U* E-mail comments tog dackamas.edu.
