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
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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
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. 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
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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
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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
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