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Wednesday, Jan 20, 2010
Haiti calls for help
Make history and
your crucial vote
and 67.
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sures is money the
already counting on. 1
sures will not increase the
budget or by any mea
things better, according t
Truesdell, president of Cl
Community College.
However if these me
not pass, this will
on the school.
Truesdell explained
will have to be determini
exactly the cuts will 1
from, but the areas tl
likely will be affected ar
service hours and core
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capitalize on efficiencies!
tinue to seek
service the students.
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in the process of identif
consequences if one orbo
measures fail.
The measures failing
only affect community c
but K-l 2 education will|
ed as welL If 66 and 67
pass, K-12 schools will a
budget cuts that could i
classes and programs heir
“The prediction b
is saying the outcome
determined by who tun
Truesdell said.
There are some who
agree that the way to a
with this money is by tat
rich.
“I don’t think it is rid
the rich; they went to colli
achieved the American j
and shouldn’t be punia
it,” said Clackamas studi
Pratt. Pratt said he mil
“yes” to increase the
minimum tax.
Basically, if you ago
supporting education ai
'improving the quality
'in our state, then vote “]
Measures 66 and 67.1
By Abigail Neet
U.S.- State Department photo
A young boy receives assistance from an American Red Cross relief worker in the earthquake aftermath.
By Abigail Neet
News Editor
It has been on the news constantly
for the last week.
On Jan. 12 Haiti was hit with a
7.0 earthquake, nearly destroying the
small country.
Death counts are being estimated
at upto 200,000.
Putting $5 towards a .country
where most of its citizens have been
going without food and water for the
past three days is something most
people can do.
Pack a lunch and resist buying
•onefor$5.
Companies such as Honda are mak
ing donations to help relief efforts in
Haiti. Honda has made a $300,000
donation as well as water pumps and
generators.
It can be difficult to determine
which organization to donate to with
so many available and not knowing
which ones actually are sending relief
directly to Haiti and what percentage
of the money is going to the effort
The FBI issued a press release on
Jan. 13 warning Internet users to be
aware of scams in the wake of the
earthquake. The press release encour
aged people to be skeptical of e-mails
and individuals requesting money.
The release also suggested verify
ing the legitimacy of non-profit orga
nizations and confirming the organiza
tions existence through other resources
than links in an e-mail. Another thing
suggested is to make donations direct
ly to known organization’s rather than
outside sources claiming to donate to
other organizations.
One good resource to help with
this is charitynavigator.org
This site rates charity and non
profit organizations in a variety or
ways using a star rating system.
Charity Navigator rates charities
based on two broad areas of finan
cial health, organizational efficiency
and organizational capacity. Charity
Navigator also includes tips ranging
from what questions to ask before
donating to how to donate your car
and other non-cash items.
One easy way to give is by doing
something most college students love,
texting! You can text “Haiti” to 90999
and donate $10 to the American Red
Cross.
Another way to help is by donat
ing through Mercy Corps, which is
located in Portland, through a fund
started at Clackamas. You can access
this fund at mercycorps.org/fimdrais-
ing/studentshelphaiti.
. For those who are worried about
sending money and not knowing
exactly who is receiving it you can
purchase items to send at httpsÿ/store.
causecastorg/huffingtonpost
This story was complete last
week, and then I saw the ad on
the front page of the Sunday
Oregonian and became even
angrier about their reinforece-
ment of their endorsement on
Measures 66 and 67. The front
page features a leaflet urging vot
ers to vote “no” on the measures.
The Clackamas Print's edito
rial staff took the opposite stance,
endorsing a “yes” vote, although
we never had a leaflet
The Oregonian claims it is
the wrong time to raise taxes and
claims the government is pitting
businesses against schools.
Is raising corporate taxes real
ly as harmful as they would have
us think?
Nol Increasing the corporate
minimum tax from $10 to $150 is
reasonable, and it’s very doubtful
this would ruin people’s lives as
they would have us think
According to Oregonians
Against Job Killing Taxes the cor
porate minimum tax will elimi
nate 40,000 full-time-equivalent
Oregon jobs. Apparently, increas
ing the tax from $10 to $150 is
enough to have to fire people!
Without that $140, it is a wonder
how the businesses will survive
at all.
Today, the Associated Student
Government will sponsor a
debate about Measures 66 and
67 at noon in the Community
Center. After the debate Courtney
Wilton, vice president of College
Services, will answer questions
about what the results of the m ea-
sures will mean for the college.
An open forum will be
held Thursday, Jan. 21 in the
Community Center for students
to voice their opinions about 66
forget or procrastinate ab
issue because Oregon nee
votes. Things will be difl
these do not pass.
Classes are filling
enough as it is; imagine th
tration lines if more sectij
classes were cut and the ni
do not pass.
Let’s not make that i
ity. Your vote matters!
date is approaching quid!
Sunday (Oregonian
COSTS ADO TO OREGON'S
TH CARE ILS
Despite overwhelming numbers,the American Red Cross is able to treat this young girl’s injuries.
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