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L The Clackamas Print Alcoholic energy drinks banned by the OLCC By Joshua Baird Arts & Culture Editor Students everywhere revel in the glory of energy drinks. They provide us with the most vital aspect of the food' pyramid: caffeine. However, just as with so many great fami lies, the energy drink family has its alcoholic aunt or uncle and wishes it could just stop inviting them to reunions, Thanksgiving or other social gatherings. On Nov. 20, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission took it upon itself to let energy drink companies like Four Loko, Joose and MAX know they aren’t on the guest list any longer. “I think there are a lot of factors that play into this decision. One is young people all over the country have been getting hurt from these products. We are fortunate that we haven’t had any of these incidents happen here,” said Christy Scott, the public affairs specialist at the OLCC. “We have been concerned about these products since the products came out..... We want to make sure that the young people here are safe.” “(They) knock you the hell out,” said Clackamas student Aaron Cox. “(Sparks and Four Loko are) bad for you.” The five citizen commissioners, tire decision making team for the OLCC, voted 4-1 in favor of ban ning Oregon distribution and sales of seven brands of alcoholic energy drinks. In addition to those previ ously mentioned, these drinks are Core High Gravity HG Green, Core High Gravity HG Orange, Lemon Lime Core Spiked and Moonshot. “I think it’s a good idea. It’s making it safer for people, because people drink a lot of (energy drinks), just like with alcohol,” said Catherine Hunter, a first year student at Clackamas. This ban does not affect bar tenders’ ability to make cocktails with energy drinks, such as “Jager Bombs” and “Tic Tacs.” According to the OLCC, this ban is due to a Food and Drug Administration report saying that these drinks are considered to be “adulterated” because the compa nies added caffeine to them. This is not a permanent fix, however, nor does it encompass all alco holic energy drinks. Beverages such as Tilt and Spark were left untouched by this ban. The ban is really just a tem porary fix until a, more formal rule can be made on May 18, 2011. The initial ban went into effect immediately following the meeting. Some people may be upset by this, but for some it is about being responsible for oneself. “If there are still alcohol and energy drinks, it’s a personal decision. If you can’t handle it you shouldn’t take (them),” said Kaden Adams, a Clackamas student. Oregon.gov Alcoholic energy drinks such as Four Loko and Joose were banned in Oregon on Nov. 20 by the OLCC. OSU student detained Thanksgiving is sup posed to be about grati tude and sharing with fam ily, friends, and neighbors. Portlanders almost had it all taken away over the holiday weekend. An alleged car-bomb ing attempt occurred at the Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown on Friday, Nov. 26 during the tree lighting ceremony. Somalia-born 19-year-old Mohamed Osman Mohamud |- Staff- The Clackamas Print 19600 Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 503-594-6266 was arrested for suspicion of using weapons of mass destruction. He is charged with attempting to detonate a parked van carrying explo sives. Investigators later determined that the explo sives were ineffective. Mohamud is a student at Oregon State University and lives in Corvallis. He is facing the possibility of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. -Jaime Dunkle Co-Editors in Chief: Kayla Calloway Erik Andersen News Editor: Jaime Dunkle Associate News Editor: Brian Baldwin Sports Editor: . Robert Morrison Arts & Culture Editor: Joshua Baird Ne Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 OPINION: Student sells fair trade The Clackamas Print’s Sarah Mitts owns her own fair trade business. She helps women children in India create and sell their own unique products worldwide. By Sarah Mitts The Clackamas Print Have you ever stopped and wondered where the things you buy come from or how they were made? Do the peo ple behind the products you consume get paid well or are your dollars contributing to child slavery and exploitation of people around the world? You can make a differ ence this Christmas by buy ing fair trade gifts, which let you know that the people who made them were paid fairly and treated with dignity and respect. Join the Northwest Fair Trade Coalition and Portland’s Unitarian Church in downtown Portland for a Fair Trade Holiday Bazaar and Forum, Dec. 11 from 1-5 p.m. to help bring social and eco nomic justice into your holi day shopping. In 2008, I started a fair trade company called AWAZ Voice for Empowerment, to help create a market outlet for crafts and textiles made by marginalized artisan groups in India and to be a voice for conscious consumption in our country. I spent four months doing volunteer work in India during college and returned in 2007 for a year to work on community development proj ects with nonprofit organiza tions helping impoverished women, children and groups. I learned about the prevalence of child labor in the making of products for Western markets and organizations who were rescuing children from this forced labor. I realized this was happen ing all over the world every day, being driven by consum ers like ourselves, who buy these products and support unethical companies. In today’s global soci ety, more often than not the clothes, the toys and the majority of the items you buy Ad Manager: James Duncan Copy Editor; John Simmons Co-Design/Web Editors: John Shufelt Corey Romick Photo Editor: Michael Bonn from America’s most popular stores are made in poor coun tries in factories or farming communities where workers and the environment are being exploited. Forests are being cut down to support cash crop farming for export, child slav ery and trafficking proliferate in almost every industry where workers are forced to endure long hours without breaks and meager wages in sweatshops and maquilladoras. Green America’s Responsible Shopper program provides you with the real story about abuses by well- known companies that high light the continued labor, envi ronmental and human rights violations in their work. A well-known shoe company with products often retailing over $150 was recently caught paying their full time workers in India below the minimum country living wage - less than $2 a day. The same company knowingly exposes workers to hazardous chemicals without appropriate protection and as a result humans and the environ ment suffer. Our conventional trading system continues to favor the interests of wealthy nations and companies who distort the terms of trade and underpay farmers and producers around the world for their work. In the last 60 years, a con sumer-driven movement called fair trade has emerged. This movement is helping to bring more economic justice and equality into our trading sys tem. Fair trade is an orga nized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help marginalized pro ducers in developing countries obtain better trading condi tions, access markets with fewer middlemen and promote sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a higher price to small scale farmers and artisans as well Staff Writers/ Photographers: Ben Carlson, Max Dorsey, Conni Gaunt, Mandie Gavitt, George Craig, Pamela Hollis, Harley Jackson, Tyler Kern, Sarah Mitts, Christina Pearl, John Petty, Kyle Smith, David Spears, Nathan Sturgess, Kath erine Suydam as social and environ™ standards, helping prl ers develop knowledge, I and resources to improvd lives. It focuses in particul exports from developing! tries to developed couij most notably handicrafts! fee, cocoa, sugar, tea, b as, honey, cotton, wine,| fruit, chocolate and flows I discovered fair trada san groups while in Indij saw the impact of their | on women and coma ties. Women were orgal in democratically ran I eratives, where they all] voice and were earning! as much as their peers.] worked freely in a prod] unit or from their* home! had enough money to pl their children’s educatiol go to the doctor when inj They made beautiful | woven scarves and te from natural dyes and and did fine embroidery on handbags and home items. In 2008, I started ing with five different ai groups to buy their prd and help market them i U.S. to help support a ethical trade movement empowered communities made a difference. Fair trade is more than ing a fair price; it’s a vl help fight global poverj consumers, we can votq our dollars and make a I ence by supporting a I ment that helps low in communities learn skill develop a self-sustal livelihood to get out off ty. Be more conscious ol consumption, vote with] dollars and make a diffel Make, the switch and bin trade items today. I To learn more aboil trade or how you cal involved, visit www.l forempowerment.com or tact me at sarah@voicei powerment.com Production Assistants: Katie Aamatti, Ashley DeHut-McCollum, Neil Lundin, Dakota Miller, Jesse Pierce, Ryan Rau, Tom Redick, Kelly Van Hook Journalism Adviser: Melissa Jones Goals: The Clackamas Pl aims to report the nl in an honest, unbiai professional man! Content published in I Print is not screens! subject to censorship! E-mail comments I chiefed@clackamas.ej
