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Op m m PRO : The upside of pot newsed@clackamas.edu Continued from Page 1 T he flowers or buds o f the female plants have properties diat áre very well known txvmqst and valued highly by others. But what about its other properties? There was a time before prohibition when presidents grew hem p for fiber and food on the W hite House property. There was a time when hemp clothing was very popular amongst the upper class because o f its strength ana longevity. In the recent past, we have also discovered that hem p can be grown for the production o f nutritious foods and biodiesel. According to the USDA hemp can produce four times the paper per acre that trees and is less caustic to manufacture. B M W is using hem p in die manufacture o f some o f its cars with the goal o f making its cars more recyclable. Biodiesel, health and beauty products, wood replacement and. other construc tion materials for concrete rein forcement and; «ven plastic are some o f the uses that have been found for hemp. A Google search o f “hemp” will open a Pandoras Box o f prod ucts and possibilities o f this poten tial I “w onder” plant. To get a better perspec tive, Paul Stanford, founder o f the H em p and Cannabis Foundation established in 1999 and host o f Cannabis Com m on Sense (Portland Public Access Television, channel I T Fridays, c at 8 p.m.) Stanford believes we I need to change the law that is. already in place regarding medical marijuana, because he believes it’s not working “People are still going to jail,” said Stanford. “Cannabis is one o f the greatest gifts. O ur futures ,' hj jeopardy if prohibition con tinues?’ O ne o f the biggest impacts that legalization o f marijuana would create is an entire new crop for farmers. T he vast array . o f products that industrial hem p can be used for is tremendous. T he options in fuels such as, biodiesel and heating oils are huge. Nutritious food products like cooking oils and organic fillers and fibers for the use in making fabrics, paper, plastics, concrete and other building materials are just a few o f the uses that Stanford talked about. Farmers would have a profitable and sustainable crop to produce and sell. T he O C T A initiative solution and the sal- . v a t io n of o u r| s tru g - g H n g s t a t e ’s- ■ e c o n o - r my- Wednesday, May 2, 2012 The Clackamas Print j CO N : The downside of ‘Mary Jane’ | Continued from Page 1 Clackam as C o u n ty D istrict A ttorney, Jo h n Foote doesn’t believe th e state needs O C T A . "W e do n ’t need a change o f law. In m ost cases you c a n t go to p rison for possession or buying,” said Foote. ,“I do n ’t w an t to dem onize people ... b u t w hen Use goes- up, no one can be b etter cfff H e also p o in te d o u t th a t p ublic h ealth w o u ld be an area o f concern. A stu d y fo u n d in th e B ritish M edical Jo u rn al (BMjX tested th e lo n g term effects o f cannabis use over a 1*0 year p eriod th a t included 1,923 individuals th a t ranged fro m 'a g e l^ ild to - 2 4 . T h e stu d y fo u n d th a t long term use o f cannabis, o f in dividu als w h o h ad n o p rio r history o f psychotic problem s, show ed increased risk o f in cid en t psy act doesn’t solve any problem s, chotic sym ptom s. T h e study b u t m akes m ore f o r everyone. suggested th e co n tin u e d use As Foote said, “Sam e p roblem , o f cannabis m ig h t increase th e n o need.” T h ere are ,o th ers w h o d o n ’t risk for a psychotic disorder. “D W Is w o u ld in crease. view this p o ten tial law change M ariju an a w ould be easier to , as a positive th in g , p articu lar get, like alcohol, an d m o re irre ly for kids. Rachel Forbisterr, C o m m u n ity sponsible [users] w o u ld o btain a ‘'C lack am as th e d ru g i n d get b eh in d the College stu d e n t p u rsu in g an wheel, thus causing a higher "English degree, vis' concerned n u m b er o f D W Is b u t p o te n ab o u t th e message y oung peo-' tia lly m o re car accidents,” said pie m ay get i f O C T A becom es Foote. “So passing th is bill law. “W h a t a b o u t.o u r kids?” she y o u ld p u t m otoristsr life a t risk .said. “W h a t k in d o f exam ple as well.” & A fter seeing all th e d ow n does th a t set for o u r children? sides o f this act, it’s-easy to con W e | tell th em , ‘T h is d ru g - is c l u d e th a t th e people w ho n eed ' O K / it’s crazy,. T h e line gets m arijuana are already, able to pushed back m ore a n d m ore. get it legally an d th a t legalizing It’s a classic ‘snow ball effect,’ it further-could po ten tially p u t one th in g leads to an o th er an d lives a t , risk. W h e th e r it’s the another, till n o th in g is illegal sm okers ow n m in d ,,o r som e anym ore.” , , on e else’s, it’s clear th a t this co-host Casper Leach .(center,), receipt a dùcer/director W illiam “B ill” A ppel (right), to the Cannabis Tax A c t on Cannabis Comm on Sense. . ■ ; CCC s new website has hits and. misses By Brian Baldwin E d ito r - ir i- C h ie f T h e new face o f Clackamas Conunum t} College’s web site has finally been released after being teased for m onths and delayed from its initial launch, b ut is it any better? After a look at the new slim mer and fancier website, my answer is a mixed sort of.’ W hen compared to the o ld website, the new version is obviously more crisp, orga nized and targeted to attract new students com ing to Clackamas. M ain categories are divided up into ^Programs & Certificates, Admissions .& Aid, Student* Experience, College Inform ation and then News & Events, as opposed to the previous vague catego ries. At the right side are sub- topics the, user can explore to find out more information, such as the complete course listings for technical career that the college offers. Tools and forms for cur- rent students are sc attered . and buried around in the site. Docum ents such as petitioning for. graduation and transcript requests are in Admissions & Aid, tutoring services is buried in Student Experience w ith no specific office to visit, as well as no links loi distance learning tutoring, although it gives "the phone num ber for the office o f Student arid Academic Support. Also further buried in Student Experience - are details for the Cougar Càvd, textbook and childcare grants and links to find health insurance for students. : I f a student needed to access the library resources, they need to navigate through College Information, click on the college resources sub-topic, and then find the library’s .website at the bottom o f the article. \ There are other tools that are missing from the site as well. T here is n o academic calendar visible, so you have to use the websites search bar to find it. T he search bar itself did not work upon launch while Google was reindexing the site. It is working now, however search result links are often from the old rite and do not work. T he biggest item missing is a link to M oodle. Looking through categories where a link w ould logically be yielded no results, even in the Distance Learning sub-topic; T his forced m e to lo g in to myClackamas and then find a link at the bottom o f the page in ‘bookmarks’ to get to the M oodle login. Students will likely have M oodle saved as a bookmark on their browsers b ut if they, are using a com puter th a t doesn’t have it or there is a new stu dent looking to be introduced to Moodle,- a convenient link on the m ain website does n o t exist. It would be simpler to. access Moodle through the same rite . so we. do n o t nave to login into myClackamas just to login to Moodle. N o t everything on the site is bad. There is another m ain sec- ‘ tion on the website that allows users to search through a term s classes w ithout having to log onto CougarTrax. Overall I think that the“ new website is a major improvement, but there still seems to b e areas «. that need to be ironed out or elaborated upon, such as a very . lean “student life” section. My first reaction, to the new site was that it was one bigfocus on pub lic relations, and why shouldn’t it * as the face o f Clackamas online? . N qw I feel .that the website can function efficiendy as a resource io .students if a few bugs were worked out in the design. ■ ■ Want more news? more pros of pot, nightlife for under 21 students and spring activities exclusively online at www.TheClackamasPrint.com!
