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EXTRA EXTRA' THIEF STEALS COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS MORE THAN 200 ISSUES OF ‘THE CLACKAMAS PRINT’ VANISH BY KRISTEN WOHLERS The controversial cover story on the final winter term issue of “ The Clackam as Print” m ay have been the reason hundreds of newspapers were stolen from the Oregon City campus of Clackamas Community College. On W ednesday, M arch 9, the new spapers w ere distributed to the stands in each building on campus. By Friday morning, Melissa Jones, journalism adviser, noticed that many of the bins were empty, including some in Randall, Streeter, Niemeyer and the Community Center. • “ I m ight have not noticed that, except they were also m issing from outside of our office here at Roger Rook and in my time working here, that has never been emptied in nine years. And this was two days after we put them out,” said Jones, “ At least 200-300 issues were picked up.” No suspects have come forward in regards to the theft. Campus Safety Officer Edward Markell confirmed that there are no security cameras in the buildings where newspapers were stolen. Members o f the new spaper sta ff believe that the papers were probably stolen by someone who didn’t like the cover story. The March cover story reads, “ See you after class? College blows it on staff, student relationships.” In the article, former sports editor Katie Archer revealed that the college has no policy against staff and student relationships. Her story focused on the relationship of former cross country distance coach D rew W asm und and K ennedy R ufener, a stu d en t a th le te . A fte r th e se a so n , Wasmund’s yearly contract was not renewed. Co E d ito r-in -C h ief for “ The C la ck a m a s P r in t,” A n d re w Koczian, maintains that the article was handled appropriately. “We didn’t cover it in a way that bashed on anyone,” Koczian said. “ That was never the intention. We just asked a question, ‘Was this fair and how does the school handle this policy?” ’ Stealing newspapers is a crime. Even though “ The Clackamas Print” is a free publication, the theft cost the paper more than $200 in printing costs. The consequences for stealing papers range from campus disciplinary action to criminal charges. However, editors of “ The Clackamas Print” would simply like to talk to the person who stole the papers. Koczian said, “ It m akes me feel disrespected and, quite frankly, a little upset because we put a lot of hard work into this.” T h e s e c rim e s th a t su p p re ss o b je c tio n a b le in fo r m a tio n are considered by the Student Press Law Center to be a form of censorship. Jones suggested that the topic of the controversial cover story is one that staff and students should be talking about. She concluded, “ It’ s a great story. Even though the new spapers w ere stolen, the story still exists online. You can take the physical product, but you can’t really remove the story from the world. It’ s out there. You can remove the new spapers that the story was printed on, but the issue still remains.” The Student Press Law Center has documented cases of college newspaper thefts across the nation and calls it, “ a serious and threatening trend.” Mt. Hood Community College was struck on April 1, when school officials took 600 copies of their student newspaper, “ The Advocate,” from distribution bins, according to the newspaper’s website. Read the March 9 cover story, “ Vague relationship policy at Clackam as raises q u estio n s,” on line at TheClackamasPrint.com. Merari Calderon Ruiz contributed to this report. Illustration by Saige Keikkala OAi7H£COV£/?.*>itoi3ho<Mil<nrohri|aetiteeäm|(yTi^jbBrt|^1yÄMesMDraÖ[rie®BnJidLÖrti5fiarsity on Friday, A pril 8. Photo by V ictoria Tinker. theclackamasprint.com_____________________________________________/ ■ _________ O O 0 Edttors-in-Chlef Andrew Koczian & Megan McCoy, chiefed@dackamas.edu; News Editors Merari Calderon Ruiz. Shaylyn Strona. newsed@dackamas.edu; Arts & Culture Matthew Rowning. aced@dackamas.edu; Sports Editor James Harley, sportsed@clackamas.edu; Associate Sports Editor Travis Whittaker; Copy Editor Blake Swan. copyed@dackamasedu; Design Editor Brendon Chorum Photo Editor Victoria Tinker, photoed@dackamas.edu; Illustrator Saige Keikkala; Web Editor Lexie Wagar. wetKditor@dackamas.edu; Ad Manager Robin Scott, admgr@dackamas.edu; Videographer Taras Kovch. Staff Writers I Photographers Edgard Valencia. Elizabeth KesseL Debbie Fox. Kristen Wohlers. Tom Boggess; Production David Avis; Journalism Adviser Melissa Jones, melissaj@dackamas.edu; The ciid a m a s Print awns to report the news in an honest, unbiased and professional manner. Content published in The Print is not screened or subject to censorship. Email comments, concerns o r tips to; dvefed@dackamas.edu o r call us at 505-594-6266; 19600 Molalla Ave, Oregon Qty. OR 97045 2 Clackamas Print APRIL B , 20161 heclackamasprinlcom
