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Bellevue Community College
Opinion
Ousting Marcos won't cure
Philippine democracy
All eyes are turned toward the Philippines; however, it is not
Marcos's democracy being tested, but our own. The test is for Reagan
and the U.S. foreign policy which has helped maintain one of the
world's most repressive regimes.
Suddenly we are supposed to be morally outraged by Marcos'
blatant attempts to sabotage democracy. Suddenly we are supposed
to be appalled by his corruption, the murders of opposition members,
and the appalling conditions of the country.
It is as if the American media have just discovered Philippine
poverty, malnutrition and military repression in the last two or three
weeks.
At least 25 Philippine journalists critical of Marcos have been
murdered over the past two years. Such atrocities have gone on
for years under the watchful eye of the U.S. government.
• It is our government which has financed, equipped and trained
the Marcos military.
• It is the U.S. which has supported Marcos despite twenty years
of martial law.
• It is U.S. corporations which have benefitted from cheap Filipino
labor. Some 70 percent of all Filipino children suffer from
malnutrition, and in Manila 30-40 percent of the population lives
in cardboard or tin shacks.
• The governmental upheaval is long overdue. But simply replacing
Marcos with Aquino not solve the problems. The elections
have to be seen in the context of the larger struggle taking place.
It is a struggle not just for a democratic election. It is a struggle
to change an entire system which thrives on poverty and injustice.
Just replacing the officials at the top will not undo what years of
U.S. financed repression have helped to create.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
There is an issue currently on campus
I wish to bring to your attention and that
is the proposed increase in our student
and activities fees. Our dean of student
programs and personnel services is going
to propose to the District 8 Board of
Trustees for BCC an increase of $5 on our
student and activities fees.
We currently pay each quarter as full
time students $21.50. We will pay $26.50
if the proposal is passed.
I am personally in favor of this proposal.
I am in favor of any increase in funding
to add to our student services, clubs, and
organizations budget; but the issue is not
for myself or our dean of student programs
to decide.
The decision is yours as the student body
of Bellevue Community College. I will
represent any views of the students to the
Board of Trustees on March 11, 1986. This
is the date Craig Merrill, the dean of
student progra-ns, will make his proposal.
If you have any comments or questions
please feel free to contact me in BIO0,
641-2295, or just show up at the Board
of Trustees meeting on March 11, 1986,
in the board room.
All concerns you have are welcome and
will be presented. Thank you for your time.
Your ASBCC President,
Eric McDougall
The Advocate
3000 Landerholm Circle SE Bellevue, Wa. 98007 641-2434
Editor, Anne Pas.y
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Copy Editor, Mark Hoben
Asst. Copy Editor, D.L. Whitehead
Olympia Correspondant, Kola Lawal
Arts and Entertainment Editor, Chris Cooper
Sports Editor, Hugh Gladner
Circulation Managcr, Kola Lawal
Reporters: C.J. Anderson, Krissy Buoy, John Heffron.
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The opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Aociated
Students of BellevueCommunity College, nor of the administration of Bellevue Community College.
Feb. 21,1986
Olympia Watch
by Kola Lawal
Rep. wants WACCS
leadership change
Adve
The College's representative to the
Washington Association of Community
College Students in Olympia said there is
a need for a change of guard in the board
because of leadership decadence.
Kelan Koenig said the WACCS leadership
is not effective in the discharge of their
duties.
Koenig also criticized the leadership of
Dana Leveque, the board's vice president.
He said Leveque abused the power of
parlimentaryprocedures and that members
are intimidated by him.
Leveque knows the issues well, but he
does not take time to communicate with
member representatives, Koenig said.
Leveque could not be reached for
comment.
The College's WACCS representative
also commented on the regionalization of
WACCS, which he masterminded. He said
rhig move would facilitate communication
within the association.
Regionalization of the board will also
enable non-paying member colleges to
participate fully in their regions, even
though they are disallowed membership
on the state level, said Koenig.
The board was divided into four regions;
Northwest Washington, Seattle Metropol-
itan, Southwest Washington and Eastern
Washington. The College was classified
under Seattle Metropollta]x
According to Koenig, the Seattle Met-
ropolitan regional director will be
appointed at the next WACCS meeting,
Feb. 22 at Grays Harbor Community
College.
Gall Gabler, a speaker for the committee
in solidarity with the people of El Salvador
(CISPES), will discuss issues concerning
college students in El Salvador in an
informal caucus to be held a day before
the meeting.
CORRECTION -- ASBCC Pres. Eric
McDougall was misquoted in last week's
Olympia Watch. McDougall said WACCS
is not being effective in the state legislature.
A Chapter in Black History
"'That man over there say that a woman needs to be helped into carriages, and lifted
over ditches, and to have the bestplace ever)vhere. Nobody ever helped me into carriages,
or over mud puddles, or gives me a best place . . . And ain't I a woman ?
"Look at me. Look at my arm/I have ploughed and planted and gathered into barns
and no man could head met And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat
as much as a man when I could get it, and bear the lash as well And ain't I a woman ?
'7 have borne thirteen children and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I
cried out with a mother's grief, none but Jesus heard meAnd ain't I a woman?'"
- Sojourner Truth, 1851 Women's Rights Convention, Akron, OIMo
by Anne Passey
Advocate staff
Sojourner Truth, an ex-slave, was the
first black woman orator to speak out for
woman's rights and against slavery. Her
famous "And ain't I a Woman" speech was
in response to disruptions at the 1851
Women's Rights Convention by hostile
men. ,
These male supremacists claimed
women should not have the right to vote
because they were gentle creatures who
suffered from female weakness. Sojourner
Truth demonstrated otherwise.
Sojourner Truth brought to the white
woman's suffrage movement the demands
for black freedom, She called up: the
women's movement to fight h)r the rights
of white women and the rights of black
women as well. This was her unique
historical contribution to both black and
women's history.
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