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Bellevue Community College
Opinion
Oct.23, 1986
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Editorial
The office of Disabled Student Services (A102) is a tiny
cubicle where two dedicated people work to improve
academic life for certain students at the College.
Harold Van Auken, coordinator, and Shirley Elbert, advisor,
spend a lot of time contemplating money. They need a pile
of cash as soon as possible to realize a longtime goal. Their
goal is to see electric doors installed at College.
Last week the Advocate (Vol. XXII, No. 2) ran the headline,
"Funds open doors for handicapped," and featured a story
about ASBCC efforts to raise money for the purchase of
automatic doors.
The fact of the matter is Van Auken and Elbert started
fundraising efforts long before anybody else hopped on the
bandwagon, and it is their continued focus which has drawn
the attention of others to the need for power-actuated doors
on campus.
Another fact of the matter is the $22,000 required to install
automatic doors in the student union, library and bookstore.
While Van Auken and Elbert have steadily chipped away
at this figure by assisting disabled students in various
fundraising activities, and the Bellevue Kiwanis have donated
$2,100, the bulk of the dollars are yet to be found.
It is time for those members of the College Community
with access to cash to come forward with the remainder
of the needed funds, instead of compassion and talk. Only
this kind of support will finish the job started by Van Auken
and Elbert.
Letters to the Editor
To The Editor,
AHH yes, another year at BCC (Bellevue
Country Club if you must ). It seems almost
like yesterday that I was in fashion, with
my overpriced Reeboks, Generra pants and
Nordstrom sweaters. All of which are long
gone.
The Reeboks gasped their last breath in
the spring, the Generras seemed to go in
the second or third wash, the Nordstrom
sweaters faded faster than Duran Duran and
I'm still paying the 19% interest on my Visa
which purchased the garbage!
So tell me, why is it that we're so
desperately clinging to fashion crazes like
"Refrigerator" Perry in Madonna's spandex?
How come I have to style my hair with
a blow-torch just to get girls to look at me?
Is this where we choose between fashion
and education? Do people really eat Jalape-
neo peppers?
I often look at the girls around this school
and really wonder what goes through their
minds. I see beautiful girls wearing 4"
pumps, lace stockings, high-cut skirts and
loose fitting blouses . . . in 40 DEGREE
WEATHER!I!
And then they act as if they're too
sophisticated for you. You say 'hi' to a girl
and she bills you. I can't decide if some of
these girls are here for credit, or a medal.
Have you noticed how Bellevue girls walk
with there noses in the air? They use
umbrellas on rainy days so they won't
drown.
If you're thoroughly confused on what to
wear to school and, like me, you've given
up on fashion, simply go to the nearest
clothing store and get yourself a flesh pair
of Levis. Just throw them out before they
get fashionably faded.
David & Carter
Ed. Note:
Mae West, the late American actress,
playwright and scenarist, said she liked
two kinds of men, foreign and domestic.
The Aevocme
Editor, q Anderson
Managing Editor, Kola Lawal
News Editor, Brian Humphrey
Senior Staff Photographer, Brian Humphrey
Photography Editor, Mex Washington
Copy Editor, John Larson
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Telecommunications Specialist, D.L Whitehead
On Deck Editor, Kit McGlone
Reporters, Erik Peterson, Molly Curran,
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