£ •, I I Eight votes decide election Coverdell elected as new ASB President r. Learning Resource Lane Community Eugene, Orego NEWLY ELECTED ASB OFFICERS shown are: (from left to right) Warren Coverdell, ASB President; Nancy Dillon, Treasurer; and Bruce K. Nelson, 1st Vice President. Not pictured is Bonnie Adams, newly elected Corresponding Secretary. The 2nd Vice Presidential election was challenged and a new election was scheduled for Wednesday, May 6. Lane Community College Vol. 5, No. 22 4000 East 30th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97405 April 29, 1970 New Miss LCC selected When asked how she felt upon learning that she was to be crowned 1970-71 Miss LCC, Mary Kay McKenzie replied, "Happy. I was really happy." Ma r:y Kay was crowned by th.:: former Miss LCC, Chris Mull.ans, at a no-host luncheon on Friday, April 24. The luncheon was sponsored by the Lane Student Senate. New ASB president, Warren Coverdell, presented her with a banner with the Miss LCC title and a dozen red roses. Chosen from four other con- testants in the recent student body election, Mary Kay is the second Miss LCC. Her first official duty will be to hostess the Parent's Day activities Sun~ay May 3. Mary Kay's main duties will be to represent the school as a hostess. She will participate in various parades during the year, and generally work as a representitive to the community from Lane. "I'm kind-of excited about it." she asys, "I like to be proud of my school." The new Miss LCC was the S~nator from the Performing Arts department during the 196869 Fall term. She was also secretary for the Lane choir that ter m. This year Mary Kay was on the LCC Rally Squad, and also spoke at a Lyon's Club luncheon with Dr. Pickering for the Tax Levy campaign in February. Blond, 19 year old Mary Kay McKenzie was busy though-out her high sch o o I ye a rs, too. Graduating from South Eugene High School in 1968, she was a three-year Letterman on the' swim team. During her senior year she was co-captian of the SEHS swim team and also president of the Ace apella choir. Mary Kay was also president of the Pep Club during her junior year at South Eugene, and a member of ' 'Ebbulients'' fold singing ensemble in both her junior and senior years. She also hadparts in the productions of "West Side Story" and "Bye-Bye Birdie." Currently enrolled in the Secretarial and Science Program at Lane, Miss LCC says that she does not as yet know exactly where she is headed for in the She indicates that at future. present she is thinking in terms of a general secretarial position. In addition to her position as Miss LCC in the coming year, Mary Kay will also receive a free year's tuition to Lane. TB tests to be read All TB skin tests given on Monday, April 27, and Tuesday, April 28, MUST BE READ TO BE VALID! The skin tests will be read in the lobby between the gyms and Health Building on Thursday, April 30 from 12:30 to 7:00 p.m. I '' o I In an interview following his •on to office by a slight margin of votes, Warren Coverdell, new LCC student body president said he was "happy with the results, although disappointed with the small turn-out of voters." Coverdell said that the major responsibility of his office is to the students. He outlined three major objectives of the office. I. Effective communications between students and student government. 2. A well-rounded, varied student activities program. Since students at a community college are of such a wide variety, Coverdell would like to see diversified activities which would not be aimed at just one age group. 3. More frequent activities throughout the school year. Coverdell says the third point coincides with the second. He said many students have complained that they don't get anything for their student body fees. In a further statement, Coverde 11 said, '' The accomplishment · of these three objectives alone, as well as regular duties, will be a full load for the new Senate. However, the continuance of John Hill's tedious work for low cost student housing will be of el primary importance." Coverdell also said that he hopes that any students with complaints, suggestions or opinions, will come to him personally, as well as to their senator. "With even this minor cooperation between the students and their government," the new president said, "an efficient job can be done." Coverdell, a Vietnam veteran, was discharged from the navy in 1968. He was graduated from North Eugene High School in 1966. He is a Eugene resident. other newly elected officers, all freshman, are: First VicePresident, Bruce K. Nelson, political science; Treasurer, Nancy Dillon, accounting; Corres-: ponding Secretary, Bonnie Adams, business. Senators at Large, both freshman and sophomores: Danny Lee Rosen, Lynn Marie Rosen, Mike L. Woodring, Sharon Woodring, and Ed Hoover. Departmental Senators: Omar Barbarossa, Business: Susie Vetterlein, Industrial Technology; Wes Knight, Mathematics; James Henning, Mechanics; Bill Nelson, Science Department; Debbie Ulrich, Social Science. New election ordered for 2nd VP position .. Kathryn Harwood Lorena Warner Because a name was added to •the ballot after voting had started, a special election will be held Wednesday, May 6, to elect the LCC Second Vice-President. tion for the office to be void and called for a special election. Lorena Warner is the other candidate for the office. The position of Publicity Director will be added to the balIn the April, 22 Student Body lot, Gordon R. Groat is the Election, the name of candidate only candidate. Kathryn Harwood was omitted All vacant positions will be from the ballot until several placed on the ballot. A writehours after voting had been in in candidate must receive at ; progress. least 25 votes to be eligible The Senate declared the elec- . for the office. LCC to sponsor plank at OCCA convention LCC is sponsoring a plank'to be considered for inclusion in the legislative platform of the Oregon Community College Association (OCCA) at the OCCA convention May 7-9 at Pendleton. The plank will appeal to the state to pay the educational costs of enrollment spill-over from state four year colleges and universities to community colleges. It amounts to a move to block prospec"tlve lncreases ln local property taxes to educate .students unable to get into the four-year institutions because of potential Legislature-imposed enrollment lids. LCC's Board of Education on January 14 declared itself opposed to the enrollment lid at state four-year institutions. The lid would send too many college transfer students to the community colleges and would shift part of the cost of educating them from the state to local property tax payers, the Board argued. The lid also would jar the community college enrollment balance by reducing the proportions of st u de n t s enrolled in v o cational-technical programs. At larger community colleges such as LCC, the additional increments of college transfer students would not improve either program comprehensibility or cost efficiency. The OCCA is not expected to take a position opposing the enrollment lid at the four-year institutions, since only LCC among the 12 community colleges nas declared itself anti-lid. Page 2 The Student Speaks -lff ~4fflf ~d",-- ------- -LIBBY'S LANE Abortion and Death by Mark Christensen There has been much discussion and no conclusion concerning the subject of "When does the human being, or individual, actually come into existence during development inside the mother"? This question seems to be extremely important to people, both advocates and opponents, concerned with the moralistic values connected with abortion. But I think that there is a fatal flaw in the basic reasoning of the question itself. When we ask when this conceived creation becomes an individual, we are talking about a very much alive form of existence which has the properties and potentialities of a full-grown human being. Simply because the physical features do not at that time resemble a fullgrown baby certainly does not mean that he is subhuman or "not real." Making this kind of rationalization is like saying a five-year-old child is not a real human being because he does not have the physical proportions of an adult. What is the difference between a small child and a large adult? It is a matter of development. What is the difference between the new creation of i fertilized egg and a newborn baby? It is a matter of development. In essence we have one and the same--a new life source. Whether this new life source has just been created, as in the fertilized egg; whether he is in his first, second, fourth, or ninth month of development; or whether he is newly born is completely irrelevant. He is still the same thing--a very new, a very unique, creation of life. In essence, when the mother's egg is fertilized we have inexistence a human being, alive and just as much real as you or me. To deny this human being the right of existence is what is commonly called murder in our society. To have indiscriminate abortion simply at the wish of the mother and consent of two doctors is being outrageously unjust to that individual inside the mother. In effect he is being put to death by a kangaroo court. If these individuals are not wanted, emphasis should be placed on means to avoid their c re at i o n, not on annihilating them. LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS 1r t? -~ The Fanatic I'd just finished my second cup of coffee when he sat down at my table in the student union, looked me straight in the eye and said, '' Do you know Jesus?" It kind of caught me off e;uard. "Do you mean personally?" I askei I realized my blunder immediately. Why n, / hold a piece of batter-fried flounder in front offa starving alley cat? I waited for the tirade of; religious terminology. Nothing. He didn't pounce. He didn't quote scripture. He just say there. And smiled. "Let me get us some coffee,:' he said. "Okay." There, I'd done it again. Talk about masochistic tendencies! Never, never do you let a staff member of Campus Crusade for Christ buy you a cup of coffee. I'd heard stories. They get some sort of mystical hold over you if you drink their coffee. Besides, it was embarrassing. Ever since I'd enrolled in psychology I'd been waiting for one of these guys to come after me. So what did I do when my moment arrived? I opened up like a rosy-cheeked freshman and let the fanatic buy me a cup of coffee. Toe guy returned with the coffee, but this time I was ready for him. "Do you take cream?" he asked, still smiling. He looked so blissfully naive in his freshly washed Levi's and University of Oregon sweatshirt that I almost felt guilty giving him "the treatment." But anyone who spends his time talking about God should expect to get both barrels. "How about sugar?" I met his question with a stare of calculated disinterest. (It was really good. I'd been practicing since fall term, trying to cultivate a look of passive disgust.) "My name is Brad," he said, holding out his hand. I shook his hand condescendingly, being careful to withhold my name. (I'd heard that they take your name and feed it into a huge computer somewhere in San Bernardino where you remain on file until Judgement Day, or something like that.) Next in his plan of attack would be a good three to five minutes of small talk, after which he would preach a half-hour sermon on the wages of sin. Once again the Crusader threw a brick into my carefully conceived defense measures. "You know," he said, "I've been turned off about religion for a long time." What? This definitely was not going according to plan. "It's my opinion," he went on, "that reliQn is the opiate of the people. But getting to know Jesus is more than a religion--it's a relationship!'' I pulled the freshman trick again. ''What do you mean?" I said. Idiot! Idiot! I became violently angry at myself. There I was, the self-assured psych major all but on my knees begging a religious fanatic to throw his propaganda at me. "Well," he laughed, "contrary to popular belief, Jesus is a real Person. And He's alive." I looked f ram side to side. What if someone overheard? What if this guy stood up and started singing The Alleluia Chorus or something? How could I face the people at the Psych Department knowing that I'd allowed myself to talk to one of the Jesus-people. I found myself nibbling at the collar of my shirt, a nervous habit I thought I'd abandoned as a sophomore in high school. "W-what do you mean, alive?" I stammered. Another imbeilic question. Suddenly my delicately polished vocabulary seemed to have reduced itself to two-syllable babblings. "I just mean that Jesus is God, but He can be a Friend, too." he said. "He's changed my life." The typical Christian line. I should have been able to shoot five-foot holes through him. I should have been able to point out his oversimplified thought patters, his narrow-minded biases, his obvious emotional insecurity--but the guy almost had me 'in tears! (He had absolutely no right.to sit there looking so secure!) "I want you to know that I really appreciated openness," he said, stirring his coffee. "So many people are afraid to admit that they have a need for God." Aauuugh! I broke the pencil I'd been clutching with two hands under the table. I don't need anything, I told myself. I don't need to use Christianity as an emotional crutch! I am self sufficient! "We're all human," he said, smiling that alarmingly sincere smile of his. (Most uncomfortable. It was as if he knew something that I didn't.) "We all have a tendency to throw up intellectual smoke screens to mask the real emptiness we feel inside." So I sat there in the middle of the student union, tightly grasping the halves of a broken pencil, listening to a simple-minded religious fancatic tell me, a psych major, that I should open my mind to the truth. It was too much. I had to put a stop to it. "How about some more coffee?" "Okay." (No!) "I don't think I caught your name." HLarry," I heard myself tell him. "My name is Larry." ZPG strives for halt in population growth "1've 51N\PL.Y ~or-ro FIND .ANOTH6121E.xr, M1~.5 ~ ~ N - Wf« 11-U~~e ARE P.A~$ Of THI~ A~Sf W~l-rrEN Cc..EA~l-'f' THAI [ e::VE.N UNDei<:~ANO 1t''' Letter to the Editor To the Editor: Last Wednesday our college had A.S.B. Elections. I volunteered to act as precinct committeeman. I spent a whole evening from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. helping to finalize the election. I should have been studying; but I felt it was a privilege and duty. Toe election happened to fall on Earth Day, the day everyone was supposed to help clean up our environment. But it seems as though most people that attend L. C. C forgot that people control the Earth's environment, so they did not care enough to exercise the one and only TRUE right they have in this U.S.A! That is to use their POWER of the "VOTE." Out of some 6,000 students enrolled at L. C. C., only a little more that 400 votes were cast! And of theses, there were a great many mistakes! It seems that students do not care "How" or "If" they VOTE. And yet they are asking the state of Oregon to lower the voting age to 19, in hopes of having a say as to how the U.S. government is run. These people would have us get involved in cleaning up our Mother Earth, but will not help build or exercise an opinion as to the established system that has given them this right, and has carried this nation to greatness for almost 200 year! This I say to all those whose student body cards are blank: You have no right to ask anybody to help you get anything when you will not share the load! It is like asking your best friend to jump off a mountain for you, to see if it hurts. It does, and I am ashamed before God that people do not care enough about their freedom to protect it! For the lack of votes, money that will keep this college open and free to teach a proven way of life could be demolished. "Next time": Stand up and be counted! Care how you vote! Do it correctly! Make it count! But please, "VOTE!" • John L. Mills Auto / Diesel ; "P: ,; l; l "Overpopulation be g in s at home." "Two plus Two equals Zero." "Less People - More Peace." These were among the slogans on stickers being sold at the desk in the Center building on Wednesday, April 22. The stickers, pins, and free information ~:~~::~nw~':o:,~~:!i~~;~ a1gn, Lane County Chapter. The ZPG organization is concerned that "the quality of our life is rapidly deteriorating because of the effects of too many people." It is also concerned about the number of people in the world who are dying of starvation, by the United Nations estimate, to be about ten thousand people each day. Freely available birth control methods are ZPG's answer to this ever - increasing problem. These, they say, should include '' all types of contraception, voluntary sterilization, and voluntary abortion." Their main goal is "to bring about zero population growth in the United States of America and everywhere in the . entire World as soon as possible." This goal is set for the year 1980 in the USA and the year 1990 in tbP. World. The club will be set up with a steering committee rather than officers. Freeman Rowe and Rhoda Love of the biology department are the advisors. The Lane County Chapter is located at PO Box 5495, Eugene, Oregon. There is also a ZPG Chapter at LCC, recognized as a, , I I•• l I club by the Student Senate. The first meeting at Lane's ZPG, which already has approximately 150 members, will be Thursday, April 30, from 12 to 1 p.m. in Forum 309. Anyone . . mterested should attend this or- ganizational meeting. In addition, a speaker will address the group. ZPG dues for six months are $2 student membership and $5 general membership. Membership includes receiving two newsletters. I The Torch Staff · Editor . . . . . . • . •.•...•...•.....•. 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Harms Member of National Education Advertising Service THE TORCH is published weekly on Tuesdays, except holidays, examination weeks and vacation periods. Signed articles are the views of the author and not necessarily those of Toe Torch. Mail of bring all correspondence or news to: THE TORCH 206 Center Building Lane Community College 4000 E. 30th Avenue Eugene, Oregon 97405 Telephone .747-4501, ext. 234 C, 'I, I LCC researchers· study plant responses By Doris Ewing , Does your philodendron plant get excited when you threaten to cut off one of its leaves? Do your house plants die because you ignore the rn? Or do t h e y thrive on love? Evidence seems to point to "something" in living cells that responds to emotional and physi~al stimulation. Research ranging from '' just for interest" to "scientific" and based on discoveries by Cleve Backster of New York, a retired CIA polygraph (lie detector) expert, has been carried out at LCC since Spring Term, 1969, said Jay Marston, instructor in biological sciences. In February of 1966 Backster accidentally discovered that his office philodendron reacted, under certain conditions, in a way that might be called ''emotional." Backster wanted to determine how rapidly water would rise from the Poots of the leaves of the philodendron after the plant had been watered. By attaching the electrical plates (electrodes) of the polygraph to the leaves, the instrument c o u Id record changes in moisture content. Backster had expected the polygraph to record an upward movement as the moisture in the philodendron leaf increased. Instead, the plant showed what Backster felt might be considered an "emotional" response to a stress situation. The result: at the time indicated, To test this theory Backster there was a severe and prolonged threatened the plant in various reaction, unlike any that had been ways, such as burning or'cutting recorded before. the leaves, to determine if there The experimenters a Is o diswere actually any similarity be- covered that the plant's at-rest tween the plant reactions and response varied when it was alone those of a person under stress. from when it had "company,'' and The LCC researchers based that when chloroform was adtheir experiments on Backster's ministered, the response w as WQ:rk'!. M~_r~ton, Glenn H~iser"' .s imilar to that of a person falman and several botany students ling asleep. have experimented with a philoOn one occasion in Backster's dendron, recording the results lab, several students walked by with a physiograph ( a more com- a bean plant. One student then plex version of the polygraph). killed the plant. When these same The stress situations included ~tudents walked by the exapproaching a pliiiodendron leaf p e r i m e n t a 1 philodendron, the with a lighted match. As the :plant did not react-- except to match neared the plant, the re- the "murderer" when he encorded reaction became more itered the room! violent. It was later showri t~ • • Marston said another experheat generated by the match, or rnent was designed to determine if even by a person approaching such reactions were the property the plant, could change the im- of both living and dead cells. pulse. How much was due to the The biologists killed and dried threat itself was not determined. a plant, then brought the water 0 n e of the experimenters • c o n t e n t b a c k to w h at it had merely thought about lighting a originally been. When the elecmatch and burning a leaf. The trodes were connected, there was plant showed a reaction at that no response. Therefore, Marston moment. Similar results were said, this would seem to indicate recorded when the experimenters that such responses are peculiar threatened to cut off a leaf, either to living cells. with a knife or just thinking of Marston said since these tests the process. were not done under controlled_ On one occasion, the experimenters met in the LCC cafeteria. At a predetermined time, the y a 11 concentrated "h ate thoughts" in the direction of the plant in the biology laboratory. Page 3 ,conditions, their value as scien- determine if there really is suf1tific evidence is limited. ficient bas is to continue re But p e r s on s o t h e r t h an. search, said Marston. Temperascientists have had apparently• ture, light, electircity, other en. unexplainable experiences with vironmental factors and inplants. dividual differences w o u Id be LCC student Yvonne Cosby controlled as much as possible. Following the footsteps of planted bean seeds in a ~ivided dish. She says she cared for them Backster, the plants would be as identically as possible, except cared for by one person. The that she "loved" the plants on polygraph expert found that there one side of the dish and aimed was a different reaction to him "hate" thoughts at the other side. than to others who took care of '' The loved plants flourished the plants intermittently, or to and the hated ones actually grew one who threatened them. twisted from the twisted Researchers at the Institute of thoughts," said Mrs. Co~by. Paraphychology, Duke UniverAnother student said that her sity, have probed the possibility husband possibly has an effect of the influence of thought waves on her house plants. Her plants on plants. grew beautifully before she was In additional research on varmarried, said the student. ious animal and plant life forms, Now they have begun to wither Backster's work indicates that and die. Her husband hates plants. a signal is transmitted from dyThe biology students tried ing cells to living ones. some experiments along this line, Backster said that this signal including the use of techniques is not within \ known frequencies s u g g e s t e d in a book w h i c h such as AM or FM or any other stressed prayer with plants. The signals of this type now known. res u Its, both positive and ne- Also, distance does not seem to gative, were not evafuated. o t · affect it. What does it mean? interpreted as scientific e vi dence. Marston has said, '' All this is The LCC scientists would like probably explainable in terms of to begin work summer term to . natural phenomena. But there is set up more rigid controls to still a reasonable doubt.'' Rob_ert Straub to speak .April 30 Gubernatorial candidate Robert Straub will solid legislative strategy and programs for the 1971 Legislative session at a Candidates' Forum on the LCC campus April 30. The session will be held at 9:30 a.m. in t-he Board room, second floor of the "-drninistra tion Building. Candidates for fifteen local KLCC to begin 16-hour day on Monday, May 4 city and county offices will read--short, written statements covering issues they feel have the highest priorities. The topics will be open to general discussion with the public invited to attend the session. The Candidates Forum was organized by Eugene City Councilman Fred Mohr, who is serving as Budget Committee Chairman at LCC. Later that day at ll:30 a.rn., Straub and local candidates will visit informally with staff and students at a question and answer sessioI1 hosted by the RAP group, students interested in talking about what is happening in today's world. They meet in room 311 of the Forum Building. A reGent Oregonian poll placed, Oregon State Treasurer, ahead of incumbent Gove r nor Torn McCall by a slim margin. I Monday is the day! Monday May 4th, KLCC begins full-time operation, with broadcasting scheduled from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 midnight weekdays, and noon to midnight weekends, year 'round. Also beginning Monday, KLCC will move to the Valley River Center, for remote broadcasts weekdays from 1:00 to 4:30 p.i;n. by Jeff Powell and w.eekends from noon lo If it's one thing our nation's - - It might begin with heavily- · ded men stand~g impatiently a4:00 p.m. The booth will be loThe Student Senate is planning cated in the mall area between a candidates forum on Wednes- Secret Service forces need to- planting both the Eastern and round the hot . hne from Moscow the pet shop and the candy store, day May 6, at which guberna- day, it's a new Top Secret wea- Western seaboards with theplant to Washington, they would be across from Skeie's. torial • candidates Arthur Pearl, pon. It only makes sense that and come clear down to dis- casually strolling around the CaThe new schedule includes Robert H. Wampler, and E.H. instead of spending billions of guising them as sassafras and pitol's well kept and abundant . many features for the listener: Propes will be present. Theses- dollars on an anti-ballistic mis- giving them to the Russian Am- philodendron gardnes. . Two hours of community and sion will not be a debate, but sile missile missile missile sy- bassador as a gift of friendship. Of course none of thIS can c amp us information, weekday rather a chance for each candi- stem, we simply reach into the As a matter of fact the real work until the nation's policymornings at 8:00 a.m. date to present his view on three ct e pt h s of the nation's green- value of the philodend~on might makers come up with some kind Light jazz for the dinner hour, issues concerning the people of houses and put to use our leafy reach far beyond that of any of working agreement with the weekdays at 5:00 p.m. the community: poilution, pro- and botanical wizard, the phio- known use of the plant kingdom A.F.P.L (American FederaEight hours of hits ·from the perty tax relief, and the nine- dendron. and come second to none, in- tion of Philodendron_ League). fifties and sixties, by request, teen year old vote. The candiAfter reading about Baekster's eluding the president's ro_ se in Rumors are that a quick settleand without commercials. Sat- date will speak with no question experiments with the polygraph his lapel. ment on working. conditions wilJ urdays, 4:00 p.m. to midnight. an;yanswer period. on the philodendron plant my Not only that but the technical not come so easily as expected. CI as s i ca 1 music explored in In the long run, however, top CIA The forum will be held at 12 mind could only envision a few advances would be startling. depth. Sundays, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. noon, either in the Forum Build- of the implications of this unFor the first time in the his- otticials are not r-e all Y con..:. International broad c as ts from ing or the gum, depending on the tapped resource. tory of the White House, secret cerned. This will be the first Europe, Asia, and Africa. Sun- extent of student-staff-interest. Little did the Pentago know service agents would be hooking time in the nation's history t?~t days at 11:00 p.m. that right on the windowsill of up plants to the phone lines out- one of our most valuable civil An application is now being Have you given much thought possibly J. Edgar Hoover him- side the offices of top officials service employees won't be able prepared for submission to me to last week's article about the self sat the real answer to our instead of the usual wiretap de- to stage a walkout .. or a sitdown Corporation for Public Broad- Big Brother, Sister Program? If nation's safety. Surely if this vice. And instead of the top-min- for that matter. casting for federal support of you're interested in becoming a lovely and innocent looking plant • ll!l~M11=~~11111===-=-11111111111=-iF--w--1M=---11111.----. operation during 1971. --Haircuts- as you- like them. Appointmentss -big brother or sister we really is capable of telling when danger Program schedules may be ob- need your help. Contact Harold is near or even the thought of available. Drop ins welcome. Hair styling, razo~ -,.. _, tained by writing KLCC, c/o Stenseth, 746-1267; Carol Child- harm is apparent, by no means cutting. All Hair styles. "Across from Hamburger. = , Lane Community College. For ers, 342-8556; or Janet Lynch, should we over look the pos• • . Heaven." Monte's ~rber , Shop, ' ' 1241 Willamette, Eugene, Phone: ... further information, contact Tom Student Activities Office, ext. sibilities of its usefulness to the ' 343-9563. Lichty, . Program Director, at 33f.••.• •. • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ,nation.. · -' ·' : .' • Just think of the possibilities. extension 296. Senate plans candidate forum for ·May 6 Plants! a new se-c ret weapon Page 4 Student housing questionnaires disappear by Dons Ewmg A partial investigation into the problem of low-cost housing---a leading c O ncer n of LCC students---reached a dead-end recently when several thousand survey forms disappeared after being completed during Spring • t t· Term reg1s ra 10n. An estimated two to three thousand student housing questionnaires were reported missing by Registrar Robert Marshall. The questionnaires were designed by a non-profit student organization, Willamette Developers, Inc., to provide information on which to base government loan applications for housing development aid. The deadline for applications was I. According to Marshall, the survey forms were handed out with registration materials, but were not considered part of the official registration procedure and were not required of students. Registration began March 16 in the gym. Students were to place completed forms in a large box labeled for the purpose. Marshall said the box was marked, though perhaps not plainly. On Friday of registration week, March 20, the Registration Office workers removed tub files, registration packets, other equipment and office supplies, took them back to the Registrar's office and locked them up. Marshall said, all the registration materials and equipment had been removed. The room was cleaned and set up for class. All paper, including the forms, was gone. . Marshall said he assumed the • t d th 11 c_ustodians des. roye e co e_c hon box an~ its contents wi th waste materials. In respect to a rumor which implied that the loss was deliberate Marshall said "It was certainly nothing intenti~nal ,, • Marston Morgan, Director of Institutional Research, who had been closely associated with the survey in an advisory capacity to former Student Housing Chairman John Hill, said he "was convinced the loss was not by design" and that ''no malice was involved. It was an unfortunate blunder," he stated. Of course, the students are frustrated," he said. "They feel the administration has ignored them and that it (the administration) has lost essential information. The students are up tight, and legitimately so." The administration has, with few e x c e pt ions, maintained a "hands off" policy on the question of student housing. Hill said that about three weeks prior to registration he'd made arrangments with the registrar and data processing so that the information could be run through Marshall said he did not con- the computer as a part of regsider the security of the hous- istration. The forms were printed, he ing survey forms part of the Registrar's responsibility, since said, and were the ones that they were not officially part of disappeared. registration. He said he didn't Hill said he checked registraeven know the form of the sur- tion on the first day and picked vey to be distributed until a up about 400 completed forms, couple of hours after the begin- which he took with him. Because -- ning of registration the first day he believed someone else would (Monday). The survey was orig- take responsibility for taking inally to be done with IBM cards, care of them, he said he did but were produced in a different not check back every day. Hill form. estimated that a total of 2100 completed forms had been lost. The following Monday morning, Two years ago a similar, inMarch 23, Marshall said, he arrived at campus early, about formal survey in conjunction with 5:30 a.m., to do some prelim- the Lane County Planning Cominary work before the continu- mission (LCPC) showed that alation of registration at 9:00. , most 50 per cent of the students then at LCC lived in rented When he arrived at the gym, housing. This was, ac~ording to Mo~g~n, an unusually high and surprismg figure. It had been assumed that the majority of students would be living at home with their parents or be married and in their own homes. In February a pilot survey ' with 650 co mp 1et e d questiC1nnaires (about 1/6 of the student body then enrolled) showed that the number of students living in rented housing is still about 50 per cent. Of those responding, 92% favored the Student Senate entering into some form of lowcost student housing. That such a large percentage of questionnaires was completed indicates that the problem is one of critical concern to the students. "Housing is the students' number one problem." said Morgan. Rental units, with only 3% availability for students, according to a survey last summer oy the LCPC, cost about $150-200 for a two-bedroom unit in the university are a. Even in the ghetto-type areas where students and fa mi 1i es are crowded together, the rates are inflated. The city agencies are concerned about the housing problem. The lackofhousingforstudents is hurting non-students of poverty level or retired persons by forcing students into rental units that normally would be used by these groups. In a questionnaire distributed at the time of the last serial levy, Feb. 10, the older voters, . on whom the responsibility has been placed for the failure of the levy to pass, indicated an overwhelming approval of consideration of student housing and connected problems. In response to concern about housing, the LCC Student Senate authorized $200 in March to form the Willamette Developers, Inc. for the initial purpose of considering the development of low cost housing. The corporation evolved through the efforts of concerned students headed by Institutional Development Director Marston Morgan. Free legal advice had also been anonymously pledged. This group studied, planned, e v a 1u ate d and formulated a p r o c e du re by whicp. the problem could be approached on both a financial and legal Leadership needed to revive ASCUS "I would bend over backward to get it started again," said Art Schaefer about the end of ASCUS. Schaefer has been faculty advisor to LCC's Associated Students for Community Unified Services since Sept. 1968, when the school service club started. The ASCUS club is an informal club consisting of individuals interested in being of service to Lane Community College. The fifteen or more members that were in the club assisted the •school by providing guided tours of LCC, helped ambulatory students to classes, provided transportation for handicapped students and served as guides for new entering students. In essence--they were the "work horses" for the school. "When a hand, or a back or energy was needed in service to the schoolASCUS was there to help," reflected Schaefer. Sc-haefer looked down on the term "demise" and said that the club is ''in limbo.'' It still has a charter and money in the bank. "It's a simple case," said Schaefer, "ofloss ofleadership. Bill Denniston, the original president left the school and t~re has been no one interested e'nough to pick up the reigns of leadership since he left the school Winter Term. It's as simple as that." Schaefer said he thought there is still a great need to be filled by students volunteering their time to serve the school. Before the club's break-up, Schaefer said, it was showing special "family" type Ulms to raise money. '' .People frcltn out of town" said Schaefer, "were writing to the school asking when these films would be run, and it looked like A.SCUS had a popular money raising thing going until the bottom fell out and the club lost its organization." In. this age of "non-involvement," the ASCUS Club plays a definite part at LCC. It gives students a chance to ''become involved" and be of service to the school, to the students, and the comm unity. "It is parHcularly sad," mused Schaefer, "because the need for ASCUS's services is just as great now as it was when the club as active maybe more so . And the only reason the club is 'in limbo' is the simple fact that there is no leadership." Now may be your· time to "become involved." The · need for a com mun it y service such as ASCUS still exists. There is money in the bank, a charter, and a faculty advisor sitting at the edge of his chair waiting for the phone to ring. All the re-birth of .A.SCUS needs "to be of service to Lane Community College" is some leadership - yours. Any interested person is asked to contact Art Schaefer, advisor to ASCUS, 747-4501, ext.277. basis. . As estabhshed, the corporation was to be organized similar to the LCC Board of Education, with directors elected for four years, &nd to include administrators, board members, students ahd possibly two or three · community leaders. Taking into consideration such problems as utilities, roads, and public schools, the corporation aimed toward the April 1 deadline to apply for a federal loan through the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This proposed loan would have enabled Willamette Developers to begin the actual consideration of types of housing. The type of housing to be built is indefinite. In the February survey, 78% of those who responded indicated they approved apartment-type rather than individual units. Facilities for both married and single students were favored by 83.7%. Hill has said that Wille.mette Developer's proposal for low cost housing has met with opposition from some members of th~ administration. Dean of Students L S. (Bud) Hakanson said that communication between administration and students on the question of student h o u s in g had not been great. "I knew nothing about what the students were doing or that they were doing anything until a proposal in the Student Senate asked for money to be used for a housing corporation (Willamette Developers)," said Hakanson. "Further," he added, "let's not ride our white horses off in different directions. It would be better to yoke them so we can pull together." Since LCC is a community college, it is forbidden by law to use any tax monies for housing needs. Hakanson said that since housing is a community problem there is little the individual can do about high rates of interest and costs. Any housing development would depend on outside funds, such as fed e r a I grants with community and university cooperation. According to Richard Eymann, Government Funding Director, HUD was the organization through which the corporation could be expected to receive the most help. . HUD would guarantee a loan to a non-profit corporation if it were for student housing. In such an agreement the government would agree to pay all interest over 3% if the money were obtained from private sou~ces. . . The housmg survey distributed at registration time was to have supplied the needed information. The loss of the survey forms a :Veek b~fore the deadline makes it impossible to apply for the loan, as the 400 forms Hill picked up were insufficient data. Eymann said that in view of the loss of the survey forms, the failure to meet the application deadline and tight money, he didn't see where much could be done this year. Because students don't always know of housing available in the area, Senator Steve Pickering has proposed that the Student Senate ~evise a permanent system for current listings. This would not investigate housing or approve or disapprove of it. The proposal has been ternporarily tabled. Morgan said that while it's not feasible to ask all the students to fill outthe forms again, he feels obligated to try to gather the information in some way. This information is vital to the whole community, he said. Hill has said he is disappointed in the reaction oftheStudentSenate to the survey loss, that the Senate had failed to act and that no one had been appointed to fill his position as Student Housing Chairman. Hill resigned when he withdrew from school April 9 due to financial difficulties. This week, April 28-May 1, Hill will be back on campus to redistribute a number of the survey forms which were not used during registration. He said he asks students to "tolerate the repetition as I realize this entails work on their part." "I want to thank the students for assistance in filling out the previous questionnaire which was lost. I appreciate their supplying critical data needed... " he said. The Senate Housing Committee formerly ch aired by Hill has billed the administration, through the registrar's office, for $280 on behalf of the student body--a sum equivalent to the value of the time some 2200 students spent filling out the questionnaires, the cost based on a minimum hourly wage of $1.25. Since the form was a complicated one that r e q u i r e d a considerable amount of time from many persons, Morgan said he agrees "that the administration owe<. the students a redress of this," and that his office could . bear part of the expense of that redress. Toastmasters Club may form at LCC; students sought by Ernest Fraim Jirn Whitchurch, an LCC student in Agriculture, is planning to do something about his public speaking ability. He would like to see other LCC students join him in forming a campus branch of the International Toastmasters Club. Whitchurch joined the Eugene Toastmasters recently and is looking forward to bringing the club to the LCC campus. His plans · are not definite yet, but he has many ideas and would like to meet with other interested students. The Toastmasters Club is an international organization which is set up to help the individual improve his speaking ability and confidence by speaking fequently to his fellow members, who come fro m a 11 w a 1ks of life. The speeches are evaluated by club members and, though it may be embarassing at first, the criticism is very helpful, Whit church stated. A typical Toastmasters meeting is set up around three different types of speeches. The first is "table topics" which last I minute and, because they are impromptu, give the speaker the opportunity to "think on his feet'' while speaking in con cise terms. He must used the announced word of the day in his speech. The second type of speech is the three-minute "hot seat" speech in which a topic is given to a speaker as he approaches the podium. The last type is ten- min u t e ''prepared speeches" which are announced a week in advance. New members must give an "icebreaker" speech in which they speak on their lives. All speeches are evaluated by the grammarian, a critic for grammatical errors and content of the talk. There are members who, when the first came into the club, could hardly speak before an audience. After a time, these members are speaking with confidence, emphasized Whitchurch. ' • AND TRUTH SEEK THOSE WHO are invited to Bible LOVE TRUTH teaching and discussion at Wesley Center Chapel Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. April 28i May 5, 12, 19 & 26 1970. We assume no other name than Christians - the Bible our _only authority and Christ our only head. Sponsored by June Douglass and . _ G _race McIntyre. Pledges sought Pledges are now being solicited at LCC for the Sacred Heart Hospital Expansion Drive. The drive is a campaign to raise $1.1 million from the community for the addition of 75 beds, improvement of the Surgical Intensive Care unit, and a comprehensive rehabilitation department. The Expansion Drive is not being sponsored by LCC, but interested staff members are encouraged to participate in it. Campaign leaders are seeking individual pledges for a given amount to be paid over a three year period. Pledge cards are available at LCC through Bert Dotson. Although this is primarily a Lane County venture, it also includes all of the Southwest Oregon area that makes use of the sacred Heart Hospital facilities. The cost of the entire project will total approximately $6 million. Financing is being sought through federal sources, borrowed money, accumlated savings, and the $1.1 million being solicited in individual pledges. The pledge deadling is May 8. Faculty are reminded that their donations will be an aid toward the training of Nursing and Inhalation Therapy stud e n t s at LCC. Roy Lo Grandeur ., heads delegation Dr. Ray LaGrandeur, associate dean of instruction at LCC, will head theLane County delegation at the April 27 Governor's Man:power Coordinating Committee training conference in Salem. LaGrandeur is chairman of the 16-member Lane County . committee which evaluates local proposals for manpower training through use of state and federal funds. In e xis ten c e for about 18 months, the committee includes representatives of various public and private manpower training agencies, labor, industry and citizen groups. It is charged with establishing, at the local level, the needs for manpower development and utliziation. Representatives of each of the 14 districts in the Cooperative hrea Manpower Planning System' havebeen invited to the conference. Home Ee dates May program High sch o o 1homemaking teachers and seniors interested in Home Economics will be guests of the LCC Home Ee. Depart·ment May 13 and 14. Invitations have been sent to teachers and principals of all high schools in the Lane Community College district, with the request that they indicate day and hour they expect to attend. Students in the food preparation classes are baking breads, cookies and otAer items to serve for the occasion. The experimental foods class, meeting Tuesday and Thursday morning from 10 to 12, still needs more students. Although, two weeks of classes have been held, the nature of this clas s makes it p'ossibte for late enrollees to participate. Much of the work is done on an individual basis. There is no charge for the class, which aims to help the beginner learn to cook. Persons wishing information should call the Home Economics Dept. at ext. 208. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Page~ Senate commends Board In light of what it calls, "un- dividuals in the community" as warranted criticism" of the A- a result of its decision to not pril 13 firing of President Ro- renew Pickering's· one - year bert Pickering, LCC Student Sen- contract. ate has approved a letter of supThe letter goes on to say, port for the LCC Board of Ed"these individuals are uninformucation. ed as to the reasons behind The letter was1approved by the this decision, and in some cases, Student Senate at its April 26 prejudiced by personal feelmeeting and was addressed to the ings." The letter concluctes seven elected Board members by stating that the Student Senand the people of the LCC district. The letter was released ate believes the board '' is to by ASB President Dave Spriggs-. be commended for being conIn it the Senators said the LCC cerned about this institution." Board "has come under rather The letter was initiated by the harsh and, in our judgement, Senators without the Bo a rd ' s unwarranted criticism from in- knowledge, although sever a 1 Funeral library donated to Lqne A comprehensive library onfuneral service was presented to . LCC on March 2 by LounsburgMusgrove Mortuary of Eugene Del Matheson, Readers' Service Librarian, announced. Similar libraries, containing volumes of prominent religious authorities, sociologists and psychiatrists, are being presented to 31 0 reg on universities, colleges, community colleges and seminaries, said Funeral Director Wayne Musgrove. The project is sponsored jointly by the •Oregon State Funeral Directors Association and the Oregon Board of Funeral Cirectors and Embalmers. According to Musgrove, recent studies show the increasing significance and importance of the psychological and sociological , benefits of the traditional funeral service. BEST MUSICAL) NEW YORK • ( . DRAMA CRITICS IRCLE AWARD 1968 0 Board members knew of the Senate's action prior to the letter's public release, said Spriggs. The Senate hadoriginallyplanned to stay out of the matter, said Spriggs, but finally decided it had to make a public comment. He went on to say, the "last straw" came when an editorial' comment by a Eugene radio newsman on the morning of the 26th linked Pickering's termination with current student disorders at the U of O and intimated that the Board had fired the President because of tranquility on the LCC campus. '' The Board of Education of Lane Community College has done an outstanding job from the conception of the community college idea in this area to our present time. It is well to point out that these individuals serve their community at no salary, giving freely of their time, and in many instances, at consider-. able individual expense," stated the letter. by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar Prese'1ted by the Performing Arts Department . of Lane Community College Directed by Edward Ragozzino • May 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 .HAMBURGER DAN'S BURt~ERS SH AKES FJ(IES "Try the best in old-fashioned hambu.cgers. ~' at LCC FORUM THEATRE Ticket Prices $2.00 Call · iBox, Office, 747-4501, .ext.' 310 . . ...... •' O 'O O O O O 0 satu~Oay qoto * * the From Rock songs of 1956-196 9 ********** ********** ********** ***************** ********** ********** *******0 (jQoup o featuQes 0·00 * satuROay;* * * * ,Qom 4:00pm * * * * to m10n1qht *Without commercial or news interruption* May 9th* ------ Page 6 Rock-musical prOdtJction ·opens· Friday by Jo~ ~terius "Zish, bamb, boom--there's a· roe k-m us ic al.;.-right here in River City!" ., :- "Your Own Thing," a rock-. musical and LCC's last Perform.: ing Ar.ts production this year, ·opens lltt' 1 and closes out the aid to ·hear the music. ·It is a theatr~ SQaSOn at LCC li k-e an _"mus,,.., for the younger gen-: ~~!~jQJ! at _ _ a-dyna,mite factc;>ry. eratiw because it is as "con"Your Own Thing'' isi ' 1 inust" te mP:() ra ry" as "Hair.'' psyfor those over fifty because you chedelic lights, beards, and Marwill n_ ot have to wear a hearing shall McLuhan. a ;~ "YOUR OWN THING," not unlike the extremely successful "Hair," is a tribal rock-musical l with the "stars" being the entire 18 member cast. (Photo by Jon Haterius) Results. of Go -19 _ Poll released Marston Morgan, LCC Director of Institutional Research, has announced the results of a G0-19 Poll taken in the LCC cafeteria on April 15. The poll was requested by the Student Senate as a means of. obtaining the feeling of regular day students on Ballot #5, as proposed to lower the legal voting age to 19. About 1000 ballots were circulated, with about 770 being returned. The result showed a majority favor the measure. Questions and answers on the leaflet were: 1. Are you a student at LCC? (answer) Yes, 85%. With the exception of the two _ One o the r f€male :romai!t~ .lines director Ed Hagozzino felt lea'd, (rounding out the Sebastian, were opeQly ''suggestive" and Viola and Orson romances) is deleted, "Your Own Thing" will. Olivia, played by Cathryn Mcopen at LCC as it has been per- Collum. She recently appeared· formed by international touring as Miss Icenogle in LCC's procompanies since it opened in 1968. duction of "The Hundred and 1t was the first off-Broadwa_y •First" and is a veteran of two musical to ever win the New York high school productions, "The Drama Critics Ciicle Award as Medea" and "The Crucible." the best musical of the year. The gender mixups, ·rock LCC's production of "Your manager who has a ··nahg-up,"' -Own Thing" is a mad-mod mu- along with the mfod-boggiing sical romp, opening with a ship- music are what ''Your Own wreck on stage. The rest of the Thing" is all about. The '' Aact ion centers around Viola, Po c a 1 y p s e s " stage minager _(played by Jennifer Pack and (played by Steve Harper )provides Sebastian (played by Alan·Bran- moments of high comedy by flutdon), twins who are members tering in and out of scenes wavof the "now" generation. (Miss ing papers and admonishing the Pack appeared in South High's uninhibited rock group to '' shape ''Oliver'' and ''Bye, Bye Birdie.'' · up or ship out, you silly devils." Brandon appeared in "The Fan- (Harper appeared in LCC's tastics" at Southwestern Oregon "Hundred and First" and in the Community College and "The production of 'J.B.") Cherry Orchard" at Southern When LCC's rock-musical oOregon College.) Because of Vi- pens May I, nearly two months ola and Sebastian's id en tic al of rehearsals will have been put dress and hair style, they are into the production. The music mistaken for one another when is conducted by Nathan Camthey are both hired for the same mack; Choral Director is Wayte job in the rock combo band. Kirchner, and settings are by (The audience in the back row will Dave Sherman. This, plus the have to look twice to see the colorful costuming and rapiddifference between them.) fire dramatic and musical antics The boys in the band (the of the 18 LCC performers, make "Apocalypse") are Mich ae I, "Your Own Thing" a fitting(and played by Ralph Steadman; John, anything but dull) final Performplayed by Ct_iarles Mixon; and ing Arts presentation this year. Danny, played by Joe Zingo - all The loud (but not that loud) resplendent with electric guitars and insistent beat of the rock and near psychedelic costumes. music provides not only a ver-! •They provide the on-stage musi- •bal and musical language for our cal interest for the uninhibited youth c1,1lture, but also a calmcomings and going of the eighteen shattering inducement to tear members of the "now" gen- . down inhibitions and barriers. eration. (Steadman appeared in '" You Own Thing" comes close to North Eµgene's "1984," "South doing just that. Pacific" and LCC's "Comings LCC's uninhibited rock-mu.:, and Goings." Mixon was in South sical will be presented in the High's "The Lottery" and has Forum Theatre on campus May sung in a local rock-group in I, 2 and May 6, 7 ,8 and 9. TicEugene. Zingo, currently seeking kets are $2 and can bepurchased · a Ph.D. in Art and Education at at the campus box office in the . the U _of O, was the lead male Administration Building, at the dancer in ·the Lane County AudBon Marche -Russell store in itorium Association production . downtown Eugene or at Meier of "Brigadoon," and is choreoand Frank in the Valley River grapher for the rock-musical. Center. - Then there's· Orson (played by A limited number of tickets •John Coombs), the leader of the . have also been placed in the Firock group, whQ hasn't quite made· nancial Aids Office, in the lobby up his - mind if he likes girls of the Center Building. These or not. (John appeared as Fagin are available on request for stuin "Oliver" at South Eugene High, dents who would like to attend the ·and was in LCC's "The .Me- musical but cannot afford the di!!,.m/') 'tickets. 2. Would you endorse the of my students have displayed a Student Senate· donating $75 to maturity at least on a par with $150 to Oregonians for G0-19 the rest of the community." campaign to promote the pasHe said that in his opinion age ,of Ballot measure No. 5 there is little possib_ility of this on the May 26 primary? (ans- age group being influenced by the wer) Yes 62%. so-called radicals of the area. In 3. Are you a registered voter fact, he said, it would probably in Oregon? (answer) No, 59%. be consider~d a setback by these, 4. Will you vote on May 26 groups in t hit~ is a tbond with the for the passage of measure No.5 establishmen which they reto , lower the Or~i;on voter age pudiate. to 19? (answer) Yes, 60%. Morgan further indicated that Morgan indicated tha t''per- "it remains to see how many will sonally, I am in favor of the 19 vote, if given the chance, as they year old vote, for the usual rea- will probably follow the same vosons--t hey pay taxes, are ting patterns as those between drafted, and 1 think they are able the age of 21 and 29 and they do to assume responsibility, as most not turn out very much to vote. (Slightly more than 21% of this age bracket vote)." Table clinics offered by LCC LCC movie to be released in May LCC Dental Hygienists will present two table clinics at the annual meeting of the Oregon Dental Association in Portland Mav 3-6. At the table clinics, students will show techniques and processes developed by different schools represented. Dental hygienist Betty Sherman said the LCC students will demonstrate the use of the reclining chair and the mobile cart used in the dental clinic. Use of the reclining chair lessens muscle fatigue for both patients and dentist or other operators. Instruments are more accessible and easier to use with the cart. A panel discussion of the paradental curriculum at different schools will be a joint effort of students from LCC, U of O Dental School and Clark College in Vancouver, Wash. LCC is the Been seeing a movie camera first community college in Oregon to have a paradental train- around campus lately? Another ing program separate from the Hollywood Production? Not quite, University of Oregon Dental but a film is being made about Lane and it's students. School. Will Trumbull Productions of Eugene started filming a color Norris wins movie of students telling what they like about the college on chess tournament _ April 13. They've been shooting Jim Norris of LCC won first for two weeks now and have place in the Chess Tournament only two more scenes to film. held April 24 in the cafeteria. Through interview with eight stuSecond place went to J:3ert Ew- dents, the thirty-minute film will ing of North Eugene High School help the community to know and with three players taking third understand how LC C operates. place: Don Herman, Jerry Wei- These students are being asked kel, and Tom Teller. such questions as; why are they There were 15 c0ntestants un- at LCC? how do they like it? What seeks leader der the direction of Jerry Wei- are their opinions about college The Community Outdoor Pro- k el, Knights-and-Castles Vice spirit, and how does it help gram needs a leader! Connie President. Each person played them? The film is scheduled to be Fraziet, last term's co-ordina- four games which ran approxitor, is •not at LCC this term, mately 10 hours. The club plans released during the first week of This job entails helping .people to hold another tournament be- May. It will be shown over both fore Spring Term ends. Also Eugene TV stations and at schools set up camping, hiking, climbing planned are matches with North throughout Lane County. It will and ski trips. The coordinator Eugene High School and Cottage also be available to any group oralso mu;,t assist in the COP SurGrove High School. , ganization upon request. vival Training Class. Please help the community and LCC by taking interest in the LCC Community Outdoor Pro..·.~ Maii, St. Springfield gram. For further information conphone 746-8221 • ~ ' tact Peggy Wakefield (SStudent Activities Secretary) or Connie . SPECIAL RAT~S •f!'\orl fr.i, unti,1,6· pm' Frazier at 344-1790. COP DARI-DE LITE , •Breakfast served anytime I • • JlltJ r, Complete Dinners Wide variety of sandwiches and burgers Homemade pies and soups Com1,,lete fountain service 33 varieties of shake and sundae flavors 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. weekdays 11 :00 p.m. Fri. and Sat. Phone orders accepted 343-2112 STOP BY TODAY Orders to go 1810 Chambers U. S. Foreign Policy in Latin America April 29, 30 and May 1 at the University of Oregon WEDNESDAY, April 29--EMU Ballroom Session 1--1:00 p.m.--"U.S. Military Intervention in Latin America: Past Examples, Future Prospects." Session Il--7:00 p.m.--"An Evaluation of U.S. Development Efforts to Date in Latin America." 1iMBERTow;.--······~~, I: rock THURSDAY, April 30--EMU Ballroom Session 1--1:00 p.m.--"Presentation of Cuban Slides." Session Il--7:30 p.m.--"The Cuban Model for Latin American Development." FRIDAY, May 1--EMU Ballroom Session I--10:30 a.m.--"Cultural Imperialism in Latin America." Session II--1:00 p.m.--"The Working Class and Latin American Change." Session IlI--7:30 p.m.--"Future Directions of U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America and the Third World.'' l· •. ••---~--...-...-...--••-------•••Iii LCC downed by U of 0, 6-5; ends 3-game winning streak After a three game winning in the fifth inning, on a single streak, LCC's luck ran out Wed- and stolen base bv shortstoo Boh.,, nesday afternoon, April 22, when by Foster, and a hard hit to the Titans came out on the short left field by Rod Laub. The Ducks took the lead for end of a 6-5 decision to the University of Oregon junior var- good at 6-5, in the bottom of sity baseball team at Howe Field. the fifth, when they got their Played under drizzly, cloudy winning runs on two singles, two skies, the game started out slow, walks, a stolen base, and a wild but the jv's grabbed a 1-0 lead pitch. Lane is now 5-3 for the year, in the third inning on two singles, a stolen base, and the al- and undefeated in league play with two wins. ways fatal--error. The Titans showed their winning desire in the top of the fourth inning when they scored fo u r runs on two w a 1k s , a stolen base by centerfielder Mike Oregon's u'n predictable Myers, and consecutive singles weather is playing havoc with by Rod Laub, Ken Reffstrup, and area athletic teams. In the last Rob Barnes. two weeks unscheduled rain dropThe Titan lead did not last lets have postponed numerous long, however. The Ducks came athletic encounters. back in the fourth for three runs Here at Lane, Coach Irv Roth's on two walks and three singles d ia mo nd fighters have had of their own. doubleheaders w it h Chemeketa Lane took the lead again at 5-4 and the Linfield jv's postponed. Both t w in - b i 11 s w i 11 be r e scheduled. Of the recent games Lane's baseball squad had played, many have been in or around rain bursts, leaving the playing The women's track and field team traveled to Monmouth Tues- surface somewhat wet. The Tiday, April 21, for a meet with tans latest loss to the Duck JayOCE, Pacific , Willamette U- vees was such a game. Tennis Coach Art Schaefer's niversity, and Lewis and Clark. have had nu me r o us netmen OCE ran away with the meet wity 103 points; LCC, 32; Pa- matches with area high schools postponed because of the rain. cific, 26; Lewis and Clark, 12; and Willametee University, 9. Lane is also trying to reschedule its tennis match with powerful The LCC women finished as Green River (Washington) Comfollows: 100 meter hurdles: first munity C o 1 1e g e which was Peggy Bartholomew, 17' .9"; Long jump: second - Peggy Barthol- scratched on April 15 because of the distasteful weather. omew, 14 3/4'. 880: first - Louise Track Coach hl Tarpenning's Stucky, 2:46.3. Javelin: third squad has also been affected by Kris Havercroft, 91 - l; Shot the weather. Even though track put: third - Kris Havercorft, me e t s are run under all con29 -2 3/4. 44: fifth - Pat Lyditions, the excessive wind and don, 79.8. rain has hurt cindermen perforHigh jump: fourth - Kathy Ehmances. lers, 4-0. 440 relay: third Area high schools are also L ind a Loeck, Louise Stucky, finding themselves somewhat beMary Lyn Marple, and Peggy hind because uf the weather. Bartholomew, 59. 7. 880 medley Baseball, Tennis and Golf teams relay: second - Linda Loeck, have found trouble since many Louise Stucky, Pat Lydon and of their rescheduled encounters Peggy Barthol~mew, 2: 9. 7. , have also been postponed. Weather postpones area games Lane topped by OCE in five-way Tennis All students interested in the Spring Term Intramural Tennis Program are encouraged to contact the Intramural Office. A Men's Doubles' Tournament will begin May 12. A Women's Singles and/or Doubles Tournament will also start May 12. Interested men students may contact Lynn Johnston, Health and Physical Ed. Offices. Women students may contact Sharon Cochran, Health and Physical Ed. Offices. Rotating tr op hies will be ~resented to winners in each :iivision. Golf Tournament Men and women students interested in the 1970 Intramural Golf Tournament are encouraged to attend a 15-minute meeting on May 6 (Wednesday) at 12:00 noon in the Main Gym. The 36-hole tournament will be ,run on the Calloway Handicap, System at the Laufel~op~ Titans dump Lakers for fifth season Win . The LCC Titans racked their southern division rivals, the SWOCC Lakers, for 15 hits and 13 runs Tuesday, April 21, enroute to their fifth win of the season. Lane is now 5-2 for the year, and 2-0 in league play. Because of the torrid hitting onslaught, the game was ended after seven innings of play. The Golf Course. Players will con- final score was 13-1. tact opponents to set up matches The Titans wasted little time on their own. in getting started, as shortstop A rotating trophy will be pre- Bob Foster hit a long double to sented to the tourney champion. left field with one out in the Further information will be first inning. provided at the May 6 meeting. After a single _by Tom Joll, Those unable to attend the meet- Foster scored the first run on Rod ing should contact Lynn Johnston, Ken Reffstrup' s single. Health and Physical Ed. Offices. Laub scored what proved to be .the winning run on an error on Kirk Hendrickson's hit to Laker third baseman, Bob Oberstake. While Reg Gardner was stopDecathalon Meet ping the Lakers on five hits, the The firs t annual LCC In- Titans continued tqeir awesome tramural Track and Field Dett k th •k d cathalon Meet will be held May hitting a ac ' as ey pie e up three runs in the second inning, 25 through May 29. All male one in the fourth, and capped students, taking at least 1 credit the game with a seven run barhour at LCC and not partici- rage in the fifth inning. Lane got its three runs in the pating on the track team, are eligible. second inning on a walk, a fieldThe following events will be er's choice, and singles by Foster on the program: ll5 yd. dash; er's choice, and singles by Fos330 yd. dash; 3/4 mile; 90 yd. ter, Joll, Laub, and catcher, Bob hurdles; shot put; long jump; Burdick. high jump and discus. The Titans slowed down to one A rotating trophy will be pre- run in the fourth, but came back sented to the indi victual with the "hungary" in the fifth, as they greatest acc_umulate~ points. got their last seven runs on F~rther information may be double by Joll, • and singles by obta1!17~ .froII]- _Lynn Jo}11\~ton, Fqster, • Hendrickson, • and Rob Health and Physical Ed. P,~1c~~-. .'Barnes. • , •.• , , .. , , , • , Intramural Sports Tournament Jan McNeale came within L5 seconds of winning all three distance races Saturday, April 25. The host Titans nipped Mount Hood and Umpqua Community Colleges in the three way meet. Lane, getting a double win performance from speedster John Track Mays along with McNeale, chalked up 86 points to Mt. Hood's 83 and Umpqua's 10. McNeal was pressed into triple service due to the closeness of the meet. He won both the 880 (1. 58. 7) and the two mile (9.23.6). He placed second to Titan teammate John McCray in the mile. McNeale, the former Thurston star and current National Junior College Cross Country Champ, ran the mile in 4.28.0 while McCray's winning time was 4:26.6. While McNeale dominated the distant runs, Tit an John Mays controlled the spring races. Mays shaded Mt. Hood's Jim Gilbert in both the 100 and 220 yard dashes. The Titan standout was timed in 10.2 and 22.9 bettering the Laker's Gilbert by one tenth of a second in both races. Lane got wins from Don Van Arnam Dave Wise and Rod Mooers in' the field events. Mooers winning 14'0" in the pole vault broke the old school record of 13'4" set in 1969. Van Arnam tossed the spear 186'9 1/2" in the j ave Ii n breaking another school mark by nearly two feet. Springfield's Dave Wise won the triple jump with a leap of 45' 6" to go along with a second place finish in the long jump and his third place finish in the high jump. Titan Doyle Kenady added valuable points to the Titan cause by nailing down two second places in the muscle events. Kenady threw the 16 pound shot 50'3" and tossed the discus 138'3". Lane's Jim Garrison followed Kenady by placing third in both events. • Spring fie Id's Dennis Conley soared 6'2" ·in the high jump but lost top honors on fewer misses. other second place finishers for the Titans were Dan Norton in the 440, Mooers in the 120 high hurdles, and McCray in the 880. This Saturday, May 2, Coach Al Tarpennint s squad travels to Bend to tangle with the Bobcats. ·of Central Oregon and the Cou, gars of Clackamas. The meet starts at 1:30. The Titans next home encounter is Saturday, May 9, when the Titans host a Triangular meet with Umpqua and Blue Mountain Community Colleges. Lone takes _ second in four-way meet · The LCC women's track team hosted a track meet Thursday, April 16, with Portland Stat~, the U of 0, and Mt. Hood m attendance. Portland St ate finished with 72 points to take first; Lane had 28; U of 0, 14; and Mount Hood, 4: Members of Lane's team finished as follows: Javelin: fourth - Patti Lewis, 93'-7". Discus: third -Jeannie Easton, 87' -7". Shot put: third - Kris Havercroft 26' -8 1/2"; fourth Mary ,Lyn Marple, 26' - 3 1/3" . Long .fump: . fourth - Peggy Bartholomews, 12' -5". High Jump: second - Linda .~oeck,, 3' r . l,O"; tied for third . - Patti .Lewis , and Lavada fur.- , ber, 3' - 6". 100 Meter Hurdles: first - Peggy Bartholomew, 17' .O". Miles: first - Louise Stucky, 6:18.4; sP.cond - Ann Mattson, 6:18.5. 440 relay: second - Joy Henderson, Patti Miller, Mary Lyn Marple, and Peggy Bartholomew, 57.5. I Women netters ose The LCC women's tennis team traveled to Marylhurst Monday April 20. Lane swept the singles competition with Ka re n Barrong, Kathv Haines and Barbara Ackerman winning; LCC lost both , doubles matches. The final score was LCC 3, Marylhurst 2'. l I 1 I Page 8 Attorn-e y discusses divorce la~s Divorce statutes are one of the most rapidly changing areas of law throughout the country, said Hale Thompson, a Eugene attorney, at a recent session of the Family Life Discussion series, "Crisis of Divorce." Thompson said divorce has historically been ''predicated on fault~, with the party not at fault getting the divorce." Prior to 1969, Oregon courts could refuse to grant a divorce in cases where both parties were at fault. The 1969 changes moved away from as much concern with fault, Thompson said. 0 reg·on law specifies seven grounds for divorce, Thompson noted, but most divorces in the state are granted on grounds of "cruel and inhuman treatment." Thompson said he expects even more changes in the divorce law, which would replace decrees _of divorce or separate maintenance and annulments with a "dissolution of marriage." The changes would approximate California's new law where the only grounds for divorce is "irreconcilable differences." Thompson favors dissolution of marriage rather than divorce Science fiction convention slated in Portland May 29-31 The Society of Strangers is holding a Northwestern Sciencefiction Convention in Portland on May 29-31. At the convention there will be a number of planned events including a costume dance, a series of panel discussions, and a rnedievel tourarnent and Arts Fair.p The guests of honor will be Mr. Frand Herbert, Mr Stan Woolston, Editor of "Fan" magazine) and Mrs. Le Guin, author of Left Hand o(Darkness. There will be a series of round table discussions he ad e d by various authors and educators on suujects of interest to the general fan of science fiction. The main round table topic will be "Science Fiction-pulp or Literature," and will have the guest speakers on the panel along-with several fans. JOB PLACEMENT TO INQUIRE ABOUT JOBS, contact the LCC Placement Office, 747-4501, ext. 227. PART TIME/FEMALE: Girl to live-in with 83 year old lady. Prefer older mature person. Prepare main meal and be in nights. Afternoon free. PART TIME/FE MALE: Two g i r Is for telephone. Good workers. Pleasant voice. Hours: 7:30 p.rn. - 8 : 30 p.m. Pay: Commission. PART TIME/MALE: Young man for restaurant. Hours: 11:00 a.m.7:00 p.rn. Sat. - Sunday - 12:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pay $1.45 per hour. In a special "hucksters room" there will be a number of book tables where it will be possible to buy everything from hardback science-fiction to paperback metaphysics. Membership in the convention will cost $3.00 For further information write Paxton Hoag Rt. # 7 Box 152-A Eugene 97405. LCC to · get. $707,000 in construction funds LCC will be the benficiary of some $707,000 in state construction money as a result of $6. 77 million bond sale in Portland, April 7. The college plans to use the funds to help finance a new general classroom and the machine technology building. The bonds we re sold at a special meeting of the State Board of Higher Education, which acts as the selling agent for all state educational bond issues. The successful low bidder was Morgan Guarant Trust of New York and Associates with a net effective interest rate of 6.038 per cent. The interest rate was some 8/10 of one per cent less than that on a $12 million construction bond issue sold last December. • FOR SALE: 1968 Plymouth Barrcuda, Formula S. Fastback, 383 4 speed positraction. Silver-gray color, EXCELLENT condition. Price $2200. Call 688-2343 before 11 a.m. or after 5 p.m. FOR SALE: 1960 Dodge $60.00 Call 345-7583. WANTED: Overweight male subjects for a psychology study. Interesting experience and good opportunity to 1earn more about human emotion. Takes one hour and pays $1.50. Call the U of O Psychology Clinic, 342-1411, ext. 1547, leave name and number. WANTED: Former LCC teacher, Hugh Cowley, wishes to rent a two or three bedroom home for the summer months, while attending the U of 0. Call John Kreitz, chairman of the business department--ext. 291. The I e g i s I at u r e authorized some $13 million for community college construction, with half the authorization corning from state tax funds and half from the sale of general obligation bonds packed by the state. Five other community colleges also received funds from the bond sale. They were: Portland Community College (Portland), $2.8 million; Linn Benton Community College (Albany), $1.3 million; Chemeketa Community College (Salem), $1.3 million; Treasure Valley Community College (Ontario), $411,000; and Blue Mountain Community College (Pendleton), $234,000. Construction is scheduled for the 1970-71 school year. I, 7octe 1teid4c, 'U, ol ()_ Two weeks ago I wrote about the "Caveman Concept" as the belief that force is an acceptable means of change. i.e.: "If you don't agree with me, I threaten to hit you on the head with a club thus obtaining agreement." This concept is currently being demonstrated at the U. of O. Ignoring the fact that several votes have been taken relative to the ROTC program on the UofO campus and that these votes indicated the majority of students and faculty were not interested in making any change at this time, and, further ignoring the fact that this issue was still open for alternate action and that there were many opportunities available to students and faculty to persuade the majority to change their opinions-ignoring all this, a minority of students refused to consider other methods of change and claimed they were "forced" to take matters into their own hands by a sitin. Here again we see the basic issue of r;eason versus force in achieving change. Let's be very clear about this. We are talking about "absolutes." (.n.lthough some of my professors say there are none!) We are talking about the difference between legal versus i 11 e g a 1, right versus wrong, v o I u n t a r y action versus coercion. These concepts are not a matter of opinion, they are fundamental contradictions. They are black and white. What is the s t at u s of an honest man who robs once in a while? What is the status of a peace-loving student who only bombs the militaristic establishments? What are the rights of other students who interfere with the rights of other students who wish to go to class or LCC to graduate over 600 by Jon Haterius Lane Community College will have a traditional graduation ceremony this year--although the trimmings may be somewhat.different. This y e a r the c o 11-e g e anticipates th e largest number of graduates in LCC's history. Approximately 380 vocational-technical and 225 college transfer students have indicated they will attend the ceremony on June 13 at 2 p.rn. in the main gym on campus. President Pickering will open the ceremony and will be followed by a single guest speaker selected by the Student Bondy Senate. In the four years since LCC became a college, graduates and their friends and relatives FOR SALE:. Arn11lifier with two have listened to as many as four 15-inch speaker cabinets, one speakers at ceremonies held in Atlas Horn with 40 watt driver, sometimes 'rented facilities. VERY GOOD eight string HagNo speaker has been selected strom bass, IO-year guarantee for this year, although rumors still good. WILL TAKE BEST have circulated that former U.S. OFFER. Call 689-2298. Senator Wayne Morse might be TYPING - Experienced. Term· asked. Bud Hakanson, Dean of Stupapers, Theses, Dittos, Multilith dents said last week, "We want copy, Business Letters. Call to encourage the students to inMyrtle May, 688-7286. vite faculty members to attend as ANDREA'S 1036 Willamette, Eu-· their guests." Hakanson also r_e. B t·k B· commended that students write gene. phone 343 - 4423 • a 1 1• ·t t h to their favori e eac ers • Re ady to wear or made t o letters kims . ·f order in your EXACT size. Price askmg them to attend_ the fl th annual LCC graduation cere. . $7. 75 . Mt a chmg cover ups ava11. . able. A wide range of African and mome~.. Ind' f b • b th d E Dec1s1ons on changes m the . ian. a rics Y e yar • asy ceremony were influenced by the !It des1~ner ready to w~a.r clotht d nts' desire that faculty atmg. Prices are compehhve. SEE s u e AT ANDREA'S 1036 Willamette tend~nce be voluntary rather than ' reqmred. Eugene, Phone 343-4423. HOURS: Questionnaires we re handed 11 a.rn.-6 p.m. Monday through out to staff and students earlier Thursday an: ~aturday --11 a.m.- : this month about the graduation 9•30 P·t· riday, and 1 p.m .- ceremonies. The response in6 p.m. unday dicated that 63% favoured having WANTED: LCC student wants to a graduation ceremony, and 19% rent small farm with 2 or 3 bed- were unsure. rooms within 20 miles of Eugene. In any event, 600 graduates will Will take immediately. Call 343- receive their coveted diplomas 0290 after 5 p.m. Jun~ 13 on the campus. 1Classified FOR SALE: 1961 Porsche 356B Coupe - 1600 Super - Leather interior. $1900.00. Call 345-6071 or 747-4501 ext.306. because it does away with "the concept of fault. Nobody 'wins.' The marriage is just dissolved. AU you have to show is irrec onc il able differences, not fault," he said. Present and past 1aw s, Thompson feels, have made some divorce cases the greatest tragedies that have come to the attention of his office. Anticipated changes in the law, he said, will render divorces less tragic because there will be no necessity for"cloak and dagger private investigators, no more proving the other party is a dog. Nobody will have to get mud splattered all over him." The discussion series continues Thursday at 7:30 p.m., room 219 Apprenticeship Bui 1ding, LCC. The session will feature a panel of formerly married persons. The series is sponsored by LCC and Family Counseling Services of Lane County incooperation with the Mental Health Association of Oregon and the Junior League of Eugene. It is free and open to the pub .. lie. VIEW FROM THE "U" Adsl use their cars on 13th street? The first two are criminals and the last gives up any claim to "rights" when he attempts to destroy another citizen's rights. The sit-in students were not interested in realistic solutions of problems. They were interested in power! The power to force their desires on the University. President Clark was fully entitled to cut off further negotiation with them by calling the police who are legally empowered to deal with illegal acts. Yet these students then evaded the nature of their own unlawful action which was unsupported by the majority of and accused the "U" of "severe repression"! The point I wish to stress is that the students in the ASUO Senate who then voted to strike were evidentally unable to differentiate between the lawful action of police in reply to the unlawful actions of a few hard core revolutionaries. The confusion is a direct result of thefailure of s tu dents to recognize the "Caveman Concept", force instead of reason. As one of them said, "I'm going to stop the war in Vietnam, even if I have to bomb the ROTC building Is he really for to do it"! love and peace? Is he really anti-war? You tell m~ . ROBERTSON'S DRUGS "Your Prescription -Our Main Concern" 343-7715 30th and Hilyard Friday LCC PL-3 NEWS 1 9:30 p.m. Cable , It Channel 10,1::/} .,.,.. ,,,=::;J.f!l}\( Gorden R. Groat for PUBLICITY DIRECTOR I am Gorden R. Groat and I'm running for Publicity Director. Action is what you want and action is what I want, whether good or bad. I intend to whip together a united action in this school. I need your votes. Thank you