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the week of may 8, 1973 vol. 8 no. 16
lane community college, 4000 east 30th avenue, eugene, oregon 97405

Commission votes
election validation

Elections issue
of heated
student debate
Emotions flared at Thursday's
Senate meeting over the question
of validating (or not validating) the
spring elections.
Russel Ooms, senator from the
Industrial Technology Departmentj
submitted a challenge of the elections to the Senate citing six specific violations of election I}rocedures that alledgedly took place
during the election. These incidents range from persons voting
more than once to the voting tables
having campaign materials on or
around them. (See story this page.)
Jav Jones. ASLCC faculty advis-:
er> pointed out to the body during
the discussion that followed that
they (the Senate) were going to have
to accept some of the blame for the
current dilemma. Jones reminded
the Senate that no guidelines have
been established either to deal with
election law violations or to determine a winner in a close election,
How·c:ver, a motion was entertained and passed to accept the
Board of Tellers· count of the
election results as accurate.
More discussion followed concerning the alledged election violations. Jay Bolton, ASLCC president. finally limited the discussion
and directed the Board of Tellers
(consisting of Charles Akers,
Linda Moore. and Chuck Packnett)
to investigate all charges of election violations. Bolton also directed them to submit a report to the
Senate by Tuesday (May 8) at 3 p.
m, to state their findings and include their recommendations.
Bolton said the Senate can decide to validate or not validate the
Spring elections at this time.
In other business, the Senate accepted a list of delegates to attend
the upcoming Oregon Community
College Association comention to
be held on May 11 and 12 at Mt.
Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon. OCCA is made up of
members of community college administration, faculty and students.
The list submitted by Jay Bolton
included the following names: Jay
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Red Fox
outlines
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goals

by Sue Corwin

Dance for independence
Women dancing an Aztec dance in hand-made costumes were just
one part of the Cinco de Mayo celebration held by U of O and LCC
Chicanos last weekend. The two-day celebration included Mariachis
from Mexico, speeches, a dance and the crowning of the Cinco de
Mayo queen. A pinata, a raffle, a free Mexican dinner, and both
Aztec and traditional Mexican dances also added to the festivities.
Cinco de Mayo (the Fifth of May) is the Mexican day of independence,
and Chicanos and Mexicans alike (and "Anglos" too) enjoy celebrating
it. See page 9. (Photo by Robin Burns)

A very close election last week
established 35 year-old David Red
Fox as 1973-74 ASLCC Student
Body President. He said he will
prepare for the position unless the
election is contested and restaged
or verified as stands. (see story
this page).
Although he "didn't expect to
win, but only wanted to split the
votes 1 '' Red Fox said he is ready
to '' move ahead with the foundation
laid by the present student government." He lists several alterations
in policies , and also considers
the possibility of a general student body vote to abolish the current form of government.
Red Fox will first concern himself with reestablishing credibility
on all levels of student government.
He feels that as an individuala "public figure"--his credibility
was already high at LCC and in
the Eugene community before his
election as ASLCC President. That
credibility will not be affected by
the alledgedly questionable actions
of some persons during the ASL CC

elections, Red Fox said. "As a
public figure, I am above those
acts. The people who committed
these acts should be penalized,
not me."
Red Fox added that he does not
support the idea of holding a new
student body election.
Among the major alternations
he hopes to ~chieve, Red Fox
listed those involving the budget,,
expanded medical services, a revision of governmental structures,
and altered election procedure.
• a-5LCC budget spending has
to be curbed, the President emphasized. He has begun work on
the 1973-74 budget already and
plans a reduction of spending in
the amount of $42,610. The budget
will be presented in an itemized
. form next Thursday before the
Student Senate, Red Fox said.
Generally speaking, he indicated
the greatest reductions will be in
the areas of student activities
(eliminating all funds except those
for club promotions), office sup-

A recommendation to validate the ASLCC '73 elections was
agreed upon by the Election Commission in a special meeting yesterday
(Monday) afternoon. This recommPnrlation will br presented to the
ASLCC Senate at a special meeting, today at 3 p.m.
The Election Commission (Chuck Packnett, Charles Akers, and
Linda Moore) met with Russel Ooms, freshman senator, Industrial
Technology, and Jay Jones, Senate advisor, to discuss the allegations
contained in an election challenge.
Ooms registered the only official election challenge last Wednesday
with ASLCC Treasurer Robert Vinyard. Ooms listed six alledged
election infractions in his challenge in that:
eAt least six people voted more than once;
eThe IBM printout left out the names of 1200 students;
•one voting table was without an IBM printout;
•At one table names were not being checked-off the IBM printout
as students voted:
•campaign materials, posters and paid political advertisements
were within 50 feet of the election tables;
•votes which were received by the roving ballot boxes may not
have been counted, and votes that those people who carried the boxes had
solicited votes, and had not required proper identification from those
voting.
Packnett stated that he had never seen the election challenge,
that it had mistakenly been given to Vinyard and therefore, he questioned
whether a valid challenge hacl been made, ••.. , you don't send things
through the mail by taking them to the drugstore,'' quipped Jones.
He added that he had seen the formal protest and felt it warranted
discussion at this time. Ooms stated that he was under the impression
that Vinyard was a member of the Board of Tellers and that an election
challenge could be registered with Vinyard.
•
In discussing the six election law violations, Jones labeled voting
more than once a ·' malicious attempt . , . to prove that the election
can be tampered with."
"The system encourages this activity,·· and therefore Ooms
charged that the elections were dishonest
Jones and Packnett expressed disagreement. They laid the blam,:!
for dishonesty on the individuals and not the election system. Packnett
added that a candidate who felt he was losing the election could vote
more than once and then take steps to have the election invalidated,
Printouts were not used to establish that a student had voted,
they were used to aid in establishing the fact that a student was entitled to vote, according to Packnett. The ommission of 1,200 names
from a printout would not be a serious problem and should not result
in invalidating the election in his opinion.
The voting table without an IBM printout was given a printout
from a r0ll i11g ::;tation which was
shut down earlier in the election,,,
Packnett reported.
Jones said he watched the votmg station in the cafeteria and that
campaign materials were left there by accident and not with the intent
to sway voters. After much discussion of the election proceedures,
Jones expressed the consensus of the group, '' The process was adequate
though it lent itself to this kind. of activity ( voting more than once).
The allegations were beyond the control of the people working with
the elections."
"I never ran into this before," Packnett said, also stating that
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plies, the general fundj and salaries and tuition grants for Senate
members-Red Fox said he will
immediately abolish his salary of
$200 per month for 13 months,
though he will still accept his tuition grant.
Red Fox campaigned for budget
cutbacks in some areas that he
has since realized cannot be cut
without the sanction of the student or Senate support. Athletics,
medical servi~es and the salary
of the ASLCC Secretary are "established funds," he said, and he
has anticipated continuance of their
funding for next year.
• Expansion of medical services
with the approval of the student
body is definitely a budget priority,
he said. Red Fox would like to see
the Board of Education absorb
any increases in funding for medical services (Student Health Service, Dental Service, prescriptions). If the Board votes not to
allocate more money to medical
services, Red Fox said he "will
support increased Senate fund-

ing , .. if necessary."
He willnot support_.r10wever, the
addition of a Student Health Fee
to the already-existing five dollar
Student Body Fee to cover medical service expenditures. Nor
does he support establishing the
Student Health Service as an autonomous body. "The Health Services Coordinator should not be
paid a salary," Red Fox said,
'' and he (she) should not be (an
exofficio) member of the Senate."
He feels it would be more appropriate for the coordinator to
be '' chairman of a Health Com mittee, which answers to the Student Senate."
• other concerns of the new
President are the development of
guidelines for the Emergency Loan
Program (which the Senate, in part
now funds) and placement of student representatives on the LCC
Board of Education, the Oregon
State Board of Education, and the
Oregon Scholarship Commission.
Red Fox said he will also
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Page ,-2 TORCH May 8, 1973 r

WARY

JACK ANDERSON'S

\~7l~l~KI~Y

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Nixon's Nightmare
by Jack Anderson

(Copyright, 1973, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

'' YOU Bti-rE.R kEE.P At-J

EYE ON-r1119 GROUP!''

EattMtat~e.t

Last week's student elections have, to coin a
well worn phrase, opened up a large can of wormso
A formal charge contesting the election was
levied by Industrial Technology Department Senator
Russel Ooms. Toe charge cited six alledged election
procedure violations.
Toe most serious charge listed by Ooms was
that six students claimed to have voted more than
once.
This points out the absurdity of the whole situation because the ASLCC documents , that deal
with election procedures 1do not list any regulations
concerning the number of times a person is limited
to vote. In fact, these documents are not even
legal, because the ASLCC has yet to ratify them.
Toe Senate shouldn't be surprised by this dilemma. They have faced it before and failed to

act. Last fall the elections were challenged by
a senator-at-large who claimed to have voted more
than once. At that time the Senate refused to invalidate those elections. What is sad about this
situation is that most of the academic year has
passed and the Senate has not set any legal election
procedures to deal with that specific situation.
In fact, not one guideline has been ~stablished
to legally deal with any election procedure violation.
In essence , the ASLCC Senate has given the
student body license to do as they please concerning the election procedure.
In the last week there has been a great deal
of self-righteous screaming from Senate members
concerning the validity of the elections. Unfortunately, the Senate cannot blame any one person or
! • I t The whole mess is resting in their own 1• t .

Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
On April 30 I voted in the student elections. Lying on the ballot
station table in the cafeteria, was
a printed flyer about the Student
Horizon Ticket. This is violation
of Article VI, Section 6.0 of the
ASLCC by-laws. Julie Elliott, a
part-time LCC student, informed
Chuck Packnet of this infraction
and he removed the flyer. One
of the women stationed at the
booth remarked to her partner,
"Maybe we should start marking
these print-outs so we'll know
who has voted.' '
On May 1 I was walking by the
ballot station located between the
Administration Building and the
PE Building. I noticed that one
of the same poll-watchers manned
this station. I observed 3 April
24, 1973 TORCHs, which is full
of student election editorial com TORCH Staff
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Editor
Associate
Photo

Jim Crouch

Editor

Production

Man ager

Carol

Dave Corwin

i>hotographers

Lenn
Copy

Editor
Editor

Newman

Robin Burns

Editor .

Sports

Gregory

Lethlean

Ma rty Stalick
Lex

Sahonchik

Ass't Sports Editor

Steve Busby

Advert ising Manager

Chuck Risse

Reporters:
Jennie Li

Steven Locke
Kathie Durbin

Sheila Rose
Tom Perry

Linda Elliott
Sue Corwin

M('mt\('>r of Oregon Community College l\ewspape r n ssoc 1:ltion ;inti OrP~on Newspaper Publishers Association.
Tie TORCH is pubhshed on Tuesdays throughout the
rpt,:ul:l r :ll':H1emir ye:i.r and even· othe r Tuesday during Summe r
Term.
Opinions expressed in this newspaper ar e not necps:;:uih those of the- college, student government or student
ho.ti·. ~or .ire si~ned artirlesneresso r ilytheview al the TORCH.
All n1rr<'spondenc-P shoul d be typed or printed, doubl e- spaced
:rnd :,;i l!net1 tw the writ er. Mail or bring all correspondence to:
Tl>RCI!, CentPr !06, l.ine Community College, 4000 East 30th
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ment and paid political advertisements, lying on the ballot station
table. This is again in violation
ofp rticle VI, Section 6.0. I startea at the TORCHs and went to
the TORCH office. I got a reporter and went back to said ballot station. The TORCHs in question had been moved to sit near

a planter-box. The TORCH reporter (with my help) photographed
them and told me she had also
witnessed them lying on the table.
(They were still within 50 feet
of the ballot station).
Toe above is fact. What follows
is my own opinion regarding those
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The Innocent Bystander

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WASHINGTON - Late at
night, President Nixon occasionally has a peculiar experience. He once told a
friend: "I have a feeling that
I have something to tell the
President. Then I suddenly
shake myself awake and
realize I am the President."
Lately, the President has
been trying to shake himself
awake from a nightmare. He
has to pinch himself to make
sure the Watergate fiasco
isn't all a bad dream.
Typically, he retreated
into his turtle shell to find the
solution. As he told a friend,
"You can't confide in anyone
about your personal feelings." After agonizing with
himself for a weekend, he
finally made the painful
decision to oust his two most
trusted advisers, H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman.
This was one of the most
painful things he has ever
had to do.
For Haldeman and
Ehrlichman thought they
were carrying out the President's wishes. Nixon grew up
in the Murray Chotiner
school of politics. He has
referred to early campaigns
as rock 'em, sock 'em campaigns. He believes that in
politics, as in war, the best
strategy is an offense. And he
relishes political intrigue.
On His Orders
He, therefore, ordered the
overall intelligence operation against the Democrats.
Certainly, he never intended
that his subordinates should
violate the law. But he didn't
mind getting in his licks
against the liberals who have
always fought him.

Nixon knows nothing about nothing
by Arthur Hoppe
Now · that everybody else has explained why they
knew nothing about the Watergate affair, it's high
time somebody explained why Mr. Nixon knew nothing
about the Watergate affair. l' d be glad to.
The first time Mr. Nixon heard the word was
when his friend, John Mitchell, called him at 3 a.mo
one night last June.
•
"I just thought you'd like to know, sir,' ' said
Mr. Mitchell, ' 'that some Cuban patriots were caught
breaking into the wrong apartment at Watergate
which happened to be the headquarters of the
Democratic National Committee and I know absolutely
nothing about it because I never talked to anybody
beforehand except to tell them don't blame me if
you get caught. "
" John, " said Mr . Nixon, " I'm glad you called
because I've always been deeply interested in Latin
American affairs. And let me say that I'm delighted
you don't know anything about nothing because that's
the kind of men I want around me. Could I say
hello to Martha?' '
"I'm afraid she' s tied up right now, sir.' '
"Well, give her my regards and ... Excuse me,
John. There goes Maurice. Pardon me, Maurice,
what have you got in that huge laundry bag over
your shoulder?"
" Oh, it's nothing, sir. Just ten or fifteen million
in $100 bills sent in by grateful Americans who wish
to remain anonymous. I'm delivering it to a little
Mexican laundry because I realize how you want
us to use only clean money in your campaign, which
I don't know anything about."
"Maurice, I can't tell you how glad I am that
you're handling the finances, which you don't know
anything about. That's the kind of men I want around
me."

"Thank you, sir. You can always count onmy
ignorance.' '
Well, months passed. And while the newspapers
were filled with little else but Watergate, Mr. Nixon,
as is well known, never reads the newspapers.
Actually, it was Mrs. Nixon who brought the matter
to her husband's attention.
''Dear," she said one morning at breakfast,
"Bob Haldeman told me yesterdaywhattimeitwas."
"Good heavens!" cried Mr. Nixon. "If my staff
knows what timP. it is, there's no telling where this
might end."
So he called in John Dean III. "John," he said,
" I want you to conduct a thorough, impartial investogation of yourself to see if you know anything
about anything." And Mr. Nixon was elated, of,
course, to receive a 32-page report from Mr.
Dean proving concl usively he knew nothing about
• nothing.
All might have gone well, had not Mr. Haldeman
and Mr. Ehrlichman hired one lawyer between them
(there being a critical shortage of lawyers in Washington these days.)
" If they know enough to hire a lawye r, " said
Mr. Nixon angrily, " they must know something about
something, whatever it may be."
And that's when Mr. Nixon decided to fire his
entire White House staff and replace them with
168 Australian aborigines, all of them deaf mutes.
"This should restore the confidence of the Am?rican people in my leadership/ ' said Mr. Nixon
triumphantly. " For if I have made one thing perfectly dear, it's that I and the men around me know
absolutely nothing about anything."
(Copyright Chronicle Publishing Co. 1973)

Most Americans are eager
to blame the whole Watergate
mess upon the President's underlings. Yet the disagreeable truth is that the President,
while innocent of any law
violations, was responsible
for the decisions and the
developments that led to
Watergatf' .
Meanwhile, the heads now
rolling in the White House are
causing anxious stirrings
throughout the federal
government. Bureaucrats are
worried that departing White
House aides, who have been
tarnished but not implicated
in the Watergate case, will
soon be invading their agen• cies and taking over their
jobs.
Already, of course, the
President has stacked federal
agencies with Republican
friends who devoted themselves to his re-election campaign. Now, however, with
the dismissal of H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and
John Dean from the White
House, the President must
decide what to do with the
dozens of staffers who worked
under these men. Some ,
doubtless, will stay close to
the President. But many will
seek refuge · in the bureaucracy's vast hinterland outside the White House.
Bureaucracy's Siberia
For those seeking total ·
anonymity, the President can
recommend the Siberia of
the bureaucracy, the
Agriculture Department.
This is the home of numerous
controversial ~epublicans
including Steve King, formerly a top security official
for the Republican party. It
was King, you may recall,
who allegedly helped stick a .
needle
into Martha
Mitchell's bottom to quiet her
down last summer.
At the time, Martha was
howling a bout dirty little
deeds in the White House.
King, we assume, now has
less sensitive chores as Assistant to Agriculture Secretary
Earl Butz.
For those who would
prefer some quick cash for
little work, there is the appropriately named Office of
Economic Opportunity. This
used to be the nation's antipoverty agency. Now, it functions as a haven for ultracons er v a ti ves , many of
whom are getting rich dismantling poverty programs.
Until July 1, scores of socalled consultants will earn
as much as $100 a day for
their services. Some of these,
not surprisingly, already include ex-White House aides.
For many leaving t he
White House, therefore, the
President's spring cleaning
will not be so painful as
the public m i ght expec t.
Banishment from the White
House won't be reflected in
their fat paychecks.
Strategy Stalemate: Secret
intelligence reports claim
North Vietnam's leaders are
torn over what their strategy
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calmer within myself.'
A strangeness emanates from Room 215 of the Apprenticeship Building on Wednesday afternoons. It fills
the hallways with the subtle fragrance of sandlewood
and the unquestionably Asian sounds - flute, clarinet
and Koto (a one-stringed Japanese instrument) - that
are "Music for Zen Meditation ( and other· joys). "
If you happen by - or in - at the right moment, it
might even seem that time has stopped. For here are
seven . to ten people so intent upon a " different" form
of exercise and relaxation that they appear oblivious
of the world outside the dimly-lit room.
Judy Garger has a lot to do with the atm,)sphere
of rare calm and quiet that pervades the room. She
has been practicing Hatha Yoga for six years and teaching Yoga classes for two years.
Her classes, which meet in room 215at 1 p.mhave
swelled from a group of 20, two years ago, to an over:lowing crowd of 65 this spring. They are characterized
by hints of ritual (the incense, music, and burning
candle) and a surprising feeling that the elements of
Yoga are not so strange after all.
Judy explains that ASANAS or exercises of Hatha
Yoga have their origins in ·'a science that was very
carefully thought , out centuries ago.' ' Today their influence can still be seen in the movements of ballet
and the training exercises for such individualized sports
as gymnastics.
We have all experienced the joy of group song,
she adds. Chanting recreates that experience each time
her students join hands and repeat the sounds of OM
(or Perfection).
Even the : calmness of mind and clarity of thinking
that accompany meditation are not totally alien - she
believes that many people have been aware, at least,
of those few moments of early wakefulness and calm
that precede the mental flood of trivia and responsibility.
It is the -orientation of Yoga, not the ac tual asanas,
meditation or chanting that is unfamiliar to Western
society, she says .
She explains that Yoga is a way of life - a philosophy that has as its object ·•to bec om e onepointed/ ' In practicing Hatha Yoga, the student " tries
to become one with each posture.' ' Meditation serves
likewise, 1 ' to help you become one-pointed with you;
mind, '' In time, these practices will lead to " a greater

understanding of yourself through self-awareness.''
Judy views her roles as teacher, mother and wife,
as integral "parts of my sadhana - my work with and
for other people."
She said she hopes that '' all the things I do during
the day are helping to raise my level of consciousness
and the consciousness of people around me."
But she is careful to add that Yoga is not for everyone., For some people, she says, a daily schedule of
Yoga asanas and meditation represents a discipline that
is difficult to follow, at best. For others, these practices
quickly become an important and enjoyable part of every
day.
She has taught Yoga to all age groups and says that
people of junior high age and the middle-aged seem to
benefit most.
·'Teenagers are fascinated by the whole culture of
Yoga,' ' ,according to Judy. "They can do the postures
very easily, which has a positive psychological effect
on fast-growing individuals who might not excell in
competitive sports.'·
For these young people, Yoga '' helps to develop
self-confidence while it reacquaints them with the beauty
of the human bodv. "
Judy has se~eral middle-aged students who have
experienced physical and mental rejuvination through
Yoga. She expresses amazement at the patience of these
people: ·' One woman comes to LCC from Cottage Grove.
She had what doctors termed a "cal cium deposit' '
in her neck that almost prohibited moving her head.
Now . after two terms, she can do head stands.
Children and young adults make the most impatient
students, Judy says, Though children ·' are very receptive
for short periods, it is difficult to keep their attention."
With young adults, she adds, the problem is convincing
them Yoga is not a crash course in enlightenment.
Judy, like many people, says she began Yoga as
a form of exercise, ' 'then began to get into myself,' '
Over
the
years she has bec ome " mor e presentconsciou s . . • and calmer within myself.''
Her future may include study of other form s of Yoga,
new teaching situations, extablishing Yoga cl asses as
transferrabl e PE classes at LCC (they ar e currently
Continuing Educ ation cl asses), or perhaps even a Yoga
television show ,
Whatever , it will all be part of her own special
' ' sadhana. ·'

Students at Lane Community College are
sponsoring a 5-day outdoor festival of
the arts -- SPRING ARTS '73.
We will be displaying drawings , iewelry,
paintings, ceramics , sculpture and other
art works continuously from 10 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. We will have one of the three
American sculptors invited to Expo '70 in
Osaka Japan on campus for a seminar
on Friday.
Friday night May 25, there

will be a

5 hour rock concert-COAL & other groups
will play, there will be a light show!
In short , we are sponsoring a m aior
cultural event We sincerely hope that
you will be able to participate. If you
plan to submit art work contact Steve Leppanen at 7 47-4501 ext. 221

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Notice a lot of extra people on campus last
week? LCC's second annual Skills Fair attracted-people, including kids with balloons, parents with
strollers, senior citizens, and class groups from
various public schools around the area.
Almost every department on campus was open
for tours--many of them arranging special events
and demonstrations for the benefit of visitors.
Special events that attracted a lot of interest
included a pottery sale by LCC ceramics students,
and the Phi Theta Kappa Spaghetti Feed.
• The Skills Fair was scheduled for May 2 and 3
because the Farm9r's Almanac predicted sunshine
and good weather. Seems like the Farmer's Almanac
was a little bit off, but most of the visitors had
smiles on their faces anyway.

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Compiled report

reveals average
student traits
by Steve Locke
A report, compiled this winter
on student enrollment characteristics revealed that the average
Lane Community College student is
at least 24 years old, single, Caucasian, and lives permanently in
the LCC district.
Even though the majority of students at LCC are 19 years old,
the average age of the student
is 24. The majority of Lane students are single and only 35 per
cent are married. The study reported that the Social Science area
has the biggest enrollment with
523 students in the field. The Business Department has the second
largest enrollment and Mechanics
and transportation has the third
.
largest.
While 95 per cent of the students at Lane are Caucasian the
remaining 5 per cent are either
Native American, Black, Oriental,
Chicano or unknown. The report
showed that 91 per cent of the
students' live in-district, while
the remaining 9 per cent are either
out of district, out of state, foreign, or unknown. While 91 per
of the students live incent
district, 85 per cent of the students are from Lane County.
The average full load for LCC
students this winter was about 14
hours, while the average parttime load was about 5 hours.
For Winter Term 71 per cent
of the students were first year
students, while 18 per cent were
first time students.

Final election tally
As rep o rte d in last week's
TORCH the votes given for each
candidate in last week ' s election
might vary by one or two counts
from the official tally.
Following is the official tally
for each candidate as listed by
the Board of Tellers.
eaSLCC President: David Red
Fox--148; Jay Bolton--129; Steve
Leppanen--{16; Jim Lovell--28;
and Gerry Domagala-23.
eASLCC First Vice-President:
Barry Hood--147; Joe Munoz-145;
Arnold Nysten--l20.
e.ASLCC Second Vice-President: Barry Gower-315.
Doris
eASLCC Treasurer:
Bernie PinKoumoungis-280;
ne~l3.
eASLCC Publicity Director:
Lloyd Ewing--283.
Sentors -at -Large
eASLCC
(top five were winners): Kenny
Walke:r--210; David Simmons207; Dei Smith--205; James Hawkins--199; and Peter Hale--199.
Only 456 students out of 5,300
turned out for the two-day election.

Lecture r speaks on spiritua l mind
by Gerry Domagala
"Thomas Jefferson is in Congress," declared Regis Hanna,
national campus lecturer for the
One World Crusade, who spoke at
LCC last Friday on "Life In The
World Unseen." "He is trying to
influence Congress to act responsibly. It's the truth, people have
seen him there ... If you want to
know what Abraham Lincoln is doing, he's trying to get Nixon on the
beat. It's true. People have seen
Abraham Lincoln in the White
House."
Following Hanna's introduction
to a sizeable crowd, he said that,
"there is a great amount of interest in the spiritual world today because something unusual is happening. "All kinds of people around
us are trying to do a variety of
things in spiritual work which
forms like rings around the earth."
He explained that spiritual planes
go out into outer space which result sometimes with a person having a spiritual experience.
"When people ask fheir spirits

Letters ...
( Continued from page 2)
facts. The woman who manned
both stations wa"s illtrained and of
questionable character. The fault
lies with the Election Committee.
The Election Committee chairman
cries about a lack of participation. This lack of participation
exists. It made the student elecimpossible to administer
tions
fairly. There are rumors of other
serious scandals running around.
I support none of these. I only
wish to see honesty and fairplay in our student government.
I will back up what I saw and
what I say at any time, anywhere.
I demand new elections!
Rick Mathews
near Editor:
I would like to thank the TORCH
for its hand in helping foster the
fair, honest student elections. Everyone knows there were a few
minor irregularities, but, in general, we all trust and believe in
our student government. The people involved are all of the highest moral qualification and my
heart is full of joy to know we
have quality journalism here at
Lane Community College to match
that integrity.
Rick Mathews

5tve some
wu.t1:ha a bcitt(e ....

What does each person look like
where they come from, some reply,
spiritually?
' I'm from Mars,' or ' I'm from VenAccording to Hanna, "around
us.' The reason it happens is peoeach person there is an energy
ple from outer space see nothing
cloud called an ora. The inner ora
unusual about the fact they are
shows spiritual body and the outer
from that place,'' informed the
ora_ shows what you are thinking in
lecturer who has appeared on a
terms of colors and vibrations.
variety of campuses throughout the
The physical mind becomes one
country.
with the spiritual mind. The only
'' The spiritual world exists in
way the spirit grows is through the
layers outside earth and it's a
process of giving and taking. To do
world of very high vibrations," he
that, the spirit needs a physical
said. ' ' The spiritual world is there.
body."
Just because we can't measure it
"There are some people working
with a scientific instrument doesn't
to help you so they can grow spiritmean it doesn't exist."
ually right now,' ' he continued.
The spiritual world is having an
A hierarchy exists in the spiritimpact on all of us subconsciously,
ual world, according to Hanna.
he commented." Like w:ilking down
the street one day you suddenly get
an inspiration to go into the Id
Bookstore over near~ the Co-op
Bookstore. YOU ' go into the Id
Bookstore and run into a guy you
haven't seen for five years. The
funniest thing, you just had a dream
about him last night. Just coincidence?''
He insisted that," Your mind can
go any place you want it to go as
long as you know how to get there.
In the spiritual world there is no
time or space boundaries .•. There
has to be another world in which an
environment exists for your mind.-''
"If there is a physical body than
there ii a spiritual body," he said,
"Maybe there is life after
death," he went on to say, "The re
is a hell. I know, I've been there.
Hell has a very rugged landscape
and it's cold and dark. People think ·
Hell is like a burning place ... It's
not like that at all. It's very, very,
cold.''

"People are working to make the
world better. Spiritually, the old
world is ending and a new world is
beginning. People all over the
world know something is happening. Many people are raising themselves ·up.''
Hanna, who is speaking as part
of the One World Crusade, remarked that the crusade has the
only ideology which can unify mankind. He said, "God wants to bring
about the unification of man."
He continued, saying that he
would not accept that any religion
could exist but the one of the crusade, inordertobringaboutacomplete unification of the world.

Frog contest planned
The TORCH and the ASLCC
Senate will co-sponsor a Frog
Jumping Contest in conjunction
with the Spring Arts Festival
scheduled to run from May 21
to 25.
Over $100 in cash prizes will
be awarded to the winners of
seven categories--<iistance jump,
frog race, largest frog, smallest
frog, oldest contestant) youngest
contestant , and the grand finale:
frog beauty contest.
Several prominent members of
the local community are being
asked to judge the contest.
The contest will be held on the
Spring Arts stage Friday, May
25 from 1 to 3 p.m.

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Stude nt aid progr ams
get Cong ress' appro val
Washington, D.C. (CPS) -Acting with unusual speed, the
Hou.se and Senate have approved funds for several student
financial aid programs for academic 1973-1974, including
a small amount to initiate the Basic Opportunity Grant
(BOG) program.
A total of $895 million was committed to student aid
including $122.1 million for the BOG program, $210.3
million for Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants
(SEOG), $270.2 million for College Work Study, and $293
million for National Defense Student Loans (NDSL).
Congress virtually ignored President Nixon's spending priorities in funding NDSL loans and supplemental
grants. The President's budget had deleted these two
programs and requested $6 22 million for the BOG pro• t ea d• But c ongress has ma t ched t o the penny the
gram ms
total fundin level for student assistance sought by the
•ct t g
p
re~~ee~i.xon budget asked for $872 million with the lion's
t o BOG s. congress t oo k thi·s total
••
•
given
share bemg
am-)unt, refunded SEOGs, College Work Study and NDSL
loans at last year's level, then placed the rem1ining $122
million in BCXis. The $23 million difference is funds pre• t ed by c ongress f or NDSL 1oans but i·m -• 1y appropna
v1ous
pounded by the President. Congress took this money and
b • •
d •
add ed 1•t t o NDSL 1oans f or aca emic 1973 - 1974, rmgmg
• 1 a1•ct f or next
f"
t
d
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f
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mancia
en
u
s
or
10ns
th e new appropna
year to $895 million. Another student aid program for
next fall, Federally Insured Student Loans (FISL), received funds last October.
The reshuffling of funds could provoke a showdown
between Congress and the White House over spending
priorities.
The bill reached the floor of the House Thursday April
12 as an amendment to the Joint Resolution on Emergency
Supplemental Appropriation s. The amendment was offered
by Rep. Daniel Flood (D. -Pa,), chairman of the House
Subcommittee on Labor Health, Education and Welfare,
with t~e support of Rep. Robert Michel (R.-111.), the ranking minority member. That committee, which has jurisdiction over education appropriation s, had concluded
hearings on student financial aid on Apirl 11. Sometime
that evening Flood managed to tack financial aid money
onto the appropriation s bill that was voted on the next
d:1.y.

There was some resentmentin the House at the manner
in which the Flood Amendment appeared overnight. But
Congress is aware that the programs had to be funded
soon to benefit students entering school next fall. "They
were beginning to feel the state of chaos in financial aid
offices," said Layton Olson, director of the National Student Lobby (NSL), one of the many groups trying to force
action on the appropriations before the end of this session of Congress.
Olson, and most of the staff of NSL, watched from the
galleries as the House voted unanimously to pass the
measure.
The Senate Appropriation s Subcommittee accepted the
House figures and sent the bill to the floor of the Senate
•
for a vote.
Tw.1 amendments that would have reallocated funds
among the various programs were offered from the floor
of the Senate chamber.
Senator Clayborn Pell (D.-R.I.) proposed an amimdment that would have eliminated NDSL loans and shifted
those funds into the BOG program.
.
In an effort to reach a comp~omise betw~en the Pell
Amendment. and
) . vers10n of the bill, Senator
. (the House
Peter Dommick R-Colo. mtro~uc_ed an ame nd ment that
took half the NIBL loan -appropr1at10n voted by the House
and placed it into BOGs. The D~minick_ amendment was
vote and his version was sent to a
accepted by a 44-31
.
.
conference committee of the Hou_se and Senate.
. But th e Hou~e members remmaed adamant that !~eir
bill go th rough mtact and only a fe~ hou~s after the first
Senate. vote, the conference committee
.
. . Jumped the comHouse vers10n
or~gmal.
the
se_nt
and
promise amen~ment.
vote. That
for a fmal conflrmat10n
back to bothA sides
.
.
.
hurried to clear legisCongress
as
18
pnl
came
vote
t. b f
1a IOn e ore a recess.
The student aid package is am 3nded to a supplemental
appropriation s bill that includes funds for veterans benefits and Civil Aeronautics Board subsidies. 1-1.nother
amendment to the sam3 appropriation s bill adds $85 million to impact aid funds for local school systems near
military bases. Nixon is opposed to this program and he
certainly will not be pleased with the student aid package,
For these reasons he might veto the overall bill and send
it back to Congress for further considerations.
There had been fear on the part of the numerous education associations in Washington that if financial aid appropriations were not voted on in this session of Congress, then thousands of students would not know if funds
would be available for next fall and they would perhaps
postpone entering college for a year. This would have had
a disastrous effect on higher education which already has
had millions of dollars in federal aid axed by the Nixon

budget.
The big question is whether or not Nixon will accept
the insult of having his budget priorities completely disregarded by Congress. Student financial aid could easily
become another victim of the battle between the legislative and executive branches for control of the federal
pu rsestrings.
Nixon could simply veto the bill, let it die unsigned or
sign it into law and then refuse to spend the money allocated for the programs he wishes to cancel. A veto could
ti:! up student financial aid for months. If the President
decides to impound funds for SEOGs and NDSL loans,
students will be left with a fraction of the money available
last year being administered, for the most part, by two
untried and untested programs-B -Xs and FISL loans.
There is some indication that the agencies within the
Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) which
administer SEOGs for the Office of Education are being
dismantled. One source claims the staff is being cleared
out with an unofficial termination date of June 30. The
White House could justifiably wait until that datP. before
reversing the process. Even then the President might refuse to spend the money authorized by Congress and fund
only the programs he approves of: BOGs, FISL loans and
Work-Study. Nixon did just that when he impounded $23
million for NDSL loans appropriated by Congress last
year, This is complicated by the fact that Congress, when
it approved the BCXi and FISL programs, did so with the
stipulation that SEOGs and NDSL loans would be fully
funded before one cent could be spent on the other programs.
Plaintiffs have been lined up to sue the government if
Nixon ignores this Congressional mandate again and funds
only his pet projects.
A study by the Brooking' s Institute says it will be difficult to have the program work if it is funded under $490
million-more than three times the money included in the
Flood Amendment.
"It's just enough to get the computers rolling, " says
Layton Olson. "Even if you doubled the amount appropriated it would be difficult to have a viable program .. " He
forsees a flurry of inadequate checks being issued to
students next fall if the funds remain low,
Olson is pleased that financial aid finally cleared Congress and is on its way to becoming law. NSL supported
the funding of the existing programs before the new onest
as required by law. It has listed as its first priority rapid
action on the part of Congress to allow students to plan
for the next academic year with some idea of what funds
would be available. At least the first step in this process
has been made. It is now up to the White House to determine the fate of student financial aid for academic 19731974 "

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Staff publication fills communication void
. • by Ron Hamblen
Tournaments, like everything
else associated with chess, come
in many sizes and variations. But
there is one form -.vhich seems to
be the most popular, the Swiss
System. This does not mean that
everyone wears alpine clothing;
it only describes the method of
pairing, or determining who plays
who.
Roughly, with this form winners
play winners and losers play others
abandoned by Lady Luck, It gets
more complex.
The most common forms of the
Swiss are the 7-and 5-round tournaments. In the 5-round, each player
plays five games, seven in the 7round form. Rather than actually
determining a winner, this system
of selecting opponents predicts who
would win the most games if all
the entrants did play each other,
... by using th1? assumption that the
high scorer has demonstrated he is
best because he has defeated more
"winners" than anyone else. The
core of the Swiss is statistics.
This does not mean that one must
win every game to win the tournam1~nt. It helps, but the concept
of winner playing winner is not
exclusi.ve (It is not an elimination
tournament where a loss bars one
from further competition.). Ttnss
if a player wins his third round
game, he is not restricted to play••
ing only those others who won in
the third round game.
Totals are made after each
round, adding one point for a w:n,
1/2 for a draw, and O for a loss.
Pairings are then made on the basis
of total points at the end of each
round, So, it is possible for someone to lose the first two games,
win the next two, and in the fifth
round be paired with a player who
won his first two while losing
his last two, Both players would
have an objective score of two
wins and two losses (a~, in football, baseball, etc.).
The advantage of a Swiss tournament is that it is over quickly.
Foremost among the disadvatages
is the frequent lack of a clearcut winner (especially in the 5round form). Thus, it is often
necessary to resort to tie-breaking
modes such as adding up all of
the points made by a player's opponents to determine his final
standing. Tie-breaking points in
turn add a peculiarity to the Swiss.:.
style tournament Each player becomes tied ro those he plays be-

once a month since December. •it's important to let the staff
Tegger said its chief aim is to know that, for example, Steve John
provide staff members with news (Staff Association president) is
and information from the bodies actually doing things to benefit
which represent them on the LCC them."
campus.
Tegger said he receives input
Tegger said the publication fills for his newsletter by asking "pea void in communications at LCC: ople in positions to know" to con., The TORCH is primarily a stu- tribute. Recent contributors, bedent newspaper,'' he said, "and sides Steve John include Debbie
the Daily (a morning bulletin put Daggett, Staff Personnel Policies
out by the administration) reflects Committee (SPPC) chairwoman,
the viewpoint of the Administration Jan Brandstrom, chairwoman of
and doesn't have room to deal the Status of Women Committee,
with staff concerns in depth." Jonathan West, head of the AfHe said he also hopes Staff firmative Action Program, David
Soundings can create a feeling of Butler, a staff member in LCC's
solidarity among staff by giving Information and Publications ofthem a common voice. "I think
(Continued on back pager

"I hate tournament play because ever one hates me."
cause every game won by an opponent (at any time during the
tournament) increases the player's
own tie-breaking points. Conversely, the games lost by opponents
hurt a player by denying him
valuable tie-breaking points.
MORAL: When playing in a Swiss
tournament, Love (and pray for)
Thine Enemy.
Copyright Ronald J. Hamblen 1973
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Art Tegger ,
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for LCC staff and faculty, recently published its fourth issue, and its
editor, Language Arts Instructor,
Art Tegger, said he feels it is
filling a definite need.
Staff Soundings has been published by the LCC Staff Association

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New LCC Native American leader
suggests club merger with NASU
A plan to unite two area Native American student groups was
announced last week by Tony Ray, newly elected president of LCC's
Native American Student Association (NASA).
Ray said NASA is investigating the possiblity of merging with the
U of O Native American Student Union (NASU),
•
"We're considering 'setting together as one (with NASU),'' . Ray
explained.
Ray made Ithei comments following his election as president of
NASA. last week. tle said the group intends to continue dealing with
local issues, and plans to continue supporting the occupation of Wounded
Knee, South Dakota"
.
;,They're fighting for a worthy cause at Wounded Knee " he said.
··What they're_doing there, they're doing for all Indians." Ray' noted that
th~ contront~t10n at Wounded Knee and most other Indian struggles are
pnm1nly aimed at establishing the right of the Native American
to ''govern his own people, and follow his own culture " he said after
his election.
'
other officers chosen at last week's NASA election include VicePresident Adam Smith, Secretary Bonnie Riggs,and Treasurer Norbert
Picotte.

Ci rC US, parade
to visit Eugene
The 22nd annual Shrine Circus
will visit Eugene on Friday and
Saturday with matinee and evening
performances on both days. in the
U of O MacArthur Court.
According to a news release, a
mile long "spectacular'' parade
through downtown Eugene will take
place on Saturday morning at 10
a.m. At least seven bands, marching units and circus elephants will
participate in the hour long march.
The 1973 edition of the circus
will be entertainment for the whole
family and will include lions and
tigers, high wire acts, performing
elephants,
acrobats, tumblers,
jugglers, dogs 1 horses, chimpanzees and plenty of clowns.
Admission prices at all performances will be one dollar for
children or students 16 years of age
and under, and two dollars for
adults. A limited number of reserved seats will be three dollars
for adults or children.
An office for advance planning
and ticket sales. is established at
.90 West 10th Strwt, Eugene.
For more information, call 3452751 or 747-1521.

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'Sleu·th m·arvelous film experience'by Bill Tufts

Lord Merridew, th~ hero of !he
upper class. Wyke 1s also a rich
"The Incredible Mystery of Incountry gentleman with an obsesspector Dopple's Original Blunt ,
sion for playing games, an._d OIInstrument and the Unsatisfactory
ivier plays games on all the charMashie Niblic," also known as
acter's quirks at a fantasitc pace.
"Sleuth," is a marvelous . film
In one sequence we_ see Wyke
experience.
Marvelous, due more to the extransformed from pompous gent
to rotten imitator of movie mobsters, then to a lunatic involved
ceptional performances of Laur- in revelries of childhood - all
done in a ·few moment's time in
ence Olivier and Michael Caine
a totally convincing manner. Hard
than to the twists of Anthony Shaffer's screen adaptation of his own to imagine, but beautiful to watch.
Caine is not at all inhibited
play.
Olivier, a living theatre legend, by the fact he is playing opposite
Lawrence Olivier. He plays Milo
plays ·Andrew Wyke, author of sevTindle, proprietor of a chain of
eral mystery novels which feature
the intrepid investigator, Sir John London hairdressing ''salons.''

~ei.tie fu

Ms. Harmon said that the office
.deals with vets who have been discharged after Feb. 1, 1955. The
office will lend it's services to
war widows, war orphans, and to
women who have served in the
Armed Forces, she added. Of all

Racial differences
may polarize women ·

One of the major priorities of
rejection by these racial groups
the newly formed Women's
of Whites.
Group is organizing supportive
She said, "Although we (Chigroups for racial minority women
canos) are forced to study your
on the LCC campus. But this
culture in school text books from
effort may actually polarize the atfirst grade on, you know nothing
titudes of some of the members,
of our culture . . . you need to
according to a report presented by
become aware of the differences
Olivia R~_r~oso last Wednesday.
in our cultures. You need to meet
"You are all aware of racism," with the different groups to disMs. Reynoso said!' It exists every- cuss our common goals, and \he
where you go ... but for a minor- fact that we are all women." But,
ity woman who is aware of her she said opening the women's
own cultural group, plus the rea- group to racial minority women
lization of herself as a woman, ''won't be easy." The difficulty, the
it takes on two dimensions."
group said, was educating each
Ms. Reynoso made this state- other about differences while tryment during her report of a three· ing to find common causes and
students enrolled at LCC, 33 per
day YWCA convention she attended goals.
cent are in Veteran Administration
for Third World Minority Women
It was generally agreed by the
approved .programs, 1 ;aid Ms.
in Los Angeles last month. Dis- women attending the meeting that
Harmon.,
cussions at that convention for ra- a women's pluralistic group is
All a vet has to do to apply
cial coalition groups centered a- possible at LCC, but it will be
for the GI Bill is to fill out an
round racial discrimination and difficult. '' Too much emphasis on
application for education and or
pluralism (dual minority status) our differences gets in the way
training, and ·send it to the Vetfor women.
of our common goal for women,' •
eran Administration Office. The
Mso Reynoso talked to the LCC
said Mabel Armstrong, an LCC
forms can be picked up at the
Women's Group about learning to chemistry instructor.
Veterans Office on campus on the
understand the different American
Discussion at the meeting insecond floor of the Center Buildminority cultures and the natural cluded the status of the woman
ing.
employee on the LCC campus.
Ms. Armstrong added, "I'm conSpecial vehicle for handicapped set as fund raising goal
cerned about career people tage of LCC's unique programs what is available to women in
A specially equipped van to scholarships and student financial
the way of careers besides nursand physical plant to become protransport wheel chair bound stu- aid, and a boost in the "unreing, secretarial, and clerical
ductive community citizens." The
dents to and from LCC is the stricted fund,'' which is used for
fields. We need to show women
proposed van would make traveling
number one priority on a Devel- expenses not planned for.
what is available, maybe through
easier for them.
opment Fund list of needed item:;
A 30 member advisory group
according to Lyle Swetland, direct- to the campaign is chaired this
Swetland said the proposed van the TORCH or a core of women
or of the Development Fund of year by Ben Shuford, an execuwould not be available to wheel- faculty. In my particular teachLCC.
chair
or handicapped students who ing field, I find that men sometimes
tive from Citizen's Bank. The
have
solved
their transportation are not comfortable in the classes
Swetland said this spring' s group establishes priorities for
problems, but only for those who I teach.
e ff o-r ts . at fund raising will projects and imrovements to the
"When they see me in the hall
have no other means of transporbe aimed at acquiring a van e- college which are not supported
outside the classroom they assume
ion.
quipped with an automatic lift, through the normal college budI am the secretary for the departtrack an d seat belts, to accom- get.
• •
ment and ask me directions to
odate four wheel chairs and two
classrooms all over the campus.
Swetland and Shuford sent out
or three seated passengers.
Why do they assume I am a seca mailing package to citizens aretary, because I am a woman?' '
"Som•-= wheel chair students have round the community this spring
droppecl out of school because highlighting LCC's achievements
Jan Ballard , an LCC student,
they have no transportation and over the past year, and asking for
said, "My husband is in the nurscan't afford to use the commer- financial help with needed items
ing program and says that when
cial transportation available to not covered by other budgets and
he does work-study at the hosthem on a daily rental basis," financing.
pital, young nurses stop him and
ask him where things are because
Swetland said.
Their letter pointed out the fact
they assume since he is aman,
Besides the van priorities on that 80 per cent of LCC graduhe is a doctor. Women seem to
the list include establishment of ates are employed in Lane County,
' see men in this authoritarian role,
a national athletic travel- fund, indicating a excellent return on
just like men see women as secaid to the library and Learning citizen's investment. These conretaries and clerks."
Resource Center , an increase tributions are tax deductible.
There were about 15 women
in the number and amounts of
Shurford's letter emphasized the
present at the Women's Group
fact that "more and more handimeeting, and the topics of discapped students are taking advancussion seemed to follow the matLyle Swetland
ter of priorities the group originally outlined in their constitution.
Each priority listed in the Women's Group constitution involves
problem areas for women where the
group may provide supportive services, such as racial minority
groups, mature women returning
to school, and problems associated
with male-female life styles.
for
The group also intends to organize outreach programs to en- .
courage community women to take
part in LCC programs, to organize
woFkshops on diversified topics
of interest to women students,
to plan for speakers on women's
interests, and encourage women's
studies in academic courseso
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Frozen funds don't stymie yets Office

Despite the Nixon Administration's freeze on money intended
to support special veterans programs made into law last year,
LCC Veterans Office is working
out very smoothly, according to
Barbara Harmon, coordinator of
the Office. Prior to January the Veterans
Office was part of The Financial
Aids Office on campuso It separated to cut down on the work
load of the Financial Aids Office
and to qualify LCC for a federal
grant established by Congress last
October.
.
The grant would have awarded
$300 to LCC for each vet enrolled
as a full time student. The grant
could also have been used to tutor_veterans, allowed women vets to
claim their husbands as dependants, and allowed widowers the
same benefits as widows, according to Ms. Harmon. The office
didn't hire extra personnel for the
planned programs, but Ms. Harmon
said it was still quite a shock
when the grant funding was frozen
in February.
Ms. Harmon said the Veterans
Office tries to do every thing it
can to help keep the vet in school.
The office's main concern is financial problems the vet may experience--such as a late GI Bill
check and general income problems said Ms. Harmon.

Tindle is a refugee from London's
lower class whose obsession is
success.
The film 1s carried by the performances of Olivier and Caine
because the play itself lacks believability. (It remains essentially
a play, recorded on film.) Who
could believe that a man, come to
confront his lover's husband could
then be convinced by that husband
to engqge in a fake burglary wearing a clown outfit? Viewers of
"Sleuth'' can believe it, but only
because Caine and Olivier play it
with conviction. They continue to
convince us throughout the absurd
plot
twists throughout the remainder of the movie.
The play lacJcs believability be•cause it depends almost totally on
the intricacies of plot, rejecting
_the influence of character on the
action. The conflicting characters
of Wyke and Tindle are used only
to inject verbal byplay into the
dialogue and thus keep up the play's
pace.
Even so, we believe it all because Olivier and Caine make us
not only believe it, but make us
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Everyone enjoys a fiesta and the El Cinco de Mayo
was no excepti9n. Young and old alike gathered to
enjoy the dances, speeches, singing, food, music, and
poetry presented by the U of O and LCC Chicanos.
The part of the celebration that was held at LCC
on Saturday included a pinata-a hollow paper-mache
figure that is decorated and filled with candy and
treats, and dangled from the ceiling. Children hit at
the pinata-the older ones are blindfolded and the
younger ones have their bright eyes wide open-until
the pinata is broken and the candy falls out. Then aL
of the children share in the spoils.
Comida Mexicana,. which was inadvertantlybilled

by the TORCH as a play last week, was, in fact, a

dinner. Comida Mexicana is the Spanish way of saying
Mexkan food, ancl the Chicanos served an authentic
Mexican meal to over 300 enthusiastic eaters.
Mariachis, a traditional eight-piece band from
Mexico provided music later in the evening. People
danced and sang along with them.
First prize in the raffle was an authentic Mexican
sombrero, Tickets were also being sold in a raffle
featuring a $115 ten-speed bicycle. The final drawing
for the bicycle will be held this Friday, and tickets
are still available from the Chicano Student Union at
50 cents.

Page 10 TORCH May 8, 1973

Bench Slivers
from Lex Sahonchik

Gary Cassidy, the 38th fastest
cross country runner last fall in
the National Junior College Athletic
Association Cross Country Championships, and one of the most
promising freshman track and field
athletes on the Lane Community
College campus, has left ~chool.
Cassidy was forced to leave
school due to a tragic mistake involving Dean Jack Carter, Coach
Al Tarpenning, and Gary himself.
Cassidy is from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He expressed interest in attending Lane Community

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tuition and completed his classe;:
Gary went home to Canada for a
vacation last winter. '' I was here
last fall," Gary relates, "and went
home. I didn't know I wouldhaveto
pay foreign tuition; instead of getting a transcript, I got a bill." The
bill was close to $40G-almost $310
above the in-district tuition for one
term.
That bill and the resulting unexpected increase in his tuition payments made it impossible for Cassidy to attend Lane. With the remainder of the unpaid tuition hanging over his head Cassidy quit
school early Spring Term to look
for a job to pay off his tuition bill.
Gary Cassidy is not the kind of
athlete any school wants to lose.
He is young man with a great deal
of talent and dedication. Cassidy
was, and still is, one of the finest
distance runners in Canada. He was
the Alberta provincial champion in
assured Lane a spot in the playoffs for the OCCAA _
the mile and the provincial champ- Tony Johnson, catcher for the Titans, reacts to the
ion in the two mile run when he was hit by an unidentified Chemeketa player in Monday's
championship. Lane goes to Linn-Benton Friday
for the first round of the playoffs. Lane finished
a senior in high school. He was the action. Lane split the double header with the Chiefs
their season with a six win, six loss record in
West Canada champion in the 1500 taking the first game.
the conference, good enough for undisputed posmeters, third in the Canadian In- Lane captured the second game by a score of 12 to
session of second place. (Photo by Dave Corwin)
door 3000 meters run, and fifth in 0 as Jim Fred~ricksen threw a shutout. The victory
the mile in the Canadian Outdoor
Championships.
It was after his senior year in
high school that Cassidy decided to
attend Lane. '' I wrote a letter down
and Al contacted me,'' Gary says,
"he (Coach Tarpenning) looked into by Gerry Domagala
being my guardian and found that he
LCC's Titans finished their
The Titans took the game a.way
could."
ning drove Morris in for anothe
play with a 6-6
from the Chiefs in the first inBut now he can't and surprising- OCCAA league
run, which was then followed by
header
ning. Following a run by John
ly Cassidy is not bitter: '' It was a recwd by splitting a double
Rein's score off another by John
Community ColFrederiksen, who scored on a
mistake. The Dean should have with Chemeketa
Fredriksen. The final scoring for
their
bunt by Jack Spaulda, the Titans
known what he was talking about. lege yesterday. This insures
the inning came when Spaulda hit
in the OCCAA. Championtook charge and began their surge
It's a good college but it's not place
a sacrifice fly to center field
12.
and
11
May
ships
total control of the gameo
for
worth $400. The money I've spent
to score Johnson.
In the first game of the double
here is all the money I've saved
In the fifth inning the Titans
With the bases loaded, the
header LCC scored the first runs
up."
again scored as Spaulda hit the
MorBill
walked
pitcher
Chief's
the second inningo
Cassidy's version of the story of the game in
ball into right field to bring in
Cook hit a ris and consequently brought in
Bruce
pitcher
Titan
is the same as Coach Tarpenning's.
Jim Gallevhorn and Dennis West.I
followThen
run.
a
for
Spaulda
that brought in Leighton
He remembers the mistaken infor- drive
The final Lane runs in the game
ing a hit by Ron Hein, both Gary
Hein.
Ron
and
Nichols
mation he received as well as poscame as Hein drove Morris home,
Hassler and Leighton Nichols
Chemefound
inning
next
The
sible financial break through a
and when LCC pitcher Jim Fredand scoring three scored to add two more Titan
visa. '' The Registrar told Al that keta coming back
runs to the score.
riksen knocked in Galleyhorn td'
from
away
lead
the
take
to
runs
if I applied for an immigrant visa
Johnson, later in the first inmake the final score 12 to O.
the
during
However,
Titans.
the
I could get in-district (tuition), as
third the Titans
long as I have an application." Un- bottom of the
fortunately, it takes about 20 tied the score three all when
catcher Tony Johnson hit in Hein
months to get a visa.
Jack Carter views the situation for his second run.
Chemeketa's Chiefs took the defas a misunderstanding between
by Steve Busby ,
the fourth inning adDean Carter and Coach Al Tarpen'- inite lead in
enrich, and Beth Boehmer.
ding more runs to their scoring.
The day was so nice you had
( Continued on page 11)
Ms. Shoop was a placer in both
To counter-act the Chief's scor- to expect things to go right, but
of her jumping events, going 15
ing, the Titans that same inning for Lane's women's track team this
feet 3 3/ 4 inches in the long jump
were only able to score Bruce was not the case.
to finish fifth, and then tying the
Cook, giving a one-run lead to the
Lane could only gather 19 points
school record in the high jump at
Chiefs.
in a seven-team
sixth
finish
to
James Dieringer
5 feet 1 inch to take sec on do
The Chiefs held the Titans field . Oregon State took . first
Ms. Heidenrich, normally a very
inning,
fourth
the
after
scoreless
Univerthe
by
followed
131,
with
LCC
performer in the field estrong
fifth,
the
in
runs
added two more
sity of Oregon with 102, Oregon
vents, could only gain sixth place
Campus Ministry
and an additional run in both the College of Education with 85,Portin • the discus and was shut-out
sixth and the seventh innings to land State at 70, Mt. Hood with
in her speciality, the javelin. Her
finish the 9-5 Titan loss.
52, Lane with 19, and Central
throw in the discus of 113 feet
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reversed in the second game.
The same trio of performers
Newman Chaplain
usual form.
LCC pitcher Jim Frederiksen held who have been figuring heavily in
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best performance in the 3,000
the game, which ended at 12 to son accounted for all of LCC's
meters, clocking a time of H:
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12.6 to finish second. She also
ran in the 880 yard medley relay
and, for the first time ever, the
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helping Cassidy ,i ttend Lane, inquired about possible ways that he
could directly assist Gary. Coach
Tarpenning was told by Dean
Carter that by sponsoring Cassidy
through legal guardian procedures
Cassidy would be eligible for indistrict tuition.
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Tarpenning subsequently went
through the proper legal channels
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Titans overwhelm opponents
Lane Community College, per• haps the state's strongest community college track and field
team, picked _up another overwhelming victory against four
.scoring opponents in a meet held at
Lane Saturday afternoon. Lane
scored 143 points to Umpqua Community College's 42points, Oregon
Track Club's 38 points, Southern
Cregon College's 21 points and

feet 4 inches, hardly the usual
event for a sprint man. Burt took
third in the 100 yard dash in 10
seconds flat. finishing behind
Roger Crawley of the Oregon Track
Club' and teammate Wilbert Johnson. Moving to a longer distance in
the 220 yard dash, Mark won in a
time of 22.6 seconds. He capped off
his day by running a leg of the LCC
440 yard relay team, the winning
team in a time of 43.3 seconds.
Hurdles races provided Lane
with more points as Mark DuBose
wo1 both the 120 yard high hurdles
and the 440 yard intermediate hurdles, with times of 15.4 seconds
and ~8.2 seconds respectively.
The y:mng Titan weight squad of
John WhHe, Doug Lane, Tom Fredrikson an,i Ron Ladd scored heavily
in their events, the shot put and discus. John White won the shot and
finished third in the discus. Doug
Lane was third in the shot and second in the discus, with Fredrikson
fourth in the shot and Ladd fourth
in the discus.

It was another first and second
place sweep for LCC as Dana Tims
won the 440 yard dash in 51.1, followed by an inexperienced Jeff
Hardesty who finis:ied in 51.3. Hardesty burst out of his starting
blocks and ran a smoking 220 in
the first half of his 440 but tied up
in the stretch.

Mark Burt
Chemeketa Community College's
16 points.
The meet gave LCC athletes a
chance to compete in events other
than those that they usually enter.
Coupled with this experimentation
and Lane's usual strengths the
Titans won 11 out of 17 events.
Mark Burt, the brilliant freshman sprinter from Forest G e
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provided an exciting show all by
himself as he took second place in
the triple jump with a lea of 42

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,Continued from page lOJ
ning. "It was Al's understanding
that that's possible," Carter said.
"Sometime last summer AI did
come in and talk to me. I gave him
a copy of the Board policy. According to Carter, that Board policy was
intended to prevent the use of
guardianship to circumventtuition.
Dean Carter recalls that he did
tell Coach Tarpenning that guardianship is possible for students
providing that it is "legitimate
guardianship .•• If they primarily
want to beat the tuition they can't
get an aunt or uncle," Carter summarized.
Cassidy feels that Lane could
really benefit from the application
of some of the program that other
community colleges are using. '' A
bi!! thing would be for the foreign
tuition to be waived; Mt. Hood
Community College and Spokane
Community College have no foreign
tuition after 90 days." Gary has
been here for six months.
The coach's view of the situation
parallels Cassidy' s. '' I had met
with Jack Carter and I explained
to him that there was a boy from
Canada who was interested in going
to LCC," remembers Tarpenning.
"Carter said ' yes, there are things '
you can do,' and it was my understanding that if I was his guardian
he would pay in-district (tuition)."
Both Tarpenning and Cassidy
point out that it would have been
foolish for Gary to come to LCC if
they were not told that he would be
able to pay in-district tuition.

ROBERTSON'S
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It is precisely what Al has gone
through for his athletes that Cassidy emphasizes: "It seems to me
that the Administration is playing
against Al when Al is trying to
bring recognition to the school by
making winning teams. It's not just
me," asserted Cassidy.'' Al's trying to improve things but he keeps
running into dead ends. He's running around doing all kinds of things
for me and the team. He's one of
the nicest people I've ever known."
Gary's plans were to continue on
to the University of Oregon and
major in Physical Education.
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The regularly scheduled Odd
Lift Weight Lifting Tournament
will be held this term on May
30 in the weight room, according
to Jack Heisel.
Signups for this and the Olympic lift are posted in the weight
room, in the locker rooms, and
may also be obtained at the Intramural Office in the lobby of
the main gym.

The LCC weight lifters will have
a new event this Spring. Jack
Heisel, Intramural Coordinator,
said that the Intramural Office
is offering competition in Olympic
lift categories this term along with
the regular competition in the
Next weekend the Titans compete Odd Lift weight lifting tournament.
in the Oregon Community College Olympic lift will be held on May
Athletic Association Track and 23 in the weight room.
Field Championships, which will be
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held at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City. The meet held
Sports Calendar
Friday and Saturday, should see
some outstanding performances by Tuesday, May 8:
Lane athletes.
Intramural Softball - LCC diamond, 3 p.m.

A six week summer sports program for boys between the ages
of 14 and 17 is scheduled to begin
June 18 at LCC.
The program, modeled after a
similar one for younger boys held
each year at the University of
Oregon, will continue through July
17 and will feature extensive instruction in baseball, basketball~
track and field, handball, weight
training, and badminton.
Information can be obtained by
contacting the Physical Education
Office 747-4501, ext. 277.

One of the highlights of the meet
was the mile run in which Olympic
marathoner Ken Moore, competing
for the Oregon Track Club, won
with a 4:12.9 time followed closely
by Lane Community College's
Chris Vigeland and Tim Williamsc
Vigeland and Williams were
clocked in 4:14.5 and 4:14.7 respectively.

alson and D. Hill defeated Linfield's Brown and Carvonbrai 8 to
4. It was an exciting match for Kao
and Jaffarian as they breezed
through their match by scores of
6 to 4 and 7 to 6.
Titan's C. Hill and Johnson capped Lane's victory with a win of
6 to 2 and 6 to 3.

Lane edges South
LCC's Men's Tennis Team defeated South Eugene High School
Thursday in a close, exciting
match by a score of 5 to 4.
Lane's Edwin Jaffarian started
things off by downing South's Norman Brooksby in three sets: 3-6,
6-4, 6-3.
Todd Johnson and Dean Hill of
Lane took their singles matches in
straight sets 6-4, 6-4, and 6-2 respectively. Chris Hill won his first
set 6-3 but had a close second set
with South's Rich Hills before defeating him by a score of 7-6.
Bob Bucholts rallied to defeat
Lane's Dave Kao while Bob Currie
was falling to South's Evan McFadden. The team score at the end
of the singles matches stood at
• Lane 4 and South Eugene 2.
Todd Johnson and Chris Hill
took the first doubles match over
Brooksby and Hayward of South· by
scores of 7-5 and after coming
from behind 6-3 '
South Eugene picked up the last
two doubles matches but it was not
enough to overcome Lane's lead as
the Titans won by a score of 5 to 4.

***

Thursday, May 10:
• Men 1 s Tennis - OCE at LCC
tennis courts, 12:30 p.m.
Intramural Softball - LCC diamond, 3 p.m.
Friday, May ll:
Men's Track - OCCAA Championships at Clackamas CC
Baseball OCCAA Tournament at Linn-Benton CC 3 p,mo
Men's Tennis Portland CC
at LCC, 3 n.m.
Women's Tennis Community College Tournament at Mt.
Hood CC, 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 12:
Men's Track- OCCAA Championships Clackamas
Baseball OCCAA Tournament Linn-Benton
Men's Tennis - Central Oregon
CC at LCC, 1 p.m.
Women' s Tennis - Community
College Tournament at Mt. Hood
CC, 3 p,m.

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A playground is planned to be
built on the LCC campus if enough
volunteers offer their time and
energy to build it, according to
Russell Ooms, a student volunteer organizing the project.
According to Ooms 1 the playground, to be called Adventure
Playground, will be built east of
the LCC gym and will be for the
use of children in LCC child ca re
renters, It will have large swings
and a climbabout, added Ooms.
The playground planned at LCC
and another planned at the Unitarian Church in Eugene, he continued, were both initiated by the
Home Economirs Department at
LCC, The Student Awareness Center at LCC is attempting to find
the volunteers.
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LCC 's Intramural Office will be
opening its softball season with
a full schedule of games on tap.
Three teams have signed up so
far but signups are still open to
all persons interested. Information
and signups can be obtained at
the Intramural Office or by contacting Jack Heisel through the
Physical Education Office, 7474501, extension 277.

Men's tennis team defeats Linfield
LCC's men's varsity team secured an 8 to 1 victory over Linfield Saturday.
Todd Johnson started off the singles matches defeating Linfield' s
number one man Stan Gish, in two
sets.
Lane's Edwin Jaffarian rolled
past Craig Changstrom with set
scores of 7 to 5 and 6 to 3.
Things were starting to look up
for Linfield as Bryon Brown barely beat Dave Kao with set scores of
2 to 6, 6 to 4, and 7 to 5. However,
it didn't take long for Lane's tennis
men to rally with wins by Chris
Hill, Don Michalson, and Dean Hill.
In doubles matches LCC's Mich-

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Saturdays 9:30~1 :30

Ms. American Frog
(for details see page 5)

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Did rou vote?

Most students didn.'t
(Editors note: There are 5,300 students at Lane Community College. Out of those, 456 voted in the last Spring Election, held April 30
and May 1.
In an attempt to find out why there were so few that voted, TORCH
reporter Steven Locke asked a number of students the following question: "Why didn't you vote?" Here are some reactions - - - -)

'' I suppose it was my fault.

didn't get involved and I didn't know
who anybody was. I didn't want to
take the chance of putting someone
in there who wouldn'tdoagoodjob.
I should have done something about
it, but I didn't."
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Allen Nease
"I didn't care about it."

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Gail Keith
"I haven't really become involved in the young activities here
at school, probably because there
is a time element and the fact that
I'm a few years older."

Freddie Long
l l By the time I knew about the
elections and who was running
for what, it was too late. It doesn't
seem like they put up enough
advertising. It seemed like it was
just a little thing around here.
I just didn't pay no attention_ to it.
Also, I didn't know who said what
and who was going to do the best
job."

A directive from Gerry Rasmussen, associate
dean of instruction, to increase the student/teacher
ratio in Language Arts Department classes has
caused a new flare-up in an old conflict.
Rasmussen said that the order is designed
to make quality education available to all, by keeping
costs down.
College transfer courses have traditionally operated on a profit basis, and are expected to help
pay for the more expensive Technical-Vocational
courses. he added.
Rasmussen's order provides for a student/
teacher ratio of 21 to 1 for the 73-74 academic
year, and 21.5 to 1 for 74-75. The ratio for Winter
term 72-73 is 19:1.
These figures will represent average class size.
Certain Language Arts courses, notably second
year foreign languages and evening classes, are
much lower than this average, said Rasmussen.
But several Language Arts instructors intend
to fight the order. Ted Romoser, a member of
that Department's Teacher Workload Committee.
stated that English teachers shouldn't have to worry
about budget politics, but rather should concentrate
on quality education in their own classes. Romoser
cited three main issues:
,.
• Literature and Composition classes require
a great deal of personal attention and time; large
classes make this impossible.
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"I feel that it doesn't affect me
that much. It is so far removed
from a persons daily life that you
don't even bother to think about it.
It is like an extra-curricular activity, where the people who want to
get involved do so." •

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by Stu Anderson

Red Fox

Rod Lilly

Dave Elwell

Student load issue again

Jean Gates
"I'm just not that interested in
student government. This is my
first term and I have only five dollars invested in it anyway."

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propose a reorganization of the
Student Senate ., Thie would entail
the writing of new by-laws for the
ASLCC Constitution and the reduction of Senate size from its
present 45 members to a core
group of 12-6 members of the Executive Cabinet and 6 Senatorsat-Large.
The new by-laws, as well as the
1973-74 budget, will be drawn up
this summer, Red Fox said, and
then presented to the students for
approval next fall. If the by-laws
and the budget are not approved,
he said he will then stage an
election '' to abolish the Student
Senate and establish a committee
in its place.''
He did not elaborate, however,
on what the make-up or function
of that ''committee'' would be.
Other concerns of the new President are the development of guidelines for the Emergency Loan
Program (which the Senate, in part
now funds) and placement of student representatives on the LCC
Board of Education, the Oregon
State Board of Education, and the
Oregon Scholarship Commission.

Anderson ...

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should be. They have suddenly become remote and inaccessible in Hanoi. This is
the outward evidence that
they are locked in deep
debate. The intelligence
reports suggest they are trying to .decide whether to
mount a propaganda offensive to win political converts
or a guerrilla offensive to win
military victories.
The intelligence reports
claim, in fact, that the North
Vietnamese have built up
enough strength in the South
since the cease-fire to mount
a major offensive. They not
only have an estimated 150,000 ·combat troops but more
than 350 tanks and arrpored
vehicles in the South.
An offensive, however,
would almost certainly bring
massive American retaliation. The North Vietnamese,
therefore, have been holding
their main force in reserve
and supporting limited guerrilla attacks. But North Vietnam's negotiators in Paris
seem genuinely interested in
American aid to rebuild their
country. This won't be available until there is a genuine
cease:..fire.

• Work load decisions should be made by the
Department faculty members after rational discussion, rather than being made by the Administration on their own grounds.
• Language Arts instructors should not have to
work 50 to 60 hours per week in order to support
Technical/Vocational instructors who work only 40
hours per week.
"We've been fighting this thing for years, and
the situation is getting worse," Romoser concluded.
Mike Rose, another Language Arts instructor,
concurred with Romoser: ''LCC has promised the
community quality individual instruction. We are
obligated to see that our promise is carried out,"
said Rose. ''The real cost of this increase will
be to the students." Rose concluded by saying that
Rasmussen's numerical/financial view of education
is the cause of the present friction.
Karla Schultz, who teaches mainly foreign languages in the Department, feels that the increased
ratio will result in excessive loads on some instructors, thus creating intra-departmental unrest
Dean Rasmussen, in defense of his directive,
stated that members of the Language Arts Department don't understand the problems of management.
Language Arts enrollment is declining, he said,
and his directive is an .effort to stabilize this
trend. "We must achieve quality education for
a reasonable cost," Rasmussen concluded.

Staff Soundings . . .

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fices, and Tegger himself.
In Staff Soundings, readers can
find information about the negotiations between the Staff Association and the LCC Board of Education, activities of the SPPC,
the desirability of collective bargaining through the Staff Association and/or one of several nationally affiliated organizations,
said Tegger.
The staff viewpoint is presented

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on matters of pay. proposed changes in class loads, loyalty oaths
for classified staff, and the rights
of paraprofessionals..
Through Staff Soundings, Tegge r
feels the staff '' has had some
impact already'' on . formulation
of Administration policy. "We have
held the actions of certain persons up to scrutiny c''
He added that he-expects a staff
newsletter to be a permanent fixture now at LCC,

Senate

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Bolton, Russel Ooms, senator,
Barry Hood, publicity director,
Ken Walker, 2nd vice-president,
and Doug Cudahey. Total costs for
delegates as submitted to Jones by
Robert Vinyard, , ASLCC Treasurer, is $674 032. Bolton also pro- ·
posed that an invitation be extended
to the new TORCH editor, Carol
Newman, who will assume that
position at the end of this termc
Della (Dede) Neimoyer has submitted her resignation as secretary of the ASLCC Senate, effective at the end of Spring Termo

Elections ...

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he didn't foresee all of these problems when setting up the elections.
At last Thursday's Senate meeting, Ooms presented the above
six charges as a '' rationale for
protesting (the) elections. He also
read a statement written by one
of the election clerks - Markay
Belforr - which said she considered the election an "unfair
election" because even though the
election was run as well as possible, people were able to vote
mi: re than once.
Rick Mathews, a student body
member, also alleged that the
elections were unfair due to the
fact that campaign materials were
within 50 feet of a voting table.
Mathews saic he would have registered an official complaint if
Ooms had not done so.
At last week's Senate meeting,
Charles Packnett, ASLCC first
vice president estimated the cost
of a new election to be close to
$300. Packnett also pointed out
that other than being costly, holding a second election would be
setting a precedent and he "wouldn't like to get into it.
'' I busted my ass to try to make
this as fair an election as possible," Packnett said. "This is
the best election I've ever seen

at Lane," he added.
Jay Jones, Student Activities
director, labeled multiple voting
stations as the problem. ''When
we go to the second station we
begin to lose- control. We can't
build an infallible system," he
said.
Vinyard pointed to the closeness
of this election as a possible rea- •
son for a second, closely watched
election. (Barry Hood was elected
first vice-president by only two.
votes.)
Steve Leppanen, senator-atlarge and ASL CC Presidential candtdate, suggested a run-off election
for offices where there was not
a clear majority (a clear majority
being 50 per cent plus 1).
Hood questioned the ethics of
accepting part of the election results as valid and at the same
time denying part of the results.
Leppenan then voiced agreement
with this point.
At Monday's meeting, Jones
pointed out to the Eelection Com mission that there are no existing
election laws. The guidelines which
were used for this election were
never adopted by the senateo
Therefore, the Election Commission agreed to revise the cur- ·
rently used guidelines and to present them to the Senate by May 31.