C .3 LCC 1 the week of m_ ay 15, 1973 vol. 9 no. 17 lane community college, 4000 e'aS1 30th Week of art planne d for LCC by Steven Locke LCC's first Spring Arts Festival will get under way Monday. The five day festival, which will include art showings by LCC students, LCC's stage bands and choir, and excerpts from three plays, will be held behind LCC above the south parking lot. A permanent stage is being constructed just above the parking lot by the LCC Construction Club and will be used throughout the festival. A pavilion, rented from the University of Oregon, will also be set up for the festival and will house art exhibits. According to ASLCC Senator-at-Large and Festival Coordinator, Steve Leppanen, the cultural event will be "for the student at Lane and by the student." Leppanen stated that '' instead of spending a lot of money for outside groups, we are going to use our own stuaents and staff.'' •starting Monday at noon a folk dance will be held on stage, followed by a poetry reading at 3 p.m. and the second year LCC stage band at 4 p.m. eScheduled for Tuesday is LCC's swing choir at 10 a.m., modern dancing at 11 :30 a.m. and LCC's Symphonic Band at noon. In the afternoon excerpts from three plays, directed by Ed Ragozzino of the Performing Arts Department, will feature '' Midsummer Nights Dream," "Dylan/' and "The Drapes Come." eon Wednesday there . will be another poetry reading at 11 a.m. followed by folk dancing at noon. In the afternoon Dick Benedum, from the Performing Arts Department, will present Chamber music at 1:30 and Nathan Cammack, also from the Performing Arts Department, will present violin and piano music at 3:30. •Thursday morning at 10, Cammack will pre- sent a Brass Choir and at 1:30 ·p .m. LCC's firs"t year stage band will perform. Excerpts from the three plays, performed on Tuesday, will be repeated at? p.m. eon Friday to highlight the five day festival there will be a sculpture seminar, a frog contest. and a rock concert. Also slated for Friday is a folk dance at noon and a poetry reading at 3 p.rri. George Baker, one of the three American sculptors invited to Expo '70 in Osaka~ Japan, will be 011 campus at 10 a.m. Friday for theSculptureSem~.nar . A frog contest, sponsored by the TORCH and the ASLCC Senate, will be held at 1 p.m. On hand to judge the different events wm be LCC President Eldon Schafer, Lane County District Attorney Pat Horton, Springfield Mayor Darwin Courtright, LCC Board of Education member Catherine Lauris, and Eugene Register-Guard reporter Lloyd Paseman~ Over $100 in cash prizes will be awarded to the winners of seven categories-distance jump, frog race, largest frog, smallest frog, oldest contestant, youngest contestant, and the grand finale -- a frog beauty contest. The festival will be wrapped up Friday night with a rock concert beginning at 8 p.m., featuring Jeffrey Cain from San Francisco, Coal, Sagebrush, and the Phantasmagoria Light Show. There will be no admission charge for this concert, however donations will be accepted. In addition to the scheduled events there will be drawings, jewelry, paintings, ceramics, sculpture, and other art works on display in the pavilion. Also, ~tween performances on stage, LCC students will smg and play guitars. venue, eugene, oregon 97405 Bean y Schmidt, one of a kind Act~ess, skydiver, and weaver by David Butler But expected soon Financia l aid notificati on still awaited '' If a high school or college student hasn't heard yet whether he will be receiving financial aid next fall, he shouldn't worry. He's among the majority of students in the state.'' This comment came from State Scholarship Director Jeff Lee last week in a press release from the Colleges For Oregon's Future-a nonprofit citizen's group which examines education in Oregon. In addition, a new Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program m1y provide another 122 million dollars in aid. The 872 million dollar total budget is the largest federal contribution ever to st udent financial aid. Federal funds for 72-73 totaled 766 million dollars. Institutions won't know the exact amount of aid they have to offer for a few more weeks, but now that the bill has been signed they are beginning to notify their first group of applicants that funds are available. '' M)st institutions have probably penciled-in aid figures for students,'' Lee stated. The 122 million dollars in federal funds for the BEOG program may be awarded late. however. and it may be impossible to implement that program in time for students entering college next fall. If that happens~ funds would be transferred to another student financial aid program. It could be September before those few last funds are awarded, and Lee says a few students may have to decide upon an institution before they know whether they will be receiving financial aid, Community colleges will receive more federal student financial aid funds next year than they have in the 'past, according to Richard Dent, who has been employed by the State Scholarship Commission and the Educational Coordinating Council to do re(Continued on har.k page) ( Photo by David Butler) Maureen Schmidt Ask Maureen Evelyn-Penelope Cleavenger Beany Schmidt's mother and she'll tell you Maureen Evelyn-Penelope Cleavenger BeanySchrriidt hasn't got a brain in her head. She jumps out of airplanes. Maureen Schmidt (the Beany and the Evelyn-Penelope Cleavenger are easily-explainable aliases) is a Eugene transplant from Tillamook, a student at Lane Community College, a weaver of sorts, and ah, a skydiver. The decision to take up skydiving is an interesting exercise in logic. Witness: "I got tired of taking the same old PE courses ove.r and over and was wandering around registration (at the University of Oregon, The controversial results of the an official challenge to the elec- 1 where she attended for one year) when I spotted a table that said, Spring Elections were made offictions. Ooms cited six alledged in- 'trampoline.' ial Tuesday, May awhen the ASLCC fractions of election procedure. "I called home and said, 'Mom, I'm going to sign up for trampoSenate voted ten to five to ratify the The charge that generated the most line', and mom said, 'Maureen, you'll kill yourself.', so I said, 'right', election in accordance to the Board concern in the Senate was Ooms' and signed up for skydiving instead. of Tellers report. charge that at least six students Good thinking. The controversey arose immed- claimed to have voted more than Skydiving, despite the fact that it looks dangerous, is practically as iately following the April 30-May 1 once. safe as falling asleep, said Maureen. A lady could break her neck on a elections when Russel Ooms, soph At the May 8 Senate meeting the trampoline. omore senator from Industrial Board of Tellers Chairman Chuck As it turns out, however, Maureen has thrown in the towel, at least Technology Department, submitted Packnett, gave the Senate a report for awhile. Being blown off course on her eighth jump by a freak gust of on the findings of that committee wind took ten years off her life and three layers of paint off the building after investigating Ooms's chal- she almost hit. The LCC Symphonic Band will hold its second Annual Good Old Since then the 20-year old coed has taken up downhill skiing, sailing · lenge. Fashion Concert on the Green Sunday at 2 p.m. Packnett said that it was not a and one-speed ("my own ... and I defy anyone to stay up with me ")biThe concert 1 which drew several hundred people last yE:ar, will question of whether or not the cycling with her old Schwinn 24-incher. feature sp,3cially written selections from the movie, "Shaft," featurinz charges were true, but the problem But lest anyone get the idea Maureen is the most liberated of libLCC Student Gordon Davis on the guitar, a sneak preview selection •was that there were not any legal erated women, they should know her two favorite pastimes would probfrom the upcom~ng Lane County Auditorium Association production guidelines to stipulating election ably get her tossed out of a Status of Women meeting on her ear. 1 'West Side Story," (two singers will accompany this selection), a procedure. The Board of Tellers Cooking and weaving. trombone soloist by Walter Wilson, band director at South Eugene recommended that the election re"If the truth were known," she said truthfully, "I'm about as doHigh School plus numerous oth•H seledions. sults be accepted as reported. mestic as you can get. Hey look, I made this," she bubbled, jiggling a According to LCC Band Director Gene Aitken, the hour long concert Packnett made a motion that the large hand-woven handbag over her head. is structured to have something for everybody. And she cooks too. '' I love to cook, but I especially love to cook senate accept the results of the In addition, according to Aitken, Dave Stewart, an LCC student, has election as valid. He also made a for men," she said. "They'll always tell you whether they like somereceived a grant from an amplifier company to do the first amplification motion that the senate establish a thing or not. They'll level with you. of a symphonic orchestra at LCC. "But women will never tell you the truth. They always say they committee to set up election guideThe concert, scheduled for Bristow Square, the lawn immediately lines and bring these before the like everything.'' Her entire family, including the 16 sons and daughters of her mosenate for approval. Both motions south of the Center Building, will be held in the LCC Cafeteria in case of inclement weather. passed. (Continued on back page) But, Lee added, most students will be receiving notification soon. The report said that President Nixon's recently signing of the bill authorizing allocations for student financial aid programs ended a Congress-Administra tion impasse over how Uie funds should be spent. The state's community colleges and universities and colleges will soon know how much aid they can award to students-but the time lag still leaves the colleges in difficulty in predicting their enrollments· at this time, said the news release. The College Work Study Program, Education Opportunity Grant Program, and the National Direct Student Loan Program are all to be funded next year at levels close to those used for this academic year. 5 pr •Ing· EI e Ct •IO n S ratified Concert on Green scheduled by band / Page 2 TORCH May 15, 1973 RESEARCH MATERIALS ALL TOPICS WEEKLY- OPYOMETRIST Write or call for your up-to-date mail-order catalog of thousands of outstanding research papers. E11close Dr. Robt. J . Williamson ~.,!~I $1 :00 for postage and handling. \. 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The secret intelligence reports, meanwhile , tell of rising tensions between the two Communist behemoths. The Kremlin has moved 41 of its best divisions to the Chinese frontier . These troops are backed by dozens of huge, mobile nuclear missiles. Hundreds more could be launched against China from permanent Soviet sites. The Chinese have installed less than 50 nuclear-tipped missiles of t.hei r o,.vn. U.S. military experts say the Russians could knock out al1 of them with the first nuclear broadside. But in another two years, the Chinese should have enough missiles deployed to deter a Soviet att. a ck. They ha v e also developed a fantastic new radar, calied phased array radar, which could immediately detect a Soviet missile launching. This new radar shouid al-;o be j~1stalled in anothn two years. Th is m e ans t ht~ Russians must knock out China as a RIDESTOP ~~IBfil~ffiW~ ~--~B,=-liYJQ • - ?... "' " ;-......-J~ ,..J~ MOSP TINCTIVE_AT. · Serving SOUPS SALADS & '1)ttde,u 50~ - Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday-2-5 p.m. Enjoy our SUNOECK over-looking the Millrace - & AIR HOCKEY EUGENE'S NEWEST TAVERN 14 7 5 FRANKLIN ON THE MILLRACE at •· by Jack Anderson • EYE EXAMINATIO N I• SPECIAL nuclear power in the next two years or face a new Chinese nuclear menace . The intelligence reports note that Hw Kre mlin has abandoned hope of improving relations with Peking - at least as long as Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai remain in power . PtesidE>nt Nixon, meanwhile, · is deeply concerned. Not onlv would a ChineseRussian • war threaten world peace but the prevailing winds would carry the nuciear fallout over the United States. Nixon vs. the Press: As an olive branch to the press. a contrite President Nixon told newsmen: "Continue to give me hell when you think I'm wrong. I hope I'm worthy of your trust." Yet only two days later, his representative urg- ed the Senate Judiciary Committee to pass a censorship law that would prevent newspapers from exposing any future Watergate scandals. The Pres id en t 's spokesman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kevin (Continued on back page) Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: , examples such as the two I've giv1 want not another moment to go en. by without publicly hailing Rick Well, he says in print: "I will Mathews as a for-real top quality back up what I say at any time, journalist. His letters in the anywhere.'' I think he should have TORCH of May 8, 1973 are un- his chance. I am looking forward to doubtedly replete with examples finding and meeting you, Rick. of integrity and responsibility in Devra Barnett LCC student and journalism (to 1:1se a couple of his words) but I can't check them all , , The Woman of out due to pressures of li_fe's little Questionable Character." tasks. But one example shmes forth . .- - - - - - - - - - - - • to remind us how to handle some of TORCH Staff what we read in print. It is, and I quote: "The woman who manned r - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 both stations was .. ' of question- Editor Jim Gregory able character.'' Now this is in Associate Editor Jim Crouch the best Joe McCarthy tradition- Production Manager Carol Newman right up from the early 1950's. Robin Burns Even if he feels called on to pro- Photo Editor Photographers Dave Corwin nounce judgement 1 Rick Mathews Lenn Lethlean doesn't even know the person he's judging. Copy Editor Marty Stalick In his second letter-some of Sports Editor Lex Sahonchik which sounds to me like the Pledge Steve Busby of Allegiance to the Flag-Rick Ass't Sports Editor Mathews writes: "We all trust and Advertising Manager Chuck Risse believe in our student government." ls he perhaps clairvoyant? Reporters: Omniscient? Or just a thoughtless Jennie Li Steven Locke windbag that he "knows" these Kathie Durbin things and speaks without our per- Sheila Rose mission, for all of us? Rick only Tom Perry Linda Elliott wishes (he wrote) "to see honesty Sue Corwin and fair play in our student governof Oregon Cornmunih Col IP!.!e ;o;ewsppc>r Hs-.cwment" I only wish to see honesty iat ionMr.!llhPr ;lml Oregon )-ewsp:iper P11hl1.slier.s TORCH is publi~herl Tuesd:l\S throt1!!11011l fhtand fair play in our students, in- reguTie l;ir :wa<lemk ,·e:n ;rnrl other Tuesd.n ilurin: Summ"'r Term. Opinions expresse<I rn thls 11ew~p;1per :uP not ner cluding Rick Mathews. How can we essari l v those of the <olle~e. sturh?n t student :ire signe<I ::irtirl esm>cpss.irilrthP view of the TORCH. have what Rick wants without bo<ly.All ~or (·orrespomlE>nre should hP tvpert or printe I, rto11hle-sp:1 ·ed signed by the wr iter. M:1il or bring :lli r·orrt•sponr!Pnr·p to: FIRST having what I want, espec- anrl TORCH , tenter 206, L.11,e Community Colleee, ;ooo East 30th ially when it comes right down to Avenue -~~e_nc OrPgon ~i-10:i; Telephone i-ti--1 :;01, Ext. 23-1. A sso1·1at1011 . Oil t'\'Pn' ~O\PrnnlPnt or 1 1 The Innocent Bystander by Arthur Hoppe Of_generals and gardens Senator Proxmire is sore at the Pentagon, as usual. This time ifs for spending $21 million a year on enlisted men who labor as household servants for the top brassc The Senator's got a point. You know, "Join today's fighting Army and learn a trade -like polishing flatware." But what bothered me was a defensive statement to the Senators from Army Secretary Froehlke, who said he didn't want his chief Qf staff, General Abrams, "to hurry home at 5 p.m. to mow his lawn ~nd spade his garden.'' I do. *** I thought about it in the warm spring evening as I dug in the dahlia bed. The first light-green, tender shoots had poked their way up through the heavy loam with that amazing strength all living things have to grow and flourish. I carefully dug around them, turning the black earth still damp from a passing shower. A worm, pink and slithery, scuttled frantically back into safety of its depths. I thought, as I dug, of the God-given miracle of this earth. For millions of years it has nurtured life on this planet. For millions of years it has brought forth living things to grow and flourish. For millions of years it has sustained us all. And I wondered how well generals understand this thing. I don't know many generals. The few I've met seem honorable and intelligent men. But from their college years to their day of retirement with cannons booming in salute, they are trained to one specific end: to kill and wound more human beings than the opposing general does, to de- ··································-••i••························ stroy more growing things, to devastate more earth. I am sure generals don't think of their job this way. No honorable and intelligent man could. After all, they don't kill and wound human beings. Thev "inflict casualties." Nor do they send young men forth to kill or be killed. They dispatch brigades and regiments to "form salients'' or "outflank the enemy.'' After all, they don 1 t destroy growing things. They '' interdict enemy supplies." Nor do they blacken millions of acres of forests and crops. They "defoliate the ground cover.'' After all, they don't devastate the earth with their shells and bombs. For to them the earth is a mapa rectangle of paper covered by squiggly lineso And nowhere on that earth do dahlia shoots push forth. For this they are honored, respected, saluted, served and instantly obeyed. It must be hard for any man so venerated not to believe in the righteousness of his cause. For, after all, it is a general's duty to defend his country's "sacred soil." *** Yet I wish each general would mow his lawn in the spring evening, smelling the new-cut grass and knowing that every blade lopped off will inexorably thrust upward once again. I wish each general would spade his garden, turning the rich, dark earth that constantly gives forth the ever-renewing miracle of life. Perhaps, by the nature of his profession, a general must live his days in a paper world where life is numbers. But I would wish him a few spring evenings to enjoy the true sacredness of soil. (Copyright Chronicle Publishing Co. 1973) I 11rse 1•1·11~ti titn1ers by Linda Elliott "I hope Pm not becoming an under-educated doctor or an over-speci alized nurse. "I'd like to think, instead, that lam expanding my role as a nurse through continued education." Diana Taylor, LCC Student Health nurse,is not alone in her apprehensions. Two other nurses in Eugene have moved into the '' grey area~' left between traditional practices of nursing and medicine. For nurses Pat Paschke and Jane Lamb of the Lane County Department of Health, as well as for Ms. Taylor, it's not so much a problem of being labelled a doctor, nurse, or technician, It is more an identity crisis in nursing that would have as its outcome the upgrading of nursing as a profession and the delivery of quality health care to all people. Perhaps the apprehensions stem from the uncertainties of change. This new breed of nurse - the nurse practitione r - • may need a clearer definition of their new practice. The definition might be made through legislation. "Current Oregon law doesn't exclude the nurse p, ,1c· titioner!" Ms. Taylor said, "but it doesn't anticipate her, either." Last March 27 Paula McNeil, lobbyist for the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) which has introduced a bill, the ,new Nurse Practice Act, testified before the Oregon House. Committee on State and Federal Affairs: '' It is our intention that the new definition not only more accurately reflect contemporary practice, but that it very closely allow for expanded roles for nurses." how's and why's of each procedure, and the fact that she too, is a female, all add to the comfort and trust of the patient. she sa:id. pediatric nurse practitioner Down the hall of the Lane County Health Depa rtrnent is a nurse practitione r whose specialty is "the well child." Jane Lamb has been back from her training as a Pediatric Nurse Practitione r since January. In a short time she has begun rotating among 14 Eugene pediatricians "to sharpen her faculties," and :ias set up community education clinics all over the county. Ms. Lamb deals with both the ph~ sic al and emotional health of children. She has stanrling orders from the County Health Officer to make "physical assessmen ts" of minor illnesses and abnormalit ies, and to treat them if she feels capable, "I have to rely on my owL nursing judgment, and it's a real responsib ility/' sh_e f;aid. If the child has a problem needing medical at' e!1tion (as opposed to nursing attention), Ms, Lamb r ~fers him to a pediatricia n, Jane Lamb: "My greatest effort goes toward counseling parents to have realistic expectations of their children." new definition of nursing "Practice of nursing'' is defined in HB 2775 as "diagnosing and treating human responses to actual or potential health problems through such services as identification thereof, health teaching, health counseling and providing care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being ." The statute further reads that the practice of nursing includes "executing medical orders as prescribed by a physician .. .'' These" standing orders" allow for an extended role for nurses as dictated through collaboratio n by both riurses and doctors. HB 2775, having passed through committee and the House of Representatives, now awaits consideration in the Senate. family planning specialist At the Lane County Health Department, definition has become practice. Pat Paschke appears to newcomers to be a practicing gynecologist. But patients of the Lane County Family Planning Clinic soon learn that they are being treated and counseled by a Family Planning Specialist. In a three-mont h training program at Harbor General Hospital in Los Angeles, Ms. Paschke said she learned to differentiat e between the normal and the abnormal gynecological situation. '' I treat the normal patient and refer those with abnormal conditions (such as evidence of disease) to local physicians ,'' she said. As a Family Planning Specialist, she feels that she offers a different kind of health care than a doctor might in family planning. "I provide routine medical care/' she said 1 "but from a nurse's viewpoint ••. this means that I spend up to 30 minutes with each patient, only 10 of which is examination time. 11 The other 20 minutes might be occupied with discussion of human sexuality, common gynecological problems, or which kind of birth control will be the most effective or appropriate . Ms. Paschke described patient response as the most fulfilling aspect of her work. She performs examinations, which include a routine check of the thyroid, heart, breast and abdomen, as well as pelvic examination and pap smear for cervical cancer. Her habit of explaining thE• I "This 1s something I have to do to give better patient care and to meet my own personal goals as a nurse." ·•My greatest effort,'' she added, ·'goes towardcoun selinp: parents to have realistic expectations of their children ancl to accept them as little people, not little adults.·· As a Pediatric Nurse Practitione r, Ms. Lamb feels her area of expertise is really "health teaching." Whether :1t the county clinic, in a private pediatricia n's office, or on the circuit of community clinics, she instructs families in ·' toddler care, antiripator y safety measurrs minor illness care, and the appropriate usr of the physi~ cian. '' Ms. Lamb will complete her training/co ntinuing education program in July with :..1 written and oral examination :,t the University of Washington. She will then receive certific'atio n as a Pediatric Nurse Associate, "My tr::1ining as a pn.1ctitioner has stimulated me to learn more and has convinced me I can assume more responsilJility.'' said Ms. Lamb. first of it's kind LCC's Diana Taylor has a special interest in the practices of Jane Lamb and Pat Paschke, for she will return to a Family Planning Clink of her own this fall. Ms. Taylor has observed the County Family Planning Clinic in action ancJ has become aware of some of the hazards of a profession which is in a state of transition. She agrees wholeheartedly with Ms. l'aschke that ''family planning has to come from somewhere, and 15 gynecologists in a county that has 47,631 women between the ages of 1G and 44 cannot possilJly meet the need.·' Ms. Taylor has been working closely with Health Services Director Laura Oswalt and with a representative from the State Board of Health for months to set up a family planning clinic at LCC. The clinic will be the first of its kind at a community college in Oregon. However, services may not be provided to students for free. A spPcial Plediou to be held this spring will determine student willing1wss to assess an additional health fee to the already-ex isting student body fee, If the st11dents don't fund the clinic she said a fee would have to be charged for gynecological tests and the examinations, but Ms. Taylor feels it would still undercut the cost of a gynecologist. Tentatively , she plans to hold the family planning clinic two evenings per week, four hours each evening, '' I would expect to see from ' three to four patients per hour - which a<lcls up to one thousand patients per year,'' she added. When thinking of her new role, Ms. Taylor most fears becoming a "technician ,'' If I end up having to do examinations exclusively , I'll probably give up being a Family Planning Specialist and either go back to the regular practice of an RN or go on to brcome a nurse-mid wife'' (a practitione r who assists in prenatal and post-partum counseling and who delivers normal babies). the numbers game Pat Pashke: "Now I know how a doctor feels when he doesn't have the time to offer the quality of health care he he is capable of offering." Ms. Taylor referred to the problems Ms. Paschke encountered - being victimized by the "numbers game," She sees from 10 to 12 patients on a busy morning. She explained that to keep cost per patient to a minimum, she must see the maximum number possible. ',' It took me three months to resign myself to the numbers game," she said," and now I know how a doctor feels when he doesn't have the time to offer the quality of health care he knows he is capable of offering." '' I get very frustrated sometimes ," she said, ''because we can't meet the needs of all the medically indigent (incapable of payment) •.. then other times I feel relieved spending less time with patients, because this job can be very psychologi cally draining," But ideally Ms. Paschke still feels that her training as a practitione r has freed her to a'' more complete form of nursing." "Nurses are privileged, '' she said, "to be able to address the health needs of a whole persun. I don't fear over-speci alization because of the very nature of my r,ro(Continued on page 6) May 15, 1973 Rag Time News Service A way out of sub - poverty existen by Kathie Durbin Karen Lynch has wanted to be a nurse since childhood. Unmarried, she was on welfare for six months after the birth of her son. Later she received training as a nurse's aide at LCC and went to work at McKenzie-Willamette Hospital. She worked with a registered nurse in the intensive care unit, and found coronary care to be exciting work. "I love it," she said. With the support of "many very, very good friends'' she had . met during her brief period on welfare, she decided to quit her low-paying job and apply for an ADC scholarship. She enrolled Fall Term and applied for admission to LCC's two year professional nursing program. She will find out in May if she is one of the lucky 60 applicants chosen out of a field of about 500. If she is not admitted this year, she plans to attend LCC next year and try again, but after next year her scholarship will have run out. " Then I just don't know what I'd do," she said. She explained that although she could probably enroll in a nursing program in Portland, she is unwilling to uproot herself and her children from family and friends. Her son, 5, is in the Eugene Head Start program and has a male teacher, an influence she feels her son needs. Her daughter, 3 1/2, attends the off campus branch of the LCC Child Development Center, located in the Unitarian Church. Some One year ago Fran Daniels was supporting herself and her six year old son working ·as swingshift lead cook in a Denny's restaurant in Southern California. Karen Lynch was a nurse's aide in a Springfield hospital, struggling to support her small son and daughter. Louise Hunt, who had worked as a waitress most of her adult life, was facing the responsibility of raising her infant son alone. Today these women, and nearly 200 others receiving Aid to Dependent Children (ADC), a form of welfare assistance, are attending LCC on scholarships, grants and loans, They have chosen education as the way out of dead end jobs and toward opportunity for themselves and their children. Last term 130 women in situations like these were awarded ADC scholarships. But this term there were no ADC scholarships awarded; the program is in deep trouble and its continuation is threatened. According to Robin Derringer, president of the local ADC Association, the local problem stems from a change in federal policy, She explained that the scholarship fund, which is matched with three dollars of federal money for every state dollar contributed, has run at a deficit since its beginning, "Many times scholarships have been granted at the beginning of a term and the funds have been raised privately and deposited with the state during the term," she said. But right now the fund is in debt a record $15,000, Ms, Derringer said, and on top •of this, President Nixon is attempting to withdraw federal funding from the scholarship program if state matching funds come from private sources, as they do in Oregon. Legal . opinions have been sought on whether this money is rea·lly public money, With the fate of the scholarships hanging on federal funding, the ADC Association (consisting of recipients of ADC) decided they must not go further into debt and therefore froze scholarships at the end of Winter Term. Frances Howard, LCC Financial Aids director, and Ruth Burns, director at the U of 0 , made an all- The fund out effort to arrange funding for Spring Term for those students already enrolled. Ms. Howard said funding for all returning ADC See LCC School Two young girls have left their schools in Springfield to become LCC college students at the age of 14 and 16. In addition to these very young students, 26 sixteen year olds and 82 ·eventeen year olds were registered for college level classes, while 174 students under the age of 18 were enrolled in the high s_chool comletion program for night classeso • 4 "Those one-dollar donations are really appreciated." jects. Ms, Derringer said support is needed from tht community, "Those one-dollar donations are really appreciated, " she said. The ADC Association meets regularly on the first and third Fridays of the month from 7:30 to 9:30 at the Central Presbyterian Church. Child care is provided. She encouraged non-participating ADC students to begin attending meetings. Ms. Howard disagrees that the threat hanging over the ADC Schol:uship Program is a federal threat. As she sees it, " The number of scholarship students has increased to such a large extent that raising the local matching funds has become almost an impossible task. 1 ' She said that the US Se[).ate on April 18 1 passed a m2asure providing financial aid funding for all federal programs, and possibly more money will be avaUable in 1973-74 as was available this year. She added that she doesn't see any real danger that federal matching funds will be withdrawn from ADC scholarship programs in Oregon because the state matching funds are raised privately. Ms. Howard explained that the idea of ADC schol arships was conceived by ADC mothers , In 1967 they wrote a bill and submitted it to the Oregon legislature, allowing them to raise the one dollar of state money that must be raised for each three dollars of federal money according to Title IV -A regu lations, The only requirement for receiving an ADC scholarship is that the applicant be an A.DC r ecipient, Ms. Howard said, although renewal of scholarships is dependent upon achievement, The applications for scholarships are approved by a local com- Why has a young woman at the tender age of 14 chosen LCC over junior high? Are these young people just looking for their own little niche in the traditional education maze? Several people employed in the education system say "Yesc' ' School administrators have finally become aware of the problems connected with the tricky transition period of the adolescent student which may begin as early as 11 years old, and absolve itself sometime during their teen years, or later. The students at this young age must cope with physical, and emotional changes while experiencing the educational transition from elementary school; to junior high; to high school; to college within a system beset with tradition that sometimes doesn't seem to understand their individual needs. It happens to everyone at different times, and some of us just don't survive the change as successfully as others. Thus appears the student with "special learning problems." high by Norma Van TORCH Supplement Page debt a record $15,000 Young · Students A Ite rn_a te 1s in students was arranged through a combination of grants, scholarships and loans from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW). In addition, 70 new ADC students were given financial aid through state need-grant awards, If federal funding is withdrawn, the local ADC chapter will have to raise the entire $400 it costs for each LCC student's tuition and books for ·a year, instead of the $100 it is raising now. For U of 0 students nearly twice this amount must be raised because of higher tuition and fees. Funds come from private donations throughout Lane County. Two years ago, according to Ms. Howard, contributions were made by the Walk for De. velopment, Catholic Charities, and the Presbyterian Church. The Association also plans fund-raising pro- school drop-outs In 1971, Oregon decided to tackle the problem of high school dropouts. The Educational Department changed the compulsory school attendence age from 18 to 16, allowing students under 18 to drop out of school and obtain their diploma through high school completion programs, such as the one at LCC, or merely by passing a GED (General Equivalency Degree) exam. However, .though; the new law released the 16 year old from school, it did not guarantee him a high school diplomar since a special waiver is necessary from the State Board of Education, before he may obtain his diploma, in the event that he does not pass the test (GED). He must have a3 .fear. period of high school attendance, including high school completion. If not, his diploma will be held until that 3 year period has lapsed. The 16 or 17 year old must have a very good reason for requesting the waiver, such as marriage, pregnancy, a job which requires a diploma, or some firm reason : they cannot return to school in the very near future. According to Ralph Lind, assistant director of pupil services for the Eugene 4-J district, ''they used to be easy to get right after the law was changed. A student need only write to Salem and ask; not so anymore. They are very hard to get now.'' LCC's policy is this matter is simple. They accept each student who makes committment to finish the high school completion program, and guarantees him a diploma if he passes the test, whether he is 16 or 75. The case of a student under the age of 16, is also simple, butfollows L somewhat different procedure. "When thev (the 16 year olds) come to us they' ve been playing games Louise Hunt moved to l birth of her son. She to and she has no family in an infant son to support, ADC and began attending ucation classes to earn her uary she enrolled in coun Skills Department to impr< of getting a high sc ore on I This term Ms. Hunt is lege transfer courses but sh the adjustment to academic v times. She hasn·t dec ided o of study yet but wants to services. with foE.> system for a long time. This the Eugene school system for older stude :,chool, and wanted to get their diploma. ' in the high school completion progra1 orities, " said Nile Williams chairman ' ' But we still hire teachers for the 1 young people. We have had some teachers out with a traditional bias,, and thest te: program, 1 ' said Williams. High school completion is faster t weeks of 6 basic classes, two hours. two II hours a week in regular school! 'but we get here," said Williams. Williams went on toraurnbout a 15 y the program because she was a m,)thell who had quit school to help support hfs f• difficulties, as an example of students he I with special interest. Karen, 16, transferred to LCC high i ton Senior High School, and iremembers High. ''Laurie's family moved from Spr. in 7th grade, so I didn't see her again u recognized me, but I didn't know her at f as a short fat kid:' That explains Laurie's stretches to five foot seven in her stocking emotional trc Laurie explains the emotional transi1 side, Huntington Beach and two junior hi1 I returned to Thurston in 9th grade. Th far more advanced than they are in loc just b(?red at Thurston Junior High, so I sides, the kids seemed so immatureo'' She talked to Counselor Ralph Burr could handle college level classes, so he admissions office and helped ·her choose sonal Health, World Lit. Winter Term and except U.S. History and she is repeatingt Philosophy, English Comp., Drawing, ·Ba~ stence -- ADC Schol,arship Pro.gram mittee made up of ADC mothers, businessmen, and educators. Once an application is approved, the Welfare Department provides money for child care, transportation, and a $30 training allowance per 1t moved to Eugene after the on. She too is unmanied, o family in this area. With to support.1 she applied for attending Adult Basic Edto earn her GED. In Janlled in courses in the Study ent to improve her chances month, (discontinued in March, 1973) which according to some mothers pays for the children's shoes, milk and doctor bills. The scholarships and accompanying welfare assistance are granted on only a two-year basis, on the theory that all ADC recipients are in two-year vocational programs, but in fact many are in college transfer programs and will therefore eventually have to find some other form of financial assistance, Ms, Howard said. "This has been the most successful training program for welfare recipients ~·' she said; a great many ADC mothers have been honor students~ and a high percentage either transfer to other institutions or find employment after their stay at LCC , For many ADC mothers the new uncertainty about their educational futures is just one more worry in their already complicated lives, Living at Taking a low-paying job 1s self-defeating __I ·•.··•?•·· ~;• . ·· ··••····" 'I fh score on her lit;V tests . s. Hunt is enrolled in col urses but she said she finds lo academic work difficult at ri't decided on a major field 't wants to work in social C a sub-poverty level and coping with the problems of single parenthood, they also have to contend with discrimination in the community when they need to find a doctor or a place to live, Ms. Daniels lives in a large 4-bedroom house in west Eugene with another ADC mother, Her share of the monthly rent is $92.50 out of a total monthly income of $165 (ADC and child support from her exhusband). This leaves $72,50 for all other expenses , She buys $64 worth of food stamps for $20. 50, and that food lasts a month. '' If we run out of meat before the month runs out 1 well , we just do without meat ,., she said. By the time she pays her share of utility bills and buys non-food essentials, there is nothing left over for recreation , she said. "When my son wants to go to a Saturday movie," she said 1 ' · he goes down to the Fairgrounds and hangs around until someone offers to let him clean the horse stables. He gets 75~ or a dollar, and then he can go to a movie,' ' She said she has to anticipate when he is going to need new shoes well enough ahead of time to set aside two dollars out of every check until she has saved enough, and then she has to buy shoes he will not outgrow or wear out for a long time, Medical bills are covered by welfare, but according to Ms, Hunt many local doctors are reluctant to take welfare patients because they are not reim- time. This program was set up in 1946 by or older students who had never finished high eir diploma. These adults still have priority etion program if we ever have to give- prichairman of LCC Adult Education hers for the program who can relate to the me teachers who view the 16 year old dropand thest teachers are not effective in this n is faster than regular school. It takes 6 o hours, two nights a week, as opposed to 30 ;hool;'but we expect them to work when they ~about a 15 year old woman who completed vas a m,)ther, and a 15 year old young man support his family who was having financial >f students he has watched finish the program to LCC high school completion from Thursd irernembers Laurie from Thurston Junior ed from Springfield to Calif. when she was )e her again until I ran into her at LCC. She know her at first. Finally I rem~mbered her ains Laurie's transition physically. Now she nher stocking feet, and easily passes for 18. Iraa I , trans1t1on •• otionaltransition. "I went to school in River.two junior highs around Sacramento, before 9th grade. The classes I took in Calif. were ey are in local junior highs here, and I was 'or High, so I asked to transfer to LCC. Benmatureo'' r Ralph Burns at LCC, and he decided she lasses, so he personally escorted her to the d ·her choose classes in U.S. Historv. Perer Term and received a" B" in each classp is repeating that class this term, along with Drawing, .Basic Design and P.E., which is a bursed the full amount that they would receive from private patients. She told about a time she was suffering a sev:ere ulcer attack and a friend tried, over the phone, to locate a doctor who would see her. Each time she told a receptionist that Ms. Hunt was a welfare patient, the receptionist refused to let her make an appointment. Ms. Hunt said. She finally went to White Bird Clinic. Ms. Daniels told about a time when she lived in California and her son needed to have his tonsils and adenoids removed. She was broke, 3nd after the operation. the hospital rt>fused to release her son until she paid $100. After three days , :;he finally had to call her family inNebraskaandborrowthe money. Normally a tonsillectomy requires only an overnight stay. Ms. Daniels also explained the Welfare Dt~partment's policy on sharing rent, Wlwn she moved to Eugene she moved into the house slH' lives in now. with her brother and sister-in-bw. who werf' not on welfare. She said she paid her half of the rent as she does now, but since her brotht:>r was working, the Welfare Department said he should assunw more of the burden of rent than she should, and her allotment was cut from $85 a month to $37. ·' For four months my total income was :fill 7. I couldn't even afford to buy food stamps,·· shl' said, She added that taking a low-paying job when you are on ADC assistance is self-defe,lting; becausP for every additional dollar earned over $30 a month. G7r is deducted from your salary. spi(;ler Fran Daniels, a slender, attractive 25 year old divorcee, wants eventually to work with retardea children; a goal that seemed inaccessible to her just a year ago. She quit high school when she was 17. During her four year marriage ana after her divorce in 1969. Ms~ . Daniels worked at various jobs: grocery ·checker and shelf stocker, candy factory worker, cook. When she moved to Eugene last summer, she was unable to find a job and finally applied for ADC assistance. In September she was accepted by the Work Incentive Program (WIN), a welfare vocational training agency, and was subsequflntly tlnrolled in the Adult Basic Education prog-ram at LCC. By DecPmber Ms. Daniels had received ht'r General Equivalency Diploma (GED), equivalent to a high school diploma, and applied for an ADC scholarship. Through WIN she had met a "very spe~cial teacher," Norma Hucka 1 whom she said " told me that Last winter her car broke down. everyone caught the flu, anrl the furnance blew upl Ms. Lynch told about applying twice for cityowned low-rent housing (there is at least a two yPar waiting list, she and others said), ··J got nowlwn,. ·· she said, ' ·so finally I started g·oing down thf'rf' ;.1ncl bugging the hell out of them - I mean I really bug·g't'd the hell out of them.'' Shortly after, she got a house, and she said it is one of the nicest low-rent houses the city has; a three-bedroom home near Sheldon Hig-h SchooL , With her $181 monthly income. food stamps, anu low-rent housing, Ms , Lynch makes ends meet, She can almost laugh about last winter, when her car broke down, everyone caught the flu, and the furnace blew up, The ADC budget doesn·t leave much room for emergencies , full class load by any definition. " I would rather nobody knew about Laurie, " Burns said, "She is a very intelligent girl, an exception to the rule.'' (He didn't want to see her exploited.) Laurie was given tests at Thurston to see if she was intelligent enough to cope with college classes o The Springfield system doesn't claim Laurie as a superior student, merely that they tried to cooperate with her as an individual, according to I the coordinator for student services in the Springfield district, According to Burns. Williams, and other LCC administrators, even though Laurie is welcome, and they are proud of her accomplishments so far, it isn' t an accepted practice for LCC to accept 14 year olds in college classes. Hers is an isolated case, "but she is legally enrolled,'' said Registrar Bob Marshall. "Parents call me all the time and ask me to talk to their 14 or 15 year olds, and help him get into college , because he is bored with school," Burns said. "but nine times out of ten, after talking to the student, I convince him that he isn' t ready for college classes, College is tough for the immature student. I encourage them to seek out the more • difficult classes within their own schools, Most schools have special classes now for students with this problem." • other very young students enrolled at LCC as pa1t-time college students may actually be taking one or two classes as part of an enrichment program through their own junior or senior high school, as many teachers •and administrators see LCC as an alternate incentive for the very bright student. Nile William's says this is an excellent idea-working with public schooL a Rag Tim~ N_ews Service Mar 15, 1973 web Dennis Amato is one of LCC's ''moonlighting" teachers who teach night classes after a day of regular classes at Thurston Senior High School. When he enters the LCC classroom, he brings with him the quality of the regular high school classroom, so by moonlighting, he actually improves his instruction to these students, He enjoys his night class at LCC, considers it a pleasure, and a release from the steady daily routine. He enjoys the informal atmosphere and variety in the age of the students. '' The presence of the older student in the night classes enriches and enhances the young students education. They bring a new view point and maturity to the classroom. I was disappointed we have had so few older I (' ould IH' a t:P:lc!Ho•r and gave me the <·onfidencP I wi c<lt1d to try.· · Sl1e entered LCC at thf: 1>eg'iu11in~ of Winter Term . Duriug tl1l' term sht~ was enroll ed in Geurge Al vergue' s Ec!ucatiou Sernina r , which provided thr op1)01tunity to observe in el emf'nbry school classrooms, This term she is in Joyc r Hoi)s' Advanred Seminar, and :1ctually works with ('hilclren at Ida Patterson S('hool eight honrs J week, She is lw{)eful and optjrnistic about ber chance s of llernmiug a tearher. people in the vrograrn lately," Arna to said, Amato comparf's the high S<'liool completion program to a spi web, with each strand an intt•gral part of tht• c·orn·0.pt which gives young student a SE'curf~ feeling in their ed11cat10n, ·' Why do they leavf' school for night school'! Spveral reasons, Soi tim-~s they can·t cope with restrii:tions in regular school, such :: clost'd campus, the dn.·ss code, rul es against smokine:. and pressun attendance. If they miss a class at LCC, nobody calls their home to check up on them, They make their own commitmen ~ to the program. If they haVt' family problems or financial problE ms, they can work days and go to school nights in this program, The convenience, the lack of pressure, the informal atmosphere, ancl the personal <:ontart with other 1 students who may have the same types of problems, all combine to spin a web of security for these young students,'' Karen knew Amato from Thurston High and feels he has helped her to feel more secure towaF<' ::er motivation in education. "He is one teacher who understands what we want from an education,·, she said., Amato referred to Karen as an intelligent, young woman who seems sincere about her continuing education. "She has very strong opinions., more so than other students her age, and I think that indicates a higher , degree of intelligence," he said. . l The two young women visited another type of school within the! Eugene 4-J district recently, called the Opportunity Center. They toured: the new buildings at the foot of Monroe Street, along the banks of the/ Willamette River, which were acquired in March, i I alternate schools 0, C. has a total enrollment of 60 students in grades eight through ; ten, who transfer there for various reasons, mainly due to special j problems. At O. C. they receive tutoring in their problem areas and counseling. They make a commitment and set a goal for themselves at the beginning of each terin. The students are graded on their own accomplishments by four teachers and two aides. Classes are informal . (Continued on Page 6) TORCH Supplement Page t. f• 5 Dag Ti mo Nome, ~Q'r111i"'O 1\/ LCC as alternate school. .. (Continued Continued from page 9 9) there is r.o grade level, and communications between student and teacher is 0n a first name basis. There is a lounge in the building where students are allowed to smoke, and students are free to roam the grounds during 10 minute breaks between cfasses. If they leave school, nobody stops them, but the fact is noted in the student's report by the teacher at the end of the term. Ron Spidel, head teacher, has been there since the schools begining almost three years ago, and said, "our absenteeismrate is higher than in the regular schools, but many of the students are here because of truancy, so if we can hold the interest of 75% we're doing something. Som,~ are just bored with public school and have lostinterest."He finds it hard to quote any one reason for students attending O. C. Karen and Laurie talked to Spidel and Assistant Director of Pupil Services for 4-J, Ralph Lind, about their education. Lind was interested in why the two young women preferred LCC over regular school, and why they are allowed to attend LCC. They sat at a huge round table inSpidel's Social Science classroom, and Lind told Laurie if she had been in the Eugene school district, she wouldn't be allowed to attend LCC, "There are special classes and otheroptions open to the intelligent student in our district who becom,'! bored with school, and we have many students who are just as smart as you are,'' Lind said. Lind quoted Oregon law, concerning compulsory attendance, to the two women, and later said, '' schools that would allow a 14 year old to go to college are breaking the law, and a college that would accept them, is also breaking the law. 1 ' As the two young women left 0, C., Karen said, "its people like him who force girls to drop out of school and get married, have a bunch of kids and end up on Welfare. Wouldn't he rather we would be in school"?" O.C. has been the object of criticism from the community and from within it's own district. Some administrators feel it isn't effective, but at least 20 students interviewed like it. They have a possessive attitude about the school. They don't like to be referred to as drop-outs, and they resent the number of visitors and speculation they suffered through during the schools beginning. Parents of some of the students say they can't keep their kids home even when they are sick. Spidel anxiously awaits arrival of the new 4-J Superintendent, Thomas Payzant whom he hopes will be the school's new champion. Payzant. is due to arrive in Eugene in August of this year, to replace Millard Pond. He is a 32 year old Harvard graduate, and has been Superintendent of Springfield Township, Pa. for four years, It is a smaller district thanEugene, but they have on alternate elementary school within the district, and an alternate high school, which is a cooperative effort between several districts. Sam Frear, chairman of the 4-J Board of Education, said in a recent interview, that Eugene will have an alternate elementary school in operation by Sept. of 1974, and he also believes in the individual, humanistic approach to education. Crone, the Springfield Student Coordinator, said, "alternate schools are popping up all over the country. We haven't the funds in Springfield ASLCC presents ~I Monday, May 21 • Tuesday, May 22 R g T O N § f ff · ... . ............... .. ............... ............... ............... .. . ·•73 May 21-25 m th-e hills just e:bove the south parking lot Noon : Folk Dancing 3 p.m. : Poetry Reading by the Concrete Statement 4 p.m. : Stag·e Band II 'i 10 a.m. : Swing Choir 11 a.m. : Modern Dance Noon : Symphonic Band 3 p.m. : Exerpts from 3 plays - "Midsummer Night's Dream" "Dylan" "The Drapes Come" ... also watch for 1 to operate a separate school for special students, but we dQ have special classes and teachers for all kinds of special problems the student may have in our district." Amato said, "Springfield isn't tight with it's budget, we have outdoor school, and other kinds of special classes. I think it is thE progressive teacher's ideas about education that is important here, not whether er not we have a special building. Changes come about in education through the teachers, their advanced education ideas, and their attention to the development of the human beine- instead of the traditional idea that we have to pump a storehouse of information ·Into each students head. We are tryjng more and more to use a process with teaching which allows the student to adapt to their own process of thinking. I've been teaching at Thurston for six years, and I can't imagine teaching now the way I did six years ago.' ' He went on to say, that although teaching methods are changing, the traditional monetary system in education may be holding back the use of new ideas . Karen and Laurie were impressed with what they learned about alternate schools, and other students in their age bracket, throughout the course of the interviews for this article. Both young women are concerned for students like themselves, and maybe they have helped some administrators see them as individuals, and realize that every young student has individual needs. '' The kids at Thurston Junior High are like a flock of sheep," Laurie said. "I don't want to be a sheep/' -Laurie intends to obtain a high school diploma equivalency through college credits at LCC, then go to the U of o, where she wants to work towards a doctorate in psychology. Both young women agreed that although 0. C. special classes and special teachers are a start in the right direction. No junior high or high school setting compares with the academic and social ADC. attractions at LCC, they said. Neither of them want to go back to (Continued from page 9) a structured, traditional school like those they came from.. mon,' he said. '' They come to us usually after an emotional ordeal • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •-: or a period of economic hardship. and some have not attended school d Il. nJl C CW§ d : for several years." But he said this is also true of many LCC students who are nof ADC recipients. Contributing Editors He added that older womQn are more apprehensive than younger women about competing with stuRobin Burns Norma Van dents they see as brighter than themselves, Many are optimistic, but somt.) are frightened. Shiela Rose Linda Elliott As for those who succeedt Bu'rns , had this comment: "I have a great Jennie Li amount of respect for these women Jim Crouch who are managing to make the most of their educational opportunity, I Gerry Ebbighausen see them as a positive contributory force in our society!' .• .. a FREE 5-day outdoor cultural happenin g • Practitione rs . . . (Continued from page 7) -fession." Jane Lamb said she may be . a specialist, but she is foremost q nurse. "I am not a doctor; I don't want to be one/ ' she explained. "I feel very comfortable collaborating with doctors on medical points while seeking higher levels of competence in health education and · (heaith) maintenance." Ms. Lamb expects the greatest overall effect of a liberalized Nurse Practice Act to be psychological. '' Now that r,ursing nas defined itself as a professhn, it can forge ahead. It's up to t'1e individual to set limitations." "Will I know my limits?" Diana Taylor asks herself. '' I guess I see my future as a ".lurse practitioner as just another step in a learning process that c~uld take me anywhere . . . for now I don't want to be labelled one-ofthree or one-of-four anything. '' This is something I have to do to give better patient care and to meet my own personal goals as a nurse." continuous art showings 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily more music, poetry, dance free rock- concert Friday with Coal and a Light Show Frog Jumping Contest Friday Titans take lea by Lex Sahonchik As has become the habit in any Oregon Community College Athletic Association Championships in track and field or cross country, LCC completely humiliated all the other schools involved in the 1973 OCC.h.A Track and Field Championships last weekend, Lane scored an overwne1mmg 250 points ~ Southwestern Oregon Community College got 123 points, Clackamas Community College 48 points, Blue Mountain Community College 45 points, Umpqua CC 31, Central Oregon 15, Chemeketa 8 and Clatsop 6. The meet was probably described best by half-miler Tim Williams: " It's kind of ridiculous.'' It was kind of ridiculous because LCC had already scored 51 points on the first day of two-day meet. That day only saw finals in the javelin, shotput, and long jump.For all practical purposes it was all over by then. On Friday afternoon the LCC javelin crew of Dennis Wicks, Mil<,e Daniels and Steve Maryanski gave indications of what was to come as they swept the first three places in their event Maryanski fired the spear- 193 feet 8 inches for third place in an off day for him. Daniels • took second with a 208-5 effort, and Wicks 1 the rapidly improving freshman, pulled-off the greatest throw in the nation for junior college competition with a tremendous 235 foot 3 inch shot. That throw was understated by Coach Al Tarpenning as '' a real fine effort." The long jump, where Titan trackmen are recovering from injuries and mediocre performances, gave Lane fans more reason to smile. Jeff Hampson took third place with a leap of 22 feet 1/2 inch and Bob Mosley and Freddie Long tied for fifth place jumping 21 feet 5 inches. The Lane weight men contmuect to pour in their dependable points, It was amply demonstrated Saturday afternoon by a 1-2-3 sweep of the discus, Ron Ladd threw 134 feet 8 inches for first, John White flicked the disk 132-2 for second, and Doug Lane grabbed third with a 131-2 effort. Lane continued to assert 1t·s dominating power in all the sprint events as Burt, Hardesty and Johnson finished first, second, and third in the 100 yard dash. Burt , and Hardesty, the defending OCCAA 100 champion, were both clocked at 9,9 seconds and Johnson was acYWPUTI ,..., OPEN , -....~._.. ._._...SUNDAYS Eugene Store Only Machine Eugene Springfield Sho 1 342-2626 746-2538 ROBERTSON'S .DRUGS '' Your Prescription - Our Main Concern'' 30th and Hilyard 343-7715 ************** DAIRY~ ANN Breakfast, lunches, dinners. Homemade soups and pies. Complete fountain service. ,5:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. 7 days a week 1810 Chambers 343-2112 * · - - · - - - - .... - .... - .. _ . ., Mark Burt sets 220 record ross the line in 10 seconds flat. Burt also won the 220 with a new record time of 21.5 seconds, Rick Nickell was second for LCC in 21.9 seconds with Hardesty third in 22,0. That race was marred by Dan Seymour's mysterious relegation to a non-placing finish when he clearly finished in a dead heat with Jeff Hardesty (See this week's Bench Slivers). Seymour came right back in every other event he entered, however. In the mile relay he coasted home on the anchor leg as Lane won that event, apd won his specialty the 440 in 49,1 seconds with Rick Nickell the runnerup in 50 seconds. The distances have always been LCC specialties. This meet proved no different. In the 880 Dan Sprauer nipped teammate Tim Williams for first place, Sprauer was timed in 1.54.9 and Williams in 1:59,1. Randy Griffith and Chris V igeland finished first and second in the mile, Grjffith running a 4:19,9 mile and Vig-eland a 4:20.8 mile. Bill Cram, Dale Hammitt and Duke Hensley entered the three mile with Cram and Hensley finishing the race and Hammitt dropping out after a few laps. Cram gave a excellent effort in finishing in a winning 14:2L7 seconds, Hurdlers Dave Edinger and Mark DuBose both broke the existing OCCnA and LCC records in the 120 yard high hurdles. Edinger finished second behind SWOCC 's Rich Marineau in a time of 14. 7 seconds, DuBose was fifth in 15.0. This weekend the Titans will continue to roll at their home track in the Region 18 Championships. ~· ffEJbY E!EJW eu,,,e rd4al . James Dieringer LCC Campus Ministry Office LCC Restaurant Newman Chaplain home phone 688-2605 Maybe I'm just too picky or maybe I'm just too used to well-organ. ized and well-polished track meets. But I was profoundly disappointed and disgusted with the way the 1973 OCCAA Track and Field Championships were run. If host school Clackamas Community College feels that they presented a good meet they won 1 t find many people from other schools who will agree with them. Initially, the town of Oregon City clearly cannot support a community college track meet. On a day that was a cloudless 80 degrees, Oregon City stuffed a grand number of about 30 people into the high school stadium. Thirty spectators for the OCCAA Championship!:.. The voice over the public address system was readily identifiable as that of last year's announcer. It is very difficult to describe an announcer with as little class as the one who "'announced'· the OCCAA meet. This particular guy evidently looks at his job in the same light as does the head ringmaster at the Barnum and Bailey Circus-at least it sounded that way. You almost expect him to use the loudspeaker toaska a friend to get a quart of milk on the way home. Mo1 e important than the inconveniences and non-championship quality flavor of the meet, were the gross examples of poor preparation and amateurish officiating. The 100 yard dash was a fright. LCC's Mark Burt, Jeff Hardesty, and Wilbert Johnson finished first through third. After those runners nobody knew what was going on. The timers and judges couldn't identify who was running in what lane. J.C. Dixon of SWOCC was adamant that he beat Roy Spears of Blue Mountain who was mistaken for Dave Krosting of Blue Mountain. As a result, among the numerous corrections and recorrections coming from the announcer, Dixon was given a higher finish and Roy Spears was moved a couple of places down. It was every man for himself trying to find out tim,;s from timers who had no times. The 220 yard dash was no better. Mark Burt, Rick Nickell, Jeff Hardesty and Dan Seymour were the first four placers. The problem was that the timers forgot to look at Seymour and skipped him when they verified the finishing places. As a result Seymour, who finished in a dead heat with Hardesty for third was given a non-placing position. He was understandably distressed. "Those guys don't even know who the hell was in it,·, he s~lid, "let alone who won." "They were having a big argument," said Jeff Hardesty, "They couldn't decide who was who.'' Basirally the combination of all the errors and mistakes from poor organization and preparation made the meet a total joke. RAINTREE LOUNGE ROCKS-AGAIN Top Entertainment ½ price Tuesday nights new mangement, new energy 1978 Main st .. Springfield - OLCC cards only NU C Film Serie§ Coming Thur.,May 17- LAW AND ORDER & THE SELLING OF THE PENTAGON Directed by !nrederick Wiseman (High School), Law and Order won an Emmy Award for Best News Documentary . In order to make this film about day to day police work, Wiseman rode in Kansas City, Mo. police cars for about 250 hours during about 6 weeks of filming in one of the nations highest crime districts. THE SELLING OF THE PENT.A.GON is an exarnin'ation of the Pentagon's public reJations activities. U of 0 177 Lawrence Admission $1.00 7 & 9:30 p.m. Page 8 TORCH May 15, 1973 Everyt~ing you've always wanted to know about frogs (Editor's note: With the forthcoming TORCH-ASLCC Senate sponsored frog jumping contest less than two weeks away (see Spring Arts story, page 1), TORCH Associate Editor Jim Crouch offers the following as the best way to catch and prepare a jumping frog. Crouch claims that 32 years as a resident of Oregon makes him a pseudo-expert on frogs and other water creatures.) command js not as simple as one Want to enter a frog jumping might think. All we can suggest is ~ontest ? Well, first off you need a try what ever comes to mind and frog, preferably a bull frog, and when one method works stay with this is not too much problem. The it. Just keep in mind that, in most best way I have found to catch frogs cases, the bigger the frog the furis at night using a small boat, ther he can jump-a large bull frog flashlight and net attached to a long should be able to leap at least 10 to pole. 12 feet. Some of the larger frogs Any of the many small gravel that jump in the contest in Califpit type ponds that surround the ornia reach distances of 16 feet or Eugene area have populations of more. bull frogs. The ponds behind ValYou should also keep in mind ley River shopping center also that there are several categories have a large population offrogs and in the contest besides distance you can find large bull frogs around jumping. The large bull frog might the shores of Fern Ridge resernot be as fast as a smaller grass voir. type. Also the most beautiful frog After the sun sets is the best might be a tree type frog. This will time to find the large bull frogs . be up to the judges to decide. WhatThey will be close to shore half ever categories that you enter it submerged with just their heads might be wise to plan ahead, then showing. Using the flashlight to find the type of frog that possesses spot the frog offers the best rethe necessary criteria to be a posults. tential winner. Once you spot a frog, maneuver the boat towards him and at the same time dip the net into the Financial aids . .. water, proceeding until the net is (Continued from page 1) directly under the frog. Then search on the effect of federal proquickly lift up the net and the frog grams in Oregon. belongs to the hunter. The shift in federal funding will Frogs are simple to keep, all that is needed is some type of tub provide a little more aid for comthat will hold a small amount of m unity college students-2.bout 1/2 million dollars more-2.nd a little water. less for students at the four-year Frogs don't require much care Pxcept a place to keep them and a institutions, Dent found. Dent acknowledges that community colcouple of meals a day. The food requirement can be taken care ·of leges were more aggressive in requesting aid for their students this with small bits of hamburger or year than they have been in the earth worms . Training the frog to jump on past. --- 5 - - - -- "/'t~;,,:, • - •--''"-> .i :/: - - :J/:\? -~ ·~ --\:' - ther's sister, and all of her school chums in Tillamook, knew her as Beany. "I'm not quite sure how it all started," she said, "but it stuck, and as far as I know, most of the people in Tillamook don't even know I have a first name.'' They do now. After graduation from Tillamook High School in 1971, Maureen packed off to the University of Oregon and listed herself as a home economics major. In a department that has since been pared to the core by budget cuts, Maureen spent the better part of a year getting a handle on the- mysteries of gluten, ham and spinach souffle and kidney pie. But because of a combination of the size of the University (some 15,000 students at last count) and a slight change in priorities ("I wanted to act and sing at the U of o, but couldn't seem to get into any classes because they were always filled."), she grabbed herbagsand transcript and moved across town to LCC. It was at LCC, during the winter, that Maureen spent several weeks as a slightly stuffy Victorian busybody known as Evelyn-Penelope Cleavenger. Evelyn-Penelope Cleavenger was actually a role in the musical comedy "Where's Charlie" that played before packed houses for two weeks in Eugene and then another week on the road in Mt. AngelA the McClaren School for Maroney, said the law was needed to protect the nation's secrets. But under the President's proposal, the bill would give the government the power to jail any reporter who uncovers fraud , waste or anything else the government chooses to classify. A reporter could be sent to prison even if he could prove that the government had misclassified the information and that its release couldn't possibly harm the national security. In effect, the bill would empower the President to stop t.hc publication of any- thing he didn't want the public to know. This censorship provision is buried in two bills introduced by Sens. John McClellan of Arkansas and Roman Hruska of Nebraska. The bills would establish peacetime censorship. which this country has never tolerated even in time of war . 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