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"go to a new life dimension" and not concentrate on Williams feels he hated himself forÂ·being black, partly
how to do it. "The way to do it is to do it,'' he said. â€¢ due to an unrealized hatred of whites. With this realization
Williams said never to stereotype people or situations, he syas he found the path to peace through self-awareness.
Exercises held Sunday at the LCC campus.
William summed up his feelings by saying, "my
Williams, pastor of the Glide Memorial United Meth- "Life doesn't come that way."
anger is as strong as my love and my love is as couragDuring the speech he related the story of his own eous as my anger."
odist Church in San Francisco spoke about the importance
. Over 400 visitors attended the ceremonies during
of maintaining a personal perspective. He told the grad- graduation in 1955, and how he was overly involved with
uates, "Don't look to the past, that's not where life is.' ' academics. He said at the time he was so concerned which 59 of the 590 graduates received their various
He said the graduates, and people in general, should with externals he didn't know himself. or his self hatred. degrees.
Graduating LCC students received degrees and heard
Cecil Williams speak at the Ninth Annual Commencement

Senate accepts new budget

by John Loeber
The Student Senate completed two major
actions during its Thursday meeting. It
r atified ten new student officers and accepted a $153,000 budget for 1974-75.
The officers include the new Executive
Cabinet and the budget includes a $47,000
increase.
The budget--as proposed--will call for
a 50 per cent student fees increase,
according to Gloria Wells, student treasurer. It also includes a $15,000 cut for
Athletics (with a zero entry for intercollegiate athletics) almost $8,000 in salaries and tuition for the Senate, $23,500
(a 300 per cent increase) for Legal .n.id,
over $10,000 for bus tokens, a $17,000
increase for Health Services, $5,000 for
the Financial Aids loan program, $3,250
for public relations, over $6.000 in miscellaneous programs, a $2,000 increase
for the TORCH and a !!>7,000 contingency
fund.

Budget "railroaded"
Judy Wolff, the senator from the Business Department who cast the sole negative vote on the budget, says the budget
was "railroaded' ' through the Senate.
Ms. Wolff claims the Budget Committee
told the Senate "a poor budget is better
than no budget.''
She charged that the budget is based
on a student fees increase that hasn't
been justified, and says,'' They (the Senate)
shouldn't have done it -- I don't think
they have the right to increase fees."
Ms. Wells agrees the budget was
"railroaded" through the Senate. She told
the TORCH this was done due to the time
element and a desire to finish the budgeting process before summer. "We feel
pretty sure the increase in student fees
will go through, " she stated, "we had
a mandate from the students.' Â· She explained that in the recent student elections the student body approved a ballot
measure increasing funding of the Health
Services and the Budget Committee had
accomplished this by decreasing the or-

ganizahon' s fundmg base and then increasing its funding by the amount approved
in the ballot measure. She admitted, "I
don't think the Health Services funding
as provided by the Committee is a reflection of the student intent," but she hadn't
informed the Senate of this because, at
the time, "I wasn't aware of the impact
of our actions."
John Richard, new first vice-president
and a member of the Budget Committee,
added- "The student body thought all the
increases from the ballot measures would
go to Health Services and for bus tokens."
He, too, admitted that he worked too
closely with the budget document development to maintain a perspective of student
intent as expressed on the ballot measures.

Board ponders budget
Richard added perspective to the Athâ€¢ letics cut by saying, "We realize we're
inviting a hassle with the college Administration but we want to get their rationale for continued funding." He said there
are areas such as Health Services and
Legal Md that need increased funding and
were given a higher priority. He admitted, however, ' ' Zeroing the Intercollegiate
line item may prove a costly error but
since it's done we'll fight for it tooth
and nail.''
On July 12 the budget will go before
the LCC Board of Education for consideration, according to Jack Carter, dean of
students. And Carter told the TORCH
he won't endorse the budget as it has
been presented, and, in fact, "at this
time we anticipate allocating Athletic funds
from student fees before sending the revenues to the Senate for administration.''
Carter said it would be possible for
the Board to allocate funds for the students and this would establish some of
the student priorities. He said this would
leave the .n.SLCC one of several jointlysponsored (by the students and the Administration) agencies on campus. Health
Services and Athletics are currently cofunded.

Only 40~ an hour
While Ms. Wolff "definitely doesn't
agree with both salaries and tuition" for

::,tuu~nt u1ficers, Richard feels "We need
salaries to develop accountability,' ' and
the Executive Cabinet intends to develop
documents to reinforce this rationale.
Ms. Wells commented, "I couldn't
justify the president's salary (set at $1,950
for 13 months) but the Executive Cabinet
deserves a salary." She said this salary
is needed to supplement incomes sacrificed due to long hours of student government involvement. Richard noted the
salaries for the Executive Cabinet amounted to '' only 40 cents an hour.''
Carter disagreed with this rationale.
He told the TORCH "My understanding
is that student salaries are based on the
same criteria as financial aids" and
could therefore be deleted from the budget. He said the students could then receive monies through the Financial Aids
Office.
Ms. Wells said the Conventions items
were budgeted at one dollar '' pending
further investigation" and might result
in transferring monies from the Miscellaneous Projects area. She said this
would allow the Senate to determine which
conventions will be attended.
Carter responded to this by saying the
budget "should reflect the student plans
and projects for the year -- they (the
Senate ) should follow it." He said the
Administration's intent is to "monitor"
student spending '' to insure the budget
and documents are complied with -- violations will not be permitted."
"I was very dissappointed not to see
more students at the budget hearings,''
Richard said, "after the controversies
this year I expected more interest. We
all ~isse? having this input."
Ms. Wells seemed to agree, saying,
"There was a mild attempt to get people
involved -- the people that wanted to,
knew about the meetings. Most people
don't want to get involved. They don't
have either information or desire."
Ms, Wolff again held the dissenting
view, saying, "The budget meetingsÂ· were
not open -- most students didn't even
know where they were held."

Pres. Schafer

elected to post
on Committee
Eldon Schafer, president of
LCC , was recently elected to
the four member Executive Committee of the League for Innovation in Community Colleges.
The League is an educational
comprised of 16
organization
community college districts (with
colleges) and
44 community
membership is by invitation of
the other members.
To be invited to join the League,
a community college must be an
"innovative, and dynamic institution, proven to be one of the leaders in education," according to
Bert Dotson, assistant toSchafer
and LCC's representative to the
League.
Dotson went on, "It's an honor
that (the other League members)
think enough of Dr. Schafer to
elect him. We've only been a
member for one year."
Schafer described the League
as a "volunteer association comprised of the 16 leading community college (districts). It is a
joint effort to pool our PXpertise-"
Stephen Reid, chairman of the
LCC Board of Education, has
been chosen to head the Oregon
Community College Association
(OCCa), a collective of community college administrators and
Board members from around the
state. Reid will succede LCC
President Eldon Schafer as president of the group.
Reid says the OCCA is striving to "provide a common direction and a common position"
for all the community colleges
The most recent
in Oregon.
issues considered, according to
Reid, deal with college finances.
He said the group is working
to determine tax-base election
strategies and is developing information for the State Department of Higher Education toconsider during its budget hearings
this month in Salem .

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,...,.

Good bye Editorial

This being the last paper for
the 1973-7:1' year, and therefore
my last paper as editor, it seems
appropriate to look back on the
year as a whole.
Student 'rights, as always, continued to be the focal point.
Unwritten policies, policies involving many important aspects
of student life, were brought to
the attention of the students and
the college administration. The
TORCH for example was unable
to find a comprehensive written
policy on college procedures for
recovering student debts. Dean of
Students Jack Carter was also
unable to find a comprehensive
written policy covering debt collections, but Chief College Accountant Vern Whitaker offered,
"Practice is policy." hs standard operating procedure. Unfortunately, as the TORCH pointed out, the students were Âµnaware of these policies until students were "practiced' ' on.
other vague college policies
were brought to light with separate cases involving a deposit
refunding policy, the lack of student insurance, and sex disc rim ination.
In the 9ase of Sandi Shaw, an
LCC student who had enrolled in
a ski class offered by the LCC
P.E. department but had to drop
out after one class a vague refund policy almost cost her $60.
At the time, Ms. Shaw said," The
information sheet the P.E. Department hands out led me to
believe that only $15 of the total
$75 fee was non-refundable."
Indeed, the paragraph in the ski
class syllabus on fees read, '' h.
non-refundable $15 fee must be
paid at the time of registration. The
balance of the $75 must be paid
by Jan. 3. . . ' ' A logical interpretation would be that only the
specified $15 would not be refundable. However, Ms. Shaw found
that the entire fee was nonrefundable. Luckily, Ms. Shaw
decided to appeal the .case, to the
Academic Council, which ~ffirmed herassumptions.But the.question still arises: How many students do not appeal these ambiguous decisions?
LCC student Julia Pommert
found inconsistencies in the policies concerning '' male only''
or "female only" PE classes.
She had already enrolled in, and
received an A grade, in Men's
Body
Building Winter Term.
Spring Term she enrolled for
Men's Soccer (there was no Women's Soccer class offered) to
discover she was not allowed to
stay in the class because of it's
classification of "male only."
The case was further complicated by the fact that she had
already tak~n a male-only class.
Ms. Pommert, who also decided
to fight her case, also won.
But again, the important question
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The TORCH h. published on Tuesdays throughout the reg11l.1r
JC,1demic 1-e.u .1M ever}' other Tuesday during Summer Te r m.
Q)inions expressed in this nev.sp;iper are not necess.arUy those
or the college, stwtent government or student bod,. 1'or are signed
.uticles necess.1rlly the viev. or the TOHCII.
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which I hope to point out is, how
many students do not appeal the
ambiguous decisions made by the
college ? Hopefully, for the sake
of all students, more students
will question ill-defined college
policies and regulations.

Meanwhile, other students
were calling for the impeachment
o f the entire Senate, saying
that the Senate has not been
effective in serving student
needs, and that students needed
a government which permitted
more involvment. However, this
issue was dropped for lack of
interest ...
Hood' s term of office was
shorter lived than Red Fox's,
lasting only three months. Ha ving left office, Hood then came
back to the Senate in March to
ask for his back salary. (Red
Fox had set the president's salary at $0 during a budget committee meeting in the summer.

WEEKLY
SPECIAL

by Jack Anderson

Nixon is planning a personal visit
to the oil kingdom to complete
the deal. He hopes to make a
dramatic announcement that he
Guestions concerning student
has arranged for enough Saudi
accident insurance and LCC's
oil to preveJ}t another oil shortfinancial responsibility for stuage in the United States.
dents injured in class or while
In return, the United States
in Cooperative Work Experience
will help Saudi Arabia develop
jobs arose when two LCC stunew industries as an economic
dents, Paul Wozniak working in
base in case the oil wells should
the Food Services area, and Kay
ever run dry. The United States
Valdhuisen taking a woodworking
will also provide the Saudis with
class, were injured in class last
sophisticated weapons and miliFebruary. Both said that they
tary training.
had never been informed about
The Saudis, for their part, have
the lack of student accident inbeen
the most responsible of the
surance.
,((
Middle East oil producers. They
Positive action was proposed at
---- . '-'-....'-.!
are keenly concerned about the
a Dean's meeting, and the resultimpact of exorbitant oil prices
ing administrative decision con''1''
on the world's industrial nations.
Â·cludes "all department heads
They are now preparing to urge
(will) inform instructors in hazthat oil prices be lowered when
ordous areas to inform students
they meet with the other oil proof safety regulations," and fur- â€¢
ducers in Quito, Ecuador, on
ther that instructors will'' inform
June 15.
them (the students) that if there
Hanoi Tightens Grip: Intelliis an accident, they (the students)
~
,
(
T
f
f
~
~
gence
reports warn that North
must have thier own insurance."
, . . . ~: "'Â·
'J-dl_~~
Vietnam is consolidating its hold
The TORCH also found it nec'~//,
on the vast areas in the South.
essa.ry to investigate Ashlane
"Â· .
A road network now links the
apartments, after several stu./
"r
Communist strongholds with
dent tenants complained of the
J;.
. North Vietna_m. The Communists
allegedly bad living conditions
"'
have also rebuilt the port of
and poor management. With the
l(u.-C
,J 'Dong Ha, a former U.S. Marine
help of the TORCH and several
\ ~ws 7, base, wkich is now open to ComLCC students, the LCC Board
munist freighters.
of Education was made aware of
By land and sea, Hanoi has
the complaints and formed an
been
pouring supplies into the
A.shlane Committee to look into
South. Intelligence reports claim
the problems.
that Communist armies are now
And some results of a still
deployed for a military showcontinuing HUD (Housing and Urdown with the South Vietnam
ban Development) audit were that
forces. The people in Commusome ASH (Adult Student Hous- Since he had run his campaign Angeles shoot-out, our sources
nist-controlled areas are also
ing ) Inc. apartment operations
say, into a herioc episode made
on this issue, the budget combeing instructed to develop their
must either roll-back their rents
to
order
for
revolutionary
promittee, which included Hood, was
own food and medicine supplies
or shut down completely -- ashvery much infavorofthis action.) paganda.
so they will be independent of
They
not
only
are
recruiting
But
Hood
claimed
that Red Fox
lane apartments in Springfield
the
South Vietnam economy
had set this figure illegally, and new members, according to our during the final military struggle.
was included in this decision. The
promptly asked the Senate (and sources, but they can be expected
last word was that ASH Inc. was
There is little doubt that the
to pull another spectacular event
appealing this decision.
therefore the students) for apVietnamese War will be resumed
to dramatize their cause.
proximately $1,000 in back saln.lso reported extensively in
on a massive scale during the
Our sources have no idea where
the TORCH -- to the chagrin ary. It might be interesting to
months to come. But the intelliPatty Hearst, the kidnapped
of many -- was the ASLCC Sen- note that Hood only asked for this
gence reports indicate that Hanoi
newspaper heiress, is holed up.
ate. I often received complaints salary after he had resigned. The
is giving first priority to rebuildThey suggest she may have been
from students who were '' sick Senate, however, eventually told
ing the North. A large scale
taken to a hideout across the
and tired" of seeing news on the him that he had received his sal ...
offensive, therefore, is not conborder. Her publicity value is
Student Senate. Like it or not, ary "in full: $0.''
sidered likely this year.
After having two and a half too great, our sources believe,
the student Senate is the governInstead, the Communists are
for the SLn. to risk losing her.
ing body for the students at LCC, years of my life involved on the
expected to limit their operations
Meanwhile, federal and local for
handling thousands of dollars in TORCH, as reporter, then as prothe next few months to postudent "tax~s." What this gov- duction manager, and finally as authorities have spent an esti- litical agitation and guerrilla aterning body does, in regard to editor, I will find it hard to mated eight to ten million dollars tacks.
student dollars especially, I feel adjust to a new lifestyle. But chasing the SLA. If this money
Watergate Takes Back Seat:
must be brought to the attention I am very grateful for the total had been spent on prison reform, Sentiment is building up in the
there
may
have
been
noSLa.. For backrooms of Congress
experience on the paper, not only
of the students.
to im In commenting on the past year in my work but in the many new the SLn. is an outgrowth of the peach President Nixon. We have
California
prison
system.
for the aSLCC Student Senate, I friendships gained.
spoken privately to a number of
Oil Diplomacy:
The United congressional leaders who say
Finally, I would like to wish
hope to find a way to make a
good luck to next year's editor States is negotiating a longterm that the Watergate crimes are
long, sordid story short.
One year ago, David Red Fox John Loeber and nis staff, and military and economic agreement now secondary. The President
President
to next year's Student Senate ... with Saudi Arabia.
(Continued on back page)
was elected as President of the
LCC student body. Six months
k
I
I
(and several thousand dollars)
later, he was ousted from office
by the Student Senate. The thousThis is a far cry from the con- for the senate to act on such
ands were allocations, over Red
To The Editor:
Fox's objections,
to several
Recently your student leaders cerned individual we voted for. issues. Were it to show us the
campus clubs.
And Red Fox
protested a 5% tuition increase If you think your student body way to proceed in each of U,ese
fought the impeachment by filing
being planned by the Board. These fees should be increased, sup- matters, where would it.deviate
our new self-serving from the actions taken by the
suit in circut court against the
same leaders are now asking the port
Senate on the grounds that he beBoard to increase your student a.SLCC. If not write the LCC Senate? What would the TORCH
lieved himself still to be aSLCC
body fees by 50%! The two ballot Board Chairman and protest. do in each of these instances?
are: Where would imprpvements be
president. He lost the case. And
measures which they say is a His name and address
the then First Vice President
'' mandate from the students'' Stephen Reid, Star Route 195, made in the way that the Senate
Barry Hood took his place.
raised an additional $40,000 in Fall Creek, Oregon 97438.
does its business? The TORCH
Rick Mathews
Tainting Hood's administrathe ASLCC Budget. Bus tokens
declares that ~he Senate is irtion was the freezing of student
got $10,000 and health services
responsible, inept, and unresponfunds by Dean Carter, who said,
was increased by $17,000. Where
sive to the students' needs, though
"In light of the many conflicts
did the other $13,000 earmarked To the Editor:
it doesn't take the time to sugsurrounding Student Government
On numerous occasions your
for these programs go? To the
gest just how we might remedy
and its function at this time,
student body president and the paper has displayed disapproval these evils. The TORCH seems
it is my position that all requests
executive cabinet in salaries and of the actions of the ASLCC
to feel that its function is simply
for expenditures of iSLCC funds
tuition. At a budget committee Senate. It has shown great ani- to expose the wrongs of the
be stopped until some form of
meeting there was a proposal to mosity toward the officers of the Senate, not to help establish a Â·
order is restored.'' This action
pay each executive cabinet mem- Senate and toward their actions, better system. When the new
was taken during the court case,
ber $1 a day for the year. Last and actively charged that the
TORCH Editor is personally conand was resolved afterwards
year's leaders got nothing. Sallie Senate has been engaged in less sulted on how to improve the
when the Senate" reaffirmed' 'its
Torres, this year's president, than ethical activities, but, in Senate, he responds with the sugdocuments and promised to follow
implied that if she is paid $1 a most of these editorials, has gestion that Student Government
them.
day, that's what she'll be worth. failed to suggest a better way
(Continued on back pag~)
WASHINGTON--Sources close
to the Symbionese Liberation
Army dispute the FBl's cautious
claim thaf the SLA has been
broken up. These sources say
that Donald DeFreeze, who died
in the recent Los angeles shootout, was only the figurehead
leader.
The real brains behind the SLA, they say, are white
radicals with Maoist leanings.
They are now buulding up DeFreeze, who called himself Field
Marshal Cinque, as a martyr.
And they have turned the Los

:- Letters to

the :editor

June 4, 1974 TORCH Page 3

Athletics on upswing .
Lane Community College's
athletic program centers around
three major sports: cross country, basketball and track. In
all three areas the coaches are
bringing in athletes for 1974-75Â·
to shore up weak spots that were
found over the past season.
In cross country the Titans
have proven that they can com pete on a national level--over
the past two seasons the Titans
have finished first and fifth. The
major area of concern for the
coming year seems to lurk in
the graduation of two of last
Mark Burt, shown here accepting the trophy for being highpoint man at the Region -18 track meet, was named most valuable ' season's top runners, Tim Wil' Iiams and Scott Richardson.
track man at the spring sports banquet.
But Coach al Tarpenning looks
Â§ to the return of five top runners
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import Gary Cassidy. Cas-

from an acute lack of height.
If some of the people Bates
has been going after decide to
attend Lane the Titans won't
J1a ve that height to worry about
Some of the players
again.
Bates is actively chasing are
Charlie Morehead of Grants
Pass, a 6'4" All-Southern Ore-Â·
gon selection; Keith Massey, a1
6'6" center from Tillamook; and
a pair ofoutstanding6',2" guards,
Mike Gregg from Willamette High
School and Rob Woods of Parkrose High in Portland. Woods
was named to the All-State team.
an added bonus for Bates in
the recruiting battles will com~
in the annual State-Metro basketball series matching the top
players in the state in a two
game series. According to Bates,
plans have been discussed that
would have the State team doing
its workouts at the LCC facilities.
In the spring the attention of
the sports-concious Eugene area
is . focused on track, and LCC is
no exception.
With the state meet just com-

The Athletic Department at LCC will, again this year, face sidy competed two years ago
on the national championship tethe on-slaught of wot11d be budget cutting forces in the aSLCC
4
He is also a sub- :2o
Student Senate. It seems that since Micheal Jazy and Sammy Baugh am.
miler for the track team.
were household words the ''elected" government at LCC has atnd
In basketball the Titans, ~ er
tempted to shackle the athletic Department with inadequate funds.
Anyone that has ever been on a road trip with one of the various new c_oach Dale Bates, suffered
"ill
Lane teams will testify that the Senate can cripple but not conquer. f
t
Eating at McDonald's three times a day and sleeping five or six
pOr S ne S
to a room is not fatal. This year however the issue can be preTim . Williams, Lane record
a different _light, for the politic playing students have failed
sented
holder in the mile at 4:09 has ;
to look mto _the 'Yorkmgs of the area they propose to cut.
Â· To be~m with, for the last two years the students have allowed had his season long injury diagf rac t ure
nosed as a ha1â€¢ r- 1me
the Athletic
Â· Department $25,000 a year for operating costs. AIh
th
oug a pittance compared to other colleges -- Mt. Hood has an just below the Â·knee Th â€¢ â€¢
athlet~c budget in excess of $125,0?0 while SWOCC gets by _with hampered WilliamsÂ· thriu
over $50,000 -- the 25 grand paid for a lot of Intercollegiate, the season and ended hi/ est
Extramural and Intramural activities at Lane. Bob Radcliff, athletic for the national ham â€¢ q~ â€¢
pwns ip.
c
director at LCC, estimates that over 1,200 p'eople take part in varied
athletic programs at Lane. "That is a conservative estimate "
he .said. The number is probably closer to 2,500 with over 400
Mark Burt and John White
'
in intercollegiate.
Now the Senate has decided to cut the budget back to $9 304 al- were named the most valuable
though they are raising their total budget from about $106,000 to track and most valuable field
$153,100. They assure students the only thing that will be cut is event men at the spring sports
intercollegiate activities. The Senate is misinformed according to banquet Thu rs day night. Dan
Radcliff. "They don't realize once they give the money to us we Sprauer was named the Scholardecide what it goes to and if need be what gets cut," he said. So Athlete. Norm Fraser garnered
although the Senate thinks they are cutting out Cross Country, the most valuable Tennis player
Track, Basebali and Basketball it is probably the minor sports, â€¢ for the men and his female countIntramurals, Extramurals and some women's sports that will get er part was Donna McCoy. The
Women's track team named
the hatchet, according to Radcliff.
Another point that the Senate failed to reckon with before Cheryl Bates and Judy Heidenthe budget trimming party is that sports schedules and contracts reich as their most valuable
are made up well in advance -- and remain binding. Next year's athletes and the Baseball team
basketball schedule is already made . up and it is too late to cancel selected Wayne Shelton.
the games on the wishes of the hSLCC Student Senate. Lane will
host the NJCAA Cross Country Championshipsnextyear. ' ' President
......
Schafer has already signed the contract with the NJCaa and can't
pull out now," said Radcliff. "We can't fold up every time they ,
(the student government) get a June whim to cut the budget,'' he
concluded.
Perhaps as Radcliff pointed out, these "whims'' of the Student ' Breakfast, lunches, dinners.
Senate could prove the. down-fall of the Lane hthletic Department,
Homemade soups and pies.
but fortunately there are saner heads overseeing all the Senate ' Complete fountain service.
does. Each year the budget must go through the Board of Education
5:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m . .
before it is finalized. According to Radcliff the Athletic Depart7 days a week.
ment has a verbal agreement with the Board that the Department will
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receive its budget without a cut for at least the next two years. 1
year."
every
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pleted the track coaches throughout the state are beginning their
One of
recruiting in earnest.
the men Tarpenning hopes to land
is Bob Michael of Elmira, second in the state in the 100 and
220 with times of 9. 7 and 22.0,
and with the top AA 440 time,
going into the state meet, at
others are .John Miller
49.5.
of North Eugene, Dan Williams
of Springfield and Doug Krause
of Corvallis in the distances;
and a large contingent of weight
people headed by Bill Sa velich
of South Eugene, second in the
state h-AA shot put with a throw
of 58 feet, Jim Cronin of Springfield, and Kevin Webb of Elmira, a finalist in the Aa shot
put.
To add to an already strong
crew of high jumpers Tarpenning
is going after Bob Moore of
Springfield--he held the state's
top mark with a leap of 6'9".
The Titans have the talent
here and the talent coming in
to make the rest of the schools
in th~ir conference think about
waiting til next year.

Page 4 TORCH June 4, 1974

Design workshop planned

A. two-week environmental design workshop
in which students will study wilderness shelter
constructioh, ceramics, movement and drawing
while camped on a 100 -acre farm near Cottage
Grove is scheduled this summer by Lane Corn.The _workshop carries six hours of credit and
will be held Aug. 12-26 on Blok Farm, near
London
Springs in southern Lane County. A
similar project was held at the farm last year.

OPTOMETRIST

Students will specialize in one of the four
major study- areas (structures, drawing, movement and ceramics) during the workshop but will
also be given some exposure to other areas if they
wish, according to Tom Blodgett, a drawing teacher
and one of the program's originators. Enrollment
will be limited to 40 students.
Tuition is $164 and registration is currently.
in progress at the LCC art department.

Dr. Robt. J. Williamson
â€¢ WIRE RIM GLASSES
â€¢ EYE_ EXAMINATION
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Anderson.,..
( Continued from page 2)
should be impeach~d, they tell
us, for attempting to subvert the
system.
They are alarmed over his
attitude that he alone has the
right to decide what evidence he
will give to the courts and Congres~. The effect of this doctrine, if it should be allowed to
stand, would be to let future
presidents decide whether the
courts should have jurisdiction
over crimes committed in. the
White House and whether Congress will be permitted to impeach the President.
Congressional leaders point
out that the President can determine the outcome of the
Watergate trials and his owpimpeachment investigation by controlling the evidence he will
permit the courts and the Congress to see. If he can protect
his aides by withholding evidence,
the
courts will lose their
authority over crimes committed
in the White House. And if the
President can determine what
impeachment evidence Congress
should see, he could prevent impeachment by refusing to release
any incriminating evidence.
The leaders who spoke to ~s
say that Congress must meet this
constitutional challenge and impeach the President. Failure to
do- so, they told us, would make
a monarch of Richard Nixon.
And future presi~ents would _be
able to exercise sovereign

powers.
Betwixt and Between:
What
kind of President will Gerald
Ford make? This is a question
that is often asked, as the impeachment of President Nixon
becomes more likely.
Our investigation of the Vice
President has convinced us he is
an honest man. He won't accept
cash campaign contributions. He
has always insisted upon checks,
. so they can be properly recorded.
Unlike President Nixon, Ford
also operates in the open. He
has always been a man of his
word.
The President has agreed that
Ford, for the sake of his own
credibility, shouldn't always toe

Letters ...
(Continued from page 2)
be abolished, which completely
avoids the difficulties of making
the system workable or of making
it better serve the students. If
the TORCH is unwilling to provide the Senate with assistance,
then it should cease to complain
about the way we handle the business. When it stops just attacking the Senate, and starts to constructively work with the Senate
to clear up the inequities or ineptitudes that it claims . are
present then it will truly become
a voice' of the students of LCC.
Richard Weber, Senator
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THE LANE COUNTY Labor
Council, AFL-CIO, is again
sponsoring a $300 scholarship, available to a student
attending LCC who meets the
following criteria: 1. Is, or
will be, a full-time student.
2. Demonstrates a need for
financial assistance. 3. Ha.s
a 2.0 grade point. 4. Is an
active member of a labor
union or the son or daughter
or spouse ofanactive member
of a labor union. Interested
appliGants
should contact
Ms. Evelyn Tennis, Financial
Jt..ids Office, Lane Community
College for further details.
Closing date for submission
of applications is ~ugust 1.
ANYONE interested in forming a carpool from Eugene
to Â·oregon State University
( Corvallis) starting September, 1974. Please call Laura
at 345-4420.
STUDENT Leadership class
scheduled for the first fourweek session of Summer Term
needs students. You can earn
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potential. For further information contact Jack Hart, Ext.
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June 4. 1974

TORCH supplement page one

Resourceful MikÂ·e Tosch
demonstrates

his invention,

a "Sock--Putter-On-Er".
See the story on
hÂ·a ndicapped students.!
page two
of this special supplement.

Beyene Mulugeta represents one of 34

Sherill Lamica of the BlackÂ· Student Union

international students from 12 countries
now

is featured in an article by Jonna VanDykÂ·
on page 4

attending LCC. See below

How
foreign
students
â€¢
survive
'culture
shock'

by WES HEATH

What would motivate â€¢a young man or woman to leave his
family and . friends, every familiar sight and sound, travel 7,000
miles to attend a strange school (where he must pay over five
times the in-district tuition) learn a difficult foreign language
fluently and dehberately toss himself into dozens of new situations?
Irene Parent, coordinator of foreign students explains:
"Their own countries do not have enough universities to
educate all their young people so they must seek their schooling in other countries. They usually find out about Lane fr~m
a friend or relative who has attended previously.
' 'Admission requirements include a satisfactory academic
record in the student's own country, the ability to speak, write,
and comprehend English, and sufficient financial resources to
meet the international student tuition of $485 per term."
But once the foreign student arrives he is beset by unforeseen trouble.

He often struggles With our "daily routine"
According to Mrs. Parent, "He must sometimes learn to
drive on the right side of the road ... American foods may make
him ill and he cannot find his native foods at the grocery. Clothing sizes are figured differently as are measurements for cooking. The banking system in his country may have allowed him
to write checks against what he plans to deposit later. When he
tries that here he's in trouble. The library is a complete puzzlement to him as is the whole registration and educational!system."
according to Kenneth Isaksen from Norway, it was the difference in manners that surprised him most.
"It is the custom in Norway when meeting a friend you haven't seen for a few days to grab him by the arm and say, 'Thankyou for the last time I saw you.' It was hard for me not to do
that here."
Ignacio Stephen of Micronesia noticed differences in dating.
'' Most dating in Mkronesia is done in secret and young people marry older too.' ' Eugenia Morales observed that Latins date
within class lines and begin dating only after a two month acquaintance. The â€¢ girl;s -f irst -dates are usually at_,her own home and
"there is no dating just to pass the time," s~e said.

"Novv- I ' m m a k i n g it'

a few unfamiliar laws caused problems. Ignacio Stephen was
cited for fishing during close season and Louise Wong found out
the hard way that BB guns are illegal on the coast.
English causes problems too. Euge~ia said that a ~each~r
who mumbl~s, speaks too rapidly, or digresses_ from his pomt
is hard to follow. '' and if he switches from his lecture to tell
a joke, some wonder why the joke was told. others don't ev~n
know it was a joke if he tells it dryly. Your sense of humor lS
so diiferent here."
.
But English .n.s a Second Language classes a~e available
and an orientation class is taught each term to acquamt the foreign student with buildings, services and facilitie~ at Lane as
well as in Eugene. It also exposes him to American customs.
But loneliness is usually the biggest problem Mrs_. Pa~ent
said. '' They would like to become friends with th~ American
students. They would like to be invited into American homes
where they can observe family life first-hand. After all, when
the foreign student arrives here he seldom kn~ws anyone."
She said that some foreign students hesitate to speak to hmerican students because _they question their command of English
and are uncertain about protocol.
So why, in the face of such monumental odds, does the foreign student overcome his difficulties? According to Mrs. Parent,
"They eventually learn to cope with their problems because they
are all very capable young people' ' and because they have so much
hingeingon their willingness and ability to do so.
And, of course, the foreign student can easily get help. Lane
is the onlv. institute in the state that employs a full-time foreign
student counselor. " I am available to help students with personal
problems, immigration difficulties, and class scheduling," Mrs.
Parent said.
'' Tutors are also available in most departments and English
conversation groups meet each week. a newsle~ter is circulated
each term and faculty members have been extremely helpful,
often spending many extra hours to help the foreign students.
â€¢ "Lane provides an atmosphere in which foreign students
feel comfortable so they may express themselves in words or
deeds restricted only by the same rules which apply to all other
students. But remember, he still needs YOU for a-friend."

after ao years

by Bob Norris

Jim (Robbie) Roberts is 42 years old. During 20
of his 42 years he lived in prison.
He has committed crimes ranging in severity
from drug transportation to armed robbery.
He is now in LCC's Self-Help-OrientedPeople (SHOP) formed around the concept that
ex-convicts can assist each other outside the prison
walls. Robbie is outside the walls now.
He's trying to cope with his past and what it has
taught him. At the age of five he saysÂ·he was given
the label "incorrigible!' and then "stuck in a little
room" by himself. The dialogue below is from an
interview with Robbie: He believes he has
untangled his past now and sees a future for
himself.
The overall purpose of SHOP, according to
Robbie, is to "create an awareness within us as
individuals that we can have positive change
through interaction within our own peer group.
"Through SHOP we learn that not only does
someone care, but that many other individuals are

interested and concerned. Sometimes it is hard for
some of us to relate to society -- the same society
that put us behind bars. SHOP helps us to do that."
NORRIS: How did you get going in this cycle of
committing a crime, going to jail, getting out,
committing a crime, and Â·so on ?
ROBERTS: Through some people who didn't have
much understanding of what human beings are.
They were so-called sociologists and psychologists
but their concepts were all wrong.
NORRIS: How do you mean "wrong?"
ROBERTS: I think they put tags on me as a
youngster that I .didn't know the meaning of, which
created in me -- well, they were somehow kind of
negative which reinforced negative concepts. I
can rationalize this now because I'm 40 years old,
but when I was five years old and told I was "incorrigible" and then stuck into a little room all by
(Continued on special supplement page 4)

(Continued on special supplement page 3)

page two TORCH supplement

June 4, 1974

'We can cope bette.r as a group '
by Sandi
really needed. If more handicapped
could
students would help us we
suceed. . . but it doesn't seem fair
to just say 'Hey College, we need
this and that'' and expect them to
furnish it."

No longer can the handicapped be
thought of as unfortunate individuals
who have no productive role m society.
For example
They are organizing.
LCC's Handicapped Student association (HSn.) is pointing out the difficulties they face by living in an environ-

Mike Tosch

Mike Tosch, an LCC business major,
said there there are two of handicapped people. "There is the person
who just gives up; it doesn't bother
him to have people do things for him.
And then
Ile really lacks spirit.
there's the person who fights back.''

Tosch said he felt there was more
alienation between the handicapped than
between handicapped and able-bodied
people. "When I was younger I wouldn't
associate with other handicapped-being with them reminded me of myThis is one reason why we're
self.
not a real powerful group working for
reform, for mobility problems."

ment designed for able-bodied people.
to get changes made
HSn attempts
so they can go freely into any number of .iob fields. It is quite clear
as other
that the handicapped,
troups here on campus and elsewhere,
are not content to sit by and be ignored.
"I will admit there are a lot of
facilities here at Lane, but there are
a few things they just plain forgot about," commented Joanne Peterson,
_of LCC's HSa..
Ms. Peterson, whose involvement
with the HSa began because she was
giving her neighbor, Sylvia Pinkerton,
a ride to LCC, said, "I got interested in it (HSn) through her."
The HS.n., according to Ms. .Peterson, is still trying to get organized.
She said among the goals of the organization are to provide transportation for the handicapped, to have sliding glass doors installed in place of
the present doors, and to have drinking fountains made lower. She said
they would like to see a lounge designed specifically for the handicapped.
Ramps going to the art, math, and
forum buildings are also a goal of
the HSh according to Ms. Peterson.
As it stands now, access to these
buildings from a wheelchair involves
going way out of the persons way to
get there. "When it's raining
(people in wheelchairs) get a little
bit perturbed,'' Ms. Peterson said.
The HSa has the use of a van, but
so far it hasn't been u~ed because
it doesn't have a driver, Ms. Peterson said. She added that the facilities in the van are not the best.
Ms. Peterson said of the HSi", "I
want this organization to suceed. It's

Tosch felt the recent "walk-a-milein-my-shoes" experiment at LCC
different able-bodied people
where
spent time in wheelchairs, on crutches,
or blindfolded, was a good way of presenting the problems of the handicapped to the the public. He mentioned
that one woman who spent the day
in a wheelchair "felt like people were
talking down to her. She felt like
she was less than them because she

Fitts
crutches, said it isn't any hassle for
him to open doors, but people always
run up to help him open them. "I
But people need
used to resent it.
to reach out and help I guess."
Being organized is a necessity for
the handicapped, because as Tosch said,
"If you forget a book you just can't
run back and get it/'
He pointed out that he needs to
leave earlier to get somewhere because it takes him longer to get there.
Bending over to put on his socks
was hard for Tosch to do so he made
a "sock-putter- on-er" to make it
easier. He also created a book carrier out of a spring loaded piece of
sheet metal to go on his crutches,
and he said he has made them for
other people<
Growing up with a handicap presents its difficulties, according to
Tosch. '' When you' re young you can
only sit and talk to another eight year
old for so long before he wants to
get up and run. Fifth grade to junior
, high was the hardest. The people I
was with then were very honest. If
I couldn't keep up and they wanted to
go fast, they'd just tell me." Tosch
said this was a period of adjustment
for him. "I had to accept what I was,
find out what I could do. If anything
I only have to work a little harder
to do the things I want to do.''

(CPS) A group of students from the School of Technology at Kent
State University are designing and building a tactile map of the KSU
campus in a project to help blind students.
Scaled down to the size of a desk top, the map will depict different surfa?~ areas of the campus, such as sidewalks and roads, by texture.
Miniature models of each campus building on the map would have the
building's name in braille on the top.
The tactile map would help blind students at Kent State in learning
how to navigate on the sprawling KSU campus . According to Peter
Slusarski, a faculty member backing the undertaking as a project for one
of_his courses, the final step would be a briefcase sized tactile map that
blind students could carry with them.
"The kit would be helpful because blind studer;its have to have continual orientation," said Slusarski, and added that he knew of no other
project like this in the U.S.
Th~ School of Technology has donated $100 to the project, and the
map Is scheduled for completion by September.
couldn't face them on her own level."
He said one man who . w.ore a hlincifold for a day got a feelmg that he'd
never see again and ripped off the blindfold. "It was amazing, just amazing,
the reactions they had.''

In talking about the physical difficulties at LCC, Tosch said, "Lane
is a pretty good place . . . it would
be really great if there were more
elevators, and if the elevator in the
library worked. It's out of order so
often.''
Tosch, who walks with the aid of

The problem of mobility is really
awesome for the handicapped and Tosch
feels Lane Transit District's (LTD)
proposal to have one bus equipped for
the handicapped in two years is a
"Unfortunately we
"token effort."
don't all 'live together. One bus won't
begin to serve the people it's intended
Tosch drives a car but
to serve."
said he would just as soon ride the
.bus. However, the first step on the
bus is too steep for him.
Steve Hanamura, LCC counselor
said, "I think you will find handi-

capped people seemingly well adjusted.
The hassles they have they won't let
you know about, but then their hassles
won't really be that different than
anyone elses."
Hanamura said, however, that some
of the disabled students at LCC have a
hard time meeting people under normal
circumstances, and he felt it was due
partly to a real awkwardness on the
students' and staff's part. All too often,
Hanamura said, people don't know if
they are helping or interfering if they
open a door for someone in a wheelchair, or ask a blind person if they
need help finding their way. He said
each person would feel differently, but
the best way to find out would probably
be to ask.
"More people should make an attempt to meet handicapped peop!9 when
they're just sitting in the cafeteria or
somewhere where they're not on the
spot to try and be helpful," Hanamura said.
"You' 11 soon discover it's not so
different from meeting anyone else,
you get the same sort of vibes . . .
we' re not that different once you get
past the physical disability."
Isolation for the handicapped
student results from having to go a
different route, Hanamura said. He
pointed out that a handicapped person
often must avoid stairs, go out of
their way to reach elevators and ramps,
and must arrange their schedule to
account for all these detours.
Hanamura commented that LCC was
good for many handicapped persons
because it is a place where "they
can come and be independent . . .
Lane can be a place of relief. I can
at least travel on my own here."
Hanamura is unsighted.
Sylvia Pinkerton, who is in a wheelchair, said "This campus is the best
anywhere for being accessible ... The biggest problem I have is with doors.
You hate to ask fo r more though.
when you've got so much already."
Ms. Pinkerton, who has been going
to LCC since fall term, said she feels
there are more warm, helpful people
here than anywhere she's ever been.
An accounting major, Ms. Pinkerton
hopes to get a job in that field. "I
don't think there will be problems
with discrimination because of my
handicap, just physical problems, and
the fact that I'm female."
Speaking favorably for the HS.-.., Ms.
Pinkerton said, "We feel we can accomplish a lot, but we need more
members. The few problems we have
we can cope with better as a group.' '
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Page 4)

special supplement

Chican o Studen t Union strives for chang e

"The Chicano Student Union (CSU)
has one main purpose," says
CSU advisor Roy Summers, "To
involve students in scholastic
success and make them aware
of their Chicano heritage."
He advocates a CSU table be
set up at registration and used
for a campus guide and an information center.
Summers contends CSU has
helped unite the Chicano students

by Jonna V _a n DykÂ·
these by raffles, dinners, and
and he is hopeful it will find
dances.
new ways to meet the students'
needs. One avenue he suggests
In order to recruit students
.
is to provide 'pure' counseling_
the CSU workers obtain a comWorkshops are also being made
putor readout from the adminavailable for CSU students. Orie
istration office. This gives them
leaderon May 12th w::is a
a list of those students with
ship training workshop, another
Chicanos surnames. From there
gathering of Chicanos will be a
they send out fli~rs to keep
state-wide event to discuss edstudents informed on up-coming
ucation. The latter will be held
CSU events. Summers feels it's
on the coast, and a banquet will
still hard to recruit Chicano
take place in honor of this years
students who aren'tfamiliar with
graduating Chicanos.
the CSU.

Another project the CSU hopes
to undertake would make emergency loans available for CSU
students. These would be small
loans to be paid back on a short
term basis. Summers said the
CSU will raise the money for

The fourth floor of the Center
building is. being remodled which
poses a problem for the Chicano
and Native American students.
Having been asked to vacate those
rooms that now house them, they
both face the problems of storing

their equipment and finding new
rooms.

"We now have
students attendin
from
Canada,
Colombia,
El Salvador,
Ethiopia,
Hong Kong,
Iran,
Kenya
Micronesia,
Nigeria,
Norway,
Saudi Arabia,
and Sweden."

LJ
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Applications
be submitted
Center Bldg.,

Summers feels the efforts of
the CSU are meant to extend
beyond the boundaries of LCC
and are directed to aid their
fellow Chicanos in the community, the state and the n~tion.
He contends the lettuce boycott
evidences one such effort. Further, in response to the editorial
stating unionizing Chicanos would
loose those jobs given to Chicanos
who are illegally in the U.S.
Summers comments, "We are
supporting the American Chicano
not an exodus (of Chicanos) into
the country or out of it. We
are also supporting those caught
up in the migrant workers'
stream."

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Kenya
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The following are excerpts
from letters written by a num-Â·
ber of foreign students attending
LCC.
Lane Community College is
a place where students are easily
and freely able to communicate
with each other for group knowledge. I am encouraged by the
atmosphere to work hard. The
classes are small and the students have a good relationship
with their teachers.
I have found at Lane thatevery
teacher is willing to help me
and devote his time. I would esMrs.
pecially like to thank
Irene Parent, foreign student advisor, for devoting her time in
solving my personal problems.
I can say she is really a mother
who takes care of her children.
Beyene Mulugeta
Ethiopia

I am a Persian student who
has been attending Lane for the
past year. I am writing to express thanks to the students, teachers and advisors who have
helped me over the past months.
The people here are very friendly and kind and most of all
the hmerican people that I have
met have made my stay in this
country an enjoyable and pleasant
experience. The hmerican people
go out of their way to help
foreigners and to make them feel
at home.
The instructors at LCC
have been very concerned about
us and it has been the experience
of myself and my fellow countrymen that they really want to help
you learn amd improve yourself.
In addition, this school in general
and the international students of
LCC in particular, are fortunate
to have a kind and concerned
student advisor who .bas helped
manv foreign students Â· here. If
any of us needs help in school
or out, she is always prer::ared
to assist us in any way she can.
I feel very lucky to have
chosen Lane Community College.
Hossein Bigdeli
Iran

Kenneth Isaksen returned to
Norway on May 23 to become
an English teacher there.
When I came to this country
my intentions were only to stay
for a period of 45 days. During
the first two we.?ks I felt a great
love for the people growing inside of me, so I decided I would
like to stay. I had my visa
extended three times but the im igration office told me that the
only way I could stay longer was
by becoming a student. I then
came to Lane . . . and then a.
few days later I started to attend.
I think that the biggest problem I had was making contact
with the American students,
which I completely blame myself
for. I was afraid to talk to them
because of the language problem.
Once I broke the barrier and
started to communicate with them
I found them very polite and
pleasant.
When I get back to Norway
I will tell all my friends about
what I experienced over here
and maybe, who knows, maybe
some day one of them might
come over here to get an education. I will strongly advise
them to do so.
Kenneth IsaksenÂ·
Norway

I came from Hong Kong
and received many years of British educational system in Hong
Kong and England. Schooling is
much heavier with a lot of assigned homework. Curriculum of
courses are all present and we
have no choice iri selecting which
courses to take.
a.cademic counseling is rare
and students are expected to
solve all their problems themselves.
Here at Lane I encountered
a completely different system
going on. Class size is small
and individual attention is a major concern of the instructors.
hlso, LCC offers a good variety of couses.
Many people attend college
just because they would like to
acquire better paying jobs in
the future. But is it true that
those who finish four years of
college are guarenteed better
paying jobs? I think that LCC
is doing a good job providing
specific professional skills.
I have found my stay very
interesting since I came in September.
I have enjoyed meeting many
Â·students at LCC and I hope to
make many more friends during
Louise Wong
my stay here.
Hong Kong

East meets South. Louise Wong from Hong Kong
and Eugenia Morales from EI Salvador are two of
the 34 foreign students now attending Lane.

It has been nine months since
I came to the U.S. and I am sure
glad with my choice to come to
Oregon. I have visited other
states and I think that among
the people of other states, the
Oregonians are most friendly.
Here they meet you with smiling
faces and are always ready and
willing to help you if you have a
problem.
" . . . the Oregonians are
most friendly."
This lS my third term at LCC
and I like it very much. I really
appreciate the cooperation of the
teachers with the foreign students. They try to understand the
problems we have, which are
mainly caused by the change from
their own different educational
scheme to the american educational scheme. I also appreciate
the facilities of the library, which
is general, as I know, among all
American schools.
The first thing I noticed in
the U.S. is the high prices for
nearly everything. I was shocked to watch them increase in
the last few months. '
What amazed me most is the
control of the TV, radio and
people's minds,
on
movies
. and
through commercials .
politics. For example, the Near
East problem. As far as I can
see it is shown from a very
of view.
point
prejudiced
other than that, they don't show
the correct arab point of view.
They also give misleading information about the arabs. You
should keep in mind that most of
the national networks are influenced, if not owned, by jews.
If anybody is interested in
knowing more about the hrab
nations, he can talk to the representatives of the Arab Student
Sometimes a
Organization.
"teach in" is held where questions are asked about the Arab
nations. They also bring movies
about the Palestinianpeople. This
will give you better information.
Mishari Almishari
Saudi Arabia

New

INTERIM SAC DIRECTOR

>e submitted to the ASLCC Secretary , 2nd floor ~nter Bldg., by not later than noon Friday, June 7.

Ignacio Stephen works on newspaper designs.
I came from a distant island
in Truk, Micronesia located in
the western Pacific Ocean. My
country has been administered
by the United States under the
Trusteeship Council of the United Nations since 1947. In a few
years we will be self-governing.
This is my third year in the
United States but my second year
in college. I completed my senior
year at Triangle Lake, Blachly,
Oregon on a special program
from my government.
ht that time I had my first
hand experience with the differences between my culture and the
Westerns. Fortunately, I managed
to adapt myself to the extreme
culture of the west.
I am majoring in Business
Economics and Finance for I
see that the economy of my
country is the weakest point of
all. I thought I could help contribute to the betterment of my
islands if I understand the principles of my major !ield.
I like and enjoy '' very
much' ' to be at Lane. If it were
a four year institution I would
not transfer. The close relationships between the students and
staff contribute most to my preference. We have a nice, clean,
and very modern-looking campus
Ignacio Stephen
here.
Micronesia

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