Â¥11trd time's a charm

LCC budget passes

analysis by John Loeber
Following two budget defeats and a cut
of over a quarter million dollars, LCC saw
its budget approvl:!d by a 3,000 vote margin
on September 17.
Areas cut back as part of the election
strategy included instructional expenses,
student services, financial aids, and capital outlay.
When the budget committee made the
cuts it included an increase of $182,000
in tuition money and juggled money within
the budget.
Specifically, the committee transferred $45,000 out of the operational
fund to be used for Federal equipment
This will provide a
matching money.
total of $90,000 for instructional equipment.
Reduced Financial A.ids matching
ht a five-to-one
money by $31,000.
matching rate this move cut financial
aids money available by $155,000--enough
to provide work study supplements for 155
students.
The final election, with a voter turnout of 35 percent, came after four months

of tense waiting and sporadic campaigning.

In the end, the levy is still more than

$500,000 outside the tax base granted by
voters in the 1972 general election, which
was set at $2.6 million, the same level
of support the College had received for
four y2ars. The total college budget (for
funds received from property taxes, tuition, state and federal reimbursement)
now totals $16 million.
Between the 1972 general election and
the budget election in May of this year,
the College lost support in over 25 precincts, including the strongest traditional
areas of support - River Road, Santa
Clara, and the South Hills area.
hfter seeing defeat by a three-to-one
precinct vote in the July 9 budget election,
the College Budget Committe_e cut its
request.
Twelve days later, on Augus t 12,
the Business Office revealed a new estimate of revenues, based ,, on tax assessments, which lowered the tax rate by
4 1/2 percent to $1.52 per $1,000 assessed
property value.

business.
\ '

student services

63%
instruction

administration
community relations

approximate budget spending

the week of september 24,197 4 vol. 12 no.1

lane community college
LCC finds
'Women in the men's room'
by Charles M. Potts
"h virtuous woman may not seek a
career," is a popular cliche, said Dr.
Jan Newton, lead RDOkesparson . ., "n LCC
'"ponsored seminar-workshop Saturday
entitled "There'~ A Woman In the Men's
Both restrooms in the Forum
Room."
There
B.. •1"'"tl: were marked Women.
really were women in the Men's room,
and it was the males' turn to seek al+ernatives.
Addressing a full audience of about
300 women and 30 men in LCC's Forum
Auditorium she said women seeking work
in non-traditional areas "will have a
struggle. . .. it will take courag:e and help
from other women to prove your own
equality."
The early morning s minar began with
discussion of myths about women's physical inferiorities, emotions. intuitions,
and place. Two panel discussions then
followed:
The first was comprised of working
0

women in non-traditional jobs and the
second was composed of several local
.-mployment directors from industries and
:-n~panies considered leaders in the
employment of women in non-traditional
jobs.
"I'm interested in becoming myself.
I see that as a· human role rather than
Men were always taught to
a womans'
hunt and I was always taught the dishes.
It's difficult to learn things now,'' voiced
Linda McIntosh, receiving applause and
emph::1tic response frvm the audience.
Sue Thompson, who works as a carpenter and painter, said she had an
appointment with Chief Jones of the Eugene
Fire Department, and walked into the
office saying "could you tell me where
She
to sign up to be a fireperson?"
said the firemen '' just sort of stared.''
S"v~ral women at the conference indicated that their education and degrees
were working against them rather than
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P.O. Box lE Eugene, Oregon 97 401

Radio offers feedback
by John Loeber

The staff at KLCC, Lane's FM radio station, recently decided too many people
are left frustrated after hearing the latest newscast. They noticed people still have
unanswered questions about the news and feel uninvolved with the decision making process.
The Living Room Referendum (LAA) a monthly program, is an outgrowth of the
attitude at KLCC that a radio station should do more than entertain .
LRR's Producer, student Roger Wood, says the people who created our
representative form of government never imagined it would be possible for every
voter to participate in the decision-making process. But he feels modern communication makes it possible.
Here's the LAA idea, simply stated:
A timely, controversial topic is chosen, (a topic with which our elected representatives must deal). People representing all sides of the issue are invited to present
their viewpoints during a live radio/television simulcast. At the same time the local
newspapers print ballots listing possible solutions. As the debate appears on
television and radio, the voters can sort out the issues in the comfort and privacy
of their own living rooms-then phone in questions and comments, to add to those
of the live studio audience.
Within a few weeks the ballots are sorted, counted and delivered into the hands
of our government representatives.
According to Wood the point of the LRR series is to provide a means for voters
to affect decision making in government. He claims, "If we can get a signed ballot
from even five per cent of the voters in the county, we can consistently influence
the workings of government." He added that even a lean response would not be
ignored.
Topic selection is the most difficult part of the LAA program, explains Wood, "It
would seem that there are scores of likely subjects for LRR to deal with, but we try
to deal with live, unresolved issues the local community is concerned about."
The first LRR in June was about Solid Waste Disposal in Lane County. The
August program was on the proposed School District 4-J Budget. Future subjects
include alternative and mass transportation, urban development in Eugene, environmental protection and campaign reform.
KLCC is also planning a new program called Talkback, an outgrowth of the LRR
idea. Instead of selecting a panel of experts to debate an issue, the KLCC staff
would choose an existing group (County Commisioners, City Council , Board of
Education) that meets regularly to deal with issues of immediate interest to the
loc·a1 community.
Wood says the County Commisioners could be given two hours of broadcast
time to deal with a pre-selected issue, with a ballot printed in the local
newspapers. He says the rest would work just like LRR, with the ballot results
delivered directly to the decision makers.
"These are exploratory ventures into areas of broadcasting that are basically
uncharted, " envisions Wood: "It will take a while to work out the bugs and for the 1
community to pick 1,.1p on LRR and Talkback. "
" Of course, " he admits, " programs like Talkback and Living Room Referendum
cost money to produce. KLCC has embarked on a campaign to finance them, but
we haven't reached our goal yet. "
The next Living Room Referendum will be Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m., on KLCC at 90.3
FM (stereo).

Page 2 TORCH Sept. 24.1974

the terrace, around the Center Building, down a flight to
the mid-level courtyard, up
more steps: A _balcony to the
left, a ramp to the right.
Corners to turn, angles
to explore, walls to look over,
lawns to cross, dust to raise.
Flow.
LCC is a concrete maze
with very few dead ends.
Tripping around the Center
Building all roads, all ramps,
all stairways lead everywhere
and, fl.owing randomly, it is easy to end up where you
started.
To end up where you
started . . . completing a
circle. The campus is full of
angles and squares, but it is
also a circle.
'
Squares: Organization,
separation, definition, compartments, departments.
Art is separate from sociology,
which is separate from philosophy, which is separate from
math, which is separate from

But one day I sat down,
closed my eyes, took a
number of deep breaths;
and in the calm let my frayed
nerve ends slip up toward the
surface of my skin. Up from
where they fortify th~mselves
against daily life.
Then I opened my eyes
and saw the campus for the
first time. Then I walked
barefoot and felt the campus
for the first time. Then the
words came.
Words like human dimensions. Human, personal space
amongst these massive concrete slabs. Space like the
sunken square around the
small fountain near the cafeteria. Space that's not defined by walls which separate
people. Instead, space which
is gently defined by lowering
an area around the fountain
three small steps; suggesting
separateness, not imposing it.
A defined space of human,
personal, dimensions, and
therefore a functional space.
Words like openness.
Feeling the Oregon sky unbroken by tall structures;
seeing the countryside rise
around the campus. LCC is
concentrated so that it may
be open. It is close, but not
closed.
Words like photography.
The campus is pictures more
than it is words. Stark surreal pictures, or simple human
ones. Fine abstract photographs
of forms repeating until they
shape a new form; photographs
of visual depth, with a foreground of traditional structures
contrasting more bizarre
shapes in the background.

feature by fT!BC mckelvey

Symphonic themes.
Crescendos.
Personal dimensions.
Photography.
Fluidity.
Eye seduction.
Play.
Openness.
Flow.
Squares and the circle.
These might seem like
strange words to describe a
college campus that is mostly
poured concrete, but these
are the thoughts and feelings
I get at LCC.
For seven months I
wandered around this concrete maze we call our second home and ran into dead
ends in my thoughts of it.

....

The circle: Unity, integration, connection, perfection,
power, flow, the hoop of life.
LCC is square and angular
but it has a center. It is unified,
completed, by forming a circle
around the center. A circle
which traps the energy generated
there and rechannels it back to
its source.
Someday take time out. and
do whatever it is you do to open your
pores, to bring your nerve endings to the surface.
Then feel your way around
campus and see if the ramps invite you to flow.
See if the angles invite you
to explore.
See if the circle brings you
home.

Words like flow. Flow
. . . up the ramps, across

open your heart

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'"No-vv- I ' m making it'

after ao years

Sept. 24,1974 TORCH Page 3

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 says 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

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NORRIS: How did you get going in this cycle of '
committing a crime, going to jail, getting out,
committing a crime, and 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" an9 then_stuck into a little room all by
rcontinued on page 6~.

Property taxpayers can qualify for a
three percent discount by paying their
bill before Nov. 15, according to Ruth
Nettles of the Lane County Tax Assessors
Office.
Although the timing of the Sept. 17
budget elections only allows the assessors
28 days to bill landholders, Nettles said
local residents should be able to qualify
for discounts. She said state law requires
taxes to be levied by Oct. 15, leaving taxpayers 30 days to qualify.
Jesse Fasold, State Sci1ools superintendent, claims the new Ia w restricting
levy election dates for Oregon schools and
other local governments infringes on local
control. He wants the 1975 Legislature
to consider revising the law.
"The law is not only a headache to
local educators but can raise havoc with
tax assessors and collectors and the general public," he said.

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CONSTRUCTION

BUILDING

ACTIVITIES

COST

COMPLETION

CONTRACTOR

Performing Arts

Performing Arts
Theatre

$1. 6 millon

October

Todd, Roseburg

New Building

Nelson, Eugene

Remodeling

Center Building
basement
Fourth Floor

Dial Retrieval
Printing/Graph ics
Language Arts
Social Science
Study Skills

Completed
$540,000

l

Early Octobe~

Mechanics Building

Mechanics

$ 97, 000

Completed

LCC

New classrooms

Data Processing

Data Processing

$ 15, 000

Completed

LCC

New classrooms

Business Education

Business Education

$ 15, 000

Early Winter

LCC

New classrooms

Parking Lot

Community Education

$ 16, 500

Completed

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lot, signs, lighting

Industrial Tech

Welding

$ 10, 000

Completed

LCC

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Maintenance

College Facilities

$637,000

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Jim Roberts interview

...

(continued from page 3'1
myself, I didn't really understand why I
was there, except that I .was no good, I
was really incorrigible, and therefore I
shouldn't be. out running around with my
brother and other kids m" age.
You see, I can even now flash-back
and remember. There was a real self
that I think is pretty positive, but somewhere along the line it got crushed and
I think that this happened to a lot of
I think that this happened to a lot of
people. I am not saying that I am special. . . but for me as an individual, my
to blossom . .
NORRIS: So actually. this experience made
you rebel in your early life? ltpushed you
on to a convict's conrsa?
ROBERTS: Sure, It's hard to go back
and think about what kind of an understanding I had then. I just knew things
were wrong. Okay, let me make a statement: I believe that in each and every
person there is the real self that is bQautiful and good.
Now I can verba 1ise ttat. When I was
five years old, I couldn't. I just knew
that there were things about me tha-t were
real and beautiful, but oeonlP kPot saving
"no-no-no' and so, somewhere along the
line (because I was told "no-no-no' or
"you can't do that' ) my concepts became
distorted.
With me, the more physic~.! they became, the more hostile I became. Every
time they whipped me. I just f:Ot tougher
inside. I got mor11 ~alloused ..:_ and the
more calloused you become, the more hos-

tile you become.
. . . I hated it. But outwardly I
showed (the nrison personnel) that I was
"adjusting' to what they werewantingand
finally, when I got old enough to understand how to pick up a pistol or a shotgun. I knew what to 90 with it.
•
NORRIS:
When did you first go to the
penitentiary?
ROBERTS: We11, I didn't go to tbe penitentiary until I was 24, but there were
some reformatories in between. Not
counting the county jails, I had he@n in
five institutions before I even got to the
penitentiary.
NORRIS:

What were you sent up for?

ROBER TS: Tran8portation of drugs.
NORRIS: You were a "pusher?'
ROBERTS: No, the transporter. I "-'as
taking it from the source, taking it to the
middle. I drew five yQars. I served 45
months· of it.
•
NORRIS: When you got out, how long d;.d
you stay out?
ROBERTS: I stayed out almosttwoyears,
then I went back to Walla Walla for for- •
gery and then I got out and got busted
for ex:..con in possession of firearms, did
that time, went back to Walla Walla for
another ten-year go, got out ofthQre, came
back t o Oregon for a burglary ""d out

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of that burglary transpired half a dozen
armed robberies all over the state.
I'm clean now, but I have a wide and
var,ied experience. . . but it's been my
nroblem too, I don't deny that.

duce in me was the idea that I was a
good· person, something that I had always
known, but had always been told I was not.
Newgate was the thing that pushed me
on. . . they're reaching out to me, so it's
about time I start reaching out to them,
NORRIS: The times that you were out, too.
If Newgate hadn't been there to
what or why did you go back to crime? begin with, I would probably still be laying around the penitentiary.
ROBERTS: Number one. by shyness -because I wasn't able to exp"ess my real NORRIS: What curriculum are you studyself; number two. the stigma of being a ing here at Lane?
convict and going out looking for work,
because you do run into it - - those arQ ROBERTS: I'm taking the machine techprobably the two maior reasons.
nology course which is a part of myback-

NORRIS: Do y_ou feel that the program
you're in now at l,CC -- Newgate, and
SHOP _: is helping you?
ROBERTS: Definitely yes.
What happened was, I finally did get up
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the time that Newgate (Prison schooling
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rehabilitated. Newgate was a treatmentnri-nted program and so when I went to
Newgate, the first thing they began to in-

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Julia Does It Again

by Charles M. Potts

there in the past' said Smith. I showed
Julia Pommert, the LCC student sether what the work would be. She had
only
the
being
ting precedents last year for
plans for the summe-r but considering
female student enrolled in all male physthe wages, she accepted.' This wasn't a
once
it
done
has
classes
education
ical
case of a girl getting a job " said Smith
again.
'' it broke down the resi;tance in that
"This summer," revealed ByronSmith,
department. They didn't think a woman
employment director for Weyerhaeuser, at , could work it. She's doing a very good
job.'.
LCC's conference There's A Woman In
The Men's Room, "I remembered the artLast year, venturing through the red
icles appearing in the TORCH (April 9,
tape, Pommert registered for a Men's
16, and 23) and contacted Pommert, and
Body Building class for Winter term and
offered her a job" - one of the hardest
a Men's soccer class for Spring term.
and dirtiest he had--pulling green chain
In both cases she was refused and the
in a mill.
decisions were later overturned, allowing
her to re-enroll and participate in the
"We never had any women working
classes.

AReview b:;1 t1cu Mc k'elvet1

Making a good film--one that is both
entertaining and thoughtful, one that succeeds as a story and has meaning beyond
itself--requires a slick piece of alchemy
and just the right balance of conscious
intention and intuition.
If the author is too conscious of his
idea, the film stands a good chance of
seeming contrived. On the other hand,
if the director's process is solely intuiti'le the film may easily lose all relation
to its audience.
I make this point because_'' The Apprenticeship of Duddy _KravHz," appearing
through next Tuesday at the Oakway Mall
Cinema, tries to be a good film, but
suffering the first dilemma, it fails.
In "Duddy Kravitz" the creators are
too aware of the symbolic value of the
events in their story. This awareness
distorts the reality of the film's characters and scenes. In the film, events are
symbols before they are real and one
can almost see labels on the different
scenes which read: Duddy Proves Himself to the Family, Duddy Bottoms Out,
or Duddy Heals in the Canadian Wilderness.
The scene where Duddy Gets His
First Taste of the Land serves as a
good example of how a too conscious
attempt at symbolism can destroy a scene.
In the scene Duddy is speaking with his
grandfather who is planting tomatoes in
the little plot of land he has for a yard.
He is teaching Duddy that "without land
you're a nobody,' · and touches Duddy on
the cheek with his muddy fingers.
Duddy rubs his cheek clean with his
then ever so naturally licks
fingers,
his fingers clean, literally tasting the

rcontinued from page I'
being beneficial. Employers, they said,
feel that because some women are overqualified, they would be unhappy with the
work and wages. In short, women are
faced with the need for more training in
an unpredictable job market.
other people at the conference said
the problem wasn't just how to break
into a male dominated job market, but
how to get a job when national unemployment is up to about five percent.
Bud Dye, representing Weyerhaeuser
said, "you don't find many women electrical and mechanical engineers.' His
associate, Byron Smith, offered insight
into the problem of hiring women into good
jobs. "There are a lot of jobs in any
mill that women can do. The problem is
that for years we have operated with a
union that has dealt with caucasian males.
A system has moved in, all the hard
jobs are the ones that we are now filling
because of seniority, the better jobs are
As times go on, girls
already filled.
who wish to do other than traditional
jobs may have the opportunity.''
Jack Cuie, representative for the Civil
Rights Department, assessed the job situation as becoming progressive. He said

land. As hard as he tries Drevfuss can. not make the movement seem natural.
: This same weight of symbolism strains
the credibility of every major character
and scene in the film.
It should also be said that Duddy
Kravitz's life is more of a tragedy than
an apprenticeship.
When the film opens Duddy is ahyperactive high school graduate living in the
slums of Montreal wi!h his father and
older brother. Because offamilypressure
because of his own persecution complex,
and because of his growing up in a motherless home, Duddy is driven to succeed,
to make money, to command people's
respect and affection through becoming
~nd he is ruthless in his
somebody.
drive.
The tragedy is that it is the strength
of this drive, born in the need for affection, that eventually forces people out of
Duddy's life. The tragedy is that the
events in Duddy' s life should lead him to
realize the self-destructiveness of his
drive, should lead him to more human
values, but don't.
In the end, Duddy is the same hyperactive, driven person he was at the beBut he is alone.
ginning of the film.
He has lost his grandfather's respect
and the affection of his woman friend.
In the final scene, he leaves the
neighborhood diner not really knowing
First he walks one
where he's going.
way, then another, and finally goes back
in his original direction down the street
and out of the frame.
In the final analysis his life is !ike
a fruitless, hysterical baseball game:
Plenty of hits and errors, but no runs.

that it is "getting better all the time.
The last six months has been quite
successful with some companies. Small
companies have more empathy,' revealed
Cuie, "rich companies don't really feel
the pressure.'' One of the problems he
explained, is that "women don't come in
and complain.' Cuie's office is located
•. in the state office complex, number 301,
on 7th street, Eugene. He said that ''we
have registered 178 complaints in the last
year, we know theremustbeat least 3000.''
With the information of what is currently being done and promises for the
future, the discussions opened for direct
audience participation. Ken Hills, an LCC
counselor, said "how to get from here to
there (unemployment to employment) takes
strenuous activity.' He indicated thatthe
LCC Counseling Department will offer as
much help as possible.
ii. woman from the audience stood and
said, "one of us stands up and says I
want to be counted. A man say's you're
not being a lady. We can't stand up? I
don't want to spend the rest of my life on
a typewriter. How are we going to find
out what we are good for?' '

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editor ial

This new year finds LCC in a period of change.
The campus is taking on a new look and the people new attitudes.
There are unions on campus this year and bargaining is taking place. Staff and instructors are
demanding employee's rights and the Administration is taking on the aspects of business management. Some say the family feeling has gone and
some call it maturity.
A new student government renews old promises,
and holds promise for the future. We hope some
of the mistakes of past years can be bypassed
this year. The new funding system for student
agencies may help. It has equal potential for
hurting, with good intentions.
The staff of the TORCH is growing. With a
new format ans! new staff come new policies.
The emphasis is on usable news and information
by and about LCC. There are no distinctions
between student news, staff news and administrative news. One group cannot exist without
the others.
Our concern for LCC causes us to look beyond
the campus. We see enrollments dropping at
State colleges, and State support shifting from
two to four year colleges. Voters react to national developments through their votes on local
measures. A new highway appears at our door-

step and we wonder why. Why are land prices
soaring?
Throughout, we feel the College trying to realize the meaning of II community college 11 , our
involvement with the community grows.
Of course, as journalists we cannot ignore the
less positive events around us. And so we notice:
The new catalog states, "Each student is
responsible for informing himself of those (College)
regulations. LCC Board policies and procedures
are subject to change without prior notice. "
We find this statement unacceptable.
The students·of this campus don't have a union,
are not employed here, are only temporary.
But students have every right and responsibility
other campus groups enjoy. Students are the
consumers, and education is the service they
purchase. No longer will this den_m nd for these
services allow administrators and instructors
to' completely determine the product. Degrees
don't sell, and education must be able to fluctuate with the student need, for today's job
market, and today's realities. No other group
would have this statement directed towards it.
The students of LCC will hopefully not accept
such a statement as valid or binding. And if
necessary, will take established steps to have
it retracted.

letters
Dear Editor:

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Three years ago, the Evening Students at
LCC were virtually ignored by the A dministration, the ASL CC Senate, and the TORCH. At
that time there were approximately 800 Evening Credit and 4, 800 Adult Education students
in evening programs. This is a small number
of students and could easily be overlooked.
At that time a group of concerned Evening
Students were appointed by the LCC Board of
Education forming the Evening Program Advisory Committee. The Committee, working
with the Administration, began to develop
Evening Programs to meet the needs of the
Evening Students. Although many areas in the
Program are still lacking, the process of development has been set in motion.
For the first time since the Committee was
formed, the ASLCC Senate has acknowledged

Welcome to the Associated ,.,tudents of Lane
We students are
Community ,...allege rASL CC)!
the most important part of the outstanding T CC
campus community.
,,,he ASLCC Senate, our elected student representative body, is charged with the responsibility of protecting student rights and expanding
the scope of student input to the entire educational
process at 1 ane. ,..,omprised of one freshman and
one sophomore enator from each major campus
department, five ~enators-at-T arge, and five '[;"xecutive nmcers, the ~enate provides student involvement in many campus service and policy-making
~roups aimed at solving problems brought to us
by fellow students.
in order for us to effectively represent you,
we MUST know what you want and we uusT have
your help' While you may not have the time to
While you may not have the time to
your help!
be a ("lenate member, there are many other ways
for you to actively serve yourself and the student
body at the same time. me urge you to call LCC
extension 221, stop by the '"'enate "!fices on the
second floor of the renter ~uilding, or attend ,.,enate meetings every other Thursday at 3 p.m. to
find out how we can work together to seek improved
student services and curricular enlightenment on
our campus.
Sallie 1 • Torres
ASLCC

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resident

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the presence of the Evening Student. They have
made a commitment ·to work with the Evening
Program Adviscry Committee towards equal
educational opportunity for all Evening Students.
Our thanks and appreciation to the ASLCC Senate.
I saved the TORCH for last because I have
to ask a question. Does the TORCH have a
commitment to all students at LCC? If it doesn't,
then it is doing its job. If it does, it has failed.
Three years ago the TORCH ignored the presence of students on campus after 5 p. m. and it
seems to be sticking with that policy. Students
shouldn't be penalized because they can only
get their education at night.
This fall there will be an estimated 2, 000
Evening Credit Students, and 6, 000 Adult Education Students. Can the TORCH ignore 8, 000
students?
Bob McCarty
Chairman
Evening Program Advisory Commii. r-'.·2
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Welcome to LCC, "a special kind of
place" where students and st2ff cooperate
in providing unparalleled opportunities for
your further education.
Returning students will find a number
of new and improved facilities while new
students will undoubtedly need assistance
in finding their way around the campus.
•he students of LCC havQ elected a
dedicated group of leaders who are available to assist you in many ways. non't
hesitate to ask for help.
r ane is staffed by an excellent group
of people who want to make your stay at
T.cc an epjoyable and profitable experVou will find them friendly and
ience.
eager to be of assistance.
Rest wishes for a successful year.
Eldon r Schafer
President