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TO~lCH Oct. 1, 1974.

;editorial

The start of a school year-and the renewal of the struggle for
student -rights.
This year's registration ha.s shown
us the direction of education at LCC
--a smaller selection among larger
classes at inconvenient times.
The over-enrollment we are experiencing will likely result in either
an increasing burden on short-funded student services of a higher than
normal drop-out rate. Students are
aided in the second case by such
Administrative actions as requiring
students to be aware of inaccesable
College regulations governing educational survival: regulations that
we are subject to change without
any notice.

letters

Editor:
All I wanted to do w1.s :;how movies
on campus . . . see the Second
Vice-president I was told
that's her department . . . Thi? Se,: ond Vice-pr:~sident has resigned, I
was told . . . why don't you apply
for the job? "Applications for the
position will be taken beginning Fall
Term, I was told ...
I'm a student, I'm interested primarily in my education, not student
government politics. However, when
I learned (just two weeks later)
that an appointment had been made
and that nQ ~pplications had been
taken, that the person appointed was
a personal friend of John Richard,
our first vice-president, and thatno
one else even got a chance to apply,
I became quite annoyed and just a
little more interested in politics.
The fact is, President Torres proposed a system for the appointment
of a Second Vice-president shortly
after the resignation of Julie Elliott.
This was to be an equitable system
of applications and a screening committee to narrow down the selection
to the best qualified. The rest of
the Senate, however, felt that they
were better qualified to make this
decision than any democratic process, so they not only discarded
her proposal, but aligned themselves
against her when she vetoed Peter
Hale's appointment on the grounds

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The new College Catalog states:
'' LCC publishes regulations in addition to those contained in this catalog. Each student is responsible
for informing himself of these regulations.
"LCC Board Policies and administrative procedures are subject to
change without prior notice."
Repeating our comments last"
. week, "We find this statement un·acceptable.''
It seems the only time student
_opinions are looked for is during
class evaluations. Evaluations that
are provided through Student Instructional Review (SIR) forms~ The
initials tell the story here.
The faculty union, the Oregon

Education Association, acknowledges the need for student input, but is
currently embroiled in its own problems; the union is now half-way
through its bargaining hearings with
the College and still has no immediate hope for a contract. There is
the very real possibility of faculty
strikes early next year.
Throughout we find the Student
Senate embroiled in problems of
its own. As a new student leadership group, it is hardpressed to fill
its own ranks. When it does fill
the ranks, we hope it can face some
of the larger problems that concern
students and the campus. This
would be a welcome change. •

that such an appointment was unethical.
I'm not championing for Sallie
Torres, nor am I bitter at _not
getting the appointment for Second
Vice-president. I am, however, a
little annoyed at not having the
opportunity to even apply. I always .
thought that government was "ofthe
people" first. The Senate members
complain about apathy among the
students concerning student government. I submit that this kind of
procedure is the very reason for
that apathy.
But to continue. I complained
first to President Torres. She
showed me in the minutes of the
meeting where she had tried to disuade the other members. She vetoed
the appointment, but that veto was
over-ridden. Her hands were tied.
I then talked with Robin Tappan,
publicity director, and he assured
me that because of "flak received
from other concerned students, that
the Senate, at their meeting of
Sept. 26 would render Peter Hale's
appointment '' temporary' until other applications could be taken and
the best qualified person could then
be picked. This never happened.
In fact, our esteemed First Vicepresident, Mr. John Richard, promised to resign if the appointment
of his friend Peter Hale was not
ratified by the entire Senate. It's
childish, immature threats and reasoning of this nature that make
politics the dirty game it is. Personally, I would like to se9 this

little boy out of ofu0~.
I'm not questioning the ability or
qualifications of Peter Hale. I'm
not questioning the legality of the
method in which he was appointed.
I am, however, questioning the ethics
and damning the lack there-of, shown
by some members of our Student
Senate. In this matter it's a hell
of a way to begin the year. •

lane community college

October 1, 1974 Vol.12 no.2

P.O. Box lE Eugene, Oregon 97401

Respectfully,

TORCH Staff
editor

John Loeber

associate editor

Char/es M. Potts

advertising
manager

Norma Van

feature editor
art director

Mac McKelvey

J. Peter Johnson

photo editor

Jane Robertson

sports editor

Hugh Brennan

copy editor
graphics

Sob Jones

J.D. Moore
Judy Van

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The TORCH ls published on Tuesdays lhroughoot lhe academic
year.

Opinions expressed in this newspaper ar e not necessar il y

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Students overwhelm College
/Jy mac mckelvey

"I saw people throw their hands
up in the air and their registration
papers with them."
These were the words of Dean
of Instruction, Gerald Rasmussen,
describing registration at Lane
By
during the past two weeks.
the middle of the third day of
new student registration last week,
nearly 70 per cent of the classes
were closed and there were enough
unregistered people to force scheduling into a fourth day.

"Hardest hit are the basic
courses like English Ill that almost everyone needs, and the
smaller capacity courses like
mechanics classes," according to
Chuck Robbins a student associate assisting in registration. He
was spending his day directing people to see individual instructors
for admission into classes already
filled, or to sign class waiting
lists and hope for openings,
Students in all departments at
LCC are faced with similar pro-

blems, according to Jim Piercey,
associate dean of instruction. Among the classes that closed early
were chemistry, physics, biology,
most classes in the Art and Performing Arts Departments, photography, speech, Foreign languages were full for the first time
in the College's history and Mechanics for the first time in three
years.
Ac cording to Jack Carter. DP.:rn
(continued on page 2)

Sculpture takes over LCC's Art Gallery
in the opening show of the new season.
Works in metal and wood by Jerry Wagoner and Indra, respectively, adorn the
lobby of the Art Building.
Indra, a New Yorker educated at Ohio
Wesleyan, has been active since 1968.
Her work on display consists of wood
carved and rubbed into ideas; "A City
Can Rise Up And Engulf Itself Can't
It?' evokes in twisting layers of wood the
process of growth reaching up to •the
heavens; only to be turned back by the
limits of its expansion to choke and die
The modern
on its own growing life.
Tower of Babel, edifice of mans pride,
as the instrument of self destruction.
"Jerry Wagoner as Vulcan' ' could be
a title for the display of created artifacts he has wrestled into being. Wagoner's statement accompanying the show
reads, ' 'Seeking to express the violence of
element al forces in human existence and
an apothesis of these forces, I choose
helmets and shields; primitive protective
devices and symbols of the primal power
of destruction and creation.' Wagoner's
art becomes relics, helmets and shields,
torn fresh from the corrupting Earth;
their surfaces mottled and pitted. It
is though one were excavating at Maraton or Troy--unearthing the sources mystical metal sources of ancient heroes'
power.
The point is well taken. The power
to kill determines the relation of one man
to another, the man in metal is as a
god to one who is naked. There has
always been a value attached to weapons
beyond their actual worth. Tools for letting out life become symbols of death,
death the gruesome division between life
and non-life.
The short. walk over to the gallery
wil ' be rewarded. Gallery hours are
Monday through Thursday, 8-10, and Friday, 8-5. The artists will be present
at a reception Friday, October 4, at
8:00 p.m. The show runs until October
16. Try it. e

Fantasy shields;
thoughts in wood

by Hugh Brennan and Jane Robertson

Media aids educatio n

(CPS)--Five midwestern state universities have established a joint educational
institution which will produce multi-media
college courses people can take for credit
in their own homes.
Known as the University of Mid-American (UMA), the school was incorporated
in Nebraska in late July through the
combined efforts of the University of
Nebraska, the UniversJt_y of Kansas, Kan-sas State University, Iowa State University, and tiie University of Missouri.
Initial plans call for the development
of approximately 55 courses in general
education, vocational and some specific
Eventually, 40 to 45 of
major fields.
the courses will provide the equivalent of
the fi;-st two years of a regular undergraduate education, while the rest of the
courses will deal with advanced and speother
cial adult-education ~ourses.
schools will also be invited to join throughout the Midwest.
UMA has submitted a proposal for

Executives vie president ·

by John Loeber

Debate among top student leaders
funding to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare's National Institute during the Sept. 26 Executive Cabinet
of Education (NIE) under which NIE would meeting of the ASLCC centered around
the appointment of Peter Hale, former
provide money in decreasing amounts over student rights coordinator, as ASL CC
the next five years, after which UMA Second Vice-president.
The appointment, now pending senate
hopes to , be financially self-sufficient.
ratification, first became a source of ·
Raymond Wormwood, a controversy on Sept. 12 when Hale was
According to
_ spokesman for NIE, the idea is being awarded the position over the veto of
greeted with enthusiasm by the Institute, Sallie Torres, president of the Associated
Students of LCC, the elected student
but the funding has been thrown into doubt government. Torres gave as her reasons
_because Congress appears ready to ?ut for vetoing Hale's appointment the lack
the NIE budget. Supplementary fundmg • of time made available for the general
student body to submit applications for
for specific courses is being sought from the position, or to give feedback about
the National Endowment for the Human- choices.
_i_ti_e_s_a_n_d_o_t_he_r_s_ou_r_c_e_s_._•_________T_-_he.....E_x_e_cu_t_iv_e_c_a_b_in_e_t_m_e_e_ti_n_g_o_n_s_ep_t.

LCC sees newconst ruction

Construction on a new college maintenance building was authorized by the LCC
Board of Education at a special meeting
(continued from front page)
held Wednesday noon in the Cafeteria.
of Students, the enrollment figures avail- The building will use $100,000 previously
able at this time do not explain the bottle- unannounced interest gained from last
neck at registration.
year's construction fund to offset a cost
Whatever the current figures show, increase of $176,276 outside the original
there can be no doubt that LCC is facing budget.
a problem of too many students and a
Construction on services to take the
tight budget.
place of facilities being moved to the new
"We just can't serve everybody," building will be delayed until next year
admits Rasmussen. But the Administra- due to the present increase in construction is trying to squeeze as many people tion costs on the maintenance building,
as possible into the course sections that according to Bill Cox, Superintendent of
are open. Where a class once had a College Facilities.
cut off point of 24 students, it is now
The building, which Cox says could be
being scheduled for 26 or 27 students. completed by early Spring, will house
Jack Kreitz, head of the Business College Facilities offices, maintenance
Department, said that besides uctting shops, storage 'and· a warehouse. Existing
back the number of upper class electives spaces used for these services will eventhis department offers every term, he is ually provide for construction of a new
also having to finance extra course sec- Health Services Clinic, testing facilities
tions this fall with money budgeted for and expansion of present areas in the
next summer's programs.
.
Center Building.
What is going to happen? No one
A total cost of $637,776 was authorized
really knows for sure nor can they say for the building, with College President
with any certainty. In the meantime, Eldon Schafer stating the College would
instructors are shuffling students as
not ask for more money for this project
class waiting lists grow. e
ears.
for at least two y_

Registration •

Senate controversy

12 saw ASLCC officer John Richard,
(first vice-president), Robin Tappan, (publicity director) and Gloria Wells,
(treasurer, voting by proxy) aligned
against Torres in the struggle for executive power.
Torres used her power of veto after
the first round of voting on the appointShe was over-ruled, however,
ment.
in a n unswerving stand by the rest
of the Cabinet.
Senate · member Richard Weber later
distributed a memorandum attacking the
Cabinet, saying, "The Executive Cabinet
has effectively reduced the position of
aSLCC President to a figurehead . . . "
and stated the manner of the appointment
(without student input), "lends credence to
the frequent charges that student government is a big rip-off, because they could
not be trusted tomakeagooddecision ... ' '

Debate during Thursday's Cabinet
meeting included the following comments:
Sallie Torres - - "The literally dozby John Loeber
of phone · calls and visits from stuens
The Board followed advice from Cox
and John Amundson, the building's archi- dents show dissatisfaction with the
tect, in awarding a construction contract appointment (of Hale), although he would
for $439,434 to Vik Construction Co., do a good job.
of Eugene, and an electrical contract for
Robin Tappan -- "Student interest
$36,862 to Alert Electrical Co. of Spring- is a nebulous consideration--only 300 to
field.
400 students vote in elections . . . so
the people we are hearing from are the
The building was originally budgeted vocal minority."
at about $4~0,000, but has increased by
Gloria WeHs -- "Hale is the best
$200,000, according to Cox, due to previously low estimates. The job had or- person on campus I know of for the
I don't see we've done anything
iginally been estimated at $15 per sq/ft job.
but the first bids made were at $28 per wrong."
Peter Hale -- "Because there is a .
sq/ft. The contract now stands at an •
question of procedure . . . and student
$21 per sq/ft. cost estimate.
unrest due to no clear procedure. . .
Even with the increases in budget for procedure needs to be developed.'
Jerry Edin (Student Senator) -- "The
the building and delay in other campus
construction, Cox says the building still students present during Summer Term are
will not be complete. "It will be a liv- a select group. . .other students should
able building," he says, ''but will lack . have the opportunity to apply for the
position.'
some heating and lighting.''
John Richard -- "If the body doesn't
Further work on the building is ex- ratify Hale today--you'll have my resigpected, but Cox says, "If construct.ion is nation tomorrow.'
finished (by College personnel) the addiThe group's final action was to appoint
tional costs will not necessarily be charged Hale as Second Vice-president pending
to the project' ' and will be at a low ratification by the full Senate during the
rate because of no profit overhead. •
October 10 general meeting. •

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LCC to host nat
it's one more for the 'Track Capital'
First ever in western state

Cross country victory: team effort wins .if'
by Hugh Brennan
The Titan Cross Country team opened
its new season a week ago Friday with
a resounding victory, overcoming the
hot weather to leave the nearest competition 30 points behind.
Delivering the best time in the four
miler Sept. 21 at McMinnvile was Norm
Dick of Lewis and Clark, running 19:59.
Lane's top man was Rod Cooper bringing it home in 20:14 with Titan runners
filling 7 of the 10 top spots for a team
score of 25. Lewis and Clark came in
second at 55, Linfield third · at 58, and
Pacific U l ast with 112.
The Titan runners have a full season
ahead of them. Looking beyond the Con-

tl\6

The Gatehouse Welcomes
New Students To The Area

ference and Regional competitions, there
is the National championship hosted this
year by LCC.
Coach Al Tarpenning says the Titans
are as strong this year as the 1969
championship team, led by Jan McNeile.
But the competition nationally is so much
stronger this year that he is concentrating on winning the Region before
beginning to consider the Nationals. Lane
holds three Regional and three Conference
titles.
Coach T:upenning is taking first things
first and looking at team strength. The
top man in Titan blue is Rod Cooper,
All-American standout returning from last
Also returning is Carl
year's squad.
Johnson, a dependable performer, the only
other sophomore on the team.
Bright hopes are held out for freshmen Dave Martin, a state champ, John
Miller, high in AAA standings, Jeff Boak,
number one AA cross country man, and
Jose Puente, another top AA runner.
The Titans are a young team this year
and the competition is stronger than ever.
But with the talent, coaching, and facilities available the Lane t~am is unlikely
to come home with anything less than a
Conference championship, and is likely to
top the Region. •

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DAY
CARE
CENTER

Strengthening Eugene's reputation as
the "track capital of the US,' LCC will
host the first National Junior College
Athletic association (NJCAA) cross country championship ever held in the West.
The junior college cross country honors will be decided Nov. 9 at Shadow
Hills Country Club. Lane, and Eugene in
general, campaigned to be picked the site
of this year's championship stressing
Eugene's reputation as "track capital
of the US." Letters from the Governor,
Mayor, College President, and local civic
and commercial groups went out to coaches
all over the country.
In past years, Eugene has hosted the
National AAU meets, Olympic trials, and
NCAA meets.
This year, at the suggestion of Titan
Coach Al Tarppenning, a new system of
selecting a site for the championships
The nation is divided
was introduced:

A Place of Play,
Exploration and

Dr. Robt. J. Williamson

into three zones--Eastern, Mid-Western,
and Western- -with the location of the
meet rotating among the three areas.
As before, the host schooJ was chosen
by a vote of eligible coaches, some two
hundred in number. Lane, which had
submitted a bid at last year's meet in
Tallahassee, Florida, won out over sixteen other western schools.
According to Coach Tarpenning, Shadow Hills is excellent for cross country:
Rolling hills, varied and beautiful scenery,
plenty of room for passing, and easy
accessability for spectators.
The coach expects between 50 and 60
schools to be represented with upwards
of 200 runners attacking the five mile
course.
Tickets will cost one dollar, with
students paying half price. Further in-..
formation is available through the LCC
Deuartment of Physical Education. •

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onal championship
seventh season·

Soccer

by Hugh Brennann

uate students, graduates and private citizens.
The Central Division is considered

Soccer--the poor kid on the block of
American sports but the greatest spec~ator sport in the world--will start tearmg

up the turf at LCC again on Sunday,
October 13.
The Titans start their 7th season of
league play, but in a brand new league.
The Willamette Soccer League is being
replaced by the Oregon State SoccerFootball Association, a new league afilliated with a national association which
regulates amateur soccer nationwide.
According to Coach Gyorgyfalvy, the
changeover is a step forward for Oregon
soccer. In the past, officiating has been
considered way below par. The new league
wil1 run sanctioned clinics for officials
in an ·effort to improve performances.

to be the toughest in the league according
to Gyorgyfalvy. The victor in this division
can be expected to take the state.
The Titan's main problem is also their
strength. They are a young and inexperienced team struggling against veteran
players including foreign students bred
to strong soccer traditions. But in this
rugged sport, youth can provide the stamina and speed needed to win.
Coach Gyorgyfalvy is guardedly optimistic in his predictions for this year's
As in years gone by , this is a
team.
freshman team, few of whom have ever
taken the field together.
The coach says the first few games may
be weak, but as the men learn to work
together, fans can look foward to tough,
exciting plav by the Titans. •

The Titans confront the same opponents
in the Central Division of the new league
as they did in the Southern Division of
They are, Centhe old organization.
tral Oregon Community College, U of
O OSU the Salem Kickers, Eugene Blitz;rs, Eugene Soccer Club, and an Albany
team.
LCC men rarely battle othercommunity college stalwarts. Instead they contend with university varsity players, grad-

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review by Scott Reeves
Don Ellis, jazz trumpeter and sometimes innovator, lead his specially assembled 17-piece band here in Eugene on
Saturday night in the last leg of a three
. day tour of the Northwest. The band,
composed primarily of Ellis' ex-sidemen,
played its way tightly through the musical
maze of Ellis' unusual time signatures.
But the Ellis concert was more an
experience in showmanship than in good
He is a living example of the
jazz.
inter-relation between showmanship and
Often disguising
commercial success.
camp as innovation, he has a Maestro
modulator, an Echo-plex, two Wa-wa
pedals, and a tape loop hooked up to
his electric trumpet. He was even able
to accompany himself in a solo duet.
All of these things have interesting potential but with Ellis they are mostly show.
Ushlg half-valve glessendos to his highest
and lowest notes, he showed more skill
at getting girls on stage to dance than
at jazz soloing.
Ellis began adapting rythms from Indian music in the late 1950's with a
Hindustani sextet, and has spent the last
decade utilizing the complicated times in
the big band format. The compositions
on Saturday night, primarily by Ellis and
Hank Levy, were often in such times as
7/4, 9/4, and 19/4 (subdivided 3-3-2-23-2-2-2).
A preoccupation with rythm has affected Ellis' music in a number of ways.

His solos, which used to follow Gillespietype lines, are now moreone-note rythms
while his band music is more in the rockHe has also begun playing
soul vein.
drums himself on stage--often trading
solo breaks with his other two fine percussionists, Ralph Humphrey, now with
Frank Zappa, and Carmello Garcia, a very
exciting conga player.
Although Ellis' own solos lacked musical substance and depth, there was some
good jazz to be heard Saturday. Trombonist Glenn Ferris contributed several
strong solos using intense slurs through
the overtones of the slide in much the
same manner as Archie Shepp's trombonist, Roswell Rudd. hltoists John K~p
and Jim Richardson, both grounded m
the Charlie Parker/Phil Wood tradition,
got down to some fine soloing in the
Parker tune, K. C. Blues, while tenorists
Sam Falzone and Ron Starr excelled in
a more modern vein.
Don Ellis is a successful band leader
with a strong sense of dramatic effect,
and an equally strong business sense;
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step aside to the real innovators: Miles
Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, and
Dizzy Gilespie. •

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