health
'Love Carefully'

" Love Carefully" is the motto for the month from Planned
Parenthood. VD is now the number one epidemic disease in
Oregon. It is second in incidence only to the common cold.
The VD Task Force of Oregon reports that in 1973 there
were more than 11,000 cases of VD reported, while in 1955
less than 1,100 cases were reported. "In part, this increase
may be attributed to improvement in the procedures of
reporting communicable diseases, " says the Task Force.
None the less, the Oregon State Health Division estimates
that for each reported case some five cases go unreported."
Venereal Disease is the generic term used to represent a
number of diseases transmitted by intimate bodily contact.
These diseases can be caught by anyone who engages in any
amount or form of sexual activity.
Gonorrhea is the most common of the venereal diseases,
and is the most prevalent \)acterial infection of adults in the
US today. Its effects usually remain localized in the genital
organs. Symptoms may or may not occur; in fact in over SO
percent of the cases there are no symptoms at all. If untreat- ,
ed, it can cause sterility. The only way to know if you have it
or not is to have a test.
Syphilis is the most serious of the venereal diseases, and is
also on the increase but at a slower rate. Syphilis does not
remain localized, but affects the entire central nervous
system. The first sign of infection in either men or women is
a small sore called a chancre. These may appear in the
genital area, in the mouth, on the lips, or on the rectum, but
these chancres may not always be noticed since they are small
and generally painless. Other symptoms may occur, but will
eventually disappear, while the disease if untreated will do
permanent bodily damage.
Celibacy is the only sure prevention of VD. Use of condoms
will provide up to 95 percent effective protection. The most ·
important thing in preventing the spread of VD if you are at
all sexually active is to get periodic testing. The LCC Health
Services gives blood tests for syphilis, and gives lab smears
and cultures for gonorrhea. If tests are positive, treatment
consists of penicillin or other drugs. Help keep you and your
loved ones healthy by going in for checks as a matter of
course.

Restrooms may get condom machines
There is a proposal now pending from the LCC Clinic
'Advisory Committee to install condom vending machines in
some campus restrooms.
The proposal has two stated purposes: To reduce incidents
·both of venereal disease, and of unplanned pregnancies
among the LCC student population.
' Condoms are one of the oldest and most effective methods
of protection against VD. Without their use, a male has a SO
percent chance of getting VD from sexual contact with an
infected female, and a female has a 99 percent chance of
acquirin2 VD from an infected male.
Prophylactics have also long been recognized as effective
contraceptives. The need for available birth control is
reflected in Oregon's high abortion rate, which exists in spite
of the broad efforts to disseminate birth control information
and services.
No funding from the college would be required to operate
the vending machines. An outside company would install and
maintain them.
The Advisory Committee has sent the proposal to the
Oregon State Health Division, Lane County Comprehensive

lealth Planning, Lane County Health Department, Lane
'. ounty Medical Society , and two individual medical
practitioners in Eugene. All strongly support the proposal,
and suggest that health education relative to the use of
condoms in preventing VD be strongly undertaken.
The proposal and supporting letters were circulated to 21
Department Chairers on campus asking that they share this
proposal with their staffs. Feedback received from them so
far has been one negative, one neutral, and twelve supporting
the proposal.
The proposal with supporting documentation has been
forwarded to Dean of Students Jack Carter for action.

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Editor's Note:
The review of the Concrete Statement in last week's TORCH was written
by our Feature Writer, Kathy Craft.

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feels budget pinch
by Christine Rofer
The crunch of budget cuts has hit the
Department
Studies
Interdisciplinary
harder than most other departments on
campus--primarily because the department
is staffed by part-time faculty.
Bill Powell. chairman of the department.
says his budget was cut 7.3 percent, while
other cuts on campus averaged 1.2 to 1.4
percent. Even before the budget was cut,
he was the only full-time member of the
department.
Powell indicated that college employment policy for part-time faculty is working
a hardship on his department. Part-time
faculty members are paid proportionately
less per course taught. and receive fewer
benefits than full-time faculty. He said
that no chicano studies were offered Fall
Quarter because he was -not able to find an
instructor who could accept the position.
Jeanette Silveira, a women's studies
instructor who resigned Jan. 10, cited this
pay differential as her reason for leaving.
As Silveira indicated when she submitted her resignation, instt·uctors must take
on more than the responsibility of teaching
their classes. Counseling of students and
other department activities require time
and energy outside of class, which are not
compensated in the case of part-time
faculty.
In an attempt to stretch his budget for
instruction, Powell says he arranged to cut
the department secretary from full-time to
He informed Joyce Hops,
half,time.
associate dean of instruction, of his intention to use that money for instruction. The
money was later cut from his budget
entirely.
Hops said that the reason for this was
that the college found itself in serious
financial trouble, and checked each department for any funds that had not been
committed last fall. Since this money fell
.into that category, it was cut from Powell's
budget.
Hops agreed that "It's very unfair."
Powell, however, is keeping this department going. Increased enrollment has
demanded a second section of his course in
Patterns of Racial Behavior, and women's
and chicano courses are continuing.

Kesey sets SHOP talk
b~· Mike McLain
Ken Kcscv. author of •'One Flew Over
the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Sometimes a
Great Notion." will speak at LCC in the
Performing Arts Building. Saturday,
March 1. at 7:30 p.m.
The engagement is being sponsored by
Self Help Oriented People (SHOP). and
admission is $1. The money raised from
the event will go to people in ·prison to help
them with their problems.
Kcscv. who makes his home outside of
Springfield, will speak about the various
institutions that deal with people in our
society. such as mental and penal institutions, according to Stan HanJacK.
As well as writing several books. Kesey
is the former head of the "Merry Pranksters." a group that roamed the West
Coast during Haight-Ashbury's brighter
days. staging "happenings" which are the
subject of Tom Wolfe's "The Ellectric
Koolaid Acid Test." Kesey grew up in the
Eugene/ Springfield area and attended
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Oregon State University.
Tickets for the engagement are available
at the SHOP office off the LCC cafeteria, at
the Administration Office, and at the door.
Hanjack says they hope to sell out the
Performing Arts seating and if they need
more space, they will move to the
Gymnasium.

More vacancies

by Mike McLain
The institutional Bill of Rights Review
Committee, the group charged with
recommending changes in present student
rights and grievance procedures, is in
trouble.
Like many other organizations involved
with student affairs the group is having
problems getting people to participate.
Peter Hale, the Committee's former
chairman resigned recently, explaining
that since this is his final term, he must
devote more time to outside activities.
Bob Swanson, who is also a student
Senate member, also resigned and Dorothy
Kellogg, who was the faculty representative, is no longer with the group.
Set up to operate with six members, one
administrator, one faculty member, one
classified staff member, and three students, the committee is down to three
people.
This leaves three positions open and,
according to Jon Brenard, in order for the
committee to be truly representative the
positions must be filled. Anyone interested in joining the committee in one of the
two open student positions should contact
Sallie Torres in the Student Government
area.

Paper-saving recommendations studied
by Julie Overton
The Paper Conservation Committee
made its foterim report last week with
recommendations and ideas on how less
paper can be used and hopefully more
money saved.
The cost of a ream of 20# white Multilith
bond paper has increased from 79 cents to
$1. 76 in the past year. It is the committee's goal to reduce the expenditure for
paper without undue hardship.
An obvious way is to use both sides of
the paper.
Other recommendations that the committee made are:
Terminating the practice of using
individual pay envelopes.
Reducing the number of agencies and
people who receive minutes and agendas of
Board of Education meetings.
Eliminating the covers and plastic
combs on all Board of Education books.
At one time LCC sent to superintendents
of local school districts and their staffs the
LCC minutes, agenda and analysis sheets.
·According to Marie Reid, the secretary to
the Board of Education, it totaled 44 full
books. Now only 30 books are distributed.
The number of copies of agenda have been
lowered from 200 to 115, the 150 copies of
minutes that were once circulated has now
been cut down to 80, and the 65 copies of
the ·'Blue Analysis" sheet has been
limited to 40.
Assistant to the President Burt Dotson
says "everything that's possible we run

back to back.·' This saves considerable
paper for the Board mailing. and although
monetary figures are not as yet compiled,
Dotson .said that the savings "should be
substantial."
Staples are being used now more than
the expensive plastic "combs," and covers
have been eliminated.
He added that "percentage-wise, we're
probably using 25 to 30 percent less paper
right now for the Board mailings.''
Giving a view of paper conservation for
the rest of the campus, Don Johnson,
chairer of the committee, made some
general recommendations:
Using the "Daily" (the staff newsletter) more extensively by administration
and staff alike to pass on information.
Running a series of paper-saving ideas
in the "Daily."
Printing the final exam schedule in the
schedule of classes instead of waiting and
printing it up later on other paper.
Encouraging photo typesetting to be
used more extensively in printed materials.
Johnson says that "personally I feel that
the major decision that has to be made is
whether or not something should or should
not be printed."
He feels that "the printed word is
important" but that if there were a cut
back on printing and if both money saving
and space saving ideas were incorporated,
perhaps there would not be such a need for
paper conservation.

Sex class • • • • •.·•· ~free wheeling'
.
Sexual behavior is sqmetimes a subject
too controversial for re~listic study.
A class here at Lane, however, deals ,
with the matter in an . open and factual
way--Human Sexuality, taught by Fran
Thomas and Patrick Fraleigh.
"We are attempting .to give students a
broad base of knowledge upon which to
base their ~wn sexual attitudes and
morality," Thomas s~ated in a recent
interview.
Students in the class iµvestigate both the
"physiological and psy<;hological basis for
the expression of human sexuality and also
the socio-cultural influences that act upon
,that expression,'' she explained.
"People come in wit~ different levels of
knowledge," said Thom.a s: Sometimes the
. levels are based on "old wives tales" or
"gutter talk" and sometimes upon norms
developed in the "Vi~torian era," she
added. "We try to di~pell these misconceptions."
"We try to be 'free ~heeling' in class in
an effort to totally satisfy questions that
arise and even more so, to make the
students more comfortable in asking those
questions,'' continued Thomas.
Some·of the discussiop topics include the
role of sexuality in our society today and
why it is there; hompsexuali-ty; aging
,Problems such as mei,opause; orgasms;
sexual disfunctions; cpntraception; sexploitation in the niedia; and sexual
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variations.
She suggests that. the course was
designed to help mature the sexual
relationships of men a~d women. ''This
could open up a whole new avenue in
communication between and within the
sexes," she explained.. .
• '' We try not to set a~y defined lines on
subject matter," Thom~s stipulated, then
commented further: ''This is because of
the highly idiosyncrati~ nature of human
sexuality."

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Conversation heated as
Committee considers funding

Student senator ambushed I
HI-ma, escapes

The U. of Minnesota convened to
consider a motion to impeach its president.
Suddenly, a darkly clad stranger dashed
across ·the room and shoved a cream pie
squarely in the face of the student senator
who had introduced the impeachment
motion. In the conf~sion, the pie thrower
escaped, but everyone present know they
had witnessed a pro in action. Obviously,
someone had put out a contract on the
student senator; the stranger was a hit man
sent by a new twin cities organization
known as Pie-Kill, Ltd.
For the risky mission, the Pie-Kill
operative was most likely paid the standard
$35 the firm charges for a routine pie hit.
A "seltzer water blitz" would have been
only $25, a combination of the two, $50.
For those fees, the firm advertises, they
will cream the face of anyone, '' a
professor, advisor, T.A.," and the client
may name the time and place.
A reporter was able to obtain a secret
telepone number (from the want-ad pages
of the "Minnesota Daily") and make
contact with the firm. The voice on the
other end sounded calm, but very likely
was disguised through sophisticated electronic devices, as it told us the Student
Assembly hit was the fourth for the firm,
which copied the idea from a New York
group that started several months ago.

by Greg Wasson
times -not aware of all the services being
Salem (EMS)--Last Thursday afternoon,
provided at the colleges.
the heat in Room 118B of the Capitol
. During the course of the meeting, Katz,
Building had more sources than the
who chairs the subcommittee, got the
radiator and sunshine that filtered through
committee's approval to call for the
the windows now and then.
drafting of legislation that would standardHeated verbal exchanges and flaring
ize the forms and systems used by
tempers were part of Ways and Means
community colleges to report to the state
Subcommittee Number Five's Thursday
legislature and other state-wide agencies.
discussion of state support for community
The fDOve is viewed by some as an
colleges.
attempt by the state to get some idea of the
Some members of the committee feel
programs being offered in order, and to
that the concept of the local colleges is that
coordinate the efforts of all the state's'
they should meet the whims and needs oi
community colleges.
the areas they serve. These members • However, the money must be allocated
question the right of the state to interfere first, before arguments are heard about the
in the planning and operation of college separate college needs. All week, the
programs.
committee has been wrestling with the
''Once you start limiting the cQmmunity different enrollment figures presented to
college from its present mode of operation, it, trying to figure out on which figures to
then you might lessen their support from base the 1975-1977 allocation.
the communities they serve," warns Sen.
The Governor's budget, based on fall
Bill McCoy, D-Portland.
1974 enrollment figures, predicts a total
Rep. Harvey Akeson, D-Portland, joins Full Time Equivalency (FTE) enrollment
McCoy and adds, "I guess I'm one of those , state-wide of 91,753 during the biennium.
who thinks we've made a commitment to At proposed levels of state compensation to
people at the local level to provide state community colleges, the prediction results
funds and let them run the colleges to meet in a dollar request of $68,927,790.
the wants and needs of the local area.''
The Education Coordinating Council
Other members of the committee ex- (ECC) on the other hand has predicted,
pressed dismay over the fact that while the using winter 1975 enrollment figures, an
state is providing more than SO percent of FTE of 92,948 which has prompted it to
the operating budgets of some community request $69,753,585 for the next two years.
colleges, it has very little control over the
The roughly $800,000 difference beprograms and sometimes doesn't know tween the two figures was one cause of the
what the programs are.
friction Thursday.
Rep. Vera Katz, D-Portland, called it a
The committee finally accepted the Gov"sad state of affairs" that the State Board enor' s recommendation of roughly $69
of Higher Education does not know the million. The figure represents a 47 percent
costs of providing different services to increase over the appropriation made last
individuals, and that the Board is some- biennium.

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l>y Mike Heffley

The TORCH ran a story recently on
"functional illiteracy" on the college level.
fed Romoser, instructor in the Language
Arts Department, has applied for grant
funds to tackle the problem where it hurts-ri_ght in the classroom.

"What we're trying to do," says
Romoscr. who has submitted the grant
proposal in conjunction with the Social
Sciences and the Study Skills Departments,
"is equip ourselves to help the student
with any basic reading problems he may
have in the classroom itself--along with his
:::ourse of study--rather than making an
extra burden for him outside of class."
Romoser's proposal is in response to a
··growing awareness that college students
were having trouble reading the textbooks,
articles, and printed materials that the
teachers were handing out."
Tests run around the country, and
problems with functional illiteracy in other
schools and on other levels, have shown
that LCC is not alone in this plight.
"Official government statistics say that
only 2 percent of the American public is
illiterate. The standard textbook level for
literacy is about a fourth grade reading
ability." Romoser cites the results of a test
which used basic official documents-driver's license tests, income tax forms,
''things people have to deal with in our
bureaucratic society"--for comprehensive
reading. A quarter of the people tested
could not understand them.
A similar experiment was tried at LCC.
''The Social Science Department did a
kind of informal survey on their own two or
three years ago. Then, under Jim Ellison,
a kind of needs-assessment program of the
whole college began to be a topic of
conversation.
"Jim," Romoser continued, "is the

head of the Study Skills Department. which
is skilled in this sort of thing, and they got
a fairly organized testing done. They ran
selective samples of college-level reading
materials . over a cross section of 1,500
students in their classes."

Nearly one-third
tested

of LCCstudents
read at

a one year-level
below tl-ie textbooks used
The tmdings of these showed that nearly
a third of the students at LCC read at least,
and sometimes "much more than," a year
below the level of the textbooks used.
The source of the grant funds is State
Senate Bill #144, for Improvement of
Undergraduate Instruction. The proposal
Romoser and colleagues have drafted asks
for $68,000 to implement the following:
One term of workshops and clinics
given by the Study Skills Department to the
language arts and social sciences instructors on basic symptoms and manifestations
of reading, note-taking, listening, or com-

news caR

Extensive student art display
this week
by Barbara Matt
A massive exhibit of Lane Community
College student artwork began Monday
_(Feb. 24) in the Main Gallery.
The all-student art show is an annual
event of the LCC Art Department.
About fifty students are displaying their
work. The exhibit includes sculptures,
paintings, drawings, prints, jewelry,
ceramics and photography.
Most of the works are for sale. Each
piece will be tagged with the artists name
and how to contact him or her.
This show is considered an "open show"
and none of the works will be judged. Each
student is allowed two entries. But Harold
Hoy, gallery director, said that the
department is planning a judged art show
Information about the
Spring Term.
Spring show will be available at a later
date.
• The student show will continue until

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Gallery hours are from 8 _a.m. to 10 p.m.
Monday through Thursday, and Friday
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery is closed
on weekends.

Buy a cup, help a kid
- The fifth annual Or_eg,on Easter Seal
"Buck-A-Cup, Brace-{\-Child" [B-A-C]
Coffee Day, scheduled fpr Friday, March 7,
is now being organize~ in this area, according to Wilson Muhl'1eim, Lane County
Campaign Coordinator.
Restaurants are bei.ng contacted and
asked to participate in this fund-raising
event, which helps sup:?ort the many
Easter Seal programs for physically handicapped children and adults throughout the
state.
On Monday, Feb ..24, participating
restaurants will begin s.elling small B-A-L
Buttons to their customers for Sl donations. Button sales wiil continue for two

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prchcnsive problems, and how to cope with
them. The costs here would mainlv be
substitute teachers to fill in for· the
instructors' workshop times.
One term for each instructor to redesign his course, incorporating his newly.
acquired techniques into his course syllabus.
A final term to put the altered course
into action. The proposal asks for a parttime study skills instructor throughout all
three terms to be employed as an adviser.
Whether or not the proposal is approved
will be known next week or early in March
Romoser recounts that of all the undergraduate schools in the state, LCC has
applied for and received the most money-around a quarter of a million dollars--from
the senate bill's reserves. Many have also
been turned down, and are being reworked for re-submission.
"Hundreds of hours have gone into the
writing of grant proposals. I think Lane
gets so many because the problems its
dealing with are real. and the instructors
who write them are carefully articulate.
"Without trying to pat ourselves on the
back too much, I think that says something
for Lane. The staff here is highly skilled
and committed to serving the student
where he or she is, and meeting immediate
as well as long run needs. It's good to have
a high, uncompromising academic standard, but it's best if you can go out where
people are and bring them to it, rather than
saying, ''here it is: you cut it, or we'll cut
you'.''

weeks, and then on friday, March 7-Coffee Day 1975--butt(?n-wearers will receive free coffee at any .B-A-C Restaurant.
Proceeds from the bµtton sales, Muhlhe im said, will" aid iµ financing such
projects as Children's Hospital School in
Eugene, Camp Easter Seal on the Oregon
Coast, and a statewide equipment loan
pool.
Students interested in participating, or
desiring more information, should contact
the Hospital School, 357,5 Donald Street, or
phone 344-2247.

Musicians awarded unionsponsored scholarships _
by Lisa Farque •
Five members of LCC,'s Symphonic Band
recently received musjc scholarships of
$100 each.
The awards are gh'. en yearly by the
Musicians Union Local 689 and the U of 0
Cultural Forum.
This years's winners ,are Pat Vandehey,
trombone; Tom Shirl~y, guitar; Barry
Barreau, trumpet; Warren Hunt, clarinet;
and Julie Hooff, percus.sion.
To be eligible for the~e awards students
had to be registered in Gene Aitken's
Symphonic Band class .. From this group,
eleven competed, each _p laying a solo and
being judged by LCC. music instructors
Gary Ruppert [pianol Wayte Kirchner
[vocal] and Nathan Carpmack [orchestra].
The competition conclu~ed on Feb. 5.
Aitken said the money would pay for
further study in music, including private
lessons and especially for tuition.

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J\ local food cooperative had coopcraproblems.
The Willamette People's Food Co-op
(WPFC) at 1391 E.22nd Street is initiating
a program on a three-month trial basis in
an attempt to balance out existing "inequities within the present system." a
recent WFPCcommuniquc stated.
Gar~· Wallace. a WPFC manager said in
the past "Co-op members have shared
non-transferable discount privileges with
non-members. He sa1<1 this is a misuse of
co-op facilities .. since everyone using the
co-op was getting the 10 percent co-op
discount.
A recent WPFC information sheet
stated that "people stiil shop here (at the
WPFC) with Safeway attitudes--spilling •
food they don't pay for, not contributing for
munchies, rushing in and out expecting
service ... ' · '
But now the plan will be different.
Instead of the general ,o percent discount
for all co-op members. given in the past,
"energy coupons will be issued to those
who actually work.
Wallace gave the example of a person
working a two-hour clean-up shift
receiving two dollars It\ energy coupons.
"The member can use tre coupons himself
or trade them with others at his own
discretion," explained the WPFC manager.
"Everyone will have the chance of

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athletic ~unos
men, women
How are athletic programs funded at
LCC? Are there differences in the way
funds are distributed to the men's and
women's programs? Are there changes
being made in any of the programs due to
the current tight money situation?
These were some of the questions
discussed during a recent interview with
LCC Athletic Director Bob Radcliff.
According to Radcliff, there are no
athletic scholarships available to students.
Sports are funded by the Special Programs
and Activities Fund (SPAF) which derives
its money from the $5 student body fee
paid by a11 LCC students. •
Each year, an athletic budget request-showing the cost per individual program

exchanging labor for gqods ... he added.
n
Wallace stated that t'.1c co-op was ".
.. originally organizeC: -.n January. 1970 to
sen·e people \\'ho \\'ere dissatisfied with
high food price~ and ~\'ho were tired of
ha\·!ng th.~ir monc~· go to large corporate
busmcss.
Wallace says the general public is
al\\'ays \\'Clcomc to shop, at the co-op but.
stipulated that "only Jhosc people with
sincere community-oriented attitudes arc
asked to sign up ·for w;,rk and membership."
The WOFC offers ,a diversified sc-

lcct ion of food such as dairy products. fresh
produce. grains. syrups. nuts and seeds.
herb teas and pastries. All items arc coded
to indicate \\'hcthcr th_cy arc organically
or non-organically produced.
"We arc \\'orking for future expansion
in the areas of drying and processing our
own fruits and vegetables. collective
marketing with other local co-ops. and
nutritional ecucation f<,r the community, ..
'.'>peculated Wallace. He added "I h~pe
this new system hc)g<; us get there."
The co-op is open from 10 a.m. until 6
p.m .. Monday throug~ Saturday.

CPS--Thc National Research Council
has issued a report sh~wing that existing
technology would be sufficient to meet
1977 federal automoti".e emissions standards on time.
Prepared for the US ~nvironmental Protection Agency, the report evaluated the
technical feasibility, fOSt and fuel consumption involved in meeting the 1977
standards.
If President Ford's n.ew energy policies
are enacted, however, the standards would
be relaxed in the interest of fuel economy,
even though the technology to improve
auto emissions already exists.

Habitat stressed for 38th - National Wildlife Week
"We Care About Wildlife Habitat'
\\'ill be the theme for the 38th annual
National Wildlife Weck.
More than seven million students.
teachers. and members of state and local
organizations will participate in the nation\\'idc. week-long observation from March
lo to 22. 1975. according to Thomas L.
Kimball. executive vice president of the
National Wildlife Federation. The Federation has 3.5 million members and sponsors
the observance with its state affiliates each
year.
"This year's theme focuses on the
vital relationship between wildlife and its
habitat." said Kimball. "All of us who are
concerned about the future of wildlife in

thi.., cm1ntry must spread the word that
protection of habitat is the kcv to healthv.
ahu nda nt wild life popu lati~rns. Ma,~y
wildlife habitats arc now trampled by the
march of unplanned growth and development."
Habitat. Kimball explained, is not just
the place \\'here an animal lives. "It
includes all the things an animal needs to
continue living." he said. "The four basic
requirements of habitat arc food, water.
cover for protection, and a place to raise
~·oung ...
The 1975 National Wildlife Weck
poster will show a healthy blacktail deer
standing in an ideal wooded setting.
symbolizing the fact that wildlife cannot

(i.e. track, tennis, etc.)--is drawn up and
presented to the LCC Board of Education.
This request shows the past year's
allotment of money for each sport and the
amount the Athletic Department is requesting for the present year.

Radcliff. Pointing to the men's basketball
schedule, he indicated that out of eight ball
games played, only one was away and that
was at Portland.
"We just can't afford to travel," he said,
noting that LCC is becoming quite proficient as hosts. "We hosted the Men's
Regional Track Meet last year and are
scheduled to host it again this year,"
according to Radcliff. He says the school
enjoys its role as host and it saves money in
the process.
Radcliff, who has been with LCC six
years (five of those years as the athletic
director) received both his bachelor's and
master's degrees from the U of O and has
20 years experience in coaching and
teaching.
He feels the present athletic programs
are good but would like to see sc-holarships
made available to '' draw more talented
young athletes to LCC" and adds "We can
always use more money.''

Radcliff says there is "absolutely no
difference in the amount of money spent on
the men and women.'' But a look at the
budget would seem to indicate differences,
as the budgets show women's programs, in
most cases, are allotted less money.
Radcliff explains this saying '' Men and
women are insured exactly the same, and
there is no difference in the amount of
money spent on meals, travel and lodging."
However, in many cases, according to
Radcliff, men have higher costs due to increased participation. ''Take cross country
track: Women have maybe 14 or 15 participants while men have probably 55 participants.'' Other athletic programs show
the same differences and Radcliff says LCC
is very fair to women--just as fair as they
are to male athletes.
. One way LCC is holding down costs
during the current tight r6oney situation is
by cutting travel.
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"We play teams close to home," said

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by Kathy Craft
At the 1876 US
Centennial Celebration the bicycle was
properly introduced
Obto America.
viously. the "odd
co11traption," as it
termed , by
was
,
some at the time, was greeted by a nation
travelling at an incredibly slower pace than,
that of today. Still, it was a country eagerly
anticipating the future, as it watched
robbber barrons amass millions, railroads
race from coast to coast, arid cities
mushroom virtually overnight. It was the
beginning of a gilded age during with
America would golden-dream-its-way to
the pinnacle of riches and power.

'1he odd contraption'
It is a dream with which many Americans today are definitely disenchanted, and
some consider an outright nightmare. In
light of this, the role the bicycle will play in
the 1976 Bicentennial Celebration is really
rather interesting, as it will be used, via an
oranization known as Bike Centennial '76,
to lead people into the past, into the
calmer.less hectic time--the time from
which America celebrating its 100th birtday was so anxiously attempting to escape.
. "We want to establish a transcontinental
bicycle trail which people can travel to
rediscover rural America" explains Mary
McClusky, co-cordinator of the Lane
County Bike Centennial '76 effort, ... "a
recreational cooridor through which we can
rediscover our heritage."
The starting point of the central route
will be Astoria, Oregon; it will stretch
across the country to Williamsburg, VirTwo alternate routes also are
gina.
projected--one parralleling the Washing-

ton, Oregon and California coastlines and
one, entitled the Great River Route, which
will run along the Missouri and Mississippi
Rivers.
Inexpensive eating facilities and overnight accomodations (the latter at approximately SO mile intervals) will be situated
along the trail, and support vehicles _also
will be provided "for carrying cyclists'
gear and things" said McClusky.
The organization, expects from 10,000 to
30,000 bicyclists to travel the central route
in 1976. Cyclists either may arrange to
pedal from coast to coast, or they may join
''at any point along the way and ride only
part of the route," explains McClusky.
However, no more than 100 cyclists may
begin from any specific point on any
,
specific day.
Plans for the transcontinental bicycle
trail were developed by Dan andLiz
Burdon, a Missoula, Montana couple.
Their plans were conceived approximately
two and one-half years ago while on a
bicycle tour entitled Hemistour, which ran
from Alaska to Argentina. After their trip,
the Burdons determined to attempt to
develop a cost-to-coast bicycle route in the
They organized an independent,
US.
non-profit organization with this goal in
mind, and solicited funds from both private
individuals and organizations and the state
and federal governments. • When the
organization was officially sanctioned by
the America Revolution Bicentennial Committee, it became eligible for additional
funding through that group.

'a recreational
corridor.. .'

in this area, for example). Existmg eatmg
and sleeping facilities will also be used if
possible, although sori1e hostels may be
constructed. "But mainly we 're thinking
of using things like dormitories in colleges
and university towns and hoping motels
and restaurants will cooperate by offering
low cost meals and sleeping plans,'•
McClusky said.
McClusky said both the Oregon State
and the Lane County governments are
paying for some of the Bike Centennial
"Because the
expenses in this area.
Oregon State Highway Department is probicycle, they're paying for all the signs, for
example. And these will remain permanently.••

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rural America.'
Organizers of Bike Centennial '76 would
like to see the entire trail remain a
permanent fixture in the US. "It would
really be good if the signs could stay up in
all the states and permanent hostels could
be established."
"We need, and we're asking for, a lot of
cooperation and h'elp from a lot of people.
The only salaried staff are the Burdons.
Nobody else is getting paid anywhere else
across the country. It's a labor of love."
More information may be obtained by
either contacting Lane County Bike Centennial '76, PO Box 10856, Eugene,
Oregon, 97401 or the national headquarters at PO Box 1034, Mssoula,
Montana.

Bike Centennial '76 is attempting to
keep expenses down by utilizing existing
facilities whenever possible, however. No
actual trails are being constructed; instead
the route will be comprised of a network of
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by Jan' Brown
On April 19, 1959, a wagon train ·teft
Independence, Missouri, bound for Independence, Oregon, to commemorate the
100th Anniversary of Oregon's statehood.
Reflecting on that adventure, Rudy
Roudenbaugh of Cottage Grove, who drove
the Drain, Oregon, wagon said, "We
endured more Indian raids than any wagon
train that came in the 1800's.
'' Each community we passed through
planned a celebration in our honor and it
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usually included an Indian raid.''
When asked if he thought there would be
another wagon train to celebrate the
nation's Bi-Centennial he answered, "No I
think we were the last. Even then we were
somewhat of a traffic hazard and today it
would simply be impossible because of the
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traffic increase.''
"The idea for the wagon train was conceived by the Roseburg Junior Chamber of
Commerce. They envisioned 100 wagons
winding their way to Oregon," Roudenbaugh explained, "but few communities
were able to raise the $1,650 to sponsor
such a trip or they lacked an experience
driver willing to spend four months on the
trail."
Roudenbaugh, a local logger, solved
both problems for Drain: As a young man
he worked as a teamster in Nebraska,
Wyoming and Idaho, so when the occasion
arose, he donated the $1,650 fee and

volunteered to drive the wagon.
As the departure date drew near, only
seven communities were able to meet the
sponsorship requirements: Hillsboro,
Independence, Land County, Drain, Umpqua Valley, Rogue Valley, and Pendleton.
Roy Br~bham, who at that time was a
Eugene resident, located and restored six
of the wagons, according to Roudenbaugh.
Weaver Clark of Hillsboro restored the
Hillsboro wagon. Brabham repaired the
wheels and running gear, built new 16 foot
boxes and shaped the hardwood bows
which supported the canvas.
On April 9, 12 men, 6 women and 5
children--23 people in all--boarded a
Trailways bus for Independence, Missouri,
where the trek would begin. At the same
time, Consolidated Freightways provided a
truck and trwer to transport the restored
wagons to Independence.
Unlike the travelers 100 years before,
the basic needs of these "pioneers" had
been anticipated and were taken care of by
a caravan of motorized vehicles that
supported the wagon train during the four
month trip.
The caravan included a large truck
(again donated by Consolidated Freightways) painted with an "On To Oregon"
slogan that carried such necessities as
animal feed, horseshoes, tools, spare parts
and literature advertising Oregon; a two

and a half ton truck that carried water for
the 21 animals; a complete field kitchen
mounted in a U-Haul trailer and pulled by a
pick-up truck and two station wagons used
by the advance publicity people.
"Each wagon was equipped with a
modern convenience that the first pioneers
never dreamed of . . . a chemical toilet,
which to my knowledge, was not used by
• anyone on the Wagon Train," Roudenbaugh stated emphatically.
On April 19, 1959, former President
Harry S. Truman shouted "Forward!" and
started the wagon train rolJing westward
on a 2,000 mile journey that would take 120
days.
. The lead wagon carried the mail which
had been stamped with a special commerative postmark. Due to the added load of
the mail, this wagon was drawn by four
horses; each of the other six wagons was
'pulled by two animals. The group followed
the original trail as closely as possible for
2,000 miles through six states, Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho and
Oregon.
"For the first 40 days it rained most of
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the time," Roudenbaugh said.
,people didn't suffer any ill effects from the
weather; in fact,'' Rouden~augh added,

members joined the original group along
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the way.
Raudenbaugh noted that "The most
gratifying thing and the biggest problem
the travelers experienced were on in the
same: The people along the way.
"They fed us, entertained us, took us
into their homes for hot baths and meals,
and did our laundry--we were total
strangers but were always treated like
friends.
"On the other hand, people being what
they are (curious) visited the wagons in
hordes, any time of the day or night, sometimes making it impossible to get a much
needed rest and sleep after a hard day on
the trail," he sighed.
"my daughter, Janelle, then 11, was
healthier on that trip than at home."
However, the horses were not as
fortunate--they suffered from colds and
distemper and eventually most of them
were replaced by mules which were better
able to withstand the inclement weather
and hard work.
The caravan was greeted by several
thousand people when it arrived in
Independence, Oregon, August 15. And
only two persons who began the journey
did not complete it:

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As the bicentennial observance approaches. I am led to speculate about the
changes that have taken place during this
country's first 200 years as reflected in our
media.
'Our recent discouraging note was a
story on an upcoming re-enactment of the
encampment of Washington's army at
Valley Forge, where the wives and
girlfriends of the "soldiers" will appear
as "camp followers" but will be sequestered in a separate camp at nighttime.
We've either grown more offically prudish
or are more prone to indulge the passions
of our real fighting men.
Our morality is still schitzo in its
extremes and there is a large, authoritarian
faction in this country that is intimidated
by sexuality. It's lobbying and legislating
to suppress all sensual and erotie manifestations except in advertising, of course. I
think there is a direct correlation between
repressed sexuality and most of the
brutalities and social nusiances still being
perpetrated by Americans.
The conservative media in the USA
makes a practice of being highly skeptical
of any new movements, often trying to·
write-off forces like the counter-culture,
women's liberation, and the new conscieousness as fads like goldfish swallowing, hula hoops and streaking.
"Where Have all The Flower Children
Gone?" asks a story in the Feb. 22 National
Observer. and the gist of the article asserts
that most of the drop-outs have been
''smoothly absorbed by the mainstream of
society, suggesting that no serious ripples
were caused by the "long~hair culture."

These articles seem to be directed at
reassuring Americans that rebellious youth
were really just going through a phase and
are now concerned with "who will get the
next Winnebago."
Well, I want to assure Americans that
the counter-culture movement that started
in, shall we arbitrarily say, the l 9S0's, has
indeed had a revolutionary impact on our
on our culture and is as firmly implanted as
the Oregon fir, or perhaps more appropriately. the vine maple. since the basic
purpose of the alternative movements was
to hold American culture together and
assure ourselves a future despite the
threats of nuclear war and the unbridled
waste of resources.
For a different view. another recent story
compared Martin Luther's break with the
dogma of the Roman Catholic Church to
Ralph Nader's radical assertion that consumption is the business of the consumers
and not solely the province of the corporate
high priests.
Luther's 95 Theses in 1517 did open up
religion for the people and, while Nader's
influence is too recent for historical
perspective, I suspect that the consumer's
movement will make a strong alteration in
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our culture.
My grandmother was a Frist Centennial
baby and she is still clinging to a thread of
that ·a wareness back in upstate (sic) New
York. The changes that her lifetime spans
are incredible in terms of technology and
communication. She is half as old as the
country (Can you dig it?) and predates
cars, TV, radio, telephones, most electrical
power, nuclear power, computers and most

of the forces that dominate our Jtves.
The impact of the women's movement
alone is totally restructuring our culcure
and the Register-Guard, among others, is
still sneering and guarding the register.
There are millions of people determined
not to be pulled into the stereotyped roles,
the success and failure patterns, and the
joyless absurdities that chracterized and
dominated the America ethic, culminating
with the election of Richard M. Nixon.
Revolution is an on-going process, not
something that occurs once in a while
throughout history. And revolution is as
much a fact of life as any of the other .
phenomena that we cling to with so much
faith and absorption. I think that thee are
many cycles to be detected for thost like

with patterns and
myself
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consistency.
As we approch 200th year, we might
remember that two# important keys to
survival are faith and adaptability. If a
person has stopped throwing rocks at cops
or poking flowers in gun barrels (pastimes
of limited interest at best) and is now
working in government, education of
media, it doesn't necessarily mean that he
or she has been co-opted or '' smoothly
absorbed" by the culture. We can look
forward to just about as many lumps in the
cultural gravy as we can stand on our way
into our third generation, and you can bet
that the people who seek smoothness are
looking on the wrong planet or the wrong
plan of existence.

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LCC Bicentennial Committee has
\eeting regularly since early Decem'.a nning and proposing projects for
tiod of Bicentennial observance. Did
en know that it existed? or what it's

American Revolution Bicentennial
lssion (ARBC) has agencies in each
, plan that state's observance for the
al Bicentennial in 1976. The ARBC
!gon, through its Committee on
iion, wrote a letter to LCC President
Schafer in 1972 requesting that an
lcentennial Committee be formed to
e projects from the college for the
contribution to the nation. In June
Lisi Fenner, of the Government
and Funding Department, was
ted head of the committee.
's how it got started. So what's it
~ow?
~• re trying to function more as a
lng board for projects than the
of them all,'' states Committee
~r Randy Mafit, LCC archivist. ''We
make sure the proposals meet the
qualifications for funding." Funds
>t be received for wage labor on any
or for refreshments or entertainor an event, or construction.''
1t said '' What the state agency is
i for is historical restoration or preon on the local level, and coopera1ong the various local agencies. For
:e, we hope to move with Lane
on an old-fashioned Fourth of July,
'would be a three-day affair at a park,
we might send the band, or
rs, and just generally help out.
also looking to various newspapers
tie gratis space, which we'd make a
tment to fill, for little vignettes on
a.phical place-names: how they
ted, what little-known but interestries may be behind them."
ther possible project involves the U

of O's collection of old photographs which
lies filed and moldering, wanting funds for
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restoration.
The committee is open to participation
by LCC students in every field. So far, the
Community College Honor Society Fraternity Phi Theta Kappa has worked
diligently with the committee on a few
major projects for the Bicentennial. The
first of these was the engagement of
Theodor Kuper, prime restorator of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia. Phi Theta Kappa, for its role in the
Bicentennial, has chosen for its 1974-75
''Honors Program Study'' --a topic around
which it creates activities and dialogue-Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.

, His speaking date was a part of Kuper's
crusade to "wake up America" to her
history in its time of celebration. Being
experienced at saving potential monuments from private manipulation (he raised
"millions of pennies" from school children, bought the place from a private owner
for $500,000 in 1923 and persuaded the
National Park Service to make the home
into a national monument), Kuper, when
he was here, advised Wayne Morse's
widow on how to go about preserving her
late husband's ranch as a state historical
park.

His concern tugged at the fraternity, and
its next event was a birthday party for
historian Irving Brant, biographer of
James Madison. Brant's 90th birthday was
also Ben Franklin's 269th, and was
celebrated on Jan. 17 at the Wayne Morse
ranch in an attempt to bring the cause of its
preservation to the attention of the public.
Mrs. Morse has given the state first bid
on the land; if the state doesn't want it it
will go up to private bid. Many private
realtors want it oadly. Keith Schroeder; a

personal friend and active campaigner for
the late senator,
Initiations for Phi fheta Kappa will be
held at the ranch next Friday.
The LCC Bicentennial Committee, along
with Phi Theta Kappa, have both expressed a desire for more student and
faculty input. Mafit, as archivist/history
expert, sees the Bicentennial as a uniquely
interesting opportunity to expand the
public's sense of history--into its future.
''There are even three divisions of the
Bicentennial into past, present, and future.
The idea is to go all out to rouse a sense of
history. then keep it sustained after the
actual celebration is over. One of our
proposals at LCC i'lvolves a permanent
display of historical documents, in fascimile, which we hope to acquire for the
library.
"I don't really like the idea of flagwaving, fanatical patriotism, but I do think
that, especially in these times of economic
woes, looking to the past, being conscious
of where we came from, how we got started
... gives us a clearer picture of where we
are, and where we're going," Mafit said.
Projects proposed, as of now, by the
committee, include:
1. An exhibition of historical documents
(in facsimile, of course!) and memorabilia
on the mezzanine of the college library.
The committee hopes to have some volunteer help in the matting and framing from
students in the various courses offered on
the subject. (The evening course in Picture
Framing offered by our Community Education Division is always extremely popular.) Some of the materials have been received from the National Archives printing
service. Committee members LCC Head
Librarian Del Matheson and Randy Mafit
will direct the project.
2. The LCC Bicentennial Essay Competition, to be open to 11th and 12th grade
students in the college district (all of Lane
County with small areas of Linn, Douglas,
and Renton). Three topics will be selected
from suggestions to be made by history
teachers in the district high schools, one on
local history, one on regional history, and
on one the history of the country. Essays
will be limited to about 1,500 words and
topics selected will be such as to call for
individual interpretation. Prizes to be
offered: Two round trips to Washington
DC with money for expenses; and three
one-year scholarships to LCC with a sum
allowed to buy textbooks. Randy Mafit,
and Catherine Anderson, American Literature instructor, will co-chair this project.
3. Publication of a history of the Eugene
Technical-Vocational School. Ten chapters
of the history are now re3:dy in manuscript

form, commissioned as part of LCC's Tenth
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Anniversary observance; the work is
expected to run to twelve chapters when
complete. What is proposed is a printing
on the LCC Press, with hard cover binding
to be contracted. When ready, the volume
is projected to sell at $4. Some funding has
been requested to meet costs of binding,
with a proviso that his may be repaid out of
sales.
4. "Early Eugene News," a series of
IS-minute television shows to be produced
by students of the Mass Communications
Department with student actors from t h e e
Performing Arts Department. Some filming has been done, but com·pletion of
the entire series will depend upon receipt
of some funding support.
In addition to these definitely LCC
projects, the college will be a participant in
a community-wide observance to be called
Lane Bicentennial Days. If plans for this
materialize, it would be a series of events
taking place in various public areas of the
district during a period of seven to ten days
in May 1976. Final awarding of the prizes
in the essay competi_tion would be scheduled at LCC campus as one of the events.
Possibly the best source of information on
Lane Bicentennial Days would be Lois
Smith of Junior League or Paul Lansdowne, Lane County Bicentennial Chairman.

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The Baha'i Club invites you to
participate in a discussion on
the teachings of Baha'u'llah and
the New World Order Wednesday at 12 noon, Health 109.
Spring Term registration is just .
around the corner. Are you
aware of the many interesting
courses available in Interdisciplinary Studies? For further information contact the Interdisciplinary Studies Department,
Ext. 385, or drop by the 4th floor
of the Center Building, Room
493, and talk .to Judy.
We still have the car pool at
SRC. If you have signed up and
don't have a phone, you should
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Question: Has America lived up to the
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a lack of attention to individual needs,
and a waste of tax-payers money. I'd
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Christian Science Club meets
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brief Scriptural selection, followed by student and faculty
comments. All are welcome to •
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Titans Number 1, going str.ong

b,· Kelly Fenlev
- No matter what else should be said, the
LCC basketball team isn't napping anymore.
Displaying the type of talent and hussle
that has made them 20-6, the Titans.
captured the first Oregon Community
College Athletic Associati9n basketball
crown in their history this weekend with
wins over Clackamas and Clatsop Community Colleges. They will now advance to
the regionals as Oregon's Number 1
Junior College basketball team in the Twin
Falls, Idaho tournament.
· The Titans needed only one win to claim
the OCCAA title in the last four games of
the regular season, but last weekend they
lost the first two to Linn Benton and
Umpqua Community Colleges. About that
time, Titan Coach Dale Bates was seriously
worried about the team's lack of spark, and
even their chance of taking the OCCAA
title.
"We probably had as much itensity
tonight as we had early in the year," said
Bates after the Titans trompled over
Clackamas 101 to 64 here Friday night.
The momentum Saturday night was just as
strong when the Titans clobbered Clatsop
Community College 80-44 here at LCC.
"It started early this week," said Bates,
referring to the team's renewed spirit.
The Titans will now go to Twin Falls, .
Idaho March 7-_8 to begin the Region 18
Tournament. They will open up against
Ricks, a College in Idaho. "We can be very
competitive against Ricks,'' said Bates. To
accompany the Titans to Idaho will be one
other Oregon team, which will be determined in an OCCAA tournament this week.
The four teams competing are Linn
Benton, playing Central Oregon Community College, and Umpqua Community
College, in a match with Southwestern
Oregon Community College. The winner
of the tournment will challenge the winner
of the tournament in Idaho, which ended
up to be the College of Southern Idaho
after beating Ricks. CSI is rated eighth in
the nation of Junior Colleges and Bates is
glad he drew Ricks. "Ricks is the weaker
of the two,'' he said. The winner of the
Region 18 Tournament will advance to
national competition.
And if the Titans play as they did Friday
an~ Saturday, they could probably be
competitive against most anybody in th'e
country. "I think we're going to be a tough
competitor," said Bates, who was pleased
this weekend in contrast to the las . But
this weekend, the Titans had the intensity
they lacked last week.
They opened up against Clackamas with
an 18 to 5 lead and paced by Rick Weidig
Doug Ainge and Bob Woods ended the half
ahead, 56 to 29. "We had a real good team

effort," said Bates of the Titans who shot
40 percent from the field. They also played
a . man to man defense that wore the
Cougars down so fast they only managed 8
for 31 the entire first half.
Bates also said that "the bench made a
big contribution" in the Clackamas win.
Jeff Johnston came off the bench to score
I2 points for the night, and Davy Ohmer
took the floor to hit 1I. Meanwhile, the
regular five were holding their own as well:
Uoug Ainge scored 13 points along with
Bob Woods, Rick Weidig made 12, Robbie
Smith had 11 and Mike Reinhart sank 10.
Brian McDonald also came off the bench
to score 6 points, to include a shot at the
buzzer to put Lane over the 100 point mark;
Greg MacKay and John Hassler tallied 4.
Greg Anderson anj Tim Yantis added 2
each and Tim Taggart ended with 1.
The Titans retained their power when
Clatsop took the floor here Saturday night
and in 12 minutes jumped to a 26 to 7 lead.
Clatsop was in a 2-1-2 zone defense but
couldn't stop the outside scoring by Lane.
Mik Rinehart was also keying a fast break
for the Titans and so LCC led at half by 14.
The Indians then only managed one

short scoring flurry when Lane changed to
a zone defense but it was soon smothered
out and the Titans ran away with the game
in the second half.
There has only been one other LCC
basketball team to win 20 games in one
season and that was the season a couple of
years ago when Irv Roth constructed a 20- 7
mark. Bates now has a personal record of
coaching five 20 game seasons in his eight
years of coaching at the Community college
level.

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LCC' s women· s basketball team wrapped up its season with a 49 to 48 win over
U of O JV's Tuesday, Feb. 18.
- Coach Debbie Daggett said the season
ended with eight wins and three losses in
league play and eleven wins and five losses
overall.
With this record for the season, the LCC
Titans are going into the tournament
"seeded second" according to Daggett.
This means that they are picked as one of
the top three teams in their league. The
tournament officials use seeding as a way
to schedule games so that none of the three
top seeded teams can possible meet each
other and get knocked out of the tournament play early.

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Two LCC wrestlers
head for nationals

by Kelly Fenley .
Arlene Rexius • and Mark Booth came.
away from the Region 18 wrestling·
tournament in Coeur d' Arlene, Idaho, last
Friday night as regional champions. They
will now advance to the national competition in Worthington, Minnesota, for
the National Junior College championships
Feb 27th - March 1st.
Rexius captured the 140 pound weight
class and Booth claimed the heavyweight
title to become LCC's second and third
wrestlers ever to enter into the national
comp~tition. The only other previous
candidate for Lane was Booth's brother,
Murray Booth, who competed last year.
Rexius began the tournament by wrestling the top-seeded performer in his weight
class. He ended up winning by 10 points
though for the upset. "I really went
hog-wild,'' he said. In the finals, he
defeated Dwight Chapman of Umpqua
Community College 4-3.
"It's really
interesting," he said, "because Chapman defeated me twice this year earlier.''
Booth, who is 19-0 for the season, had to
defeat Brad Bruhn of Northern Idaho in
overtime, 3-2, to enter in the Region 18
final match. His opponent for that match
had to forfeit by a default, however . .
In the national competition, there are 32
wrestlers entering in each weight class.
This means each wrestler, if he didn't lose,
would wrestle five matches, according to
Booth. If Booth or Rexius should lose a
match, they would have to wrestle seven to
eight times for the third or fourth place in
their weight class.
Both feel they are ready to compete. "I
feel I have just as good as chance as
anybody," said Booth. Rexius said "I'm in
as good as shape as I've ever been."

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