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To Len Wassom, ASLCC Second Vice President and anyone
concem~d:

In response to the article (TORCH Feb. 18, p.1) I would
like to say that I feel the student body fees should not go to
fund any activities such as the ones listed. If there is "extra"
money, it should be used to decrease student body fees, for
the Student Health Services, and for bus passes and tokens.
I would like also to see the student body money spent on
(intramural) athletics in which so few can and do participate.
I feel it is unfair to have a mandatory fee which students
who commute long distances or have very little time can
benefit from. I wish I had the option of paying the student
body fee because I don't wish to see my money wasted on
athletics and other activities which benefit so few.
Judy Skinner
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Gen. Arts and Letters
(Engineering Technology)

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news editor
feature editor
photo e_d itor
sports editor
ad manager
graphics
production

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Mike Mclain
Jan Brown
Mike Heffley
Ed Rosch .
Kelly Fenley
Mike Abbott
Karen Burger
Linda Cuyler
Fred Jones
Shauna Pupke
Alice Scherer
Barbara 1:aylor
feature writer Kathy Craft
reporters Julie .Overton
Nan Rendall
Chris Rofer
photographers Linda Alaniz
Peter Reiter
Roger Whang

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Bob Norris
advertising staff Alan Cockerill
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A Man For All Seasons 'a play of distinction'

by Jan Brown
A Man For All Seasons opening April 4 at the LCC
Performing Arts Theatre is an historical drama that carries a
contemporary message.
''It . is one of the best plays written in the last 20
years--devoid of anything resembling gimmickry or spectacle
that is usually associated with musicals,'' explained Edward
Ragozzino, director and Performing Arts Department
Chairman.
''It is a play of distinction and we will play it with
distinction,'' stated Ragozzino, ''this play, based on a
historical event, where all the characters were real people,
presents an interesting challenge." An actor must do some
research into this period of history and learn about the person
he is portraying.
It will be presented in the same period costumes that were
used in the Broadway production of the play in 1961. They
have been rented for the duration of the play and recently
arrived from New York. The costumes are very rich; but layer
upon layer of garments make the complete outfits very heavy.
''We had the women rehearse in long skirts,'' Ragozzino
said, "but when the costumes arrived, we realized that the
men of that period wore Jong skirts, too." The male actors
are now rehearsing in long skirts and have adjusted well to
the unaccustomed dress.
The dialogue is well written, though not easy, Ragozzino
explained. According to one review of the original Broadway

play, one must be acquainted with this period of history to
understand the true significance of some of the speeches.
It is a suspenseful story of a conflict of wills--one man· s
refusal to swar from his spiritual and intellectual convictions
even at the King's insistance.
"Many people don't realize •the significance of the
message. stated Cec Smith, production coordinator. "it is
probablJ more relevent today than it was then.
"I feel very good about where we are with the play.
Ragozzino concluded, "we're very anxious to show we can do
a period drama."
The play opens April 4 and plays April S. 9, 10, 11, and 12
in the LCC Performing Arts Theatre. All performances are at
8 p.m.
George Lauris, performing arts instructor, plays the
leading role of Sir Thomas More. Lady Margaret More is
played by Julie Robinson and Rebekah Albert portrays Lady
Alice More.
Alan Wood is King Henry Vlll, Wayne Balantyne •
Cardinal Wolsey, Steve Boergadine - Cromwell, Dick Reid •
Thomas Cramer, Time Winters - Will Roper.
Fred Pattie is the Common Man, Al Strobal - Duke of
Norfolk, Arnold Laferty is Signor Chapuys. Don Porter Master Richard Rich.
Matthew Pearl plays tl)e part of the Attendant and Sydney
Fortner is a Woman.

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Candidates bid for two Board seats
Two seats on the Lane Community
College Board of Education will be filled at
the annual school election Tuesday, May 6.
The incumbents have notified the college
that they won't seek reelection.
John Barber, Junction City attorney, has
held the Zone 2 position since 1971. He
represents the Junction City, Bethel,
Harrisburg, Harris, Wyatt and Monroe
Elementary School Districts.
Eugene architect Robert Mention holds
an at-large position representing Lane

County. the Harrisburg Union High School
District in Linn County, the Monroe Elementary District in Benton County. and
~hose portions of the South Lane School
District and the Siuslaw School District in
Douglas County.
Mention served on the Board by appointment in 1969-70, was off for a year,
then elected in 1971.
Candidates to succeed them can get
nominating petitions from the Lane County
Elections Department. They must be returned to the Elections Department by 5

Veterans club
president

p.rn. Tuesday. April 1.
Applicants for the Zone 2 position must
be registered •voters , reside in that geographic area and must secure signatures of
at least 25 registered voters residing in that
zone. The at-large position can be sought
by any registered voter residing in the
college district. Fifty signatures of registered voters in the district must be
secured.

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resigns
by Mike McLain
Earnie Smith, who has served as
President of the LCC Veterans Club for this
academic year, has resigned his position
effective the end of the term.
A second year student in law enforcement, Smith cited academic priorities as
the main reason for his resignation, while
adding that he is a bit disillusioned with
the club. "but not enough to make a
stink.''
Smith said that the vets club could not
get student veteran support, or support
from the student government.
Smith feels the student government
doesn't cooperate with the various student
organizations, and that they "should polish
up their intercommunication with the
groups.''
Len Wassom secon·d vice president of
the ASLCC, agreed with Smith, saying
"it's true that we're not really doing the
job that we could with inter-group commu.,
nication.''
"Out of 2,173 vets attending Lane, only
five were showing up for the veterans
meetings. We spent at least $500 to solicit
interest in the organization, on such things
as keggers, bake sales and seminars," but
Smith satd it didn't seem to do much good.
The LCC veterans club has been active
in the establishtfient of the new statewide
veterans organization, the Consolidated
Veterans of Oregon. They have also been
engaged in attempts to generate support
for several veterans' bills in the Oregon
Legislature.
Smith had served four terms as Veterans
dub president and plans to transfer to
Oregon College of Education in Monmoth
to study criminal justice administration.
Elections for a new president will be held
at the beginning of next term and anyone
interested should contact the veterans club
office on second floor, Center Building.
Smith wished to express his appreciation
to Richard Bubrig, Ron Beyerlin, Michael
Roche, and Dave Sellars for their help this
year.

Victors May 6 will win four-year terms
without pay. starting July 1.

to enable LCCto answer the needs of the
community. She sees LCC's function as a
retraining facility as crucial to the community.
Weller also sees '' administrative power
continuing to mushroom unchecked," and
·states that she "will do my best to get rid
of administrative deadwood."

a present and a former
student of LCC

Judy Weller
by Chris Rofer

•Judith Weller announced her candidacy
for a Board of Education post Friday, and
at the same time revealed her dissatisfaction with recent events at LCC.
Weller, a full-time student at LCC, is
running unopposed for the Zone 2 seat in
the May 6 election. She feels that the
"elimination of wasteful spending" is a
major issue which she hopes to correct by
seeing that '' our tax money is carefully
spent.''
She feels that the decision to purchase
the Goldmark video instruction program,
which she called ''undefined and unplanned," was an example of an expenditure of
money which is needed more in other areas

Although she is '' disheartened by the
view of (LCC' s) future,'' she feels that she
can help '' make Lane serve the people it
was meant to serve.''
The TORCH was the only representative
of the press attending the announced news
conference, although the Register-Guard
had held an interview with Well er the pre
ceding day.
courtesy of Eugene Register-Guard
John C. "Jack" Hart Jr., a former Lane
Community College student currently finishing work on a degree at the U of 0, has
'become the first person to file for the
coming LCC Board election.
Hart, 32, has filed for the at-large seat
being vacated by Eugene architect Robert
Mention. The only other position on the
seven-member board to be filled at the
May 6 school elections is the Zone 2 seat,
currently filled by attorney John Barber of
Junction City. Barber has also said he
won't seek re-election.
He said Monday his decision to seek

Power loss causes -light 'happening'
by Alan Estler

Wednesday morning around 11 a.m.
LCC experienced a series of abrupt power
failures which lasted nearly 15 minutes.
William Cox, superintendent of college
facilities •at LCC, said the problem affected
all of Southeastern Eugene and was caused
by faulty switching gear along the EWEB
power lines. The result was the intermittent absence of electrical power and an
approximate 10 seconds of "juiceless"
time for every 15 seconds "juice-d " The
calamities which followed afforded a
temporary respite for many students from
ihe methodical progression of their classes.
A festive spirit was generally apparent
as students strolled past the campus
fountains and watched the periodic rise
and fall of the waterspouts in correspondence with the flashing lights of classrooms. and offices. In the LCC Library,
screams of mock terror and genuine delight
·accompanied the unusual "happening."
Biology Instructor Tom Wayne was
foiled in his attempt to show slides of
Oregon Coast ecosystems to his 11 a.m.
MW class--the whir of the projector fan
would abruptly fade out along with the

overhead lights. Doggedly pursuing his
talk, Wayne eventually succumbed to the
ill-timed vaudevillian blackouts. The
lecture was understandably postponed in
lieu of the flagrant instability of the classroom environment, however, a banjo
concert ensued on the sunny lawns outside.
Many other classes were dismissed
early. A number of students entered the
cafeteria and long lunch lines began to
form. The cashiers diligently worked their
cash registers on the ''juiced'' moments
and relaxed on their "juiceless" time.
This led a student to observe that the
cashiers were in fact, a mechanical
extension of the cash registers. Further
observation eventually disproved this controversy.
In the Flight Technology Department, an
electric motor, which operates LCC' s only
air compressor, caught fire and put the
compressor out of commission. The blaze
was brought under control by an unknown
extinguisher-wielding hero.
Bill Cox said the compressor was
removed and repaired and was running
smoothly by Friday of that same week.

by Rick Bella

"definitive study" on possible savings.
Discussion is scheduled to continue next
meeting.
The Board approved the purchase of a
"mini-computer", to be used in· the
Math, Electronics, and Science Departments. The total cost of the machine is
.over $14,000, but only half of that will come
·from the Electronics capital outlay budget.
The other half will be paid by the Science
Department grant from the National
Science Institute.
President Schafer said that the purchase
of the computer ''would reduce spending
and allow us to channel funds into ongoing
programs.''
The next meeting is scheduled for April

Board sees quick meeting

A short agenda and a long preparation
produced a quick meeting for the LCC
Board of Education last Wednesday in the
Board Room of the Administration Build. ing.
Discussion centered around the creation
of the official position of Archivist, a
person responsible for records management and storage., Randy Mafit, archivist
in the Learning Resource Center, says that
certain records must be kept by law, and
that there is no system or sorting through
records at present. Mafit is requesting
that the Board act to create the position,
and added that ''I could use a little staff.''
Board Member Jim -~artin requested a

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John 'Jack' Hart
election to the LCC Board was prompted in
large measure by a desire to try to pay back
the college for "opening the door to
education for me ... LCC made it possible;
now I'd like to commit some of my time to
helping the college."
Hart,said his major interests in serving
on the board would be in finding ways to
"expand the college's services without
expanding its (property) tax base.
Hart said he is particularly interested in
seeing more LCC services, in the outlying
parts of the district, adding he'd like to see
the whole college return to a type of' 'store
front" operation.

Male nurses 'just as good'·
by Nan Rendall

. "Do you consider yourself a men's
libber?''
"No. It's just something Ifeel like doing
that more women happen to be in,"
answered a bearded nursing student.
Twenty-five of the 180 LCC nursing students are men. Estelle Singleton, director
of the Nursing Department, thinks the
main reason men are getting into nursing
is "because the pay has come a long way in
the last five years.''
Men are just as good at nursing as
women according to Singleton. And they
are in demand for jobs that require lifting
patients and equipment or living on industrial locations.
\ Tom Buckingham, dental hygiene student, says dentists often prefer male .
hygienists because many patients are more
responsive to men. He and fellow student,
Tom Million, anticipate securing good
jobs. The average hygienist earns $55 a
day according to Million.
Betty James, instructor in the Business
Department, says she thinks the reason
that department has not '' seen a great
flurry of men majors is because secretarial
wages are just not that attractive." Jobs
are available, but a graduate is likely to
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start at only about $360 a month.
However.James says men could make
good salaries by combining secretarial
studies with management courses. She
also mentioned the demand for qualified
business studies teachers. "I feel that it
would be an extr~mely good goal for a man
to teach in business.''
James speculates that SO percent of the
students now taking beginning typing may
be men but that they are learning it for
personal reasons rather than as secretarial
training.
• Men enroll in-the Early Childhood Education Program but drop out when they
learn the salary prospects, according to
Tom Breeden, head teacher. Breeden says
a man can't make enough to support a
family by working in a day care center.
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Hreeden claims the work is interesting
and rewarding, and he thinks men are just
as good at it as women. Furthermore he
says there is great need for day care, but
unfortunately it is costly and our society
just does not provide for it.
A different child development class, the
transfer class, is very popular among men
according to Gladys Belden, chairer of the
Home Economics Department. She thinks
the number of men taking this class for
personal use ''indicates interest in children
men weren't expressing 10 years ago."
Belden finds the men who take her food
preparation class to be more motivated
than women .students '' probably because
they don't assume they already know it."
Only two men are presently enrolled in
the home management class, but Belden
thinks this class would be helpful to most
men because it deals with management of
money, time and other resources. Any
men shy away from the family living class
though "some men students have added a
great deal to classes."

Vivian Day, instructor of clothing and
textiles, says, "Men are really quite easy
to teach. They don't come with preconceived ideas of how to sew.''
• Four-year programs attract a few men
who study clothing as preparation for jobs.
They find openings in the garment industry
doing tailor work, pattern-drafting, and
pattern-grading (enlarging and reducing
pattern sizes).
But Day finds that most of the men who
take her classes just want to be able to sew
for their own use. '' Some want to be able to
make all their own clothes--others just to
sew on buttons."
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BRING a,ms
at campus area

UJ &rbara Taylor
Disposal of paper is taking on a more
direct aim with the recent appearance of
recycling boxes.
"I'm trying to get various departments
to recycle paper , there's a huge waste of
paper in this school , " explains Bob
Hoffman, a recently elected member of
Begin Recycling in Neighborhood Groups
(BRING) Board of Directors . A student in
business management who transfered from
LCC to the U of O last term , he works as an
accounts analysis clerk in the LCC business Office.
Hoffman has set up boxes in the
Business Office and Purchasing Department and has taken on a one-man recycling
program. He is hopeful of getting other
.departments interested in the effort,
figuring that only five percent of the
salvagable paper is recycled at this time.
"People don't realize ," says Hoffman,
"the importance of what they're doing"
when they throw everything into the
garbage can . Having recycled his garbage
for five years , he admits that it is a
"hassle," but points out that the energy
loss of producing new raw materials is
much greater. With the efforts of BRING*
who has set up many pick-up stations
through-out the area, recycling has become:
easier and more popular. Hoffman
suggests that the best start for recyclers is
at home, and offers a "basic breakdown"
for beginners:
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20 million lost in loan defau Its
making loans to the kinds of students who
could default." Fed.e ra) officials are
already suggesting higher Joan standards,
and similar "solutions" will come from
state officials you may be sure.
The result: those ~ho need help the
most could become those to whom help is
denied.
A careful reading of t,he $180,000 study,
however, suggests a different course. The
study shows that defaults for students
attending public and private schools decreased about threefold between 1968 and
1972, while claims from, so-called '' Proprietary" schools increas~d a whopping 700
percent in this same period. This latter
category includes trade schools, secretarial
schools, management training schools, and
a host of other generally small institutions.
Could it be that many of these schools
are fly-by-night operations, the kind which
often are advertised on matchbook covers,
the same slick operations which bilked so
many veterans in an attempt to siphon off
G.I. benefits? Could t~e high default rate
be because these schools often ask
students to sign a full ~ntract before the
recipient has a chance to spend asemester
determining whether the institution is able
to further his or her career?
This is one of the p9ints raised to me
recently by Robert M. Pickett, legislative
director of the National Student Lobby.
But Pickett goes further. "Because it is

W ASHINGTON--A ,recent study has
concluded that more and more young
people are defaulting on their federally
guaranteed student loans, and that report
has provided new and potent ammunition
to congressmen, senators and White
House aides who want an excuse to
disembowel the program. More than half a
million students have obtained college
educations with the help of these loans.
The study projects that the government
will likely lose some $20. million annually in
defaulted notes, about one half of one
percent of the total amount guaranteed,
and about half the co~t of a single CSA
transport aircraft.
But never mind, S70 million is $20
million, and in these perilous times a lot
more people are spending a lot more time
looking for ways to tighten other people's
belts. And rightly so, although the fiscal
admonishers would do well to start at
home.
The problem is th~t those who are
strangling abdominally are the ones who
are asked, or forced, to be the first to take
in still another notch. Thus it is that Social
Security and medicare and medicaid
recipients, students, and others living on
slim, fixed incomes are the first to be asked
to sacrifice still more.
Richard L. Tombaug~, executive secretary of the ,National Association of Student
Financial Aid Admini~trators fears that

Student wipes out
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LCC menu gets spicy titles

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You won't find Plumber's Helper or
Nurse's Aide, but you will find the Clutch
Grinder, the Respiration Therapist, and
the Dietetic Assistant on LCC's unusual
new restaurant menu.
The word-play menu was developed by
the LCC Food Services staff to replace the
old bill-of-fare in the college restaurant
which merely called a sandwich a sandwich
cole slaw, cole slaw. Cole slaw is now
and
and
top
out,
cleaned
be
should
Cans
bottom removed, labels discarded, called Sju-slaw, after LCC's large outreach
center near the Siuslaw River in Florence.
and can flattened.
Other tidbits are Sandwiches from the
color
three
into
Glasses are separated
(of Education) like The Secretary (a
Board
groups: green, brown, and clear.
Reuben) , The President (a club sandwich),
They need to be rinsed out and the The League of Innovation (a beef sandwich
metal rings from the bottle necks named after a national organization of
removed. Labels may be left on. community colleges, of which LCC is a
Paper must be divided by grades, but member), and The Clutch Grinder (a
newspapers may be deposited in submarine sandwich).
Eugene-Mission boxes -aro·und Eugene
At the salad bar, diners can munch on
and Springfield.
,The Respirator Therapist ("Y:ou'll gasp at
Starting a one-pickup-weekly recycling the size of this large chef's salad," says the
station in the LCC parking lot is an idea menu), and the Dental Assistant ("Sink
your teeth into this combination plate of
Hoffman would like help turn in to reality.
This would make it possible for students to chicken salad, cottage cheese and jello").
dump off their recyclable cans, glass, and The Early Childhood Special claims that
paper on the way to classes. The main you will ''be a kid again with this finger
problem in starting this, he explains, is the food lunch of homemade soup and· bread,
shortage in "BRINGMOBILES" to help fresh fruit and cheese. ''
And the Dietetic Assistant is a daily
out in the effort. Students would need to
Other
volunteer for services, such as driving a special for the weight conscious.
specials are offered each day and always
load of materials to the BRING center on, follow
the same format--special dishes
Franklin Boulevard.
named after courses, programs or staff
Hoffman asks that students interested in members at the college.
helping start recycling projects at LCC or
Ideas for the dishes were submitted in a
taking part in the community effort should campus-wide contest with the winners recontact him through BRING -- 746-3023 , or ceiving two free meals in the restaurant.
at home -- 485-0180.

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'by Jan Brown
A sticky accident occurred the evening of
March 13 when a pick-up failed to
negotiate a curve and landed in the LCC
sewage pond.
According to the Security report, the
16-year-old driver was traveling toward
30th Avenue on the west exit at speeds of
SO to 55 mph (by the driver's own admission). The driver lost control of the vehicle
as it approached the curve and drove
straight ahead into the pond.
LCC staff member, Nathan Cammack,
reported the accident to Randy Hart,
security officer. Hart wrapped the
uninjured driver in blankets and notified
the driver's parents and the Sheriff's
Department.
The pick-up left 76 feet of skid marks on
the pavement, took out 49 feet of
5-foot-high cyclone fencing, crossed a ditch
and a dike, and stopped in 4 1/2 feet of
water and sewage.
According to Security, the vehicle was
removed from the pond about 2 a.m.
The damage will be taken care of by the
driver's insurance company.
William Cox, superintendent of college
facilities, noted that this was ''the first
clunking'' in the sewage pond.

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Pickett also feels that not enough information is provided to students about their
obligations and rights under loan agreemen ts. "Most of these people are
borro~ing for the first time, and the kind of
information they get, both about their new
financial obligations and the kind of
education they can expect to get for that
money, is often dreadfully poor--particularly at trade schools and the like."
The outcome of the legislative battle that
is sure to ensue over the future of the
guaranteed student loan program will
hinge on how effectively these arguments
are made, for the prog~m though successful is by no means a sacred cow immune to
congressional slaughter. Hit dies, as that
expensive study made clear, there are
quite literally hundreds of thousands of
young Americans who ~ill never have the
chance to get beyond high school in pursuit
of formal educ~tion. •

LCC theater gets boost
by Rick Bella

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Priced from $150 to $1,000
Student accounts welcome
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generally the poorer students who default,
it is generally the larger loans which the
government gets stuck with," Pickett says.
u1 don't believe that any student, however
poor, should be put • in the position of
hocking himself up to hijs neck to m~et educational expenses. Before a student
should be allowed to borrow more than
$1,000 a year, we should be certain that all
4 other . sources--part-time work opportunities and the like--are exhausted."

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The curtain arose for two announcements concerning theater in Lane County
in a press conference last Friday.
The first announcement, made by
Catherine Lauris, the president of the Lane
County Auditorium Association (LCAA)-who also holds a position on the LCC Board
.of Education--stated that the association
would have "a new focus for activities."
"We shall not be producing a show this
summer," said Lauris. "We have mixed
emotions about the end of an era,'' she
continued, ''but our goal ten years ago,
remains the same as today: to construct an
auditorium.'' The summer productions-done in the South Eugene High School
auditorium each summer--brought in money which was used to design a theater, and
to campaign for the theater construction.
She stressed that the need for an auditorium "remains urgent," and that the
association will pour all its energy into that
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project.
The second announcement, made by
Performing Arts Department Chairman Ed
Ragozzino, stated that LCC will inaugurate
a Summer-Theater Season this year and
will start with 17 performances of ''Godspell.''
Ragozzino has directed the LCAA' s
summer shows since they began. The
choice was made, Ragozzino said, because
the play had received "a positive reaction"
from the community when produced at
LCC last fall.
He called the Performing Arts Theater
"comfortable and intimate," and said that
he was "excited about the choice."
LCC President Eldon Schafer stressed
that this summer's show will be a selfsustaining project based on ticket sales,
and will require no tax support. He said
that the plays could "generate additional
income ... while providing additional enjoyment and training.' ' When asked what
effect this action would have on the
possibility of building a theater in Lane
County, Ragozzino said that it ''would
enhance it,'' as now the LCAA could
devote all of its time to that specific
project, and not merely to producing
summer shows.
Lauris added that such action was
"inevitable--and since the (LCC) building
was built, we didn't want it to stand idle.
This is merely the closing of one number,
and the opening of another.''

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by Bumppo Gregory

If you ·ve tuned in the Channel Nine
news recently and it looked like the "deja
vu network.·• don't call the TV repairperson or the mental health clinic: Marty
Levine is back in town and he has switched
channels.
After several years of broadcasting in
Eugene. Levine left the newsroom at
KVAL--Channel 13--last winter for a stint
at KNTV in San Jose.
Levine admits that he wasn't enchanted
with the San Jose area, but says that he
had a chance to pick up some valuable experience and new ideas from producing
and co-anchoring the news at KNTV.
Deciding that it was time for a change,
Levine returned to Eugene just at the time
that the management of Liberty Communications, the owner of KEZI, was making
some personnel changes here. Liberty was
-making an attempt to improve its ratings
relative to KVAL since, in Eugene, second
place is the same as last place in the
television market.
Newspersons George Chortos and
Marty Douglas were the ''heads that
rolled" in the Channel Nine reshuffle and
Levine came up smelling like a rose when
his phone call to KEZI caught them
throwing out the anchor.
It isn't all roses for Levine, however,
since he co-anchors the 6 p. m. news with
Larry Taylor, news director, then anchors
the 11 p.m. news, and also produces both
shows.
Levine is working with a crew that is
both understaffed and inexperienced for
the higher-powered production he is trying
to introduce--including more and better
local and network film, improved local
news gathering and writing, and crisper
productions that bring more news to the
viewer in a more interesting format:

To facilitate these format changes, KEZI
has hired Matt McCormick. formerly of
KZEL-FM radio and also of the UO
Emerald, as the •assignment director to
help Larry Taylor gather the news.
In describing his job, Levine said,
.. Larry and Matt work out what stories they
are going to cover. After they bring it in,
then it's mine--including stuff off the wire.
The producer prepares the show--the
director brings it off; but the anchorman
takes the rap for anything that goes wrong.
People see you on camera for just a short
time and think it's a soft job. I come in at
about 1 p.m. and stay until midnight.
·swing shift is the worst there is--it's a killer
for your social life. I'm not living the wild
life of the 28-year old bachelor."
• •'TV news is incredibly expensive in
terms of personnel and equipment,"
'' A new sound
according to Levine.
camera costs $7,500 and about nine people
are involved in producing a half-hour of
When asked about the staff
news.''
situation in San Jose, Levine remarked that
"We had some help. The unions made it
more of a hassle sometimes but it usually
meant a better product.''
Levine insists that TV news at present
cannot be much more than a headline
"I don't think . that anyone
service.
. believes that we do any thorough coverage
of news," he went on. "It's unfortunate
that people depend on us as much as they
do. People who want to be well-informed
should turn to newspapers and magazines
as well as TV.
Levine did predict, however, that, "Allnews TV is coming--Los Angeles will have
it in six months. This is being made
possible by new developments in sending
video tape back from portable units."
"Then," he was asked, "contrary to the

LCC recycled

Veterans office
needs sehedule
by Fred Jones
v'eterans will not receive their attendance certification cards this term, but they
must give a copy of their spring class
schedule to the Veteran's office.
In the past, veterans received IBM
attendance certification cards with the
April or May check which had to be completed and returned to the Veterans Administration (VA) in Portland, according to
the LCC Veteran's office.
But Wayne Gripp, LCC Veterans' representative, said that the VA has enough
personnel on campus to handle the certification cards, so Gripp will check each
Veteran's records to see if the information
on the card is correct.
Barbara Harmon, LCC veterans coordinator, said that the campus office needs
each veteran's spring class schedule to
date records. Failure to do so could result
in a larger overpayment than anticipated or
a longer lapse in the time it takes to
increase payments, if applicable, or termination of the GI Bill.
Veterans should notify the Veterans'
Office if they have decided not to attend
LCC Spring Term. Harmon said "Normally a person is certified to attend the
academic year, so if he isn't going to attend
Spring Term then he should be sure to
notify the Veterans' Office so that he won't
be overpaid."
Veterans (according to the LCC office)
should also notify the Veterans' Office of
any change of address, number of dependents, and program of study.
The Veterans' Office is located in Room
221 second floor of the Center Building.

by Barbara Taylor
Each evening German Ellsworth stops
by the back of the LCC Kitchen on his way
home from work to pick up a meal or two
for his pigs.
Recyclers such as Ellsworth, an instructor of Aviation Maintenance Technology in
the Mechanics Department uses foodscraps from LCC to feed his pigs--he is
among those people who develop a pattern
of saving what was once considered
garbage. Except for paper such as napkins
and cups which hold ''too much waste and
moisture," according to Merlin Ames,
former manager of Food Services, grease,
cans, plastics, glass, and cardboard are
also recycled.
Ken Brownell, coordinator of Food
Services, explained what happens to the
recy.cled materials:
Gallon cans are used by the Landscape, Science, and Machine Shop Departments, which reuses them as containers.
Grease is sold back to the Eugene
Chemical and Rendering Works in Harrisburg for three or four cents per pound.
Foodscraps, after separation from
paper, coffee grounds and other inedible
material, is saved for Ellsworth's pigs.
Plastic tubs are used for storing leftovers and staples in the kitchen. If a
surplus develops, they are sold to departments or individuals.
Usable glass jars are saved for use by
food staff members.
Cardboard boxes are broken down by custodians daily and saved in the LCC
They are collected each
1 warehouse.
Friday by a representative of BRING recycling plant at no financial cost to LCC.
But according to Bill Solomon, warehouse
manager, if these items were not recycled
the college garbage bill would increase.

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poem. the revolution will be on TV?"
.. No doubt," was Levine's wry reply.
Levine offered a few remarks about the
status quo in Eugene news coverage.
··Serving the local politicians has been a
traditional thing here, but I feel that
investigative reporting is the province of
the newspapers, since they have the time
and resources.'·
•'The police here are not as open as in
some cities. They are very careful about
protecting suspects' rights. We had a good
relationship with the police in San Jose.
Horton (Lane County district attorney) is
making the greatest positive effort to keep
the community informed about what he'~
doing, but there are many stories that
aren't being covered." As an example,
Levine asked ••Did you know that both the
Eugene police and the Sheriff's Departments have SW AT teams (heavily armed
and armored assault groups) and are
getting two specially-trained dogs?"
It was nearly time for the 11 p.m. news
and Levine put on his tie, noting that, "I'm
doing the news in shirtsleeves--that's a
first."
The program started out well but the
director cut away from the first video tape
footage too early (between the State
Department bomb and the Oakland bomb)
and Levine scrambled to keep the show on
schedule. The cameraman hustled valiantly between his three cameras, signaling
frantically at times, but inexperience and a
non-existent bench caused the team to fall
apart in the second half, leaving Levine
only enough time to apologize and ask the
audience to bear with them during the reorganization.
As he walked back to the studio, Levine
asserted, ''That was unheard of, admitting
a goof like that: It's considered unprofessional but, what the hell; everyone knows
that we botched it up. It's an insult to the
audience's ·intelligence to pretend that it
didn't happen."
Hopefully the audience will be patient
with the KEZI news and production staff
because Eugene has been getting mediocre
TV news coverage for too long. Levine,
Taylor and co_m pany are attempting to
bring viewers what they think is a viable
alternative to the "rip and read" ritual that
has been common fare from both Eugene
stations.
With the new production equipment and
hard work at a project that is still in its
infancy, Channel Nine should come up with
a product that will have a long-range effect
on all the media in the area.

For sale

FOR SALE: Dependable 1964
Plymouth Fury Convertable.
Body and engine in excellent
condition. $450. Also 1956 Fury
body engin and some parts. Call
689-2000.
FOR SALE: Custom built message tables. Sturdy wood construction, folds for carrying.
Benjamin Hills, 343-0385.

Services

NEED HELP? Call the HOPE
line, 345-5433 (345-LIFE) Monday thru Friday, 8 p.m. to 12
midnight.

Lost and Found

LOST: Reward for young girl's
Irish Setter. The dog is her
guide dog. Has choke chain and
, Multnomah tags. Call 686-0058.
LOST: Elementary Ethics textbook lost Feb. 21. If found,
please contact Bill Morganti,
344-8571, or leave text in Social
• Science Office.
Have a great vacation!
WANTED: Male housemate to
share 4 bedroom older house
with 2 females, 1 male. 687-8392
WANTED: Dead or alive, VW
engine 1300 or 1500 cc, running
or not as long as cases OK. Also
interested in broken VW bus.
Call 343-8305.
WANTED: Honda XL 250/350
single (OHC) or Honda 305
Super Hawk. Must be reasonable and in good condition. Call ·
Ed collect 782-2948, Oakridge.
WANTED: Pasture for horse. ·
Call <;,inny at 7~17 .
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by Kelly Fenley
The last part of the basketball, wrestling
and volleyball seasons came to an end last
Thursday night at North's Chuck Wagon in
Eugene. The Awards Banquet was held
there for all the men and women athletes
who competed for LCC this past term.
Bob Radcliff, director of athletics for
LCC, was the master of ceremonies for the
banquet and introduced the coaches who
presented the individual player awards.
In men's basketball, Robbie Smith
He
walked away with the trophies.
received the Most Valuable Player Award,
for the second year in a row, the Team
Captain Award, and the Best Rebounder
Award. Freshman Jeff Johnston received
the Bates-Radcliff Award for the Most Improved Player, and freshman Rob Woods
was honored with the Best Free-Throw
Shooter Award. The Best Defensive Player
Award was given to both sophomore Mike
Rinehart and freshman Greg Anderson.
Rick Weidig received the One-on-One
plaque. Dale Bates was the coach for the
Titans and Terry Stahl the assistant coach.
The Titans ended the season with a 21-7
record.
Coach Bob Creed presented the
wrestling awards. Arlen Rexius won the
Most Take-Downs Award with 37 take
downs in tw_o years. Sophomore Dan Cox
received the Most Inspirational Wrestler
Award, and Mark Booth claimed the Most
Pins Award with 19 pins this year. Booth
also received the Outstanding Wrestler
Award.
Women's Basketball Coach Debbie Dagget presented her team with T-shirts
instead of trophies for their individual
Debbie Eyemann, the team
awards.
captain, received the Best Defensive
Player Award. Karyn Howarth was voted
the "Offensive Spark Plug" and Most
Improved Player went to Candy Grant.
Nancy Mitchell was chosen "Miss Consistency" and Ellen Downey received the
Offensive Player Award.
For the men's Volleyball awards Jim
Downing made the presentations in the
place of Coach Tom Young. Mark Haffner
and Ralph Prindel received the Most
Improved Spiker Award, Doug Hodge
received the Most Improved Set-Man
Award, Rick Jurasevich won the Most
Valuable Player Award and "Deano"
Cooper won the Team Captain Award.

Announcements

April FASTPASSES will be sold
in registration area from 8 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday. HAPPY TRAILS!
Student Resource Center.
City of Eugene Summer.Aquatic
Employment Test for instructorguard. $2.56-$3.28/hr. Sheldon
Meadow Pool, March 8 or
March 22, 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
Bring a swim suit. For information call Sheldon, Jefferson, or
Echo Hollow Pools.
GARAGE SALE: Items for a
garage sale are being solicited
by Sponsors Inc. Your contribution will help this organization raise the money it needs to
continue providing services for
persons in prision or on parole
in this area. Any and all items
are accepted and may be de1ivered to 1147 Polk Street. If
pick-up service is needed call
747-3755 from 9 to 1 or 485-8341
from 1 to 5 p.m.
Via Currus Auto Ral lye March
21, 8 p.m. at Bohemia Bldg.
(Oakway Mall) $3 per car. Bring
a navigator, pencil and a flashlight. Trophy plaques first three
places each class. 99 percent
paved roads.
Free seminars about meditation
and self-knowledge with emphasis on teachings of Maharaj
Ji, followed by questions and
answer sessions, are held Tuesdays at the Erb Memorial Union
on the U of O campus at 7:30
p.m. and Fridays at 910 East
22nd Street in Eugene at 7:30
p.m. Free admission, public
invited to attend.
HAPPY VACATIONING!!!

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