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l~ter-Disciplinary plight
(cont. from page 1)
of Bill (Powell) moving up to full-time instructor with the
Language Arts Department if the conditions we are
discussing now are met. ' '
When the TORCH asked what happens if Powell's
conditions are not met, Rasmussen said he would then ''make
the recommendation to dissolve the department," and that
the situation would probably have the same results -- the
' classes would be absorbed into the other two departments.
Rasmussen stressed that none of the classes would be
discontinued, and that none of the instructors would lose their
jobs, but admitted that a probable casualty would'·be the
part-time secretary for the department.
Rasmussen explained that his reason for being in favor of
the dissolution of the department is, ''The tight money
situation that doesn't favor a department as small as this
one.'' He said the college will save money from the
secretary's salary and from Powell's change from part-time
instructing (from 6-9 classes per year) to full-time (12-15
classes per yearL but at a wage that "will be at least as much
as before. ' '
"The classes will be better served by moving them into a
larger department with a greater flexibility in its budget that
can possibly work more courses into its schedule."
He continued, saying, ''The priorities of the college do not
really permit us to ·properly support the interdisciplinary
concept in one department. It is, in ·my judgement, more
appropriate to a liberal arts college or a junior college than to
a community college.''
He said the college's priorities were 'set in the Board's
directive to go to potential students and to satisfy their
requirements. He emphasized that the "classes will continue ·
to be servec,l; integrated if you will, wh~re they will be assured
stronger support.''
He stressed that this was not an attempt to force the
minority groups to integrate jnto other classes. "I reject the
idea of the 'melting pot' social theory. This will not eliminate
the 'cultural Mosaic' situation that I favor. It's just that the
department is too small, and doesn't serve the programs
well.''

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•With a flair for the journalistic use of the English language,
TORCH News Editor John Brooks both writes and edits news,
a mere sideline for the eighteen year-old whiz-kid.
"Any way you slice it," says John holding an exacto knife,
"it all comes out a raw deal in the end."
Apparently momentarily overcome ·by the innate literary
' urge to make punny jokes, John decided to change the course
of the conversation ("This is a really exciting interview, Ilove
it.") and relate to us the point at which he entered this life.
"I was born in Brattleburo, Vermont on July 4, 1957, "he
•
says, "but I don't remember much about that place."
In a flurry, John interrupted
his education at the age of 15 to travel the Pacjfic Ocean. In a
yacht owned by his grandparents, he sailed from Vancouver,
Canada into ports such as: Hawaii, Tahiti , Indonesia, New
.Zealand, Australia, Kenya, and around the Cape of Good
'Hope to Capetown, South Africa.
When asked what his creative interests are, the old salt
·said that he likes to work with wood, like building furniture
and boats. Brooks has .hopes of someday designing and
building his own yacht. ''I'll get myself an education and do
it (traverse the globe) myself,'' he says.
But John, do have a perverted side?
"I work at the TORCH on Monday nights. That's pretty
perverted. ' '

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story on page 4
A street '' guerrila action'' against Senate Bill One
on Halloween attracted a crowd almost as ghoulish as

the legislation they protested. The action took place at
Tenth and Willamette at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

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November 4, 1975----

Inter
Disciplinary
Stddies
on the
road to
extinction

with a memo from Dr. Joyce Hopps, associate dean of
instructional operations, to Dean of Instructions, Gerrald
Rasmussen ~dvocating the disbanding of the department and its
absorption into the Language Arts and Social Science
departments.
The idea was presented to LCC President Eldon Schafer
informally in July at which time he discouraged the move saying
. reportedly, "My concern is that it would be too disruptive to try
and make a move for Fall Term.''
So the recommendation has never been formally presented to
Schafer and when contacted by the TORCH last Friday, he said, ''I
don't realty know enough to express my opinion until I see a
formal recommendation from Gerry (Rasmussen)."
But that recommendation may neve,r come, although the
department will most probably dissolve anyway.
Bill Powell, the Interdisciplinary Department chairman and
instructor, says he first heard of the recommendation on July 3,
the date of the informal presentation to Schafer.
Though the recommendation failed to reach the formal stage at
that time, the idea by no means died -- it was simply set aside for
awhile where· it began to grow and move on an informal basis
between levels and offices.
While no one contacted would speculate on whether or not a
formal recommendation would be accepted and acted upon, the
general concensus is that, if it reaches the formal level, the
department will go.
Powell explains- his prediciment saying, "I can't make any
reaction until either the pressure of the possible recommendation
becomes too great for me or until President Schafer makes some
response to a for~al recommendation."
Powell expanded on what he meant by pressure saying, "When
- you work five years to build a working producing idea, to be told
your department is to be dissolved creates a great amount of
pressure."
"N!>l" was the reply.
When asked if he were going to lobby for a continuation of the
A crowd of angry citizens ran Uncle Sam, and the ghosts of
department, Powell said, "I don't feel this department needs to
Nixon and Mitchell out of town.
prove itself to anyone; this department should survive on its own
merits."
Powell said he did not support the actions of any of the groups
such as MECHA (formerly the Chicano Student Union) and the
ASLCC in their efforts to rally support for his department.
"If what this department has done in the past is not enough to
permit its existance ... then this department should be dissolved.
But it is most certainly showing its productivity. There has been a
6.9 higher F.T.E. figure this Fall."
But the TORCH learned Monday that Powell and Rasmussen
had been discussing, since last week, the conditions under which
Powe!I would be willing to make a request to return to full-time
instructor capacity, thereby effectively resigning his position as
department chairman and, in reality, causing the department to
dissolve.
And Powell told the TORCH Monday that he had made the
go back to full-time
decision. "Yes, I will conditionally
1
instruction.''
The c,ondition that Powell is demanding is that although the
classes he will instruct will be divided between the Language Arts
and the Social Science departments, he will be responsible only to
John Howard,.the chairman of the Language Arts Department and
not 'to the So~ial Science Department. But Powell would not
elaborate on his reasons for this condition.
Rasmussen explained his view saying ''There is the possibility
(cont. on re!lr cover)

_
by Mike McLain
One way or another the Interdisciplinary Studies Department at
LCC is one the path to extinction.
While there has been only one official move in this direction by
the college administration last summer. the TORCH has learned
that the wheels have been moving rapidly and the department will
probably be disbanded and absorbed into two other departments
by Winter Term of this year.
The uneconomical size of the department and an. ongoing
change in the college's priorities are given as the administration
rational for a desire to dissolve the department.
But the only saving to the college finaricially would be the
elimination of the cost of the part-time secretary to the department
and through the increased teaching duties of the department
chairman if his position were eliminated.
Established in the 1969-70 academic year as Afro-American
Studies, the program evolved into ethnic studies in general, and
finally into it's present Interdisciplinary (dealing with _historical
traditions as well as social, political, economic and psychological
realities) scope in 1973 when it was established as a full fledged
department.
It was described as the "first department of its kind in
Northwest institutions of higher education and the only large-scale
attempt to relate ethnic ·materials to all students in the Oregon
Community College system." (Excerpt from College Catalogue).
The present destiny of the department was charted this summer

'Horror bill': a trick, but no ~reat

If you passed by a crowd of strangly
dressed people last Friday at l 0th and
Willamette about 5 p.m .. you may have
thought they were just another bunch_ of
trick or treaters out for Halloween fun.
What you missed, if you walked on, was
the Eugene Committee to Stamp OUt
Senate Bill One, a group of concerned
citizens. who were holding a guerrilh1
theatre action in Halloween costume.
In true Halloween fashion, the committee depicted Senate Bitl One as a "Bill
of Horrors". A three headed Uncle Sam.
with the aid of the ghosts of Nixon and
Mitcheil. stired up a bath of brew. The
ghost of Nixon read the cookbook for
Senate Bill One, and Uncle Sam stirred the
caldron.
'"What have you got for me today?"
asked Uncle Sani.
"Repression!" replied Nixon.
As Uncle Sam mixed up a batch of
Senate Bill One, an actor with a red, white
and blue mask entered the scene and
explained the main points of the bill.
The actors explained that Senate Bill
One would be a threat to our constitutional
rights in four areas, the first of which was
protection of privacy. S-1 would make
mere critisisin of the government a crime,
regardless of how remote any action might
be_ S-1 would also free federal officers
from criminal charges as long as they
believed the conduct char2ed was under
orders •or with permission of a superior
such as the Watergate crimes.
S-1 would restore the death penalty
nationally for a wide variety of crimes.
Senate Bill One would broaden government authority for wiretapping and use of
evidence so obtained in court. A hundred
dollars is provided for landlords who
cooperate with wiretapping, and criminal
penalties for those who don't. Telephone·
companies would be required to cooperate
''unobtrusively.'~
"That's legalized fascism!" shouted an
outraged innocent.
"They can't do that!" cried another.
"What else have you got for me?" asked
• Uncle Sam.
The actors went on to explain that S-1
would make "physical interference" with
government functions a felony. This would
include peaceful picketing of government
buildings. It would provide 3~years
imprisonment and $100,000 fine for
inciting or leading ..a riot. A riot would be
termed as "an assemblage of t O persons"
which "create a grave danger to
property."
S-1, said the committee, abridge the
freedom of press. It would impose
sentences of up to 7 years in prison for
communicating ''classified information''
such as the watergate papers.
"'Are we going to take this?" Someone
asked.

Lane women march for 'Alice doesn't'day
U .,S. Comstitution was ~lso discussed along with the basic
b,x Cb,on~_ W ~ward
of inequality facing women of today.
problems
With enthusiasm and smiling faces women and men marched in
Thirty eight women and five men attended the noon meeting, all
observance of the "Alice Doesn't Day Strike" and National
of whom later ajourned to partake in the Women's Day strike.
Women's Day last Wednesday.
The "Alice Doesn't Day Strike" and National Women's Day
were sponsored by the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Women (Alice) weren't in their offices for an hour, as a
demonstration to employers of their dependence on women,
according- to one source, for the important work - but also for
routine jobs not given to men.
Marching through the cafeteria the "strikers" sang "We Shall
Overcome." Then, as the march made it's tour through campus
·grounds' students. secretaries, and.other staff_members joined in,
carrying signs. •Through cheersand jeers, spectators voiced their
approvals. or disagreement.
Criticism reached it's peak when the marchers walked through
the various shop classes. A chorus of 'boos' coul4 be heard
• accompanied by grimacing male faces. But the marchers
•
•
continued.
The organizers of the protest were women involved in the newly
establis~ed Women's Awareness Center located in the northeast
section of the Center Building. Among these women were Ruthie
Sandven, coordinator of the Center, and Terry Walters,
participant in the femi~ism movement who is visiting here from
Texas.
After the march, Ms. Walters made a short speech, stressing
the demand for total equality for everyone: ''We need total
·equa ·ty. whether we are white. yell9w, chicano or negro, not just
women.••
The group held a meeting in the Women's Awareness Center
before the . march. promoting discussion on women's need for
participation in society to help fight against job discrimination. •
Ratification of the controversial Equal Rights Amendment to the
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A Typical Marriage

By Arthur Hoppe

My Uncle Jerry and my Aunt Congressa
(cq) are fighting again. They have a typical
marriage : Neither much cares what they
accomplish together as long as the other
gets the blame for it.
Right now. they're wrangling over the
family budget. Uncle Jerry's way ahead.
"I think we ought to give all the kids $27
more allowance so they can buy nice things
and have a good time," he said. '
Well, everybody was for that, including
my Aunt,~who knew what was good for her.
"Of course," Uncle Jerry told her
sternly . " I can't possibly give the kids $27
unless you cut the family budget $27 so we
.come out even."
•
He sure painted her into the corner with
that one. Everybody's for cutting the
budget because the family's in hock to its
eyeballs. But wherever she cuts the
budget, she's bound to make somebody
sore. Then he can blame her.
"Great idea. Dear," she said sweetly,
lobbing the ball back into his court. "You
just tell me where to cut the budget and
who should do without and I'll be glad to
oblige. "
"Don't tell me your problems," he
snapped. "What are you, a can't-do
wife?"
It's a Mexican stand-off, j_ust like their
year-long quarrel over the family car.
Everybody agrees it should be driven less
to save gas. "I know!" said Uncle Jerry
brightly. "Let's raise the price of gas.
Then the family will drive less."
"You just want to make your friends
down at the gas station Rich ," she said,
winning a few points.
"Have you got a better idea?" he -said.
"I'll think of something," she said,
losing a few points.
The same holds true for natural gas,
which the family ' s running low on. "Raise
prices." says Uncle Jerry. "so they'll turn
down the heat. "
''You and your big business buddies,''
says my Aunt with a sniff. "I've got a
much better idea, as soon as I think what it
is."
So Unde Jerry says he wants to fight
high prices by raising prices. And my Aunt
says she wants to make the family more
prosperous by going deeper into debt.
Naturally, neither wants to yield for then
they'd have to share the blame for
whatever happens .
Consequently. it looks like a long. cold
cont. on page 6
To the Editor:

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November 4, 1975

The Crux of the Bisquit

Howdy folks, Waldo here agajn with
more concrete conveyances concernin' Last
Chance College realhies. 1 hope you
people have been makin ' out better then
myself. I seem to keep runnin' into this
Alfonso character.
Not that 1 don't like the guy. it just
seems like every time 1 see him he's got his
mind brewin • with ·multiple ponderin 's and
notions. Bein' the nimble lipped hippi
weirdo that he is. a lot of times his rapid
verbalizin' gets me to thinkin' so much I
can hardly see straight.
Take the other day. I was crusin' outa
the Center buildin' after makin' a heavy
date for a drive-in picture show with a
bright eyed buxom Law. Enforcement
beauty when Alfonso comes stompin' up ta
me. Immediately he starts jawin' about
student organizations.
Understand me now, talkin' to Alfonso
isn't like talkin' to your e veryday Fred,
Duke or Myra. Besides movin' his mouth
at a fantastic gait, he accents his
monologues by grinnin' alot and shufflin'
his feet in weird little dances.
Anyways. it seems that Alfonso, the
nihilistic rutabaga of our fine school, found
his self some free time on his hands and
was contemplatin' the possibilities of fillin •
that there space.
I made th~ error of mention in' campus
clubs. An error I say because Alfonso had
already checked out that route. But when I
mentioned it, naturally he took off on an
oral rampage about his attempts to join one
club or another. Fact he bolted after the
subject like a race horse with a bee on it's
butt.
Him bein' an ex-grunt and all, of course
he went first off to the Veterans club. He
attended one meetin' down at the
Paddocus Tav_ern and got pretty blottoed.
Sadly enough, the second best attractor of
vets, namely beer, wasn't sufficient to
keep the group with the ample number of
members needed to function. So they's
foldin'.
In his outlandish gibberish, Alfonso also
informed me that he'd tried to get inta the
Literary Arts Club, but that them folks
weren't publishin' no literary magazine
this year, which is what I guess they done
in the past. Alot like Alfonso, they won't
be makin ' no concrete statements this fall.
Well the Aero Club was next, but they
weren't exactly interested in the same
kinda flyin' that Alfonso was. At least they
were operatin' though.

Alfonso tried Young Socialist Alliance, then the German Club and the
Photography. None of them had advisors
and so obviously they couldn't function.
Alfonso said he checked out the Film
Club but that it didn't have nobody to
advise them either. 'pears to him that
many of last years club mentors done flown
the coop. Besides Alfonso told me that the
club probably wouldn't show his ~~and of
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Finally Alfonso explored the chances of
slippin' inta the Inner Space Travel
Agency. Fortunately. for the clubs sake,
they hadn't started meetin' yet like alot of
the other clubs.
I told Alfonso that they' d hafta start
pretty soon 'cause the term was more then
half way over. He laughed and said he
found out that the club met to discuss the
various paths of exploratiori of the inner
self and that wasn't what he was after,
personally.
Seems to him that the path he found
meanderin' within himself took him right
on through and back out inta the ozone. So
Alfonso decided that the thing to do was
start his own club and that's just what he
was tryin' to talk me into.
First we got to have a name he says,
somethin' flashy that implies unmoveable
dedication like the Celestial Cadet Club or
may be somethin' political like the
Bureaucratic Discorporator Club.
Now I ain't so sure I wanta join up in
anything with this crazy radical 'cause the
first thing on the agenda might be an
attempt to bring in someone like Jerry
Rubin as a guest agitator. Either that or
tryin • to set a Guiness record for spend in'

Letters to the Editor

a rumor in her discussion with the senate.
The reporter was perhaps not aware that
the document circulated to the student
senate was simply a direct transcription of
work notes, a mere list of statements about
topics covered in the conversation. The
senate memo was not so identified and it
did not distinguish between rumor, fact.
and opinion. In fact the written document
was incomplete; and according to our
conversation, Ms. Walton understood, and
I assumed would orally identify. what was
rumor, and what was my opinion in her
presentation to the senate. At any rate I
did not assert that such a memo existed.
That fundamental fact 1 wish to make clear
The problem is attributable to a confusing
sentence. not specifying clearly enough
what came from whom, and the failure
somewhere along the way to correctly
identify rumor as rumor.

In the October 28 TORCH report of a
student senate meeting. certain statements
were apparently ascribed to me in a fashion
which I fear may create misapprehensions
sufficiently serious that I wish to correct
them.
Reference is made to a memo circulated
by Geannie Walton, "explaining a previous memo presented to her by Ms.
Danielson.'' As for a memo presented by
me--there never was such a thing. This
was the erroneous assumption of the
reporter. based on a paper that I had
supposed was to have functioned as Ms.
Walton's work notes.
Ms. Walton and I had a conversation
about certain rumors and possibilities
concerning what could happen to ethnic
studies and women's studies courses if a
department which houses them--Interdisciplinary Studies--should be dissolved.
Ms. Danielson
During the conversation Ms. Walton was
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
making summary, paraphrastic notes on
my comments. I assumed that these were
for her own use in her discussion with the Dear Editor.
senate of a topic she wished to raise.
How thoughtful of Gary Casassa, in his
One of the aspects of the problem which attempt at forming a four-wheel drive club
we discussed was the variety of un- here. to say that all those fun-loving trips
confirmed and unconfirmable rumor~ through the snow, mud and slush are to be
which seem to be floating around the made "without any intentional misuse or
_abuse to the vehicle." One wonders if
academic community about possible
changes in the academic structure. I stated Cassassa would be as equally considerate
that among the rumors was talk of a of the land, trees and other things growing
"memo being circulated to everyone but underneath the mud and slush. If there is
the Interdisciplinary Studies Dept. that any doubt. take a look in the forest behind
Women's Studies will be consolidated with the college. to the west of Gonyea Road,
the Social Science Dept." In Ms. Walton's and across the cloverleaf on the north side
work notes this was not identified as a of 30th Avenue.
rumor; I assumed that she would treat it as David Butler

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the most days in narcosis induced
cxhiliration.
At this point I just wanted to get away
from Alfonso so I could start thinkin'
straight. Thankfully a young lady was
walkin' by and she picked up the gist of
Alfonso rap and waded right in.
• 'Call the club the Screamers.'' she
suggests. "Get together, get organized
and get rig~ down to doin' it ! !"
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To the Editor:
In last week's TORCH it was stated that I
circulated a memo explaining a previous
memo presented to me by Ms. Danielson.
Ms. Danielson did not present me with a
memo; Ms. Danielson and 1 held a
conversation concerning the question of
the dissolution of the Interdisciplinary
Studies Department. During the conversation I took notes which later I included in
a memorandum presented along with some
verbal explanation, to the members of the
Senate during a meeting of that body. It
was my unfortunate mistake to have
included her name upon that memo along
with information which she had no
knowledge of, let alone could substantiate.
I should have been quoted, not Ms.
Danielson, to whom I offer my apology.
I must again say that it was my mistake, not the reporter's (who did a fine job) for
having in-eluded Ms . Danielson's name on
a memorandum in an imorooer context.
Thank you,
Geanie A. Walton
ASLCC Senafor-at-Large

Dear TORCH:
I am a part-time rhythm 'n' blues and
hillbilly disc jockey. 1 take pride in the fact
that 1 had a flat-top haircut all the way up
to the eighth grade. Which, by the way. is
as far as I got. But the eighth grade was
three of the best years of my life. •
And when harassed by my classmates'
clever "Hey Bro', got any spare change?'-'
I maintained my pride by responding with
an equally clever "Screw you, buddy.
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admitting to his new audience that he was
more of a howler.
I skillfully used the girls diversion to slip
away towards the parkin' .lot. After dealin '
with Alfonso I knew I wouldn't be able to
handle any more classes, so I booked.
As I commandeered my slow lunker of a
truck up over the 30th Sfreet hill I silently
prayed that some of the fold in' clubs on
campus would get back on their feet.
Maybe there was still a chance Alfonso
would be absorbed by one instead of tryin'
to start his own.
Then again, maybe Alfonso has the right
idea. I mean talk about bein' on top a
things. Folks shoulda listened to his ilk
back in the sixties. What am I sayin'? I
must be gettin • Alfonso of the brain, even
Wild Turkey doesn't seem to irradicate his
almost logical insanities from my mind.
At least he's got the motivation to
semi-organize his interests and keep things
goin •. Think if the Student Senate ever
. Whoa down, I'd
gave him a charter
better cogitate.

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Waldo

I was born in Texas, but I was real little
at the time and couldn't do anything about
it. I was not only the best car thief in
Junior High School. but also the president
of S.W.A.M.P .. Spit and Whittle Association of Mount Pot Hole.
I've made many a long trip in a derelict
'58 Ford Fairlane. In my ventures I've
peddled steam-shovel roofs from Waxahachie to Nacogdotches. I've also on
occasion peddled down in Del Rio, but
that's a whole 'nuther story ...
As a music critic I've put down such
famous groups as the Jefferson Cowpatty
and Crosby. Pills. Hash & Young.
Selective in my musicial tastes, I desire
anything with guts and none of that beatnik
music and white wimp crapola.
In anticipation of the cosmic futme , • I
look forward to the day when the TORCH
staff realizes that a story like this would not
interest my own mother. much less
anyone else.
•
My extra curricular activities include
sucker fishing and collecting "Boyd
Bennet and His Rockateens" records.
They do not include writing crank letters to
newspapers. but I just lost control of my
right hand.
Later ...
Cactus Carl*
P.S.
I'm sorry I don't have a nice picture to send
you. like that one of Kevin Harris in your
last issue, but you can run one of Audie
Murphy if you have it. Everybody says I
look just like him.
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S_tate commission-freeze new programs
By G. Dennis

The new state Educational Coordinating
Commis~ion ( ECC) has called a 90 day
freeze on the initiation of all new
community college programs and classes.
The ECC. a seven member board of
non-educators appointed by the governor
on July 1. 1975, was given a primary roll to
study and recommend action on various
programs in the state's educational
institutions. then to report any disagreements to the governor and legis/
lature.
Edith Maddron. ECC board member
from Eugene. says the ECC has requested
that it not be presented any new programs
to review until the ECC has set down the
criteria to evaluate the new program
proposals. Maddron says the ECC is
"trying to put together the cardinal points
for reviewing new community college
'
programs.''
The impact of the first ECC move is of
concern to community .colleges like LCC.
LCC' President Schafer says that the ECC
has a great deal of power over community
colleges particularly in the areas of
"duplication, facilities, programs, and
almost forcing coordination if it seems that
that's the only way it would come about."
Schafer says he thinks community
colleges are particularly sensitive about the
coming decisions because most of the
Com~ission •s attention. initially . was
aimed at the activities of community
colleges. ··Many of us felt that they ·

(ECC) were too rapidly becoming involved described the powers and duties of the,
in detailed operational matters, when their ECC in a Register Guard story. The major
first months ought to have been spent duties of the ECC she said are:
looking at the total state-wide picture and * To approve or disapprove sites for new
establishing some overall policies and post-secondary institutions or for offguide•lines . . . rather than stepping into campus expansion of existing ones.
course approvals and program approvals * Determining where duplication of
programs is wasteful, and making a finding
which are already in the mill."
Schafer says that community colleges to resolve the. duplication if the various
are sensitive about the ECC's emphasis on segments (lower education, higher
new courses and the locatiions for teaching education, and community colleges) are
classes. There was a feeling that any unable to do it on their own.
location off campus will have to be * Assessing budgetary priorities of the
educational segments and advising the
approved by the commission, he said.
Another question raised by Schafer is governor and legislature of inconsistencies
defining the rights and prerogatives of the or omitted areas prior to action on the
locally-elected boards of education, "which budgets.
we hope (have) the authority to implement
local programs that have a need . . . (and)
that the commission from Salem would not
interfere with a locally-determine d board's
program." But Schafer points out that this
has yet to be determined.
Schafer also said that "LCC has what is ,
considered by most. . .one of the best
systems in the country and any thought
that this commission will control our
situation is of concern.•• There is a
movement around the country and state
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towards centralization of education poJicy
decisions, and Schafer says he worries that
this will erode local control.
Kathleen Beaufait, a lawyer for the
Oregon Legislative Counsel's office,

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G.I. Bill said tighter;
Vets get separate rules

by Scott Stuart
The Veterans Administration has handed down tighter guidelines for veterans
attending c-0lleges on the G.I. Bill.
Bob Marshall. LCC director of Admissions. attended a meeting on Oct. 29 in
which the State Approving Agency announced new guidelines from the V.A. in
Washington D.C. that will change the
criteria for auditing a veteran· s progress
while he attends school on the G.I. Bill.
Marshall says that the state does not
have all the answers yet. and that
negotiations will continue, but that it
appears the new regulations will be
something like the following: "Satisfactory progress" will be defined. Full time
students may not be able to attend a two
year institution for more than nine terms.
Marshall says that this is only a guideline
and not a hard and fast rule. A veteran will
have the right of appeal. This guideline is
only intended to stop flagrant violations--as
in the case where a veteran attends eight
terms but only completes 20 credits.
By definition. a full-time student is one
who carries t 2 credits. If a veteran is only
allowed nine terms. this amounts to 108
credits. If a veteran has only completed 97
credits. due to dropping classes or other
reasons. he will be forced to apply for an
extension. Marshall says, "What it is. I
guess. is a checkpoint. You're forced at
that point to look and check what progress
is."
Colleges have the option of determining
a vet's progress in terms of accumulated
grade point average, percentage of classes
completed, or a combination of the two.
Marshall says that LCC will probably use
both. The new criteria will probably mean
that a veteran must maintain a 2.0 grade
average. and complete 60 per cent classes
he attempts. " Any class in which a veteran
is enrolled for 4 weeks is considered to be
an attempt. Marshall says.
In the case where a student has not
complied with the new definition of
4
• satisfactory progress," the new guide1i nes state that he has one term of
probation before he is cut off the G.I. Bill
or makes satisfactory progress.
The rule in the past was two terms
probation for all students attending LCC.
but now veterans onlv have one term for
probation. Marshall s~ys the problem is in
having one rule for vet's, and one for other
students. "We either have to decide that
Vet's are different, or go by the guidelines
for · everyone. That's the position we're .
in." Marshall says he's not sure yet how~
LCC will resolve the dilemma.

The ECC has also decided oo its method
of selecting its advisory committee. The
advisory committee. as called for in the
Senate Bill 829 that established the ECC, is
to be composed of professionals represen.ting all segements of education. But
the bill does not designate the method for
selecting committee members.
Maddron says that the ECC will
probably select 15 to 20 representatives for
the committee. The ECC is asking for
recommendation s from various educational
groups. such as community college
presidents and the Oregon Student Lobby.
Maddron said that the ECC will probably
study all the recommendation s, but it does
have the final say on whom it will select.

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Young, Gifted -and · Black

A daring and dangerous night rescue

to kickoff season

by Karen Kramer
On November 21 the Performing Arts
Department will open its theatre season
with "To Be Young. Gifted and Black."
The script is made up of pieces from
Lorraine Hansberry's plays, diaries and
letters compiled and arranged by her
husband Robert Nemeroff, after her death
in 1965.
The box office reports that tickets are
still available for this production which
runs Nov. 21, 22, 28, 29, and 30. The play
is in a sense autobiographical. The story
line is about the Black experience in white
America, yet on a deeper level Hansberry
is speaking of the condition of all people.
The play is powerful but sensitive in that
she alienates no one -- to quote Hansberry
as she herself speaks in the play, "It is a
play that tells the truth about people Negroes - life - and I think it will help a lot
of people to understand how we are just as

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photo by Jeff Hayden
complicated as they are - and just as mixed
up - but above all, that we have among our
miserable and downtrodden ranks people
who are the very essence of human dignity.
That is what, after all the laughter and
tears, the play is supposed to say. I hope it
will make you very proud. Love to all ... "

Paul Halpern

'...the ability to affect people with my music.'

by Max Gano
If you've been wondering what ha~happened to all those folk balladeers who cried out
with heart at the injustices of society-: and if you miss the sound of their sweet and bitter
songs, take heart, for there lives one still.
.
You may remember Paul Halpern for his "Goodbye Pre", the memorial written for
Steve Prefontaine. Or you might have seen him on the evening news singing of smoke in
the air. If you didn't catch him then, check it out .now, for his music has accelerated from
that point and is refining into what may be the freshest new material and also the
strongest in the Eugene area.
Having returned recently from a four year stay in Norway, Halpern exibits the influence
of such a society in his music. Indeed, the Europian countries do seem to take their music
in a more serious light than we do in the States. For them, it is a part of everyday life, the
music that they play. It is not a disgrace to take the music to the streets as it is sometimes
in the U.S.
This is an inspiration that Halpern has picked up on, his enthusiasm is keyed to a high
pitch and he only wishes to share it with others.
Though modest about his ability as a guitarist, Halpern feels ''that I have the ability to
affect people with my music." This goal has helped Halpern develop his style of ballad
into a flowing and melodical feeling that is at once soothing yet introspective.
He divides his music into the three categories of ''philosophical, story telling and love
songs.'' All of these are rich in emotion and, in the simplicity of age old tradition, deal
with the thoughts that cross Halpern's mind. And as the man changes, so does the music
which he now is writing. Rather than regretting the past because of what it wasn't, it
speaks of accepting the past for what it was.
As for the future, Halpern hopes to join his talent with one or two other guitarists and
share original material in order to play around town.

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The cold, grey Saturday had dawned peacefully enogh for LCC student Robin
Alexander. Despite the steady rain. he and his brother Jim had tagged a buck in the
mountains surrounding the Vida area on the McKenzie River. It would be a welcome
prize to Alexander's young wife, Linda. who was home caring for Robin Marie, their
two-week old daughter.
It was Oct. 25, and at the time, Alexander didn't know that before the day was gone
another hunting party only a few miles away would lead him to perhaps the greatest
adventure in his 22 years of life.
The drama began on the Upper Martin Ridge Road, south of Vida and just above the
Goodpasture area. Two Vida citizens. Mike Lopardo and Lee Taylor. both 23. had set out
for an afternoon hunting trip there. The brush was severly thick and the rain pounded
down on the hunters in torrents.
Soon after the hunt started, Lopardo chased after a doe deer in hope of sighting a buck.
In the excitement, he lost his sense of direction and became separated from Taylor. A few
moments later, he was trying to combat the panic of being lost.
It was now approximately 4:30 p.m. Taylor realized his ~mating companion was lost.
He, too, was scared; not just by the fact that the weather was becoming even more
threatening. but because Lopardo had a blood disease--Lupus Erythematosis. If he were
to cut himself badly, his blood may be incapable of clotting in time to stop the bleeding. If
cut. he could very possibly bleed to death.
Taylor. an unemployed logger, then sped to Vida for a few supplies and for help. He
told Lopardo's father, Tony (owner of the market in Vida), what had happened and was
joined by lumberman Lyle Schossow in the return to Martin Ridge road.
Some of the local Citizen Band radio operators became involved. A base for the CB's
was set up at Vida with the call-name of "Timberjack", and "Papa Grandi" was the
corresponding base at Martin, Ridge.
--Taylor and Schossow made two different rescue attempts, once at 5 p.m. and another at
8 p.m. By now, 12 men had joined the group, including a member of the Lane County
Sheriff's Possee, Howard Herald. All of the roads surrounding the area were being
patrolled and six CB units were in operation.
Meanwhile. Lopardo was in a mild state of panic. He had stumbled on an old cat road
which he thought would lead him to a regular road and out. Instead, the cat trail tapered
off into the side of a ridge and he was forced to cross a creek.
"I wanted to stay away from ·the creek," he said. "It was too noisy and I was afraid I
couldn't hear auy rifle shots (the signals of rescue)."
It was about 11 :30 p.m. when Richard White, also an LCC student, drove up to
Alexander's home near Leaburg. White told Alexander of the situation, and asked to use
his CB radio unit. Alexander then decided to go with White, and left friends with his wife
and child.
When they arrived at the base where "Papa Grandi" was operating, Alexander said
that the wind was blowing so hard that limbs snapped from the trees and plummeted
earthward. Concern over Lopardo's blood disease became imminent.
Alexander decided to go in. The decision met with some static, however. Generally,
independent search volunteers are discouraged from any rescue attempts since there's a
great possibility of more people becoming lost when this happens. In fact, to prevent
independent searchers from rescue attempts, Oregon law states that if the independent
rescuer is lost while trying to rescue, he will foot the bill when found.
Alexander knew this, but he was determined to go in. He was joined by Taylor, and the
two soon sank into the mirk and thrashing of night.
They carried two important tools: A 23 channel walkie-talkie and a 357 magnum pistol.
The walkie-talkie kept them posted continually with "Timberjack" and "Papa Grandi".
The pistol was used to blast rescue signals to Lopardo.
Lopardo, by now, was grounded to a halt. He had decided to follow the creek out, but
the brush became so thick he couldn't move any further. It was black. He was restless,
cold, and soaked to the bone. He had fought off the initial panic of being lost, but was still
uncalm. He ha<! difficulty in distinguishing which direction the creek was running, even
though it was unusually high and fast.
Because he couldn't see the surrounding area, he swore the creek was running uphill.
"I wanted a cigarette," Lopardo said, "but they were all soggy and ruined. I kept
getting up to keep my circulation going.'·
Alexandei: and Taylor had been down a long time.
"What time is it?" they asked on their walkie-talkies.
'"2:30 a.m.," Papa Grandi replied.
'·"Is that all?"
'"We set our clocks back ... "
Alexander's strategy was simple. "I took off on the natural instincts of a scared
person,'' he said. ''I knew he would head down the creek, and if he couldn't make it out
he'd still be ther. ''
The dawn of Sunday.was closer now than-the ebb of night. The rescue pair was tired,
miserable. Rain continued to fall.
But Lopardo was to be found in a few more minutes.
Alexander had stopped to fire the magnum. The weapon was empty, bu Alexander
wasn't aware of it. He lifter the pistol above his head with both hands, and pulled the
trigger.
There was a loud blast.
''Hey.'' he said, excited, ''I didn't shoot that!'' Taylor, who was plugging his ears, was
surprised.
A few moments later, Lopardo emerged and the three shared a relieved - and elated reunion. Lopardo was only about 50 yards away when he had seen Alexander's flashlight.
He fired his rifle seconds later. .
. It was a happy moment at "Papa Grandi." Lopardo's parents were elated. Their son
was found, safe, and most importantly, unscratched.
Since the adventure, there has been some additional excitement along the McKenzie.
Alexander's rescue may be classified as mild, yet he did brave weather conditions many
would have refused to face, expecially at night. Night rescues are not normal.
How many times do the lost never make it through the night?
Now. for the first time, night rescue is being discussed. The core of the organizing
group is Alexander himself, along with Schossow, Taylor, and Ed Venard, a resident of
the area.
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The group says that, especially in Elk Season, many lost people could freeze in snow
before rescue attempts are started. The group is currently discussing the matter with
Lane County.
But for now, Alexander is once again husband and father, living his normal routine.
But. pehaps not for long.
··why did I do it?" he said. "Because, I'd do about anything if there 'w as some
excitement in it."

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f ro11 the classro011 to the field ...

Till the earth, feed the people

b y Jeff Hayden and Andy Ferguson
''The day of the bailing-wire-and-pliars
mechanic is gone," says Harvey Kelm,
veteran instructor for LCC' s Agricultural
and Industrial Equipment Technology
program.
The need for skilled farm equipment and
light industrial servicemen has increased
rapidly due to the development of complex
farm and industrial machines. A serious
shortage exists for qualified, trained
personnel in this field. The shortage of
technicians is demonstrated each spring
when farm implement dealerships
throughout the northwest call on LCC' s
graduates to fill job vacancies.
Harvey Keirn and Brian Dwyer instruct
students in the operation and repair of
most types of internal combustion engines,
hydraulic systems, electrical systems, and
farm implements. Students also learn
related skills such as welding, machine
shop operation and equipm~nt salesman-

Harvey Kelm provides farm implement students with theoretical base. Classroom work is
followed by practical lab work . . .

ship. During the summer between the fir~
and second year students are schedule(
for employment with a farm implemen
dealer or large farm where they ga ir
practical experience.
Harvey Kelm was in the first graduatinf
class of the program~ After working in
private industry, he returned to teach a
LCC. Dwyer joined the staff this year
replacing Paul Patrick who started th t
program in 1966. Dwyer has studie
agriculture at the University of Idaho i
Moscow. He taught school in Newberg and
worked in related industry.
Students graduating in the program can
pursue various careers. Some return to the
family farm, others may work for dealerships or equipment companies. Othe r
students decide to apply what they'v e
learned at Lane toward an Agricultural
Engineering or Ed_u cational degree at
Oregon State.

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Brian Dwyer and Harvey Kelm instruct students in assembly of rotary plow.
Rotary plow comes together in the hands of Lee Hansen.

Students develop w~lding and other related skills.

Students make the necessary field adjustments. Graduates of the program have a secure
future. Their productive skills are needed everywhere.

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by Cyndi Htll
LCC students can expect a hike in tuition
next fall says LCC President Eldon
Schafer. But the Dean of Business
Operations. Anthony Birch, and LCC
Board member, Larry Perry both say the
hike is not definite until they can discuss
the matter more fully at Wednesday
night's Board meeting.
Last Wednesday the Board approved
salary inqeases for management positions
but did not elaborate on tuition increases.
When asked about the tuition hike, Perry
said, "I hope will be one of our last resorts
to fill the gap we now have in LCC' s
budget."
Other possibilities to bridge the gap
which Board members and administrators
say they will be looking into include:
• Asking the taxpayers for more
property taxes at the April 20 Budget
Election.
• A rise in the number of credit hours
required to be a full-time student -- from 10
to 12.
• Increasing class size and developing
large classes to meet in the Forum Building
lecture halls.
• Increasing the number of students
attending LCC.
• Cutting back the replacement of
support personnel.
'• Some of these changes are working their
way in right now. while others will not be
put to use until next year." Schafer said.
Although the President says the LCC
budget breakdown is better this year than
any of the previous six years in which he
has been LCC' s president, Schafer says it
will be necessary to take steps to increase
the budget total because of the continually
rising costs of education and the maintenance of college facilities.
"If the cost of education goes up, then
quite naturally tuition must go up,"
Schafer said. "We are trying to develop
equity," he added.
Some of the rising costs of education are
due to the salaries of administrators,
faculty and classified personnel, which
take up 80 per cent of LCC's total budget.
The administrators were granted their
salary increases at the Oct. 22 Board
meeting.
Schafer, the third-highest paid president
of Oregon's community colleges, just
received a $2,000 per year raise in salary -to $38,000. (The Portland Community
College president receives $42,000 while
the Mt. Hood president gets $39,707 per
year).

Schafer also received an increase in his
personal expense account -- from $100 to
$300 per month. effective March 1. 1976.
Out of this he is to pay for the rental of his
car and all expenses related to it, costs
formerly paid for out of a college expense
account. The car. a Grand Prix, costs the
college $115.50 per month plus gas,
insurance and mainte ·mce.
''The presidents of Mt. Hood and
Portland Community College both still
receive more expense money than I do,·'
remarked Schafer.
Presidents of most community colleges
have two different expense.accounts -- one,
the college expense account, is used
mainly for business-related expenses, such
as cars and/or entertaining other college
presidents or administrators, and the
other. the personal expense account, is
used, according to Schafer, "Well, for
instance, if Senator Hatfield came to
Eugene and I wanted to buy him lunch, I'
would use my personal expense account
rather than the colleges, because it is not
directly related to LCC business, but is
used more to keep up good social
relations.•'
In addition to the president's raise, the
LCC administrators, supervisors and confidential secretaries received an increase of
2.4 per cent in fringe benefits and .34 per
cent of their combined salary budget was
set aside for leaves and professional
improvement, bringing the total average
increase to 11.34 per cent. This is the same.
percentage increase as the faculty and
classified employees gained under collective bargaining contracts.
All of these salary increases awarded at
the Oct. 22 Board meeting are retroactive
to July 1.
Salary increases for individual administrators ranged from a low of 3.5 per cent to
a high of 17..1 per cent.
Salaries approved for other top administrators were $26,900 for Anthony Birch,
Lewis Case, dean of academic and college
planning and for Gerald Rasmussen, dean
of instructional operations, and $26,300 for
Jack Carter, dean of students.
When inquiring about whether the
tuition increase would be the result of the
salary increases,"' Carter and Schafer both
said they do not attribute the hike in tuition
to the rise in salaries awarded them\
Information on how much of an increase
the students can expect is unavailable at
this time, but two years ago, tuition was
raised from $90 to $100 per term. An
a_greement was made at that time between

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Board members and administrators to hold
tuition to about 20 per cent of LCC's
budget.
According to Anthony Birch, students
now pay about 18.68 per cent of LCC's total
budget.
Student Body President Len Wassom
says he hopes to do a survey of student
opinion on this matter if he can get the
cooperation of student senators: "I don't
know what percentage students are paying
now, but I think it's less than 20 per cent,
and I know that costs are going up for
supplies and everything else, but no, I
don't think the raises are justified at this
time. Not at all. I was very disturbed when
I read about the salary increases in the
Register Guard.·'
He also said he hopes that the
president's salary will not rise again for "a
number of years."

women's Ct1n1c
accentuates
healthyBob1es

by Kathy Monje

Twenty-seven LCC clubs were active last
year, but this year there are only six
remaining.
Apathy. fall term inertia, and lack of
strong leadership are responsible for the 78
per cent decline in healtl'!y student
organizations at LCC, say group representatives.$
At the Handicapped Students Association only one student showed up.
Pat Creal. Black Student Union advisor,
says most of last year's BSU members are
now at the U of 0, perhaps explaining the
failure of all but one member to miss the
first meeting.
All four of the Veterans Club officers
have resigned, stating lack of participation
as their reason.
The Young Socialist Alliance, active last
year. does not exist this year.
OSPIRG. (Oregon Student Public Interest Group) is very active on other campuses
in the state, but has had difficulty at LCC,
because few students have been willing to
committ themselves to its goals.
Various religious groups, such as the
Baha'i Club, Campus Crusade for Christ,
and the Pentecostal Student Fellowship,
have not met so far this year. The Student
Nurses' Association is also inactive thus
far.
Connie Hood, ASLCC secretary, cites
lack of leadership as a major cause of the
problems these groups are having. She
processes the clubs' Reaffirmation of
Charter and Membership forms necessary
for the clubs to obtain funding each year.

by Karen Heidemann
The LCC Women's Clinic emphasizes
education to make women responsible for
the care of their bodies.
Laura Oswalt, head of Health Services,
explains that for a $10 fee at the Women• s
Clinic, a woman is given a complete
confidential check-up which includes an
informative rap session, a pap smear.
Connie Hood, ASLCC secretary, cites
blood test. urine analysis, and examination
lack of leadership as a rttajor cause of the
of the thyroid. breasts. and pelvic. Oswalt
problems these groups are having. She·
says the fee also covers any problems the
processes the clubs' Reaffirmation of
woman might have in any of these areas
Charter and Membership forms necessary
during the school year.
for the clubs to obtain funding each year.
For the women who are interested in
••Most of the people who got things going
birth control, the Women's Clinic will
have left LCC," she says.
insert IUD's, fit diaphragms, and write
But the TORCH could identify_ six
prescription for three month's supply of
surviving clubs - Mecha (formerly the
birth control. These services are included
Chicano Student 'Union), the Native
in the $10 fee.
American Student Association, the Chess
Barabra Aved, who is the Family
Club. Phi Theta Kappa (LCC • Honor
Planning Nurse Practitioner, coordinates
Society). Women for Equality, and the
the women's clinic program under the
International Club for foreign students.
supervision of Dr. George Wills. an
Paul Mill, president of NASA, said,
obstetrician and gynecologist. The staff is
"We've been fighting that (apathy) and
all specially trained, and is able to answer
have made some changes to a less
any questions the woman may have during
structured atmosphere, which seems to be
the check-up. . . .
The clinic is set up to provide preventive working.''
Mecha, with 18 members, had "some
care for women who are taking credit
classes at LCC. but if a disease is problems getting going, but now we're
discovered or special problems arise. the rolling," according to president Jim Frank.
Irene Parent, advisor to the International
woman is referred to a doctor in the
Oub, estimates that 15 people will attend
communitv for medical aid.
its first meeting Nov. 5.
The Cli~ic is open between 4 p.m. and
6 p.m. on Tuesdays. Wednesdays. and
Thursdays. An appointment is necessary (cont. from page 2)
and can be made by calling the clinic or
winter. There the whole family will be,
dropping by the Health Service.
sitting around. cold, shivering and dead
broke with the car up on blocks. And they
won't know whom on earth to blame.
At least my Uncle Jerry and Aunt
Congrcssa fervently hope so.
(Copyright Chronicle Publishing Co. 1975)

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\\Ork. A person that is interested in the nursing
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lircplaccs and Franklin stoves for mobile homes.
Willing to train--20 per cent commission on sales.
We arc always interested in babysitters that could
lin--in or do occasional babysitting.

Night time child care services can be obtained.
This would be open for children ages J-6 years old.
This child care service will only exist on basis of
interest on the parenfs part. There is now a sign
up sheet i-n the Womens Awareness Center
(northeast corner of the 2nd floor Center Bldg.).
_As soon as there are en_ough pai:ticipants hours
will be arranged. There will be a shght fee. If you
arc interested or have any questions. please
contact the Womens Awareness Center and ask for
Jov between 2-5 weekly.
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llll'l'lings will be held each Friday at 11 :00 a.m. in
Health IO'l. Everyone is welcome.

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shorl words make one line). Ads must be paid in
advance in the TORCH office. Meeting notices,
rides to school. and give-away items will receive
free space in the TORCH as space allows.

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LCC striders win
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again; Tarp too
Lane Community College's undefeated
cross country team is getting set for
national competition this Saturday in
Rochester , Minnesota.
The Titans are a darkhone contender for
the national crown because Lane's young
runners seem to rise to the test each week
and seem to be getting better as the season
progresses.
Southwestern Michigan Junior College
is rated the team to beat, returning with
t hree All-Americans from last year's
national championship team.
The Titans are consistently- one of the
nation's finest community college cross
country teams with an impressive record in
national competition: seventh in 1969, (did
not compete in 1970 and 1971), first in
1972, fjfth in 1973, and sixth last year.
" We will make an extremely good
showing in this meet," promises Coach
Tarpenning, obviously bouyed by a powerful finish last weekend when Lane won the
National Junior College Athletic Association Region 18 Championships for the fifth
consecutive year. The scoring: Lane 39,
Clackamas 55, Northern Idaho 98, Central
Oregon 104, College of Southern Idaho
119, Southwestern Oregon 164, Ricks 183,
Blue Mountain 234, Judson Baptist 243,
Linn-Benton 270, Chemeketa and Treasure
Valley unscored.
Five Lane runners were named to the
all-conference team: John Miller (third
place finisher), Bill Sharp (fifth) and Dave
Martin (seventh) made the second team.
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by Kathy Downey
Lane center halfback, Virginia Burr, was
appointed as a member of the Selectors All
Star Team in Corvallis this weekend. Left
wing, Caryn Howarth and goalie Leigh
Moorhouse, were on the honorable mention list. Although these three members .
did well, Lane as a team did not.
Lane dropped all three games, and also
lost the use of goalie, Leigh Moorhouse.
She has apparently suffered a new injury
and could be out of competition for
sometime.
The Selectors Tournament draws several
teams throughout Oregon and is highlighted by the selection of an All-Star Team,
which is chosen by a panel of judges who
view each team in their three games. '
LCC's first game with Oregon State was
scoreless. According to Coach Debbie
Dagget, the game was highly defensive,
and bounced from one end of the field to
the another. Lane scored one goal, but
because of an offsides violation, was called
back (an offsides violation occurs when the
offensive line outnumbers the defensive
line in the incident of scoring a goal).
George Fox University outscored Lane
2-0 in the second game. Most of the game
was played on Lane's defending end.
Debbie Dagget said that, "The forward
line couldn't do anything and they just
outplayed us.''
Willamette scored four goals in the first
half of the third game before Lane pulled
together and held them to only one goal in
the second half.
Lane travels to George Fox Tuesday and
hosts Southern Oregon College, Friday at
3:00 p.m.
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Basketball, anyone?
Anyone wishing to play women's
basketball this winter should contact
Debbie Dagget in the Health and P.E.
office. as early season conditioning has
already begun. An organized group meets
MWF at 3-4 to lift weights and run,
although Dagget says you can make your
own schedule and work individually.
The first scheduled team practice is
around the first of December, with the first
league game scheduled directly after
Christmas vacation.
So. if you 're interested, be sure to see
Dehhi.

In addition, Coach Tarpenning was
named Oregon Community College Athletic Association cross country coach-ofthe-year for the third straight year.
"I was really pleased with the team,"
says Tarpenning. ''The kids ran exceptionally well."
Tarpenning was especially happy with
the showing of Dave Martin who picked up
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th e slack left by an inJury to c assy
freshman Rich Harter. Harter suffered a
hairline fracture of bis left foot during
practice. The injury seemed fo be
responding to treatment but Coach Tarpenning ruled th at, while Harter felt good
enough to run, it was beSt to let him rest
th e injury.
Martin's showing was encouraging to
Tarpenning. His top five runners have all
finished first in at least one race this
season. "If we could get them all up there
together. this could be a real outstanding
team," says Tarpenning.
Lane's goal at th e national meet
Saturday morning in Rochester, Minnesota, will be to finish as a group high in the
st a nd ings. In previous meets, Lane's top
five runners have finished as close as
within 15 seconds of each other, although
the margin dropped to 47 seconds at_the
regionals. "I th0 ught we were a little too
far apart for our ability," says Tarpenning.
He will push his team to move faster as a
group over a hilly• five-mile course in cold
weather.
Coach Tarpenning expects to better last
year's sixth place finish, but because
comparative data is spotty it is difficult to
predict this race beforehand. "Everybody
has a different course to run on. Some will
be five miles plus 200 yards, some just five
miles. One will be flat. One will be hilly.
It's really hard to determine what kind of
talent you 're up against,'' says Tarpenning.
Regardless, Tarpenning has his team
ready. "We're capable of doing an
outstanding job," he says. "Now we have
to perform. ''

tough kid fram the east

Brian McDonald has the tools to be an excellent basketball player. I think he's
the fastest player on the Titan team. "He can take rebounds away from taller
opponents,'' the stat sheet says, and his freethrow shooting per centage is
acceptable (71 per cent).
Brian McDonald is 19 years old, the only black on the Titan team, and furthest
away from home (Indianapolis). He came to LCC accidently -- Pacific University
in Forest Grove recruited him to the West Coast originally but he ended up here
in Eugene.
I asked him about his family and the upcoming holidays. "My dad is still my
main man," Brian said, "and my Mom's my main girl, even though they are
separated. Sure, I get homesick, I'd be lying if I said I didn't. I've got an older
brother that's married and his- family is expecting a new addition, and r've a
younger sister and lots of cousins ... Yeah, I miss home from time to time -hell, I'd have gone home for Halloween if I could've."
Brian seems to have handled the environmental transfer from an all-black
neighborhood in Indianapolis to a predominately white neighborhood in
Springfield. But the cultural adaptation of Brian's world has yet to be realized.
People in an Indianapolis neighborhood react differently to a black person than
they do here. That's a fact, and he realizes it.
_
It is none-the-less a strange world in which transplanted blacks find
themselves. He and other blacks aren't able to communicate nearly as well here
as they would at home, and they don't have any of the black social life to which
they are accustomed. Though people have learned to acknowledge the negro,
many have yet to accept the black as a real person.
Brian didn't play nearly as much last year as he would've liked. But he says
he learned a lot.
"I've learned more about the team concept of basketball, I've improved my _
skills and I sat on the bench a lot last year. I wasn't used to that. I think that
helped me in the development of my manhood," he told me softly. ''My passing
is weak, they tell me, I've got to work more on it. I've been waiting for my game
to really get together. I think our team can 'Get Down' and win the conference
this year. I want to 'get down' and make a tournament all-star team along with
that."

Kodak AA undeveloped
By Don Sinclair
OSU received quite a surprise the other
day; The coordinator of the Kodak
All-America football team which is selected
by the American Football Coaches Assoc'iation. sent notice to Corvallis that two
Oregon State players, tight end Dave
Brown and linebacker Bob Horn, have
been selected to the midseason list of
Kodak All-America candidates.
The case of Horn is legitimate enough,
but Dave Brown hasn't played a game for
OSU this season due to an injury that never
really healed. And to top it off, Brown isn't
even attending OSU anymore. He enrolled
at San Jose State a few weeks ago.

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"My dad, Ivory, is still my main man."

I've watched the practices out on the court and don't think that at this time,
Brian is one of the top five ball players on the team. Kids in Indianapolis don't
get the kind of coaching that teaches strong defense. A kid from Indianapolis
has to work his tail off if he's coming to town to play basketball for Dale Bates.
Bates' philosophy for winning basketball is well kno~n in the OCCAA -- his
·teams play defense well enough to score off of it.
, Bates says, "I don't care how tall they are, our best three defensive men are
going to be on the starting five because good defensive teams don't have the
'bad game' that the flashy offensive-minded teams can have."
Brian McDonald has the potential of being a great junior college basketball
player, no more, no less. He is in a different culture. He's having to learn tough
defensive basketball which he admits is different from what he played in high
school. He wants the team to win and he wants to be a winner. •
I think he can ·do it. It's the story of the minority kid who moved away from
home, ended up some place by accident, got his act together and came out on
top. The guy has to work, not as hard as everybody else, he always has to work
harder .-- He's number two. And no excuses ... if you want to be a winner,

by T~d Powers

The LCC Titans capitalized on penalty
kicks to beat the Mt. Angel Seminarians in
a !ough, defensive game played Satu rd ay
at Mt. Angel College. Coach George Falvy
said the Titans had many opportunities to you've got to pay the price. And when you're in a strange town, you have to
score, but the tough Mt. Angel defense 1--w_o_r_k_h_
a_rd_to_g_e_t_i_n_to_ th_e
_ c_o_m_m
_ u_n_it_y_. _I_k_n_o_w_ o_n_e_c_it_y_ th_a_t_'l_l _l_
ov_e_ y_o_u_f_o_r_i_t•__
kept the Titans off the boards until Pat Farr
THIS WEEK IN LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPORTS
and Cort Lae scored on penalty kicks in the
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
first and second halves respectively. The
Soccer
penalty kicks came after some devilishly
Lan~ CC vs Judson-Baptist~ 3 p.m., Portland
rough play by the Mt. Angel defenders.
Women's Field Hockey
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The Titans, now 4-1 on the year, remain
Lane CC vs George Fox University, 3 p.m., Newberg
in second place behind Southern Oregon
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
College in the "blue" division of the
Women's Field Hockey
Oregon Intercollegiate Soccer Association.
Lane CC vs Southern Oregon College, 3 p.m., Lane
Lane's Cort Lae is the league's leading
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 8
scorer with 13 goals.
Soccer
This week the Titans have two important
Lane CC vs Mt. Angel College, 2 p.m., Lane
games. They travel to Portland to meet
Cross Country
Judson-Baptist on Tuesday and host the
Lane CC at National Junior College Athletic Association Championships, 11 a.m.,
rugged Mt. Angel again on Saturday.
Rochester, Minnesota.

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