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Is your brain fuzzing in and out?

LANE
COMMUNITY

that's easy and that you can control-clean the bathroom, oil all
Is your brain fuzzing in and out?
the hinges, do the laundry or wash the car.
Are you snapping at your friends for no apparent reason?
*Channel frustrations into some sort of physical activity-Do you feel all tight inside?
shoot a few baskets, work at a hobby, play a musical
Are you all wrung out, yet still can't sleep? Do you wonder instrument, ·1r make faces at yourself in the mirro'r.
what's wroniz with vou?
*Leave it all for awhile--go for a walk, visit a friend, gcHave you considered the posstbtllty that you are stressed window-shopping, or take a nap.
*Find someone with whom you can share your frustraout?
Dr. David Abrahams, Psychiatrist, asserts that "this is dons--maybe they can't offer inspiration for your term paper
probably the most stressful time in the history of Westem or tell you how to pass your chemistry final, but they can offer
civilization." The truth of that statement is certainly driven some sympathy.
home at the end of each term--with the onslaught of finals,
*Dig into the most unpleasant or dlfftcult studies first-- ·
term papers, and deadlines for all that work which has been space them out rather than having them all before you, in a
• procrastinated the potential for getting overstressed is •dark menacing pile, at the last minute.
incredible.
*Avoid drugs--there are many effective ways to stay alert
Certainly, in some circumstances stress is desirable and without the use of uppers. Try studying in a hard chair,
helpful-it prepares the body for either fight or flight. Over- keeping the room cool, or doing a few push-ups. If you are too
stress, however, can bring on or intensify ill health.
wound-up to rest when you want, find a comfortable chair and
It may also tie a person in so many mental knots that the listen to some favorite music for a few minutes before going to
concentration and precise thinking necessary during finals bed. If you can stand it, warm milk is the traditional relaxant;
week is utterly impossible. In our society, a1Jd in our role as some of the herbal teas also have a calming effect.
students, stress is unavoidable. Unfortunately, too many
*Take the time to eat properly--you can find the time.
people don't know how to react to stress; and because they Also, make an effort to get a decent amount of rest. Should
don't know how to deal with it effectively, they are you get sick, seek out medical help. Student Health Services
overwhelmed by it.
can help you there.
Since the best approach to solving stress-related
The ability to consciously make your mind and body relax in
complications is to avoid stress build-up, here are some ways a high pressure situation is an art, and one that isn't always
to cope with it whP.n vou feel tension growini:.r inside voneasy to develop. However, effective handling of stress is a
*Take care of some little mechanical chore, something life-skill everyone must learn in order to successfully survive.

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editor Mike McLain

feature editor Max Gano

associate editor Cris Clarke

photo editor Rex Ruckert

news editor Todd Johnstone

production mgr John Brooks

David McKay
Kevin Harris
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Mail or bring all correspondence to: TORCH, Lane Community College, Room 206 Center
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TORCH ad info

The TORCH needs competant advertising
salespeople. Must have transportation.
This is a good way to add to your income.
Contact Mike McLain, 206 Center.
RA TES for classified advertising are 25
cents a line (5 short 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.

An illustration by Jerry WIDiams from a new book,
"Our Wagon Train is Lost," by LCC's journalism

instructor, Pete Petenon. See the story about this
publication and the publications of several other
LCC writers on pages 7 and 8.

Midwives in Eugene

See storv on oage 7

The Register Guard:
Racism or Journalism?

See story on page 6 •

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[December 10, 1975

Reagan brings
campaig n to
Lane County

by Russell Linebarger
Ronald Reagan blasted the government's waste of the tax dollar,
inflation, unemployment and the Democratic party, during a
fund-raising dinner at the Rodeway Inn in Eugene, Dec. 1.
The former Governor of California and ex-movie star, recently
entered the race for the GOP presidential nomination against
incumbent President Ford. Reagan spoke to approximately 450
local Republicans for 45 minutes while they ate $25 a plate dinners.
Reagan says the government has been wasting the taxpayers
money be not audition government sponsored programs. As an
example, Reagan points to one research program financed by the
government which "spent $249,000 dollars to find out that it's
better to be young, rich, and healthy, rather than poor, old, and
sick.''
*Inflation. The former governor attacked the rate of inflation, by
saying that "Government only half-a-century ago was taking ten
cents out of every dollar ... today, it's almost half of every dollar."
*Unemployment. The Republican hopeful, says that "today
71-and-a-half million people are employed in the private sector',
this is the total resource of Government. Every penny the
Government gets, comes from the 71 million . . . (but) there are
today 80-and-a-half million who receive checks from the
Government.''
Reagan continued his speech, saying that the Democrats ''have
been masters ... at practicing political demagoguery,'' labeling the
Republicans as the party "of the rich." Reagan answers the charge
by pointing out that the Democrats are responsible for the country's
unstable economic out-look by providing "deliberate, planned,
inflation.''
Reagan outlined his goals for the U.S. saying that "Government
(should) get out of the way and let the free-enterprise system
·take-over." "Our goal is the eventual balancing of the budget and
the reduction of the national debt," says Reagan.
Reagan's solution to the problems of Government are as follows:
*Tax Reform
The Government should, according to Reagan, ''start by
simplifying the income tax so that the working men and women
don't have to employ legal help to find out how much they owe."
Reagan thinks Congress should act to control the index on the
surtax, so that cost-of-living increases are not placed in a higher
income tax level. Reagan points out that the government makes a •
profit on inflation . . . "last year the Government's increase in
over-taxing personnel income was 7 billion dollars.''
*Employment, cure for Inflation
Reagan says that the Welfare Program is encumbered in red tape
and that the role of Government should be to have ''compassion for
those ... who cannot provide for themselves ... (and) see that
Continued on page 14

A graphic art design by LCC student Steven Reid. Thanks and Merry Christmas Steve

Lettuce, lnft:·rdiscip/ tnary Studies; Womens Studies

Big Board meeting tonight
by Mike McLain
LCC' s Board of Education will consider three controversial
items at its meeting in the Board Room tonight.
In what promises to be one of the more active meetings of
the year, the Board will:
• consider its early fall decision to purchase non-UFW
lettuce ,
• discuss an administrative decision to disband and absorl
th"' Interdisciplinary Studies Department,
J and discuss an administrative recommendation not to
allocate an additional $4,000 to continue the position of
Robbie Hanna , who is a part-time Woman's Studies
instructor.
At its Nov. 19 meeting the Board moved that they
reconsider their decision to buy non-UFW lettuce after
hearing comments from 'representatives of the Friends of
Farmworkers and other people concerned that the UFW
boycott was still in effect and still needed the support of the
college .
The Friends of Farmworkers have arranged to present a
film to the Board in order to further clarify their position. The
film will be shown to the Board at 7 p.m. in the Board Room.
The Board will review, as an informational item, a
recommendation from Dean of Instruction, Gerald Rasmussen-, to the President to discontinue the Interdisciplinary
Studies Department and absorb tfte classes into the Social
Science and Language Arts Departments. The recommenda-

tion emphasizes that no classes or instructors would ½e
discontinued, and that the college's emphasis on minority
studies will not be affected.
But the TORCH has learned that many students both at
LCC and the university as well as members of the community
are concerned that this may be a move that is in opposition to
the intent of the Affirmative Action directive of the Federal
government and will present this view to the Board tonigi1t.
The Board will discuss a recommendation from President
Schafer not to allocate an additional $4,000 to continue the
teaching duties of Robbie Hanna. Her instructing duties were
scheduled to be taken over by the newly appointed Women's
Programs Specialist, Ann Stuart. Stuart had made a
recommendation to Rasmussen on Nov. 26 that the duties of
coordinating the Womens Program was a full-time job and
that an additional $4,000 should be allocated to allow her- to
devote all her time to this , and not to devote 2/ 5 of her time to
teaching. She recommended that a Women's Studies
instructor should be retained.
Again the TORCH has learned that representatives from
the Women for Equality and Women's Studies students will
be at the meeting to voice their opinion that the position of
Women's Studies instructor be retained by Robbie Hanna;
The Board will also review the 5000 series of Board Poli~y
concerning Admissions and Records.
The meeting is open to the public.

In and about
Broadway Rag Times - page 10
Fall fades, winter draws near - page 12
Financial aids calendar - page 5
Hoppe on Xmas - page 15
LCC Authors - page 8 and 9
Letters to the Editor - page 2
Midwives in Eugene - page 7
Options - Racism or Journalism? - page .6
Registration calendar - page 5
Self is an Elf winners - page 4
The Crux on Christmas - page 3

Merry
Christmas

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:EDITORIAL:
w·en, here it is the end of Fall Term.
It's been a very intense and very quick term, with an incredible amount of learning
going on for all of us.
Now we can all look forward to a relaxing two week brake, during which time we can
renew our energies and return to work and learn as intensly as we have this term.
This will be the final TORCHof the year. We can't in good conscience burden our
already overworked staff with trying to produce another paper and study for finals at the
same time.
Our next newspaper will come out on Jan. 7, 1976. We hope to see you then.
In closing I would like to thank the TORCH staff and its advisor for their patience with a
new editor through some pretty rough times. We've had our good and our bad times, but
I feel we've all grown closer. And that's what it all is.
I sincerely wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a growing New Year.
Mike McLain, editor

ASLCC Senate takes stance on SB#l
LCC Senate is currently working toward
educating students and the general public
of the repressive effect that Senate Bill I
will have on our lives if this bill is passed.
Senate Bill I, the criminal code revision
act of 1975, has ·become a clear-cut class
attack. The bill revises the federal criminal
laws in two directions. On one hand it
makes it legal, those crimes that .rich
people commit and on the other hand, it
threatens the human liberties by forming a
police state.
One of many provisions that exemplify
the meaning of the aforementioned is
Subchaper C., offenses involving privacy.
A person is guilty if he (she is not stated)
intentionally intercepts a private oral
communication by means of an eaves-

dropping device (wiretapping). This act is
punishable by seven years ·imprisonment
by nature of the class D felony. However,
anyone that works for the federal
government is automatically excused of
any wrongdoing.
Also, anyone working for the telephone
company is excused while engaging in
so-called "service-observing" or "random
monitoring" for mechanical difficulties.
We maintain that what is fair for one is fair
for all. Position or place of employment
should not be consideration for exception.
Let's get together to protect individual
rights and states' rights by killing and
burying Senate Bill I.

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Len Wassom, ASLCC President

LETTE RS

lives on
Questionable 'headline
secret mc;,c;;ungs, though some personnel

First, I'd like LO state that your efforts to
report the facts and issues surrounding the
recent controversy in the student government are appreciated, as your intentions to
print what is true and keep students
informed.
However, there are some serious
problems (fact errors) in the nature of
reporting. The boxed-in story on the front
page was erroneously entitled ,...Student
Senate condemns its director." The ·story
reports facts, but the headline is highly
misleading. The Student Senate did
nothing with (tabled) the motion asking for
the advisor's resignation. The Student
Senate has a staff advisor, not a director,
and no one was ''condemned''. The
TORCH should not state that the Student
Senate took any action other than ·those
included in formal motions that carried or
unanimous consensus. The headline leads
readers to believe something that simply
did not happen.
Next, in referring to your analysis, there
are several mistakes. In listing Executive
Cabinet members at the meeting, Marti
W assom was left out.
The TORCH reported that the Cabinet
"violated ... ASLCC regulations" in that
tuition "reimbursement was allocated."
This is in error because no money was
expended, and the proposed violation was
stopped by the courage and integrity of Len
Wassom and Kathy Monje. Both of these
Cabinet officers felt that the action and
money to be expended as a result of that
action (i.e., allocation and expenditure)
were illegal according to the by-laws, and
neither of them wanted the responsibility
of such an action, though each of them
acted· independently of the other and
concluded that the Cabinet decision wasn't
right. They acted responsibly and went
against the Cabinet decision and the
request of our advisor in stopping the
requisition. To accuse such fine officers of
violations when they did their best to
prevent any violations seems to me to show
a bias and a favoring of negative and the
more sensational side of the issue.
Last, but not least in importance, I
question the TORCH's role in interpreting
the law and assuming that Oregon's open
meeting law applies to the Assoicated
Students. It is generally the honest
intention of the Senate and its committees
to do business in full view of the public and
the press. I personally disagree with an)'

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problems are worked out much better, and
without public embarrassment, in a
private, closed session. It seems to me that
either an attorney or a court is better
qualified to interpret state law and make
recommendations or give advice as to how
to follow that law than the TORCH.
I would like to urge the TORCH and the
editor to be more responsible in the future.
Sincerely,
Connie Hood
ASLCC Secretary
Chairman, Media Commission

instructor in the Adult Education Division.
During the fall term Ronald H. Havard
taught a class called "Fun with Alphabets''. It was ten weeks of delight and a
once in a lifetime experience, which will
never be repeated . . . Why?
Looks like Ronald and wife will be
heading for Mexico come winter term.
Thanks again Ron.
Doug Armstrong

You guessed it!

As ta fellow student who has been around
.for a while, I wish to convey this appeal to
the ASLCC Student Senate : I have
watched the ,actions of the Student
Activities director in connection with his
relationship to that body as "advisor" for
I really sympathize with your problems quite some time. I have observed certain
in selecting a new name for the TORCH. of this person's other activities in
It's so hard to get feedback from students connection with his vested interest--his
that don't recognize the need to get $20,000 a year job, with the administration
involved in burning issues. Well, I decided of LCC. It is my agreement with Senate
members that the advisor should be
to get involved!
I took the liberty of calling in a relieved of his advisor role and a new
professional P.R. man, Ricardo DePapers, advisor without any vested interest be
a specialist in the area of helping struggling chosen from among our highly qualified
college newspapers find just the right staff. But the reasons behind this appeal
image. He's the best. Besides, he charges are at least 3-fold. 1) The Director has a
clause in his job description which states
under a thousand dollars.
He requested background information, that he "interprets" documents for the
natually. I felt unqualified to answer his student senate and student government
members. Many times in the past the
question, but I did-t:he best I could ...
How old is this paper? (it's last week's) wishes of the students have been very
different from the wishes of the adminisI mean, how long has it been in existence?
(not as long as the editors-oops!) Why do tration, and the advisor hasn't exactly
they want to change their name? (they're abstained from making conflict of interest
on a subscription drive, they think it'll judgements as to exactly what these
ASLCC documents are to be interpreted as
help)
Later he told me what he thought. saying--sometimes on monetary matters.
Frankly, I think his ideas are. a little nutty, 2) Not only has the Student Activities
but I'll pass them on anyway. After all, director participated in these conflict of
he's the expert. (1) He suggests using interest judgements in interpretations,
glamour, flash and sex appeal, like the (according to a prejudicial vested interest
Glittering Gazelle. (2) Try to capitalize on in the person's source of income) but his
the nostalgia craze, maybe the Wednesday choice of associates would also point out a
Morning Post. (3) People like "cute, silly" conflict in light of recent less than ethical
titles, he says--how about the LCC L-c-c-c (untruchful) remarks of the advisor about a
(pronounced 1-e-c-c)? ! Above all, re- past student president. 3.) In short, this
member the first rule of naming: avoid person is in a position to be the lawyer
(advisor) of the students. And what do you
simple ones that make sense!
Personally, I favor the Retard's Review. do when your lawyer lies to you? YOU
guessed it!
Shannon Cale{

Retard's Review?

A good class

May I share with you, a very exceptional

Sincerely,
Dayle Allan
Sophomore

OSPIRG needs bucks
The Oregon Student Public Interest
Research Group needs your help, for us to
continue the work we have been doing.
Many Research projects will be under
way this winter and a need exists for
members in OSPIRG to assist in this
research.
Registration is soon also and we need to
increase our funding level here at LCC.
Check yes at registration. The dollars
are put to good use. Help protect the
quality of life in Oregon.

Thank you.
Michael Roche

To clear up a point
Dear Editor,
I am writing this in reference to the
article about the Vet's Assoc. that
appeared in the Nov. 26th issue of the
Torch. I thought the article, as a whole,
was very well done. The part I am
concerned with is the statements about the
upcoming Home Loan Bill. the TORCH
stated that the Vet's Assoc. is concerned
with pending legislation which, if passed
would require a veteran to be a resident of
Oregon for two years before he or she could
buy a home through the G.I. Bill.
What needs to be pointed out is that the
vet is required to have been a resident in
Oregon two years prior to May 1, 1977.
This is to alleviate the problem of a land
msh. Without the 2 year stipulation it is
feasible that a lot of people from out of
state would come in and buy homes. I
believe that this is a very desirable part of
the Bill. The Bill is basically an economic
Bill. It would create jobs for many of the
unemployed carpenters, plumbers, electricians, and general laborers. I personally
stand behind this Bill 100 per cent. For
further information contact the Vet's office
or any of the officers of the Vet's Assoc.

Sincerely,
Jerry Smith
Pres. AVLCC

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December 10, 1975

The Crux of the Bisquit

Howdy again, there ladies and gents,
friends and neighbors, boys and girls,
feminists and chauvinists, elitists and
defeatists, bozos and space cadets--boy I
could go on forever, but I won't, 'cause I
got this incredible low down to lay on you
all.
I betcha a dollar agin a bucket of piss
that none of ya know that there is a minor
revolution takin' place up here in Russell
Basin. 'Course it's only an itsy bitsy sprout
of a revolution but heck, it's happening
right here at Last Chant.
Me and Alphonso was sittin' 'round the
other day and we got to talkin' about how
deversified the ole student population was
up at the school. I mean there's all kinds of
people, right, right, and all them different
kinds knit themselves together in their own
little social groups. Unfortunately, them
groups are usually based on whether
you're a leaner towards jock-strap activities or you're into long-hair type trips.
Alphonso tells me that he's been noticin'
folks interactin' with regard to things
beyond chessman and checker play antics.
Now I don't say nothin' right off, 'cause
Alphonso, well, he's more on top of things
then I am, so I just listen.
Anyways, he's sayin' that folks are
jumpin' boundaries of a social nature for·
other reasons then uptightedness. He says
that the era of governmental, economic and
religious doubt, that we're all now
absorbed in, has been breedin' common
concepts for common people to join in.
I says, "Sheet, it takes more than
common concepts for people to pole vault
the borders of their social group. Ya don't
find a BMOC (Big Man On Campus), ·
havin' an honest, gameless, rap about the
state of the world with a hyper-feminist
just because they both believe that Tricky
Dick was a deceptive schmuck.''
Alphonso agrees with me on that point,
but only 'cause I mentioned just one area of
agreement. He says that the entire air of
mild paranoia that we're all breathin' has
prompted folks towards a slowly growing
unity, that people are lookin' to their three
sacred cows and gettin' no hope, so some
are doin' an about-face and beginning to
see the ones about them in a new light.
We was sittin' out on the lower deck by
the Center Building and Alphonso, he lit
up a smoke and laughed hardly into my
bewildered face.
Now ya know they had that craft fair goin
on at the college, well we was sittin' nearby
to that. Alphonso waved one of his arms,
gesturing over towards the craftsman
peddlin' their wares and the people
wanderin' crowdedly from booth to booth,
and he tells me to watch 'em for a minute
and ta listen too.
I do, and all I see is the people shufflin'
from stall to stall lookin' at all the finely
done creations and all I hear is the sound of
school with a little guitar and flute
background and I tells Alphonso as much.
Then he says now feel and I .looked at
him with, I'm sure my most befuddled look
and he's sayin' that he can feel the vibes of
a very few people who are viewin' the
strangers around 'em in a new light.
I tells him he was just talkin' 'bou1
religious doubt.
But, he says he ain't thinkin' of that but
of a new social light. Then he relates to me
that folks who've had their hands clutchin'
at the ole dollar sign are loosir/ faith in it.
People are becomin' increasingly aware of
Uncle Sam's hands that are grabbin' at
them and they're rapidly losing faith in him
too.
Alphonso pointed out to me that folks are
gettin' out in the open, brushin' into each
other and a few are findin' the desire and
guts to turn to the stranger next to 'em,
smilin' and makin' an honest quest for a
little trust, a smidgen of faith in the outside
world."
I starts to tell him that only good
compadres would have that sort of

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. communication, but Alphonso ·cuts me off
tellin' me to just listen a moment, ·so I do,
and sure enough I did hear somethin' of
that nature said, so I looked and saw a
middle-aged carpet-coated woman tellin' a
beared bedouin type about how a macrame
reminds her of the evolution of primitive
man into modern man.
The freak was surprised naturally
enough, 'cause he obviously didn't know
the lady from Eve, but by the sound of their
ensuing conversation he did seem to agree
with her and so she expounded.
I tells Alphonso that this is indeed odd
and he says it ain't nothin', that the woman
just had an urge to be honest and was
hopin' to also find some other honesty in
the people about her.
He says that it's goin' to keep growin' as
long as people find the power to overcome
their shyness and become aware that the
path they walk is alot like the one everyone
else is treadin' .
With that Alphonso put out his handrolled and said he had a class to catch. I
hollers after him, ''What about the
revolution?"
In his dashing exit he raised one
clenched fist and returned, ''That is the
revolution.''
I mean what is gonna happen to the
"beat the Jones syndrome" if people start

seefo' themselves as equals who can
communicate as equals?
What is goin' to happen to the AIM
movement when they discover that there is
a powerful segment of non-Indian population beginning to shake their heads and
sayin', "I can almost feel the viciousness?''
I don't know what's goin' to transpire
when a lot of economic and political
imbalancers are shoved on the scales by a
diverse group of thousands who ha~e
finally been joined together with the glue
of dissatisfaction and uninhibited communication.

All I can say is that the scene wouldn't
be too shabby. If ya don't believe me let
me relate this to you. I was up in the
bookstore the other day scopein' out a copy
of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
when a crew-cutted chump in horn rims
walks up ta me and says somethin' about
how good the book is and I says it's fair and
he starts tellin' me about how the book has
alot to say in a number of ways.
I agreed cooly, but instead of waucm
away, this cat begins rappin' about the way
the book hit him as a supremely
sophisticated social statement. I tell ya, I
didn't even know the dude, but we stood
there and talked 'til the bookstore closed
and then I brought him some coffee and he
gave me a lift home and I discovered that
asshole that he might be, we both had a
heck of alot in common including a few
grains of radical dissention.
Now, if you still can't hear me talkin',
that's fine, I don't give a pig's ear one way
or another, you just wait and s.ee my
friends. Ther are a lot of people seein' the
man comin' to take him away for one
reason or another and their changing
because of it.
As for myself, I'll catch up with ya in the
future. I'm goin' to tread the present for a
spell. Keep your orbs and ears at alert and
you might even, as Alphonso says, "feel
for the vibes.''
Ya know there's one thing I do like about
·the revolution that Alphonso is keen to
there is no viciousness, just a search for
trust.
Have a merry crispness, catcha in the
cosmic nonce,
Waldo.
*Christmas note from Alphonso,
If you're buyin' your tree from
a lot, make sure you squeeze the
tip of one of the branches for
fragrance. Some got it others ain't
and to me that's SO per cent of the tree.
May your new year be full of beer.
Alphonso

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Self as an Elf Winners

1st Place
The Elegant Feather Pen

The aesthetics of this ball point h1serted
feather pen are matched by its economy,
uniqueness and usefulness.
Use it to give the student activist the
rebel spirit of the 1770's! Or give it as an
expression of yourself to your bes1
professor or a poet you admire . . .
MATERIALS NEEDED: A large feather, a ball point pen cartridge, Elmer's glue
and a sharp knife.

The feather can be any
Note:
type--heron, peacock, pheasant, turkey,
etc. to match the personality of the
recipient. Goose feathers are the classic
choice.
INSTRUCTIONS: Cut the end of the
quill at an oblique angle as though you
were fashioning an actual quill tip. Insert
the pen cartridge in the hollow of the quill
and glue to secure it. The result is simply
beautiful.
Note: Choice of a ball point pen
cartridge can be inexpensive but should
not be cheap. Cheap pens (.10 cents) can
spot and skip. Bic pens (.29 cents) can be
disassembled and the plastic cartridges are
available for a slightly more expensive (.98
cents), higher quality pen--ideal for the
larger, less curved quill.

2nd Place
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Last week the TORCH announced the "Self as an Elf" contest where readers could
submit ideas for inexpensive, creative Christmas presents.
The contest attracted three entries, all of which were excellent. And out of a field of
Take a piece of flexible cardboard, about
three, we couldn't possibly pick two to receive a cash award and leave one that would get
12 inches wide and 6 inches shorter than an
nothing for her efforts.
• So instead of awarding only a first and second prize of $10 and $5 we will award a third umbrella. Roll it into a cylinder and fasten
with tape or staples. Then take a gift box
prize of $2.50 also.
We hope these gift ideas will help some readers in their efforts to conserve money and at least 6 inches deep and larger than the
circumfrence of the cylinder. Cut a hole in
to give something of themselves this Christmas.
top the same size as the cylinder. Fit
the
to
ideas
these
submitted
who
people
good
the
And we hope the cash awards will help
the cardboard tube into it and tape it in
enjoy their Christmas holidays just a little more.
place. Tape the box so the top can't be
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
removed from the bottom. Cover the whole
thing with paper-maiche - (strips •of
newspaper dipped in a gluey flour and
The beauty of this hot pad comes from water mixture) many times. Make sure the
the bright colored fabrics chosen in making last coat is smooth. Let dry. Paint with
it. Constructed like a mini braided rug it's pictures or design and possibly letter the
inexpensive, easy to make and nice word "umbrellas" across.
looking--adding charm to any kitchen.
Renee Romanoff
MATERIALS:
One strip each of three different calico
prints, 3" wide and 3' long. (Strips of
shorter pieces can be pieced to form the
3' length.)
A strong needle, thread, thimble, two
safety pins, and a clothes iron.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Iron a 112•• hem along the sides of the
fabric strips so the cut edges won't show or
fray. Pin the strips together on one end
and secure it to an immovable object so you
can braid them. Braid firmly but let the
fabric flare slightly as the pad's charm is in
the lood and the feel of the fabric braids.
When finished, pin end, detach the other
end from the immovable object and
prepare the needle and thread. Tack
(stitch) one end, and remove the pin.
Use old sewing scraps to make delightfu~
Begin winding the braid into a tight circle,
patchwork pillow covers, smock tops, bib
tacking the formed circle as needed to keep
tote bags, pot holders, etc. Use
overalls,
it from unwinding. Shorten the braid to the
zig-zag stitch to join pieces together, or
ends
rough
over
fold
desired,
pad
size of
feather stitch. Allows for maximum
(hem), and tack down.
creativity--do your own thing. Cah be
Note: This pad differs from a braided
but extremely rewarding
time-consuming,
rug in that the braids of a rug are laid and
(Contributed by Valkyrie Lonnquist
nil.
practically
is
cost
the
and
stitched side to side. Thicker than a rug,
2615 Adams Street
Fales
Vaughn
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my braided pan pad is sewn front to back.
Eugene, Oregon 97405
Route 2, Box 206
Compliments of Lynn Leahy
Phone: 343-4741)
Florence, Oegon 97439
Lonnquist
Contributed by Valkyrie

COAST
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RESERVE
Veterans-Do you need a part-time job
that doesn't interfere with classes?
You can earn $60.00 or more for one
weekend a month.
For more information contact the
Coast Guard Recruiting office,
75 E. 10th, Eugene Oregon

phone (503) 687-6457.
97401

The Calico Pad

3rd Place
Patchwork Thing

Socialism related to women's lib
in Stacy Seigle speach
by Kathy Monje
P'tThe socialist movement has from the

~ry beginning championed the cause of
omen's liberation," said Stacy Seigle,
hairperson of the Oregon Socialist Worker
arty in a lecture at the U of 0.
Speaking to students in the EMU Forum
toom Dec. 4, Seigle (a 1974 candidate for
3-overnor of Oregon) traced the inter·elationship of socialism and feminism
mid-1800
the
:rom
from the mid-1800's to the present.
Seigle quoted ''The Communist Manifesto" and Trotssky's, "The Revolution
Betrayed" in support of women and the
abo1ition of the family. ''What the
Bolsheviks, constructing a new society
discovered was that the family cannot be
abolished by fiat or decree; it has to be
replaced by social institutions which fulfill
the roles played by the family under
capitalist society.''
Acknowledging that the USSR has not
accomplished these goals, Seigle said, ''In
my opinion, the weaknesses of the
revolution in Russia do not in ay way
invalidate the proposition that it is only
under a socialist society that wo·men can
_
achieve liberation."
Seigle thinks that, of all the movements
to date, the women's liberation movement
has had the greatest impact on people.
''The socialist movement, in particular the
SWP (Socialist Worker Party) and the
Young Socialist Alliance, has been involved almost from the very start in
helping to organize for those victories."
The need to support women's right to an
abortion and to pass Equal Rights
Ammendment is not over, she emphasized.
"The Catholic Church, about two weeks
ago, announced that they are launching a
new campaign to win a constitutional
ammendment against women's right to
abortion--this time not run by the church,

but organized in every congressional
district in the country."
However, she said the fight in the
forefront today is the fight for the ERA.
''It is important that we begin now to
launch a nation-wide campaign to turn
back the anti-ERA forces." These include
the Catholic Church, the John Birch
Society, and the Communist Party, Seigle
said.
"The real reason the Communist party
opposes the ERA is because of their
defense of the nuclear family system and
their fear, exactly the same as those on the
right, that the ERA will loosen family
ties." These forces automatically view
women as primarily responsible for the
family, she said.
Concluding, Seigle said that the
women's liberation movement will have a
revolutionary impact not only in the US and
the west, but also in the workers' states
where gains hve been lost to the
bureaucratic reaction. She urged members
of the audience who support socialism and
feminism to join the Young Socialist
Alliance to work for their goals.

Food Stamp
recipients to
request hearing
There will be a meeting for Food Stamp
recipients affected by Jan. 1st increase.
We will organize and request a Fair
Hearing. The meeting will be this
Saturday the 13th. Phone Chris at .
747-1967 or Jan at 343-6946.

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REGISTRATION FOR PRESENTI..Y ENROLLED STUDENTS
Dmmber 16, 1975 ............... A.a through Gq
17, 1975 ............... Gr through Nz
18, 1975 ............... 0a through Zz
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16 VvEDr\lESDAY, DECl=MBER 17
8:00 - 9:00AM Aa:-Bak
'9:00 -10:00 Bal-Bn
10:00 -11 :00 Bo-Bur
11 :00 -12:00 BL&-O
12:00-1:3JPM QOSED
1:3) - 2:3) 01rCz
2:3) - 3:3) DrDz
3:3) - 4::1> Ea-Fl
4:3> - 5:3> Fm-Gq
5:3) - 7:00 Aa:-Gq

8:00 _.. 9:00AM Q--1-m
9:00 - 10:00 Hat-I-kl
10:00 - 11 :00 Hp-Jo
11 :00 - 12:00 J p-Kz
12:00-1:3JPM QOSED
1:3) - 2:3) La-Lo
2:3) - 3:3) L.p-rvte
3::1> - 4::1> rvtD-fvbr
4:3) - 5:3) tvt>s-Nz
5:3) - 7:00 Aa-Nz

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18
8:00 - 9:00AM C>a-Pi
9:00 -10:00 Pj-Ri
10:00 - 11 :00 Rj-Scho
11 :00 - 12:00 Schp-Sm
12:00 - 1:~PM Q.OSED

1:3l - 2:3)
2:3J - 3:3)
3:3) - 4:3J
4:3l - 5:~
5:~ - 7:00

Sn-Tar
Te\yVz
Wa-VVi II
VVilm-Zz
Aa-Zz

In an attempt to limit the time~ student stands in line to
reooive their Financial Aid Awards, the Financial Servires Off ire
is implementing several new i ~ for VVinter Term chEd<
disbursement.
. Financial Aid Students will register in the usual manner in the
gym. They will go from 0,Ed<er "A" ·to the "Financial Aid"
desk alongside Olecker "B". The clerk will assess their fees,
and give them an appointment card showing the date and time to
pick up their Financial Aid checks. She will release the yellow
copy of their registration marked with a ''FA'' stamp, and their
class cards to them. This assures the student that his c l ~ wi 11
be held for him. The clerk at Ol~ker "B"-Financial Aid D3sk
will retain all ~kets, \Nhich will be trasnsferred to the Financial
Servires offire at the end of ~h day to be pl~ with the
student's award chocks. The appointment cad given ea::h
returning student clearly states the need for identification cards
at the time checks are disbursed. (New students will pick up
their Financial Aid checks the same day as they register so there
is no need to schedule an appointment.)
Only persons sjieduled will be al lowed to enter the Financial
Servires Offireduring the appointed time. Toe lobby of the gym
wi 11 be open so early arrivals may wait their turn there.
Listed below is the Winter Term Financial Aid Disbursement
Schedule:
.New students pick up Financial Aid checks
and pay fees on December 30, 1975

A student may register at any scheduled registration period
after his assigned registration time. (All outstanding bill~ at LCC
have to be cleared before registering.)
NEWSTUDENTS AND STUDENTS RETURNING FROM SOME
TERM OTHER THAN FALL 1975.
Admission to the college requires the completion of an
Application for Admission, payment of a non-refundable $10
tuition deposit and verification of social security number. Registration time is determined by the date that the applicant
completes the oomission requirements.
.
Students register Ca::ember 3l c(XX)rdi ng to the ti me that
appears on their f\t>tire of Registration Time cards. Students
must present their Notire of Registration Time cards before
registration ~ets will be released.
Students who have received their Notice of Registration
lime cards should report to the lobby in the main gym. A
student who has not reooived notification of registration time
should report to the Admissions Offire in the C.enter Building.
RETURNING EVENING STUDENT COURSE SELECTION
Students who are returning from fal I term and wtnse ooni:>lete
schedules of classes were after 5 p.m. will be given first choire of
all winter term evening classes. Students may pick up class cards
bet\N88rl 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, 03ceni>er 13, 1975 in
the food servire area of the C.enter Building cVXX>rding to . the
following alpha schedule:

10:00-11:00AM Aa-Dz
11 :00-12:00

EcrKz

12:00-1:00PM La-Fb
1:00-2:00

Rp-Zz

Students must oomplete the registration process during the
.regularly scheduled registration dates and class cards wi II be
val id only if the student has completed registration and paid by 7
p.m., D3cernber 18, 1975.

RETURNING STUDENTS PICK UP
FINANCIAL AID CHECKS AND PAY
,FEES ON:
Aa ----- As
At----- Ben
:Beo ----- Bre
!Brf ----- Can
'Cao __, __ Cle
Clf ----- Dap
1
Daq ----- Dou
'Dov ----- Fai
Faj ----- Fall
Garn ----- Gund
Gune ----- Hel
·Helm----- Hub
:Hue----- Johnson
)ohnston ----- Kil
Kilm ----- Kz
La----- Lz

7:30-8:00
8:00-8:30
8:30-9:00
9:00-9:30
9:30-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00- 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 -12:30
12:30-1:00
1:00 -1:30
1:30- 2:00
2:00-2:30
2:30- 3:00
3:00- 3:30

January 2, 1976, (FRIDAY)
Ma----- Maz
Mc----- Mey
\.ff----- Moz
Mp ----- O'Br
O' c ----- Perk
Perl ----- Qz
Ra----- Rob
Roe ----- Scott
Scou ----- Smith
Sn----- Stu
Stv ----- Tr
Ts ----- W atk
W atl ----- Whitehead
Whitf ----- Wright
X-Y-Z

7:30- 8:00
8:00- 8:30
8:30- 9:00
9:00- 9:30
9:30-10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11 :00
11:00 -11:30
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:30
12:30-1:00
1:00- 1:30
1:30- 2:00
2:00- 2:30
2:30-3:00

If students cannot come when first scheduled, they will be
'~xpected to use the alternate schedule.
January 6, 1976, (TUESDAY)
Aa ----- As
At----- Ben
Beo ----- Bre
.Brf ----- Can
Cao ----- Cle
Clf ----- Dap
Dag ----- Dou
Dov----- Fai
.Faj ----- Gall
,Garn ----- Gund
Gune ----- Hel
Helm ----- Hub
Hue ----- Johnson
Johnston----- Kil
Kilm ----- Kz
·La----- Lz

7:30- 8:00
8:00 - 8:30
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30- 11:00
11:00- 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 - 1:00
1:00 - 1:30
1:30 - 2:00
2:00 - 2:30
2:30- 3:00
3:00- 3:30

January 7, 1976 (WEDNESDAY)
Ma ----- Maz
Mc ----- Mey
Mf ----- Moz
Mp ----- O'Br
O' c ----- Perk
Perl----- Qz
Ra----- Rob
Roe----- Scott
Scou ----- Smith
Sn ----- Stu
Stv ----- Tr
Ts ----- W atk
Watt ----- Whitehead
Whitf----- Wright
X-Y-Z

7:30- 8:00
8:00- 8:30
8:30-9:00
9:00-9:30
9:30-10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00 -11:30
11:30 -12:00
12:00 - 12:30
12:30-1:00
1:00 - 1:30
1:30- 2:00
2:00-2:30
2:30-3:00

Pleme note that Financial Aid chocks will not be disbursed the
first day of school which is January 5, 1976. Students registering
Orientation for new students will be held one half hour before late rray do so in the gym lobby on that day. 1-bNever, their
ea::h c6Signed registration time. These sessions are designed to ~kets will be retained at the fee assessment table and they will
help students .register rrore rapidly and with less oonfusion. be given appointment cads to be used c(XX)rding to the alternate
Attendance is encouraaed.
disbursement schedule.
We hope each student wi 11 recognize the necessity of
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
mai ntai ni ng these schedules. The Financial Services Office is
now serving approximately 2,CXX) students in· a throo-day period
Last day to pay without late fees
January 2, 1976
eoch term. It is very difficult to give eoch student the service
Classes begin
January 5
they deserve unless 'Ne al I adhere to the schedules. We are
Late Registration
January 5-9
employing six full-time cashiers and have scheduled approxLast day to withdraw voluntarily
February 20
imately 72 students per hour. This means that eoch cashier will
Last day for ~/f\t> Pass Option
February 20
one student every five minutes. We oould approciate your
serve
Last day for refund
See refund policies
cooperation in our efforts to better serve you-the student.
VVinter Term Examination \Neek
March 15-19

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In the seemingly eternal confrontation
between Israel and its neighboring Arabbased nations, a recent event has brought
the issues inherent in that conflict into
focus in the Eugene area. OPTIONS asks
you to consider these opposing viewpoints:
The stance taken by focal Third . World
people in relation to the choice to print
controversial material by an established
local newspaper, the Eugene RegisterGuard.
1

Racism or
Journalism?
by Cris Clarke

Certain repercussions of the age-old
Middle East turmoil have reached Eugene.
This time, the animosity which has plagued
the Israeli people and their neighbors for
so long has been rekindled by the recent
United Nations (UN) decision to deem
Zionism a form of racism.
The Register-Guard, which ran three
pro-Zionism cartoons on the 16th, 17th and
18th of November, has become the target
of an attack by a locally based group called
the Third World Students' Coalition
(TWSC).
The TWSC, which consists mainly of
third world people of other-than Israeli
descent, is claiming, both verbally and in
printed material, that the Register-Guard
is practicing journalism ifl a biased fashion.
It also claims the Register-Guard is
supporting Zionism, and therefore is
practicing racism which is directed against
the Third World people.
But when the view of the press is taken

into consideration, with special attention
given to the functions of an editorial page
in journalistic terms, a new light is shed on
the conflict.
According to the Register-Guard's
Editorial Page Editor Bob F;-azier, an
editorial page is supposed to function as a
central ground where opposing views may
be expressed, and that the opinions
•expressed there do not necessarily
represent the newspaper's standpoint on
the issue.
, "We are in the business of swapping
ideas around," says Frazier, "and we give
priorities to things we don't agree with.
We have an obligation to print it for the
community.''
But the TWSC apparently interprets the
printing of the cartoons differently. They
have.. been picketing the Register-Guard,
and have even confronted Frazier
personally on two occassions. Twelve
members of the coalition crowded into
Frazier's office to protest t!ie cartoons.
"It got·very heated," says Frazier. "I
got lectured to, yelled at, and called a
racist pig. I'm a racist pig with a half
Japanese grandaughter.''
And the cartoons, according ·to Frazier,
are even less relative to any stance that the
Register-Guard might take in that the
paper "buys all our cartoons from
syndicates.''
With the idea in mind that the cartoons
themselves were created by other than
Register-Guard employes, it isn't difficult
to see Frazier's point of view.
The cartoon protraying Third World
citizens as asylum inmates was created by
Hugh Haynie of the Louisville CourierJournal, the one picturing them as
cannibals was done by Pat Oliphant of the
Denver Post, and last but by no means
least, the cartoon depicting the anti-Zionist
movement as Nazism was conjured up by
Bill Malden of the Chicago Sun-Times.

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But did Frazier fotend to mock Third
World people or print racist propaganda?
"I didn't think about it in those terms," he
says, and to the accusations of the TWSC
that the paper is practicing racism he
retorts, "That just does not exist."
Since the outbreak of the issue, says
Frazier, no opposing viewpoints have been
submitted to the Register-Guard. "We
haven't received any cartoons from the
other side of the issue," Frazier says, "nor
have we received a syndicated column."
One of the many demands the TWSC has
levied on the Reglsjer-Guard ls an eqaal
opportunity to /eply to the cartoons
editorially. Frazier offered to meet that
demand, but had to refuse them space
because the material ·they submitted was
too lengthy. ''They [TWSC] brought in
enough reply material to fill a whole
page," says FrJ\xier, "and that's way too

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December 10, 1975

damn much." At that point the TWSC
people became angry and stormed out ef
his office, according to Frazier.
Along with the demand that the
newspaper stop its blatant racist practices,
and the request for editorial space, the
TWSC has also asked that official apologies
be stated by the Register-Guard Editorial .
Board, and by Frazier. But any apology at
this point looks rather doubtful.
"If we go around apologizing for every
cartNR we nm, we'd he apologizing te the
Ford people, te the New York people . .
. we'd be apologizing ear heads off,"
Frazier says.
And as for the accusations directed
toward Frazier personally:
"They (TWSC) rejected the cartoons,
but apparently didn't read an editorial I
wrote which deplored racism anywhere it
exists," Frazier says.

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On Nov. 16, 17 and 18 the Eugene
Register-Guard published three succesive
cartoons which are considered by the U of
0 based group Third World Students'
Coalition (TWSC) to be racist in nature,
and directed at Third World people.

The TWSC is not just one single group of
people, but a gathering together of several
foreign student organizations, such as the
Ethiopian ·student Organization, the
Organization of Arab Students and the
Latin American Student Organization.
Their main purpose is to band together on
certain issues that have a common impact
on Third World peoples, on issues that
hold a common denominator for all
involved.
On the days in question, the RegisterGuard's editorial page included political
cartoons which depicted Third World
people--Arabs in particular--as being
cannibals, asylum inmates and Nazis, and
were aimed at the recent United Nations
decision equating Zionism with racism.
The TWSC felt this was one step too far,
and resulted in a protest of the RegisterGuard's editorial policy in front of their
office on Nov. 19.
The conflict appears to be typically
political, but Bakr A. Hassan, an Arab
member of the coalition and a mathematics
student at the University of Oregon, feels
differently: When he looks at the cartoons
he does not see a depiction of his country's
leaders, but a de-humanization of his
country's people.
''The cartoons are an advocation of
pro-Jsraeli attitude and, naturally, I am
prejudiced about that. But they are more
than just cartoons. They are a stereotype
of Third World people, and it is a
misrepresentation of what these people
really are."
Hassan says that Americans judge the
Third World peoples by their leaders'
actions and the way the media depicts
those actions. "If people don't like what a
certain country's leaders do," he says,
''they consequently don't like us. But what
they don't understand is that like many
citizens of many states, we have internal
struggles as well. We are concerned
people, trying to deal with the growing
pains of our own nations, and striving to
maintain a better quality of life."
Hassan feels that because of America's

pro-Jsrael foreign policy, the media has
pushed this policy on the American people
without providing an objective view of the
situation. "If (] was an American) and J
read all the things you people are reading,
I'd be extremely confused," he states.
''This country has been under the pressure
of Zionist propaganda for a number of
years, and there is a great deal of
misrepresentation of the facts."
According to the Saudi Arabian, the
Register-Guard cartoons take away the real
meaning of the United Nations decision on
Zionism. The Palestinians are treated as
third class citizens because they are not
Jews, he says, and it angers him to think
that there are approximately one million
Palestinians in Israel whom the Jews are
trying to displace.
He also points out that until 194 7 the
Jews owned no more than six per cent of
the land in Palestine, but, in 1948, under
pressures from the major powers, the
United Nations voted to create a Jewish
state, giving them 55 per cent of that land.
Yet at that time the Palestinian
population was abQut 67 per cent, and most
of the remaining Jewish population were
recent immigrants from other countries.
Since that time there have been many
underground Zionist terror groups such_as
the Irguns, the Hagganhs, and the
Sterngangs, that have been responsible for
massacres in Palestinian villages. One
such massacre, the Deir Yasin Massacre,
left approximately 250 slaughtered
Palestinians in its wake.
"Zionism has capitalized on the fear uf
the Jews," says the coalition member.
''They have been made to feel that the way
to escape persecution is to have a country
only for themselves. Many honest people
have been sucked into this Zionist
concept.''
"The Palestinians are asking for a
secular, democratic state," says Hassan.
"A state where Jewish immigrants are
welcome to live--but not to take over our
homes."
Bob Frazier, editor in chief of the

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Guard's editorial page, was quoted in the
Register-Guard as saying that the policy of
his newspaper has always been to "deplore
racism in all its forms and wherever it
occurs, and to sympathize with the
aspirations of the people of developing
nations.''
But, says one member of the coalition
who wishes to remain anonymous, "he
doesn't mean what he says. He is
outrageously lying. If what he says is true,
he wouldn't be equating us with animals or
cannibals.
'' Frazier also says that the cartoons
don't represent the view of the paper. If
so, that is the only newspaper I know of
whose editorial section does not represent
that paper's own views."
Hassan says that the Register-Guard
agreed to give the TWSC editorial space in
order to print their own views, but the
amount of space that was actually allotted
was next to nothing. ''The editorial space
given us was so small," says the coalition
member, "that we hardly had room to say
anything."
Hassan argues that the Register-Guard
promotes racism by the type of coverage it
gives to each side in the Arab-Israeli
conflict. ''Why is it that whenever the
Arabs attack the Jews, the incident gets
wide coverage, but when the same thing
happens to an Arab country, the impact is
diminished? The Guard gave very small
coverage to a recent Israeli attack in
Lebanon which left 91 dead and 120
wounded.''
Actually the charges by the coalition
about the Register-Guard's racism seem to
be more political than racist. But, says
Hassan, it is the way these political events
are represented that makes the Guar'li
racist . The newspaper takes such a stand
that it influences the American people's
view of the Third World, and that view is
getting more and more lopsided.
The coalition's goal is to change that
view. "This is the type of thing we're
interested in," says Bakr A. Hassan. "We
are interested in being known as people."

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White Bird
has
'home
delivery'
team
By Kathy Monje
The "back to the earth" movement has
begun to affect medicine in Eugene
through the home delivery childbirth
program at White Bird Socio-medical Aid
Station.
Dr. Gregg Guffrey says White Bird
patients, wanting to have their babies at
home, have created the demand for the
service which started last January.
Guffrey, an obstetrician, delivers with the
assistance of midwife Marion James.
Dr. Guffrey, James and an assistant
deliver one or two babies a week in homes
in Eugene. "I wouldn't do it without a
midwife," says Guffrey of James, who is in
the home from the beginning of labor until
two hours after the baby is born. Guffrey is
present for the actual birth.
"I can't think of anybody that wasn't
happy with their home delivery,'' James
says, explaining that the pre-natal clinic
sees about 75 pregnant women at present,
half of whom will have their babies at
home. The delivery te~m (which holds the
pre-natal clinic) screens patients carefully

to assure that only those women who have
the best chance for a normal birth will have
their babies at home. If complications are
probable, the baby is delivered at the
hospital (Sacred Heart).
James thinks the new trend is due partly
to couples' finding hospitals cold and
frustrating--she says some people object to
being separated from their babies. A
registered nurse, with special training in
midwifery at the Frontier Nursing Service
in Kentucky, James says midwives are
increasing in numbers but do most of their
deliveries in hospitals rather than in
homes. Both Sacred Heart and McKenzieWillamette permit midwives to deliver, if
they work under the supervision of an

obstetrician. However, home deliveries
are becoming increasingly popular.
TORCH interviews with two women who
have had babies at home seem to bear this
out. Julia Kaplan, who has had both her
babies at home, now says, "I wouldn't do it
any other way.'' Holding her four month
old son, she told the TORCH, "It was
really nice to have only people there who
really care about you and the baby.''
"At the hospital, we felt it was us
against them, when our first baby was
born," said Valorie Blaser. "They didn't
want my husband there." But she expects
her second child in May, and plans to have
it at home, with the help of Guffrey and
James.

Women's Awareness Center busy

By Chona Woodward
Organizing activities , advertising and
promoting guest speakers coming to
. campus, and staff meetings are just a few
of the goings on in the Women's
Awareness Center lately.
Among the activities that have been
happening was the presentation of "Tell
Me Where It Hurts,'' a film dealing with

the emotional turning point of a woman
faced with middle-age and the need for
recognition as a person. It was written by
Fay Kanin who won the 1974 Emmy Award
for writing the film. The film was shown
Friday at 12:00 with about 20 people
attending the ~howing. ''The general
reaction was favorable,'' said Ruthie

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By Rex Ruckert
Been pretty burned-out lately? Not Mahesh Yogi, TM does not require the
enough bodily rest to keep the mind alert? belief in any philosophy or religion or the
Maybe you ought to go downtown and see adoption of an off-beat lifestyle.
the folks at the Eugene Center for
The "very subtle" instruction period last
Transcendental Meditation (TM).
for 4 days, following a 15 day abstination
A pair of instructors from the center, from non-prescription drug usage. There
John Graham and Patricia Bludworth, is a $65 fee for college students, working
visited the LCC campus last week to give adults are charged $125, and there is a
interested persons a background on TM family rate of $200. Special junior high
and they explained some of the benefits and high school rates are available ~ls,o.
gained by getting the deep rest that TM
Once a person has paid their fee and
provides, for both mind and body.
taken the course, they are encouraged to
Scientists have described TM as a attend verification sessions, held once a
unique state of "restful alertness" - a month, for the first year, and advance
fourth major state of conciousness natural programs are available.
to man, the other three physiologically_ The age old tradition is practiced by over
defined as; wakefulness, dreaming, and a million people all over the world today,
deep sleep.
from every walk of life. Housewives claim
Getting this rest enables a person to TM relieves tensions that hinder their daily
have better health which naturally tends to lives. Businessmen can eliminate anxiety
create a more productive atmosphere due to strc-:s, simply by practicing TM for a
inside the individual. Increased mental few minutes in the morning and for a few
potential, improved clarity of perception, minutes each night. Students can increase
and the development of a more creative their learning potential by being more
intelligence all come as a result of deep aware, naturally.
rest and relief from anxiety.
'
Drop in at the Center for TM at 170 E.
Although taught today by the Maharishi 11th Avenue in Eugene, and check it out.

Guffrey eventually plans to have a
private practice, and says he will continue
to deliver babies at home for mothers who
want to and are physically able. "I prefer
home deliveries--when there are no
complications." He graduated from
Wayne State University in Michigan in
1971, and has practiced in Oregon for three
years.
The pre-natal clinic for care and
determining expectant mothers' ability to
have their babies at home is held
Wednesday afternoon and Thursday
evening, weekly. Further information is
available at White Bird Socio-medical Aid
Station, 341 E. Twelvth Street, Eugene,
phone 342-8255.

People st i11
support pot law

Sandvin, coordinator of the Center. - After
the film a discussion took place which
New survey results in Oregon show
involved the audience.
continuing public support for the eliminaA women's cultural exchange, spontion of criminal penalties for the possession
sored by the Center, was scheduled for
of small amounts of marijuana and an
Tuesday, Dec. 9, and held in Room 223 of
apparent stabilization of marijuana usage
the Center Building. Women representamong adults, according to the Drug
atives from Japan , Iran, Ireland, Saudi
Abuse Council in Washington D.C.
Arabia, Taiwan and Hong Kong were on
The Oregon survey , a follow-up of one
. hand to give and exchange cultural
taken in 1974, reports the latest public
information concerning women's roles in
attitudes and patterns of marijuana usage
other countries.
since criminal penalties were removed in
• Also, soon to be available in the Center
that state two years ago. Both surveys
will be a referral booklet composited by the
were commissioned by the independent
staff at the Center. Each topic covered in
Drug Abuse Council , a Washington, D.C.
the booklet, such as rape, abortion,
based policy evaluation and research
pregnancy and employment, is being·::::::::-:f-/:,ni~:r~~~
researched individually. These will 'be
consolidated to form the referral booklet
which, Sandvin says, will be completed by
the end of this week.
Included in this week's schedule of •
activities is a ·discussion of rape, presented
cooperatively with the Counseling Department and the Women's Awareness Center.
The guest speaker is Marsha Morgan, .
member of the Inter-Agency Rape Team
here in Eugene. The program will take
place Wednesday, Dec. 10, in the Forum
group, established in 1972 by a consortium
Building, room 30, from 2:00 to 4:00.
Students, staff and visitors are welcome to of private foundations.
The latest survey found that a majority of
attend.
In January's schedule of events is an Oregonians (58 per cent) continue to favor
Open House Jan. 21 and 22, also sack the approach of the new law that makes
lunch orientation for returning women simple possession of marijuana a civil
students held Monday and Tuesday Jan. 5 "offense" --akin to a parking ticket--carryand 6, and in the planning is a sack lunch ing a maximum fine of $100 but no jail term
seminar, hopefully held at least once a or criminal record. Younger adults--ages
week for an hour, says Sandvin. There will 18 through 44--share a more lenient view of
be guest speakers in different careers to the four legal choices regarding sale
give information for women pursuing and/ or possession of small amounts of
marijuana. The division remains sharp
careers.
For more information concerning future between those who either have used or
activities at the Center, there will be an currently use marijuan~ and those who
information table during registration week. have never used marijuana.

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Rose and Romoser talk 'awk'

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photos by Jeff Hayden

by Todd Johnstone
Mike Rose and Ted Romoser say that
experiencing the process o{ writing a
textbook has improved their perspective of
the process of teaching English composition.
Rose and Romoser, language arts
in::.{ructors at LCC, are the co-authors of
·" awk.," an English composition textbook
which was published in 1972.
Rose and Romoser stressed that the
writing of "awk." l~d to a clarification of
their teaching methods and teaching
objectives. Romoser says, "In a sense we
had to go through what students have to go
. through; we had to sit down and think from
beginning to end the approach to teaching
English composition.'' Rose says, that the
act of putting his thoughts on paper
enabled him to perceive his teaching
methods and objectives, and this enabled
him to organize an.d improve his teaching
of English composition.
Both writers say the book started out as a
booklet to supplement regular textbooks
which they felt did not get to the main
points of teaching English composition
quickly enough, and that it was distributed
to and used by members of the Language
Arts Department. Romoser says the
booklet kept getting bigger, and that when
he and Rose were made aware of the
existence of a market for textbooks which

were similar in nature to the booklet, they_
expanded and rewrote the booklet into the
form that was published.
'' awk. " uses examples from student
writings and illustrates-methods of correction and revision. Rose and Romoser say,
in the preface of "awk.," that the book is•
based on the concept that "students learn
what to avoid by comparing their own
writing with less sucessful attempts, and
by imitating writing that is more successful
but not totally unlike their own."
Rose says the book was used by several
instructors at LCC, and he added that
Language Arts Instructor Paul Armstrong
is still using it. But Rose found it difficult
to use his own book because he was too
close to it--he added that the book is now
going out of print.
Rose says that the book is going out of
print because there were 10,000 copies
printed and these are almost gone. He also
said that the examples in the book are
becoming outdated .
In answer to a question of whether the
work involved in writing the book was
worth the results , Rose said, that in
monetary terms the venture was not
rewarding , but in other aspects it was
worthwhile.
Rose, when asked if he had any further
writing plans , said , " We all have ideas we
think about--but nothing specific.' '

Peterson writes book about 1853event
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Peterson set out to write a book for a
popular audience, a 'book the whole family
can enjoy.
Peterson says that his book, ''Om
Wagon Train Is Lost" is 97 per cent
documentable, mostly from diaries, journals, documents and news clippings from
people on the wagon train, their descendants and the people who had settled the
valley at that time. The reader experiences
first hand the hardships of the ·e arly
pioneers, how they overcame them. and
why they did what they did on the trail.
One can share their happiness and despair.
Rather than creating imagined conversations and thoughts of those early
settlers, Peterson quotes diaries and
poems of real people on the lost wagon
train, right down to their quaint spelling
and phrasing.
Not only do we see the perseverance of

by Scott Stuart !
Not just a teacher, Ralph "Pete" Peterson, LCC newswriting instructor, has
recently become author and publisher of a
book, "Our Wae:on Train Is Lost," which is
based on accounts of the early pioneers of
the Willamette Valley.
Originally planning to write a story fm
the American Bicentennial, Peterson ran
across a display case in the Pioneer
Museum at the Lane County. Faii:.grounds
that details the hardships of wagon train
that got •lost in the Cascade Mountains
trying to find a shorter route to the
Willamette Valley.
As he dug deeper into the subject,
Peterson thought that, with such a wealth
of information, it would be an excellent
topic for someone to write a book about. Sc
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the wagon train, but also the selflessness
and generosity of the people already living
in the Willamette Valley at that time who
came to the rescue of the wagon train.
"It's our heritage," says Peterson.
''They are our relatives and predecessors.
They were generous people and it would be
nice if we could imitate their examples.''
An interesting literary device Peterson
uses to involve the reader in the story is
personifying the audience as an Osprey
hawk that flies1over the Oregon territory
observing the events transpiring below. In
this way the reader becomes one of the
characters in the book. Peterson says that
he used this device to smooth out the transitions between events being described in
different geographic locations at the same
time. In "Our Wagon Train Is Lost" we
see both the emigrants lost in the
Cascades, and the people already living in
the Willamette Vallev .

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Not only is Peterson author and
publisher, but, to keep costs down, he had
to become involved in lay out, paste up and
book sales. Although he has previous
experience in many of the skills needed to
make a book, he is getting a further
education in printing, binding, and finances.
In order to get the quality he wants for
his book, it has cost Peterson $1600 for
research, paste-up, plate making, reduction of illustrations and the binding
involved with the first printing.
Peterson has most of the cost of the first
printing saved from money earned through
freelance writing. He had hoped to reduce
the cost of the book by selling advertising
to be printed in the back of the book. He
suggested this idea to several businessmen
in Eugene. Peterson says they all seemed
to think it was a good idea, but it is
something that is not usually done. So they
wished him luck but didn't buy, and he is
still a bit short on cash for his book.
Peterson feels that in writing his book, as
in any reporting, there should not be a
distinction between journalism and creative writing. "Both require imaginative
methods to present the information , both
require accuracy and detail.
Peterson explains that because the
people of Lane County rescued the lost
wagon train , they almost aoubled the
population of the area from around 1500 to
3000. Because of their generosity they
improved the quality of frontier life for
everybody living here during those hard
times. Peterson feels that there is a lesson
to be learned there.
Now that his book is done, (it will be on
sale as of Dec. 10), Peterson says he feels
like a sculptor who has created a statue
from a block of stone, or a mechanic who
has built a car from scratch. For him, the
delight is not only in the writing, in the
learning process of research, but in the
entire process of making a book. Peterson
says that the real reward is having the
finished product in your hands and to know
that it' your own creation.
In spite of the rewards of creation,
Peterson has been working on ''Our
Wagon Train Is Lost" since last June, and
is burnt out on historical research. He
plans on getting into other kinds of writing
for the present, but hopes to write another
book in the next couple of years.
''That's what I like about freelance
writing," says Peterson. "There's such a
variety of topics to choose from.''
Jerry Williams, a professor at the U of 0,
illustrated the 60-page book. It is being
sold in the LCC Bookstore for four dollars
per copy.

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Most rapidly growing field m rits text

By Steven GoodIU'1n

"Electronics continues to be the 20th
:entury's most rapidly developing and
;:xpanding field of employment," accordmg to LCC Instructor Roger Houglum,
'' and hardly a week goes by without a
press release announcing some new
1pplication or some new breakthough in
technology which will make possible
hundreds or thousands of jobs in an
electronic field not even dreamed of a year
ago."
Houglum's recently published textbook,
."The Growth and Development of
Electronics'' takes its reader on a tour of
the world of electronics, from its beginnings and into the foreseeable future.
In some ways it's like taking a tour of the

other schools followed suit with similar
programs, they turned to Houglum for
advice. As a result, his books have been
adopted in many programs. i,ot onlv
throughout the state, but as tar west u tlle
University of Hawaii, and as far east ~s the
University of South Carolina. He points
out that, to his knowledge, none of his
books has ever been advertised, even in a
trade magazine, but each has been
circulat~d through word of mouth.
Certainly the most unusual feature about
the book, a~d all of Houglum's books, is
the format itself--inexpensive paper .
covers, printed by the LCC press as
cheaply as possible. Costs on books are
kept at or around two follars.
Costs are kept to a m1mmum. For one
thing, Houglum himself took most of the
pictures for this profusely illustrated text.
''It's a great art to get appropriate illustra- .
tions," he says. This saved him a lot of
time and money, since he otherwise would
have to buy phot0s from other sources, and
obtain copyright releases. Getting a
copyright release involves correspondence,
and might take several months.
Thus an author might have his book all
ready, but still needs a release to go to
press. So, one of the first things Houglum
does after working out a table of contents is
to plan completely for all illustrations.
Taking his own pictures avoids much of the
problem and expense.
The expense for the growth and
development of electronics comes out of
Houglum's own pocket, so it's easy to
understand his frugality. He extimates
that he has invested about $50 in this book,
and about 200 hours. He will not receive
any remuneration, except what he smilingly terms, ''the joy of putting it out.''
The proceeds will go to either the college or
the Electronics Department.
Houglum has been building a reputation
for himself as a writer over the years, to the
Preferring to write poetry, Armstrong degree that he has already received
does not limit himself to any certain form. inq_<tries on this book from several New
He feels most comfortable usiag rhym~, Yurk publishing houses. He uses a variety
lbut occasionally uses different styles. ot devices, so that his books don't read
Examples of Armstrong's styles can be exactly like text books.
For example:
found in his ·book of verse, ''The flip side of
'' According to legend, the Chinese
Paul Armstrong," which was published in
•
1971.
Northwest, guided by ·an early settler; the
way is still only partly known, and although
Houglum traces the steps of the great
pioneers along the way, the map he draws
is constantly being redefined. Great
pioneers in the field are still living among
·us.
Houglum has heen a part of LCC, ever
since 1929 when he taught for the LCC
forerunner, the Eugene Technical and
Vocational School. Each of the books he
has published has been written specifically
for use in one of his own classes.
When LCC was the only community
college around with a radio station
operating, Houglum directed the pro_gram
and wrote a series of texts for use in Fall.
Winter and Spring Terms. Eventually, as

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English instruc,or publishes

By Lori Reid
Goodhouskeeping Magazine is the latest
in the long list of national magazines to
publish poetry by LCC's Paul Armstrong.
Armstrong, an English and literature
instructor, says he has published approximately 150 poems in the last four years.
He has written much more material, but he
doesn't sell all of it.
Armstrong states that he will not write
what he thinks an editor wants to see,
but instead, writes what pleases him and
hopes to find the editor who agrees. He 1
has sold his material to the New York
Times, Christian Science Monitor,
McCall's, Farmer's Journal and many
more.
Armstrong selects the publication to
which he sends his poetry by studying
Writers Magazine. This is a magazine,
published monthly, that twice a year
provides a list of publicaions wanting to
buy manuscripts. Armstrong submits his
manuscripts to the publications which
indicate an interest in his topics and/ or
literary forms.
Armstrong generally writes light verse.
However, he has written other material
such as television articles, radio commercials, greeting card verses, and even gag
lines for cartoons.

Zink,
Halbert
text
contribute
by Russell Kaiser

Everyone's heard the old adage: ''If you
want something done right, you've got to
do it yourself." Well, that's just what
Howard Zink decided to do.
Zink is the LCC Math Department
chairer. He, along with Leland Halbert-another instructor in the Math Department
,--decided to write their own book. And
·write they did. Zink said that the whole
project took three years to complete.
First, they wrote the manuscript,
mimeographed copies of it and taught from
that for a year. Then, it was published in
soft-cover and that was used for a while.
Finally it was published by Wadsworth
Publishing Company of Belmont, Cali-

'Intro to Electron ics'
Romane k' s own
by James Griffis
Rick Romane,k, one of several authors would like to see in an electronics book and
on campus, says he had the two year kept their suggestions in mind when he
student in mind wheQ he wrote "Introduc- wrote the text. As of now he says he has
tion To Electronics."
received "no negative responses" about
Romanek,. who teaches the Introduction his book from the students.
to Electronics course on campus, 'says it Romanek, when asked about possible
could be used for the first two years in a changes in the book, said he would like to
four-year electronics course, possibly at an _see the printing corrected, and possibly, an
advanced high school level, or even in "expansion in the chapter on transforcertain factories as an electronics training mers,'' which would allow ''more practical
manual.
examples.''
He says he tried to "simplify theory but
The book is ·currently being used at the
not too much.'' He wrote a book that gives University of New Mexico, the University
one solution to one problem at a time until of Nevada, and the University of Pennsylthe student understands, and then goes on vania. It is also being used in Hong Kong,
Puerto Rico, Austral~a, Engla~d and Italy.
to give other solutions.
Romanek says he has no immediate
He asked his students to give their
opinions about the book--asking what they plans for future books.

fornia in hard cuver form and distributed
nationally. It is a required text for the
Technical Math 1 course at LCC, has been
adopted by about 12 other colleges· across
,the nation.
Zink said that the book--"Mathematics
for Technicians with an Introduction to
Calculus'' --differs from other books in the
mathematics field in regard to theme. The
concept of functions runs consistently
throughout the entire book making it easier
for the student to understand more fully
what is being taught. And, the first two
chapters are a review of the basics and
serve as a reference for students to consult
to during the course.
When asked if he and Halbery realized a
profit, Zink stated that they broke even,

Emperor, Hoang Ti, was pursuing a rebel
prince and his forces when a dense fog
folled in. In danger of losing his foe in the
fog because of the loss of visibility, he
changed to a chariot equipped with a
magnetic figure which, free to rotate ,
always pointed South. With this 'navigational aid,' he quickly routed the invading
forces. The year, by the way, was 2637
B.C."
To vary the pace and ''make it
interesting,'' the author also included what
he terms ''great break-throughs,'' like the
story of laying the Atlantic Cable, and the
sidelight about the two unlucky experimenters who tried to duplicate Ben Franklin's kite-flying break-through . . . and
1were both electrocuted. He has alsc
included such new applications in electronics as music synthesizers and the role
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of electronics in modern business ·and
1medicine.
The result is that the reader is swept
:along rapidly through the world of
electronics, a world which is, let's face it, a
mystery to most of us.
and added with a touch of regret that if
they added up all the hours that were put
into the project -and figured the money they
made from it, the total would come out to
about .15 cents an hour. He pointed to the
bookshelves in his office and said that if
you took any one of those books and tried to
find out how many it has sold, you would
discover surprisingly low figures. The
reasons, he says, are that text books simply
do not sell all that well.
Howard Zink received his bachelor's
degree in Math at Northwest Nazarene
College, studied for and received his
master's degree at the University of
Colorado. He has taught high school for
twelve years and is currently in his tenth
year at Lane.

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Stalking the dreaded Culturalus Apathias
or - what to do in an entertainment crisis
Though Eugene has been pra'ised throughout the country as one of the finest places to
live. it seems to me that something lacks in the way of culture.
Why is it that so many different sorts of people can live together in one community such
as ours without any real basis or cultural scenes developing? It would appear as if
Eugeneans preferred to melt together rather than let their likes and dislikes be apparent
in anything but their life styles, alone.
Other than how one chooses to live, there are no scenes to which one can relate to.
It may seem that I'm being overly simplistic and rude, when I speak of this social
apathy (as I chose to term it), and there are definite groups in Eugene that contradict my
whole statement, out I still feel that on the whole, what I say is sadly true.
Now. I'm not suggesting that we should all become fad-crazy or clichish, but it wouldn't
hurt to pay a little more time in developing our cultural scenes here in Eugene.
For instance, name one, no three taverns in town where you can expect to hear
bluegrass or jazz consistently. There just aren't that many which will devote themselves
to anything more exciting than easy-listening country-rock. It's safer in the eyes of most
businessmen to offer a bland menu of entertainment rather than offend some customer
with sometning that might be a little too spicy.
Other than places like "Mommas Homefried Turckstop" or the "W.O. W. Hall" which
sometimes offer amazingly good shows (for which the musicians are paid little or
nothing), there just isn't any place in town that one can go to to hear good jazz or
bluegrass without the risk of hitting an off-night and a top-ten-standards band.
But perhaps it isn't entirely the management's fault, perhaps the people who complain
that they can't fine decent jazz in this town, or that they have to wear earplugs when they
spend the evening in an establishment that is currently running a heavy boogie band (+-

JOO decibles, man ). don't make it known that they would rather listen to something
different for a change.
Get up there and make your wishes known, because at the moment, one of the main
priorities in hiring entertainment for a place like "Murphy's" or "Duffy's" i~ how much
beer that band can make you drink by making you hot and sweaty. This sort of policy
leaves little room for the softer and more delicate aspects of music.
This column isn't going to go over well with some people, but for those of you who
would like to represent something more than a beer-consuming statistic when you walk
into a tavern or, for that matter, any place that you enter to enjoy yourself over a drink
while listening to some music, t.rke notice! It's a well known fact that the customer is at
least 50 per cent right, so use that influence to promote something other than what you
would rather not hear, but end up tolerating.
To sum thi~: up in as few words as possible, support your favorite artists. If you do this,
, ou •II be surprised how much nicer it will be to hand that cover-charge over to the man at
he door when you know that what you like is what you gonna get.

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Th is is the second and last issue of the '' Broadway Rag Times'' for this year. When the
TORCH resumes publication in 1976, this page will appear on a regular basis of every two
weeks. I hope you will join u_s in the New Year ahead.
Sincerely therefore,
Max

Choral readers-here' s your chants

by Max Gano
Students interested in choral reading or
in acting should take notice of a new Adult
Education course to be offered this winter
term: Choral Reading: Rehearsal and
Performance.
The class will revolve around the
production of a speech choir arrangement
of ''The Moulton Tragedy,'' a contemporary narrative about colonial America,
written by Foster Damon.
Adaptation rights to the book- length
poem have been given to Don Schenck, a
television broadcasting major at Lane who
will direct the production. The reading will
culminate with the videotaping of the
arrangement in the LCC studios. "The
Moulton Tragedy'' tells in verse the story
of the sinister Jonathan Moulton, a"- real
figure from America} Colonial and Revolutionary-war history, who made a pact with
the Devil. Moulton prospered, but, unable
to sell his vast holdings of land, he died
bankrupt, and left behind him a haunted
house. Moulton himself comes alive as the
focus of a tale of ghosts, lust, greed and

heroism, according to Schneck.
He says the choir will narrate, chant,
howl and in general provide sound effects
and set moods for the half-dozen actors
who will portray General Moulton, his
Devil, two wives and selected offspring,
Governor Wentworth, Bishop Seabury,
Benedict Arnold and a host of Indians,
soldiers and tradesmen, many of whom are
pure fiction.
Schenck, a TV Broadcasting major at
LCC is a former humanities professor at
Oregon College of Education, where he
produced a number of paradramatic works,
including "John Brown's Body," "Under
Milkwood," "Spoon River Anthology,"
and the premiere of "Western Star."
Schenck said, ''Than no prior experience
is needed for membership in the choir
though willingness to sing, move in
groups, and take direction are important."
There will be a need for approximately 40
performers. The class will be offered on
Tues. and Thur. at 7 p.m. For further
information please call 485-0809.

Thee rebirth of Joaquin Miller
A review by Todd Johnstone
A well organized and skillfully performed production of Joaquin Miller's
"Forty-Nine" received an enthusiastic
welcome during Sunday night's opening
performance.
The performance, which took place at
the Coburg Elementary School, marked the
opening of the Eugene Theatre Company's
third season.
The company, speculating on Miller's
brand of nineteenth century melodrama,
realized its investment as the audience
jeered the villain, cheered the heroine, and
acclaimed the performance.

Free

Christmas
concert
by Max Gano

A Christmas concert featuring an
orchestra and two choirs will be held
Thursday at Lane Community Colege.
The free concert will be at 8 p.m. in
LCC's Performing Arts Theatre.
It will include performances by the
Baroque Orchestra, under the direction of
Nathan Cammack; the Brass Choir, also
led by Cammack, and the Concert Choir,
directed by Wayte Kirchner.
The featured work of the concert will be
a performance of Vivaldi's "Gloria" by the
Baroque Orchestra and the Concert Choir.

"Forty Nine" depicts . two fortune
seekers in search for an heiress to the
Willamette Valley, an old miners search for
gold, and a maidens search for love. The
plot of "Forty-Nine" is accented by
excellent music, lively dance and talented
vocalists.
Jane Van Boskirk, director of the
production, says the acting, dance and
music of "Forty Nine" are representative
of styles which would have been found in
nineteenth century performances. She
says that the company would like to
implement the "tradition of the tour" and
present "Forty Nine" to audiences
throughout the state.
Miller, a flamboyant nineteenth century
writer who spent his youth in what is now
Coburg, achieved great recognition in
England during the late nineteenth
century~ but he has been almost totally
ignored during the current century.
"Forty-Nine" is partially supported by a
$1,000 grant from the American Revolution
BicPntennial Commission of Oregon, and
by a $270 grant from the Oregon Arts
Commission.
Ensuing performances of "Forty Nine"
will be held in the Wesley Center, 1236
Kincaid St .. at 8 p.m. on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. Tickets are $3 for general
admission, and $1.50 for students and
senior citizens; they are available at the
door and throughout town.

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Jazz

conceRt

by Max Gano
The Univers ·.y of Oregon School of Music Jazz-Lab Band will perform progressive,
big-band jazz on Thursday, December 11, at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall. The program
include.;; music by Roger Neuman, L. Willis, Van Heusen/Burke, Carole King, Mike
Mainicu. Thad Jones, Dale Devoe, Richard Evans, Sammy Nestico and Charles Dowd.
J>rofcs~or Charles Down will direct. Admission is 50 cents for University students and
!>enior citizens. and one dollar for townspeople.
The Jazz-Lab Band, according to Dowd, "is dedicated to the performance of creative
"big-band' jazz compositions of-.:oday, forming a training laboratory for performers ...
the band also offers audiences an audition of classic jazz by significant arrangers such as
Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Woodie Herman, Maynard Ferguson and Thad Jones."

aRtS & CRa~ts

The Craft Center and Program Office of the Erb Memorial Union will be sponsoring a
Christmas Art and Craft Sale on December 10 & 11 from 10:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. in
Room 167 of the E.M.U.
This holiday event wilt definitely be more than just a sale of art and crafts. A variety of
entertainers will perform each day at 12 noon, 3:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m., and traditional
Christmas refreshments will be served. Holiday decorations will add to the festive
atmosphere.
All art and craft work to be sold was juried and specially selected for the sale to insure
both variety and a standard of quality.
There is no admission charge and the public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

High-lights
l 'nivcr-.ity Theatre:
Dec. IO. "Who's Afriad of Virginia Woolf?"
Dec. 9.11. "Tiny Alice"
All plays begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $3.50 & $2.50
:'l) r the general public, $1.75 & $1.25 for students.
lkall Concert Hall:
Dec. 12. University Chamber Choir, James# Miller
director. free.

New Globe Repertory Theatre:
Dec. 10-12, "Horizon of Blue Horses, 8:30 p.m .. $2.
Eugene Downtown Mall:
Dec. 11-23. Christmas crafts fair. in the old
Ward's auto building, Mon. - Fri. 10-9. Sat.
10-6. Sun. 12-5; interested craftpersons. call
686-0511.

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Rotary Club
sponsors awards
for study abroad

Memorabilia from early schools, including old ink botties and
ink wells and quill pens, were among the items displayed by

Sid Austin duii~g the Brown Bag Forum in the Board room·
during·last Wednes_d ay's !nnch hour.
photo 1,y Bob Lewis

Food Co-op s gain popularity,
but pose obstacles

Alcohol overdoses
take lives

from NOCR
In two unrelated incidents last month
students died after participating in heavy
drinking bouts in initiation rites for
campus clubs. At the U of Nevada-Reno
one student died and another was
hospitali:ied for acute alcohol poisoning
after consuming large amounts of liquor
during initiation into a social-service
organization, the Sundowners Club. At the
U of Wisconsin-Stevens Point a prolonged
drinking session known as the '' death
march,'' which is a traditional part of the
initiation ceremony of a local social club,
Siasefi, resulted in the death of a student.
An autopsy revealed a blood alcohol level
of .43 of one per cent, almost three times
the level of legal intoxication.
But drinking to excess is a campus
tradition that is hard to break. Chugging
contests and all-you-can-drin k events
continue to be incorporated into campus
activities , though not usually officially
sanctioned. The "Senior Death March"
was revived this year at Notre Dame. Like
the ill-fated Wisconsin event of the same
name, this is a bar-hopping marathon. The
drinking schedule, however, does not
include a stop at the on-campus Senior
Club nor is the event approved of by Notre
Dame officials.
There are, of course, many signs of
awareness of the campus alcohol problem.
The student body president at the U of
Missouri wrote ::i letter of complaint to the
ABC tv net~ot'!- after a football sidelight
show f~ ~~cd what many thought to be
exces!>~,e footage of student drinking. And
at the U of Massachusse-t ts, a studentfaculty volunteer service group is petitioning for an alcohol-free weekend. The
group is asking the Campus Center to sell
no alcoholic beverages and to program
events that do not include drinking for one
weekend.

from NOCR
There is nothing new about the concept
of food co-operatives but this means of
saving on the grocery bills has taken a big
leap in popularity in the past year on the
nation's college and university campuses.
But students are also discovering that
establishing a co-op can present more
obstacles than would be readily apparent.
Co-ops purchase food directly through
wholesale distributors or through regional
and state co-operative associations. They
claim to pass along from 15 per cent to SO
per cent savings as compared to prevailing
supermarket prices. The savings come
primarily from shared labor, group buying
power, and lower overhead made possible
by lessened frills and selections.
Food co-ops range in scope from a few
households that pool weekly produce
orders to well financed stores with
thousands of members. At the U. of
Maine, for instance, the veterans club and
the off-campus board each sponsor co-ops
of about SO members. The U. of Tennessee
food co-op has an active membership of
over 1,000 and grosses nearly $20,000 per
month.
Co-ops that actually have a stocked store
are usually financed by a student government allocation or a membership fee of
from $5 to $50 that pays for the inventory.
Operating expenses come from either a
small mark-up (10 per cent to 20 per cent)
on the actual cost of food sold or a small
fluctuating assessment, say $.25 per week,

OFWC to

meet-in Bend

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will open a public meeting at 9 a.m. on
Saturday, December 13, in Bend to hear
how the public feels about the management of mule deer in Oregon.
Robert Mace, chief of the Department's
Wildlife Division, will review a number of
management alternatives that have bee11
proposed by staff biologists.
Bend was selected as a central point for
the meeting and anyone who has opinions
on the subject is welcome to attend. The
meeting will be held in the conference
robm of the Bend Police Department
building, 710 NW Wall.

on each member. The latter method is
preferred by experienced food co-op
organizers because it assures a method of
meeting expenses and it avoids complicated bookkeeping involved in marking-up
stock. Membership also often carries a
commitment to perform several hours of
work a month for the co-op.
Like many ideas that look good on paper,
food co-ops are often hindered by
unanticipated real-world problems.
For over a year student government
leaders at Notre Dame have been
attempting to get their co-op off the
ground. It was approved by U. officials last
winter and was to have opened with the
beginning of this school year. But the
organizers were unable to sell sufficient
memberships in the unproven institution
and credibility suffered a set-back when
organizers were unable to find a suitable
physical location for the proposed store.
Another membership drive and site search
is presently underway.
It has taken U. of Maryland organizers
over a year to get their food co-op
underway. The group received $15,000 for
equipment from the student government
la.st summer but since these were legally
state funds, they coukl not be used for food
inventory. The organizers there also had
- difficulties finding a suitable location but
recently negotiated a lease for a basement
room in the student union. That co-op is
expected to open full-scale after the winter
holidays.
At Northwestern U. local zoning laws
proved to be an obstacle. Although the
Georgia Tech student government food
co-op is reportedly a success, the student
government at Georgia State U. failed to
attract sufficient interest in their co-op and
so it was disbanded last month. The
student government at The American U.
(Washington, D.C.) is finally set to open
after a year's negotiation with administrator~over on-campus space.
Numerous other food co-ops are either
operating successfully or in various stages
of being established, although not all
follow the same success formula. Three
Marshall U. (W. Va.) students took it upon
themselves to form a food co-op on their
own (and without committee bickering). It
is modestly successful after a very short
period of time. At the U. of Oregon, the
non-profit buying organization which
serves fraternity kitchens and other living
units opened up a store and will now serve
all students.

Applications for an award for a year of
study abroad are now being received by the
Eugene Rotary Club. Funds for the grants
are being provided by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International and are for the
academic year of 1977-78.
This year 750 awardees are participating
in graduate, undergraduate, technical
training, and teachers of the handicapped
program at a cost of more than $6 milJion.
Each award covers costs of round-trip
transportation, tuition, meals and lodging,
as well as intensive language training if
necessary.
The Rotary Foundation was created by
Rotary International to provide educational
and Vocational study programs for qualified yound people in countries other than
their own. Award recipients strive for
academic excellence during their studies
abroad while serving as good will
ambassadors through contacts with Rotary
clubs and others in the host country.
Anyone interested in learning more
about the qualifications for an award from
the Rotary Foundation should contact a
member of any Rotary club or write the
Eugene Rotary Club office in the Eugene
• Hotel.

Sororities face
racial problems
from NOCR
The U of Houston Panhellenic Council
voted in early November to move off
campus as an independent, unofficial
organization rather than remain under U
jurisdiction and be forced to admit four
predominately black sororities. A black
sorority had brought student court action
against the council for refusing to grant full
membership to the four soi:orities. The UH
Organization Board had given the council,
composed of UH's six predominantly white
sororities, until December 3 to give full
membership to the black sororities or
appeal the decision.
Panhel officers insist the action was not
racially motivated but rather a matter of
structure and compliance with a national
organization. The six predominantly white
sororities are all members of the National
Panhellenic Conference (NPC). Organization in the body is a prerequisite for
membership in the UH Panhellenic Council. The black sororities, however, are not
members of the NPC but are affiliated with
a similar national organization, the National Pan HelJenic Council, composed of
black sororities and fraternities.

Teacher
of the year
Nola Coval, health education instructor
at Raymond A. Brown Junior High School
in Hillsboro, is the 1976 Oregon Teacher of
the Year. Her selection was announced
Friday in Salem by State School Supt.
Verne A. Duncan at a meeting of the State
Board of Education.
Runnerup for the honor is Grace
Blanchard, remedial reading teacher at
Fleming Junion High School in Grants
Pass. Other finalists were Helen Cornelius, horn economics, Hamlin Junior
High School, Springfield, Franklin
"Herm" Fitz, biology, McKenzie 'R.iver
High School, Finn Rock, and Ruby
Sharman, fifth grade. Highland School,
Reedsport.
Mrs. Coval, who has taught 22 years, is
Oregon's entry in the National Teacher of
the Year competition. She was selected by
a panel of Oregon teachers and administrators on the basis of teaching skill,
dedication, and ability to impart knowledge
to students and inspire then with a love of
learning.

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Fall is over, that's all. No hard feelings. The harvest is over and it was good. We've
got enough to get us through the winter.
With the first hard frost on the ground outside and that heavy mist hanging itseH on the
hills, we can relax in front of a warm fire and enjoy the fruits of our garden; the fruits of
our labor.
We gave special thanks on Thanksgiving Day, and are preparing for a festive holiday
season coming up soon, but, let's just relax and let the transition from one season to
another happen, naturally. And let's watch closely as it occurs, for its magick, you know.

* COMMENTS AND PHOTOS FROM REX RUCKERT TO YOU.

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Cable gets ad-free channel

by Max Gano
Beginning Dec. 12, Eugene Teleprompter subscribers will be offered a new channel
offering advertisement-free entertainment 12 hours each day in the form of Home Box
Office (HBO), a subsidiary of Time-Life in New York.
In a Dec. 9th press party (even us reporters have to have a little fun now and then) HBO
representative, with the sometimes dubious help of Actor Glenn Ford, announced that
this optional channel will feature top movies such as "The Towering Inferno" and "The
Happy Hooker,'' and that the new outlet will hopefully also give a shot in the arm to an
ailing movie industry.
"Today, vitually every major and independent producer of films is interested in the
development of pay T.V. because there is a predictable market (in pay T.V.) that he can
count on," commented the HBO representative.
And recent surveys taken of movie theatre's in the East where HBO is already in
operation seem to indicate a new surge in
attendance which is "possibly due to home .
veiwers wishing to experience the total
quality of the sound track and picture
which can't be reproduced as well on
television," said Ford.

in historic Russia, the USSR and Eastern
Europe.
The course will be taught by a variety df
experts and authorities from the Center
and will survey several ·facets of eastern
European life embracing anthropology,
politics, literature, dance, education and a
number of other fields.
LCC has endorsed this experiment and
will offer the course as WK 203, The Slavic
Wodd this Winter Quarter. •Students will
register at LCC and take classes at the
U of 0, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, at 118 Friendly Hall.
A news release from Malm's office said
Both the U of O and LCC will jointly offer LCC students contemplating eventual
a new course, SL 199, The Slavic World transfer to the University and intrigued by
winter quarter. The U of O Russian and the Iron Curtain countries, herewith have
Eastern European Studies Center, in the opportunity of sampling the wares of a
collaboration with-LCC Social Science wide spectrum of the University's Russian
Chairman Paul Malm, initiated the idea in and Eastern European Studies Center
an effort to interest Lane <;ounty residents teaching and research staff.''

U of 0, LCC

offer course,

"The Slav,·c World'

Final Exam Schedule

But the major goal of HBO is to fill the
gap. Most major movies are geared to
those of age 18 to 35 and prducers hope to
reach other than the average through this·new television concept.

For FaH Term Exam Week--Dec ,15-19

ff yo-Pr class is

on

M, W, F, MW, MF, WF, MWF,
MUWHF, MUWH, MWHF,
MUHF,MUWF

U,

H,

UWHF

UH,

and starts at

'Whats this dog show-s--t?"

0700 or 0730
0800 or 0830
0900 or 0930
1000 or 1030
poo or 1130
1200 or 1230
1300 or 1330
1400 or 1430
1500 or 1530
1600 or 1630
1700 or 1730

Besides movies, there will be serials,
young peoples films, sports, and live
theatre productions, along with novelties
such as dog and horse shows. ''What is
this dog show shit!" was Ford's only
commenting question.
The cost is $9. 95 in addition to the initial
cable cost, which you have to subscribe to
first in order to receive HBO. The merit of
such~ deal ... well, once you have it, you
have 1t, unless you want to pay reinstal!ation charges. At the moment it's a good
mvestment, but how soon 'till the price
goes up.
•

1800 or LATER

yout exam day and time will be:
your exam day _a1:1d time will be:
your exam day ·and time will be:
your exam day and time will be:
your exam day and time will be:
your exam day and time will be:
your exam day and time will be:
your exam day and time will be:
your exam daY. and time will be:
your exam day and time will be:
your exam day and time will be:

W, 8-10
H, 8-10
M, 8-10
u, 8-10
w, 12-14
H, 12-14
M, 12-14
u, 12-14
u, 16-18
H, 16-18
F, 8-10

w, 10-12
H, 10-12
M, 10-12
u, 10-12
W, 14-16
H, 14-16
M, 14-16
u, 14-16
M, 16-18
W, 16-18
F, 10-12

•Evening classes, those that meet
1800 or later, will have their final
exams during FINAL EXAM
WEEK at their regularly scheduled class time.

photo by Bob Lewis

Humane Society gets 600 pets a week
by Pat W&mpler
Statistics from a survey taken in October
of this year show that over 600 animals are
taken into the Lane County Humane
Society Animal Shelter every seven days.
Out of 625 animals, 500 were put to death,
while the other 125 were either reclaimed
or adopted.
.
'' Eventually the society would -like to add
on to their shelter,'' comments one of the
Humane Society's representataives, Karen
Jones. "A possible idea the society has is
joining with the county dog control offices
and adding more- kennels and eventually
adding a clinic of their own. This way all
the dog control offices would be centrally
located and more convenient to the
public."
''The budget of the Humane Society is a
tight one," explains Jones.
"The
operating funds are obtained mainly
through donations and contributions from
those who adopt animals, although the
Humane Society has its own fund-raising
activities. The adoption fee only partially
covers the cost of housing, feeding,
medical care, and inocuation while the
animal is at the shelter." The adoption fee
is from $3 to $10 depending on what kind of
animal is adopted and how long it has
remained in the shelter.
'' Animals that are brought into the
shelter and are not adopted or reclaimed do
not lead a long life," adds Jones. A Lane
County ordinance only allows.the shelter to
hold stray animals for four days to allow
time for their owners to reclaim thlem.
Then, if not reclaimed, they are made
available for adoption. Others that have
been brought into the shelter by their

owners can be held anywhere from five to
ten days depending on the animal and the
conditions.
"If all the animals were kept that came
to the shelter, kennels and cages would be
so over populated and filled with diseases
it would be impossible to allow further
operation of the society.''
"But the puppies and kittens are another
sad story," says Jones. Sometimes two or
three litters of cats and dogs are brought

in, in a single day. Of all those only a
few of the healthiest and best looking can
be kept. The rest are put to sleep with no
pain, and then cremated.
A situation the shelter constantly is
faced with is people mistaking it with the
"not-so-liked dog catcher," says Jones.
The county is the controller of the dog
catchers although lost and stray animals
·rrom the City of Eugene, Lane County, and
several small towns are broght to the

Humane Society by the Animal Control
Officers.
The Humane Society asks citizens to
1prevent the birth of unwanted animals by
having ptcs spayed or neutered.
"We would like the public to help carry
out and maintain the society's humane
programs for kindness through your
contributions, and through the spaying or
neutering of your dog or cat,'' concudes
Jones.

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AJfllITT00@1.frilw® A~ttll@IIB \'Mllllll lh@Ildl \'M@Irikrnlh@lP)
to all students and employees of LCC to
"come and find out what it's all about."
The Affir.mative Action Program was
initiated by the federal government to fight
discrimination in employment. According
to the plan , institutions such as LCC which
receive federal funds are now required by
law to file an Affirmative Action Plan with
the federal government, detailing the
institution's policies for combating
discrimination in employment practices.
That's the cut-and-dried technical interpretation of Affirmative Action. But
according to classified staff coordinator
Mary Jeanne Jacobsen, Affirmative Action
is much more. She feels it has to be an
attitude among people to recognize
discrimination in all it's many forms and
then to deal with it effectively.
Jacobsen sees the workshop as a
··consciousness-raising exercise to make
people aware of su6tle biases they may
hold.'' She hopes that follow-up meetings
will be held in the future in which the
progress of Affirmative Action can be
charted, and then new ideas put forth.
Jacobsen stresses that Affirmative Action does not mean reverse discrimination
or the favoring of women and minoriti~s
over white males which, she feels, ts how
some people interpret it. She thinks the
concept means the equalization of opportunities for all--without regard to sex, race
or age.

BY Paul Holbrook
A day-lon_g Affirmative Action workshop
·xamining '.discrimination is planned for
.CC in the :last week of January--perhaps
fan. 29. •
Accordi!lg to LCC Affirmative Action
·)irector, and President of LCC Education
\ssoication Alvergue the purpose of the
workshop is to expose and sensitize all
college employees and students to the
needs of women and minorities. The
workshop, according to one of its planners,
is a direct result to the directive by the LCC
Board of Education to create an atmos•here for equity in employment practices.
The workshop is jointly sponsored by the
.:,: ulty union, the classified union, the
1 ,iculty Council. and the newly-established
1
~1 man Awareness Council.
Karla Schultz, the Language Arts
' ._' partment instructor serving as staff
,·ordinator for the workshop, hopes that
eryone involved in this college in any
And she says that
,ly would attend.
:- mbers of the classified staff, (janitors,
'r retaries and other support people),
,uld be given time off to attend.
Schultz is afraid the workshop could
,·onceivably turn into an exercise for those
.d r e ady involved in Affirmative Action
Schultz is afraid the workshop could
. oncetvably turn into an exercise for those
ilready involved in Affirmative Action.
i'hcrcfore, she wants to extend an invtation

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Mtg.

Dec. 17 Wednesday

Dec. 18

Dec. 23

Hea. & PE Dept.

NAi'E (Power
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Boardroom
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Adm . 202
11:30-1:00
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LRC C,mf.
1:30-2:JO
3:00
Cabinet Mtg.
Adm . 202
3:00-S :OO
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Thursday

12:00

LDSSA
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Instructional Council
Adm. 202
1:J0-3:00

Saturday

Chess Tournament
Center 101
8 a. m. -11 p.m.
Dec. 28

LRC Conf.

Sunday

Chess Tournament
Center 101
8 a. m.-8 p.m.
Dec. 30 Tue sday
3:00

1:00

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Adm. 202
3:00-S:OO

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their needs are fully met'' ... but that the
government should make a concentrated
effort to put people to work. "All those on
Welfare who are able-bodied, (should
have( an opportunity to work at useful
community pr-:>jects." says Reagan.
*Democratic charges
Reagan says that defense of the U.S. has
been allowed to slip under Democratic rule
and that "we must be prepared to pay any
price and make any sacrifice to maintain a
strength that is second-to-none.'' He
states that the Democrats probably believe
that his philosophy gives the Republican
party a war-like look but added, "every
Democratic President in this century
campaigned on a promise of peach and led
this nation into war and no Republican
President did so."
In concluding his speech, Reagan says
we must "pledge to an entire generation of
young men and boys that never again (will)
young Americans be asked to fight and die
for their country unless their country is
willing to tell them: 'the goal is victory
and we'll turn our entire resources behind
it' ".
The pleased Republican crowd gave
Reagan a standing ovation. Chef Ted
Tompkins, of the Rodeway Inn, said that
approximately 432 people of an expected
600 were served at the $25-a-plate dinner.
A private cocktail party for the ex-governor
was held prior to the dinner. Approximately 30 people attended the $250-a- t.d~
person get together.
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747-5411

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initiative petition campaign. $100 for organizing
campus signature gather-ing drive between time of hire
: M and January 15. Apply at Personnel Office and
Applications should
mail to Open Primary Office.
be postmarked no later than -December 12, 1975.

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Selection of applicants, meeting basic
requirements, to the Department of
Nursing at Lane Community College will
be made by a modified lottery system for
Fall term, 1976.
The change from the interview procedure for final selection, which has been
used previously, was announced this week
by Estelle Singleton, department chairwoman.
Some 80 students in the Associate
Degree of Nursing program and 30
students in the Practical Nursing program,
and alternates in both programs, will be
selected by the lottery method. The
drawing is scheduled to be held April 30,
1976.
Ms. Singleton said limited spaces in both
programs are in accord with clinical
resources available. She indicated applicants seem to be receptive to the lottery
system and prefer the drawing because it is
more objective than the interview system,
where each qualified applicant was interviewed by vo instructors who made the
final selection.
Minimum requirements for admission to
both the PN and AON programs are an
acceptable score on the School College
Ability Test (SCAT), or 24 credits of college
level work with a grade point average of
3.25 (B-plus); submission of completed
application forms, which include high
school transcripts and/or GED scores, and
a separate official transcript from each
post-hfgh school institution attended.
An applicant meeting minimum requirements may be allotted additional
chances in the lottery if he or she has
completed required pre-nursing course
work, and has previous patient care
experience. A minimum of five chances
and a maximum of 10 will be possible for
name selection in the lottery.
Only applicants meeting in-district
requirements will be entered into the bowl
for selection. A ninety day residency is
reqttired for in-district classification.
Application forms for both programs are
available in the Office of Admissions in the
Application forms for both programs
are available in the Office of Admissions in
the Center Building at LCC. Applications
will be accepted prior to the March 31,
1976, deadline.

A Florida State U. law student is
attempting to establish what he believes to
be the nation's first complete on-campus
bank. Rather than being just a branch of
an existing city bank, the proposed
University Nations} Bank would be a new,
independent corporation with $1,000,000 in
capital raised through sales of stock to
members of the FSU community.
The principal incorporators, Bruce and
Bob Minnick, say they have researched the
feasability of the project "very extensively." "There is a very critical parking
problem on campus that prevents students
and faculty from leaving campus by car
during banking hours to go to a bank in
town," says Bruce Minnick. He says that
existing banks have not come on campus
because Florida law does not allow
full-service branch banks

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Handicapped Student
Hca. 206
2:30-4:00

Inner Space Travel
Center 435
3:00-4:00

SFE Seminar
Ccn. 124
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lottery system

Student proposes bank

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Cabinet Mtg.
Adm. 202
3:00-5:00

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Division A Mtg.
LRC Conf.
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Christian Sci . Club
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As the planning is still in the tentative
stages, neither the location, exact date and
times nor agenda items for the workshop
have been formulated. Tho~tudents and
staff members desiring further information
can contact either Karla Schultz at ext. 277,
or Mary Jeanne Jacobsen at ext. 201.
Or watch the TORCH for more information
in subsequent stories.

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And Xmas would naturally be preceded
by National Buy Till It Hurts Month, just as
it is today. So the economy would be
saved.

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meeting scheduled

Huray for X-Mas
The Christmas season on wmcn ou1·
beleaguered economy so desperately depends is now officially open. And Time
magazine reports the nation's merchants
are happily predicting a ten per cent increase in retail sales.
In fact, this could be our biggest Christmas ever!
Of course, nowhere in its seven-page
cover story on the Christmas season does
Time mention Christ. And we're obviously
in for the usual complaints from bleedingheart idealists about the "over commercialism of Christ's birthday."
These do-gooders overlook three facts:
(1) such complaints have never done any
good in the past; (2) unless we give each
other billions of dollars worth of useless
, junk every December 25, the country will
go to the bow-wows; and (3) the odds are
365-1 that it isn't Christ's birthday anyway.
This last gives hope for a compromise
that should mollify all factions: Instead of
trying to take the commercialism out of
Christmas, let's simply take Christmas out
of the commercialism.

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After all, no one seems to know the exact
date of Christ's birth. No one app~rs to
have thought about it until 200 A.D. And
since then it's been variously celebrated on
January 6, December 25 and January 10, to
name a few. So there's no reason we can't
celebrate it any other day we want to.
Once we have removed Christmas from
December 25, we can call that day
"Xmas," giving no offense to purists and
considerable delight to sign painters and
headline writers.' Best of all, Xmas would
be completely ecumenical and you
wouldn't have to worry about sending
religious cards to friends of the Zoroastrian
persuasion.
We would continue, of course, to have
Xmas trees, Xmas presents, Xmas carols
(but only about deckin_g halls and partridges in pear trees), and Xmas office
orgies. But we would feel no guilt that they
had no spiritual significance.

Your pre~criptioo,

our•main concern .....
30th ,a Hit ard
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Eugene Theatre Company Presents
"Forty Nine"
by Joaquin Miller
Wesley Center 1236 Kincaid St.
8:00
tudents and senior citizens $1.50
Gen.1$3.00

Dec. 121314
ARE THINGS OUT OF REACH?

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what to do with
The only
In opening round action on Friday,
The third annual Christmas Seal Classic
Christmas. Most people I talked to said
19, NCC will take on LBCC, while
Dec.
held
be
will
tournament
basketball
they had no strong feeling about what day
tangle with last year's champs
will
LCC
Dec. 19-20 this year, according to a
it should fall on as long as it was a Monday
Green River, according to Bates.
from
Orethe
from
announcement
preliminary
end.
week
so they could have a three-day
The Christmas Seal Cla-ssic benefits the
gon Lung Association, sponsor of the
One lady said she'd always wanted it
Lung Association.
annual
the
Oregon
hosts
which
LCC
and
event,
take
could
she
so
January
observed in
tournament.
advantage of the white sales, but she
Dale Bates, LCC head basketball coach,
forg'ets we're not giving Christmas
presents any more. And one patriot reports that the Classic field for 1975 will
suggested July 4, "seeing this is our include last year's championship team,
. Bicentennial year.''
Green River Community College from
Auburn, Washington; Linn-Benton ComBut I liked best the young lady who said,
"Let's make it a surprise birthday because· munity College from Albany; Northwest
Christian College; Eugene; and host LCC.
surprise parties are best.'' That would be
ALL VARISTY BASEBALL
Green River is the first team in the ATTENTION
nice. Then you could look up at the stars
PLAYERS.
whenever you wanted to and say, "Happy tournament to return and defend its title
Report to Health room 105 Thursday, Dec.
Birthday, dear friend."
from the previous year.
3:30 for important meeting concerning
11,
Heck, there may even be some ChristThis will mark the first year for
winter baseball program.
ians somewhere who might want to
Linn-Benton to visit the Classic while
celebrate the occasion every day of the
Northwest Christian has been in the first Swane Miller
year.
(Copyright Chronicle Publishing Co. 1975)

Varsity baseball

By Arthur Hoppe

Fri-Sat-Sun

Basketball tourna ment scheduled

Maybe out of hand. God
handles things we can't
even touch. He wants to
control your tough situations, too. You'll sure
like what He does. Call
7/.7-8585
RIPT-LUK

A tape-recorded mes age
from Reach Ministries.

Tennis meetin g

Anyone interested in playing intercollegiate Men's Varisty Tennis next Spring,
please meet this Dec. 12 at 1:00 p.m. at the
P.E. office. If you are unable to attend this
meeting, please contact Don Wilson in the
Social Science Department, ext. 241.

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