LANE
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
(vol. 13 No. 16

paget)

February 4, 1976

.Board delays tuition and fee decision two weeks

Veteran's rep opposes tuition hike at Jan. 28 Board
meeting.

Board member Jim Martin proposed a $10 parking fee for
each student.

SPAF favors student body fee of $7.SO
The Special Program and Activities Fund
(SPAF) Committee met last Thursday and
unanimously agreed to inform President
Eldon Schafer that it favors raising Student
Body Fees to $7.50.
The meeting was requested by faculty
and student representatives of programs
funded through SPAF. During the meeting
this group voiced their disapproval of
recent Administration proposals concerning SPAF.
SPAF program representatives present
at the meeting were TORCH Advisor Pete
Peterson, Health Services Coordinator
Laura Oswalt, Athletic Director Robert
Radcliff, Dave Mahoney, associate director
of Student Services, ASLCC Vice President
Richard Weber and Student Senator Jim
Frank.
SPAF Committee members present at

the meeting were Jay Jones, chairman of
the Committee; Bob Way and Betty James,
faculty representatives; and student representative Kathy Monje'.
The group focused on recent proposals
drafted by Dean of Students Jack Carter
which deal with the SPAF system. The
proposals recommended by Carter call for
raising student body fees to $7.20 and also
examining possible alternatives to the
SPAF system. Faculty program representatives (Laura Oswalt from Health
Services, Pete Peterson from the TORCH,
and Bob Radcliff for Athletics) said
Carter's proposals will fail to generate
enough money for SPAF programs.
Carter's proposals were also criticized for
failing to include an inflationary allowance
in the SPAF funding process.
The group voiced disapproval of Carter's

three proposed alternatives to replace
SPAF. All present said the present SPAF
system is superior to Carter's proposed
alternatives. Most expressed fears that
student opinions about SPAF budgets
would never surface if one of Carter's
proposals materialized--an idea to put
student body fees into the college's general
fund.
The SPAF Committee, following discussion with SPAF program representatives,
unanimously agreed to send a letter to
President Schafer informing him that the
Committee favors raising Student Body
Fees to $7.50 rather than to $7.20. The
Committee also agreed to attach a note
from the SPAF program representatives to
the letter; the note will express the group's
displeasure with Carter's proposals for
reorganizing SPAF funding methods.

Mathematicians who hunger for more
than knowledge can now obtain their just
desserts in return for high test scores.
Math instructor Richard Coalwell is
offering his College Algebra students an
opportunity to win a MacDonald's Big Mac
if they score higher than 90 per cent on
bi-monthly tests.
Coalwell hopes that the additional
stimulus will motivate students who would
otherwise be satisfied ·with average or B
work The students, according. to ~oalw 11.

''like the idea and they joke about the
concept.
"There is no MacDonald's kick-back.''
Coalwell states. In fact, ''The one dollar
gift certificates can be used for other eats
besides a Big Mac.''
One might wonder about those who hold
the philosophy of vegetarians or who
simply won't consume that type of food.
Coalwell says that there is one vegetarian
in .his class, but adds. that tne student
has
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friend or sen it--if he makes 90 per cent on
the next test, that is.
The tangible reward is also an experiment of sorts for Coalwell. He would like
to see if there is any noticeable difference
in test performance between past classes
with no edible reward and the classes he
teaches now.
The first week of the venture resulted in
four students winning the coveted certificate along with their A test scores. You
might bear this in mind if you're considering taking a College Algebra course and
think you would relish a tangible reward in
addition to good grades. Anyone with the
smarts and motivation can become a
burger king or queen , through mathematics, thanks to Coalwell.

2(x+y+z )+(x-y-z )= BigMac

Students were granted a reprieve on
higher tuition Jan. 28 as the Board
delayed its decision on a 26 per cent
increase to explore alternative fundmg
sources.
The decision to delay action until the
Feb. 11 Board meeting was also in
response to requests by Student Senate
representatives for more time to distribute
9,500 copies of a survey to determine
student feelings on the tuition hike.
The increase, proposed by Dean of
Students Jack Carter, includes a redefinition of full-time from 10 to 12 credit hours
to be assessed at the rate of $10.50 per
hour.
This results in a $126 tuition for a
full-time student as opposed to $100 at the
old rate.
While the rest of the Board agreed to
look into alternatiye funding sources, Jim
Martin suggested that a $10 per term
parking fee be established. Martin said
that if the 4,000 people who drive to school
each term were charged $10 to _park, this
would raise $120,000 per year. In addition
to eliminating the need for a $26 tuition
hike, Martin felt the parking fee would·
encourage people to use the mass transit
system in a time when "we should show
our concern for the environment."
The 9,500 copies of the student survey,
•compiled by ASLCC Vice-President Richard Weber, will be distributed by
instructors during classes during the next
two weeks. The questionnaire will ask
students if they feel a tuition increase is
needed and whether or not they favor it.
Weber pleaded the case of the delay
saying ''There are very few chances for the
student body as a whole to respond."
Opposition to the increase was presented
by representatives of ·the LCC veterans
leave the'.i
:cc~cno.-,t inl'rP.ase would not
•
vets enough to Jive on.
Board Chairman Dr. Albert Braur asked
if there were any restrictions against
veterans working part-time to which
veteran representative Mike Roach responded "There aren't any jobs; Lane County's
unemployment rate is 11.4 per cent."
The Board also gave a preview of next
year's budget, before the budget committee begins its deliberations on Feb. 4.
Dean of Business Operations Anthony
Birch presented the $14. 79 million operating budget to the Board and explained it
would require a Lane County property tax
rate increase of 9.94 per cent.
If the budget remains unchanged by the
Budget committee and is approved by the
voters, it would mean an estimated
property tax rate of $1. 77 per $1,000 of true
cash value to Lane county property owners.
The present rate is $1.61 for an $11.8
million budget this year.
Birch attributed the increase to a
projected 4 1/2 per cent growth from 7,314
to 7,633 full-time equivalent students and
to an 11. 7 per cent inflation factor.
The Board also heard from Jane Stewart,
an attorney from Lane County Legal Aid,
who represents LCC women dissatisfied
with recent changes in the Women's
Studies program.
In a letter to Board members, Stewart
posed the question as to whether the
College followed proper administrative
procedures, personnel policies, board policies and affirmative action guidelines in
hiring a new Women's Studies instructor.
While LCC attorney Ed Harmes said he
doesn't think any of the questions raised
are legal problems, the Board directed him
.o discuss the issues with Stuart.

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INSIDE:
Opinion .................... page 2.
Do LCC students get what
they pay for? . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6.

I ~u!J:ural Events . . . . . . . . •..... page 5.

Calendar of Events .... . . . . . . . page 6.
A Hooker Speaks .......... back cover.

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Editorial

The Crux of the Bisquit

Let's remember those who wait

by Mike McLain
It is tJw,, policy of the TORCH to publish only those lettersoto the editor that have
been signed by their author. This week we received a letter in response to the story on
the back. cover of last week's TORCH about a Paradentist. While we can't print the
letter, the author raised an interesting point that deserves some thought: In a time
when the Paradental/Paramedic al programs are so highly competitive and the people
who are in the programs must work very hard to gain entry into their chosen
professioq, there is one woman who may chuck it all to go back to her old profession of
:aptain of a sea vessel.
Everyo~ has the right and privilege to change his or her ~d after entering into a
,·ertain·fie"f(l of study; but the·stutlent should give a lot of tho'llght as to whether he or
-.he wiH t;!,v'entually use the training.
There:}te many who do not gain admittance but who plan ci'tHhis field as a career.
\nd there.we many who have no other skills to fall back on in difficult economic times.
The let'ftl writer points out th .. t there are two considerations for admittance to the
!)ental Hygiene program: The financial need for this training and the commitment of
i1e indiviclual to the profession as a full-time career.
The student expresses the hope that the screening interviewers pay more attention
i n financial needs of students.
But there is much more that must be considered.

How good is growth?
The preliminary budget estimates for the upcoming year show an increase of
approximately 3 million dollars.
The reasons for this increase, according to Dean of Business Operations Anthony Birch,
is an 11. 7 inflation fartor and a projected 4½ per cent growth is needed.
The Board has repeatedly stated that it is the policy of this school to remain an "open
door" college. This is explained to mean that no one must meet any specific admittance
requirements and there will be an attempt to admit all those who apply.
While this is a very noble concept, when do you reach the point of diminishing returns?
What do you say to students who have been here for a year whose programs begin to
-.uffcr because the college wants to continually increase its sacred FTE (full~tiine
cqu1valent) figures by adding more students to the classes and more classes to the
buildings?
What do you say to the taxpayers who must continue to support this growth with higher
t:lx rates. Soon they also are going to begin asking "Why must the college continue to
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It seems that a 4 1/ 2 per cent growth will simply add fuel to the inflationary situation

, hat exists. and next year the taxpayers will be asked to support a higher budget

,·alculated by applying the inflationary rate for this year that the college helped to
establish with its growth. And you can bet it will plan on more growth next year.
Th is is the circle that exists throughout the country that causes continued inflation.
And that means higher taxes and higher tuition each year .
Why docsn·t the college freeze its admittance at the present level of 7,314 FTE? and
.1d111it students on a first come. first served basis.
The gro\\'lh needs to be fully explained.

Letters

to

the

editor

Reader plugs forestry speech
Doug Scott. Pacific Northwest Representative of the Sierra Club. will speak at
Lhc Law School on February 10, at 12:30
p.m. in Room 129.
Mr . Scott will speak on "The Crises of ·
Forestry and Land Use Planning."
Mr. Scott is a very articulate and
entertaining speaker. and i'> well qualified
to talk on this subject. He is a graduate in
forestry from the University of Michigan in
Ann Arbor. He spent one year as an aide
l? Senator Philip Hart (D-Mich.) He has

also spent several years working with the
Wilderness Society in Washington D.C.
His main areas of expertise are Forest
Service and Park policy. timber appeals,
and the Wilderness Act.
For information on Mr. Scott, call Mark
Greenfield at 686-3828. For information on
interviews and coverage, call me at
686-3882 or 686-3871.
Sincerely,
Merrill Schneider

Cheating methods

Cheating on college tests is:
A. Limited
B. Widely practiced
C. Looked down on
D. Glorified
E. All of the above
A marked increase in cheating has
ca used many college officials to take a
new look at the traditional honors system of test taking. In a poll of Kansas
University students, 45 per cent admitted to cheating while at K. U.
Seventy-five per cent of these people
said the reason they cheated was because of the institution's stress on
grades.
There are two common types of cheating and in their practice, cheaters polish
their art to a point of finesse. The first
type of cheating is cheat sheets, which
consists of information written on small
pieces of paper. These papers are then
concealed in their hand, under the test,
up their sleeve, taped onto a pencil,
slid under a watchband, in socks tops,
pants cuffs or any other secret easily
accessible place.
Copying is the second most common
type of cheating. Obtaining answers
from someone else's test requires a sly
eye. The drawback in this type of cheating is that you aren't assured of the
THE CYCLE
right answer.
Cowley County Community College
Arkansas City, Kansas

Tasteless columnists
by Arthur Hoppe
I rise today to decry the tasteless manner
in which my colleagues in the press are
decrying the tasteless news stories decrying the late President Kennedy's private
affairs.
You can't pick up a newspaper without
reading some columnist deploring all this
sensationalism, which the columnist then
describes in lurid detail.
"Who cares," the columnist nobly
begins, "whether Mr. Kennedy did or did
not have an affair with Marilyn Monroe, a
Mafia moll and 1603 other women
including--as I have learned exclusively
from the maitre d'hotel at the BadenBaden Motor Court--Eva Braun in 1940?
"ls it anybody's business .t hat they
checked in there at 12:45 p.m. on April 23
of that year and did $432.58 worth of
damage in the subsequent 72 hours to the
headboard and charidelier? What matters
that they ordered the following 62 items
from room service ...
But the most blatant case involves Buck
Atwald, whose tasteless column runs in the
Rappahoe, N.M. Town Crier. In order to
decry the tastelessness of the whole
mess. Artwald actually made up a woman
who claimed to ha~e had a romance with
Mr. Kennedy. Excerpts from this tasteless
column follow:
Irma LaDulce, 58, (the column begins)
held a press conference today to announce

Well. well. revelation 'pon revelation.
I finally figured out why we have such a
crime-free campus up here. It's all got ta
do with our finely patterned traffic system
and all them smokey the bear characters
that are out in force each morn in• makin •
sure everybody observes the rules of the
ole autobon.
'Course I'm talkin' about our auto routes
that lead us to Last Chant and the all too
clever. kraut like construction of der
einfahrts and die ausfahrts.
Every morn in' or most of em anyway.
the state and county heat carefully screen
the drivers who are attempting to transport
themselves to school. If they fail to
appease the offscificers perception of fair
traffic flow. they are immediately sirened
to the roads edge and questioned as to
their lack of basic motorin' skills. This aids
in depressing potential criminal's desires
to act in a criminal manner.
I related this self conceived theory to
Alphonso the other day and unfortunately
the only crime he could see was the way the
whole traffic system around here is
designed.
He says that he is totally amazed that the
auto department here at school isn't thigh
deep in repair work from folks bustin' up
their cars on the way to school. Every day
cars get backed up onto the interstate in
their efforts to get to campus.
Accord in· to Alphonso, the , intersection
at the top of Gasoline Alley and 30th rivals
the other LCC entranceway in a bid for the
most absurd.
He says the traffic pattern used to get to
this here institute is comparable to tryin • to
roll a joint with a sopping wet sheet of toilet
paper.
All I know is that several times I been
scared shitless when pullin • onto 30th at

the bottom of the hill. 1 come rollin' around
that there circular entranceway and sees
that another auto is tryin' to get off and
he's got to go through me to do it. If I
didn't have my faithful madonna on the
dash I think I'd, (as Alphonso says).
freak-out.
And that's what he said he did one day
as he was amblin' over to the school after
bein • dropped off on the interstate. He told
me that he had a good buzz from some
Columbian and that when he reached the
east entrance to the school there were so
many hlinkin' police lights flash in' in their
many different hues that he stood
mesmerized for several hours and it caused
him to miss three of his classes. He also
noticed how the lights were amazingly like
those of a drag race and that the passing
motorists seemed to agree as they always
sped up when they came into visual contact
with the pre-occupied trooper and his
flashy official vehicle.
Anyway I think I'll stick to my original
theory. Them cops keep the true criminals
from wheelin • in here in anyway they see
fit. you bet. I'm sure that is what the
planners had in mind when they designed
the entrance/exit system for Last Chant.
If you want to avoid confrontations with
Mr. John Law or the notorious smokey the
bear characters, I suggest you take the bus
especially if you also want to avoid pilin'
yourself up in your auto.
And that's about all I got ta say at the
end of this fourth week of school. I got a
week-end to go before I start the fifth so's
I'm startin' the fifth 'cause I'ze finished up
the fourth and it's driven me nearly as
insane as a lauthin • hyena and I love every
minute of it, bein • the glutton for
punishment that I is.
Scorbyl floob, pulmica hgih,

GOOD TIMES looking for writers
A new Eugene publication is looking for
free lance writers, as well as photographers, artists, cartoonists, ad salesmen,
promotion people, and production staff.
The publication is titled, GOOD TIMES.
A Guide To Eugene Entertainment & Your
Reading Pleasure.
GOOD TIMES will be a bi-weekly
ewspaper designed to appeal to a wide
audience. both alternative and straight,
young and old, high brow and low.
Writers are sought who can present high
brow material that the low brow can get a
charge out of, and low brow material that
can be appreciated by the high brow.
Outside of politics, which the publication
will avoid. GOOD TIMES will be open to
the widest range of public interest, focused
on Eugene! t_hough not exclusively so.

GOOD TIMES will cover all of the art~
and entertainments; music. dance, movie.
theater, art, mime, book reviews; plus
sports, recreation, education; sections
devoted to the home, children, contemporary men-women relationships, etc. Both
straight reporting and personal journalism
will be included, as well as purely creative
writing: poetry, short stories, and short
plays.
Writers will be paid $1 per typewritten
double-spaced page, up to five pages. In
other words, the maximum pay will be $5 ,
for a story of five pages, though individual
stories may be longer. Those interested
should call Editor, Mike Major, at
344-5420. or submit material. with a
stamped return envelope. to 1511 High St. ,
#2, Eugene, OR 97401.

her affair with the late President.
"Me and the kids, we're all real proud of
Irma," said her husband, Al, a driving
instructor. "She was a real swinger in her
day."
"That's right," said Irma. "I just never
thought of him as the President. To me, he
was just plain old Jack Kennerly." (cq)
"Kennedy. Irma," said Al.
"Right, said Irma. "He was always
complaining that his' wife, Mamie, didn't
understand him.''
"Jackie, Irma," said Al.
"Right," said Irma. "Maybe it was his
funny Southern accent. Anyhow, that was
just before I had an affair with the Grand
Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. He sure was
a Grand Dragon. But so was Harry."
"Jack. Irrpa."

"Him, too. He was always calling me up
and asking me when I was coming back to
Pittsburgh so he could smuggle me into the
White House again disguised as Lynwood
Johnson."
"Washington, Irma. And I think you
mean Lyndon Johnson."
"Yeah, big guy. Now him ... "
"Don't tell, Irma, "cried Al. "Wait till
we sell the paperback rights.''
Well, this tasteless column ends with
Irma supposedly selling her memoirs for
$37.50 and a set of Tupperware. I say it's a
cheap shot.
fhis business of decrying sensationalism
in order to titillate readers with the
sensational details must stop. I, for one,
wholeheartedly decry it.

TORCH STAFF
editor Mike McLain
associate editor Cris Clarke
associate editor Todd Johnston e
reporter~ Crunch McAllister
Scoll Stuart
Steve Goodman
Russell Kaiser

(Copyright Chronicle Publishing Co. 1976)

cultural editor Max Gano

photo editor Jeff Hayden

ad manager Kevin Murtha

photographers Dave Cole
Linda Alaniz

ad salespeople
Junction City. Carmen Maldonado
Springfield. Ken Wood
Campus Don Perry
ad graphics Dave Mackay
graphics

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production mgr John Brooks
pmdunion Michael Riley
Kristine Snipes
Doreen Pottcrf
Shauna Pun~c
Dchbic Bollcnsck
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Member of Oregon Community College Newspaper Association and Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association .
The TORCH is published on Wednesdays throughout the regular academic year.
Opinions expressed in the TORCH are not necessarily those of the college, the student body, all members of the TORCH staff, or
those of the editor.
Forums are intended to be a marketplace for free ideas and must be limited to 500 words. Letters to the editor are limited to 250
words. Correspondence must be typed and signed by the author. Deadline for all submissions is Friday noon.
The editor reserves the right to edit for matters of libel and length.
All correspondence should be typed or printed, double-spaced and signed by the writer.
Mail or bring all correspondence to: TORCH, Lane Community College, Room 206 Center Building, P.O. Box IE, 4000 East 30th
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Affirmative Action Workshop to monitor own effect Congress to conduct
by Michael Riley
The Affirmative Action Workshop for
faculty and staff this Friday (Feb. 6) will
use a questionnaire to determine if the

workshop serves its purpose.
Since the workshop will involve the
faculty and staff, classes scheduled for that

day will be cancelled. Affirmative Action
planning is the commitment of an employer
of an organization to eliminate discriminatory employment policies and to actively
remedy the current effects of past
discrimination.
The questionnaire was the idea of Jeff
Arnold, a member of the Affirmative
Action Workshop committee. After a
number of revisions to make it as objective
as possible, Arnold states that now the
survey is written in such a way that
demographic information will be obtained
so that no one person can be identified.
The questions are specific enough to obtain
valid information withou t insulting the
person answering them.
The questionnaire comes in two parts,
the pre-test and the post-test. The pre-test
will be given before the workshop begins.
The results from it will show what misconceptions about Affirmative Action are felt
(if any) by the staff and faculty. It will also
aid in planning part of the workshop later
in the day. The post-test will show if any of
these misconceptions have been eliminated. Total data from both tests will show
if the workshop served its purpose or not.

LCC Student government, another SPAF o . le t
The LCC student government (the
Associated Students of LCC, or ASLCC)
exists at the request of students and is
entrusted with providing student representation in virtually all campus decisionmaking processes, say the ASLCC President and Vice-President.
The ASLCC is one of four LCC programs
partially supported by Student Body Fees
through the Special Program Activity Fund
(SPAF). The others are the Student Health
Services, Athletics, and the TORCH.
These programs are also partially
supported through the college general
fund.
ASLCC President Len W assom says the
ASLCC will spend approximately $45,000
this year in support ,of services which
benefit students.
These services, says ASLCC VicePresident Richard Weber, include direct
representation of students in the college
decision-making process (such as the
Board of Education meetings), the Student
Resource Center, free legal services for
students, and sponsored activities such as
films and musical events, and clubs
supported by the student government.
Next year. if the ASLCC does not receive
a larger fund allocation than it received this

year, there will be no additions to ASLCC
services, no expansions of existing services
and there will probably be a cut-back in
present ASLCC services, says Weber.
Wassam agrees.
He says that if
additional money is not received next year
then there will have to be cuts made
somewhere.
In light of the ASLCC need for more
money next year. Wassom says he
supports a proposal to increase Student
Body fees.
Both student government Officers
commented on the SPAF system.
Weber says, "Something was needed.
There was a general mismanagement of
funds two years ago, so some form of
control was necessary.''
Wassom adds: 'Tm in favor of SPAF.
In my own opinion SPAF is working in the
interest of students. The student body
feels SPAF is a slap in the face, but as long
as state law says that the Board shall
oversee fees then there will be some
administrative control of student body
fees."
H~ also praises the SPAF
Committee and says, in his opinion, it is
doing an admirable job.
In response to a question which inquired
about the problems facing student govern-

OSPIRG director named

"The major challenge OSPIRG faces,"
he said, "is to continue to offer students
new and different experiences to meet
their needs. Their interests in public
issues may change, and we have to be
capable of reassessing what we have to
offer t,hem.
Bill Van Dyke has been appointed new
Director of the Oregon Student Public
Interest Research Group (OSPIRG), effective February 1, the organization
announced today.
The 27 year old Iowa native moved to
Oregon in 1972 and began working with
OSPIRG that same year.
Van Dyke says he is excited about
heading up the student-supported and
directed consumer, environmental and
human rights research organization.

lltLL VAN DYKE

"I f~el a strong commitment to what
OSPIRG does," he added, "and this a
tremendous chance to help it do it better.''

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ment, Weber said, "We are not as
representative as we could or should be
because we don't have the student
participation that we should have."
Wassam, in response to a similar
question, said the student body doesn't
participate enough to allow the student
government to know its needs. He said the
ASLCC tries to determine the needs of
students through a form of tunnel vision.

food stamp hearings
Congressman Jim Weaver announced
today that the House Agriculture Committee will conduct general hearings on the
Food Stamp Program January 28, 29 and
February 10 and 11.
Weaver, a member of the Committee,
has been conducting a !)Crsonal inquiry
into the use and abuse ~f food stamps in
Southwest Oregon. He said he will present
the results of his investigation and
suggestions for changes to the Committee
in testimony at the hearings.
"I know there are abuses in the
program," Weaver said. "There are many
getting food stamps who shouldn't be, and
there are many--particularly the elderly-- ...
should be but aren't."
"Few working people object to a poli..:v
that provides jobs for those who want to
work and help for those who can't. But \\ c
shouldn't have a policy that allows those
who shun labor to cat better than those
who carry their load and pay their sh::irc of
taxes."
The hearings are part of a continuing
study the Agriculture Committee is
conducting into the Food Stamp Program .
Officials of the Department of Agriculture
will be asked to testify February 10 and 11.

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by Yvonne Pepin:
Five toilets sit 12 ·inches from the tile
.floor, and 30 tiny multi-colored tooth
brushes hang from a rack adjacent to wash
basins.
To an outsider this scene may appear to
be a miniature rendition of a bathroom, but
to the children at LCC Day Care Center
nothing is out of the ordinary.
At 7:30 in the morning Monday through
Friday about 30 children ranging from
three to five years of age pass into the
center for a full day of activity while their
parents, students at LCC, attend classes on
campus. LCC also has an off-campus day
care center located in the Unitarian Church
at 40th and Donald Streets, where between
25 and 30 children are enrolled. At present
there is a waiting list of some 20 children
wishing to attend the centers. Parents who
want to be added to the list merely do so by
contacting Barbara Cox in the Home
Economics Department.
"We would like to combine the two
centers so both would be located on
campus," says Linda Rippe, coordinator of
the day care program and instructor of the
Early Childhood Education (ECE) at LCC.
''I would like to see the present day care
program expanded, having three more
centers as duplicates of the existing one at
all corners of the college," says Shirley
Kmg, head teacher within the day care
program; ''we could easily accommodate
150 children but this, of course, is an ideal
situation. It would, though, be beneficiaf
to the students at L<:C," she added.
The center was set up to provide
students in the (ECC) Program with work
experience, while also giving students
(who are also parents at LCC), a healthy
atmosphere in which to leave their children
while they attend classes.
"We consider first that parents of th
children be students at LCC, and then try
to focus on parents of low income. There
are a surprising number of single parents
involved in this program," said King."
We try to help parents as well as the
children," she adds.
The children receive a well-planned day
for between 15 and 80 cents an hour. The
centers provide a hot breakfast along with
a mid-morning snack, a lunch, and
afternoon snack.
Besides preparing food for the 30
on-campus children, Bearyle Schnell,
director of the center's food s~rvice, and
her staff also provide food for the 30 other
children at the off-campus location.
''Children are generally not allowed in
the kitchen to work unless (supervised) on
a one-to-one basis," SchneJl said, "but in
the past the children have made their own
p~anut butter, ice cream, cookies, and
butter. ifie work hard here, especially the
two work-study students, we see to it these
children are well fed," said Schnell.
Parents may come and eat lunch with
their children when they wish, King said,
''we encourage it. We also serve our food
family-style which eliminates wasted food:our children are encouraged to taste
t!ifferent things," added Schnell, "we
don't make them though."
The center consists of half a dozen rooms
where different activities take place.
The kitchen, which is off the work room,
is always busy with an endless preparation
of food.
- An observation room is set up for
parents and psychology students to
observe the children's behavior through a
two-way window.
An isolation room is available in case one
of the children becomes sick. "Fortunately," says King, "we don't use it
much, but we do have copies of parent's
schedules in case we should have to contact
them in an emergency.''
And everything is completely sanitized
once a week," stated King, "and the
tables., well it's impossible to say how
mariy times a day these are sanitized."
Blankets and linens are washed by
students in the school's laundry, and toys
and floors washed with a specia 1 disinfectant.
Students enroned in the two-year ECE
program meet and work at the center as
they would attend regular classes. Aside
from inter~ction with the children, the
students perform other duties posted on
charts within the center. "Our students
really work," says King, "we make sure
ha_urorlc..1~div_in~d..t.1.n_e..ve..nhz ''

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When asked what her involvement in the
day care center at LCC is, three year old
Shauna said, ''I like it, we play, ·we have two
goldfish, one new one and one old one. Today
I drawed a flying horse.''

photos by Dave Cole

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LCC's 'Little Night Music' in review
i3r Steven Goodman
The company for '' A Little Night
Music,'' which opened at Lane Community
College Jan. 30, gave a fine performance.
It was well worth seeing.
Theater is a large experience. One
doesn't view a play as a detached
spectator. The playgoer is a part of an
audience, and the audience is a part of the
theatrical experience.
I mention this because it is instrumental
to my review. If I go to a museum I am
struck from the moment I enter the door.
The idea of seeing great art whets my
appetite for the art itself. I can stand in the
hallway of a great museum and feel awe for
"art" as a generality, overwhelmed by the
possibility and potential that lies in wait,
before I ever focus my attention on the
paintings or .sculpture.
It is the same with theater.
"A Little Night Music" features music
and lyrics by Stephan Sondheim who

collaborated on such great musicals as
"West Side Story" and "Gypsy." His
talent, plus the reputation of the Lane
Community College theater and Director
Ed Raggozzino, drew me there with a
proper mixture of awe and anticipation.
And, I'm glad to say, the production
never stole the illusion from me. It was
consistently encouraging, and occasionally wonderful.
"Night Music" is a musical based on an
Ingmar Bergman movie. It was never the
hit on Broadway that some of Sondheim's
musicals were, which made it an unlikely
choice for this production. The script has
its weak moments, hinging as it does on
the love affairs of rather shallow characters
who don't know when they are well off.
They strive and stumble toward a
"coherent existence."
Some of the musical numbers lack
power. Gerda. Brown's performance as

Madame Armfeldt was marvelous in spite
of an overlong and uninteresting song,
"Liaisons." And the opening numbers,
"Overture" and "Night Waltz" were only
fair. The play begins very slowly.
Enjoyment starts in earnest, however,
and the actors begin to fill their roles in the
next number, when Fredrik (Alan Kays)
sings "Now," followed by Henrik's
(Alan C. Jolley) "Later" and Anne's
(Janet Kays) "Soon," describing when
each will be ready for love. The three
songs overlap, even as their loves will as
the play progresses.
Another moment of great beauty comes
in the singing of "You Must Meet My
Wife" by Fredrik and Disiree (Ann
Dehlinger).
The plan incorporates excellent and
elaborate effects. The lighting (designed
by David Sherman) and costuming are

Comment on "Nudes" prompts new photographic exploration
by Max Gano
One day in January people began taking
a little longer to walk down the hall that
leads to the Student Records Department
on the second floor of the Center Building.
Strangely enough they were looking at the
walls.

Hanging there on display are a number
of nude photographs of a female body
which instructor Eggert Madsen
recently completed in order to draw
attention to his new photographic program
that began Fall Term.
The exhibit drew mixed reactions from
some students, faculty, and staff, ranging
from long gazes to curt criticism.
The controversial photographs remain,
but will be replaced soon by a group of
male nudes prompted by one comment in
particular.
It was a note sent from Grace Cameron
of Student Records, to Dep~rtment Chairman John Elliott of the Mass Communication Department , which basically said,
" the pictures were lovely, beautiful,
sensitive; how come there weren't any
men? " recalls Madsen. "I haven't talked
with her (Grace Cameron), but I thought,
why not?"
Now Madsen is working on a series of
male nudes which will replace his earlier
female studies.
"It's a new area of photographic
exploration for me."
Madsen recalls that '' a lot of people
warned me that I was going to get a lot oi
flak from the women libbers. I thought this
was stupid. It's interesting that it was only
males that told me this.''
After the first set of nudes were hung
Jan. 20, it was a different story: "One
secretary mentioned that it was in poor
taste to show nude photography (of any
sort)," Madsen said, "but she didn't think
it was in poor taste to hang nude
paintings! ''

above: A print from the current exhibit
lower left: A look at the future male nudes

vividly appealing, and it would be wrong to
omit mention of the bole\ and im:•ginative
use of the stage. If the play had a ~1:ene for
an elephant I'm convinced it cot: ' :1 have
easily been accomplished in some c, "tler or
other.
Deserving particular praise ab, re an
outstanding cast is Ann Sweari gen,
perfect in the relatively minor role of etra,
and the most exciting performer <' the
program.
The performances were uniform! excellent. Each character had a wi 1ing
quality possible only when the perfo1 ,11ers
are aware and comfortable in the les.
The casting was superb, leading n to
wonder from what sort of musical-co• edy
pool they might have been pulled.
The play can still be seen for a few ore
days. Performances arc scheduled fo the
evenings of February 4, 5, 6 and 7.

'Sasquatc~,
the legend
of Bigfoot'

by Russell Kaiser
When I decided to see "Sasquatch, T:1e
Legend of Bigfoot," now playing at the
West 11th Entertainment Center, I thought
I already knew what it was going to be like;
another nature film, only this time witt' a
twist, capitalizing on the current popular;ty
of Bigfoot. I was skeptical.
I was wrong. What I saw was a film t1'.tt
made the audience respond with genui ,e
laughter, shrieks, and applause at the e1, d.
The film tells the story of seven men ho
set out in order to find , capture, and tag
with a transmitter a Bigfoot so that tr ..;y
can study the beast. It details, to a poi 11t,
the trip up to and across the Peckatoe Ri"er
in British Columbia. Along the way tt '~Y
are plagued by many things includi ng
snow, rain, raging rivers, unforged tra:ts,
and attacking mountain lions.
Eventually reaching their destinati m
they set up camp and prepare to captn e
Bigfoot with the aid of electronic devi<es
and trip wires.
The first time the audience sees Bigf<ot
comes courtesy of the controvers ial
"Patterson footage" shown in the l•eginning to set the scene. (The Patterson
footage is 17 seconds of film, purportedly
of an actual Bigfoot.) The next two tin.es
are aided by stories or flashbacks narrated
by the guide (portrayed by Kenneth
Kienzle), at the request of the doubtful and
sardonic wire service reporter, played by
Lou Salerni. Apart from these, the
audience does not see Sasquatch until wen
into the movie.

the 'Disneyesque
nature photoqrophy

Eggert Madsen has seen a lot of the
world, much of it during war-time; his
training in bomb disposal placed him in
demand at one point as a free-lance
military advisor. After getting tired of
''too much war,'' he returned to the States
and enrolled at Brooks Institute of Art, in
California.

The focal point of the film seems to be
the "Disneyesque" nature photography.
Mind you, it is beautifully done by John
Fabian, however, one can have too much of
a good thing. It was filmed in the
Willamette and Deschutes National Forests along the McKenzie River, but
supposedly takes place in British Columbia.
Other notable features include the
musical score by Al Capps. It was slow
when it had to be and fast when it was
warranted, capturing the mood of the
moment every time. Jim Bradford did a
good job in portraying the bumbling,
ever-clumsy cook, and the narration by
.
George Lauris was very good.
My preconceived opinion was borne out,
in part, when I came out of the theater and
found a table set up selling l3igfoot books,
posters and pictures at a somewhat
higher-than-nominal price. That was to be
expected, though, I mean what is a football
game if not for the program.
All in an, despite minor flaws, the film
bore a close resemblance to a professional
appearance through and through.

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4, 1976

Study Skills Chairman asks questions h,nng students For summer
Crater Lake Lodge, Inc.

by Barbara Willett
Do LCC students have a satisfactory
success ratio in what they sign up for? Do
LCC students get assistance in finding
appropriate courses and programs? Do
LCC students inadvertently enroll in
classes they don't really want because they
have too few options?
Jim Ellison. chairman of the Study Skills
Learning Center is asking these questions.
He stated that he and John Bernham have
been concerned for years about these
problems and have been working to
evaluate student needs and determine
whether the school is actually meeting
those needs. "We've collected data at the
request of the Dean of Students and the
Dean of Instruction. in order to prove our
point that we have a number of students
\\'ho need additional assistance," he said.
To fncu<; attention on the problem and
'> C C if hi~ perception was correct, Ellison
dvl' idcd to circulate a survey last term to
the tcaL"hing faculty. The object was to see
11,m instructors evaluate their students'
skill<. .
The returned survey. tabulated and
prc\cntcd to the Faculty Council last week,
-..lwwcd that in the instructors' opinions,
t he most important skills needed are
reading comprehension. content vocabu1a r,v. writing skills. listening skills and
math. An overwhelming majority indicated that they thought that testing of
-;tudents "for purposes of guidance and
placement pi:ior to registration" would be
helpful.
Ellison sees the registration process as
another part of the problem. The fact that
there is a poor selection of classes for
·-tu<lents registering after the first two days
.111d that new students have few choices
1iicn. makes it difficult for students to
lcvelop good educational programs.
f 'llison believes that "as a college. we

control that situation and we should be
doing something about it."
The LCC Board requested a report on the
situation. A statement prepared by Dean
of Students. Jack Carter, and Dean of
Instructional
Operations,
Gerald
Rasmussen, lists some background information and suggests a six-step problem
solving method: 1. Problem Recognition,
2. Organizational Diagnosis. 3. Feed Back,
4 . The Development of a "Change
Strategy."
5.
Intervention,
and
6. Measurement ancl Evaluation.
Ellison stressed that he did not want to
give the impression that testing or
remedial classes were the. only solutions
being considered. "There's enough
ingenuity around this campus that we can

Best, most available lettuce purchased
by Minnie Pacheco
Although the LCC Board of Education
has agreed to buy United Farm Workers
( UFW) lettuce, the availability of the
lettuce is still the main issue, according to
Fred Goodwin, director of Manning's Food
Service at LCC.
The LCC Board of Education voted on
Dec. 10. 1975, to continue its present policy
of purchasing produce of the highest
quality at the lowest price.
The
controversy in the past has been whether to
buy Teamsters Union lettuce at a lower
price or to support the UFW Boycott and
purchase only UFW lettuce.
Goodwin gives several reasons why
UFW lettuce is hard to get and why prices
are higher. He says there are too few UFW
farms in California that produce the
lettuce, and the farms are farther south

Calendar Of Meetings
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Feb.4-11
Clinic Adv . Comm. Mtg.
Hca. 202
12 :00-1 :00

Saturdav 7

Da nee Theatre Workshop
Nienla Craft,
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G\'111 I&: II
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10:00-5:00
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LD~\A
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Adm . 202
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LCC Me n' , Awarcn c,s
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Adm . 202
9:00
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Hoard -H11 d~t'l 7\11~.
10:.10-1l :00
Deans Mtg.
,\dm 202
Frida_1 h
LRC' Conf. Rm .
12:00
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9:00 -11 :00
11 :00
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Chri\lian Sci . Mtg.
8oa rdn ot m1
Faith Center
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Exec. Council
Art Bldg. 11105
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11 :00-12:00
Mc, . Conf. Rm .
1S1udent Organi,.)
12:00-1:00
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12:00
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LOSSA
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Adm . 202
Board Mtg.
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A representative of CRATER LAKE.
LODGE. INC. will be on campus Feb. 12
and 13 (a.m.) intervtewmg students
seeking summer employment in CRATER
LAKE NATIONAL PARK.
A variety of jobs are available in
following areas; bellhops, food service,
staff supervisors, gift shop clerks, office
and lodge desk, boat operators and
housekeepers. Of special interest to
students 21 and over are bartenders,
cocktail waiters and waitresses and piano
bar musician_

come up with a system that's not going to
threaten people." Ellison said.
"I believe that if we give the students
the proper information. about their needs.
their potential, their abilities and also the
demands and expectations of the classroom
teachers. the students can make the
appropriate choices." he added.
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A student survey (similar to the faculty
<,urvey) will be distributed during the first
week in Spring Term ti) determine what
-;tudents feel their needs are.
Ellison concluded: .. We are further
along now with taking a look at a student
needs than we've ever been before. We've
got an official commitment from the Office
of Instruction and the Dean of Students
that something is going to happen."

than Teamsters Union farms, which makes
hauling costs higher for UFW lettuce. At
the present. UFW lettuce is $6. 95 a -crate
while Teamsters lettuce is $4.95 a crate.
said Goodwin.
Jim Frank, president of LCC's Chicano
student group, MEChA, and an LCC
student said that the UFW Union made
great strides in 1975 and the availability of
UFW lettuce and better prices will be seen
in 1976. This is due to the fact that the
UFW Union has won a majority of the
elections now being held in California
concerning new farm labor laws, said
Frank.
Frank said, "As of Dec. 27, 1975, the
UFW Union has won 55 per cent of the total
votes cast and the Teamsters have won 25
per cent.. This is good but only a
beginning--winning the elections is a start
to getting better contracts which will
increase the availability and better quality
of UFW lettuce.
''The major concerns of the UFW Union
is not for higher wages but for better
working and living conditions and for fair
hiring and firing practices," said Frank.
For those who wish to support the UFW
Goodwin has indicated the possibility of
substituting celery or carrots in the LCC
cafeteria's popular "Mini-Plate" which
now contains lettuce. He also stated that
on the days that UFW lettuce is used it will
be posted outside the cafeteria. He
explained that LCC has a standing order to
purchase UFW lettuce, when it comes in,
from three leading produce companies in
the Eugene area.
According to Lois Erickson, a member of
the Friends of the Farm Workers. people
still concerned with helping the UFW could
substitute another vegetable instead of
lettuce until UFW lettuce is available.

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CRATER LAKE LODGE hires approximately 150 employees for the seasonal
work. Employees live in dormitories and
eat their meals in the cafeteria.
For further information contact Jean
Coop in the Student Employment Service
office. 2nd Floor. Center Building.

Student Senate
changes mind,
supports day off
The Student Senate last week reversed
an earlier stance and cast its support for
the cancellation of classes during LCC's
Affirmative Action Workshop.
During an earlier meeting the body
would not endorse the cancellation of
classes. After listening to a presentation
by a number of individuals who are
involved in organizing the workshop. the
Senate reversed its position on the issue.
The Senate unanimously approved to
donate. in memory of Terri Chronister,
$100 to the Hepatitis Research Center in
Phoenix, Arizona.
After listening to a presentation by
Student Senator Richard LeClair. the
Senate granted $300 to the LCC Committee
to Stamp Out Senate Bill One.
A resolution submitted to the Senate by
Michael Parry. student senator at large,
was tabled by the body until its next
meeting.
Parry's resolution asks the LCC staff and
faculty to resign and then "enroll as
students continuing their service as part of
their class load, or all of it, as the case may
be ... ''
The resolution also calls for LCC to
collect money from the enlarged Student
Body and rcdi ... trihute it according to need.
Student Gn\crnmcnt under Parry's
resolution would he determined according
to the ability to get things done and
according to the willingnc'><s of people to
follow .

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hand guns, rifles. shotguns, stereos, speakers, .
books, n~g , . coins . For the best bu y, Paramount
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Radio Shack .
20.000 USED BOOKS . All selling at I / 2 or less off
published price. Textbooks, cliff notes, maga,incs . USED BOOKS bought and sold . Smith
Fam1lv Bookstore , 12.13 Alder. Phone 345- 1651.
JO a. m. lo 6 p.m .

WANTED

WANTED
MODELS FOR HAIRSTYLING,
culti,1g & basic' hair design. Ne ed 14 women and 7
men .
ln tc ni c ws February 9 , Adult Ed .
Confere 11tc Roo m. Women - 9 a. m.-noon, men I :30-J ·JO. Cal! 323 for information ,

MEETINGS
INFORMATION ABOUT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
ma .,· be obtained eat·h Friday at meetings in
Health 110 at 11 :00. All are welcome .

DANCE

TAILORED SQUARES will dlnce Mondays,
8-11 p. m .. workshop 7-8, in Gerlinger 103, U of 0.
Everyone wc:comc .

VETS

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bcncfih for ~crving one weekend a nrnnth and
attending a IS day annual training period. Vete ra ns need not artend basic training again and this
servi ce will not affect GI educational benefits.
Qualified veterans call Sergeant Asa 686-75 74 or
800-638 -7 600 . THE OREGON ARMY NATIONAL
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JOB PLACEMENT

For information on any of these jobs, see Jean
Coop in Student Employment on the 2nd floor of
the Center Building.

PT Perm: We are always in need of babysitters.
Please come and sec our job cards for information
as to places and hours of work .
Pt. Perm: We have many jobs that require a
person that is interested in caring for sick people. ·
Thc\C jobs would be good experience for people
interested in nursing as a career. Variety of hours
a, we have many jobs to choose from.

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APARTMENTS

LANGUAGE

LAST CHANCE CORRAL--Five minutes from
LCC. One bedroom apt., St JO/ month. Studio Apt.
SIOO/ month. Both furnished. Call 747-2291.

GERMAN CIRCLE GAMES? Here is a method to
make learning German more efficient and more
fun. You employ theatrical techniques--gestures,
pantomime, props and pictures to illustrate ''.
German grammar. Small groups, seated in a ' ,1 The TORCH needs competant advertising sales
circle, use German to inquire about and describe '1 j people. Must have transportation. This is a good
actions which they themselves perform, always
wav to add to your income. Contact Mike McLain,
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maintaining a link between language and reality. •-' -Center.
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RATES for classified advertising are S.25 a line (5
grouped according to ability, so both beginners
and intermediate students are welcome. If you are :, short words make one line), Ads must be paid in
advance in the TORCH office. Meeting notices,
interested in taking this course in the Community
rides to school and give-a..,ay items will receive
Education program this Spring, call Clyde at
345-1660.
free ,pace in the TORCH as space allows.

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ATHLETIC EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 1-7

LCCEA Looks at Wom en's Studies,

MEN's BASKETBALL
7:30 LCC
Feb. 4, Wed. Clackamas Community College
7:30 LCC
Chemeketa Community College
Feb. 6. Fri.
Blue Mountain Community College 7:30 LCC
Feb. 7, Sat.

Administrative hiring policies

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Clackamas Community College
Feb. 3, Tue.
0CE JV's
Feb. 6, Fri.

by Sally Oljar
The LCC Education Associati9 n
(LCCEA)· is taking a closer look at the
Women's Studies Program controver.sy.
The controversy started with the Board's
Dec. 10 decision not to anocate $4,000 to
retain Robbie Hannah as part-time instructor of the Women's Studies classes.
Instead it restructur ed the program,
replacing Hannah with Anne Stewart,
whose duties include, full-time teat:hing
and the program specialist for the newly
created Women's Awareness Center. The
Women's Studies classes are now being
taught on a team concept with Grace
Cameron and Lee Pettigrew assisting
Stewart.
Opposition to the change has been
expressed from some members of the
student body faculty. Women students
who have voiced dissatisfac tion have
formed an alternative class and also the
Women's Union.
"We're looking into the situation to see.
if in fact., there might possibly be any
situation which could be construed as a
violation of contract. At this point we don't
know if there has been," said George
Alvergue, LCCEA chairman, Wednesday .
The LCCEA has a two year contract with
the LCC Board of Education, negotiated
earlier this year.
Jn response to questions about the kind
of contract violation Alvergue said, "I can't
go into that ... we're in the process of it,
it's a personal matter, akin to a lawyer/
client relationship at this point."
He stressed that the LCCEA is "absolutely not involved with any issues ...
whether the Interdiscip linary Studies
should stay or go or whether any individual
should stay or go ... Our primary function
is to maintain the contract."
In a letter in the Jan. 7 issue of the
TORCH, the Ad Hoc Memorand um
Committee (three members of the

WRESTLING
Feb. 7, Sat.

Language 4.rts Dept.) listed a series of
questions about the program changes for
the Administration, the LCCEA, and the
faculty to consider.
The questions dealt with the processes
by which Anne Stewart was hired, the
choice to not advertise the job to other
qualified LCC women, and the processes
by which the Women's Awareness Center
was created.
The Ad Hoc committee was also
concerned about instructor qualifications
for teaching the Women's Study classes,
and whether an effective job can be done
with the existing controvers y over the
program changes.
The committee 's questions were distributed under LCCEA approval. Alvergue
said. "I endorse the idea of asking
questions. For distribution purposes the
questions of the Ad Hoc Committee were
We feel the
under our letterhead .
questions of the Committee are appropriate.•·
Asked if the LCCEA 's concern was with
the hiring procedure s in this case,
Alvegue said. •'The questions we ar_e
studying involve personnel and are confidential . . . I'm sorry if it appears I'm
being evasive . . . but it's a personnel
matter and we're right in the middle of this
problem." He also said he couldn't
divulge the areas of personnel the LCCEA
is studying.
If there is a contract violation what will
the next step be? "We have a formal
grievance procedure that we would go
through. First of all, under the contract
provisions. we try to work it out on an
informal basis with the immediate supervisor. If it can't be done that way we
initiate a formal grievance. and there will
be a step process. Going to the Division
Dean. if he denies it, we go to the
President. if he also denies it, we go into
binding arbitration ," he said.

Romoser re-elected NEA chairperson
by Debbie Bottensek
Ted Romoser of LCC's Language Arts
Departmen t was recently elected as the
Chairperso n to the National Education
Associatio n's (NEA) Higher Education
Council.
Romoser feels that his position will be
beneficial to LCC. 'Tm able to represent
the needs of LCC and of community
colleges and to see that they are expressed
to the national committee and then to
Congress." The representat ive also feels
that in observing the operation of an
organizati on that works with a budget
three to five times the size of LCC's he will
in turn be able to introduce some possible
improvements.
Romoser is also a liaison member to the
executive committee of the NEA. This
committee consists of nine elected officers
who make the day-to-day policies. The
council is the primary mouthpiece of the
association and brings general educational
to Congress' attention.,
The NEA has chapters at 350 coneges
around the country and has approximately
50,000 conege faculty members. The NEA
has 12 specialists all year round in
Washingto n D.C. and in Romoser's
opinion, it is probably the number one
association representi ng educationa l
needs.
One of Romoser's main concerns is
explaining the importance of the GI Bill.
"I'm trying to make the point that if it is
going to be phased out that it needs to be
done in a gradual way, so that young
people entering the service now aren't
taken by surprise, and so that the colleges
can also be prepared. I think that the GI
Bill is one of the most successful programs
that the federal governme nt has ever
underwritte n. ''
His other concerns are funding for
higher education in general--an d he says
the NEA is putting an emphasis on
vocational funding.

So far, Romoser finds that public.:
officials are very accessible and willing to
converse . Many of them are concerned
with educational needs and are very well
informed. "For instance, I had a private
talk with Congressm an O'Hare of Michigan on the special needs of community
colleges. '' O'Hare is on the House Educational Sub-committee, he said.
Although he spends a great deal of time
traveling from West Coast to East,
Romoser says that he hasn't run into any
problems keeping up his work here at
Lane. The NEA provides what Romoser
believes to be very qualified substitutes .
''It's a bit of a strain at times and I may end
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up grading papers on the airplanes .
Romoser polls his students and the
general attitude has been that they feel
they are not being deprived in any way.

Free chess lessons
So you thought nothing in life came free.
Well that's not so, according to John
Loughlin, advisor to the LCC Chess Club.
The club, which consists of about 25
_members, is giving free chess lessons in
the Northeast corner of the cafeteria on
Wednesday s from 2-3 p.m.
The lessons are the product of the club
and designed for the beginner. '' A Jot of
times there wil1 be someone interested in
playing chess, but are afraid to enter into
the game because they are afraid that their
opponent is a lot better at the game,'' says
Loughlin. The lessons wiII be in the basic
structure of the game.
The lessons continue through this term
only, although during Spring Term, Tom
·Cauble will teach a chess class througl.
LCC Adult Education. Cauble is the Chess
Club's president, and will teach classes for
the intermediat e player.

6:30 Oregon City
5:00 LCC

Lane Invitational Tourney
Lower Columbia, OSU JV U of O JV,
1:00 • LCC
Mt. Hood, Lane

SPECIAL EVENTS
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Feb. 2, Mon. Badminton Clinic
Gym II of PE Building

7-9:30

LCC

Comic Greg ory discu sses system
CNationaL College News Service 1976

Comedian and civil rights activist
Dick Gregory cha11enged about 1,000
East Stroudsbu rg State College stu
dents recently to ''hit this country with
a new wave of ~orality."
He told the young people '"to stop
worrying about Pepsi and reefers" and
Jtart doing something about correcting
a "white racist system that is sick, insane and degenerate.
"The games are over," he said. "We
need honesty and integrity. The truth.
All the money and military strength
don't mean anything." He attacked the
CIA, FBI and special interest groups
that he claims are trying to ruin the
country by economic disaster.
He said the special interest groups
that allegedly perpetrated the gasoline
shortage a year ago "can do the same
thing to your food supply. They can
bring this country down on its knees.
Do you know there's only enough food
stored away now to feed the 200 million
Americans for three days?"
He predicted that in 18 months the
price of sugar will skyrocket again and
instead of "dope pushers" there'll be
"sugar pushers" and a new kind of
policeman - "sugar busters."

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It's not the population explosion that's
causing the food shortage but such pricefixing deals as the sale of wheat to the
Russians, Gregory charged.
"Did you know this country produces
98 per cent of all the munitions on this
planet?
"So many Americans think we're
dumb enough to believe we're on Israel's
side but we're training the Arabs in
Texas to fly fighter jets. We're on the
side where we can make money.
"The white racist system has messed
up your mind and makes you think bad .
The schools should start educating you,
not indoctrinating you. Don't go to
school under false pretenses. The worst
reason to go to college is to be better
off than somebody else. Don't put too
much empahsis on your college transcript. Learn to get along with your
fellow man."
He r.eferred to the anti-Vietnam War
demonstrat ions which he claimed put
pressure on the Pentagon and the White
House and eventually stopped the war.
He said the young people face a lot of
responsibilities with few solutions, but
.. you can make the difference. You,
individually. You did it before. You
can do it again."

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75 E. 10th, Eugene Oregon
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Hook er sounds off on laws

hotel owners, doctors and cops. "The police either want a
piece or money." she said.
Engaging in some legitimate intercourse with the audience ,
St. James was asked about the demand for male prostitutes
during a question and answer period. "How often can a man
work?'' she answered. •'Women can work for $5 a trick, but a
man turning $5 tricks would be burnt out.'·
Illuminating the audience as to the cost to the taxpayer in
bringing a street-walker before the courts, St . James stated.
''The cost of arresting a prostitute in San Francisco is $1,700
and since public prosecutors are used, the cost is about
double." She added, "And if they're customers they ' re
paying three times.''
The audience was curious about the ins-and-outs of the
business. "What it comes down to is taking turns doing each
other," the ex-cal1 girl stated. "Most women don't do
'flatbackers'," she stated, adding, "Sure we enjoy it if the
customer's good.''
DAILY NEXUS
University of California
at Santa Barbara

The star lady of the afternoon was Margo St. James,
founder and chairmadame of COYOTE (Call Off Your Old
Tired Ethics), an up-and-coming " loose women's organization' ' fighting for decriminalization of prostitution.
Looking understandably weathered, but still feisty, the
38-year-old St . James was greeted by a raucous applause and
scattered wolf-whistles. Anticipating the audience's first
questfon, she admitted her status as a retired harlot. "I'm
too busy talking about it to do it,'' St. James remarked.
" The government is the worst pimp--and the strongest,"
St. James decried. "Prostitution laws are enforcement of
one-sided monogamy ," she continued, "A man is considered
virile if he has numerous experiences where a woman is
thought of ~s cheap , vulgar, or dirty if she does."
St. James tried to dispel some of the myths surrounding
hookers and the profession. "They are not all lesbians and
jaded despisers of men," she pointed out. " Money is the
biggest reason and adventure is the next . '' She also
denounced the notion of the wealthy trollop, as prostitutes are
subjected to wage drainage all down the line from bellhops,

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