Will F grade
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COMMUNITY

Ford defeats Reagan
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Maryland primaries.
by Cris Clarke
COLLEGE
Is LCC being honest failing to put "F"
letter grades on students' transcripts?
That is one of the questions being
considered by a committee consisting of
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four faculty members, two students, three
Academic Council members, and one
management person from the LCC
community . .
Committee moderator John Elliott says
that the committee came about as a result'
of a memorandum sent by Academic by Mike McLain
claiming the courses could "be ,supported
Council Chairperson Douglas White. "The
The Interdisciplinary Studies Departmore adequately within the larger departmemo indicated to us that the Academic
ment is scheduled to become a thing of the
ments,'' where there would be more
Council saw a need to assess faculty and
pa5t July 1, but the Department Chairman
students to determine whether the "F"
Bill Powell isn't going to let it die a dialogue among different instructors.
She and Rasmussen assured the Board
grade should appear on the transcript,"
peaceful death, and he hopes the law will
last week that a favorable decision on their
says Elliott. the chairman of the Mass
keep it from dying at all.
recommendation to disband would not
Communication Department.
At its meeting last Wednesday, the LCC
mean less emphasis on the women's and
Withdrawals and incompletes will also
Board of Education voted four to two to
ethnic-orienteq courses. Their recombe looked at, says Elliott, with the question
disband the department at the end of this
mendation also stipulated that none of the
in mind, "Are students allowed to cover up year, and absorb the courses into Languclasses presently offered would be disconfailures with "W's" and "l's?" The
age Arts and Social Science, a decision
tinued. They added that Powell would be
committee wants to study the questi_on.
Powell labeled, "defacto racism and sexassigned to a full-time teaching position,
ism." But, Powell claimed Monday, the
Elliott says these questions have been
that priority would be given to present
posed to him by faculty and students:
action also constitutes a violation of his
instructors for the classes, and that a
*Are we losing the credibility of our five-year continuing contract, and he
center would be provided where students
transcripts?
intends to sue the college.He believes that
"with common interests," can gather, if
"When the "F's" aren't there, the
if the courts rule in his favor, the college
they want.
transcript doesn't really reflect the
will have no choice but to retain the
Powell is not impressed.
student'-s actual performance," Elliott
department in its present form.
"My opinion is that the classes, within
says.
"My (March 1974 - June 1979) contract
*Is it justifiable to doom the student to
one year, will go out of existe~ce,'' he
states specifically that I am to employed as
says. "There is no way to give emphasis to
failure? [Because a certain number of Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Studies
Bill Powell .
women's or ethnic needs when the classes
students will inevitably receive "F"
Department and Assistant Profesor of
are part of a traditional department; that's posed the question, "Does a departmevt
grades). ·
Interdisciplinary Studies,'' says Powell.
why we were created in the first place."
which appears to be segregated and gives
Elliott says, "When Harvard University
Therefore, he contends that if there is no
He feels that if the course instructors are the appearance of serving mainly minorirecently re-adopted the "F" grade, its
department for him to chair and no
responsible to a department chairman who ties really meet the goals and objectives of
honor role dropped from 96 per cent of the
Interdisciplinary Studies courses for him to
is not as sensitive to minority needs as he the courses involved?"
enrollment to a figure less than that."
teach, the college would be guilty of a
has been, they may not understand the
Powell feels these aren't the real
"breech of contract."
*Is academic probation an effective
present teaching methodology and may reasons.
mechanism for learning?
But Associate Dean of Instruction Joyce
demand a change. This, he fears, would
"I think the college may have felt
The question here is whether or not it is
Hopps. who made the recommendation to
result in fewer students enrolling, a drop in threatened by what we were teaching," he
ethical or beneficial to place a student who
disbatld the department, disagrees. ''I
full-time equivalency generation and the
says. And the only way it could remo\1e
is progressing poorly on some kind of don't believe it would be a breech of
eventual demise of the courses.
that threat, he believes, was by putting the
contract,'' she says. '' As I see it, he will
stringent academic program to enforce
Powell feels this may be what the college
courses in other departments where
satisfactory progress.
continue to teach the same interdisciplinwants, and it may have been the reason for
content could be more controlled.
*Shoulcl there be a unified grading
ary courses he now instructs." Hopps
the recommendation in the first place.
Powell feels that as a result of the
system?
feels that would be in line with Powell's
"Hopps' 'in depth' study didn't deal
Board's action "any of us (in the
present contract. On the specification as
•'There are so many ways to grade a
with the department on a pro/con basis,"
department) may go."
department chairman, she says, "It's very
person's progress." Elliott says. "Some
he claims. "it was simply a rationalization
In fact, he claims that in a recent
instructors use a curve system, some a
hard for me to say what might happen
for her feeling the department should go."
there."
conversation, "Eldon Schafer (LCC Presistraight percentage system, and others
Hopps' study cited a lack of communicadent) said I should go somewhere else
di\.•ide .the class up into portions and give
The Board's action grew out of the
the
and
department
Powell's
between
tion
where people would have more respect for
each percentage of the class a letter grade
December 10 meeting when it decided to
Language Arts and Social Science departaccordingly.''
me. which I felt was his way of asking me
put off a decision on a recommendation
ments as one of the main factors for the
to resign."
*Do students want to be challenged from Dean of Instruction Gerald Rasmusthumbs-down recommendation. She says
intellectually at LCC?
Schafer denies making the comment.
sen to disband the department until a
that in 1973, when the department was
saying. "I wouldn't say that to Bill
Does the idea of not having an "F" on
comprehensive evaluation could be done
created, it was the stated intent that
Powell." He adds that Hank Douda,
one's transcript alleviate students' minds
Spring Term. He assigned Hopps to do the
communication shoul<l expand. Hopps also
personnel director, was present during his
from the incentive to acheve what they
study.
felt there was no need for a separate
could be achieving intellectually?
conversation with Powell, and will back up
Hopps made the recommendation to
department as none of Oregon's 13 other
Although the committee will seek both
his claim not to have made the comment.
discontinue the department, which concommunity colleges have one, although
In any case, Powell says he will not
faculty and student response, Elliott says tains courses in Chicano history. •women's
they do have the courses. In addition she
resign. but "will fight this to the end."
that the faculty opinion will be regarded
studies, and black and minority literature,
strongly. "I suspect that overshelmingly
students will not want to change,'' he says,
'·'and these kinds of things we get from the
faculty."
The committee is presently preparing a
questionnaire which will ask LCC student
and faculty members simply whether or not
Here's how it worked for me. I joined High Times on a
by Michael Riley
they prefer some kind of change in the
Tuesday. That same day I selected the credentials of a
present policies concerning "F's", "W's"
woman whom I felt I would like to take out. In my opinion six
"I was tired of the singles clubs," Vicki told me, "in all the
and "I's."
questions and a polaroid photograph are not enough to select
talked."
and
around
sat
ju&t
people
the
in,
was
I
clubs
The questionnaire will be ready, says
a date. Anyway, I gave the service her number (no names are
Vicki was my date Friday night. We were introduced
Elliott, sometime during the next week,
Eugene
in
here
service
introduction
social
new
a
through
and will probably appear in The Daily.
called the High Times Dating Service. High Times is not a
"If we get an overwhelming 'yes'
matrimony service, it is merely an organizatio·n that
response, then we will go to the Academic
people to others who have like interests.
introduces
Council and ask to be recharged, to make
A client comes in,
service
dating
the
joined
I
beginning.
the
at
start
should
I
specific recommendations,'' says Elliott.
out of curiousity; having never gone through one, I felt that it
But there may be a problem. "Apathy is
looks at the public file
would make a helluva good story for the TORCH. The editor
the problem. Students have gotten used to
agreed with me, after he stopped laughing.
unilateral decisions and then being told
of the opposite sex and
Generally, the staff also agreed--they returned my
what to do," he continues.
of
comment
a
and
eyebrows
raised
of
lot
a
with
enthusiasm
And the committee has no real "authormakes a selection.
"Gee, we didn't know you were that lonely."
ity": "We can't say, 'you will do this,' "
High Times does not use a computer, nor does the staff
'' All we can do is
says Elliott.
your date. When I signed up for the service they took
select
recommend.''
my picture. I answered six questions on the subject of the
When asked to predict what per cent
kinds of dates I like to go on. I evaluated my own personality.
response he would get from the studentThese responses were put on what the receptionist, Ann,
faculty questionnaire, Elliott estimated
called the "public file."
that some two per cent would respond to it.
The public file is the resource the service uses for the
Out of an estimated 15,000 persons in the
of a date. A client comes in, looks at the public file
selection
LCC student-faculty body, that would
sex and makes a selection. The client has a
opposite
the
of
constitute some 300 persons.
the answers to the six previously mentioned
and
photograph
If the committee makes recommendaquestions to help in the selection.
tions, they will be submitted to the ASLCC
used, only numbers) and she was contacted. She then looked
If you 're a man the selection is narrow. High Times has (at
Student Senate, the Instructional Manmy public file and my photograph.
at
this writing) eight women to choose from. If you're a woman
agers Action Council, and the Faculty
she was busy or my charisma was too much for
Apparently
me.
is
which
the choice is larger; there are 37 men, one of
Council.
was turned down on the first try. The service
I
because
her
Ann also explained to me that the service keeps a confidential
Elliott would not disclose the names of
for a second try and I picked Vicki. She was
back
me
called
my
and
preferences,
special
any
file that has my address,
the committee members because he feels
down and examined my "file" the same way
came
she
called,
phone number.
the results of the survey would be affected
and she accepted. The date was· set for
hers,
at
looked
had
I
a
accept
you
if
but
$10,
is
charge
the
date
If you ask for a
if the participants knew who the members
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(continued
Friday.
date through the service the charge is $5,
are.

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$11.7 million jail bond will correct county corrections
Commentary

by Scott Stuart
"Overcrowding in jails ... 30: 1 ratio of
inmates to staff. . . mental patients and
drug withdrawals in with regular inmates ... no money ... voters vote down the
jail bond. It's symptomatic of the problems
across the nation." Captain Paul Bailey,
director of Corrections Division, Department of Public Safety is reading from a
Texas court case.
We're not quite that bad here," adds
Bailey.
The first thing you might notice as you
go downstairs from Bailey's office, to the
iron bars and cold concrete of the Lane
County Corrections Facility, is that there
aren't many door knobs, just a lot of locks.
After a female guard dressed in civilain
clothes comes and unlocks the door for you,
Monty King, Coordinator, Lane County
Corrections, takes you back to look at the
dorms, large open bay cells for inmates
prior to sentencing. They were originally
designed to hold about 20 inmates, but it
has become necessary to add more beds to
double the capacity.
Books, shoes and dirty clothes line the
bars. The inmates pace to and fro, wait for
a turn on the telephone or just sleep. You
begin to sweat. Is it the heat or the
humility? Or maybe- just the tension.
"It's not -..o t,ad right now," says King,
"Things a•·' pretty quiet."
King tells you that a fight broke out

To the editor
Dear Editor:
Last Saturday, may 15, the Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
sponsored the first of what it hopes to be
many kite contests.
The idea for a contest came from Mary
Lou Seubert, who has been involved in kite
contests in other cities and is co-owner of
the Kites and Other Delights store in the
Atrium. She took her idea to Gary Bond,
director of the education department at
OMSI. OMSI has been planning to form.
several clubs in the community includ ing
one for kite fliers and so it used Seubert's
idea as a start to find out how much
interest there is in Eugene.
On Saturday many people came with

minutes. King tells you that due to legal
precedent, such maximum security cells
are actually illegal. As you pass one cell,
one inmate thinks you're the new prison
psychiatrist because you are taking down
notes: a telling remark.
Two years . ago the decision had to be
made: Keep the old jail or build a new one.
Because 35 per cent increase in crime in
the last three years, plus a general incr~ase
in crime in the last three years, plus a
general increase in population, the need
for a new ;c1il has been recognized.
The Lane County Commissioners have
decided where it's going to go, what it's
going look like and how much it's going to
cost. The 11. 7 million dollar jail bond is up
for a vote May 25.
According to Bailey, the p·r oblem is
passing a jail bond is an 'out of sight-out of
mind' attitude.
"Hell," says Bailey, "most people say,
'I'll never break the law,' and those who do
deserve what they get.'' Bailey adds that
about 80 per cent of arrests are. from Lane
County and that about 95 per cent of the
inmates have a permanent address and are
Lane County residents.
The new jail will hold 288 people with t~e
possibility for expansion for 96 more.
"When you build a jail, you build for the
most, not the least," says King.
According to Bailey, the law says that
has been used for everything from a trolley
car warehouse to a city maintenance shop. inmates have to be protected, and that's
In 1951 it was remodeled into a jail that one reason the new jail will cost so much.
based on a system of individual cells.
IIRl• 1 would hold up to 80 inmates. King says It is"Well,
the cost appears high," says
that there are now 119 beds but the·
average population is 150 to 155 inmates Bailey. ''but we are taking the system from
and the maximum has been 182. 1951 to 1995 and are doing it in one jump.'!
The 11.7 million jail bond would cost
According to King, the city council meeting
of 1951 that initiated the jail, planned it to taxpayers 48 cents per. thousand and would
be temporary facility. That was 25 years be spread over a period ·of ten years.
That's not bad when you consider that aago.
Because of overcrowding, the county similar school bond would cost $1 to $2 per
took over the jail in 1973, and now supports thousand, King points out.
The new jail will also have a Mental
86 per cent of the cost but has no say in it.
The law just says that the county will Health/Emergency unit and a crisis
intervention center for the entire county
maintain the facility.
will be housed there. The jail must have
Bailey points out that decriminalization of marijuana has reduced crowding food, heat, electricity, and laundry service.
somewhat. Some offenders are released on If the medical unit and crisis center share
their own recognizance prior to trial if they those facilities, money will be saved.
Another advantage of the new facility is
have a permanent residence in Lane
County. have a good record, stability in the that is is designed to facilitate behavior
community and have committed a non- modification. "Corrections is people
violent crime. There is also a bail- business,'' says Bailey. And King adds,
"If you don't treat 'em right, they won't
bondsman at the jail to facilitate bail. The
come out right." .
police have began issuing citiations for
There will be a program in Forum 309
misdemeanors, and even with all this, the
from 10:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. concerning
population of the jail goes up.
Downstairs, Kings shows you the the Lane County Correctional Facility. Ron
Sanetel, a representative of the architects
yesterday over who was going to use the individual cells. In one there are no beds,
who designed the new proposed facility
phone. "Neither of the guys really wanted only thin mats on the floor. In another,
will speak from 11:15 till 11:45, and
to fight." says King. "but the tension just three people live in a space designed for
Sherriff Dave Burch, from 12:15 till 12:45.
builds up. The worst thing is the lack of one.
Monty King will present a slide show and
You see the maximum security cells, tiny
privacy."
answer questions.
Right now the dorms aren't too crowded, rooms, totally bare but for a small scuttle, a
but on the weekends, when most crimes "chinese toilet" that flushes ever three
are committed, people will be sleeping on
thin mats on the floor.
You look out a window to a small
exercise yard. King tells you that because
there is not enough staff it isn't used.
The building that houses the correctional
facility was built in 1907, and since then

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To the editor
To the Editor and Staff:
As this school year draws to an end it
should not go unsaid that the TORCH has
done a superb job of reporting in a
professional manner.
Only one article this year drew a serious
objection; that being the Kathy Monje
story of womens poetry reading. That was
actually an editorial.
The excellence that the TORCH readers
have enjoyed this year is due in large part
to the fact that editor Mike McLain has
been objective and comprehensive in
reporting, writing and making editorial
decisions.
The ASLCC can appreciate the fact that
they have not been singled out as an

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kites of every size and shape. Many had
been bought in stores because of the short
notice but there were a few home-made-such as the kite made by the University
Kite class which consisted of five hexagonal kites in the form of a man, and measured
12 feet by 12 feet.
Different categories were made up as
people registered their kites so that
everyone .had a chance to compete since
there were several categories. But the
main emphasis was on having a good time.
Some people came just to fly their own, and
admire other peoples' kites.
People interested in starting a kite club
are encouraged to mail an inquiry with an
address to S.W. OMSI Education Department, P.O. Box 1052, 97401, or call
344-5248. A date for a meeting will be
announced as soon as OMSI sees that
enough interest exists from the club. It is
hoped that contests like the one held on
Saturday could become at least an annual
event if not more if there is enough
interest.
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editor Mike McLain

organization that deserves only limited
coverage as in the past.
I'm sure that any newspaper would be
happy to employ a journalist such as Mike
McLain.
I believe that Kathy Monje (ASLCC
Treasurer) will also do a very good job next
year. The Media Commission had a
difficult task in choosing Kathy over the
other applicants and we understand that
they (Sally Oljar, Mike Riley, and Peter
Hutula) will be on the TORCH staff next
year. We should have one damn good
paper.
Thank you Mike. carry on Kathy.
Len Wassam
ASLCC President

May 19, 1976

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Anybody can fight the ever rising food prices simply by...
By Linda Jackson
Tne Eugene Community Garden Plot
program is an alternative for people who
can't grow a garden at home. But Marshall
La ndman, coordinator of the program,
feels individual gardening is also a way to
keep the billion dollar agri-busiri'ess in
check. To him, major food producers pose
a constant threat to the little guy.
'' Approximately 50 companies control
about 90 percent of the food produced in
the United States," explains Landman,
'•"and ~ix grain companies control ap:
proximately 80 percent of the world's grain
growing and marketing. If those grain
companies don't deliver grain to various
stores, they could hurt a lot of people."
Landman says that since agribusiness controls prices, large companies
can lower theirs to force the small farmer
out of business, and then buy his land. He
also feels that large food producers use
growing practices that are detrimental to
the land--thcy've been abusing it for about
SO years now.
Packaging is another crow in the
cornfield. "For a nickel's worth of
cornflakes you p,.y 95 cents for packaging," the coordinator claims. "We
could save so much money by packaging
and canning our own food.
'' Agri-business isn't really into nutrition, they're in it for the money. Otherwise
Greyhound, Clorox, and AT&T wouldn't
have an investment in it.''
Landman does see char.ges that point to
less dependence on the big g1:1ys.
In the Northwest about 500 people
currently produce organic material for
distribution to farmers. And last year the
Northwest Trade Network came into
be"ing--an organization which shares in
food products information and is connected
with co-ops and distributors of natural
foods.
"If a co-op needs a product that isn't
available, it can go throught the network,"
says Landman. "The network will put the
co-op in touch with someone who produces
that particular product.
"Most of this has happened just in the
last year. but it's growing, and someday it
will totally bypass big business.''
Landman is also happy to see people
moving out of the city and back to the land.
The number of people aged 35 and under
who have moved to farms has increased by
about 30 percent in recent years, he claims.
Local and individual farming not only
decreases dependence on major markets,
but provides better nutrition as well.
According to Dr. ~ean Mayar, professor of
nutrition at Harvard University, fruits and
vegetables lose valuable nutrients when
they are shipped over long distances. This
has a great impact on certain areas of the
country. such as New England, where 90
percent of fresh produce is imported.
In his article '' Agriculture: Trouble in
the land of Plenty," published in the
March 1976 issue of Family Health
Magazine, Dr. Mayar states:
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" ... those [vegetables] that are grown far
from their retail outlets have been
deliberately bred so that they can be picked
and sorted mechanically, and stored and
shipped huge distances without injury-never mind their nutrient content.
Tomatoes, for example, are bred for
uniform size and shape, firm flesh, and
tough skin, so that they can be picked
easily by machines. they are picked unripe
and shipped off to distant distlnations to be
ripened at the last stage of the Joumey by
ethylene gas piped into the refigerator
cars--regardless of the fact that ripening on
the vine, in sunlight, increases the
vitamin-C content."

Growing your own

and the city does the tilling. ''This is a
more temporary garden," the coordinator
explains.
"It's good for first-time
gardeners.
.
The gardening program is self-supporting. Plots are assigned before the land is
tilled, so rental money can be used to
prepare the gardens. ''The project is
independent from the city government,"
says Landman, "but most of the plots are
on city property.''

The North Polk plot has already been
tilled, and Landman hopes to have the
other gardens ready by the end of May.
Usually planting season starts in June, to
avoid a possible late frost.
The question of composting and fertilizing is left up to t!le renters, although each
year leaves ~re brought from the Public
Works Department and are free to
gardeners for compost.
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su1212ows

Dr. Mayer goes on to propose a
restructuring of the agricultural system,
placing more emphasis on truck gardening
and downtown "farmer's markets" that
sell fresh produce from outlying farms.
Fortunately. Eugenians can still rely on
the Willamette Valley and nearby California for their summer and winter produce.
But the Community Garden Program takes
things one step further. It not only offers
city dwellers a chance to work the land, but
salads just seem to taste better when you
grow your own ... vegetables, that is.

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Growing your own
What's the best way to get full rich
flavor, without that che:nical aftertaste?
How can you have the best and the
sweetest, without paying exhorbitant
prices?
Grow you own. Your own vegetable
Whether you live on the third floor of an
apartment building or atop a rocky hill,
there's no reason why you can't have a
separate plot of land and enjoy the full
nutrition and better taste of fresh garden
vegtables. •
Maybe that's what the Eugene Parks
and Recreation Department had in mind
when it initiated the Community Garden
Plot Program two years ago. Now in its
third year. the department offers four
community gardents in the Eugene area:
The Whiteaker Garden at the west end of
Skinner's Butte Park, the North Polk
Garden at the end of Polk Street, the
Westmoreland Plot at 15th and Hayes, and
the Willakenzie Garden land at Cal Young
and Coburg.
The gardens range from three-quarters
to one and one-quarter acres in size, and
each individual plot is broken down into a
20 by 30 foot area.
According to Marshall Landman, coordinator for the program, prices for the plots
are five and eight dollars.
For five dollars a person can rent a
year-round plot. "With this type of plot
the person is responsible for his/her own
tilling, says Landman, "and can plant
perennial plants.
Eight dollars will buy a seasonal garden,

The State of Oregon must cope with crucial issut5
. in the next legislative session. You know that I am
ready, willing and able to work with you to solve those
issut5 and meet the needs of the people...students, seniors,
the disabled, all those somewhere between. Together we
can make government responsive and meaningful Your
right and responsibility to vote on issues and 110n-partisan
offices should pot l,e overlooked I urge you to do so on
Mtq 25.

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-- Dating Service-------page 1
By the time Friday came around I had been the butt of a lot of odd comments and
some interesting suggestions. My friends felt that I was going to use some
unsuspecting woman to satisfy my journalistic ambitions. One even went so far to
•
classify me as a "weirdo" for t~yin$ out the datin¥ service.
I began to wonder about other people who were shy and wanted to meet people
with their own interests. The manager of High Times, Dino, explained to me that,
•'The people that we get in that some people may consider weirdos are not really_
weirdos. They're people who are shy and introverted." He added that High Times
merely presents the information for introduction.
Friday night came faster than my hot comb could dry my hair. I was to meet Vicki
at the High Times office at 7 p.m. Nervous for the sake of the story and with
meeting someone for the first time, I managed to put my turtleneck sweater on
inside-out twice. Once I was straightened out I charged off to High Times.
Earlier that afternoon a very close friend told me that she "didn't want to be in
that woman's place.'' I was curious as tc5 what she meant by that remark so I asked
her to explain. My friend was concerned that my date 4Vicki, whose name I learned
only minutes before meeting her) would feel "used" when I told her that I was
writing a story on my experience with the dating service. But as it turned out, High
Times felt an obligation to inform Vicki in advance--it explained that I was writing a
story about the dating service.
The moment of truth arfr,ed, an hour late, at the office. Vicki had been coaching
a girls softball team and felt it would be wise to clean up. Charlie, an employee of
the service, introduced us, and while walking out to the car I asked Vicki if she liked
Chinese food. She informed me that "everyone asks me that." She wasn't too wild
about it. but for lack of a better idea we went to Leslie's.
While I munched on my egg roll, Vicki fold me about herself, why she joined
High Times. and how the child on the front of Leslie's restaurant menu is also
named Vicki. It seems Vicki and her parents frequented Leslie's and that's how she
learned about the child's name.
Vicki joined the dating service to meet people. That's what she enjoys doing and
that's what the service offers. a chance to meet people.
We talked about the restaurant's interior and about Hang-Gliding, a sport that
she said she was proficient in. We discussed the dating service and I showed her
how to use chopsticks. I also told her of my curiosity about the dating service and
how people will stereotype others if they use such a service.
The process leading up to this evening had been interesting, the date itself was
unique because both of us had never met before. Through the course of the
evening I had the impression that she had forgotten my name.
The evening didn't last very long; Vicki had to return home to relieve the
babysitter at ten. After dropping her oft;,at her home (I didn't walk her to her door
because the night had felt more like a business engagement than a date) I raced
back home in time to catch "Mary Hartman. Mary Hartman," the end to a good
evening. The best part ot'the whole thing was Monday morning when I was asked,
"How was your date Friday night?"

Science department
gains lab

found the lab .
.. The lab is operational and we can usc it
lo show the students what a water
t rcatmcnt plant is really like." said science
in<;tntl'lor .Jack Scales. The lab is also used
O\ the Water H:vdraulic and Environmental
Tcl'i1 program under the direction of
Richard Hull.
Bird says the Science Department hopes
t,1 mm'l' the equipment from its present
l\lrnl ion in a trailer behind the ,~icncc
building to its basement. "Then .. e can
U'-i<.' the trailer to move other equipment;
the only problem now is finding a tractor
' big enough to pull the trailer."- he joked.

by Sherri Shaffer
A water treatment lab is now on
permanent loan to LCC's Science
Department from the Environmental Protection Agency. "It would cost us $80.000
if we had to buy it." exclaimed curriculum
development specialist Howard Bird, who

Bird is a screener for excess federal
properties and travels two to four days a
week in search of excess governmental
equipment for u sc in the school. "1 ha ,re to
write a justification for everything we get."
he explained. "Items must be used
immediately, they must be used in
connection with the students (desks,
instructional material) and they must
contribute to the economic development of
the community," he added.
According to Bird. equipment is given on
a first-come first-served basis. He says
LCC is the state·s largest beneficiary of
this program. • 'W c 've received over
$500,000 dollars worth of equipment in the
last three months," he said. "Next week
there's a federal auditor coming in to see if
we 're really using it."

617-0416

Healh care discusson held at Harris Hall
According to the New American Movement (NAM), statistics show that men and
women of almost every other industrialized
nation in the world can expect to live
longer, healthier lives than the average
American.
The NAM attributes the poor quality of
America's health care to its being in the
hands of private industry. The nationalization, they say, of medical care in the

U.S. will provide for the best possible
health care.· NAM is calling for:
*All facets of the health care industry be
nationalized and controlled in a decentralized fashion.
NAM will hold a short panel discussion
with Iris Dudman, Jeff Gottfried and Bob
Weiner tonight at 7:30 p.m., in Harris
Hall, 8th and Oak in Eugene. For further
information, call 686-1793 or 345-5546.

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hccr nc\·cr changes.
Sinct:' the dawn of org,111i::cd brewing hack in HO()
A.O., hrcwmastcrs ha\'c urged discriminating drinkers to pour str:1ight
into the h~ad, and not into a tilted
rccc ptaclc .
Although hl;itantly defiant of
sacred collegiate tradition, the origmal method has the meritorious
ad\';inr,J1ue of producing a seal between
the hc:1 and the Lhink itself, trapping
the carbonation hclmv. The beer
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Editor's note: This is the third in a series
of interpretive articles by Scott Stuart
probing some of the causes of the growth of
what soll!.e people claim is the LCC
bureaucracy. and some of the effects on the
big-happy-fami ly-feeling which some
people sa:v LCC once had.

Dissidents
question
faculty union
affiliation.
by Scott Stuart
The LCC Education Association's
fLCCEA] regular meeting last Wednesday
fMay 12] turned into an open hearing at
which at least six faculty members aired
objections to the faculty union's affiliation
with the Oregon Education Association
[OEAJ and the National Education Association [NEA].
According to Penny Schlueter, LCC
economics instructor and LCCEA member,
the main questions raised concerned dues
payed to the OEA and NEA, and whether
or not a local unaffiliated union could do
the job as well as the present union. The
hearing came about as a result of a petition
circulated to call for a vote of confidence in
the LCCEA.

''The reason I'm freaked out about it is if
any group is going to represent the faculty,
it should ·be sure it. has a basis of
support, ·· says Jack Robert, LCC speech
instructor about the Lane Community
College Education Association (LCCEA).
According to Robert, there has been no
attempt to reevaluate the faculty union to
either reaffirm it or decide on other
representation since the advent of legislation that made the union a legal reality.
In 1972. Oregon Senate Bill 2263, the
Collective Bargaining Law was passed,
stating who can be involved in collective
bargaining, what rights they have, and
providing for a Public Employee Relations
Board tc, oversee the process.
In the Spring of 1973, active organizing
began on the LCC campus to choose some
sort of representation. The choices on the
ballot came down to the National Education
Association (NEA). the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) an affiliate of the
AFL-CIO, and no representation at all.
"In House"
According to Ted Romoser, LCC
Language Arts instructor and chairman of
the Higher Education Committee of the
NEA, there was an attempt to promote an
"In House" or single independent campus
organization, but the people who promoted
it were not willing to head it. Since
leadership for a single campus organiz~tion did not come forward, says Romoser,
that option was shaken out of the choices
pretty early.
In the end, the faculty voted overwhelmingly in favor of an affiliation with a
national organization, and in November of
1974 the NEA signed a contract to
represent the LCC faculty in co11ective
bargaining. Romoser says that the issue

A century ago the first steam ships
showed the once tall, majestic sailing ship
to be an expensive, unpredictable plodder.
The steam ship was faster in the long run
by keeping a steady speed using inexpensive fuel, and cheaper because it required a
smaller crew than the sailing ships. Within
50 years the only square rigged ships left
were naval training ships and preserved
relics that are now stared at in awe like a
canoe hewn from a log. And the idea of a
sailing merchant ship was a thing of the
past like the horse and buggy.
Then in November of 1973 the Arabs
started cutting off oil to the West,
contributing to the quadrupling of the pr.ice
of oil in three months. Steam ships could
no lon~er operate at a profit without
charging exorbitant freight fees. As a
result a few companies and individuals
have seriously considered using wind or
nuclear energy to keep the cost of moving
goods down.
But even before the oil embargo some
diesel powered ships were being operated
at a loss in terms of energy. It took more
energy to build, operate and clean up after
certain super tankers, for example, than
the energy in the oil they delivered, and a
nuclear powered shop has to run it's
reactorat full capacity for ten years to pay
back the amount of energy that went into
building it.
On the other hand a sailing ship requires
less steel to carry a ton of cargo, its main
source of energy is free, and it uses less
complex mechanical machinery enabling it
to pay for itself in energy and in dollars in a
short time.
With steam ships now too expensive,
and nuclear ships not generally excepted
because of their present unreliablity and
radiation hazard. their high cost of
construction and operation, and the
uncertainty that nuclear fuel will be
economical. or even available, sail has
become feasible again. Several concepts •
for sailing cargo ships have appeared from
Germany. the U.S. and Australia.
The ship designed in the U.S. and
Australia are very much alike although
each was not aware of the other's efforts.
Both arc about 200 feet long (U.S. 220 ft ..
Australia 275 ft.) and fore and aft rigged.
although the U.S. ship has three masts and
the Australian ship has four. The German
ship is square rigged and was designed by
a 75 year old Hamburg engineer named Dr.
Wilhelm Prolss. Finally the last idea for
~ailing ships comes from a professional
'>quare rigged ship sailor named A11an
Villiers. Villiers, who has sailed for SO
,-cars and has written several books about
~ailing ships. commented in a letter to

Oceans magaz·
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before. either of
and Potosi wer
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economical than
could not compe
ships.
The most adv
designs is Dr. P
had started the
in the mid-1950'
technology cou
again. In 1957
Shipbuilding Ins
Hamburg, whic~
ing the mechani
during the ne ~
designs, known 1
on paper by son
ians in West Ge
models in wind
hull forms and S1
and sail reefi
mechanisms we
tested.
The result '11
unsupported ma1
acrodynamicall
at which the sail
by motors, opE
which turn thE
Reefing is done 1
again controlled
the bridge, whic
slot and into the
from the eleme
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sail and the we
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was not a rivalry between the NEA and
AFT. and it is not the issue now. He feels
that it is ironic that collective bargaining
came about because of a questioning
attitude toward the administration. Collective bargaining became another way to
relate to the administration. And here we
are. says Romoser, three years later,
questioning ourselves. ·
"I feel that we are into collective
bargaining whether we like it or not," says
Jim Snow, LCC mathmetics instructor. "I
was one of those who was for it five years
ago. I feel that if we are going to be
represented by a bargaintng agent, we
have the responsibility to reassess it."
Snow feels that although the Oregon
Education Association, the state level
.:irganization of the NEA, handles contract
negotiations at LCC right now it is time to
step back and take a look at what it has
done and what it can do. "My feeling is,"
says Snow. "that we are not married to
the OEA."

petition that would act as a show of support
for the union, a vote of confidence to see if
the. faculty is indeed in favor of the OEA
as a bargaining agent. According to Roof,
·it is time to stop and look at things and see
if the majority is still in favor of the OEA.
Roof says he's not knocking the OEA.
and in fact appreciates the job the union
has done. but he's not happy being tied to
the OEA, so he called for a show of support
through a petition.
Unfortunately. the wording of the
petition did not accurately state the intent
of those who circulated it. The petition
said, "We the undersigned request that an
election be held to choose a new faculty
bargaining agent at LCC." Although
about 30 people signed the petition, Roof
feels that many more did not sign because
to do so would indicate that the signer had
committed him / herself to a position
opposing the union, rather than just
q'u estioning it.

High dues

An attempt was made to reword the
petition, and one attempt stated. "Since
the collective bargaining agreement for the
faculty still has approximately one year and
two months to run until it expires, and
since consideration of what might go into
the next contract agreement is just now
beginning, and sin.ce the actual negotiating
is still many months away, we the
undersigned would at this time favor a
"show of support" vote for the current
bargaining agent. This is to say that we
would favor a faculty vote to show whether
weshould continue with the OEA as our
bargaining agent.or whether we desire a
change in our bargaining agent. In no way
is this to be construed as a criticism of our
faculty negotiatjon committee. In fact we

Personally, Snow questions the amount
Jf money paid to the OEA in dues. Of the
bl37 in individual yearly dues, only $15
stays on campus. Of the rest, $97 goes to
the OEA, and $25 goes tl •he NEA. Snow
says he would rather see a11 that money go
to support local efforts.
Dave Roof, LCC counselor and instructor
would agree. He does not like being tied to
a national organization and does not like
seeing most of the dues go for lobbying
that he may not agree with.
According to Roof, he got to talking over
coffee about it and decided to do
something. Last month Roof, Snow,
Robert, and others began circulating a

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,ccans magazine. ''I'd back Herr Dr.
~rolss' idea before (the Australian sailing
hip) and a restored Preussen / Potosi
cfore. either of these plans.·' Preussen
:nct Potosi were the largest and fastest
)1ips built but they were trading near the
nd of the sailing era and although more
conomicaJ than most sailing ships. they
ould not compete with the cheaper steam
hips.
The most advanced of the three modern
esigns is Dr. Prolss' concept. Dr. Prolss .
ad started the drawings for a sailing ship
the mid-t.950's, convinced that modern
echnology could make sail profitable
gain. In 1957 he took his plans to the
lhipbuilding Institute of the University of
lamburg, which had already been studyng the mechanics of sail propulsion. and
'u ring the next 15 years Dr. Prolss'
esigns. known as· Dynaships, were tested
1n paper by some of the best mathmatic~ns in West Germany. They also tested
1 0dels in wind tunnels. Many different
\ull forms and sail shapes were evaluated,
,n d sail reefing and mast rotating
nechanisms were developed, built. and
ested .
The result was a ship rigged with
nsupported masts with the sails spread by
1erodynamically shaped yards. The angle
t which the sails face the wind is adjusted
y motors. operated from the bridge,
~hich turn the masts at their base.
teefing is done by rollers inside the masts,
gain controlled by motors operated from
he bridge, which draw the sail through a
lot and into the mast, protecting the sails
rom the elements.
Dynaship' s calculated efficiency under
ail and the weather conditions of many
rade routes. gathered by German Hydroraphic office from many ships' logs. were
ed into a computer and evaluated to give
he ship, a 10-12 knot average speed,
eluding 15 percent calms during which
hrce 500 horse power engines would
,ropl'I the c;hip at eight knots. This is a 90
rcent savings in fuel plus more cargo
pace due to less space needed for fuel
torage and less engine space, although
c savings from a smaller engine is set off
y the cost of the masts, sails, their control
·stems.and slightly more ballast capacity
an conventional ships.
In comparing the cost of moving cargo
r Dynaship and a steam ship of about the
ame size. costs such as manpower,
surance. maintenance and repair were
eluded and calculated to be about the
ame although Dynaship has been shown
o be comparable to steamships in building
osts .
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replace the giant ore and oil carriers, or the
fast container ships but there are many
trade routes where these ships may go out
of their way that sailing ships could service
that would save the recipients money. In
_February of 1974. for example, it cost four
times as much to transport a ton of rice
4,000 miles from San Francisco to Majuro
in the Marshall Islands as it did to
transport a ton of grain 9,200 miles from
the U.S. Gulf States to Japan. To add some
salt to the wound, the rice took seventy
days from San Francisco compared with 25
days for the grain from the Gulf States.
This came about because Majuro didn't
warrant a direct seryice by a modern cargo
liner so the rice first went to Guam to wait
for another ship to take it to Majuro and in
the end the rice actually traveled 6,650
miles. A small sailing ship could quite
easily carry the amount of cargo going to
Majuro in about 20 days at a freight rate
that should be considerable below those
now in effect.
Ships have been powered by the wind for
the la:st ten thousand years, except for the
past fifty. and with this background, plus
the fantastic advances in recent years such
as the airplane and the putting of a man on
the moon. man should be able to use such a
obviously endless and cheap source of
energy to the fullest extent. There can be
sailing ships today. saving our costly fossil
fuel. making better use of the personal
abilities of individual man, and sailing
under a sky not polluted by their passage.
The latest report on the development ot
D~·naship is that some companies have
contracts but nothing has been signed a~
yet. The contracts are for ships in about
the 15.000 ton dead weight category. One
route that has been considered is between
England and Australia and when the
D~·naship corporation was asked about
other routes the spokesperson said thert.
was "quite serious interest" in usin1,
D~·naship as an ocean-liner and that th<.
routes for that type of ship would be almost
unlimited. No companies names could b(
disclosed. but the spokesperson did sa~
that the Japanese were corresponding witt
the ~.-ompan~· although no contract has
het•n issued.
Readers who would be interested in the
details of Dynaship or would be interested
in talking with John Brooks about sailing
ships. moving cargo by wind power, or has
information about other modern sailing
ships to share. John Brooks can be found at
the TORCH office in room 206 in the
Center building.
Copyright 1976 by John Brooks and the
LCC TORCH

,•om mend them for their good work."
The above version never became an
actual petition.
Another criticism Roof sees with collective bargaining is that he ·feels that
negotiations are put into the hands of
outsiders with no vested interest in the
college. who make critical decisions for
faculty members. According to Roof, the
staff negotiating body is not party to the
final decision, although it is involved
to the point where two outsiders go into
that smoke-filled room and make their final
decision. "Maybe that's the way collective
bargaining is." says Roof, "I don't know.
but it looks to me like we ought to have a
say in it.''
Starting from zero

Roof feels that the faculty is probably
. locked into the OEA, and if another
negotiating body were chosen it might
mean starting all over again from zero. He
says that he's not so naive to believe that a
new bargaining agent will make LCC a
family again, but maybe the faculty can get
behind something--that's one of the
problems of bigness.
"It would be hard for me to strike this
place," says Roof, who describes the strike
as "the pistol the union has to hold at the
head of the administration." "I've been
here almost eight years and I feel some
loyalty. I don't see the administration as
the enemy, but collective bargaining puts
us in an adversary position."
Snow, who quit the union last July, feels
that collective bargaining was the prime
factor in putting the faculty and administration into an adversary position. Snow
says that collective bargaining has had an
effect, and he's not sure it's a good one.
You lose the ability to just sit around the
table and talk about things, says Snow.

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It's not a little family anymore," Snow
believes, "it's a big operation."
Welcoming criticism
George Alvergue, LCC field experience
coordinator and president of the LCCEA,
welcomes the questioning of the union.
"Fine," says Alvergue, "I think it's one
of the functions of an open society--to oust
the people who represent them if they are
not doing the job . Philosophically, that's
the way it should be."
Alvergue feels that , although it seems
like a lot of money is paid for dues. that
money comes back in ways that are not so
apparent. in the form of access to attorneys

and consultants when there are contract
hassles. He also points out that the OEA is
the most respected lobby in Oregon.
One criticism of the LCCEA that Robert
has heard is that it is run by an inbred
group. Robert feels that there is ample
opportunity for involvement in the union
but the union is run by the people who are
interested in it.
In reply to the comment that the union is
run by a clique, Alvergue replies, "that's
utter nonsense." Alvergue points out that
there are open meetings, and if anybody
feels that he is not accessible, then maybe
he is open to criticism. Alvergue goes on
to point out that each department on
campus has a union contact person.
Alvergue says that he is involved in the
union because he feels that others in the
past did the legwork to establish a union
and it's his turn to pay his dues. He points
out that any union member can run for
office. but it is no bed of roses. There is no
pay. no compensation for time spent
pursuing union matters and it is hard
finding people to do the job. He says that if
people feel that the union is not doing the
job, the union wants to know about it. Out

of the approximately 280 faculty members
at LCC. there may be many little problems
and varying concerns the union is unaware
of.
One criticism of the union that Robert
points out is that it may not represent
the concerns of people with five year
contracts because those people are secure
in their job and pay. Another question
asked is. "does the union represent
non-union members?"
Alvergue points out that most of the
people involved in the union have five year
contracts. He adds that people not in the
union benefit also because the LCCEA
represents them to a point and in fact
represents everybody with a half-time
contract or more. Alvergue asks the
question, "How can you measure the
benefits in terms of dollars?"
Alvergue says that it seems like a
petition has been passed around to oust the
OEA, but adds that if it is going to be
replaced, there better be people waiting in
the wings who are willing to take over the
job. He adds that the union is not afraid of
the challenge and he feels that the union
has done a good job.
Romoser feels that this sort of challenge
fits in very well with the Oregon tradition
of referendum and recall that exists in the
bigger state political system.

Off campus service
Romoser points out that maybe people
have forgotten the reasons why they chose
to associate with an outside organization.
Romoser feels that it was to get off-campus
services such as legal advice, a large legal
defense fund, and a state and national
lobby that is concerned with not only
tenure rights but the whole educational
program from increased financial support
to a better taxing system for school

Romoser points out that
funding.
legislators consistently rank lobbyists and
that the OEA is rated as one of the most
effective. He feels that a single campus
organization would not have that sort of
influential lobby. He adds that LCC had an
"In House" union prior to collective
bargaining with minimal dues, about $8 at
the most. and it had trouble getting
people to pay those dues. The problem,
Romoser says, is getting an organization
worth paying for.
Another problem Romoser points out is
that the union officers have hr.en so busy
with meetings and other business of the
association that they have not sr,cnt a lot of
time re-selling the union. The problem
there is that many of the people who get
·union help don' _t want anything said .
There is sort of a ''Leper syndrome. ' ' says·
Romoser. when someone feels they are
being treated unfairly by an employer.
They question themselves first, Romoser
feels, and they don't want publicjty.
Rejustify existence

Romoser sees another problem in the
nature of teaching: It's just one person
with his or her students and there is little
involvement with a big organization, so
faculty members are likely to be skeptical
of them as a result. This skepticism. says
Romoser, is a reflection of the distrust of
large organizations that is a sign of the
times across the country.
In the end, Romoser feels that it is
healthy for an organization to review where
it's at from time to time, to rejustify its
existence. "If people have questions,"
says Romoser, "they should ask. It's how
they ask that makes a difference."

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JElJE(CT

Psycological and physiological problems

JOHN
CHARLES
District Attorney
Prosecutor and ·full-time Attorney for City of
Springfield. Attorney for Police, Fire, Planning,
Building, Library, Municipal Court, Personnel.
Prosecution of crimes in Municipal, Circuit, and
Appellate courts. Handled over -1,000 DUIIL and
many other misdemeanor cases. Civil law - Writs,
lawsuits, training, and giving legal advice. Private
General Practice of Law.
University of California - Juris Doctor Degree.
Brigham Young University - B.A. Degree in German.
Utah State University - One year
Granada Hills High - Honors graduate
Church Mission - 2½ years service in Austria
Law Clerk to Hon. Edwin E. Allen, Circuit Court
Judge. Court observation, research and writing for
various circuit court judges.
Law Clerk with Litts, Mullen, Perovich & Sullivan.
Authored numerous Official Legal Opinions for
California Teachers Association, trial briefs, writs,
appeals, general civil practice
Law Clerk and Investigator for Public Defender.
Legal research, writing, client interviews.
Legal Intern for State Department of Social Welfare.
Instructor for Seminaries and Institutes of Religion.
Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk for CaHfornia
Legislature.
Language Instructor for Language Training School.

JOHN CHARLES was asked by law enforcement and
pol ice officers throughout Lane County to be the next
District Attorney and to remove Horton from the
office, because of what he has done and what he has
not done for them.
JOHN CHARLES is the full-time attorney for the City
of Springfield and the City Prosecutor.
JOHN CHARLES is against the legalization of
marijuana.
JOHN CHARLES is against the legalization of
prostitution., _
JOHN CHARLES is against gun control. _
JOHN CHARLES is for capital punishment.
JOHN CHARLES requires that criminals reimburse
the victims of crime.
JOHN CHARLES is a christian who lives Christian
principles.
JOHN CHARLES is a tough, professional prosecutor
who will ethically and impartially represent vou.
JOHN CHARLES wrote and encouraged passage of
the only law in the state of Oregon requiring a
mandatory jai I sentence for those persons who assau It
anq batter pol ice officers.
JOHN CHARLES wrote and encouraged passage of
the only comprehensive public nudity law in the state
of Oregon.
JOHN CHARLES represented the Oregon League of
Cities before the legislature on the new motor vehicle
code.
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In his lifetime, he has convicted over 90 per cent of
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Menop;.wsc .i discussion led by Linda
Paceman. Women's Health Specialist and
R.N. at LCC, was held Friday, May 14. in
the Women's Awareness Center.
''There are psychological as well as
physiological problems involved here,'·
explained Paceman to her audience of 18
men and women. She said women entering
the mid years (anywhere from 35 to 60) are
often faced with the burdens of dependent
parents, empty time after the children are
gone, loss of youth and sex appeal, the
realizat;0n that her personal goals may
never • • met. or a tired marriage. The
reaction can range from rage to depression
or a constant state of anxiety.
To conquer these reactions or keep them
from happening. Paceman says that a
woman must '' Keep from getting lazy
either above or below the neck.'' She says
a woman must feel she has a mastery o1
something. She must be recognized for a
job well done. she 111ust fulfill the need fot
fellowship and status within a group. anc'
she must keep enthusiastic about someth ing .
Physiological changes take place roughly
between the ages of 40 and 60; the cycle
takes about two years to complete.
according to Paceman. Depression is the
most common reaction and Estrogen the
most widely known cure. "It's not helpful
to become so radical against drugs that
when you come across a woman who is on
estrogen you think she's weak or looking
for an easy way out" she said. Hot flashes.
which are caused by metabolism interruptions. and mood changes are also common
problems according to Paceman.
Breast examinations, cancer and hystercctomvs were discussed. Paceman noted
that ~ancer may progress at different
speeds. "Cancer of the cer-.,ix is slow and
can often be cured through heat treat1111:nts. A woman may find she has this
•~·pc and be told she can bear a child before
an~·thtng is done . . . breast cancer is
different. The lag from discovery of the

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to see her doctor could be fatal." she
warned.
Paceman is anticipating future attitudes
towards menopause. "In the last ten years
consciousness has been raised about our
selves and our bodies." she said. "It will
be interesting to see whether the severe
psychological problems will decrease."

Historical documents
display in gallery
By Mi<:'hael Riley
"Documents From the Formation of the
Union." is on display· in the new LCC
Library Mezzanine Gallery.
The display. shown in two parts,
contains replicas of the documents that
helped make America's history. Part one
opened the Gallery on Monday. March 29,
and was displayed until last week. Part
two is on display now and will continue
until further notice.
The Gallery itself is a Bicentennial
Project and was developed in conjunction
with the LCC Bicentennial Committee.
"We really intend to turn this gallery into a
gallery by removing the seating space ... "
ifaridy Mafit: LCC Library Archivist. told
the TORCH. He·was referring to the chairs
and study tables in the immediate area of
the gallery. Mafit stated that these would
be moved to other areas on the Mezzanine
so " ... we don't lose any study space."
Mafit also said that the display cases
now located on the first floor of the library
would be moved to the Gallery and he
hopes that '· ... someday we can add
lights...
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The next show planned for the Gallery is
a touring show of Native American art. It
was gathered by a grant at Oregon State
University. LCC ts on the itinerary for the
show and it is scheduled to arrive here
around June 1st.
Scheduled for next fall is an exhibit of
historical documents and photographs of
early Eugene and Lane County. Following
that is planned a show on the Eugene
Technical-Vocational school and a display
on the history of printing. Mafit added that
there will be a Calligraphy display in the
fall with a juried show on the art for
~tudents and the public.
The Gallery will be available for persons
wishing to display their work between the
<;cheduled shows. Interested people
should contact Randy Mafit or Del
Matheson for more information.

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Soiree
De
Trois
Success with three
a review by Max Gano
Within each of us is a bit of the insane
which we often choose to ignore. We hide
from it. But there are times when we must
face the fact of its presence and perhaps
this is why ''Eight Songs For a Mad King''
had such a mind-chilling impact on it's
audience Friday night during Soiree de
Trois in the Performing Arts Theatre.
Director David Sherman, a drama
instructor here at Lane, set the stage in
abstract fashion for "Eight Songs."
Incorporating the musicians into the actual
stage design, the mixing of vocals and

instrumentation was superb. It a11owed
actor Neil Wilson, in his role as King
George III, the freedom to shift from
dialogue to lyric with almost impromptu
fluidity.
But perhaps Wilson's acting was just a
bit too convincing for comfort. He offered
rare moments of insight into the mind of a
mad king. It was hard not to forget that
"Eight Songs" is just a play, that
Wilson, with his mutterings and vocal
ejaculations, was not actually mad.
I even caught myself leaning forward
during the performance, to grasp and
understand Wilson's lines, as if they were
my own fragmented, elusive, and twisted
thoughts. I wanted to keep Wilson's words
from drifting
,, about in such aimless
manner.
In writing '' Eight Songs'' Peter Maxwen
Davies has recreated the final days in the
life of a mad emperor, King George III of
England. The music for "Eight Songs"
was actually taken from a miniature
mechanical organ, once the property of
George III.

Willamette Valley Folk Festival to run
Once again, with Springtime, the
Willamette Valley Folk Festival is rolling
around on the 20, 21. & 22 of May. This
year's festival, the 6th, promises to be one
of the best ever.
Uur location is ditlerent this year. The
festival will still be at the University, but
the grassy area between the Erb Memorial
Union and Carson Hall is the site.
Workshops will be on ~unday, May 23.

Times will be announced at the festival.
Headlining the festival this year will be
Cousin Emmy. Country star of the 30' s and
40's, and Sunnyland. a Chicago Blues
Piano Player.
AIi of the talent (except the headliners)
are volunteering their time and we think i1
is a fine opportunity for the community tc
expose themselves to fine traditional
music. No admission will be charged.

Entertain.ment
COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE PER
FORMING ARTS
May 19 - Hoedown 8:00 pm $1.50 ·cover
May 21 - Upeppo 9:00-2:00 $2 cover
May 22 - E_u gene Theater Company
presents "49" 8:30 pm Tickets - $2.50 at
the door
May 23 - Benefit for Citizens against Toxics
7:00 pm $2 cover
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
May 20, 21, and 22 - Willamette Valley
Folk Festival - all day on the commons
between Carson Hall and the EMU.
May 25 - Neil Sedaka 8:00 pm Mac Court
$4 U O students, $5 general public.
~eserved seats are $5.50 and $5.00.
FEED MILL

HOMEFRIED TRUCKSTOP
May 19 - Summer Sign
May 20 - Dinner: Belly Dancing
May 21 - Dinner: Wendy Agne
May 22 - Breakfast: Paul Haas Dinner:
Leroy Sparks
May 23 - Breakfast: Sunday Morning
Shebagon Dinner: Jon Jarvie
May 24 - MONDAY NITE CONCERT &
THE HOMEFRIED RADIO HOUR: Elbow
Grease Band, Jeannie Althea and Cora
Appl~ 8:00-12:00 $1 cover
May 25 - Breakfast: Lewis Arthur Lunch:
Debra Kelly Dinner: Friends·of the Family
BLACK FOREST
May 19 - Medicine Wolf 9:00-1:00
May 24 - Evergreen 9:00-1 :00

·ouFFY'S
May 19 -- Mark Creighton 9:15-12:15 May 21 - Foxe and Weasel 5:00-7:00
May 20 - Joshua Bowes 9:15-12:15
May 21 and 22 Foxe and Weasel, Free and
May 21 and 22 - Crrus 9:15-1:15
Easy, and Patterson Alley 9:00-1:00 $1
May 24 - John Wiesenthal 9:15-12:1$
cover
May 25 - David Yound 9:15-12:15
May 25 - Mark Creighton 9:00-12:00

The monologue and lyrics represent the
King· s frustrated ramblings as he tried to
teach birds to perfor,m the music which he
was ·unable to play on his flute and
harpsicord. In directing the play, Sherman
replaced birds with musicians which the
King ranted at, screamed at, soothed, until
they were able to play. Then George III
sang with them, wept with them.
A combination of subtly bizarre lighting,
a gifted actor, and exquisite musical
renditions made this outstanding. It was
also a play worthy of yc;>Ur considered
disappointment if you missed your chance
to see it.
... To bury our starved eyes and noses
In an extravagance of roses,
And order madly at this season
When we have had enough of reason.
May Sarton
And with a toss of the head, Wendy
Smith walked off stage, having said her
peace, to be replaced by two dozen nimble

sliding dancers who quickly covered the
stage with movement.
And Soiree De Trois, part two, Mid May
Innerspace began. Conspiring with the
·LCC Jazz Lab Band I under the direction of
Gene Aitken, Innerspace was designed to
lift the spirits of those who attended the
performance. With characterized poetry
readings such as "My Nose Is Growing
Old", by Richard Brautigan, and "The
Purification" by Erica Jong, there was also
a desire among the performers to delve
light heartedly into the aspects of the
woman's role in society.
Between and intermixed with the
readings. jazz music and dance flowed
together. Choreographed by Nicola Crafts
the dancers threaded their way across the
stage and even into the ailes. The truly
amazing aspect about the whole show was
that these dancer weren't professionals.
They were, for the most part, students who
had very little stage experience, and yet
this show was precise and clean.
Soiree De Trois was together and it is a
shame that it only ran for two nights. This
show was evidence clearly pointing out that
this small town college can produce.
To fully i1Iustrate the impact of Innerspace. the following emotional description
was provided by LCC student and artist
Bryan Hancock, who attended Soiree De
Trois on May 15.
"It was one of the first dance shows that
made me feel really good. I'd pay money
to see a dance like that. And yet, it wasn't
so perfected that it made me feel like the
dancers were in a seperate world from the
audience.
"It was just rough enough to make you
feel a closeness to the people who were
performing. I was really blown out, to say
the least.
After getting a ride to a street that was
nowhere close to my home, I walked the
remaining two miles contemplating the
show. The music was superb, the audience
was electric. I'm glad I went."

photos by Linda Alaniz

Blakey and the Jazz Me.ssengers
a review by Scott Stuart
I have my doubts about bass players and
drummers as leaders of jazz groups. They
sometimes dominate the music with
instruments that don't re-a11y lend themselves to melody or solo.
In that respect, Art Blakey was a
pleasant surprise. Although he played
several precision solos, they were of
manageable length and were integral to
the music. The drumming in no way

Big band concert
Four local stage bands wiII give a big
band jazz benefit concert on Tuesday,
March 18, at 7:30 p.m., in the North
Eugene High School auditorium, 200 Silver
Lane. Admission is $1 with proceeds being
used to provide scholarship grants for high
school musicians.
Performing will be stage bands from
South Eugene, Cottage Grove, and North
Eugene High Schools, along with the
widely acclaimed Jazz Lab Band I of Lane
Community College. (Directors are Walt
Wilson, Caleb Standafer, Ron Logue, and
Dr. Gene Aiken, respectively.)
The mini-jazz festival is intended to
serve two functions beyond the scholarship
benefit. According to N.E.H.S. director,
Ron Logue, "We hope to provide an
entertaining program for the large, sophisticated jazz following in the Eugene area.
More importantly, we want to give young
jazz musicians an opportunity to meet and
to perform together with a sense of sharing
musical talents and concepts.''

overshadowed the talents of the musicians
who compose the Jazz Messengers.
And the message Saturday night in the
EMU Ballroom was jazz. Jazz in a
traditional sense. Jazz in which the piano
and horns, in this case a sax and trumpet
laying down a theme, each instrument
taking a solo and improvising, then
returning to the opening theme.
Although the group was an hour and a
half late in starting, Blakey took time after
the first number to apologize and thank the
crowd for staying.
Then they played some jazz. Although
phrases like "in a groove" and words like
"tight" and "cook" are cliche in describing what a musical group can do, Art
Blake)' and the Jazz Messengers went a
little beyond the cliche and showed where
they came from.
The musicians were clearly enjoying
themselves. Art Blakey beamed toothily
from between brass cymbals, and the rest
of the band urged each other on during
solos. The group got a1lot of encouragement from the audience as we11. with the
sax player a definite favorite. The trumpet
player played a little too fast, almost as if
laying down staccatto solo for the sake of
speed, but a ba]]ad he played showed he
can say more with less.
The group played a couple old standards, the standout of which was Miles
Davis' Body and Soul done on sax.
Blakey promised the audience that, after
a break in the middle of the set, he'd take
us to another planet. Although we didn't
quite get there, it was almost worth the $4
ticket to see someone really try.

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is through natural recycling of organic
wastes, like composting.
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Center. funded by the Oregon Student an exam last spring by a ·judiciary bo'ard
Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG) made up of profs from the veterinary
was established to present consumer school, and was suspended for a year as his
problems to local bµsinesses and the accuser, a veterinary science professor,
was allowed to speak at the hearing, and he
Oregon Legislature.
''State and Federal consumer agencies was not.
According to one of the faculty judges,
are often removed from the problems of the
individual consumer, and because of Waag's accuser gave "a forceful and very
political priorities and pressures from we11 reasoned presentation'' of why Waag
business have a limited effectiveness,'' was guilty of cheating. In fact, it was so
reflected co-coordinator Dave Tobip. • effective that despite a sub committee's
"Much consumer legislation exists. unanimous recommendation to dismiss the
although the average person knows little charges against Waag because of insufficient evidence, the faculty voted to oust
about it. or how to use it,'' he said.
•
Upon receiving a complaint CEAC will him from school.
When Waag flied suit against the
forward a copy of the complaint to the other
parties and solicit their point of view. ''We University, the courts saw it his way, and
recognize that there are, two sides to every consequently Waag will face a new hearing
problem, so before a resolution is possible, later this year. No word whether the
both sides must be heard," explained J-Board will be manned by students this
time around.
co-coordinator Craig Quinn.
Waag's lawsuit was one of several due
If a settlement is not agreed upon, CEAC
will inform the con~umer about other process cases that have cropped up this
courses of action. including small claims year. The Supreme Court, in Goss vs.
court procedures. CEAC will also provide Lopez, recently ruled that before students
advice on consumer rights and buying are suspended or expelled, school adminhabits, as well as pamphlets ·and an index istrators must give them a chance to
to specific consumer publications. "CEAC "informally discuss" the alleged misconwill work with existing state, federal, and duct, stating the reason for punishment
private consumer groups to lobby on behalf and offering them a chance to explain their
of consumers before the legislatare,'' side of the story.
So far, however, the court has avoided
Quinn said.
Anyone with a consumer problem can making a clearcut statement on the formal
nature of school judiciary hearings.
call 686-4075, from 4-6 p.m. weekdays.

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continued on page 3
material, including food scraps, will
produce a rich compost that can be churned
into the soil or sprinkled into little pockets
below seedlings. Earthworms play a part
in this type of composting; their movement
through the ground helps mix decomposed ·
matter with soil.

TORCH ad info
RATES for classified advertising are $.25
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
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Information about Christian Science may be
obtained each Friday at meetings in Health
110 at 11 :00. All are welcome.
Growing Alternative Youth (GA Youth) is an
organization for the benefit of, and open to, all
interested people under the age of 22. Meet•
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more information and meeting locations, call
Carol 343-8130, or Chris 746-b 155.

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For information on any of these jobs, see Jean
Coop in the Student Employment Service. on
the 2nd floor of the Center Building.
FT PERM : A companion/ aide is needed for a
woman who is taking cobalt treatments. General care and a little cooking is required.
FT PERM : A live-in aide is required by an
elderly couple .
The woman requires
assistance in caring for her husband who is
suffering from Parkinson·, disease.
FT / PT PERM: Interested in a business career
in sales. or sales management? Come in for
delails.

FT PERM: If you have experience cooking for
large group,, a position. cooking for 65
people, is being offered.
PT PERM: Cocktail waitresses are needed.
Experience required ,
FT PERM : Mature person who has had actual
work experience in mechanics.
PT PERM : Beginning the third week in June,
a babysitter will be needed two days a week.
PT PERM : Night students, lake note! If you
have so me bookkeeping knowledge, this
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detail~.
FT TEMP: Urgently needed, is a companion

10 a convalcscenl woman .

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bury the suckers under your rose bushes
Sunday wasn't the type of day I should have picked for my first effort of the
season--grey skies outside, two NBA playoff games inside. The WiUamette laughed at
us; its banks chuckling from the tickling wind into which we threw our lines.
I alternately unsnagged lines and helped bait hooks for my two young fishermen, Scot
(7) and Eric (5), teaching them how to cope with the frustrations and exultations of the
sport.
We'd only been out about a half an hour when Scot caught the first one, hollering, "I
got one Dad! I got one, I can see him. He's not too big, but I got one."

He had the fish in P.retty close and I hollered, "Bring him in--carefully, but bring him
in," and I set down Eric·•s snag to assist Scot. Before I had time to travel the necessary 10
yards or so, the fish was withdrawn from the water, dehooked (by the kid or by the fish,
'twas never determined), and it sailed back into the water.
It was the only one he caught all day. Our entire "fishing day," including worm
digging, breakfast, gear gathering, driving (only a mile or two), gear preparation, and, of
course, the fishing itself, lasted about eight hours. Scot only caught that one small fish,
wnic)1 appeared to be about a six-inch trout, and he'd immediately thrown it back. He
thought I'd said, "Throw him in!" which Scotty interpreted to mean the fish was too
small and in order to save its life, it must go back in the water immediately. So he did it
fast; really fast.
Eric was luckier. He caught one nice Rainbow, about a foot long, which we split four
ways for dinner.
He asked me at the dinner table, "Aren't you glad I caught this big fish, Dad?" He'd
asked me several times before, but it seemed to mean more as I filleted the delicate pink
meat from the bones that, when bare, "looked kinda funny--Iike white whiskers," at least
the way Scotty viewed them.
Boats of all types had come floating by us during the day, mostly containing one or two people, some friendly, some introspective, some fishing, some paddling. Folks in the
Willamette Valley seem to know what they have so very close at hand.
We learned the value of non-competitive sport. The boys learned that some fishing
days are more productive than others and the small fish thrown back will be bigger the
next time out.
They also learned they can have a good time without being entertained by society. And
they learned to want a part in protecting the environment which surrounds them, as they
want to participate in it.
Their old man learned a lot about his kids, too. Really nice guys, these fishermen.
Fishermen in this area now have a place to learn some basics of the sport. Bob Guard,
the creator of The Caddis Fly Angling Shop at 688 Pearl, specializes in fishing, primarily
fly fishing. Guard, along with Kathy Primter and Bob Houghton, runs the shop that's
starting its second year of providing information and equipment to anglers.
'' A year and a half ago there was no place to go other than mail order for good fishing
supplies," Guard recalled, "we saw a need and we try to fill it."
"Kathy is also my lady. She's provided economic help and she got all the books for our
library," said Guard. · "We've got between 70 and 80 volumes for our customers to take
advantage of.'•'
"Houghton is our fly tyer. He's a professional and a damn good one."
The sign on the door says: "Closed on S_u ndays, Irregular on Mondays," because,
Guard says, "We're usually out fishing at least twice a week. Conditions change rapidly
and we try to keep abreast of what's happening."
'' Lots of black ants are in the water right now and the caddis flies are just starting to
hatch. They'll be on the water for the next week or so. Young salmon and steelhead are
taking a number 10 or 12 riding up on top."
I listened greedily for each thread of information. I thought about the kids and catching
more fish, as his excitement was obviously building just from thinking about fishing. His
voice quickened to a pace I couldn't keep up with and he had to repeat, "Streamers are
really productive on the Willamette right now--Royal Coachman or Spruce Fly streamers
fished very wet. You should use a sinking line. The·more you get it down on the bottom,
the better you'll do. The streamer looks real and big fish in the Willamette don't often
rise for surface flies. Cast upstream and let the line sink to the bottom. Those big ones'll
take Wooly Worms, too."

Bob Houghton and Bob Guard, "Limit your kill, don't kill your limit."

But, more than just information, the store stocks all the things an angler needs: clothing, equipm~nt, books, rod building, fly tying paraphernalia, and the knowledge to make
things work. "We're not against the fish, we're for the fish," Guard stressed. People
think that if they go fishing, they're a failure if they don't bring home 10 fish. Three of us
went fishing last week and caught 74 fish ... but we only kept four ... for eating.''
And so summer wanders into the valley with a fishing pole. We humans, who share the
rivers and lakes with summer, should take but what we need. If we don't need that litter
by the lakeside, we should pick it up and take it with us.
Bob Guard said it, "We're not against the fish ... we're for the fish."

JERRY

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Trackers triumph·, on to Texas

oy Chuck Berg
The LCC track-team for the fifth year in a
row won the Region 18 Championships in gonna be pretty tough, because running
Corvallis this last week end, May 15 and two or three steeplechases in a row is
16.
•pretty tough on you.''
The mee,t was a very big win for the
After Ken Bell's victory in the triple
Titans, perhaps the biggest win of the jump he said with a confident smile,
season for the team and even bigger for the after four consistent 47 foot jumps I'm
eight members that will be traveling to ready for the nationals."
Pasadena, Texas for the Junior College
Other Titans placing in the top three in
National Championships this week.
events were: Mike McGriff second
certain
The eight members that will be
in
representing LCC will be: Ken Bell in the in the 10,000 meter, Bill Bailey, second
run,
meter
800
the
in
third
and
discus
the
.long and triple jump; Gary Barnes in the
in the triple jump
400 meter dash; Glenn Owen and Bill Larry Goheen, second
in the 5,000 meter
third
Harter,
Rich
and
and
Sharp in the steeplechase; AI Shibley
Bill Bailey in the discus and shot put; Bob run.
Moore in the high jump; and John Miller in
the 5,000 meter run.
Ken Bell and Al Shibley had double
victories to lead the highlights of the meet.
Ken Bell won the triple and long jump, and
Al Shibley won both the discus and the shot
put. LCC's only other winner was Glenn
Owen in the steeplechase. In Owen's
victory he out-legged John Hunter of
Southern Idaho in the final corner and out
distanced him in the stretch for the victory
in a full 6.56 second margin. As far as next
week goes Owen said, "9: 16. 92 is about
right in my time range." ls he ready for
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Needing no less than a split with league
champion Linn Benton for a chance at the
regional playoffs, the Titan baseball team
gave up 16 runs and both halves of last
Friday's doubleheader in Albany, 9-1 and
7-2.
The duo-drop gave the Titans '76 record
of 19-9 and third place in the league, one
game behind second place Umpqua.
Linn Benton got the most out of their hits
scoring nine runs on but 10 hits and a Titan
error in the first g~me. In the second
game, four Titan e.-rors gave the Roadrunners seven runs on just seven hits.
The Titan baseball season has concluded.
For the Titans, one run on five hits and
no LBCC errors. Tom Younker spiked a
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TORCH reporter
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One of the many reasons I am supporting
Nancy Hayward_jor County UJmmissioner
is that as a propon,ent for BRING she is

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Department goes - chairperson will fight decision

commitJ;ed to continued recycling as an
alternate energy source for Lane County

story page 1.

Rev~val of sailing ships likely

and Oregon.

Nancy 'Hayward for Commissioner Comm., Don South, Treas., 1195 E.
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