Oregon author
will address

•LANE-

COMMUNITY

t

graduates

COLLEGE

Vol. 13, No. 30 June 3, 1976

page 1

Piercey rebuts nursing petition

·by Cris Clarke
Associate Dean of Instructional Operations Jim Piercey says that the accusations
made in a recent petition submitted to the
Nursing Department by nursing students
are unjustifiable. The TORCH printed the
petition in its May 26 issue.
Says Piercey, "First of all, I believe LCC

has a highly regarded instructional pro- professional staff."
Piercey went on to say that the petition
gram by both the nursing profession and
the health servic~ agencies that employ contained ambiguous phraseology and
nursing graduates. . Thusly, I find the statements which were out of context, and
charges listed as unfounded as any I've says he feels that perhaps there are some
ever read regarding the curriculum, hidden purposes ' in the document.
The underlying cause that Piercey says
instructional presentations, and quality of
may have gotten the petition initiated is the
recent dismissal of a nursing student.
But according to Nursing Administrator
Carmel DeCroos, the student wasn't
technically dismissed. "She was just
deferred," says DeCroos, "she can still
finish the program.•'
The Nursing Department, says DeCroos
is in the process of revision some of its
polkies regarding students but says, "I
can't go into detail about changes in
student policies."
DeCroos feels that some contacts she
made personally and a meeting she held
with the nursing students proved to be
more effective tools for input than the
petition.
Con·c1 udes Dean Piercey, "You can
argue with success--all graduates from
LCC passed the State exams last year--but
I feel the concerns expressed are without
basis."

Powell to sue for discrimination

Oregon author Gladys Workman of
Scottsburg will ad<fress the graduates
during the 11th annual commencement
ceremonies at Lane Community College.
Mrs. Workman is the author of Only
When I Laugh, a lighthearted autobiography published in 1960. Since that time
she has appeared on over 200 television
talk programs, spoke to numerous groups
and traveled widely.
Also on the program will be retiring
Board of Education member Dr. Al Brauer,
LCC President Eldon Schafer, LCC Financial Aids Officer Jack Powell, who will
serve as master of ceremonies, and the
LCC Swing Choir, directed by Terry
Gilliam.
In conjunction with the graduation
ceremonies, about 40 LCC staff members
will receive certificates for completion of 10
years of service to the College.
About 200 of the 550 eligible graduates
are expected to participate in the exercises
which are free and open to the public.
A total of 550 associate degrees and
certificates of completion will be awarded
during annual comm~ncement exercises at
Lane Community College. Friday, June 4,
in the Performing Arts Theatre. The
ceremony will start at 7:30 p.m.

Employee succumbs
Described as an "exceptional
employee and well liked by his coworkers." part-time librarian Terry
Clingan, 28, died last Wednesday,
May 26. Clingan, a practicum
student from the U of O School of
Librarianship came to wolk in the
LCC1ibrary Fall Term. During his
stay here as a student he suggested
several projects for the library that
have bt:en finished or are underway .
His work was liked so well that he
was hired part-time for Spring Term,
following another staff members
leave of absence.
Strained muscles from moving
furniture had caused him some chest
pains. and he was unde~· a doctor's
care for it. The cause of his death.
however, occured last Wednesday
evening. He had been eating som~
peanuts. and choking on one. was
unable to expell it.

by Mike McLain
Bill Powell. chairman of the soon to be would cost no one their job.
chairmen's wages. She said those include
disbanded Interdisciplinary Studies De· the amount of experience, the size of the
the
decision
At
the
time
Powell
decried
partment, plans to sue Lane Community
department (Powell's depart·nent contains
College for racial discrimination in addition a~ "de-facto racism and sexism" and prehimself and two part-time instructors) and
dicted
the
classes
would
be
discontinued
to breech of contract he alleged would
within a year. He vowl!d to fight the the number of advisory committees in the
result from the disbanding.
department.
While refusing to specify all the areas decision in court_i)n the grounds that it
Powell feels that although his departwould
violate
his
five
year
continuing
where he alleges the college discriminated
ment was smaller that any other at the
be
employed
as
.
contract
which
specified
he
against him, Powell did say the college's
school. the lack of adequate funding to
treatment of him while he held the office lnte_rdisciplfoary Studies Department _ provide a full-time secretary demanded he
It
was
his
contention
Chairman.
that
if
was different than that of afforded other
carry a fuller workload. "I spend more
department chairmen and he will use that there is no d~partment. then he could not
time doing administrative duties that other
be
department
chairman,
which
would
be
a
as partial grounds in his discrimination
departments with a larger staff.''
violation
of
the
contract.
suit.
"Because he had onl:· two part-time
Now. in additior1, he intend~ to add the
At its May 12 meeting, the Board
insturctors," Hopps contends, "his duties
decided to accept the recommendation of racial discrimination charges.
Powell alleges that because of his race, weren't as 1-ieavy."
Dean of Instruction Gerald Rasmussen to
He also feels the college was also
he
was paid less as a department
disband the department and to relocate the
discriminatory by not providing more
chairman
to
do
more
work
than
any
other
classes in the Social Science and Language
funding for the department which he says
Arts. It was Rasmussen's assurance that chairman on campus.
has incured a "greater percentage increase
But
Dean
of
Instruction
Joyce
Hopps
said
the classes could be better facilitated in the
in Full Time Equivelancy students than any
two larger departments and that the move that Powell'i salary was determined by the of the other departments." In fact, he
same set of crite1 ia used to set other
alleges t_here was a decrease in funding
even while the department was growing.
" A stained glass workshop will be offered
Hopps disagreed with this contention
this sumn;ier term by the LCC Department
saying. "We provided more money this
of
. Art and Applied Design beginning
past year for the Chicano and Women's
August
16 and ending September 10.
Studies courses. The dollars were there
The workshop will be worth 6 college
according to need.''
transferable credits. Total costs for each
"I don't think there are grounds for a
student include a $40 fee, plus tuition and
racial
discrimination
at
all,''
said
Hopps.
The TORCH urges all students, faculty and staff to vote YES on the budget
materials (some practice glass will be
•
'This
surprises
me
complete~y."
election scheduled for June 29.
•
provided
free). Tools will be provided .
Though Powell says his lawyer feels the
_T~e budget cu~s following the defeat of the original budget on April 20 from $1. 9
The class is scheduled to include a total of
breech
of
contract
portion
of
the
lawsuit
mtlhon to $1.S mllhon outside the six per cent limitation have jeopardized over 40
35 classtime hours per week. running from
may result in the courts overturning the
CETA_ funded employee's jobs and will probably result in a capital outlay fund
9 to 5, Monday through Friday.
Board's disbanding decision, he is not
reduction of $165,000. The capital outlay reduction means that some of the planned
The class will be taught by Tenold
interested in continuing the department.·
remodeling and building will not be done.
Peterson,
the Art Department's latest
"If the department were allowed to
At this level no instructional areas will be affected according to college officials.
addition to its teaching staff. Tenold has
•·emain.
we
could
expect
the
same
The students may not be so lucky if further cuts must be made.
be_en living in this area for three years and
results--a decrease in funding and no
Many s~udents_were_upset by the 26 per cent tuition increase passed by the board
prior to that, was an Assistant Professor of
;upport."
•
of Education earher this year and because of this, vowed to fight for defeat of the
at San Diego State University for nine
Art
Powell asserted that he hopes to gain
.budget. It was the opinion of these students that the tuition increase would be used
years.
the
lawsuit,
but
nothing
personally
from
to fund an increase in administrative salaries. It should become evident to students
The workshop will be held at Tenold's
just wants to insure that nothing like this
that cuts in the budget will not be made in the area of _salaries already agreed upon
home and studio which is 10 miles west of
.1appens
again.
"It
is
my
desire
that
the
by the ~oard, administrative or otherwise. Further cuts will be made in people, not
J~nction Ci~y on High Pass Road. Maps
college adhere to Affirmative Action
amounts, and those people will be cut according to the seniority system inherent in
wtll be ava1lable to students in the Art
guidelines
in
the
future,"
he
said.
the faculty and staff contracts--last hired, first fired. And a reduction in staff will
Department at registration time.
hurt only the person fired and. the peopl~ h~i sh~ i~stri;ct~d
. Plans for the workshop include: dealing
The students can only lose by mtsatrecttng metr anger over a sysu::111 Lut;y 1t:c:::1
m two and three dimensional work with
pays too much money to some while others starve, when the only people hurt by
gla~s.' cutting glass, foili-ng, soldering,
their anger are already hungry.
'
This is the last edition of the TORCH for
stammg techniques, taking a trip to a
While the property tax system of funding education is coming under increasing
this school year. The editors and staff of
Portland glass factory, and hearing a guest
fire from many people, right now it's all we have. The $137 per 1,000 of assessed
the TORCH would like to thank everybody
speaker.
. value taxpayers are being asked to provide for LCC next year will mean increases
involved for their help and support over the
The Art Deparment is anticipating that
only for those whose property_value increased by more than 17 .5 per cent. For
past year. We hope we have been able to
students
will form car pools before or after
those whose assessment was more, the increase will still amount to only a couple of .
objectively expose our readers to many of
the first class meeting to alleviate driving
dollars per year. A small price to pa.y in order to give someone a chance to lead a
the issues and problems confronting the
expenses and parking problems that will ·
fuller life.
campus and the community. Kathy Monje
develop at Tenold's place .
Almost ~alf a million dollars was lopped off the original defeated budget, which
. and her staff will take over the duties of the
The class is limited to 20 students and
should satisfy the taxpayers, and the students should realize that further cuts can
TORCH next year and we are sure the
registration will take place _during the
only hurt themselves.
~e~ular Summer Term registration period
TORCH will continue to improve in thier
Vote YES on June 29.
. m the LCC Cafeteria.
capable hands. GOODBYE AND GOOD
LUCK.
There i~ no pre-requisite required.

Stained glass workshop

nfarewell''

- - - - - - - - - - - . . . , . . - . - - - - J u n e 3~1976

Is our system failing to adequately teach grammar?

By A. D. Elbert
As a part time writer trying to meet a publisher's deadline, I was discussing a
research problem the other day with a friend of mine. He is a teacher at Lane
Community College in Eugene, Oregon. The conversation ended with a discussion
of the educational system in the United States. This personal part of the
conversation began when my friend, who had always loved teaching, said that he
was tired of instructing in a system that did not train or challenge students to do
their best. He said, "I now exist in a school that uses a Neilson rating system called
FTE, that forces me to lower my standards so I can keep a large enrollment of
students. The students then shop around, drop challenging classes and take those
that require little or no reading, writing or thinking ability and still get their •·As.''
I left my depressed friend and on the way home I began thinking about my own
two children. My son will enter high school and my daughter begins junior high in
the fall. I thought of the problems that we have had to solve as they grew up in the
American educational system. My son has yet to develop a legible handwriting and
my daughter recently wrote, in her beautiful handwriting, a note which had fifteen
words in it, five of wh~ch were misspelled and improperly used.
I remembered the time I saw my son busily copying information out of the
encyclopedia for a report on Eli Whitney. I questioned him, "In as much as you're
really not an authority on Eli Whitney, do you think it's fair• to use the
encyclopedia's words for your report?" His comment was, "Well Dad, that's what
everyone does." I later saw the paper, and he had gotten an "A" on it.
I also recalled when my son and I were invited to attend a conference with the
high school counselors who were going to help us prepare a high school curriculum.
I left after two hours with the distinct impression that my son had three choices at
,hat point. Number one, he could get into a track which would prepare him for
_·allege and very little else; two, he could get into a vocational track which would
teach him how to cuss and chew tobacco; or three, go to a private school.
My daughter has been asking me for some time to buy her a calculator. When I
asked her to do some basic math it was evident that without a calculator she was
hopelessly lost. I should have guessed that she would not be able to do
mathematics when she came home very excited on day and said, "My rocket went
100 feet in the air, Dad. " I asked her what class she was taking that taught how to
build model rockets. and she said, "Oh, my math class."
I resolved before I got home, that this summer I would teach my children how to
spell and do basic mathematics with paper and pencil. At that point I thought,
" Why do I pay taxes for schooling and then have to teach my children myself?"
It is no wonder that taxpayers nation-wide are beginning to make their feelings
known. They are tired of a system that does not hold teacher or administrators
accountable, that has no agreement on and definition of philosophies, and makes
"average" people out of everyone. I am not an authority on educational
philosophy, but a little basic research indicates some of what is wrong in the United
States educational systems.
Time Magazine for December 8, 1975, deals with failure to teach writing skills. •It
says "Nationwide the statistics on literacy grow more apalling each year." Time
also offers a possible reason: "Some researchers estimate that more than SO per
cent of the nations secondary English teachers did not specialize in English at all in
their college years. School officials in Maryland were horrified by the results of t~e
recent study which showed that half of the students who applied for English
teaching jobs in Montgomery County fail a basic ~est of grammar, punctuation and
spelling."
Not only the taxpayers, but even some educators themselves recognize we are
teaching failure. Newsweek, May 24, 1976. page SO says: "Until recently
promotion from grade to grade through high school was automatic - making the
diploma hardly more than a certificate of 12 years attendance." Some educators
are trying to do something; a case of too little too late, for we find in the same
Newsweek: "At a recent conference sponsored by the Education Commission of
•he States, representatives from 32 states talked about minimum-competency
..,randards."
ABC News Close-up of Thursday. May 27, 1976 showed a principal in Evenston,
Illinois sayin g "Eve n the educators don 't agree on the objectives of education."
Some pare nt are doing more than voting against th e educational system at the
poles. Two pare nts in San Fancisco have a son who graduated from Marina Ju nior
High School and Gall eo High School. They are sueing the school system for
ed ucation malp ractice. Th is case will be a landmark and may force educators to
become acco untable for their product.
In the April issue of Atlas. on page 11 6, Dragoljub Najman wrote about another
part of the problem in an article called "Education - For What?" to the question
1if, " How ca n you cond~mn the modern concept of education out of hand?", his
response was:

LETTERS
How to safely cut education ?
To the Editor,
As a student and tax-paying citizen , f am
actively supporting the passage of the LCC
Budget on June 29. A " Yes" vote is
necessary to maintain the present quality
of education and services being provided to
us as students.
Before I became a student, I served on
the Board of Directors for Springfield
School District #19 for eleven years and
realized the dilemma of a board when faced
with a budget defeat. The big question is,
"Where do we cut so that the taxpayers
will approve the budget and yet not hurt
quality education for students?'' There are
not many choices since salaries and related
costs constitute approximately eighty
percent of the budget and, by law, have
been negotiated, and a firm committment
has been made. Inflation provides an
inescapable increase in budget. If my
personal living expenses have increased, is
it realistic for me to expect an educational
institution not to experience a similar
increase? I think not.
. Among the choices a board could make
would be to curtail capital expenditures.
This could mean that the voe-teen, science,
or other departments would not receive
funding for necessary equipment. The

board c,Juld choose to delete some student
services on specific programs . It could
chtiose to reduce staff. It could choose the
deletion of a program expecia]]y meaningful to me--or to you. This is the dilemma.
I have talked to students who are using
the budget as a vehicle to protest other
things. This is unfortunate. A budget
defeat cannot lead to a decrease in tuition .
It cannot lead to the addition of programs.
Attempting to defeat the budget , in my
estimation, is a self-defeflting exercise.
There are ways to effectively protest:
defeating the budget is not one of them.
- A committee has been formed called,
' ' Students/ Citizens for LCC Budget." We
would invite anyone who shares our
concerns to join us. Call Mildred Holly,
746-2836 if you are willing to help.
The legislature granted the eighteenyear-old the right to vote. Al] of us, as
students at ! ,CC, can vote if we register
and exercise that right. I am convinced
that students, faculty, and other staff
voting together could assure a "Yes" vote
on LCC's budget. Join me in exercising
our right June 29.
Mildred Holly, Chairman
Students/ Citizens for LCC Budget

" The solution is to define the purpose of education. The usual answer is to
insure equal opportunity for all children. But this is ridiculous because we know
that the same patterns of geographic and social stratification prevailing when
children enter school repeat themselves after they graduate. The fact is that
children who at birth have been lucky in their choice of parent, neighborhood, city,
and country are favored. Where then are the equal opportunities in life? Let me
give you an example. In a country that remains nameless I learned that every year
an average of 70 per cent of all first graders repeat that grade."
If only he were talking about the educational system in the United States! But
this educational failure is by no means isolated in America. The Educational
Broadcasting International, a journal of the British Council, Volume 8, No. 4,
December 19, 1975, page 179. has an article called "BBC and Adult Literacy in
Britain-The Campaign Begins." The upshot of the article is that their system is
also producing adults with writing difficulties and the British are using
broadcasting to provide a way to eliminate the illiteracy problem. Neal H. Barnes,
the author says that, " ... the project helps adult non-readers in an industrialized
society which demands a high le~l of literacy skills."
Community college education problems are compounded because of the primary
and secondary school system failures. Community colleges are trying to respond to
each and every need that the system or community comes up with by offering new
programs, courses, and revising the instructional nature of what they are teaching .
This tendency causes problems for the educator.
In College Responses to Community Demands by Arthur M. Cohen and
Associates, th~y say: "The institutional role changes constantly. Just as the
process of screening people for universities becomes sharpened we discover that
the colleges are supposed to be in the career education business. Just as we
develop useful occupational programs, we find that community service is being
hailed as the activity that will usher in the millenium and at the sanie time the
colleges c6nfrnue to claim that they serve individuals primarily by helping them
find their way.'' I think the current trend toward sending people back to the basics
will help the student to survive. If we recognize that the equal opportunity idea is
for all children then it follows that at the elementary school level , the purpose is
schooling. open and required by everyone, used to raise the general education
level. Progressing to secondary level, the purpose then is to raise the general
cultural education level. I submit that perhaps there are some other alternatives:
To enable 1reople to govern themselves, to provide a status and a role for them in
the society that they exist in, or to use the high school education process to make
choices and prepare for life. If we could teach our children knowledge of basic
skills, how to read, write, do basic arithmetic, how to solve problems by giving
them the ability to apply abstract knowledge to specific situations, to minimize the
facts. then we could allow the end product to be someone who, for example, is !1
successful worker in an auto plant, can play classical violin, and once or twice in his
lifetime, is provided the opportunity to participate in an art exhibit. This cold
reverse the trend of students who today, regard school as "something to get out
of," or "a place to do what you want to as long as you don't get caught."
Our society is having difficulty as this time developing strong mature people who
can effectively use their minds. Perhaps that is because young people of this
generation resisted attending schools that exercised control over their lives . But
more and more we see a sizeable number that used to avoid bureaucracy looking for
direction and purpose in what they do.
I think that the education system, and particularly community co]]eges, at this
point need to take a firm stand, plant their feet on the ground and look at what they
are doing. · I think they need to accept the idea that perhaps growth is not the
solution to the problem that exists at hand. but to improve what they currently have
and to find ways to test and help those students who arc current products of the
failure school system and do not have basic life survival skills or who ha ve 11eve r
been taught to really use their minds. Perhap s education l·an take a leaf from the
book of business and note that continuous growth leads to diminishing return s. and
the larger you get th e less fl e~ibility th at you have to maintain all of th e objectives
that you ha ve fou ght so hard to get . .
Thi s see ms simple enough and perhap s thl.! emphasis that is being pro vided to
the educators in terms of what the tax payer wants to do with his inflated dollar
will provide the impetu s for the educator. I hope so . In four years one of my
chld re n will be in coll ege and two years later the second on~ will fo llow. I wonder at
this point what th e edu cation system will be like when they get there. 1 hope that
somehow the educators will begin to take a stand on the iss ues and put education
back on the track. As innovators and leaders within t he comm unity, they need to
heed the voice of their constituants , as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi did when he
said: " There go my people. I must hurry and catch them for I am their leader.".

G for murder, X for love

To the Editor:

American style. There are people who
Why can 't women go shirtless? Because think bare breasts may harm their
it a int right! Why isn 't it right? Well , that children. If some kids grow up in homes
is a good question. There ar e man y that have perverted their minds to the
-possible answers. Some people use the point that the sight of a bare breast will
Bible (that ever present justifier) to show harm them. then it is obvious that they
why it is wrong to be naked, and that have already been harmed- -by t heir
probably mcludes no tops for_ women too. parents. Approximately half of those kids
Some people say that nudity or bare have, or will have , breasts of their own,
breasts are immoral. These are probably and the other half will hopefully come in
the same people that think it is OK for a contact with some before long. Is that also
movie to show a man murdering a woman, harmful? Ms. Pepin mentioned the fact
but find it immoral to show a man and, that when money wasn't being made on
woman making love. G rating ~or murder, bare breasts, then people seem to think
continued on page 4
X rating for love; that's morahty for you,

TORCH STAFF
editor Mike Mclain
associate editor Cris Clarke
associate editor Scott Stuart

reporters

Melody 8. Gore
Russell Kaiser
Crunch McAllister
Kathleen Monje
Sally Oljar
Yvonne Pepin
Michael Riley

cultural editor Max Gano
photo editor Jeff Hayden
ad manager Kevin Murtha
production mgr John Brooks

ad graphics Dave Mackay

graphics

production
photographers

Linda Alaniz

Brilleau
Vayne

Debbie Bottensek
Bryan Hancock
Lithia Jones
Doreen Potterf
Shauna Pupke
Kristine Snipes
Jackie Hahn

~ports editor Don Sinclair
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 edrtor are limited to 250
Jwords. 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 JOt.,
!Avenue, Eugene, Or!R,011 97401; Telephone, 747-4S01, Ext. 234.

---------- ---------- ~~~

• June 3, 1976 '"".".- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

HELP STUDENTS

BY EVALUATING YOUR
CLASSES AND INSTRUaORS.

FILL.OUT A TTACHED FORMS AND TURN IN AT EVALUATION STATION OR
AT ASLCC .(STUDENT GOVT.) OFFICE ACROSS FROM LIBRARY. THIS SURVEY
WILL ·BE USED TO COMPLETE A FREE (LCC's CONSUMER'S GUIDE
TO CLASSES AND INSTRUCTORS.) YOUR NAME WILL BE USED
ONLY TO VERIFY ACCURATE RETURN STATISTICS ON THIS SURVEY AND
HELD IN STRICT CONFIDENCE. THANK YOU - -ASL CC.

rrWiitiZ·--$;;:~--;EJO:~i:t7f1=1

EXAMPLE:

C--Rate the following
F ~lft/!!!Â¥nt of your expectations

I1Le
I

_1

1

"M C· I

g~1
'I'
I
I

1
2 _ f ~ 67~910

'!!:.

B. The InslruJon e~e .
1AR
·1 2 a © 5 · 6 / N ~ g
1BA
I ' r t C lnterperson,al communt. w.
1E o

5. .

6

- MTRUOORS

I

10

I

F'.

•

r.1,r.tmstructor

L

E

I

I

E.tC

r••i!-•-·- ---------- --------·- . . -·r------- ----------- --------i
•

11

jI

ti

*

ifL

YOUR NAME

F
A

)1

·,

E

TERM '

_

!

t

I

E

I

I

I

3

CLASS#

3

4

6

5

7

8

9

T

i•

I
C Interpersonal rommuntcatwn with mstructor t
_9

3

4

5

6

7 .8

I

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

3

4

5

6

l

8

!;

IO

10.

.

I

D. RwmmendaJions of class to others
l

E. UtJerall evaluation of dnss

8

9 -

YOUR NAME

I

nl.[

10

I

7

g tf L

A. Fulfillment of your expedatzons
I

4 --·

F I

.

Rate the following

t B. The Instructors expertise

:• S
., T

I

CLASS#

F
A

INSTRUCTORS

.

Rate the following

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

! •

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 .8

.9

10.

E

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

3

4

6

7

8

t • B. The Instructors expertise

I

I

r:

g

A. Fulfillment of your expectatwns
t

,'Â¥ r

I ··

TERM

II

.

I

I

D. Reco_mmendations of class to others
2

5

9

E. Overall evaluation of class

1

l\l.I C· I
RI " ,
T

C Interpersonal communicatwn with instructor
1

I

I·

10

I

·

I

~r -----•----- ----------- ----~-.!'!!.-'!"--L...,....,...___ .., _________ ,I,
1

1

)I

2

d

4

YOUR NAME

:a

6

5

7

8

,taM

9 : lO

F

I

.

F'

nl.[ C I

A. Fulfillment of your expectations

5

4

3

2

I '

INSTRUOORS

CLASS#

Rate the following

I

.

YOUR NAME

•F

.

6

7

8

9

TERM

1

10

INSTRUOORS

CLASS#

Rate the following

A. Flllfillment of your expectations

nl.[

£
F'

I
I

I
gRI

I~
t B. The Instructors expertise
T i I
t B. The Instructors expertise
T i .1
I
!
.9
I .S !
s .9
I
I •~ e ,c, Interpersonal commun,icatwn with mstructor I T r C Interpersonal commun,1catton with mstructor I
lI ,D.. Rwmmendations
n
s
10
I
a
s
I
of class to others
D. Recommendat,ons of class w others
f.J:...A

12345678910
1

2 3

2

J

.

3

2

!1

3

4

5

6

7 .8

4

5

6

7

5

6

4

7

1<>.

gi•L.,ll

.

E

g

8

9

10

f
E Overall evaluation of class _
.
!1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
.r•-----_,__________._ ___________
1.

;I
I
;. I

ii

L

YOUR NAME

TERM

CLASS#

F
A

A. FUifillment of your expectations
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

i=

2

a 4

1

2

2

3·

5

6 . 7 .

4

5.

6

4

5

b

1().

7

9

7

8

·E Overall evaluation of class

i

nl.[ C

i

I

9

.

10

I
I
1

IO

_

10
•
/!/fl•••••..•••••••••---• -••••-.!!!!'
..1
\

2

3

4

F

5

6

'/

TERM

'YOUR NAME

Q i IL ll
T i •
•t I

:I * ~ B. The Instructors expertise .
IS
l 2 3 4 5 6 7 . 8 9 10
II 'r eL C lnterperson,al communication
with instructor II
.
1
E
1 2 3 4 s. 6 7 s 9 to
~I
I
D. Rewmmendations of ell/JS to others
:I
I
. :1 2 a 4 s 6 7 s g 10
I
J
E Overall evaluation of class .
•
.1
'--"'!"!'II--J.._j_3_~ ...;,....

'. 1

•1

INSTRUOORS

Rate the f<:lk:INing

1

12345678910

8

9

CUW#

' INSIRUC10RS

Rate the iolloNing

A. Fulfillment of your expectations
1 - 2·· - 3- 4---- 5 • 6 • ·7 - s g fo
B. The Instructors expertise
·1

2

3

4- 5

f

2

.a

4

6

1

B

9

IO

6

7

s

9

10

f

nl.[ C

·Q

i

L

el C J,,1-.PrllPffona/
communication
with
instructor E.
,_..,,r..,,.,.
,
.

. E·

s.

/D. .Rerommeridations of class to others
i 2 . a. 4 s . 6 . ,

•E ·Om-all.~

·s .9 , 10

•I dars ..

•

•

,;l...7-.:...;~~------ .t.,l_."1!"9~1.L~-:+~"! '~,;.!.:~~

-~~-----------

tlage 4

G

eaming pillar of constancy in a changing Lm II
.•
world, the design of I
the schooner is lost
back in the dim past of Scandinavian glass craftsmanship.
Until 1895, it remained nameless, when Australian sailors
adopted it as the regulation
beer quantity for young seamen.
(A 3/4 pint mug was too much;
a I/2 pint glass too little .) So the
wasp-waist, bottom-heavy tavglass was christened with the
name of a ship midway between
a cutter and a frigate .
The schooner hasn't changed
a lot. And neither has Olympia
Beer. It's still made with premium
ingredients and a heritage of
brewing experience that never
changes. A great beer doesn't
change . Olympia never will.

Continued from eag_e 2
,they should be covered. Certainly from a
business perspective that is true. Just
think what having losts of bare breasts
;around to look at for free would do to the
-market for viewing bare breasts.
The issue now is essentially whether
some people should have the right to tell
other people what kind or quantity of
clothes they must wear. If they should
have that right, then it is only fair that the
other people should have the same right in
return. For example, if you can tell me that
I can't remove my clothes under certain
conditions which you decide upon, then I
should have the right to tell you that you
must remove your clothes under certain
conditions which I decide upon. That is
both logical and fair. If some people don't
think that they should be f&rced to remove
their clothes at other people's discretion,
then it logically follows that some people
may not like to be told that they must keep
their clothes on because other people say
they must.
Wouldn't it be nice if people could
accept the idea of doing unto others as they
would have others do unto them.
Dave Crockett

I'"\

?
C
0

°'
C

CG

?!:

cu

·a.

[
-0

®Ik~~~Becr do~-sn't 1,.rct any better.

CG

C.

E

0

(.)
OJ
C

'i

Q)

co

ro

·a.

E
>-

0

DID
YOU
KNOW

Summer Theatre '76
Lane Community College

ct

nc1ta

FOR STUDENTS

• «r. _

"The finest and most original work in our
music theatre since 'Fiddler on the Roof'."
-N.Y. DAILY NEWS

tudent

?

~-'
~,~
,,·

Legal Service (;

@

June 9, 10, 15-17, 21-24, 1976
Performing Arts Theatre
Lane Community College
Eugene, -Oregon

free to Students
747-4501, ext. 300

WINNER OF THE TONY AW ARD and
NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS' CIRCLE AWARD!

Hours

I
----..
8-------------------Lane
1

t

I

located next to Senat5
offices

1

I

2nd floor, Center Bldg.

I
I
I
I
I
I
I

Community
College

There's a lot to like about Lane's

SlUMMIE:JR 1rIEIRM

U H f 8:30-12:30

I

I
I
I
I
I

I
I
I
I Low tuition. •Only $100 for 10 or more credits.I
I
I
I
I 300 classes. Watch for schedule in Eugene I
I
I Register-Guard on Monday, June 7.
I
I
I
I Attend 4 weeks or 6 weelcs or 8 weeks or

I 12 weefcs.
I
I
I Classes tend to be smaller. You .g et more
I

I individual help.
I
I
I Much easier to find a parking place.

I

I

I

Registerjune 15-18. Classes startJune 21.

I

I

I
I

I
I

••

I

I

You must
have. a current
student body card

L-------------------------J

This year's senate has been condemned
by some for being unproductive; yet we
have done quite a bit of crusading.
We have taken positions concerning
tuition hikes, Senate Bill t. Interdisciplinary Studies (twice), the lettuce issue with
United Farm Workers, worked on getting a
student lounge and study area, and much
much more, like funding organizations.
I feel that some members of the Senate
have done an extremely hard and effective
job. Most outstanding to me are Francie
Killian. who has handled activities better
than anyone in three or four years,
including myself; and l{athy Monje as
treasurer. Kathy has nearly always had an
up-to-the-date budget report at Senate
meetings.
Al! in all, this has been a good year here
at Lane. but in order to insure that we as
students enjoy this coUcge to our highest
potential. we should look toward getting
students to run as board member candidates in future .elections and make sure
that we always elect student senate
members that protect our interests;
especially the president. Ken Pelikan is a
very concerned new Senate president.
I wish him much success during his term
of office. He may need your help in
becoming more vocal (he is a quiet type) .
Thanks to everyone that has helped me
in tough times this year. Marti and I are
both relieved that it's over.
See you at the graduation in which I
won't graduate.
Len Wassom
ASLCC President ('75-'76)

------- Ia.a.ms

'Your .aarescrlplion,··

aur mam ccmcern .....

f--N;;dM;;;1;s~~;~--1 M ~ r 1 ;·

'
t

Apply for
•
C
t ..€0€R~l Basic (jRants

.
: Stat€ (jQants
: lonq - t€Qm Stu{)€nt_•loans
,, Coll€4€ W ORk StuOy

'I

t
t
t
I
I t
I

I
I

Ruth Sandven
Psychology major
University of Oregon

To The Editor

• LCC Performing Arts Box Office
10-4:30, Monday-Friday, 747-4559
• Carl Greve Jewelers, downtown Eugene

The commentary written by Yvonne
Pepin on shirtless women was excellent
and long overdue. The point is, women
should have the same moral and social
privileges as men. Yes, it is time that
women learn to enjoy their bodies, besides
it being their right. lt is also time that our
society dissolve its stereotypes of the
female body and . look at "woman" as a
whole being, not as an object comprised of
sexual components. The article beautifully
articulated many feelings I have. It is
crucial that these kinds of feelings, which
have alienated many people for so long. get
into print. Perhaps we are making
progress ... yes, I think we are.

Recaps year

Tickets: $4.00-all reserved.

• Meier & Frank, Valley River Center

To the Editor.

WASSOM

L.C.C. HAS LEGAL
SERVICES

Directed by Ed Ragozzino

Shirtless women
long overdue

Pick up your application at
•

financial Aids Office

•

-

Center Bldg - 2nd Floor 8-5 ·M ~F

t
t

---------------------'

t

_. , ; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - pages

Former board member writes A Guide To Early Oregon Churches
By Debbie Bottensek
"The good Lord didn't give me · any
musical ability or any artistic ability, so the
only thing that there was left for me to do
was to write," says Olga Freeman, former
LCC Board member and author of A Guide
To Early Oregon Churches, which will be
displayed in a photographic exhibit in the
LCC librarv on Monday, June 7.
Freeman who served on the first LCC
Board is also a fromer Lane County Clerk
and served as Lane County Treasurer for'
six years. In 1963 Freeman took an early
retirement from her position of County
Clerk and began freelance writing. Since
her retirement she has sold approximately
SO stories to various publications. She
admits that she enjoys writing about
people who have done interesting things or
those that she feels "deserve tribute."
One of her favorite subjects is Oregon
history. "I really enjoy the research more

than I do the writing."
The guide to Early Oregon Churches is
the story of how 10 denominations
established churches prior to Oregon's
statehood in 1859. The book gives general
information on each of the den6minations
then describes a few of the earliest
churches within each denomination.
The research for the book began three
years ago when a family drive brought
Freeman to an old church near Peoria,
Oregon.
Most of the research has been done in
the U of O Library. "I've found that it is
much easier to write if you've got lots of
material to chose from." Freeman took
some of the photographs, which are of
churches still standing. The rest of the 41
photos or drawings were collected from
various sources. The churches are
distributed about the state, "There aren't
very many places in Oregon that we
haven't been." and she adds, "Doing
:research makes me ev~n more interested.''

disappointments, such as the times when
she had discovered a church through an old
newspaper clipping only to arrive at the
site to find that the building had been long
ago destroyed. Freeman feels her efforts
have been rewarded. She has done her
own paste-up work and plans to publish the
book herself.
Freeman feels that her book is a

CASH

Cash fOR YOUR
useo text Books

Center .
Women's
taking
applications

'--·Buy Back B€q1ns r,nals W€€k
lCC Bookstore
June 7th

Freeman discovered that there was no
one work which brought the history of
these churches together and decided that
there needed to be a guide for people
interested in visiting the old churches of
Oregon. Although there were a few

The LCC Women's Awareness Center is
now taking applications from students who
would like to work in the Women's
Awareness Center next fall.
Applicants must have a work study fund
for the 76-77 school year and must be able
to attend a training session in September
approximately two weeks before the
beginning of fall quarter.
People of all cultural backgrounds and
ages are encouraged to apply.
The Center operates on two levels:
First, it is a place for resource and referral
,activities and discussion on the changing
,roles of women and men, and also for
support and problem solving; secondly, the
center has come to be used as a place to
relax, meet people·, and ease the pressures
of school and everyday living.
The duties of Women's Center staff
members have included:
l) Greeting people, helping them feel
comfortable. providing information and
. referral. and being a friend and listening
when needed;
2) Maintaining the Center itself (making
coffee, straightening up, answering
phones. maintaining bulletin boards)
3) Attendence at a weekly staff meeting
and receiving staff development training
4) Work in individual and group projects
(publicity for events, maintaing resource
file and library materials, planning programs and activities, and working on
.
surveys.)
Please contact the Women's Awareness
Center this week to find out about the job,
get an application form, and to set up an
interview.

QUALITY

,,..,..

, a:a,'"9'

c:=

contribution to the Bicentennial and
acknowledges t·h at US Senator Richard
Newberger inspired her when he said,
"The knowledge of history is the means of
making the future and present better."
The photographs will be on display in the
LCC Library this week. The book will also'
be available the next week in the
bookstore.

s

;:==->

\

EOUC/JTioN

cs<f

o1Q!J@@

I)
~

·~

-

WITHOUT VOT( NG

-

< ___ ____

bb

YE~~g

VOTE "YES" LCC WfE[T ELECT VIJN£ 29.tJ,
DON'T LET

Tl/£

sr;..wOFll?O

OF

OU~

SC/./OOl

GO

VOWNl-/lll.. .

Paid for by Students/Citizens for LCC Budget, Mildred Holly, Treasurer, 366 S. 79th St., Springfield, OR

------- -- --

Don't miss the 11th annual Commencement

~RIOay ]Un € 4 1976
7:30 p.m.
LC. C. Theatre
featuring .Gladys ,Workman, well known
Oregon author as the maior speak~,
for information contad Grace Cameron,
Stud ent Reco rds

/

Page 6 ;.--.........,..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

•

. June 3, 1976

Poison Oak in season

If you see leaves of three, let them •be -1

by Amy Park~r
Late spring and early summer are the
times of peak activity for the poison oak
plant; when its potential for causing
allergic reactions is greatest. The plants
are softer and more flexible during this
time making them bruise much easier,
releasing oily sap onto anything that
_.,.,.~ ,Rare &; Exotic
Bulk Honey
in your jar
28 E. 11th

J44-SQJ9

touches it. It's the sap that will get you ..
• Those of us who are particularly allergic
to the plants are aware that the accursed
stuff grows almost anywhere in Oregon
under the elevation of 6000 feet. Anyone
who does much tramping about outdoors
would be wise to learn enough about the
plant so as to avoid it ..
In Oregon, poison oak plants usually
grow in the form of small shrub or vine.
The leaves of the plant consist of three
leaflets, the middle leaflet looking much
like an oak leaf. The leaves change color
with the seasons - a rich copper in early
spring, emerald green in summer, and
mottled pink and yellow in fall. The plants
may also have clusters of greenish-white
flowers or berries.

Tl-IE
BIRKENSTOCK

STORY
We've been around a long time. Two hundred years in fact. Johann Birkenstock,
master cobbler started it all back in 1774. His small shop developed over the years
(we could say centuries!) into one of Europe's finest an<t most respecteci shoe
design centers.
e "Footprint" concept of proper weight distribution and natural foot movement
was pioneered by us twenty years ago. Years of research on posture, toe and ankle
JrlOVement, circulation and balance went into perfectin1; our unique shoes.
irkenstock Footprints are carefully made in a small, nodern and friendly factory
along the Rhine- river i_n West Germany, where Carl Birkenstock personally
suiiervi• wl phases of production. We are not surprised that Birkenstock
FtK,cprints ·are popular all over the world.

llwffy BDUC;IIISTOCK FOOTPRINTS FEEL SO GOOD [AND WHY THEY ARE SO 1

D FOIi YOU(

•'

Birkenstock Footprints are different than other shoes. They are shaped exactly like
your feet. They allow your feet the freedom to move as if you were barefoot on soft
earch. They are open to allow the hygenic benefits of sun and fresh air.
The cupped hee!seat lets the heel carry most of the weight. Your toes are free to,
balance your body for an easier, more natural and more graceful walk. Your entire
body feels better when circulation and posture is improved.
Your foot rests on a soft, feather-light and flexible footbed. This unique footbed
molds to your feet and cushions your body against the impact of hard surfaces.
Birkenstock Footprints are light and gentle on your feet . They;are easy to get used
to and a pleasure to wear year round--Birkenstock makes walking _fun again.

BI~lCa'.1S

'Joo- ------.,,,

TM

SEE LORENZO UP IN THE LOFT AT

SCARBOROUGH FAIRE

136 East 11th Ave.
Phone 687-0065'"

There is no vaccine or medicine which has been in contact with a poison oak plant,
can cause permanent immunity to poison or petting a dog that has been playing
oak. There are barrier creams on the in the neighborhood poison oak patch. The
market which supposedly keep the oily sap sap is very sticky and does not come off
from penetrating the skin, but they have clothing, equipment, etc. very easily. It
not been proven to give an practical also does not lose potency with age - last
protection.
_summer's sap on your sleeping bag could
Some doctors believe that extracts from · still give you a case of poison oak now.
the poison oak plant, injected or given
Anyone who is sensitive to poison oak is
orally, can build up a temporary immunity. almost certain to get a dreadful case if they
The treatment is expensive and time- are near a fire that is burning a poison oak
:onsuming, lasting over a period of, plant. The sap forms droplets on the bits of
months. Even then, all that oormally is soot and ash rising in the smoke. Anyone
hoped for is a reduction in sensitivity to the standing in the smoke is coated with pure
plant rather than total immunity.
poison oak and oil.
Generally, this treatment would be sensiThe most obvious symptom of poiso!_l oak
ble only for those persons who are severely is that it itches miserably - usually within
allergic and cannot avoid contact with the 3-5 hours of contact with the plant,
plant.
although the reaction may be delayed
Some folklore would have it that eating considerably longer than that. Later, the
poison oak leaves will give immunity to the irritated area may erupt in small raised
allergy. It will not, even if you do survive a blisters, some filled with fluid and some
case of poison oak throu~hout your weeping.
digestive tract. Internal poison oak cases
It is commonly thought, that scratching a
can be very serious and often require poison oak rash will cause it to spread,
hospitalization. Do not eat or make tea out particularly i" one scratches the small
of poison oak plants. •
blisters. This is untrue. The fluid in the
Even those persons who believe them- blisters is made up of white blood cells
selves to be naturally immune to poison carrying away the dead body cells injured
oak should not handle it. It is possible to . by the irritation - it is a result of the body
become allergic to the plant even after defending and healing itself. Scratching
years of apparent immunity. It is also can cause secondary infections.
possible to have a reaction upon contact
For most cases nf poison oak, treatment
with the plant at some times and have no consists of keeping the skin clean and cool
reaction at others. It is far better to simply and allowing it to heal itself. Heat seems
avoid the plant as much as possible rather to make the itching worse; so avoid hot
than depending on an on again -off again baths, showers, and clothing. Lotions and
immunity.
creams may be obtained, without prescrip
Poison oak will cause skin reactions in tion. that may ease the itching. Poison oak
those areas which have been exposed to should run it course within 14-20 days.
the oils from the plant. The oil, a chemical
A doctor should be consulted for more
known as urushiol, penetrates the tough severe cases, such as those involving the
outer layer of skin to reach the sensitive eyes, mouth, or genital areas.
inner layers and cause an irritation. The
It is most important to get the oil out of
oily sap is very long-lasting and may come your clothes and any other belongings that
in contact with the skin in a variety of ways: might have the sap on them. Wash them in
touching the plant directly and then very hot water or have them dry cleaned. If
touching or scratching other parts of the you do have articles with poison oak oil to
body while the oil is still on your fingers, be dry cleaned take pity on your cleaners
touching a sleeping bag or fishing pole that and warn them.

LCC a living phenomenon
by Max Gano
It 's coming to an end.
Won't be long.
This year has just about worn itself out;
the sidewalks have been etched a bit
deeper, the trees are fuller if not taller, and
the nearly traditional sea of mud here at
Lane has dried up to vanish some day
beneath a stronger wave of marching grass
stalks.
The teachers are weary of the students.
The students are weary of the teachers.
What was today wi11 be a memory soon.
Mike McLain, former TORCH Editor,
has grown a few more white hairs and Jost
just as many, if not more.
And all in the pursuit (or evasion?) of
higher education.
If luck was with you, friends were found
to share the joys and frustrations, the
uncertainties, the firm beliefs, the commit-

lite

Hg

'.ANGLING

SHOP

EUGEN-E'S COMPLETE
FLY-FISHING CENTER
~Ul/

----

BOB .GUARD
BOB HOUGHTO~
KA TH'\f PAINTER
,it:your service ·

TELf503) 342-7005

HRS: T,ue.. -Fri. 9 a~m.. 6 p.ni.:

Sat. 10 Laa.·-5 ~

-. '·. •t,
''

,

ments, and the failures. Perhaps you
discovered the human side of that grouch
of a teacher who never relents when it
came to grades. Maybe he/ she did relent,
eventually.
Perhaps you will shuck this year off as
you would a skin that has grown scarred
and shredded from use. The only use to be
found from it might be to add one more
piece of data to your statistical background.
But be careful. It is all too easy to let
yourself drift through a lifetime compiling
useless statistics.
To rely on an
"Experience Credit Card."
Tak_e advantage of every option available; if you look closely you')] discover they
surround and abound.
For instance, the LCC Performing Arts
Theatre has a reputation for producing
some of the fine~t theatre in Eugene. That
means a non-professional, -;tage is outshining the pro's.
This was evidenced when one Eugene
critic compared an LCC production to the
Shakespearean Festival in Ashland. LCC
came out on the short end, in that
particular column, but the fact that it was .
classed , by that critic, in such a manner
was a tribute in itself.
It seems as if this over-paved, concrete• slab of a campus has got something going
for it. Like maybe more than something,
even. Take a look around.
Jazz is ... is jazz. And it's here. Our
jazz bands have made their name known in
the professional world of music.
Not to mention Lane's vocational education departments.
Lane is a living phenomenon. Where
else can you find such a cross section of
people and programs? And we sometimes
take for granted the fact that most any time
there's art on display in the Applied Art
and Design Gallery. Most of it is for sale if
the fancy takes you. If not, you can spend a
leisure moment or two looking into llnd
trying to understand the mind of the artist.
It's habit forming and not nearly dull.
So, if you're returning next year, take
another look at this ''Last. Chance
Campus" of ours.
•
Enough sermon, have a good summer.

June 3, 1976 - - - - - - - - - - ' - " " "

•

A

Grandmother

1 Otl, and Olive----------

-

Tau9ht Us handmade gifts

Complete Line
of M acrame Items

10

JRJrE

.

Tatting-.Brazilian Embroidery
. Classes day & evenings

Beads From Around The Worl
.
Pound
II $;-I O

>-

1 . ; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P a ge7

'I

• class

_

95

_

hrs. by app.

484-0653

JEwii(Y/ FINDINGS

--:-:creatively Yours''~

HOMEMADE SOUPS

UNIQUE Hbt & COLD SANDW1Ct4ES
(On Sour Dough - Whole Wheat - Light or Dark Rye • White)
SALAD BAR • (You Can Choose or Crea•• Your Own)

IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN EUGENE IN THE ATRIUM

1st FLOOR - 10th & OLIVE - 99 W 10th
· All Sandvf
Open 11 AM to 10 PM
· '-~~J~.
.t~.iiliiT______....._......_......a..&1111111---.-Mo--nth1111111
rouc.._..h
S~-t_.

CHOICE

hon

tt ·

* 1915 :
.

---

UNIPERM ===:o;

acER?a..

~tuRdL 0~ Pi<oDVC

to f..eu,you/eeL t:,et,t,e.R.
'11LL Ve£1'et&e>LE..

017'

E.e.oet'\tta.L ~Utl'\.e OI~ ·1
, NatuQaL ooaR. OR1otte OQU:>He.o 3
SIJITI: l16·Tltl:ATRIUM·99 WIOth.

FROSTING =::

.........II TWEDT

TIE RDEII IEY

2nc1 . . . . . . Atrtutnlldg.
10lll I 011w Eugane, ,.._7421
Open- I a.m. (Mon. I a.111.)
Allo . . . . . -=eptSal.

.......

Pall IIILIIIISON
IEAffl IIAII NAIii
FAIIIIIII

closed Mon.
. Tue. --Sat.

10 00
= - s:00

0 regon author
will address

LANE-

COMMUNITY

graduates

COLLEGE
tVol. 13, No. 30 June 3, 1976

Oregon author Gladys Workman of
Scottsburg will adoress the graduates
during the 11th annual commencement
ceremonies at Lane Community College.
Mrs. Workman is the author of Only
When I Laugh, a lighthearted autobiography published in 1960. Since that time
she has appeared on over 200 television
talk programs, spoke to numerous groups
and traveled widely.
Also on the program will be retiring
Board of Education member Dr. Al Brauer,
LCC President Eldon Schafer, LCC Financial Aids Officer Jack PoweJJ, who wiH
serve as master of ceremonies, and the
LCC Swing Choir, directed by Terry
Gilliam.
In conjunction with the graduation
ceremonies, about 40 LCC staff members
will receive certificates for completion of 10
years of service to the College.
About 200 of the 550 eligible graduates
are expected to participate in the exercises
which are free and open to the public.

page 1

Piercey rebuts nursing petition
·by Cris Clarke
Associate Dean of Instructional Operations Jim Piercey says that the accusations
made in a recent petition submitted to the
Nursing Department by nursing students
are unjustifiable. The TORCH printed the
petition in its May 26 issue.
Says Piercey, "First of all, I believe LCC

has a highly regarded instructional pro- professional staff.''
Piercey went on to say that the petition
gram by both the nursing profession and
the health servic~ agencies that employ contained ambiguous phraseology and
nursing graduates. . Thusly, I find the statements which were out of context and
charges listed as unfounded as any I've says he feels that perhaps there are ~ome
ever read regardirrg the curriculum, hidden purposes ' in the document.
The underlying cause that Piercey says
instructional presentations, and quality of
may have gotten the petition initiated is the
recent dismissal o( a nursing student.
But according to Nursing Administrator
Carmel DeCroos, the student wasn.'t
technically dismissed. "She was just
deferred," says DeCroos, "she can still
finish the program."
The Nursing Department, says DeCroos
is in the process of revision some of its
poli'cies regarding students but says, "I
can't go into detail about changes in
student policies."
DeCroos feels that some contacts she
made personally and a meeting she held
with the nursing students proved to be
more effective tools for input than the
petition.
Con·cludes Dean Piercey, "You can
argue with success--all graduates from
LCC passed the State exams last year--but
I feel the concerns expressed are without
basis."

A total of 550 associate degrees and
certificates of completion will be awarded
during annual commt.>ncement exercises at
Lane Community College, Friday, June 4,
in the Performing Arts Theatre. The
ceremony ~ill start at 7:30 p.m.

Employee succumbs

Powell to sue for discrimination

by Mike McLain
Bill Powell. chairman of the soon to be would cost no one their job.
chairmen's wages. She said those include
disbanded Interdisciplinary Studies De- the amount of experience, the size of the
At
the
time
Powell
decried
the
decision
partment. plans to sue Lane Community
department (Powell's depart·nent contains
College for racial discrimination in addition a~ "de-facto racism and sexism" and prehimself and two part-time instructors) and
be
discontinued
dicted
the
classes
would
to breech of contract he alleged would
the number of advisory committees in the
within
a
year.
He
vow~d
to
fight
the
result from the disbanding.
department.
While refusing to specify all the areas decision in court.__iln the grounds that it
Powell feels that although his departwould
violate
his
five
year
continuing
where he alleges the college discriminated
ment was smaller that any other at the
.
contract
which
specified
he
be
employed
as
against him, Powell did say the college's
school. the lack of adequate funding to
treatment of him while he held the office lnte_rdiscipHnary Studies Department
provide a full-time secretary demanded he
Chairman
.
It
was
his
contention
that
if
was different than that of afforded other
carry a fuller workload. "I spend more
there
is
no
d~partment,
then
he
could
not
department chairmen and he will use that
time doing administrative duties that other
as partial grounds in his discrimination be department chairman, which would be a
departments with a larger staff.''
violation
of
the
contract.
suit. •
"Because he ha~ onl:· two part-time
Now. in additiou, he intendf to add the
At its May 12 meeting, the Board
insturctors," Hopps contends, "his duties
racial
discrimination
charges.
decided to accept the recommendation of
Powell alleges that because of his race, weren't as f)eavy."
Dean of Instruction Gerald Rasmussen to
He also feels the college was also
he
was paid less as a department
disband the department and to relocate the
discriminatory by not providing more
chairman
to
do
more
work
than
any
other
classes in the Social Science and Language
funding for the department which he says
Arts. It was Rasmussen's assurance that chairman on campus.
has incured a "greater percentage increase
But
Dean
of
Instruction
Joyce
Hopps
said
the classes could be better facilitated in the
in Full Time Equivelancy students than any
that
Powell'!
salary
was
determined
by
the
two larger departments and that the move
same se!: of critel ia used to set other of the other departments." In fact. he
alleges there was a decrease in funding
even while the department was growing.
Hopps disagreed with this contention
saying, "We provided more money this
past year for the Chicano and Women's
Studies courses. The dollars were there
according to ne-.!d."
"_I don't think there are grounds for a
racial discrimination at all," said Hopps.
The TORCH urges all students, faculty and staff to vote YES on the budget
"This surprises me coinpletdy."
election scheduled for June 29.
•
Though Powell says his lawyer feels the
The budget cuts following the defeat of the original budget on April 20 from $1.9
breech of c<mtract portion of the lawsuit
million to $1.5 million outside the six per cent limitation have jeopardized over 40
may result in the courts overturning the
CETA_ funded employee's jobs and will probably result in a capital outlay fund
Board's disbanding decision, he is not
reduction of $165,000. The capital outlay reduction means that some of the planned
interested
in continuing the department.
remodeling and building will not be done.
"If the department were allowed to
At this level no instructional areas will be affected according to college officials.
··emain, we could expect the same
The students may not be so lucky if further cuts must be made.
results--a decrease in funding and no
Many s~udents_were_upset by the 26 per cent tuition increase passed by the board
;upport."
of Education earher this year and because of this, vowed to fight for defeat of the
Powell asserted that he hopes to gain
_budget. It was the opinion of these students that the tuition increase would be used
nothing personally from the lawsuit, but
to fund an increase in administrative salaries. It should become evident to students
just wants to insure that nothing like this
that cuts in the budget will not be made in the area of salaries already agreed upon
.
1 appens again. "It is my desire that the
by the ~oard. administrative or otherwise. Further cuts will be made in people, not
college adhere to Affirmative Action
amounts, and those people will be cut according to the seniority system inherent in
guidelines in the future," he said.
the faculty and staff contracts--last hired, first fired. And a reduction in staff will
hurt only the person fired and·the peopl~ h~ish~ i~str~ct~d
The students can only lose by m1scttrectmg tnetr anger over a system wi:;y 1cc1
paY_S too much money to some while others sta~ve, when the only people hurt by
their anger are already hungry.
•
While the property tax system of funding education is coming under increasing
fire from many people, right now it's all we have. The $137 per 1.000 of assessed
. value taxpayers are being asked to provide for LCC next year will mean increases
only for those whose property_value increased by more than 17 .5 per cent. For
those whose assessment was more, the increase will still amount to only a couple of .
dollars per year. A small price to pay in order to give someone a chance to lead a
fuller life.
Almost ~alf a million dollars was lopped off the original defeated budget, which
should satisfy the taxpayers, and the students should realize that further cuts can
only hurt themselves.
Vote YES on June 29.

nf.a rewell''

This is the last edition of the TORCH for
this school year. The editors and staff of
the TORCH would like to thank everybody
involved for their help and support over the
past year. We hope we have been able to
objectively expose our readers to many of
the issues and problems confronting the
campus and the community. Kathy Monje
. and her staff will take over the duties of the
TORCH next year and we are sure the
TORCH will continue to improve in thier
capable hands. GOODBYE AND GOOD
LUCK.

Described as an "exceptional
employee and well liked by his coworkers," part-time librarian Terry
Clingan, 28, died last Wednesday.
May 26. Clingan, a practicum
student from the U of O School of
Librarianship came to wolk in the
LCC1ibrary Fall Term. During his
stay here as a student he suggested
several projects for the library that
have bt::en finished or are underway .
His work was liked so well that he
was hired part-time for Spring Term,
following another staff members
leave of absence.
Strained muscles from muving
furniture had caused him some chest
pains. and he was under a doctor's
care for it. The cause of his death.
however. occured last Wednesda y
evening. He had been eating som~
peanuts. and choking on one. was
unable to expell it.

Stained glass workshop

A stained glass workshop will be offered
this sumtl}er term by the LCC Departmen1
of . Art and Applied Design beginning
August 16 and ending September 10.
The workshop will be worth 6 college
transferable credits. Total costs for each
student include a $40 fee, plus tuition and
materials (some practice glass will be
provided free). Tools will be provided.
The class is scheduled to include a total of
35 classtime hours per week, running from
9 to 5, Monday through Friday.
The class will be taught bv Tenold
Peterson, the Art Department's latest
addition to its teaching staff. Tenold has
been living in this area for three years and
prior to that, was an Assistant Professor of
Art at San Diego State University for nine
years.
The workshop will be held at Tenold's
home and studio which is 10 miles west of
J~nction Ci~y on High Pass Road. Maps
wtll be ava1lable to students in the Art
Department at registration time.
. Plans for the workshop include: dealing
m two and three dimensional work with
glass, cutting glass, foiling, soldering,
staining techniques, taking a trip to a
Portland glass factory, and hearing a guest
speaker.
The Art Deparment is anticipating that
students will form car pools before or after
the first class meeting to alleviate driving
expenses and parking problems that will ·
develop at Tenold's place.
The class is limited to 20 students and
re,zistration will take place .during the
~e~ular Summer Term registratio~ period
.m the LCC Cafeteria.
There i~ no p~e-requisite required.
"'