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. 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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. "'