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Vol. 14 No. 2 September 30, 1976

Board accepts surprise
resignation

t ~ ~ u s ~ f ~ : e Veterans
Administration dealing with enrollment
by Kathy Monje
and satisfactory progress standards for
The LCC Board of Education, in an
veterans and dependents using the G.I.
vote. accepted the surprise
unanimous
Bill will be enforced this year.
resignation of Mass Communication ChairA memorandum from Dean of Students
man John Elliott. at its Sept. 22 meeting.
Jack Carter was distributed at registration
The acceptance was effective Friday,
for veterans outlining the new regulations.
24. Elliott submitted his letter of
Sept.
•In order to get class schedule approval
resignation to college President Eldon
for the following term, vets will have to
Schafer the previous Friday. Elliott told
have met the "satisfactory progress"
the TORCH that the management contract
standards the previous term.
offered him was "insufficient regarding
•The classes accepted by the Veterans
property rights·· -- meaning those perioffice on campus does not guarantee that
pheral rights that include collective
the classes are acceptable on the veteran
bargaining. length of termination notice,
students scheduled program.
and grievance procedures.
•Veterans must keep at least a 2.00
Department heads at LCC cannot
grade point average to qualify for their
and last June the length of
organize.
benefits. If this is not achieved. or total
termination notice was shortened by the
earned credits fall below the minimum
Board from 18 months to four.
requirements ( 12 for full-time students; 9
Dean of Instructional Operations Gerald
to 11 for three-quarter time students; and 6
commented on Elliott's resigRasmussen
to 8 for one-half time students). the student
nation: "I recommended to the president
will be placed on academic probation for
that Mr. Elliott's resignation be accepted
the following term.
. .. I felt that it was a positive action."
•Deficiency courses. such as Basic
"Mr. Elliott came into a
English Grammar Usage, may not be· He added.
department three years ago that needed
given credit for more than two terms unless
guidance--he leaves it stronger than he
departmental recommendations are given
found it. and that is a contribution that
prior to registering for the class.
should be recognized."
•The LCC Veterans office will notify the
''The working environment at LCC was
regional office of the Veterans Administraconducive to his (Elliott's) particular
not
tion of the acceptable classes that a student
management style." said Dr. Joyce Hopps,
has enrolled in. This will be done the
fourth week of each term and veterans will . Associate Dean of Instruction who supervises the Mass Communications Dept.
be notified if one or more of their classes is
·'He is a bright man and has many
unsuitable for their state program.
strengths. I'm sure he will do well in a
Any post-secondary college level work
working environment that he finds more
must be reported to the LCC Veterans
comfortable."
office . Appropriate time reductions in the
students educational program will be noted
formed by the Dean of Students for those
at that time and sent to the regional VA
veterans who feel that the reason for
office.
•Veterans are responsible for complete
w°ithdrawal or failing grades are beyond
their control. but not covered by the new
withdrawal from classes and will lose
withdrawal or academic probation standbenefits from the last day of attendance.
ards. All appeals must be received by the
Extenuating circumstances. such as illness
LCC Veterans office within one week of
accidents. or death of an immediate family
office notification of probations or withmember . will be the exceptions. but
drawal.
verification will be required by the LCC
All of the new regulations apply to
Veterans office.
widow or dependents using the G.I. Bill.
•A Veterans Hearing Committee will be

Swine flu vaccine
offered at LCC

by Sherri Nelson

Mike Hopkinson

Hopkinson fills post
LCC President Eldon Schafer announced Wednesday, Sept. 29, that
Mike Hopkinson will serve as Acting
Chairman of the Mass Communication
Dept. for the 1976-77 school year. The
permanent position will be opened
uation-wide during that time.

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Discussing managerial philosophy,
Elliott said that "the one change a
manager cannot adapt to is being given
increasing responsibility without the commensurate authority."

Farm Management
Program emphasizes
family operation
Farm operators are being sought to
participate in a three year program in Farm
Business Management here at LCC.

The purpose of the course is to help
farmers develop record keeping systems on
which to base management decisions. The
first year is devoted to records, the second
to business analysis. and third to business
organization. An annual computer analysis
of each farm operation will be completed at
no extra cost through the Agriculture
Records Cooperative at the University of
Wisconsin.

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John A. Elliott III

Originally started as a pilot program at
Chemeketa Community College the program started here at LCC last year. At that
time 23 families participated and 22 of the
farmers are continuing in the second year
of the program. Twenty more families are
being sought to begin the program this fall
and according to George Graf. instructor
for the course. " . . . about six or seven
have signed up so far."

The LCC Student Health Service. in
cooperation with the Lane County Health
Dept.. will offer free swine flu vaccinations
to any individual over 17, starting in
mid-October.
Swine tlu reached pandemic proportions
in the U.S. ip 1918-1919. Fear of another
outbreak. after a slight recurrence last
year. prompted federal officials to enact
ieg1slatton that provides the vaccine free to
citizens.
No operatin g funds for participating
clinic'> arc being provided. however. To
offs e t operating costs. the state has
adopted a policy asking for $1.00 donaTc ntati\e plans call for the first clinics to
h1.: for '"hi~h risk" individuals. those who
,11T i,S and ~)vcr. A slightly different type of
\',tlTi nc \\ ill be used fur these individuals.
r c -.;t<,; ha\·L· shtn\ n that one dose of the
, a , : c inc will immuni;.,c citizen~ against

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Elliott vacates Mass Communication chair

The part-time program begins in November here at LCC. Participants will meet
1)11 campuc;; once a month for a four hour•
L'la'>s. Cost of the course is $75 a year per
Lee·~ Farm Business
farm couple.
Management Advisory Committee will
select the participants. Interested persons
ma~· contact George Graf at 747-4501.
ext. 372 or at home at 342-4291 .

"I know he'll do a good job," said
Schafer. Hopkinson, television broadcasting instructor, has taught at LCC
since 1968. His colleagues in the
department unanimously supported
his appointment to the post.

He plans to complete his di~sertation for .
a doctoral degree in speech from the U of 0
and will look for a job in education locally.
He said that he will most miss ''the
students and the professional, enthusiastic
instructors in this department."

College degrees
quick and easy
(CPS)--Tired of boring lectures. tedious
exams and outrageous room and board
rates in college towns? According to
author John Bear, there may be an easier
way to get an education. "It is honestly
possible to earn a fully-accredited, legal.
legitimate, even prestigious bachelors,
masters or doctorate from a number of
well-known colleges without ever taking a
single course."
In his book "College Degrees by Mail"
Bear says that hundreds of alternatives are
open to students for obtaining college
degrees, from buying degrees outright and
diploma mills to correspondence classes,
independent study and special exams.
He claims that in some states you can
,become a practicing lawyer without taking
a bar exam. At other schools, you can earn
a fully-accredited bachelor of arts or
s.ciences degree--even if you never finished
high school--simply by passing four exams,
Bear reports.

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Pass/ Fail Grading Failing

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Girls' graffiti: better. bolder
Student record disclosure laws

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Editorial
The recent release from jail of the four Fresno Bee newsmen stands as a
vindication of journalistic ethics. Held for 15 days on contempt charges,
·reporter William Patterson, reporter Joe Rosato, managing editor Geo~e
Gruner, and ombudsman James Bort were released by Super~or Court
Judge Hollis Best because he became convinced that they would not·
disclose a source. The source had provided a court transcript, from which
the Bee published material.
At the final hearing, the judge said, "This court is persuaded that the
preponderance of evide11ce is established that there is an articulated moral
principle in the news media" (not to reveal a source.) It is surprising that
the information was new to him. All four newsmen had said in court that
they were prepared to stay in jail rather than reveal their source. During
that last hearing prior to their release, it was discovered that only one of
them had even known the name of the source the four were jailed for
protecting. The promise of confidentiality had been made by Rosato.
Oregon journalists are fortunate to be living in a state which has a
strong shield law, i.e. a law recognizing and upholding the right of a
reporter not to reveal a source unless the published material is libelous.
There is no such national law.
Journalists feel themselves as strongly bound by promises of
confidentiality as do doctors and lawyers. It is a matter of professional
ethics. "To violate (this ethic) would be to hold us up to scorn among
other members of our profession," Gruner said while still in jail. It is
promising to see the courage and determination of these four -- tlleir stand
will benefit journalists across the nation.

OSPIRG .plans project
OSPIRG, the Oregon Student Public
Interest Research Group, held its first LCC
local board meeting of the academic year,
Tuesday, Sept. 21. Any student can be a
part of the on-going OSPIRG projects,
design his/her own, become a part of the
local board, or simply obtain some
information on the current issues in
Oregon. Contact Joy Jones at the Student
Resource Center, extension 230. Some of
the projects planned for this fall are:
THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS HANDBOOK
(contact staff member Judy Armatta)

Research and writing is needed for a
booklet to explain state and federal laws
intended to guarantee equal rights for
women in such areas as credit, employment and property ownership.
IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDENT
RECORDS ACT
(contact staff member Judy Armatta)
Campus researchers are needed to evaluate their school's policy on student records
and to outline specific procedures required
by law in a pamphlet for students. •
OREGON AEROSOL SPRAY BAN
(contact staff member Jennifer Wyman)
OSPIRG plans to investigate state preparations to implement the law and merchants'
plans to retire their stock of prohibited
products by the March deadline.
VOTER REGISTRATION
(contact staff member Ian McColgin)
Students concerned about the outcome of
political races and ballot measures can help
by registering voters right up to the wire.
AGE DISCRIMINATION IN CAR INSURANCE
(contact staff member Ian McColgin)
Help research possible discrimination in
insurance rates for younger drivers.

LICENSING BOARDS AND t:OMMODITY
COMMISSIONS
(contact staff person Jennifer Wyman)
OSPIRG wants to look at the purposes of
the boards, who sits on them, and what
~anti-competitive effect board activities may
have.

LCC OSPIRG
has openings
The Oregon Student Public Interest
Research Group (OSPIRG) has five
openings for positions on the LCC local
board. OSPIRG is a statewide network of
students carrying out research and action
on consumer, environmental and human
rights issues throughout Oregon.
The individual responsibilities of each
board member will be decided by the local
board after they are elected. Among these
responsibilfries are:
I. organizing meetings at least twice a
month
2. keeping regular office hours
3. coordinating student efforts on local and
statewide research projects
4. developing and implementing a local
board budget to be submitted to the State
Treasurer in November
5. working with the OSPIRG State Board of
Directors on administration of statewide
OSPJRG activities
6. dissemination of information through all
available media
7. conducting future local board elections
For further information about OSPIRG,
check this issue of the TORCH to find out
about current activities and meeting times.

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Editor
Associate Editor
Nl'ws/ Feature Editor
Cultural Editor
Photo Editor
Advertising Manager
Production Manager

Kathleen Monje
Sally Oljar
Michal'! Riley
lussci'i Kaiser
Jeff Hayden
Janice Brown
Kristine Snipes

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Photographl'rs
Cris Clarke
Tom Gheysen

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Sociology 204 now uses feature rums
to augment instruction
A sociology course is being offered here
at LCC using feature films as a part of its
curriculum.
The course is being taught by Bill
Mullin. He decided to use films as a
medium for sociology after he noticed that
many .. Star Trek" episodes dealt with
human behavior. "I can't take a class out

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Films to be viewed by Soc. 204

photo by Michael Riley

sociological concepts that he is trying to
teach. The course is not to be confused
with the "Film as Literature" class being
taught by Susan Bennett, adds Mullin.
Mullin confesses to being one of the
more involved .. Star Trek" fans amo11g the
faculty. He tried to obtain copies of the
episodes for his course and learned that he
could not use them. However, he does
state that he will refer to certain episodes
in clarifying questions throughout the
course.
Some of the films that will be offered in

the. course (Sociology 204) this term are
"Save the Tiger," "Mr. Roberts," "Cowboy.·· and ''12 Angry Men,•· just to name a
few. Sociology 205, held during winter
term. will see "Patton," "Tell Me Where
it Hurts." "Catch-22." and "Kotch."
Mullin emphasized that while there is a
film fee for these courses the total cost of
the text and the films is the same as the
total amount of a hardbound Sociology
textbook. He also feels that some of the
films offered are " ... really great films."

For those students participating in the
Guaranteed Student Loan program. be
forewarned: The government is going to
collect its money. Excessive defaults on
the repayment of loans has prompted the
Dept. of Health. Education, and Welfare
(HEW) to obtain assistance from the U.S.
Attorney's office to collect.
According to Jess Lockyer. many former
students who've defaulted on repaying
their loans are now professionals with
"obvious means of repayment."
HEW says the Dept. of Justice will
contact these individuals and instruct them
to reach the U.S. Attorney's office.
Arrangements for repayment may be made
at that time 0r legal action will be taken

against the borrower.
Failure to repay the loan can result in
property seizure and .garnishment of wages
The Seattle. Washington metropolitan
area has been cited by HEW as having the
most default cases. It has been chosen as
the first area that the federal agencies will
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investigate_.
Under the loan program, undergraduate
students may borrow up to $7,500 to
finance their education. Graduate students
are allowed a maximum of $10,000 in the
federally funded program.
The interest rate on repayment is a low
sev-en per cent. and begins nine to twelve
months after the student graduates.

Student loans collected

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Park gets sculptures
Alton Baker Park will receive two
sculptures by LCC art students Susan
Nelson and Ann Bryerton, to be placed in a
section of the park devoted to large public
sculpture.
From the eight submissions. the Lane
County Parks Department chose two. Only
one had been requested, but due to the
excellence of the work. the sculpture
created by Ann Bryerton was also selected.
Susan Nelson's was first choice by a slim
two vote margin from the Parks Department commissioners.
Nelson's and Bryerton's work arc part of
an Independent Study Sculpture class
formed by six other LCC art students and
instructor Bill Blix a year and a half ago .
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Production
Peter Harvey
Matt Boren
Doreen Potterf

Dave Mackay

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The TORCH i, published on Wednesday~ throughout the regular arndl•mic year.
Opinion, exprc,,ed in the TORCH arc not ncl·e,,.orily thus<' of the t·nlle~c. the studl'llt body, all members of the TORC'H ,;taff. or
thn,e of the editor.
Forum, arc intended to be a marketplace: for fn·c idea, and must be limited to 500 words . Ll'ltcr~ Ill thl' l'diwr arc limited 111 250
",>rd,. Correspondence must be typed and ~igncd by the author. Dl·adline for all submissions is Friday noon.
Till' editor rL·scrvc, the right to edit for m;tttcr,; of lilwl and lcn,l(th .
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into society and say here's human
behavior. look at it." he told the TORCH in
a recent interview. "What I try to do is
find films that have made a serious attempt
to say something about human beings.''
Mullin states that he uses the course
outline that he usually teaches and tries to
find a film that has examples of the

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J3ronze fountain piece by Susan Nelson

Sentinel Spirits. by Anne _Bryerton
The six students. Jeremy Donley; Goeff
Hughes; Connie Huston: Dennis Murry:
Frank-Phillips: and Maynard Wilson. along
with Nelson and Bryerton, have been
working on completing the sculptures.
The students were concerned that art
education (especially sculpt urc) was
··somehow not quite real. .. Generally they
don't make a living from their work. and ~o
lack a complete understanding of becoming
a professional.
luclcpcndcnt Study Sculpture. under
Blix's guidan·cc. developed a program to
seek funding for students to work and
rcccpients for large public sculptures. and
to c<;tablish a professional studio working
atmosphere.

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Instructors' Forum

On the night of Saturday, July 31.
while working as a campground
ranger at Aspenglen campground in
Rocky Mountain National Park, I
watched very low storm clouds come
up from the plains to the East. The
sun was shining from the West so
the storm came, pushing a rainbow
in front of it. At the time I didn't
realize that about 150 people were to
die in the next few hours because of
that storm. About 10 p.m., I was
listening to the National Park radio.
I heard that flood conditions were
bad in an area called the Big
Thompson Canyon which runs from
the town of Estes Park to the
lowlands some 25 miles away. In
that 25 miles the river loses some
3,000 feet in altitude. The radio
reported houses torn from their
foundations and of floating propane
tanks exploding on impact with
flood-borne rocks.
About a dozen park rangers went
into the canyon with heavy equipment that night but nearly became
victims themselves of the rapidly
rising waters. Dawn showed unbelievable chaos. Two-thirds of the
highway in the canyon had disappeared. At places the water ran
from canyon wall to canyon wall.
The river, normally 2½ feet deep
and running at 80 cubic feet a
second, rose to 19 feet with 40,000
gallons a second pouring down the
canyon. In the lower canyon at a
µlace called the "narrows" the water
.vas 30 feet deep.
Many of the residents, including
many elderly retired folks, were
given a warning over state police car
loudspeakers. Most ignored it since
most long-time residents had experi::need slight flooding before. One of
the patrolmen was swept away by
the flood as he warned people.
At 8 a.m., Sunday, August 1, Park
Service crews entered the canyon in
an effort to bring out survivors and to
retrieve bodies. I was a part of this
crew.
My first assignment was to search
for four bodies in an area where they
were seen caught up in the flood.
We had no success. Water from a
stream normally 2 feet across was 15
feet wide and 2 feet deep. we then
walked about five miles into the
canyon. Over 200 homes had been
swept away. Cars were unrecognizable, sometimes just a piece of
colored metal wrapped around a
tree.
We came to a residence with
several elderly people suffering from
various kinds of physical disability.
A military chopper came in right
over and threw wires to evacuate
them - a fantastic feat. We then
proceeded down our 5 mile trip,
recovering a body seen caught in
bushes on the far side of the river.
Another body, that of a 19-year-old
girl, was retrieved from the rujt1s of a

by Milt Madden, Social Science
Instructor

house. She had taken refuge in a
tree but had been swept away from
her three companions who pointed
out her body to us. She was placed
in a body bag and left for later air
evacuation.
Wherever the road ceased to exist
we had to hike up the near vertical
canyon walls to get around the flood
waters.
Going on down the canyon we
reached a group of about SO people
and 20 or so cars. They ranged in
age from about four months to
70-years-old.
Several military
helicopters landed and we were able
to sort out those who should or could
not walk out. Some were hysterical,
some were practically barefoot some were very young and some
were too old. While at this position
the radio crackled out that the dam at
Estes Park had broken and that we
should climb for high ground
immediately•
We asked for confirmation of this
as we had had one such alarm
already· They told us it was
confirmed by the helicopters. We
immediately started our group up
the nearest hillside. I had an
18-month-old baby ·in my arms and
was helping the mother who had a
four-month-old in her arms. We had
perhaps 10 minutes to climb at least
100 vertical feet.
Some of the elderly had a difficult
time of it. When we reached what
we thought was a safe height, we
learned that a dam just below us, not
the one above us, had burst so we
were in no danger. We kidded the
people, telling them it was an
exercise to see who was able to walk
out.
We broke the groups into about 25
each, put a park ranger in front of
them and one behind them and
started the three or four miles out.
Where the canyon was wall-to-wall
water we had to either walk in water
or scale the cliffs. We did both,
pushing and pulling at the proper
time.

One 70-year-old lady, who had
spent the night hanging onto the
chimney of her house, was offered a
ride on a helicopter which landed
right in front of us to take those least
able to hike (it would carry six). She
said, "Oh, no, - it'll take me to
Loveland instead of Estes Park - J
don'-t know anyone there, I'm going
to walk out." And she did.

When we arrived with our charges
at some heavy equipment, which
could take them across some still
flooded creeks, we were ordered into
the canyon again. When we arrived,
however. we found, that a regular
shu_ttle system of military choppers
was evacuating people - one loading,
one hovering just behind it, and one
hovering higher up and one circling.
We carried the girl's body to a
spot where she could be airlifted out
and then walked back out, arriving
about 7 p.m.
Some interesting things: about 20
military choppers were used, over
250 homes were swept away and
another I 00 moved from their
foundations. and hundreds of cars
have been retrieved from the debris.
At this point in time (Sept. 6) they
have recovered 134 bodies with 24
people still unnaccounted for. One
patrolman lost his life while driving
the road trying to warn people.
A park employee coming up the
road had his lights on low beam - he
saw a barrel in the road, put them on
high and saw deep water behind it
and he stopped. But, before he
could get the door open, water was
holding it shut. He then climbed out
the window. over his car and onto
higher ground.
Many people told of Winnebagos
and cars floating down the river,
lights on. with the people inside
screaming. One woman saw her car
lift up and float out of her open
garage door.
A man who was running a large
bus went behind it to look at the river
when it got rather loud. It was five
feet below the top of the bank. By
the time he walked to the front of his
bus his fan belt was turning in water.
Propane tanks were a danger.
They floated down the river exploding when punctured on impact with
rocks. Rocks 10 feet in diameter
were rolled around like marbles.
Rangers witnessed the death of
one couple when they foolishly tried
to ford a stream that at times was
shooting out in a column six to eight
feet high. It turned their jeep-type
vehicle over, drowning a woman and
then, to the horror of the onlookers,
the car started slowly rotating with
the man trying to stay on top like a
log walker. He was swept to his
death.

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(CPS)--During the 60's. many universities
boasted of their liberal programs that
offered pass/fail grading, independent
study and other academic alternatives.
Faculty members became more willing to
give high grades, to the delight of students
concerned about tough academic competition.
But recent publicity concerning grade
P<?int ''inflation'· has prompted administrators to crack down on grading policies.
And a recent study shows that this
crackdown is apparently working.
In fact. student grade point averages
declined last year--for the first time· in a
decade--according to a recent survey of 135
colleges and universities. The report
shows that average grades dropped from a
peak of 2. 77 in 1974 to 2. 74 in 1975. The
average in 1965 was 2.44.
Professor Arvo Juola of Michigan State
University. who conducted the study. cited
faculty awareness of grade inflation and
the addition of pluses and minuses in
combination with letter grades at many
schools as causes for the decline.
A few years ago. explained Juola. many
schools attempted to make grades "more
humane." They lengthened the time
students could take to drop courses without
penalty, added pass/fail options and some
dropped D and F grades altogether.
A large number of major universities had
recently added pluses and minuses to
grading systems. including the universities
of Michigan. Wisconsin. Ohio State.
Indiana. California at Santa Barbara and
Boston College, said Juola.
Another recent study showed that 45
percent of the students surveyed at Kansas
State University said that tougher grading
policies would have no effect on their
overall satisfaction with the university.
Sixteen percent of the students said that
stiffer grading would decrease their
willingness to recommend Kansas State to
others. while another 16 percent said their
sense of satisfaction with the university
would be increased by tougher grading.
However. the same survey. taken by
Donald Hoyt. the director of educational
resources at Kansas State. also showed
that most faculty members regard grade
inflation as a "bad thing." Most,
however. were not enthusiastic about
tightening grading policies--possible. Hoyt
said. because students were worried about
competition for jobs and graduate school
slots.

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The Instructor's Forum will be a continuing column in the TORCH. We invite all
instructors to comment on what they feel is of interest and relevance at LCC and the
community.

"Judy's Table" debuts
Schafer to be a guest

by Michael Riley

"Judy's Table." a lunch-time forum set
up by LCC student Judy Weller, will be
held in the cafeteria throughout the school
year.

Jedy Weller

Weller is a member of the Evening
Program Advisory Committee and is
working with the Public Relations Department here at Lane. "Judy's Table" is
designed to allow students and administratiom members a chance to meet with each
other during the lunch hour.

Weller feels thaL there is a lack of
understanding between students and the
administration and she hopes to bridge the
gap of communication between the two.
She added that both groups right now are ''
. . . polarized . . . '' and trying to work
against each other.

~cheduled guests for this week are Jim
Martin, LCC Board of Education Chairman. and Eldon Schafer. LCC President.
Interested staff and students are invited to
attend.

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at LCC cannot satisfactorily understand
what they read, according to faculty
members in a survey held during the
J975- 76 school year.
The survey. held during fall term. was
conducted by Julie Lamberts, Program
Evaluator, and Jim Ellison, Study Skills
Department Head. The results were
summarized and showed that 69 percent of
the faculty felt that 15 percent of the
students couldn't understand what they
read. It also showed that 5 percent of the
students felt that they had great difficulty
in reading comprehension.
Twenty-two percent of the students
surveved indicated that they would like
help ~ith reading comprehension. Also
desired is additional assistance in essay
writing. word meanings, spelling, mathematics and background information. The
Study Skills Center here at LCC is designed
to provide such help.

programs: transfer credit classes in speed
reading. ac<.:clerated reading and effective
learning; small group corrective classes in
reading. vocabulary. grammar. English as
a second language and spelling; and a
remedial program in which the student
works on a one-to-one basis with a teacher
or in a small group of one to four remedial
students.
The Study Skills Center is located on the
fourth tloor of the Center building. There
arc small group classrooms adjacent to the
main lab area for group instruction and
stud('nts can move from independent
activities in the lab area to the group
lessons anytime during the class period.
The center uses a wide variety of
instructional materials including several
thousand skill texts that are available for
check-out by students. Along with these
arc reading machines, cassette recorders.
filmstrip viewers. language masters. a
video cassette player and audio cassette
players.

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The Lane County Medicheck Coalition
will sponsor a forum on low income health
care for children from birth to 21. Every
child covered by an Oregon State Welfare
card is eligible for services.
The program provides early and periodic
screening, diagnosis, and treatment services for a variety of medical problems.
The Coalition has been working to
improve the delivery of medical services to
children since 1973, when the Mooicheck
program was initiated.
The speakers at the forum will be
Edward N. Fadely, State Senator, Lane
District 21; Gladys McCoy, Ombudswoman
from Governor Straub's office; Dr. Ralph
Crashaw, Chairman of the Low Income
Care Committee from the Oregon edical
Association; and Dr. Robert C. Loomis,
President-elect of the Oregon Medical
Association.
The forum will be held Sept. 30 at
7:30 p.m. at Harris Hall. on the U of 0
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Along with classes, the LCC Main
Gallery opened its doors Monday with a
show from Art and Applied Design faculty
members.
Paintings by Rosco Wright and Walt
Stevens. ceramics from Bruce Wild,
stained glass work by Tenold Peterson,
watercolors by Kathy Hoy, and sculpture
by Bill Blix is part of the featured work
from the thirteen artists in the show.
Gallery director Harold Hoy. who is also
exhibiting some of his work, says that most
of the pieces are recent creations of the
artists.
A reception for the participating instructors will be held October 1, from 8 to 10
pm. The public is invited to attend.
The show will run through October 14.
and then will be traded with a show from
art instructors at Southern Oregon College.
The gallery. located on the main floor of
the Art and Applied Design Building, is
open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m .. Monday
through Friday.

To give out information concerning a
student's class schedule or grade records
to anyone without first having that
student's permission would be a direct
violation of Federal law and could cost LCC
all Federal funding it now receives,
according to Grace Cameron, superintendant of LCC Student Records.
Cameron said that according to the
Federal Family Education Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974 (the Buckley Amendment), the only student information that
can be given without p~rmission from
the student is what is called '• directory
information."
Under the Buckley Amendment. said
Cameron. this information consists of the
student's name, address, phone number,
qate and place of birth. field of study.
enrollment dates, degrees. awards, activities. and physical information. Cameron
said that the Amendment leaves it up to
each individual school as to whether or not
they wish to include all or part of the above
information in their directory information
list.
"We have determined at LCC that
student addresses and phone numbers are
not directory information." said Cameron,
··and v.·e will not release that information
without a signed release from the
student."
Another point that Cameron made was
that all a $tudent has to do to make their
information available to someone. is to sign
a release form with the other persons name
on it. saying he can see the student's
records at any time. A student can also
sign a form saying that they want no

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(CPS)--Scientists have seen the writing on
the walls and have concluded girls are now
scribbling more graffiti than boys.
Psychologists crawled through the bathrooms at four large midwestern schools
and discovered that female graffiti artists
Grace Cameron
information at all given to anyone. In cases
like that. said Cameron. all that will be
given out is the student's name and
whether or not he is currently enrolled at
LCC.
According to Cameron, there is a
comparable State bill (ORS 336. 185
through 336.215) that preceded the Buckley Amendment. Cameron said that the
Buckley Amendment is stricter than the
State bill and so it is referred to more often.
If a conflict arises as to which bill should be
referred to. the stricter bill always applies.
said Cameron.
In cases where the sch~ol is receiving
Federal funds. as LCC is. the Federal bill
would take precendent. Cameron said that
if Student Records were to violate both the
State and Federal acts. LCC could lose both
Federal and State support. and could also
be open to a civil suit from the student
involved.
According to Cameron. there are a
couple of instances in which records can be
released without the student's permission.
One is when the records are requested for
official college business. which is determined by Cameron as superintendant of
Student Records or her immediate superiors. Official school business usually has to
do with something the student is doing in
one of his classes. said Cameron.
·'If a student has not shown up for class
in quite awhile. and the instructor is
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are penning four times the amount of
graffiti as their male counterparts.
The girls wrote mainly romantic inscriptions. the Journal of Social Psychology
reports. except in upper income areas
where the writing became more erotic.

Lawrence Maves, Conductor
12th Grand season "B76-77

SPECIAL OFFER
For this season only subscription shts in the first two rows (main floor A & B),

normally $18. will be offered at $12. These tickets must be purchased at Symphony
office not later than October 15.
Some regular subscription seats are still available for the Tuesday of the
Wednesday series -- singles only in the $20 bracket and a few pairs at $18. The $11,
non-reserved area is still available.
Don't forget the Student-Senior Citizen Dress Rehearsals, 7:30 p.m. the Monday
before concerts. Admission is $1.
The season opens at Beall Hall, U of O Campus, Tuesday, October 19, with the
repeat concert the following day. Works by Haydn, Berlios and Tschaikowski are
featured. Mona Golabek will be the piano soloist in the Tschaikowski concerto No.
l in B flat minor. Performance time is 8 p.m.
Symphony office, 1245 Chamelton, Eugene ·97401
Hours 9 to s. Monday through Friday 687-0020

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TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN- DYLAN IN SCHOOL
{CPS)-- "Twenty years of schoolin • and
they put you on the day shift," whined Bob
Dylan in 1965. But now Dylan himselfafter fifteen years of myth-building and
paying literary dues-is being put back into
schools. as Dylan seminars spring up on
campuses around the country.
It doesn't take a fortune teller or gypsy
from Desolation Row to know that the next
generation will find Dylan's words bound
between Viking cloth covers, stacked 300
high in college bookstores, right next to
Rimbaud and Whitman. In the corning
years. it will be the professors and critics
who were raised on Dylan that will be
determining what is of "literary merit,"
not their crotchety teachers who rejected
"the youth's voice of the sixties."
.. Anyone who thinks Dylan is a great
poet has rocks in his head,'' snorted a
University of Vermont English professor in
1965, summing up academia's attitude
towards Dylan (himself a University of
Minnesota drop-out).
Not so long ago just a handful of
maverick teachers were quoting Dylan's
words. mostly graduate instructors who led
clandestine discussions in seedy coffeehouses, seeking a respite from an outdated
curriculum of a stuffy English department.
Or the draft resisting music teacher who
almost lost his job for goading seventh
graders into a secret verse of "Blowin' in
the Wind."
Today. Dylan is not only taught by
legions-of teachers throughout the country,
but is thought by some to be the major poet
of our era.
In the last two years, courses dealing
with Dylan have been offered at such
_diverse colleges as the University of
Southern California, the State University of
New York. John Hopkins University and
Dartmouth College.

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At a recent meeting of the Modern
Language Association in San Francisco,
fifty scholars. almost all young English
professors, gathered to discuss "The
Deranged Seer: The Poetry of Arthur
Rimbaud and Bob Dylan," and how
Dylan's view of women has evolved from
"macho posturing" to a "reconciliation of
the sexes."
"I always use Dylan in my poetry
classes. it's the most popular section of the
course," says Belle D. Levinson, professor
of English at SUNY at Geneseo. "Increasingly." she adds, "students are more
familiar with Dylan's songs, mostly
because he· s being taught in the high
schools.··
Levinson emphasizes the "crucial links"
between the poetry of Dylan and the
French Symbolists, particularly Rimbaud
and Baudelaire. She lectures about the
similarity of Dylan's and Rimbaud's
psychic trips. how both "were drained by
drugs and came out with changed senses of
perception.'' Their poetry is that of
• 'evocation and experience rather than
description.'· Levinson often compares
Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" to
Rimbaud's "The Drunken Boat" since
both poems are surrealistic, drug induced,
mystical journeys.
At Geneseo, two of Levinson's colleagues taught an interdisciplinary course
on the music and poetry of Dylan that drew
scads of student raves.
The chairman of the Modern Language
conference, Patrick Morrow of Auburn
University in Alabama, agrees that Dylan's
time has arrived in "higher learning" but
stresses that it's mostly the junior colleges
and state schools that are leading the
trend. "Popular culture has not been
accepted by most major colleges yet,'' he
asserted. Morrow himself taught a pop

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extremely popular with students.
Morrow, praising Dylan's eclectic taste
in literature, explains, "Dylan is powerful
because he has the vision to seize the spirit
of a movement, much like Yeats."
William ' McClain, professor of German
at John Hopkins in Baltimore, was tickled
when a few of his students uncovered
direct parallels in the writings of Dylan and
playwright Berto It Brecht. ''It's wonderful
to know that the words and moods of
Brecht are available through Dylan on the
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concerned about that and wants to know
what has happened, then that is school
business." The only other instance when a
student's records can be released without
his permission is when they are requested
by the U.S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, said Cameron.
Cameron said, that if anyone who has .
access to a student's records, including the
student. believes that there is an error in
them that might be detrimental to the
student, he has a right to have it checked,
and corrected if wrong.
In cases where the administration feels
there is no error, but the student still says
there is one. the student can appeal to the
Academic Council and a hearing, at which
the student is present, will be scheduled to
review the case, said Cameron.
It is important to emphasize, said
Cameron, that Student Records must
follow all of the guidelines mentioned, as
they are required by Federal law to do so.
They are not deliberately trying to make it
difficult for the student or anyone else.
Cameron went on to say that with one-third
ot LCC's financing coming from Federal
money, it would be a very serious mistake
to violate a rule and lose that funding.

And at Dartmouth College, where a
seminar called "The Songs of Bob Dylan"
was offered last fall, Bob Ringler, a biology
major, remarked, "It was one of the best
courses I' v~ had. I was ~omewhat skeptical
at first, not knowing much about Dylan,
but I found that some of his songs
recreated the themes of Browing, Blake
and Rimbaud.''
Dylan is only the latest in a long
succession of renegade writers who were
scorned by the literati of their day. Rimbaud was detested by the Parisian men of
letters in the early 1870's, and was running
guns in Asia before cultists succeeded in
legitimizing his poetry. Whitman's
masterful Leaves of Grass was banned for
its "obscene and immoral passages." And
Ezra Pound's poetry was proclaimed
"incoherent, the work of a madman."
This slow acceptance is probably no
surprise to Dylan, who has an acute sense
of history and always plays his cards right.
His songs are like a newsreel of the sixties
and seventies, filled with the movements,
fads, slang and personalities of the time,
songs that were made to be examined
thirty years after they were written.
Dylan will most likely be a grandfather
by the time they teach "Advanced Blonde
on Blonde" at Oxford, but as he once said,
''I'm still gonna be around when everybody gets their heads straight."

ASLCC positions

Any student wishing to run for Departmental Senator or Senator at LargP must
have application filled out by Octc•ber 8,
1976. Students wishing to submit ballot
measures must do so by October 5.
Applications may be obtained from
the Student Government office. For
further information, contact Karl Bien,
747-4501 (ext. 221).
Senator at Large (2 openings)
Senators at Large shall:
l. Serve on at least one standing
committee, to be endorsed by the Senate,
during his term of office.
2. Visit one Outreach Program campus
each regular scholastic term to collect
information for action by the Senate.
3. Investigate one aspect of LCC campus
life and submit a written report to the
Senate.
4. Participate by use of vote in:
a. Disbursement of all ASLCC monies
brought forth in the Senate
b. Passage or refusal of proposed budget
for ensuing year
c. Determination of policies and rules for
ASLCC.
5. Maintain an open communication
between students at large and the Senate.
Departmental Senator
Departmental Senators shall:
1. Participate by use of vote in:
a. The disbursement of all ASLCC
monies brought forth in the Senate
b. Passage or disapproval of proposed
budget for the ensuing year
c. Determination of policies and rules for
the ASLCC
2. Maintain an open line of communication
between the students and their departments and the Senate.
3. Attend oepartmental meetings upon
approval of the Department Chairman.

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Mas1cr Instructor from Korea. KYU Hwang
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•Judo
Cocdul·a1ional training. 2045 Franklin Blvd, 345-4167.

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·Micrix:ompu1cr kits/ s~·stems electronic components/
projects computer terminals/ peripherals interesting
das,-es / demonstrations books & magazines repair
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pre,-tn \":tlve" with hand pump. water bolllc with rack
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Jazz and Blues cooked, simmered

The first annual Eugene Blues Festival
and Eddie Harris and his band both
appeared in Eugene last weekend. The
Blues Festival featured Nighthawks. the .
Robert Cray Band, country blues artist
Rober Lowery, Charles Musselwhite, electric guitarist Albert Collins. and the local
Bill Rhodes Blues Band. The festival was
held Sept. 24 and 25 at the W.O.W. Hall.

Eddie Harris, who composed the theme
for the movie Exodus, is known for his
experementation with the electronic varitone saxophone. Appearing with Harris
were two former Eugene residents. Bob
Thomas on the bass and Ockbar Depreist,
who has played on the European continent,
on the drums. Also accompanying was "J.on
Muldrow on the guitar.

David Stewart and Curtis Salgado of Nighthawks

Photos by J. Hayden

Witchcraft, Shamanism,andPagan
religion course offered here
by Susan Arrow
"There were three women came out of
the West,
Their fortunes for to try.
And these three women made a ·solemn
vow
John Barleycorn must die."
"They've plowed, they've sown, they've
harrowed him in.
Threw clods upon his head.
And these three women made a solemn
vow
John Barleycorn was dead.
•'They let him lie for a very long time
'Til the rains from heaven did fall,
And Little Sir John sprung up his head
And so amazed them all."
•-Old British folksong
Thus begins the tale of John Barleycorn, .
an ancient mystery play of death and

rebirth. Enact it within a circle of magic
and let the three women represent the
triple aspect of the Great Goddess, and you •
have a pagan celebration of the harvest.
Such a celebration took place in Eugene
last Saturday night, led by Morninglory
and Tim Zell, who are members of the
Church of All Worlds and initiate witches.
The ritual was a prelude to a class they will
be teaching at LCC on Witchcraft.
Shamanism. and Pagan religions.
The class will include a survey of
indigenous. pantheistic folk ' religions,
including American Indian, Polynesian and
Celtic. and will focus on the role of the
Great Earth Mother in a historical context.
Later classes will include workshops and
field-trips. The course is offered through
Adult Education on Wednesday nights in
Math 206. There is a SIS fee for the 20
hour course.

Ockbar Depriest and Eddie Harris

.-------- CALEN DAR OP . EVENT S------ -Thursday, Septemuer 30
Benefit dance for Jerry Rust
EMU Ballroom, 8 p.m.
Felicidades and Mithrandir
$2.00 in advance, $2.50 at the door
tickets available at the Sun Shop, EMU
Main Desk. and both locations of Rust
Headquarters: 325 Blair. 1740 Willamette

Beginning Sept. 30 and continuing thru
Oc-tober 24
Soft sculpture by Barbara Kensler and
photographs by Andy Whipple
Maude Kerns Art Center, 1910 East 15th
Avenue. Eugene.
Reception Sept. 30, 8-10 p.m.
Drama at the Very Little Theatre, 24th and
Hilyard
Now thru October 2
"Six Rooms-River View"
box office ooen from 2-7 o.m., tickets are
$3.00 for everyone.
Friday, October 1
Dance/ Concert
Eugene's own Wheatfield will celebrate
rheir fifth anniversary at the Community
Center fqr the Performing Arts
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9:30 p.m. -

Eugene Theatre Company's 4th season
opener
"Of Thee I Sing"
Oct. 1,2,3, 8:30 p.m.
The Country Squire Inn
Tickets are 4.00, available at Erb Memorial
Union. Meier and Frank, Lights for Music
in Springfield, Crystalship, and at the
door.
Saturday, uccob~r l
Concert
Tracy Nelson, former lead singer with
Mother Earth
Special Guest performer-singerI composer
John Hiatt
WOW Hall, 8th and Lincoln, Eugene
Two shows: 8:30 and 11 :00 p.m.
Tickets: $3. 75 advance, $4.00day of show
Tickets available at Mother Kali's Books,
Sun Shop, Everybody's Records and
Crystalship Records on the Mall.
Sunday. October 3
An evening of Anti-Sexist films sponsored
by the Willamette Valley chapter of the
New American Movement
Two films - "Growing Up Female,., and
"Men's Lives.•.·

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Two complete showings at 7 and 9 p.m.,
$1.00 admission, child care available a_t
345-7934.
Monday, October 4
Concert
Portland Dance Theater
South Eugene High School Auditorium,
8:30 p.m.
Program to include works by Bach, Haydn,
and Stravinski, among others.
Tickets available at Carl Greve Jewelers,
51 West Broadway. Eugene
$3.00 General Admission
Tuesday, October S

Concert
John Paul Hammond, 14-year veteran of
the blues
Community Center for the Performing Arts
WOW Hall, 8th and Lincoln, Eugene
Two performances: 8:00 and 10:30 p.m.
Tickets are $3.00 in advance and $3.50 the
day of the show
Tickets are available at the Sun Shop.
Crvstalship, and Everybody's Records

Dance Spectrum in "Shapes of Evening,"
choreographed by Carlos Carrajal, Artistic
Director.

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Women tinker with organization

Calendar of events

by Rachel Gille
During a staff meeting at the
Women's Awareness Center. Marge
Wynia, a counselor at Lane, handed the
group a box of tinker toys.
'' She divided the staff into two
groups and told us to make a structure
of what the Center was to us,'' says

Karen Tyler, a new work/studey
student for the Center.
''It was difficult at first. Marge
didn't leave us much." Each group
built their own structure from the toys.
''Without watching each other there
\'/ere similarities,'' Karen stated.

Both groups saw themselves as
unique individuals linked together in
purpose and the "Center as a flexible
cha·n nel to work through."
"The exercise was helpful,." said
Karen. "We had to define for everyone
what we were there for.''

Photo by J. Hayden
LCC agriculture mechanics student Colin Mes~er recently converted his VW to
propane fuel; pollution and maintenance are cut to a minimum. Messer's VW is the
only one known to be running on propane in the Eugene-Springfield area.