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Vol. 14 No. 10 December 2. 1976

Money available
for needy students
' at" Financial Aid
by Mark Wright
Are you short of money for college?
Don't be discouraged if you've heard there
isn ' t any money left to borrow. Some
financial aids programs have money left
and the basic requirement to receive
money is financial need.
Applications for financial aid for the
1977-78 academic year will be available
after Feb. 1, 1977 in the Financial Aid
Office.
However, students can still apply for a
Basic Educational Opportunity Grant
(BEOG), until May 1977, according to
Frances Howard, director of financial aids.
(BEOG), until May 1977, according to
Frances Howard, director of financial aids.
If the money is granted to a student for
spring term, he or she will also be
reimbursed for the previous fall and winter
terms.
BEOG applications are free and can be
picked UJ? in the Financial Aid Office.
After being completed it should be sent to
the federal address listed on it.
Approximately one month after the
application has been mailed the student
will receive a Student Eligibility Report
(SER), which should be taken to the
Financial Aid Office for "computation of
the award."
The SER is a computer print-out with an
index number that indicates to the college
how much money the student is entitled to
receive.
Students may take the SER evaluation to
any college, but the amount of money
rewarded will vary on different campuses,
depending on the costs at each.
''Students are entitled to BEOG funds as
long as they qualify economically. There
are no age limits, as long as a student can
be admitted to a school, he or she is
entitled to a BEOG," Howard says.
Students must have an SER on file for a
college to review their applications.
Last year S945,530 came to LCC students
in BEOG funds. This year the total is over
$1,000,000.

One student said that when she applied
for a BEOG she had'' ... no difficulties. I
was surprised at the amount of money I
got."

Union challenges KLCC decision

by Kathleen Monje
Five terminated KLCC radio station staff
employess received support from the
employees union at the Nov. 17 Board of
Education meeting.
Speaking for the LCC Employees
Federation (LCCEF, representing classified staff members), Union President
Evelyn Tennis announced that the LCCEF
would file a formal grievance against the
college on the radio station staff members'
behalf the next day.
Tennis announced to the Board and an
audience of about 45 people that the
Federation had not been properly notified
of the changes in the KLCC job description that caused the five employees to lose
their jobs. She also said the college had
failed to inform the union of the
terminations. Both of these points are in
violation of the college's contract with the
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union, Tennis alleged. At press time this Tuesday afternoon
LCCEF representatives had met with LCC
President Eldon Schafer for negotiations
on the grievances. Although results were
not disclosed, the TORCH learned that
Mass Communication Department Chairer
Mike Hopkinson waived, or defaulted, the
first step to respond to the grievance.
Hopkinson acknowledged that five days
had elapsed since Tennis formally submitte the grievance to him, and the next
step, tben, is for the college president to
reply to the grievance.
(The five employees -- Roger Wood,
program director; Michael Canning, music
director; Jan Weaver, Barbara Stern, and
Cal Turlock, all sharing the position of
public affairs director -- lost their jobs as
the result of a decision, made Oct. 29, to
employ people with bachelor's degrees at
the station. The Tour year degree will
enable the Mass Communication Dept. to
use ·KLCC staffers to teach one class per
term. thus saving money presently spent
hiring part-time faculty.)

by Michael Riley
''We are not running into a problem on
the departmental level, we're running into
a probl em w1"th J oyce Hopps, the assoc1·ate
dean of instruction."
Karla Schultz, language arts instructor,
refers to the stand Hopps has taken against
the offering of second year German

•Students may also apply for a Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL). The Financial
Aid Office certifies GSL applications that
students make with local commercial
banks. Students may borrow up to SSOO
per term for educational costs, if they
qualify. Repayment may be extended over
a 10-year period with minimum repayment
of $30 per month.

Any questions should be directed to the
Financial Aid Office.

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The major ~oncern voiced by members of
the audience and the terminated staff
members was that the station's direction,
presently devoted to public affairs, jazz
and progressive music, would change with
new employees.

During the Board meeting Larry Perry
made a motion to delay the firing of the five
station employees. Seconded by Catherine
Lauris, the motion was defeated in a tie
vote, with Chairer Jim Martin joining Perry
and Lauris. Members Jim Pitney, Charles
Cooper, and Steve Reid opposed the
Schafer's statement, "I don't think that
motion. Richard Freeman was absent, and
the personnel change will change the
so the tie had the effect of sustaining the
station's direction," was met with some
Administration's decision to rewrite the job
by the audience.
disbelief
descriptions and fire those KLCC staff
members who do not meet the new
Board member Catherine Lauris recomqualifications.
mended that a special meeting be held in
Tennis had explained that all action
January to determine the station's philopertaining to the firings must be held in
sophical direction, since the terminations
abeyance until the grievance is settled.
would be implemented. "There is a split in
However, President Schafer and Dean of
philosophy on the Board; this fact-finding
Business Operations Tony Birch made it
is what I've salvaged. I don't always
clear that, after compliance with the union
support the administration.''
contract, the administrative decision to
replace the five staff members would
The hearing was unanimously agreed to
stand. "We want to do it (the job revision
by the Board and set for Jan. 12, 1977. The
and the dismissals) correctly,'' said
TORCH will publish a special KLCC
Schafer.
• information guide, outlining Federal ComBoard Chairman Jim Martin pointed out munication Commission regulations, the
that "eight weeks could start tomorrow if costs of operating the public/ educational
the administration corrected its procedure radio station, and KLCC' s history at the
college.
and did it right."

Controversy aroused over German dass

But another student was unimpressed
with the amount of money he received:
''Honesty (when filling out the application)
will _get .vou nowhere," he said.

•Those students who are not receiving
financial aid may defer tuition charges in
excess of $30 until the end of the term.
There is also an emergency loan fund from
which students may borrow up to SSO.
These loans don't have interest rates, but
must be repaid by the end of the term in
which it's borrowed .

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language courses here at LCC.
memorandum written last year to John
Howard, Language Arts Department chairman. Hopps stated that enrollment figures
in second year German were not high
enough to allow continuance in_the 1976-77
school year. It was also mentioned that

there would have to be a guarantee of 18
students willing to register for the course
before it would be offered.
According to Schultz • 18 currently
enrolled students signed a petition urging
the Language Arts Department to include a
first term German II class in the winter
schedule. The scheduling committee of the
Language Arts Department sent a memo
attached to the petition saying the
department would like to offer the class
contingent on enrollment on a term to term
basis.
Schultz added that Hopps informed the
committee that it would be unfair to
students to offer one class to the interested
students instead of the former sequence of
three. A previous arguement by Hopps
had been that second year German was a
sequence course ana should not be offered
due to reduced student attendence each
term of the sequence.
Some students interested in taking
German II returned to LCC this year
hoping that the school would offer the
second year courses. Others have had an
equivalent of first year German and want to
go on with the second year program.
One such student is Mike Arnold. He
feels that he would qualify for a winter tern
German II class if it was offered even
though he is taking first year German.
Arnold is concerned that the second year
German courses at LCC will be cancelled
indefinitely. He added that he looks upon
LCC as being "a starting point to a four
year institute." Arnold al~o feels that the

school should supp~y lower division
tr~nsfer classes. Whtie t~e school
th i_s now he feels the_ mam em~has1s ts
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classes.
. Arnold also said that a letter received by
him from Jack Carter, d~an of students,
~tated th~t. Hopps had reviewed the ~~cent
hst of pettttoners and had fo~nd that, only
about half of the students hsted would be
eligible for German two." "That's just not
true," states Arnold, "she may have
reviewed the list but she has absolutely no
notion what the criteria for German II
·must be."
When contacted, Hopps stated that she
wasn't sure how many of the student's
were eligible for the course. She added
that one reason the course wasn't going to
be offered this year was that German II
courses held last year decreased in
Hopps also
enrollment each term.
mentioned that while there may be 18
people petitioning for a course winter term
that many students could not make the
class at the same time due to conflicting
class shcedules.
·'What we'd like to do is insure for the
students' sake that we could offer all three
terms of German two.'' Hopps anticipates
that next year the courses will be offered in
sequence fall term. Howard agreed with
Hopps. adding that the low turnout of
students last year caused the course to
be "furloughed" for one year on Hopps'
recommendation.

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Letters to
the Editor
Flu shot publicity _
greatly appreciated
To the Editor:
Thank you for your fine coverage of the
swine flu immunization clinic.
If we do not reach our desired ' 'herd
immunity'' levels here at LCC, it certainly
will not be for lack of the publicity you have
been kind ·enough to provide.
We at the Health Service appreciate your
cooperative health spirit.
Laura Oswalt, Health Services director

Exception taken
to TORCH story
To the Editor:
My letter is in reference to the article
you ran in the TORCH November 4, 1976
entitled Women Taking Traditionally Male
Classes. As a subject of the article, I must
object, first of all, to a total misrepresentation of my statements to your
reporter. I did not work with men in the
factory. I worked alongside women.
Women who were being used and abused
for cheap labor. I was a band sawyer, a job
which entailed personal danger and some
skill. When I quit, I was making a paltry
$2. 75 an hour. I was the third hi_ghest paid
woman employee. The men employed at
the mill held all the supervisory and
maintenance positions. None earned less
than $8 an hour. Furthermore, I don't
know where yoar reporter got the idea that
these same men encouraged me to learn to
weld. A woman encouraged me to try
welding. Imagine how she felt when she
read your art~cle.
My second objection is, why, when four
women in nearly all the traditionally male
classes at LCC - Flight Technology,
Auto/Diesel Repair, Construction, Farm
Machinery Repair, Machine Technology,
Cabinet Making, Insurance Adjusting, and
Architecture.
My third objection is to the manner in
which my instructors were interviewed.
At no time in my interview did I impIv I'd
confronted any hostility or lack of
cooperation in my instructors. There are
difficulties at times, of course, but they are
due to the phenomena, not sexism.
In closing, I'd like to ask about the article
I was told you'd be running as a follow-up
concerning men taking traditionally female
classes. After all, we are all simply
persons trying to realize our own potential.
Try harder next time,

Editor's Note: Jeff Hayden, an LCC
Agriculture and Industrial Tech.
student, prepares this weekly
column from nationwide publications. He is interested in the
worker's role in society, and specifically students preparing for the job
market. Comments both pro and con
are encouraged and may be submitted to the editor. The material
selected does not necessarily reflect
the views of the TORCH.

Jan. 20. Cold, impersonal forces are
laying an ambush for the fledgling
administration that could cripple it
almost before it gets underway.

Unemployment Is A Killer
From In These Times
More and more Americans are
kilJing themselves, dying of serious
illnesses or becoming criminals
because of the strain caused by
rising unemployment, says a 230page study released recently by the
congressional Joint Economic Committee.
According to the study, prepared
by Harvey Brenner of Johns Hopkins
University, a 1.4 per cent rise in
unemployment during 1970 was
. associated directly with 1,500 additional suicides, 1,700 additional
homicides and 25,000 heart and
kidney disease deaths over a fiveyear period. In an accompanying
statement the committee chairman,
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (DMinn.), warned that the present 7.8
per cent level of unemployment
would result in 60,000 additional
stress-related deaths by 1980. During the same period . 11,000 more
people would be admitted to mental
hospitals and 15,900 more would go
to prison.

Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur
F. Burns and other analysts counsel
that the economy is about to resume
robust growth on its own, if only
people will refrain from meddling
with it. But for a mounting number
of economists, this view is becoming
less and less credible.

Jobless Rate in Lane County
Below 9 per cent
Condensed from the Register-Guard
Raw unemployment figures for
October indicate that 8. 9 per cent of
the labor force in Lane County could
not find jobs. ''This is the first tim~
the unemployment rate has been
below 9 per cent in two years," said
Wayne Johnson, manpower economist for the State Employment Division in Eugene. The comparable
Oregon rate was 9.3 per cent.·
Johnson credited unseasonably
good weather in October for a key
part of the unexpectedly low jobless
rate, saying that it permitted logging
and construction work ''to keep
going strong longer than usual."
'' Although employment may remain
reasonably high this month because
much of the mopth has been dry,
Johnson said he expects unemployment to rise again during the winter.
The Economy Falters, Carter Prod
Necessary to Avoid Crisis
Condensed from an article by Paul E.
Steiger, LA Times-Washington Post
Service
It is becoming increasingly clear
that Jimmy Carter will face a
genuine crisis when he takes office

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Photographers
Steve Park
Tom Gheysen
Frank Martinez

For most of this year, the ll.S.
economy has been growing too
slowly to make any significant
reduc~ion in the nation's painfully
large pool of unemployed workers,
who now number 7.6 million or 7.9
per cent of the labor force.

Revised figures released last week
showed that in the third quarter of
this year the economy•s growth rate
had slipped to 3.8 per cent, below
the 4 per cent pace regarded a~
necessary just to keep even with the

rate at which new workers normally
enter the labor force. Moreover
there are signs the growth rate could
be slipping even further. In October,
for example, the nation's industrial
production fell 0.5 per cent.
Carter, therefore, almost certainly
wiIJ have to take immediate action to
spur the economy and assure that it
won't slip into a new recession.
Failure. to rekindle economic recovery would mean that, instead of
declining from its current high rate,
unemployment would be at a standstiIJ or rise. Funds available for the
ambitious health care and urban
renaissance programs the new president has in mind would diminish.
In such an environment, Carter
would find his standing among such
key supporters as blacks and trade
unionists seriously impaired, with no
compensating improvement in his
relations with business and agricul-

tural interests. The basic abi1ity of
the new administration to govern
would be jeopardized.

Carter's 4-Year Plan:
No Work For Millions
Condensed from the People's World
by Mark Allen

Coming so soon in the wake of
President-elect Carter's narrow
victry, the Georgian's statement this
week that the people will have to
accept from five to seven per cent
unemployment during most of his
term has sorrowed, shocked , and
enraged many, induding his supporters.
Kendra Alexander, former chairperson of. the Communist Party
Presidential and Vice-presidential
campaign of Gus Hall and Jarvis
Tyner, blasted the Carter statement:
"It is a testament to the contempt
he has for working people and the
racially oppressed in this country.
those on the unemployment and

welfare rolls and those clinging
precariously to their jobs.
•"Jimmy Carter has proven, even
before his inauguration, that he
poses a serious danger to the
interests of the overwhelming majority of the people of this country. We
~aid over and over again in our
campaign that a vote for Carter or
Ford was a mandate for further
attacks on our living standards, and
now Carter himself has added
further proof that he didn't represent
the 'lesser of two evils'.
•" If the progressive forces in this
country, be they community activists
or elected officials, wait until
Carter's inauguration or after to
lJegin our resistance to his policies
we will be in a very serious situation.
Carter this week threw down _the
guantlet to all those who seek a·
better life for the people, and the
time to pick it up is now. He has
issued the call to struggle."

Support urged for Worn en's Law -Forum

C o m ~ ' :1' 1 1 1 ~ o o ~ c H
Colle~'ll
Kathleen Monje
Sally Oljar
Michael Riley
Russell Kaiser
Jeff Hayden
Janice Brown
John Brooks
Kristine Snipes

December 2, 1976

Unemployment is ~iHing us

Dolores F. Morris

Editor
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Cultural Editor
Photo Editor
Advertising Manager
Production managers

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Prndu,·tion S1aff
Matt Boren
Linda Engra v
J eff Canaday
Peter Harvey
Doreen Pottcrf

Member of Oregon Community College Newspaper Association and Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.
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Opinions expressed in the TORCH are not necessarily those of the college , the student body. all members of the TORCH staff;
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or those of
Forums are intendt·d to be a marketplace for free ideas and must be limited to 500 words. Leuers to the editor are limited to 250
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The editor reserves the right tn edit for matters of libel and length .
All correspondence should be typed or printed. double-spaced and signed b)' the writer.
Mail or bring all correspondence to: TORCH, Lane Community College, Room 206 Center Building, 4000 East 30th Avenu e,
Eugene, Oregon 97405; Telephone, 747-4501. ex!. 234.

Fellow Students:
I am writing to you in regards of a little
known group of women located at the Law
School, University of Oregori, Eugene,
Ore., 97403.
They are known to the Associated
Students of the University of Oregon as the
Women's Law Forum. They comprise 50
female law students (28 per cent of the law
class) who earnestly believe in female
equality and wish t see equal representa. tion throughout our Governm~nt process.
I fully support these gallani: young ladies
and I hope you will too. You see. during
the present lame-duck executive session at

the White House. there is much fertile
potential for politically reducing the issue
here to a non-issue. In essence, now is the
time to bring this issue up.
I urge your financial. spiritual and State
Student Lobby support, for it is through
these persons ideals, that American society
shall finally" realize equality of the sexes,
equality . on the supreme bench and
co-resp9nsibility in the executive branch.
Please send them a bunch of support
today. cause aside from everything else
they're kinda cute too ...
Thomas Michael Condon
Student. Sociology

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"Saturday Market" at LCC?

Welding Society sponsors craft fair
by Wendell Anthony Werner
A "Saturday Market" at LCC? A craft
fair to be held on campus Dec. 1 and 2
promises many of the attractions featured
at the Saturday Market and at the Fifth
Street Market downtown.
The fair is the third of its kind being
sponsored by the LCC student chapter of
the American Welding Society.
Chapter President Dave Andre has
distributed 150 leaflets to craftspeople who
sell their goods at the public markets,
inviting their participation in the craft fair.
Posters have gone up around campus,
around town. and around neighboring
towns. Andre has sent postcards to local
radio and television stations, hoping for
public service time.
Andre considers prompt booking of
He says that if
spaces important.
participants are to be ready for an extra
event. such as the fair, they must have
time to prepare an additional supply of the
mostly handmade pottery. woodwork. art,
jewelry or other goods they might be
selling.
_ Money the welding society makes from
the fair goes to purchase equipment for the ·
welding shop in the Special Training
Department. Most of the-.dollars collected
are profit. as publicity expenses are small.
The ASLCC Publicity Office has printed the
pamphlets and posters A WS has used at
small cost.
AWS will earn $5 for each 80-square foot
space sold to artisans at the two-day fair.
Depending on how much is sold, he says
this is somewhat less expensive that space
at the Saturday Market or at the Fifth

Street Market. AWS pays no rent to the
college for the use of the area, although the
Saturday Market pays the city for the use
of its space. Sel_lers at the public markets
pay for their booths with a percentage of
their sales. Kathy McKeever. of the
Saturday Market. says this amounts to
between $2.25 and $9.25 per day
The fair is being held in the covered
areas to th·e north and west of the cafeteria.
Dry spots have been mapped out, in case
there is foul weather.
Last December's craft fair was considered a success, with 47 people selling
goods. But less- that 10 people participated
in the fair last Spring Term. Andre blames
a less coordinated publicity effort for the
lack of success of the second fair. But with
the planning effort this year, AWS
members are optimistic that the craft fair
this December will draw - even more
participants than the first fair last year.

WHAT IS HERPES?
Herpes simplex virus Type II is an
infection of the skin of genital areas
in both men and women. It's a close
cousin of the comman "cold sore."
The virus causes shallow, painful
blisters and ulcers on the penis or on
the vulva/vagina/cervix. These
small sores can last for several weeks
before healing, and the infection
often returns.

very. very paintul. The recurrent
infections are a bother, but are not
usually so severe.
The real worry with herpes is the
near certain relation to cancer of the
cervix. It's important for women
who know they've had herpes to
have PAP tests every six months,
instead of every year, to find any
cervical cell changes before they
become dangerous.

INFECTION
THE
IS
HOW
SPREAD?
Herpes is transferred primarily by
sexual closeness, though there is
some increasing evidence that the
virus can be spread on toilet seats,
bathtubs, etc.

SO HOW CAN I KEEP FROM
GETTING HERPES?
Abstinence and cleanliness used
to be considered virtues. They will
still reduce one's chances of catching
the herpes virus. For men, using a
condom may help, as will washing
thoroughly immediately after lovemaking. For women, there's little to
do.

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF
CATCHING HERPES?

Napoleon was short

A single sexual contact with a
person with an active sore can be
enough to cause infection by the
virus. The more contact, the greater
the chance. To complicate the
matter. some research is showing
that the infection can be spread even
if the sores aren't present. So the·
only way of knowing if your sexual
partner might be carrying herpes is
to ask, since looking isn't enough.
HOW SEVERE IS HERPES? WHY
ALL THE FUSS?
We're seeing a Jot more "primary•• herpes infections this fall.
This first bout with the virus can be

(CPS)--A student at UCLA is orgamzmg
what he calls the Perfect Student's Union
(PSU) in an attempt to obtain recognition
for "perfect" students.
Alex Raskovich, founder of PSU, views
perfections as "someone with out characteristics.·· Together with a friend,
Raskovich said, "In light of history. Mary
Poppins had this knack of bursting into
song and ·she certainly learned to fly. But
Napolean was too short. We are the first
perfect people." One of the first benefits
of being accepted into the Perfect Student
Union will be that members will never have
to wait in line.

NOW THAT I HAVE IT, WHAT

CAN I DO?

First, it's important to make sure
you have herpes, and not one of the
other serious venereal diseases.
Come to the Student Health Center
and we'll check you, for free.
Unfortunately, modern medicine
has no good cure for viral diseases.
There are some simple remedies to
make you more comfortable and
prevent spread or secondary infections.
COME SEE US IF YOU HA VE
ANY QUESTIONS.

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"Affinnative action is more than just not discriminating"

Men in traditionally female dental program

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~y Mildred Holly
the work of the hygienist is "essentially
Two male .students are currently a part of autonomous and requires only that a
the traditionally female oriented dental dentist be present in the clinic."
hygiene program at LCC.
Bryson attributes the low number of men
in the program simply to the fact that not
However, George Bryson, a second-year
many men are aware of its advantages and
student from Junction City, said he does
therefore do not apply.
not believe· that t~e college is doing all it
Those men who do apply are given equal
should to recruit male students into the
consideration, said Bryson. He said, "I
program.
have complete confidence in the staff in the
there is · no
selection process
discrimination."
Program Coordina_1or, Beth Edwards,
also said that all applicants receive the
same treatment. She said, "There is
absolutely no discrimination in the selection of applicants . . . everyone has an
equal opportunity for acceptance into the
program.''
Edwards agreed with Bryson that the
college does not actively seek male
students, but that one or two men are
accepted into the program each year.
Edwards said much of the recruitment of
students is done by the professional
associations working through the _high
schools and with high school counselors.
She said men are encouraged by the
associations to enter the field because men
generally will stay in the field for a longer
period of time than will women.
Women have traditionally been willing
to work for less money than men, and
Edwards said there are a number of
Bryson, and a first-year student, reasons why men may not find the field
Scott Barrett. are the only men among the attractive. She said that an annual salary
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itself in informing male students that the
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the maximum that a dental hygienist could
expect to earn, and since the hygienist
might work for more than one dentist, the
normally expected fringe benefits might
not be available.
However. Bryson said he prefers being a
paraprofessional and did not express
concern about the salary or fringe benefits.
He said that training to be a paraprofessional does not take as long a professional
training and he anticipates excellent
opportunities for employment.
Bryson comes from a small town and
hopes to find employment in one of the
smaller communities in Oregon somewhere
between Roseburg and Portland. He said
that since smaller communities have
trouble getting professional people in all
the medical professions, that "if you like
small communities your opportunities are
excellent.•'
When asked if he saw dental hygiene as
a stepping-stone to dentistry, he replied,
'' I resent the approach that asks that
question. People don't ask the women
students that question ... I chose dental
hygiene for its own merits.'•
Later, he said, "I don't realy feel anger.
It's more a matter of consciousness raising.
I just want people to understand that I'm
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Edwards said Bryson and Barrett ''fit in
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students and the staff. She ~aid that the
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Jan Branstrom, couns~lor for the
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part) said she does not see the need for
active recruitment of men. She said that
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Employee points out phone company mistake Computer available to students for job finding
by John Brooks
Michael Bailey, customer/ student
service coordinator in the Auto-Diesel
Technology Building, will soon have his
telephone deposit returned because he was
inspired to investigate the laws concerning
utilities by an article in the TORCH.
The Oct. 7. 1976 issue of the TORCH
contained an article about problems
encountered by students who have a
telephone installed. It also explained some
of the rights telephone customers have.
When Bailey moved to Creswe1J he
bought a house, paying a third of its cost in

Mike Bailey
a ,down payment.
This more than
adequately establishes his credit, as
required by the Jaws Bailey was given by
the Public Utility Commissioners (PUC)
office. They stated that one way an
applicant for a telephone can establish
credit is when ''the applicant owns 20 per
cent or greater interest in the premises to
be served by the utility ... "
But Bailey said he still had to pay a $50
deposit to the Creswell Telephone Company (CTC) to establish his credit when he
-got his phone installed.
Then Bailey read the article in the
TORCH about telephone companies.
Bailey was curious to see "if the TORCH
was correct,'' especially the portion of the
article that said a telephone company must
pay interest on a deposit, which he didn't
think he was receiving.
He called the manager of CTC. who said
that according to a special contract written
in 1955, CTC didn't have to pay any
interest.
Next Bailey caJJed PUC. He talked with
Complaint Analyst Irene Cross who told
him that he was correct and that he should
receive six per cent interest on his deposit.
Bailey then informed the manager of
CTC of the conversation with Cross, but
the manager stood his ground repeating
that he did not have to pay the interest.
Again Bailey caJJed Cross and she
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The argument continued until finally a by Shanda Addington
The Career Information Center has a
PUC tariff man and Cross talked directly to
the manager of CTC, informing him that he computer available to students and promust return the deposit plus interest, spective students for finding out explicit
informatio~ about 240 occupations and
Bailey said. •
Cross called Bailey, teJJing him he could careers.
collect his deposit any time but she
The computer, a Career Information
suggested he wait a little while because the
System, is one valuable resource for
manager of CTC was pretty upset. To date
looking into job occupations, said Margie
Bailey hasn't asked for his money but he
HoJJand. career information specialist.
has "called some of my neighbors" to tell •When a student answers 25 questions the
t!'iem of what he had found out.
computer can then select specific job titles
The manager of CTC stated that, ''Our
for consideration, out of those 240 available
filings with the (PUC) stated that we didn't
in its memory bank.
have to (pay interest) . . . and now I
• The questiot1s are concerning a student's
understand that we're supposed to." He
added that, "It was a mistake in physical limitations, location (for instance
"Where are you willing to work?"),
understanding between us and the
education and training (' 'How much
PUC ... "
If you are having a problem with the training will you have when you enter your
utilities concerning your rights, the PUC career field?"), aptitudes, interests
Consumer Services Department can be ("Would you like figuring out new ways of
called at this toll-free number, 800-452- doing things . . . ?"), and desired
earnings.
9105.

by Sally Oljar
Eighty per cent of the students who have
participated in the Counseling Department's "Job Getting Skills Workshop"
have found employment, according to
Counselor Betty Vail, who heads the
program.
The week-long workshop is designed to
help students organize and improve their
job-getting skiJls, or if necessary, to
acquire them. Most students "aren't
prepared'' when they begin to seek
employment, Vail said.
The first part of the workshop attempts
to help students ''find a frame of
reference" to work from, she says. This
helps the student to define the goals
he/she is trying to accomplish, if they
haven't done so before starting the
program.
• "It's important to know the work setting
. . . how the company functions," Vail
says. Workshop participants interview
employees in various job settings ·to
familiarize themselves with a company's
operation.
''The more information a person has
about a company, the more they are in a
position to make a choice (about their
jobs),'' she says.
Written resumes are sometimes
required by an employer, and part of the
workshop is designed to help students
determine when one is necessary, and how
it should be written. "(Resumes) should
be styled for the benefit of the employer,''
Vail said.
Students also have a chance to view
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The computer can give a description of
each job title. Educational and training
requirements may also be listed. for each
job title.
Holland noted that other LCC resources
are also available to help students with
career and training decisions: The Career
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and video-tapes on methods for getting a
job. The video-tapes show resume writing,
job interviewing, and job interviewing for
women.
Holland said "AH of the
information
is updated every six months."
using audio-visual materials. Vail says
'' As a result of this Career Information
students concentrate on ''very specific
skills" to improve themselves. She says Center there are now available to students
the use of audio-visual material is exciting Assertiveness Classes, a Job' Skills Lab,
and a Women's Workshop," said Holland.
because ''they can really discover how they
The Career Information Center, ~ocated
are coming across.''
in the lobby of the Center Building, is open
One problem students have with inter- between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. Student
views, she says, is the inability to "take Services staff members of the Counseling
charge ... so that they feel good about how Department are there to help from
they've managed themselves." In the 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Students may use
group-workshop setting, students engage these facilities more than once, ffee of
in "role-playing" and exchange ideas for charge.
improvement.
To pursue occupations and careers in
Vail says that in an interview a stµdent depth, LCC counselors are available,
should be able to ''talk about past HoIJand.said.
experience without distortion . . . how to
(See workshop story .. this page)
come across and be honest."

''There is a lot of diversity in what an
'employer is looking for beyond basic
things,'' she says. A student is more likely
to be successful in getting a job, if he/she
can discover "what the interviewer is
Jqoking for," she added.
The final goal is for the student to
discover ''what makes him/her unique.
Not necessarily better, but what makes you
stand o~t above everyone else," she says.
To achieve that goal, students have- to
define why they want a particular job, and
how it wiIJ fit in with their future goals.
Students '' sometimes take an unrelated job
when they don't have to ... •(but) a variety
of past experience can be an asset,'' she
said.

Vail says that individual employment
counseling is available, but encourages
students to participate in the group
workshop.
She says that 8-10 people is a "perfect
size" for a workshop, but as enroJJment
increases, more wilJ be added to the weekly
schedule. Three workshops have been
_ scheduled for Winter Term at the present
time.

bowling club
loses to Oregon State
Womens

by Keith Brovald
The LCC Women's Bowling Club lost
four games at the hands of an impressive
Oregon State team Nov. 18 at Springfield Lanes.
OSU had a balanced attack, featuring
Jan Bish with a 218 game and Pat Rodgers
with a 579 series, which was high for the
match.
The first two games were virtuaJJy even
with OSU winning both by 13 and 39 pins
respectively. The third game, however,
was never in doubt as the Beavers walked
away with a 166 pin margin, 837 to 671. It
also took total pins 2,579 and 2,361.
Betty Danker Jed the Titans with a 570
series and high game of the match of 231.
Linda Perkins was close behind with a 530
series.
The - women finished the first half of
season play c1t 8 wins and 12 losses. The
second half gets underway Jan. 13 at
Springfield Lanes against the University of
Oregon.

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by Mark A. Rochester

New and increased opportunities for
evening students and additional student
involvement with the committee is what
the Evening Program Advisory Committee
(EPAC) hopes to achieve.
According to committee member Bob
Vinyard, one of the major goals EPAC is
now trying to accomplish is expansion of
the evening program so students can
obtain degrees in some areas by attending
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only evening classes.
He says the amount of expansion
necessary to achieve this goal varies
between departments. He cites the
Business Department as being '' A-number
one" from EPAC's standpoint. According
to Vinyard it offers about 30 per cent of its
classes in the evening, which is above the
average for the college's 27 departments.
The committee is trying to work · up a
program to make students aware of EPAC
and to gain input to help guide its actions.
It will also be used to recruit people to work
with the committee, says Vinyard. He
describes the program as a ''town hall type
presentation'' that would tentatively occur
one evening per term.
From these meetings he hopes to see a
system that would allow evening students
. to have a hand in deciding which courses
they are offered.
Vinyard says the committee is trying to
"develop a closer working relationship
with students and administrators on behalf
of the evening student."
He cites some past EPAC accomplishments as evening hours in the library (none
existed before), evening food service
(before only snack foods were available),
evening hours for the bookstore, and an
arrangement that allows fees to be paid in
the evening.

Students burn
cross at OSU
(CPS)--There wasn't much doing on a
recent night in Corvallis, Oregon, so eight
members of an Oregon State University
co-op house decided to burn a cross on the
school's Black Cultural Center.
The eight, all men. had originally built
and burned the cross in their own yard, but
when one member suggested it would look
good some place else, the temptation was
too much to turn down. They started off for
another men's co-op but somehow wound
up at the Black Cultural Center, the scene
of past acts of vandalism.
After the incident, the eight . found
themselves so guilt-stricken they not only
turned themselves in, but they also asked
the student paper to publish their names.
It did. in a front page story about the
incident. 'Tm sorry that a bunch of us got
together and got involved in something
that just got out of hand," said one of the
cross burners.
Black student leaders w~re .reportedly
understanding ~hen the group asked them
to accept their apologies:

Court reporting lucrative profession
those who stick with it find it an extremely
by Eltamae Yarbrough
"Most people don't understand that lucrative, interesting, and rewarding
court reporting is a very exacting, highly career." Some knowledgeable publicity
paid, quasi-legal profession," said Paul . wou]d be helpful, Fritz said.
Fritz, LCC's court reporting instructor.
Another important move towards imCourt reporting is the method by which provement, Fritz thinks, would be to
legal proceedings of all kinds are recorded integrate court reporting into the Law
by machine shorthand, and then trans- Enforcement Program. "I doesn't belong _
scribed. When a student has completed in the Adult Education Business Program,
the two-year program, Fritz explained, he where it is now. It has nothing to do with
or she should be able to take between 225 business," Fritz stated.
and 250 words per minute.
The employment of full-time, accredited
According to Fritz, LCC's program, with
instructors,
who could teach theory, would
some ·improvement, coukt fi11 a real need
also be a very positive action towards
improving LCC's present program. Good
use could be made of an ''. . . honorary,
advisory board comprised of local, professional court reporters, to act as a source of
practical advice to the teaching staff,"
Fritz added.
At the present time, Fritz is teaching the
beginning, intermediate, and advance
students simultaneously, with the assistI ance of a former student. Liz Innoles.
The classes are held Monday and Thursday
nights from 6:30 to 9:30.

in the educational system, the community,
and most important, in the Jives of those
who have already begun the program.
"It's an important program and the
public should be made aware of its
existance," he said.
"You'd be amazed at how many people,
Eugene court reporters included, think that
the closest available instruction in the field
is in Portland," Fritz said. Of those who do
find out about LCC's cJasses, he said,
ma·ny enroH without any idea of what is
involved in becoming a proficient court
reporter, and, if unprepared, many drop

Paul Fritz's interest in preserving and
improving this program is so intense that
he not only teaches the dass without pay,
but on his own has prepared many
half-hour cassette tape lessons. '' A
student can go over one of these tapes five
times and get two and a half hours of
lessons," Fritz stated.
"It'~ great
practice, and practice is a most important
part of becoming a court reporter,'' he
added.
A large number of these taped lessons
are needed, and the initial cost is high,
Fritz said, " ... but when you consider the
many, many hours of learning they
provide, they're actually a bargain."
According to Fritz, in order to punctuate
correctly a reporter must be able to
comprehend the terminology of many
professions -- legal, medical, engineering,
marine, and insurance. "Professional
court reporting transcends the terminology
of all professions," Fritz commented.

Falconry illegal in Oregon
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The Fish and Wildlife Commission voted
Friday for Oregon to remain a nonfalconry
state in spite of appeals from a small group
of enthusiasts for the sport to be legalized
under a set of federal guidelines adopted
earlier in the year.
To legalize falconry under that framework would have permitted faJconers to
remove certain raptors (hawks, fakons,
owls, etc.) from the wild and raise them for
flying in the ancient hunting sport of
falconry. Under federal guidelines, the
numbers and species of raptors that could
be taken would depend upon the falconer's
experience and the whole sport would be
subject to close supervision by the
Department of Fi~ and Wildlife.
The only raptors that may legaJly be held
in Oregon now are captive bred and reareq
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permit for rehabi1itation.
Conflicting testimony was delivered both
for and against legalization, proponents
cJaiming raptor populations in Oregon
were either stable or increasing and
opponents cJaiming the opposite.
The Commission elected not to legalize
the sport on grounds that insufficient data
are available on the true status of raptor
populations in the state. The Commission
also directed the Department to place more
emphasis in its nongame wildlife program
on raptors.
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administering a legalized fakonry program
which would far exceed the amount
a11owed to be charged for a falconry license
under. existing Jaws. The balance would
then have to be borne from the license, tag,
and permit fees of other hunters.
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(CPS)--lf the vice-president of the United
States does it, can it really be a crime?
"No," says Karen Irvin_g, an Austin, Texas
woman ~ho was arrested last July for
flipping the bird to a group of Austin
undercover policemen .
. Irving, 25, claims she was simply
standing on an Austin street corner when
qne of the officers waved at her. She
answered back with her middle finger.
"This is a11 just ridiculous," says Irving.
"I thought they were looking for a
prostitute and I just wanted to Jet them
know I wasn't one."
When Irving and her lawyer appeared in
court recently to fight the charges, they
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reporter.
In this capacity, free-lancers work out of
a private office, taking legal statements
and depositions wherever they are needed.
The income of a free lancer can run as high
as $50,000 a year, Fritz said.
At different times, Fritz has owned two
schools devoted to the subject, and '' ...
the second largest free lance office in the
state of Washington," he said. He also
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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2
Poetry reactrng
Featured poets will be Lois Baker,
Barbara Baldwin, Olga Broumas,
Helen Dickinson, Elizabeth
McLagen, Linda Tucker, and Ingrid
Wendt.
Gerlinger Lounge, U of O campus
8 p.m.
No admission charge
Film showing
"Burn," starring Marlon Brando,
and "Witness: Apartheid"
U of O campus
$1 admission charge
For more information call, 343-6215
F;RIOAY. DECEMBER 3
Music and Smg-along
Willamalane Kitchen Band, a senior
citizen band
Gertrude's Restaurant, basement of
the WOW Ha11, 8th and Lincoln,
Eugene
For more information call J4J-4JU.l
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 4
Film showing
"Last Grave at Dimbaza" and
''Tauw''
Mayflower Theatre, 788 East 11th,
Eugene
For more information cal1 345-1022

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For more information call 686-4191
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For more information call 747-4559

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Review by Jan Brown

Go see "One By One." a remarkable
and cinemagraphically beaut1tul tllm
about Formula One Motor racing. The
use of infra-red techniques is most
effective with the subject matter.
To give the feeling of being in an
actual race, at one point the camera was
mounted on the rear of a race car, so
that the audience became the driver of
the car. Not only does the audience get
the feel of moving at 175 miles per hour,
it also experiences the terror and
anguish of th;e drivers in the actual race,
as the editor of the film cleverly cuts to
an actual crash scene in which the car
explodes killing the driver, while the
driver of another car attempts to rescue
him.
"One By One" has already been
called the best film on motor racing ever
made, and surely a racing fan would
embrace this film, as a patron of the art
world would embrace a work by Picasso.
The score by composer Stomu
Yamashta is, in itself, an experience.

LCC photo c9ntest offers $350 in prizes
Eggert Madsen, LCC photography
instructor, is starting the first LCC photo
contest for all students and faculty
members of the college. Contestants may
enter as many pictures as they wish in two
categories, one for Color prints and one for
Black and White prints.
For each category there will be one first
place winner who will receive a new $100
bill, one second place winner who will
receive $50 and one third place winner who
will· receive $25. There will also be five
runner-ups in each category who will
receive certificates of honorable mention.

All entrees must be turned in before
December 17 to the secretary in the
TORCH office. Prints in both categories
must be at least ten inches on the longest
side, and mounted on a matt board no
larger than 16 by 20 inches. An entrance
fee of $1 will be taken for each print and
will be used for the awards .
The photographs will be judged
on the basis of content and originality (80
per cent) and technical ability (20 per cent).
The winners will be announced in the
January 6 issue of the TORCH and the
awards wilJ be given out at 1:00 p.m. on the
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Guitar concert
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For more information call 686-4373

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EMPLOYMENT
MARRIED COUPLE as live-in staff for psychiatric
halfway house. 5 days per week: room. board and
salary. Experience in mental health or equivalent
essential. Contact 345-1044 or 686-8703 .
Help wanted : NIGHT SUPERVISOR. live-in. Group
care home for retarded adults . Assist men with
personal grooming skills. Hours: 9 p .m. to 8 a.m. and
48 hours alternate weekends . Room and board
provided. So2.SO monthly plus weekend compensation.
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THREE VOLUNTEER POSITIONS with the Associated
Lane Interagency Rape Team (ALIRT). Volunteers will
assist in media production. publicity, resource development, research and prevention-education. A six-month
commitment is requested. Applications. job descriptions and other information may be picked up at the
Rape Team office: Lane County Courthouse, 125
East 8th, Room 100. Eugene: or by calling Marcia
Morgan at 687-4478. Application deadline is December 20, 1976.
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WORK STUDY STUDENT needed in Group Home for
male retarded -adults. Weekend hours, $3.00 per hour,
training given. 485-1270.

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Lane County Fa1rgrou11ds
December 4. 1976. 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
December5.1976. II a. m. tobp.m .
10 door pri.,es from local merchants. entertainment ,
food . Altrusa Club of Eugene.

SERVICES
WILDWOOD DAYCARE CENTER has openings for
people 3-7. Bus run . 1817 W. 9th Place . 344-8754.
HORSES TO RENT. No guides. hourly rates. 7 days a
week. For information and reservations call Windgate
Farms. 998-6789.
PREGNANT"~ Need Help? Call Birthright. 687-8651.

PERSONAL

FOR RENT

I'm presently incarcerated in the Grants Pass County
jail for a little misrnndu,·1 -.·hile I was intoxicated. I
receivl·d a nine mon1h ~en1ence . and am writing !his
letter in hope, of having a pen pal or 1wo. since it is
quite lonely here. a, you would imagine. I have a lot of
interesting ideas and philo~ophie~ and feel as pen pals
wc <·ould really help ead1 other. And. so I plead
<·nmpa,,ion. Very sincerely. Jeff Hensley. Josephinl·
Count, iail. Gra111, Pas,. Ore. 97526.

MUSICIAN'S practice space or artist's studio for rent.
Cost $40 per month. Piano available. Val, 343- 7908.

LOST• Tue,day._ Nov. 16. turquoise br.tl·elet and 1wo
turquoi,l· rings. Reward. Kathy Harp. hl:18-832'1.

LEARN HOW TO GET A JOB-Job Getting Skills
Workshop--earn I credit. New workshop weekly. Free
to full-time students. SI0.90 for , part-time students.
Contact LCC Counseling Dept .. Ext. 214.

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"Good Doctor" enioyable
Review by Jan Brown
• On Friday, November 26, I saw the Neil
Simon play, "The Good Doctor," performed by the LCC Department of

Performing Arts. The usher showed me to
my seat which was in the second row of the
center section. In this production of "The

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LCC instructor
reads poetry
by Wendell Anthony Werner
LCC English instructor Paul Armstrong
entertained a group of some 40 people
Nov. 17 in the Eugene Public Library
Conference Room, by ·reading his own
poetry. Armstrong has taught at LCC since
1965, and wilJ retire this spring.
Armstrong was invited to present his
verses by the Friends of the Eugene Public
Library. Members of the public were
encouraged to attend the free event. Sue
Reimer. program chairman for Friends of
the Library. said her organization schedu Ies artists, craftspeople, writers, and
composers on a regular basis to speak to
•
the public.
Armstrong began his presentation with
material he had written during World War
II. "the rough stuff;" as he called it, but
promptly proceeded to hi~ •'wisecrackers,''
or humorous verses. ''The Imperial
Cereal·' began the lighter poems. a satire
on food served in prison cam_ps.
Most of Armstrong's poems were
c o m p a r i t i ve Iy short -- one
such poem had a
total of just four
words. Arm strong says h e
keeps his writings
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brief because he
"wants to be read
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vinced," he said, .."that it's been at least
two weeks since anyone here read 'The
111iad' or 'Paradise Lost."' Armstrong
noted that the only people likely to read
such long compositions would probably do
it as an assignment for a literature class.
Armstrong says he enjoys writing his'
"wisecrackers." "I find life and people
amusing." he pointed out, "and I want to
The only
share that amusement.''
problem. the humorist suggested, is that
sometimes people don't take him seriously
when he is being serious.
Among the writer's more serious verses
are "attempts" at the Haiku, a 17 syllable
Japanese style dealing with nature or the
seasons. He considers Haiku a goal that is
difficult for writers to obtain. "I never
cease to be amused," he said, "at people
who turn out Haiku by the gross ... they
turn out to be more or less that (gross).··
Although Armstrong experiinents with
different styles of verse, his favorite, and
most often used. is the quatrine, or basic
four-line construction.
Armstrong has sold about 30 poems a
\'Car since 1971. Among the buyers are
~ewspapers and magazines. The author
was quick to mention, however, that he
doesn't make significant profits. •'It (the
poetry) doesn't support me, I support it,"
ht: emphasized. The revenue on those
poems sold. he pointed out. pays the
postage for those rejected by publishers.

Good Doctor" ·an additional small stage is
used, and it is placed in the orchestra pit,
so that the accessibility of the actors to the
audience is extraordin~rily magnified.
The theater appeared to be about two
thirds full, and from the general reaction of
tbe people, the response to the production
seemed favorable.
Seated as closely as I was, I was able to
see details that, had I been seated further
back, I might not have noticed. One such
detail was Thomas Majors' makeup, which
in the vignette "The Sneeze" was quite
effective. AccoTding to Julie Akers,
Thomas applies his own makeup. Doug
Shroeder, who appears in two vignettes,
"The Sneeze" and "The Drowned Man,"
shaved his head for this production, and for
reasons that I witl leave to your imagination, the bald head is comically suited to
"The Sneeze." The Wardrobe Mistress,
Vernie Twyford, used good taste and care
in selecting the costumes for all the
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Vignettes.
''The Good Doctor'' is not deep or
thought provoking material, but the LCC
production of it is well done, light-hearted
and amusing. Of the 11 vignettes, divided
into two acts. I particularly liked ''The
Sneeze," "The Seduction," and "A
Defenseless Creature," but all the vignettes are worthy of respectful mention.
"Too Late For Happiness," with John
Fortna and Peggy Moore, and ''The
Audition." with Beth Gilles and Arnold
Laferty, added a nice touch to the play, by
being somewhat more serious in content.
In "The Seduction," Rich Hutzler as the
Seducer narrates his steps for seducing
other men's wives. He portrays the
seducer with the necessary sly pomposity.
Thomas Majors plays the unsuspecting
husband, and difficult though it may be to
believe that any husband could be so naive,
Thomas' character works in the scene.
Sheri Fisher, who plays in both "The
Governess,'' and '' A Defenseless
Creature." has a very expressive face, and
knows when and how to use it to encourage
a laugh from the audience.
Altogether, "The Good Doctor," a
comedy with music, from stories by Chekov
directed by Stan Elberson and performed
by the LCC Department of P~rforming
Arts, is an evening of enjoyable entertainment, suitable for any age group.

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DELVIS!!!D

What better way to end a Thanksgiving
than to see an Elvis Presley concert? He was
most certainly better than seeing John-boy
Walton come close to death for the fourth
time. And besides, John-boy could never
hope to sing "Hound Dog" half as well.

A commentary by Russell Kaiser

photo by John Brooks

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After skipping an entire day of classes
, and risking hypothermia to stand, for three
and one half hours, in a line that stretched
an entire three blocks from the box office;
after forsaking all sustenance for two
weeks to write a check that ultimately
bounced aJl the way home; after trying to
explain to the ticket salesperson that I have
an abnormal fear of heights and that when
placed in the position to do so, I have an
insatiable desire to jump to my death, and
that since I'm sure she wouldn't want that
on her conscience, could she please spare
my life and give me two tickets on the
ground floor; and after spending 26 hours
listening intently to "The Elvis Presley
Story" (twice); I was keyed-up and more
than ready to see my first authentic living
legend.
Having never seen one before ...-a living
legend, that is .• I was not sure what to
expect. At $12.50 a shot (that's $25 for two
shots) I felt reasonably secure in expecting
quite a bit. I got more th.an I bargained for
from Elvis.
The first hour and one half of the show
was spent "warming up" the audience of
10,000 equaJly expectant people. By the
time Elvis finally came on stage, half of the
audience was "warm," and the other half
was bored. Bored with the Stamps, a
gospel-rock band, bored with Sweet
Inspiration, a Supremes lookalike and
soundalike trio, and bored with Jack
Cahane, a seemingly neophyte comedian
from Canada.
After what seemed to be no less than a
30-minute intermission that saw half the
audience flee to the halls of Mac Court to
smoke, to eat, or to purchase any one of
more of almost a dozen souvenirs
available, including a mirrored Elvis
button "for the little lady," the audience
was informed that Presley would not
appear on stage until aJl were seated.
Whe.n the c_)imate was finally deemed
appropriate, the boredom was quickly
banished as the band struck up "C. C.
Rider,''. Elvis' opening number. Walking
on stage with what appeared to be four
bodyguards, Elvis--dressed in an audacious, skin-tight outfit of white satin with
black sequins--quickly brought the 10,000
to their feet.
Pushing 40, and trying to hide a slight
paunch, Elvis put on a show that not many
people (those lucky enough to get tickets)
wi11 forget.
Presley is a showman in the truest sense
of the word. He knows what an aud.i ence
wants from him, and, better yet, knows
how to give it to them.

Lane Community College
. Department of Performing Arts presents
NEIL SIMON'S
comedy with music

TH€GOOD·
DOGTOH

. based on stories by CHEKHOV

November 26, 27,
December 2, 3, 4
$3.00, reserved only
Box office: 747-4559

And give it to them he did. Running
through most of the repertoire that made
'Elvis" a household word, Presley quickly
gained and never lost control of the
audience.
There have been people who accused
him of being sexist, people who have
accused him of being arrogant. And there
were those who accused him of being
immoral. What those people don't seem to
realize is that those very characteristics
made him what he is today, and what has
perpetuated a career that has spanned
more than two decades in a field that sees
overnight successes fade like tomorrow's
sunset. Besides, I too would be sexist,
arrogant. and immoral if I got paid
U00,000 a night and had 80 people to take
care of me.
One thing, among others, that really
impressed me about Presley is the humility
•that he seems to have carefully woven
between the obvious strands of charisma
and panache. It may have been simply so
that he could take a break. But, idolizing
the man the way I do, I prefer to think that
stepping aside and letting some members
of his backup group share the limelight is a
product of humility.
I have but two small complaints: He
didn't sing "Heartbreak Hotel" and I
wasn't able to get one of the many scarves
he threw to those lucky enough to be in
. close proximity to the stage. Though
seemingly smaJl and trivial complaints by
nature, "Heartbreak Hotel" alone would
be worth $12.50 a shot and a genuine Elvis
scarf would reaJly go well with my Bobby
Sherman autograph and Monkees ticket
stubs.

Despite the crass commercialism of the
"button" profiteers, the long delays, and
my own selfish complaints, the show put on
by Elvis Presley was -- as hard as it may be
to believe -- better· than s,eeing the entire
Walton family meet an untimely end.

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Fall Tenn, 1976 •

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