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Vol. 14 No. 12 January 6, 1977

4000 East 30th Eugene Oregon 97405

Health insurance
Information Booth featured at Valley River Center
boasts increased
benefits
by John Brooks
For an extra $. 75 per term over last year
students participating in the group medical
program offered through LCC's Stu~ent
Activities office will receive $240 more
medical coverage, says Evelyn Tennis,
secretary for the office.
The premium increase is for $125 of the
additional coverage anq is for the new
maternity coverage that is required by the
Federal government. This must be paid by
·both men and women, she added . The rest
of the extra coverage is as follows : $50
extra for miscellaneous hospital expenses,
$50 extra for maximum surgical expenses,
and $15 extra for outpatient diagnostic
X-ray and laboratory expenses, Tennis
explained. The cost for a single student
per term last year was $16. 75 and the cost
this year is $1,750.
According to the information _brochure,
this general insurance policy (there are no
individual policies . according to Tennis)
cove rs accidents, sickness and major
medical experlses 24 hoers a day for
students and their dependents, even if the

student is taking only one class or drops
out of school after . p_urchasing the
insurance. A student's age or medical·
history does not effect a student's
eligibility, added Tennis. This does not
include, mainly, routine checkups and
physicals, dental work - unless a policyholder's teeth are damaged in an accident,
and replacement of glasses or contact
lenses or prescriptions for either. This
insurance will also not cover a student/
policy-holder working at, "any occupation
for wage or profit," states the brochure .
There are other conditions and benefits
and for more information a student should
get in contact with Evelyn Tennis on the
second floor of the Center Building.
According to Tennis, this particular
insurance is "extra good;" she said that
"nowhere else could students get insurance at this cost ." She went on to cite a
couple of cases in which a student was
suddenly in need of medical attention.
One had appendicitis during the second
week of fall term and the other twisted a
knee and would have to have dropped from
school to earn money to pay for treatment.
Tennis said major medical expenses are
paid as follows : The student pays the first
$100 and after that the insurance company
pays 80 per cent and the student pays 20
per cent of the bill.
Tennis pointed to two fuli flies of student
accident reports and said she counted only
12 cases where the students had Insurance
coverage. She flipped through a large
stack of accident reports from the other file
and explained that those represented
students didn't have insurance at all.
What sort of accidents were they?
Tennis answered that they were generally
fall, accidents with machines, and sporting
injuries.
Laura Oswalt, Health Services Coordincontinued on p. 3

by Sally Oljar
A new kind of service is being offered to
shoppers at Valley River Center - on
December 15, LCC opened its "Information Booth' ' to assist citizens in gathering
information about the college and the
Community Education Program.
Catalogues, brochures, and admission
applications are available to citizens, in
addition to the computerized guidance
system designed to help people choose
suitiable occupations and training programs.
Staff people, working behind the counter, are prepared to answer questions
about the college and its · programs.
If a question can't be answered by a staff
person, a phone is available to call the
college for an immediate response.
According to Ken Hills, Counseling
Department head and coordinator of the
project , the booth "combines all the
campus information sources into one
ce nter."
The LCC Board of Education has allotted
$15,000 to fund the project for six months,
$5000 less than was originally requested.
Dean of Instruction Operations Gerald
Rassmussen told the Board at its December 8 meeting that hopefully the booth
"will generate FfE from the community."
(45 hours of classes over three terms is one
Full Time Equivalent student. For
example, a student may take 15 hours for
three terms, or three students may take
five hours for the same three terms.
Any combination is possible, and the
college averages approximately three
individuals to make one FfE).
Hills said that 1100 persons had been
counted by staff pJiple in the first two
weeks of the the booth's operation.
At the end of February, VRC officials will
decide if the mall is an appropriate location
for the booth. This will also provide the
college the opportunity to evaluate how
"helpful it (the booth) is," Hills said.
So far, he said, citizens have responded
to the booth in a positive manner. Some
citizens, for example, were unaware of how
much is offered by the college. He added
that the location of the booth has provided
an easier access to campus information.

photo by Jeff Hayden
The college is bringing its programs .to the community at its new information booth,
located at Valley River Center.

.-------News in brief-------"----'Friday Night Dead

or Alive'

by Bruno Cohen
"Friday Night Dead or Alive," a
spoof about television news, will be
cablecast on cable station KOZY
(Channel 11) at 11 :30 p. m . on
January 7, 1977. The half-hour
show, produced by students in LCC's
Mass Communication Dept., consists of humor.o us news stories,
features, and ''advertisements.''
According to Executuive Producer
Rachel Gille, special features during
the program include an on-the-spot
report from ''The Gut,'' an appearance of the winner of the David
Brinkley look-alike contest, and
·some never-to-be-forgotten TV commercials .
Production for the show was
completed prior to the end of Fall
• Term. Mike Hopkinson, chairman of
the Mass Communication Dept.
reviewed the finished tape and gave
its student producers the OK to book
time on KOZY for Jan. 7.
"Friday Night Dead or Alive" took

to

be aired on K O l Y - - - - - more than eight weeks to produce
and involved tlie efforts of more than
20_ people. Students in the LCC
Television Production Program claim
credit for the bulk of the project;
however, contributions from a variety of Eugenians are evident in the
final product, including local performers of both amateur and professional standing.
Feds

say

'no' on_ proposed

Clinic cancelled-------

T he LCC swine flu
booster shot clinic planned
for Jan. 11-, 1977 from ·
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. has been
cancelled, due to the discontinuation-of the national swine flu vaccination
program.

pool----------------

by John Brooks
The proposed swimming pool
complex was not on the list of
prnjects awarded special funding,
said architect Robert Mention. His
fi_rm drew the plans for the complex.
The project was to incllfde a
SO-meter multi-purpose swimming
pool, departmental offices for the
Health and PE Dept., handball/racquetball courts, weight rooms, dance
studi~~. and locker rooms. It was to

cost approximately S4. 9 mfllion and
all the funding was to comP from the
federal grant from the Economic _
Development Administration that
was offered for local public works (to
qualifying projects) to help ease
unemployment.
Mention said that "it was a btg 1
disappointment ~or us" and that he
.vas "waiting for instructions" from
. the college as what to do next.

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Letters to
the Editor
Ex-sailor alarmed
by tanker wrecks
To the Editor:
As a former sailor I have been watching
with growing alarm the number of Liberian
tankers that have been wrecking. especially the one off Nantucket. I am sorry that the
_only people who seemed concerned are the
·people in .Massachusetts who are crying
to Ford for federal aid.
What I find even more alarming is the
fact that we seem·to have no way of acting
quickly when something like the Nantucket
incident occurs. People just stood around
while the ,ship sank into the mud, leaked
9il, and finally broke up. Now there is 150
square miles_ of oil out in the Atlantic
bound for who knows where. Does anyone
seem to care? No, no one but the media
who seem to be like vultures waiting for it
to cause .a disaster so that they may reap
from the spoil and damage. I am almost
sorry that it didn't hit the US coast so that
we may feel the pain of an oil slick and
hopefully 4o something about it next time.
It seems to me that the· laws governing
the seas have either become so lax or so
outdated as to allow men with mere grade
school educations and ships so poorly built
and poorly run to carry all sorts of
d~ngerous cargoes is sheer madness.
They are potentially bombs as bad or worse
than the atomic bombs everyone is so
concerned about . Right now we are
. inflicting many wounds upon the ocean
consciously by dumping all sorts of things
into it. Accidents only bring the day closer
when the oceans shall hold no more life,
'just our junk.
I hope that some readers are concerned
enougb to write to their congressmen and
the governor saying they want to see
something done for it is only a matter of
time before a tanker runs ashore on the
beautiful Oregon Coast.
John Brooks.

"Fli,p Side'~ avai.lable
at .LCC .Bookstore

• Plans nationwide fight

UWOC mobilizes .to free Bomson-, Davis
Editor'~ Note: Jeff Hayden, an J,CC
Agriculture and Industrial Tech. 1
stadent, prepares this weekly ,
column from nationwide pab.llcatlons. He Is Interested •1n the
worker's role In society, and speclflcally 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.

Condensed from Revolution
Tom Bornson and Lonnie Davis are two
unemployed ~orkers 'sentenced to jail for
taking over a food stamp office in Portland,
Oregon last February. The struggle to free
them, which has been growing over the last
several months, represe~ts in a microcosm

look for more permanent work. They came
to Oregon where they met Lonnie Davis,
who had been laid off from a Missouri
highway constructjon project and was also .
traveling, looking for work. Both men
hoped to prune trees but due to warm
weather couldn't find any work.
Bornson and Davis went to the unemployment office two or three times a week
looking for jobs, too poor to live in anything
but the old school bus in a state park.
They received emergency welfare assistance in December and January, and to
raise money for gas a~a rent they sold their
blood.
But in January they were told they had
exhausted their emergency funds and were
not eligible for any more assistance
because they lacked a "permanent
address," Jhe kind of disgusting excuse
the unemployment and welfare offices are

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tion and anger at a system which leads to
the impoverishment of the masses on the
one hand, the accumulation of capital in
the hands of the privileged few on the
other.
Is it so surprising that two unemployed
workers "exceeded the proper limits" with
such an action when thousands of
unemployed just like them are thrown out
of their jobs and stand day after day in long
lines, many times facing the denial of
benefits and the prospect of not being able
to feed their families? With massive,
long-term unemployment increasing and

with unemploymen t benefits being cu t
back in many places these kinds of
spontaneous actions where the unem ployed take matters into their own hands
will surely increase .
In this action Bornson , of course, was
jnterested in getting immediate action on

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~125 demonstrate in Portland August 21st to free Bornson and Davis. UWOC has launched a nationwide campaign
<femanding their release from prison.

photo from Rev?lution

his family ' s food and medical problems.
the class struggle that is developing known to use time and time again to deny
But the demand for press coverage was
around unemployment. The· Unemployed thousands the benefits they need to feed
seen as a way of reaching out broadly to the
Workers Organizing Committee (UWOC) . their families. Faced with a family eating
working class in the· Portland area, to use
has built support in the Northwest for a one meal a day, a sick baby and young
Letter tQ the Editor:
number of months and is currently daughter with a heart murmur who needed the family's plight as a way to expose the
medical attention, Tom Bornson, together abu$eS of the system and get others to join
I' loved '. the· article about Mr. Paul launching a nationwide campaign.
the fight. "I was naturally looking out for
Armstrong in your Dec. 2, 1976 issue of the_
The local press in the Portland area with Lonnie Davis, had to decide what to
called these two men everything from do.
my family, but felt like if I had to do it then
TORCH.
Bornson and Davis considered turning to, I was going to do it for a bunch of other
I feel you did him and your readers a "welfare frauds" and "cheats" to even
people too. I was going to get everybody
great injustice by failing to mention that "professional con men." Lonnie Davis robbery. A few times they stole food from
involved. And I still want to get everyone
his book of poetry, ''The Flip Side of Paul was termed "dangerous" and "mentally the grocery stores, hiding hamburger in
involved ," says Bornson.
Armstrong," is available in the LCC defective" for siding with the family when thier pants and walking out. But this went
Bornson and Davis were sentenced to
Bookstore.
!1t: .~!~ .1:1?_t!_ii~g-~-~ g~i~_fr?m it personally. against the grain of these two men who had
nine and seven years respectively. The
If you. haven't read it, you've missed a
But these two men are not kooks. They sp·e nt their lives working to support
lot of enjoyment.
are workers, who like millions around the themselves and their families . They judge made clear he was out to ·•make an .
Tommy G. Honer
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quickly dismissed stealing as a dead-end. example'' of the men--an example of the
_country :°uldn't find a job. Boms_on'~ last As Bornson later summed up 'Tm not a kind of repression that will be brought
Editor's Note: Wendell Anthony
Job was m Lubbock, Texas, workmg m a criminal, you know, I've worked hard all down upon those who dare to stand up and
• Werner, author of the . article, did
cotton oil mil1. He was laid off in Apri~. -my life. If I go to jail it's going to be for take matters into their own hands. That is
mention "Flip Side" in his original
1975, and unable to find work, he and hts something. It's not going to be for some also why on October 14, following a
story, but unfortunately it was cut to
wife packed up their six kids and took off in petty-ass thing like going and robbing a decision to send Tom Bornson back to jail
!meet space .requirements.
an old school bus to follow the crops and bank or something like that. I don't want for at least 15 more months, one of the
Parole Board members explained how "we
to rob anybody er anything."
are
trying to make an example of him and
·Pushed up against the wal1 by this
system which breeds increasing unemploy- t:~erefore what we did was correct."
The response of Bornson and Davi!) .
ment for masses of. people, Born son ard
UWOC and the Committee to Free Born .
Davis decided it was time to take dedsive
and Davis , has been to dra~ the ' ;•1i(~
action. Armed with knives they took over
between
the action they took and che
the Portland food stamp office for several
1
Com~:...
situation faced by millions of unemployed
hours, holding the office super'1isor and
Colleoi.1
workers. As Borns.on himself said in
several office workers hostage. They
confronting the judge in the original trial,
issued four demands: (1) food stamps for
"Do you think you have enough jails to
Kathleen Monje
the family; (2) medical attention for the
Editor
Photosraphers
Production Staff
hold an the Tom Bornsons there are out
Associate .Edit«
Sally Oljar
Steve
sick baby, Brian; (3) press coverage to get
Tom Ghcysen
Michael Riley
there?" UWOC and the C-ommittee to
Mall Boren
News/Feature Editor
their story out to other working people; and Free Bornson a:1d Davis ha 1 c built strong
Frank Martinez
Russell Kaiser
Linda Engrav
Cultural Editor
Jeff Hayden
Jeff Canaday
Photo Editor
(4) that only Tom and Lonnie be charged.
support from the working people in the
Janice Brown
Peter Harvey
Advertising Manaacr
After their demands were met Bornson and
Ad Graphics
Doreen
Potte:f
Kristine
Snipes
Portland area through se,·eral demonstraProductioe managers
Dave Maclay
Davis surrendered and the rest of the
John Broots
tions and thousands hav-·: come forward to
Sports Editor
Jack Scott
family was released.
Member of Orc,oa Community College Newspaper Association and Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.
After the action, there were those who sign petitions, seeing thl.! fight to free the
The TORCH is publahed on Thursday' s throughout the regular academic year.
two men as part of their own struggle for
Opinions e ~ ia tbc TORCH arc not necessarily those of the college, the student body, all members of the TORCH staff,
said these two men went too far in this what they need -- jobs -- or enough income
.. those of the edit~.
takeover, that it was wrong to hold office to live until there arc jobs.
• fOl'llms are illtenck:4 to be a martetplacc for free ideas and must be limited to 500 words. Letters to the editor are limited to 250
workers at knife point. But their action was
words. Correspoadence must be typed and siancd by the author. Deadline for all submissions is Friday noon.
The struggle has ,.lready resulted in one
111c editor rescnes the riJht to edit for matters of libel and ~ngth.
directed not against these office workers victory. Tommie B1,rnson, the 18 year old
All conapoodcnce 5hould be typed or printed, double-spaced and signed by the writer.
but against the government. It was an act son of Tom , was ::harged with "kidna,,.
Mail or brillg all corre~nce to: TORCH, Lane Community College, Room 206 Center Building, 4000 East 30th Avenue,
.Eugene. Otcgoa 97-405; Telephone,
ex! .
of rebellion coming out of years of frustracontinued on p. 3

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Iranian students still hounded by SA VAK

Lecture on role changes

Androgynous livingexplored

charged with the shooting of an Iranian
diplomat, also an alleged SA VAK agent.
Following the shoot-out, a French group
called the International Brigade of Reza
Rezai claimed responsibili ty for the
By Wendelt Anthony Werner
incident, thereby disassociating itself with
The androgyne ... A mysterious creature
the CISNU . But the charges against the
of '' Star Trek?'' Or is it a new vaccine
out
awaiting
students stuck and now they are
Swine Flu? Last Wednesday LCC
the
for
possible execution at the hands of SAV AK .
structor Pat~ck Fraleigh lee- .
Counselor/In
than
more
9,
In Houston, on November
people on '' androgynous
30
some
red
tu
90 Iranian students were reportedly
a
by
arrested
and
beaten
aftacked,
combination of FBI, SA VAK and Houston
Insurance continued from p. 1 - - - - policemen while legally protesting the
French deportment on the Iranian students
in Paris.
At San Jose State University in
ator, backed Tennis' statements bv recall California there's been a big stink over a
ing several cases (inclttding one ~urgery)
controversial radio show programmed by
just this year where students needed
an Iranian student sympathetic to the
medical care that Health Services couldn't
Shah's government. The show has been
provide. All would result in medical
derided by the San Jose ISA who say it is
expenses . One student had a seriously
"e xtending the Shah's regime through
broken leg requiring surgery and for this
racist skits, decadent music, and pro kind of treatment the patient can expect to
regime announcemen ts that arrive directly
pay $400 for surgery. said Oswalt, and she
from the regime's network." The DJ, who
added, that if the doctor is kind, $600 for
now tapes the program guarded by campus
his services. " People don't realize the cost
police, has been identified as a SAVAK
of medical treatment,'' Oswalt comagent by the ISA.
mented. She went on to say that a lot of
ISA members stress that patriots back in
ailments can be treated by the Health
Iran have the hardest struggle to endure.
Service but there are two or three cases a
"The Shah doesn't know what to do with
month that must go to the hosoital :mci
activists at home. The worst pressure is ' there are no county (charity) hospitals in
among those in . Iran. Students are badly · Eugene that offer free service. Oswalt
While the national pollsters concenin acid baths, they have fingertortured
reflected that those students who have
trated on the political elections, a recent
out and so on," commented an
pulted
nails
their
insurance have "more peace of mind" than
that
indicates
survey of young people
Iranian from the University of Oregon ISA.
those who don't have it.
primary personal concerns are jobs, money
Despite the reports that Iranian disand higher education. When questioned
at U.S. colteges are being spied
sidents
on social issues, the same group expressed
harrassed, officials in Washingand
upon
The student insurance package is sold by
young
sparked
that
GOncern
little of the
exactly trying to protect them.
aren't
ton
United Pacific Life Insurance Company.
people to protest during the Viet Nam era.
"It's not correct that Iranian inte11igence
Tennis commented that so far its response
The survey of 1,200 high school and
are checking on individuals
personnel
to claims is ".very prompt," taking about
college seniors and young working people
living in the United States or keeping them
three weeks to respond, and that the
-- all between the ages of 17 to 30 -- was
under surveillance, " huffed Henry Kisscompany is "very reliable." The Student
conducted by students of sociology and
inger at a press conference last month .
Activities Office h-a s been selling this
marketing at Georgia Tech, Howard
seem
don't
s
administrator
college
And
insurance for about sixteen months,
Chicago
at
University, University of Illinois
much better. A high ranking admissions
according to Tennis, but selling the
Cir le St. Louis Universitv Rice UniversColorado in
insurance package is ''not a part of the
ity . the ity o ege o ew York and the · • officer at the University of
aside and
students
Iranian
takes
Boulder
function of this office," she added .
University of Southern California.
of being
consequences
the
of
them
warns
the
that
highlights
the
of
some
are
Here
involved in the Iranian student movement.
survey, sponsored by Shulton, Inc., makers
of men's and women's toiletries showed.
----------Bomson and
, Davis continued from p. ~ - - - - - - - . . .Getting· into the college of th.e::..
papers have been real instruments in
ping. menacing ,i·1d robbery" for his part
choice was the primary concern of nearly
up
the fight so far. They have given
came
trial
building
his
when
But
takeover.
the
in
40 per cent of the hi_gh school seniors.
real encourageme nt to the family and the
at the end of Augu~.t UWOC and the
... As expected, the key objective for 51
campaign localty, and at the same time
Committee to Free Bornson and Davis had
per cent of college seniors was to achieve
that
given the capitalists real cause for alarm.
Earlier
broadened the struggle.
high grades to enable them to find jobs
Unemploy..!d Workers Organizing
through
The
marched
had
people
125
month
within the area ~f their specialization.
Committee is calling on an working people
Portland and telegrams and letters of
. . .The under-30 work force put more
and workers' organizations to help make
support came in from across the count1y.
mon~y (30 per cent) as their No. 1 target.
the
the struggle to free Bornson and Davis a
despite
stand
fighting
a
took
Tommie
Getting married, raising a family, friends
pleading
real nationwide campaign . A petition is
into
him
pressure
to
attempts
that
in
followed
fulfillment
and personal
off
him
circulated in almost ever~ mjaor
let
being
judge
the
result,
a
As
guilty.
order.
city. A slide show foe, sing on
admitting
industrial
probation,
year's
one
only
with
group
each
of
views
the
issues,
social
On
of the campaign so far is
development
packed
a
the
and
publicity
,
bad
"feared
he
varied depending on age. While 43 per
being prepared by UWOC for showing to
courtroom." This was bad enough for the
cent of the high school seniors said their
interested groups. Mailgrams demanding
"crime" of demanding food, but a great
primary concern was politics, the figure
their freedom can be sent to Governor
victory considering •the charges he was
dropped to 28 per cent for college seniors
at the State Capitol, with copies to
Straub
.
with
faced
the
'in
those
and only 13 per cent for
to Free Bornson and Davis
Committee
the
have
committees
two
Since then these
business world, who put the economy issue
Workers Organizing
Unemployed
the
and
.
out
it
taking
struggle,
the
continued
priority.
top
their
as
Office Box 14712,
?ost
_
at
Committee
a
fighting
and
class
working
the
to
broadly
A similar trend was noted on the
97214. Letters of support
Oregon
Portland,
On
courts.
the
in
battle
toe
to
toe
was
figure
school
high
The
environment.
can also be sent to Tom Bornson, No.
September 27. unemployed and employed
29 per cent citing the environment as their
38268. 2605 State St., Salem, Oregon and
workers picketed the Portland, Oregon
primary social concern, against 13 per cent
Lonnie Davis, 3-{>7-A, 3405 Deer Park Dr.
Unemployme nt Office and caravanned to
for the college seniors and 10 per cent for
S.E .. Salem, Oregon 97310.
the state capitol to confront Governor
those employed.
As Tom Bornson said, " Why I done what
Straub, demanding the Parole Board
Foreign affairs, surprisingly, had tittle
I done was simply to say that this can't go
release them an,s:i demanding "Jobs or
impact as far as the 17-to-30 age group was
on. You can't put people in a corner like
Income ." Governor Straub had said he
concerned. Less than 8 per cent of working
that and not expect them to come out.
wouldn't meet with them that day because
people mentioned foreign affairs as a key
Carter.
Jimmy
going to come out."
with
They're
campaigning
was
he
the
for
cent
per
worry. Ths dropped to 6
But the demonstrati on on the capitol
college seniors and a few scattered votes
grounds changed his mind. He landed in a
among high school seniors.
National Guard helicopter and rushed into
Another major surprise of the survey
capitol building to meet wi_th a workers'
the
fourth
ranked
issue
crime
the
was that
·, {l~'
delegation, although all he would commit
among the working people beyond the
......
~J"''
~.,
himself to was to "look into it."
economy, politics and environmen t and
,_.
'
;•.vh(l
Parole
the
struggle
growing
this
Despite
received little support as a primary toncern
Boar<l met on October 14 and refused to set
among high school and college seniors.
parole denied. UWOC and .The Committee
The students who conducted the surveys
to Free Bornson and Davis now plan to
took note of the apparent decline in
,''...
focus the struggle on the demand for bail
report
activism among young people. One
corpus"
habeus
of
during appeal. Al'writ
noted: "If the same project had been done
has been filed in court and plans are being
eight years ago. the immediate response to
made for ralties and other actions around
the question of social- concerns probably
this.
."
war'
'the
would have been
BuilC: the Fight Nationwide
The surveys were commissione d by
1 he nationwide support that has already
issues
the
determine
to
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(CPS)--Even the Shah himself would
probably admit that he was bit glib on
Mike Wallace's "60 Minutes" a few weeks
back. acknowledging that agents of his
secret police SA VAK "are checking on
anybody who becomes affiliated with
circles and organization s hostile to my
country." The Shah must also realize that
SA VAK has its work cut out for them if
they intend to snuff out the growing
insurgency of Iranian dissidents in the
United States.
The past two years have seem the rise of
the Iranian Students Association (ISA) on
campuses from coast to coast, making it
the most active student political group in
the United States. Recent disclosures
linking the CIA with illegal SAVAK
activities, as well as with Chile's DINA and
South Korea 's KCIA , have helped gain
American supporters for the ISA.
On November 3, the headquarters of the
World Confederation of Iranian Students
(CISNU) in Paris was raided by French
police and all inside were arrested. Several
were immediately deported and two were

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around a new kind of freeze-dried
coffee ... androgynous living, according to
Fraileigh, is the process of "breaking down
sex roles ," and becoming "liberated
people."
Fraileigh's discussion was sponsored
by the Women's Awareness Center, and
dealt derisive blows to such stereotypes as
" fascinating womanhood" and the " self.
sufficient man." Fraleigh teaches halftime , with three classes in human
sexuality, and counsels in a wide range .of
areas on campuses .
Fraleigh contends its natural • ' for
people to be sexual."
'' What determines the choice of sexual
partners (such as homosexual , heterosexual) is a cultural overlay," he says. Such
cultural overlays, according to Fraileigh,
begin from the time the doctor says: " It's
Cultural stereotypes , he
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suggests, are perpetuated in society
through schools and through church
communities. But tension is created when
·a person's self-determin ed "sex roles"
conflict with the norms of society. In
addition to cultural resistance, Fraleigh
identified several problems that stand m
the way of ones quest to become a
"liberated person."
•People, he says, need to be convinced
that they are "bound" by such stereotypes
hPfore they will see a need to change.
• Fralei~h also notes that sex-stereotypes are a convenient set of rules for
people to Hve by, and some may have ·
problems finding alternative rules for
androgynous living.
•Converts to the androgynous concept
may have trouble finding "liberated
people'' after whom to model their
behavior. And a person trying to "reform"
needs positive reinforcemen t, says Fraileigh, if he/she is to be successful in
landing a "secure sex-role." He gave the
example of a liberated woman living with a
not-so-liber ated man who is trying to
"mend his ways."
The woman may perceiye her "partner's" attempts to change his behavior
;small or insignificant. But she can help
ihis adjustment by recognizing and Teward
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Other problems people discussed with
Fraleigh centered around displaying their
"liberated living" to their inlaws and
relatives in such a way as to avoid
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by John Brooks
Handicapped and elderly persons who
have problems using the regular Lane
Transit District (LTD) busses can now call
for a Dial-A-Bus that "prov:des personalized curb to curb bus service" to 27
locations ''including most major shopping
centers and medical facilities .''
This new service started last December
13, after several years of study and
planning, says Dial-A-Bus Representative
Carla Chambers. Before that time senior
citizens and handicapped persons had been
awarded some special attention -- primarily
discounts, (paying 10 cents to go anywhere
on the LTD bus routes instead of 30 cents.
Senior citizens possessed a_Senior Identification Card and handicapped persons had
a Special Services ID card, according to a
report on Dial-A-Bus issued last February.
But the new Dial-A-Bus takes many
peopl~ to afew places, as compared to the
many-to-one system which the report
suggests is too restrictive, and many-tomany, which is too costly, says the report.
The busses will take a patron "curb to
curb" which the report explains to mean
that, "Patrons must be able to meet the
bus by the curb in front of their home and
must be able to reach their final destination
from the curb where the driver leaves
them."
The special busses used in this program
have lifts for wheel chairs but drivers are
not able to act as attendants by calling for
customers at their doors, nor will drivers
be able to escort passe_ngers into buildings
or offices at their destinations. Customers
must provide their own attendants if they
need them and the attendant or any party
with the customer, up to five in number,
may ride without charge.
The r~port explains that there are four
Dial-A-Bus zones within the urbanized
area of Eugene-Springfeild. It adds that
these four zones overlap in the Eugene
central business district. One Dial-A-Bus
vehicle is assigned to each zone and ''to
travel to any destination outside the zone of
origin and not included in the overlap
area, it will generally be necessary to
transfer to a vehicle assigned to the zone in
which the destination is located."
The cost of riding Dial-A-Bus is 60 cents
and transfers to any other vehicle is free.
To transfer from a regular bus to a
Dial-A-Bus costs 30 cents, adds the report.
The reason Dial-A-Bus is so expensive
(compared with the 30 cents charged for
riding a regular bus) is, "it is two to three
times as exspensive to provide (Dial-ABus) as it is (to provide) fixed route
service," the report explained.
1be 27 destinations that are served are:

•In The North Eugene Zone - Fred Meyer, Oatway Mall,
Valley River Center, and K-Mart. •In the South Eu enc Zone -

A Perfect
Diamond.

Willamett e Pla1.a and LCC. •I n the Springfield Zone • Spring
Village. Springfield Mall, Springfield Public Library , McK enzie•
Willamette Hospital. Welfare & Food Stamp Office, 221 " B"
Street . I.CC. and Wi llamalane. •In the West Euge ne Zone •
Gilbert Shopping Center. Village Square, and Four Corne rs, •In
the Overlap Zone . First Christian Chur<:h, Celeste Campbell
Senior Center, Eugene Public Library. Civic Cen te r (Federal
Building. State Office Building, Euge ne City Hall , Lane County
Building). University of O regon, Kaufman Senior Center ,
Eugene Mall. Med ical Arts Buildin g. Community Health

with the Dial-A-Bus program.

These agencies arc Lane County Senior Services, Vocational
Rehabilitation, Goodwill Indu stry. Pea rl Buck , Intermediate
Edu cation Dist rict,' Specia l Education Division of 4J. Special
Education Divi~ion of Bcthcl/Dancbo, Lane County Mental
Health. Crippled Children's Division , Public Welfare, Easter
Seal School, Special Education Division of Springfield, Home
Health i\gcncy and Muscular Dystrophy A,sociation,
If' an individual doc, not wish to deal with any of thc,e

LANE TRANSIT DISTRICT

dial-a-b11s
Department, Sacred Heart General Hospital. Eugene Hospital
and Clinic, and Children's Services Division.

agencies , he/ she may get an application -form from the District to
send to his physician or an individual may deal directly with the
District by calling 687-5568.

There are six vehicles in the Dial-A-Bus
To request to be picked up by the
program at the present time with one Dial-A-Bus a patron must call the
vehicle assigned to each zone; the fifth
Dial-A-Bus reservation number (687-5566)
but has a rovi-ng zone assignment to assist and give the dispatcher his name, address,
with transfers. The report adds, "In some telephone number, number in the party,
instances severely handicapped individuals destination, and required arrival, if any.
will be prov,ided with ''through trips''
Pre-booked reservations, those made
across zones because a transfer would from 24 hours to a week in advance, receive
result in excessive inconvenience:" The •higher priority that those made later, and
sixth vehicle will also act as a spare in there may be deljll for those who are not
case of a break down.
pre-booked, explatns the report. ChamSpecial card required
bers reported that recently LTD decided
To ride Dial-A-Bus, senior citizens must that Dial-A-Bus will also serve all medical
have a Senior Identification Card and appointments within Eugene and Springhandicapped persons must have a Special field. She explained that, "An eligible
Services Identification Card, says the rider would need to ca11 the Dial-A-Bus
report. The card is available to any person reservation number at least 48 hours in
over 62 and is also good for reduced fares advance of the time he wishes to travel, if
on normal bus routes. The cards are his medical appointment is not at one of the
available through the Retired Senior selected destinations.''
VolunteerProgram, at the Springfield
In most of the 27 destinations, a special
Public ·Library, at the Eug_erle Public Dial-A-Bus Stop location will have to be
Library and through District Offices, lists provided says the report. These will be
the report.
located as close to the entrances of these
Qualiflcations for the card
destinations as possible _and to identify
The report states, '' A Special Services them there will be signs displaying the
Identification Card will be issued to any of international symbol of accessibility, a
the following who reside in the LTD service person in a wheel chair.
area:
• (I) Individuals whose handicapped status is related to their
eligibility for special aid or special care, such as: aid to the
disabled, aid to the blind, old age assistance, disability income, ,
or similar programs. Special Services for L'lese individuals is
directed at accessibility problems related to income.
•(2) An individual who cannot walk but who can make use of a
wheelchair without an attendant.
• (3) An individual who waits or negotiates changes in grade
with difficulty or insecurity and /or who uses a waiter, crutches,
cane, or other device.
• (4) An individual who cannot wait or even mate use of a
wheelchair without an attendant. These individuals must
provide their own attendants.
,
.
• (5) An individual who se visual, audio, _mental, ~r
ps yc hological condition causes him to _negoll~te .. pubhc
transportation fixed routes with difficulty or msecu~1ty :
.
Dial-A-Bus cannot accomodate those who are inslltut,onahzed
or bedridden or who need specialized care not available in a
public transportation system.

Agencies determine eligibility
The report states that the District has
decided it is not qualified to decide ''who is
or who is not handicapped." Therefore it
has provided 14 agencies with Special
Services Guidelines and acquainted them

Cats are vegetarian too

(CPS)--You don't have to be human to be
vegetarian.
Three cats at the University of California
at Davis have been thriving on a strictly
vegetarian diet for the last three years.
Though the felines require about three
times the percentage of protein that
humans need, UC Animal Nutritionist
James G. Morris reports that his charges
are "in top health without ever having any
animal protein in their diets other than
their mother's milk."
Morris also re~rets the practice of
feeding dog food to cats.
'' A cat needs protein and some different
vitamins than those present in commercial
dog foods," he warns.

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REFRIGERATOR. Frost-free, four years old, 15 cu. ft .
coppertone, S150 or best offer , Linda, ext. 234.

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Farm,s, 998-6789.

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multicolor, S35. Linda. ext. 234.

Pregnant'! Need help?
Call Birthright. 687-8651.

EMPLOYMENT
WORK -STUDY STUDENT for building maintenance
with handy man skills. In Groop Home with retarded
adults near U of O campus. S2 .50 • SJ.00 per hour.
Phone 485-1270.
'MARRIED COUPLE as live-in staff for psychiatric
halfway house, 5 days per week. Room, board and
salary . Mental health or related experience helpful.
. ,., Contact David or Robbie. 68:(>·8438:

PERSONAL
PEN PAL NEED'ED for Lucy Ellis. an inmate in
Southern Ohio Correction Institute . Lucy is a veteran ,
holds a second degree Black Belt in Tae Kwondo. likes
to write fiction stories and poems, and is currently
taking a business course from a local college. "I am
willing to correspond with anyone who would not mind
writing to me , In fact I would be honored."
Lucv Ellis 143377
P.O. Box 787
Lucas~ille, Ohip :4~648

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Language Arts

Department

satisfying students needs
The Language Arts Department winter
schedule shou ld do a better job of
satisfying student needs. The staff has
shifted some emphasis from traditional
literature sequences to skills courses.
The depar tme nt has cancelled one
section each of English Literature, World
Literature, Shakespeare .and Imaginative
Writing . substituting sections of Writing
121. The department has had difficulty
trying to satisfy the demand for Writing
121 every quarter for th e past two years.
College ed ucational priorities have been
established to place skills courses high on
the pec king order.
The trad itiona l
literature sequences have experienced
steadily dwindling demand over the past
five or six years. The department hopes
they wil l not fade out entirely, but feels
obliged to recognize established college
goals.
The Office of Instruction has made it
possible to expand the department's basic
English offerings also. by supplying some
critical extra dollars . There will be seven
sections of Writing 120, distributed evenly
at prime times throughout the week. Basic
English courses have been in and out, like
daylight savings time, but now they are in
again. Karen Lansdowne and Sheila Juba
have designed an effective course as a
pass/ no-pass . variable credit approach to
remediation that looks like a winner. By
offering seven sections. the department
feels able for the first time to provide help
to a significant number of students.
The department has also revamped their
' tutoring program under the direction of
Delta Sanderson. That program has the
ability to provide help for students in any
aspect of the department offerings including writing. literature and foreign
languages . There is a continuing need for
able student tutors, who may be able to
qualify for work study or may tutor for
credit under the Supervised Field Experience designation. Students being'°'tliloted
may also earn credit for time spent in that
way . The course designation for that credit
is Language Laboratory.
The department is continuing Communications Skills without significant change for
all occupational students . Continuous
editing of packages and shifting emphasis
have developed that program into a highly
successful and popular sequence.

'Honesty is the best policy'
(CPS)--Score a point for the old chestnut,
"honesty is the best policy." John
Thompson, a sixteen year old high school
student in Norfolk, Virginia, recently found
two $20 bills on the floor of his school bus.
Despite taunts from his buddies , Thompson turned the cash over to the bus drjver
even though he didn't have enough money
for lunch .
Shortly after the incident, a story about
his honesty was published in the Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot and since then the youngster has received $1,535 in cash and
checks, shoes, turkey, hams and clothes.
Richmond postman Thomas Cannon sent
a $1,000 check , praising Thompson's
''monumental honesty and integrity."
The boy's mother, Carolyn Thompson,
said "I was upset at first 'Y-h en some of his
classmates ca1led him stupid for turning in
the money. We're not poor, but we're in
need. Still, there are some other people
out there who need it more."

Skiing for handicapped
The Alpine Adventure Club, sponsored
by the Eugene Parks and Recreation
Department's Specialized Recreation Program. is sponsoring a cross country and
downhilJ skiing program for physically
disabled persons.
Weekly lessons are going to be offered
as well as transportation to the ski area,
equipment and lift tickets. The class will
meet 8 a.m. • S p.m., Fridays, January 28 •
March 4.
• Registration for the class begins
immediately. The cost is $12. For more
information phone_Pam Earl at 687-5333 or
Kathy Groswold at 686-8122 .

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Local artists display in LCC gallery
An exhibition by Geoff Hughes , Paul
Ollswang and Maynard E. Wilson will be
on display in the LCC Art Gallery through
this Friday , January 7.

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The e x hibition includes sculpture in
ce rami c, metal and wood mediums by
Hughes and Wilson. Also featured are pen
and ink drawings by Paul Ollswang that
include ' 'Tom Rhinoceros.·'

Sculpture " A Night Poem" by Geoff
Hughes
Sculpture "Bear Creek" by Geoff Hughes
Untitled wood sculpture by Maynard E.
Wilson

Thailand cultural
evening offered
The Thailand Students Association of the
Foreign Student Organization at the
University of Oregon is presenting a
cultural evening on January 16, 1977 in the
EMU Ballroom. The program, lasting from
5:30-11:00 p.m., will contain a Thai dinner,
a movie featuring Thailand, and traditional
Thai classical dancing with costumes.
Tickets are being sold at EMU Main
Desk, Bamboo Pavilion, and Eugene
Business College, until January 14, 1977.
(No tickets will be sold at the door.)
Tickets are SJ.00 for adults, S2.50 for
students and St.SO for senior citizen's and
children under 12 years of age.

Pen and ink drawing , "Tom Rhinocerous" by Paul Ollswang

Student newspapers dig into dark financial corners (CPS)Most agressive student papers
attempt, at one-time or another, to delve
into the dark corners of their school ' s
bureaucracy to find out how much the top
officials are making . The Duke University
Chronicle recently took the plunge and
came up with the juicy fact that the Duke
president pulled in $60 ,000 a year and five
other medical school administrators rake in
Needless to say , the
eve n more .
administrators were a bit embarrassed.
The Chronicle reporters got their info
through the Freedom of Information Act,
an admirable attempt , but there is an
easier way . It goes like this:
1) Write your local Internal Revenue
Service office and tell them you want Form
990. Include the name, address and phone
number of the institution you have in mind, .
along with your name, address and phone
n11mher .

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2) The IRS then requests the info from it~
division that deals with Form 990. Tnen,
the IRS division that deals with the public
receives the form and calls you ·in to look at
it. Form 990 is simply the financial
statement that private, tax-exempt institutions like your college are required to file
each year. It contains a whole slew of
financial goodies , including a list of

looking at it. Good Luck. (Thanks to
salaries. All the information is public -National On-Campus Report for this tip.)
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1977

a

Cagers open poorly, awa it league play
by Jack Scott
Struggling through .non-conf~rence play
with a disappojnting 4- 7 mark, Coach Dale
Bates and his Titan roundballers look to the
start of ~o-~ference play to get back on the
winning .track that made them Oregon
Community College Athletic Association
champs the past two years.
:rheir first test in Round 1 of OCCAA

John Hassler, leading scorer on the Titan
cage crew, practices for the Blue Mountain
contest tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.

competition came last night here against a
vastly impro_ved Chemeketa club, coached
by former Portland Trailblazer assistant
coach Neil Johnston . Results of that game
were not available at press time.
Next in line is Blue Mountain , slated
The
here Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Timberwolves are led by 5' 10" guard
Brent Merriman, an Oregon high school
All-State selection for two years. Lane
then travels to Portland to face a weak
Judson Baptist contingent Wednesday in
another 7:30 p.m. game.
Although their 4-7 record isn't up to par
to those of past blue and white cage crews,
consider that only two players returned
from last' year, no one_stands over 6'5",
and the Titan 's non-conference schedule
has been thei r ''toughest one ever,''
according to Bates.
Included in that .challenging non-count
action was the No. 1 ranked junior college
team in the nation, College of Southern
Idaho. Lane was in contention until the
very end before losing, 81-69, with only a
few key missed shots making the difference in that opening game of the Bend
Rotary Tournament December 20.
"I was very pleased with the comback
effort and thought they played an
outstanding game despite losing," commented Bates. Behind at the break 46-32,
Lane roared back in the second half to
outscore CSI, 37-35, on the strength of
John Hassler's inside scoring and some hot
shooting from the field. Hassler, a
sophomore from Grants Pass, led Lane
with 22 points while the team fired at a
scorching •59 percent clip for the game.
"Playing a top. team like CSI will help us
greatly in conference play," added Bates.
After that great game, however, the
Titans fell back into their rut of inconsis-

tency that had plagued them earlier in the
s'easm;, losing their next three games.
Against CSI, Lane shot well enough to
win but lost the battle on the boards .
On December 11, against Linn-Benton in
the losers bracket of the Bend tourney.
they out rebounded their taller rivals,
38-23, but could only shoot 42 percent and

Spo rts

lost a squeaker, . 68-66. Hassler tied with
Pleasant Hill freshman Keith Baltzer for
scoring honors with 18 points.
Pitted against perennial power Mt. Hood
December 23 in GEesham , Lane again
failed to get untracked until the second half
and lost, 80-SS. Bates allowed "the way
the kids came back in the second half
showed me a lot of pride, " but that's about
all the good he could say of their
performance . MHCC outrebounded Lane

42-29, held them to only three foul shots for
the game and prevented any Titans from
reaching double figures in scoring.
Then, facing a strong Grays Harbor team
December 28 away in their last game of
1976, Lane suffered another tough loss in a
contest that wasn't decided until the final
moments, bowing 79-73.
Following that last loss, Bates assessed
his teams' weaknesses. "We need work on
our defense and shooting,·' he explains,
"an d we also have to gain more
consistency.'• One strength that especially
pleases him, however, is his squads' lead
in total rebounds against opponents .
With preseason play out of the way.
Bates and his cagers are looking forward to
conference action and a possible reversal of
form. The fourth year mentor forcasts his
club will finish in the top three in league .
With the valuable experience the young,
short and inexperienced Titans picked up
through their tough non-counting sched ule, that seems entirely possible.

Inju ry plag ue strik es
rebu ildin g grap pler s
by Jack Scott

"Our pre-season has been disastrous
"This will be a rebuilding year for us,"
of injuries," reveals the mat
because
proclalms LCC wrestling coach Bob Creed,
'' Right now, nine kids are out
mentor.
Salem
In
season
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open
whose forces
and two are out for the
injuries
with
Friday against Chemeketa f~r a 7:30 p.m.
two, Court Gardner at
Those
season.''
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Cooley
Bob
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and counted on
champions
school
high
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heavily for this season.
Creed and company would be hard
Injuries take an even greater toll when
p ~ to repeat their performances of
strike a squad as inexperienced as the
they
last year, which he claims to be Lane's best
current Titan forces. Creed welcomed back
ever. The Titans lost only one dual match,
boasted three Individual league champions only six lettermen from last year. Luckily,
and Lou
and finished second In the conference they include Dave Ehrich
126, who
at
Brill
Thad
and
167
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tourney to Clackamas, winners seven yean
all placed in the Oregon Community
In a row.
College Athletic Association tourney last
Now, despite a One crop of freshmen, season. It will take their experience in
prospects for the current season seem grooming the freshmen and an end to the
especially poor.
injury plague to make Lane a contender
again by the end of this season.
"I see a dog fight between Umpqua,
Southwestern and us for second place this
season," prognosticates Creed. He, along
with the experts, practically concedes the
championship to Clackamas again .

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Sophomore wrestler Lou Christian works to gain the top position against freshman
teammate Dennis Berry in practice this week as the Titans readied for their initial match
this season with Chemeketa in Salem tomorrow.

Women netters slate
deb ut with Ump qua

Coach Sue Thompson and her women's
basketball squad open their regulation play
with high hopes against Umpqua tomorrow
in a contest here at 5:00 p.m .
"I just can't think of any weaknesses
right now,'' offered the first year coach.
Even a noticeable lack of height fails to dim
her hopes. "They're a talented group of
hard working players with a lot of skills.
They have good ballhandling skills and the
quickness to fast bre~k." she adds.
Thompson, who inherited the coaching
reins ·and four returners from Debbie
Daggett, has a hard act to follow.. Last
year, the Lane women tied for first in
league and went on to capture fifth place in
regional competition . Thompson has set
similar goals for her current crew and the
team has adopted the ·slogan ''March in
Montana,'' the time and site of the 1977
regionals .
An early season non-counting game
against Linfield validates her aspirations.
"We ·were behind 26-13 at halftime but
came bade in the se·cond half to score 41
points and win, 54-52," she explained.
"That got us going. We should have
beaten them 80-50."
Following Umpqua tomorrow night, the
Titan women host the Oregon College of
Education JV's Monday night. The

starting time of that game has been moved
from 4:00 to 5:30. Then they travel to
Salem for the Willamette University
Jamboree Jan . 13 at 5:00.

Athletic Calendar

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Jan. 8 - Lane vs. Blue Mountain
here. 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 12 - Lane vs. Judson Baptist in
Portland . 7:30 p.m .
Jan. 14 - Lane vs. Southwestern in
Coos Bay. 7:30 p.m.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Jan. •7 - Lane vs. Umpqua here.
5:00 p.m.
Jan. 10 - Lane vs. OCE JV's here.
5:30 p.m .
Jan. 13 - Willamette University
Jamboree in Salem . 5:00.
WRESTLING

Jan.7-Lane vs. Chemeketa in Salem .
7:30 p.m.
Jan.8-Lane vs. OSU JV's in Corvallis. 5:00 p.m.
Jan . 8 - Lane vs. OSU JV's in
Corvallis. 5:00 p.m.

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Film review

"Star" swings, but doesn't rock
by Kristine Snipes

Along with the scenes in which Streisand
solos, the film's best moments are its first
moments, and these belong to Kristofferson. The audience is treated to a taste of
what the backstage scene of a rock concert
is like, and Kristofferson performs the first
half of one of his two songs, which sounds
like it would be pretty good, if only he
.could get through all of it. Unfortunately,
although he starts the song four times
during the movie, he never gets through
more than half of it.

Who does Barbra Streisand think she is?
Orson Welles?
Streisand proves herself a star of many
facets by co-producing, costuming, composing for, as well as starring in the third
re-make of "A Star Is Born." It is an
ambitious project, worthy of Orson Welles,
and Streisand handles each task faultlessly.
Oh, and she sings. Brilliantly. Often.
Her songs are tailored exclusively for her,
An unexpected pleasure is Gary Busey's
lending themselve s well to the special
portrayal of Billy, Kristoffers on's cocainemagic that Streisand can bring to music.
However, anyone who goes to se~ '' A • supplying, trouble-shooting, right-handStar Is Born" because of the film's man. Busey's acting is the finest the film
has to offer, and watching him is
i promotion al promises is going to be
now
delightful.
Born,".
Is
dissapoint ed. "A Star
playing at the McDonald Theater in
In short, "A Star , Is Born" is many
Eugene, is being billed as the story of two
most of them good. It is not what it
things,
rock musicians, one rising to the top, the
to be. It is a tribute to
advertised
is
story.
Great
bottom.
the
to
other sinking
talents. It is proof that ,
many
Streisand's
Great idea. Unfortuna tely, there is
than a pretty face, extremely little rock music in "A Star Is Kristofferson is more
could get through a
he
if
that
suggests
and
not
but
yes,
Born." Plenty of good music,
it well. Most of
through
get
would
he
song,
much of it is rock music. While Kris
to hear
opportunity
an
is
it
however,
all,
leading
the
in
Kristofferson and Streisand,
best.
sings
she
songs
the
sing
Streisand
roles, do deliver some great musical
that Streisand's
proves
Born"
Is
Star
"A
is
what
deliver
not
do
moments, they
star has come of age.
promised.

Class to increase
·art appr eciat ion
An often heard criticism in Eugene is
that there is little art or culture available in
the city. A class offered by the Eugene
Parks and Recreation Departmen t's Cultural Arts Program may change some
eo le's o inions about Eugerte's art
.............., " ,,.
·resources.
Beginning at 9:30 a.m. Wednesda y,
January 12, and on following Wednesday s,
a class will meet to visit the University of
Oregon Art Museum, the Pioneer Museum, Maude Kerns Art Center and other
art centers in the area. Tour guides will
lead participants, explain the significance
of each art place and hold discussions later.
Registratio n for the class is $6 and
may be completed at City Hall II, fourth
floor, 858 Pearl St., before January 11.
Tours will depart from Campbell Center,
155 High Street. Transporta tion will be
provided.
For more informatio n call Vivienne
Friendly at 687-5353.

Film review .

"Enfo rce r'' best
''Dirty Harry" yet

by John Brooks
"The Enforcer" is third in the series of
Dirty Harry movies starring Clint Eastwood as a San Francisco homicide
inspector. I consider it the best because
Eastwood displays a minute amount of
emotion, which is more emotion that all his
other movies put together would equal.
But "The Enforcer" is as violent as the
other two, with Harry's "cannon" of a gun
blowing away the bad guyfi! and with a
couple of chases [to which are added some
new weapons, like M-16 army rifles and
anti-tank rockets.] There are a few
stabbings, an autopsy, and a lot of bodies
spattered with blood, two of which are
Harry's partnen.
As the movie progresses, Harry's tough,
macho image is thawed some. After his
first partner is stabbed, Harry's next
partner turns out to be a woman. At first
he hardly talks with her', feeling that he has
been insulted by having a woman assigned
. to a job which he considers must be filled
by a man. But the woman proves herself to
be worth her salt by not allowing Harty to
protect her from tasks that are dangerous,
hard or shocking. And she gets a number
of surprises. but sticks with him and
eventually saves Harry's life, not once but
twice.

"Cabaret" tickets going fast
Tickets are nearly sold out for the Winter
Term theatre production of "Cabaret,"
even though ticket sales began within the
last few days. Opening night is Feb. 4.
Production Coordinator Dick Reid said
there have been no plans made as yet for
extra performanc es. Some tickets remain
for two of the six scheduled shows, and if
these seats are also sold, t'1e Performing
Arts Departme nt will consider extra
performances for Feb. 7 and 8, Reid said.
Reid attributed the fast ticket sales to
"unusually good mail----order business,"
and supposed that a '' good many of them
were for Christmas" presents.

Approxim ately 50 students and community members auditioned for the Lane
Community .College winter production of
the musical ''Cabaret." After five days of
trial and error, Director Ed Ragozzino had
cast all of the 36 roles.
"Cabaret" is the second production of
the season for the performin g arts
department ; following a successful run of
Neil Simon's "The Good Doctor" in
December.
The play takes place in pre-World War
II Berlin, a time whe'n everything was a
party, and having a good time was part of
the lifestyle.

Film review

Train is real star of "Silver Streak"
by Michael Riley
With recently released films b·e ing
offered in the Eugene area during the
holiday season, I felt the urge to indulge in
escape through the cinema last week. I
chose the film "Silver Streak" over the

Unfortunately, while Burns is entertaining Caldwell, he sees the professor's body
tossed off the train from the roof over their
heads. The two lovers pass it off as ·too
much champagne and a doubting Caldwell
retires for the night. The morning finds

A majority of the action in :•cabaret"
takes place in the Kit Kat Club, the hottest
cabaret in Berlin, where Nick Breeden
playing Master of Ceremony does a
number of crazy, unexpected performances
with the cabaret girls, the waiters, and
even a gorilla.
Nicola Crafts, a dance instructor at LCC,
plays the part of Sally Bowles, featured
entertainer of the club. It is in the club
where she meets her lover, Cliff Bradshaw.
played by Tim Jolley, an American novelist
trying to conjure up a story.
Other m~in characters are Lowell Chase
as Herr Schultz. a fruit shop owner who
falls in love with his fandlady, Fraulein
Schnieder, played by Chilton Peterson, an
LCC acting instructor . Schnieder is
constantly bickering with a boarder,
Fraulein Kost, played by Jan Koenig, who
enjoys entertainin g sailors. Ernst Ludwig,
played by Dan Mayes, introduces his
friends and neighbors to the Nazi ideology
throughout the story, yet it's not until later
in the play everyone becomes fully aware
of the seriousness of the Nazi power.
Tickets for Cabaret are available at the
box office in the LCC Performing Arts
Theatre from 12-5 p.m., Mon~y through
Friday. Admission is $4 per ticket and all
seats are reserved.

Film review
'The Pn< PaltierSlri<es ~ -

Se lie rs returns
as Clouseau

By John Brooks
At my first Pink Panth_e r movie, I found
the main character of ''The Pink Panther
Strikes Again,'' Inspector Clouseau (Peter
Sellers) of the French police, to be a
Laurel or Hardy trying to be James Bond or
Henri Poirot.
Clouseau practices oriental self-defense
by sparring with his oriental servant and -.
attacking innocent and harmless objects
such as punching bags and empty suits of
armour. When he has fl chance to realJy
use self defense, he hope]ess]y displays his
badge and is saved by a crowd in a gay bar.
Inspector Clouseau makes a number of
deductions varying from obvious to blatantly obvious, but they lead him into
bizarre situations that he manages to
blunder through, including secret agents
and a beautiful wornan, castles and
extravagan t suites.
Three years have passed since Oouseau
drove his former superior, Dreyfus (Herbert Lorn), mad. Clouseau has now
replaced him as a Surete chief, and when
Clouseau visits him at the hospital for the
insane and tells him, Dreyfus tries to kill
Oouseau in a madderied rage, forfieting a
chance to face the insane review board and
possibly .be set free.
to
how
Wilder
Gene
But Dreyfus escapes, ,starts a gang,
shows
right,
Pryor,
Richard
police,
pursuing
To escape detention by
kidnaps a famous inventor, builds a
disguise himself in shoe polish and behave like a young black.
Doomsday Machine, and disintegrate s the
and in the midst of
UN building as proof to the wor1d of what
other offerings and was so impressed by him curious agarn
off
thrown
is
he
Professor
the
find
to
trying
he will do if his demand, .t he elimination of
was
the movie that I knew a review
by the bad guys.
train
the
Clouseau, is not met.
necessary.
on the movie
moment
that
From
There is a very strong .thread of political
a
about
not
is
s"'treak"
No, "Silver
the
and
Caldwell
between
chase
a
interwoven in the plot helping to
satire
becomes
painted nude runner, nor does it involve a
Every time he
the movie along, after the humor in
train.
carry
the
on
guys
bad
or
gun,
big
a
with
cop
super
a
giant ape,
Oouseau's stupidity wears thin.
catches up to the train something happens
Barbara Streisand.. It is a dramatic to keep him from saving Burns, whose life
Dreyfus first makes 'bis demands known
his
and
man
romantic comedy about a
professor's murthe
from
danger
the world by interruptin g all TV
in
to
is
struggle to save the woman he loves from
g while President Ford and his
broadcastin
derers.
Simon
since
guy
bad
the most insidious
n
a pompous Kissinger,
cluding
i
cabinet,
•
Legree.
The plot starts out and continues on a
game. After the
foott1All
a
watching
are
Sometimes
Gene
train.
a
by
unlike
played
not
·
Caldwell,
momentum
George
bis aides to contact •
orders
Ford
broadcast.
Wilder, boards the "Silver Streak" in Los slow, sometimes fast and always making
the_CIA, the FBI and the Pentagon to find
Angeles. Both the train and Caldwell are those stops that no one really knows about.
out the score of the game.
travelling to Chicago; the train mates the Director Arthur Hiller gets·the best out of
Twelve nations eagerly cooperate with
trip constantly, Caldwell is travelling by all his actors in the film, but the real star is
by employing th eir most skillful
Dreyfus
end
to
rail to relax and catch up on some reading. the ''Silver Streak" in the film finale
to stalk t}:le unsuspectin g Oouassassins
During the trip he meets Hilly Bums (Jill film finales.
All the assassins convene at the
seau.
art
of
Clayburgh) who works for a professor
Oktoberfest in Munich where Oouseau is
history. She is travelling with the
hoping to _find clue, to ' the, kidnapping of
•
"Silver Streak" is playing at_. the
professor to ~hicage where he will
the famous inventor. What tollows could
recommend
would
I
and
th~atre
introduce his book on Rembrand t art Mayflower·
termed a .classic .exampl~ of internatiobe
.
good
to •see the
•forgeries. Caldwell is a publisher an·d his it for anybody who . likes
~peration .. TJle ~~sins all -kill each
nal
the
over
win
romance
bad,
the
beat
guys
interest in the book and in Burns becomes
. oth~r in the,ir att¢m.p ts to- bu·mp off
helluva
a
and
eviHioer
ofati
acts
opressive
the
on
interlude
the ·basis for a romantic
•
Clouseau.
•
good movie .
train.

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This photo, taken in Japan by Jeff Hayden, received an Honorable Mention in the LCC
Photo Contest. Details on front cover.

Cabaret
almost
sold out

Awards for the LCC Photo Contest will be presented Thursday, Dec. 6, in the
Mezzanine Gallery of the library, at 2:00 p.m . $350 in cash prizes will be awarded to
contestants, in addition to honorable mentions by the judges. Anyone is welcome to
attend. The photograph above , by Dei Zumwalt, received and Honorable Mention from
the judges.

Sports at
LCC

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p. 6