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Vol. 14 No. 18 February 17, 1977

Some people
·immunized at LCC
could still catch
swine flu

by Linda Mooney
The cancelled Swine Flu immunization
program may have left som e of the
immunized persons still prone to Swine
Flu.

Laura Oswalt, Student Health Service
director, stated that having only one of the
two shot series could give some protection
in flu epidemic. Dr. David White, Lane
County Health Dept ., said that "one shot
probably wou ld protect 60 percent to those
immunized.''
To boost that-percentage to 95 percent, a
second shot was recommended," he
continued.
It is generally believed, Oswalt went on,
that people in the 18 to 24 year old age
group needed two shots in order for their
bodies to manufacture enough antibodies
to give an effective immunity to the Swine
Flu. The second shot was scheduled to
have been given on Jan. 11, before the
national moratorium was imposed.

The news of the moratori u m on the
immunizatio n pro gr am ca me from Dr.
Theodore Cooper. outgoing assistant secretary fo r health as r e ported in a
Eugene-Register Guard story last Jan.20.
A possible connection between a condition known as Guillain-Barre ' s Syndrome ,
a sometimes paralyzing disorder, and the
fl u shots given as the reason for the
moratorium on the program, according to
J eanette Bobst, Lane County Health Dept.
Of the 841 people who . had the first
immunization here at LCC on Nov. 29 and
30. t here were little or no reactions
reported to the Student Health Service,
Oswalt said. A few people who received
the shot have had mild flu -like symptoms
s uch as vomiting, but nothing more
serious, she continued.
There have been two possible GuillainBarre reactions in Lane County, Jeanette
Bobst said . She knows little about its
durat ion once con t racted or the exact
pe rc e ntage of immunized persons who
actually come down with it, she continued.
Thi s is entirely an individual matter.

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Evening students get a break

by Mike Badorek
Beginning Spring Term 1977, night
students will be able to register for evening
•
classes by mail.
" The main reason for this ," according to
Robert Marshall, registrar , "is for the
evening stude nt who is unable to get out to
LCC during regular scheduling dates.,, (March 15,16,17, and March 18 for new
students .)
All LCC evening credit classes that have
no enrollme nt limitations are available for
mail-in r egistration. And of the classes
listed for mail-in registration will also be
available to students during the regular
registration dates. But registration for day
classes cannot be accom plished by mail.
Forms will appear in the Spring Term
Schedule, which will be in the Feb . 28 issue
of the Register -Guard. Marshall said
mailed forms must be postmarked on or
before March 4. Mail received after that
dateline will be returned to the sender.
Marshall also stressed that all parts of the
application be filled in, and that forms that
are not -complete or illegible will be
returned to the sender.
Full payment for tuition and fee~ is also
required. Personal checks, Bank-Americard and Master Charge numbers or
money orders are acceptable for payment.
The Registrar 's office policy says all
monies owed to the college for previous
t e rms must be paid before mail-in
registration will be accepted .

Board takes no
action on KLCC
by Kathleen Monje
Afte r some confusion as to the
intent of a motion m<1de by Board
member Richard Freeman, the LCC
Board of Education decided last night
to delay final action on the future
direction of KLCC , the college radio
station .
For about five minutes, it appeared that the Board would refuse to hear
a scheduled presentation about KLCC
that the Mass Communication Department had come prepared to give. A
four to three vote decided in their
favor, and a second four to three vote
set a special meeting with the former
KLCC staff for Feb. 23.
In related action Jan Weaver, one of
five terminated KLCC staff members,
was granted a grievance hearing by
the Board. but no date was decided.

Sex class offered for nurses
A class entitled Sexuality from Birth to Sacred Heart General Hospital.
Death will be offered beginning Feb. 22 through Lane Community College's new
The course is for registe red nurses who
Continuing Educa\i_on Program for nurses. are interested in expanding their knowledge about sexuality. Topics include Sex
Registration is open through Feb. 18 to and the Professional , Children and Adthe first 15 registered nurse applicants. olescent Sexuality, and Handicapped Sex·interested persons may contact the
uality, among others .
Community Education office at LCC, ext.
235. A tuition of $36 will be charged for the
The course is approved ' for two
18-hour course.
Continuing Education Units through the
The class will be offered from 7 to 10 State Board of Nursing and 18 Recognition
p.m. Feb. 22 through 24 and March 1 Points through the Continuing Education
through 3. Instructors for the class will be Approval and Recognition Program of the
Steve Modesitt, R.N .. Community Health Oregon Nurses Association.
For more information, contact Shelia
Nurse at the Lane County Health and
Social Services Agency, and Carole Roby , Gardipee, R.N ., at LCC, 747-4501, ext. 294
R. N.. Rehabilitation Unit Charge Nurse at or 325.

Non-smokers concerned about 'air space' invasion at Lane
by Wen dell Anthony Werner
While smoking has become quite
acceptable in public (despite its
universally agreed-upon health hazards), many non-smokers are becoming very concerned about the smoke
that invades their air space .
s-e veral areas on the LCC campus
have drawn severe criticism from
those who try to avoid the smoke. The
most recent complaints, notes the LCC
President's Assistant Bert Dotson,
concerned the cafeteria in the Center
Building, accounting for the recent
designation of non-smoking area.
'' Smoking has always been banned
from classrooms (at LCC)," Dotson
pointed out. He said changes in policy
several years ago modified the rule to
ban smoking ''while class is in
session.'' This legitimizes the lightups one might see as a teacher

finishes his lecture. It also accounts
for smoking in labs on campus when
there are not specified classes in
session.
In November 1973, the LCC Board
of Education voted to exclude smoking
from all pub1ic meetings. This
followed the state •~ mandate to
eliminate smoking at government
sessions. While LCC isn't a state
agency. Dotson notes the school is '' a
product authorized by the state to
exist.'' Members of the board decided
a no-smoking policy at meetings would
be "in the best interest, " and would
" show an example to the students."
·Dotson points out most of the board
members at that time did not smoke,
but he did not believe this was a
significant factor in their decision.
As for smoking policy on campus
involving class sessions and "posted·

areas " --very little is provided in the
way of enforcement. A limited
campus security staff devotes its time
to other priortities. But '' we have a
policy," Dotson says, "we want it to
be adhered to." Student complaints
are received from time to time, when
instructors allow smoking in class, or
when the instructor himself smokes
while teaching. The enforcement, ,
according to Dotson, then becomes the
responsibility of the immediate supervisor or department chairman.
But in posted areas, such as the
library, parts of the cafeteria, the
Math and Science buildings, students
are needed to help enforce the "no
smoking" regulations. "There is no
rule," Dotson suggest, "that we can
make as a college, and have it totally
enforced without the cooperation of
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More women work
Editor's Note: Jeff Hayden, an LCC
Apiaaltutt aad Industrial Tech. student.
prepares this weekly column from nationwide publications. He is in~erested in the

-ter's role ia societj, and specifically
atudelltl PffPUUII for tile job tnaffet.
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condensed from The Guardian
_by Arlene Eisen
OVERVIEW AND CONTEXT
More women than ever before are
part of the U.S. labor force. According
to the most recent statistics, women
make up almost 41 percent of the work
force. Forty-eight percent -0f all
women either hold jobs or are actively
looking for them.
What social and economic realities
lie behind these figures? Why has an
unprecedented number of women-particularly white married women--entered the job market in the last five
years'! Why is the earnings gap
between women and men greater than
ever before? What is the significance
of the increased sexual segregation in
How does
the labor market?
participation in the wage labor force
differ for Black, other third world and
white women? What is the role of the
state and welfare system in these
changes? How will the changes in
women's work force participation
affect the family and the struggle for
women's liberation?
This series on wor-king-class women's work will probe these and
related questions. This part will focus
on ''the double shift'' --the basic
concept which defines women's work
under monopoly capitalism.
As women enter the labor force,
their oppression does not end. If
anything, it intensifies. But the
struggle for women's emancipation is
now fought out on an expanded
battleground. Women now confront
the bourgeois ruling class directly.
They leave the isolation of their
"private" work in the home, and, by
working with others, raise their class
cQ.nsciousness and ability for collective struggle against mononpoly capitalism.
But the total liberation of women is
tied to the overthrow of imperialism
and socialist revolution. This is
because women's oppression is a
cornerstone of imperialism. Male
supremacy is firmly rooted in monopoly capitalism's requirements. The
material structures of male supremacy
under imperialism--the patriarchal
nuclear family, a labor market that is
rigidly segregated by sex, the superexploitation of women workers and the
use of women as a reserve labor
force--are interrelated and combine in
a system that affects all workers by is
systematically oppressive to Black,
other third world and white workingMale supremacy
class women.
continues to be a material force
actively promoted by the ruling class
and the state through sexist institu. tions and ideology.
THE DOUBLE SHIFf
When women get jobs outside the

home, they are not freed from
"domestic slavery." Rather the
burden of women's work in the home
is doubled by work outside the home.
The double shift hPcomes a double
family as the institution through which
capital appropriates the labor women
expend reproducing the labor force.
At the same time it makes it
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increasingly difficult for the workingclass family to survive on the income
of only one wage-earner.
This duality enables the capfralist to
offer women relatively low wages to
"induce" them to work outside the
home and makes it easier to hire
women for transient jobs since their
unemployment is easily disguised.
Women's role as wife and mother
provides a convenient rationalization
for women"s superexploited, segregated and insecure position in the labor
force. After all, it is argued, "Women
don't have to work." At the same
time, the difficulty women have in
finding jobs, the rising wage gap
between women and men, the deadend, demeaning nature of the work
available to women all pressure
women into marriage as a means of
survival.
Historically, the extent to which
•~rkin_g women perform the double
shift and the nature of working
women's labor force participation
have been determined by whether
they were white or a member of an
oppressed nationality. Black women-beginning with the dawn of slavery--

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nearly all performed the double shift
as
in its most barbaric form:
"breeders" of slave labor power and
as slave workers in plantations, mills
and factories. After chattel slavery
was abolished, the majority of Black
women still performed the double
- shift.
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tion and the economic upheavals
brought by world war, 95 percent of
Black people lived and worked in the
South as peasants or farm laborers on
plantations. Statistics on labor force
participation in the 19th century are
unreliable because they do not report
sharecropping and unwaged farm
labor. BLt it is safe to estimate that
most Black women worked in the
fields and could not depend on their
husbands alone for subsistence. In
1890, some 975,530 Black women
worked for wages. They represented
more than half of the adult Black
female population.
At the same time, 1890, only 18
percent of all women worked for
wages. Only 6 percent of white
U.S.-born women worked and they
w,ere the minority of all women who
worked outside the home.
NEW AVALANCHE OF JOB SEEKERS
But the rise of monopoly capitalism
has created the necessity for workingclass white women to carry the burden
of the double shift as well. In 1900, 20
percent of all women worked and 14
percent of these were married. In

Letters to
To the Editor
I am writing this letter in regard to a bill
for Displaced Homemakers, that wi11 be
presented to the Oregon House of
Representatives on February 22, 1977.
This bill (HB2241) is for specific people
in the middle age range and for people who
have not had any other training or
education to aid them in finding a
meaningful job.
The purpose of this bill is to locate
different kinds of funding to enable them to
receive the education or training needed in
order to be self-supporting. These people
are men and women who have been either

1930, 24 percent of all women worked
and 29 percent of these were married.
By 1950, 3 I percent of all women
worked and for the first time a
majority, 52 percent, were married.
Giant corporations, the development
of finance capital , the need for market
control and advertising, the increase
in overseas plunder and domestic
repression, the development of colossal government bureaucracy and military machine--all features of imperialism--have brought the rapid growth of
clerical, sales, transport, communication and other service jobs. These jobs
required relatively educated workers
who would work for low wages--women.
At the same time, as the crisis of
imperialism intensifies, socially necessary reproduction costs of workers (the
cost of living) rise faster than wages.
The increased use of the double shift
allows capital to increase the rate of
exploitation- of male as well as female
workers. The typical male wage used
to be pegged to support the man and
his "dependents," even if the man
were single. As women's work force
participation rises--that is, as more
women support themselves--the average cost of labor power is reduced to
support only one worker and half the
average number of children.
These women are not working for
pin money. For the 23.3 percent who
are single, their wage is their only
source of survival. Another 14.6
percent are married to men who
earned less than !7,000 a year and
11.4 percent have husbands who earn
between $7,000 and $10,000. The
number of women-headed households
has risen enormously and 19 percent
of all women who work are widowed,
divorced or separated. In sum, nearly
70 percent of all women who work
need their wages for survival.
Between 1940 and 1975, families
headed by women doubled, reac~ing
7.2 million or one out of every eight
families. These women are, perhaps,
the ones who bear the worst burden of
male supremacy. One-third of women-headed households (as compared
to one-eighteenth of the families
headed by men) ;ue living at or below
the official poverty level. Nearly
one-third of all woman-headed households are third world and third world
families headed by women were more
than twice as likely to have incomes
below poverty level as their white
counterparts. These facts are an
ironic exposure of the myth that
women's wages are low because
women "deserve" Jes~ pay because
they have husbands to support them.
On the average women earn 56
percent of what men earn.
An outrageously low number of
daycare spaces are available in light of
the need. There are only 1 million
· places for children in all daycare
facilities--public and private. No
wonder women are forced onto
welfare.
WELFARE SUBSIDIZES EMPLOY•
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housew1tes or unskilled low waged jobs.
They also do not qualify for any federal or
state benefits to aid them in there daily
lives.
Please find the time to either write or be
there in person on February 22, 1977 in
Salem, at the House of Representatives.
We need all the support of the community
at this time.
Thank you for your sqpport on this
matter.
Sincerely,
~oncerned Student
Marta L. Casebeer

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Doc Talk:
Three deadly
dieases

FEBRUARY 17-24
This week starts out with a New Moon at
29 degrees Aquarius. Although the New
Moon opens the door to new activities,
coming so late in the sign it loses some of
its strength.
This day. until 7:30 when the New Moon
occurs. is taken up with more reaping of
past efforts. Some people will find this day
very rewarding. others will find events
inescapable. while others will be meditative and philosophical, depending on
what ''irons they have in the fire.''
Right after the New phase the Moon
goes into Pisces. The next day the Sun also
enters Pisces. Both are working into a
square aspect to Neptune. the ruler of
Pisces. This will put many Pisces on the
spot and in the spotlight.
The rest of us may go through a very
For those who are
foggy period.
vulnerable. deception will be rampant. At
the same time this will give some an
opportunity to make a meaningful start on
something important if your intuitions are
clueing you in to a clear wave length, go
ahead.
Saturday it will be necessary for you to
be willing to risk something on what you
want and believe in. It will be important
that you stand up and be counted.
"Nothing ventured nothing gained" might
be a good motto for the ~ay.
Sunday will be a powerful day for some.
The Moon has moved into Aries. the
pioneering sign. Relying on your intuitions
will be necessary for better or worse.
Do what ever you do decisively. "He
who hestitates is lost.•' Your opportunity
may pass you by if you are not sure. By the
same token that hesitancy may keep you
continued on p. 6

Police advise on
burglary protection

MATH NOTES

by John Brooks
If you find the Center too noisy or smoky
This week is National Crime Prevention and the library just.isn't your kind of study
Week and the Eugene Police department place, the Math Department invites you to
wants to remind citizens how they can come and sample our brand of peace and
deter crime. The police department will quiet.
lend electric engraving tools to citizens,
In an effort to make the department
and it suggests that citizens put their more appealing we've added some comby the Staff of Student Health Services Oregon driver's license m,1mbers on valu- fortable chairs and interesting displays.
Fifty to sixty million Americans who now . ables to make the items easily traceable Right now the probabilities for all the
smoke risk the devlopment of heart back to owners.
major five card poker hands are shown on
disease. stroke, cancer and respiratory
The Eugene Police also suggest citizens one bulletin area. There--- are also a few
problems. The three worst components of make a list of the serial numbers and model study desks at the north side of the
cigarett smoke are tar. carbon monxide and numbers of valuables and keep the list building (by our Resource Center) which
nicotine.
handy in case anything is stolen.
are open to all and where quiet study
Prevention of lung cancer, emphysema,
The Eugene Police Departments offers a conditions prevail.
and related smoke-induced illnesses lies in security survey service where a members
The Math Department is interested in
decreasing the incidence of smoking.
of the department will come to a citizen's - being helpful to all of you, so the editor of
Mid-aged people, by and large, in America house, at the convenience of the citizen, the TORCH has granted us space once a
have heeded the warning of the Surgeon and give advice on how to improve the month so that we can inform you of the
General's report and have cut back on security of home against burglars. The things going on here. Many may be of
smoking. But there has been an alarming department will also help neighborhoods interest even if you aren't presently
rise in the rate of teenagers who smoke, set up Neighborhood Watch programs.
enrolled in a math course.
particularly young women. Tobacco use
To prevent a burglary, the department
As strong math skills are a plus in almost
costs society nationwide 6. 7 billion dollars suggests that a house should look like it is any job application, we'd also like to dispell
a year in terms of loss of work and medical occupied. If a home is going to be vacated the idea that these skills can only be
care.
for an evening. a light should be left on and acquired by the ''whizzes'' and encourage
Do you smoke? Don't! It's just another perhaps a radio or television should be everyone to take more math. Next month's
drug!
column will review some of the courses
playing the deparment advises.
available.
continued from p. l
Eisewhere in the department, steps have
been
taken to aid the many who are
the people who are here ... "
patients to discourage smoking--they are
worried about the advent of the metric
A casual observation of the non-smoking not allowed to smoke in the clinic--but the
system. One of our instructors, Roger Jay,
area in the cafeteria reveals almost no Center generally doesn't involve itself with
has been giving lectures and demonviolations in the smoking regualtions. The the issue of smoking on campus.
strations on learning the metric system.
number of people smoking in these areas
Although Oswalt strongly opposes smokAs part of his presentation he uses a film
appears to have decreased since the area ing, she does ~10t believe it should be
called
"Just Think Metric," which is
was first designated two years ago, as banned from the indoor campus. "Other
available on dial retrieval at the Math
students apparently become more aware of people have rights, too,'' she says.
Reso·urce Center or any other dial retrieval
the existence of the area. In the rest of the
The Health Center did sponsor a "stop
set on campus. If you have a group
cafeteria, a rough survey during early smoking" clinic last spring--brought to
interested in his presentation, contact Mr.
afternoon shows a little over one out of five LCC by the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Jay; if you as an individual are interested
students smoking at any one time.
Oswalt was not enthusiastic about the
in learning about the metric system befor~
Other "posted areas" such as th_e Math results of the clinic. She says about 90
it's a "have to," feel free to drop in and
Building see students very commonly students signed up, but of those only
view the film at our Resource Center or
lighting-up on their way out the door, or as less than half came, and less than half of
investigate some of the other materials
one smoker said, when ''just walking those completed the clinic. Oswalt went on
available to help you '' go metric.''
through.'' Another student could be seen to say she had seen at least one of the
nervously "flicking his Bic" (tossing it in people who was "cured of smoking"
the air and catching it) as he apparently sometime later with cigarette in hand.
waited to leave the building and fire up a
David Phillips, UC-San Diego sociology
The Health Center keeps a supply of
cigarette.
professor, is conducting a study which ·
pamphlets from the Oregon Lung AssociEvening classes, such as Adult Ed- ation. addressing the rights of nonshows a relationship between newspaper
ucation, are also more likely to relax the smokers ... or should we say, the Health
coverage of suicides and the increase in the
smoking regulations. During evening Center tries to keep a supply. Oswalt says
suicide rate.
hours, "You're under a lot less control," the pamphlets disappear from the racks
"It seems that suicide stories ... covered
Dotson points out. But, he continues, faster than they come in.
on the inside pages have no noticeable
people who find smoking offensive during
effect on the nationwide suicide rate ...
There is obvious interest from nonthat time can bring it to the attention of a smokers about the problems created by
suicide stories covered on the front pages
department supervisor, and "there would other people's smoke. Smokers regard
do ... "
be steps taken to try to correct that their habit as a ''personal right, or
Phillips added that it was not just the
problem."
freedom." whereas many non-smokers feel
deaths of famous people which affect the
Laura Oswalt, head of the Student their right to breathe non-polluted air takes
suicide rate but also some "very sleazy
Health Center contends, "Many people precedence. What's more, they can now
characters like labor racketeers and ga~gdon't realize (smoking) is bothering other back up their claims with evidence showing
sters " whose suicides are reported on the
people, and need to have it called to their cigarette smoke is harmful to the nonfront page, which have an effect on the
attention." Oswalt says considerable smoker as well as the smoker.
nationwide suicide rate.
efforts are made ' among Health Center

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People eager to sign petitions

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February

Government boycott hopf!fully·to ·stop wh·aling

by John Brooks
Oregonians Cooperating to Protect
Whales (OCPW) circulated petitions to
promote a bill that would prohibit state and
local governments from buying products
from nations that hunt whales, according to
Mike Gannon, the chairman for the group.
The petitions were circulated 28 days
before the deadline for having the bill on
the November bdlot, Gannon said. Although they did not get the required
amount of signatures, he said that people
were very eager to sign. Gannon says 450
petition drivers had gathered a total of
30,000 names by June and that the bill is to
go before the legislature soon.

The bill was written by Gannon, and in
part it states, "Whal.es form a resource
which is of esthetic and scientific value;
Whales live in international waters and
therefore are a common interest to all
mankind; the great whales have been over
exploited by commercial whalers for many
years, resulting in virtual extinction of
several species.

we share with the North Americans who,
having preceded us by thousands of years,
depended upon them for sustenance; and
with grave concern for the continued health
of the earth and its seas, we find it
necessary that all whale hunters, everywhere, cease their operations and abide by
the ten year moratorium on hunting whales
as suggested by our national representitives assembled in Congress (in 1971) and
adopted by the United Nations Conference
on Human Environment (in 1972)."
The bill than states that '' A state or local
governmental agency shall not purchase
any goods produced or manufactured in a
country, if that country _d oes not prohibit
the hunting of whales, primarily forfinancial profit, and a citizen of that
country (who) hunts for whales primarily
for financial profit, invests directly in
whale hunting enterprises, or sells a
whaling vessel or equipment to huntwhales.''

The slaughtered whales converted into
(many household) products for which there
are cheap, plentiful substitutes.

This bill does not ban goods made in the
United States, or products with components made in whaling nations that
compose less than 50 per cent of the cost of
the article.

Gannon also declares in the bill, "As
residents of the Pacific Rim, and as heirs to
an irreplaceable legacy of whales, which

The bill also states, "The Governor shall
vigorously enforce the provisons of this Act
by promulgating within 60 days after the

effective date of this Act a list of countries
to which this prohibition shall apply and
amendi~g that list as necessary.''
The bill says that any citizen 18 years old
or older "may initiate a legal proceeding in
the Circuit Court of the county he resides in
or of Marion County,'' if that person notes
that a governmental boycott.
Gannon feels that the bill will be more
effective than a citizen boycott and he
pointed out evidence that showed the
measures taken by the national government have been ineffective. For Japan,
which kills about 35 per cent of the whales
slaughtered in the world, he said, a boycott
would be effective .because Japan exports
several billion dollars worth-of products to
the U.S. a~d that the whaling industry

grosses only $150 million a year. on the
other hand he said Russia, who takes 35
per cent of the whales killed, will be little
affected by the boycott.
Representative Nancy Fadley, chairperson of the Energy and Environmental
Committee, sayd the bill will meet, pretty
tremendous opposition from all the
schools, police departments, and many
other branches of the government operating on tight budgets. Fadley also feels that
the bill will not stop whaling. Gannon
stated that he knew of no other states that
were pushing this kind of legislation but he
added that he had heard that people in
California were thinking about such a bill.
Gannon also feels that the bill will meet
stiff opposition, but he thinks that it will
eventually pass.

Products made from whales

Why -1111 hunts the whale

by John Brooks
The main product a whale produces is
oil. Early in whaling history the oil was
used for such purposes as illimunation, as
a lubricant, and in the processing of jute.
The oil was used in Japan for making
insecticides against locusts.

In modern times baleen whale oil has
been found to be useful in the making of
high-grade soap, margarine, lard, short- ·
ening and candles. Certain types of whale
oil produce glycerin which is useful in
making dynamite and has many medical
applications. The oil has also been used to
make linoleum and printers ink.
- ·sperin oil was used as a lubricant, for
illimunation, for candle making and as a
scouring agent in the dyeing of wool,
synnthetic fibers, and linen.
Whale meat is used largely as animal
food, and for human consumption. The
meat extract is used in dried and canned
soups. Ground meat and bone are used as
animal food as well as fertilizer. The blood
of the whale is also used for fertilizer and in
the manufacturing of plywood.
Other products from whales are whale
skin,· used during -world -war II for the
soles of shoes in Japan, gelatin, which is
extracted from many parts of the whale for
use as glue and in the manufacturing of
photographic film insulin, extracted by the

Japanese from the fresh pancreas 14 years
ago, vitamin A, which the whale has higher
concentrations of than even cod and
"soluble" whale meat cooked under
pressure and mixed with wheat bran for
use as domestic animal food.
Ambergris is excreted in small amounts
by sperm whlales through the digestive
tract and was valued highly in the East for
cooking and medicine. In the West is was
also used for medicine, but is also much
more valuable as a fixative in the
fine perfumes.
Baleen, a stiff hair like substance in the
mouth of most whales was used for
gathering minute animals for food. It was
so valuable, in the nineteenth century, one
whale's mouth full could often pay for a
voyage allowing anything caught beyond to
be clear profit. Baleen has a steel-like
quality that allowed it to be used as a steel
subsitute in clothing, fishing rods and
umbrellas. It was also used in the
manufacture of brushes.
Whalers made whale teeth int~ works of
art in what is known as scrimshaw but in
many primitive cultures the teeth were
used as money for buying wives. Lastly
whale bones have been used as building
materials by the Dutch near Greenland, by
eskimos, and by the people along the
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Man's first encounter with whales came
on rare occasions when the carcasses of
these huge mammals were washed ashore.
Due to the size and the large yield of meat
found on the body there can be little doubt
that a beached whale was looked upon as a
gift from the gods by primitive man.
The first actual hunting of whales did not
occur until boats came into use. Boats
were first used to drive the smaller whale
herds ashore. This practice, though
primitive by modern whaling standards is
still used by the Eskimos and by the
inhabitants of the Faeroe Islands, located
between Scotland and Iceland.
In the 12th and 13th centuries whaling
was a well established trade for the French
and Spanish. Even today many of the
small towns circling the Bay of Biscay bear
whale symbols in their coats of arms and
there is evidence that watch towers were
situated on high spots along the bay.
Eskimos have been hunting whales prior
to their discovery by white men till today.
Their boats consisted of walrus hides
stretched over driftwood frames. Harpoons and lances, similar to those used by
European whalers, are the tools used in
Eskimo whale hunts.
Migrating whales along the North
America coast were hunted by Indians of
Vancouver and Queen Charlotte's Islands.
Using materials available to them for boats
and weapons, these Indians used methods
similar to the Eskimos.
American colonists highly prized stranded whales. In 1644 the townspeople of
Southampton New York were divided into
four groups of 11 to watch for beached
whales. A few years later expeditions of
several boats were sent out for whaling
along the coast. These expeditions were
usually gone one or two weeks and within
20 years they were using the methods used

in Europe - the harpoon attached to a line

and the lance to dispatch the whale.
In 1690 the people of Nantucket Island
learned the methods of whaling and the )
Canadians were known to be very busy
catching whales. In 1700 whales were so >
plentiful within sight of land that many
watchtowers were setup along the coast
like ships' masts.
Up to 1712 all coastal hunting was for
Right whales; these were called the 1
''right' 'whales because they floated after
dying. In that year the first sperm whale
by Nantucket whalers was captured by
·accident.
This event gave new life to the business ,
because the sperm whale yielded much
more oil than the right whale. Vessels of
about 50 feet in length were fitted out to
catch whales out in the "deep", as it was
then called to distinguish it from shore
whaling. By 1715 six ships were engaged
in this fishery, fitting out for voyages of six
weeks during which time they would hunt
for one Sperm whale and then return to
shore with the blubber stored in casks for
boiling down. Although these expeditions
were very profitable, the shore fishery was
continued for many years.
As business increased so too did the size
of the ships. Whales became scarcer near
shore and the larger ships had to go further
north and south to find their prey. By the
1770's American sperm whalers sailed the
Atlantic from the shores of Africa to South
America and as far north as Newfoundland. In 1774 there were an estimated 360
American vessels of various kinds hunting
whales, employing over 5,000 men.
Many ports between Long Island and
Boston engaged in the industry including
such famous ports as Nantucket, Martha's
Vineyard, Cape Cod, Salem, New Bedford,
Sag Harbour, Providence, New Haven, and

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What sort of person would lay over a
baby Harp Seal shielding the animal from
the club of a Norwegian commercial seal
hunter? What kind of people would stand
before a Russian whaling ship and be fired
upon with a 250 pound exploding harpoon?
The answer to these questions are the
members of Greenpeace. An environmental group formed in 1971 to protest
above-ground nuclear testing in the United
States and France, Greenpeace now
concentrates on the prevention of whale
and seal hunts by confronting the hunters
face to face. The organization boasts 28
chapters in eight different countries with
its headquarters in Vancouver, British
Columbia.
Cindy Baker, executive director of
Greenpeace Oregon, states that "We are a
confrontation group, a fairly activist
environmental group." She fe-els the

The letter, written by Eli Gabel of the
Japan Whaling Information Center in New
·York, claims that the whale meat is
necessary to feed the ·protein poor country.
An editorial located on the same page as
the letter cites the percentage of whalemeat consumed for protein as being less
than two percent of Japan's total protein
intake. The Greenpeace handout adds to
this saying that whale meat is a "negligible
market commodity" and "institutional
feedings comprise the principle outlet for
whale meat, a situation where the
consumer h~s no choice in its selection.

public is receptive to people who take an
active, nonviolent stand against exploitation of the environment. Baker also admits
that the organization uses the media to ~et
its message across as much as possible
since "We're a good story ... if you see
two people get a harpoon shot over their
heads while protecting a pod of whales ...
now that's a story."
Japan and Russia account for 85 percent
of all whales killed through commercial
whaling industries. Greenpeace cites in
one of its handouts that the Japan
Whaling Association has a New York based
public relations firm working for them to
counter the growing American support for a
consumer boycott against whaling nations.
Part of the campaign involved a letter
justifying their killing the whales for · the
meat necessary to feed a protein poor
nation. It was published in a July 1974
issue of the New York Times.

Greenpeace takes a neutral stand toward
the issue of boycotting goods manufactured by whaling nations according to
Baker. But she says that many of the
volunteers working for the organization
have helped in petition drives for the
boycott of such goods and emphasized the
environmental groups confrontation policy.
This month, the organization is gearing
for the "anti seal hunting" campaign that
will take place in March. J.:he campaign
involves volunteers who will leave the
Greenpeace headquarters in Vancouver
and confront seal hunters on the ice floes
off the eastern Canadian border. In that
area the seals have a nursery where the
seal pups are raised. The pups have a
white coat of fur used for commercial

purposes. Again, these volunteers will
use non-violent means to confront the seal
hunters in an attempt to limit seal kills.
The hunters use a club, knocking the
baby seal unconscious and then, after the
pup's throat is slit, the pelt is removed
from the body. Baker cites a total of
170,000 seals as the number that will be
killed this_year. Sh~ adds that .there was no
aerial census taken of the Harp Seal
population off the coast of Newfoundland
this year and the Department of Fisheries
in Canada will have no way of determining
the effect the slaughter has on the seal
population this year.
For the whale campaign this summer,
Greenpeace is looking at the possibility of
buying a surplus sub-chaser located in
Hawaii. Previous experiences with chartering boats over the past years has run
into such an expense that the organization
decided to start" buying its equipment.
Fund raising for the whale campaign does
not start until after the seal campaign.
Baker did acknowledge that Green.J?e_!re
offices in San Francisco and Hawau are
trying to raise money to purchase the boat
now.
Persons interested in the environment
or the saving of endangered species are
invited to contact the Greenpeace Oregon
office, located at 811 NW 23rd Ave.,
Portland.

Japanese· Consul comments on whaling
by Michael Riley
In the July 15, 1974 issue of the new
York Times an editorial appeared stating
that whale meat comprises only 2 per cent
of the total protein intake of Japan.
With conflicting information supplied by•
the conservation groups mentioned else- :
where on these pages, the TORCH
contacted the Japanese Consul Generals
Office in Portland in an attempt to find
an official figure concerning the amount of
whale meat consumed by the Japanese.
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rounded Cape Horn and fished along the
Chilean coast. In four years Nantucket and

New Bedford whalers took part in the
Chilean whaling grounds. In spite of wars
and damage inflicted by privateers the
industry carried on, and after the war of
1812 it rapidly expanded. By the 1820's
American whalemen were exploring the
remotest corners of the oceans in search of
their prey.
The American whaling industry reached
its peak about 1876 with over 700 ships in
the Pacific alone, producing 428,000
barrels of oil a year, 100,000 more barrels
than was produced by modern whaling in
1909-1910. It was customary for a whaling
voyage to last as long as four or five years,
the ship sending her oil home by cargo
vessels from far-distant ports before she
herself returned, full again with oil.
But there were setbacks. In 1849 and
for several years afterward many ships sat
idle in San Francisco when their crews
deserted them to join the gold rush. The
greatest setback to whaling was the Civil
War. Confederate cruisers captured or
destroyed most of the northern whaling
fleet.
After the Civil War, whaling began to
revive, but its prosperity was threatened
by the discovery of petroleum, driving the
price of whale oil down. Then in 1871 a
large North Pacific fleet of American
whalers met disaster when it was surrounded by ice and 34 of the 41 ships were
crushed.
The more whales were hunted the'
further they retreated north and west.
Sailing ships were often delayed for long
periods in getting through the ice to the
open water beyond for hunting. In order to
save time, and give greater ease of
maneuverability, auxiliary steam engines

Whales seen off the Oregon coast
by Michael Riley
For prospective whale watchers and
fanciers, this March is consider a good
time to witness Grey whale migration
toward the north. The best time is to watch
the whales in the morning out OQ the
,coastal headlands where the "blows" are
easier to see.
The Grey whale i~ the most commonly
sighted whale off the Oregon coast _
according to Dr. Bruce Mate, marine
mammak,gist at the Oregon State University Marine Science Center in Newport.
Another mammal, Mate says, that is
sighted by people on shore is the Harbor
Porpoise. He also states that the Sperm
whale is the most commonly hunted off the
~oast. The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is allowing a quota of 4,320
male Sperm whales, 2,880 female Sperm
whales, 1,000 Bryde whales and 541 Minke
whales to be hunted this · year. These
quotas, Mate says, are for the North Pacific

of about 50 to 150 horsepower were
installed with great success the first time in
1859.
In the second half of the nineteenth
century as whales became scarcer, whalers
took to hunting seals and smaller whales.
But the northern whaling industry steadily
dwindled with ,umber of whales declining
and the price of whale products decreasing
until it finally ended with the outbreak of
the first world war.
Modern whaling from the safety of the
deck of a comparatively larger boat than
the frail 30 feet long whale boats used by
sailing ships, was started in about 1864.
In that year Captain Svend Foyn used a
small steamer that travelled at seven knots
and ·outfitted it with a cannon which fired
a harpoon tipped with a cast iron shell full
of gun-powder.
This method spread until many nations
were using it and today the Japanese and
Russians have large fleets of these
"catchers" as they are known. After a
catcher has killed a whale, the whale is
given to a "bouy boat" that holds it and
other whales until a "corvette" takes the
whales to the large "factory ship" or to a
factory ashore where the whale is cut up
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The quotas do not include shore based
operations like the bases in Japan or hunts
for subsistance in the eskimo regions of the
north. Mate adds that the center is trying
to get groups together to make whale·
counts. At the present time there is no
funding for such counts and it presently
has to be done on volunteer time.
Mate says that he's concerned with the
whale's survival and he'd like to see any
nation that whales be a member of the IWC
so the "takes" could be recorded. He adds,
that the IWC participation is voluntary,
there is no real enforcement authority. He
also feels that there has been an
improvement in whale population over the
last three years.

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whaling statistics for the calendar year of
1973. Higuchi says that "total output was
122,000 tons of whale meat provided for
the domestic market in Japan." He
continued, "Whale meat accounted for 6
per cent of Japan's total animal meat
consumption excluding fish or about 2.5
per cent of all its animal protein, including
fish."
Higuchi also said that Japan is catching
whales in accordance with international
agreements and ''naturally the total
amount the Japanese are catching is
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LSD, Nixon, Tho11pson, highlight Tho11pson _appearance
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by Paul Yarnold
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, alias "Prince
•of Gonzo Journalism," swaggered to the
podium, and in the b~st of "gonzo" terms
addressed a group of "brain damaged"
Eugenians.
"Make yourself at home," retorted the
impatient crowd affectionately, and thus
the stage was set for a group exercise in
recreational anarchism.
Primed with ever present Wild Turkey
•bourbon and a self-proclaimed "ninety-six
hour" dexadrine binge, Thompson was in
fine form to field questions which he
solicited from a polite but anxious mob.
A full house was on hand for the event,
which was sponsored by the U of O's
Cultural Forum group, in the EMU
building on campus.
"I don't give speeches -- unless you fuck
around with me," Thompson snarled with
a grin. Then question followed question in
one of the largest press conferences ever
witnessed by this reporter. The audience
responded spontaneously, and with gusto.
Thompson, in response to his irregular
format, pondered how strange it was to be
getting paid about $1,000 an hour to
''flaunt felony statutes.''
Thompson is best known for his
unorthodox coverage of the 1972 presiden- ·
tial campaign; and for his anesthetized
search for the American Dream, amid the
decadence of Las Vegas. Both peices were·
commissioned and published by "Rolling
Stone" magazine; later they were published as paperbacks titled "Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas" and "Fear and
Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972".
Monday's program was also highlighted
at 9 p.m. by a bomb scare, which did little
to disrupt the proceedings. Hunter took
the telephone threat in a calm, stoned
perspective, and sarcastically advised the
audience to "run like bastards." Then he
lifted about a third of the audience off their
chairs with a well timed "ka-boommm"
into the mike. No bomb exploded, nor was
one found.

Amid the ''potpourri'' of questions, here
are some of the issues he discussed, and
the answers that he gave.
•On his operating a tape recorder, . . .
"For protection," presumably in regard to
possible slander suits.
•On his support of Carter ... ''I knew
he was gonna win." "Carter is an
ego-maniac (who) does not want to go
down looking . . . like Nixon. Can you
imagine kids fifty years from now, talking
about pulling a "Nixon?"
•On Nixon ... "(He) is a filthy, rotten,
theiving swine . . . genuine human scum
and filth."
•On his next assignment . . . Thompson
will be covering the Mardi Gras festivities
in New Orleans for Esquire magazine. The
fringe benefits provided by the magazine
include a $185 suite in the French Quarter.

15 - week lecture •
series set to begin

The·Libertarian Reference Center will be
presenting a 15 week series of lectures by
psychologist Nathaniel Branden on the
principles of' 'Objectivism'' beginning
Feb. 23.
Branden, a former associate of novelist
and philospher Ayn Rand, was the head of
the Nathaniel Branden Institute. The
lectures are based on Rand's work and
taken from Institute wotkshoos.
'' Objectivism'' is the philosophy of
rational self-interest, first presented in
Rand's novel, "Atlas Shrugged." Its
principles are elaborated in the lecture
series. The first presentation will discuss
the role of philosophy and objectivism
versus subjectivism.
The lectures begin at 8 p.m. and a one
dollar donation is requested.
The
Libertarian Reference Center is located at
383 East 11.

•On the spotlights . . . "Maybe we
should shoot 'em out.''
•On his possible lack of moral compunction as a journalist ... "I think I have a
firm, strong ethical base. That's what
counts!''
•On the future of the United States
... "We're learning that you can't build
an economy based on cheap labor and
natural resources anymore.''
•On how often he does LSD these
days ... '' Acid rattles all the tubes pretty
heavily ... I do it five or six times a year to
clear the system out."
•On Rolling Stone Editor Jan
Wenner ... "He's suing me. He's stuck
with it (Stone) for life.''
•On his alleged comic strip appearances
in "Doonesbury," by Gary Trudeau . . . _·-

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"Every day you've gotta look at yourself . . . it gets weird . . . sooner or later
he'll be in my yard."
•On his over-indulgent companion in Las
Vegas . . . "Oscar got shot by a doper
person ... He was always looking for the
next gig."
•On interviews ... (laughs) "They"re an
invasion of my privacy.''
•His favorite political characterization ... Humphrey. "Anyone who lookslike a rat in heat ... should retire."
Thompson ended the "jam session" as
uncerimoniously as he had arrived, but
stayed to sign abundant autographs from
the stage. ·

Horoscope-continued from p. 3
from making a mistake. Listen to and trust
whatever intuition you have.
Monday will focus on friendship and
domestic uncertainty. This day may have
long lasting results.
Tuesday we have a void-of-course Moon
until almost -4 p.m., all day. That may be
fortunate, since what is done will be
subject to close scrutiny. Little will come of
it for now.
Wednesday will be stabilizing but
fraught with under currents. Try not to
outsmart yourself. You may not be as
clever as you would like to think.

Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) is presently accepting drawings from
college artists in the northwest region for
entry in its annual drawing competition,
according to Bill Kent, exhibit coordinator.
Entries will be displayed in an Exhibition
of Drawings to be held in the SFCC Gallery
beginning March 3 and continuing through
March 31.
Kent, who noted that there is already
by Esther V. Leinbach
indication of a good turnout, said that to be
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appointment. Shorter more informal-basis
Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho.
Entries must be received no later than appointments may be made on a contribution basis at the Book and Tea for
February 28.
All entries will be reviewed by well- Friday Afternoons between 12 and 3 p.m.
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February

17
Comedy concert
Checkered Players
WOW Hall, 8th and Lincoln, Eugene
8p.m.
,Admission is $1.50
For more information call 687-2746
February 18
Concert
University of Oregon Chamber Choir
Beall Concert Hall, U of O campus
8p.m.
No admission charge
For more information call 686-3887
February 18
Concert/Dance
Diamond Jackson
Forum Room, Eugene Hotel
9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Admission is $2 for singles, $3 fot
couples
For more information call 344-1461
February 20
Concert
University of Oregon Percussion Ensemble
Beall Concert Hall, U of O campus
8p.m.
No admission charge
For more information call 686-3887
February 20
Concert Mithrandir
WOW Hall, 8th and Lincoln, Eugene
8p.m.
Admission is -$2
For more information call 687-2746

February 21
Concert
University of Oregon Symphony Orchestra
Beall Concert Hall, U of O campus
8p.m.
No admission charge
For more information call 686-3887
February 22
Concert
National Old-Time Fiddle Champions
Dick Barrett and Benny Thomasson
WOW Hall, 8th and Lincoln, Eugene
Two complete shows at 7:30 and 10
p.m.
Tickets are $3 in advance, $3.50 day of
show and are available at Meier &
Frank, Everybody's Records, and the
Sun Shop
For more information call 687-2746

Cinema

February 17 and 18
Film
"The Life and Times of Judge Roy
Bean''
Starring Paul Newman
Forum 309, LCC campus
17th--Noon and 2:15 p.m.
18th--l:15 and 3:30 p.m.
Admission is 75 cents general, 50
cents with ASLCC student body card

February 18 and 20
Film
"Insurgent Mexico" and "No Time
for Tears"
177 Lawrence Hall, U of O Campus
Two complete showings at 7 and 9:30
p.m.
Admission is $1
For more information call 343-6215

February 16-22
Film
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Waco Cinema, 1840 E 13th Avenue,
Eugene
For more information call 344-3861

Drama
February 18 and 19
Drama--"Sing to Me Through Open
Windows" and Spectrum of One"
NewMime Circus
Maude Kerns Art Cente.:-, 1910 E 15th
Avenue, Eugene
Actors Warmup at 8 p.m.
Curtain at 8:30 p.m.
Admission is $3 general, $2 for senior
citizens
For more information call 345-1126
February 20
Drama-- "Pongo Play" and pantomime review
NewMime Circus
Maude Kerns Art Center, 1910 E 15th
Avenue, Eugene
Curtain at 2 p.m.
Admission is $1.50
For more information call 345-1126

Lectures

February 19
Seminar
"Phenomenon of Man"
Eugene Church of Religious Science
4th and Jefferson, Eugene
1-5 p.m.
Admission by prior registration only
For more information call 345-0682

February 22
College Visitation
Lewis and Clark College, Portland
Food Service area, LCC Center
Building
11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Advance

February 26
Seminar
"Birth Control" ,
Sponsored by SEARCH and Lane
County Pharmaceutical Association
Room 180, Prince Lucien Campbell
Hall, U of O campus
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
No admission charge
For more information call 686-4377 or
689-7923
March 4
Concert
Jethro Tull
Mac Court, U of O Campus
8p.m.
Admission is SS for U of O students, $6
general and $6.50 day of show and can
be purchased at the EMU Main Desk
on the U of O campus, Everybody's
R~cords and the Sun Shop
For more information call 686-4373

M isce llan eo us
February 22
LCC Downtown Center ribbon-cutti-'lg
ceremony
1059 Willamette St., Eugene Mall
U a.m.

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Now prepare for league title run

Men conquer Crusaders, drop Southwest
by Jack Scott
Believe it or not, the men's basketball
team still has a shot at the OCCAA
post-season playoffs. With a little luck,
that is.
Before last night, the Titans had a 7-5
league mark and were nestled in third
place, just one-half game ahead of 6-5
Umpqua. However, last night they had to
travel to Lend for a contest with league
leading Central Oregon, and it would've

taken more than just a little'luck to get past
the tough Bobcats on their own court.
Results of that game were not available at
presstime.
Coach Dale Bates didn't think his
charges would have much of a chance of
knocking off Central Oregon when discussing the playoff picture Tuesday.
That's not because Bates is any sort of
No, he's a
pessimist or quitter.
straightforward, honest man who realizes

three turned hot, they could possibly force
the locals out. What he would really like to
see, he said with a smirk, would be his
team winning the rest of their games so he
wouldn't have to worry anymore.
A person couldn't blame him for any
optimism he might show, however, after
the Titans' impressive showings in their
last two wins here over Judson Baptist,
99-56, last Wednesday and Southwest
Oregon, 58-50, Friday. In those games, his
club played much improved defense and
cut down on their ballhandling errors. .
But before they start thinking about the
playoffs, they must first get by Umpqua in
Roseburg Saturday, Linn-Benton here
Wednesday and Clackamas here Feb. 26.
All games start at 7:30 p.m.

his club's limitations, so he wasn't
counting the Bobcat tilt as one of the two
"must" wins needed to make the league
playoffs.
Instead, he feels his team must win two
of three league games left with Umpqua,
Linn-Benton and Clackamas to finish with a
9-7 mark and be ensured of a playoff spot.
Only one win might not do it, he theorizes,
because Umpqua, Chemeketa and Clackamas are all just a step behind and if all

Colleg·e to host mat tournament
by George Kengle
This college will host the OCCAA
wrestling championships Saturday from 10
a.m. to 8 p.m. in the main gym.
First round action starts at 10 a.m.,
quarterfinals and semifinals begin at 1
p.m. and the consolation championships
start at 6:30 p.m. The championship finals
begin at 7:30 p.m.
Competing in this annual tournament
are some of the finest community college
wrestlers in the state. Participating will be
teams from Clackamas, Umpqua, Lane
Central Oregon, Southwest Oregon, Blue
Mountain and Chemeketa.
Clackamas, which was undefeated in
league competition, traditionally fields a
strong team. This year's squad is loaded
with prep all-stars and state champions.
"Clackamas is such a strong team, I
don't see any of the rest of us as having
much of a chance against them," says
Titan coach Bob Creed. "There will be
some fierce individual battles, but the
close team competition will be between
Lane and Umpqua for second place.''
The Titans go into the tournament with a
4-2 win-loss record and with half the team
on the bench do to injuries and illness.
''We started the season with one of our
best teams ever but we lost the equivalent
of an entire team to injuries," says Creed.
Lost to injuries were four former state
champions in Bob Cooley, 158; Court
Gardner, 126, Dan Kramer, 142, and Steve
Boosi;1ger, 190.
Many of the Titan key grapplers are
recovering from minor injuries and illness,.
including George Rayburn, Rick Klohn,
Dennis Berry. Mike Bramlett and Dennis
Mowry. Says Creed, "If we can get all
these guys healthy, and if we wrestle well,
we'll have a good chance at second place."

The Titans wrestled a non-league match
with the .Oregon JV's Saturday to warm up
for the tournament.
The final team score was 25-14. How-

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the seven days preceding that Dukling
dual.
The fatigue felt by the Titans was
evident in their performance. Dennis
Randazzo at 126, Thad Brill at 134, Tim
McCauley at 142 and John Dunn,
heavyweight, all lost matches in the last 30
seconds of the third round.
Dennis Berry defaulted with a shoulder
injury in the third round. Mel Johnson won
his match, 8-5. Rick Klohn also won, 7-2.
"We were just too burned out to perform
up to our capabilities, "commented Creed.

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ever. the match was much closer than the
score indicates. The Titans were fatigued
from the five matches they had wrestled

Guard Kevin McCarthy, the men's
basketball team's leading scorer with a
15. 9 average, was named the OCCAA
player of the week ·in leading Lane to two
wins last week. McCarthy, a sophomore
from LaGrande, hit 17 of 30 field attempts
and six of seven from the line against
Judson Baptist and Southwest Oregon.

McKay provides net leadership by Sheryl Jurgena
To see Loree McKay perform on the
basketball court, a person becomes aware
of her fine leadership abilities being put to
use as co-captain of the women's basketball team.
A sophomore here, she graduated from
North Eugene High School two yea_rs ago,
competing . three years on the volleyball,
basketball and tennis squads there. Last
year she played for the Lane varsity tennis
team, making some consider her a
"natural born athlete." McKay favors the
closeness of team sports over ~ndividual
sports because in her opinion, individual
sports are harder to excel i~.
Her position as forward on the 12-1
women's team contributes to her leading
the team in assists with an average of three
Co-captain Loree McKay has sparked the per game. In eleven games, she has scored
11-1 women's basketb~ team with her • a total of 57 points and gained a total of 58
inspirational play and mature leader- rebounds.
Besides basketball, she also loves
ship. [Photo by Sheryl Jurgena]

baseball. She retains a job keeping
statistics for the minor league Eugene
Emeralds, at one time working for radio
announcer Mike Stone.
As co-captain of the team, her duties on
the court require her to meet with the
referees to make any clarifications on their
Off the court, she is the
calls.
communications link between team and
coach Sue Thompson.
"Loree is extremely mature and it comes
through in her sports. If there is any
conflicts between the team and I, Loree
acts as spokesman and confronts me with
the problem," explained Thompson, who
seemed very impressed with McKay.
Loree plans to incorporate her sports
background into her present major,
broadcast journalism, for a career perhaps
in sportscasting.
This spring she will visit Arizona State
University as a possible choice of the next
college she will attend.

Clark puts halt on female unbeaten hopes

by Jack Scott
The women's basketball team saw their
hopes for an undefeated season go up in
smoke with a loss to Clark, 71-48, in
Vancouver, Washington, Friday.
Lane, now 11-1, was whistled for 35
infractions in the loss to the stiJl
undefeated Penguins, but coach Sue
Thompson didn't complain of a "homer."
Instead, she allowed that Clark "is a fine
team•~ with good height and discipline.
She also mentioned that the hosts had one

fine athlete at center in Linda Smedley,
who killed the locals with 23 points and 20
rebounds: Teammate Janelle Kathan
added 18 counters. Janel Huser, who got in
early foul trouble trying to stop Smedley,
topped the Titans with 14 points with guard
_T eri Booth contributing 12.
They get another chance to blemish
Clark's mark here Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. In the
meantime, they play Clakamas in Oregon
City tonight at 6:30 p.m. and Mt. Hood in
Gresham Tuesday at 6 p.m. Lane has

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title. "They cleaned up at the tournament," beamed coach Lou Bellisimo,
"But I don't know how they did it." His
amazement was prompted by the loss of
three of his top male keglers for personal
reasons earlier this term, which he thought
would deplete his team of any title
chances.
His men's contingent had already
qualified for the National Bowling Councilsponsored "Spectacular" tryouts by virtue
of their league championship. The ACUI
tourney win was thus just a piece of cake.
The ''Spectacular'' tryouts are slated
April 1 and 2, but Bellisimo has not
received notification whether his club will
compete in the Boise, Idaho or Sacramento, California tourney sites. The
''Spectacular'' is scheduled in San
Antonio, Texas May 1 and 2.

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Keglers eye 'Spectacular~ tryouts
by Jack Scott
Freshmen Tom McDonald and Rich
Charboneau paced the men's bowling club
to a first place finish in the American
College Unions Internationc1l Region 14
tournament on the Oregon campus Friday
and Saturday. The women's club captured
fifth place honors.
McDonald, with 1840 pin total for nine
games, and Charboneau, with a 1744,
placed one-two in the All-Events category,
determined by total pins. McDonald thus
qualified for a non-related expense paid
trip to Reno, Nevada, April 5-7 to compete
in the National Bowling Congress
tournamer.t, with Charboneau serving as
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his alternate.
So not only did that potent pair reap the
most important individual honors, but also
propelled the men to their surprising team

'' We came back good after that loss to
Clark,'' commented Thompson. She
explained that her players stuck with their
pattern offense and used full court
pressure in -posting a 28-11 intermission
advantage.

previously disposed of both clubs here.
As expected, they rebounded from that
first loss by dumping the Oregon JV' s,
.50-37, there Tuesday. Earlier, these clubs
went into overtime before the Titans pulled
through, 66-60, here Jan. 28.

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Vol. 14 No. 18 February 17, 1977

4000 East 30th Ave., Eugene, Oregon 97405

Inside:
Registration by
iTiail for evening
students
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The Prince of
Gonzo comes to
Eugene
p.6
•.Titan women
break winning .
streak
p. 1
Protecting the
Whales pgs. 4 and 5
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A RALPH BAKSHI FILM

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Written, Produced and Directed by RALPH BAKSHI
Music Composed and Conducted by ANDI\EW BELLING
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Even the flowers are fooled by the warm weather. LCC's honeysuckles have brought the
bees out a month early.