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Vol. 14 No. 27 May 12, 1977,

4000 Easf 30th Ave. Eugene, Oregon 97405

Not much work
ahead of bud get
c o mmittE.e
by 1\athleen Monje
The only apparent controversy facing
the LCC Budget Committee is whether it
will make any changes at all in the
1977-78 budget prepared by LCC's financial experts.
After an explanation of the budget
document by the administration, Chairman Jerry Brown suggested an early
adjournment. "There's no worry about
money from taxes this year, only the
allocation of various funds, and I don't
think the Budget Committee has the
authority to juggle funds," said Brown, a
Junction City service station operator.

Next year's editor chosen
by John Healv
Sally Oljar, the current associate editor
of the Lane Community College TORCH,
was selected by the LCC Media Commission last Thursday to be next year's
TORCH editor.
Oljar, a journalism major with 1 1/2
years of experience working on the

newspaper staff, edged out News Editor
Paul Yarnold, the only other person to
apply for the position.
Pete Peterson, TORCH adviser, believes the new editor will be successful.
"Being editor involves a deep commitment and lots of hard work, and I think
ially has. demonstrated before that she is

She would also like to expand the staff
of the TORCH to include more people
from the community at-large.
'' I will be looking for writers from the
community who aren't LCC students,"
said Oljar. "We can't offer them any
payment for their work, but the experience gained from seeing their work
published should be attractive.''

But committee member Kenneth Parks
of Lowell objected to the "rubber stamp"
idea. ''I want to take issue with what
you said," he told Brown. "We are here
representing the voters, and this is the
only say they have. It's our responsibility
to take a good look at it.''

Oljar doesn't plan on changing the
structure of the TORCH staff, but hopes
to delegate quite a bit of responsibility to
the other members of the newsstaff.
• 'g. '' Applications for staff positions will be
g- available in September, before the beginning of Fall Term," said Oljar.

Brown made it clear that he just wasn't
sure what, in fact, was left for the
committee to do, since it usually cuts the
budget to insure a ,voter-acceptable levy.

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The new tax base passed by voters last
fall will insure funds for LCC next year,
and the college won't have to put its
budget before the electorate. This makes
an unusual situation for the committee.
The general fund budget for 1977-78
will be $14.9 million, almost $1 million
more than the current year's. The
general fund includes most of the
college's education~ functions. __
The major threat to LCC's revenues is
inflation. Presiden Eldon Schafer said, in
his budget message, that LCC will have
"an indicated fall-short in our purchasing
power of approximately 9 percent. However, no adjustment for inflation. . .is
made in this 1977-78 budget as sufficient
resources simply do not exist.''

Eckank ar
leader to
speak
here
by Michael Riley

capable of handling such a demanding
position. She 'll do well at management. "
According to Oljar, tl}e TORCH will
undergo a number of changes next year,
mcJuding an expanded editorial section
and more emphasis on cultural events
occuring throughout the community.
' ' I would like to see the paper become
more of an advocate, in addition to its
news reporting role," explained Oljar.

"I'm sure Sally will do a good job."
said Kathleen Monje, the present editor.
;i '' She has already shown that she can
h~ndle responsibility. She's been my
right hand." Monje will transfer to the U
g of O as a journalism major. She hopes to
work for the Oregon Daily Emerald.

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Fluoride measure on the-ball ot
required number of signatures is only

by Linda. Mooney

600.

Voters concerned witli the fluoride
question in Tuesday's election, must read
the measure carefully in order to know
how to vote.
The fluoride issue is being put again to
the electorate because of an initiative
petition signed by over 1100 people. The

If you've ever dreamed about
flying, then you may be guilty of
"soul travelling."
At least that's what I learned last
Friday when I talked to Gary Irwin
and John Saturen of the Eugene
Eckankar Center.
Eckankar is the study of the Eck,
the life force that sustains the
universe. It is also the science of
total awareness. While I talked to
these two men I asked if this was a
religion and Saturen informed me
that "It's a way of life."
"There's not really any worship
involved," added Irwin, "It's more a
way of living." Irwin said that
Eckankar deals with the cause and
effect of day-to-day living.
One of the purposes of Eckankar is
to lift the soul upward across a
number of planes of consciousness.
"We try to work from the soul level
at all times," cites Saturen. "Soul
travel is working from the soul level
on all the planes. All soul travel is
basically switching our awareness
lfrom one point to another.''
Both Irwin and Saturen were
visiting me to discuss the Eckankar
regional seminar being held here in

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This time around, the petition and the
measure is written in the negative instead
of in the positive as it was in last
November's election. Therefore, if a
voter wished to vote against fluoridating
Eugene's water he or she must vote yes
in the May 17th election.
The fluoride question h~s been a

the Eugene-Springfield area on May
20 and 21. Sri Darwin Gross, the
head of the worldwide Eckankar
organization, will speak at the Eugene Hotel the evening of the 20th.
Sri Gross is the 972nd living Eck
master in an ancient line of spiritual
adepts known as the Order of the
-V airagi. This is the longest unbroken line of Eck teaching masters
on this plant according to the
Eckankar center.
Gross hails from Portland, where
he worked for Tektronix as a design
engineer. He became the "Living
Eck Master'' after becoming involved
with Eckankar as a teacher. Eckists
believe the teachings of Eckankar are ·
passed from one master to one
student orally. Gross studied under
the last Eck Master, Paul Twitch ill
and received the "Rod of Power of
the Eck Mastership,'' after Twitchill
"translated."
In Eckankar, to "translate'' means
you leave your physical body and
move on to other planes for good.
It's just another way of saying he
died.
Gross serves his position as the
"Living Eck Master" from the headquarters of ~his worldwide move-

controversial one in this area with the
pros and cons of the issue being widely
publicized. Citizens For Pure Water
insist that mass medicatio11 of the
populace is against individual rights while
the National Health Federation contends
that fluoride in the drinking water
reduces tooth decay.
On May 17th, the voters of this area
will be asked again to make their choice.

ment in Menlo Park, California.
Past Eck masters have come from
Greece, Egypt, Persia, Tibet, China
and Mexico.
The two day seminar will include
talks on topics such as "Freedom
from the Fear of Death," "Who am
I? Why am I here?" and "Spiritual
Liberation Here and Now." There
will also be music, poetry, dances
and skits. The Friday session,
featuring Sri Gross, is $12 for one
person and $20 per couple. The
entire session, with seminars held at
Springfield High School, costs $20
for singles and $32 for couples.
Eckankar does not prevent anyone
from leading a life of their choosing,
nor does it require any kind of
clothing or adherence to any codes of
conduct. Followers are all sexes,
ages, countries, and positions in life,
from professional people to menial
laborers.
Soul travel, an awareness of life
and a better understanding of your
existence are just some of the things
Irwin and Saturen claim Eckankar
can give you. If you're interested,
give the Eugene Eckankar Center a
call at 343-2657 or ·attend the
seminar. •

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·· May 12, 1977

Warning: ·profits .are dangerous to yo~r health

Corporate pill-pushers BXJlf!IJ!Jl.G.

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Drug companies spend four times as much
each year on promotion as they do on
research and development: 25 cents of every
sales dollar goes into advertising.
The industry has correctly understood that
the prescribing habits of 200,000 practicing
physicians control the purchase of prescription drugs by 200 million people in the U.S.
It therefore spends more than $5000 a year
per doctor.
The ··detail men' ' -salespeople who personally visit doctors in the office or
hospital-are the backbone of drug promotion . One-fifth of all drug company employes
in the U.S. are detail men~ one for every 10
doctors.
• The drug companies claim that their ·
salespeople ·mainly. provide an educational
service: they keep doctors informed of the
late~t ••advances'' in drug therapy.

when bidding for an Army contract, Ciba medicines for a wider range of uses-many
When the Parke-_Davis salesman gave Dr. offered the drug for 70 cents per thousand, of which are unjustified.
Able Watkins the free sample of Chloromyce- but the contract went to another firm for 40
For example, Conmel, a painkiller made
tin, he said the antibiotic was completely cents.
by Winthrop. is banned from routine use
here because it can · cause ·fatal blood
safe. Dr. Watkins gave the drug to his son to
treat a minor infection. A few month_s later HIGH PROFITS
disease. It has been promoted in Brazil for
his son was dead, the victim of a rare
For the past 10 years, the drug industry eleven different uses, including migraine
has been the first or second most profitable headaches, muscle aches, colds, earaches
side-effect of the drug.
When Parke-Davis first marketed Chloro- business in the U.S., its yearly profits and clogged sinuses.
Foreign sales are growing faster than
mycetin, it was aware of its potential danger. ranging from 15 to 20%-. Drug company
But it suppressed this information. The sales now approach $10 billion per year and domestic ones and the industry now extracts
company advertised the drug without a are growing at a rate of 9%.
a large percentage of its profit abroad. The
Although there are 700 drug firms, 15. two leading drug imperialists are Pfizer,
warning and promoted its use for a variety of
minor ailments.
control more than half the market. Among, which does 48% of its business in 25 foreign
Such a practice, though since corrected. the top 15, there is little competition. Those countries; and Merck, which does 37% in 24 PEDDLING MISINFORMATION
with this particular drug, is not uncommon that make antibiotics do not make tranquil- countries.
Unfortunately, this is somewhat true. A
The industry is also moving its pl~nts and survey by the American Medical Association
in the pharmaceutical industry. A prime izers. Those that make birth control pills do
example of the workings of monopoly not make steroids, and so forth. Three- offices abroad to take advantage of cheap_ revealed that 65% of the doctors polled concapitalism, the industry is a highly · con- fourths of the prescriptions sold can be ob- labor and favorable tax laws. One-half of all sider detail men to be the "most effective
drug company employes live outside the source of information on new drugs."
centrated, noncompetitive operation. The tained from only one source.
drug companies take advantage of illness to
The bulwark of this noncompetitive U.S., with Puerto -Rico a favorite relocation . However, it is not education, but rather
charge U'1Conscionable prices for their structure is the patent laws. Patent protec~ site. From·their point of view, the island is misinformation, that the detail man peddles.
products. The products themselves are tion gives a pharmaceutical company probably the· most important "research" Dr. Dale Console, former medical director of
pushed as part of a superadvertising cam- ,exclusive control of a drug for 17 years. This discovery the industry has ever made.
Squibb, explained to the Senate subcommitTo protect its foreign investments the tee, "The primary purpose of the detail men
paign that biases and confuses doctors' pre- control can be extended by "improvement
patents"-making slight adjustments in the industry has invaded the domestic affairs of is to make a sale even if it involves irrational
scribing habits.
1
Not content with its dom...!stic profits, the· molecular formula of the drug right before other nations. 1 In 1974 the Pharmaceutical prescribing and irrational combinations ....
industry is rapidly expanding into foreign the original patent expires-or by combining Manufacturers Association, an umbrella It was from them that I learned_the simple
marke_ts, which now account for a large per- the drug with another drug and getting a organization of leading drug companies, ma:,(im: 'If you can't convince them, confuse
,patent on the combination.
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announced that it was monitoring develop- them.' ''
centage of its earnings.
Perhaps the most widely publicized malFaced with limited markets at home, ments "overseas affecting our industry's inThese maneuvers seem to pay off for the
practice of the drug companies are the prices pharmaceutical companies are rapidly ex- terests and. to take direct action where drug companies. For example, a 1972 study
of prescription drugs. Inflated far beyond panding into foreign countries. Their warranted · to protect· and promote our in a large community hospital indicated that
production costs, the price is a hard pill _to activities abroad illustrate the blatant disre- interests.''
. the doctors there used antibiotics correctly
gard for life that comes from the pursuit of
After collecting 34 volumes of testimony, only 12.9% of the time. In 1967, five years
swallow.
For example, have you ever had to take a profits.
the Senate Subcommittee on: Monopolies after the dangers of Chloromycetin had been
10-day course ~f Keflex,_an antibiotic made , The drug companies take advantage of the concluded that "the system of marketing exposed and the FDA had forced Parkeby Lilly? It will cost you $27-7~ a pill.
weak regulations in: other countries, espe- drugs in the U.S. is deleterious to the Davis to print a warning on its package
Ciba-Geigy . sells Serpasil, a bl~d- cially in Latin America, using labeling and . interests of the pub~ic. That this system ~as inse~s, 4 million people in the U.S. were still
pressure-lowering drug, to the ·pharmacist advertising policies they cannot get away fostered the vast misuse of drugs, resulting gettmg the drug-for· colds, acne and many
for $39.50 per thousand, Several years ago, with in this country. They also recommend in injuries and death,:is beyond dispute.''
minor infections.
By MORT SALOMON

. ---Letter-~ to the "~ditor-1Minister responds
one more time
To the Editor:
I am taking the opportunity to respond
to last week's letter to the editor by H.
Johnston which objects to the presence of
campus ministers on the LCC campus.
I'm glad to know our presence is
recognized, even if not appreciated! We
are also flattered to be so quickly
elevated to the status of prelates/bishops!
Seriously, though, it also provides the
chance to clarify our intentions and goals
as campus ministers. In a sense, the
advertisement can be misleading · in
simply mentioning "counseling;" what is
intended is a broad concern for the whole
person, specifically from the perspective
of their religious beliefs and values, but
also in the way those basic values and
beliefs interrelate with their whole life
style. We do not intend to duplicate the
services of the counseling staff, but
rather to provide ''counseling'' or personal "pastoral" care for people in their
whole range of problems and needs.

Hopeful1y we have special expertise in
relating to people's religious spiritual
questions and needs, but ,these inevitably
touch on areas dealt with by "secular"
, counselors, such as interpersonal relationships, marriage, sexuality, career,
etc. And, as pastors we are trained to a
certain level in these areas of counseling,
although we are also very ready and
willing to refer people to more qualified
couaselors as we discern specific problems which are beyond our capabilities.
We are also very concerned, as
repre·sentatives of the broader religious
perspective on campus, to be as ecumenical and responsible to all religious
persons and groups as we can be. We
are particularly sensitive to the need on a
secular campus to be low-key and
non-proselytizing in our approach; we try
hard to meet people where they are in
their personal religious lives, and help
them as best we can from that position.
We therefore are concerned to maintain
the open plurality of religious viewpoints
and religious discussions on campus, and
would join the college in resisting any
groups which attempted a hard-sell,
narrow approach to religion. We would
also heartily agree that the state, or the
_college, can hardly "establish' 1 or en-

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The TORCH is published on Thursday's throughout the regular academic year.
Opinions expressed in the TORCH are not necessarily those of the college, the student body, all members of the TORCH
staff, or those of the editor.
Forums are intended to be a marketplace for free ideas and must be limited to 500 words. Letters to the editor are limited to
250 words. Correspondence must be typed and signed by the author. Deadline for all submis_sions is Friday noon.
J'he edit_or reserves the rig_ht to edit_for matters of libel and ~gth.
All correspondence should be typed or printed, double-spaced and signed by the writer.
Mail or bring all correspondence to: TORCH, Lane Community College, Room 206 Center Building, 4000 East 30th Avenue,
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dorse any one religion or campus mmister. However, the college can properly
recognize the full range of needs and
concerns of its students, including religious-. needs/problems/questions, and
therefore accommodate campus ministries
supported by outside private institutions/
churches which are ecumenical and
operate openly, low-key , and in a helpful
fashion consistent with the best interests
of its students.
We sincerely hope that this is our
position in relating to LCC, and welcome
any input that can help us to be as
sensitive to the campus community and
its needs as possible . We buy the task
and goals of higher education, and wish
to be of assistance to minister to persons
. involved in that task.
Norman Metzler
Campus Minister

•ness of your injury (5) while they made
your work so painfu\Jy demanding that
you (a) sought new employment; (b) or
·unemployment; (c) or welfare . . (_d)_ And
finally, insurance denied surgical treatment. That meatrt no other employer
woutd hire you because of insurance
costs.
Oregon legislators failed to offset
military costs; reduced their own income
protections; stopped SAIF investment
. practices; cut the doctors, lawyers, psychologists and rehabilitation facility costs;
or mention the SO per cent capital-gain
. dividend savings made by business, who
earlier shifted injury insurance to the
cost-of-goods-sold!
John M. Reed
1560 Lincoln Street #30
Eugene, Oregon 97401

tee students urged to

Women's workshop
registration still open

To the Editor:

Registration is still open for two series
of women's workshops at Lane Community College. The workshops are
designed to help women who want to
explore new directions and interests in
their lives.
Interested individuals may register for
the workshop which began May 2 and
will be from 7 to 10 p.m. on Mondays
through June 6. A second workshop will
be from May 16 to 20 from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. daily.
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The sessions are intended to. acquaint
those women, whose interests have centered on their homes and families and
who also are interested in adding new
dimensions to their lives, with •the
opportunities and resources available in
the community. The workshops can serve
as the first step for women interested in
returning to school, starting volunteer
work, or approaching the job market.
Registration m~y be completed by
calling Margie Holland, 747-4501, ext.
270 or 214, at the LCC Counseling
Center. A fee of $21.80 is required for
workshop attendance.
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protest passing SB 1048

Senate Labor, Consumer and Business
Affairs Comm.i ttee likes SB 1048 and you
must protest before it becomes law!
The bill reduces workmen's compensations •insurance by (1) deducting social
security payments that thereby shift the
costs from the private insurance industry
onto the taxpayers; (2) phase-out compensation payments so the middle-aged
are dumped on taxpayer supported
,agencies; (3) stops permanent total disability awards by demanding the injured
disprove hypothetical job ability, training,
experience or retrainability, and ( 4)
ailows insurance companies to invade
injured workmen's famtly tax statements
and · demand frequent hounding medical
examinations.
The bill returns us to the days when
employers (1) hired you only after
physical and psychological tests proved
your tolerance to take abuse; (2) injured
you with long, back-breaking hours; (3)
used the fear of lost work, c;>r being fired,
to block injury reports; (4) had their
quack doctors misrepresent the serious-

Ana·Jysis

-L CCtoUofO: the change -isn't easy
by Sally Oljar

For many students LCC is the beginning of a long journey through the halls
of higher education--a journey that is not
without difficulties unique to each institution.
More than half of these students are
enrolled in general studies programs at
Lane. Sixty percent of them move on to
the U of O or other four-year schools.
The transition is ·not always easy.
The transfer program makes up 47
percent of the total Full Time Equivalency (FTE) enrollment (One FTE
equals 45 hours of coursework a year for
one student). FfE is the name of the
game: A sizable chunk of LCC funding is
derived from it.
The LCC Administration is not unaware
of the problems that students face when
they begin the transfer process. Last
spring the Academic and College Planning Office sent a questionnaire to
932 LCC students who had transferred to
the U of 0. The office asked the
former students why •they had attended •
LCC, if they were happy with the kind of
instruction they received at Lane, and
what kind of problems, if any, they had
encountered during the transfer process.
More than half (473) of the questionnaires were returned.
According to the survey there is no
doubt as to the reason that most students
attend LCC: cheaper tuition. Many
students opposed LCC' s tuition hike last

. . . there is no doubt that
most transfer students attend LCC for one reason:
Cheaper tuition. . .$136.80
is small compared to the
$245 at the U of 0.

year, but the fact remains that $130.80 is
small comp.ared to the $245 paid to gain
entry at the U of 0.
It's also a lot of money to lay out if one
is not sure about a career. Over 300 of
those, surveyed listed this as their s-econd
highest priority in their decision to attend
LCC.

"LCC classes hadn't prepared
me for the rugged courses at
the U of O."
The size of the U of 0, the lack of
confidence to begin in a four-year school,
academic reasons, and a lack of sufficient
high school preparation were also cited,
among other considerations. But the
majority stated it was money and doubts
about what career to follow that brought
them to LCC.
Many of the students decided to
attend LCC during high school. While
they were here, the. majority decided to
transfer. But they missed the '' closeness" that LCC provided. "I was spoiled
by too much attention while at LCC. You
just don't get it at the U of 0," said one
student.
More than three-quarters of the students surveyed said the transfer process
would be improved if LCC provided more
contact with U of O counselors and mqre
information about academic programs.
One student said the transfer process
would have been easier if "it was known
how to get started without running in
circles.'' Some students felt the problem is with uninformed couselors at
Lane, yet others say it lies with the
counselors of the University.
But at both schools, the students
agreed, the couseling departments should
place the greatest emphasis on guidance
in career and schedule planning.
LCC should also raise its academic
standards, the majority said. Many

Recycling continues
by Kathy Cummings
Negotiations to continue paper recycling at LCC a.re going well with the
Northwest Recycling Company (NRC),
according to Steve Larson, the new
coordinator of the recycling program.
Larson, also the information and referral coordinator at the Student Resource
Center, volunteered to take over the
management of the pap .~r recycling
program when -Michael Hagan resigned
suddenly from the position in April,
leaving the program both in debt and
in jeopardy of closing.
At the present, Larson's objective is to
persuacte the NRC to continue working
with LCC . and the recycling program and
he said, " .. .it looks hopeful."

Classes still open
by Keith E. Young
Some LCC students won't get the
classes they need this summer. But if
they show some interest and a little
perseverance they may have a chance to
get those needed classes.
John Jacobs, head of the LCC Science
Department, stated that classes are
offered on the basis of "past experience " and student need. However,
if enough students show interest in a
particular class that isn't on the term
schedule, they still have a fairly good
chance to get the needed class added for
that term.
Jacobs cites a recent example: Anatomy and -Physiology is usually offered·
during Winter Term, with a choice of two
instructors. But because of greater
student need, an instructor was hired to
teach the "overload" classes Spring
Term.

Larson also said he thinks by this term
• he can pay off the remaining amount due
to the NRC for the recycling barrels
purchased from them early in September.
Larson said he will try to keep the
program going until next fall, when more
steps can be taken to organize, promote
and e~pand the recycling program.
The recycling program was started in
Fall Term in cooperation with the NRC
with hopes of earning money for the SRC
and saving a resource. But as of last
month LCC had failed to keep its part of
the arrangement. LCC hadn't called the
NRC to pick up recyclable paper in some
time, and the cost of the recycling barrles
remains unpaid, leaving the NRC with
thoughts of pulling out of the arrangement.

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students said they weren't prepared for students in the survey, he said, benefit
the "toughness" and the "competition" from the small classes and the individual
they encountered. One student said, attention. ''LCC should give students all
"(You should make it) clearer to stu- the help they need. H that's "spoondents planning to transfer to the U of 0 feeding," it's preferable to flunking out a
to get grades at LCC up as hig_h as lot of students."
Many students benefit from close
possible . . . (and) for students to develop
Make contact, but others felt that there is too
good study habits at LCC.
students understand differences between much emphasis placed upon it. "Conwhat they earn <in grades) at Lee· and cern yourselves (at LCC) only with
what they will be competing against at academics; not social or personal problems. Higher learning need not concern ,
(the) U of O."
itself with trivia. . . ''
The statistics reported on changes in
The overwhelming majority of the
grade point averages confirm this view: students surveyed felt that LCC is a fine
Those students who maintained a steady school because of its size, intimacy, and
3.00 to 3.24 GPA at LCC (22.4 per cent of the high quality of instruction along with
those surveyed) did almost as well at the personal attention from instructors. The
U of O. But the percentage of students U of O was considered by many to be '' a
who recieved 4.00 GPA's at LCC (19 per jungle" or "dehumanizing" or to have
cent) dropped to a low 9.3 per cent when
they got to the University.
'' LCC should give students
Why? "LCC classes hadn't prepared
me for the rugged courses at the U (!f
all the attention they need.
O." "LCC classes were too easy. . . "
If that's 'spoon-feeding,'
"You have to work harder at the U of 0
preferable to flunking
it's
to receive the same grades as at LCC. At
a lot of students,"
out
LCC it was easy to be an academic
Rasmussen stated.
Dean
'star.' A's were given too easily."
The lack of adequate study habits was
said to be the major reason for poor GPA
performance. Not surprisingly, many "poor instruction" and "too many people
students said that the writing and study in one class.''
For these reasons, some of the transfer
skills programs at LCC should be improved. "Warn them (present LCC students expressed the wish that LCC
students) to take a lot of English classes could become a four-year school. But it
would most probably be suspect to the
and typing,'' said one student.
There seems to be a dualism in the role same pitfalls as the U of O if it did. The
that LCC plays in the community. On the . size of the U of O seems to guarantee a
one hand, it is an "open door school," more impersoanl atmosphere, simply
committed to giving an education to_ all because students outnumber staff by
who enter its doors. On the other hand, such odds.
Many, many students expressed surit is often times a preparation period for
potential transfer students. Is it possible prise and then dismay at the discovery
for LCC to accomodate the wide range of that they were no longer individual
academic capabilities and expectations. its students, but Social Security numbers.
Perhaps the counselors at LCC would do
students have?
Dean of Instruction Gerald Rasmussen well to inform students of this shift in
thinks LCC can -serve everyone. Many thinking from school to school.

State looks at LCC micro-wave
by Ronald Robbins

LCC' s micro-wave transmission system
will soon be studied by other community
colleges in the Willamette Valley, and by
the State Board of Education.
"What we're doing now is trying to put
together a position paper describing what
we have, and alternative uses," said
Gerald Rasmussen, dean of instruction.
Dean Rasmussen met with the four
associate deans this month to discuss
potential uses of LCC's newly acquired
micro-wave equipment.
One possible use for the equipment
may be transmitting a TV class to the
Siuslaw Learning Center in Florence.
The system, originally bound for the
Republic of Laos, cost $196,000 in 1974.
When Laos fell to the communists the
equipment was stopped in San Francisco
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where LCC acquired it for $7,000 through
a government excess property arrangement.
Richard Romanek, an instructor in
electronics, is writing the position paper,
which he describes as "An informative
paper to p_rovide the Board (State Board
of Education) with some background
information." After the paper is written
a copy will be mailed to the other
community colleges in the Willamette
Valley. H sufficient interest is generated,
a "brainstorming session" to organize a
consortium will be held, said Rasmussen.
A second draft of the position paper
will then be written incorporating ideas
from the members at the "brainstorming
session'' and plans for the consortium
said Rasmussen. This paper will then be
presented to the State Board of Education
for a policy decision on proposed uses.
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by Cheri Shirts
In a recent report to the Public Utility
Commission (PUC), Anjala Ehelebe, a
Portland State University student representing the Oregon Student Public ln·erest Research group (OSPIRG), said,
'' Excessively high deposits for new phone
c;:e,rvice are an extreme hardship on lower
income people and violate the PUC
Division II rules governing the size of
deposits.
These rules state that the deposit may
not be greater than an amount equal to
two months anticipated service for the
customer OAR 860-21-040(5).
OSPIRG investigated utility sales and
deposit practices of the telephone companies after receiving citizen and student
complaints that the telephone companies
appeared to discriminate against students
and minorities. Other complaints orginated from customers who felt that they
had been deceived about available service
options and had consequently purchased
more expensive service than they really
needed.
OSPIRG conducted its study during
winter and spring of 1976 with spot
checks in January, 1977.
In conducting its study, OSPIRG inve stigators posed as prospective customers in sales interviews with th<:
telephone companies in Eugene, Corval1is, Portland and Forest Grov e. The
investigators used prepared test case
stories designed to reveal any illegal
discrimination or deceptive sales practices.
While the study was prompted by
complaints of possible discrimination,
OSPIRG found no provable correlation
between race, se'x, or occupation, and the
OSPIRG did,
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charging practices of the telephon~ companies, OSPIRG also discovered deceptive
sales practices which are legal, but which
may cause a customer to order more
expensive service than needed . In Pacific
Northwest Bell territory, (Eugene, Corvallis, Portland), less than half of the sales
representatives volunteered the cost of
each option, and only 10 per cent
volunteered information about the least
expensive option.
In General Telephone territory (Forest
Grove), four representatives did not
disclose the installation cost of each
option discussed, five did not disclose the
monthly service cost of each option
discussed, and seven telephone employees did not discuss the least expeni vc options. By not informing the
customer of each option and its costs, the
phone companies are able to sell more
expensive service and equipment to
unsuspecting customers.
OSPIRG concluded that such confusing sales practices prevent the
utilities from assisting each
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stand surety for the customer--in
lieu of a deposit. This instance
violates OAR 860-21-040. According
to OSPIRG, the PUC has the statutory authority to prosecute and levy\
fine of between $100 and $10,000 per
violation (Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS)
756,990(2) to stop the collection of illegal
and excessive deposits by the telephone
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options and their costs.
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rate which is most advantageous for his
requirements," as required by the Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR 860-21011(4). OSPIRG has recommended that
the PUC adopt rules that would stan•
dardize the telephone sales pitch, requiring the sales representative to describe
clearly the available options and their
costs.
As a result of their study, OSPIRG is
requesting that the PUC investigate the
telephone companies violations. OSPIRG
has also petitioned the PUC to revise the
Division II Utility Rules and Regulations
to prohibit deposits except for proven
credit risks.
In her statement to the PUC, OSPIRG
representative Ehelebe said, ''The deposits discriminate against people who do
not own homes or who have not had
previous phone service although these
same people may be reliable in meeting
other financial obligations. There are .
serious questions about the practice of
charging a deposit to people who cannot
prove that they are credit worthy. Tn be
equitable, a deposit system ~l: .Juld not
adversly affect customers who pay their
bills. The utilities in Oregon ... have not
yet shown that such a deposit aJ the time
of phone installation is actually a deterrct)t Jo default later."

Calligrapher to leaure
Oregon 's Laureate of Calligraphy
Lloyd Renyolds will lecture on the
history of the alphabet and the
importance of italic handwriting this
Friday at the Celeste Campbell
Senior Citizen Center.
The meeting is open to the public
for $1 .50 fee and to members of the
Valley Calligraphy Guild for·· one
dollar.

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by Kathteen Monje
Oregon's native celebrity son, Ken
Kesey, drew an easy-going cro\\d of 3500
to , his poetry festival, the ''second
perennial poetic Hoo Haw."
The 25 to 40 year olds flocked to the
University's Mac Court Saturday to hear
nationally known and local poets. They
devoured 250 pounds of free beans
cooked by Kesey and his brother. They
brought dozens of children, who climbed
up and down the stairs and bleachers and
occasionally were set on the stage to be
claimed.
And listened to 12 hours of poetry.
Musicians, variety acts, and poets from
New York, San Francisco, and Lane
Courity performed in front of a _gold
velvet curtain. They were flanked on the
stage by living fir trees (some 35 feet tall)
and light and sound scaffolding covered
with ''No Smoking'' signs.
At the top of the billing were Allen
Ginsberg, who rose to fame as a "beat"
generation poet of the 1950's, and LSD
prophet and philosopher Dr. Timothy
Leary. Ginsberg came from New York; to
the disappointment of the audience,
Leary didn't show.
Though suffering from a kidney stone
now .SO, chanted, sang;
attack, Ginsberg,
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Hts hands trembled as he held his paper,
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"civic responsibility."
"He's doing a great thing for Eugene
here, organizing this festival." he said.
Kesey · himself didn't read any of his
work, though he acted as announcer off
and on throughout the day. He said that
time limitations prevented him from
appearing professionally; the agreement

with U of O officials ended the event
hefore all the poets had chance to read.
The one-time hippy idol has changed.
Kes·ey wore jeans and a navy blue
windbreaker. over a v,~hite button-up
shirt. His hair is no more than medium
(above the collar) length, and his major
concern during the festival was that the
audience abide by the fire marshall's

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in favor of the outside music broadcasts.
Cosmos said, "When music is broadcast in a public place the people don't
have a choice, and when there is no
choice the music becomes noise pollution." She said she was tired of having
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regulations, so the HooHaw can return
next year.
And. despite initial Universitv resistarice, that looks like a good po~sibility.
The policemen on duty · said they didn't
expect any trouble, and they didn't get
any. • 'The crowd is pretty well behaved," o,1e officer observed. • 'I've
enjoyed what I've seen of the show."

Student calls outdoor music 'noise polllltion'
Last week KMPS, the LCC radio
broadcasting station, started broadcasting
music outside the Center · Building. A
short time after the music started,
student Irene Cosmos started a petition to
stop the music.

KMPS disc jockeys started playing
music in the cafeteria to get an audience
for their programming. But non-smokers
objected. They said there was no other
area of the cafeteria where they could eat
without smoke and without noise. Music
to their area was deleted, but to get a
larger audience other speakers to the
outside were fed the music channel.

the mall, in elevators, and sometimes
even in Hendricks Park.
Here at LCC in her art classes, she
said she has had to fight the '' constant
Rock and Roll radio thing that has taken
precedence even over the subjects."

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music be restricted to the outside
walkways. This will cut down the volume
so -that the people who don't want to
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by Jan ice Brown

The mightiest of all beasts began his
last journey May 5. It took 6 trucks, one
devoted to the task of ·carrying just the
head of the famed giant. The other
trucks carried the remaining parts of the
disassembled gorilla.
For eight months the foam-filled King
Kong stared up at the ceiling of a lonely
warehouse where he had been lying,
waiting to be shipped to his final resting
place in Genoa, Italy.
The 45 foot mannequin used in the
final scenes of Dino de Laurentis' film
"King Kong" shared the warehouse in El
Segundo, California with his mechanized
counterpart venturing out occasionally on
promotional tours.
It took six men to disassemble and
pack the hairy monster. Kong's 15
dismembered pieces were packed into six
containers, loaded onto six trucks and
were then driven to Wilmington, California where the containers were put on
board an Italian ship.
The $200,000 Kong had his eves
(constructed from Volkswagen headlights)
removed to insure their safety. People
have _stolen parts from the beast during
his ventures around the globe.
One of Kong's fingers, which measures
three feet in length, disappeared wli1Ie he
was on tour in France. His styrotoam
teeth were nabbed in New York.
Dennis Brown, shipping coordinator for
Pack Air, the freight compan y wh ich
packed the beast. said . " People were so
interested in Kong that they tore off
some aluminum patches that were riveted
on to t he door of t h e cr ate that the
monster was hou sed in , so they coul d
see him."
King Kong wi ll be laid to rest in an
amusement park that is an Italian version
of Disneyland.

by Shelley Deneau
A variety of free women's support
groups may be offered at LCC either this
summer of next fall if enough interest is
shown at the preliminary meetings.
The results of a survey sent out by the
Women's Awareness Center (WAC) together with Babs Honeyman, a graduate
in counseling at U of O, indicate that
loneliness, assertiveness, parenting and.
life style choice are of current interest to
LCC women.
So far, dates have been set for·
workshops on life style choice and
loneliness. Flyers are expected to be
sent out for assertiveness and parenting
next ~ eek. At these meetings Honeyman
will refer women to assertiveness classes
that already exist. But if money for
tuition is a problem Margie Holland,
career counselor, is giving a brown bag
lunch on Friday's from noon to 1 p.m . for
women who want to form a support
group.
If women who checked marked parenting on the survey want a "how to
parent" class, then Honeyman will also
direct th~m to existing agencies. But if
enough interest is shown for a discussion
on non-sexist parenting one will be set
up.
Honeyman is designing the classes to
·'give women a place to come and share
with other women their concerns, fea r
.and support in fighting problems."
Honeyman has com~ to LCC to set up
the women's groups because she specifically wanted to work with the WAC . "I
feel they are one of the strongest
women's groups in the area. It seems
they are committed to considering some
long term affects instead of duplicating
what's already available," she said.
Information may be obtained from the
WAC, 221B in the Center Bldg., ext 350.

Aca em, Council hears student grievances
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by Mike Arnold

With the adoption of the "Y" grade in
the Fall of 1976 came a lot of headaches
for the Academic Council [AC].

Although the AC is charged with
hearing all student appeals that follow
the prescribed college Grievance Procedures, including disciplinary grievances
and grade changes, about 75 per cent of
its work load comes at the end of Spring
Term when students wish to have their
transcripts changed, said Bob Marshall,
director pf admissions.

Marshall is the only permanent member of the council. He says this spring
rush makes it very difficult for the AC to
get to each case. "It would be a good
idea for students who might consider
appealing to the Academic Council to act
now, instead of waiting until the end of
the year," said Marshall.
"Last year we (the AC) had 15
appeals," said Jean Shaffer, who sits on
the Council as the secretary to the
Director of Admissions. "That might
average out to one a month,'' she.
continued." "but it's hard to tell because
some of them (requests for AC action)
come in the summer when the council
doesn't meet, and those we (the AC) get
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to in the fall.''

The new 'Y' grade was adopted to
handle special grading situations where
the student hadn't given enough input to
his or her class which the instructor can
evaluate. No grade is appropriate [A
through F], and 'I' grade for incomplete
work isn't appropriate either. Many
students don't want the 'Y' on their
transcripts, and appeal to the council late
in the year.
Part of the reason for the delay is in
the· college Grievance Procedure itself. It
requires that the student complete two
prior actions: First, the student must
contact the person (instructor) involved
and try to resolve the problem; second,
the student must consult the dean of
students, who will try to resolve the
problem. Then, if the results from these
two actions are still unsatisfactory to the
student, he or she can appeal to the AC
by us in g the " Request For Ac a demic
Council Action'' form, available at the
Admissions Offiee in the Center Building.
Grievances can be appealed to the AC
fo r probl e ms wit h 1) reg istration , 2)
admissions , 3) student discipline, 4) and
aca demic regulati ons and procedures.
According to Vern Ho, a first year
member of the Council from the faculty ,
"Most appeals are concerned with grade
changes on transcripts, but most people
who appeal never come to the hearing."
Appearing at the hearing is the student's
option.
Jeff Calvert is an LCC student who
appealed a 'Y' grade which he received
last term in a math class. "I was told bv
the Vets office that I had only IO
credits," said Calvert, "and I needed 12
credits for full-time status. When we
checked their records [VA] my math class
was not on their copy of my transcript."
Calvert had earned an A which was not
entered because of an earlier error.
"The VA office told me to re-register for
the class, so I did, and at the end of the
term my transcript showed I was re-

gistered in two math classes and I got a
''Y' in one of them." It was a technical
error, but important to correct, said
Calvert.
During the hearing, Calvert said Bob
Marshall stated he was not in favor of
changing grades for purely "cosmetic"
reasons--to improve the impression given
by a transcript.
"The main reason I appealed my grade
was I didn't think it looked good on the
transcript." continued Calvert, "and I
didn't think I deserved a 'Y' because I

had been misinformed by foe Vet's
Office. Somewhere in the process there
was just a lack of communication between
Vet's Office and the Math Department."
Calvert won his appeal.

Calvert, who had no trouble fvith the
forms or policies, was a little dismayed
that his hearings took five weeks to come
about. But he said this of his case: "I
thought it was fair and they took
everything into consideration with my
case. It was handled very well. I was
treated fairly, and as an individual case."

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Ensemble I are putting on the
finishing touches for a concert
tonight.

Jaz~ Ensemble I is a group of
musicians, explained Bartholomew, that
at the beginning of the year had trouble
reading music. ''Now they not only read
pretty well, they're pretty good players,
too."
For the concert, Bartholomew has
selected tunes that reflect trends in jazz
styles from the classic tradition of the
1940's to today's swing and rock.
The original Bill Strayhorn eight piece
for "Chelsea Bridge" (as played by the
Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1941) will be
featured. "Dimetrodon," a piece written
by Bartholomew's friend and· colleague in
Nebraska, Randall Snyder, will make it's
West Coast premiere .at the concert.'
The piece, "Dimetrodon,'' explained
Bartholomew, is a long tune. Snyder
wrote a whole series of dinosaur tunes.
The Dimetrodon was an animal about 25
feet long and had a sail like fin on it's
Snyder
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The concert will also include music
played from charts by Thad Jones, John
Noyes "Bart" Bartholomew
Prince, and Bart Bartholomew, and
student composer Joel Huffman.
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Barry Bogart, tenor sasxophone soloist,
• The Performing Arts Department has a
will play Butch Nordol's bluesy arrangenew man on the job. Although he's been
ment of ''Come Sunday.'' The concert is
here all this year filling in for Gene
free and will begin at 8 p.m.
Aitken, who took a leave of absence,
In talking about the Jazz Ensemble,
Noyes ''Bart'' Bartholomew is now a
Bartholomew said, "We're not the typical
• permanent member of the faculty and is
college band. We don't spend months
replacing Aitken.
Bartholomew ·teaches a variety of
polishing and polishing ... we have charts
classes in music: Composition, theory,
that we only play a couple of times as a
symphonic band, and jazz ensembles.
group and then we take them out and
play them in public . . . my philosophy
Bartholomew came to LCC from the
about jazz playing is--you do it, and you
University of Nebraska, in Lincoln, where
do it from the heart, you just go out and
he taught second and third jazz bands,
you play. If it happens that we don't
jazz history and music theory. He has a
have a polished performance, I think
master's degree in music and his main
there are other things that happen that
interest is in composing.
make up for it in terms of spontaneous
Bartholomew has had some of his work
reaction from the players. It also puts
published, ''By some off-the-wall publishthe pre.s sure on and its the same kind of
ing house, not any really big publishers."
pressure that would be here in the
I've worked very hard to get lots of
working jazz world.''
pieces played . . . and that takes a lot of
energy in itself.''
Bartholomew said that when he's
Film -Soc. class mo st po pu la r
directing something that he's written, "I
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dig it . . . I like it . . . One of the biggest
Nine full-letJl!th feature films, including
kicks is hearing it(a piece) played for the
"Logans Run" and. "The Last Picture
-first time in rehearsal, that's better than
Show,'' serve to demonstrate concrete
hearing the polished oerformance. '' '
examples of sociological concepts in a
new class, "Sociology through Film."
Instructor Bill Mullins' film format has.
proved to be quite successful, according
to Social Science Department Secretary
Shirley Smith. The class boasts a present
enrollment of 200 students, about 100
more than anticipated, which makes it the
largest class on the LCC campus.
In addition to the films, Mullins gives
the students a choice of three textbooks,
provided free of-cost, which can be
checked out on an 8-hour basis. The texts
and Mullins' lectures give students the
basic principles of sociology, but Smith
said the films provide for greater impact.
·The students are asked to do a film
analysis, . revealing their "gut reaction"
to the films, using the sociological
principles from the books and lectures.

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(CPS)--The Berkeley Free Speech
Movement may have found its rightful
heir.
On May Day, 200 nude and scantily
clad protesters marched through the
streets of Berkeley crying ''take it all
off." Starting from People's Park, the
contingent had attracted a sizeable audience by the time it had advanced a few
blocks down Telegraph Avenue.
''We want everyone to be free to dress
however they like," one. marcher explained. "We want them to be free to wear
as little as they want, too.''
The police made no arrests.

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Barn dance at Vida on Saturday
Theater, music and juggling will be
featured at the Old-Time Fiddle Music
and New-Mime Madness at 2 p.rn. and 8
p.m. at the Vida Barn.
The 2 p.m. program will consist of a
party atmosphere built around juggling,
mime ind· fun and · foolishness. The
Northern Broadcasters, an old-time fiddle
band, will also perform at the 2 p.m.
show.
The 8 o.m. session will feature a
performance of Bertolt Brecht's "Elephant Calf," as well as other short sele~~
tions. "Elephant Calf,'' . a farce about
justice, centers on the murder trial of an

Elephant, con.ducted by the Moon and
Banana Tree. Beer will be sold and the
program is for adults only.
The day-long event is part of the
NewMime Circus' statewide spring tour,
which is being sponsored by a grant from
the Oregon Arts Commission and the
Nationa·I Endowment for the Arts.
Tickets are available at the McKenzie
River Market in Vida, and at the Sun
Shop and Eugene Hotel in Eu_gene for
$1.50 each for the afternoon session · and
$2.50 each for the evening event. Combination tickets are $3.50 each. Tickets
will also be sold at the door.

What's Happening
WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY:

LCC: Jazz Ensemble will present a concert May 12 in the LCC
Performing Arts theatre. Free. 8 p.m.
UO: Paul Horn, Jazz flautist, in a concert to Save the Whales.
Horn will perfocm at 8 p.m. in the EMU Ballroom. His
performance will be the conclusion of "The Eugene Whale
Festival which began, May 10. Call 686-4373 for more
information.

FlLMS:

Willamalane Pool Building: Through June 9, women's
self-defense, Tues, and Thurs., 9:30-11:JQ a.m. Students learn
basic self-defense techniques and increased physical fitness
and body control. Pre-register at park district office. District,
$8; non-district, $16. 1276 G Street, Springfield. 746-1669.

Summer Showcase: Eugene Parks and Recreation Cultura~
Arts Program is taking applications for performers in this
summer's entertainment series, scheduled for parks, malls and
community centers. Bands, jugglers, magicians, singers,
mimes or other acts should contact Vivienne Friendly,
687-5353.
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. UO: After the Whale, 3 p.m. EMU Ballroom. Free.
Eugene Library U.S. Art: The Gift of Ourselves and Golden
Heritage, Golden Harvest, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Second floor
lecture room. W. 13th at Olive.
UO: Diary of a Country Priest, 8 p.m. Robert Bresson's
too-little•seen masterpiece. $1.25. 180 PLC.

SPEAKERS:
UO: The Language of the Sea, 2 p._m. Author/historian Bob
Schwendigner lectures, with music, readings and slides. EMU
Ballroom. Free.

WORKSHOPS:
Lincoln School: Nutrition for Everyday Living, 7:30-9 p.rn.
Jane Barber talks. $1 donation, free if unable to pay. 650 W.
12th.
Festival of Winds. University of Oregon Concert Band,
conducted by Gerald Poe, and the Brass Choir, conducted by
Ira Lee, in concert at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall, U of 0
School of Music. Free.
Marist High School Spring Concert. Annual concert featuring
the Marist Symphonic Band and the Maris Mixed Choir,
under the direction of Anarew Gilbert, at 8 p.rn. at the high
school gymnasium. Admission is Sl.25 for adults and 75-cents
for students.
Music Bulletin: For information on tonight's music in Eugene,
and concerts corning to the area call 485-1411. Free.
Lane Country Fairgrounds: Hoyt Axton and Ronee Blakely, 8
p. rn. Whimsical singer-songwriter visits, with one of the
stars of "Nashville." Advance, $5.50; day of show, $6.50.
Tickets at Evetybody's.
UO: Beer Garden: Mithrandir, 4-6 p.m. EMU Fishbowl.

THEATRE:
UO: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 8 p.m. Muriel Spark's
tale of an unusual teacher in 1930's Edinburgh. Adapted for
the stage by Jay Presson Allen. Reserved tickets at University
Theatre box office. Robinson Theatre. 686-4191.
South Eugene High: Shakespeare's Richard 111, 8 p.m. SL
Call 342-2616 for reservations. 400 K 19th.

FlLMS:
UO: Gimme Shelter, 7 and 9 p.m. Exploration of the
disastrous Altamont concert starring the Rolling Stones. $1.
180 PLC.
UO: Friday, May 13, Ruthie Gorton,- a singer and songwriter
from Southern California will perform. Gorton has traveled all
over the U.S. singing original and traditional songs from all
over the world.
In this concert she will emphasize
Appalachian mountain music, Irish revolutionary songs, Latin
American songs of struggle and songs of working people.
Admission, 52.50, at the door.
North Eugene High School presents, OKLAHOMA, May 13,
14; 8 p.m. Robinson Theatre, Box office, 686-4191.

WHAT'S HAPPENING OF GENERAL INTEREST:
Gay Rap offers open and informal discussion for women and
men in the Eugene Area concerned with sexual identity issues.
Meetings are Wednesday 7:30 p.m. , 1850 Emerald. For more
information call 686-3360.
The Saturday Market happens every Satui·day, rain or shine,
and features a variety of items handmade by local
crafts-people; delicious food, and free entertainment, planned
and impromptu. This Saturday, Gladriel's Enchanters will
entertain with minstrel music at noon, and at 2 p.m. Liso will
be playing original jazz and folk music. Saturday Market i~ •
located at the corner of 8th and (?ak, Downtown Eugene .
Cornish Institute of Allied Arts. Dance auditions will be held .
in Eugene Saturday for a three week training in residency
program sponsored by the Seattle group. Six intermediate and
advanced students will be selected for the session which will
begin Aug. 22. Audtitions will begin at 11 a.m. at the Dance
Department, University of Oregon.

BAR HOPPERS
Black Forest--13th and 14th--American Beaut)'
Duffy's-- 13th and 14th--Fox and Weasel
Eugene Hotel--13th and 14th--Sonny King
Feed Mill--13th and 14th--Liso
Hornefried Truckstop•-13th--evening-Jeff Douglas, 14th morning-Sattua, 14th evening:Greg Field, 15th evening-Mith Lies
lnternational--13th and 14th--Hip Bones
Murphy"s--13th and 14th-•Nighthawks-•Sl.50 cover
Pearl Street Station--13th and 14th--Ela--S2 cover
The Back Door--13th and 14th Diamond Jackson--Sl.50 cover
Brian's--13th, 14th and ISth--Deni Ridgon, guitarist

WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT OF TOWN:
!'ORTLAND
Jeff Beck May 28 at the Colesium . .. at the Paramount, Kenny
Rankin Friday, ·Andre Crouch May 13, Hoyt Acton May 14,
Bonnie Raitt and Muddy Waters May 21, Jimmy Buffett
with the Little River Band May 25 .. . at the Civic Auditorium,
"Die Meistersigner von Nurnberg" by the Portland Opera
Wednesday, and May 14 and 17, and Tex Beneke, Helen
O'Connell and Bob Eberly for the Rose Festival June 11.

MCMINNVILLE
Northwest Draft Horse Plowing a~d Pulling Championships
May 14 and 15.

FLORENCE
Rhododendron Festival May 20-22.

CORVAWS
NewMime Circus at the Corvallis Art Center may 20 and 21.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CCPA (WOW Hall 8th and Uncoln)
This Month:
Theatre Elan, a Portland troupe specializing in mime,
movement and comedia theatre styles will peforrn at 8 p.rn.
May 13. Tickets are S2 each.
An old-time rock and roll sock hop will be held at 9 p.m. May
14. KZEL-FM disc jockey John Etheredge will play records
from the 19SO's and 1960's; Tickets are SI.SO each.
The Dell' Arte Theater Company of Blue Lake, Calif., will
perform Joan Holden and Jael Weisrnan's "The Loon's
Rage, "a satire on nuclear energy and atomic power, at 8 p.m.
May 16. The troupe, which incoporates music, mime, dance
and comedy into its performances, currently touring the West
Coast. Tickets are 52.50 each ($2 for seniors and studednts).
Eugene singers Sattva and Cam Newton will be among the
performers in Zoo Zoo's Celebration at 7 p.m. May 18. Tickets
are SI .50 each.
A disco dance, featuring dance contests and demonstration by
the Dance Masters, will be held at 9 p.rn. May 21. Tickets are
$2 each.
Four of Bach's six "Motet's" will be performed in English by
the Eugene Community Chorus, directed by Phillip Bayles, at
8 p.m. May 22. Tickets are Sl.50 each.
The Polka Pipers Dance Band will play for a senior citizen
dance at 8 p.rn. May 27. There is no admission charge.

WHAT'S AHEAD:

" Kiss Me, Kate" auditions will begin May 23 for the Cole
Porter musical to be directed by Wayne. Ballantyne and
produced by Lane Community College's Department -0f
Performing Arts. The show, based on Shakespeare's "Taming
of the Shrew," will open a nine night run on July 15. Roles
are available for singing and non-singing principals as well as
dance and vocal chorus. Scripts are available for 24-hour loan
from the department office.

Willamette Valley Folk Festival, May 19, 20, 21. Clifton
Chenier, "the king of Louisiana Zydeco" will be playing his
special brand of Cajun music on Thrusday afternoon. Les
Blank, a documentary filmmaker, will be bringing his film of
the Tex Mex music in Texas and "Hot Pepper and Dry Wood"
featuring Clifton Chenier. On Saturday night, a barn dance.

"Bus Stop" auditions will be held for all male roles in the
William Inge drama at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Eugene
Hotel. The play, which will be produced by the Eugene
Theater Company in June, will be .directed by Andy Traister.
Scripts are available in advance by contacting Kinko's copy
service. 1128 Alder St., Eugene.

LCC: The 1977 DANCE EVENT: May 20, 21 8 p.m. LCC
Department of Performing Arts. Dan~ accompanied by live
music, instrumental and vocal: the LCC Jau Ensemble; the
LCC Faculty Trio, and Dorothy" Bergquist, soporano. Tickets
are $2, all seats· reserved. Box office is open M-F, noon-4:30
p.m. 747-4559.

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Batmen ready for Runners
by Jack Scott

Steve Upward ·

Pardon the much abused cliche, but its
"do or die" for the Lane diamondmen as
they must sweep their doubleheader with
the Linn-Benton Roadrunners tomorrow
at l p.m. in order to qualify for
postseason play.
So, as most league coaches predicted
early in the season, the two OCCAA
berths for_regional competition won't be
decided until the last day of the season.
With the first place Umpqua Timbermen
having only to finish up with lowly
Chemeketa and last place Judson Baptist,
yesterday and tomorrow respectively,

SPORTS

they seem a good bet to hold onto their mond-CF, Rick Edgar (.358), Gary Weyberth. So, the stage is set for Lane's ant-DH, Steve Gillespie-1st, Terry Kirbysecond place showdown with the Road- RF, Tom Younker-LP, David Rose-3rd,
runners, who hold the spot with a one and John Baird-SS. As a team, they
-ranck second in league with a .284 mark,
game lead over the locals.
Titan coach Dwane Miller feels his behind Linn-Benton's league leading .328
forces must play error-less ball to gain a mark.
Lane held first place for one day after
sweep. Earlier this season in Albany,
Linn-Benton swept Lane despite two fine sweeping Chemeketa, 6-0 and 5-2, Saturperformances from pitchers Mark Jener- day in Salem. Tony Stearns tossed a
ette and Steve Upward, who lost a two-hitter in the opener, and Donny
one-hitter, 2-1. Miller will go with the Anderson and Dean Knowles combined
same pair tomorrow, with Upward [6-2 in for a three-hitter in th~ nightcap.
However, they dropped back down to
league play, 1.48 era.] slated for the
opener.
third the next day after losing both ends
While Miller is confident in his of a ·make-up twinbill with the Timberpitching, he shows concern over the men, both by 2-0 counts, in Roseburg.
club's hot-cold plate power. In double- Jenerette, with a 4-hitter, and Upward,
header losses to both the Roadrunners with a 5-hitter, absorbed the losses with
and Timbermen, they failed to back up the same old story -- lack of clutch hitting
Jenerette-Upward pitching with the nec- support. The Titan batmen stranded 14
essary clutch hits. He hopes they're hot baserunners in the first game and IO in
tomorrow. His batting order will be the nightcap.
Lane Damed on at the plate against
Mark Piesker-2nd (.375), Randy Gu_iBlue Mountain during a twinbill sweep in
Pendelton Tuesday. Both games were
only five innings long as the Titans held
10 run leads at those junctures, bringing a
league rule into effect that calls games in
those situations. They won the opener,
U-1, •with Steams on the mound. They
And if that wasn't enough, both ran legs exploded for a 14-run second inning
winning the second game, 25-3. Baird
on the victorious mile-relay team.
However, Tarpenning is quick to point hammered two homers for the day.
The regional tournament is slated
out that Lane's great depth in the sprints
and distance, plus a few quality perfor- Wednesday on- the homefield of the
mers in the field events, are the real key OCCAA titlist. Treasure Valley, Ricks
and Northern and Southern Idaho will
to his team's success this year.
"We have a good core of sprinters all fight i_t out to fill the remaning two berths
capable of competing in two or three· in the tourney field.
events, and as usual we have an
extremely deep distance squad," he said.
But you can't forget individual performers like Jim Pitts, either. Not after he
won both ·the shotput and the discus, Men's Tennis:
heaving the shot 52-10 and spinning the
May 6-Lane 8, Chemeketa 1.
discus 149-9.
Or that "deep" distance squad. Glen May 7-Lane 6, Clackamas 3.
Owen ran away from the field to win the May 14-Lane vs. Treasure Valley, here, 11
steeplechase in a meet record 9:14. Or a.m.
long dlstancemen Mike McGriff and Rich May 19-Lane vs. O.C.E., here, noon.
Harter coming through with wins in the Women's Tennis:
six-mile and three-mile, respectively.
Listen to Tarpenning, though, and it's May 7-Lane 7, Clackamas 2.
~ot individual performers. It's what he May 13-14-Southern District at Mt. Hood.
calls "adequate depth" that makds the May 17-Line vs. Linfield, there, 3 p.m.
May 20-21-NCWSA meet at Clackamas.
1977 edition of the track team so good.

Men win sixt~ straight title
by John Healy
Chalk up another one for Al Tarpenning.
Tarpenning, coach of the men's track
team, directed Lane to it's sixth straight
OCCAA track championship last weekend
as the Titans steamrolled past runnerup
Clackamas, 215-101, in Oregon City.
Titans track and field athletes won nine
individual titles and swept the top three
places in both of the short sprints [100
and 220-yard dashes].
Tarpenning's next big challenge will
come this weekend as the Titans travel to
the Region 18 Championships in Rexburg,
Idaho.
''There are four teams that have a
good shot at winning the regionals,'' said
Tarpenning. ~'Ricks College (Idaho),
Northern Idaho, College of Southern
Idaho, and of course Lane."
"Ricks has a tough distance combination-both runners are from Norway-and
they could take away some of our
distance points," said Tarpenning.
Southern Idaho is very _familiar to ·
Tarpenning, as CSI beat the Titans in a

dual meet earlier this season. "They
have some outstanding athletes, but we
should pick up points on them in the
sprints.''
Northern Idaho, according to the Lane
track coach, has a sprinter that should
provide the Titans' Andrew Banks with
his toughest competition of the year.
'' Banks is just beginning to pick up
steam," said Tarpenning. "He had a
good indoor season (having finished
second to Olympic gold medalist Don
Quarrie in the Oregon Indoor 60 yard
dash) but has been getting stronger and
faster every week.
And pick up steam he did, as Banks
and Mr. Everything Joel Johnson led the
point-circus for LCC as the track team
crushed all opposition in -the OCCAA
meet.
Banks personally scored 32 ½ points,
grabbing firsts in the 100-yard and
220-yard dashes and the long jump, while
Johnson (29½ points) proved his. versatility by winning the 440-yard intermediate
hurdles and scoring in the high jump,
110-yard high hurdles, . and pole vault.

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lOOYD. DASH
I-Andrew Banks Lane 9.7 2-Bobby Person LANE 9.85
3-Chuck Casin-Cross LANE 10.0 4-Rich Collett LANE
10.2 S.-Randy Bishop SWOCC 10.25 6-Keith Freeman LB
10.3
:220YD. DASH
I- Andrew Banks LANE 22.2 2-Chuck Casin-Cross LANE
22.8 3-Rich Collett LANE 23.0 4-Randy Bishop SWOCC
23.3 S.-Kevin Richie LANE 23.9 6-Bill Morris LB 24.3
440YD. DASH
I-Pete Donaldson COCC 50 .0 2-Kevin Richie LANE
51.0 3-Kevin Brooks LANE 51.3 4-Steve Anderson SWOCC
51.5 S.-John Mize BM 52.4 6-Bill Graham BM 52.4S
880YD. RUN
I-Pete Donaldson COCC 1:52.7* 2-Matt Caswell LANE
I :55 .8 3- Bob Ulrich SWOCC 1 :56.6 4-Phil Winchester
COCC 1:57.5 5-Tim O ' Malley LANE 1:57 .9 6.~Lanny
Wilbur.COCC 2:00.7
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MILE RUN
1-ijob Ulri~h SWOCC 4:12.5* 2-Ken Martin LANE 4:14.2
3- Don 'Ramsey BM 4:18 4-Lanny Wilbur COCC 4:20. 1
5- Phil Winchester COCC 4:22.2 6-Lyndal Smith UMP
4:22.9
3MILE RUN
I- Rich Harter LANE 14:39 2-Kris Krichko COCC 14:46.3
3-Kelly Sullivan CLK 14:54.2 4-Don Ramsey BM 15:01.5
S.-Alan Knoop CLK 15:05.5 6-Jim Russell LANE 15:06.6
6MILE RUN
I-Mike McGriff LANE 31:09.1 2-Alan Knoop CLK 31:18.5
3- Pat Curl CLK 31 :50.5 4-Dan Kavet COCC 32:20.3 S.Dave Peterson BM 32:27.1 6-John Wagner CHE 32:40
120YD.HB
I- Brian Dunn SWOCC 15.2 2-Joel Johnson LANE 15.25
3- Randy Vermillion UMP 15.25 4-Lynn Teuscher CLK 15.3
5-Dave Jayne SWOCC 16.3 6-Tom Humphreys BM 18.1
440 YD. INT. H.
I- Joel Johnson LANE 54.4* 2-Brian Bunn SWOCC 55.1
3- Randy Vermillion UMP 55 .8 4-Keith Freeman LB.
56. l 5-Lynn Teuscher CLK 57.6 6-Tony Hedges CHE 59.2

440YD. RELAY
I-Clackamas (White . Zornado, Roehl. Maynard) 2-SW
Oregon 45.0 3-Linn-Benton 45.8 4-Umpqua 45.8 S.-Che
meketa 45.8 6-Blue Mountain 46.2
POLE VAULT
1-Tim Weller LB 15-6* 2-Mike Sweeney LANE 13-6 3-::. .

(tie) Bruce Oberst UMP 13-0; Joel Johnson Lane 13-0 S.Kim Arnold SWOCC 13-0 6-Tony Hedges CHE 12-6
SHOT PUT
I-Jim Pitts LANE 52-10 2-Charles Chapin LB 52-6 347-1 4-Jeff Harmon CLK
Dan Attleberger UMP
45-9 1/2 S.-Dale Veith CLK 45-3 1/2 6-Ralph Balducci
CLK 43-10
DISCUS
I-Jim Pitts LANE 149-9 2-Chirlie Keeran LANE 137-8
3-Roger Ulm SWOCC 136-11 4-Dale Veith CLK 123-6
S.-Bruce Bustamante CHE 122-9 6-Ralph Balducci CLK
122-9
JAVELIN
- I-Don Cliver LB 213-3 2-Randy Kinkade SWOCC
200-10 3-Jeff Harmon CLK 196-0 4-Jim Wilcox CHE
193-9 5-Roger Smith CLK 191-6 6-Bruce Silver CLK
184-0
MILE RELAY
I-Lane (Banks, Johnson, Brooks, Richie) 3:24 2-SW Oregon
3:30.1 3-Linn-Benton 3:30.8 4-Central Oregon 3:31.5 S.Clackamas 3:32 6-Umpqua 3:36.1
LONG JUMP
I-Andrew Banks LANE 22-3 1/4 2-Bill Graham BM 21-2
3~Kevin Richie LANE 21 ·112 4-Mark Nugen CLK
20-5 1/ 2 5-Tim Bainter CHE 20-3 6-Rex Heard UMP.
20-2
TRIPLE JUMP
I-Brian Dunn SWOCC 44-8 3/4 2-Dave Reed CLK
44-5 314 3-Kevin Richie L"'NE 41 -11 4-Bill Graham BM
41-9 1/ 2 5-Rex Heard UMP 41-4 1/2 6-Joe Thomas
swocc 41-3 1/2
IDGHJUMP
I-Frank Gibson CLK 6-6 2-Randy Kinkade SWOCC 6-6
3-Joel Johnson LANE 6-0 4--"-(tie) Tim McClure BM 5-10;
Joe Thomas SWOCC 5-10 5-Tim Bainter CHE 5-10
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IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES?
DO ODD JOBS?
The City of Eugene invites
you to a workshop on
job opportunities in the
Community Development Program
W.O.W . Hall
211 W. 8th, Eugene
May 17, 1977-3:00 p.in.

STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
2nd Floor of the Center Building
See Jean Coop, Job Placement Specialist
FT PERM: Need someone to do general woodworkmaking furniture, with no cabinets; dressers would be
as close to cabinets as you would come. You would be
working a 36-hour, four-day work week.

cycles.

PT PERM : Looking for people who are either
experienced or have taken the Landscaping courses in
grounds maintenance. CET A persons will have priority
in this job.
FT PERM : Always, in need of people who have
secretarial skills. Shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, and
(\'ery important) good composition and English skills for
the composition of out-going correspondence.
Students and Non -students : Please come by and
up-date your job cards. See what jobs are available
now.

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LOST: Large green lady's wallet with pictures and ID.
If anyone has found it, please call Helene Ward,
343-9826.

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MERCEDES

STATE TEAM MEET TOTALS, Lane 215, Clackamas 101,
SW Oregon 100, Central Oregon 49, Linn-Benton 46. Blue
Mountain 32, Umpqua 32, Chemeketa 14

Run set Sunday

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Phi Epsilon Kappa, a University of
Oregon association of physical education
students, will sponsor "Torture Ridge," a .
six mile run at Hendricks Park slated
Sunday at 1 p.m.
The course will cover "rough trails,
ditches, muddy bogs and some very steep
hills," according to Brian Chapman, PEK
member. Entry fee is $1.

Net Results

PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT FOR THE TORCH
Needed this term, with possibility of continuing next
fall . Job includes taking photos , developing film .
screening prints. SFE credit available or work-study.
Contact TORCH office, 206 Center Building, Ext. 234.
Steve Thompson, photography editor.

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HORSES TO RENT.
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No guides, hourly rates.
For information and reservations call Windgate Fam1s.
998-6789
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College
Vol. 14 No. 27 May 12, 1977_

4000 Easf 30th Ave. Eugene, Oregon 97405

Not much work
ahead of bud get
co mm ittE.e
by ~athleen Monje
The only apparent controversy facing
the LCC Budget Committee is whether it
will make any changes at all in the
1977-78 budget prepared by LCC's financial experts.
After an explanation of the budget
document by the administration, Chairman Jerry Brown suggested an early
adjournment. "There's no worry about
money from taxes this year, only the
allocation of various funds, and I don't
think the Budget Committee has the
authority to juggle funds,'' said Brown, a
Junction City service station operator.

Next year's editor chosen
by John Healv
Sally Oljar, the current associate editor
of the Lane Community College TORCH,
was selected by the LCC Media Commission last Thursday to be next year's
TORCH editor.
Oljar, a journalism major with 1 1/2
years of experience working on the

newspaper staff, edged out News Editor
Paul Yarnold, the only other person to
apply for the position.
Pete Peterson, TORCH adviser, believes the new editor will be successful.
'' Being editor involves a deep commitment and lots of hard work, and I think
Sally has demonstrated before that she ts

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But committee member Kenneth Parks
of Lowell objected to the "rubber stamp"
idea. "I want to take issue with what
you said," he told Brown. "We are here
representing the voters, and this is the
only say they have. It's our responsibility
to take a good look at it. ''

capable of handling such a demanding
position. She'll do well at management."
According to Oljar, tl}e TORCH will
undergo a number of changes next year,
mcluding an expanded editorial section
and more emphasis on cultural events
occuring throughout the community.
'' I would like to see the paper become
more of an advocate, in addition to its
news reporting role," explained Oljar.

She would also like to expand the staff
of the TORCH to include more people
from the community at-large.
'' I will be looking for writers from the
community who aren't LCC students,"
said Oljar. "We can't offer them any
payment for their work, but the experience gained from seeing their work
published should be attractive.''

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Oljar doesn't plan on changing the
structure of the TORCH staff, but hopes
to delegate quite a bit of responsibility to
the other members of the newsstaff.
'g. '' Applications for staff positions will be
available in September, before the beginning of Fall Term," said Oljar.

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Brown made it clear that he just wasn't
sure what, in fact, was left for the
committee to do, since it usually cuts the
budget to insure a .voter-acceptable levy.

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"I'm sure Sally will do a good job."
said Kathleen Monje, the present editor.
~''She has already shown that she can
h~ndle responsibility. She's been my
right hand.'' Monje will transfer to the U
§ of O as a journalism major. She hopes to
work for the Oregon Daily Emerald.

The new tax base passed by voters last
fall will insure funds for LCC next year,
and the college won't have to put its
budget before the electorate. This makes
an unusual situation for the committee.
The general fund budget for 1977-78
will be $14.9 million, almost $1 million
more than the current year's. The
general fund includes most of the
college's educationy functions. _..
The major threat to LCC' s revenues is
inflation. Presiden Eldon Schafer said, in
his budget message, that LCC will have
"an indicated fall-short in our purchasing
power of approximately 9 percent. However, no adjustment for inflation. . .is
made in this 1977-78 budget as sufficient
resources simply do not exist.''

Eckank ar
leader to
speak
here
by Michael Riley

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Fluoride measure on the-ball ot

by Linda Mooney

Voters concerned with the fluoride
question in Tuesday's election, must read
the measure carefully in order to know
how to vote.
The fluoride issue is being put again to
the electorate because of an initiative
petition signed by over 1100 people. The

If you've ever dreamed about
flying, then you may be guilty of
"soul travelling."
At least that's what I learned last
Friday when I talked to Gary Irwin
and John Saturen of the Eugene
Eckankar Center.
Eckankar is the study of the Eck,
the life force that sustains the
universe. It is also the science of
total awareness. While I talked to
these two men I asked if this was a
religion and Saturen informed me
that "It's a way of life."
"There's not really any worship
involved," added Irwin, "It's more a
way of living.'' Irwin said that
Eckankar deals with the cause and
effect of day-to-day living.
One of the purposes of Eckankar is
to lift the soul upward across a
number of planes of consciousness.
"We try to work from the soul level
at all times," cites Saturen. "Soul
travel is working from the soul level
on all the planes. All soul travel is
basically switching our awareness
1from one point to another.''
Both Irwin and Saturen were
visiting me to discuss the Eckankar
regional seminar being held here in

required number of signatures is only
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600.
This time around, the petition and the
measure is written in the negative instead
of in the positive as it was in last
November's election. Therefore, if a
voter wished to vote against fluoridating
Eugene's water he or she must vote yes
in the May 17th election.
The fluoride question has been a

the Eugene-Springfield area on May
20 and 21. Sri Darwin Gross, the
head of the worldwide Eckankar
organization, will speak at the Eugene Hotel the evening of the 20th.
Sri Gross is the 972nd living Eck
master in an ancient line of spiritual
adepts known as the Order of the
Vairagi. This is the longest unbroken line of Eck teaching masters
on this plant according to the
Eckankar center.
Gross hails from Portland, where
he worked for Tektronix as a design
engineer. He became the "Living
Ec:k Master'' after becoming involved
with Eckankar as a teacher. Eckists
believe the teachings of Eckankar are ·
passed from one master to one
student orally. Gross studied under
the last Eck Master, Paul Twitchill
and received the '' Rod of Power of
the Eck Mastership," after Twitchill
''translated."
In Eckankar, to "translate"· means
you leave your physical body and
move on to other planes for good.
It's just another way of saying · he
died.
Gross serves his position as the
"Living Eck Master" from the headquarters of ~his worldwide move-

controversial one in this area with the
pros and cons of the issue being widely
publicized. Citizens For Pure Water
insist that mass medicatiori of the
populace is against individual rights while
the National Health Federation contends
that fluoride in the drinking water
reduces tooth decay.
On May 17th, the voters of this area
will be asked again to make their choice.

ment in Menlo Park, California.
Past Eck masters have come from
Greece, Egypt, Persia, Tibet, China
and Mexico.
The two day seminar will include
talks on topics such as '' Freedom
from the Fear of Death," "Who am
I? Why am I here?" and "Spiritual
Liberation Here and Now.'' There
will also be music, poetry, dances
and skits. The Friday session,
featuring Sri Gross, is $12 for one
person and $20 per couple. The
entire session, with seminars held at
Springfield High School, costs $20
for singles and $32 for couples.
Eckankar does not prevent anyone
from leading a life of their choosing,
nor does it require any kind of
clothing or adherence to any codes of
conduct. Followers are all sexes,
ages, countries, and positions in life,
from professional people to menial
laborers.
Soul travel, an awareness of life
and a better understanding of your
existence are just some of the things
Irwin and Saturen claim Eckankar
can give you. If you're interested,
give the Eugene Eckankar Center a
call at 343-2657 or ·attend the
seminar. •