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Vol. 14 No. 29 May 26, 1977

4000 Easf 30th Ave. Eugene, Oregon 97405

Work-study funds exhausted early ,
Students lose 11
days of pay

by Kathleen Monje
345 students with jobs in LCC's
Work-Study Program were abruptly laid off
last Friday; the $500,000 program ran out
of money three weeks early.
LCC Financial Aid Officer Jack Powell
said that this is the first time the program
has run out of funds in eleven years.
"There's no way work-study's not a
gamble," Powell said.
He explained that the college must
overcommit work-study money in order to
allow for those students who drop out. If
the school does not expend all its
work-study funds, it is penalized by the
federal government with less money the
following year. This happened last spring,
and as a result LCC will receive $100,000
less for the program next year.
"What happened was that more people
earned closer to what was awarded than
ever before." Powell said, "and people
didn't drop out at the same rate as previous
vears."
• The students will receive their last
checks on May 31. Of the 345 on the May
payroll, 120 have either earned all their
money or have been picked up financially
by the departments or agencies where they
work. The remaining 225 have been
offered the option of a National Direct
Student Loan.
The loan must be repaid after graduation
at a three percent interest rate. Powell
said that 30 students had requested loans
by Wednesday afternoon.
"I want to emphasize that there was
never any intent to do anybody any harm,''
Powell said. ''Our purpose was to spend
all the money."

Students who met with Dean of Students
Jack Carter (who supervises the Financial
Aid office) last Friday were told that they

have no legal recourse, because the
work-study contract states that they will be
paid according to '' availability of funds.''

Forty students meet, query Dean of Students
by Cheri Shirts
One student remarked "It's pretty
lousy that this is all the people that
showed up.•' The student was
referring to the crowd (or lack of it)
that attended an Ad Hoc work-study
meeting yesterday.
The students gathered to find out
what happened to their work-study
money. On Monday. 345 work-study
students discovered that funding for
their jobs had expired.
Jack Carter. dean of students. was
the only administrative representative
at the meeting and was the recipient of
a deluge of student questions.
Carter carefully explained LCC's
historical over-commitment policy and
offered the students two alternatives
to their dilemma.
Carter su~gested that:
•Work-study students contact their
individual departments where there
may be some part-time employee
funds remaining which could be used
to pay work-study students.
•Work-study students apply for
National Direct Student Loans (NDSL)
through the financial aids office.
Dean Carter recognized the financial problems imposed on the students
and said that what happened was not
intentional and that "sloppy management is not to be blamed for what
happened."

As a result of the Wednesday
morning meeting. a small group of
,tudents combined resources and
Lontactcd LCC Board chairman. Jim
Martin. who agreed to meet with the
,tudcnts at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Old dependable -rides again
by Michael Riley .
May is bicycle safety month. After
reading the pamphlets and information
that are available from the city on riding
your bike. I pulled '' old dependable'' out of
my garage. "O.D." is not a fancy 10
speed; it only has three speeds and an
appearance not unlike the wreck of the
Hesperus.
On a good day, with the streets void of
traffic, I might be seen riding my twowheeled wonder around town. But for this
story and to satisfy a latent death wish I've
had since birth, I rode my bike down--.
town last Sunday. Little did I know that
everyone else in the city wanted to drive
. downtown that same day.
Diane Bishop, bicycle coordinator for
Eugene Public Works, sent the TORCH
some information on safe operation of
bicycles and some of the laws concerning
bike operation in our fair city.
Actually, the laws and safe operation go
hand in hand. Bicycles have no hands,
however, so it is up to the operator to
comply with these rules. For instance, all
bicycles used on public streets must be
licensed; this can be accomplished at the
city finance department or at your friendly
neighborhood bike dealer.
Licensing allows the bike to be registered with the police department. The
fees collected from licensing help to
maintain and construct the bikeways. It
also establishes the concept of the bicycle
as a transportation vehicle.
According to Bishop, there are "quite a
few'' bicycle-car accidents here in Eugene.

However, not all of the out-of-work are
accepting the administration ' s explanation. See accompanying story.

She added-tfiat the most dangerous areas
are those where bikes and cars must share
the same streets without benefit of bike
lanes. The driver of a car soo-n forgets
about the biker they passed a block back
and the result can be an accident.
When riding a bike or driving a car. it is

"Old Dependable"

important to obey traffic signals. Especially when on a bike. During my trip
downtown I pondered what could happen if
I ran the stop s_ign instead of stopping. I
decided I make a better writer than a hood
ornament.
The pamphlet advises bicyclists to ride
dt;fensively and to avoid cars that make
sudden turns. loose gravel, rough pavement and opening car doors. Motorists
tend to ignore the venerable velocipede. I
learned this simple fact when a car tried to
occupy the same space I was in on the
street. No matter what I yelled or shouted,
the driver continued his onslaught. In a
case like that, discretion is the better part
of valor, so I yielded. Better that than
puncturing his tires with my ribs.
There is a good side to bicycling; besides
the dangers found in traffic you can enjoy
the exercise, the sheer joy of getting
somewhere without polluting the air. The
police, the public works department and I
advise using bike paths. These offer a
safety zone on the busier thoroughfares in
Eugene.
Apart from obeying all the city and state
vehicle laws, there is no difference in
operating a bike. There are certain
requirements concerning braking ability
and lighting (for night use), but these are
for the safety of the operator as well as the
rest of the general public.
My trip downtown ended safely. There
were no major injuries except a bruised ego
on my return trip. The kid next door
received a brand new bike for her birthday,
and to top it off, she laughed atmine!

The students contacted Martin in
hopes of persuading him to call an
emergency Board of Education meeting so that monies in the LCC budget's
contingency fund can be released to
cover the work-study deficit.

Lewis leaves KLCC

Recently-hired KLCC Public Affairs
Director Randy Lewis is leaving the station
to take a reporting job at KASH, a
Eugene-based station.
Lewis started his job at KLCC Februrary
1. "There have been rough moments (at
KLCC), but that wasn't a factor in my
decision," he said.
Lewis says a substantially higher salary
and the "significant professional advancement'' are his reasons for leaving public
radio at LCC. He will begin at KASH on
June 6.
His assignment is educational news,
which means he will be covering LCC.
Lewis feels he's made an improvement
in the Public Affairs Programming while at
KLCC. ' 'I encouraged people to use KLCC
as a vehicle for their opinions . . . people
who weren't encouraged before. Programming was very narrow-minded before
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my arrival."

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Corporate profit needs pest Control
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Would protecting the environment from
pesticides mean hunger for millions whose
food could have been protected by them?
Vast quantities of pesticides are used in
the U.S.--about 1.2 billion pounds annually--six pounds fo every American,
more than 30 per cent of the world's total
consumption. These chemicals are not
applied mainly to American farmland. In
fact, nearly half the pesticides used in the
U.S. are applied to golf courses, parks and
lawns.
Even more of an eye-opener is the fact
that only about S per cent of this nation's
crop and pasture land is treated with
insecticides, 15 per cent with weedkillers,
and 0.5 per cent with fungicides. Of
insecticides, which account for the major
portion of all pesticides, more than half are
used on nonfood crops such as cotton.
Are pesticides in Third World countries
helping to feed the hungry? According to
the Food and Agricultural Organization of
the U.N., over 800 million pounds of
pesticides are used annually in underdeveloped countries. That great majority,
however, are applied to nonfood crops,
principally cotton, and to ''fruits and
vegetables grown under plantation condition for exports.''
But what about the poisons that are used
in food agriculture? Have the chemicals
worked? Are they effective? Are they
necessary? The Environmental Protection
Agency {EPA) estimates that 30 years ago
farmers used SO million pounds of
pesticides and lost 7 per cent of their crop
before harvest. Farmers today use 12
times more pesticides and lose twice as
much of their crops before harvest.
Furthermore, the USDA estimates that
even if all pesticides were eliminated, all
crop loss due to pests (insects, pathogens,
weeks, mammals and birds) would only
increase be seven percentage points. How
can this be explained?
A field is not just a battlefield of pest
versus plant. A closer look reveals a highly
complex, interacting system of hundreds of
different species and insects and other
organisms occupying diverse ecological
niches. A dead bug is not the only good
bug. Some insects eat only part of the crop
plant, some are parasites or flesh-eating
predators that eat other insects. The planteating species certainly do eat the crop
plant. But studies show that the vast
majority of species do not cause sufficient
damage to justify the cost of insecticides.
Their numbers are kept below economic
injury levels by the action of parasites and
predators. But when these natural controls
are destroyed by insecticides that do not
distinguish friend from foe, many ordinarily insignificant insects are able to
multiply faster than their predators.
Basic environmental security, not to
mention truly effective pest control, clearly
requires pesticides that are target-specific.
The effects of each new pesticide on
nontarget insects , other wildlife, and
people should be carefully studied; chemical corporations' interest go in exactly the
opposite direction. In order to maximize
profit margins and expand sales, a
chemical company seeks to minimize
research and marketing costs and to come
up with pesticides that kill the broadest
spectrum of pests.
Pesticide sales are further expanded by

promoting "100 per cent" pest elimination. Aiming for 100 per cent eradication,
however, is extremely expensive, unnecessary. often fails, is likely to be dangerous
and can result in costly "overkills."
To maximize profits, the companies
promote scheduled spraying, _instead of
spraying in response to a need. Scheduled
sparying means greater and more predictable sales. It is much easier for a Dow
Chemical manager to judge how much
pesticide to produce and distribute to
different outlets if he c;;an simply multiply
the number of acres his customers own by
a given quantity per acre. That way he
does not have to take into account
predictions about how bad a particular pest
realy is going to be in a given year.
Some Amercian farmers have begun to
realize the serious environmental and
health damage involved in these techniques. In addition, they are spending
more and getti!}g fewer and fewer results.
Graham County Arizona cotton growers,
working with scientists from the University
of Arizona, sent trained scouts into the
field to measure pest levels to see if and
when spraying was necessary. Pesticide
expenditures dropped tenfold, as did the
pest damage. Including fees paid to ''pest
scouts,'' total pest control costs were less
than one fifth of the scheduled approach.
(At this point chemical companies put
enormous, and successful pressure on the
highest levels of the University administration to force termination of the program.
Similar experiments on 42 cotton and 39
citrus farms in California reduced pesticide
expenditures by more than 60 per cent.
In some cases, pesticides are used not to
improve yield or quality, but only
appearance. Take the lowly "thrips."
Thrips are minuted pests that do not
reduce yields, harm trees, or lower the
nutritional value of citrus fruits. Its
singular offense is causing a light scar on
the citrus skin. In California citrus groves,
tons of pesticides are applied several times
each year in the war against the humble
thrips. The thrips develop a resistance,
but the growers dump on more and more
deadly pesticide, raising costs in the
process. Other, once innocuous insects,
such as red mites, become real pests in the
.absence of their natural enemies. Farmworkers contract chronic and acute illnesses due to exposure to Parathion and
othet; organophosphates used in place of
DDT for thrips control. No one yet knows
the effects on consumers.
Are there any alternatives? Indeed so.
Now that tampering with complex natural
systems is seen to be possibly more
dangerous than the pests being controlled,
such alternatives are being viewed in a new
light.
For decades, pests that attacked corn
were controlled by annually alternating
corn with a crop like soybean in the same
field. Cord rootworm, for example, will not
eat the soybean plant and cannot survive a
year without corn. Ironically, certain
weedkillers, now commonly used in corn
cultivation in the United States, prevent
this kind of rotation by remaing in the soil
and killing noncom plants the next season.
,Farmers relying on herbicides must then
plant corn year after year on the same land,
a practice that in itself tends to increase
insects, disease and weeds. while deplet-

Collep'l

·Kathleen Monje
Sally Oljar
.Paul Yarnold
Michael Riley
Cheri Shirts
Steve Thomp~on
Jack Scott
Janice Brown
John Cecil

Photographer
Jeff Hayden
Ad Graphics
Dave Mackay
Bill Queener

ing the soil. Worse still, the corn rootworm the cotton leafworm. After growers put
has now developed nearly total resistance . their faith {and money) into insecticides,
_yields declined dramactical_ly; on!y a return
to major pesticides.
Introducing controlled populations of to hand collection of egg masses shows
natural predators and parasites into the hope for yield increases.
Tragically, pest control technology is
fields is another non-chemical method with
potential. After a pesticide disaster in dominated by a small number of large
Peru's Canete Valley, growers sought to chemical corporations that will turn profits
restore natural controls. They imported only it they continue to make farmers and
numerous insects including_ thirty million concerned people everywhere believe that
·wasps and twenty gallons of ladybugs to human survival depends on the increased
control leaf rollers, bollworms and aphids. - use of their products.
Reprinted by permission from
In Egyptian cotton fields the tradition
In These Times
was to collect by hand the egg masses of

Energy saving ideas on water,
heat listed by power companies
by John Healy
We all waste energy. Unknowingly, we
contribute to the energy crunch. Many of
us are concerned about the immense
amounts of energy we waste. Unfortunately, we're ignorant.
We never learned more than a handful of
the hundreds of energy saving tips which
have been developed-ideas which would
drastically reduce our energy bills.
A group of four Eugene-Springfield area
power companies have combined to

Student offers to
clean up after
birds
To The Editor:
It seems this spring at Lane Community
College has been interrupted with the
removal of the cliff swallows nests on
many of the campus buildings.
The reason for the removal of the nests,
according to Eldon Schafer, president of
Lane Community College, is that the birds
create a mess on the windows and a hazard
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to pedestrians.
A conversation with Oregon Game and
Wildlife Management Representative
Richard Coleman confirms that there is a
federal taw protecting these birds and their
eggs. Removal of the nests at this time
would indeed interfere with the survival of
the young, since the birds have begun to
lay their eggs.
There is a repellent that would prevent
the birds from building their nests ln
certain areas, but it is far too late in the
season to be used. This also makes the
current nest policy ineffective, for it would
be in violation of the law.
A compromise has been offered to Mr.
Schafer: Some of the students would be
willing to clean up the mess from the birds
if the nests are left completely alone. That
is currently under consideration.
It seems that this solution is better than
knocking down the nests.
Toni Roberts
LCC Student

Foodservice pleased
by story

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Feature Editor
Cultural Editor
Photo ~itor
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,Production
Man Boren
Jeff Canaday
!Linda Engrav '
Marta Hogard
Teena Killian
Linda Mooney
Joy Rhoads
Tom Ruckman
Cathy Smith
Kristine Snipes

Member of Oregon Community College Newspaper Association and Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.
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. De,!dline for all submis_~ions is Friday !92!!·-Jhe e<!_itor reserves the rig~ to edit_for matters of libel and ~ngth.
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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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I have just finished reading the analysis
• in the May 19th issue about the LCC
Foodservice and other community foodser• vices.
I Just want to tell you that I feel the '
!article was done exceptionally well by all
your staff showing a very fair comparison
of Foodservices .
Hopefully this article will relieve the
feelings that some students have that our
foodservice here at LCC is out of line
with the community in regard to the prices
that must be charged to meet a non-funded
breakeven budget.
•Robert Tegge
Foodservice manager

publish a list of energy saving ideas which
offer the homeowner concrete methods of
reducing energy consumption.
The Blachly-Lane County Co-op, Eugene
Water and Electric Board, Lane Electric
Cooperative, Inc., and Springfield Utility
Board, are currently mailing the list of
energy saving ideas to their customers.

Water
l. Take showers, not baths. Try to limit
time in the shower only to that which is necessary. If taking a bath, do not draw
more water than is necessary. Shower
head restricters are recommended.
2. Repair all dripping faucets and leaking
toilet facilities.
Avoid use of the
3. Dishwashers:
dishwasher or wait until it is fully loaded.
If you rinse dishes prior to loading, rinse
with cold water. If you hand wash dishes,
fill a dishpan or other sink with rinse water.
4. Water heater temperature should not
exceed 140 degrees. Turn off electricity to
the water heater if leaving home for three
days or more.
5. Clothes Washer: Wait until washer is
fully loaded and use coldest water possible.
6. Don't let water run when brushingleeth,
washing hair and shaving.
7. Limit use of garbage disposals.

Heating
I. Don't depend on the thermostat
settings, go by your own comfort. Keep
temperature where you are comfortable
with a light sweater on.
2. Keep fireplace dampe~s closed when not
in use. If fireplaces are being used, turn
down the thermostats normally used for
heating.
3. Keep all filters clean in furnaces and
maintain a periodic maintenance schedule.
4. Use storm windows or plastic covers on
windows in the winter time. Install storm
doors.
5. Close foundation vents on windward side
of house during cold weather, but open
next spring.
6. Shut off registers and heat vents in
unused rooms unless there are items in the
room vulnerable to freezing. Keep return
air grills and warm air ducts clean and free
of obstructions.
7. If you have baseboard heating, be sure
air flow is not restricted by furniture,
carpeting or drapes. Keep baseboard
heating surfaces clean.
8. Install weather stripping and caulking on
windows , doors, or other openings to
prevent heat loss.
9. Keep draperies closed at night, open on
sunny days.
10. Themostats should not be placed on
cold walls or outside walls. Thermostats
should be lowered 10 degrees at night.
Minimum settings of 55 degrees should be
maintained on thermostats when leaving
for a period of time, i.e., vacations, moving
from the residence, etc.
11. Minimize use of all portable electric
space heaters.
12. Make sure of proper insulation in the
home (ceiling, walls, and under floors).
Insulate all heating and return air ducts
and hot water piping.
13. Using the oven for room heating is not
recommended.

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May 26, 1977-

CBE: more than
, taking a test
by Mike Arnold

SRC offers clothes exchange

by Kathy Cummings

Credit-by-Exam ination (CBE) is the
The clothing exchange is "one of the few
opportunity for a student to demonstrate services we offer that is used consiscollege
the mastery of material covered in
tently,'' said Consuelo Turner, who
courses, and receive legitimate credit for invented the idea.
just
that course, but there is more to it than
At present, the Clothing Exchange box
taking a test, says LCC counselor Gene sits outside the SRC door, where people
Sorenson.
can donate anv excess clothes thev mav
"There is a process to follow," said have--or take whatever they need . .
the
in
located
Sorenson, whose office is
"It's been doing really well." One
Center Building (room 215). "Students problem however, is that not all people
the
of
should first talk to the instructor
know what the box is, "Some people think
class for which they wish to take the CBE.
trash or something," she said.
it's
The instructor may try to encourage or
who is the coordinator of the
Turner,
discourage the student, depending on the child care program sponsored by the
impression the student makes. The most Student Resource Center, said she origiimportant consideration is whether the nally planned it to be a toy and clothing
student knows the course or not.''
exchange for children during the Christ"I personally talk to the students who
mas season. For different reasons it didn't
come to me for CBE" says Karla Shultz,
underway until January, and was then
get
German instructor. "I want to be sure that expanded to include both children's and
the student is ready for the CBE'' she
adult's clothes.
continued, "because·my exam is more than
But some students must know what the
testing
involved
more
is
There
final.
a
just
is, though. According to Turner,
box
required for CBE because the student must
people are constantly stopping and going
show that he knows everything a regular
through the box. She said she tries to keep
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student knows about German. That
the box ''-decent'' by continually folding
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includes speaking, listening, writing."
so
is used,"
them
it
because
year),
and arranging
(next
up
clothes
it
the
keep
Shultz says she has no problem in giving
she said.
passer-bys can easily see the contents .. She
a CBE ''but it is ·more work for
a large, eye-catching sign for the
made
also
She concluded by asking donors to clean
me. First I counsel the student on what to
box but someone took it the first day she
clothes before contributing them to the
study before I give the exain, so they know
put it out.
box: "We don't clean the clothes . . . bewhat to expect. Then we set a date, and
cause we don't sell them ... but it's nice to
Turner feels sure that the program will
give the exam.''
have them washed before you bring them
continue through the summer and hopeSome of Shultz's CBE's have taken three
in.:•
fully through the next year. "I hope they
days to administer ''because they are
comprehensive. I want to be sure any CBE
student has the same knowledge of
German as a regular student who sits in my
class. It shouldn't be easier for a CBE to
Economics wiJI also be offered 'ror the first
by Patricia Garrick
get credit for my class than a regular
time this summer, Malm said. Economics
student,'' Shultz said.
Criminal justice instructors are de- wil emphasize the American economy, he
Sorenson pointed out that students
a short course for this Summer added.
veloping
should be aware of other problems with
help students prepare for entry
to
Term
taking classes by CBE. '' A good example
criminal justice field, and to
the
into
would be the veteran who takes CBE to
officers prepare for promopolice
assist
not
become a full-time student; this is
boards.
tion
altowed by the Veteran's Administration."
According to Paul Malm, chairman of
However, students on financial aid can
the Social Science Departme)lt, this short
become full-time students by using the
summer workshop in Law Enforcement
CBE, Sorenson said.
The testing office is located in the Center and Criminal Justice will be the only
"special" course offered this Summer
Most of the
Building, room 224.
Term. All interested students should.
information students might need is re.adily
the..,
available in the testing office. There is a contact Instructor Mike Hoggan, in
Adult Education Dept., upper level Apcost of $5 per credit for each class that is
taken bv CBE. Quick calculation shows prentice Bldg.
Introduction to Women's Studies and that is $20 for a four credit dass.

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It reads like a laundry list

Why LCC doesn't & won't spOnso r big con certs
• - years but in 1975 ASLCC
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had its budget for activities and in 1976 the
money for activities comes from a different
office, the Student Activities Office, directed by Jones and a branch of the LCC
Administration. The ASLCC, ideally, has
no authority above it, but by changing the
funds to another office, the Administration
has more control of ASLCC indirectly. So
the main limitations on student events
have been budget cuts, Hood alleged.
"Students should buy the ASLCC
student card for five dollars if they want
more and better programs," she said. _

by Sheri Jeffers

The Emmy Lou Harris concert held April
29 at the Lane County Fairgrounds could
have been ·h eld at LCC if there had been
better management in the ASLCC Student
Activities Office, said Ken Pelikan, ASLCC
student president.
"I get sick whenever I see that poster
a~vertising the concert,•· said Pelikan.
''The promoters had to know right away
and couldn't wait for us to get our
scheduling organized. Our budget has
been cut so we don't have the work-study
help we would use in that area.''
The reasons read like a laundry list, but
they're all fact: Changes in budget and
student government positions; changes in
the administration's attitude about concerts; changes in the number of club-sponsored activities; and the lack of fresh ideas
and response from other LCC students
(especially by not purchasing the new
ASLCC student cards) have caused the
problems in programming activities for the
1976-77 school year.
Last year the LCC Board of Educat~on
abolished the Special Pro13rams and
Activities Fund (SPAF) and the full-time
position of ASLCC secretary held by
Connie Hood. Hood, now the secretary for
the Study Skills Learning Center, helped
coordinate many student activities while
working for ASLCC from 1973-76.

She costs $5,000 and our budget for the
whole year is $5,000.
. "We have not made a profit on rock
concerts in the past; there aren't enough
people coming. · Maybe events would have
more response if the college were closer to
liquor places. The U of O is right
downtown and we can't compete with
locations," Jones said.
The U of O has Mac Court, which seats
10,000. Jones said that for concerts like
''Elvis,'' Student Activities would have to
charge $25 to $30 a ticket; whereas the U
of O could charge $12 and make a profit.
LCC's gym bleachers accomodate only
3,000 people.

Damage to the gym is another one of
Jones' concerns. • The bleachers have to
be pulled across the floor and set on -a
protective floor covering. And a covering
is yet to be found that is both thick enough
to protect the floor from cigarette burns
and thin enough for the bleachers to move
across. People do not use the butt cans
provided. said Jones, and continue to drop
them between the seats where they are
impossible to get to in time.
''When an interested group of students
can demonstrate that they are capable of
planning it and have the proper security
and good publicity and enough people to
implement it, then we can try another rock
concert," Jones said.
The ASLCC has "not yet learned the
importance of cooperation," said Jones.
"They want to decide who comes, but want
others to do the work. The promoters of
Emmy Lou sat with ASLCC members and
were going to sign a contract to pay us $400
off the top of gate receipts if we wanted the
concert here." Due to prior scheduling of
the gym, Student Activities couldn't have
done it anyway, said Jones. "But what's
photo by Steve Thompson
the value in students' putting on a show for
gate receipts? Why does this program
Through the cards, ASLCC can raise its
exist, if it is not an extension of educational
' own money for events without having to be
value,'' said Jones. To put on a show for
as involved in another office.
receipts means that the promoters of
gate
for
problem
Concerts are a particular
Emmy Lou do all of the work in setting up
LCC. Space that is large enough to make a
the concert and keep all of the profit but
concert profitable is limited at LCC, Hood
$400. The $400 is the rent paid to Student
said. "For big name concerts we have to
Activities for the use of LCC's facilities.
guarantee big money. and to draw the
Most - of the ticket sales are in the
crowds we need the space. The gym or the
promoters' hands as well. Hood said that
grounds are the only places large enough
tickets for the Grateful Dead concert in
to hold a concert. We need to sell 3,000
1971 were handled by promoters and too
seats to make it profitable and the
many were sold, causing fighting and
Performing Arts Theatre seats only
destruction to the gym by those who got in
560--the Forum Building less."
couldn't see well, and by those trying
but
Hood remembers when Cheech and
to gain admission.
Chong played in the gym in 1974. The
Carter suggested the possibility of
rowdiness and dirty jokes had the local
joining with the U of O on a concert. ''It
community "down" on the college. So
has never been tried before, but it's
now the college administration is sensitive
something to look into. A concert is a oneto rock concerts, said Hood. "We're lucky
shot deal," Carter said, but it won't solve
to have anything going on,'' she said.
the problem of a general lull in campus
Jay Jones, director of the Student
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events.
Activities Office, said that the limited
Carter said he doesn't intend for the
budget means only limited entertainment •
Student Activities Office to '' go out and
is possible. Student Activities concendrum up activity," but said that "We
trates on bringing local band talent here
haven't done a good job of getting
because their average cost for three hours
information to the student clubs that there
of dancing music is only $150 to $200. Our
is money for them and the way to get it.''
Harris.
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budget cannot afford
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Even though there is less budget, ''The
Student Activities Office has money to .
underwrite fundraising projects and groupsponsored a<;tivities from operas to powwows," he said.
One student, Mark McNutt, wants to
make campus cultural events easier to find.
A music major, Mark now holds the office
of Cultural Affairs director of student
activities and for the last month, since his
term began, he has been going through
files of speakers and performers trying to
organize things.

The SPAF money came from the old
mandatory student fee of five dollars per
full-time student which used to be divided
among Health Services, Athletics, the
TORCH and Student Activities, said Hood.
Now the fees are mandatory, but administered by the college. Health Services..,
sports and the TORCH still receive monies,
but ASLCC Student Activities receives less
than before. The ASLCC has attempted to
sell special student body cards to raise
money.
How much money was in the ASLCC
budget for student activities for this year?
Jay Jones, director of the Student
Activities Office, said there was no money
in ASLCC' s budget but went on to explain
that there was $5,500 in the Cultural
Programs budget for this year. It is his
office. and not the ASLCC, that has the
money for activities. The money comes
only from vending machine sales on
campus. explained Jones. But ASLCC
Activities has use of this money for their
events. In fact, most of the money is
allocated to ASLCC during the year. said
Jones.
There was once a matching-fund grant
from the Oregon Commission for the Arts
for the 1976-77 year. This money was used
to produce the Portland Opera Company's
visit to LCC this fall. As of May 10, all but
about $500 in the Cultural Programs
budget has been committed, said Jones.
In the previous school year, 1975-76,
ASLCC'~ budget had $3,000 in activities
and $2,500 in miscellaneous programs and
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And what about that
student lounge idea?
No progress after 7 years
by David Reavis
After seven years of controversy, LCC
students are still without a student
lounge, and according to Paul Colvin,
director of the Institutional Research and
Planning (IRP), it will be at least another
two years more before the college could
act on the idea.
Colvin explained the IRP first deals
with a request for construction by
deciding on specific purposes and functions; the IRP then looks at the gross
needs, cost feasibility, and available
funding. If it is a valid request the
proposal is then put before the Board
and, if approved, put on a priorities list
with other proposed projects. It remains
there until such time that those projects
with higher priorities are completed.
Some of the works currently in progress, Colvin noted, are the relocation of
Health Services to the southwest corner
of the first-floor Center Building; the
remodeling of the Apprenticeship Buildings for Community Education; and the
Health P.E. Aquatics project.
Colvin told the TORCH state
building money isn't as accessible as
some people think.
Colvin went on to say that the
Legislature is now involved in a conflict
over past funding debts. and he admitted
that he is unsure of LCC's accessibility
(for any future commitments by the state)
for building funds.
Colvin said a preliminary site on the
second floor of the Center building is
currently favored for a lounge, a suggestfo.n by Jay Jones. student activities
director.
Jones ·told the TORCH he thinks the
larger section of the cafeteria (facing the
expansive lawn to the north) could be
divided approximately in two, with the
western division remaining under Food
Services, and a newly formed eastern
section being remodeled to form a
student lounge-recreation area.
That proposal, Colvin said,. would
initially involve agreement between Food
Services and Student Activitie~.
In stressing the need for a. student
lounge, Jones cited anecdotal cases of
student need: He said he has observed
some students who, in trying to find a
satisfactory medium between the noisy
cafeteria and the academic atmosphere of
the library. have retreated to their
automobiles to "kick back." He also
mentioned that many students seek refuge outdoors during the time between
their classes, but added, "this alternative
is obviously restricted to fair weather."
••A student lounge would be a place
where students could lean back and
relax." Jones said, "even to the point of
closing their eyes."
Jones also ventures to say that a student lounge-recreation facility could also
be a place to provide ,entertainment such
as musical programs, movies ano television, billiards, foosball and chess. According to 1970-71 TORCH issues, the
student and staff positions on lounges were
insistent on segragating one from another. Jones said he thought one current
aspect of LCC that deserves admiration
is the close relationship many staff
members have with their students, and
Jones would, under these circumstances,
encourage faculty members to also utilize
a student lounge--once it is proposed and
planned in the future.

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by Mildred Holly
Hunched against the warm spring rain, Katie takes the key from around her neck,
unlocks the door, quietly slips into the empty house and locks herself inside. She is a
si'< -_vear- old known by society as a latchkey kid.
:'Jo friendly neighbors watch out the windows to see if Katie makes it safely home from
,;r hool. The neighbors all work.
Kati e ;._ on her own until her mother. a student at Lane Community College, is able to
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!.!et home at three-but sometimes-as late as five.
The mother (who will remain anonymous for the protection of the child) said. "Katie
d()c <.,n 't like it, and I don't like it. She starts crying every time I have to tell her I won't be
able ro make it home until five ... It really concerns me. I also was a latchkey kid and
things happened to me."
Katie's mother was sexually molested by a neighbor man when she was six-years-old.
She says she lives ''in constant fear that Katie will have to deal with experiences similar
to mine at that age.
i\ ~rowing number of children cone from single parent families. like Katie 's, in which
1 hv •)a r!.'nt has to choose whether to accept a low-income job. pursue educational goals, or
:1 ~ ot home with the children and go on welfare.
Similar choices are made in two parent families.
So, how many latchkey children are there in the Eugene/Springfield area? No one
.knows.

college. And that first year she only attended LCC part time. When asked why she didn't
return sooner she replied, "Well, I had kids, and I didn 't feel I could when they were
preschoolers.' '
Cheri is married, has two school-age children, and hopes to transfer to the School of
Journalism at the University of Oregon fall term. Cheri's husband teaches music at
Junction City. They moved to Eugene from there to enable Cheri, who has primary
responsibility for the children, to attend LCC and also care for the children.
Cheri says the family does a lot of juggling so that children can "still be kids and I can
pursue my education." She does not try to study until after the children are in bed,
around 8:30 p.m. "That's when I start my third shift," she said laughingly.
Cheri stays home if one of her children is ill. "My husband has stayed home with
them," she said.
But when Katie, the latchkey child, is ill, _she stays home alone.
Her mother said there are days when "Katie can't go to school and I can't miss," So
Katie's mother goes home for lunch and tries to call during the day to check if Katie is

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. Katie's mother goes to LCC and can't be with the six year old
m the afternoons. But she wo~ries ... when she was a latchkey kid,
~he was sexually molested. Now, she worries about her own
child suffering from the same experiences.
How many children under the age of 12 come from families where both parents (or
parent in the case of a single parent family) either work or are in school? No one knows.
T he agencies which provide social service for children in Lane County don't have the
tat!~tjcal data n~cessary .to identify the numbers. Research costs money--which agencies
don ! ha ve. Besides. askmg the necessary questions is "considered by some an invasion
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The State Children's .Services Division, 4 C's, and the Lane Countv Youth and
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Children's Service don't know.
And how do you determine the needs of kids if you don't know where they are?
La ne Communit~· College doesn't know the answers to the above questions either. It
doc,n ' t even know how many students . and staff members have <:hildrcn whose
,,_qwn·i,ion and care become a major problem because there is no adult left at home .
\nd . whe n there is no longer a parent at home who does that leave to care for the
d 1ildrc n·!
t~·p!cal d~~·s. children can be seen accompanying their parcnt(s) to class, dinging to
,kins or 1mpat1ent hands. or bumping along in a back-pack--their mobile home.
Hur no on<.' at LCC knows the statistics. let alone how the parents arc meeting the

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ltke tricndl~· pups . They sit in cla<;scs with their color books and crayons. find a spot in the
library to read. play in groups on the grounds, but also lean precariously over the railings
and until recently (when it was removed for their safety) played with the paper cutter-in
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the library.
okay. "I really feel badly about that. Being alone all day is really hard for a
Three young mothers take their babies with them when they attend John Klobas '
six-year-old," she said.
sociology class--one is a five-month-old baby girl who has attended classes with her
Betty Vail, an LCC counselor/instructor, agrees that it is difficult for parents involved
m<,~her since one-week-old. The mother says. ''Once over the initial shock my instructor
outside the home to provide for children when they are ill.
accepted and even welcomed the idea.'' She said the baby nurses frequently and has
She said, ''The problem is to provide care for them when they are doing things which
been "accepted--or at least overlooked,-by other students .. .It's an alternative which
are not typical of the normal day .. .if a child gets sick, I don't have any resources to take
others might attempt.''
care of that child while he is sick."
On the national level in 1975, 7.2 million families were headed by women, according to
Beverly Johnson McEaddy in the Monthly Labor Review. Fifty-four per cent of these
Betty. has been divorced for two years and assumes responsibility for her four children,
female heads of families were employed. In March 1975, more than 9 million children
ranging in ages from three to ten.
were in a family without a father. One-fourth of those children were under the age of six.
Th1.· baby-sitting and child-care which Vail provides for her children is very
. But this data doesn't take into consideration the growing number of children from
expensive--costing over $500 a month for the four children.
single male heads of families.
Students have priority over staff in the use of LCC related day care centers, and since What about children whose parents go to school? One out of every four female heads of
there is usually a waiting list of over SO, Vail's children are not eligibie for LCC campus
families has not even attended high school, and the ability to provide adequately for their --·day care.
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Betty moved to the university area to enable her to enroll the two younger children in
the University Day Care Center and permit the older two to go the University Cay Care
Center's after school program at the end of their regular school day. A live-in baby-sitter
Betty pays good money for childcare ... she doesn't want
also works buts cares for the children during the evening hours three of four nights a week .
while Betty pursues her counseling efforts.
someon_e j~s~ staring at the kids. But finding good 'daycare
A year ago the children all had chicken pox. None of them got it at the same time.
people ts dtfftcult, and some parents don't have much money.
There was a period of two months when there was someone home in the beginning stages
of chicken pox. "And it was very expensive to provide for their care," she said.
Betty believes that the age at which a child is responsible to be left unsupervised -depends upon the individual child, that he/she should be -supervised until he has
McEaddy said, "For several million of these women, the barriers impeding the climb
continue to be inadequate training and education for. the current job market ... Unless
demonstrated that he can be responsible on his own ... "to make good decisions that are
in the best interest of not only themselves but others.·'
they can penetrate the more skilled occupations that pay higher salaries, they will not be
able to provide their families an adequate or comfortable living.''
She is alw-ays talking to people about how they manage their children--what kind of
And so, some of those 7 .2 million female heads of families are here at LCC along with
they have. It is a matter of finding out what the resources are--exploring the options.
care
married mothers of preschoolers, mothers who decided to wait until their children were in
pretty common consensus that it's very difficult to find people in a private setting.
"It's
school before returning themselves, and grandmothers who waited until their children
very responsible, reliable and also know how to manage children ... not to just
are
who
were college educated and "it was my turn."
all day, but actually work with them," she said.
them
at
stare
Fewer are waiting until they are grandmothers to further their education.
Knowing what the options are is the first step towards a solution--of being able to
Financial and personal pressures are against waiting.
provide adequate care for children.
"Mother" is no longer considered a reason to stay home.
Among those who have made the decision to finish school is Colleen Bradshaw.
The babysitting and childcare are very expensive
Colleen, a divorced mother with two young children ages four and seven, is majoring in
psychology and hopes some day to open her own office in clinical psychology in a smaller
$500 a month for the four children.
community. She is trying to stretch the dollars which she receives from her veteran's
benefits (she served as a communication center specialist in the WAC's) and the $200 a
An LCC President's Task Force on Campus Child Care Alternatives was appointed last
month the children's father pays for their support.
fall in an effort to explore the options--to find out what resources could be made available
Colleen is on the waiting list at the campus day care center. In the meantime, care at a
for LCC student/parents. Judy Dresser, a chairperson of the Task Force, sent a report,
private daycare center for her preschool child costs $105 a month. Add to that educational
dated Jan. 3, 1977, to President Schafer. The Board of Education also received copies.
costs, rent, utilities, food, clothing, "payments for a beat-up VW" and there isn't
President Schafer said he didn't consider the report an action item at this time, saying
starve."
all
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anything left over. She says frankly, "If I didn't get food stamps, lthink
he noted the phrase "preliminary report" and the promise of results from a needs
Colleen does not consider it her option to wait until the children are older before
assessment survey which the report states would be available at the end of winter term
continuing her education.
registration, but which Dr. Schafer has never received.
"I can't. My veteran benefits run out in September of 1979 .. .I would have to wait
President Schafer indicated when he gets that report from the Task Force--which
I
four or five. years before I'd real_ly feel _good about leaving the children. That means
includes results of the survey along with some definite recommendations--"We will be
would be 40 before I could start takiµg care of mvself."
continued .on back cover -glad to take a look_~~ it again."
Cheri Shirts waited until her youngest child was in kjndei:&arten befor_e she sta!:l:ed to, .

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Com ment ary: The circu s has chan ged .
however, I've never lived anywhere when
both circuses show up in the same week as
just happened in Eugene.
I went to the circus sponsored by the
Eugene-Springfield Shrine Club at MacCourt. I had really looked forward to
allowing myself to become a kid for a day
and become a part of the fantasy and
excitement of the circus. It didn't happen.
the magic seemed to be gone. Albeit I'm
over 30, I still have an imagination and
allow myself to indulge in fantasy
occassionally.
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by Cheri Shirts
I spent at least a week rem1mscmg in
~nticipation of seeing the Polack Brothers
Shrine Circus I knew I was going to see on
Saturday. It was fun to let my thoughts
randomly drift through the memories of
sawdust in my sandals, the aroma of
peanuts and elephants, and the barkers
trying to lure me into viewing their
sideshows.
When I was a kid, the circus came to

town a couple of times a year, and when it
did, it was usually on a train, and the arena
for the performers was a tent. It seemed
like acres and acres of tent. The smell of
the striped canvas still lingers somewhere .
in my memories. I know if I ever smell that
smell again, I'll recognize it.
Well, folks, times have changed, indeed.
The circus comes to town a couple of times
a year--that hasn't changed. I must say,

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WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY:

LCC: Maranatha Production Presents Daniel Amos and his six
piece band. Country. classical. jazz, gospel, 7 p.m. LCC Gym.
Admission S2 in advance at ASLCC office. 52.50 day of show.
UO: Noon Gig: David Meyer, noon, EMU E. Lobby .
Great Oaks School of Health: Being in Motion, 7-10 p.m. First
of a three-pan series on movement. awareness and change,
conducted by Li Jaretzki. S5 per class. Pre-register by calling
1-895-496 7. •Creswell.
UO: "Pierrot le Fou." 8 p.m. Jean-Luc Godard continues down
his bizzarre cinematic path. Jean-Paul Belmondo runs off with
the babysitter. paints his face blue and induhies in other
eccentricities. SI .25. PLC'.

Finals. 7 p. m. Non-contact competition and full-contact
exhibition. Kevin McCormick, 345-5525 or 345-3292.
Senior Citizens Dance,
Polka Pipers Dance band. FREE to all seniors, 8 p.m.

CCPA(WOW Hall, 8th and Lincoln):

Media Circus: Music. video. movies. slides. popcorn, peanuts,
light show, 8 p.m. SI.SO.

For Barhoppen:
Black Forest: Whiskey Creek String Band (bluegrass). SI cover.
Brian's: Dave Nelson (guitar) no cover.
Duffy's: Fox and Weasel SI cover.

LCC: Baroque Orchestra Brass Choir Concert 8 p.m. Perform•
tng Arts Theatre. FREE.

Pearl St. Station: John Jarvie (classical guitar during dining)

Feed Mill: Listen (jazz) no cover.

Back Door: Schwebke Bros. (blues/ rock) cover St.SO single,
$2 .50 couple.

LCC: Laser Light Show by Shadow Fox with contemporary music
by Sagebrush. Performing Arts Theatre. 8 p.m. S2 at the door.
Friday.

Black Angus: Bluejay (light rock) .

LCC: ASLCC presents SPIRA, a company of dancers performing
their interpretations of " The Planets" by Gustaf Holst. Satur•
day, 8 p.m. Performing Arts Theatre, Tickets SI .SO with ASLCC
card, S2 without.

Murphy and Me: Crayhawks with Albert Collins (blues/rock) .

LCC: The LCC Taikwon-do club will prtsent the Fifth Cascade
Open Karate Tournament on May 28. Eliminations 11 a.m.,

International : Captain Midnight (popular).

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Financial Services office will close
Wednesday, June 1, 1977
At 1:45 p.m.
To enable the staff to participate in
: a short training session for the new
ON LINE REGISTRATION
for summer term.
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Lincoln Community School: Spring celebration, 5:30 p.m. The
mighty Willamette Valley Observer softball team will conquer
Action High School. "New Games" and music at 7 p.m. 650 W.
12th., 687-3485.

UO : Dialing the phone number 686-4636 activates a recording
that lists all that day's campus events (lectures, plays, movies,
etc .. ) plus their times. locations and costs.

Eugene Hotel: Sonny King Jazz Quartet (jazz) no cover.

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What's Ahead:

Second organizational meeting for alternative school happening
May 29. at 848- W. 10th at 7 p.m. Glen-688-8628.

Music Bullettn: For intormalion on tonight's music in Eugene,
and concerts coming to the area call 485-1411 FREE.

Eugene Library: "The Titan," 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Film on
Michelangelo and his art. Second floor lecture room W. 13th and
Olive . FREE.

WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND:

As tne circus started, tnere wasn ·t tne
big brass band. Instead, a three-piece
group was introduced as the "circus
band." The "band" amounted to one
,hummer, an organist, and a mediocre
trumpet player who called himself the
''bandmaster.'' Their rendition of the
"Star-Spangled Banner" left something to
be desired, but fulfilled. the partiotic duty
of the circus company.
What I expected next was the circus
parade, but I should have guessed that
with a makeshift band, there would be a
makeshift parade. Well, I was wrong.
There wasn't a circus parade at all. Instead, some clowns came out and did a
very ho-hum deadpan humor routine.
"The Pit" somehow is not aesthetically
suited for much, and housing a circus was
certainly no exception. The people in the
third balcony, if they didn't collapse from
heat exhaustion, probably felt as if they'
were viewin2 the event from an airplane. I
walked up to the third balcony and
discovered that those folks were looking
down on the tight rope walker--a strange
phenomenon in itself.

Willamalane Pool Building: Through June 9, women's
self-defense. Tues .. and Thurs .. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Students learn
basic self-defense teohniques and increase physical fitness and
body control. Pre-register at park district office. District, 58;
non-district. 516. 1276 G Street, Springfield. 746-1669
Summer Showcase: Eugene Parks and Recreation Cultural 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 .
Saturday Market happens every Saturday, rain or shine, and
features a variety of times handmade by local craftspeople,
delicious food, and free entertainment. planned and impromptu.
Corner of 8th and Oak, downtown, Eugene.

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Auditions: For the Cole Poner musical "Kiss Me. Kate" will be
held at LCC starting May 23. at 7:30 p.m. in the lab theatre.
Roles are available for singing and non-singing principals as well
as for dance and vocal choruses.
A "Women's Racism Workshop" will be conducted Saturday at
10 a.m . until 3:30 p.m . conducted by Kendra, (of the Jack Rabbit
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While I was dreaming about the circus,
my mind conjured up all kinds of images of
hot dogs and cotton candy and snow cones
and balloons; and those funny little stuffed
animals that are always fastened to a
bamboo cane, suspended from an elastic
string. Oh yes, and they usually sell three
cornered pirate hats and souvenir programs. What kid doesn't like at least some
of that ''stuff'' they peddle at such
gatherings?
Admittedly, we all do, including me-until Saturday. I'm a "junk food junkie"
and trying to resist cotton candy was
beyond my comprehension until I discovered it cost 50 cents for a plastic
wragped blob of calorie laden delicacy.
Then I thought, oh well, snow cones are
mostly ice, and less fattening--well, for 50
cents--I didn't gain an ounce. Ice-cream
bars were going for the bargain price of SO
cents too. The dolls on •the sticks, $2,
please, and not even a thank you. The
balloons that go with the circus like cheese
with apple pie, went for 75 cents a shot and
hundreds of people bought them.
I usually hate television, but it does do
justice to the circus. On TY the acts
move smoothly without a lag to move
equipment or animals.
I know things are never as £OOd as we
remember them, but this one didn't even
come close. Maybe I'll find a circus
someday that does.
The best thing to come out of Saturday's
circus was a greater appreciation for my
television set and coverage that it allows
And when
things like the circus.
intermission comes, nobody is trying to sell
me expensive hot dogs, and cotton candy,
or balloons that pop when I get into the
car--instead--they try to sell me the car!

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But it is almost too late to have a name
concert this term, said McNutt. "Decisions
about guest performers include the booking deadline, availability of the performer
and space at LCC. And it's hard to compete
with the University's schedule of events;
they have a huge budget,'' said McNutt.
··With planning LCC could have come
big concerts in addition to the local
bands we have now. But we have' to get an
act we can afford and make a profit on .
"Take Emmy Lou for an example. Since
she won a Grammy award last year her
price is $5,000, hefore it was $3,500. She
wants three trailers for the crew to live in
and steak for forty people. She'would have
been a risk for us because we have to
guarantee the $5,000. There are other
groups we could afford," said McNutt.
McNutt wants to see a cut in the number
of films on campus. He'd put that money
towards concerts. ''Movies are the worst
for bringing in funds; we haven't made
money on them. For example, the movie
'Getting Straight' was attended by 59
people for a charge of fifty cents. For
'20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' 18 people
showed up; we 1ost $150 on that one."
Up until now events have had to be put
together month-to-month and have concentrated heavily on local bands, some of
which are very good; but there is room for
variety; said McNutt.

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John s on wins decathlon title

-Men nab sixth

in nCJtionals for
best finish ever
BY JOHN HEALY, Sports Writer
Joel Johnson's victory in the decathlon
propelled the men's track team to a
school-record sixth place finish at the
National Junior College Athletic Association track and field championship meet last
week in Pasadena, Texas.
The Titans based their best ever finish at
the nationals on Johnson's decathlon
victory, Andrew Banks' third in the 100
meters. a fourth by Glenn Owen in the
steeplechase and a pair of sixth place
finishes by Jim Pitts in the shotput and
Charlie Keeran in the discus.
Johnson, a sophomore, was in third
place after the first five events, 161 points
behind the leader. However, strong
performances in the 110 meter high hurdles
and the pole vault, plus a personal record
by eight feet in the discus, vaulted Johnson
into the point lead going into the final
event, the 1500 meters.
Johnson Comes Back

"Joel couldn't lose by more than two and

a half seconds to Carl Johanson of New
Mexico JC, who was the only competitor
with a chance to beat Joel for the decathlon
title," said coach Al Tarpenning. "Joel
outkicked Johanson to win the 1500 meters
by three seconds, and a·s sure himself of a
national title.''
Banks, easily the top sprinter in Pacific
Northwest junior college ranks, tied the
NJCAA 100 meter dash record in a
semi-final race, clocJcing 10.36.
Unfortunately, in the final Banks had to
face the sprinter who owned the other half
of the 100 meter record, and Banks
finished third.
Said Tarpenning, "There were a lot of
class sprinters in the final, but Andrew
showed that he can compete with the
best.··
The Titan's sprint ace ran eight races
over a three day period, as he was also
entered in the 200 meters Banks made the
final in the 200, but failed to finish in the
__ top six.

"We were-the only school with two
runners in the final of the 100 meters," said
Tarpenning, referring to Persons and
Banks.
Glenn Owen's fourth in the grueling
steeplechase set a new school record of
9:06.1 and according to Tarpenning, Owen
may have challenged for first if he hadn't
fallen going over the next-to-last water
jump.

Umqua vvins regional playoffs·,
Five Titans named to all-stars

LANE PLACED five players on the
Oregon Community Colege Athletic Association all-star baseball team. Pitcher
Steve Upward, catch Rick Edgar, second
baseman Mark Piesker, outfielder Randy
Guimond and designated hitter G:;try
Weyant garnered the honors. Upward and
Guimond are sophomores while Edgar,
Piesker and Weyant will return next year
Linn-Benton tied Lane by landing five
players on the squad, while league champion Umpqua boasts four all-stars.

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CATCHER-Rick Edgar, Fr., Lane, .372.
FIRST BASE-Dennis Philips, So., Ump-

qua, .337, and Kelly Davidson, So., LinnBenton, .311. SECOND BASE-Mark

Pitts Takes Sixth

Shotputter Jim Pitts had a bit more luck.
Going into the final round of throws Pitts
was eighth, but he uncorked a final throw
of SI-I 3/4 to grab sixth.
Charlie· Keeran didn't fare quite as well
as he slipped from fifth to sixth in the final
round. He did have a good throw near the
end of the round which would have moved
him up a few notches, but Keeran barely
scratched, according to Tarpenning.
Two Titans barely missed scoring with
Ken Martin taking a seventh in the 5,000
meters and Bobby Persons running eighth
in the 100 meter final.
Also competing for Lane at the NJCAA
championships were Rich Harter in the
5,000 meters. Mike McGriff at the 10,000
meters and Chuck Casin-Cross in both the
100 and 200 meters.

Banks, Persons Qualify

SPORTS
UMPQUA DOWNED Linn-Benton, 8-5,
in the championship game of the Region 18
tournament in Roseburg Friday. Brothers
Pat and Jerry Reedy combined to toss the
win. With the league and regional
championsiops behind them, Umpqua now
will compete in the National playoffs in
Grand Junction. Colorado, starting Saturday.

"Glenn just didn't have enough of a kick
to catch the leaders after he fell into the
water jump pit,'' said Tarpenning.

Piesker, Fr., Lane, .376. TfflRD BASEMickey Wilson, So., Clackamas, .444.
SHORTSTOP-Jeff Boyd, So., Linn-Benton,
.380. OUTFIELDERS-Matt Stillwell, Fr.,
Linn-Benton, .406; Randy Melton, So.,
Linn-Benton, .341; Robin Robinson, So.,
Umpqua, .272; Randy Guimond, So., Lane,
.216. UTILITY- Rick Jones, So., Clackamas, .372. PITCHERS-Jeff Hanslovan,
Fr., Linn-Benton, 9-1, 1.53; Brad Patterson, Fr., Umpqua, 5-1, 1.08; Jerry Reedy,
Fr., Umpqua, 8-1, 1.41; Steve Upward,
So., Lane, 7-2, 1.66. DESIGNATED
fflTTER-Gary Weyant, Fr., Lane, .356.

Women fare poorly
The women's tennis team fared poorly at
the Northwest Collegiate Women's Sports
Association championships last weekend in
Oregon City. After winning the Southern
Area title the previous weekend, they
failed to place anY. netters in championship
competition. Gail Rogers and Georgia
Shaw, both in consolation action, were the
only Titans to advance past the Friday
competition. Neither player placed.

JOEL JOHNSON eclipsed the school
reoord vvhile winning the decathlon in the
national championship meet last week in
Pasadena, Texas. (Photo by Steve
Thompoon)

Campus Round-up

Tarpen nirlg tapped

by track association

First place teams in each sport received
points based on two times the number of
colleges participating in the championship.
Other teams received lower point totals,
descending in order by twos.
Following Lane was Umpqua 54, LinnBenton 47, Blue Mountain 41, Chemeketa
38, Southwest Oregon 32,Concordia 20 and
Judson Baptist 17.

AL TARPENNING, veteran Lane track
coach, was elected secretary-treasurer of
the National Junior College Track and
Field Coaches Association during National
championship meet last week.

CLACKAMAS HAS won the Oregon
Community College Athletic Association
All-Sports Trophy, based on final standings in men's sports only, for the current
KEVIN McCARTHY.Lane's sole basketacademic year. Lane was third in the
ball all-star this year, has decided to
tabulation.
Clackamas, in earning the award for the try-out as a walk-on at Oregon State next
third year in a row, claimed only one team year, according to Lane coach Dale Bates.
title, in wrestling. However, they picked The 6-2 sophomore will not receive
Mike Haberly, a
up seconds in cross country and track, scholarship aid.
thirds in golf and tennis, a fourth in sophomore reserve this past season, will
baseball and took sixth in basketball. They try-out for the Oregon College of Education
tallied 77 points in the competition. Cen- squad.
tral Oregon followed with 73.
OBERT SON'.
Lane, with championships in cross
DRUGS.
country and track, totalled 65. They lost 17
points on Clackamas in the race by not
prescription, ,
competing in tennis and golf. Had Lane's .' Your
our main concern ..:.
10-4 tennis team competed in the OCCAA
and finished highly, they may have picked
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Cotton swabs may impair hearing
BY THE STAFF OF STUDENT
HEALTH SERVICES
What is the most dangerous
cause of hearing loss? The COTTON
TIPPED SWAB! This dangerous
instrument can be found in most
bathroom medicine chests. The most
common injury this self-administered
probe causes is puncture of the
eardrum and/ or fracture or dislocation
of the little bones in the middle ear
(the ossicles or stapes). Surgery
within 24 hours after the injury may be
necessary to prevent serious loss of
hearing. The danger signals are loss
of hearing and dizziness. Other ear
proves that commonly cause damage
are rat-tailed combs, bobby pins,
paper clips, plastic forks, sticks, and

paint brush bristles or handles. The
motto of the well-intentioned self-ear
probers should be "Don't put anything in your ear that is smaller than
your elbow!''
Another cause of hearing loss is
Noise Pollution. Work or learning
activities can bring us into an
environment with greater noise levels
than the ear can tolerate ... air frame
technology, the body and tender shop
even the dishwashing area of a food
service can present problems. Constant or repeated exposure can do
permanent damage to the nerves
connected to your ears. When good
teachers say to wear ear plugs or ear
muffs, the reason is sound ... to save
you from hearing loss.
Studies have shown a loss in

hearing can be demonstrated in
persons who expose themselves frequently to high-intensity rock music,
stereo, etc. So pleasure-seeking can
also contribute to hearing losses if
done unwisely. You can still enjoy the
music. even if you do turn it down a
bit.
"Swimmer" or "Summer" ears can
give all sorts of problems. Frequently
ther are caused by swimming in pools.
or lots of underwater swimming. An
infection of the ear can result. This
can be treated medically. Prevention
is based upon less exposure of the ears
to the ~ater. Ear plugs can be worn if
you have to be in the water alot. But
do get prompt attention from a
doctor--it can be painful and persistent
if not treated properly.

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Only 75 persons responded to the
initial survey, and plans are under way
through the Women's Awareness
Center to distribute another questionnaire whi~h will be more representative of the student body. Instructors
are being asked to circulate the
questionnaires through the LCC classes.
Questionnaires which would be at
least a partial answer to the child care
needs of student/parents were distributed during spring term registration through Instituational Research
and Planning. About 4,000 responses
were received. However, Bob Blucher
said it will take between one or two
months yet to tabulate the results.
The task force prioritized two areas
as important for development: an
infant-toddler program and the expansion of the existing preschool day
care program.
Judy Dresser, chairperson of both
the Task Force and the Home
Economics department, said the final
report of the Task Force will probably:
contain a recommendation that the
report be referred to the Home
Economics department for consideration and possible implementation.
Several attempts have already been

made to provide care for children
during evening classes. The Task
Force indicated this attempt has
always failed, "probabiy because of
lack of sufficient student interest and
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need or lack of adequate publicity. "
But neither has a baby-sitting
exchange program, to operate from
the Women's Center, been successful.
Colleen Bradshaw was ·one of the
LCC students who traveled to Salem
last week to support House Bill 2459
which would appropriate $3,650,000
from the General Fund to Children's
Services Division for payments to
student/parents attending insitutions
of post secondary education.
Colleen testified before the Joint
Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee Number Four, and said the
testimony from around the state was
overwhelmingly in support of the bill.
She feels that the problem is better
understood as a result of the hearing.
"Representative Katz is now more in
tune to the fact that child care stops
people from going to school and
learning to care for themselves,'' she
said.
"But," according to Colleen, "the
general consensus is that this bill
won't pass this time." It is extremely
difficult to get a bill with that kind of

price tag through the Legislature the
first year.
In the meantime, who knows how
many kids are out there and if their
needs are being met? No one. So,
look around. Who's raising your
neighbor's kids: Are the parents? A
growing • number of parents are
unwilling or unable to accept full
responsibility for the care of the
children to whom they gave birth. Is
Society'! Some tax-payers don't see
that as their responsibility. Maybe no
one is raising your neighbor's kids.
Proposed state legislation for expansion of day care for children and
student/parents at community colleege and state institutions of higher
education is not apt to pass this year.
The LCC President's Task Force· on
Alternate Campus Care is bogged
down waiting for a needs assessment
report. There is no assurance that
costly expansion of campus day care
facilities can or will be funded.
Community development funds
have been allocated to develop
latchkey programs in three Eugene
area schools. But none where Katie
lives. And Katie continues to lock
herself inside a quiet, lonely house
and wait for her mother to return.

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Bicycle safety
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LCC decathlete
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Voting for the Associated Student officers at LCC will continue until 8 p.m.
Photo by Steve Thompson
today. Three presidential tickets are contending.

Seven years, still
no student
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