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September

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Editors Dote: Riley can do anything. Just ask him. If you
need an answer to anyqu.estion. truth or lie, j11st call Rifey. This
week it' s the FF-M phenomena. The kind of hype he loves to
perpetrate. If you have serious question, ask him that too. Call

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by Michael Riley-

I was joong when I said it. I mean, who would think that the editor would take me
seriously when I mentioned interviewing Farrah Fa1ACett-rv1ajors? ·Let me announce to the·
world now that I was not serious! Only crazed ~irculation-conscious magazines do that
hype. (Every magaiine in the newsstands does it.) But this adventure into jazz
journalism and gossip rrongering can prove a point: Reporters can enter any world (if
they have a teleplnle charge card) and get details and insights.
After recovering from the seri0us stares and the indications given to me by the editor .
that this assignment was "borderline big-time," it became obvious to me I had to plan my
assault. - Farrah lives in Los Angeles with Lee "Six Million Dollar rv1an" rv1ajors.
But the Los Angeles phone-book lists 14 :rv1ajors and nine Fa\.VCetts-but none of them is the
right couple. Tile information operator laughed when I asked for the number. And there
is no doubt in my mind that I am classed as ''weird'' by the operators at the American
Broadcasting Oxnpany Studio.
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Still, ABC was helpful in telling me that Farrah still hadn't reported for work and they
directed me to call roth C-entury Fox Studios where "Charlie's Angels" is filmed. But
The Fox studio operators informed me that Farrah is no longer with the series, that I could
forward a lefter to her through them. Letters take time, something I did not have.
I had~ across a '~dead end.'' Dejected and depressed, with the knowledge I had
failed in my assignment, I broi.vsed through the LCC Bookstore in the hopes of cheering
myself up. I ran across "Farrah, an Unauthorized Biography," by Patricia Burstein.
Burstein writes for "People" magazine, a glossy, well-prcxiuced form of gossip in print
media that caters to this very form of pursuit.. :and sells millions of copies. I bought the
book, ecstatic with the names and places and other trivia it provides.
For instance, Burstein explains that Farrah was born in Corpus Christi, Texas at exactly
3:10 p.m. on February 2, 1947. The 30 year old starlet really does use Wella Balsam
conditioner along with other hair prcxiucts and on weekends she can be found running on
the beach or being outdoors with husband Lee. To write the book Burstein had talked
with people closely associated with Farrah including Rosalie Blackstone, fashion
coordinator for Country Club Fashions in Sherman Oaks, California.
And Blackstone was roore than helpful to me when it came to finding out what kind of
clothes Farrah has purchased this vear. \Nhen I called her she explained that Farrah
wears " everything casual." One of the more noticeable purchases is an outfit designed
by Sonia Rykiel, a French designer.
Those MX> want to be "in the knov., with the stars" will be happy to hear about the
outfit: It consists of a coat, pants and s\.Veater, which, according to Blackstone, Farrah
wears with pride: She always leans to "earth colors."
Talking to Blackstone was satisfying, but I needed more. I needed information like
ABC needed Farrah, but both the television corporation and the TORCH were losing our'·
respective goals.
I tried phoning Burstein. Since she had written the book on Farrah she must know
something about getting in touch with her. It takes time for me to pick up on the obvious.
Burstein wasn't in her office the first time I called. After the fifth time I felt I was
calling an old friend, even to the point of asking her to return my call.
It paid off. Burstein called back and while I jotted dOVJn her address and the number of .
Farrah's Public Relations Man, Jay Bernstein, she explained how doing a story like this
was not easy. I agreed with her, addding that the TORCH was not People rv1agazi~
either and I was overwhelmed with talking to people who work with the ''stars,'' but then,
reporters can, after all, breakthrough barriers, .can't they?
A wish of luck and a promise to send her a copy of the story closeq my conversation with
Pat. Since I started this assignment my calls ranged from Los Angeles to New York,
speaking to assorted q:,erators and secretaries. On occasion I talked to people who made
me feel like I was not making a fool of ·m yself. It was quite routine.
But the nx>ment of truth was approaching: I would call Jay Bernstein's office and ask
for a personal telephone interview with Farrah. Some fellow reporters stood behind me as
I dialed the q:,erator to make the call. I suddenly wished my fvk>tner was here to make
things better if this didn't work.
Since the TORCH is trying to hop on the Farrah Fa1ACett-rv1ajors bandwagon with some
form of style, I'd like to give some important information on this well-~ personality.
Her middle name is Leni, she was first put off by Lee's brashness when they first met (he
later apologized) but now the Fawcett-:rv1ajors marriage is healthy and alive, according to
close friends of the couple. In fact, while she vx,rked on ''Charlie's A°Ylgels'' Farrah had a
seven p.m. cut-off clause in her contract so she could spend even~ngs with Lee. All this
information is available in Burstein's book, "Farrah." The book is on same in the
oookstore ..
The phone rang twice before a woman answer~d with "Jay Bernstein, Public
Relations.''
With a lurrp in my throat I asked for Bernstein and was transferred to his office. He
wasn't in so I was placed in the limbo of the hold button. I had a feeling they were all
wndering what a TORCH was. Then a voice on the other end of the line yanked me out of
my pit of despair, I was talking to Stuart Ehrlich, a co-worker of Bernstein's.
Ehrlich informed me it was ''impossible right now'' to get an interview with Farrah.
She's not giving interviews. And, Ehrlich pointed out, F~ah is going through some .
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Student offi~ers may quit
over ASLCC funding dispute

by Paul Yarnold
,
pointed particularJy to proposed funding on
Because the college Administration has an individual basis as being ' 'absurd,''
refused this summer to approve any particularly since any money given to the
budget except what student Vice President ASLCC must already be routed through the
John Miller calls a "token budget," a Student Activities office.
majority of the ASLCC elected officers may
ASLCC President Tom Ruckman was on
resign, Mlller says.
vacation this week, and could not be
Among the Issues under contention are reached for comment' prior to press time.
salaries for the- student officers and a
Under Dean Carter's plan Sl, 750 baa
full-time ASLCC [Associated Students of been given to the ASLCC, under the
LCC] secretary, and the approval process supervision of Jay Jones, compared with
for the ASLCC's own student service and about S15,000 •ast year, to cover travel
student club programs. At one time In the expenses and office maintenance; while
student government's history It doled out future program funding must have Board
over $120,000 worth of student fee money of Education and Administration approval
to different student groups and services-· and must be ratified by a full student body
Including the TORCH, athletlca, and the ~lection [to be sponsored by the ASLCC
health service, which also received funding with Administrative funding].
from the college general fund. Over the
The proposed budget originally submitlast three years, however, that power has ted to the Board by the student officers
been stripped from the ASLCC, and now Ruckman and Miller Included a breakdown
the student officers are saylna that even of expenditures In excess of. S40,000,
their own budget will be Administration Including prop·o sed salaries for ASLCC
controlled.
officers and for a full-time _secretary;
But Dean of Student~Dack Carter and funding for the Legal Aid Service, the
Student Activities Director Jay Jones both Student Resource Center, promotion, and
defend their previous proposals to the office maintenance; and full control over
Board of Education (approved 6-0 in July, the ASLCC's budgeted monies. The
1977), which would maintain the ASLCC, proposal was resubmitted at a later date
but deny the elected student officials any without mention of salaries for the officers,
independent control over future funding. but both proposals to the Board by the
Miller described his reaction to the ASLCC were rejected.
Board's d(?cision as one of "shock," and
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LCC has a downtow n center
now it needs a name
Lane Community College invites suggestions from the public as to what It should
name Its new downtown Eugen~ center.
President Eldon Schafer asks that suggested titles be &ent to him at the college.
He will share them with the LCC Board of Education at Its September 14 meeting.

The Idea for a formal name came from Board Chairwoman Catherine Lauris. The
Board approved purchase of the former Montgomery Ward building at 1059
Willamette St. from its present owner, Oregon Research Institute.
A similar suggestion procedure was followed in 1964 when the college name was .
chosen.

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ents & colleagues can't say enough about Outstanding Teacher
Juba the love and respect of students and
colleagues alike.
Diction, tension, imagery, and point
of view.
to them quite new •
are carefully responded to.

by Al Smart
At night, I read the poems my
students write,
and some are beautiful
and aome are beautiful.

On June 8, Sheila Juba, going on her
12th year at LCC was named Outstanding
Teacher of the Year. The award. was.
' presented by LCC President Eldon Schafer
to the candidate from the Language Arts
Department, chosen by the Board of
Education from among seven instructor's
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names submitted for the award.
Juba has taught English Composition,
Survey of English Literature, Survey of
American Literature, and Introduction to
Imaginative Writing. She is currently
working toward a doctorate at the U of O. .
Juba lists such accomplishments as
•co-authoring a book of ~try with LCC
colleagues Delta Sanderson and. Joyce
Salisbury, editing of and contributing to
the recent LCC Accreditation Report,
teaching various classes at the U of 0, and
at the present time , working on • a
composition textbook for McGraw-Hill.
Her outstanding accomplishments, coupled with an intense desire to teach has won

To be considered for Outstanding
Teacher, an instructor must be recommended by the department . ~hairperson,
but first must be recommended by
students ...
"It is my belief that in my years of
studying from high school to college I have

not had an English teacher with so much
teaching ability as Mrs. Juba.' ' says John •
Perdue, an LCC student.
' ' She involves herself deeply in helping
her students come to a high level of
understanding and enjoyment of all
aspects of the English she teaches. Her'
dedication and love for .her subject inspire
students to more interest and consequently
a more fullfilling education, ?' adds Alicia
L. Gano, another former student.
And instructors say much the same :
"Sheila's a tremendous teacher that I
learned from . When she starts explaining
something to a student I open my ears,
because I know I'm going to learn
something," says Delta Sanderson, a
Language Arts instructor.
' ' She is always-one of the most ~pected
teachers in ~e college because of her
special concern for the students," says
Karen Landsdowne another Language Arts
instructor.
They coin their phnaea, apencl dlelr
time ...

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Shella Juba

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Writing comments
[that a few wlD read].
I point oat ways they ml&llt ACCeed
a poets In this an-poetic werW •• •
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Quality, accessible education goal of new Lang. Arts Head
by Sally ~ljar
•"This is kind of my dream job . . . I'm
getting to do all the things I love to do."
Jack Powell leans back in his chair. He's
a happy man. He succeeds John Howard
who retired as bead of the Language Arts
Department on July 1. But he also

recognizes the problems· of teaching
language in a visual society where
standards for clarity and exactness have
declined.
"I can combine administrating, which
I've grown to enjoy, with teaching and
counseling students.'' Powell says. He's
learned the administrative ropes as an LCC

-Memorand a-Employee sends thanks

A reader's correction

To the Editor:
I'd like to express my most sincere
gratitude for the fantastic response from
everyone in donating blood for me during
my latest bout with leukemia. As I require
a large number of transfusions, we could
never have been able to manage the hu~
expense ourselves.
Words cann~t say enough to tell you ·bow
nice it is to find so many good, unselfish
people that gave so much of themselves,·
especially since some of you don•t even
know me personally.
With love and much thanks!
Kim (Kotnmann) Wilson

I TORCH

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Editor: Salty Oljar

Associate Editor: Paul Yarnold

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Advertising Manager: Mite Arnold
Features: Michael Riley

Cultural: Jan Brown
Sports: John Healy
Photography: Steve _Thompson
Copysetting: Nikki Brazy

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The TORCH • pabliabed oa Thunday'a. September

News storiaaecw.pwed, CODc:ise reports, lldeaded to
be u ot,JectM a poalble. Some _ , appear wttb bJ·liaea
tD indicate die reporter rapomible.
News featana. ~ a l a broader ac:,ope, may CODtaia
ICIIDe Jadaemem - die part ol the W'riler. TbeJ will be
ldeatffled widl • - ~.. .,,••;
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TOKII ,...._ They aut be Uralled to 7SO wwdl.
Eclttor" are lateacled u short
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To the Editor:

Financial Aid officer for the last nine years,
which he describes as stimulating because
.. as a decision maker, you can really help
students.''
He's aware as well of the flip side of the
administrative .coin -- losing touch with the
students he's trying to help -- he's wary of
•'losing a perspective of what students
need," and adds, "hopefully, I won't lose
my perspective. Ideally, administration
ought to be something that is combined
with student contact."
H~ says his fu'st obligation is to "provide
quality, accessible education.''
But as community colleges grow, sheer
numbers can make a person forget. That's

As it happens, my husband and I were at
Siltcoos this past week caring for our cabin
and property holdings there. Taa Menser
visited us while there and shared some
news articles with us.
Among them wu.-n article in the LCC
TORCH entitled "What's Siltcoos Store's
Fate?" ,This was in Volume 14, No.. 28,.
May 19, 1977. This article quoted
Gertrude Christensen u donor of the store
in the second paraaraph. The article wu
written by a Mkhael Riley.
As it actually happens, nty husband and
I are the donors of the property in question.
My husband, James Ouistensen, was
owner and manager of the business since
1952, succeeding his father, the late James
Ouistensen Sr., ·who began the store in
1919. For over half a century, 531/2 years~
to be exact, the business continued
uninterrupted .
In the summer of 1972, after several
interviews with college personnel, my
husband and · I decided to mate this
donation of property -- then known as
Christensen• s Resort -- to Lane Community
College. This donation was to become
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effective in 1972.:

I was the · co-owner of this property,
together with. my husband, soon after our
marriage in 1965. I do not know how Mr.
Riley was misinformed about the nature of
the donation, but do hope this letter helps ·
to clarify things.

He thinks the problem lies partly in the
•'culture shock'' that the transfer process
brings. LCC is known for the personal
attention it gives to the students, as Powell
says, "we're student oriented."

Is the Unlvenlty atadent or1-·

entedT

•'There's a different ~pproach in a
four-year school. The U~iversity is
different, regardless ot how well you're
prepared.'' Henopes t(j wort·moreclosely
with the U of O ''in an effort to get feeling
for what they do for students and what they
expect from students."
He does think that LCC er.pects as much
from its students as the University; but
that expectations vary with each instructor
and department.
Powell says that one of bis goals is to
give transfer· students the .. best possible
lower division education."

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Must We Tie-In to the U of ·o?
But not every student who comes to LCC
is a potential transfer student. Powell
doesn't believe that it's LCC's job to "tie
into.any other school." 1n his view the job
the Language Arts Departmell( bas to do is
prepare students for wherever they BO -·
not just for the U of O, or any other
four-year school.
The community college, and LCC is no
exception, prides itself· on , an ''open-door
policy.•• That means a lot of di'fetsity in
·the abilities of each itudent. Some
~dents enter th! coDeae better equipped
•Jack Powell
a problem at a university, and ''concern for with language skills tlJu others.
Powell maintains that the instructor has
individual students" should be said like a
to start where the student is in c a ~.
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prayer.
He believes that "success in college He po~ts. out that the il~ LCC "riting
depends on· the ability to read quietly, 120 senes is design~ to help students with
comprehend and retain it, and communi- the most basic ~ 8 ~ s •• students
who are so limited that they " barely slip"
-cate well on paper."

Is LCC toqh enough?
Last year the college surveyed a number
of former LCC students who bad transfered
to the. U of 0. It was an effort to pin~t

some of the problems in the transfer
process.
One of the major criticisms from these
Both my husband and I are·appreciative students was that LCC hadn't prepared
of the work the news media is doing to them for th~ •'toughness'' or the ''competiencourage improved maintenance and tiveness" of classes at the U of O.
restoration. We wish you all sorts of good · Powell accepts the criticism u a valid
one, but with some reservations. For one
luck with this project.
thing, he asks, were students who spent
I would appreciate it very much if you their first two years at the University better
would print a correction of this in one of prepared at the junior level than those who
spent their first two years at LCC? He also
your early fall issues. •
wonders how U of O freshman and
Sincerely,
~ph~ntore ~guage Arts courses comLorraine Christensen
pare to toose sequences that ·an, taught at
(Mrs. James Christensen) _LCC.
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To measure the student•s stm. entering
freshmen at LCC are beina give• the
opportunity to tate placement tests. This
year is the first time sach a service has
, been offered. _In addition~ he hopes to get
federal funding for a full-time Supervised
Field Experience Co-ordinator to strengthen the Tutoring Center, and develop an
outside tutoring program and Independent
Study courses.

Why Are SAT Scorn Se Low!
}:le speculates that in the future, if one
loots at the decreasma national avera,e of
Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, that It will
take a student three years instead of two'to
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get to a Junior level in ~
. - -, Why?
He thinks the prob~ ia .in,. tbe approach
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Every year the departments on campus
look at their course offerings and decide
whether to add, subtract, or •just leave
everything be.
Some departments advertise new classes
around campus, and some rely on the
course schedules published each term.
And, of course, there's always word of
mouth.
Listed below are the departments that
are offering new clas~s. If a department
isn't listed. no new classes were reported.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Geography of the American West

Consumer Edu~

Puuuama of Lane County is a course

Infant• and Toddlers is designed to
examine the growth and development of
infants to age two and a half in a family
setting. Not only is infant competence
examined, but ·also parental response
which ultimately determines the environ_ment in which development takes place.
Passages is a course aimed at ~iewing
the major issues of adulthood in order to
enhance aliveness and authority over
ourselves.
Sewing as a Business is designed to
prepare students to operate a small sewing
business or to provide sewing _services to a
retail operation. The course will include
information on the opportunities in sewing,
line and design in relation to the customer,
color, fitting, alterations of patterns and
re_ady made garments, understandi ng
various fabrics, speed sewing techniques
'!lid business procedures as they apply to
small business.

Student H·ealth relocates service

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by Linda Mooney

This year the LCC Student Health
-Service will be opening its doors in a
new location: The first floor of ,the
Center Building behind the snack
bar area.
The $100,000 facility, once a
warehouse, is specifically designed
for SHS, and will provide "better
accessibility for both students and
ambulances ... " according to Paul
Colvin , Industrial Research and
Planning director.
The improved facilities, says Laura Oswalt , SHS director, will include
four examining rooms, a treatment
room, two cot rooms , a laboratory,
several storage and utility rooms· as
well as a waiting area and a
secretarial-reception area.
The new location, Oswalt stated,
will be a great improvement over the
former site (the Health and P.E.
Building) which " doesn't even have
running water in one of the exam
rooms.
"With the new facilities, the SHS
can do more preventative medicine .
and help teach students about their
own bodies." It would also be
possible to practice therapy for
obesity, depression and stress, she
said.
SHS will not be open, except for
emergencies, during the first week
of classes , according to Oswalt. The
tentative opening date is set for Oct.

designed to familiarize residents of all
aspects of the county, inc~uding geography,.economics, fine arts, flora and fauna .
BUSINESS
Basic Office Lumber Products I is an
MASS COMMUNICATION
introduction to the lumber industry, its
Advertising
taught by Ted Schulte,
pr<>4ucts, aild terminology.
former creative director at J. Walter
Calculatlng Machlnes includes intensive
Thompson -- this country's largest advertipractice on basic operation of electronic
display and electronic printing calculators. sing agency -- this retail advertising class
will cover writing and preparing ad copy
Balldlng Skill at, the Typewriter is a
for local newspapers, radio, and television.
workshop directed toward improving typIt is designed for people wanting basic
ing speed and accuracy.
The Legal Se_cretuy at Work, Instruction guidance on advertising that sells -- for the
real estate agent, banker, small business
and Practice is a workshop designed to
provide familiarization with the American owner, department store advertising r:nanager, and the beginning student.
legal systein. Includes' understandin g of
ART and APPLIED DESIGN
law office procedures and preparation of
Independen t Study classes will be
pleadings·for civil action.
specializing in airbrush painting.
Real Estate Eacrow I is a workshop that
Kathleen Shanahan, from the Vniversity
will survey the methods for closing a real of Arizona,
will be the department 's
3.
or personal p~perty transaction.
visiting instructor: She will teach classes
The location that SHS now occuReal Estate Eaerow D is a continuation of
in
painting,
design,
pies
drawing,
will be -converted for Nursing
and
will
the first course·described above. Emphasupervise independent study.
Program use, accor~ing
to Colvin.
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•sis on closing various types of loans.
HEALTH AND P.E.
Health In the Middle Yean
&erdN Ulcl Welpt 1-- is a weight
reduction program for individuals who are
20 per cent or more overweight. The continued from page 1
emphasis is on diet , exercise, and
serious legal hassles over her lack of participation with "Charlie's Angels." He ·
e~ucative counseling.
recommende d that I try early next year ,1f t~, -; he returned from New York .
Exer-Flex for FltneH is a beginning
I had failed all those who are truly curious by not asking why she was going to the ''Big
class. It includes group,exercises to music
Apple"
in the first place.
to develop .flexibility, agility, grace of
movement and cardiovascular efficiency.
As I concluded my conversation with Ehrlich a wave of relief came over me. After all,
It is designed for a11 •ages and there is no since I had some doubts about getting
through to Farrah my questions were really
testing of individual fitness . •
ordinary. If I had succeeded I was going to ask her about her life with Lee and if she felt
Yoea is for men and women of all ages the parts she can play after quitting
a series like ''Angels'' are worthwhile.
who wish to attain vibrant health and
Maybe I'll try again in January; if I'm allowed near the pho·nes again.
harmony of body and mind by using the
natural and practical techniques of yoga
exercises, postures, and breathing.
Proaresalve Welaht Training is a
beginning class designed to improve body
form, function and muscle tone through the
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use of individual exercises, universal gym,
barbells .and dumbell weights. Limited • The plan finally endorsed by
the Board Board-approved budget plans. They are
jogging and interval running are included provides only scholarships for officers
-- no firmly committed to voluntary student for catdiovasculat respiratory endurance salaries -- and maintains the
secretarial funding for student government via an
and lung ventilation.
position on a part-time basis. The Board's election process, and agree that '' an
PERFODIIN G AJlTS
plan includes no funding or tuition adequate measure of administrative superC.areen In Maalc is a two day workshop allowances for the Student Resource vision should be maintained,'' according to
on October 14 and 1S. It will be conducted
Jones.
by Barbara Myrick. One hour of credit -will Center or its student director, and routes
be available- for studet;its, teachers and • all administrative funds for the ASLCC
through the Student Activities Office.
Miller, in representing the ASLCC, was
counselors.
Cau Galtar will be class instruction According to that office's director, Jay vaguely hopeful that "student support
Jones, any funds generated independently could be generated" to keep the funding
instead of individual lessons.
would be kept independent, and would not issue alive; and that "community feedback ~
AmerlcuFo lboap
be
supervised by the Adiµinistrat ion. might influence the .Board's attitude.''
Jlealnnlna Pantomime
To this end, Miller says that the sale of Miller also promised a statement later in
More information is available from the
ID cards, "without a program to ·back it the week from either Ruckman or himself
Performing Arts Dept.
up," is under consideration by the ASLCC. defining more clearly what their next move
HOME ECONOMICS
Interior Decoradna is designed to help though "it will probably only generate two will be. At present, a local "media blitz"
individuals solve personal decorating prob- or three thousand (dollars)." He dubs last is being considered -- along with throwing
lems in a practical, functional, and year's attempt to promote card sales as "a in the towel for good.
esthetically pleasing manner. The course failure" because revenues generated by
will be an active one, with students their sale were unable to cover the costs of ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - working on projects and exercises that will the services offered.
allow identifying decorating problems and
According to Jones, the Board wu·1
then solving them. The course·deals with continue to fund "c1tltural events
• films,
interior design as a career choice, color
and speakers" through the ·
furniture, and using space.
ASLCC by way of 90 per cent of LCC's
Leadenhlp is designed for vendlna machine profits. The money ls
preschool teachers who·are working in the now under the supervision of the Student
field to help them increase their awareness Activities Office: name,ly, Jay Jones.
311d effectiveness in the varied aspects of
Mlller's respome to this fund and Its
the job.
supervision was anything but enthuslutlc.
Adoleacent-Parent Relatlonshlp• is an ''Movies and concerts are not exactly the
examination of the functioning and dyspolitical Issues at the moment."
functioning of tl\e family system to develop
Administration officials (including CarlOa.m~ - .Ia~m.
a frame of reference for recognizing ter and Jones) hope that the ASLCC
healthy parent-adolescent interaction and leadership will eventually accept their ~-recorded message updated daily
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to communication. ' "We've become so systems, like LCC's ACCESS.
greatly concerned to make education at the of instru.ction classes are taught in
elementary and secondary level acceptable "modules," usually a half hour in length,
to students that we have been willing to and broadcasted over closed-circuit TV.
market a product we felt the students
Education through television is a faster
would buy," he says.
Powell's own Catholic school education way to communicate information, but it ,
required Latin studies -- a far cry from poses a -problem. Powell •says, because
''the traditional college setting is geared
tQday's require~ents.
Over the years he has found a shift in toward reading and writing.''
Powell received his BA and MA degrees
interest from courses like world literature
and Shakespeare to more specialized -in English from the University of Portland.
classes such as Fantasy and Science While in college he worked part-time as a
Fiction. At the college level, he doesn't swimming 'coach. One of his swimmers
find that shift of interest threatening. "We was 1964 Olympic gold medalist Don
are offering what students want to take,'' ·scholander. Scholander'\.family informed
him of a position for a swimming coach and
he says.
But at -the secondary level, where English instructor at Lake Oswego High
courses are found with "fun" names, he School. He also taught dram:l . a class that
·feels that it's an effort to make reading became increasingly populu r under his
more "palatable." He fears that this type direction, so ,that when he kft in 1968 he
of "marketing" dilutes basic reading and was chairman of the Art. Music , and
Drama department at the school.
writing stills.
He also attributes part of the decline in .
stills at the college level to television,
His first year at newly constructed LCC
radio, and even the telephone. "We don't was spent teaching world literature and
read or write lite we used to. You make a composition. He was then asl-:cd to counsel
phone call instead of writing a letter. You in the Financial Aid depart mt.·n t.
can-watch TV instead of reading." At the Counseling eventually evolved into putting
•same time. it depends on the kind of Financial Aid programs together.
environment in which a child grows -- if the
parent reads, the child will most likely do
"I've never really divorced myself from
so.
the (Lang. Arts) department,'' he says.
While in Financial Aids he also taught
The impact of visual communication in creative writing in Adult Education for the
the home environment is also mating itself last eight years, in addition to an evening
felt in the schools, with television course composition class.

Job Line, a new 24-hour recording of
current information about employment
opportunities at LCC, is now available for
use by calling 726-6950.
Individuals interested in applying for
jobs at LCC may receive up-to-date
information about positions which are open
by calling the recording . Recorded
information will include the job title, the
salary range, and the application closing
date of all jobs open on campus.
The recording will be divided into those
positions open to all applicants, those
positions open to qualified CETA applicaitts (CETA requires an applicant to be a
resident of Lane County and to have been
uneniployed for 30 days), and those
. positions open to current LCC em~loyees.
The date the taped information was
updated will also be available. Jobs on
campus are posted f~r 10 working days
before the application closing date.
Sue Nieminen, Personnel Systems manager, .said the recorded telephone informa:.
tion was instituted to provide easier
access to information about job opportunities at LCC.
Applications and further information
about jobs open at LCC are available from
the Personnel Services office located on the
•first floor of the Administration Building.

And administrators . . -. •
' 'She is a most highly gifted teacher who
has a large and enthusiastic student
following . She has the love and respect of
her' peers as well. They all recognize her
stature and wish they could match her
performance," says John E. Howard ,
Juba' s department chairperson before his
retirement last year.
"Rarely has an award been•as well
deserved as this one. • Sheila epitomizes
what a good teacher should be,' ' says
Gerald Rasmussen, Dean ·of Instructional
Operations.

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and my brain sing• lta on apent
song,
my time Is spent . . . aad l4
And I am happy Just to Dael a poem
that says nothing.
SbeDa Juba

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So who is this teacher praised so highly
by all? The best way to find out may be to
enroll in one of her classes . .. if there's
room.

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Registration won't take all day

by Paul Yamold
LCC studerits should enjoy •a faster
registration process this fall, according to
Bob Marshall in the Admissions Office,
who received praise for his preparatory
~fforts from Dean of Students Jack Carter.

a complete schedule, updated on a
computer print-out. Marshall feels this
will eliminate much of the confusion and
guess work caused by the incomplete,
handwritten schedule receipts given out in
the past.
Estimates vary on how much time the
on-line registration will save the individual
student, but Admissions has set a goal of a
SO per cent reduction in time spent waiting
in line after line. According to Marshall,
· the number of lines to wait in will also be
significantly reduced.

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"student packets," according to Marshall,
which will immediately reduce preparation
time by about 200 hours . .
In looking ahead, Marshall says that
"on-line registration is only the first step"
toward an integrated admissions, registration, accounts receivable, and a financial
aid chefk dispersal system.
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inches. But even inches add
up. A few lives here. A few
lives there. And what the
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life is more than we tan ever

This re·duction in waiting is directly
traceable to a more extensive reliance on
In a memorandum to President Schafer,
computer systems, according to Marshall;
Carter also extended thanks to Jim Keizer
for example, fee assessment will no longer
and Chuck Lamb and the rest of the Data
be added and checked by hand~but merely
Processing Department for their_efforts in
fed into the computer, which produces the
making a new on-line registration system a
amount in a matter of seconds.
Needless to say, the work load on the reality for 1977.
On-line registration also produces other ·
fringe benefits. Students registering shoulders of the Admissions staff is al~o
Dates scheduled for registration by the
initially , as well as those adding or great!y red'!ced ~! the ?ew system. 'f!lts Admissions Office include Sept. 12-15 for
dropping a class, will immediately receive year s registration will do away with . returning students. and Sept. 16 and Sept.
19-22 for new students. · Full class
schedules are available in the Admissions ·
Office, located on the main floor of the
Center Building.

VA advances checks

The Veterans Administration cautions GI advanced S250 toward a maiimum S625

Bill students that advance payment of that can be earned in work-study projects

educational allowances, which can amount
to as much as two month's benefits at .t he
•start of a school term, are just that -- an
advance .on future allowances.
If a student requests advance payment,
and the school agrees to process it, the
normal interval until the ,first recurring
monthly VA check is received will be 80-85
days.
For example , if a veteran accepts
advance payment upon registering Sept.
12 , it will represent allowances for
classroom attendance during September
and October. No additional benefits will be
paid until Dec. 1, covering class attendance
for November. Subsequent checks will
follow each additional month of enroll-.
ment.

, Anticipated financial requirements during the first three. months of the new schooli
term should be considered now, the VA
urges.

• Additional VA money help is available to
eligible GI Bill students. Education loans,
which provide up to Sl,500, per academic
year. may be granted to students needing
assistance beyond regular VA allowances.
In some cases, applications can be filed for
a VA loan before classes begin. School
financial aid officers can provide complete.
information.
• Participation in VA's wort-study p~
gram is another sc;,urce of financial
assistance . Eligible students can b~_

during a school semester.
~omplete information on all educational
assistance programs can be obtained from
VA campus representative, Barbara Harmon, or the local VA office.

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to 560 students a day were processed with
only one or two minor probl~ms, according
to Marshall. The Fall load will mean
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He.at rec ov ery .system saves en erg y··

Last spring , Governo r Bob Straub
presented LCCwith the Governor's Energy
Conservation .Award. The event was the
first time.the state presented the award for
sign~can t contributions to energy savings.
LCC was selected for the award for its 30
per cent saving of energy over the past •
three years as a result of its energy
management pl'Qgram. Over 4,000 kilowatts of energy ,was saved over the three
year period according to the Eugene Water
and Electric Board. EWEB nominated
LCC ·for the award.
Part of the energy saving system LC~
uses is revealed in the following story that
appeared in the April 14, 1977 issue of the
TORCH.
" The tanks couldn't come up Interstate S into Oregon, because they were too
tall for Oregon overpass es-16 feet high on
the transport trucks. So they came up
Highway 97 to Bend, •' explaine d Pauf
Colvin , LCC's director of institutio nal
research. He was·describing the problems
that confronted the college's construction
of a new energy s.aving system.
The .entire system, now completed and
working, is ex~ed to shave SI00,000 a
year from LCC's utility bill, Colvin said.
The two· 65 feet long tanks , now
imbedded in a hugh ·mound on the east side
of the campus, are one of the three major
elements in the recently complete d

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' $295,000 system designed by Marquess
Engineering of Springfield. The tanks
store heated water at night~at 160 degrees
centigrad e-and release the stored heat
when it is needed during the day. " With
.
the new system, we can let the buildings
cool .off at night. Before, it was too
expensive to heat them up again in the
morning, " Colvin said.
The LCC campus is heated and cooled by
an all electrical system. A new computer,
the second major element, ·i s now·
responsible for directing heat and refrigeration to all LCC buildings . Temperat ure
sensors located in many different places in
each building are connecte d to the
computer. Messages sent from the sensors
to the computer automatically adjust room
temperatu re .
Compute r monitori ng results in less
waste of both electrical and human energy,
Colvin said.
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puts that heat into the hot water. The heat consumption, like the homeown
er' s monthThe final part of the·new system is a heat recovery unit requires less electricity to ly bill , and peak demand, which is the
recovery unit that receives hot and cold heat water than the boiler does, and less to highest amount of electricity used by the.
water coming back from all parts of the cool it than the refrigeration plant. ' ' It school at any one time. " In order to have
campus. Because it has be.en doirig its wastes a lot less," said Colvin.
" It (the whole new system of storage energy available fo r the peak periods ,
)ob-heat ing and .cooling the building stanks,
computer, and heat recovery unit) EWEB has to carry that much electricity all•
the returning hot water is colder than it
the time, so we get billed for it," Colvin
should be, and the retumil}g cold water is seems to be working already ,'' Colvin said.
explained
.
"We
were
using
3,000
kilowatts
at our
warmer.
peak demand this time last year, and it's
The
new
energy syste.m will cut down
The new recovery unit does just that; it down by half, to 1,500."
both
on
consumpt
ion and peak demand at
recovers the excess heat from the cold
LCC's electrica l usage is billed by LCC, reducing the college's electric
billand
water, making it as cold as it sould be, and E-WEB in two different ways-to
tal conserving energy.

Students showed concern

LCC firings drew attentioll
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Last January·the LCC Board of Education held a special hea.ring to receive
suggestions and make decisions concerning the future direction of K.LCC-FM , the
college's station.

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made a month later, removing the radio
station from the supervision of the Mass
Communication Departme nt.
The next controversial firing came in
March.

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The- revi ew

The following pages, containing the
" bigger" news, feature , sports and
entertainm ent stories that appeared in
the TORCH during the 1976-77 school
year, were designed last spring in
News Editing (J-218).
Stories were chosen by a committee
of fi ve person s using a random
selection process . Each committe e
member designed a page using the
skills learned in the editing class, the
finished product is before you.

Jack Carter, LCC Dean of Students ,
didn't share the doctor ' s opinion of
Oswalt's skills. He pointed out that Oswalt
worked with students to establish the SHS
five years ago--LCC is the only ~ommunity
college in Oregon that offers primary
health care to its students (the others are
considerably more limited).
At the time, many members of the staff
expressed different views of the doctor's
leaving. The SHS nurses were unhappy,
saying that it was a "real blow" and that
this was the best working medical team
that they had ever been a part of.
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Hendrickson wrote a letter to the LCC
Board that gave her side of the situation,
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giving alleged exa~ples of the director's
Students receiving GI Bill benefits could
lack of support toward the SHS . owe the federal government money if they
Hendrickson ended the letter stating that drop courses or receive ''non-pun itive
she welcomed the change since she was not grades under certain circumsta nces" acfree of the Health Service hassles she cording to a recent Congressional amendexperienced while she was part of the ment to the veterans benefits bill.
center.
The amendme nt requires the Veterans
Hendrickson's replacement, Dr. Stan- Administration (VA) to retroactively cancel
ley M. Richmond started work at the center benefit payments for a course dropped
on April 18, 1977.
without a grade. It also cancels payments
Last spring brought rain and concern' to complete d courses that receive an
when 345 students in LCC's Work-Study assigned grade usually ignored by the
Program were abruptly laid off.
,
school for graduation requirements. These
The S500,000 program had run out of grades are considered non-punitive grafunds three weeks early, the first time such des.
a thing had happened in 11 years. Jack
However, the VA has stated that these
·Powell, LCC financial aid officer, explained regulations do not apply when the situation
that the .college must overcommit work• is caused by circumstances beyond the
_study money in order to allow for those student' s control. In such cases, the
students who drop out. If the school does student will be paid up to the date he or she
-not e~pend all its work study funds, it_ is withdrew from the class providing the
penalized by the federal governme nt with student can provide documentation conless mon~y the foll~wing year. ·
•cerning the circumst ances behind the
Accordmg to Powell~ the funds ran out . withdrawal or non-punitive grade assignbecause more people earned closer to what ment.
was awarded than ever before and people
Counselor Dave Roof feels that the new
didn't droJ::> out at the same rate as previous . amendm ent is• 'vague" concerni ng the
years. Of the 345 students, 120ofthem had filing process of the documen tation
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~ready earned ~eir money or had been "If the veteran receives what they (the
picked up financially by the departme nts VA) class a non-punitive grade (Y W
they worked f~r. The_ other 225 ~ere Incomplete'; NP, or U) ... under the•-~~·
of:"ered the option of taking out a National regulation, the VA will reduce his benefits
Direct Student Loan.
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from the first day of the.term."
But the lay-offs were short lived. In a
Roof adds that the filing process to
special meeting held less than a week afte1· reobtain full benefits may take over 30 days
the incident, the LC-C Board of Education and that veterans with ·question concerning
allotted $15,000 worth of financial aid to the new regulatio n should contact the
the wort-stud y students.
veterans office .

G/ 's ma y
get ,,.e

The hearing was a direct result of the·
termination of five· K.LCC employees on
October 29 of lasi year. The Mass
Commun ication Departm ent decided to
replace them with staff who 'have degrees
md can teach, in order to save money on
part-time instructors.
• The firings were protested by KLCC
supporter s at two previously held Board
meetings. When the college administra1 tion made it clear that the terminatio ns
were irrevocab le, the question of the
. station's future programming became the
major issue.
Over 200 listeners showed up at _the ·
special meetin~_where suggestio ns were
.b ~ and discussed. The _decision was

Sarah Hendrickson, the Student Health
Services physician at that time, was fired
by LCC. The reason, accordin g to
Hendrickson, was that Laura Oswalt, SHS
director, could no- "get along.,' with her.
The termination of contract was not due to
Hendrick son's dealings with patients. In
fact, Oswalt was quoted as saying, "She's
a very competen t lady medically .''
Hendrick son told the TORCH that
Oswalt . had done tremend ous things
"historic ally" for the SHS. But she
alleged that the director does not _communicate with the staff well and Hendrickson
questioned the director's budget priorities
•ng with her "problem identifying .and
~lving" techniques.

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LCC presents 'Lady not for .burning'
'The Go od Doctor' and 'Cabaret'

The LCC Perfor ming Arts Theatr e
opened its 1977 season with ''The Good
Doctor ," followed by "Caba ret" and "The
Lady's Not For Burnin g."
Based on short stories by Russia n
author. Anton Chekov, "The Good Doctor"
was a musical comedy. His eleven episodes
varied from a viginette involving a doctor 's
assista nt who throws a patient to the floor
while trying to pull a tooth (see above) to a
shorte r piece where a sailor charge s
admission to his own drowning.
Especially good in "Caba ret" was the
snazzy musical numbe r that was choreographe d and execut ed by the cast (see
below). The author was a journalist in
Berlin during the late 1920's and his stories
describe the people he met there.

Tu ls a Q ue en br in gs
_E ug en ec ou nt ry lic ks

' 'Cabaret•• reflects the old and new in
Germa ny . of 1929. The new is the
decade nce and artific ial air that were
symbols of the twentie s. emphasized_in the
show by the "Kit Kat Klub." The old can
be seen throug h landla dy Fraule in
Schnei der's eyes as·she grudingly attemp ts .
to adapt to the new ways.
.
Set in fifteenth century Europe, " The
Lady's not for Burni ng" was about a
bright, beautiful arid free spirited woman
(left) who is unjust ly senten ced to be
burned as a witch. She falls in love with a
cynica l ex-sai lor ·who insists on being
hanged for the crime. The lady persua des
him to live, to love and to liberate her-- a
process that was full of wit, whimsey,
wisdom and fun.

stage presen ce.
She was backed by a six piece band that
included a piano and steel pedal guitar and •feature d soine impressive trade-offs

betwe en Harris and her lead guitar ist,
Albert Lee (who picked up a mandolin on
one ballad).
The audien ce was fairly attenti ve
through me11ow clas-~ics such as ''Hello
Strang er" (a Carter family favorite from
.the 1930's), but showed the most enthusiasm for the inspired renditions of ''Quee n
of the Silver Do11ar" and "Teen age
Weddi ng,'' her finale.
Though the piano in both bands lost
necess ary ·volume at points, the overall
sound was balanced and digestible.
Both bands are heavily reliant on the
reproduction quality of their respective
harmonies. Their vocal mix Friday night
would have sound ed good- even on a
fourth-rate bootleg.

Students and facul

Emmylou Harris and Company brough t
down- home countr y licks to the Fairgrounds last year and easily won over the
sellout audience.
She had a little help, though . In additic;>n
to strong backing from her own band,
Emmylou followed The Amazing Rhythm
Aces, who had a few licks of their own to
share.
The Aces mixed rhythm and blues with a
refined style of "Texas Saloon ing" enjoying much more than warm-up band status
with the mixed bag of Eugeni ans on hand. Their style is sweet country rock with the
empha sis on claritv.
After a quick encore and set change . the
Tulsa Queen was· on stage struttin g and
strumming, cowboy hat and all.
Emmylou mixed old favorit es with_cuts
from her newest rele~e "Luxur y Liner"
and delighted the crowd with her Southwe.~em drawl combined with a relaxed

erfor11 ill Dance''77
LCC' s Dance Performance Class worked
in order to presen t the third
_a nnual· Dance '77 iast May.
The potpourri of dance, which enterta ined two se11out audiences, began with an
avant garde style of dance accompanied by
a chamb er ensemb le and a soloist soprano.
The dancer s, togethe r with the LCC Jazz
Band, under the directi 9n of Noyes
Bartholomew presen ted the Jazz segmen t.
The ending entitle d '' Slight ly Classi cal," was a combination of straigh t ballet
and a more modern approach. .
Nichol a Crafts-Foster, one of the instructors who also participated in the dance
told the TORCH, "We were trying to give
the perform ers as well as the audien ce a
variety of e·xpe~ences by exploring different avenues that were singularly excitin g."
''Ther e was also a conglo merate of
dance abilities of which people
not
usually aware. The choreo graphe rs did a
g09d job in matching the techniq ues to the
·_individuals' styles, " added Craft-Fo$ter.
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by Michael Riley
What sort of person would lay over a
baby Harp Seal shielding the animal from
the club of a Norwegian commercial seal
hunter? What kind of people would stand
before a. Russian whaling ship and be fired
upon with a 250 pound exploding harpoon?
The answer to these questions are the
members of Greenpea ce. An environment al group formed in 1971 to protest
above~ground nuclear testing in the United
States and •};:ranee, Greenpe ace now
concentr_a tes on the preventio n of whale
and seal h~ts by confronting the hunters
face to face . The organization boasts 28
chapters in eight different countries with
its h~adqua rters in Vancouv er, British
Columbia.
Cindy Baker, executiv e director of
Greenpea ce Oregon, states that "We are a
confrontation group, a fair_ly activist envi-,
ronmenta l group." She feels the public is
receptive to people who take an active,
non-violent stand against exploiting the
environm ent. B~er also admits that the
organiza tion uses the med~a to get its
message across as much as possible since
"We're a good· story ... if you see two
people get a harpoon shot over their heads
while protecting a pod of whales ... now
that's a story."
Japan and Russia account for 85 percent
· -- of all whales killed through commercial
whaling industries . Greenpea ce cites in
one of its handout~ that the Japan Whaling
Association has a New York based public
relations ~trm working for them to counter

the growing Americ an support fo r a
consumer boycott against whaling nations.
Part of the campaign involved a letter
justifying their killing the whales for the
meat necessary to feed a protein poor 'nation . It ·was published in a July 1974
issue of the New York Times.
The letter, written by Eli Gabel of the
Japan Whaling Information Center in New
York , claims that the whale meat is
necessary to feed the protein poor couptry
An editorial located on the same page as
the letter cites the percentag e of whale
meat consumed for protein as being less
than two percent of Japan' s total protein
intake. The Greenpea ce handout adds to
this saying that whale meat is a "negligib le
market commod ity" and "institut ional
feedings comprise the principle outlet for
whale meat , a situation where the
consumer has no choice in its selectiion .
- For the whale campaign this summer,
Greenpea ce is looking at the possibility of
buying a surplus sub-chase r located in
Hawaii. Previous experienc es with charIn the July 15, 1974 issue of the New
tering boats over the• past years has run
into such an expense that the organization York Times an editorial appeared stating
decided to start buying its equipme nt. that whale meat comprises only 2 per cent
Fund raising for the whale ,campaign does of the total protein intake of Japan .
not start until after the seal campaign .
With conflicting information supplied by
Baker did acknowledge that Greenpea ce the conservation groups
offices in San Frandsco and Hawaii are where on these pages, mentione d elsethe TORCH
trying to raise money to purchase the boat contacted the Japanese
Consul Generals
now.
Office in Portland in an attempt to find an
Persons interested in the environm ent or official figure concernin
g the amount of
the saving of endange red species are whale meat consumed
by the Japanese .
invited to_contact the Greenpea ce Oregon
Sadao Higuchi , consult for the Consul
office, located at 8ll NW 23rd Ave .,
Generals Office , stated that the office had
Portland.

Japanese Consul comments on whaling
whaling statistics for the calendar year of
1973. Higuchi says that "total output was
122,000 tons of whale meat provided for
the domestic market in Japan . " He
continued , "Whale meat accounted for 6
per cent of Japan's total animal meat
consumption excluding fish or about 2.5
per cent of all its animal protein, including
fish ."
Higuchi also said that Japan is catching
whales in accordance with international
agreeme nts and '' naturally the total
amount the Japanese are catching is
decre~sing.' '

CO RR EC TIV ES CL AS S: ON E BIG. FA MI LY

by Gary Vargas

state of Oregon.
But Henry gain~d more than physica\
strength from the' 'LCC class. There was
also a group identific ation that he
describe s as '' being part of one big
family ."
''We all worked together and were
excited by each other's progress . • When I
·went to the U of O I found that their
program didn ' t fit the students ' needs
nearly as well, so I continue d to take
Correctives at LCC and I would still do so if
I had more time. "
There are many disabled people , like

Henry is in a wheelchair. He can only
use his forearms · and hands. When he
began -the LCC Correctives class he could
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lift only !~, pounds with ~ach arm, eut by
the time he transferre d to the U of O he had
improve~ his lift to an amazing 80 pounds.
µi celebration of his new strength and
enduranc e he traded his electric wheel
chair for a manual one.
He is He.nry • Mugglew ortz , and is
him$elf now a rehabilition counselor for the

Henry, who benefit from the LCC
Correctives class . Students enrolled ·this
term include victims of cerebral-p alsay,
polio, and _a rthritis and people with
artificial limbs, congenital deformities, and
heart problems.
Instructo r Susan Cooley, ·who has a
Ph .D. in correctiv e therapy, sets -up a
program for each student to develop his or
her strength , neuromus cular skills, and
appreciation for p_hysical activities.
. Students also develop social compatibiltty through group interaction .

,~ Th eT OR CH we nt up ,u p an d away===

An uplifting experienc e in October, 1976
found TORCH, Feature Editor Michael
Riley al,oard a . hot air balloon. The
experience launched a series of stories on
transporta tion that delighted and entertained TORCH readers througho ut the
'76-'77 year.
The ballon, which was tethered to the
ground was on the LCC campus to promote
radio station KUGN and to attract students
to enroll in a ballooning class.
After watching the balloon bob up and
down it's 70 feet of rope, Riley succumbe d
to the te~ptatio n .and . Jsk~d if_he co!_lld_
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In November, Riley adorned ~i~sel~ in
In Decembe r, LCC' s version of George
In March, Riley defied the principles of
his turtlenec k sweater and 1m1tatlon Plimpton imperson ated by Michael Riley
gravity and left the earth, not as a
leather coat, trying to look like Andy provided the TORCH with another test
passenge r, but as an "Ace" flyer under
Granatell i, only to be told by the woman drive. This time it was a pinto. Not a ford
the loving guidance of his friend and flight
that accompa nied him that he looked pinto, but a pinto horse .
instructor, Ted Smith.
ridiculous. Riley was on his way to fulfill a
Again, Riley was properly adorned. This
Until this time , Riley's transportation
lifetime dream and his ego was deflated . time he had scrounged his basement
for experime nts were cQ.nducted at or at least
enr~ute by a lad_y. • . .
the proper denim accoutrem ents .
attached to ground level. He won 't say
RIiey.loaded his bruised ego and the fatly
The setting for this momento us event whether it was spring fever , or the Ides of
into his slightly mistreate d Pinto car and took place at Windgate Farms west
of March or what that got into him, but he
went to Centepnia l Porch-Audi where he . Junction City.
took to the skies. Fortunately, he decided·
.had a pre-arran ged rendez-vo us with the
Riley is not an equestria n and had not to use an airplane.
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sales manager who was in on Riley• s ridden for over five years when he gingerly
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scheme to drive THE car.
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~~ttled hjmself aboard "Chie('.
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\rac:c~nu:e ts:;~
The sales manager loaded Rtley down •
150 son:iew
er~ a ove a
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with technical manuals and handouts for
10
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CamaS,
Washmgtoµ ate.
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prospectiv e buyers and delivered his sales
Until
he
assumed
his
position
in
the
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pitch before he finally popped the question
pilot's seat, Riley's flying experience was,
to Riley: "Why don't you take the car out
as he said, "limited to big jets with his face
for a spin around the block?" Before the
} in a plastic bag ."
word block was out of the sales manager' s
Riley, being adept, caught on well to the
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mouth, Riley was ·in the driver's seat' with
manueverability of the magnificent flying
seat belt buckled realizing one of his
machine.
dreams.
Riley said," AJI told, I made a right turn,
Riley· said, ." The car I drove was a
a left turn, a slow ascent and a slow
Porsche 924, •the newest Porsche on the
descent. .. "
market. The cost of the car was a little over
Descend he did, right into the TORCH
$10,000
and
included
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AM-FM
stero
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~-'j;\1" office the following Monday to write his.
have a . ride. He used the fad that he cassette player.
story.
.worked for the TORCH as a guise,
Riley said , "I have to brag about
expecting refusal. Much to his delight
_Chief-m y love for horses goes as far as
Riley's request was fulfilled.
my resistance to sneezing around them, yet
The daring young Riley fearlessly
Chief earned that special spot in my heart
boarded the basket under the balloon. Of
when he refused to go down a hill _that I
his trip Riley said , "I' was genuinel y
wanted to--it was exceedingly slick and
excited about this journey. Sure the thing
Chief found a safer path to follow_. .. "
only rose a few. feet above the ground and
The day had it's ups and downs, to coin a
-there were people holding onto a rope so
phrase, and Riley's came when his trusty
the balloon wouldn't go anywhere. Still ,
steed decided to canter. Canter is a fancy
there was that feeling, the feeling of tryjng
term for gallop. Riley said ''The word
somethin s new for the ftrst time.''
seemed to bring new life to Chief; s
The balloon experienc e for Riley was
peaceful attitude." The canter also altered
only th~ begi_nning of new experienc es .. .
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Tracksters \Nin
sixth straight title

Chalk up another one for ,A.I Tarpenning.
Tarpenning, coach of the men's track
team, directed Lane to it's sixth straigh t
OCCAA track championship as the Titans
steamr olled past runner up Clacka mas,
21S-101, in Oregon City.
Titan track and field athletes won nine
individual titles and swept the top threee
places in both the short sprints (100 and
200 yard dashes).
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Tarpenning .was quick to point out that
Lane's great depth in the sprint s and
distance, plus a few quality performers in
the field events , were the real keys to his
team's success .
"We had a good core of sprinte rs all
capabl e of compe ting in two or three
events, and as usual we had an extremely
deep distance squad, " he said.
Listen to Tarpenning, though , and it's
not individual preformers. It's what he
calls "adequ ate depth" that made the 1977
edition of the track team so good.

Titans settle for third

Roundballers split playoffs I no berth

The men's basketball team was knocked
off in the first game of league playoff by .
Linn-Benton, by a score 96-85. the game
decide d a No. 2 repres entativ e in the
Region 18 tournament.
However, they were able to come back

and, rout Chemeketa 83-66 to nab third
place honors in the playoffs. No spoils
went with that victory, th.eugh, so for Titan
coach D~le Bates it was simply a fine way
to wrap a season.
The loss to Linn-Benton was no shocker

Grapple rs ·third
in OCCAA tourney

Wo me n nab \Nin
in net tourney

for the locals. It was their .fourth
confrontation with the talented Roadrunners this season and the Albany contingent
took a clean sweep with two league
victories, a two point preseason win, and
the playof f win. Th~1r pairin g was
determined by Linn-Benton's second place
finish in the standings, and, _Lane's fifth
place standing in the seeding, although
they finished tied with Chemeketa in fourth
place with 9-7 marks.
After the host took a 47-39 halftime lead,
Lane started hot in the second half and
closed within five. At that point, however,
Linn-Benton went on an 11 p<?int spree and
wrapped up the gam~. Roadrunners Lee
Brand ish and Don Stnith paced their
team's victory by combining for 49 points.
Steve Halverson was outstan ding for the
Titans. He connected on 12 for 17 shots
from the field and finished with 27 points.
Teamm ates Brian Conlon and Keith

;(SPORTS)

The Lane women 's tennis team upset the
defending championship Mt. Hood Saints
on their own court for the Northw est
Collegiate Wome n's Sports Association
Southern Area title in Gresham.
The Titans totalle d 60 points to
outdis tance Mt. Hood with 55, the
Clackamas Cougars with 30 and the Clark
Chicklettes with 10. Lane qualified all
• •seven squad members for the NCWSA
championshil) in Oregon City.
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Cheryl Shrum ; Jean Chand ler and
Georgia Shaw posted wins in championship
single s compe tition. Shaw teame d with
Theresa Marker for the Titan's lone title in
the championship doubles action, downing
the Saint's Gail Weaterbeel-Diane Baker
duo, 6-2 and 6-3 in the no. 3 seed. Lane;s
no. 1and no. 2 seeded pairs of Shrum with
Geri Mader and Carol .Smith with Gail
Rogers lost to contingents from Clackamas
and Mt. Hood respectively.

The Titan grapplers grabbe d third place
in the Clacka mas-d omina ted OCCAA
tournament here at LCC.
The Titans ended· up with 38 points and
six medal s. Denni s Randa zzo at 126
pounds and Mike Bram\ett at 134 pounds
took seconds, Dennis Mowry at 190 pounds,
Georg e Raybu rn at 167 pound s and
heavyw
eight John Dunn took thirds with
Mader and Miller were the only locals
entered in the consolation singles competi- Dennis Berry taking fourth place honors .
As was expected, Clacka11:1as completely
tion, both posting victories. No Titans
were competing in the consolation doubles dominated the tourney. Out of ten weight
classes, they had nine wrestlers in the
_action .
campionship round.

Coach pleased with spirit

Baltze r followed. with. 15 and 10 points
respectively.
Lane finished the season with a 14-15
record, only the second losing mark during
Bates' tenure here . . But, as Bates points
out, his. forces should be inuch better, as all
but two players will return.

Diamond crew
•finishes .tbird.

Although the Titans didn't come up withi
any ·champions, they preformed well -.s a
team. Out of nine wrestlers competing, six
placed in the finals.
Team scores were not close, but there
were some fierce individual battles.
Dennis Randozzo met Del Hanston~ one
of Clackamas' giants, in the first round.
Both wrestlers fought hard fot a take-down
in the first round but neither succeeded.
Randazzo started the second round on the
bottom, escaped' and took Banston down.
Hanston reversed and controlled Randozzo
until the third round.
The score was 3-2 going into the third
round. Hanston was do'Yfl, then escape d to
tie the score with 1:35 left in the round.
Randazzo took Hanston down to take the
lead with one minute left; again Hanston
escaped to come up within one point.
Banston fought hard in the last 30 seconds
to get a takedown , but Randozzo held him
off to win 5-4_._

Linn-Benton's Roadrunners . drove the
Final nail in the coffin, Umpq ua's
Timbermen were the beneficiaries of the
noble death but it was Jud~n Baptis t's
Crusaders who gaine~ the most satisfac~
tion from the sad, final breath of Lane's
struggl e to survive in the OCCAA baseball
pennan t race.
For the second year in a tow, the Titans
finished just one game off the money for a
berth in the Region 18 tourney. This year,
they finished two games behind the first
place Timbermen (22-6) and the runner up
Roadrunner's (21-7). Those two qualified
for the playoffs.
Linn-Benton eliminated Lane by winning
the nightcap of a doubleheader here, 3-2.'
in a "must win" situation for both teams.
They were tied in the standings following
the Titans 9-5 win in the opener, but the
visitors held on for the edge with their
victory in the nightcap. It was Linn-Benton's third win in four games with Lane this
season but in each loss, the Locals had
plenty of chances to win and failed to come
up with the clutch hit when needed.

Female cagers gl'ab
fifth in tournament Lane captures ·fi
rst
Soccer team wins

The women's basketball team captute d
fifth place in' the Northwest 'A' regional
tournament in Flathead, Montana, winning
their first game but losing the next two.
They downe d Shorel ine of ·Seattl e in
their opener 62-57, after trailing by 10
points at halftime. Janel Huser with 18
points topped the scorin g, follow ed by
Shauna Sully with 17 and Terri Booth with

12.

That win advanced them to face host
Flathead, a team so awesome that they
dropped the very respectable locals by a
109-48 count. However, Lane's 48 points
was the highes t total scored agains t
Flathead in the tourney.
Lane played Wa1la Walla for third place
in their final game, losing 54-50 although
coach Sue Thompson felt they should have
won. •'I feel we were the better team, but
the kids
from ·the night before
after playing Flathead, so they didn't play
their best.•,

Although disappointed,' her forces didn't
fare better in the pla,yoffs, Thompson was
still please d with the spirit they showed in
competition. Besides that, she also learned
much hersel f as a coach from the,
tourna ment experience and exposure.
Sully and Hunsen led Lane in scoring,
nettin g totals of 46 and 43 points
respectively. Thompson cited Sully and·
Hunse n plus There sa Olaen for their
excellent play in the tournament.
Thompson was amazed by f;°lathead' s
depth ·and prowess. The champs doubled
their opponents in scoring, averaging 95.6.
points per game and holding other teams to
an averag e of 46.3 points .
Other
tcurna ment placers were Columbia Basin
in second , Walla Walla for third and
Shorel ine for fourth . Clark, the other
league repres entativ e and Lane's chief
adversary last season, won one game but
failed to place. Eight teams competed in
the tournament. ·

Lane's soccer team captured first place The Titans domin
ated the - game from
in the Southern division of the Oreaon beginning to end
as Linfie1d hardly touched
Intercollegiate Soccer Association by tying the ball.
Southern Oregon State College, 3-3, and by
clubbing ·Linfield, 5-1.
Abdul Alsudairi led off Lane's scoring
The game played agains t SOSC was a with a magnificent
shot
standoff. SOSC manag ed to score the first with only seven minute from 30 yards out,
s played. Thirteen
and last goals of the match. The first one minutes later, Jack
Detitic
k scored LCC's
came only three minutes into the first half. second goal on
a fast break. Larry
They added one in the 29th minute of the Sylves ter scored
the Titan~ s next two
first half, and picked up their third and goals- the first one
with ·13 minute s left in
final goal with 12 minutes remaining in the first half, and the
second one, 32 minutes
garae~e' s goals were scored by Larry into the secood half
• •George Trano added.
Sylvester, who tied the score with a shot six Lane•s last goald th
wi IO minutes remain•
minutes into the game, and Georae Trano, ing in the game.
who booted-in two goals. Trano' s goals
Coach Gyorg yfalvy was extrem ely
·came 20 minutes into the first half and 30 -pleased with LCC's
aggressive · play and
minutes into the second haJf.
said this about Linficl~ ••n,ey had good
The match played .against Linfield at pl.ayers but were
a second .behin d -in
McMi nn~e_was anything but a standoff. · aetting into the ball.''

•get in the way

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 they can penetra te the more stilled . Something is afoot over in the .ElectrQnoccupations that pay higher salaries, they .ics Department. Instructor Jim Huntington
will not be able to provide their families an hasn't change d his socks for over two
months. What's more, he says he usually
adequa te or comfortable living.' '
And so, some of those 7.2 million female changes them only every six months -not
heads of families are here at LCC along even taking them off his feet until either
with marri~ d mother s of presch oolers, the socks or the feet wear out. .You see,
mothers who decided to wait until their Jim Huntington takes off •his legs every
children were in school before returning night. He has been doing this for more
themselves, and grandmothers who waited than 25 years.
It was an unmercifully cold night in.
until their children were college educated
North Korea, sometime between Thanksand "it was my tum."
Fewer are waiting until they are .givi~g and Christmas, back in 1950 or was
it '51? • Jim doesn't dwell a lot on the·
grandmothers to further their education.
Finan~ ial and person al pressu res are memory, and prefers not to keep careful
notes of the unplea sant details ...,
against waiting.
~•Mother" is no longer considered a reason • What do you think of when you lie on the
cold ground all night? • One of Jim'~
to stay home.
An LCC Presid ent's Task Force on comrades had estimated 20-below. Jim
Campu s Child Care Alterna tives was knew he "was hurt bad, but (he) didn't
appointed last fall in an effort to explore know how bad." He wasn't considering
the option s-to find out what resources that in his state of shock his left hand and
could be made available for LCC student / his legs were dying of frostbite. No, Jim
parents. Judy Dresser, a chairperson of was wondering if he would make it through
the Task Force, sent a report, dated Jan. 3, the long night-o r the long week. •
1977, to President Schafer. The Board of •- Jim spent about a year recovering and
Education also received copies.
rebuilding at Oak Knoll. A pair of artificial
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President Schafei: said he dio. 't consider legs was designed to slip on over the'
the report an action item at this time, "stump s" that remained. And finally, Jim
,;'
saying he noted the phrase "Prelim inary walked away from the hospital on his new
report" and the promise of results from a pair of legs.
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needs assessm ent survey which the report
,;
states would be available at the end of
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winter term registration. but which Dr.
Schafer has never received. •
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Preside nt Schafe r indicat ed when he
. gets that report from the Task Forcewhich includes results of the survey along
with some definit e recomm endatio ns-:
"We will be glad to take a look at it again.••
In the mean~ e. who knows how many
Hunched against the warm spring rain, which the parent
Katie takes 1he key from around her neck, accept a low-inco has to choose whether to kids are out there. and if their needs are
me
unlocks the door, quietly slips into the al goals, or stay at job, pursue education- being met? No one. So, look around.
empty house and locks herself inside. She ' and go on welfare home with the children ~ Who's raising your neighbo r's kids: Are
.
the paren·ts? A growing number of parents
is a six-year-old known b~ society as a
Similar choices are made in two parent are unwilli ng or unable
to accept full
latchkey kid.
families.
responsiblity for the care of the children to
No friendly neighb ors watch out the
So, how many. latchke y childre n are whom they gave birth. Is
society? Some
windows to see if Katie makes it safely there in the Eugene
/Springfield area? No tax-payers don't see that as their responsihome from school. The neighbors all work. one knows.
blity. Maybe no one is raising your
Katie is on her own until her mother, a
On the national level
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student at Line Community College, is families were headed in 1975, 7.2 million neighbo r's kids.
Proposed state legislation for expansion ,;~~t;
able to get home at three- but some- to Beverly Johnso by womel\, acording
~1.o.'
n McEad dy in the of day care for children and
:-o.1-~
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A ·• , ' - <'
times- as late as five.
Monthly Labor Review. Fifty-four per cent ents at com_munity collegestudent /par,
~
Jim
Huntlngto
and
state
The mother (who will remain anonymous of these female
heads of families were institutions of higher education is not apt to
for the protection of the child) said, "Katie . employed. In March
But Jim Hunting ton's legs, as a rule, do
1975, more thav nine pass this year. The LCC Preside nt's Task not appear
doesn't like it, and· I don't like it. She million children
to interfere with his daily life: It
were in a family without a •Force on Alternate Campus Care is bogged "
takes a-few minutes to put them on and
starts crying
time I have to tell her I father. One~fourth of those children
were
down waiting for a needs assessm ent take them off every day,
won't be able to make it home until five ... It under the age of
but he
six.
report. There is no assurance that costly gets used to this. They certainlsays he
really concerns me. I also was a latchkey
y don't'
But this data doesn't take into considera- expansion of campus day
care facilities can impecJe his lectures in electronics, or his
kid and things happen ed to me."
tion the growing number of children from or will be funded.
effectiveness in working with his students. ,
Katie's mother"was sexually molested by single male heads of
families.
Commu nity develo pment
a neighbor man ·when she was six-yearsThe legs can be uncomfortable at times,
. What about children whose parents go to . been allocaied to develop funds have
latchkey pro- even painful -but with them, Jim Hunting- •
old. She .says she lives "h1 constant fear school? One out
of
that Katie will ·have to deal with of families has every four female heads grams iii three Eugene area schools ton can do most of the things he needs to in
not ·even attende d high none where Katie lives. And Katie work
experiences similar. to mine at that age." school, and the
ability.t o· provide adequate- continµes ·to lock herself inside a quiet, that and leisure. It is entirely possible •
many of his student s are not even
A-grow ing. number of childre n come ly for their children
is
from single parent families, like Katie's, in their. ability to further directly related to lonely hliluse and wait for her mother fo aware of the existence of the artificial
their education.
return. •
limbs.
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Kl ob as pr es er Ve s et hn ic IJl_u_sic at LC C

For the last few years during '' dead
week" (the week before final examinations) Sociology Instructor John Kiobas has brough t his accord ian to
campus to play music, ethnic music.
He plays "Skoda lasky" and "Kanarek" and "Mysliv icek." He plays
the Beer Barrel Polka too.
John Klobas is a traditionalist. Even
his personal appearance exemplifies a
piece of his past--he quite often wears
colorful vests which, when blended
with his salt and peppery untrimmed
beard, create an image of a man very
proud of his East European ancestors.
· All the music used by the Polka
Pipers is authen tic and becaus e
authentic music is difficult music to
find, John Klobas is always on the
lookout for it. Klobas purchased some
of his collecti on while in Eastern
Europe and some comes from other
bands who have quit playing it
altoget her. The bands themse lves
dwindle as the players get so old they
~ - lon~~r able to p~ay. Or__ they

die, and no one seems interest ed in
carrying on the tradition of playing
their music.
•
"I want it for my band to play.
When I die, I'm gonna leave the music,
to the college where I teach so they
can file it and keep it for our kids and
grandkids. I want to preserv e it here, ,
on the West Coast, so that the people
out here can know of our music, but
mostly (he repeats) because I want our
kids and ·grandkids to know where
they can go to find what their people
did musically 10 generations ago,"
said Klobas.
The Polka"'W Piper~ evolved after the
Klobas family moved into Eugene in
1959. When asked why he started the
band, Klobas. replies, "I started the
band to save some of the music. I
knew if I didn't do it, it wasn't going to
get done. Some of the music doesn't
exist in print anymore .. .learn by word
of mouth and some of the other
players and thus contribute by preserving what I can ... "

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Award-winner Bill Evans.
Local .singer Nancy King
brought his trio to Eugene;
treated an old -ballad nicely
ome spec t at ors no dd e. d-o'ff .~71:.~~ ~/:1,~f:. ,~~=
"lusedtovisitalthe'IBl'Y flB'tp/BaJs, t/Qea:,mnl1Blf111'1
• p/tDJS, v.hereonerelaxeson the axis d the M88I d lite, to get

thefeeldllfe, JszztnJooddals.

too rrw,y throug1 the <ity 12 'o' dcx:I< , -.
·"Then you came along vwth ',QI siren song, to tenJ}t ms to
~
- 1 thought for a v.hile tl'r!Jt )QT poir,,ent srrtle Mm
tinged th 8 SBdnetss of a ~ kMJ for rra •• Aah 'f8S I was
~k,'i:-:Ju1":.~irour,, full of hesrts v,oud orJy be a
bore. Ute Is kJnely sgsin, tnJ only last,,_. everything $88l'l"Bd

wich ViIJage, San Francisco•s North Beach,
Los Angeles, and occasionally in her home

to.;ihe~h!~~!~- if King ~as familiar with
Kelly's work, Kim~ said until a .couple of
weeks ago she had never heard of Kelly,
but that a friend of King's who recently
returned from Los Ang~les had remarked

Is the Eugene aud ience piggish and
Will Evans ever return to Eugene? Why
demanding? Should Bi11 Evans have should he? Eugene hasn't a proper
returned for an encore to an audience made auditorium. And he wasn't received all
up of manv who f eH asleep, and acted as if that well.
they wanted to leave'!
According to Jeff Ross ," promotional so~~JnPE,tnoulde ssethebitedft BIIIC81'8/stosrrile
Was Evans' music really unrecogniz:
director for the Eugene Hotel; even the I insplteoflt. l'llforgetyaulvwll, v.hlleyetyou1restilfbu'Tling
- •ears dulled by the sounds st eward
inside ff/'/ bnlin. Fbrmncs is fTI.JSh, striking ttose Vrl1o strill8,
abl e.., 0 r are my
esses on th e fl·1ght .f rom p ortl an d to tnJ
I'll Jiw 8 lush life in 9:Xre smsJJ aw, tnJ tf1t!!l'fJ , be tll I
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of disco, stiffled •and deprived of the Eugene were so rude as to deny Evans and rot, with the
rest of those whose lives are lonely too. "
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~x~ui~iteness, the mastery of great music- his entourage seating because of the size_ of
Could· these words be the highlight of
1ansh1p~
1,~~e bass fiddle, even though a half-price
any evening? They could and were on the
Cert_amly the oppo~nity to hear the ;!tcket had been purchased for t_he eve of August 31. At least for me and
expertise of such as Btll Evans does not ' instrument . Evans was forced to drive N
King
come to Eugene every day.
.
from Portland to E_ugene.
a~f:g is a ~ative Oregonian. She derives
Evans, winner of five grammy awards,
The next attractmn of nota?le worth to ·her name from a previous marriage to
and most of the Nation 's top jazz awards appear at th e Eu~~ne Hotel, IS scheduled performer Sonny King. Sheispartofaja zz
including five Down B'eat polls as well as for Sept. 24 = ~USI~ta~ Kenny ~urrell, who group called Tom Grant and Friends ,
the Melody Maker Award (England), the has been an msparation a nd mfluence to which is currently featured in the lounge at
Edison Award (Scandinavia) and the Swing Peter Frampton among 0th ers .
the Eugene Hotel.
Journal Award _(Japan), has recorded 30
Nancy King loves to sing ballads, and
albums under his own name and has
Billy Strayhorn's ballad "Lus_h Life" is
performed on countless others as a
rarely sung. Although it has been played
sideman in someone else' s group. Among
•
and recorded as an instrumental often by
his best selling albums are "Co~versatio~s
jazz artists, the great John Coltrane _for
with Myself," "Bill Evans at the Monone, the onl_r notable vocal recording was
Nancy King
treaux Jazz Festival," " Alone," "The Bill
Eugene Opera Company is accepting ' made by the1ate Nat King Cole for Capitol
Evans Album" and "The Tokyo Concert." applications for staff positions for its records in the 'SO•s. Cole's version of to her that they too had seen Kelfy and
Currently on sale at Everybody's Records 1977-78 season.
"Lush Life," like his own legend, is a hard noted the similarity.
for S3.89 is his latest album "QuintesThe young semi-professional company, act to follow. But . Nancy King's unique
Piano and key b~ard player Grant,
sence."
which premiered with Bizet's "Carmen" styling is creditable.
wearing a black T-shirt with lin orientalEddie Gomez accompanied Evans on last February, will be staffing for five , Tom Grant and Friends were starters for looking mountain sketched OJI the front,
the four Bill Evans concerts.held August.31 looked like AI Pacino's Serpico. He's
bass. A s-mall man, Gomez seemed _productions.
a competent and spirited musician, who
overwhelmed bv.the size of the instrument
The season includes Giovanni Pergoles- and September 1, in the Hotel's King Cole did not
seem intimidated or nervous even
room.
he played, yet his fingers caught the i's "La Serva Padrona"; Joseph Haydn's
though he was an hors d'oeuvre before the
s!rings with the ease an_d gra~e of a "Lord Nelson Mass"; "H.M.S. Pinafore'-'
The group opened with "The More I See acclaimed pianist, composer ~lite, Bill
virtuoso pe~ormer. A?d he is. A! times he ' by Gilbert and Sullivan; "Don 'G iovanni" You," al\d immediately I was struck by the Evans.
._ . pl~yed the ~strument m the classical style, · by Wolfgang Mozart and Johannes Brah- similarity of Miss King's styling and voice
The Grant group will
in tbe Eugene
to tha~ ~.!_!3~!_ Kell~ Kelly, a performer ol_Hotel's lounge until Sept. 12, and with a
us~~:~tile second row on the right of ms' ••A German Requiem.''
little recognition outside of strict Jazz little luck, perhaps longer. I hope so, they
the stage, I was unable to see the face of
Opening the season in late October will afficianados played in New York's Green- are. worth going back to hear again.
Bill Evans, or that of drummer Elliot
Zigmund. L could see Zigmund's body be Pergolesi's "La Serva Padrona," first
dressed in a deep blue suit, and his hands produced in Naples in 1733 ~s an intimate
that waved the sticks around like the comic opera featuring only three performbatting of insect wings. ZigmUQd is a ers and a tiny Baroque orchestra. The
strong drummer with a thrusty stroke, performance will be in English.
The Eugene Opera ochestra and soloists
resulting in a timbalistic resonance.
·However, Evans' piano playing seemed will be joined by the Ey.gene Community
Chorus
to
present
Haydn's
"Lord
Nelson
interrupted, rather than complemented by
Mass" in November. The mass is the third
it.
of
the six .great High Masses written by
·the trio opened with • chonlant piece
dud started oat NIIDdlng llke ''Emily,,, Haydn between 1796 and 1802.
Chen clumpcl to '' AD the Tlnp Yoa Are'' . Openings for musical staff,
theatrical
• "It might • wen be Spring." 1n oCber __ and production staff, and managerial
.. - staff
words, the chord change• were all so will
·DANCEW EAR
be filled. The Company is looking for a
·llmllar that the groap floated thruaah •
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v~.
conductor/coach
,
instrumental
con&
THEATR ICAL
of
that eoald have been any ductor. orchestral mana~er/libraria
-~
il, ac·cine of aevenl tlma. Evans' .mule hu
SUPPLIE S
companists, vocal/instrumen tal performbeen noted for being highly melodic, . ers. 1n
aae11tion _c!irectors, designers,
however, this eve, Evam' pieces were 10
costumers, and technical crews are need·Introspective and abstracted they were
ed. Managerial staff will require those .
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.
interested in poster/program graphics and
The man seateci on my right leaned over design; publicity (particularly
broadcast
to me and said he thooght he'd lite to journalism); grant writing/funding
and
leave, that he bad heard it all before, in bookkeeping/ secretarial skills.
:smaller, darker more intimate places. ,A
Eugene Opera is a non-profit, semi-pro-·
' person seated in the front row nodded out,
then jerked awake to the beat of the dnims. fessional economic cooperative and an
Others in the audience looked as if they equal opportunity employer. Interested
·couldn't wait for the music to end so that applicants are urged to send a brief resume
as soon as possible to: Eugene Opera, 622
they could leave and say they'd been.
Perhaps the music lacked ' exhileration : E.19, Eugene, OR."';97401. Most positions
.yet there is no denying that Evans is a are part-time although a few full-time
master of the ivory keys. His fingers CEtA oositions are anticipated.
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manuever them with the least of difficulty.
," H.M.S. Pinafore," by Gilbert and
Sullivan, is a fantastic shipboard escapade
Even though there were· those
the staring "Jolly Jack Tar" the archetypal
audience who did nod out (after all, Jazz English sailor hero. First opening in
has always been music for "nodding out") "L'Opera Comique" in Paris in 1878, the
featuring
at the end of each piece the audience two-act production is one of the most
responded with loud enthusiastic applause~ popular of all light operas ever performed.
The Eugene staging is scheduled for
Atthe very instant that Evans touched January.
his last note, he abruptly stood from his
Mozart's "Don Giovanni," also to be
seat at the piano and without further ado, performed in English, will open in April.
left the room. The audience left behind. This oper_?..tic masterpiece is set in the ·
continued to applaud for a couple of ·castles, _grav~yards, ballroom_s an<~. garminutes. When it was obvious that Evans dens of Spain. Mozart' s aristocratic and
•••
was not coming back, the' sound of clapping wickedly beautiful music depicts the comic.
. thinned out and people filtered out of the adventures of Don Juan's romantic conroom .
sl
quests and his fri$?htening demise.

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by Jan Brown
Bobby Vinton 's voice croons through my Glazes, " by Joseph Greban
ier. The book •
head, "She wore .bluuuue velvet, bluer sells for 512.95, and was
recommended for
that'l velvet were her eyes."
selection by LCC Instructor Alda Vinson of
Vinton s voice fades and is replaced by th e Art Dept.
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the .soothin g ,s ound of Julian Bream s'
Undern eath Greban
classical-guitar, then the willowy poetry of publica tion that immediers' book is a
iately grabs my
Walt Whitman takes form in my mind.
attenti on, _"The Geome try of Hunge r:
Then it's Tommv James and the Feeding the World's Increasi
ng PopulaShondells; now Bach, a few bars of Blue tion," by D.S. Holacy Jr.
This book was
Grass, nudged out by the Beatles, ••Can't sel~ed by Instructor Cass
of the Home
buy me luhuv. nono no."
Economics Dept.
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And finally, .. An ·Evening Wasted With
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Tom Leber."
Not all of the books are selected by
AU this ·stimula tion and I've barely instruc ~ors. The -lihrarv
staff makes
tapped the surface of the catalogue of su~~estions, and LCC
students can reco-·
12,000 cassette tapes available in the LCC mmend books they would
like to see· in the·
library.
!library.
Not only is there an extensive variety of i Many of the books selecte~
are taken
music and enterta inment -listed in the from The Library Journal
,
and
The New
cassett e catalog ue, but also rare and York Review of Books.
(Both of these
elusive information. Dixy Lee Ray poses I sources offer the reader
short reviews of
_the q·u estion, •~Must Nuclea r Power -the boob they list.)
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Replace FOISil Fuel Energy ?" And Abram
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Sochor traces the ·evolution of today•~ two
Books can be expensive. Oarenc e S.
conflic ti.ng Comm unisms , on a tape Brigham's "'History and
Bibliog
entitled.'"lbe ~ino--Soviet Split." Music Ame ~ Ne~spa pers, 1690-18 raphy of
20,"
and record ed essays are part ot a .ommended by Journalism
Instructor Pete
comprehensive librarv. in addition to the jPeterson~ co~s a whopping
585. Oearly at
staple, the bound book.
the~ prices, no matter how larae
Tbe library has ·been rearranged since i is allocated to the LCC Library, a budaet
the~ would
Sprina Term. I'm. lost at first, but gain my always be more books to
purchase than
_ growad. 1 spot Del Matheson, the head money _to buy thell).
Matheson says if a
librarian. I- ut, .. What new books do you student or faculty membe
r is willinB to
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spend the time to suggCst &book, it will be
"LCC stude nts can recorr>considered and. if possible,·purchased.
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mend bOoks they would
like to see in the Library. ''

have this year?., He answers, "Oh about
5,000."
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Capra's·book on philos- .
ophy isn't in the library ; the TORCH rec·o m mend s it to the
Libra ry and LCC read~rs.

. Sept. 29

THE BEAUTIFUL FACE OF LANE·
COUNTY
Geography, Physical & Cultural
Ryan Anderson LCC

Oct. 6

HISTORY OF LANE COUNTY

Away Back Whe;
Sam ' Frear, Admin . Willamette .
Nat. For.
County Highlights

Milt Madden LCC

COMMUNITY·HISTORY

Junction City
Gerald Rasmussen
Dean of Instruction LCC

• Florence/Mapleton
LaVaughn Fales

Other areas TBA

.W HA T GROWS THE RE:
''Tree s & Shrub s
of Lane Co.''
Richard Fraga, Author

Mushrooms
Freeman Rowe

Oct. 27

Flor a

Edible PlantsJay Marston LCC

LCC

WH AT LIVES THE RE: Flor a and Fau na
Freeman Rowe LCC
Birds & Animals
Floyd Weitzel ·LCC •

Wild Flowers
The Ocean, Sight and Sound
Jay Marston LCC

Nov. 3

AGRICULTURE: Fore stry_
Films:
"Natu ral Timbe r Count ry"
Ron Finne f pr the National .
Foundation for the Humanities

"To Touch the Sky"
Weyerhaeuser Co.

"The Forest 's Impact on Lane Co."
Loren "Stub" Steward, Pres. Bohemia _Lumber .

AGRICULTURE:

Soils and Cro ps

Soils, Beans, Corn
Craig Riggert Lane Co.
Extension Agent

Field Crops

Wheat, Rye Grass
Steve Besse Lane Co .
Extens io~ Agent

Dec. 1

40th & Dona ld
Eugen e, Oreg on
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Roct<s in my Pocket
Lewis Case
LCC
Dean, Acad. & Coll. Planning

ENERGY RESOURCES & WATER
SUPPLIES

Electricity in our Future
Robert lewis, Bonneville P.A. &
N. W. Energy Resources Proj.

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Geologically Speaking
~ike Mitchell LCC..

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ROCKS, MINERALS, ME fALS

insl,umEnl or- musical

on• coup on pe, purch ast.

" The Lost Wagon Train"
"Pete " Peters on (Ed.)
Lane Co. HISTORIAN

Oct. 13

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offer good lh,u June. 1978

Climate and Communities
Joe Searl LCC

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"Five Thousa nd!" l exclaim to myself
incredulously. He continues saying the
One book not available in the library is
5,000 is the normal amount· that .the usual
budget provide s for. along with other Fritjof Capra's ' .. The TAO of Physics ."
A research physicist, Capra takes the
matorials. suet- as news~l )ers, ma2azines,
and cassettes. -He says that every year reader on a fascinating tour of the world of
approx imately.. 30,000 new titles are ~toms and their constituents using t_erms a
published, and ~at, most of the books • lay persoa • can find understandable and
selected are not best sellers, or at least not ·compelling. •
The title itself presents· the ·reader~ ~ith
fictiona lized ·best s~llers . The 5,000
selected are chosen from the recommenda- an apparant paradox. But Capra creates
tions of the LCC instructors who want to . capably and with alacrity and expertise a
supp~m ent tlie texts for Uieir own courses. unity.that the world has longed for.
But that doesn't mean that the books
Capra offers the reader a clear account,
selected are dull, or ~ta reader wouldn't
supplem
ented 1 ~Y ~iag,ram s and photowant to snuggle up ·with one in bed.
graphs , of the theorie s of ato.mic and
I
1be secretary in ,the Acquisition Office
subatomic physics, of relativity theory and
ibows me a .stack of books just brought in. astrophysics up to and
including the most
A soft green background ~meioses the
recent research, and relates the world view
photo of a seemin gly ancien t crocke ry
~mergi ng from these theorie s to the •
piece that graces the ·cover of one book in ancient mystical
traditions of Hinduism,
the stack titled .. Chines e Stonew are Buddhism, T~oism~ Zen and the I Ching.

lhE ,,tail •pricE

Sept. 29th to Dec. 9th
7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m .

Lane County Energy Overview
Richard Eymann, Sr. Energy
-Aide to Con9ressman Weaver

A Geologist's View Of Lane's Energy
Resources Hal Wooster EWEB

LAB·O_R & INDUSTRY

The County Economy: Past, Present,
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newspaper serv ing the LCC community. Gain journ alism
experience. Jcin a team of other writers, photographers, f!(litors,
salfS/)BOple, past~up folks. Idea people. Inquire: SaUy Oliar
editor, Paul Yarnold, news editor, Pete Peterson, adviser, 200,
Cmte r Building. Phone 747-4fiJ1, ext. 234. 200.

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