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Vol. 15 No. 23 April 20 - ~ 1978

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Why did the men's track
team lose to Clackamas?
Sources claim Coach Al Tarpenning
didn't plnn on winning.
News analysis by John Healy, TORCH Sports Editor

The TORCH has learned from at least four sources close to the men's track team that
Coach Al Tarpenning said he intentionally lost a dual meet with Clackamas two weeks ago.
Tarpenning held a team meeting on the bus following LCC's 79 1/2 to 61 2/3 to
Clackamas on April 7. according to the four sources who attended the meeting, and told
the team members that he had intentionally lost the meet as a means of protesting recent
administrative actions concerning him by LCC Athletic Dept. Director Richard Newell
and the college administration. Tarpenning cancelled a meeting scheduled with the
TORCH for Tuesday evening at which he was to discuss the allegation.
•The TORCH also learned that Tarpenning has been absent from the campus on a paicf1
leave granted by the administration since Monday, April 10.
Although no administrator would comment on the action, there appears to be no
connection between Tarpenning's paid ]eave and the alleged loss to Clackamas.
Tarpenning told the Torch he "is on a leave of absence to be with my wife, who is ill."
Tarpenning was still on leave as of Tuesday afternoon.
•Instill another development, the TORCH learned last week, that Tarpenning is in the
process of filing a grievance against P.E. Chairman Newell. Again, neither Newell nor
other college administrators would comment on the topic.
A grievance is an official protest permitted by the faculty-college contract when an
employee challenges an unfair fabor action or present his/her complaint to an
administrator in charge. If the employee is not content with the decision of the
administrator, he or she may appeal to the next level of administration. The college
president and even the college board of education are the last in the college hierarchy who
could decide on an issue. But ultimately, an employee could take agrievance to the State
Employment Relations Board for final settlement.
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THE CLACKAMAS MEET
Tarpenning, when contacted regarding
the Clackamas meet, explained that, ''I told
my kids to go through the motions so nobody
would get hurt.'' He said the team bus had
arrived 45 minutes late to pick up the team
in Eugene. The delay resulted in a late
arrival at the meet site in Oregon City and a
shortened warmup for his athletes, said
Tarpenning.
''When a guy needs 45 minutes to an hour
to warm up and you have to get off the bus
and perform in 15 minutes, then I'm not
, going to jeopardize the health of that

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athlete just because of a breakdown in communication (about the bus departure tim~).''
In the past six years Tarpenning has directed the men's track team to six Oregon
Community College Athletic Assn. (OCCAA) crowns and five Region 18 titles. He was
meet director for this year's Oregon Indoor track meet, has been selected as the meet
director for the prestigious Prefontaine Classic, scheduled for May 31 and was the driving
force in persuading the NJ CAA to hold its track and field championships in Eugene next
year.
Les Tipton, track coach at Clackamas, when contacted this week by the TORCH stated
that he didn't believe Tarpenning entered his "top quality" people at the Clackamas
meet. (Clackamas finished second to LCC in last years OCCAA championships).
According to Tipton, there are two possibilities for Lane losing the Meet. '' Maybe Al
took us lightly--we hadn't been up to full strength in any previous meets--and didn't enter

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everyone he could have. Or, maybe there
was never any intention on his part of
winning the meet."
"Al's too proud to do something like
that." emphasized Tipton, "but if he were
under severe stress, he might," he
conjectured.
Although Tarpenning left a number of his
key field-event performers at home on
April 7 because of sickness injuries and a
variety of academic obligations, he still took
close to ninety percent of his athletes,
according to a source who attended the meet.

The Titans trailed Clackamas 71 1/3 to 56 2/3 with two events remaining in the
meet--the three-mile run and the mile relay. A Titan sweep in the three-mile and a victory
in the mile relay would have pulled out the meet for Lane.
But Tarpenning entered only one runner-Scott Spruill--in the three-mile, and then
entered a mile relay team consisting of a sprinter, two distancemen, and a'
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photo by Jeff Patterson

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New TORCH editor chosen
by Sarah Jenkins

Steven Myers, an LCC TV Production
Management major, was elected Wednesday to serve as the 1978-1979TORCHEditor.
The eleven member Media Commission,
representing all segments of the college,
chose Myers over three other applicants
after reading essays submitted by the four
and personal interviews with each candidate.
"Ithink that Steve will make an excellent
editor,'' stated Sally Oljar, current TORCH

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Editor. '' He has shown himself to be capable
in all areas of newspaper production, and I
think he '11 do we11 at management."
Myers is completing his first year at LCC.
this term. He has worked for the TORCH as a
reporter and on production, and has been
Associate Sports Editor for Spring Term_
The other applicants for the editor's
position were Sarah Jenkins, Rick Dunaven
and Dave Girrard.
Each applicant is
presently on the TORCH staff.
Myers will serve from September, 1978 to
June, 1979.

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For ex-convict

Freedom is at LCC

by Shasta de! Cielo

"Lew, there are cops outsidei"
Lew immediately grabbed his .357 and checked the shells. Looking outside, he
saw two parked cars. Five police officers were surrounding the house. He had
only three shells in the gun, not quite enough to go around.
Thinking of alternative, he ran to the back of the house and jumped out the
window,
Just as he was turning to run, he saw an officer with a gun pointed at his head.
Knowing he'dbeshotif he tried anything, he dropped his weapon. Thinking that
perhaps he could still get away, he started to back away just as another police
officer was pointing his gun at him,
Lew decided to stick around for awhile.
Lew, [a fictitious name for this LCC student], chose robbery when he was a_
young man rather than a more acceptable and legal occupation. His concern was
money--he needed to support a drug habit and robbery provided the money.
Robbery was also what he was good at. It was his "job," he says now, several
years after his career began.
After many years of getting little but return trips to prison, his values, code of
ethics, and priorities have changed.
Lew was arrested on a robbery charge New Year's Eve, 1972. He had
participated in a robbery and kidnapping in the only store open in Medford that
night. He and a partner were mad because they only found a couple hundred
dollars, so they took the store manager and two employees with them when they
fled. They didn't hurt them; they let the two off in some woods outside of town.
Lew's arrest took place a couple days later. His partner, a female, had
snitched--she turned Lew in. She had been arrested prior to Lew's arrest, and in
the ensuing conversations with the people in the police department was told that
the police knew she'd been involved in other illegal activities around town and
that she might as well talk. She did, and as a result, in 1972, Lew was arrested and
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April2(1~ 1978

Support for l,il.!her e,iurntion is heahhy for nation
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Means Committee laS t week, sho~ld ~e
voted on by the House of Representatives m
the next few months.
Though in dollars and cents this
legislation may have minimal impact on
either students or the economy, it should be
considered carefully. This legislation is
important for what it represents.
Incentive is a key concept here: For
capitalist and communist alike it determines
how productive an individual chooses to be.
And society is only as productive as its
individuals choose to be.
Are we, as a society. losing the incentive to
provide eager minds with the ''brain-food''
and environment necessary for growth? Will
students lose the inspiration and determinati(;m that has allowed us to shoot for the stars?
And if this trend of disillusionment exists,
why did it come about and how do we turn it
around?
The sixties were once known as the
"college boom" years, following the "baby
boom" of the post-war 1940's. In 1970,
approximately 65 per cent of America's high
school graduates were enrolling in one form
or another of ''higher education." Some
enrolled to avoid the draft--but many took
the college option because the opportunity
presented itself (unlike previous decades
when only the elite had the opportunity.)
A few years ago, such attendance figures
inspired national pride; they provided a
basis for our national contention that

horizons of the disadvantaged, as well as of
the elite.

Controversy. That·s what guarantees a virtually unopposed campaign. And many
long line at the voting booth on primary voters will consider that when it comes time
election day. And that's what Eugene voters to put down a good book or to skip a set of
see surrounding the city ballot proposal to tennis to go vote.
repeal the Human Rights Ordinance (also
The first two measures also lack str(;mg
called the ''Gay Rights'' ordinance, because opposition. merely correcting simple·overit forbids discrimination against homosexu- sights in previous legislation. And the next
als in employment and housing).
two are proposed amendments to the state
But other localities around the state will constitution to allow the sale of bonds; in the
have to depend on their own controversial first case for housing the low-income elderly,
measures this May 23rd to make a in the second for financing public water
respectable showing at their polls. It's a systems--definitely not the stuff of which
cinch that none of the six state ba11ot good controversies are made.
measures is going to be any help. And voters
Every voter who drives a truck or a car to
are traditionally less interested in primary the poll will have to think hard about ballot
elections.
measure 5. It proposes to increase the state
Granted, talk is already stirring about gasoline tax from seven to nine cents per
ballot measure 6, the proposal to ban the· gallon in order to generate another $25.4
notorious decompression chamber from million per year in stat~ vehicle fuel
Oregon animal shelters. But it seems to be a revenues.
It would also give highway maintenance
Photo Editor: Daniel Van Rossen
Business Manager: Darlene uore
priority over new highway construction, and
Production Manager: Michael Riley
limit the tax revenues available to finance
Editor: Sally Oljar
Copysetting: Nikki Brazy
parks, footpaths and bicycle trails.
Associate Editor: Paul Yarnold
,
Production: Susan Fosseen. Marta Hogard. Judy Jordan, Jack
Features Editor: Sarah Jenkins
Desmond. Judy Sonstein, David Girrard
Considering that this tax proposal •is
Entertainment Editor: Jan Brown
Photographers:
Samson Nisser, Christie Davis, Mary
actually overdue, and that it would mean a
Sports Editor: John Healy
McCullough . Susan Lee. Ray Armstrong
The TORCH is published on Thursdays. September through June.
much healthier highway repair fund, ballot
News stories are compre&sed. concise reports. intended to be as objective as possible. Some may appear with by-lines to
measure S seems destined with a groan for
indicate the reporter responsible.
News features. because of a broader scope, may contain some judgements on the part of the writer. They will be
voter approval.
identified with a "feature·· by-line.
The first ballot measure is one of the two
MForums"' are intended to be essays contributed by TORCH readers. They must be limited to 750 words.
•'Letters to the Editor·· are intended as short commentaries on stories appearing in the TORCH. The Editor reserves the
which were designed to correct a legislative
right to edit for libel and length.
oversight.
Editorials are signed by the newspaper staff writer, and express only her/ his opinion.
All correspondence must be typed and s:gned by the writer. Mail or bring all correspondence to: The TORCH. Room
It seems that when Oregon legislators
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provided constitutionally for county home
rule charters (the provision which allows
each county that adopts such a charter a
certain degree of autonomy in its lawpassing, etc.). they neglected to prescribe
how much time each charter county would be
required to give its citizens to circulate
referendum and initiative petitions regarding county regulations.
Measure 1 would require the five counties
in Or~gon which have home rule--Lane
County among them--to allow at least 90
days for filing petitions, presumably from
the date a county ordinance is passed or a
citizen-initiated regulation is proposed.
It also dictates how many signatures must
be obtained to put such m·e asures on the
ballot. There were no surprises. It's the
same percentage of the county electorate as
is required· of the statewide electorate in
state referendums and initiatives.

The second piece of legislation to correct a
previous oversight is detailed in the second
ballot measure. And it has a particularly
colorful history.
As written. measure 2 would extend in no
uncertain terms, the authority of the Open
Meeting Law of 1973 (which was intended to
prevent public deliberating groups from
meeting in private), to include joint
committees of either house as well as
inter-house joint committees.
Just why joint committees were excluded
by the terminology of the original legislation
is not clear to me. But the biggest oversight
of the legislators and lobbyists five years ago
was a consitutional prov1s10n which
apparently allows the state legislature to
adopt its own rules. Hence, the additional
requirement of measure 2 that the
1e gis Ia tu re '' adopt ru Jes to carry out the open
meeting requirement."
Some may remember the clarity with
which this discrepancy in the state
constitution was illustrated locally three
years ago when the ;Eugene Register-Guard
disputed a closed meeting of the special
House Field Burning Committee. Speaker
Phil Lang defended the meeting initiany on
the grounds that the group had not met with
the intention of "deliberating toward a
decision," as the law is worded.
The Guard shot back that any conversation
between politicians was ''deliberation'' and
that all deliberation was inevitably .. toward
a decision."
Lang bolstered his defense six days later
by citing the state Constitutional provision
allowing the legislature to adopt its own
rules. The meeting was, therefore (to Lang's
satisfaction), defensible · on at least two
grounds. Ballot measure 2 wi11 settle the
argument over the Open Meeting Law once
and for an.
. William Bennett Munro, an American
educator, once wrote that '' People vote their
resentment, not their appreciation. The
average man," he said, "does not vote for
anything, but against something."
If Munro is right, cities and counties
around the state should expect low voter
mterest in the primary unless the local
measures inspire a strong vote of ""resentment." Eugene's Gay Rights Ordinance
probably will.

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Congress is currently considering lcgislation that. if passed, would make tuition
payments tax deductable for students
enrolled in "higher education" at two and
four year colleges. The legislation, which

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The Community Service and Public
Affairs School at the U of O are sponsoring
the annualJob Faire, May 4th from 12-4 p. m.
intheErbMemorialStudentUnion, Rm.167
on the University of · Oregon campus.
The objective of the Job Faire is to assist
students interested in careers in the public
sector, . particularly those considering further education in the CS-PAID programs at
the University, as well as exploring different
alternatives for future employment.
The representatives will be at the disposal
of the students to answer any questions they
may have. The areas that will be represented
are: Human Services, Corrections, Public
Administration from Federal, State, County
and City governments as wen as a few
representatives from the private sector.
There wiH also be representatives from the
I.R.S., who are interested in speaking to
students who have taken accounting and are
considering potential careers in this field.
•
Sharon Moore
Job Faire Coordinator
U of O CSPA

TORCH

Unfortunately. a certain backlash has set
in. The cost of all education has gone through
the ceiling, and taxpayers are not nearly as
gregarious as they used to be. Because of
inflation. tax dollars (as wen as tuition
payments) do not buy the education they
once did. How do we deal with this?
Many Americans now feel we are
~ver-educated. The unemployment rate is
proof enough for most people that a college
degree no longer guarantees an interesting
and lucrative career. In fact, a degree no
longer guarantees anyone a job of any kind.
But education is not the problem behind
the economic situation; economic problems,
such as inflation, are frustrating the aims of
higher education. It does not make sense to
reduce our human resoures to the level of our
stagnating economy; these are the resources
we need to pull us out of our current slump.
Ignorance has never been, nor will ever be,
bliss.
For most Americans involved in the
process, higher education is not a frivolous,
time wasting exercise (though a minority of
"free-loaders" sometimes give a11 students
a bad reputation). College can be a means of
self-improvement. For some, it is an
invaluable aid to attaining self-fulfillment.
If society fails to maintain a sufficient level

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Controversy appears on May ballot
Commentary by Wes Heath

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Seque cancelled
due to conflict

by Sarah Jenkins

The cancellation of the April 5 student
dance:'s seque was due to an "unavoidable
conflict" between the segue and the
regularly scheduled staff meeting, according . to Ed Raggozino, Performing Arts
department chairman.
Seques (seg-ways)' are informal student
performances featuring dance, acting,
music, and other aspects of the performing
arts.
The seven dancers involved in the April
segue, organized by student Connie Franz,
were upset by the seemingly abrupt
cancellation. However, dance instructor
Nicola Crafts stated that they would be
invited to perform at the next scheduled
segue in May.
Larry Brazicka, the acting seque coordinator, was not yet familiar with all the
"rules and regulations" involved in
scheduling :·nd presenting the segues,
according to both Crafts and Raggozino.
They both believed that communications
have now improved and that this type of
~roblem will not occur again.

TDA to ·occupyT rojan
The Trojan Decommissioning Alliance
(TDA) will begin its third occupation of the
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant on Hiroshima
Day, August 6, 1978. On this same date last
year, 81 TDA members blocked the gates at
(the) Trojan (Nuclear Power Plant) and were
arested only to be acquitted after a trial
which focused on the problem of nuclear
power and safety. On November 24, 1977,
123 occupiers were arrested but have not yet
been tried. The TDA has vowed to continue
its occupations until its goal, the decommissioning or closing of the Trojan plant, has
been achieved.
TDA is one of a multitude of anti-nuclear
groups operating independently throughout
the nation.

'Cheater' cassettes
now available
(CPS)--A small Washington company has
just started selling the 1970's answer tci
"cheaters," those handy booklets that tell
you exactly what a book says and means.
Great Programs. Inc .. of Issaquah, Washington, is offering a series of cassette tapes
oflectureson academic topics from "Intro to
Economics'' to ·'Afro-American History.''
The object, says Great Programs' Bob
Baker, is ''toenablea kid driving to school or
work to learn while he's driving."
Recording lectures and re-playing them,
of course, is a long-standing practice. But
Baker. who markets the cassette programs
put together by the General Cassette
Corporation of Phoenix, Arizona, says this is
the first time anyone has offered such tapes
commercially.
Baker thinks they'll sell because times
have changed. '' When I went to college, we
didn't read much. Today's students read
even less. Today, they iisten."
If Baker succeeds. they may not have to
read at all. He says his tapes, which are
offered with lectures on biology, western
civilization, child development, and others,
are a perfectly adequate nucleus of a basic
college eduation.
And because they are tapes, he adds, they
are more suited to students' interests,
abilities, and tastes. "Tapes," Baker says,
'_'area way to get past students' threshold of
resistance to more traditional methods of
learning."
He theorizes that' 'today's student is more
interested in his own personal development
than in learning Psych 101 .. He's too busy
skiing or flying airplanes, but he still wants
to be smart."
Apparently tapes can help: ''They can do
it better, and in a shorter time. So why
shouldn't he use them?"
Such sentiments, of course, are bound to
provoke some academicians. Baker readily
concedes' 'we're attacking the very bastions
colleges grow ivy on, but why must you go to
heavy lecture sessions? Why must you learn
only by putting in long hours at the library?''

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of personal motivation, incompetance--in
every field-- is sure to raise its ugly head even
higher than it has already.
There seems to be no doubt that higher
education has proved worthwhile as an
investment, at least up till now. And as our
industrial society grows more and more
complex, our technology will require more
and more well-disciplined minds to deal with
the complications that arise. The discipline
which an individual acquires in school will
enable him or her to further personal goals;
at the same time it allows that individual to
make a productive contribution to the society
which has educated him or her.
Tax relief will not aid the poorest students
because they pay little or no taxes already.
But any trend to re-establish backing for
higher education rates my hearty approval.
I hope that my tuition bills will accompany
my federal income tax return next year though the deduction will probably only pay
the rent on my gym locker.
But, most important, Americans must
stop selling themselves short when it comes
to getting through hard times. Our national
tradition has been one . of response to
challenge (though we seem to procrastinate

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a lot). This positive response is only possible
when we work together; it is virtually
impossible when societal in-fighting forces
us to divide into special interest groups. The
issue of educational funding for all levels of
education can polarize us in this'' cannibalistic" way.
Only by keeping educational opportunities open for all can we avoid the trap of" ...
cutting off our nose to spite our face."

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Thcworldpremic rof a new musical, ''Eugene We Kinda Love You,'' wilJtake place on
Friday. April 21. in the Thunderbird Motor Inn Cabaret Theater. Written and directed by
Tom Gressler. thenewplaywillb eperformedon April 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, and May 4, 6.
11. 12 . Curtain is at 8:30 p.m.
Guitarist/voclali st Bob Welch, former member of Fleetwood Mac, will perform at 8
p.m., April 23, in the LCCgym. Ticketsare$6.S0 inadvanceand$7 atthedoor. Tickets are
available at the gym box office, Everybody's records and the Sun Shop.
Reynard the Fox, a classic children's play by Arthur Fauqt1ez, will open at Oregon
Repertory Theatre, located in the Atrium Bldg., on April 21.
There will be a free performance for the general public on Saturday, Aprill 22 at 2 p. m.
Other performances, for which tickets will be sold, will be evenings on April 21, 22, 28,
29. May 5, 6. and 7 at 7:30 p.m.; matinees ~n April 23, 29, 30, M~y 6 and 7 at 2 p.m.
Children's tickets are $2.00 Adult tickets are $2.50 matinees, $3.50 Thursdays and
Sundays, and $4.50 Fridays and Saturdays. For res·ervations call 485-1946.
Satur~ay April 2~, the Saturday Market presents Carl& Godfrey's original music for
flute, gmtar ~nd vo1c~ at l:~0- p.m., and dances performed by Jose Brown at 2:00 p.m.
These attra_cuons are 1~ addition to showing and sales of a variety of handcrafted items,
and the epicurean delights provided by food vendors.
The Transcendental Meditation program is offering a free introductory lecture on
Wednesday, April 26 at noon. The program will be presented in room 215 of the
Apprenticeship bldg., at LCC. For further information call the Students' International
Meditation Society. 343-8738.
Clean Air Week is May 1-7, 1978 ... Activities include a Solar Parade; solar home tours;
holistic energy conservation; bicycle tours, art show, two free concerts, workshops, and
free movies. Additional information can be obt~ined by contacting the Survival Center,
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Credit offered· for conference
on needs and ri~ht.s of infant'1i
Ashley Montagu, noted anthropologist
and author of "Touching," will be among
the featured speakers at a conference on the
needs and rightsofinfants, May 19-20, at the
First Methodist Church in Eugene. ''Infants:
C'halJenge to be Human," is
sponsored by the Institute for Human
Beginnings for professionals and volunteers
who work with children and families.

Protecting yourself from venereal disease
by Dr. Staywell and the Staff of Student

you can ''·take'' to cure yourself. But once
diagnosed in time, both can be cured by
penicillin, or tetracycline in cases of
penicillin allergy.
Without such treatments V.D. will almost
surely spread to others (women contract it
more easily then men) and individual cases
multiply at a frightening geometrically
spiraling rate. Epidemiologist Erickson is
charged with "follow-up" of V.D. contacts
of individuals who frequent the Health
Department's V.D. Clinic, or the contacts of
those who have been reported to him by
private physicians and other clinics, like
LCC' s Student Health Service. But the job is
immense, and Erickson admits he has to
"prioritize" his time. And while it might be
expected that some infected persons would
resist his overtures. it is all too often common
for private physicians to neglect reporting
their V.D. cases to protect their patients
from embarrassment, or because they have
little faith in follow-up procedures.
But who is protecting what from whom?
While under the law all V.D. cases must be
reported to state health officials, the
information is for record keeping purposes
only. In the case of minors, parental consent
or knowledge is not required_for treatment.
Erickson stresses that he understands the
mistrust of government generated by the
sixties era, and knows that people seek
confidentiality. '' If we misused our information we wouldn't be in business very long,''
he says.

Health Service
If you're a sexually active single person,
you owe it to yourself and your partner(s) to
get a V.D. check every two months or so.
Accorc!ingtoBill Erickson, V.D. Epidemiologist for Lane County Health Department,

The program will include reports from
professionals who deal with problems of
family violence, presentations on joyful
parenting, a panel on sexual problems after a
new baby, and other explorations on the
conference theme.
A non-profit group of family care workers
in Eugene, the Institute for Human
Beginnings, is seeking long range solutions
to these problems.
Cost to each participant in the May
conference will be $35. This includes a
banquet with Ashley Montagu. College
credit available. For registration forms and
information, contact Judy Albrecht or
Jeanne Etter, 140 E. 39 St., Book and Tea on
19 and Agate Streets, the Bookmark on the
Mall, or Mike O'Brian's bookstore at the
Fifth Street Market. Registration is limited.

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some 4-5 times the total number of people
treated for gonorrhea living in the county last
year(1280) probably have it, and either don't
know it, or are afraid to see a private
physician or come to a health clinic to get rid
of it once they suspect it.
This is extremely unfortunate, because
gonorrhea, the most common venereal
disease, and syphilis, considerably scarcer,
won 'tcure themselves. And there is nothing

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herpes) and which disappear eventually. But
left untreated, syphilis can eventually result
in heart, blood vessel and brain damage.
Unlike gonorrhea, syphilis can be transmitted from pregnant women to their unborn.
A few years ago it was believed that
gonorrhea's early symptoms were often
hidden only in women. But recently cases of
"asymptomatic" gonorrhea have been
cropping up in men. This may be due to the
germ mutating due to long exposure to
penicillin, and adapting better to the body.
Student Health Service Director Laura
Oswalt is concerned that in a few years

gonorrhea may be impervious to penicillin.
Fortunately, a vaccine is being developed
which may eventually provide a permanent
cure for the disease.
When symptoms for gonorrhea are
present, men should look for:
• a burning pain when urinating
• a discharge of white or yellow pus from
the penis
These symptoms usually occur from 2 to 6
days after intercourse.
Four out of five women may have
gonorrhea and not even know it, but the one
that does may experience:
• a burning sensation when urinating
• a green or green/ yellow vaginal
discharge
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for syphilis may be:
• Stage One -- a painless sore (chancre) on
the sex organs, mouth or elsewhere 10 to 30
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days after contact.
Beyond embarrassment and paranoia,
• Stage Two -- fever , rash , aches , sore
you are protecting nobody if you suspect or throat, hair falling out and enlarged lymph
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infected urethra and prostate gland, which
• Stage Three -- various ailments affecting
may make urinating difficult or impossible the skin, muscles, digestive organs, liver,
(gonococcal urethritis); swelling and pain in lungs, eyes, glands, heart and nervous
the scrotum and groin, which may eventually system.
block off sperm passage from the testicles
Most cases of syphilis are discovered and
causing sterility (gonococcal epididymitis); treated long before Stage Three, however.
or transmission of the gonorrhea bacteria
Diagnosis of gonorrhea involves, in men,
through the bloodstream to the joints, taking a culture from a discharge from the
causing an acute, painful arthritic condition penis and, in women, taking a culture from
(gonococcal arthritis).
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the cervix. For syphilis, a blood test (VDRL)
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cal arthritis as well as pelvic inflammatory after sexual contact. At the Lane County
disease. This infection spreads from the Health Department you only have to wait 15
vagina and cervix to the uterus, fallopian minutes for the results.
tubesandovaries. Pain and fever may be the
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causing painful abscesses and a need for women choose to participate in the Women's
surgery. A pregnant woman can't pass Clinic, at which time a variety of medical and
gonorrhea on to her child from the educational services are available in
bloodstream, but if she is infected her baby addition to routine V.D. diagnosis. The cost
can catch it in the eyes as it comes into is $10.
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Event features two LCC video-film artists

by Janice Brown
"Right now in television there is a
primary, perceptual, psychological shift
taking place," says David Joyce, an LCC
instructor, video artist, and filmmaker.
People are starting to think of television
not simply from the point of view of just
consuming what television has to offer, but
rather of programming it themselves."
According to Joyce, creatingone'sown TV
programs may not be as difficult or as far
away as it sounds. Joyce and another video
artist, Ed Mellnik, will demonstrate some of
their media works in a show on Friday and
Saturday, April 21 and22 at the Open Gallery
located in Midgley's Mill, 445 High St.
Joyce teaches two classes at LCC. One for
the Mass Comm. Dept. (16 mm film
production), and one in the Art Dept. called
Design for Moving Images. Joyce says that,
"Most people in our generation are
dissatisfied with standard commercial TV,
and other options are being made available
through thew hole video disc recorder scene.
In a very few years-there will be a whole video
disc recorder industry, similar to longplaying records. People who work as film and
video artists will be creating discs of their
work, and people will buy them -- the same
.way that they buy a''' Rolling Stone'' album.
It's really very possible!"
Possible yes, but it hasn't come about all
that easily. Pioneers of this industry such as
Mellnik and Joyce didn't exactly develop
their talents, ideas, and techniques over
night. Joyce has two master's degrees from
the University of Oregon. One in Broadcasting and one in Fine Arts, which he gained
strictly through work in video and film.
Before coming to LCC he taught filmmaking
in Montreal.
Mellnik graduated from the University of
Buffalo with a BA in communications and a
BA in psychology. While he was in high
school he also attended and graduated from

Distinguished poets
read at LCC

by Rick Dunaven

Next week two distinguished American
poets, Carolyn Kizer and Robert Duncan,
will be appearing at LCC.
Also next week the Pulitzer Prize winning
poet W .S. Merwin is scheduled to appear at
the U of O's Erb Memorial Student Union.
• Kizer is scheduled to read a selection of
her poems at noon on·Thursday, April 25, in
the Performing Arts Theatre, and also will
conduct two evening poetry classes at 8
p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, April 25 and
27 in room 150 of the Geology Building at the
University of Oregon.
• At noon on Thursday, April 27, poet
Robert Duncan will appear in the Performing
Arts Theatre at LCC; he is also slated to
appear at8 p.m. Thursday in room 150 of the
Geology Building on the U of O campus.
Both Kizer and Duncan will appear on
Thursday for the evening class.
• On Friday, April 28, the Pulitzer Prize
winning poet W. S. Merwin will appear at the
Erb Memorial Student Union at 8 p.m.
Merwin is also scheduled to appear at the
Book and Tea Shop, 1646E.19St. in Eugene,
from 4 to 5 p.m. to autograph his books.
A one dollar admission will be charged for
all readings. Students taking a literature
class at either LCC or the U of O will be
admitted free.
To mark the culmination of these
readings, which are sponsored in part by the
Willamette Writers Guild, there will be an
all-day poetry seminar, entitled, "Festival
of the Arts," on Saturday, April 29, starting
at 10 a.m. at the Senior Citizen Center, 489
N.W. Water St. in Albany.
The Willamette Writers Guild is chartering a bus, which will leave Saturday morning
from LCC, to enable LCC students, needing
transportation to attend the festival. The
cost of the trip, including the ticket, is $3.50
per person.
Persons needing more intormatton may
call Heather McConnell, coordinator for the
Willamette Writers Guild, at Lane Community College, extension 339.

a two-year college with a degree in
electronics. He has worked in the production
of TV and radio advertising. So for the last
five years he says, "I've been in and out of
commercial radio and TV and educational
radio and TV.'' He has had two previous
shows of his media works in the Eugene area,
one at the U of O called "Electronic
Windows" and one at the Museum of
Science called "Vertical Hold." Currently
he is employed at LCC as a Media Specialist.
Although Mellnik' sand Joyce's works are
not really similar, the two were offered the
show at the Open Gallery together because
of the similarity of the media they work in as
artists. The works that they will show are
pieces they have both created over the past
two or three years.
Mellnik creates most of his works with a
video synthesizer, a rather complex piece of
electronic equipment like an audio synthesizer. But the video device creates visual ·
images, or distorts images fed into it.
Mellnik's works are documentaries, both
satiric and serious. He says of the video
synthesizer, "I'm spending most of my
energies using it. It_gives me more abstract
kinds of animation, moving images, colors,
forms and textures."
Joyce doesn't work with the synthesizer,
but deals with concrete forms, and he creates
them primarily in the editing process.
The two artists' works which will be
performed at the Open Gallery, at 8 p.m.
each night are a series of short features
running about three to 10 minutes each. The
two hour program has been assembled to
create, according to Mellnik, '' a kind of total
concept.''
Joyce says "Media expression events of
this sort did not really exist more than five
years ago. And if they had they would not
have been shown. It takes a while for any
brand new medium of expression to gain
public acceptance.
"It's starting to be shown on public
broadcasting stations, mainly in San
Francisco. These full series of half-hour
programs called "Video Visionaries"
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Spikers ·sweep triangular meet
by John Healy

Kevin Richey and Bruce Goodnough
combined to lead the men's track team to
vict-ory in a three-way meet held last
Saturday in Coos Bay.
The Titans, missing a number of key
athletes, managed to rack up 77112 points to
outdistance Linn-Benton (551/2 points) and
Southwestern Oregon (44 points).
Richey won the 100 and 200 meter sprints
and took second in the long jump while
Goodnough finished first in the triple jump,

second in the high jump and third in the long
jump.
In first place, Tom Brown won the 400
meters in 51.5, Jamin Aasum took the 800
meters in 1:55.8 and Mick Balius scored a
win in the 5000 meters with a time of 15: 10.4.
Richey clocked 11.1 in the 100, 22.S in the
200 and uncorked a jump of 21 1/2 to take
second in the long jump. Goodnough,
according to Tarpenning, will be competing
in the decathlon at the national championships later this year. Saturday he tied for
second in the high jump with a leap of 6-0,

went 20-11 in the long jump to place behind
Richey, and won the triple jump with a mark
of 43-0.
Five of the Titans' top distance
runners-Ken Martin, Rob Stanley, Dave
Magness, Lynn Mayo, Kevin Shaha-stayed
at home Saturday to run in the Oregon
mini-meet at Hayward field. Two of the
leading sprinters on the team also missed the
meet--J.oe Axtell was also at the mini-meet
and Chuck Casin-Cross is hampered with a
leg injury.

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•Lynn Mayo [second from right] ran the equivalent of a 4:09 mile at the Oregon mini-meet
last weekend. Photo by Jeff Patterson.

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Ken Martin broke the school steeplechase
record last Saturday at Hayward Field in the
Oregon mini-meet, finishing in 9:00.8 to
break a record established last year by Glenn
Owens at the national championships.
In the process of breaking the record Ken Martin [in foregroung] broke the LCC
Martin qualified for the national meet for the steeplechase record at Hayward Field last
fourth time--he already has qualified to run Saturday.
Photo by Jeff Patterson.
in the 1500, 5000, and 10,000 meters.
Dave Magness also qualified for the
National Junior Collegiate Athletic Assn.
Women toke second
(NJCAA) championships in Champaign,
Illinois next month by winning the 10,000 - The women's track teain won only two
meter race Saturday in 30:49.
eventsinfinishingsecondtoLinn-Bentonln
And in the 1500 meters, Lynn Mayo and a tri-meet last Saturday in Coos Bay.
Kevin Shaha finished first and third;
VickieGraveswonforthesecondweekina
respectively. to qualify for the NJ CAA' s. row, powering through the400 meters to win
Mayo powered to the finish line in an in 62.4, and Gigi D' Angelo took first in the
incredible time of 3:52. 7, a time equivalent 3000 meters with a time of 12:44.6.
to a 4:09 mile. Shaha came in right behind
The Ti~ns scored 29 points to LinnMayotofinishin3:54. 7, equal toa4:11 mile. Benton's49and Southwestern Oregon's 26.

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'78 OCCAA track and field-bests
Men:

440 yas·.
I. Loa Mosby. Blue Mou ntain. 60.8
2. Amanda Eggleston, Clackamas, 26.5

400 m. relay
I. Lane 42.6
2. Umpqua 44.2

long Jump
I. Tom Wubben. Linn-Benton. 23 I / 4
2. Garry Brown. Ump9ua, 22-1 I 1/ 4

220 yds.
I. Chuck Casin-Cross. Lane. 22.3
2. Jodell Bailey, Lane. 22.6

880 yds.
I. Kelly Britz. Clackamas. I :56.1
2. Kevin Shahha. Lane. I :57.4

Shot Put
I. Randy Bolliger, Clackamas. 52-4
2. Dan Jackson. Clackamas. 45-6

880 yds.
I. Lisa Nickel. Clackamas. 2:26.2
2. Mary Douglass, Central Oregon, 2:28. 7

110 m. high hurdles
I. Randy Vermillion. Umpqua. 15.4
2. Senft Branchfield. Lane. 15.9

Mlle Relay
1. Lane 3:24
2. Ump4ua 3:26.8

Mile
I. Brenda Cardin, Central Oregon, S: 16.9
2. Angela Cotton, Clackamas. 5:33.9

120 yd. high hurdles
I. Scott Branchfield , Lane, 16.2
2. Mark Nugen. Clackamas.- 17.5

Pole Vault
I. Rick Aniker. Linn-Benton. 14-8
2. Steve Walz. Linn-Bentnn. 13-6

J..-elln
I. Mike Murphy. Clackamas. 189-9 I /4
2. Eric Looney. Linn-Benton. 187-5
Women:

440 lntermledlate hurdles
1. Keith Freeman. Linn-Benton. 56.9
2. Scott Branchfield. Lane. 58.0

Discus
I. Dan Jackson, Clackamas. 155-10 l / 2
2. Charlie Keeran. Lane. 149

440 yds.
I. Lynn Mayo, Lane. 50.4
2. Joe Cook. Lane. St. 1

Triple Jump
I. Mike Yeoman, Lane, 46-10 1/ 2
2. Dave Recd. Clackamas. 44-8 l / 2

440 yrd. relay
I. Lane 43.2
2. Linn-Benton 45.0

High Jump
I. Tim Leedon. Linn-Benton. 6-6
2. Preston Martin, Clackamas, 6-3 l / 4

IOOyds.
I. Jue Jones. Clackamas. 10.0
2. Joe Axtell. Lane 10.3

2. Regina Jordan. Clackamas. 12. 1
400 m. hurdles
I . Vickie Graves. Lane, 62.2
2. Carmen Mendenhall. Umpqua. 63.2

440 Relay
I. Clackamas 49.0
2. Linn-Benton 52.8

Long Jump
I. Verna Simon. Clackamas. 16-6 112
2. Nancy Jernigan. Central Oregon, 15-5 1/2

High Jump
I. Terri Robinson. Central Oregon, 5-0
2. Loa Mosby. Blue Mou!]tain. 5-0

Jav_elln
I. Joy Hall. SW Oregon, 128-6
2. Linda Mclellan. Linn-Benton, 125-11

Discus
t. Joy Hall, SW Oregon, 118-9
2. Betty Rust. Umpqua. 115-10

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Shot Put
I. Brenda Bosyter. Ct:ntral Oregon, 41-1
2. Joan Tavernia, Central Oregon. 38-6 1/2

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HardbaUers trounce Chemeketa to remain in second

by Steve Myers

In the week of April 11-17 the men's
baseball team swept a league doubleheader
from Chemeketa Community College, split a
twin bill with the Oregon State J. V. 'sand tied
a single game with the Oregon J.V.'s.
Lane's victories over Chemeketa boost
their league record to 8-2 and move them into
second place in the Oregon Community
College Athletic Association (OCCAA) race
for the 1978 baseball crown. The Titans are a
half a game out of the league lead.
Linn-Benton is the current leader with an 8-1

record.
According to baseball coach Duane Miller
the team broke out of a two game batting
clump last Tuesday, dumping Chemeketa
9-1, in the first contest and 18-1 in the second
game.
''Our hitting really came back," commented Miller, '' And it was backed by some
strong pitching.''
The Titans collected 20 hits in the 18 nm
barrage of the second game. They were
paced by the bitting efforts of Gary Weyant,
Curt Smith, and Rich Bean. Weyant had four
bits In five trips to the plate. He scored three

'fony Steams helped the men's baseball team trounce Clackamas last week. Photo Christle
Davis.

Men's tennis team loses because
of emphasis on pllrticipation
by Dave Girrard
The men's tennis team dropped a 4-2
decision to Umpqua last Tuesday in
Roseburg, evening their season record at
1-1.
The main difference in the match (as
compared with SWOCC) turned up in the
singles according to tennis coach Don
Wilson. Against Southwestern Oregon·,
LCC swept all four singles matches for the
margin of victory. It was a different story
against Umpqua, however, as the team
managed a split in the four matches played .

Lane could've won the match, but because of
emphasis on participation it probably cost
them their second win. '' I won't use my best
players until district,'' Wilson said, adding
that the players prefer the participation
element more than anything else.

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In the other two matches, John Johnson
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LCC's Ken Neuman was defeated by Jeff
Stillwell, 6-2 and 7-5.
Umpqua swept both doubles matches to
capture the win.
According to tennis coach Don Wilson,

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times and batted in an additional five more.
Smith was two for four at the plate and drove
in six runs on his two doubles. Smith
punched out a sixth inning three nm homer
in a pinch hitting appearance.
In a pair of non-league games against the
OSU J. V. 's the Titans split. They won the
opener 8-6, but were shut out of the second
game 4-0.
"We were shut out of the second game
because we didn't hit very well,'' explained
Miller. ''T~eir pitcher threw a very good
game against us and our pitchers couldn't
throw strikes. We had a lot of walks and they

capitalized on them.''
Lane tied a scheduled nine inning,
non-league game with the U ofOJ.V.'s. The
contest had to be called in the seventh
inning, with the score knotted 5-5, because
of rain. The ti~ score was kept and no winner
was decided. In a league game the contest
would have been postponed and the game
finished on the first available date,
according to league rules.
'• We were lucky to even tie them,'' stated
Miller. ''We used six pitchers in that game.
We made some stupid errors and didn't play
a good all around game."

Titans rank second
in baseball stats

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In the latest statistics released by the
Oregon Community College Athletic Association [OCCAA] the Titans rank number
two In team hitting and pitching.
The Titans are also number two In the race
for the league baseball title with an 8-2
record. Linn-Benton Is the number one team
In league standings, boasting an 8-1 record.
They also lead the statistics column In every
respect.
Lane has a .323 team batting average. '
They have been at bat 232 times and have
collected 75 bits. Among those bits, eight are
doubles, five are triples and four are home
runs. Linn-Benton tops this statistic with a
.346 team batting average.
The Titan pitchers boast 2.20 earned run
average by giving up 24 runs in 54 innings
pitched. Linn-Benton also tops Lane In this
statistic by giving up only seven nms In 42
innings of pitching for an amazing 0.67
earned nm average.
Fritz Pippen Is Lane's leading Individual
batter. He Is currently in fourth place in the
race for the batting title. He bas a .545
average. The league leader in this statistic Is
Alan Hunsinger of Linn-Benton who Is
hitting at a . 706 clip.

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sent to Oregon State Peneteniary for 30 years.
Prison was no new experience to Lew. Since he was 13, (he's now 27), he has
lived on the outside for a total of only 16 months: he's had 13 felony convictions
and so many misdemeanors that he can't count them; he's been convicted of
kidnap, robbery, possession of drugs, possession of firearms, grand thett(auto),
forgery, first degree theft, and burglary.
He saidthatthefirsttimehewentto juvenile hall (at 13), he cried for about two
days then decided the whole place was a big joke. About two years ago he realized
that his life-long experiences with crime and prison were no longer so funny.
Right about then, he started to change his attitude about his lifestvle he said.
Out on parole now, Lew is attending LCC. He says he sees Lane as a chance to
get and retain his freedom, which is important to him since he spent so much of
his life in 8' x 9' x 12' jail cells.
He's determined he won't go back. His eyes communicated, in addition to his
words, his commitment to achieve his goal, Freedom.
Lew scorns weakness in himself, but tolerates it in others. Not trying to be a
martyr, he still says, in reference to his partner snitching on him, ''I'd rather ride
someone else's beef (be punished) than say 'this person did it,' which is easier for
me to cope with. It's easier for me to look in the mirror and still feel good about
myself.'' He says he is a man who is loyal to his friends and is true to himself. Now
he hopes to translate that pride to schooling and staying free.
Demonstrating his own attitude and his self-concept he says he isn't involved
in crime now because he chooses not to be. There were no benefits from it and he
wants to do things only if he benefits: '' Anything' s all right if it gets you
somewhere," he said.
When Lew was involved with drugs he took them for various reasons. For one
thing, he says he didn't like being straight. "It brings you face to face with
reality ," he said. "I still don't like what's going on there with it (reality) but I
want to face up to it now. I want to know and understand it.''
He believes that each person has a purpose. However, he said "A lot don't
seek itout--theygoon blind to a lot of things ... they only see what they want to see
and only perceive it they way they want to perceive it . And that's bad because
like, I'm here and I want to know about me and where I'm going.''
"I'm not talking about the Bible, that's going to lead me further off. I don't
know my purpose. That's what I'm looking for.,.,.
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hurdler/ racewalker.
It was a slow time that we won in,'' admitted Tipton, referring to Clackamas' win in the
mile relay. "If he had entered his best contingent he could have won."

Included in that possible contingent were three outstanding quartermilers--J oe Axtell,
Lynn Mayo, and Tom Brown. But Tarpenning chose not to run these men in the meet.
Tarpenning defended his actions by saying "We let people have fun ... we took it as a
very relaxing meet. We like to have some athletes get a chance to compete who would not
compete normally.''
In the last few weeks, Tarpenning has been running many of his top athletes in the
Oregon mini-meets, which precede UO track meets.
The competition in those meets is generally superior to what the Titans face in OCCAA
competition. Tarpenning hasn't run his top distance runner--Ken Martin--in a single dual
meet this year, preferring to enter him in the mini-meets where Martin has recorded some
outstanding times, including a 29:40 for 10,000 meters and a school record 9:00.8 in the
steeplechase.
Last SaturdayTarpenningran his top four distance runners--Martin, Lynn Mayo, Dave
Magness, and Rob Stanley--in the Oregon mini-meet while he sent the remainder of the
track team to Coos Bay for a triangular meet with Southwestern Oregon and Linn-Benton.
The Titans won by over 20 points.
But according to the sources who attended the meet, Tarpenning took all of his distance
runners (except Martin) to Oregon City that day, and they were ready to run.
During the meeting on the team bus, the four sources say, Tarpenning explained to his
team that he had lost the meet, or'' shortchanged his athletes'' because P .E. Department
Chairman Richard Newell and the College administration were tired of
Tarpenning-coached track teams constantly winning. (According to Tarpenning, the
Titans have lost only four meets in the OCCAA in the past 10 years).
Tarpenning told the Torch in an interview that Newell has been ''playing games'' with
him over the hiring of assistant coaches, managers and travel authorizations.
According to one source close to the athletic department, Newell docked Tarpenning's
paycheck $109 .00 last year because Tarpenning took an unauthorized leave of absence to
attend a track meet in Idaho in which LCC was entered.
The source said that Newell had refused Tarpenning's request to travel with the team
for unexplained reasons, but Tarpenning decided to pay his own way to Idaho.
However, Tarpenning refused to comment on the allegation that he lost the meet
because Newell and the college administration were' 'tired'' of his winning record. Stated
Tarpenning. "I don't know what you are talking about."
Newell declined to comment on the topic, instead referring the TORCH to the
statement made by President Schafer.
Schafer, in a phone interview with the TORCH, said "I prefer not to comment at this
point."
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
When contacted regarding his leave of absence, Tarpenning said the "President
Schafer has requested I take a week's leave of absence to be with my wife, who is ill."
Newell, when informed of Tarpenning's comments on the team bus following the
Clackamas meet, stated "I have no knowledge of Mr. Tarpenning's statement."
President Eldon Schafer declined to comment on the topic, saying "I prefer not to
(comment) at this point."
The college union representative, Joe Kremers, confirmed that Tarpenning is in the
process of filing a grievance against Newell, but refused to comment beyond that.