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Vol. 15 No. 24 April 27 - :Alo, ft~ 1978

4000 East 30th. Ave, Eugene, OR

97405

Liberal arts
training useful
in many fields
(in addition
.to teaching)

The Night Watch
News Feature by Frank Babcock
Midnight. Themoonbeatsdownbetweenswirlingblackraincloudsonem pty,
shiny-wet parking lots. Scattered vapor lightscastsoftshadowsacross the lawns
and ramps and walkways and the Center Building rises into the moon glow like a
dozing monster.

by Robert Anders

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Liberal arts majors have a valuable cluster
of related skills to broaden their career
opportunities. But for many liberal arts
students the job market may look a little
bleak.
Dr. Dorothy Bestor, an instructor and
author from the University of Washington,
described some of the professions available
to liberal arts majors in a lecture at LCC on
April 18.
According to Bestor 40 to SO job careers
require the skills which liberal arts majors
have. Editors, procedure analysts, research
assistants, and in public relations work, are
just a few which Bestor named. English
majors learn about summarizing, organizing, research techniques, technical writing, and many other related skills helpful in
landing a rewarding career, Bestor told the
audience.
While Dr. Bestor was working as a
placement counselor at the University of
Washington, she spotted the need for a book
that could provide liberal arts students with
examples of case studies about liberal arts
majors who used imagination to build new
careers. So she wrote, "Aside From
Teaching English, What in the World Can

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Dorothy Bestor
You Do?" herself, and published it through
the UW's University Press last July. For her
next edition, Dr. Bestor plans to acquire
more case studies and ideas to help students
realize how useful their credentials really are
in getting a job.
Bestor advises English majors to make a
self assessment of their talents, and develop
a flexible attitude so they can take advantage
of other options. Bestor also feels speaking
with others related with the type of career
one has in mind is a most important method
of gaining helpful insight.

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Raising a child, attending LCC;
Colleen is doing it the hard way

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Ross Barton cruises the campus on a security patrol. Photo by Jeff Patterson.

For some, it's the witching hour. For poachers, lovers, and thieves, it's high
noon.
For Ross Barton, oneofLCC'ssecurityofficers, it's the graveyard shift and for
another seven hours he'll be watching, checking, cruising, and listening for the
slightest hint of disturbance on the sleepy 100 acre campus.
He sits patiently in his patrol car, watching over the vacant campus, hoping it
stays quiet--but. knowing from eight years of experience it may not.
''We've got almost a full moon tonight ... with a moon, you can almost count on
sometbing happening."
As if on cue, a pair of car lights slide off the downhill side of 30th Avenue into
the LCC west entrance.
The car stops at the bottom, its lights briefly distorted and magnified by a skiff
of fog over the lagoon. It pauses for a moment, then abruptly swings south and
accelerates into the campus.
Barton immediately swings his car around, lurching straight, gliding through
stop signs and around speed bumps, heading for a quick rendezvous with the
intruder.
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He predicts the interception point perfectly, meeting the newcomer headlight
to headlight in the south parking lot.
The car hesitates, and Barton flicks on a chrome, roof-mounted spotlight that
glares into the driver's face like an angry father staring down the child he has
caught with hands in a cookie jar.
The driver u-turns and scurries off the campus.
"Good boy," mutters Barton as he idles hack t·o his post.

Night Visitors
Barton has served on the LCC security force since 1970, most of that on the
graveyard shift.
A former Marine Corps MP, a graduate of the Oregon Security Officer's
Academy, and the Oregon Bomb School, he has the skill, knowledge, and
experience to sniff out and deal wit~ trouble. With academic course work in
continued on page 9

by Rick Dunaven

• ''My high school principal threatened to tell my parents about the (birth control) pills
I'd picked up at the Family Planning Office in Coos Bay if I didn't promise to get rid of
them. He told me I wasn't 'that' type of girl and he felt the only proper decision I could
make, concerning the pills, would be to throw them away."
The principal had discovered that Colleen Donahue, now an LCC student majoring in
photo-journalism, had, during her junior year in high school, gone to a nearby town with
two other classmates to get some packets of birth control pills for themselves.
When she came out ofthe principal' s office Colleen said she felt ashamed, embarrassed
and really frustrated.
''I didn't want to have a baby and I wasn't ready to get married. I thought getting the
pills was a good idea, but the way t~e principal explained it, I wasn't so sure,'' she said.
Colleeen, confused and unsure of herself, decided it was best to go along with the wishes
of her principal, so she threw the pills away.
•
That happened in April of 1972. In December, during her senior year, she found out she
was pregnant. Her boyfriend, who had graduated the previous year, wasn't interested in
getting married anymore than she was.
Colleen asked to have an abortion when she told her mother about the pregnancy. But
heryarents, }?eing strict Catholics, would agree only if she were advised by their priest to
ha~e an abortion. The priest advised Colleen to have the child but give the baby up for
adoption.
She didn't like that idea, ''lfl was going to go through with the pregnancy,'' she said,
''then I wanted to keep the child.''
That turned out to be the most important decision Colleen had ever made. "I didn't
know anything about having a child. I was more or less a child myself."
Colleen was surprised and thankful that people "really backed me up" after she had
made her decision.' 'I was afraid people wouldn't understand,'' she said, ''but when I told
my father he said everybody makes mistakes, the only difference is that yours is going to
show.''
Her friends still included her in the school activities, she even went to the graduation
party. When she wentto the high school baseball games that summer, she recalls, friends
would occasionally ask to feel the unborn baby kicking.
•
Three months after graduating from high school Colleen moved to Eugene. She gave
birth to a 10 pound son whom she named Matthew.
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Sports coverage of both sexes is equal
ORCH
iscriminates
against women's
track team

To the Editor:
You "TORCH" people better up-date
your thinking and get your publication out of
the dark ages! We are all pretty tired of
seeing one-third of your printed space
devoted to men's athletics and then putting
in a subnote, (as an afterthought I'm sure)
that the women's team also ran. While fewer
in number, (due to lack of support) the
women work just as hard, compete just as
strongly, and are just as dedicated to their
sports as men. In the name of fair play let's
have better coverage of women in sports.
Buck Bailey

Editorial by Sally Oljar
Mr. Bailey 's "Letter to the Editor" this
·week illustrates his apparent lack of
~nformation regarding the TORCH's coverage of women's sports at LCC. It appears
that he does not read the paper, specifically
the sports page, with any consistency. If he
had followed the coverage given the various
women's athletic teams, I'm sure he would
discover that the TORCH does not need to
get itself "out of the dark ages."
At his suggestion, I did some "up-dating"
of my thinking and reviewed all the sports
coverage of women's athletics in past issues,
beginning Fall Term 1977.
During
basketball season the women's team
received more coverage than the men's
team, although the men's squad had a better
record. TORCH Sports Editor John Healy
wrote an in-depth analysis of the women's
team, including interviews with each player,

and a weekly "Titan of the Week" feature,
which included men and women.
In October, the TORCH featured the
newly formed women's cross-country team
in a cover story. Weekly coverage of these
meets followed until the season ended.
Women's volleyball, especially during the
last part of the season, also enjoyed weekly
coverage, as the women's tennis team does
this season.
In reference to last week's women's track
meet with Linn-Benton Community Colleg
and Southwestern Oregon Community
College it must be pointed out that only two .
women track competitors won their events.
There are seven women on the LCC women's
track team. Six men competitors won their
events in the same.meet. There are 55 men
on the LCC men's track team.
I have no doubt that every woman on the

women's track, basketball, volleyball , or
tennis teams compete just as strongly, work
just as hard, and are just as dedicated to their
particular sport as the men. A desire for
excellence in any sport is not dependent
upon one's sex. The strength of competition
displayed by the women's team is not the
issue. The fact is, unfortunate buttrue, that
women's athletics does not have the
participation at the present time that men's
athletics do.
The wider range of women's sports is just
beginning at LCC: Women's softball and
soccer teams are expected to be added to the
present programs.
The TORCH will
continue to cover the women's athletic
program as it grows, as it is sure to do in the
corning years, just as efficiently, fairly, and
with as much interest as it does the men's
athletic programs.

Who pays the price for the TY show 'Holocaus t' ?
Commentary by Wes Heath

Critics of the NBC "Holocaust" miniseries which aired last week are asking the
network brass for their motive in re-telling
the horror story of Nazi anti-Semitism.
Some claim it was an unnecessary
exploitation of all too familiar history. The
Palestinians say "Holocaust" was Zionist
propaganda aimed at reinforcing pro-Israeli
sentiments in the 10 to 15 countries in which
it will be televised. Others are decrying the
series' artistic shortcomings.

HISTORY NOT TAUGHT
The historians who constitute the first
group of critics are apparently unaware that
the holocaust is not common knowledge, at
least not among the young. According to a
history instructor at the University of
Oregon, one-third of his freshman students
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had never even heard of Hitler. An d a recent
poll taken among high school students in
Seattle revealed that a "good portion"
thought the Jewish holocaust was a religious
holiday.
To a nation of young people whose only

exposure to a denial of human rights has
been a school administrator's ban on
smoking, "Holocaust" has come none too
soon.
A ZIONIST PLOT?
Concerning the protests of the second
group of critics, it can only be said that if

Jewish Committee reiterated this point
when, acting as a consultant for the film, he
lamented the '' growing callousness to the
value of human life, an indifference to
human suffering.''
If we can believe Green, the 71 per cent
"success" of Hitler's Final Solution is

ASLCC's Ruckman endorses Cox
To the Editor:
As ' student body president during this
year I have worked with both of the
candidates for next year's student body
president. Without hesitation I endorse Jim
Cox.
Jim has been working on developing
teaching evaluations so that students can ,
know in advance what kind of class they're
signing up for. This shows Jim ' s concern for
making LCC serve the students educationally.
Free legal aid and other ASLCC services
would be managed well under Jim's
leadership. He wants us to get the most that
we can for our money.
When we pay a mandatory student body

TORCH
Editor: Sally Oljar
Associate Editor: Paul Yarnolc!
Features Editor: Sara Jenkins
Entertainment Editor: Jan Brown
Sports Editor: John Healy
Assoc. Sports Editor: Steve Myers
Photo Editor: Daviel Van Rossen
Assoc. Photo Editor: Jeff Patterson
Contributing Editors: Wes Heath, Rick Dunaven, Frank
Babcock
Production Manager: Michael Riley
Business Manager: Darlene Gore
Copysetting : Nikki Brazy
Photographers: Christie Davis, Samson Nisser, Mary
McCullough. Susan Lee. Ray Armstrong,
Production: Susan Fosseen, Judy Jordan, Judy Sonstein,
Marta Hogard, Jack Desmond, Dave Girrard
The TORCH is published on Thursdays, September through
June.
News stories are compressed, concise reports, intended to
be as objective as possible. Some may appear with by-lines to
indicate the reporter responsible.
News features, because of a broader scope, may contain
some judgements on the part of the writer. They will be
identified with a "feature" by-line.
''Forums'' 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
right to edit for libel and length.
Editorials are signed by the newspaper staff writer, and
express only her/ his opinion.
All correspondence must be typed and signed by the writer.
Mail or bring all correspondence to: The TORCH, Room 205,
Center Building. 4000 East 30th Ave .. Eugene, Oregon,
97405. Phone 747-4501 , ext. 234.

fee , we have to have student leaders who are
capable and honest. With more work
needing to be done at LCC to bring about
equal opportunity and with constant
pressure to raise tuition and cut class
offerings, we need people who can represent
the students well.
Jim Cox is a sensitive, strong man with
good character and the capability of getting
the job done. I strongly urge students to vote
for Jim Cox for student body president.
Tom Ruckman
ASLCC President

Ram Das sold out

To the Editor:
On April 20th I had the pleasure of being
able to listen to Ram Das, author of'' Be Here
Now,'' at South High in the standing room
only auditorium. Ram Das' lecture conveyed
a kind of "oneness" between him and
audience that I had never experienced. I
would simplify his message as follows ...
listen to "yourself" and follow your
"desired" path in life as we all help earth
along its path.
It was unfortunate that fifty to sixty people
were turned away at the door. Probably
because of the lack of enforcement within
Ram Das' security some people with tickets
were not able to see the lecture. It seemed
that his security (not thinking the auditorium
would over-fill) was more interested in the
first come, first served basis than which
people had bought tickets. At least the Ram
Das tour was more than glad to give ticket
holders a quick refund with a very nice smile.
If a person (with or without a ticket) had
the patience to wait, until the fire marshal
got tired of enforcing the fire regulations,
they were allowed to see the remainder of the
lecture. This, by the way, is how I saw the
lecture afterall the trails led back to the main
door. The school's security was extremely
tight, more like a maximum security prison
complete with barred hallways as well as
unsympathetic "guards." When the old
trick of "I'm with the Press!" doesn't work
the security is too tight.
R. W. Armstrong

Was "Holocaust" an exploitation, propoganda, or art? ·- - - - - - - - - - - - Zionists are exploiting the series to their
political advantage and if some viewers are
narrowly interpreting it to be a plea for
Jewish nationalism, they have missed the '
important thrust of its message. "Holocaust'' was not an appeal for Semitism, but a
polemic against the senseless prejudice and
savagery which still occurs today. Consider
B:azil, for example, where tens of thousands
of natives are living lives almost indistinguishable from slavery, or Cambodia
where three million people were executed in
the streets last year for no more serious
crime than citizenship in a country· that
toppled to Communism.
An editorial cartoon from the Richmond
News Leader which appeared locally last
week depicted a typical American couple
viewing an installment of the mini-series.
Next to the television set was a pile of current
newspapers and books describing the
atrocities suffered by Jews and others at the
hands of the Russians. The woman says to
her sedentary, beer-chugging spouse,
''How on earth could civilized people just sit
back and allow all that to happen? That's
what I'd like to know."
The moral of the cartoon was clear, and it
was the same moral expounded by
"Holocaust" screenwriter Gerald Green -the executioner is not the only culprit.
Everyone is tainted by guilt who knows about
brutality but does nothing ab~ut it.
Rabbi Marc Tannenbaum of the American

directly attributable to the sort of complicity
Tannenbaum referred to, and various
groups were guilty, the United States, the
BBC, the Poles, the Ukranians, the Vatican -even the Jews themselves who, as members
of the kapos, served as prisoner-guards in
exchange for preferential treatment.
According to Hannah Vogt, whose
anguished treatise on the holocaust is
required reading among Germany's students today, "Many people reacted with
spontaneous indignation as the scales f,II
from their eyes about the true character of
the Nazi regime. But they were not indignant
enough to resist openly." She added,
"Where were we when we should have
opposed the beginning?''
THE ARTISTIC PRESENTATIONit. THE
COMMERCIALIZATION

The complaints of the third group of critics
those who lamented the artistic
shortcomings of the program -- were the
most valid. And these critics were joined by
those who believed the network used
objectionable methods to package and sell
their nine-and-a-half-hour product to the
consumer:
One promotional ad read,
"Heinz Muller knew being a prison guard.
meant privileges, and one of them was the
prisoners' wives."
From my own informal survey of viewers,
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Activities office
to fund events
by Rick Dunaven

For next year the Office of Student
Activities has budgeted nearly $6,500 in its
cultural fund to help student organizations
produce programs which are of interest to
the general LCC student body.
The function of the fund is to "protect"
student organizations from sustaining any
financial losses which they might not be able
to recover while sponsoring campus events.
This means if an event cost $200 to produce,
but generates only $100 in revenue , the
Cultural Fund could cover approved
expenses and sustain most of the losses. The
fund is not designed to make a profit, so net
profits would go to the sponsoring student
organization.
Sally Torres, assistant to the director of
student activities, said' 'the fund can totally
or partially finance any activity which meets
our guidelines."
The guidelines state that the ASLCC or

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Avoid rape 'take control, he aware'
by Sarah Jenkins
Dead-bolt locks, window locks, looking in the
A woman's "personal power" in avoiding back seat before unlocking the car door, not
potential sexual assault was the main theme opening doors to strangers.
of two speeches climaxing '' Project Whistle
Stop," during Rape Prevention Week at DON'T DRIVE HOME
'
LCC.
Susan Schuster of the Rape Crisis
Beyond the basics, both women agreed
Network, and Marcia Morgan, crime that "taking control" and "being aware"
prevention officer for the Associated Lane play a big part in avoiding a rape situation.
Interagency Rape Team (ALIRT), both Morgan cited an incident which happened to
spoke at LCC on Wednesday, April 19, on her in Eugene recently as proof of the
topics ranging from Oregon's new rape laws benefits of clear thinking in a potentially
to self-defense classes.
dangerous situation. ''I was driving alone at
''Our main emphasis is on the victim of about 11 :30 at night when I noticed a car full
..
of men following me. First, I made sure all
't),), ,·~--~
the car doors were locked and then I drove
straight to the police station. I drove into the
underground parking area because there are
always police officers there, and they (the
men) didn't follow me. Whatever you do,"
she added, "in that type of situation, don't
drive home."
Schuster agreed. "Stand up for yourself.
Don't apologize for being where you are.
Don't give up your self-control."
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§ MOST RAPISTS ARE NOT STRANGERS

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<of rapes are not the '• stranger in a dark
Contrary to popular belief, the majority

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Hitchhikers also represent a high
percentage of both rape victims and
assailants , Morgan stated. The "stranger in
the dark alley~• assault only makes up about
three to five per cent of the rapes reported ,
both in Lane County and nationwide.
Both women repeatedly stressed that
awarness of personal power is the best
defense against a possible assailant.
Schuster recommended self-defense training for all women. '' It gives you an air about
you, an attitude , saying that you can take
care of yourself.''
PERSONAL BEARING

Morgan concurred. "We know that most
rapists are looking for women who are
vulnerable -- depression and emotional
weakness show in the way a woman carries
herself. Statistics show that these are the
women who are most frequently victimized. "
Personal control and awareness, according to Morgan, are the keys. "When the
mind and body come together in a sense of
personal power, it shows. In the way a
woman walks or holds her head or something
--wedon'tknowexactlywhatit is, but it does
show!"
Schuster also emphasized that the
network counsels men -- -- boyfriends,
husbands, or fathe~s -- who are close to rape
victims. '' Men in our society are not trained
to be supportive -- but we have men that they
can talk to and vent some of the anger that
they feel.''
The Rape Crisis Network "hotline" is
485-6700. ALIRT can be reached at
687-4478.

» alley" variety, according to Morgan. The
majority of rapists are a "casual acquain» tance'' of the victim -- someone known from a
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o party, work, or even a class. Re at1ves are
] also high on the assault list, since incest
o.. (sexual relations with a blood relative) is
considered rape in Oregon," Morgan
added. "This makes for even more
Marcia Morgan
sexual assault," explained Schuster. The difficulties in counseling," Schuster exRape Crisis Network has been in operation plained. ''There is a lot of indirect and direct
since mid-January and has had contact with pressure to not report these types of rape.''
Sallie Torres
20
to 25 victims, primarily in Eugene.
anycharteredclubororganization which has
"We offer emotional support; to let the
a minimur1 of 10 LCC students as members,
may have access to the fund. Proposals victim know that there's someone who cares
submitted to the Student Activities Office by about them. We try to help her regain her
campus organizations must include the type feelings of personal control," Schuster
of proposed event, the cost of the event and added. '' We see that as important in keeping
an estimate of income to be generated by the this victim from being victimized again."
The network, which is financed by
event.
Proposals should also include a plan for donations from the community and staffed
implementation which states the time and by volunteers, is filling a gap in the
place of the event, and an assignment sheet treatment of rape victims, Schuster
showing the distribution of work among . explained. ''We are there, from the hospital
exam through pre-trial investigations and
members of the organization.
Tickets for any event must be handled hearings to post-trial counseling," she
through the Student Activities Office. And added,' 'to emotionally support the victim ..
the college requires that a contract for each . to hold her hand.''
Morgan said that ALIRT came into being
performance be submitted to Financial
about three years ago because of increasing
Services.
Persons needing more information con- public indignation over the treatment
cerning the Cultural Fund may contact the of women who had been assaulted. "People
Office of Student Activities at extension 231. saw what the victims were going through in
realistic movies like 'Cry Rape' and 'A Case
of Rape.' They also found out that rape
conviction statistics were appalling."
All prizes will be awarded as gift certificates.
Morgan explained that a major step
forward was made when Oreg<:>n revised its
A Hot Tub Technology workshop will be evidence requirements in rape cases.
Prizes donated by
offered by Lane Community College at South "Defense lawyers can no longer ask about
Dot Dotson's, Gerlnch's, and Photo Factory.
Eugene High School Thursday, May 4, from prior sexual relations in most cases,'' she
7 to 10 p.m.
added. She said this change has made more
Works hop instructor Stephens Harter, a women willing to come forward and testify
* Each contestant may submit up to 3 black-and-white prints.
licensed homebuilder who has built several against their assailants. '' According to FBI
* Prints may be no smaller than 5x7. Prints Bx1o ·or larger are prefered.
hottubs, will lecture on hot tub design, wood statistics, only about one in ten rapes are
* All prints must be mounted, ready for display and labeled on the back.
selection, techniques for making staves, and reported in this country," stated Morgan,
Contestant's name, address, telephone number and the title of the print
outboard equipment such as heaters, pumps ''but in Lane County we think it's more like
should be clearly marked.
and chlorinators. Harter will also discuss one out of three or four."
* There is no entry fee.
manufactured tubs, kits and materials.
Neither Morgan or Schuster had any
* The TORCH will exercise care in handling the prints but it may not be held
Tuition for the non-credit adult education simple answers for the woman afraid of
responsible for damages from any cause.
workshop is $4, which includes a $1 rental being raped. ''We are both concerned about
* The contest is limited to LCC students, faculty and staff.
fee. Registration will take place during the the basic things," explained Morgan. She
three-hour session.
ci~ed standard "security measures:"

Fourth Prize ................................• 1 S
Fifth Prize ...........................................' I 0
Sixth Prize ............................................... •s

Workshop on hot tubs

Volunteers needed

Eugene Parks and Recreation has recently
initiated a new position entitled Nursing
Home-Community Liaison. Coordinated by
Ruth Egger, the project focuses on
integration of nursing home and retirement
center residents into community recreation
programs.
Volunteers are needed for this program as
friends to participants or to provide
transportation. For more information contact Ruth Egger at 687-5311 or 687-5322.

Start your own business
or anew, rewarding hobby
making custom wall and floor

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Photos must be in Tlte TORCH office May 1.
Winners will be announced in the May II issue of The TORCH.
Winning pr~nts will be reproduced in The TORCH, at the discretion of the
editor._They will also be displayed on the mezzanine level of the LCC
library.

Sponsored b_v The TORCH .

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Students protest 01andato ry fees
for controve rsial activities
(CPS)--Susan Erzinger doesn't want her group.'' ASUC, who maintains that funding
of politically active groups is legal, had
student fees to pay for abortions.
refused to appeal the cases because it was
to
fees
Steven Schmidt doesn't want his
But in light of
fund an anti-imperialist student group. not '' economically feasible.''
planning an
are
they
cases,
new
of
blitz
the
Jeff Conner doesn't feel his fees should
policy.
official
use.
doesn't
he
facilities
pay for child care
When Jane Fonda spoke at the University
They are among a growing number of
Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), the campus'
of
students protesting usage of their student
fees for activities they find objectionable or Young Americans for Freedom (Y AF)
unusable. And there's bite behind their chapter started acting on their policy of
opposition to all mandatory student fees that
bark:
Over 1000 students boycotted a manda- support a partisan group. YAF' s subsequent
tory health fee at different campuses of State lobbying led to a barrage of letters to the
University of New York. At three campuses regents. The regents then voted to make
of the University of California, students speaker fees voluntary, despite petitions
opposed to abortions are placing their and referendum results showing wideregistration fees in trust. Students objecting spread student support of mandatory
to usage of fees for controversial speakers at speaker fees.
While YAF sees the regents' decision as
University of Nebraska-Lincoln were able to
P.ersuade the regents to make the speaker insurance that students will not pay for
something they don't support, other
fees voluntary.
Not all the protests bring results, but they students see it as an effective measure to
do bring a fundamental conflict to the fore. cripple or kill an·y kind of speaker program.
''The theory of voluntary fees is fine, but it
On the one hand students argue they should
not be forced to pay for programs they might just doesn't work," said University Program
oppose. On the other, the schools argue they Council President Ron Dahlke. With fewer
have a responsibility to supply the students students volunteering fees, assessments
with a full range of ideas and services. will be higher, and even less money will be
The wedding of these two virtually volunteered, Dahlke explained. "We'll have
inarguable concepts may never by consum- to come up with alternate sources of income,
mated. Meanwhile, the arguments fly from or cancel the speakers program," he said.
Proponents of the mandatory fee say
both sides.
To the 24 students filing suit against the YAF' s policies ignore the students' right to
University of California over the use of tax themselves to maintain certain promandatory fees for abortions, UC is grams. While a unanimous approval of all
''illegally coercing students to pay for programs would be impossible,· many
services ... that violate their religious, moral students feel a balanced program chosen by
and ethical convictions." Their S'1it argues elected representatives is a fair method.
thatthose who don 'twant to violate religious
beliefs by funding abortions are barred from
a UC education.
The university is arguing for dismissal of
the case, saying thatthe students do not have
tousethe UChealthservice, that UC females
by Rick Dunaven and John Dutton
have a constitutional right to abortion, and
that UC cannot accomodate all religious
On April 6, Gloria Prieto, an LCC student,
doctrines in its health care. H they were
forcedtoaccomodateev eryone, UCmightbe went from a handstand and forward roll in
prevented from providing or offering the gymnastics room to the Sacred Heart
insurance coverage for blood transfusions in Hospital Emergency Room in just over half
deference to the beliefs of students who are an hour.
By agravating an old back injury during
Jehovah's Witnesses."
Over 50 "Students for Freedom of the gymnastics warm-up session, Prieto's
Choice" have sued the UC-Berkeley accident became one of 27 already reported
Associated Students for using their fees 1",<> to the Student Health Services this year.
fund ''partisan political groups.'' Last year, _ According to Laura Oswalt, director of the
three students won small claims suits and Student Health Services, accidents among
recovered the portion of their registration students are on the rise. This year's total has
_fees going to ASUC, claiming that "the , already passed last year's mark of 21.
The majority of student accidents, like
university has no right to forcibly collect
money from students to support a political Prieto's, occur in the Physical Education
Department. Although P.E. accounts for 13
of this year's 27, Oswalt stated, "Actually,
when you consider how many students are
out there (in the P.E. classes), I'm surprised
there aren't more accidents."
P. E. Department Head Dick Newell
echoed Oswalt's sentiments.'' With 1,700
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Colleen returned home to live with her parents after having Matthew. But after four
months there she decided to come back, with Matthew, to Eugene and stay with one of her
sisters while she tried to find a job. After months of disappointment and depression
Colleen finally found work as a secretary/receptionist with the New York Life Insurance
Company in April, 1974.

"Getting that job was a turning point in my life," she said.
Colleen didn't receive welfare because she felt, '' doing that would be like giving up.''
She wanted to accept the responsibility of being a single parent. To start her life of
independence she rented a two bedroom apartment in downtown Eugene.
The pressures of trying to support Matthew and herself were difficult. "I wasn't
making much money at my job," she said . "It was barely enough to cover our rent, food
and paying for a babysitter when I was at work.''
''I didn't know anybody here and I had alotof trouble adjusting to the fact I had a child to
support.''
As time passed Colleen began making friends but still felt somewhat embarrassed
about her status as a single parent. '' Most people were really supportive,'' she said, ''but
I guess I was still unhappy because I saw my son as a handicap."
About that time she decided it was time to change her attitudes and start setting some
goals for both Matthew and herself. She took employee evaluation tests given by the
company she worked for, to receive the bonuses the company offered its employees for
study and competence. She also started receiving a low cost housing subsidy after ayear.
and a half on the waiting list.
• ''I began orienting my life around my son. I started seeing him not as an obstacle to me,
'
but as an individual with whom I could share myseff.''
Deciding that her job as a secretary didn't have enough of a future, Colleen started
thinking about going back to school. "I wanted to become a photo-journalist. I took
photography in high school and really liked it and I've talked to a few reporters who ate
their lunches in the building where I used to work.''
During the three years she was working Colleen was able to establish agood credit
rating, buy a car, and accumulate most of the necessities for their future. She was able to
quit work and become a full-time student in the spring term of 1977.
Matthew, who likes to be called 'Fuddy,' will be five years old next August. He has been
enrolled in the LCC Child Services for two terms.
Puddy is the type of child who seems like an adult at times, but looks young and a little
short for an adult. ''He's really an intelligent character,'' Colleen said with more than just
a little pride.
"We're on top now, and have no place to go but forward," she added.

Studen t acciden ts on the upswin g

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When asked what type of accidents
happen most frequently on campus, Oswalt
said that she sees only the statistics on
reported accidents, like Prieto's. "I'm sure
that many accidents go unreported to the
Student Health Department," she explained, ''and, of course, we have no record
of accidents that happen in the evening.''
Oswalt noted that one of the major
problems with student accidents at LCC is
the lack of insurance coverage for many
injured students. Prieto, facing the cost of
emergency room treatment and possible
future doctor's charges, carried no student
insurance.
Oswalt, along with Gyorgyfalvy and most
of the other P.E. insturctors. advise all
students at LCC to carry some form of
insurance while attending school.

students in P.E. classes each term, and an
average of 30 hours class time for . each
student, I am very pleased with our record.''
He added that all P.E. instructors have had
course work in the prevention of accidents
and are trained in first aid.
The training was apparent in Prieto's
accident. George Gyorgyfalvy, her gymnastics instructor, witnessed her fall and
immediately called the Student Health
Service and an ambulance.
Within five minutes, Sharon Kealoha, a
registered nurse who works in the Student
Health Services, had arrived at the scene of
the accident.
''There wasn't much I could do,'' Kealoha
said, "except make sure she (Prieto) didn't
move around. That's standard procedure for
any back injury.''
Campus Security officers were on hand to
direct the ambulance to the gymnastics room
and within half an hour Prieto was on her way
to the hospital for treatment of a painfully
sprained back.

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YAF winning battles in war against mandatory fees usage
(CPS)--"It's been our first really successful venture with student fees,'' said Bob
Heckman of the Young Americans for·
Freedom (YAF), pride and satisfaction
evident in his voice.
Speaking from
YAF headquarters in Virginia, Heckman
was talking about the victory scored by the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UN!,)
chapter of YAF. TheY: were able to convince
the school regents to halt the mandatory
s~udent funding of the speakers program.

For most YAF chapters, the partisan
group at the top of the list is ·the Public
Interest Research Group (PIRG).
As
Heckman sees it, PIRG's are political
lobbying groups that don't represent all the
students in their analysis of an issue.

the Bakke controversy, Heckman said.
(Allan Bakke is a UC-Davis medical student
who has filed a suit charging that, as a
white person, he was denied entrance to
medical school in favor of minority students

"200-300" campuses. They are wholly
supported by contributions, largely from
businessmen, says Heckman. and through
local fund-raising events such as car washes
and raffles.

in an affirmative action program.) "We
opposed
quotas," Heckman said, "and
At UNL, for example, YAF chairman
whatever
decision
the courts make, we will
Terrell Cannon disagreed with NUPIRG's
stand on nuclear energy. ''Thf! statistics attempt to solidify public opinion against
they've come up with for the dangers of minority quotas."
convertihgto nuclear energy are warped and
.The key, Hectman said, was first-time
Heckman said YAF has filed a friend of the
(CPS)--The fabled ''youth vote'' that was
contrived," Cannon·said. He feels the U.E.
approach tried by the 70-some YAFers.
court
brief
supporting
Bakke,
and
has
been
to
have
changed the face of American politics
progress is lagging behind other countries in
Following a speech given by Jane Fonda, the
nuclear research ''because of , the Nader- sponsoring campus seminars and panel with the lowering of the voting age in 1972
group mailed out 10,000 letters to Nebraska .
discussions about affirmative action.
simply hasn't shown up yet.
ites".
conservatives, asking them to write the
The use.of student health fees and student
regents, and protest the funding of "hate
The Bureau of Census in Washington,
The UNL YAF chapter included mention . .facilities fot abortions is also under fire by D.C. reports that a lower proportion of
America" •speakers like Fonda •through
of NUPIRG's rent-free office space in the YAF. However, Heckmanaddedthatnotall people under 35-years•old voted in the 1976
mandatory fees.
student center in their 10,000 Jane Fonda YAF ·members are opposed to abortions.
election than in the 1960 elections.
The campaign was successful. After letters. Cannon is confident the letters may Abortion, in fact, is the only part of YAF's
receiving over 20,000 letters, the regents be successful with NUPIRG also, stating that official strategy not to have formal policy,
Only 49 percent of 18 to 35-year-old
pas·s ed. a measure cal!lng for voluntary ''no businessman in this state will support a ''Chapters can address the abortion issue on eligible voters actually voted in 1976, versus
funding of spe~kers. The measure defied a university that supports a group opposed to an optional base," he commented.
60percentin 1960. But those younger voters
show of student su_p poit for mandatory nuclear energy''.
now represent about 40 percent of the entire
'' Probably over half'' of YAF' s estimated electorate, up more than 28 million people
speaker fees.
Students had collected
petitions with 5,000 signatures, while a
YAF chapters are also organizing around 55,000general membership is spread across since 1960.
referendum . produced an overwhelming
majority wote for mandatory fees.
The letter writing approach ts '' quite
innovative", said Heckman, who is YAF's
director of state and chapter services.
"Seeing its effects, it's quite possible that
other chapters may begin to use that
technique," he added.
''Usually we start on the ground floor with
the students, and try to get changes through
a referendum and such," said Heckman.
"But they're rarely successful."
Opposition to mandatory student fees has
been the primary project of YAF campus
chapters since its inception in 1960,
Heckman said. "YAF's policy is that no
school or student government should
require students to finance any social,
political or ethnic group that supports views
contrary to their own moral and philosophical beliefs.
"We protest against any university or
college organization, be it black social clubs,
radical lesbian speakers, anyone that uses
mandatory fees, including student fees,
tuition dollars or state allocations, to take a
partisan role in political issues.''

Labor commissioner
forbids business travel
Commissioner Bill Stevenson told employees of the State Bureau of Labor that
they could not travel on official business to
any state which has not yet ratified the Equal
Rights Amendment.
In a memo to his staff today, Stevenson
said that the action was particularly
appropriate for the Bureau of Labor since, as
an agency, it is deeply committed to the
existence of equal rights for all citizens.
Some of the agency's activities include
enforcement of civil rights laws, technical
assistance on civi1' rights laws and
compliance with equal opportunity employment requirements in apprenticeship and
training programs.
Stevenson also urged Governor Bob
Straub to take similar action in a letter dated
April 17.
''Your influence extends far beyond state
government, of course, and so your
, leadership role generally would be of major
importance in support of this effort. Citizens
,in Oregon are generally well-attuned to the
important issue of equal rights for all
individuals,'' said Stevenson.
Statd which have not ratified the ERA
include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada,
Oklahoma, . South Carolina, Utah and
ViEginia.

Fabled "youth vote"
hasn't happened yet

Skin problems abound as' the summer approaches

Poison Oak
Poison oak grows wild all over western
Lane County and can cause a rash which
itches, blisters and tends to weep.
'Tis the season of skin-related disorders Scratching can cause a secondary infection.
and problems--sunburn, poison oak, bee The rash may occur six hours or six days
after contact and without treatment will
stings and other things.
Below is a list of several common skin · usually fade in one to three weeks.
WHAT HAPPENS: A poisonous resin in
problems many of us ·encounter including
the plant called urushiol present in leaves,
prevention and treatment strategies.
stems, fruit, roots and smoke causes contact
dermatitis directly or from clothing.
• PREVENTION: Learn to recognize the·
3-10 ft. tall plant with leaflets which grow
three on a stem.
TREATMENT: Cool soda baths, Aveena
oatmeal baths, compresses with a cool
vinegar solution, calamine lotion. Keep
cool, dry and don't scratch.
Lice
Pubic, body and head ltce are parasites
transmitted during sexual intercourse, or
from infested bedding, bed clothes and toilet
seats. Symptoms may include itching, a rash
or hives and eczema from an allergic
Sunburn
reaction.
WHAT HAPPENS: A 1 to 2 mm long
Twenty minutes in the noonday sun can
cause a slight reddening a few hours after insect attaches itself into a skin capillary and
•
exposure. Longer exposure may result in feeds on blook.
PREVENTION: Be aware of transmission
painful blisters and peeling skin.
WHAT CAPPENS: Ultraviolet rays from sites and learn to recognize a louse and
the sun causes capillaries to dilate (expand) symptoms.
TREATMENT: A one ounce application of
and a pigment called melanin nioves toward
the surface of the skin to prevent further Kwell cream, loation or shampoo possibly
repeated after 24 hours will kill the lice.
burning.
PREVENTION: Get your sun in small
Bee Stings
doses.
Most people are not overly bothered by a
TREATMENT: Put something cold, even
ice water, on skin; or use vinegar baths, bee sting, but some experience violent
allergic reations.
These may include
anesthetic ointment or spray.
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Health Service

shortness of breath, vomiting, loss of bowel
control, hives, swelling of the throat or coma.
WHAT HAPPENS: In sensitized people, a
sting is an antigen (a foreign substance)
•which stimulates the body to form antibodies
(protective proteins).
PREVENTION: Don't wear light colored
clothing, perfume or shaving lotion in
bee-infested areas.
TREATMENT: An ice cube for mild
cases, a special kit made up of adrenalin, a
syringe and tablets of antihistamines for
sensitive individuals.
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Birth Center 'happy medium' in childbirth debate
by Bill Seavey of the Student Health Service

So you're going to have a baby.
Increasingly, you're looking at two,.
possibly three, choices in Eugene for
pre-natal education and care and childbirth:
• Go to a private obstetrician/ gynecologist in the early months of your pregnancy,
have your baby delivered in a local hospital
and return home. Fees run from $1000 for a
one day hospital stay, the services of the
physician, and miscellaneous basic medications and procedures.
• Contact one of several local agencies
(such as the Home Oriented Maternity
Experience, or the Center for Wholistic Birth
and Birth Co-op) to arrange for pre-natal
advice and care, a home birth attended by a
midwife, and follow-up parenting education. Fees range from free to $150.
•Goto a-private birth center (Lucinia Birth
Center for example) where you can have a
''home'' -style birth with hospital care
quality and safety plus optional parenting
education. The basic package is $700.
Obviously, there are pros and cons to all
pos~ibilities•. On one side, perhaps, are
obstetricians in private practice working
with hospitals who feel that prenatal care
and birth are the domains of professionals,
technologists and institutions. On the other
are childbirth educators, lay and nursemidwives and small local agencies who
believe that birth is a function of family life in
the home with a little help from your friends.
What and who is the prospective mother to
believe?
A recent study by the American College of
Gynecologists and Obstetricians seems to
clearly· indict home birth practitioners for
negligence. It surveyed all 51 states, eleven
of which had statistics on perinatal deaths in
hospitals compared to out-of-hospital deaths. The states showed anywhere from
double to quadruple mortality rates for
out-of-hospital births. Oregon, for example,
had 9. 7 stillborns in hospitals per 1000 in
1975, compared to 17.0 per 1000 for
out-of-hospital births.
"These statistics are misleading," says
Jude Hart, director of the Centre for
Wholistic Birth, ''because they include
births on the way to the hospital and births in
homes where women were too poor to afford
hospital care, not just home births."
But, concludes Warren H. Pearse M.D.,
director of the American College of

Obstetrics and Gynecology , ''Birth at home
does not provide equipment to recognize
fetal distress or the medical facilities to ca·rry
out complicated deliveries which may be
necessary to save a fetus in distress."
Such equipment, suggests nurse Geri
Reigles of the LCC Student Health Service,
should include portable oxygen, a portable
suction machine, blood plasma and intravenous set-up, incubator. and episiotomy
set-up. And home births attended by
non-professionals are not likely to have

matched by age, length of pregnancy,
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births because -of certain hospital medical
procedures followed such as use of forceps,
pain-killing drugs, artificially accelerated
labor, and cesarean surgery.
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home birth advocate, ''but not necessary in
most cases with adequate screening."
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Hospital, counters that these procedures, in
fact, are often necessary to improve the
baby's and mother's well-being. Forceps, he
said, are only used in a small number of cases
to correct breach births which, he says, can
injure 8 per cent of all babies born this way.
Mothers have a choice about what drugs, if
any, they want during labor, he said.
"Medication can actually enhance a
woman's safety during labor by letting her
participate more effectively," he said. And
10-11 per cent of all births require C-sections
because their pelvises aren 'tlarge enough to
accommodate a regular delivery. And these
are done only for reasons of "medical
necessity,'' he explained.
However, U.S. Sen.JacobJavitsandFood
and Drug Administration head Donald
Kennedy recently told a Senate subcommittee that the use of expensive procedures
such as ultrasound techniques to monitor the
fetus, cesarean section delivery and
labor-inducing drugs to insure timely
delivery have become "fashionable" and
''convenient'' rather than always necessary.
And home birth advocates m~intain that
there are other factors which can affect the
safety and quality of the birth experience:
They include the need for a home-like

atmosphere with subdued lights, participation by family and friends, bonding to
mother and father and breastfeeding of the
infant.
To meet these needs a lay midwifery
organization has been formed call the Birth
Co-op. According to member Denyse
Silverman , the five-member group presides
atbirths, usuallytwoorthreeatatime , with a
back-up doctor on call at a hospital. The
doctor is sometimes needed when complications arise, for blood work, or simply to
answer questions . The cost is $150.
The women practice legal ''lay midwifery, ' ' in Oregon, often not permitted in other
states. Midwives received their training by
attending births and obtaining advice from
sympathetic obstetricians and nurse-m_idwives. There are few nurse-midwives in the
area and most of them are with local
obstetricians.
Monica Wiitanen, spokesperson for
H.O.M.E., recommentds that all home
births include (1) the availability of a doctor
who has been responsible for pre-natal care;
(2) pre-registration at a hospital and a ready
car in case of emergency; (3) a father trained
in childbirth (Lamaze or Bradley methods)
and (4) understanding of the whole process.
She is very critical of hospital birthing
procedures.
"In hospitals people expect things to go
wrong. In the home we expect things to
go well. Birth need not be a traumatic
experience.
"Maybe many doctors haven't seen a
natural birth where a woman isn't poked,
prodded, shaved, enemaed, episiotomied
and had her baby taken away."
But is this an accurate picture of what
exists at the hospital?
"We have a very family-oriented
obstetrical practice at Sacred Heart,'' says
Dr. Hansen. Hansen worked seven years ago
to get fathers into the delivery room as they
are now. And in December, Sacred Heart
• established an '' alternative birth program''
·with a birthing room which includes a
home-style bed, comfortable furniture and
carpeting.
(McKenzie-Willamette Hospital established a similar, and somewhat less costly
program in April.)
But these are merely props, says Dr.
Hansen, who insists that a mother has a wide
range of choices about such things as which
obstetrician to use, midwife attendance, the
newborn's staying with its mother or in a
nursery, breastfeeding etc. And Hansen
doesn't like the birthing room because its
• awkwardness is a '' distinct disadvantage for
both patient and doctor.''
Gordon Rennie, public relations director
of Sacred Heart, reiterates Hansen's views
that Sacred Heart births are humane. Both
men worrry that out-of-hospital births are a
risky proposition. (5-10 per cent of all
hospital births have complications and 1-2
per cent require intensive care they claim.)
They feel that an injured baby may become ·a
burden on both society and their parents.
The only responsible choice, says Rennie, is
to have a baby in the hospital or possibly a
birthing center, such as Lucinia in Cottage
Grove.
Lucinia may be the happy medium
between a hospital and home birth. The
atmosphere is homelike. Family and
relatives are encouraged to attend the birth.
. The center employs a doctor and
nurse-midwife who screen all prospective
clients for possible complications, taking no
one who is safer in a hospital. They provide
complete pre-natal care and education,
birthing and post-natal check-ups for $700.
Lucinia is located within six blocks of Cottage
Grove Hospital should complications arise.
When the dust settles from the childbirth
controversy, dollars may well be the
deciding factor for many people. Most health
insurance plans like Blue Cross will pay most
of the costs of a delivery at a hospital. But
while Lucinia is considered a hospital under
continued on page 7

April

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---------------------Page 7

Welch concert draws a
near capacity crowd
by Steve Myers
,>hotos by Ray Armstrong

"I like what I'm doing and I want to keep
doing it," explained a composed singer/
guitarist Bob Welch after his performance in
LCC's main gym last Sunday night.
Almost 2,500 fans received the ex-Fleetwood Mac star and his six-member band
with enthusiastic applause. The performance, jointly sponsored by the ASLCC
Cultural Affairs Office and KASH radio,
culminated a seven year absence of rock and
roll concerts on the campus.
For audience members it was a twin bill
performance worth the $6.50 price if they
could bear sitting through the opening act,
which featured the talents of guitarist Les
Dudek, Jim Krieger, and keyboard whiz Jim
Finnegan.

. Guitarist Les Dudek "jams" with the
warm-up band.

The Dudek, Finnegan, and Krieger Band
billed itself as ''refugees'' from Boz Scaggs
and the Dave Mason Band and it was easy to
tell why. The group was too loud and seemed
on the verge of turning into a free-lance jam
session. It had talent, but the harmony that
makes a great group was absent from the
show.
After an hour of polite applause for the
warm-up band, the gym was darkened and
the mood of the crowd changed. The
audienc~ knew who was next.
The music began in darkness. Then, with a
burst of light, Bob Welch and his Gibson
guitar appeared. Welch was dressed in
white pants, vest, and neckerchief. He had a
blue knee-length suit jacket on at the start of
his performance but soon opted the jacket
and neckerchief for a blue cheese-cutter hat.
Welch kept his audience at a peak of
excitement for his hour and a half
performance. The concert was professionally staged and thoroughly enjoyable:
from his first solo album, "French·Kiss."
He also sang a few of his old Fleetwood Mac
hits, highlighted by his version of the old
favorite' 'Future Games.'' He followed with
some of his latest hits, the high points of
which were the renditions of '' Sentimental
Lady" and "Ebony Eyes."
"Ebony Eyes."
'' Ebony Eyes'' was supposed to be the last
song of the evening, but the crowd chanted
and screamed for an encore and was
rewarded with two more pieces.
The almost capacity audience left with a
good feeling for Bob Welch, rock and roll,
and LCC concerts.
The college administratio n showed some
apprehension before the concert, stemming
from the problems that occured seven years
ago at LCC's last major rock concert, which
featured the Grateful Dead. In 1971 the
spectators dumped liquor bottles, left
cigarette burns, and created some violence
(a stabbing). But Sunday tight security in the
form of bottle checks at the door and security
guards with flashlights helped to insure the

Bob Welch opens his show with a burst of light.

'' Look at Fleetwood Mac five years ago, or
success of Welch's concert.
In an exclusive interview with the TORCH even two years ago, for that matter. They
after the concert, Welch talked about the were nowhere near as popular then as they
''French Kiss'' album, and the success it has are now. Stevie (Nicks) and Lindsey
encountered. ''We never expected it to do as -(Buckingham) helped out a lot but you can't
well as it has. My singing has improved tell what the public will like next. Christine
greatly in the last five years and this is the (McVie) has published a lot of material that
first album that has featured m~ voice," she wrote five years ago when I was with
Fleetwood Mac and it's just now becoming
popular."
Welch is currently atthe halfway point of a
four-month promotional tour which has
covered the country. He is working on
material for his next release on Capitol
Records, due to go to the studio in
September.
He's satisfied with his style: "I have no
intention of going to a disco or a punk rock
style. ljustwritethe musiclfeel like playing.
' I just hope I don't die out with the public.
Welch explained. "I'm pleased with its They're the key to the whole thing. We've
success. It was originally supposed to be justgottokee pon going the way we are right
released as a third Paris album (Paris was . now•''
the group Welch formed after leaving
Fleetwood Mac), but Mick Fleetwood
(Welch's personal manager) told me that I
ought to do it under my own name since I did
most of the work myself.''
Welch feels that part of the reason for his
absence from the pop charts was the public
mood and poor management. "I cut two
albums with Paris and they didn't go eampus
radio station
anywhere. We were poorly managed then
in the NE eorner
and we just didn't have it together. The
public has a lot to do with it, also. You can't
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VTR's evoke mixed emotions
Review by Janice B~wn
Five televisions sat around an old wooden
room. A group of people gathered around the
televisions seated on the floor and in a few
chairs.
LCCfilm instructor David Joyce wheeled a
shopping cart around the room distributing
small portable radios strategically within the
room. All the radios were tuned to different
local radio stations. This was part of a show
put on by Joyce and video artist Ed Mellnik.
''There are 14 radio stations in Eugene,''
was one of several video maneuvers that
lasted about two hours on Friday April 21 at
the Open GalJery. The audience was able to
appreciate the short "media" humor.
Joyce, and Ed Mellnik, filmmaker and
video artist also working at· LCC, put
together the show with what appeared to be
much time and effort.
Mellnik' s efforts were more pleasing to
the eye than Joyce's simply because of the
way in which Mellnik uses the media of
video: His pieces, "Subjective Space," and
"Chicken," shown on three color TV sets
simultaneously, were eye tantalizers of
pleasantly colored ! 'abstract'' images that
moved to form various designs and
compositions. Mellnik achieved these
effects by feeding images into a video
synthesizer which distorted the information
fed it.
.
Mellnik also displayed a satirical documentary in black and white on two television
sets. He chose for his subject the most
complex and controversial political issue of
the decade, Nixon and Watergate. Selected
bits and pieces of video tape were combined
to show incidents in Nixon's political career
along with video tapes of the Watergate
hearings.
Mellnik then edited the tapes down until
he had what he offered to the public last
weekend.
But Mellnik should stick to the images he
creates with the synthesizer; they are
somewhat innovative and offer a possible
positive direction for the media of television.
But the satirical documentary didn't make it
as an innovation. The subject and ideology
behind Mellnik's satire has lost its
profundity--it has all been said too many
times before. In fact most satirists of any
magnitude have hesitated to use Nixon and
Watergate as material because it is difficult
to satirize satire.
Another presentation of Joyce's film,
''Montreal Street Soup'' had also been done
before. On the screen we see a soup can
rolling to a stop, the words on the can,
"Cream of Street Soup" come into focus.
The screen goes blank for a second, then a
rapid montage of a variety of things one sees
in the street flash before us. The screen goes
blank again, then before us is a close up shot
of several piles of (dog) feces, a glob of vomit,
and other similar items. Andy Warhol has, in

his works, continually used similar images to
effectively stimulate certain responsees
from his audiences. While Joyce's "Street
Soup'' could also have had an impact, it was
overdone. It should have concluded after the
first images came to the blank halt. The
humor evoked in that series of images was
quite enough to make the point.
Joyce did achieve artistic validity in his
films "For Grate." The works, in black and
white, of gratings created pleasant and
provocative moving patterns.
• As a satirist Joyce fairs better than
Mellnik. He poked fun at a variety of human
conditions and exercised the quality of
self-ridicule without losing face.
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Former Lane Community College art instructor Tom Blodgett of Eugene will return to
campus this week for a showing of his "Recent Woods and People Drawings."
Blodgett's works in grey and colored pencils and felt tip pens will be shown in the Art
and Applied Design Gallery from Friday, April 21, through May 11. A public reception will
be held on the opening evening from 8 to 10 p.m.
Since leaving LCC, Blodgett has held jobs in the woods and the drawings reflect what he
saw there.
Admission is free to the gallery, which is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to
10 p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The blggeststan In the world of Reggae music are slated to perform in June in Montego
Bay, Jamaica's tourism capital, as part ofa travel package expected to attract over S;000
singles and college students from North America.
Billed as "The Biggest Reggae/Disco Festival in the History of the World," the
one-week music fete, from June 23 to 30, is being marketed to No,,-th Americans as a total ,
travel package. It includes roundtrip airfare, seven nights' accommodation,
entertainment and local transportation to hot-el and entertainment areas.
For further information on the tour package, contact SojQurn Group Tours, 656
Flatbu:sh Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
11225; (212)693-2044 or (212)693-9290 or
(212)693-6555.

Another film of Joyce's, "Logging
Train.'' excluded all but a close-up shot of a
logging train lumbering un~easin.lllv on its
tracks. The film provoked the same
emotional irritation that the real life
• situation would: Boredom, anxiousness.

The Eugene Parks and Recreation Department Is sponsoring a "Run for the Sun nm
on Sunday, April JP at 1 p.m. The run is 5.5 miles following the bike bridges route. ·
Registration begins at n~n on the 30th at Skinner Butte Pa;k. Entry fee is $3.50 for
t-shirts. For more information call 687-5307.

Joyce's choice for the close of the show
was probably his best humorous selection.
After barraging the audience with a series of
redundant TV film clips from co111mercial TV
programs, Joyce appeared in bathrobe and
slippers, telling the audience to "turn that
crap off and go up to bed!"

A demonstt,--.ion against the krugerrand will be held from 11 :30 ~.m . .
Saturday, April 22nd, sponsored by People for Southern African Freedom. The protest
action will take place outside the Oakway Mall, and will focus on continuing sales of the
South African gold coin by the Eugene Coin Gallery.
The Eugene City Council passed a resolution on February 13, 1978, opposing the sale of
this coin within the city limits of Eugene. Expressing its '' abhorrence of the racial policies
of the government of South Africa" the resolution "urges people not to buy the coins
known as the krugerrand, and urges coin dealers and brokerage houses within Eugene to
cease selling the krugerrand.

My main interest in the media event was in
hopes that the ways in which Joyce and
Mellnik used the media would propose
improvements upon the present usage of TV
With the exception of Mellnik' s video
synthesizer images, and some of Joyce's
films the event didn't shed much light on a
better future for the wasted space that is now
television.

"An Evening of Gay Arts" will be presented Saturday, April 29 in the EMU ballroom on
the U ofOcampusat7:30 p.m. Music, theater, dance and the visual arts will highlightthe
benefit for Eugene Citizens for Human Rights. There is a two dollar donation, one dollar
for the unemployed. The event is sponsored by the Gay People's Alliance.
'fhe San Francisco Mime Troupe will perform '' Hotel Universe'' on April 28 and 29 at
the Community Center for the Performing Arts. On Sunday, April 30 there will be two
shows, <;:meat2p.m. andoneat8p.lI!. Eveningshowsare$3.50. The Sunday matinee is $3.
Tickets are available at Koobdooga Bookstore, the Sun Shop, Bood and Tea, and Crystal
Ship.

Annual folk f es ti val
featured on EMU lawn
The EMU Cultural Forum of the
University of Oregon is proud to present the
Eighth Annual Willamette Valley Festival to
be held May 4 through 6 on the East Lawn of
the EMU on campus. The three-day event is
free to the public.

LCC will host several events as part of the Lane County '' Sun Day'' celebration of solar
power on May 3. On May 2 and May 4 there will be films on solar power at 1 p.m. in Forum
311. On Wednesday, May 3, a speaker (to be announced) will give a lecture on the
potential uses of solar energy at 12 p.m. Following the speech at 12: 15 p.m. the LCC Jazz
Band and Vocal Ensemble will perform. Other events are scheduled around the county
during the week of April 29 through May 2. For more information call 686-4356.

The Folk Festival will present a variety of
traditional folk music ranging from bluegrass and old-style string bands to Irish and
Gaelic music. Storytelling, fiddling, and
autoharp playing will be featured, as will
some ragtime and blues. Of course, the
standard singer-songwriter-guitarist will be
present.

Two disco dance classes are being offered by the Eugene Parks and Recreation
Department's Sheldon Community Center, 2445 Willakenzie Rd.
'
A team taught class for adults will be held on Wednesdays; from 7:30-9 p. m. beginning
May 10. Kim Riccio and Rita Edelstein will teach this six weeks class. The fee is $6. 75.
A Tuesday morning class will be held from 11 a. m. -noon for four weeks. Learn the basic
discodances; ''Hustle,'' ''Bump,'' and the ''Bus Stop'' for52.25. This class will begin on
May 2. Contact the center for more information and for class registration, 687-5312.

The Cultural Forum is pleased to
Holocaust day will be observed on the University of Oregon campus on Thursday, May
announce that it has scheduled national - 4. Events will include photograph exhibtion, films,
and an information table. That night,
headline folk performers for each of the
an outdoor candle-light memorial service will take place. For details call the Jewish
festival's three days, plus special guest
Student Union at 686-4366.
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The Night Watch

Community Service/Public Administration at LCC and the University of Oregon,
he is able to express a keen understanding of the trouble makers--people.
A navy-blue watchcap pulled down over steel-gray hair. Searching eyes. An
expressionless face. Barton could look like a New York Bowery cop.
But, as he leans his big frame against the car seat, with his shoulder against the
door, he speaks with a soft eloquence that betrays the tough exterior.
''My hobby is listening to overseas radio broadcasts ... Radio Moscow ...
Radio Peking ... The Chinese speak better English than I do. It's flawless. They
tend to express a very internalized view of the world ... like everything that
happens in the wor Id they measure totally against their own point of view.'' As he
speaks, faint gunfire is heard from the hills north of 30th Avenue.
"Hear those shots?" Barton drags on his cigarette. "You wouldn't believe
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Sweeps, probes and searches
The traffic dwindles to nothing on 30th Avenue.
And, like the nighthawk that, now and then, dips from its perch to soar silently
'round its meadow, seeking its prey, Barton squashes his cigarette and leaves his
observation post for the inner campus.
Driving slowly, window down, he listens, and his eyes follow the ever moving
spotlight that sweeps, prob.es, and searches, peering into stairwells, parked
cars, and dark alleyways. He accounts for things in proper places, checking them
off on a checksheet.
He stops--leaves his car to check the central heating plant, with its huge blue
and orange pipes and assorted gauges. The massive transformers hum
contentedly as Barton demonstrates with pride how he can push a certain button
on the complex Honeywell computer panel and be instantly informed of the
temperatures in any building on campus.
He takes a short coffee break with the custodial crew and politely corrects
someone's comment about Jeffersonian democracy.

The unsolved mystery

he rattles off a list of homespun categories of the night visitors who often make his
job interesting: ''The kiss and giggle crowd (young lovers), the drunks, the
campers (overnight transients), and worst of all, poachers. -' 'Oh God!'' he says of the illegal deer hunters, ''They've been -~~-so thick at times
... honest to God, one night there was actually a traffic jam in the south parking
lot! It's not my job to stop poaching, but that's ridiculous.
''My concern is for the safety of the school and the trouble is that those people
get up there in the woods and forget where they are ... a couple of years ago, we
picked bullets out of the paneling on the second floor of the Center Building.''
Barton places a high priority on preventing the poachers from gaining access
to the hills behind the campus and says he's usually successful. ____ _
"Anymore, it's almost comical ... their excuse_s ... I've heard them all. The
favorite is 'we just like to look at 'em' (the deer). Can you imagine? Here's a
couple of guys up here at three o'clock in the morning in a four-wheel drive
pick-up and a whole rack of rifles saying 'we just like to look at 'em."'
Barton says the campers are a year 'round problem to contend with but are
•worst in the summertime. '' There are a lot of young people traveling north ... or
south in the summer and somewhere the word seems to come down that the
campus is fair game for camping . . . and they come in here in droves.
''But usually they're pretty good. If we can get to them before they get set up
and comfortable they will usually move right out.
"I'm not a cop. But part of my job is to keep people off the campus who don't
belong here. So when I spot a trespasser, I get to him as soon as I can. Sometimes,
justthepsychologicaleffectof my presence will cause him to leave. If not, I try to
meet him on his own level--to understand where he's coming from--and it usually
works. Ninetimesoutoften, iflpolitelyasksomeonetoleave, they leave politely.
Calling the (Lane County) sheriff is my last resort."
He's called the sheriff more than once.
''One night I found a guy camped out on the grass. He had three dogs tied to a
tree, some paintings set up here and there, and he was flaked out on the grass- -no
sleeping bag or jacket--just at-shirt, and it was a cold night. I explained to him
that he was going to have to leave--that he couldn't stay there. He told me he was
staying and that if I continued to hassle him, he'd turn his dogs loose and they'd
'eat me up!' I called the sheriff's office.
"But when the deputy showed up, the guy didn't even argue ..
"Some people, I guess, just have to test you."
More recently, Barton was involved in an incident that he describes as possibly
his most harrowing.
A suspect who had allegedly been living alone in the hills behind the campus
was reported to be hiding in the Center Building.
Barton rushed to the scene and, after a lengthy room-by-room search, the
suspect was flushed out. A foot chase ensued that involved Barton and other
night crew personnel.
Just as it appeared the man had escaped, he dashed out of the dark right into
..
Barton's arms.
Barton wrestled him to the ground and ''it was raining hard and I had the guy
laying there on the concrete ... made sure he wasn't going to try anything ... we
were both soaking wet . . . and then I got him out of the rain and called the
sheriff.''
The man was then arrested and charged with criminal trespass and theft.

Back on patrol.
As Barton makes a check behind the physical education building, he describes
one mystery at LCC he has never been able to solve. He calls it the' 'phantom car
effect.''
One of the first things he does on his shift is to make a thorough count of every
vehicle on the campus. By making periodic checks throughout the night, he is
then able to spot any vehicles that might have slipped onto the campus
undetected.
''But sometimes, in the middle of the night, a car or two will leave. I'll quickly
recount the . cars I'm supposed to have and none will be missing. ''
"But I have a theory," he says, joking. "Somewhere on this campus--in the
automotive department, I think--someone is building cars!"
And through the night, Barton jokes, reminisees, philosophizes, and
describes the job he takes so seriously.
'' Security goes on 365 days a year,'' he says. ''Weekends, holidays, summers
and winters ... day in and day out. Every season ... every shift carries its own
unique set of problems, and the trick is to be aware of what conditions you're
operating under ... what kind of people you're going to be dealing with.
"This college was not designed for security, so we really have to stay on our
toes. There's a tremendous public investment here and it's an excellent school.
So I make an effort to use every bit of knowledge I have to see that it stays that
way."
. .,
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A call comes on his walkie talkie from the custodial foreman about a locker that
has been found open. It c;ontains gasoline. ''Damn! '' says Barton, as he speeds to
the scene.
He speaks to the employee who discovered it. Nothing is missing. Apparently
another crewman on another shift left it open.
Barton returns to his car, relieved. '' I don't like anything going wrong on my
shift.''

Firemen earn associate degrees_
Two Eugene firemen will be the first to
The program is restricted to paid and
earn associate degrees in Lane Community volunteer firepersons. Fire science courses
College's 11-year-old fire prevention tech- . are taught evenings at the Eugene,
nology program.
Springfield and Cottage Grove Fire Stations.
Dispatcher Carl Below and Firefighter Lee
Lemon will receive associate of science
degrees at LCC's June 2 graduation
ceremony.
The two have been taking night courses,
and squeezing in an occasional daytime
course, for about 7 years.
Though about 90 people take fire science
courses each year, says LCC Social Science
Department head Paul Malm, only Below
and Lemon have completed the liberal arts
and sciences courses required for the
associate degree.

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Diamo ndmen regain first place in OCCA A title race
by Steve Myers
The men's baseball team regained the
lead in the Oregon Community College
Athletic Association's (OCCAA) baseball
title race. The Titans split a double header
with Linn-Benton Community College and
swept a pair from Concordia Community
College last week.
Lane now boasts a league record of 11-3
while former league leader Linn-Benton falls
to 10-4. The Titans are now preparing for the
final 12 league games of the season with
hopes of winning the league crown and
earning a trip to the regional playoffs to be
held in Idaho sometime in mid-May.
Head Coach Duane Miller feels that his
team has the potential to win the crown if
they don't lose sight of their goal.
"We've played well all season long and
been right in here until the end of every
game, even the ones we've lost. The only bad
game we've had was against Umpqua. We
didn't have our heads in that one at all."

"We've done well defensively and at the (Tony) Stearns has done the job so far and
plate. Right now we're waiting for our _(Jeff) Brandhagen is looking better all the
pitching to come on. I'm trying to find two or time."
three guys who want to throw all the time.
T~e Titan hardballers are thankful for therecent rains and the postponement of games

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that it brings. Miller explains, ''Injuries
are really hurting us right now. We are
without four of our starters. (Wade) Wither
_spoon (outfield) is out, (Curt) Smith .
(outfield) is out indefinitely with a broken
hand, (Fritz) Pippen (third base) hurt his
hand, and (Mike) Anderson · (pitcher) is
suffering from a sore shoulder."
Even with the injuries the Titans managed
to do alright last week as they split a pair of
games Wednesday with Linn-Benton. Lane
won the opener 4-1 and lost the second game

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''We played super defense in both games
and should of won them both,'' explained
Miller. "In fact we led the second game 2-1
until the fifth inning. Our pitcher started
throwing the ball up and then they statted to
connect. We couldn't make up the defecit.''
The highlight of last week's action came
on Sunday when the Titans powered out 24
base hits to easily sweep a double header
from Concordia 8-0 and 8-1. Miller singled
out Mike Reese for his play in the game.
'' Mike really hit the ball well. He hit the ball
out of the park once and did it again ...
almost."
Lane's pitching took precedent over the
offensive barrage. Tim Kamrneyer hurled
his best game_ of the season in the second
gameofthetwinbill. Hethrewa three-hitter,
much to the delight of Miller. ''lt was a great
game ... they've been the spoilers all season
long. They're a good team--they've·beat all
'the top teams in the league. Tim did the job
on them. He would of shut them out but the
umpires called a balk on him when a runner
was on third base."

Tennis teams rained
out of six matches
The men's and women's tennis teams
have been forced to cancel their last six
matches because of inclement weather.
"lt's kind of demoralizing on our kids,"
said tennis coach Don Wilson. "We've been
practicing on the covered courts at the UO at
nieht.''
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weeks. The men's team will travel to
Pendleton for the Oregon Community
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tourney on May 12-13. The women's team
heads up to Gresham on May 13 for their
state qualifying meet, then advance to the
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Asn. (NCWSA) tournament in Bellevue,
Washington on May 18 for a three day
tourney.
The men's team will stay in Pendleton for
the regional ·men's tournament, slated to
begin on May 14. Wilson will be entering
Doug Knudsen. John Johnson. Garv Lott.
and Ken Newman in singles competition and
will team together Johnson and Neuman to
form one doubles team and Lott and
Knudsen will join forces to form another
doubles combination.
Cheryl Shrum, Peggy Gangle, and Gail
Rodgers will represent the women's team in
post-season competition, according to
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Thinclads finish second at Mt. Hood but
destroy ~outherff Idaho in home meet
by John Healy

Bruce Goodnough won three events-- the
long jump, triple jump, and high jump--to
lead the men's track team to an easy victocy
over the College of Southern Idaho (CSI) and
the Oregon Track Club last Thursday at
Lane.
Saturday the Titans were edged by
Spokane Community College 87 1/2 to 72 at
the Mt. Hood Relays, although LCC's
distancemen set two new meet marks in the
3,200 and 6,400 meter relays (equivalent to
two and four miles).
Lane easily outclassed a CSI team that
men's coach Al Tarpenning called a
'' definite darkhorse'' for the regional title in
pre-season forecasts. Goodnough took the
long jump with a mark of 21-9 3/ 4, the triple
jump with a leap of 43-5, and soared 6-3 in the

Martin ran a 14: 44. 5 5000 meters for second;
and Ron Kuntz battled his way to a win in the
10,000 meters, clocking 32:28.2.
Hurdler Scott Branchfield powered over
the 400 meter intermediate hurdles in 56.45
for another win, and Charlie Keeran took
third in the shotput (391/ 4) and second in the
discus (139-8) to back up Bruce Rolph's win
in the shotput (45-4 1/2). Also, Goodnough
vaulted to a second place finish in the pole
vault, clearing 11-6.
The Titans swept both relays in the
CSI/OTC meet, winning the 400 meter relay
in 42.6 and the mile relay in 3:21.5.
Running on the mile relay team were
Kevin Ritchey, Lynn Mayo, Axtell, and
Bailey. The 400 meter realy squad was
comprised of Ritchey, Branchfield, Axtell,
and Rich Collett.

Lane's distancement were simply awesome at the Mt. Hood Relays in Gresham, as
Ken Martin led the Titans to a pair of new
meet records in the 3,200 and 6,400 meter
relays.
Martin ran a leg on the 3,200 meter relay to
join Mayo, Aasum, and Joe Cook in_edging
George Fox College with a time of 7:37.19.
Jn the 6,400 meter relay, Martin came
from lO0_yards back on the anchor leg to nip
Spokane CC at the tape, clocking a time of
17:u9.3 Martin, Mayo, Magness and Spruill
combined for the win.
Keeran came through in the discus with an
outstanding throw of 154-0 and Mike
Yeoman leaped 46-9. in the triple jump for
another first.
LCC takes on three Oregon Community
Colleges--Mt. Hood, Central Oregon, and
Umpqua--tomorrow at home in the Titans'
final meet before the Oregon Community
College Athletic Association championships, scheduled for May 5-6 in Roseburg.
Tomorrow's meet gets underway at 3 p.m.

Decathlete Bruce Goodnough showed his
versatility last Thursday by winning the long
jump, high jump, and triple jump and
placing second in the po!e vault'. Photo by
Christie Davis.

Graves leads -woinen tracksters
to second in tri-Ineet at LCC
by Dave Ginard

Vickie Graves and Laura Smith combined
for 13 of Lane's 18points to lead the women's
track team to a second-place finish behind
the U of O in a triangular meet last Thursday
at LCC.
The U of O won the meet with 71 points;
Oregon Track Club (OTC) used a first place
in the 800 meters to claim 11 points for third
place in the meet.

the men's track team scored 109.5 points to steamroll over the
~58.5 points] and the Oregon Track Club [20 points] in a trlnangular meet last Thursday at
LCC's track. Photo by Christie Davis

high jump to

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event.

Joe Axtell won the 200 meters in a fast
22.04to go with his secqnd in the 100 meters,
while Jodell Bailey ripped off a 49.2 400
meters for another Titan victory.
In the distances, Kevin Shaha won the 800
meters (1 :58) and Bill Mitchell copped a
second (1:59.3); Dave Magness and Jamin
Aasum finished one-two in the 1500 meters
in 4:01.8 and 4:03.2, respectively; Mick
Balius (9:30.3) and Scott Spruill (9:54. 7) took
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personal best of 61.5, with the qualifying
time being 60 seconds flat.
'' I was real pleased as far as the times were
concerned,'' Norton said, adding that
because of limited personnel, it's hard for
the women to compete as a team.
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schools tomorrow beginning at 3 p.m.

Graves captured a first in the 200 meters
and a second in the 400 meters. Smith
out-threw three U of O girls for a first place
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the consensus seems to be that the series
suffered from its unresolved tension
between intimate drama and the impersonal
magnitudeofitssubject. This ''drama to end
all dramas'' was strangely undramatic. And
it lacked the degree of hard-hitting
emotionalism that most viewers were
expe~ting.
This is clearly at odds with Gerald Green's
intention to ''narrow the focus and study the
small picture'' in order that the incredible
statistics of the holocaust might not seem so
dispassionate and phlegmatic.
At this lapse in time, one question
dominates consideration of Hitler's appalling crime: How could it possibly have been
allowed to happen? To understand the
answer, one must understand the mass
movement mentality of the Nazis. That's
where social philosopher Eric Hoffer' s
study, "The True Believer" is most
instructive. And it is interesting to see how
Green's script bears his theories out.
Hoffer suggests that Hitler's hatred for
the Jews was politically expedient in so far as
it provided his regime with a ''vivid and
tangible devil" against which he and his
followers could level their attacks. AntiSemitism virtually united . the large and
diverse populations of Poland, Romania,
Hungary and France. The more unreasona~lethe hatred, Hoffer
says, the better, because it is chiefly the
unreasonable hatreds that "drive us to
merge with those who hate as we do.''
Consequently, Hitler's Final Solution was
merely a sort of'' cognitive dissonance,'' or
inevitable defense tactic for his initial, less
drastic anti-Semitism -- the hatred which
•rallied his supporters as early as 1933.
Hoffer writes, ''The most effective way to
silence a guilty conscience is to convince
ourselves and others that those we have
sinned against are worthy of our hatred,

worthy e~en of extermination.''
Recall how forcefully Green illustrated
this philosophy in the character of Eric Dorf
(Michael Moriarty), the calculating SS
officer who virtually assuaged his guilt by
devising more and more heinously "efficient" methods of execution.

good of all that anguish?''
The question is appropriately asked
regarding the holocaust, even if the answer
is much more difficult. If would be maudlin
for me to hazard a detailed guess, but
perhaps the "good," if there is any at .
all, is the bloodshed and cruelty that memory

even if some factions do view an enterprise
like "Holocaust" to be more a Zionist
equivalent of the Irish battle of the Boyne -that centuries-long annual rekindling of
bitterness and resentment -- than a valuable
lesson is history.
Will Durant said that the ''-past is the

In a moment of soul-bearing to his wife,
Dorf pleads with her to tell his survivors that
he was just "following orders," just doing
his duty, and that his monstrous deeds were
critical to the fate of the Fatherland.
This leads us to a final phenomenon of the
mass movement mentality which Hoffer
described and which Green made constantly
apparent in his script: ''When we lose our
individuality in the corporateness.of a mass
movement, we find a new freedom -freedom to hate, lie, bully, torture, murder
and betray without shame or remorse." He
adds, "There is no telling to what extremes
of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go
when he is freed from the fears, hesitations,
doubts and vague stirrings of decency that
go with individual judgement.''
This, above all, was the stark lesson of
"Holocaust."
It is unfortunate that a program like
"Holocaust" should have been in any way
politically inexpedient, or that it should have
been strictured by the crass commercialism
which either impelled it or characterized its
production. The humanitarian would like to
believe that Nielsen ratings and a big
advertising contract with Wheat Thins fiad
nothing to do with the motives of NBC
programmers.
Newsweek analyst Meg Greenfield recently devoted her column to the tenth
anniversaries of "everything bloody and
painful and heavy in our collective political
memory," and asked, "How do we get the

of the holocaust will prevent, even though, ,present unrolled for understanding." How
as we look around us, we are disheartened to - can we 'understand lest we unroll the past
learn how easily men •are still led from time to time and take a good, hard look.
monstrously astray and how little mankind As Hannah Vogt has written, "To the
seems to have been instructed thereby. injustice committed in our name, we must
Nevert~eless, th~_memory should live on, not add the injustice of forgetting.''