House passes two student rights bills
by Steve Myers
of The TORCH

Two student rights bills aimed primarily
at the college community were argued by
the Oregon House in Salem on May· 14.
One would restrict college students from
collecting unemployment compensation,
the other would permit some public use of
teacher evaluations.
• The Oregon State House of Representatives, voting 36 to 23, passed House Bill
2804, which would restrict student access
to unemployment compensation. The bill
will now go to the Senate for more debate
and perhaps final determination.
The bill provides that, for purposes of
computing unemployment compensation
eligibility, a student attending school on a
full-time basis would be considered unavailable for work and ineligible for
unemployment compensation.
According to a news story appearing in
the May 15 edition of the Oregonian, Rep.
Al Riebel, R-Salem, said the bill would
subject students to the same requirements
as other people seeking unemployment
compensation. The unempoyed student
would have to make himself or herself
available for work, even if it meant
accepting a job that might conflict with his
or her school schedule.
Oppvr,ents of the :-m say it ~ould c..r,·~
the effect of penalizing students who go to
school full-time during the day and work
full-time at night. If those students were
laid off from their jobs, they would have to
be willing to accept a day job and forego
their schooling to qualify for unemployment benefits.
• The House also passed HB 2831 which
requires the State Board of Higher
Education to provide for student evaluation
of faculty performance and gives students
limited access to the evaluation results.
Rep. Jim Chrest, D-Portland, said that

the bill was a compromise between student
wishes and desires (of the Oregon Student
Lobby) to make the evaluations completely
public and available for media publication,
and the desires of college and university
faculty and administration to limit access to
the evaluations.
The students, Chrest said, would be able

by Lucy White
of The TORCH
The library urgently needs books for the
new paperback book exchange, organized
by Barbara McKillip, cataloging clerk at
the LCC library.
The exchange is open to staff, students
and area residents. People may bring in a
used paperback from home and exchange it
for a "new" one. The exchange is being
held on the main floor of the library. Books
should be brought to Technical Services
located near the elevator at the southern
end of • the library. ''Everyone is encouraged to help this new service get off
the ground," says McKillip.

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today

liable for any information from the evaluation records if it were published.
Gerald Rassmussen, LCC dean of instruction, says he supports the bill in its
intent, but opposes the way it is presently
phrased. He feels that too much unnecessary time and energy would be spent
in complying with the law when its real
intent is improving instructor performance.
Rassmussen adds that student evaluations have been part of the evaluation
process at Lane for several years. He
suggested, "When the machine works don't mess with it."

Tape deck theft
teaches student
a hard lesson
by Earl Bliven
for The TORCH

Library begins
exchange systetn

to inspect the evaluation records and make
notes of them for their own use in deciding
whether to take a course from a particular
instructor. However, the students' notes
could not be published, nor could the
evalutations themselves.
Some members of the House opposed
the bill because students would not be

An LCC student is without a car stereo or
compensation for his loss as a result of an
alleged theft on campus last month.
John Dutton told The TORCH last week
that a tape deck was stolen from his 1970
Plymouth sometime between April 16 and
April 21 after he had left the auto in the
Mechanics Department area to await work
on the brake system.
"Mike Bailey (LCC Mechanics Instructor) assured me over the phone that the
car would be safe," says Dutton.
But Bailey told The TORCH that Dutton
had been warned properly over the phone
that there was a 50-50 chance his tape deck
could be stolen. Bailey said he informed
Dutton ''that incidents such as this have
not occurred in the past in that particular
area."
Dean of Students Jack Carter said, "LCC
takes no responsibility on such cases.
Students will suffer the consequences
unless
they can provide compensation
Photo by Dennis Tachibana
insurance for themselves."
Carter continued, "LCC couldn't pay the
high insurance premiums companies would
charge in order to insure student and
faculty private property on campus.''
Carter indicated that signs were believed
"I got desensitized," she says. "I to have been posted in the mechanics area
managed to accept him as he was; it · to inform students that LCC takes no
was hard, though. I wanted itto be like responsibility for property stolen on campus. Bailey said there are no signs posted
it was before the accident.
anywhere on the Mechanics Department
At one point on a hot summer day,
grounds, but that they might be posted
Lisa's oldest brother
next year.
John was enjoying a
Paul Chase, LCC security manager,
rock concert at Autzen
explained the Security Office report stated
Stadium.
the auto was opened without physical
Then, ~ithin an hour of the condamage done to the car.
Chase said, ''Similar incidents happened
cert's close, he was lying in the Wilin February, March and April of this
lamette River with a severed spinal
year.''
continued on page 4

A little si-ster grows up
Feature by Ron Kunst
Of The TORCH
''I had always idolized my brother
and it was painful to see him feeling so
depressed, with his
legs all shriveled and
his whole body atrophying."
But Lisa Lopez managed to grow
accustomed to the sight of her paralyzed brother as he lay immobile in his
hospital bed at Sacred Heart.

2

TORCH Editor Steve Myers could not
leave his red reclining chair without- fir~t
looking back at the last year.

There's a new alternative to running
in Eugene: Darts. And the 'brew and
arrow' crowd is growing.

5

The NJCAA meet held last week at
Hayward Field featured tough competition, but no first-place Titans .

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May 25 - ~ . 1979

Jour nali sm ethics:
The saga of 1978 -79

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Oswalt apprec iates partici pation
To the Editor:
I wish to take this opportunity to
thank the many, many people who
made the Health Fair on May 15 and
16 a success - including the weatherman! Robbin Belveal, a Student
Associate, worked untold hours making contacts, running errands and
putting up posters. His enthusiasm,
his expertise at balloon blowing, his
hard work, all helped to make it fun.
Only on-campus resources were
used for this Health Fair and it was
gratifying to see so many. There was
information on nutrition by the Home
Economics Department, dental care by
the Dental Assistants and Dental
Hygiene program, lung capacity tests
by the Inhalation Therapy program,
CPR by the Nursing program, fat
prediction and health frauds by the
Health and PE Department, a display
by the Voice of Limited Abilities
Association, foods by the Food Service

TORCH

EDITOR: Stephen Myers
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : Sarah Jenkins
FEATURES EDITOR: Frank Babcock
NEWS EDITOR : Bob Waite
SPORTS EDITOR : Ed Peters
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR : John Healy
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR : Michael Tenn
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR: Rockie Moch
REPORTERS: Bev Daugherty. Kathy Marrow. Ron
Robbins. Ron Kunst
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Dennis Tachibana, Samson Nisser.
Michael Bertotti. Fred Sieveking
PRODUCTION : Laree Ram . J eff Saint. Rick Axtell . Jack
Ward. Lois Young
COPYSETTING : Judie Sonstein. Denise Stovall
ADVERTISING DESIGN : Lucv White . Khathrvn Albrecht
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ADVERTISING : Steve Whitt .• Rich Stone
DISTRIBUTION : Dannelle Krinsky

The TORCH is published on Thursdays, September
through June.
News s tories are compressed. concise reports. intended
to be as objective as possible. Some may appear with
by-lines to indicate the reporter responsible .
News features, becau~e of a broader scope. may
contain some judgments un the part of the writer. They
will be identified with a " feature ·· by-line.
"Fornll's·· ar.: in•ended to be essays contributed by
TORCH readers . They must be limited to 750 words.
"Letters to t he Editor" are intended as short com•
mentaries on Storie, appearing in The TORCH . The
Editor reserves the right to e dit for libel and length .
Ecl :torials are si gned by the newspaper staff writer and
express only his / her opinion .
All correspondence mu st be ty ped 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. e~t. 2654.

and music by LCC students.
The LCC Student Health Services is
dedicated to teaching each of our
patients something about her/his body
every time we have contact. We also
feel we must make the effort to provide
outreach health education. For that
reason we have the '' Apple Booth''
program. A special thanks goes to
nurse volunteer Hattie Rice, R.N., who
has operated the Apple Booth program
this school year and to Nadine Browning, who has assisted her this term for
CWE credit.
We also extend thanks to the Office
of Student Activities for helping us get
funds to produce the Health Fair.
We hope that people who attended
the Health Fair learned something to
make them more responsible for their
own health care and that they had as
much fun as we did in promoting the
fair.
Laura Oswalt
Director of Health Services

End-of-the-year TORCH editorials
usually review events of the past nine
months and make a concluding statement.
News editor Bob Waite, thinking
back on past TORCH issues, commented this week, "It's been an
interesting year for journalism ethics.''
And indeed it has been. I can think
of several ethical issues we debated
during the year - here are three of the
most obvious ethical issues we experienced .
• Following the third issue of the
year, Board of Education member
Charlene Curry criticized The TORCH
for quoting her out of context.
The newspaper quoted Curry as
saying the use of part-time teachers
instead of full-timers is a feasible
solution to the current economic
crunch. And that ''hiring long-term
people is the way to get a hell of a lot of
deadwood around . . . "
The TORCH disagreed with her
objection, but published her explanation and clarification of the statement
in the form of a "letter to the editor."
It was a problem of news story form.
When an important person utters,
during an interview, an opinion which
is controversial or salient, that state-ment is given a prominent position in a
news story. This is sometimes said to
be '' quoting out of context'' - we
disagree.
• This story and other controversial
pieces gave birth to ''deadwood'' jokes
around The TORCH office and eventually to the lampoon issue call The
SCORCH, published on April Fool's
Day.
In the spoof edition the newspaper
staff explored the world of satirical
writing - and no one was spared.
Even the editor, himself, was dragged
through the journalistic muck and
slain, ironically, by someone with a
"deadwood" club.
The SCORCH poked fun at minorities, faculty, classes and prominent
people around campus, including the
college presid~nt. Despite the fact it

was meant to be comical, sophmoric
and was even labeled ''yellow journalism,' ' a half dozen readers or so
didn 't think it was funny and didn't
know the issue was not real journalism
before they complained.
• Several weeks after the April
Fool 's issue we printed a feature story,
under the FACES column , about a
drug dealer who said he had "no
morals'': He saw nothing wrong with
selling his goods to children. The
writer, not wanting to be harrassed by
people seeking a "connection," asked
that his by-line (name) be left off the
story. The request was granted.
Some people condemned The
TORCH for projecting drug dealers in
a negative way. Others said we
glamorized them. In fact, we offered
no opinions - only a color piece about
a man and his lifestyle.

Several other college dealers complained that the story stereotyped all
drug dealers as non-moralistic - an
attitude they said they had long fought
against. We offered to do a story on a
more "moralistic" dealer in an attempt to present all sides of the issue.
One . critic, after much prompting,
accepted the offer and the story
appeared the next week.
In dealing with these and other
ethical questions, we committed our
share of mistakes and oversights. We
learned. But we want our readers to
know, we at The TORCH attempted to
prepare each story with care.

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Sarah Jenkins, Valerie Brooks tapped as editors
by Bob Waite
of The TORCH

The LCC Media Commission selected
two women to edit next year's campus
publications after several hours of deliberation Thursday, May 17.
After the selection process the commission gave a vote of unanimous support to
Sarah Jenkins, the new TORCH Editor,
and to Valerie Brooks, the new Denali
Magazine Editor.
Also running for TORCH Editor were
students Charlotte Hall and Katheryn

Valerie Brooks will serve as next year's
Denali e~itor. Photo by Dennis Tachibana

Albrecht. Albrecht also ran for Denali
Editor. After the selection, Brooks selected
Albrecht to serve as Denali' s Literary
Editor.
Next year will be Jenkins' third on The
TORCH staff. She served as the associate
editor this year. Since last summer Jenkins
has reported for the Eugene ~egisterGuard
as a "stringer-that is, on a single
assignment basis.
"Last summer the Guard agreed to
consider Sarah's work on a story-by-story
basis," according to Pete Peterson, LCC
journalism instructor. "She began writing
through a Cooperative Work Experience
arrangement, but by last fall the newspaper asked her to continue as a stringer.
To date she has published over 70 stories,"
Peterson said.
Jenkins also received word last week
that she won one of the four college
scholarships awarded by the Oregon
Newspaper Foundation to promising junior
college and university students. She will
receive the award at the Oregon Newspaper Association meeting this summer at
Shalishan.
"I think that Steve Myers (current
. TORCH Editor) and the staff this year have
done a very good job of maintaining high
journalistic standards, " smiled Jenkins.
Jenkins said that she will continue those
high standards and she intends to include
more social issues in The TORCH.
Beginning mid-winter term of this year
Brooks, an art major, served as Graphic
Arts Editor and Associate Art Editor of
Denali. An artist herself, she has sold freelance art locally and is at work on a private
collection which she hopes to exhibit at a
future date.
"I'm looking forward to the editorial
duties and working with the new staff next
year,'' said Brooks. She intends to seek art
and literary works from more departments
at LCC. She says she may include more
informational articles as well as the poetry,
short fiction, art and photography currently
included in the publication.
There are currently seven paid positions,

Activity Center students will
cultivate community garden
by Shirley Freemesser
for The TORCH

Twenty-four clients from the LCC sponsor~d Work Activity Center will grow
vegetables and flowers in the now unused
area previously made available by the
college for a community garden.
The Work Activity Center helps the
mentally handicapped cope with the outside world by introducing them to as many
varied experiences as possible, states
Maggie Jones, recreational activity aide.
She feels this summer's gardening experiment will add a new dimension to their
learning.
The community garden was discontinued
after the 1976 harvest, primarily because of
the poor quality of the soil, according to
Walter Van Orden, director of Plant
Services.
Jones, however, hopes that a large
variety of flowers and vegetables can be
cultivated by adding to the soil the
nutrients which are now missing, and also
by using "Chine~e raised beds," individually framed plots which are built above the
ground level and filled with a good quality
soil.
Van Orden recalls that the community
garden began in 1974 when the Board ot
Education asked the LCC Plant Services
Division to set aside approximately a 100
by 100 foot plot for use by students and
staff of the college. Plant Services cultivated, divided and prepared the ground for
them, while the prospective gardners
needed only to furnish their hand tools and
seeds. Plant Services also requested that
the gardeners clean up their respective

plots after harvest.
The venture began with great enthusiasm, Van Orden remembers. but when it ,
became apparent that the substandard soil
was suitable for growing only a few hardy
vegetables such as beans and corn, interest
waned and the project was abandoned.
But Jones hops that this summer's
garden experiment will become an annual
event if it proves successful. Anyone
wishing to contribute potting soil, small
garden tools or seeds can contact Maggie
Jones at the LCC Downtown Center, 1059
Willamette, or call at 484-2126 ext. 625.

as well as work-study jobs, available at The
TORCH and interested persons may contact Jenkins or Darlene Gore at The
TORCH office for job applications and
information. There are four positions

available on the Denali staff which will be
posted at the Job Employment Office,
second floor Center Building, this week.
Brooks said that only work-study students
will be paid.

Sarah Jenkins was selected to head the TORCH staff for the 1979-80 school year.
Photo by DennJs Tachibana

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passing the Oregon State Statutory Court
Reporting examination, she received an
appointment as a temporary court reporter
for the Lane County Judicial System.
According to Mary Cudney, library
serials clerk, Haase's beginning salary will
be about $90 per court day plus additional
payment for transcripts in those instances
where court cases are appealed. She adds
that the salary range for court reporters in
the U.S. is from $15,000 to $40,000 a year.
Cudney says court reporting classes are
held at the LCC Downtown Center on
Monday and Thursday nights for ten weeks
every term. However, arrangements will
be made to begin day classes during fall
term this year if there are enough preregistered students.
To pre-register for the class contact
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Asks for volunteers to help

OSPIRG promoting little-know n health care program
Susan Bridges explains that the OSPIRG
project has three parts: "First, the files at
the state agency must be checked to see
how much free care hospitals are providing. Second, the individual hospitals need
to be visited to see if they have posters up
and staff available to screen people.
Finally, a . brochure is needed which
explains what the Hill-Burton Program is
and how to use it."

by Debbie Averill
for The TO'RCH
The cost of medical care makes it
difficult for many families to take care of
their health needs. In order to alleviate
some of this burden, there exists the little
known Hill-Burton Program (HBP).
Title VI of the Public Health Service Act
_states that, "The Hill-Burton Act requires

Surveying area hospitals, publicizing the law, too
''The hospital can make avatlable free
services equal to 3 percent of their
operating costs," says Bridges, "equal to
10 percent of their grants, or with an
open-door policy (agreeing not to deny care
to anyone)."
Bridges explains that hospitals must
post signs in admission offices, emergency
rooms and business offices notifying
patients that free and reduced-cost care is
available, as well as where to apply for it.
They must also make available a copy of
criteria for eligibility and provide a written
decision of eligibility before medical care is
given.
Each patient should request information
concerning HBP because the hospital may

many area hospitals to give free or reduced
cost medical care to persons unable to
afford it."
The HBP Act has made funds available
to facilities to construct new buildings
based on the agreement that hospitals
provide care at reduced rates more
reasonable to anyone meeting certain
criteria. Those covered by Medicare,
Welfare, Project Health and similar programs are not eligible. Each hospital sets
its own eligibility criteria.
According to Sus~n Bridges, Oregon
Student Public Interest Research Group
(OSPIRG) staff member, the amount of
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In an attempt to cool himself from
the stifling heat, he had dived off the
foot bridge near Autzen Stadium and
landed in the shallow water.
It was her brother's fateful leap that 1
brought Lisa from San Diego to
Eugene. And it was Lisa's coming to
Eugene that helped her brother regain
the hope that was shattered and the
dreams that were paralyzed on that
unfortunate day.
'' I came up here because I thought it
might be an impetus for him to live,''
says Lisa. "The doctors said that a
quadraplegic goes through severe
depression when he finds out he'll
never walk again. We (the family)
were worried he might just give up
hope, wither away and die."
So at age 18, she left behind her life
in San Diego and, along with three
other members of her family, migrated
north to Eugene.
The move was not an easy one,
though. '' It was tense,'' recalls the
thin, dark-haired lady.
She remembers feeling isolated and
lonely in her new environment. She
had no contacts except her family.
'' During the first two months I would
spend a lot of time visiting John in the
hospital,'' says Lisa. '' At first he was
very depressed, not real responsive.
But it was important that he not be left
to feel lonely or else he might lose his
will to live and just cast it in.''
John didn't "cast it in." In fact he
was recovering with such unusual

speed that the hospital statt said he
was the strongest quadraplegic they'd
ever treated.
Still, there were difficult changes
John had to make. He had a hard time
getting used to his lack of mobility.
Lisa recalls: ''One day he told me he
was tired of all the visiting relatives
and frustrated because instead of just
getting up and walking away as he
used to do, all he could do now was to
turn his head."
As her brother struggled to adjust to
his new life, Lisa was working at doing
the same for herself.
In September she enrolled at LCC.
As she got involved in her studies, she
did not spend much time with her
brother. Her dream was to go to
Stanford and this required that she
apply herself to all her classes.
In November, the arrival of her older
sister to Eugene helped to ease her
loneliness. "She'd been in Europe and
we hadn't seen each other in two
years. She was my savior - as well as
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John's,'' says Lisa.
With Lisa's sister Mitzi on the
scene, John showed rapid improvement. He opened up a great deal and
his energy increased.
At this point, Lisa's mother and two
brothers returned to San Diego. Lisa
continued to work hard at school and
John continued to grow stronger. "I
hated the winter cold, though," she
says. "Those ice storms were terrible.
I would rush home and dive under the
electric blanket.''
It was during the cold month of
January that John was strong enough
to return home. The two sisters and
their crippled broth~r rented a house
near the hospital. "It was nice having
him home," she says. "But at the
same time it was hard always to see
him in that wheelchair. I always felt an
undercurrent of sadness around
there."
Her second term was equally busy
as she continued to take a heavy classload and to work at the same time.
Mitzi assumed the main responsibility
for her brother.
The term passed quickly in such a
manner. As springtime and warm
weather made its entry into Eugene,
John was strong and showed increasing signs of hope for his future.
He was ready to return home. John
and Mitzi made their way back to San
Diego in April. '' I was very sad to see
them go," she recalls. "It felt like the
end of an era."
''The main thing that this experience has done for me is to make me
look at things in an entirely different
perspective. My everyday~ personal
traumas seem miniscule in comparison. I'm just looking forward to
finishing off the term so I can return to
San Diego and be with my family.''

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'Brews and arrows': Tools of the trade
by Ron Kunst
of The TORCH

Running is big in Eugene. Throwing
darts isn't. True?
Running has become so popular that the
streets, bike paths and trails of the town
are forever teeming with these healthy
individuals. And the number of runners is
growing still.
But just as evening falls and the tired
runners are pouring glasses of tiger's milk
and settling down to rest their aching legs,
other athletes are filling glasses of beer
and limbering up their twitching arms in
preparation for an evening of competition.
They play darts.
Every Tuesday night in several taverns
around Eugene, the 129 members of the
Eugene Dart Association gather together
and battle it out over the dart board.
Yes, it is an official "dart" league, made
up of dedicated "athletes" who take the

And so it is that the dart scene belongs in
the taverns.
As Tuesday night rolls around, these
eager athletes, armed with brews and
arrows, are easily identified in any one of
the seven "dart taverns" in town.
They are a conspicuous group, quickly
distinguished from the other tavern dwellers because of th~ir good cheer, high
energy and exuberant friendliness.
"I've never run into a sport where there
is such fine camaraderie and sportsmanship," exclaims LCC Art Instructor Craig
Spilman, the organizer of the fifth-place
team, Bed and Breakfast (B&B). "I've
never met an asshole playing darts.''
The crowd did seem friendly this
particular Tuesday night as B&B squared
off against their opponents, The Brokers.
This was to be a ieague match, and the
victor is the team that wins the most games
out of a 21-game total.
The scene is The Exchange, a fairly new

Craig Spllman is seeking a bull's eye in a dart match at a local tavern.
Photo by Dennis Tachibana
game and the competition very seriously.
tavern located in the Overpark. CompetiWhen the Eugene dart league began last
tion gets rolling around 8 p.m., after the
year it consisted of eight teams. This year
players have had time to warm up over a
it has increased to 21 and, according to the
few pitchers.
town's top-ranked dartist, Claude MatteThe light is dim and the air is heavy with
son, there is a great deal of demand for
cigarette smoke .a s the first thrower toes
further expansion, so that by next year
the line and carefully zings his darts into
there should be considerably more teams.
the board.
"Playing darts is addictive," says
Without wasting any time, The Brokers
Claude, a lanky, chain-smoking, 14-year
take the first match. But then B&B roars
veteran of the game. "It's like eating
back with two straight. "We're in fifth
popcorn - once you start you just can't
place; they're in second," explains Craig.
stop."
"But we're lookinJ? for an uoset toni2ht."
The particular version of darts which is
Equally as cocky are teammates Dick,
currently attracting so many newcomers is
Dan, Judy and the team captain, whom
different than the style of play traditionally
they call "X."
known to most Americans.
Judy is up next for a best of-three singles
Imported from Britain, this recently
match against a male opponent. She is
adopted version uses the standard English

"Playing darts is 1:1ddictive," says Claude "It~ like eating
popcorn-once you start you can't stop"
"clock" board, a circular numbered target,
divided by thin wires into 20 pie-shaped
sections, valued at points ranging from 1 to
20.
Each player has three darts. Throwing is
free style from eight feet away. The game
begins by hitting any double score (dart
thrown into any double ring) and then
subtracting that and subsequent scores
from 301. The winner must reach exactly
zero with a final double.
"It looks easy," chuckles aaude,
"but you can't imagine how difficult it is
until you've tried it - oh, the concentration it takes . . . "
But he claims there is a way to heighten
your concentration. ''I gotta have three or
four beers before I play," he admits. "If I
- play sober I'm not worth a darn."
According to Claude, "Dart players
drink more beer than anyone I've ever
known.''

short and blond, confident as she steps up
to the line and releases the darts with a
fluid, silky motion. Among the predominantly male crowd, this female dartist is a
conspicuous figure.
She is bearing down, concentrating
hard, and the darts continue to come gently
off her hand. Judy sweeps all three
games, comes back to the table, swigs at
her beer and says, "I come to win."
"Sure, it's a chauvanistic game," she
analyzes. ''The male population is much
higher; there are only about 10 percent
women (in the league). But there's really
no reason for this - physical strength,
height and weight make no difference in
how well you play. Concentration is the
key. The room could crash down and all I'd
see is the dart board."
She smiles and gulps at her beer as
Craig makes his bid - and loses, 2 to 1.
Disappointed, he retires back to the table.

As he wipes the bubbly suds from his thick
mustache, he explains, ''Darts is a game
against yourself; it's just you against the
dartboard; it requires total concentration.
You have to get your mind so it's not
interferring with your body.''
"Yea," says Judy, "it's a real zenny
thing. The main distraction is your own
state of mind. You have to think positive."
Dan toes the line next as the air thickens
with cigarette smoke and more beer is
ordered. He stands there like a fencer and
flings the heavy steel missles with incredible accuracy. Apparently he is feeling
positive as he triumphs, 2 'to 1.
The doubles matches are the next and
final activity. The score is now eight to
four, with B&B on top.
Judy, dressed casually in a green t-shirt
and blue denims, smiles confidently as she
teams up with "X." They lose, 2 to 1.
"This is our night," says Craig as he
doubles up with Dan and they head to the
board.
They lose the first game. The pressure is
on. Craig cocks his head, cradles the dart
carefully in his hand and releases it with a
gentle, sweeping motion.
He's finding his target now, grinning,
looking tough, poised - like a cobra
striking. They take the next game, then jog
to the board and retrieve their darts. Craig
is smiling, feeling confident as they come
back for the final game. They display
beautiful markmanship and are unbeatable. The victory is theirs, as Craig shoots
the final out with a hard, fast double two.
"We trounced 'em," shouts Dick with
an enormous grin. The rest of the team
converges and are beaming happily and
hugging. A victory pitcher is presented to

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commiserate; if we win we drink to
celebrate - either way we manage to have
a few beers."
The losing team .joins for a final round of
ale. Though they appear displeased with
their loss, they are not at all glum. "It's the
camaraderie that counts," explains one of
them. "It's the spirit."
The game of darts really is a highspirited bringing together of people, an
evening of camaraderie, friendly competition - a time to relax and have fun.
Though they may not be as slim and trim
as those healthy runners - dartists are a
unique and positive group of athletes.
"I love the competition," sums up
aaude. "But it's the people that count."
He drags on his cigarette, orders another
beer, "Just fine, fine people."
So dump out your tiger's milk and get
out of the fresh air - limber up your arms
and pour yourself a glass of beer. In
Eugene, it's "DARTS AWAY."

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ENTERTAINMENT - - - - - - - - May 25 - Jcii'l.:8, 1979

Jazz singer Betty Carter to appear_June 1
by Michael Tenn
of The TORCH

Betty Carter, who began singing professionally with Lionel Hampton's band
30 years ago, will be in Eugene for two shows on June 1.

Theatre of Silence at UO
The EMU Cultural Forum will
present the Theatre of Silence, a
program for the hearing as well as the
deaf, on Saturday, May 26, at 8 p.m. in
the EMU Ballroom.
The Theatre of Silence brings the
VX>rds of great poets and the songs of
popular musicians to children and
adults who have never heard the
spoken word.
Ten years ago, the Theatre of
Silence was created at a Summer
Language Camp for the Deaf in the

rugged Hyalite Canyon area of &zeman, Mont. Each year this unique
theatre has grown with its theme of
"Love" and "Deaf Awareness" until
it now reaches 11 of the western states
and Canada on an annual eight-week
tour.
Tickets for the performance are
priced at $2 for the general public,
$1.50 for University of Oregon students and $. 75 for cnildren. They are
available at the EMU Main Desk,
Backstage Dancewear and the University of Oregon Bookstore.

Betty Carter claims that if you've
got a heart at all, she can get to it.
The 48-year-old jazz singer will be in
Eugene for two shows at the Eugene
Hotel on June 1 accompanied by the
John Hicks Trio.
Carter likes to sing tunes with
changes. Her concerts usually include
tributes to jazz greats Billy Holiday
and Charlie Parker.
Carter's style of 50's be-bop is a
disappearing art and she should be a
treat for Eugene jazz fans.
Tickets for the 9 p.m. and 11 p.m.
shows [$5.50 in advance and $6 on the
day of the show] are available at the
EMU Main Desk, Everybody's and the
Sun Shop.

aanpus Ministq
atLCC
-Contact through Student
Activities, Center Bldg.
or LCC Restaurant
near the elevator.
Chaplains James Dieringer
8 Norm Metzler
"We're here for you."

The band Chic, currently one of the
most popular disco acts in the country,
will be appearing in concert on
Thursday, Ma~· 31, at McArthur Court
on the University of Oregon campus.
Former jazz vibist Roy Ayers will be
appearing with Chic. Ayers is well
known in the jazz field as an accomplished innovator and musician. However, along with his contemporaries
Herbie Hancock, George Benson and
Herbie Mann, Ayers has of late been
pursuing a disco-related direction in
hopes of attracting a larger audience
and greater commercial success. His
current release, "Fever," firmly establishes his current leanings in the
disco/funk spectrum.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. concert are $5
and $6 for University of Oregon
students, $6 and $7 for the general
public. They are available at the EMU
Main Desk, the University of Oregon
Bookstore, Everybody's Records in
Eugene and Corvallis, and Odyssey
Records.

ENTERTAINMENT
CALENDAR

FRIDAY

TRIPLE PLAY,
LCC annual
dance concert,
$3, LCC
Performing Arts Theatre, 8 p.m.
(thru 5/26 & 5/27 at 2 p.m.).
CHASE, rock, $1.50, Duffy's, 801
E. 13th (thru 5/26). MARIA
MILLER QUARTET, jazz, $1.50,
Eugene Hotel, 222 E. Broadway
(thru 5/26). BURNSIDE BOMBERS, rock, $1, The Place, 160 S.
Park (thru 5/26). DIRTY LEGS,
rock, $2.50, The Harvester, 1475
Franklin Blvd. (thru 5/26). STARFLIGHT, $1, The Gatehouse, 3260
Gateway, Spfd. (thru 5/26). DENNIS ST. GERMAIN, guitar, La
Primavera, 388 W. 7th. BILL
CHILLA, guitar, The Trawler, 101
E. Broadway. ROBERT CAA Y
BAND, Mother's Mattress Factory I Corvallis.

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Silence, $2/gen., $1.50/UO students, ?Sc/kids, UO EMU Ball.:.
room, 8 p.m. "FRIDAY NIGHT
ANXIETY," The Theatrical Reconstruction Co., $2.50-$4.50,
Wesley Center, 1236 Kincaid, 8
p.m.

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WHEATFIELD,
$6 I adv., $7 /door, Lane County
Fairgrounds (tickets available at
Odyssey, Everybody's, Sun Shot
JOHN
Music).
Kelsay
and
WORKMAN, jazz, Eugene Hotel,
$1 (thru 5/28). MISSION MOUNTAIN WOOD BAND, country
rock, The Harvester (thru 5/28).

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MONDAY

WOLF/
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QUARTET,
jazz, $1,
Eugene Hotel (thru 6/2). TALON,
rock, The Place, no cover (thru
5/29).

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LCC Main Stage, 8 p.m., free.
GOLD RUSH, country, $1, The
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WEDNESDAY

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JOHN JARVIE,
classical guitar,
Homefried
Truckstop,
790 E. 14th, 6·9 p.m. AIRBORNE,
rock, The Place, no cover. GREEN
SHADE, country rock, $1 :50, The
Harvester (thru 5/31 ). UNIVERSITY CHORALE; UO Beall Hair, 8
p.m., free.

THURSDAY

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CHIC . AND •
ROY AYERS,
$6 & $7/gen.,
$5 & $6/
students, UO McArthur Court, 8
p.m. (tickets available at EMU
Main Desk, UO Bookstore, Everybody's and Odyssey Records).
LCC CHOIRS AND BAROQUE
ORCHESTRA, LCC Main Stage, 8
p.m., free.

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1979-- ------E NTER TAJNM ENT-- -------- --Page 9

'Remember My Name' memorable /lie

Review by Michael Tenn
of The TORCH

''Remember My Name,'' now showing at the West 11th Walk-In Cinema
for $3. 75, is one of the better movies to"
come along this year.
Written and directed by Alan Rudolph, the story concerns a woman
named Emily (Geraldine Chaplin) who
has just finished serving a 12-year
prison sentence for running over her
ex-husband's lover.
Her ex-husband, Neil Curry (Anthony Perkins) has moved from New
York to L.A. in an attempt to start a
new life. He has re-married and taken
a job as a construction worker.
Emily gets a job as a clerk in a
variety store and spends her off-hours
stalking the couple - inexorably
moving closer to her prey.
She moves from peeking in the
windows of the couple's home to
tearing up the flower beds and
breaking windows. She finally enters
the house and confronts Barb.a ra Curry
(Berry Berenson) at knife-point.
Emily's rlans for the couple remain a
mystery throughout most of the movie
but one thing is clear - she is
obsessed with vengeance and it's only
a matter of time before the explosion
occurs. Emily circles the Currys like a
boxer - waiting for an opening ready to throw the devastating blow.
The movie moves with a compelling
rhythm, each scene propelling the
audience onward into the drama.
Chaplin's superb acting and Rudolf's direction make tjle movie come
alive.

The film was produced by Robert
Altman and has musical score written
and performed by blues artist Alberta
Hunter.
Emily finally succeeds in luring Neil

away from his wife. Emily is taking
care of unfinished business - putting
behind her a part of her life that must

be resolved before she can continue.
If you like your endings to have all
the threads of the story tied up in a

by Michael Tenn
of The TORCH

Geraldine Chaplin as Emily in Alan
Rudolf's "Remember My Name."

Last week's answers
8 Suspicious
9 Gaelic
10 Fond word
11 Valued too
low
12 Footprint
13 Weights
18 Adj . suffix

4 Church part

5 Disseminate
6 Chinese pagoda
7 Per the
book:
3 words

The denouement is ambiguous. The
movie is a slice of life and the viewer
can take it or leave it.
Most certainly you will be entertained.

LCC writing class producing
video-tape of student play
What started as a suggestion from
students in Art Tegger's 'Introduction
to Imaginative Writing class last term
is becoming a reality three months
•
later.
The students were so delighted with
a play written by Emily Blankenship as
a class assignment last term that they
suggested to Tegger that the play be
produced.
Tegger and his students, with the
help and cooperation of the Mass
Communications and Language Arts
Departments, are currently videotaping the play in Mass Comm' s
Studio B.
Tegger says that the finished 30minute video-tape will be used as a
teaching aid. He would also like to get
Blankenship's social comedy on the air
via a local TV station.

24 - numeral
25 RCAF or
USAF man
26 Gentle ones
27 Nearly
28 Undertakers
29 Trickery
31 Elec. unit
32 Diacritical
mark

33 Loom parts
35 Shabby
Bedeck
A Rogers
Water body
Seashores
Notch
Offspring
5-2 Asian coin
53 Yellow dye
plant
54 Flower
55 Sicily sight
57 Opening
58 Every
59 Liturgy
60 Cable car
63 Censure

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5 Old
10- bowl
14 Hutch
15 Harness
horse
16 Within:
Prefix
17 Derbies:
2 words
19 Asian port
20 Ascetic
21 Cuprite
22 Agts.
23 Linger
25 Douglas 26 Asian monk
30 Drain pipe
die
31 Warns
34 Cut short
36 Florida city
38 Feel pain
39 Grinding
device:
3 words
42 Except
43 African river
44 Thin
45- wicket
47 Thrice:
Prefix
49 Cool drinks
50 Bashful
51 Handsome:
Brit.
53 Diva's solo
55 Sin
56 Arid area
61 Extinct birds
62 Ballet turn:
Fr. phrase
64 Neg. contr.
65 Lloyd 66 Eight: Prefix
67 Minus
68 Proficient
69 Those ones

Tegger, Blankenship and Ken
Sweet, TV director for the LCC Media
Productions staff, are producing the
play.

The cast of ''Neighbors,'' standing
from left: Emily Blankenship, Phil
Poleson, Chet Arens, Mary Tegger.
Seated from left: Joan Goodner, Susan
Stejskal, Mark Hribernick.
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May 25 - ~ . 1979

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Distance runners Magness, .M ayo _.
capture bulk of Titan teain poipts
by Ed Peters
of The TORCH
Sophomore Dave Magness captured a
second in the 10,000 meters to lead the
Titan men's tr~ck team to a 12th place
finish in the National Junior College
Athletic Association (NJCAA) finals held at
Hayward field on May 17-19.
"We had a super meet," reflected Head
Track and Field Coach Al Tarpenning,''We
had a few disappointments and a number
of pleasant surprises.''
Once again, the Titan men's track and
field team looked to its distance runners for
the bulk of its team points - and the
distance team didn't let them down.
Sophomore Dave Magness paced the
Lane distance men finishing second in the
10,000-meter race with a time of 30:14.32.
With less than one mile to go it was a
two man race - Magness against New
Mexico's Julius Ogaro. But Ogaro wasn't
to be denied and he put his legs into
overdrive with about 200 meters to go and
left a tiring Magness behind, winning the
race with a time of 30:07.55.
"We (the entire field of runners) ran a
slow race," explained Magness, "but I
expected to finish third or fourth so I am
very pleased with my second-place finish."
Lane was represented by Sophomore
Lynn Mayo in the 1,500-meter race. Mayo
qualified for the finals running a 3:55.05
and taking third in his heat. In the finals
Mayo ran a 3:56.17 race and placed fourth
in the nation. That time earned Mayo
second team NJCAA All-American honors
in the 1,500-meter race.
In the 5,000-meter semi-finals Kelly
Hanson and Steve Warrey were overpowered and failed to qualify for the"finals.
Warrey ran a 15:35.0 and placed 12th in his
heat and Kelly Hanson was unable to
finish the race and did not record a time.
The top six finishers from each heat went
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The Titan field team lead by Rich Wolf
turned in a good effort, earning eight
points and performing well in all events.
Wolf placed second in the javelin behind
Barry Darling of Ricks College of Idaho
with a throw of 227-8. Wolf, who ranked
second in the nation going into the meet,
had a throw of approximately 238 feet, but
the toss was carried out of bounds by a gust
of wind. Another throw of 227-8 was only
five inches off his personal best of this
year.
LCC athletes had their troubles in the
weight events.
Field team captain Bill Bailey grabbed a
seventh in the discus with a hurl of 151 feet
inches, and placed tenth in the shot put
with a put of 50-6 ¼.

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"Bailey had a slightly off day," said
Tarpenning. "He scratched on his best
throw of the day which would have been
good for third place.''
According to Chris Olson assistant track
coach, one of Bailey's problems was the
throwing ring itself. The ring, which was
designed for a U of O thrower, has a slicker
surface than the one on which Bailey is
used to throwing on.
Freshman Steve Huisgena threw the
hammer 107 feet to capture fifth place in
the event. Huisgena was knocked out of
fourth place by Bill Bolton's (Butler C.C
Kansas) throw of 113-6½ on his final
attempt of the day.
Sophomore Charles Warren represented
Lane in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes.
Warren who has run the 100 in 10. 7 and the
200 in 22.6 was up·against the wall facing
the likes of Emmitt King (Jefferson State
C.C., Alabama) who burned across the
tape. winning the 100 in 10.1 seconds.
Warren placed 32nd in the 100 meter
dash after running a 11.21 race, and 34th in
the 200 meter dash after running a 22.67
race. In both races it appeared that Warren
had slow starts but began coming on strong
near the end of the races.
In the 400-meter intermediate hurdles
Glenn Lister was eliminated from the field
in the trials after running a 56.48, placing
him 22nd in the nation.
Scott Branchfield qualified for the semifinals by running a 54. 73 in his heat. In the
semis, Branchfield ran a slower 55.41 and
placed sixth in his heat earning him a 12th
in the nation.

Bill Bailey unloads the shot [50-6¼] for a 10th-place finish in nationals competition May
17-19.
Photo by Dennis Tachibana

Team

New Mexico 59, Phoenix (Ariz.) 41, Essex County
(N.J.) 38, Mesa (Ariz.) 36, South Plolns (Texas) 36,
Odessa (Texas) 35, Ricks (fdoho) 33, Eastern Oklohomo 32, Seminole (Flo.) 29, Vincennes (Ind.) 24, South·
ern Idaho 21, Lone 20, Gorden City (Kon.) 16, Hagerstown (MO.) 16, Jackson (Mich.) 14, Southwestern
Michigan 14, Butler County (Kon.)

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Sophomore Lynn Mayo [#7] shows the strain the 1,500 meters puts on a runner. Mayo
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Photo by Dennis TachJbana

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'Run for the Bell'

Firemen sponsor distance· run

EXPERT
WORKMANSHIP
2045 Franklin Blvd.
Eugene, Oregon 97403
342-2912

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The Santa Clara Volunteer Fire Department is organizing a 10,000 meter "Run for
the Bell" race to be run Saturday, June 16
at 10 a.m.
There is a $5 entry fee and the first 500
entries will receive a free t-shirt. The
deadline for application is June 2.
The race will start and finish a Madison
Junior High School and all proceeds from
the race will go to the Santa Clara
Volunteer Fire Dept.
Applications are available at the Santa

Clara Fire Dept., 2600 River Road or The
Athletic Department, 10th and Olive
Streets. For more information, call 6883697.

Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!

The Torch sports department would
like to tliank all members of the
Athletic Department for their support this past year.

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Jm Lanham crosses the tape first in the 400-meter semi-finals in 57.73 seconds. Lanham
went on to place second in the nation with a time of 57 .39 seconds. Lanham also nn in the

400-meter relay and the two-mile relay for the Titan women.
Photo by Dennis Tachibana

May 25 • .J.ttt.i8, 1979

by Ed Peters

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whil e wom en tie for 12th

of The TORCH

In only its second year of existence the
women's track and field team has tied for
12th place in the National Junior College
Athletic Association (NJCAA) Championships held at Hayward Field, May 17-19.
Liz Jones led the women's field team by
high jumping S'S" and tying for fourth
place in the nation. The jump was one inch
below her personal best of 5'6", yet it was
her second best jump ever. The jump was

good enough for two team points and
earned Jones honorable mention on the
NJCAA high jumping All-American team.

The Lane women's distance team had a
very rough time of it at NJ CAA Championships held at Hayward Field May 17-19.

Randi Reynolds doubled for Lane in the
shot put and discus. She placed 11th in the
shot put finals with a put of 35'3½", well
behind the leader Karen AUen's (Hutchinson Kansas) throw of 43'2¼ ". In the
discus Reynolds tossed the disc 113'6" for
another 11th place finish. Ellen Colleary of
Mesa, Ariz., won the women's discus with
a hurl of 134'4".

The Titan women• s one bright spot was
Nadine Lindsay. In the 3,000-meter race
Lindsay placed a respectable eighth with a
time of 10: 18. 9 and in the 1,500-meter race
she finished in 12th place after running a
4:49.83 race.

"Randi just couldn't get it together,"
explained Assistant Track and Field Coach
Chris Olson who feels Reynolds can do
much better. "It was her first national
meet and she was a little nervous.'•
On the track, Jill Lanham led the Titan
women, placing second in the 400 meter
dash, earning eight team points. Lanham• s
second place time was 57.39, good enough
to get her All-American honors in the 400
meter dash.

Other Lane competitors were Liz Grzelewski in the 800 meters and Cheryl Glasser

in the 3,000 meters. Grzelewski finished in
23rd place in the nation with a time of
2:27.34 and Glasser finished in ninth spot
in her heat. Neither of the women qualified
for the finals in their events.
Team

Me~a 70, Oaoge C,tv 6S, Golden Vollev 62. Clockomos SB, Santo Fe 45, Hillsborough 31, Central Oregon
24, Glendale 24, Flofheoo Vollev 22, Hutchin~n 22,
Phoenix 16, Linn-Benton 12, Lone 12, Cloud County
12, Borton Countv 11, Chemeketo 10, North Dakota
St. School of Science 8, Ranger 7, Northern Idaho 7,
St. Louis 7, Pima 7, Macomb 6, Ookton 6, Bismcrck
4, Southeast Nebraska 4, Lorraine 2, Southern IOaha
2, Suffolk 1.

"I think they did super
all the girls performed well."

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In the relay races, the Lane women
grabbed a fifth in the two mile race and
finished 15th in the 400 meter race. The
two mile relay was a new event in the
NJCAA meet this year: The relay team of
Vicki Graves.Liz Jones.Liz Grzelewski, and
Jill Lanham ran it in 10:08.24 good enough
to get an honorable mention in the
All-American junior college two mile relay
teams.
The women ran headlong into a strong
group of 400 meter relay teams, only
managing to muster a time of 52.38 in their
heat. Santa Fe Community College of
Florida won the event in the time of 48.43.

Randi Reynolds shows herfonn, throwing the discus 113' 6."

Photo by Fred Sieveldng

LCC offers help

Final Exam Sehedule
If your class
is o n ~

M,W,F,MW,MF,WF,MWF,MUWHF,MUWH,MWHF,MUHF,MUWF

by Karen Castfilo
for The TORCH

and starts

at
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your exam day and time will be on F; 0700-0850

F'. 0900- 1050

0800 or 0830

your exam day and time will be on M, 08 00- 0950

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0900 or 0930

your exam day and time will be on W, 0800- 0950

H, 0800- 0950

1000 or 1030

your exam day and time will be on M, 1000- 1150

u, 1000- 1150

1100 or 1130

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H, 1000- 1150

1200 or 1230

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your exam day and time will be on W, 1600- 1750

H, 1600- 1750

1800 or LATER

Evening classes, those that meet 1800 or later, will have
their final exams during FINAL EXAM WEEK at their regularly
scheduled class time.

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Job hunting?

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Success comes in many forms and there are many
winning combinations. At LCC, one winning combination
is the Job Skills Lab and the Student Employment
Service (SES). Taking advantage of these resources can
only add up to a big plus for any student about to enter
the job market.
The Job Skills Lab, taught by Connie Mesquita,
provides a fine finish for students who have evaluated
their career objectives, obtained the necessary skills
related to their goals, and are about to venture into the
job market. The Job Skills Lab covers such areas as
resume writing, preparing for an interview (through
interviewing on video tape) and systematic job search.
Drop-in hours can be prearranged with Connie at th~
SES for Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.,
Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Thursdays from
1 to S p.m.
The Student Employment Service, while not a formal
placement service for graduating students, is very useful
in helping students find employment that could lead to
full-time employment after graduation.
The SES also works very closely with Cooperative
Work Study (CWE) in letting them know what jobs are
available, particularly with regard to on-campus interviewing with large department stores where the
positions are usually classified as permanent .

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LARGE REFRIGERATOR, "Freezer•Mate." SS0. Susan

at 689•9059 or 940 River Road.

MOVING SOON* MUST SELL 1918 Brinkerhoff upright

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SHARE DUPLEX with mother/ child. SI 12.50 plus 112

utilities. Call Debi 484•9471.

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CLEAN 1969 GTO 71,000 miles, AM/FM 8•track, 4
speed, best offer. 726•9696.
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'66 VOLKSWAGEN BUG, good condition, S800 or best

offer. 343•4139.

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youth between 14 and 21, call the Lane County Summer
Youth lomployment Program for information about
clerical, maintenance and other jobs in your areas.
687•3795.

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SUPPORT WORKERS FOR GROUP HOME NEAR U OF

O. Work Study preferred. Your round employment. JS.25
hours weekly. Early mornings, evenings and weekends.
Call 485•1270 weekdays 8•5.

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ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT: Transportation firm seeking

accounting assistant to assist with accounts receivable,
accounts payable, payroll, prepare management and tax
reports, research and analytical projects. Other duties as
required. Minimum qualifications: A.A. in accounting
clerical or business management, typing 55 wpm, course
work in statistics and management information systems.
Submit resume and transcripts to West Coast Truck
Lines, Inc., 85647 Highway 99 South, Eugene 97405.
• Equal Opportunity Employer.

MUST SELL! '73 Mazda RX·2 coupe, 4 speed, silver, S850
or best offer. 342·8390, after 4 p.m.

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WURLITZER JUKE BOX, excellent condition. For more

info call Eric at 343•4962.

J.8.-Thanks for your friendship. I love your style.
TER·BER

DURST M601 ENLARGER for 35mm and 2¼ by 2¼,

ANIMAL-I love you.

BUS, 3,000 miles on new engine, everything new,

must drive to believe, $1,200. 344•1233.

FORD ECONOLINE WINDOW VAN, excellent condition,

new engine, asking $1,000. 343•2784, after 6 p.m.

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shape; VW back seat, make offer. 343•0155.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCES

campus and in Eugene, call Jim Frake, the Christian
Science Campus Counselor. 485•8202.

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DANCE TIDS SUMMER! Dance works has classes for all
levels. New downtown studios. 344•9817, 1231 Olive.
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60,000 BOOKS IN STOCK
All Selling 25 % to SO% off list price
New Books-Text Books-Cliff Notes-magazines

768 East 13th

SHARE TWO LARGE BEDROOMS ON MCKEN2'JE in

VETERANS! Vietnam Veterans' Week Observance. Have
coffee with us May 29 & 30. LCC Veterans' Office.

Leaburg, SJ37.S0/mo. plus½ utilities. 896•3224, Jeff.
----·----- ----··---·-------·-··-······----·--·--·-----·-·--·-···--------·-FEMALE STUDENT ROOMMATE WANTED to share
cozy semi.wood paneled upper half of house, yard, SIOO
rent including utilities. 343•9761.
location. quiet mature people only. Tony at 484•5182 eves.

MY SKUNKISH REALISM depletes my reason, my
caresses leave jelly trails. You respond with melons.
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STANLEY-The weekdays are heaven but the weekends
are hell. The devil made me say this.
HOPPA

SHERWOOD RECEIVER, BSR Automatic turntable.

HOPPA

D.J.-Tell me that it's not just my body you crave.
love, STANLEY
GWEN-Let me introduce you to Merlin.
KING ARTHUR

SHELIA-Thanks for being a good friend and remember
June 4 is almost here.
MIKE
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BUNNER-Here are those 35 messages I owe you I Is your
husband home?
FRED

TAKE CARE OF MY UPSTAIRS IN COUNTRY
FARMHOUSE THIS SUMMER FOR REDUCED RENT!!!

SUB.LEASE APARTMENT, 2 bedroom, close to U of 0

campus, June rent free, furnished. Call Debbie at
68J.J658.

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STEPHEN MYERS-The TORCH has never looked

better. Congratulations on completing a great year of
MIKE
journalism!
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JOSIE BARTON , .. in the soccer game of life you make a
wonderful Pele. Thanks for your help.
MIKE
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SARAH J.-What can I say except you've come a long
long way. Congratulations!
MIKE
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D.J,-Rub•a•dub•dub, you clean out the tub . . . next
time.
love, STANLEY

WANTED - 96 SAAB 4 stroke, 122S Volvo or Datsun
510. Please call 34J.J843. Any info appreciated.

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WANTED! Three bedroom house to rent around July.
Two adults, one child. References. 485·2%2.

WESTSIDE CHILDCARE CO.OP wants more members.
Also need ride to Chicago in July. Cindy at 345.()()JI.

FERNWOOD

484•4762.

SS0.

BINOCULARS, Sears "Discoverer," wide•angle, 7x50,

like new, $45. Pepi at 937•3055 (not a long distance#)

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GRO LIGHT FIXTURES, 8', brand new GroLux bulbs,
$JS; Cleveland trombone, S75, great condition. 689.3190.

····················-···-··-·--·········--···-··--·----·----MICHELLE-Ahh ... sweet, sweet June ...

ELENA-Only 106 days left, mi novia ...

CIS
DA•VEED

DAN-Meet you 10:00 Friday at the submarine races.
EMBARRASSED
J.R. Please do not leave your gum on the sink••lt is quite

disgusting!·•The Col. BerFred The Bone Bitter.
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Brian, I'm still waiting. P .

P.S. Leave your calculator at home.

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J.R. I love you. But you'll never know just how good I can
be if you leave! Sir Nose de Void of Funk

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MAELETTE• You can kiss my grits any day of the week••
Southern Lover

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TO THE ENTIRE TORCH STAFF,

Thanks for a great year of fun and enjoyment. I'll get
the phantom editor even if it takes a million years.
Steve

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9TH ST. GANG-Have a beautiful summer! God is love,

THE MAD HATIER is an extinct species offering an old

MACHINE,

POODIE-Your message will come in the mail?
M.P. or FREAK!

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firm. 342•8327, J.D.

WASHING

YOUR WOO

J.R. Leave your husband. We can run away together. I'm

D.J.-Do the dishes!!

PORTABLE

till I die ... how 'bout tonite?

THE RENAISSANCE RESTAURANT is student-run for

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SEARS

WON TON-You kutie, 1 could eat with you every night

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love is all you need!

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LOUISE
CORNELIUS

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TERRY·•Keep away from Harley.

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MARTIN Dl8 SS ACOUSTIC GUITAR with case, SSOO

GENE-Jesus is Lord! and I love you!

HO AN-More monkey kisses for me!

TO Lori• ls it Emma or is it Memorx

TWIN BED WITH FRAME, SS; Volks AM Radio, $10;

LADIES BIKE, French I0•speed, SJOO. 484•4762.

standing teacher. advisor and person. We love you!!

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everyone! Last two Thursdays for an inexpensive treat!

Solid•state radio, SS; Moving will take best offers.
726•5528, Liz.

ANGIE-You are the one that I will always love. I love
you.
GORDON O .

C&R

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"marathon man." Thank you.
PAT
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BULLWINKLE

MY FRIENDS IN STUDY SKILLS-You are all very
special to me. Thanks.
love, PADDY

THE GROUP-How will I survive with no one to hug?

··············································-------BEIGE WVESEAT, brand new, SS0. Call 746•8236.

thank m•san for-you!!!
PAT
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TOM-In the world of "runners" you're definitely a

love, AIRHEAD

FERNWOOD

large workshop. 455 1/, So. 38th St., Spfd .. $190 mo. plus
1st & last and deposit. 998.)555.

ANNE, PAULA & DAVID-I have found something to

BILL-Phrrrt! Surprise coming soon!

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TWO BEDROOM HOUSE with stove and refrigerator,

PETE

JUGHEAD-Can't wait until June 3 .

TO THE PERFORMING ARTS DEPT: BYE!!!

Kirsten, 689·7736.

MURRY-Thank you for being.

ALBERT

SUNSHINE-Catch you in the cosrnose.

DID YOU FORGET to pick up your photo I.D. at the
S.R.C.? It's still here!

Audio Moniter speakers. ! 190. 726.6482.

YOUR TRAINER

CARL-How on earth do you know these are from me0
GUESS WHO

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CONGRATULATIONS LOREITA PLAA for being out•

STANLEY-I know I'm falling in love. What should I do?

CAESAR DARLING-Let's not let the miles between
Carthage and Rome come between us. love, CALPURNIA

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TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT, $180 furnished, central

PANASONIC AM/FM RADIO, SJ0; Overstuffed chair,
SI0; Sanyo RD 4550 Cassette Deck, warranty good, $80.
747•5093, Jeff.

U•NO•WHO

USED BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD
10% OFF ON ALL NEW BOOKS
SMITH FAMILY BOOKSTORE

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learn how to talk nice or you won't have any friends.

For information about Christian Science activities on
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vw

$165. 726• 7913.
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New SI 70 • will take $125. 935•1503, Jeff.

TONY C.-Listen you arrogant philanderer you better

'74 CHEVY VAN, slant 6, 3 speed, good condition,
$3,500. 726•7913, Dennis.
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'67 SAAB 96 SPORT, engine and frame excellent shape,
good gas mileage. 344•1233.

the end of an era

Goodby Falco.

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LOOKING FOR A SUMMER JOB? If you're a low income

station wagon. !200 or best offer. 686·0301 and ask for
Mike.

piano, $600, accepting offers. 484•6711, eves.

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1973 HORNET HATCHBACK. Good shape, good mllage.
Best offer. 344•8475.
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1972 VEGA KAMBACK WAGON GT, Economical
transportation. !450 or best offer. 726•9935.
MUST SELL 74 Vega GT. Good Tires. brakes and clean.
!400. 686·8327.
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S9 BUICK leSabre. New feul pump and water pump.
Rebuilt carb. Runs good. Call Jay 925•3366.

WANTED: A caring home for my 1962 Ford Falcon

STONEY

love, BERF

traditional process of cleaning and blocking hats using
techniques handed down through generations which
insures the finest oJ quality in workmanship for your
satisfaction. Call after 5, 746•4981.
ORNERINESS-If I loved you any more, I just couldn't

stand it!

STONEY

still hot for you!
Sir Nose

LEONARD•· I still want you, love you. For 12 months it's

been ... For all of eternity it'll remain•·my love for you.

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MARGARITE••Queen Maria Ann, Princess Melinda,
Countes de Salina, Lady Felina, RoverThe Nameless Kitty
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Buck

WELL TORCHIES•
It's been a fun year. Thanks for your dedication and bard
work. You've all made The TORCH a worthwhile effort.
Darlene

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BOMVEER-Next time stay high on the bike.

DOUGH BOY

HELP, I'm trarped In the darkroom.

FREEBIES: Healthy mother cat and kittens. Must
sacrifice mother because of Hawaii trip. 935•1668 eves.

The rock slide at Triangle Lake.

Photo by Rockie Moch.

Get-Away cure for schoolwork stress

by Steve Myers
of The TORCH

Students, by nature, are overworked and under-employed, or so the
story goes.
Stress and anxiety become the
constant companions of students besieged by weekly homework, lab
assignments, mid-terms, thousands of
pages of required readings and final
exams in five separate classes.
And if the student doesn't live up to
expectations, can't complete the work
or just gives up---he or she is cast out
of the institution. The expelled student
must then go through life bearing the
burden of being a college drop-out. In
fact the poor lad or lass will probably
have to accept a job a Weyerhauser for

a paultry $10 per hour.
Sad, isn't it.
But, never fear. The TORCH is here
with a special Get-Away issue for
tern porary relief.
We think The TORCH has stumbled
upon a good alternative to the never
ending battle between schoolwork and
''fun in the sun.''
Quite simply, we suggest you combine the two. This is called innovation.
All that a student suffering from the
procrastination dilema has to do is
choose a get-away spot on the map
inside this issue, find a way to get
there, take the books and go.
When the tension-ridden student
finally arrives at his or her rendevous
with nature, the calm and peacefulness wi 11 do the rest.

A student ·can actually sort out
problems, begin to find solutions and
then motivate himself or herself into a
state of mind which is conducive to
achieving those goals.
That's why a student should bring
his or her schoolwork and it's important that the re-energized student
begin immediately, otherwise, a serious relapse could occur.
There are a couple of things to keep
in mind when battling procrastination:
• Never take alcoholic beverages or
drugs on the trip. Very few people
have completed much schoolwork after
drinking a six pack of beer.
• Go only with one or two .of your
close friends and make sure they want
to get work done ~lso. It's tough to
study when you, 11 ,d11ds are playing.

• Try to get-away on a weekend.
That way a student can stay overnight
if he or she has a particularly bad case
of "school blues."
• Be serious about wanting to ''get
your act together.'' If a person is not
serious then he or she is just
compounding the problem of procrastination by using the get-away plan as
an excues to do something "more
important.''
Now that The TORCH has shared
its solution to the ''school blues''
problem and told its secret for
get-aways---th~ rest is up to you, the
student. Since this is the last issue of
the publication year, all questions
about th is method of study and play
will have to wait until we get back from
our own get-away trips.

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New.adventures at ol' swimmin' holes

by Sarah Jenkins

of The TORCH

Wh ether adventurous or timid, Lane
County swimmers can find an oldfashioned " swimmin ' ho le" to suit
th eir styles.
Every lake, river , creek, pond and
reservoir offers some kind of water
activity - from wading at Orchard
Point on the Fern Ridge Reservoir to
diving from the rocks at Wildwood
Falls on Row River.
But listed below are some of the
more interesting and out of the way
spots, along with their locations.
• Sharps Creek, located south of
Cottage Grove and Dorena Reservoir .
As well as one of the best " safe"
swimming holes , there are also fishing, camping and picnicking facilities
here. The pools are fairly shallow, so
there are places for children to play.
Take 1-5 south to Cottage Grove.
Take the Cottage Grove-Dorena Lake
-exit and turn left toward Dorena Lake.
Continue up Row River Road past
Dorena Dam and through the towns of
Dorena and Culp Creek. When the
road forks, stay to the right on Sharps
Creek Road. The parking area is about
two miles further, on the right.
• Wildwood Falls, also south of
Cottage Grove and southeast of Dorena Reservoir.
Apart from the sheer beauty of the
falls, the rock-diving at this hole
makes it well worth the trip.
And the pool is deep enough that
diving is almost without danger. But
this is not an ideal place for kids; the
shallow places are few and far between.
Follow the same direction as for
Sharps Creek, but turn left at the fork
in the road below Culp Creek. That is
Lower Brice Creek Road, and the falls
is about a half-mile from the fork.
• Bedrock, east of Jasper on Fall
Creek.
Along with a well-developed campground, Bedrock offers an excellent
pool. There's a bridge to jump or dive
from right at the campground, plus

rock-diving places just further west.
Go out from Springfield through
Jasper on Jasper Road. At the town of
Fall Creek, take Big Fall Creek Road
around the north edge of Fall Creek
Reservoi r . About two miles past the
end of the reservoir is Bedrock, one of
the few well-mar ked campgrounds on

this stretch of road.
• Big Pool, located just west of
Bedrock on Fall Creek.
Although the campground is not as
well-developed, the pool is j ust as
good as Bedrock. And if Bedrock
seems too crowded (which it often is),
Big Pool is a good second choice .

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Some 'natural' experiences. • •

by Ron Robbins
of The TORCH

If you're a skinnydipper in this
county, the word is . .. be discreet.
"No person eight years of age or older,
shall on public or private property
expose his or her genitals to another
person except within the boundaries of
private property with the permission of
the owner and if the property is
screened so it can't be viewed from
any other outside property,'' reads
District Attorney Pat Horton from the
Lane County Code.
Skinnydippirig, or nude sunbathing,
ha~ been an issue in this area for many
years. The present ordinance dates
from 1976 - "when the sheriff and
some citizens approached the county
council and had them draft an ordinance," says Horton. The end result
was an initiative petition drive which
gathered enough signatures to ultimately place the ordinance in the Lane
County Code. Unlike previous ordinances the present law makes no
distinction between what men and
women may wear; the only requireme~t is a person may not expose his or
her genitals.
"Whoever wrote it, they did a bad
job. It's very tough to enforce,'' says
Horton. The law as written is very
subjective, Horton says, because it
allows too much latitude in enforcement. "What if you've got to crawl
behind the barn before you see the
other person? What if you've got to
drive down a private road?''
The difficulties in enforcement
might account for only 20 cases being
brought to court last year. Of these, 11
forfeited bail, six pleaded guilty, two
were dismissed and one failed to
appear. Maximum penalties for conviction is a $1,000 fine and 30 days in
the county jail. To the best of his
recollection, Horton says, no one
received the maximum penalty in
1978.
Captain Ron Eggleston of Lane
County Sheriff'~ Office says the sheriff's deputies try to balance all

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interests in the matter. He offers this
example;
Suppose a citizen calls the sheriff
with a complaint. When th e officers
arrive on the scene the sheriff would
speak to the skinnydippers, informing
them of t he violation of law.

If the violators agree to dress the
officers would ask the plaintiff if he or
she is satisfied or still wishes to press
the complaint. In many cases the
plaintiff drops the matter at this point.
But if he or: she does not, the officers
will cite the skinnydippers whether

they have dressed or not.
Eggleston says most people are
dis_creet about nude sun-bathing and
don't create a problem. But if they are
in a public place such as a park or
well-used recreation area, his officers
will cite them even without a complaint
from another party.
The best known example of nudity in
public is perhaps the Oregon Country
Fair held near Veneta. Each summer
thousands attend the alternative culture event and many take the opportunity to go au nature/.
Eggleston says people know what
goes on and if they are offended they
probably should not attend.
A provision of the current ordinance
permits the commissioners to make
exceptions after a public hearing.
After considering such items as public
character and traditional use of an
area; the intensity and frequency of
use; pub I ic health and safety; and a
balance of the interests of all Lane
County residents the commissioners
may designate a limited area as a nude
area.
The commissioners held hearings to
gather citizen opinion. Over 100 areas
were suggested for nude sun-bathing.
Among them were Buford Park, all hot
springs in Lane County, Fall Creek
above Bedrock campground, the rockslide near Triangle Lake and all lakes
in the Three Sisters wilderness area.
After the testimony the commissioners declined to _designate any
locations for skinnydipping.
If you are a nude sunbather there
are few things to remember. The
existing law only prohibits exposure of
·your genitals to another person. 1 There
are people who are honestly offended
by nudity; they deserve maximum
consideration. Be discreet.

The enjoyment of the Rider Hot Springs is not reserved for adults, as Sue Fazio's
daughter, T-Ai, proves. Photo by Samson Nisser.

for water worshippers

by Sarah Jenkins
of The TORCH

Midnight.
The starlight is reflected in the three
pools. The moon must be somewhere
behind the circle of towering evergreens - it passed overhead an hour
ago.
Concentrating on the feel of the
warm water , the smells of damp earth
and trees and ni ght ming le with t~e
pungent scen t of sulfur.
The natu ral rip pl ing of t he water
brings relaxat ion. A nd so lit ude. A nd a
very sim ple inner silence.
Yet you are not alone.
Th is is Rider Hot Springs at Cougar
Reservoir. And there are 10 or so ot her
people in the pool with you. And they
are al I naked.
But the appeal of Rider, like the
other five or six hot springs in Lane
County, ·is not just "skinnydipping."
Some regular hot springs visitors say
they are ''communing with nature.''
Others say the hot mineral water
relieves the kinks of a hard week at
work. Still others say the appeal is just
in getting away from the pressures of
the city.
Whatever the reason, Rider is
probably the most popular - and most
accessible - spring in the county. On
weekends in good weather, as many as

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50 people will crowd into the three
pools.
And while night visiting is not
recommended for those unused to the
quarter-mile path from the road to the
sprfngs, it is one way to avoid a crowd.

The hot mineral water
relieves the kinks
of a hard week. ..
Spring seekers should head east on
Highway 126. Six miles beyond Blue
River (around 35 miles east of Eugene), turn left at the Cougar Reservoir turn-off.

Drive across the bridge and stay to
the right. Cougar Dam is three miles
from the turn-off. After the dam, drive
another three-and-a-half to four miles
to the "Pedestrian Crossing" sign (on
the right). On the left, there is a gravel
parking area. Here you leave the car
and hoof it.
There is a guard rail on the r ight
side of th e road that marks the
beginning of the trail to the springs.
K eeping t he creek to your left , go
aro und th e end of the guard rail and
you w ill find the well-wo rn path .
Stay on t his path unti l it is almost to
the creek. There it forks and you
should begin to go uphill until you
come to the pools, about one-quarter
mile from the road .

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by Bob Waite
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because th e rid e is over . Hard ened
cyclists may want to take the coast b ike
path north or sou th to f ind less
crowded beaches.
For cyclists, like th is writer, wh o
can't bear the idea of going without a
shower, there are plenty of motels and
beach cottages to spend the night.
Those who wish to camp on the beach
should check local regulation s and tide
tables (to avoid a free trip to Japan or
becoming crab food) before settling for
the night.

For people who want to get away
under their own power, former LCC
student Norm Babcock suggests a
bicycle tour to the ocean via Highway
36 to Florence.
The tour is 75 miles one way with a
half-mile hill to climb. This may sound
like a long tour to the novice but
Babcock assures that it is an easy ride.
Highway 36 goes past the rock slide
at Triangle Lake and there is a good
campground on the Mapleton side of
the slide that is a nice stopping point
The fun's in getting there
for the return trip.
'' It is a lonesome road with mea- •
dows, few cars, fewer dogs, old barns
Babcock suggests that novices take
and some nice towns along the way,''
a tire patch kit or a spare tube. A very
says Babcock, recommending the
long walk can really put the damper on
Alpha Bet Store for natural food folks.
an idyllic journey.
The novice can expect a 10-hour ride
Getting there is most of the fun in
while a hardened tourist like "leather
cycle touring and the coast tour is
legs" Babcock should be able to do it
particularly
rewarding,
especially
in five hours.
when passing gas pumps. The fuel bill
for this tour should run about $14
Once in Florence there are the usual
which includes a good breakfast, a
beach things to do like buying beer
light road lunch and a good dinner
and watermelon, playing frisbee,
both ways. Happy trails!
cleaning bikes or shedding tears of joy

Norm 'Leather Legs' Babcock makes bicycling to the coast sound -- and look -easy.
Photo by Rockie Moch.

Lakes boast gentle breeze/ aqua relief
by Ron Robbins
of The TORCH
If you like laying in the shade,
feeling a gentle breeze off the lake and ·
listening to the sound of small waves
on the shore, Lane County has a lake
for you.
Or, if your sport is cutting across the
wake on a banana ski at 45 m.p.h.,
there's a lake for you, too.
Over 93 lakes in Lane County,
ranging from small mirrors dimpled by
morning trout, to U.S. Forest Service
campgrounds for hundreds, are ready
now for summer use. Where to go

depends on what you like at the lake
after you get there.
The ocean lakes on the coast offer an
interesting combination of sand dunes
and fresh water quite near the ocean.
The obvious example is Jessie M.
Honeyman State Park on U.S. Highway 101, three miles south of Florence.
The facilities alone make Honeyman
a major park. There are 241 tent sites,
75 improved camp sites, 66 trailer sites
and 107 picnic sites. On a busy
weekend the park resembles a small
town full of mini-bikes, Winnebagos
and camper-backed pick-ups.

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If you had getting a little further
away from it all in mind, try Garter
Lake on Highway 101 nine miles south
of Florence. There are two areas for
boat launching, picnicking, trails
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away from all the people.
In the Willamette Valley there are a
number of man-made lakes behind
dams that are well developed for
boating, fishing, swimming and sailing. Each lake is formed by the back
waters of the dam which regulates
water levels during the year for several
purposes. From May to September the
water level is usually highest for
recreational use.
Closest to Eugene is Fern Ridge
Lake, only 12 miles from downtown.
Water skiing and sailing are two main
activities on the wide expanse of
water.
Five recreation sites are maintained
along the shoreline. Three have piped
water, electricity and restrooms. Orchard Point, Perkins Peninsula, Kru ger Park, Zum walt Park and K irk Park
are publ ic while Fern Ri dge Shores is a
privat e concession.
Fern Ridge is a good place fo r an
afternoo n or if you can 't get away for
longer than a few hours. But since it is
so close lots of people go there.
If you want a little more open space
and fewer people there are three
places up Highway 58 . Lookout Point
and Dexter Lake stretch along the
Middle Fork of the Willamette River as
it extends into the Calapooya Mountains south of Eugene.
Dexter Lake is the smaller of the two
and is used to regulate waterflow from
the Lookout Point dam. Dexter offers
excellent fishing both from the shore
and from a boat .
Lookout Point Lake is a 14-mile long,
narrow lake well suited to water skiing
and boating generally. Ivan Oakes
Park and Landax boat ramp are on the
opposite side of the lake from Highway
58 and are reached by County Road
360. At the upper end of Lookout
Point, Lake Hampton boat ramp and
Black Canyon Campground can be

reached from Highway 58.
Further up Highway 58 is Hills
Creek Dam. Four miles beyond Oakridge, Hills Creek Lake is set in a
rugged mountain canyon. Most of the
wqoded sho,relin_e Js. stiU .undeveloped
with- only two campgrounds for overnight camping. Packard Creek on
_Rigdon Road offers camping, picnicking, boat launching, fishing, swimming and waterskiing facilities.
Located near the Willamette Pass,
Waldo Lake is some 70 miles from
Eugene and is definitely away from it
all. To reach the lake take the Waldo
Lake access road as it leaves Highway
58, 36 miles above Oakridge.
Although Waldo Lake is larger than
Fern Ridge and has facilities comparable to Honeyman State Park, it seldom
has enough visitors to fill its 79 tent
sites, 110 trailer sites and numerous
picnic tables. Motorized boats are not
permitted on the lake as the paddlers
and sailors have the place to themsel ves. One word of caution, though nights get cool even in mid-summer so
take something warm for the evenings.
If yo ur taste runs to lakes that you
must h ike into rath er t han drive to, the
Paci fic Crest Trail which run s from
M exico to Canada runs t hrough the
Waldo Lake area.
To the south is the Diamond Peak
Wilderness area. To the north is the
Three Sisters Wilderness area. In each
there are countless small lakes like
small mirrors hidden in the fir-green
wilderness.
Check with the U of O Outdoor
Resource Center for specific details on
how to reach Rosary Lakes, Stag Lake
or Midnight Lake. These high lakes
represent the maximum in getting
away. You must pack everything you
will need to the lake for there are no
"improvements" at the lakes. More
importantly, be certain to bring everything back out when you leave.
Nothing ruins a get-away like finding
someone else's trash after you get
there.
So, grab your swim suit, your books,
some suntan oil and get away - the
lakes are out there waiting.
May 26 - June 8, 1979

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Area hiking excursions
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by Ron Kunst
of The TORCH
Congest ed st reets and exhaust
fumes , asphal t highways and loomin g
concrete structures - the man-made
envi ronmen t , t he sights, sounds and
smel ls wh ich dail y bom bard the city
dweller.
There are times when this unnatural
setting becomes overbearing and we
need to take a break, to relax and enjoy
the simple pleasures of mother nature.
This is just the moment to head out
to the country and take a long,
.
therapeutic hike.
Certainly around Eugene there are a
nu mber of nice hiking spots. But for
relaxation , beauty and convenience,
two are of particular appeal.

McKenzie River Trail
One spot worth noting is the
McKenzie River Trail. Located in the
Willamette National Forest, this trail
takes approximately one hour to drive
to from Eugene.
According to the manager of Berg's
Sport Shop, Dale Moon, a long-time
hiking enthusiast, the trail runs at
least 10 miles and is an ideal spot for
day hikes.
"The main appeal," says Moon, "is
that it follows the McKenzie River, one
of the most scenic rivers in the
country; it is very clear, very fast
moving.

''The trail is relatively flat, with
many places to stop and enjoy the
environment,' ' he says . ''The trees
and vegetation are th ick, so that you
are blocked from sight and sound of
civ ilization. "
In th is seclud ed, forest ed wilderness
setting, Moon explains that there is an
"even
abundance of deer, birds osprey," he says. "That's the beauty
of this hike. You get a wild and natural
setting, without having to spend much
time and energy to get to it.''

Fall Creek Trail
For an even more placid and restful
hike, Moon suggest the Fall Creek
Trail.
Again, one of the unique features of
this hike is that it follows water.
" It is a very gentle trail which runs
along a clear, smooth stream," he
says. ''The stream makes the hike very
enjoyable; it is slow moving and sets
the pace for a nice walk."
This trail is not as dense as the
McKenzie, adds Moon, and this gives
it a feeling of openness, visibility and
space. The trail is flat and has several
picnic grounds along the way.
The creek offers excellent fishing,
and in the summer it provides many
swimming holes to cool off in.
"Anybody can hike the trail," says
Moon. "It is a good place to take the
family."

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EDITOR'S NOTE: As we end our
publication year, The TORCH staff
has considered thanking all those who
supported us this year. We have given
great thought to the ASLCC's belief in
objective reporting; we have remembered the whole-hearted support of
LCC Board of Education members; we
have recalled the undying enthusiasm
of tenured faculty members.
But now, as we bid farewell to the
newsracks around campus, there is
one person alone who, by his absence
this week, made this special issue
possible.
When it comes to the ultimate
'get-away,' he cannot be topped.
And so, with coffee cups held high,
we salute you, •

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