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The TORCH

Oct. 4 - 11, 1979

Price showdown m_ay trigger boycott
by Sarah Jenkins
.ofTheTORCH

The cafeteria boycott may be one step
closer to a reality.
Over 800 students and staff members
have signed a petition protesting the recent
food price increases and demanding an
immediate decrease, which will "more
realistically parallel the current cost of
living.·' A boycott of the cafeteria is
planned for Oct. 9 if Food Services
Manager Bob Tegge does not agree to the
petition's demands.
Bob Hoffman, the LCC financial aid
specialist who started the petition drive,
says "If (Tegge) can justify the increases
and prove the overall increase of 9.3
percent that he keeps talking about, then I
would not want the boycott to happen."

But, when Tegge came to a half-hour
question and answer period during the Oct.
2 ASLCC meeting, Hoffman was not
convinced. "(Tegge} was side-stepping a
lot of issue's," Hoffman claimed later. "If I
could see figures which prove that all his
costs plus his cut to (Manning's Food
Services, Inc.) equals 100 percent, I would
be satisfied. But,'' Hoffman concluded,
"he didn't do that."
The ASLCC had invited Tegge to the
"informational" session after the association approved the petition drive last week.
Besides the student senators, Hoffman was
present to ask a few questions of his own.
"If the exact number of people buy the
exact amounts and kinds of food that they
bought last year," Tegge explained,
"there will be a 9.3 percent inc~ease in
prices over-all."

He added, "I increased the prices only
on those items that have increased in
(wholesale) price to me."
But those present were more interested
in specific price increases than in '' over-all
percentages.''
"The people on campus who eat health
food feel like their being picked on,''
claimed Maggie French, ASLCC treasurer,
''because they can't afford to eat in the
cafeteria.'' She specifically cited the 80
percent hike for apple juice and the 33
percent increase for the build-your-ownsandwich bar.
Tegge, however, said that both those
prices were justified by increased wholesale prices. Apple juice, for example, now
costs Food Services $3.40 per gallon. Last
year it cost only $2 a gallon.
He said that "break-even" for Food

When asked how he feels about Chase's
concern over "creating a crisis climate"
and possibly increasing criminal activities
by "advertising" the security issue, Reid
declares "Those terms are abstract.'' But
he adds, "I dqµ.'t have enough information
to know whether that would be true or
not.''
However, Chase feels that ''When there
is high advertisment of crime where crime
doesn't exist, or exists in a very low profile,
we have to consider the possibility of it's
creating some crime.''
And Chase is right in that Lane has an
exceptionally low crime rate.
"We have, at this point in time, very
effective patrol procedures," says Chase,
"and a lot of 'would be' problem situations
have been successfully diverted.''
According to Reid, however, "It's not a
matter of how safe people are. It's a matter
of how safe they feel. It they can't see
anybody out there, it doesn't make them
feel secure. We need to be more visible.
"I'm not trying to start a crusade. I'm
only bringing up the possibility of someone
being out there in the evening hours, so
that it's not just a lonely parking lot."
But Chase says being "highly visible" is
not necessarily a good thing. He feels that
one reason LCC's security is so effective is
because, "We try to keep low key. We

don't want to have a 'macho, southern
sheriff' type image."
Reid feels that hiring additional nighttime security patrols is a possibility which
the board should consider. "I'm just
coming up with a question, offering one
solution. But if the board does decide it's
important, then we should look into
spending the extra money.''
When asked if he would consider hiring
additional security officers, Chase responded, "We could function with more, in
terms of giving psychological or 'community' comfort. I'm not opposed to hiring
more, but (since) procedures are as
effective as they are now -- before any
publicity -- I don't think that we need more
(security officers) at present."
If, as Chase suspects, publicity does lead
to more crime, then he would ask that more
security people be hired.
Part of the visibility issue involves
lighting at night. Presently the lighting in
the parking lots is ~rranged in a "random
security pattern," with lights being scattered rather than in straight lines.
If the board decides it is necessary to
provide more lighting, that will cost more
money. But according to Reid, "This is a
matter of priorities, not just of spending

Photo by Pam Vladyka

by Lucy White

of The TORCH

One LCC board member is concerned
about the visibility of security patrols at
night, but the head of • the security
department is equally concerned about
publicity.
Steve Reid, a member of the Board of
Education, has raised the security issue
three times so far during board meetings.
Reid stresses the fact that he is not
questioning the quality or performance of
security, but rather the lack of security
''visibility.''
Chase, on the other hand, is quite
apprehensive over the publicity of security
matters. He feels that it might "create a
crisis climate" and cause people to feel
unnecessarily ''paranoid.'•
Reid disagrees, saying the need for more
security "visibility" is quite real, and feels
that it is important for information about
the issue to be publ_ished.
"I have talked to several women,
including my daughter Patty, and other
people who work out here at night, and
they are concerned," says Reid. "They
have been discussing the possibility of
walking out to their .cars in pairs or in small
groups.
.. That sounds like real fear to me."

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A Eugene family tells how the crime of
incest occurred in their family and how it
still affects them in the second of a •
four-part series. Page 4.

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Continued on page S.

Railroad royalty met at the Hobo Conven,
tion in Iowa. TORCH photographer
'Samson Nisser explores the hobo mys- } )
tique. Pages 6 & 7.

Sen, ices means that 38 percent of the total
revenue is spent on ''raw food costs.''
Another 42 percent goes for labor, 3.5
percent is the Manning's income, and the
rest is spent for rent to the college and
other supplies.
But, he continued, he has kept many
items so low-priced that the ''raw food
cost" of them is as much as 54 percent.
One hot entree item he cited as an exa~ple
was veal cutlets. The cost now is Sl.20;
Tegge says if "raw food cost" was 38
percent, the cost would be $2.19.
One senator asked Tegge if "raw food
cost'' was also the justification for the 20 to
SO percent increases in soft drinks~ No,
Tegge admitted. Raw fogd costs for colas is
only about 25 to 28 percent, but that's what
helps keep entree prices low, he claimed.
'' A student can come in there and buy a
good meal at a reasonable price,'' Tegge
explained. "But when you're buying a
coke, you're paying for the entree."
Several people questioned Tegge' s
definition of a "good meal." They pointed
out that desserts, coffee, tea, doughnuts
and ice cream bars -- which they said did
not fit in the '' good meal'' category -- had
not been increased, while build-your-ownsandwiches, build-your-own-salads, beef
entrees and soups had all been raised at
least 11 percent.
"I'm not convinced," Hoffman said
flatly after the session. But the ASLCC has
appointed a committee, with Hoffman as a
member, to meet with Tegge privately to
"go through the figures."
"When the (student) senate voted to
back the petition," Hoffman said, "they
voted to back the boycott. Until we meet
with Tegge, I don't know what will
happen."
An emergency senate meeting has been
tentatively scheduled for Oct. 4. The
ASLCC will decide at that time whether or
not the cafeteria boycott should go ahead
as planned.
Some examples of price increases, as
provided by Tegge and Hoffman are as
follows:
Apple juice -- 80 percent
Build-your-own-salad -- 12 percent
Build-your-own-sandwich -- 33 percent
Breakfast items -- no increase
50
Carbonated beverages (smallest)
percent
20
Carbonated Beverages (largest)
percent
Coffee, teas -- no increase
Desserts -- no increase
Entrees, beef -- 15 percent
Entrees, fish -- 12 percent
Entrees, pork -- 9.7 percent
Hamburger -- 17 percent
Hamburger with cheese -- 7 percent
•
Hot chocolate -- 20 percent
Mini-lunch -- 10 percent
Salad, prepared -- no increase
Sandwiches, hot -- 9.5 oercent
Soups -- 11.4 percent

VLAA ·meeting

starts new year

The Voice of Limited Abilities Association is beginning a year of activities with a
meetin.g Oct. 4, at 2:30 p.m. in Center 220.
All students and staff members are invited
to attend.
The VLAA, now in its second year, is
"made up of people with different types of
abilities and is open to any interested
person," according to information provided by the group.
Meetings are held every Thursday
throughout the school year. For more
information contact Bjo Ashwill, extension
2239, or see her in Center 221.

The TORCH begins its weekly calendar of
music events, exhibits, plays, and movies
with AROUND TOWN. Page 8.

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ctdito,ial1»opinion1»lelle11

Are Tegge's figures, statements accurate?

CQ(~f
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It was very interesting reading the
article by Charlotte HaII, "Petition Says
Prices High," TORCH, September 27,
1979.
I have an accounting background, and
had quite a problem
making any sense of
the statements and
figures Bob Tegge,
Food Services manager, was using in an
at~mpt to justify the
recent cafeteria -price increases. Some
examples:
According to Tegge, persons buying
junk food should expect to experience a SU
percent increase in prices while those
eating nutritional food will see only a 9
percent increase. Given I normaily lunch
on a build-your-own-sandwich (up 33%) or
small soup (up 25%) and have a medium
milk (up 29%) or small apple juice (up
80%), my total increase puts me a lot
closer to the junk food category than that of
a nutritional meal. And, I thought I was
eating well.
Tegge states drinks have gone up 20

percent over all. If you go from the greatest
drink price increase, small apple juice (up
80%) to the least, the largest milk/juice
(up 18%), there is no way the percentage
increase can av~rage 20 percent unless
everyone buys the largest size drinks, and
completely avoids the apple juice, regardless of size.
Since other increases such as salads (up
12 and 13%), hamburgers (up 17%),
mini-lunch (up 10%), and large soup (up
10%), all exceed the 9.3 percent "supposed" total increase, where's our money
going? And, how can the 9.3 percent figure
be accurate?
Your student government has asked
Tegge to provide documents to prove the
increase is justified. At the time of this
writing, these have not been provided.
As per the petition circulated last week,
a boycott of the cafeteria i~ to begin on
Tuesday, Oct. 9 if Tegge hasn't done
something about the cafeteria prices by
Oct. 8.
We all need to stick together on this. If
the boycott is called, please support it. It's
your pocketbook.
Robert C. Hoffman
Financial Aids Office

ASLCC suppo.r ts anti-price hike petition
Last Tuesday, September 25, the ASLCC
officiaily voted to support the petition to
fight food price increases. Since that time I
have talked with Dean of Students, Jack
Carter, and Director
of Student Activities/
Auxilliary Services,
Jay Jones, itr an attempt to gather as
many facts as possible. My concern is
that students are
represented to the
administration as well as the administration also be justly represented to the
.5tudents.
I am now in a position of clearer
understanding of both sides of this issue. I
know now that much consideration was
taken before the college decided to contract
with Mannings. I was also made aware that
our food services is a completely self-sufficient operation. They must generate their
own revenue to exist. I'm convinced that
the school or anybody else isn't raking
hordes of money through the food prices.
Mannings makes enough profit to pay Bob
Tegge's salary as well as an expert person
who keeps check over all operations.
I have written a memo to Dean of

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Students Jack Carter in which I expressed
to him that I felt the student body had been
dealt with unjustly. I told him that the
students really have a right to know about
decisions the college makes when they
directly affect the students. In the same
memo I to1d him that I was confident that
this situation will be rectified by having full
information given to the students.
I also wrote a memo to Bob Tegge in an
attempt to cultivate some understanding
on his part as to the students' point of
view. I reminded him that many students
feel they have been "mislead" also by a
lack of communication to the students.
I know this situation of misunderstanding will soon be resolved. I know that Jack
and Bob are putting their all into making
sure ' we students are well taken care of. I
remind us all that all parts of LCC must
work as a team if we want to insure that
students, as well as staff, ar( going to win.

Debi Lance
ASLCC President

'Apathy ran rampant'
Please allow me this opportunity to
welcome all new and returning students to
the campus. Even though the state doesn't
require it, we all seem to be here to learn.
As long as we are here, let's also learn
how to 'serve others. ASLCC, our student
government, has set goals for this year that
are higher and more comprehensive than
any other year. As could be seen in the
spring elections, apathy ran rampant
throughout the campus, and the results
were disappointing.
This year we have the opportunity to
turn that around, but it will takG help,
understanding, and cooperation. ASLCC
has set up extra committees to take care of
almost every problem that can occur on
campus, but there are openings to be filled
before our goals can be operative. ASLCC
needs your help in order to help you.
This is the challenge I am throwing o_ut
to you: Can you help? Will you help?
Stop in at the ASLCC office in the Center
Building, and let's talk about it. We are
here to help, but we need help from you.
Are you up to it? Can you spare a little
time to get involved? Are you willing to
help?
We in the ASLCC would be glad to see
you.

Richard McCord
Senator, ASLCC

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Polish vote
guarante ed if
Pope goes gold art

• hoppe

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The question on many a lip these days is: "Will success spoil Pope John Paul II?" '
As you know, the Pontiff is making a week-long tour of the United States. And at the
same time, Infinity Records, a subsidiary of MCA, is releasing an album of him s_inging in
Polish.
Sources in the music industry predict the album is going to be "a goldie." And if it does
sell a million copies, this means that John Paul II will be transmogrified overnight from a
simple, lovable Pontiff of humble Polish peasant stock to that star-studded glory of glories
-- an American celebrity.
Over the years, Americans not of the Catholic persuasion have had little interest in
Popes. With the exception of John XXIII and, all too briefly, John Paul I, Americans have
generaily viewed Popes as austere figures who dwell in the dim, cobwebby recesses of the
Vatican and who are carried out on display for the newsreel cameras only on Easter.
But a celebrity! Wow! That's someone every American devoutly worships.

***

So if the Pope has, indeed, "cut a goldie," as they say in the trade, let us hope he knows
what he's in for. Screaming mobs of fans will plague him everywhere, attempting to rip off
his miter and vestments for souvenirs. And Governor Jerry Brown, of course, will offer him
the first vacancy on the California Supreme court.
Needless to say, he won't be able to walk down the street without some sticky-fingered,
ice-cream-cone slurping urchin buttonholing him: "Hey, aren 't you the guy that wrote 'The
Moment of the Entire Life?' How about autographing this paper napkin? I recognized you
by the hat.''
There will be invitations to appear on the Today, Tonight and Tomorrow shows, not to
mention What's My Line, I've Got a Secret and Celebrity Bowling -- all of which he is·sure
to turn down.
And there will be considerable pressure for him to pose for photographs in his kitchen.
For some reason, what celebrities do in their kitchens has fascinated American editors
since the dawn of Life.
And even if he resists the demands of photographers from Us, We, Them and People,
Time magazine is sure to come out with a cover story that begins: ''Known to his millions of
Italian fans simply as 'Papa,' the new recording star likes nothing better than to putter
about his kitchen whipping up his favorite dish, 'Fettuccine Polonaise.' A lifelong
bachelor . . . ''
President Carter, with an eye on the Polish vote, will undoubtedly proclaim Polish
Country Music Week and invite him to sing free at the White House. And he will be
besieged with requests to perform at charitable affairs, such as the Annual Trenton, N.J. ,
Benefit Banquest for Starving Parmesians.
On the other hand, being a celebrity does have its perquisites and he'll be able to obtain
some status sytnbols that are now beyond his reach -- such as a table at Elaine's.
Already, even prior to the album's release, one can see the transformation beginning.
Not only are vast crowds expected to turn out wherever he goes, but both NBC and CBS
plan to cover his appearance in Washington -- not live, mind you, as neither network wishes
. to interrupt its sports coverage. But both plan to broadcast highlights at halftime -- which is
more than they ever did for Dolly_.Parton.
So being a celebrity is incredibly heady stuff. But I, for one, am confident that John Paul
II will remain "the humble, friendly prelate we have all come to know and love.

(c) Chronicle Publishing Co. 1979

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Incest : The famil y speak s out
The TORCH

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News feature by Sarah Jenkins
of The TORCH
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second
article of a four-part series about
incest. Last week, Lane County
counselors and other authorities discussed the myths and misunderstanding of the crime; this week one
Eugene family, who's names have
been changed to protect their identities, tell about how the crime occurred
in their family and how it still affects
them.
''I'm no different than other people," Mary says softly. "I brush my
teeth, I comb my hair. Just like good
old-fashioned American people.''
But there is a difference. Two
years ago, the 39-year.,.old woman's
family was torn apart by the crime of
incest.
Mary is fighting to understand
what happened to the security she
once thought was permanent. Now,
instead of quiet dinners at home with
her family of four, only her 15-yearold son is there to greet her when she
comes home from work.
Her daughter Linda, 16, is living in
a foster home not far from Mary. The
girl ·has the fresh-scrubbed look of
somebody's kid sister.
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home either. Convicted of sodomy in
the first degree about a year ago, this
soft-spoken man in his early 40s is
serving a five-year sentence in the
Oregon State Peniten1iary. There is a
chance he may be paroled on
workers' release by Christmas.
They are not the typical family
involved in incest -- simply because
there is no "typical" family. Mary and Richard were married in
1974. Mary had two children -- then
1O and 11 -- from a previous
marriage, but Richard had never
been married before.
"I've been divorced for 10 years
and the kids don't really know their
father," Mary explains. "Richard's
the only father they've ever known."
'' And I tried to be a real father to
them," Richard adds simply. "I tried
to give them an insight into what :c
life's really like -- not just how it
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appears."
And according to Mary, Richard 2
was a good father. He gave each child
love and attention, while expecting
obedience.
Then, in 1976, when Linda was 13
and her brother 12, the family began i
g
to change.
'' I caught Linda and her brother in
a 'compromising position,' "Richard
explains, refusing to give details. "It
was kind of frightening to me. It
started this whole chain of events.''
Richard promised the children he
would not tell their mother about the
incident, but it didn't stop there.
"I talked to Mary about it without
mentioning the reason for my concern," Richard continues. "And we
tried to find counseling for Linda."
Richard believed that this incident
was only the beginning for his
daughter. Without some kind of
intervention, he felt that she would
be drawn to promiscuity.
''I've got a mother and two sisters
who are very promiscuous," he
explains emotionally. "I just didn't
want that for my daughter.''
But, he says, all his efforts to find
counseling for Linda were fruitless.
''The more we asked questions, the
more we found that people were very
reluctant to help.''
Finally, in frustration, he came up
with his own answer. "The only thing
I could think of was to give her some
kind of an outlet,'' he says.
When Linda recalls that time three
years ago, she doesn't mention
anything about her brother. With the
directness of a teenager, she says,
"My dad came right out and said he
was going to play with me and have
me play with him."
Sitting in a small "attorney's
room" within the penitentiary walls,
Richard speaks softly, slowly. There
is little emotion in his voice. The ooly
signs of his nervousness are occasional glances at the tape recorder on
the table in front of him.
Richard's memory differs slightly.
"I told her if she ever needed help I
would try to help her in any way I
could," he recounts. "So it started
out that I was just more or less trying
to help her masturbate."
"All the time he was telling me
he was just doing it for my own
good," Linda says. "Telling me that I
could come to him if I ever needed to
be sexually relieved or whatever -that I didnt have to go to some boy at
school."
Mary was unaware of the tension
that was building within her home. "I
still don't know exactly when or how
it started," she says now. "I've been
afraid to find out until now."
For Linda, there was no one to turn
to. She faced the inner turmoil and
conflict alone. "You're always told
that whatever - your parents say is
always right,'' she says with a trace
of confusion still in her voice.
"Whatever they do is right."

But she says that she did not ·stay
silent because of any threats from
Richard -- it was more complex than
that. "He never really told me not to
tell anybody," Linda admits. "But I
just . knew not to -- it was so
secretive.''

officers and the inmates.
"But I'm surviving," he says with
a smile.
As the incest progressed, so did;
other problems between Linda and
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her parents.
Richard and Mary had always been

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And while not threatening her,
Richard did make it clear that he
"had a good idea of what would
happen'' if she told anyone about the
incest.
For almost two years, Linda abided
by his desire for secrecy.
Richard denies that she kept quiet
out of fear or pressure from him. "If
you knew Linda as well as I do," he
explains, ''you would know there is
no way I could put any pressure on
her.''
But he does acknowledge that
Linda might have believed she was
expected to please him.
'' I think there were a few times
when Linda was doing it because she
thought I would want to or need to,''
he admits. ''There were possibly
times when she was able to sense
that I was, for want of a better word,
'in the mood.' "
For Linda, this was a 'very real form
of "implied force." "For about the
last year it was happening it was
regular, like on a schedule," she
recalls haltingly. "Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays when I got home
from school. Sometimes I'd come
home and he'd be laying down taking
a nap and I'd have to go in and wake
him up," she says. "That scared me.
But I knew I had to."
As time passed, the incest went
beyond masturbation to _include other
sexual activity. But according to both
Richard and Linda, it never included
sexual intercourse.
'' I never felt comfortable through
the whole thing," Richard claims. "I
found it very frustrating. But · as
frustrating as it was, I. figured
(intercourse) would be five times
worse.''
Again, he tries to explain his
actions. "The only reason it ever
continued," he says firmly, "was
because I thought it was helping
her.''
The social system within the
penitentiary is clearly defined. While
murderers and armed robbers are
afforded a certain prestige,· child
abused and molesters -- "baby
rapers" -- are at the bottom of the
heap.
"It's a little tense," Richard
understates with a short laugh.
''The rest of these people here are
being punished for a crime, " he
explains as he glances at the locked
door. "But in cases like mine, it boils
down to double jeopardy. I'm being
punished for the crime I was convicted of, but then I'm being punished by
the people here -- the corrections

fairly strict, Linda says, l:•Jt then ''my
dad started putting a whole bunch of
restrictions on me. I couldn't do
anything."
Although they lived fairly close to
her school, if Linda had to stay late
for any reason, Richard would pick
her up and drive her home. "He
wouldn't even let me ride the bus,"
she protests.
Then, shortly after her 15th birthday, Linda started going steady with
a boy from school. But, she says, as
soon as her dad found out about her
boyfriend, he forced her to break it
off.
"I guess he did it because he knew
Dennis and I had special feelings for
each other,'' Linda says. ''And he
didn't like that."
When asked about the incident,
Richard chuckles softly. "Linda has a
habit of overlooking some of the
things that should be said," he
answers.
Mary an_d Richard had decided that
- Linda could not start dating until she
was 16. "And that had nothing to do
with the incest,'' Richard insists.
''Then she started going with this
Dennis and she started lying," he
continues. "She started sneaking off
to see him." •
Richard says he tried to reason
with Linda but she wouldn't listen. "I
tried to get her to understand that
what she was, doing was wrong," he
explains steadily.
'' I kept trying to get it through her
mind that you cannot build a relationship on lies and deceit. Apparently,'' he adds with •resignation,
''she was just reading one thing into
another."
Finally Richard and Linda had a
showdown. He told her she was to
break up with Dennis once and for
all.
And for the first time, Linda sought
help. She could no longer keep all the
turmoil and confusion inside.
She turned to her mother.
But her mother didn't believe her.
''Linda was very upset with us
about Dennis,'' Mary remembers.
"That's when she told me she and
her dad had had 'relations.' I didn't
say, 'I don't believe you.' But I
thought she was manipulating me to
get her own way.''
Linda adds quietly, "I don't know
if Mom believed me or not. But I
don't think she did, because she
would have done something.
And so the incest continued.
The overpowering fear. The emcontinued on page 12

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Capital outlay budf!et for 1979-80

Oct. 4 - -ia,, 1979

Page 5

Board okays $300,000 for equipment, repairs

by Charlotte Hall and Lucy White
ofTheTORCH
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a
two-part series on how, when and where
capital outlay funds are spent at LCC. This
week, TORCH reporters Charlotte Hall and
Lucy White look at how much money is
available and what it could be used for.
Next week, they will report on the actual
break-down of expenditures for the coming
school year.
When Lane County voters approved
LCC's 1979-80 budget last spring, they
made history. For the first time in over a
decade, the college budget passed on its
first attempt. The budget included one of
the largest capital outlay funds ever
approved -- $400,000 -- for a normal
ope.':-ations year.
"Of course, you are always optimistic
(about a budget's chances of being
approved)" says Bert Dotson, assistant to
the college president. ''We always try to

How safe?
money.''
Reid feels strongly about this issue and
intends to pursue it further. He is not
alone. Several of Reid's fellow board
members have expressed their support on
the issue. At the last board meeting, board
member Charlene Curry expressed her
opinion that "Steve's point (about needing
more visible security) is exceptionally well
made. After the last meeting, I went out,
and, boy, there was nobody there. It was
unnerving."
"They (the board members) are convinced that this is a legitimate concern,'' Reid
continues, '' and they are sure that the
situation calls for some changes and

think positively.''
Never the less, Dotson admits, "I was
surprised it passed so easily. To be
realistic, the size of the budget depends on
how often you have to go back to the
polls."
And if it had gone back for a second, or
even third, time, "There may have been an
adjustment," he concedes with a laugh.
"But of course you don't want to base the
budget on that.''
With the capital outlay fund -- money for
campus equipment repair and replacement
-- four times what it was last year, that
would have been a conceivable place to
start "adjusting."
The Board of Education approved the
general fund budget of almost $19.2
million on June 27. On Sept. 12 the board
accepted spending $300,000 of the capital
outlay funds while holding back $100,000
as a ''contingency.''
Capital outlay money is allocated into
five separate categories. The amount
requested by each department and the

continued from page 2
support. If the entire board approves that
concept, I'm sure they'll jump right on it.
Then we will pass on our recomendations
to the administration.''
"We, as board members, try to encourage students to come out to Lane. If they're
afraid to come at night because it's dark
and because security is not very visible, it
might discourage people from attending.''
When asked if he thinks Reid is overreacting, Chase gave a quiet, but firm,
"No comment."
"I would like to say," Chase answered
instead, "that our security effort is not
simply an action made by our security
department. It's a cumulative effort, made
up of both staff and students working

'Bakke' decision hurts enrollments
(CPS)--The first law school classes to
be fully processed under strictures of the
U.S. Supreme Court's June, 1978 Bakke
decision seem to be a lot whiter than last
year's first year students.
A number of law schools have reported
signifigant declines in the registration of
minority first-year students. The number
of Chicano law students at George Wash_ington University law school, for example,
fell from nine to four this year. Harvard
registered 88 minority students, as compared with 98 last year.
First-year law classes at Northeastern
University, Berkeley, the University of
Pennsylvania, and New York University,
among others, include fewer minorities
this year.
The major exceptions to the trend were
the University of Chicago law school,
where there are nearly twice as many black
first-year students than last fall, at
Stanford, and at the University of California-Davis, where minorities make up
almost a quarter of the class.
It was at Davis, of course, that Allan
Bakke claimed that he had been denied
admission to medical school because
preferential -- and discriminatory -- treatment had been given minority students.
The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court,
which ruled that Davis' quota system
amounted to reverse discrimination.
Some law school administrators, however, blame the decline in the number of
black enrollees on simple competition, not
on affirmative action programs allegedly
gutted by the Bakke decision.
Robert Staneck, assistant dean of admissions at George Washington, says "we
admitted more minority students than ever
this year, but a lower percentage came to
register.'' Penn admissions director
Arnold J. Miller says that was just a case of
law schools competing for fewer minority
students.
''There was an overall drop in the
number of minority applications to law
schools, which means that Harvard has to

actual allocation are provided below.
Student Services: $21,647 requested;
$16,194 allocated
President's Complex: $2,800 requested;
$2,800 allocated
Administrative Services: $103,553 requested; $77,483 allocated
Instruction: $272,000 requested;
$203,523 allocated
The contingency fund has been set aside
to be used with the board's authorization
for unforseen circumstances or emergencies.
''The contingency fund can be used for
capital outlay or for any item.-- in the
budget," notes Dotson.
'' A couple of years back when we had
four feet of snow we used $20,000 of it for
snow removal. We have also dipped into
the -fund to keep the campus heating and
cooling systems in repair," recalls Dotson.
Any type of equipment that costs more
than $50 or lasts for more than three years
is included in capital outlay funds. Lathes,
grinders, dentist's chairs, oxygen units,

search a little further, and dig a little.
When they do, it's a game of musical
chairs, and it goes on down the list
Everybody else then has to dig deeper, or
get fewer enrolled.''

together to create a good security atmosphere. If our staff or students have some
perceptions, concerns or suggestions to
offer, I'll be very, very happy to receive
those."

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"Hob_o [ho 'bo]: A tramp, a vagrant. [Origin unknown]"

Webster's concise definition doesn't speak of freight trains or jungles or mulligan stew or the rails. It also
doesn't say that hobos do not appreciate being called "tramps."
Nor does it mention the fascination that drew over 1,000 tourists to Britt, Iowa last summer for the annual
National Hobo Convention.
Scattered among the camera-clickers and autograph hounds were only 16 of the "real thing' -- just 12
"old-timers" and four "up-starts" came for the show in their honor.
Their names lay claim to their life-styles: Steamtrain, Long Looker, Lord Over The Road, Sparky.
Annual conventions have been held in Britt since 1900. For now obscure reasons, the traditional date of the
festivities was always Aug. 22. This year that time-honored tradition was broken -- the highlights of the convention
were held on the first Saturday in August.
Every year the crowds get bigger, while the number of hobos on hand shrinks. This year there was more than
one professional photographer for every hobo. And in recent years, a carnival and parade have been added to the
events for those not interested in folklore.
But tall tales and railroad humor is the mainstay. The kids who gather 'round for autographs may also hear
about the old days and company "bulls." Or, the tourist who came only for an eyeful of a vanishing species and a
tinful of mulligan stew will come away with a desire to see more than the backyard or the park down the street.
And for the hobos, that's the way it should be. As long as Lord Over The Road or Steam train has time to talk
and a child has time to listen, the conventions will continue.

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The TORCH

Oct. 4. · • 197'1

Record industries panic
by Carla Schwartz
ofTbeTORCH
The. long-awaited double album by
Fleetwood Mac entitled •'Tusk.'' will be
available to the record-buying public
sometime within the next couple of weeks.
Hungry Big Mac fans. however, will have
to sink their teeth into the expected $15. 98
list price.
Recent releases by such tried-and-true
artists as Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin and
Steve Martin are currently listed at
$8. 98--an all-time high. And the new
Eagles album, not yet available, is rumored to list at $9.98.
Gayle Chisholm, manager of Odyssey
Records. has already seen two price
increases this year. and is understandably
concerned about a third. She believes the
record companies will price themselves out
of range. "Sales have slowed down. A lot
of people just can't afford it," says
Chisholm. "You say '$7.39,.' and they put
the record back."
She is also convinced that while prices
soar. the quality of vinyl pressing itself
does not improve. A good percentage of
the records she receives are warped or
have fingerprints and dust on them.
"Maybe once a week, we'll find whole
boxes of defective albums and have to send
back the entire shipment.''
• Interestingly enough, many people in
the industry attribute current pricing
trends to the energy crunch -- vinyl being
petroleum-based. Tapes and their vinyl
counterparts are now . listing at equal
levels.
• Counterfeiting is also contributing to
the record companies' woes. As prices
spiral, more people are inclined to tape
albums that a friend has previously
purchased -- seriously hurting profits in the
recording industry. ''The record companies are losing millions,'' says Ron Garner,
vice president in charge of programming
for KPNW.

• Garner also disclosed that the average
im·estment by a record company has
increased substantially. Five years ago, a
name arfr,t would require $150,000 to put
together an album. Today, for the same
album, the same artist would need
$300,000 to $400,000.
•'The record business is considered to be
recession-proof -- right along with beer and
cigarettes," says Michael Dilley of Producer's Studio, a professional recording
studio here in Eugene. Yet the industry is
in a definite slump.
But. slump or no, according to Lou
Dennis, vice-president in charge of sales
for Warner Brothers Records, people
would buy the new Fleetwood Mac album
for as high as $30."

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scheduled for fall
LCC Theatre Director Stan Elberson has
cast the players for LCC's fall production of
the Woody Allen play, "Don't Drink The
Water,'' and rehersals are currently under
way.
The show, written in the comic vein for
which Allen is most noted, is "an evening
of pure entertainment and laughter. There
is no social message whatsoever," says
Elberson.
The action takes place in an American
embassy in a small Communist country,
somewhere behind the Iron Curtain where
American tourists -- a man, his wife and
daughter -- se~k refuge when they are
pursued by the ·police for illegal picturetaking and alleged spying.
Selected in principal roles are Mark
Layman as Walter, Martha Gamble as
Marion, Daniel Weltha as Axel, Paul
Sorenson as Kilroy, and Connie Walker as
Susan.
Opening night is scheduled for November 9.

flROUND TOWN
FILMS-

THEATRE
Oregon Repertory .Theatre
The Atrium, Eugene, 97401
David Lunney directs Tennessee
William's "The Night of the
Iguana," through Oct. 14

ASLCC Free Drop-Ins, Forum 307
Oct. 5, at noon. ''Cash Register in
the Rockies,'' ''The Abandoned," "Control or Destiny," and
"No Turning Back."
Running time: 45 minutes.

Very Little Theatre
2350 Hilyard, Eugene
"The Oldest Living Graduate,"
runs Oct. 4-6 and 11-13

CLUBS-

Eugene Opera
1192 High St. Eugene
Performs "Rigoletto," Oct. 5-6 and
12-13

Barney Cable's 484-7085
Oct. 4, John Stowell (guitar) with
the Larry Natwick Trio
Oct. 6, Maija
Oct. 11, Nancy King, jazz vocalist
with the Larry Natwick Trio

CONCERTSUniversity of Oregon
Music Department
Tues., Oct. 2, at 12:30 p.m.,
Room 198, Musical Smogasbord-:
Faculty Recital.
Oct. 6, at 9 a.m., Autzen Stadium, Invitational Marching Band
Festival.
Oct. 9, 8 p.m., Beall Ha~I; Pacific
Wind Quintet, (Victoria B.C.).
Oct. 10, 8 p.m., Beall Hall, Jim
Olsen, flute, student recital.
Oct. 10, 8 p.m., Room 198, Kathryn Green, voice, student recital.
Oct. 11, 8 p.m., Beall Hall, Primavera Quartet, Chamber Music
Series

Black Forest 344-0816
Oct. 5-6, Whiskey Creek String
Band
The Treehouse Restaurant 485-3344
Oct. 4, Jeff Levy, piano; 9-midnight
Oct. 5, Buddy Ungson, guitarist;
9-midnight
Oct. 6, Buddy Ungson, 9-midnight
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Oct. 7, Gai I Roberts & Pam
Birell, chamber music; 10 a.m.-1
p.m.
Oct. 8, Gail & Pam; 7-9 p.m.
Oct. 9, Gail & Pam; 7-9 p.m.
Homefried Truckstop 344-9988
Oct. 4, David Perkins
Oct. 5, David the Minstrel & Liv;
Jo Chinburg
Oct. 6, Habeck-Rades; Carla
Oct. 7, Hichael Harrison; In
Cahoots
Oct. 9, Richard Crandell
Oct. 10, Bob Faus
Oct. 11, David & Liv; Stephen
Cohen

University of Oregon
Cultural Forum
Oct. 10, Nancy King with the
Larry Natwick Trio, EMU Courtyard, 7-9 p.m., FREE.
Community Center for the
Performing Arts
291 W. 8th Ave., Eugene
Oct. 4, Jazz flautist Yusef Lateef.
Oct. 6, New Wave Costume Party
with Eugene's Radar Angels.
Oct. 7, acoustic guitar by Bert
Jansch.

Campus.Ministry
Wednesday Evening Get-togethers
Wednesdays: oc,. 10, 17, 24, 31 & Nov. 7, 14
Evening Class Sessions at Koinonia Center, 1414 Kincaid, 6 to 7:15 p.m.

Chaplains James Dieringer & Norm Metzler
''W e ' re here for you. "

The Refectory 342-5231
Oct. 4-5 & Oct. 9-13, John Powell
& Tom Greenough
The Gatehouse 726-0311
Oct. 5 & 6, Emerald Express

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Through October, Peter Boe, jazz
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Open Gallery, 445 High St.
through Oct. 7, EXPOSURE TO
ART, photography

Contact Jim and Norm t~rough the Student Activities Office in the
Center Building, or talk with them in the cafeteria area
near the north elevator.

High Street Coffee Gallery 345-7361
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Maude I. Kerns Art Gallery, 1910

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Oct. 4-15, The Dan Miller Show
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.Oct. 4, Tony Sardini & the Waste
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Oct. 5-6, Cadillac Slim & the Blue
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Duffy's 344-3615
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The LCC campus has over 4,000 parking spaces, but rush-hour drivers are having
trouble finding them. Instead of aimlessly weaving through the west and fOUth lots,
they should check out the northeast lot for "trouble-free" parking.
Graphic by Pam Vladyka.

Discover the northeast lot
by Sarah Jenkins
of The TORCH

Over 350 parking violations were issued
during the third day of classes -- most of
them on cars illegally parked in the main
west and south lots, while at the same time
there were over 450 empty spaces in the
northeast parking lot.
Distribution of the 3,400 or so cars on
campus everyday is clearly a problem, says
Paul Chase, manager of LCC's security
force.
•
Most drivers come to school between
8:45 and 10 a.m. and most of them use the
main west entrance off of 30th Avenue.
And while they faced slow-downs of up to
half an hour during the first day of classes,
when a record 3,900 cars were counted in
the morning rush, those drivers who
selected the east entrance near Interstate 5
found clear sailing.
Consequently, Chase is working hard at
convincing people that the northeast lot,
behind the Performing Arts Building, is
"the" place to park.
"For a little more trouble in getting
there," explains Chase, "people can find
trouble-free parking."
And for Chase, "trouble-free" means
"ticket-free."

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(CPS) •· Female students are starting to
bring lawsuits against professors who offer
them good grades in exchange for sex.
Administrations are beginning to formulate grievance procedures for sexual harrassment allegations. But those involved,
while claiming the sex-for-grades bribes
were widespread, never had s(atistics to
verify their claims until last week.
That's when three California psychologists released the results of their study of
sexual contact between psychology students and educators, and between therapists and clients.
The study found that if you were a
female psych student sometime during the
last six years, there was nearly a one in five
chance that you had sexual contact with a
professor, administrator, or dissertation
adviser.
Dr. Kenneth S. Pope, director of
psychological services at Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center in Los
Angeles and one of the studys's three
authors, says about 17 percent of the
women psychologists who ;inswered the
questionaire S;iid they'd had some sexual
contact with their professors. Only three
percent of the male psychologists said
they'd had any sexual involvement with
professors.
Things changed, though, when the
students graduated into professional practice. Thirty percent of the women practitioners said they had.
''The overwhelming trend is quite
clear," Pope told College Press Service,
'' and it reveals a sexist bias. Men tend to
engage in sexual contact as therapists,

feachers, supervisors, and administrators,
while women are involved as patients and
clients.''
"Com:eiv~bly," Pope understates with
scientifid\ detachment, ''there couJd be
graduate students who have failed for
refusing sexual offers.''
He is strongly opposed to any sexual
contact between psychologists and clients
or students, but thinks the damage to
teacher-student relationships can be most
destructive.
Pope says that he and co-authors Hanna
Levinson and Leslie R. Schover did the
study to fill '' a black hole in published
literature of this nature.'' He recalls that
the American Psychologists Association
wouldn't even talk about sexual harrassment in the profession until 1977. Even
then, ''when a student had a problem with
a professor, there was nowhere to turn for
direction.'' He . hopes this study will
inspire the profession to address the
ethical questions the issue raises.

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Parking violators this year face an
increased minimum ticket fee of $3 -- up
from $2 last year. For cars not registered
with the Security Office, the miniIJJ.um fee
is $5.
Vehicle registration is mandatory for all
cars brought on the campus. Drivers can
register their vehicles at the Campus
Security Office, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. There is no charge for registration.
Chase estimates that 3,000 violations
will be given out by security officers this
year. But, he adds, "That's not 3,000
people. Some people will get 15 or 16 or
even 20 violations and nothing seems to get
through to them.''

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The TORCH

Oct. 4 ---, 1979

Ducks ' superi or teamw ork outpoi nt Titan kicker s
by Kathy Marrow
ofTheTORCH

The University of Oregon Ducks handed
the Titans a 2-1 loss Sept. 9, in the LCC
soccer bowl.
Lack of effective teamwork and defensive moves were the men's biggest
pro_blems.
Titan Greg Freuler scored the first goal
of the game with an assist by midfielder
Dave Poggi. The lead held off to halftime.
But the Ducks came back to the field
ready to remedy that situation. after seven
minutes into the second half, with a direct
kick by Mike Gorman.
" The Duck's teamwork was much
better. they had larger guys and airtight

tr.arking, •• said Titan Coach George Gyorgyfalvy.
Soon after. Andy Burns of the Ducks was
accredited with the winning goal, bringing
the score to 2-1.
"I was really disappointed, I think we
could have won this game," added
Gyorgyfalvy, '' Individually I think we were
fairly even, but the did have better
teamwork.·•
This loss brings the Titan record to 1-1 in
the season standings, and 0-1 in the
league, " We paid a high price for our
msitakes. •· concluded Gyorgyfalvy.
For the next game, the Titans travel to
Salem on Oct. 4, to once again take on
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Lane to co-spon sor second
annual ·,Christmas Seal Run
The Second Annual Christmas Seal Fun
Run is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 14, 9
a.m .. on the lJniversitv of Orel'.!on campus.
The Oregon Lung Association and the
LCC Respitory Therapy and Data Processing Departments are this year's cosponsors of the ~vent.
JuneAnne Konker,. regional director for
the Oregon Lung Association, said early
registration is important for everyone
involved. "We want to encourage all sorts
of people, runners and non-runners, to
enter this vear' s benefit run.''

The main 10,000 meter route begins at
Johnson Hall. A shorter two-mile ''fun
run" is also scheduled.
The registration fee for the rGn is $5
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Runners can register at the Nike Athletic
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A 9,160-meter run?

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Big race turns into 'Classic' follow-the-leade;r

Feature by Mike Arnold
for The TORCH

It was almost like a circus -- controlled
excitement. There were running suits of
every shade and color imaginable. Over
650 runners and an equal number of
spectat_ors were on hand for the event.
Flags outlined the course and blew in the
wind.
It was the third annual Garrie Franklin
Memorial Cross Country Classic. At the
finish line the official timer, Chris Olson,
sat tensely checking his equipment. The
crowd was electric with the events happening around them.
The loud speakers blared, ''Last call for
the high school and master's 6,000 meter
run.'' A master at the Classic was listed- as
a runner 30 years or older. Most races list
the master as 40 or older.
Already most of the contestants were at
the starting line. One of the judges yelled
through a megaphone, giving instruction
for the race, explaining the course for the
153 contestants in . the run. Al last an
official raised the gun, pointed it skyward,
and fired. But, it fired again, signaling a
bad start. Everyone returned to the
starting line.
The second start was good. _
A massive wall of athletic human flesh
began moving toward the course. Leaders
and followers took their places, looking like
a swarm of bees flying a tight ''V''
formation.
High school coaches has strategically
placed themselves around the course
where they could give encouragement or
verbally push their athletes.
As the athletes ran over the track of
grass and rubber asphalt and sawdust,
Dave Gilbert from Marshfield High took
the lead. His performance was good,
showine consistent stvle as he crossed the
finish line in 9:03.8. Following him was
Ray Hatton who ran as a ~aster and
finished in 19:13.4.
"Last call for the 10,000 meter," barked
the loud speakers again. This was the big
race. "Last call for the 10,000 meters."
Mike Manley, LCC' s women cross
country coach, was at the line running for
the Oregon Track Club. So was Dave
Magness, who ran for Lane last year (cross
country, track, and tlrst place runner at tne
National Junior College Marathon in 1979)
but is running for Wyoming this year. Also
at the line were Kvernmo Geir (Wyoming),
and Kelly Johnson of the Oregon Track
Club (OTC). There were many other
notables, particularly from Lane's men's
cross country team -- Clancy Devery, Jeff
Hildebrandt, Brian Muessle, and others.
At the gun there was the traditional
"V". They looked quite different from the
younger athletes. These seasoned athletes
had been training for this pre-season meet
for weeks and their efforts were clearly
visible in running style, pacing and
stamina.

Most of the runners at the Classic were
familiar with how the course should have
been run; after all, they had just watched
six races -- all of which used the same basic
course. Each of these runners had the
course marked in their brains, and they
have mentally made notes and singled out

three more guys going around the lake."
That would have placed Manley at 8th or
9th. "And then," continued Manley, "I
would have sprinted the last 400 meters."
Without a doubt, the man who was most
upset about the mistake was Meet Director
and Head LCC Cross Country Coach Al
Tarpenning. "I was upset about that
(mistake)." he said. "The leader (Geir)
was going into the gate when he was
directed back. By the time I could get over
there,'' Tarpenning added, ''four or five
more runners had already followed the
leader.
"There's nothing we can do about it
now," said Tarpenning. The times will be
turned in along with the distances, but they
can't be used as an official 10,000 _meter
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A Lane runner crosses the finish line, despite the misguided 10,000 meter "follow the
Photo by Dennis Tachibana
leader" route.

landmarks to designate special moves,
strategies, changes of speed.
It was on the last lap, as the runners
were about to make the last trip around the
lagoon, that someone from the previous
race gave wrong directions to the lead
runner.
The mis-direction eventually caused all
153 of the contestants to shorten their race
by 840 meters. There is no real "official
consequence" to the error, as far as
judging might go. The real consequence is
that the runners were not allowed to run
the race they had expected to run, and as a
result they were running with different
strategies than they would have used.
Geir did not comment about the course
discrepency, but it was obvious that he was

Titan record 2-6 ,
On Sept. 29, LCC's women's volleyball
team traveled to Bend to compete against
four other schools in tournament play.
Overall, the women won two games and
lost six.
• Lane dropped both of its games against
Chemeketa Community College, 4-15,
6-15. "Chemeketa had a strong team with
big players and good hitters,'' Stadler
explained. ·
•The Titans played better against Umpqua Community College. taking those two
games 15-10, 15-5.
•The Oregon College of Education team
equeeded by the LCC women in the first
game 13-15, but regained momentum to
soundly defeat Lane 5-15 in the second.
•Against the hosts Central Or~gon
·Community College, Lane held their own.
but just couldn't get by as they dropped
both games 7-15, 10-15.
Lane will travel for their next game
against Mt. Hood Community College Oct.
5 and Blue Mountain Community College
on Oct. 6.

not happy about the mistake·. Geir' s coach,
Ron Richardson, was visibly less happy
about it.
Mike Manley ran the 10,000 meter
course as a member of OTC and finished
11th with a time of 29:02.S. "I figured,"
said Manley, ''that I could pass two or

The mis-guided leader was Kvernmo
Geir (Wyoming), a thin, blond, Norwegian
who definitely looks like the stereotypical
lean, distance runner. Geir's time was
recorded at 28:01. 7, which was 8.3 seconds
faster than second place Kelly Johnson
(OTC -- 28:10.0).
Most spectators didn't know about the
error. The athletes only learned about it as
they stood in the chute, awaiting to record
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broiling turmoil. The "corrosive"
guilt.
Linda knows what they have -done
to her and what they will do to other
girls. And now, she wants to help.
"There's a girl at my school. I
don't know her name, but one of my
teachers told me about her. Her
incest has just been disclosed.
There is an urgency in Linda's voice.
She has trouble finding the words.
"I told the teacher to let her know
I've been involved in incest, too, and
I 'II talk to her, Linda explains.
"That's really important -- to be
able to talk. Just to be able to talk and
have somebody listen."
Under orders to stay away from
Dennis and unable to confide in her
mother, Linda spent the next two
months in a living hell.
Then in April 1978 she broke her
silence.
''I told a girlfriend that my dad was
sexually abusing me -- I don't
remember my exact words."
Linda's friend told her own father
and he reported it to the Land County
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continue
can cope with hating myself more
than I could if I walked away from
either one of them for the other one.''
"Together we can help him, adds
Linda defensively. "My dad's not
stupid, he's sick. And together we
can work it out."
And maybe they can. But r~ght
now., Mary and her son are still
alone, Linda is still waiting unhappily

"My kids will still obey .the law,
Mary adds, "but they don't understand how the law is supposed to help
them. How has it helped? By tearing
us apart?"
But Mary is not trying to minimize
her family's problem. "We needed
help, she admits. "If we could have
just asked for that help . . . " She
searches for the words.
'' But please God, don't chop off
my hands for asking."
Now, over a year since the incest
was reported, all three are trying to
sort out the reasons and responsibility.
•
It may be hardest for Linda. At an
age when girls should be worried
about only school and boyfriends,
Linda knows that if she had not said
anything, her father would not be in
prison now.
"I felt guilty at first," she says. "I
felt it was my fault that my dad has to
be there. But," she notes, "I don't
anymore. I didn't tell him to molest
me.''
Mary is dealing with a different
kind of guilt. ".I was working --

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working seven days a week," she
admits softly. '' I was trying to supply
what I felt Linda wanted. But it was
not what she needed.''
Richard staunchly defends his
wife. ''Throughout this whole thing,
Mary has gotten the impression that
somehow it's her fault," he says.
''That there was something lacking in
her. I've told her that's just not so."
Yet, Richard seems to take the
blame in words only. "It's got to be
my.responsibility," he says flatly. "It
would be very easy for someone in
my position to blame his daughter,
but I can't say it's Linda's fault."
Then, hedging, he adds, "I can't
say it's my fault, either, but I 'm the
one that's going to have to take the
blame."
Now the main concern of all three
is preserving their family. They all
say that the love they had in the
. beginning is still there -- and
stronger now.
'' Mary and I have become closer as
a result of all this," Richard reports.
"That's something no one can understand -- why she doesn't just take
off and leave me.''
In simple agreement, Mary adds,
"We just want to be a whole family
again."
However, the Oregon State Parole
Board doesn't see it quite the same
way.
The board has told Richard that if
Linda returns home, he will not be
allowed work release in December as
scheduled.
Both Richard and Linda are willing
to sacrifice for the other. Richard
says firmly, "If I've got to stay here
until she's 21, fine. But they'll never
destroy my family because we won't ·
let it happen."
Linda is just as firm. "We're
working with my CSD caseworker to
see if my going ·horn~ will interfere
with my dad getting out of prison. If
it wiH, •~ she adds with resolution,
"then I'm just going to stay in a
foster home. I have the rest of my life
to spend with my parents, but they
need each .other now .
"My mom's not choosing Richard
over me," she answers without the
question being asked. "I'm choosing
Richard for my mom.'' .
For Mary, there can be no "either I
or." With the same firmness as her
husband and daughter, she refuses to
make that choice.
"I love my husband very much and
I love my daughter very much. I want
them both," she says steadily.
''If I'm forced to make that
decision I will turn my back on both of
th·em, ,,- she says with intensity. "I

can talk to Linda -- and Linda doesn't
have to hide anything.
And Linda, who returned to her
home in July, is closer to her mother
than ever before. She can look to
Mary for comfort without feeling
guilt or alienation. Perhaps, more
importantly, Linda no longer regrets
disclosing the incest and wants to
encourage other victims to come

'I'm a Christian . .. I thought I was a very good one.'

'I didn't tell him to molest me.'
Sheriff's Office.
The gears of the legal system were
swiftly engaged. The next day a
deputy sheriff and a Children's
Services Division caseworker came to
Linda's school. ''They just started
asking me a whole bunch of questions,'' she remembers. Then they
told her not to call her parents.
But almost immediately she did
call Richard.
"They contacted Linda and more
or less forced her to tell what was
going on," Richard claims. "But as
soon as they walked away from her,
she called ho'me to tell me they were
coming."
The deputy also called Mary at
work. "He asked for my permission
to let her leave school,'' Mary ways.
"He said Linda was not going
home.''
Richard waited for the deputy and
the caseworker to arrive. '' I was
expecting them," he says, "so I just
answered their questions and was as'
honest as I could be."
But honesty didn't help, he claims.
"I tried to straighten their minds out,
but their minds were closed. All they
could see was al I the battered kids
they've run across and they couldn't
cope with this -- where the kid isn't
really hurt."
Richard was immediately arrested
and Linda was placed in a shelter
home.
After formal charges of sodomy in
the first degree were brought against.
him, he was released on his own
recognizance pending trial. Linda
was moved to the foster home where
she still lives.
For Mary, it was a time of coping.
Seeing her family destroyed without
understanding what had happened.
"All of the sudden, I didn't know •
where to turn, who to trust," Mary
says now. "All I knew was that I had
to stay in one piece -- I could not cry, I
could not be upset, I had to work, I
had to be strong."
As she stares at her clasped hands,
• the emotion in her voice is intense. "I
.was dead. I was numb. I wasn't even
dealing with the problem because it
didn't e-xist for me then. I wouldn't
let it exist."
Almost four months later, Richard
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
five years in . prison. The maximum
sentence could have been 25 years.
With bitterness in her voice for the
first time, Mary says, "We've gone
the full length of the system and
nofhing 's been done.''
"The System" has to be changed
to help people~ she says firmly. Now,
people are only hurt by the syst13m.

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in the foster home and Richard still
sits within the penitentiary walls -thinking about the past.
"I'm a Christian," he says softly.
'' And for years and years I thought I
was a very good one. But through this
whole thing I've come to find out I
was nothing but a hypocrite. And my
faith has become stronger because of
it."
. Without looking up, , he adds
quietly, "I just hope I didn't cause
Linda any damage -- that's my
greatest fear.''

forward.
She is also beginning to express
anger and resentment toward Richard, and doubts that they will ever
have an amiable relationship again.
Richard is still in prison, but has
transferred to a lower security area.
He has applied for admission in the
sex offender program at the Oregon
State Hospital Treatment Center,
which, due to his late entry, would
require him to be in custody for four
months longer. But he seems willing
to pay that price.

Two weeks after those interviews
last April, Mary read the police
reports of Richard's arrest for the
first time. "I'm 100 percent glad it
came out in the open, Mary says
now, "even though the price was
Richard getting a prison sentence.
I'm still glad because we're getting
the help I was too damn scared to ask
for before. ''
This new knowledge has given
Mary strength, but it has also given
her a new capacity for honesty and
opennes~. Now, for the first time, she

The wounds are not healed, and
the family doubts that they ever will
be. But there are changes taking
place. "I was wrong,
Mary concludes, "and that's how I learned.
Now something inside me says that
I'm going t~ ,be okay. ''
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"Incest: How does the legal system
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