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Vol. 17, No. 25

May 1 -1.., 1980

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First prize:
a trip to IranFirst prize in our week;y How To Free
the Hostages Contest goes today to
Senator Herman Talmadge of Georgia.
The senator's winning idea: Kidnap the
Ayatollah Khomeini.
This is certainly one of the more
practical solutions that have been offered
in recent months. I have spoken to
several professional kidnappers about
this and they all agree that putting the

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when he was walking the dog or
rollerskating in the park.
There is a small problem, however. "A
kidnapping is a very exciting event,''
said one expert on the subject who
understandably asked to remain
nameless, "particularly for the
kidnarpee. And in this case, the
kidn;lpree is 79 years old and has a
weal-. lleJrt. ''
Sr t t1ere' s a good chance that even if
we c .:Id pull off the caper, all we'd wind
up v-. • is a dead ayatollah on our hands.
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is better than no ayatollah. But would
tho~2 militant students trade 50 American
hos:ages for one? It's doubtful. In fact,
they Just might get sore, even though we
explained to them that there were plenty
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The How To Free the Hostages Contest
was launched to help President Carter in
his hour of need. Everyone -- especially
his political opponents -- is saying he
ought to do something to free the
hostages. Unfortunately, only a very few
people like Senator Talmadge have
suggested what he ought to do.
Presumably, his opponents don't wish
to tell him what to do for fear he'd do it
and take all the credit. You certainly
can't blame them for that.
The closest any of them has come to
helping out was Ronald Reagan, who
proposed that Mr. Carter blockade Cuba.
To be sure, the purpose of blockading
Cuba was to force the Russians out of
Afghanistan half the world away. But I
feel it would be equally effective in
making the militants surrender the

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hostages as·Tehran is even closer to
Havana than Kabul.
Otherwise, all Mr. Carter's opponents
have had to say is that the economic
sanctions he recently imposed won't do
any good and he should have imposed
them five months ago, when,
presumably, they wouldn't have done any
good either.
But surely, someone must have a
solution to the problem. We Americans
are constitutionally incapable of believing
there's any problem that doesn't have an
immediate solution. And the purpose of
the contest is to draw that solution out.

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The most popular idea all along, of
course, was for us to shoot our way into
the American embassy in the heart of
downtown Tehran and bring back our
hostages dead or alive. While this proved
popular with John Wayne fans, it never
quite caught on with the next of kin.
Other possible solutions the contest
has turned up include switching the
Olympics from Russia to Iran and
boycotting them; kidnapping the shah
and dropping him by parachute on Qom;
and offering the militant students
scholarships to Harvard under the
International Student Exchange Program.

One real loser, according to the contest
judges, is the newest suggestion put
forth by the White House: Risk World
War Ill by imposing a military blockade
on Iran. If all went well, we would
thereby be able to starve everyone in Iran
to death, including, one would suppose,
our hostages. Fortunately, this probably
won't work as the Russians are
reportedly ready to supply Iran by road -if they don't launch a first strike on Des
Moines instead.
Personally, the solution I favor is
digging a tunnel from Tel Aviv under Iraq
and coming up in the northwest corner of
the embassy compound as the militants
are bowing in evening prayer towards
Mecca which lies to the southwest.
Unhappily, I am told the tunnel could not
be completed prior to the November
election and that might well be too late.
For frankly, I'm not worried that
President Carter won't come up with a
vigorous, forceful, dynamic solution
before November 4. I am worried that he
will.

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Meaning of patriotism -questioned
To the editor:
After reading your article on our
"Redneck Patriot" Wally Ford, I was left
with the impression that eating "apple
pie" and the desire to fight were what
"Patriotism" was all about.
I myself served aboard a buoy-tender
and on motor life boats while in the Coast
Guard, and I think that many of today's so-

called "Patriots" are putting more importance on American pride, than on the
seriousness of the world's tutu re.
I hope that Chief Ford, after serving in 3
major conflicts, is able to distinguish between lwo Jima, and a nuclear war with the
Soviet Union.
Tom Iggy Stribula (U.S.C.G. Res.)
LCC student

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The search

for tradition
by Charlotte Hall
of The TORCH
Like most children in the 40s, author Dee Brown was
enthralled by cowboy and Indian movies. In his book
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Brown recalls a particularly bloody matinee he watched with a friend. Both
boys cheered on the cavalry until Brown realized his
friend -- an Indian -- was shouting and clapping just as
loudly as he was when the "good guy" soldiers were
decimating the "bad guy" Indians.
"I asked him why he did that," recalls Brown, "and
he said 'because they're not real Indians.' To him they
were just actors.
"All the books about Indians at that time were
caricatures and after that I realized they weren't real
Indians either. ''

Things have changed in forty years . In Brown 's
story , " Indian " wou Id now be changed to " Native
American .'' But there are still stereotypes , even if they
are a little different in 1980.
A 6-year-old plops down in front of the TV for some
Saturday morning viewing. After an hour or two of
rockem-sockem, he asks his mother, " What 's wrong
with us mom? Why do they always want to shoot us
off? Why do they always want to kill the Indian? "

It's difficult for Nadine Martin to tell her son that he
is just going to have to get used to the way Native
Americans are portrayed . " How are you going to talk •
to a little 6-year-old about discrimination? '· she asks .
Martin , head of LCC 's Native American Student
Association ( NASA}, works hard to eliminate
stereotypes associated with the American Indian .
The only way they can keep their culture from being
conveniently tucked away in the annals of forgotten
history, she believes , is to learn the " old ways " of
their people and to acknowledge the unique differences
between the tribes. •'Traditional ways mean so much to
me," says Martin , " and if I don 't know them , how can
I pass them on (to my son)? "
Learning the tra~itional ways can be difficult -- they
continued on page 7

Schafer confirms possible firing of LCC track coach
The ax may be swinging toward Al Tarpenning , LCC's
head track and field coach, reports the Springfield News.
In an April 26 News article, LCC President Eldon Schafer
is quoted as confirming that college administrators are considering firing Tarpenning. But, calling it a personnel matter, Schafer refused to give details on the reasons behind
the possible action. "It is being studied," Schafer
reportedly told a News reporter. '' I have no comment at this
time. When something develops, it will be done publicly.''
When contacted by the TORCH Wednesday, Dean of Instruction Gerald Rasmussen said, "I was surprised when
this came out. I had no idea it was going to become public.''
Like Schafer, Rasmussen declined to discuss any details of
the matter.
LCC Board of Education member Catherine Lauris was
more specific in her reported comments: '' Al (Tarpenning)
has done some insubordinate actions is what it amounts

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to," Lauris told the News. "He just doesn't pay attention to
his directives. It's no surprise.'' She alleged that '' Al has
been stepping out of line for 10 years."
According to the article, "Lauris said the coach and the
administration have been at odds over fund-raising and
other issues. ''
Board members and administrators met recently in executive (closed to the public) session to discuss the charges
against Tarpenning, claimed the newspaper.
It said that board chairman Jim Pitney refused to comment. He was quoted as saying ''That's a personnel matter
and we only discu_ss things like that in executive session."
The newspaper reviewed Tarpenning's coaching record,
stating that he has worked for the college since 1968, and
has gained a national reputation as a coach. He was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate

Student union elections are scheduled for
May 7 and 8, with 11 officers ' positions up ' )
for grabs.
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Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975 and is currently vicepresident of the National Junior College Athletic Association
Track and Field Coaches Association.
The publication also referred to two other controversies in
the LCC Athletic Department this year.
It reviewed the fact that an investigation of LCC ' s Athletic
Department began in February when administrators
discovered that Althetic Director Dale Bates had given
unearned credit to a U of Oathlete. Bates was suspended for
one week and placed on probation for a year.
Only one week later, LCC's men's basketball team was
forced to forfeit its season because of an ineligible player.
The adminstration is reportedly continuing its internal
check to see if credit and classroom academic standards are
being violated. Although Schafer had originally set April 9 as
the deadline for the invesHgation 's final report, but to date
no further information has been made public.

What do you do when you' re 46 and in college for the first time? One LCC student
gives a few pointers ...
Pages 8 & 9

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There 's a different kind of home for the
children in Lane County without homes.
That's where shelter familes come
in.
Pages 10 & 11

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Feature by Donna Mitchell
ofThe TORCH
··I looked in the mirror one day and
saw all the wey hair and thought, 'Time
is running out! · '' reca lls LCC student
Val Smuts.
Smuts had been out of high school for
18 years when she made the decision to
come to college. Her motivations were
partly economic , partly those of selffulfillment.
··All the jobs I've ever had were for
mi nimum wage ,'' she explains. '' It just
doesn 't seem worth it to beat your head
against the wall for minimum wage when
yo u know that you' ve got more to offer
than that ."
Fall Term Smuts joined the growing
number of older adults turning back to
the nation 's colleges to continue their
educations. According to one study , 50
percent of all Americans over 25
participated in some type of adult
learning in the past year. In 83 percent
of the cases, what triggered them to seek
that learning experience was a change or
life transition of some sort.
Jack Carter, LCC dean of students,
acknowledges that record numbers of
older students are returning to school,
and notes that many of those students
are women. "I know our ratio of women
to men 'las increased,'' he reports. Carter
estimate:: that "56 or 57 percent of the
popul2ti o~1of our credit classes are
women . That's j_ust a reverse of what it
was , probably, four years ago."
"I th ink that what's happened is that
women are beginning to see that there
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Older students return
for new careers

are other options for them,'' Carter
continues.
Society has encouraged women to
enter non-traditional fields, he adds, and
has also endorsed career changes for
men. Both men and women come back to
school to improve their skills, or to
acquire skills in new fields.
At Lane , the average age of students
has increased gradually each year. Ten
years ago, the average student was
23.35 years old. Today, the average
student is 26.91 years of age.
The phenomenon is not limited to
community colleges. Last year. 15 percent
of U of O undergraduates were over 25.
Jane Degidio of the U of O Lifelong
Learning Service notes that '' Enrollment
isn 't decreasing even with a tapering of
the baby boom. There is a substantial
increase in college and university
enrollment, of which a significant
proportion is coming from people
normally past 'college. age.' "
Robert Bowlin, U of O dean of
students, comments, "I think the cost of
living over the last few years has
increased so much, in many families it
takes two bread winners for people to
Iive at the level they'd Ii ke to. So as the
young toddlers get out of the house,
wives are coming back to school.''
In addition, he says, there are a
number of older than average students
who simply want to carve out careers for
themselves and be more independent.

learning' ... Supportive services are an
important component for recruitment and
retention of students in non-traditional
programs."
At Lane, re-entry workshops, career
planning and mid-life career change
classes, an active women's center, and a
men's discussion group all give support
to the older student. ''We really try to be
open and receptive to people," says
Dean Carter. ' 'We don't have specialized
programs set up. . .Perhaps more of that
would be helpful. I think the ideal would
be to have an awareness across the
institution with staff responding peopleto-people, without specialized programs.
We take the resources we have and try to
prioritize and hope that our priorities are
reasonable, given the circumstances.''
In response to the needs of the older
student the U of O created the Lifelong
Learning Center in the early 1970s. ' 'We
became aware that there was really quite
a range of problems for the older student
coming back to school,' ' explains Dean
Bowlin. "It was pretty much an invisible
problem, because the attitude of much of
the community was, 'Well, they're old
enough -- they ought. to know how to
take care of themselves' and there
needed to be more awareness of what
some of the unique problems were of
older people coming back.''

''Your Instructor Is Younger
Than You"

How Do Colleges Cope?

But coming back to school after
several years or more absence poses
problems for the mature student. Smuts
found that her difficulties centered
around "juggling a family and school.
That's the biggie."
Richard Goad, who came to the U of 0
at the age of 36 after his retirement from
the Navy, remembers the awkwardness
he felt because of his age. He feared that
he would be an older person competing
with ''younger minds -- many of them
young enough to be my children.''
A lot of older students lack initial selfconfidence, adds Degidio. "They' re not
sure they can keep up, they're not sure
about study skills, they're not sure they .
can make the time commitments, ~nd
initially that's a barrier. Another problem
is that older students tend to be juggling
a lot of duties or roles -- more than
someone who lives in a dorm and whose
meals are prepared for them and (who) is
just going to school. People that I see ..
.have to coordinate home life, work,
school.''
LCC counselor Gene Sorenson says
that anxiety gives older students an

What are the nation's colleges doing to
meet the needs of an increasingly
significant number of their students? In a
1978 report to the conference on Open
Learning and Non-traditional Study, Dr.
Carol Kasworm said, "Learning is not
just establishing an instructional system;
it is also providing the 'climate for

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A Back-to-School Advantage

After the initial fears have subsided,
older students often find that their years
of "life experience" have many
advantages.
"I didn't think I had any advantages at
all," laughs Smuts, "but now that last
term is over, I realize that in some
classes I did have just plain old
experience from living ... I could relate a
lot of the subject matter to things I
already knew."
Goad found that he became a "sort of
source person" for some of the younger
students. "Most life experiences make a
bridge to the theory you've heard in
class,' ' he reports.
"Generally, older students tend to have
very few problems with making it in the
classroom,'' says Degidio. ''They realize
when they' re writing a paper they have a
lot of experience that gives more meat to
the paper. I think the professors find that
intriguing and exciting, too, because it's
grounded in real life.''
As more older students discover the
advantages in returning to school, the
trend of the ?Os is likely to continue into
the 80s. Dan Evans, ex-governor of
Washington, believes that ''the 80s are
most likely to be a decade of Continuing
and Adult Education -- simply because,
demographically, that's where the people
will be. Among the vast bulge in the
population of people in midlife and older,
there are millions seeking career change;
millions who failed to get adequate
schooling when they were· yougsters;
millions who are simply awal<ening to the
joy of learning. "
Val Smuts has found joy in learning.
·' Nothhin9, ish gotinfg dto sthto~, mSeh nohw," she
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1aug s, s or o ea .
discovered "I'm not quite as dumb as I
thought I was. I finally realized that I'm
important, too.''

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conscientious and competitive. But, "My
concern is that anxiety often keeps
people from coming (to school),''
explains Sorenson.
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and you don't know the language and
you feel out of place, and your instructor
is younger than you and you get asked if
you' re the teacher when you walk in the
classroom -- you just have to be Teal
clear about what it is you want,'' Degidio
says ruefully.
Carter anticipates that credit for prior
learning programs may become more
important in the future, but cautions that
offering students credit for life experience
is '' not something we want to leap into.
We want to enter it fairly carefully, and
probably take a kind of conservative
approach. We need to be careful,
conscious of the credibility of the college
and its academic standards. ''

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ASLCC ELECTIONS:
Elections for next year 's student union officers are
scheduled for next Thursday and Friday, May 7 and 8.
Eleven Associated Students of LCC (ASLCC) offices will
be filled: President and vice-president (running together on
one ticket), treasurer, cultural director, and seven student

Page 5

11 students union officers
to be elected May 7 & 8

senate positions. All the offices, except for president and
vice-president, have candidates running unopposed .
All LCC students are eligible to vote. A polling palce will
be set up in the cafeteria all day both Thursday and Friday.
Last year's voter turn-out was only 233 , roughly three

PRESIDENT & VICE-PRESIDENT

percent of the students eligible. Traditionally, less than five
percent of the possible votes are cast during the ASLCC
elections.
Listed below are the candidates and the offices for which
they are running. Write-in candidates are also accepted.

The ASLCC President and Vice- president are jointly are responsi ble
for establishing and maintaining a student senate, appropriatin g
funds generated by the student fee , and managing the student union .

Anderson & Lance

Granander & Chambers

' ' I'm not in favor of the idea
of •rah rah · team spirit," says
ASLCC presidential candidate
David Anderson , ' ' but we are
working together -- we are all
here for the same reason. And
I want to make it more apparent .''
If elected, Anderson wants
to " enhance the experience "
of the people at LCC -- both
students and staff members.
"There's been a lack of communication on campus, a lack
of student/ staff cohesiveness ," he explains. " I can
foresee having student/staff
discussion groups ... to help
both groups get together
more.''
Anderson's running mate,
Debi Lance, is the incumbent
ASLCC president. Both Anderson and Lance feel that is a
strong point of their ticket -they can provide a continuity
in student union leadership.
·'I feel like I really have a firm grip on
the problems facing ASLCC, '' Lance
says, explaining her decision to run for
the vice-presidency. '· And I don't want
to see next year's association beat their
heads against the wall for the first half
of the year.''
Anderson and Lance stress the need
for ''student development,·· which
Lance decribes as "support for
students both in and out of the

(ASLCC) president
gets free tuition and a salary ,''
explains candidate Tomas
Granander, '' so he has to be a
real representative for the
students.' '
The ideal student union
president , he says , acts as an
'' omtiudsman ' ' -- a person
available and willing to investigate student complaints
and concerns.
Granander and his vicepresidential running mate Cory
Chambers want to emphasize
increased student services.
" Whether it's food services or
health services,'' Granander
says, " I'd like to ask a few
hard questions about what is
planned for five or ten years
down the road -- and I want to
get concrete answers.' '
But he doesn't believe an inCory Chambers (left) and Tom Granander
creased student fee is
necessary. "To ask for a raise
Granander also believes the ASLCC
in tuition or a raise in fees, I think you
should have a " high profile." "I would
first have to justify how the (current)
like to see Lane emphasised more," he
fees are being spent.''
says, " instead of seeing it just as a
Instead, as president Granander
stepping stone to the U of 0."
new
different
some
'·
hopes to find
While Granander will not refute opways ' ' to raise money for the ASLCC.
ponents Dave Anderson's and Debi
Two pressing concerns for the
Lance's views of "continuity," he
candidate are the possibility of installing
"Cory and I have a real ensays,
in
limited
physically
the
for
doors
power
thusiasm -- I don't see a change (in the
the Center Building and exploring alternative transportation methods for
student union officers) as losing any
students.
ground. "
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Debi Lance (left) and David Anderson
classroom. "
However, additional student fees
would be required to finance such programs. Lance says she would ask the
LCC Board of Education to approve a
new per-term student fee of about
$2.30 -- a dollar more than is now
charged.
She says this would pay for allocating
more space for student-related activities , as well as planning more programs for minorities on campus .

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TREASURER

The ASLCC Treasurer asumes responsbility for all monies
spent by the student union . The treasurer , as we ll as the
cultural director , receives free tu ition .

CULTURAL DIRECTOR

The ASLCC Cu ltural Director sched ules all student un ion events.

Jim Pilon
No information

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STUDENT SENATORS
Markarvi
llima
No information
Ross
Mark
28 , Philosophy major
..

Student senators are responsible for representing the student body in student senate meetings . They are also available to students for complaints, concerns , and / or discussions . These are non-paid positions . Voters will be asked to select seven ASLCC Senators , choosing
among these seven or writing-in candidates of their own .

McCord
Richard
47, Accounting major
Charles Ong

20, Environmental Tech. major

Grappo
Steve
22, Electronics major

Warden
Leslie
21 , Construction Tech. major
Cross
Michael
19 , Political Science major

Page 6 The TORCH

May 1 -1, 1980

Commo n sense do-it-yourselfer's best tool
by Sarah Jenkins
of The TORCH

"Ordinary people should know a little
about their cars for their own protection,"
Rich Walker declares, "if only to circumvent the wolves out there."
As the owner of Eugene's Pacific Auto
Supply, Walker spends a good part of
every day helping those "ordinary people."
"Nobody's immune to wanting to be a
do-it-yourself mechanic,'' he explains.
"Whether it's because they can't afford to
have their car fixed or because they feel
they're at the mercy of shop mechanics or
just because they enjoy working with their
ra""'ds, everybody feel~ i~ at some time."
And although Walker doesn't mention it,
the labor rates that automotive repair shops
are now charging -- between $18 and $25
an hour -- don't hurt the do-it-yourself
market any either.
As the costs of owning a car increase
dramatically, more and more people are

trying to cut corners by doing minor repairs
and maintenance work themselves.
The first problem, says Walker, is a
psychological barrier -- ''Where do I
start?''
"All you need to know is how to read, "
he says. "The city library is the best
source of information. It has the current
issues of Chilton's (Auto Repair Manual) -the mechanic's bible."
Almost all the local auto parts stores and

'Nobody's immune to wanting to be a do-it-yourself
mechanic ... everybody feels it at some time.'
dealer service shops will give do-it-yourself
advice, including specifications for the particular car. But, Henry Peterson, Kendall
Ford's service manager, cautions, "We
will gladly give advice, but we can't take
responsibility that the customer will do
what we said. ' '
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ing on their own cars under the watchful
eyes of the instructors.
"It's a course for people like me," says
Virginia Roles of LCC's Adult Education
program, "who know absolutely nothing
about their cars.''
The classes include tune-ups, brake
work, oil and oil filter changes, and other
similar projects.
Even people who have no intention of
getting greasy take the class. "I don't
want to do it myself,'' explains one Eugene
woman who took the course last term,
'' but now, I have a better idea of what
might be wrong and I don't feel so helpless
when I take my car into the shop.''
Major oil companies, such as Arco, also
routinely offer car care clinics, as do some
larger automotive centers.
•'These clinics don't teach a first-timer
how to do a complete over-haul,'' says the
February, 1980 issue of Mechanix
/Illustrated, ''but what it does is show people they can do the basic stuff.''
As the magazine patronizingly puts it,
•'These clinics are not for those of us who
do more with our cars than just drive
them."
But there's almost always a catch with
this type of sponsored clinic: That company's products are pushed very hard.
''(Clinics) help the company's image,''
Mee ha nix Illustrated notes, "and it
doesn't hurt if (the participants) happen to
buy a bunch of car care products while
they ' re there."
After the basics. the do-it-yourselfer is
ready to attack the real thing. But that's
when panic can strike -- ''What if I can't

put it together again?''
"Call us," says Walker. "Don't be
afraid of sounding dumb. With applications
of a little common sense in the face of
panic, we can save you a lot of grief.''
But Kendall's Peterson warns: "If they
really don't know what they· re doing -- if
it's really a basket case -- it's going to cost
twice as much to have us put it back
together. ''
And that's not the only problem do-ityou rselfers face, according to Peterson.
'' People aren't terribly careful about what
they use in maintaining their cars,'' he
says. ''The oil they use might not comply
with the manufacturer's specifications the
filters might not comply, the lubricants
might not comply. About the only thing a
do-it-yourselfer can do safely is change the
shock absorbers.''
Walker objects. "We have a whole
counter full of catalogs and specification
books," he says. "We can -- and will -give the customer what's required for their
car."
But Peterson has other bubbles to burst.
"On 1972 and later cars, "he claims, "to
tune them up -- and do it legally
(according to federal emission control standards) -- you would need about $10,000 to
$15,000 worth of sophisticated equipment."
"Oh, yes, you could easily buy that
much equipment,'' chuckles long-time
Eugene mechanic George Aagaard, "and
then you'd sit it in a corner and impress
your friends.''
Walker is more blunt. '' About 90 percent
of a tune-up is changing the spark plugs,·'
he says. "Anyone can do that, and check
the plug wires and the rotor and condensor. That's just common sense, not special
equipment.''

The arguments, for the most part, don't
deter do-it-yourselfers. One new disciple to
back-yard mechanics explains, "Only
three months ago I had never seen a spark
plug, owned only one screwdriver, and had
to read the instructions on the bottom of a
Coke bottle -- you know, where it says
'Open Other End. '
"But yesterday," he brags, beaming
with pride, "I changed the oil and flushed
the radiator all by myself."

Libertarians offer alternative
by Barry Howarth
of The TORCH
Undecided about which political party to
support? There is another alternative to the
standard Republican and Democratic
tickets: The Libertarian Party.
Petitioners for the Libertarian Party have
collected the 44,000 signatures required
for placing the Libertarian Party on
statewide ballots as a third party. In fact,
the Libertarians have been recognized as a
third party in all 50 states.
But what is a Libertarian?
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organizer of the Oregon petition drive to
place Liberatarians on the ballot as a third
party. She says simply '' A Libertarian is
one who wishes to reduce government in
its size and its effect on our personal lives.
"The thing that separates the Libertarian Party from other parties is the direction which we are going," says Nathan.
She claims that '· both the Republicans and
the Democrats offer more programs and
more legislation as the solution to today's
problems.··
On the other hand, she predicts "In
every case, the Liberatarian candidate
would vote to repeal laws, to reduce
government, to reduce taxes.''
She believes that '' government is too
big . . . Most Republican and Democratic
candidates give lip service to the concept
of curbing governmental control; once they
get into office they feel they are serving
their constituents by passing bills and exercising control, in one form or another,
• over the voters and their money.'' She
concludes: '' Libertarians differ in their
belief that the role of government should be
solely to protect individual rights.''

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Wome n s Center specialist receives Volun tary Action award
1

by Donna Mitchell
of The TORCH
Izetta Hunter, LCC student service
specialist, was one of 11 Lane County
residents honored last week for their
volunteer activities.
Eugene Mayor Gus Keller presented
awards to Hunter and 1Oothers as part of
the Voluntary Action Center's annual salute
to individuals who have made outstanding
free contributions of time and talents to
non-profit causes in Lane County.
Hunter was cited for her work as information and referral specialist and
trainer/supervisor in LCC's Women's

.Awareness Center.
As a student earning Supervised Field
Experience credits, Hunter began to work
part-time at the Women's Center in the
Spring of 1977.
From the beginning, says Hunter, "I
caught a vision of the things we could do,''
to help women returning to school. Soon,
Hunter was contributing 40 hours a week
to the Women's Center, helping displaced
homemakers to make the transition to
school and jobs, offering support, and serving as a resource and referral person to
school and community services .
' 'I see·over 800 women a year, and more
and more of them are coming to Lane wan-

ting the skills to get a good job," notes
Hunter. "I see women feeling good that
there's a place they can come for information, support and referral. I feel that we've
built a worthwhile program in the Women's
Center -- a supportive program for both
women and men. ''
Margie Holland, whom Hunter often
assists with her women's workshops, says
Hunter "enjoys her job and she works
hard at it. She's generous, fair, and very
accepting of people and their life-styles. A
lot of what she does is to reassure people,
to make them comfortable as they begin to
think about life planning. One of the things
that I really enjoy about Izetta is, that in

spite of all she encounters, she keeps her
sense of humor.''
In addition to her work with women in
the student body and the community,
Hunter ''multiplies what she does ten-fold
by training and supervising a staff of other
volunteers and students from a variety of
ages and lifestyles to assist in this work ,"
says Anne Stewart, LCC's director of
women's programs.
Hunter says one of the best things about
her job is seeing people go on from Lane to
good jobs or more schooling at the University. Reflecting ·over her past few years at
the Women's Center, she says, " It doesn 't
seem like work to me. I enjoy it.' '

discover aspects of their own cultures,
physically and spiritually, as well as exploring the customs of other tribes.

The deer,'' for example. '' ... he's scared,
he's frightened, he gets mad, he hides,
and he thinks, to a certain degree.''
The Native American, says Ridgebear,
believes that Mother Earth is sacred and
that all things contained within her should
be respected and never exploited.
'' Indians liken raping Mother Earth
(exploiting the land, i.e. strip mining) to
raping your own mother. It's forbidden by
nature." They put back into the earth what
they take out, assures Ridgebear, because
they have tremendous respect for the land.
"It has life in it."
Both Martin and Ridgebear believe the
philosophy governing the ·Indian way of life
can be carried through and maintained,
even off the reservations, in today's socie-

ty. But, they agree, the beliefs of the
American Indian are slowly , perhaps indignantly, dying within this society.
'' I have to teach my son about
discrimination and he doesn't know
anything about it," Martin worries. " And
now he'll be starting school and he'll have
to know that he's different because of the
color of his skin, his heritage, and his
family background," she predicts. " And I
want him to be proud of that.''

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from page 3
come buried under decades of Hollywood
history. Occasionally, though, the
"true" Native American peeked out, says
Sam Ridgebear, a Cheyenne Indian attending LCC.
For example, in the still-syndicated Lone
Ranger, most Americans were lead to
believe that Tonto's pet name for the masked man -- Kimosabe -- meant ''White
Friend.'' But the seemingly endearing term
that Tonto often used as he looked with
respect and affection at the Lone Ranger,
as translated into English by Ridgebear,
means "turkey." A negative connotation
in today's society, to be sure.

Martin lived the first six years of her life
on the Siletz Reservation, located in
Oregon between Cape Lookout and the Umpqua River. The people lived their lives according to the seasons. They had no timeline equal to minutes, hours, or days. And
their culture included ancient rituals; some
which were practiced while hunting deer,
for example. Martin has fond memories of
watching her grandfather, 0I-ha-the, chief
of the confederated tribes on the Siletz
Reservation, as he patiently abided by the
rituals of the tribes.

But movies are not the only means by
which Native Americans are discriminated
At the age of six it was difficult for Martin
against, claims Martin. History books are a
to understand the preparation that would
typical source that often stereotypes Inbe a part of the deer hunt. Her grandfather
dians .
fast and pray before beginning.
would
Martin.
demands
"
end,
to
it
"We want
Then, after deciding which deer he would
Only rare books like Brown's acknowledqe
track, he would follow the deer through the
any positive attitudes of Native American
thickets -- no matter where it went -- until
culture. Most textbooks concentrate mainly
he killed the deer.
school
make
can
on " savage " acts, which
a trying experience for Native American
Ridgebear, raised on a reservation in
students.
Montana, offers some insight concerning
Martin vividly remembers times while
the rituals.
she was attending a public school when
The Indian hunter prays before embarksome of the children would chase her home
ing on the hunt in order to ask for the
-- calling her names. And sometimes the
deer's life, explains Ridgebear . " Then you
girls would try to intimidate Martin at
•
(the hunter) go out and find it. That deer
home.
go
would
public dances, hoping she
will answer your prayers -- he'll come to
" I didn 't want to grow up, " confesses
you and make sure you see him. " The
Martin . " I couldn 't imagine being out in
hunter, he adds , has to prove worthy of
the big cruel world .' '
the deer 's life.
taking
to
fair
always
not
were
The instructors
the Indians either , recalls Martin . In fact,
That particular deer must be tracked
she claims angrily , '' My brother lost his
. The hunter cannot settle on the first
down
being
from
ears
his
of
hearing out of one
comes into view. If that happens ,
that
deer
pulled around by the teachers .' '
warns Ridgebear , " you miss the whole
But Martin realfzes that she cannot
concept. It 's spiritual , it has meaning .
criticize a society without offering some
Every animal ,'' he explains , '' has feelings.
kind of positive momentum for change .
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in
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Down the up stairway
(& other tragedies)
Story by Audre Keller
Photos by Dennis Tachibana

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ver since my grandmother made me rehang the
laundry four times until I got it into my
head that pillow cases were hung on the line
before dish towels, it 's been indelibly impressed in my
mind that there is a right way and a wrong way to do
things.
The trouble is, I never could keep them straight. After
40 years of going up the 'down ' stairway and in the 'out '
door, it was only natural that I wait 28 years to go to
college -- and then to start in the spring, at the end of
the school year.
True to my track record, I didn't show a damn bit of
sense in the way I went about it, either. After years of
sniffing around the idea like a new dog in the
neighborhood, I realized I was stuck in a dead-end job
with no where to go, and I hated it. I sang "Folsom
Prison Blues" to myself every morning on the way to
work.
All around me people were breaking away from the
tired old traditions and enjoying their lives, and I just
watched. My oldest daughter joined the Army and went to
Belgium. My second daughter quit her job, sold her van
and bought a plane ticket for Paris.
I went to bed with hay fever and a sinus headache,
asking myself, ''What is it I really want to do?''
The answer was: Sit around and read books. That
seemed highly impractical. .. unless I decided I was
"Going To Go To School" and let the degrees fall where
they may.
First I tried saying it right out loud.
"I'm going to go back to school," I announced to
Denny, my hyper 9-year old.
''Great!'' He responded by running his red and white
hot wheel up my leg. "Are you gonna ride our bus?"
"No, Mama's gonna go to college."
"What's that?"
"That's where," I muttered prayerfully, "they speak
adult."
Having finally said it right out loud, I rolled it around
again, just to savor the sound. ''I'm going to college. I
am going ... '' I tried it out experimentally on a few wellchosen friends and relatives, watching them narrow-eyed
to catch the first reactions. And react they did.
''What for?''
"You're nuts!"
My brother-the-successful-river-guide asked, ''Well,
what do you want to be when you grow up?"
My little, 70-year-old, white-haired mother's
encouragement consisted of "You can't do that!"
That did it. My entire adult life has been spent doing
exactly what I was told I couldn't do. I was off and
running again .
The only problem was I didn 't have the vaguest idea of
how to go about it.
It didn't seem unreasonable to drive out to Lane
Community College and just look at it. So I pulled into the
visitor's parking lot and sat in the car mentally listing all
the reasons why I couldn't do it: I was 46; my hair was
getting grey; I still had two grade school kids at home;
the family meat and potatoes, rent, lights and dentist all
depended on me alone. And I didn't know one single
thing about going to college -- would I be the only one
wearing a bra?
After sneering at myself sufficiently for being a coward,
I finally got out of the car. Searching for useful
information led me to the lobby of the Center Building.
There were all sorts of friendly-looking people waiting to
supply me with answers -- only I wasn't sure what my
questions were.
With a typical showing of my native savoir-faire when
faced with the unknown, I grabbed two dozen free course
information booklets and one financial aid form, and then
ran.
That night, I read each one of them, every word. When
my eyes began to feel like two holes in the snow, I told
myself to show a little sense and divided the booklets into
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logic which even now escapes me, I zeroed in on Mass
Communications.
Having settled on "something to do with television" as
my final goal, I turned my attention to the Financial Aid
form. But by Sunday afternoon, I wadded the damn thing
up, threw it in the fireplace and hummed to myself as I
set it on fire; I would pay my own way ... at least until I
learned enough to fill out the form properly.
On Monday I was back in the visitor's parking lot. I
hummed the '' March From The River Kwai, '' as I sailed
confidently past the Counseling Department desk, into the
Admissions Office and signed myself up. Right, wrong or
indifferent, I had finally done something.
Almost at the same time, some friends called from the
coast to see if they could live with me while they looked
for a place of their own. It seemed like a great idea.
Sharing expenses was a way to cope with the bills while I went to school. I didn't think I'd have any problems
balancing home life and school work.
Since my big two-story duplex is roomier than most
new houses, fitting Dan and Debbie's family in wasn't a
problem. What were two more adults and two more kids?
And a full-time load at LCC?
Finally the card arrived from LCC telling me when and
where to register for Spring Term classes. I called ole
Folsom Prison and told them I was too well to work for
them and wasn't coming in. In fact, I was never going
back again.

In the next few days I learned a whole n~w system of
priorities, and housework was definitely at the bottom of
the list. The only time I did the dishes was when we ran
out. My son Denny had seven socks, none of which
matched. My daughter Chris ran out of jeans -- they were
in the dryer for four days before we found them.
I learned to keep my papers separate from the rest of
the clutter on the dining room table -- it was either that or
hand in papers decorated with tanks and airplanes
shooting tracer bullets at each other or flowers and lopsided hearts that said, "Mama, I love you."
It was exhilarating and frustrating. My head took on the
characteristics of an overloaded fuse box.
My mother stopped by to see how I was doing and to
sigh wistfully, "But dear, you had such a good job ... "
I quit answering the phone because by the time I got
through telling friends how I was doing, there wasn't any
time left to do it.
On campus I asked Kelly how he got his homework
done and he admitted he spent '' a lotta time in the
bathroom." Well, I wan't going to do that -- I was going
to organize things.
On the way home I planned the coming evening
carefully: Study for the law test, fix something simple for
dinner,· write an essay for English comp, do a load of
laundry, organize my kids ... I stopped short at the
corner of the house. Grinning at me from my front porch
was a large, very large, red dog, sprawled across the
threshold with one paw firmly planted on the welcome
mat.

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tudent Registration in the gym was a total
confusion of sign posts, desks and counters.
Feeling like a mouse in a maze, I retreated to a
far corner to make out my schedule.
This time, I really did go prepared. But three of my
carefully chosen classes were filled up -- closed" -- and
I hadn't considered any alternatives. When the kid next to
me got up, I snitched his copy of the Term Schedule and
tried to remember what else I had been interested in.
Term schedules scrunch maximum information into
minimum space. I gave up trying to decipher
SmGroupComProc& The," and opted for "Media and the
Law" because I could read it, and besides, it was on
UH ... and I wasn't doing anything on UHs.
Taking my revised list through the sea of signs tc the
New Student Registration desk, I watched fascinated as a
computer bleep-bleeped and spat out my verified
schedule. I signed my check with a devil-may-care
flourish, ignoring the dwindling balance. It was official. I
was a college student.
What's it like to go back to school after 28 years and 5
kids? Scary.
At 7:45 on a rainy morning, I stood on the landing
outside of the door marked Forum 201, wondering for the
ten-thousandth time if I really knew what I was doing. I
checked to see if I had dressed myself properly ( I had
once grandly arrived at the bank to sign loan papers in a
pair of fluffy pink house slippers).
After the instructor introduced himself, he asked the
class if we had had a nice vacation. The long haired
young man in front of me said, "Yeah, a 10-year one!"
I could see right away he was my kind of people. After
class, I found out that he was Kelly, and he wasn't sure
what he was doing either. Forming an immediate
attachment, we retired to the cafeteria to sit out the dead
time in our screwy UH schedules.
Kelly and I appropriated one of the round tables and
staked out a claim. In a few days, our group expanded to
include Dia, Dewey and Mike. Swilling coffee and puffing
clouds of blue smoke, the guys and I formed the
foundation of what would become a very special mutualsupport group. I don't think I would have made it through
that term without them.
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- I took a tentative step forward. The dog stopped
grinning, the ears came forward, and it raised one lip to
show gleaming, white teeth. Two could play that game. I
raised my lip and snarled back.
'' Get off my porch, dog!' '
Its immediate reaction was to go into a frenzy of
jumping up and-down, barking sharply. It didn't take any
college graduate to understand what it was saying. My
guest, Debbie, stuck her head out of my front door.
"Oh," she said accusingly, "it's you. She doesn't like
strangers."
Strangers?
"You didn't say anything about a dog!" I said to
Debbie.
"Oh, well, I guess I forgot to mention it," she said;
smiling, inviting me into my house.

And so began the parade of other things Debbie forgot
to mention, such as her compulsion to re-arrange
everything in my house. To clean. Or wash something,
preferably herself, for two hours at a time .' Or watch TV
with her husband -- at all hours.
After a while I learned the meaning of '' quiet
desperation" -- it's setting the alarm clock for 4 a.m.
because that's the only time there is peace and quiet.
And at LCC the world took on the quality of a Picasso
nightmare. I knew that no learning was without value, but
I also knew that there was no way I was going to dazzle
the world with my intimate knowledge of the lmageOrthican Video tube although I had studied it so much in
my beginning TV courses.
Nor could I whip up any honest enthusiasum for
splicing together bits of recording tape of background
music for radio commercials. As a confirmed nonconsumer, it seemed highly unlikely I would ever make a
living in advertising.
I did, however, learn to fill out a Financial Aid form
properly.
I found out Kelly had people living with him, too, and
his situation wasn't working out any better. We spent one
Friday afternoon trading ways and means to get rid of our
guests -- both figuratively and literally.
Watering my plants one morning, I noticed they had a
strange, singed effect and some of the leaves were
curling up. Funny, Debbie's voice was having the same
effect on my leaves. As the kids came in giggling and
shoving to explain why they needed more Kool-aid,
Debbie's screeching reaction set off the smoke alarm.
Why hadn't I ever noticed her voice before?
Evenings turned into a battleground of wills. I
determinedly spread my homework on the dining room
table. Dan and Debbie just as determinedly turned the TV
higher. My kids, who were used to having custody of the
Boob Tube, fought valiantly for their favorite programs.
One night, I was braving the study of Omni-directional
polar pattern microphones and frequency response
curves, when Denny joined me at the table with his math
book and a grin. Shortly he began to mutter to himself,
threw down his pencil, got up and calmly turned off the
TV.
'· Mother and I,'' he announced coolly, '' have
homework to do.'' He folded his arms and stood there
defiantly.
I sat with my mouth hanging open. Everyone got up
and went quietly to bed.
The next day Debbie and Dan started an honest search
for a place of their own. It wasn't easy being out-classed
, , by a 10-year old boy.
And by now I knew the only real interest I would ever
have in television wasn't in running the equipment, but
perhaps writing the scripts. I wished I hadn't sailed so
confidently by the Counseling Desk when I signed up.
However, I really hadn't wasted my time; I knew a lot of
things that I didn't want to do

A

spring progressed, my classmate Dewey re- •
gressed. His eyes had a tendency to glaze over.
He spoke in monosyllables, mostly "Huh?"
At our cafeteria table I began to notice the same
symptoms in Mike. The conversations took a definite unacademic turn and it didn't take any degree to recognize
Spring Fever.
One fine day, Dan, Debbie, kid-sand Dog moved out.
We were even still speaking to each other.
Finals were coming up and the guys and _I met for one
last time. Kelly was missing -- finances and other people
had been too much for him. But Dewey asked if I was
coming back to LCC in the fall ...
Yes. I would be back. I had stuck it out and if I didn't
go on now, I would never forgive myself.
We took our coffee and went out to sit in the sunshine.
The world was alive -- and for the first time in years, so
·was I.
© Audre Keller 1980

Page 10 The TORCH May 1 - fl, 1980

Displaced children -discover refuge.
Feature by Donna Mitchell
of The TORCH
Fourteen-year-old Sean (not his real
name) left home after disagreements with
his father led to his being abused. '' My
dad was hitting me, so I left," he says
simply.
The Children's Services Division of
Oregon (CSD) placed Sean in a shelter
home until the courts could decide the best
place for him to be. He will probably end up
in a foster home. "If they send me home,
I' II run away the first day," he says. "I.
won 't even wait. "
Sean is one of the 75 children a month
who move through the shelter system
operated by CSD in Lane County.
··Children that have been abused,
neglected, victims of incest, adolescents
who are out of control and refuse to go
back home or (whose) parents refuse to
take them -- these are the typical reasons
why kids come to shelter homes,'' says Ed
Avila, head of CSD's shelter program.
When a child is removed from his or her
home, s/he is immediately placed in a
shelter home -- a refuge with shelter
parents sometimes playing the part of
rescuers.
Then the caseworker has 48 hours to file
a petition stating the reasons for the
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where the child should be placed. This process is supposed to be completed within

60 days, the maximum time a child can
legally remain in shelter care.
''Our agency has a policy of trying, if at
all possible, to keep families together, trying to work with them to overcome their
problems,'' says Avila.
Usually, after the 60-day period most
children go back home. The next largest
number go to foster homes. Some, like
Denise (not her real name), return home
only to repeat the process when pressures
in the family bring about another crisis.
Denise's mother left the family when
Denise was 2. Her father, unable to cope
as a single parent, has left several times. A
month ago her father ''thought he was

disturbed and took off -- he may oe 111
California," 13-year-old Denise explains.
She was placed in a shelter home; she
had been in shelter before when her father
left, and returned to his care when he came
back.
Denise misses her 11-year-old sister,
who is in another shelter home, and her
14-year-old brother, who is in a foster
home. "I'd rather be home," she says,
"but Dad doesn't want us." So she has
learned to rely on the friends she has made
in the shelter home.
"I think all the people who are foster
parents and shelter parents should have an
award," asserts Denise. "They make
things a little better.''
"We feel like we're good comforters,"
says Evelyn Slaven, a Eugene shelter
parent. "We do a little counseling, and we
know how to make them feel better."
Her husband Ray adds, ''The only consolation you have is that somewhere in the
time you had that child, you might have
done or said something that has helped.''
The Slavens met recently with fellowshelter parents Ken and Patti Johnson and
Sandy Hayes to discuss their experiences
as "rescuers." Lane County's shelter
home system includes their homes, four

others in the Eugene-Springfield area,
three Florence homes, and juvenile shelter
facilities at Looking Glass and Christian
Family Institute.
Shelter families are reimbursed $1 O a
day for each child in their care, and
allowances are available for medical, dental
and clothing needs.
But, "If you're in it for the money, it's
really hard bucks,'' laughs Evelyn Slaven.
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And most shelter parents, he says, giv.e
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all kinds of problems, says Evelyn Slaven,
''from rape to incest to emotionally disturbed youngstgers.''
''There's no getting around it,'' adds
Patti Johnson. ''The kids,all share rooms,
and they talk. I think sometimes they try to
outdo each other about who has it worse.''
It isn't easy sharing your parents with
strangers. Ten-year-old Stacy Johnson
says," I wish I had (my parents) all to
myself. They say they are going to go on
(being shelter parents) but sometimes I
hope they don't mean it."
But the parents believe their experiences
as shelter families can be enriching. To
help their own children deal with occasional feelings of frustration, '' We try to do
•things where our kids are made special, "
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you have is in the bathroom with the door
locked,'' Evelyn Slater says with regret.
Surprisingly, discipline problems among
the shelter children are "not bad."
''The more children you have, the more
structure you have to have," says Hayes.
Patti Johnson says that the children
oft en handIe beh av i or pr oble ms
themselves. "I had a 13 and a 16 year-old
go at it. They were supposed to be raking
leaves. They were rolling around on the
ground, and they rolled right under the
water hydrant. Sam, a 6 year-old we had,
just went out and turned the hydrant on.'·
That ended the problem.
There has been a lot of controversy in recent years about the right of the state to interfere with the way a parent raises a child.
Some say the state has been overzealous in
its protection of children's rights. CSD's
Avila , "We're always working hard at trying to help parents with whatever the deficiencies are to develop the skills . . . to
change whatever behaviors or attitudes are
necessary to cope adequately with the
child."
If no change occurs, says Avila, parental
rights can be terminated, but each step is
well documented to show all the ways CSD
has tried to work with the parents.
Counseling , parent groups, and various
types of support are offered to the parent.
Evelyn Slaven believes the system is
weighted too heavily in favor of the
parents.
"Everything has to be done to protect
the parent's rights. They are given absolutely every opportunity. If they even
smile at the kid, that's called attention,"
she says.
Patti Johnson says CSD will even
transport the parents to visit children who
are in foster or shelter care. "All they have
to do is get out of bed -- and even then
sometimes they blow it ,'' she says bitterly.

The Johnsons are one of seven area families offering shelter to displaced children in Lane County.
the wear and tear on their homes, the lack
of privacy, the heavy emotional problems of
the children they care for.the financial
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May 1 -,ff•, 1980

Casting policy: Commu nity or students?
by Carla Schwartz
of The TORCH
What do we do with a community that
knocks on the door? Do we say, 'Go away
until you have 12 or 16 credits?"'
Ed Ragozzino
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dreams as realized ones.
In the cast of The Crucible , several
students expressed concern that LCC •s
Performing Arts Department favored using
members of the community over LCC
students in lead roles. The breakdown of
the 20-member cast is as follows: One
member is an 11-year old child, unable to
attend LCC classes; two members are on
the LCC staff; four members are former
LCC students; six cast members are attending school here either full- or part-time;
and seven cast members have never attended classes at LCC.
The theatre experience can be a first
step to a community member who is interested in going back to school. But where
to draw the line remains a difficult decision . Is it more equitable to cast only
students from acting classes in major productions , or is it unfair to omit the community from auditioning for roles at a community college?
"The productions need to be as professional as possible, " says Petrina Huston, a
former LCC student with a principal role in
The Crucible. "As a student, I felt it was
good to be around people who had more
experience." Huston and other cast
members are in agreement. "That was the
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(Director) Randi Douglas cast as many
students as she could.''
Douglas feels that casting problems are a
standard situation in drama departments
nation-wide. But she says, "I think I cast
over 50 percent of the students who
read.'' Douglas feels strongly that people
are cast in roles because they are good -not necessarily because they are students.
Still, the college's policy states that in the
event a student and a non-student are
competing for a role and are of equal competance and skill , the director must cast
the student.
' 'What good does it do the play to put a
student in a role s/he's not ready to deal
with?" asks Ed Ragozzino, head of the
Performi,:1g Arts Department. '' It is
ludicrous to put a 19-year-old in a 64-yearold 's part. I think it's highly discriminatory
to say that (community members) should
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theatre). ''
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theatre at LCC. When visiting the campus
two years ago, she was impressed with the
personal attention and guidance she
received from Ragozzi no. Now, however,
Bennett is somewhat disillusioned. "This
is the second show (at LCC) I've been in ,
but both times I played minor roles. I would
like to have more of a chance to do theatre.
As a student, I wish they would cast more
students. I guess they don't feel we're
strong enough actors yet.''

One student, who prefers to remain
anonymous, claims, "The students who
showed up (for the auditions) weren't good
enough. I learned a lot from being around
outsiders.''
This student feels positive about his experience in The Crucible and his rapport
with its director, Randi Douglas. He is less
sympathetic , however to Ragozzino ·s
casting policy. The student claims
Ragozinno casts his productions primarily
from a small group of experienced actors.
"But what can you do?" says the student .
"He's the big guy."
Ragozzino explains that playing a principal role is something that is earned
through time. ' ' If you are an artist, there is
no turn for having your painting shown. It
never becomes your turn ," he emphasizes.
" Occasionally a role is pre-cast. Often
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Auditions for this summer's presentation, Where's Charley? will begin May 12 .
Although the summer theatre productions
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'The Crucible' saved by outstanding performances
Review by Sarah Jenkins
of The TORCH
When Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible
in 1953, he was painting a dramatic
parallel to rampant McCarthyism. And
while the play' s message is still vivid,
the current LCC production lacked the
finese and drama Miller intended.
A few outstanding performances, along
with a beautifully designed set and
authentic costumes, make the play, with
performances scheduled for May 1
through 3, worth the $4 admission.
The "Red Scare" witch hunts of
Senator Joe McCarthy's Special
Investigations Sub-committee during the
1950s were Miller's grist for this tale of
witch hunts in Salem during the 1620s .
The theocratic society of the Puritans in
The Crucible may seem improbable, but
the wrath of the elders at unconventional,
unpredictable behavior is still very
familiar.
Richard Anthony Scheeland portrays
John Proctor , the clear-seeing farmer,
splendidly. As the other residents of
Salem and specially-called in officials
readily accept the proclaimed witchcraft,
only Proctor questions the charges made
against respectable citizens by a group of
teenage girls.
Abigail (played melodramatically by
Petrina Lobowitz Huston) leads the
accusers. When she unconvincingly
convinces the villagers that she is a
victim of witchcraft, only Proctor doubts
her. After the girl charges Proctor's wife
with witchcraft, Proctor confesses his
affair with Abigail -- the Puritan sin of
lechery -- to discredit her.
Deputy Governor Danforth (played by
Steven Boergadine) convenes his court to
investigate the charges. Boergadine
portrays the legalistic and theological
scholar with realism and an accurate lack
of compassion. In his scenes with the
out-of-town witchcraft expert Reverend
John Hale (Stan Elberson), Boergadine is
striking. As Elberson' s Hale over-reacts
with poorly staged emotion, Boergadine's
Danforth is quietly -- and believeably unmoveable.
With settings ranging from the forest to
Proctor's house to the prison, director
Randi Douglas Young has her cast use
the entire stage effectively. And although
some of the spot-lighting was too bright
for a few of the heavily made--up actors,
the back-lighting added intensity to the
major scenes.

Stan Elberson (Reverend John Hale), Richard Anthony Scheeland (John Proctor), and Christine Boyd (Elizabeth Proctor) perform in
the LCC rendition of Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
Unfortunately, Young does not use her
actors with the same effectiveness. The
drama of several scenes was lost as the
audience snickered at unfunny lines
delivered without impact. Polite applause
was the audience· s strongest reaction
until the closing scene.
The pace of the first act was choppy,
but the intense confrontations of the
second act were worth the wait.
Scheeland depicts Proctor's moral
conflicts with dignity and touching
simplicity.
Jack Ward (portraying the unbending
Judge Hathor.ne), Brian Glendinning (as
the fiesty Giles Corey) and Debi Farr (as
the simpering, scared rabbit Mary
Warren) added a sincerity lacking in
other characters.
Miller's work has aged well: The fear of
unreasoning authority and a panicked
populace is sti II with us. Unfortunately,
Young's production doesn't have the
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Titans steal springtime victories
Doubleheader divided
win
by

by Kent Gubrud
of The TORCH
The Titan baseball team won one game of
a OCCAA double header Saturday against
Umpqua.
Giving up the first game 4-3, the Titan's
came back to win the second one, 5-3.
Kevin Castor's single carried two runs
home in the sixth inning and starting the
momentum for the winning game.
The fourth place Titan's next league
game is at Pendleton, challenging Blue
Mountian in a double header at 1 o'clock.

Titan women's tennis
finish undefeated
In their last league contest of the season,
the Titan women's tennis team beat Mt.
Hood Community College 4-0, and finished
the season undefeated.
The unbeaten team consists of Kathy
Berry, Jennifer Lewis, Gabriel Kandziora,
Ann Kries, Julie Smith, and Lyn Heislein.
Berry, last year's OCCAA National Tour- . ;
nament qualifier, holds first place in Titan
seeding position and, depending on how i;;
she does at an ongoing tournament, has a
f
chance to again go to the nationals.
The women go next to the OCCAA
Phil Smith
Regionals this Friday and Saturday at
Chemekata Community College. Matches
ing Lane capture the victory against Mt.
start at 9 a.m.
Hood and Clackamas Community College.
The Titans took 80 team points, Mt.
Hood 72, and Clackamas 36.
Mens tennis team
Wins for the men include:
Mike Ewing -- 110-meter (14.98)
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beats Mt. Hood
• Mike Ewing -- 200-meter (22.11)
• Mike Ewing -- 100-meter hurdles
The Titan men's tennis team upended
(10.85)
Mt. Hood Community College last Friday,
• Walt Hatch -- 400-meter (49.06)
5-4, marking the seventh win out of eight
Mike Eldridge -- 400-meter in•
league games.
hurdles (55.09)
termediate
The men's team consists of (in order of
-- 5, 000-meter ( 15: 20 .1 )
Warrey
Steve
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win-loss standings) Chuck Goodin, 6-1;
• Dave Bashaw -- Triple jump (46'6")
Dave Walloch, 4-2; Mike Lehman, 5-1;
Don Smith, 4-0; Terry Johnson and Roger
Women's trackers scoop
Martindale (no individual league scores).
The men have their final league game
next Friday, meeting Blue Moutain Comsecond at tri-meet
munity College at Mt. Hood. From there
they go to the state conference championby Kathy Johnson
ships held May 9 and 1Oat Mt. Hood.
for The TORCH

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Lane soccer club
loses to My Dear
Playing two players short, LCC's
women's soccer club lost to the My Dear
team, by 1-4,in a home game Tuesday
night.
The Lane team next meets Office 290,
··one of the best teams in the league,'' according to one of the club members. The
game will be at LCC, Saturday at 11 am.

Titan men capture
tri-meet victory
The Titan men took first place at a tri-meet
held at Mt. Hood Community College last
Saturday.
Mike Ewing captured three firsts, help-

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The Titan women's track and field team
took second place at the tri-meet held at
Mt. Hood Community College Saturday.

Coaches Foster and Nott
Missing first place score by only two
team points (60), the women lost to Mt.
Hood (62). Clackamas was third with 31.
The women were disqualified from the
400-meter relay race because Lori Moran's
handoff to Jill Lanham was completed out
of the passing zone.
The team set several personal records
and also one school record at the meet.
" ... You can't be disappointed with that"
says Lyndell Grey, assistant track and field

coach.
"It would have been exciting to go
undefeated in conference tri-meets,' • admits Grey, ' 1 but our major goal is to win the
final conference.''
Wins for the women include:
• Loi Brumley -- 100-meter hurdles
(16.29)
• Loi Brumley -- High jump (5'4")
• Eeva Vadenoja -- 400-meter hurdles
(1:06.45 PR and scho~ record)
• Jill Lantham -- Long jump (17' ¾ ")

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May 1 -

1980

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Items in "omnium-gatherum" are printed as public service announcements for the benefit of TORCH
readers. Only releases from non-profit and/or public organizations will be published. The TORCH cannot guarantee publication of any item, although LCC events and organizations will be given priority.
Submissions should be mailed or brought to: The TORCH (Center 205), L_
ane Community College,
4000 E. 30th Ave., Eugene, OR 97405. The deadline each week is Monday at 5 p.m.

Women's music offered

Theologian to speak

An evening of women's music entitled Festival of
Friends will be held Saturday , May 10, at 8 p.m. at
the Wesley Center, 1236 Kincaid St. Wheelchair access and a sign interpreter will be available. Admission will vary according to each person's income
(ranginQ from $2 .50 to $4 .50 .) The festival is sponsor et1 tiy the Women's Resource and Referral Center .
For more 1nformG1tion. call 344-5780 or 689-7207.

John B. Cobb, Jr., a theology professor at Claremont Graduate School in California, and author of 10
books, will present a series of lectures May 6 through
8 at the U of O.
His opening lecture on Tuesday, May 6, The Social
Gospel and the Origins of the Chicago School, will offer some theological approaches to social problems in
America. On Wednesday, May 7, will Cobb will
discuss the limitations of political theology, and on
Thursday, May 8, his topic will be the political implications of process theology.
The lectures are open to the public and will be held
nightly at 7:30 p.m. in the Erb Memorial Union.
An informal meeting with Cobb, also open to the
public, will be held at 3 P:m· on May 8 at Koinonia
Center, located at 1414 Kincaid St.
Cobb's visit is sponsored by the U of O Department
of Religious Studies· annual Distinguished Visiting
Lectureship.

'Fun Runs' scheduled
T.vo May Day "Fun Runs" are scheduled for
ThLrsday, May 1. The "Predicted Mile Run" will
begin at 12:15 p.m., with the winners being those
finishers who have come closest to their predicted
times. The "May Day Mile Race" will start at 12:30
p rn Both races will include divisions for men and
women. Awards will be given to all finishers , and
prizes will be awarded to all winners. Interested persons are to meet at the LCC track at noon to sign up.
For additional information, contact the lntramurals Office 3.t 747-4501, ext. 2599.

'Back pain' course offered
Beginning Tuesday, May 13, the YMCA will offer
The Y's Way to a Healthy Back, an eight-week program aimed at low back pain sufferers. Classes will
be held every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 7
to 8 p.m., at the Eugene Family YMCA, which is
located at 2055 Patterson St.
Instructed by Rae-Jean Larson, this course is
designed for those individuals who suffer lower back
pain and need to increase overall flexibility, but is
also, according to promotional material, "a good
build-up for beginners.''
Cost of the course is $30 for Y members and $40 for
non-members. Registration is limited. For more information, or to pre-register, contact the Y at 686-9622 .

0 & C revenues discussed
Portland attorney Donald C. Walker will give a free
public Iecture on the controversial Oregon and California lands on Thursday , May 1, at the U of 0. In his 4
p.m. address, to be held in the Gerlinger Hall Alumni
Lounge, Walker will discuss the history of the Oregon
and California lands, currently managed by the
Bureau of Land Management. Eighteen Oregon counties der;ve revenues from the land, which was given
to the federal government in an 1866 railroad grant.
Lane C:unty's share of those revenues in 1978-79
was $13 ,: 76,442.
Walker recently represented Clackamas County in
litigation :')ncemed with its rights in these lands. The
county ha~ spearheaded an effort to obtain a higher
percent;ige of the timber revenues emanating from
them. The federal General Accounting Office,
however. i-.as reccomended phasing out the Oregon
and Calif:;-1ia land revenues. Walker, who holds a law
dregree frc rn the U of 0, has served as chairman of
the Multr1::,mah County Civil Service Commission.
Walker's lt:ture is sponsored by the U of O's History
Departmer r.

Art exhibit on display
An art exhibit featuring sculptures by Robert Gibney
and paintings by Joyce Kommer is currently on
display in the Lee Art Gallery, which is located on the
first floor of the Math and Applied Arts Building . The
exhibit wilt be on view through May 15. Gallery hours
ale 8 a.m., to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday,
and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays.

cla,,ified,
fo, ,ale

u:c Women's Soccer Club Practice Sessions are: Sat.
Mon . 5 p.m. For more info. call 726-9238.

10 a.m. and

LCC WOMENS SOCCER CLUB vs Office 290, Sat. , May 3, 11 a. m. at
the LCC Soccer Bowl.
Slide Show of a women's canoe trip on the 40- mile and Yukon rivers
of Alaska. Fri., May 2, 7:30 p.m. at the Laurelwood Golf Course,
28th and Columbia. $3, fund raiser for Sarah Hendrickson for EWEB.

Remington Model 760, Pump 30-.06. Wood, fair; metal, good . $120.
746-8065.
Ideal Olympic Trials camera, Canon AE-1, 80-210mm Komura Zoom
Len~ . power winder, 2 F.P.S. , $420 . 343-9875, John.

Womens Clinic: Birth Control information and methods available at
LCC Student Health Service by appointment.

"nliflex TL View Camera• 21/4 negative, fully automatic -1938 Vinmini condition, $125. Ask for " Blu" 343-3440.

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GRADUATING??? You need to c1pply for your degree in Student
Records. Apply by May 15 if you want your name in the graduation
program.

1, E Regrigerator with freezer, white, apartment size. $200/ofler.
687-4502 days.

1979 Belmont 14x70 - perfect condition. Located in country 5 min.
from LCC . $16,900. Call 746-0757.
S111ge.r Sewing Machine, $75. 687-9423 (just cleaned and reconditioned).

hou,ing

------------------RCA 12 inch Black and White TV. $35. Call 6-9 p.m. MWF; anytime,

weekends 746-0{}43.

Kitchen Table and chairs , 4 are in good condition. Call Shirley,
741-0222 message, 747-9571 .
Still need information on housing, etc. or leads to a living arrangement in Corvallis. Call 687-9423.
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In need of a home in Monmouth!!!!! My child and I will be moving to
Monmouth around the first of June -- If you know of any leads , please
call 683-5445 (Mary).

For Sale , 1 ) - Will Trade: Super single waterbed for 10-speed bicycle
in good co~dition. Call 689-6952 and leave message .

Housing Avaifabfe. Female Christian roomate wanted to share large 3
bedroom home with yard, dishwasher. Clean , dependable.
683-4635.

EncycIooedias, Yearbooks, Dictionary by World Book 1976 Edition
(new) cono. $100 or offer. 689-9177 .

3 Piece i.uawig Orum Set and Pearl Bass. Excellent condition, $250
or best. 74 , -0116 or 747-4371.
HI-FIDELITY STEREO SERVICE
free estimates
STEREO WORKSHOP
Monday - Saturday, 9-6. 1233 "M" St., Springfield. 741-1597.
STEREO EOUfPMENT
Stereo Workshop
Monday - Saturday , 9-6, 1233 "M" St., Springfield . 741-1597.

The Rape Crisis Network is sponsoring a benefit
breakfast to be held Monday , May 5, at the Homefried
Truckstop, located at 790 E. 14th St. In honor of
"Cinco de Mayo " huevos rancheros will be served,
along with other breakfast items. Music will be provided by J. Althea, Jean Lorraine , and others.
Breakfast will be served from 8 to 11 a.m. For more
information , call 485-6700.

Nancie Fadeley, state representative for District 42,
will speak on Credit and Social Security in Today's
Society, on Thursday, May 8 ,at noon, in the LCC
Boardroom in the Administration Building. Anyone interested is welcome to attend the free discussion,
which is being presented by the Women's Center. For
further details, call the Women 's Center at 747-4501,
ext.2353. Bring your own lunch.

Blood pressure clinics offered

Media exhibit opens
Open Gallery announces a juried exhibition entitled
Fantasy, Surrealist, Science Fiction Arts opening May
20.
This exhibition, judged by Roscoe Wright, Kate
Wilhelm, Steve Oshatz and Judith Barker Roberts, is
open to any and all media including literary, performance, music, film, video, painting, photography,
etc. This project is open to any artists west of the Continental Divide.
Entries must be received by 5 p.m ., May 9. They
should be sent to Open Gallery, 445 High St. , Eugene ,
Oregon 97401. There is no entry fee.

LCC concerts slated
The Performing Arts Department at LCC will be
presenting three musical concerts through the month
of May.
The first, scheduled for 4 p.m . on May 11, will
feature LCC music instructors Stacey Weston and
Larry Clabby playing four-hand music for piano.
Selections will include works by Brahms, Beethoven,
Faure, and several ragtime duets arranged by Denes
Agay.
A grogram featuring the LCC Wind Symphony,
Chamber Choir and Percussion Ensemble will be held
on May 15 at 8 p.m. The wind ensemble, directed by
Noyes Bartholomew, will play music by 20th-century
composers Bartok, Spears and Riley. This perfor-·
mance marks the final LCC appearance of Bartholomew. This summer he will accept a graduate
fellowship in composition at Columbia University in
New York City.
During the performance, Wayte Kirchner will direct
his choir in four settings of poems by Robert Herrick,
as well as waltzes by Brahms . The Percussion Ensemble, a new 11-person group directed by Nathan Cammack will also perform.
The Baroque Orchestra and the Concert Choir will
present a joint concert at 8 p.m. on May 22 featuring
a variety of pieces from Bach to ·' Frankie and
Johnny."
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Each of these concerts is free and will be held in the
college theatre.

May is High Blood Pressure Awareness Month.
During the month, the Oregon Heart Association
(OHA), in conjunction with the American Red Cross,
will offer public information about high blood pressure
and its prevention, along with free blood pressure
clinics. For more information concerning the clinics,
and ways to prevent high blood pressure, contact the
Red Cross at 344-524, or write the Oregon Heart
Association at 1500 SW 12th Ave. , Portland , Or
97201.

Open house offered
Maude Kerns members and the general public are
invited to attend the events scheduled for Sunday,
May 4, which will include the ceramics department's
"crack-pot" sale, which will be held from 1.1 a.m. to
1 p. m.; and an opening reception for ceramicist Jennifer Owen, fiber artsist Celeste Le Blanc , and
photographer Edward Micahel Stanton, which will be
held from 1 to 4 p. m. Refreshments will be served.
For further details , call Leslie Copland at 345-1571 .

'Tree People' ·to perform
A concert of original music featuring guitar , flute,
percussion, recorder and vocals will _be held at the
Maude Kerns Art Center or:i Thursday, May 1, at 8
p. m. Admission is $2 per person. The center is
located at 1910 E. 15th Ave. For further information,
contact Leslie Copland at 345-1571.

UO professor lectures
Max G. Abbott, professor of education at the
University of Oregon who specializes in Identification
and Development of Administrative Skills, will address the League of Women Voters of Central Lane
County at 8 p.m., May 6. The meeting will be held in
the Westminster Presbyterian Church at Coburg and
Harlow Roads, Eugene.
Abbott's topic will be The Relative Impact of School
Boards, Superintendents and Administrators. The
public is invited to attend . For more information contact Marion Wilson at 686-0369.
Rick: Let's be friends! O.K. Remember, I love you!!-· Leslie
Frank: Please care for my plants and keep lunatics out. I'll miss you.
Be good. -- Cindy

'71 Totoya for sale. Needs some work, $650. Call 687-9423.

Barbie: Too bad I can't take you with me. Next time, when we see the
world together! -- Cindy

1959 Ford F-100 P/U. Step-side 223 c.i., 6 cyl. New wheels and
tires, $600. Phone: 746-7992 .

Number 23: You 're one in a million and I think you 're the one for me.
I love you -- S.

'73 Dodge Dart, mags, good condition. 345-3528 - $850 .

Ada: I love you, I need you , I want you the rest of my life -- Bill

1973 Pinto Runabout- Runs good. Almost new rubber, carb. , clutch,
starter - $850 or best offer. 689-9177.

Mark: You make me crazy and I adore it!! Love you lots and lots -Your Little Girl

2BOZ for sale. Will take offers . Phone: 686-9318.
'73 Yamaha 750. Fiberglass front end, windshield, saddle bags, carrying case. Low miles , excellent condition. $1,100. 747-7191.
1978 Chev. P.U. 4x4, PS, Air., Tilt Wheel, SWB , Automatic, chrome
spokes , $5500. 895-3489 .

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Nose : Even though you are stubby and chubby, I still love you. -·
Ears.
Performing Arts Students Unite: Let's give Bart Bartholemew a royal
send off - Let him know he'll be missed.
To Robin in the Math Resources Center: Congratulations on your
teaching job for summer term. Hope you still have time for me -· Love
Jack
Sweetest Rychen, Sharing is so wonderful! Time and love so fullfilling
with you . -- Love, CM
Debbie: I want to touch you -- The Foiler
A vote for Jimmy Carter is a vote for economic decline, the draft, and
inept government.

Les Paul Record Bass, $550 4 Shure Microphones low/high $50
each
• Amp Rack. Rick 687-0754.
Washer and Dryer. Good condition, $1.90. Call Shirley , 741-0222 or
747-9571 message.

Nancie Fadeley to speak

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Friday , Saturday -- May 2,3 -· 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 7 prs . speakers,
$l5 S225; 5 turntables, S35-$250; 6 cassette decks, $20-$250; 4
receivers , $50-$265; Misc. extras.
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Benefit breakfast slated

Holly and Ada: Thanks for being such great pals. I love ya. I care too.
-- Rick L.
To the Lady I've me.t downtown and in the elevator: How about dinner? -· Mike
Tall Blond: II you're the right man, you know who r am, remember
saying "Hi" in the gym? Please don 't be so shy, grab if you like next
time you walk by. -- D.
FACE: Who says yours is ugly? r like the scar! Good luck always. -·
Love, Neck
D. : Hire me to work with you in Portland when you're established. -Lotsa love, A.
To a little white snake I know, stay back. -- Jerry
GRADUATING??? You need to apply for your degree in Student
Records. Apply by May 15 if you want y-0ur name in the graduation
program .
... Sharon: Please help Mike get back on his toads (even lechers need
friends.)
" Z " You're excellent, Thanx . •· Love Smitty.

Rick : I'm sorry , just remember I really do love you!! -· Leslie B.
Tye: We gotta maintain! Tony's gettin jealous!! - Les

Criminal Justice Animals ... Pant! pant!

Eric: You must be pretty "hard up " !!-· signed, concerned.

Tex: (In criminal justice) -- is it true what they say about Texas
Longhorns?

KELLY MCFADDEN: Happy 6th birthday to you! May your life be as
enriched as you have made mine. Here's to our life together ... in the
past, in the present, and in the future. I love you ,. Your birth partner ...

Holly: You are so beautiful and I love you very much. -· Signed
Whomever.
Blazer: You're a hunk!!! - a secret admirer.
What's the best thing that's ever_ happened to the Performing Arts
Department? - 'Bart Bartholomew!'

Carla: But it's woman 's world ... and a woman ... - Jaguars
Happy Birthday Jonelle: Make it a good one - just think, 1 year to 21 .
-- Kelly
Boss: A man drinks his coffee black. We love you - THIS MUCH!! -Buns & Puppy

Roomate Wanted : Female NON-SMOKER over 25 . June 1st. House W.
Eugene with garden. $100 month plus utilities. 484-0929.

Tad: Thank you very much for being honest. I really appreciate it. -The Blue Honda

Large House to Share. Perfect for couple or parent and child . $162.
Cindy, 687-9423.

Happy Birthday, Paula Pool Bzzzzz . -- The Mass Comm. Group .

Char: You bring the popcorn, I'll bring the papaya juice (heh.heh)
Lucy

Roomate needed beginning June 1st. Share 2 bedroom house in West
Eugene. $100 month plus utilities. (Must love dogs and keep a clean
house.) 484-0929 Sherlyn.

Happy Birthday Dale - The best things in life are aged! -- The TOR CHies .
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Daiei! writing ever gets you down, and you need a friend ,... don't call
me (just kidding, smirk, smirk).Kent

Vote for Peggy Hall Springfield Dist. 42 on May 20. For further information call 746-6506 .

No News is . .. well, you know the rest!!!

Cheap Rent - ir1cludes ·dishes, stereo and portion of rent paid. For
person interested in summer sublet. 345-6703.

Pamefa: Loved seeing you again . My turn to visit L.A. in August.
Always! --Dale

Arnis:Long time no ski. Stop by. Say hi. -· Carla

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