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Vol. 17, No. 28 May 23 - dlli111:S,i

edilo1ial1»opinion1»lelle,,
The monster
that ate
Detroit
Our motion picture theaters these days
seem to be filled with man-eating fish people, Nazi ectoplasm, assorted villainous
creatures from outer space, 11-year-old
ghosts, heart-eating women and the usuar
collection of giant fire-breathing lizards.
Well, there's no better way to get your
mind off your problems than paying $4 to
be scared out of your wits. And I saw a
horror movie the other evening that wqs a
real dilly. It's called simply "The
Economy!''

••••
When the movie opens a giant,
mindless, swirling_ monster is raging over
the helpless countryside, sucking up life
savings and squashing old folks on fixed
incomes. ''There's no hope!'' cries a
young bride in terror as she and her husCo llege P res --- St->1 vie, .

art
hoppe
band watch the terrifying spectre make off
with the little cottage they had planned to
buy. "We're up against Spiraling Inflation!"
No one seems to know what to do about
Spiraling Inflation. Then an innocent little
scientist named Jimmy has an idea. ''I' II

create a mild little Recession in my mountaintop laboratory, ,, .he says, "and it will
drive the Spiraling Inflation away.''
Well, Igor, who is chairman of Jimmy's
Council of Economic Advisors, says this
isn't such a hot idea. But Jimmy says it
couldn't hurt. So they labor together night
and day for three long years during constant thunder and lightning. At last, they
manage to create the cutest, mildest, littlest Recession you ever did see.
Everybody loves it. And when it sticks its
head out the window and says its first
adorable word -- ''Cheap!'' -- the Spiraling
Inflation screams . "Aaaggghhh ! " and
skulks away. Oh, how the people cheer!
Nalurally, the little Recession keeps
growing, however. One day, it slips away
and bites 200,000 auto workers. "Darn,"

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says Jimmy. "I guess we'll have to keep it
in a cage."
You know what happens: On a dark and
stormy night, we see the bars of the empty
cage bent like spaghetti. The Recession is
loose!
It goes around pushing stockbrokers out
of windows, crushing banks, stomping on
factories. The people panic and begin selling apples for a nickel apiece from
pushcarts.
''Don't worry,'' says Jimmy resolutely.
"I'll bring the Inflation back and it will
destroy the Recession the way Godzilla
licked the Giant Earthworm.''
But, of course, instead of fighting, the
Inflation and the Recession become inseparable pals. And the poor, panicked
people are still selling apples -- for

We apologize

$28,763.12 each. Then.

••••
Maybe I shouldn't tell you how it comes
out. You'd never sleep nights if I did. Suffice it to say that you' II never find a scarier
horror scenario than ''The Economy!'· Imagine, two indestructible monsters for the
price of one!

(© Chronicle Publishing Co. 1980)

budgets to buy the biggest houses they
can. Irl fact, they use so much leverage
that their outstanding mortgage balances
remain approximately unchanged for many
From the editor:
Little do they know, there are two
years.
The TORCH wishes to apologize to Emad
that the price of anything can
directions
Khoshaim and other foreign students for a
up and there is down. Do you
is
there
go:
discriminatory classified ad which . was
prices will ever go down?
housing
-think
published in last week's TORCH.
that every great
shows
History
Although the TORCH does -not regularly
ended with a crash.
has
boom
speculative
"censor" the free ads each week, we do
crash in the
historic
an
be
will
there
Soon
make an attempt to eliminate any racist .
prices
home
of
Millions
market.
housing
and/or sexist content. However, occamortgages
their
below
far
fall
will
sionally such ads may be undetected and
balances, plunging their once-proud
we appreciate readers bringing them to our
owners deep into debt.
attention.
Millions of greedy homeowners are planning to cash in on your ignorance (even
after they could have taught you better in
school). So warn all your friends: Don't
buy a house until after the prices crash,
and even after the crash, there are always
To the editor:
two directions that the price of anything
I am writing to you students for the purcan go: There is up, and there is down.
pose of saving you money. Nowadays there
Alan D. Phipps is a great speculative boom in housing.
Fargo, ND
Millions of homebuyers are stretching their

Going down?

May 23 - JIJ

1980 The TORCH Page 3

Editor

examines
•

-ASLCC

From the editor:
The student union elections just completed (see story page 7) signal what
will almost certainly be an interesting
year -- a president-elect already gaining
a notoriety for his "no comments," a
vice-president-elect who resigned only
the day after accepting her office, and a
team of challengers which has raised
some serious questions about the election process.
It's not that any of these actions by
themselves are inherently wrong -- it's
just a matter of looking closely at
ASLCC officers.
This year's crop of officers are
definitely astute politicians.
I predict that President-elect David
Anderson has a brilliant political career
ahead of him (remember you read it
here first). I~ one of the most interesting interviews I've had a part in all
year, last week Anderson apparently
believed I and TORCH features editor
Don-na Mitchell were enemy agents -with a plethora of '' No comments' ' and
"You'll have to talk to someone else
about that(s)'' he would tell us only the
equivalent of his name, rank, and serial
number.
The losing presidential candidate,
Tom Granander, had charged that
Anderson violated ASLCC by-laws _by
campaigning on the day of the election.
Also, Debi Lance was resigning her
newly-won vice-presidential office,
Granander claimed, and alleged that
Anderson had offered him the vicepresidency to stop Granander's planned
challenge of the election .
But now, after Tuesday's student
senate meeting, these issues will never
be addressed. It turns out that
Granander filed his challenge after the
48-hour deadline and the four voting
members present during the meeting
voted down a proposal calling for a runoff election.
Debi Lance's resignation was also
discussed at length during that
meeting. She is acting because of
"academic reasons," she said -- and
that was all she would say.
Again, there's nothing inherently
wrong with her actions -- I unde'rstand
'' academic reasons'' as well as the
next person -- but I believe there are
322 students who voted for the
Anderson-Lance ticket who have a right
to know why she changed her mind.
Almost 20 years ago, John F. Kennedy said, '' Mothers may still want
their favorite sons to grow up to be
president , but . .. they do not want them
to become politicians in the process. ' '
Unfortunately , it 's too late for Mrs .
Anderson 's favorite son -- he already is
one.

Pharo by Dennis Tach1bana

competitive
spirit sti II
strong·
Feature by Kent Gubrud
of The TORCH

TORCH Editor

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When George Gyorgyfalvy was a boy, life -- survival, victory -meant getting there first. "You learned to push, shove, run,
race, cut-throat, to get your share.''
Now, as LCC's soccer and gymnastics instructor and coach,
George exhibits the same competitive spirit.
Born in Budapest, Hungary 55 years ago, George's earlier
pursuit for victory was just a a basic effort to survive. The small
country was overpopulated and had little resources to support the
many people, especially during World War II. "You had to
- compete for everything ... bread, milk, meat. .. " And shortages
were commonplace.
''We would stand in line Friday afternoon 'til Saturday ' ' in
order to buy meat. And if meat was not available, as it
sometimes wasn't, they would adopt other methods of supplying
protein in their diet. If a horse died in the city streets, George
would drag it home for butchering, he recalls.
Violence was an everday part of his early life. "I didn't want
to fight but circumstances required it.' ' When walking home from
school, kids would beat you up unless you could fight back .
"You had no respect if you weren't strong."
While survival demanded George to develop strong competitive
spirit. it wasn't his only motivation for striving to become selfreliant. His brother, Dozso, was a fierce rival to whom he could
not afford to lose . "Because of my brother being younger, I was
made fun of if I lost. We were always competing in everything
from girls to who (skied) down the mountain first. '' And Dozso
was actually the better athlete until George surpassed him by
intense training.
George grew keener on athletic competition, although his
parents discouraged sporting pursuits. '' My parents did not feel I
should engage in so many sports -- especially the dangerous

continued on page 14

))

Listening -- really listening -- is more than
just hearing , says LCC instructor Virginia
Dechaine. It's something you have to
Page 6
learn, practice and work at.

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The TORCH attended a very special track
meet with very special competitors held at
the U of O's Hayward Field last weekend.
Pages 8 & 9
Story and photos.. .

Page 4 The TORCH

'Para medi cs are saving lives_in spite of
News feature by Donna Mitchell
of The TORCH
"In the business of saving lives,
money shouldn't matter,'' says a
paramedic employed by Medical Services
Inc. (MSI) of Eugene.
The paramedic, who wishes to remain
anonymous to protect his job, voices the
concerns of some other MSI employees
interviewed by the TORCH . They fear
company policies may be endangering the
lives of the nearly 90 percent of Lane
County's 269,000 people who rely on
MSI for emergency medical service and
ambulance transportation.
The paramedic says in his survey of
MSI 's records for the months of March
and April, he found that ''In most of the
life support calls we received, we have
taken over 1O minutes or longer to get to
the scene.'' That response time, he
claims, is "way too long" in view of the
fact that in cases where a patient's heart
function ceases or breathing stops, brain
death occurs in from 4 to 6 minutes.
When contacted by the TORCH, MSI
owner Bill Leonard said that the response
ti1J1es of his ambulances were ''well
within the national average for a city this
size '' and that he believed an
examination of a computer printout of
MSI response times would show they
were lower than the figure the paramedic
quoted. Subsequent examination of a
computer printout for MSI code 3
(emergency) response times during the
month of April showed that on a total of
143 calls, the average city response time
was 6.9 minutes and the average county
response time was 25. 7 minutes. The
national average for a city this size , says
MSI Administrative Manager Lynn Walter,
is 12 minutes.
" We 're concerned about response
times; we' re concerned about patient
welfare, " says Mike Anderson, former
MSI employee . Anderson quotes from a
study published by Pantridge and Adgey
which appeared in a 1969 issue of the
American Journal of Cardiology. The
article details the case histories of 61
patients who were treated for ventricular
fi brillation in .mobil coronary care units.
Of those 61 patients , says Anderson, 24
were long-term survivors . Each of those
24, he emphasizes, was treated within 4
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showed no survivors among those who
had to wait more than 4 minutes for care.
Anderson charges that MSI wants to
be the ''MacDonald's of the ambulance
business'' and has over-extended its
resources by its expansion to the cities of
Albany, Oregon and Amarillo, Texas. The
result, he says, is less than adequate
coverage for Eugene-Springfield
residents.
Anderson was recently fired from his
job for what the management termed
"unsatisfactory performance." He

provides, and hopes to convince the city
council to deny MSl's recent request for
a 30 percent rate increase, to be
considered at the council's May 27
meeting. The group also advocates an
investigation into alternative forms of
ambulance service that are publicly
controlled.
To charges made by company officials
that his activities are merely the
rumblings of a disgruntled ex-employee,
Anderson replies, "I am disgruntled,
that's true -- but I am more concerned

MS/ requests

rate increase:
City council
to consider
interim hike
on May 27
c;ontends he was dismissed because of
his involvement in forming a union of
paramedics at MSI and for his activity in
the current labor disputes between that
union and the company.
Two paramedics who talked with the
TORCH deny that Anderson 's job
performance was unsatisfactory. " If I.
was hurt in an accident, I would be very
comfortable being in his care ," says one
former co-worker. " In fact , I would feel
comfortable having him ·care for my
family -- and I wouldn't say that about
everyone.' '
Since losing his job, Anderson has
been instrumental in forming a group
called Citizens for Public Ambulance
Control. The group contends that MSI 's
rates are too high for the service it

Medical Services Inc. is a private corporation started by Bill
Leonard 23 years ago to provide emergency medical care and ambulance transportation to the residents of the Eugene-Springfield
area.
The cities of Eugene and Springfield license the company, the
vehicles and the Emergency Medical Technicians. The state of
Oregon sets the standards for training and equipment.
Two years ago, when Leonard asked the city council for a rate increase, city councilman Jack Delay asked the city to "review the
issues of operating costs and revenues, profits, service levels, and
overall service efficiency and effectiveness." In a Sept. 29, 1978
letter to the city council, Delay said, "I do not know what such an
analysis will reveal, b,ut I do feel that the evidence at hand and the
interests of the community warrant a comprehensive review of the
subject."
The accounting firm of Touche-Ross was chosen to do the study ,
and to set up an evaluation system for future rate requests . The
study will be finished towards the end of June , reports Shirley
Swenson, a research analyst in the Eugene 's finance department .
In an April 24, 1980 letter to Eugene City Manager Charles Henry,
Leonard requested a rate increase to off-set an over 25 percent increase in his operating costs during the previous 19 months.
Leonard is asking that the rate increase be granted before June 1,
because the federal government bases its Medicare/ Medicaid reimbursement on ambulance rates as they exist on June 1. A discussion of the rate increase is scheduled for the May 27 meeting of the
city council. If the council approves the rate increase, it will only be
an interim increase, says Swenson, and the final decision will be
contingent upon the findings of the Touche-Ross report.

with building a system that better meets
the needs of the community .''
"All ills," he continues, "add up to
one major thing -- there is no
accountability to the public . We need a ...
non-profit organization and/or something
publicly controlled . I'm very concerned
that emergency medical service in the
Eugene-Springfield area , as it now exists ,
contains some major inadequacies .'·
One Eugene firefighter has some very
personal reasons for agreeing with
Anderson. On March 17 his father
suffered a heart attack in a dentist 's
office .The office was only five blocks
from a fire .station, he says , and fire
fighters trained in CPR could have been
there within one minute. But the fire
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his assistant gave CPR until an MSI
ambulance arrived, but the patient died.
The firefighter believes that MSI should
have called on the fire station to provide
basic life support until MSI paramedics
could arrive to give advance care.
The firefighter further claims there
have been other times when MSI should
have called the nearest fire station for
help and failed do so. He alleges that
many of Eugene 's firefighters feel that
MSI doesn't call the fire department
because ' 'they are afraid of looking bad

if we get there first, or afraid they wi II
lose money if the call is minor and we
handle it and radio them a 'disregard. ' "
Tim Birr, public information officer for
the Eugene Fire Department concedes
that " apparently we ' re having a
communication problem " with MSI.
Birr explains that since the fire
department has nine stations scattered
throughout the city , and MSI must cover
the same area from one station on W.
11th Avenue, it has been a matter of
policy for MSI to ask the fire department
to respond to any life threatening medical
emergency that occurs close to one of its
stations. ' 'The fire department could
provide basic life support anywhere in
the city in about 3 ½ minutes ,'' he
concludes.
All the department 's 150 active fire
fighters are trained in advanced first aid
and CPR techn iques and about a third of
them have the 120 hours of study and
experience that qualify them as
Emergency Medical Techn icians , Birr
says .
" More (MSI) substations would be a
benefit ," Birr asserts , " but as an
alternative , fire department skills are
good. We can keep someone going until
MS I gets there . "
But Birr is worried , because over the
past three or four months , calls from
MSI to the fire department have
decreased drastically. " If I was going to
be very cynical , I would say we ' re not
being called ," comments Birr, but he
declines to speculate why.
When reached for comment, Bill
Leonard said the TORCH was welcome to
examine his records of all calls that came
in to MSI. He further commented that a
written policy of calling on the fire

continued on next page

May 23 - ,m::t3_ 1980 The TORCH Page 5

-

the system, not because of the system'
.

department has been worked out between
MSI, the fire department, and the cities
of Eugene and Springfield. He suggested
that it might be appropriate to talk to one
of the men who had set the policy, so the
TORCH contacted Eugene Fire Chief
Everett Hall.
Hall says that he has discussed this
subject with Leonard on several
occasions. "Mr. Leonard assures us
we 're receiving all our calls as per our
agreement. There is no way to document
that," discloses Hall. "I can tell you our
runs are down," he adds.
The paramedics interviewed by the
TORCH say they are also concerned that
the distribution of MSl's four ambulances
does not provide adequate coverage for
an area which contains over 3,000
square miles.
They·maintain it is virtually impossible
to have adequate response time when
their services are spread so thin. And
they say they are frustrated that
substations have not been built by MSI in
outlying areas. Two areas in particular,
the South Eugene area and the River
Road/Santa Clara area, badly need
substations, they claim. The River Road
area alone has a population of
approximately 25,000 people -equivalent to the seventh largest city in
Oregon.
In an Aug. 15, 1979 article which
appeared in the Eugene Register-Guard,
MSI spokesperson Dennis Murphy
announced the launching pf a
subscription program for MSI, and
promised the revenue would provide
• capital for building two new satellite
stations. Although the drive resulted in
an estimated $156,000 for MSI, no new
substations have been built. In fact, MSI
has let its conditional use permit lapse on
property at 29th and Oak streets.
Leonard ref used to comment on why
the permit was allowed to lapse.
Mike Anderson feels that a substation
at that South Eugene location might have
saved two lives lost this year.
On two calls he answered in that area
while he was still an MSI employee,
Anderson relates, the patients died. One
was an infant who succumbed to crib
death. The other was a 19-year-old girl
who suffered cardiac arrest on Feb. 9,
1980. The girl's mother has since written
to the mayor of l:ugene, charging that
she believes MSI 's 9¾ minute response
time was a contributing factor in the
girl· s death: Anderson alleges that
increased response time was a factor in
both deaths.
"I' II always wonder if we cou Id have
saved them if we had gotten there
sooner,' ' he says.
Anderson also wonders why a
proposed station in conjunction with the
Santa: Clara Fire station was never
established.
When the Santa Clara Fire Station was
built in 1978, plans were made for an
ambulance substation to be a part of the
facility. ''The quarters are there, but
they' re not being used," says Santa
Clara Fire Chief Jack Lamb. Lamb states
that some members of his board of
directors had mixed feelings about having
MSI occupy the facilities because they
felt MSl's rates were too high, and
because there were some bad feelings
about the '' personality of the
ownership." But, claims Lamb, "If MSI
had come to the board and pushed, they
could have worked it out.'' Although MSI
owner Bill Leonard was involved with the
planning, Lamb relates, he failed to
follow through once the statiop was .built.
"It seems to me MSI pretty much lost
interest in it," he says. "They never
came forward to start negotiations.''

.

Photo by Deborah Keogh '

Leonard says that the facilities built at
Santa Clara deviated from what was
originally planned, and that he didn't
want to put a crew into the quarters that
were constructed. Instead, says Leonard,
he has acquired property in Santa Clara
which he hopes to develop as a
substation in 1980 or '81. Leonard adds
that two years ago, at the time of his last
rate increase request, he showed the city
of Eugene a five-year-plan for
development of sattelite substations. That
plan, he says, has been put on hold unti I
the Touche-Ross study of his operation is
completed. (See boxed story) Leonard
notes that since his last rate increase
request, his operating costs have
increased in excess of 27 percent, and
that the membership drive didn't bring in
• the revenue he had hoped it would.
Springfield is another area some
paramedics allege is inadequately
covered.
Currently, one ambulance is assigned to
Springfield, and if it is sent out on a call,
a backup ambulance is dispatched from
the main station on West 11th to
Springfield. If a second emergency call
comes in before the backup ambulance
reaches Springfield, the paramedics
speculate, lives could be lost because of
the slow response time. In fact, they
charge, on one occasion in April, that did
occur: The patient died of cardiac arrest.'
The paramedic answering the call claims,
... If we could have been there sooner,
that patient would be alive today."
Lynn Walter says he loses patience
hearing about lives MSI paramedics failed
to save. "There are going to be times
when you can't save a patient,'' he
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Walter believes MSI has one of the finest
medical services in the United States.
•'We stand on a record of 23 years of
service. We're not going to do anything
that would jeopardize the medical needs
of the community," he says.
Mike Anderson also believes there

should be more recognition of the lives
the paramedics save, but he charges that
MSI ·s policies make it harder to save
lives. That is what he is trying to call to
public attention, he says. "Paramedics
are saving lives in spite of the system,
not because of the system," says
Anderson.

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May 23 - cM!ft'llieS, 1980

LCC iristructor refutes myths of listening
by Audre Keller
of The TORCH
"Listen to me!"
For most of us, that kind of "Listen"
is a dirty word.
"It's almost always either an order or
a criticism, such as 'Now listen
carefully' or 'You weren't listening ... ' ''
explains Virginia DeChaine, a Mass
Communication Department faculty
member who is the only full-time
Listening instructor in the country.
'' Listening does not mean hearing
.. the two are not synonomous, ·' she
cautions. '' Listening means receiving a
message, processing it accurately,
understanding the meaning, and if we
are truly listening, then we should be
able to turn around and tell the other
person almost exactly what they meant.
Hearing is simply hearing sounds -- and
not necessarily understanding them.
''We listen through our ears, our eyes,
emotions, heart. .. Words have so many
different meanings and connotations.''
And she points out, '' Listeners are
interrupted -- by the facial expression of
the speaker, the tone of the voice used.
So we have to know ·ourselves what kind
of words, what kinds of ideas, that are
for us listening barriers.
''Also, we have to get away from a lot
of myths .that have been built up ...
listening is not passive, it is very, very
active. When we listen actively, our blood
pressure rises, our body temperature
goes up, our pulse rate is faster and we
burn up a lot of energy. Active listening
can even cause us to lose weight. We
have to get away from thinking that we
can just sit back and listen,'.' DeChaine
declares, "because we can't."
She asks her students, ''Who is

responsible for the clarity of a message -the speaker or the listener?
Most of the people think that it's the
speaker's responsibility -- to make sure
s/he is clear. That gets the listener off
the hook.''
But Dechaine advocates the idea that
clear oral communication is a dual
responsibility, with both the speaker and
listener taking 51 percent" of the
responsibility. ''Then we have an
overlap; it doesn't put the burden on any
one person.''
When DeChaine first became interested
in listening as a teachable skill, only a
few instructional materials were available.
Most of the research in this field was
conduc_ted by business and industry, by
gigantic firms including Dunn and
Bradstreet, Westinghouse, and Xerox.
And they were interested in the subject
mostly because they wanted to improve
their employees' productivity. They
wanted to remove barriers between
management and labor, to get secretaries
to listen better so fewer memos would
have to be written, to reduce errors.
These are good reasons for studying
listening processes, concedes DeChaine,
but she also thinks people ought to learn
to listen better in order to get more out of
their interpersonal relationships.
That kind of listening is very important
to DeChaine -- and to LCC. Students fill
her five sections of listening classes
every term.
''I've never taught a course before
where students could use the material
immediately," says Dechaine. "Students
can see within two weeks of being in the
course that their grades are improving
and their retention of material in other
classes is going Op ... that's very
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According to figures from the newly
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being said. In a SO-minute lecture, we
are lucky to get 10 percent.''

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through, (but) we don't do that very
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Dechaine recalls one student who felt
the listening class saved his marriage. In
class, students were studying ways to
listen better to "boring" material and/ or
"boring" people. He said, "Well, where
can I get better training than listening to
(my wife) at home ... ''
So he started- practicing listening
techn~ques at home and a strange thing
happened: He discovered his wife had
some really interesting ideas. She began
sharing thoughts that she had never
talked to him about before. The two of
them dropped the divorce, said they had
never been happier and he brought her
out to school. The first thing she wanted
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''Our brains get bored: The average
person talks at about 100 to 150 words a
minute and we listen at 800 words per
minute," DeChaine explains. "Our brains
process the material as if the person
were speaking in slow motion ."
To keep our minds occupied, she says,
We play 'parlor games' with ourselves
-- we hear what we want to hear, we
make judgements, we criticize the
delivery of the message, analyze the
dress of the speaker, count the 'ands'
and 'ahs' -- and lose the message."
All these games interfere with real
listening.
"The worst listeners are the 'fact'
listeners. The good listener is an 'idea'
listener. If we know the idea, the facts
will stay with us," Dechaine says.
'' Men listen to women far differently
than they listen to other men,'' she
believes. ''They think they are listening,
but they are not ... they are processing
it through their own bias, their own
background -- the barriers are there and
they don't really understand that they are
not listening at all."
And, Dechaine admits, ''Women listen
very differently to men. We really need
some materials on that.
"We need materials working with the
elderly -- they don't feel anyone listens to
them. (And) we almost equate a hearing
problem with insanity. "
Dechaine feels that hearing aid
manufacturers, in their advertising, are
partly responsible for that attitude,
''Older people with a hearing problem
withdraw; they don't talk to people and
then we don't get the benefit of their
wisdom. We don't have the
communication that makes for a rich life.
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How Do You Learn To Listen?

How do you learn to listen -- and how
the devil do you teach someone else?
DeChaine's students work with audio
tapes, workbook and complete exercises
in interpreting body language. They learn
that '' hearing the words is not enough.
We have to listen to how they are said,
how they are delivered, the tone of voice.
.. we have to listen to the entire
person.''

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Two LCC business students
receive 'outstanding' awards

Two LCC business students received
awards May 20 for outstanding achievement in their fields .
Judy Meiwes , 20, was given the Wall
Street Journal Award; Janice Orr, 26,
received the Business Department Outstanding Student Award .

College President Eldon Schafer
presented the awards during a special
ceremony in his office Tuesday.
Both the women are honor students (Orr
with a 4.0 grade point average and Meiwes
with a 3.8) and will be graduating this term

with associate of arts degrees in accounting.
' ' I really work at it,' ' Orr says of her
honor-student status. " It's nice to have
that work recognized.' '
"This really surprised me," Meiwes
adds. But she admits that she is a
dedicated student. " (School) comes first
-- to learn, that's what I'm here for."
After graduation next week, both women
will be seeking jobs in the accounting field.
Orr and Meiwes were selected for their
honors by a Business Department faculty
committee headed by instructor Will Moon.

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Anderson's position secured by ASLCC senate vote
presid.ential candidate ... ''

The student senate on Tuesday
unanimously defeated a proposed ·run-off
election between president-elect David
Anderson and challenger Tom Granander.

'' I feel confident I could have gotten
1,000 signatures," he told the senate.
Anderson refuted Granander' s belief that
since the president and vice-president are
electBd as a team, they should serve as a
team . "If a vice-president-elect is killed in
a car wreck, God forbid, that would not
constitute the need for a run-off election,"
he saig.

Granander had asked for the run-off after
newly-elected vice-president Debi Lance
resigned her office May 15, one week after
the elections.
Lance said she resigned for '' academic
reasons " and refused further comment on
the subject.

The four voting ASLCC members present
agreed, unanimously voting down a proposal which would have called for a runoff .

In his statement to the Associated
Students of LCC (ASLCC), Granander said,
'' I have two options: To call for a referendum to try to unseat him (Anderson) or ask
for another election. The students should
have a chance to elect both their president
and vice-president. Anderson should
select a new running mate (for a new election). ' '

Anderson and Lance both deny the
allegations. Anderson . did speak to
Granander about ' 'various positions'' in
next year's ASLCC, the new president said
last week, but Granander was not offered
the vice-presidency.
Anderson refused to comment on
Granander's other charges. " ... Tom's
(cnarges) are all allegations," he told the
senate in the Tuesday meeting .

Lance , the current ASLCC president,
supported the run-off election proposal. '' I
would like to suggest a run-off election,"
she told fellow ASLCC members. '' Our intent is to give representation to the
students. ' '

During an interview with the TORCH last
week, Anderson also refused comment,
referring questions about the election process to election official •Gary Wi Ison, and
questions about Lance's resignation to
Lance.
One student told the TORCH he saw
Anderson personally campaigning in violation of ASLCC by-laws on the second day of
the elections, and the student believes that
Anderson ''influenced'' the votes of at
least 15 people. ''The people he talked to,
I saw them vote,'' alleges Jimmy Lyons,
"and everyone he talked to voted for him.
If he was just telling them to vote (which is
allowed under ASLCC by-laws), then the
oJds of every one of those 15 people voting
for him are astonomical. ' '
Lyons claims he sat at the polling table
for approximately two hours with election
official Gary Wilson.
·'Anderson was constantly hanging
around where people were voting,'' Lyons
charges. '' I figured Tom Granander was
missing out -- that he should have been

Anderson cited his '' 3 to 1' ' margin of
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until later that I found out (Anderson)
shouldn't have been doing that. '' .
Because of his allegations, Lyons was
disturbed by the senate vote ruling out a
run-off election. "If they1 re not going to
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It's wasn't exactly a flood, but about 53 percent of Oregon's
voters turned out Tuesday to take part in the presidential
primary.
Warm weather for the day helped, but not as much as election
officials had hoped -- the turnout was 8 percent lower than the
'76 primary.
And there were reports that the state's new "A" and "B"
ballot measure system, along with the absolute deluge of candidates, scared some. voters away from the polls.
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78 percent support alternative ener gy
WASHINGTON , D.C. -- A majority of Oregonians responding to Congressman Les Au Coin's annual questionnaire say construction of nuclear power plants should be stopped or
postponed until safety issues are resolved.
The poll, mailed in March to 291 ,000 households in Oregons First Congressional District ,
drew 28 ,635 responses , AuCoin said in announcing the results.
Among fou r position statements on the issue of nuclear power, 20 percent of the
respondents said no more nuclear power plants should be built and existing plants should
be shut down , while 31 percent favored postponing construction of nuclear plaots.
Asked about energy alternatives , development of renewable resources -- solar, biomass
and wind power -- drew the heaviest response by far , with 78 percent in favor.
The AuCoin poll showed overwhelming support for a balance federal budget and an end
to federal deficit spending. Asked to indicate their preference among several anti-inflation
options , 71 percent of the respondents said federal deficit spending should be eliminated
Given a choice between balancing the federal budget or cutting taxes , 69 percent said the
budget should be balanced.
On other questions a majority of respondents favored an increase in defense spending ;
reinstatement of the draft; acceleration of energy conservation measures; development of
synthetic fuels and gasohol; and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
AuCoin said the return rate on this year's questionnaire was excellent. Notes and letters
were enclosed in hundreds of the forms mailed back, he added .
Oregons First Congressional District takes in the northwest section of Oregon. With the
exception of portions of Clackamas County, it is bounded on the east by the Willamette
River, on the south by Corvallis, and runs from the Willamette River to the Oregon coast.
The poll results were:

On the issue of nuclear power, which of these positions is closest to your view?
5,599
• Stop-building nuclear plants and shut down existing plants. . . . . . . . .
• Postpone building nuclear power plants until safety disputes are
9,002
resolved
• Continue building nuclear power plants under present regulations and
3, 190
standards
• Continue building plants but tighten regulations and standards for
their operation. . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . .. .. . ...... . . ... ... ........ . .. 10,419
425
~o answer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20%
31 %
11 %
36%
1%

In combating the enrgy crisis, what should America's three top priorities be?
• Development of coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,318 50 %
• Development of synfuels and gasohol.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,421 68%

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• Development of solar , biomass and wind power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 ,256 78%
7,442 26 %
• Build more nuclear power plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• Accelerate energy conservation measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,940 59%

Because it is suspected of being a health hazard, the Environmental Protection Agency has
suspended use of the herbicide 2,4,5-T, which has been used to kill competing vegetation
in Oregon forests to increase timber harvests. How do you feel about banning the use of
2,4,5-T?
• It should be permanently banned and other methods used , even if
6,025 21 %
more costly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
on
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its
about
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until
• Use should be suspended
health .. . . ...... . .. . .. . . ... ... . ..... .. ....... . ..... . . . .. . · · 11,411 40%
• Use should not be suspended until 2,4,5-T is proved to be a health
9,710 34%
hazard. .. .. ... ... .. . .. . ... . ... . ... . . . ... . ... ..... . ....... . .
1,488 5%
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Which of the following statements comes closest to your feeling on the amount of federal
forest lands devoted to wilderness and the amount open for multiple use, including timber
harvesting and recreation in Oregon?
• There is now a fair compromise between wilderness and multiple use . 12,546 44%
7,584 26%
• There is too much emphasis on wilderness . . . . . .. .. . . . ... .. . .. . .
6,166 22%
• There is too much emphasis on multiple use ...... . . . . ... .... . . . .
2,339 8%
• No answer . . . . . ...... . . . . .... . .. .. .. . .. .. .. ... .. .. . . ..... .
The cost of living last year rose 13.3 percent. Which two of the following options do you
support as approaches to control inflation?
1,630 6%
• Voluntary wage and price guidelines ............... . . . . . ... ... .
• Mandatory wage and price standards ....... . .. .... .. . . .... . ... . 7,513 26%
• Eliminating federal deficit spending ... . .. •... ... ... . . . .... .. . .. . 20,413 71%
2,764 10%
• Retaining ' 'tight money ' ' policy . . . . . ... .. ...... .. . . . .... . .... .
7,159 25%
• Stimulating productivity in the private sector ... . ................ .
• Altering tax policy to encourage savings ... ..... . .... .. ... .. ... . 14,034 49%
Given a choice between balancing the federal budget or cutting taxes, what would you
decide?
• Balance the budget. .... ,. ....... . .... . . .. . . . •.. ... . .. .... . ... 19,776 69%
5,812 20%
• Cut taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11%
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Thinking ahead over the next few years, do you think the United States should increase the
amount of money it spends on national defense, decrease the amount, or hold defense
spending to its current level?
• Increase . .... . . . .. .. .. . . .. . . ... . .. . . .. . ...... .. ... . ...... . 15 ,026 52%
3,898 14%
• Decrease .. .. . .. . . . . ... .... ...... . .. ... . . . ... ..... ....... .
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• Hold to current
• Not sure .. .. . . .... .. . . .... . .. .. . .. ... .. ... .... . ...... .. . . . 3,048 11%
The President has proposed that draft registration be reinstated. How do you feel about
this?
5,954 21 %
• Draft registration -- for men only . . ....... . : . . .. .. . . .. . . . . . ... .
• Draft registration -- for men and women ... . . . ... .... . ......... . 13 ,609 48%
7,513 26%
• The draft should not be reinstated ... . .... ... .. . .... . .... . .. . . .
1,559 5%
• No answer ........... . .. ...... .... .. .......... .. . . . . . '. . . . .
Do you favor earmarking low-cost power from the Bonneville Power System for residential
customers even if it means higher electric rates for business and industry which, in turn,
could push up prices for consumers?
• Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,373 57%
•No .......... .. ...... .. · · ·· · ····,····~··.......... .. . .. . .. 11 ,624 41%
3,260 11 %
• No answer . . . ...... .. .. . . ........ . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Which of the following points of view is closest to your feeling on national health insurance?
• The government should not become further involved in providing
8,860 31 %
health care insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . .
• We should move immediately into a comprehensive health insurance
program for all Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,458 19%
• We should provide a limited government program that would offer
financial protection against catastrophic and other major illnesses. . . . . . 13,183 46%
1,134 4%
• No answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Jugglir1g_learne d by 'patien ce and determ ination '
Part of the answer can be found in the
classrooms around town. Both the U of 0
and LCC offer classes in juggling.
"Juggling is an art," Tom Dewart, LCC
Juggling has come out of the circus and
juggling instructor, states flatly. "It can be
gone into backyards and parks all across
really creative -- each person develops his
the country. Almost anywhere -- New
own technique, his own unique style.''
York, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
·'If you can throw a ball and catch it, you
Chicago -- jugglers can be found performlearn to juggle,'' Dewart claims. And
can
outdoor
ing at clubs, fairs, parties and
to back up his claim, he has turned nearly
markets . But best guesses establish
250 students into jugglers since he began
Eugene as the (unofficial) "Juggling
both beginning and advanced
teaching
Capital of the World' '.
the LCC Downtown Center more
at
classes
Interest in juggling is rapidly spreading
than five years ago.
During the first few weeks of beginning
classes, students learn the basic three-ball
cascade pattern; then they veer off in their
own directions to learn different tricks with
three balls. Each person progresses at
his/her own rate, explains Dewart.
'' Most people are satisfied at this
point," he continues. "They have proven
to themselves that they can do it and have
acquired enough skill to entertain their
friends at parties and backyard barbeques."
The basic patterns are easily learned,
but mastering the art is not a simple matter.
"There's no trick to it," adds Dewart.
''The key to successful juggling is patience and determination.''
Once the basic skills have been
Photos by M.arianne Jenkins
mastered, the advanced class provides an
opportunity for students to become more
throughout the country. In 1947, when the
proficient.
International Jugglers Association (IJA)
People can increase the relative difficulty
was organized, there were only eight
their tricks by varying the number or
of
membership
the
Today,
members.
types of items they juggle (rings, clubs,
numbers over 1,000, including 40 jugglers
torches or four balls).
from the Eugene area.
Together the class practices complex
IJA members get together to compete,
such as an eight person circle,
formations,
at
exchange ideas and exhibit new skills
three person ten-club line and the five
the annual convention that is held in a difpoint star formation (one of the most different city each year.
patterns because it involves passing
ficult
Negotiations are underway with ABC
person while receiving from
one
to
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another). These formations require precipionship events at the 1980 convention,
sion team-work. Continual practice is a
which will be held in Fargo, North Dakota.
must.
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Artist-members will perform for
Dewart is especially pleased with his
minutes each and are judged on perforclasses. ' 'These past five years have been
mance, technique, showmanship and the
thriving and productive. There's no end to
difficulty of their tricks (on unicycles, pogo
the amount of learning you can do. The
boards).
balance
sticks or
class goes on and on.' '
Why this sudden surge in popularity of
But juggling has definitely moved
an art as old as the Egyptian pyramids?
the stereotype of the circus.
beyond
And why should Eugene sport more jugconcedes, "It is not a
Dewart
"No,"
the
in
else
glers per capita than anywhere
worldwide movement -- not yet!''
world?
Feature by Marianne Jenkins
for The TORCH

Juggling is •catching
be continually doing something with our
hands. Juggling is perfect.''
ntration to
'' It takes all of your conce_
juggle so it gets you away from yourself
and your problems. Very relaxing, " she
adds.
"It's a break from my job, " says Ron
Rourke, a skills trainer in a group home
for retarded adults. '' It's a skill that I _
enjoy developing. Juggling is a very
goal-oriented sort of thing. You set

by Marianne Jenkins
for The TORCH

''When I saw Roberto doing his act at
the 1978 second annual Eugene Juggling Convention, I thought it was the .
most graceful thing I ever saw, ·' recalls
Diane Thomas. "But I was really a
klutz; I never thought I could learn.''
In less than a month, however, Diane
was juggling proficiently and she was
hooked . She has just performed for the
first time with Roberto at a club in
Tacoma for a fund raising event.
Diane is not typical of the students in
LCC instructor Tom Dewart's adult
education juggling class -- most have
no desire to perform publicly.
There seem to be as many reasons for
taking up juggling as there are clubs in
the air at the Downtown Center Monday
and Wednesday nights.
·'I like to be able to do what I want
and not have to please an audience,''
explains Larry Wakeman, a physics and
mathematics major at the U of O and a
student in the advanced juggling class.
He began over five years ago. "I just
like to have fun; it's a high! And for me,
it's a form of meditation to think up new
patterns for the group to perform."
"It's the workfng man's sport,"
says Lisa Hogan. '' Anyone can learn to
do it. There's nothing quite like it
around." Lisa began juggling three
years ago "for something to do." Now
she is working hard, practicing with
clubs about two hours a day. She is
putting together a proposal that would
short term goals for yourself and then
combine her love of juggling with her put time into accomplishing them.''
political science major, a program for
'' I have a hard time seeing myself as
teaching inmates at the penitentiary a 'juggler,' " says Lance Winger, a
how to juggle. "It's a perfect activity
local farmer who has been juggling
for people in jail," she explains, "It's
almost four years. ''To me, it's more
therapeutic, you can do it by yourself in
like a sport. I sharpen my hand-eye
a confined space, and once you learn to
coordination skill by juggling. It
do it, it's rewarding.''
.demands that you use your brain as well
'' Juggling is the perfect meditation
as your body.
"When we get together, we don 't
for our western culture," states Diane
just sit around, we juggle. There's
Thomas. ''We find it hard to concentrate without any motion -- we have to
nothing quite like it!''

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Richie Havens: Out
of tune with reality
The Good Of' Days Department: It was nice
to see that Richie Havens is still biting. He
even has teeth now, to make it official. But
his Eugene appearance at The Place, May
11, was proof that Havens would rather be
at Woodstock, New York than a smokefilled Oregon bar. No, Virginia, the '60s are
not dead. They are constantly being revived by the likes of Havens, Country Joe
MacDonald (at the Convention Center this

by Carla Schwartz
of The TORCH
week) and Steppenwolf (at Grand Illusions
next week). These keepers of the flame are
still living off laurels earned in their formative years, and pinching our recessionary wallets.
The most aggravating thing about the
Havens show was the incredible amount of
time he spent tuning and retuning his
guitar. I mean, I can fully understand the
frustration of strings that have a mind of
their own, but Havens was totally unable to
cope with his instrument. He continued to
tune during his songs.

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I am not totally unsympathetic to
Havens' plight. The few songs he got
through sent chills down my cynical spine,
although he is getting a little too old to be
cre-dible in this business. Still I can't help
but feel that Havens and his fans are
caught in a massive time warp, from which
there is no escape.
The TORCH Has Ears Department: Mark
Spangler, gonzo reporting expert at large,
has suddenly left for greener pastures.
Spangler heard Portland calling, but plans
to keep an eagle's eye out for the Eugene
scene, and continue his associa_tion with
the Observer.
More Fond Farewells Department: With
this, the final edition of this year's TORCH,
I would like to thank some of the people
who helped make my reign as entertainment editor a unique '' learning experience." Big thank yous to Sarah
"Fine" Jenkins, Pete Peterson, Nancy
Walton, Kathy Emery (wherever you are),
K. Weinman, Ken Hanselman, Gaye Lee
Russell, Steve, Josephine, Jeb, Noni, and
all bands beginning in "The." It's been ...
real.

Since January, the band has gone
through many changes -- both major and
'
minor.
They have adopted Hank Cooper, a
sensational harmonica player (probably
best known for his work with The Party
Kings}, to help out on several tunes.
Cooper's true colors seldom get the
chance to be seen, but when he wails,
he wails. He rips off the Beatles' Love
Me Do with incredible finesse, and does
it oh, so casually. Cooper wears ear
plugs at the gigs, because, he says, the
loud music hurts his ears.
Another new addition is a band called
The Edge, a three-piece, mostly copytune band, that has taken over me
responsibility and drudgery of warming
up the audience. The Edge used to
rehearse at a warehouse across from The

Forrest Inn
Emerald Valley Golf Course,·
Creswell
May 22-31 Tymepiece

News' until their friendly neighbors
spray-painted polite obscenities all over
their walls. The Edge was promptly
kicked out. The Edge and The News now
share the latter's warehouse, where
they're running out of virgin wall space.
The News' fans are as true blue as
·ever. When The Tavern on the Green
found out one fan was under legal
drinking age, they told her they could no
longer let her in. But this particular
young lady was not only devoted, she
was enterprising. She started showing up
for the shows extra early to ensure a
good parking space. Now she sits quietly
outside in her car where she attests, '' I
can hear perfectly.''

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North Bank Restaurant
22 Country Club Road, Eugene
686-1123
May 22 John Workman
May 27 Jazz Piano
May 28 Barbara Dzuro

The Place
160 South Park, Eugene 484-7458
May 23-24 Happy Daze
May 28-29 The Robert Cray Band
May 30-31 The Bosworth Brothers

The News has become slightly less
flamboyant since January. The practice of
throwing beer at the band at the end of
the night has been halted. Beer may give
you healthy hair, but it takes the shine
right out of your,guitar.
But most importantly, the band actually
is two steps closer to their dream of
being ''The Band of the Eighties.'' The
album they recorded a year and a half
ago at Triad Studio is scheduled for
release next month.
Inner City Records, which has up until
now been strictly a jazz label, has picked
up The News' album, making them the
first non-jazz oriented act on that label.
Inner City has pressed vinyl for the likes
of Jeff Lorber, Cam Newton, Glider, and
Dan Siegel. A six to eight week albumpromoting tour is scheduled for this
summer.

The TORCH

Grand Illusions
412 Pearl St., Eugene 683-5104
May 22-24 Upepo
May 25 The Hotz
May 27 The News
May 28 The News with John Kay
and Steppenwolf
May 29-31 The News

Perry's
959 Pearl, Eugene 683-2360
May 22 Maija
May 23-24 The Cam Newton Trio
May 28 Steve Hilton and Matt
Cooper
May 29 Scott Stickley Quartet
May 30-31 The Lon Guitarsky Group

Tavern on the Green
1375 Irving Road, Eugene 689-9595
May 22-24 The Will Barnes Band
May 25 Night Wing

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1475 Franklin Blvd., Eugene
683-4686
May 22-24 The News
May 28-31 City Limits
June 4-7 Slow Train
June 11-14 Trigger's Revenge

Duffy's
801 E. 13th, Eugene 344-3615
May 23-24, 30-31 Hot Whacks

The NeWs in brief

In the January 31-February 6 issue of
The Torch, we presented an American
Bandstand-like approach to The News, a
local band with an enthusiastic although
sometimes fanatical following. The News
has its own brand of catchy original
tunes and covers of everything from
Sonny and Cher to Be-Bop Deluxe. Few
would argue they are one of the largest
drawing bands in town.
But The News has dreams too big for
Eugene to hold. They want to be ''The
Band of the Eighties, '' -- quite an
aspiration for a group of five young
home-grown boys (the oldest is 22).

May 26 Johnny Etheredge
May 27-31 The Will Barnes Band

The Black Forest
2657 Willamette, Eugene 344-0816
May 28 Cloudburst Boogie
with J.T. Meier

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by Carla Schwartz
of The TORCH

flROUNDTOWN
The Treehouse Restaurant
1769 Franklin Blvd., Eugene 485-3444
May 22 Jeff Levy
May 23-24 Buddy Ungson
May 25-27 Gail Roberts and Pam Birrell

THEftTRE
Oregon Repertory The~tre
99 W. 10th, 485-1946
May 22-24 Miss Marguerida 's
Way Midnight Mafia
The Very Little Theatre
2350 Hilyard, Eugene 344-7751
May 22-24, 29-31 Dark of the
Moon

Lane County Convention Center
Lane County Fairgrounds, Eugene
May 23 Country Joe MacDonald
May 28 Pat Travers

LCC Performing Arts Department
4000 E. 30th Ave., Eugene
May 22 Concert Choir and Baroque
Orchestra
May 29 Vocal Jazz Ensemble and
Jazz Band

Open Gallery
445 High St., Eugene
May 22-June 15 Better Science
Through Fiction Exhibition
Oregon Gallery
U of O Museum of Art, Eugene
May 22-June 15 Master of
Fine Arts Exhibits
Visions and Perceptions
1524 Willamette, Eugene 683-4604
May 22-31 Watercolors, oils and constructions by Evelyn Sheehan

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Spring term final eXam. schedule
If your class
is on

U,H,UH,UWHF

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

and starts
at
J,
0700 or 0730

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F, 0900- 1050

0800 or 0830

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

U, 0800- 0950

0900 or 0930

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

H, 0800- 0950

1000 or 1030

your exam day and time will be 06", 1000- 11.50)

1100 or 1130

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

1200 or 1230

your exam day and time will be on ~

1300 or 1330

your exam day and time will be on W, 1200- 1350

1400 or 1430

your_ exam day and time will be on M, 1400- 1550

u, 1400- 1550

1500 or 1530

your exam day and time will be on W, 1400- 1550

H, 1400- 1550

1600 or 1630

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

u,

1700 or 1730

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

H, 1600- 1750

1800 or LATER

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

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California Stereo Liquidators, a tnanu/oc-turer's representativ e
will dispose of their inventory surplus o/ new stereo equipment.
The items listed below will be sold on a first-come first-served
basis at ... Ramada Inn, 3540 Gateway St. (Conference Room)
Saturday, May 24, 1980

9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P:M. ,.

ONLY WHILE QUANTITIES LAST

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Car Stereos, In Dash . •

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Only AM/FM 8 Trk.
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$139

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Stereos, Underdasb

$

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$ 19

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Stereos, Underdasb

320nly AM/FM 8-Track $l 6S
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3 0 Onlv

AM/FM Cassette
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20 Pair Onlv

Modular
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$18 9
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Speakers, Giant Mags

18 .Only Graphic Equalizers $
For f.ar, Hiih Wattage

2 3 Pair Only 2-Wav f.ar
Speakers, Dual· Cone

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AM/FM In Dash
f.as.,ettes For Small Cars

220nlv AM/FM Cassettes
For Car With Auto Reverse

2 7 Only Power Boosters

For Stereo, Hi~h Watt~e

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Gyorgy fa lvy---- -------- -------- ------c -ont_i n_ue_ df_ro_m_pa_ge_3
ones. They felt I should spend more time
on academics and the social aspects of
growing up,'' he recalls.
But he was not interested in those
types of things. '' I liked individual
competiton, especially the risky things .. "
He has competed in everything from the
1947, '48, '49 Hungarian Downhill
Skiing Championships to the Hungarian
College Wrestling Championships. He
won the first place wrestling title three
years in a row anct was recruited to train
for the '48 Olympics in kayaking. But he
broke the kayaking team's rules by
training for a skiing event and was
disqualified. As for his intense level of
competitiveness, '' My mother still
.
criticizes me today.''
George attended medical school in
Hungary, partly because that was what
his parents wanted and partly because he
was intrigued by the stuoy of anatomy.
"The human body, how it works and
how to take care of it,. fascinated me. "
But studying medicine wasn't active
enough for him. ·'I was restless. I need
continuous physical activity.''
And then all of a sudden "a message
came to me ... a call that my occupation
should be teaching P.E."
He set a new goal for himself: He
received his degree from the National
- Academy of Phy~ical Education. But then
the Communist Party overthrew the
Hungarian government in 1948, and he
and his family decided to leave. "Those
with nothing to tose but just gain -- left.
We had already lost furniture, clothing,
everything in World War 11. A suitcase
fulr of junk and some books is what I
lost.''
George, his mother and brother had to
sneak by the tank-patrolled borders into
Austria to find political refuge. From
there he eventually came to America. "I
always secretly hoped to come here
Photo by Dennis Tach1bana

where there is a much broader, wider,
freer way of life." In Europe, the "bonds
and limitations are much greater. It is
difficult to find an outlet for your
dreams."
Once here, George continued to pursue
his goal of becoming a physical education
teacher by enrolling at the University of
Colorado. There he met his wife Carol
and graduated five years later with
bachelors and masters degrees in P. E.
Now, 23 years after arriving in this
country, George still harbors feelings of
restlessness. Not only does he teach
eight separate classes a week, but he
works out daily by running two miles and
practices gymnastics in his garage. He
also skis every possible weekend and
usually celebrates Christmas on the
slopes.
'' He is possibly one of the best
downhill skiers in this country in his age
group,'' admits his 20-year-old s9n
Martin. Martin shares his father's love
for skiing and also competes in downhill
racing.
"(George) is .a superior athlete," says
Sally Ward, one of his .soccer and former
gymnastic students. ,
But she also feels that George's
attitudes of competitiveness are
somewhat biased. ' 'He has a habit of
sticking women with weak players,''
says Ward. It doesn't matter how .good
the women are, she claims, he just
automatically groups them together.
··He has a pretty aggressive style,''
admits Steve Bennett
Currently one of George's beginning
soccer students, Bennett has afSo studied
gymnastics with him. He feels George
doesn't try to motivate students who are
new to a sport or activity, but simply
expects students to put out the needed
effort required to perfect a skill.
Consequently, ··his classes are too fast
for some."
Many women feel intimidated," says
soccer student Mary McFadden.'' It can
be a very embarrassing situation on the
soccer fie I'd. George doesn't come up and
give encouragement and explain that you
will feel foolish for awhile.''
But Bennett feels this is a good way to
teach the classes, "That's the way it
•should be.'' When you master
it's your own little
something,
victory.''
And George is candid about how he
feels. "I don't think men and women
should play (soccer) against each
other." Although he was the first person
at LCC to help enroll a woman into the
previously all-male soccer classes, he
now feels that the sexes should have
separate classes. He believes men and
women are not equitable competitors
because of the physical differences and
because of the mental differences -- men
have been raised to be more aggr-essive
than females. Consequently, he feels,
competition between the two sexes is not
satisfying in soccer.
And while the debate goes on, George
himself remains a competitor to be
reckoned with.
In 1977, George took first place at the
Eugene Kayaking City Championship. At
age 52, George was the first one to finish
the 14-mile trip up the Willamette River.
A blinding snowstorm caused many of
the competitors to retire from the race.
'' Without competition, man never
reaches his best,·' George concedes.
But, he feels if a person misinterprets
what competition is all about -- the desire
for clean and fair play -- it may also
bring out his worst qualities.
"You have to use the greatest mental
powers you have with emotional
discipline. You have to be master of
yourself, your emotions," he says.
• "Otherwise, you are still a little kid."
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This $pace is a tribute to your
intelligence, your courage, your
patience, your impatience, your
journalistic abilities, your tact
and diplomacy, your sense of
humor, your hard-headed ways, •
and your beautiful smile.
In memory of an exceptionally
fine year
1

Thank you
The TORCH staff

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Titan tracksters place 10th and ·12th at Nationals
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The Titan men 's track and field team captured 12th place in last weekend 's NJCAA
champions hips . But , '' Overall we did very well ,'' exclaims Al Tarpenning , LCC 's track
and field coach. The national meet was held in San Angelo, Tex. May 15, 16 and 17.
Ari zona 's Mesa Community College grabbed first place , followed closely by ·Ranger
Junior College of Texas_.
LCC •s number-12 position is a repeat of last year 's standings , although last year the
team pulled off 20 points while managing only 12 this year.
Titans Fred Sproul and Jeff Hildebrandt both gained All-American status with their
times in the 1,500-meters and the 5,000-meters.
Two of this year's four NJCAA placers , Fred Sproul and Rich Cleek, will return to ·
t:CC next year.

Competing against 61 other teams , the Titan women managed to pull off a tenth
place finish at the NJCAA National Championships to better last year 's finish by two
spots.
While not winning the meet, the Titans were succesful in their goal of placing each

Awareness event gives
insight to LCC.students
by Eric Sloat
for The TORCH

through the LCC campus_ for a timed
' 'race ''.
After finish.ing the course , many novice
wheelchairers found their bodies aching
and their -minds enlightened : the average
time for the novices was about 20 minutes,
compared to the 8 minutes Ashwell figures
it takes an experienced wheelchair-rider to
complete the course .
Du ring the session Friday, Sustello, who
lost her sight two years ago and who is also
a diabetic, was sitting down and measuring out her insulin. ''This woman came
over and said she was a registered nurse .
She couldn't believe a blind person could
do that,' ' says Sustello.
There were also opportunities for people
to just talk . ''I 've never talked to a blind person before ," said one LCC student.
After talking with one she found out
"they're just like anybody else. "
Linda Sustello thought that if '' just one
person becomes more aware, then it's (the •
clinic) a success. "
If that was the case the .clinic was a success a hundred times over.

•

" People just don 't know how to act
around someone who 's blind ," or disabled
in some other way says Linda Sustello,
chairman of the Oregon Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind.
To help correct that problem between
'' temporarily able-bodied '' and disabled
people last week , LCC , The Easter Seal
School , and the Eugene Commission on the
Rights of the Handicapped sponsored
Awareness Today, Action Tomorrow, a
three day clinic held on the LCC Campus
and Downtown Center.
'' We tried to set it up so it would be fun
and educational, '' says LCC Counselor Bjo
Ashwell. '
The atmosphere was loose and unstructured . There were tables full of brochures,
a puppet show, and events such as the
Blind Trust Walk , and the Wheelchair Rally
where· able-bodied people were invited to
mount a wheelchair and follow a course

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women in at least ari eighth place position or better.
Sandy Dickerson led Lane to a third place finish in the 500-meters on Friday . After
fighting for first place _through most of the race , Dickerson was outkicked in the
stretch by the two other athletes. Dickerson will be returning to LCC next year and
stands a good chance of holding the number one position on the team .
In the 3,200-meter relay , the Titan team of Anne O'Leary, Eeva Vedenoja, Jill
Lanham, and Sandy Dickerson edged out Michigan by a tenth of a second , taking third
place.
Eeva Vedenoja set a new school record time in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles
(64 .14) but only managed to pull off a fourth in the event.
The women managed to accumulate 17 team points compared with last year 's
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twelfth place of 12 points.
who placed
Lanham
Jill
and
Urrutia
Maria
were
awards
mention
Receiving honorable
seventh and eighth in the discus and t~e 400 meters.
With 13 Titan track women returning next year, the team expects the experience to
help mak~ next year an even more successful one.
The six women qualifiers were able to attend the three-day San Angelo , Tex. meet
because of the generous donations made by various LCC supporters.

LCC offers new Energy Programs
LCC will offer two new programs next
year which specifically deal with alternative energy; the Residential Energy
Assesment Program and the Energy
Management Technician Program.
The one-year Assesment Program offers a certificate (lf completion and re.quires the completion of 47 credit hours
in classes such as Energy Technology
and Solar Fundementals.
The two-year Technician Program · offers an Associates of Science degree.and

requires the completion of 99 credit
hours; 63 hours of core courses in
energy, math, and communication skills ;
36 hours of restricted electives in either
(a) solar _construction, (b) business , (c)
drafting, (d)technical classes. Specialized courses include classes such as
Energy Planning and Management and
Alcohol Fuel Production.
For more information , contact Allen
Gubrud in LCC Science department.

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Join in our Celebration and
year end Student Exposition
May 29, 1980
9:00-4:00
We will keep you Speilbound
with Artistry, Dancing, Sky-divers,
Music, Performances ....
Ah yes! Buses run all day to the
campus. Bring your children. Food
is available or bring a picnic lunch.
The Magic will be provided.

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Center seeking staff
The Women 's Awareness Center is currently seeking people to work on their staff . Most staff members
are involved with individuals who come to, or call the
center requesting information and/or support. The
staff functions in an " advocate " role by referring
people to appropriate places and giving out information from their resource file.
The center is also seeking specialized staff
assistants in the areas of vocational education ,
publicity and student services. The assistants will be
.. right-hand people " to the coordinator who is
responsible for each of these three areas . Interested
persons should drop by the center , located in Room
' 217 of the Center Building , and pick up an application , to be returned by Friday, May 30 .

Chamber players will perform in the LCC Theatre . The
group consists of Barbara Myrick, flute and piano ;
Larry Brezicka, oboe; Michael Anderson, clarinet;
Richard Long , bassoon ; Deborah Cunningham , horn ;
and Larry Clabby, piano. The group will present
various styles of music in varying combinations of instruments . The concert is presented through a joint
effort by the Performing Arts Department and the US
Recording Companies Fund , as arranged by Local 689
of the American Federation of Musicians .
Then , at 8 p.m. in the Performing Arts Building ,
tee student Alice Burke will present her final flute
recital, assisted by Wei-Li Chang, harpsichord and
piano ; Carl Purdom, cello ; Laura McConnell , voice ;
and Susan Seyer , flute . All are students in the Performing Arts Department. Music performed will include
works of Bach , Handel , Mozart . Haydn , Hindemith
and Faure .

Job service offered
Exped ition Research , Inc . (ERi) operates a placement service fur college students who are interested
in joining research and exploratory expeditions
throughout the world . This summer , more than 100
expeditions offer hundreds of opportunities for
students to work with professors in the following
fields : Anthropology, Archaeology , Biology , Geology ,
Glaciology, Oceanography and Zoology.
Students registering with ERi receive monthly
issues of Exploration ,which lists opportunities. and
resume forms for completion to meet urgent requests .
To register . students should send $15 to Expedition
research . Inc. P.O. Box 467. Cathedral and Franklin
Sis .. Annapolis, Md. 21404 . Additional information is
available in the LCC Career Information Center .

e recitals
LCC musicians giv_
Two concerts are scheduled for Wednesday , May
28 . on .the LCC campus . At 4 p.m . a "Segue " Concert with special guest artists the Silverwood

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Sherwood--$11D
Pioneer--$125
Scott--$175
Pioneer--$75
Also have several cassettes, turntables
and speakers
STEREO WORKSHOP
Monday-Saturday. 9-6, 1233 " M" St., Springfield. 741-1597.
12 string Epiphone guitar with case. Perfect condition. Must be seen
and played . Must sell. $150 . Kant 343-0793 or stop by TORCH office.
Ladies 10 speed. $75 or best offer. 485-6857 .
Water Bed king size mattress for $50 or best otter. 867-0867 .
Classical guitar, Harnandiz grade 1A, positive tone qualities. Scratchlass , hardshell case . $650. John 942-5901 .
In good condition - Entire bedroom set: bed/headboard , nitastand,
desk, dresser/bookshelves - Call 689-1326 .
Must Sell 2 G78X15 mud and snow tires . $40 each. 726-0804.
7 n. black Vinyl Couch. $50, 726-0804.

Two Jack Dempsey fish. $4 for the pair. 746-8057.
One year-old watorbed, super single, $100. You move , you set up.
Call 689-6952 for information.
Wedding Dross, Size 9 (with veil) , $50. Debbie, 747-4038.
Excellent Acoustic guitar, worth $250 asking Sl 00, all offers considered . Andy 687-1877 .
HI-FIDELITY STEREO SERVICE
free estimates
STEREO WORKSHOP
" M" St .. Springfield. 741-1597.
1233
9-6.
Monday-Saturday,
Used Fender Rhodes Electric piano. Call toll free from Eugene and
Springfield , 937-3320.

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1959 Ford PU 223/6 cyl. Classic. New chrome wheels and tires,
cassette and more . Phone T.J. 746-7992.
1970 Dodge Dart. Must sell, $600. Runs great, no dents. 741 -0125.
'76 Datsun Pickup. Excellent condition. 55 ,000 miles. 25 miles per
gal. in city. $3825 . Call 343-5723 ask for Jerry or leave message
with family .
Used Tires , HR70-15 , DR78-14, E78-14 , LR70-15 can bring to
school for inspection. Call 345-6909 .
Economical 6 cyl. 1 barrel ' 59 Ford Truck . $400 or best offer.
345-1619 .
'67 Malibu , new racing engine, new tires , $900, runs great.
689-0046 leave massage for Ron.
'72 Dodge. Coronet 318 , needs soma work - good interior, runs ok.
S500, 687-1877 ask tor Andy .

Term schedules mailed
The LCC Summer Term class schedules will be
mailed to district residents beginning Friday, May 23 .
They will also be available on campus and at the
Downtown Center as of May 27 .
Registration for Summer Term is June 4 and 5 for
continuing students, and June 11 and 12 for new and
returning students . Classes begin June 16.
Although the college is facing budget problems , 11
will still be offering a full range of classes this summer. Some 500 sections of credit classes will be offered. as well as adult education classes .
For more information call the Admissions Office .
726-2201 .

Mall entertainers needed
Clowns , jugglers , magicians , mimes, puppeteers,
and revue troops are needed to entertain at children ' s
events and to give noon hour performances on the
Eugene downtown mall this summer. Interested persons should submit their names and pertinent infor-

Newer Home in Springfield area. 3 bedrooms and family room with
fireplace . $120 per month plus utilities . Call Roger altar 5:30 p.m.
687-4713 .
Deluxe 4 bedroom, 2 bath unit near 301h and Hilyard. $475 per month
(lass for lease). 344-1583 or 485-5982.
Looking for compatiable roomates to form co-op living . Partial veggie
woman with 2 year old seeks house close-in by mid-June. Call Bernadette at 689-8776 .
Female Roomate wanted to share 2 bedroom house with same. S100
month. Open June 1, but could work something out sooner.
484-0929 .

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HI-FIDELITY STEREO SERVICE
Free Estimates
STEREO WORKSHOP
Monday-Saturday, 9-6. 1233 " M" St. , Springfield. 741-1597

Chock it Out! Small furnished apartment, $125 per month for the
summer. Centrally located near U of O and bus route. 345-6703 .

About a third of some 750 graduating LCC students
are expected to don caps and gowns for the 1980
graduation ceremony May 30 , at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Theatre .
Father James Dieringer , campus chaplain , will
deliver the invocation . Joyce Benjamin , a Eugen attorney and vice-chairer of the State Board of Education . will be the commenceme nt speaker.

Student work presented
The work of LCC art students will be exhibited ,n
the LCC 1Â¥,t Gallery May 19 through June 3.
Various art media, including oil painting , scu lpture ,
weaving , ceramics and Jewelry , will be represented in
the exhibit.
The gall ery is located on the first floor of the Math
and Art Building . Gallery hours are Monday through
Thursday 8 a. m. to 10 p.m., and Friday 8 a.m . to 5
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p.m.

ASLCC posts now open
The Associated Students of Lane Community College (ASLCC) is now accepting applications for
publicity director and student resource center director . Applicants must be willing to take a minimum of
12 hours per term (credit) for 1980-81 . Successful
applicants will receive a tuit ion waiver for the year. Interested persons should stop by the ASLCC offices.
located in Room 479 m the Center Building , to pick up
an application . Filing deadline is Tuesday , May 27.
For more information , contact the ASL CC office at
747-4501 , ext. 2330.

An Alcohol Fuels Public Workshop is planned for
June 6 in Forum 308-309 . The all day session is open
to the public and free of charge .
The featured speaker will be Terry Edvalson from
Eastern Oregon State College . He is the advisor to fuel
producers who work in cooperation with the Grande
Ronde Commodities of Hot Lake, Ore.
Edvalson ' s speech , on Alcohol Fuel Production , is
scheduled to begin at 9:10 a.m. m Forum 308
A highlight of the sessi on should be a demonstration of a portable worki ng hobby still developed at
Treasu re Valley Community College in Ontario, Ore.
For a full schedule of the day 's events, contact
John Jacobs , 747-4501, extension 2446.

Jazz concert slated
A .. Jazz Attitude .. concert, combining musical and
dance elements , is slated for Friday , May 31, at 8
p.m . at the Maude Kerns Art Center, located at 1910
E. 15th Ave. The musicians featured are: Larry Natwick , Andre St. James and Krsitin Papania. The
dancers will be : Mae Chesney , Michelle Powers,
Tracey Durbin and Catherine Guemn. Tickets, which
are $3 per person , are avai lable at Maude Kerns or the
Community Center for the Performing Arts. For further details, contact Les lie Coplan d at 345-157 1.

Walkers asked to join in
The Coalition to Fight the Death Penalty 1s seek ing
interested persons to participate 1n the Second Annual
Walk Against Genocide at Home and Abroad, to be
held July 26 . Planni ng meeti ngs are held every other
Tuesday throughout the month of May, from 6 to 8
p.m. at the Eugene Public-Library. Walkers , workers
and sponsors are needed. For fu rther informati on , call
689-8289 .

4 p.m. Shatters : little people with little minds talk their petty little
rhymes , failing to remember that cats play and win more games than
rats . Signed: -- PUMA
Sonia: Thank you for your phone number, I like you a lot -- W.8.
Holly: Thank you a lot for the letter. You are rude!
Margy: What a wonderful woman you are, stay sweet -- ME
" I'm sorr'y ... this number has been disconnected ... please check the
number.. . " 1 needed you. W~y not tell me these things? -- Your
friend??
Dennis : I feel a need to touch you , know you . Call ma. Thanks for the
photographs! -- Cindy
Tony: Your haircut is cute! -- Love , a friend
Beverly Parks Market Girts: Congratulations on your double win Sunday . You 've got the best looking team I've seen in a while . -- Bob
LeAnne: Happy anniversary Memorial Day. let' s celebrate. Love you
lots . -· Mark

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Peggy N: Don 't forget to send my invitation -- D.H.
------LCC WOMENS SOCCER needs more women for the Eugene Soccer
Tournament, if interested call: 726-9238
RETRACTION: Ona on two is good odd 's and with a pair of leggs like
yours , who could refuse -- T.G. 's
----------Tom, Scott and Alan: Soccer wouldn 't have bean any fun without you
, guys -- lynny & Ann
Holly W.: Here ' s something to think about. Why ~an 't we be friends ?
--War Ill
Sherry: To whom it may concern. I' m sorry for pushing you . -- Super
sorry .
Michelle: Sis , I really love you and I hope we stay super close -- concerned Gangster
Holly W: I really did love you alot and if concerned , wall why? -Gangster or Dirt

TYPING SERVICES
Reports , essays, term papers, etc. Typed accurately by an experienced typist. Phone 689-9979 .

Mitzi: I love you -- Rafael

Ada: I'm really sorry - we can still be friends though. -- I'm really
sorry - concerned.

Hey Kevin: Why haven 't I heard from you? Do you still go to LCC? -Love, Mr . Bill

Weeds need pulling?
General yard work?
Experienced gardener. Quality guaranteed . $3 .50-$4 hr. (negotiable)
Denice 485-5835 .

Girls: This is one guy that is down. I don 't want any more relationships -- R. l.

GA/RC: Congratulations! We 've make it through one year ol being
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EVIL together --Vol , Annod

Holly: You know I still care. I now know that you were right. -- Down
and Out

Grateful Dead 's 15th Anniversary shows in Colorado June 7-8 . Call
484-6851 for further info.

To who cares : Leave me alone, I' m a loner now so F.O. -- The
Gangster.

E.J. : You get me all twlttarpated!! -- I love ya .

Trish: You're really nice, but we ain 't made for each other -- You
know who.

Womens Clinic: Birth Control information and methods, pap smears
and breast exams available at LCC Student Health Service by appointment.
TULASI TYPfNG SERVfCE
a member of The Tulasi Group
Professional typing of term papers - reports- resumes - you name it!
We use computerized word processing equipment to ensure accuracy
and quality. Retyping a specialty. Emergencies handled with ease.
Call 6B8-326B
Clothing Repairs , Construction. Afterations, Modifications - Designs
by the Denim Doctor - Saturday Market - 726-0572 .
COUNSELING
Adults , older teens, couples . Working through personal problems
and towards personal growth . A gentle approach using discussion ,
Gestalt roleplaying , guided fantasy, dreamwork, etc . Fees based on
client income . First session free .
Lynn Porter -- 343-4708

lo,t & found

Lost-- blue pack on Monday 19 between 1: 00 and 2:00 by the woodshop in the apprenticeship building. Reward. Valuable notes . Please
call Pat at 741-0183 .

wanteo

Larry: Best of luck at U of 0. See you this summer. -- Dena
Ace: Dacquiri 's, Eric Clapton and makin ' waves • Let 's do it again
real soon! •· JG
Julie : I still love you -- J. S.
Does this make us related?!!
The bouquet is lovely Barb - however crippled outwardly , I dance inside and you are one of my joys! -· Love , Cindy
I have white stork legs but I' m not a virgin... Tom
Jab : Can't we be friends? -- NGM
Sarah: You are really fine , you know. Thank you for everything
--Sitting Duck

" Willie 's Farm " will be paying with Country Joe McDonald for the
P.E.A. C.E. benefit at Lana Fairgronds Auditorium . Friday, May 23 at
7:30 - ?. Tickets are $5. There will be a beer garden.
M., L. and The Crew: It 's been lots of fun! Keep your pockets empty,
use breath mints and stay on your toes . The payback is going to be a
mother.

Heidi B: Thanks for being my friend when I was in need. Maybe again
sometime -- the gangster
STAFF MEMBERS . Thanks for the fine (on a scale ol 1 to 10) year.
Once a TORCHia , always a TO RCH ie -- Sarah
DAVID: Remember me? The TORCH is over·- Mom
Going to Montana: II ride needed middle of June call Barb at
343-3702 (keep trying till yo~ reach me)
Cindy: Will miss our crazy conversations that I enjoy so much with
you . Come visit, -- Ba!bie Doll
Frank: Will miss your friendship when you go to Corvallis . I hope we
can keep in touch . Friends always -- B.S.

Babe: I believe there 's nothing stronger than our LOVE. -· Forever,
Your Woman

Sara : Take care of our place and enjoy your summer. Will miss you
muchly -- Love , Barb

Sometimes when it's starting to rain , I can almost see your face once
again. I can almost touch you--/ swear I 've touched you now. (We 'll
never forget what we had together) . My heart will always have a
special place for you .

Pat Travers is going to be great and especially your duplex. Love -AM BRA

To Auto-Diesel 1:Bumpers are necessa ry! The 3 in the back row
know .
UNCLE PETE: Being a proud poppa and a new housefather can get a
little crazy ... but.. .payroll worksheets under the freshly laundered
r~ceiving blankets??? Many congrats on Baby Leah. We wuv you! -Queen Bee, Honey Bee and the Hive.
Nancy Summers: Happy Birthday Friday 5/ 23 / 80 . We Love You! -Friends

Room lor rtnt: In 2 bedrotm apt. Convenient location to U of Ocam-

Need roomate in June. Will negotiate what's affordable - lovely place
and friendly . -- Cindy 687-9423.

Graduation ... at last!

Fuels workshop featured

cla, ,ifie d,

Wanted : Beatie Records , original release ' s only , will consider all.
Please call 726-5526, and keep trying .

pus, d1Wntown, bus . Available June 5. R111t • $117 .50 plus utilities.
Must "- clnn and responsible. Please contact Deiinis at 343-6067 '
6 PM

mation to Eugene Parks and Recreation Department
cultu·ral arts program , 858 Pearl St. . c/o Vivienne
Friendly .

Polar Bear: Those good bye 's are a bummer! But - oh those
homecomings! -· Love , Cathie
Learn more about the New Testament: attend class on Tuesdays and
Thursdays , room 269 Health from 12-1 p. m.
LCC WOMENS SOCCER CLUB vs East Broadway Pizzeria, 1 p.m..
Saturday, May 24 at the LCC Soccer Bowl.

Toni: Why don ' t you come inside? -· a friend

D.: Are you still there? Nina weeks now we 've been in touch , don 't
you think it' s been long enough? I am the one , maybe, you say; if you
want to find out, I know just the way. Next Wed. night,(28th), I' d like
to meet, an evening with you, I' m sure , would be quite a treat. You
have my number, you know my name - so how about it, are you
game? -- Tall Blond

Bill: I just adore your beautiful blue eyes . -- signed , Bobbie
Dennis: Get my address written on the back of you r hand -· The Jags
& Cars
Pete -- Add me to the long list of people whose lives you 've changed.
Thank you. H.S.
We 're finished , we 're finished, we 're actually finished. -· an enthusiastic ex-entertainment ed.
Happy Summertime TORCHies. -- A Pigeon Sister

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In a word, the year was, well ••• fine
The other day a friend asked how my year as TORCH editor had
been.
"Fine," I replied. He smiled and seemed satisfied with that
answer as he went on to talk about other things.
The whole year has been fine.
I mean, it hasn't been great -- the college is over $2 million
away from a balanced budget and administrators are talking in
hushed voices about retrenchment. But then it hasn't been terrible
either. It's just been, well, fine.
Most of my days during this·fine year have been fine, too. My
son asks me every morning how I am, and I say "Fine." Usually
that happens about 7 a.m. and I haven't had much sleep, so I
can't say "Great." But then, it could be 6 a.m. or even 5, so it's
not terrible either.
As the day progresses it usually stays fine. The tickets I get for
parking in the motorcycle zone keep it from being great, but they
haven't towed my car away either. So it's pretty much fine.
Even internationally the year has been, in a word, fine. I mean,
sure the Iranian militants took 50 hostages, but according to
reports all the Americans in Tehran are still fine.
As for the national scene, is there a better word? If I were asked, "How's the US doing today?" I'd have to say "Fine."
The first anniversary of Three Mile Island was remembered by
some real fine speeches; the voter turnout for the presidential
primaries has been fine; compared to the Depression, recession is
fine; there've been some very fine anti-war demonstrations. All in
all, .everything's fine.
Even the college has worked hard to be fine. Some fine athletes
have gotten some fine credit for some fine classes they didn't attend, and some fine coaches had some fine explaining to do. Some
fine taxpayers are being asked to foot the bill for some fine
students the college and the state didn't expect to come to this
fine school, and some fine teachers may lose their fine jobs if the
taxpayers don't think everything's fine.
As for the ASLCC, I can't even think of a finer student union. As
the representatives of the 232 students who voted in last year's
fine ASLCC elections, President Debi Lance and Vice-president
Gary Wilson have been fine. Not great, of course -- they managed
to spend around $25,000 in student fees without having much except a failed concert and a couple of weekends at Haceta Head to
show for it. But not really terrible, either. I mean, you have to do
something to be terrible. Inaction is basically sort of fine.
All of LCC is doing, well, fine.
Come to think of it, even The TORCH has been fine. After running some fine stories about fine LCC Iranian students last fall,
some really fine people got upset. Some of their finer comments
were that I was turning the TORCH into the National Enquirer, and
that I was printing Fascist propaganda. Now if those aren't fine
criticisms, I just don't know fine when I hear it.
Then there was the two-page spread on an anti-war demonstration. I guess it proved that some real fine people read the TORCH,
because I sure heard some fine comments on that one. But since
most of the fine words dealt with my right to publish ''obscenity''
I'm too fine a person to reprint them here.

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a fine word. I mean, it's not a great word. When I say fine, I don't
mean wonderful -- I don't mean the best possible. But then I don't
mean terrible either. If it could be better, but it could be worse,
it's -- to coin a phrase -- fine.
Several months ago, some TORCH staff members tried to get me
to rate fine on a scale of 1 to 10. I think they were missing a fine
point -- fine is like nice. Have A Nice Day means about the same as
Have A Fine Day. Nice, fine days in Eugene are when it rains only
half the time and you don't hurt yourself.
If a fine-8 day is supposedly better than a fine-3 day, fine just
doesn't mean the same.
If my day, the college, the nation and the world are all doing
fine, nobody expects details. Fine pretty much says it all.
But if I'm feeling terrible, the college is doing miserably, the nation is desperate and the world is doomed -- well, those are the
kinds of things you have to explain.
Those kinds of explanations have a tendency to be either great
or terrible -- I prefer fine.
It's concise, yet ambiguous. Succinct, yet obscure. Laconic,
yet enigmatic. It's really one of my favorite words.
And how does it feel to be leaving LCC and The TORCH?
Fine.

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by Charlotte Hall
of The TORCH

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Yi Choeng Cheang, a Cambodian refugee
of Chinese desent, watched two of his sons
and one daughter die of starvation over one
.and a half years ago. Then , more than
seven months ago, Yi CfJeang escaped
from communist controlled Cambodia -taking with him his wife and his only son,
2-year-old Chhong Heng Cheang. Since
the citizens of Cambodia were refused adequate food, shelter, and medical services
- from both the Pol Pot and the Heng Samrin
regimes which were fighting each other for
control of the country, explains Yi Cheang,
escape remained their only hope.
In the Jan. 4-9 issue of The TORCH,
''Cambodian Exodus: A long journey between two worlds, '' Yi Cheang and his
wife, Ley Ching Taing -- speaking through
a Chinese interpreter -- reconstructed the
years of starvation in Cambodia, their
escape, their arrival in a Thailand-based
refugee camp, and finally, their departure
to America.
The family ended their long journey in
Eugene, where another family agreed to
sponsor them and allow them to live in their
house.

The United Stated marked the beginning
of a new life and renewed hope,· claims Yi
Cheang. And now -- through broken
English ~- he is able to describe the ordeal
his family is experiencing by suddenly being thrust into the hands of a foreign country.
In Cambodia, begins Yi Cheang, he did
not speak out freely because he was in fear
of offending the communist government -an insult which, according to Yi Cheang,
could intice the government to execute
him.
"Now I no afraid to die. Before," he
continues softly, "(if) I live for (one) day, I
think, maybe tomorrow I die -- maybe."
The threat of starvation was so great, in
fact, that Yi Cheang ,often risked his life to
fish at night in a nearby river or to steal
cans of _rice. But a member of the communist regime in power searched his

house one day, finding a fish net hidden on
the roof and two cans of rice stashed in the
house. Yi Cheang was taken to a nearby
camp where , he says , he was a forced
laborer and was fed very little. Fortunately,
he was able to flee the camp, with his family, to a nearby town.
Now , renting an apartment in Eugene,
the Cambodian family has enough money ,
food, clothing, and medical services. They
receive $300 a month from the Department
of Human Resources and almost $60 a
week for cooking at The Genghis Khan
Mongolian Barbecue Restaurant.
Yi Cheang 's greatest ambition is to
become a printer -- the occupation he held
before Premier Pol Pot 's forces overthrew
Lon Nol's Cambodian goyernment, led by
Lon Nol, in 1975. _
Yi Cheang worked without pay for a Springfield printer for about one month. But he
discovered that printers in America rely
primarily on machines while most of the
printing he has done was done by hand.
He realizes that he must conquer the
basics of the English language before he is
able to learn the modern techniques of the
printing trade. Many of the refugees from
Cambodia, including Yi Cheang and Ley
Taing, attend LCC's English as a Second
Language (ESL) program located at the
downtown center.
Yi Cheang, however, is very fortunate.
Since he speaks Chinese, as well as Cambodian, he is able to use the English_Chinese dictionary to translate English
words into Chinese words.
His wife, Ley Taing, is not so lucky. She
does not speak English very well, says Yi
Cheang sadly. Ley Taing will have to learn
English before she can find a job that will
pay her for her work. At the prese'nt time
she is content to work at Genghis Khan, as
a cook, without wages.
Both the former refugees regard their
jobs as learning experiences -- ones
they're happy to have. "I thankful," says
Yi Cheang with a slight smile, ''because
the United States very nice."

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'They have,fun. • •'
''You can come here in a grumpy mood and then just walk
away feeling good,'' said actress Susan St. James during
the Special Olympics state track meet last weekend.
St. James passed out smiles, hugs and autographs as
she posed for photos with each of the athletes in Hayward
Field Saturday. "It's something that I don't need any talent
for. I can just get involved and hug people and make them
feel good," said St. James. "It's not a stuffy dinner party
where you just hand over a check.''
Sponsored by the Kennedy Foundation, the Special Olympics have been held annually since 1968. Athletes train and
compete in local and state meets, and Nationals are held
every four years. At last year's International Special Olympics, 50 states and 30 foreign countries were represented.
'Most of the athletes are mentally retarded or physical!
limited in some way. Both men and women, from age 8 on
up, compete in meets held around various parts of the state.I
Events include swimming, bowling, basketball and track.
Saturday, nearly 1200 atheletes participated in the·
games. "We only had 500 participants five years ago,,,'
says Terry Dotson, Special Olympics Board member.
About 600 people volunteered the time, services and
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money that went into Saturday's meet. Many of the
volunteers were "huggers" who stood at the finish lines
and cheered participants on. From first place to last, each
athlete received enthusiastic praise from the huggers and
cheers from the crowd.
'' They appreciate everything you do for them,'' says Dotson. "I love working with those kids."
Novelist Ken Kesey challenged athletes to wrestle with
him. "C'mon ," he urged. "My daughter beats me at this."
Linda Lang, an information booth volunteer from Beaverton, was particularlly impressed by the aura of goodwill that
characterized Saturday's competition. Earlier in the day,
when one of the atheletes fell down du~ing a race, a competitor turned back to help him up. ''They have fun, but
they help each other," said Lang. - "That's what it's all
about.''
As if to prove her point, a shy looking young man walked
up to the information booth and handed Lang a couple of
dollars. "I found th is down on the field, " he said. "I
wanted to turn it in."
"It's refreshing, isn't it?" said Lynn, as she watched
him walk away.

efreshing'
Story by Heidi Swillinger
Photos by Dennis T'achibana

Susan Saint James (center)

The ''Tarpenning Track Tradition''
may be over, according to the Eugene
Register-Guard. In a May 21 article, the
paper reports that Al Tarpenning, the
most successful coach in the history of
LCC, is all but finished here."
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Contacted by the TORCH late Thursday night, college President Eldon
Schafer confirmed that he will make a
statement '· by mid-afternoon tomorrow
(Friday, May 23) that will finalize our
current dilemma.''

.I have not
,'At thismypoint,recommendamade
Ition''
The R-G had said that Schafer had
been expected to act last Wednesday,
May 21, on a recommendation that the
47-year-old Tarpenning be fired as
coach of both the track and cross country teams and as an instructors in the
Health and Physical Education Department. The recommendation reportedly
resulted from a '' lengthy investigation
conducted by six administrators at Lane
that began last winter and is still continuing."
In an interview with the TORCH
Wednesday afternoon, Schafer said,
At this point, I have not made my
recommendation.'' While declining to
give any specifics about the Tarpenning
case, Schafer said the athletics investigation is not yet completed. '· I
wish I could say it was wrapped up,"
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Is Tarp's time
runn ing out?
by Sarah Jenkins
of The TORCH

.irregularities involv''
ing Tarpenning and his
conduct. .. ''
he said, but it isn't."
Schafer added that his refusal to
comment is '' an endevor to protect people until the internal investigation is
completed.·' However, he called a final
imminent" as of late
decision
Wednesday afternoon.
In interviews with the TORCH late
Thursday, neither Schafer nor Tarpen ning offered any clarification.
The investigation into the Athletics
Department was launched in February
when administrators discovered that
Dale Bates, LCC's athletic director, had
awarded unearned credit to a U of 0
football player.
Bates was suspended for one week
without pay and placed on a year's pro.
bation.
Only a week later, Titan basketball
player Mike Hollingsworth was declared
ineligible for competition under the
Oregon Community College Athletic
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Association (OCCAA) regulations. The
decision cost the LCC team, coached by
Bates, six games and a berth in the DCCAA playoffs.
At that time, Schafer ordered a complete investigation of the department
with special emphasis on '' independent
study'' classes and transcripts that
might include ·'dubious'' credit.
Although the full findings of the probe
have not yet been made public, the
newpaper claims that '' irregularities involving Tarpenning and his conduct as
an LCC staff member prompted the
recommendation that he be fired.
According to the Register-Guard article, LCC officials refused to discuss the
recommendation, "indicating that
much of it had to do with personnel matters.'' However, the article reported
that ''apparent violations of OCCAA and
NJCAA regulations and Lane internal
procedures were involved in the matter.'·

"I wish I could say it was
all wrapped up, but it
isn't''
Tarpenning reportedly refused comment to the R-G, but his lawyer Henry
Drummonds said, ''We will be looking
into this matter (Wednesday) when we
meet with the interested parties, and in
the event this matter moves any further
we will have a statement. "
LCC 's attorney, Tim Harold, also
refused comment, according to the
newspaper.
Last month, LCC Board of Education
member Catherine Lauris confirmed
rumors that the school was studying
Tarpenning's situation in comments she
reportedly made to the Springfield
News. In the News article, she referred
to insubordinate actions" by Tarpenning.
"He just doesn't pay any attention to
his directives,'' she was quoted as saying. '' Al has been stepping out of line
for 1Oyears.''
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'' .. .apparent violations of
OCCAA and NJCAA regulat •ions . .. ''
Tarpenning 's athletes, however, support their coach, even if they are aware
of his '' going about it the wrong way,''
according to one current team member:
"He's a super guy," said trackster
Steve Sauceda, commenting on the
Register-Guard story, '' but that (article)
is r)ght -- he really works for · the
students, but he's got to do it without
going under the table."

Talent grants killed by scandal, finances
understood that when a bill is sent back to comAug. 16, 1979: The ''concept'' of talent recognimittee or tabled, it's been killed. I thought that
tion grants for students was approved by the LCC
was what we did at that (Aug. 16) meeting."
Board of Education -·- but the "numbers game"
of how many ·scholarships would go to which
In the eight months since Charlene Curry s
departments was voted down.
she has been proven correct. The
statement,
scholartuition
36
The board normally awards
board has not reconsidered the ''concept'' or the
ships each year. But funds were included in the
reality of talent recognition grants.
1979-80 budget for an additional 68. According
During the May 14 board meeting, members
to a proposal presented by Jack Carter, LCC .
approved awarding the standard 36 grants to
deanof students, those grants would have been
area high school Students and people in LCC's
awarded in four categories: Developmental
High School Completion Program. But the addieducation (8 grants), athletics (30), music and
68 were not mentioned.
tional
drama (12) and scholastic recognition (18).
With the tuition hike scheduled to take effect
The board- asked Carter to work out specific
next fall, those 36 grants are now. worth $495
criteria tor awarding the grants, taking into coneach for a total of $17,820.
sideration the '' numbers game'' and distribution
During a break in the meeting, Dean of
on the basis of sex and minority standings.
Students Carter explained that the proposal for .
Sept. 5: The board declined to take further action
talent recognition grants had "died a sudden
on Carter's proposal. As board member Charlene
death." Between the college's budget problems
Curry explained, ''In the legislature, it's almost

and the Athletic Department scandal, the idea
had been dropped.
At the 1980-81 tuition rate of $165 per,student,
those 68 grants would have cost the college
$33,660 at a time when LCC can't afford any extras, Carter said.
Also, in the original proposal 44 percent of the
new grants would have gone to athletes. "With
the original concern about that many athletic
scholarships, and then the Athletic Department
problems," Carter explained, "we just didn't
think it would get board approval."
According to Carter, he and LCC President
Eldon Schafer had discussed re-submitting the ,
grant proposal to the board without any athletic
-scholarships -- '' until the whole problem with
that department is resolved'' -- but decided
against it for financial reasons.
"Now," says Carter, "with the FTE
(reimbursement) crunch, it just won't happen."

Draft r~instatement moves ·neare r reality
Sept. 27, 1979; "People don't go out and
demonstrate until the threat (of war) is immediate, '' claimed an anti-draft oiganizer in a
College Press Service article printed in the
TORCH.
At that time, the House of Representatives had
just voted down a measure to resume mandatory
draft registration of 18-year-olds.
That was before Iran, before Afghanistan,
before the threat of war became a fact of life for
most Americans.
John Lawrence, from the U of OVeterans, was
not surprised when the House of Representatives
reversed last fall's decision in April, calling for
registration of 19- and 20-year-old males.
"Everything .we've predicted for a year has happened,'' said Lawrence gloomily. He apologized
for being unable ''to say anything more op-

tomistic. ''
Lawrence was referring to the recall. of
212,000 retired Army personnel, including 4060
drill sargents, ~n unprecidented act in times of
peace.
"I don't think people understand the
significance of that,'' says Lawrence. ''To the
veterans, it's a mind-blower ... we're going in to
full mobilization. People (specifically, the National lnter-religiou.s Board of Contientious Objectors) who have been watching the Pentagon since
World War I say this is the biggest build-up
they've ever seen.''
According to Lawrence, Secretary of Defense
Harold Brown is opting for a "short, intensive
war, of about six months -- home by Christmas,"
he says with a grim laugh. Casualties, he says,
"will run to 200,000 to 650,000 by day 180."
Lawrence agrees that '' people will react when

it's too late, when registration has already
begun. They' II get especially active when thefirst casualty reports come in.''
Lawren,ce views the seeming lack of public
concern as "a sort of community cynicism that
people don't think there's anything they can do
against big government.''
Meanwhile, since being approved by the
House, the bill has been funnelled through the
Senate Subcommittee of Appropriations, as well
as the full committee. It is expected to reach the
Senate floor by Friday. Senator Mark Hatfield
(R-Ore.) intends to filibuster the bill and
Lawrence predicts that "it probably won't be
decided on until after Memorial Day.''
''The more time it takes,'' says Lawrence,
''the better. ''
But, he adds, "I think you're going to start
hearing the word 'survival' pretty soon."

$2 million deficit puts colleg e in catch-22
Jan. 9, 1980: ''This could be a hell of a budget
problem,'' LCC President Eldon Schafer told the
Board of Education. His concerns tor the almost
six months since that , announcement have
centered around the college's over-enrollment ·-the '' FTE crunch. ''

• Asking the county taxpayers to pay a higher
share of education costs;
• A ''dramatic'' increase in tuition;
• An increase in contracted faculty class loads;
• Reduced budgets for equipment repairs and
replacements;
• A ljmit. on enrollment.
The first and second suggestions have since
•
been implemented.

on current projections for enrollment, says
Schafer.
Schafer also outlined the plans for the tax relief
measures, which would give LCC about $3
million in additional revenue. Since the May 20
tax base increase failed, a tax levy measure will
go on the June 24 ballot. If it too fails, the board
will decide whether to come back with a revised
budget or the same one in a September election.
Failure then would raise the possibility of a new
tax base measure in November. But even if a
November proposal passed, funds would not be
available until the following year. That would bring, says Schafer, some rather dramatic cuts in
services.

"At a time when our demand is greatest we
probably have less ability to provide the
resources," worries Schafer, in reviewing the
The. March 27 issue of The TORCH carried the
year's_budget problems.
that the Emergency Board had rejected the
news
•
The FTE crunch has been a recurring concern
request for extra funds. In response,
college's
throughout the 1979-80 school year.
Board of Education approved two
LCC
the
Oregon's community colleges are reimbursed
bring budget relief. The first remedy
to
measures
approximately $1,000 for each full-time student
increase of approximately 15 pertuition
a
was
_
enrolled. (Each FTE is equal to 45 credit hours for
in-district students, which is
full-time
for
cent
The college is in a "Catch-22" situation,
the school year. For example, if one student
million
$1.8
the
of
$457,000
recoup
to
expected
says ruefully. "The Emergency Board
Schafer
terms,
three
for
term
each
enrolls in 15 hours
deficit. The second remedy was made up of two
may say, 'There is no emergency really. The colthat student is one FTE. Any combination of follleges have all survived -- none of them are going
or part-time students that adds up to 45 credit . separate tax measures -- one a tax base increase
elec20
May
the
in
defeated
soundly
was
(which
bankrupt' ... Sure, you 're going to try to serve
hours is considered one FTE). But the reimbursewill
which
levy
tax
stop-gap
a
other
the
and
tion)
the people, and we were able to because we
all
FTE,
of
number
maximum
a
to
ment is limited
be on the June 24 ballot.
were in pretty good financial shape and could
called the FTE "ceiling". LCC :s ceiling for the
draw on our reserves to provide services. We
1979-80 school year is 8,230 FTE. UnfortunateThe April 10 TORCH announced that the comapproximately
do that every year -- next year we won't
been
can't
has
the
year
to
this
appeal
ly, enrollment
munity colleges planned another
have that cushion to level the low spots as we
9,200 FTE, leaving the college to pick up the tab
Emergency Board. That second request was also
were able to do this year.''
for those extra students.
denied, leaving LCC in a precarious financial
A careful examination·, Schafer says, will show
Lane's predicament was reported in the Jan.
position.
week,
last
TORCH
the
the
with
that
interview
announced
an
In
was
it
when
that the college has become more productive in
24 TORCH,
President Schafer said the community colleges
meeting the needs of the community it serves.
presidents of 13 Oregon community colleges
plan to make a third appeal to the Emergency
'' Costs of providing education have not gone up
would meet with the Oregon State Legislative
nearly as fast as the rate of inflation, which
Board in June. Under a plan developed by senate
Emergency Board to request an appropriation of
means we have in fact become more prq,ducpresident Jason Boe, any community college six
more reimbursement funds to the beleaguered
tive," he explains. "How long we can continue
percent beyond the estimated FTE next year
colleges. At that time, Schafer outlined several
that without beginning to erode either the quality
would be eligible for a pro rata share of state
alternatives for securing the needed revenue if
of education or the services and equipment is a
That
reimbursement of about $700 per FTE.
the Emergency Board request was denied. Alterserious question?"
based
$480,000,
approximately
LCC
give
would
natives discussed included:

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Heidi.
Donna.
Dennis•
Carla.
Lucy.
Charlott e.
•Debbie.

Kent.
·Dale.
Jan.
Marie.
Thelma.
Meri.
Steve.
Mary.
Samson.
Jesse.
Pam.
Robin.
Val.
Tom.
Neil.
Wes.
Hersh.
Zen.
Darlene .
and Pete:
Thanks!
1t·s been ...
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(I can·t change now)

fine!

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Sarah

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