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• Page 2 November 13 - 8, 1980 The TORCH

Editorials

Election '80

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The morning after--

I woke up on the morning after
the election last week to the
sounds of my wife, Glynda,
cheerily singing '' America, The
Beautiful" down in the kitchen.
The sun was shining and, sure
enough, when I reached the
breakfast nook, beaming at me
from my plate were two perfect
double-yolked eggs.
"Gosh, Glynda," I couldn't
help saying, "it's sure great being an American again!"
"Yes, dear," she agreed, expertly rolling dough for a scrumptious apple pie, '' I love being
feared and respected all over the
world.''
"And strong at home, too," I
reminded her. ''Gee, I feel sound
as a dollar."
"Speaking of dollars, dear,"
she said, wiping her hands on her
starched white apron, "would
you mind if I quit my job as chief
of neurosurgery at the university?
I just want to devote full time to
taking care of you and our two
wonderful children, Malphasia
and Mordred."
"Heck, no, darling," I said. "I
believe it's the job of us men to
keep you girls happy. And don't
you worry your -pretty little head
about the money. Our 30 percent
tax cut will more than take care of
that -- 'specially now that we
don't have to be scared of 'inf la-

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TORCH
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Well, speak of the cute little
devil. .. Malphasia bounced into
the room, wearing new saddle
shoes, a pleated skirt, a
cashmere cardigan and cultured
pearls. '' Hi, Mom; hi, Daddykins,'' she said. '' Is it okay if I
have my Moral Betterment gang
over tonight for Bosco and Oreos?
We're making up Thanksgiving
baskets for the poor colored people."
"That's nice, dear," said
Glynda. "But I think they prefer
being called Negroes. Anyway, if
it's all right with your father ... ''
"I don't know," I said, frowning. "I was hoping we could all
have dinner out together at MacDonald's and take in a movie.
There are a lot of swell double
features around. 'Gidget Goes to
Washington' is at the Roxie and
ilCCl<'t' MTN . NEW~ CPS
~ ~ ~ , ,.
it's Dish Night."
"I've seen it three times,
Dad,'' said Mordred, coming in
when the Women's Liberation
from the garage and rubbing a
Movement defined it as a
manly hand through his crew cut
women's issue sometime in the
hair. "But I'd love to see it again
late sixties. It has remained an
if you want. Excuse me for being
issue for Women's Movement
late for breakfast, Mom, but I was
To the Editor:
since its leadership first turned
washing the car.''
Recently I read an article in the
their eye toward the UC Berkeley
"No, Mordred," I said, trying
TORCH regarding growing and
not to sound disappointed, "if . harvesting marijuana. The article ·campus during that optimistic
and energetic upheaval of the
you've seen it and Malphasia
left me with the feeling that even
New Left during what is now
would rather have her little
though the farmer was breaking
referred
to as the Vietnam Years.
friends over. . . ''
the law and setting an example
(For a complete discussion of how
But that Malphasia, gosh darn
for the children to break the law,
that happened I suggest you conher! Right away she could tell I
it was OK because he was going
sult the library. The writings of
was a teensy bit hurt. Suddenly
to keep the money in Oregon and
the following authors should proshe brightened. "I know," she
above all that is the priority.
ve particularly pregnant
cried, "let's put on our own
resources: Kate Millett, "Sexual
The point I'm interested in is
show! I'll get out my Lawrence
Politics,'' Elizabeth Hagen,
whether
or
not
breaking
the
law,
Welk records ... "
"Child Care and Women's
endangering your family,
"Right!" chimed in Mordred.
Liberation,"
Margaret O'Brien
teaching your offspring to make a
'' Mom can teach us the Lambeth
Steinfels, "Who's Minding the
living illegally is an example of
Walk and Dad can tell us again
Children? The History and Politics
good journalism.
about how he used to stack
of Day Care in America," Jean
Frankly, I was disappointed in
groceries for 60 cents an hour. I
Curtis, ''Working Mothers,'' and
the TORCH' s attitude of condonlove that story!"
Ruth Sidel, ''Women and Child
ing the farmer's activities.
•••••
Care in China: A First Hand
MA Bray
So our fun evening was soon
Report.")
Former LCC student
planned and the kids were off
You may also be interested to
amidst gay shouts of ··Have a
know
that our two Child Developnice day!"
ment Facilities administered here
"Well," I said to Glynda, "I
at Lane serve some 45 clients,
guess it's time for me to go down
only one of whom is a single male
to the office and type up a little
in custody of his child. The
column about the results of the
To
the
Editor:
University of Oregon's facility
presidential election.''
I was pleased that Debbie Bercaters to some 100 clients ''the
"Have a nice day, dear," said
row has provided me with an opmajority of whom are single
Glynda, kissing me on the cheek.
portunity to respond to a direct
mothers,'' only two of whom are
"And don't work too hard."
single fathers according to a
"I won't," I promised with a question ''. . .could you tell us
how
the
option
of
a
Child
Care
university spokeswoman (or is it
happy smile, ''for the next four
Facility became 'mainly' a spokesperson?).
years.''
women's issue?" (TORCH, Nov.
So I repeat what I originally
6)
said in the Oct. 23 issue of the
The simplest and most direct
TORCH: "I think I'd be justified
answer to that question is, child
in assuming that a Child Care
Center would cater mainly to
care facilities and child care in
general-became a women's issue
women's needs. (I thought this
(Copyngh} Chronicle PubliShlllQ Co ~ 1980)

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Disappointed
in the TORCH

Child care is
feminist issue

was a sentence weakened to
meaninglessness with overqualification but obviously I was
wrong. Still another knee jerk and
it didn't cost me a quarter either.)
Finally let me clarify my use of
the phrase "sacred cows." I used the phrase in the way it is normally used to refer to ''things immune to criticism." My intention
was not to typify the women at the
Women's Center as Anne
Stewart's herd of haloed cows. I ·
have and will continue to resist
any such imagery, as tempting
and amusing as it may be. After
all, in spite of the fact that I'm
male and am seldom seen at the
Women's Center, invited or otherwise, I am also a ''feeling per·
son."
Jack Robert

That You,
Moses ... ?
To the Editor:
In Sunday's Eugene-Register
Guard two items snagged my eye:
on the front page, "A magnificent
bolt of lightning illuminated the
gray sky over the US Capitol. .
.on Election Day. . .Twelve
seconds later, a resounding clap
of thunder shook Capitol Hill ... at
a time. . .during which such
natural phenomena rarely occur ..
''

Then on page ?A, Ronald
Reagan's press secretary says ''.
. . He does not plan to come down
off the mountain ... "
Phew! This is heady stuff. You
don't suppose ... ?
Yolanda Sergi

The TO'RCH November 13 - & 1980 Page 3

Dickerson leads LCC to national title.
by Steve Myers
for The TORCH
Editor's note: This story by
former TORCH Editor Steve Myers
appeared in the Nov. 11 issue of
Springfield News.
Five years ago Springfield resident Sandy Dickerson had hung
up her cross-country shoes
forever. Besides, she really
wanted to play basketball.
Today, wearing an LCC
uniform, the junior college crosscountry champ can't live without
running.
Back in 1976, at 14, Dickerson
completed her first season of
cross-country meets by running
in the District 5AAA championships for Springfield High and
coach Ron Dove.
It was a bad experience.
During the meet she stumbled,
twisted her ankle, and hobbled
her way to the finish line.
' 'I was about 50th out of 56
people, ' ' Dickerson says, recalling the dismal end to her first
year of running. ''That was it. I
was through with cross-country.
The next fall I went out for
volleyball." And she set her
sights on basketball.
But eventually Dickerson
returned to cross-country running.
'' Coach Dove told me that if I
lost some weight I'd be a pretty
good runner ," she says of the
man who brought her back to
cross-country running during her
junior year.
And last Saturday, she proved
the wisdom of Dove's words . She
achieved a goal that she has been
working toward for the past two

Sandy Dickerson
happy the season is over and you
years -- becoming the best junior
finally get a few day's rest. And
college cross-country runner in
at the same time, you've worked
the nation.
so hard to get where you· re at -At the national NJ CAA meet at
and it's hard to believe you've
Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, Dickerson
done it."
finished the women's .5,000
Although Dtckerson attributes
meter race with a time of 18:22
and brought home the meet's top · her initial interest in running to
Dove, she says she owes her
individual honors.
most recent accomplishments to
LCC Coach Mike Manley.
Her joy was furthered as she
Manley, who teaches at North
watched teammate Martha Swatt
Eugene High and also coaches
finish in second place, eight
the Oregon Track Club , has
seconds behind her. LCC's other
managed the LCC team during
runners did well too. They capthree of the club 's four years of
tured the national team crown for
existence.
the second year in a row.
Dickerson says Manley has
"It's like two feelings at
helped her become 120 percent
once ," Dickerson says , trying to
better than she was in high
describe her emotions after winnschool, where she finished third
ing the national meet. "You 're
by Mara Math
of The TORCH

Internation al

CWE offers
cultural
•

experience s

Would you like to work on the MercedesBenz assembly line -- in Germany? Clerk in
a Paris office? Construct stage scenery in
Switzerland?
Beginning this year, LCC will be offering
International Cooperative Work Experience.
Actually, CWE has always known of
some international jobs for which LCC
students could apply, explains Peggy
Marston , CWE coordinator for Language
Arts. But never before has the college attempted , in a structured, organized way,
to expand the possibilities. LCC now
belongs to a consortium of 12 Oregon and
Washington colleges and universities
which has hired expert Dr. Gunter Seefeld
to develop jobs for international programs.
At this date, Seefeld has found over 100
jobs for the consortium in Germany,
France, Belgium, Switzerland and the
Canary. Islands .
"You may want to go abroad for
romance and adventure, but that 's not the
intent (of this program),' ' Marston warns.
"The intent is educational. We are looking
for people who want educational growth,
cultural enrichment and work experience .''
Those students who get the jobs must
foot their own travel expenses and must
pay the consortium a $100 fee. "That's
only a drop in the bucket," says Marston.
'' Most professional people charge $500 to
$1,000." This is a moderate charge considering that most of the jobs pay very
well, some up to $1,200 per month tax-

in the state cross-country meet:
In her first year at LCC she placed
ninth in the NJCAA.
''He's helped me relax and enjoy myself while running,''
Dickerson explains of Manley,
who trains with his runners. "He
knows where we' re at. He won't
let us push ourselves too much.
. "He's taught me to run more
within myself, to improve within
myself rather than beat other runners.''
And in the future, Dickerson
hopes to run for a four-year major
college that has a coach like
Manley. Although only a couple of
schools have contacted her so
far, she has limtted her choices to
UCLA, Montana St. and Oregon.
Dickerson, who hopes to teach
P.E. and coach, says those
schools have the athletic programs and coaches she likes,
especially UCLA.
''They've got a coach who's
easy-going and loose like Mike,''
she says of Bruin skipper Scott
Chisam.
According to Manley most
universities should be interested
in Sandy Dickerson. "She would
be worth her weight to any team
-- even if she wasn't running
well," Manley says .. "She has an
attitude, a way of making
everyone else around her feel
good. She's been a catalyst for
welding this team.''
If she doesn't get a scholarship
to one of the universities she
wants, Dickerson says she ' ll attend one of them anyway despite
scholarship offers from other
smaller schools .
" I'll walk on, " she says . "I
want a program where I'm going
to improve as well as get a good

free , with room and board provided. (The
Canary Island jobs pay no salary but do
provide room and board.)
Marston adds that the $100 fee includes
the assurance of a work permit -- an
elusive but necessary kind of work ticket.

Peggy Marston
"It's a Catch-22 situation," she says.
''You can't get a work permit without a job
.(being promised to you) -- but you can't
get a job without ·a work permit!"
The consortium is a member of the Council for International Educational Exchange,
which has successfully negotiated for the
valuable work permits by setting up international . study on an exchange basis,
assuring an equal number of foreign
students rights to gainful employment
.
here.
• Students selected for International CWE
will be required to take a seminar Spring
Term, the guidelines of which are being
drawn up now by a subcommittee.

academic program.·'
The NJ CAA meet behind her,
now she's training to compete in
the Track Athletic Congress
(AUU) region all cross-country
championships this coming Sunday. She hopes to finish in the top
seven. If she does that she' II earn
a trip to the national TAC championships at Pocatello, Idaho on
Nov. 22. In that meet, she hopes
to finish in the top 20 ''if that's
an obtainable goal."
And after that she hopes to
achieve her oldest dream -- to
become a basketball star. She
wants to play in the guard position for the LCC Titans .
'' Ever since junior high I've
wanted to play basketball,'' she
says. "This will probably be my
last chance to do it.
But despite her dream of
basketball stardom, her true love
will always be running.
"I really don't think I could live
without running,'' explains
Dickerson, who runs about 10
miles a day. "It's the natural
thing to get up in the morning and
go running. I like to run, so I get
out there and do it.'·
And to that end, this summer
she hopes to run in the NJCAA
marathon. And she hopes to
finish.
"I tried one once. It was terrible,'' she says while describing
the marathon's terrain by motioning her forearm up and down, indicating steep hills. ' ' I only ran
half of it. "
Yet, after talking to this athlete ,
one can't help but think she ' II
finish the next marathon she
enters.
"I love hills, " she says with a
smile.

Students will study the culture , monetary
terms and general procedures of the area
in which they will live, as well as studying
the European work ethic , which Marston
says is quite different from the American .
At this date it is anticipated jobs will run
from June 20 to Sept. 4, and will be supervised in Europe by Dr. Seefeld , who will
visit and train students as necessary .
Students will write papers about their experience , due in October , in addition to
writing and journal assignments made
through social science and language instructors.
Competency in another language is required for applicants : A minimum of one
year of college German , two to three years
of French , Spanish or Dutch are
necessary, although this requirement may
be waived for students who are fluent
without formal training. All students will be
tested by Dr. Seefeld and faculty to ascertain their fluency.
The cultural and language skills gained
in International CWE will continue to be
useful to students when they return home,
Marston says. "Lane County is becoming
more and more international. Businesses
are doing much more exporting and importing than ever before. The Oregon International Trade Directory lists hundreds of
firms now, so the CWE experience can be
used locally. Spanish, for instance, is very
important in Lane County, for educational,
health and many other jobs."
Students interested in International
CWE, or in any of the other volunteer jobs
available abroad, should contact Peggy
Marston at ext. 2423.

~age 4 November 13 - 'M, 1980 The TORCH

Class·focuses on sexual misconceptions
by Kent Gubrud
of The TORCH
Editqrs note: This is the first article in a three part series examining sexual attitudes in America.
Next week's article will discuss
the difficulty Americans have integrating sexual freedom into
their lives.

SEX.
Almost everyone has strong
feelings on the subject -- fears,
inhibitions, and ... hang ups.
More than half of all Americans
will have a sexual dysfunction
(inability to perform or enjoy sex)
sometime in their lives, believes
Fran Thomas and Harry Hoberman, human sexuality instructors
here at LCC.
As instructors, Haberman and
Thomas want to eliminate some
feelings which cause this
dysfunction -- guilt and frustration, for example, -- through their
sexuality class lectures and
discussions.
"We're trying to clarify some
misconceptions that they've
(students) picked up along the
way," explains Thomas.
And, she adds, since "each
group brings its own concerns
and misconceptions,'' that can
sometimes be difficult.
THE INSTRUCTORS
After earning her master's
degree in Health Education from
the U of O, Thomas taught Health
Science for a year at San Diego
State College. She also worked
for Planned Parenthood as a guest
speaker on contraception .
Returning to Oregon, she accepted a position teaching personal health here at LCC. This
class covered only a brief amount
of material concerning human
sexuality.
•
But because many students
were interested, and since a lot
of information was available ,
Thomas teamed with former LCC
counselor Patrick Fraleigh in
197 4 to form a separate human.
sexuality class.
Haberman joined Thomas in
teaching the class in 1979 . He
received his bachelor 's degree in
political theory from Brown
University, where he was a

discussion leader in a Topics of
Human Sexuality seminar and
also a peer advisor for fellow
students on questions concerning
their sexuality.
Besides teaching sexuality at
LCC, Haberman is in the doctoral
program in clinical psychology at
the U of 0. His main interests, he
says, lie in the areas of marital
problems, sexual dysfunctions
and depression.
'GO OUT AND BE SEXUAL'
Haberman believes many sexual problems facing people in this
culture stem from the overemphasis on being sexually free.

They've put together a '' list of
myths,'' asking students
(anonymously) to evaluate the
truth of 53 various ''factsL'' such
as: ''Women are innately less
sexually responsive than men, ''
and '' Surgery and medication are
significant aids in curing most
sexual problems. ''

areas of knowledge: the psychosocial influences (Hobberman's
specialty) and the physiological
influences (Thomas' specialty) of
sexuality.
A comprehensive sexuality
course, they believe, includes
equal exposure' to both areas and
provides a male and female point
of view in the instruction.
Haberman and Thomas alternate days for lecturing and
leading the discussion.
"They help each other out,"
says sexuality student Paula
Case. '' If Fran misses
something, Harry will bring it

Instructors Harry Hoberman and Fran Thomas work to dispel sexual myths.
''There's a lot of pressure,'' he
says ' ' to go out and be sexual ,' '
because of the tremendous
amount of attention given the
idealized norm of sexual freedom
by media, peers, and even family .
This over-emphasis on sexuality, says Haberman, can cause
frustration or dysfunction for
those people who cannot meet the
supposed norm: This " norm "
says everyone should engage in
sex with anyone they desire , at
most any time , without feelings of

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inhibition or guilt attached.
'NO ONE COULD BELIEVE THAT'
One of Haberman and Thomas'
first steps as sexuality instructors
is to assess the amount and kind
of information students have
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'' Some people go. ·'Oh, that's
absolutely incredible! Nobody
could believe that!' '' says
Thomas, "but sitting right next to
them may very well be a person
who firmly believes that piece of
information.''
The list of myths reveals areas
in which students are ill-informed
and provides Thomas and Hoberman with an idea of individualized
focus for the class .
Within that focus , Haberman
and Thomas try to arrive at a
balance between their specialized

up," and vice-versa, she says.
"I think the class offers a total
view of sexuality.''
While Case admits she has felt
"embarrassed" or "uneasy "
during some discussions, she
feels this co-instruction is helpful
in initiating interaction .
" Everyone likes to talk about
sex, " says Case. "Harry and
Fran create an atmosphere where
you feel comfortable talking about
subjects you wouldn't talk to your
friends about.''

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• As instructors, Hoberman and
Thomas are very aware of the
need for a comfortable atmosphere. In the beginning, Hobberman and Thomas impress
upon students the importance of
not laughing at other students,
only with them.
At the same time, they feel that
sex is something people should
feel comfortable enough to laugh
about sometimes.
And their lectures may take on
a rather humorous tone.
Gold chain dangling from his
neck, his curly black hair
neatly combed, Hobberman
casually lectures on how an
abnormal female fetus
develops.
·'The clitoris is enlarged, ''
he explains, immediately
recording the fact on the
chalkboard, and continuing
his lecture.
A student raises his hand
anxiously and points to the
board.
Haberman stops to examine
what the student is pointing
at.
Instead of writing ''enlarged
clitoris, '' the student shows
that Haberman has written
''enlarged penis. '' .
Pausing to examine his error, Haberman quickly explains it away as "Obviously,
wishful thinking. ''
Sudden,
unabashed
laughter confirms the class's
delight.

BASE FROM WHICH TO WORK
Because of the informal and
direct way sexuality is discussed,
says Thomas, most students have
little inhibition about asking even
sensitive questions by the end of
the term.
Contrary to what some people
believe, the purpose of the class
is not to advocate free sex. Instead, Thomas and Haberman
want to relieve the frustration and
guilt some students feel -- first by
eliminating misconceptions , and
then by bringing about an informed and rat ional emotional
framework. This will enable
students to use the information to
accept their own and other's unique sexuality.
Explains Thomas ,' ' It's up to
the individual to make their own
decisions about what's appropriate for them. ' '
But first, they r.eed an informed
and mature base of information
from which to work.

The TORCH November 13 -

1980 Page 5

Fire: some vvinter vvoo dstov e vvisdom
by Yolanda Sergi
for The TORCH

An aroma of wood smoke hangs
in the air these crisp November
nights. But there's more to a
wood fire than meets the nose.
The wood ,burning enthusiast
must consider costs, flue safety
and chimney maintenance.

The owner of a wood stove or
fireplace, in the Eugene/Springfield area, has several options
for obtaining firewood. The Forest
Service issues free permits to
people who want to gather wood
for personal use, says Tani Kirby
of the Lowell Ranger Station

{937-2129). And there is no
waiting list at preseot.
An area resident can purchase
firewoood in several ways: cut to
size, split, green, seasoned,
dried, delivered and on a
"you-haul" basis. One may
choose hardwoods s~ch as
maple, madrone, ash, oak or
atder or softwoods such as fir and
pine. Hardwoods burn longer and
hotter than softwoods; softwoods
dry faster and make better kindling than hardwoods.
The cost of a delivered cord of
cut, split and seasoned hardwood
may average $85 while softwoods
may average $65 a cord for the
same services and conditions.
Buyers who pick up their own
wood can save about $15 a cord.
Attention to safety measures in
wood burning is crucial. The
Eugene Fire Department answers
about 40 calls a year to extinguish
chimney fires. Because chimney
fires occur most frequently in dirty chimneys, '' A chimney should
be cleaned at least once a year,''
advises Captain Richard Allison of
the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
Allison explains that when wood
burns in a fireplace or stove, carbon, carbon dioxide and water
1

UO: Semester system under
consideration for fol I of '83
by Chris Abramson
for The TORCH

The University of Oregon is
drawing up plans to convert from
the current 10 week quarter
system to a 15 week '' early
semester system" by 1983.
U of Oofficials are more serious
about the possibility now, since
the State Board of Higher Education recently revoked its policy requiring all state institutions to be
on the same calendar system.
The U of O asked for the policy
revocation, and now the road is
clear for its serious consideration
of a change.
LCC Pres. Eldon Schafer
recently assigned an ad hoc committee to review and analyze the
implications for LCC students,
courses, and programs that
transfer to the U of O.
If the plan is approved, the U of
0 would be the first Oregon institution to follow the nationwide
trend of converting to an early
semester system: Currently, 53
percent of the country's institutions are on the system, according to the National Association of
Collegiate Reg•strars and Administrative Officers.
At the U of O, the Semester
Conversion Steering Committee,
appointed by acting University
Pres. Paul Olum , is meeting
weekly to further study the advantages and disadvantages of
such a conversion. It is also setting guidelines and making
recommendations for possible
curriculum requirements and .
revision.
Maradel Gale, assistant professor of urban planning and
committee chairperson, says that
if the U of O adopts the early
semester system,. stlldents at
U3C will get ''Jots of advanced
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warning." Her advice to those
students planning to transfer is to
''think in terms of sequences
rather than courses.'' But she
does not believe there will be any
need for LCC to convert if the
University does. ''The quarter
system is beneficial to the
percentage of students that are
seasonally employed. They need
the flexibility of coming and going.''
If an '' early semester system''
is adopted, classes will run from
early September to December.
Following a one month break,
classes would resume from ·
January until May. This schedule
is different from the ''traditional
semester system'' where classes
begin in August.
According to Gale, the benefits
of a semester system include
more time for students and professors to get to know one
another, extra time for students to
concentrate on the course, and a
greater amount of material
covered.
The results of the U of O study
will be presented to University
students and faculty next spring
for their endorsement. If endorsed, the proposal will then go to
the state board for final approval.
Target date for conversion is the
fall of 1983, according to Gale.

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A herpes epidemic confronting
the nation has confounded the
medical community.
"Gonorrhea and syphilis were
just about under control because
of effective treatment, and along
comes herpes," says Sandy Ing,
Student Health Services director.
As the number of gonorrhea
and syphilis carriers decreases,
the number of herpes carriers
continues to multiply, because no
effective treatment for herpes exists.
The 11umber of Americans afflicted is unknown -- the medical
establishment is not required to
report herpes, as it is with most
other venereal diseases. But a recent Washington Post article
estimates between 5 and 20
million adul.ts already have
herpes, while another 300,000 to
500,000 will contract the virus in
the next year.
•
Women and newborn children
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Existing evidence suggests that
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cancer. Ing recommends that

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For a newborn child, an active
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with active herpes, half died of
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An active herpes virus usually
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AROUNDT1 .

Thursday

Monday

Black Forest
2657 Willamette
''Three Point Landing'' -- rock
9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.

Treehouse
1769 Franklin Blvd.
Buddy Ungson -- piano
8 p.m. - midnight

Cinema 7
Atrium Building
"Swingtime" - 7:30 p.m .
"Hair " - 9:25 p.m .

Duffy's
801 E. 13th
·' Fox and Weasel ''
9 p.m . - 2 a.m.

Lost Dutchman
535 Main St., Springfield
" Sunnyside"
9 p.m. to closing

Mayflower
788 E. 11th .
''The Elephant Man' '
7:30 and 9:45 p.m.

The Place
160 S. Park St.
"The Sneakers"
9 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Movies

National
969 Willamette St.
'· Divine Madness''
7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Tavern on the Green
1375 Irving Rd.
Jivin' Johnny Etheridge
9 p.m. - 1 a.m

McDonald
1010 Willamette
"Stunt Man"
7 and 9.30 p.m

Harry's
2200 Centennial Blvd.
"The Cole and Stoddard Show"
9 30 p.m. - 1:30.a.m.

F ne Arts Theatre
630 Main St.
Suribur'l' - 7·30 p.m.
Rough Cut" - 9:30 p rr

Theatre

c,

7 and 9 3'1 p fT'
dnd 1 0:0~ P
BI(;~ ' - i d H1

r'

Tavern on the Green
1375 Irving Rd.
Jivin' Johnny Etheridge
9 p.m. - 1 1 a.m.

Community Center for Performing Arts
8th and Lincoln
Rats, Sado Nation,- J Gallows and the Executioners
9 p _m - 1 a.m $2.50

u

P1a11 1sts Susan Co1en - and
StW1ha•dt benefit rec-tal
8 ::> m. at Beall Ha I
Seats are $1 O. $5 '.JO anc $4

Victor

Theatre

Wednesday

Movies

Movies

Cinema 7
Atrium Building
"L' Age D'or " - 7:30 p.m.
"F for Fake" - 7:30 p.m.

Cinema 7
Atrium Building
"L' Age D'or " - 7:30 p.m.
"F for Fake" - 8:45 p.m.

Mayflower
" The Elephant Man "
7:30 and 9:45 p.m.

Saturday Market
454 Willamette St.
Vaudevillian entertainer and comedian
"The Reverend Chumle1gh"
Starts at 1 p.m. •

Oreqo" Repertory ~heatre
99 W 10th S•.
•A Day In the Death of ,Joe E:.gg
8 o ,....,_ - $2.!JO adm,ss on

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Mayflower
" The Elephant Man "
7:30 and 9:45 p.m.
N9tional

National
"Divine Madness "
7:30 and 9-30 p.m.

"Divine Madness"
7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Fine Arts Theatre
630 Main St. , Springfield
"Sunburn • - 7:30 p.m.
"Rough Cut" - 9.10 p.m.

Fine Arts Theatre
630 Main St. , Springfield
"Sunburn" - 7:30 p,m.
"Rough Cut" - 9·10 p.m

Cinema World
•·ordinary People • - z and 9:35 p,m
'Hal'oween" - 6:45 and 10:05 pm.
''Borderl ne" - 7 and 9 30 p.m
• '-Massacre at Central High • - 7 and 9 30
p.m
Val ey 91Vt? vwtn C nema
•·s My Tu'f'\ ' ;ind 'The Electri"
Ho·sen'an • - 6: 15 and 8 30 p
re s, • - b. 15 and 8 OC p

Music

BJ Kelly s
1475 Franklin Blvd.
"Real Country Band
8 30 p rn. - 2 a m.

country rock

Pie Place
160 S Park
fhe SnedKe·s '
$2

9 p rr - 2 a rn.

Music

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Mayt owe
88 E 111
Tr.e E:lep"an! Man
7 a,c 9:3C p ,r
McDo"ald
1010 Willamette St
"Stunt Man·
7 and 9:30 p.m.

Fine Arts Theatre
630 Main St., Springfield
"Sunburn" - 7:30 p.m.
"Rough Cut'' - 9.10 p.m.
Cinema World
"Ordinary People" 7 and 9:35 p.m.
"H alloween· · 6:45 and 10:05 p.m.
"Massacre at Central High'' 7 and 9:30
p.m.
"Fade to_ Black" - 7 and 9:35 p.m.
Valley River Twin Cinema
"It' s My Turn " and "The Electric
Horseman" - 6:15 and 8:30 p.m.
"The Sin " 6:15 and 8:00 p.m.

Music
BJ Kelly's
1475 Franklin Blvd
"Real Country Band" -- country rock
8:30 p m. - 2 a.m .

Ord1nc:iry Pe'JPlcl •• I ana g 35 p m
Ha lowee·· - 6 4_o ano 0:05 P.
•t3ord&rln • 7 a"d 9 30 P.m
'MdSSacre d' Centra' ,11qh' -.7 and 9.30
p.m.
Valley River Twin Cinema
"It s My . Turn" - and "The Electric
Horseman" - 6.15 and 8.30 p.m.
"The Sin" - 6: 15 and 8:00 p.m

Music
BJ Kelly's
1475 Franklin Blvd .
"Real Country Band" -- country rock
8:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Black Forest
2657 Willamette
"Three Point Landing" -- rock
9:30 p.m . - 1:30 a.m.
The Place
160 S. Park
" The Sneakers"
9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.
Red Dog Saloon
2891 W. 11th
"Happy Daze"
9 p.m - 2 a.m

7 ..i-d 9.J::i p
o:tS Jnd q 45 p m
Bo·o?rl1ne' • - 7 .me 9·30 ...,_
'Massacre at Central H gn ' - 7 arid 9.3G
p.m
Val,ey r{ ver Twi" Cinema
•1~·s My Turr • a'ld •'The flectri~
Horseman' - 6 1::i and 8:3C;) m.
'The Sin·· - 6.15 and 8:00 pm

Music·
Universtiy of Oregon
"Th e Tunesmiths"
Universtiy. faculty ensemble
8 p.m. at Beall Hall
Treehouse Restaurant
David Case -- classical guitar
Pam Birrell -- flute .
10 a.m. - 1 p.m .
Harry's Refectory
2200 Centennial Blvd .
'' Butterfield and Jones '·
9 p.m. to closing . No cover charge.

Theatre
Oregon Repertory Theatre
99 W 10th St.
"A Day In the Death of Joe Egg"
2 p.m. showtime
$2.60 general admission .

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630 Mai" St , Spr111gf eld
'Suro_,m·· - 7 30 pm.
Rough Cut • - 9·10 p n'

va:ley R111er Tw,n C1!lerra
It's My Turn' and 'fh.,; .L,,ctr-c
Horseman" - 6 1 '.l anc 8:3C; r1
"The Sin··· 6:15 and 8 00 p_m
Cinema World
"Ordinary People" - 7 and 9:35 p.m.
" Halloween" - 6:45 and 10:05 p.m.
"The Empire Strikes Back '·' - 7 and 9:30
p.m.

Music
BJ Kelly 's
1475 Franklin Blvd .
" Real Country Band '· -- country rock
8:30 p.m. -2:30 p.m.
Treehouse
1769 Franklin Blvd.
Jeff Levy -- piano
9 p.m . - midnight.
University of Oregon
The brass choir witl1 conductor Lizabeth
Wing
8 p.m. at Beall Hall
Free of charge .

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Ga lery HOU'S 11 J m - !J p.m
Monday th·ough Saturciay

Gallery 141
university of Oregon - Lawrence Hal,
Payton Kelly and Craig Schwengerdt -Print and print making. November 13 - 14
Ten year retrospective of Un1vers1ty print
making. Students coordinator: Ken Paul.
November 17 - 19.
Gallery Hours: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
Lane Community College
Exhibit of contemporary painting and
calligraphy from the Rebulic of China.
November 10 - 26
Also at LCC:
Lithographs and drawings by Cima Katz
through November 19
Gallery Hours: 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. Monday
through Thursday , 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on
Fridays.

Compiled by Paula Case
Of the Torch

REVIEWS .

The TORCH November 13 - •

1980 Page 7

L i t e r a t u r e - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- A Walden Two Experiment
by Kathleen Kinkade
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What should a person do who is
unhappy with his/her way of life?
There is always a small segment

A
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Experiment
of society that has answered this
question by saying: "Build a better one."
Utopian· commun1t1es have
beer founded in every gen er dt on
with sucl1 varied goals 1s thr. pur
suit of religious ins g or the
act 1eve'1 er,, cf a sc,
Katt ee
e Tw

ril ant
a
I e v.. a ko " e s
l'v ng wit'1 Eme .. , a co tac or
1... ares Grod·n . wno 1s a so a t e wacKc a1d toget ar they oke
a1d -Jive their Ii\ es awa.y hey
give each other a lo· of soace ·'
they' re very loving towards each
other. they· re very • w1tn it '
They' re also unsatisfied For all
the clicking. something ,s ·missing. So when Kate (C·layburgh)
decides to go to New York, combining a job interview with attendance at her father's wedding,
you get the distinct feeling that
this is a major passage for both.
While in New York, she meets
Ben (Michael Doug las), her tutu re
step-mother's son, an exbaseball player retired due to injury. Ben is gorgeous, blunt,
charming -- and married, albeit
unhappily.
The ensuing scenes are
hilarious, touching, embarrassing, and decadently romantic.
Kate discovers that she doesn't
want "space," she wants a relationship. She wants someone to
·"feel with" her and talk to her.
She wants mutual involvement.
With someone like Ben.
So, does Ben leave his wife,
does Kate leave Elmer and take
the boring administrative job that
leaves her no time to do research

an effort to describe the five year
history of a commune she helped
to establish based on B. F. Skinner's utopian novel "Walden
Two."
Her anecdotal account of this
particular communal enterprise is
entertaining and candid. Firmly
convinced of the success and
worth of the effort, as she is, she
is also c·apable of a charmingly
rueful exposure of the community's many failures. The resulting
picture .'of the Twin Oaks commune could often pass for society
writ large.
The commune was founded in
1967 by eight young, urbandwelling college educated
idealists, some of whom had
become disenchanted with
fighting "the system.'· Their idea
of the good life was imbued wfth
the ideology of the radical liberal
left as well as that of Skinner,
who tneoriLed that ali hurnan
behavior can be condit1ored int::>
appropr ate anr. ces.1 able oat
terns. An oppur unity tor prd t1cal
d
e
a pl cat on
cie t,f

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t 118 W
f1aw •n the d1rec 10
v

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Clayourgn flies with her ..isud
orilliance and after tli1s fwn. I am
a lifetime member of the Michael
Douglas fan-wagori. But enjoyable as they are separately
they are electric together.
No review of this film would be
complete without mentioning
Grodin's portrayal of Elmer.
Though not as big a part of the
plot as the hype would like us to
believe, Grodin is an excellent
contrast to Douglas and !ends a
lot of support to the development
of Clayburgh's character.
This isn't a "heavy" movie,
but it's a solid one. It will probably bomb out with most critics,
because it's not radical enough to
be truly ·"feminist" and it doesn't
choose to exploit the script by using a traditional soppy-romancetype ending.
Therein, dear film buff, lies it's
strength.
So on a rainy weeknight, when
you feel like a real good time,
(and a little inspiration), check
out "It's My Turn."
Unless you' re in the mood for flaky menage-a-trois flick. by
Sarah Brown

sympathetic patron donated a
farm to the cause. And so, the
small group found themselves
farming and devising various cottage industries to support their
budding commune.
Their goal was to create an
egalitarian community in which
people contribute to society
because they want to ( due to
positive reinforcement a la Skinner) and in which people are free
to determine the shape of their
own lives. This rosy ideal was tarnished a bit as 1t was exposed to
the harsh and practical demands
of reality. There were many problems to be faced.
What do you do, for instance,
when, having gone back to the
land to raise your own food, you
discover that the neighborhood
farmers are buying their food
more cheaply at the supermarKe·?
You agree that all labor should
be volJ,1tary. nut wha· do you do
rnty
•

p ob
record &et ent1tlea Grou nation.
Today that ype of mu:,1c, callee
reggae

Along the fringe of the
Rastafarian movement' in tl1e sixties, another socially outcast
group was gaining notoriety. Called rud1es, its members were the
equivalent of what Americans
would call dropouts. Disgusted
with society, they danced to the
reggae beat of a different drummer. Ska music was a crude form of
reggae that flourished at the time.
It is making a strong comeback in
both England and now the U.S.
The leaders of the pack are The
Specials, five skinny white and
two black rudies that hail from

the streams of visitors who begin
to pour in?
Besides these pragmatic concerns, other problems arose out
of the commune's guiding
philosophy.
If you condone absolute sexual
freedom, how do you deal with
the jealous husband whose wife
is attracted to the new visitor with
the nice beard?
And how should the duly
elected planning committee react
to the articulate new member who
wants to re-vamp the whole
system of community government? •
These are just a few of the
questions that were raised during
the first years of Twin Oaks' existence. Many of them we·re
resolved to some degree. In
1973, when Kinkade set down
this record, the community had
grown to include ·orty members
and its economy had riseri above
Its
he s os1s~enc.;e level
lanquage and 11losop'ly seemed
on te e s wit 1e c nte
f th

The barid ut I zes a variety of
instrur1ents to send out an am·us
1ng combinatioQ ol sounds. An
organ part will bring v1s 1ons of
Lowrey dealers in shopping
malls, while Rico Rodrigues
cracks an occasional few bars of
trombone. The seven members
create a full, dynamic sound,
throwing in cornet and flugle horn
for "special" effect.
On the cover of the album they
sport loafers and checkered sox,
bow ties and haircuts that are
nea[ly G. I. length. The design
and fashions are right out of the
sixties . If this is the wave of the
future than time marches
backwards.
The Specials like to have a
good time. Even the threat of
atomic war is considered another
excuse for a joke. "Warning,
. warning, nuclear attack ... The
Mickey Mouse bunch told the
Ayatollah at his feet, you' II drink
your oil you schmuck, we'll eat
our heads of wheat. '' International crisis never sounded like so
much fun.

and began to focus more on community stability.
Why has this particular commune survived when countless
others have failed? Kinkade 's
honest portrayal of the struggle
for existence cannot disguise her
own contribution to the success
of the effort. Her perserverance
and determination to create a better kind of society are evident in
every chapter of her account.
Apart from ideology, the success of the commune seemed to
depend largely upon the strength
and talents of a few individual
personalities. This is something
I'm not sure Kinkade was willing
to acknowledge explicitly since it
raises question.s about the validity
of the very ideology she has
espoused.
Whatever you think of tne
possibility of a utopian society of
Skirinenar. p ilosoohy or of tne
communal lifestyle itself
•·wc1lden Two Experiment' is ari
int 1guing record of smal, seal
to conbin dct1on
effo
mu
pr osophy n
g by Jodi Ktlcup

In Jet ::,et bu 11 s ren on t 1
plane are described as ' we I
dressed ch:11p nzees. far from
norma sanity Meanwhile bac,
at home. dad ·gets d surp 1se
when he notices that the star of
tile blue movies at h1s·office party
is his daughter, in ·'Hey Little
Rich Girl."
··I can't stand it'' portrays a
couple that seems to be having
some trouble getting along
together. ''I've had enough, you
make me so angry I can't speak,
I'll stay home where I can be
alone ... " Evidently the group
sees some discontent in modern
day relationships.
The opening number and closing refrain hold the motto of this
new musical ·movement: Enjoy
yourself (It's later than you
think). In their own pessimistic
but slaphappy fashion they
prescribe dancing till the bomb
hits . Sound advice from a bunch
of misfits in baggy suits and pork
pie hats. by Jeff Saint

Page 8 November 13 - 9', 1980 The TORCH

Big Brother, Big Sister offers friendship
by Heidi Swillinger
of The TORCH

'' Jerry was an angry and aggressive child when I first met
him," says Marilyn Firth, program coordinator for the Springfield Big Brother-Big Sister
program. ''He's changed tremendously since Bud's come into his
life."
Jerry Walker, a seventh grader
at Pleasant Hill Junior High, and
Bud Johnson, his Big Brother.
have known each other for nearly
two years. They admit that getting to know each other was '' a
little uncomfortable at first,·· but
it wasn't long before the two
became friends. They share
several interests: both are
mechanically inclined and spend
long hours tinkering with cars,
motorcycles and go-carts. They
also enjoy boating, foosball and
parties.
Bud first heard about the program on a radio ad. The idea of
becoming a Big Brother interested
him immediately. '' I always had a
desire to share with someone less
privileged than myself," he says.
Jerry, who became acquainted
with the program through a
school counselor, had been placed on a waiting list for a Big
Brother when Marilyn Firth
recognized the common interests
and brought the two together.
The match , says Firth, turned out
exceptionally well.
Asked about the most signifi, cant effect of the relationship ,
Jerry answers without hesitation:
"Friendship!"
''Yes,'' agrees Bud, ''and also
self-satisfaction from helping
others.''
There are a number of similar
programs throughout Oregon,
which are not affiliated with the
national Big Brother organization
because of high joiner fees.
Though patterned closely after. .
the national program, Eugene and
Springfield programs were among
the first to combine the Big

hoto1W Oerei< H1meoa

Bud Johnson and Jerry walker explore the advantages of sharing
Brother and Big Sister programs.
In Springfield, children inThe national organization has
terested in getting a Big Brother
since followed suit.
or Sister must qualify for Title I
Big Brother-Big Sister is a nonfunding. In Eugene and Sprprofit organization. The Eugene
ingfield, children must be from a
and Springfield programs are
single parent home and be in
sponsored by the school district
grades 1 through a.' "They have
but . Springfield receives Title I
to show they would need a
funding an_d E~gene does not.
friend," says Firth. "That can
The Springfield program
range from an excessively shy
organizes a number of fundand quiet child to a very loud and
raising projects -- currently the
assertive one.'' Interested
"Bigs" and "Littles" are plannparents should contact a school
ing to adorn the windows of
counselor for referral material.
businesses like Burger King with
A Big Brother or Sister should
Christmas scenes. They did the
be willing to spend 3 to 5 hours a
same thing for Halloween and
week with a child and should be
found it to be very popular.
prepared to make a year's com-

mitment. "The youngsters need
someone they can count on and ·
call on,'' says Firth. ··Consistent
contact is important.''
Volunteers should also • have
references from three persons,
and should be over 17, though
the average age of most
volunteers is 26. Experience with
children and some form of
transportation is helpful, but not
necessary, says Firth. "We are
willing to be flexible."
Volunteers are matched to
children with common interests in
the same geographical area.
Volunteers are able to observe the
child anonymously in a
playground situation before making a commitment..
Although there are currently 40
to 50 volunteers involved in the
Springfield program, the waiting
list for boys is sometimes long.
'' Men need to know that it isn't
non-macho to be a Big Brother,''
says Firth. ''There's a manliness
in helping others.''
She stresses that volunteers
'' need not be a parent or a
counselor -- just a friend.··
And , she says, no special efforts need to be made to be a Big
Brother or Sister. "You just need
to be willing to intlude the
children in what you are normally
doing."
Though volunteers sometimes
feel that making only a year's
commitment can be damaging to
the child when it's time to move
on, Firth says that children who
have had the experience of a Big
Brother or Sister for a short
amount of time are usually eager
to try again. "They're grateful for
what they can get." And, she
adds, many relationships continue past the minimum year requirement.
A representative from Big
Brother-Big Sister will be on cam·
pus Thursday, Nov. 13 in the
Student Resource Center from 9
a. m. to noon. Mes sages can be
left with Darrell Smith, 747-4501,
ext. 2343.

Segue offers
.
dram a·,,music
by Nick Valentine
for The TORCH

The Performing Arts Department Seque series continues
this year, with several musical
and perhaps some theatrical
performances on Wednesday.
Nov. 26 at 4 p.m. People are
invited to attend free of
charge.
In musical terms, a segue
(pronounced seg-way) is a
continous, uninterrupted playing. The Department has sponsored Seques for five years,
and schedules a few each
term.
"I think it's fascinating to
see what somebody does, ''
says Barbra Myrie, Segue
coordinator. '' Sometimes
there is a real sleeper running
around."
Myrie started Segues so
students could experience performance in front of an audience. It's a chance to learn
to control fear and to enjoy
performance, she says, noting
that some students ''will do
practically every Segue, and
by the end of their two years
they can do a full concert and
it's not a fearful thing."
One student, singer
Michelle Anderson, who is
preparing for the Nov. 26 performance, believes her singing
is well in hand but states,
' ' I'm nervous and excited. So
my preparation is in controlling
nerves.''
There will be a second
Segue on Wednesday, Dec. 3,
also at 4 p.m. in the main
theatre.

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Changes loom at LCC
by Heidi Swillinger
of The TORCH

Rasmussen estimates a
necessary FTE reduction of at
least 500. The college is searA shaky economy and possible ching foi ways to implement that
reduction in state reimbursement cut by Summer Session of 1981.
means change for LCC, says •
Pat Head, a U of O intern in
Dean of Instruction Gerald
Educational Administration, will
be interviewing department heads
Rasmussen.
and union members for ideas.
Though LCC 's new tax base
•'We need to know what our staff
was approved in the Nov. 4 electhinks the college should look
like,·' says Rasmussen. Head's
tion, the measure was trimmed to
report should be available by the
the bone when presented to the
end of Winter Term.
voters. Budget cuts must be im"We' re trying to dete.rmi ne
plemented to keep the college
where cuts should be made,"
operating.
says Rasmussen. ' 'LCC is a comTo further compound the proprehensive community college
blem, LCC cannot expect the
and should remain so."
state to provide additional FTE
Rasmussen would like to maintain
reimbursement though enrollment
mix between vocational, adult
a
figures continue to climb. "At
and lower division coleducation
best," says Rasmussen, "we
legiate programs.
can only hope state reimburseHowever, a reduction of proment won't be lowered."
grams as well as part time inAn FTE is a student or several structors seems inevitable. And it
students combined taking 15 looks like' 'activities which do not
credit hours per term. That directly serve the students'' may
averages out to 3 or 4 students be the first to go. Rasmussen
per FTE . Currently the state pro- cites the LCC-sponsored Senior
vides reimbursement for approx- Companion Program as one examimately 7,600 FTE, but the col- ple. Services, such as KLCC and
the TORCH , which do not
lege is serving 9,500 .

generate FTE, may also be affected. "We just need to decide
priorities," says Rasmussen, adding that final decisions will be up
to the Board of Education.
"We need to close the door to
some students without changing
the comprehensive nature of the
college." He adds, "We've not
done a good job in the area of
placing students in classes appropriate with their needs and
abilities.'' He emphasizes the
need for more viable placement
testing. One possible solution
would be stricter standards on
placement tests -- students would
have to meet certain score requirements before admission to
classes.
predicts
Rasmussen
'' significant changes'' and
reductions in the current
curiculum. "Alot of things that
happen are going to be different
-- and maybe -unpopular" But, he
says, ' 'Taxpayers are demanding
that we examine the cost effectiveness of our training ... And
we must plan for an era of
economic crisis. ·'

. The TORCH November 13 -

hina week schedule
films, demonstrations
by Sarah Brown
of The TORCH
Next Monday marks the
beginning of· 'China Week at
LCC.''
The week will be
highlighted by a nightly
presentation, Monday
through Thursday, beginning
at 7:30 p.m. Each evening
will feature a different focus,
accentuated by a film and a
lecture/ demonstration.
In conjunction with China
Week, LCC and the Pacific
InternaNorthwest
tional/ Intercultural Education Consortium, an
organization devoted to cross
cultural communication, will
sponsor a collection of

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by Sarah Brown
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entertained theatre and movie audiences since 1939.
Written by • Moss Hart and
George S. Kaufman , "The Man
Who Came to Dinner' ' followed
close behind that team 's Pulitzer
Prize winner, "You Can't Take It
With You. ''
Monty Wooley created the title
role, which was taken over by
Clifton Webb in the first touring
company . Wooley returned to the
role in the 1942 film and revived it
yet again for a television version
ten years later.
The play has become a classic
of American comedy , and enjoyed
a very successful Broadway
revival this past year.
The LCC production is directed
by Stan Elberson , and features,
in addition to Ballantyne , Terri

The acidly ins ulting, but
wonderfully funny Sheridan
Whiteside invades the LCC
theatre in "The Man Who Came
to Dinner,·' beginning Friday,
November 14th.
Played by Wayne Ballantyne,
Whiteside is a sentimental, irascible , and bombastic radio celebrity
who is marooned in the home of a
small-town hostess as the result
of a fractured hip.
Relegating the family to
quarters other than the living
room , the library and the kitchen ,
which he comandeers for himself,
the great man turns the Stanley
home into a bedlam of outrageous
words and deeds, which have

Lorang (' 'Where's Charlie?'') as
Maggie, Sue Schroeder (also of
"Where's Charley?" fame) as
Lorraine, Randi Carley as Beverly
Carlton and Brian Glendinning as
Banjo.
Tickets for LCC students are $3
and can be reserved in advance
by calling Performing Arts at
726-2202.
Also available is a special
"Student Rush Rate " of $2,
which is available to all students.
All that is neccesary is for a student to arrive between 7:15 and
7:30 p.m. at the Box Office. Any
seats left over at that time can be
purchased at the discounted
price.
The play will run November
14-15 and 19-22. Curtain time is
at 8 p.m .

Pie throwing contest

- ''We 've got very little funding,' ' says coach Stuart
McGrath. But he feels '' If we can
show people we can help
ourselves, maybe people will help
us.''
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pies and other goodies made by
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calligraphy and paintings by
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These works are currently
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where each evening ' s
presentation will begin, making it possible to view the exhibit beforehand.
The schedule for the week
is as follows:
Monday, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m.
Focus- Chinese Painting
Film- ' ' Masterpieces of

Bake sale fund raiser planned
by Paula Case
of The TORCH
Traditional European cooking,
American desserts, and a pieth rowing contest will highlight the
women's soccer team bake sale
November 19, from 9 a.m. to 2
p. m. on the second floor of the
Center Building.
Money made from the bake sale
will finance equipment for the
team and a trip to Portland to play
Portland Community College.
This will be the second bake
sale in the last month. Approximately $82 was collected from
the previous sale. The team's
first purchase was Sylvania
floodlights for nighttime practices.
Since LCC 's women's soccer
team is not funded by the college,
fund-raising events are planned
all through the year.

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Chinese Art , Chinese Painting"
Slide-lecture and tour of the
exhibition
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.
Focus- Chinese Opera
Film- '' Heritage of Chinese
Opera''
Slide presentation and
demonstration of Chinese
Opera face painting.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7:30
p.m.
Focus- Chinese Calligraphy
Film- " Chinese Brush
Strokes' ·
Calligraphy
Chinese
demonstration.
Thursday, Nov. 20, 7:30
p.m.
Focus- Chinese Cooking
Film- ' 'Seven Chinese
Festivals''
Chinese Cooking Demonstration.
Throughout the week ,
there will also be showings of
Alan Watts ' film on
" Buddhism , Man and
Nature " and a film ,
' ' Misunderstanding China .''
The Chinese Art and
Calligraphy exhibit will remain on display in the LCC
Library through the twentysixth of this month .

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SPORTS

LCC ·vvomen.capture second·, NJCA Jitl.e
by Dan Holden
of The TORCH

The LCC women's team won it~
second National Junior College
Association cross-country title,
finishing with 50 points, more
than 30 points ahead of second
place team Golden Valley
Lutheran of Minnesota.
Sophomore Sandy Dickerson
took the individual honors, covering the 5,000 meter course at
Avondale Golf Course in 18:22.0.
Freshman Martha Swatt was
second in 18:33.8. Dickerson
·and Swatt earned All-American
honors for their efforts.
LCC is the first team to win
consecutive championships in the
five-year history of the women's
national meet.
In the men's race, LCC was

sixth with 188 points. Pima Com- ·
Dickerson, who ran the same
munity College of Arizona took the
course in 18:30.8 to win the
conference-region meet a week
title with 62 points ..Adrian Royal
of Southern Idaho won the inago, cut eight seconds off that
div id u aI championship in
time and did it on what women's
24:23.1.
cross-country Coach Mike
Sophomore Rick Cleek was the
Manley described as "even
highest finisher for the Titans,
tougher conditions.''
taking 15th in 26: 10 .4. Both he
Dickerson, who was second to
and teammate Bob Shisler, who
Teisch of Cobleskill ColMarian
placed 24th in 26:16.7, gained
lege of New York after the first
All-American honors.
mile, moved into the lead at the 2
Ironically, LCC 's women won
mile mark and kept increasing
the Oregon Community College
her lead until the finish. "I was
Athletic Association and NJCAA
running behind a girl on the seRegion 18 titles a week earlier on
hill. I saw her form was bad
cond
the same course.
knew I could hurt her if I
I
and
Anne O'Leary was 19th in
her now,'' said Dickerpassed
19:30.6, Chris Fox 22nd in
son, explaining her timing for
19:35.6 and Debbie Knapp 24th
passing Teisch.
in 19:40.5. Non-scoring runners
Swatt, who placed 6th after a
for LCC were Mimi Carle, 29th, in
mile, passed Teisch at the 2 1/2
19:52.6, and Laurie Moran, 71st,
mile point.
in 21 :19.5

Men's soccer finishes optimistically

Women
INDIVIDUAL (5,000 meters) • 1, Sandy Dickerson ,
Lane . 18:22.0 2, Martha Swatt, Lane. 18:33.8. 3.
Marian Teisch , Cobleskill (N \' .), 18:42 .3. 4, Julie Lan·
5. Elizabeth Watch .
tis . SW Michigan . 18:45.3.
Macomb County (Mich.), 18:47.1. 6, Nancy Woods,
North Idaho. 18:54.0. 7, Leisha Tenney-Hills , Dodge
City (Kansas), 18:54.8. 8, Leslie Winnale , Macomb,
19:. 04 .8 9, Kim Southworth, SW Michigan. 19:05.0.
10, Nancy Reynolds, Clackamas , 19:07.2. 11 , Christy
Pattern , Golden Valley Lutheran (Minn .), 19:10.2 12,
Debbie Sevino , Corning (N .Y.). 19:13.8. 13, Julie
Browning, Barton County (Kansas), 19:15.8. 14, Dawn
Wilger , Mt. Hood , 19:21.1. 15, ValerieSkilba , Pheonix
(Ariz .), 19:21.4. OTHERS · 19, Anne O'Leary, Lane.
19:30.6. 22 . Chris Cario. Lane. 19:52.6. 40. Debbie
Simi;m . Clackamas . 20 :21 . 7. 49 , Le Ann Madison . Mt.
Hood, 20:34.4. 63 , Carolyn Raimondi, Clackamas ,
21 :08 .1. 71, Laurie Moran , Lane, 21: 19.5. 73 , Andrea
Scott. Mt. Hood , 21 :21 .7. 81, Jackie Beaudry,
Clackamas , 21 :36.2. 103. Peg Winczwski , Clackamas.
22:22. 7. 123. Mo Kelly. Clackamas. 24:22.8 .
TEAM • Lane 50 . Golden Valley Lutheran (Minn.) 81 ,

Macomb County (Mich .) 91 , SW Michigan 118 . Dodge
City (Kansas) 119, Pheonix City (Ariz) 126, Clackamas
150, Minnesota-Waseca 219 , North Idaho 243. Brevard
(N .C.) 273 , College of Lake County 292 . Gloucester
(Mass .) 310 .
Men
INDIVIDUAL (5 miles) • 1. Adrian Royal, Southern
Idaho, 24 :23.1 . 2, Brian Olson , Jackson (Mich .),
25 :37.8. 3, Kirk Fiehler, Scottsdale (Ariz) , 25 :48.2. 4,
Bruce Mcintyre, De Kalb (Ga .), 25:48 .8. 5, Hernando
6. Edison
Hernandez, Southern Idaho 25 :51 . 1.
Eskeets, Haskell Indian (Kan .), 25:54 .8. 7, Jeff Sul·
fins, Hagerstown (Pa.) , 25:58 .1 8, Ronnie Treadway.
Brevard (N .C.J, 26 :01 .7. 9, Phil Campoy . Pima(Anz .).
26 :03 .6. 10. Alvin Begay. Haskell Indian. 25:05.1 . 11 ,
Tom Bush , Pima, 26:05 .1. 12. Todd Bauer, Golden
13, MJurice Haler,
Valley Lutheran , 26 :07 .7.
Minnesota-Waseca. 26:09.5 . 14, Mark Wozazk, SW
Michigan. 26:09 .9. 15, Rick Cleek , Lane 26:10.4.
OTHERS • 24, Bob Shisler , Lane , 26 : 16.7. 45, Vance
61 , Jay Marugg,
Blow. Clackamas, 26:46.0.
Clackamas , 26:58.9. 72 , Fred Sproul . Lane , 27 :06 .8.
83 , Scott Minter.
:12.7.
27
,
82 . Mike Booton . Mt. Hood
Lane . 27 :13.4. 85. Mike Webster, Lane. 27 :14.5. 90 ,
Rick Smith . Clackamas , 27:20 .1.101 , Kevin Morris,
Lane , 27 :25.6. 108, Bob Barker, Clackamas . 27:34.9.
111 . Vinny Hogan , Lane 27 :38 . 122. Mike Knutson ,
Clackamas. 27:48 .3. 127. Tim Colgan , Clackamas ,
27 :55.7. 139, Ken Urban, Mt. Hood. 28:03 .1. 152.
James Hester, Clackamas , 28 : 17.8.
TEAM• Pima 62, Brevard 86. Southwestern Michigan
103, Jackson 104 , Golden Valley Lutheran 133, Lane
188. Haskell Indian 197, Sanon County (Kan.) 270,
Seminole (Okla.) 278 , Clackamas 296 .

Sports Reports
by Dan Holden
of The TORCH

by Dan Holden
of The TORCH

The LCC men's soccer team
concluded league play with a
solid 5-3 victory over Oregon Institute of Technology Nov. 1 on
home turf.
Kurt Konschot led the scoring
with four goals and teammate
Jerry Houck added a tally.
In LCC's last non-league
match, the Titans defeated
Oregon College of Education 1-0
at Monmouth.
coach
soccer
Men's
Gyorgyfalvy praised the patience
and determination shown by his
team in the face of obstacles.
With only two returning starters
from last year's team, and a rash
of injuries , the team still finished
on an upswing.
Highlights of the season were
two great defensive efforts, says
Gyorgyfalvy. These included a
2-2 stalemate with second place

The women's vollleyball team ended its season with a 16-14 ,
15-13 win over Chemeketa Community College in Salem,
Oregon.
Joyce Shepherd served the last seven points of the second
game.
''We finished third behind Clackamas,'' said Assistant Coach
Gary Horsfall, as he summed up the league standing.
Mount Hood Community College took first place, 13-1.
Clackamas took second, 12-2, LCC came in third, 11-3, and
Chemeketa was fourth, 6-8.
" Only three teams finished with winning seasons ," added
Horsfall.
Portland Community College, and
a 1-0 loss to leaque champion
Clackamas Community College . .
LCC's all-state goalie Dave
Mael was the backbone of the
Titan defense in the latter game,
blocking 20 shots on goal , according to Gyorgyfalvy .
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Dickerson ran second to Swatt
throughout much of the season,
but not last two weekends.
Clackamas, the OCCAA second
team represented in the meet,
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tributions this year were: Leading
scorer Kurt Konschot , with seven
goals; Sabzalian Mohammad on
defense; and first year member
Jerry Houck.
With approximately 20 men
returning next year, Gyorgyfalvy
hopes the growing pains of
rebuilding a team are behind him.
'' All we need next year are a few
guys to put the ball in the net,
plus the additional year of experience , and we will be a solid
team,'' he says.
Jerry Houck adds optimistically, "Maybe next year we won't
lose all those close ball games.
We will be play-off contenders.''
The team finishes with a 2-3-1
league record and a yet-to-beconcluded non-league record of
3-5-2.

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The Oregon Institue of Technology's flag football tau rnament
will continue as planned on Saturday -- without the Titan team .
The seven team tournament, to be held in Klamath Falls, is
•
open to community colleges around the state.
"We had a team, but we didn't have the money to send them
there,' ' said Mitch Allara, Assistant Director of Athletics and Intramural Coordinator.
Allara also said faculty apathy was a factor in keeping the team
home. "We couldn 't find a faculty member to go and chaperone
the team -- most of them wanted to stay and watch the high
school cross-country championships,' ' said Allara.
"Four teams qualified for the semi-finals, but we weren't one
of them ," said George Gyorgyfalvy, LCC men's soccer coach.
Clackamas Community College and Portland Community College represented the South conference while Warner Pacific and
Lewis and Clar~ represented the North in the semi-finals held
•
last Saturday.
When the dust (or rather, mud) finally settled, Clackamas and
Portland emerged victorious. Clackamas defeated Lewis and
Clark 4-0 in Portland, and Portland beat Warner Pacific 2-0 in a
•
match held at Catlin Gable High School in Portland.
'' It's very likely we finished in third place,'' said GyorgyfaJvy,
still uncertain about the team's standing until the OISA finals on
Saturday, Nov. 15.
The November predicted time run, better known as the
"Turkey Trot," will be held Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 4 p.m. and
Wednesday, Nov. 26 at noon, weather permitting.
Interested persons should contact the Intramural Office for
more details.
An intramural power weight lifting contest will be held on
Thursday, Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. in the weight room of the Health
and PE Building.
The competition in the men's and women's division will include bench press, deadlift and squats.
Weigh-ins will be at 2:30 p.m. Spectators are welcome.

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1980 Page 11

Americans do not vote for president

This week's forum was contributed by Political Science Instructor Paul Malm.
Portland State 105
Delaware State 0
Reagan 489
Carter 49

Crushing, overwhelming victories, yes? No! The football
score is. The Presidential_voting
result isn 't.
Obviously Reagan won. He
managed to garner more popular
votes than Carter, Anderson,
Clark , and Commoner combined.
But his total represented only
slightly more than 51 percent of
the votes cast. Hardly a
" gullywasher. " Actually 49 percent of the voters did not want
Reagan.
This illusory phenomenon is
due to the vagaries of a uniquely
American political institution , the
ELECTORAL COLLEGE. It is this
system , wedded to an
ultrasophisticated computer projection technique , that enabled
the TV networks last week to project a Reagan victory when half
the nation hadn't yet voted. Had
the election been decided by
POPULAR VOTE, there is little
likelihood that , without the votes
of California and the Northwest,
such projections could have been
made.
So what is the Electoral College?
Americans do not vote for a
President . They vote for electors.
In each state we vote for a slate of
electors , morally if not legally
committed to one of the candidates. The number of each

state's electors is equivalent to
that state's Congressional
delegation. Oregon presently has
six electors. California has 45. It
is obvious where the political
power lies. California's electoral
vote is roughly equal to the total
of 10 other Western states . It is
obvious why no presidential candidate in his right mind campalgns in Wyoming, or North
Dakota, or, for that matter, Rhode
Island.

Traditionally, the winning electoral college margin is amassed in
the Solid South, the industrial

and-file vote for the Republican,
Reagan.
The inability of Carter to appease these geographic zones
has accelerated the transfer of
Electoral College power from
there to the West, now a growing
conservative area.
Electoral votes are amassed on
a state-to-state basis. The candidate gaining the largest popular
vote in each state -- be it by one
or one million -- takes all that
state's electoral vote. The California result was Reagan,
4,447,266; Carter, 3,040,600;
and Anderson , 727,871. It could

'Electoral College merely affirms
... the ordinary individual has little
role in the election of a president.'
Northeast, in Texas and California. It has been possible to win
the Southern states , New York or
California, Pennsylvania , Ohio,
Illinois,
Michigan,
Massachusetts , and Texas and
virtually ignore the other 30 plus
states of the Union. As a corollary
to this , a president need only
keep the South and big-city industrial North happy or appeased
for four years to be assured of a
second term. Obviously Carter did
not. Demoralizing industrial
unemployment caused a ' 'blue
collar '' revolt and an unprecedented (46 percent) rank-

have been 4,447,266 to
4,447,256 and the result would
have been the same -- 45 electoral votes for Reagan. More than
three million Californians were effectively disenfranchised .
What produced such a system?
Initially, the Constituional Convention of 1787 adopted this
practice as a compromise born of
big state/small state rivalries,
differing · state voting requirements, the slavery problem,
the semi-literate condition of
much of the electorate and their
unfamiliarity with present and
potential presidential candidates ,
and a host of other reasons .

As strong political parties
began to emerge, the electors
came to be chosen merely as
representatives of their parties:
And after 1800, independent
voting by electors almost disappeared . From 1820 through
1968, only nine of 15,092 electoral votes cast were cast contrary to commitments. Interestingly, in 1976, Eugenian
Libertarian Party dynamo, Tonie
Nathan, was given one electoral
voted by a maverick elector from
• the East, the first and only woman
so honored.
Since that time, three U.S.
Presidents - John Quincy Adams,
Rutherford B. Hayes , and Benjamin Harrison -- actually trailed
their opponents in the popular
vote , and another twelve did not
receive a majority of the votes
cast in their election.
A shift of a few thousand votes
in Illinois and Texas in 1960
would have taken the victory from
John F. Kennedy and granted it
to Richard M. Nixon. Eight years
later, a shift of 42,000 votes in
three states from Nixon to Hubert
Humphrey would have denied
Nixon his victory and transferred
the balance of power to American
Independent Party candidate
George Wallace with hls 46 electoral votes . Such an outcome
suggests all sorts of possibilities ,
none too inviting.
For these reasons and many
others, there has been a continuing attempt to change the electoral process to one of direct election in recent times.
Senator Birch Bayh has been
the strongest proponent of

change. However, a coalition of
Southern Democratic legislators,
together with small-state
Republicans has consistently
aborted the effort. Lately the
coalition has been joined by bigcity liberals seeking to maintain
the inordinate power bloc-voting
minorities have wielded in the
Northern industrial cities through
the electoral college . The
American Jewish Congress, and
the Urban League have been cited
as enemies of electoral change.
Theodore H. White (Making of
a President) appearing before the
Senate Judiciary Committee, April
15, 1970, warned that " The
direct popular election of the
President would be a 'direct invitation to chaos .' It would intensify vote fraud in close presidential elections. The present electoral college protects the interests
of minority groups by giving them
political leverage within their
state.··
The next day, Presidential
Assistant Richard Goodwin noted
other criticisms : " Direct popular
election would promote a proliferation of political parties , and
increase the power of large states
at the expense of the small
states. ' '
However, the Electoral College
merely affirms the widely-held
conviction that the ordinary individual has little role in the election of a president.
Despite this pervasive sentiment, the chance of the electoral
college being abolished is about
as good as Delaware State's
chances next year of beating
Portland State 105 to 0.

Stewart answers questions about God
by George Wagner
of The TORCH

''The unexamined life is not
worth living, "said Socrates. In a
society of instant pacifications
and rapid fire cliches, it is tough
to find someone who has thought
through his/her position and
come to a reasonable account for
the beliefs s/he holds to be true .
Don Stewart has spent the last
11 years examining his beliefs by
comparing them with other world
views and investigating the accusations of those critical to his
position.
Stewart, an internationally
known author, lecturer, and student of law and theology, is lecturing in the Eugene area on the
integrity of the Christian faith.
In an exclusive interview ,
Stewart answered many questions , a portion of which are listed
below :
Q: Why is Christianity relevant
today?
A: Buckminster Fuller refers to
u,s. (t~e . human race) as a pro-

toplasmic experiment without an
instruction manual. We need
evidence outside ourselves to explain who we are, why we are,
and where we are going. These
questions asked by every human
being at one time or another are
answered by Christianity.

Q: What is God?
A: The God of the Bible is loving, gentle, and caring, but also
righteous and just. He is the only
God. He is the only one that has
always existed. He is personal
and is deeply interested in today's problems -- not only in the
White House but also -those problems that students at LCC have.
Q: I noticed you used the
masculine for God. Is God a male?
A: No, God has no gender. I used the masculine because the Bible relates God 's authority to us
in a father-son terminology which
we can understand. Actually, God
is neither male or female, but is
sexless. John 4:21 says that
''God is Spirit and they who worship him should worship him in
Spirit and in tr,ut~--

0: Is Christianity chauvinistic?
A: No, the scripture differentiates roles but it never makes the
woman less or inferior. Christ
gave women a higher position
then they had ever held prior to
him. Prior to Christ women were
generally looked upon as being
another form of property. Christianity has historically elevated
women everywhere it has gone.
In a lot of religions such as Islam,
women are looked down upon as
being less than men. In the Hindu
religion a women cannot reach
Nirvana unless she comes back in
her next incarnation as a man.
This is basic in both historical
Buddhism and Hinduism.

deify or elevate that individual into a cultic or religious idol. Isn't
that prostituting the individual's
intentions when followers elevate
him/her instead of simply learning from his/her example?

Q: Is that true of Westernized
Buddhism and Hinduism?
A: No, they have been revised
in the West because the women
here wouldn't tolerate them
otherwise, but historically and
traditionally it has been so.

0: How can we know that the
scriptures we have today are even
remotely similar to the original
writings?

Q: Every time an individual,
such as Christ, proclaims or
revives a moral or natural law
his/ her followers have tended to

A: Yes, certainly. If the individual didn't attribute those
claims to him or herself. Usually it
is hundreds of years after a leader
comes on the scene when
followers elevates him or her. The
people who elevated Christ,
however, were his immediate
followers. These were primary
souJce witness that said Christ
made the claim to deity himself.
His adversaries killed him for this
reason.

A: Very simply. If we compare
the bible we have today with the
ancient manuscripts we have, using the science of textual criticism
and other diciplines we can see if
they balance up with the facts .
There is more evidence of the

reliability of the New Testament
as it comes down to us today than
any 30 pieces of classical
literature put together today.
There is more ev,aence tor the
reliability of the text than there
are for the 37 plays of William
Shakespeare which were written
after the invention of printing.

Stewart is conducting lectures
and radio interviews in the
Eugene area from November 11 15. Tuesday he spoke at OSU and
Wednesday afternoon he addressed a crowd at LCC. Thursday he will speak at the University of Oregon in the gold room of
Carson dorm from 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Friday he will speak at Faith
Center at 8 p.m.; Saturday at
Grace Community Church at 7
p.m.; and Sunday at 11 a.m. and
7 p.m. at Calvary Chapel.
Stewart will be conducting
open discussions daily from 4 - 5
p.m. on KBMC 94 .5 FM .
Students are invited to examine
the evidence and raise comment
or questions . • , ..--.· •.".·... ,. .

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--Omnlum-Gatherum
The future for women

LCC' s Women 's Program Brown Bag Tai ks
presents Kate Barry, Women 's Studies instructor,
discussing ··Beyond the Myths and Stereotypes of
Women " , Tuesday, Nov . 18, at noon in the board
room of the administration building. Call the Women· s
Center, 747-4501 ext. 2353 for more information .
Kate will explore what she believes will be happening to women in the future , not what our myths and
stereotypes might lead us to believe the future will
hold .

Anti-draft play upcoming
The Coalition Opposing Registration and the Draft is
presenting a benefit play Saturday, Nov . 15. The play
is The Oily Bird Gets the War performed by the
Seattle-based group •'The Freedom of Information
Act." It will be at Patterson School at 1510 W. 15,
and will begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information call
CORD at 485-4611.

Break the Fast
On Nov . 20 , the day of the Seventh Annual Fast for
a World Harvest, the Oxfam Fast Committee will sponsor a public breaking of the fast at the Wesley Center,
1236 Kinkaid St. at 5:30 p.m . There will be a guest
speaker. There will also be films showing throughout
the day on the U of O campus. For more inform~tion ,
call 485-1 755.

ASLCC presents film
The ASLCC is presenting the film Bonnie & Clyde
today in Forum 309 . The film is showing at 11 a.m.
and again at 1 p.m. Admission is $1 .

Blood mobile at LCC
The Lane County blood mobile will be here on
Wednesday, Nov . 19. Call Student Health , ext. 2665
to make an appointment if you want to make a donation .

Disabled set meeting
VLAA (Voice of Limited Abilities Association) will
hold its meetings on Fridays of each week at noon.
If you are a student with physical disabilities, or are
just interested, please come.
This year , one of our major projects will be to set up
an Emergency Loan Fund for students with
disabilities .
We need to raise money for this fund . We plan on
holding an auction on Dec . 2 & 3 here at LCC.
We need bodies to collect donations to be auctioned , seek donations, assist with wrapping, and present the actual auction.
Any student interested in helping is cordially invited
to join us .
Please bring any items to be donated to Bjo
Ashwill 's Office at Cen 221 . For more information con-

tact Bjo at Cen. 221, Counseling dept. or call ext.
2239 .

Ski Club to meet
The first annual Ski Club meeting will be held in the
Board Room of the administration building from 3 to 4
p.m . today . For more information , contact Michael B.
Thomas at 343-3457.

Steinem to appear at U
Gloria Steinem, currently editor and writer for Ms .
Magazine , is one of America 's foremost advocators of
women's rights . Ms. Steinem will appear at McArthur
Court , U of O campus , Tuesday , Nov. 18 at 8 p.m .
Tickets are $2 for U of O students, $3 for the general
public, and ·are available at the EMU Main Desk , U of
0 Bookstore, and at B. Dalton Bookstore.

Edward Abbey to speak
Edward Abbey, noted environmental writer, will
speak at the University of Oregon EMU Ballroom , 7:30
p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17. His talk is sponsored by
•the Oregon Wilderness Coalition and Survival Center.
Abbey is best known for his fiction book , The
Monkey Wrench Gang, which chronicles the exploits
of a group of " ecosabateurs " who attempt to blow up
Glen Canyon dam in southeast Utah .
Admission is $2. 50 for students and $3. 50 for
regular admission to help benefit the protection of
wilderness .

Blood pressure clinic
The Lane County chapter of the American National
Red Cross sponsors a free blood pressure clinic on the
third Wednesday of every month from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the U.S. National Bank in the Oakway Mall.
The date of this month's clinic is Nov. 19. This is in
addition to the regular clinic on the last Thursday of
each month at the Chapter House.

Ancient origins
A film festival, consisting of three films dealing with
the possibility of extra-terrestrial intelligence, will be
shown at the Lane County Conference Center, 796 W.
13.
The films are In Search of Ancient Astronauts, In
Search of Ancient Mysteries, and Omega.
All three will be shown on Saturday, Nov. 15 at
6:30 and 9:30 p.m. The cost is $2.50.

Giant garage sale
" One person's junk is another person's treasure, "
says Norv Ritchey, coordinator of one of the largest indoor garage sales ever to be held in the area .
Set for 8 a.m. to 6 p.m . Sunday, Nov. 16 at McArthur Court , the sale will help raise funds to buy books
for the University of Oregon Library.
Anyone in the community may drop off items at the

Mac Court box office, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. now
through Saturday, Nov. 15. For items too large to
deliver , call 686-4103 for free pickup . A receipt will
be issued for tax purposes .

Hosts needed for students
Eugene-Springfield area families are needed immediately to particpate in one of two foreign student
programs at the U of 0.
Friendship families, who involve students in such
family activities as meals, shopping and travel, are
needed for some 45 foreign students. Seven students
need host families to house them . Host families
receive a monthly stipend to cover room and board
Families interested in either program should call
Susan Spradling at 686-3945 .

Country rock at EMU
The EMU Cultural Forum proudly presents an even ing of down home country rock with veteran star
Michael Murphey on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 and
10 p.ni . in the EMU Ballroom . Tickets are $5 for U of
0 students , $6 for the general public , and can be purchased at the EMU Main Desk, the. U of O Bookstore,
Toad Hall Hi Fi , and Bremen Town Records .

Concert at School of Music
The EMU Cultural Forum is presenting Martin Carthy and Alistair Anderson in an evening of traditional
music from Northumberland, Scotland , Ireland , and
England on Monday, Nov . 17. The concert will take
plane in Beall Hall , located in the University of Oregon
School of Music , and will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are
$2 .25 for U of O students, $2 .75 for the general
public, and are available at the EMU Main Desk , Toad
Hall Hi Fi, the Buy and Sell Center, and Bremen Town
Records. Tickets will also be available at the door on
the evening of the concert.

Reggae at W.O.W. Hall
The Seattle marimba band of Duni Maraira is returning to Eugene for two performances. Dumi, who is
from Zimbabwe, has played reggaie to enthusiastic
Eugene crowds in years past. He and his band will appear at the W.O.W . Hall at 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 21 and
22. Tickets cost $3.50 and are on sale at the EMU
Main Desk and the House of Records . The proceeds
will benefit the local group, People for Southern
African Freedom, sponsors of the event. Everyone is
invited to attend Dumi 's danceable reggae; childcare
will be provided .

Public meeting on 2,4-D
The herbicide 2,4-0, which is linked to cancer and
birth defects, is being sprayed on 4-J school district
lawns . There will be four speakers discussing this
problem at a public meeting on Friday, Nov . 14 at
Harris Hall (8 and Oak) . The film Burden of Proof will
be shown at 7:30 p.m. followed by an open discussion . Childcare will be provided .

Anti war prose
There will be an "Anti-World War Three" poetry
reading on Wednesday , Nov. 19 from 7:30 to 10 p.m .
at 1236 Kincaid next to the U of O Bookstore. The
reading is free and donations will be accepted to
benefit the work of CORD, the Coalition Opposing
Registration and the Draft. For more information call
Lisa Duncan at 344-1124, or the CORD office at
485-4611 .

ADC group. to form
Three ADC mother 's are trying to reactivate the Aid
to Dependent Children mother 's group that disbanded
about three years ago . The group 's plans ar:.e : To help
each person to achieve her long term goals ; To be a
suppMt group; To help ADC mother's meet some
emergencies; To work to become an effective lobbiest
for low income people.
Come join Myrna Vogel, Susan Taylor and Maria
Wray. A sign up sheet is in the Women's Awareness
Center, ,or call Susan Taylor at 746-2809 for more information .

Criminal justice night
The criminal justice system wi ll be the focus of a
community education night Tuesday , Nov. 18 at St.
Mary 's Episcopal Church (13 and Pearl ). Sponsor's
Inc . is hosting the event that begins with a potluck at
6 p.m. , followed by a filmstrip from 7:45 to 9 p.m.
The film , Alternatives to Prison , will be followed by
comments from three people involved in the local
justice system .
If you have questions or want more information ,
contact Susan Wulling at Sponsors, 485-8341.

Joint Forces
A lecture demonstration with Joint Forces, an alternative dance group, will be held Monday, Nov. 17,
from 11 :30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A master class with
Andrew Harwood will meet between 5 and 7 p.m.
Monday evening.
The significance of this event will broaden
students' knowledge of alternative dance groups
practicing in the Eugene community. These events
will also increase students' exposure to various movement forms and increase the range of movement
potential as a creative activity and/ or as a physical
fitness activity.
Both events are free and will be in the LCC Auxiliary
Gym.

Women's Ctr. mini-mystery
Clue no. 1: Jack and Jill were found dead on the
floor .
Clue no. 2: Lying beside them: A rock ; A puddle of
water; Broken glass .
Clue no. 3: The window above them was broken
out.
How did they die?
A prize will be awarded for the first correct answer
brought to the Women 's Awareness Center.

lassIfled

cars

'74 Pinto Wagon. Automatic, radials. Asking $1700. 683-6080.
'74 Dodge Dart. 318 engine, good and clean. Radial tires , cruise control. $1895. Call 782-2820 or leave message at 782-4378.
'74 Monte Carlo. 49,000 original miles. Excellent condition. Must see
to appreciate . Best offer. 1-895-3742.
'67 Dodge. Radial tires and studded tires. AC, radio. $595 or best offer. 747-5760.

Male with medium dog seeks rental under $125 mo. to share with
one other. 484-5356 or leave message at TORCH office for Jell.
The Renaissance Room needs musicians, classical, folk. Full course
lunch, tip basket included. Call ext. 2525.
Student member for Legal Services Committee. Contact ASLCC, Rm.
479 , Center Bldg.

services

wanted

Women 's clinic: Pap test, birth control information and method
available. LCC Student Health Service . By appointment.

Roomates needed soonfor large 4 br house in South Hills. First, last
months rent. 683-3665.

Learn to make DOUGH ART! Classes given Nov. 10 and 11 and Nov.
17 and 18. Call Rosalie, 485-5230 for more info.

Couple seeking compatible person to share our 2 br home. Nonsmoking vegetarians call 726-5071 .

Audio Consultation. Independent. System design and installation.
Very reasonable. Experienced. For details, call Tom , 484-6888.

Room for rent -- Great location!! Energy efficient, private room
wlbath. On 5 acres positioned at end of Seavy Loop, (2 mi. from
LCC) . $150 plus util. 726-7769 .

Are your shoulders up to your ears? Stiff neck? Mind cluttered? Call
683-5626.

One br apt., newly painted, rug shampooed, pets and kids allowed.
1515 Main. $195 . 747-8209.

RECYCLED STEREOS BUY -- SELL -- TRADE. STEREO WORKSHOP.
Monday-Saturday 10-6. 126 N. 28th, Springfield. 741-1597.

PA YING CASH for all gold, silver, diamonds, coins. BREJOE GOLD EX·
CHANGE INC. 747-4654 seven days a week. 1216 Mohawk Blvd.

SMALL JS BEAUTIFUL. O.A.S. Y.S. PRISM-1 Miniaturized Monitor
Speaker. Incredible sound .Tiny, warrantied. 484-6888, anytime.

FREE CLASSIFIEOS FOR LCC STUDENTS, FACULTY,and STAFF. Fifteen words. Non-commercial. Come'n get'em. They're hot!!!

SELL CARS, RENT HOUSES, SEND LOVE'N STUFF! FREE TORCH
Classifieds. Fifteen words for LCC Persons.

OVERSEAS JOBS-Summer/year round. Europe, S. America,
Australia, Asia . All fields. $500 -1200 monthly. Sightseeing. Free information. Write: IJC, Box 52, OR2, Corona Del Mar, Calif., 92625.

Down sleeping bag. High-Tech. Custom Design. World's finest down
. Ultra light. Feathered friends Lite-Tern. Tom 484-6888 anytime.
Single bed, head and footboard. $25. 485-6943.

Good quality wood carving tool set (gouges, etc.) Also chest freezerreasonable. 746-1854.

Schwinn Super Letour 10 sp. 23 inch frame, lights, rack, fenders.
$225. Call Sharla, 683-1652.

Want some part-time income equal to your effort? Call Michael for an
appointment. 343-3457 .

CAR STEREO SERVICE CENTER -- Hi-Ii equipment repair -- MondaySaturday, 10 to 6. 126 N. 28th Springfield. 741-1597.

HANO-KNffTEO, WOOL, SCANDIA DESIGN APRES-SKI SWEATER.
Twelve sunset hues. Sized 38-40. $185. See YoYo at TORCH .

Ski/ chain saw, 16 inch bar, easy starting, recently rebuilt carburetor
$90 call eves . 726-8764.

LOST: One knitted brown hat and one blue fold-up umbrella. Please
return to Business Dept.

Foos ball table, good condition. Make offer. Steve 998-2238.

Kenny, if you don 't drop by and say "Hi ", I' m going to publish your
name in the paper! L.

Stereo console FM-AM radio. Excellent sound. Looks great. TV needs
work. $20. 683-5692.

Playful kitten, " Ronald McDonald " free to good home. 345-4601 .

Fender guitar. Amps Champ $125. Bandmaster $200. Fender Music
Master electric guitar $100. Size 8 men' s ski boots, Caber $35 .
484-2598 .

Barb: Keep on running, you 'll catch the wind sooner than you know.
Sand man .

messag~s

FREE! FREE! FREE! Cats! BIG and small or in-BEtween. Take your
pick. 935-2620.

If you see Kay, tell her I love her. Hal from Etta Bite Apie Frat.
Wanted, person to coach basketball at Lowell H.S. Earn college credit
for winter term. Contact Dave. Ext. 2696.
Enjoy life. Join the mile high club. ContactB .P. and B.A. thru the
Flight Dept.
Ladies 18-? For fun ca/1686-0927 after 11 p.m.
M.M.R.: Fool me once, shame on you -- Stand me up twice, shame
on ME!!

. Awbery. How can I reach you? Ad in TORCH or message at TORCH
office would work. Felice.
classroom operations
dissect the moment of conception.
Jay the parts of a love child
on varied trays exposed
to the glare of sterility.
subjective surgery,
sutures tight -exacting adhesions -return to recovery womb.
invisibly scarred.

lllE.-- Kwitcherbitchin. You've got the best there is! LG.the 1st.

MN: I walloped the horse but the parachute broke. Next time ... a
steam roller! Quack! DD
Keith S. What a stallion. Your Mile Hi Club initiation made the Mount
St. Helens eruption seem weak in comparison.
to "Waiting for your first move", sorry to take two weeks to say it,
but HI!! I'm hard to reach. Leave message or? Second move is yours .
Q-ball.
Polar Bear: Happy Birthday, Honey. Can hardly wait till June 23. Love
ya lots. Cathie.
Double Dee: Glad you can make it tor Thanksgiving. We needed a
turkey! Sir Certified.
Kimberly Jean: Let's get drunk and sing under the Christmas tree!
I'll be home. Love, Linda Faye .
BECOME INVOLVED! Students needed to serve on a variety of committees. Contact ASLCC, Rm 479, Center.
CHECK THE WOMEN'S AWARENESS CENTER BULLETIN BOARD FOR
THE LATEST JOB POSSIBILITIES OR COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS.
A good cup of coflee, a warm atmosphere and a welcoming smile.
Women's _,,,,,ss Center

Batman -- Let's go find Paradise. Love you -- Gunner

Who has a reference file, referral services, and gives personal support? The Women's Awareness Center.

8. Gates: You look good even in the darkroom. Secret Admirer.

Debbie Shears: You're a little spaz but I like you! DH