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Vol. 23, No. 1 September 13, 1982 - 8eptcmb@ii 19, 1982

30th Ave. construction continues
by Mike Sims

TORCH Associate Editor

Work is progressing
smoothly on construction of
an overpass and interchange at
30th Avenue and Spring
Boulevard, 1.5 miles west of
LCC.
Ross Brothers Incorporated, general contractor
for the $1.3 million project,
has set March 1 as a projected
completion date.
According to Dave Lawler
of the engineering division of
the Lane County Public
Works Department, most offroad work at the construction
site is complete -- moving and
grading earth for off- and onramps, and broadening 30th
Avenue shoulders.
The latter will be a boon to
cyclists using 30th Avenue to

travel between southeast
Eugene and LCC. Bike lanes
will also be added to the Spring Boulevard overpass.
Commuters to LCC should
otherwise see few effects of the
construction project during
their daily sojourns between
campus and town. According
to Lane County Field Engineer
Don Greer, 30th Avenue will
be set up to handle four lanes
of traffic during construction
of center pilings for the overpass. This phase of the project
is expected to be completed by
the start of classes Sept. 27.
The overpass itself should be
completed in early January.
Extreme cold is seen as the
only possible delay factor.
This possibility is slight,
however, since most of the
concrete should be poured
before the truly cold weather
sets in.

Photo by Michael Bailey

Workmen pour cement as part of the construction currently taking place on 30th Ave. Most
of the major groundwork is expected to be complete before cold weather begins.

LCC Board to ask voters for property tax hike
by Jeff Keating

TORCH Editor

The LCC Board Wednesday
night unanimously approved a
resolution calling for an election measure to increase the
current tax base from
$9,996,700 to $12,501,500.
In other action, the board
approved more than $19,000
to remodel parts of two
buildings.
After noting that Lane
County's economy makes asking for money a difficult
chore, board member Mary
Unruh added that the increase
request "is the minimum
amount needed.''
The college is seeking the
$12.5 million tax base for the
1983-84 fiscal year, an increase
of approximately 18 percent of
the $10.59 million the college
is at present authorized to levy
for that year.
Dean of Administrative Services Bill Berry, giving a more
individual example of the tax
base increase, estimated that

• One-to-one communication spells success for a
school and its publications.
See editorial, page 2.

the owner of a home assessed
at $60,000 would pay $94.80 in
property tax in 1983-84 if the
tax base is approved. That
amount is $8.36 higher than
the estimated property tax if
the measure is defeated and is
"a real bargain," said board
chairwoman Charlene Curry.
The new base would allow
the college to increase its
operating expenditures for
1983-84 by 4 to 5 percent, the
minimum the college says it
needs to ~ducate some 9,000
full-time students during the
school year.
Board members suggested
ideas to make the new tax base
proposal palatable to
financially-strapped area
residents.
Board member Bob Bowser
noted that a strong public relations campaign would be an
effective method, particularly
in areas outside the district
area. ''This is where it will
pass or fail, as it has traditionally.''
LCC President Eldon
Schafer disagreed: '' We

• A blind LCC student is
an inspiration to the sighted
and blind alike. See story,
page 4.

haven't won the outlying areas
in my 13 years here ... our support comes from the metro,
southeast and University
areas. It covers all sides of the
street."
Unruh stressed a quiet but
firm approach. "We don't
want to create the kind of
backlash that would push
through another Number 3,"
she said, referring to a state
measure on the November
ballot that would, if passed,
limit property tax assessment
to one and one-half percent of
the value of the property and
dramatically reduce funding to
the state's colleg.es and universities.
Remodeling continues

The board allocated $19,180
from uncommitted Plant
Funds to complete remodeling
of the Center Building basement and the Science Building
offices.
The basement project will,
at a cost of $11,680, bring
together the Media Produc-

On The

Inside

• An LCC instructor
practices her film teachings.
See story, page 4.

tions department staff for better work efficiency and will
provide additional shop space
for
the
Electronics
Maintenance Department.
The Science Department office configuration will be
redesigned to more adequately

accomodate their activities.
After initial problems
resulting because of County
Building and Fire Marshal
codes, $7,500 and a compromise design solution will
spell construction changes in
the Science office area.

ROTC controversy simmers
Analysis by Mike Sims

TORCH Associate Editor

A brief LCC-ROTC histo,ry:
• April 27: LCC's Curriculum Committee approves
the implementation of six
lower division Military Science
courses to be offered through
the Social Science-department.
Beginning fall term, the classes
will be taught by University of
Oregon ROTC instructors.
• May 12: The LCC Board of
Education votes to table the
ROTC course proposal until
its June 9 meeting. Students,
faculty and staff members pre-

• KV AL cameraman Bob
Edwards is turning LCC
basics into a TV career. See
story, page 5.

sent at the board meeting voice
opposition to the proposal.
• May 25: At its first
meeting, the 1982-83 ASLCC
Senate approves a resolution
against offering ROTC
courses at LCC.

• June 9: The LCC Board
removes consideration of the
ROTC course proposal from
its meeting agenda at the request of UO ROTC instructor
Lt. Col. Steve Wolfgram, who
originally submitted the proposal. Several persons in the•

ROTC

continued on page 3

• A guide to LCC student
services will help old and
new students find their way
around. See pages 6 & 7.

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FREE FOR ·ALL
We need to know what you ·think
by Jeff Keating

TORCH Editor

It's not easy to determine a
newspaper's first priority. Should . it
cover all of the news, regardless of importance, proximity or value? For,
after all, every piece of news is important to someone, somewhere.
Or should a newspaper wade
through local, national and international activities with a fine-tooth
comb, hand-picking potential stories
judged to be worthy of gracing that
journal's pages?
Many media experts will say that a
newspaper trying to reflect the wants
and desires of its readership will

employ both methods to some extent -then improvise.
It's really no different on the
TORCH. We cover LCC news and that
news is given priority.
But we also recognize that LCC is a
community college, a school with an
ever-changing makeup. Failing to
cover outside events that affect the
workaday worlds of most Lane
students is tantamount to ignoring part
of life.
And so we will cover the news -- inside, outside, all around. And an important part of covering the news is
recognizing what is important to our
readership.
That's why we need to know you.

Oh, sure, we know a little bit about
you already. Your average age is about
27, you're unmarried, commute to
LCC and have developed substantial
outside interests. But this is superficial
information at best.

Th~ TORCH is an autonomous
organization. Our staff is comprised
solely of students working toward bringing the news to every LCC reader.
We have control over editorial policy
and content. Our paper is viewed as a
"real" paper in the eyes of the community.
This does not give us a license to
steal. But it does give us an opportunity to reflect what you, our reader, really thinks. Our responsibility is to you,
to cover and reflect your interests. And
your responsibility is to let us know
what those interests are. We have to
work together.

We need to know what you think.
There are several ways of telling us in a
very clear and definite fashion: Letters
to the editor, forums, public service
announcements, free classifieds,
display ads and staff participation. Use
these avenues of communication -keeping in mind that the TORCH will
not print anything racist, sexist or
gratuitously violent -- to let your
thoughts be known.

That's really our first priority.

If the smoking doesn't get you.
Whom should I run into in
the lobby of our towering
medical building but the most
fear less adventurer of our
time, Buck Ace. And I could
but shudder in horror on seeing the evidence of his latest
derring-do.
"Buck!" I cried. "Why is
that cigarette dangling from
your lips?"
"Because," he replied with
that familiar far-away look in
his eye, ''it is there.''
Now, Buck had swum the
Hellespont, climbed Annapurna in dancing pumps and armwrestled a 600-pound octopus
in the South Suliman sea. Risk
taking was in his blood. But
never had he deliberately tried
to kill himself and I told him
so.
''The thrill is not in killing
yourself," he said, "but in attempting to survive. And at
last I have gone up against the
ultimate challenge.''
''Smoking?'' I said
dubiously.
"No,"
he
said.
"Non-smokers."
From the glares of
passersby, I had some inkling
of the dangerous course on

Letters
Judicial system
abridges rights
To The Editor:

Amendment 14 of the US
Constitution guarantees ''to
any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of
the laws,'' while the Constitution of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics Chapter X
Article 122 states "Women in
the USSR are accorded all

which he -had embarked. I asked him to tell me more.

'' I knew this would be the
most exhilarating experience
of my life," he said, leaning
against a pillar and crossing
one jodhpur over the other.
''So I have spent months training for this very moment."
"How did you begin?" I
asked.
"In the park," he said.
"For six weeks, I would go out
daily to an open glade and
light up a cigarette in order to
gradually steel myself to the
frowns of disapproval and
stares of disgust of passing
joggers, perambulating nannies and an occasional wino."
''Similar to your slowly
callousing your hands with
sandpaper for your climb out
of the Grand Canyon on that
free-hanging rope,'' I suggested.
"Precisely," he said. "I
then felt ready for an assault
in the stands at the HarvardYale game in order to adjust to
coughs and program waving.
It so happens I received not
one, but two assaults plus a
beer shampoo."

'' And yet you pressed on?''
I said admiringly.
"I couldn't quit then," he
said. "I moved into hotel lobbies, airport terminals,
restaurants and a rock concert. This last, I fear, was a
fiasco. All people around me
'wanted to know was what kind
of funny-smelling stuff I was
smoking." •
''What happened in
restaurants?" I asked fearfully.
"I was severely forked in
the Four Seasons," said Buck.
"Nevertheless, I felt I was
finally prepared , to test my
courage among people I knew.
So I lit up at Mrs. Fotheringswope McBean' s dinner
party."
'' A dinner party?'' I
whispered,
perspiring.
'' Hostesses not only no longer
place cigarettes on the table,
they no longer set out
ashtrays.''
"Exactly," said Buck.
"First, of course, I asked if
anyone minded if I smoked.
There was a stunned silence
and the lady on my left said, as
I knew some would, 'Not as
long as you burn first.' I
responded with my devil-may-

rights on an equal footing with
US 137 (1803), Chief Justice
men," language ERA and
Mar.shall dismissed Marbury's
NOW members prefer to the
mandamus
demanding
word ''person'' in said 14th
Secretary of State Madison
Amendment.
issue his justice of the peace
It's illogical to wet our
commission, because US Conpampers over which constitu stitution Article 3 prohibited
tion is worded best when
original mandamuses under
judges can abridge Webster's .
Section 13 of the 1789
Dic.,\ionary with abstractions
Judiciary Act claimed by Marthey pronounce as law, such as
bury, but Marshall went on in
unconstitutional divorce laws
"dictum" to "postulate" that
based on abstract "public
the courts should have inwelfare" grounds that make
herent power to "interpret"
men second-best aand lawyers
the "law." And so the judges
richer.
have used this postulation to
In Marbury vs. Madison 5
legitimize their "right" to

care laugh and turned the conversation to my black belt in
karate.''

•

.

I offered him my hankerchief as a blindfold but he disdained it. I shall never forget
his brave smile as the doors
closed behind him. I am
afraid, though, that I shall
never see him again.
For like most smokers these
days, if smoking doesn't get
him, the non-smokers will.

ti

"Clever," I said. "But what
did you do with the butt?"
"I snuffed it out in my
demi-tasse and swallowed it,
of course. What else could one
do?"

•

•

•

I marveled at Buck's fortitude and asked him what
other worlds he might conquer. "Just one," he said, taking out a large cigar and match
as he headed for a crowded
elevator.

remake and create " laws"
even though Marshall's lack of
subject matter jurisdiction
voided said opinion, which
then becomes unenforceable
personal opinion dictum that
today's judges honor to assure
their plenary powers,
unscrupulously franchised to
Oregon State Bar Association
Lawyer members who, in lockstep, sell their brand of
abstract laws designed 'to
abridge constitutional equal
rights or any civil rights.
JohnM. Reed

The

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ROTC

conti nu ed fr om page I

audience rise in protest of both
the question and the removal
of same from the agenda.
Board member Charlene
Curry replies, "We don't
know whether there is
anything to communicate
about (with regard to ROTC).
.. It's not an issue before us
now.'' Board chairperson Edward Cooper states, "There is
the possibility it may never
come up again."
• Sept.9: Curry, now
board chairperson, tells the
TORCH that as far as she is
concerned, "ROTC is a nonissue."
Thus stands the controversy
surrounding the possible addition of ROTC courses to the
LCC cirriculum.
However, its dormancy may
end during fall term.
Dean of Instruction Gerald
Rasmussen believes that the
board should deal with the
ROTC course proposal as it
has through the curriculum
,committee process. Towards
this end, Rasmussen has
discussed with his fellow administrators and UO ROTC

through the process in the
instructors the possibility of
absence of much opposition.
holding campus-wide meetings
"We want to take time to hear
on the issue during fall term.
by all concerned
discussion
open
be
The meetings would
parties on both sides of the
for students, faculty, staff and
explains.
he
issue,''
members of the community to
'' All curriculum changes
voice their feelings and have
and additions have gone
questions answered about
through this process,'' says
ROTC.
"I feel that the issue here is
Rasmussen. "Some have been
not so much a question of
examined more closely than
whether the administration
others.''
supports or is opposed to
One person who has closely
ROTC, but of an issue raised
examined ROTC from an
and the need for action to be
opoosing point of view is
Language Arts Instructor
taken,'' Rasmussen says.
Jerome Garger, who believes
"And I have no problem with
the question won't resurface
a public discussion of the
this year.
ROTC proposal."
Citing the large amount of
Rasmussen understands the
to the ROTC proopposition
Board
possibility that the LCC
says, "It's a
Garger
posal,
"untable"
may decide not to
community
of
sign
possible
the ROTC proposal, saying
is extremeROTC
that
feeling
"That is their decision. The
is not the
now
...
expensive
ly
administration has not and
expenan
such
initiate
to
time
will not interfere with the
procost-inefficient
and
sive
functions of the board."
LCC."
at
ROTC
as
gram
Rasmussen also emphasizes
Wolfgram disagrees. "I
that the administration will •
the question will rehope
board
not attempt to hurry
surface and be dealt with, as I
consideration of the matter,
still believe ROTC has
which could be perceived by
to offer both the
something
atopponents of ROTC as an
college and its students.''
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'Sighted folks aren't
blind,enOugh to see'
by Bernadette Kneidek
for the TORCH

"It's lots of fun to be blind.

It makes for a lot of amuse-

ment. I wouldn't trade it for
anything.''
And with her white cane
swishing in front of her like
Lancelot's sword, student
Gwenith Van Frank makes her
way across the LCC campus
and through the world.
Although she has progressive glaucoma and is legally blind, she speaks with confidence of the other side of
sight. She laughs at the
misconceptions she has had to
face. And she'll show you by
her own attitude and mobility
she's fighting the stereotypes.
"I run into situations where
people are curious or totally
says.
she
amazed,"
'' Sometimes they think
because I'm blind I'm mentally retarded."
Once, when being counseled
by a state agency official, "I
was told that I couldn't go to
college -- that I could have a
vending stand.'' The official
was referring to a state-run
operation that employs blind
persons to sell newspapers,
sandwiches and other goods in
state office buildings. Van
Frank decided then the state's
suggestion wouldn't lead to
long-range self-sufficiency.
Fighting through the NFB

It's hard to sit with the
woman and not feel the passion she evokes for a cause as
personal as her own life. She's

a walking library of the history neapolis with 2,000 blind people with their canes."
of injustice to the blind.
The NFB activities are part
Van Frank, 27, says that
before the Industrial Revolu- of what Van Frank refers to as
"bucking the system." And
tion, the demand for handcrafted items was high and she spent time as a victim of
many of the blind were that system.
employed. "After the revoluListening to Van Frank, one
tion, they were sent back to gets the image of a zealot
the closet, just as women were whose life is controlled by a
sent back home when the men • single purpose. Not so. There
are many other sides to
came home from war.''
Her voice lowers as she Gwenith Van Frank. She has a
speaks of the schools that were passion for dance and last year
instituted for the blind at the participated in the Lane Comturn of the century: "They munity College production of
Bjo's Follies. The cast conwere asylums. It was always
only of disabled persisted
the helpless image for the
sons.
blind.''
Government-sponsored
Not a Traditional Family
agencies for the blind also
were instituted after the turn
Off stage, Van Frank fills
of the century, but according
to Van Frank, the stereotype another demanding role -persisted. ''The agencies were
mother to three children, ages
there to 'take care' of us," she
13, 9 and 6. She received her
says. But usually there was still
ready-made family from Lynn
no help for the blind to
McCallum, a totally blind
become self-sufficient.
right-leg amputee who has
Then the National Federacustody of the children from
tion of the Blind was formed.
previous marriages. She met
The largest consumer
Mccallum at an orientation
session at the Idaho State
organization for the blind in
School for the Blind.
the world, the NFB has
The relationship was not
become part of Van Frank's
part of Van Frank's plans.
life -- and the lives of many
'' I swore I would never go
others. She serves as local
the traditional family,"
for
chapter treasurer, is a member
she sighs with exasperation as
of the Oregon State Board of
she scurries to butter toast and
Directors, and is on the
fry eggs for the family
Women's Committee for the
breakfast. ''But I fell right in
Blind.
love with the White Knight."
''They call us a bunch of
She aqmits that during ensuradical rowdies," she laughs.
day-to-day problems her
ing
a
times
two
marches
have
"We
year. It's really a trip to march voice often raises several
in decibels to be heard over the
street
the
down
Washington, D.C., or Min- confusion of the household.

Photo by Larry Swanson

Gwenith Van Frank

"Well, we're all working on
getting our problems solved,"
she says over the din of the
children's voices.
Humor is an integral part of
any conversation with Van
Frank. While she studies at
LCC, Mccallum stays 'busy
with his second-hand store. He
also works at roofing jobs.
Van Frank laughs when asked,
"How does a blind man get up
on a roof?"
"With his foot and his
butt,'' is her reply.

Gwenith Van Frank quickly
dispels the notion that Helen
Keller was the only blind
wonder. '' Blindness goes
everywhere," she says. "We
have our dummies and our
geniuses. It's learning how to
adapt. Anyone who is blind
can live a full, productive
life.''
Her only lament is for those
who don't understand:
"Sighted folks aren't blind
enough to see.''

She's practicing vvhat she teaches

by Joe Vandenbroucke
for the TORCH

THE END. The screen
The
fades to black.
houselights brighten. Colasticky carpet, popcorn and
popcorn boxes mark the path
as she heads for the exit, just
as she has done a thousand
times before.
Susan Bennett teaches
"Film as Literature" at LCC.
When she began teaching the
course in the spring of 1972
she averaged 140 students per
term. Ten years later her class
has leveled off to some 100
students per term -- still a
popular class by LCC standards.
In her ten years of teaching
the course, Bennett's students
have been assigned to view
more than 300 movies -- one
per week during a ten-week
term. She averages two films a
week herself, sometimes having to travel to Portland to
view films that haven't yet
made it to local theatres.
She practices what she
teaches. Many times she sees a
film several times over. She's

seen Breaker Morant, Annie
Hall, The Bicycle Thief, The
Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith
and The Return of the
Secaucus Seven -- all more
than once.
''These films say something
very real about the human
condition,'' she says.
"Breaker Morant, for example, takes place during the
Boer War in 1901, but its
characters' choices are our
choices as well, particularly in
relation to the Vietnam War.''
Breaker Morant is an
Australian film that won 10
Australian Academy Awards.
"American films," she says,
are by contrast ''not very
realistic about real-life issues -loving, dying poverty.
.American films usually entertain with a fast-paced story."
"It would be hard," she
adds, ''to see some of the
reallly strong American films
without theatres like Cinema
7.
''European films have
always dealt with real-life
issues. They do this by expecting audiences to be- interested
in people, not plots."

Whether she's teaching
American or European films,
her approach is a critical one.
''Teaching critical film viewing is the same as ... (teaching)
any other subject. You break
the film into smaller parts and
teach the language of film -camera movements and
editing. That allows students
to explore characters, stories,
settings and ideas similar to
what they might study in a
book."
Bennett doesn't see film
classes as minimizing the importance of print literature
classes.
"Rather than drawing people away from traditional
literature, I have found many
students who bounce back (to
reading) with less apprehension and more enthusiasm
toward written literature."
To prepare for class -- and
to find out what happens and
why -- Bennett reads American
Film, Film Comment and Film
Quarterly magazines. She also
reads the movie reviews in
magazines ranging from The
Village Voice to New Yorker.
And too, she listens to what

Photo courtesy LCC Archives

Susan Bennett

friends have to say about certain movies.
Stanley Kubrick and Roman
Polanski are among her
favorite directors. "I'd go to
see any of their films."

Bennett received her M.A.
in literature from the University of Oregon, where she
studied film under Bill Cad-

FILM continued next page

The TORCH September 13, 1982 • ~ipteu;:ber 2~1982 Page 5

He's on tinie and on top of the new-s
by Leslie Lucas

for the TORCH

SCENE: Eugene Post Office, April 15, 1982, 10:30
p.m.
The cameraman pushes the
timid LCC intern television
reporter in front of his video
camera. "Quick, grab the man
in the blue cardigan and ask
why he's filing his taxes so
late," he urges.
The man in blue is State AtDave
General
torney
Frohnmayer, looking a little
embarrassed at being lassoed.
"I'd like to avoid the embarrassment and get them in on
time," he says.
shooting
After
Frohnmayer's response, the
cameraman removes the
camera from his shoulder and
glances at his watch. Grabbing
the camera and handing the
lights to the intern, he heads
out the door toward the street,
where the blue KV AL-TV station wagon is parked. Throwing the equipment into the
wagon, the pair begin the trek
up Blanton Heights back to
the television station.
It's 10:50 when they reach
the station -- only a few
minutes left to edit the tape
and make the 11 p.m. broadcast. But the cameraman is
reassuring. "We'll make it,"
he says.
They quickly select which
videotaped interviews will be
included on the news, and, the
the
editing complete,
cameraman dispatches the intern to the engineering room
with the final tape. It's 11: 10 -two minutes to spare before
the story is to be broadcast.
Behind the lens

The cameraman is Bob Edwards, a former LCC broadcasting student who now
serves as chief news

FILM

continued from page 4

photographer for KV AL-TV
in Eugene. One of six LCC
alums currently employed by
KV AL, Edwards now enjoys
the oportunity to teach his
craft to LCC students who intern at the station.
"I always felt in the back of
my mind that I could teach,"
says Edwards as he settles into
his soft green living room
couch. Wife Linda does her
best to keep their ubiquitous
21-month-old son Ryan under
. control.
Edwards believes that people shouldn't be in awe of the
TV camera. Video is so much
easier than film that "things
can be put together even with
limited experience. I want to
be sure none of my students is
too intimidated to pick up the
camera," he explains.
Edwards grins as Ryan unties his father's shoe for the
third time. "Why don't you go
play with your ball for a
while," he suggests. Ryan
disappears into his room, then
reappears with a ball and bat.
Watching his son make his
first attempts at a career in the
majors, Edwards looks like
nothing so much as -- well -- a
teddy bear, with his short
limbs and stocky body.
That body has served him
well at KV AL, where he must
lug around heavy video equipment several hours of every
day. , Accompanied by a
reporter, he shoots from two
to five stories daily, then
returns to the station at about
3 p.m. to edit those stories for
the evening news program.
Always on the go

Even when he's not meeting
a broadcast deadline, he's
busy. Co-workers say he's in
constant motion. "Bob's impatient when there's nothing
to do for a few minutes," says
one reporter. '' He hates to
have to sit down."

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bury. Before coming to LCC
she taught junior and senior
high school English for three
years. She has also been a
movie reviewer for the Springfield News. She enjoys
teaching college-level film the
most, however.
"There are many satisfactions in teaching continual
stimulation. The rewards really come when students turn on
to that process themselves and
are able to watch a film and
reach a personal insight
through critical examination,''
she says.
Ticket, please. Past the
aromatic, buttery popcorn.
Then the entrance. Down the
gently sloped floor. Over
there, that looks like a good
seat. Chatter fills the air like
smoke. The houselights dim,
the smoke evaporates. The
screen comes to life.

Editor's note: This story
originally appeared in the May
28, 1981 issue of the TORCH.

perience to supplement the
foundational framework he
received from the school.
Using LCC for the basics

Bob Edwards shoots the rapids

The time for sitting down
has become less and less frequent for Edwards since he's
taken on more tasks in addition to shooting news stories.
He also contributes story ideas
to the news staff, particularly
those dealing with forestry.
It's a natural process for
Edwards, who spent eight
years in the logging business
when he first came to Eugene
frorri a New Jersey suburban
upbringing. But a change in
fortunes led him to video and
LCC.
Like many LCC students,
Edwards arrived late on his
career course. Son Jason was

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already five months old when
his father entered the broadcasting program at the age of
32. By the summer of 1978, he
was commuting 150 miles daily in order to intern at public
television station KOAP in
Salem.
In addition to assimilating
every possible bit of training
the station could offer, he had
a chance to assist at a Portland
NAACP convention where
"all the big boys from the networks were there." Through
"rubbing elbows" with them,
he gained a wealth of ex-

Edwards believes LCC not
only gave him the basics but
taught him ''the attitude that
was necessary to be in TV -being on time and being on top
of things." He also learned
what it meant to burn the candle at both ends. In addition to
classes, he held down two jobs
totalling 40 hours per week
before coming to KV AL as a
full-time employee in 1979.
Edwards says a change in
TV news is imminent. "With
more and more cable channels, I think the word
'broadcasting' is going to have
to be redefined," he says.
" 'Narrowcasting' for specific
audiences such as sports or
news alone is an increasing
phenomenon on the airwaves."
Edwards' dedication to
video is foremost, and frequently takes form in often
confusing and sometimes harrowing experiences. One day a
bystander at a news event
threatened to kill Edwards if
he shot any more footage at
the scene, which was a bank
parking lot during a holdup.
Not only did the Edwards
leave the camera on his
shoulder as the offending
bystander continued his
tirade, he also let the
videotape roll on.
"I figured if he was going to
kill me, I might as well get it
on tape," Edwards concludes.

Editor's note: Leslie Lucas is a
for mer LCC video student
who is currently a field
reporter for KMTR-TV Channel 16 in EuKene.

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Lane Commun it College can~ us
Dental Clinic
The LCC Dental Program
offers limited dental care to
the entire LCC community.
After a 15-minute evaluation, patients can have their
teeth cleaned for 6. A full set
of x-rays and bite wing x-rays
(molars) are also provided for
a fee. All x-rays are forwarded
to the patient's dentist.
Hours for the Dental Clinic,
located on the second floor of
the Health Building, are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Telephone:
747-4501, ext. 2206.

The TORCH
The pacesetter of Oregon
college newspapers, the
TORCH is a weekly publication managed entirely by
students. The TORCH provides comprehensive coverage
of activities and events of interest to LCC students, faculty
and administrators.
There are currently several
paid staff positions open on
the TORCH. Interested
students should contact Jeff
Keating, editor, at the

TORCH office on the second
floor of the Center Building.
Telephone: 747-4501, ext.
2656.

Auto shop
The Auto Mechanics and
Body Shop can help get your
wheels back on the road.
Students in the program work
on vehicles as part of their
class studies.
• No car over ten years of
age will be accepted.
• Nothing will be charged
for labor, but if parts are
needed they must be purchased.
• No guarantee is offered on
the work.
• Farm equipment will be accepted.
• Vehicles must have
mechanical difficulties that
relate to what specific classes
cover.
• Telephone: 747-4501, ext.
2388.

Renaissance Room
The Renaissance Room, a
student-operated restaurant

lo~ated on the south ::,ide of all day. Lunch is served 11
the cafeteria, provides a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dinner is
gourmet meals for students served 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
while training future chefs,
waitpersons and buspeople.
Employment
The Renaissance Room will
begin operation the fourth
Student Employment Serweek of school. Hours will be
vices, located on the second
Monday through Friday,
floor of the Center Building, is
11 :30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Monday through Friday,
open
includes:
menu
A typical
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Connie Mesfrappe
Orange-apricot
quita and Shirley Perry handle
(mocktail), tossed green salad,
crepes aux artichauts, season- student employment services
ed vegetables mornay and and provide job information.
The Career Information
cherries jubilee. A meal such
as this would cost between , Center, located in the same office, is open from 9 a.m. to
$2.50 and $4.50.
Reservations help with meal noon. Phyllis Ryan provides
Telephone tips, research and information
planning.
on job hunting.
747-4501, ext. 2670.

Food Services operates a
cafeteria and a snack bar
located on the first floor of the
Center Building.
The cafeteria is open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. Lunch is served
from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The snack bar is open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to
9:30 p.m. Breakfast is served

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a literary arts publication
featuring creative works by
LCC students and faculty
presented in a high-quality
magazine format. Submissions
writing,
poetry,
of
photography, graphic arts and
photographs of sculpture are
now being accepted.
For further information
contact Cynthia Hanson,
DENALI editor, in Room
479-G of the Center Building.
Telephone: 747-4501, ext.
2419.

The Bookstore
The bookstore offers textbooks, a variety of art and
school supplies, a general
reading section, postage services, LTD passes, discount
theatre tickets, gift items,
cards and candy.
Textbooks may be returned
for a full refund during the
first three weeks of a term,
provided the merchandise was
purchased during that term. A
sales receipt is required.
Used books may be sold
during finals week for 50 percent of the purchase price.
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doctors and nurses available
for students on a walk-in basis
durings days when classes are
in session.
Services include health
education diagnosis, venereal
disease testing and treatment,
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Development Center for
students with children three to
five years old. The center,
located on the first floor of the
Health and P.E. Building, is
staffed with students in the
Early Childhood Education
and Teaching program.
The service costs $1.05 per
hour. Applications are
available in the Childhood
Development Center, office
113 of the Health Building.
The CDC has a limited
amount of space. No drop-in
service is provided.

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Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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student services guide for '82-83
through Thursday from 8 a.m.
to 7:30 p.m. and Friday from
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Elevator
access is provided for disabled
students.

KLCCRadio
LCC operates public radio
station KLCC-FM, a full-time
broadcast facility with a paid
central professional staff and
volunteers from the community.
KLCC has openings for
work-study students, and also
, needs volunteers possessing a
Third Class Operator's
license, radio experience, and
a knowledge of classical and
jazz music.

Also needed are people with
journalistic skills in reporting
and interviewing.
Persons interested in KLCC
are invited to contact John
Schwartz on the second floor
of the Forum Building.
Telephone 747-4501, ext.
2486, or 726-2212.

The Library

ASLCC

The library, locatd on the
second floor of the Center
Building, is open Monday
through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to
10 p.m.
Students have access to
Xerox machines, typewriters,
microfilm, microfiche, video

From the A.SLCC

The Associated Students of Lane Community College
welcome you back. What's that? You've never heard of
the ASLCC? Well, rest a moment and we'll tell you who
we are and what we do.
The ASLCC is your elected student government.
Some say we're just a bunch of kids who like to take
your money and spend it on dumb events. But that's
just not so. The average age of students at Lane is 27
and ASLCC reflects that.
ASLCC oversees a budget which totals approximately
$50,000. We use this money to provide for the students
of LCC a myriad of services and cultural events.
We subsidize your bus passes. We offer you student
legal services and support the multi-cultural center. We
offer a clothing exchange and a housing service.
Through the Student Resource Center on the first floor
of the Center Building we offer a large number of services, from simple directions to voter registration.
But most importantly, we are a student operation,
and as such we must mirror the opinions and positions
of the entire LCC student population. We can only do
this with your input.
Please stop by the ASLCC office on the top floor of
the Center Building. We would like to meet you and
hear what you have to say. If you don't like our positions, you may want to run for office yourself next May.
In any event, stop by. The ASLCC president, Paquita
Garatea and her vice-president, Kelly McLaughlin,
would be happy to answer your questions or hear you
complaints. So would the rest of student government.
Hope to hear from you soon.

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and audio tape players- and
recorders,
periodicals,
newspapers and college
catalogs. The library also offers and inter-library loan service.
Visual enlargers are provided to aid students with impaired vision. The library is
elevator accessible.

The Associated Students of
Lane Community College
(ASLCC) is LCC's representative student union. A mandatory fee of $1.30 per term
per student, assessed in addition to tuition, allows the
ASLCC to support and
enhance a variety of existing
student services and promote
new ones.
Students with questions or
suggestions about student
government at LCC can contact Paquita Garatea, ASLCC
president, or the Student Activities Office, located on the
fourth floor of the Center
Building.
Telephone:
747-4501, ext. 230.

SRC
The Student Resource
Center, an ASLCC program,
provides pamphlets and posts
information on housing, carpools, text exchange, maps,
bus routes and child care referrals.

Student Activities
Student activities schedules
non-academic activities • including the chartering of clubs
and organizations, events for
the cultural program (ranging
from juggling acts to full
operas), political activities,
readings, information tables,
films and non-profit groups.

Dancewear & Theatrical

• Leotards
• Tights
• Dance Shoes
(Expertly Fit)
• Warm Ups
• Gymnastic Wear
• Theatrical Makeup

Performing Arts
Performing Arts offers
season tickets to three plays
for $12. The plays this year include:
• God's Favorite, November
11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20. Neil
Simon's comedy about God,
man and modern living.
• Ondine, January 27, 28,
29; February 3, 4, 5. A classic
tale of the modern theatre
revolving around the love between a water sprite and a
brave knight.
• The Sound of Music, April
28, 29, 30; May 5, 6, 7. The
Rodgers and Hammer~tein
classic musical which tells the
story of the musical von
Trapps and their escape from
WWII Austria.
Telephone: 747-4501, ext.
2209.

TheDTC
LCC's Downtown Center

offers credit and non-credit
classes to citizens of Lane
County.
It is estimated that 10,000
students per month attend the
Center.
The Center is open Monday
through Thursday from 8 a.m.
to 10 p.m. and Friday from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Center is located at
1059 Willamette St. on the
Eugene Mall. Telephone:
484-2126.

Women's Center
The Women's Awareness
Center, located on the second
floor of the Center Building,
Room 217, offers a variety of
services for men and women
who attend LCC. The center
provides a place to make
friends and help a student get
involved with the other services on campus. Contact Bev
Behram at 747-4501, ext.
2353.

HOW TO-BUY
TEXTBOOKS
ANDSAVE
MONEY
COME TO THE SMITH FAMILY
BOOKSTORE. FIRST.

Chances are you wlll find most of your books at
half price.

BRING THE TITLE AND
AUTHOR'S NAME.

It might take some time to find your books, but
we will be glad to help you look, and the savings
are worth the wait.

RETURN BOOKS YOU DO NOT
NEED.
If you buy the wrong books or drop a class, you
can return the books for a full refund.

SELL YOUR OLD TEXTBOOKS.

After you buy your textbooks, bring in your old
books and the Smith Family Bookstore will buy
them for a very fair price.

SMITH FAMllY
bookstore
768 East 13th-Upstairs In the Smith
Building, Next to the Excelsior. Eugene,
Oregon 97401 345-1651.

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USDA program
The Unity School, a non-profit
daycare center with no religious affiliation, announces the sponsorship
of the USDA Child Food Care program. Meals will be made available to
children at no separate charge and
without regard to race, color, handicap, age, sex or national origin.
Parental income determines the
amount of money USDA will reimburse the school to provide meals to
enrolled children. For information on
the eligibility guidelines telephone
484-0107.

Rummage sale
Our Redeemer Lutheran's
Redeemable Rummage Sale will be
held Sept. 16, 17 and 18 in the basement of the Big Y Farmer's Market,
2100 W. 16th, Eugene. Hours are rom
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The public is invited
to participate.

Hypnosis workshop
Clinical Hypnosis, How It Can
Help You is the title of a free public
workshop being offered by Don
Nahnsen, M.S.W., in the lecture hall
at the Eugene Public Library from
7-8:30 p.m. on Sept. 22.
Topics to be covered in the
workshop include an explanation of
what hypnosis is and isn't and its application to daily life problems such as
smoking termination, weight loss and
pain control.

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For more information and to
register for the workshop, call
484-2942.

LCC tutors sought
The English as a Second Language
program at Lane Community College
needs volunteer tutors for refugees
and foreign students. Tutoring takes
one hour per week. The location and
time are flexible. For more information, call 484-2126, ext. 582, or come
to the LCC Downtown Center, 1059
Willamette, Eugene.

Child care jobs
Part-time child care jobs are
available in the Patterson Community
School neighborhood. Patterson
working parents want to hire child
care for before school, after morning
kindergarten or after school ends.
For more information, contact
Ellen Hubbe in the Community
Room, 687-3542, or the main office,
687-3406.

LCC benefit
The LCC Development Fund
presents Viva Las Vegas, its third annual benefit for LCC students and
programs, on Saturday, Sept. 18.
The event will take place at the
Eugene City Conference Center, 3 E.
7th St., Eugene. Cocktails, dinner and
dancing, a revue of hits from past
LCC musicals and a Vegas-style
casino are the evening's highlights.

For more information about tickets
and donations, contact Pat Williams,
LCC Development Fund Assistant
Director, at 484-2126, ext. 523.

Arthritis group meets
The YMCA-coordinated Arthritis
Support Group will meet September
22 at 10:30 a.m. in the Fellowship
Center of the Emerald Baptist
Church, 19th and Patterson, Eugene.
The featured speaker will be Chris
Emmes, and occupational therapist
from Sacred Heart Hospital. She will
discuss various self-help techniques
for those suffering from arthritis.
The public is welcome to attend and
encouraged to observe the Keep Moving class which follows at the YMCA.
For more information contact Ellen at
686-9622.

ORT plays begin

Oregon Repertory Theatre opens its
fall season with Diamond Studs, a
country-western saloon musical based
on the life of the legendary Jesse
James.
A play suitable for the whole family, Diamond Studs begins with
previews Sept. 5-7. The gala opening is
on Sept. 8. The play will run through
Sept. 26.
For reservations, subscriptions or
more information, call the ORT box
office Monday noon to 5 p.m.,
Tuesday-Saturday noon to 8 p.m. or
Sunday from noon to 7 p.m. at
485-4035.

Staffers needed

Working at the Women's Center offers an opportunity to volunteer, earn

LTD and the Ducks
Lane Transit District once again offers free parking to those who wish to
take LTD buses direct to UO football
games during the fall.
For more information, contact the
LTD offices at 687-5555.

Fall Term 1982
Perspectives on Aging
3:30 - 5:20 Tues. & Thurs.

EPAC opens
Friday, Sept. 24 at 11 :30 a.m.
marks the beginning of the Eugene
Performing Arts Center Grand Opening Day celebrations with a "Front
Row Centre" parade featuring units
from the Eugene-Springfield area. The
parade will begin at the Lane County
Fairgrounds and will wind through.the
downtown area before returning to the
grounds.
Units in the parade will feature
aspects of the "Front Row Centre"
performing arts theme. Those wishing
to participate are invited to fill out an
application at the Eugene Performing
Arts Center by 5 p.m. Sept. 20.

wQrk-study monies or get supervised
field experience while experiencing a
variety of people. Volunteers will be
trained on the job on how to approach
issues which concern people who use
the Center's services and how to work
in an office.
Application and job descriptions
are available to those willing to commit themselves to a full school year of
work in the Women's Center, Center
Building Room 217.

Confrontations of Death
7:00 - 9:50 Thur~.

Registration Sept. 14 - 18, & 24

Center for Gerontology
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Lducation Program without formal admittance to the U

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Center offer-.. the Baccalauratc & the certificate in
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For information call 686-4207