Lane
Community
College
Vol. 18, No. 12 January 13 - J~Raa:s lt, 1983

'The Pacesetter of Oregon College Newspapers'

LCC Board sets March 29 levy date
by Jeff Keating

The serial levy

hearing alternatives from Bill
Berry, dean of administrative
services.
Berry explained that since
the county's collection rate on
property taxes is roughly 87
percent (i.e., 13 percent of
property taxe·s levied are
usually not collected), a serial
levy for $4 million would actually translate into slightly
more on the ballot. The two
alternatives he outlined, for
three and a half and three
million dollars respectively,
would also come out as higher
on a ballot.

After studying the proposed
three-year, $4 million levy and
debating the merits of placing
the issue on one of six possible
election dates, board members
recommended March 29 but
held off until Feb. 9 a decision
on the dollar amount after

Board members felt that
asking the voting public for
over $4 million in new taxes -which would equal approximately 20 cents of tax on
every $1000 of property -- was
an imposing chore.
"We would be remiss if we
did not let the taxpayers know

TORCH Editor

A new serial levy and a
slightly revamped 1983-84
budget highlighted the LCC
Board of Education meeting
Wednesday night.
In other board action,
winter term enrollment figures
were released and a closer look
at the Associated Students of
Lane Community College
(ASLCC) budget was recommended.

that their investment (LCC) is
in jeopardy," said board
member Larry Perry, alluding
to the deferred campus
maintenance projects a successful levy would fund. "But
a smaller amount.
.might
have a better chance of passing.''
The budget

Berry presented statistics
which indicate LCC's 1983-84
operating budget will experience some minor revisions
during the course of the year.
The operational reimbursement from the state -- if Gov.
Atiyeh 's budget is implemented -- is slightly higher
than estimated, Berry explained. The state funds provide
$7,997,192 for LCC, or
roughly $300,000 more than
planned.
But, Berry added, funds

from tuition and fees are down
as a result of the lower enrollment, making it necessary for
the budget to be adjusted in
other areas.

One possible measure proposed is a tuition hike of
roughly five percent "and no
more," said Berry. He added
that such a hike would be initiated only if other budget
measures failed.
Perry echoed the dean's
thoughts, adding that he
believed there will be "a
statewide effort by community
colleges to freeze tuition.''
Enrollment steady

Dean of Students Jack
Carter presented preliminary
figures which indicate that
LCC's winter enrollment held

steady at 1982 levels.

"We're seeing the same patterns as last year,'' Carter
said, but noted that the Data
Processing program had experienced a 50 percent rise in
enrollment. Health Occupations was also up noticeably
with a 20 percent increase.
Carter added that the FTE
(full-time equivalent) projections for winter term held true
at roughly 8600. That figure is
down from last year's 9300.
Finally, the ASLCC requested that a $14,200 cash
carryover from the 1981-82
school year be incorporated
into the ASLCC operating
budget so that the student
government can continue its
programs without upping student fees or cutting other programs.

New serial levy would provide
funds for LCC campus upkeep
by Jeff Keating

TORCH Editor

LCC's Board of Education
voted Wednesday night to put
a serial levy proposal on the
March 29 ballot for consideration by county voters.
Should it pass, the levy
would be assessed over the
next three years and would
provide LCC with the
necessary funds to begin
upkeep
on
deferred
maintenance projects on campus and improve and update
instructional materials and
equipment.

DEDICATION -- Former governor (1967-1975) Tom McCall, who died of cancer Saturday, is shown here
dedicating LCC in 1969. Photos of his Jan. 12 funeral and
a salute are on page 5.

A proposal that would place
the levy's amount at $4 million
was outlined in a Jan. 7 memo
from LCC Pres. Eldon
Schafer to members of the
Board of Education. But after
hearing two alternatives to the
$4 million proposal -- alternatives asking voters for lesser
amounts -- board members
debated the issue and decided
to determine the final amount
at their Feb. 9 meeting.

On The

• Give the community college system -- and yourself
-- a break. See editorial,
page 2.

• Will LCC be a home for
ROTC? Mike Sims looks at
the advantages and the controversy on page 3.

Inside

• LCC students are needed as foreign language
tutors. See story, page 4.

A little history
Since LCC's tax base increase measure failed on the
Nov. 2 ballot, a serial levy
would alleviate some of the
financial burden and allow
LCC to adequately upgrade
much of the equipment within
and without the $60 million,
14-year-old facility.
How will LCC encourage a
"yes" vote and justify the new
levy to voters? Dean of Administrative Services Bill Berry
says "a great deal depends on
how we present the information.
"Lane has served students
with its operating resources
rather
than
maintain
facilities," Berry says. "An
argument coul~ be made, I
suspect, that that's probably
the right way to go. By the
same token. . . we're obliged,
as responsible people, to maintain this facility."
Pres. Schafer is also considering establishing a committee of experts from the
community to "doublecheck"
the college's assessment of

• Can LCC's night classes
meet the needs of associate
degrees-seeking students?
See story, page 4.

needed improvements in both
the maintenance and instructional areas.
Where the money would go
In the Jan. 7 memo, Schafer
presented a comprehensive list
of equipment needs and deferred maintenance i terns.
Although the list will
"undoubtedly be pared
down,'' according to the
memo, the funds would be
directed to three areas:
• Administrative Services
Approximately half of the
proposed levy's funds would
be used to begin work on
deferred maintenance projects. These projects include
improving LCC's seven parking lots, repainting, and
replacing roofing and
carpeting.
• President's Complex
Money from the levy would
also be plugged into the President's Complex in the form of
funds to College/Community
Relations, Printing and
Levy continued on page 4

• Six Weeks, a new film
about a dying girl's final
days, gets a blistering
review on page 8.

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FREE FOR i\_LL
LCC not iust extended high school
by Jeff Keating

TORCH Editor

For some people,
apparently, it's
easy to forget that
Lane Community
College is just that:
A college, and not
an overgrown high
school.with delusions of grandeur.
Just in passing, I'd heard comments
that led me to believe some people
think this is true. Upon investigation,
I've discovered that this is the attitude
of a strong minority of people on campus.
There is some basis for this belief,
really. LCC is a community college,
which automatically places it at a
crossroads: It is certainly not a high

school, since high schools do not have
the same quality staffs or programs
that most community colleges offer.
Neither is it a university, where more
extensive resources, a scholarship
system, and a unifying spirit among the
members of the campus because of the
very nature of the closed environment
is present.
No, LCC and schools of its ilk are an
entirely different educational experience.
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Community colleges provide a ''rest
stop'' for those who want to get basic
credits '' out of the way'' but are unsure of their career choices. They are
also instructional havens for those interested in obtaining two-year degrees
in their chosen fields.
In any case, CC's at the very least
give high school graduates one more

option. But they're certainly not
overgrown high schools or
underdeveloped universities.
No one expects students to always
support community college sport
teams, dances, and related activities.
When these organizations and events
receive support it's nice, but those activities, on a community college front,.
tend to be more incidental than •
anything else. No, a more positive
outlook about the whole ·idea of community colleges is what's in order.
We should give community colleges
a little more credit. Affordable, accessible education isn't available just
everywhere. Basic training in programs
not available at some universities are
available at community colleges.
Smaller classes and more personalized
instruct_ion frequently make the com-

munity college option more attractive
than a major college. But the change in
attitude really comes back to individual
cases.
Perhaps you don't want to be at
Lane and would rather be someplace
"bigger and better" but are hindered
by financial restrictions. That very
desire to be somewhere else tends to
taint the validity of attending a community college, but try to take an objective view: Because of their accesibility and their affordability, community
colleges are, by and large, the
backbone of what education is supposed to be all about.
They're not high schools. And
they're not universities. They're an entirely different way of dealing with
teaching and learning.
So give 'em a break.

1982: The year Pres. Reagan found his glasses
by Arthur Hoppe

for Chronicle Features Syndicate

Herewith that eagerly
awaited annual media event:
The Story of the Year.
The year began with President Reagan desperately searching for a cure to soaring
unemployment, some place to
stick 100 MX missiles, and, according to White House insiders, his glasses.
This may, or may not, have
led to a number of important
revelations: Newsweek revealed that we were waging a
secret war in Nicaragua; Dean
revealed that Haig was Deep
Throat; Miss America's mom
revealed that her daughter had
a nose job; and, on his return
from Latin America, Mr.
Reagan said, "You'd be surprised; they're all individual
countries down there.''
It was not only a good year
for such major revelations but
a good year for minor wars.
The British thoroughly enjoyed showing the flag in the
Falklands. The Salvadorans,
Iranians, Iraqis, Cambodians,
Vietnamese and Irish continued slaughtering each other
with commendable determination and the Israelis won the

Overachievers-of-the-Year
Award by launching an invasion 25 miles into Lebanon
and capturing Beirut by
mistake.
Politicians had their ups and
downs. General Haig got rid
of National Security Advisor
Richard Allen only to have his
own resignation accepted
before he offered it.
His
departurization from the scene
ca vea ted
a
linguistic
downturn, innovationwise.
Fortunately, the Valley Girls
were discovered in the nick of
tubular time to grody the gap
to the max. Not that it mattered to most Americans, who
could never understand either
their Secretary of State or their
daughters anyway.
Senator Ted Kennedy
shocked the nation by announcing he wouldn't run for president because his children
wanted to see more of him
around the house. The
children of no other presiden•tial candidate made this statement.
Pushed into the national
spotlight during the year were
new Presidential Advisor
William P. Clark, new

Secretary of State George
Shultz, new extra-terrestrial
E.T. and herpes. America
took E.T. to its heart. Indeed,
those in the know were betting_
Time magazine would honor
E.T. as its Thing of the Year.
The year also saw a number
of Big Comebacks. These include miniskirts, bankruptcies
and sexual fidelity. That brings us to Meaningful Relationships such as Arafat and
the Pope, 207 5 Moonie
newlyweds, and sexual fidelity
and herpes.
The economy wasn't totally
joyless. Bendix tried to
swallow up Marietta, which
tried to swallow up Bendix,
which was finally swallowed
up by Allied, which was all as
much fun as Pac-Man . .
The economy wasn't much
fun for the president, though.
"Is it news that some fell ow
out in South Succotash _has
been laid off, that he should
be interviewed nationwide?"
he demanded testily.
The press took the hint and
went and interviewed the
president's son, Ron, instead.
But the president said Ron and
the other 11 million
unemployed should ''stay the

A Movable Feast

-Letter--Park properly
To the Editor:

A parking space at LCC is a
scarce natural resource. I'm a
part-time Senior who comes to
campus three times weekly in
mid-morning. It sure would
help no end if each driver
would take only that amount
of space he/she needs,
especially in the unmarked
parking lots.
So for 1983 could each of us
resolve to use, ''no more -- no
less" as we hurry on our way
to class.
Frank Nearing

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Looking on the bright side,
the football strike was settled.
This was wonderful news to
millions of Americans down
on their luck who could once
again enjoy watching rich people hurt each other.
As the year drew to a close,
the Catholic bishops said they
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dupes of the Kremlin.
But we can perhaps look to
the future with more clarity of
vision for the year was not
without its achievements by
the administration:
White
House insiders said the president found his glasses.

The
TORCH
•EDITOR: Jeff Keating
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Mike Sims
PHOTO EDITOR: Andrew Hanhardt
STAFF WRITERS: Cathy Benjamin,
Will Doolittle, Andrew Hanhardt, Lucy
Hopkins, Emmanuel Okpere, Karla
Sharr, Dale Sinner, Marti Wyman
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS: Michael
Bailey, Gary Breedlove, Mike Newby, J.
Patrick Stevens
STAFF ARTIST: Jason Anderson
PRODUCTION ADVISER: Marsha
Sheldon
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR :
Janelle Hartman
PRODUCTION: Cathy Benjamin, Andrew Hanhardt, Lucy Hopkins, Sharon
Johnson, Mike Newby, Emmanuel
Okpere, Karla Sharr, Mike Sims
ADVERTISING MANAGER : Jan
Brown
ADVERTISING ASSISTANT: Dean
Bowden
COPYSETTER: Chris Gann
CLASSIFIEDS: Shawnita Enger
RECEPTIONISTS: Sheila Hoff, Lucy
Hopkins
DISTRIBUTION: Tim Olson
ADVISER: Pete Peterson
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newspaper published on Thursdays,
September through June.
News stories are compressed, concise
reports intended to be as fair and balanced as possible. Some may appear with a
byline to indicate the reporter responsible.
News features, because of their broader
scope, may contain some judgements on
the part of the writer. They are also identitied with a byline.
"Forums" are essays contributed by
TORCH readers and are aimed at broad
issues facing members of the community.
They should be limited to 750 words.
"Letters to the Editor" are intended as
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in the TORCH. The editor reserves. the
right to edit for libel or length.
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Hansen joins KVAL staff as anchor
by Marti Wyman

TORCH Staff Writer

Photo by Andrew Hanhardt

ROTC available at UO.
by Mike Sims

TORCH Associate Editor

There is no ROTC program at LCC.
But there are LCC
students studying ROTC.
Each week six LCC
students travel to the
University of Oregon campus to study Army Reserve
Officer Training Corps
(ROTC) courses. Three of
the students are taking
lower division ROTC
courses and the other three
are fully-admitted cadets in
advanced courses -- and
have already . made commitments to complete the
ROTC program and to
serve in the Army following
graduation.
The Standard Program
According to Sergeant
First Class Wm. Poe,
himself an LCC graduate,
an LCC student may study
Military Science I and II
(lower division) courses
with no obligation to enroll
in upper division courses or
perform military service.
In the fall of the student's
third year he or she decides
whether or not to make a

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commitment to upperdivision ROTC. If admitted, the student then completes the upper division
program and upon graduation receives a commission
as a second lieutenant in the
Army.
Such a commission
means a requirement to
serve three years in the
regular Army or eight years
in the Reserve Forces.
Students who earned special
• ROTC scholarships while at
the university are obligated
to four years active duty or
eight years in the Reserves.
Options
In lieu of two-year lower
division training which
precedes the advanced program, students may enter
the upper djvision level
upon completion of six
weeks of Army-sponsored
ROTC basic training camp
at Fort Knox, Ky.
Pilor service in the
regular Army, National
Guard or Army Reserve
also qualifies students for
entry into the upper division ROTC program.
LCC student Tim Stovall

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is enrolled in the UO program after three years of active duty in the Army.
Stovall, a 1979 graduate of
Thurston High School, was
stationed in West Germany
for 18 months and was
named ''Soldier of the
Year" for all Army personnel stationed in Europe.
Stovall originally enrolled at the U of O upon leaving the regular Army, but
financial considerations induced him to transfer to
LCC.
"I wouldn't advise that
anyone currently in school
enlist in the armed forces,"
Stovall says in extolling the
benefits of an ROTC experience. ''(The student)
would be settling for much
less than if he or she were to
enroll in ROTC and take
advantage of the benefits it
has to offer."
Those benefits may include a monthly tax-free
$100 stipend for upperdivision cadets, possible
-scholarships which provide
tuition, books, and subsistence allowances, and an
officer's commission upon
graduation.

.but not at LCC . • .yet

Last summer the LCC Board of Education tabled a request by Lt. Col. Steve
Wolfgram of the UO ROTC program to
offer six Military Science courses at LCC
beginning fall term. The question has not
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resurfaced.
However, according to Associate Dean
of Instruction Joyce Hopps, Wolfgram will
again present the proposed course descriptions at the Feb. 10 meeting of the LCC Instructional Senate (which consists of all
department heads and coordinators.)

The meeting, which will be held in the
Administration Building Boardroom at
1:30 p.m., is open to all interested persons.
According to Hopps, the Senate will listen
to Wolfgram's presentation and ask perti-

nent questions, but will not take any action
on the issue ..
Hopps says that at the following meeting
on Feb. 17, Senate members could ask
Dean of Instruction Gerald Rasmussen and
Pres. Eldon Schafer to ask the LCC Board
to reconsider the ROTC course proposal.
Meanwhile, the ASLCC Senate voted
Jan. 10 to organize a committee opposing
an ROTC program at LCC. An organizational meeting open to students, staff,
faculty and the community will be held
Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. in room 480 of the Center
Building.
ASLCC Communications Director
Laura Powell explained that the action
reaffirmed a May 25 ASLCC Senate
resolution against ROTC.

Former ASLCC Communications Director Paul Hansen has
left LCC to take a part-time position as field reporter and coanchor for KV AL-TV.
Hansen was offered the position after interning at KV AL last
summer. His duties include co-anchoring weekend editions of
Northwest News , reporting news events in the field and producing news spots.
Hansen came to Oregon after earning a B.A. in Political
Science from the University of Maine. The journalism and
television production programs at the University of Oregon initially attracted him to Eugene. He then discovered LCC and
found its telecommunications program more to his liking.
For a time Hansen attended both the U of O and LCC but
then switched to a full load at LCC. Last spring he was offered
the position of communications director of ASLCC, which he
held until November when he went to work for KVAL.
"I think LCC is underrated as a school -- people believe it to
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be less than a university,'' Hansen says.
He adds that when he came out of LCC he already knew how
to edit, shoot, and write -- things that many of his peers did not
know yet. "I felt ahead of the game!" he beamed.
Hansen said that he loves his new job and commented, "It's
been a lot of work, a lot of pinches."

On the Wire
Compiled by Dale Sinner
TORCH Staff Writer

Unemployment Rate Drops.
Despite Increase

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(Salem) Oregon's unemployment rate dropped one-half of one percent
last month, despite an increase of 4,900 in the unemployed worker count.
The rate dropped to 12 percent because the increase of jobless workers
was less than the seasonal norm. The current rate of 12 percent is still the
second highest rate since the state began keeping seasonally adjusted
records in 1970. These latest figures mean an estimated 161,000 Oregonians were looking for work last month, not including those who have
given up looking.

Suicide-Witchcraft link?
(Oakridge) Witchcraft was the topic of an emotion-packed meeting held
in Oakridge Jan. 11. More than 300 residents showed up at the meeting
to discuss reports and rumors stemming from the suicide of a 15-year old
girl two months ago. Local police have not explained the references to
witchcraft in the suicide case. One minister at the meeting called on
parents to guard against witchcraft and satan-worship, while others -- including the student body president -- said the resulting emotionalism in
the schools is getting out of hand.

State Proposes Increased Gas Tax
(Salem) Three bills that would raise the state's gasoline tax, in addition to
recently approved federal gasoline tax increases, are being considered by
the Oregon legislature. The most costly of these measures would increase
the tax by three cents per gallon in 1986.

Sub-Minimum Wage For Teenagers?
(Washington, DC) President Reagan has decided to propose a subminimum wage for teenagers, according to administration sources. Applicable only to summer jobs, the wage would be $2.50 an hour, 85 cents
an hour less than the current minimum wage. The proposal was reportedly debated and approved at a cabinet meeting that included Labor
Secretary Raymond Donovan, Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, Chief
Presidential Economic Adviser Martin Feldstein, and Budget Director
David Stockman.
Limiting the sub-minimum wage to the summer months may be intended to head-off stiff opposition by congressional Democrats and organized
labor, including the AFL-CIO which contends that the wage decrease
would encourage businesses to replace older workers and heads of
households with lower paid teenagers.

Hoffmans Haggle Over Happy Event
Hamlet Hoffman? Hercules Hoffman? Princess Hoffman?
Those names, says Dustin Hoffman, are some of the names that he and
his wife Lisa have considered -- but rejected -- for their baby who is due
next month. The Hoffmans have now chosen five possible names for each
sex, and the final choice, says the father-to-be, will be drawn from a hat:
He's willing to rely on luck at this point.

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Counseling available throug·h FID
by Mike Sims

TORCH Associate Editor

Families In Divorce public relations
coordinator Robyn Partridge best
sums up her organization's purpose
with what she says is a basic assumption of the FID staff.
''Most divorcing marital partners,
for all their emotional entanglements,
are capable of creating a healthy,
mutually beneficial settlement for
themselves and their children, given the
proper assistance," she says.
Families In Divorce is a new
organization geared toward offering
such assistance in the form of
family /individual divorce counseling
and divorce mediation.
Partridge describes divorce mediation as an inexpensive and less stressful

part of the legal divorce decree.
"We do insist that participants retain their personal attorneys as legal
consultants," says Schwartz. "This is
to make sure that each party is acting
in his or her best interest."
"In effect, it takes the battle out of
the courtroom and the legal process,''
Partridge explains. ''Mediation (the
process) is beginning to exert pressure
for change in (societal) institutions that
support and are supported by the current adversarial process.
"We promote and offer mediation
services because we see them as providing a more humane passage for
families in the divorce process,'' she
adds.
Schwartz points out a potential
stumbling block for the program:
''One thing we need to do is develop a

alternative to traditional court settlements of child custody and property
division.
atan
mediation,
In
torney/psychologist team creates what
Partridge calls a "demilitarized zone"
for the divorcing couple. Working in
concert, the doctor /lawyer team and
the divorcing couple can agree upon an
acceptable divorce agreement.
''In effect we're taking two
professions (law and
established
psychology) and merging them in the
FID program,'' says psychological
associate Mitch Schwartz. "It's a real
trick to work together without stepping
on each other's toes."
Following the divorced couple's
"meeting of the minds," attorneys for
each party review and ratify the
divorce agreement, which becomes

FACES on FILE
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.And this term Tanner is ~eaching a sec~io~ of Fundament_als of
Video. "I don't know (lverythmg," he told his first class, "but give me
a little time and I'll find out."
Tanner's knowledge in the field comes from spending sixteen of his
twent! years in the Air Force_ work_ing in video. The last three years of
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that time he taught TV studio mamtenance.

Tanner says he likes being in a "student atmosphere," and feels

that already he is approaching his goal of making it easier for the
students to learn by improving the condition of the equipment.

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Cadigan presents
'Evening of Theater'
"An Evening of Theater
with Michael Cadigan'' will be
offered at the LCC Forum on
January 20 under the joint
sponsorship of the ASLCC
Cultural Forum and LCC
Friends of the Library.
Cadigan will off er a
90-minute program of comic
and dramatic readings and excerpts from plays in which he
has appeared. The program is
open to all members of LCC
Friends of the Library, a community support group active in
the arts and humanities.
Anyone not currently a

ESL tutors helping students adapt
by Janelle Hartman

TORCH Staff Writer

Last spring, when Laotion student Khantheuang
Sayavongsa attended English as a Second Language classes
at the LCC Downtown Center, he saw the long lines for
E. T. at the theatre across the street. Eventually he saw the
movie with his ESL tutor, Jane Meyer.
A few weeks later, when Meyer says she was practicing
the word "fantastic" with Sayavongsa, she wanted him to
tell her something he thought was fantastic. He replied:
"E.T." Meyer asked Sayavongsa if he felt like E.T., the
alien creature in a different world. He said he had for
awhile but now he feels he's fitting into the American ways
of life.
Meyer and Sayavongsa are just one tutor/student pair in
LCC's English as a Second Language program. The program matches volunteer LCC students with beginning, intermediate and advanced level English students from
foreign countries. As the students improve their English
skills, they become better equipped to deal with their new
environment, says Meyer.
But she adds that she wishes people were ''more sympathetic to the refugee's problem" of adapting to
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American lifestyles.
Everyday errands like going to the bank can be difficult,
she explains, because people seem reluctant to help someone who doesn't know much English.
For a year now, Meyer has tutored Sayavongsa in
English. And, she says, their teaching relationship has
blossomed into a real friendship.
Recently, Sayavongsa earned his driver's permit, and
Meyer and her husband are teaching him to drive. On occasion, Meyer and Sayavongsa trade their cultural foods
when they have dinner at each other's homes. And last
summer, Meyer took Sayavongsa and his two sisters to Elk
Lake for an American camping experience.
Meyer is having so much "fun," in fact, that she has to

sense of trust among potential participants, some of whom have already
dealt with the legal process. Word of
mouth and examples of others' experiences are the best way to 'disarm'
people with reservations."
Toward this end, three seminars
were held last November which dealt
with various aspects of the FID program. Approximately 40 people attended the sessions, which were hosted
by a panel consisting of six FID
analysts.
"I was pleasantly surprised at the
way the audience responded to the sessions -- they more or less took over
Donahue-style,'' Schwartz says. ''They
raised many pertinent questions concerning divorce and the program, and
shared their own problems with the
divorce process."

remind herself to teach Sayavongsa ''what he should know
about our language.''
Fern Barton is another tutor who says she's "really loved" her volunteer job. Barton has tutored for a year and a
half and helped five "groups" of Koreans, Iranians and
Cambodians.
''These things branch out,'' Barton says, explaining that
she gets involved with a student's entire family.
Through tutoring, Barton has gained insight into other
people and their cultures.
She's learned that Cambodians, at least those with
whom she has worked, are "very independent" and
"don't want to take any kind of charity unless they have
to.''
Barton also notes that Cambodians "are not used to
failure.'' She remembers one woman who bought a camera
and was anxious to take pictures. But when she had her
first roll of film developed, none of the pictures turned
out. Since then, the woman has never tried to use a
camera. "She was absolutely dumbfounded," Barton
says, ''that she had made a mistake.''
ESL students say their tutors are friends as well as
teachers. Ligia Morales, of Puerto Rico, says she and her
. tutor "speak about everything" and often they eat or shop
together.
But the demand for tutors is greater than the supply.
Becky Loughary, who coordinates the tutoring program,
explains that refugee students are the first priority for
tutors and intermediate and advanced students are ''last in
line.'' Loughary encourages anyone interested in tutoring
to attend a training workshop set for the end of January.
For more information, Loughary can be reached in the
LCC Downtown Center.
Jane Meyer's advice to potential tutors is "don't be
afraid to try it.'' After all, in her experience with
Sayavongsa, Meyer says she's "ended up just having a lot
of fun.''

member may pay the annual
membersip dues at the door:
$2 for individuals or $1 for
students and seniors.
Cadigan has just completed
a second season with the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
in Ashland. He was seen in
Julius Caesar as Decius
Brutus, a conspirator, and in
Henry V, in which he played
Henry's enemy, Louis
Dauphin, the prince of
France.
In Eugene, Cadigan appeared in more than a dozen
ORT productions from 1978
through 1980. Many local
theatregoers remember him in
A Midsummer Night's Dream,
The Importance of Being
Earnest, Indulgences in a
Louisville Harem, Dial M for
Murder, and Star-Spangled
Girl.
The January 20 program
will begin at 7 p.m. with a
short reception. For further
information, call 747-4501, extension 2355 weekdays between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
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Requests for instructional
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Schaf er and other administrative personnel. From
the requests, the administration determined where instructional monies would be
distributed.
LCC's various departments
would receive what would be
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Truly it was a people's tribute to a people's governor.
Oregonians from all walks of life last night said goodbye to Thomas Lawson McCall with a
funeral combining the pomp and circumstance due such an official personage and the humanity
which exemplified the man.
And each Oregonian who attended the lying-in-state in the Capitol rotunda or the rites in the
House of Representatives chamber remembered and saluted McCall in his or her own way.
An Indian woman came from the Warm Springs reservation to give McCall a native blessing
as he lay in state. Oregon's Indian community especially appreciated McCall's commitment to
preserving the natural beauty of the state.
In remembrance of McCall's egalitarian nature, there were no reserved seats for the general
public inside the House chamber. Millworkers from Roseburg and high school students from
Astoria rubbed elbows with Portland executives and the high and mighty from the Capitol
itself.
Liberal Democratic state Sen. Frank Roberts and his wife, Rep. Barbara Roberts, viewed the
service with conservative Republican Sen. L.B. Day. McCall bound together capable people of
diverse ideologies and party affiliations to form a team which effectively helped carry out his
administration.
Members of the press who gathered to cover the ceremony and salute one of their own heard
KATU-TV general manager Tom Dargan (a former employer) assert that McCall "gave new
stature to the meaning of the word 'journalist'." The commentator-turned-statesman served
Oregon as well through print and airwaves as he did from the governor's office.
Following the service, the Capitol guest book was rapidly filled with the signatures of Oregonians from the Siskiyous to the Columbia and the Pacific to the Snake. They mingled and
reminisced in the rotunda long after the honor guard bore McCall's simple pine casket outside
to the waiting coach.
"You know, it seems like a family reunion," a Capitol guide observed.
In a way, it was -- the Oregon family reunited to honor the man who like no one before or
since bound together the people of Oregon and led them in the collective writing of the Oregon
Story.

Photo by Michael Bailey

There is a certain ambience to LCC at night.
From the hushed hallways, to the quieted cafe1
whispers through the walkways, the campus ass
f erent demeanor than that which is seen through
As the eerie arms of dusk wrap themselves m
near-silent buildings, the campus lights begin
darkness, lonely sentinels of artificial illuminatioi
Thus does day open the door for night -- and fl
night.
Two mangy felines stalk the garbage cans ou
Center building, their ribs standing out clearly fro
gly coats of fur. For them, LCC at night is a mat1
the day, they roam the woods and fields borderir
for night and its sustenance.
Fr:om the top of the Center building comes the
natural environment is night but whose sharp ca
already mysterious aura.
Less foreboding creatures of the night quietly s
mune with others of their ilk and stave off the dar
bulbs.
Through it all, the lighted fountain makes its m
pool with reckless abandon. And the buildings la
There is a certain ambience to LCC at night.
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CC at night.
e quieted cafeteria, to the wind that
he campus assumes an entirely difseen through .the day.
themselves like tendrils around the
lights begin to stand out in the
,ial illumination mimicking the sun.
night -- and for the creatures of the
rbage cans outside of the shrouded
out clearly from beneath their scragnight is a matter of survival: During
fields bordering the college, waiting
ing comes the cry of the owl, whose
hose sharp call lends danger to any
night quietly stride to class, to comve off the darkness with flourescent
in makes its magic, splashing into its
e buildings lo.om darkly.
CC at night.

PHOTOS by
ANDREW HANHARDT

Page 8 January 13 - . , 1983 The TORCH

ENTERT AINMEN T
Six Weeks offers cinematic pap
Review by Jeff Keating

fundraiser/reception in his honor, learns of Nicki's
disease and conies to love her and, subsequently,
her mother.
Through it all, Dalton's wife and son remain in
Sacramento, waiting for the politician with a conscience to finally return home from his mercy mission.
I've made the plot sound about as plausible as it
comes across on the screen. Perhaps this story
could happen in real life. Perhaps a man supposedly "on the campaign trail" would take the time out
to console a sick child and understand her mother.
But I doubt it.
I'd like to say that the performances save the
film, that the three leading characters give the
movie some life and make it reasonably worthwhile. I'd like to say those things. But, in all
honesty, I can't.
Dudley Moore is just plain wasted in this film.
And I don't mean Arthur wasted. In that film, he
gave an inspired performance. In Six Weeks, a
drunken binge would be a welcome change for the
•
personality-less politician he portrays.
Mary Tyler Moore, in her first big-screen
dramatic role since 1980's Ordinary People, is,

TORCH Editor

In a curious way, it's reassuring that sappy, sickly sweet sentimentality in film didn't vanish with
the truly overdone films of the forties and fifties.
•
After all, it has its place.
Then again, it's nauseating to realize that it still
sells.
No better example of marketable -- even successful, box-office-wise -- cinematic pap is presently available to the viewing public than Six Weeks, a
mishmash of misdirected meaning and aimless affection.
Six Weeks tells the story of Nicole Dreyfus
(Katherine Healy) a talented 12-year-old ballerina
and generally ''nice'' kid who just happens to be
dying of leukemia and has six weeks to live. Her
rich, powerful, outwardly cold yet inwardly caring
mother Charlotte (Mary Tyler Moore) has given the
child everything she has ever asked for. The two
have a truly loving relationship.
Enter one Patrick Dalton (Dudley Moore), a
California state senator with US Senate aspirations
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well, ordinary. Nothing about Charlotte Dreyfus is
especially peculiar: She is simply a caring but
career-minded mother of a dying child. Her role is
limited to "touching" scenes with Healy and an occasional knowing glance at Moore.
No matter where you turn, it seems, some
reviewer is marvelling at the wonderful performance Katherine Healy gives in Six Weeks. After
all, they say, Healy, although a national ballet
champion, had never acted before this film.
I will be the first to concede that the newcomer is
an incredibly gifted ballerina, with an undoubtedly
bright dance future. Her acting, however, is a different matter entirely.
Let's face it, the kid is just too precious onscreen.
She's too cute, too quick with a line, , and too
audacious to be a real child. The average 12-yearold interacts with politicians like the Wicked Witch
interacted with water: No! very well.
And Healy's character is a microcosm of all the
characters and situations in Six Weeks:
Unbelievable. These are fictitious people playing
make-believe and presenting it as earth-shattering,
real-life drama in a candy-coated shell.
Unfortunately, it's the kind of candy that's just
too sweet to stomach.

- On the Edge members have
been together for more than
two years and have performed
six separate "night club"
shows. For the next two
weekends they'll be playing at
10 p.m. at the Brass Rail in
Eugene. Reservations are required.
On the Edge is a mixture of

improvisational and scripted
comedy often jabbing at local
-- Lane County -- society. The
company of six performers
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Stupid Center for the Performing Arts; unemployment, as
reflected in the song "I've got
the Cottage Grove Blues'';
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other stuff too funny to even
try to label for print.
But sometimes actors ask
the audience to give them lines
to use for an improvised
dialogue -- or locations, or
situations. No one really
knows where their imaginations will take them, but the
company usually keeps the action quick, tight.
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and each actor is usually
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They feel improvisational
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comedy, people come to see if
they'll "crash and burn." Just
like watching a stock car race,
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English Beat creates original blend
by Bob Ecker

US is called The Beat, so the
band based in Birmingham,
England added English to
develop their formal name.
And now, since you know the
story behind the name, we'll
call them The Beat from here
on in.

TORCH Staff Writer

Have you ever kicked back
in your favorite chair and enjoyed a particular album or
group so much that the music
overcomes all surrounding influences and brings you into
it~ realm?
The English Beat and their
new LP Special Beat Service
do the aforementioned.
They're not hard rock, punk,
or new wave. What they are is
a blend of instruments ranging
from guitar to clarinet.
Nobody can complain about
a lack of originality with this
group. Their music is a mixture of ska and rock, and
touches upon the roots of reggae and jazz. In fact, they
almost reach the legions of
pop music on a couple of cuts.
They were known as simply
The Beat. But a band in the

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An eight-member group,
The Beat is backed up by eight
other musicians on this particular album. This multitalented group consists of
vocals, guitar, bass, mandolin,
banjo, piano, keyboards, saxaphone, clarinet, lyricon, sax,
drums and percussion. Backup instruments include
trumpets, accordion, tabla,
percussion, telephone and
marimba, trombone and
toaster. Have you had
enough?
Their debut album, / Just
Can't Stop It, was comprised
of danceable, yet message-

filled tunes of anti-violence.
Their follow-up disc was
Wha 'ppen, another political
album. Both albums made the
Top 5 in England and singles
released from them, including
"Tears of a Clown," "Twist
and Crawl" and "Mirror In
the Bathroom,'' rocketed to
the upper echelons of British
singles charts.
In fact, after finally making
Billboard's Hot 100 (albums)
in the first quarter of 1981 ,
The Beat could say they were
Britain's number one best selling singles group.
Special Beat Service -- a pun
on the Special Boat Service
British Navy commandos used
in the Falklands war -- will only add to their list of successes.
The album plays as if it's a
restaurant menu. There's
something for everybody. The
first single to be released,
''Save it for Later'' is the

album's best, in my view. It
verges on being pop, yet
forgoes any changes the band
might make in that area. ''Sole
Salvation," "She's Going"
and "Sorry" are songs
dominated and made more
visible by the sax play of the
latest member to join the
group, Wesley Magoogan.
Dave
Blockheads's
keyboards introduce the LP's
only political cut, ''Sugar and
Stress." Lead vocalist Dave
Wakeling
rationalizes,
"Mistakes found in the past
turn into Rules protecting
power/It's falling down it
weighs a lot so you should not
depend on it/This world is upside down but look I can't
hang on for much longer."
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The Beat brings it back in
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SPORTS

Cagers fall to Chemeketa CC, 81-69
by Emmanuel Okpere

TORCH Staff Writer

After an impressive 9-1
preseason start, the LCC
men's basketball team lost the
first game of the 1983 season
Saturday night, falling 81-69
to defending OCCAA cochampions Chemeketa in
Salem.
The Titans, \\ • o shot 44.1
percent from the floor and
69 .2 percent from the foul line
in the first half, found
themselves down . by nine
points at the end of 20
minutes, 38-29.
But the Titans came back
strongly in the second stanza.
They shot well from the floor

but could only add 40 points
against 43 Chief points in the
second half and turned the ball
over 12 times.

bounds and dished out two
assists.
Other scorers included 6' 5''
freshman forward Greg
Merlau with 11 points and
four rebounds. He was a
perfect three for three from
the free throw line.
Matt Bodine, a 6' 4" forward, had seven points and
one assist. Co-captain Darren

The top performer for
the Titans was 6' 3''
sophomore guard Stanley
Walker. A Gardena, California product, Walker put 20
points on the scoreboard,
shooting 9 of 15 from the floor
and pulling down four rebounds.

Titans look to playoffs

Walker also had a difficult
task on defense, guarding Pat
Garlock and limiting him to
just 14 points.
Co-captain Mike Cooper,
(So., Los Angeles,) scored 12
points, grabbed three re-

by Emmanuel Okpere

TORCH Staff Writer

The men's basketball team
will be in ''the thick of the
race" for the year's playoffs
and OCCAA title, says Coach
Dale Bates.
The Titans had a preseason
campaign of 9-1. Fort
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Wash. was LCC's only defeat
in the preseason.
''They (FSCC) scored on a
25-foot jump shot at the
buzzer to beat us," Bates says
of the Titans' 63-61 loss to
FSCC in Tacoma.
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in a rematch at the LCC Invitational Tournament, when
they blew away FSCC 78-45.
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The first LCC Indoor Soccer Classic competition is set
for Jan. 22 and 23 in the LCC
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Admission to the tournament, featuring teams from
Oregon and Washington, is
free.
Each team will have six
players, with unlimited
substitutions. Games will consist of four 12-minute pe~iods.
Two-minute penalties will be
imposed on players who kick
high balls or are overly aggressive.
The Titans are training three
times each week in preparation
for the tournament.
Players include Greg
Frueler, Scott Potter, Emmanuel Okpere, Scott Madden, Jamie Barnes, Daniel
Corona, Robert Windheim,
Greg Harless, Bill Blok and
Jeff Lomsky.
Several high school players
train with the team. They include Alan Livingstone and
Larry Buchanan (Willamette),
Sean Burgee and Jim Califf
(Estacada), Mike Wilke, Frunzino Blake and J .R. Allen
(Troutdale), Mark Randolf
(Thurston), Gary Mccann and
John Fenscale (Beaverton) and
Rick Miller (Marist).
Other soccer players interested in participating in the
tournament should contact
Coach Dave Poggi in the P .E.
department.

MUSIC
STUDENTS

Rent-A-Piano
by the month
Ricketts-Baldwin Piano

Volunteers needed:
contact: Kathleen Wiederholt
Staff Consultant
I.CC Libq;ary "

and 79.3 percent from the foul
line.
The Titans' will next see action Friday at 8 p.m. in the
LCC Gym against Blue Mountain CC from Pendleton.
Before the men's match-up,
the women basketball team
will go to 'war' with their
counterparts from Blue Mountain at 6 p.m.

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-Classifieds---FOR SALE

Half-size violin. Excellent sound. Bow
and case, $150. 747-4501 ext. 2330.
Kenmore dryer (white). Works well.
$40. 345-4735 or 747-1076.
Seasoned fir firewood. $60 a cord
delivered. Call 726-0949 anytime.
New men's Seiko watch ($215) for
$100 cash. Leave number for Bob to
call you at 998-8403 or 683-1834.
Ski outfit. Child size 3-5. Complete:
Skis, boots, poles, goggles and leather
gloves - $25. 747-4501 ext. 2330.
Robert Brewt Kick Wheel. Excellent
• condition. $125. 689-7505 evenings.
Two 15" P.A. cabinets with horns,
$700. Hammond BV with percussion
and Leslie, $1500. 485-1359.
Gerbil cage. Very large size. $5.
747-4501 ext. 2330.
RMI electric piano. $350 or offer.
345-4288.
Dinette - Contemporary Jive-piece set
of cane, chrome, Bruer style.
Premium quality. $165. Ca/1746-8987.
Drum set in good condition. Cymbal
stands only. Asking $300. Call
741-0160 after 3 p.m. M-T-W-F, ask
for Michael.
Atari video game (like new). Two
game cartridges, custom holder. $120.
Call 345-3439.
Beseler 67c enlarger. $100. Some supplies. 344-9377.
Five-string banjo. With padded case,
music books, etc. $75. Call Brian,
343-6659.
Honey for sale! $9 per gallon. (12 lbs.)
Smaller amounts, too. 687-1887.

1968 Ford two-door. Good transportation J or $225 cash or $200 cash and
three-month bus pass. Leave your
phone number for Bob at 998-8403 or
683-1834.

TUTORING -- By for mer teacher in
math, English, social sciences,
physical sciences, electronics, or the
arts. Call Kristine, 345-41 JO, evenings
or weekends.

1971 VW Bug. Completely restored.
Showroom condition. $2550.
484-6660.

DRUGS A PROBLEM in your life?
Call Narcotics Anonymous. 746-6331.

Good transportation car. 1965 Buick.
Great gas mileage. Ugly and loud.
$300 or offer. Call Randy Orkin at
747-5448.

LOST -- Please help! Can't afford to
replace this book (Emil Nolde Landscape Watercolors). Please return or I
will, 484-5582.
SERVICES

SELF DEFENSE -- For women,
beginning January 11 for 8 weeks, cost
$15. Sponsored by the West University
Neighbors and Sacred Heart. To
enroll, call Charleen at 687-5366.

484-6044.

• ''An Evening of Theatre with Michael Cadigan'' is
scheduled for January 20. It is being hosted by The Friends
of the LCC Library and is free to all members. Student
memberships are still only $1, and if you have not yet joined, this would be a good time to do so. Applications are
available in the library.

Straight Lace -- Green legs and bulgy
eyes makes one more Mo-mo avoid
these things. Ex-Mo-Moo
Christopher: I'll be patient if you will.
You're worth it. Sue B.
On Sund'ys after church they'd all
gather down t' th' pasture 'n play
sof'ball. There'd be a keg o' beer, an'
his dawg Sport chased th' loose balls.
Babe 'n th' other wives'd bring fried
chicken, biscuit 'n gravy. An' th'
young 'uns he'ped!

MATURE woman seeks child care
positions evenings or weekends. No
live-ins. Experienced with references.
342-2206.

ads regularly..

• Patty Yriate, Kevin Taylor and Jim Carson were sworn
in as new Senate members at Monday's meeting. The
Senate wishes to thank those people who showed an interest in joining the Senate. We will miss the input from
Paul Hansen, who served as Communications Director, as
well as Senators Kevin Hayden and Scott Carlson.
The next senate meeting is January 17 at 3 p.m. in the
LCC Boardroom. Come and be heard.

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Recel>tion Featuring
PAT PARKER

Sunday, 23 at 5 pm
Hult Center •
Community Room
(7th & Willamette)

SYLVIA WINTER
"The Rhetorics of Race and the
Politics of Domination"

Sunday, 23 at 8 pm
Uof 0
EMU Forum

GLORIA WATKINS
Monday, 24 at 8 pm
"Black Women Shaping . Hult Center
Feminist Theory"

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• As part of the Black Women Writers on Racism and
Sexism, the ASLCC, in conjunction with the Oregon Committee for the Humanities and the Sojourners, is pleased to
announce that poet, social critic and professor Audre
Lorde will visit the LCC campus January 27. Ms. Lordes
poetry book From a Land Where Other People Live was
nominated for a National Book Award. Lorde will discuss
"Writing as a Creative Process," in Forum 309 at 2 p.m..
This event is free and open to t~e public.

Put your hands out and give a little bit
of tinnndernesss.

TUTOR -- Biology, chemistry, math.
Call Jerry at 345-9442.
RELAX and receive massage with a
soothing centering approach. State
licensed. Call Brian for appt. 343-6490
or 687-8083. (msg).
SEASONED -- Fir firewood. $60 a
cord. We deliver, call 726-0949
anytime.

AUTOS

342-2912

• The ASLCC voted Monday to form a committee
dedicated to fighting any move towards a ROTC program
on the LCC campus. The committee will be open to
students, faculty, staff and community members. Anyone
interested in becoming involved with this issue is invited to
call the ASLCC office, extension 2330.

D.I.B. Management is lonely without
you. I want you, but you don't knee'd
me. Nnelg

TYPIST -- Experienced, professional.
Themes, term papers, statistical, critiques, etc. Editing available. Brandy,

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Tobacco chewers who clean their rotten mouths out in drinking fountains You are GROSS!!! At least clean it
out!

T'ai chi ch 'uan: Grand ultimate boxing. Learn to let your opponents beat
themselves. Excellent exercise, too.
Stretches and strengthens you at the
same time.

20 years expert .
maintenance & repair

Compiled by Laura Powell

King, hope 1983 is as good as 1982
was. I love you. Nicky
Unless you open your heart and mind
to Jesus, you will never have any idea
of what he says and means to you.
You won't even know! Are you
afraid? You can always turn your
back on it.
P-24 -- Happy May 14 plus eight! -BC6P

FREE

1978 Honda Hawk 400. Only 15,000
miles, runs well, in great shape. Asking $1500 but will bargain. Must see to
appreciate. Call 484-4172, ask for
Marty.
1967 stock Baja Bug. New transmission. New tires. New starter. Runs
great. Very clean. 747-5428.

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AUDRE LORD£
"Writing as a Creative and
Political Process"
LORD£:
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Feminists"

Thursday, 27 at 2 pm
LCC Forum 309

Thursday, 27 at 8 pm
Hult Center

Private parking RV Parking
24hr. maint. Service Security
Small Pets O.K. Waterbeds 0.K.
Roommate Situations
'Senior Discounts

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$50. 00 off deposit
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1&2 Bedrooms furnished & unfurnished

Garbage Disposals Diswashers
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Lane
Community
College
'The Pacesetter of Oregon College Newspapers'

Vol. 18, No. 12 January 13 - J~naa:3 19, 1983

LCC Board sets March 29 levy date

The serial levy

hearing alternatives from Bill
Berry, dean of administrative
services.
Berry explained that since
the county's collection rate on
property taxes is roughly 87
percent (i.e., 13 percent of
property taxe·s levied are
usually not collecfed), a serial
levy for $4 million would actually translate into slightly
more on the ballot. The two
alternatives he outlined, for
three and a half and three
million dollars respectively,
would also come out as higher
on a ballot.

After studying the proposed
three-year, $4 million levy and
debating the merits of placing
the issue on one of six possible
election dates, board members
recommended March 29 but
held off until Feb. 9 a decision
on the dollar amount after

Board members felt that
asking the voting public for
over $4 million in new taxes -which would equal approximately 20 cents of tax on
every $1000 of property -- was
an imposing chore.
"We would be remiss if we
did not let the taxpayers know

by Jeff Keating

TORCH Editor

A new serial levy and a
slightly revamped 1983-84
budget highlighted the LCC
Board of Education meeting
Wednesday night.
In other board action,
winter term enrollment figures
were released and a closer look
at the Associated Students of
Lane Community College
(ASLCC) budget was recommended.

that their investment (LCC) is
in jeopardy," said board
member Larry Perry, alluding
to the def erred campus
maintenance projects a successful levy would fund. "But
a smaller amount.
.might
have a better chance of passing.''
The budget

Berry presented statistics
which indicate LCC's 1983-84
operating budget will experience some minor revisions
during the course of the year.
The operational reimbursement from the state -- if Gov.
Atiyeh' s budget is implemented -- is slightly higher
than estimated, Berry explained. The state funds provide
$7,997,192 for LCC, or
roughly $300,000 more than
planned.
But, Berry added, funds

from tuition and fees are down
as a result of the lower enrollment, making it necessary for
the budget to be adjusted in
other areas.

One possible measure proposed is a tuition hike of
roughly five percent "and no
more,'' said Berry. He added
that such a hike would be initiated only if other budget
measures failed.
Perry echoed the dean's
thoughts, adding that he
believed there will be "a
statewide effort by community
colleges to freeze tuition.''
Enrollment steady

Dean of Students Jack
Carter presented preliminary
figures which indicate that
LCC's winter enrollment held

steady at 1982 levels.

"We're seeing the same patterns as last year," Carter
said, but noted that the Data
Processing program had experienced a 50 percent rise in
enrollment. Health Occupations was also up noticeably
with a 20 percent increase.
Carter added that the FTE
(full-time equivalent) projections for winter term held true
at roughly 8600. That figure is
down from last year's 9300.
Finally, the ASLCC requested that a $14,200 cash
carryover from the 1981-82
school year be incorporated
into the ASLCC operating
budget so that the student
government can continue its
programs without upping student fees or cutting other programs.

New serial levy would provide
funds for LCC campus upkeep
by Jeff Keating

TORCH Editor

LCC's Board of Education
voted Wednesday night to put
a serial levy proposal on the
March 29 ballot for consideration by county voters.
Should it pass, the levy
would be assessed over the
next three years and would
provide LCC with the
necessary funds to begin
upkeep
on
deferred
maintenance projects on campus and improve and update
instructional materials and
equipment.

DEDICATION -- Former governor (1967-1975) Tom McCall, who died of cancer Saturday, is shown here
dedicating LCC in 1969. Photos of his Jan. 12 funeral and
a salute are on page 5.

A proposal that would place
the levy's amount at $4 million
was outlined in a Jan. 7 memo
from LCC Pres. Eldon
Schafer to members of the
Board of Education. But after
hearing two alternatives to the
$4 million proposal -- alternatives asking voters for lesser
amounts -- board members
debated the issue and decided
to determine the final amount
at their Feb. 9 meeting.

On The

• Give the community college system -- and yourself
-- a break. See editorial,
page 2.

• Will LCC be a home for
ROTC? Mike Sims looks at
the advantages and the controversy on page 3.

Inside

• LCC students are needed as foreign language
tutors. See story, page 4.

A little history
Since LCC's tax base increase measure failed on the
Nov. 2 ballot, a serial levy
would alleviate some of the
financial burden and allow
LCC to adequately upgrade
much of the equipment within
and without the $60 million,
14-year-old facility.
How will LCC encourage a
"yes" vote and justify the new
levy to voters? Dean of Administrative Services Bill Berry
says "a great deal depends on
how we present the information.
''Lane has served students
with its operating resources
rather
than
maintain
facilities," Berry says. "An
argument coul~ be made, I
suspect, that that's probably
the right way to go. By the
same token. . . we're obliged,
as responsible people, to maintain this facility."
Pres. Schafer is also considering establishing a committee of experts from the
community to "doublecheck"
the college's assessment of

• Can LCC's night classes
meet the needs of associate
degrees-seeking students?
See story, page 4.

needed improvements in both
the maintenance and instructional areas.
Where the money would go
In the Jan. 7 memo, Schafer
presented a comprehensive list
of equipment needs and deferred maintenance i terns.
Although the list will
"undoubtedly be pared
down,'' according to the
memo, the funds would be
directed to three areas:
• Administrative Services
Approximately half of the
proposed levy's funds would
be used to begin work on
deferred maintenance projects. These projects include
improving LCC's seven parking lots, repainting, and
replacing roofing and
carpeting.
• President's Complex
Money from the levy would
also be plugged into the President's Complex in the form of
funds to College/Community
Relations, Printing and
Levy continued on page 4

• Six Weeks, a new film
about a dying girl's final
days, gets a blistering
review on page 8.