Perry, Pitney tq run ag_ain
by Mike Sims

TORCH Associate Editor

James Pitney and Larry Perry, incumbent LCC
Board of Education members,' have announced they
will each seek re-election to a third term March 29
Perry, 45, was first elected to the board ·as an "at
large" member in 1975. He applauds LCC's handling
of its fiscal matters, saying, "I'm impressed at how
the faculty and administration have been able to keep
a budget balanced and keep the scho9l' s various programs afloat.,,
Perry says that if re-elected, he'll continue to promote the idea of a community college ''that meets the
needs of Lane County in as many areas as possible -taking into account the fiscal restraints of the college."
.
He is currently chairperson of a task force studying
alternate sources of revenue for Oregon's community
colleges. Perry says the task force hopes to ask the
legislature for more state financial support and

legislation which would offset local property taxes.
try to graduate educationally 'well rounded' citizens
These measures, he says, would take some pressure
rather than one sided, job oriented 'robots'.,,
of local property owners and stave off tuition in"Money, or the lack of it, may determine the
creases.
direction the college will take in the next few years,,,
A former (1971-75) state representative, Perry has
Pitney says in projecting LCC's future during the
been a social studies teacher at South Eugene High
next few years. ''Property owners cannot be asked to
School for 13 years. He is vice-chairperson of the
pay higher taxes and we must at this point work with
Wayne Morse Historical Park Association, and
the legislature for an increase in state support.,,
serves as LCC's representative to the Lane Council of
A lifelong resident of the Junction City area,
Governments (LCOG).
Pitney lives on and operates a 160-acre dairy farm
Perry holds degrees from both the University of •
• which was homesteaded by his great-grandfather in
Oregon and Oregon College of Education (now
1853. He is a member of the Federal Land Bank
Western Oregon State College). He is divorced.
Association board of directors and the Agricultural
Pitney, 62, represents Zone Two (north Lane
Advisory Committee at Junction City High School.
County) on the board. He urges a continuation of
Pitney is also active in the leadership of the JuncLCC's balance in curriculum between
tion City United Methodist Church, and is a former
technical/vocational and academic programs.
board member of the Junction City Water Control
'' As the business community demands more and
District and the Eugene Farmers Creamery. He and
more 'high tech' courses and programs, we will conhis wife Betty are both graduates of Oregon State
tinue to offer a high percent of vocational. .
University, and they have four children.
.courses," Pitney says. "We must at the same time

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Community
College
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Vol. 18, No. 15 February 3 - -rF~•111:11:m,3~8i,.., 1983

Sasway decries draft regs
by Jeff Keating

TORCH Editor

Benjamin Sasway

"Hello. My name is Benjamin Sasway, and I didn't
register for the draft."
With those words, the first
man to be prosecuted for failing to comply with federal
Selective Service regulations
opened a speech . to LCC
students, staff and faculty
Wednesday afternoon.
Sasway, 22, is the first legal
casualty resulting from the
reinstatement of draft registration in the spring of 1980.
After receiving what he calls a
"limited edition" letter from
the government warning that
he would be prosecuted if he
did not register, he wrote them
back, "said I wasn't going to
register, contacted my local
anti-registration group and
said 'Let's go for it,' ,, he
related.
What followed was a brief
trial and conviction that
catapulted the San Diego-area
resident into the national
media spotlight overnight.
And a six-week wait in jail for
what turned out to be a twoan d- a-half year prison
sentence and release on bond
pending appeal has left
Sasway decrying draft

• Ondine, LCC's new
play, _ lacks dramatic tension. See Will Doolittle's
review on page 8.

• LCC's men's and
women's cage squads were
winners in Wednesday night
action. See sports, page 9.

registration and questioning
the integrity of his own
government.
After a 15-minute explanation about, simply, ''where
I'm coming from," Sasway
fielded a variety of draftrelated questions from an audience of about 75 persons
gathered in Forum 308.
And throughout all 60
minutes of questions, Sasway
reminded all within earshot of
his point of view: ''I believe
that a draft, or even draft
registration, is an assault on
basic human freedoms of
moral choice.,'

Sasway's response to that
attitude was a refusal to
register for Selective Service.
He · has subsequently become
one of 13 men across the country who are being "selectively
prosecuted as examples to
those of you who haven't
registered,'' Sas way said.
Looking at some of the young
men in the room, he added,
"There are from 500,000 to
one million non-registrants in
this country, and some of you
are part of that number. Imagine: Felons in this very
room!''
Set free . . .silently

A question of attitude

To add to his growing
disillusionment concerning the
government, Sasway was given
a "gag order" as part of the
conditions for a release on
bail. The order said that he
could not speak publicly on his
refusal to register and thereby
''encourage other people to
break the law.''
Although a Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals judge threw
out the order as unconstitutional, Sasway said it served to
once again reflect the inconsistent and unfair attitudes of the
government.

''There are some decisions
that cannot be made for a person by his government,''
Sasway said. "Among those is
the decision about whether or
not to kill another human being. And that is what a draft -and I believe this (registration)
is a prelude to the draft -- is
finally all about.
"With its present attitude,"
Sasway continued, ''the US
goverment is treating its own
people liJs:e it treats other
countries -- talking tough
before being compassionate."

On The

Inside

• Students give their opinions on the ROTC issue.
See pages 5.
\

Sasway

continued on page 4

• Oakridge has quieted
since a recent witchcraft
scare. See Janelle Hartman's story on page 4.

Levy monies

'Nould fund
LCCupkeep

by Chris Gann
for the TORCH

Without an $8,000 comminutor replacement for the
college's sewage system, the
campus could be closed down
by the state Department of Environmental Quality.
A comminutor?
A comminutor is a grinder
which pulverizes the college's
sewage. LCC's comminutor
grinds away nicely every day.
But, it's been working for 15
years nowandthe sewage treatment facility is working just
fine right now. But it's just
one of the seldom seen pieces
of equipment that LCC planners say needs replacinmg
soon. They've compiled one
list of items totalling $2.2
million that must be replaced
or repaired soon or the college
may begin to experience interuptions of services.
When LCC's Board of
Education voted Jan. 12 to put
a serial levy proposal on the
March 29 ballot, it took a Jan ..
4 memo from Pres. Eldon
Schafer into consideration.
The memo outlined a $4
million tax proposal that
Maintenance

conti nued on page

4

• LCC will pay, even for a
'free' ROTC program on
campus. See Stephen
Wysong's forum on page 3.

Page 2 February 3-a, 1983 The TORCH

FREE FOR ALL
Social discovery: All thaf s required is pOtience
by Arthur Hoppe

for Chronicle Features Syndicate

You can't hold your end of the conversation up at a cocktail party these
days unless you've seen the bombshell
movie that everybody has already seen
and discovered the little restaurant that
everybody has already discovered. All
that's required is the patience of Job.
Take the other evening. My dear
wife, Glynda, and I had an interesting
discussion on whether or not to stand
in line to see Sophie's Choice or not to
stand in line to see Tootsie. In the end,
we agreed we couldn't wait to see
either. So we stayed home instead.
Not so, says my neighbor, Mr. Crannich. He and Mrs. Crannich sallied
forth to catch the 4 p.m. showing of
Sophie's Choice in order to avoid the
long lines. Sure enough, when they arrived at 3:45, there was but a short one.
Crannich let Mrs. Crannich out and
rove off to park the car seven blocks
away. When he returned on foot, she
was standing on the curb. "That's the
line for the 10 o'clock show," she said.
"The 7 o'clock's sold out, too."
"If we hurry," said Crannich, "we

can catch Tootsie at 5 o'clock."
They were still a block and a half
from the theater when they spotted the
end of a line of dim figures bndled up
in the gathering darkness. "Maybe
they're all waiting for ~n arc welder's
job," said Mrs. Crannich hopefully.
But, no, Tootsie was the attraction
and, as it was beginning to rain, the
Crannichs decided to have dinner first,
buy- a newspaper and discuss what
lesser attractions the cinema was off~ring.
The place they chose to dine, of
course, was L 'Ancienne Cuisine, which
everyone had just discovered. "I
understand they serve man-sized
lobster crepes," said Crannich eagerly.
Naturally, L' Ancienne Cuisine
didn't take reservations because they
didn't need to take reservations. And
after Crannich had dropped Mrs.
Crannich off (it was raining harder),
parked the car eight blocks away and
returned to the restaurant, he learned it
would be an hour's wait standing by a
radiator.
"What about the new little place on
Polk Street, 'Kitsch's Kitchen?' " sug-

gested Crannich. "I'll phone to see if
they take reservations.''
•
He should have been suspicious
when they did, as new restaurants rarely offer reservations if you have any
need of them. But the man said to
hurry over and he could seat them right
away. This proved true. In fact, he
could seat them at any table in the
place.
But after the man had aimed his
three-foot-long pepper grinder at the
Crannichs' carrot-and-raisin salads,
they got out the paper and pored over
the movies they·wouldn't have to wait
in line for.
Mrs." Crannich was partial to the
Czech film Tall Grow the Leeks. But
Crannich wouldn't see anything with
subtitles. "If I wanted to read," he
said, "I'd have stayed home with a
good book."
He suggested Brokers in Bondage
and they compromised on The Ants of
Summer which offered some frontal
nudity but nothing else that Crannich
could see.
This experience changed the Crannichs' entertainment habits. Crannich

says that on their next evening out they
will go directly to a lousy reataurant
before taking in a rotten movie and
thus avoiding considerable emotional
trauma.
But this is giving up. Far better, I
say, is Glynda's and my system. We
don't wait an hour to see a movie. We
wait at least six months.
For example, we saw The Empire
Strikes Back while our friends were lining up for Raiders of the Lost Ark. We
caught the latter as soon as E.T. came
out. Any week now we'll be taking in
this last wonderful film. And it should
be just as good as it was last year.
Our friend, Mark Hawkins, found a
marvelous little Italian restaurant and
swore us all to secrecy so that it
wouldn't become crowded. It never
did. In fact, last week it went out of
business. But we'll find another we
won't talk about either.
So you see, all you have to do to
avoid waiting in interminable lines at
movies and restaurants is to give up
cocktail parties. Believe me, you won't
miss them a bit.

-Letters- ---------- ------LCCshouldn't
have ROTC
To the Editor

I would like to take this opportunity to praise the ASLCC
Student Senate on the stand
they have taken on the ROTC
issue. Once again the Senate
has displayed strong leadership by looking out for the
good and welfare of the college by trying to protect its
curriculum.
A Lane Community College
brochure reads that the curriculum is designed to "fulfill
the needs of the community."
Student polls have strongly indicated that there is very little
support for a ROTC program.
Why then does this question
continuously arise? I wouldn't
be so angered by these actions
if I hadn't had two of my programs eliminated or cut back.
The Yoga program was completely eliminated. These
classes were always full. Last
fall, the Women's Studies program was threatened with
elimination and a tenured
teacher was almost terminated. With the help of the
ASLCC, this decision was
turned around and in the end
one Women's Studies class
was cancelled. Unfortunately,
I was planning on taking this
class. These incidents are in
my curriculum alone. Have
other people experienced
similar frustrations with their
own studies?
In Mr. Munion's letter to

the TORCH, the term
'' academic freedom'' has been
used inconsistently in criticizing ASLCC opposition to
ROTC. Mr. Munion, where
was this noble stance when the
Women's Studies issue came
before the Sentate?
What I perceived from the
ASLCC Senate decision to
oppose ROTC was that the
college should not waste up to
$75,000 in creating a program
for which there is little student
support and interest. We
should be combining our efforts and monies to support
the programs that we have
now, or ones that there are interest for. I personally will not
stand by and have my programs taken away to make
room for an unpopular ROTC
program.
When I think about what a
community college stands for
-- it is just that -- the local
community. Somehow installing a federal military program,
whith the college carrying up
to $75,000 of the financial
responsibility, seems out of
line. In this day and age when
federal funds towards education are being cut and
redistributed to the military, it
sems ironic that a college
would consider paying for a
military program out of its
own pocket.
Mr. Munion implied that
the ASLCC is using the financial aspects of this issue to hide
its anti-military political
stance. Beyond all the points
already mentioned, I also oppose ROTC on a political and
emotional basis, and I am not
hiding that fact. When con-

sidering the grave dangers of
war that face the world today
through military buildup on
many levels, I will personally
strive for Lane to be a school
that stands for peace.
Although this may seem minor
when compared to the overall
world picture, we must start
somewhere and Lane is what I
am putting my beliefs and
hopes into at this time in my
life. I am very proud to have a
student government that has
sponsored a "Peace Week" to
help make people realize the
important challenge we have
in the future to maintain
peace. The ASLCC decision to
oppose the creation of a
military program at Lane is a
courageous effort in working
towards these ideals that will
help bring about a more
peaceful world. Once again, I
am proud to have the ASLCC
as my student goverment.

However, I have the feeling
that our liberal, open minded
ASLCC representatives (read
near-minded yahoos!) forget
one thing: LCC accredited
courses such as Fly Tying,
Casino Games, and Creative
Divorce (whatever that is)
should contribute to the
general enhancement of
knowledge to the individual
student, and with it create an
opportunity to receive jobs
through this training, why
can't ROTC fulfill this requirement?

I think ROTC does benefit
the LCC student body: It
creates the possibility of being
employed by one of America's
biggest employers, creates
scholarships, and teaches
valuable subjects to include
First Aid (how revolting).
ROTC is also selfsustaining,
i.e., independent from LCC
money worries!
Bryan Moore
_Contrary to the old
stereotype/belief, military
science students generally do
not run around all day dressed
in fatigues, painted green from
To the Editor:
head to toe with camouflage,
Last week I read in the and always harassing students
TORCH the editorial of our MIGs who are enrolled in Indistinguished ASLCC presi- . troduction to Raising Sheep
dent Ms. Paquita L. Garatea (also a LCC course offering).
about ROTC. In the article the
ROTC gives students the
ASLCC President somewhat real possibility of getting
implied that LCC is a liberal valuable scholarships and well
institution and should be open paid jobs in these hard
to all aspects of freedom of economic times! And I think
thought -- except ROTC. (Is that it is also the mission of
LCC to prepare students for a
this a contradiction?) It also
seems that most of our elected job and give us the opportuniASLCC representatives share ty to be exposed to various
this view and are opposed to ideas of possible employment!
Right?! Let us give ROTC an
ROTC.

For ROTC

objective chance! Shall we?

George H. Heart
LCC Student
Criminal Justice

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Forum

LCC will pay, even for free ROTC program
Editor's note: Sen. Wysong's forum reflects only his opinions
and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the TORCH
staff, editorial board or advisors.

by Stephen Wysong

for the TORCH

After speaking to an
LCC student who
believes in the ROTC
program, I realized that
our school really has
much to gain from it.
According to figures
compiled by Robert B.
Thompson of the
Mathematics Department here at LCC, if the total operating costs of
LCC per full time equivalent (FTE) student is
$2100 (as indicated by Dean Bill Berry), we would
have to increase that number to $13,900 per FTE
ROTC student. Mr. Thompson's calculations do
not include "cost of living subsidies to the Army
staff. . .tuition, books, lab fees" or "the
$100/month stipend to scholarship ROTC
students." Mr. Thompson states in his report that
"not only does ROTC not belong at Lane Community College but that the entire operation of the
nationwide program should also be investigated.''
Well, it should be obvious to anyone that ROTC is
not financially prudent.
Nor is it free. No matter which institution pays
for it, we still pay the Army as well as the school. I
realize that money is very important to all of us in
these time of economic crisis, but of what importance is money when the program itself is
priceless?

The student who spoke to me about ROTC
• pointed out that there is a wide demand for this
type of class. Of the thousands who attend the
University of Oregon, sixty are involved in the
"Military Sciences" program there. Three
students from LCC are also involved in the program.
Oh weli, if it's not so popular to want to be a
soldier, there is still that sense of pride, that honor
that comes with standing above the rest of the
crowd as what Albert Einstein called "the vilest
off-spring of the herd mind -- the odius militia.
The man ·who enjoys marching in line and file to
the strains of music falls below my contempt; he
received his great brain by mistake -- the spinal
cord would have been amply sufficient. This
heroism at command, this senseless violence, this
accursed bombast of patriotism -- how intensely I
despise them!''
Okay, so men in uniform are not necessarily
respected or liked, especially when money that
could have ·gone toward education or human
needs goes to the already bloated military budget
which supports ROTC. (The national budget now
includes proposals that would cut Pell Grants by
almost half, eliminate Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants, cut Guara.qteed Student
Loans, eliminate Washington's contribution to
the National Direct Student Loan Program, and
cut out one third of the funds for College WorkStudy.)
However, I'm sure that we all agree that our
education is a small price to pay for the preserva-

tion of this great democratic nation. We need
trained men for defense. If we don't have them,
who will fight the next war? Uneducated people
who can't commit violent acts while thinking, at
the same time, of the the widespread consequences
of those actions?
We must realize that war is a necessary evil. In
the words of Einstein, ''Such a stain on humanity
should be erased without delay. I think well .
enough of human nature to believe that it would
have been wiped out long ago had not the common sense of nations be systematically corrupted
through school and press for business and political
reasons."
Will we be one of the schools which corrupts?
While ROTC students learn how to use weapons
and commit other violent acts, who will be
teaching them that violence is evil, that its destruction spreads infinitely because it feeds on itself,
and that we should all do what we can to stop it?
Until these questions are answered to our
satisfaction we must admit that we have nothing
to gain, and much to lose, from ROTC.
Many of us are upset by the outrageous
amounts of our money which is funnelled into
wasteful programs we don't necessarily approve
of. ROTC is one issue that we can do something
about. We can express our disapproval by not
allowing it into LCC.
"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.

Economics and ethics form basis for "No ROTC" stance
by Kevin Hayden

for the TORCH

I was saddened to read
Ron "More Nukes" Munion defend ROTC at
LCC
based
on
"academic freedom" instead of "pro-military"
reasoning. I'm in favor
of both, for without a
strong military, we'd
have little freedom,
academic or otherwise.
Yet I fail to see how the offering of ROTC
would help either cause. It's a valid educational
offering only when used to recruit and train potential military officers. Although "these classes
would be open to any member of LCC without a
commitment to join ROTC,'' their educational
value to the uncommitted participants would be
redundant or nil. "Preventative Medicine" and
"First Aid" are currently available through other
courses, while the remaining classes offer little or
no useful education to non-military students.
As a student, and especially as a taxpayer, I've
already had my military education. I've also been
educated in economics and ethics, which provide
the foundation for my opposition to ROTC. Recent events amplify my viewpoint.
On May 5, 1980, presidential candidate Reagan
wrote to Senator Hatfield " ... the fundamental
objection to draft registration is moral. Only in
the most severe national emergency does the
government have a claim to the mandatory service
of its young people. In any other time, a draft or
draft registration destroys the very values that our
society is committed to defending." On Jan. 7,
1982, President Reagan announced his commitment to the destruction of those values: Draft
registration would continue.
There are other contradictions. Reagan stated
the Soviet system was on the verge of extinction,

because they've nearly bankrupted their economy
through massive military spending. To hasten that
bankruptcy, he proposes that we bankrupt our
own economy through similar military overspending. (He also suggested that the nuclear
freeze movement -- backed by members of our
own military and intelligence agencies, international religions and church organizations, and an
overwhelming democratic majority -- is inspired
by the Communists. Yet he can somehow play
copy cat with this military buildup and avoid being "duped by the commies.")
Two years of Reaganomics has brought us:
• Further development of massive new weapons
systems whose reliability, effectiveness, and cost
has been disputed by Communist sympathizers
like the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon.
• Deep cuts in social services, primarily affecting
women and children. In most cases, daddy runs
away from home, mommy shoulders the entire
responsibility for raising the kids, and now faces
e_conomic punishment for "staying the course."
• Unemployment increases. Studies repeatedly
have shown that 2 to 3 times the jobs are created in
non-military occupations, than are created by
weapons production -- with the same amount of
money.
• Reductions in higher education. Programs
have been cut, teachers have been laid off, financial aid has been cut for some, many students have
been cut off food stamps, and finally, students
who failed to register for the non-existent draft are
being denied financial aid -- without benefit of
judge, jury, or due process of the law. (Editor's
note: The law Mr. Hayden speaks of takes effect
July 1.) In fact, one judge has declared registration unconstitutional, with Supreme Court review
to follow.
• Further hardship to currently enlisted soldiers.
In response to calls for cuts in defense spending,
the President has offered to cut billions of dollars
out of overdue military pay raises, when many
already qualify for food stamps! Where are our

priorities when a superstar in a sports or entertainment field commands a million dollar salary,
while the guy putting his life on the line gets food
stamps?!
I think enough is enough. The volunteer armed
forces are already exceeding 100 percent of their
enlistment goals. Money spent for ROTC expansion would be better spent training those.who have
already offered to serve. Mr. Munion states,
"Instruction would be provided without charge to
the college ... '' but with the combination of taxation and edue&tional cuts I've outlined, it's obvious this is untrue. Worse yet, if this country does
go bankrupt, academic freedom, along with a few
other freedoms, would go out the window.
Finally, let's look at this noble cause of
"academic freedom." The ROTC program, if offered here, would be run by the military. Unlike
other LCC courses, program development and
guidance committees would have no control over
the content and format of these classes. If the
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh offered student scholarships and free instructors for a program offering:
"Making love, for fun and profit," and_"MX a
poor choice, take a Rolls Royce,'' yet insisted that
he maintain control over course content, you can
bet your last tax dollar it wouldn't ever happen -despite the fact that more students would want
these courses over ROTC courses.
But perhaps I misunderstood what was meant
by "academic freedom." Perhaps it means we are
free to invent a new education and a new reality,
based on a newly invented language. If so, the national trend runs towards naming the deadliest
weapon devised as ''The Peacekeeper.'' With
ROTC, the class called "War Games" becomes
"Dunn Kempf." Before you decide whether you
want ROTC at Lane, perhaps we should invent a
new phrase to replace ''morally and economically
bankrupt." Personally, I think the ASLCC has
found a better use for my $1.30 student fee, than
the $1,000 plus that President Reagan spent out of
my taxes for the military.

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Oakridge quiet after 'witch' uproar
by Janelle Hartman

of the TORCH

Oakridge is quiet now.
Last month, when witchcraft was
linked to the suicide of a 15-year-old
Oakridge girl, the town of 3,700, 40
miles southeast of Eugene became the
center of media attention.
High school sophomore J oAnna
Pahle took her life last Nov. 21.
Later, items considered to be tools of
witchcraft were found in her room,
including black candles, incense, a
coyote skull, a burned doll's head
and a ceramic Lucifer-head. The
discoveries prompted a police investigation into Phale's death, and
caused community concern about the
possible existence of a local witchcraft cult.
The issue climaxed when an
initially-private meeting of concerned
parents and pastors last Jan. 11 turned into a 300-person community affair, with parents, students, other
town members, and journalists in attendance.
• But the gossip and rumors that had
inevitably followed the news about
the possible •witchcraft-suicide link
stopped soon after the meeting, say
community members. ''There's no
problem with it anymore, "says Shan-Maintenance

non McPherson, student body president at Oakridge High School. "It
just kind of quit."
Police Captain John Schurz
agrees. He says his investigation to
make sure that no cult member en~ouraged Pahle's suicide is over. He's
made no charges.
Who Caused The Uproar?

Ken Carver, Oakridge School
District superintendent, says he and
others are tired and irritated with
press coverage they consider
"negative." Reporters aren't warmly
greeted these days. OHS Principal
William Tipton and counselor Gary
Stevenson won't make any comments
at all on the situation.
Rev. G.E. Thomas, an Oakridge
p_olice chaplain who has helped in the
investigation of Pahle's suicide, says
the witchcraft issue ''would not have
been an uproar had the press kept out
of it.
''They (the media) distort some of
the actual facts. It's sensationalism,"
Thomas says, adding that "It's not as
bad as they (the press) let on that it
is."
Student Body President McPherson says for about five days before
the last meeting, student rumors

about witchcraft in the high school
were rampant. But "it was just a
passing thing,'' she says,. She adds
that '' every once in a while a kid
(acting like a witch) will walk down
the hall and just be a smart aleck."
She attributes the "uproar" to
adults in the community whom she
says ''blew it out of proportion.''
Although she says students were
"shook-up" by Pahle's suicide, she
believes that, in retrospect, they will
laugh at the notion of the teenage
girl's involvement in witchcraft.
Most kids, McPherson thinks, link
the suicide to family problems that
Pahle couldn't handle.
Benefits of the Uproar

Rev. Ray Soukkala, another police
chaplain, thinks the idea that witchcraft may exist in Oakridge has
"helped the community more than
it's done ·any damage."
He and Thomas explain that the
issue has caused an "awareness" of
societal problems like child abuse,
drug addiction, and witchcraft that
the community has never had before.
"(Parents) want to get the PTA
(Parents-Teachers Association) going
again,'' the pastors say. Community
1

members are also discussing the
possibility of establishing homes for
abused children and wives.
Thomas and Soukkala have other
ideas to promote "awareness."
They're trying to create a 24-hour
hotline number so that, as Thomas
says, "adults or teenagers can call
and get help spiritually, or (for)
whatever.
. they need.'' The
ministers are also working with some
young adults who will lead discussion
groups with high school students who
''want to listen.'' Soukkala says they
''won't talk only about witchcraft or
the occult, but they'll talk about
marijuana, drug problems, and other
things.''
The ministers believe that as they
help the community become
"aware," peoples' fears about witchcraft will subside.
''Fear is the unknown,'' Thomas
says. So he and Soukkala want to
displace fears by offering information to people. They insist that they
only want to help and are not interested in "stirring-up" the witchcraft issue again in Oakridge.
They're among dozens of
townspeople who hope to keep
Oakridge quiet and out of the media
spotlight.

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woufd •be assessed over the
next three years. If passed, the
levy would allow LCC to
upgrade equipment and repair
buildings.
Although Schater expects
this list to be "pared down,"
three major areas would still
receive funds: Administrative
Services, the President's Complex, and Instruction/Equipment.
About half the levy amount,
$2.2 million, will be directed
to Administrative Services
deferred maintenance projects. Roofing ($965,000),
parking lots ($231,939), carpet
replacement ($534,695), and
exterior painting ($252,875)
are the major expenditure
areas. another category
($258,482) contains about a
half-dozen lower-priced repair
or equipment items.

Berry, if repairs are not performed when needed because
the cost exceeds the operating
and maintenance budget, the
situation is referred to as
deferred maintenance. Berry
cites an article in last year'~
Business Officer magazine
that concludes if these large
maintenance items stack up,
several problems occur:

Deferred Maintenance -What It Is

• The health and safety of
the people ,using unrepaired
equipment and buildings
becomes
a
concern.

According to Dean of Administrative Services Bill

• Every year the repair project is delayed, the cost goes
up.
• If a project is delayed for
too long an emergency may
arise and service may have to
be interrupted.

• A building's structural and
mechanical
''integrity''
become jeopardized, and
''permit penetration by the
weather.''

Protecting an Investment

The sewage comminutor
($8,000) may be the most important yet least expensive
item on the list. Without it,
solid materials will plug up the
pumps at the three lagoons
bordering Gonyea Road.
LCC doesn't have another
unit ready to use. And if the
comminutor fails the campus
would close for 10 to 12 weeks
until a replacement arrived.
Having a back-up unit is like
"getting an umbrella for a
rainy day,'' says Paul Colvin,
director of facilities.
Bill Berry notes that deferred maintenance ''isn't a problem that only LCC and the U
of Oare facing; it's happening
all over the country.'' Performing major repairs is difficult,
he says, because it might mean
diverting funds from the
classroom. But he adds that
the college has an obligation to
protect the investment in LCC
so it can continue to ''provide
the same kind of facility we
have enjoyed."
(

Berry says that the
estimated figures on jobs are
"soft." Local companies provided the estimates for LCC at
no charge. Before the projects
are started, however, LCC
would call for sealed bids,
with the job going to the
lowest bidder. The lowest bid
may come in under or above
the original estimate.
Roofs

On the outside, most
noticeable to the casual
observer is what Colvin calls
the "general deterioration" of
the cedar shakes on campus
roofs. Although no LCC roof

1s leaking, shakes are split and
cracking, and some are missing~ The Schafer memo states
that the average life of a cedar
shake roof is 18 years. Most .
LCC shake roofs are approaching 16 years in place,
installed when the campus was
built during 1967.:68. Money
earmarked for roofs would
only replace missing and
damaged shakes.
Parking Lots

The almost $232,000 proposed for parking lots would
patch potholes and cracks and
put a one and one-half inch
asphaltic concrete overlay on
all existing lots. Weather,
heavy vehicles. and surface oil
''leaching'' all contribute to
the cracking and breaking up
of the lots.

. begin a maintenance schedule
so two buildings would be
painted every year.
"Other"

Items in this category can be
found all over campus: Gymnasium floor (refinishing),
tennis courts (resurfacing),
comminutor replacement,
HVAC (heating, ventilation
and air conditioning) equipment, No. 1 boiler unit
replacement, mechanical circulatory pumps, and computer
disk drives.

Walking across the gym,
Frank Marshall, Physical
Education Department Equipment manager, points to conspicuous spots on the floor.
He says LCC has had ''very
good luck with the gym floor''
t.:arpet Keplacement
The carpet installed in 1968 but a complete strip sanding
was of good quality with a and refinishing job needs to
sponge backing; it had a life . done.
expectancy of 5 to 7 years with
heavy useage. Now, after 14 -Sasway continued from page I - years, Berry says that the
"They needed examples,"
backings have ''turned loose,
Sasway
said. ''When the
then the seams pull apart.''
When this happens threads get government throws on a law
caught in vacuum cleaners and and nobody follows it, they
the carpet "begins unravell- look really stupid. So they do
ing. . .just as if you pulled a something like this (selective
thread on a sweater,'' says prosecution) about it.'' .
Berry. Colvin notes two proSasway is not without
blems with worn, out-of-shape positive feelings about the
carpets: ''They are impossible
to clean in this condition,'' he whole experience, however.
says, and there is a danger of
"Yes, it's served to reintripping and falling by users.
force the notion that this is
one of the most serious times
Exterior Paint
in
the history of the world.
Berry ,would like to begin
getting LCC's buildings re- Never have we been so close to
painted on a regular obliterating ourselves.
"operational cycle." Levy
''But we've never been so
funds would permit the college close to solving all of our proto paint &llbuildingsonce, then blems, either."

The TORCH February 3 -:,, 1983 Page 5

Poll reveals campus attitudes towards ROTC
What do you think about the
proposal to have an ROTC
program at LCC?
Keith Keener -- "I don't see where it
harms anybody. They have a right to
it, and if it doesn't harm anyone else,
then they have that right. "

Terry Colvin -- "I don't think any
training for military purposes is practical in any way, in any form. I've
gone through military training and it
came down down to nothing."

On Friday, Jan. 29, TORCH reporter/photographer Will
Doolittle spent time in and around the Center Building asking
students how they felt about the proposal to institute a Reserve
Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program at LCC.
Although the overwhelming response was, "I don't know
anything about it, " or 'I don't have an opinion, " many strong
feelings were expressed from both sides of the issue.

John Hyun -- "/ don't think it's fair
not to let them attend LCC."

Phyllis Roberts -- "They shouldn't
be here. There's a really strong ROTC
presence at OSU, and the good part
about it is that it helps people finance
their education. But we should be finding other ways of helping people
finance their education besides putting
their energy in the military."

Renee Hite -- "/ think it's a good idea.
I don't know if they have the facilities
to make it the same as Oregon State.
Randy Johnson -- "I'm against
ROTC. They should not teach war on
a college campus. We're here to get an
education, to learn how to be decent
human beings, to better ourselves -not (to learn) how to kill. "

Gary Lester -- "/ spent four years in
the Navy and I wouldn't recommend it
to anybody. I think anybody that goes
into an officers school has gotta have
some kind of an ego problem -- with a
big E . . . I'm not much on war."

Patricia Brigham -- "Since there is
something going on at the U of O we
just should keep it there. We don't
need to bring that kind of a situation
over to our school. Especially since
there are a lot of people against it, it
seems. But I don't have any strong
arguments on it. I just disagree with
bringing it here. "

Steve Goodwin -- "I'm going to
(ROTC) summer camp, and I'm involved in ROTC in the fall at the U of
0, so I'm/or it 100 percent. Because I
feel it gives the students arl outlet to
finance their education, and I really
don't understand the negative
response toward it."

Poetry and politics highlighted

Lorde is featured speaker
by Cynthia Whitfield

TORCH Staff Writer

"There's a certain urgency I want to communicate. The earth is falling apart, but living
here (in Eugene), you may not know it yet,"
asserts AudreLorde,nationally acclaimed writer
and black feminist.
Larde lectured last Thursday in LCC's
Forum Building as part of a four-day conference of black women writers on racism and
sexism.
The lecture was entitled "Writing as a
Creative and Political Process" and to a full
auditorium Larde claimed that ''poetry is never
a luxury."
Her poems, concise and graphic, often express anger at racism or ignorance of some
whites; almost as often they reflect the pain she
feels on behalf of all women abused by men.
After the reading Lorde opened the floor for
questions by asking one of her own, "What do
you want and why did you come here?''
One woman responded that she'd come to
seek a connection between black and white
feminism.
"Let's look at our differences as well as our
similarities." Lorde replied, "Black feminism
isn't white feminism in blackface."
In a later interview Lorde said she wanted to
reach as many people as possible with her work.~
When asked if she felt that poetry as a vehicle
for mass communication was feasible in the
light of a perceived lack of public interest in
poetry reading, Lorde appeared at first not to
have considered this possibility.

"Poetry does something nothing else can
do," she said. "It helps us form a vision of the
long haul, it helps us imagine what has not yet
been . . . many people are afraid of poetry as
they are afraid of dreams.
"We were taught to really hate poetry," continued Lorde,"and the reason for it is that most
poetry is little more than art for art's sake instead of art to bring about positive change. Art
must reflect what is important to people's
lives."
Lorde critized the prevailing social and
educational systems that teach children to ignore their feelings and hide their emotions.
''We're taught to say 'I think, therefore I
am.' What we should say is 'I am, ·therefore I
feel."'
Lorde, who hails from New York, and is a
professor at Hunter College there, has raised
two children herself and expresses extreme anxiety for the future of black children.
"Either we kill them at birth," she says, "or
we raise them as warriors. You want them to
know they have some security, but on the other
hand, most of what's out there is very insecure." •
Larde was perhaps the most prolific of the
four black women, all nationally known, who
spoke during the conference at various locations throughout Eugene. The conference was
made possible in part by grants from the
Oregon Committee for the Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the
Humanities, as well as local sponsors, including
LCC's Language Arts Department and the

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Bob -- "If the majority of the students
want an ROTC program, let them
have it. I really don't have a firm
stand one way or the other. Service is a
good thing for some people and for
some people it's a nasty word. I think
that we should have a choice to join
the ROTC program if we want to."

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Saga of Spencer Butte
unraveled by Lois Barton

Story by Chris Gann
Photos by Mike Newby

"I remember the thrill when I
first came across a story that had
real interest to it ... it's such fun to
have people say how much they enjoy it, how interesting it is, how
well-organized. . . "
For Lois Barton, the "thrill" has
been to find the "pieces to the puzzle" of who first homesteaded the
south side of Spencer Butte. She
gathered the material for Spencer
Butte Pioneers: 100 Years on the
Sunny Side of the Butte,
1850-1950 by following the "clues"
she found in land office and census
records, old Eugene RegisterGuard stories, pioneer journals,
and the taped oral history of oldtimers' rememberances.
A 30-year resident of Spencer
Butte, Barton's interest in the project began with her initial curiosity
about who first owned and worked
her family's place. The powerful
storytelling of Harry Taylor (a lifelong resident of the Butte) inspired her to chronicle the settling
of the Butte. She felt compelled to
tell these stories because "They
demonstrate to me a kind of unique adaptability and inventiveness
that was so much a part of rural
life."

Author Lois Barton

A few natural scenes remain

She says that the first
homesteaders
came
west
"expecting a paradise" in the
Willamette Valley. They were often
escaping disease, as well as the
worn-out midwestern soil. But the
Spencer Butte pioneers "landed up
here in the hills," Barton says,
since the rich Willamette Valley
property was mostly occupied. The
settlers were the first to have to
cope with the "heavy, sticky clay
soil that isn't much good after two
or three ye_ars." She often
wondered "how they managed with
this land."
The book contains more than
lists of historical and genealogical
datas. It is a careful accounting of
"local history with . . . human interest detail," Barton says. In addition to getting a good education in
Lane County and Oregon history,
Barton also learned about the
business of self-publishing. She
became her own publisher because
printing and publishing is such an
expensive process and her book is
"pretty local."
She adds that potential
publishers (such as the Oregon
Historical Society) are "very
careful" about what they publish;
they look -for works with broader
market potential.
It took several thousand dollars
to print the book and then, "having
got the book in print is only the
first step. You have to be really aggressive about promoting this. .
.otherwise you've got all this
wealth under your bed inst~ad of in
the bank." At a time when she
hadn't learned ·to price correctly,
the book's price was "arbitrarily"
set at $9.95 to meet Oregon Committee for the Humanities grant requirements. She never did apply
for the grant, but the book's price
remained at $9.95. Consequently,
she only makes 20 cents on each
book sold out of local book stores,
but those she sells herself are more
profitable.
Is Barton's book the beginning of.
a new career for her? "I don't know,
I don't have anything else clearly in
mind ... I don't see doing anything
like this again." She hopes to retire
with some financial security from
her Neo-Life business, and then
may concentrate on "polishing up"
several childrens' stories she wrote
years ago or beginning an
autobiographical work.
Spencer Butte Pioneers is
available by order through Spencer
Butte Press, 84889 Harry Taylor
Road, Eugene, OR 97405. Cost is
$9.95 plus $1 for postage and
handling.

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Page 8 February 3 -•, 1983 The TORCH

ENTERTAINMENT
Ondine missing dramatic tension
by Will Doolittle

TORCH Staff Writer

When a drama falters, it is
easy for a reviewer to lay the
blame for its deficiencies
one or two actors and to pan
the production.
It is true that Saturday's
performance of Ondine at the
LCC Performing Arts Theatre
was hardly a masterpiece. But
although most of the actors
left room for improvement, it
would be unfair to hold them
responsible for the play's major problem
its interpretation.
Based on a German folk
tale, Ondine was written by
Jean Giraudoux and first performed in Paris in 1939. Its
plot rotates around the forbidden love between a water
spirit, Ondine (Haruko
Azuma), and Hans (Brian McCarthy), a medieval knight.
And the theme, therefore, is
an examination of the conflict
between nature and socieW,
and between the spiritual and
rational worlds. The spiritual
world is eternal, pure, unchanging; the world of
humans is one of hypocrisy
and base desires whose inhabitants are doomed to suffer
at the hands of Fate.
Directed by David C.
Johnston, LCC's production
is substantially pared down
from its original length, but is

Photo by Mike Newby

still a ponderous work -- tricky
to play effectively.
On Saturday the play
faltered in the all-important
first act, where a number of
comedic and dramatic
moments were lost due to the
actors' nervousness or lack of
understanding of their roles.
So the tension of the situation
was missing.
We should see the world
through Ondine's eyes. Yet on
stage we see neither the bizarre
nor the sinister sides of human

society. Neither do we see the
human's view of nature as
fearful as it surely must have
been in medieval times.
And in the following acts,
although the players clearly
warmed to their parts, they
were not quite able to bring
the drama to Ii f e :.
With dramatic tension lacking between the various
elements, the audience was left
with an antiquated love story
in which the woman's love is
her slavish devotion to her
man -- a story having little

relevance in today's world.
Although Haruko Azuma's
characterization was weakened at times by the unclear
delivery of her lines, she was
extremely graceful as Ondine.
Azuma provided much of the
movement in the otherwise
static staging.
Brian McCarthy (Hans)
handled his part well, but was
not entirely convincing as an
arrogant knight errant. And
Suzanne Owen gave a strong
performance as Bertha, the
''other woman.''

The grotesque and sinister
were often missing: Ondine is
to be executed, but the executioner wanders on and off with
no purpose; the kitchen-maid
is to signal Hans' death, but in
no way appears "fair and
foul," as Hans sees her.
Cast members of Ondine
showed they grasped the basic
elements of structure. They
now need only to find that
thread of interpretation to pull
the pieces together into a truly
dramatic work.
And now for a review of a
theatre review.
If a theatre production
falters, it's too easy for a
newspaper reviewer, rushing
for the next morning's
deadline perhaps, to lay the
blame for its deficiencies on
one or two actors and to pan
the production.
Mark Matassa's review of
Ondine in the Jan. 28 RegisterGuard is of this trash-andburn variety, instead of an
analytical report on the production.
It's disappointing to find
such an approach in a
newspaper that prides itself on
its support for the arts.
Valuable criticism was
obscured by the reviewer's
.vehemence, a vehemence
which, in the end, was of no
benefit to reader or performer.

Savan·n ah Smiles gets mixed revie""
by Jeff Keating

TORCH Editor

When the opening scenes
from Savannah Smiles hit the
screen, a wave of fear passed
over me. As the prisoners
escaped from the chain gang in
a camouflaged Falcon -- see
what I mean? -- I quickly surmised that this would be
another hokey movie that I
didn't need to see.
The feeling didn't soon

disappear. After that first impression, the film changed
scenes to a posh Southern
estate, where posh politicians
were enjoying a posh meal in a
posh dining room while a child
upstairs ''wanted her mommy."
Well, I'd made quantum
cinematic leaps before. This
sudden change came as a surprise, but it wasn't something
I couldn't handle. This film, I
knew, would somehow neatly

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tie these two radically different scenarios together, present it as a finished product
and
neatly
label
it
''Entertainment.''
I was wrong. Sort of.
Yes, Savannah Smiles is one
of those "hokey" films. It
tells the story of a little rich
kid named Savannah who runs
away from home and is found
by the two prisoners, who take
• care of her and gradually fall
in love with her.

But after the first 15
minutes or so, I realized
something: Savannah Smiles
was hokey, but I was paying
attention to it and even going
so far as to like some of it.
Yes, much of the humor was
forced. Yes, the child was too
cute and too precocious for
her own good. And yes, the
plot was a bit farfetched. But
there was a certain something
tugging at my usually nonexistent heartstrings. ·

I finally decided that it was
the people and the mood that
made this film. Mark Miller,
who I'd never heard of before,
plays Alvie Gibbs, the prisoner
who, at first, doesn't like
Savannah. His partner, Bootsie McGaffee, is played by someone named Donovan Scott.
Both, although somewhat contrived in terms of character,
are fairly effective.
And Bridgette Anderson, as
Savannah, finally knocked me
over with her ''cuteness.'' I
suppose it's like being overwhelmed by noxious fumes: I
finally had so much that I had
to give in and buy the whole
concept of her character.
In any event, it's hard for
me to recommend Savannah
Smiles. Then again, I won't
say don't see it. I'll just say
this is a ''mixed'' review, and
leave it at that.
Savannah •Smiles is currently
playing at the Cinema World
Theaters at Valley River
Center, Eugene. Admission is
$4 for adults.

The TORCH February 3 - a, 1983 Page 9

SPORTS

Titan women post 51-46
hoop .win over Chemeketa
by Lucy Hopkins
TORCH Staff Writer

The LCC women's basketball squad last night posted a
51-46 home win last night over
second place Chemeketa.
The victory upped the
Titans' OCCAA record to 4-3.
Chemeketa dropped to 5-2.
The Chiefs came on strong
early in the contest, scoring
the game's first five points.
After that it was a matter of
which team stole the ball or
managed to get off a shot
from the floor.
Then, ten minutes into the
game Camee Pupke surprised

everyone by taking a pass inside from Dawn Bredesen for
two points and a big cheer
from the crowd at tbe LCC
gymnasium.
But Chemeketa wasn't willing to let the Titans off so easily, coming right back to tie the
score. But the Chiefs never
regained the lead. Lane wound
up outscoring Chemeketa 12-8
in the first half to post a 25-23
lead at intermission.
The Titans came on strong
in the second half and quickly
overpowered Chemeketa.
With good offensive strategy
and a tough defense Lane held
Chemeketa at bay and at one

point owned a ten-point lead.
Center Konnie Denk led the
Titan charge early in the half,
scoring six points in the first
five minutes.
Camee Pupke led Lane
scorers with 14 points, follwed
by Dawn Bredesen with 13.
Bredesen's effort made her the
leading scorer in the OCCAA
with a season total of 110
points.
The Titans will next take on
the Pacific University JV
squad Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. As part
of Lane County High School
Night, all high school students
will be admitted to the game
free of charge.

Men victorious over CCC
The Titans' victory elevated
them to second place in the
OCCAA. It also served as
revenge for their loss in the
LCC's Stanley Walker had a
season opener at the hands of
brilliant outing last night
the Chiefs.
against Chemeketa, scoring 28
points to lead the Titans in a
It was a ''see saw'' matchup
resounding 79-67 victory over and the Titans employed good
defense and fast breaks to see
the visiting Chiefs.

by Emmanuel Okpere
TORCH Staff Writer

Titan m.en have l 3-3
first half cage _
r ecord
by Emmanuel Okpere

TORCH Staff Writer

The 1982-83 basketball
season is half completed and
the Titans have a 4-2 OCCAA
record and 13-3 overall.
Last week they lost to Ft.
Steilacoom 63-61, Chemeketa
81-69, and 67-63 to Mt. Hood.
The Titans have outscored
their opponents 442 to 366
points and shot 52.5 percent
from the floor and 68.8 percent from the foul line. Their
opponents shot 45 percent
from the floor and 65 .4 from
the foul line.
But one thing the Titans still
have to work on is their rebounding. They were out rebounded by their opponents
202 to 193.
They fouled 106 times and
their opponents 111 times.
They have also fouled 66 times
and their opponents 90 times.
The team has 63 assists to its
credit while tis opponents have

72.

Co-captain Michael Cooper
is the Titans' leading scorer
with a total of 88 points for
the first half of the season.
Cooper also leads the team
in field goal shooting wih 39
out of 57 attempts. He has a
very high 68.4 percentage. He
also leads the team in free
throw shooting, hitting 10 of
13 from the line for a 76.9
percentage. Cooper has 36 rrebounds and eight assists. He is
third in rebounding with an
average of five per game.
Freshman forward Darren
Rice has also scored 88 points.
The sophomore from North
Eugene has shot 47 .9 percent
from the floor, hitting 34 field
goals out of 71 attempts. Rice
is 20 for 32 from the foul line
(62.5 percent). He has had 17
rebounds and 13 assists.
Other scorers include cocaptain Matt Bodine (43
points), Stanley Walker (79),
Marc Ganter (47), Greg
Merlau (41) and Brent Rice
(37).

DID YOU KNOW?
Whose home run record Babe Ruth broke when he hit 713

home runs? (His own.)
That two Oregonians who later achieved notoriety in other
fields were drafted by the Green Bay Packers of the NFL?
(They're Governor Victor Atiyeh and Randall "The I-5
Bandit" Woodfield).

them through the hard fought
battle.
Co-captain Mike Cooper
also had a good night. He
scored 15 points, eight coming
in the second half.
Marc Ganter scored 12
points coming off the bench.
He and Walker were the brains
behind the zone play and delay
game down the stretch.
Greg Bolt led Chemeketa in
scoring with 24 points. Mark
Smith followed close behind
with 22.

Photo by Gary Breedlove

Konnie Denk goes for two in the Titans 51-46 win over
Chemeketa Wednesday night.

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First indoor -m eet a success
by Lucy Hopkins
and Kevin Morris
TORCH Staff Writers

Athletes of all sorts
gathered together this
weekend to compete in the
Eugene Indoor Track Meet.
The meet was the first of its
kind ever held in the ''track
capital of the world" drawing
close to 1,500 athletes from all
over the northwest and lasting
almost 11 hours.
Several sterling performances were turned in by LCC
athletes during the day. Coach
Harland Yriarte said it was
''nice to be able to see
everyone compete."
According to Yriarte, the
meet was incentive for winter
training but most of all was
preparation for competition in
the spring. "It was an opportunity for the athletes to compete and test themselves to see
how well they have developed
so far," says Yriarte.
Mark Dannis, recent LCC
addition from Indiana, immediately showed his talent as
he recorded the second fastest
50-yard time of the day by

winning his heat with a time of
S .4. Andrew Nov le also
sprinted to a 5.5 finish in the
50-yard dash.
Dannis's high school teammate, Craig Loper, did double
duty as he competed in the
high hurdles and sprinted to a
5.6 finish in the 50-yard dash.
Romund Howard, a
regional meet-winning transfer
to Lane from Central Oregon
CC, was the outstanding
hurdler in the meet, posting a
6.2 for the best clocking of the
day.
The 400-meter dash was
nothing short of impressive as
three Titans placed high in the
ranks. In the first heat D.J.
Bransom came from behind to
win 54.4. Mike Hedlind overpowered his competitors to
grab third place honors with a
time of 53 .4. Thurston High
grad Marty Grant took third
place in the final heat.
The mile run showcased
three good efforts by Lane
runners. Marty Beauchamp
led the attack as he took third
with a quick 4:16.9. Marty
Hemsly followed closely in
fifth place with a 4:2L9 clock-

ing and John Shoemaker, a
transfer from Montana, took
sixth with a time of 4:25.
High jumper Ed Grover,
former state champ from
Yamhill-Carlton, came within
an inch of his personal best as
he scaled 6'8" enroute to a
fifth place fini sh overall.
Doug Ritchie from Pleasant
Hill High leaped 21 '2" in the
long jump and triple jumped
45'3" for impressive marks in
the early competition.
Coach Lyndell Wilken
believes that the Lane women
also did well in the day's
events, explaining that "it was
a developmental meet,'' and
that all of her competitors
were prepared.
Coach Wilken cited Titans
Debbie Dailey and Vickie
Spiekerman strong performances. Dailey sprinted to a
time of 6.5 in the 50-yard
dash, and Spickerman competed in sprints and field
events throughout the day.
Mitch Allara, LCC intramural sports director and
director for the meet,- was

Photo by Kevin Morris

Two Titan tracksters compete in the 400 meter medley at the
first indoor track meet Jan. 29.
pleased with how the day's Track Club and all proceeds
events turned out. The meet went towards the funding of
was sponsored by the Oregon that club.

Athletics vveathers -budget-cutting

by Brent Rice
for the TORCH

While LCC is trying to
weather out its budget-cutting
storm, the LCC Athletic
Department has been fighting
to stay afloat.
The college administration
told the Athletic Department
last summer to reduce its yearly budget by 12 percent, which
translated into some $22,000
in budget cuts and drastically
reduced funding to several
sports.
Wrestling was hit hardest,
as it was completely dropped
in order to save the department $6,300, as were the
men's and women's tennis

teams at a savings of $4,000
total.
The cutting process was a
long and complicated one,
says Athletic Director - Sue
Thompson.
'' All the coaches got
together and listed priorities,
and in rank order we decided
what should be cut. It took
months before everyone
agreed on what was going to
be decreased." Thompson was
not in favor of the slicing of
the wrestling program. " ... I
proposed alternate cuts which
were not accepted," she says.
''The tennis programs were
cut because of the small
percentage of schools involved, the cost of the sport, and
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low student interest," she
commented. And in addition
to the programs that were
completely eliminated, ''each
remaining sport lost four percent of their budget,'' says
Thompson.
Cuts were apparently made
because LCC is overpopulated. More students are
enrolled than will be counted
for state reimbursement purposes, so costs for LCC programs must be shouldered
more and more by tuition and
property tax receipts alone.
The slices in the Athletic
Department have been unpopular with several coaches,
including track coach Harland
Yriarte, whose program lost

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approximately $1,000 to the
budget cuts. Men's basketball
coach Dale Bates was another
coach unhappy about the lost
monies, as his team was forced
to decrease the number of
scheduled games to be played
this year.
To compensate, some
athletic teams have turned to
fundraising to pick up the
slack.
The men's soccer team
recently hosted an indoor soccer tournament to help raise
money for its program, while
the men's track team held a
rummage sale earlier in the
year to help itself financially.
Just last weekend Bates and
his men's basketball team put
on a city league basketball
tournament at LCC to raise

money for its needs.
Yet local fund raising in
itself has caused the demise of
some community college competition. Presidents of all
Oregon community colleges
decided to eliminate Oregon's
teams from national competition because they did not think
it \YaS fair for •schools who
could not pay their own way to
solicit money from their communities.
Thompson has mixed emotions on the elimination of national competition saying, "I
realize the value of today's
dollar, and it is very expensive
to send athletes to national
competition. But nationals is
what every athlete strives for,
and I think the rule should be
reevaluated.''

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This Week---- From the ASLCC
11 p.m.

Compiled by Karla Sharr

TORCH Staff Writer

Thursday,Feb.3------7:30 p.m. A CANTICLE FOR
LEIBOWITZ. Part 13 As war ravages the globe,
Brother Joshua of the
order of Leibowitz struggles with his conscience.
8p.m.

SONGS OF WORK,
AND
STRUGGLE
CHANGE. Songs of
Black Americans.

PURE JAZZ. Jam at Jo's
(Feb. 5 only). Renowned
bassist Leroy Vinnegar
performs an evening of
jazz standards with
Eugene's own Dick Blake
Trio. The 90-minute
presentation also features
an interview with Vinnegar.

I0a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 5 - - - - -- A NEW FOLK PROGRAM. Beginning in
February, a new folk program in development at
KLCC will feature
acoustic American folk
music performed on
guitar, dulcimer, hammer
dulcimer, and other stringed instruments.

11 a.m.

NEW DIMENSIONS .
Life Before Birth with
Thomas Verny.

6p.m.

BLACKBERRY JAM.
Local folk musicians live
from Balladeer Music
Shop at the Fifth Street
Public Market.

7p.m.

A PRAIRIE HOME
COMPANION. Butch
Thompson Trio.

Noon

PLATE
BLUE
SPECIAL. (Feb. 7 only)
Black History Month "A Walk Through
Harlem" - Harlem was
the beginning of a new life
Black
many
for
Americans in the early
1900s, especially musicians, writers and other
professionals.

7:30 p.m.

FROM THE LEFFSIDE.
Tom Rush and Melanie.

Sunday,Feb.6-------COVERED
MIST
9 a.m.
MOUNTAIN. Featuring
the best of traditional
Irish folk-music.

Friday, Feb. 4 - - - - - - - / 1:30 p.m. MODERN MONO. New
Wave and Punk. Request
line open.

9a.m.

Monday,Feb. 7 - - - - - - ENCORE
RUBY
PRESENTATION. The
adventures of a galactic
gumshoe, Monday-Friday
at 11 a.m., 5 p.m. and
midnight.

JJ a.m.

THIS SUNDAY MORNING. News of the Planet,
from international shortwave newscasts of both
the Industrialized North
and the Developing
South.
10:30 -- A mix of music
and features by KLCC
volunteers M'Lou Zahner
Ollswagg, Don Schnck,
John Mitchell and others.
11:30 -- Two-way Radio Each week a new topic of
current controversy. We
invite you to call in and
probe or challenge our expert guest.

Noon

BIG BAND BASH. Ellington Live.

I p.m.

HISTORY
BLACK
MONTH SPECIAL. On

In the Tradition. (Feb . 6
only.) "Jonah Jones."
75-year-old
The
trumpeter discusses the
many years he toured with
great jazz groups in the
US and abroad.
3 p.m.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON
JAZZ. The Jazz Singers.

6 p.m.

WOMEN'S

NIGHT

OUT. Growing Old in
America.

Tuesday, Feb. 8 - - -- - - -

6a.m.

CHAMBER MUSIC Lincoln Center. (Feb. 8,
15, 22 and March 1) This
series features concert
performances by world
renowned artists, recorded during the 1982-83
season of the Chamber
Music Society of the Lincoln Center.

Wednesday, Feb. 9 - - - - -JOa.m.

ELDERBERRY WINE.
News and views about
those of us 55 and over.

7:30 p.m.

FOCUS ON JAZZ. (Staff
call-in) Feb. 9 only.
KLCC's staff members
will talk about the station
and answer questions.
The call-in number is
726-2212.

8:30 p.m.

JAZZ ALIVE. Carmen
McRae -- Benny Carter
Sextet -- Tete Montoliu.

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I need photo models, all types, pays
well, see Pat Rm 205 B Center Bldg.
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TYPEWRITER -- Royal manual,
works great, $65. 485-3914.

LOST AND FOUND

Experienced couch -- Sits four snugly,
sleeps 2 cozily or 6 midgets, dirt free,
needs love. 747-4656.
Almost new airbrush with large carbon dioxide tank and regulator. Asking $120. Call evenings 741-2173.
Hexce/ competition 200cm downhill
skis with look nevada bindings $95.
Call Dave at 342-2160 or 686-2603.
Seasoned Fir Firewood, $60 a cord
delivered, $50 if U-haul. Call
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Queen size waterbed. Excellent condition, heater, mattress, frame, headboard, $100. Call 343-3228.
Beautiful wolf-mix puppies, $35. Call
evenings 686-1432.
Sony TC-440 reel-to-reel with twenty
1800 ft. tapes. $75. 998-3152.
February and March bus passes. $30
for both or $15 apiece. Linda or Steve
726-5605.
English Beat T-Shirt. From concert,
white with pink, size 34-36, 6-7$.
345-0286.
Like new bass guitar. 90 watt bass
amp. 3 inputs, both $400. 37th St.
Apts. Apt. 32, Springfield, OR.
97477.
4x8 camper,insu/ated, carpeted, bed,
separate power source, good condition. Asking $275. 726-6154.
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OVERSEAS JOBS -- Summer/year
round. Europe, S. Amer., Australia,
Asia. Al/fields. $500- $1200 monthly.
Sightseeing. Free info. Write /JC Box
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Need forward/ goalie to compete in
regional foosba/1 tournament. Leave
name and phone at student activities.

Lost. REWARD!!! Orange back pack
with hobo picture on small pocket. If
found call Lost and Found Dept. or
Mike DeMordaunt at 342-4438.
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Give your Valentine a handmade Teddy Bear. For more information call
747-8479 after 6 pm.
TUTOR: Biology, Chemistry, Math.
Jerry 345-9442.
TYPING SER VICE -- Reasonable
rates. Barbara Mathewson, 998-2797
after 5 pm. Free pick-up and delivery
available.
TYPIST -- Experienced, professional.
Themes, term papers, statistical, critiques, etc. Editing available. Brandy,
484-6044.
Elite Typing Service -- Fast, accurate,
guaranteed. Free pick up and delivery.
Penny 485-3914 or Karen 484-1646.
DRUGS A PROBLEM in your life?
Call Narcotic Anonymous at
746-6331.

AUTOS

1982 Honda Civic GL. 40 MPH,
$5200. Call David at 344-6647.
1968 El Camino SS 327, 4 speed, complete rebuilt engine, sliding rear window, new silver metalic paint. Call
344-6463 evenings.
1963 Studebaker PU. Some body rust,
but runs well. Asking $300., will consider part trade. Call 741-2173.

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by Laura Powell

ASLCC Communications Director

• Ramon Echeverria will be on campus Feb. 7 to present a slide show and discuss the history and culture of
the Basque country. Echeverria, of Basque heritage, has
spent time in Spain, . where he traveled extensively
throughout the Basque country. Echeverria will be in
Forum 307 at 1 p.m.
• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance will be on the
campus Feb. 15 and F from 6 to 9 p.m. to do free tax
assessments for LCC students. You can find them at the
Student Resource Center, located on the second floor of
the Center Building.
• Rhythm and blues band The Milkmen will be the
main attraction at LCC's first off-campus dance of the
year. The dance, to be held at the Lane County
Fairgrounds Feb 11, will be opened by a local band, The
Pop-Tarts. Cost is $3 for the general public or $2.50 for
LCC students. A beer garden will be available for those
over 21. For more information cal the ASLCC office,
ext. 2330.
• The ASLCC is. planning an open house Feb. 23. We
will be on hand to answer questions about who we are,
what we do, or how we go about prioritizing. In order to
reach the largest number of interested people, we will
hold the open house on Wednesday from 2 until 8 p.m.,
so we hope to see night students as well as daytimers.
Drop in, have a cup of coffee and get to know your
ASLCC:
• A reception will be held Feb. 18 from 7:30 to IO p.m.
in the LCC art gallery for steel sculpturer Michihiro
Kosuge. Kosuge, an assistant Profesor of Art at
Portland State University, will have a one man show in
the gallery Feb. 18 through March I 1.
• The next senate meeting will be Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. in
the LCC Boardroom. Come and be heard.

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Free concert
A free concert by LCC Music faculty members •
and others will be presented at 8 p.m. Feb. 10 in
the Blue Door Theatre.
Pianist Sid Appleman and soprano Jane Chase
will perform two original compositions by Appleman. Mezzo soprano Robin Bennett will also
perform with a madrigal ensemble.
Other performers include Beth Emmons
(flute), David Case and John Jarvie (guitar) and
Greg Hall (trumpet).
The Blue Door Theatre is located downstairs
in the Performing Arts building.

men/travel safety
Women rraveling/Vacationing Alone will be
the topic fu r the Feb. 9 Women's Program
Brown F,tg t,:lk at noon in the LCC boardroom.
Sm an Waikins, who went to China, and
Suzanne Pepkin, a travel consultant specializing
in arranging travel for women, will share there
knowledge and experiences. Call ext. 2353 for
more information.

unger at home
Represc:tr atives from local non-profit groups
will share information on the extent of local
hunger as well as the adequacy of assistance
available through area volunteer groups at a
meeting f \:b. 10.
Euge11.: Bread For The World, a Christian
citizc" .1ction group, will sponsor the 6 p.m.
potluc1 and 7 p.m. forum at the Central
P -,i,v, crian Church, E. 15th and Ferry. Guest
spea:. ( -~ will briefly explain what can be done to
relieve 1- mger in the Eugene/Springfield area.
There , ,i also be displays from many local nonpr'·r; , , . :.,encies which serve human needs
t:uoughout the community.
Persons seeking more information may call
n ---·:-1 '1) Sistrom at 342-4066 or Tim Talevich at
343-2086.

SRC provides photo ID

U of O Preview

Valentine's Day sock hop

The LCC Student Resource Center (SRC) provides photo identification cards. These are useful
in various situations where identification is needed: Check cashing, foreign student identification, etc.
Photo ID cards are available for $3 at the SRC
from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. They may also be
obtained Tuesday and Thursday from 11 :30 a.m.
to 2 p.m.

High school and community college students
who didn't register in advance for the University
of Oregon's annual U of O Preview can still attend the Feb. 5 session.
UO Admissions Director Jim Bush says that
interested students and their parents may register
for the day-long program beginning at 8 a.m.
Feb. 5 in the Erb Memorial Union. Student participants will be charged a $4 registration fee.
There is no fee for parents.
Persons driving to the U of O campus will be
able to park free in lots at E. 15th and Moss and
at E. 13th and Agate.
For more information call the UO Admissions
Office at 686-3201.

Child Care Inc., a non-profit preschool, will
hold a benefit Valentine's Day Sock Hop on Feb.
13 at 8 p.m. at the WOW Hall, W. 8th and Lincoln.
Deejay Richard Be.ckman will spin 50s and 60s
tunes and live music will be provided by "Tight
Squeeze." A dance contest will be held with
prizes awarded.
A "super door prize" includes tickets for two
to Shiro, a Japanese rock opera to be held at the
Hult Center; and two nights for two at the
Eugene Hilton.
Sock Hop tickets are available at Oregon
Home Grown Meats, 357 Van Buren; Eugene
Hat Company, 229 W. 7th; Backstage at 943
Olive, and at the door the night of the Hop.
Tickets are $2.50 each. •

Ladakh slide show
The Mahakaruna Foundation and the EMU
Cultural Forum will present Ladakh, a muliimage slide show by National Geographic
photographer Rik Cooke.
The show will be held Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Gerlinger Hall lounge on the University of
Oregon campus. Gerlinger Hall is located on
University Street near East 15th Avenue.
Audio-visual artist Bronwyn James has synchronized Cooke.,s images of Ladahk's (formerly
Western Tibet) traditional Buddhist monasteries
and colorful rituals. A soundtrack highlighted by
the music of jazz flutist Paul Horn highlights the
soundtrack, and Tibetan lama Chakdud Tulku
will speak.

Support group for
battered women
Womenspace sponsors a drop-in support
group for women who are victims of physical
and/or emotional abuse.
This group provides a supportive atmosphere
in which to share feelings, seek information and
. explore options. There is no charge and child
care can be arranged with advance notice.
The group meets each Wednesday from 10
a.m. to noon at the Central Presbyterian
Church, E. 15th and Ferry. For more information call Womenspace at 485-6513.

American Pictures
American Pictures, an explosive multimedia
documentary of poverty and injustice in black
America, will be shown Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. at 631 E.
19th Ave.

Admission is on a donation basis ranging from
$3 to $5. Proceeds from the showing of the film
will benefit the National Campaign For Reparations For Black People In The US.
The Chicago Reader called American Pictures
" ... a show that will haunt (the viewer) for days.
All Americans should see it, everyone who cares
about the conditions of America.''
For more information call 342-6436 or
683-9029.

CALS Bake Sale
Citizen Action For Lasting Security (CALS)
will hold a bake sale on the second floor of the
LCC Center building Feb. 10. beginning at 9
a.m.
Persons interested in contributing baked goods
are asked to contact Janet Dahlgren at 343-0385
or leave a message at the CALS office, 343-8548.

'Visit•Punishment Farm'
The Community Center For The Performing
Arts welcomes Punishment Farm to the WOW
Hall Feb. 4. Doors open at 9 p.m.
Admission is $2.50 and all ages are welcome.
Beer and wine will be available downstairs and
ID will be checked. The hall is wheelchair accessible.
The WOW Hall is located at W. 8th and Lincoln.

Black Cultural Faire
In honor of Black History Month, Ebony Eyes
invites the public to its fourth annual Cultural
Faire Feb. 19 at the Amazon Community Center,
2700 Hilyard.
The Faire will feature accomplishments of the
local black community in the performing and
visual arts, sports and business. Authentic ethnic
foods and a program featuring black history,
literature, cosmetology, fashions, exhibits and
children's activities will also be included.
Admission is $1 for adults and children 12 or
under will be admitted free. For more information, call Jocelyn LaMar at 343-4018 or Beverly
Stanford at 746-4375.

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