Lane Community College

4000 E. 30th Avenue

Award Winning Student Newspaper

May 9 - 15, 1985

Official announcement made Wednesday

Turner LCC's new president

Analysis by Sharen Hulegaard
rnactt staff writer

At the LCC board meeting,
Wednesday, May 8, Larry
Perry, board chair made the
official announcement: LCC
'd
has a new pres1 ent.
Dr. Richard Turner -- president of South Central Community College in New Haven,
Connecticut for the past six
years -- will become LCC's
fifth president on July 1, 1985.
LCC's four th president, Dr·
Eldon Schafer, retired April
30 after fifteen years as chief
executive officer.

In a telephone interview
from his office in Connecticut
Turner st ated, "I'm very happy about being selected. I look
forward to beginning work
with LCC - it's an exciting opportunity to come to a college
with LCC's reputation."
When Schafer announced
his retirement in September, a
nation-wide search for a new
president began. Consultants
from the Association of Community College Trustees, as
well a thirteen member advisory committee of students,
staff, and members of the
public, screened a total of 137
applications that poured in
from all over the nation and
eventually presented six
finalists to the LCC Board in
early April. The board then
narrowed the field to two on
April 22.
On Thursday, May 2,
Turner was in Eugene following a rigorous schedule that
started with a 7:30 a.m.
breakfast where he met with
community leaders and local
media representatives.
Later in the day Turner had
lunch with incumbent President Eldon Schafer, and had
the opportunity to look over

Eugene, Oregon 97405

the campus and meet with
faculty and students.
At a 3 p.m. open forum hel~
on campus, Turner fielded
que~tions on a number of
topics from an almost fullt ff
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students, board members, and
members of the local media
He responded in a candid:
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h_umorous manner to all quest
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ions.
When asked what his first
objective would be if selected
'd
LCC'
s next pres1 ent
as
Turner expressed the desire to
"start slowly . . . to get to
d
know the people an let them
get to know me . . . let them
tell me what their concerns
are.,,

registration should dictate
what the college offers, he said
"I think it should be balanced
between the two ... we must
emphasize the theoretical as
.
well as the practical. Every
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vocahona1 . pr~gram s ou .
have a base m liberal arts. It 1s
not an either/or situation."
Turner, who had never been
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as '' a beautiful state -- a very
natural beautiful state." Of
Eugene' itself he mentions being very impressed with what
he has seen of the city and
mentions being . impressed
especially with the Hult
Center.

Turner plans to move to
permanently in July
Eugene
One concern in economicalhe will probably be
states
but
ly depressed Lane County is
times before then,
few
a
back
the problem of getting levies
working on arrangements, etc.
and budgets passed - getting
Turner waxes poetic when he
local support for the college's
smilingly describes his move
continued operation. Turner
(which will take him from one
stated that he would direct attention to establishing a "solid , end of the U.S. to the other) as
one "from sea to shining sea."
funding, or financial base"
and work to develop ''new
strategies for a local basis of
Budget Committee
funding."
When asked to assess his
leadership style, Turner began
by saying ''I derive my success
by Karen lrmsher
from the institution. I believe
TORCH Staff Writer
in being fair, objective, and
consistent." He went on to
"We didn't just sit down in
describe his management style
a smoke filled room one afteras "participatory." "I rely on
noon and decide to do this,''
people - on vice presidents,
states Bill Berry, LCC vice
deans, the faculty, and the
president for Administrative
board, for guidance."
Services, referring to the proTurner elicited laughter
posed budget cuts.
from the crowd when he stated
"We've been struggling
"my name doesn't have to be
with this for five solid months,
in the paper all the time -- not
and we're not done yet," he
all the time but sometimes.''
says.
When asked if he felt the
community college should
Although LCC plans to
balance its vocational and
spend 1.1 percent more in
liberal arts offerings, or if
1985-86 -- $28.1 million, up

Election winners

by Ellen Platt

TORCH Associate Editor

The LCC student body
selected Serena Brooks and
Deanna Bowden as 1985-86
ASLCC president and vice
president, increased the student body fee from $3 to $5
per term, and approved the
establishment of a student advisory committee to increase
communication between the
ASLCC Senate and students
from LCC departments and
clubs in the May 6 and 7 spring
elections.

TORCH Editor

The LCC Board of Education and ·the 1985-86 Budget
Committee rriet Wednesday
night, May 8.
Board of Education meeting

Board action began with approval of Dr. Richard Turner
as the fifth LCC president.
Turner's salary will be
$65,000, he'll receive the same
benefits as other LCC
management employees, and a
$300 monthly auto expense
allowance ( or a leased

President-Vice President:
Serena Michelle Brooks and
Deanna Bowden -- 17 5; Scott
J. Hammer and Derek Phelps
-- 74; Martin Lewis and Joe .
Stipek -- 117; Denise Abrams

Elections

Serena Brooks

<cont. on page 6)

Deanna Bowden

struggling

Keeping the wheels on
from $27.8 million due to
various cost hikes -- the money
buys less.
In early January the President's Office asked all departments to assume their budgets
would be cut by seven percent,
to tell what they'd cut and to
detail the probable effects.
Countless reports and innumerable meetings between
staff and administration have
culminated in the "85-86
Budget Message,', a stack of
documents nearly two inches
thick, .filled with recommendations and justifications for

these decisions, according to
Berry.
All 14 members of the
Budget Committee, comprised
of all seven board members
plus seven specially appointed
committee members, received
copies of the "Budget
Message" Wednesday night,
May 8, after the regular .board
meeting.
They have a week to study
the document. One board
member and one committee
appointee become expert on
each of seven sections, and the
following Wednesday, May
15, each committee member
reports on her/his own recommendations.

Program voiced concerns
about students currently
enrolled in the program and
the possibility of budget cuts
affecting their education.
Rasmussen stated, ''We do
feel we have an obligation to
assist those students in completing the program."

Anyone wishing to influence
this process can call the President's office for names or
numbers of appropriate committee members, and/ or attend the May 15 meeting, says
Berry.
Final decisions must be
reached, and funds appropriated before the beginning of the new fiscal year, July

Board okays Turner, receives budget proposals
by Jackie Barry

Brooks says "Basically our
primary concerns are student
awareness of government at
LCC, and our awareness of
what students want from their
government.''
Spring 1985 ASLCC
Election Results

automobile for business purposes). Turner will take office
July 15. The board also approved Vice President of Instruction Gerald Rasmussen as
interim president.
Jean Spriggs, an instructor
at the Siuslaw Center, received
the Instructor of the Year
Award. Board Chair Larry
Perry presented her with a plaque.
Board members received
notification that LCC was
chosen by Nissan Motor Corporation as a satellite facility
for Nissan Technician

Technical Service Training
Classes. Training sessions are
expected to take place three to
four times yearly and last for
four to five days each time.
Besides the technicians who
will attend, LCC automotive
staff will be encouraged to attend these sessions.
The board also voted to admit students to the Energy
Management Program only
every two years and to suspend
enrollment of first year
students in the Forestry Program. Several students and an
instructor from the Forestry

Budget Committee meeting
The Budget Committee consists of the seven board
members and their appointees:
Mark Wright, Carole Daly,
Larry Brown, Edna WootenKolin, Gary Parrish and Tom

Board

(cont. on page 6)

1.

Of the budget cuts, Bill
Berry says, "It's happening all
over this country. It's not just
happening at LCC. We're just
trying to keep the wheels on -to keep it all going.''

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Turner

says
"thanks"
To the Torch:
I am convinced that an institution like Lane Community
College achieves its exemplary
status, in the main, as a result
of the harmonious and
cooperative efforts of its
various constituent groups.
Having 'met with representative. stu_d~nts, .faculty, st~ff,
and admm1stratlon, I am impressed with their outstanding
spirit of cooperation and the
warmth of their friendliness
that I experienced as a visitor
on April 11. The character of
an institution is reflected in
large part by its publications,
particularly its student
newspaper. The Torch is of
most outstanding content and
quality and I have enjoyed

reading the issues that you
provided me.
Thank you for helping to
acquaint me with Lane Community College. As you may
know, I expect to return to
Eugene next week. I look forward to the opportunity of
talking with you again.
Best personal regards.
Cordially,
Richard M. Turner, III
President

Editor's note: Richard Turner
will become president of Lane
Community College on July 1.

Students
reap
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expenence

To the Editor,
It's an exception when
students at LCC choose work
study experiences with the
Food Service Department at

LCC. The quality of experience that students can gain
is not invaluable. There are
many desirable jobs that require the kinds of skills that
can be developed.
The ability to think on your
feet, more efficiently, and do
many tasks simultaneously are
much sought after skills in
enwork
specialized
vironments. Keen competition
for computer operations jobs
is one example of this.
Food service workers deal
with many kinds of people.
People skills are rarely learned
by merely attending class and
completing assignments.
Crowd control and security
problems faced by line staff
are undoubtedly as "hairy" as
those faced by concert. promoters.
By nature; food service
maintains a highly visible
front, thus providing a student
the chance to look at the problems faced by management
and to get a feeling for the

challenges for the most wellpaying jobs in the company.
Gail Lockwood
Student

Earth's life
threatened
.
by poisons

To the Editor,
Each spring, our earth is
as nature
new again
generously grants us another
reprieve. But what is coursing
through Mother Earth's veins
-- her streams, rivers, and
oceans so like our own
capillaries, veins, and arteries?
That coursing circulation carries essential nutrients to all
Earth's parts and beings,
much as our bloodstream
nourishes all our cells. In
either case, the quantity is
finite but is infinitely recycled.
And in either case, purity is of

Reading Fair to feature funny side of life
by Ellen Platt

TORCH Associate Editor

"A World of Humor" is the
theme of next Wednesday's
(May 15) Reading Fair, which
features workshops and lectures about humor, entertainment by local school children,
and two spelling bees.
Jim Cloutier, author of the
"Orygone" books -- and
creator of the character
"Hugh Wetshoe," -- will
deliver the keynote speech
"What Matters in Life is
Often a Laughing Matter,'' at
9 a.m.
"The Orygone Show"

Student
Advising
News

features music, dance, and
drama based on Cloutier's
work, performed by the
Magnet Arts Players, from the
Magnet Arts School, at 10
a.m.
Between 11 a.m. and noon,
Dr. Ed Coleman -- professor
of English and Ethnic Studies
at the U of O -- will present a
talk on the oral tradition of
humor in black culture entitled
"Talkin', Testifyin', and
Jivin': Humor in Black
Culture.''
The fair will feature two
spelling bees.
At noon, two teams com-

Career Talks ...
Registration ...
Schedule Changes ...
Transfer Information ...

Grade deadlines
Friday, May 17 - Last day to withdraw with no grade record.
Friday, May 24 - Last day for grade option changes (pass/no pass and
audit).
Student Associate deadline extended
The deadline for Student Associate applications is extended until
Thursday, May 9 at 5 p.m. Help your fellow students and learn new skills.
Student Associates work in the Counseling department assisting students
at orientation, registration and in the Career Information Center. If you
have any questions or wish to pick up an application, visit the Career Information Center, 2nd floor, Center Building.
Career talks
Wanda Kay, certified public accountant, will deliver the final career
talk for spring term on May 23 from 3 to 4 p.m. in Forum 308. Her topic
will be "Careers in Accounting: The Alternatives." Kay will present information on accounting clerks, bookkeepers, local state and federal
careers -- as well as information on CPA's, auditors and financial planners. Contact the Career Information Center, ext 2297, for more information.

Dr. Schafer's May 16 career talk has been cancelled.
New programs at OIT
The Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) at Klamath Falls has recently received approval for two new high-tech degree programs: Laser
Electro-Optic Technology and Software Engineering Technology. If you
are interested, the Career Information Center has more information.
Summer Term
Class schedules for summer term will be sent to your home on May 31.
A tentative (subject to change) class schedule is available in the Counseling area of the Center Building. It may not be removed from the Counseling area and should be confirmed when the regular schedule comes out.

posed of local celebrities
James Cloutier, Catherine
Lauris, Don Bishoff, Jean
Tate, and Margaret Nichols,
vs. Jerry Rust, Peter deFazio,
David Lerner, Larry Perry,
and Gerald Rasmussen, will
compete in the Celebrity Spelling Bee.
Immediately following this
bee, The Ruff Spelling Bee,
will feature LCC students
competing for $100 in prize
money. The finalists are: Don
Scales, Linda Harmer, Susan
Iverson, Joanne Soreng, Carol
Tomashche, Tracie Rae Peterson, Tia Politi, G~orge
Hochstetler, Mike Elder, and
Jim Davis (their alternates are
Tom Hollingsed and Cindy
Heitmanek). The winners will
receive $50 for first, $35 for
second, and $15 for third
place. The prize money is the
result of a $1000 donation by
former Language Arts instruc-

tor Chuck Ruff to promote
good spelling at LCC. The
money is administered by the
LCC Development Fund.
Unless another room is
specified, all events will be
held in the Study Skills Center
on the fourth floor of the LCC
Center Building.
Humor Workshops, held
between I p.m. and 2 p.m.,
will focus on the history and
application of humor. LCC
Counselor Bjo Ashwill will
discuss ''The Lighter Side of
Death, Destruction, and
Disability" in Center 478.
Jack Powell, head of
Language Arts, will look at
film humor in a workshop entitled "Charlie Chapman: The
Beginning of American Film
Humor," in Center 420. The
Clown Company will explore
how slapstick humor used by
clowns makes us laugh and
think.

NARAL showing anti-abortion
film during 'speak-out' May 9
by Ellen Platt

TORCH Associate Editor

To educate the public, the
National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) will
show two films about abortion, and hold a "Speak-Out"
on Thursday, May 9, at 7:30
at the Central
p.m.
Presbyterian Church, 1475
Ferry Street in Eugene.
"The Silent Scream" -- a
movie presenting antiabortion viewpoint, produced
by Dr. Bernard Nathanson, (a
founder of NARAL) -- will be
followed by Planned Parenthood's response to the movie,
which NARAL organizers
Sharon Ellison and Kitty Piercy say "Uses deception to protect his (Nathanson's)
beliefs."

The movies will be followeL
by a discussion, and the
reading of letters written by
Oregon women -- and the
friends and families of women
-- who have had abortions,
which share their experiences,
and emphasize the need for
legal abortion to remain an
option for women.
''Certainly it (the availability of legal abortions) affects
middle class and upper middle
class women. The people the
option has the most effect on
are young women and poverty
stricken women," says Piercy.
Both Piercy and Ellison
stress the need to change the
tone and language used by the
media to report the abortion
issue in a more neutral and ra-

NARAL

(cont. on page 6)

paramount importance to the
well being of all. Shooting
poisons into our veins would
sooner or later bring us down.
So it is with Mother Earth.
If you celebrate the advent
of spring by buying weed
killers (including the "weed 'n
feeds"), bug sprays, and synthetic fertilizer, consider this:
1) Every emptied container
makes more toxic waste that
may destroy our groundwater
for thousands of years; and 2)
run-off and leaching from
these pollutants is reaching
our waterways, contaminating
fish, wildlife, domestic
animals, our bodies, and even
breastmilk.
Is it really worth it? Gardens
flourished before the chemical
age. Wild flowers in your lawn
can be enjoyed, not killed. Let
children play safely with the
dandelions. Let birds feed on
uncontaminated earthworms
and wild flower seeds.
Many of us have a spiritual
basis to our environmental
endeavors. I do. I believe that
God is the essence and body of
the Universe rather than its architect; that virture is to love
and defend all God's splendors; that evil is to destroy
them; and that ignorance is
not to know the difference.
For life,
Barbara Kelley, Co-ordinator
Save Our ecosystems, Inc.

The

TORCH
EDITOR: Jackie Barry
ASSOC/A TE EDITOR: Ellen Plat/
SPORTS EDITOR: Ron Gu/Iberg
PHOTO EDITOR: Gary Breedlove
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS: David
Stein, Richard Foster, Richard Smith
STAFF WRITERS: Ann Van Camp, Darren Foss, Allan Smolker, Kevin Harrington, Cindy Weeldreyer, Sharen
Hulegaard, Lisa Zimmerman, Joe
Templeton, Karen lrmsher
RESEARCH ASSISTANT: John Egan
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR:
Ann Van Camp
PRODUCTION: Mary Jo Dieringer,
Darren Richards, Darren Foss, Val
Brown, Zeke Pryka, Sharen Hulegaard,
Mike Spilman, Francine Volker
DISTRIBUTION:
Cathy Nemeth, Darren Foss
RECEPTIONIST: Cathy Nemeth
ADVERTISING MANAGER:
Jan Brown
ADVERTISING ASSISTANT:
Shawnita Enger, Mark Zentner
PRODUCTION ADVISER:
Dorothy Wearne
FACULTY ADVISER: Pete Peterson
The TORCH, a member of the
American Scholastic Press Association, is
a student•managed newspaper published
on Thursdays, September through June.
News stories are compressed, concise
reports intended to be as fair and balanced as possible. They appear with a byline
to indicate the reporter responsible.
News features, because of their broader
scope, may contain some judgments on
the part of the writer. They are also identified 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
short commentaries on stories appearing
in the TORCH. They should be limited to
250 words. The editor reserves the right to
edit for libel or length. Deadline: Monday, /0a.m.
"Omnium-Gatherum" serves as a
public announcement forum. Activities
related to LCC wUI be given priority.
Deadline: Friday IO a.m.
All correspondence must be typed and
signed by the writer. Mail or bring all correspondence to: The TORCH, Room 205,
Center Building, 1000 E. 30th Ave.
Eugene, OR, 97105. Phone 717-4501, ext.
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She handles 30,000 sheets of g_ager every_day

Skill, chocolate make Darlene Wilson goof proof

by Karen Irmsher

TORCH Staff Writer

The noise from the machine
is so loud it's hard to talk,
much less hear background
music. But, amid the abrasive
sound, the woman's hands
flow with the easy rhythm and
grace of a dancer as she quickly and expertly stacks sets of
papers, each crossways from
the last.
It's 4 p.m., only an hour
away from quitting time. She's
been here, down, in the basement tending this noisy
machine since 8 a.m. During
that time she's touched every
one of 30,000 sheets of paper
at least twice. And she's still
cheerful.
Darlene Wilson runs the
20-foot-long, L-shaped offset
lithograph press in LCC's upto-date print shop located in
the basement of the Center
Building. Although few people
ever see her, since she rarely
gets away from the machine,
the sheets she prints end up
either in, or on, nearly every
notebook and desk at LCC.
Wilson says the machine, a
four year old Addressograph/Multi graphics
TCS/Systems 4, can turn out
10,000 copies an hour. On an
average day it prints between
30,000 and 50,000 copies. In
an average month, a million.
But in a heavy month, like
those before school starts in
the fall, it puts out 1.2 million
copies.
Wilson's instructions come
to her in the form of work
orders, sometimes up to 400 a
day. Each one specifies the
number of copies she needs to
print, whether on one or both
sides, and the size, weight and
color of paper.
Many orders include additional specifications. Some
need three hole drilling, some
collating, others stapling --

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vat, and retrieving the used
plates before their numbers get
out of hand -- the machine
automatically connects and
disconnects them from the
printing drum.
Finally, she moves the
finished stacks of printed
paper from the collater to the
jogger, which straightens them
for drilling or stapling.
Class materials explaining
how to fix motors, give shots,
fly airplanes, work an
algebraic equation, identify
parts of plants, and write short
stories -- they all go through
Wilson's fingers.
With innumerable ways to
mess up a job, Barry Vaughn,
coordinator of Printing and
Graphics, estimates Wilson's
errors at less than one half of 1
percent. "She's a hard
worker.
Always
very
amiable," he says.
Co-worker Edna Kennel, a
graphic designer in an adjacent, noticeably quieter room,
states emphatically, "In my
opinion, she's probably the
hardest working person on
campus. She's cheerful, pleasant, makes few demands, and
rolls well with the punches."
At the Health Occupations
Department, one of the
heaviest consumers of print,
nursing secretary, Kay
Mueller, types most of the instructional materials for the

jobs done elsewhere in the
print shop.
Wilson spends most of her
time walking up and down
next to the big press, tending
its needs -- and it always needs
something. While the containers of electrostatic fluid,
toner, water and blanket
cleaner usually need but one
filling a day, she's constantly
adding stacks of fresh paper or
printing plates, feeding it new
masters to copy, filling the ink

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nursing program, and often
needs material printed quickly. Mueller says, ''When I
start to panic, I go to
Darlene,'' and Wilson is
always willing to take a less
urgent order off the press to
run another with an earlier
deadline.
And Mueller reveals,
"Darlene will do almost
anything for chocolate! " She
recounts an instance where
Wilson agreed to stay late to
get out a rush job -- in exchange for a piece of chocolate
cream pie.
Wilson confirms the story.
She's also been bribed with
M&Ms, she confesses.
'' And she always looks so
good." Mueller marvels.
This is particularly
remarkable when you consider
she spends most of her day
within 4 feet of an open vat of
ink and rotating, inked drums.
She does pretty well keeping
clean, she says, and never
wears an apron. But the TCS
seems to know when she wears
a light colored blouse. It may
go all day without splattering
her, only to toss a few drops of

ink on her sleeve as she cleans
it at the end of the day.

Wilson has worked in the
LCC print shop five years, and
in other print shops prior to
this one. Here, she started as
the bindery operator, then ran
the old press. When the'
TCS/Systems 4 machine was
installed four years ago, an
Addressograph/Multigraph
company representative taught
her how to operate and maintain it -- in one afternoon.
Wilson has lived in Eugene
since 1940. Her husband, also
a printer, runs the big offset,
four color press at the U of 0.
Several of his prints are
displayed prominently on the
walls and pillars near Wilson's
press.
They have two grown
daughters, 23 and 29, and enjoy working in their yard
growing flowers. She works·
off the chocolate by riding her
exercise bike while dinner
cooks.
"I
wish I
had a
photographic memory so I
could learn everything I've
printed," she muses. "I'd be
so smart."

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LCC's women :s uc:t~A tcc:tm
held its own against four-year
colleges by defeating the
University of Portland and
Southern Oregon in the 400m
relay at the Oregon Pepsi
Relays Saturday.

Angie Ross ran a strong an_chor leg on the short relay to
clinch first place, then came
back in the 1600m relay to
post a 400m split time of 56.3
seconds -- good enough for
third place.
In addition to the relays,
Ross advanced to the 1OOm
finals at the night meet, and
wound up seventh overall,
running 12.53.
Angela Arm's toss of 131'

Commentary by Ron Gullberg

TORCH Sports Editor

1'' in the discus was a personal
best and placed her eighth
among a very prestigious field
of throwers.
Stacey Cooper (4:56), Diana
Nicholas (5:00), and Coco
Riker (5 ~02) continued their
improvement in the 1500m,
qualifying for the Northwest
meet.
LCC's women's and men's
teams begin Region IV competition this weekend in
Roseburg. Starting time is 1
p.m. Friday and 12 noon
Saturday.

Applications
are now being accepted for

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He/She should have previous service on a high school,
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In the last two Torch issues,
the Athletic Department
budget cut articles stirred controversy. Each side was given a
chance to defend itself, with
the end result being more
questions.
At the Wednesday, May 8
LCC Board of Education
meeting, still more questions
were raised when members of
the soccer team presented their
case.
Freshman Ed Garrow stood
before the board and recited
the problems soccer players
have dealt with since hearing
rumors of the soccer cut last
December.
Garrow stated that the
lengthy decision process has
caused out-of-town athletes
(only two soccer players are
Lane County residents) to
spend an extra two terms at
LCC, while waiting for a decision. But freshmen Erick
Laakso (also a basketball
player) and Troy Griffith say
Vice President of Student Services Jack Carter promised
them a decision would be
made December 18.
Members of the board immediately responded, saying

that the soccer team isn't the
only one waiting for a decision. Well, that's fine, but
why would Carter commit
himself, leading the studentathletes to believe they could
rely on a straight answer. And,
are student-athletes (real, living, breathing people, paying
for apartments, food and tuition) on the same plane as a
department cut (be it equipment, maintenance, or a
class)?
I agree that the faculty at
LCC are also concerned over
their job status, and any cut is
ugly. But the issue raised by
the soccer players is not the
issue Dr. Loveys, Jack Carter,
and some in attendance at the
board meeting have raised.
The soccer players simply
want to have the chance to
realize their full two-year goal
to play at LCC, and will raise
their own money if needed.
That's all. Is it too much to
ask?

I attended Mt. Hood Community College last year and,
like my term at LCC, witnessed the failure of the budget
levy, and followed the athletic
cuts. But, unlike LCC, golf
and wrestling were cut within
two weeks. No lengthy
deliberating, no tension on

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terrible to see the cuts made,
but at least the administration
showed concern for the
student-athletes. I think the
soccer team at LCC should be
given that same concern.
In Dr. Loveys' response article last week, he stated that
the soccer team should not be
allowed to fund its own program because it, ''raises the
spectre of Tulane University,"
and that coaches become
hustlers, not teachers.
First of all, the money raised by the soccer team is
primarily from small, private
Eugene businesses. I don't
think Mazzi's will buy a $200
ad and ask the soccer team to
shave points. The player shaving deal at Tulane was not
business, it was organized
gambling.
Second, I don't think it's
fair to call a coach a hustler if
he/ she is trying to raise money
so his/her players can have
scholarships, and, as is the
case with Soccer Coach Dave
Poggi, off-set the fact that
he's part-time and receives only $1,000 as coach.

To those concerned, the soccer players have stated that
they are willing to forgo their
scholarships, and put the
money into the soccer fund, if
they are allowed by the board
to raise their own money.
Another fact not brought up
is Loveys' and Carter's declining to recognize the fact that
last season's soccer budget was
just over $12,000, but that included a trip to Vancouver,
B.C., and seven road trips to
Washington. The 1985 season
includes no Canada trips and
only five Washington trips -- a
difference of nearly $3,000.
But, my biggest concern is
that the soccer team's 1984
trip to Canada was for the
Pacific Coast Challenge Cup.
The tourney is one of the
Pacific
Coast's
most
prestigious junior college soccer tournaments, and will bring much media attention and
tourist dollars. The colleges involved -- including Santa Rosa
(Cal.), Foothill (Cal.) College,
Capilano (Vancouver, B.C.)
College, and many other west
coast schools -- wanted to centralize the tourney at LCC.
Poggi predicts it could raise at
least $2,000 dollars with
advertising.
But guess what? It's too
late. It appears Santa Rosa
College will be awarded the
tourney, due to LCC's inability to make a definite decision.
The end result? This is the
eighties. Let people raise their
own money if they want to.
And, most importantly,
LCC's administrative brass
should have better communication and concern for its

tuition payers.

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Kelly's gamble pays off at USFL 's Houston club
Feature by John Egan

TORCH Sports Writer

Since t_he beginning of last season, when he
spurned the NFL's Buffalo Bills and opted for
the USFL, Houston Gamblers' quarterback
Jim Kelly has been full of surprises.
Monday night, against the Portland
Breakers, Kelly completed 32 of 45 passes for
348 yards and four touchdowns, ran for a
score, and lead the Gamblers to a 45-7 rout. No
surprises here, he's been doing this since day
one.
Last season, Kelly's first as a pro, the Univ.
of Miami graduate threw for 5,219 yards and 44
touchdowns, leading Houston to the playoffs.
In one year he established himself as the
USFL's all-time leading passer, and was named
league's most valuable player. At his current
pace this season, last year's records will shatter.
All this makes Kelly popular with the media,
and a hard man to pin down after games. But,
after ESPN, the Houston Chronicle, the Oregonian, and the rest of the press corps were
through fighting over Kelly, it was my turn.
At 6' 3", 215 pounds, Kelly commands as

much respect for his physical appearance as he
does for his playing ability.
This guy could have the greatest season in
football history, and no one's enjoying it more
than he is. ''If I stay healthy I've got a chance
to break a lot of records this year,'' said Kelly
with a smile. "And so does Richard (Johnson.
Houston's slotback, who, being Kelly's number
one target, is on a reception record pace.)"
Houston operates out of the ''run and
shoot" offense, which means Kelly does little
but pass. But while the law of averages is
definitely a factor in Kelly's impressive
statistics, it is his ability to operate the difficult
offense, his uncanny knack for finding the
open receiver, and his precision passing that
makes him so good.
Monday night was just another chapter to an
already unbelievable story, and who knows
how it will end. Looking for a possible clue, I
asked Kelly for his thoughts about playing in
the NFL. "It dosen 't really matter," he said.
"I'm making a lot of money, getting a lot of endorsements ... besides, football is football."

Titans' Box·Scores:
Roadrunners 3, 3
Titans 4, 2

Wildcats 1, 1
Titans 2, 3

LCC's baseball squad
split a league double..:header
with the Linn-Benton
Roadrunners at home
Saturday, May 4, solidifying its second place hold
with a 10-8 record.

LCC's second match-up
of the weekend at home,
May 5, was a non-league
double-header against the
Linfield Wildcats' JV
squad.
The Titans swept Linfield
2-1, 3-1, off solid pitching
performances from Dave
Matthews -- who threw four
shut out innings in relief
and starter John Olson
(gave up only three hits) in
game one. Freshman Aaron
Helfrich, in the line-up
after being sidelined with
strained knee ligaments,
shut out Linfield for four
innings in relief in game
two. LCC's overall record
improved to 20-13.

How they scored:

Game one·
Third inning: LBCC takes 1-0 lead.
Fourth inning: LCC seizes 2-1 advantage.
Fifth inning: LCC builds 4-1 lead after power

hitters Ted Davis and Dan Vidos hit back-toback solo homers with two outs.
Seventh inning: LBCC rallies for two runs, but
loses 4-3 .

Game two

First inning: LCC takes early 1-0 lead when

Ted Davis slugs second solo homer of day.

Third inning: Both teams send a runner across

home, 2-1.

Seventh inning: LBCC rallies to tie the game at

2-2, scoring a run off LCC relief pitcher Gary
Fonnesbeck, sending the game into extra innings.
Eighth inning: LBCC's Chris Kemp seals the
victory with a solo home run .

First inning: LCC got on track early, going

ahead 1-0.

Second inning: Linf. knots score at 1-1. The

score stood until extra innings.
Eighth inning: Lane scores winning run.

Game two

First inning: LCC's offense broke out early
again, scoring two runs.
Second inning: Linf. broke the shut out, scoring its only run of the game, cutting LCC's
lead, 2-1.
Sixth inning: LCC scores an insurance run,
preserving the 3-1 win.

Saturday, May 11, the
Titans travel to Gresham to
take on the first place Mt.
Hood Saints in a crucial
league double-header. The
Saints have swept both
double-headers this season
between the two squads.
''Mt. Hood kind of has
our number right now,
they've beat us four times,
so we have a little revenge
to pay them,'' said LCC
Head Baseball Coach _Bob
Foster.

How they scored:

Game one

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May 18-19: Second Annual
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(cont. from page 2)

tional fashion.
Ellison says NARAL seeks
to inform the public of several
things: The pro-choice groups
are compassionate and care
for all -- the mother, her other
children, and the fetus -- who
are affected by the decision to
have an abortion; that abortions will not stop because
they are illegal, but instead
,vill become more dangerous
for women who seek them;
and the young and the poor
will be most affected by
changes in abortion laws.

Board

(cont. from page 1)

Thompson.
After receiving and reviewing the Budget Document, the
committee heard statements
presented by members of the
LCC Soccer Team regarding
the proposed elimination of
the soccer program at LCC.
Team member Ed Garrow
stated the team was able to
raise $8,000 this year and
could easily raise the required
$12,000 needed to fund next
year's program. He said
several team members gave up
scholarship opportunities so

that more money would remain in the program.
Board member Mary Unruh
moved that the Student Service sub-committee of the
Budget Committee look at the
soccer situation and report
back at the Wednesday, May
15 meeting.
Jim Pitney, also a board
member, stated this budget is
"the scariest thing I've seen
yet. . . we're doing things we
haven't done before" he said
about proposed cuts of entire
programs.

Elections <cont. trom page 1>
and Jim Munyer -- 120.
Treasurer: Robert Ward -- 342
Cultural Director: Mike
Moldofsky -- 339
Senators: Kevin "E.Z."
Olmstead -- 275; Randal A.
Scovel -- 286; Marie Sode -21; Kris Pahle -- 18; Corina
Lynn Irwin -- 13; Brad
Thompson -- 5; Shaughn
Shuey -- 5; Diane Occhuito -4; William Dickinson -- 4
Ballot Measure 1 -- passing
381 yes to 124 no -- will incr~se the student body fee,

for credit classes, from $3 to
$5 per term. The increased fees
will be levied all terms, beginning this summer term.
Ballot Measure 2 -- which
establishes a student advisory
committee to be composed of
ASLCC senators and students
from LCC departments and
clubs next fall -- passed 428 yes
to 67 no.
ASLCC Vice President
Meredith Myers reports 525
students (nine and one half
percent) of the 6,157 eligible to
cast a ballot voted in the election.

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HONEY AND BEE POLLEN from
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FENDER G - HAMEL mixing board,
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MITCHELL TUBE AMP 1250, tube
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guitar $50. Call Ben 484-8752.
FULL SIZE BED $25 Chest of
dra wers $90 2pr Auto ramps $10 each.
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DOUBLE MATTRESS in good
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ROCKWELL TABLE SAW new
$200. 314 compressor $300. Nail gun
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UPRIGHT PIANO $70. 683-1583.
BIRD CAGE $20, Aquarium $25,
Electric guitar $300, western silver
show bridle $275, lawnmower $10.
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GEMINI /OX Printer with Commodore interface $295, Yaschica
Camera 2 lens $85. leave message
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CHAMPION JUICER - $100. Also
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PRE 1966 VW BUG; 2 complete head
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1973 HONDA 550-4 needs electrical/mechanic work. $300 as is.
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2354/689-7430.
71 AMC AMBASSADOR. Clean,
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$600. or best offer. 484-6086.
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1971 LEMANS GT-37 - $350 or offer.
Call 683-2339 between 6-10 p.m.
'71 DATSUN 510 WAGON, new
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number at 343-8688.
1956 CHEVY BEL AIR SEDAN 4
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$1700. 683-6501.
'75 HARLEY DAVIDSON SPORTSTER - beautiful bike, many extras,
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LOW COST AUTO MECHANICS
tune ups $19.95 most 4 cylinders.
General repairs $12 per hour.
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Jan 485-0287.

CARPOOL INFORMATION and
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726-1363.

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Eugene artists tour

Oregon Country Fair

Black women's scholarships

Hawaiian Luau

The Lane Regional Arts Council and the Westmoreland
Community Center offer a unique opportunity to tour the
studios of four Eugene artists from I :15-4: 15 p.m. on May 11.
The cost is $6. Transportation is provided . For details call the
center at 687-5316.

Registration for booths begins at the Eugene Saturday
Market, April 27 between I and 4 p.m., and continues every
Saturday until May 18. Applications can also be sent to the
Oregon Country Fair, P.O. Box 2972, Eugene, 97402. For
more information call 343-6148.

The Zeta Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority is offering a $500 scholarship for black women who
will be second year students as of Fall 1985 . The student must
be full-time with a cumulative GPA of not less than 2.5 . Completed applications, required attachments and official
transcripts must be received by May 30, 1985. For more information and application forms contact Kent Gorham,
Multicultural Center, Center 409.

The annual Hawaiian "haole" luau is coming up at LCC on
Thursday, June 6. The annual luau is prepared and served by
students in LCC's Food Service Management program.
The cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children and includes entertainment and beverage. A wine bar will offer wine at $1 per
glass. For more information call 747-4501, ext. 2519.

Brown bag lunches

Birth to Three

The Lane Women's Political Caucus will have lunches each
Wednesday (May 15, 22, and 29) upstairs in the Eugene Public
Librarr, from noon to I p.m. For information call 485-2221.

Birth to Three will sponsor a special event at the Birth to
Three office, 34411-1 Willamette, on Wednesday, May 15, at
7:30 p.m. Marriage and family counselors Wendy Maltz and
Oon Mihaloew will share thoughts on and explore the topic of
Marital Relations, with special attention given to the period
after the arrival of the baby. Suggested donations are $1.50 for
Birth to Three members and $2.50 for non-members. Call Birth
to Three, 484-4401 for more information.

Mental health month
Save a Mind, Inc. (SAM) will hold a candlelight gathering at
the County Courthouse plaza at 8th and Oak streets, on Thursday, May 16, at 8 p.m.

U of O Exhibition
The University of Oregon Museum of Art and The School of
Architecture and Allied Arts are pleased to announce the annual exhibition of works by candidates for the Master of Fine
Arts Degree. The exhibition will run from May 12 - June 16
with the closing reception June 16. Museum hours are noon - 5
p.m., Wednesday-Sunday. Closed holidays.

Accounting Careers
A career talk entitled, "Careers in Accounting: The Alternatives" will be delivered May 23 from 3-4 p.m. in Forum 308.
Wanda Kay. a CPA from ECO Northwest, will discuss the
types of careers in accounting that arc available to you. She will
present information on accounting clerks, bookkeepers, CPAs,
auditors, financial planners, as well as local, state, and federal
careers. For more information, call ext. 2297, Career Information Center.

Contra and Square Dance
The Eugene Folklore Society will sponsor a contra & square
dance with Spokane caller Penn Fix on Saturday, May I I at 8
p.m. at Kelly Middle School, 850 Howard Ave. Music will be
provided by Laurie Andres on accordian and Edith Farrar on
piano. Please no street shoes. Singles/beginners welcome. All
dances will be taught. Cost $3-3.50.

We're Off To See the Wizard
The Wizard of Oz -- come join the magic at Willamette
Theatre (1801 Echo Hollow Road, Eugene). Karen
Saddington-Falise will direct with musical direction by Dan
Shuholm. The play opens on Friday, May IO, and runs May II;
16, 17, 18. Curtain goes up at 8 p.m. Adults $3, students $2.
Call 689--0731.

Healing Through Meditation
A public lecture entitiled, "Healing Through Meditation"

will be held Wednesday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Tibetan
Library located at 1159 Mill St., Eugene. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche will be giving this lecture. Public admission is $5. It is
sponsored by Eugene-Cottage Grove Yeshe Nyingpo.

Kids & Kin Head Start
The Kids & Kin Head Start program of Lane County is now
accepting applications for the Fall of 1985. Children ages 4 and
5, who will be starting public school in the Fall of 1986 are
eligible. Head Start serves 243 low-income families who meet
federal income guidelines. Programs are located in Eugene,
Springfield, Bethel, and surrounding areas. For more information and applications call Head Start at 689-9290.

Abortion speak out
NARAL is sponsoring a speak out Thursday, May 9 at 7:30
p.m. in the Central Presbyterian Church. 1475 Ferry. A showing of "The Silent Scream" and the Planned Parenthood
rebuttal will be followed by discussion. For more information
call 485-2221 .

No Nukes Ball
Twelve organizations are sponsori~g the 9th Annual No
Nukes Ball, Mother's Day, May 12 at the CCPA at 8th and
Lincoln, Eugene. Dance music will be provided by The
Cashiers and Portland's Johnny and the Distractions. There
will be other entertainment including children's activities. Admission is on a sliding scale of $4-6 with a $1 discount for the
first hour. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Proceeds will benefit
CALS, CISCAP, WAND and the Peace and Justice Network
of Lane County. For more information call 344-7507 or
343-8548.

Retention workshop
A Student Retention Committee Spring Term Workshop for
faculty and any other interested parties will be held on May 9
from 1-3 p.m. in the Performing Arts Theater. Dr. Ron Petrie
will speak on "Teaching Styles, Learning Styles: Capitalizing
on Classroom Differences in Multicultural Education."

Spring concerts
Lane Dance Theatre and C. Rider Dance Co. will be giving
performances on June 7 and 8 in the LCC Performing Arts
Theatre, at 8 p.m. For more information contact Mary
Seereiter, LCC Health and P.E. Dept. 726-2215 .

Friends of the Spring Tmst Inc.
Cougar Hot Springs invites all friends to its monthly meeting
May 13 at 7 p.m. in the Eugi:ne Public Library. We need five to
seven new Board of Trustees and a large insurance payment.
Donation can be sent to Springs Trust Inc. P.O. Box 11681 or
call Ave at 484-9204.

Your presence is needed
May 15, at 10 a.m. at the Agency. 267 Van Buren, Eugene,
OR. 97402. Information will be given about a musical television video that will be taped in Eugene. For more information
contact Mike Stevens, 343-7242.

National Senior center week
The city of Eugene, Willamalane and Junction City Senior
Centers are celebrating National Senior Center Week, May 13
through 18. Join the celebration by attending a center open
house, class or workshop. Contact your area senior center, or
call 687-5333.

Mother's Day gift
making workshop
The Sheldon Community Center is offering a gift making
workshop for Mother's Day, on May JO from 9 a.m. to 9:45
a.m. for preschoolers, and between 3:30 p.m . and 4:30 p.m.
for children in grades 1-5. The cost is $2.50 for preschoolers
and $3 .50 for first through fifth grades.

Hispanic scholarships
Scholarship Awards programs for Hispanics are being offered by Image de Oregon, a national organization serving
Hispanic employment interests in the public and private sectors. If you are an undergraduate enrolled full-time and possess
a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA, you may be eligible. Deadline
for applications is May 31, 1985. For more information contact Kent Gorham, LCC Multicultural Center, Rm, 409.

Hispanic women's scholarships
Mujeres De Oregon, Inc. is a non-profit women's organization offering scholarships to Hispanic women. The organization accesses and disseminates information regarding employment, health, education, and housing to Hispanic women in
Oregon. June 1, 1985 is the deadline for receiving scholarship
applications. Forms are available at the Women's Center and
the Multicultural Center on the LCC campus.

Student exchange
An information session on LCC's exchange program with
Nagasaki-Wesleyan Junior College is planned for Wednesday,
May 15 at 3 p.m. in the Administration Board Room. Thesession will provide information for LCC students interested in attending the Japanese school, as well as local residents interested in becoming host families for the Japanese student
who will attend LCC next year. For information call Mason
Davis at ext. 2239.

Surplus food

There will be another distribution of surplus food on
Wednesday, May 15 in the LCC cafeteria from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Cheese and flour will be distributed this time (no butter).

Advisory Committee applications
The Lane County Board of Commissioners is seeking applications from citizens interested in serving on the Resource
Recovery Advisory Committee. An at-large member is needed
who will attend the monthly meetings and do specialized tasks.
Application deadline is Wednesday, May 15, 1985.
The Lane County Library Advisory Committee is also seeking applicants. There are three open positions for residents of
the following areas: West of the Coast Range; Eugene; and
Springfield. The meetings are also monthly and this job has
specialized tasks. Applications are available in the Board of
Commissioners' Office located on the Plaza Level of the Public
Service Building at 125 East 8th Ave. in Eugene. For additional
information, or to request applications, please call 687-4203 .

May 9 - 15, 1985 Tarch Special Edition

ELDON G. SCHAFER:

Many things to n,any people...

In college, his nickname was ''Moose.'' During his 15 years at
LCC he's been called a "grizzly bear" and a "teddy bear."
Eldon G. Schafer, 63, LCC's fourth president, was known for his
awesome (Moose) physique (6 feet 4 inches and possibly in excess of
250 pounds), his aggressive (grizzly bear) style, and also for his kind
and supportive (teddy bear) demeanor during his tenure at LCC. He grew up in Mola:_lla, Oregon and graduated from Molalla
Union High School in 1939 after lettering three years in football,
basketball, and baseball. He was all-conference in football in 1938
in the Willamette Valley League.
During World War II Schafer served in the Army's 13th Armored
Division. He worked as an airbrush artist and played competitive
sports for the military in California and Jexas before serving
overseas. ''I was one of those fortunate guys,'' he says. ''Big, lefthanded -- with the agility and ability to play football, basketball and
baseball in any setting.'' But he served in Germany near the end of
the war there -- in fact, Schafer and his unit were on the second
floor of Hitler's home in Braunau, Austria on the very day "when
the Germans capitulated.''
After the war, he attended Pomona College, receiving a bachelor
of arts degree in 1948. He co-captained the 1947 Pomona grid squad
and was named to the Southern California Intercollege Athletic
Conference all-conference team.
Schafer earned masters of arts and a doctor of philosophy degree
from Claremont Graduate School in California.
He coacfted high school and college sports and after entering administration, became a principal, a superintendant, and a college
associate dean in California before appointment as the founding
president of Linn-Benton Community College in Albany.
"When I unexpectedly had the opportunity to come to Oregon in
1967 and found Linn-Benton,'' Schafer states, ''it was truly with
the intention that we'd return to California within five years -- never
had any intention of remaining in Oregon even though I was a

...a "Moose," a grizzly bea'1 a teddy bear...

native Oregonian.''
But then, in 1970, the LCC Board of Education invited Schafer to
apply for its presidency. "You don't like to leave a successful
ship.''
That was the case, too, at LCC, where he remained for 15 years,
retiring April 30. In the next few pages The Torch attempts to
recreate some of Schafer's successes, problems, and activities during those years, through the eyes of •former Torch editors, past and
present administrators, and other interested parties.

Eldon Schafe"
•
•
appear,ng,n
the Torch,
in 1973,
and again,
in 1983

May 9 - 15, 1985 Torch Special Issue
-,._

...a giant with a national reputation ...
Lane Community College
generated a lot of energetic activity during Schafer's 15
years.
The list of awards Schafer
received (see next page for the
list), and those the college
earned under his leadership,
made LCC "A giant among
community colleges."
But, every Goliath has its
David, and so, LCC's
achievements have been accompanied by some struggle.
After Torch reporters
reviewed the records and talked to several administrators,
past and present (as well as
Schafer himself),
the
achievements and struggles -at least - those that made
headlines -- unfolded as
follows ...
League for Innovation
"His greatest achievement is
obviously the national reputation he has helped the college
attain," says Board of Education member Charlene Curry.
As a result of this reputation, the League for Innovation invited LCC to join its
ranks, giving Lane greater
contact with other innovators

Schafer is proud of this
validation and says, "It was a
springboard that allowed us to
do so many things -- to piggyback on a lot of funding opportunities.'' He names it as
the single-most important opportunity over the last 15
years: It "gave us a national
window from the Northwest
which probably never
would've come to us,'' and it
gave outsiders the opportunity
to learn that LCC did "some
fascinating things."
As an innovative college,
LCC attempted many new
projects. Schafer lists the Productivity Center, innovative
instructional techniques (the
many approaches to individualized instruction),
Open Entry /Exit programs,
and the use of media
technology among the many
risks that paid off.
There are others:
Business Assistance Center

Former Eugene Mayor Gus
Keller, speaking at Schafer's
April 26 retirement dinner,
praised Schafer for ''believing
the public and private sectors
could and should work
together, and he proved it
could be done."
Indeed, Schafer's idea to
form a business assistance program worked well with dozens
of businesses -- in many cases
meaning the difference between red ink and profit.
"You've heard the idea of a
lightbulb flashing in your
head," says Schafer. "We
already had a lot of the programs. We needed to pull 'em
together, give 'em more

Burning the midnight oil in the LCC Board Room was one way proposals became reality.
Schafer felt he had a good working relationship with Board members. According to Charlene
Curry, Schafer never missed a meeting.

visibility, provide some new
money and hire a ,director."
Vice President of Administrative Services Bill Berry
says reports indicated that
some small businesses would
"go under" without some
help. ''Without looking like
we were trying to take over
businesses, we thought we
could serve as a teaching facility and offer assistance with the
type of help they needed most:
Setting up bookkeeping,
payroll records, and accounting records," he says.
According to Berry the BAC
cost less than $100,000 and it
went into action within 45-60
days.
''That was a great bonanza
for Lane," says Schafer,
because then the federal Small
Business Administration investigated the program, liked
what it saw, and asked LCC to
serve as the first community
college in the country to administer a statewide network
of similar programs at other
community colleges.
The College Cabinet

Rumors, says Schafer, ca:r,
be a real problem on college
campuses. Rumors sometimes
reach crisis proportions and
''then it's time to call a
meeting . . . but often it's too
late.''
So for this reason and for
better communication in
general, in 1971 Schafer
started weekly uninhibited college cabinet meetings ''to get
things aired early -- before
they become a crisis."
The President's Cabinet is
composed of representatives
elected or selected by various

groups: The president of the
classified employees; president
of the faculty union; a
management representative; a
representative from vocational
instruction; the ASLCC president· and a representative
fro~ the administration.
Cabinet members do not
make decisions or vote.
Schafer says the meetings
create an opportunity for
"airing questions and concerns ... for sounding out new
ideas ... for nipping rumors in
the bud."
Schaf er also uses the
meetings as a sounding board
for new ideas. The informal
discussions between the
representatives from all campus levels, says Schafer, often
provide him with valual:>le notions which define the direction decisions will take. "It's
extremely helpful to me,'' he
says.
The LCC Foundation

For the last 14 years,
businesses, individuals and
organizations have responded
to the LCC Foundation's annual fund-raising project by
donating more than $485,000
to the college.
And since November of
1983 LCC employees have
contributed more than $15,000
-- over three percent of the
total -- through The President's Club.
The Foundation has, in
turn, made small awards to
students, faculty, and departments for training, participation in seminars, and
sometimes for equipment -that the college could not fund
through the normal operating
budget.

LCC Downtown Center

Although he still has
"second thoughts" about the
decision to buy and convert
the old Montgomery Ward
building as a downtown campus, Schafer was glad that
LCC was encouraged to locate
downtown.
''The problem of student
parking is going to become
more and more critical,'' says
Schafer, and he wonders if
LCC's presence there will really be positive in the long run.
Trips To China

In October of 1982, and
again in 1984, the World Bank
invited President Schafer to
visit The People's Republic of
China on '' appraisal missions'' to help that country
determine what facilities and
equipment it needs to begin a
national
network
of
polytechnic colleges.
Schaf er was the only
American invited as an educational consultant, and expects
to make four additional
month-long trips through
1988.
Last, Biggest A ward
This April, a national panel
of experts on two-year colleges
named LCC as one of the
country's five outstanding
community colleges.
The panel used the following criteria: Student success;
strong presidential leadership;
teaching excellence; and national recognition.
''This recognition means
more than the many awards
Lane has received over the
years," says Schafer.
But there were some who
lost administrative battles with
Schafer and the institution.

Torch file photo

KLCC Lay-Offs
The most celebrated case of
employee dismissal on the
LCC campus was probably the
''lay-off'' of five KLCC
employees at the end of 1976.
KLCC was under the
jurisdiction of the Mass Communications Department at
the time and received money
from LCC and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
(CPB). One of the CPB
policies required ~LCC to
employ five full-time staff
members. In 1975, the department proposed that the five
KLCC managers be required
to possess baccalaureate
degrees -- so that they might
teach classes in addition to
running the radio station.
Both acting Department
Head Mike Hopkinson and
Vice President of Instruction
Gerald Rasmussen felt LCC
would save a substantial sum
of money as a result of the requirement.
Some of the laid-off staff
members were evaluated for
teaching certification more
than a year before the lay-offs.
But certification was denied
because the only radio experience the candidates had
was with KLCC and because
they didn't have enough formal education. Ultimately, the
college
laid-off
five
employees. But there was
another issue involved. In the
Nov. 17, 1976 Torch, Schafer
was quoted as telling the
Board of Education that
KLCC "wasn't really s·erving
the students" as an instructional tool, and that KLCC
had ''slipped further and further away ... (It had) become
almost autonomous."
continued on next page

May 9 - 15, 1985 Torch Special Issue

...a 'Devil's advocate,' a firm CEO ...

reports were written to the
President. I have never regretted
his firm stand from the
Working with Eldon
... and I've never
beginning
Schafer means working with
made
the
same mistake
Eldon Schafer. According to
twice.''
Jack Carter, vice president of
The staff agrees that
Student Services, ''He works
hard. He likes his work. He's Schafer doesn't let any incidents get in the way of a
positive and enthusiastic. He
good working relationship.
doesn't expect more from
"There was always a fresh
anyone else than he expects
slate the next day ... and there
from himself, but he's not one
are
no games or hidden agento expect little of a person
das."
Rasmussen summed it
either." In Carter's opinion,
up with, "He's extremely
Schafer's expectations have
open. He doesn't have the
helped people rise to their
time or patience to play
fullest
potential
and
games."
capabilities.
And this seems to be the _
But President Schafer does
unanimous consensus of Presi- have a good sense of humor.
dent Schafer's main adLarry Warford, executive
ministrative support, Larry assistant to the president, says
Warford, Gerald Rasmussen,
Schafer doesn't take himself
Jack Carter and Bill Berry.
too seriously. "He can laugh
Gerald Rasmussen, vice at himself and he enjoys
president of instruction, saw laughing at the ridiculous
three presidents come and go things human beings get
in the first five years the col- themselves into in just everylege was open. He says his first day situations." Although
impression of Schafer Schafer doesn't tell jokes
demonstrates the style Schafer much, his staff agrees he takes
was to assert for the next fif- jokes very well. And Warford
says Schafer opens even the
teen years.
most
serious meetings with
Shortly before Schafer's arrival, Rasmussen was asked by enough light-heartedness to
the Board of Education to relax tensions.
write a report on the college's
"He's an avid reader - a
lag in communication. He readaholic - he reads all the
wrote the report and it was on time. He reads up on some
the board docket by the time major new trend and then tht.Schafer arrived to attend his next time we meet he's apt to
first board meeting.
say 'what about that,
''Schafer told me 'the only Rasmussen (or to any of us for
person to report to the board that matter) -- what are we doshould be the CEO (chief ex- ing about that?' Sometimes
ecutive officer) if this is going he's only kidding, but most of
to be run as a good ad- the time he wants us to look
ministration.' '' Rasmussen into it."
says Schafer did indeed preWarford recalls Schafer's
sent the report, "and allfuture reputation and success at LCC

was (and is) far-reaching.
Before coming to LCC in
1970, Warford was the dean of
Continuing Education at
Iowa's Central Community
College in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Warford heard about the success of LCC's Individualized
Instruction in Math and some
of the vocational areas. He
says other innovative ''LCC
Schafer'' approaches were
regular news through the
American Association of
Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC).
Warford thinks his first
meeting with Schafer is similar
to what many people experience. "The way he made
me feel the first day I came to
see him in his office is one of
his
most
outstanding
characteristics. He can be extremely busy, dealing with
the most serious issues. But
the moment someone walks into his office, he gets up from
his desk and comes around
and shakes your hand. He says
'have a chair' and then he
makes you feel like you and
what you have to say are the
most important thing on his
mind at the time.''
Berry says that there is a
great deal of flexibility under
Schafer's leadership. "We can
make things happen in a fairly
short period of time. When
there's a void, he's quick to
see a solution and put it into
action. He's probably got hundreds of ideas in his head that
haven't surfaced to the top
yet. But you can bet when any
of them do -- we get an assignment!"
Carter says working with
Schafer's positive attitude is a

for three years. "It was pretty
well orchestrated,'' Canning
states. "It was designed to get
rid of us and that's what it
did."
But Schafer's involvement
was peripheral according to
KLCC News Director Don
Hein. "He did what had to be
done as an administrator,''
says Hein. "He approaches
this radio station as an innovator and we're thankful
for that."

videotaped information in five
seconds. Goldmark suggested
LCC
might
transmit
telecourses in this manner so
people could then view the
stored transmission in their
homes at their leisure.
Rasmussen remembers the
presentation Schafer made to
the various departments and
his summary of the vote:
"Nineteen no, one aye. The
ayes have it. He was convinced
that was the direction to
take,'' says Rasmussen.
The college approved an investment of $150,000. But
Goldmark was still developing
the technology, and soon
after, when he was killed in an
auto accident, the idea died
with him.
All was not lost, however.
Goldmark's idea lead to
LCC's membership in the Access Corporation which forms
the basis for LCC's present
Telecourse program. And according to Telecourse Coordinator Cynde Leathers, nearly
12,000 students have enrolled
in the program since the first
course aired in 1979.

by Ann Van Camp

TORCH Staff Writer

continued from previous page

"It hurt a lot at the time,"
says current KLCC Music
Director Michael Canning,
who was laid-off from his job
as music director during the
upheaval, but continued to
volunteer at KLCC. He still
has no degree, ·but served as
program director for KRVM

The following people
helped to compile the information and photos in this
issue:
Jackie Barry,
Gary
Breedlove, Ann Van Camp,
Sharen Hulegaard, Linda
McDonald, Pete Peterson,
Ellen Platt, David Stein,
and Cindy Weeldreyer.
Many sources provided
reams of information for
this special edition -- much
of it we weren't able to fit
into the pages. Many potential sources were not contacted, not because they
weren't important, but
because there Just wasn't
enough room for any more
information.

Goldmark Investment
But Schafer hasn't always
followed the advice of other
staff members. One such case
was the ''Peter Goldmark Affair."
"A good CEO asks for input -- then he makes his own
decision," says Rasmussen of
Schafer's decision to approve
the Goldmark investment plan
even though 19 out of 20
departments opposed it.
In 1978, a brilliant inventor
named Peter Goldmark (who
invented the long-play record
and the technology for color
television)
approached
Schafer, saying he had the
technological know-how to
transmit an hour's worth of

See related opinions from
former Torch editors on the
back page.

plus. "There are times when
everyone gets depressed -after we've lost an election,
for instance. There are always
choices at that point, and
Eldon doesn't dwell on losses.
He's apt to say something like,
'Okay--we lost. Now -- what
direction are we going to take
from here?' He simply doesn't
allow disappointment to slow
him down. He has a style that
make his people make things
happen.''
The staff agrees Schafer
works under the constant
desire for positive change so
that the college can keep out
on the cutting edge.
Rasmussen observes, "He likes
to be number one -- to be first.
He's an old athlete, you know,
and he just never got over that
liking."
Carter says Schafer gets
good discussions out of his

staff. "He plays the Devil's
advocate -- not to provoke us
personally, but as an exercise
so we'll be thorough. He asks
the tough questions CEO's
need to ask." Carter says it's
all part of the Schafer style.
"He asks for our input, and he
makes sure we've done our
homework."
Carter describes Schafer's
authority as one of LCC's
greatest assets. '' Someone
with Eldon's energy and contacts throughout the country
can put things in motion. And
he has used both energy and
contacts to move Lane Community College in the direction
he felt was positive. He is willing to take the risks needed to
keep the college on the cutting
edge ... and he does it by learning all he can and making us
explore all we can. It's good
for all of us."

May 9 -15, 1985 Torch Special Edition

...a 'Pro,' articulate and supportive...

The Board of Education, his
staff, and his peers will tell
you Eldon Schafer's LCC
career was distinguished by
few mistakes, and many wise
decisions. But how did he appear to students -- especially,
student journalists who watched Schafer in public and
private settings?
The current Torch staff asked several past Torch editors
to recall some of their
strongest impressions of the
man's management and
decision-making style. The
following excerpts reveal each
editor's own perceptions,
from his or her year of
Schafer-watching. Each
recollection clarifies the
general Moose, Grizzly, and
Teddy Bear metaphors. They
recall Eldon Schafer as a
tightrope walker; an evenhanded administrator; a
highly private person; a
"public relations" - conscious
problem solver; a savvy
political animal; a man of
openness and integrity.
• 1974-75 Editor Rick Bella,
now a feature writer and columnist for The Oregonian,
observed Schafer when the
college first experienced possi-

ble budget cutbacks -- "the
first plateau after its tremendous growth," Bella calls it.
'' 'Retrenchment' was the
catch phrase in those days,
and nobody knew how to deal
with it. . . . " he recalls, and
for the first time the two sides
of the college seemed to
polarize -- the strong vocational educational program
and the academic programs
(that were "money makers" as
well as college preparatory).
"Voe ed was the most expensive service, but the one
that was a sacred cow. The
school never could cut, say,
welding, while maintaining an
AA anthropology program,''
says Bella.
Yet Bella thinks Schafer
Wcilnted ''to be recognized as
the president of a college -- not
a welding school -- although
he was careful not to lose sight
of his roots."
Bella concludes with his
own analogy: "Perhaps walking the tightropes of the times
was Schafer's best accomplishment.''
• Sally Oljar, 1977-78 editor
and now a freelance Seattle
graphic designer, remembers
Schafer as "running the college with an even hand."

When the college laid off
five KLCC-FM staff members
as an economy move -- so that
it could hire credentialed
employees who could both run
the station and teach broadcasting classes -- mass protests
from KLCC's listening audience filled the Board of
Education meeting room on
several occasions. But Oljar
says Schafer "struck an even
balance between the board's
desires and those of KLCC's
staff.''

While editor, she "also felt
that Dr. Schafer was very supportive of the Torch, in the
_best possible way -- by leaving
it alone. In a letter he wrote to
me, he described the paper as a
'communication link with
students.' He never attempted
to impose any administrative
restrictions, and I appreciated
that. And he was always very
accessible.''
• Steve Myers, now assistant
city editor of the. Med/ord
Mail-Tribune, served as Torch
editor during the I 978-79 college year. He recalls his first
one-on-one contact with the
president.
"It was in his office for an
interview on the college's

Photo by David Stein

As Chief Executive, Eldon Schafer walked the 'tightropes of the times' with skill and integrity.

part-time instructors," a sensitive issue at the time, since
the faculty union feared the
less expensive part-timers
could be used, eventually, to
replace full-time positions.
"I was in awe of the man. I
felt like a dwarf," says Myers.
"He was a large, serious man
whose proportions became
even l~rger in the eyes of a
novice journalist. ... With his
deep voice, he dominated the
interview, leading me where he
wanted to go with the subject.
Thank God I had a tape
recorder that worked, or I
could never have taken accurate notes."
He was a private man while
in office, recalls Myers. ''He
preferred to operate behind
the scenes. He did not solicit
contact with the media. He
practically avoided it. It seemed he preferred being a nearly
anonymous leader.''
Myers recalls two examples
of Schafer's desire for privacy.
That year, the president
fought to have his per.sonnel
evaluation kept private -- and
eventually Attorney General
Jim Redden ruled that college
presidents were more faculty
than "public officials," and
could be evaluated privately.
In the second instance,
when Schafer learned he had
cancer and had begun
chemotherapy, he told the
Board of Education, but asked
to keep the information secret
-- as a personnel matter. But
board member Les Hendrickson leaked the information to the Register-Guard,
which published the information.
Although Schafer was, in
his own words, "Shocked and
hurt" that his privacy was invaded, Myers thinks Schafer's
health was, in fact, a matter
for public scrutiny.
• Sarah Jenkins, now the
business and agriculture writer
for the Walla Walla UnionBulletin, remembers how
President Schafer handled two
separate pro bl ems in the
Athletic Department during
her year as editor, 1979-80.
One coach resigned after the
Board of Education inquired
into his zealous recruiting efforts.
"I was impressed with the
president's sincerity in handling the situation. Obviously it
was difficult for him. . . . ''
She thinks Schafer was concerned about the employee,
but also about the college's
reputation, and she says "I
have to admire his determination in doing what he believed
right. It was a responsibility
that he never took lightly, in
my estimation.''
But perhaps the president
was too concerned about "the
public image" of the college.
In a separate incident, recalls
Jenkins, another coach was
suspended for one week
without pay for his involvement in a University of

Oregon credit scandal involving U of O athletes . Jenkins is
critical of Schafer's decision
to use Larry Romine, the college's public relations director,
to investigate an alleged impropriety. Even though
Romine's personal integrity
was never in doubt, the college's own PR person performing an investigation appeared as a conflict of interest
-- but not to Eldon Schafer.

• 1981-82 Torch Editor Ron
Kelley, who has worked as a
technical writer in San Francisco, is now attempting to
write theater and film scripts,
and is a freelance newsletter
editor.
''Contrary to popular opinion and politics aside,'' he
writes, "I respected Eldon
Schafer. I saw him as someone
who knew how to use his position of power in what I call a
'micro-empire,' without abusing it. He is an articulate,
political animal who knows
the community college
dynamics extremely well.
Within that microcosm he
managed to keep the college
not only above water but
ahead of the pack at a time
when severe economic cutbacks were the new kids on the
block.
''Oh, there were certainly
some frustrating moments:
Trying to penetrate his
bureaucratic force shield;
seeking compliance on potentially harmful situations such
as a toxic-fume leak near the
child care center and Health
Occupations Building ....
''Overall, I found Schafer
to be a man of integrity and
dedication.''
• 1982-83 Editor Jeff
Keating, now a senior in the
University of Missouri's
S~hool of Journalism, also
remembers his first assignment
as a new reporter in 1981 -- to
interview Dr. Schafer about a
difficult though timely topic,
the president's salary and expense account.
'' As I approached Dr.
Schafer's office, I could not
help but feel a bit apprehensive. How would this man
react to such personal questions? Was I in store for an
angry confrontation, or a
peaceful, albeit uninformative, encounter?
"Remarkably, neither instance occured. Dr. Schafer
was cooperative, even at the
point where I simply asked,
flat out, 'Exactly how much
do you make every year,
Dr. Schafer?' Instead of being
taken back or insulted, he
had at his disposal an
astonishing breakdown of exactly how much money he
received from the college and
the state and precisely how it
was used.
''
I respected
Dr. Schafer's command -- not
only of college politics, but of
'people handling.' He was a
pro."