October 9, 198 7
VOL. 23 NO. 3

• Lane
Community
College

"The written word passeth on the torch of wisdom"

Duck to Titan
deadline
by Diane Davis

TORCH Editor

A $400 Atomic racing ski
package heads the list of prizes
for the second annual LCC
"Duck to Titan Challange"
road race.
The Sunday, Oct. 18 event
will include a two-mile "fun
run," and a IO kilometer race.
Both runs will begin at the Erb
Memorial Building on the U of
0 campus.
•Race proceeds will again
benefit disabled students
enrolled in LCC Correctives
classes through the purchase
of specialized equipment.
For the runners' convenience, LTD shuttle buses
have been sub.:.contracted to
carry them back to the EMU
from LCC. And volunteers are
scheduled to staff water stations along the IOK course.
Race participants will each
receive a T-shirt with their prepaid entry fee of $10. On the
day of the race the entry fee is
$12. The top finishers of the
day will also receive award ribbons.
. Official entry forms are
available at the Student
Resource Center (SRC) on the
second floor of the Center
Building, just outside the
library.

LCC actor shines with stars
the people with whom LCC
student Brian Frishman has
worked during his acting
Michael J. Fox. Steven career.
Frishman defied the
Spielberg. Sally Field. Tommy Lee Jones. Martin Ritt. traditional long, drawn-out
Lee Majors. Heather struggle that faces most
Thomas. Jam.es Earl Jones. aspiring actors. Just nine
These are just a few of months after his decision to
by Julie Crist

TORCH Entertainment Editor

played basketball in college
and all my grades were fixed. When I got out I had all
these ridiculous grades and
no degree." Frishman says
he wrote only one paper the
entire time he was in college.
When a knee injury
shelved · his basketball
career, he decided to
become an actor.
'' I started going to some
in
schools
private
Hollywood like the
Strauss berg Institute.''
His big break came with
his union card.
'' A friend of mine got a
production job on a film in
Vegas, and he got me my
union card. At the time I
didn't know how hard they
were to get. From there I
was able to get agents."
Frishman' s first acting
job was a Miller Beer commercial, of which, he says
' ' I made more in three days
than I had working in a
clothes store for a month."
His first film, made in
1978, was 1941. Steven
Speilberg directed, and it

Brian Frishman in 1981 film Back Road, directed by Martin Ritt.

Over half like it

Phone Registration

by Pat Bryan

pursue acting, he was making' a living at it.
But he found that the
asset that propelled him into acting would also limit
his career.
Frishman's height of
6'6" influenced his careers
in acting and college. "I

•

TORCH Staff Writer

Over 59 percent of students registering for Summer Term using the new "Classline" phone registration system thought it
was easy to use, according to a survey by LCC Study Skills Instructor Ch.eryl Kempner.
Kempner completed the survey as a project for a research class
she took this summer at U of 0.
Over two-thirds of the students surveyed were correctly
registered and placed accurately on class lists. Problems-seem to
have come from adding or dropping a class.
According, to Kempner's research, an LCC position paper
states the overriding purpose for changing to the touch tone
telephone system is to provide an efficient, convenient, easy and
inexpensive way for LCC students to register.
The phone registration is a new form of registering and is currently being used by less than two dozen schools nationwide.
At Georgia State University, which uses a similar system, only
12 people out of 1,000 disliked it.
see Phone, page 3

Unfair
Inconveniences
Disabled and incapacitated
students are forced to accept
inadequate conditions on the
LCC campus. A special
feature examines some of the
dangerous hazards and problems experienced by this segment of the LCC's population.

see Actor, page 3

Jamaican's cram at LCC
by Diane Davis

TORCH Editor

Three Jamaican women are
participating in a ten-week
pilot program at LCC designed to broaden their skills in
building construction.
The women are members of
the Women's Construction
Collective in Kingston,
Jamaica and are employed in
the construction field in their
home country. The Collective
began in 1983 to help alleviate
the unemployment rate for
young women in Western
Kingston and to assist
Jamaican women in finding
see Jamaica, page 11

Semester Conversion

A discussion of the advantages of Oregon's conversion
to a semester system will take
place on Oct. 10, in Room 308
of the Forum Building.
Presidents and representatives of Oregon's community colleges will also meet on
the LCC campus on Oct. 21 to
discuss the conversion, planned for all public four-year colleges a·n d universities in
Oregon by fall 1990.

photo by Don Jones

Visiting Jamaican Women tune skills.

Volleyballers
Heavy hitting talent
Aggressive LCC netters
have found wins elusive while
their flashy, hard-hitting attack sputters and sparks. The
young Titans unleash furious
smashes at every opportunity,
leaving cautious and consistant opponents frightened,
and victorious. See stories,
pages 8 and 9.

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FORUMS

Free reader boards advertisin g products or services?

Forum Submitted by Jerome
Garger

Faculty Member, English and Foreign Language
Department

Does Lane Community College endorse a product or a
service when it accepts a

electronic reader board placed
in the ticket window at the
Health and Physical Education Building. In particular,
the students objected to the acc om pan yin g advertising
display (currently for a fancy
brand of shampoos and hair

reader boards with accompanying advertising. I feel personally that I'm already bombarded with more than enough
ad pitches and commercial
hype, so before our campus
becomes plastered with more
permanent advertising of this

Volleyball schedule and shampoo ad share campus readerboard space.

"free" electronic reader board
from a commercial donor?
I am the faculty sponsor for
the Friday Forum, a student
group that provides an open
educational platform for current political, social, and environmental issues to be
presented and discussed on
campus on a weekly basis.
Last year a number of Friday
Forum student members expressed concern about the

conditioners) that is positioned next to the board on which
upcoming athletic events are
promoted. Several students
planned to investigate the issue
further. The demands of
school, job, and family interfered however, and nothing
much came of it.
This fall I returned to LCC
to discover that a number of
directors and managers have
also been offered "free"

nature, I'd like to raise some
questions -- along with my
voice in objection.
I'm not opposed to reader
boards as such, just those with
the accompanying advertising.
I see the value in some boards.
The officially elected student
group on campus, the
ASLCC, provides valuable,
relevant information to the
academic community through
the use of the two reader

boards it uses. The key here is
that the ASLCC paid for the
reader boards and uses them
with no commerical strings attached. This implies to me that
student leaders did not wish to
have the campus cluttered with
permanent advertising, and
were therefore willing to pay
for the initial cost of these two
boards. LCC directors and
•managers might learn from
their approach.

vironment generally, about the
apparent official endorsement
of products and services by the
college, and about the lack of
a clearly defined policy regarding the proliferation on our
beautiful campus of "free"
·reader boards accompanied by
advertising. Thank you for
your consideration.

Beyond the question of personal taste and the saturation
point at which ads become offensive however, there is also
the question of legality.

Dear Editor:
I cannot believe that LCC is
promoting the use of alcohol
among college students.
I am referring to the insert
of a Bud Light Beer calendar
in the Oct. 2, 1987 issue of The
TORCH.
It is nice we are given a
1987-88 calendar in our
school's paper. I for one do
not wish to see it in the form
of alcohol.
Thank you.

Commercial enterprises are
allowed to pay for advertising
on campus, according to the
Student Services Procedures
Manual,
''through
newspapers, magazines, and
printed programs for such activities as Performing Arts
productions and athletic
events." A reader board which
remains in place for a lengthy
period of time extends beyond
these categories and, in a
sense, is "renting" space from
the college. I'm not sure if
LCC has a policy covering the
rental of college facilities, but
I wonder if the college offered
advertising space to all potential companies -- or if it simply
accepted one company's offer
of a ''free'' board in exchange
for eternal advertising rights.
I'm well aware that the
business of America, according to Calvin Coolidge, is
business. I'm concerned,
however, about the commercialization of the academic en-

Make commun ity more accessible
by Diane Davis
TORCH Editor

San Francisco (Sept. 30) - "Police
arrested 76 disabled demonstrators
Tuesday after they blocked a cable car
with their bodies and wheelchairs and
chanted, "We will ride!" About 130
protesters have been arrested in three
days of demonstrations to demand
more accessible transit systems nationwide.'' (From wire service reports.)
A demonstration of wheelchairbound disabled persons isn't
something we're likely to see in Lane
County. Right? Our fair county is considered ahead of its time with progressive awareness of accessibility.
Lane's transit system offers accessible
buses and reduced fares to the disabled. Curb cuts can be found on almost
every city street corner. Recreational
programs are provided through
Willamalane, Easter Seals and the YMCA. While limited in number, there are
independent living programs available
for both physically and mentally
disabled who wish to be as selfsufficient as possible. This county is, in
the words of one disabled LCC student
"a definite gold mine as far as accessibility.''
Yet, this past Sunday, The RegisterPage 2

October 9t ,987

, The TORCH

Guard carried a picture of LCC
Counselor Bjo Ash will •sitting in her
wheelchair on the asphalt parking lot
of Eugene's Fifth Street Public Market
with a sign resting on her knees and
feet.
"Let's make 5th Street Mkt
PUBLIC!" the sign read.
Those of us who aren't confined to a
wheelchair, or who don't need the
assistance of leg braces, might not
notice the major and minor impediments which cause inaccessibility.
Ashwill's complaint, and that of
other disabled protestors, is the reluctance of the market to provide an
elevator, and therefore equal access, in
the building.
What is considered equal access?
Is it equal access to provide only a
lift (as the Market proposes) without
sides or a roof? Ashwill says such a
device would in fact place lift-riders in
danger of rolling off, and would provide no protection from the weather or
falling debris.
Is it equal access on the LCC campus
when disabled students must use ramps
which are too steep and demand extreme physical exertion?
ls it equal access when disabled
students attending Correctives classes
in the basement of t·he Physical Educa-

)

tion Building are forced to walk or
wheel down dangerous inclines, and
must go far out of their wayto reach
their class?
Is it equal access when students with
crippling diseases can not open doors
because they cannot .turn the knobs
and must wait until someone can come
along to do it for them?
It's commendable that LCC's administration is trying to alleviate inconveniences to students at registration
by installing a new computerized
system.
But is it perhaps too easy to overlook
the inconveniences of an important
segment of LCC's student population?
Is it too convenient to say, "there's
nothing we can do about the ramps,"
and ignore the danger they pose when
winter rain has frozen on their surfaces? After all, we able-bodied do
have other options.
Disabled students on campus have
voiced these concerns before, just as
the demonstrators in San Francisco expressed their concerns time and again.
In frustration, protestors in the city by
the bay are blocking cable cars with
their bodies.
What will it take on the LCC campus?

No beer ads

Eric Gunter
LCC Student
Recovering Alcoholic/ Addict

Correction
LCC' s new Business
Department chairman is Bill
Reilley. His name was incorrectly spelled in last weeks
issue.

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What do you think of LCC's
new phone registration
system?

Amy Rutt: "It was excellent! It saved
a lot of hassles and was very efficient."

Matt Powers: "It was a little difficult
without someone there to talk to, but
I got through right away."

Mariah Stewart: "I didn't like the
fact that you could only call on certain days and some of my classes were
full."
by Pat Bryan

Ph One,

TORCH Staff Writer

from page 1 - - - - - - -

One-third of the LCC students surveyed said they encountered
problems, such as: lack of a touch tone phone at home; being
registered twice by the system; getting cut-off halfway through;
phone lines busy for days; and the computer saying a class was
filled when it wasn't.
Some recommendations Kempner received from students included: going back to the old registration system because it is a
good way to meet people; making the new system available to
dial phones; and installing more phone lines.
Students also thought it was important to have a concrete confirmation of their phone registration.

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starred John Belushi.
He recalls, "During 1941
Speilberg was into yo-yos.
He'd sit around the set that
was costing $100,000 a day,
smiling and talking and playing with his yo-yo.'' Frishman
says Speilberg is one of the
most relaxed and nicest directors around, "even though all
but one of my scenes were cut
out."
From there he went on to do
"a ton" of commercials and
eight or nine films.
Frishman worked with O.J.
Simpson in one commercial.
''The English director and
0. J. could not understand
what the other one was talking
about," he says. "Of course
O.J. was so busy trying to pick
up on the extras that he probably didn't hear half of the
directions.''
He did two Fall Guy
episodes and appeared in the
240 Robert and White Shadow
series'. '' A lot of the roles
were fun but they weren't
challenging.''
He is still pleased with his
part in a Disney film called
Amy. "I was playing a deaf,
dumb, retarded guy with the
mentality of a six year old, so
that was real challenging. It
was a good role, even though
my best scene was cut out."
Frishman' s career was
always in the top "financial"
six percent of his profession.
But his looks and his height
typecast him into limited
parts. "I didn't like the kind
of roles I was doing. I was doing roles I could do in my
sleep. I basically became a
struggling actor.''

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Actor and aspiring director Brian Frishman studys at LCC.

The work was undependable. One year he only worked a single day, living off of
his previous year's residuals."
After eight or nine years of
'' doing well'' in his career,
Frishman had had enough of
Los Angeles.
He and his wife Acia, whom
he met on the set of the TV
show Me and Mom, had seen
and fallen in love with
Oregon, and decided that
Eugene would be a good place
to live.
Since moving north, both
have made commercials and
Frishman has done some

modeling. He went back to LA
last year to act in a TV movie
called Last Fling with John
Ritter.
But he says his focus has
changed from acting to
writing. He would like to
direct films and write
screenplays, articles and
novels. He will be working on
short films and writing while
attending LCC this year, and
plans to transfer to Evergreen
College in Olympia, WA next
year. He figures that he will be
making "low budget" films in
about one and one-half years.
He has a completed screenplay
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'An assault from half the class'

LCC instructor returns from one year in G~rmany

by David Monje

TORCH Staff Writer

The old stereotype of German students sitting at attention
while th~ir straight-laced professors deliver solemn lectures isn't
so true anymore, according to LCC English Instructor Britta
Hansen.
Hansen taught high school in Germany last year as a participant in the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program. The program
offers teachers the opportunity to "switch positions" with an instructor in another country for one year. Instructors selected for
the program must meet strict teaching credential requirements
determined by Fulbright administrators, and must be fluent in
the language of the country in which they choose to teach.
Hansen, and her fellow teacher from Germany, Mechthild
Hesse, knew each other before they applied for the exchange.
The Fulbright program paid both Hesse's and Hansen's
transportation and a monthly stipend throughout the year. In
addition, each instructor's home school paid her regular salary.
Hansen found the classroom atmosphere in Germany quite
different than that at LCC.
At the high school where she taught, the Philipp Reis Gesamtschule, in Friedrichsdorf, West Germany, Hansen says teachers
don't have the power to sit in their offices and assign grades, as
•
they do here.
"You don't give back a test without expecting an assault from
half the class.'' The students argue their grades at school, and
"the parents get in the act at home."
She believes there is a positive aspect to this frequent challenging, however. ''The result is that you really have to be consistent. You can't abuse your power." And, she adds, teachers
can't play favorites, or arbitrarily assign grades.
Hansen says there are political reasons behind the openness of
the German classroom, and the attitudes of the German student.
She believes it is, in part, a reaction to the rigidity of the World
War II era, and the Hitler regime. ''There seems to be a fear of
blind obedience.''
Gesamtschule, interestingly, translates as "together-school."
Hansen explains that in Germany students are monitored by
their teachers during the fifth and sixth grades. At the end of
sixth grade the teachers, in conjuction with the parents, make
recommendations as to which "track" the students' further
education will take.
Tracks are offered for nine, 10 and 13 years of secondary
schooling. Generally, says Hansen, students with nine or 10
years will go on to vocational and technical schools, while 13
year students go on to the university level.
The Gesamtschule is still an experimental program in Ger-·
many and mainly offered in more "liberal states," says Hansen.
While the students in different "tracks"are attending the same
school, they are not in the same classes.
Hansen lived in the small town of Bad Homburg, five minutes
by train to Freidrichsdorf, where she taught.
Bad Homburg is known for its curative springs. Taking cures,
not physical fitness, is the tradition of this quiet hamlet. In fact,
"you can't put on a pair of shorts and jog through the town.
You have to go to the woods," says Hansen.
While in Germany, Hansen taught English and "a sort of folk
dance-aerobics. I figured since Mechtild taught physical education I should offer something."
Hesse, while at LCC, taught Hansen's Introduction to
Literature and writing classes.

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LCC accessibility limited for

Disabled students find campus ramps dangerous.
by Diane Davis

TORCH Editor

"Everybody's one accident
away from being disabled,''
says quadriplegic LCC student
Greg Colt.
Colt is a "prime example"
of just how
things can
change so fast.
"I believed I was Mr. Invincible," says Colt. "Until one
day, over a $1 bet, I dove into
a river and broke my neck.
"I haven't walked since."
Colt had just finished four
years of service in the Navy on
June 28, 1976. He traveled to
Wisconsin to spend some time
with' his cousins before leaving
for California, and a job,
working on an off-shore oil
rig.
On July 7, he and bis
cousins decided to go swimming in the Wisconsin River, in
Reedsburg, WI. "My cousin
bet me I couldn't catch a pop
can that he threw into the
river. I dove in the water and
hit something with my chin. I
was immediately paralyzed."
Colt lost all sensation in his

body. Not realizing he had
broken his neck he fought
hysteria, afraid he would
drown if he gave into his fear.
"I saw my arm drift by my
face and thought it had been
cut off because I saw blood. I
didn't associate the blood with
my chin and since I didn't
have any feeling, I thought it
was coming from my arm.
''The current dragged me
down to the bottom of the
river and I remember keeping
my mouth shut tight to keep
the sand out. I thought 'this is
it. I'm going to drown and I've
never had the opportunity to
tell everyone I love them.' "
Colt's limp body was finally
pulled out of the water by his
cousins who rushed him to the
hospital. Colt spent ''a long
time" in the hospital, fighting
pain from three surgeries and
constant traction.
''They (the doctors) took a
bone from my hip and tried to
fuse my neck together, but the
bone kept slipping."
After one operation the
bone slipped and blocked

Colt's windpipe. An emergency tracheotomy was performed to enable him to breathe
and he was rushed back into
surgery. The operation was
successful and Colt went back
to his traction bed.
Physicians inserted two
screws into the top of his skull.
Wires were attached to the
screws and weights hung from
the wires forcing his neck,
head and back to remain
straight in order to heal.
"I had 25 to 30 pounds of

traction pulling on those
screws. I was in traction so
long that the area around the
screws softened and they ripped out of my head.
"It felt so good not to have
the traction pulling on my
neck that I didn't want to call
the nurses. I just laid there
and relaxed. But when I saw
the blood dripping down I
figured I'd better call the
nurses. Actually, I thought I'd
ripped the top of my head
off.''
He hadn't, and the screws
were reinserted.
He began physical therapy
to re-learn how to care for
himself.
''When you break your neck
your body goes through an infancy stage. I had to learn how
to do everything all over
again.''
According to Colt, the doctors gave him five years to
regain the use of his body.
Anything not regained within
that time is considered lost
forever.
"I've disproved that," says
Colt. "I still have things that
come back. I've talked to
some quadriplegics that have
no feeling at all. I have complete body sensations, in my
legs, back and arms."
Although Colt's outlook is
positive now, he has overcome
six years of heavy drug use and
a 1980 suicide attempt.

"I'd gotten so fed up with
my life. I couldn't figure out
why God would leave me like
this. I took an overdose of
drugs. The first thing I
thought when I woke up in the
hospital was 'Damn, I have to
deal with my problems
again.' ''
Dealing with his problems is
just what Colt has done.
Through a renewed belief in
God he has achieved a sense of
purpose. And now, instead of
injecting drugs , he "handles"
his constant pain through
mind projection and biofeedback. Instead of focusing on
himself as he once did, Colt
now focuses his attention on
the disabled population.
He has become an
outspoken advocate for others
who see the world from the
seat of a wheelchair as he
does. He says he wants to let
the rest of the nation know
that life is different when
you're disabled, but a person
in a wheelchair is the same as
anybody else.
"We (disabled people) don't
want your pity. We don't need
it. We're a viable part of society."
Colt says that one of the
major disabilities he's encountered since his accident is
the lack of awareness towards
the disabled population.
"When I first came to
Oregon I stayed in a Motel 6 in

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for apartments. But when I
finally found one I could move
around in (with my chair) I
couldn,t get into the
bathroom. They want you to
pay top dollar for an apartment and it's not even accessible. And landlords won't pay
for renovations, not even
ramps, to make them accessible. That experience really got
me fed up."
One Portland landlord suggested he move to Eugene
which is noted for its progressive programs for the handicapped. With accessibility
comes awareness, says Colt.
He had never seen a city as
progressive as Eugene, having
lived in Wisconsin, Texas and
Arizona. He commends the efforts of the community to provide services and activities to
the handicapped population.
"During the summer I went
water skiing. I've been doing
amazing things here that I
never thought I'd be able to
do.,,

This past summer Colt also
joined 56 other "caring people" to form a coalition committed to enhancing awareness
towards the disabled population, and becoming a major
advocacy group for the disabled. The "Disabilities Advisory
Coalition'' will use Eugene as
"a focal point to the nation.
It's truly a model city for the
rest of the nation, and even the
world,,, he says.
Colt and fell ow coalition

merp.bers will speak before
local Lions Clubs and other
community groups to increase
awareness.
Currently working towards
his bachelor's degree in Speech
Communications at LCC,
Colt spends much of his day
using the wheelchair ramps·on
campus. While he may admire
the city for its progressive accessibility, he finds fault with
the lack of it at LCC.
"You know what separates
men from animals?'' he asks.
"Bathrooms! Some of the
bathrooms on campus aren,t
really accessible. It's almost
impossible to push the doors
open and maneuver your chair
inside the stalls. You have to
go outside to drain your
(urine) bag. People see you
and they think ''Oh, how terrible! But they don't realize you
don't have any choice."
He also says the ramp to the
Forum Building is much too
steep for wheelchairs which
makes it difficult to get to
broadcasting classes or to
KLCC.

''They really should have an
elevator in that building."
Colt turns his hands palms
up to reveal scars between his
thumbs and first fingers; scars
common to those confined to
wheelchairs.
"When the rims on a chair's
wheels get wet they generate
heat. When you have to slow
yourself down, coming off a
ramp, the heat burns your
hands.,,
Because the ramps at LCC
aren,t covered and wheelchair

rims get wet from rain,
students who use manual
wheelchairs are subject to heat
burns.
Another problem for handicapped people are doors.
Colt says the doors at LCC are
much too awkward and heavy,
and that the two electric doors
(one on the second floor of the
Center Building and one on
the front entrance to the Administration Building) are not
enough.
"Let's face facts. I don't
want to have more limitations
than the man or woman walking next to me. It's really nice
they're making modifications
-- new computers and decorations -- for the president's
(Turner's) office, but I've
been going here longer than
he, s been president and they
haven't put in any electric
doors for me. And I pay to
come here.''
Colt says he will continue to
advocate for the rights of the
handicapped, whether on the
LCC campus or in the community. He stresses that
anyone interested in enhancing
awareness should join the
coalition and become actively
involved.
"Non-accessibility makes a
person feel less adequate.
Together we can create
unlimited new possibilities to
further enhance the disabled
population and the rest of
society.
"You never set limitations
for yourself. If you do than
you defeat yourself.''

Steep stairs and lack of handrails pose problems for disabled on campus.

Bowling instructor dies
by David Monje

TORCH Staff Writer

Lou Bellisimo, a part time
bowling instuctor at LCC,
died of heart failure at Sacred
Heart General Hospital on
Saturday, Oct. 3. He was 81
years old.
Bellisimo taught bowling at
the U of O for 22 years, and at
LCC for 15 years. He was
teaching two classes this term
at LCC.
"Lou was unique: (he)
didn,t have a degree, not a
masters or a bachelors, yet he
taught over 40,000 students,
from Alaska to Saudi
Arabia,'' says Dr. Fred
Loveys, LCC Health and
Phyical Education department
head.
During his 60 years as a professional bowler and teacher
Bellisimo had many outstanding achievements. He was the
author of the best selling
Bowlers Manual, which has
sold more than 250,000 copies
in five languages, since 1965.
He was the first Oregon inductee into the American

Bowling Congress Hall of
Fame, in 1986. In 60 years of
bowling he scored five perfect
games of 300. He was also an
instuctor on the AMF Staff of
Champions for 13 years.
'' Among the US bowling
fraternity Lou was a giant; his
achievements are legendary,''
said Dr. Loveys.
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As a teacher, says Dr.
Loveys, Bellisimo was sensitive and professional. "He

cared immensely about his
role, (as instructor), and the
students he worked with.',

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SPORTS

Forney battles slow start

LCC volleyball team
loses match, leader
by J.V. Bolkan

TORCH Sports Editor

photo by Michael Saker

Robin Forney, LCC's volleyball veteran relaxes prior to Mount Hood match.
by J.V. Bolkan
TORCH Sports Editor

As one of only two returnees from last year's
Lane Community College women's volleyball
team, Robin Forney could be expected to feel
some pressure to perform.
Especially considering that the other returning player, Lisa Harrison, is out of action with
a sprained ankle.
"Not really," says Forney. "We're just a
team, no differences between us."
Still, her coach Ed Jacobson lists Forney,
along with Harrison, as the foundation of this
year's team.
Teammates talk about Forney's passing skills
in tones bordering upon awe. They say she
serves as hard or harder than anyone on the
team.
Forney feels her best asset is her back-row
hitting. But, when informed of the respect accorded her passing, she allows, "Passing is my
number one, I guess."
Almost as if admitting it came too easy,
Forney adds, ''When they hit it (the ball), I can
read it."
After fip.ishing a long volleyball season last
year, Forney joined Jacobson's US Volleyball
Association team. She was also a regular in
many of the volleyball classes taught at . Lane
last year.
It is not suprising, considering the extent of

her volleyball habit last year, that Forney
claims to have overdosed on the sport near the
end of Spring Term.
She managed to resist the lure of volleyball
all summer, playing not once. However, w.µen
school began, she discovered that her craving
had not died.
Forney is concerned that while her desire is
b~ck, her skill may be buried beneath a layer of
rust. "It might be gone. I did start slow last
year, but I'm starting even slower this year."
When the absurdity of a 19-year-old athlete
considering herself "over the hill" is pointed
out, Forney grins, then frowns as she searches
for another reason for her slump.
"Confidence," interjects Jacobson. "It is
much like a batter's slump. If she has a good
game, she'll just get better and better. There is
absolutely no reason for an athlete as good as
she to miss as many serves as she has."
That Forney is a good athlete is beyond
doubt. She was named to the Trico League allstar team three years in a row while prepping at
Waldport High School. Eastern Oregon State
has invited her to play for its program next
year.
In a slump, Forney doubts that she'll want to
go on to a four year school and play. But,
slumps end, and only a fool would bet against
the hold that her volleyball addiction has , on
Forney.

,,fbe
by J.V. Bolkan

"Big time"college football and basketball need
to be re-examined.
Of the three sports Americans revere most -football, basketball, and baseball -- only baseball
is sanely organized.
Professional baseball started long before
universities and colleges began serious intercollegiate competition. From its very inception,
baseball teams took responsibility for developing
their players and product.
By the time football and basketball developed
into professional sports, colleges had become
deeply involved in athletics.
Corruption of the original purpose and ideals
behind college athletics began when professional
teams were able to offer sufficient salaries to
qualify sports as a career.

s· - ,·Oit6ber 9·,. 1987

by J.V. Bolkan

TORCH Sports Editor

Even though Fall Term has just begun, athletes for Winter
and Spring sports are already in training.
Regular basketball practices for both the men's and women's
teams started after the first day of classes.
Persons interested in participating should contact either Dave
Loos, Women's Basketball coach, or Men's Basketball Coach
Dale Bates.
Baseball players should contact Bob Foster concerning
scheduled practices and workouts.
Track and Field athletes are working out as a team on a daily
basis. Lyndell Wilken is the Women's coach, and Kevin Myers is
the Men's Track coach.

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The NFL boasts no fewer than seven former NWAACC football players. All seven of the players were hired as replacements
for the striking regulars.
Mike Keel, a tight end from Olympic Community College,
caught a touchdown pass for the Seattle Seahawks in Sunday's
game against Miami.
Only four schools in the NW AACC maintain football programs. Neither LCC, nor any of the other Oregon schools participate in football.

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Losing your best player is
bad.
If you're LCC's women's
volleyball team, and your best
player represents half of your
returning starters, that's real
bad. Throw in a Wednesday,
Oct. 7 match with leagueleading Mount Hood, and
things look downright
gloomy.
Lisa Harrison, Lane's top
hitter and floor leader, suffered a badly sprained ankle
during a physical education
class Tuesday, Oct. 6 and will
miss at least a week of play,
according to coach Ed Jacobson.
The Titans began Wednesday' s match as if they had
already conceded, losing 15-2.
But, refusing to let themselves

be embarrassed, they closed
the gap in the second game,
losing 15-9.
Compensating for the loss
of Harrison as the night wore
on, the Titans managed to
push the Saints in the third
and final game, losing by a
respectable 15-13 margin.
One of the bright spots for
LCC was the hard hitting of
Candy Weischedel who finished with nine kills. Lane's lone
remaining sophomore, Robin
Forney blasted six kills,
although primarily a back row
player.
The Titans take a break
from league play this weekend as they travel to
Longview, WA for the Oct. 9
and 10 Lower Columbia Community College Cross-Over
Tournament. The next league
game is Wednesday, Oct. 14 at
LCC against Umpqua.

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Since a well publicized, coached, and supported
pool of athletes was available to the early professional football and basketball organizers, no farm
system was devised.
Institutions of higher learning took on the task
of becoming the sole conduit to a professional
career in either sport.
Baseball players have a choice, they can either
join the minor leagues, or accept a college scholarship . .
Football and basketball players have few options. Opportunities to develop not only the skill,
but the reputation required by professional teams
do not exist outside acadamia.
The majority of grading scandals in the NCAA
revolve around athletes that have neither the aptitude, nor the desire to garner a degree.
Athletes are degraded, as they are forced to partake in an unethical situation. No one is terribly

shocked to hear that many athletic stars fail to
graduate. They simply play a deceitful game,
because it is the only roa'd to the pros.
Schools are degraded as well. For each sham
grade, each unearned credit bestowed, the value of
true grades is lowered.
.Baseball accepts and flourishes with the burden
of an independent farm system. Football and
basketball should be allowed to do the same. It is
time we stop exploiting athletes by forcing four
years of deception.
Institutions of higher learning should drop
academic requirements totally for all college
teams. Let these teams become the minor leagues.
Then, rebuild the college teams with truly
motivated students.
Then, perhaps, integrity could be linked again
with major college athletics.

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Titan women win
Willamet te run
by J.V. Bolkan

TORCH Sports Editor

An incredibly strong LCC women's cross country squad
strode to victory in the Willamette Invitational on Saturday,
Oct. 3.
Taking first for community colleges, despite injuries to two of
their top runners, the Titans competed well with some of the
four year schools.
Coach Lyndell Wilken says, "We'd have moved up into the
middle of the standings if our injured runners were there."
First-year sensation Lisa Moe, had yet another impressive
outing. Moe finished second among community college women,
29th over-all.
The absence of star veteran Shelli Gray, and strong newcomer
Jennifer Huff, were compensated by incredible balance from the
remaining runners. Lane took second, fifth, eighth, and ninth
places in the community college division.
LCC's seventh place finisher Laura Loren, was a mere minute
and a half behind its second finisher, Nicole Lightcap.
Huff, recovering from the flu, is training with the team this
week. Gray, who Wilken says is suffering from "weird feet," is
working with an orthopedic specialist hoping to find a solution
to her chronic foot pain.
Wilken feels this team is even closer than last year's
NWAACC championship squad. ''This is a real cohesive group.
No one will hold us back, they are all trying to pull ahead.''
The coach announced team selections for squad captains.
Lightcap was tabbed as sophomore captain, while Moe was
elected to the freshman position.
The next test for the Titans will be the Mount Hood Invitational in Gresham, Saturday, Oct. 10.
The meet will feature a small field (30-40) of runners primarily
from community colleges.
LCC Times-Lisa Moe, 19:03.12; Nicole Lightcap, 19:51.40; Taunya Pieratt,
20:28; Merry Gesner, 20:36; Tiese Roberson, 21:03; Liz Boyer, 21:27; Laura
Loren, 21 :32; Traci Keppinger, 23:00.

The deadline for entries in the Athletic Supporter's contest for the naming of a new mascot, or rendering of a
Titan, is Monday, Oct. 12 at 5 p.m ..
First prize is $10, second is $5. Entries must be submitted with name, winners will be announced if) the October
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Mistakes sink Titan netters
by J.V. Bolkan

TORCH Sports Editor

Lane lost a close four-game
women's volleyball match to
visiting Clackamas Friday,
Oct. 3.
A battle between differing
styles and philosophies
highlighted the match. Lane's
flashy, powerful "sports car"
style was contrasted by the
steady, reliable "Model T"
approach of Clackamas.
"They won on our
mistakes ," says LCC setter,
Ch ery l Shor ey. While
Clackamas refused to take
chances, the Titans wouldn't
retreat from their hard-hitting,
high risk attack.
Lane lost the first game
11-15, then shifted gears to
take the second game 15-12.
The third and fourth games
were see-saw affairs in which
neither team seemed able to
run off the big streak.
Clackamas was able to get the
leads when they counted, winning 12-15, 13-15.
The Titans finished with a
whopping 49 kills, more than
half again as many as
Clackamas managed, (32).
Lisa Harrison was Lane's
most effective hitter, with 11
kills, and a solid 25 percent
success ratio.
Sam Trimmel and Candy
Weischedel each put down 12
kills, with percentages of 18,
and 14, respectively.
Through the entire match,
Lane's hitters blasted vicious,
varnish scorching shots in the
of
direction
general
Clackamas. If a shot wasn't
into the net, or out of play, it

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was usually a kill for LCC.
However, too few made it, as
the team was only .08 in hitting percent.
Blame in volleyball is not set
as simply as pointing at the
last person to contact the ball.
Even the best hitters can look
foolish if the sets are made
poorly, and each phase of the
Titan attack was slightly to

photo by M ichael Saker

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9 Last day to register w / out late fee

It is our privilege as the student
newspaper -- in conjunction with the
student government (ASLCC) -- to
provide a two week Campus Calendar,
a new addition to The TORCH.

12 ASLCC Senate Meeting 4-6 pm Boardroom
12 Campus Ministry Open House 10-2 pm
14 Volleyball vs Umpqua 7 pm gym

To publish information in the Campus Calendar contact TORCH Calendar Coordinator Denise Abrams at
ext. 2655, or ASLCC Communications Director Robert Wolfe at ext.
2332.

14 Guitarist Chris Sorenson Noon NW cafe
14 LCC Board of Ed. Mtg. 7:30 pm Boardroom
15 MCC "Get Acquainted" coffee 1:30-3 pm CEN 409

TEXAS
INSTRUMENTS

Homecrafters show

Oregon Homecrafters Association
will present its fall arts and crafts
show and sale at the Oakway Mall.
Handcrafted gifts and home decor for
the holidays will be for sale. Hours are
Thurs. and Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.
10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Oct.10
Dance

The Eugene Folklore Society
presents a country dance at 8 p.m. at
Kelly Middle School, 850 Howard
Ave. No experience is necessary - all
dances will be taught. Soft-soled shoes
only are requested. Admission is $4.
Call 683-5522 for information.

Friday, Oct. 9

$ls.gs .

Available at
LCC Bookstore

Open M-T 7:30 to 7:30
Fri. 9-4:30

19 ASLCC Senate Meeting 4-6 pm Boardroom

20

Volleyball vs NW Christian College 3 pm gym

22 Administration College-wide coffee 2-4 pm Art Dept.
22 Multi-cultural coffee hour CEN 409 1:30-3 pm
Performing Arts Faculty Concert 8 pm

Guitarist, composer and singer Jim
Scott will perform at 8 p.m. at South
Eugene High School, 400 E. 19th St.
Tickets are $4 in advance, $5 day of
show, and are available at Balladeer
Music in the 5th St. Public Market and
the EMU Main Desk.
Saturday, Oct. 10
Zulu Spear

Zulu Spear will perform authentic
South African township music at 9:30
p.m. at the W.O.W. Hall, 8th and
Lincoln. Admission is $7 in advance,
$8 day of show. Call 687-2746 for information.

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Oct. 10-11

Oct.15
"Orphans"

The Eugene Ballet opens its season
with its performance of "Petrushka."
Tickets are available through the Hult
Center Ticket Office, and prices range
from $5.75 to $19.75. Call 687-5000
for information.
Oct.11

October 10-11
Oregon Mozart

The Oregon Mozart Players present
their second concert of the season at
8:30 p.m. in the Hult Center's Soreng
Theater on the 10th. The program will
be repeated at Beall Concert Hall on
the U of O campus at 2:30 p.m. on the
11th. Tickets are available for the Hult
performance from the Hult Center
Box Office, and are $10.50, $8.50 and
$6.50. Tickets for the U of O performance are available from the E.M.U.
main desk, the Hult Center, or at the
door.

The U of O Chamber Music Series
presents the french quartet Quator Via
Nova at 8 p.m. in Beall Concert Hall,
U of O School of Music, 961 E. 18th
Ave. Tickets are $10, $8, and $5, and
are available from the Hult Center
Box Office or at the door.
Oct.9
LCC's Mike Stuart

ASLCC Senator Mike Stuart and
his band, "Alien Agent " will play
orignal rock in a long-awaited performance at the W.O.W. Hall at 8 p.m.
The Bel Airs will open the show. Admission is $5.

Bet through college DY the seat
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ot your pants/ . .
LTD makes it cheap and easy to go to
college. Just buy a Term Pass,· it's good
for unlimited rides all term long.
Lane Community College (students $40,
faculty $44)-Passes at LTD Customer
Service Center, LCC bookstore, or the
Springfield Pharmacy
Passes also available for Eugene Bible
College, Northwest Christian College, and
Trend College students - faculty and staff.
Timetables available at participating 7-Eleven®
stores, First Interstate Banks, and other
area outlets.

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The U of O presents Lyle Kessler's
play about two orphaned brothers
who live together with a strange new
roommate in North Philadelphia. It
runs Thurs.-Sat., Oct. 15-17 and
22-24. 2 p.m. matinee on Oct. 24.
Robinson Theatre, Villard Hall, 1190
Old Campus Lane. Tickets are $5.50
general and $4.50 students, and are
available at the University Theatre
Box Office.

Oct.15
Eugene Symphony

The Eugene Symphony presents
"Classical I" with Fred Moyer on
piano at 8 p.m. in the Silva Concert
Hall. Tickets are $17, $14, $10 and $7
from the Hult Box Office.

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CLASSIFIEDS
FORSALE

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THREE TICKETS TO MOTLEY
CRUE/Whitesnake. October 13 Tues.
8 p.m. at the Portland Coliseum. Call
747-6382 evenings.

PLEASE BUY MY DRUMS! 5-piece
Mateo with Zildjian; 4-piece Ludwig.
$550 and $250. 343-3081.
FINE FIR FIREWOOD - $.W halfcord; $55 full cord; $150 3 cords.
933-2631, message for Tom.

SELMER MARK-6 tenor saxophone
$1,295 will consider part trade. 4990
OLDER SINGLE SPEED women's . Franklin Blvd. Space No. 2.
bicycle. $40, call 344-6414.

MEN'S TEN SPEED bike with lights
$55, call 344-5134, ask for Mike.
FOR SALE IN THE BOOKSTORE:
Children's book "Marina and
M'Gee" written by Bjo Ashwi/1.
ALSO IN THE BOOKSTORE:
Writers-In-Waiting Newsletter for
beginning writers published by Bjo
Ashwill.
DOLOMITE DS 210 ski boots size 6
never used, virtually brand new! $100
0B0 485-8263.
BLUE WATER CLIMBING rope
(I I mm), rope bag, 8 rings, 2 snap
links, make offer. Call Patrick
686-J/05.
APPLE lie, RGB Monitor, 2 disk
drives, 80 column, RS-232, lmagewriter printer. Call Patrick
686-1105. $1,000.

Jamaica,

ELECTRIC
CORRECTING
TYPEWRITER, see me at the
Women's Awareness Center CEN 213,
Mon. or Wed. 2-5 or call 942-0605,
Zetta.

( OPPORTUNITIES )
/NTERNA TIONAL STUDENTS -Are you feeling lonely and lost? Why
not join the Peer Mentor Program. It
provides you a great way of meeting
people. Find out how in the Multi
Cultural Center CEN 409.
AMERICAN STUDENTS -- Get to
know an international student. Sign
up and be a peer mentor for someone
who needs your help. Application
forms are available in the Multi
Cultural Center CEN 409, or contact
Chris or Hidehiko ext. 2276.

NEED VOLUNTEER WORKERS!
Openings available in Social Service
Advocacy, Residential Program,
Children's Program, and Crisis Intervention Hotline. For more info call
Womenspace 485-6513 and ask for
Lissa. New training session starts
Saturday October 10.
ARE YOU A WELFARE MOM? Are
you work-study eligible? If so, we
have an interesting and valuable job
for you at Clients In Action helping
"Welfare Moms" and other Adult &
Family Services clients on our
"Welfare Hotline". Credit is also
available. Call Carol Rucker at
342-5167 for details.
GOVERNMENT JOBS $16,040 $59,230/yr. Now hiring. Call
805-687-6000, Ext. R-2000 for current
federal list.
JOIN CAMPUS REPUBLICANS of
LCC. For info on first meeting call
741-0036.
LCC KARA TE CLUB meets Fridays
6-9 pm PE IOI. More info: Dave
343-5361, Wes 746-0940.
SECRETA RIES: The A very Secretary
Appreciation Scholarhip is open to six
outstanding secretaries. Contact the
Multi-Cultural Center ext. 2276.

LADIES
INTERESTED
IN
FASHION jewelery and accessories?
Earn free merchandise plus half price
items. For more information call
Mary, 485-6080.

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HELP WANTED

CERTIFIED NURSE AIDES needed
for both short and long term positions
in private homes. Apply at OPTIONS,
I 186 Olive in Eugene.
HOUSEKEEPERS PART-TIME
weekday positions in residential
homes. Apply OPTIONS, 1186 Olive,
Eugene.

WANTED
NEED LARGE TRUNK moved to LA
area around October 17. Will pay expenses, call Nona ext. 2909 or
688-1682.

SERVICES
TYPING SERVICE: Term papers,
resumes, cover letters and business letters. Price negotiable, call Mary at
485-6080.
COMPANION TO THE ELDERLY.
No live-ins. 344-6414.

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employment in the building industry.
Arriving in the US on Aug.
24, the women spent the first
two weeks of the program in
Waldport learning masonry
techniques at the Angel Job
Corps Center. They will stay
at LCC for the remainder of
the program receiving instruction in masonry, cabinetmaking, blueprint reading, plumbing, woodwork and building
construction from the Industrial Technology Department.
LCC became involved in the
program after a previous student, Daniel Abel, recommended the college to the U.S.
Agency for International
Development as having the
best Construction Technology
School in the U.S. Abel worked with the Women's Construction Collective in Jamaica
as a member of the Peace
Corps. The Agency provides
scholarships to the young
women which enables them to
meet expenses while training in
the U.S.
The women were chosen for
the pilot program -- Women in
Construction -- from 32 other

GOVERNMENT HOMES from $1
(u-repair). Delinquent tax property.
Repossessions. Call 805-687-6000, ext.
GH-6150 for current repo list.

employees, all women, from
their company in Kingston,
Jamaica. "We were the best,"
Margaret modestly replies,
when asked what the criteria
were for selection.
She explains that their company specializes in furniture
building and repair, painting,
decorating and electrical and
masonry work.
''We will learn new. skills
and different ways to do
things,'' says Margaret, a
mason for three . years. "We
have • this same training in
Jamaica, but this is on a
higher level. The machinery is
on a higher level."
Upon their return to
Jamaica, the women will share
their newly acquired skills with
their fell ow employees
through classes and while onthe-job.
While their course of study
at LCC is extremely concentrated, they will have the opportunity to relax and observe
some local American-style
entertainment. Some of the activities planned during their
eight weeks in Eugene include
a visit to the circus; a rodeo;

the Hult Center; local
museums; a football game; a
weekend trip to the lava lands;
and a "ride-a-long" with the
local police.
The women are staying with
a family in the area "to give
them the experience of day-today American family life,'' according to a press release.
While the women may be
enthusiastic about the new
skills they're learning, they're
not quite so impressed by
some facets of America.
"The food is too yucky!"
they share. "We prepare our
own food here. You
(Americans) season your food
after you cook, we season
before we cook."
The women say they also
feel homesick for Jamaica.
"It's a lot hotter he.re, and
there's more wooden houses,
as opposed to block houses in
Jamaica.''
While getting use to the
food may pose a problem, all
three agree they would like
another refresher course in the
U.S. in a few years. "But we
don't know if it will happen."

CAMPUS MINISTRY
Open House
10-2 Monday Oct. 12th
Opening Ceremonies 10:45

Drop by our offices,
Room 242 Center Bldg.
Our pastors are located
in room 125 Center
Bldg.
747-4501 ext. 2814

We're Here For You

MASSAGE! DISCOUNTS FOR
OLDER WOMEN, STUDENTS,
hardship. Treat yourself; my office or
your home. Christine Kerwood LMT
689-8866.

( LOST AND FOUND)
GREEN TOOL chest with tools. Lost
in south parking lot. Please call
688-4763.
TYPING PLUS: Typing and/or formulation of school papers, resumes,
miscellaneous writings where impressive expression is desired. Proficient and talented. Call Robert at
484-0529.

(______A_U_T_O_S_-..J)
'78 FIAT SPYDER 1800 - Black,
sheepskins, great shape, $J,895/OBO.
Acia 484-9754.
PUT THE TOP DOWN - '68 MG
midget. New top, good condition.
746-9525.
'80 KAWASAKI 440 l TD one owner,
runs great. $800, call Kelly- 461-0779.
'8/ HONDA CX500, Deluxe, shaft
drive, JO, 950 miles, excellent condition! Must sell $750, negotiable. Call
343-1228.

RUNNING '65 OLDS. Good
work/commute value. $250, call
Aaron 747-6771.

(_ _M_E_S_SA_G_E_S___)
INTERESTED IN FORMING a
young Democrats club? Call Eric,
686-0632 after 4 p.m.
MINNIE -- With Mommy-mouse in
Arizona, the utility closet could surely
be cozy. Love, Mickey.

MASSAGE SPECIAL: Ladies introductory massage $15 - if you
deserve the best, call Brian 484-9754.

TADAMS, You make my heart
pound, my knees weak. Well, it might
be the chili I ate, Doorguy.

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PICNIC TO SA VE Riverside Field,
Saturday Oct. JO, Southbank
Field/Autzen footbridge. live ·music
--SHUMBA.

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FREE TO GOOD HOME- four darling, long-hair kittens. Moving and
unable to keep. Nona ext. 2909 (days),
688-1682 (nights).

ROSES ARE RED, violets are blue,
I'm in love and I hope you are too.
Love Michael.

GREEN EARTH ART CENTER
Commercial and fine art .
materials at discount prices
Art instruction and workshops

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1st and Van Buren, Eugene • 484-0889
HOURS:
MON-SAT 10-5

Lots of parking

Ashlane
.Apartments
P..P.I. Management

I Bedroom ...... $240

2 Bedroom ...... $280
3 Bedroom ...... $310

475 Lindale, Springfield

747-5411

Beautifully landscaped grounds surround the
1, 2, and 3 bedroom units at Ashlane Apartments.
Each unit has appliances, drapes, and
wall-to-wall carpeting. The complex offers
laundry facilities, a playground with
equipment, a tanning bed, and an on-site
bus stop.

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ENTERTAINMENT
Cheap thrills
FREE

On football Saturdays, the Lane Transit
District provides free bus
rides to a drop-off station near the U of O's
Autzen Statium. Call the
LTD Customer Service
Center at 687-5555 or
watch for the LTD sport
shuttle ad in the
Register-Guard for
departure times and
locations.
Free
public
demonstrations
by
Swedish potter and architectural designer Ulla
Viotti, from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10
at the ceramics studios
located across from the
U of O campus on the
north side of Franklin
Boulevard on the route
to the Autzen Stadium
footbridge.
Eugene
Yoga
Center, 1315 Willamette
holds a meditation each
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Call 485-6220 for details.

Controversial art displayed at LCC
by Julie Crist

TORCH Entertainment Editor

LCC Art Instructor Mery
Lynn McCorkle says her protest against the college's
reinstatement of Robert
Thompson takes the form of a
six part acrylic which is
rendered from the viewpoint
of the victim.
The
piece,
entitled
"Robert's -Broken Toy, Age
Nine,'' is on exhibit in the
LCC Art Faculty Show at the
LCC Art Gallery.
Thompson, an LCC Math
Instructor, was found guilty in
May of 1986 of a Class C
felony, sexual abuse for
molesting a nine-year-old girl.
He is on probation for four
years, and has been meeting
~eekly with a men's counseling group for two years.
LCC Pres. Richard Turner
terminated Thompson's
employment effective July 14,
1986. But, a faculty union

grievance on Thompson's
behalf won the math instructor's reinstatement at the
beginning of Winter Term,
1987.
In McCorkle's opinion,
Thompson's re-hiring "is a
situation that should be addressed and readdressed until
it is not allowed to happen again. If the contract which
allows us to teach permits someone who has committed an
act of sexual (abuse) to continue teaching, then that contract should be altered."
McCorkle's medium is
acrylic layered with paper. She
uses repeated female forms
and the stereotypical symbols
of circles for breasts and the
•delta for the pubic area.
'' Added to that is gauze,
literally the gauze that you buy
to wrap up wounds. She then
textured the piece to create a
very subtle sort of wound."
(However, · Thompson did

For $1.50 ($1 for
seniors and students), attend Saturday and Sunday planetarium shows
at Willamette Science
and Technology Center.
At 1 p.m., "Black
Holes,'' explaining how
stars are born, grow, and
are transformed into
black holes; at 3 p.m.,
''Discovering
New
Worlds,'' an exploration
of the planets in our
Solar System.
WISTEC is located at
2300 Centennial Blvd.,
near Autzen Stadium
(689-6500, or 484-9027).
Submissions for Cheap Thrills
are gladly accepted at the
Torch office, 74 7-4501 ext.
2655 or 205 Center Bldg., c/ o
the A rts & Entertainment
editor.

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October 9, 1987

photo by Michael Primrose

"Robert's broken toy, age nine'' by Mery Lynn Mccorkle.
not inflict physical injury on which deals with irrational
numbers."
the victim.)
"The other major thing that
"I'm basically a shy person
I struggled with was the
mathematical equations. and this is a very hard thing
Robert Thompson is a math for me to do," says Mccorkle .
instructor, and what I dealt . But she adds "I think one of
with in these equations was the the functions of art is to bear
square root of minus o_ne, witness."

Tibetan art visits Eugene

CHEAP

' ' Artists-In-Education
Showcase Faire'' of
playwrites, puppeteers,
and poets, sponsored by
the Lane Region~! Arts
Council, will take place
on Tuesday, Oct. 13,
from 4 to 6 p.m. The
Faire features displays of
the artists' works, and
information about the
process for scheduling an
artist (to work with a
school in Lane County.
For more information
call Carol Ten Eyck,
Arts Education Director
for the Lane Regional
Arts Council, 485-2278.

Lama Sonam seated in Tibetan summer tent.
Review by Julie Crist
TORCH Entertainment Editor

An extraordinary glimpse of the dying culture of Tibet is being offered by the Maude Kerns Art Gallery througli Nov. 1.
Prior to its Communist Chinese occupation in 1959, Tibet was
the last theocratic country in the world. In an attempt to control
and convert the population, the majority of Tibet's art and
culture was destroyed by the Chinese.
The art and photos cover pre-occupation and present-day
Tibet. A photo of a modern outdoor curbside dentist practicing
on a patient is juxtaposed against an elaborate, traditional summer tent. Salt caravan pony bells and yak-tail whisks, both used
to drive the salt traders' caravans from the salt-rich highlands to
the low country, hang on the wall beside the tent.
Prints called T'hangas, which were used in personal meditation, are displayed abundantly on the walls. What is most striking about the exhibit is the vast array of brilliant colors.
The population of Tibetans in the world has dropped from its

estimated pre-occupation number of 1,500,000 to 100,000, or
less than the population of Eugene.
A number of the large local population of Tibetans combined
their efforts with the Kerns Gallery for two years to assemble the
show.
Kuno Ngawangthondup Narkyid, a Tibetan in the linguistics
deaprtment at the U of O explains that the exhibit is "just the tip
of the icebe.rg.'' The colors used in authentic pre-occupation
Tibetan art were often more brilliant due to the nature of
Tibetan dyes.
Lama Sonam of the Cottage Grove Center for the Study of
Tibetan Buddhism, is also an artist with work on display in the
show. One of his pieces is an elaborate "Black Hat Dance
Costume'' worn by dancers in ceremonies at the Cottage Grove
Center. The costume, as with all of the art on display, is rich in
symbols, such as skulls, which symbolize earthly impermanence.
Also among the items on display are carpets, baskets, shrines,
a throne, prayer wheels and clothing. Much of the art is
pre-1959, some pre-dates 19<X>, and some has been created by exiled artists in Tibetan border countries. The exhibit is outstanding and the attending staff is overwhelmingly well informed on
the meaning of the pieces and their abundant beauty and symbolism.
The gallery is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Tibetan activities and presentations will be held at the gallery.
Call 345-1511 for schedules.

A SEASON MADE TO ORDER

LCC STUDENT'S!

You too can use the Craft Center Facilities
for just $12.00 per term.
Workshops are offered throughout
Fall Term for:
Ceramics
Woodworking
Bicycle Repair
Pen, Paint, Paper Arts
Fiber Arts
Stained Glass
Jewelry
Photography

Ground Floor of EMU at U of 0
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