Lane
Community
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October 16, 1987
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"The written word passeth on the torch of wisdom,, -

Contractor gives '500,000 to LCC
by Diane Davis

TORCH Editor

LCC received a half-million dollar donation for "financially
needy students" from a retired Eugene contractor" this week.
Wayne Shields, a Eugene resident .for more than 60 years and
recognized for his role in developing such projects as Valley
River Center, gave a $500,000 check to the LCC Foundation at a
special news conference held on the LCC campus Oct. 13.
Shields handed the gift to LCC Pres. Richard Turner who said
the money will be placed in the "Wayne H. Shields Endowment
for Excellence.'' Beginning next year, the interest earned on the
$500,000 principal will be used to help financially needy students
through scholarships, long term and emergency loans, and
grants. It will also be used to support students in courses such as
the Dislocated Worker Program, and to acquire specialized
equipment, particularly for career training and similar priorities.
Calling the scholarship ''magnificent,'' Turner said it is the
largest gift ever shared with LCC. Until Shields' donation, the
foundation's endowments totaled only $133,941.23.
"We are indeed buoyed by this gift," Turner told members of
the audience, which included members of the LCC Board of
Directors, faculty and staff, and local news media. "It is a statement of faith from the community. Wayne Shields' life has been
devoted to building excellence. Now his gift will help to maintain
excellence at LCC.''
Shields explained to the andien e that his background i very
similar to that of typical LCC students. "I had other things on
my mind, and I did other things. I didn't get a formal education
see Gift page 3

LCC Foundation Pres. Dottie Chase accepts $500,000 check from "truly an LCC kind of
guy" Wayne Shields, and his wife, Lois.

Hunters
not 'deer'
toLCC

ASLCC names new V.P.
by Diane Davis

TORCH Editor

by David Monje

TORCH Staff Writer

"Hunters often come
out to LCC to prepare
for hunting season. They
think this is handy, and
that it is 'the country,'
which it's not.' "
Deer hunting season
began Oct. 3 and David
Wienecke, assistant
director of Campus Services, warns students
that although firearms
are illegal on LCC property, hunters may be
graphic by Kerry Wade

Campus Clean-up
Low Priority
Budget cuts leave campus
looking ''run-down.''
See story page 5.

see Hunters, page 5

The ASLCC officially appointed
Barbara
von
Ravensburg as its vice president for the 1987-88 school
year during a Senate meeting
on Monday, Oct. 12.
A second-year student in the
culinary and hospitality program, von Ravensberg was
elected by lasL year's student
body to serve as an ASLCC
senator during the current
school year.
Von Ravensberg takes over
the position vacated by Billie
Rendahl, who was forced to
resign just before the beginning of Fall Term when she
moved back east.

Evacuation Procedures

"Biomorph II"

A follow-up story to last week's
feature on disabled students reveals an
apparent lack of an organized emergency
evacuation plan for students and faculty
in wheelchairs. See story page 3.

Turn to page 4 to see
how LCC artist Bill
Bradish spent his summer
vacation.

photo by Ru ss Sherrell

Barbara von Ravensberg

Students are encouraged to
visit the ASLCC offices on the
fourth floor of the Center
Building, Room 479.

FORUM S & LETTER S
(
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Pros and cons of new 'Classline' regist ration
Forum submitted by Jeff Moisan

ASLCC President

"Enter your Mastercard or Visa number, followed by the pound sign, now."
Wait a minute. I wanted to get a list of my classes, not give them my
Mastercard number. Let me try again.
"You owe LCC $356 for tuition and fees. If you do not pay within five days,
you will be assessed a finance charge."
Hold on there, Ed! I just want a list of my classes. I already paid my tuition!
Sound familiar? Many students I have talked with have had similar
experiences with our new telephone registration system, "Classline." Last
spring, the LCC administration decided that it would be neat to upgrade our
registration system by making it possible to register by phone. The only catch to
this new convenience would be the fact that you need a touch-tone telephone.
Well, the system turned out to have both advantages and drawbacks.
The advantages
• You can charge your tuition to Creditline instead of plunking down a
portion of it just to register.
• You don't have to come to campus, provided you have access to a touchtone phone.

Offer access
Dear Editor:
After working at the
Downtown Center as a receptionist for the past several
years it has come to my attention the lack of accessibility we
have for the disabled or elderly. It is next to impossible for a
person in a wheelchair, on
crutches, or with limited arm
strength to open our front
doors without assistance. The
glass doors are heavy and do
not open easily.
If our students can't get into
the building, how can we serve
them? After all, that is our
purpose for being here. I
spoke to the building administrator about this problem
and he explained that the cost
for installing an automatic

door opener is extremely high.
But isn't this a necessary service for our college to provide
to its students? Once the student gets through the door our
entire building is accessible to
them. The Downtown Center
has so much to offer all
students, let's not keep any
out because they can't open
the doors.
Nona Howell
DTC - Adult Education

Bad taste?
Dear Editor:
Should school newspapers
promote the sale and use of
alcohol? The October 2 edition of the TORCH had an 8

• After the initial $1 fee to use the system, there is no fee to add di' drop a
class.
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• The lines are open later in the evening and on the weekends.
The drawbacks
• Data Processing has been extremely rushed in writing the program, resulting
with errors in logic. Because of this, the computer will cut you off occasionally . .
• It will not respond correctly to certain commands.
• When malfunctions occur in the system an incredible backlog of incoming
calls can result.
• In some of the outlying areas, there is no touch-tone service, meaning they
have to come into town anyway.
• There is no human contact when you register.

In terms of efficiency, this new system has turned out to be about the same
compared to the old system.
Hopefully, it will be more efficient when the bugs get worked out. Good or
bad, we have a telephone registration system that, in spite of all the
programming problems, was able to deal with a slight increase in enrollment.
Data Processing is working out the bugs, and if problems continue, contact Bob
Marshall in Admissions.

1/2 x 39 inch Budweiser insert.
Out of the 663 inches of advertising space approximately 51
square inches on the front of
the insert contain a '87-'88
calendar, the other 612 square
inches of paper are covered
with the Budweiser Spuds
MacKenzie Bud Light promotion.
The catch phrase for this
promotion is "Be true to your
school.'' Budweiser uses this
phrase to associate Spuds
MacKenzie and Bud Light
with collegiate sports. The entire back of this advertisement
is a promotion for Budweiser
posters. Some of these feature
Spuds Mackenzie and others
feature college cheer leaders.
What impression are the
students supposed to get from
having this beer promotion included with the Torch? Does

"Be true to your school"
mean drink Bud Light? Do the
promoters want you to drink
Bud Light before a game, at
the game, after a game? Can
you '' Be true to your school''
and not drink Bud Light?
Does Budweiser want you to
drink and drive to or from a
game?
Do these promotions have
any effect on the way people
think about having a good
time at sporting events? One
ex "star" football player says
"yes." He was to speak during
halftime activities at a college
football game. As he moved to
the podium to speak, the student body started yelling lines
from his beer commercial.
Half the student body would
yell "tastes great" and the
other half would answer '' less
filling." He was never given a

Here's a penny , there's a penn y
by Diane Davis

pennies. That adds up to approximately $23,000. And friends in Hayes'
hometown of Rochelle, Ill., are still
opening the more than 70,000 pieces of
mail from every state in the US, plus
Mexico, Canada and the Bahamas.
I have to admire the ingenuity of this
kid. But it doesn't help we "less inventive'' students swallow the bitter pill of
financial aid headaches.
Headaches that will get bigger if
Education Secretary William Bennett
has his way.

TORCH Editor

I can't believe it! We've been duped
by an 18-year-old kid from Illinois.
"We" are the countless students nationwide who struggle to finance our
college educations and still eat at least
one meal a day.
We are the nameless bodies at every
institution in the US who argue -- and
sometimes even cry -- over regulations,
delays and frustration in receiving anticipated financial aid dollars.
We are the clever and ambitious who
wait with baited breath for 12:01 a.m.
Jan. 1 to strike so we can mail in our
aid applications; and who subscribe to
every conceivable list of altruistic
scholarship donors.
All along there's been a better way,
and Mike Hayes, a freshman at the
University of Illinois, has found it.
Hayes asked nationally syndicated
columnist Bob Greene to ask each
reader to send Hayes a penny. According to Greene, Hayes figured anyone
could spare a penny.
Well, enough people could spare a
penny and at last count, according to
Greene's column in Sunday's paper,
Hayes has, so far, received 2.3 million
Page 2

October 16, 1987

New Student Loan Experiment

Bennett is instituting a program for a
new type of student loan. Called
''Income-Contingen t Loans (ICL), ''
the trial program will offer students at
10 participating colleges up to $17,500
in Department of Education dollars to
finance their college educations. The
ICL's must be repaid after graduation
at rates based on each student's income. Interest will accrue at 3 percent
above the 90-day Treasury Bill rate.
But, according to Economics Professor Robert Staaf of Clemson
University, ICL's will not work.
"The ICL program likely will lead to
much higher default rates than the

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Department of Education projects ...
and result in significantly higher
payments for most students choosing
ICL."
The existing program for directstudent loans permits students to repay
borrowed funds over a 10-year period
at a fixed interest rate. On the other
hand, interest on ICL's will be set at
three percent above 90-day treasury
bills. The interest will fluctuate with
the market, causing potential financial
danger for students in the event of inflation.
Repayment schedules for ICL's will
range from zero (for unemployed
graduates) to 15 percent of income.
According to Staaf, this fluctuating interest would increase the cost of the
loans and eventually lead to defaults
and bankruptcies.
ICL's are not what we need.
For those of us who are currently
motivated to stay in school and scrape
by on the few dollars we are able to
secure from various sources, under the
ICL program, we would be making interest payments forever.
Actually, instead of worrying about
Pell Grants, Work Study and Student
Loans this year, I'm going to try a new
approach. I'm writing to Bob Greene.

chance to speak. After seeing
the effect of these commercials, he refused to make any
more saying ''They have too
much influence on the way
people behave at sporting
events.''
To me it seems that with
public awareness of drug and
alcohol abuse at an all time
high, this promotion in the
TORCH was in poor taste, if
not in poor judgement.
Don Jones
see Letters page 7

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Faculty unaware of disabled student evacuation plan
by Diane Davis

TORCH Editor

LCC's administration maintains that it deals
constJuetively with each complaint it receives
regarding accessibility for disabled students.
A special feature in last week's TORCH examined some of the complaints by students and
faculty about accessibility, inconveniences, and
hazards present on the LCC campus.
In a telephone interview with the TORCH, Paul
Colvin, director of Campus Services, said the
TORCH articles made it sound as if the administration doesn't respond to problems experienced by the disabled population. ''Some of
the complaints are ideas that have never been
(voiced) before.
''We've done a lot in response to complaints.
Most of those come through the Disabled Students
Services office." Colvin admits that while the college facilities may meet building codes, they're not
necessarily the "best." Colvin explained that the

Letters,

administration's desire is to focus on areas where
there is no access, or definite hardship for disabled
students. "It's a matter of priorities."
However, several student leaders say one priority has not been addressed by the LCC Administration.
ASLCC President Jeff Moisan informed LCC's
Board of Director's at its Wednesday, Oct. 14
meeting that the student government is currently
evaluating an apparent lack of emergency evacuation procedures for disabled students and faculty
on the fourth floor Center Building.
After witnessing mass confusion during a bomb
threat two years ago, ASLCC Cultural Director
Rico Perez approached Colvin last year concerning an organized plan for evacuating students in
wheelchairs. Perez says he was assured by Colvin
that by Fall Term of 1987, "everyone would know
what to do."
In fact, a random TORCH survey of personnel
. on the fourth floor of the Center Building reveals

from page 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Catch-22

beaner, etc., at least not to my
face ... now I'm just not called.

Dear Editor:
I would like to make a few
comments on race relations at
LCC. They stink! I have been
a student here since the fall of
'86 and have experienced at
least a few incidents of
discrimination based on
culture and race in and out of
the classroom. Some have
been directed at me and other times at the Latino people in
general. While some people
would like to believe that acts
of discrimination based on
race went away never to come
back along with the social
movements of the 60' s and
70's, that simply isn't so.

From some of the teachings
here at LCC one can conclude
that Chicanos are recent immigrants to the U.S. and once
agafo La Raza has been unjustly catagorized, shipped
and labeled.

Although the verbal abuse is
not as apparent as it was back
then, the discrimination has
taken on different forms. I
must admit that I am no
longer called a spic, greaser,

As a Chicano and a minority
student I face the unavoidable
task on a daily basis of cutting
through a maze of attitudes,
intellectual manipulations and
the usual pressures that

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minority students face just to
get an education. It seems to
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eternally difficult to get over
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LCC. I have had some good
experiences but the negative
has a way of overshadowing
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that faculty are unaware of any such plan.
However, Colvin states that the administration
is reviewing its existing plan with departments this
term and that it is the ultimate responsibility of
campus security to make sure all buildings are
"clean" in the event of an emergency.
Manager of campus security, Paul Chase, says
that an organized evacuation plan does exist,
however ''it appears the folks who were responsible (in various departments) are no longer here
and it appears the responsibility has not been passed on within the departments after retirement.''
Campus security offers a one to two hour training session on evacuation procedures to departments on an "on-going" basis, but, he says, "we
haven't received requests for this training as I
would like."
Any department concerned about appropriate
procedures or wishing to schedule a training session is urged to contact Wendy Westfall in Security.

Gift,

from page I - - - - - - - - -

until later in life (when) I finally managed to go to night school.
''This leaves a soft spot in my heart for some of your pupils
who are doing the same thing.''
Shields came to Oregon in 1923 and worked in lumber mills in
the Wendling-Marcola and Dexter areas as a teenager. He
became a contractor in the early 1930s and started contracting
buildings part-time in the late 1930s. By the time he was 35 he
had a thriving company.
Besides the Valley River Center, some of Shields' noteworthy
projects include: the Valley River Inn, YaPoAh Terrace retirement center, and the Village Green restaurant-motel in Cottage
Grove.
Shields has requested that the college establish annual
priorities for spending the scholarship.
Larry Romine, director of Institutional Advancement, projects that "it's not unreal to think of $40,000 per year (in interest)."

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Life-f orm
sculpt ure
spurs ·talk
"Biomorph II" is installed in
front of the Math and Art
Building. Clockwise from right:
artist Bill Bradish (behind
wheelbarrow), LCC students
and faculty, (1) anchor sculpture
to concrete blocks; (2) cover armature with cement; and (3)
water ~~ulpture to keep drying
cement from cracking.

photo by Russ Sherrell

photos by

by David Monje

TORCH Staff Writer

Michael Primrose

Biomorph II is here!
The 1 l /2 ton steel and
concrete sculpture on the
lawn of the Math and Arts
Building, created and built
by former LCC student artist
Bill Bradish, will be officially
dedicated to the college Oct.
22 at 3 p.m.
The sculpture, entitled
"Biomorph II," was the
culmination of the artist's
first year of study in
sculpture at LCC.
Bradish says the title of the
piece means life-form, which
describes the organic, and
abstract shape of the
sculpture. It ''was titled to
allow people to use their own
imaginations.''

One of the reasons Bradish
created the sculpture was to
attract attention to the Art
Department and its faculty.
Also, "it gives people
something to talk about.''
The project, which began
last year in much smaller
scale, grew into a full-time
endeavor for the artist this
summer. "Often people
don't recognize how much
work art is. This has been a
3 1/2 month project. I worked seven days a week, 10
hours a day,'' to complete
the sculpture.
Bradish, who is now a student at the U of 0, studied
art at LCC for the past two
years. During his second year
on
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he
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by Diane Davis

TORCH Editor

Early registration totals indicate LCC's five-year decline in
enrollment may have stablized.
Fall Term enrollment is up from last year, according to a
repor:t given by Director of Admissions Bob Marshall at the
Wednesday, Oct. 14 LCC Board of Directors meeting.
Marshall said that enrollment is close to last fall's with a total
of 15,200 students registered for credit and non-credit classes.
While the administration usually waits until the fourth week of
classes before analyzing actual figures, Marshall said -- based on
current data -- the college has 500 more students than it enrolled
Fall Term of 1986.
"As far as the ratio of students there are 180 fewer full-time
students than last year, but 300 more part-time."
The full-time equivalent is 7,400, said the director.
Marshall also informed board members of anticipated improvements in the ''Classline'' phone registration system for
Winter Term. Plans include a tape recorded phone message
which will inform students that the system is "down," and that
they must call back at a later time to register.
He said eight more phone lines will also be added totne current 16 lines in order to handle incoming registration calls.
In other business:
• The board authorized the LCC administration to develop
plans for a tax base election in May 1988.
"It will take even more visibility to win this election," stated
board member Larry Perry. ''Maybe even lawn signs.''
• Because it was unable to agree on a facilitator for a fall
board retreat, chair Mary Unruh agreed to contact members via
telephone conference to discus_s·alternatives.

'It's unbelievably depressing ... '

Budget cuts force hedging of campus maintenan ce

U nweeded and unkept grounds are now a low priority for LCC.
by Denise Abrams

TORCH Staff Writer

''There's an investment in
the aesthetics of this college,"
says the man who has helped
supervise the maintenance of
the college's buildings and
grounds for the last three
years.
But at the moment, he is
more concerned with what
isn't so obvious to the eye.
David Wienecke, assistant
director of Campus Services,
says that because of less
money and fewer available
employees, his staff can only
provide the bare minimum of
service. He says the attention
to the lawns, the track and
fields, the lagoon area, and
both entrances are now low
priori ties.
"We used to edge the lawns

once or twice a month, now
we're lucky if we can do that
twice a year. We have 172
acres to take care of."
Pruning trees and reseeding
also remain low priorities, as
will the maintenance of parking lots, sidewalks, and fountains.
campus
inside
And
buildings, walls and rugs need
to be repaired or replaced.
There are "dark areas" due to
burned out lights. Wienecke
says his department is aware
of these needs, but "we can't
do anything about them,
because of the budget cuts.''
Last year's across-the-board
cut of $2.2 million cost Campus Services $229,614. Ideally,
Wienecke says, to bring the
department back to an
operating efficiency would re-

quire about $500,000.
''Three years ago we had 30
percent more custodial help''
-- a full-time motorpool
employee (to take care of college cars and busses) and one
full-time groundsperson. The
parking lot was swept at least
once a month.
True, the college did succeed in securing voter approval of a four-year serial
levy for $2,900,000 last year,
but the funds are designated
for capital projects and major
maintenance, and cannot be
used to restore lost services
and positions.
"It's been real frustrating to
see all your dreams and hopes
go up in smoke, just like
that," he says.
Wienecke says he has
managed his department
under the most intense of circumstances during the last 12
months.
In September, voters opposed a second serial levy request
by the college which would
have restored some of positions lost in the budget cuts.
The constant financial
restraints and job losses have
affected his department's
morale, says Wieneke.
"It's unbelievably depressing (for a person to put
his/her) whole life into
something, to make LCC a
good place, and watch it fall
down around you. I've had
people crying in this office
because having to leave really
hurts."
Wienecke says five years
ago was the last time campus
services was a healthy department. He's reduced his staff
from 96 full-time employees
down to approximately 70
employees, many of whom are
less than full-time.
"Our workload has not
decreased a bit. If there aren't
some changes in this department, the campus is just going
to get worse. It's not because
we aren't doing our job, it's
because we are asked to do
more with less all the time.
"You can't keep using a
building, just like you can't

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David Wienecke, Campus Services assistant director.

keep using a car (without
maintaining it), and not expect
it to eventually stop. You just
can't let things go."

Hunters,

Wienecke has encouraged
efforts to help maintain the
college with volunteers. The
"LCC Showplace" program,
created in 1986, coordinated
student and staff volunteers to
weed and fertilize. small landscaped plots. But it lasted just
one year.
"The college community
understands the situation we
are in and that we can't respond to all the calls. We appreciate their patience and
their help."
Wienecke, who served as
temporary director of Campus
Services from January to October of 1987 while its
previous director, Paul Colvin, filled in as interim vice
president of Administrative
Services, returned last week to
his position of assistant director. Colvin will resume his role
as director of the department.

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stalking the woods surrounding the main campus.
Wienecke's own experiences justify the need for caution. A
few years ago, while jogging on the 3000 meter cross country
trail which surrounds the campus, he discovered he was in the
path of two hunters parked on college property "sighting their
guns over their pick-up, in my direction."
He suggests that students who are using the trail or woods be
aware that hunters may be in the area. "If they (students) see
anything that is inappropriate or hazardous, they should let
Security know, or call the Sheriff's Department, so that it can be
dealt with."
Wienecke discourages direct confrontation, however,
"because tempers tend to flare" in such situations.
Aside from the hunters, the college has discovered property
damage caused by four-wheel-drive vehicles. "It seems to be the
perception of a lot of people who live in the area that this is 'the
country' . . .(but) this is just as much city as downtown
Eugene," he states.
"Guns, four-wheel-drives, motorcycles, and off-road vehicles
are not welcome here. Not only because it's trespassing, but
because it's destructive."
Wienecke has been trying for five years to define the
perimeters of LCC's property. Iron gates, posted signs, utility
poles, mounds of dirt, and deep ditches have all been unsuccessful in deterring the trespassers.
'' After all this effort, time and money, we decided that our
only solution is to fence the whole perimeter, and that is very expensive.''

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CAMPUS CALENDAR

18 (ASLCC) Duck to Titan lOK Run 9 am UO/EMU

To publish information in the Campus
Calendar
contact
TORCH Calendar Coordinator Denise Abrams at
ext. 265 5 or ASLCC
Communications Director Robert Wolfe at ext.
2332.

19 ASLCC Senate Meeting 4-6 pm Boardroom
20 Volleyball vs NW Christian College 3 pm gym
20 Western States Chiropratic College visits LCC
Science Bldg. Rm 122 1-3 pm
20 National College of Naturopathic Medicine visits
LCC in cafe 9:30-1:30 pm
21

Women's Center open house 10-2 CEN 217

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Oct. 17

Friday, Oct. 16
Oho Addy
The W.o.w:· Hall, 8th & Lincoln,
hosts Obo Addy and Kukrudu in a
benefit to help fund the W.O.W. Obo
Addy's music is based on the traditional music of Ghana. Showtime is
9:30 p.m. and admission is $5 at the
door. Call 687-2746 for information.
Oct. 16-17
Barbershop quartets
The 1987 Regional Barbershop
Quartet and Chorus Competition will
be at the Hult Center at 6:30 p.m. on
Oct. 16, and at 12:00 and 7:30 p.m. on
Oct. 17. Bet ween 1200-1500 competitors from five states and Canada
will be competing. Ticket prices range
from $4.00 to $8.50. Call 687-0800 for
information.
October
"Happy Hour"
Mainstage Cabaret presents
"Happy Hour" musical revue at
Seymour's Restaurant, 996 Willamette
St. every Friday and Saturday night
through October. Doors open at 10
p.m., showtime is 11 p.m. and tickets
are $4 in advance, $5 at the door. Call
683-4368 for information.

Kiken Chin

'' Most bands could never
survive six years in a basement. A primary goal for a lot
of bands is to get out and gig
as opposed to doing something
really creative,'' says Stewart,
who plays drums and sings for
the group.

Oct. 22-23
Quantiform
Dancetourage

Alien Agent plays all
original music, and produces
work good enough to earn
airplay on local radio stations
such as KZEL. In fact, a station in Coos Bay conducted a
listener survey, pitting Alien
see Senator, page 8

The W .0. W. Hall presents the
eclectic dance forms and music of
Quantiform Dancetourage. The group
combines African and other ethnic
dance with post-modern dance forms.
Doors open at 8 p.m., showtime is
8:30, and admission in $4.50 at the
door.

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October 18-30

The State Board of Education appointed Mike Holland as the
first commissioner of community colleges at its September 18
meeting in Salem.
"(The commissioner's position) will increase the quality of
advocacy for community colleges,'' Holland told the TORCH
during an interview after the meeting.
The 1987 Legislature created the new position after reassigning responsibilities for community college affairs from the State
Superintendent of of Public Instruction to the commissioner.
Holland says his new job is to ''help community colleges acquire the resources and opportunities necessary to fully assist
and serve the citizens of Oregon."
Holland says the need for additional resources to support instructional programs is the biggest priority of community colleges. Oregon needs to make a bigger investment in community
colleges and the state should participate more in the formulation
of its college bud$ets.
''There is an unspoken, but persistent reality,'' says Holland,
''that community colleges aren't given the consideration they
deserve."
The biggest benefit of the realignment, states Holland, is that
he will now report directly to the State Board of Education.
''Community colleges used to be quiet, unassuming institutions completely devoted to local issues. The colleges now
recognize that they can play a major role in meeting statewide
priorities.''
He contends the new position gives two-year schools a "clean
shot at legislation without the baggage'' that has accompanied
their requests in the past.
The new alignment will be reviewed by the 1991 legislature.
''The burden of proof is on us '' to prove the change is an effective one.
Holland's previous position as executive director of community colleges was eliminated in the reassignment.

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23 Performing Arts Music Faculty Concert

by Robert Ward

Stewart and his band, Alien
Agent, gave a premier performance at the W.O.W. Hall
after spending six-and-a-half
years in basement studio production.

Canadian folk singer Garnet Rogers
will perform in the EMU Gumwood
Room at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance, $6 day of show, and students
receive $1 off. They are available at
the EMU Main Desk or Balladeer
Music in the 5th St. Market.

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ASLCC senator Mike
Stewart came out of the basement last Friday night.

Garnet Rogers

More Time
The W.O.W. Hall, 8th & Lincoln,
presents the reggae music of More
Time at 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 9
p.m. and admission is $3.50 at the
door.

w.o.w.

TORCH Entertainment Editor

Oct. 20

22 Dedication of Bill Bradish's "Biomorph II"
sculpture 3 pm Art Dept. Reception folio~.

Community colleges get
Education Board ally

by Julie Crist

The Hult Center will host a modern
dance performance by Kiken Chin at
7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the
EMU Main Desk on the U of O campus for $6.50 in advance and $7.50 the
day of the show.

Oct. 17

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CLASS IFIEDS
HELP WANTED

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CERTIFIED NURSE AIDES needed
for both short and long term positions
in private homes. Apply at Options,
1186 Olive in Eugene.
HOUSEKEEPER S PART-TIME
weekday positions in residential
Homes. Apply OPTIONS, 1186 Olive,
Eugene.
ARE YOU INTERESTED in helping
your student government make money
for you? We need six people/or Work
Study and/or CWE credits. Contact
Randy Rawson, SRC, ext. 2342.
PE TREATMENT CENTER needs
workers. Good job experience for
athletic training majors, physical
therapy majors. CWE and workstudy. Contact Bob Foster, ext. 2551
LEGAL SERVICES needs a receptionist/secretary JO hours a week.
Work-study or CWE. Must type.
Good work experience. Call ext. 2340

( OPPORTU NITIES )
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.
LCC KARATE CLUB meets Fridays
6-9 pm PE IOI. More info: Dave
343-5361, Wes 746-0940.
CWE - Don't leave college without
career-related job experience. Earn
credit wages. Co-op Work Experience,
726-2203.
ARE YOU interested in helping
children and the homeless families of
Lane County? Brethren Housing
knows someone who needs you! We
are a non-profit shelter for homeless
families and we have volunteer positions open for our new children's program. Call Jan at 726-8125. The job
starts this fall, so call today.
JOIN CAMPUS REPUBLICANS of
LCC. For info on first meeting call
741-0036.
ARE YOU A "WELFARE MOM"?
Would you like to get credit while learning about Adult & Family Services
programs like the ADC and Food
Stamps? Call Carol Rucker at Clients
In Action, 342-5167.
OVERSEAS JOBS - Summer, year
round. Europe, S.America, Australia,
Asia. All fields. $900-2000 mo.
Sightseeing. Free info. Write /JC, PO
Box 52-OR2. Corona Del Mar, CA
92625
JOIN OUR "NANNY NETWORK" over 600 placed by us in the Northeast.
One year working with kids in exchange for salaries up to $250 wk.,
room and board, air/are and benefits.
We offer the BEST CHOICES in
families and location. Contact HELP/ NG
HANDS,
INC,
at
J-800-544-NANJ for brochure and application. Featured on NBC'S TODAY SHOW and in Oct. 1987
WORKING MOTHER magazine as
nationally recognized leader in Nanny
placement. Established in 1984.
INTERESTED LADIES - Be a Contempo fashion's hostess and earn free
merchandise, plus 4 half price items.
Think Christmas! Call Mary at
485-6080
GOVERNMENT JOBS $16,040 $59,230/yr. Now hiring. Call
805-687-6000, Ext. R-2000 for current
federal list.

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QUAl/TY TYPING - Also word processing, editing. Free pickup/delivery.
Ronda, 93 -1892
PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE
SER VICE - Reasonable rates, Jor free
estimate call Chris at 345-0390
TUTORING in /st year French. $6 hr.
343-5895
WOMEN'S CLINIC - Annual exam,
pap, birth control, and pregnancy
testing by appointment. Student
Health Services

TYPING SfR VICE - Term papers,
resumes, cover letters and business letters. Price negotiable, call Mary at

485-6080.

COMPANION TO THE ELDERLY.
No live-ins. 344-6414.
MASSAGE! DISCOUNTS for older
women, students, hardship. Treat
yourself; my office or your home.
Christine Kerwood LMT 689-8866.
LOW COST COUNSELING
AVAILABLE. Help with: depression/anxiety; eating disorders; parenting. Sharri A. Galick, M.S. 484-4737
JO, THE TYPING PRO. 12 years experience. Accurate, quality, dependable. Term papers, resumes;
683-6068, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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.
PET SITTING - Exoticare caters to
you and your pet's needs. Call for a
free ·consultation. Tania, 687-0705

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BEA UTJFUL UPRIGHT PIANOMUST SELL - for only $795. Call
evenings 344-3184_
SELMER MARK-6 tenor saxophone
$1,295 will consider part trade. 4990
Franklin Blvd. Space No. 2.
APPLE Ile, RGB Monitor, 2 disk
drives, 80 column, RS-232, lmagewriter printer. Call Patrick
686-1105. $1,000.
ORIGINAL - JOO percent wool navy
pea coat, excellent condition, $45
Kenai 344-2482
WEIGHT BENCH. Has leg lift and
arm pull plus l00 lbs. weights and bar,
$50 or best offer 689-1620
RARE! Beatles, Bangles, Monkees
Video. Send SASE for list. 475 E 15th
no. JI, Eugene, Or. 97401
SKIS - ATOMIC ARS 200's, used
one season, good cast skis. $80 Call
Vicki, ext. 2439 or 345-8344
PLEASE BUY MY ORUMS! 5-piece
Mateo with Zildjian; 4-piece Ludwig.
$550 and $250. 343-3081.
GOVERNMENT HOMES from $/
(u-repair). Delinquent tax property.
Repossessions. Call 805-687-6000, ext.
GH-6150 for current repo list.
SMALL POT-BELUE STOVE,
perfect for bus. $80.00. Kenai
344-2482
FINE FIR FIREWOOD - $30 halfcord; $55 Juli cord; $150 3 cords.
933-2631, message for Tom.
UPRIGHT PIANO. Good tone, good
shape, in tune. $60 or offer. 484-9763

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/970 OPEL GT--Looks like a
miniature Corvette. Looks, runs, and
handles excellent! $I, 500 cash.
746-2358.
'74 VOLKSWAGEN Karmann Ghia
Looks, runs, and drives very good!
Must sell. $1,200 cash. 746-2358.
'78 FIAT SPYDER 1800 - Black,
sheepskins, great shape, $2,895/BO.
Acia 484-9754.
81 HONDA CX500 - Deluxe, shaft
drive, JO, 950 miles, excellent condition! Must sell $750, negotiable. Call
343-1228.
'69 BUICK RIVERA - excellent condition inside and out. 68,000 original
miles, 2 owners only. Call 342-4812 or
LCC ext. 2353 message for Karen.

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NEED LARGE TRUNK moved to LA
area around October 17. Will pay ex•
penses, call Nona ext. 2909 or

688-1682.
ROOM and facilities in tiny private

home. Faculty female, nonsmoker/drinker . House-sitting
possibility. Message 683-401 /.
NEED SOMEONE who will board my
7 young cats Jor two months. Call Sue
342-8106
LOOKING FOR REFRJGERA TOR.
484-5582

HELP! Looking for shop manual for
CB350 Honda 1972 and rainsuit! Call
Chris at 689-8866
WANTED- room to rent, share
facilities. Call Rob at 746-0455 or
leave message in TORCH office, Cen
Bldg. rm. 205.

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MESSAGES

STUDENTS AND STAFF- Come by
the TORCH office in CEN 205 to
place your free 15 word classified ad!
WRITING TUTORS' WORKSHOP Identifying parts of speech. Thursday,
Oct. 22, 2:00 p.m. 476 Center Bldg.
ARRAY- Wed. Oct. 21. Dance music
at J. Coles Brew and Pub. "It's
Live.''
INTERESTED IN JOINING the
Socratic Forum, a Philosophical
discussion group? Call Eric, 686-0632

BABYCAKES - Just because I've
moved away doesn't mean you can
stop calling! P.S. Stay out of Jiggles.

S. R. - So you claim you 're a harmless
flirt, huh? That's not what I've seen,
and you 're supposed to be married?
Ha! That other flirt
SCARECROW: Don't forget your
vowels! Hussy and the Lech
PSYCHADELICI ZE YOURSELF!
Screaming Trees, Snakepit, Bovine
Impulse. Oct 24, 7 p.m. London
School. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

FREE
BIBLE STUDY - Every Thursday,
1:15 - 2:00p.m., PE 112A. Sponsored
by Baptist Student Union
FREE LUNCH - Every Thursday, 12
noon to lp.m., PE 1/lA. Sponsored
by Baptist Student Union.
SIAMESE and all white blued-eyed
adorable kittens. 344-7743

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BLUE WATER CLIMBING rope
(I I mm), rope bag, 8 rings, 2 snap
links, make offer. Call Patrick
686-1105.
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BIRKENSTOCK S(Arizona style)
Hardly worn, light tan. Size 39
(woman 8; men 6) $30. 484-2320 Nancy
ELECTRIC
CORRECTING
TYPEWRITER, see me at the
Women's Awareness Center CEN 213,
Mon. or Wed. 2-5 or call 942-0605,
Zetta.

FOR SALE IN THE BOOKSTOREChildren's book "Marina and
M'Gee" written by Bjo Ashwill.

RUNNING '65 OLDS - Good
work/commute value. $250, call
Aaron 747-6771.
'61 Cad 4dr Sedan - For mo~ information call message number 344-4203,
ask for Todd.
'82 Kawasaki 305CSR. Belt Drive, excellent condition, one lady owner.
$800. Call Julie, 741-2961

BACK to Fall Sale
New!
Col. Sanchez Tamales
Green Chili & Cheese
or Red Chili & Tofu

Heinke Peach
or Rasberry Cider

"Gourmet. Frozen, Natural"

reg. 1.99

reg. 2.09 qt.

1.79

Deaf Smith Peanut Butter
Creamy or Crunchy

1.69
Sale 2.79

reg. 3.29/lb

Natural Nectar Nuggets
reg. 49 ¢
"An alternative to Peanut Butter Cups"

Sale .39¢

R.W. Knudsen Natural Fruit Syrups

Sale 2.49

Eden Soy Millt, 33.8oz

reg. 1.99

Arrowhead Instant Oatmeal

Salsa de Casa, fresh local

reg. 2.99

Sale 1.69
Sale 1.59

reg. 1.99

Sale 1.59

reg. 2.00

Omega III Marine Lipids w/garllc & Vit. E.
180 caps. sug. ret. 13.95

Sale 5.25 !

N.W. Riesling Sale
Shafer 1985 Oregon Riesling
reg. 5.95
"Slightly sweet with complex Floral Flavors"
Covey Run 1985 Late Harvest. Botrytis Affected.
"gloriously rich. concentrate d with overtones
of apricots and honey." reg. 6.95

Sale 3.95

Sale 5.95

Stewart 1986 Columbia Valley Riesling
"Luscious with Flavors of grapefruit , apricots,
orange rind" --Double Gold at S.F. Competiti on
reg. 5.95

Sale 4.50

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DAILY

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343-9142

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Cheap thrills
FREE
10/17 Saturday market,
8th & Oak, live entertainment. 11 :30 and 2
p.m., David Jackson,
Native American drumming and dance. 12:30,
Youthtones, reggae
youth. 3 p.m., Two
Heads In, jazz.
10/17-11/14 New Zone
Gallery, 411 High St.
presents "New Blood",
featuring three new
gallery artists. Pam
Cohen, mixed media
ceramic constructions;
Aaron Friedman, oil on
canvas; David Vala, colored pencil drawings.
Free opening reception
to be held Oct. 17 at 7:30
p.m. Gallery hours
Mon.-Sat., 11-4 p.m.
10/19-11/12 The Hult
Center presents mixed
media works on paper in ,
the Jacobs Room
gallery, lower level of the
Hult. A reception will be
held from 7:30-9:30
p.m., Oct. 23. Hult
hours 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.,
Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m.-3
p.m. Sat.
10/21 LCC Women's
Center, Rm. 217 Center
Bldg. is holding an open
house on Wed. Oct. 21
from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
There
will
be
refreshments
and
everyone is welcome.

CHEAP
10/18 The Oregon Baroque Players will perform
at the Central Lutheran
Church, 1857 Potter at 4
p.m. The group includes
three of LCC's music
faculty. Suggested donations are $1 for students,
$4 general. A reception
will follow the concert.
U of O movie schedule,
$2 admission
10/16 An Officer and a
Gentleman
180 PLC at 7 &
9:15 p.m.
African Queen
180 PLC
10/17 Rebecca
150 GEO
Lethal Weapon
180 PLC 7 & 9
p.m.
10/18 Loves of a Blonde
180 PLC, 7 p.m.
10/21 They Don't Forget
180 PLC 7 p.m.
Submissions for Cheap Thrills
are gladly accepted at the
Torch office, 747-4501 ext.
2655 or 205 Center Bldg., cl o
the Arts & Entertainment
editor.

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Agent's original tunes against
Billy Idol's "Mony Mony."
Alien Agent won.
Aside from an appearance
on the Jerry Lewis Telethon,
the band has not performed in
concert. Their approach is
quality, not quantity.
"We spend weeks and months writing and recording a
song until it's perfect," says
Stewart.
The approach appears to
work. Alien Agent recently got
a letter from Atlantic Records
requesting a second submission.
And it seems that the pure,
studio approach hasn't
prevented the band from winning a following. Friday night,
the W.O.W. Hall set up extra
chairs for the crowd, fans were
still left standing, and the
dance floor was packed.
Stewart started playing in
nightclubs in Coos Bay, his
home town, when he was 13.
''They would make me go sit
out in the lobby because I
wasn't old enough to be in the
bar.''
When he graduated from
high school, he decided to go
on the road with a country
band for a year. "I don't
regret going on the road
because it taught me what the
road is really about. It's a hard
life.
Stewart remembers the day
the band's big break came.
''Our leader of the band was
a good ole' boy, and he had
received a phone call that morning from Eddie Rabbitt. That

photo by Michael Primrose

Mike Stewart playing drums in concert with "Alien Agent."

was right before Eddie became
really famous. He asked us to
tour with his band throughout
the western United States, and
the band leader said, 'Who the
hell is Eddie Rabbitt?' Eddie
Rabbitt was so flabbergasted
that he hung up on our band
leader. I was pretty disgusted
when I found out that had
happened.
Stewart came to LCC in
1984 as a percussion major,
but switched to sociology. He
says that his music will always
be of primary importance, but
that he also loves people, and
wants to do both.
When
1987-88
LCC
presidential candidate Dan La
Marche approached Stewart
about running for Senate, he

originally declined. Aside
from Alien Agent, he was
already committed to playing
with two other bands and
several ensembles. But it was a
combination of his music and
the spirit of the students that
changed his mind.
Stewart recalls the sunny
day last year that he decided to
give an impromptu outdoor
performance with a couple of
his friends to protest LCC's
policy of prohibiting live
music outdoors.
''I felt that it was my right
to express my feelings, and
that if more people on the
campus got involved and upset
and did something about their
feelings, then we would have
less student apathy on campus.''

"One thing that I really like
about LCC is individual attention and the caring that
students receive from the
faculty. That's really special,
and I know that when I leave
LCC, that's something that
I'm not going to get."

Thus, the background is filled with the sounds of frogs,
alligators, howler monkeys,
vampire bats, giant scorpions,
volleyball-sized tarantulas,
and house length anacondas.
I'm a product of the TV
generation. It took a while for
my mind to relax and begin to
create for itself; drawing
visual images of Frieda, Jack,

and their environment. But
when I relaxed and the show
was working, it was an enjoyable experience. One I'm
going to try again. I'd be interested in hearing how you
like the show. And if you have
them, how your kids liked it
too. Drop me a note.
The program airs Sunday
evenings at 8 p.m.

The student response to the
concert was encouraging
enough to convince him to run
for senator.
Stewart also serves as LCC's
assistant cultural director.
"Being a musician, I'm very
interested in the kind of entertainment that we have here on
campus. I'd like to see a wider
span of entertainment on campus because we have such a
wide span of ages and cultures
at the school.

Dream yourse lfaway to Rio with KLCC

by Brian Frishman

TORCH Staff Writer

Turn on your radio and
travel to exotic locations such
as the Amazon basin, the Rio
Negro, the Brazilian rain
forest, and Rio during Carnival.
KLCC is broadcasting
"Dreams of Rio," an audio
"novel" by writer/ director
Tom Lopez. Lopez is one of
the top radio novelists in the
world, with a long list of productions under his belt.
''Dreams'' hero is Jack
Flanders, an American expatriate who has fled the
''malling'' of America.
America has become one huge
shopping mall stretching from
coast to coast, and like all
heroes (or crazies) he embarks
on a world-wide journey of
self discovery that leads him
into various brushes with
death, and of course, a love interest.

'' 1ack is a real adventurer,
but his character is more mental than physical. He's actually
on a quest to discover mystical
treasures which are inside
himself. In that sense he's very
different from Indiana Jones,
whom I admire a lot,'' says
Lopez.
The TORCH

The love interest is Frieda, a
German anthropologist who
travels with Jack in search of a
crystal skull that he had
stumbled upon, and then had
stolen from him.
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Along the way, Jack encounters voodoo musicians, a
Carmen Miranda museum',
and a host of human and
spirit-world evils.
The series deals with serious
issues such as deforestation of
the Brazilian rainforest in a
light-hearted way. In Jack's
dream, a singing bulldozer
named Senor Bulldozer chases
Jack out of his way, saying
he's destroying the forest to
make ''mucho mucho mucho
Macho Mac's." Like the best
satire, this is biting and
humorous at once.
Later there's some inept
philosophical comedy where
Jack and Frieda ponder the
fact that "Gods don't have to
work" (must not be a Protestant God), "wear clothes"
(must not be a PTL God), "or
worry about shopping,'' (must
not be a Beverly Hills God).
Using the latest high-tech
recording equipment, Lopez
and his crew spent one month
in the actual locations where
Jack himself travels.

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