November 6, 1987
Vol. 23 No. 7

Lane
Community
College

"The written word passeth on the torch of wisdom"

Bronze likeness of King donated to MCC
by Katayoon Moavenzadeh

TORCH Staff Writer

"We must all learn to live
together as brothers or we will
all perish together as f oats. "
(Quote by Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. engraved on
bronze relief likeness, created
by Chuck Loften.)
"Dr. King has been gone
now for 19 years, but his ideals
and ideas live on for all of
us," stated LCC Pres. Richard
Turner during a rededication
of the campus' Multicultural
Center on Nov. 4.
The highlight of the
ceremony was Turner's unveil-

ing of a relief likeness, cast in
bronze, of Dr. King, created
by former LCC student Chuck
Loften.

Although Loften could have
sold the piece for a great deal
of money, according to
Turner, "he has chosen instead to join with Dr. King
and those who operate the
Multicultural Center to make
his statement to the futherance
of human rights and opportunities.
The purpose of the
Multicultural Center "is mainly to make people aware that
there are different cultures and

if they took the time to meet
people they could find out a
little bit more about (each
other), and they wouldn't be
afraid of one another,'' stated
Connie Mosquita, coordinator
of the center.

The rededication took place
in order to formally recognize
the Center, which has never
happened before, Mosquita
explained.
The ceremony began with a
prayer and blessing of the
Center, performed by Father
James Dieringer of Campus
Ministries and included an
open house.

photo by Don Jones

Chuck Loften accepts Pres. Turner's gratitude.

Faculty: No Self-Support

LCC'ssafe
•
investments
•
survive
market crash

by Diane Davis

TORCH Editor

In opposit10n to the emergence of
"Self-Support" classes at LCC, English and
Foreign Language Department faculty voted
against offering the courses, during a regular
monthly meeting on Nov. 4.
The faculty, which met with Vice President
of Instruction Jacquelyn Belcher on Oct. 21,
feels that the college has not adequately proven
that it is in such dire financial straits that
students must be forced to pay extra tuition,

by Robert Ward

TORCH Associate Editor

"LCC was not hurt directly" from the recent stock
market crash, states Financial Services Director Verne
Whittaker.
According to Whittaker, college investments are
restricted by state statute, and those investments weren't
hurt.
LCC's money is in CD's (certificates of deposit), he explains. Investors, such as LCC, purchase CD's from a
bank for certain amounts of money. The college negotiates
with the bank on the interest rate and the date of maturity
of the CD. The college receives the face value of the CD,
plus interest when it matures.
Under state statute a bank must provide collateral for
110 percent of the CD's value. For example, Whittaker
says, if a $500,000 CD is purchased, $550,000 must be
secured up in collateral. $50,000 remains with the Federal
Depository Insurance Corporation, while the rest is placed
in other securities.

states English Instructor Susan Dunne.
"This (vote) may not prevent them
( elf-Support classes) from coming in, but at
least we will go on record as saying we're opposed to them."
Self-Support classes were introduced by the
Office of Instruction during Summer Term.
Noted only by an asterisk in the class schedule,
the courses are offered to students on the basis
that if enough students enroll in the course, it
see Support, page 3

Titans run away with meet
by J.V. Bolkan

TORCH Spons Editor

Did the sun rise? Does it
ever rain in Eugene? Did the
LCC women's cross country
team win?
As expected, the Titans ran
away with the District IV
Championship Meet held at
Clackamas on Oct. 31 .
Becoming nearly as predictible as the team itself is the
leadership of Lisa Moe. She's
been creeping closer to the
league leaders with each meet,
and finished within four and

seven seconds of Mt. Hood's
Karen Stone, and Sara Elliot,
respectively, in the championship.

Following Moe in 4th
through 7th places were
Titans Nicole Lightcap,
Taunya Pieratt, Shelli Gray,
and Laura Loren. They effectively shut out any Mt. Hood
runners trying to join their
teammates in first and second.
Lane scored 25 points to
Mt. Hood's 49. Clackamas
took third with 61.

ing for LCC (only the first five
per team score), were Jennifer
Huff, (10th) Merry Gessner,
(12th) and Tiese Roberson,
(20th).

Entering the meet, women's
coach Lyndell Wilken set two
primary goals in addition to
winning. She wanted her team
to place four runners between
Mt. Hood's 2nd and 3rd runners. She also wanted all her
scoring runners to finish
within a minute of each other.

Close behind, but not scor-

see Wins, page 9

Right to Assemble

Soldiers Without Guns

The first in a series of articles on the US Constitutional Amendments examines the first
amendment right to assemble, even for the Ku
Klux Klan and Neo-Nazis. See page 4.

A special feature discusses the bias against
women veteran's by the US Government.

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Self-Support classes hinge on student money

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FORUMS

by Diane Davis

TORCH Editor

Imagine this scenario, now a
reality at LCC:
William registers for 12
credits for Fall Term and is
charged the customary fulltime tuition rate of $242. He
decides he would like to add a
Writing 121 class to his course
load and finds one offered in
the schedule by a regular, contracted f acuity member. Since
Bill is taking more than 11
credits for the term he is considered a full-time student and
need not pay for any extra
classes he adds.
Another student, Sue, plans
on carrying 12 credits and expects to pay $242 total tuition.
She also finds she must take a
required WR 121 course, yet is
unable to find any openings in
classes taught by contracted
f acuity members. Therefore,
she must register for a specially marked WR 121 section called "Self-Support, " and pay
an extra $66 over and above
the full-time tuition fee. Her
total tuition for the term is
$308.
Some call it academic
blackmail; others say it's
discrimination against fulltime students.
The subject, on which
students and faculty alike are
expressing concern, is
"Self-Supporting" classes.
During Summer Term, the
Office of Instruction introduced this new class concept,
which was approved by LCC' s
Board of Directors.
Self-Supporting means just
what it says. If enough
students register for a given

course -- enough to "support"
an instructor's salary -- the
class will be taught. Otherwise, it will be cancelled.
Because of the tentative
status of these classes, most
will be taught by noncontracted, part-time faculty.
The college has no contractual
obligation to employ a parttime instructor if a class does
not fill.
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for LCC to receive more
revenue from the state.
The administration's view
point is that students are not
"forced" to take Self-Support
classes. The classes are offered
merely as an "option" for
students.
Yet, some students and
faculty view the courses as
discriminatory because of the
unequal fees many students
will be forced to pay if they

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Belcher, vice president of In- choose a Self-Supporting
struction, the theory behind class. Sue and William are taking the same credit load and
this new concept is two-fold:
one is to offer courses to have added similar WR121
students which the college is courses, yet Sue will pay more
unable to finance due to in tuition.
budget restraints; the second is
to offer the courses at no - Another complaint is that
financial risk to the college.
this new concept is nothing
academic
than
A third reason might also more
has the
student
a
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blackmail.
be, to increase FTE. If the college can prove to the state that money, he or she can stay "on
it can "accomodate" more track" and complete his or her
students, there is a possibility education on time. However,

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LETTERS

Attitude
Dear Editor:
I would like to reply to Ms.
Yvonne Reyes letter as a
fellow minority.
You (Reyes) stated that
"with an attitude like Mr.
Guerra's, it's no wonder that
he has experienced racial
discrimination.''
Ms. Reyes, I can't understand how an attitude can
justify racial discrimination,
can you? Let's look at this
problem from another angle.
Could it be that Mr.
Guerra's anger and frustration
is from American society's
lack of effort to understand or
include his Latino culture and
values into society, or worse,
to discard them as inferior?
Ms. Reyes, this is reality.
As
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an -African-American
November 6, 1987

(yes, some still use the term) I
know how America has continually denied my culture and
history, while at the same time
they have given precedence
and put on a pedestal the
Euro-American perspective of
history and culture.

superior to another in any
way, shape, or form.

When you say we need to
assimulate into society and go
with the flow, are you saying
that I should completely accept the values and norms
from a society that has treated
my race as unequals for over
two hundred years, and continues to do so? What I hope
you are saying is that we
should become more aware
and proud of our distinct
cultures, while at the same
time becoming more tolerant
and knowledgeable of other
races and creeds. And, to
ultimately realize that no one
race, culture, or society is

Dear Editor:
Racism is not an easy topic
to wrestle with.
Recently, there have been a
rash of letters to The Register
Guard denying racism in the
way of criticizing the compensation of Japanese-Americans
who were interned in World
War II.
In The TORCH, a
Hispanic-American writer expressed utter frustration at the
racism he felt he encountered
at LCC. Then the writer's
fellow Hispanic-American
wrote a reply, dismissing the
racial discrimination on the

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While LCC's administration
is trying, in spite of last year's
severe budget cutbacks, to
maintain the variety and
availability it has offered in its
class schedules of the past,
there is a question whether or
not the Self-Support concept
·was adequately presented to
faculty and students for comment before its introduction.
This present administration's problem with communication has once again
placed it in the position of
having to explain its actions,
after the fact.

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the student with a marginal income, who can not afford the
additional fees, will be forced
to wait until the next term, or
even the next school year, to
pick up the course from a contracted faculty member.

Eric K. Ward
LCC Student

Melting pot

However, much like the IRS
and taxes, both faculty and
students legitimately fear that
now that Self-Support classes
have arrived, they will become
a trend. The administration
can save itself thousands of
dollars in salary and benefits
for full-time contracted instructors, by offering more
Self-Support courses taught by
part-time, non-contracted instructors.
There is also a significant
potential for profit on such
courses since the . students,

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basis that, basically, he had "a
chip on (his) shoulder." The
second writer went on to call
the first writer's use of the
word Chicano out of fashion,
declaring that she likes "to be
identified as a person - never
mind the racial distinctions,"
and suggests that a person
should "assimilate themselves
into society."
The second writer, it seems
to me, is taking the easy way
out. To be judged as an individual is wonderful and very
desirable. But too often, the
way to the individual is blocked.
I'm not talking about blatant, public racism. I think
that by now that sort of Klanlike behavior is so contrary to
most American's beliefs that it
sticks out like a sore thumb. If
that sort of behavior enrages
see Letters page 11

rather than the college, will
pay the (cheaper) instructors
salary.
There have been many complaints voiced by both students
and faculty about these
courses. It is important for
department heads, faculty and
students to realize they do not
have to accept this unequal
tuition increase.
We would like to think the
administration does have the
best interests of both the college and students at heart.
Rather than become complainers -- and therefore, part
of the problem -- faculty and
students should work together
with the administration to
come up with alternatives that
will offer students the variety
and choices they need in
courses, without compromising the quality or adding to the
cost of their education.
Because, regardless of how
these classes are justified, the
reality is: Self-Support courses
academically
are
discriminating and favor only
the financially fit students.

,.TOR.Ch

EDITOR.- Diane Davis
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News Tracking
by Robert Ward

TORCH Associate Editor

New Supreme Court Nomination
President Reagan has nominated Douglas Ginsburg to
replace the retired Lewis Powell for Supreme Court
Justice. He is former head of the Justice Department's antitrust division and current US Circuit Court of Appeals
judge.
Ginsburg has already drawn attention because of a ruling he personally handled regarding First Amendment protection for cable operators.
Ginsburg had $140,000 invested in a cable television corporation when the Supreme Court adopted his arguments
in a decision on June 2, 1986, that will reduce government
regulation of cable operators.
Ginsburg apparently didn't violate any conflict of interest laws because the company in which he invested was
not a direct party to the case, even though it could benefit
from the ruling.
A presidential executive order, in effect since 1965, prohibits federal officials from taking action or participating
in any decision that may benefit the official publically or
privately.
Justice regulations provide that if conflict of interest
questions arise, they should be refered to the deputy attorney general for a ruling. Ginsburg discussed the case
with his deputy in the antitrust division, but the question
didn't go beyond discussion.
Ginsburg believed his ruling would not affect the value
of his holdings in Rogers Communications, Inc., a Canadian company.
Rogers is about the 20th-largest cable operator in the
US, but - counting its Canadian franchises - the third or
fourth largest in North America.
Weinberger Resigns
Casper Weinberger resigned as Secretary of Defense,
citing personal reasons for the decision. He was replaced
by President Reagan's former security advisor, Frank
Carlucci.
Weinberger was one of President Reagan's original
Cabinet members. He served as Defense Secretary longer
than all but one of his predecessors, Robert McNamara.
Weinberger was a big supporter of the Reagan administration's defense buildup.
Weinberger is an old friend of Reagan's, and his departure from the Cabinet is another in a series of changes as
the president moves into his final year.
Labor Secretary William Brock and Transportation
Secretary Elizabeth Dole have resigned in recent weeks.
Although Weinberger was a loyal Cabinet officer, he
strongly disagreed with Reagan's decision to sell arms to
Iran. He testified about his opposition at the Iran-Contra
hearings held last summer.
Chinese Leader Steps Down
China's senior leader Deng Xiaoping, 83, stepped down
from the Central Committee of the Communist Party on
Sunday, Nov. 1. Deng is leading an exodus of aging leaders
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to try and rejuvenate the party.
Replacing Zeng as the head of the Communist Party is
Zhao Ziyang,68.
The size of the Central Committee, the main policymaking body of the party, was reduced from 209 to 175,
reflecting a Deng pledge to streamline party functions.
Deng has said frequently that he hoped to leave several
of his posts open to pave the way for younger leaders to
carry forth the economic reforms he set in motion when he
rose to power nine years ago.
Deng also resigned as chairman of the Central Advisory
Committee, a body of elders he created at the last congress
in 1982 to begin the process of easing aging revolutionaries
out of power.

Friday Forum meets
by Diane Davis

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will be offered. Otherwise, the class will be
cancelled.
Because of the transitory status of the
classes, the college will employ non-contracted,
part-time instructors to teach the courses. Parttime instructors are paid a reduced salary and
no benefits, as opposed to full-time, contracted
faculty members.
The college will also suffer no financial
burden for the classes as students must pay for
the instructional costs of the courses.
A full-time student, who under previous college policy could expect to pay a set rate of $242
for his or her tuition, will now have to pay $22
per credit hour, over the regular tuition, if he or
she registers for a Self-Support class.
Yet, another full-time student who is able to
register for classes which are funded entirely by
the college's general fund, will only pay the
full-time tuition rate of $242, regardless of the
number of credits he or she takes.
This inequality in tuition is considered
discriminatory by both faculty and students on
campus.
"From a purely student perspective, I think
they (Self-Support classes) could be viewed as
discriminating because registration is based on
social security numbers," says ASLCC President Jeff Moisan. "If it (a student's social
security number) makes you register late, you
are forced to pay more for a class than
somebody else.
''However, at the present time I can see no
other alternative to increase enrollment.''
English and Foreign Language Department
Head Jack Powell says he is ethically "torn"
over Self-Support classes.
"We can only offer so many sections. How
on earth do you serve more students? These
courses are an option to students. There's
nothing that compels them to take SelfSupport."
However Powell says there is a subtle
blackmail involved in offering Self-Support
classes for required courses.
''As a student, it may be crucial for me to get
this particular course this quarter. If all other
courses are full, I may find myself choosing to
take a Self-Support class because it's more
money to go to school for another quarter, instead of taking the Self-Support this quarter.
It's a subtle blackmail but it's there."
Powell says faculty members in his department are also having problems accepting the
courses.
"There's some problems with self-support in
this department. We are ~ service department.
Powell says faculty members in his department are also having problems accepting the
courses.
"There's some problems with self-support in
this department. We are a service department.
Literally our courses are provided as a way of
meeting lower division requirements. WR120
and WR121 are particularly sensitive areas.
Essentially we are saying to students 'you must
have these classes.' It's academic blackmail if
we offer these classes as Self-Support."
Dunne says, "If the college sees this as a
budgetary way of saving money, they'll save it
at the expense of quality and commitment."

• The effect on the ratio of full-time instructors to part-time instructors.
According to Belcher, ''there will not be an
imbalance. We don't have near the amount of
part-time people around here that we use to
because we just don't have the money for
them."
• The ethics of unequal tuition for full-time
students.
"A student is not required to take a SelfSupport course, it's just another option. If a
student is unable to get in (to a course budgeted
for in the general fund) the student has the option of going to U of 0, another college outside
of our area, or waiting until next term. A student isn't coerced into it. It's a student's
choice.''
• The lack of knowledge by a majority of
students that they signed up for Self-Support
classes.
This was a legitimate problem, Belcher
stated, due to the fact that Self-Support courses
were not adequately highlighted in the class
schedule. She plans to correct this problem in
the Winter Term class schedule by making such
courses more easily identifiable.
• Students in some programs have no alternatives. Required courses for their programs
are only being offered this term on a SelfSupport basis.
Belcher stated that she was not aware that
this situation existed. According to English
department faculty members, students enrolled
in LCC's Nanny Program are offered no options and are forced to pay extra for courses required for their major. According to Belcher,
since Self-Support is only an option, it is not
suppose to be the '' only game in town. If that
situation exists, it should never have happened."

Club helps ease speaki ng fears
by Lynne Swift

TuRCH Staff Writer

TORCH Editor

Friday Forums are back.
LCC's social awareness club will again present discussions on
current issues every Friday afternoon, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in
the Cafeteria.
Founded by Deborah Del George and Su Boliou, the goal of
Friday Forums "is to educate and inform ourselves and our
peers of current political and social events, through structered
forums," says Del George.
Topics planned for discussion thus far include: disabled
students issues; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals;
and, old growth.
The club also meets each Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in Center
Building, Room 480.

Because non-contracted, part-time instructors will teach the courses, Dunne says there is a
concern about the commitment they may have
to the college.
'' I want to protect the integrity and not abuse
the very people we're suppose to be serving.
"I feel committed to this college. I've been
here 16 years and I resent looking down the
road at a part-time institution".
This concern that the trend at LCC will turn
towards part-time instructors is only one of the
many worries that Belcher addressed during the
Oct. 21 meeting with English Department faculty.
Belcher explained to the faculty that the college is presently unable to answer a demand for
additional courses, once all available classes
have filled, because of budget constraints. The
continual decrease in revenue during the past
five years -- due to a decrease in full-time
enrollment -- has also reduced the amount the
college receives in state reimbursements.
Self-Support classes are considered an alternative to offering no classes, or forcing
students to take courses at the U of O at higher
tuition rates, Belcher stated.
Faculty members attending the meeting posed numerous questions to Belcher regarding the
classes.
Some of the concerns which Belcher addressed were:

''There was one class I
dreaded more than any other
class I had to take.''
This quote from a student
evaluation of an LCC speech
class, captures the overwhelming fear of public speaking
that haunts many Americans.
According to ''The Book of
Lists," 41 perc~nt of
Americans surveyed said their
greatest fear was speaking in

public, but only 19 percent
said they dreaded death.
Barbara Breaden, LCC
speech instructor, has taught
hundreds of students to speak
comfortably in front of
groups. Now, she is founding
a Forensics Club at LCC that
will give students an opportunity to prepare for competitive speaking experiences.
Forensics, the art of debate
and argumentation, can boost
confidence tremendously, says
Breaden. "It teaches people to
think on their feet, organize
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information, and, it looks
great on a resume. The competition aspect is the most interesting to people," she says.
''Once they realize they can do
it, they get hooked."
Breaden has scheduled
forensics competitions for the
club in Portland.
The club is open to any interested student. No previous
public speaking experience is
emphasizes
necessary,
Breaden. Additional information is available from Breaden,
at ext. 2419.
November 6, 1987

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'Little minds' protected
by First Amen dment
forum by Brian Frishman
fORCH Staff Writer

''Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech ... or
the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
First Amendment, US Constitution
"Behind the phrase 'law and order' many conceal their opposition to civil
rights en/orcement and to dissent. "
Ramsey Clark
Each year in our country groups such as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and
Neo-Nazis organize marches promoting their ideologies of bigotry and hate.
Unfortunately, counter protesters too often resort to inflammatory
epithets that quickly create a mountain out of a molehill. The media, ever
hungry for sensationalism, rush to the demonstration site and blows the
event up to grotesque proportions.
What these people lose sight of in their efforts to censor these bigoted
groups' right to assemble, is that a mere 25 years ago many counties, states,
and the federal government tried, ultimately unsuccessfully, to prevent civil
rights demonstrations and anti-war protests that finally brought true
political liberty to all Americans.
It was wrong for civil rights protesters to be censored in their quest for
peaceful assembly 25 years ago when their goals were to strengthen the
tenets of the constitution. It is, however, also wrong for these very same
groups to attempt to censor people whose beliefs run counter to the Bill of
Rights.
Our republic's strength is rooted in its First Amendment rights for all its
citizens -- regardless of race, creed, religion, or politics.
That strength is weakened when it exists in hypocrisy. If one group is prohibited from its lawful right of redressing their political grievances, then all
groups may become targets of repression.
George Will, in his essay ''Nazis in Skokie: The Right to Speak, the Right
to Prevail" (1978), criticizes liberals for supporting the rights of Nazis to
assemble. Will worries that allowing them to demonstrate is allowing them
to compete in the marketplace (competition implying the right to win.) He
claims that liberals believe it is better to be ruled by Nazis than to restrict
them.
Expressing contempt for the constitution is legal and easily done. What
Will fails to mention is that carrying out actions counter to the Bill of Rights
is illegal and punishment easily enforced.
Chief Justice Vinson argued for "full and free discussion, even of ideas
we hate." The Smith Act (1940) makes a clear distinction between the
"statement of a philosophical belief and the advocacy of an illegal llction."
Individuals cannot be prosecuted for expressing a mere belief in an
"abstract idea" such as the violent overthrow of the government.
Will's "liberals" are made up of many minorities; many are veterans of
civil rights movements throughout the world who have intimate knowledge
of the consequences of not being allowed their basic freedoms. They well
remember how difficult it is to fight against oppression when governments
command the power to silence their protests.

These "liberals" realize that free speech is intended to invite dispute. This
dispute may open a dialog whereby members of a Nazi-like group may,
after being allowed the freedom to express their views, listen to the views of
those who oppose them. Discourse, not denial, is the cornerstone of
democracy.
Henry J. Abraham in his book Freedom and The Court states that,
''Repression of expression will only serve to sharpen the sense of injustice
and provide added arguments and rationalizations for desperate, perhaps
reckless, measures."
Repression of expression may give a false sense of security by driving .
dissident opinion underground. Yet this very act of forced conversion may
mask a growing tide of dangerous pressure in our society, argues Abraham.
Is it not better to let these groups march so their expressions of hate may
be released, rather than fermenting and growing inside them? And, in the
bright light of day, these groups can be scrutinized and their numbers
known.
Like all groups who wish to assemble there are laws which must be
adhered to, the primary one being the "Clear and Present Danger" test
designed by Justice Holmes in Schenck vs. United States (1919).
It asserts that speech becomes punishable as action only when there is a
danger -- clear and present -- that it will bring about violent action.
In Chaplinsky vs New Hampshire (1942) the Court agreed that" ... the
lewd and obscene, the profane, the libelous and the insulting, or 'fighting'
words ... that tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace ... is not in
any proper sense communication or of opinion safeguarded by the Constitution.
Clearly, once orderly conduct is abused, the government may step in and
revoke the marchers' rights and prosecute the offenders.
George Will paraphrases Professor Walter Berns from his book The First
Amendment and the Future of America. Berns argues that the First Amendment is a part of a political document. There are political purposes for protecting free speech and some speech is incompatible with those purposes.
The purpose of the constitution is to establish a government faithful to the
"self-evident" truths of the Declaration of Independence.
It is interesting to note that the "self-evident truths" of the Declaration
of Independence are constantly evolving over time, due in part to
demonstrations that are often unpopular to the ruling administration.
One wonders how many of these people who rant (rightly so) against the
closing of opposition newspapers in a destabilized country can justify their
prohibitionist fears concerning rights to assemble in a democracy as strong
as ours.
One supposes that these same people believe they have some special
knowledge of whose freedom of speech is proper and justified under our
constitution.
Had not interpretation of the constitution. and Declaration of Independence evolved, many of these Neo-Nazi groups' ideologies would be
more akin to some of the slave-owners who drafted them.
America is a strong and prosperous country. Let us not weaken our principles through selective enforcement. When people are free and justice is
equally dispensed, being fearful of little minds with hate-filled hearts gives
undue credence to their philosophies and displays a moral weakness on
those who seek to censor.

No chance of AIDS from toilet
by David Monje

TORCH Staff Writer

"Can I get AIDS from a
toilet seat.''
"No"says Sandra Ing, LCC
Student Health Services director.
Although the AIDS virus
has been found in contaminated urine and feces,
there is no realistic danger of
contracting AIDS from a tiolet
seat, she says. The odds of infection from a toilet seat are
equal to "getting hit by a
meteorite .. .it's that sort of
probability,'' states Ing.
Despite the low probability
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of infection from urinals in
public restrooms, the use of
toilet seat covers at LCC has
increased from 10,000 a year,
three years ago, to about
100,000 this year, according to
Ken Johnson, LCC general
service manager.

While LCC provides the
seat covers as a courtesy to
students, they are not required
by the state health code. According to David Weinecke,
assistant director of Campus
Services, the State Health
Department does not mandate
that toilet seat cover
dispensers be provided in
public restrooms.
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''The health officials I've
talked to all feel they (toilet
seat covers) are cosmetic," he
states. Although there is
always been a potential for
contracting veneral disease
from toilet seats and
doorknobs, there is no real
risk of infection because the
virus' are so fragile, according
to W einecke.
The AIDS virus, like many
sexually transmitted viruses, is
unable to survive for long outside the human body. It is very
sensitive to changes in acidity,
temperature, and light intensity, says Weinecke.
Ing affirms Weinecke' s

statement. "It's a very fragile
virus, it doesn't like to be
cold."

According to Surgeon
General C. Everett Koop's
report on the AIDS virus,
''There is no known risk of
non-sexual infection in most
of the situations we encounter
in our daily lives. We know
that family members living
with individuals who have the
AIDS virus do not become infected except through sexual
contact.''
Nor do the care-givers of
babies with AIDS ever contract the virus, states Ing, even
though they frequently come

into contact with contaminated urine and feces

while changing diapers.
Only three out of 750 health
care workers associated with
AIDS patients, who were
tested for the AIDS virus, had
positive results. According to
the Surgeon General's report
they had accidentally stuck
themselves with contaminated
needles, which enabled the
their
to . enter
virus
bloodstream.
For these reasons health officials do not believe there is
any true danger of contracting
the AIDS virus from toilet
seats.

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than the LCC cafeteria for financial
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from SELCO Credit Union offers
all the benefits of teller banking
without leaving the campus.
We know, for instance, that
students can run as short on time as
they do on money. The SELCO
machine makes it easy to deposit
and withdraw in one quick exchange.
With an Exchange Card, SELCO
members can access their Regular
Share Account as well as their Share
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The SELCO Exchange Cash
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convenience. It's your source of
financial aid.
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members using the U.S. Bank Cash Machine in the LCC
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vterans:
Fighting for recognition
by Julie Crist

TORCH Entertainment Editor

In March, 1979, Congress passed a bill awarding "honorable
discharges" and recognizing the active military service of all
former members of the Women's Army Air Force Service.
Thirty-eight of the female pilots lost their lives while flying B-52
bombers and P-40 Flying Tigers to various combat sectors in
WWII.

An estimated 200 women died in WWI from influenza,
pneumonia and enemy fire while serving in the Army Nurse
Corps.
In WWII, 66 Army nurses and 16 Navy nurses were taken
prisoner by the Japanese for 37 months.
Yet it wasn't until March 9, 1980 that the Department of
Defense (D.O.D.) extended full military veterans' status to
thousands of women who served in the Womens' Army Auxiliary Corps during WWII.
"They waited until most of the people had died off," says one
woman WWII veteran.
Until the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population
Survey included the first statistics on women veterans in 1986,
they literally were not counted. The survey showed the female
veteran population in early 1986 to be approximately 1,030,000.
Lane County Veterans' Services estimates that there are between 3,000-4,000 women vets in Lane County. This means that
between five and six percent of the total Lane County veteran
population are women.
Who Are the Veterans?

Any former member of the military who has served 90 consecutive days in the military bef~re 1982, and 270 consecutive
days after 1982 -- male or female, peacetime or war, active or
reserve -- is a veteran. He or she is entitled to any veterans
benefits earned in service, including a retirement pension. Any
injury or condition that occurs during military service is considered a service-related injury, and the memuer is eligible for
benefits, if the medical records verify the claim.
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These are benefits, says Sherry Fowler, a service representative of Lane County Veterans' Services, that many women are
not aware of.
"We, ourselves, as women have no idea that we're veterans.
The biggest thing that shocks me is when a woman comes in to
file for her widow's pension, and she's a vet. A widow's pension
is $333 per month, while a veteran's is $496. That's almost a
$200 difference.''
''The Best Kept Secret''

''The VA's (Veterans' Administration) biggest advantage,''
says Fowler, "is the vets' ignorance."
Until 1981, most VA hospitals had no facilities for the treatment of women veterans. When more female vets began applying for benefits, more space was set aside for their privacy. In an
attempt to serve female claimants, the VA is now establishing
women's clinics, and offering all women veterans one complete
female examination per year.
"In my opinion, the VA's best kept secret is the female exam.
It only costs you up to $16 a year, and they do everything, including a mammogram," say Fowler. But she points out that it
may be a loaded offer.
"They're trying to be nice so that we don't think of claim
issues.''
Mysterious Symptoms

Most studies on veterans exclude data on women.
Studies on Agent Orange, a defoliant used in Vietnam, are an
example. There is no data on women vets who were exposed to
the chemical. However, Fowler points out that men and women
bathed in the same Agent Orange contaminated streams.
"When the guys got out of the water, they could shake it off,
but those women walked around with that water inside of them
(until it drained out). Now we're seeing a rise in intrauterine and
cervical cancers, and sterility among women Vietnam vets. But
it's real easy for the VA to just say that it's hereditary."
Cheryl Nicol is a Vietnam veteran. She is rated as 100 percent

disabled by the VA because of her severe he;
"I have had several episodes of congestivi
pulmonary edema. My muscles, blood vesse
been degenerating, and it's just gotten progn
the years."
Nicol says that she has found an unusual
women veterans who share her mysterious s:
has labeled it "Auto-Immune Disease," wh
catch-all phrase.
"Four out of the nine women that were ir
(thatched hut) that I was in have had heart
problems. One's had a triple bypass. Those a
Congress mandated the VA ~o study tht
Orange on women veterans last year, but it w
on the back shelf, Nicol says.
"I'm waiting for a straight answer on wh)
The Expendable Sex

Robert Lincoln, also a service representa1
County Veterans' Services, says that there are
with the VA system regarding women.
'' I get at least one case a month where I h
VA office and present a complaint for a worn
harassment and not being treated with respe1
He tells the story of the female vet that
Portland VA hospital. The attending physici
all of her clothes to have her knee examined
Knee and back injuries appear to be the pr1
by women with the VA.
Of these claims Lincoln says, "I think it's
women to prove knee and back injuries (t<
they're seen as people who are not heads of
Lincoln cites an actual case of a woman v
injury incurred during military training. The
because the woman had injured the same le
while playing intramural sports as a sophom
She had spent the intervening six years "
homes and waitressing, jobs that require a le
"Now for a man, it would have been an a
he says, "because they (the VA) would have
man had gone and played football or anot
and then gone on for six years of physical wi
was static and had healed.'' Lincoln attrib
within the system.
The New Generation

The younger vets who compose the Vit
America (VVA) are becoming one of the bij
the status of women veterans today.
Veterans' advocates, such as Eugene's Vet
ministration, hope that this new generation
receptive VA in the future.
This year the VV A became the first
organization in history to elect a woman pre
Mary Stout spent 1966-67 as a nurse with
2nd surgical hospital in An Khe and Chu Lai
bat area of Vietnam.
Women veterans like Fowler see Stout's eli
posed women veterans monument in Wast
signal that the age of women veterans is da~
"They've been pushing us aside as whin
"but women veterans are coming out of the

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of her severe health problems.
des of congestive heart failure and
:les, blood vessels and joints have
llst gotten progressively worse over
1und an unusually high number of
1er mysterious symptoms. The VA
le Disease," which Nicol says is a

On Oct. 22, the Fine Arts Commission in Washington D.C.
rejected the funding of a proposed statue commemorating
military women who served in and/or were killed in Viet Nam.
Proposed by the Vietnam Veterans of America's Committee
on Women Veterans, the statue of an Army nurse in fatigues
was to be erected in the vicinity of the Vietnam War Memorial in
Washington D.C. A statue of three men, a memorial to soldiers
killed in the war, is currently on permanent display in that area.
Cheryl Nicol, chairperson of the committee, says the presidentially appointed commission gave two reasons for the decision.
"Number one, they said that it would look like it's an afterthought; and number two is that the statue of three men by the
wall is supposed to represent everybody.
''They said that if we put our statue up, then the pilots wou,ld
be next, and then the native Americans would want to come in
and put one up, and that's ridiculous. The statue of the men is to
represent all the men, and this statue of the women will rep'resent
all the women.
"The committee plans to start a massive letter-writing campaign to the Director of Fine Arts. We need massive support."

photos by
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men that were in the same 'hooch'
have had heart attacks and heart
bypass. Those are high numbers." •
A ~o study the effects of Agent
st year, but it was just recently put
t answer on why."
;pendable Sex

rvice representative with the Lane
tys that there are inherent problems
,g women.
month where I have to write to the
~laint for a woman vet about sexual
eated with respect," says Lincoln.
fem ale vet that he referred to the
lttending physician had her remove
knee examined.
,ear to be the prevalent claims filed

Lys, "I think it's more difficult for
back injuries (to the VA) because
.re not heads of households.''
1e of a woman veteran claiming an
ry training. The claim was rejected
Ired the same leg six years before
rts as a sophomore in high school.
ing six years working in nursing
that require a lot of walking .
I have been an aggravated injury,"
vA) would have assumed that if the
'ootball or another physical sport,
rs of physical work, that the injury
' Lincoln attributes this to a bias
w Generation

ompose the Vietnam Veterans of
tg one of the biggest influences on
s today.
as Eugene's Veterans' Services Adnew generation will create a more
ame the first national veterans'
ct a woman president.
as a nurse with the I Corps at the
'. he and Chu Lai, the heaviest comer see Stout's election and the pro,ument in Washington D.C. as a
veterans is dawning.
s aside as whiners," says Fowler,
lffiing out of the closet.''

Women facing death in service
by Julie Crist

TORCH Entertainment Editor

By law, women are barred
from combat.
But in 1986, the Air Force
admitted that women had been
part of the flight crews airlifting troops and supplies during the 1983 US invasion of
Grenada. Yet it denied that
their participation violated the
prohibition on the use of
women in combat.
Officials maintained that
the haste of the invasion planning did not allow enough
time to select all-male crews.
American women have
fought and died for their
country alongside men, a fact
that the government is reluctant to recognize.
Women served in Vietnam
as communications experts,
air traffic controllers, intelligence personnel, payroll
clerks, secretaries, supply personnel and aerial photography
specialists. But the majority
served as nurses.
Technology created a chasm
between Vietnam nurses, and
the nurses of previous wars.
Wounded soldiers that
would have been left on the
field to die in any other war
were flown to medical units by
helicopter in Vietnam.
Despite the technology
available to treat the critically
injured soldiers, there were

not enough medical resources
to go around. Nurses at the
medical units were assigned
triage duty - the job of sorting
the wounded according to a
system of priorities designed
to maximize the number of
survivors. They were given the

responsibility of deciding who
would most ~ikely die, even
with medical attention.
In her book, Home Before
Morning,
Lynda
Van
Devanter, formerly an Army
nurse in Pleiku and Qui Nhon,
describes
the
noncombatant job that she and

of that war.
Yet, in 1978, an enlistment
program reducing service from
three years to two, and offering an additional $2000 in
education benefits to men in
infantry, artillery, and tank
units, was denied to women
because of their ineligibility
for "combat jobs."
In that same year, the Army
announced that it had given
commanders the authority to
get rid of soldiers if child care
responsibilities interfered with
their duties.
While the policy on '' sole
parents" and "in-service
parents" applied to both
sexes, Army sources said the
move was touched off by concern about pregnancy among
women soldiers, and later problems of child care.
(An army study made public
in 1978 had recommended that
pregnant soldiers be either
discharged or placed on leave
without pay, except for health
care, if doctors determined
they were "no longer
deployable.'')
r
Women in the military find
the mixed signals confusing,
Soldiers Without Guns
says Sherry Fowler, a
On June 8, 1969, 1st Lieutenant Sharon Ann Lane was • veterans' services representative.
killed by schrapnel from a
"It's not that we all want to
rocket while her unit was
go out and fight," says
under enemy attack in VietFowler. "We just want the opnam. She was one of the eight
portunity."
US military fem ale casualties
thousands of other nurses faced every day.
"Leading to the operating
table was the largest trail of
blood I had ever seen. I tried
to walk quickly through it, but
slipped. When I regained my
balance, my eyes were drawn
to the gurney, where several
people were transferring the
wounded soldier from the
green litter to the table. Three
intravenous lines ran from
bags of blood to his body, one
in his jugular vein and one in
each arm. The lower portion
of his jaw, teeth exposed,
dangled from what was left of
his face. It dragged along the
canvas litter and then swung in
the air as he was moved from
the gurney to the table. His
tongue hung hideously to the
side with the rest of the bloody
meat and exposed bone. When
he was on the table, Mack
Shaffner, the facial surgeon,
dropped the lower jaw back
into place.
"I held my breath to keep
from getting sick. I didn't
think I could handle this one. "

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SPORTS

High spirited harriers upbeat after meet
by J.V. Bolkan

TORCH Spons Editor

Led by team leader Matt Turnow, the LCC men's cross country team grabbed
third place at the District IV Meet at Clackamas on Oct. 31.
Turnow finished seventh over-all, followed by teammate Steve Hawley in eighth.
Mike Bordenkircher corralled 12th place.
Lane completed its scoring with Mike McGraw in 17th, and Gary Carpenter in
18th. Rick Virgin, who had been peaking toward this meet, suffered from painful
cramps. He finished 25th.
Despite feeling that they had a legitimate chance at the trophy before the meet,
the squad was not upset.
''The whole team is very upbeat. We all made great improvements this meet,''
said Turnow.
Host team Clackamas won the contest with 29 points, followed by Mount Hood
with 41. LCC finished with 52.
Turnow, admitting he may have lost points due to a strategy error, felt the 11
points separating Lane from Mount Hood might easily have been reversed.
He explained that the slightly spongy ground seemed a good surface for him to
try and break-away on.
"I went out really fast, too fast," related Turnow. "I was leading after 2 1/2
miles."
Shortly after that point, runners began to catch up and pass him. Coach Kevin
Myers didn't worry about Turnow's unusual strategy. "I trust Matt, he's smart.
He knows what his body can do. I knew that if he couldn't maintain it (the pace),
he'd drop back until he could."
Turnow cut it very close. Within the last 400 meters, Hawley came close to catching him, and a pair of Clackamas runners nearly caught Hawley.
When Turnow began failing, Hawley overheard the Clackamas runners say that
they would "go get him".
Turnow says Hawley yelled to "kick in the burners." He barely did.

LCC's men's cross country team.

photo by Michael Saker

Despite the close call at the finish, Turnow defended his aggressiveness. "I knew
I'd have another crack at it. I'll run a smarter race at the NWAACC."
Harming the Titan hopes more than Turnow's possible error was the injury of
Rick Virgin. Two weeks prior, Virgin had run an extremely strong race over the
same course.
LCC's Mike McGraw, an Army veteran, enjoyed his first chance to compete in a
championship type event. He never competed in high school or in the Army.
The next meet for the LCC men is the season- ending NW AACC Championships
in Spokane on Nov. 14.

'Coach of the Year'

Wilken wins wherever she goes

by J.V. Bolkan

TORC H Spo rt s E:d ito r

LCC cross country Coach
Lyndell Wilken collects
trophies faster than the
ground collects leaves in
November.
To be fair, the Northwest
Athletic Association should
ban any women's cross country team she coaches. Like
DeLoreans among Edsels,
Wilken's teams seem to run on
a different type of power.
The difference between a
Wilken team and one that can
be beat is not solely talent. Her
peers pay her tribute with what
is very nearly an annual Coach
of the Year Award.

Ironically, the person tutoring these impecibly-paced
athletes seems to have no personal sense of pace. Recklessly, she has done too much, too
fast.
She was Illinois State Champion in both the 880 and the
mile for 1968-1970. She was
also indoor 880 and mile
champion during those years.

Competing for the University of Illinois, she placed third
in the 1970 National Intercollegiate Track and Field
Meet.

Coach Lyndell Wilken.

Wilken returned in 1971 as
captain of the University of Illinois National Championship
team.

She received her B.S. from
the University of Illinois with
honors, and on time. She later

photo by Michael Saker

received her M.S. in Secondary Education from the same
institution.
Not content to simply compete as a national class athlete
and be an honor student,
Wilken admits to organizing
many large road-runs and
cross country meets. She attended a nearly endless list of
sports clinics ..
When she accepted her first
coaching position she didn't
choose a school with a well
established program so she
could catch her breath. She
built a program from the
ground up.
Her dual meet record for the
four years she spent at Fisher
Junior High, in Illinois, was

15-3. There were two district
championships, a sectional
championship, and a fourth
place finish in the state championships.
Having made a spectacular
en tr a nee in to coaching,
Wilken could have found
something comfortable. She
agreed to build the program
of Glenbrook South High
School, in Glenview, Ill.,from
the ground up. If you
disregard the initial start-up
year, her record was 16-4.
Again she moved, and yes,
she built up another program.
This time it was at American
River College in Sacramento,
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Heavily hyped sports spell respect
by J. V. Bolkan

TORCH Sports Editor

Prestige attracts students; students bring funding; funding aids quality; and quality brings
prestige.
Community colleges seeking respect emphasize
quality education. Promoting education is proper,
but insufficient. Marketing an image is needed.
Advertising tells us sexy women drink diet soft
drinks. We begin to perceive soft drinks as sexy.
When rugged, virile men smoke cigarettes, we see
cigarettes as a sign of virility.
Community college sports, due to under-funding,
are often pathetic imitations of "real" college
sports. We can't help but perceive community colleges as imitation colleges.
Academic success is subjective, while athletics is
very objective. To measure academic success, you
usually measure the success of alumni. A college's
powers in athletics. Less prestigious schools soon
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athletic success is immediate. It is determined by the
number of enrolled students.
That athletics is irrelevent when discussing

'The
Athletic
Supporter'
academics isn't important. Gaining respect, adequate funding, and increased enrollment for community colleges will help the intellectual side of the
school.
Once, Ivy League schools were the national

discovered that an incredible amount of respect was
lavished upon the schools that could beat the Harvards, and the Yales.
The "hyping" of colleges through sports is so
common today that we don't even question it.
It's silly to believe drinking a diet soda will make
you sexier, or a winning team can improve your
mind. But, silly as it may be, we all live by our
perceptions.
Community colleges cannot afford to ignore
reality. Sports is a proven, basically noncontroversial means of gaining respect, attention,
and money.
Unfortunately, one football team, ranked in the
top twenty, does much more for the image of a
school than half a dozen top-five academic programs.
Athletic budgets shouldn't be seen as nice, safe
places to take budget cuts. Ignoring the entire
package of benefits a healthy athletic department
offers is simply fiscal irresponsibility.

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Wins,

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Calif. In her first and only
year, she brought the cross
country team up to a third
place finish. Then she did the
same with the track program.
Wilken began as an assistant
cross country coach at LCC in
1979. Lane won the National
Junior College Athletic
Association (NJCAA) Championship that year.
Lane took twelfth place in
the NJCAA that spring. When
fall rolled around, Wilken
became associated with yet
another cross country national
championship.
She assumed the helm of the
track program in her third
year here (1981), and took the
team to a tenth place national
finish. Again she assisted during cross country, and Lane
finished second in the US.
In only her second season as
head track coach at LCC,
Wilken's team captured the
runner-up position nationally.
That was the final season that
LCC competed on a national
level.
She's never missed getting
her program a trophy in the
Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges.
NW AACC Cross Country
Championships. Her teams

placed third in 1982, 2nd in
1983, and 3rd in 1984. Lane's
2nd place in 1983 earned
Wilken her first NW AACC
Coach of the Year Award. Her
teams won the 1985 and 1986
NW AACC championships,
gaining Wilken two more
Coach of the Year awards.
Since the inception of the
Oregon Athletic Association
of Community Colleges
(OAACC) six years ago, only
one school, Lane, has ever
won the championship.
Wilken recieved OAACC
awards every year but 1985.
She's proven she can do
magic on the track, also. During her first three years, the
team took third each time. In
her fourth year, 1985, her
teams won both the cross
country and the track championship for NWAACC.
Wilken recieved neither of the
coaching awards that year.
Wilken has not slowed her
pace, running between 25-50
miles a week and cross country
skiing in the winter. She looks
like she could still compete at
an elite level.
Something magic makes all
that energy. Rumors abound,
supposedly she can make
nylons not only run, but win.

LCC spikers gain split
by J.V. Bolkan

TORCH Sports Editor

The
LCC
women's
volleyball team bounced
visiting Linn-Benton 15-10,
15-6; 8-15, and 15-9 on Friday,
Oct. 30.
On Halloween, LCC traveled to Mt. Hood, one of the
most talented teams in the
league. Mt. Hood won 15-13,
15-7, and 15-9.
LINN-BENTON
Robin Forney, no longer
slumping, led the Titans
against the Roadrunners with
eight kills.
Ann Fich and Candy
Weishedel, benefiting from
the setting of Sonja Strand,

hammered out seven kills
apiece. Strand had four service
aces to go with her 13 assists.
Cheryl Shorey dished out
another eight assists.
MT.HOOD
League volleyball power,
Mt. Hood, defeated Lane in
Gresham.
In the short three game
match, Robin Forney continued to blast the ball. She
knocked down five service
aces while being abetted by
heavy-hitting Sam Trimnell's
eight kill, and two stuff
blocks.
The final scheduled
women's home volleyball
game is Nov. 20, at 3 p.m. Admission is free.

Also providing a small
suprise was oft-injured
returnee, Shelli Gray. She
finished in the same placing as
last year.
Between the two, the runners were able to satisfy all
team goals. The total difference between Moe and
Loren was only 52 seconds.
Wilken was awarded her
fifth District IV Coach of the
Year Award in six years.(See
related story).

photo by Michael Saker

Front ro~: Traci Kepplinger, Shelli Gray, Nicole Lightcap,
Taunra P1~ratt. Back row: Lyndell Wilken, Laura Loren, Merry
Gesner, Lisa Moe, Jennifer Huff.

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

CAMPUS CALEND AR

11/9
11/11

• Disabled student registration (for daily times
check desk across from SRC desk)
• ASLCC Senate Meeting 4-6 pm Boardroom

11/16
11/18

• VETERAN'S HOLIDAY - No school

11/12

• Session: '' Applying to Architecture and Interior"programs at the U of O 164 Oregon, 3:30
pm

11/13

• Disabled Student Forum 9-2 main cafeteria
• Noon deadline for applications to ASLCC

A Reminder to LCC Students
Some students are in the wrong class, according to Jean
Conklin of the Career Information Center .She recommends
students check their class schedules by calling Classline.
Dial 747-0644, enter 7 plus the service code for this term -- 4
--, your social security number, your birthdate (month/year),
and then push 5 plus the pound sign.

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Budget Committee
• Last day to withdraw with no grade record
• LCC Fall Theater presents, "Ladyhouse
Blues" 8 pm/cost $6
• ASLCC Senate Meeting 4-6 pm Boardroom
• Free coffee and tea compliments ASLCC
• ASLCC Noon music series guest: Peter
Thomas
• Workshop for Elementary Education majors
Math/ Arts room 250 at 1 pm
• Semester /Quarter Conversion Meeting at
2:30 Performing Arts Theatre -- students and
staff encouraged to attend

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Nov.6
Little Women
"Little Women" will perform
reggae-rock at the W .0. W. Hall at 8th
& Lincoln. Doors open at 9 p.m.,
showtime is 9:30 p.m.
Nov. 7
Down to the Moon
The U of O Cultural Forum
presents an evening of theater and
dance with the Portland based
Elizabeth Abts Dance Company at 8
p.m. at the Erb Memorial Union Student Ballroom. The 20 member company will perform three original works
that represent the artistic diversity and
technical athletic ability of this company's style of dance. Ti.ckets are
available at the EMU Main Desk and
are $6. The EADC will also be offering a Master Class opened to the
public on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 10:30
a.m. to 12 noon at the dan ce studio in
Gerlinger Annex , 2d floor at the U of
0. Classes are $5.

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are $18 .50 and $16.50. Call 687-5000
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Nov. 6-14
"Extremities"
The Oregon Repertory Theatre will
present "Extremities" at the Soreng
Theater. Times are 7:30 p.m. Thurs.,
Fri . and Sat.; 2 p.m. Sunday matinee;
and 6:30 p.m. Wed. Tickets are $11
and $9.
Nov.8
Song Party
Eugene Folklore Society invites the
public to bring potluck snacks, some
songs and a log for the fire. Begins at
7:30 pm, Lamb Cottage Skinner's
Butte Park. For more information call
Celeste Maxwell at 686-1574,
688-4405.
Nov.9
Pinchas Zukerman
Concert violinist Pinchas Zukerman
will perform at 8 p.m. at the Hult
Center's Silva Concert Hall. Tickets
are $18.50, $15, $12.50 and $8 , and a
limited number of student and senior
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Nov. 10

Classical guitar
Classical guitarist and composer
Peter Thomas will perform a solo
recital of the music from his recently
released recording "Tradition and Imagination" at 7:30 p.m. at the
Unitarian Church, 477 E . 40th Ave.
Ticket s are $3 at the door.
Nov. 10
.
U .S./Soviet Treaties
U .S. and Soviet treaties is the subject of the University Arms Control
Forum, coordinated by Ray Wolfe.
No admission. Forum starts at 8 pm in
Cedar Rooms C and D, EMU at the U
of 0.
Nov. 11
Eugene Symphony
Seventeen-year-old violinist Anne
Akiko Meyers will make her Oregon
orchestral debut with the Eugene Symphony , conducted by Adrian Gnam at
the Beall Concert Hall on the U of 0
campus. Tickets are $7 .50, $4.50 for
student s. Call 687-9487 fo r inform ation.
Nov. 11
Noti Dinner
The Noti Elementary Parent s Advisory Council is sponsoring the 23rd
annual Noti Turkey Dinner from 5
p.m . to 7 p.m. in the Noti School
Gym . Dinner tickets are $12.50 fo r
family, $3.50 for adult , $2.75 fo r
Seniors and ages 5-12 , and under 5 eat
for free . Call 935-7476 for information.
Nov. 11
Women and War
A panel on Veteran ' s Day features
several Vietnam War-connected
panelists, also a refugee from El
Salvador. Denis Chericone, ex-Green
Beret and Portland poet / playwright ,
will open the evening with a poetry
reading. Event starts at 7:30 pm , Gerlinger Lounge, Gerlinger Hall , U of 0
campus.

Transaction fee for SELCO members using U-Bank machine
November 1 , 1987 , SELCO will begin passing on the 55 cent
~Interchange' fee charged by the Exchange Network, to SELCO members
each time they use the U.S. Bank Cash Machine located in the LCC
Cafeteria. The transaction fee will not show up on the receipt, however, it
will be deducted from the account balance. There is no charge to members
when they use the SELCO's Cash Machine on campus.
Jean Webb, Marketing Director says, "Since Selco has placed our own .
ATM Machine on campus for members convenience, we feel it is .only fair
that members who choose to use the U.S. Bank Cash Machine pay the 55
Exchange interchange fee." Currently the U.S. Bank Cash Machine on
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biologically different is tough
to take. Yet we're all guilty of
blocking others out simply
because they are unfamiliarily
foreign. With a mere detection
of an accent in people, for example, we immediately assume
that they are intellectually inferior and not just linguistically different.
Just as race has nothing to
do with being American,
sameness has nothing to do
with equality. That's why I
think the second writer contradicted herself when she
declared herself an individual,

then suggested that individuals
should '' assimilate themselves
into society.'' A melting pot
should contain stew, with the
carrots, potatoes and meat
maintaining their individual
flavor, and not at all some
generic concoction that's mixed in a blender, and in which
the ingredient with the largest
portion dominates the taste.

closed mindedness a time or
two. I'll bet people reading
this have had the legitimacy of
their college education
devalued by others simply
because they attend a community college. Maddening,
right?
Intensify that a few hundred
times and you begin to understand what racism can feel like
to the victim.

Not everyone has experienced the frustration of subtle
racism. But I suspect that
everyone has been blunted by

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us, it also has the popular opposition, I hope, to keep it in
check. I like to think that the
lessons of this country's ugly
and blatantly racist past is not
lost nor unchanneled (present
presidential administration
aside).
No, I think the problem is a
sort of complacency that now
has come over us. To dismiss
the first writer's frustration as
mere paranoia is too convenient, and ignores a smallerscale, more subtle form of
racism.
One of the aspects of this is
stereotyping, assuming the
characteristics of a group to be
inherent in each individual of
that group.
Racially, stereotyping runs
the gamut -- the miserly
Chinese, the hot-tempered,
hard drinking Irish, the
athletically gifted Black, the
hard working Japanese, the
violent Latino. None of these
are at all consistent, and all of
them are unfair, whether it be
to the calm Irishman or the
lazy Japanese person.
What makes stereotyping
frustrating is that it's not at all
detectable, yet all too common. A negative reaction from
another is hard to accept as being strictly personal if one has
been pµt down too often for
merely being, say, Mexican.
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Cheap thrills
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Prisoners find a release in art

Every Saturday Former
KLCC "New Dimensions Radio" guest Andre Carpenter hosts 9
a.m. discussions about
that morning's program
in the Lecture Room of
the Eugene Library. Call
342-7639 for information.

The Saturday
11/7
Market, 8th & Oak
presents Holly Warren,
jazz pianist at 11 a.m.;
"The Storm" rock and
roll at 12:30; and "Swing
Beans" bluegrass at 3
p.m.
11/9-11/13 Two University of Oregon art
students will question the
of
destructiveness
modern technology and
industry in an exhibit on
view in Gallery 141 on
campus. A reception will
be held Nov. 9 in the
gallery located near the
courtyard of Lawrence
Hall, 1190 Franklin
Blvd. Gallery hours are
9-5, Mon.-Fri. Call
686-3610 for information.
11/4 The U of O's Outdoor Program is sponsoring a noontime video:
"The Waghi River," a
chronicle of an expedition down the river in
Papua, New Guinea. It
will be shown in the Outdoor Room on the U of
0 campus at I 2:30. Call
686-4365.
11/12 The Hult Center
presents a SHOcase concert by the U of O jazz
band at 12:15 p.m. in the
lobby.

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photo by Michael Saker

Pencil drawings by T. Raymond and Dodd Mason, from the
1987 Lane County Adult Corrections calendar.
by Julie Crist

TORCH Entertainment Editor

"Art is a form of release
from the !ensions of being incarcerated.''
C.L. Earley is a resident of
the Lane County Jail. He is
also a participant in the jail's
Art Therapy Program.
Sister Margaret Graziano is
a small, nicely dressed,
71-year-old woman who
manages the jail's art program. Sometimes she supervizes up to 20 inmates, men
and women, serving time for
offenses ranging from misdemeanors to rape.
''I've been a teacher basically all my life," she says. "I see
the arts as a means of lifting
the spirits."
Last year Pat Lahr, as a student art therapist, assisted
Sister Margaret. Lahr is working towards a master's degree
in Art Therapy through the
Northwest Art Therapy In-

stitute and has chosen correctional work for her practicum.
Lahr views art therapy,
which was developed in the
1930's, as a creative release.
Today it is used to help in the
healing process, or as a means
of communication, such as in
child abuse cases where verbal
communications are limited or
difficult for the patient.
''We see ourselves as more
of in the healing arts," she
says.
Sister Margaret's classes at
the correctional institution are
held in rooms in which the
doors are locked from both
sides, and a guard is usually
present. Lahr recalls her first
day on the job at Lane County
Adult Corrections.
''They took my fingerprints, gave me a badge, and
introduced me to the general
ways to get in and out."
Lahr says that the inmates
rarely become difficult, but

photo by Michael Saker

when they do, Sister Margaret,
"just tells them to stop or
they'll lose their priviledges.''
The materials used in the
class vary, and include paints,
clay, crayons, markers and
pastels. Lahr says that the
materials offered also depend
on the patient. Sometimes offering a patient too many
choices is unwise. When working with the class from the
mental health unit, Lahr says,
"Offering something loose
and unstructured like paint to
a schizophrenic may not be as
effective a tool as pen or pencil."
Some of the inmates' work
has been displayed in shows at
the U of 0, the Hult Center,
and Eugene Parks and Recreation. One of the first major

Poetry reading

by David Monje

TORCH Staff Writer

CHEAP
WISTEC,
11/7-2/28
2300 Centennial Blvd.
presents "Diversity Endangered.'' Presented by
the Smithsonian, the
show examines the
worldwide destruction of
our planet's biological
diversity. Admission is
$2 adults, $1 college
students and Seniors,
and .75 students ages
3-18. Hours are 12-5
p.m. Tues.-Sun.

Submissions for Cheap Thrills
are gladly accepted at the
Torch office, 747-4501 ext.
2655 or 205 Center Bldg., clo
the Arts & Entertainment
editor.

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projects was a mural on a wall
of the old jail. The mural was
sold when the jail was torn
down.
The displayed work is
almost all in pencil, because
that is the only tool allowed in
the housing areas, states Sister
Margaret.
''The real art is just the tinting and shading with pencil,''
she says.
''They draw the things that
they're missing in life -beautiful women, the beauty
of the environment. Most of
the drawings are done by male
inmates. The women do more
crafts, like beadmaking, knitting and crocheting."
Sister Margaret says, "In
the art class, we try to forget
what has brought us here."

Chuck Witter performs on acoustic guitar for LCC lunch crowd. ASLCC sponsored entertainment is featured in the cafeteria each Wednesday from 12-2 p.m.

The TORCH

Jim Carroll, nationally
reknowned poet and author,
will hold a reading of his
works on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at
the Community Center - for
Performing Arts in Eugene.
Carroll, who was born and
raised in New York City,
published his first collection of
when he was 22. He was immediately established as an extraordinary literary artist.
He has since published four
books Living at the Movies,
The Basketball Diaries, The
Book of Nods, and Forced Entries. He has also had many of
his works published in The
Paris Review, Rolling Stone,
Transatlantic Review, and Big
Sky.
The reading will be in the
W.O.W. Hall, at 8th and Lincoln. Tickets are available at
the EMU ticket window,
Balladeer Music, Cat's Meow,
House of Records, The
Record Garden, The Literary
Lion, and the W.O.W. Hall
office. Advance tickets are $7,
and $8 on the day of the show.