Lane Community College
Eugene, Oregon
May 6, 1988
Vol. 23 No. 25

Soviet athletes
visit Eugene
pages 4 & 5
11

The written word passeth on the torch of wisdom"

Warm greetings and welcome to our Soviet friends

Twenty-five Soviet athletes and coaches visited the LCC campus as part of
a "Peace in Sport" cultural exchange. Pictured here are the Soviets, along
with their host families, and various LCC students and staff members.

PTK chapter cekbrates 20th
by Alice Wheeler

TORCH Staff Writer

"Education is not building a resume. It is
building an environment for learning,'' said
State Attorney General David Frohnmayer.
Frohnmayer was the key speaker at the May
2 LCC Phi Theta Kappa chapter's 20th anniversary celebration, at which nearly 60 people
toasted the service environment created over
the years by Sigma Zeta, the local chapter of
the national community college honor society
Phi Theta Kappa.
According to David Donn, 1987-88 chapter
president, it is the oldest club on campus.
Among those present at the 8 p.m. session
were LCC Pres. Richard Turner, Vice Pres. for
Student Services Jack Carter, LCC Board of
Education member Martin Lewis, and newly

elected board members Mae Westfall-Cook and
Chuck Ivey.
The main event of the evening was the installation of new members and new club officers. In a traditional club ceremony, candles
were lit, flowers were held, and each new
member signed the membership book with a
feather pen. Donn installed the 22 new
members -- five men, 17 women. He also installed five honorary members: LCC Student
Activities Director Jay Jones, U of O Professor
Susan Swift, Congressman Peter DeFazio,
Westfall-Cook, and Ivey. DeFazio and Swift
•were unable to attend.
Bette Dorris, the 1988-89 president of Sigma
Zeta, and the other newly elected officers were
sworn in. Dorris was presented with a persee PTK, page 3

photo by Michael Primrose

ASLCC election

Meet the candidates

by Julie Crist and Gary Alan
Jones
TORCH

EDITOR'S NOTE: The
fallowing are condensed
TORCH interviews with the
two ASLCC presidential candidates, John Millet and Barbara von Ravensberg.
John Millet
TORCH: What would you like

to achieve in office ... what are
your priorities?
MILLET: First, I would like
to create a computer referral
service for child care. Also ...
a restructuring of the rate

system of our child care services for students, and for the
public. I want services to be
more appropriately priced for
student parents and convenient for them.
TORCH:How do you plan
ASLCC funds?
MILLET: I will continue to
allocate funds for the Student
Resource Center, and the
Multicultural Center. The
ASLCC cannot look to the
SRC as a catch-all for
everything.
The Counseling Department
see Candidates, page 3

FORUMS l!it. LETTERS

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Running over Mulroney with the Welcome Wagon
alcoholic kids, and spending it damned sidewalk. Mail caron themselves like they're sup- riers get paid to work in the
snow.
posed to.
visit
a
on
Last Wednesday
I think I'll quit paying all of
This winter, when your
to the US, British Prime·
taxes. I don't have any
my
over
kids
their
send
neighbors
Minister Brian Mulroney askto send to school, I'm not
kids
your
shovel
to
offer
to
ed the US to reduce its production of acid rain causing sidewalk, tell them to go to old enough for social security,
hell. This is America, and you and only derelicts collect
nitrous oxide.
We produce 50 percent of don't have to shovel your unemployment.
Canada's acid rain. It is
polluting their water, killing
their fish, and destroying their
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forests.
Nt:\G-\-\BOU.RS OV~R
President Reagan told him
to get lost.
FoR ~O~E- 'REA.So
I think that's great. We
pru. \'
Tr\E"--/
should all follow Ron's examL\KE U.5
ple.
If someone asks you to put
your cigarette out, light up
another. Blow smoke in
his/her face.
~
Next time you' re in a store
with your kids, steal
something. Explain to them
how in America, it's the
shopkeeper's problem if
he/she can't catch you. Tell
them that's how you get
ahead.
- .l
I think that all of these
"Aid" concerts are unAmerican under the new attitude. Let the Ethiopians go
to McDonald's like everybody
else. Rock musicians should
go back to making millions of
dollars off of drug-addicted,

Oh -- and let's kick all of the
Native American's off of their
land. We could probably use it
for shopping malls, and who
cares about them anyway?
Christopher Columbus found
America, and he was white.
And since we're so big and
powerful, I think protec-

that LCC needs this levy and
why people should vote for it.
Let's look at what LCC does
for the community. Every year
LCC receives approximately
21 million dollars from the
state and community. LCC
contributes 56 million dollars
to the economy every year,
making a nearly three to one
return on our investment.
That's not bad in my book.
LCC also adds to county efforts in economic development
by training people for careers
in many areas.
Financially, LCC has faced
some rough times. The last tax

have been made. However,
some of the programs will be
restored and a portion of the
extra money will go toward
financially stabilizing the college for the next three to four
years.
LCC needs our help. Education at Lane Community College continues to be one of the
best deals going. Low tuition,
small class size, teacher commitment, accessability and
many other factors combine to
make LCC one of the finest
community colleges in the nation (top five in 1986). If all
LCC students vot~d for the
May 17th tax measure (we
serve more than 30,000), this
election would be won hands
down. Let's make a difference. Take the time to vote.
VOTE YES ON MAY 17
AND SUPPORT LCC!

by Julie Crist

TORCH Editor

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LCC students' votes_add up to victory

forum by Jeff Moisan

ASLCC President

LCC NEEDS THE HELP
OF ITS STUDENTS. On May
17, LCC will be going to ~he
taxpayers to ask for help in
updating its current tax base.
As it stands, taxpayers pay
$2.02 per $1000 assessed value
on their homes to LCC. If the
levy passes, the rate would rise
from $2.02 to $2.32 per thousand. Not a substantial increase. I sincerely believe
students can make a difference
in whether or not this measure
is passed.
There are several reasons

base LCC passed was in 1980
and state funding has dropped
from 38 percent to 29 percent.
In addition, federal financial
aid funding has dropped
significantly (thanks Ron),
making it more difficult for
full and part-time students to
attend college. At the same
time, costs for educational institutions are rising faster than
inflation. As a result, LCC
had to make substantial reductions in its operating budget
last year and is facing further
cuts this year.
Passage of this tax levy will
not reinstate all the cuts that

Remembering Ron
A Tribute to Ron Boss
Ron Boss was a man of great courage,
determination and commitment. Many of us
at LCC were privileged to know Ron as a
student and as a man who was able to overcome many difficulties.
Ron started attending LCC in 1984. He
was determined to overcome some of his
past difficulties with the academic world by
taking basic Study Skills classes in order to
strengthen his reading and writing skills.
However, basic skills difficulties were not
the -only challenges Ron faced in life. He was
a Vietnam War Veteran who suffered from
the trauma of the war and he encountered
problems with alcoholism.
Ron sought treatment, and in doing so,
acquired a strong desire to assist others inflicted with similar challenges. Ron interned
at Serenity Lane and was active at the
Eugene Vets' Center.
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Those of us who knew Ron watched this
person transform his life. His enthusiasm
towards life and learning was obvious to so
many individuals in so many ways.
Ron continued to pursue his interests and
was recently hired by the Veterans' Hospital
in Vancouver.
On Thursday morning, April 28, 1988, on
his way to Eugene for a meeting, Ron was in
a car accident. He died on impact.
It's often difficult to understand why life
works as it does, but it makes us aware of
how precious life is and how much one person's life is capable of undergoing change.
Ron's death is a loss to many people, but
he will remain a symbol of what can be accomplished with courage, determination and
commitment. It was our privilege to have
known Ron.
The Study Skills Staff

Shame on Buck
To the Editor:
Buck Bailey has recently
written two letters assailing
those of us who believe that
there is more to being a good
mechanic than being able to
use a wrench well. One of
those letters was printed in the
Register Guard, the other was
published in the April 29 edition of the TORCH. It's
shameful that a counselor, of
all people, should fail to
understand that to do well on
any job requires speaking and
see Letters, page 3

tionism is a great idea. Let's
just send all of this Japanese
electronic junk back to Japan.
Buy American! Who needs all
those Japanese engines (like
the ones that Ford uses)? Let's
tell 'em to drive their Toyotas
where the sun don't shine!
In fact, next Friday at 6
p.m., everybody in the whole
world should take one can of
American manufactured
aerosol hairspray outside and
spray it at the sky. We can call
it International Trash the
Ozone and Boost the US
Cosmetic Industry Day.
I hope that our fearless
leader's example of noncooperation is a signal of a
new, growing attitude in
America. Being rude and
stupid is just so much more
convenient and profitable.
We're the biggest. We're the
best. And if they don't like it,
we're tough enough to kick
their butts and our own in the
process.
Atta boy, Ron.
P .S. - Hey Brian! Next time
you need our help, do your
homework first. I bet if you
had just checked your star
chart, it would have told you
that it was going to be a lousy
day for international relations
and that you shouldn't leave
the house.

TdRCh

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Candidates,

has been discussed as a
(possible new) place for the
MCC, but again it's overtasking for the department.

frompagel _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

to be President?

TORCH: How do you plan
to interact and communicate
with the students and allow
them to reach the ASLCC?

MILLET: I feel I can do the
job. I believe that a candidate
should ask himself why he
wants to be president. And
make sure it's not to serve
himself but to serve the
students.

MILLET: . . . The Friday

TORCH: What did you

Forum is a club sponsored by
the ASLCC, but they are an
independent body and they
provide for the free dissemination of information. We'll also
continue to use the reader
boards. If the SRC wasn't so
overworked they could do
more to promote communication. We'll continue to use the
TORCH as a medium of communication. I would like to see
the clubs become more involved in ASLCC, and would like
to establish a poll system for
feedback and input. It's real
tough for 15 people to track
down 8,000 students though.

learn this past year as a
Senator, and what do you plan
for ASLCC in the upcoming
year?
MILLET: I found that a lot
of back-patting goes on in the
ASLCC and that sometimes
things are not always done
with the best interest of the
student in mind. It's not intentional, but it does not do any
good for the student. . . .
Also, there needs to be an
agenda (ASLCC goals) made
so there is more action than
reaction .... And it would be
better if there were more interoffice communication, rather
than bringing things up at

meetings and hashing problems out there.
I believe that the ASLCC
needs to make each office a little less political and a little
more cooperative.
Barbara von Ravensberg
TORCH: What have you

learned in your position as
vice-president?
VON RA VENSBERG: Oh
goodness, survival. I think I
was really astounded and
pleased, and have learned
from the young people that
I've worked with . . . . There
are so many things going on
on this campus. . . . So many
things I am involved in. It's
just really exciting.
TORCH: How do you plan on

communicating
students?

to

the

VON RA VENSBERG: . . . I
was the grievance person for
the student government. My
leadership is one-on-one. I
TORCH: Why do you want
would imagine I'll continue
doing that. I'm too old to
change.
from page] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
TORCH: The by-laws of the
ASLCC limit its meetings to
sonalized gavel. In return, Dorris presented Donn with a gavel
two hours, but meetings
rester.
generally run over that -- up to
Dolores May, Sigma Zeta Advisor, introduced the series of
four hours. People have menspeakers, including ASLCC Pres. Jeff Moisan, who was
tioned
that's a problem for a
Regional PTK Vice President for 1987-'88 and Sigma Zeta Presistudent
wh·o is interested
dent for 1986-'87; Toni Hernandez, who has been involved with
enough to show up at the
PTK for six years; and Social Science Instructor George
meetings.
Alvergue, who served Sigma Zeta as advisor until 1981.
RAVENSBERG:
VON
There's no question about it,
, from page 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

it's a huge problem .... I instituted the written reports,
which is working very well
(and is saving time) . . . . We
just have a great deal of
business. And (ASLCC is)
very intent on doing what is
right. And if that takes a few
extra minutes of back and
forth, back and forth, I think
it's necessary.
TORCH: Have you thought

about your budget expenditures?
VON RA VENSBERG: Sure

have. I was on the budget
committee, and I've thought
about it a lot. We made some
large capital expenditures this
year with the computers. . . .
We needed to bring something
into student government that
interested bright young people, and computers do. I don't
see a necessity for that kind of

thing next year, which is going
to leave us free to do other
things. I would like to see the
Christmas (food drive) involvement again.
TORCH: Why do you want to

be President?

VON RA VENSBERG: For me

that's easy. l"ve been involved
with LCC for six years
through my daughter. I came
on campus last year as a fulltime student and I'll finish in
June. I've carried 24 credits
the last three terms with all my
work and everything else, and
it's been exhausting. And I've
not been able to do a lot of
things that I've wanted to do.
I've raised my children with
the philosophy that you give
back what you get from. I
came in on grants. I have one
year to give back to the school.
I would like to do that.

PTK,

Letters

writing skills, reading and
calculating skills in addition to
hands on skills. Even
mechanics who are content to
work for someone else will be
required to effectively use:
Speech and Writing Skills to:
1) Relate to customers
2) Communicate with fell ow
workers
3) Interview to get a job
4) Persuade to get a raise
5) Order parts
6) Field complaints
7) Explain a bill
8) File a grievance
et cetera ...
Math Skills to:
1) Measure correctly
2) Calculate bills
3) Figure their taxes

4) Check their pay check
5) Budget their money
6) Buy a home
et cetera ...
Reading Skills to:
1) Follow instructions
2) Translate technical
material
3) Interpret contracts and
agreements
4) Keep abreast of what's
new
5) Understand Union
Publications
et cetera ...
Buck is selling our students
short when he confuses mere
training with education.
Jack Robert
Speech Instructor

Rawson's choice
To the Editor:
My name is Randy Rawson,
and I'm running for ASLCC
senator. I would like to take
time to give full support to
Barbara Von Ravensberg.
As our current VicePresident, Barbara's qualifications and her many talents
will enable her to be the next
ASLCC President.

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Georgii Konkin, Victor Popko, Aleksi Smirnov, Andrei Karoteev, Dimitri Vaniakin, and
Vladimir Diagliev share their hopes for the future with students in Joe Kremer's International Relations class.

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athletes.

1987-1988

Georgii Konkin puts the fixings on a hot dog.

photos by
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... while Alexander Pm•
mila Gvozdeva listen.

Yuri Repnikov plays the guitar at Alton Baker Park ...
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Lane Community College welcomed 25 Soviet athletes and coaches on Monday, May
2, amid a barrage of media fanfare.
The Soviets are visiting the Northwest as part of an exchange program that began last
year when 30 American student-athletes, including four from LCC, visited the Soviet
Union.
Project Director Janet Anderson, a former LCC athletic trainer, coordinated the efforts to bring the exchange to reality.
The Soviets are staying with host families in Lane County, including the families of
LCC employees Richard and Esther Eno of the Business Department; Steve and Pat
John, of the Science and Study Skills Departments; Jerry Seifert of Performing Arts;
and Diane Dann of Institutional Advancement.
The Soviet guests were introduced to their respective host families, and then gathered
in the Forum Building to hear welcoming speeches by several campus leaders -- including one by LCC Pres. Richard Turner who made a modest attempt at Russian.
The Americans were in turn greeted by Victor Popo, engineer and sports organizer in
the Soviet Union.
Speaking through an interpreter, Popke said the first characteristics he noticed about
Americans were their warm smiles and firm handshakes. "We come here to break
stereotypes; to show ourselves and see others. You will know us better and vice-versa
after the visit."
Popke said there was nothing special about the Soviet athletes who came to the US -they are just average, everyday students and coaches, he said.
The Soviets were scheduled to plant a friendship tree on the day of their arrival, but
foul weather postponed the planting until May 6.
On May 3, the Soviets divided into groups and attended some LCC classes. Six attended an International Relations class taught by Joe Kremers, LCC political science instructor.
The Soviets -- two athletes and four coach-sport organizers -- sat at a table in the
front of the room. The class was to be a give-and-take exchange between the Soviets
and their American counterparts.
The purpose of the forum, according to Kremers, was to share informal impressions
with one another.
Peace was a major topic of interest for both the Soviets and the Americans. Popko
said one of the main reasons of the exchange was to discuss peace.
"Some Americans view the Soviet Union as world-occupiers, as portrayed in the
movie Red Dawn," he said. But, "We (the Soviet and American people) are moving
away from the belief that one country wants war, and the other wants peace.''
Alexei Smirnov, organizer of track and athetic meets in the Soviet Union, exclaimed,
'' A peace policy is the only one we have.''
When asked if the Soviet people follow the US presidential campaign, and who their
choice would be of the candidates, Vladimir Diagliev, assissant professor of history at
the Kiev Institute, replied: "I believe that Jesse Jackson would be the best candidate for
improved international relations. But I think (George) Bush will win." The others nodded in agreement.
Giorgi Konkin, a member of the Ukranian Peace Committee and the interpreter for
the classroom session, said it's up to the people to push our (US and Soviet) governments in the right direction.
While Diagliev wore a sweatshirt with "peristroika" (the new Soviet policy of openness) printed on it, not everyone in the Soviet Union agrees with the new "glasnost"
policy. According to Smirnov, before the new openness, a plant manager would earn
his/her position. But, he said, now a manager is elected by fellow workers. He said
some people are used to the old bureaucratic system they grew up with.
But all the Soviets at the classroom session agreed that glasnost is here to stay,
regardless of how long Secretary General Gorbachev stays in office.
An estimated 600 people showed up May 4 at Alton Baker park to participate in
the"USA/USSR Fun Run."
The weather, although rainy, did not discourage most of the locals from running with
visitors from halfway around the world.
The event was an opportunity to give people in the community a chance to socialize
with the Soviet athletes and coaches.
While most of the native residents wanted a chance to speak with the Soviet visitors,
a shortage of translators made it difficult for everyone to get their chance.
The run was followed by an "All-American" hot dog barbarcue.
The athletes will travel to Washington and Southern Oregon as part of their visit.

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SPORTS

(

Titans
drop two

You get what
youpayfor

)

by Patrick Bryan

TORCH Sports Editor

Linn-Benton needed two big
innings in the opening game
and only one in the second
game to sweep Lane 8-3 and
15-7, April 28 in Albany
In the first game the
Roadrunners capitalized on
five Titan errors to score five
runs in the third inning and
three more in the sixth. Lane
managed three runs in their
half of the fourth inning, but
that was it for LCC.
Titan starter Steve Hinault
lasted until LBCC's fireworks
in the third, leaving Jim Will
to finish up for Lane. Henault
was tagged with the loss, dropping him to 1-3 on the season.
In the nightcap Linn-Benton
exploded for eight runs in the
top of the first inning and
never looked back. Todd
Smith picked up the loss for
Lane to go to 0-2.
Titan Head Coach Bob
Foster, who watched as LCC
dropped to 4-8 in league and
7-10 overall, blamed Lane's
troubles on the Titan's propensity to "swing at
everything.
"We're striking out once
every five times at bat," says
Foster. "Sometimes it's a called third strike, sometimes they
just panic and swing at a bad
pitch."
Mother Nature has not been
kind to outdoor activities this
spring, and Foster admits that
''never knowing if we are going to play or not hurts us
_ mentally and physically."
Weather permitting, LCC
will play host to Linn-Benton
Saturday, May 7, at lp.m.

by Patrick Bryan

TORCH Sports Editor

OK, you're the coach. Here's the situation:
Your pitching staff is as overworked as a one-legged man in a kicking
contest. The weather has cooperated with you about as well as Ollie North
did with Congress. The Board of Education has ordained sports to be one
step above Turkish towel-snapping as far as funding is concerned. And
your team's batting average is dropping faster than Joan Collins' face.
No, no, you're not coaching the Orioles. But how does a coach keep a
difficult season in perspective?
Well, if you are Titan Head Coach Bob Foster, it helps to keep a good
sense of humor.
"We have a few players that are 'bingo hitters,' " says Foster.
Bingo hitters? I say, choking on the hook, line, and sinker.
"Yeah, you know, bingo, 0-87, (.087) 0-88 (.088) .... "
Foster has remained optimistic even though counting on Oregon spring
weather is on par with trusting Jimmy Swaggert to "minister" at the
Mustang Ranch.
"We'll play the (rained-out games) every day if we have to," says
Foster.
As an LCC coach, what do you do when quality players -- the kind that
can turn a program around -- come to visit LCC. The young men and
women visit campus, discover they like the place, and say they'd like compete for the college. Then, you have to tell them Lane doesn't offer
scholarships. All you can only offer is partial financial assistance (from
fund-raising activities).
Unfortunately, most kids are not financially independent, and a free
year of school at your second choice sounds better to them than almost no
help from your first choice.
There are a lot of arguments flying around about giving scholarships to
athletes. I realize that LCC is in a fiscal crunch and sports isn't the only
program that finds itself in trouble.
But one thing some people don't seem to realize is that a successful
sports program gives LCC more media attention, and the taxpayers, who
will ultimately decide our fate, respond to succesful sports teams.
A case in point is Umpqua C.C. in Roseburg. Last year was the first
time in the school's history that they made the play-offs in men's basketball. For years they were the doormat of the league. Then the school
decided to get serious about their athletics and allowed Head Coach Rod
Snook to recruit from as far away as the East Coast.
What they got for their money was a team Titan Head Coach Dale
Bates called "the best I've seen in my 15 years at Lane."
When I drove to Roseburg to see Lane play Umpqua earlier in the year,
I was amazed at what. I saw.
The stands were filled with equal amounts of students and town folks.
A five piece pep band blasted out "Louie Louie" as the teams warmed
up. And a game Lane squad was no match.
Anyone who attended an LCC basketball game this year would have
been astounded at the difference between the two schools.
The town of Roseburg is crazy about Umpqua and now guess how they
will vote come election time?

Soviet athletes
playing 'rat ball'
during their visit
toLCC

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Salsa de Casa
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Corona Mexican Beer
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Alta Dena Lo Fat Yogurt reg .69 ¢ Sale .55 ct
Little Bear Organic Refried Beans Sale .85 ct
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sug. ret. 5.95 OOtab

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sug. ret. 5.95
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North American Herbs Allergy Tincture
Locally made, high quality herbal complex
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Vitamins with Bee Pollen, Golden Seal and
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David Bruce 1985 Calif. Chardonnay

Buttery floral rwtes balanced with spicy oak.

reg 10. 95

T.G.I.S.... "Thank God it's summer!" However it is also a
time when many of the students of Lane Community
College think about their housing needs.

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RED HOT bargains! Drug dealers'
cars, boats, planes repo 'd. Surplus.
Your area. Buyer's Guide.
I-805-687-6000 Ext. S-6150.

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HIFL Y 300 sailboard and rig. Good
condition. $600 or offer. Julie ext.
•2657 or 741-2961.

TORCH CLASSIFIED ADS are
limited to 15 words, unless it is a paid
ad. Read the guidelines.

HEY Handsome, yea you. I'll wait for
you like you've waited for me. Your
Susan.
BIRTHRIGHT. Unplanned pregnancy? We can help. Confidential. Free.
687-8651.
WARNING! OSHEA has refused to
upgrade standards in industrial grade
book bins. For info. 747-1156.

'73 VW 412 blown motor. 7 mounted
radial tires, Best offer by May 1,
344-6776.
'67 COUGAR, recent paint, good
engine, automatic 3,100 call 741-1757.

APPLE lmagewriter 1 printer with
cables. $300 or best offer. Call Patrick
at 686-1105.
NA VY Luggage - softside 18'' suitcase
w/wheels & strap. Extras. $30, like
new! Call 716-5145 after 7 p.m ..
CLARINET - used - $150 - call after 2
p.m. 747-1114.
PRINTS & originals by Dann Buss from $35 to $10,000 by appointment
only. Call days after 1 p. m. 747-2114.
TWIN size - solid metal frame
wlmattress, $50. Luggage set - ivory
Samsonite tote & suitcase $40, call
726-5145 after 7 p.m.
25" RCA console, 19" sharp good
condition. $150 each OBO. 485-3087
or 345-0417, keep trying.

NOT FAIR!! Sign my petition to increase the number of guests at graduation. Student employment, Karen.
ANYBODY - I just need someone to
love. Seip.
WE registered 250 people for the
week. Thanks John, Lynn, James &
others. RR & JM.
RANDY Rawson and Jeff Moisan
would like to thank those who helped
with the voter registration drive.

APPLE lle, super serial, RS-232c,
w/software. $900 OBO, call Patrick at
686-1105.
USED RED BRICKS; white and sandy colored firebricks; also two tons of
Arizona sandstone. 726-5846.

Friday Forum Folks urge you to vote
in the May 9-10-11 LCC Elections.

CA VIN AMP twin speaker, 125 watts,
$100 Call Brian at 484-0955.
IBM SELECTRIC typewriter, good
shape, with extras. Call 688-0497.
PORTABLE electric typewriter,
works great! Call Rick 688-0497.

HELP WANTED
ATLANTIC OCEAN LIVING. Child
care or elderly non-infirmary care.
Full-time/summer live-in positions
with families in Boston. Includes
room and board, insurance, top
salary, air fare and organized social
functions. Call or write the Helping
Hand, P.O. Box 17, Beverly Farms,
Mass. 01915. 1-800-356-3422.

MAKING BEER, wine, etc. each JOO
porcelain top bottle /or $30 or J200
for $300. Calf Mike Primrose at
344-2094 or call the TORCH office
ext. 2655 and leave a message.

BEAUTIFUL coastal camp needs
counselors, waterfront, and cooks.
Must be great with kids, love the outdoors, and ready for a great experience. June 20 - August 16.
Western Rivers Girl Scout Council

( OPPORTUNITIES )
GOVERNMENT JOBS - $16,040 to
$59,130/yr. Now hiring, your area.
805-687-6000 Ext. R-6150 for current
federal list.
GOVERNMENT HOMES from $1 (U
repair). Delinquent tax property.
Repossessions. Call 805-687-6000 Ext.
GH-6150 for current repo list.

485-5911.

FREE

FREE LUNCH: Thursdays, 12 p.m. 1 p.m. Health 106. Sponsored by Baptist Student Union.
WRITING tutors can help you choose
a topic, organize thoughts, correct errors M- F 8 a.m. -3 p.m. Center Bldg.
476.
DINGO-BLUE Heeler, spayed
female, 8 months, all shots. Dave
Roof HIP£ or 747-2935.

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'75 HONDA CTB-500-T, 120miles on
completely rebuilt engine. Bronze color, $700 OBO. Call Bob, 781-2538.

MACINTOSH 511K, w/software,
wlmousepad. $900 or best offer. Call
Patrick at 686-1105.

VOTE YES on LCC TAX BASE
MA Y 17. Only you can prevent more
reductions.
REGARDING songwriting ability,
Springsteen couldn't hold Dylan's
jockstrap.
$50 emergency loans available. Contact the Financial Aid Office.

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'76 FORD MA VER/CK. One owner,
only 45,000 miles. New tires. $995,
call 686-1706.

MEN'S 5 speed. Good commuter.
Good condition. $50, call 485-0183
after 4:30 p.m.
TWO CHAIRS, sofa, hide-a-bed, end
tables, coffee table, love birds, etc.
Call Jay at 687-0684.
INTERMEDIATE Algebra text book
Reedy Bittinger 3rd edition $10. Call
687-0684, ask for Jay.

LCC KARATE CLUB meets Fridays
6-9 p.m. PE 101. More info: Dave
343-5361, Wes 746-0940.
I BUY REAL ESTA TE CONTRACTS, TRUST DEEDS, MORTGAGES. RALPH COOK 683-7051.

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condition, runs like new. $1,600 OBO.
726-8524 eves., weekends.

Special Student Fares

'78 HONDA Hawk 400, great condition, lots of fun, low miles. $550
Richard 689-9414.
'64 CHEVY Impala. 317 V-8. Good
condition, radials, straight, runs well.
Everything works. $650, 344-3 l 59.
'71 MAZDA 808. New paint, rebuilt
engine & trans. AM/FM cass., new
tires. Runs great/$1,000. Alen ext.
1436.
'69 YAMAHA 175 cc. dirt bike - low
geared. Extra parts, $150 OBO.
726-8514 eves., weekends.

SERVICES

NEED A PHOTOGRAPHER? Weddings, etc. Call Mike 344-2094 or leave
message in photo editor's box at
TORCH office.
DENTAL HYGIENE student needs
patients for teeth-cleaning. Complete
and thorough service. Chuck,
683-5729, evenings.

BIBLE STUDY: Thursdays, 1:15 - 1
p.m. Health 106. Sponsored by Baptist Student Union.
FUN IN THE SUN. Learn to sail
through practical experience.
747-1156.
TYPEWRITER repairs and cleanings,
great rates and dependable service,
call 688-0497.
IMPORT auto maintenance/repairs.
No job too small, low rates/payments,
Curt 942-7913 eves.

YARDWORK: hauling, landscaping,
brickwork. Dennis Stankie 716-5846.
MASSAGE for body and mind. Discounts students, hardship. Christine
Kerwood LMT. 683-0915.
ARE HEALTH problems inter/erring
with your education? The LCC Student Health Services offers - free to
low cost - medical care to currently
enrolled students.
HOME Hearth Typing Service. Call
Gail at 689-4694.

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5/6 Friday

• FRIDAY FORUM Presents:
Forum 9 - 2 p.m. in the Cafeteria.

Tax Levy

5/9 Monday

• SENATE ELECTIONS 8 - 8 p.m. in the
cafeteria. May 9 - 11 same time each day.

5/lf Wednesday

• PEACE WEEK MEETING 3 p.m. Cen.
480.
• ASLCC Senate Meeting 4 - 6 p.m. in the
Board room.

5/12 Thursday

NEED MONEY? Borrow money on
gold, jewelry, guns, newer VCR's, CD
players, quality guitars. Lane County's only pawn shop. AAAce Buyers
726-1735.
CWE - Don't leave college without
career-related job experience. Earn
credit, wages. Co-op Work Experience, 716-1203.
YARDWORK & HAULING. Mowing, tree and hedges, weeding,
maintenance, and more. Low rates.
John 485-8974, 344-0119.

• NOON CONCERT SERIES: RIFLE-variety.
• INTERNATIONAL COFFEE HOUR 1:30 3 p.m. Cen. 409.
• Free Lunch 12 - 1 in Health 106.

NEED A THESIS, better organization, proof-reading, a new perspective
on your topic? Free Writing TutJs 8 3 M - F, Cen. 476.

• ASLCC SENATE MEETING 4 - 6 p.m. in
the Board Room.

Have you experienced a
rewarding, positive experien~e

at LCC?
Lane Writer's Club is offering a top prize of $100 and second and third prizes to the
most creative and well-written
responses to this question
under 500 words.
The submission deadline is 3
p.m. on May 20, at the English
Department Office on the
Fourth Floor, Center Building.
Details are available at the
Writing Lab, Center 476.

5/13 Friday

• FRIDAY FORUM Presents: Willamette Area
AIDS Council.

5/16 Monday

5/18 Wednesday

• PEACE WEEK MEETING 3 p.m. in Cen.
480.
5/19 Thursday
• INTERNATIONAL COFFEE HOUR 1:30 3 p.m. Cen. 409.
• FREE LUNCH 12 - 1 in Health 106.

PEACE WEEK MAY 16 - 20
To publish Information In the Campus Calendar contact ASLCC Communication Dlrec•
tor Kolynn Dornan, ext. 2332:

R. T. to Tokyo as low as $540
1-way to Tokyo as low as $340
Also Yobiyose as low as $995
Limited seating ....call
Fujiko Kment (206) 696-9740

WANTED

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house to share with other by June 30.
345-5543.
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Do You Know Somebody Who
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ENTERTAINMENT

GOINGS ON

Colors and Ho_rrors get a big thumbs-up
by Gary Alan Jones

TORCH Entertainment Editor

• Friday, May 6 Hayden
White, presidential professor
of Historical Studies at
University of California, Santa Cruz, will give the 1988 Phi
Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
lecture titled, "Historicizing
Post Modernism: Contemporary Issues in History and
Literature," in the Walnut
Room of the EMU at 4 p.m. A
reception will follow at 5: 15 at
Collier House, 1170 E. 13th.
• Friday Forum, May 6
presents Board members,
students and the ASLCC to
provide information concerning the upcoming tax base
levy. 9-2 p.m. in the north end
of the cafeteria.
• Saturday, May 7 The 1988
Imagination Celebration kicks
off its festivities at 10 a.m.
downtown, followed by exhibits
and
activities
throughout the day. LTD offers free rides all day!
• Tuesday, May 10, the UO
Outdoor Program and
Eugene-Kathmandu Sister City committee is showing a
multi-media presentation titled ''Tibet by Bike.'' The free
hour-long show chronicles an
ambitious bike tour across the
Tibetan plateau, over the
Himalayas, and into Nepal. It
will be shown in the EMU
Ballroom at 7:30 p.m.
• Hendricks
Park
in
Southeast Eugene is in full
bloom until the end of May.
The ten acre garden includes
over five thousand rhododendrons and azaleas, and over a
thousand ornamental plants
and forty varieties of
magnolias. To reach the
garden, take Franklin
Boulevard east; turn south on
Walnut; to Fairmount
Boulevard and then turn east
on Summit Avenue.
• The UO is holding the
fourth annual Oregon Writing
Festival. The students will attend workshops with working
authors and experienced
teachers to give them new
writing e1perience. Contact
Barbara at 373-7900 or Tim at
251-7416 for information.

Yes, it's a column (faux-column) on the entertainment page.
No, it probably won't become a running series or even happen
one more time -- probably.
Why is this guy writing a column on the entertainment page
you may be wondering. Well, it all started last week when I was
supposed to go to the LCC production of Little Shop of Horrors
-- but didn't. It gained momentum when I was supposed to interview an LCC student from Maylaysia (or someplace like that) -but didn't. And it built up a full head steam when I was supposed to go out one night with my friends -- and did.
It's going to be an all-encompassing review of Little Shop of
Horrors, Jones-style. And also included is a review of the new
Dennis Hopper film Colors.
In writing for the medium of newspapers, Rule Number One
is, don't mention yourself -- write in third-person. Well, I just
threw that rule out the window.
Rule Number Two is, get your copy (stuff to be printed) in on
time. The deadline for Torch copy is Monday at 5 p.m. as I
glance at my watch the big hand is on the three and the little
hand is on the 45 mark ... Thursday. If you look very, very
closely you mav notice there are not any photographs. My
editor and advisor, I'm sure, will let me know that this is bad -very, very bad. Hey guys, sometimes it just happens ya' know?
Little Shop of Horrors
I liked the the LCC-produced musical, Little Shop of Horrors, based on the Roger Corman movie of the same name. I
think I'm supposed to elaborate here on why it's neat.
... the acting is good. The likable nerd, Seymour, (Eric James
Hadley) plays a part that any mom would be proud of. Seymour
brings in a plant, which he names Audrey II, in honor of Audrey
(played by Jana Peterson) to Mushnik's Skid Row Flower Shop.
Jana Peterson is beautiful...(Will you marry me, Jana?)
Regardless of the answer (please say Yes!) she is a delightful actress.
Well, Audrey II turns out to be a toothy little carnivore with a
rather disgusting appetite -- human blood. It seems that Audrey
II becomes a neighborhood attraction. Business picks up as people stop in to view Audrey II. No, I didn't give the plot away, so
keep reading.
Audrey has an evil-dentist-boyfriend (Steven Reddy) who
can't get enough black leather on his body or give enough pain
to his patients, or to Audrey. This is not copacetic to Seymour,
who dotes on Audrey. OOOH, conflict!
I like the trio of singers (Carri Bugbee, Rebecca Davis and
Carolyn Magoon) who sha-la-la about everything. They keep
things lively, which is not hard, as this is a well-directed play on
the part of Gerald Seifert.
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Colors is a movie which is supposed to represent gang life in
East LA. It does, just not as gruesomely.
Sean Penn and Robert Duvall star in this action-packed police
movie. Yes, Penn did punch a photographer while shooting this
film.
The only thing that really bothers me about this flick is the
stereotypical way in which Penn and Duvall's characters are portrayed -- as old cop and fiesty young cop.
Penn plays the hotshot new cop who feels he's "the guardian
of manhood,'' while Duvall plays the wise old-timer who has a
wife and three kids, but still has that old spark buried down
deep.
Colors has resounding music which is hard to get off your
mind once you leave the theater. A song by Ice T, ''Colors,''
makes a person think, and that's what Director Dennis Hopper
wants.
Hopper sets out to give the audience a taste of what it's like to
be in a gang in LA, and does a good job. The loyalty to a gang
comes above anything else. As we see on several occasions, but
especially in the ending.
Gangs are abundant in LA. In the opening credits we read
there are 70,000 gang members in the LA area. In fact, Hopper
actually used real gang members and real cops in the filming of
this movie.
The movie is somewhat predictable, but not so bad that it is
not entertaining or thought-provoking. Entertaining as it is, it
does not show as much violence as could have been put into a
movie of this kind. And the violence that does occur is not a
graphic violence.
But if you're not into violent movies, you may want to have
an open mind about this one. It's well-directed and well-acted,
which nullifies the long run-time of this film -- it's noticed by
viewers, but is not bothersome.
"Thumbs up," eh?
So that's about it,folks, my first column.
As the two great philosophers Bartles and Jaymes would say
''Thank you for your support.''

To the USSR with Love:
Your warmth and friendship
has cast a bright light on
our lives here at LCC
Please come back soon

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Audrey II comes to life through an elaborate series of puppets
manipulated by Gabriel Kitterman, and through Scott
Barkhurst's voice.
Everybody did a swell job, and it's a neat production. As the
respected movie critic partners, Siskell and Ebert would say "I
gave that one a thumbs up ... pass the popcorn and milk duds."
The musical continues May 6-7, with a 2 p.m. matinee on May
7, as well as the normal 8 p.m. show. Tickets are $8, available at
the LCC Box Office (726-2202).

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