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Classline response and rebuttal
Clara Lopez Obregon speaks on Colombia
Study in France this winter
Arts & Entertainment schedule
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Lane Community College

Eugene, Oregon

October 14, 1988

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Vol. 24 No. 4

Big wheel at Olympics, Blanchette rolls to a bronze,
smashes his best in the 1500 meter wheelchair finals
by Paul Morgan

TORCH sta ff writer

"I'm a performer, and the bigger the audience, the better I
perform. If there's a crowd, I'll rise to the occasion."
With the eyes of the world focused on Seoul, South Korea,
there was perhaps no greater stage than the 1988 Olympic Games
for former LCC student Craig Blanchette. He wheeled into the
Seoul Olympics and rolled out with a bronze metal in the 1500
meter wheelchair finals.
'God, I'm going to the Olympics!'
BiR ! That was Blanchette' s first impression of Seoul. "A lot
like LA, a lot of cars and traffic. It was all right. I had no pro-

' ...thinking about the Olympics here,
it was bigger than life .... once I was
there, it was just another trac_
k meet.'
blems with the people. I learned three words: hello, thank you,
and excuse me. That helped me in the crowds.
"When I was riding over on the plane I kept thinking, 'God,
I'm going to the Olympics!
''Then they showed a couple of movies and I kind of got into
the movies and forgot about where I was going or what I was doing. But after the movies were over ... I'd get this burst of
adrenaline that shocks my whole system.
"I tried not to think about it too much after I got there," he
says. ''When I was thinking about t:1e Olympics here, and watching it on TV, it was bigger than life, bigger than me.
"But once I was there, it was just another track meet."
Blanchette said the closing ceremonies really set the Olympics
apart from other meets. ''When the closing ceremonies ended it
showed what the Olympics were all about. It really is a first class
thing. The television coverage did not even begin to do it justice.
They had fireworks that were so powerful and so devastating ... it
was really awesome."
The Race
When it was over, Blanchette had finished with a US ·record
time of 3 minutes, 34.37 seconds for the three laps around the
Olympic track. He shattered his previous world best of 3:39.
He led until the final 100 meters, but was passed by gold
medalist Mustapha Badid of France and silver medalist Paul
Van Winkel of Belgium.
The American jumped out to an early lead, trying to push the
pace. "My plan was to go out hard, to try and get a gap on
Mustapha."
Blanchette proceeded to cruise a 56-second first quarter,
which is 1.6 seconds faster than the world record. "I was flying.''
He says he expected Badid to take the lead, "but he followed
see Blanchette, page 3

College
attracts
Saturday
students

Blanchette, flanked by his mother, returns to Eugene victorious

by Diana Feldman

TORCH Associate Editor

LCC's Weekend College has a grand total of 701 students
enrolled in classes, workshops, and telecourses.
"The math lab is going gangbusters" says Jim Ellison,
dean of Weekend College. "They have 35 slots and 63
students.''
Business, Data Processing and the math lab have garnered
the most students.
"It's gone very well," admits Ellison, "students' calls have
been positive. The only gripes are from people whose classes
were cancelled.
''Saturday students are like evening students, very
serious."
Already Ellison is working on a winter term schedule and
says, ''Our job is to get a schedule out there that will get and

hold students.'' He says eventually he would like to have a
schedule that would project classes two years ahead, so Saturday students could plan their academic schedules.
"Projecting a two-year schedule for Saturday classes will
force us to change the way we package education. How can
we meet the needs of Saturday people and still meet course
content hours?" Ellison calls this a "creative challenge."
He explains that a general trend is taking place in vocational areas nationwide. They are shifting to more academic
and information-based functions.
This winter term Language Arts will offer at least three
core requirement classes on Saturdays: Fundamentals of
Speech, Writing 120, and 121. In addition, the Health Occupations and Child Development staff are working on some
classes for people interested in the Early Childhood Education Program, says Ellison.

FORUMS &LETTERS===========================================================
Programming manager responds to Classline criticism
by David John Marotta
LCC Programming Manager

In Alice Wheeler's editorial
(Classline fee increased but
.still impersonal, October 7,
1988) she raises several
criticisms of the Classline
system which are not very well
founded. It is unfortunate that
she did not try to verify any of
her facts before writing her
editorial.
First, personal registration
help has always been available
in Admissions. Classline provides much more access to
disabled students than the
previous method of registration. Classline does not attempt to replace counseling,
academic advising or student
advising.
The idea for a Touch Tone
and voice response registration
system was decided by a committee including several student representatives. At that
time the original break even
point was determined to be $2.
Students were surveyed and
the student representatives
concurred that $2 per term was
worth eliminating the 2-3 hour
hassle of the previous method
of registration. Later, in a
political compromise with a
different set of student politicians, the fee was changed to
$1 despite the recommendations by everyone associated
with Classline that $1 was not
sufficient.
Thus the college has never
implied that $1 was sufficient,

nor have the costs been more
than anticipated. Other factors lead to the fee being initially reduced, and the
original analysis has lead to
the original estimates.
One student said they were
charged $10 for dialing into
the system four times. Wheeler
asked the question are
students charged $2 every time
they use Classline. No they are
not. Despite monetary errors
caused by some unique combinations of adds and drops,
we have never had problems
with the Classline fee being
charged more than once. This
student is either mistaking
other class fees (such as adding
the $8 PE fee) or complaining
about a problem that simply
never happened. If Wheeler
had tried to verify this problem before reporting it as
more than second-hand hearsay, she could have avoided an
article criticizing nonexistent
problems.
Wheeler makes the comment that before Classline adding or dropping a class was
free through the first week of
the term. Now that Classline
has been implemented all adds
and drops at any point in the
term are free. Classline
policies have drastically reduced the monetary obligations of
LCC students. In addition to
eliminating the $1.00 schedule
change fee, Classline has also
lengthened the time a student
has to pay.

Under the registration
system before Classline a student had to pay their entire bill
the same day that they
registered or their entire
schedule would be dropped.
With Classline students can
register for classes and are not
charged any finance charges
for five days or until the end
of the month (whichever is
longer). If they still do not
pay, they are charged finance
charges at only 12 percent interest, and they do not need to
pay the term's charges off until they want to register for the
next term. These lenient
financial policies have allowed
students to level the financial
burden of tuition over the entire term and given back to the
student much more than
$2.00.
Another student reported
that Classline told them ''You
owe LCC $60. 70". Wheeler
described this as an obnoxious
recording. How could it be
more polite? This message is
given after the student asks to
know how much they owe
LCC by pressing 6 and the
pound sign. (The 6 is for
Monetary). After the student
has asked to know what they
owe LCC is the message more
polite if a person says, "You
owe LCC $60. 70" or a letter is
sent weeks later saying, ''You
owe LCC $60.70"?
This same student reports
that after hanging up,
Classline called them back

with the same message. This is
simply made up fiction. The
system is not capable of making outgoing calls. This student cannot possibly be accurately relaying what happened. Again, a little more journalism and a little less bias
would have cleared this up.
I have seen Classline blamed
for many things simply
because it is a computer. One
student was complaining that
Classline would not let them
register for any classes because
they owed the college money.
Quick to blame the machine,
the library had billed the student for library books which
were two months overdue. The
list of things which Classline is
doing correctly (but still gets
blamed for) is endless.
Wheeler considers herself
fortunate since she, personally, has never had a problem
with the system, but she is not
fortunate, she is part of the
majority of LCC students for
whom Classline is an appreciated convenience.
I am taking a single course
toward my Masters at the
University of Oregon.
Registering for my one class
this term was the fastest
registration process that I have
ever been through at the
University. I only took two
and a half hours after parking,
walking all over campus and
waiting in five different lines.
Two and a half hours versus
two and a half minutes

TORCH Editor clarifies position on Classline
by Alice C. Wheeler

First, I thank David Marotta for taking the time to write
in response to my Oct. 7
editorial, "Classline fee increased but still impersonal.''
Second, I would like to
clarify a few of the points I
made which Marotta says are
"impossible, biased or lacking
in journalistic maturity.''
• Disabled students. In the
editorial I said "Classline isn't
accessible for some disabled
students." I never said disabled students could not get help
registering at school, but that
they can't get help through
Classline.
• $2 Fee. An increase in fees
can be acceptable to the
students if the college explains
the increase first. In this fall's
Class Schedule there is a small
explanation of Classline procedure. And the $2 fee is
listed. But I couldn't find an
explanation for the fee increase. Most students like to
know why they have to pay
more money.
• Student Billing Problem. A
friend of mine registered by
phone to take classes this fall.
She called again to add a class,
then later she dropped all
classes for financial reasons.
Including finance charges, she
was billed for almost $10 by
LCC, even though she never
took a class. She later

discovered that she was billed
$8 for a PE class she had
already cancelled. So, Marotta
is right, it was not a Classline
mistake, maybe just a billing
problem.
Reduced
• Drastically
Monetary Obligations. How
can anything reduce a student's financial obligations?
No matter when a student pays
tuition, he/she still has to pay
it. With the new system, a student can often pay even more
money because of the finance
charges "at only 12 percent."
Marotta is wrong in stating
that, under the old system, a
student was required to pay
the entire tuition on the day of
registration. The college
allowed for a student to make
a partial payment at registration, and make arrangements
for the balance. The college
never charged interest,
although it could charge a billing fee, and a penalty for late
payment.
• Made-Up Fiction. It was
Mike Stewart, the ASLCC
Cultural Director, who told
me of Classline calling him
back. Marotta does not
understand what I said in the
editorial. The computer would
not allow Stewart to register
because he owed LCC $60. 70.
When he hung up the phone
(he was calling from his
ASLCC office in the Center
Building) a few seconds later,

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the phone rang and the computerized voice on the other
end of the line repeated the
previous message. Stewart
says it was an obnoxious
message.
Marotta says it's impossible
for Classline to make outgoing
calls. Maybe that is so, but this
is still a strange occurence.
• The Problem. Although
the system is very effective for
registering the majority of the
students who pay in full, it can
also be very frustrating for
students like the one Marotta
mentions. Why not avoid the
ambiguity -- program the computer to tell students the
nature and source of the debt?
• The Point. Morotta seems
to miss the point of the
editorial altogether.
I never said Classfine was ineffective. The point was . .
. '' Although the system seems
very efficient and is supposedly cost-effective, it is still impersonal.''
I did not say the college
should find another system.
And I never said Classline
could take the place of different student services. I said,
"Because students don't have
to come to campus to register,
service offices like counseling,
etc. are packed the first week
of classes ... ''
The point was that the college needs to find ways to
make the students' first ex-

periences at LCC more personal if it wishes to retain
students and increase FTE.
I do not think I was expressing a lack of journalistic
maturity. Instead, I was expressing my opm10n (as
editorials are designed to do).
I apologize for the one error.

Great welcome

To the Editor:
What a great start to the
new academic year! The
resurgence of student enthusiasm and participation
certainly is catching. During
August and September, I had
the good fortune to work with
a group that deserves special
attention -- the best committee
I've worked with so far -- the
LCC Fall Welcome Committee.
Thanks and hats off to this
dynamic, directed, and
creative group: Joyce Kofford
(Chairperson), KoLynn Dornan, John Millet, Mike
Stewart, Randy Rawson, Lynn
Johanna-Larsen, Bill Porter,
Charlene Blinn, Diane Prokop, Larry Warford and Joanna Russell.
People like you make LCC
an "educational event" not
just another learning institution.
Valerie Brooks
Cooperative Work Experience

through Classline! Parking
cost me 50 cents which means
that for my $1.50 saved over
the Class line fee I was paid 60
cents per hour (gasoline and
milage not included). In the
University of Oregon's
registration system the most
personal thing said to me was
"You owe $364.00" for my
three unit reading and conference.
Personal is not valuable if
all that it means is something
done by a person. The most
personal registration system is
one designed with the needs of
the person involved. As for
me, and surveys have shown
the majority of LCC students,
Classline is designed with our
personal preferences and
priorities in mind.
Wheeler ought to try to
verify the truth of a Classline
complaint before writing. Her
editorial showed a lack of
journalistic maturity and produced little but disinformation. In the future, given a
specific student and class we
have the ability to track down
what the student registered for
and what the student was
charged for. I have always
been extremely willing to explain both the process and the
problems associated with
Classline to anyone willing to
listen.

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Blanchette,
me out to lanes two and three
and stayed in my draft.
"So I thought, 'Okay, I
guess I'm pulling the first half
and he's pulling the second
half,' " Blanchette recalls.
"So, I pulled back into lane
one and kept hammering. I did
another 56-second quarter,
which is just never heard of.
No one's ever run that fast."
But he says Badid stayed in
the draft, conserving energy
for the end of the race. "When
you're in the draft, you're
working about 30 percent less
than the person in the wind,''
he explains.
About 800 meters into the
race, Blanchette pulled out
again, and once more Badid
didn't take the lead.
"At this point, I had to
make a decison: Should I slow
down and make him pass me,
or should I show the people
that wheelchair racing has truly arrived and is as exciting as

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all get-out? I decide to choose
the second one.
'' I didn't really realize at the
time that I was sacrificing my
gold medal,'' reflects Blanchette. "I hoped that I would
possibly hold on at the last."
Coming around the last 100
meters, Badid and Van Winkel
passed him, "They passed me
so quick 'cause I'd been pulling the whole race and they
were so rested by that time
that they caught me offguard," he explains.
"Once they passed me, I put
my head down and really
started hammering with
everything I had. And I started
catching them. But it was too
little, too late."
At the medal ceremony,
Blanchette said he was disappointed but proud. "It was an
honor to represent my country
in such a big way. I would
have liked to have the gold,
but I'm finding out it was ac-

tually better that I didn't get
it. Not winning can teach you
a lot more about yourself and
about the sport. But I'm not
making a habit of it."
Ever-Improving Technique
At 20 years of age, Blanchette may have three or four
Olympics left in him. The two
men who finished ahead of
him at the '88 games, are well
into their late thirties, he says.
Van Winkel has been competing for more years than
Blanchette has been alive. And
Blanchette began his competing in.1986.
By increasing his times and
intensity, Blanchette says he is
trying to show people
wheelchair racing is exciting.
How do they get higher
speeds?
"It has a little to do with the
new wheelchair designs," he
says. "It has more to do with
the technique of pushing the
wheelchair, the way the hands

grip the hand rings and the
overall training has become
more scientific.
"I never actually grab the
rim.'' Instead, he uses the top
of his index finger and the bottom of his thumb to pinch the
rings. He says he pushes down
and flings his arms off the bottom.
Although the times of 1500
wheelchair races are slower
than those of 1500 meter runners, times are getting closer
every year. The world record
for the 1500 running race is 3
minutes, 29 seconds, compared with the 3:33 for chair
racers.
"We took 25 seconds off
the 1984 record,'' announced
Blanchette. ''So we progressed
20 years in four."
As the result of a birth
defect, Craig Blanchette has
never had legs. "I never had to
adjust to having something
taken away from me. It's

never been hard or any different for me than it has for
anyone else who has grown up
with the body they were born
with. So, I'm really not
'handicapped' in any way.
"I like attention," he admits. "People can recognize
me easier because of the chair.
When they see the chair, they
make a correlation. Some people use tennis rackets for their
sport, some use windsurfers.
And I have to use a
wheelchair.
''I don't want to concentrate on why I'm in the
wheelchair, but what I do
while I'm in the wheelchair. It
is just another piece of sporting equipment.''
He says he would like to encourage all people to get involved in wheelchair racing.
"It is really exhilarating to be
going that fast on four wheels
so close to the ground using
your arms." He smiles.

Measure 8 would repeal Coldschmi dt's executive order

forum by John Millet

ASLCC President

What will Ballot Measure 8 do if passed? It will threaten the right to hold a
job, pay taxes, and support oneself and family.
Whethe~ or not you agree or disagree with homosexuality as a lifestyle is not the
question. What you must decide is whether or not society, you and I, should be
allowed to deny a fell ow human being the basic rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
Ballot Measure 8 proposes to repeal Govenor Neil Goldschmidt's Executive
Order EO-87-20. The order, simply stated, forbids state agencies from taking personal action (ie. hiring and firing) on grounds not related to job performance.
The question here is how should a worker's performance be judged, and upon
what criteria should job security be based.
Currently under Goldschmidt's order state employees are to be judged only by
their job performance. With the repeal of the order employees of the State of
Oregon will no longer be afforded the same protection afforded employees in the
private sector.
The issue is easily clouded by biased judgments as to the moral/ ethical
background and character of certain individuals within our society.

The use of subjective criteria, unrelated to an individual's ability to perform
his/her job, could become common practice. During the past 30 years Americans
have learned, usually at great cost, what happens when you allow unfounded fears
to rule over objective judgment. We, as a society, lost during the Cold War in the
1950's when we allowed paranoia and fear to control the political arena, resulting
in the blacklisting and suspension of individual rights ot some of America's finest
minds.
In the 1960s and early '70s large segments of our population were labeled subversive for questioning America's role in the Vietnam War. Individuals who were an
active force in the social and political change which took place during those
decades were targeted by the government and became the objects of an official
witch hunt.
On November 8 the citizens of this state will be given the opportunity to say no
to this particulary destructive way of thinking. A no vote on Ballot Measure 8 will
guarantee a worker's right to secure and maintain employment based upon his/her
ability to perform the job. The proponents of Measure 8 fear that E0-87-20 will
create a special class of individuals with special rights.
The real and apparent fear should be that Measure 8 will in fact create a special
class of individuals whose rights can be violated based on employee-perceived sexual or affectional status.

Voting encouraged for change

forum by Suzette Gerhart

TORCH Staff Writer

The closer the date of the election, the louder
the voices get.
Imploring, impeaching, bemoaning,
beseeching, they all want your ear. As the
cacophany of claims, promises and accusations
of the candidates rise, it is tempting to tune
them out.
Don't.
Whether you are a Democrat or a
Republican, a Liberatarian, or a you don't
know what, you are an American. You have an
ear and you have a voice, and that voice counts.
There are many excuses for not voting. But
that's what they are: excuses. People say that
no one truly represents them, that they are
deliberately not voting to protest the lack of
choices, or sometimes simply that they don'.t
care.
You have only to examine the expression of
the models in the nearest fashion advertisement
to see the current message -- apathy is attractive. To care is to be vulnerable and to be
vulnerable is to risk hurt. Therefore if you
don't care you take no risk. But in politics, as in
life, there are great risks in not caring.
If you don't care enough to protect your own
interests, who will? Odds are, someone you'd
rather not have making your choices for you.
Do you really want Joe Sixpack having more
say than you about who is going to run this
country? Or if you are Joe Sixpack, who says
Cathy Cabernet is any more qualified than you
to make that decision.

Be selfish.
Decide what issues affect you and who most
closely matches your concerns on those matters.
Or be altruistic.
Think about the policies that would make
this country a better place.
Then decide which candidate is most likely to
achieve those improvements.
In our nation it is impossible for even two
people to be in complete agreement over every
issue. But in choosing the people we wish to
surround ourselves with, we make allowances
for disagreements and strive to align ourselves
with those who most closely fit our
philosophies and temperament.
In choosing a president or any other elected
official we are forced to make these same compromises. But better to assess each candidate's
strengths and weaknesses yourself, and
remember that, after all, politics is ''the art of
the possible.'' A choi!e between existing candidates will be made. I 's up to you who makes
that choice.
There is a time to cri icize the system and call
for reforms. There is a so a time to participate
in it and exercise your power over the future of
the country you live in. That time is Nov. 8, and
that time is soon.
Oct. 18 is the last day to register and still be
eligible to vote in the 1988 Presidential election.
Registering is simple and quick. Forms can be
obtained on campus at the Photo I.D. booth or
the ASLCC offices. Remember, you have a
voice, and on Nov. 8th the nation will be listening.

ASLCC
CAMPUS CALENDAR

Monday Oct. 17th -

ASLCC Senate meeting, 4 p.m. Boardroom.
All students invited to attend!!

Tuesday Oct. 18th -

Voter Registration Contest!
Cash prizes awarded to the club or group who
gets the most registrations.
Inquire at ASLCC office, Center 479 EXT. 2330

Wednesday Oct. 19th -

Noon entertainment - Cafeteria 11 :30 - 1:30
Glen Falkenberg with the Hammer Dulcimer
FREE Coffee in the SRC! Have a cup on us!

Thursday Oct. 20th -

Free Lunch at the Baptist Student Union

from 12: 00 -1:00
International Coffee hour, multi-cultural center,
Center 409

Friday Oct. 21st -

Quote for the week:

"Peace Begins With Us!"
The TORCH

October 14, 1988

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Anti-Americanism grows in Colombia
by Alice C. Wheeler

TORCH Editor

"Colombia suffers much
like El Salvador. We have the
largest murder rate of any
country not at war. One in
2, 000 people is murdered every
year. The primary cause of
death in men, ages 15-49, is
murder.''
Clara Lopez Obregon, a city
councilwoman from Bogota,
stunned her audience of 75
people during an Oct. 12 appearance at LCC. She told her
American hosts that Amnesty
lnternationl has declared Colombia to be a "State of
Human Rights Emergency."
A graduate of Harvard's
class of 1972 with a degree in
economics, she said she has
come to this country to inform
Americans about the human
rights problems in her country.
The murders, she says, are
mostly politically-based.
There are over 700 political
murders each year, usually of
political dissidents, labor
union organizers and grass
roots campaign coordinators.
Military force has been used
more and more to put down
labor strikes, she acknowledged.
She told the audience that
one major problem is land
ownership. Twenty-five percent of all useable land is owned by 1.5 percent of the
population, while 60 percent
of the population owns only

five percent of the land.
Seventy percent of the rural
population does not have basic
services, such as electricity and
roads.
Colombia has the longest
standing civil democracy in

kill labor organizers, intellectuals, professors, and
left-wing politicians.
The dru,g lords are the
primary financiers of the
paramilitary death squads.
" Seven years ago the drug

Clara Lopez Obregon, in the Forum Bldg.

South America, but although
there is civil power, the majority of the power belongs to
the military. ''The rule of law
has been destroyed,'' she said,
claiming that there are 140
paramilitary death squads that
are against the leadership of
the left-wing. These squads

photo by Russ Sherrell

lords were much more accepted . They were congressmen, and moved in high
social circles . But Colombia
has been waking up!"
And, she said, "Increasing
evidence shows that the
military sector has much to do
with the drug trade ."

She thinks that American
foreign policy evades the drug
problem in Colombia. Colombians think that if there was
not such a high rate of drug
consumption in the USA -$140 billion a year -- there
would not be such a high rate
of drug production in Colombia.
"There is a growing feeling
of anti-Americanism in Colombia. The US does not appear as a helper but as an imposer.''
She claimed that last year
the US government destroyed
75 percent of Colombia's
marijuana crop with herbicides. The peasants who
grow the marijuana claim that
the US government uses deadly herbicides to kill their
plants. These herbicides can
also kill livestock and cause
diseases in humans.
Finally she says, Colombians believe the American
government destroys their
marijuana crop not because
they are against the drug trade
but because marijuana is the
US's largest cash crop. And
America does not want competition from imported marijuana growers.
Obregon's visit was sponsored by the Third World
Women's Project, the Latin
American Support Committee, the Council on Human
Rights in Latin America, and
the Associated Students of
Lane Community College.

Apply now to study in French Alps village

by Andy Dunn

TORCH Staff Writer

Eleven students are currently taking
LCC classes in the French Alps ski resort
village of Villard de Lans through a new
LCC study abroad program. Openings
are still available for study there this
winter.
The program, Le Petit Adret, had
previously been a high school study
abroad program. This is the first year it
has been run through LCC, according to
Judith Gabriel, Admissions Officer for Le
Petit Adret.
Three LCC instructors are teaching at
the school this year. Steve Candee in

- Social Science, Bob Hauk in Math and
Science, and Jacquelyn Victor in
Literature, French, and Physical Education -- including downhill skiing.
Cost of the program is $7,333 for the
winter-spring semester and $3,667 for the
fall term. These prices cover room, board,
and tuition but not travel to and from the
French school.
Some financial aid is offered through
the Le Petit Adret program including
work study at the school.
Prerequesites include a minimum
G.P .A. of 2.5, three written recommendations, and a written essay by the student. Knowledge of the French language
is not necessary. However, students will

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study French while at the school.
A maximum of 25 students may enter
the program. Deadlines for beginning the
application process are October 20th for
this winter's semester and late spring for
the 1988-89 school year.
Ed Haley, a former LCC student, said
he attended the program while in high
school and had a "great time." He plans
to continue his studies at LCC by applying to go back to France and the Le Petit
Adret program.
Students interested in study abroad in
France should contact Judith Gabriel in
room 107 A of the Health Building. She
can be contacted at extension 2699 or
484-4950 for messages.

ASLCC free legal services
for registered LCC students

• Routine leg_al services available at no
cost to students.
• Phone 2340 for appointment.

•Hours: Monday, Wednesday 1:30-5p.m.
Thursday 9:a.m.-12:p.m.

Attorneys

Rick A. Harder
Ed Buttler

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meetiqg.

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cabinet and senators of
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learned· at lbe 1988
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such
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Titans take two tough losses, but turn to the future
by Tracy Thaxton

TO RCH Sports Editor

"Last night's game was lost
due to troubles we had with
our blocking,'' said LCC
Women's Volleyball Coach
Lisa Youngman after LCC's
disappointing Oct. 5 loss to
defending league champion,
Mt. Hood Community College.
Thus far, the LCC squad
has given audiences a good
showing, with a 4-2 overall
record, and 2-2 within the
league. Its losses have come at
the hands of Clackamas and
Mt. Hood.
"I thought that we had a
really good showing against
such a tall team,'' Youngman
said of Mt. Hood. "They are
the pick of the crop, but we
weren't intimidated."
Clackamas: Judge's Decision

Although the Oct. 5 defeat
was certainly disappointing to
the team, it's doubtful that it
caused the same frustration
that resulted from the controversial loss to Clackamas .
LCC' s Shiela Otradovsky
was missing from the line-up,
but "Even without her we
were able to take Clackamas
to a full five-match game,"
said Youngman.
LCC started that match
strong, winning the first game
by a score of 15-11. But
Clackamas quickly rebounded
by winning the next two
games, 15-9, and 15-8. In
order to avoid a shut-down,
the Titans pulled together to
capture a win in the fourth
game, once again by a score of'
15-11, pushing the match to a
fifth and final game.
By far the most exciting of
the day, the final match came
down to a 15-14, win-by-two
game point. LCC had 14,
needing only to score once to
tie the match. The women set,
served, and volleyed. They
waited for their chance, and
then shot. The linesman gave
his call, signaling that the shot
was good.
But the head umpire
disagreed.
Losing their momentum,
the Titans were never able to
regain the lead. They lost by a
score of 16-14.
"It was a very disappointing
loss in the end," recalls
Youngman. "Especially after
having hit the first match. It's
just not fun to go two and a
half hours and then lose a
game on a referee' s judgment
call."
Mt. Hood Loss
So the Oct. 5 loss to Mt.
Hood probably wasn't the
worst of the season on an emotional level. After all, LCC
the league's
was playing
defending champion.
Nonetheless, the squad intends to make sure that it
doesn't happen again.
According to Coach
Youngman, the team will be
working on its defensive skills,
which she cites as the main

problem suffered during the
Mt. hood game. .
' 'These girls have a lot of
potential," she says. "They
can play defensive positions
where quickness is needed very
well, but still, that's what we
are going to work on."
One Titan player gave a personal prediction. "I think that
LCC wc,uld be proud of us if
they saw how hard we play'' .
Lane's next home match is
Wednesday, Oct. 19. Starting
time is 7 p.m.
The next scheduled match to
be played against Mt. Hood
will be held at LCC on Saturday, Oct. 29 . The next game to
played against Clackamas will
be held on Nov. 2, at LCC.
GAME RESULTS

Sept.28 defeated SWOCC at
Lane 15-7, 15-8, 16-14
Sept.30 loss to Clackamas in
Oregon City 15-11, 9-15, 8-15,
15-11 , 14-16
Oct.I defeated Pacific U. in
Forest Grove 15-2, 15-10, 15-3
Oct.5 loss to Mt. Hood in
Gresham 10-15, 13-15,
15-13,8-15
LEADER IN STATS
KILLS:
Leslie Snuggerud 8
Candy Weischedel 5
ACES:
Leslie Snuggerud 3
Jennifer Page 3

In the heat of a match, LCC Titans Leslie Snuggerud and Robin Matney reach for the ball.

VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE

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7:00

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LANE

1:00

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NOVEMBER
WED

31

WESTERN BAPTIST

LANE

7:00

2

CLACKAMAS

LANE

7:00

WED

9

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LANE

7:00

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in line with a huge stack
of books for this term,
and you're out of cash.
If you're a member of SELCO Credit
Union, theres no problem. If you're not,
you have our deepest sympathy.
A SELCO member could bop over to the
LCC cafeteria and be back with the money
in a flash. The SELCO Exchange* Machine
makes it easy to withdraw or deposit your
money in one quick exchange.
And there are Exchange Machines all
over, so no matter where you roam , you'll
always be close to your money.
Then there's fast and convenient SELCO
checking.., known around the Credit Union
as Value-Draft Checking. A SELCO
Value-Draft Account is just like a regular
checking account, only better.
With SELCO's Value-Draft Checking, a
minimum balance is not required. Plus, you

can write up to 15 drafts each month, and
the charge is only 3 bucks a month.
And since the SELCO Exchange Card
comes free with a Value-Draft Checking
Account, getting money quick from SELCO
is really as simple as stopping by any
SELCO location and joining.
So join.

SELCO serves the follow ing people who work or live in Lane
Cou nty: LCC employees, students and alum ni - all school, city,
county, and federa l employees and family members of members.
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Network. Members receive their first four Exchange Machine
transactions per month, at no charge. Thereafter, the charge is 25
cents per transaction for SELCO machines (LCC Campus and
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machines, except those outside the U.S., where the charge is $1 per
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SPRINGFIELD: 1010 Main Street, 484-3737

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MESSAGESiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.iiiii

HI HO STARSHINE. Hope you
have a good term. Jerry is great.
Kavik.

HOWL AND YOWL. All Hallow's
Eve. Hell Cows. Snakepit.
Polysorbate 60. Fir Room. EMU,
UO. 8:00 p.m.
DEAR S. SHINE. Curiously
Awaiting: Need to know more:
P.S. Soon to be seen! Scott.
HEY SCORPIO. Welcome back to
school! Just think of all the young
guys out here!!!
CAUSE IN YOUR life you'll have
some trouble, but if you worry,
you'll make it double.
WOMEN WHO ROCK. Nov. 8.
Frightwig. Weenie Roast.
Snakepit. EMU Dining Room, UO.
9 :00 p.m.
FEELING ' UNDER the weather?
Student Health Services has
medical care available. CEN 126.
LCC KARATE CLUB meets
Fridays, 7-9 p.m. More info, Wes,
746-0940 or Marie, 344-8468.
4:00 a.m. Torchies • you can do
better than that!
VERY INTENSE metal band looking for a singer / bassist • leave
name and number with TORCH.
DENALI IS literature and art.
Drawings, poems, sculpture, short
stories, photography, fact and fiction. Deadline Nov. 2. Submit
now!
STUDENTS INTERESTED in living, working, earning credit
overseas should attend the International Co-op Education meeting
Wed. Oct. 26, 2-6 p.m. CEN 480.

FORRENT--iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiFouR BEDROOM HOUSE to
share • female perferred. $150
monthly • use of private study.
Must like birds. 1825 G St., Springfield. After 3 p.m. anytime,
weekends.

SERVICES iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-NEED A PHOTOGRAPHER? Call
344-8389 or Torch office and leave
message for Michael Primrose.
LEARN PIANO from a composer.
Define moods, create excitement.
Saffira,
Carl
$30 / month.
332-9100.
AFFORDABLE, personalized wedding photography by experienced
photographer. Deborah Pickett.
746-3878.
LEARN CHINESE YOGA for selfm as t ery and rejuvenation.
$40 / month. Call 937-3437.
FREE TO LOW COST medical care
to currently enrolled LCC
students. Student Health Services. CEN 126.
THE LCC DENTAL Clinic provides
low cost cleaning service. Call
726-2206 for information.
PROFESSIONAL word processing
using NLQ printer. Free pickup
and delivery. $1.75 / page. Please
call 683-5203, evenings.

STATE-OF-THE-ART
TRAVEL
Where your best deal
is our first interest!
Also buys
Frequent flyer miles,
"Bump" tickets, coupons,
vouchers, and more!

683-8186

TYPING SERVICE. Term paper,
resume', love letter, business letter. Price negotiable. Call Mary at

GOVERNMENT JOBS - $16,040to
$59,230/yr. Now hiring, your
area. 805-687-6000 Ext. R-6150
• for current federal list.

I WILL PROVIDE care for the
elderly in their homes. Medically
trained. No live-ins. 689-5466.

WORK STUDY POSITION open.
Need student to work Photo I.D.
in Student Activities. Enjoy your
job in a relaxed, fun environment.
Leau computer and p : Jtography
skills. Contact Sally, Student Activities or call 747-4501 ext. 2336.

485-6080.

TYPING. $.75/page. Fast, accurate, professional. 726-1988.
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
counseling. Flexible rates/ insurance billing. Call for appointment. Sharri Galick, M.S.
484-4737.
CHILDCARE is available at
Whiteak~r Community School, 21
N. Grand, Eugene. Low cost.
C.S.D. and U.S.D.A. approved.
Call 344-2500 or come to the
school.

HELP WANTEOiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
DO YOU LIKE TO WRITE? The
TORCH is looking for news,
feature, sports and entertainment
writers. The TORCH is a student
run, weekly paper. If you're interested, stop by CEN 205 and ask
for Alice Wheeler or come to the
staff meeting, held each Monday
at 3 p.m.

TEACHER for after school program for children 4-12 years old.
Experience with children in a
group setting mandatory.
$4.50-$5.00 per hour work study.
Call Catherine at 345-3818 or
345-5758 evenings.

WANTEOiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
TYPESETTER WANTED for the
Torch. Fridays, Mondays and
Tuesdays. Workstudy, tuition
waivers, CWE credit available.
Contact Torch office at ext. 2657,
CEN 205.
SPIRITUAL FEMALE SINGER, by
award-winning composer /pianist.
Jazz harmony involved. Carl,
937-3437.
NEED TRAILER SPOT with
sewage and electrical hook-ups,
college student. 459-2439, ask for
Scott.

AGGRESSIVE RETAIL business
seeks person with marketing and
management experience and/ or
education. We need an individual
who is capable of operating new
stores opening approximately the
summer of '89. Excellent benefits,
excellent pay, hourly or salary.
Send resumes to P.O. Box 1224,
Eugene, OR 97440. •l

WANT TO BUY small electric bass
and practice amp. 342-5845.

EARN MONEY at home. Assemble
jewelry, toys, electronics, others .
FT and PT work available. Call
(refundable) 1-407-744-3000 ext.
S6018. 24 hrs.

MEN'S UNIVEGA 12 speed bicycle. Like new. Call 344-9843.

AMBITIOUS, entrepreneurial person to act as campus representative for Zenith Data Systems.
Earn a computer for college.
Please contact: Mike Kiel at
(206)453-5388 .
WOMENSPACE Shelter for battered women and their children
needs volunteer workers! Call
Jane for info at 485-6513.
SEAMSTRESS NEEDED for minor
alterations. Kenai, 343-0160.
TOUR GUIDES for campus tours.
Work study available. See Ginger
or Shan in Admissions Office.
OVERSEAS JOBS. Summer. yr.
round. Europe, S. Amer.,
Australia, Asia. $900-2000 / mo.
Sightseeing. Free info. Write IJC.
PO Box 52-ORO2. Corona Del
Mar, CA 92625.
ATTENTION VETERANS: Seeking
Employment, Counseling, etc.
Schroeder,
Dave
contact
Wednesdays in the Center
Building lobby, 1-4 p.m.
PRACTICUM /WORK STUDY student needed to assist Head
Athletic Trainer. Learn to
recognize, evaluate, treat and
rehabilitate sports related injuries. Good experience for persons interested in Sportsmedicine / Physical Therapy. If interested contact Kay Gidley at ext.
2215.

Eugene

Comic Book
Show No. 4
Saturday Oct.22
At Lane Co.
Fair Grounds
10:30A.M.
to
5:P.M.
ADMISSION
Under 7 FREE
8yr & up $1
Free Comic with
each paid admission. 345-2568
for more info.

FOR SALE;._;;;;;;;.;;;;;;;;;;;;.;;;;;;;;;;;;.;;;;;;;;;;;;;
ELECTRIC HEATER
John, 343-1847.

for

sale.

HIDE-A-BED couch. green plaid.
$60. Call 343-9030.
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I HAVE AN extremely powerful
oil-heated heater. Asking $50.
John, 343-1847.
RICE COOKER, crockpot, comforter. Must be sold. $10 each.
Negotiable. Call Chris Ung,
345-6777.
COMPUTER (working) Textronics,
$75 Analoge. NEC, $150 64K.
Bab. 726-6715.
FANCY PIONEER brick lined
woodstove. Glass front optional
18" wood. Accessories included.
$350. 942-7167.

CONDOMS 6 / $1. Student Health
Services. CEN 126.

DOG/CAT MANSION with loft.
$50 OBO. 747-5148.
GIRLS SCHWINN 20-inch bicycle. Like new. Red. 688-1083.
SAXON LEATHER jacket. Excellent shape. $200. 343-2846.
SMALL SEARS and Roebucks pot
belly stove, circa 1800. $50.
Kenai, 343-0160.
HIDE-A-BED. $ 125. Brown vinyl
couch. $100. Good condition.
Wi II deliver to Eug / Spfd.
747-5148.
CHAMPION AIR compressor, 7
1 / 2 horsepower, single phase, 80
gallon tank, excellent condition.
$1300. Call 747-6532.
4 DINING ROOM chairs . Sturdy
black metal w / gold cushions.
$20. Wooden saloon doors. $25.
747-5148.
PLUSH hide-a-bed. 6 ft. Very good
condition. Call 683-1374, afternoon.
ALUMINUM STORAGE shed . 10' x
13'. $100, Will deliver to
Eug/Spfd. 747-5148.
35mm CAMERA. Pen tax K 1000
w / 50mm lense / UV filter. $60.
Kathleen, 741-1140.
ALMOST NEW full-size mattress
and box spring set. $70. 741-2111
evenings.
NEW ARAB-TYPE horse halter
bought in Germany. Paid $98, asking $60. Missy, 726-7375.
ANTIQUE WOOD cookstove, built
around the turn of the century.
$350. Phone 822-3466, evenings .
MEN'S 10 SPEED bicycle. $40.
Call evenings, 345-5 796.
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COACHMAN 25' Trailer. Completely remodeled with large living
area. Self contained, gas and electric, new a/c and awning. Great
for a live-in. Call 485-4135 or
683-3034.
GOVERNMENT HOMES from $1
(U-repair). Delinquent tax proper·
Call
Repossessions.
ty.
805-687-6000 Ext. GH-6150 for
current repo list.

AUTOSiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
1981 HONDA 750 Custom. Full
fairing, am/fm cassette. New battery and chain. $1,200. Michael,
747-0489.
$1,700, '68 MG Midget. Roll bar,
Toneau covers, soft top. Very nice!
746-9525.
1972 DODGE VAN . $500. Bab,
726-6715.
CUSTOMIZED '73 Kawasaki 9002
4 into 1 Kerker muffler. 5,700
miles. $900. 942-7167.
HONDA CM 400E mechanically
sound. $400. 344-0992 or
343-0353, ask for Lance.
'73 DATSUN stationwagon. Runs
good, new brakes . $380. Contact
Debby, 689-2749.
GOVERNMENT SEIZED Vehicles
from $100. Fords, Mercedes, Corvettes, Chevys. Surplus. Buyers
Guide. 1-805-687-6000 ext
S-6150.
1983 OLDSMOBILE Delta 88
Royale, Pioneer Stereo, power
everything, diesel. $1750 080.
Call 689-084 7.
CHEAP 1971 VW Bus. Great
engine! Bad body! Josh.
342-3705.
DON'T WORRY. be happy. '68
Opel. Runs great. $350. 688-7771.
Leave message.
RED BEAUTY '69 VW bug. excellent paint and body, good
mechanical condition. $1000.
747-6532.
'71 FORD Mustang. Runs good,
dependable transportation, pos.
trade? $1500. 726-8482, ask for
Chris.
1963 VW bug. 1969 engine,
sunroof. new brakes and clutch,
radio. $800. 683-2644, Jenny.

of Eugene

Free Pregnancy Testing

ROBERTSON'S DRUGS

343-7715
30th & Hilyard

IF THE ITEM you have for sale
sells, please notify the TORCH office.

Birthright

COUNTRY CHARM! Full size iron
bed frame. $50. Mattress and box
springs not included. Call
746-6315.

Your perscription,
our main concern.

$10 EACH: portable 3 1/2' long
electric heater, typewriters, two
lamps, kitchen table, coffee table.
345-1855.

''We Care"

Eugene Medical Building
132 E. Broadway, Rm 720
Eugene, OR 97401
Phone 687-8651

We're here for you.
Reverend
Reverend
Reverend
Reverend

Ray Waetjen Lutheran
Penny Berktold Episcopal
James Sanders Southern Baptist
Jim Dieringer Roman Catholic

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ARTS

Videos reviewed
by Suzette Gerhart

Woods plays Cleve, a violent,
cold, yet somewhat likeable
hitman. Recently fired, Cleve
has sworn revenge on his
former boss. To exact that
revenge Cleve chooses Dennis,
a fiftyish hard boiled cop,
played by Brian Dennehy.
A sometimes writer, Dennis
is drawn to Cleve as both
suspect and subject. The action begins when Dennis
agrees to write a 'best seller'
about Cleve's life, which will
indict his former boss, and
becomes a part of the story he
is writing.
'' Best Seller" is at its
strongest when Cleve's menacing and complex nature is
revealed. Unfortunately, the
film relies too heavily on implausibilities, head cracking
and blood splattering to advance its plot.
As is common with many
action adventure films,
women are used only when
they are needed as vehicles for
victimization or titillation.
Amidst the carnage there is
black humor. After killing one
of his victim's who has just exited a bathroom, Cleve says,
''Oh man, you forgot to
flush," and does so for his victim.
If you are a fan of James
Woods or the '' good cop
teams up with bad guy and
they have an adventure"
genre, then the movie is entertaining. Otherwise, watch at
your own risk.

TORCH Staff Writer

How long can a man's
journey to Thanksgiving dinner with his family be
hilarious? For the entire hour
and a half of ''Planes, Trains,
and Automobiles."
Recently released on video,
the film is written, produced
and directed by John Hughes,
and stars Steve Martin and
John Candy.
Martin plays an upper middle class marketing executive
to Candy's obnoxious shower
curtain ring salesman. For
every wrinkle Martin doesn't
have in his shirt, Candy has a
Cracker Jack spilling out of
his oversized pockets.
The two suffer a series of
traveling mishaps, but what
they suffer most of all is each
other. Though outwardly
sharing nothing in common,
they are forced to share a
plane, a train, a bed, and a
burnt out automobile.
Candy and Martin are
perfectly cast and the dialogue
is superb. As each character
clashes with and adjusts to the
personality of the other, the
film will keep you laughing.
''Best Seller''

"Best Seller," a Hemdale
Film Production, also new on
video, is long on premise and
short on believability.
The movie is at its best when
James Woods is on screen.

Nancy Dizney admires her sculpture in an LCC art class.

This week for free
ATLCC
CLASSICAL GUITARIST-Glen Faulkenberg plays in the cafeteria. 12:00 Noon October
18.
LCC FACULTY EXHIBITION in the Art Building Gallery until October 21.

ATTHEU.O.
FILM FORUM-First of a series sponsored by the Canadian National Film Board. 7:00
p.m. October 18 in the Gumwood Room, EMU.
ARTS LECTURE-Composer Samuel H. Adler speaks. 8:00 p.m. October 18 in Beale
Concert Hall.
ARCHITECTURE LECTURE-Allan Temko, newspaper critic and professor speaks.
7:30 p.m. October 20 in room 177, Lawrence Hall.

EUGENE

CAMPUS PAPERBACK BESTSELLERS

1. Night of the Crash-Test Dummies by Gary Larson.(Andrews & McMeel, $6.95).
2. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill
Moyers. (Doubleday, $19.95).
3. Patriot Games by Tom Clancy. (Berkley, $4.95).
4. Something Under the Bed is Drooling by Bill Waterson.
(Andrews & McMeel, $6.95).
5. Cultural Literacy by E.D Hirsch, Jr. (Vintage, $6.95).
6. The Road Less Travelled by M.Scott Peck.
(Touchstone, $8.95).
7. The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom.
(Touchstone, $7 .95).
8. Love, Medecine & Miracles by Bernie S. Siegel.
(Perennial, $8.95).
9. Spycatcher by Peter Wright with Paul Greengrass. (Dell,
$4.95).
10. Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow. (Warner, $5.95).

LITERARY OPEN READING-Poets and fiction writers read from their works. 7:00
p.m. October 21 at Smith Family Bookstore-525 Willamette.

LOOK FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE STARTING IN
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