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LCC's open house at Valley River Center
French Alps: the home for eight LCC students
Fast Lane: Does LCC need more lockers?
Sports Commentary: Titan men on shakey ground
Electronic Artistry takes the stage at LCC
Exploring Eugene's underground music scene

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Lane Community College

Eugene, Oregon

February 17, 1989

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LCC announces $1 million in cuts
Instructional programs to be hit hardest
by Alice C. Wheeler

final budget decisions this spring.

TORCH Editor

The college announced Feb. 14 that over
$1 million will be cut from its 1989-90
budget. Instructional programs will take the
brunt of the cuts with a total reduction of
$750,000 in "direct instructional" programs
and $100,000 in instructional support.
Interim Pres. Jack Carter says the Executive Cabinet recommended these cuts to
avoid deficit spending. Because voters failed
to approve LCC'S tax base last November
the projected expenditures for 1989-90
budget are $1 million in excess of expected
revenues, Carter says.
The LCC Board of Education will make

Carter says the community is not willing
to spend more money to keep LCC at its current level. "It has told us, 'do what you can
to adjust your expenditures to the revenue
that you've got,' " he says.
Proposed cuts are as follows: $750,000
from direct instructional programs;
$100,000 from instructional support;
$80,000 from Administrative Services;
$50,000 from Student Services; and $25,000
from the President's Office.
These cuts will result in a loss of the
equivalent of 15 full time employees (FTE),
Carter says.
Vice presidents of the college's four divisions will take these figures back to their

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the problems with St}'r<;>foam
Feature

Schabtach

by

Jessica

TORCH Associate Editor

Editor's note: Thls is the second in a series of articles on
po(Xsiyrene. foam. The . first
dealt Wilh current debate at
LGCon whether or not the college should eliminate rhis
plastic; the third will consider ·
alternatives and solutions.

Fifteen years ago
Styrqfoam sounded like
a gre;it idea . En-

viron.mentalists were
pushing for products
that would save paper~
and plastic that was
lightweight, reasonably
attractive, and above all
cheap sounded like a
dream come true.
Styrofoam was the product that would save the
environment and please
businessmen as well.
Nowt however, it's the
bane of the environmentally conscious world,
and businesses are drop~
pingi .p9lystyrene pro;.
ducts from their ordering
lists faster than they can
count the dollars they'll
losein the process.
So what'$ wrong with
the stuff~ anyway?

Ozone Depletion
Recently scientists
have been noticing a nasty thing happening above
our heads. Large chunks
of the ozone layer, which
protects the earth from
the sun's ultravioletrays~
have been disappearing.
For a while .some
hoped that this was part
of a natural cycle of
ozone production and
depletion, but it's
becoming increasingly
evident that it's a manmade phenomenon--tbe
result
of
chlorofluorocarbons; or CFCs,
which
have been
used in car air conditionerst reirigeratorst
aerosol cans, and, until
recently, in Styrofoam
production. U.S. News
and World Report says
that even if CFC production were stopped immediately the damage
. would continue for years
• • •.• because '' Cf'.Cs .persist. as
long as a century before
they finally break
down.,,
Lastspring the plastics
industry, under pressure
fro~ an extremely<WOf:

rled population which
threatened to make
Styrofoam obsolete by
simply banning it, decid~
ed to clean up its act. In
an agreement with three
environmental groups -the Natural Resources
Defense Council, the Envir o nmeil tal Defense
Fund, and Friends of the
Earth -- the .Foodservice
Packaging Institute promised to phase out the
use of fully halogenated
CFCs (CFC$ treated with
halogensf chemicals such
as fluorine, chlorine, and
bromine) by the end of
1988 (a goal which Jim
Lammers, environmental affairs manager of
Dart Container Corp.,
says the industry has in
fact achieved).
In place of fully
halogenated CFCs, the
industry is using
HCFC-22~ a safer blowing ag~nt ,~ hich, according tOtlie bps Angeles
Times, 1freduces by .95
percent the product's
ozone-depletion poten~
tial. ... •The hydrogen
makes ·•·•·• Jhe compound
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$25,000
President's
Office

branches to decide where and how these cuts
will be made and how they will affect programs.
Carter says it is important to maintain the
quality of education at LCC. He suggests
that the quantity of different class sections
will be reduced. For example, a class that
now has 10 sections a term might be offered
in seven sections.
Carter says the maximum number of
students per class would remain the same,
but that classes would now be more likely to
fill.
In the past few years of budget cuts the
Counseling Department, Women's Program, Multi-Cultural Center, and Campus
Maintenance Program have taken extensive
cuts, Carter says. He explains that class offerings will now have to be reduced.
The college administration is taking its
share of the cuts, with a total of $105,000
coming out of Carter's office and from Administrative Services, which is run by Vice
Pres. Richard Hillier. Carter says "We need
to make administration as streamlined and
effective as possible."

Black history_ ·
month:
•
movies,
art,
contest,
& prizes
by Bonita Rinehart
for the TORCH

The Multi-Cultural Center has a number of activities planned
for the observation of Black History Month in February, according to Director Connie Mesquita.
• Included in the events are films such as Mandella and
Brother from Another Planet. Films will be shown every Friday
from 2 to 5 p.m. in Center 446.
• Biographical sketches of prominent black people in the arts
and social reform movement are currently on display in the
MCC.
• Information about activities sponsored by other school
organizations is also available in the MCC.
• The ASLCC is sponsoring an essay and speech contest for
Black History Month. Entrants are to prepare a speech or essay
on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The essays are to be approximately 500 words and speeches should be five minutes in
presentation length. The deadline for the entries is Feb. 21, 5
p.m. Submit entries to the ASLCC, Center Building Room 479.
Cash prizes will be awarded.

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Civil service -- bad requirement for financial aid
by Alice C. Wheeler

world trade system. Our
dollar, which used to do so
well on foreign markets, now
lags behind, as do our product
exports. We, as a people, need
to be more efficient, and better educated.
The children of our nation -the workers of tomorrow -will come predominantly from
the lower and middle
socioeconomic levels of our
society. These people are the
primary recipients of federal
financial aid. The education
and cultivation of these minds
are crucial to our survival as a
strong industrialized nation.

TO RCH Editor

If Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn
has his way in Congress, civil
service will replace all federal
financial aid grants for college
students.
Nunn ' s bill , called the
Citizenship and Service Act of
1989, would employ up to one
million high school graduates
in places like day care centers,
homeless shelters, and homes
fo r the elderly. The government would pay these special
workers approximately $100 a
week for one year. At the end
of the year each worker would
receive a $10,000 voucher to
be used towards his/her college education.
Or if the would-be student is
r eall y indu st riou s and
patriotic, he/s he could join
the army for two years, at a
reduced pay rate , and earn
$24,000 for college after two
years of service.
Doe s some t hing seem
strange with this picture?
Would a one-year civil service requiremen t to earn
federal finacial aid actually
deter potential students from
attending college?
Could it be that low income
families are being singled out
to take up the slack where
American government has
failed in dealing with pressing
social problems?
Income should have nothing
to do with being able to receive
a good education in this country.

Let's not force volunteerism
True, voluntary service also
makes our nation strong. The
very nature of volunteering
comes from the heart and conscience, not from an order or
requirement.

s~Ae

LCC. ~Ital
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Access should be a right

Go ahead, ask the burning
question: "Why should society pay for a child's education
anyway? Why shouldn't
parents be responsible for
their children's college bills?"
The

answer

is

simple:

Because parents aren't paying-or they can't pay. And so
millions of our country's
children receive little or no
money from their families,
and have limited means to pay
the bills on their own .
We are confronted every
day with America's failing

Our leaders should inspire
us to be active and involved in
our communities and in solving social problems.
They should set the example
for us. Recently, Great Britain's Princess Diana picked
up and hugged a child with
AIDS in a Harlem hospital
during a visit to our country.
Can you imagine George Bush
doing the same? The actions
of our leaders will help inspire
our compassion and our need
for involvement.
No cost savings
The Nunn bill would cost
the government approximately
$5 billion more than the existing college financial grant

LETT ER S TO TH E EDITOR==============================~
.Styrofoam harms
To the Editor:
We should know better. We
should be setting~an example.
Yet Lane Community College
continues to dispense food and
drinks in Styrofoam containers. (Styrofoam is Dow
Chemical's trade name for
polystyrene foam.) Of all the
plastics, polystyrene foam or
PSF is the most harmful to
humans, animals, and the environment in both its production and disposal.
PSF is a non-renewable
petroleum product, formed by
combining benzene with
ethylene to form styrene and
t hen finall y pol ys tyrene.
Ben zene is a recogni zed
human carcinogen harmful to
those who work with or near
it. Styrene has been linked
with increased levels of
chromosomal damage and
various cancers . In 1986 the
EPA ranked 20 chemicals
whose production generates
the most hazardous waste.
Ethylene was ranked number
four, polystyrene ranked
number five and benzene
ranked number six. The
damage is not limited to the
humans who produce PSF or
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February 17, 1989

those who live near production
facilities. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), the blowing agent
used in PSF's manufacture,
depletes the ozone layer which
protects the earth from the
sun's radiation. According to
the EPA, the present rate of
ozone depletion will result in
800,000 additional cancer
deaths world wide during the
next 88 years. Even after its
production, polystyrene foam
emits CFC for as long as 25
years. That's 25 years after
you've finished your hamburger and coffee. There is
also evidence, PSF is toxic to
humans when used in food
containers.
Disposal of PSF adds considerably to our waste disposal
problems. Currently, there are
no established procedures or
markets fo r recycling PSF.
The Association of Oregon
Recyclers supports a ban on its
use . Oregon spends about $1
million per year to remove
roadside litter, of which PSF
containers comprise the majority. PSF litter is often
mistaken for food by many
birds and fish. Being indigestible, it causes their death by
starvation.
Plastics that get landfilled
or incinerated comprise betThe TORCH

ween 25 to 32 percent by
volume of our total waste
stream. PSF accounts for a
significant part of that figure.
Municipalities throughout the
U.S. are expected to exhaust
landfill space within 10 years.
Incineration of PSF produces
noxious emissions and ash.
Suffolk County, N.Y. has
enacted a total ban on the use
of PSF containers in retail
establishments. The Portland
City Council has just enacted a
similar ban. Many counties,
cities, and school boards, including 4-J, have banned the
purchase and use of PSF
within their buildings and programs. In light of all the
hazards, cost and problems
associated with PSF, why does
LCC continue to purchase and
di spense Styrofoam containers?
Leslie Weinstein
LCC student
P res., B.R.I.N.G.

What should be
To the Editor:
Just as Jessica Schabtach's
editorial gave Heather Harpham a sinking feeling in her
stomach, Heather's editorial
brought tears to my eyes.

I did not see Jessica's
editorial, but I am pro-choice.
The fact of the matter is that
although women should use
birth ·c ontrol, it is not
available to everyone who
needs it. Not only that; there
are uneducated, uninformed
women in this country, who,
for one or more reasons, don't
even know the options of birth
control and safe sex. To these
women, not being aware of the
options is equivalent to them
not existing.
I'm happy Heather has a
son who is happy and loved. I,
myself, have a five-year-old
son. He is being raised by a
mother who is educated, informed, and aware. I know
what my options are. I'm
working to break the cycle of
"ignorance." But, the reality
is that the majority of people
that this issue affects are not
aware .
Like it or not, Heather,
''what should be'' and ''what
is" are two different things.
Are you willing to take responsibility for the children who
are now in foster homes due to
neglect and abuse? Are you
willing to educate young
females on issues of birth control, self-esteem, and parensee Letters, page 3

program, according to the
Feb. 6 issue of TIME. And
there would be no money saved by the taxpayers.
Other bothersome questions

This bill brings a lot of other
questions to mind.
• What about single parents?
How could a parent survive
for a year making $400 a
month? Would a participant
lose his/her rights to ADC and
food stamps because he/she
would be earning an income?
• Would the federal program
affect state programs?
• What about older college
students? More and more people are returning to college at
an older age -- some for the
first time and some to continue and finish. Many of
these people are able to attend
college because of financial
aid.
Making college easil y
available to people helps make
our economy strong. If
anything, the federal government should try to do just
that: make education more accessible for everyone, not just
to those who can already afford it.

~TORCH

EDITOR:
Alice C. Wheeler
ASSOCIATE EDITOR:
Jessica Schabtach
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Andy Dunn
SPORTS EDITOR:
Paul Morgan
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Dorothy Wilmes-Corkery, John Piper,
Kimberly Buchanan, Jodie Palmer, Bob
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PHOTO EDITOR:
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Marg Shand
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Imelda Warner
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Dorothy Wearne
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Pete Peterson

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Band-Aid for a symptom instead of a solution
Forum by Richard Cook
LCC St ud ent

Jessica Schabtach's editorial
on abortion rights was a sad
but vivid example of how the
world is willing only to put a
Band-Aid on a symptom instead of being willing to make
the sacrifices necessary to
solve a problem.
In the article, she supports
abortion by listing the supposed ills that an unwanted baby
would maliciously foist upon
the poor, innocent mother.
I'm sorry, but 99.5 percent of
the time, no one forced that
woman to have the sex that
resulted in her pregnancy, and
her claim to a right to make
her own decision is strangely
void of any claim to responsibility for the actions
resulting from the choice to
have sex.
''What about if the woman
was raped?", you ask . Well, I
think that rape is the worst
crime that one person can inflict upon another, but two
wrongs do not make a right,
and killing an innocent baby is
still not justified. By the way,
my wife and I have discussed
this at length, and she feels
even more strongly about that
particular point than I do -even if she were the victim.
Only mentally deranged people would support giving
rapists a safe, warm place to
do their dirty work, why

Letters

should we give murderers such
places? Murder, if it must occur, belongs in back alleys.
As to her claim that
thousands of women died
before Roe v. Wade and
would resume dying if it were
reversed, one of the doctors
who purposely circulated that
false information now says
that there were really only
about 500 deaths a year. In
1972, for example, only 39
women were reported to have
died from back-alley abortions. (Charisma, Jan., 1989)
While 39 lives is nothing to
take lightly, we need to realize
that people do a lot of other
stupid things, both legal and
illegal (like drugs) and far
more than that die every day in
this country from their
hideous effects.
Hypocrisy, Ms. Schabtach,
is not wanting equal rights for
all, it is claiming to support a
"woman's choice." Well, it
seems like the only true choice
in a democratic society is a
free, informed choice. Such an
atmosphere would have a
young pregnant girl seeking
counseling be required to hear
all of her options, including
keeping the baby or giving it
up to one of the 1.5 million
couples in the U.S. on waiting
lists to adopt, who would pay
all medical expenses for the
birth. She would be told that
the life within her is not just a
blob of tissue, but has

developed fingers and toes, its
own blood supply, and can
suck its thumb. She would be
told of the mental anguish
years down the road as she
wonders what the baby would
have looked like, whether she
would have been a dancer or
he a painter or baseball player,
(things they are currently not
told in an abortion clinic). The
girl would then be sent home
to think over her decision for
two or three days (we require a
cooling-off period to buy a
gun, why not here as well?)
and then could make her INFORMED choice. Far more
Pro-Lifers would support such
an arena than you might
think. But Planned Parenthood has been the most
powerful force behind
defeating legislation in two
states (I believe Colorado was
one) that would have imposed
just such requirements. Some
bastion of free thinking, huh?
Hypocrisy doesn't begin _to
cover the thought processes I
saw in your editorial, Ms.
Schabtach.
It is sad that you think that
you should have the right to
do what you want without
having to accept the consequences of your actions, and
equally sad that many of the
same people who justifiably
decry mistreatment of innocent animals have so little
regard for an equally innocent
human being.

As to the claims that a
woman's body is hers to do
with as she sees fit, we must
understand that it is not her
body that will be pickled in a
saline solution and dumped into a garbage pail, it is the life
of a separate human being,
with different chromosomes,
genes, and usually even a different blood type than that of
his or her mother.
Finally, I cannot in good
conscience lay all of the blame
on feminist groups and Planned Parenthood. Many conservatives have failed to understand the trials that a young
pregnant teen must face. They
don't understand that she is
unemployable because of
liability concerns, or that she
will be kicked out of her home
if she does not obey her
parents' wishes to "get rid of
your problem. n The insensitivity of most of the boys or

men who are as responsible for
the pregnancy as the woman
are, is also inexcusable. Support groups for women in such
situations, be they secular or
religious, have a lot of respect
from me.
But there are alternatives
for those who seek them. A
new place in town called Orchard Inn is a safe haven for
those young women whose only choices are abortion or life
on the streets. There, women
will be cared for in a supportive, disciplined environment
designed to prepare them for
either giving up the baby for
adoption, or being a good
enough mother to provide properly for her baby's needs. I
support such ventures with my
prayers and my money. Blowing up abortion clinics is not
the answer. A change of heart
is. Let's choose to support all
innocent life, not destroy it.

ASLCC CAMPUS CALENDAR
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17th
Friday Forum, Council for Human Rights
in Latin America, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. in the
cafeteria.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 20th
Presidents Day: NO CLASSES!!!

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21th
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ting? It is your responsibility!
It is my responsibility! It is the
responsibility of each and
every woman in this society to
make sure that every other
woman gets what she needs.
Do I value my life, you ask?
Yes, I do. I also see around
me, daily, people who are ignorant, unfulfilled, and selfdestructive. Is it their fault?
For the most part, I would say
no. How can people know
things they've never been
taught?
I doubt that convenience is
the reason for most abortions.
I would like to see abortions
become extinct. Not because
they are outlawed, but because
there is no longer a need for
them.
Join me, Heather. If
everyone who shares your
anti-abortion views would
band together to educate and
inform, maybe in a few years
there would no longer be a
need for abortions.

c1t1zens who are concerned
one time. To think of some of
about the rights of everyone,
the great minds that may have
including women. Many of been aborted by the choice of
them are women.
just one person is shocking to
And to the question "What me.
is the right to life?", God only
Maybe pro-lifers don't have
knows. According to the Biall the answers when it comes
ble, one of the seven things
to child care or adoption, but
God "hates" is "hands that • is killing the only option?
shed innocent blood.''
Please, if you're pro-choice,
(Proverbs 6: 17) And ''Thou make the right choice.
shalt not kill.'' (Exocus
20:13).
John Brambora
Whether you believe in God
Carmen Marquis
LCC Students
or not, we were all fetuses at

C5t!Jv{P'lJS
'Jv[I'J{JS'J!R.'Y

To the Editor:
I wish to respond to the
"Right to life -- or to kill" article found in the TORCH two
weeks ago. First of all, I feel
the article was basically onesided. There are many pro-life

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22th
TAX HELP EVERY MONDAY AND
WEDNESDAY, 2nd FLOOR, CENTER
BUILDING.
Noon music in the cafeteria, 11:30-1 p.m.,
Zweig & Co., Flute duo.
Friday Forum General Meeting, 3 p.m.,
Cen~ 480.
Free coffee and tea all day at the Student
Resource, 2nd floor, Center Building.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23rd
Part two of Cultural Sensitivity and undoing Racism Workshop, 2-5 p .m., Cen. 446.
See Tues., Feb. 23rd. Sponsored by ASLCC
and the Multi-Cultural Forum.

Anna DeMarco
LCC Student

The right choice

Cultural Sensitivity and Undoing Racism
Workshop 2-5 p.m. Cen. 446. Limited space
available. Advanced registration only. For
information, call 747-4501, ex. 2276, or see
Connie Mesquita in the Multi-Cultural
Center, Cen. 409.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24th

Center 242
747-4501 ext. 2814

The Multi-Cultural Center, as part of
Black History month, will be showing
films, 1:30 p.mr, in the Multi-cultural Center, Cen. 409.

We're Here For You
The TORCH

February 17, 1989

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Valley River open house brings school to city
by Jessica Schabtach
TORCH Associate Editor

Shoppers received a shock
last weekend as they entered
Valley River Center and
discovered helicopters, video
cameras, skeletons, and computers waiting to tell them
about LCC.
Over 40 departments participated in the informational
open house, which general
coordinator Bill Porter says
was an effort to give the college more exposure in the community.
"It was fantastic," Porter
says. ''Probably everything
that could have happened

right did happen."
Several years ago LCC had
an informational open house
at the college, and the idea
developed of holding one at
Valley River. After several
years it became a reality, with
participation from nearly all
the school's departments.
LCC marketing money was used to make signs and banners,
but all other costs were
covered by the departments,
and individuals volunteered
time to man the tables.
The staff also did all the
manual labor, setting up and
taking down tables and moving the exhibits into and out of

the mall. LCC electricians ran
extension cords to wire the
Porter
various machines.
says that the event provided an
opportunity for the LCC staff
and faculty to get more exposure to each other, and to
hear more about what other
departments on the campus
do. ''This was a great spinoff
that we didn't really expect,"
Porter says.
Valley River Center
employees were equally enthusiastic about the event, he
says. He received a letter on
Feb. 13 thanking LCC for its
enthusiasm and participation,
and encouraging the school to
return in the near future.
Porter says LCC is planning
on holding a similar event next
fall or spring, and is also
discussing programs with the
managers of the Springfield
and Gateway Malls.

photo by Michael Saker

Shelly Gandia and friend talk to the public about LCC science
classes .

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photo by Michael Saker

LCC invaded the hallways of Valley River Center Feb. 11-12,
for its first open house in many years.

photo by Michael Saker

Culinary Arts student, Nate Wheeler, shows off the skills that he has learned at LCC.

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Pinnacle reached

"We are very happy with the
logo."

by Jodie Palmer
TORCH Staff Writer

Focus on Fitness is a sixweek pilot fitness program for
the 4-J School District's third,
fourth, and fifth graders. It is
sponsored by the Oregon
Track Club Masters. It will
last from April 17 to May 26,
and will culminate on June 4
with the Children's Fun Run.

Marg Shand, a second-year
graphic design student at
LCC, has received a $120 prize
for her logo design for a
children's fitness program in
Eugene.
Shand received the prize in
January for a design assignment she completed in her
LCC graphic design class.
Cooperative Work Experience
Coordinator and graphic instructor Tom Rubick gave the
assignment after being contacted by Patricia Sundquist,
coordinator for the Focus on
Fitness Program being modeled in 4-J schools this spring.

Winning logo
by Marg Shand.

final design in late January.
The design features three
children -- a boy, a girl, and a
handicapped child -- running a
race. The logo will be used in
all Focus on Fitness materials,
including publicity, posters,
T-shirts, and instructional
packets.

Sundquist provided the
students with the rules of the
contest, and in January she
notified Shand that her design
had been selected. After they
"Working with Tom and
discussed some minor Margaret (Shand) was a very
modifications,
Shand · rewarding experience all the
presented Sunquist with the way around," Sunquist says.

Shand received, in addition
to the $100 prize and a $20
reimbursement for materials,
copies of the stationery and
other materials on which her
logo will appear. The six-week
program is an experiment in
local schools to encourage jogging, fitness, and nutrition as
a lifestyle change in grade
school children.

\

The program works through
elementary school physical
education instructors, who
will receive packets of information that the program's
organizers have prepared.

TORCH staff receives awards
by Jodie Palmer
TORCH Staff Writer

Members of the TORCH newspaper staff
received three first place awards at a conference
for community college student government and
press members last month.
The Community Colleges of Oregon Student
Association Commission (CCOSAC) held the
conference on Friday, Jan. 20, and Saturday,
Jan. 21, at Mount Hood Community College.
The TORCH production staff and Production Manager Jennifer Archer received an
award for best front page design for the Jan. 13
issue.
Paul Morgan, TORCH sports editor, took
the first place award for sports writing for a

sto~y on the Titans Womens basketball~game in
the Jan. 13 issue.
Editor Alice Wheeler, staff writer Bob
Walter, and Morgan also received the first
place award for newswriting.
Wheeler, Walter, and Morgan collaborated
on a two-page feature in the Dec. 2, 1988 issue·
of the TORCH that highlighted the issue of
homelessness in the Eugene-Springfield community.
Wheeler says, ''We were really happy with
the awards. The staff works really hard and it
was great to see our work recognized. Many of
the other community college papers in Oregon
have much larger budgets and staffs than we
do, so it's nice to see that we're doing so well
despite our limitations."

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Students help students through Peer Mentor
by Michael Omogrosso
TORCH Staff Writer

"Deru kui wa utareru,"
says Ken Dutchess as he bends
his six foot plus frame toward
Toshiyuki Osaka and speaks
to him in Japanese. A smile
begins to spread across
Osaka's face as he nods in
agreement.
"What I said," explains
Dutchess, a peer mentor accompanying Osaka at an interview, "is 'The nail that sticks
up, gets pounded.' " It is a
Japanese saying which il1us tr ates what Osaka, a
Japanese student at Lane,
thinks are the differences between US and Japanese attitudes toward family and
work. Japan is a nation of
small islands and large populations where people have been
forced by the land restrictions
to work together.
According to Osaka, people
in the U.S. tend to live independent of their jobs, placing more value on the life of
the individual person or family, while in Japan, he says the
good of the many 1s given the
highest priority.
Osaka gives this example:
"In Japan, there are often
Saturday company golf matches, or things like that. The
employees are expected to attend. It is not required, but
much of the company's
(internal) business happens
there."
Helping foreign students
communicate their ideas more
clearly is one purpose of the
Peer Ment?r Program,_but the
program gives support mother
ways too.
"It can be very lonely being

International student Truong Dung talks to Multi-Cultural Center aide
• Jo Anderson during the MCC International Coffee Hour.

a foreign student," says
Madelene Ang, a Peer Mentor
coordinator.
Ang says her first term
writing intructor, Frank
Rossini, suggested she go to a
Peer Mentor potluck where
she met many students. She
had such a good time, she
decided to get involved with
the group. "It was a place I
could go to get help, where activities were organized,"
remembers Ang.
Hong Kong student Brian
Wong, a Peer Mentor coordinator, says Peer Mentor gets
foreign students involved with
other cultures too.

Styrofoam

Wong says, "The Indonesian students (for example)
want to be with other Indonesians because they feel more
comfortable.'' He says that
Peer Mentor provides a means
to meet more people of different backgrounds, both on
campus and off.
"We gave them a place to
meet, a bulletin board to post
messages and notices on, and
an already established way to
meet new people -- the International Coffee Hour,'' says
Multi-Cultural Center Director Connie Mesquita.
''The very first Peer Mentor
retreat was at a lodge on the

McKenzie River in 1986," says
Mesquita. "We all planned
the meals and the activities
together.''
She remembers the retreat
as cementing the newly formed
relationships. "All of the
foreign students and Peer
Mentors were kind of bubbly
and inclusive."
Mesquita says the group
continued to call on each other
for support.
Without the Multi-Cultural
Center to provide a focus,
Vincent Jones, a former Peer
Mentor, thinks the program
would not have had as good a
chance for success.

Jones, an International
Studies major, discovered
Peer Mentor accidentally
while walking by the MultiCultural Center. He was attracted by the activity there,
went in, and essentially stayed.
Another International
Studies major, Andy Harris,
describes the working foundation of Peer Mentor.
"Nobody can really understand a country or people like
someone who has grown up
there can," he says.
Harris, a Peer Mentor,
ASLCC senator, and the
political events coordinator
for ASLCC, says traveling
abroad has shown him the importance of having someone
from whom to learn about the
local culture.
"I have a Mexican friend,
Tony, who stayed with my
family while he attended
LCC," reminisces Harris. "I
visited him in Mexico and he
took me to an underground
cavern with a pool of water we
swam in. It was fed by a cold
spring. If it wasn't for the two
lanterns Tony brought, we
couldn't have seen a thing. It
was like being in another
world, and pretty scary, too.
It's a place only the local
villagers know about and
tourists never see.''
Harris found that by sharing life's similarities with
foreign friends -- music,
jokes, restaurants, and
movies -- the differences between cultures begin to fade
away.
Does the Peer Mentor Program work?
Madelene Ang can answer
that. "I feel very happy at
LCC. I feel I fit in well."

frompagel _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~ - - - - - - American reports that of 29
-- Styrofoam makes up about
The Problems With Paper
less stable so it breaks down Municipal Incineration
damage cases associated with
one quarter of one percent.
At first glance paper seems
When burned in municipal
before it reaches the upper atmethane production in landAnd William Rathje, a
mosphere (and attacks the incinerators Styrofoam can ac- like the perfect solution -- it's
fills, 20 explosions and fires
"garbologist" at the Universitually be a positive force, ac- organic, it's made from a
ozo
and 5 deaths have occurred.
ty of Arizona, says that paper
less stable so it breaks down cording to a letter in the Wall renewable resource, it's
However, this gas can be
doesn't decompose nearly as
before it reaches the upper at- Street Journal. The letter biodegradable, it makes great
recovered and controlled, then
suppeople
most
as
quickly
mosphere (and attacks the quotes the Center for Plastics cups.
as natural gas.
sold
wet
too
is
landfill
the
If
pose.
severe
some
has
paper
But
Rutgers
at
Research
Recycling
ozone layer).'' The agreement
(Currently, only 100 of the
or too dry, or if the paper is
also says that the industry will University as saying "From problems of its own, even
6000 municipal waste landfills
too deeply buried, it may take
continue to search for even the standpoint of energy con- aside from cost (paper cups
in the country have methane
disintegrate.
to
it
for
centuries
better solutions. Meanwhile, tent and combustion efficien- are two or three times as excollection processes.)
does
paper
when
Even
to
accorbeneficial
Styrofoam,
are
as
plastics
pensive
cy,
pentane remains the blowing
The New Republic also cites
decompose properly it can
agent for the coffee cups used the combustion process as a ding to the 1987 Berkeley
methane as a contributor to
cause problems in landfills. In
component of (mucipal solid report on polystyrene foam).
at LCC.
the "greenhouse effect," a
fact, biodegradable materials
Although paper itself is
waste) incinerator feed." In
Solid Waste Disposal
warming trend which
global
promore
many
caused
burn
have
helps
it
paper
most
words,
other
biodegradable,
Unfortunately, the eliminamay change the earth's
blems in solid waste disposal
tion of fully halogenated other materials more com- cups -- the cheaper kind, alas
climates drastically in the next
sites than nonbiodegradable
CFCs hasn't done away with pletely and gives off large -- are coated with paraffin or
50 years. But the main
substances -- problems like
plastic to make them water
Styrofoam's problems. People amounts of enrgy.
methane producers in the
But if incinerators aren't and heat resistant. These progroundwater contamination
are increasingly worried about
world are rice paddies, terand gas emission. According
another question: Where does equipped with "scrubbers" in tective coatings essentially
mites, livestock, and people
to Scientific American, water
that cup go after they drop it the stacks they can emit nox- nullify paper's biodegradabilican
themselves, and carbon dioxwaste
the
benthrough
longincluding
seeping
as
nearly
it
chemicals,
ious
make
and
ty
in the trash?
ide, not methane, is conbecome a toxic solution
Chances are it eventually zyne and others contributed by lasting as Styrofoam.
primary
the
sidered
known as a leachate, which
ends up in a landfill, where it polystyrene foam. Even the
In addition, Dart Container
''greenhouse gas.''
may escape from an inadewill stay for a long, long time. cleanest of incinerators also Corp. claims that the treatSo What Do We Do?
quately lined landfill and
LCC chemistry instructor end up with large amounts of ment of paper actually uses
Perhaps the best solution
pollute groundwater as well as
Charles Bentz says that toxic ash, which then has to be more non-renewable resources
would be to return to china,
rivers, streams, and lakes.
polystyrene -- and all other disposed of in landfills. In- than Styrofoam in manufacglass, or reusable plastic cups,
Methane gas, which is formplastics -- are petroleum- cinerators are rare and expen- ture. OSPIRG admits that this
but that's probably beyond the
biodegradable
when
ed
cups
such
paper
may be true, since
derived, and are therefore sive, and in some areas,
realm of possibility currently
oxproperly
aren't
materials
in
chemicals
with
severe
has
treated
which
are
Colorado,
as
They
non-biodegradable.
because of high costs, theft,
ygenated as they decompose,
don't disintegrate naturally air pollution problems, are not production.
and breakage, and the mancan cause more dramatic efOnce paper cups find their
because there's no naturally legal at all.
required to sanitize
power
into
seep
can
fects. It, too,
OSPIRG representatives
ways into landfills they may
occurring organism that can
reusable dishes.
destroy them. Landfills are suggest that incinerators may not degrade at all, 't•even if surrounding soil (where it may
kill vegetation), and then into
rapidly being filled up and be an option in some regions,
they're uncoated. Paper comNext week: A look at solutions
shut down, so every bit of but aren't necessarily practical prises about 50 percent of the houses, where it can cause
and alternatives.
here.
Scientific
explosions.
space is precious.
U.S.
violent
the
solid waste stream in
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February 17, 1989

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'Interesting social experiment'

Students attend LCC, on campus in the French Alps
by Jodie Palmer
TO RC H Staff Writer

Eight LCC students wake
up every morning for school
on a different continent. They
live in a 19th-century chalet
with their teachers, and get PE
credit for downhill skiing.
And yet, for all this, they are
not confused.
Instead, they enjoy "an interesting social experiment,''
according to director and
faculty instructor Jacqueline .
Victor, in the small, mountain
town of Villard de Lans, at the
Petit Adret, the school for
LCC students in the French
Alps.
Since the fall of 1988 the
Petit Adret, or "small sunny
side of the hill,'' has been the
home of LCC students wishing
to learn about the French
culture. They live together in
one floor of the four-story
building, with the cafeteria,
kitchen, classrooms, and staff
housing located on other
floors.
Victor says there are many
advantages to such a selfcontained environment.
"This is a commune-like arrangement that forces the
students and faculty to share
responsibilities and depend
upon one another to solve problems."
In a telephone interview last
week, student Bret Berg, 19,
said the proximity of his instructors and the small size of
the classes make it easier for
him to understand class
material.
''The classes here have more
of a personal touch. Though
the instructors keep us on
track and expect a lot from us,
we are more encouraged to
concentrate and learn. And if
we have any questions, our
teachers are always there.''

LCC students attending the French campus s~end their spare time in the nearby town of Villard de Laos. where they enjoy many boutiques, theatres, and sidewalk cafes. Students can also tour other parts of France.
Hawk, and Victor, who also
can to see all of the things that
ple are very rude when you
class goes more slowly. With
teaches literature, French, and
they had only read about
don't speak fluently, but
only five people in our classes,
LCC cooks and
aerobics.
They're
untrue.
totally
that's
before."
undersdon't
two
if
though,
really very friendly, and help
tand, it takes much less time to
Rogers plans to spend the French and American staff
out a lot. Being here, you're
answer their questions. We're
end of his stay in June help maintain the operations
forced to use the language,
able to cover more, but we
''playing it by ear.'' He hopes of the school.
When asked about the
have to make sure that we because so many of the young
to go to Italy, Greece, Turkey
stick to the schedule that LCC people in the town are my
and the Netherlands before changes the experience in
friends now, so I have to learn
follows.''
catching his flight home to the Europe had helped him make,
Berg said that until now, he
The students who enter the quickly. I also attend the
us.
had not declared a major nor
French program do not need Lycee (high school) in the
"I haven't really had any
any prior experience with the town, and there I'm taking
major culture shocks yet. I had any idea what career path
he wanted to follow. ''Now
mean, I went to Morocco,
language to qualify. They are, Spanish and English classes
which is probably the only
I'm beginning to think about
however, required to study taught in French. It's amazing
place you'll see a robed,
teaching.'' He added that the
French once they arrive. Lear- how much my French has imbearded man walking his pet
prospect of teaching at the
ning French while immersed in proved from that."
goat. But, you have to realize Petit Adret would be "a
the culture, according to Berg,
Rogers also found that he
that this is Africa, and to be dream.''
learned a great deal from
is not difficult.
there and experience it you
Rogers sums up his ex"I've only had Spanish in socializing with people from
can't have a lot of expectaperience. '' At first these situaSean Rogers, 19, added, "If high school, and I don't think other cultures.
tions are sometimes embartions."
I really learned anything
''Though the town kind of
you have a class of 30 students
when you make
rassing,
for
that
emphasizes
Victor
lacks in respect to females
and one-third of them don't useful. I was told before I
mistakes. But after a while,
students who are interested,
(laughs), the guys I have met
understand something, the came here that the French peoyou begin to think of
open-mindedness is the most
are the most kindhearted and
everything as an adventure.
important thing to possess.
good people ever. The people
Maybe -- I don't know -"If you have to have your
here are really nice."
maybe I'm just growing up."
hamburgers or your breakfast
The students spend their
For more information about
just the way Mom does them,
free time hiking, skiing and
Petit Adret, students can
the
having fun in the town of
you'll have to forget it and be
ready for different things. If contact Judith Gabriel, the
Villard de Lans, which has
program's coordinator at
many boutiques, cafes, pubs,
things break, they might not
LCC, at extension 2699.
get fixed right away as they are
two movie theatres, and a
in the US. Students here learn
Tuition for the program is
discotheque. They also plan
how to cope, and how to be
$3667 per term, which does
several optional weekend trips
part of the solution to their
not include air fare, spending
as a group, such as a Mardi
problems."
money, or the cost of extra
Gras celebration in Nice, a
The eight students involved
weekend trips. Students may
bike trip through the Loire
apply financial aid to the proValley, and an eight-day sail-, in the program are from many
other areas, but they all must
gram, and some additional
ing trip off the French Riviera,
apply to LCC as transfer
financial aid is available. Acwhere all the students will
students before taking part in
cording to campus coorreceive instruction on sailing
the program. Students include
dinator Judith Gabriel, the
from the skipper.
cost isn't too unreasonable,
Berg, Rogers, Judith Candee,
"Now that all of the
since students living in Eugene
and Jason Gardner; Laura
students are more confident
have costs of rent, food, and
Dean, of Evansville, IN,;
about traveling on their own,"
transportation in addition to
Delian Gaskell, of Powell
Victor adds, "we have been
tuition and books. Students
River, B.C.; and one transfer
planning fewer things as a
can take courses in most
group and letting them pursue
student whose name was not
general subjects taught on the
their own individual interests.
released.
main LCC campus, such as
Europe has very efficient
The faculty members from
math, science, history,
transportation systems, and all
LCC include social science inand
political science,
structor Steve Candee, science
the students use public
The students and staff at the Petit Adret live together in a fourliterature.
story chalet in a commune-like arrangement.
and math instructor Bob
transportation as much as they
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February 17, 1989

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Singing Valentine wows Belcher

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Locked out

by John F. Piper
TORCH Staff Writer

photo by

Vice Pres. of Instruction Jacquelyn Belcher receives a singing
valentine from the Science Department. The singers are
members of the Cascade Chorus.

Women's roles re-evaluated
by Dorothy Wilmes-Corkery
TORCH Staff Writer

Black historian Penny Russell called for a
"re-evaluation of the role of the AfricanAmerican women of Alabama in the civil rights
movement of the late 50s and 60s" in her
Feb. 2 speech at Temple Beth Israel.
Russell's visit was sponsored by Clergy and
Laity Concerned in celebration of Black
History Month.
Russell told the group that while historians
tend to label these women as the backbone of
the freedom struggle, she prefers to view them
as the real leaders who both created and shaped
the movement.
In support of her thesis, Russell pointed to
the events leading up to the 1955 Montgomery,
AL bus boycott -- a protest of segregation in
Alabama's city and state bus systems.
Russell rechronicled the episode in which
Montgomery resident Rosa Parks was arrested
and charged with violating the city's segregation code. Parks had refused to give up her bus
seat to a white man.
A teacher at Alabama State College, JoAnn
Robinson, recognized Parks' arrest as the time
for action, said Russell.
It was Robinson who wrote and
mimeographed a letter calling for a mass
boycott of the public transportation system.
That evening Robinson saw to it that the letter
was delivered to the entire black community in
Montgomery.
The bus boycott began on Dec. 5, 1955, and
lasted for over one year, nearly bankrupting the
Montgomery bus system. On June 4, 1956,
racial segregation on city bus lines was ruled
unconstitutional by a U.S. District Court. The
Supreme Court upheld the decision on Nov. 13,
1956.
Russell also cited the work of Ella Baker as
crucial to the successes of the freedom struggle.
Baker recognized the importance of student ac-

tlVlsm, which was often underrated by black
male leaders, said Russell.
Baker was a grass-roots organizer of the sitins of the 60s and was a leader in the Student
Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. ,.
According to Russell, Baker was critical of
"institutional leadership," and believed that
leaders didn't necessarily come from the top
but "emerged naturally from the people if you
created the right situation for them."
Although Baker often disagreed with the
black male leadership, Russell said that she
"gave harmony in the movement -- greater
priority than her own personal ambitiop.," and
continued to work within the established
framework.
Russell singled out Fannie Lou Hamer, the
youngest of 20 children of sharecropper
parents, as ''perhaps the best example of an
African-American woman . . . leader whose
militancy earned her the respect of neighbors
long before the movement.''
In 1962, Hamer was refused the right to vote
because she failed a test on the Mississippi state
constitution. Working independently, Hamer
studied the constitution and earned the right to
vote. She later taught citizenship classes to
other blacks.
Hamer worked for years canvassing for voter
registration drives and eventually became
supervisor of a county voter registration program in Alabama.
Although she was beaten, arrested, and shot
at, Hamer continued to speak out with her
''thunderous voice and her homespun wisdom
on behalf of equal rights for blacks during the
1960s. ''
Hamer was quoted as saying, "I feel sorry
for anybody that could let hate wrap them up.''
In closing, Russell said, "I take this history
of my people as a sign of all human possibility
and offer the stories of these women as an act
of solidarity and a testament of hope.''

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So you finally find a parking space, you get out of your
car, and you head toward the Center Building. You're carrying your math textbook, your art project, your volleyball
gear, your box of disks for your Intro to Computers class,
and your guitar for Intro to Guitar.
In addition to these scholastic items, you've got your
lunch, assorted pens, pencils, and notebooks, as well as
your Walkman, several audio tapes, and your gym shoes.
By the time you reach the Center, encumbered by all of
these essentials, you're nearly exhausted. By the time you
get to Math 101, you're more interested in getting to your
desk to take a load off your feet than you are in anything
mathematical.
"My word," you think, as you collapse with a clatter into your chair, "it sure would be nice to have a place to put
all of this stuff until I need it, rather than carting it around
all day."
As things stand now, you have only two options: either
continue to improve your muscle tone and stamina by lugging all of this equipment back and forth, or avail yourself
of the deposit-a-quarter lockers (you get your quarter back
when you return the key) to the right of the LCC bookstore
as you come up the stairs.
Don't count too heavily on that second option for relief,
though; everyone who reads this will be racing up there
tomorrow morning to check them out.
You and I aren't the only ones who have noticed this
problem. Two groups of students in LCC Instructor Mary
Foresteri's Small Group Communications class have
chosen to tackle the issue, and one of them has prepared a
survey, which you'll find at the bottom of this column.
If enough surveys are returned to the Career Information Center before next Wednesday, that group will have
enough information to make some informed proposals to
the Administration.
Speaking of student involvement, is there anything going on at LCC that you'd like to have people know about?
Or, failing that, is there anything about LCC that you
yourself would like to know more about? Or have you
simply got a comment or complaint concerning LCC that
you'd like to see given some attention? Drop me a line in
the TORCH office and I'll get on it ASAP.
And, hey, if you disagree with me about anything I've
said here so far, please let me know. You may have access
to information that I would never run across in the normal
course of events, and I'd really rather be corrected than
go down on the record as having refused to amend a
mistake.
1. Do you have a need for safe and secure storage space for
personal items at LCC? ...... YES ...... NO
2. In which building do you need storage space?
3. How would you use storage space if available?
...... HOUR ...... DAY ...... WEEK ...... MONTH
...... TERM
4. What kind of items would you need to store?
...... BOOKS ...... BACKPACKS ...... CLOTHING
...... LARGE ITEMS ...... OTHER
5. Would you be willing to pay for the convenience of
storage space? ...... .

tliink

STATE YOUR OPINION!
Fill out this form and return it to the Career Information Center on the
second floor of the Center Building by Feb. 22, 4 p.m.

Veterans propose club
by Dorothy Wilmes-Corkery
TORCH Staff Writer

Jim & Vonnie Ross
in Creswell

942-2482
M-F 8-5:30
Saturday till 3:00
USED, RECYCLED AUTO
&TRUCK PARTS
FROM

FUZZIE'S AUTO WRECKING

LCC' s Association of
Veterans will hold a brownbag lunch and meeting to
determine if there is a need for
an LCC veterans' club on
Wednesday, Feb. 22, from
noon to 1 p.m. in the Board
Room, ADM 216.
Dave Schroeder, a veteran
specialist from the Springfield
Division of the Oregon
Employment Office, will conduct the meeting.
Schroeder hopes that this

preliminary meeting will determine if there is enough interest
to warrant the formation of a
service-oriented organization
for LCC veterans.
Schroeder says that the
organization would provide a
support system for veterans,
giving them the opportunity to
share ideas and to get updates
on policy and procedures from
reliable sources.
For more information contact Dave Schroeder at
726-3508 or Ellen Jones at ext.
2693.

SPO RTS & REC REATION
Titan men plod into play-offs withol:Jt Michaud

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Commentary by Paul Morgan
TORCH Sports Editor

"There's a lot of dissension
on that team."
Those were the words of
former Titan basketball cocaptain Harold Michaud, who
quit the team after the LinnBenton game Jan. 25.
Since the Titans lost
Michaud they haven't been
able to find themselves, and
have lost three of the last five
games. Feb. 11 the Titans lost
to last place Portland Community College and dropped
into a fourth place tie with
Clackamas C.C. at 5-7.
LCC hung on by its fingernails to beat a feisty LinnBenton C.C. Feb. 15, 86-78, in
a game that the Titans could,
and probably should, have
won easily. Titan Head Coach

Dale Bates substituted almost
every time one of his players
made a mistake or committed
a foul.
It's as if Bates has a very itchy finger on the panic button.
While it is the coach's
prerogative to substitute
whenever he wishes, Bates
seems to use this power too
much. It's frustrating for a
player to come in and out of a
game for little or no reason.
This is one of the reasons
Michaud left the team. Put
simply, he said he just wasn't
happy with the way the team
was being run. He left the
team midway through the
league season without telling
anyone on the team why.
Coaches talk about players
that are only worried about
themselves and not the team,

Titans beat Linn-Benton

but when a team is winning (as
the Titans were) there must be
another reason, other than
selfishness, for a player as
talented as Michaud to quit.
In Michaud, the Titans lost
a starting sophomore post
player who was their leading
scorer, averaging 18.6 points
per game. The loss was costly
for a team struggling to make
the play-offs, and facing a
rocky road even if it does.
''It's just stuff between
Bates and I," explained
Michaud in a recent interview.
"He was limiting certain people and we weren't getting
along because of it. Dale is not
a person who communicates
well.''
Michaud said he didn't like
Bates' style of coaching.
"My biggest problem was
that there was no freedom on
the court for players that can
shoot the ball," he said. "I
think they (the Titans) are
afraid to shoot the ball
because if they miss, they
come out.
"Lane just wasn't my style
of ball."
The Titans have been very
timid from the perimeter this
season, and haven't had very

much success from the 7-16
foot range.
According to Bates,
.Michaud was recovering from
pneumonia during the last few
weeks he played for the
Titans, and wasn't getting the
kind of playing time he
wanted.
"He wasn't playing very
well and it was really getting to
him," theorized the 16-year
head coach. ''The defenses
centered on him and he had
trouble coping with that. I
think he took the easy way
out."
The Titan squad seems to be
equally disappointed with
Michaud's decision to quit.
"I think that it's pretty
weak that Harold quit, but
that's his problem," said
Titan guard Doug Piquette. "I
think he owed it to us and
himself to stay with the team.
We relied on him .... He
was our leading scorer.
"He's not the reason we're
losing, though,'' Piquette added.
The Titans were losing, but
with a win against Mount
Hood C.C. Saturday, Feb. 18
they can assure themselves a
tie for fourth place with

.:.i

'

Clackamas.
But if Clackamas loses
either of its last two games,
LCC is assured of a tie d.espite
the outcome of Saturday's
game. If the Titans do tie with,
Clackamas, there will be a tie
breaking game, and the winner
goes to the league play-offs.
The way things look now,
though, the Titans are going to
need Clackamas' help to make
the play-offs. The one thing
that can really help LCC is a
consistent lineup in the game.
There are some good players
out there, and they just need
to find their rhythm.
These guys are at the junior
college level and are still trying
to gain confidence in their
game. If they get yanked every
time they make a mistake or
miss a shot, it's a form of
negative reinforcement.
In other words, if you fall
off the horse, you've got to get
right back on, not go sit on the
bench.
Yes, I know I haven't been
coaching for 16 years, but one
can see it in the players' faces
when they get pulled from the
game after making a mistake.
It's a look of frustration: Give
them a chance, coach.

photo by Michael Primrose

Freshman Marty Huff goes up for two points against
Linn-Benton Community College. The Titans went
on to defeat the Roadrunners 86-78.

Fishing auction held
by Paul Morgan
TORCH Sports Edi tor

Oregon Trout, the state wild
fi sh conservation organization, will hold its fourth annual benefit auction at Studio
One, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, on March 4
from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Hundreds of fishing and
camping items, as well as
sought after wildlife art prints,
will be auctioned. The main
item is a new 16-foot McKenzie driftboat.
Oregon Trout Pres. Jim
Williams explains the need to
support his group's efforts.
"Oregon Trout serves as the
voice of our wild fish populations. When decisions that
deal with our waterways (are

being made), Oregon Trout
makes sure the needs of our
wild fish populations are
carefully considered.''
Oregon Trout is a nonprofit organization, and
recieves no public funding. It
is supported by its members
and the business community
of Oregon.

TAXES
HASSLE FREE
FEDERAL & STATE
SHORT FORMS - $25

QUICK SERVICE
Burdick Pivonka & Associates

1655 W. 11th Suite 2

CALL 345 - 1680

Brown &Haley Mountain" Bars.
The TORCH

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AUTOS
GOVERNMENT .SEIZED Vehi cles
from $100. Fords. Mercedes. Corvettes.
Chevy s. Surplu s. Buyers guide.
1-805-68 7-6000, ext. S-6150.
1978 LTD Ford, asking $1 ,000. 1981
Kawasaki 305 , asking $450 . Call
345-6311 , 484-6872 .
1963 CHEVROLET 1/2 ton pickup.
Good running truck. $675 . 726-8524,
evenings and weekends.

SPANISH STUDIES /Salamanca!
8/1 -8/29/89 . $1945 /22 60. Harland
Wilhehm, Escort Extraordinaire! Lorna
Funnell , ext. 2906 or 342-481 7.
EVENTSiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;;;;;;;;.

SOUNDESIGN Portable radio, $8 . Like
new. 13 in . b/w television , $34.
726-8562, evenings .

FOR SALE

AMAZI NG LA P KITTY! The perfect
frie nd for all seasons! Si mon, 6 mo! A
N oble Tabby. 998-2803.

NEW MEDIUM BLACK leather fri nge
jacket. $180 , no kiddi ng. Leave
message, 345 -2192.

'72 COROLLA parting out. Engine,
transmission, wheels, interior, etc.
available . Jason, 683-3830.

IF YOU SELL THE ITEM you're adver-

ADORA BLE 13-inch black & whi te TV.
Used very little. $35.50 or best offer.
726-8562, evenings.
tising, please notify the TORCH office.
CONDOMS 6/$1. Student Health Services. CEN 126.

BICYCLES iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicAMPAGNoLo Soth edition bicycle
group set. Call ext . 2655; leave message
for Michael Primrose.

DOGICA T MANSIO N wi th loft. $50
OBO. 747-5148.

MEN'S 21 " Nishiki ten-speed. Good
condition , $125 . Call Chuck at
935- 7998.

4 DINING ROOM chairs. Sturdy black
metal w/gold cushi•ons, $20. Wooden
saloon doors, $25. 747-5148 .

MEN'S 19" Centurion ten-speed. Clean ,
excel lent condition. $90. Call 343-1904.

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

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CANDY RED 1987 Honda Shadow
1100. Lots of chrome. Very low miles.
$3895. 1-99 7-7825.
'82 CR125 , water-cooled , bored .080
over. Very quick! $600 or offer?
746-7227, Dave or message.

BROWN VINYL COUCH , $100. Good
condition. 747-5148.

SKIS. OLIN MARK Ills. 200cm . $150.
Atomic SLC. 203cm . $165. Kneissl RS.
205cm . $110. Each pair has bindings.
342-2244 .

1979 VESPA 125, needs work. $125
obo. Drew, 683-0656.

THE LIBRARY has on-going used Book
Sale. Prices are rock bottom: $1.00 for
hardback , $.50 for paperback . All profits go to buy new books for the library.

1985 HONDA ELITE 80. Porsche grey!
Purrs like kitten - only $600. Call Drew,
683-0656.

NEW 5 I /4" DSIDD diskettes, $.50.
Diskette cases, holds 70, $5. Other supplies available. Mike, 343-4213 .

2 1982 HONDA Passports. $600 each,
8 sq. ft. 8-9 wt. shoulder leather, $25 .
688-8039.

EPSON PRINTER ribbons for MX-80,
FX-80, $3.50. Other computer supplies
available. Mike, ext. 2867 or 343-4213.

WANT SCOOTER: must run, but
doesn 't have to look good. Limited
budget. Ca ll Dan at 689-0847.

19" COLOR TV, remote control, cable
and VCR ready. Sacrifice at $150. Call
Da n at 689-0847.

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150 cm skis, boots & poles all for $1 J 0.
Call 484-1706.

FRENCH AND ITALIAN TUTOR, 6
Jill,
years experience. $6/hour
345-1132 .

ROBERTSON'S DRUGS (
Your prescription,
our main conce rn .

B

343-7715
30th & Hilyard

NANCY PARKER, CFI-1, has $20
Discovery flights available. 485-5892.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for peer support program with Disabled Advisory
Coalition. A 2-day volunteer training
workshop will be held at Veneta
Elementary School, Sat. & Sun. Feb. 18
& 19. Free. Call DAC, 345-7055.

1974 MUSTANG II. 6 cylinder automatic. PB-PS 96,000 original miles
$1,550. 726 -8524, evenings and
weekends.
PUT THE TOP down . '68 MG convertible, good condition. $1 , 750 .
746-9525.

1978 AUDI FOX, looks and runs great.
Einkes, AM /FM , sunroof. $2 ,200. Martin Smith, 746-2842.

2 5" x 7" Sparkomatic car speakers, $35.
Pair Sanyo cabinets 3-way, $70. Andy,
342-2505 .

RO LLS WH EELCHAIR. Like new.
With leg rest. $150. (It's blue.) Call
747-4839.
GREAT LOCATION fo r students - UO
or LCC. '59 Buckingham 10 x 50 mobile
home w/ large attached family room ,
carport, storage shed in wood Glenwood Park . $3,000. 688-9159.
QUEEN-SIZED waterbed. Great condito n. $100. Call 343-1904.

Junior League of Eugene

The Thrift & Gift Shop
High Quality Resale Clothing
& Household Items

• Kitchen
Supplies
• Linens
• Children's
games.
toys, &
clothing

• Designer
Clothing
• Great
Sweaters
• Men's Shirts
& Jackets
• Family
Athletic-Ware

FREE
MOVING:Need to fi nd a home for 1
yr. black lab dog. 741-4772.

HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED! W ork Study and
Cooperative Work Experience students.
We need people in all areas fro m
busi ness to performi ng arts and P.E. to
woodworki ng and creative arts. Or any
LCC studen t willing to share his/her
speciality with o ur K - 5 students. For
more information , please ca ll
687-3552. 'P

KARATE: LESSONS Mon., Wed.,
nights 6 to 8 p.m. Sat. 9 - 12 p.m .
$30/month. Call Vance, 345-5084.

PICK UP A copy of Emergency Housing informati on at the Student Resource
Center, ext. 2342.

BE TH E BEST you can be! Jones, Rust
and Associates offers small, personalized self-improvement and pageant training classes. Taught by professional
mod el Becky Rust, who was Mrs.
Oregon, 1985. Call 683-8695 for
details.

ROGUE - Slugfest '89 comi ng soon (if
you can handle the slime.) Delilah .
DELI LAH - A nother o ne go t away, eh?
Is Maverick still frigid? Rogue.

GOVERNMENT JOBS, $16,040 $59 , 230 / yr. Now hiring . Call
1-805-687-6000 ext. R-6150 for ~urrent
federal list.

WANTED: RICH , young debutante
from the east coast who is tired of the
preppy scene and wants to live with an
animal. 726-1524. 'P

WEEKEND/EVENING. Residential care
workers for individuals with severe
deve lopmental disabilities in small
homes in Eugene. All positions require
drivers license and valid CPR within 1
month of employment. Must be 18 yrs
or over and pass criminal history check .
Requirements: experience working with
people with D.D. Shifts M-F 2 p.m . - 10
p .m., 10 p.m. - 6 a.m. Salary 10-15,000.
Weekends Sat/Sun shifts 6 a.m. - 2 p .m.,
2 p.m. - 10 p.m., 10 p.m . - 6 a.m. Salary
5-7 per hour. Oregon Community Support c/o Michelle O' Brien , 1252 Polk
St. Eugene, 97402. Phone 683-5028.

HERE'S TO YOU - chips, salsa, peppers
and a wonderfu l birthday! See you on
the 25th.!!

OJT POSITIONS. Free travel worldwide. Average earnings $3,000/month.
Call (206) 785-3948, ex t. 5032 , 5 a.m. 8 p.m. 7 days.
CAMP COUNSELORS, asst. director,
waterfront staff, and program director
needed at beau tiful coastal Girl Scout
ca mp. Must be great wi th kids, responsible, caring, energetic, and love the
outd oors! 6/26-8/23. $600-$1200 plus
roo m/board for summ er. 485-5911.
O VERSEAS JOBS. $900-2000 mo. Summer, yr. round, all countries, all fields.
Free in fo. Write !JC, PO Box 52-OR02,
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625. 'P

LOST& FOUND
FOUND: Man's watch in cafeteria on
Jan. 24. Contact Campus Ministry for
more details.
LOST: Woman's antique "Hawthorn"
wristwatch . Belonged to my mother so
it has a great deal of sentimental value.
H. 484-1046.
LOST: PAIR OF beaded barrettes in
Health & PE Building 1/25 o r 1/27.
Please call Kim, 935-7903 or leave
message, ext. 2830.

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FRENCH Study/Travel. Take LCC
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see Europe! Openings for Winter/
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Judith Gabriel 747-4501 ext. 2699. Go
For It!
ANYONE INTE RESTED in participating on the women's track and
field team please contact Lyndell
Wilken at ext. 2696 or 343-3080. The
team is in need of more distance runners and sprinters.

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humorous messages. It is not intended
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KA VIK: How goes school? Professor?

HI ALL YOU space cadets out there.
This is your captain - hang in there. J. T.
Kirk .
WOMENSPACE lap-a-thon Feb. 25 .
Help support services for battered
women and children by swimming or
sponsoring a swimmer. Wes
Chamberlain will be swimming for
H&PE Dept. For more info call Sue or
Wes at 2545 . Swimmers packets
available at local pools.
HEIDE - Your abs are cool, your curves
are right. Do you have plans tonight?
Cliff .

W OMEN'S SUPPO RT GROUP. Tuesday's 9-10 a.m. Room 219. Having trouble coping wi th school, drop by.

IN FORMATIONAL MEETING to
form an LCC Vet's Club. If you are a
LCC student receiving veteran's
benefits bring your brown bag lunch
and come to a meeting on Wed . Feb.
22, 12 - 1 p.m. in the Boardroom
(Administration Bldg. 2nd floor).
FLOAT THE RIVER. Reasonable rates.
1/2 day or full day trips available. Call
Dave, 484-1706.

SERVICES-------NEED A PHOTOGRAPHER? Call
344-8389 or T arch office and leave
message for Michael Primrose, Photo
Editor.
ARE HEALTH PROBLEMS interferring
with your education? The LCC Student
Health Services offers - free to low cost medical care to currently enrolled
students.
FEELING ICKY? Kinda sicky? Not sure
what's wrong? Student Health CEN
126, can help.

TRY COME, I have an "ideal" wan t to
"borrow!" it? Annie Pooh Pooh.

MASSAGE! LICENSED massage
therapist in your home or my office.
Sliding scale $20-35. Christine Kerwood, LMT, 683-0925.

MOM - HAPPY bi rthday , love Al issa
and Jordan.

TRANSPORTATION~~

M ISS ELLIE, glad we're type "A"
because you can never lau gh too much !!
A untie Em.
AN APPLE a day turns into a peach!
ELLEN BELLEN Watermelon , happy
birthday! We love you, Danny Dale
and Annabelle!
OSPIRG TOXICS Action Group meets
Tuesdays at 2:00 in CEN 410. Come
fi ght toxic waste .
M IXED MEDIA artwork by Deborah
Picket. Eugene Public Library. Feb.
1-28.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD has a
pregnancy test that is 99 per cent accurate one day after a missed period! Includ es unb iased co un seling. Call
344-9411. 'P

GOVERNMENT SEIZED veh icles from
$100. Fo rds. Mercedes. Corvettes.
Chevys. Su rp lus. Buye rs guide.
1-805-687-6000 ext. S-615 0.
RIDE NEEDED TO SALEM 2-19-89.
W ill help w ith gas. Please call 683-3004.

TYPING .-iiiiiiiiiiiiii.-.-iiiiiiiiiiiiii
TYPING SERVICE. Term papers,
resumes, cover letters, business letters.
Price nego tiable . Ca ll M ary a t
485-6080.
TYPING, $.75/PAGE. Fast, accurate,
professional. 726•I 988. 'P
PROFESSIONAL WORD PROCESSING usi ng NLQ printer. Free pickup
and delivery . $ 1. 75/page. Please call
683-5203, evenings. 'P

PLANNED PARENTHOOD for Pap
smears, infection checks, birth control
& co u nse ling. Days & evenings.
344-9411. 'P

JO , THE TYPING PRO. 14 y rs. expe r ience. A cc ura te, dep e ndable.
683-6068. 'P

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D RUMME R SEE KS BASS, guitar,
vocals for fun, semi-serious rock band.
Jason, 683-3830.

DO YOU CA RE about your world? Friday Forum is looking fo r new
members!! Call 747-4501 , ext. 2335.

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WOMEN'S HEAL TH CARE is
available in Student Health. (Pap
smears , bir th control ,. pregnancy
testing, breast exam , etc.)

Have you seen a Fuzzy Rabbit? Sta rshine.

reduction.

February 17, 1989

PROTECTION FOR YOU : Condoms
6/$1.00. Student Health Services, CEN
126.
LCC KARA TE CLUB meets Fridays, 7 9 p.m. , P.E. 101. More info : Wes,
746-0940 or Stephen, 343-2846.

I CONTRACT weekend work, etc.
Service.
Forest
t he
with
Laborers/sawyers/ fo remen. Contact
Renn , 942-2302.

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HELP! WE NEED money! Send contributions to: Dan Quayle Retirement
Fund, 810 E. 43rd, Eugene, OR 97405 .
I AM INTERESTED in buying an
aluminum canoe for $200. Please call
342-7583.
WE NEED A NICE couch or two seater
for our home. Call 343-4725, eve.

WANTED
We buy stereos, VCR's
& sound equipment.

STEREO
WORKSHOP
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Electronic Artistry attracts musicians from near and far
by Alan Curtis and
nd Y Dunn
A
fo r the TORCH

The Performing Arts
Department will present its
third annual Electronic Artistry, featuring two evening
performances of electronic
music and four music
workshops, Feb. 24 - 25.
According to Edward
McManus, LCC music instructor and producer of Electronic Artistry for the past
three years, the show "has
gained a national reputation as
an innovative symposium
focusing on music performance with electronic instruments.''
The tremendous renown of
this event puts a great deal of
pressure on LCC, but
McManus says the college has
traditionally come through
with very professional productions.
''People come from all over
the country, especially Los
Angeles and New York, and
expect to see an extremely professional production featuring
the latest innovations in this
field,'' he says.
This year's event will
feature two evening concerts

,

photo by Suzan Carson

LA performance artist and composer Jill Frazer headlines Electronic Artistry '89 to be held at LCC Feb. 24 - 25.

with local artists and two
critically acclaimed guest artists, Don Muro and Jill
Frazier. Four electronic music
workshops will also be
presented by experts in the

Locally produced video
earns international acclaim
by Jodie Palmer
TORCH Staff Writer

field on Friday, Feb. 24.
In the concerts, LCC
students and other local talent
will perform for the first half
of the show.
LCC student Rey Madrid

will perform first, presenting works playing several synthethe piece "First Impressions."
sizers simultaneously.
He will use multi-keyboards,
Los Angeles performance
and MIDI drum pads and sax- artist and soundtrack composer Jill Fazer will conclude
ophone to perform his piece.
Jeffrey Stollet, director of the concert with a number of
music for the U of O's Depart- original pieces, including some
ment of Dance, will perform from her recently released
"Strains," followed by "Keep co_mpact disk Alphabetical
in Touch," a jazz fusion com- Disorders.
position by LCC alumnus
The f ~ur workshops to be
Chris Stevens.
held dunng the day on Feb.
24, include soundtrack scoring
A vocal and synthesizer
by Jill Frazer, KORG
ensemble will then perform
Technology by Jordan Rudes,
'' A Celebration of Praise''
Technology in Music Educawhich was written by LCC
voice instructor Dan Sachs tion by Don Muro, and the
Joy of Digital Sampling by
and arranged by Gene SkinClark
Salisbury.
ner.
McManus states that the
This will be followed by workshops would be of in''Impressions of the Oregon terest to many people, inCaves" with accompanying
cluding novices, since he has
slide show, presented by LCC
asked the clinicians to avoid
music lab coordinator Chris
too much tecnical instruction
Owen.
in their workshops.
Concluding the first half of
Tickets for the performance
the show, LCC Dance Depart- cost $8, while the workshops
ment Head Mary Seereiter will cost $5 for one or $ 10 for two
perform a fiber optics dance to to four. A general admission
''Africa'' by Michael Charles. ticket for all of the events runs
Seereiter will wear a specially $15.
designed dress illuminated by
Tickets can be purchased in
2500 fiber optic strands.
advance at the LCC box ofAfter the intermission, Col- fice, 726-2202, or at
umbia University's Don Muro Marketplace Books in the
will perform a number of • Fifth Street Public Market.

'New Directions in Photography'

Former Mass Communications student Scott Vogler has
received several national and international awards for his filming and editing work on an educational video released last year.
The video, Surviving Sexual Abuse, received the third place
Bronze Apple award from the National Educational Film and
Video Festival in April, 1988. It was one of over 900 video and
film pieces submitted from across the country.

Byard Pidgeon's Lakeside:
Zoom In is one of the works in
LCC's Art Department
Gallery display New Direc-

tions in Photography.
The current works of 10
Oregon artists/photographers
are f ea tu red in the display
which is to run until March 10.
A reception for the artists
will be held in the gallery from
7 - 9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17.
Participating in the show are
Jeff Baldwin, Andrea Benson,
Ron Finne, Craig Hickman,
Mary Ann Johns, Susie Morrill, Byard Pidgeon, Dan
Powell, Terri Warpinski, and
Carol Westlake.
The gallery is located on the
first floor of the Math & Arts
Building.

Additionally, it became one of 39 finalists in the John Muir
Medical Film Festival last May in which nearly 500 entries from
21 countries competed for awards at the festival.
Vogler began the project after friends from Oregon Trail
Recovery Center and Lane County Mental Health Department
approached him with a need for new_materials to use in sessions
with adults who have been sexually abused.
The resulting video shows four adults, each speaking separately about personal experiences as sexually abused children. •
"The scenes were not scripted -- they were totally impromptu," says Vogler. "They don;t provide an opinion or a solution.
By showing these people talking openly about their experiences,
professionals can use (the tape) as a vehicle for conversation, so
abused adults can begin to get help."
In addition to the awards, Vogler has received recognition
from the medical community and written responses from politicians, including Pres. George Bush, Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, and
Sen. Bob Packwood.
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February 17, 1989

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Stalking the underground muSic scene in Lane County
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by Andy Dunn

Even referring to them as rock
and roll bands seemed unp all at able to the band
For the dozens of people- members I spoke with. The
standing outside the WOW terms Punk Rock, Thrash
Hall the night of Jan. 29, there Bands, Alternative Music, and
was only disappointment. The especially New Wave all
basement, hot and nearly received a response of_ thinly
airless, had quickly filled to di guised repugnance.
capacity and no more tickets
"We play original music.
were being sold.
We don't do a lot of
Eugene's
Community covers ... We don't play the
Center for the · Performing Top 40 kind of thing,'' said
Arts (WOW Hall) was John O'Neil, guitarist in
hosting, as it has done infre- another local band, Uncle
quently in the past, a concert Charlie.
featuring the alternative music
So much for what they
of Eugene.
aren't. What they are, or
And despite the lack of local rather what I heard that evenclubs offering them a forum ing was THE best live music
for their music, despite the that I've listened to since I
absence of anything resembl- moved to Eugene a year and a
ing a coherent local musical half ago.
photo by Kathy Molloy
scene, despite the cold outside
Rawheadrex opened. It
Eugene band Snakepit was one of the bands that played in last month's WOW Hall concert
and the claustrophobic at- featured the hottest, tightest
which offered an energetic alternative to Eugene's traditional music scene. The new band's new
mosphere within -- despite all rhythm section that I've seen
line-up features Joe Preston on bass, Mike Johnson on guitar, and Robert Christie on drums.
of this, an appreciative and in years. Ranging musically
lively crowd of more than 150 from the Country and Western
people showed up and gained influenced "Jesus And Tepected.
ty of the audience. From skate
about new music than going
admittance, and were not quilla'' to the bluesy
While the walls were lined punks and other teenage facout and listening to it
disappointed.
with the less energetic and tions to the weathered looking
''Automatic'', the group was
themselves.''
The booming but muffled simply excellent. Its 30 minute
some people were stoically post - punk era veterans, it
I heard other explanations
sounds filtered out into the
of why local groups such as
street, but the intensity of the
Snakepit get more gigs in
event was inside.
Portland than Eugene -- such
The music was great, the
as the housing crunch closing
decible level was high, the exup the party band scene, and
citement was tangible, and the
previous unsympathetic
sweaty body thrashing was
management at the WOW
restrained enough to avoid inHall and other forums.
juries. It was a great evening.
Rising in large part from the
Regardless of the reasons,
punk rock musical movement
the lack of a musical base for
of the early 1980s, the Eugene set left me hoping for more of hanging from the pipes for a
was a colorful crowd.
original, non-traditional
• better view, the real action was
bands Rawheadrex and the same.
I was only surprised at the bands in Eugene is a shame.
Snakepit and Victoria, B.C. 's
lack of 18 - 22 year olds from Occasional concerts such as
It ~as a blow to discover on the floor. A pit of dancing,
No Means No are quite dif- that this band's days may be thrashing, and slamming peothe U of 0. Mike Johnson of this are a brief but welcome
ferent from one another numbered, since drummer ple had formed in front of the
Snakepit had this explanation: addition to and change from
musically. But they share an Tim Arnold has contracted stage with a fringe of others
'' I think the college kids in this the traditional Eugene musical
approach -- an appeal -- that tenonitus in his wrists.
town are more into reading scene.
just jumping around.
Next up Snakepit played a
has ironically kept them from
Snakepit had the audience
powerful set with some fast- worked up and the climax was
any wide scale acceptance.
They play original, in- paced hard rock. The crowd to come with No Means No,
novative, fast paced and finally woke up and the base- the final group to play.
ment concert began to look
danceable rock and roll.
Critically acclaimed, and
,· by Joh)t
P~uer
Yet they disdain labels. more as one would have ex- just starting a world tour from
TORCR~~ff Weiter
native Victoria, B.C., this
J?h~y ask'.e<it~at tµeir ad9~~ss not be ijdh~~~~ .f.I:;JX~ly sur1
band defies comparison with
•
I?tisingt.fqn;5.id~ri,11g
th~ ~a~µrc~ ,.o J J!.e e:ent <:>f;
J.l.
anything from planet Earth.
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vicinity
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The songs were experiments in
n~~t{th~~~' youwoul4n't have h~~ . ~? t;r-~u~leJin<.ling
juxtaposed rhythms and
the. .plac~.t •• •.
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twisted lyrical worlds.
. .;r~e s~z~aple bQrde 9fJu~pxicaJed ~inqrs milltng $urlily
The band poured forth a
~rgund on tpe J~~ll Oll~ide would ahp~st e~rta:inly .haye
great deal of energy and the
~e{t~~ you·.to ·th~sfact.t~*' ~~~e(pi~J: ~~$ afoot,
audience responded in kind .
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The only mar on the evening
what: party shcnycase for !bre~r:f?u~rtiea}tef~ative µands.
was a premature ending causDprwater played . first. 'T'fi.etre .• f~~t, . loµdt and
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