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tions would be filled from a target group which would include
women, women of color, disabled, veterans, lesbians, gays,
bisexuals, and non-traditional students (any student under 18 or
over 24). In addition; Initiative 004 stated that one of the five
positions must be filled by a woman of color.
Passage required a vote of two-thirds of the 15-member
Senate, or a unanimous vote of at least 10 members. Monday
marked the third time the action was introduced in the senate. In
two prior meetings the issue was tabled for research and later
discussion.
At the Feb. 13 meeting, ASLCC Pres. John Millet said that he
backs the initiative 100 percent, seeing it as a way of creating
"active" rather than "passive" hiring and appointment procedures.
ASLCC members critical of the initiative said that the senate
has shown no discrimination in hiring practices in the past, and
that "red tape" might accompany passage of the action.
Millet responded by stating, ''Opting out of or away from
progress because you're afraid of what might happen is looking
in the wrong direction.'' He urged the ASLCC to look at what
"pro-active affirmative action could do for ASLCC and LCC."
Millet said that the initiative is "a guideline for assuring that
we encompass as many of the students (at LCC) as possible."
Women represent 56.7 percent of the campus population and
they should be represented accordingly, he said.
Another question raised at Monday's meeting was how the
ASLCC would go about finding out if a person fits one of the
targeted groups without invading a individual's right to privacy,
especially regarding sexual preferences.
Millet stated that the initiative would simply ensure the rights
of these people to be included in the hiring process.
Senate member Bette Dorris was one of the two senators who
voted against the motion. However, she said, "I am not opposed
to Affirmative Action, I'm opposed to the way the motion was
presented to the senate. I want to be more informed and to hear
all legalities involved."
Dorris said she wanted to hear from the target groups
themselves at the Feb. 22 meeting.
Senator Randy Rawson also voted against the policy, but had
no comment.

ing students to pay for parking
at LCC.
Richard Hillier, vice president of Administrative Services, says that no decision has
been reached, and none will be
reached until further discussion and investigation have
taken place.
An analysis of costs and
revenue was researched by
Bob Vogel, chairman of Electronic Services. He estimated
the expense of having Diamond Parking run LCC's
1,400-stall parking lot at
$100,099. Net revenue
generated for the entire year
was estimated at $349,901.
These estimates are based
on parking fees of $50 a year,
$20 a term and a $1 hourly rate
if paid on a daily basis.
Vogel's report also stated
that the Diamond crew would
be responsible for picking up
trash and "keeping the facility
looking sharp." Diamond
would need two booths with
gate arms, which would be set
up on Eldon Schafer Drive
and Gonyea Road near the
Ride Share Center. These
booths would be set up to collect fees when people left the
campus, and permit holders
would have a special lane to
expedite exit.
ASLCC Pres. John Millet
says, "I am 100 percent

photo by Michael Saker

Signs like this may appear on campus next fall if a paid parking
proposal passes.

against the idea; it's unfair to
the students.''
He cites specific reasons
that he is against paid parking.
"It is a poor way to raise
revenue. There would be too
many expenses taken out of
the revenue earned from this
project." And he says that
because there is no alternative
place to park students would
be forced to pay the fee. He is
concerned that this would
"limit students' ability to gain
access to education, especially
at a commuter college like
LCC."
Diane Dann, associate

director of Institutional Advancement says, "The meeting
raised a lot more questions
than it answered." She also
expresses concern that paid
parking would send out the
wrong message to the community and make it harder to
attract people to LCC.
"It's a hard way to raise
that money," she comments.
Hillier says that the information gathered at this
meeting was sent to Interim
Pres. Jack Carter.
Carter had not reviewed the
information and could not
comment at press time.

Alternatives to Styrofoam ban may be available
Feature by Jessica Schabtach
TORCH Associate Editor

Editor's Note: This is the third and final article in a series
studying LCC's proposed polystyrene foam ban, the problems
wilh polystyrene foam, and solutions and alternatives.

LCC is considering banning Styrofoam, and has
appointed a committee to consider its problems as
well as the cost and other problems of paper. This
article wiil investigate solutions which are being
used in other areas.
Recycling
Recycling polystyrene foam has generally been
considered an impossibility, but several companies
across the country are working to make it a reality. In Massachusetts, Time Magazine reports,
Mobil Chemical and Genpak are preparing to
open a foam recycling plant which will recycle
about eight percent of the state's Styrofoam,
reforming the plastic into ''such new items as
flowerpots, wall insulation and coat hangers.''
Closer to home, the John Inskeep Environmental Learning Center at Clackamas Community
College is currently working on a renovation pro-

ject using lumber made from recycled plastics, including Styrofoam. Nan Hage, assistant director
of the center, says the lumber will be used to build
a new bridge over a wetlands; she says it is particularly suited for such use because the plastic
lumber doesn'.t contain the hazardous chemicals
found in pressure-treated timber. However, she
says the company which is manufacturing the
lumber "hasn't perfected the system to be costeffective," and is extremely slow in delivering it.
She says, too, that the lumber is very heavy, but
believes that for certain purposes, such as in boatbuilding, its strength and durability may outweigh
its other problems.
Prior to the Portland banning of Styrofoam this
year, The Oregonian urged the city to reconsider
recycling, saying '' A ban leaves no room for the
industry and the public to adopt practices and
technology that would allow the benefits of
plastics without the hazards." The editorial suggested "constructive thinking" like that which
pioneered the bottle bill in Oregon years ago.
However, OSPIRG representative Betsy Matsch

says that although recycling Styrofoam is
technically possible, "in reality it's ridiculous ...
It's just practically and economically nonfeasible.
Nobody's going to take their little Styrofoam cup
from the restaurant and wash it out and put it in a
recycling bin. And no restaurant manager is going
to set that up because it's just not financially good
for him to do."
Degradable Plastics
Biodegradable and photodegradable plastics -plastics which disintegrate when exposed to light
for an extended period of time -- have been
developed recently and are in use in certain regions
of the country. Jim Lammers of Dart Container
Corp. says that foodservice products made from
such plastics may be developed in the near future,
but that degradability may detract from the
benefits of plastics, such as insulation and sturdiness.
Degradable plastics may also cause other problems, such as defeating recycling efforts -- the
Connecticut Environment Committee reports that
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ASLCC: Put your money where your mouth is
by Alice C. Wheeler
TO RC H Edit or

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Affirmative action was created in the 1960s to ensure equal
opportunity in admissions and employment for minority groups
and women.
Members of the ASLCC recently voted down an affirmative
action policy which, if it had paddes, would have required it to
fulfill specific hiring practices.

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Policy number 004 stated:
For every JO persons appointed by ASLCC (this includes appointed Executive
Cabinet positions, workstudy positions, and or any new paid positions to be
created by ASLCC in the future) of that JO, Jive shall be from one of the following groups: students of color, women, disabled, veteran, non-traditional, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and of that five at least one will be a woman of color.
Any vacant Senate seat that is filled by other than the election process, during
the academic year, shall be filled by the ASLCC's Affirmative Action
Guidelines, unless the Senate already meets those guidelines.
No person shall be used to fill more than one target group qualification.

During discussion of this policy members of the senate said
that they had already made their "statement about racism" and
that this policy was unnecessary. They said that they did not
discriminate when appointing ASLCC positions. Other
members said that the policy would create a lot of "red tape,"
and that they were worried that they might have to hire someone
who was "unqualified for the job."
The ASLCC has set itself up as a progressive, open-minded
representative body for the students at LCC by sponsoring many
multicultural events.
Too many reasons were brought up for not accepting the
policy. To the average listener it would have sounded like some
members of the ASLCC don't want to put their money where
their mouth is. These listeners would have been correct.
Although this policy contained stiff requirements, if accepted
it would have set a precedent for other community colleges in
Oregon. Many senators wondered how they would find one
woman of color for every nine people on the Senate. Only about
5.6 percent of the students at LCC are women of color. Maybe
the ASLCC should enlarge the ratio in a new affirmative action
policy to one out of 15 or 20 ASLCC employees. This might be a
more realistic approach.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR=-============
Still wondering
To the Editor:
I was born in 1967, fully five
years before the Roe vs. Wade
decision made abortion legal.
This fact meant nothing to me
until relatively recently, when
I found out that I was a serendipitous child.
That is to say: I was the
most obvious reason that my
parents married less than nine
months before I was born.
I am not enough of an antiquarian to be able to guess at
my parents' reactions to the
news that I had been conceived, but I can see that they had
only a few options concerning
it.
They chose to bear and raise
me, obviously, but what else
could they have done?
If they had chosen to put me
up for adoption , my mother
would still have had to endure
t he phy sical ordeal of
pregnancy and childbirth and
would have received nothing
whatsoever in return for her
time, eriergy, and expense.
Their other option was to
have an illegal abortion. I'm
understandably grateful that
this wasn't the route they
chose. That procedure was, by
all reports, extremely risky for
the woman involved. And I
don't like to imagine the
zygote which later became
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myself being indirectly responsible for the mutilation or
death of its host.
The question whose answer
I will never be sure of is
nothing so abstract as whether
fetuses have souls, or whether
they should be given legal protection as entities discrete
from the woman in whose
body they reside, or even
whether abortion should or
should not be legal.
No, I will simply always
wonder whether I would have
been born if abortions had
been safe and legal in 1967.
Although my mother has
assured me that she and my
father would've gone ahead
with the pregnancy in any
case, I can't help but suspect
otherwise. After all, she is my
mother, and it's more than 20
years .now since my parents
were faced with the decision,
and it's only human to pretend
that the choice one has made is
the best one, whether it really
is or not.
But the fact of the matter is,
abortion was not safe or legal
in 1967. My parents didn't
really have the option.
I look back on my
childhood, their divorce, my
mother's struggle to survive as
a single parent, my father's
slow
recovery
from
alcoholism, and wonder
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whether things might've been
different if they had.
We'll never really know.
And I '11 never really know
whether my parents got married because they wanted to or
because they were compelled
to by an accidental pregnancy.
If abortion had been made
legal just a little bit sooner, I
wouldn't have to wonder.
Name withheld by author's request

Great weekend
To the Students of LCC:
Thank you for your participation in and support of
the LCC/Valley River Center
Open House. It was a most
successful weekend for Lane
Community College. It is
thrilling to see students and
staff working side by side to
present LCC to the community at large. Valley River Center
owners were pleased to have us
there and sent words of praise.
The students were a part of
that success. Together we can
make a difference!
Joyce Kofford
Secretary to Vice President for
Student Services

Styrofoam stays
To the Editor:
I recently picked up an issue
of the TORCH while riding

LTD. I read the article pertaining to the Styrofoam cups
at LCC. This is a very important issue for all institutions,
not just LCC.
Billions of Styrofoam cups
are being thrown away each
day in colleges across the nation. Styrofoam is not
biodegradable and it doesn't
go away. I realize that cost and
available space are important
to some. Others know that the

care of our planet and our
resources are much more important.
In 1985, I transferred to
LCC from Portland Community College. PCC encouraged students and faculty
to use their own cup for coffee. They gave us five cents off
(the price of) our coffee, no
matter the size of our cup.
When I approached LCC with

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EDITOR: Alice C. Wheeler
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·Worrying about GP A
can hinder learning
by Jodie Palmer
TO RCH Staff Writer

Instructors at a recent
Faculty Forum on Grades and
Standards said that students
often drop classes because
they might earn no better than
a C grade.
"Cultivation" of GP As interferes with actual mastery of
the necessary information,
said several of the faculty.
According to statistics compiled from the Student
Records Office for the 1985-87
school years, more than 50
percent of student grades are
As and Bs, with C grades
• totalling less than 14 percent
of all grades earned.
Many of the 30 faculty
members present at the Jan. 31
session expressed concern that
students were able to do less to
earn an A. Math instructor Jill
McKenney said, "I have many
students who don't bother to
try harder because they would
get the same A by putting out
less of an effort.''
Some suggested that grade
inflation would deter students'
desires to experiment in other
subjects in which they might
not earn straight As.
"It's like students aren't
allowed to be human any
more,'' said McKenney.
She added that these higher
grades, both at the community
college and university levels,
cause the GPA requirements
for key university programs to
rise, thus eliminating students
who have the adequate skills,
but not the above average
GPAs.
Instructors at the session
agreed, complaining that the
pressure on students to keep
high GPAs carried over to instructors who want to see their
students qualify for such programs.
The faculty present suggested that plus and minus
grades may be a way to inspire
students to try harder in
classes where it seems easy to
earn As and Bs. Though the
extra marks are dropped when
figuring GP As at the university level, the instructors present
said that the issue should be
examined further during fall
faculty meetings.
The Audit Option
However, most of the
meeting was devoted to discussion of the Audit Option.
Some instructors want the
right to give audit students a
"Y" grade (no basis for grade)
if they fail to attend classes.
Several faculty claimed that
students who change from
graded to audit credit
sometimes stop attending
class. The audit mark is
recorded on the transcript by a
"U.,,
Instructors also discovered
that many employers give
raises to employees who audit
a certain number of classes.
Until now, a student would

receive a grade of U regardless
of attendance.
In order to answer questions
about the transfer of grades,
Ken Carpenter, a U of 0
academic adviser, and
Charlene Blinn, an LCC
counselor, sat in on the forum.
Carpenter said that although
non-passing grades are averaged into a student's grade point
average, only A, B, C, D, and
P grades appear on an official
grade transcript when a student transfers credit to the
university.
McKenney said, "Because
so many instructors were busy
with midterms and students,
we did not have a majority of
the faculty present. . . We are
hoping to have an inservice
day this fall so that all faculty
members can have the benefit
of research materials on these
issues."
After the session McKenney
urged students to be aware of
the conclusions of the forum
and offer suggestions about
the possible policy changes.
The meeting was sponsored
by the Faculty Forum and
organized by Donna Morgan,
communications-data
specialist for Student Services.
The purpose of these forums is
to generate open discussion on
relevant topics of interest to
instructors, and to act upon
the conclusions reached during
debate.

Campaign against toxic use
by Andy Dunn
TORCH Entertainment Editor

Acting on their beliefs about
environmental issues, several
LCC students are organizing
meetings, table displays, and
letter-writing campaigns.
Following an environmental
issue forum held at LCC
earlier in the month, these
students have been meeting
weekly to organize a campaign
in favor of Oregon's proposed
Toxics Use Reduction (TUR)
Act.
The TUR bill and LCC' s
Feb. 8 forum were both sponsored by the Oregon Student
Public Interest Research
Group (OSPIRG), but the
group of LCC students is not
officially affiliated with any
organization.
"It's a group of LCC
students who attended the
meeting and want to help,"
says Ivan Frishberg, an LCC
student
and
OSPIRG
volunteer who has been helping to organize the effort.
''The students here want to
do something -- make a
difference -- and they see that
they can.''
The TUR bill, which seeks
to mandate the reduction of
toxic substances used by industries, will be introduced in
an open hearing in Salem on
March 1.
The LCC group hopes to get
50 students to write letters to
their state representatives in
favor of the bill. The group
gathered more than a dozen

photo by Michael Saker

LCC students campaigning for toxics use reduction staff a table
in the cafeteria on Feb. 22.

letters by ·Feb. 22.
Additionally, ·at least five
members of the group plan to
go to Salem on March 1 in
support of the bill.
The group meets at 2 p.m.
on Tuesdays in Center 410 and
plans on continuing its environmental
efforts

throughout the school year.
For more information on
the group, the TUR bill, or the
planned trip to Salem, you can
leave a message for Ivan
Frishberg at the Student
Resource Center on the second
floor of the Center Building,
ext. 2342.

ASLCC CAMPUS CALENDAR
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24
*Friday Forum, BRING Recycling, 10 am2 pm, in the cafeteria.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 27
*ASLCC Senate meeting, 3-6 pm, in the
Boardroom, Administration Building.
*Disabled Advisory Club, 2-3 pm, Cen. 420.
Open to all students.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 1

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*Friday Forum General Meeting, 3 pm,
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*Free coffee and tea all day at the Student
Resource Center, 2nd floor, Center Building.
*Brown Bag Talk in the Women's Center,
1-2 pm, Cen. 213.

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*International Coffee Hour in the Multicultural Center, 1-2:30 pm, Cen. 409.

FRIDAY MARCH 3
*The Multicultural Center, as part of Black
History Month, will be showing films,
1:30 pm, in the Multicultural Center,
Cen. 409.

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK:
"Leprechans are proof that Gnomes mate
with Pixies."
-MATT GROENING

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my plastic tumbler, they refused to let me use my cup. I was
•told it was unsanitary! I found
that response absurd!
I discontinued buying coffee
in the cafeteria. I found the
coffee in the Women's Center
of better quality and they let
me use my own cup! I am
choosing to do something
about Styrofoam use in my
life, because I know that '' I
can make a difference!"
Leigh Corkum
U ofO

Examine effects
To the Editor:
I just read Heather Harpham' s forum concerning
abortion. When I read Jessica
Schabtach's article I, too, had
a sick feeling in my stomach. I
feel that the majority of prochoice advocates are the people who have never had to
make the difficult decision.
I was 17 when I became
pregnant, and I considered an
abortion. But fortunately, my
mother came to me with actual
photos •of aborted babies. I
considered adoption, but I
made the decision to keep my
daughter.
I feel that I have benefitted
from keeping this child.

Learning responsibility was
the best thing for me. I admit
that sometimes it is hard, and
money is tight, but I couldn't
live with the fact that a baby
might have lived to make a difference somehow if I had
aborted. My daughter is 2
now, and she is what I am going to college for; so that I will
be able to give her the things
she needs.
In no way has she destroyed
my life. I think it is probably
just a good excuse for prochoice advocates to use this
"destruction of life" farce.
Parenting is not for the
weak-hearted, but if the people pushing abortions on
others would stop and really
examine the actual meaning
and effect of what takes place
when the procedure happens, I
would hope that they would
change their minds. To me,
killing a baby while in the
womb is the same as killing it
while it is out of the womb.
Jayne S. Cowan
LCC student

A private matter
To the Editor:
I am pro-choice. Unlike
Heather Harpham, I have not
met any women who suffered

physically or emotionally from
having an abortion, and I have
met a sad few who did suffer
in both ways from having an
unwanted child. They returned
their suffering tenfold on their
offspring. This is the kind of
abuse Jessica Schabtach seems
to be referring to in her
editorial -- emotional poverty.
Monetary poverty is not the
issue.
Ms. Harpham states in her
rebuttal to Ms. Schabtach's
editorial that a pregnant
woman is not one body, but
two. If this is to be accepted as
fact, it would seem to me that
asking a woman to be totally
responsible for a second body
is unfair if she wishes otherwise, and to be wholly and absolutely legally responsible for
an unloved, parasitic body is
absurd.
I take exception to Ms. Harpham' s suggestion that
"back-alley" abortions will be
exponentially safer due to improved medical technology.
Are street drugs any safer now
because of improved pharmaceutical technology?
Abortion is admittedly a
controversial, emotional, and
complicated issue. I have
reached a viewpoint I feel
coJJ1fortable with; but I believe

that, no matter what one's
personal views, abortion is a
decision that should be up to a
woman and her own beliefs.
Neither prohibitive legislation
nor wanton destruction -such as the bombing of
clinics -- have any part in this
very private matter.
Elisabeth P. Blum
LCC student

Pay raise absurd
To the Editor:
I feel compelled to bring up
a few points about the proposed 50 percent pay increase for
our government officials. I
was outraged that such a proposal was made in the first
place, and insulted by the
remarks made by the proponents when it was not approved.
Supposedly one of the main
features in the package was
that with the increase in
wages, our public officials
would not be able to collect
speaking
for
fees
engagements. Why on earth
should the general public be
burdened with paying for the
appearance of an official for a
select group that attends these
functions?
One of the defeated
members interviewed on national television expressed his
disgust that a ball player gets
such an outrageous income. I
am disgusted at this also; but
my disgust at a yearly income
of under $8000 and his disgust
at well over $50,000 seem a bit
out of balance. The only
logical (I say this begrudgingly) explanation is the fact that
the relative career span for a
ball player is decades shorter
than that of someone in the
political field. Also, the income a player makes comes
mainly from those who give to
the cause freely. Our officials
in Government . by-and-large
get their income from those of
us that cannot afford the lux-

uries they seem to think is
owed to them.
Both of these professions
are chosen. Are we to feel
sorry for either of them for
getting a more than substantial
salary, public recognition, and
a secured future income? Even
the "bad seed" in the public
realm becomes a financial success by putting pen to paper
and "telling it all."
In this time of national
financial disgrace, I find it inconceivable that this was
discussed behind closed doors
let alone expected to meet with
approval. So it's been two
years since the last pay increase. Are we, the taxpayers,
supposed to feel badly about
this? When I struggle to pay
my bills, live in fear of being
sick or hurt because I don't
have insurance for me or my
child, and feel a twinge of
shame when I pay for
groceries with food stamps,
it's pretty hard to have any
compassion for these already
overpaid professionals.
Our concern is supposed to
be that the honest, good, etc.
officials are tempted to abandon ship to go to private industry where they can make
"up to six times more" than
they make working for us. I
say let them go. If they're so
concerned with financial gain,
they have no business working
for ''the people.''
I am proud of the Nation's
population for fighting this
issue and hope it's a glimmer
of a new trend. This is OUR
Country and ultimately it is
our responsibility to challenge
and control what goes on.
These people are our
employees, so why do we let
them take over? Would we
continue to do business with
anyone else who displayed
such blatant disregard for our
well being? I think not!
Teresa E. Brown
LCC student

YOUR LEGAL
RIGHTS
On The Job Injuries
If you have been Injured on the job, you
may be entitled to WORKERS ' COMPENSATION BENEFITS. Even if you were working
part time or under a work-study program, you
probably still qualify for benefits. Your medical
bills are paid 100% in full for the treatment you
receive for the injury. Also, if your doctor takes
you off work you should qualify for the time loss
benefits. The benefits are 66.6% of your wages.
THESE BENEFITS ARE TAX FREE.

If you need legal advice call:
Rob Guarrasi - Lawyer 683 6000

• No Fee For Consultations •
• Evenings & Weekend appointments
Rob Guarrasi, Lawyer
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LCC athletes move
to four-year schools
by Jeff Gunderson
TORCH Sports Writer

Recent LCC graduates have used the athletics department as a
springboard into competition at four-year colleges in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
Eighteen former LCC students, 14 men and four women, have
risen from community college sports to compete at four-year
colleges. But the experience they gained at LCC has not been
forgotten.
"It was easier for me to adjust to the four-year school's com.J?_~tition because playin12; for Lane for two years prepared me for
it," says Ala1.ron Helfish, who competed for LCC' s baseball
team before going to Western Oregon University. "There was a
bigger turnout of players at Western Oregon, which made it
harder to get a position on the team because other people had
been there longer.''
Taunya Pierat says that competing at a four-year college
makes an athlete work harder.
"Since the competition at the four-year level is more serious,
people put more into practicing," says the Southern Oregon
track team member. "Knowing the competition is higher makes
you work harder.''
Eric Laakso made the transfer to Wes tern Oregon and is now
starting point guard for its basketball team. ''The players at
four-year schools are bigger, more experienced, and more
physical," explains the former LCC basketball player.
"The competition is also a lot higher. Playing at LCC
prepared me for the transition," he comments.
Other LCC graduates who have recently made the transition
to four-year schools are baseball players Jeff Ordway, Oregon
Institute of Technology; Kyle Tucker, Western Oregon; Ed
Howarth, Portland State University; Leo Fransic, Eastern
Washington University; and Bill Townsend, Western Oregon.
Basketball players who transfered over are Laasko; Todd
Doll, O.1.T.; Ron Schaffeld, Eastern Oregon State; and Jerome
Johnson, Eastern Montana University.
The track program has been most successful in placing its
athletes in four year colleges. The seven are Pierat; Tammy
Courtney, Oregon; Jill Cochran, Washington State University;
Diana Nicholas, Western Oregon; Nick Anastassiades, Oregon;
Brad Cook, George Mason; and Bob Koreski, Idaho.

NWAACC Southern Division
Basketball Play-off Roseburg
Mt. Hood

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TORCH Spons Editor

A sure sign of a tough basketball team is the
ability to pull together when times get rough.
The Titan men's basketball team did just that
when it drubbed the Clackamas Community
College Cougars 84-68 Tuesday, Feb. 21. The
game was scheduled to break a fourth-place tie
and earned LCC a spot in the Northwest
Athletic Association of Community Colleges.
The victory was the third in a row for LCC,
including an 80-58 win over second place
Mount Hood C.C. Feb. 18 in Gresham. That
victory was essential for the Titans to force the
tiebreaking game.
•·The guys are playing more as a team," says
Head Coach Dale Bates.
The Titans had three players in double
figures against Clackamas. Sophomore guard
Don Holly had a game-high 30 points for LCC.
Freshman forward Todd Harrington had 19
points and sophomore postman Mike Surmeier
added 13 for the Titans.
This is a good time for the Titans to peak;
they will roll into top ranked Umpqua C.C.
Feb. 25 in the first round of the Southern Division play-offs.
The South Regionals are being held in
Roseburg, which is the Timbermen's neck of
the woods; and they usually draw big crowds.
But, Bates says, his team won't be effected
by a large crowd. "My guys are tough," he explains. ''They've seen it before . . . I think they
can handle it."
Umpqua carries a 13-1 league, and 22-6
overall record into the contest. Game time is 9
p.m., and follows the 4 p.m. game between
Mount Hood and Chemeketa, who are tied for
second place. The winners will meet for the
Southern Region championship Feb. 26 at 4
p.m. The losers will be sent home.
The Timbermen have beaten the Titans three
times this season: once in the Southwestern
Oregon pre-season tournament, and again in
Roseburg.
The Titans lost to Umpqua 82-72 in their last
meeting Feb. 8 at LCC. Several times the Titans
crawled back from deficits of as much as 14
points but could never pull closer than five.

Sophomore guard Don Holly scored 30 points
against the Cougars. The Titans defeated
Clackamas 84-68.

The only way the Titans can advance to the
NWAACC tournament is to win both games
this weekend.
The Timbermen are assured of a spot in the
NWAACC tournament, so if they win the
Southern Regionals, the second place team is
awarded the second seed from the Southern
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Volunteers man tables, help ease tax headaches
by Bob Parker
TORCH Staff Writer

It's tax time -- and unless you sell
headache remedies for a living this is the
worst time of the year.
But LCC students have a place they can
go to get help with their tax problems.
Volunteers who are informed on tax laws
will staff a table on the second floor of the
Center Building (next to the Financial Aid
Office) until April 15. The table will be
staffed every Monday and Wednesday
from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. to answer questions and provide tax forms.
Vic Nielson, a volunteer, says there are
some tax issues that students should be
aware of.
First, financial aid is taxable. After tuition, fees, and school expenses are paid,
the remainder of one's financial aid
benefits must be declared as income.
Nielson also reminds students that
deductions are different for students
whose parents file them as dependents.
He warns that little discrepancies can
delay a tax return.
So before you find yourself pulling
your hair out at 11 :30 p.m. on April 17
take your tax questions to the volunteers
at the tables.

photo by Paul Wall

Volunteer Vic Nielsen guides Mary Deckard through the
annual maze called income tax forms at a table in the se-

cond floor lobby of the Center Building. Income taxes are
due on April 17 at midnight.

New members installed in LCC Phi Theta Kappa
Installation for the LCC
academic honor society Sigma
Zeta Chapter of Phi Theta
Kappa (PTK) was held in the
Boardroom of the Administration Building on Jan. 26, 1989,
at 7 p.m.
To become a member of the
honor fraternity students must
have a cumulative GP A of
3.5 or above. Full-time
students must have completed

at least 12 credit hours and
part-time students must have
at least 18 credit hours.
Jack Carter, interim president of LCC, welcomed new
members. Jay Jones, director
of Student Activities and Auxiliary Services, was the main
speaker.
The initiation ceremony was
performed by Bette Dorris,
president of Sigma Zeta; Donna Whitfield, vice president of

Finances; Emily Leupold, vice
president of Records; and
Juanita Griffith, vice president of Membership.
Officers for Alpha of
Oregon, the community-based
alumni organization of PTK,
were installed by the adviser of
Sigma Zeta, Dolores May.
Tony Hernandez was installed
as president, Mike McKibben,
vice president, and Jeff
Moisan, secretary-treasurer.

The following new members
were installed into the Sigma
Zeta Chapter:
Carolyn Auger
Rachel Barton-Russell
Cynthia Bean
James Bonebrake
John Borchardt
Linda Brittain
Tanya Clark
Margare Collingwood
Christy Colonnese
Natalie Conley
Sheryl Conn
Mitchell Cotter
Frances Denson
Janet Dorsey
Coleen Ebert
Stacie Gates
Jennifer Goselin
Tanya Graves
Lynda Harris
Marti Hron-Studstrup
Jeanne Kowalewski
Jon Ann Lawrence
Kristine Linn
Zetta McDaniel

Tim McGill
Angela Miller
Belinda Misterek
Julie Nelson-Thiele
Jim Newton
Rosemary Nixon
Rose Norris
David Porter
Jeffrey Prophet
Marcia Rabenberg
Kathleen Reedy
Cheryl Rollins
Kenneth Schroeder
Terrianne Sewell
Keith Shaver
James Siemens
Lauren Spitz
Steven Steinert
Julia Taggart
Charles Theobald
Derek Trost
Theresa Wallace
Lisa Wareham
Patrick White
David Whittaker
Jeanne Williams
Veasna Yun

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DRINKING AND DRIVING
LIGHTS UP YOUR LIFE.
We'd like to shed some light on the subject of drinking and driving laws in
Oregon. It's illegal to drive with a Blood Alcohol Content of .08% or more.
If you fail the breath test by blowing .08% or more, you'll lose your license for
at least 90 days. If you refuse the test, you'll lose your license for at least a year.
It's automatic. It's immediate.
Don't make light of the consequences. Drinking drivers kill and seriously injure over 10,000 Oregonians every year. That's why our laws are tough.

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SPANISH STUDIES/Salamanca!
8/1-8/29/89. $1945/2260. Harland
Wilhehm, escort extrordinaire! Lorna
Funnell, ext. 2906 or 342-4817.

MIXED MEDIA artwork by Deborah
Picket. Eugene Public Library. Feb.
1-28.

AUTOS
GOVERNMENT SEIZED vehicles from
$100. Fords. Mercedes. Corvettes.
Chevys . Surplus . Buyers guide .
1-805-687-6000, ext. S-6150.

EXPERIENCE ART IN EUROPE!
9/5-9/21/89. With Richard Quigley, Instructor. $2401. Lorna Funnell, ext.
2906 or 342-4817.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD has a
pregnancy test that is 99 per cent accurate one day after a missed period! Includes unbiased counseling. Call
344-9411. 'P

GERMAN STUDIES/Salzburg! Bayern
8/1-8/21/89.
wunderbar!
ist
$2055/$2300. Lorna Funnell, ext. 2906
or 342-4817.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD for Pap
smears, infection checks, birth control
& counseling. Days & evenings.
344-9411. 'P

1963 CHEVROLET 1/2 ton pickup .
Good running truck . $675 . 726-8524,
evenings and weekends.

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

FRENCH Study/Travel. Take LCC
classes in a beautiful alpine setting and
see Europe! Openings for Winter/
Spring quarter 1988-89. Info. from
Judith Gabriel 747-4501 ext. 2699. Go
For It!

OSPIRG TOXICS Action Group meets
Tuesdays at 2:00 in CEN 410. Come
fight toxic waste.

1974 MUSTANG II. 6 cylinder automatic. PB-PS 96,000 original miles.
$1 ,550 . 726-8524, evenings and
weekends.

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

SOUTH PACIFIC! 6/7 - 6/22/89.
$1855/2050;surcharge over 18. Fiji ,
Sydney, New Zealand, Honolulu. Lorna Funnell, ext. 2906/342-4817.

??PENUMBRA?? Is your mind a penumbra? There is help in the Writing Lab.
CEN 476.

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.

SOFT, EASY YOGA. Build internal
strength, health, vitality, serenity, and
self-confidence. Call 485-3124. Find
out!

NEW 5 114" DSIDD diskettes, $.50.
Diskette cases, holds 70, $5. Other supplies available. Mike, 343-4213.

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HELP WANTED! Work Study and
Cooperative Work Experience students.
We need people in all areas from
business to performing arts and P.E. to
woodworking and creative arts. Or any
LCC student willing to share his/her
speciality with our K - 5 students. For
more information, please call
687-3552. 'P

CONDOMS 6/$1 . Student Health Services. CEN 126.
DOG/CAT MANSION with loft. $50
OBO. 747-5148.
BROWN VINYL COUCH, $100. Good
condition. 747-5148.
4 DINING ROOM chairs. Sturdy black
metal w/gold cushions, $20. Wooden
saloon doors, $25. 747-5148.

EPSON PRINTER ribbons for MX-80,
FX-80, $3 .50. Other computer supplies
available. Mike, ext. 2867 or 343-4213.
19" COLOR TV, remote control , cable
and VCR ready. Sacrifice at $150. Call
Dan at 689-0847.
150 cm skis, boots & poles all for $110.
Call 484-1 706.
NANCY PARKER, CFl-1, has $20
Discovery flights available. 485-5892.
SOUNDESIGN Portable radio , $8 . Like
new. 13 in . b/w television, $34.
726-8562, evenings.
LARGE WOODEN DESK . $125. Call
Aaron at 683-2 794, evenings .
SOFA & LOVESEA T. $30. Kitchen
chairs, $2 each. Call after 7 p.m.
484-1821
MOVING - 18" Sharp color TV. $100
obo. 751 E. 16th no. 102. (Between
Hilyard and Alder. )
PERFECT wooden desk for student.
$25 . 751 E. 16th no. 102. (Between
Hilyard and Alder.)
BACKSWING (anti-gravity gym) $130 .
Lyle classical guitar w/hard case, $125.
Call Rick, 484-8105 .

GOVERNMENT JOBS, $16,040 $59 , 230 / yr. Now hiring . Call
1-805-687-6000 ext. R-6150 for current
federal list.
CAMP COUNSELORS, asst. director,
waterfront staff, and program director
needed at beautiful coastal Girl Scout
camp. Must be great with kids, responsible, caring, energetic, and love the
outdoors! 6/26-8/23 . $600-$1200 plus
room/board for summer. 485-5911.
OVERSEAS JOBS. $900 - 2000 mo.
Summer, yr. round , All countries, all
fields . Free info . Write !JC, PO Bx52Corona Del Mar, CA 92625 .

MESSAGES-------KNoEo GAUWMFPHD is a rad dude!
Get On It! Get all bent up!
YOU CANT simultaneously prevent
and prepare for war.

NEW MEDIUM BLACK leather fringe
jacket. $180, no kidding. Leave
message, 345-2192.

PROTECTION FOR YOU: Condoms
6/$1.00. Student Health Services, CEN
126.

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LCC KARA TE CLUB meets Fridays, 7 9 p.m. , P.E. 101. More info: Wes,
746-0940 or Stephen, 343-2846.

FOUND: Man's watch in cafeteria on
Jan. 24. Contact Campus Ministry for
more details.

WANTED
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.
SEWING MACHING (industrial) for
sewing denim & leather material. Call
Robert 689-1774.
WANTED: Used sparring gear for a
medium sized person. Call 688-6150.

WOMEN ' S HEAL TH CARE is
available in Student Health. (Pap
smears , birth control, pregnancy
ect.)
exam,
breast
testing ,
THE MESSAGE section of the TORCH
is for friendly , educational, personal or
humorous messages. It is not intended
as a place for people to publicy ridicule,
malign, or degrade any person or group
of people. Classifieds of a derogatory
run .
be
not
will
nature
PICK UP A copy of Emergency Housing information at the Student Resource
Center, ext. 2342.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD for Pap
smears, infection checks, birth control
& counseling. Days & evenings.
344-9411 .

EDUCATION====
LEARN PIANO or songwriting from a
top-rate musician and award winning
composer. Carl Saffira, 485-3124.
FRENCH AND ITALIAN TUTOR , 6
Jill ,
years experience. $6/ho ur
345-102.

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

STEREO
WORKSHOP
1621 E. 19th.

344-3212

Safe easy way to earn
$25-$30 a week. All it
takes is about two
hours of your time twice
a week.
We need you. Bring
your books and study
too!
For an appointment
call:
Hyland Plasma Center
683-3953

MIXED MEDIA artwork by Deborah
Pickett. Eugene Public Library. Feb
1 - 28th.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD has a
pregnancy test that is 99 percent accurate one day after a missed period! Includes unbiased counseling. Call
344-9411.
IS THIS ALUNA or just a nightmare on
Adams Street?
IF NO ONE ANSWERS the "Pass the
bucks" what's their purpose? Signed
Perplexed
MARIE: BIENVENIDA a Eugene.
Hope you have a wonderful visit . LCH
VIVIAN -- I hope you enjoyed the cast
party. Dorothy .
DON'T LOOK AWAY -- the time has
come, my brother.
HEY YOU -- "What's so funny about
peace, love, and understanding?"

PSA's

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WANTED: Meh and women to relate
to young people, to be good listeners,
and enjoy being with a child six to fourteen years old. Little Brothers and Little
Sisters are now accepting applications
for these positions . Call the Big
Brother/Big Sister Program of MidOregon. 747-6632 .
WRITING TUTORS can help you with :
Sentence structure, thesis statement,
proofreading, organization, punctuation , grammar, spelling, outline. CEN
476 Monday - Friday 8:00 - 3:00 .
DIRECTION SERVICE is free , one-stop
information and personalized assistance
service for families who have children
and young adults with disabilities.
Direction Service has the most up-todate information available on community services, handicapping conditions, state and national organizations,
new findings in research and treatment
of disabilities, and much more. Serving
families in Lane County since 1977.
EVERYBODY NEEDS someone ... a little
brother or little sister needs you ... call
Big Brother/Big Sister of Mid-Oregon
Program . 747-6632.

TRANSPORTATION - - - GOVERNMENT SEIZED vehicles from
$100. Fords. Mercedes. Corvettes.
Chevys. Surplus . Buyers guide.
1-805-687-6000 ext. S-6150.

DO YOU CARE about your world? Friday Forum is looking for new
members!! Call 747-4501 Ext 2335.

1978 LTD Ford, asking $1,000. 1981
Kawasaki 305, asking $450. Call
345 -6311, 484-6872.

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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.

PUT THE TOP down. '68 MG convertible, good condition . $1 , 750.
746-9525.

FEELING ICKY? Kinda sicky? Not sure
what's wrong? Student Health CEN
I 26, can help.

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

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

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

OPPORTUNITIES .;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;.;;;;;;;;;;;.
ANYONE INTERESTED 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 run ners and sprinters.
KARA TE: LESSONS Mon., Wed.,
. nights 6 to 8 p.m. Sat. 9 - 12 p.m .
$30/month . Call Vance, 345-5084.
BE THE BEST you can be! Jones, Rust
and Associates offers small, personalized self-improvement and pageant training classes. Taught by professional
model Becky Rust, who was Mrs.
Oregon, 1985. Call 683-8695 for
details.
JOHN SHARKEY'S 1989 songwritingrecording-marketing workshop
(March - 3 months) 344-5530. Private
instruction for guitar, keyboards, bass
also available.

Styrofoam

'Y ARDWORK Yard clean-up, mowing,
tree & hedge work, weeding, hauling & •
more. John 485-8974, 344-0119.

TYPING.;;;;;;;;;;;;_________
TYPING SERVICE. Term papers ,
resumes, cover letters, business letters.
Price negotiable . Call Mary at
485-6080.
TYPING , $.75/PAGE. Fast, accurate,
professional. 726-1988. 'P

CYCLES/SCOOTERS~
CANDY RED 1987 Honda Shadow
J 100. Lots of chrome. Very low miles.
$3895. 1-997-7825 .
2 1982 HONDA Passports. $600 each,
8 sq . ft. 8-9 wt. shoulder leather, $25 .
688-8039.
85 HONDA AERO 50 red with basket
Runs great. $325
and helmet.
726-13 74.

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degradable plastics ''may in fact detract from the recyclability of
a particualr plastic product." The committee also points out
that photodegradable plastics "may not be effective for landfilled garbage since the plastic probably would not be exposed to
light for a sufficient period of time needed to trigger degradation.'' Degradable plastics may also cause other problems which
have not been investigated, such as byproducts and gases.
Conclusion
Styrofoam has been consistently maligned in the last few
years, but its substitutes and replacements, including paper, may
not be much better for the environment. China and reusable
plastic cups seem to be the only environmentally sound solution,
but LCC is apparently not willing to spend the extra cost for
them. If LCC does choose to replace polystyrene foam with
paper on campus, it should do so as a symbolic gesture aimed
toward encouraging Americans to re-evaluate their throwaway
society, not in the belief that eliminating Styrofoam will
eliminate all environmental problems caused by disposables.

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CAMPAGNOLO 50th edition bicycle
group set. Call ext. 2655 ; leave message
for Michael Primrose .

FLOAT THE RIVER. Reasonable rates.
1/2 day or full day trips available. Call
Dave, 484-1706.

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'Electronic Artist
Columbia University's Don Muro, a pioneer in the use
of synthesizers for live performance, will perform Feb.
24 & 2S in LCC's Main Theatre.
Sponsored by the Performing Arts Department, Electronic Artistry '89 will feature two 8 p.m. concerts Feb.
24 & 25 and four electronic music workshops during the
day on Feb. 24.
The evening performances will consist of LCC and area
musicians foil owed by Muro and Los Angeles performance artist and soundtrack musician Jill Fraser.
Tickets for each concert cost $8 and are available at the
LCC Box Office, 726-2202, or at Marketplace Books in
the Fifth Street Public Market.
The Friday, Feb. 24, workshops will cost $5 for one or
$10 for two to four. Admission to the workshops and
the concert combined is available at a reduced rate of
$15. For more information call or visit LCC Box Office.

'Deathtrap' star Douglas dies in accident
by Andy Dunn
and David Harper
for 1he TORC H

Eugene's Bill Douglas -- a
successful actor, director,
mime, playwright, teacher,
and (at the request of LCC instructor Patrick Torrelle) star
performer in Deathtrap, last
month's Main Stage Theatre
Production -- died in an accident at his home on Feb. 16.
A review of Douglas's life
reads like an adventure novel.
He grew up in the inner
circles of national government
as the son of Supreme Court
Justice William 0. Douglas,
served
two
years
in
counterintelligence during the
Korean War, obtained a
graduate degree from the Sorbonne in Paris, and studied
mime under Marcel Marceau.
Douglas came back to the
U.S. and began building
towards a successful acting
career that eventually landed
him numerous film and television roles including his own
TV series called The Weapons
Man.
He maintained his love affair with theatre throughout
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his life, co-founding the northwest touring company The
Summer Circle, Inc. and
writing, directing, and starring
in off-Broadway's The Circus.
Following such diverse activities as running a restaurant
and then a horse ranch in Northern California, and even studying the communication of
wolves in the Canadian
Rockies for two years, he
moved to Eugene in 1983.
LCC student David Harper,
who worked with Douglas in
last month's production of
Deathtrap, has the following
tribute:
I only worked in one play
with Bill Douglas, but in the
process I met a deep and
wonderful actor, someone I
liked.
Bill had a seriousness, an
ongoing devotion to the work,
that went beyond Just being
professional. He put us all on
a higher level. When you get
someone with Bill's kind of
respect for theatrecraft it's
just contagious. It makes you
pay attention.
And all through the
seriousness and intensity of
working within this craft, Bill
was so easygoing. He observed
all the courtesies and respected
everyone involved in the production.
An actor's life is a disciplined, wholehearted enterprise

that requires the ability to immerse your feelings with
humanity on every level and
somehow transform that into
something larger than life.
To get outside personal,
everyday life and stand in
front of a group of people sitting there expecting something
on a rainy night, and in a
handful of words, a precise
move, or just a flash like in a
myth, reflect these big
meanings -- Bill could do that
every time.
Of course he also had some
impressive credentials, but he
was extraordinarily modest.
A few weeks ago after one
of our shows he came over to
the house, drank a little wine,
shyly played a little tune on the
blues harp from the next
room, and the thing I
remember is he never mentioned theatre the whole time.
Oregon theatre has lost an
exceptional player and a true
gentleman of the arts. My
heart goes out to Gretchen and
the family.
Douglas is survived by his
wife, Gretchen, of Eugene,
and three grown children living in Oregon and Washington
State.
The family will hold a wake
from 2 - 4 p.m. on March 4 at
the Unitarian Church, 477 E.
40th in Eugene.

A week on the town
Friday
Bobby Hutcherson and Joe Williams - These two
phenomenal jazz artists will play back-to-back sets in the
Hult's Silva Concert Hall at 8 p.m. on Feb. 24. Phone
687-5000 for more information.

Saturday
Electronic Artistry '89 - This will be the last day of LCC's

annual electronic music event. See story above for details.

Sunday
Mark Alan - This local jazz guitarist will perform in the

upscale Bohemian atmosphere of Jo Federigo's nightclub
at 9 p.m. 21 and over only. No cover charge.

Monday
Faculty Artist Series - U of O Professors of Music J.

Robert Moore and Wayne Bennett on oboe and clarinet
will perform various pieces in Beall Concert Hall at 8 p.m.
on Feb. 27. Phone 686-3761 or 686-5678 for more information.

Tuesday
Christine Lakeland - This California blues artist and her

band will play at the blues and reggae club Taylor's Tavern
at 9:45 p.m. on Feb. 28. 21 and over only.

Wednesday
Fred Small - The WOW Hall and KLCC welcome to

Eugene this veteran folk singer of the Woodie Guthrie·
tradition, who has been hailed by Pete Seeger as "one of
America's best songwriters." He will play in the WOW
Hall at 8:30 p.m. on Feb 29. Phone 687-2746 for more information.

Thursday
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and $8 on the day of the show. Phone 686-4373 for more
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