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Eugene, Oregon

Lane Community College

Islam versus Satanic Verses
by Jodie Palmer
TORCH Staff Writer

Salman Rushdie's novel The
Satanic Verses has bred
tests, book bannings, and international diplomatic turmoil.
While the Indian-born
writer's novel has caused
heated reaction among
Moslem leaders it also has
aroused the curiosity of
Westerners, making the book
a worldwide best seller.
Spurred by death threats,
Walden Books and B. Dalton
Booksellers pulled the book
off American store shelves
because of concern for
employee safety. However,
both Eugene stores reported
some protest from local
patrons.
B. Dalton sold its remaining
stock early last week, and
Walden Books has since
reversed its earlier decision not
to market the book and has
sold its remaining stock.
Bookstores now await the second distribution, which is anticipated in the second week of
March.
Book merchants wrestle
with the threat of .terrorism
from some conservative
Moslems who contend the
novel is a blasphemy against
the prophet Mohammed.
These fears have turned out to
be justified -- two bookstores
in Berkeley were damaged by
firebombs Tuesday, Feb. 28.
Local stores also flinch from

March 3, 1989

Vol. 24 No. 19

AIDS myths undone
by Student Health
by John Millet
for the TORCH

the public's accusations of
censorship.
Neither the LCC Library
nor the college bookstore has
copies of Rushdie's book, but
for reasons other than its controversial nature, says LCC
bookstore manager Georgia

Henrickson.
Henrickson says that she
has ''no problem with the controversy,'' but says the
bookstore only stocks paperback books in the general
books section. She does not

Separating the myths from the facts about acquired
immuno deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is one of the
toughest challenges facing Sandra Ing, director of the Student Health Service.
• Myth: AIDS is easily transmitted by casual contact.
Wrong, says Ing.
Although the AIDS virus has been found in tears, sweat,
and saliva, the only documented modes of transmission are
intimate sexual contact, contact with blood, sharing of
contaminated needles, and from mother to fetus during
pregnancy, or mother to child through breast feeding.
• Myth: AIDS is a homosexual disease.
That's one of the oldest and most widely believed myths
of all, says Ing.
"The virus simply doesn't care about the sex of the person infected,'' she says. While the homosexual population
appears to be much more alert about AIDS prevention
methods, IV drug users and heterosexuals are not changing
behaviors much.
''The heterosexual population is the least informed
(about AIDS) at LCC," says Ing. She is in the process of
forming a joint task force through the Office of Instruction to integrate information on AIDS into appropriate
classes in order to reach that population.
• Myth: The only way to prevent AIDS is by totally abstaining from sexual activity.
According to Ing, "If it is not now, (AIDS) will shortly
be the number one killer of young adults in the U.S. between the ages of 20 and 30, yet AIDS is almost totally, 100
percent, preventable.''
She told a group of LCC journalists early this month
that since most people in our society are unwilling to abstain from sex totally, the most effective preventive
measures are "the practice of safer sex -- which basically
avoids contact with semen or vaginal fluid as much as
possible by using a condom and abstaining from contact
see AIDS, page 4

see Satanic, page 4

Computer records show enrollment up 5 percent
by Jodie Palmer
TORCH Staff Writer

photo by Mlchae

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Last year 6,393 students were enrolled at LCC
for winter term ...

Winter term enrollment has jumped by over five percent from
winter term last year, according to Computer Services records.
Ray Smith, programmer for Computer Services, says that the
number of students enrolled in credit classes has risen from
6,393 in winter term 1988 to 7,324 as of Feb. 6, 1989.
Sharon Moore, interim director and supervisor for Student
Admissions, says that though weekend college and LCC's other
new programs have certainly contributed to the rise, community
opinion may have had the biggest impact.
"People are beginning to look at what we're doing in a
positive way again," Moore says. "I think that for a while people looked negatively at LCC, and would rather go to the university."
She adds that the rising tuition at the U of O and the new
block transfer program may also be encouraging students to
come to LCC rather than going directly to the U of O for fouryear degrees.
"I think people feel they can get a better start here than they
might at the university,'' Moore says.
Enrollment at LCC reached its all-time high in 1981, with the
equivalent of 9,520 full-time students (FTE), and fell to its
lowest point in the 1980s last year.
The records for winter term 1989 enrollment do not indicate
how many students may have registered for winter term and
withdrawn completely or reduced their class loads from full to
part-time. Admissions and the Office of the Registrar were
unable to furnish those statistics for this term.

... while enrollment for winter term this year is
up to 7,324.

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'Satanic Verses' provokes religious intolerance
·by Jessica Schabtach
TORCH News Editor

People's intolerance of
others' ideas is no new problem in national, international, or social affairs. The
current dispute over Salman
Rushdie's book 'The Satanic
Verses' is an extreme and
abhorrent example which
shows the dangers of religious
intolerance as well as the
hazards of infringement on
freedom of speech and expression.
The Ayatollah's call for
Rushdie's death, riots in India, and bombings in the
United States reveal the
zealotry of modern Moslem
Fundamentalists, who are too
sure of the truth of their own
religion to allow any criticism
of it.
Even Cat Stevens, the 1960s
rock star who wrote songs like
Peace Train and later became
a Moslem, has supported Khomeini's call for Rushdie's
death. This is a prime example
of how people's humanitarian
instincts can be cast aside or
turned into brutality as a result
of ideological fanatacism.
However, Americans'
response to the issue has not
been precisely openminded,
either. Not only have
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booksellers' terrified removal
of its remaining volumes from
their shelves, but United States
citizens have not tried to
understand the philosophy
behind the Ayatollah' s condemnation of Rushdie and his
work.
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wars and struggles one can
understand how a country
could be a little touchy about
criticism.
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Unfortunately
Ayatollah' s condemnation of
Rushdie seems to be little more
than a political play, since he
did not issue it until protesters
in Pakistan had rioted and he
saw a convenient issue to latch

onto.
In a more understanding
and receptive world, the
Ayatollah could have voiced
his opinion about the book,
but certainly would have had
neither the clout nor the
temerity to demand Rushdie's
death.
American bookstores would
certainly not have refused to
carry the book, but Americans

would have respected Islam's
right to object to a criticism of
itself, as they would have
_ respected Rushdie's right to
criticize.
But currently the citizens of
the United States are not
receptive to others' ideas.
Voltaire said, 'I disapprove of
what you say, but I will defend
to the death your right to say
it.' Today we seem to have
forgotten this devotion to
freedom of expression. We
can neither respect one
another's opinions nor feel
comfortable stating our own.
This is not to say we should
not criticize one another, for
'spirited discussion' of ideas
leads to comprehension and is
the basis for democratic
government. But we must not
hate individuals for the expression of ideas that don't agree
with our own -- we may hate
the ideas themselves, but if we
want to have our own ideas
respected we must respect
those of our fellow humans.
Most of all we must work
for a world in which every person can express his or her
ideology without fear of
physical danger to himself or
herself. People should not be
forced to live hidden behind
police security in fear for their
lives because of opinions they
have stated.

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Vote for Riggs _
To the Editor:
On behalf of our members,
which represent the Classified
and Faculty staff at LCC, we
enthusiastically endorse the
candidacy of Ms. Pat Riggs of
Springfield for the Zone 3 Seat
on the LCC Board of Education.
As a member and officer of
AFSCME and the Lane County Labor Council, Pat has exhibited her commitment to
participatory management. It
is very important that we
choose a board member who is
committed to that principle in
our search for a new president
of Lane Community College.
In addition to choosing a new
president, the new board
member will be a policy-maker
for LCC for the next four
years. We need somebody who
will listen and seriously weigh
the concerns and needs of staff
and students at LCC.
As a professional social
worker with the Southern
Willamette Private Industry
Council, Pat has worked
directly with LCC, developing
training programs. During our
current marketing efforts at
Valley River Center, Pat met
with several members of the
staff, applauded our efforts,
and promised her continued
support for our marketing efforts.
Pat has our full support and
we encourage you to vote for
her. Remember that this will
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March 3, 1989

be a mail-in ballot and mark
that ballot for PAT RIGGS
FOR LCC BOARD OF
EDUCATION.
Sandy Young
President
Lane Community College
Employees Federation
Bill Mullin
President
Lane Community College
Education Association

Still time to sign
To the Editor:
This is an open letter to
everyone at LCC. I just
wanted to remind people that
March 6 will be the last day to
sign the Anti-Styrofoam petition. The signed petition will
be presented to (LCC Food
Service Manager) Bob Tegge
on March 7.
I would like to thank the
hundreds of people who took
time to sign. In a time of increasing capitalist tyranny and
corporate disinformation it
gives me hope to see that there
is still a significant number of
Americans who place a higher
value on life than on plastic industry profits.
I also wish to extend an
especially warm thanks to all
the people who took petitions
around campus to get them
signed.
Anyone still interested in
signing can do so in the
ASLCC office (fourth floor
The TORCH

Center Building). Thanks
again to all of you for helping
to insure that life on earth has
a fighting chance against corporate greed.
Robert Parker
LCC student

Disabled miffed
To the Editor:
I am submitting this letter
because I feel that people need
to understand some of the problems that we as the disabled
have to deal with in day-to-day
living. The letter was sent to
Edward C. Bergeron at Lane
Transit District.

Dear Mr. Bergeron,
This is a formal letter of
complaint to inform you of an
incident that occurred this day
of Feb. 22, 1989, at the LTD
bus stop at the downtown mall
location.
The particular incident that
I refer to involved the 8:35
a.m. bus number 22 Express.
When I arrived at the bus
stop, the driver was across the
street getting coffee so I
waited. The driver came back
to the bus, noticed that I was
waiting, and asked if I was going to LCC. I replied that 1
was. He then got on the bus,
started the engine and started
to roll away. A I this point someone on the bus stopped the
driver. The driver then opened
the door and I asked him if I
could use the lift. I am a

disabled individual and am
lege.
confined to a wheelchair most
I was quite angry at this
of the time.
point, as well as quite
The driver at this point frustrated. I was also very conlooked at his watch, looked at j used and angered when I arme and said, "I'm four
rived at school because I was
minutes late, and there's no • stopped by several students
more room on the bus." He
who informed me that there
then said, "I'm sorry, but
was enough seating left on the
you'll have to wait for the next bus for my chair.
bus. '' No sooner did he say
I think it noteworthy that it
this and he slammed the door was not my fault that the bus
in my face as I was trying to
was four minutes late. The
tell him that I needed to be on time that the driver took to get
that bus or I would be late to his coffee could have been ussee Letters, page 3
class at Lane Community Col-

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ed to let me on the bus and to .
attend to his passengers as he
should have been.
Am I to assume that the
disabled are second-class
citizens, and are not worthy of
those few extra minutes that it
takes to load us on the bus?
I am not the only person
who has been angered by this
incident, and I dare say that
LTD will be hearing from
others about this! I hope that
LTD will review this incident
so that it will never happen
again.
Charles E. Doerr
LCC student and
ASLCC senator
I feel that because of this
letter, everything is going to
slowly resolve itself.
Charles E. Doerr

Defends atheism
To the Editor:
Christopher Blair's article
professor
''University
witnesses birth of nearby
pulsar" (Oregon Daily
Emerald, Feb. 15) reports
observance of the formation
of a massive spinning star
estimated to be only about 12
miles in diameter, but with
matter so densely packed it is
calculated that one teaspoonful may weigh hundreds of
thousands of tons, and the
pulsar may contain more matter than our own sun.
James Imamura, assistant
professor of physics and
astronomy at the University of
Oregon, confirms the amazing
degree of accuracy of scientific
theories in reference to the fortunate discovery in February,
1987, of Supernova 1987 A, an
exploding star, the first visible
to the naked eye in 400 years.
An article in ''Scientific
American" (May, Nov. 1987
and March, April 1988)

described the discovery. Light
from the explosion, estimated
to have occurred 170,000 years
ago, was noted by an
astronomer at an observatory
in Chile. Calculations estimate
the pulsar (sometimes formed
by such explosions and detectible as light from the explosion
dims) is spinning 1,968 times
per second. This is measured
by the rhythmical outflow of
sub-atomic neutrinos from the
pulsar in a pattern that is extremely accurate.
These amazing confirmations of scientific theory and
endeavor contrast with irrational theist claims and actions
of religious tyrants determined
to force their unverifiable doctrines on humankind.
Intelligent people must insist that publicly funded
libraries carry a fair representation (now absent or deficient) of legitimate atheist
argument. "Critiques of
God," Peter Angeles, editor
(Prometheus, Buffalo, N.Y.),
provides erudite atheist rebuttals by 18 eminent scientists
and scholars that demolish irrational theist claims, honor
science and advance human
understanding.''
Bert P. Tryba
Eugene

Activate policies
To the Editor:
The ASLCC has voted
against implementing an affirmative action program. Affirmative action is another set of
rules which adds to an already
boggled bureaucratic system.
ASLCC is progressive and has
organized many multicultural
events. They should not be
discredited because they are
skeptical about having to conform to additional rules and
regulations.
Un fortunately, affirmative

action is necessary. There really is a resurgence of racism nationwide, and Lane County is
not immune. A former Grand
Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan
has been elected to the
legislature in Louisiana, and .
.. (someone) recently beat an
Ethiopian man to death in
Portland.
... How has this shift come
about? What is going on nationally that allows this change
to happen?
While ASLCC is not racist,
they do need to activate their
anti-discriminatory policies.
Lane County tends to profess
these policies while still harboring institutional racism and
other archaic practices.
Our student government
should provide support for all
people who attend LCC.
Minority groups often lack
support more than other
groups. An affirmative action
program would encourage and
assure that minority groups,
of whatever form, have a
chance of being represented.
The recent racist incidents
that have occurred locally
need to be reproved. We
should set an example for
other schools and communities in the state. This
local action is necessary due
not so much to what is happening here, but what is happening globally. If a former
KKK Grand Wizard can be
elected to a state legislature of
this country, some serious
changes are blowing in the
wind. We need to turn the tide
before it turns on us.
John Unger
LCC student

Sensitive issue
To the Editor:
As Student Resource Director, a woman and nontraditional student, I reply to

the editorial (TORCH, Feb.
24) referring to the Senate
discussion on Affirmative Action, and answer Senator Bette
Dorris' request for input from
minority groups.
There are two sides to every
issue and only one was
presented in this Editorial. I
requested, .
personally
repeatedly, in the Senate
meetings that I needed more
information regarding Affirmative Action and I understand others feel the same way.
For this reason I questioned
the wording and application of
the Affirmative Action process. This is a very sensitive
issue, as we can see, by the
emotional responses already
occurring, and as a representative of the student body I
feel that this issue needs to be
fully understood by all involved. Granted the "reasons
brought up" covered a broad
range of possibilities which
may never occur. However,
because of hidden fears and
lack of knowledge, these very
"reasons" need to be address-

ed.
Sue Colvin, from the Personnel Department on campus, attended our meeting
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1989,
and presented us with some
basic facts. She also agreed to
do further research into the
legal requirements that pertain
to student governments.
As Student Resource Center
Director and responsible for
the hiring of 20 plus
employees, I need to understand these requirements and
know how they will affect my
job responsibilities and the individuals I will be working
with.
Discrimination still exists
and will continue as long as individuals are denied any of
their rights. I exercised my
freedom of speech and I feel
my rights to receive information and make my decisions
upon this information were
not respected. Is this also not a
type of discrimination?
Lynn Johanna
SRC Director

ASLCC CAMPUS CALENDAR
MARCH IS WOMEN IN HISTORY
MONTH ; visit the Women's Center.
FRIDAY MARCH 3
* Friday Forum,Willamette AIDS Council,
10 am-2 pm in the cafeteria.
* National Teleconference on Childcare will
be televised live in the LCC Boardroom, 8:4510:30 am. Dr. Jacquelyn Belcher will be one
of the featured panelists.
*The Multicultural Center, as a part of Black
History Month, will be showing the film
"Cry Freedom" in the Multicultural Center
at 1:30, Cen. 409.

MONDAY MARCH 6

FORUMS====== =======~

Workshop explains difference between
'racism' and 'racial prejudice' in America
Forum by Bob Parker
TORCH Staff Writer

Lupe Quinn and Marion
Malcolm, who work with
Eugene Clergy and Laity Concerned, conduct a traveling
workshon called "Undoing
Racism." They brought their
workshop to LCC on Feb. 21
and 23.
The 15 or so members of the
LCC community who attended were given a different view
of racism from what we have
been exposed to in recent sensationalist media accounts of
racial violence. There is much
more to racism in America
than hooded cowards terrorizing innocent people.
In fact there is a much more
subtle and widespread form of
racism which has thoroughly
ma ins tream
permeate d
American culture. Without
this "quiet" fo rm of racism to

determine social values the
violent racism of groups like
the KKK wouldn't be able to
exist.
One of the central themes of
the workshop is the difference
between ''racial prejudice''

and "racism." In America,
say Malcolm and Quinn,
anyone can be racially prejudiced, but only white people
can be racist. Most white people are probably not comforsee Racism , page 13

*ASLCC Senate meeting, 4-6 pm, in the
Boardroom.
*Disabled Advisory Club, 2-3 pm, Cen. 420.
Open to all students.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 8
*TAX HELP!!! EVERY MONDAY AND
WEDNESDAY, 2nd FLOOR, CENTER
BUILDING.
*Friday Forum General Meeting, 3 pm,
Cen.480
*Free coffee and tea all day at the Student
Resource Center, 2nd floor, Center Building.
*Noon Music in the cafeteria, Evan Carawan,
11:30 am-1 pm.

THURSDAY MARCH 9
*International Coffee Hour in the Multicultural Center, 1-3 pm, Center 409.

FRIDAY MARCH 10
*Friday Forum Presents: OIL, Oregonians
for Independent Living.

The TORCH

March 3, 1989

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The controversy over the
novel began when a riot at the
Center for American Culture
in Pakistan left nearly 15 people dead and over 100 injured.
On Feb. 14 -- six months after
the book's initial publication
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a death sentence
for the author or anyone con-

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distribution of Verses. Iranian
clerics have also offered $5.2
million for any non-Moslem
responsible for Rushdie's
death.
As a result, Great Britain,
where Rushdie is now a
citizen, and 11 other countries
in the European community
have simultaneously severed all diplomatic ties
with Iran.

The Satanic Verses was first
released by Viking Penguin
Books in September, more
than six months before Khomeini's death threat.
Rushdie has apologized for
any distress his novel may
have caused Moslems, but
Khomeini has continued with
his death sentence, extending
his ban to those who publish, '
translate, distribute, or print
the book.

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know whether the bookstore
plans to stock the paperback
edition, which is due out in
August.
Donald Ownbey, LCC acquisitions librarian, says that
he has not received any instructor requests for The
Satanic Verses for class instruction.
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the Iranian leader.

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with blood products."
• Myth: An individual who
has tested negative for the
human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) is no longer at
risk.
She says due to the abnor/ mally long latency period of
one to six years associated
with AIDS and AIDS-related
complex (ARC) it can take
from three to six months for a
person who has been exposed
to the virus to develop enough
HIV antibodies to be detectable.
So, says Ing, "In human
relations, we need to consider
everyone as HIV positive."
• FACT: "There aren't any
cures for AIDS yet," she says.
• FACT: The most recent
statistics show ''that 95 percent of those diagnosed as
HIV-positive come down with
AIDS."
Ing says that knowing the
facts about AIDS and practicing safer sex is the best protection against contracting the
virus.
For further information
about AIDS, Ing encourages
students to visit the Student
Health Service at the south
end of the cafeteria, or call the
Willamette AIDS Council at
345-7089.

Jews, Mos/ems, and Christians of Oregon return from Israel with like minds over issues

Tour of Israel affirms need for a Palestinian state
Feature by
Michael Omogrosso
TORC H Staff Writer

"I saw a four-year-old
Palestinian girl lying brain
dead from shrapnel that had
penetrated the top of her
skull, into her brain. She was
playing in her yard when an
explosive device was tossed
from an Israeli helicopter.''
With tears flowing down his
face, Andy Harris talks about
the most striking memory
from his recent trip to Israel.
Harris, ASLCC senator and
political events coordinator
and a member of the local
Marine Reserves unit, is
describing a child he saw in an
Israeli hospital. The events
surrounding her injury were
related to Harris by translators
in the hospital and had been
reported the day before in the
local newspaper.
According to Harris, this
child was only one victim of
many seemingly unprovoked

acts of violence against the
Palestinian people by Israeli
soldiers.
Traveling through Israel
and in particular the West
Bank and Gaza Strip, Harris
was part of a multi-faith group
of Northwest residents made

director of the Ecumenical
Ministries of Oregon and cofounder of the Oregon Committee for Peace in the Middle
East which organized the tour.
Two main purposes in going
to the Holy Land, says Page,
were to learn first hand how

'I couldn't see them shooting,
but heard the rounds go off
and heard people screaming'
Andy Harris
up of Jews, Christians, and
Moslems participating in a
"Witnesses for Middle East
Peace Study Tour to Israel.''
''There is a concerned
Moslem, Christian, and
Jewish community that we are
bringing information back
to,'' says Rev. Rodney Page,

the people involved in the conflict view the situation and to
see how a three point statement issued by the Oregon
Committee for Peace in the
Middle East holds up in light
of those views.
That statement is as follows:
• The Palestinian People

Children are among the victims of violence in the occupied territories.

Scholarships, meetings, speakers
Scholarships available
The U of O Campus YWCA
has announced a scholarship
for women who will be
sophomores, juniors or
seniors during the 1989-90
school year. The successful
candidate
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potential and financial need.
A few applications are
available in the Women's
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The public National
Welfare Reform meeting was
snowed out on Feb. 2, so the
Women's Program has
rescheduled the event for
March 31, 1989, from 1 to 4
p.m. Sharon McFarland, the
AFS director of the New Jobs
Program, will explain the
federal legislation and the proposals that AFS are making to
implement the new law. Ms.

McFarland has predicted that
National Welfare Reform will
have a far-reaching impact on
community colleges since we
will have an opportunity to
provide high school completion and vocational training to
welfare recipients.
Veterans' educational benefits
The
LCC
Veterans'
Association will hold a
meeting on March 9 at noon in
the Board Room of the Administration Building to

discuss the future of veterans'
educational benefits. A
member of U.S. Rep. Peter
DeFazio's staff will be at the
meeting to talk about what
Congress has planned and to
answer questions.
Christie Institute speaker
Rev. Bill Davis, investigator
and co-founder of the Christie
lnstitue, will speak on
Wednesday, March 15, at
noon in the EMU Ballroom on
the Iran-Contra affair.

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have a right to selfdetermination
and
a
demilitarized independent
state with secure borders and
peace with her neighbors.
• Israel has a right to secure
borders and peace with her
neighbors.
• There is a need for an international conference for
peace.
Page says information
brought back is the most
significant result of the trip: a
p oto by Michael Saker
five-part series in the Oregonian, a several part series in ASLCC political events coorthe Eugene Register-Guard, dinator Andy Harris
and an hour report on KEZI, • nian State. The Israeli
all compiled by news personsoldiers, noticing the crowd,
nel from the respective
came running toward us, firorganizations.
ing their guns at the crowd.
''Without a doubt,''
"I couldn't see them
declares Page, ''the trip served shooting, but heard the rounds
to strengthen our statement go off and heard people
and our belief in the statement screaming.
(referring to those who went
'' I felt angry that the
on the tour)."
soldiers would fire at these
"I went over there with a
children when the soldiers'
very strong pro-Palestinian
lives were not being threatenState opinion,'' Harris ed.''
declares, "having heard much
Harris tells of homes reducabout the human rights violaed to rubble only because
tions, but I was not prepared
some young children of the
for what I saw and it only houses threw stones in protest.
strengthened my opinion."
"The party line," says HarHarris says the official
ris, "is that there cannot be an
Israeli stance on human rights
independent Palestinian State
violations by Israeli soldiers
because it would be a threat to
has little or no truth. In fact,
Israel's security. The Israelis
Harris says the Jeruselum Post
say they will never talk to the
carried this quote from YitPLO because the PLO is a terzhak Shamir, Israel's prime
rorist organization.
minister: ''The Israeli Army
"Israel has a right to securihas performed admirably and
ty, but not at the expense of
in a humanitarian fashion,
others' rights," claims Harris.
given the circumstances."
"This may be cliche. I've
Harris disagrees, claiming
heard many speakers use it,
the Israelis aggressors and inbut my response to the Israelis
stigators.
was, 'You don't make peace
"We (the tour group) went
with your friends, you make
to a refugee camp where there
peace with your enemies.'
were hundreds of kids ,'' re'' I was touched by the
counts Harris. ' 'They crowded
warmth of the Palestinian peoaround us when they found
ple," says Harris. "The maout we were Americans. We
jority haven't lost their
told them to be patient, and
humanity despite what is being
that we supported a Palestidone to them."

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Three candidates vie for Board seat
Larry Mann _____ _____ _____ _____ ___
by Nanci Lenz
TORCH staff writer

Larry Mann, 37, attended LCC
from 1983 to 1985. He earned an AA
degree in business and an AS in computer science. While at LCC, Mann
was involved in student government,
and was president of the college's
honor society.
Mann now works as an independent
investment advisor.

photo by Michael Saker

• Why are you running
for a seat on the LCC Board
of Education?
"LCC needs to set goals.
Right now, I don't think the

college is headed in any particular direction, and goals
help everyone feel secure.
''There is also a negative image that high school students
have of LCC. They still refer
to it as 'Last Chance College.'
LCC has an excellent faculty,
but nothing can be done with
their talents until goals are set
and the negative feelings
young people have toward the
college are eliminated.''
• What are your experiences
and qualifications? What

plans and goals do you have or
hope to accomplish?
"I attended the college, and
I know how successful the programs are. I've also been involved in the student government, and I've worked with
high school advisory committees for LCC. I keep in touch
with what's going on out
there.
"I want to work with the
other board members to set
objectives that would complement both the college and the

community. I would like to see
the college create some kind of
relationship with local government agencies.
"I'd also like to work on
creating a better image for
LCC as far as high school
students are concerned. They
are embarrassed to admit considering the college. They
should be aware of what an excellent school it is."
• Do you feel that you will
be prepared to step into a $1
see Mann, page 7

Pat Riggs_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
by Alice C. Wheeler
TORCH Editor

Pat Riggs, 38, attended LCC for
two years. She is currently employed
full-time as a Community Service
Worker with the Southern Willametle
Private Industry Council.

• Why are you applying for
a seat on the LCC Board of
Education?
'' I wanted to be involved in
Springfield and I knew that
the seat on the LCC board was
up for election, so I decided
' I'm going to be involved in
LCC.' I went to LCC for two

years, so I have some real
roots here.
''The more I work with the
college the more I want to help
it grow . . . So I decided the
place to do that was on the
board.''
• What experience and
qualifications do you have for
this job? What plans and goals
do you hope to accomplish?
Experience: President of the
local Executive Board of the
Lane County chapter of the
American Federation of State
and County Municipal

Employees (AFSCME) and a
state Vice Pres. for AFSCME.
Member of the Executive
Board of the Lane County
Labor Council, the Vice Chair
for the Lane County
Democratic Party in District
42 in Springfield, and a
member of the Public Employment Retirement System
Board.
Goals: "I want to start doing outreach ... on a personto-person basis. I would also
like to find more state money
LCC) from the
(for

legislature. The board needs to
be more political."
• Do you feel that you will
be prepared to step into a $1
million budget cutting process?
"Yes. I went to the first
budget meeting. I plan on attending the Instructional and
Student Services budget hearings. I have a lot of experience
with budgets so I feel
prepared.''
• What kind of qualities will
you look for in a new LCC

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see Riggs, page 7

Ken Cerotsky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
by Jessica Schabtach
TORCH News Editor

Ken Cerotsky, 40, an engineer, is
the director of water operations for
the Springfield Utility Board. He is
currently serving on the LCC budget
committee, and has worked in administrative positions in public offices
throughout Oregon since 1971.

• Why are you applying for
a seat on the LCC Board of
Education?
"For the most part, I view
education as the answer to a
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have or hope to accomplish?
'' I think what I can bring to
the board are my experience in
management and administration. The board needs to be a
strong policy maker, and I've
been on the other side of the
fence -- I've been the guy
receiving recommendations
from policy boards. I think I
can help the board communicate effectively and efficiently.
"Giving the community a
college it can be proud of is
one goal I have. I want to
figure out what the community needs, and look at the
resources it has available to
achieve those needs -- people
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teaching people and giving
them the opportunities to
learn to support themselves.
''Community education is a
lifering. It helps kids get
through high school and offers
help beyond that. I'm a strong
believer in adult education -people never stop learning.
"I like being able to provide
a product -- a service -- that
people can use. That's fun for
me.
"Last, and this sounds really corny, is that Barbara, my
wife, and I have been really
lucky. It's time to give
something back."
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questions, things the board
needs to wrestle with."
• Do you feel that you will
be prepared to step into a $1
million budget cutting process?
"Yes. I'm used to trying to
pass tax levies, to dealing with
cuts ... But what people have
to remember is there's still a
$35 million budget out there,
and good quality can be produced with that. We are reducin·g services, but we can do
that as painlessly as possible."
• What kind of qualities will
you look for in a new LCC
president?
"I'll be looking for someone with a participative
management style -- by working together people can resolve
more problems.
"It will also have to be a
good communicator, a good
strong administrator, and someone who can go out in the
community and be a good
representative for the college,
and someone who can predict
and prepare for the future.
And someone who is honest,
someone who has a lot of integrity.''
• Since the Board has
already met with instructors,
administration,
staff,
students, and community
members, how will you find
out what recommendations
these groups have made to the
Board?
I think that's pretty easy -just ask people. I have visited
with some college staff and
current administrators, and
I'll just continue that -- talking
to people and finding out what
they need.

London: an experience
by Jodie Palmer
TORC H Staff Writer

The London Study Program
for spring term has seven confirmed LCC students.
According to Speech Instructor Mary Forestieri, who
will teach in London spring
term, some 17 students from
Oregon will participate in the
consortium of Oregon community colleges.
Students range in age from
18 to 71, Forestieri says.
"For most of our students,
they're not only unused to
other cultures, but they're not
used to bigger cities," she
says. "Most of the students in
the LCC program are from
smaller towns, so they should
have an interesting time."
Participants of the London
study
will
program
English
Shakespeare,
literature, interpersonal and
intercultural speech, writing,
theatre, and sociology. All
students are required to take a
class on British lifestyles.
All classes will be taught by
American instructors from the
40 states in the program, except the lifestyles class, which
is taught by British instructors. Forestieri and Eric
Hoem, an instructor from
Mount Hood Community Col-

Riggs,

lege, will be the only instructors from Oregon.
Classes include day trips
pertaining to topics discussed
in class. For example, students
in speech courses may observe
the British courts or Parlia_ment_in session.
The total cost to the student
is $3,345, which includes
round trip airfare, transportation to and from the London
airport, five meals a week, a
London tube (subway) pass,
medical insurance, and a
shared apartment with cooking facilities.
Extra expenses include LCC
tuition, books, meals not paid
for by the program fee, laundry, theater tickets, and spending money. Forestieri
estimates extra costs to be
about $100 a week for the
IO-week program.
The program uses facilities
at the Bloomsbury campus of
the University of London,
where students have access to
the university student union
for extra meals, mail service,
and fitness equipment.
Students who attend also
have the option of taking a
seven-day tour of three European countries during spring
break before classes begin.
Cost of the tour is $475.

Vocational educators cited

photo by Michael Saker

Dixie Maurer-Clemons
by Dorothy Wilmes-Corkery
TORCH Staff Writer

Instructors Dixie MaurerClemons and Kelly McGean
were honored by LCC as
outstanding vocational
educators for 1988-89 at an
awards ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 8. .
Larry Stegall, chairman of
LCC's Diesel Technology Ad-

visory Committee for IO years,
was also named outstanding
advisory committee member
for the year and recognized for
his commitment to vocational
education.
• Maurer-Clemons, science
instructor and coordinator in
the Cooperative Work Experience Program since 1973,
has served over 2000 students
in fields including biology,
forestry, pre-engineering,
energy management and
physics.
Her expertise also includes
extensive work with physically
challenged students.
• McGean is the lead instructor of the Small Business
Development Center Basics
Program and an assisting instructor in the Small Business
Management Program.
He developed the Small
Business Basics Core Program
as well as the curricula for its
nine courses.

• Since the board has already

met with instructors, staff,
students, administration, and
community members, how will
you find out what reccomendations these groups have
made to the Board?
, 'I have gotten most of the
requested
I
material.
everything that was in print. I
think I have a network open
(on campus) to where I can go
out and have access to what I
don't know and I won't just
depend on what I am
reading.''

million budget cutting process?
"Yes. I've seen it coming
for about three or four years,
and I'm prepared to help other
board members decide on
which programs have priority
by consulting with program
advisory committees.
''The board should prepare
for future budget changes in
the present, rather than
waiting until the year such
changes take place. This will
prepare students and faculty
as well.''
• LCC is searching for a new
president. What kind of
qualities will you be looking
for?
"I'll be looking for an in-

dividual with a history of successfully facing challenges.
"I think the college needs
someone who works well with
faculty, students and administration.
• Since the board has already
met with instructors, staff, administration, students and
community members, how will
you find out what recommendations these groups have
made to the Board?
"I'll go back and read the
minutes concerning these
issues, and discuss them with
the other board members. I've
been staying informed about
what's going on at the college,
and I'm willing to take the
time to review.''

"I want somebody up and
running · · · somebody who
already knows how to run a
community college, because
they'll have a lot of work to
do. The person needs to have
People skills and should have
some backgrou nd in dealing
with labor unions. Somebody
who st udents a nd people
won't need to go through five
people to see.,,

• Stegall, as chairman of the
Diesel Advisory Technology
Advisory Committee, has been
instrumental in securing
thousands of dollars of donations of equipment and funds
to the diesel mechanics program. He has also helped to
secure employment for at least
20 LCC students over the
years.

•New senator
confirmed

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Kelly McGean

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the ASLCC Senate on Monday, Feb.
27. Black Owl began working with the
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the Multicultural Center and as a
Native American Student Association
(NASA) representative.
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Bill to please Nunn
Column by John F. Piper
TORCH Staff Writer

Like many others, I work part-time and attend college
full-time. When the two conflict, I am forced by neccessity
to prefer work over education, at least until the bills are
paid.
I could apply for federal financial aid, and in fact I've
accepted it before, but I believe that the government
should be accountable to its citizenry and not vice versa.
For that reason, among others, I'd rather try to make it
through on my own.
If Sen. Sam Nunn CD-Georgia) gets his "Citizenship and
Service Act" passed, I'll be even more inclined to keep
toughing it out.
Under Nunn's bill, high-school grads who currently apply for federal grants would instead be required to work for
a year (at approximately $400 a month) in one of a variety
of social programs -- homes for the elderly, day care
centers, and homeless shelters. At the end of that time, the
student would receive a $10,000 voucher to be used toward
college expenses.
Or, alternatively, that same student could enter the
military for two years and receive a voucher for $24,000.
That's $2,000 more per year.
Thus, prospective college students would be offered a
subtantial monetary incentive -- in more honest language,
a bribe -- to enter the military rather than discharge their
obligation through social work. You'll never convince me
that this has nothing to do with the fact that Nunn is chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
If you think, like me, that the sums currently being
wasted on unnecessary military expenditures might better
be spent on education and social programs, you might find
this bill completely surreal in its emphasis.
And if, on the other hand, you're in favor of a strong
American military, you may feel that the social programs
shouldn't have been included in the first place.
At first glance, this bill seems to contain something for
everyone from the warmongering conservative to the
bleeding-heart liberal. It would seem that trying to please
everyone and ending by pleasing no one is an occupational
hazard of public office.
I really hope this bill fails. If it doesn't, I plan to quit
school in favor of work.

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TORCH alumni active in area media
by Jodie Palmer
TORCH Staff Writer

Former LCC student Ann
Van Camp is the new community news clerk at The
Register-Guard, working on
a team assembling the
newspaper's Community section which began Monday,
Feb. 27.
Beginning her work in early
February, she says she enjoyed
having the opportunity to
share her ideas when the
newspaper was merging
materials from other sections
of the newspaper and developing new concepts. The section
includes a regular feature on
local culture and history, a
club calendar, a directory of

local services, as well as wedding, anniversary, and marriage news.
Van Camp was a reporter,
, columnist, and features editor
at the TORCH while enrolled
in journalism and broadcast
classes between 1983 and 1986.
an
completing
After
associate' s degree in Broadcast/Visual Design and Production, she enrolled at the
University of Oregon's School
of Journalism. She earned her
bachelor's degree in 1988. She
had worked part-time for The
Springfield News for 18 months.
Other former LCC journalists working in the county
include Janelle Hartman,
covering Cottage Grove full-

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Ron Goldberg, a part-time
sports writer at the R-G while
finishing his U of O degree,
moved to Alaska this month to
become a sports writer for the
Ketchikan Daily News.

Graduation moves to Fairgrounds
tion to purchase their caps and
dience than last year's Hult
gowns this year by paying an
Center ceremony. No tickets
additional fee, which Meadow
will be necessary for admisThe class of 1988-89 is sion, Meadow says.
estimates at $8. The standard
preparing to enter its final
graduation fee is $10, which
'' A lot of the bugs will be
term of classes, and gradua- worked out this year,''
includes cap and gown rental.
This year high school completion ceremony plans are under Meadow says. She anticipates
way.
a "smashing event" under the . tion students will also be required to pay the $10 fee,
leadership of Master of
This year the ceremony will
although they haven't had to
Ceremonies Jack Powell,
be held in the exhibit hall of
in past years.
chairman of the English,
the Lane County Fairgrounds,
Speech
and
Language,
Foriegn
The application deadline for
which Sally Meadow of StuDepartment.
names to be printed in the
dent Services says will allow
Students will have the op- graduation booklet is the first
more room and a larger auFriday in May, but students
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charge of the flower decorations.
Meadow encourages faculty
to attend as well, and reminds
them to reserve their caps and
gowns in the bookstore even if
they participated last year.

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Transitions to Success
aids displaced homemakers
by Dorothy Wilmes-Corkery
TORCH Staff Writer

Each term 35 to 40 displaced homemakers and single _parents
work toward economic self-sufficiency in the Transitions to Success program at LCC.
A ''displaced homemaker'' is a divorced, separated or widowed woman who has spent a large part of her adult life being a
homemaker and hasn't developed any marketable skills, according to Charleen Maclean, program coordinator.
The program is open to any displaced homemaker or single
parent who is not already a full-time student. However, a married person living with an unemployed, disabled spouse or a
woman living in an abusive situation which she is trying to leave
would also be eligible for the program, says Maclean.

Orientation: After acceptance into the program, participants
attend a program orientation in which a panel of past participants is available to answer questions.

photo by Michael Saker

Billy Kennedy, or rather "Special K," a new-generation folk singer, performed on a recently built stage in the cafeteria. The stage was built by Construction Technology Department
students for the Noon Performance Series sponsored by the ASLCC Cultural Forum.

King's 'Mama ' shared the faith
In honor of Black History
Month the ASLCC held a
speech and essay contest on
the life of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.
Following is the first place
essay by Jane Stevens King.
Della Lee received the second
place essay award, and Angelo
Verna delivered the winning
essay.
The Legend of a Grandmother
George Washington chopped down the cherry tree and
then confessed to his father,
'' I cannot tell a lie.''
This legend, made popular
by Parson Weems in his
biography of Washington,
may have inspired Abraham
Lincoln. For years, school
children have read about Abe
working in a corn field for
three days to pay for this very
biography, which had been
lent to him by a neighbor and
spoiled when an unexpected
storm covered his loft bed with
snow.
Today, American children
read of another national hero,
Dr. Martin Luther King. The
legend of Dr. King's love for
his grandmother appears in
almost all the literature, accompanied by a lovely
photograph of Martin with his
mother and father, his brother
and sister, and his beloved
grandmother.
His grandmother, Mrs. Jennie Williams, whom he called
Mama, lived with the King
family. Martin was her
favorite grandchild. When
Martin was 12 years old, she
died suddenly of a heart attack. He was so distraught
with grief that he jumped from
a window, hoping, perhaps, to
join her in death. The legacy
Mrs. Jennie Williams left to
her grandson is an inspiration

to grandmothers everywhere.
Grandmothers instill in
children a sense of their own
self worth. Mrs. Wlliams
treasured the papers that Martin brought home from school
and listened carefully to the
tales of his adventures on the
playground. She complimented his ever-increasing
vocabulary: Martin always
loved big words. She hugged
him and whispered in his ear
that he was the best boy in the
whole world.
teach
Grandmothers
children to deplore injustice
but not to despise any individual or group. Mrs.
Williams never expressed
hatred for all white people,
only a conviction that the
dignity of all people must be
upheld. Perhaps she reminded
Martin that his white friend,
James, must be feeling sad too
when his parents forbade him
to play with Martin after they
started to segregated schools.
Grandmothers are the
repository of family lore and
spiritual heritage. Mrs.

Williams told Martin stories of
her parents and grandparents.
She read to him from the family Bible and shared the faith
which sustained her. However,
she encouraged him to respect
the religious beliefs of others.
Dr. Martin Luther King and
his dream changed the face of
America and the world. ''I
have a dream that one day this
nation will rise up and live out
the true meaning of its creed:
'We hold these truths to be self
evident: That all men are
created equal.' "
Perhaps when he penned
those famous lines he was
thrnking of the cheerful, darkfaced woman with white hair
who gave him confidence in
his own intrepid spirt, compassion for all humankind,
and clarity of purpose to bring
about change. All human beings, inspired by Mrs. Jennie
Williams' example, can labor
to make the corner of the
world _ where they find
themselves a welcoming environment for people of all
races, colors, and creeds.

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abilities and personality factors involved in setting life goals and
making educational and work decisions. Barriers to success such
as self-esteem and self-confidence issues are also examined. The
goal of the class is to develop a personalized step-by-step plan
for the future, Maclean says. These plans may include further
education and training or immediate job search and placement.
The class also involves a support group which meets once a week
to discuss information and issues that are brought up in class.
Support: After completion of the first term, each participant
is matched through the "Buddy System" with a past participant
who is on campus. There are approximately 90 women on campus who have participated in the program some time in the last
two years.
Resources: Participants are kept informed of the resources
available to them, such as financial aid, low-income housing,
energy assistance, welfare reform, etc.
Job Search: The Job Resource Center is available to students
when they are ready to begin a job search. Assistance is given in
resume writing, and interviewing skills are practiced. Also, current labor market information as well as postings of current job
openings are provided.

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Number 1 UCC whips LCC

Umpqua outlasts Titan men
by Paul Morgan
TORCH Sport s Editor

Titan Basketball Head Coach Dale Bates directed his team
to a 16-11 record and won Coach of the Year in the
Southern Division.

Bates, Holly win
Division honors ·
by Paul Morgan
TORCH Sports Editor

Titan basketball Head Coach Dale Bates is the Northwest Athletic Association's Southern Division Coach of
the Year for 1989.
Bates has been coaching basketball for 32 years, 22 of
those in the college ranks. This year his team overcame
much adversity to build a 16-11 record and earn a trip to
the NW AACC Southern Division play-offs
"It's nice," said Bates. "I've had several (awards) over
the years.
"In November the coaches picked us to finish sixth in
the Division, and I think they have a little respect for my
ability as a coach."
Although his team struggled at times, it was able to pull
together when it really counted.
"We had a bunch of local kids," said Bates. "They were
predominately fair to mediocre players, but if they play
together, they can overcome a lot.''
Titan sophomore guard Don Holly was elected onto first
team all-Southern Region. Holly finished the season scoring an average of 15.8 points a game. He also averaged 4.7
rebounds and 3. 7 assists per game.
Holly will play in a Sophomore All-Star game March 15.

A talented Umpqua Community College
squad ended the LCC Titan men's basketball
season in the first round of the Northwest
Athletic Association of Community Colleges
Southern Division play-offs Saturday, Feb. 25.
The 102-80 loss to the Timbermen sent the
Titans packing with a 16-11 record. Umpqua
went on to defeat Chemeketa for the Southern
Division championship and the first seed in th5i
NWAACC championships in Bellevue, Wash.
The Titans held Umpqua tight during the first
half, forcing a deadlock at 40.
"We played real well in the first half," said
Head Coach Dale Bates. "We executed and controlled the tempo.
"I felt real comfortable at that time."
But the Titans began to lose their grip on the
top-ranked Timbermen during the second half.
"We just didn't seem to play with the same intensity," explained Bates. "Marty Huff and
(Mike) Surmeier had trouble defensively against
(Donald) Bo ls ton.''
Bolston, a forward from Umpqua, scored 22
points on 9 for 10 shooting from the field.
Guard Anthony Steward scored a game high 37
, points for the Timbermen, including five threepointers.
Four of LCC's starters were in foul trouble
during the game. Sophomore guard Don Holly,
who scored a team high 30 points in his last
game with the Titans, finished the game with
four fouls.

Jerry Kersten drifts through the lane against
Chemeketa Community College.

Freshman Huff fouled out of the game with 8
points and Surmeier finished with four fouls and
5 points.
Holly shot 13 for 13 and Steward was 12 for
14 from the line in a game dominated by the two
guards.

LCC students earn
P~E. fitness a wards

Track teams
embark on
new season

by Paul Morgan
TORCH Sports Editor

by Paul Morgan
TORCH Sports Editor

The LCC track teams will be
making their 1989 debut at the
Linfield Icebreaker meet
March 4 in McMinnville.
Women's Head Coach
Lyndell Wilken says that ''the
team size is smaller than usual,
but the quality will be there."
Men's Head Coach Kevin
Meyers reflects the same optimism. "We're looking real
positve,'' he said.
The men will travel to the
Beaver Relay in Sacramento,
CA March 16-19.

Three LCC students earned
the Outstanding Student
Award for Winter Term '89
from the Health and Physical
Education department.
The students were recognized and nominated by their instructors for outstanding
achievement in physical education classes.
"We gave them a handshake and a pat on the back,"
said instructor Harland
Yriarte. "It's always nice for
them to get recognized.''
Mashita Yamazaki was

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nominated by Susan Burch for
his dedication to his therapy
program. "Before Yamazaki
broke his back and became a
paraplegic he had achieved a
black belt in karate and was a
championship bicycle racer.
Now he only hopes to walk,''
says Burch in her nomination
letter.
"For five hours a day
(Yamazaki) performs his
therapy exercises,'' continues
Burch. "Last year when he
started in the corrections
classes, he had no leg movement and was unable to do any
of the leg therapy exercises.
"Now he is able to take very
labored steps at the parallel
bars, do leg lifts with the
weights and ride the stationary
bicycle.''
Tanya
Hackett
was
nominated for her "intensity
and concentration" in her
workouts. Hackett has a
young daughter and an accumulated 4.0 GP A.
Jody Suhanek was awarded
for _ her
outstanding
achievements in the one mile
walking event. Women's track
Head Coach Lyndell Wilken
'' persuaded her to do a walking event at the Eugene Indoor
Track Meet.
"She walked a 7:52 mile and
was 20 seconds off the qualifying time for a meet at Madison
Square Garden , '' wr o t e
Wilken.

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Sports

Rag
Why read this stuff?
by Paul Morgan
TORCH Sports Editor

Just when you thought the last questions of the term were
being answered, the sports rag throws you a curve.
Here are some questions that could be answers.
• Does anybody wonder why high school sports get more
coverage than LCC sports in local newspapers? Shouldn't it
at least be more than a two inch description of the box score?
• Certainly, all devoted Oregon Duck basketball fans (to be
a Duck fan one must be devoted, but that's another story) will
have a tear in their eye when Oregon State Head Coach Ralph
Miller bids farwell to college basketball, leaves behind his
legend and a 34-18 record against the Ducks. But will it be a
tear of sadness, or of joy?
• Is anybody else tired of reading about Heavyweight
Champion Mike Tyson's personal life in the press? If you
aren't, buy the book.
• How long are we going to keep punishing America's
sports heros before we legalize drugs?
• Could it be that Wade Boggs, Boston Red Sox star third
baseman, was feasting on something besides the chicken diet
he claims aids his outstanding hitting? His former mistress,
Margo Adams, might know.
• If newspapers ever stop printing personal information
about sports stars, which feuls part of this column (and my
woodstove), will I be out of a job? Maybe I would just have
to find something better to write about.
• What could possibly happen to the New York Yankees
next? I can only hope that the fishbowl they swim in will
break soon. I can't stand to see good ball players ruined by
bad press and molesting management.
• Is there an honest, winning Division One college athletics
program? If there is, would the coach please stand and take a
bow.
• Frank Bruno, defeated by Tyson in the fifth round of the
World Heavyweight Championship, says that, ''Mike Tyson
is a human being.'' But has anybody proven it yet?
Once again, another sports rag leaves its readers wondering; "Why do I read this stuff anyway?"
GOOD QUESTION!

New health classes
offered spring term
by Paul Morgan
TORCH Sports Editor

The LCC Health and
Physical Education Department is offering new classes
and outdoor programs for spring term, 1989.
There are two new classes
slated for the Health Department next term.
The first is a class in
Wellness and Health Assessment offered on Thursdays
from 6 to 9 p.m.
According to Department
Head Fredrick Loveys, the
class, taught by Dr. Alan
Ryan, will emphasize high
level wellness through personal behavior modification.
Students will devise an individualized nutrition plan •
and will explore self
responsibility.
Loveys says that this is the
first time Ryan has taught at
LCC. Ryan is the director of
health education at the Student Health Center at the U of
0.
The other class offered is

Drugs II -- Behavior in Society, from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday.
U of O Ph.D. candidate
Amaya Gillespie will be
teaching the class as a followup to the Drugs I class she has
taught in the past.
"Drugs I was received well
by students," explains Loveys . .
Three springtime-oriented
classes are being offered by the
Physical Ed. Dept. They are:
white water rafting; bycicle
touring; and backpacking.
For more information refer
to the spring class schedule.

Members of the Titan baseball team prepare for their trek to California and the season opener.

Titans to open season

Titan baseball looks 'pretty good'
by Paul Morgan
TORCH Sports Edit or

In his first eight seasons as
LCC baseball Head Coach
Bob Foster never had a losing
campaign.
Then a streak of another
sort started, and he suffered
two straight losing seasons.
But Foster, with a new
group of students, wants to
put the winning feeling into
gear and ride it all the way to
the Northwest Athletic
Association of Community
Colleges championship.
''On paper we look pretty
strong," says Foster. "I think
with the type of team we have
it can be done."
Foster says the Titans have
improved over last year's
team.
"Last year's team had a
quality infield, but we didn't
hit well and didn't have good
pitching,'' explains Foster.
"We had just two pitchers
plus a couple of guys that
could throw.''
With a 40 game schedule
two pitchers aren't going to
take a team very far.
Foster says that his four

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man rotation is looking much
better this season, although
they haven't been properly
tested yet.
"Pitching is our strongest
point this season," Foster
says.
He says the rotation should
revolve around returning
sophomore Randy Pratt. Injuries to pitchers Ray Wilson
and Eric Sinclair should slow
the development of the staff,
but the team has until March
19 to recover, when they travel
to Modesto, Cal., to play the
Modesto College JV's.
He adds that almost every
aspect of the team has improved over last year.
''Our infield is all freshmen,
but is as strong. Although they
are young most of them have
experience," says the IO-year
coach. ''The outfield is
stronger and faster, and our
catching is as good as last
year."
In fact, catcher Judd
Feldman is the Titan team captain, and leads the catching
corps.
Freshman Tim Cecil will
probably fill the shortstop

spot in the infield, says Foster.
"Cecil was here last year but
he hurt his knee," explains
Foster.
Jeff McKivven, Steve Riley,
Sean Wood, Lewis Wright,
and Mark Nord will most likely be roaming the outfield for
the Titans. Sinclair can also
play in the outfield.
The Titans will be on a
California road trip March
19-25 . It will take them to the
Sacramento City College
Tournament the 20-22, and
the Lassen College Tournament the 23-25 in Susanville,
Cal.
"It's just a matter of what
happens in California,"
Foster says. "We'll have a better idea (of the line-up) when
we come back."
The first league contest for
the Titans is against Clark
Community College April 1 at
1 p.m. on the LCC campus.
Foster says that the main
competition in the league will
come from last year's
NW AACC champion LinnBenton C.C. "They have
quality pitching and pretty
good hitting,'' he says.

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Brent Kimball uses "nails" and a Spitznagel electric dent fix gun on a moderately damaged area. When finished, the repair will be virtually invisible.

Auto Body program,
shop 'state of the art'
Bob Weaver applies a coat of urethane epoxy primer.
Photos and story by Michael Saker
TORCH Assistant Photo Editor

Do you have a ding or are you a victim of a fender
bender? Are auto body repair costs way ou t of sight?
LCC's Auto Body and Fender Technology Program
may be able to help.
'' Anything that can be done in a commercial shop, we
can do here," states instructor Dean Bergen. "We're
not dealing with a rock, hammer and paint
brush ... We pretty well have everything state of the
art."
But prices are anything but modern. The only costs to
car owners are for parts and supplies, eliminating basic
shop rates of $32 an hour.
The amount of damage to the vehicle will determine
the length of time it takes to be repaired, Bergen says.
Because students are learning, jobs may take longer
than in a professional shop, but both Bergen and instructor Dan Kimball are proud of the work their
students do.
According to Bergen, workers in the program
straighten vehicles using a flex rack that uses a laser and
universal measuring system that is accurate to within
one millimeter.
"We're dealing with very exotic metals and with
numerous different plastics," Bergen says.
The Auto Body shop has been here for 21 years, or as
long as the college. And, except for the loss of an assistant during the 1987-88 budget cuts, Bergen says the
budget hasn't changed much in the last ten years.
Bergen says the program hasn't been able to provide
enough people to supply the demand in the automotive
industry.

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Tam Tran, wearing a protective mask, uses a DA sander to prepare the vehicle for painting.

Racism,

from page 3

table with this assertion, but
comfort has no place in the
fight against racism, they say.
How is it possible that only
white people can be racist in
America? To answer this question you must first define
racism.
The definition used in the
workshop was taken from a
1973 report by the National
Education Association entitled ''Education and Racism.''
This report states that "In the
United States at present, only
whites can be racist, since
whites dominate and control
the institutions that create and
enforce American cultural
norms and values. Even if
whites are totally free from all
conscious racial prejudices,
they remain racists, for they
receive benefits distributed by
a white racist society through
its institutions.''
The purpose of "Undoing
Racism" is to get participants
to acknowledge this and accept a fair share of responsibility for the current state of
racial affairs in America. But
Malcolm and Quinn hasten to
point out that responsibility

does not mean guilt.
They maintain that only by
confronting the racist that exists in every white American in
an open and honest way can
we even begin to defeat it.
They also make the point that
there is no such thing as an
"ex-racist" but that people
who struggle against their own
racism should think of
themselves as "recovering
racists." There is more to undoing racism than attending
workshops -- it is an ongoing,
life-long endeavor.
The workshop begins with a
history of racism in America.
This history begins with the
first time Columbus set foot
on North American soil. His
journal entries show that he
only saw the people who lived
on this continent as an easy
source of slave labor, that
"with as few as 50 men we
could subjugate them and
make them do whatever we
want.'' This set the tone for
the next 500 years. The
philosophy was that land was
available, people were expendable.
No history of racism in

LCC property posted
by Michael Omogrosso
TO RC H Staff Writer

"Sign, sign, everywhere a
sign ... ''is a popular song from
the early 70s and one you
might perhaps recall if you've
started to walk into the woods
adjacent to the campus in the
past few months. New signs
saying '' Access to woods
restricted, firearms prohibited" have been posted.
Campus Services Assistant
Director David Wienecke is
quick to emphasize that the
signs are in no way meant to
keep students, faculty or staff
from entering and enjoying
the woods.
"A resource',' is what
Wienecke termed the LCC
land surrounding the main
campus, and he says a few
people are ruining its natural
beauty and tranquility.
"I was jogging in the woods
a few years back," says
Wienecke, "and found myself
in the sights of a hunter's rifle.
That is a disconcerting feeling."
He further says dirt bikes
and four-wheel drive vehicles
have made ruts that are a
hazard to people jogging or
simply out for a stroll.
Wienecke wants to protect
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portant to preserve the land
for classes like science, P .E.,
and photography, as well as
for personal enjoyment.
According to Wienecke
there are two reasons for
.
posting the signs:
• To identify the property as
LCC's. People think of the
land around Lane as the
"country,"and free to be used
as they will. It is private property.
• To make the property
more secure. Custodians and
Security felt posting the signs
would aid them in their job.
When approached, several
four-wheelers said they
thought it was OK to be on the
property because it was not
posted.
He says it has had some visible effect on at least one occasion, when Security reported
seeing peopl~ unloading offroad vehicles, noticing the
signs, loading them back up,
and driving away without having to be approached.

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America would be comp'iete
without a look at slaver~ ·
American-style. In short,
while slavery has existed for
centuries in various cultures
there is nothing in recorded
history quite like the form of
slavery practiced in America
for 400 years. It was unique
because it was based entirely
on racism, slaves had absolutely no rights, even their
children were forced into
slavery, and there was no hope
of freedom for American
slaves. In the Ashanti
kingdom of .Africa it was illegal for a master to hit a
slave. And some white
Americans think of Africa as
uncivilized.
Quite simply, racism is a key
ingredient in U.S. history,
whether one is referring to
slavery, the campaign of
genocide conducted against
Native Americans, or the theft
of what is now the
southwestern United States
from Mexico . And since
racism has played such a key
role in shaping our society it
would be ludicrous to think
that at some point it suddenly
ceased to exist. It is still with
us, still alive and thriving. If
you believe racial stereotypes,
if you don't challenge people
who make racial slurs, if you

think you can take a passive
approach to fighting racism,
then you are helping to keep
racism alive.
And so we come to the present. Racial tensions are worse
than they've been in years.
The racism, of course, has
always been there, but it is finding new ways to manifest
itself. If you are a liberal
Democrat your form of racism
is probably the paternalistic
do-gooder type. If you are a
conservative Republican your
racism proably manifests itself
in the social Darwinism that
has become so prevalent in this
country since 1980.
So, what are you going to
do about it? You could defend
yourself against these allegations but that will only get in
the way of seeing yourself objectively. You can make a
decision that you aren't going
to hate people of color but
that does nothing to counter
those who have made the opposite choice. Or you could
bury your head in the sand and
pretend there's no problem.
This works fine for ostriches
but when humans do it it only
worsens the problems they're
ignoring.
Really, you only have two
choices. The first choice is to

accept that if you are white
you are a racist. Don't feel
guilt or shame about it. Simply
acknowledge it. From that
point you can begin to take an
active stance against racism.
Remember, there is no passive
way to fight this monster.
That is the harder of the two
choices because it goes against
our inherent desire always to
be right. The second choice is
much easier and certainly the
preferred choice of many
Americans. You can deny that
you are in any way a part of
the problem. Then you just
step out of the way and let this
disease destroy our country.
In short you can either actively fight against racism or
you can help it along with your
silence.
Here is a little thought to
leave you with. At our current
rate of growth by the year
2010 the majority of U.S.
citizens will be people of color.
How do you think whites will
fare in a society where they are
no longer the majority? And
after 500 years of kicking nonwhite people around do we
really have any right to expect
just treatment? As a white
American you have 21 years to
determine the answer to these
questions.

Until Robots replace humans ...

I.
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New Donors:
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DETECTIVE FICTION
Do you need something to fill in the light evenings in the spring?
Join us for Detective Fiction. Come see if the butler really did
it. We'll read all about the famous WHODUNNIT?
detectives -- Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Hercule Poirot,
Perry Mason, Sam Spade -- and then we'll watch them on film.
For a midterm we'll write our own mystery.
Come watch "Murder on the Orient Express," "The Big
Sleep," "China Town," "Perry Mason," and "Sherlock
Holmes." For three credits, mystery, and fun, grab
your spyglass and join us in Center 9, basement of the Center
Bldg., on MWF.
SPRING TERM
A.M. Prengaman
1300-1400
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EXPERIENCE ART IN EUROPE!
9/5-9/21/89. With Richard Quigley, Instructor. $2401. Lorna Funnell, ext.
2906 or 342-4817.
GERMAN STUDIES/Salzburg! Bayern
8/1-8 / 21 / 89.
wunderbar!
ist
$2055 /$2300. Lorna Funnell, ext. 2906
or 342-4817.
FRENCH Study IT ravel. 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!
SOUTH PACIFIC! 617 - 6/22/89.
$1855/2050:surcharge over 18. Fiji,
Sydney, New Zealand , Honolulu. Lorna Funnell , ext. 2906/342-4817.
SOFT. EASY YOGA. Build internal
strength, health , vitality, serenity, and
self-confidence. Call 485-.'l, 124. Find
out!
LEARN PIANO or songwriting from a
top-rate musician and award winning
composer. Carl Saffi ra, 485-3 l 24.

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.
??LOPPET?? Could this be a French rabbit? Find out at the Writing Lab. CEN
476.
THANK YOU, to all you wonderful
people who sponsored me in the
Womenspace Lap-a-thon . Wes.
RODNEY-Your eyes are hot, your
body fine . Wish you were mine.
JOE SATRIANI-Lost my tape of the
King Biscuit. Do you have one I can
copy? Chris 344-5952.
DIDN'T MARTIN write affirmative action beliefs into the Constitution 3-4
years ago? Signed Curious
I STILL LOVE YOU TYLA. no matter
what anyone else says. J.E.D.
FULL METRO SHRED - Beware the
pogonip - it's weak.

FRENCH AND IT A LIAN TUTOR. 6
years experience. $6/hour. Jill,
?>45-1 I _'l,2_

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

GERMAN TUTORING , from native
German. $6/hour. Eleni, 68.'li-4907.

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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 in te nded
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.
OSPIRG TOXICS Action Group meets
Tuesdays at 2:00 in CEN 410. Come
fight toxic waste.
NEWSFLASH : Women's nose broken
by drunken strawberry. We loved your
company Heid!
PLANNED PARENTHOOD has a
rregnancy test that is 99 percent accurate one day after a missed period! Includes unbiased counseling. Call
344-941 I .

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Administrative Support Services

TYPING • WORD PROCESSING
RESUMES • MANUALS
Theses • Manuscripts • Reports

*Reasonable Rates
2439 Oakmont Way
Eugene, Oregon 97401
484 0449

FULL
COLOR

TYPING SERVICE . Term papers,
resumes, business letters. Price
negotiable. Call Mary at 485-6080.
TYPING, 75 CENTS a page. Fast, accurate, professional. 726-1988.

WANTED
WANTED: USED SPARRING gear for
a medium sized person. Call 688-6150.
SEWING MACHINE (Industrial) for
sewing denim and leather material. Call
Robert 689-1774.

PERFECT WOODEN DESK for student. $25. 751 E. 16th No. 102
(Between Hilyard & Alder).
MOVING 18" Sharp color TV $100
080. 751 E. 16th No. 102 (Between
Hilyard & Alder).
LARGE WOODEN DESK $125. Call
Aaron at 683-2794 evenings.
DOC/CAT MANSION with loft. $50
080. 747-5148.
BROWN VINYL COUCH $100. Good
condition. 747-5148.
NEW 5 l /4"DS/DD DISKETTES. 50
cents. Diskette cases, hold 70, $5. Other
supplies available. Mike 343-42 I 3.
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.
150cm SKIS, BOOTS, POLES. All for
$ I JO. Call 484-1706.
NANCY PARKER CFI-1, has $20
Discovery flights available. 485-5892.
HIMALAYAN CA TS, registered or
non-registered; blue points and seal
points. Call 689-0082.
ONE MONTH OLD, 46" RCA Big
Screen TV with factory w~rranty . Call
689-0082.
MUSIC MAN HD I 50 guitar amp w/affects and 2-12" speakers. $300. Good
amp! 343-5123.
LANCER 200 HANG GLIDER with
harness and extras. Good for beginners.
$500 OBO. Interested? 485-4465.
ADAM WORD-PROCESSING computer with Daisy-Wheel printer. Also
runs basic programs. Excellent condition. $200. 342-7583.

YOUNG ATTRACTIVE female. Call
after 7 p.m. at 998-8794. Ask for Gary.
Leave name, age & phone number.

BEAUTIFUL PARROT. Multi-colored
feathers. Intelligent. Speaks few words.
Unbelievable price. Call 343-5842 evenings, Faulkner.

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CHAMPOIN JUICER. Like new. $100.
747-5092 after 5 p.m.

CAT NEEDS new, loving home. She is
beautiful (furry black & white), affectionate, spoiled, & six-toed.
342-2466.
FOR SALE

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FOUR DINING ROOM CHAIRS. Sturdy black metal w/gold cushions $20.
Wooden saloon doors $25. 747-5148.
GOVERNMENT HOMES from $1
(u-repair). Delinquent tax property.
Repossessions. Call (1) 805-687-6000.
ext GH-6150 for current repo list.
SKIS. OLIN MARK Ills. 200cm. $150.
Atomic SLC. 203cm $165. Kneissl RS.
205cm. $110. Each pair has bindings.
342-2244.
BOOK SALE. The Library has an ongoing used book sale. Come and buy
some old favorites. Bring along books
you no longer use. Prices are rock
bottom- $1 for hardbacks, 50 cents for
paperbacks. All profits go to buy new
books for the Library. Books may be
dropped in the barrel near the checkout counter or brought to the Reference
Desk.

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BACKSWING (Anti-Gravity Gym),
Lyle Classical Guitar w/hard case. $125 .
Call Rick 485 -8105.
NEW MEDIUM BLACK leather fringe
jacket. $180. No kidding. Leave
message 345-2192.
ADORABLE 13-inch black & white TV.
Used very little. $35.50 or best offer.
726-8562, evenings.
PIONEER HOUSE STEREO. Cassette,
AM/FM , phono system w/ speakers. In
good condition. $ 150 or best offer.

• Color copies from 35mm
slides, negatives, or 3-D
objects.

Op~n 24 Hours

kinko•s··

• 860 E. 13th
44 W. 10th

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344-7894
344-3555

March 3 , 1988

FUZZIE'S AUTO WRECKING
Jim & Vonnie Ross
in Creswell

942-2482
M-F 8-5:30
Saturday till 3:00

The TORCH

PSA's

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

FOR RENT
HOUSE FOR RENT. $275 plus deposit.
Large country home, share with
mature, responsible roommate. Work,
341-3636. Home, 746-3692.

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

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CAMPAGNOLO 50th edition bicycle
group set. Call ext. 2655; leave message
for Michael Primrose.
WANTED: SPORT/TOURING, prefer
18 speed, larger than 170 mm crank,
large frame. 741-4193.
MEN'S 23 INCH Peugeot. Hardly used ,
with rack. Great condotion. $125. Jenny 343-5 I 23.

HELP WANTED
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
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. 485-59 I 1.
OVERSEAS JOBS. $900 - 2000 mo.
Summer, yr. round, All countries, all
fields. Free info . Write !JC, PO Bx52Corona Del Mar, CA 92625.
URGENTLY NEED VOLUNTEER instructors/aides for teaching swimming
classes to underprivileged children.
YMCA. Heidi 686-9622

PUT THE TOP DOWN. -,68 MC conv.
Good condition. $1,750. 746-9525.

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

MOTORCYCLISTS: Get 50 percent off
motorcycle products direct from
distributors, then join our riding club.
No fee. Robert, 689-1774.

1963 CHEVROLET 1/2 ton pickup.
Good running truck. $675. 726-8524,
evenings and weekends.
1974 MUSTANG II. 6 cylinder automatic. PB-PS 96,000 original miles.
$1,550. 726-8524, evenings and
weekends.
'68 RAMBLER , 2 door, great interior.
Good transportation car. $375. Will
343-5123.

CANDY RED 1987 Honda Shadow
1100. 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.
726-1374.

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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.
WANTED: Men 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..
THE DISABILITIES ADVISORY
COALITION offers two support
groups for disabled persons and family.
Call 343-705:i.
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coNcREssMAN DEFAZIO'S aide,
Jim Crawford will address the LCC
Veteran 's Organization on March 9,
12-1 :30 p .m. in the Administration
auditorium. Crawford will speak on: GI
Bill benefits & new legislation concerning veteran's benefits!

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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 runners and sprinters.
KARATE: 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.
FLOAT THE RIVER. Reasonable rates.
1/2 day or full day trips available. Call
Dave, 484-1706.
DO YOU CARE about your world? Friday Forum is looking for new
members!! Call 747-4501 Ext 2335.
JOHN SHARKEY'S 1989 songwritingrecordi ng-marketi ng workshop
(March - 3 months) 344-5530. Private
instruction for guitar, keyboards, bass
also available.
EUGENE PRO RODEO ASSOCIATION is accepting applications for its
1989 court. Applicants must be 18 by
May 15, 1989. Forms available at Spotted Mule and Cowboy Country,
Eugene. Deadline March 24, 1989.

SERVICES ---------

TRAVEL

USED, RECYCLED AUTO
& TRUCK PARTS
FROM

1978 LTD Ford, asking $1,000. 1981
Kawasaki 305, asking $450. Call
345-6311, 484-68 72.

AUTOS

• Large copies up to llx17
• S0-400% enlargement or
reduction.

1988 YSR50 MINISPORTBIKE. Racing
Kit. Power reeds. Low miles and mint.
Must see! Chris 689-3042.

OVERSEAS JOBS. $.9 00-2000 mo. Summer, yr. round , all countries, all fields .
Free info. Write !JC, PO Box 52-OR02,
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625. 'P

STATE-OF-THE-ART

Laser Copies

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

Where your best deal
is our first interest!
Also buys
Frequent flyer miles,
"Bump" tickets, coupons,
vouchers, and more!

683-8186

ROBERTSON'S DRUGS
Your prescription,
our main concern.

B

Y ARDWORK, hauling, moving, etc?
Custer's Landscapes, Steve Stanford the
friendly yardman. 344-9289, anytime.

343-7715
30th & Hilyard

NEED A PHOTOGRAPHER? Call
344-8389 or Torch office and leave
message for Michael Primrose, Photo
Editor.

WANTED

ARE HEAL TH PROBLEMS interferring
with your education? The LCC Student
Health Services offers - free to low cost medical care to currently enrolled
students.

We buy stereos, VCR's
& sound equipment.

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

STEREO
WORKSHOP

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

1621 E. 19th.

344-3212

YARDWORK. Yard clean-up, mowing,
tree & hedge work, weeding, hauling &
more. John 485-8974, 344-0110.

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Electronic music extravaganza has enough for everyone
by Bob Parker
TORCH Staff Writer

A deep ratchet-like sound
rumbled through the dark
theatre. The intensity built as
the lights and curtains came up
revealing LCC student Rey
Madrid sitting in front of an
arsenal of synthesizers and
electronic gear.
Thus opened Electronic Artistry '89, LCC's annual electronic music concert.
Madrid's piece, entitled
First Impressions, featured a
sequencer groove accompanied by skillful saxophone
and MIDI percussion. The
humanizing touch of his sax
work provided a nice contrast
to his synthesizer work.
The next piece, performed
by U of O faculty member J effrey Stolet, was aptly titled
Strains. The piece consisted of
sequences of harsh tones fired
out with machine-gun rhythm,
alternating in volume and timbre. This was the most
abrasive piece of the night
(this is meant as a compliment,
not a criticism).

The third offering, Keep in
Touch by LCC alumnus Chris
Stevens, had a pleasant, airy
jazz feel to it. The warmth of
this piece was enhanced by
Stevens' use of a strap-on
remote keyboard which enabled him to come up into the audience, giving the music an added dimension of intimacy.
Next up was LCC instructor
Dan Sachs with a piece entitled
A Celebration of • Praise,
which featured a six-member
chorus singing lyrics derived
from various books in the Bible. Sachs' creative use of
unusual vocal harmonies made
this a particularly intriguing
piece.
Then came LCC Music Lab
coordinator Chris Owen with
a piece entitled Impressions of
the Oregon Caves. Owen
achieved his stated goal of a
"theme centered around
water." If you closed your
eyes you could almost feel the
cold, damp of the caves, but
you would have missed the
beautiful slides which accompanied the cavernous sounding

music.
The final piece before intermission was by Michael
Charles, a synthesist/ engineer
with Syntharts in Eugene.
Africa consisted of very dense,
majestic music with an accompanying dance segment by
LCC
instructor
Mary
Seereiter, who wore a costume
made out thousands of fiberoptics tubes. The dance, performed in total darkness, had
the visual effect of a galaxy of
stars taking human form.
After intermission Columbia University's Don Muro
took the stage. He provided a
highly enjoyable and diverse
set of music, which ranged
from Arioso by J .S. Bach to a
heavy metal "guitar" feedback piece done entirely on the
Korg M-1. Muro's personal,
friendly stage presence made
for a very intimate listening
experience.
The show ended with a performance by L.A. avantgarde/ commercial synthesist
Jill Fraser. Fraser's work was
mostly built around the se-

photo by Paul Wall

Chris Owen, LCC Music Lab coordinator, prepares his synthesizer array for the Feb. 24-25 Electronic Artistry '89

quencer (the digital equivalent
to the player piano) and involved very little actual
keyboard playing. This didn't
detract from her performance
in the least.
She used her sampling
keyboard to set up rhythmic
loops of all sorts of percussive
sounds (even dogs barking)
over which she superimposed
layers of more static sounds.

In short, the show had
something for everybody,
from jazz fans to noise
mongers. Don Muro best summed up the concert when he
took the stage and commented, "If you like
everything you've heard here
tonight there's something
seriously
wrong
with
you . . . and I like everything
I've heard here tonight!"

•

Fred Flintstone meets Mozart in Jill Fraser's music

LA avant-garde/ commercial
artist Jill Fraser.
by Bob Parker
TORC H Sta ff Wri ter

The audience of Electronic
Artistry '89, last month's
LCC-sponsored
event,
witnessed a stunning performance by Los Angeles musician Jill Fraser on Feb. 24 &
25. But this performance was
only a small part of a rich and
diverse musical career.
This career has allowed
Fraser to experience such
widely different endeavors as
doing music for Barbie commercials, auditioning for
Public Image Limited (Johnny
Rotten's post-Sex Pistols creation), and conducting a
workshop on film scoring at
LCC.
Fraser began a love affair
with music at an early age.
She suffered a 50 percent
hearing loss as a small child.
When her hearing problem
was surgically corrected she
suddenly found herself aware
of a world of sounds for the
first time. Among these
sounds were those of her
mother taking piano lessons.
"I would sit on the stairs
and make such a fuss during
her piano lessons that they had
to start me at four years old,''

she says.
Brought up playing classical
music, Fraser was relatively
untouched by the popular
music of her youth.
"Most of the music revolution in the sixties, although I
was aware of it, I was not as
influenced by it as a lot of people. I was off in a room practicing Mozart."
So how did she get from
practicing Mozart to opening
for the Henry Rollins Band?
"I've always had a real
Jones for any kind of music
that's very fast and when the
Ramones came along my ears
just perked up and I became
very interested in rock music.''
Fraser's entry into the world
of commercial music was
somewhat of a fluke. She was
working as a session musician
when the musicians' union
called a strike. She found
herself ''marching in the
picket line with the guys from
the Tonight Show orchestra,
playing 'hide the penny' ''
when she hit upon the idea
that changed her life.
She went home to ller fourtrack studio and did some ads
for non-existent consumer
goods which she sent out to ad
agencies. Soon the job offers
started coming and she has
been at it ever since.
She has since recorded
music for ads for Conadina
pasta, Porsche, Shell Oil, and
Cocoa and Fruity Pebbles
cereal, to name a very few,
while at the same time
developing an interest in performance art in the avantgarde.
While many musicians
would feel at odds working
such opposite sides of the
fence Fraser is quite comfortable in her dual role.

'' I like the two extremes and
know that the commercial
work affects my art work, and
that my art work affects my
commercial work, and
sometimes it runs together.''
And she expresses a
pragmatic attitude about the
compromises she must make
in doing such work. "They're
paying me to do a job. I may
try to talk them out of things if
I think they' re making a
mistake. And sometimes I go
along with what they want me
to do. That's good discipline

Fraser confesses that she
gets a kick out of such
meetings. ''I make a point of
it. 1 generally don't hire the
usual studio guys that do a lot
of commercials."
A little subversiveness?
"Yeah, it's healthy. People
think that everything is suits
and ties when they should be
aware of a very valuable part
of the rest of the world.''
On the other extreme of
Fraser's musical involvements
is her active participation in ·

"I feel very strongly that
Alpha-Bits funded my art stuff"
for me."
She then adds thoughtfully,
'' I feel very strongly that
Alpha-Bits funded my art
stuff. It's sort of like they're
giving me an arts endowment."
Fraser's ability to cross the
boundaries between commer' cial and art music has provided her with opportunities to
shake up the foundations of
corporate America.
In one project for General
Foods, an on-again-off-again
remake of the Flintstones, she
brought former Black Flag
vocalist Henry Rollins in to
sing the Flintstones theme.
''Three women executives
from the ad agency were sitting on the couch and Rollins
was over in the corner smelling
bad and looking at his feet. By
the end of the session he had
his shirt off and was showing
everybody his tattoos. They
were all in love with him by the
time it was over."

the Los Angeles performance
art scene.
On any given night in the
L.A. area you might find her
providing synthesizer accompaniment to the avant-garde
poetry of Ivan E. Roth. This is
what Fraser refers to as her
"art stuff."

Reflecting on this scene,
Fraser says, '' I think the
danger with the avant-garde is
that it starts to become inbred.
It tends to be the same people,
the same traditions, and I
think the commercial influence is good because it
helps to loosen that up a little
bit.
''There is a problem with
avant-garde and serious music
being too exclusive. Therefore
the stuff that gets culled is
what's easy to get culled. People should be more artistically
militant in terms of assaulting
the commercial industry. The
avant-garde artist should be
more demanding to be let in."
Fraser's advice for the up
andcoming musician is not to
"try to do something to be
commercial, but know that
whatever you do can be used
in that context. Find what you
do anyway and make it fit.
Have respect for yourself as a
musician.
''Know that you are
creating something that is
worth something to someone
and don't take that lightly."

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New LCC class for
student playwrights
by Andy Dunn
TORCH Entertainment Editor

The first term of the Performing Arts Department's class
'Advanced Writing for Theatre' has been an unqualified success, according to instructor Jerry Seifert and "Jerry's
Kids" -- students selected for the honors playwrighting class.
The class is intended to provide an outlet for students creating
works at a level beyond that of the first year 'Writing for
Theatre' class.
The first year "was good, though, for-trying a lot of different
approaches and developing your writing," says Cristy Gregory,
a student in the honors class.
Another student, Andy Gilbert, who has been taking LCC
theatre classes on and off for the past three years, says of the
honors class, "It's the best thing I've seen in the Performing
Arts Department in a long time.''

Students
rehearse
for
.
upcoming
shows
Deborah Sackett and Rob
Harrison rehearse for the
March 8 opening of the Blue
Door Theatre production
The Real Inspector Hound.
See the article below for
details.

photo by Michael Primrose

The objective of the advanced class is "to produce a polished
play script suitable for submission to theatre companies, contests, etc,'' according to the class outline.
The class, which includes acting students to perform the
works as well as student playwrights to create them, has met on
Saturdays throughout the term.
All six of the student playwrights have finished or are nearing
completion on their plays. The students have worked on pieces
ranging from one act plays to full length musicals.

Mike Winckler practices
guitar in an LCC music
class, _prior to his participation in the Performing Arts Student Showcase
to be presented on March
8 at noon in LCC's Main
Theatre.

Four of these plays will be presented in the Performing Arts
production An Evening of New Plays, which will run May
19 - 20.
Seifert says he believes the first of the students to have works
ready for contest submission will be David Tucker, Rosemary
Schneider, and Andy Gilbert.
Although this term's class was filled only with students who
had taken the first year playwrighting class, spring term's class
will be open to others in the community.
Dorothy Velasco, a successful Oregon playwright and parttime LCC instructor, will teach next term's class.
Seifert says some previous experience is necessary for prospective students and they should contact Velasco at extension 2209
for more information.

Book passage this spring

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LCC talent highlighted
by Andy Dunn
TORCH Entertainment Editor

LCC student musicians, playwrights; actors,
dancers, and poets will give public performances of their works in various shows this
month.
The shows will highlight the talents of
students from Performing Arts classes as well
as authors published in LCC's art and literary •
magazine, Denali.

Travel in the "realms of gold" and
discover the Victorians and the
innovative moderns.

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The shows to be presented include the final
dance projects of the 'Introduction to
Choreography' class, the Performing Arts
Department's Student Showcase and a Denali
poetry reading on March 8, the Blue Door production The Real Inspector Hound March
8 - 10, a jazz and percussion concert on March
9, Dance Open Showing on March 10, and
Playwright's Corner on March 16.
The Real Inspector Hound
Tom Stoppard's satirical mystery, referred to
by the New York Times as "frothy, zanily,
crazily funny," will play in LCC' s Blue Door
Theatre at 4:30 p.m. on March 8 for $2 and at 8
p.m. on March 9 & 10 for $4.

Blue Door productions differ from LCC' s
Main Stage productions in that the cast, set
design, and lighting design positions are all filled exclusively by students.

Survey of English Literature
Two sessions:
11-12 MWF, Seq. 494, M&A 244
with Sharon Thomas
11:30 -1 UH, Seq. 495, Apr 212
with Susan Swan

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Performing in musical ensembles together
will be Julia Havsotter and Star Levine, Larry
Huospeth and Mike Winckler, Karen Moon
and Jim Greenwood, and Sue Langley, Derek
Trost, Fred Van Vactor, and Mike Winckler.
Acting out scenes from Sweeney Todd and
Star-Spangled Girl will be Rob Harrison, Drew
Simpson, Stacy Proud, and Damon Noyes.
Choreography Projects
The final projects of the Performing Arts
Department's 'Introduction to Choreography'
will be presented free of charge at 3:30 p.m. on
March 8 in Room 101 of the P.E. Building.
Poetry Reading
Students, instructors, and community
members who have had their works published
in Denali, LCC's art and literary magazine, will
read from their works at 7:30 p.m. on March 8
in The Great Society Cafe on 11th and Patterson. Donations to Denali will be accepted.

Denali contributors who will read include
Peter Jensen, Erik Mueller, Leisha Sanders,
Maria Rosa, Scott Taylor, Neil Gill, and Lee
Crawley Kirk.
Jazz and Percussion Concert
LCC's Jazz and Percussion Ensembles, composed of LCC students and directed by Performing Arts instructors Jim Greenwood and
Nathan Cammack, will present a free concert at
8 p.m. March 9 in the LCC Main Theatre.

Student performers include Peter Armetta,
Scott Hampton, Rob Harrison, Deborah
Sackett, and Allen Jenkins. Rebekah Shelley
and Performing Arts instructor Pc!trick Torrelle will be co-directing.

Dance Open Showing
Students from the various LCC dance classes
will perform in a free show at 3 p.m. on March
10 in Room 101 of the P .E. Building.

Student Showcase
Music and acting students will perform short
pieces in this traditional end-of-term showcase
of student talents to be presented free of charge
at noon on March 8 in LCC's Main Theatre.

Playwright's Corner
Scenes from original plays written by
students in Jerry Seifert's 'Writing for Theatre'
class will be presented for free at 10 a.m. March
16 in LCC's Blue Door Theatre.