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Lane Community College

Eugene, Oregon

May 19, 1989

Harris, Ang ride landslide vote

\bl. 24 No. 27

Track coach resigns
by Paul Morgan
TORCH Sports Editor

Andy Harris and Magdalene Ang celebrate their victory.
by Alice C. Wheeler
TORCH Editor

With 540 students casting ballots -- the
highest voter turnout since the 1984 ASLCC
elections -- Andy Harris and Magdeline Ang
were elected student body•president and vice
president in a landslide vote of 366.
The opposing ticket of KoLynn Dornan and
Lynn Joanna Larsen captured 150 votes.
' ' I had a lot of confidence,'' Harris admitted Thursday morning, "but I didn't expect
such a landslide. It feels great, I am really excited.''
I van Frishberg won the treasurer's post
with 333 votes, while his opponent, write-in
candidate Gerry Getty, received 84.
But the race for cultural director is not over
yet. The two candidates, Theresa Black Owl
and Randy Brown, each received 244 votes,
requiring a run-off election to decide the seat.
Election Commission Chairperson Rex
Jemison scheduled the run-off for May 24 and
25 in the cafeteria from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. He
said the candidates will be able to repost their

campaign material around the school until the
election is over. Jemison said that having a
run-off election will cost the ASLCC more
money because it pays poll workers and the
board of tellers an hourly wage.
Voters elected the following to ASLCC
senate positions: Scott Derickson, Chuck
Doerr, Bette Dorris, Albert Kee, Bill Lowery,
Noah O'Hare, Marsha Sullivan, Matt Terwillegar, Frederick Thorp. The write-in High
School Completion Student representative is
Jennifer Boehmke.
President-elect Harris said he and the new
ASLCC can work well together, avoiding the
problems that this year's senate experienced.
And he commented on two of his campaign
promises:"! am going to set up a child care
committee immediately and there is already an
affirmative action committee standing, so we
will try to get that implemented as soon as
possible.
"I want to thank the students for having
confidence in me to do the job. I'll do my
best. I plan to be more accessible to the
students."

After 10 successful years
guiding the LCC women's
track and cross country programs, Lyndell Wilken is stepping down from the head
coaching position.
Wilken made her resignation public May 19, effective
at the end of this track season.
Athletic Director Bob Foster
said that no decisions have
been made for a replacement.
Wilken said drastic budget
cuts in the Athletic Department during the last five years
are a main reason for her
resignation. She said in order
to keep her two programs
afloat, she has had to develop
major fundraising projects -such as the Memorial Day
Blue Heron Run -- but that
these requirements added too
much to her full-time
teaching-coaching work load.
"I'm just burned out," she
explained. "The college
should not perpetuate a situation that pushes an instructor
towards a choice between
fund-raising and class
preparation.
"It has become a no-win
situation for me. Either I
become a mediocre coach or a
mediocre teacher. I cannot accept mediocrity which has led
me to the decision of resigning
from coaching."
In her 10 years, Wilken has
achieved national and regional
prestige in both cross country
and track and field.
She won Oregon Community College Athletic Association Cross Country Coach of

Lyndell Wilken

the Year honors in 1982, 1983,
and 1984, and the same OCCAA honor in track and field
for four successive years,
1981-84. She was Northwest
Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NW AACC)
Track and Field Coach of the
Year in 1983, 1985, and 1986.
The cross country teams,
with .her as assistant coach,
won back-to-back National
Junior College Athletic
Association (NJCAA) Championships in 1979-80, and
finished second the following
year.
She was named head cross
country coach in 1982, the
same year LCC changed its affiliation to the NW AACC.
Since then, LCC teams have
finished no lower than third in
the NW AACC cross country
championships.
Wilken's track and field
programs have been equally
successful.
As head coach since 1979,
see Coach, page 8

Reductions less severe than projected

Budget committe e completes recommendations
by Jessica Schabtach
TORCH News Editor

The LCC Budget Committee held its
final meeting May 17, approving the
proposed 1989-90 budget after more
than five months of deliberation.
The original budget plan called for
nearly $1 million in cuts, but the final
recommendation, which will be
presented to the Board of Education at
its June meeting, calls for less reductions than the original estimate.
As of May 17, the actual reduction
recommendations were $29,955 in Administrative Services, $31,157 in Student Services, and $69,396 in the President's Office. Reductions for the Office
of Instruction were projected at
$550,000, but may be reduced by as
much as $400,000 as a result of unanticipated income.
Original recommended goals were

Administrative Services, $80,000; Student Services, $55,815; President's Office, $24,530; and Office of Instruction,
$850,000.
In the May 3 budget meeting Interim
Pres. Jack Carter explained that greater
reductions would not be necessary due
to improved 1989-90 revenue projections. Carter said carryovers in revenue
from this year would be higher, as
would tax revenues (as a result of higher
tax collection rates) and interest rates
on the college's investments.
However, in his opening address at
the May 17 meeting, Carter said cuts
would have to increase as a result of the
Board of Education's decision not to
raise tuition next year. Carter asked
that the adjustments necessary not affect the $211,000 budgeted for new activities.
Carter's recommendations for reductions included adjusting the senior
citizen tuition waiver program to save

$30,000, reducing the special projects
budget by $30,000, reducing instructional salaries by $100,000 (which
would mean fewer sections of some
classes), and reducing projected
unemployment compensation $140,000.
The slated cuts in Instruction have
drawn concern among students and
staff although they are now lower than
the original goal. Representatives from
two departments, Mass Communication and Health and Physical Education, appeared before the committee at
Wednesday's meeting.
One of the programs on the chopping
block was the women's volleyball program, which the Student Services
Budget Subcommittee had recommended cuttigg in order to save $11,000.
Howevel, Bob Marshall, vice president
of Student Services, recommended in
his administrative response to the subcommittee's report that money be
transferred from Admissions as a result

of savings due to salary reductions in
the office of the Director of Admissions.
The subcommittee also recommended that the Board of Education make a
policy decision to eliminate LCC's intercollegiate sports program altogether,
refocus~ing the Student Services
Department on "students that traditionally face barriers in pursuing a
higher education.'' The subcommittee
recommended that the Board hold a
public hearing before reaching a final
decision.
Student Paul Bunch spoke in support
of the Mass Communication Department, stating that the projected reductions in the department, which may be
as high as $41,000, would severely
reduce and possibly eliminate advanced
classes in the program. Bunch said the
department has the potential to bring
money into the school and also assists
in promotion of the college itself.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Control of rights
To the Editor:
In response to those who
wish to see Roe v. Wade overturned:
It appears to me that the
people who want to overturn
Roe v. Wade believe this will
do away with abortions.
Before Roe v. Wade women
were having illegal abortions
or committing suicide when
faced with an unplanned, unwanted pregnancy.
Do the people who want this
landmark Supreme Court
decision overturned see the
alternative of women dying of
botched, illegal abortion or
women ending their lives
because of unwanted pregnancies as perferrable to the current situation?
It is not a question of right
or wrong, rather of who con-

trols the reproductive rights of
women -- the church? -- the
state? Who owns the uterus -the church? -- the state? If
the state can take away this
right to choose, then, later on,
when the population is too
great, can the state reverse
itself again and force abortions on women as is happening in China now? When this
thread is pulled, many more
rights (of women) will unravel
with it.
Martha DeGiusti
LCC staff

Senator angry
To the Editor:
As a senator for ASLCC I
would like to make some comments on a few issues, and
some thank you's.
I've learned a great deal
while being in ASLCC. Some
of it was good, and some of it

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was not so good.
I would like to say thanks to
the following people: Bette
Dorris for her friendship and
her help with the food drive
last winter. Thanks to Rex
Jemison Jr for his friendship
and his work on the Election
this spring, and to Lynn
Joanna-Larsen, who was
helped me keep my samty
these past two years. It's never
easy saying goodbye to such
nice people. I also want thank
Sally Meadow and Jay Jones
for their friendship these past
two years; I wish you both
good luck.
Some of my fell ow Senate
members have taken it upon
themselves to write to the
Editor, slamming KoLynn
Dornan and Lynn Johanna
Larsen, stating that they have
a darker side to them. I've
worked with both women for
the past two years, and believe
me when I say there is no dark
side to Lynn or KoLynn Dornan. KoLynn is a very kind,
gentle person who has a great
deal of energy, but there is certainly no dark side to her.
Mr. Stanford should get his
facts straight before he rriakes
statements that he cannot back
up. In his article, he says that
KoLynn left before the bomb
threat (MLK Celebration),
which is a total lie. Mrs. Dornan was sitting next to Vincent
Jones; they were sitting two
rows back from myself and
Lynn Larsen. When the bomb
threat came, Lynn, her two
daughters, and myself got up
and started to leave the
building. I personally went
over to KoLynn and Vincent
asked them which doors they
planned on leaving through. I
question Stanford's facts; I
even question him.
Mr. Stewart and Mr. Stanford have both made invalid
accusations about Lynn and
KoLynn. Mr. Stewart said that
Lynn and KoLynn were sightseeing in Washington D. C.
They did sight see, but after

The fight is on between the logging industry and environmentalists, and whichever side wins will determine the fate of
Oregon's old growth forests and the ecosystems these forests
contain.
It has been a logical progression. Logging has always been
Oregon's industry, but over the last few years there have been
more and more mill closings, as the amount of available timber
has begun to shrink. People who are involved in the timber industry tend to blame the decrease on the environmentalists. And
you can't blame the industry workers -- to them logging is
Oregon. It always has been.
But statistics from the Oregon Natural Resourse Council state
that only 1 percent of Oregon's forests are old growth. It seems
unlikely that saving the old growth would be the single cause of a
continual decrease in available timber harvest.
Rather, it seems the timber industry is reluctant to make the
transition from old growth harvesting to the less profitable second growth cutting. This transition must eventually occur,
regardless of any further land conservation, because eventualy
we will run out of old growth.
Another possible reason for the hesitancy is that many of
these mills are owned by huge corporations that have no real interest in Oregon except for profit. These mills should either be
shut down or work with the system and make the neccesary
changes to insure that the timber industry will be a part of
Oregon's economy for years to come.
It is impossible for a smaller company to make any money in
the industry because so many contracts are for huge parcels of
land. Smaller pieces of land should be made available to contractors so that more of the money made from timber cutting
can be earned and spent by Oregonians.
The supply of old growth is limited unless the timber industry
is willing to wait several hundred years before harvesting, which
is not likely.
The industry also seems unwilling to stop exporting raw logs
to foreign countries, instead of milling them here in Oregon.
With these exports go Oregonian jobs. Exporting logs is an obvious cause for timber shortages, and state legislature should
create laws to stop or at the very least limit the number of raw
logs that are exported from this state.
The old growth forests are invaluable to Oregon's beauty,
ecology, and economy. They are enjoyed by thousands of
tourists each year. Over 100 species of animals live in the old
growth forests; some would not be able to survive anywhere else.
It is understandable that people in the logging industry do not
want to lose their jobs, but in this age of modern technology the
people of Oregon should work to become more open to different
industries. Oregon is using the timber industry as a crutch for its
declining economy; it is time to find some other means of support.

Notice
Open public hearing on Student Service
Hub Project: Wednesday, May 24, 3
p.m., in Forum Building Room 308.
Voice your opinion!
they attended their required
workshops. When I called on
Friday to see if Lynn and the
group had arrived there was
no answer; I then called Mr.
Stewart and John Millet's
room. Mr. Stewart answered
the phone, and told me personally that Lynn and KoLynn
were in the CCOSAC
meetings.
I ask Mr. Stanford and Mr.
Stewart to put up their source
(of) information. Shout up.
Will I be next on Mr. Stewart
and Mr. Stanford's list of people to slam? If I am I warn you
both that I will come back
with legal recourse.
Randy Rawson
ASLCC Senator

Planning helps
To the Editor:
On interviews there is an un-

said set of rules that becomes
obvious when one sets out to
get that taped interview.
Rule one being, plan your
interview. Inadequate planning will put your interview in a
poor light from the start;
worst yet you might not get it
if you are ill-prepared or
equipped to actually get
started in the first place.
I was assigned to my first interview recently; needless to
say the unwritten rules became
all too apparent when I set out
for that five minute interlude
with some unknowing interviewee.
First I chose a rather
famous figure down in
California, drove to L.A. and
appeared on their doorstep
asking for that interview, not
to mention entrance to the
night's sold out performance.
see Letters, page 3

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Shad ow of doub t cast on Oreg on death pena lty
forum by John F. Piper
TORCH Staff Writer

Innocent people have been
executed.
penalty
death
The
discriminates.
The death penalty does not
deter would-be murderers.
A death sentence costs more
than life imprisonment.
In a recent press release,
The Oregon Coalition to
Abolish the Death Penalty
cites those facts as reasons to
accomplish the purpose set
forth in its name.
Looked at from the point of
view that murder by the state
is unjustifiable, those facts do
indeed justify the immediate
cessation of the capital punishment.
If that point of view were in-

disputably correct in all its
ramifications, the death penalty would not exist anywhere in
the world.
Unfortunately for those of
us who dislike controversy, the
death penalty does, in fact, exist, both here and elsewhere.
There are those who would
maintain that the reasons
OCADP cites are merely flaws
to be corrected in a necessary
element of the as-yet imperfect
U.S. justice system.
Of course innocent people
have been executed. The Stanford Law Review study found
that, out of 350 "miscarriages
of justice in which innocent
persons were sentenced to
death,'' only 23 were actually
executed. OCADP sees that as
an unacceptably high number.

That does not eliminate the
possibility that others may
find it remarkably low.
penalty
death
The
discriminates. Of that there
can be no question whatsoever. Of 455 recent cases in
which a rapist was sentenced
to death, 405 of the rapists
were black. Is that a reason, as
OCADP claims, to stop killing
convicted rapists, or is it an
argument for wider and more
equitable application of the
killing verdict?
A study of the years
1907-1963 in New York State
indicates a rise of two or three
more murders in the month
after an execution than in the
months preceding. So the
death penalty cannot be said
to deter murder.

But is that inherent in the
fact of a death penalty per se
as OCADP maintains, or are
other factors responsible for
that phenomenon? Could the
news media, for instance, have
something to do with this fact
since they often glorify
death row convicts by giving
them attention amounting
almost to homage.
OCADP is correct that execution, under our present
statutory process, does cost
the state more than does life
imprisonment.· In New York,
one execution costs $1.4
million, whereas the other option is priced at only $602,000.
The figures for California are
$600,000 compared to
$427,620.
The difference in cost

comes, obviously enough, in
the form of court costs.
There is unfortunately still
room for debate as to whether
our government should be
allowed to order the deaths of
any of its citizens. If the
government has that right,
how does it prevent its abuse?
If it has no such right, how
does it insure that a killer will
not kill again?
As a nation, we cannot afford to decide these things
lightly, or in haste, or without
due consideration for all of the
factors involved.
Is the death penalty
necessary or not?
In 1984, the citizens of
Oregon answered yes. Fortunately, we are capable of
changing our minds.

LetterS,r rompage2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Kind of makes my head feel
heavy just to think about it
now. But I didn't see the imposition .at the time, just hoping and praying for that first
interview.
Upon finding there wasn't
the time nor really the interest
to give an interview to
"Who?" -- O.K., well, if
you'd only let us know ahead
of time we could have planned
and it would be much easier to
arrange or even consider. Rule
one apparently goes without
saying: "Do not expect someone else who doesn't know
you to drop everything and
pour their energy into your
project, especially if there are
previously arranged matters
pending at present."
Upon talking to the office
after the show I found a
publicist would talk to me
when time allowed but I would
have to leave a phone number
and_let them get back to me.
All things considered that

was much better than forget it,
we give interviews when we
do, don't call us we'll call you.
I got the we will call back
shortly meaning within a few
days if it really means that
much to you.
The next target or prospective interviewee was a local
person known for their writing
finesse. I spoke with the person's other half, who was not
necessarily well versed at
screening calls, but her intuition told her should I or
should I not bother him? She
is as much Him as He is He
and upon talking to her I
found out apparently. One
can't get too much done when
a normal day consists of two
to five similar requests for
quote-un-quote five minute interviews.
These two very clear
messages say 'have consideration for the person or
organization you choose to interview. Don't assume
anything and if time allows

plan well in advance for your
interview.'
This left me with few options, but still there was time
left before the deadline to get
the interview. Luckily I found
interesting
very
a
•knowledgeable interviewee.
I interviewed him, the tape
was rolling, the questions correlated, the subject matter was
interesting, everything worked
great.
So proudly I set into the
production room to play back
that interview, only to find
upon playback the tape
recorder didn't record it. It
was set on record and play
during the interview but a
switch on the side of the tape
recorder was turned to
phoneline. Needless to say, my
live interview didn't include a
phone.
So if you are planning to get
that hot interview and you
really want it to come off well,
set it up, check your equip-

ment, and count your lucky
stars if it goes off without a
hitch; because those unwritten
rules might just catch you, but

with planning and a little good
fortune you will be successful.
Jim Jarbie
LCC student
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Education's standing -is now in -sorry shape
Commentary by
John T. Orrigo
TO RC H Staff Writer

Of all the problems in today's society none is more important or as urgent as education. Public education has put
our country at a terrible disadvantage.
The Department of Labor
says that in the future there
will be a job for every
qualified person who wants
one. The real question is, are
we going to have enough
qualified peopll.! to fill those
jobs?
I feel the answer is no -- not
the way things look now. The
fact is, the basic skills of our
high school graduates are
simply not good enough -- for
business or the government.
Lauro
Kolvaso,
the
secretary of education, recently announced our nation's current standing in public education.
'' I regret that I have to
report that this year our student's performance has been
stagnant. We're standing still,
and the problem is that it has
been this way for three years in
a row, and frankly the situation scares me. I hope it scares
you too."
Kolvaso reported that in
elementary schools one of
every four students has to be
held back, and in high schools
nationwide an average of
3,600 students drop out every

day. Only 71 percent of all
students graduate.
Among major nations, U.S.
students rank eighth in general
science and below average in
math. U.S. college entrance
examination scores declined
last year and are way below
what they were in the 1960s.
Some bright spots: Minnesota has the lowest dropout
rate in the country, and also
boasts high test scores. All
throughout the state potential
dropouts are identified early
and given intensive help.
On the other hand, almost
all the states with the lowest
test scores are in the southeast.
Florida, where four of every
10 students drop out, has the
worst graduation record in the
nation.
The Department of Education says the U.S. is already
outspending Japan and most
other countries on education,
but spending is not the cureall.
"Money alone is not the
answer to our education
deficit," Kolvaso says. But
others say it will take more
money for better teachers and
classroom computers. University of Southern California
professor Alan Auton says
''There clearly is the definite
need to spend more money.
We have to have a combination of some new strategies,
strategies that will give us a

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much higher productivity in
terms of the impact on
students, and we are going to
have to invest more money in
those strategies."

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But the Education Department stresses the importance
of the less costly Bush Administration program, which .
envisions rewards for merit
schools and outstanding
scholars. There is also the,
federal effort to involve
parents. Most educators agree
with these ideas but they think
the situation is so bad that it
will take even more effort.
While we seem to be faced
with increasing standards
everywhere, the national
average score on the SAT college entrance exam declined
last year by two points.
One good sign, however, is
that minority test scores are
improving. In 10 years blacks
have gained 21 points on the
verbal SAT and 30 points on
the math. Native Americans,
Asians, and Hispanics have
also improved their scores.
But overall there has been no
significant improvement in
American schools.
Kolvaso says the reforms
are not for the most part a
matter of money, but of
recognizing and implementing
programs that do work. And
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been urging for years, he set
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special aid to all elementary
students judged to be at risk of
failure, and 4) Insure high
quality vocational training for
those not going to college.
Kolvaso says he is going to
write every local school board
in America to try to get them
to commit to his national
education goals.
The task before us is to
restructure our entire public

education system. This means
a total restructuring from the
bottom up, and our new president, George Bush, should
lead the charge. He must put
pressure on the states to
restructure, and he must come
up with funding incentives to
do so.
There is an old saying that
education is a local activity, a
state responsibility, and a national concern. Hopefully
Bush will have a genuine interest in public education; the
future of future generations
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Feature by Devan Wilson
Design by Beryl Morrison
TO RC H Staff

Amanda was prone to extremely violent outbursts ,
whi ch included spitting,
biting and other offensive
behavior.
Like many of the other
children, she often had to be
physically restrained.
"She would either hurt
herself or hurt you, or
anyone who was near her,''
says Judy Hayden.
Working as an instructional aide with trainable
mentally retarded children at
Cal Young Middle School,
Hayden regularly faced
such incidents. This day proved to be no exception.
Forced to remove Amanda
from the group, Hayden
took the 12-year-old girl to a
padded corner in the back of
the classroom. The child continued to scream and try to
hurt Hayden.
After unsuccessfully
employing some behavior
management techniques,
Hayden left Amanda alone
in hopes that the girl would
calm herself.
Instead, as she waited,
Hayden found herself being
showered by Amanda's
clothes as they flew over a
bookcase.
"She's taking them all off
and she's still mad."
. Hayden, 32, chuckles
some as she tells this story,
but in her soft voice are tones
of the frustration that was
part of her daily routine.
As an instructional aide,
Hayden followed treatment
programs designed by a
therapist, programs such as

learning exercises and games
aimed at improving the communication skills of the
children.
"I was in the trenches,"
says Hayden.
But after three years as an
instructional aide, Hayden
found little opportunity for
advancement.
'' I had room to grow
(personally) and there wasn't
anywhere to grow there,"
says Hayden. "I needed tc
move on."
She wanted to be a
therapist, to plan programs
for the children. In fact, over
the course of her three years
at Cal Young, Hayden began
designing as well as applying
•teaching plans without the
help of a therapist
Hayden had lots of experience. Besides her three
years as Cal Young, she had
worked with preschool
children and with mentally
retarded children within the
4-J school district.
So with the encouragement

photo b~ l:leryl M orri,on

Realizing her professional growth was limited, Judy Hayden quit her job, enrolled at LCC.

as severely retarded, a
classification that includes
autism and Downs Syndrome, but says Hayden,
"Most of the kids can't be
labeled like that."
Some of the children were
very high functioning, and
others quite low. Because of
the differences in com-

After gathering Amanda's
discarded clothes, Hayden
again tried to calm the girl
over a period of two hours,
applying a constant message
of "I'm the boss and you do
what I say," and "I won't
hold you if you don't hurt
me."

victories, but Hayden found
these small victories to be the
most rewarding.
''These kids are just so
hard and to be able to make a
difference, even though it 's
real slow, it feels really
good," says Hayden. " The
highs are really high."

"By the time it was over,"

however
Hayden
•acknowledges that the lows
can also be quite extreme and
they have an effect on the
emotional stamina of an
aide. Many nights when driving home from work,
Hayden would be unable to
fight back the tears of
says Hayden, "she was say- frustration.
Yet, every day she returning 'You're the boss?' I was
saying, 'Yeah, I'm the boss,' ed to her job knowing that
and she'd say 'Okay.' "
she had something to give to
Hayden grew closer to the these children.

Progress begins when the child realizes you care.
You can't just walk in and be effective.
of her co-workers, Hayden
decided to quit her job and
begin work on gaining the
proper credentials to become
a therapist.
She enrolled last fall at
LCC to begin work on a
degree in Speech Pathology
and Audiology, with the intention of transferring to the
University of Oregon to complete her studies.
The children Hayden
worked with were classified

petence of the children
Hayden says it is essential to
look at each child individually. She says one must gain
the trust of the child.
''The real progress begins
when the individual realizes
that you care about them,"
says Hayden. "You can't
walk in and be effective."
It is also important to apply a persistent message to
these children to produce a
mindset within them.

girl over the course of the
year, and every time Amanda's behavior began to sour,
Hayden would simply remind her "Who's the boss?"
When working with
children such as Amanda,
success is measured in small

"All these kids, they want
independence, they want
respect. They want control
over themselves and they
don't have it."
But Hayden hopes that
with her guidance they'll find
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Environmentalists vs. the timber industry
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CW: In terms of how much old growth forest, or
forest even, should be preserved, we have more than
enough already (with) dynamic ecological processes that
will maintain a viable population of all the critters that
we have in the forest now.

by Alice C. Wheeler and Andy Dunn
TORC H Edit or and TORC H Entertainment Editor

The following interviews were edited for length and
readability. Wendell Woods is from the Oregon Natural
Resources Council, a local environmentalist group.
Christopher I. West is from the Springfield office of the
Northwest Forestry Association, a group representing
the forest industry.

If the spotted owl is listed as an endangered species,
how much protection of its environment ( old growth) is
warranted?

WW: If we saved all the old growth today the owl
How does your organization define old growth
might still go extinct in 100 years. We believe it should
timber?
WW: The ecological definition means more than just all be protected.
big old trees. The structural definition: the forest needs
CW: Today it's not in threat of becoming extinct
certain components; eight or more trees per acre with a
diameter of 32" or greater. It must have a multi-layer tomorrow. The forest service has already got in place, as
canopy, which means trees of multiple ages and levels. does the BLM, a significant management that sets up
Another significant component includes standing dead thousands of acres for each pair of owls. That's a
(snags) or downed woody material. The dead trees are significant amount of protection for a species that the
real facts are not known about its status.
vital to that particular ecosystem.
Nobody knows the total number of acreage that is
It is usually 200 years before a forest develops these
characteristics, but some forests like Siuslaw (National needed yet.
Forest) are very productive and they develop these
Is the spotted owl being used as a figurehead or a
characteristics sooner at say approximately 150 years.
symbol representing other issues, or is it really the
CW: We don't have a specific definition for old primary concern?
growth. We can agree with just about any definition and
WW: Both yes and no. The industry is saying "We
the acres that are associated with it.
don't care about endangered species."
1

How much old growth forest (of the original) is left in
Oregon?

WW: For the region (California, Oregon,
Washington) there is about 3 million acres of Douglas
fir and hemlock. In Oregon there are 3 million acres of
Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, and hemlock. About 1 percent of our total forest in Oregon is old growth.
CW: The virgin forest I think is the real issue and how
much is still intact is a significant number. Three
quarters of the original forest is still intact, 7 million
acres in Oregon and in Washington.
How much of the still existing old growth is protected?
WW: Less than 10 percent is protected wilderness,
which is 200,000 acres.
CW: About 40 to over 50 percent of the national
forests are off limits to any type of harvesting. There are
about 4 million acres in Oregon and in Washington of
old growth and mature forests that because of the narrow definition of old growth will come in and out of
that definition of old growth.
How much old growth does your organization think
needs to be protected and why?
WW: We should stop cutting totally, but we know
that this is not going to happen. A total of 20-23 million
acres, approximately 90 percent of our forests, are committed to permanent use. If the forest industry can't
make it on 90 percent, then they won't be able to make
it on the other 10 percent. We want to protect the larger
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If there were no spotted owl, would we want to cut all
the old growth? If saving the spotted owl helps to save
the rest of the forest it's great. We are not ashamed to
admit it.
CW: I truly believe that it's being used as a surrogate.
What we're really talking about is a species that's being
used to preserve land -- to change public policy from
managed forest to preserved forest. The owl is not the
issue; the management of the forest is the issue.

.

CW: The public lands -- BLM and forest service -are managed on sustained yield, meaning you can't
cut today any more than what you can cut tomorrow,
meaning that you can't overcut today and screw future
generations. So what that means is the amount of
timber that can be cut is directly related to the amount
of acres. If you take away acres, the amount that can be
cut is reduced.
So yes, the old growth forest is important,
because ... we've already been cutting on here at a rate
assuming we had all this acreage in the base. You take
away this base and it just leaves us with this, and most
of it isn't mature to cut today.
Should raw logs be exported and why/why not? What
is the effect on the economy and the job market?
WW: No. The country that produced the resource
should earn the greatest value from the product. Let's
provide them with the finished product because providing finished products for the Japanese will earn us
more money.
The real issue is not jobs, it's profits. Something has
to give and it's either give up the species, give up the
jobs or not keep exporting raw logs.

CW: The people that I work for flatly agree that
public timber, timber that comes from state and federal
lands, shouldn't be exported. It's in the public interest
to have those logs manufactured. In terms of private
timber, that's a personal property right.
People tend to forget about all the small family owned tree farmers. Today they can make two to six thousand dollars more an acre by exporting their timber.
Well, the amount of exports from the state of
Oregon has not changed significantly. People tend to
forget that shipping raw logs doesn't eliminate jobs.
What we do is trade mill worker jobs for some
longshoreman jobs. But we still have the loggers and the
truckers to get it to port.

How many years of timber harvest have been proWhat alternatives are available for the Oregon
tected from logging since the spotted owl injunctions
market if old growth cutting is
economy/job
began?
eliminated?
WW: There are approximately 1 1/2 billion board
WW: This is the industry's and Congress's problem
feet that cannot be sold until the court rules on the inwe need to do it.
but
junctions.
• Eliminate raw log exports
• Provide finished wood products
CW: The only stuff that's available right now is the
• Reforest the thousands of acres that have not been
volume sales that are currently under contract; stuff
that was sold over the last three or four years that hasn't replanted
• Thin some of the forests that have been replanted
been cut yet. There is about eight billion board feet of
The forests are a public resource and only the cormature and old growth forest under contract which is
about a little under a year and a half worth of the sale porations benefit from them. Loggers should be getting
program. But the real fear of the industry is that a por- more of the money instead of all the profits going to
tion of that volume could be included as suitable spotted stock brokers in New York.
owl habitat.
We have been selling wood too cheap. Wood only
makes up about 15 percent of the cost of building a
How important is old growth to Oregon's economy/- house.
job market?

WW: There are many livelihoods that believe their
economy depends on not cutting the old growth, like
fishing and recreation jobs.

LCC student fights industry
as Earth First! activist
by Bob Parker
foRCH Staff Writer

"I classify myself as a rabid sociopath," says LCC student Mark Driscoll with
a sly grin. "You can't live in a wilderness area for six years and not be a
sociopath, especially when you come back out (of the woods) and see 10 million
colors blasting your eyes to buy-buy-buy!"
Driscoll speaks softly. But when the subject is Oregon's ancient forests and the
fate of the land he has come to hold in great reverence he speaks with a passion as
fiery as his bright red hair.
Driscoll is an activist for Earth First!. To some, the efforts of Driscoll and his
associates are nothing less than heroic. To others, especially those within the
timber industry, Earth First! is a terrorist organization.
"I suppose we are environmental terrorists to a certain extent," Driscoll says.
"It's nofmeant to cause terror in ~Jeople but to get results semi-peacefully. Earth
First! condones vandalism, but we're against violence toward human beings."
Driscoll maintains that it is the activists who run the greatest risk of injury.
"The people of Earth First! are generally the ones who get injured," he says.
"Every ~ow and then a logger will just walk up and flat out deck one of them.
"I have nothing against loggers per se. It's where they cut that gets me mad."
And when Earth First! activists get mad it means trouble for the timber industry. In their efforts to save the giant trees of the Northwest they have resorted
to tactics ranging from sitting in trees to be cut to dismantling bulldozers. These
environmental guerillas have buried themselves neck-deep in logging roads and
have been accused more than once of driving metal spikes through trees to
damage saws.
"Earth First! represents the far end of the spectrum," Driscoll says. "They
tend to leave it to more conservative groups, like the Audubon Society, to use
their lawyers' might to stop these things. It's a slow process. But when it gets
down to the day they're going to cut that timber, Earth First! are the only ones
who get in there and stop it that day.''
Many in the logging industry consider environmentalists to be nothing but
uninformed do-gooders who care more about owls than they do about humans.
Driscoll disagrees. "I think environmwtalists look at it from a very real persepective and take into account the needs of the timber industry. (The loggers) are so
polarized against us they take nothing in that we're saying. (Environmentalism)
really shows a long-term caring for the species, for future generations of
humans.''

Oregon's forests identified

Owl represents ecosystem
by Bob Walter
TORCH staff writer

A shy creature of the forest, the northern spotted owl has innocently
become the symbol for the battle between the logging industry and environmentalists over how much old growth forest to cut down.
Many opposed to restrictions on old growth logging claim that the danger
to the owl has been overstated and that it is ridiculous to paralyze an entire
industry because of one species. However, environmentalists say the issue is
not just about the spotted owl, it is also about survival of the entire forest
ecosystem, which includes hundreds of species.
Forest Service studies and research by independent biologists show that
spotted owls depend upon dense old growth forests for their habitat,
although forest industry representatives dispute this conlusion.
Because they are high on the food chain, bioligists have studied the owls
extensively as a reliable indicator species reflecting the general health of the
forests and the many creatures lower on the chain which inhabit them.
Adult spotted owls are medium sized owls about 17 inches high with a 43
inch wingspan and weighing just over one pound. They are brown with
white spots on the upper body and brown horizontal barring below. They
may live for ten years or more, and mate for life.
The owls generally nest in cavities in living trees, often using the same
nest for several years. They lay from one to three eggs in the early spring
which the female incubates while the male hunts for food. The young owls
can leave the nest after two months, but the parents continue to provide
food for them until Fall when they leave and establish their own territory,
which generally covers an area of two to four thousand acres per pair.
In recent years, as the old growth forests have been harvested at re~ord
levels, the population of the spotted owl has dropped dramatically. The
Forest Service estimates that there are fewer than two thousand breeding
pairs left. This has led environmentalists to challenge current Forest Service
policies which allow such harvesting. The National Audubon Society
declared that Forest Service management of the owl "is inadequate, and
will most likely lead to its extinction.''
The spotted owl is listed as an endangered species by Washington state
agencies and as a threatened species (likely to become endangered) by
Oregon state agencies. Until recently the owl had no federal designation
under the Endangered Species Act.
On April 26, 1989 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which has jurisdiction in such matters, was forced by U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly to include the owl on its list of threatened species. This would mandate that
federal agencies are responsible for preventing the owl's extinction and
must develop a recovery plan within the next two years.
Zilly's decision, if it stands, will reduce the amount of old growth logging
allowed. The impact of this decision will become more clear as the courts
rule on the many, currently pending temporary injunctions of timber sales
in spotted owl habitat areas.

Recent LCC graduate
blames environme ntalists
by Andy Dunn
TORCH Entertainment Editor

State Forests

~
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National Forests With
Spotted Owl Habitat

~ BLM Interspersed With
~ PriV'lltely Owned Lands

~

National Parks

National Forest total area: 16,000.075 acres
BLM total area: 15,700,000 acres
BLM forested areas: 2,100,000 acres
Forest areas (timber industry owned) : 5,347,000 acres
Forest areas (privately owned tree
farms and other areas) : 3,349,000 acres

Estimates of Remaining Old Growth (by Acre)
Total
Protected Unprotected
2,004,250
231,750
Forest Service
458,056
BLM
4,254
0
Other Federal
50,000
State Forest Lands
921
0
0
State Parks
7,430
Priva1e
51000
10
2,514,617
293,444
2,808,061

"Once logging gets in your blood, it's there to stay," says recent LCC graduate
Bill Brown. "No matter what you do, your love is still in the woods."
At 8 years of age, Brown was operating heavy machinery, the skidder, in the
family-run logging outfit.
On and off for the next 15 years he worked in the logging industry, witnessing
his father's death in a logging accident. the collapse of the family company, and a
crippling recession that forced him to give up logging and pursue a degree in
LCC's Diesel Mechanics program.
Brown, who graduated from LCC last December, now supports his wife
Dagney and his son by repairing equipment at a cemetery in West Eugene.
He is still bonded to logging and the woods by his friends, some of whom have
recently been laid off from timber harvesting.
Bitter about recent court injunctions preventing logging on some lands, Brown
is not at all optimistic about Oregon's economic future.
"The court injunctions are a little on the sick side," says Brown. "They have
enough (forest areas) sewed up already ... There is not a shortage of timber;
you can fly over and see that.
''They (the environmentalists) are causing the problem -- the shortage. After
they get the National Forest old growth locked up, they'll go after state lands,
privately owned lands, and then they'll go after the second growth."
· He sees a downward economic spiral from the injunctions: loggers being put
out of work, followed by mill closings, and then entire communities ending up in
a recession.
Brown says he strongly disagrees with some of the environmentalist's actions.
"Tree spiking -- that's just like planting a bomb.
"Most of these guys, they've never worked in the woods .... They go to
school and think they know it.''
Loggers have gotten a bad rap from the media, according to Brown, and he
says many people have misconceptions about loggers.
"They think loggers have an attitude of 'take all you can get.' " In fact, he
says, the logger is only "hired to do the sale, but the mill is the one that bought
the sale.''
He continues, "The logger has a respect -- an awe -- for the woods. He lives
there. He dies there. He realizes that that's his livelihood and if he doesn't take
care of it he's going to pay for it in the end."
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May 19, 1989

Page 7

SPORTS & RECREATION
Track teams enjoy success at Region IV meet
Titan men roll to victory with 209 points; Women finish in .second
Meyers wins coach of the year honors
behind Mt. Hood, 165-154
by Paul Morgan

by Paul Morgan

TORCH Sports Edi tor

TORCH Sports Editor

Is it the coach that makes
the athletes, or the athletes
that make the coach?
Meh's Head Coach Kevin
Meyers would probably say
that it is a two way street; that
both are equally important to
a winning program.
Meyers should know. He
was selected the coach of the
year in the Northwest Athletic
Association of Community
Colleges after his team rolled
up 209 l /2 points to crush
their opponents in the Region
4 championships May 12 and
13 in Oregon City.
"I'm pretty happy," said
Meyers of the award. "It just
means that those guys went
out and did what they had to
do. I have a good group of
guys, it's part of their
character.
''The region championships
are nice, but to see how hard
this team competes is great.
There is a never die attitude on
this team, where they reach
down and get that little bit extra it takes to win."
Dave Christopher scored 34
points individually and Steve
Oxenford added 28 to help the
Titans overcome Clackamas'
162 1/2 overall points.
On the first day of the meet
the Titans captured two first
place finishes, a second place,
third place, and three five
place finishes to score 58
points and outpace Clackamas
C.C.'s 41.
Oxenford won the hammer
with a throw of 155-8, to beat
Ken France of Linn-Benton
C.C. by 12-3.
In the discus, Eugene
Edberg threw 140-2 for a se-

The chances for a Titan
sweep of the Northwest
Athletic Association of Community Colleges Region 4
championships fell through a
gaping hole as the women's
track team came in second
behind Mt. Hood C.C. in
Oregon City May 12 and 13.
The hole was opened when
Verona Richards tore some
ligaments in her knee while approaching the long jump pit at
practice May 9. The injury
kept Richards out of the meet
and will keep her out of competition indefinitely, says
Head Coach Lyndell Wilken.
With Richards out the
Titans lost important points in
the high jump, long jump, 400
meters, and the mile relay,
which she anchors.
"We had a good meet,"
said Wilken. ''With Verona it
wouldn't have been any contest. We've beaten Mt. Hood
and Clackamas by 20 points
each time we've met."
As a team, LCC scored 154
points, only 27 of those on the
first day. Mt. Hood led the
meet both days and finished
with 165 points for the victory.
Clark C.C. finished third with
117 points. ·
Individually, the Titans did
well. On the first day, Michele
Weissenfels took first in the
discus with a season-best
throw of 125-1, and fourth in
the shot put. Carina Ooyevarr
took second place in the shot
with a throw of 39-5 1/2.
Army Bruhn finished fourth
in the long jump and Misty
White tied for third in the high
jump.

Garage
Sale

photo by Bryan Wesel

Titan sprinter Paul Green (middle) capture the 110 high hurdles
and the 400 intermediate hurdles at the NW AACC Region IV
championships.
the 110 high hurdles (14.8) and
cond place finish, with Oxenthe 400 intermediate hurdles
ford right behind in third with
(53.6). John Kimsey finished
a throw of 138-7. Both
close behind in second in the
throwers achieved personal
110 hurdles (15.0).
records (PR) on their tosses.
Oxenford won the shot put
Tom Skeele cruised to vicwith a throw of 48-1/2. Edtory in the 10,000 with a time
burg managed a third place
of 32:24.2. Teammate Dave
finish with a throw of 45-5
Swift finished behind in fifth
1/2.
with a time of 33 :34.4.
Christopher won the javelin
Chad Ficek came in fifth in
with a throw of 198-9 and
the tight long jump competicame in second in the pole
tion with a jump of 21-1. Nate
vault (15-0).
Golden of Clackamas won the
Skeele crossed the finish line
event with a jump of 22-4 1/ 4.
in 15:39.9 to take first place in
During the second day the
the 5,000.
Titans really took control with
Dan Tatum got a PR and a
five first place finishes.
second place finish in the
Paul Green dominated the
3,000 steplechase in 9:51.6.
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Richards probably would
have taken first in the high
jump, considering her personal record (PR) in the event
is five inches higher than any
other woman's in the region .
Wilken said that Richards
also might have placed high in
the long jump.
Angie Vachter achieved a
PR in the javelin with a third
place throw of 139-1. Jennifer
Huff won the 1,500 (4:48.5)
and the 3,000 (10:32.6) with
PR's in each event. She also
finished second in the 800.
Cathy Wood finished second in the 10,000 with a PR •
time of 40:58.1. Tracie
Looney (1 :05.9) and Sandy
Church (1:07.3) finished 1-2 in
the 400 intermediate hurdles.
Looney's time was a PR.

Coach

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one of her teams reached as
high as second place in the
NJCAA Championships in
1981, and finished no lower
than 12th while affiliated with
the NJCAA. From 1983 on,
her teams have finished no
lower than fifth in the
NW AACC Championships.
Wilken is pleased with her
accomplishments. "I think we
did very well, given the situation at the time compared to
other schools.
"But it's not the same job I
started 10 years ago," she continued. ''The budget decline in
regard to our sport accounts
has snowballed into a
nightmare . . . . In 1979, our
sport budget was over $5,000;
and in 1989 it is $3,500. This
makes it difficult to market
our program as compared to
our competitor institutions.''
She also expressed dismay
with cuts in the support staff
of the Athletic Department -such as secretaries, athletic
trainers, and assistant
coaches.
''Our inability to defray
(student) tuition costs, pay for
shoes, and physical exams
adds up to several thousand
dollars."
Wilken stresses that her
resignation should be regarded
as constructive criticism.
''Lane Community College
has potential for continued
success if we learn to fully support the programs that remain. What will kill the program is indecision, which has
been characteristic of the LCC
administration.''
Wilken says she plans to
continue teaching at LCC, and
will dedicate her spare time to
coaching masters and club
athletes.
"I'm looking forward to
pure coaching again," she explained.

SPORTS & RECREATION

Blue Heron Run may be on the ropes

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Column by
Paul Morgan
TORCH Sports Editor

Every Memorial Day for
nine years, like clockwork,
Women's Track Head Coach
Lyndell Wilken has put
together and staged the 8-K
Blue Heron Run. This year
will be no different.
The Blue Heron Run will
start at Alton Baker Park,
Monday·, May 29.
But with Wilken resigning
from her position after this
track season, the Blue Heron
no longer has an organizer.
Unless someone steps up to
take the job, don't expect to
see it around next year.
First held in 1979 as a fun-

draiser to send LCC' s very
successful track athletes to
Texas for the National Junior
College Championships, the
Blue Heron is now a general
fundraiser for the women's
track team.
''That first year,'' says
Wilken, ''we kind of did it
off the cuff, but we had such
good success."
In the first running of the
race 400 people participated.
The next year that number
rose to 800, and again to
1,200 in 1981.
That was during the years
of the running boom, and

now participants in the Heron
are dropping off. To add to
the Heron troubles, The
Race, which is held just seven
days after the Heron, came
into existence in 1983.
The Race brought with it a
much bigger promotional
budget, allowing it easier access to sponsors and runners.
The Heron is probably
Wilken's biggest undertaking
every year, and is part of the
reason that Wilken has decided to resign.
Planning for the event
begins eight months in advance -- to take care of entry
forms, permits, access to
parking, and access to roads.
More importantly, Wilken
needs to line up sponsors to
pay for the numbers, t-shirts,
e. t.c. And all this needs to be
done a year in advance.
"It's a lot of phone calls
and meetings,'' explains
Wilken. '' I used to do· it all
myself."

But she is also a full-time
teacher-coach, so she must
enlist the help of volunteers
or work-study students to
carry some of the burden.
"I have a computerized list
of 150 things we need to do to
prepare for the race,'' says
Wilken. "We must make arrangements for each item,
which may take a couple of
steps" an item.
Since the, Northwest
Athletic Association of Community Colleges track and
field championships are held
the same weekend as the
Heron, this year Wilken has
the help of David Heisler to
pull off the event. But the
Heron still adds a tremen ous
amount of work for someone
preparing to coach a team in
the NW AACC championships.
"It's
too
much
work ... not really fun
anymore," sighs Wilken.
''The last three years it's been

a headache."
She always seems to look
on the bright side of things,
but inevitably the down side
flips around. "It's a good
challenge and the college gets
lots of good exposure,''
Wilken says. "It's always fun
to give people the opportunity to run, and it's a good
social event.
"But it's a lot of hard
work." She should say, it's
hard labor. She's not paid a
penny for her time.
With Wilken resigning, the
fate of the Blue Heron is
uncertain. The next coach
could pick up the race, but
any first year coach might
find it quite a load to handle.
Wilken is sure somebody
will keep it going. "After 10
years it's got a real tradition
behind it."
No matter who it is, she/he
better have a lot of motivation.

Titans on brink of playoffs
by Paul Morgan

NWAACC
SOUTHERN DIVISION

TORCH Sports Editor

The Titan baseball team
took advantage of seven
Chemeketa Community 'college errors to take the first
game of a doubleheader 9-1,
but fell victim to its own
mistakes in the nightcap by
committing 10 errors and losing 10-8 to gain a split May 15.
The victory and loss
brought LCC's record to 13-10
in league, and gives it a shot <;tt
the playoffs if it sweeps Mt.
Hood C.C. Friday, May 20,
the last day of the regular
season.
Tim Cecil pitched a fivehitter and went the full seven
innings for the Titans in the
first game against the Chiefs.
LCC scored two runs in the
first inning enroute to collecting 10 hits and never looked
back.
Cecil held Chemeketa
scoreless until the sixth inning,
and then he only allowed one.
"We were pretty pumped
up," said Head Coach Bob
Foster. "We jumped on them
right away."
Cecil started the second
game because he had only
thrown 77 pitches in the first
game.
But the Titans allowed four
unearned runs in the first inning and never recovered in the
10-8 loss.
The playoff situation is tight
for the last day of the regular
season.
The Titans are tied in the
league standings with LinnBenton C.C., and a game
behind Chemeketa, which is
14-9. If Chemeketa is swept by
Clark C.C. Friday., the Titans
split with Mt. Hood, and
Linn-Benton splits with
Clackamas, then there will be
a playoff in Albany May 22.
If Chemeketa splits, the
Titans must sweep Mt. Hood

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Chemeketa is swept, and LCC and Linn-Benton sweep, then
there will be a playoff between
LBCC and LCC in Albany.

In any case, Chemeketa
must lose if the Titans hope to
make the playoffs.
But for the Titans, it all
comes down to sweeping Mt.
Hood.
Head Coach Bob Foster
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Mt. Everest," he quipped.
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Student art show in LCC gallery
Reception for the artists
on May 19 at 1 p.m. in gallery

- The juried Student Art Exhibit, open to
LCC students only opened on May 14 in
the Art Department Gallery on the first
floor of the Math and Arts Building. The
show will run until the end of spring term.
On display is Seated Woman, shown in
the upper left of the page, a primacolor
portrait by Susan Selig, which won a cash ,
award in the show. Bull n' Helf/er, a linocut by Shirley Ebner, was one of two
pieces purchased by the ASLCC for the
college. It is shown above. Brooke Stone's
cast bronze Wolf Shaman also won a cash
award and is shown to the left.
Other students who won honors and
awards in the show include: Paul Birchak,
Dan Norris, David Brent Burkett,
Margaret Shand, Cheryl Kempner, and
Caryn Daschbach . .

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So, ya wanna go out for a
drink, eh? But you want
something special, somewhere
out of the ordinary, some
place that smacks of a European flair.
Well, I know just the piace:
the High Street Cafe at 750

High St. in Eugene.
This combination bar-cafe
offers the customer a good
selection of local beer, as well
as the micro-brewed variety
which strives to produce a
reasonable facsimile of the
German "Hefer weisen," a
wheat beer, and the English
"Bitter." As always, there is
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as well as french fries and
small finger foods to help fill
one up.
But where's the European
flair you ask? Read on.
At the High Street you have
the option of relaxing inside or
outside on the terrace -amongst the trees while you
chat with your friel).ds and enjoy a pitcher of your favorite
brew.
This is actually how it's
done in Europe. You take
about 10 tables and 10 benches, add 30-40 people, ranging from blue collar workers
to students, serve them up pitchers of beer and let them talk
themselves hoarse into the early hours of the morning.
To the average American
this probably doesn't sound
like anything extraordinary,
but for those of you who have
been to central Europe, namely Germany, you'll quickly
recognize this occurrence as
the beer garden effect. Oh
sure, the U of O offers the
same thing every Friday in the
EMU, but don't be fooled -- it
ain't the real thing.
So, don't settle for imitations. For a good time and a
little bit of European culture,
be sure to get over to the High
Street Cafe, zum Wohl!

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BIBLE STUDY Thursdays. 1: 15 - 2:00
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LCC KARA TE CLUB meets Fridays 7
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Mass Comm Department produces 'LCC Today' show

Michael Hopkinson and Gina Walker discuss production
show.
by Michael Omogrosso
TORCH Staff Writer

Innovation is what sets LCC
apart from the everyday college, and, true to tradition,
Lane is once more setting the
pace with "LCC Today."
"LCC Today"is a series of
interviews produced in the
Media Center and broacast
over channel 35. It features
prominent LCC faculty and
staff and is hosted and produced by Mass Communications Coordinator Jim Dunne.
One innovation of ''LCC

Today'' is the use of Broadcast/Visual Design (BVD)
students to staff the production crews, showing that extra
step Lane is known for.
BVD student Tammy
Malone says, ''I like working
on the show because I know it
will go on TV. It gave me a lot
of experience I didn't have."
Production experience for
students is part of the reason
for "LCC Today," agrees the
show's executive producer and
director, Michael Hopkinson,
and increasing community ex-

posure to the college is
another.
'' As an organizational
media center," says Hopkinson, who also teaches BVD
courses in the Mass Communications Department, ''we
have an obligation to help our
organization be more visible."
Using students for the production crews of "LCC Today,"
says Hopkinson, has been a
very positive experience.
"I like the experience I get
from working on the shows,"
says first year BVD major
Paul Bunch. "Any time you
use the equipment you become
more familiar with the process."
Bunch, who learned the
aesthetics of photography
while taking a required photo
course for the BVD program,
wants to see more variety in
the way the camera shows the
interview. "We need to be a
little more daring," he savs.
The responsibility is what
Bunch appreciates the most
about working on "LCC Today." "You've got to be on
time and dedicated to the program (the show being produced)," he says.
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tion is exciting, making you
keep on your toes and work as
a team,'' says Bunch, a
veteran of several segments as
camera operator and lighting
technician.
Lighting and set supervisor
and Studio Coordinator
Michael Maze says, "Our (the
Mass
Communications
Department's) first venture
with the Media Center gives
our students a chance to be on
a real show broadcast."
"Titan 35" is the nickname
Maze
uses
for
the
student/faculty productions.
He anticipates daily, short
duration news broadcasts of
about five minutes over Cable
35 this fall. The newscasts may
expand into 15 minute or half ,hour productions as students
gain confidence.
Confidence is what BVD
major, Gina Walker, has gain-

ed from her 12 segments of
"LCC Today."
"I used to think it was difficult to put on this type of
production," says Walker,
''but by working on one, you
realize how easy it is.
"I've learned so much
here," she says with assertion,
"that I wouldn't be afraid of
applying (for a job) at
KVAL.''
According to Hopkinson
there will be weekly shows on
cable 35 through the end of the
term at 11 :30 a.m. Tuesdays, 4
p.m. Thursdays, and 10:30
a.m. and 3 p.m. Fridays.
"LCC Today" will continue
this fall.

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graphic by Maancn Gajcniaan

'If I can help one person,
feature by Bob Parker
design by Tonia Batten

ost U.S. citizens take for granted the ability
to speak English. But for Eliazar Ramos learning English is just one of the many
hurdles he must clear to complete LCC's high school completion program.
Eliazar was born and raised in the predominantly
Spanish-speaking town of Harlengen, Tex. Upon entering
the public school system at the age of 8, he was immediately labeled "wetback'' and "unteachable." He says he was
promoted year after year, not because of his grades but
because the system was in a hurry to be rid of him. He says
he made it all the way to ninth grade without being taught
a word of English.

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Mac Fest fever hits LCC

LCC student Debbie Haines, 32, of Eugene died on May
14 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a Eugene police
officer confirmed this week.
She had been a business major since 1987.
Haines is survived by two daughters, Ricky, 14, and
Rachel, 6. She is also survived by her mother who lives in
Texas.
Those interested in attending a memorial service in her
honor are asked to contact Carol at 688-6873.
Condolences to the family may be sent to 995 W.
Hilliard Lane, Eugene 97404.

by Michael Omogrosso

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well in all his subjects but is
especially fond of U.S.
history. '' I love to learn
what this country is all
about," he says. "This is my
country and I should learn its
history.''
And so at Lane, Eliazar
has found something he
never had before -- a choice
of what he might do with the
rest of his life. Like many
people about to finish high
school, he isn't entirely sure
what that choice will be, but
one option may be in forestry
work. "I like to live in the
mountains," he smiles. "To
be away from everything."
Another possibility is learning about the law so he can
work as a counselor to help
other Spanish- speaking
Americans get over some of
the hurdles he has cleared .
"A lot of Spanish people just
don't know what their rights
are."
Whatever choice he
makes, Eliazar feels that being able to help others is
more of a consideration than
how much money he'll make.
'' If I learn something to
help myself," he says, "I feel
like I have to pass my
knowledge on to others. If l
can help just one person
avoid some of the mistakes I
made, I'll be satisfied."

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English and lack of a
diploma, however, kept forcing him back. "Everywhere I
went for jobs they wanted me
to know English and· have a
diploma.''
But the push Eliazar needed finally came from outside.
One night while he slept,
his wife took their children
and left him. He had no idea
where they had gone.
Shortly
afterwards,
following an evening of
heavy drinking with a friend,
the car in which Eliazar was
riding crashed. His hand was
severely injured. One good
hand isn't enough for a fruit
picker. He had no choice but
to leave the fields.
He took what little money
he had saved and began to
search for his family. He
tracked them down in
Washington, then to Oregon.
Angry in-laws abandoned
him in Junction City. He was
out of money and had
nowhere to go. He decided to
stay in the area, to see what
the Eugene area had to offer.
When he heard about the
high school completion program at LCC he decided to
seize the opportunity to begin
making a better life for
himself.
And now, he's only a few
credits away from his
diploma. He says he's doing

"My attitude became, 'they
don't want to teach me, why
should I learn?' " Adding to
his disillusionment with the
educational process was the
attitude among his peers that
learning English was tantamount to knuckling under to
the Anglos.
Eliazar dropped out of
school and became a migrant
farm worker.
In the beginning he felt
that he had made the right
decision -- for the first time
in his life he was earning
money. And picking produce
was work that didn't require
speaking English.
But he gradually became
aware that the world has
more to offer than backbreaking labor. His search
for something better led him
to enlist in the army where
his inability to speak English
finally caught up with him.
'' I was the only Spanish
guy in my company," he
recalls. In order to communicate with the other men
Eliazar learned some
rudimentary English.
Although the military had
given him a glimpse of what
lay beyond the fields, after
the army Eliazar returned to
the farm labor. But he could
no longer find satisfaction
picking fruit. His poor

TORCH Staff

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The Mac Fest is not a contest to determine the number
of hamburgers one can consume in a minute, but rather a
chance to catch the Macintosh
fever spreading through some
Oregon college campuses.
According to Georgia
Henrickson, manager of the
LCC Bookstore, students,
faculty and staff will have a
chance to touch, see, and play
with. Macintosh computers on
the second floor of the Center
Building -- by the stairs to the
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Henrickson says there will
be a demonstration Mac in the
Bookstore this fall with a student representative who will be
hired by Macintosh, available
eight hours a week to answer
questions, but, "We just don't
have the staff with the training
to do the job ourselves.

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"A deeply moving film .. .a depiction of a
poor man's defeat that is unequivocally a
triumphoftheactor'sart."

-Uoyd

In an effort to promote
HEPP II (Higher Educational
Purchase Program II), the
LCC Bookstore is sponsoring
the Mac Fest which includes
demonstrations of the new
Mac computers, while
representatives from Macintosh and LCC' s local connec,tion, the Computer Store are
on hand to answer questions.

MIJST ENO SOON

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER
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chase of Mac computers and
some accessories at a greatly
reduced price through the
Bookstore, says Henrickson.

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