Lane
Community
College

New substance abuse counselor
page 5

25th Anniversary

December I, 1989

Eugene, Oregon

Holiday customs

pages 8, 9

Vol. 25 No. · 10 Football at LCC?

page 14

Candidates visited:
Pres£dential search cont£nues
by Michael Omogrosso

by Devan Wilson

Torth Editor

Torch News Editor

One of ten Ru$Sian exchange
•.teachers in the ,USi Rima ~µr ..
jukovkh, department chair of
foreign languages at the Saratov
Teachers' trainiqg College .i n
Satat<.>y\ . RussfaJ will talk at Lane
about women and.their lives in
the &>viet Union. the will be on
Dec. 6, from 12 to 1 :30 p.m. in

PE 205::
Burjukovich says many SoviJt

photo by Deborah Pickett

Rima Bitjukovich

women. hold high positions
throughout the. Soviet·system.
As many women.,.~ .men are ~c..
quiring a higher education~ as
well. She also says the field of
educ~fion is .dominated by
·. ·
.
women.
Education in the States~ she
says, does not pay as much ~.t ..
tendon to foreign cultures and
languages ~i,t sho~ld~ tspecial~
ly nations as powerful as Russia.
Speaking to US .. Soviet relations ftom a people perpective
~urjukovich says~ "We don't.
want war and you don•t want
war.''
She is tea.thing Russian at
South.Eugene High School 1.Ul~
til b~r retui:n homeJtthe eqd,Q€
this tenn. as pan. o{a teacbet ex~ •
change, program sponsored by
the American Field Service.

Members of the Presidential Search Advisory
Committee and the LCC Board of Education are
currently conducting visits to the campuses of the
three finalists for the position of LCC president.
On Nov. 17, the board announced it will continue to interview Gerard Berger, vice president
of Chemeketa Community College;Jerry Moskus,
executive vice president of educational services,
Des Moines Area Community College, Des
Moines, Iowa; and A. LeRoy Strausner, vice president for support services and dean of students,
Casper College, Casper, Wyo.
The presidency was vacated when Richard
Turner III resigned from the pdst during the summer of 1988. Turner left to become president of
Nashville State Technical Institute, in Nashville,
Tennessee.
Members of the visiting party include ASLCC
Treasurer Ivan Frishberg, representing students;
Pat Dickover of Computer Services, representing
classified staff; Linda Riepe of Health Occu pations, representing faculty; andJim Ellison, dean
of Weekend College, representing management.
Also attending are board members Martin Lewis,
Jim Pitney, and Board Chair Larry Perry.
According to Sue Colvin, director of Personnel
Services, the visitation team visited Casper College on Nov. 29, and will visit Des Moines Area
CC today, Dec. 1, before returning to LCC on
Dec. 3. The group will then visit Chemeketa CC
on Dec. 7.
The visiting party is scheduled to meet with
student leaders, student activity directors, and
faculty representatives. The party may al~o meet
turn to Candidates, page 6

Women skin WOSC Wolves, 72-69
Jepson's last second shot seals Titan victory
the back of the stack on the inbounds play at midcourt to let
her break through the line as it
What a way for the Titan split apart.
women's basketball team to
Assistant Coach Ron
start the season.
Richards made a minor adjustLCC sophomore Stacy Jep- ment in the Titan offense by
son capped a 26 point perfor- moving center Kristi Potter to
mance with an amazing three- the right side of the key from
point shot with one second re- the left side, forcing the backmaining to lift the Titans past up defender to the weak side
the Western Oregon State and giving Jepson a one-onCollege ]V's, 72-69, Nov. 29 one situation.
at LCC.
She received the ball on the
''I knew it was going in as left side, dribbled down to the
soon as I let it go,'' said a three-point line and put up an
off-balanced jumper that
jubilant Jepson.
Fifth-year Head Coach Dave swished through the net as the
Loos called the play on LCC's buzzer rang.
final time-out after WOSC
The Titans ran onto the
guard Lisa Barendee tied the court and created a giant pile
game on a three-pointer with as they celebrated.
10 seconds left.
The victory raised the
Loos had Jepson stand in · Titan's record to 2-1 in nonby Jeremi Shipley
Torch Sports Writer

league play, including a last
second loss to Blue Mountain
Community College and an
of
pounding
88-57
Southwestern Oregon CC in
the Lane Invitational over
Thanksgiving weekend.
After a down year last
season it seems that the Titans
may have found a leader in
Jepson.
'' Stacy executed the offense
and wanted to take charge, "
said Loos. "She is valuable to
the team and I wouldn't expect any less."
Besides scoring a game high
26 points, Jepson added 10
assists and two steals.
WOSC Head Coach Ken
Battles lamented his loss after
the game. There was some
question whether Jepson had
turn to Skin, page l3

photo by Thatcher Trombley

Stacy Jepson adds another two of her 26 points after a steal in
ICC's 72-69 victory.

EDITORIALS
More effort needed to
solve the homeless
and hunger problems
by Michael Omogrosso
Torch Editor

As t~e ~hanksgiv~ng holiday passes on by, a fog of
psychotic deJa vu begrns to desend and thicken. From radios,
loud speakers , and acquaintences comes strands of ''Deck
the halls with . . . all ye faithfull . •. . red nosed reindeer,''
with increased frequency the closer Christmas Day approaches. People begin to crowd the retail stores in pursuit of
son:ieone's seasonal happiness. Hails of "Merry Christmas,"
spnng from even the most scrooge-like individuals as they
pass one another.
But, in this time of economic prosperity, this time of good
cheer and sweet meats, this time of celebrating the birth of
the Prince of Peace, there are no rooms at the inn and hunger
stalks the land of opportunity.
Hunger not only in Ethiopa, El Salvador, and Eastern
Europe, but in Eugene as well. The federal government has
reduced spending from a budget fat in military priorities, in
part, by reducing funding and surplus food shipments to
agencies like Food for Lane County, and by •stiffening
eligibility requirments for welfare to decrease the numbers on
the public dole. Hunger welcomes the results of these actions
(people with little or no resources) with open, starving arms.
And people in this very area are starving for more than just
bread; homes, or even just a dry place to huddle, are not
availible. A single room with a kitchenette rents in a not-sodesira~le neighborhood for $175 a month, and there are no
vacanoes.
The community is responding to these often intertwined
crisises. Food drop barrels are in stores, offices, and schools.
That's good. Food stores will add a special one oercent "tax"
to customer purchases if requested, The ''tax'' will go to help
the less fortunate. And that is good as well. The Opportunity
House will be funded for another year. The county is looking
at a proposal to build up to 250 apartments targeted for lowincome families.
These approches, too, are good. But the song, ''I'll be
home for Christmas,'' gives no reassurance to more people
this year than last, and God only knows how many chilren
live in hunger.
While addressing the symptoms of homelessness, and
hunger is to be applauded, it is not enough. We must ask
ourselves as a society, what it is we are doing that allows so
many people to "slip through the cracks" and become, in
essence, disenfranchised from our system.
For my family, the holidays promise to be festive and the
new year bright with opportunity. But we will place these
times of relative opulence for us in perspective to the inn being full and hunger waiting, just outside the door.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
GOD: Alive & well
To the Editor:
Re: Bert Tryba's frequent
editorials condemning religion.
Despite Mr. Tryba's claim of
reliance on reason, his views are
full of as many emotionally inspired opinions and are just as
open to criticism as belief in the
God he dismisses.
Belief in God is indeed a
matter of opinion, but it is a
belief that demands social action, condemning apathy.
Atheism, conversely, being
essentially a ''refutation of
theist ideas" quoting Mr.
Tryba, has not substance or
foundation for creating a better
world. Atheism is a lot of
pseudo-intellectual masturbation festering in its own
relativist ghetto, refuting
everything, and promising
nothing. Atheism is a social
neuter capable of making only
the motions of social change but
incapable of actually producing

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anything of value.
Throughout history, it has
been the Church which was the
stronghold of literature, art,
and history itself. Evil has been
done in the name of God, but it
has been done by individuals
acting in spite of religious assertions rather than in accordance
with them.
But such abberations are irrelavent. Consider only what is
happening today, right now, in
that corner church. That church
is a good place full of good people doing good things.
Argue and theorize all you
wish, Mr. Tryba, however doing
so will not erect soup kitchens,
missions, schools, and the other
necessities we can thank our
churches for.
Church membership is up.
We stray, then return, just as
you told me you do, Mr. Tryba,
to sing your Polish carols on
Christmas. "Mere tradition,"
you call it, but it is more.
Religion is alive. Alive not only
because we want it, but because
we need it. And God who
graces us with it is ever more
alive for God has allowed us to
stray, welcoming our return to
discover this truth on our own.
Jason Maas

Recycle: to re-use
To the Editor:
We at BRING Recycling have
noticed recently that the plastics
marketing
is
industry
"degradable" plastic items and
implying that their use is environmentally sound. We
believe that this is not the case.
While evidence suggests that
of
generation
this
"degradable" plastic may not
truly break down into
"harmless elements," this is
only of secondary importance to
solid waste management. Any
item -- no matter what it is
made of or how it decomposes -that is designed to be used onetime-and-thrown- a~ay is an

example of the type of thinking
that created the garbage problem.
Most recyclers and solid waste
managers advocate reducing the
amount of nonrecyclable
material we bring home, reusing items before we pass them
on, and recycling rather than
disposing of things we don't
need.
We can make a difference in
the garbage crisis by moving
beyond a "thrown away" mentality, by refusing those items
that are used only once before
disposal, and by choosing items
and containers that will be used
again and recycled.
Mike Hamblen
Education Coordinator
BRING Recycling

Writing on the wall
To the Editor:
There are racial slurs on the
restroom walls. Since LCC is an
institute of enlightenment, one
expects that the students have
outgrown such juvenile antics;
the evidence on the lavatory
walls proves that this is not so.
It is hard to repudiate
engrained habits; it is far easier
to amend them.
Therefore, a modest proposal: If you write, use the
paper provided in the stalls.
Then, just before you flush,
you'll be pleased that your prose has reached its proper purity.
James M.Jones

Hats Off to SHC !
To the Editor:
I would like to express my appreciation to the Student
Health Center for their kind
and very helpful service.
I would also like to extend a
special thanks to Geri, a super
nurse.
p.s. Sharon; Thank you to!
John "Brian" Stevenson
LCC student

Bush's educational program f~lls short of campaign promise
forum by Andy Harris

where education is concerned.

ASLCC President

A little over a year ago, we elected
George Bush as our nation's forty-first
president. As most of us remember,
Bush claimed to be, ''the education
president.'' Unfortunately, it is apparent
that the current administration's commitment towards education leaves quite
a lot to be desired.

The share of the federal budget for
education shrank consistently during the
term of Ronald Reagan. In the last years
of the Carter Administration, education
was 2. 5 percent of the federal budget,
but in fiscal year 1989, it was only 1. 7
percent. We spend sixteen times that on
defense. We spend seven times that in
interest on the national debt.

During the 1988 presidential campaign, Bush made promises to the
American people that he would be, ''the
education president.'' In his first
budget, education received only half of
the increase necessary just to keep up
with inflation. Our "education president" has even advocated the termination of eleven programs totalling over
$300 million! These programs include
State Student Incentive Grants, Perkins
Loans, and many others. It seems that
there has been very little actual improvement over the Reagan Administration

Most of us work at least a part-time or
summer job to help pay for our college
education and many of these jobs pay
minimum wage salaries or slightly
higher. Our tuition, books, and basic living expenses cost more now than they
did when the current minimum wage
($3.35 per hour) was established. If the
minimum wage had kept pace with inflation, it would be $4. 57 in 1989. Our
''education president'' has vetoed
legislation that would modestly increase
the minimum wage to $4. 55 over the
next three years (while at the same time,

including pay increases for himself and
congress in his budget proposal). This is
a severe obstacle towards economic access
to education, especially towards
minorities and those who do not come
from wealthy famili~s.
Recently, there was a proposal by
Senators Nunn and McCurdy that would
have mandated military or civilian service before any student could receive
financial aid for college. While this bill
was tabled, there is still plenty of reason
to be concerned.
The idea of linking financial aid to
military service is still very popular and
has the support of many members in
Congress. Linking aid to service is a way
of manipulating low and middle income
people. There is nothing wrong with service itself, whether it is in the military or
not. I am currently serving as a combat
engineer in the Marine Corps Reserve
and applaud those involved in community services (such as working in

homeless shelters and AIDS hospices)
and other worthwhile programs. The
point is that education should not be used as a carrot on a stick to lure young
people into service, especially when it
only affects the lower and middle
(income) classes.
When will our elected officials learn
that education is a right and not merely a
priveledge to those who can afford it? Is
it really any wonder that the Japanese
and Europeans are surpassing us
economically?
In less than three years, our
"education president" will come before
us, asking to be re-elected. It will be our
responsibility to determine if his promises were merely campaign rhetoric or
if he is truly a friend of education. If the
former is to be true, he had better start
changing his policies. If our "education
president" fails us , we owe it to ourselves
and future generations to support a more
progressive candidate.

Self-indulgence checked by criticism and new insight
by Bob Parker
Torch Staff Writer

A few days ago I picked up
my first copy of The Student Insurgent, a new self-described
''journal of the Left'' published
at the U of O. As I sat reading
articles about ancient forests
and El Salvador, I began to ask
some questions about how people on the Left sometimes express themselves. Ultimately, I
ended up questioning myself as
a writer.
To begin with, let me say that
I think the Insurgent publication has a valid place in the local
activist community. While not
much new ground is covered in
many of the stories, the writing
is generally good. And in these
days of me-first social attitudes,
it's refreshing to see that there is
still some spirit of activism
among college students.
At the same time, the way in
which some of the writers made
their points raises some question as to the effectiveness of
the paper: Just who are these
people trying to reach?
For example, there was
Mookie Bifferton 's article on
the Hatfield Rider which would
take away citizens' rights to battle timber sales in court. Here
was a writer expressing sentiments which I totally agreed
with. Yet, I found the article
somewhat annoying. Aside
from some name calling and a
very impassioned statement of
Bifferton's beliefs, the article
had nothing new to say. No new
light is shed on the old growth
controversy.
Even more disturbing was a
piece entitled ''Flag Etiquette''
which described the procedures
for raising and lowering the
American flag. After giving
directions that could have come
from a Scout manual, the piece
ends with the phrase, " ... then
torch the motha.''
Again I ask: Who are these
people trying to reach? If they
see their readership as Left wing
then articles such as this can only be seen as inside jokes. Does
the publication of inside jokes
warrant the killing of the trees
which went into making the
paper?

If, on the other hand, the
publishers are trying to reach
people on the opposite end of
the political spectrum, then this
piece can only be seen as

one of my columns. However,
in his letter, he proceeded to
make many of the same points
that I had in the article in question.

Taking a Stand
by Bob Parker
counter-productive. The funny
thing about flag-burning is that
the very mention of desecrating
our national symbol causes
many people to throw up emotional blinders. Once this happens,, you have lost these people. No matter how well you
state your case, they will not
hear you.
In short, inciting people to
thoughtless anger is not a very
effective way of convincing
them of your views.
As I read, The Student Insurgent, I kept asking myself,
'' Am I doing this? Am I letting
my ranting and sarcasm get in
the way of my message?"
The next day, a letter came to
the Torch concerning one of my
columns. The writer of this letter seemed to take exception to

It would seem that in my zeal
provoke those who disagree
with me I had lost the focus of
what I was trying to say. The
result was criticism from
someone whose ideology I agree
with and he seemed to totally
miss my point.
When one is engaged in
working toward a better world,
there is a danger of the
righteousness of the cause
degenerating into selfrighteousness. This can lead to
self-indulgence, an undesirable
trait in a journalist.
I apologize for nothing. I
stand by everything that I write.
But, I must confess, by not
against selfguarding
indulgence I may have inadvertantly erected barriers to
understanding.
to

'I'o connect those
wlio woula {i~ to give, witli tliose students
in neea of assistance auri.ng tlie 9-lo{ufay Season.
Contact: Campus !:Ministry

Cen. 242
e"--t 2814 9.fama or Cliris
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
MASS will be held in P.E. 214 on December 8th at noon.

Since I used a public forum to
erect these barriers, it seems fitting that I be equally public in
my acknowledgement of my ac-

tions. In so doing, maybe I can
play a microscopic role in bringing about healing in a society
that so badly needs it.

Of Note
• Attention undergraduate students: Don't just settle for a
summer job -- seek an adventure!
Academic credit can be earned by assisting refugees in
Thailand, working for a Turkish newspaper, aJapanese travel
bureau, an agency in China, or a bank in West Germany.
Sixty diverse positions are available across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, through the International Cooperative
Education (ICE) program. Each position lasts eight to ten
weeks.
ICE, offered by LCC through the Northwest International
Education Association, offers students the opportunity to increase their cultural awareness by working in a foreign country
and living with a host family.
Applications for the summer of 1990 are due soon. For
more information contact Peggy Marston, the ICE coordinator, in the Cooperative Work Experience office,
726-2203, or ext. 2509, on campus.
• The Women's Center has scholarships available. Soroptomist Scholarship applications are available in the center,
located in Center 213. The application is due Dec. 15. The
local award is $500, and the winner will compete for a
regional award of $1,500. Women over 21 who are the head
of their household, and have a financial need are eligible to
apply. For more information call Jill Bradley, 747-4501, ext.
2352.
• Christmas trees are being sold to help raise money for the
LCC women's track and field program. Prices are as follows:
Noble firs: 4-5 feet, $16; 5-6 feet, $20; 6-7 feet, $25.
Douglas firs: 4-) feet, $13; 5-6 feet, $16, 7-8 feet, $20.
For more information contact Larry Calloway in HealthP .E. / Athletics, 747-4501, ext. 2215.

• The deadline for entering the American Poetry Association's poetry contest is fast approaching -- December 31. Entry is free and everyorre is welcome to enter.
Grand prize is $1,000, first prize $500. In total 152 poets
will win cash and publication prizes worth $11,000.
Poets may enter the contest by sending up to six poems -each no more than 20 lines, name and address on each page -to American Poetry Association, Dept CT-90, 250-A Portera
St., P.O. Box 1803, Santa Cruz, Calif, 95061. Entries should
be mailed by Dec. 31.
• Michael Samano topped the list of winners in the MultiCultural Center/ ASLCC Cultural Heritage Poster Contest.
Samano won a full tuition waiver for the winter term.
• An Intrumural Ski Adventure will be held Dec. 7 at
Willamette Pass Ski Area. A free bus ride will leave at 10 a.m.
and return at 6 p.m. Sign up in the intrumural office, PE
204, by noon Dec. 6.

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Recovering addict serves as new counselor
Assists others to find drug free life
by Terry E. Asher
for the Torch

"I'm a recovering alcoholic and drug addict,'' said the slight, soft-spoken man.
''I use those words because they have a hard
edge to them that I like,'' acknowledged Harvey
Bond to a group of 20 LCC journalism students
Oct. 27 in a session on LCC's two efforts to prevent substance abuse among the staff and
students, and aid those who are addictive.
' 'The hard edge reminds me that recovery is
much more than simply not drinking or using,''
said Bond.
, In September the college hired Bond as a
half-time substance abuse prevention coordinator, and in late October the student union
hired him to be the half-time ASLCC health
educator.
In explaining his training and background for
the two positions, Bond spoke about his own
chemical dependencies, how he began his
downward spiral into addiction, and his subsequent recovery.
He described himself as a classic product of
the late sixties. He reviewed rock concerts
(including Woodstock) for several magazines.
Smoking marijuana in his early college years was
''normal behavior.'' After about four years of
daily uses " ... alcohol and pot just didn't do it
anymore .'' After graduating from college, he
began what he called his '' 10-year dance with
amphetamine addiction.''
He says that as he completed his bachelor's
degree in experimental psychology he experienced '' career confusion,' ' and used speed for a
sense of certainty. He continued his speed use
while earning a master's degree in counseling

from the University of Vermont. And he continued to abuse speed, alcohol, and tranquilizers while employed as an educational program developer with public schools in Arizona.
He was, he said, a ' 'functional alcoholic. ' ' He
never missed work. But he was always high.
''The only trouble I had functioning was
when I could not obtain my drugs of choice.''
This constant abuse eventually landed Bond
in a hospital bed where he still vehemently
denied his addiction: He just wasn't using his
drugs correctly, he was telling himself.
His self-delusion abruptly ended when his attending physician, himself a four-year recovering heroin addict, told him, ''It isn't a question
of using 'wrong. ' You' re an addict. ' '
Bond told the listening students that once
confronted with the ultimate truth, he knew he
couldn't go back to drugs, but neither could he
conceive of a life without chemicals.
''That's part of the lie of drugs,'' he explained. ''They make you believe that you need
them.''
When Bond finally agreed to be ''clean'' for
one year, he began his long, painful road to
recovery. He suffered two relapses, the seconJ
sending him into a rehabilitation and detoxification center.
But when he recovered, he had determined
that he would specialize in counseling for
chemical addiction.
After two-years of post-master's training, five
years as a chemical-dependency therapist in Los
Angeles, and with the experience of his own addictive past, he now works to assist others to find
the drug-free life he now embraces, and enjoys.

Harvey Bond

'Normal' addictions unrecognized as dangerous abuses
by Jesse Voris
for the Torch

In many ways, "addiction is normal" in this country. Conservatively, 50
percent of the population in the United States is addicted to some thing,
some one, or some process, according to Harvey Bond, the college's substance
abuse prevention coordinator.
,
Although chemical dependency seems to be running rampant and deserves
a high priority, other addictions go unrecognized or receive little attention -overeating disorders, gambling, religious fanaticism, sexual and relationship
addictions, and workaholism, for examples.
Addictive people are usually self-centered, manipulative, isolative, and
fearful. They buy into an addictive belief system which tells them things like
''Image is everything,'' and ''Life should be pain free and easy. '' Someone
,who is addicted often denies that he or she has a problem.
Bond defined an addict as a person who will continue to be involved in the
person, substance, or process despite negative consequences. He said it took a
combination of events to make him realize he had ''a problem'' -- his
girlfirend leaving him, having his car repossessed, and having his job put at
risk. Even then, he still denied he was addicted, until he was in a hospital
bed and his doctor confronted him.
Having recently moved from Los Angeles, Bond notes that people in Lane

County treat the subject of addiction differently than people in Southern
California. Addiction is less openly discussed here, he said, and there seems
to be more of a stigma for the recovering person than in Los Angeles.
Bond says there are five signs that predict addictions in most people:
Inadequate coping skills and an addictive personality orientation (being selfdishonest, self-centered, etc); an addictive belief system (the expectation that happiness is found "out there," and not within oneself); un-met emotional,
spiritual, and social needs; poor social support; and in some instances, a
neurological predisposition. "A person with these traits is almost certain to
become addicted," said Bond.
While he said that alcohol is probably the most dangerously abused drug in
the United States, the most unrecognized category of addicts in society is
workaholics. Workaholics are people using work -- instead of a socially
unacceptable habit -- to cover up inadequacies in their personal lives.
He noted that many people are unable to receive drug rehabilitation
because of inadequate sources of low cost and no cost treatment.
According to Bond, society needs more free or low cost treatment centers
for the growing number of people seeking help, as well as recognize that
there is indeed a problem.
He said that the money spent on controlling drugs shipped into the US
would be better spent on education and treatment.

ASLCC funds prevention and awareness programs
by Barbara Littman
for the Torch

Harvey Bond doesn't think this
country can win the war on drugs.
That may sound strange coming
from the person hired to set up
substance abuse and AIDS awareness
programs for the ASLCC and implement programs for the college as mandated by the federal and state governments.
But Bond thinks education, not war,
is the key to success for his new programs.
As a society, he said, ''we need to
find new ways to fulfill our needs.''
That requires becoming educated
about addiction, and changing the
"quick-fix mentality" that approves of
fast, easy w~ys to feel good and avoid
necessary pam.
In a separate interview, Bond said

"Extrapolating from 1988 college data, .
Affected Others is for individuals
we can conservatively estimate that 20 whose lives have been affected by
percent of the LCC student body is cur- abusers.
rently experiencing a substance abuse
Introduction to Recovery is for inproblem.' '
dividuals interested in learning about
addiction issues, determining if a perAs ASLCC Health Educator
sonal problem exists, and getting supTo help these students address their port for making a decision to stop usproblems, Bond has developed classes, mg.
ongoing groups, and individual
Bond said open alcohol and drug incounseling as the foundation for the formation classes with more specialized.
ASLCC's educational approach.
support groups are also planned for
January.
• A Drug and Alcohol Class meets
• Short-Term Personal Counseling is
each week to discuss the recovery prooffered through the program, as well,
cess, relapse, co-dependence, and other
helping people get started in a recovery
issues. The class is educational, and
process.
open to everyone.
• Three Recovery Groups

are also

available:
Ongoing Recovery is for individuals
who have already begun to accept their
addiction and need support.

• The AIDS Awareness Program will

begin in January with a series of panel
discussions, workshops, and presentations.
This fall, Bond is ''talking with people in the know" in Lane County about

the disease, attempting to learn if
AIDS is being transmitted primarily
through IV drug use, or through forms
of sexual contact. He hopes the ASLCC
program will prevent statistics like
those recently released by the University of Virginia, where more than 20 people have died from AIDS.
As Staff Member

His other half-time employment is
with the college itself, developing and
implementing substance abuse prevention training activities for the school.
He will monitor current and pending
state and federal mandates regarding
substance abuse; develop, recommend,
and implement appropriate college
resposnes; and serve as a resource person for students and staff.
He can be contacted by telephone at
extension 2178, and says he will maintain the confidentiality of conversations.

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College Council meeting focuses on college inservice
must benefit the staff. "Don't be passive; we want your
ideas and energies to make this worthwhile, '' he urged.
"Let's figure ways to make it worthwhile and fun."

by Coleen Ebert
Torch Staff Writer

Approximately 25 employees from across the campus
shared their ideas about LCC employee inservice sessions at the Nov. 21 meeting of the College Council.
And at its Nov. 28 meeting, the council heard reports
on a possible 1990-91 tuition increase, and the formation of a task force on childcare.

• Content

Inservices which address the issues of cooperative
learning, quality learning, and team building were of
particular interest to several staff members in attendance.
Social activities were deemed important as well, to
orient new staff members and provide
''connectedness'' for returning staff members.

Employee inservice takes place in September before
classes begin. During the designated eight-day period,
staff members attend workshops to learn about new
policies, teaching methods and student services.
Before the session, the council had advertised for candid remarks from LCC staff members. The resulting
Nov. 21 meeting provided the council with a diverse
range of opinions, but discussion focused on inservice
effectiveness, content, and calendar scheduling.

• Schedule

Employees pinpointed two main concerns about the
scheduling of inservice activities: That job-related conflicts often prevent some staff members from participating; and that inservice activities might be a process taking place throughout the year.
Counselor John Winquist stated that conflicts affect
the attendance of the Counseling Department staff.
Winquist said that last year at a group counselor
meeting, the counselors decided not to participate in
fall inservice because it conflicted with their priority to
serve students at a critical time when students were in a
process of choosing classes .
Jessica Overturf of Customized Training Department
said, ''If the inservice is for all staff members, then arrangements must be made for all staff on campus to be
able to attend.
''Downtown Center folks as well as Florence and Cottage Grove must be included," she added.

• Effectiveness

Several employees voiced the opinion that some inservice offerings are not valuable or suitable for their
specific college assignments.
English Department Instructor Mike Rose stated,
"(the college) tries too frequently to serve all the needs
and interests, and this dilutes effectiveness.''
But some staff also cautioned against too much compartmentalizing.
''The learning environment involves everyone,'' said
Julie Aspinwall-Lamberts of Institutional Research,
Planning and Evaluation. "We need a central focus."
Interim President Jack Carter stated that the inservice

• Next step

In response to the council's question of future plans,
Counselor Betty Vail, who has worked on the inservice
committee for the past two years, proposed this plan:
• Create a focus group which would enable grass roots
interaction
• Integrate student services staff with department
staff for program orientation
• Create continuity with inservice activities
throughout the year.
In response to employee input, the College Council
has organized the Sept. 10, 1990 college-wide inservice
day to include an all-staff meeting from 8 to 10 a.m., a
problem-solving activity from 3 to 5 p.m., and a social
event at 5 p.m.
At its Nov. 28 meeting, the council again discussed
inservice training, but also heard proposals on tuition
and childcare.
Robert Marshall, vice president for Student Services ,
distributed a preliminary 1990-91 tuition draft propsal.
The draft included one computation based on an increase cost per credit hour to all students and an alternate computation which affects full-time students only.
The next step, said Marshall, is to present the draft to
the Tuition Committee. He said he would like to have a
recommendation to the Board of Education in January.
Interim Pres. Jack Carter reported that Jacquelyn
Belcher, vice president for instruction, will help
organize a task foce to work on providing more accessible and affordable childcare.

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A mix of opposing views surround Le Petit Adret
by Michael Omogrosso
Torch Editor

Editor's Note: In the Nov. 6
issue of the Torch, three LCC
students related a few of the
complaints which compelled
them to leave the Le Petit Adret
school in Villard de Lans,
France. The director of Le Petit
responded to those complaints
as well. This is the second installment of a story that
becomes increasingly complex
the further the Torch investigates. Torch coverage will
continue next term.
Dialogue

''Our whole philosophy is
we' re at (the students)
disposal," says Jackie Victor,
director of Le Petit in response
to complaints by the three
students including that there
was difficulty in dealing with
Victor.
Victor says the first she knew
of a problem was when LCC's
College High Coordinator
Judith Gabriel, who at the same
time also coordinated the
stateside business of Le Petit
from Eugene, but independent
from Lane, called Victor in
France about the complaints
received at LCC.
''I was really shocked, I mean
I was hurt by it," says Victor. "I
went downstairs to find (the
three women) and say, 'Hey is
there something we need to do
(to work things out)?' '' She
says she met them as they were
enroute to c~ll the college about
their rights. They were very
rude to her, she claims, pushing
her out of the way.
The students, Pat Brown,
Lynda Wade, and Robelyn
Laverty, have a different
perspective, claiming to have
tried to engage in dialogue from
day one.
' '(The staff) said we never
discussed anything with them,''
says Wade. "We had discussed
things with them. That was the
problem: They just shined us
on.''

Laverty does recall a time
when she, Brown and Wade
were listened to. The three told
Victor and instructor Bob Hauk
of their decision to leave and,
according to Laverty, Victor and
Hauk begged the students not
to leave; that returning to Lane
would cause problems for the
program, and everything
(Victor and Hauk) had tried to
accomplish would be ruined.
''That's when they were both
crying and telling us to please
not go back to Lane," says
Laverty.

But, over the years others
have stayed to give the Le Petit
program a chance, and for
various reasons have come away
with experiences similar to those
of Laverty, Brown, and Wade.
Trail ofDissatifaction
LCC student Brett Berg
acknowledges if not for last
year's (1988-89) Le Petit program, he might never have gone
to Europe. Although he
thought the school did an excellent job scholastically, he says
what the students were told
about Le Petit Adret while still

Victor still appears to be
struggling with the mixed emo-

tions of confusion and frustration over the .departure of the
three women from the school,
at times on the verge of tears.
"I think it's too bad that if
(Le Petit Adret) doesn't continue, it will be because of some
students that didn't really give
it a chance or give us a chance to
work with them.''
From two students
still attending

The Torch talked to two
students, Charlotte Saxton and
Elizabeth Cushman, who remam m France to give it a
chance.
Saxton says she is enjoying
the opportunity. "I found
things better than I expected
from reading the literature. We
have rooms to ourselves, the
cook is great, the food is great -much better than the cafeteria
food. We have three meals a
day and you can have all you
want.
''I enjoy the small classes we
have. It gives you an opportunity for one-on-one with the
teacher if you want it," she
adds.Cushman agrees, 'Tm taking French and it's a very small
class. If you need help you just
raise your hand and you've got
attention right away. ' '
She says she is contemplating
attending the school for the
whole year.

'We had discussed things with
them. They just shined us on.'
· in the US was not necessarily
how it was.
"We weren't told there
would be other groups staying
there," say Berg. "Groups of
anywhere from 50 to 100 kids
would stay there (during the
winter months) to ski.'' He is
quick to say it was fun to meet
them, but since it was their
vacation, they stayed up late
making it hard to study and get
sleep.
While he did sign a workstudy contract to work 15 hours
a week, Berg .claims that orally
he was told there would only be
eight to 10 hours of work per
week. Once there, though,
there was a minimum of 15
hours per week, sometimes
more.
Berg says students with a
work-study contract mostly did
chores using the work-study
grant money to pay part of their
tuition.
Beyond inconsistancies between the presentation of the Le
Petit experience and the reality,
Berg found communication between students, staff and

Career Exploration class provides
direction for career choice
workplace and talk with LCC counselors. She further requires two summary papers per term that
discuss what students have learned and decided
''Have you narrowed your career interests to 3 • career-wise.
or 4 areas? Need motivation to choose a career?
This winter Career Exploration class will be ofLack 'real world' information about your career
fered Jan. 9, 11, 18, Feb. 15 and Mar. 8, from
interest? Then Career Exploration is for you,'' ex11:30-1:00. Credit is variable for this course but,
plains the flyer fr~m the Cooperative Work ExHahn suggests 3 credits -- 1 for class attendance
perience department at LCC.
and 2 for out of class work.
Tricia Hahn teaches Career Exploration and is a
"I like to see students succeed and find out
Cooperative Work Experience coordinator. ''I
what career would really work for them,'' says
taught Career Planning for many years," says
Hahn. "Students that tend to succeed are selfHahn. "I found that a 10 week course didn't ofstarters. Procrastinators will also succeed if they
fer enough time or experience out of class, to narare ready to leave their procrastination behind.''
row students' career interests." She went on to
Sean Utt, a student of Hahn's, found Career
create the Career Exploration class for students
Exploration to be very helpful. "I've gotten a lot
who have narrowed their choices of occupations to
of leads from Tricia. She has many referrals for •
three or four.
everyone. This class basically gives me credit for
things I would normally do. It also provides ways
The course information sheet explains that the
for me to find information that I hadn't thought
purpose of the course is to provide students with
of.,,
structure, support and encouragement in the pro• Both Hahn and Utt suggest that students who
cess of gaining the information needed to make a
do not have their career interests narrowed to
career decision.
three or four areas not take Career Exploration.
To help set up this structure, Hahn requires her
If students have any questions, Tricia Hahn instudents to turn in career plans and logs of time
them to contact her at Math 219 or 747-4501
vites
also
She
interests.
spent researching their career
ext. 2395.
directs the students to interview people in the

by Dawn Hoffner
Torch Staff Writer

management inadequate.
''There were lots of small
things that sound insignificant
by themselves," say Berg, "like
lights not being fixed, toilet
paper unavailable and under
lock and key, and unclean
sheets for two or three weeks -to argue over one of these things
seems really stupid, but when
(the problems) all come
together in a big confrontation,
everybody would blow up.
Because (the problems) were so
small, if you brought them up
as they came up, they would get ·

blown off. ''
He says there was a feeling of
''us-versus-them'' between the
administration and the
students.
Berg would be supportive of a
program like Le Petit if LCC
took an active role in it, with a
representative at the school and
with different management.
"If you've got a great
manager who knows how to
manage," says part-time LCC
math instructor and retired 4-J
teacher Don Leslie, "it would
be a great thing. ' '
Leslie quailifies his praise

from experience with Le Petit
Adret four years ago.
He says that four years ago
Victor recruited him and four
other instuctors with 4-J certification to teach at Le Petit.
According to Leslie, Victor said
the five would serve as a council
running the school. But once in
Villard, Victor did the controlling.
Although they tried for a
month to resolve the conflict,
they eventually concurred,
''Life's too short. ''
Leslie, who volunteered his
services in exchange for airfare
to France and room and board
for himself and his wife, says,
"I left because I had a dispute
with (Victor) and I couldn't get
any straight answers.''
Carolyn Fredricks, mother of
Howard Fredricks, a student
during Lesilie's stint at Le Petit,
says communication from
management was low in quality.
"(Le Petit) was portrayed as
having four students to a room,
but when I got there in the
winter term, my son was in a
former classroom with eight
others.''
Her son says in his opinion,
although -Victor was a good
French instructor, "as an administrator, hire someone
else.''
The Fredrickses agree with
everyone else that the concept
of Le Petit is good and should
be pursued.

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On the eve of the Chinese New Year -- Feb. 6, 7 -- family
relationships are remembered with a special Thirtieth of Night
reunion dinner, says Magdalene Ang of Singapore.
Over the two days of the new year celebration family members
visit their relatives, the children receiving red packets (hong bao) of
"lucky money" and enjoying all kinds of tidbits and cakes. Ang
says mandarin oranges are given as gifts at each visit, and are always
given in even numbers for good fortune.
Mothers cook their children's favorite foods, like chicken, prawns,
fish, crab, and the rice pot must always be full on this day.
Buddists leave home and go to the temple for prayers.
In conjunction with the lunar celebration of New Year, Ang says
an annual procession is held. The Chingay parade adds festive
' atmosphere with stilt walkers, lion and dragon dancers, acrobats
and dozens of decorated floats taking to the streets amid the
clashing of cymbals of gongs and drums.

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Magdalene Ang, Sinapore
Hanukah is the Jewish celebration of the
''rededication'' of the Second Temple by
Judah the Maccabbee in 165 B.C., explams
Joan Bayliff, the Public Relations
Representative of the Temple Beth Israel.
"Jews rejoice at Hanukah over a tiny band
of guerrillas that achieved victory over the
armies of Antioch us IV,'' continues Bayliff.
"The priests went to cleanse the Temple and
found only one small cruse of oil. By a
miracle, it burned for eight days and
nights.''
''The Hahkiah, which is the Hanukah
candelabra, has nine candles. Eight shamas -the Jewish word for candles -- represent the
miracle of the oil that burned for eight days
and nights,'' says Bayliff. ''The ninth candle
is the helper, which lights the eight other
candles. The helper candle represents the
ritual of caring and nurturing the light at the
time of winter solstice.
"During the Hanukah celebration," says
Bayliff, ''Jews celebrate with dances, parties,
stories, oil rich foods, and small gifts for
children. The oil is a very important part of
celebrating and remembering our humble
origins.

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Interviews by Deborah Pickett
and Dawn Hoffner
Photos by Deborah Pickett
Design by Darien Waggoner
Joan Bayliff

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the first of January, by visiting her grandparents' homes, and saying prayers at the Shinto or
Buddhist Shrine for ''yearly hope.'' Japanese high school students pray to pass difficult
college entrance exams that they must take in the spring.
The traditional New Year dinner is prepared many days in advance. Rice cakes and soup
Zouni) are served first. After, the main feast (Osechi) begins. Festive and colorful beans, fish
seasoned with soy sauce and sugar, mashed walnuts, egg offish, and seaweed is served in a
traditional multi-layered reed box. Elegant and colorful kimonos are worn and festive paper
folders containing gifts of money are given to the children.
Another student from Japan, Ryusi Yamashita describes New Year's Eve: "At midnight on
Japanese New Year, the temple bells are all rung 108 times to take away the peoples' 108
sins. Traffice jams are quite common as the people all visit the temples to pray." Ryusi also
enjoys special foods at New Year's; long noodles are served -- a symbol of an extended life.
The Japanese New Year holiday lasts 3-5 days.

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he design. Such designs are very popular in Ethiopia. According to Bikila, the Ethiopian
LS in the first week of January . At Christmas there is an emphasis on sharing a good time
family with good food and drink, and, some of the more modern city people also enjoy
exchanging gifts. Christmas trees are a rarity in Ethiopia.

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same way as it is in the United States. Most celebrations begin on Dec. 24 with a visit to
hurch and a family feast. Some of Helgi's favorite holiday foods include Hangikjot (smoked
lamb), served with potatoes, gravy, green beans, and Laufabraut; a thin, hard bread that is
fried prior to baking.
In late November, many Icelanders hunt Rjupur, a fowl, to serve at the holiday feast.
Generally only northern Iceland enjoys a white Christmas. However, all over Iceland people
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ART & ENTERTAINMENT

Writer shows 'different way of looking at things'
by Megan Guske
Torch Staff wn·ter

''Ohl you poor thing, part of
you is missing. You've got a
hitch in your git-along. ''
''I'm not a 'poor little
thing,' " said the bear indignantly, "and my name is
Martina.''

"Well I'm going to call you
Hitch-In- Your-Git-Along,
'cause that's what you are."
"No I'm not!" said Martina.
"I'm II bear named Martina and
I catch fish good. I just get from
one place to another a little
slower than most. ''
This is an excerpt from a
children's story by former LCC
Counselor Bjo Ashwill.
The story of Marlina and
McGee -- two bear cubs who
meet on a sunny day -- is about
dealing with disabilities. McGee
will not be friends with Madina
because she is without one of
her paws. In the end, however,
Madina saves McGee from the
dreaded Forest Goblin
because of her disability.
In her writing, Ashwill draws
from lrer personal experiences
dealing with a disability. Since
the age of 19, she has had
rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic
disease that affects the joints,
and causes weakness and defor-

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She has been forced to take a
leave of absence from her
counseling at LCC, due to the

effects of the disease, but hopes
to resume a part-time position
at a later date.
Aside from the physical affects of the disease, Ashwill
must also deal with the many
social problems associated with
a physical disability.
"I was never in a wheelchair
until three days before I staned
work at LCC. That meant that I
was a 'walkie. ' As you' re walking -- even with a limp or a cane
or a brace -· people give you
eye-contact, nodding. It's
(comhuman-to-human
explains
munication),''
Ashwill.
"I was in a chair (on the) first
day of work, and going into the
cafeteria, people wouldn't look
at me. They would look across
the room, at the ceiling -anything but look at me."
In a class she was teaching,
she asked the students why people avoid eye contact with someone in a wheelchair. She says
the class sat silently, and then
one brave woman raised her
hand and said, "Because I
don't want to remind you of
your disability.''
Ashwill says she responded
with another question: ''Why
on earth would human-tohuman contact remind me of
my disability?'' She decided to
try to increase the awareness of
disability, and chose her writing
as the medium.
Ashwill 's writing is not
limited to children's stories,
though. She has written other

Annual 'Day without art' remembers AIDS victims
by Mary Kathleen Browning
Torch Entertainment Editor

The LCC Art Gallery will
recognize the World Health
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Day, Dec. 1., by panicipating
in a nationwide art exhibition.

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piece of art and drape it with

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Torch Entertainment Editor

LCC's The 1940's Radio
Hour: Christmas Broadcast
opened Thursday night to a
nearly packed house, and the
performers treated their audience to an entertaining evening of music and comedy.
The show gives theater-goers
a feel for the typical 1940's audience with their lively banter
and interaction with the audience.
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galleries will be participating in
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books, short stories, poems and
plays.
She is a member of an acting
group called Birds of a Feather,
which attempts to give disabled
people an opponunity to act.
In her plays Ashwill writes to
cast disabled and able-bodied
people together. She also tries
to breakdown some of the
stereotypes people have of the
disabled, such as ''Poor,
Pathetic Thing" and "Super
Hero.''
Her latest play, Home, Sweet
Home, is about several disabled
people who buy a house
together, and invite friends and
acquaintances to a housewarming party to celebrate. A
few able-bodied people are invited to the pany.
' 'I, ve got this poor character,
Ms. Seymour, She's a real estate
agent who just hadn't had experience with disability,'' explains Ashwill. ' 'So she comes
to the party out of 'niceness.'
And she does and says all the
stupid things that people who
.don't u~~erstand disability do
and say.
She hopes to depict these actions in her plays to
demonstrate to able-bodied
people how ridiculous their actions can be.
Aside from her children's
book Marlina and McGee,
Ashwill has written The
Runaways, about a young girl in
a wheelchair who runs away to
gain independence.
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and chronicles the Christmas
broadcast of the performers. It
gives the audience a behindthe -scene s view of the
shenanigans and tomfoolery of
the cast and crew, and a chance
to panicipate as they obeyed
cues for applause.
The show is fast-paced and
witty from the opening line
through to the final bow, keeping viewers entenained.
The cast and musicians
delivered the 40 's big band
tunes wonderfully, certainly a
highlight of the program.
An interesting element was
hearing the broadcast of
40's-style radio commercials,
from an 80's viewpoint.
The dancing, however, did
not live up to the caliber of the
rest of the production. Despite
dynamic choreography, the cast
was not in step with the professionalism otherwise shown in
the play.
Nevertheless, the play is a
prime holiday entertainment
event.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT

Music Jor kids both young, old
by Mary Kathleen Browning
Torch Entertainment Editor

"Teddy Bear's Picnic,"
''House at Pooh Corner,'' and
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star": These children's
folksongs are definitely old
favorites, but what about
''Beulah Merryweather Moo,''
"My Best Friend Lars," and
''Billy Bop Cat''?
They are just part of the
delightful collection of
folksongs on the soon-to-bereleased 'tape Beasties, Bumbershoots and Lullabies, produced
and performed by local artists
Mike and Carleen McCornack.
This tape is the latest accomplishment in a musical
career that has spanned nearly
two decades. Since their partnership began in 1971, these
former LCC students have produced three recordings, started
a record company, owned a
music store, married (each
other), and had two children.
This is their first tape geared
entirely towards a younger audience. Children's songs from
their previous tapes brought a
number of positive responses
and requests for a tape for
children.
The artists considered the
project, but it wasn't until after
their own children, Megan and
Andrew, were born that they
began to make serious plans for
the recording.
Says Mike, ' 'We ended up
listening to a lot of music that
was for kids. There's some real
good stuff out there and some
real lousy stuff out there . . .
and we decided that we would
like to go ahead and take a shot
at it, and do the best we
could.''
But this tape isn't only for
children. "We hope that
parents will put their children
to bed and then listen to the
tape for themselves," says
Carleen. ''It's for all ages,''
adds Mike.
Beasties, Bumbershoots, and
Lullabies combines the McCornacks' vocals with the sounds of
guitar, electric bass, keyboards,

photo by Deborah Pickett

Sculptor Rick True's piece Gooneybird Landing touches
down at LCC.

'Gooneybird Landing'
by Teri Van Blaricom
for the Torch

Portland Community College (FCC) instructor Rick True is
exhibiting his sculptures in the featured exhibit at the LCC
Art Department Gallery.
The exhibit, which will run through Dec. 8, includes examples of sculpture that reflects True's feelings on ecology
and the enviroment, and wall sculptures based on graphic
symbols.
A sculpture and basic design instructor at FCC, True
received a bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico, and a master's of fine arts degree from Portland State
University.
The floor sculptures in the show are very large, and consist
of imitation rocks held within structures made of wood,
metal. and plastic wood.
In his more recent works, True has used two new materials:
plastic lumber; and primus, a permanant exterior wall
coating.
''The idea is to take common materials that are clogging
our land fills and recreate those materials to look as if they
were raw elements, like boulders and logs," says True.
True's concern for the decline of old growth timber drove
him to explore the possibility of different materials for his art.
The plastic lumber he uses is produced from recycled plastic
products.
The LCC Art Gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays. It
is located ~n the bottom floor of the Math and Arts Building.

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is original music,'' says Carleen.
The rest are the more traditional
children's folksongs.
The McCornacks had planned

Folk musicians Mike and Carleen McCornack pose with ''friends' to
promote their first childrens' recording.
to perform music as a sideline
when they first became partners
in 1971. Both Mike and Carleen
were students at LCC studying
and
Arts
Performing
Respiratory Therapy respectively
when they received an offer to
perform for the ThunderbirdRed Lion Corporation and their
plans changed. "We were both
kind of lured away from our
studies (at LCC)," says Carleen.
Their education was put on
hold while they pursued their
career m music.
''When performing is going
well there's nothing to beat it.
You just don't want to quit,"
says Mike.
They formed their own record
company, Garden Variety, in
1974 when they were producing
their first record, Possibilities in
order to maintain artistic control of their recording.

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play what we wanted to play,''
says Carleen. "If people didn't
like it, then they didn't."
As it turned out, people liked
it so much that another recording, Live On Earth, was produced in 1983.
Though the McCornacks are
still involved with the distribution of Beasties, Bumbershoots,
and Lullabies, but they say that
they are already thinking of
ideas for another tape.
Copies of Beasties, Bumbershoots, and Lullabies can be
purchased from Balladeer
Music, Kids' Edition, and Just
Imagine, all in Eugene. The official release date for the tape is
Dec. 2.
A children's concert, tape,
and signing party will be held at
Kids' Edition from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m. to celebrate the release of
the tape.

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Highlights
by Mary Kathleen Browning
Torch Entertainment Editor

• The LCC production of the
Walton Jones musical The
1940 's Radio Hour: Christmas
Broadcast will run Nov. 30,
Dec. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16. Curtain time is 8 p. m. Call
726-2202 for ticket information.
• The only Oregon performance of the musical version of
A Christmas Carol, adapted
from the Charles Dickens'
novel, will be performed at the
Hult Center for the Performing

Arts on Monday, Dec. 4 at 7
p.m. Call 687-5000 for ticket
information.
• Portland poets Laura Winter
and Doug Spangle will present
a Poetry Reading and Discussion at LCC Tuesday, Dec. 5,
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in APR
218.

• The LCC Performing Arts
Department will present a free
student ensemble concert,
Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. in
the LCC Mainstage Theatre.
• The LCC Choir, Chamber
Choir, and Baroque Orchestra

will present a free Christmas
concert Thursday, Dec. 7 in the
LCC Mainstage Theatre.
• The LCC Dance Department classes will perform in an
open show Friday, Dec. 8, 2:30
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Aux.
Gym, P.E. 101. No admission
fee will be charged.
• The U of O Beall Concert
Hall presents Amahl and the
Night Visitors on Saturday,
Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. in the Beall
Hall and at 8 p.m. at Springfield High School. Call
686-5678 for ticket informa-

tion.
• The Eugene Ballet will present The Nutcracker in the Hult
Center Silva Concert Hall Dec.

21, 22, and 23 at 8 p.m. and
Dec. 23 and 24 at 2:30 p.m.
Call 687-5000 for ticket information.

writer continued from page 10
Ashwill says her writing serves
a dual purpose, first, it provides
an outlet for personal growth,
and second, it helps to convey a
message to the public to increase their awareness.
'' As a writer it is something
to assist me to open up and

grow, and as a counselor it helps
me to teach people a different
way of looking at things," says
Ashwill.
People interested in purchasing copies of Ashwill 's books
can write her at:
83 7 Archie St.
•Eugene, Ore. 97402

Holiday cheer best medicine for curing end-of-term anxiety
Dear Dr. Decorum:
I'm having a difficult time concentrating on finals
with Christmas coming up soon. Is there a answer to this
problem?
Virginia Adams
Dear Virginia:
Yes there is an answer, and hopefully it is relevant to
your question. Read the following with my apologies to
Clemont C. Moore.
Dr. D
'Twas the night before finals and all cross the college,
there were students up late trying to cram in some
knowledge.
The books were open and highlighted with care,
in hopes that the test answers would be tound there.
The notes in their binders were in a neat pile,
and the copies of old tests had their own file.
My study group had just put on some coffee to boil,
as we readied ourselves to burn the night oil.
When over at the library there arouse such a clatter,
I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter.
I ran to an entrance -- the closest I reckon -jumped over the turnstyle and landed near check-in.

Ask
Dr. Decorum
by Carl Mottle
The moonlight on the shelves of the new metal racks
added sparkle and shine to the books in the stacks.
I stopped in my tracks and started to stare
at a lap top computer and some special software,
and a little old operator who looked kind of crackers;
I knew in a second he was King of the Hackers.
More rapid than eagles his comments came out,
and he whistled and giggled and read with a shout,
''Yes its Basic, and Cobol, Ada, and C,
it's Pascal, and Fortran, Assembler, RPG.
First you compile, then you branch and you link
then you will all run, the first time I think."
As a person on piecework, he wasted no motion,
and keyed in his program without further commotion.
His fingers were blurred as the keys they did seek,
and he typed in a minute what would take me a week.

The keyboard began smoking 'till I thought it would
burn,
then he froze for an instant -- and tapped the RETURN.
As I shifted position and peered over a book,
he stood up and stretched and I got a good look.
He was dressed in a turtle neck with a Hawaiian shirt,
and his clothes were so mismatched it made my eyes
hurt.
His sweat pants were frayed and tie-dyed as well,
and wrinkled as if he had worn them a spell.
His feet sported hightops over argyle socks,
and a cap lettered "JAZZ" crowned his black curly
locks.
His eyes seemed backlighted, his smile was graphic
like a madman in a 'vette streaking through traffic.
His beard and moustache fit a fourth Musketeer,
but I saw through it all to a man of good cheer.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work ,
and uploaded his programs, all the while with a smirk.
Then gathering his disks, and all his software,
he turned and looked at me and then just wasn't there.
But somehow I knew that soon I would see
a computer message meant for students like me,
and I'd recall it, and this night, for always" Study hard for finals, and Happy Holidays!"

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to forward the cause of civil rights for ilL
The Associated Students of Lane Community College are sponsoring an essay contest and want to know
where you think Dr. King's achievements have taken us, and where civil rights are heading for the Nineties.
The submissions will be judged by LCC instructors.
Entries should be no more than 1,000 words.
The first place winner shall receive $125.00, and a plaque awarded on Martin Luther King Day, January 15th,
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Second place will receive a plaque, and $75.00.
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Men sweep throug h season openers
at this point in the season.
"We ,-ve got to get into
Torch Sports Editor
shape," he explained. "We got
The LCC men's basketball really tired in the first game."
team tipped off the 1989
If the Titans were tired in the
basketball season by sweeping first game against SWOCC, it
through the Tip-off Tourna- didn't show. LCC jumped out
ment in Roseburg Nov. 24 and to a 39-28 halftime lead and
2 5 to take the tournament cruised to a 21 victory.
championship.
''Everybody came together as
crushed
Titans
The
explained Titan forteam,"
a
Southwestern Oregon Com"There was no
Obee.
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ward
munity ·College 95-74 in the
got down on
never
we
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first game of the tournament,
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host-team
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held
then
and
Umpqua CC 68-67 the next
But against Umpqua the
night to complete the two game Titans had their problems.
The Titans opened up a five
sweep.
"We're real pleased," said point lead by halftime, 37 -32.
Head Coach Dale Bates. "The Then they out-scored the
defense is ahead of the offense Timbermen 23-10 to take an 18

point lead with seven minutes
to go i1. the game.

by Paul Morgan

That was when the Titans
began to slow down.
UmpqL. went on a 17-8 run,
closing the gap to nine points
with 3: 14 to play. LCC never
scored again.
Umpqua pulled within
three with 20 seconds left, but
failed to call a timeout to set up
a play. As a result the'
Timbermen had to settle for
two points and the loss.
Titan guard and co-captain
Doug Piquette was named Most
Valuable Player for the tournament. He shot 13-20 for the
tournament with 19 assists.

Ski season arrives
photo by Thatcher Trombley

Kristi Potter banks in two of her 12 points in the Titan victory Nov.
29.

skin continued from page
traveled on the play from Battles and his team, but he
didn't dispute the non-call for
long.
''This is the best team at
Lane I have seen in three years
since I've been at Western,"
he explained. ''Jepson did a
good job running the offense
and Potter did a nice job
under the boards. ' '
Potter had 12 points, nine
rebounds and four blocked
shots.
Other key players for the
Titans were freshman Carrie
Redifer, nine points and four
assists; freshman Nova Hammer, seven points and two
assists; Sophomore Jennifer
Baldwin, eight points; and
Kelli Stonelake, eight points,
one assist and six steals.
The game was close the
whole way, and the Titans
showed great maturity in not
letting the game get away
from them.
The Titans avoided a mental breakdown in the final
minutes against WOSC,
something they couldn't do
against Blue Mountain.

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Experience Skiers are needed
to vollunteer to assist physically
disabled individuals in the
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offered January through March
by the Eugene Parks and
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for all vollunteers. For more information, please contact Sue
Harnly at 687-5322.

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LCC jumped out to a commanding 14-2 lead against
Blue Mountain and held it untill there was 10 minutes left
in the game. But the Timberwolves came from behind
against the Titans Nov. 24 by
scoring 12 unanswered points
to tie the game with 4: 30 to
play.
With the game tied with 11
seconds left in the game, Blue
Mountain forward Renae
Griggs rebounded a missed
free throw and made a six foot
baseline jumper to break the
deadlock.
The Titans moved the ball
up court and Loos called a
timeout, but Carrie Redifer's
shot hit the backboard and
just missed as the buzzer rang.
The Titans will take on
Tacoma CC tonight at 7 p.m.
in Tacoma, WA.

photo by Thatcher Trombley

Mt. Bachelor Ski Area opened Nov. 25 with just over two feet of snow. Many other
ski areas hope to open this weekend weather permitting.

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SPORTS

Wheelin' and dealin'
Just for the sake of it, the score
ended 10-4 in favor of the Eugene
Lowriders.
Although the score was not the
focus of the first (and probably last)
exhibition game between the
Lowriders and the ASLCC Young
Boys Club, both teams took the
game quite seriously.
ASLCC President Andy Harris ex-

plains. ''Even though this defeat
was a temporary setback in the
ASLCC Young Boys quest for world
domination, we still had a good
time.''
Lowriders captain Lauren Cushing
agreed. "It's hard to turn it off," he
says of his team's intensity.
Harris adds, "Watch out Chicago
Bulls."
RIGHT: Nigel Hunter
reaches to recover the
ball after a steal by one
of the lowriders.
LEfl': Tip-off of the
halftime wheelchair
basketball exhibition
between the Eugene
Lowriders and the
ASLCC Young Boys
Club.
....... . .

Photos by
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Meet the Titans
Chris Johnson
Sport: Cross country and
track.
Chris has competed for the
last two years at LCC, and is
looking forward to running
track in the spring.
Age: 19
Hometown: St. Helens
Major: ]ounalism
I was looking for a small school atmosphere with a
reputable cross country and track program. I like the
academics at Lane, but Eugene's atmosphere finally swayed
my decision to compete here.
I like many aspects of running, but I guess the best part is
the competition. I also like staying in good condition.
I think I am easy going. I try not to let little things get me
down. ,Basically I try to take an optimistic outlook at both
academics and athletics.

Cashin your
books and play

NWAACC.f ootball team at LCC?
Athletic Director says football too costly
Column by Drew Carter
Torch Sports Writer

Even casual LCC sports fans
probably have noticed that LCC
doesn't have a football team.
Why doesn't the school have a
football team? This question
has been puzzling me, so here's
the answer for you yearning
football buffs.
I talked to Athletic Director
Bob Foster, and he said, "the
reason why LCC does not have a
team is there is just not enough
money to start a program. ' ' It
would cost around $50,000 to
put in a football program, he
explained, and all that money
would just go for the basic
needs like equipment, coaches,
lights, grandstands, ect.
The cost to keep a Titan football team going per year would
be around $20 - 30,000.

If a football team were at
Lane, big turnouts for the
games would, in all probability,
be rare. With small crowds, little revenue could be generated
to help fund the program.
The reality is the Eugene area
has enough football already. To
draw any fans, the Titan football team would have to play on
a week night to avoid competing with high school and
Pac-10 football.
On Friday nights all the local
high school teams play. Games
could not be held on Saturdays
because the University of
Oregon and Oregon State
University football teams play
then -- and usually one of the
two is in the region on any given
weekend.
Finding other teams to play

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would also be a problem for a
fledging Titan football team.
No other community college in
Oregon has a football program.
While there are four community colleges in Washington
who have programs, would they
let us play in their league, or
could LCC even afford the
transportation and lodging costs
playing in the Washington
league would incure?
If a football program were to
be started, LCC would receive
about 100 more full-time
students per year. But would it
be worth it?
''We are having enough trouble keeping our eight sports as it
is now with what little funding
that is available, ' ' explained
Foster.
Foster was in the class of 1964
at LCC. "There has not ever
been a team here since the
school opened," he said. "I
think a lot of people would like
to see a football team here, but
without the funding it's not in
the forseeable future.''

Callaway
named new
track coach

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Larry Callaway was named
Women's Track and Field Head
Coach Nov. 22, filling the position left vacant by Lyndell
Wilken last May.
Callaway had been an assistant track coach for Wilken for
four years, and has had connections with the program since
1984.

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WANTED: Interesting people to converse with others of like mind . Meet at
the Multi-Cultural Center, CEN 409,
every Thursday from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
LCC KARA TE CLUB meets Fridays. 7 -9
p.m., PE 101. More info , Wes,
746-0940 or Steve, 343-2846 .
CONDOMS. 6/$1. Student Health,
CEN 127.
WANNA DANCE. Let KUVI sound do
the lights and music at your next dance
or party . Call 726-1374 .

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supplies. Asking $100 OBO. 995-8064.
ROUND TRIP PLANE ticket to
Clevelend for the holidays. $338 OBO.
343-8742.
METAL DETECTOR, bike/cycle carrier
for auto. Two bicycles, need some
repair. 995-8064.
APPLE Ile w / monitor & two 5 1 / 4''
disk drives, $650. Clean & runs great;
just upgrading. 344-8444.
AVON PRODUCTS. Christmas catalogs
are here . Call 746-3815.
ATTENTION-GOVERNMENT
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1-602-838-8885 ext. GH12165. •

CHESS ANYONE? Call or leave
message at SCR for David Holmes, ext.
2342, or home: 741-1901.

ENTERTAINMENT '90 books available
now! Save 50 p.crcent on almost
everything - dining, movies, and more.
Call 485-5867.

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE Dec. 6 &
7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., First Christian
Church, 1166 Oak, Eugene.

$20 DISCOVERY FLIGHTS are now
available as holiday stocking stuffers.
Nancy, 485-5892.

DENALI CONTRIBUTORS: Submissions can be picked up at CEN 4790.
Thanks for shari_ng your _talent.

SAN MARCO SKI BOOTS, size 8 1 /2
ladies, red & white. $40. 345-4803.

RODNEY J. ''I won't disappear until
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FOR RENT

SKI BOOTS, O/H, brand new, used 2
hours due to knee injury. Dynafit, 7
mens. $50. 459-4928.
CONTELLO ACCORDIAN. Excellent
condition, complete with instruction
books, case. 726-7399 after 5.
SIX FOOT CHRISTMAS TREE, flocked, almost real looking, $20. Pictures,
call Teresa Fulmer, 746-3104 evenings.
PENTAX K-1000 35mm SLR camera
w 150mm F2 lens. Excellent condition,
$120. Nancy Martin, Ext 2204, or
689-2905.
MAGIC JOHNSON VIDEO. $20. Paul,
345-6777. Great for Christmas.

WORD PROCESSOR with SpellCheck,
at a good price. 485-2848.
RUGBY PLAYERS! LCC R.F.C. is now
seeking athletes. Contact Ben at the
SRC for info.
DEAR BIRTHMOTHER: We long to
provide a loving home and a lifetime of
caring for your newborn. We have been
looking forward to being parents for
many years. We want to share our love
and lives with a child. As our child's birthmother, your gift to the child is the
gift of life. Let us help each other.
Please call us collect at 617-259-1242.
GOODWILL RECYCLES: plastics,
glass, cardboard, textiles, tin cans, at 15
locations. For info, call 345-1801.
GOOD CLOTHING, TOYS, and bedding. Before Dec. 4. First Christian
Church, 1166 Oak St., Eugene .
344-1425.
CHEST OF DRAWERS OR DRESSER.
Need badly. 344-6994, or Mary, Ext .
2241.
ALTO OR TENOR SAX, wanted to
buy. 342-7583.

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typed, delivered, only $1 a page.
Guaranteed, fast, and accurate!
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CY A 1YPING SERVICES. High quality
typing and editing, with fast 24-hour
service. Call 345-9947.

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'85 VW JETTA, excellent condition,
$5,200, OBO. 342-6901.
I WILL BUY your car. Fixers OK. Call
Steve, 342-7818.

NBA ACTION: Highlight video of the
superstars. Magic, Jordan, Bird, Dr. J,
Barkley, etc. Paul,345-6777.

ATTENTION-GOVERNMENT SEIZED vehicles from $100. Fords,
Mercedes, Corvettes, Chevys . Surplus
Buyers Guide. 1-602-838-8885 ext.
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SKIS, KASTLE sxPenta; size 160;
marker bindings; Scott poles; $75 OBO.
Susie, 726-4881.

SUPER BEETLE PARTS. 1972, no
engine, front end damaged . Devan,
686-8648 or ext.2657 .

FOR CHRISTMAS, give your sporcsfan
the video of Magic Johnson's career.
$20, Paul , 345-6777.

1978 PLYMOUTH VALORE. In great
shape. Newly rebuilt engine. $800
OBO. Must sell! 688-7010.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets
Monday and Friday, 12 noon , SCI 122.
Open meeting. All are welcome .

MELELEUCA SOAP may be just the
thing to rid you of your pimples. Call
343-2607.

FREE

FULL SIZE truck canopy, $2 5. Dinette
table w / 6 chairs, $40. 726-7977.

1985 CHEVY ASTRO cargo van. Excellent condition, runs good. $4800,
negotiable . 998-1878, Robert Thompson.

house,
BR
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$175/mo.,utilities included, $50 dep.;
must be serious, responsible. 686-9736.
SPACIOUS, 2 BR, available Dec. 9,
$380/mo., near 17th & Ferry, cable included. Colleen/Sarah, 343-4287.

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TWO HONDA 110 3-wheelers. Asking
$400 each. 995-8064.

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homes with fenced yard. Call for interview. 747-8842.
CUTE & CUDDLY black male kitten,
with green/yellow eyes. Litter-box trained. 747-4779.
SNIFFLES? SNEEZES? WHEEZES?
Coughs? Sound familiar?? Student
Health can help. CEN 127.
FREE LUNCH Noon-1 p.m., and Bible
study, 1:15-2 p.m., Health 105, every
Thursday. Sponsored by Baptist Student
Union.
FREE KITTEN. Three months old, uses
litter box, silver & black & fluffy.
686-1778.

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Washington, ocoustic amp 3 80,
Blaupunkt & Clarion speakers. $400
OBO. 344-5160.
BLACK LEATHER BOMBER jacket,
Hein Gericke, size 38, new, $150. Call
Bill , 741-0511, until 9 p.m.
1YPING, 75 cents per page . Fast, accurate, professional. 726-1988.

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with accounting at reasonable prices,
call Chuck, 344-0431. Group rates
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DISABILITIES ADVISORY COALITION offers two support groups: for
persons with disabilities; for their family
members. 343-705 5.
DISABILITIES ADVISORY COALITION offers substance abuse recovery
group for disabled persons . Call Bonnie,
683-2793.
DISABLED ADVISORY CLUB meets
Wednesdays , 2-3 p .m., CEN 420.
Refreshments.
STUDENTS AGAINST ANIMAL
Abuse will meet every Tues ., 4 p.m .,
SRC.
THE LEARNING DISABLED Student
Club meets Thursdays, 9-10 a.m., CEN
410.

HELP WANTED
ATTENTION-HIRING! Government
jobs-your area. $17,840-$69.485. Call
1-602-838-8885 ext. Rl2165. •
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the perfect job for you in Connecticut.
Loving families, top salaries,
room/board, airfare paid. One year
stay. Care for Kids, P. 0. Box 27,
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CT
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PAID POSITIONS - Vocal soloists,
groups & accompanist needed by the
Religious Science Church. For info. ,
call Fay, ext. 2858 or 345-4183.

BINGO! LOWELL FIRE HALL, 389 N.
Pioneer, every 2nd Tuesday, 7 p.m. Proceeds help purchase medic unit.

LOST & _FOUND
REWARD! - LOST - two men's rings in
the restroom next to the Counseling
Center. If found call ext . 2336.
FOUND: 5 / 6 month old cat, male.
Black w/white paws & chest. Southeast
Eugene. Brian, 342-5734.
LOST: HEART shaped ring with one
green stone and one white stone.
Graduation gift. 937-2152.
FOUND: 14k GOLD wedding band .
Must identify approximate place it was
lost and describe ring. 485-3730.
LOST: SILVER & CRYSTAL bracelet.
Call 485-2848 or return · to Lost &
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23 . Extra charge to change to date, expires on Dec. 13. Leave message at
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SPRING BREAK GETAWAY: The
Yucatan! $1080-1188. Air, hotels, BID,
etc. 1/15/90 deadline. Lorna Funnell,
ext.2906.

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3-SPEED bicycle.
WOMEN'S
Reasonable. Good condition. 344-0686.
RALEIGH 19" MEN'S 12 speed touring
bike. Helmet included. $200 OBO. Call
Dee, 726-8608.
ONE WOMAN'S BIKE & one girl's
Stingray bike & one small boy's bike .
747-8842.

ROBERTSON'S DRUGS
Your prescription,
our main concern.

DOUBLE TAKE FASHIONS
... buys, consigns or trades men's &
women's clothing for resale. We take
all sizes that are in style. They need
to be in near-to-new condition with
no stains and no mending to be done.
Call for info or appointment.

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30th & Hilyard
Men against rape and
sexism will be holding a
meeting every Wednesday
at 6:30 pm in the EMU
Buiding.
(Check daily achedule for meet.mi place.)

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In virtue and rtch In mlraclea, near
kinsman of Jesus Christ. faithful
lntcrcCIIIIOr of all who Invoke your special
patronage In time of need, to you I have
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humbly beg tD whom God hu gtven such
great power to come to my aastatance.
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known and cauac you to be Invoked.
Say three Our Fathers, three Hall Marys
and Glortca.
PubllcaUon must be promlacd St. Jude,
pray for us all who Invoke your aid. Amen.
This Novena hu never been known to fail.
This Novena muat be aakl for 9 conaecuUve
day11.

G.E.S.

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New reality slow process after 'speeding' through life
by Coleen Ebert
Torch Staff wn·ter

''The Nicolai strike was a
God-send for me," reveals 38
year-old Stephen Griffin, a
former Morgan-Nicolai mill
worker. ' 'The strike turned my
life around. ' '
While many employees of
Morgan-Nicolai have been
devastated by the effects of the
ongoing strike which began on
July 11, 1988, in the Springfield
door manufacturing plant,
Griffin maintains the strike has
given him a second chance at
life.
Griffin is a recovering drug
addict who celebrated the first
anniversary of his drug-free life
on Nov . 20.
Currently attending classes at
LCC, Griffin's goal is to become
a certified counselor for drug
and alcohol addiction.
Looking back, Griffin views
the strike as the last of a series of
tragedies which left him with
nothing more to lose. His addiction had already resulted in the
loss of his home , and more importantly, his wife and children.
Griffin worked as a stiler,
rebuilding damaged doors for
Nicolai at $13 an hour. The
strike eliminated the income
which fed Griffin's drug habit.
"More than half of the $27,000
I made in a year was spent on
drugs,'' admits Griffin. ''The
money was good and the drugs
flowed .' '
After the strike began, Griffin asked himself, ''What do I
do with my life, now? ' ' He says
his options were to go back and
work in a mill, stay with drugs
and be dead one year down the
road , or find another kind of
job, like working on a cruise
ship .
One other option was to
return to school. Griffin says he

had wanted to attend LCC for
the past 15 years, but getting
married, raising a family and
supporting his drug addiction
had created setbacks for him.
Griffin states he rejected selfpity. Encouraged by a relationship he developed with a
woman attending LCC, he
made the choice to leave his old
life behind. "I'm back at
square one -- learning how to
live again,'' says Griffin.
His message is simple,
"There's life after Nicolai,
there's life after $27,000 a
year, '' and he emphasizes,
"There's definitely life after
drugs!"
Griffin's road to addiction
began during the summer of
1969 when he was between
jobs. He experimented with
pills, pot, and alcohol. He progressed into hard-core methamphetamines and for the past 10
years, his drug of choice has
been speed (crank). In 1988,
while on the job, he was
shooting crank into his veins
three to four times a day.
Griffin says, ''My job was set
up for drugs. This type of work
is physically demanding and the
level of boredom due to repetition is high; it lends itself to
drug use.''
While working a swing-shift,
during his lunch break he
bought drugs at work, or left
work and went to a supplier for
a purchase. '' A half-hour was
plenty of time to get what you
wanted,..." says Griffin.
But when the pattern was interrupted and the money was
gone, Griffin was forced to
taper down his habit. ''The
straighter I got, the more I
could comprehend the value of
money and what it could do for
me besides buying drugs. It was
a real lesson for me. The Nicolai

photo by Michael Omogrosso

Steve Griffin looks forward to a ''clean'' future as a substance abuse
counselor.

strike did that for me. ' '
Now Griffin looks back and
says, "I've had to overcome
what I was.'' He used to look
down at his arms and there were
needle marks everywhere. Griffin remembers, ''I tried one
time for 4 5 minutes to hit a vein
in my arm in the bathroom and
I couldn't do it. It is mindboggling to me that I sat there
and tried to do that. I had to
throw (the needle) away because
there was too much blood in the
syringe to see if I'd hit a vein. "

Griffin recalls the nights
when he rode his 10-speed from
half past midnight until dawn
to bum off the energy left over
from a night of speed. Then he
was able to sleep for a few hours
before getting up to repeat the
cycle.
But Griffin has broken that
cycle. ' 'For the first time, I have
a future. School is one step
closer to that reality.''
Griffin plans to arrange his
schedule next term to take advantage of the college's new and

ongoing recovery programs.
LCC and the ASLCC have
recently hired Harvey Bond as
substance abuse prevention
coordinator and health educator
(see related stories on page 5).
''I figure Harvey Bond will be a
real asset for me," he says.
Self-esteem, commitment,
patience and a structured
schedule are all a part of Griffin's new life. Yet he is quick to
clarify, "It's a fight, a real
fight. I still get twinges. When
you use that kind of drug ,
there's a thrill there you never
forget. It's something I have to
deal with on a day-to-day
basis."
Griffin says he has wanted to
tell his story for some time now.
He sees it as part of his healing
process. Addiction claims the
body, mind, and soul, and addicts are unaware they have lost
control to the drugs, he states.
''I have to let people know
there's a life out there for them
if they want it," To the addict
he says, "If you're still hanging
onto drugs here at school, give
them up. Once you are clean,
that's (real) life. "
When asked what he would
do if the Morgan-Nicolai strike
ends and he receives a phone
call to report to work, Griffin
responded without hesitation,
''I won't go.''
Griffin compares two
photographs of himself which
tell his story. The Griffin of 18
months ago is the reflection of
what he calls "the walking
wounded," a pale shadow of a
man with hollow cheeks and
wary eyes. The recent Griffin
reflects a rounder face (he's now
30 pounds heavier) with clear
eyes and a confident smile, giving one the sense that here is a
man ready to re-engage with
life.

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u, 0800-0950

0900 or 0930

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H, 0800-0950

1000 or 1030

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1100 or 1130

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H, 1000-1150

1200 or 1230

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u,

1300 or 1330

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H, 1200-1350

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u.

1500 or IS30

your exam day and time will be on W, 1400-1550

H, 1400-1550

1600 or 1630

your exam day and time will be on M, 1600-1750

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1700 or 1730

your exam day and time will be on W, 1600-1750

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