INSIDE

Lane
Community
College

Student in Nicaragua
Year in retrospect pp. 6,7
Year in sports p. 9

25th Anniversary

May 25,1990

Eugene, Oregon

Vol.25

No. 27

Denali magazine

Instructor focuses
on Soviet lifestyle
by Terry Asher
for the Torch

Photo students to challenge Yosemite
Ten LCC photography students were selected to receive a $350 scholarship to participate in an intense, seven
day Ansel Adams workshop, shooting in Yosernite National Park. This is the first time 10 students from the
same institution will partake in the seminar. LCC photography instructor Susie Morrill, who will take part as
teaching assistant, says this symposium is among the most prestigious in the nation.

In the summer of 1989, Joe Kremers suggested to
Alexander Gokhman, a recent Jewish Soviet
emigrant staying with Kremers, that the time had
come to have a duplicate key made for Gokhman.
Driving to the nearest locksmith, Kremers entered
the store with Gokhman following somewhat
hesitantly behind. Whisking the key off his
keychain, Kremers handed it over to the locksmith
who duplicated it and handed both keys back in a
matter of minutes. Kremers then gave Gokhman his
key, turning to go. Gokham balked.
"Is that it?" Gokhman asked. "No papers?"
"No. No papers." Kremers explained.
Gokhman shook his head in disbelief. After living
in the Soviet Union where almost every transaction is
recorded, where the process of obtaining duplicate
keys requires reams of paperwork and official approval, this was an unexpected delight .
For Kremers, it was another illuminating example
of the differences between U.S. and Soviet life. It is
a story he delights in recounting. to his classes at
LCC. It will probably be a story he will repeat next
year. Onl'y this time his audience will be Soviet
students at the Institute of Foreign Language Training, located in Irkutsk, in the Soviet Union.
Kremers is a professor in the political science
department at LCC, teaching classes in foreign
policy, international relations and political
psychology, among others. But he has a special affinity for the Soviet Union and the Russian people.
It is a country he has studied in depth and visited on
three separate occasions. It will be his temporary
turn to Soviet, page 12

Editors chosen for 1990-91 Torch, Denali
by Tracy Brooks
Torch Staff Writer

On May 18, the LCC Media Commission selected the 1990-91 editors for the
college's student literary arts magazine,

photo by Deborah Pickett

Robin Robbins, the new Denali editor,
appreciates the high quality of coapplicants.

Denali, and the student newspaper, the
Torch.
Torch News Editor Devan Wilson was
selected Torch Editor by a committee of
15 staff, administrative, Torch, Denali,
and student government members;
while Robin Robbins was chosen editor
of Denali.
Wilson ran unopposed for the position. "It's a relief to have the selection
process completed," he says. "Though
being the only applicant, I constantly
reminded myself that I had to earn this
appointment. I took nothing for
granted.
"It's the pinnacle of my academic
career," says Wilson. "I worked all year
to put myself in this position, and of
course it's always satisfying when you set
and reach goals. ' '
Robbins, who ran against three other
opponents for the Denali editorship
says she is elated. "It's an honor," she
says. ''I plan to continue the tradition.''

Robbins says she was impressed with
the caliber of the other applicants.
''They were really strong candidates, and
there is a place next year on the Denali
staff for all the candidates. ' '
The Media Commission makes its

Taking the helm

Qf

the Torch is veteran Torchie Devan Wilson (Crayfish).

selections based on how well the appli~ants fare through interviews with individual commission members, and the
general selection interview. Candidates
are asked to fill out an application,

which includes an essay concerning the
applicant's journalistic philosophy. Applicants may submit samples of their
work, and any other items they feel will
aid in the selection process.

EDITORIALS
.

Survey shows sexual harassment non-discriminant

by Michael Omogrosso
Torch Editor

Every day at this campus there occurs, in one form or another, sexual harassment. Some overt, some covert, some unintended, but some nonetheless. While
it happens predominantly to women, in all fairness, it does happen to men. And,
though there is more sexual harassment by students of students, the problem does
exist between students and faculty.
In the Jan. 6 issue of the Torch, the Associated Students of LCC, in conjuction
with the Womens' Center, published a survey, the intent of which was to determine the extent of sexual harassment of students by instructors that exists at Lane.
A flip-side survey to be distributed by the college to instructors has yet to be produced.
The initial survey was to have been compiled and the results made public within
weeks after it was collected. But, according to Magdalene Ang, ASLCC vice president, numerous inquiries to the Office of Instruction which was to coordinate the
compilation elicited a response that it was being worked on.
Now, nearly four months later, the results have been made available to the
Torch.
While Dwight Miller, the LCC math instructor who volunteered to compile
those results, says the questions could have been framed to extract information
more statistically capable of being compiled, the Torch senses that what was
gathered indicates a wide spectrum of harassment, from casual to intimidating.
The Results

It is not unusual that the vast majority of those responding were white females
between 19 and 27 years old, but, of the 86 surveys returned, 19 were by males,
several of whom reponed observing sexual innuendos or sexist remarks by instructors. A few men even reponed they were the recipients of harassment.
The three responses to the 26 questions about varying kinds of sexism or sexual
harassment were "Never" happened, occurred only "Once," or occurred "More
Than Once" which was, in most cases, in conjunction with a frequency tabulation.
While the "Never" choice dominated, there were 135 responses of "Once"
and 206 responses of ''More Than Once'' to the various questions . .A number of
these questions referred to sexist attitudes or remarks such as different treatment

because of a person's sex, suggesting certain careers are for one sex or the other, or
presenting sexually offensive material like pictures or jokes. These questions
received a high frequency of affirmative responses, 10 to 28 per question.
There were 2 5 affirmative responses to instructors attempting to touch or fondle
students and 16 students responded to the question about being sexually harassed
by an instructor with an affirmative answer. A few claimed to have been forced to
have intercourse either because physical strength was used by the instructor or
threats of physical punishment or retaliation via lowered grades.
In all fairness it must be said that many of the questions could be construed to
be misleading or ambiguous. For instance, sexual harassment could mean rape or
threat of rape, or an unintentional gaze at a low cut blouse or at a bicep. Sexism is
alive and well at Lane Community College and for some people it has become
physical to the point of rape.
Comments

Of the 86 surveys, 40 contained additional comments. Fifteen respondents
noted no inappropriate behavior and were in support of the instructors at Lane.
Two people felt some teachers simply communicate by touching and that this
touching is not intended to be sexual. Three indicated the questions were too
vague and one said the title "Sexual Experiences" was extremely misleading. Five
indicated they had experienced strong advances with sexual overtones, fondling,
or disparaging comments. And 11 commented that sexism exists in the classroom.
Sexism does exist and is extolled by our society. Men are not supposed to wear
dresses, although dresses can be much more comfortable on a hot summer day
than blue jeans. Women are encouraged to wear makeup that clogs facial pores
necessary for proper perspiration, yet makeup for men is discouraged unless they
are in Patrick Torelle's acting class.

Sexism does exist but it doesn't have to be tolerated. If I make what is percieved
to be a sexist or sexual statement, I want to be called on it. That's one way to
learn.
Although instructors are only human, sexism must not be perpetrated in an in-

stitution of education. Sexual advances, particularly by an instructor, must be
avoided at all cost and if not avoided, reponed and strong action taken.
.And now, if the college is through dragging its heels preparing a survey for the
instructors, the Torch is ready to address sexual harassment of instructors when the
presses roll once more this fall.

Attentian focuses on the nearing of the predicted apocalypse
My attention, my attention,
where will it land? .A quick
perusal of the weeke~d papers
bored even me, and I'm usually
easily entertained. Pressing the
channel button on the remote
yielded the same. Not that
there's nothing going on, it's
just the same stuff: Politicians
vying for election with halftruths and outright lies, ten
dead, 15 injured, five hostages,

Torch
Editor
Michael Omogrosso
News Editor
Devan Wilson
Production Manager
Dan'en Waggoner
Asst. Production Manager Jeanelle Nadeau
News & Editorial Advisor
Pete Peterson
Production Advisor
Dorothy Weame
Advertising Advisor
Jan Brown
Advertising Assistant
Alan Curtis
Staff Writers: Carl Mo/lie, Tracy Brooks, Terry
Asher, Megan Guske, Paul Morgan, Ken
Houghton , George Filling, Robert Catlllano
Production Staff: Megan Guske, Gerry Getty,
Michelle Sundholm , Lisa Nowak, Denise
Logan, Luke Strahota, Bonnie Hirsch, Roberta
Hinds, Robin Robbins
Photo Editor
Deborah Pickell
Asst. Photo Editor
Nicodemus Pederson
Sports Editor
Robert Catlllano
Art & Entertainment Editor Mary Browning
Advertising Secretary
Gerry Getty
Staff Photographers: Erin Naillon, Shelby
Man·e Day,
Printers
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Pa-ge 2

May 25, 1990 , · •

more politicians breaking the
last campaign's promises, and
some schmo doing something
goofy to get on the almighty
television.
Maybe it's just that the world
has gone nuts and we're all
numbed to the effects of the
malady. Or possibly we're just
following the solution described
by Herman Hesse, ''When
dealing with the insane, the
best method is to pretend to be
sane.''
Pretty soon we' 11 all be on our
knees jabbering to the heavens.
Worse still that wacky comedy
team of George and Danny will
be re-elected. The signs are all
there: the president, nicknamed Reagan light by some
wit (everything you wanted in
Ronny and less), dodges every
damaging question. From the
Case That Wouldn't Die--i.e.,
Iran/Contra -- to the current
budget deficit, he grins, makes
some off-the-cuff quip, then
watches his approval rating

reach almost 80 percent.
Another placard on the road
to apocalypse: Richard Nixon is
on the comeback trail. He's tanned, rested, and ready. He's
been helping the current administration, quietly and

behind the scenes of course.
He's also written a book and hit

to the ocean (to "create giant
blooms of marine algae that
would soak up carbon dioxide
responsible for global warming'') is taken seriously. The
battle between the moneygrubbing industrialists and the
sappy tree buggers rages on in
the air, land, and sea.

My Attention
by Ken Houghton
the talk show circuit telling his
side of history. Apparently he's
just misunderstood. Aaaaauuggghhh!
We might not have to worry
about the mental health of the
inhabitants of this "ball of confusion,'' if the condition of our
little planet continues to
deteriorate. It's gotten to a pretty sad pass when a plan to dump
half a tanker's worth of iron in-

There are many other indicators of doom all around us:
When any yahoo who wants an
assault weapon can get one,
legally or illegally, I've got to
wonder. Hey Bud! If you need a
35 round clip to take down a
deer or the vicious Red Squirrel,
maybe hunting isn't the hobby
for you. A state Senate in the
midst of gubernatorial elections
(Texas, by the way) has time to

come up with a top-ten list of
reasons why David Letterman
should visit their constituents
and them, not to mention the
violence in various parts of the
globe that continues to escalate.
If all that, and everything else
I couldn't mention, doesn't
spell the beginning of the end
in capital letters, I'm translating
from a foreign tongue.
You may well ask, "So
what's the point, Ken? With the
pressure of term papers, finals,
and the summer crushing down
on us, do we need these predictions of cultural and physical
annihilation?''
Hey! I don't make the news, I
just relay it. For every ''Maybe''
and ''possibly'' preceding a dire
scenario, there's a corresponding chance to avoid the worst.
The best is definitely too much
to hope for. As long as the
general populace, and you in
particular, are aware of this, we
can all rest assured that there
will be more later .

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Missing petitions
To the Editor:
Whoever took the petitions
from the two hundred or more
students who asked the student
government and school administration to stop selling veal
on campus, please return them.
To attempt to squash our
democratic process by stealing
petitions does not lend a hint of
understanding to ethical consc10usness.
What is your conscience? Is it
an alter ego that tells you what
is right or is it what you know in
your heart to be right? To

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roughly one quarter of the
students politcally active on
campus (1 / 4 the number of
those who voted in our recent
student government election)
ethical consciousness meant
banning veal on campus. I can't
help but think of what a friend
said about a year ago about how
signing petitions is really a good
idea at first thought, but in 9
out of 10 cases, file 13 is where
they end up. It seems too often
issues are swept under the rug
by people signing a petition and
letting that be all they do to
take action on an issue. By having the petitions disappear will

by no means make the issue
disappear. There will be a new
petition to stop the sale of veal
on campus.
Those who signed the petitions should not be discouraged. At the May 7th student
government meeting, student
government voted to endorse
the ban of veal here on campus.
This is a strong sign of the direction our student government is
headed.
To whoever took the previous
petitions I wish you well. But as
I said recently, when deciding
ethical issues one must look into
themselves and ask '' is this the

treatment they would want to
receive themselves?" Please go
to the Student Resource Center
when it is convenient and sign
the new petition. It will be
monitored by Student Services
to prevent future theft. Let's
not let the culprit who stole the
last petitions have the last laugh
by having this issue die.
Jim Jarboe
Editors Note: A May 11, Torch
article e"ed by naming Jim
Jarboe as a spokesperson for the
Coalition Against Animal
Abuse, when in fact, the
organization's title is Students
Against Animal Abuse.

Child development center is faced with 'complex' problems
by Linda D. Riepe
Early Childhood Education Coordinator

One of the most common misconceptions
about child care services is that the programs are
simple to run and done at a low cost. Nothing
could be further from the truth, however.
The LCC Child Development Center is faced
with a massive number of problems regarding
liability, health and safety, state licensing rules,
fire codes and staffing issues. The operational
problems and expenses of a child care program
are very complex. I will attempt to explain some
of the basics in brief.
The college is very supportive of child care on
this campus. The fact that our space is limited
and our funding is tight is not related to lack of
administrative support or understanding. In fact
the college is fully aware that child care is not a
profitable business. The center serves 54 FfE
children and in spite of our best efforts to be
cost effective, the college still contributes a
sizeable share of our operating costs from the
general fund.
State rules require us to maintain a staff to
child ratio of one to four in the infant/toddler
area and one to ten in the preschool. The
centers are staffed with qualified individuals
who have at least an associate degree in early
childhood. We pay them the wages that best
match individual qualifications from the
classified bargaining unit salary schedule. These
teachers are given the fringe benefit package
that is part of the classified contract.
This makes our staff costs, which are the
major operational expense in a child care
program, higher than most community
programs. I want to point out that paying more
than minimum wage to child care workers is a
very effective use of money and they are well
worth what they make, and much more.
Child care is offered as a major component or'
the two degree programs in the early childhood
-area. Students rotate through the labs and
enhance the adult/child ratio, but are not
t•
• , ••
counted as part of the ratio.
Another major misconception is that we
should be able to charge less by using ''free''
student labor, but this is a violation of Oregon
Labor Law and would be inappropriate use of
students even if that were not true. The
students are in the labs as part of the learning
experience and require supervision and
assistance.
Children in our programs are valued as
individuals and provided with the best quality
child care experience possible. Parents are
charged on a full-time or part-time fee schedule
for having children participate in the programs.
The average hourly fee, $2. 50 per hour for

infants or toddlers and $1. 60 per hour for
preschoolers, is very competitive in the local
area.
Licensing, however, clearly limits the number
of children we are able to serve. We work very
hard to maintain ratio and limits in total
numbers, as well as maximize the use of our
space at the same time.
When a child is absent the parent's fees are
not reduced because our costs of operation stay
the same. It is not possible to find a substitute
child to take the odd hours missed by regular
children. We do not take drop-in children for
many of the same reasons. It is very expensive
and difficult to staff and manage a drop-in
operation.
By having regularly scheduled children we
maximize our space usage, and the quality of
experience for children and student teachers.
This also limits the variety of illnesses children
are exposed to among themselves. Protecting
children and adults from communicable illness
is a big part of providing quality child care.
Our program is unique in many ways and we
are kept very busy providing a model experience
for children and student trainees at the same
time.
It takes a great deal of coordination between
staff, parents, faculty and students. We have
many regular meetings and planning sessions to
make the program look and run smoothly.
One of the best things we have done is to
create a director position so that the many dayto-day administrative issues are more easily dealt
with. Georgia Fryback has been in this position
for almost a year. Taking this responsibility off
of the faculty coordinator and the center
teachers allows all these people to focus on
more specific aspects of teaching and other
assigned duties.
The children's programs are developmentally
appropriate. That means we work with each
child on an individual basis to enhance that
child's growth and development. Each child
makes many choices during the day about what
he or she will do. We provide a variety of • ••
activities designed for the various ages and
children may select to participate or not.
Some times of the day, though, are not a
choice, such as nap time, transitions, outdoor
play and lunch. However, we still allow choices
within those times when all children participate
together. Naturally infants are all on individual
· schedules and given care similar to being at
home. We strive to provide a balance of
activities and opportunities that use all the areas
of development.
Visitors are welcome in the center, but must
check in with staff for the protection of
children.

Two friends make graduation magic
by Megan Guske
Torch Staff Writer

Jack Powell, English and
Foreign Language department
chair, has seen a number of
changes in the LCC graduation
ceremony.
Powell has served as emcee
for graduation ceremonies since
coming to LCC in 1968. That
first ceremony was the last formal graduation for a long time.
''We were just antiestablishment, and this was just
another element that we
weren't going to tolerate," says
Powell. For the next couple of
years, graduation ceremonies
were mostly semi-formal receptions.
And by 1972, the attire for
the graduation ceremony had
become so informal. ''You
couldn't tell who was
graduating and who was going
to the beach," says Jay Jones,·
director of student activities.
photo by Deborah Pickett
Following that ceremony,
Jones and Powell formed a Jack Powell (left) and Jay Jones have combined their efforts to proturn to Graduation, page 5 duce LCC's graduation ceremonies.

photo by Deborah Pickett

Early Childhood Coordinator Linda Riepe.

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Dancer finds his new groove learning to read and write
by Michael Omogrosso

"I feel good about it," says Dunbar.
''The other day I did (spelled) SO words
and missed only three. ' '
He pulls some of last year's school
work out of a folder to share and his face
beams with the same pride a first grader
would bare while showing lessons to
family and friends. But that same face
many times masked the frustration and
shame that lived deep inside of Dunbar
because he was illiterate.
A few years ago, Dunbar was working
as a janitor at the Universty of Oregon
which, at that time, did not require written examinations to do that kind of
work. He was befriended by a board
member who would take the time to introduce Dunbar to college officals,
students and a few legislators as they
passed by.
' 'They would ask me if I was getting
my degree and I would nod and say
yes," says Dunbar, while thinking to
himself that it was a degree from the
school of life.
That degree began with '' Street Life
101' ' where he learned the basic skills of
survival.
Besides dancing for fun and for
change, Dunbar found what work he
could. ''I stood on crates and washed
dishes in Atlantic City.''
Dunbar heard from friends about
Reese Dupree who was a black promoter
of black performers •and convinced
Dupree to let him join a troupe Dupree
was promoting. Dupree would book the
troupe at talent shows from Philly on
south. And that was where Dunbar honed his dance skills to a professional level,
skills he would later use to teach to
others.
In 1940, he entered the army and after
leaving it in '42, he continued to help
• the war effort with the USO in Atlantic
City by teaching people how to dance

Torch Editor

At eight years old, Arthur Dunbar
found comfort and satisfaction in the
rhythm of dance, and little else in his
home town of Philadelphia, including
school. He and his friends would dance
on the streets for hours, and, he says, at
eight years old, they danced real good.
Now, 62 years later, the 69-year-old
Dunbar (he turns 70 this June) still cuts a
mean rug from time to time, but his
comfort and satisfaction come from attending LCC 's Adult Basic Education
(ABE) program where he is learning to
read and write.

photo by Deborah Pickett

Arthur Dunbar scans the new world that
has opened before him.

ABE combats literacy deficiencies
by Teri Van Blaricom
Torch Staff Writer

Individuals who wish_to combat literacy deficiencies in their own life have a couple
of places to turn to on campus, including the LCC Adult Basic Education (ABE) Program.
"One in four Americans are functionally illiterate." says the head the ABE program, Leslie Rasor.
According to Rasor, there are two levels of literacy recognized by the federal
government: The non-reader, who reads at or below a first grade level; and the lowlevel reader who reads at a third to sixth grade level. The low-level literacy group is
the largest, she says.
Rasor says most jobs require an 11th or 12th grade literacy level, although she concedes that in Oregon, 8th grade level is considered minimum literacy.
The ABE program is free for students, with the exception of the GED test. Tutors
work one-on-one with individual students, and also work as class aides. They provide
students with individual attention that LCC could not otherwise afford.
Individual skill levels are determined, and students are encouraged to set longterm and short-term goals, Rasor says. The instructors then work with the students to
increase their reading, writing, math and critical thinking skills, incorporating group
and individual work. Rasor says the ABE staff takes a multi-instructional approach to
determine what methods work best for the individual students.
and entertain the troops.
He moved to the west coast and from
'49 on lived predominantly in Eugene
where his life after that was a constant
struggle to survive as a professional
dancer, holding odd jobs and working as
a tailor and upholsterer, as well.
While working at the U of O, Dunbar
developed a bum knee and after receiving a doctor's order to not work while it
healed, the university terminated his
employment in 1977. And from then
until his decision to enter the ABE program at LCC, Dunbar worked off and on
in construction.
A friend, the current Student
Resource Center Director, Rodney
Johnson, made the decision to return to
school to get a degree, and that inspired

Dunbar to get an education as well.
The tough life Dunbar has had to endure has molded him into a fighter, a
trait that has served him well, he says, as
he struggled to brake away from a relationship that was keeping him from
achieving at school; prejudice not only
against his color, but against his lack of
reading and writing skills, and physical
problems, as well.
"I've got this arthritis that slows me
down a lot,'' he says of the ever present
pain. "Sometimes I just can't make it to
school. " A mild heart attack also kept
him from his schooling for a couple of
months this winter.
But Arthur Dunbar is back at the
books again and he is comfortable with
studying and he is satisfied to learn.

Predictions of Count Russell Antan
Dear Dr Decorum,
Can you prevail on Count
Russell Anton to offer some
more predictions of the future?
Jean Dixson
Dear Jean,
The Count has graciously
provided more predictions of
the future, but cautions that he
is currently being affected by
the Dark Side of the Universe
and these are predictions which
may leave a burn mark.
However, Count Anton also
stresses these are the shades of
things that might be, and not of
what must be.
Dr. D.
• You observe an animal
rights activist group having
lunch at the Steak House.

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• A computer error lists your
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under the name Salman
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• A personality test reveals
your perfect mate is someone
who exhibits a number of nonhuman traits.

• You dream the American
Psychological Association
designates racial hatred as a
mental illness.

• Your union agrees that your
grievance has merit, but tells
you pursuing it would jeopardize the current positive rela-

Dr. Decorum
by Carl Mottle
• You are solicited to contribute to the purchase <?f a
Stealth bomber to guarantee
the freedom of America's
hungry, homeless and uninsured ill.
• You explain in court that
you are not going to pay your
taxes until the government
takes action to free the hostages.
The judge orders your property
seized and jails you indefinitely
for contempt of court.

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tionship with management.
• A friend will be diagnosed
with a terminal illness for which
a cure is imminent, but the cure
will be delayed because research
funds must be diverted to
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LCC student gains understanding in Nicaragua
by Rachael Roth
Torch Staff Writer

He walks with bare feet down
a desolate dirt road. Rocks and
debns scatter at his feet, the
bare feet of a boy, 6, maybe 7.
You can see it in his naked
footsteps. You can see it in his
eyes. You can see the silent tears
of stnfe drawing lines on hzs
f ace.
He turns the corner away
from his house, built of scrap
wood and mud, and slowly
begins dnfting down the street.
Eyes to the ground, ears to the
wind, he strays along, alone,
stopping occasionally to gaze at
the pigs and chickens in people 's yards, chowing away.
Step by step, dust and dirt
flying , he makes his way. Suddenly he looks up. Right in his
path, a dead end. On the edge
of a cliff. All he can do now ts
turn back.
Nicaragua 1s a land of
economical,
politic al,
agricultural and social chaos.
When I went to this Central
American state, April 7-29, I
really didn't know what to expect. I was there to work, to
plant trees for Earthstewards on
the Atlantic coast in a city called
Bluefields. Yet I believe I took
home more intellectually and
emotionally than I ever gave
physically.
Earthstewards Network, based in Bainbridge Island, Wash.
was the organizer of the trip. It
gathered 17 people aged 14-24
from various parts the U.S. -- as
well as six from Costa Rica, four
from the Soviet Union, and one
person from Northern Ireland -all to travel to Bluefields
together to help agriculturally
rebuild a town which was
destroyed by Hurricane Joan in
October of 1988.
The hurricane was mere
blood from the wound which
had already been ripped in
Nicaragua's heart. Because the
revolution between the National Sandinista Liberation

Front (FSLN) and the Contras
(meaning "against") had
already devastated much of the
country, people were living on a
day-to-day survival basis. The
hurricane only compounded the
problems of a thrashed community.
I learned that in Nicaragua
kids grow up in a war zone, learning to survive. Daniel, a friend
I made down there, had lived a
life which most of us could
never fathom. Dropping out of
school when he was 14, and
having to flee from his home
because of the intense daily
fighting, he traveled to Honduras by himself, only to
become a refugee for two years.
Then at the age of 16 he joined
the Contras. He received training from a U.S. -instructed
Nicaraguan sergeant. He really
didn't know what he was
fighting for out in the bush, only that he was killing.
Daniel said most boys join
because of the revolution. The
thought of combat sounded inviting to them. They lacked
anything better to do. People
aren't physically forced to join,
he said, but the pressure is
strong to be a part of the revolution, one way or another.
From Dr. Zotella, a zealous
Sandinista, I learned how much
havoc the U.S. has brought to
the lives of the Nicaraguan people. The term "American Imperialists' ' was often in his
vocabulary. He quickly pointed
out to me that the revolution
started with the United States,
and was culminating with the
U.S.-backed candidate, Violetta
Chummoro, coming to power.
Tears began to fill his eyes as
we talked of the revolution.
Nicaraguans just want peace,
Zotella said, and that is what
the FSLN is trying to promote.
"We aren't hurting anyone.
Why does the U.S. want to hurt
us? Why do they think we are a
communist threat?" he asked.
He then exclaimed that
Nicaraguans just want a place to

photo by Rachael Roth

Two young Sandanista soldiers patrol at an island military installment off the Atlantic Coast of
Nicaragua.

live free of fear, free of pain,
and full of love.
Although I tended to
disagree on some aspects of his
Sandino philosophy, I began to
understand the implications of
what the revolution really
means to the. Nicaraguan people. It's rare to find someone
whose family has not been
touched by the revolution,
whether from the death or injury of a family member, or the
blatant exhaustion which results
when a people's entire energy is
devoted to survival.
The experience of my trip to
Nicaragua was rich and rewarding in that it gave me an
awareness of how lucky we are.
The vast majority of Americans
don't have to worry about food,

shelter or clothing. We're comfonable.
But it also taught me that in
some ways we are very unfortunate. One time Zotella told
me, "I don't want to have
money. '' When I questioned
him, he replied. that he has
witnessed that money has made
people apathetic and selfish.
America is a prime example, he
said.
I also learned about lifestyles,
American vs. Nicaraguan. Our
culture is a "now" culture.
When we want something we
want it at once, and we usually
get it at once. If we want to go
to Penland we hop on a bus,
plane, or drive a car. When we
want a pop 'we run to the

nearest 7-11 and buy one. Simple as that.
In Nicaragua, the people
can't always have what they
want when they want it.
Transportation by our standards
is nearly obsolete: few have cars,
and fewer still could afford to
fly. They don't have
' 'convenience stores. ' ' They
can't simply go grab a hamburger at McDonalds.
So they live day-to-day, never
knowing what exactly their
situation will bring, while we
want it now, we want it our
• way. Very distinct differences.
The boy turns around, begins
to retrace his footsteps. Walking
back from where he was before.

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graduation committee. ''Jack
was kind oflike a mentor," says
Jones. ''He had a lot of experience with graduations. ''
While their first effort was a
disappointment to both ("We
needed to give it a little class,"
says Jones), "The next year, we
rented caps and gowns to
students.' ' With a more formal
event, the attendance of the
graduates nearly tripled.

As the crowds of people grew,
the ceremony was moved from
the cafeteria to the stage of the
Performing Arts Building .
When the local Fire Marshall
asked that the graduations be
held elsewhere because it was
too crowded, Jones and Powell
moved the ceremonies to the
college gymnasium.
It was very hot in the gymnasium one year. Powell noticed
a blind girl with a beautiful dog
sitting on the side. ' 'When dogs
get too hot they splay
themselves out on the floor,''

says Powell. "The speaker
going on and on and I was son
of trying to keep my mind on
what was going on.''
Throughout the speech, the dog
would raise his head and give
out great sighs and look at
Powell with great drooping
eyes. ''It was just like he was
saying to me 'How much longer
do we have to go through
this? ' " says Powell. " It was
awfully hard for me to not
laugh out loud, and I put my
mouth behind my program.''

With the merging of both the
high school completion graduation and the regular college
graduation, Powell and Jones
decised to move the occasion to
the Hult Center.
The Hult was less than a success. "We had given tickets
away so that we could control
the crowd," says Powell. But
some people didn't use their
tickets and others brought
guests. without securing tickets.

"So we were left with my standard story, 'Aunt Tilly from
Iowa standing in the streets
while there are a 100 empty
seats.' "
For two years the joint high
school completion/ college
graduation took place at the
Lane County Fairgrounds.
Space there was also limited.
This year the event returns to
the Hult Center, but the two
graduations will be separate.
The high school completion
graduation will be held Thursday, May 31, and the college
graduation will be held Friday,
June 1. Both graduations will
begin at 7:30 p.m.
Jones and Powell will present
a video that will cover some of
the special moments of the last
25 graduations. Through hard
work and fun, the two will
bring magic to a special part of
graduates' lives. And as Jones
says about his friendship with
Powell, "Everybody needs a
Jack Powell.''

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1989-90sch ool ye~
25th Anniversary
The 1989-90 school year marked the 2°5th anniversary
of Lane Community College. Throughout the year a
variety of activities were held to remember the past and
to consider the future.
Highlighting the celebration was a silver anniversary
party in the cafeteria on April 27. Dale Parnell, L~C 's
first president and current president of the American
Association of Community and Junior Colleges, was on
hand to join in the festivities.
Other activities included photo essays on display in
the library depicting the history of the college, and a
luncheon honoring 25-year employees of the college.
A reception for past and present members of the
Board of Education was staged, and a luncheon for the
Superintendents Study Committee, which was formed
in 1968 to research the community and see if there was
a need for a community college, was held to honor the
group.
The growth of the college in the past 25 years has
held many changes. Both Larry Romine, director of Institutional Advancement, and Larry Brown, program
evaluation coordinator, believe the focus of the college
has shifted somewhat from vocational education to providing an environment for transfer students.
''This could be due to the limit on enrollment in
four-year colleges," says Brown. "People are coming
here to get their undergraduate courses finished.'.'
Brown forecasts that jobs in the next 10 years will require a more extensive college education. ~e also
forecasts that within the next 25 years, the curriculum
will change to serve a greater diversity of students.

---

ASLCC elections
The 1990-91 ASLCC student elections saw a record
number of voters take to the polls.
Approximately 908 votes were counted this year, a
dramatic rise over figures for previous years when between 200 and 500 voters participated.
By a nearly two-to-one margin, Michael Omogrosso
and Edisione Barreto de Araujo defeated Christina
Waddell and Melisa Leist in the race for ASLCC president and vice president.
''I am elated,'' Omogrosso said after the election. ''I
set the first goal (for the election) at getting 1,000
students to vote. We came so close. "
In other races, Patricia Rosewood defeated Randle
Ross for the position of cultural director, while Laura
Rodgers, running unopposed, captured the treasurer
post.
Also on the ballot were three measures, the most prominent of which was to raise student fees for funding of
a chapter of Oregon Student Public Interest Research
Group (OSPIRG) on campus. The measure passed by a
landslide, earning the support of 77 percent of the
voters.

The other measures asked whether ASLCC should
commit resources toward planning and development of
a Student Union/ Child Care Facility, and whether
ASLCC should continue involvement in and funding
for the annual Martin Luther King Celebration. Both
measures also passed by a wide margin.

---

MLK Celebration
Speaking to a capacity crowd at the third annual
ASLCC-sponsored Martin Luther King Celebration Jan.
15, Yolanda King told the receptive crowd to ''plug
in'' to organizations in the community that are striving
to overcome social injustices.
"You cannot do everything, but you can do
something," proclaimed the eldest daughter of the
slain civil rights leader. She spoke not only of racial injustice, but also the injustices of homelessness, illiteracy, and America's high infant mortality rate.
"We must get up off our apathy," she told the inspired crowd.
Joining in the event were rhythm and blues artist
Curtis Salgado, and the Inspiration Sounds Gospel
Choir, which brought the crowd to its feet several times
-- once during a rendition of' 'Let Freedom Ring'' with
an added verse of "Happy Birthday Dr. King."
ASLCC Cultural Director Randy Brown, who produced the event, called it a "magical evening."
''It was my intention to have a celebration,'' he said,
"rather than mourn the death of Dr. King."
The previous year's celebration was interrupted by
bomb threat, later determined to be a hoax, which forced the evacuation of the Hult Center. The presentation
continued after a one hour delay, however.
In this spring' s student elections, a ballot measure
asked students if ASLCC should continue involvement
in the event, which costs ASLCC nearly $9,000 to produce. The measure passed with the support of 80 percent of the voters.

Former ASLCC Cultural Director Randy Brown, who produced the .
with keynote speaker Yoland King.

---

New president
Jerry Moskus was appointed as LCC's fifth president
in a unanimous vote by the LCC Board of Education on
Dec. 18.
The announcement ended a 14-month search that
began when former President Richard Turner resigned
to become president at Nashville State Technical Institute in Nashville, Tenn. During the search, Jack
Carter, former vice president of Student Services, served
as interim-president. Carter retired on March 1, after
serving 35 years in education, 24 of those at LCC.
Moskus assumed the duties on March 1. ''There are
times when things just feel right,'' Moskus said after his
appointment. ''This is one of those times.''
.
The administration currently faces the upcommg
resignation of Vice President of Instruction Jacquelyn

photo by Deborah Pickett

(Above) Counselor and former Transitions to Success instructor Margi
Holland (left) together with Womens' Center staffers lend support 1
Donna Salata. (Right) Salata responds to audience on Winfrey's sho'1

Belcher, who was appointed president at Minneapolis
Community College in Minneapolis, Minn. Her last
day at LCC is expected to be June 1.
.
Belcher has said she is excited about makmg the transition to Minnesota, and that she is very impressed with
the Minnesota community college system, calling it a
''progressive'' atmosphere that ''encourages creativity."

---

Student on ''Oprah''

Outgoing ASLCC President Andy Harris swears in President-elect Michael Omogrosso at the April 21 Senate
meeting. The recent election saw a record number of voters take to the polls.

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May 25, 1990

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On Feb. 6, 1990, LCC student Donna Salata was
viewed coast-to-coast on the ''Oprah Winfrey Show.''
She anticipated the chance to make a national proclamation -- reaching millions of people -- that, in some
cases, parents who are child abusers can be involved in
recovery and their children can be returned to them to
lead a normal and nurtured life.
Salata's daughter Jamie was taken from her by
Children's Services Division due to abuse. She completed recovery, however, and Jamie was returned to
her care.
Salata said the show's producer had promised her

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roduced the 1990 Martin Luther King Celebration, converses

However, the LCC Board of Education approved an
inter-governmental agreement with the county to settle
the matter.
In other election results, incumbent board members
Peter Sorenson, zone five, and Cindy Weeldreyer, zone
four, were re-elected to the Board of Education; and
Springfield resident Larry Mann defeated incumbent
Martin Lewis for an at-large position on the board, the
-only challenged seat.
Incomplete ballots and the narrow defeat of the levy
by less than one percent of the votes, resulted in the
negotiations between the college _and the county. Both
parties wanted to avoid the costs of litigation, and come
to an agreement with a minimum of cost to the Lane
County taxpayers.
At its May 9 meeting, the board officially approved
an agreement between the college and the county. According to the agreement, the college will pay the costs
of the March 27 election and the county will reimburse
the college (up to $25,000) if it chooses to place a new
or similar measure on another ballot before July 1,
1991.
No date has been chosen for a new measure to be
submitted to the voters and the board now has to
decide its options for another ballot measure -- whether
to ask for another serial levy, or for a new tax base. The
issue will be discussed at the June 15 board meeting at
the LCC Downtown Center.

Petit program, he felt Victor's management was
detrimental to it.
Also in that issue a student, a parent, and an instructor from the 4-J School District's affiliation with Le
Petit four years ago, echoed Berg's concern that Victor
lacked the management skills required to run a program like Le Petit.
On May 16, Marshall told the Torch that Laverty,
Brown, and Wade have reached a settlement with the
the college that pertains to the financial burden incurred by the students to attend Le Petit. The terms of the
agreement are not being released.
Another student recently returned from France and
has entered into the negotiations with the college.
Le Petit was started in 1952 by the father of Marie
Wolfe, a teacher at the French Bilingual Fox Hollow.
School. While teaching French at North Eugene High
with Victor, Marie Wolfe began to develop the concept
of bringing students from this area to France, in part to
help the new owner of Le Petit make payments. She
says, however, that Victor took the concept and independently promoted it to the 4-J district without heJ
knowledge, and then, again to LCC.

---

---

International Night
On May 3, 1990, the International Student Club
(ISC) held a charity event to establish a fund to help
foreign and resident alien students at LCC in times of
financial distress.
The First Annual International Night was attended
by approximately 140 supporters of the ISC who enjoyed a dinner comprised of dishes from Cambodia,
China, Korea and the Philippines. The dinner was
catered by members of the local Asian community of
Eugene and served by students dressed in the traditional clothing of several nations.
The dinner was followed by a preview performance of
the play Amadeus, directed by LCC theater instructor
Pat Torelle.
The International Night fundraiser kicked off a two- .
day calender of events which also included a Cinco de
Mayo celebration the following afternoon.
On May 23, a check for $1,000 was presented by
members of the ISC to LCC Foundation Director Joe
Farmer and LCC President Jerry Moskus to establish the
International Student Fund at LCC.
In all, it was a
successful year for foreign students at LCC. The International Night and Cinco de Mayo celebrations further
established foreign students as an intregal part of the
LCC community and for the second year in a row, an international student was elected vice-president of the
ASLCC student government.

---

tructor Margie
~nd support to
'infrey's show.

Le Petit
ample time to present her belief that families can
recover and reunite. Salata claimed the show's focus was
misrepresented and she was used merely to fuel the controversy surrounding an abusive situation that had
burned in the minds of the primarily Chicago-area audience for years.
"I felt manipulated and abused," she said.
The Feb. 9 Torch article told Salata's story as she
wanted the national audience to know it -- a story of
how she abused her children and how she began her
ongoing recovery process.
Salata listed three steps necessary for beginning
recovery:
• Take responsibility for your actions;
• Be honest about your feelings to yourself and those
around you, including children;
• Eliminate the kinds of situations that cause shame.

---

Levy fails
LCC's four-year serial levy, which would have raised
$725,000 annually for campus maintenance, went
down in defeat, amid allegations of election irregularities in the March 27 count}_' mail ballot]

The fourth week of fall term 1989 saw students Lynda
Wade, Pat Brown, and Robelyn Laverty desperately trying to register for classes at LCC after returning
dissatisfied from Le Petit Adret. Le Petit is a Eugenebased school in Villard de Lans, France that has made
two failed attempts to affiliate with, first the 4-J schools
and then LCC, to provide students an education and a
European experience.
In a statement to the LCC Board of Education on
April 11, President Jerry Moskus said that LCC would
not continue to participate in the Le Petit program.
According to Vice President of Student Services
Robert Marshall, that decision came from experiences
with the program and a study LCC undertook during
winter term.
In the Nov. 10 issue of the Torch, three LCC students
related a few of the complaints which compelled them
to leave Le Petit. The director of the school, Jackie Victor, responded to those complaints in the article, as
well.
In the second installment, Dec.1, complaints and
rebuttals continued. Two students among those remaining in France were quoted as being supportive of
the school. However, an LCC student, Brett Berg, who
attended the program the year before, said that while
he would never have gone to Europe without the Le

photo by Deborah Pickett

John Lester, the only person ever born on campus,
returned to ICC as a student last fall.

LCC ''baby'' returns
Born 20 years ago on the LCC campus, John Lester
returned to the college last fall as a full-time student.
On May 6, 1969, Lester's mother Phyllis, then a
clerical student, was waiting for a ride home
when she realized that it was time to deliver. She went
to what was then the LCC Infirmary, where nursing instructor Arlene Underhill gathered four nursing
students to assist with the baby's birth , the only birth
ever to occur on campus.
At the request of Lester's mother, college officials
kept her name private, and in fact all records on the
mother's identity were lost.
It remained so until a Sept. 5 article by RegisterGuard columnist Don Bishoff reported that LCC was
seeking to locate mother and son to include them in the
college's 25th anniversary celebration. The article also
mentioned that a scholarship for Lester may be
available.
A friend of Lester's brought the article to his attention, and he contacted the college and began the enrollment process. Lester's fall term tuition was funded
through private donations made on his behalf to the
LCC Foundation, and he applied for and received a Pell
Grant to further fund his education.
His story was also published in People Magazine, as
well as in the state-wide media.
Although he completed his fall term courses, Lester
chose to not accept the grant. Because of financial difficulties, Lester decided he needed to find employment, and moved to Nampa, Idaho to live with
relatives and look for work. Lester told Larry Romine,
director of Institutional Advancement, that he would
like to some day return to school, but that at this point
in his life, it was more important to find employment.
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May 25, 1990

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Botany plants destroyed
in herbicide spraying
by Tracy Brooks
Torch Staff Writer

The recent use of the herbicide 2,4-D on the LCC campus has
generated protest from Rhoda Love, a botany instructor in the
Science Department.
According to Love, pesticides that had been sprayed around the
south parking lot behind the Science Building had, in addition to
killing several plant species she uses for her class, made the area unsafe for her students. These concerns were expressed in a letter to
Director of Campus Services Paul Colvin on May 11, the day she
discovered the area had been sprayed.
Love says she had hoped, with her letter, to interest the college in
using alternatives to spraying. As a member of the Lane County
Vegetation Management Advisory Committee and because she
possesses a PhD in Botany, Love feels she has good insight into
finding those alternatives.
•
Love also suggested that if areas are going to be sprayed, the area
should be posted before, during and after so that people can avoid
affected areas if they wish.
As of Monday, May 21, Love said she had received no response
from Colvin to her letter.
Colvin told the Torch on Tuesday, May 22, that he had no intention of responding to Love's letter, claiming that she had made no
attempt to get in touch with him.
"I don't know what her concern is," says Colvin. "This is
something we have been doing for years and years. ' '
According to Colvin, 2,4-D was sprayed on a three foot strip
around the parking lot to control the growth of noxious plants,
such as poison ivy. Colvin claims that 2,4-D is "not dangerous to
anybody." He says the amount sprayed is far less than 20
milligrams/kilogram of body weight, an amount that still ''has no
effect." He thinks that to post the areas being sprayed is a "poor
idea,'' because it suggests something dangerous about the ,
chemical.
"I wonder what real interest people have," said Colvin.
However, according to the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives
to Pesticides (NCAP), 2,4-D can be dangerous. According to
NCAP, the danger level is based only on the active ingredient in
the pesticides. The EPA requires tests to be done on the active ingredient in pesticides, but not on the inert ingredients. This means
that the inert ingredients, which can account for more than 50 percent of the total product are not tested and are, in fact, kept secret
from consumers. Some inert ingredients in 2,4-D include benzene
and formaldehyde, which are known irritants.
In addition, according to figures quoted from the EPA's
Guidance For the Re-Registration of Pesticide Products Containing
2,4-D, the EPA had not, as of September 1988, received results
from most of the tests required to unconditionally register 2,4-D.
The pesticide is now conditionally registered pending these test
results. This is the case with most pesticides. According to NCAP,
only 10 of 600 available pesticides are fully registered. NCAP suggested that alternatives to herbicides always be seriously considered when making decisions concerning plant control.
Colvin says, however, that to use alternative methods, which
would require more manpower, would cost too much money.
Love says that she will not battle the use of 2,4-D on campus. "I
just don't have time to be fighting this battle by myself," she says.

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been on the LCC Campus assisting students to
stay in school. Due to the increased use by
students and the ever increasing cost of inflation,
Campus Ministry has run out of funds. For the first
~ time, we will not be able to keep our office open for
~ summer term because in order to do that we would
need $6,000. We are asking those of you who have
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President Moskus: Take one
Nearing the completion of one term as LCC president, Jerry Moskus addresses the college and
the community via a five minute television program, "The President's Report." A Media
Center /Titan 35 production, the bi-monthly program follows the "LCC Today" program and
is shown on cable channel 35. Both programs are almost exclusively Mass Communication student productions providing hands on experience for them. Although only two tapings of ''The
President's Report" are planned before breaking for the summer, but the show is slated to
resume this fall.

Vietnam vet finds path to recovery in
federal retraining program at Lane
by Karen Ludwig
for the Torch

' 'I knew something was
wrong," Dan Emmert, the
squadron leader, remarks.
He dripped with sweat just
from standing. In the middle of
the day in the jungle of Tay
Ninh, Vietnam, he would
always hear iguanas croaking
and birds chattering. But on
May 7, 1970, it was dead silent.
Suddenly, Emmert's unit was
ambushed by the North Viet-

namese (NVA) ''I lost my buddy. He caught the crossfire and
was hit twice in the chest. I watched him die in my arms. It
should have been me. We lost a
lot of men ... '' He starts to
groan, but holds it back. The
images, he says, are hard for
him to think about.
Emmert survived the war,
and was discharged in 1971. But
he had shrapnal in his hip, his
nerves were shot, and for the
next 20 years he worked in

California at 40 or 50 short term
jobs, lived on the streets, and
got lost in the bottle.
Now, the 41 year-old disabled veteran is part of a special
federal retraining project that
just started this January, 1990.
Only 66 people in Oregon are
eligible and they all reside in
Lane County. The project's purpose is to assist these vets in
becoming economically selfsufficient.
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----------------SPORTS

Women respond to new coach
When Larry Callaway took
over the women's track and
field head coaching position in
February, he just wanted to
carry on the proud tradition of
the program.
Now, as his team competes in
the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges
Conference Championships at
Mt. Hood CC, he is not only
trying to carry the tradition on,
he is adding to it.
Callaway guided the
women's team through a season
that had been rough at times,
and rewarding at others, to a
first place finish at the Region
IV meet in Salem May 11-12.
And through it all the one thing
he has held on to is the improvement and drive of his
athletes, and himself.
''I guess the greatest satisfaction is just making it through
my first year,'' explained
Callaway. ''The satisfaction of
seeing the girls improve. I'm
really conscientious as far as how
the kids do. . .not only in
athletics but in academics as
well.''
His team has done well.
''We just have a lot of
talent," explains Callaway,
with a look of childlike
wonderment in his eyes. ''It's
easy for them to make
somebody look good.''
The Lady Titans are heavy
with talented sprinters and
distance runners, but lack in
numbers and depth to compete
in the throws and field events.
At the regional meet the Titans
went 1-2 in the 400-meter
hurdles, 100, 200, and 400
meter sprints, and collected victories in the 400-meter and

Sports Rag
by Paul Morgan
1,600-meter relays to mount a
36 point victory. Jennifer
Baldwin came through with a
clutch performance in the 800
meters with a second place
finish, and Amy Bruhn leaped
to a second place finish in the
triple jump to help LCC get
some crucial and unexpected
points.
At the conference meet,
which staned yesterday, LCC
will be competing against a very
talented team from Bellevue
CC. The difference here is that
in the regional meet no team
could compete with the Titans'
strength in the running events,
while Bellevue can match LCC
in almost every event. Callaway
has predicted that the Titans
will finish in second, 20 points
behind Bellevue.
Callaway attributes much of
his success this season to his
easy-going style. He has worked
as an assistant coach in the LCC
program for five years, but he
says the athletes had to get used
to his laid-back approach.
"It took them a while to get
used to that,'' says Callaway,
who also now works in the Life
Experience Assessment Program
at the LCC Downtown Center.
'Just kind of taking things
easy, trying to give them a good
background to where they're
running the best times at the

regionals and conference.
''I like watching them adapt,
and grow up as individuals too.
There were a few of us that butted heads big-time at the beginning of the season because I can
have a very short temper," he
explains, ''but I have learned
from that and I think they have
too.''
Callaway says that at the
beginning of the season things
were a little bit shaky. There
was some friction on the team
due to a "handful of different
things." So the team held a
meeting~ smoothed out the problems and developed more of a
team attitude.
''We had people giving more
suppon,'' he says, and that
made the difference. "They'd
push each other and work really
hard because they want to get
that much better.''
Callaway has also enjoyed the
help of his assistant coaches -Loi Heldt and Roger James -and is dissappointed about
them departing after this
season: Heldt to focus on her
masters studies, and James to
coach at the Olympic Training
Center.
But regardless of what happens at the conference meet,
Callaway represents a fresh new
energy that will keep LCC 's
track tradition going strong.

Budget woes overshadow accomplishments
by Robert Catalano
Torch Sports Editor

It was an up-and-down year
for the LCC athletic depanment, as budget woes and
resignations within the depanment overshadowed the accomplishments of the athletes.
Last year's resignation by
former Cross Country Coach
Lyndell Wilken was followed
this year by similar announcements from Men's Track
Coach Kevin Myers and Men's
Head Basketball Coach Dale
Bates. All three considered the
budget battles to be too time
consuming and unproductive to
continue coaching at LCC.
''Every time I think about it I
get mad," said Myers. "You'd
think the administration would
see something happening and
do something about it. I just
want to go on to something
more positive . ''
Bates' attributed many of his
on-coun problems this year to a
thin bench. ''When (Umpqua
Coach) Rod Snook talks about
three terms paid tuition (for
athletes) and Coach Bates talks
about one term,'' he explains,
''it's kind of tough sometimes.
Some of the kids ate ~oing -to go-

where they can get the most: A
lot them look at the dollar . ' '
Through all of the dissension
and the resignations, the
athletes still found time to
shine.
• The Men's Cross Country
Team finished third in the
NWAACC Conference Championships in Seattle.
• Both the Women's and
Men's Basketball Teams
qualified for NW AACC
regional playoffs. The men
finished with a 16-10 mark
while the Lady Titans closed the
season at 18-10.
• The LCC Men's Baseball
team also went to the regional
tourney, and though they lost
in the first round, they finished
the season with an 18-16 record.
• The Men's Track team
finished third in the Region IV
Meet and are headed to the
Conference Championships on
May 24-25 at Mt. Hood CC.
• The Women's Track Team
won the Region IV Championships and are looking at a possible second place finish in the

Conference Championships
May
24-2 5

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Lori Harrison works out to reduce stress, while at the same
time building a strong physique. According to weight training instructor Bob Radcliff, weight training classes typically
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CC on January 10. Bates has
compiled a record of 293-187
during his tenure as Head
Coach at LCC.
Myers feels the future of
athletic teams at LCC is in the
hands of the administration.
Without adequate funding to
provide the athletic department
with necessary equipment and
scholarships, the outlook for
future championships and for
coaches remaining on the job
will remain in doubt.
(The LCC Board of Education
has also discussed eliminating
athletics altogether.)
Myers sums up the funding
problems in his advice to future
LCC coaches: " It's going to be
tough because it's an uphill battle and you're already starting
in a deep hole. If you want to be
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the Southern Willamette
Private Industry Council tries to
match the individual's needs
with on-the-job tramrng,
classroom training, support
groups, work experience, job
development, skills assessment,
and support services.
''I lost my childhood over
there,' ' he says, reflecting on
his experience in Vietnam.
' 'The war's never over. It will be
with me the rest of my life.''
In Vietnam, he had been a
squad leader. Emmert queries,
''What more control can you
have, than control over life and
death?''
Back home though, nothing

could match the rush he'd felt
when he'd had that control,
and he became bored easily
with tasks. ''The longest job I
had was for a year." But there
are other reasons he has a hard
time keeping a job. In 1982,
Emmert' s hip injury left him
hospitalized for 30 days, where
a variety of complications set in.
Released from the hospital
three months later, he had no
job and no home. Difficulty obtaining welfare led to a stay in a
halfway house in Fresno, Cal.
His stay was short lived,
however. Emmert was next fr,ring in his van, supporting
himself on a $58 monthly V.A.

disability check, until his van
was stolen and crashed. His
home was gone, his health was
lost to stress.
By 1984, he was living in a.
halfway house in Menlo Park,
Calif. There he underwent
rehabilitation for PTSD (post
traumatic stress disorder), then
for alcohol addiction.
Emmert eventually lost his
space at the halfway house,
though, and slept on cardboard
in a park. He worked on and off
until two year later, when
phlebitis hit his other leg.
After the death of his father
in 1987, Emmert moved to
Oregon to help his mom. He

says that losing his dad triggered some thinking, and that
understanding his feelings was
what helped him focus on
retraining at LCC for a career in
electronics.
This is Dan's first term at
LCC. Cliff Kaylor, a Vietnam.
vet and counselor at the Veteran
Center in Eugene, says, ''He's a
real caring and loyal friend. He
comes from a really patriotic
space . . . Like all combat
veterans, Dan suffers 'survivor
guilt' -- the feeling that 'ifl had
done my job better, I wouldn't
have made it.' ''
Friends like Cliff have helped
pull Emmert through. "Cliff's

always there," he says, "even
when I mess up. He never turns
me down when I ask for help.''
But the path to recovery is
slow, "I have a problem in that
I want things now," Emmert
says. "The secret is just go real
slow.
''Each little step builds my
confidence more," He is studying electronics, and says there
are many positions available in
the field. ''I don't want to go
out just to make the bucks. I
want to also enjoy what I have
left of life.
"(Before) I was just surviving. Now I'm starting to live. I
can see a future now . . . ''

CLASSIFIEDS
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FREE LUNCH, noon to 1 p.m., and Bible Study, 1:15 - 2 p.m., Ind Tech 218,
every Thursday. Sponsored by the Baptist Student Union.
WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE available
in Student Health. Complete exam $22.
All services confidential. CEN 126.
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY by experienced professional. Affordable
rates. Deborah Pickett, 746-3878 evenings.
CAREER INFORMATION CENTER,
2nd floor, Center Bldg., Mon. & Tues.
9 a.m. - 7 p.m., Wed., Thurs., Fri. 9
a.m. - 5 p.m.
HOUSEPAINTING. Schedule your
house or business now! And save
money. CallJerry, 485-3608.
PET PALS PLUS. Vacation plans? Will
provide loving, in-home care for your
r-~t. Obedience classes starting!
·-1595. •

OP_pORTUNITIEs··
TRANSITION TO SUCCESS women:
Your discussion group meets weekly,
CEN 220, 2-4, every Friday.
SOCCER, SOUTHBANK Field, 3 p.m.
Wednesdays. Come show your stuff &
have fun. By foot bridge.

PLEASANT MONEY MAKING
OPPORTUNITIES
BUSINESS, FREE ENTERPRISE, AND
MONEY GROUP. A CO-OPERATIVE
BUSINESS GROUP. WRITE:
GROUP,
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ASIAN ART /FAR EAST: Hong Kong,
Bangkok, Singapore, Bali; May 1991 !
Kathy Hoy/Lorna Funnell, Ext. 2906.
ATTENTION ALL YOU KILLER
BABES & DUDES! Dental Hygiene
students want to clean your teeth Free,
provide you with a round trip to
Ponland FREE, feed you all the good
food you can eat FREE, give you a nice
place to stay FREE. Please give us a call
for a FREE evaluation. 726-2206.
SLIDES & INFO SESSION, child care
jobs, travel & education benefits,
American Family Companion Program.
HEA 246, June 5. To sign up, call Ext.
2217, Employment Office, Forum Bldg.
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FRIDAYS 2-4 p.m. Discussion group
for Transition To Success women.
CEN220. Come ioin us.
MA YFEST DANCERS PERFORM international folk dances Friday, June 8, 8
p.m., Condon School, U of 0. Donation $1.
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WHO IS BAHAULLAH, the glory of
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Bahai Club, Tues., May 29, EMU Century Room B, 7 p.m.
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MABEL'S
Reasonable.
485-2699.

HOMECLEANING.
I work hard! Mabel,

SWING SET! 461-0181.
MATURE, RESPONSIBLE NURSE
seeks housesitting, rural/ country house,
wonderful with plants, pets. Springfield
references. (415) 893-8608.
NEED BIKE HELMETS. Both adult and
child sizes needed. Call 689-9586.

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1,000 JOBS
If you missed our
recruiter, we are
hiring now for our
hotels and
restaurants. ENJOY
YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK
this summer! Food &
lodging program-will
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80 VW SIROCCO, 5 speed, am/fm
cassette, new wheels, immaculate condition. 683-1374.
80 HONDA ACCORD, 5 speed,
am/fm cassette, looks & runs great.
$1600, OBO. 683-1374.
72 FORD COURIER. Runs great! $600
OBO. 895-3950.
88 NISSAN SENTRA. 4 spd., 2 dr.,
AM/FM cassette, red, like new. $4200
OBO. 747-6322.
79 CHEVETIE. MUST SELL. Needs a
little work. $850. Call eves, 726-1202.
CUSTOM!! NEW PAINT, runs great,
excellent condition. Check out this 1980
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plus util. 5th & Polk, 6/25 - 9/2. Nonsmoker. Kathleen, Ext. 2916, 343-7642.

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CEN 127.

2 BR APT., FIREPLACE, dishwasher,
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BROTHERS PORTABLE TYPEWRITER with correction display and accessories. $75 OBO. Call 344-1579
evenings.
4 HEAD VCR, $150. Wireless remote.
Plays fine. Record function broken.
$100 to fix. 689-3254.
YAMAHA TX81Z RACKMOUNT synthesizer, $275. Alesis HR-16 drum
machine, $300. 343-0697.
KING OAK WATERBED headboard,
mirrored, "cupboards", and frame.
Needs some refinishing. $25. Anna,
Ext. 2837.

AL-ANON MEETING Thursdays, 12
noon, HEA 246.

EUGENE/PARIS! 10 seats available
round trip, direct flight, June 14. Open
return date. $900 adults, $600 under
12. 344-7535 or 689-9519 after 5.

PTK GENERAL MEETINGS, 2nd & 4th
Fridays of the month, 3 p.m., CEN 420.
G.A.L.A. IS SEARCHING for new
members. For more info call Kent,
683-1726.
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES accepting donations of crutches to loan to
students. Thanks for your help!
THANK YOU TO ALL who supported
the Waddell/Leist campaign. We appreciate you!

ATTENTION: EASY WORK, excellent
pay! Assemble products at home.
Details, (1) 602-838-8885 Ext.
W-12165. •

To all my little Torch pasties: Thanks for
a great year. I never knew hot wax could
be so much fun! Lets do it agian. Love,
Darien.

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FOR SALE_.._.._.._.._
PAIR OF BREEDING cockatiels. Pied
male and pearled female. Please call
484-2421 after 6 p.m.

GOOD 3/4 FRENCH STUDENT
violin, $175 firm. Call Nick/Lorna,
342-4817 or Ext.2906.

TO THE MAN IN THE MEDIA who
assisted my environmental conscience
Thursday: You have a beautiful smile.
It brightened my evening. Thanks. •

IPhrnne

86 HONDA SPREE. Red, good condition, just in time for summer! $300
OBO. 741-1479, Craig.

NEW SUBSTANCE ABUSE suppon
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GOVERNMENT JOBS $16,040 $59-230/yr. Now hiring. Call (1)
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85 HONDA ELITE 150. Red, 5000
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NA MEETINGS Wednesdays, 12 noon,
M&A 247.

DENALI LOVERS! Come to our dinner
and show on May 30th. Call Ext. 2830
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$1200. Wonderful, deep tone. Ext.
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handlers permits especially needed.
Trade labor for free entrance to races.
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets
Mon. & Fri., 12 noon, M&A 247. Open
meeting. All are welcome. Experience
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LOST! CHILD'S SPECIAL BLANKET,
pink flannel, May 9, between Adm.
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410.

RARE FIND - 1971 FIAT 850 sedan.
Cute, runs great. $500. 689-6773, leave
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Free Pregnancy Testing

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DISABILITIES ADVISORY COALITION offers two suppon groups: for
persons with disabilities; for their family
members. 343-7055.

PLEASE RETURN any crutches borrowed from Student Health Services; someone else could use them. Thanks!!

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osPIRG MEETS every Tuesday, 3 p.m.,
CEN 446. All students are invited to attend.

We buy stereos. VCR's
& sound equipment.

12 CU-IT REFRIGERATOR. Very good
condition. $125. 726-1907.
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ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Students receive awards
in creative disciplines
by Mary Kathleen Browning
Torch Entertainment Editor

,

The LCC Main Stage Theatre will be the place to see the best in
LCC's music, dance, art, photography, acting and videos on Friday,
June 1. Beginning at noon, everyone on campus is invited to an
hour-long, awards program produced by the Performing Arts
Deparetment.
For the first time the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and Mass
Communications divisions of the department will come together to
award selected students for their artistic work throughout the year.
The ceremony will include presentations from each discipline and
certificates awarded to each recipient.
"Certificates will be a minor part of the program," says art instructor Harold Hoy. He feels that the presentations will be the
highlight of the production.
Performing Arts instructor Pauick Torelle cites the reason for the
joint awards ceremony as a desire by the different divisions of the
Performing Arts Department (visual arts, performing arts, and
mass communication) to try to find ways to do things together.
"It's nice to have something, at the end of the year, that is a
unified event, says Torelle.
"We'd like to see the students (from the different disciplines)
integrate more. This gives them a chance to talk together, to get
together, he says.
11

Carmen Marie Borge (left) and Heather Booher practice a scene from '' An Evening of
New Plays,'' opening in the LCC Blue Door Theatre May 25. The production consists of
three original plays written, directed, and acted by LCC students. The show will run for
four nights: Friday and Saturday May 25 and 26, and Friday and Saturday June 1 and 2.
All show begin at 8 p.m.

11

Summer productions
Four events are planned by the LCC Performing Arts department this summer. Sponsored by
CWE and the LCC Performing Arts Department,
the focus will be on the development and production of the original plays for summer performances.
The first event will feature LCC students in the
workshop production of "Reunion_." Written
and directed by Performing Arts instructor, Jerry
Seifert, the full-length play is developed from last
summer's one-act play, "Cat's Fur To Make Kitten Britches.'' The show will be presented Friday
and Saturday June 22 and 23, 29 and 30 at 8 p.m.
in the Blue Door Theatre.
The second production of the summer will be
three performances of the children's play, ''The
Ogre and the Five Coins," by Cavalier. Directed
by Sherry Lady, the production features songs,
dancing, and gifts for children who attend.

The Performing Arts Department will hold
auditions for the musical Tuesday, May 29 at 3
p.m.; Thursday, May 31 at~ p.m.; and Saturday,
June 2 at noon. Men, women and children are
needed for the production. For more information, call Lady at 484-0283, or Seifen at
726-2209.
The third program of the s1i1mmer will feature
readings of new scripts by LCC playwrights in July.
The final summer event is the production of
the winning pieces of the LCC Northwest
Regional One-Act Play competition. The selected
pieces will be performed on Friday and Saturday,
August 3 and 4, 10 and 11. The shows begin at 8
p.m. in the Blue Door Theaue.
For further information, contact Seifert at
726-2209.

Instructor,
former LCC
student
exhibit work
in Jacobs

Highlights
compiled by Denise Logan
for the Torch

• LCC's Performing Arts
department will hold auditions
for a new children's musical,
"The Ogre and the Five Magic
Coins" Tuesday, May 29 at 3
p.m.; Thursday, May 31 at 5
p.m.; and Saturday, June 2 at
noon. Men, women and
children are needed as actors.
Be prepared to read the script,
sing and move. For more information, call Sherry Lady at
484-0283.
• Denali will host an evening

of music, an, drama, poetry
and food for its annual fund
raiser, Wednesday, May 30,
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the
Center Building. The cost of the
dinner is on a sliding scale ranging from $9 to $12. All proceeds
benefit Denali. Reservations
must be made by Friday, May
2 5. For reservations and information, call Della Lee, at
747-4501, ext. 2830.
• The Lane County Historical
Museum will present an exhibition Century of Children which
will span over 100 years of the
changing world of childhood.
The opening reception is at 7 :00
p.m., June 1. For more information, call 687-4239.
• The Maude Kerns Art
Center will fill the gallery walls

with Ghosts of Maude through
June 17.
• The LCC Performing Arts
Department will present a free
music concen on May 31,
beginning at 8 p.m. For more
information, call 726-2209.
• The High Desert Museum
will exhibit the art of Edward
Borein, from the Katherine H.
Haley Collection, June 9
through September 17. The
Museum is located six miles
south of Bend. For more information call 832-4754.
• The Eugene Celebration
steering committee chairpersons
have been selected. The cochairs are Linda Collins and
Guy DiTorrice. Chris Ljek will
serve as vice-chair. Currently the
committee is accepting proposals from groups that wish to
produce events in conjunction
with the Celebration, and they
are recruiting volunteers. The
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LCC art instructor Satoko is exhibiting this piece and others in the Jacobs Gallery of the Hult Center.
Former LCC student Kerry Wade is her co-exhibitor for this show.
Satoko uses pastel crayons and geometric forms to create her nighttime interiors. Wade's works include
"reverse glass paintings" and his "assemblages."
The pieces will be displayed through June 13. The gallery is open 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, and during all Hult Center performances.

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home come fall semester when
he journeys to Irkutsk to begin
his teaching duties at the Institute. And it is the focus of the
course he has taught this
quarter, entitled Global Issues
-- the Soviet Union.
Visiting his office on the
third floor of the Center
Building tells much of the story.
The door is covered with recent
articles about the Soviet Union
and the drastic changes and
challenges confronting both the
United States and the Soviet
Union. His bookshelves groan
under the weight of hundreds
of books on all aspects of Soviet
life and history. Clippings from
numerous magazine articles
about the Soviet Union are scattered about his floor. Engaging
him in conversation about this
subject is both easy and
delightful.

Academic exchange planned
1

by Terry E. Asher
For the Torch

In September, 1990, LCC will be the recipient of the
first U.S.-Soviet post-secondary academic exchange sponsored by the Eugene-Irkutsk Sister City Program.
Alexander K.ravchenko, a Soviet linguist specializing in
the English language will teach three course offerings at
LCC for the fall term.
In return, Joe Kremers, professor of political science at
LCC, will travel to the Soviet city of Irkutsk and teach in
K.ravchenko's absence. He will be teaching courses in
English language and American political culture.
Kravchenko, who teaches at the Institute for Foreign
Language Training in Irkutsk, will offer an Introduction to
Russian language course. In addition, he will also teach a
course in Russian culture, as well as taking over K.remer's
course on Global Issues in the Soviet Union.
While in Eugene, K.ravchenko will be staying at the
home of one of LCC's staff members. It will be not only
his first time teaching in the United States, but his first
visit here, as well.

'What I like best
about the Soviet
Union is sitting
around the kitchen
table at night and
talking about life'
"What I like best about
visiting the Soviet Union is sitting around the kitchen table at
night and talking about life.
That's the most attractive thing
about the Russian lifestyle -long meals , long conversations.
It reminds me of how life was
here about 40 years ago. But
like everything else , it's changing too ."
Though Kremers has had a
lifetime interest in the Soviet
Union, it wasn't until the mid
1980s that he translated that interest into active involvement.
He had studied philosophy at
the University of Portland and
then went on to earn his
master's degree in political
science from the University of
Oregon.
From 1963 to 1967 he served
in the U.S. Air Force, stationed
in both the Far East and the
United States. After leaving the
service, he headed "straight for
teaching,'' and has never
regretted the decision. He has
taught at LCC for the past 16
years.
As he matured both as a
teacher and a person, he came
to feel that it was essential for
''teachers to know some place
more than casually and superficially," he explains. "It adds
depth and interest to the class
and helps students to break out
of their ethnocentricity.' ' His
country of choice was the Soviet
Union. He even began taking
conversational Russian.
Then, in the early 1980s, external events combined with his
own personal motivations .to
push Kremers from his role of
passive observer and scholar to
active participant. Because of
the renewed Cold War mentality of the Reagan and Breshnev
administrations, there was a
marked deterioration in the
relationship between the two
superpowers. The spector of
nuclear war suddenly loomed
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May 25, 1990

photo by Deborah Pickett

LCC Political Science instructor Joe Kremers is heading to Soviet
Union in an academic exchange program. In his hand he holds a
copy of the Russian novel ''Peter the Great.''

on the horizon .
Responding to this threat, a
spontaneous nationwide
grassroots movement blossomed. Its goal was to promote individual and group exchanges
between the two countries in an
effort to diffuse the tension and
counterbalance the deepening

political hostility between the
two countries.
The Sister City program grew
out of this movement, and by
1987, Kremers had become an
active participant in this program. He then took this concept
a step further. In 1987, in partnership with Janet Anderson, a

former LCC athletic trainer and
current Associate Director of
Women's Space, he formed
Link-Up International.
A non-profit corporation,
Link-Up International promotes
exchanges among students and
faculty between the United
States and the Soviet Union.
As president of the Link-Up
board, Kremers has been active
in these exchanges and has served as a chaperone on three
separate occasions. In 1987, he
supervised a trip to Kiev by a
team of track and field athletes.
In 1988, he took a group of
Eugenians on a general tour of
Soviet cities. Last summer, he
served as the guide for a group
of college students on a tour of

Ukrainian Russia.
His greatest contribution has
yet to be made. His planned ex
change with Alexander K.ravchenko, the Soviet instructor
who will be teaching at LCC
next semester, will be the first
of its kind for Link-Up International. It is the first post secondary exchange made under· the
guidance of the Sister City program.
With his grace and his extensive knowledge of both the
Soviet Union and the United
States political structures, Joe
Kremers will serve as an eloquent representative of what is
best in the United States'
educational system -- a tribute
to his country and his school.

Final exam schedule June4-9
Read across to the day(s) of your class, then read down and find the starting time of that class. This is your
FINAL EXAM day and time.
Students having more than two exams in one day, may request a rescheduling of the third exam at a different time. See your instructor to make this arrangement..

If your class ...
is held on
and starts at

M, W, F, MW, MF, MWF, MTuWThF, MTuWTh,
MWThF, MTuThF, MThWF

Tu, Th, TuTh,
TuWThF

7:00a - 7:30a

Your exam day and time will be on F, 7:00a - 8:50a

F, 9:00a - 10:50a

8:00a - 8:30a

Your exam day and time will be on M, 8:00a - 9:50a

Tu, 8:00a - -9:50a

9:00a - 9:30

Your exam day and time will be on W, 8:00a - 9:50a

Th, 8:00a - 9:50a

10:OOa - 10:30a

Your exam day and time will be on M, 10:00a - 11 :50a

Tu, 10:00a - 11 :50a

11 :OOa - 11 :30a

Your exam day and time will be on W, lQ:00a - 11:50a

Th, 10:00a - 11 :50

12:00 - 12:30p

Your exam day and time will be on M, 12:00 - 1:50p

Tu, 12:00 - 1:50p

1:0Op - 1:30p

Your Exam day and time will be on W, 12:00 - 1:50p

Th, 12:00 - 1:50p

2:00p - 2:30p

Your exam day and time will be on M, 2:00p - 3:50p

Tu, 2:00p - 3:50p

3:0Op - 3 :30p

Your exam day and time will be on W, 2:00p - 3:50p

Th, 2:00p - 3 :50p

4:00p - 4:30p

your exam day and time will be on M, 4:00p - 5:50p

Tu, 4:00p - 5:50p

5:00p

your exam day and time will be on W, 4:00p - 5:50p

Th, 4:00p - 5:50p

5 :30p or later

Classes that meet at 5:30p or later will have their final exam during
FINAL EXAM WEEK at their regularly scheduled class tiine.

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