November 15, 1991

Eugene, Oregon

Vol. 27 No. 9

Recycling at LCC: What is it? Where is it?
Analysis
by LYNN REA
Torch Staff Writer

LCC has a recycling problem. But no one seems to be
doing much about it.
Torch attempts to locate an
organized college recycling
policy have proven elusive.
Food Services manager Bob
Tegge says he stocks 200 cases
of soda each week. That's 4,800
potentially recyclable aluminum
cans.
Tegge also says his department is "not actively recycling."
LCC's chapter of Oregon
Student Public Interest Research
Group (OSPIRG) established a
recycling group less than three
weeks ago. Group leader Dave
Clark admits that he has a lot to
learn about recycling.
"I've spent a great deal of
time becoming informed myself,
andfindingout who knows about
recycling around here."
When asked if he knew that
Food Services had no recycling
program in effect, Clark replied
he wasn't aware of the fact.
Last fall OSPIRG initiated a
pilot program to recycle aluminum cans. According to former
OSPIRG coordinator Laura
Lane-Ruckman, the group
placed several five gallon buckets throughout the Center Building in an effort to identify the
need for a can recycling pro-

photo by Michael Acord

The lack of accessible recycling receptacles around the main campus is leading to a large number of aluminum cans being
needlessly discarded.

gram.
When the program concluded OSPIRG received requests from several departments
for more collection containers.
The group wrote out a detailed
report of its findings and presented it to LCC's Facilities
Management.
According to Lane-Ruckman,
Facilities Management was
supportive of the plan and ap-

proved the placement of more
recycling containers around
campus.
" ... I haven't seen any (containers) around. Nothing has
happened," says Lane-Ruckman.
In a brief phone interview
campus services director Paul
Colvin said that there are containers in place but couldn't say
how many, or where the college

has placed them.
Housekeeping Custodial
Manager Isaac Johnson also says
the can recycling containers are
in place, but couldn't say how
many or where they are. Johnson
did say that several more containers are needed.
Jim Dieringer, director of
Campus Ministries, appears to
be the only person on campus
with answers. For the past three

years Dieringer and a small crew
have been responsible for 100
percent of LCC's recycled paper. Last year the program recycled 60,000 pounds of paper.
He plans to tum over the paper
recycling to the college, however, due to a lack of volunteers
to assist him. The college does
not yet know who or what or Turn to Recycling, Page 9

LCC 's group bus pass
negotiations hit impasse
by JOE HARWOOD
Torch Editor
ASLCC and the Lane Transit
Dis\{"ict (LTD) are at an impasse
in negotiating a group bus pass
similar to that enjoyed by U of 0
studen~.
Stud~tgovernmenthasbeen
working ._ with LTD since last
spring on ~ pass program that
would allow currently enrolled
LCC students to ride LTD buses
anywhere, anytime. The proposal would require an increase
in students' inci~ntal fees.
The stalemate: ·
The process came to an abrupt
halt last spring when' LTD informed the college such·-Q. pass
would cost $13.11 per stt}qent
per term. The program woi.tkl

Jequire the college to levy a fee
on all students, whether or not
they ride the bus.
But ASLCC refused to put
such·a proposal on the ballot for
student elections, saying the
price was not in the best interests
of studen{s. Students at the U of
0 pay $5 :09 per term for their
group bus pass.
In May, LTD lowered the
group pass co~t to $10.64 per
student per term, but 1990-91
ASLCC President Michael
Omogrosso threatened to veto
any offer higher than $7.
Communications:• Director
Seth Craig says most of.the facts
and figures LTD used to formulate the price were based on
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White sheet fails to disguise racist beliefs
On S;nurday, Nov.16, 1991, voters in Louisiana may
elect former Ku Klux Klansman and Nazi sympathizer
David Duke as their governor.
As George Bush did in 1988, one of Duke's campaign strategies is to build a political springboard on the
fear among the white mainstream voters of losing jobs
and economic stability due to racial hiring quotas and
the welfare underclass.
This strategy would lead some voters to believe, as
Duke hopes they will, that the white man is on an island
surrounded by a sea of racial impurity just waiting to
wash ashore and contaminate their way of life.
Besides being prejudiced, it's a fairy tale.
Let's look at some facts to dispel the myth.
• According to recent statistics released by both the
US Census Bureau, as well as the Department of Agriculture, the majority of people receiving welfare and
food stamp benefits is white.
In fact, the largest percentage of new applicants to the
food stamp program are middle-class whites who have
lost their jobs due to economic recession. Since a large
majority of economic policy makers - from both the
government and private sectors are white - it would
seem ludicrous to blame non-white welfare recipients
for the country's economic problems.
• The fear of white jobs being lost to racial hiring
quotas is also an unfounded one.
Again, according to recent statistics, nearly 70 per-

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cent of the new jobs made-available to the American
worker (including those at the minimum wage level)
during the last decade, went to whites. The only statistical category where whites lost ground to non-white
workers was in both part-time and minimum wage level
hiring.

Another Side
of the Truth
Robert Catalano
The only quota which has been kept true to form, is
that non-white workers continue to get the lower paying
jobs.
• The fear of crime and criminals, usually assumed to
be non-whites preying on whites, is another stock flavor
Duke adds to his cauldron of political theory. Let's
examine this also for the lie it is.
Recently released F.B.I. crime statistics have determined that non-white murderers prey on members of
their own race in an overwhelming majority of the
cases. Whites, on the other hand, murder across tlle

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• A third way to raise funds
would simply to obtain donations from LCC students. Fifty
percent of the total funds raised
from the sponsors and donors
will go to Oxfam America, while
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the remaining 50 percent will
to local food banks. OSgo
On Nov. 21, 1991 the OSwill receive no money
PIRG
PRIG LCC chapter will hold a
effort.
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on Nov. 21, a Global
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funds for Oxfam America and
will be held
Dinner
Simulation
local food banks. There are three
at the Neufast"
the
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to
ways in which these important
man Center in Eugene. All
funds can be raised.
•One way is for OSPRIG public officials and prominent
members to get sponsors for their local figures will be invited, and
own fast. The sponsors may speakers (to be announced) will
agree to pay the fasting offer information on the issue of
individual(s) according to how world hunger.
Anyone interested in becommany hours he or she has fasted.
• Another way to raise funds ing a sponsor or attending the
is to have students at LCC skip Global Simulation Banquet can
a meal and donate the money contact OSPIRG at the LCC
that would have been spent on OSPIRG office in the basement
of the Center Building anytime
that meal to OSPRIG.

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Student thanks
employees
To the Editor:
After a night class on Wednesday, Nov. 6,Idiscoveredmy
Chevy was a lucky recipient of
a flat tire. I immediately called
Campus Security.
I explained to the operator
that I would change the tire but
would appreciate it if someone
from their office could check
out my handiwork, since it
would be my first time changing a flat.

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If Louisiana voters can forgive David Duke for his
draft dodging, his "youthful" affiliation with neo-Nazis
and white supremacists, and his plastic good looks, they
can probably forgive him for anything. My only hope
is that ten years down the line, if he is elected on Nov.
16, voters in Louisiana won't be forced to admit that the
savior behind the mask was a devil in disguise.
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I had a vision of my front
right tire heading down the hills
of 30th Avenue ahead of my
car.
I was surprised at the
operator's answer which was a
basic: "We-don't-handle-thosekind-of-situations" response. It
was 10:30 at night and fairly
deserted around campus.
Luckily, two employees of
the LCC Library, the astounding mother/son tire-changing
duo of Virginia and Greg Bailey,
came to my assistance. Along
with Dave Smith, of the custodial staff, Virginia and Greg both
get my heartfelt "thanks".
All three were courteous and
helpful and represent the true
feeling of ~security" - human
beings looking out for each
other's well being.

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To the Editor,
On Nov. 21 OSPIRG will
host a Hunger Banquet. The
banquet is the culmination of
several events aimed at raising
funds and awareness to the issue of hunger in our world.
Oxfam and local agencies will
benefit from the funds raised.
Hunger should not exist.
There is enough food produced
to feed all ofus. Until the distribution of food is more balanced:
• 20 million people in the
United States will go hungry
twice a week.
• 25 percent of the world
population will remain chronically malnourished.
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racial spectrum at an alarming rate. (Ever hear of a nonwhite serial killer?)
While it is statistically true that there is a higher percentage of non-whites in US prisons, in comparison to
American population numbers, it is also true that a white
person is eleven times more likely to be put on probation, or be released from custody pending trial, than is
a non-white. A non-white is also sixteen times more
likely to receive the death penalty.
The only thing statistics on crime and criminals
proves is that the judicial system is still patently racist
and sees the world through rose-colored socioeconomic
glasses.
During the worst economic crisis in US history,
President Franklin Roosevelt said, "The only thing we
have to fear, is fear itself."
He was right. When men like David Duke preach
fear, all it does is create more fear. When people are
afraid, they do not think, neither do they act with
intelligence nor reason.

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Chain smirking: ·a
nasty student habit

I believe that people should be able to make choices about how they
conduct their personal lives, and what harmful things they can do to
their own bodies without harming others.
Go ahead and fart, but don't expect me to enjoy it as much as you
did.
I normally sit in the no smirking section. I like it there because I quit
smirking a few years back, and it's easier to maintain abstinence if
nobody smirks around me. They say smirking leads to cynical smiling
and, in the later stages, to cruel laughter.

Bad habits are hard to break. You start out sneaking smirks from
Uncle Ben's coat pocket and the next thing you know, you 're cracking
those cynical smiles.
I used to smirk five cracks a day. My friends and I would hang out
on a typical street comer and do nothing but shoot the breeze and smirk.
Andrew was the
best
at it. He
On the Right
could blow
Hemisphere smirk rings.
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Smirking
and hanging out
Chukar Bacon
was all we did,
and at the time I
couldn't see any harmful side effects, so I kept smirking.
Our parents told us not to smirk but we saw them smirking all the
time, so what was the big deal?
Anyway, here I was in the no smirking section, and this great
looking woman came up and sat right across the table from me.
She smiled. I smiled. The moment was precious and neither of us
spoke. I felt like one of us should break the ice.
I don't really have any "line" practiced for these occasions. I'd
rather just be honest.
"Who are you and why have you come to torment me?" I asked,
gazing into the deep green oceans where her eyes should have been.
I was under a spell. Icouldn'ttakemy attention away. I'm not even
sure she answered me. I was mesmerized!
But I snapped out of it when I noticed she was beginning to smirk.
She must have been a pretty heavy smirker because she quickly went
from smirking to smiling cynically.
"Do you mind not smirking in my face?"! said.
This request sent her into a fit of cruel laughter, the likes of wruch
I had only seen in anti-smirking propaganda films.
"It isn't funny," I said.
"You 're cute," she said.
"You're smirking," I said, in a cute sort of way.
"I'm hooked," she admitted.
"Me too," I said, swimming once again in the green seas.
"Would you like a smirk?" she asked.
"Sure," I said.
Bad habits are hard to break.
I lit up a smirk and began smiling cynically. Before I knew what was
happening we were both laughing cruelly, chain smirking like fiends.
There is a big push going on to ban smirking on campus. This may
or may not be a good idea. The solution may lie in a union between
courtesy and acceptance. I don't know.
Ask me again when I run out of smirks.

Waiting for Trouble

photo by Erin Naillon

Two armed military policemen with ample wrist restraints wait for protesters to trespass onto
the Mercury, Nev. nuclear test site. Groups from all over the country gathered on Nov. 7 for a
three-day nuclear testing protest.

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smoking students responding preferred a total ban in the cafeteria
and snack bar, wrule only 10 percent of smokers supported such an
action.
Of the smokers polled, 90 percent voted for designated smoking
areas in their immediate study areas, with 38 percent of non-smokers,
and 52 percent of ex-smokers concurring.
Board member Peter Sorenson said the college, already on shaky
financial ground, should not fund construction of a separate facility for
smokers, mirroring statements made by members of the audience. He
also voiced his opinion that smoking should be banned indoors at Lane
because of the inherent health risks.
Another board member, Roger Hall, said, "I detest legislation that
infringes on personal rights, but in this case, smoking does in fact
infringe upon the rights of others (non-smokers)."
LCC Board chair Pat Riggs stated that she quit smoking 12 years
ago by choice. "You don't have a choice to breathe fresh air when
you 're in the same room as a smoker."
Social Science instructor Jerome Gargerreported "a large opposition
to spending general funds for building a separate area for smokers." He
again encouraged smokers to lobby for private funding to construct
such an enclosure. Garger wants the tobacco industry to subsidize any
construction, and has contacted representatives of major tobacco
companies.
"The people who have profited from this (smoking) should pay for
the ventiladon and enclosure," he said.
Riggs told the board a decision on a policy change must be made at
the Dec. 11 meeting. A time of 6:30 p.m. in the LCC Boardroom was
set.

LCC security offers battery recharging
by CALEB LA FOUNTAIN
for the Torch
If your car battery dies while on LCC
grounds, there are jumper cables and a
mobile car battery charging unit available to assist you.
The Campus Security Office in the
Campus Service Building will allow the
use of the cables in exchange for two
pieces of identification from students or
staff.
"Your driver's license and preferably
your student body card," to insure the
return of the cables, says Night Dispatcher
Carle Kessler.

Paul Colvin, head of campus services,
says the increase in dead battery incidents usually stem from a change in the
weather. He says as the sky gets darker
more and more people drive to campus
with their lights on, and forget to tum
them off in the parking lot.
Kessler adds that as a result of the cold
weather, weak car batteries can lose their
charge, even while sitting in the lot.
LCC's mobile charging unit is an option mostly intended for those student
and staff left stranded at night. The charging unit is an apparatus attached to a
campus owned truck. Colvin says the

idea is to get the car started as quickly as
possible, so people do not have to linger
long.
Colvin says although battery accidents
are few and far between, people asking to
use the mobile charging unit must fill out
and sign a waiver of liability. The LCC
staff assigned to assist people are not
professional auto mechanics he says, so
:the college can not be held liable should
;damage occur as a result of using the
mobile charging unit.
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People in need of this service can dial
dire.ct to the Campus Security Office, ext.
2558, for help from any campus phone.

The Torch

The cutline for a photo
accompanying an article
about the Renaissanc_e
Room inthe Nov. 8 issue
of the Torch incorrectly
identified the persons in
thephoto. TheywereLee
Paez, Director of Counseling, and Shirlee Ford,
Administrative Assistant. The Torch apologizes for the misprint.

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LCC ponds serve as sewage system, bird sanctuary
by KELLIJ. RAY
Torch Staff Writer
Ever wonder what the
ponds by LCC are for?
According to Head
Groundskeeper Joe Stejskal,
"They're the only sewage
system we have." The City of
Eugene doesn't run its sewage line out this far.
"In the summertime, LCC
uses the excess water (which
has been chemically treated)
out onto the ball fields." It is
never run onto the fields during the winter, or when people
are playing on the fields. In
the wintertime, the school has
permission to run treated water out through the stream
system, says Stejskal.
LCC current! y maintains
it's own lagoons, costing the
college approximately $100
per month, explains Paul
Colvin, director of Campus
Services.
And according to Gale
Mills, a civil engineer with
the City of Eugene, it would
cost $6 million to run a sewage line from Glenwood to
LCC, because there is no existing sewage facility in
Glenwood. The city would
have to run the pipes accross
the river, as well. It would
take years to construct and
cost a lot of money to maintain, Mills says.
The water comes from
LCC faucets, toilets and sinks,
and is transformed from
refuse into a bird sanctuary

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One of the LCC Ponds

No, this isn't Lane's outdoor swimming pool. Rather, it's the college's answer to sewage treatment.
by the time it makes it down
the pipes into the ponds, where
it is processed, filtered, and
purified.
According to Stejskal,
"Before it goes to pond one, it
goes through a grinder,"
which is located within the
chain-link, fenced-in area on
the track. "The only thing that
goes into pond two is water,"
no solids. At the far end of
pond three, water from pond
two goes into the pit and is
treated with chlorine in the
fourth section. The Department of Environmental Qual-

Is itsafe?"Yes, absolutely.
Water from such lagoons is
used everywhere from golf
courses to the river," says
Stejskal. "It is very ecologically sound. The lagoon is a
bird sanctuary, and we have
several kinds of ducks. In the
spring, a pair of Canada geese
bring their young ones down.
Sewage for ducks is food.
That's why we have a lot of
ducks, including nesting
ducks.
There are also "tiny fish
under an inch long (we don't
know what kind) which eat

mosquito larva. These fish
were put in when the school
opened," says Stejkal.
What do the ponds smell
like? "Well, you can go down
there and sniff' for yourself,
Stejskal says with a chuckle.
"In the summertime, pond one
is a little on the smelly side."
One runner had a chance
to find out first-hand.
LCC cross-country team
members run a course around
the ponds, and Athletic Director and Coach Harland
Yriarte says it may have hap-

pened at one of two crosscountry meets, he just can't
remember which. But "It was
raining and the track was really slippery. We were also
having trouble with gophers.
When the runners were going
around one comer, the bank
gave way, and one runner just
slipped right in.
''Then she just got out and
continued the race. She only
went in up to her knees, and
there were quite a few jokes
about her having a soggy
shoe." Yriarte says.

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"guesstimations," that es ti mated
ridership resulting from the LCC
program would d9uble, which,
"th~ have no way of proving."
Craig says in September LTD
sent the college a letter offering
a $6 ~r student term pass, but
later r4canted, explaining the
offer W;as submitted by an unauthorized staff member.
"We {student government)
find that not very respectable,··

says Craig. He likens the action
m that of a business quoting a
..Price over, the phone, only to
double it when the customer
arrives to I\lake the purchase.
Ed Berg~ron, LTD Marketing managei;, says the letter is a
source of confttsion, because it
was misintetpreted by student
. ..,!!overnment. •
Next stop:" LTD Board?
Bergeron ~efends LTD""s

actions and fonnulas, pointing
out that U of Q ridership has
tripled since the gtoup pass began
there in 1988. the university
also pays an indirect payroll tax
amounting to "sev,eral hundred
thousand dollars" that subsidizes
the ridership prograpi.

ing policy set by the Board. "It
will take an act of the LTIX}3oard
to lower the- price to whe~ student government will acceN it,"
he says.
Bergeron says he encoura~
ASLCC to appeal to the boa~,
and even put them on the agendi
ior a meeting.

It is the LTD B(\ard which
sets policy, says iergeron.
"There's nothing mo~ we can
~I was excited when they
do as LTD staff, we are. follow- • dec}()ed to go to the board. They

just ~ver showed up," he says.
Vice President of Student
Services· Bob Marshall agrees.
"We're basically at the point
where we'llhave to appeal to the
LTD Board."
Bergeron says the board
might be willing t(unake an exception for LCC, but s-~s no one
will know "until stud~ government makes a decisiort one
way or the other."

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Florence residents create
retreat program for elders
by J.M.JONES
for the Torch

sponsored by Oregon Pacific
Bank in Florence, to_teach the
session.

Pursley says he enjoyed the
An intense, short-term history reactions of the students. "They
class was popular at LCC- asked lots of questions and really
Florence, says Campus Director, showed an interest in doing
Bill Porter.
something new."
Last year, LCC-Florence in"People were really intertroduced the Elderhouse proested," says Pat Strong, a class
gram, a week-long coastal remember. "The number we started
treat for out-of-area seniors.
with, we finished with." Strong
says that many students wished
the program continued, past 1915.

This year, local residents
helped develop their own program for local seniors: A 15hour, one-week class about
Florence's beginning, upto 1915.
"The nice thing about this
program," says Porter, "is that
(the class) designed it themselves.
When we asked what they would
like, they said they wanted to
learn more about the area they
live in. They wanted to know
more about the early settlers, the
Indians, the early merchants.
They even selected their instructor."
They selected Ed Pursley,
author of "Florence: A Diamond
Set Among the Pearls," a book

Class members took trips to
the Siuslaw Public Library, the
Pioneer Museum, and a walking
tour of Old Town Florence. The
trip that aroused the most comment and interest, says Porter,
was to a local Native American
burial ground.
Located up the North Fork of
the Siuslaw River, the site is
maintained by Marge Severy, one
of only two full-blooded Coos
tribe members left in the area.
Porter says even many long-time
residents were unaware of its
existence. The class got a sense
about the mystique of the old
days, says Porter.
"The people really liked the
class, they liked the intensive
short-term format and the limited class size," says Porter.
"Many can't attend regular, fullterm classes, but these short,
workshop-like programs really
fit their needs and desires."

photo by Erin Naillon

Peaceful Protest

This Indian veteran was among the many vets at the Mercury, Nev. nuclear protest. All made
it a point not get arrested, and instead of violence, protesters literally turned their backs to the
test site. No one was arrested during the three-day protest.

Advice you don't need from people you don't know

Dear S&L;
After suffering silently for far
too long, I have decided to come
out in the open and ask for advice.
My boyfriend and I have a good
relationship with one minor exception: He has a strange attraction to whipped cream in the bedroom. I don't know how to tell
him that I am allergic to it! Luckily, he also likes the dark. So far
I have been able to avoid shattering his favorite pastime, bull can't
stand it anymore! HELP!
Totally Whipped
Dear "Whipped;"
First of all, if you can't tell
your boyfriend about this "little
problem" then how good is the
relationship? If things are really going well between you, then
you should be able to trust him
with something that is obviously
so distressing to you.
Secondly, sooner or later the
light will come on and you 'II
havetoconfess. Wedon'tthink
he'll appreciate the surprise.
Incidentally, have you ever
considered trying a non-dairy
whippedcreamsubstitute? We
don't mean to push product
brands, but we've heard that
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Dear S&L;
l recently got kicked out of my
house and moved in with my girlfriend. The only problem is HER
MOTHER!

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On the other hand, we sense
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It kind of sounds like he is
clearing his throat and burping at
the same time, or maybe snoring
and gagging! I talked to my girlfriend about it but she said that she
didn't notice.
The problem is, my girlfriend
invites me over all the time, but I
lose my appetite. What should I
do?
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Dear "Upset Stomach;"
Look, you're getting a free
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For some strange reason, she
insists that I get a job and help pay
the rent. I am a musician! I need
all my time to create. I can't waste
my energy on menial labor!
Unfortunately, neither my
parents nor my girlfriend's mother
understands my artistic temperament. How do I show them that,
although they see me as a lazy
couch potato, I'm really doing all
I can right now?
Misunderstood Musician
Dear "Misunderstood;"
We just can't imagine why
your parents and your
girlfriend's mother have no

coming from your letter. If this
is the case, we give all our sympathy to the three parents involved.
Perhaps you could compromise. Do some chores around
the house (chop wood, tend the
lawn, do the dishes, clean the
toilet) for your girlfriend's
mother in exchange for lodging.

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LCC Assertiveness Training aids student's·· recoveiY
by KELLI J. RAY
Torch Staff Writer
On March 17, 1987, LCC student Evette Patt fell off a cliff.
Evette, her boyfriend, and two
friends were partying, drinking
and driving. While negotiating a
tum, the car went out of control,
careening off a cliff and down a

hill.

"My head went through the
window and busted it," says Patt.
Her boyfriend went to jail on a
drunk driving charge. She spent
the next nine months in a coma,
then two and a half months following that in a wheelchair. "I
didn't think I would ever walk
again," says Patt.
Once she got back on her feet
again, she had to contend with
nerve damage in the left side of
her body, blindness in her left
eye, and brain damage.
She currently lives with her
foster parents in Springfield, who
help her with everything from
day-to-day care to morale boosts.
They also helped her sign up for
one of LCC's Assertiveness
Training classes.

Her foster mother, Sharon
Dominy, says "She's been doing
a lot better since she's been going to school. She used to be
aggressive. Now, she's assertive."
Patt's dream is to someday
enroll in journalism classes. She
used to get published in her
Warm Springs Wasco Piaute
Indian Reservation nespaper, and
she was once the editor of the
Center for Neuro-Educational
Therapists (CNET) newsletter,
as well.
For now, she'd like to get
some dental work done. "The
accident knocked out three front
teeth," says her foster mother.

•

Dominy is also a foster mother
to 79-year-old Constance
Thielsen.
She gets about $1776 per
month for caring for both of them,
and manages their money, as
well.
Patt needs to recover more
fully before she can reach her
acedimic goals.

photo by Glennis Pohlman

Evette Patt (foreground) with foster mother Sharon Dominy.

Student/Parent Board screens applications for coordinator
by KELLEY EGRE
Torch Managing Editor
During the first two weeks of
November, the Student/Parent
Advisory Board received applications for an ASLCC Child
Care Co-op Coordinator to serve
as executive secretary and to administer the center.
According to LCC Student
Activities Director Barbara Delansky, the Board received 11
applications and is preparing to
screen each applicant through
an interviewing process.

"We plan to make an offer to
one of the applicants within a
week or two to keep this program alive," says Delansky.
New additions to the LCC
Child Care Program in November promise to bring improvements to the overall program,
she says.
A nine-person Student/Parent Advisory Board has served
as an ad-hoc advisory committee since early summer 1991,
and is formulating policies and
procedures to develop the program.

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but the potential for the program and the funding to grow
and respond is great, once other
child care debts are paid off.
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• subsidy program will come in
Delansky says this month the the form of financial aid.
board has devoted a lot of time
to the off-campus subsidy pro1
gram, which is intended to financially assist students whose
children are currently receiving
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Delansky_ says she understands there will be debate from
those student parents who are
not on financial aid who think
they might not receive any aid,
but urges those students to apply as soon as possible. If students really need it, they will
probably get it, she says.
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money for off-campus subsidies
through financial aid because it
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by JOE HARWOOD
Torch Editor

Blue sky, 26 inches of new snow,lateOctober, and no
wind or crowds-that was the way to start the 1991-92
ski season.
Mt. Bachelor, Oregon's most popular ski area, opened
on Oct. 29, the second-earliest start-up in the resort's
history. Those able to ski the first three or four days
found a rare treat of sunshine and more than adequate
snow coverage, considering the date.
The fact that only five lifts were operating did little to
dampen the enthusiasm prevalent in the downhill f anatics allowed to ski before Thanksgiving.
Although the detachable-quad Outback and Summit
Express lifts remained closed throughout the week, the
simple act of skiing on anything, even hidden rocks and
other death-cookies, seemed to be enough. Most people
skiing this early are usually the same individuals wearing ski boots around the house in September.
But when two expected cold-fronts failed to appear,
warm weather coupled with rain forced Bachelor into a
sudden closure.
All the ski areas in Oregon lost nearly all of their
accumulated snow between Nov. 3 and Nov. 11. The
recent cooling temperatures have lowered the freezing
level statewide to the 3000-foot level. Many areas
reported on Nov. 14 a new accumulation of four inches
over the last 48 hours.

• Timberline Ski area, the only other resort in the state
to open, started on Nov. 2, but closed Nov. 3 because of
heavy rain. No date has been set to re-open.
Lift prices this year are $21 for adults and $13 for
children. Timberline is located about an hour east of
Portland on Mt. Hood.
Other ski areas on Mt. Hood had accumulated almost
two feet of snow, only to lose it to the rain that started on
Nov. 3.
• "We had it and then lost it all," says a Mt. Hood Ski
Bowl employee. The area is scheduled to open on Nov.
23 unless it receives a significant amount of snow prior
to that date.
Lift tickets start at $19 for all-day adult and $13 for
kids. An 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. or 1-l0p.m. shift pass for $19,
$13 for children, is also available. Night skiing will cost
$9 this season.
• Ski Ashland, after a dismal season last year, projects
a Nov. 20 opening date, but like other areas in the state,
any opening depends on snow conditions.
Located 18 miles southeast of Ashland, Or., ticket
prices this year are $22 for adults on weekends and
holidays, $18 for kids. Mid-week price for both adults
and children is $14.
• Willamette Pass, 70 miles east of Eugene on Highway 58, had accumulated "a significant amount of
snow" prior to the unfortunate warm weather, then lost
. it all. The area offers three lifts and hopes to open in time

for the Thanksgiving holiday. Lift tickets cost $18 allday adult, $14 for kids 12 and under. Willamette also
offers a 12:30-9 p.m. ticket for $18 and a 4-9 p.m. pass
for $10.
Mt. Bachelor gives skiers a retail taste this season
with its new turnstile computer-verification lift-loading
system. Widely adopted in Europe, the skier wears a
plastic lift-ticket that he/she feeds into an ATM-like
slot. The computer then verifies the ticket and spits it
back out. The skier can then proceed through the turnstile. The concept will take some getting used to, possibly slowing lift lines until people are comfortable with
it.
Bachelor is also offering flexibility this year with a
point-system pass. In short, it will sell tickets in increments of 200 and 400 points, for $33 and $65, respectively. Each ride up the lift deducts a certain amount off
the point total.
For instance, the quad chairs take 20 points per ride.
The other triple chairs take 16 per ride. The ticket is
transferrable and can be used over a period of days or
weeks, so long as the the point balance is high enough.
The system isn't recommended for intermediate and
advanced skiers who ride the lift more than 12-20 times
per day. The all-day adult pass costs $31. The area is on
a day-by-day standby to re-open, with no firm date
having yet been set. Bachelor is located 22 miles south. west of Bend off Highway 97.

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Friday November 15th:
*Alcoholics Anonymous

12-12:50 pm M&A 244

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Monday November 18th:

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in PE 206 @ 2:30 pm

Shootin' Titans" relate to community kids

by TONY SEMINARY
Torch Sports Writer
The Titans men's basketball
team will hold its last basketball
clinic for boys and girls ages 8-15
Saturday, Nov. 16 at the LCC
Health and Physical Education
Department basketball courts.
The team will run the two
hour Shootin' Titans clinic
starting at 9:30 a.m. "Right now
we have 150 kids for this clinic.
We still have room, though, and
the kids can sign up the day of
the clinic (11/16)," says Jim
Boutin, Titans' head coach.

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"Two Saturdays' ago we had
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•·meet the - Titans
Katy Carter

Nicole Bignotti

Guard (14)
Carterisa5'7'' sophomore from
Sheldon H.S. Some of her
honors include 2nd team AllLeague in basketball and 1st
place at district in the 400m.
She would like to go on to a
four year college after LCC.

Guard (32)
A returning Titan, Bignotti,
5'8", is pursuing a career in
Nutrition and would like to
continue playing basketball.
She was 2nd team All-League
at Hidden Valley H.S. in Grants
Pass.

Michelle Tuers

Stefani Backes

Guard (10)
From Reedsport H.S., Tuers is
a 5' 4" sophomore, played four
years of varsity basketball, and
was voted lstteamAll-League
in volleyball. She is pursuing a
degree in Dental Hygiene.

Guard (24)
5'7'' Backes hails from Grants
Pass, where she played basketball and softball. Her major
isinElementary Education and
shehopessomedaytoownand
operate a preschool.

Lisa Eagen

Maryanne Graham

Forward/Post (12)
Eagen,5'10", played basketball
for South Eugene H.S. and
Loyola Marymount Univ. before coming to LCC. She is
majoring in Psychology and
hopes to become an elementary
teacher.

Forward/Post (50)
A 5'11" sophomore from
Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. Australia, Graham played basketball, track, tennis, and golf at
Mt. Erin Girl's H.S. She has a
double major in Sports Administration and Computing.

Ann Maier

Summer Milburn

Forward/Post (22)
Maier, a 5'9" freshman from
Sheldon H.S., will pivot between forward and post for
the Titans. She plans on transferring to a university after
LCC.

Guard (44)
Nevada All-State Player of the
Year in both basketball and
volleyball, 5'8" Milburn is a
freshman from Boulder City
H.S. She is pursuing a degree
in pharmacy.

Sheila Eoner

Guard (20)
From WaldportH.S.,5'7''Ebner
was All-League in volleyball,
basketball, and softball. Her
majorisinSportsMedicineand
Physical Therapy. After college, she wants to become a
physical therapist.

Tina Erickson

Forward/Post (30)
A varsity basketball player all
four years at Lowell HS., 6'
Erickson is the tallest player on
the women's team. Her major
is in Psychology.

Jill Graves

Margaret Hoyenga

Forward/Post (40)
A freshman from South Eugene H.S., 5'8" Graves played
volleyball, basketball, and
track. Her major is in Physical
Education.

Forward/Post (42)
A freshman from South Eugene H.S., 5'10" Hoyenga was
#1 in rebounds her senior year.
Her major is in Business, and
after college, she plans on becoming a millionaire.

Guard Summer Milburn charges at forward Lisa Eagen as she takes a jump shot.

Dave Loops

by ED JESSIE
Torch Sports Editor

Head Coach
Loops has been the head coach
of the LCC Titans for six seasons.

Page 8

The LCCTitans' Women's Basketball Team and
Head Coach Dave Loops are anxiously awaiting the
'91-'92 pre-season opener on Nov. 22.
Loops says he has high expectations for his team
this year, his sixth as head coach at LCC.
"This team has the potential to be one of the
strongest I've ever coached," says Loops. "We are
primarily a 'fast break' team. We're very high
octane."
This season, Loops will be leaning on sophomores Maryanne Graham, Nicole Bignotti, and

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Katy Carter as his key players.
"We have the key players, but the freshman will
provide much of the depth. Our team is pretty
balanced between the classes," says Loops.
According to Loops, freshman Summer Milburn
will play a vital role on the Titan team.
"As of right now, Summer will be our starting
point guard," Loops says. Milburn comes from
Boulder City, Nevada, where she was an All-State
basketball and volleyball player.
Loops says that Umpqua, Chemeketa, and LinnBenton Community Colleges will be tough as always. "But with our 'high octane' style of running
and pressure defense, I expect us to be right in the
thick of things."

Photos courtesy of Dan Welton

Kelli Stonelake

Assistant Coach
Stonelake played basketball the
last two years and is the all
time leading scorer for the Titans. This is her first year as a
coach.

OSPIRG wages hunger
and homelessness war
by TRACY BROOKS
Torch Associate Editor
It's Hunger and Homelessness Week at LCC.
Over 60,000 people worldwide will die each day this week and
every week of hunger and related diseases, claims Oxfam America,
a non-profit international agency that funds self-help development
and disaster relief around the world. Of these, 40,000 are children
under the age of five.
So what can people in Lane County do about it?
OSPIRG will seek to address the problem with the Hunger and
Homelessness Week, Tuesday, Nov.12 through Monday, Nov. 18,
and the Oxfam America fast, Thursday, Nov. 21.
"Every group can contribute to Hunger and Homelessness week,"
says Steve Haddad, Midwest and West Coast coordinator for the
National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness.
"Everyone should get involved."
Haddad visited the LCC campus last week to assist student
OSPIRG members in preparing for the Oxfam Hunger Fast, Thursday, Nov. 21.
Students generally have concerns, but aren't equipped to help
with a problem, he says. He assists them in translating these
concerns into effective action. This includes raising awareness,
media planning, and forming concrete ideas on how to tackle an
issue.
The goal of Hunger and Homelessness Week, he says, is to
educate and involve as many people and departments on campus as
possible.
As part of Hunger and Homelessness Week at LCC, Springfield
Mayor Bill Morrisette will speak out against hunger Monday, Nov.
18 at 11 a.m. in Administration 216.
OSPIRG members will be manning a table on campus Monday,
Nov. 18 through Wednesday, Nov. 20, to incorporate students in the
fast, which means giving up eating or a meal on Nov. 21 and
donating the money that would have been spent on food to Oxfam
America. According to Dalene Lovie, campus organizer for 0SPIRG, half of the money goes to Oxfam America to fight hunger on
a world-wide basis, while half goes to Food for Lane County,
fighting hunger closer to home.
People participating in the fast are invited to attend a banquet that
night at the Newman Catholic Center, which will include a simple
meal of beans and rice, says Lovie. Speakers will address the fasters,
also. The banquet will help "bring together" participants, says
Lovie, and bring more meaning to the event.
"You don't have to be a martyr," says Haddad, to help, or work
40 hours per week. Involving oneself in events like the Hunger Fast
are effective ways to help with the hunger problem, he says.
Students interested in helping fight hunger should contact
OSPIRG, in the basement of the Center building.

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ganization will replace Dierin-. ·teers and an uneducated recyger.
cling public.
OSPIRG and Dieringer would
"The survey OSPIRG did last
to get recycling institutionlike
year, I think, is horrendously
flawed," he says. ''They set out . alized on campus and to raise
containers to receive pop cans. awareness of its benefits. The
That doesn't mean those pop Board of Education should write
cans would have ended up in the a policy for recycling on campus, he says, claiming that the
dumpster."
University of Oregon is required
Dieringer believes LCC by state mandate to recycle all
should be more concerned with materials applicable. He also
other waste products such as says that waste management
glass, plastic, metals and wood. should become a vocational
He attributes the campus program at LCC.
"That's what community
recycling failure to several
causes, including lack of volun- . colleges are for," he says.

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• 40,000 people will die of
hunger-related causes daily.
Hunger and Homeless week
is Nov. 12-21. Here's how you
can participate:
• Donate to the canned food
and personal products drive.
• Come and listen to Patrick
Dodd, an advocate for the homeless, speak at 12:00 on Nov. 13
in P.E. 205.
• Fast for one day, on Nov.

Oxfam America is sponsoring
the Fast for a World Harvest.
• Break your fast at the Hunger Banquet on the evening of
Nov. 21.
For more information stop
by the OSPIRG table in the cafeteria or the OSPIRG office in
the basement of the Center building. New volunteers are always
welcome.
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Ballroom dance ·satisfies
craving for elegance

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by MICHELE WARREN
Torch Entertainment Editor

Mary Mason (left) and Jean Cambell rehearse

LCC student Mary Beth
Saffer says, "It's time to drop the
element of sweat and leather,
and exchange it for tails and
heels."
The Waltz, Fox Trot, Rumba,
~ and Swing-is taught in Nancy
~ Anderson's Beginning Ballroom
~ Dance. Anderson, who has a
~ master's degree in dance from
~ the U of 0, says there is a lot
a. more to ballroom dance than
a scene from "Hay Fever," opening Nov.15.
most people think.
"There is such a huge range
for all the dances," says Anderson. "Swing dance, for example,
has at least three versions."
"Ballroom dance is truly
Seifert calls it a "chestnut plat' - a play that is
multicultural. It has steps from a
timeless.
variety of ethnic backgrounds
"It's a comedy of manners. It pokes fun at upper
Latin Cha Cha, Scandinavian
bitting
as
it
describing
says,
crust society," Seifert
Polka-it's important to undersatire, farcical, brittle humor, critical brainlessness,
stand where the dance comes
and thoughtless society.
from.
"We really chose this play as a training vehicle
Craig Gerlach, an LCC stufor the acting program,'' Seifert admits, "to give
dent, is the only male of the
(performers) a chance at this type of comedy - a
seven enrolled. He says the class
comedy of wit."
offers a stress release from a
Included in the cast are Mark William Garner
hectic schedule.
portraying David Bliss, the novel-writing husband;
"People of all ages can come
and
maid;
outspoken
rather
the
as
Dei Olson,
together and meet on a common
Michael Montgomery Wilson, Angela Nurre,
ground," Gerlach says. "It's not
. Andrew Simpson and Jean Campbell portraying
hard to dance, I think anyone can
the weekend guests.
do it. Plus, it's a good way to
"Hay Fever" will run for two weekends Nov. 15woo women: all women like men
16, 22- 23 with additional performances on Nov.
that can dance."
20 and 21. Tickets are $7.50 adults; $5 students;
Anderson says she would
and $6 senior citizens. Tickets are available a the
to see a higher tum out next
love
and
books
Marketplace
office,
Ticket
Center
Hult
the LCC Box Office in the Performing Arts Build- term, especially more men, when
ing from noon to 4p.m. For more information call she is offering Ballroom I and II.
"Right now the women have
the LCC Box Office at 726-2202.
to pair off and take turns leading,"
says Anderson. ''The class can
help students gain confidence

Lunacy prevails in LCC performance
by LYNN REA
Torch Staff Writer
Beginning Friday Nov. 15, the LCC Performing
Arts Department will present "Hay Fever ,U a
classic comedy first produced in London in the
late 20's by British playwright Noel Coward. The
play is directed by LCCs Jerry Seifert.
The story takes place during a weekend in which
several guests are invited to the English country
estate of retired stage actress "Judith Bliss.''
Bliss, played by former LCC student Mary
Mason, cannot seem to forget her years in the
theater and "acts ouf'herdaily life. Her grown son
and daughter, played by LCC students Kerstin
Michael Gilg and Kara J. Stephens, on the surface
seem embarrassed by their mother's antics, become
quite theatrical themselves.
They all ignore the guests, love trysts are made
and broken, and general lunacy prevails.
Director Seifert says he chose to do this play
because it is one of Coward's most well-known.

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and build social poise.
Next term Anderson says if
enough people show an interest
in ballroom dance they can start
a club like they have at the U of

0.

"Ballroom dance is a fun,
social activity," Anderson says.
"Couples don't dance together
anymore, the ballroom can put
the sense of romance back into
dancing. There is a new craving
for elegance, to add gentility back
into the world."
Student Brenda Massey says,
"Some days I come to class depressed, but leave feeling happy.
We have a lot of fun learning the
different dances."
Anderson offers something
for everyone by using varied
music and teaching a wide range
of dances.
A Holiday Ball scheduled for
Dec. 6 through the Intermurals
Department will offer an opportunity for people to get dressed
up and come dance, even if they
don't know the dances, according to Anderson.
"There will be people at the
ball who are more than happy to
show others some of the steps,"
Anderson says. "It's not a competition, so a lot of learning can
go on in a friendly atmosphere."
Shirley Newell, a part-time
employee in the Admissions
Office, has taken the class three
times. She says each time she
learns something new, the class
also offers great exercise.
Anderson agrees. Some of the
dances can get the hean rate up.
Dancing the Cha Cha or Swing
for around three hours is equal
to an aerobic workout.

Students Craig Gerlach and
Lori Chapman receive instructions from Ballroom
Dance teacher Nancy Anderson.
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CHESS PLAYERS: Fri. 1-4 p.m., Main
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INTERNSHIPS-Legislative, public interest, law. political campaigns. Earn credit
See Steve Candee, CEN 435, Ext 2188.
BIBLESTUDY:Thursdays,HE 105, 1:15
to 2 p.m. Sponsored by Baptist Student
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EARN FREE SUMMER Mediterranean/
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TWO BEDROOMS, large kitchen, 2
blocks from UO; available Dec. (take over
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+$200 deposit. 485-3423.

LANDSCAPE WORK building trails in
LCC forest. Poison oak resistance helpful
747-4501, Joe, Ext. 2446.

WOMEN TO PLANT tulips. Pays well.
Contact Neil or Bob at 687-1869.

THE LANE ART STUDENT Gallery
at 5th Street Market invites students to
join our co-op. 726-2988.

LOOKING FOR TRUCK: prefer 6 cyl
Dodge or Ford, under $500. Rick, 4857987.

STUDENTS AGAINST Animal abuse is
meeting Wednesdays, 3 p.m., CEN 08. All
are welcome.

KIDS CLOTHES AND TOYS for
Christmas. Clothing Exchange, PE 301.
"Students Helping Students."

ALANON meeting Tue .• 12-12:50 p.m.,
IND TECH 201.

SEEN ANYBODY VANDALIZING cars
in the parking lot? Tell your story to Security. Victimized Student.

SCOOTERS

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meeting
Wed., 12-12:50 p.m., M & A 244.

GWM; WE SPOKE last year, interested
still?Leavemessageinthatbook-RAFWC.

YAMAHA Seca 650 Turbo. KIWI K20
helmet AM/FM cassette. $ 1000, O.B.O.
Pat, 484-0991.

VETERANS: Dave Schroeder at the Vets'
office, Thurs. 9-11 :45. a.m. Placement,
counseling, benefits, info.

CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS
meeting Wed., 12-12:50 p.m., M & A 250.
ALCOHOLICSANONYMOUSmeeting
. Fri., 12-12:50 p.m., M & A 244.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meeting
Mon., 12-12:50 p.m., M & A 244.
VETERANS: Looking for work? Federal
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FRIENDS, WAKE UP call - Peace is our
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BICYCLES

EXPERIENCE WHAT PEOPLE live
with. Fast with Oxfam, Nov. 21. Donations
needed.687-1877.

GIRL'S20" HUFFY.Goodcondition,$30
OBO. Connie, 726-2632.

OSPIRG - Education: the key to change.
Toxic public education meeting 3 p.m.
Mon., CEN basement.

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SERVICES
FREELUNCH:Thursdays,HE 105,noon
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WOMEN'S CLINIC HEALTH CARE:
Pap smears, birth control, pregnancy testing. Confidential. Student Health, Ext.
2665.

CALL TOM for all your typing & desktop
publishing needs. Resumes, rubber stamps.
683-8100.

COME CHECK OUf the Qothing Exchange PE 301. We have free clothes for
LCC Students.

FREE CLOTHING - at Oothing Exchange, PE 301. Also need donation of
storage units or dresser.

FLYING FINGERS TYPING. Fast, affordable, $1/page. No job is too small. Call
Melissa, 7 47-8595.

OSPIRG'SEUGENEBANKINGSurvey
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AUTOS

SNIFFLES; SNEEZES; WHEEZES;
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can help. CEN 127.

HA VE TERM PAPERS, resumes, reports, etc .. typed. Professional documents/
reasonably priced. Call Donna, 747-4501
Ext. 2379.

SPANISH TUTOR, native speaker, 6831468, Juan.

FREE LUNCH & BIBLE STUDY every
Wed. 12-1 p.m. M & A 252. Episcopal
Campus Ministry.

TRAVEL

SEIZED CARS, trucks, boats, 4-wheelers, rnotorhomes; by FBI, IRS, DEA.
Availableat your area now. Call (805) 6827555 Ext. C-5996.•
68 DODGE DART: ugly, but runs good,
$150.00. 686-0902.
318 DODGE MOTOR & transmission,
$300. Chevy short block, rebuilt & 3/4
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much TLC. Call 485-8476.
FREE TO STUDENTS: Siamese-type
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beautiful. 741-3681.

TRANSPORTATION
CARPOOL FROM Junction City or
Mon roe; will ride or drive, share gas. 847 5813.

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days before Tn~~~~91m~~ Here·s something for you to
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DENNIS STANKIE will do your hauling
& yardwork. Handyman; quality work;
references. 485-2444.
CLOTHING EXCHANGE needs donations of children's clothing & toys for
Christmas. "Students Helping Students".
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Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Greece. 17
days, $2464, before 3/13/92. Kathy, 3437819 _

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stereo, runs good, looks good. $3000 OBO.
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LCC KARATE CLUB meets Fridays,
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MATIONAL MEETING will be held Saturda.y, Nov. 2~ in PE 239~ 240 to discuss new
developments in child care at LCC. Anyone
with questions regarding the program are encoutage<i to attend therneetingfro~I0-J2f>.rn,.1
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