January 17, 1991

Eugene, Oregon

Vol. 27 No. 13

AuCoin seeks U.S. Senate seat

First District Congressman Les AuCoin addresses Steve Candee's
American Government class. Aucoin is giving up his seat to oppose Bob
Packwood for the U.S. Senate. First, though, he must challenge Harry
Lonsdale in the May primary election.

See related story page 2

Affirmative action director finds niche
by LYNN REA
Torch Lead Writer
LCC's recently appointed Affirmative Action Director, Donna
Albro, has found her niche. Now
she just needs to find an office.
Albro, whostartedworkMonday, is temporarily sharing office
space in the library.
Albro says her first impressions
of LCC were very positive.
"There's something about the
environment, nobody ever leaves
here!" Albro laughingly says.
Her immediate plans include
learning "who's who" on campus,
and familiarizing herself with
LCC's 1978 Affirmative Action
plan.
Albro says she wants to see
what has occurred in the past and
develop a "vision for the future."
"I have to create an affirmative
action plan that reflects Lane."
Albro says in the future, affirmative action at LCC will be a
collaborative/cooperative effort
between herself and LCC's Diversity Task Force. The Diversity
Task Force is made upof students,
faculty and community members
appointed by LCC President Jerry
Moskus.
"In a sense almost everybody
in the Lane community will have

an impact,justone person doesn't
do it," says Albro.
One topic Albro says will be
discussed, is how LCC views itself in terms of providing access
to all different kinds of people.
Moskus says in the past there
were many affirmative action
questions that went unanswered.

Photo by Dana Krizan

New Director Donna Albro

"We have a lot of people that
are committed to affirmative action. But we weren'tmakingmuch
progress--despite all these
people," said Moskus "Because
the 'how-to' was missing."

"I know Donna will bring the
'how-to' with her."
Moskus describes new Affirmative Action director as having
a lot of responsibilities.
"They go wherever there is a
problem and try and deal with it."
Albro says she is available to
both students and faculty, but says
it is too soon to tell where the
largest need will be.
"A lot of the things that tend to
happen in affirmative action are
cyclical," Albro says it depends
on student and faculty needs and
what is going on.
Albro applied for the position
after reading of the opening in a
trade publication. Prior to her LCC
appointtnent, she held a teaching
position in the Social Science Departtnent at Alvemo College in
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Albro draws on her experience
as an Affinnative Action officer
at Humboldt State University from
88 '-89' and Clarion University in
Clarion Pennsylvania 85 '-88 '.
She holds a BA in political
science and earned a law degree
from Syracuse University in New
York.
Albro will be formally introduced to the faculty during an
LCC all staff meeting Mon. Jan
20th, in which she will hold a
small workshop.

Campus packed full
Enrollment up 17% from last year

by KIM CHALLIS-ROTH
Torch Lead Writer
Was the writing class you needed already full when you registered?
Finding it difficult to park for morning class? No where to sit
when you go to the the cafeteria?
Welcome to winter term at LCC where enrollment is up 800
students over last year at this time.
A head count taken on Jan. 11 says there are 9,057 students
enrolled in credit classes this term --4,635 full-time and 4,422 parttime.
Bob Marshall, vice president of Student Services at LCC, says
there are two reasons the numbers are up.
"The increase is not coming from high schools. We are dealing
with quite a few returning students who find the cut programs and
high tuitions at the four year schools to be inaccessible."
Many universities now require an Oregon transfer degree from
community colleges, and more students are coming to Lane to fulfill
prerequisites.
Jim Ellison, vice president of Instruction at LCC, says while an
average growth per term at a community college is approximately
six percent, the enrollment at Lane is currently up 17 percent. Linn
Benton Community College in Albany and other community
colleges are also experiencing higher attendance numbers.
Ellison says "With enrollment down at the four year schools,
students have to have somewhere to go so they come back to your
good 'ole community college."
The increase in student numbers caused scheduling problems for
many. Classes in writing, literature and foreign languages were full
by the first few days of registration. Many social science and
science classes were also in demand.
Jennifer Burton, a science major at Lane, found frustration with
the increase of fellow students.
"By the time I registered for classes everything was full and I had
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FALL TERM·, 1991 PRESIDENT S LIST
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Congratulations-to the following students for earning a 4.00 GPA for 12 or more graded credtts.

Malciko M. I. Abe
Michael T. Acord
Brook W. Adams
Patricia P. Adkins
Randall L. Ahrens
Anthony A. Aitken
Saleh Yahya Al Qahtani
Kathleen Albrethsen
Matthew W. Allen
Nancy E. Allen
Aaron D. Andre
Jill 0. Andrews
William A. Andrews
Surianti Angkasa
Michael J. Arras
Christopher A. Arrell
Ka Yee Carrie Au Yeung
Margaret Augustine
Karrie A. Badgley
Pamela J. Babies
Michelle A. Bailey
Kevin S. Baker
Ryan J. Baker
Amy E. Barber
Victoria J. Barker
Daryl M. Barnes
Gary M. Barnett
Eugene L. Baron
Debra E. Bauer
Terry R. Bauman
Carol E. Beeson
Veronica J. Bekker
Thomas E. Benbrooks
Natasha M. Berestoff
Tamara Bergmann
Tracy D. Bettger
Kathleen M. Bevan
Jeanne E. Beveridge
Edward P. Bilinowich
Steven M. Bilinski
Cheri L. Black
Heidi Blair Mc Carty
Shelly A. Blair
Stanly J. Blanck
Erica L. Boehland
Bryon L. Bonner
Kimberly A. Bosco
Beth Bostrom
Jerry L. Bowman
David 8 . Bradly
Diana L. Breeden
Diana L. Brottlund
Steven M. Brown
Michelle R. Brundage
Fredrick L. Butcher
Peggy E. Buck
Bonita E. Burson
Randy P. Byers
Joshua Cardwell
Oct.avio L. Carrillo
Carola L. Cassidy
Kimberlee J. Challis Roth
Jessica D. Chanay
Andrea Chapman
Jennifer B. Cherubini
Marilyn M. Chew
Carol A. Oark
Paul D. Clark
Linda S. Clements

Brenda J. Oeveland
Brian Oowers
Michael Coady
David S. Cohen
Michael K. Coleman
Kirn Combs
Janice L. Cooney
Annette D. Cordle
Laura E. C.renshaw
David E. Cromwell
Carol Crook
John P. Cross
Stewart E. Cross
Clinton J. Cruthers
Rodger L. Cummings
Michelle R. Cummins
Brian T. Cushing
Steve A. David
Donna M. Davis
La Vonne Davis
Laurel R. Davis
Sita M. Davis
Sheldon R. Dealy
Laura G. Dicus
Dennis J. Dolan
Carry Lee C. Dolinger
Joe K. Donald
Petra C. Doring
Marti J. Dorsey
Chad C. Dougherty
Stephen C. Downey
Laura V. Dresser
Harvey J. Duckor
Lester Y. Duncan
Mindie F. Eberhart
Deborah Ebnor
Mary L. Edwards
Harvey R. Epperson
James W. Evans
Lynn A. Fetherstonhaugh
James R. Fewell, Jr
Heidi E. Finseth
John W. Fisher
Vicki S. Fisher
Lori Ann Fletcher
Andrew M. Foelker
Kelly A. Follis
James R. Foster, Jr
Robert J. Frank
Judith A. Freeman
Steve E. French
Alan A. Freytag
Brenda M. Frost
Paul F. Fults
Maureen M. Gallant
Marleen Gallen
Carol Gardner
Jeffery A. Gardner
Rachel E. Garger
Gerry R. Getty
Andre D. Gianuzzi
Adele M. Glover
Joan C. Gogal
Arturo Gonzalez
Fran I. Goode
Carmon E. Gretzon
Dahcota Whip Hagen
Ryan S. Haldane
Nikki G. Hale

Deborah S. Halbach
Cheryl S. Hallet
Cheryl L Hamilton
Gaty S. Hanamoto
Kiyomoto Hanashiro
Nancy A. Hargiss
James W. Harrington
Henry D. Harris
Jeny L. Harrison
John W. Hartwell
Cynthia A. Harvey
Tanaga Hasjim
Gregory S. Hawley
Katherine M. Heii:er
Jamie Sue Heman
Teny L. Hicks
Daniel L Hise
Minh Thanh Hoang
Travis M. Hoffman
Darwin E. Holbrook, Jr
Bradley C. Holmes
Terrence W. Hooker
John K. Horsbnan
James B. House, Jr
Mark L. Howe
Michael A. Hughes
Sonya M. Humphrey
D. Reese Hutcheson
Michael S. Hutchesen
William C. Idell
Megumi Inoue
Dena M. James
Grant G. James
Arda M. Jennings
Glenn E. Johnson
Susan Lyn Johnson
Vincey D. Johnson
Scott Johnston
Mark A. Jones
James J. Joy
Lorraine Kadlec
Naoka Kanaga
Alice D. Kanters
Kevin K. Kafes
Caley L. Kehn
Judith A. Kehoe
Michael R. Kelly
Janet L. Kenna
Heather Kent
Richard A. Kernutt
Ong Kar K Khalsa
Yuichia Kishida
Martin T. Klien
Colin D. Kofoid
Yujiro Konagawa
Deborah A. Kovak
Scott E. Krane
Daren L. Kromarek
Rachel P. Kuehl
Jason Z. Kuttner
Julie R. Lambert
Crea W. Lancaster
Marcee J. Lang
Thomas A. Langdon
David J. Lauch
Graham A. Lawrence
Steve M. Lemmon
Michelle J. Lener
Keith M. Leopard

Amy E. Lineburg
Jason L Linscott
Brian D. Little
Carl Loeffler
Mathew D. Longtin
Ritchard M. Lorenzo
Nathalie L Lucas
Timothy J. Lunde
Charles L. Luttrell
Garth E. Lyons
Wilma R. Machin
Akiko Maeda
Twyla A. Manley
Auropuja Markus
Nilauro Markus
Dora E. Marroquin
Karlene A. Martin
Noah E. Martin
Stacey C. Massey
Linda D. Masters
Yutaka Matsuzaki
Alicia A. Rooke
Taresa L. Rooke
Edwin E. Rust
Keith A. Rutz, Jr.
Gaty F. Saindon
Mary C. Sayles
Trisha K. Schmidt
Connie A. Scofield
Ira D. Self
Bobbie J. Severance
Sherry L. Shaeffer
R. Maxwell Shepherd
Dennis R. Sheridan
Mikael D. Shields
Takashi Shinohara
Robert Siembida
Patrick C. Simms
Pat A. Simon
Roxanne T. Simpson
Jeff A. Sindt
Dianna C. Skelly
Thomas R. Slyter
James M. Smith
Shaw C. Smith
Donna L. Solar
Lisa D. Soverns
Donna L. Sower
William L. Spencer
James A. Spinder
Diane K. Sprick
Susan A. Stainbrook
Pamela J. Stevens
Charlie Stinson
Susan L. Strehl
Janet M. Striano
Sherry D. Suchanek
Anthony D. Suire
Ronald Swanson
David B. Swift
Joy W. Szmania
Theresa A. Tackman
Diana L. Tentinger
Cynthia L. Terry
Kenneth R. Thayer
Berl W. Thomas
Paul D. Thomas
Nancy J. Thornton
Paul A. Tiller

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Kenneth A. Tomberlin
Christina M. Tracy
Steven Tristano
Victoria L. Turner
Jan H. G. Vandewiele
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Chris Von Delius
RotyB. Wade
Roger C. Wadkins
David L. Wafford
Melissa J. Walker
Philip E. Walker
Monica J. Walton
Robin L. Walton
John A. Ward
Brandon W. Warren
Brenda D. Waske
Robert A. Watson
Dean A. Weathers
Marla J. Weber
Jeremy D. Westover ·
Linda J. Whitaker
Durel T. Wiley
Dawn D. Wilkens
Amy M. Williamson
Brad R. Willis
Gweneth E. Wills
Gaty L. Wilson
Joanne M. Wimpy
Ronald W. McAdams
Kresten A. McCallum
Hugh E. McCauley
Keith D. McCormack
Peg N. McCuaig
Katherine M. McHugh
Lorri L. McIntyre
Shaun C. Merchant
Christine R. Mihloew
Tina M. Miller
Thomas M. Mohr
Margarita G. Molina
Richard A. Melloy
Cheryl L. Moodie
Fay Irene Moore
Mark A. Moran
Leslie L. Morene
Dave R. Moritz
Lynn W. Mulligan
Karen I. Myers
Ayumi Nagata
Dennis T. Nagel
Joletta I. Nations
Randy E. Nelson
Robert Newhall
Jeffree A. Nice
Justin D. Nicklous
Jeffery R. Nuckolls
Yoshihiro Ogino
Roxie D. Olivera
Roberto C. Ornelas
Yoko Osaka
Lisette A. Parker
Diann M. Parks
Philip A. Parks
Sherry S. Paulson
Kristin C. Pavlish
Corey S. Pearson
Bradley W. Perkins
Jody L. Perkins
Robin J. Perry
Robyn M. Pester

Tom R. Peters
Ryan C. Petersen
Scott M. Petersen
Guy G. Peterson
Martha L Peterson
Joe D. Phares
June E. Poole
Michelle M. Powell
William L. Price
Eileen M. Purcell
Sonya R. Pusch
Elizabeth E. Putnam
Marvin G. Putnam
Diana L. Quick
Jeff S. Ramsey
C. Shannon Rardin
Roger R. Raven
Maria B. Reader
Janice L. Reed
Sara K. Reed
William D. Reeder
Jessica R. Reicher
Daryl W. Reister, Jr.
Teresa L. Rhay
Robert L. Rice
Oayton L. Richardson
Katrin Ridge
Nancy L. Ridings
Alisa R. Riel
Elihu H. Roberts
Donna M. Robinson
John P. Rodewald
Katheryn D. Rodriguez
Michael E. Ronczyk
Steven Tristano
Victoria L. Turner
Jan H. G. Vandewiele
Maria Vogelpohl
Chris Von Delius
RoryB. Wade
Roger C. Wadkins
David L. Wafford
Melissa J. Walker
Philip E. Walker
Monica J. Walton
Robin L. Walton
John A. Ward
Brandon W. Warren
Brenda D. Waske
Robert A. Watson
Dean A. Weathers
Marla J. Weber
Jeremy D. Westover
Linda J. Whitaker
Durel T. Wiley
Dawn D. Wilkens
Amy M. Williamson
Brad R. Willis
Gweneth E. Wills
Gary L. Wilson
Joanne M. Wimpy
I. Kay Wing
William C. Wollen
Kwok Keung Wong
Lorie L. Wood
Janna L. Woods
Christopher R. Woodward
Misako Yamaguchi
Heather E. Young
Michael K. S. Zimmerman

AuCoin hopeful of
a Lonsdale defeat
by TRACY BROOKS
Torch Associate Editor

"I don't like the direction the
country is going," states First District ·congressman Les Aucoin,
who is giving up a stable congressional seat in Northwest Oregon
to run against incumbent Bob
Packwood for his seat in the US.
Senate. First, though, he will
challenge Harry Lonsdale in the
democratic primary in May.
The congressman made an
appearance in Steve Candee's
American Government class Friday, Jan. 10, touching on several
points of personal contention, including the transfer of wealth from
domestic coffers to military expenditures, and from the poor and
middle-class to the wealthy.
"That's Robin Hood in reverse," he said.
In 1980, he said, Pres. Ronald

Reagan proposed a tax reduction
while at the same time increasing
military spending. In tum, he was
going to "balance the budget" by
1984.
"What a wonderful dream that
was," said Aucoin.
Another Reagan failure, he
said, was Star Wars, an anti-satellite weapons idea that took billions of dollars in testing alone.
"Whydon'twesay 'no' to Star
Wars and invest that money at
home?"
Aucoin criticized Packwood
for his stand on space exploration.
Going to Mars, he said, is a fascinating, wonderful thought, but
"It's not necessary."
"Earth to Bob, Earth to Bob,"
he called, rolling his eyes skyward. "Our priorities aren't up
there."
Turn to Au Coin, page 4

Instructors Offer·so'lutions to,disintegrating 'Union

by ERIC WALSTROM
Torch Staff Writer

Joe Kremers, political science
instructor, and Jerome Garger,
writing, literature, and Peace and
Conflict instructor, have an idea
what might happen this year in the

Commonwealth of the Independent States -- the "old" Soviet
Union.
Kremers, who just returned
fromRussiaandSiberia, says that
the states are in economic chaos.
The disintigrating union, with its
inflation and food shortages is in

Photo by Cate Johnson

Political science instructor Joe Kremers is optimistic about
th~ future of the emerging Commonwealth.

the worst part of the economic
,·'storm."
The first steps to stop the decline is ~o get food and fuel to the
Russians, says Kremers. "Right
now, the currency is in a free- fall
or what economists call hyperinflation," caused by the value of
the currency falling at a high rate.
Kremers adds, "The production
and distribution of food have also
reached a crisis."
There is an extensive decline
at all levels of the economy, he
repeats. The production levels of
most products within the country
fell 10 to 20 percent in 1991. This
is a large drop in the productive
capacity for the Russians, says
Kremers.
Russian and the other former
Soviet states are running huge
deficits every year, spending more
than they yield. The government
is printing money as fast as it can .
Friends of Kremers in Russia
said tlieprintingpressesformoney
have been running 24 hours a day
in order to stay with the demand.
"This happens when the government lets the price of products
loose, and suddenly everything

En roll ment _co_nt_inu_ed_f_ro_m__pa__ge_l_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
to totally adjust my schedule. I was desperate to get
into a chemistry class that I need for a transfer
degree. I went to class and there were 50 people
there but only 24 spots available!"
Burton says a committee of students talked to
Science Department chair Tom Wayne about the
possibility of adding a class but were told it couldn't
be done this late in the game. Wayne did say the
department will offer the class next term.
Bob Marshall says the problem has to do with

space and not faculty numbers.
"We just don't have the classroom sizes we need
to accommcxlate more students."
Marshall says that even though the campus is
crowded, the average class size at Lane is still at
about 20 students. He says next term new classes
will only be added to the late afternoon and evening
schedules but not between the busy 9 :00 a.m.
through 2:00 p.m. period.

costs 3, 4, or 10 times more than it
didyesterday,"heexplains. "Then
everybody needs more money."

The fundamental structure of
the economy has crumbled. But
Russian President Yeltsin and his
leaders are moving to aresst the
free-fall and restore confidence in
the economy, he says.
Kremers states, Yeltsinandhis
leaders are freeing price lists, but
regulating some of the basic food
prices. This will bring more supplies into the country. If supplies
begin to come in, from within the
country and from abroad, then the
panic will die down and the inflation of the ruble will decrease.
"This would be essential," says
Kremers, "for the ruble would
stop falling.
Kremer's optimistic predictions within the next six months:
•There will be some order
within the states.
•The ruble will stop falling.
•Civil unrest will be resolved,
with the exception of the struggle
in the Republic of Georgia..

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Martin Luther King's Birthday, No School
"The Dream Lives on Jubilee" at the Hult
With Reverend Shuttlesworth at 7:30 p.m.
Alcohol and Drug Education Program
Science 111, 1-1:50 p.m.

Tuesday, January 21st
Nolan Butler and Maya Thomas
Blue Door Theatre (LCC) 2 p.m .
Ongoing Recovery Group meeting
Science 111 1-1:.SOp.m .

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Inspirational Sounds
Noon music in the cafeteria
Paulette Ansari (storyteller)
2 p.m. Blue Door Theatre (LCC)

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•Distribution and production
levels will be up to original capacity.
•Russia will have to stop printing money.
•Food supplies will increase,
•Wages will be under control
and allowed to rise some, but not
as fast as prices.
Garger says:
•The ideological trench warfare (Cold War) between capitalism and communism is over.
•The United States (U.S.)
should support the political
choices and aspirations of the individual republics and their rights
of self-determination.
• The U. S. must recognize the
danger of the border disputes between the states.
•Garger believes, however, that
there will be massive dislocation
before the distribution system
works.
Garger believes that the United
States should give aid to the Russians, but the government should
be careful how and what kind of
aid they give.

Thursday, January 23rd

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Donation tenders new
teaching opportunities
LCC Welding Department
accepts needed gift

by KELLEY EGRE
Torch Managing Editor
Due to changes in its product line, Eugene Welders Supply has
donated over $176,CXX>worthofmachineparts, tools, and consumable
materials to the LCC welding program.
Welding Instructor Mark Huntington, because the donation includes consumable materials which the program couldn't previously
afford, says LCC instructors can now teach welding processes they
were unable to before.
"The parts we received will also enable us to fix machines,
something that we don't have the money to pay for," says Huntington.
"Before, we were robbing the dead to keep the dying going."
"We've done business in Eugene for about 45 years, so some of the
items have either become obsolete or their product line has changed,"
says Bob Laing, vice president of Eugene Welders Supply. "Now
we 're in an expansionary period and this donation gives us an opportunity to make room for new products."
According to Laing, LCC's technical program produces a majority
of Eugene's welding workforce.
"Since we are one of Eugene's main suppliers of welding products,
it is in our best interest to get the good graces of LCC behind us," says
Laing.
So far, the donation has stocked three of the Welding Department
rooms with everything from wire rolls to machine parts to dust masks.
"We haven't even received everything yet," Huntington says.
According to Huntington, he is unsure as to what or how much the
welding program has received from the supply company. He says they
still have over 80 pages of inventory lists to go over.

Where is it?
The first person to correctly identify the location of where this photo was taken on LCC's
main campus will win a free subscription of the Torch. Please bring your responses into
the Torch office, 205 Center Building.

Jobs offer student training

Graphic Scientific
Calculator

by SONJA TAYLOR
Torch Staff Writer

• 8 - line by 16 character display
• 13 calculating digits
• AOS entry system • 177 functions
• 5 memories• 8 Math, trig., scientific,
statistical and calculus functions
• Fractions •Physical constants
• Metric conversions• ENG/SCI notation
• AOS logic • Polar rectangular

ASLCC is accepting applications for the position
of senator as well as for the jobs of ASLCC Cultural
Director and Communications Director. The applications are available in the Center Building, Room

479.

Cultural or communication directors each receive a 12-credit tuition waiver and $75 a month.
Senators receive a three-credit tuition waiver. Students receiving the 12 credit waiver must be enrolled
at LCC full time.
According to ASLCC Senator Shane Rhodes, the
position of senator is one of training.
"You are only required to attend the meetings and
vote," he says, "although you may join commitees
and become as involved as you like. For example, I
put together the smoking survey earlier this year."
He says the cultural director's job is to book

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• Decimal/Octal/Hex conversions
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"This is a great thing forus," says Huntington. "Most of the products
we have received are things we couldn't have purchased before due to
a lack of funds. Things have sudden! y become a lot easier."

The communications director, explains Rhodes,
is to publicize the events that ASLCC puts together,
primarily cultural events. One example of the communications director's responsibilities is the campus
calendar.
"When people apply, they don't have to apply for
just one thing," he adds, explaining, "A student
applying for cultural director could also apply for a
position as a senator."
There are nine LCC student senators and one
senator from the High School Completion program.
According to Rhodes, the job of senator is the one
that opens up the most often.
"Our main point that we want to get across," says
Rhodes, "is that positions are open and we want a lot
of students to apply."

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Rather, he said, the government should invest in more important expenditures, such as
health care and education.
"Why can't we invest in a
system that says, 'You're
Americans?"'
The health care delivery system needs to serve Americans,
rather than the providers and the
insurance companies, he maintained.
"I run for the senate because of
these priorities," he said.
One student questioned what

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bands and speakers, and interact departments on
campus to put together events such as the upcoming
MLK celebration.

would happen to military personnel left without jobs in the
military spending reduction
Aucoin seeks.
"We have to have an economic
strategy," he said. He says he
would like to see the economy
expand in ways other than through
the military to create family wage
jobs. This will accommodate
military personnel and others
needing jobs.
He said he found it hard to
believe that President Bush ~ould
make this happen while standing

in the middle of a Toys "R" Us
store in Japan.
Another student questioned the
purpose of CIA involvement in El
Salvador and the appointment of
Robert Gates as CIA Director.
"This is a sorry chapter" in
American politics, said Aucoin,
with the U.S. "thinking the KGB
was hiding behind every bush.• ,
He criticized the Senate appointmentofGates, as well, and said, "I
think we've got a mushball Senate. We need some high impact
people."

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Production Mgr: Jeanette Nadeau
A & E Editor: Michelle Warren

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Managing Editor: Kelley Egre

Photo Editor: Dana Krizan
Sports Editor: Robert Catalano

Conferences, fact-finding missions stiffle LTD opportunities

Anyone who has tried to find a parking space at 10
a.m. here at LCC close enough to the campus without
having to pack a lunch for the long trek may be
wondering if anything can be done to alleviate the
problem.
LCC has increased available parking space significantly over the past three years but the number of
automobiles on campus seems to be increasing at a
faster rate than the federal deficit.
One possible avenue of relief is for student government to promote increased ridership on Lane
Transit District (LTD). But the term bus pass now
costs $46, or $1.50 for a daily round trip, and frankly
for some people it really is cheaper to drive, considering the time savings the personal auto offers in
opposition to a long bus ride.
What can student government do? Anything would
be better than what they are doing now - which is
next to nothing.

conferences without knowing what it is they are
trying to discover.

In November 1991, then-ASLCC Communications Director Seth Craig cried wolf in an interview
with the Torch concerning the possibilities of acquiring a bus pass for LCC students similar to the one
enjoyed by those attending the University of Oregon.
He told us he found LTD's bargaining ethics were
"not very respectable." (Craig claimed LTD offered
a $6 per term per student pass, but the company later
reneged on the deal).

If ASLCC really has the will to solve the problems
of its constituency, which to date doesn't seem to be
a priority, they have to travel no farther than the
farthest reaches of the campus parking lots.
In response to the indifference of the ASLCC
officers, a group of Lane students recently addressed
the LTD Board in an attempt to acquire a reduced fare
pass which would offer enough savings to encourage
LCC students to ride the bus to school. A decision by
LTD is pending.
It seems to be a sad state of affairs when students
not affiliated with student government, and thus not
recipients of the perks afforded to student government leaders, have to take it upon themselves to do
the job these paid officials refuse to accept responsibility for.

In May, 1991, Craig told outraged students a
"special election" would be held the following September to decide the issue once and for all. No
election on the issue has been held to date.
The current ASLCC administration has not even
both'-'red to drag its feet, as did its predecessors they ba:ely acknowledge the issue exists. It's almost
as if LCL '~ student government is a rudderless ship
drifting thre, ·1gh a sea of fact-finding missions and

Question of the week: Why do you think people discriminate on basis of race?

Dan Slovic-Film

"Well, on basis of race, I think that's
one part of it, people will discriminate
because they need to hate somebody,
you know, you hate the Jews, you hate
the Fags, you hate the Niggers, you
hate Women, and it kind of seems that
people are going to always find somebody. They don't feel comfortable with
themselves, and they don't feel comfortable around certain types of other
people . . . so they cover up their
insecurities with hatred."

Jeff Stephens-Auto Body
"Because of lack of education maybe,
or they come from an area where they
didn't have any minorities."

Chris Anderson-Nursing
"I think a lot of it has to do with
tradition and the way they were raised,
and I don'traisemy children to be racial
or anything like that, but it's been there,
for years and years and years, and it's
going to take a lot of years and years
and years, if ever, to overcome these
problems that we have."

Interviews by Erin Sutton

Vicki Cooper-Biology
"I think it's human nature, I think that

people arejustethnocentristic, probably
has a lot to do with personal self-esteem,
people in order to make themselves
feel better, need to look down on somebody else, it would be a feeling of
superiority."

Becky LaFon-M.O.A.
"My children don't know the difference between black and white, they
don't know the colors of black and
white as far as people are concerned,
eventually they will because it's in the
school systems, it's everywhere. There
are so many discriminative people out
there that it eventually gets around to
the children that aren't, it's too bad."

Photos by Erin Naillon

Fibricator searches for mythical youth fountain

I said, "Cyrel, that is about the dwnbest plan I have heanl in
all of my five and a half years. Yoor move."
We were playing checkers.
Cyrel regarded me with that look that says, ''you JX)Of
It seems that more and more these days a fellow can't get his ignmmt dork," and gave a sigh and jwnped three of my men.
"King me," said Cyrel
story told unless the tale is exaggernted to the point of being
"Hey! Youcheated!"
completely ridiculous.
"YOU sre?" said Cyrel, ''YOU 're already showing signs of
I find this comforting in a way.
for your fellow man. That's a sure symptom of one
distrust
I was in my day a great ''fibricatcr." Most kids would spend
growing up."
you're
thing;
hours of preparation before "show and tell," while I usually
turned six so I figured he knew a lot more
already
had
Cyrel
in
strategy
tell"
and
up
exercise.ct a little known ~tic, a "show
which I wouldlettheeventcompletely slip my mind, until the last aboot getting old than I did I crowned his checker and let him
minute when I would lauoch into an oratory spawned of sheer believe he beat me fair and square. Victory was his in a huny
and we were soon making a list of the camping gear we would
panic! I mean genius!
Mrs. Agyokewouldcall my name and I would justreoch into need on our search for eternal youth.
Boy' sJungle was an oasis of tangled greenery in a grove of
my pocket and pull out the first "thing-ama-jig-ama-du-hicky"
deciduous treesoo the~corneroftown. Once you were
collected, and talk about it until I could spin no more lies.
I told stmesofepic adventures in which Cyreland I would be insireitandcouldnolongerseetheroad,Boy'sJunglecovered
sweptaloog by flash floods, hurled from thousands of feet in the some 40,<XX> square miles of uncharted territory where diIXr
airtothebottomofthewaterfall,andsmashedontherocksbelow. saurs roamed free and warring tribes on bicycles would build
This always hurt a little and a couple of times we even had ceremonial fires to the marshmallow and wiener goos.
Cyrel and I were of course swept away by a flash flood,
~to prove it Somehow tlx>ugh, wealwaysfoundthestrength
kidnapped by hea:l hunters, staked to an anthill, resctro by
topushoo.
I'll never fcxget the time Cyrel got the notion that he and I pirates and forced at sword point to help find a buried treasure.
It is doubtful we would have~ with our lives had it net
should set out to find the Fountain of Youth.

On the Right Hemisplere
by CHUCKAR BACON

been foc the moo whistle.
We put the pirates on ''pwse" and went home for lunch.
It was I who octually male the dcwvery. In the refrigerator
thae was a gallon jar of sun brewed tea One glas.s with a
rea,xx>11 of sugar did the trick for me.
I was instantly young again!
Cyrel showed up an hour later with a big grin on his face. It
was the sort of grin weasels get when they know they can open
the cage.
He came in the tack door all brimming with new insight,
realy to explode wlless he could at once awe me with his
wisdom.
Cyrel saw me sitting there with an empty gallon jar and
stopped dead in his dance. I watched his Slllfflor COlllltenance
fall as I swallowed the lastgulp ofyouth potion,soondedamanly
belch, and smiled with satisfactioo.
"It's the tea," said Cyrel, "isn't it"
Inodded.
"My mom made some too," he said, like he wanted some
credit
I hiccuped.
"Wanna play checkers?" Cyrel asked.
We played a game and I "whupt" him good. Then a
~raft landed in the front yard and we had to real with that
Anyway, that's why I brought this jar to ~hool.

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Minimum wage really sucks
Bourgeois must learn lesson
My old friends Skip and Muffy Layterdase called
me from California to ask my advice on how to find
and keep good employees for their retail business.
"What seems to be the problem?," I asked.
"Well,° Skip said, "Halfof the people who apply
for jobs are barely literate, and the other half can,t
speak decent English."
"You mean you ,ve had a lot of immigrants
applying.,,
"Hell no," said an exasperated Skip. 'Tm talking about
good old American white
people.',
Muffy, who,d been listening
on their extension, said, "It seems
their favorite expressions are,
'Huh/ and '!dunno., The other
day, I swear, I was interviewing
this girl and when I asked her if
she had any retail experience,
she said not since she'd played that donkey game as
a kid."
"Then when you hire someone who can do the
jobt Skip added "They quit after three or four
months because they claim they can't live on what
we pay them."
"What is your salary scale?,° I asked.
"We pay them minimum wage to start," said
Muffy.
"When do you give them raises?"
"Well, if they're really good, we put them on
salary, so we can get more hours out of them without
paying overtime," she replied.
"How much money for how many hours?"
"Well, we don't work them more than fifty hours
a week, and we give them $30 more," Skip answered.
"You mean," I asked, "You make them work for
three dollars an hour for extra time they would be
working at time-and-a-half if they were being paid
hourly?"
"Sure," Skip replied. "They're guaranteed fulltime hours with us. Anyone else would hire them as
full time employees and only schedule them for 31
hours in order to keep from paying full-time days
off, sick leave, and other benefits."
"What kind of benefits do you give your employees?"
"We give them a job," said Skip. "What more

could they want?"
"Well to start," I said, "Some companies provide
a health plan, paid holidays, maternity leave, discount employee purchases and perfonnance bonuses."
"Most of the people we hire are in their 20s so, we
don't need a health plan," said Skip. "And we 're not
open on holidays, so what's the use of paying our
employees if we don't work either?"
"Why should we provide maternity leave?,"
Muffy asked. "If they wanted a job, they shouldn't
have gotten pregnant."
"Our profit margin is so small," said
Another Side Skip. "We can't offer discounts and
of the Truth
bonuses. Last year,
we could only afford
Robert
one new car (and we
Catalano
leased that), and two
vacations (which we
wrote off as business
expenses). And even then we had to cash in a CD to
pay for season tickets to Dodger games."
I let their indignation die down a little bit before
I continued.
"I think I see your problem," I said. "How about
these suggestions?.
Muffy said, "We 're willing to try just about
anything."
"First of all, try raising the wages of your employees (just a little) and setting up some sort of management pecking order, as well as regular pay increases.
This will give goals to shoot for and an incentive to
work harder for pay increases and promotions."
I went on. "You should also look into a health
plan and set up some form of sick and family illness
leave program. Another good idea is to have sales
contests among your employees where the prizes are
gift certificates for your merchandise."
"Won't this cost a lot?," Skip asked.
"No more than it costs you to keep hiring and
training new employees every few weeks. You '11
save your time, your money, and a lot of frustration
and stress."
"Thanks a lot," Muffy said. "I feel better already."
"Just out of curiosity," I asked. "When did you
learn to manage?"
"Back when we were into threesomes," said
Skip.

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Presidents' word
remains unmet
To the Editor:
Having attended LCC for the
last three years in pursuit of a
transfer degree, I have seen three
different ASLCC presidents and
cabinets. From Andy Harris to
Michael Omogrosso to Ernie
Woodland, rve been here watching and waiting.
Each year, a promise was made
to students to negotiate a workable
group bus pass with LTD. Unfortunately, these promises were
never kept. No small surprise.
Each administration had its own
excuse as to why a LCC-LTD bus
pass could not become reality.
Lastyear,forexample, the cost
was too high for consideration on
the spring ballot. At least that's
what Omogrosso said. The cost
was high ($10), but the real reason
was back-door politicking. The
ASLCC decided such a "high"
cost would jeopardize passage of
the all important child-care package.
This year, student government
has not even tried to negotiate
with LTD. It seems the 1991-92
ASLCC officers are much more
concerned with attending USSA
conferences abroad (at student
expense) and other inconsequential if not totally worthless workshops. Instead ofdealing with local
issues important to LCC students,
the student government has once
again dropped the ball on a bus
pass, much like President Bush's
tendency to go international instead of staying domestic.
In the Nov. 15 issue of the
Torch, LTD Manager Ed
Bergeron tells us an appeal to the
LTD Board is the only way to get
a reduction on a group pass. Unfortunately, he says, the LCC
student government "never
showed up." Another great surprise!
Well, now that I've transferred

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to the U of 0, I have a bus pass,
just like every other Uof O student.
I feel sorry for the poor saps at
Lane who continue to pay student
fees that do nothing but send
ASLCC officers around the
country.
Bret C. Jones

Board blows off

smoking issue
To the Editor:

I continue to be astounded
and appalled by the lack of action on the part of the Board of
Education in regards to "the
smoking issue." It is hard for me
to believe that as a student at this
institution I must attend countless meetings in order to "lobby"
for something as basic as the
quality of the air I breathe while
in the classroom.
After watching the decision
on whether to make Lane an
indoor smoke-free campus be
tabled for two months by the
board, I could not believe that I
and my fellow students were
going to start another term in the
smoke-filled classroom of the
deli section of the cafeteria.
For those who have made the
decision to engage in a harmful
habit, this is a political issue. For
the rest of us this is a matter of
health, yet I have repeatedly
watched this plain fact be glossed
over and disregarded in the interest of factors like "the rights
of smokers," collective bargaining and even the Oregon
weather!!
Ifeel that for the college to do
nothing to immediately rectify
the problem of air quality in the
Center building is an incredible
act of irresponsibility and shows
a lack of caring I would not
suspect possible of this administration.
Heather Kent

Fresh air plea
ignored
To the Editor,
So the Board of Directors of
ouresteemedcollegehavedecided
to sit on their hands (and also their
brains) and allow the smoking in
the cafeteria to continue. They
don't even consider that the nonsmokers should have the right to
breath clean air. Never you mind
that second hand smoke has been
positively linked to heart disease,
emphysema, lung cancer, ect., the
list of illnesses would fill a book.
They rival President Bush in
dragging their heels on important
issues, while the decision makers
procrastinate, the Grim Reapers
grasp is literally choking us to
death!
Anthony Suire

New co-op offers support for student-·parents··•
"It's everyone working together
cooperatively to achieve the best

possible child care."
According to Ferguson, 30
children, ages three months to five
years, have been enrolled by their

student parents to fill the allotted
space.
"We already have a pretty big
waiting list," she says. "But we
still encourage students who need
child care to come in and sign up.
You never know what could happen."

For a space to open in the facility, a student parent must either
graduate from LCC, withdraw
their child from the program, or
quit school.
Currently, the co-op staff is
working around the clock to organize the double-wide modular
building.
"This takes a lot of time and
energy," says Ferguson. "It's like
moving into a new house. Everything is packed away in boxes to
where you can't find a thing."
So far, Ferguson says there has
been an "overwhelmingly" posi-

Photo by Dana Krizan

Karrie Nelson helps Kyle tuck in his shirt after using the new facilities in the child
care co-op which opened Jan. 9. At least four more work study students are needed
to complete the child care staff.

hy KELLEY EGRE
Torch Managing Editor

modular building in the northwest parking lot.
The co-op is run by students
ASLCC opened its childcare and offers parents an opportunity
co-op Jan. 9, located in a new to share their childrens' develop-

ment cooperatively.
"People have trouble understanding what the word co-op really means," says Sue Ferguson,
ASLCC child care co-op director.

tive response from the parents,
but not enough from students
needing work study hours.
"We desperately need students
to come and work here," she says.
"Were looking for for people
preferably with early childhood
experience, but at this point any
experience with children would
be okay."
Student Parent Julie Wells has
two children in the child care coop.
"Tilis is the first child care they
have ever had and I don't think I
could leave them anywhere else. I
love it," she says. "Parents can
come in and see what's happening
with their children whenever they
want."
Ferguson says the program is
also more affordable than other
programs.
"Parents must sign their child
up for the program just as they
would a regular class," says
Ferguson. "Then they pay a
monthly tuition of about $200 a
month per child, much less than
mostotherprograms which charge
about $400 to $500 per month."

Student finds self-worth through taking risks
by TRACY BROOKS
Torch Associate Editor
"Everything's going good for
me, and that's because I made it
that way," says Arthur Mason.
But things haven't always gone
well for the 50-year-old student.
Born in 1941 in New
Hempstead, Long Island, Mason
confronted the issue of being black
from an early age.
"America was not really the
coolest place on earth to be black,"

So he joined the Marine Corps to his feeling of being a "second- doesn 'tfeel discriminated against. per week photographing for the
in 1959, and was stationed down class citizen.••
"I've never felt segregated (at Torch.
South.
"And if I am (discriminated
After eight years of military life, LCC)," he says.
I'm going to stand up.
against),
he married, and then divorced nine
In fact, he's forced himself to be
years later, at which time he moved integrated. He works in Photo I.D. But I don't go in there with a chip
In the Marines, he says, 'There to Oregon.
10 hours per week, and works as a on my shoulder."
was racial stuff going on - not
His poor self image plagued him, student associate in the Career In"I am Arthur Mason, and I hapviolent racial stuff - it was adhowever.
Admissions
to be black. I'm free now to
and
pen
Center
formation
ministrative."
risks. There• s no reason you
take
also
He
week.
per
hours
12
Office
"I went through the motions,"
get what you need if you
shouldn't
a
committee,
finance
the
on
sits
he says, of being a successful
He recalls one time when he was person. "I had social skills.,, He student group which looks for ways apply yourself. LCC can be very
supposed to take a test to move up could go apply for jobs and make to make financial aid work for the rewarding," he says, and not only
in rank to E-4. He and everybody a good impression, but his inner students, and spends five hours for people of coloi.
in his barracks, which had just voice would tell him he wasn't
recently become racially inte- good enough because he was black,
and he wouldn't return.
He did get a job with the postal
service in Eugene, but he was
frustrated at how few blacks
worked in the postal service. His
inability to communicate that
frustration ate way at him, and
lead him to quit.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 8:30 - 4:00 P.M.
He quit drinking, also, at that
time, and was ready to start his life
over atLCC.
Cafeteria
But the post office called him
back, and he resumed drinking.

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TLANE

Photo by Dan Welton

Arthur Mason says taking risks is part of living a full life.

In 1990, though, he made the
commitment to attend LCC to
obtain a transfer degree to the University of Oregon in Human Services. He quit drinking again, and
enrolled in an assertiveness class.
After 35 years of feeling like a
second-class citizen, he says, he
was able to beat his problem with
low self-esteem.
With the loss of that negative
inner voice came a new understanding of himself.
Clean and sober "a few 24
hours," Mason says he's had the
opportunity to to ask, "Who am
I?"

he says. His father could not read grated, had the answers to the test.
or write, and his mother had a high
"We went to take the test the
school education. Their insecuriday. No black guy made it.
next
ties transferred over to the children.
We couldn't say, 'Hey man, we
"I didn't feel good about myself had the answers.' That was my
as a·black person." Any time he first exposure to any kind of racial
wanted to do something, his inner stuff."
voice told him he couldn't do it
After that, he says he began to
because he was black.
use his blackness as an excuse for
"I dreamed of going to college,,, not doing things, for not succeed"I found out I was born with
ing.
self-worth," he says.
he says. But black high school
It was in the Marines that he
Since gaining a new ·understudents were not geared toward
started to drink, partly as a reaction standing of himself, he says, he
college, he says.

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Childhood incident inspires young mortician
by ERIN SUTTON
Torch Staff Writer
In the room a most graceful
elderly man lay in an open casket, nicely dressed, and resting
peacefully.
Rusty Headington-Gadsky,
who had prepared the man for
viewing and burial, seemed
pleased that I liked the way the
gentleman looked. Although
Headington-Gadsky is young, he
is sensitive and knowledgeable
and seems be to extremely sincere about his apprentice work.
He is 19 years old and has
been working at Chapel of
Memories Funeral Home in
Eugene since March ofl 991. He
is married and has a child on the
way.
"When I was about 9-years
old, I saw an auto accident and
saw someone get killed, and
originally I wanted to go into
pathology. But that is just too
many years of schooling, and by
the time I was able to go out on
my own I would have been in
my thirties. So a friend of mine
showed me a funeral home and .
.. ooh, so it's been kind of like a
childhood dream, really, to be a
funeral home director and embalmer. That's how I got involved."
Half apolegitically he says,
"A lot of families you know,
they ask well, 'How could yon
do this? You can't say it's fur
Then he answers the question: "It's a challenge ... there is
a lot more to embalming and
dealing with families ... Every
single embalming or cremation
is different, and you use different chemicals and things - you
have to mix and match, and it's
hard."

Mortician's Apprentice Rusty
Funeral Home in Eugene.
But all at the same time, he
says it's rewarding work. "Like
when you put someone in a casket and you get to cosmetize
them. You 're always eager and
you 're listening around the corner - how that person looks (to
the family), and when they say
they look great, it really gives
you a good feeling because you
worked so hard ...
To earn a license in either
funeral directing or mortuary
science, students must complete
two years of college, and two
years of apprenticeship, then
pass national examinations.
His wife works with the
Funeral Home helping with
"removals," a necessary duty in
which funeral home personnel
pick up bodies from hospitals or
private residences.

Photo by Dana Krizan

Headington - Gadsky in action at Chapel of Memories
"At the hospital, we will go
there and pick up the body, and
talk with the family a little bit.
Or, if somebody passes away at
home, ·we '11 go pick them up
and talk to the family a little bit,
ask them if they have any questions, and explain to them what
is going on, so that way they
aren'tconstantlythinking: 'What
will I do, what do I have to have,
what do I need to bring in?
"We ask some questions, if
(the deceased) was ever been in
the service ... and if they'd like,
to bring in some of the (deceased)
person's favorite clothes.
"Wemeetuieirneeds and put
them at ease, then they'll come
in with a few more questions,
but they 're not up all night worrying." He says the study of
mortuary procedures is consid-

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ered a science.
"In embalming, you make an
incision in the neck and cut the
common carotid artery, and the
jugular, from which you pump
the formaldehyde in and drain
the blood out. And if there is a
clot, you have to go down into
the leg and go for those. So it is
surgery ... "
Asked if the AIDS epidemic
may also be a factor in some
mortuaries using cremation, he
thinks ". . . A lot of funeral
homes are kind of iffy on it. But
we can't tum any one down ....
"They just say, 'Cremate me
and put me in a box so you won't
havetotouchme.'Wesay, 'No,
we 're going to treat you just like
everyone else.' So the people
that have AIDS, (I think,) are
more concerned about it than the
people who are living.
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because they are dealing with
the blood, but if you take the
necessary precautions like
you 're supposed to be taking,
you should never be infected,
unless you infect yourself with a
needle or cut yourself with a
scalpel ... You wear gloves; you
wear a respirator, you have
goggles, you have a plastic gown,
you have a cloth gown. I mean,
you 're just fully protected.
"In the beginning it was hard,
like it got to me really easy,
because everybody's death was
in my face. I would get calls at 2
am. to go and pick someone up
-you know, it's not a 9 to 5 job,
it's a 24-hour job. And after a
while, you just have to think of it
as, 'Okay. It's a fact of life'."
Asked what the most difficult
challenge he's encountered perhaps preparing infants or
children - he pauses, pushes
his chair back ,and sits up
straighter.
"Yes, the first time I ever did
a baby I had to leave. The older
peopledon'tbotherme.It's when
they 're young and married, and
have young kids that bothers me.
"They don't bother me any
more as bad. I think about it, and
say to myself, 'how sad,' but
after a while there is just nothing
you can do about it. It's your
job."
"Let's say your child passed
away, and every one told you
not to see your child and all you
saw was an empty casket or just
a closed casket, or you didn't
even see that, I mean you might
not even have problems now with
it, but ten years down the road,
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Educator gets close-up view of fallen country
by TRACY BROOKS
Torch Associate Editor
Joe Kremers had a "close-up view of a system in the
final stages of disintegration" when he visited the
Soviet Union as part of an instructor exchange with a
language institute in Irkutsk, Siberia.
Kremers returned to the United States in mid-December after three months in the crumbling Soviet
Union.having witnessed the fall of Mikhail Gorbachev,
and its subsequent events.
An instructor in the Social Science Department,
Kremers says he's had an intense interest in the Soviet
Union since 1985, and has made four trips before this
one.
"It's just a treasure chest" of ethnic and religious
influences, he says.

wars between the republics, which would draw attention away from the economy, making economic resolution that much harder to attain.
"It's a difficult problem to solve," he says. The Soviet
Union needs advice, and capital, but it lacks the
knowledge of running a capitalistic economy, which
makes it hard for other countries to invest in its future.
It's also hard for the people, he says. "It's hard to
imagine turning their lives over to foreigners." The
Soviets feel "crushed" by the fall of socialism, he says,
and are bitter and afraid to believe in a system they have
been schooled to distrust.
"Nobody's ever destroyed a totalitarian system and
tried to build it from the ground up."
Kremers will host a slide presentation Wednesday,
Jan. 22 from 2 - 3:30 p.m. in the Boardroom about his
trip to the Soviet Union.

Kremers describes the people as patient, and possessing a great ability to suffer and persevere. They
believe what will happen will happen, and they have no
control over events.
"In many ways they're still superstitious people," he
says. They believe in luck, the occult, and "they're
hungry" for non-rational explanations of life, he says,
probably because of the emphasis the state has always
put on rational subjects, such as science.
The biggest worry facing citizens now, says Kremers,
is what will happen in the next six months.
"We're in a dangerous time," he says. The process of
democratizing the union has ebbed to a stop, and
Kremers says he doesn't know if Soviets will continue
to grow into a democracy, or will return to the safety of
socialism.
The government also faces the possibility of civil

Ivey, Wee/dryer seek re-election to Board of Education
by KELLEY EGRE
Torch Managing Editor
LCC Board of Education seats,
representing Zones 1 and 4, are up
for election on March 24 through
a mail-in ballot.
Zone 1 covers west Lane
County, including parts of west
Eugene, Elmira, Veneta,
Mapleton, Florence, and Dunes
City.

ChucklveyofCrow, who currently occupies the Zone 1 seat,
plans to run for re-election. He has
been on the Board of Education
since 1988.
"I first got on the board to help
find a new and improved president, which we did," says Ivey,
"and then found I really enjoyed
it."
Ivey says he also had a vested

interest in the seat because six of
his children have attended LCC
and he understands the value of
students' education.
"We wouldn't even be here if it
wasn't for the students," he says.
The Zone 4 seat, currently held
by Cindy Weeldryer, covers south
and east Lane County, including
parts of south Eugene and
Creswell, Cottage Grove, Pleas-

ant Hill, Dexter, Lowell, Westfir
Oakridge, and some McKenzie
River communities.

very well," says Weeldreyer. "It's
been both a challenge and a joy to
serve on the board."

W eeldreyer, of Cottage Grove,
is also seeking re-election. She has
held the Zone 4 seat since 1989
when she was appointed to fill an
unfinished term.

A term on either seat is four
years and candidates must live in
the zone they wish to represent.
The terms will begin on July 1,
1992.

"I have had a long association
with Lane ... and I've gotten to
know the people and the issues

Candidates must file in person
with the Lane County Elections
()ffice by Jan. 23.

ASLCC learns grass roots organizing

This last weekend the Associated Students of
Lane Community College (your student government) held a workshop on campus. This was a
G.R.O.W. (Grass Roots Organizing Weekend)
workshop held by the United States Student Association and sponsored by ASLCC.
Students
from
Clackamas Community College, Mt.
Hood Community
College, Oregon
State University, and
some of the ASLCC senate members attended.
The training weekend started Friday and continued through Sunday. After a few late nights
and long hours many organizational skills were
gained, as well as some networking with students
from other campuses.
There were many specific training sessions, all
aimed at a whole picture of how to grass-roots
organize. They included such things as choosing
an issue, strategy guidlines/exercise, understanding the relations of power, and many more helpful
tools to get things done, not only in the political
world but also in practical everyday experiences.

All these skills were shown in ways that they
could be applied in areas from lobbying congress to getting things done in a small community group.
The students at Lane can expect to see the
result of this workshop through direct
action taken by the
student
govemement to win
real victories that
will improve the
student life, alter the
relations of power by
building staffed, permanent and strong organizations that you can get involved in.
One of the actions currently in motion is to get
a bus pass through LTD similar to the one the
University of Oregon has. Hopefully, with the
skills learned through this weekend and the
time and effort of students we can accomplish
this.
If you would like to get involved, please come
and see us at Center 479. We have three positions open on the senate and would like to see
students get involved in any way. Hope to see
you soon.

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DiSCiiMinbtlon·'f()ffflUl'ci inCIUd8S' ''radical' human variable
recently come under public scrutiny.

by LYNN REA
Torch Lead Writer
The latest statistics show that, "crimes motivated by
prejudice," specifically those dealing with sexual orientation, have more than doubled.
Law Enforcement Data Systems spokesman Ray
Spooner says that in Lane County, 24 racial complaints
were reported during a nine month period in 1990,
compared to 59 cases in 1991.

The OCA is in the process of collecting names for a
petition sponsoring a measure that would amend the
Springfield·charter from "promoting, encouraging or
facilitating homosexuality."
One OCA leader said that the petition would "Stop
the political push of the homosexual to seek minority
status and all that minority status entails."

Spooner adds that the statistics may be misleading
due to the recent application of the hate crime reporting
process.

Opponents to the measure, including the newly formed
Springfielders Together Opposing Prejudice (STOP
PAC), say the measure would seriously jeopardize the
civil rights and basic human rights of anyone, based on
sexual orientation.

The Associated Press reported Lane County as ranking third in the state in regards to the number of hate
crimes reported, following Washington and Multnomah
counties.

The Lavender Network, a gay/lesbian magazine and
non-profit organization, printed the names of businesses
whose owners or managers have contributed to the
OCA.

The Oregon Citizens Alliance, accused of proliferating discriminatory beliefs against homosexuals, has

Eugene attorney and Lavender Network boardmember, James Phelps says the names were published to
allow readers to make their own decisions to "boycott,
confront, or talk about it," with the OCA supporters.
Recently vandals broke windows and caused other
damage to several local businesses that appear on
that list, including Biron's drug store in Eugene.
OCA member Loretta Neet, who filed the
initiative, says her car window has been smashed
twice, and feels she is being followed, after
finding several "Queer Nation" stickers on her
car.
"I believe it is the gay and lesbian community
that is responsible," says Neet.
"Instead of intimidating people," Neel
says "Why don't we just get it (measure) on
the ballot and let the people decide."
When asked if there was a
connection between the vandalism and the controversy
over gay rights by the
OCA, Eugene Public
Safety spokesman Tim
Birr said "there could
certainly be a connection," but was quick to
add that there is no
conclusive evidence.

Diversity puzzle:

lems with this.
Nor do I
any
have
qualms about
the article announcing the
day's kick-off
speech, "Building a Diverse
Community."
Building
community diversity is a
worthy goal indeed.
No, that's not what set me to
thinking "what's wrong here?"
It's the accompanying photograph of the guest speaker; a
very white, alLeit earnest looking man.
Am I suggesting that a white
man is incapable of leading a
faculty discussion on diversity?
Of course not. That's bigotry,
and I'm not a bigot.
But since we 're pondering the
bigger picture, I wonder if there
aren't others inside this community institution - or even in the
community at large - who might
better speak of building a diverse "common unity."

Racism still pervades college,
but it stays hidden in closet

by DEBORAH STOTLER
Torch Staff Writer
The other day, I was handed
one of those disconcerting and
ABSOLUTELYMINDBLOWING puzzles entitled "What's
Wrong With This Picture?"
And while I readily figured
out the puzzle's apparent solution, I soon found myself challenged by an even larger dilemma.
It's a jigsaw puzzle called the
"The Bigger Picture," and it's
got me completely baffled.
Here's the basic quandary I
was presented. For convenience

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sake, I '11 call the bigger picture
institutionalized racism.
What is institutionalized racism? Quite simply, institutionalized racism is what happens
when whites run the whole show
for wholly the white's benefit.
My present predicament
stems from an announcement in
the Jan. 8 issueof"TheDaily," a
newsletterpublishedforthestaff
ofLCC.
The item itself is a seemingly
innocuous one, with a lead which
promises faculty members "work
(that) takes an inspirational spin
on Martin Luther King Day."
Personally, I have no prob-

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"No group has claimed responsibility for the vandalism," said Birr.
"We do no approve of physical violence or violence
to businesses," said Phelps "We don't advocate rock
throwing."
Gay rights supporter Rev. Marguerite Scroggie, of
the Metropolitan Community Church in Eugene, echoes
the same feeling. "I abhor any types of acts of violence.
We can disagree but we don't have to be violent towards
one another."
Scroggie says those that oppose the OCA measure
have also been victims of vandalism, but chose not to
speculate on who was responsible.
LCC's appointment of full time Affirmative Action
director Donna Albro, may be a step in the right direction towards bridging the communication gap on campus between gay and heterosexual students, says
Women's Center coordinator Kate Barry.
"It depends on which direction we go on campus, If
we're going to move towards an environment that is
more openly accepting of diversity, than that needs to
include everyone of all sexual orientations. I see that as
a positive goal," says Barry.
Barry says gay students have described LCC as being
less welcoming, and would like a place on campus that
was designated for gay students, much like the Gay and
Lesbian Alliance on the U of O campus.
Former LCC student David Miller, said he considered enrolling in automotive classes this term, but after
weighing the pros and cons, decided against it.
Miller, who co-produces workshops on gay and
lesbian awareness, says he felt he would have had to
prove himself ten times over to gain any respect from
other students.
"LCC doesn't make you feel validated or legitimized
as a gay person," says Miller.
LCC President Jerry Moskus said he is unaware of
any particular problems involving gay and lesbian students.
Moskus says LCC maintains the philosophy that all
individuals deserve respect on campus. But added "Some
people have prejudiced attitudes and it's really hard to
deal with that. Its really hard to change someone's
attitude."

Of course, my reservations
are just one piece in the jig-saw
puzzle, but considering that
many building projects begin
with the foundation, I question
why LCC neglects its own when
searching for speakers to address
the faculty on the subject of diversity.
Could it be that the LCC faculty does not portray diversity?
With only one African-American on the teaching staff (that's
right, only one), have the "powers that be," i.e., the all-white
male administration, forgotten
just who makes up the community it serves?
Is it not ironic that LCC, the
sponsor of many MLK Day celebrations, does not reflect the
diversity which it so vigorously
applauds?
Let me repeat, institutionalized racism is a convenient term.
But this convenience allows
otherwise well-meaning whites
(like myself) to avoid responsibility because, after all, it's the
institutions that are to blame, not
us.
But I'm convinced it is we
who are responsible, because

they are our institutions.
It's important for all of us
who are students here at Lane to
look around and ask ourselves
these few questions:
• It's 1992, do you know
who's teaching you?
• Does the LCC faculty reflect diversity in the community?
• Why not?
You know how it is when
enough people come together to
work on a jig-saw puzzle; first
one piece is activated, then another.
After a short while, everyone
wants a hand in completing the
picture, and before you know it,
it's a done thing.
So take a look at the big picture, won't you?
As we all work towards
building a diverse community,
it's crucial that we make sure
racism isn't kept stored in the
basement and conveniently kept
hidden from view.
Most importantly, question
yourself: "What is racism?"

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MLK message spread with entertain_
by MICHELE WARREN
Torch Entertainment Editor
The Martin Luther King
(MLK) Celebration fills the week
of Jan. 17 - 24 with a variety of
entertainment - poetry reading,
comedy, theatre,music, and dance
- sponsored in part by the
ASLCC.
Writer and poet Nikki
Giovanni will serve as an "artist in
residence," on Friday, Jan. 17.
She will read from her work and
discuss writing style focusing on
how her style has changed over
time.
Giovanni, a Professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic fustitute and State University, has
written several award winning
books, articles, and poetry pieces.
Her appearance is hosted by the
LCC English Department. Two
presentations are scheduled, 9 am.
and 10 a.m., in the Blue Door
Theatre.
ComedienneBertice Berry will
deliver punchlines with a purpose
onJan.19from7-8:30p.m.atthe
Hult Center, Silva Hall. Tickets
are free with a limit of four per
person at the LCC ticket office in
the Performing Arts Building, the
Hult Center, and the EMU main
desk.
Berry is a gifted speaker with a
comic edge. Her routines reflect
her academic background - a
Ph.D. in sociology-and convey
positive images about living happily together despite ethnic

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background or gender.

''The Dream Lives On Jubilee"
takes place Monday, Jan. 20 at the
Hult Center co-sponsored by LCC,
University of Oregon, NAACP,
and the Human Rights Commission.
The g~pel sounds of the Bethel
Temple Choir and Youth Choir
•inspire the evening at 7:30 p.m.,
followed by an awards ceremony
and keynote speaker Rev. Fred
Shuttlesworth.
The choir has been together
about 15 years, according to choir
member Eileen Austin, and currently has around 25 members.
The youth choir has about 30
members ranging from ages one
to 11.
Austin says the choir acts as a
music ministry with its main goal
set at uplifting the word of Jesus.
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do with what Martin Luther King
did for human rights and what he
believed."

feel its real," says Austin. "Martin
Luther King was a minister and he
was able to accomplish what he
did with the spirit, he suffered for
Christ. What we sing has a lot to

Austin says the choir feels
honored to perform for the celebration for the first time, and the
kids in the youth choir are very
excited.
The jubilee is free with a limit
of four tickets per person. Tickets
are available at the Hult Center,
EMU main desk, and the LCC
ticket office.

The Blue Door Theatre will
present two LCC students in
separate performances Jan. 21 at
2p.m.
Nolan Butler will present a
musical tribute to Martin Luther
King singing gospel and pop songs
like "Imagine," by John Lenon
and "From a Distance," written
by Nancy Griffith and recently
made a hit by Bette Midler.
Butler says he remembers as a
youth being fascinated by King.

•

"He was the first man to speak
out about black and white together
as one," says Butler. "He gave
young people a sense of pride in
their culture."
Maya Thomas presents "A
Black Woman Speaks," and a
Modem Dance to the Tracy
Chapman song "All That You
Have is Your Soul," reminding
that women-black and whitehave been inslaved and that
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Photo by Erin Naillon

Maya Thomas rehearses for the Martin Luther King Celebration.

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women, together, should not forget the past
Jan. 22 at noon, the LCC cafeteria will be filled with the powerful gospel of Inspirational
Sounds, a group consisting of
singing talent from all around
Oregon including students and
staff from LCC and the U of 0.
Also on Jan. 22 at 2 p.m.,
ASLCC brings a family event to
the Blue Door Theatre with
children's storytelling by Paulette
Ansari.
The Sojourner Truth Theatre,
from Portland, will close the MLK
Celebration with a performance
in Forum 308 on the LCC campus
on Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. The theatre,
part of the Cultural Enrichment
Program, combines inspiration,
education, and entertainment to
share African-American culture
- history, theatre, poetry, language, games, beliefs, and music.
The theatre's belief is that if
enough cultural bridges are built

all people will be able to walk into
each others world, without having
to ask pennission. Its goal is that
through cultural understanding
people will be able to share in
each other's cultural richness
without having to resort to
unfound fears and blind judgements.
The MLK Celebration offers
the community a full spectrum of
entertainment, but according to
Bethel Temple Choir member
Eileen Austin and Kenya Luvert
it's important to carry the message
of Martin Luther King all the time.
"Its all right to celebrate King,
but it would be wonderful ifpeople
would really listen to what they
hear and experience at the celebration and practice human
rights," says Austin.
Luvert adds, "Its more than
celebrating one day out of the
year, people need to get involved
and take Martin Luther King's
ideas with them 365 days a year."

Photo by Erin Naillon

LCC student Maya Thomas in a dramatic pose from her performance" A Black Woman Speaks" for
the Martin Luther King Celebration. She will be performing in the Blue Door Theatre Jan. 21 at 2 p.m.

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When I was in high school in the mid1980s, the Reagan administration's anti-drug
policy was at full boil. "Just say no" was
everywhere-emblazonedoncheerleader's
blouses, embodied in the sensationalism of
"Miami Vice," and even printed on the inside flap of Lemonhead packages. As far as
I can tell, all this propaganda did little to stem
the drug tide, but then, it never could have,
for some people will always use and abuse
chemicals while others will not. Amen.
This is not to say, however, that there can
be no blurring between the two types of
individuals. Rush, a film directed by newcomer Lile Fini Zanuck, is all about that blur
- the haziness of good intentions churned
into a frothy stupor. Itis a tragedy, and since
it is based on a true story, the tragedy is all the
. more affecting. It is the most powerful antidrug statement yet committed to celluloid.
Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh
play a pair of mid-70s undercover DEA
agents whose job is to buy drugs and set up
the dealers for the eventual bust. In order to
pass as genuine junkies, they are often required to do drugs in front of the dealers.
Patric, a seasoned professional, has done this
many times -too many times, indeed, for as
he confesses, he "loves it too much." Leigh,
however, is a rookie with no desire to try
drugs, much less become addicted to them .
. . but that is exactly what happens.
In one riveting scene, a heroin dealer,

passively threatening Patric and Leigh with a
pistol, insists that they fix (use the heroin intravenously), as insurance that they aren't "the man."
Thus begins a spiralling descent for both, a decline
from which recovery is impossible.
But the tragedy of the fall goes much deeper.
Patric and Leigh are called upon to lie in court
about a drug purchase, satisfying an over zealous
anti-drug mayor with the subsequent conviction
of a local drug lord. An easygoing, basically
harmless young man is driven to suicide by the
dual role he is forced to play when he discovers
that his friends are really cops. The treachery at
the heart of the plot is meaninglessly resolved by
an understated yet gut-wrenching scene of violence.
Most movies dealing with drugs are heavyhanded and sensationalistic in approach, bringing to their subject all the sensitivity and coolheadedness of a commercial by the Partnership
for a Drug Free America. To its credit, Rush runs
contrary to the norm. The film's pace is slow
(though always engrossing) and its mood is quiet,
punctuated by the low-key blues guitar score by
Eric Clapton. Its stylistic goal is total realism, and
this it achieves remarkably well. Zanuck's direction rejects flashiness in both acting methods and
camera angles.
The humanity of the characters is always clear,
in the lesser parts as well as the principals. Sam
Elliot delivers his usual wonderful laconic performance as the station chief, and Gregg Allman is
particularly effective as a quiet, reticent drug
dealer. But the film's finest acting is Jason Patric,
whose intensity in both straight and drug-strung
states is flawlessly conveyed. His performance is
one of the finest of the year, and deserves Academy recognition.
The message of Rush, if such a stark, authentic
experience can be said to have a message, is this:
"Just say no" may be good advice, but is far to
simplistic and uncomprehending ofreal-life situations to be of much use. And that, after all, is the
nature of all propaganda.

Titans boost Ministry
The LCC Titans league home opener may have met with
mixed reviews - the men lost but the women won - but the
overall winner was Campus Ministry.
All net proceeds were donated to the Campus Ministry in an
effort to alleviate its current financial problems. According to
LCC Athletic Director Harlan Yriarte, who coordinated the
Jan.15 event, in excess of $1000 will be turned over to Fr. Jim
Derringer to help prop-up the Ministry's emergency student loan
fund.
With an appearance by the Unknown Titan, a riveting halftime show compliments of the Thurston High Scholl Cabaret
Dance and Drill Team, and the looming presence of humanoid
silhouettes calling themselves the Titan Bench, all comers found
entertainment in one form or another - in addition to great
basketball.
With the help of LCC staff, faculty, and students, Yriarte and
• his family put together a dazzling array of life-size wooden Titan
fans. Although the Titan Bench was admitted free of charge, the
raucous inspiration they provided more than compensated.
Says Yriarte, "it was fun for everyone who participated, we
Photo by Mathew Auxier had a good cause, and attendence was up," referring to the 150
wooden fans.
A knotty. boisterous crowd calling themselves the Titan Bench invaded LCC Jan. 11

LCC cut down by Timberwomen

by ROBERT CATALANO
Torch Sports Editor

LCC women's basketball
coach Dave Loos might be
thinking he's stepped in to Mr.
Peabody's "way-back" machine
and returned to 1990 after
watching the 83-56 trouncing his
Titans took at the hands of
Umpqua CC on Jan. 15.
The 12-4 Titans are a big improvement over last year's team,
butagainsttheTimberwomenthey
looked positively overmatched.
"This is the worst game we've
played all year," said Loos (pronounced "Lows"). "We couldn't
do anything we wanted to against
them."
Umpqua beat up on the Titans
inside, using a collapsing defense
to prevent LCC's Maryanne Graham from being a factor in the
game. The Timberwomen also
dominated both the offensive and
defensive boards, preventing LCC
fromgettingsecond-shotandfastbreak opportunities.
In the early going, LCC held
its own and took its only lead of
the game,15-14 about halfway
through the period.
After that, little went right for
the Titans.
Graham, the Northwest Athletic Association of Community
Colleges (NW AACC) conference's second leading scorer
with 23 points per game, was unable to produce any consistent
offensive threat. Every time the
ball came her way, it was followed by two, and sometimes
three Umpqua players.
The Timberwomens' scrappy
guard COf!lbo of Dani Baker and
Jamie Scdoris picked off a munber of errant LCC passes intended
for Graham and frustrated the
Titans all evening long with their
hustle and floor leadership.
However, the Titans' main
nemesis was 6-1 sophomore
Sophia Alexander.

When she wasn't forcing Graham into turnovers and poor shots,
she was teaming with 6-0
Bernadette Davis to give the
Timberwomen a 48-27 rebounding edge over LCC. On four
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Titan's last hurrah.
Alexander came back into the
game and led the Timberwomen
on a 23-4 run to close out the game
and make deja-vu seem all too
real for Coach Loos.

Graham and Maier scored 14
points to lead the Titans who
dropped to 1-2inNWAACCplay.
On Jan. 11, the Titans won
their first 1991-92 NWAACC
with a 69-62

home victoryoverChemeketa CC.
The Titans led 40-29 at halftime butneededsomelate scoring
from Graham and Katy Carter to
ice the win.
With three minutes remaining
in the game, Chemeketa pulled to
within one point (61-60) and
forced the Titans to tighten up
their defense which had been allowing fewer than 60 points a
game.
After trading baskets, Graham
scored two of her game-high 23
points and Carter added some
clutch free-throws to extend
LCC's lead to 67-62.
"We played well early in the
game and down the stretch," said
Loos. "But we seemed to lose our
focus early in the second half."
Toni Trierweiler led the Chiefs
with 14 points and 15 rebounds.
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Titans beatUmpquaCCin thriller, 76-73
room.
Although the LCC came out
strong at the beginning of the
second period, tying the score at
45 on Jim Snyder's free-throw,
they missed a chance to take the
lead and Umpqua responded to the
opportunity.
When Chico
McClatcher stole an inbound pass
from thenawingTitans and scored
an uncontested layup, the
Timbennen had a 58-49 lead.
After a three-pointer by LCC 's
Mike Neves, Rasmussen cut
Umpqua's lead to 67-65 when he
got three the hard way after being
fouled on a breakaway layup.
Umpqua's Erickson protested the
foul call and was slapped with a
technical by the referees.
Boutin converted both charity
shots to tie the game at 67.
Umpquamomentarily regained
their composure taking a 73-69
lead, but Timbennan turnovers
allowed the Titans to come back
and tie the score at 73 with 1:57 left
on the clock.

Titan and Timberman fight for first possession on Jan. 15.
by ROBERT CATALANO
Torch Sports Editor
If excitement is what LCC basketball fans want, the Titans are
happy to oblige.
Geoff Rasmussen's threepointer at the buzzer enabled the
Titan men's team to squeak by
Northwest Athletic Association of
Community
Colleges
(NW AACC) conference rival
Umpqua CC 76-73 on Jan. 15.
The last-second victory at home
enabled LCC, 13-2 overall and 21 in conference play, to somewhat
atone for an 81-79 loss to defending NW AACC champion
Chemeketa CC on Jan. 11, when
the Titans were themselves the
victims of a game-ending basket.
"I'm grateful for the win," said
Titan Coach Jim Boutin. "For the
most part, we were flat and
unemotional (against Umpqua)
compared to how we played

against Chemeketa. We struggled
the whole game to step up to our
previouslevelofemotion,soit'sa
good thing Geoff made his shot."
Rasmussen, a 5-11 freshman
from Eugene's Marist High
School, also started the game with
a three-point basket, as the the
Titans jumped out to a 5-0 lead
against Umpqua CC. The visiting
Timbermen answered with an 8-0
run of their own and led 18-13 at
12:23 in the first period.
James Boutin Jr. 's three-pointer
tied the game for the Titans with
9:31 remaining in the half, but the
visitors from Roseburg outscored
LCC 9-3 over the next three minutes to once again take the lead at
31-25.
Rasmussen and Boutin rallied
the Titans to within one point 3837 with 2: 16 remaining in the period, but a long-range bomb by
Ryan Erickson gave Umpqua a
43-39 lead going into the locker

After Boutin lost the handle on
a pass from a teammate, the
Timbennan went down the floor
with the shot clock off and an
opportunity to win the game.
The Titans, dominated by the
Timberman on the defensive
boards throughout the game, were
able to snag the rebound from
McClatcher'smissed 12-footerand
• called a time-out with three-and-a-

half seconds remaining to set the
stage for Rasmussen's heroics.
"I knew I had to arch the shot,"
said Rasmussen of his shot from
outside the top-of-the-key. "But it
felt good when it left my hand."
The buzzer sounded as the shot
left his hand.
Rasmussen, who was mobbed
by teammates and fans after the
game,ledtheTitanswith20points.
Boutin and Neves added 17 and 14
points respectively for LCC.
In the earlier home game against
Chemeketa, LCC nearly snapped
the Chiefs' 48-game winning
streak and came close to their
biggest victory of the year.
The Titans were unaffected by
Chemeketa's full-court press and
used a stifling pressure offense, as
well as five points late in the quarter
by Sam Thompson, totakea43-37
lead into intennission.
After Boutin converted two
free-throws to start the second period, Chemeketa began to tum up
the heat and mount a comeback.
Titan Coach Boutin removed his
sports coat at 14:52 and a halfminute later the Chiefs were within
two points at 53-51.
Chemeketa took the lead for the
first time in the half at 59-58 with
11 :45 remaining in the game.
Although LCC was able to keep
the Chiefs from scoring inside with
a tough man-to-man defense,
Chemeketa was able to drop in

enough long-range shots and
dominate the offensive boards to
run up a 75-69 lead.
With 3:10 on the clock, Boutin
sank a trey and Rasmussen followed with a 20-foot jumper to
bring the Titans within one point.
LCC took the lead 76-7 5 for the
last time after a Chief's' turnover
led to a Boutin bucket.
After Chemeketa regained the
lead, they turned to a time-killing
strategy with, and subsequently
extended their lead to 79-76 with
29 seconds left in the game.
The officials gave the Titans
new life, when they made what
appeared to be a questionable goaltending call on a Boutin threepoint attempt. This tied the game
at 79.
The Chiefs held the ball for the
last shot but Troy Schelb' s shot
with .2 seconds left on the clock
missed, and David Cole flew from
out of nowhere into the lane, and
slam-dunked the ball as the buzzer
sounded for a Chemeketa victory.
"It's a tough one to take," Coach
Boutin stated after the game." It's
unfortunate we didn't reward ourselves with a win, but we played
well and did a whole lot of things
right."
Jim Boutin led the Titans with
29 points.
The Titans next home game is
at 8 p.m. on Jan.18, against
Clackamas CC.

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in technical, marketing, and business issues to guide the
Program Committee in developing future programs. The
meeting will be in the U of O Descutes Hall, 1477 E. 13th
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Public Broadcasting, will give his proposal of the universe's
origin at the Hult Center for the Perfonning Arts. "If my
proposal is correct ... I would have succeeded in my ambition
to discover how the universe began. But I still don't know
why it began." -Stephen W. Hawking. Tickets can be
purchased through the Hult Center, 687-5000.

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OSPIRG WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE to
its General Interest Meeting on Jan. 22 at 1 p.m., which will
be followed by an open house. OSPIRG will launch its winter
projects, which provide students with opportunities to work
on issues that concern them, such as safe drinking water,
environmental education, hunger and homelessness, and
consumer protection. Internships are available in the areas of
grassroots organizing and investigative research. The meeting
will be held in Forum 307 and refreshments will be served.

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Enrollment
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MAYORAL CANDIDATE RUTH BASCOM will nail
down for the press and voters during the second plank in her
campaign platfonn on Jan. 22, 11 am. The event will take
place, rain or shine, at the Central Mall Fountain at the
intersection of Broadway & Willamette. There will be an
opportunity to ask questions after the presentation. Anyone
in attendance is urged to wear earplugs, she is renting a jackhammer. For more information, call 484-2646.

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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WEEK
JANUARY 17
•THE SPRINGFIELD MLK AWARENESS COMMITTEE present the Second Annual Human Rights Awards
on Jan. 17. There will be a birthday cake and entertainment.
The family event will be held at the Willamalane Senior
Center, 215 W. "C" in Springfield at 7 p.m. For more
infonnation, contact LaFay Floyd at 726-0247.

JANUARY 18
•A UNITY CELEBRATION called Baha'i-H.O.N.E.Y.
will be held at the Whiteaker Community School, 21 N.
Grand St., on Jan. 18 at 6-11 p.m. For more infonnation on
the family event, contact Debra Braden at 689-0780.

JANUARY19

•ASLCC AND EMU CULTURAL FORUM PRESENT
COMEDIENNE Bertice Berry on Jan. 19 in the Silva Hall
of the Hult Center. "Her comedy show is one of the best
workshops on unlearning racism I have ever experienced.
Any organization, family, or forward thinking individual
should plan on seeing this show." -Frank J. Geitner, Jr.,

Ph.D. Tickets for the 7 p.m. performance are free (limit4 per person) and
are available at the Hult Center, EMU
Main Desk, and LCC. For more information call 346-4000.

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JANUARY 20

New era of
freedom and
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•MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CONFERENCE with
Nikki Giovanni, poet and keynote speaker will be held on
Jan.20from9am.to12:30p.m.inUofO'sEMUBallroom.
The conference will include educational sessions and a
panel discussion.

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•THE DREAM LIVES ON JUBILEE with Rev. Fred
Shuttlesworth and the Bethel Temple Gospel Chior will be
held on Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hult Center. Awards by:
NAACP,Eugene Human Rights Commission, ASLCC, and
4J School District. The show is presented by UO, ASLCC,
and the City of Eugene.

ON THE COVER:

•MARTIN LUTHER KING,JR. CELEBRATION ART
SHOW, EMU Art Gallery, Jan. 13-24.

Brandon enjoys
quiet time in the
child care co-op
which opened
Jan.9

*All MLK events are free. Some require tickets which are available at the Hult Center, U of 0, and LCC box offices.

For more information, call 687-5000. For free LTD ride tickets all day Jan. 20, contact the LCC Student Resource
Center, 747-4501, ext. 2342.
Photo by Dana Krizan