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Commu nity
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Tax credit provides help
buying health insurance
by TRACY BROOKS
Torch Associate Editor

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The lack of health insurance and the high cost of living in the U.S.
prompted the Congress to pass legislation in 1979 which brought about
the Earned Income Credit Act and made health insurance a reality for
millions of lower income families.
The problem, says Insurance Agent Bruce Stockton, is that nobody
knows about it.
According to Stockton, the IRS re-figured tax returns for more than
11 million filers who qualified for, but failed to take advantage of the
Earned Income Credit.
The purpose of the Earned Income Credit is to offset some of the
increases in living expenses incurred by families and social security
taxes, which penalize lower income families. To receive the credit,
however, a person must be employed, cam under $22,370 in 1992, and
have a qualifying child in residence.
"Generically, those arc the only qualifications," says Stockton. The
credit is complex, however, and each person's situation is different.
The EI C consists of three crcdi Lli which can bcnefi ta family in three
different ways:
• The basic credit is based on how many qualifying children live in
a family. It pays money to those who qualify, up to llii much as S 1,235
for two qualifying children.
• The health insurance credit returns health insurance premium
payments to workers who buy health insurance coverage for their
children. It's designed to assist low-income families purchase health
insurance. Coverage must include children, however.
• The extra credit for a child born in 1991 pays up to$357 to families
who qualify. Workers who decide to take the credit, however, arc not
allowed to take the child and dependent care credit for the same child.
Stockton, who recently attended an insurance conference which
taught agents about the EIC, says he is trying to get the word out to
businesses and individuals who can benefit from the credit. He will
conduct three workshops with LCC's Small Business Development
Center at the Downtown Center this summer to educate business
owners about benefits they can help their employees receive. He will
also be speaking to participants in LCC's Childcare Co-op, people who
Tum to Tax, page 3

Instructor threatens
suit against college
by KELLEY EGRE
Torch Staff Writer
At the LCC Board of
Education's May 13 meeting, Ron
Meyers, LCC part-time electronics instructor, threatened to file a
"loss of profit" civil lawsuit against
the college.
And this week, the angry
Meyers told the Torch he plans to
go ahead with legal action. In fact,
Meyers said, "I plan to run for a
seat on the Board next year and I
thoroughly intend to make the
public very aware of this."
According to Meyers, the college broke the law when it failed
to send out or publish letters to
unsuccessful bidders w!shing to
furnish the college with microcomputers to support its new
mainframc, thus hindering any
attempts to contest the decision.
LCC's Purchasing Director
Lloyd Rain said after the meeting
that Oregon Administrative Statutes state, "Public companies need

not notify unsuccessful bidders."
But Meyers disagrees. According to the Attorney General,
he says, "all public agencies in the
State of Oregon must follow a set
a rules and that includes sending
out an award leuer notifying unsuccessful bidders."
Dick Hillier, LCC vice president for Administrative Services,
says Meyers did point out certain
discrepancies in the bid process
which the board corrected during
the meeting.
"We have abided by the rules,"
he says.
"If they have corrected their
discrepancies, then where are
these publications?" Meyers asks.
"I haven't received one."
LCC's Attorney Tim Harold
agrees with Hillier.
"I have reviewed the bid process in regards to Mr. Meyers'
accusations," says Harold. "And
through my review, I have adTum to Meyers, page 5

LCC awards student employees for performanq{f!s
by SONJA TAYLOR
Torch Staff Writer
Donna Davis, Elisabeth
Durbin, and Norma Minnick are
the excited recipients of a new
award offered at Lane this year:
the Student Employee of the
Month. Based on the Classified
Employee of the Month award,
the honor is designed to recognize outstanding student employees.
Davis, acomposi tion tutor and
teaching assistant, started her
educational car~er wanting to be
a teacher and is now looking in
the direction of pre-law. She says
she is "noticing a trend of relinquishing of civil righL~," and so
has been motivated to study the
constitution and how it affects
civil liberties.
Davis has been a teaching
assistant for LCC English Instructor Sharon Thomas since
fall term of '91. As a tutor, she
helps students with writing
compositions on a walk-in basis.
This is Davis' last term at Lane.
Next year she will be attending
the University of Oregon.
Davis says that receiving the
award is an honor. 'Tm very
happy about it. It was very nice
of Sharon Thomas to nominate
me."

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Thomas says of Davis, "I
know I can trust Donna to do
what she says she will do. Her
reliability is an asset to both areas of her work. Donna also takes
initiative and-performs tasks that
are needed without having to be
asked."
Mmnick is the current LCC
Student Resource Center Director, working under LCC Administrati ve Assistant Sally
Meadow. She says, "I feel really
honored. Sally announced in a
student senate meeting that she
was nominating me and I was
really surprised.

"I think the new program is a
good idea, it gives people an
photo by Joe Horwood
incentive to do a better job on Award winners (L-R) Elisabeth Durbin, Donna Davis, and Norma Minnick pose in fromt of
their work study."
their sponors (L-R) Anita Overton, Sharon Thomas, and Sally Meadow.
The Student Employees of
Meadow says that Minnick is Supervised Field Experience. Coordinator, Becky Newcombe,
"extremely dependable. We She will be taking the RN Boards one of the originators of the new the Month will attend a luncheon
never have to wonder whether in July and she hopes to become award, says that this year the with President Moskus on June
award was given to work study 4, where he will present an award
the SRC is being staffed. Norma employed soon, she says.
students,
but that next year it will to them.
is always there. She is a model
Durbin says that the award
Next year, Newcombe says
employee who represents the "was a real surprise! My boss expand · to include all student
college in the best way possible. told me to come for an exit in- employees. The selection process that three students will be chosen,
She is always willing to help a terview and then they told me begins, says Newcombe, when one from each summer, fall, and
winter term. In the spring, one
student no matter what they need. and two others that it was for the the instructors or supervisors fill
out a form nominating a student student will be chosen to repreShe's ... consistently warm and award.
they feel is qualified. Then a sent LCC in a state and regional
caring."
"I'd just like to thank all the committee, made up of work
competition. The winner of the
Durbin is a student in the LCC people I work with for support- study student supcrv isors and State competition receives a
Nursing Program, just complet- ing me and considering me for their peers, reads all the nomi- plaque and $50. The regional
ing her education with training the award."
nations and selects the top three, winner receives a plaque and
LCC College Work Study one for each month in the term. $200.
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Torch editor sobs and saps out thank-yous, goodbyes
by .JOE HARWOOD

whining. In fact, since I have 20
column inches of space to fill, I'm
including some sappy, sobbing
thank-yous for a group of people
who have made this year's Torch
the best community college student newspaper in the state, if not
the country.
Some would say such a glob of
sentimental rhetoric doesn't belong in a newspaper. I don't care.
I can print it because I'm the editor. So let's get this over with ...
• My father, Don: I start with
my dad because throughout my
life he has believed in me and my
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more quickly than most -- maybe
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realized such a job doesn't leave
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Brown's performance as advertising adivser was exemplary
Peterson, Dorothy Wcame, and this year. Without her knowledge
Jan Brown: All three of these of advertising and genuine conpeople have contributed im- cern, I would have been up the
mensely lo my development as a creek without a keyboard, so to
human being (is that really pos- speak. She provided us with much
sible?) and to the progress the needed revenue, and continually
Torch made this year. Without went beyond being just the "ad
their continued patience and sup- salesperson."
port, the successes of this year
• Tracy Brooks and Jeanette
Nadeau: Without the twc of you,
would not have been possible.
Peterson is one of a kind, a I would have taken my own life
great teacher as well as friend. during the course of the year.
He's taught me journalistic values Acting as my right and left hands,
and ethics that are sometimes ab- Jeanette and Tracy took active
sent in today's mainstream press. roles in managing this paper. More
Additionally, he has given me often than not, they put in 40-plus
and other staff members the skills hours a week at the Torch-- on top
of classes and part-time jobs/
• The rest of my family: You needed to get jobs after college ..
Wearne is the consummate families. They maintained sanity
all know who you are ... I hope
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letters of support. Again, I count print a paper, and she gave me a have enough space or adjectives
myself lucky to have such a fam- basis to make some of the hardest
to adequately describe my affecily, and rm glad we all have the decisions in my life. Her thoughttion for each, but both have my
same obnoxious streak running fulness coupled with an over~
infinite respect and friendship.
through our questionable gene achiever's knowledge of journal• The Torch staff: Again, the
pool. Too bad we didn't gel more ism provides the Torch with the
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Field narrowing for student Services· V.P.
by KIM CHALLIS-ROTH
Torch Lead Writer
After weeks of advertisements,
application screenings, and preliminary interviews, the search
for vice president of Student Services is coming to an end.
Five candidates have been invited to Lane during the first two
weeks of June for interviews with
the President Jerry Moskus and
other vice presidents and to participate in an open forum.

Kate Barry, chair of the interview committee, says a schedule
will be available early next week
and advises students and staff to
watch the Daily for updates.
"Everyone on the committee
has been dedicated in finding a
good replacement," Barry says.
"We have some real quality people
coming to campus."
Barry stresses students will
have many opportunities to meet
with the candidates and encourages student participation in the

open forum.
The applicants who have been
invited are:
• Linda Holladay- Central
Wyoming College
• Don Schoening- Wenatchee
Valley College, Washington
• Roger Welt- Bakersfield
College, California
• Jolene Ramacker- Olympic
College, Washington
• Harriet Custer-Iowa Department of Education

Consortium remembers AIDS victims
by DEBORAH STOTLER
TORCH Lead Writer
Saturday, May 30, the Community AIDS
Consortium (CAC) unites with Saturday Market
to present an" AIDS Memorial Day Celebration."
The event, scheduled for 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the
Saturday Market stage, will feature speakers,
singers, theatrical presentations, and testimonials
in memory of local persons who have died of

AIDS.
Janet Winter, an HIV education specialist at
CAC, says the list of entertainers at the celebration
includes members of the Eugene Peace Choir,
presenters from "Responsible Mothers and Others;" a Corvallis HIV education group "which
uses humor to convey its message;" and the Teen
Aids Prevention/Education Theatre Troupe, which
transmits its instructional message via songs and
skits.
Formed in June 1998, CAC is an "informal,"
broad-based provider group with two basic function~, says Winter. The first deals with "providing
services and support to people who are infected"
with the HIV virus.
And, "becau~e t~tre is no cure for HIV," Winter
stresses that a critical part of CAC's mission is
enhancing public awareness about HIV prevention
through educational efforts.
With an estimated 10,000 HIV-positive persons
in Oregon, most of whom are under 35 years-old,
Winter says she is "very concerned" for young
people these days.
AIDS is "a young person's disease," she says.
Most people today with full-blown cases actually

"were infected 10 years earlier when they were in
their teens and early twenties."
When she's invited to speak at schools, Winter
says she "tries to make (young people) aware of
how sex is sold to them. Movies, MTV and advertisements bombard them with the message 'sex
is cool.' I tell them, 'Don't buy into it."'
This fourth anniversary of the AIDS Memorial
Celebration marks the first joint collaboration
between CAC and Saturday Market.
Winter says the market will donate 10 percent
of its May 30 rental fees to Shanti/Willamette
AIDS Council (WAC). Additionally, the market's
management will provide labels to individual vendors who agree to have containers available for
donations to Shanti/WAC on Saturday, the traditional Memorial Day.
Kim Smith, administrative coordinator at HJV /
AIDS Resources, Inc., says the Saturday Market
venue at the downtown Park Blocks, Eighth Avenue and Oak Street, offers "a unique opportunity" to spread the "message that AIDS is a growing problem here in Lane County."
• Although the celebration will be a "time of
reflection and compassion" for people who've
died from AIDS-related diseases, Smith says the
people whose memory they honor "wouldn't want
us to be morose."
Instead, he suggests, AIDS .victims would
probabiy pre!~r us to shake loose our complacent
attitudes concerning the AIDS epidemic~"They'd
tell us to get off our tails and do something abGu[
the problem," he says.
"The major focus for this celebration is we arc
all at risk for HIV; none are immune." says Smith.
"We have to get beyond blaming the victims"

Tax

more than likely qualify for the credit.
"Our main goal right now is just to get the information out," says
Stockton. "It's such a win-win situation."
Stocktonsaysoftheinsuranceagents,CPAsandpotentialqualifiers
he's spoken to, only two have heard of the benefits available through
the IRS. It's disappointing, he says, because the IRS does not make the .
information readily available.
In fact, only two paragraphs accompany the EIC schedule in the IRS
tax booklets, and a detailed publication about the EIC is not made
readily available to the public. People must specially request the
booklet, but if people don't know about the credit, how can they ask
about it, questions Stockton.
"The government loves to give us benefits and then not tell us about
it," he says.
There are advantages and disadvantages alike, says Stockton. To
receive a credit, a person must file Fonn 1040 or 1040A. Many people
do not file this form and so may miss out on an opportunity they are
otherwise entitled to.
It's also complicated, he says. And you must have aqualifyingchild
to be eligible for the EIC.
But Stockton says that the government is bending toward extending
the insurance credits to benefit childless workers who cannot afford
adequate health insurance, and increasing the amounLli of money
available to families.
The credit is also retroactive as far back as three years that a tax filer
did qualify, but did not take the credit. For example, a man who did not
know about the credit in years past, but did qualify, would receive
crediL~ for each year he qualified for the three years prior.
Stockton will host seminars for businesses on July 8 and 21, from
7-8:30p.m_.,andAug.12,samctime,attheDTC.Peoplewithqucstions
about receiving insurance crediL~ shou Id contact Stockton or their own
insurance agents.

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LCC will perform plastic surgery this summer
when it transforms LCC's Career Information
and Counseling and Advising Centers from
cramped, dowdy spaces to fresh, spacious work
areas. The $60,000 facelift is scheduled to begin
June 15 when the college adds a third floor in the
Center Building, adjacent to the bookstore, to
accomodate the department's demand for floor
space.
According to Jean Conklin, Career Information Center advisor, the remodelling will allow
the centers 'to breathe,' providing "more room to
do our jobs more effectively."
"It's really cramped," she says. The remodelling will open up additional office and work
space.
Included in the plans for the added level are a
work room and a group room. The work room
will be an area where staff members can work
individually and gather for staff meetings. The
group room will provide an extra space for
classes, meetings, or support groups, says
Conklin. The additional level will open up more
office space on the second floor, as well, says
Conklin.
Along with the construction, the centers will
receive new carpeting and steel case furniture.
Funding for the project will come from the
Counseling Department's operating funds and

various loans, says Director of Campus Services
Paul Colvin.
According to Colvin, the addition of a third
floor won't be the only change on the campus this
summer. Campus Services has scheduled a
Central Plant Upgrade, implementation of
wheelchair accessible water fountains and automatic doors, remodelling of the women's
restroom in Industrial Technology to provide
hal 1way accessibility, new carpeting and lighting
for the library, and many other small projects.
The college says funding for the projects is
coming from a variety of sources, including
supplemental budget funds, the Capital Repair
Improvement Fund, serial levy funds, and the
operational budget.
Those repairs will not be as noticeable, says
Colvin, as the third floor remodel. However,
although the areas will be closed off for the
construction, students will still be able to access
Counseling and Career Advising over the summer, says Conklin. The Career Information Center
will be located in Center 401, open MondayThursday, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Students seeking
counseling will be able to find the department in
the Study Skills Department on the fourth floor
of the Center Building.
Hopefully, says Conklin, the project will be
complete by mid-August. The centers together
serve several thousand students in the fall, she
says, and she's concerned that some may miss
out if they don't know where to look.

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: Noon Music in the Cafeteria- at Noon

•!I Bob MarshaH Retirement Celebration
I In the Cafeteria from 2:30-4:00
Denali Finale 2-4 p.m. in Center 476
Readings, Music, Art Displays, Signed
Denalis, Refreshments

Counseling area receives face-lift
by TRACY BROOKS
Torch Associate Editor

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Thursday, June 4
The Last ASLCC Senate Meeting
P.E. 205 at 3:00 p.m.
College Republicans meet at 5:30
In Center 401
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at the Hult Center at 7:30
Friday, June 5
Graduation for College Students
7:30 p.m. at the Hult Center
Tuesday, June 9
Aeolia plays for Noon Music
In - you guessed it - the Cafeteria
Enjoy your summer- use prote.ction - In the sun

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Imagination leads writer into Enterprise 'holo-deck'
by CHUKAR BACON
On the Right Hemisphere
It was Don who suggested the
big gnarly chicken fry. He put
on a hillbilly hat and gimped
around the room, yelping in a
backwoods tone, "We're gonna
have us a big gnarly chicken
fry," and carrying on something
fierce.
He met neither veto nor resistance from the household which
had become absorbed in academic desperation, and weakened from hunger. Soon we
were chanting, "Big Gnarly
Chicken Fry," all in unison and
Don was off to cut the unfortunate bird into smaller, more friable pieces.
I've f c1t like that chicken
lately. I' ve been cut into so
many pieces by worries over finances ,cJasses, business, family
struggles, friends, pets, household maintenance, and the state
of the world, that I have been
unable to think about the important things.
Not that the chicken cared
much about the important thing's,
or anything ever again, but seeing him prepared with such de-

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me of the Chicken Florentine l
had the exquisite pleasure of
tasting in the Renaissance Room
a few weeks before.
The restaurant staff wanted
me to write a review. All l have
to say can be summed up in three
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the sun, and we were deeply in
love. l wanted to hop up, do the
dishes, and give them all a big
kiss, maybe take the waitress
dancing. Entering the Renaissance Room from the bustle of a
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the "holo-dcck" of the Enterprise; a completely charming
other world. You may not have
the same experience I did, since
I do tend to dive in with a runaway imagination, but I sincerely
recommend you try the food and
meet the people. You will not be
sorry.
Back at the big gnarly chicken
fry, the only sorry person was
Don who had somehow managed to baiig his lmcc on a bicycle pedal while carrying the
contraption up the stairs.
He yipped and howled as he
and the bike rattled back to the
first floor.
"It's all got to do with
'grabity,'"saidJohn. "What goes
up must come crashing down
unless it can 'grabity' onto
something."
I smelled smoke.
"I think the chicken's done,"
I mentioned casually.
Don bounded into the kitchen
on his one good leg, pulled the
chicken out of the fryer, opened
a window, and served us each a
plate of Chicken ala' Carbon.
"Eat up," he said. "There's
plenty more."
I thought of the first prehistoric humans, gathered around a
fire they had discovered near a
fresh lava flow.

"Each brought what they had
killed that day," I said slowly,
"placing all into one pile with
the intention of eating everything raw. Then one of them
accidentally dropped the whole
batch of scaly morsels into the
fire, and the hooting and
hollering commenced."
I peeled back the crust, took a
bite of the chicken, and mused
about the cavemen.
"It seems to me that cooking
was an accident," I said. "Pass
the salt. Those ancestors of ours
probably danced around the fire
for fifteen minutes, tossing dust
into the air, making weird faces,
thinking 'how in the hell arc we
going to save that meat?' Then
one of them, no doubt one who
was so careless in the first place,
maybe Fred or Barney, we 're
not sure, grabbed a pointy stick
and fished it all out, much to the
awe and disgust of the other truck
drivers."
"Your world frightens and
confuses me," said Don.
"Good thing they all had sharp
teeth and plenty of sauce," I said.
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somebody invented the wheel
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Birds of Oregon· instructor to retire from Lane

Seniors take-up bird watching and find
interesting specimens in Fern Ridge area

by ERIC JAMES
Torch Contributing Editor
It's 6 a.m. and dew speck.led
grass surrounds the small group at
Campbell Senior Center.
It's LCC's "Birds Of Oregon
for Senior Citizens" class,chatting
among themselves while waiting
for the bus that will take them to
view Soras, Virginia Rails, and
short-eared owls.
Driver/instructor
Floyd
Weitzel, 58, and his wife Anna,
52, drive the seniors to their first
destination. They converse about
expected bird sightings for the
day, some with their books open
and fingers pointing.
At the first stop, a couple of
tree swallows flutter, as if arguing
about who should stay in the house
and take care of the kids.
Down the narrow puddle-ridden road, questions arise about its
origin. "It's called the 'Old
Elmira,"' says student Don
Brinton. "It used to be a wagon
trail to the coast."
Sneaking up with binoculars
and spotting scopes, the students
ready themselves to spy on the
Sora that habitates among the tan
grass at the end of Royal Avenue.
Weitzel says softly, "We'll play a
tape recording of the mating call
and see if it comes out."
A far-off voice returns the call.
But no bird arrives.
"You can't always expect to see
what you go out for," says Weitzel.
After awhile, Weitzel drives
the bus to a wooded area, where a
Redheaded Woodpecker was
sighted.

The venture continues with yet
another location, the Long Tom
River. It is an interesting spot,
because there is no river there
most of the year. "It was built by
the Army Engineers around
WWII," comments student Rod
Johnson. And Bob Tews adds, "It
holds the overflow from the around
the Fem Ridge Reservoir area."
Weitzel draws the attention of
the class with the mention of the
possibility of finding the shorteared owl and Sora.
After the recording of the
Sora' s mating call plays, there is a
silent pause. Then a flock of voices
returns the call, but again, no birds
arrive.
"I always thought bird watchers were weird," says Anne
Dawson, a student new to the
cla.lis. But the LCC course prov ides
socializing and instruction for
people.
Anna Weitzel says the group is
a diverse one. There arc various

~ips, and supports Floyd through
all.

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But this will change in the future. Because there is a greater
need for transfer students to have
classes on campus, the college
decided it would need Weitzel to
teach two transferable survey
classes on campus and one senior
class off-campus next year.
The change in policy from the
college administration prompted
Weitzel to retire early, he says.
"We didn't want to compromise
the quality of either class," he
says.
This means the Weitzels will
have an enrollment of 25 out of
the 90 who requested to be placed
in the course. The two to four day
field trips will be affected due to
the cuts.
'The Weitzels are nice people,"
says Emily Gropp, a student who
has taken the birding class offand-on since its inception in 1979.
"Emily is our resident botanist," says Anna Weitzel. ''These
people never cease to amaze us."
Her husband adds that there
has never been an accident in the
13 years of the program and he
varies the curriculum every term.
Ed Livingston, who was bori'
in 1901,andjustcelebratedhis92 "t
birthday a couple of weeks back; •· '
later said, "It is interesting for a<
•class where people are all 65 and
older."
fields of employment, including
Sporting a birthday prescn,t
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kees cap, Livingston adds, "Floyd
Weitzel teaches three senior makes it interesting ... not at an
classes off-campus, and one s ur - dull."
vey class on campus during winIt's 9:20 a.m. on the north side
ter and spring terms. The course is
of Fem Ridge Rcsevoir, when
dedicated to expanding the senior
Weitzel points out a blue heron
citizens' knowlegde of birds, bird
and says it's time to leave.
behavior, and of the enivomment
Getting back to the center,
in general. Weitzel teaches this
Weitzel instructs the students
term's class to a total enrollment
about the expected schedule for
of about 90 seniors.
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Family values no longer model utopian Cleaver world
Ever since Dan Qualye's 30-second sound bite debacle blaming the decline of America's inner cities on the
absenceof"traditionalfamilyvalues,"we'vebcenasking
ourselves what, exactly, did he mean.
Could he mean the family values demonstrated by the
popular TV series "Leave it to Beaver?" The series
depicted life in a Utopian world, free of drugs, poverty,
crime, recession, and unemployment. Conflict and strife
only existed in superfluous form, a stem lecture by Dad
correcting any divergence from "traditional family values." Andbestof all,anyproblcmsthcfamilyfacedcould
be resolved in 30 minutes.
In today's world, June would be working as a shortordcrcook at McBarfBurgers because Ward got laid off
and is still looking for family level employment. The
Beav wouldbcsmokingacrackpipc and Wally's unwed
girlfriend would probably be pregnant with her second
child. Of course, Eddie Hascal would be in the Savings
and Loan business.
Ward got laid off despite working at the same company for 20 years because the CEO demanded a S6
million salary, and someone had Lo go. June is working
flippin' burgers despite her college degree because only
minimum wage service jobs arc available. The Beav is
turning tricks to support his habit -- brought on by
inadequate supervision because both parents are work-

ing or looking for work. And Wally's girlfriend is again
pregnant because the Cleavers are Catholic Republicans
and didn't educate their kids about the use of contraceptives.
Oh, and Eddie Hascal became a gardener for Alan
Cranston after the S&L scandal broke.
Indeed, such imagery is depressing and somewhat
exaggerated, but ~ot far from the truth.
Did Quayle envision traditional family values to
mean that women should get married before having a
baby? Unlike the storybook life that Quayle and his wife
lead, pregnant women in the real world either don't have
the opportunity or choose to remain unmarried.
Maybe Quayle would be surprised to find out that by
1989, 32.5 percent of women giving birth to their first
child were unmarried. Despite the stereotype of the
single mother as an impoverished adolescent, only one
third of single mothers are teenagers. About 14 percent
are over thirty, a percentage almost twice that of figures
in 1980.
But more importantly, it's usually not that the women
don't want to get married, it's that they haven't found the
right person and their biological clock is running out -and they still want to be mothers.
Take Quayle's poor example of the show "Murphy

Brown" and her unwed pregnancy -- an untraditional
arrangement, especially since the unborn child was fathered_by her ex-husband.
•
Would Quayle have Brown get an abortion so as not
to contribute to the moral decline of America? Or would
he simply be content to sec the mythical Brown get fired
from her job and run out of town?
The point is, traditional family values, the kind Bush
and Quayle speak so highly of, are extinct for the
majority of the population.
Even when couples make the republican grade and get
married before giving birth, economic circumstances
often dictate the mother return to work soon after the
baby is born.
No longer can the man simply act as the sole breadwinner. Two income households are the only way many
people can get not only their piece of the American
dream, but simply earn a living wage. Moreover, women
are slowly gaining equality, wanting to achieve success
through a fulfilling career outside of the home.
So, after much discussion, we never did decide what
Quayle meant by his comment. But we did decipher his
message: After 12 years of republican administration,
Reagan, Bush, and Quayle have shown one thing.
They are out of touch with their electorate, and show
no signs of improving.

OPINION POLL

Question of the Week: What classes did you have problems getting
•
into and what classes would y6u like be added?

Doug Landrum
Education
"Well I really haven't had
any problems yet."

Dawn Wilkens
Social Work
I had trouble getting inlo English classes and I can't think of
anything that needs to be added."

Laura Wood
M.O.A.
"I haven't had any trouble at
all getting into any of my classes
at all other than when I was a
new student, so far I'm pretty
happy."

Joi Thran
Sports Medicine
"I didn't have any problems
getting into any classes, everything is just fine, school is just
fine the way it is:"

Nancy McLane
Undecided
"I have yet to have any
problems getting into any
classes and I'd Jike to see more
beginning guitar classes added."

Shirley Lawrence
Undecided
"This term I didn't have any
problems getting into any
classes, I got lucky I guess. As
far as adding any classes, I just
say a slower math class."

Mickey Phill
Home Economics
"I had problems getting into a
nutrition class because they were
all full, I had problems getting
into a math class because they
were all full and that's about it."

Linda Clark
Nursing
"I would like to see more
chemistry classes added, the sciences are the ones we have problems getting into for the nursing
program anyway."

Dan Clark
Transfer
"During one of the real crucial
terms for me, I was the last on
the social security list so I
couldn't get into anything. In
order to get 12 credits for financial aid requirements, I had to
take classes I didn't need . ..

Nikki Bekker
Nursing Program
"I had trouble getting into the
science classes that I wanted,
but they have added science
classes, in fact if they hadn't
added those classes I wouldn't
have been able to get in any ...

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May29,T992

The Torch

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Native American
Indians are the
only minority

volved, he prompted certain individuals to run for office. Perhaps
there's nothing wrong with this.
It's disturbing to me, however,
mainly because of the extreme of
the right wing views Delf so
openly expresses. It is my opinion
that the Delf-associated student
politicians (as a whole, not necessarily as individuals) show signs
of having a hidden agenda.
Unfortunately, Tracy Brooks
restructured my opinions into allegations that I can't substantiate.
I never pretended to know for a
fact that a hidden agenda exists
within the group, or that they are
composed entirely of conservatives, yet some of my statement~
have been taken out of context.
Here's what I really object to:
In our interview, Tracy asked if I
had heard that Delf had assisted in
printing campaign flyers/posters.
I had heard this and I told her so.
She wrote that "Warren ... alleged
that Delf may have used college
equipment and time to print flyers
... " I what?
The next time I feel like saying
something in the Torch I'll just
write a letter like I'm doing now.
Yeah, I am pissed.
Brad Warren

To the Editor:
What minorities?
I'm getting tired of all the complaints about "minorities." There
is only one minority in the United
States. And they are the native
American Indians. Whites are not
a minority. Blacks are not a minority. The Japanese, Chinese,
Asians, Vietnamese, and Eastern
India-ites are not minorities. They
can be found all over the world.
There is no shortage of these races.
The native American Indians
are a minority. They are not al1
over the world. There are very
few of them left in the United
States. I am white, and ashamed
of the way all other races have
been whining and crying about
their poor treatment. You poor
babies. U you feel you are not
getting the attention you crave,
then go to some other country and
do your complaining. We're getting tired of it and have no time for
it. Your priorities are way off base.
The native American Indians
are the only minorities in America.
It's time you cry babies acknowl- OSPIRG
edged that fact, and find something more worthwhile to put your
energies into, instead of being such
complaining cry babies. You are To the Editor:
Those of us with OSPIRG
acting petty and shamefully. You
would Iike to take this opportunity
are disgusting.
The native A.t-nerican Indians to share with everyone at LCC our
need our help and our accomplishments this year a~ well
acknowledgement. It's time they as some of our goals for next year.
OSPIRG is a statewide, stuwere given the place of honor that
dent-directed
environmental and
they deserve. They are the miconsumer
group
with chapters at
norities here.
4campuses
in
Oregon.
By demoIf the rest of you "races" feel
voting
to
pool
their recratically
put upon; tough. Go s~~ewhere
sources
through
the
student
activelse and do your whmmg and
ity
fee,
students
are
able
to
hire
crying. I'm not the oniy one tired
professional
staff
to
help
coord_
iof putting up with you cry babies.
nate
their
efforts
on
these
pu
bhc
Uyou don't like it in America, go
back to your ancestral country interest issues. By working with
and leave the United States to the each other, students and staff are
original people, the native able to accomplish a great deal at
Americanlndian. They'llcertainly the local, state, and national levdo a much better job of taking care els.
This year, students worked toof America than the rest of you
gether
across the state to raise
have so far. Shut up and quit
public
awareness
about toxics, recomplaining.
cycling,
,md
sustainable
energy
Martha Winters
use. Here a LCC, we organized
events such as Toxics Tuesday,
Conservation Day, and Energy
Fair, and co-sponsored Earth Day
with ASLCC to educate students
about environmental problems
and their solutions. In addition,
To the Editor:
OSPIRG organized a variety of
I was surprised to see my name commmunity service events such
comeupsofrequentlyinlast week's as the annual Hunger Cleanup,
article headed: "Instructor at the invoving hundreds of students and
centerofelection controversy," and raising thousands of dol1ars for
definitely surprised at what bold hunger and homelessness relief
statements Tracy Brooks clain1s projects.
that I've been making.
Students at Lane will carry on
OSPIRG's program work next
My opinions on this particular
year, focussing on pesticide use
topic haven't changed since Tracy
and
voter registration. We will
interviewed me two weeks ago.
also
continue our work in the arHaving been acquainted with Greg
eas
of
consumer protection and
Delf andsorneofthenewlyelected
hunger and homelessness. Next
senators, I think that Delfs role in
year will be especially exciting
their campaign is greater than he
for opportunity to reaffinn your
would have us believe. He didn't
support of the OSPIRG chapter.
just encourage students to get in-

recaps
past successes

Angry student
argues misprint

results; they only promote hann attend a quality program but evand divisiveness! "Persuasion" ery taxpayer. As stated by Marian
works negatively, when we con- W. Edelman in the 90-91 Annual
form to other's opinions and Edition of Early Childhood Eduprinciples, rather than our own cation, pg. 64: ... it is estimated
"findings" and convictions.
thata$1 million in preschool eduI love this saying, "It is aston- cation returns $6 in taxpayer
ishing what a small group of savings because of lower educapeople can accomplish when no tion costs, lower costs of public
one cares who gets the crcdi t."
welfare and crime, and higher
Couldn't we create a network worker productivity . .
To the Editor:
to work together and use t11e enPerhaps the example the LCC
My name is Andrea Pasutti
ergy to focus on each other's student body sets for the nation
and I am the Public Relation~
qualities, rather than our own will have a positive effect where
Director for the LCC Forensics
differences?
thefederalgovemmenthasfailed.
Team. I feel compelled to write
By the way, in regard to the By continuing the above average
on behalf of the team regarding
collective uniformity in the elec- quality of our center as well as
your article in the May I issue of
tion of the new student govern- educating other colleges in how
the Torch, Bryan and Gabrielle
ment, I did not vote according to to establish similar centers, we
have had tremendous success this
"Block ticket," I am not in Gr~g can contribute to making a differyear, both as indi victuals and with
Delfs class, I am not from the ence in a very important field that
t.heirpcrfonnan~e in Duo. While
Christian background and I'm has been neglected for years.
the article focused on that, it did
sincerely open to and respect other
The center has received comnot include the successes of our
view points
munity support as well as college
other teammates.
Vida Ellins
support. Donations by businesses
A team relies on the strength
ASLCC Senator
have given the center trees, a
of all involved, and our team has
blueberry bush and other items
many strong speakers. Bryan
that we would not have had otherand Gabrielle's acheivments at
wise. The various departments on
our tournament helped us to win
our campus have donated wood
sweepstakes, but it was also due
scraps for projects, cardboard
to Christy Sheron's finalist in To the Editor:
boxes for castles and most imporEd. Com., Carrie Frye's finalist
I enjoyed the storv in last wf',ek's tantly their valuable time and lain Persuasive, Herby Koj ima's Torch regarding the ASLCC Chi Id bor. The center would not have
finalist in informative, Shane Care Co-op Center. However I received their boat had it not been
Shaeffer's finalist in Drama and
round that me aruc1e glossed over forthegenerosityofothers. People
Informative, My first place in
an important fact. I feel that the are more than willing to help out
Drama, and my third place in
fact that LCC has the only cruld any way they can when they are
Duo with Herby.
care co-op offered by any com- given the opportunity. In many
Bryan and Gabrielle made it munity college in the nation is cases, they simply were never
to quarter finals at nationals and
significant. When our student asked before.
that is something to be proud of. government representatives went
The students of LCC have beBut please don't overlook the· to Washington D.C., Franki gun a unique project that is wor efforts of our other members,
Surcamp gave a seminar on how thy ofnational attention. We have
especially our novice speakers. other community colleges could taken the lead in the early educaWe have a strong novice team,
begin their own co-op. Trus places tion of our children and we must
many of whom will be returning
LCC in the position of leader in remain in the forefront. The stunext year with the hope of going
the field of student sponsored cruld dent body of LCC has given it's
to nationals themselves. Thank
care for all community colleges. support to the co-op, they are open
you for your understanding.
Our nation has a history of to visitations and questions. Get
Andrea Pasutti
neglecting the needs of our chil- involved in the future, take pride
dren while focussing on interna- in the educational opportunities
tional problems. The "leadersll of provided to our children.
our country have been blind to the Sharon L. Wolff
obvious and proven bcnefiL~ of a
quality early education experience
Tg the Editor:
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for all children. It is refreshing to
'!he Torch hopes
One persons view pomL
belong
to
a
student
body
that
beThe purpose of this letter is to
you have a GREAT
lieves in our cruldren and wants
help create unity and harmony,
rather than strife and division - it their welfare to be a priority. It not
is to offer an alternative view point only benefits the children w~1D
to the article of May 22nd, "Instructor at Cent.er of Election
TORCHSTAti~
Controversy," about the Social
•-Huwood
Science Instructor, Greg Delf.
In a short time that I've known
Greg Delf, I've observed his
genuine interest in students, his
warmth, welcoming attitude and
his sense of fairness. His office is
always open to anyone who hapMatthew J. Auxier, Anna Henry, Kim McCauley
pens to drop by with a question, or
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encouraging, friendly and moti•
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vating. These are qualities worthy
Sita Davis, Anthony Tilliu, Tad Maupin
of nurturing in each of us.
In the article's reference to
undue influence, every one of us
is endowed with the greatest gift
there is - that of a mind to think
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Thanks to al I who helped to make
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reader anger
To the Edi tor:
Steev Moore's frustration came
across loud and clear in his recent
Forum article, "Americans must
right injustices." It is the type of
frustration that triggered and fed
the recent riots as well as the
violence of the late 60s and early
70s.
The compelling need to vent
such frustration is understandable
but I believe the article, like the
riots, only amplifies the reader's
frustrations rather than offers some
possible solutions to the root of
the problems. I believe we can
make progress toward solving
some if not all of these problems
but it requires action focused by
clear thought rather than rhetoric.
To that end I offer t11e following
thoughts.
I completely agree with Stccv
that "There is active racism being
practiced on our sacred LCC
grounds." There is also sexism,
homophobia, and other forms of
bigotry as well. This dark side of
human nature exists in every culture and race on our planet so it
would only be surprising if it did
not exist at LCC. Unfortunately
that is the last point upon which
we can agree.
He infers that there is "instituand
racism
tional izcd
the perpetuation of fascism by
white men" here at LCC. .When
one student makes a racist comment to another it is definitely
racism and it is definitely offensive, but it is not institutionalized. I have no doubt that racism is
institutionalized in various organizations through out the U.S.,
but my experiences with the faculty and ·administration here at

LCC,combined with the fact that
they are under constant public
scrutiny on these issues, leads me
to conclude that racism is neither
their policy nor their practice. If
anyone has tangible proof without a factual basis such assertions
and inferences are just cheap shots
that only serve to thwart constructive dialogue and change.
He states that "LCC's current
enrollment is over 14,000 students
with racial instructor employment
of less than 2%." Unfortunately.
this issue is so complex I can.not
adequately address it here. I would
simply note that if low percentage
of minority employment is a direct indication of racism then the
owners of the Portland Trailblazers must be world-class anti-white
racists and not merely astute
enough to hire some of the best
players in the NBA.
Stcev goes on to point out that
Native-American Literature and
Cultural Anthropology arc currently being taught by two white
women. He then asks, "Why ...
arc these two woman teaching
this culture?" Is it just me or is that
question itself a racist/sexist remark. Having taken the NativeAmerican Literature course with
Linda Danielson my answer to
him is that they arc teaching those
courses because they arc superb
at opening both tl1e minds and the
hearts of their students to tl1e
beauty and wisdom of other cultures. Could a Native-American
do a better job? Probably, if they
were as aware of thcirown culture
as these women arc and if they
were as capable of imparting that
awareness as well as Linda docs.
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incapable of gaining such understanding.
At the end of his article Steev
asserts that, "It is (now) the responsibility of white America to
right the injustices that minorities
... must face everyday in these
Un-United States." Why only
"white America" and why only
the injustices done to minorities?
lf we are ever going to develop an
equitable society then we must
start by internalizing the concept
that all of us have a responsibiluy moo what we can to nght the
wrongs done to ourselves and to
others. This responsibility comes
not from guilt over past offenses
or even guilt over present conditions. It must come from a recognition that we are all bound
together by our common humanity. We are all members of a common society and and injustice done
to one of us is an injustice done to
all of us.
That internalization will not
come easily but it can come if we
work at it. During the rally against
oppression last week Donna Albro
offered an excellent suggestion
for beginning that process. Be involved. Find out about the many
multicultural/multi-racial events
that will be coming to LCC and
volunteer to help. Network. Find
a specit1c wrong you may be able
to right and go for it. Remember
that you cannot change everything but that you can change
some things and if enough of the
local problems can be solved
perhaps we'll find the motivation,
the wisdom, and the courage to
solve the bigger ones.
Larry Haftl

To the Editor:
Everybody loves a hero, and
the Torch has surely found a pair
in our Forensics Team's Bryan
Beban and Gabrielle Cordero.
These two students deserve recognition for their excellent contributions to the speech team this
year. But Bryan and Gabrielle's
accomplishments are only part of
our speech team's success story.
Of this term's competitors,
nearly all have been finalists or
have placed at our last two competitions. See for yourself:
Carrie Frye: persuasion finalist.
Herby Kojima: informative finalist, informative 1st place, duo
interpretation 2nd place.
Andrea Pasutti: dramatic interpretation 1st place, duo interpretation 2nd place, prose inter pretation 2nd place.
Shane Schaeffer: infom1ative
2nd place, dramatic interpretation
3rd place.
Christy Sheron: editorial commentary finalist, editorial commentary 3rd place.
Ranell Trantham: prose interpretation finalist.
Bryan Beban: editorial commentary I st place, prose interpretation 3rd place, communication
analysis 3rd place, duo interpretation 2nd place.
Gabrielle Cordero: poetry interpretation 1st place, duo interpretation 2nd place.
Clearly it is the whole team's
efforts that won Lane first place in
the state and second in the Northwest.
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To the Editor:
A letter written by Tammie
Macfarland and printed in the
May 15 issue of the Torch concerning a filler ad for recycling
has got my hackles up. First of all,
Tammie, you're attitude represents
the apathy that will eventually
tum this planet into a festering
garbage heap. We no longer have
a right to choose when it comes to
recycling, it is our duty to recycle,
a duty we must fulfill for future
generations.
Secondly, if you think that you
do have t11e right to do as you
please, you live in a completely
different world than the rest of
humanity. Long gone are the days
of conspicuous consumption as
an acceptable lifestyle, all the
world needs to get togetheron the
recycle kick; if it takes an offensive advertisement to help the less
conscious to see this fact, then let
us who have understanding offend.
Thirdly, the word "mongering," as it appeared in the advertisement in question, is indeed a
word. As a matterof fact, Tammie,
it happens to be a form of a verb
with an -ing ending, which makes
it a participle. Oh, and by the way,
I would like to invite everyone out
there in the world to recycle all
that they can.
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Guest Commentary
by FRANK ALDERSON
District Court Judge
After more than thirty years on
the bench I will retire from my
District Court judgeship, effective July 1. My fifth term in office
would expire January 3. Five attorneys have filed for election to
the position. I am confident that
the winner will be qualified to
take my place.
I was appointed by former Governor Hatfield to the nonpartisan position in December,
1960 and took office in January,
1961. I ran unopposed and was
elected to six-year terms in 1962,
1968, 1974, 1980 and 1986.
I served form 1952 to 1955 as
Klamath County District Attorney and then accepted an appointment as Assistant District Attorney for Lane County, a post I held
until my appointment to the District Court bench in 1960. I have
served as presiding judge and as
circuit judge, pro tern.
Anativeof Missouri, I attended
the University of Oregon where I
received a Bachelor of Science
degree in 1950 and my LLB degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1951. lam
a member of the Oregon State
Bar, Lane County Bar Association, and the Judicial Conference.
I am past president of the Eugene
JayCees, an elder and trustee of
the Eugene First Christian Church,
a member of the Board of Directors and chairman of the Sight
Conservation Committee of the
Eugene Downtown Lions Club,
past member of the Board of Directors of Olive Plaza, and past
district chairman and past member of the Eagle Board of Review
of the Boy Scouts. I am a Navy
Veteran of World War II.
I have mixed emotions regarding the "wellness" of our
community and state at this time.
The court docket is in very reasonable shape. We have a competent bench and bar, and we have
a conscientious and honest police
force; but, in my opinion, the
community has serious drug and
other crime related problems that
will substantially and adversely
affect the area now and for years
to come. If not curbed they will
probably, in my opinion, get
worse. Many serious crimes such
as burglaries, robberies, rape and
thefts are committed in order to
support a drug habit and/or while
the person is under the infl uencc
of drugs.
Some persons involved in drug
use and the drug traffic, including
meth labs, have children in the
home who may grow up physically and/or physiologically dependent on drugs. And, of course
they may be deprived of basic
necessities because of drug problems of a parent or parents. I have
seen people in court whose brains
are permanently damaged by past
use of drugs and society will basically have to support them for the
rest of their lives.
I strongly feel that the state
sentencing guidelines for felony
convictions are too lenient for
those convicted of dealing in

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District Court Judge Frank Alderson is retiring after 32 years on the bench
drugs, especially those convicted
of dealing in methamphetamines,
heroin and cocaine.
I am concerned about the
numberof teenagers who become
parents without having, or ever
having had, a job and very little
prospect for being able to support
children. It is not uncommon for a
17 or 18 year old male to relate in
court that his girlfriend is pregnant,
that she is 16 or 17 years old, and
that they already have one child.
Of course both have dropped out
of school. We talk about the
problem of"teenagc pregnancy";
we should call it "teenage fatherhood" as well. Far too often,
neither the boy nor the girl appreciate the responsibilities, social
and legal, of parenthood. We
must teach such responsibilities
at an early age. The community
will have to support many of these
young parents, their children, and
perhaps their grandchildren, unless, somehow the cycle is broken.

defendants know that even if they
do get convicted, they won't spend
a lot of time, if any time at all, in
the penitentiary. Far too often,
despite the gallant work of parole
and probation officers, there is
very liule "punishment" for parole and probation violations.
If no new funds arc found to
soften the impact of Measure 5 it
is certain that things will get
much worse with a LOT less space
available in the prisons and even
less supervision available for those
on parole and probation. There is
even talk of closure of Hillcrest
Juvenile Correctional School. In
my opinion, that would be tragic
indeed!
I concede thaqnany communities around the country have
substantially these same, or worse,
problems. That does not render
them less serious for us here "In
River City."
Locally, when the new correctional facility (we used to call it a
"jail") was buil tno provisions were
made for "double bunking." In
my opinion, that was a serious
mistake which should be corrected
as quickly as possible. I disagree
with some lower federal court
decisions setting unreasonable
standards for jails and prisons;
standards that are much higher
than required by the Constitution,
as interpreted by the United States
Supreme Court itself. All judges,
as well as others, should remember that·wc arc "a government of
laws and not of men." Some
counties follow procedures or set
certain standards out of fear of
what some lower federal court
may say and in fear of possible
staggering defense attorney fees
even if the county might substantially win any lawsuit. I feel that
conditions in jails and prisons
simply should not constitute cruel
or inhumane treatment and that
they should be safe and secure
pl aces for the inmates and the
persons working in the facility.
I do strongly support the Lane
County forest work camp, the
work release center, the "road
crew," the community service
work program, and the other programs for offenders who do net
constitute security risks or any
serious risk to the community. I
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Many repeat offenders are being released from the jail under
the matrix system and many, many
defendants fail to appear in court
for arraignment and/or trial or
hearing after being released on
matrix and some defendants have
repeated failures to appear after
being "matrixed." When this happens there is a waste of judicial
resources, (court appointed attorney fees, court and District Attorney time, etc.) the defendant is
never held accountable for his/
her crime, and many times commits more crimes while out on
matrix. This allows the criminal
to commit new crimes without
having been held to account for
past crimes and even "teaches"
the crin1inal that crimes can be
committed without fear of punishment. He/she need not even
leave our community because if
arrested again, he will just be released on matrix again, before
being tried on the charges. Many

faithfully in those constructive
programs to make them work.
However,fartoomanypeopleare
released prematurely from the jail
itself. JAIL and PRISON must
existasanalternativeorthewhole
system breaks down!
I feel that the community in
general should be better informed
factually on all these matters
through cooperation of the authorities and the news media. For
example, perhaps the names of
persons being "matrixed" and their
pending charges should be published. Should it be reported when
children are in a home when a
drug arrest is made? Should the
state Correction Di vision periodically release for the publican easy
to read reports showing the ex tent
of supervision of persons on parole and probation and what type
of conduct will constitute cause
for revocation of the parole or
probation? And on and on. The
general public is only partially
awareof theextcntofthe problem
now and how it will be in the
future unless substantial additional
funding is provided in light of
Measure 5.
More should be done to identify and help students in the lower
grades who have special emotional and educational needs.
Moral and legal responsibilities
of parenthood should be taught.
There would be a much better
return on the dollar for money
spent in those early years as compared with the money spent after
the individual is in the teens or
older. Dysfunctional families
should be identified and assistance
at least offered.
I feel that child abuse, sexual,
physical and emotional, needs
special attention because it is so
immoral, and can have such a bad
lasting effect on the child and
sometimes perpetuate itself into
the next generation. I say that
parental rights must be protected,
but we must also remember that
the abused child has rights and we
have the strong obligation to protect those rights as well. The
abused child cannot "stand up"
for his/her rights; we must do that
for them. Money spent on this
problem is an especially good investment.
I support the Lions-Quest Skills

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for Growing (grades K-5) and
Skills for Adolescence (grades 68) programs and feel perhaps the
priorities of society should come
into question when we pay some
coaches, professional athletes,
some administrators, college
presidents, and corporate chairman, for example, huge salaries
but cannot fund programs that
would support actions necessary
to curb these problems plaguing
our society today. Most all of these
people are outstanding persons
and do deserve good pay, and it is
argued that those salaries must be
paid in order to be "competitive"
in that job market; but are the lives
of our children and safety in our
community somehow less important?
I am not smart enough to know
the answers to these serious problems but am smart enough to know
that what is being done now is not
sufficient and I feel the community has the "smarts" and resources
even in this recession and Measure
5 time to tackle this very serious
situation. At this time, we are at
most "treading water" in a lake
that must be cleansed and the
source of pollution eliminated and
not to just lightly stir the water or
tolerate the problem. We want
and must have the water much
cleaner for our children and
grandchildren, and we can only
have this by stopping, or at least
substantially curbing, the "pollution" of drugs, crime and social
and economic irresponsibility.
As I stated, I concede that I do
nol have an answer and in my
opinion it would not be an answer
to spend thousands of dollars for
some study by some probably out
of state group for a voluminous
opinion that would, in a few years
from now, be "reversed" by another equally voluminous and
equally expensive "professional"
study. Perhaps a group of persons
from the various segments of the
community- a representative from
various service organizations, the
bench, the prosecution, law enforcement, the defense attorneys,
the church, management, labor,
the various levels of education,
the news media, senior citizens,
etc. to come together for a well
planned symposium then continue
as a "standing committee on this
matter. Hopefully we can eventually utilize the many resources of
the community to "clear the water" and tocutoffthcmainsources
of the contamination. The slogan
of the group might be: "We're
mad as hell about this and we're
going to do something about it!"
Perhaps this is far-fetched or there
are better ideas. Anyway, I submit
it as food for thought and would
be happy to work with others
having similar concerns or
thoughts.
Despite all these "concerns," I
feel this is a good community in
which to live, that it has the ability
to and will correct these very serious problems. But, after over 30
years, I do look forward to retirement from the bench.
I am 66 years young, live in
Eugene and have three grown
children, an six grandchildren.

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LCC becomes
smoke-free
After three months of staff
debate and intensive student
lobbying, the LCC Board of
Education reached a consensus
Feb. 12 to ban indoor smoking
on the main campus. Effective
March 31, the first day of spring
term, all areas formally designated for indoor smoking became
non-smoking locations.
The movement to ban smoking on campus was prompted by
the results or an October 1991
poll of LCC staff members. Distributed by staff members concerned with the health hazards
or second-hand smoke, the survey concluded that 79 percent of
the staff preferred a ban on
smoking, 11 percent did not.
A group of students representing the smoking faction protested the lack of student involvement in the poll, prompting the ASLCC to conduct a
survey of its own. stalling the
entire decision-making process.
ASLCC stated that the majority of student government
members leaned toward an outright ban on indoor smoking,
while some council members
voiced opposition to the use of
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smoking space, one proposal for
the resolution of the smoking
controversy.
At its Nov. 13 meeting, the
LCC Board of Education reached
an informal consensus to eradicate all indoor smoking areas.
At that time ASLCC Senator
Joann Wilson began circulating
a petition to stop what she said
was a likely policy change.
Then, in a move that surprised
college administrators and angered the non-smoking community, the LCC Board of Education voted unanimously at its
Dec. 11 meeting to delay changing the institution's smoking
policy.
Some faculty and classified
union represcntati ves informed
board members that a ban on
indoor smoking constituted a
"change in the workplace" - an
issue which must be negotiated
contractually with both unions
before becoming policy.
The ban was eventually approved as a consent agenda item
at the March board meeting and
took effect the first day of spring
term.

LCC part-timers
discontented
The use of part-time instructors is on the rise in Oregon, as
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Part-timers provide good
quality, cost effective instruction, according to Vice President of Instruction Jim Ellison,
who said part-timers earn only
S590percrcdittaught,compared
to an, average full-time instructor who earns S840 per credit
taught.
But the overuse of part-time
instructors drew fire from several part-timers this year, including Ron Meyers, Peter
Jensen, and Lance Sparks.
Sparks, an English Instructor,
resigned his position due to a
need for a stable, healthy income. Meyers stated at a Board
of Education meeting that he
planned to resign his position at
the end of spring term because
the college has treated him shabbily (due to his part-time status)
and ignored the problems associated with part-time instruction.
Faculty Union President Don
Micken expressed concern to the
board that too heavy a reliance
on part-timers would eventually
send LCC programs "to hell in a
handbasket." Full-timers plan
department curricula, and are
intensely involved in determining the direction a department
takes in educating students, he
said, while part-time instructors
cannot reasonably be expected
to meet those demands. The
added stress on full-time instructors sends the department
downhill, he said.

LCC's Faculty Council expressed concern, as well. Council member Allan Kluber says
the council will survey faculty
members in the future to determine if part-timers are being used
in a manner which is educationally sound. He says the council
hopes to establish a statement of
principle about the usage of parttime instructors.

Air Tech Building, if the Aviation Mechanics Department
moved to the Eugene Airport.
College officials were uncertain
if the Air Tech building had a
ventilation set-up which was an
improvement over that of the
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LCC undertook improvements to the college's Welding
Technology lab this year totalling
nearly $60,000 in renovations,
while formulating a long term
plan to move the lab.
The repairs came as a result
of complaints by students and
college employees working in
or above the lab in the Apprenticeship Building that the lab was
causing illness - headaches,
nausea, dizziness, itchy eyes, and
fatigue.
Although the college claimed
that State Accident insurance
Fund ( SAl F) tests concluded gas
and contaminant levels were at
acceptable levels, complaints
about illness experienced around
the lab had been registered for as
many as 10 years.
College action included the
replacement of an old chop saw
that produced fumes, and the
purchase of seven new portable
exhaust units for individual
welding booths.
Then, in October of 1991,just
months after the college admitted a problem with the lab, Occupational Safety and Health
Division (OSHA) notified LCC
of pending citations for traces of
lead found in dust present in the
Apprenticeship Building in July.
A Eugene doctor specializing
in occupational medicine said
that lead can cause symptoms
such as those described by college employees. However, the
symptoms are also attributable
to hysteria, she said.
Thecollegeofferedfree blood
tests to employees concerned
about lead present in their blood.
Several weeks after that, the
college announced its intention
to investigate the possibility of
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was approved by voters in the
spring 1991 elections, ASLCC
opened its student-funded child
care co-op, located in a modular
building on the northwest parking lot of campus, on Jan. 9.
Financial support for the
program is provided by a $5 per
student, per term fee.
The co-op is run by students
and offers parents an opportunity to share their childrcns' development cooperatively.
According to Sue Ferguson,
hired this year as the co-op's
director, there has been an overwhelmingly positive response
from parents. So far this year,
she says, the 36 available spots
in the co-op for children ages
three months to five years have
been filled each term.
Ferguson points to the 150person waiting list as an example
of an incredible need for affordable child care.
To enter the child care co-op,
students must sign their children
up for the program, just as they
would a regular class. Then they
pay a fee of approximately $200
per month, much less than most
other programs which charge
about $400 to 5500 per month.
As for the future, Ferguson
says with this year's turnout of
child care applicants, she looks
toward an expanded facility with
two or three additional modular
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the candidates. A clear mandate
of the students had not been established, she said.
The committee needed 500
signatures to force a new election, which would have pitted
runner-up Jones against
Hollingsworth.
But Student Activities Director Barb Delanksy debunked the
attempt, stating that the petition
had no valid basis. The election
process was not violated, she
maintained, and she refused to
grant the use of student funds for
another election, even if 500
signatures were collected.
Wilson, however, claimed
that ASLCC Constitution allows
for a new election under Article
XIV, Section 2.0. She cited the
U.S. Constitution as a model,
requiring a primary election will
be held in a presidential race
with three or more candidates.
To deny students a new election,
she said, would be a violation of
which
constitution,
the
superccdes the ASLCC Constitution.

Classified staff
settles contrac t

The LCC Employee Federation (LCCEF) reached a contract
r1 settlement with the college bargaining team, putting to rest nine
months of unsuccessful negotiation.
LCC's classified employees,
secretaries,
including
groundskeepers, clerks, admind race to
istrative assistants, food service
cted canworkers, and technicians,
rth to the
worked six months without a
contract.
ASLCC
s Spring
Negotiations dragged on for

ect
der

a variety of reasons, said union
negotiator Alan Bahret. He
claimed the college refused to
work with the union on several
points of contention. Another
member of the union alleged the
co11cge was "not negotiating
fruitfully.'·
Issues keeping the college and
the union apart included:
• A wage increase proposal;
• Insurance for part-time employees;
• Space for a union office on
campus; and
• Maintenance of a grievance
system for employees uprooted
during a reclassification of college jobs.
Lon Mills, LCC's negotiator,
refuted union claims about
stalled bargaining, stating that
the two sides were making
progress. He maintained that he
was representing the parameters
set forth by the Board of Education.
The two teams finally reached
a tentative contract agreement
Feb. 5, shortly after LCC 's Board
of Education met with Mills in a
closed session to discuss the
union demands.
The agreement included a new
insurance package for part-time
employees, a 3 1/2 percent wage
increase this year, a four percent
increase in 1992-93, and a two
percent increase the year following. Employees at the top of
their salary steps received a S4(X)
bonus this year, with a S250
bonus to come next year.

Bond resigns
as coordinator
After a tumultuous two years
at the - helm of the college's
fledgling substance abuse programs, Coordinator Harvey Bond
resigned in January.
The resignation, prompted by
surfacing allegations that Bond
used his position to obtain personal loans from students and
engaged in sexual misconduct,
was accepted by Student Health
Services Director Sandra Ing on
Jan. 31.
Bond stressed the resignation
was "not an issue of relapse;
simply of self-care."
A self-admitted recovering
addict, Bond was arrested on the

main campus on March 28, 1991,
by Lane County Sheriff's deputies.
He was charged with two counts
of tampering with drug records
and possession of a controlled
substance, Tylenol III.
He told the Torch on April 4,
1991, that "I did suffer a relapse .
on prescription pain medicine.
"I trusted my judgement and I
shouldn't have."
Bond originally entered a plea
of not guilty, but later changed his
plea to guilty in exchange for a
reduced sentence. He was later
sentenced to a £600 fine and
community service.
In light of the arrest, college
administrators allowed Bond to
return to work in fall term 1991 on
the condition he take weekly urinalysis drug screenings and undergo treatment at a chemical
dependency facility.
A talented and capable administrator, Bond built LCC's
substance abuse programs - including various 12-stepprograms
as well as offering individual
counseling - from the ground
up.
Ing credits Bond with the
college's receiving a $178,000
federal grant in August 1991 to
begin a two-year associate degree
Chemical Dependency Counselor
Training program.

College acts
on harassment
In October, the nation
watched the US Senate deal with
sexual harassment during the
highly publicized Clarence
Thomas/Anita Hill hearings.
Here at Lane, the Sexual Harassment Task Force worked to
develop specific guidelines for
dealing with harassment.
In late January LCC President Jerry Moskus released a
statement defining sexual harassment; from telling sexual
jokes tQ attempting to coerce
someone into a sexual relationship.
He assigned a Sexual Task
Force committee comprised of
staff members Kate Barry, Sue
Colvin, Dolores May, Dwight'
Miller; Ken Murdoff and Leslie
Rasor.
The college set up guidelines
for reporting alleged harassment.

Photo by Dano Krizan

In February, Torch readers
were able to follow the account
of a woman who felt she was
sexually harassed by a man on
campus.
The woman in the story met
with a Task Force member and
was advised of her options.
She decided to pursue an official complaint, which was_sent
to Bob Marshall, vice president
of Student Services.
The man involved denied the
allegations and made it clear to
staff members of the Torch, the
task force member and Marshall
that he would like to meet with
the woman to discuss and possibly settle the situation.
On March 4, the woman and
a mediator from the task force
met with the man, and the woman
decided to drop formal charges.
The man involved denied any
harassment took place but
the
for
apologized
the
of
part
the
on
misperceptions
student.
Students or staff who feel
they've been sexually harassed
should notify a member of the
task force or another trained
contact person.
Note: On Feb. 26 the Supreme Court ruled that students
who are victims of sexual harassment or discrimination in
schools may be entitled to damage awards from the educational
institutions.

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Titans travel to
state playoffs
The LCC men's basketball
team captured its first ever Northwest Athletic Association of
Colleges
Community
(NW AACC) championship by
defeating Skagit Valley Community College 71-57 on March 7.
After earning a berth in the
play-offs, the Titans beat Walla
Walla CC 92-89 and Lower Columbia College 81-77 in semifinal games.
In his premier season at LCC,
Coach Jim Bou tin finished with a
26-5 record, was voted Coach of
the Ycar, and won the NW AACC
championship.
Hisson,Jan1es, wali voted most
Valuable Player for 1991-92 and
MVP for the championship tournament. The younger Boutin lead
the conference as well as his team
in scoring.
The team's explosive offense.
led by Boutin, ranked among the
top in the conference in points
scored.
Coach Bou tin's forte, defense.
always seemed to bailout the
Titan's when theirshoming turned
cold. A ferocious and unforgiving
full-court press oftentimes tilted
the turnover scales so much that
opponents left the court humbled
and embarrassed. .

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by CA TE JOHNSON
Torch Staff Writer

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Cover art "Girl Being Eaten by a Fish," by artist Mary F. Unruh, will
appear on the last issue of Denali. Unruh recently won a cash award for her
oil painting "The Act," which is part of the presentLCCstudentartshow.

Poetry, music, and art will all come to life
as contributors to LCC's art and literary magazine Denali show their stuff during the De- '
nali Finale Wednesday, June 3.
The Denali Finale is a yearly event to recognize and meet the contributor's and staff of
LCC's an and literary magazine, says Denali
Editor Bonita Rinehart.
"It's a good way to match faces with names,"
she says.
The event will include an art show of contributors' works. Selected poets and essayists
will read from their work; music will be proved
by student musicians Michael Omogrosso and
Roger Steinmetz.
Autographed copies of the latest Denali
will be available, signed by artisL.;; included in
the issue and others from previous issues.
Reinhart says the Literary Arts Club has
sent several invitations to local galleries in an
effort to promote the students' work. "It's good
exposure," she says.
One or the things Reinhart likes the most
about her job as editor is working with so many
creative and talented people who are just starting out.
"You can get a taste of their work -- it's
really exciting!
"I'd like to extend a special heart-felt invi-

tation to those contributors' whose work didn't
make it in this issue. This is their chance for
recognition for all of their hard work and
talent," says Reinhart.
Rinehart shares this philosphy about Denali, and creativity in her editor's note in the
latest issue: "To seek the high place within
ourselves and to support others in their climb
to their own high places.
The Denali Finale will be held in the Center
Building Room 476 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Artists who wish to display their work may
bring it to Center 476 between noon and 1
p.m., Wednesday June 3. Easels are available
for paintings, and tables can be provided for
jewelry or sculpture. Artwork will be held for
pickup by the artist from 4 p.m.-5 p.m.

Sum1ner Coming _Attractions
June 13,14 - The second annual Garden Art Show featuring fumiture, bird baths, trellises ·and ceramics. The show
is open from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
and is located in a 50-year-old
English cottage style garden at
2456 Onyx in Eugene, admission is $3. C all 683-8443.

June9-The Neville Brothers will
sing from their latest album
"Family Groove," at the Hult
Center's Silva Concert Hall.
Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets are
$18.50. The group is known for
their musical versatility which
includes calypso, pop, soul and
funk. Formoreinfocall 786-5(XX).

August 1-Sept.-30- Maude Kerns
Art Center hosts a national
women's art show entitled
"Women's struggles, Women's
Visions." Artists areinvited to
submit slides of work by June 16.
For additional information call
during business hours Tue-Fri 10
a.m.-5 p.m .. at 345-1571.

June 5 - "Jambay" and "Jim" will
be part of a psychedelic happening at the WOW Hall which i.ncludes a multimediaslide andlight
show. Jambay will play rock 'n'
roll from their CD. Jim's sound
has been compared to the Jefferson
Airplane. Showtime is 9:30 p.m.,
tickcL'-; are S6 at the door.

June 6- "The Daddies" return
to the WOWHallfortheirendof-the-year-bash. The band will
bring their rock, funk, jazz,
and swing to the hall at 9:30
p.m. Tickets arc S6 in advance
and $7 at the door. For more
information call 687-2746.

Gallery .

looking
for photos
"Untitled," by Torch
photography Edi tor
Dana Krizan. The
PhoLoZonc Gallery in
Eugene is looking for
phoLos such as this for
its fourth annual juried
photographic exhibition. July 8 - August 2.
The exhibition is open
to all photographic mcdi a. Entries must be
dcliverd lo the gallery
on Sat. June 27, or Sun.
June 28, bet ween the
hours of noon and 5 p.m.
All work must be delivered ready to hang.
There is a S3 per piece
entry fee, with a limit of
three pieces per entrant.
For info call 485-2278.

This beautiful restored
version stars
Peter O'Toole, Alec
Guinness, Anthony Quinn,
Claude Rains, Omar Sharif,
and many more in
the story of the famous
British adventurer.

A sweeping picture
on the big screen.
Adttlts $2.50
Students (any.age), seniors (55+) and
a1terable $1.50
Kids (9 & under) $1
• Support Your Local Theatre

McKenzie Theatre
630 Main.st.
(Downtown Springfield)

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Portland band 'Dirty Rhythmn,' brings their "Scorpion-like,'' sounds to the McKenzie
Theater on June 26. The band recently opened for 'The Black Crowes' in Vancouver
B.C.Tickets are $8 at the door. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. For more information c~II The
McKenzie theater at 747-8349.

Students exhibit talent in
annual juried show
Sculpture, tapestry, watercolor, oil, print-making and ceramics
are all part of the annual juried student art show now happening
in the LCC Gallery, first floor of the Math and Art'i Building. The
thirty-nine pieces of student will beon display through June 5. The
artwork wa'iselected from l()()entries by amateur artists. Gallery
director Harold Hoy says this is" a very good. high quc:1lity show.
Right up there with the best we've had in the past." Gallery hours
are: Monday -Thursday 8 a.m.-10 p.m .. Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Actors from The Overland Stage Co. ham it up for their latest melodrama "Lady Audley's Secret."
The traveling company will perform Saturdays and Sundays, .June 13 through September 13 at the
Western Oregon Exposition ground'i in Cottage Grove. Showtime is 3 p.m., concessions and preshow begin at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 general admission, $4 student4,/seniors/children. Tickets are
available at all Hult Center Outlet'i and The Bookmine in Cottage Grove. For more information call
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College officials define role of LCC'sF/orence campus
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by JIM JONES
For the Torch
At a May 9 work session at Lhe Florence campus,
LCC officials and Florence residenLs attempted to
identify and clarify the role of the college and its
coastal campus.
In attendence were LCC Board of Education Chair
Pat Riggs, President Jerry. Moskus, Florence Campus
Director Bill Porter, several LCC vice-presidents,
members of LCC's Advisory Board, Florence campus
staff, and over 40 Western Lane County residents
attended the session to determine that role.
Moskus first addressed the need to visualize Lhe
future in light of Ballot Measure 5, which will sharply
reduce tax revenues to government and education
facilities by 1993. The measure presents a paradox for
LCC.
"LCC is better funded than some other districts,"
said Moskus, "and Lane could actually lose funding
through state equalization efforls."
Vice President for Instruction Jim Ellison, a selfdescribed 'hatchet man,' stated "We must be responsive ahead of the fact. We need to shape the college
through plans, not reactions."
Larry Warford said Lane must plan beyond the
specifics, for the changes in Ii fe by the 21st century.
"Success is a problem for community colleges,''
Warford said. "More and more people are using them,

and we're becoming overburdened."
Porter and the Florence staff cited the demographics of the Florence area, and how it affects the courses
LCC offers. Florence is attracting older, better educated
residents, with higher incomes than the Lane County
average, they said.
Participants formed six groups, each · assigned to
identify the five areas on which the college should
focus its resources. The goal was to determine what the
college should emphasize, strategies to implement
them, and possible barriers.
The group said the Florence campus should emphasize:
• Job training and upward social mobility
• Partnerships with business and commumty mterests
• Senior programs
• Bridging between high schools and the college
• Computer training
• Preventive health care and wellness training
But the afternoon session -- attempting to identify
Florence programs to be reduced or eliminated -- was
more difficult.
The participants concluded, on a preliminary basis,
to cut or reduce:
• Programs that result in low paying jobs, or training
for which there is no job
• Bureaucracy
• Course duplication

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• Waiving low tuitions for those who can afford to
pay full rate
The group sais LCC can no longer be "all things to
all people."
Porter said he is pleased with the results of the
session. He is collating the information and should
have a report for the Florence Advisory Board and all
participants soon.
"We heard what the community had to say, and it
gave the people from Eugene a closer look at our
campus," said Porter.

Natural wonders abound
at coastal Cape Perpetua
by KIM MCCAULEY
Torch Travel Reporter
Ancient rain forests shadowing swirling tidepools unique to Oregon
are just a few of the natw-a! wonders at Cape Perpetua, located 20 miles
north of Florence ..
From Eugene, head out W. 11th toward Veneta. Continue west on
Highway 126 until reaching the town of Florence. Take a right onto
(north) Highway 101, and drive approximately 20 n1:!es. The Cape
Perpetua Visitors Center is clearly marked, and has ample par.king
available.
At 800 feet, Cape Perpetua is the highest elevation along the Oregon
coast. This 2,7(X) acre state recreation area offers hiking, beachcombing, wildlife viewing, tidepool exploration and a staffed visitor's
center.
Although Cape Perpetua offers eighteen miles of trails, the two
miles closest to the visitor's center allow hikers the opportunity to
experience natural wonders from volcanic rock to an ancient rain
forest. And a protected marine garden invites hands-on exploration of
the tidepools.
From the past to the present, the visitor's center maintains exhibits
of early Native American coastal inhabitants and culture. The latest
technology measures daily tide currents through computer digitization.
Theater presentations offer a taste of history to further educate visitors
about Oregon's Central coast.
Numerous day-use state parks dot the central coastline between
Florence and Yachats, with ea~y beach access. Beachside (north of
Cape Perpetua) and Carl G. Washburn (south of Cape Perpetua) are
two state campgrounds within just minutes from Cape Peipetua.

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in the need for new editions, which make older editions less
m·arketable. Your books will never be worth more than right now.

SELL YOUR BOOKS
We buy all books with current market value
Sell your books during Final Exam
Week at the LCC Bookstore
3rd Floor, Center Building
June 8th - 12th
Monday - Thursday 8 am - 7:30 pm
Friday 9 am - 2 pm•
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"No funding has been identified yet, but there's possibly
money on the horizon," says
Bishop.
She says if the committee
were to place the proposal higher
on the priority list, the city could
look to the federal government
for funds under a recently passed
transportation efficiency legislation.
"There is a lot of competition
for those funds because ... (there)
is not a pot of gold for nonvehicular transport," admits

Wilken. "We'll have to show
.them a need, that it would be
utilized by the community," she
says. Wilken encourages interested parties to contact her at ext.
2696.
Along with Kelly and Wilken,
Craig Taylor, an LCC employee
in Research, Planning, and Development, will present facts and
figures pertaining to LCC bike
traffic.
"It's the citizens obligation to
make this happen. That's h~
..,democracy works," says Kelly.

LCC runner Kristel Markland finished the season with strong fifth place in the 100 meter

Lane track season finishes strong with
·motivated' individual performances
by JOE HARWOOD
Torch Editor

Steve Coxon makes the 16 foot vault to win in Oregon City.

LCC trackster Steve Coxon
pole vaulted 16 feet to win first
place in his event at the Northwest
Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NW AACC) conference meet in Oregon City on
May 21-22.
Although Coxon vaulted 16
feet and three-quarters of an inch
at the Twilight Meet for a personal best earlier this month, Head
Track Coach Larry Calla way says
"he's out or his rut."
First year star Joe Martin placed
third in his second-ever time running the steeplechase. Cal1away
says Marlin was only about three
seconds off his personal record.
"Martin is a throw-back from
the sixties, he's real laid-back. He's
into skateboarding, mountain
biking, and he has loads of talent."
In a controversial decision,
LCC runner Jason Flemming was
disqualified from the 400 meter
for "running out of his lane."

LCC pole vaulter Steve Coxon on his way to a first place finish.
Callaway says the judge maintained Flemming ran seven or
eight steps out of his lane.
"I don't buy that. Jason is too
smart to go that far out for so
long," he says.
In other event~:
• Kristel Markland placed seventh in the 200 meter finals and
fifth in the 100 meter.
• Brandon Foster finished
eighth in the 1(X) meter hurdles.
• High jumper Kevin Rhodes
placed sixth in what Callaway
classified as "a nice surprise."
• Bret Yancy, formerly ranked
second in the conference in the
800 meter, finished a disappointing seventh.
Although a few athletes performed above expectations,
Callaway says others should have

done better.
"But I can't fault their effort
This group of kids always give
100 percent."
He says the track team was
very supportive of each other
throughout the year, and especially at the last meet.
"I told them to compete hard
and have run. If you do om:. the
other follows," says Callaway.
Facing an uncertain future.
Callaway hopes a new head track
coach is named soon.
"I'd like to know so I could tell
the athletes I'm presently recruiting. as well m; those returning
next year."
Callaway says he will stay on
as an ,Lc.;sistant coach ii' his replacement needs the extra help.

P 1e o s e rec y c 1e.
It 1s a simple thing to do.

Women's Awareness Center

• Photos by Mathew Auxier

LCC's Jason Flemming was disqualified in the 400 meter for running out of his lane. A field judge
said Flemming ran seven or eight steps out of his lane.

Students who arc thinking of returning to school after years at homcor
who are looking for better career options can find help at
the Women's Awareness Center.
A specially trained staff can provide information about people and
services on campus and in the community that can ease the transition to
school. They also can provide information and encouragement to
students who have problems that arc making it hard to stay in school
(housing, health care, or battering, for example).
Other information at the center includes bulletin boards on coming
events and groups, a lending library, card files on "helps" in the
community, and extensive resource files covering topics related to
changing social patterns such as single parents, two career marriages,
women's issues, mid - life career changes,
civil rights legislation, minority issues.
e
Both women and men are welcome. Visit the small lounge at the center
to relax over a cup of coffee, study, meet with people, or receive support
and information from Women's Center staff.

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Nathan Cammack
by ERIC JAMES
Torch Contributing Editor
What do circus tents, brass
choirs, summer musicals and
hundreds of LCC music studenL<i
have in common?
They're all part of Nathan
Cammack's 24 years of music
instruction at LCC.
In 1968, when Dale Parnell,
founding president of LCC, asked
Ed Ragozzino ifhc would take the
position of Department Chair of
the Performing Arts at Lane,
Ragozzino agreed on the condition that Cammack head the music program. Ragozzino 's reason?
"Because he is so important to
the development of the department."
Cammack then left his post at
South Eugene High School to
begin LCC's m1Jsic program.
"The music class was first in
the basement of the Center Building. The Performing ArL<i Depanmem and the piano lab were
located in a portable house-trailer
parked out in the east parking lot,"
says Cammack.
When the college needed to
complete work in the Center
Building, it moved the music
classes into a circus tent in the east
parking lot. "That's where the
band met and I was teaching brass
choir,"hesays. And he also taught
other classes all over Eugene and
Springfield, as well, such as brass
choir.
Cammack says he and

Ragozzino, along with one or two
part-timers, instructed the first
year's music and drama classes.
In the second year, the department
expanded when Wayte Kirchner,
voice instructor, and David
Sherman, technical theater instructor, joined the staff.
In a1977 The Register-Guard
article Cammack was called the
"Gentle Giant."
Dick Reid, department head
for the Performing Arts since
Ragozzino 's retirement, says,
"This is because Cammack is
looked up to as a mentor by the
students. Nathan gently pushes
studenL<i to better themselves in
music."
Cammack said in the article,
"I'veenjoyedmusicsomuch that
I feel it should be a part of every
person's life. I don't necessarily
believe that every person is going
to be a performer. I justJeel that in
some way everybody should be
involved in music."
He has said he would rather
struggle to teach a student to play
a difficult piece than to give the
student an easy assignment.
That student often goes on to
continue playing music, says
Cammack.
In fact, he often sees his former
students in community music
events. Once, he recalls, a student
he had instructed at LCC played
alongside him in the Eugene
Symphony.
Steve Maricle, one of
Cammack'sformerstudents,says,
"He brings out the best in a person."
Cammack won't."feel" retired
until fall, because every summer
he and Ragozzino conduct and
direct together on a summer musical at the Hult Center. This summer he's working on the musical
"Hello, Dolly!"
"LCC will lose a wonderful

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humanbeing,greateducator,good
emissary ... He is a real tribute to
LCC," says Ragozzino.

Lane loses emplo

Georgia Fryback
bySON.JATAYLOR
Torch Staff Writer
"She's such a wonderful addition to the program. !just hate to
sec her go."
That's what Laurel Henry,
teacher's aide for the Culinary
Arts Program exclaims en~usiastically about Georgia Fryback
theminutehernameismentioncd.
"In my opinion she is one of
the best people on the Early
Childhood Program staff. It's such
a shame that she is leaving."
In Fry back's nine years at LCC
she has gone from student, to assistant teacher, to head teacher, to
the director of the EarlyChildhood
Program in 1984.
Fryback has been a head
teachersince 1985.Sheisn'tretiring, she says, but "refocusing"
her energy.
"My husband and I just bought
a house which we are restoring.
I'm going to concentrate on that
for a while."
Fryback bubbles with enthusiasm as she leans forward, smiling
broadly to talk, or to listen carefully to what is being said.
Things have changed over the
years. She says that now she sees
muchmorediversityinthestudent
population than ever before. "The
profile of the students has changed.
The average age is older, and they
seem more serious.
"We have the san1e number in
the Early Childhood Program as
ever before," she says, "but we
used to serve twice as many
families. We used to have two off
campus satellite centers, but those
were cut.
"Right now, our biggest crisis

Retirees
AllanGuqrud

Gladys Suire

Nathan Cammack
Irene Crombie

Margie Holland

Joann Ellingson

Barbara Hasbrouck

Delta Sanderson

is the Measure 5 monster. The pulling the curtains up and down,
uncertainty of Measure 5 is per- making it all work properly. He's
haps worse than the consequences.
a behind-the-scenes man who
Waiting is really hard. It's always
doesn't seek publicity for himself.
difficult to deal with the un-•
Romine says when the college
known."
w~s first launched under the diFryback hopes that the Early rection of then-president Dale
Childhood Program will make it Parnell, "Wetrulywereafamily."
through the Measure 5 budget But he says that sense of family
trimming, remain funded, and seems to have evaporated with
continue to grow. "Right now
the president who followed
we 're growing, we have a lot of . Parnell.Yet Romine indicates that
students, we 're really healthy and current president Jerry Moskus is
I'd like to see that continue," she trying to restore this sense of
says.
family.
Whenshe'sgone,Frybacksays
Moskus speaks highly of
she will miss the people she works
Romine and looks with some diswith and the children most of all.
appointment at his leaving the
But, she looks forward to being
college. Moskus says that although
off the time clock and "planning
Romine has never exactly said
my own time.
"No," to him, he has pointed out
"Working with children and
how certain college policy decifamilies is very hard work, but the sions might not always be best in
past nine years have been really
the public's eye.
the most .rewarding of my work
In that way, Romine serves
life."
as a sort of "sounding-board"
for the president, says Moskus.
Moskus says that Romine has
Larry Romine
helped LCC become known stateby ROGER BALL
wide, nation-wide ai1d probably
for the Torch
even world-wide-the college is
considered to be ranked third in
He's been here since almost
the nation among community
the beginning of LCC 's existence.
colleges - and, obviously, first
And now he's leaving.
in the state.
Larry Romine retires from
Romine plans to do a lot of
LCC after 26 years of service as
writing after his retirement and
the Director of Institutional Adpursue an avid hobby of reading
vancement, the public and college
non-fictional material.
relations office.
Romine was a reporter for The
Tom Young
Register-Guard until 1966, when
Lane County voters approved a
by J.G. KELLEY
for the Torch
ballot measure to begin a community college. In fact, he wrote
A number of forces combined
the from page story about the
to make this the logical time for
election results.
• That same year, he became the
Physical Education instructor Tom
PR director for the college, LCC 's
Young to retire.
first journalism instructor and the
But he doesn't really want to.
He says he's been fortunate to
second advisor to the Torch.
Romine has a BA in sociology,
have done something he loves
a MA in journalism, and a Ph.Din
doing - so much so that he says
educational management.
he "almostfeltguilty about getting
'He says some PR people like
paid."
to get out on stage, in the limeIn his 23-year tenn teaching
light. But Romine says he would
court sports at LCC, Young witmuch rather work backstage,
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Retirees

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Emily Rasmussen

Izetta Hunter

Elsie Long

Bob Marshall

Larry Murray

Geri Reigles

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ball, the declining popularity of
handball and the rise of the Lane
Community College campus.
Originally from Cape Cod,
Mass., discernible from his accent,
Young spent several years in
Richmond, Va., before he and his
wife took their 1959 vacation to
Oregon.
"I came out with the idea of
seeing Crater Lake, and then going back. But I stayed- because
I loved it," says Young.
He had worked for the YMCA
in Richmond, and eventually made
his way to Eugene's YMCA. It
was his position as the YMCA's
Health and Physical Director that
laid the foundation for his work
with LCC, which actually predates the Lane campus.
"Cecil Hodges, who was then
chairman of the Health and P.E.
Department, came down. They
needed space for P.E. classes,"
says Young. "So we made arrangements for me to teach badminton, volJeyball and handb~H
classes out at tlie YMCA.
~~'fhen, when they (LCC)
thought that I might be switching
to another YMCA, they said there
was an opening out there. So it
was an easy transition," Young
recalls.
Young says he started teaching
classes at LCC's current location
in 1969, just after campus construction was completed. Shortly
thereafter, the new sport of racquetball came along and began
stealing his handball students.

Delta Sanderson
by ROBIN ROBBINS
For the Torch
Delta Sanderson's gray eyes
twinkle and she laughs heartily
when asked how she came to teach
at Lane Community College.
"I'm highly unlikely to ever
forget that day. I had already interviewed with the department
chairman and 1was all set to begin
teaching two classes.
"The morning of my first class,
I was just stepping out of the
shower when the phone rang and
a Ii ttle boy's voice told me that my
12-year old son had just been hit
by a car. I don't remember getting
dressed but I was decent by the
time I got to the hospital. That
ni t,(Tht I was scheduled to cast
150
.
players in a road show for my
church. Somehow I got through it
al! anc.1 c01lapsed ~to tears two
days later."
Sanderson taught her share of
the required freshman writing
classes, and the core curriculum
of literature classes.
"But my favorite class was
based on speculative fiction, science fiction to some people. I
think we can take popular literature-the stuff you can buy in the
drugstore or supennarket - and
by selecting carefully, you can
teach the importance of classical
literature."

Bob Marshall

mud. It was fun watching it all
come together."

by JOE HARWOOD and
KIM CHALLIS-ROTH
The Torch

Marshall started as Directorof
Admissions and Records, a position he kept for 20 years. In 1988,
he was promoted to acting vive
president for Student Services, a
job made pennanent the next year.

"Welcome to ClassLine; the
Lane Community College touchtone registration and infonnation
system ... enter your nine-digit
student number followed by the
pound sign ... "
You can thank Bob Marshall,
who is retiring a'i Vice President
of Student Services, for LCC's
efficient telephone registration
system.
Actually, you can _thank
Marshall for a lot of services at
Lane.
Marshall was at the college
before there actually was a Lane
Community College.
He started with Eugene Technical Vocational School in 1962
when it was located at 2CX) N.
Monroe.
He began with a teaching cer tificate in diesel mechanics, but
says he started out teaching mathematics. psychology, fuels and
carburation and "a lot of other
things no one else wanted to
teach!"
•
Marshall also had a masters
degree in industrial vocational
education from Penn State and
took courses in administration at
UofO.
As Manpower Training and
Development Director, Marshall
trained high school dropouts in
vocations ranging from engine
repair to accounting.
"Those were federal programs,
and you never knew how long
they would last. It was and interesting time," he says.
In September of 1968, Lane
officially opened at its present
location.
"It was a bare field with lots of
mud," Marshall says. "I remember students walking through the

In 1972, Lane w,L', the second
college on the West Coast to get
an on-line system computer registration system.
Marshall says many years were
spent improving that system. And
in 1986, he suggested the idea of
ClassLine, the current computerized telephone registration system.
Marshall says the administration and faculty were reluctant to
make the change.
"They considered ClassLinc
drastic," he says. "It was a major
philosophical change to have students register in that way. There
was a loss of student/teacher interaction."
On! y now arc other educational
institutions are evolving to a telephone registration system.
Marshall says Lane was, and
continues to be, innovative.
"Most places haven't tried the
range of records we have: They
haven't tied !n Financial Aid, billing procedures and dealing with
prerequisites.
"It was fun (getting ClassLine
started) ... I really enjoyed it, but
it was also stressful," Marshall
says.
Marshall says once the college
decided to change to ClassLine
there was a lot of support and no
second thoughts.
He says it was a big change for
r-inancial Services. Before the
system was installed, students
were required to pay one third of
their tuition "up front." ClassLinc
bills students for the full amount.

He's concerned with Lane's
uncertain future, too.
"A major crisis we're facing
right now is one that could change
the institution in major ways unless something happens with the
tax system," Marshall points out.
He says the college has been
well funded in the past through
local and state taxes. But Marshall
says he is apprehensive to retire
"in licrht or what's going to hapo
pen over
the next year or two. "
Marshall's retirement is effective June 30, but "plans to stick
around a week or two to take his
replacement around Lo meet
people and sec what works and
docsn 't work."
He then plans to spend a little
time relaxing, with his wife Sue,
at his second home in Black Butte.
He also plans to do some travelinut, -- to Texas and then to Florida
tosechis85 year-old father, whom
he hasn't seen in three years.
Upon returning, he'd like to
volunteer in the English as a Second Language program at the
Downtown Center, but doesn't
plan on starting a new career.
"I'd like to give something back
to students and the college,"
Marshall says sincerely.
Marshan gives this parting advice: "You get the most satisfaction when you can get inventive in
a growth mode, which we 'vc been
in for quite awhile.
"Adversity shouldn't stop you
from being inventive. You just
never know what will happen
next."

Sanderson glows with pride as
"In all my years at the YMCA,
she remembers those cla'ises in
racquetball wasn'teven areal big
science fiction literature where
twinkle in anyone's eye ... They
she pioneered development of the
had a game called paddleball, but
curriculum and taughtfor 16 years.
it never gained much popularity.
It wasn't until someone come in
"We studied the elements of
with a stringed racquet and started
literature," she grins. "You know,
hittin' it ... it just escalated out of
the boring stuff like simile and
sight- drove 40 to 60 percent of . metaphor. Second quarter we
the handball players out of the
looked at the history of science
game," Young says.
fiction starting with Frankenstein.
The third quarter we focused on
Young realizes, however, that
myth and archetypes in science
the attraction of racquetball had to
fiction.
do with how easy it is to learn.
"Theleamingcurveissoabruptas
"One odd fellow I taught sat
a beginner ... so, racquetball took
for the first five or six weeks and
over the course from the handball
finally burst out, "This is the best
players.
Zen experience I've ever had':''
"But handball is a superior
game, by far . . . racquetball is to
handball , what checkers is to
chess."

Sanderson is quick to state that
the students in those classes were
"choice students, the real thinkers."

regon

Young plans to put his Ii fetime
membership in the YMCA to good
use now that he's retired, and to
take advantage of the opportunity
to travel with his recently retired
wife. Maybe Alaska, and Australia. Either of those trips might tum
out Jonger than one would expect.
Their vacation toOregonhas lasted
33 years, now. If the Youngs enjoy Alaska, who knows how long
they'll stay.

Plans for Sanderson's retirement don't sound very restful.

SUppJ

"I'm off to London for 17 days
as soon as the quarter" is over.
Then a trip to Victoria B.C. to
visit my sisters is next. 1 need
some time to sort through books
which have been accumulating.
Finally, I'll probably do some tutoring and may teach a class at
Linfield College in the Fall."

·· The lorch

May 29,-1992

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Archery folks shoot for
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Far left photo: Tatsu
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Japanese Yume bow.
Top photo: Krista Farris
looks on as the class
readies itself to fire.
Bottom photo: Karen
King takes aim at her
bullseye.

Drunk driving arrests increase sharply in Oregon
by JEFF NEWTON
For the Torch
"Blow .08, the least you'll lose
is your license."

According to Jim Walsh,
deputy district attorney for Lane
County, the number of repeal offenders for drunk driving increased sharply in Lane County
last year.

We've all heard this from time
to Lime on television, over the
radio waves, and on billboard adveniscmenL~ as well.

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Once stopped, drivers who
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police officer will lose their
driver's license for one year, and
possibly face jail time as well.
Local law enforcement agencies in the Central Willamette
Valley say they have not seen an
increase of teens drinking and
driving on local highways and
city streets. Teen drinking and
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mainly due to the increased
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Nuances of color are held in the prints; You can see
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FREE CLOTHING at the clothing exchange P.E. 301. Also need donation of
stontge units or dresser.

EDUCATION

MR.JOHNSON,artistof Perry Keet. You
shred it up. Perry is so cool. l am a mondo
fan of your feathered P.l. Keep it up. Boh
John.

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NEED HOME FOR "Boy" I 1/2 yrs old.
Aus. Sheppard/Lah mix . Affectionate dog.
Great with kids. 345-7739.

THE WRITING CENTER! Mondays 9
a.m. - 7 p.m.; Tuesdays - Thursdays 9 a.m.
-5 p.rn.; Fridays 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Center 451.

DENALI IS OFFERING free training
seminars for maga1ine production. See
Bonita, Center 479 f for schedule.

ARTHUR - How about tradin · a couple
45's?!

FREE LUNCH: Thursdays, noon - I :00
p.m. Math/ Art 241. Sponsored by Baptist
Student Union.

COME CHECK OUf the Clothing Exchange P.E. 301. We have free clothes for
LCC students and their families.

COLLECTORS! *Personally-signed
star's photographs. * Autographs. *Star's
home addresses. 6 issues $6. Celebrities P.O. Box 293 Eugene OR 97440.•

AUTOS

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PERSONAL HOROSCOPES- Daily or
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gifts. $3 - $5. 747-3314.

OPPORTUNITIES

CO:VlPlfl'ER GUY -Th.ink of all the benefits you get when you quit smoking! One
a day! Oh my! Love, Radio Girl.

81 TOYOTA TERCEL needs work or
partout. Best offer, Brian.

MENS 25-27" 10 speed or 15 speed
mountain bike. 344-5775.

BIBLE STUDY: Thursday, l-1:50 p.m.
Math & Art 241. Sponsored by Baptist
Student Union.

TYPING: Resumes, reports, term papers,
etc. Low rates, dependable, professional
writing, WP. Judith 687-2311.

I WON"T MISS any of you. B.M.

LOCALLY EMPLOY.ED RN .seeking
housesitting. Great w/ plants, pets, Long
tenn preferred. Consider shorter. Marie
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tackling the job of fearless leader. Bobby . .

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and wheels needs engine. $800. 726-9044.

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info. See Dave Schroeder at the veterans
office. Thursday from 9 a.m. - 11 :45 a.m.

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College
'KID KAMP' AND 'PRESCHOOL'
Whiteaker Community School and Whiteaker Non
Profit Preschool, 21 North Grand St., Eugene, are
sponsoring the "Kid Kamp" and "Preschool" programs for the summer. These programs are designed
to make the summer fun, interesting, and educational for children. Activities will include: arts and
crafts, gardening, cooking, sewing, and swimming.
Lunch will be provided by the USDA Summer
Food Program. Cost is $105 per month. For registration information contact Whiteaker Non-Profit
Preschool, 686-2336.
SHERIFF ST AGES RIDE-A-LONG
The Lane County Sheriff Mounted Posse is staging
a Ride-a-long on the slopes of Mt. Pisgah to benefit
Easter Seal. Participants in the annual Ride-a-long
need to solicit donations from sponsors to benefit
Easter Seals, or pay a fee of $10. The ride starts out
Sunday, June 7, at Buford Park at 10 a.m., and
climbs the northeast face of Mt. Pisgah. Lunch will
be seived after the morning ride in a Buckaroo style
with chili, beans, bread, salad, and soft drinks.
Limited space is available at Buford Park for over
nightcamping.Formoreinformation,pleasecontact
Phil Richey at 344-8279, or Christie McDonald at
344-2247.
HULT CENTER MEETING
The Support Hult Center Operations (SHO) annual
meeting and membership drive will be held on
Tuesday, June 2, in the Hult Center Lobby, One
Eugene Center, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. For more
infom1ation, call 342-4171.
DISABILITY BENEFITS & YOU
The Disabilities Advisory Coalition presents a
workshop on senior and disabled seivices, social
security administration, Congressman Peter
Defazio' s office, and Oregon Disability Services
Office. The workshop will be held Friday, June 12,
from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Hilyard Community Center.
Space is limited, so please register before June 5.
Transportation and interpreter seivices available
uponrequest,pleasecontacttheDACoffice: Voice
at 485-7718, or TDD at 485-7785.

RETIREMENT CELEBRATION
There will be a retirement celebration for Izetta
Hunterof the Women's Center, and Geri Reigles of
the Student Health Services (SHS). The event is on
Thursday, June 4, in the Boardroom, located in the
Administration Building. All students and staff are
invited to attend. The celebration starts at 9 a.m.
and lasts only until 10 a.m. For additional information, call either the SHS at 474-4501 ext. 2665, or
the Women's Center at 474-4501 ext. 2353.
SUMMER PROGRAM
A $10,000 scholarship fund has been established
for qualified students who are interested in participating in the Oregon/Waseda Summer Program.
The program, sponsored by Waseda Universityone of Japan's most prestigious universties- and a
select group of public and private colleges and
universities in Oregon, will bring 30 American and
30 Japanese students to Lewis & Clark College in
Portland, July 22 to Aug. 29. Scholarships are
available to qualified students, amounts ranging
from $200 to $850, toward the $1700 cost of tuition
(12 quarter hours), room, board, books, and field
trips. The program is open to all students from all
majors who are interested in Japan. Students must
have completed their first year at an accredited
two- or four-year college and have a grade point
average of 2.5 or higher. Application deadline for
the program and the scholarships is June 1, 1992.
For application fom1s and additional information,
call Greg Caldwell at (503) 768-7305, or write to
him at the Oregon/Waseda Summer Program,
Campus Box 192, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 97219. FAX: (503) 768-7301.
HELP HEALTH SERVICES
Shake a leg for Student Health Services! When
doing your spring cleaning this year, if you 're
considering tossing out those crutches, walkers,
canes, etc., consider donating them to LCC' s Student Health Services. Those items that are no
longer of use to you can go a long way towards
making someone else's life a lot easier. Questions
should be directed to Laura in Student Health, 7474501, ext. 2665.

INSIDE
Bicycle access
path proposed
page 1

Part-flmer
threatens LCC
pagel
Birdwatching:
morethana
hobby
page5

1991-92top
stories in
retrospect
'page 10

Summer Arts &
Enterainment
pagel2
Drunk driving
carries penalty
pagel8
On the Cover:
'The difference between night and
day: The Torch cei..
ebrotes its lost l$Ue.
·we coll it learning
through attrition:
Photos by Dona Krlzon