Eugene Celebration
Sales Tax
Three days filled with a
wide variety of activities
ranging from live music
to typewriter tosses.
Is Oregon ready for
a sales tax? Two
share their views on
the issue of a tax.
Where to find it and
who to contact. A
helpful section for
• first time students.
See story page 5
See opinions page 6
See pages 7-10
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Volume 29, Issue 1
Symantec, LCC
train 90 employees
By Keri Trask
Staff Writer
Software producer Symantec
of Cupertino, Calif. is training 90
area residents at LCC to staff its
new office in Eugene's old Bon
Marche building, scheduled to
open Sept. 22. The employees
training at Lane are receiving
regular wages for the training.
Of the 90 new employees, at
least nine are LCC students or
recent graduates.
Mike Flanagin, Symantec
product support supervisor, says
by centralizing text support and
customer services in Eugene,
Symantec will better serve its national customers.
LCC administrators say that
training is part of the college's
efforts to help the county's
economy.
"Providing training for business and industry is one of the
newest missions that community
colleges are fulfilling," says LCC
President Jerry Moskus. "We're
anxious to fulfill that mission as
long as it doesn't detract from all
of the other missions we are now
fulfilling."
Larry Warford, vice president
of Community and Economic
Development at Lane, adds that,
"Significant efforts are being made
in the state to create new jobs
through business start-ups, expansion, and relocation."
Oregon public agencies are
helping the new company move:
the state granted Symantec
$300,000 for moving costs, the
city of Eugene loaned $500,000
for building renovations and also
provided up to 170 discounted
parking permits, and the Oregon
Economic Development Department granted Lane $130,000 in
lottery funds to cover part of the
training costs. OEDD's grant
guidelines require Symantec to
pay at least 50 percent of the
$130,000 in employee training
costs.
LCC's Custom Training Director Dave Oatman organized th~
Turn to SYMANTEC page 14
Board postpones
Zone 1 appointment
By Don Reynolds
Editor
The LCC Board of Education
failed to appoint a new member to
its Zone 1 seat at its Sept. 8 meeting.
The Zone 1 seat, vacant since
Chuck Ivey resigned July 14, represents West Lane County from
West Eugene to the coast, including Veneta and Florence. Ivey
stepped down becuase he moved
out of Zone 1.
Three candidates interviewed
for the seat at a special meeting
Aug. 31.
The appointee will hold the seat
until March 1994, when Zone 1
residents will elect a board member to serve the remainder of the
four year term, ending June 30,
1996.
While the board expressed
satisfaction with the qualifications
of all three candidates, it deadlocked over two of the candidates
at the August meeting, and at a
special work-session before its
meeting Sept. 8.
One of the two candidates,
Cindy Cable of Florence, attended
the open board meeting Sept. 8.,
but the board moved to call both
candidates in for additional interviews, putting off what several
board members expressed as a hard
choice between good candidates.
"We' 11 get in touch with you,"
Chairman Peter Sorenson told
Cable after the motion passed.
At the August meeting the
board was evenly split over candidates Cable and Francisca Elena
Leyva-Johnson. Several board
members expressed discomfort
with debating candidates' qualifications publicly, but Oregon law
Turn to BOARD page 3
Photo by Ryan Reynolds
Bananlta Sluglnskl (LCC grants coordinator Sarah LaMasters) quips
her way to the top In the Slug Queen competition. Sluglnskl will rule
over the Eugene Celebration festivities.
Long reign Queen Sluginsky
By Arlene Hougland
A&E Editor
It's hard to tell where Bananita Sluginsky
begins and Sarah LaMaster, LCC grants coordinator, ends.
According to co-workers LaMaster has always brought a certain amount of zaniness to
her workplace even before she won this year's
Slug Queen competition.
"She is a natural comedian," says Diane
Dann, LCC's director of institutional advancement and LaMaster' s supervisor.
With a thick Russian accent and slug-lined
western attire, Bananita sang, roped and quipped
her way to victory by beating five other candidates at the annual Slug Queen competition held
at the Hult Plaza on Aug. 27. After the judges
chose her as first runner up in last year's competition she was determined to win this year's
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title.
Using sharp one-liners and a well timed
delivery of a pizza bribe for the former queen
judges, Bananita demonstrated her queenly
wackiness.
LaMaster says Bananita was a perfect choice
for Slug Queen because she has strong historical ties to Eugene. Queen Bananita claims her
Turn to SLUG page 13
SummerJournal
2 The Torch
September 13, 1993
While most students and their families were on vacation - wishing for more sunshine, no doubt - work and life went on at here at Lane and elsewhere. Many of the events of the
summer are related to issues that will be important in our lives. Below are a few of the summer's highlights from Lane, around the state and the world. While not exhaustive, the
list includes many of the topics that will be subjects of debate, sometimes intense, during the coming year.
July 9 - 11
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July 14
Board of Education meeting. Chuck
Ivey resigns from the Zone 1 seat on
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KLCC broadcasts live from the Oregon Country Fair.
theBoardofEducation.PeterSorenson
elected Chair, Cindy Weeldreyer vicechair.
July 19
Symantec employees begin training
on campus (see front page.)
July 20
College Council adopts vision statement: "Ltlne Community College
provides a quality learning experi-
ehce in a caring environment."
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Although the Creswell City Council voted
not to refer an OCA backed anti-gay initiative to the ballot, the measure will still be
voted on Sept. 21 (see editorial, page 11.)
July 28
The Oregon Senate approves HB 3500
prohibiting local governments from enact~
mg o! e~orcing provisions that would give
s~c1al ngh~ ~o any citizen or group. The
bill also nullifies any laws that single out
I
~Y group _on the basis of sexual orienta-
Photo
by Mâ– Uhew Deets
ASLCC secretary Jeanee
Beauchaine helps student Barbara
Mulgutter at LCC's booth at the
July 29
ASLCC Student Senate meeting. Welcome week activities funded. Com-
Sept.1
Early registration begins.
The Clinton administration unveils
plan to cut government bureaucracy.
Sept. 8
Board of Education meeting. Zone 1
appt. delayed. Pres. Moskus discusses
sales tax proposal (see page 7).
A national report says 90 million adults
are functionally illiterate.
Sept.11
Board Chair Peter Sorenson is one of
three nominees to fill the District 20
State Senate seat vacatedby Grattan
Kerans. Lane County Board of commissioners will make the appointment
by Sept. 29, says Sorenson.
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forbids closed sessions to fill vacancies for an elective office to
any public body.
LCC's nature trall, located south of campus, has
become overrun with poison oak.
• Johnson is chairman of the
Fem Ridge School District Board
of Directors. She was appointed
by the Governor to the Dept. of
Education Comprehensive Health
Committee and serves in numerous civic organizations. She said
she had extensive fund-raising
experience as a member of the
Lane Arts Council, and wanted to
·"build bridges" between rural high
schools and Lane.Johnson ran for
the Zone 1 seat in 1990, and said
she intends to run for the seat
when it comes open in 1994.
Keep off beaten path
"I've been through the school
ofhardknocks," she told the board,
"I'm always looking for a chal-
By Kimberly Buchana~
Staff Writer
Beware of poison oak if you
intend to use LCC's nature trail.
The college can't afford to
maintain the Eldon G. Schafer
Nature Trail, which part time
science instructor Joe Russin developed last year for instruction
and for students, staff and public
to enjoy.
"There's poison oak so high
under the lecture benches you
cannot sit on them at all, unless
you're not allergic," warns LCC
groundskeeper Jo Stejskal.
According to Stejskal, funds
used to build the trail did not include long-term maintenance, and
the poison oak that was cleared
away has come back.
However, she says there is little
she can do to help. "The grounds
department would be really hardput to have another area to maintain ..... We don't even have the
time or the where-with-all to
maintain the international crosscountry path that runs near the
nature trail."
Stejskal says the Science De-
partment is exploring alternatives
for maintaining the trail. One idea
is to ask area Boy Scouts, who
helped build the trail, if they could
serve as a maintenance crew.
Russin regrets that the trail has
suffered from inattention, and he
is frustrated at not being available
often enough to oversee its maintenance.
"When school starts and I am
on campus more often ... I will
pursue the options," like employing Work Study students to
maintain the trail, says Russin. "I
feel somewhat responsible," he
says, "I created this trail and I hate
to see it get washed away."
Another option, discussed at
the Sept. 7 meeting of the College
Council, is to ask the Lane County
Sheriffs Department to send a
work crew out to Lane on a regular
basis.
The classified employees'
Representative Council is also
looking into solutions. Council
facilitator Gloria Jarvis says, "I
thought there might be something
we could do or recommend to
help the situation so (the trail) is
still available to everybody."
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lenge."
• Cable is a Justice of the Peace
in Florence. She graduated from
the UO with a degree in Political
Science, and has served on the
General Advisory Board of LCC
in Florence for five years ending
in 1992.
Cable said she wishes to see
Florence and Mapleton represented more strongly on the board
Asked what issues face Lane in
the Future, Cable replied, "Money.
Money. Money. Over the last 10
years, funds have gotten tight, now
they 're beyond tight."
•The other candidate,
Lawrence B. Dunlap, M.D., an
emergency physician at Sacred
Heart in Eugene, is medical advisor to Lane's Emergency Medical
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Evaluation discussed the 1992-93
atttainment report.
Moskus presented information·
about the sales tax proposal to the
board. He reminded the board that
it could, if it chose, take a position
on the issue. Sorensen requested
that the President's Office look
into the projected impact of the
sales tax on Lane's students. The
board chose to consider the matter
further before taking a position.
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Sports
Recruited runners
join sophomores
for Sept. 18 meet
By Donald Smalley
Sports Editor
Practice started for the LCC cross-country teams
Wednesday, Sept. 8 with many new runners and a
couple of experienced Titans for Head Coach Brad
Joens to train for the first meet on Sept. 18.
The veterans are John Mackay and Ryan Schulenberg
who will get help from a roster that includes Jason
Maschmeyer from Churchill, one of the best high school cross-country runners in the state last year. Another
notable newcomer is Jeremy Ravenscroft from Yreka,
Calif.
"I'm really excited about our men's team this year,"
says Joens, who predicts that LCC's men's crosscountry team "will definitely be one of the best" among
the junior colleges.
The women's team has no returning runners from last
year, but Joens has recruited five runners to begin this
year's team. The most notable are Beth Cline out of
Glendale, Ore., Corrie Underwood from Myrtle Creek,1
and Tracy Mason from Springfield.
"The women are good individually," Joens notes,
"but we are going to need a couple walk-ons to help out
the overall team's performance. Only five will score,
but it will be nice to have seven on a roster."
The schedule opens Sept. 18 with the Southern Oregon State Invitational in Ashland.
September 13, 1993
New space and gear for fitness
By Donald Smalley
Sports Editor
When students begin to file on campus Sept. 27,
LCC will have the option of using a brand new fitness
center - that Richard Simmons would be proud of.
The LCC Fitness Education Center will be a stateof-the-art facility run by the PE staff, says Coordinator
Pat Lanning.
"I'm really excited about the center," Lanning says,
"because it will be one of, if not the best, fitness
centers among college campuses in the state. It is also
the best wheelchair accessible facility in the state."
Lanning says that Mt. Hood and Portland Community Colleges as well as, Southern Oregon State
College and the Oregon Institute of Technology have
similar programs, but he claims the one here at Lane
will be the best.
In addition to standard equipment is the
Supercurcuit, consisting of 12 strengthening and 12
aerobic stations, that will provide a "complete body
workout."
All Athletic Department coaches will have their
athletes use the S upercircuit, Lanning says and a few
coaches from the UO have also phoned.
"The UO was excited about the Supercircuit when
they heard about it," Lanning says. "Oregon's women's
basketball coach has already inquired about using it."
According to LCC Budget Analyst Carol Beckley,
the $75,000 funding for the FEC came available when
money was left on the balance sheet last year from the
college's contingency fund,- a $250,000 account the
college maintains annually for unexpected expenses.
Instead of putting the uncommitted money into this
year's contingency or general funds, the Board of
Education solicited proposals from department heads.
"The board wanted to give the money to a program
that will be positive for the students, staff and faculty,
and has the potential to be self-supportive," PE Department Chairman Bob Creed explains. His staff proposal
best met the board's goal.
For personal use, a student or staff member must
pay $20 per term for an FEC ID card at the FEC. If a
•student uses the center for class credit, he/she will pay
$20 per credit and the ID card will come with the class.
Three courses using the Supercircuit will be have a
$32 fee. Those classes are Beginning Conditioning,
Beginning Exercise and Weight Loss, and Fitness
Education. Instructors of other classes meeting in the
PE 101 facility can also use the Supercircuit, but
students will have to pay an extra $20 for the use.
If a class uses the FEC its workouts will be limited
to three sessions of 30 minutes or more each week. A
computer will keep track of each student's workout
time and number of visits.
FEC users will complete an orientation during which
staff trainers will explain philosophy, policies, medical clearance requirements, health assessments, computer check-in and check-out procedures and use of
equipment.
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Don't worry, we 'll teach you. And
instruction and r eal life ex p e riences.
almost any thing you can't do at an
Of course the first lesson many students
ATM, you can do by calling U.S.
learn is that "real life" is expensive: Food
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And if you use the wrong bank's
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September 13, 1993
Arts & Entertainment
By Arlene Hougland
A & EEditor
Lookout,Eugene! It's that time
of year again when secretaries toss
their typewriters, waiters and
waitresses compete in outdoor
relay races, and the Slug Queen,
Eugene's monarch of
mirth, slimes her way
through local appearances.
The Eugene Celebration, happening
this year Sept. 17
through Sept. 19, was
started in 1982 in the
middle of the recession as a way to create
a more upbeat mood
in the city.
Since that time it
has become a nationally recognized festival which adds over
$1 million to the local
economy. According
to the state's statistics
about 25 to 30 percent of those attending the celebration are
tourists.
From start to finish, the three-day
event is a collage of
food, entertainment,
unusual competitions,
like the Secretary's
Typewriter Toss, and political
booths representing a wide spectrum of beliefs and causes.
The Celebration is primarily
' located in downtown Eugene between 5th and 10th Avenues from
High to Lincoln Streets.
says, this year's celebration
theme, " A New Frontier" ties in
with the state's Oregon Trail 150th
anniversary celebration and focuses on Eugene's location off
"the beaten path" - - both geographically and culturally.
"New frontiers are about ad-
September 17, I ~, 19
Andrea Vollmer, marketing
coordinator for the celebration
ventures, and all adventures have
the making of good stories. Every
year we hear about someone who
fell in love at the celebration or
ran into old friends they hadn't
seen in years."
She says one year a bride
bought celebration tee-shirts as
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wedding party.
On Friday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m.,
the Mayor's Art Show opens at
the Hult Center's Jacobs Community Gallery. The show features
selected Lane County artists and
serves as the kick-off event of the
celebration.
Entertainment will
include such names as
Caliente, Boogie Pa- •.
trol Express, Brothers
of the Baladi, Happy
Daze and Fiddlin' Sue
and Uncle T Band.
On Friday night,
Sept. 17 at the 5th Ave
Stage located at 5th
and Oak a rousing lineup of entertainers will
gather to present
"World Beat Dance
Party."
eclectic
With
strains of music filling
the air and gyrating
bodies pulsating to the
many rhythms, the
streets of Eugene will
be alive with the carnival-like atmosphere.
Extraordinary Eateries located at the 8th
and Willamette Entertainment area will have
28 booths of food and
including
drink
American and ethic
specialities. The gourmond's
paradise of selections will include
funnel cakes, cheesecake,
burritos, pizza, seafood, Thai food,
steak, veggies and tofu.
For the kids there will be the
KidZone stage at Willamette and
Broadway with mini-golf, a miniplanetarium, karaoke, and arts and
crafts activities.
One of the highlights of the
"festivities is Saturday's Eugene
Celebration Parade. This year's
parade starts at 10 a. m. The
parade begins at South Eugene
High School and follows a twomile route through the downtown
area, and circles back to the high
school.
With over 100 colorful entries,
including the KLCC Marching
Band, the parade is a kaleidoscope
of Eugene's diverse cultural and
political population.
On Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
EWEB will sponsor an open house
at its facility on East Fourth Avenue featuring energy and water
demonstrations, as well as various entertainers performing on the
stage at the River's Edge Plaza.
To raise revenue to support the
celebration the city is selling Eugene Celebration Support Pins for
$2 each. The pins can be purchased at one of the 100 outlets
throughout the city. Visitors to
the event age 13 and older will be
asked to wear a support pin or
make a donation in order to enter
the 5th and 8th Avenue entertainment areas.
Anyone who purchases a pin
can enter to win one of 36 prizes
including week-end getaways,
roller blades, and gift certificates
from area retailers.
For more information contact
the Eugene Cekl- ~+•<>n office at
687-5215.
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Should Oregonians vote-in a Sales Tax this time?
6 The Torch
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Vote YES -- for Oregon's education
On Nov. 9, the voters' response to
a sales tax proposal referred by the
legislature will dictate Oregon's
ability to fund basic services and
education. I support this
measure.
would be used for education and the
needs of Oregon's children. Currently, lottery money must be used
for economic development.
What restrictions are
Mike
built into the 5 percent sales
Rose
tax proposal?
•The 5 percent rate could
only by raised by a statewide
vote of the people. The
legislature could not increase
the rate.
•The sales tax moneys
raised would be dedicated to
public schools -kindergartens through community
colleges.
"Taken in whole, this pro•School property taxes
posal is fair and offers Oregon
on owner-occupied homes
its best chane for maintaining
would be abolished.
basic human services and
•The sales tax would be
on goods only, not services.
quality education."
•The sales tax could not
be imposed on food for home
consumption, housing, water,
light, heat power, prescription
•The sales tax for schools
medicine, motor fuel, essential
would be imposed on a trail basis.
services, or farm animals, feed, seed
The tax and all other provisions
and fertilizer.
would stop in 1999 unless we vote to
•Cities, counties and other local
continue them at the 1998 general
governments could not impose a sales election.
tax.
Why should citizens support the
•Working families, with
Nov. 9 sales tax proposal?
children, earning less than $24,000 a
The sales tax provides approxiyear, would receive an earned income mately $1 billion per year specificredit on their income tax.
cally dedicated for the support of
•Low income households would kindergarten through grade 12 and
receive a refund of some or all of the
community colleges. Although no
sales tax they would pay.
specific language addresses distribution, the dedication makes it clear
•The corporate income tax rate
that the purpose of the tax is to raise
would increase from 6.66 percent to
sufficient revenue to make K-14
7.6 percent.
Turn to SUPPORT page 11
•At least half of lottery proceeds
Mike Rose, LCC English and Technical writing instructor, has been active
on the LCC Legislation Action Team and is currently chair of the Oregon
Educational Association Political PAC.
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Vote NO on Measure 1- the Big Lie
members from becoming a source of
The corporate media would have
us believe that the 1993 session of
new revenues.
the Oregon legislature was a labor of
The financial, social, political and
love for education funding, with the
cultural context which allows
most loving legislators carrying a
legislators to put the interest of big
bare majority to put the sales tax
business before the needs of the
measure before Oregon voters in a
people is the capitalist system of
special election in November.
production. Each legislative session,
But this set-up for a sales tax in
the corporate media make the
Oregon should be evaluated in an
ideological ground fertile for the Big
Lie: That this system is compatible
economic and political context,
something unlikely to be found in
with the social needs of working
the Register-Guard - a member of
.people in our state.
Associated Oregon Industries
(AOI), the big business group
legislators represented when
they voted for the sales tax
measure.
Kevin
In his book Capitalism and
Hornbuckle
Freedom, Reagonomics guru
Milton Friedman wrote, "Few
trends could so thoroughly
undermine the very foundation
of our free society as the
acceptance by corporate
officials of a social responsibility other than to make as
much money for their stockholders as possible ...There is
"Now that revenues must
only one social responsibility
of business - to use its rebe replaced, theAOihasagain
sources and engage in activiplaced education's neck on the
ties designed to increase its
block as a means of protecting
profits... " This imperative
explains the onset of the
its members from becoming a
education funding crisis and
source of new revenues."
the furious inactivity to
overcome it.
Measure 5 was an underThe repeated efforts to cram a
standable reaction against increassales
tax down Oregonians' throats
ingly regressive property taxes. Its
provides a perfect opportunity to
main flaw is that it gives businesses
expose the Lie. The corporate media
the same break as individual
homeowners. Big business has reaped will never do this because, like the
legislature, the media must defend
windfalls of many millions of dollars
the capitalist system and the opporalready, and Measure 5 is not yet
tunism that sustains it.
even fully implemented. Now that
revenues must be replaced, the AOI
has again placed education's neck on
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Welcome
The Torch 7
Message from LCC President Moskos
Message from ASLCC President Cheeseman
Dear Lane Student:
Welcome to fall term at Lane Community College! We 're very glad
you 're here.
This summer the College Council adopted the following vision
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . statement for the
college: Lane
Community College
provides a quality
learning experience in
a caring environment.
We believe Lane has
always been committed
to these values. We also
believe that by writing
them down and keeping
them in front of us as
we go about doing our
jobs each day, we will
provide better teaching
and better service, and
we will make better
"The simple fact is that students
decisions about the
future of the college.
succeed more often in a caring
I am sure it is obvienvironment"
to you why we
ous
Jerry Moskos
want to provide a
..__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____. quality learning experi-
Greetings,
You have a very dedicated student government anxious to serve your
needs throughout this academic year.
After our retreat in June, we as a senate defined some issues we
would like to address this
year. We felt our goals and
objectives will provide
better services and create a
successful atmosphere for
students at Lane.
At our first meeting of
the summer we formed a
number of committees to
look into possible solutions
to some problems facing the
student body. We have had
regular meetings this sum- _
mer to report the progress
of these committees. Most
of these committees still
need student members and
we would encourage you to
take part- in this process of
implementing change.
This student government
"In order to create positive
is very interested in what
change we need your input."
you feel is lacking in your
environment at Lane, as
Steven Cheeseman
well as what is working. In
order to create
positive change we need your input. I
believe that this student government
represents change for the good of all
students at Lane, not a select few. We are
located in Room 479 on the fourth floor
of the Center Building.
Our Cultural Director, Jeanette
has been working with the
Nadeau,
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Student Activities Office on some exciting events for New Orientation and Fall
Welcome Week - such as the ping pong
ball drop. The Torch will keep everyone
LCC Vision Statement
informed as to the dates and times of
these events, and information will also be
posted on the bulletin boards.
We would also encourage you to use
the Student Resource Center located on the ~econd floor of the Center
Building to access information and services, such as the use of our new
Fax machine. The Student Resource Center is a service provided by
your student government.
Another issue that I would like to touch on is our communication at
Lane. Through the years we have had trouble relaying information to
the students. I would like to advocate for everyone to read The Torch
to keep abreast of what's happening. Our Communication Director, DJ
Holbrook, is looking at some new and innovative ideas to improve
communications. We currently have bulletin boards located all over the
campus that have information and current events posted on them. In
addition, we have reader boards in front of the Financial Aid Office, in
the cafeteria, and above the Student Resource Center that carry current
information as well.
I wish everyone the best of luck this year at Lane. I look forward to
working with everyone during this 1993-1994 school year. Please don't
hesitate to contact us if you have any comments or questions.
ence, but perhaps it is less obvious why
we place a high value on a caring environment. The simple fact is that students
succeed more often in a caring environment. They are more likely to feel good
about being in school, to seek help when
they need it, and to stay until they com•
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plete their educational goals.
One important aspect of caring is the
feeling of being connected - connected
to the college, your department, your
instructors, and other students.
I recognize that Lane is a large institution and that students are busy with jobs
and families, but I also believe you will be happier here and do better
in your studies if you do more than just attend classes. There are many
informal and formal opportunities to do this. Some are as simple as
forming an informal telephone network or study group with others in
your class or dropping in once a week to the Women's Center or the
Multicultural Center or the new fitness court in the gym. More formal
opportunities include working on the student newspaper or helping
with student government. This issue of The Torch will provide you
with a wealth of other ideas.
We are happy you are here and we are committed to your success. If
you have ideas for how Lane can do a better job of providing quality
learning experiences or a caring environment, please let you instructor, counselor, or me know.
''Lane Community College
provides a quality learning
experience a caring
environment.''
Sincerely,
~
Jerry Moskos
Sincerely,
~ [ ) ~ --Steven D. Cheeseman
Join Us for Fall Welcome
*Thurs. Sept. 23 Open house for new students between 2:30 and 5:00.
* Sept. 27 and 28 Welcome tent will be open for students and staff.
*Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 Street Fair outside the cafeteria around the Center Building.
*Oct. 1 at 11 :55 a. m. Annual Ping Pong Ball Drop in Bristow Square.
* Oct. 11 Fun Flicks ("make it yourself music video") in the cafeteria.
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Student Services
September 13, 1993
Counseling and Advising Center
Student Activities
2nd Floor Center Building 'II' 2204
Ojen 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. M - Th; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. F
Academic advising and help students with class scheduling.
• Assistance setting personal and educational goals.
2nd Floor Center Building ff 2336
• Schedules and coordinates non-academic events and services, including:
political, activities, meetings, information tables, bulletin board postings
chartered clubs and organizations, fall welcome week, Lane County Fair
• Oversees the photo ID booths
Career Information Center
2nd Floor Center Building 'II' 2297
Open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. M & Tu; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. W - F, fall term.
• Current information on careers, nationwide
• Self-assessment testing to guide career choices.
Cooperative Education Department
201 Apprenticeship Building 'II' 2203
Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. M-F.
• College credit for learning in a variety of tailored work environments
• Help finding part-time or full -time Co-op positions
• Information on careers, job hunting techniques and interviewing skills.
Job Placement Service
302 Forum Building 1t 2217
Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. M- F
• Full and Pan-time openings in the Eugene/Springfield area
• College work study placement (room 304 'II' 2822)
• Student employment and graduate placement.
Financial Aid
2nd Floor Center Building 1t 2205
Counter/phone open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., M -F
• Coordinates disbursements of state and federal grants and loans
• Emergency loans for qualifying students
Special hours at the beginning of fall term are:
iw Thurs. Sept. 16, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
B"" Thurs. Sept. 23, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
iw Mon. Sept. 27, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
aw Tues. Sept. 28, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
iw Wed. Sept. 29, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Check Cashing
Financial Services cashier. 1st floor Administration Building
Counter open 9 am. to 4:30 p.m. M - F
• Cash personal checks - up to $5 - with student body card, photo ID,
current address and phone number
• No two-party checks; $12 fee on returned checks.
ATM's
Two ATM's - Selco and U.S. Bank- are located in the cafeteria.
Campus Ministry
242 Center Building 1t 2814
Open 8 a.m. to 4 :30 p.m. M - F
• Denominational and nondenominational student support services
• No Cash Clothing Stash '- free clothing to LCC students - PE 301
• Food vouchers for qualifying students.
Dental Hygiene Clinic
273 Health & PE Building 'II' 2206
Call for appointment.
• Limited dental care for Lane County adults & children
• Free evaluations, low cost X-rays, cleaning and fluoride treatments.
Substance Abuse Prevention
215A Apprenticeship 'D' 2178
• Chemical dependency assessments and treatment referrals
• Individual and group counseling
• Education, support and recovery groups
• Twelve step programs for alcohol, drugs, codependency and eating
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OmbudTeam
Mason Davis ff 2239 Debra Lamb 1t 2915
Sharon Moore 1t 2686 Jerry Sirois ff 2027
• Four person team addresses student and staff complaints relating to
college policies or actions
• Offers impartial advice, referrals and mediation to resolve problems
• Contact any member of the team to initiate ombud action.
Phi Theta Kappa
2nd Floor Center Building ff 2340
• International honors society for students with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or
higher
• Offers scholarships each term to a member who attends Lane ·full time.
• Topic for 93-94 is diversity in a multicultural society.
Computer Labs
Purchase lab time and lasercards at Financial Services Cashier, 1st Floor,
Administration Building. Four hours of lab use for $2, unlimited use for $24
per term; 10 laserprints for $2
Microcomputer lab: 201 Health & PE Building ff 2288
Open 8 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. M - F and 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Sat & Sun
• 50386 & 486 PC's, 10 Macintoshes and two Apple He's
• Dot matrix prints at no cost; laserprints are 10 for $2.
Center Computer Lab: 478 Center Building 1t 2436
Open 8 a.m. to 5 :45 p.m. M - Th; 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.tn. F
• 65 Macintosh Classics and SE's, Free dot matrix prints, lasercard needed
Downtown Center Computer Lab: Room 228 or 237 Downtown Center
Hours: 4 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. M; 5:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Tu; 4 p.m. to 9:45
p.m. W; 5:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Th
• 286 & XT PC's, Dot matrix printers are available
Library (Learning Resource Center)
2nd Floor Center Building ff 2220
Open 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. M - Th; 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. F; 9:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. Sat
• 60,000 + books, 400 periodicals, and 18,000 sound and video recordings
• Microfilm, CD-ROM databases and audio & video tape players
• Computer catalog system, Athena, accessible to disabled students
• Copiers and copy-card vending machine.
Disabled Student Services
213C Center Building ff 2150
Open 8 a.m. to 12; 1 p.m. 5 p.m. M-F.
• Assistance with registration, advising and resource referral . .
• Notetakers, interpreters, tutors, recorders, test proctors and equipment
loans for disabled students.
International Student Services
• Christine Strahan, 210 Center Building 1t 2683, International Admissions
Specialist -- Immigration & enrollment advising for international students
• Mason Davis, 221 Center Building 'fr 2239, International Students
Counselor -Orientation, counseling and academic advising for international
students
• Pat Williams, 414 Center Building, ff 2165, International Student Program Community Coordin~tor -- Home stay, friendship families, social
activities, fund raising, International Night.
Multi-Cultural Center
409 Center Building ff 2276
Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. M - F
• Support for minority and international students to ensure academic
success
• Cultural events, tutoring, scholarship & grant information, and information on minority and international student clubs
• All LCC students welcome.
Native American Student Services
222 Center Building ff 2238
Open 9-a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Assistance to American Indian and Alaskan Native students
• Information about BIA procedures, financial aid, courses and majors
• Information for non-native students and staff on American Indian issues
• Native American Student Association sponsors many events at Lane.
Veterans Services .
217 Center Building ff 2663
Open 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
• Information regarding eligibility for Veterans educational benefits.
Women's Center
213 Center Building 1t 2353
Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• ACCESS program- Alternative Career Choices for Equitable Student
Success, Introductory life-planning class for career exploration and
specific classes to introduce women to non-traditional careers: auto
mechanics, construction, flight maintenance, etc. All taught by women.
• Women's Awareness Center- Resource, referral, advising, peer
support, library, lounge, refreshments
• Women's Programs- Seminars, workshops and "brown bags"-- lunch
time sessions with ~est speakers.
Student Government _ _ _T_he_Tor_ch_9
September 13, 1993
• Steven Cheeseman
President
Jason Rackley
s. R. c. Director
Nancy Johnson
Vice President
D. J. Holbrook
Communication Director
Jeanette Nadeau
Cultural Director
Peter Knox
Treasurer
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Associated Students of Lane Community College (ASLCC)
Student Government at Lane
479 Center Building 'II' 2330
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The Associated Students of Lane Community College (ASLCC) is the elected student government. It
serves students at the college administration level, and lobbies at state and federal levels by participating in the
Community Colleges of Oregon Associations and Commissions (CCOSAC). Students who wish to participate
on a committee, form a club or organization, or express a concern can call or drop by the ASLCC office.
Student Senate
The ASLCC Student Senate consists of six officers (see above) and nine senators. The senators are: Steve
Bauers, Jennifer Beauchamp, Candace E. Brambora, Sarah Fabbri, Doug Fletchall, Chris Graves, Greg Hope,
Sihu Kiest, and Brian Psiropoulos. Senate meetings are held 3:30 p.m. Mon.days, in the Boardroom. This year,
ASLCC will allocate approximately $122,000 in student fees. Attend senate meetings if you want a voice in
how that money is spent.
ASLCC Funding
ASLCC is funded by a mandatory $18 fee, paid by credit students at the main campus at registration. This
income funds ASLCC student services, including: the ASLCC Childcare Co-op, Cultural programs, Denali,
legal services, OSPIRG, photo ID, Student Health Services, the Student Resource Center (SRC), free telephones and student lounge areas.
Of the fee, $6 goes to Student Health, $5 goes directly to campus childcare, $5 to student govenrment
services and $2 goes directly to Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG).
Services Funded by your Student Government Fees
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Child Care Co-op
ASLCC Childcare Co-op Building (by track, N. W. side of campus) ff 2025 Sue Ferguson, Director
Open enrollment 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 22. First come, first serve.
• Low cost on-campus child care for students with children
• Work Study students are encouraged to apply; also practicum exp. & workshops available.
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Student Resource Center (SRC)
2nd Floor Center Building 'II' 2342 FAX: 'II' 744-3980 Jason Rackley, SRC Director
• Lane's student inforomation desk: help with nonacademic problems on and off campus
• Voter registration, fax service, information and referral on housing, child care and ride sharing.
Legal Services
2nd Floor Center Building tr 2340
Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tu & Th; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, F. Call for appointment, bring current Lane ID.
• Free legal service (no court representation) for Lane and high school completion students.
OSPIRG (Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group)
Basement Center Building 'II' 2166
• Education and advisory group on health and social issues at the state level.
Cultural Programs
479 Center Building 'II' 2166 Jeanette Nadeau, Cultural Director
• Fall Welcome Week events, the Martin Luther King Celebration & special events all year long.
Don't Forget!
Oct. 8 Last day to drop a class & receive a full refund
Nov. 8Last day for any & all schedule changes
CLASSLINE: 747-0644
Service code: 7, Term No: 2
Denali
479F Center Building tr 2830 Sonja Taylor, Editor
• Student art and literary magazine, published three times each year
• Student volunteers can receive work study, SFE or a tuition waiver for a free class.
Questions? Check the fall schedule or call
COUNSELING: 726-2204
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LCC Administration
September 13, 1993
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Peter Sorenson
Eugene; Chair, Zone 5
Larry Mann
Sprlngfleld; At-Large
Cindy Weeldreyer
Cottage Grove;Vlce Chair, Zone 4
Pat Riggs
Springfield; Zone 3
Roger Hall
Eugene; At-Large
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Junction City; Zone 2
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Board of Education
Elected to represent the "zone" they reside in for a tenn of four years. The Board sets policy, signs contracts, sets the budget and hires the president.
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Around 250 classified employees worked at Lane
last year. The classified staff is represented by it's
union, Lane Community College Employees Federation(LCCEF),inlabornegotiationswithmanagement.
Shared Decis~n Making-_. LCC is_ mo~g ~~ay from the traditional hierarchical, top-down model of management towards a ''participatory" style of
man~ement With shared dec1S1on making, dec1s1ons are made by the people who are affected by them," says President Moskus. The employee and student
~ouncils at 1:-3,ne are part of the move to shared decision making, as are new programs like inter-branch ''matrix" teams that fonn for specific project
unplementatlon.
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Opinion
TheTorchll
Editorial
OCA should wake up and smell the coffee
By Don Reynolds
Editor
Jockson County and six
Oregon cities - among them
Creswell - face Oregon Citizen
Alliance sponsored initiatives on
Sept 21. The initiatives form the
latest chapter in a struggle that is
becoming a familiar, if disheartening, feature of Oregon politics.
Like the OCA' s statewide
Measure 9, the current measures
deny protected class status for gay
and lesbian Oregonians, and
prohibit the local governments
from "adopting and enforcing
laws (and) expending funds to
promote homosexuality."
The OCA says there's a plot, a
"militant gay agenda," the goal of
which is to make homosexuality
a ~tegory for civil rights
protections.
Then, the OCA says, the gay
minority will push for affirmative
action and hiring quotas, and to
SUPPORT
use public schools and governant Kevin Phillips said, ''the
ment agencies as platforms for
whole secret of politics is
teoching that their behavior is
knowing who hates who." The
normal, acceptable and to be
OCA works overtime to hone that
encouraged.
art, using the term "special rights"
In fact, OCA Lane County
to arouse hatred of gay OregoDirector Patty Duncan claims,
nians.
without the OCA's efforts, soon
Originally coined by the
motel owners might have to rent
Reagan/Bush administration, the
rooms to persons clothed in
phrase "special rights" reinforces
leather and chains, and wearing
the misconception that affmnative
rings in their ears and nose (gay
action takes rewards from good,
bikers, apparently); and kosher
hard-working people ~d gives
deli ow,ners would have to hire
them to lazy, good-for-nothings.
gay food handlers which, she tells
''The OCA measures have
us, would make their deli unbeen crafted very carefully to play
kosher.
on certain preconceived notions,"
The OCA is a conservative
says Dave Fidanque, executive
organizaton interested in keeping
director of the Oregon ACLU,
the "status quo" on issues like
which is battling the OCA. He
abortion and gay rights, says
says the OCA scores big points
Duncan.
with people who feel threatened
Is this status quo desirable or . by cultural diversity and equal
possible? Has it been tried before opportunities.
in Oregon? And why the fearful
But equal rights are not a
rhetoric?
reward for a minority, says
On political strategy, consultFidanque. "No majority has the
right to take away the rights of a
minority." That doesn't mean
Oregonians haven't tried before,
though.
In 1922, Oregon voters ~
a Ku Klux Klan sponsored
measure that forbade private
schools. Intended to discourage
Catholics from moving here by
closing parochial schools, the law
was ruled unconstitutional by the
U.S. Supreme Court in 1925.
But times have changed since
1922. Religious emigrations have
led an estimated 1.4 million
Moslems, 1 million Buddhists,
and 500,000 Hindus to live in
America, so the age of a monolithic Judeo-Christian culture is
already gone.
Economic change is also
occuring.MillionsofAmericans
work at temporary or part-time
jobs - over 39 percent of all
workers in 1991. America's
middle class is shrinking as it
finally moves out of the shadow
of the great post-WWil boom.
The arithmetic is clear: more
people live closer and must share
fewer resources.
These changes fuel the OCA's
agenda, but make it unlikely to
succeed.
Like the KKK's "Catholic
menace" of the 1920's, the OCA's
"gay agenda" will become less
relevant compared with re.al
problems that foce us: environmental devastation, shrinking
resources, poverty and
homelessness. In light of these,
the threat of gays to put kosher
butchers out of business looks
pretty silly.
The more diverse Oregon
becomes - and it will because
we have room and water - the
more the OCA' s message will
sound like wind whistling through
empty landscapes. Lacking re.al
substance, it can still fan flames
of fear and intolerance.
I urge readers to vote "no" on
OCA sponsored initiatives.
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whole. Without the passage of
the sales tax or other revenue
generating programs, the state
will be required to reduce state
budgets, including community
colleges, by approximately $1.6
billion during the 1995-97
biennium. No unit of government can be shielded from the
cut.
Does the sales tax proposal
shift more of the tax burden
toward individual taxpayers?
The sales tax measure
actually shifts the tax slightly
toward business. Under current
law, 59.8 percent of the tax
burden is assumed by individuals and 40.2 percent by business
taxpayers. If the sales tax
passes, the number will be
reduced to 58.7 percent for
individuals and increased to
43.6 percent for businesses.
While homeowners have seen
little decrease in their property
taxes as a result of Measure 5
because of increases property
valuations, large corporate and
business property owners have
received millions in property tax
relief.
Is the sales tax unfair to low
income taxpayers?
Although many argue that a
sales tax is regressive, the
regressive tendencies of the
sales tax have been removed by
exempting most necessities,
such as housing, food not
consumed on the premises, and
utilities. Additionally, low
income credits are provided.
Does the sales tax proposal
result in a major tax increase
for most Oregonians?
The sales tax represents a
decrease over the tax burden
that was in place in the state
FALL WELCOME WEEK
EVENTS
Spomsored by: Office of Student Activities
and your Student Government.
Thursday September 23
NEW STUDENT OPEN HOUSE:
Enjoy entertainment ~d refreshments in the cafete~a
provided by the Assocrated Students of Lane Commumty
College andFoodservices. Meet your ASLCC representatives. Bring your family and friends and explore the campus. Find your classes and special services without the
pressure and crowds of the first week of classes.
Monday September 27
UNSHAKABLE RACE:
A Reggae band. 11:30-1:00.
WELCOME BOOTH:
Ask questions, pick up information, and enjoy some free
popcorn in front of the PE Building.
KLCC REMOTE BOOTH:
9:30-1 :30 Live coverage by the PE Building.
Wednesday September 29
WEISS AND PATRICIA:
A magical perfonnance. 11 :30-1 :00 in the cafeteria.
Thursday September 30 & Friday October 1
STREET FAIR:
Craft booths, clubtables.Leamaboutstudentorganizations,
clubs and special programs which can help you get the
most out of Lane. Everything from study skills to karate!
ANDSAVE
MONEY
COME TO THE SMITH FAMILY
BOOKSTORE FIRST.
Chances are you will find most of your books at
half price.
BRING THE TITLE AND
AUTHOR'S NAME.
It might take some time to find your books, but
we will be glad to help you look, and the savings
are worth the wait.
RETURN BOOKS YOU DO NOT
NEED.
If you buy the wrong books or drop a class, you
can return the books for a full refund.
SELL YOUR OLD TEXTBOOKS.
After you buy your ·textbooks, bring in your old
• books and the Smith Family Bookstore will buy
them for a very fair price.
Friday October 1
BAR-B-QUE:
Come enjoy barbecued chicken and all the fixin's. Full
meal available or purchase by the piece. •
PING PONG BALL DROP:
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, no, it's a helicopter and it's
dropping ping pong balls at 11 :55 in Bristow Square! Join
usforthe scramble. Each ball is numbered-collect the balls
and tum them in for prizes. A crazy way to end the week!
DAN BERGSTROM BAND:
11 :30-1 :00 in Bristow Square.
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Box office: 687-5000
Sept. 21, 8 p.m. An Evening With ... Bruce
Hornsby, Silva Hall, Tickets $23
Sept. 24, 25, Oct 1, 2, 7:30 p.m. "Greater
Tuna" comedy: Two actors as 30 characters
spoofing life in Tuna, Texas, Soreng Theatre,
tickets $13.50
Sept. 25, 8 p.m. Righteous Brothers, Silva
Hall, tickets $36/$31/$26
Community Center for the
Performing Arts
W.OW. Hall, 291 W. 8th, 687-2746
Sept. 11, 8 p.m. American Friend Tour:
Richard Crandall Returns, folk music, Tickets,
$7/8
Sept. 18, 8 p.m. 5th Annual Sonic Xplosion,
rock, tickets $5
Sept. 25, 9 p.m. The Merry Boppin Daddies,
rock, funk/swing, tickets $6/7
The Lord Leebrick Theatre
Company
Box Office: 465-1506
Sept. 12, 19, 26, 2 p.m., "Who Killed
Frankie"?, Original Joe's Restaurant, 21 W.
6th, audience participation drama. Tickets
$29 .50 (includes wine/cheese reception, show,
and dinner). Sept 26 sold out.
Actors Cabaret of Eugene
Box Office: 683-4368
Sept 24, 25, 30 and Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings through Oct. 23, 8 p.m., 5th
of July, comedy by Lanford Wilson, Theater
Annex at 39 West 10th Ave, tickets, $10
General, $8 Senior, $6 Student Rush
The New Zone Gallery
411 High Street, 485-2278
Sept. 14-26, Tues. through Sun. noon to 5 p.rn.,
The Uncensored Room, an art exhibit exploring the issue of censorship. Part of the ACLU's
"Uncensored Celebration."
Maude Kerns Art Center
1910 E. 15th Ave, 746-0991
Sept. 30, 7:30 p.rn. Windfall Reading Series,
Foreign Literature Night, Gerd Brauer, poetry
and fiction in German w/translation, Marina
Poltorak, Russian poetry w/translation,
Admission $2.
Baba Yaga's Dream
1234 Willamette, 683-3842
Wheelchair accessible
Sept. 16, 8 p.rn. ACLU Uncensored Celebration: An evening of provocative writings by
members of Oregon Writer's Colony, $2
suggested donation.
Sept. 23, 8 p.m. ACLU Uncensored Celebration: Julia Wallace Query and friends read
erotica. $2 suggested donation.
September 13, 1993
Florence
builds
Events
Center
By Jesse Remer
Staff Writer
The All Events Center
couldn't have come at a better
time for LCC's Florence Campus.
To be completed by next July,
the multi-purpose facility -versatile enough to host the
growing needs of the expanding
Florence community -- will provide new opportunities for LCC
students and visitors alike.
The center will offer space for
conferences, trade shows, seminars, workshops and a 450 seat
proscenium theater to accommodate Florence's 17 percent
growth rate.
"We are literally bursting at
the seams," says Bill Porter, director of LCC Florence campus.
For example, up to now the
Florence Campus has turned
away large groups and the Performing Arts Department has
taken a back seat due to inadequate facilities.
"Now we can expand our offerings to meet community
needs," Porter says. "The extra
meeting rooms will be a real asset.,"
After eight years of planning,
local organizers put together the
necessary funding for the $2.8
million project. Over $1.8 million will come from Lane County
room taxes, and $800,000 from
community donations.
Florence City Council President P.T. Smith, who serves on
the AEC Board, says, "The impetus for having a place where
the kids can have relatively unlimited use for classes, special
programs, lectures and access to
the arts for several years to come
prompted the school district to
offer the All Events Center
Committee the space."
A MIXED,MEDIA PAGEANT
written by Pete Peterson
directed by Jim McCarty
The story of the 1853
"lost tOOgon tTain"
is brought to life on stage!
Nov. 5--6, 12-13, 19-20
8:00PM
$6.00 Students
$8.00 Adults
Box Office: 726-2202
12:00 , 4:00 PM
Performing Arts Department
Main Performance Hall
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COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
News
September 13, 1993
SLUG continued from page 1
great-great-great grandparents,
Boris and Eugenia Sluginsky were
among the first gastropods to come
west and they blazed a slimy
trail for other settlers to follow.
After she received her B.A.
from Harvard-Radcliffe she went
to the University of Texas at Austin and received her doctorate in
science education.
"My most enduring life plan
has been to be a comedian."
LaMaster taught geology at the
University of Oregon where she
says she displayed her desire to
make learning fun by dressing up
on Halloween as a lava flow and
then challenging the class to guess
what type of lava flow she represented.
To broaden her students' cultural horizons she says she played
Bob Wills tunes and founded the
Bob Wills Geological Society.
Patty Lake, department chair
for LCC 's training and development department, was Queen
Bananita's campaign manager.
ShesaysshesupportedLaMaster's
bid for Slug Queen because
Bananita brings an updated image
to the title.
"She took it from the realm of
slimy and brought it up to tacky."
LCC President Jerry Moskus
says of LaMaster' s accomplishment, "It is wonderful to be in the
presence of royalty on a daily basis."
LaMaster' s husband Dennis,
also known as Dennisovich, says
being married to a Slug Queen is
awesome.
"I used to live with a princess
now I live with a queen and she is
just as slimy as she's always been."
First official Slug Queen
Glenda, also known as Nancy
Williard, says that Queen
Bananita's quick dry wit convinced the judges she was true
Slug Queen material.
"Clearly she demonstrated the
most important Slug Queen trait,
the ability to think on her feet."
Williard says the Slug Queen
contest began when some of the
more nefarious members of the
community failed to convince
Eugene Celebration originators
that the festival should be called
Slugfest. In order to insure that
the slug was represented at the
annual event the group started The
Society for the Legitimatization
of the Ubiquitous Gastropod
(SLUG) and decided to choose an
annual queen from their ranks.
Since that time, she says, the
competition for Slug Queen has
become a unique and popular part
of the Eugene Celebration.
In keeping with its offbeat beginnings the contest is a no holds
barred competition without any
official rules. The judges for the
event are former queens who encourage competitors to use bribery and any other creative tricks
they want to sway the voting.
Queen Bananita and her court,
Sweetart and Slugonna will ride
in the Eugene Celebration parade.
In addition to reigning over the
festivities she will make several
royal appearances around town
including the Gala Reception for
the Arts on Sept. 10.
Her Highness says she hopes
that everyone will attend the celebration.
"You all come on down. You
can have your picture taken vit
me. It will be great fun. You vill
see," she says in her slimy Bolshevik accent
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Survey scans drug use
Quantity, frequency, negative effects
Don Reynolds
Editor
Taken as a whole, Lane has a
substance abuse problem.
The results of the Core Drug
and Alcohol Survey are in, and
they are troubling, said Mark
Harris, LCC substance abuse prevention coordinator, who presented his findings at the June 16
LCC Board of Education meeting.
Lane adminstered the survey,
required by federal law, to 1, 000
student volunteers April 21.
Harris said the survey showed
alcohol and other drugs are serious problems for a significant
number of students," And it affects whether or not they will
succeed at Lane, or even whether
or not they will survive," he said
last week.
•Over one fourth of students
surveyed said they binged - had
five or more drinks in one sitting
- at least once in the two weeks
prior to the survey.
•Over half of students surveyed
who were under age 21 used alcohol in the month prior to the survey, according to survey results.
•Lane students said that marijuana is the most popular illegal
drug. Twenty nine percent admitted to pot use in the year before the
survey, and almost 20 percent of
students surveyed said they were
current marijuana users.
•Fifteen percent of the students
surveyed reported using illegal
drugs other than marijuana during
the year before the survey.
•Students suffer serious consequences of drug and alcohol abuse:
Over a third reported some prob-
EXPERIEN"::E
lems like fights, drunk driving
arrests, or being taken advantage
of sexually as a result of drinking
or drug use.
•Thirty one percent of the survey participants reported suicide
attempts, thoughts of suicide, injuries and accidents as a result of
drug and alcohol use.
•The survey also detailed student perceptions about drug and
alcohol prevention on campus,
Harris said: Over half said they
didn't know whether the college
has an alcohol or drug prevention
program, 42 percent said they
didn't know if the school has an
alcohol and drug policy.
Lane is assessing the problem,
says Linda Fossen, vice president
of Student Services. "We're between planning and implementation," Fossen says. "Mark Harris
is the point person," with other
key people, in charge of developing Lane's alcohol and drug program
Harris wasn't surprised by the
results.
"It's what I would expect at a
typical community college in the
early '90s," he said. "There is no
area of the college that isn't affected," he added, noting, however, that college employees were
not surveyed.
"I wouldn't mind seeing that,
but I doub~ if it will happen," he
says.
The school needs to tighten
policy, set standards for staff behavior, then set standards for student behavior, says Harris.
"The staff has to set an example," Harris insists, before the
college can expect students to
abide by it.
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CPR & First Aid
Throughout Sept., the ACLU is sponsoring a series of
films, readings and lectures to highlight the First
Amendment's guarantee of free expression, including:
Sunday, Sept. 19 at 3 p.m. - Sex, sin and blasphemy;
Marjorie Heins, founding directorof ACLU's Arts Censorship Project will discuss and sign copies of her book at
Marketplace Books. 343-5614.
Wednesday, Sept. 29, 5 p.m. -Censorship and the Arts
Panel in the International Student Lounge, in the EMU.
An eight-hour Basic Emergency Aid Course will be
offered Sept. 21 and 23, from 6-10 p.m. at The CPR
Center, 335 Mill St., Eugene. The cost is $27 per person,
and pre-registration is required. This cousre is State of
Oregon and OSHA approved. Phone 342-3602.
Banned Books
Local notables, including Mayor of Eugene Ruth
Bascom, former State Legislator Mary Burrows, media
personality Fred Crafts and Executive Director of the
Oregon ACLU Dave Fidanque will read from your favorite
X-ratedchildren' s books and literary classics. Marketplace
books. 343-5614 Tuesday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m.
Battered Lesbian Group
A free, confidential support group is forming for lesbian
and bisexual women who have been physically, emotionally or sexually abused in their relationships with women.
For information and initial interview call WomanSpace
485-6513 or 1-800-281-2800 ask for Chell or Verna.
_Children Protesting AIDS
House Party
MPowerment Men's Center will host a "Back to School
House Party" for gay and bisexual men Friday, Sept. 24
from 8 p.m. to midnight. The Men's Centeris located at 775
Monroe SL Call 683-4303 form more information.
KLCC Broadcasts Live
Children artists fighting censorship of AIDS awareness
will perform songs and dances and display poetry and
visuals on Saturday, Sept 18 starting at 7 p.m. in the
Condon School's CATE Auditorium. Donations support
"The Dorothy Project" for Ugandan children whose parents died of AIDS. Phone 686-6100.
KLCC-FM 89.7 will broadcast live from the welcome
booth in front of the Health and PE building on Monday
Sept. 27, starting at 9 a.m. The broadcast, sponsored by
ASLCC's Cultural program, is part of the Fall Welcome
festivities.
Native Traditions
Horse Logging Workshop
The Aprovecho Institute in Cottage Grove will host a
two day workshop in sustainable woodlot management on
Friday, Sept. 17, and Saturday, Sept. 18. Topics include
measuring the value of standing and felled trees, tree
falling and bucking, horse logging with horse teams, and
marketing timber.
Cost of the workshop is $45 per day. For more information, call Aprovecho Institute: (503) 942-8198.
The LCC Native American Student Association and
other sponsors invite the public to A Native American Arts
and Cultures Celebration Sept. 25 and 26 at Alton Baker
Park, Eugene. The public can view contemporary tribal
arts and crafts displays-, enjoy foods and beverages. Mini
Pow Wows and drumming begin at 11 a.m. Grand Entry is
lp.m.
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Basic accident benefit pays 100% for first $300 after deductible
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grant with Claire Berger, OEDD 's first of many corporations to folacting manager of work force de- low providing more jobs."
velopment ''The trainingprovided
The employees use the systems
to the employees through this grant to complete a six-week computer
will enable the company to oper- training course. LCC instructors
ate competitively and effectively," David Rizzi, Ron Little, and
says Berger who approved a for- contract instructor Mark
mal grant proposal Oatman filed Niedelman teach DOS and Winbased on the company's needs and dows systems software, local area
OEDD guidelines.
networks, and trouble shooting
Oatman says, "The Oregon methods at the "power level" for
Lottery was created to stimulate the first two weeks. Symantec
/ economic development and this is teaches the next four weeks of
a great example of lottery dollars product-specific training.
being used to attract jobs to OrThe new employees will proegon."
vide user assistance and product
The college spent $58,000 of information over the telephone to
the lottery funds on equipment for customers explaining Symantec' s
the program. Many of the hard- well known software programs
ware purchases will be available like Symantec Anti-virus for
for future corporation education Macintosh and Norton Utilities.
programs. Lane's Electronic Ser"Wanting Lane to provide
vice saved$10,000 by assembling training for Symantec gives Lane
the Central Processing Units, says a good reputation throughout the
Oatman.
community colleges of Oregon,"
Symantec recently hired . says Cheeseman. "In addition, the
ASLCC President Steven fact that over eight students who
Cheeseman. "We were finally able gained the Computer Programto get a large corporation to move ming Micro Option Degree in
to Eugene," said Cheeseman, "not June were hired shows that Lane
only to give jobs to Oregonians, has excellent schooling in that
but I also believe this will be the area."
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While there are no official
prizes awarded at the show, artists' names are randomly drawn
throughout the event for art sup-·
ply gift certificates that local stores
donate.
Artists of the Salon des Refuse
will participate in the Eugene Celebration Parade Sept. 18 and their
theme will be a protest against art
censorship and a celebration of
artistic diversity.
Ross says last year thousands
of people came through to view
the over 100 entries.
"The majority of people who
came through our show said they
thought ours was more exciting
and 'less stuffy' than the Mayor's
Art Show."
Artists are also starting to get
the word about the show, Ross
adds.
"In fact a lot of artists are hoping they get refused."
For more information contact
Steve LaRiccia, the exhibit's coordinator, at 935-4308 or Jerry
Ross, Salon des Refuses publicist, at 343-5651.
For information about advertising in
The Torch please contact Jan Brown
at 747-4501 ext. 2654.
CLASSIFIED ADS ARE FREE to
LCC students and staff, 15 word
maximum, and will be printed on a
space available·basis. All other ads
are 15 cents per word per issue, paid
in advance. The TORCH reserves the_
right not to run an ad. All ads must
have a verifiable name and phone
number. Deadline for Classified ads
is 5 p.m. Friday for publication in the
following Friday's issue
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CYCLES/SCOOTERS
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CHILDCARE
Thurston High School Child Development Center open for Fall enrollment. Located across the street from
the high school. Preschool, toddler
and infant programs available. Call
726-3320 or 726-3478 for information.•
EDUCATION
Four "honey comb" wheels - a real
collector's item. $25 each. 343-9206.
Earn college credit - Spring Break
'94. Yucatan - Mayan Peninsula,
Mexico: $1050-$1267. Richard
Quigley, 344-2962.
Overstuffed brown chair - recliner.
$25. 942-9282.
Private dance lessons, including belly
dancing. Keyboard and piano lessons,
drmming lessons, $15/hour. Easter,
686-0087.
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by Dec. 1st; 741-3941 or726-2252.
prior to the passage of Ballot
Measure 5 . It simply provides a
different procedure for collecting the tax. If one looks only at
the level of tax in effect after the
full implementation of Measure
5 and no reform-,- _then the sales
tax represents an increase.
However, voters said they
wanted tax reform when they
passed Measure 5, not decimation of services and public
education in the state.
What happens if the sales tax
is defeated?
It is clear the state of Oregon
cannot meet its basic needs with
the tax structure that will be in
place following full implementation of Measure 5.
California, which is considered to have the sixth strongest
economy in the world, is having
great difficulty meeting basic
needs because of tax limitations
in place. Oregon's structure is
substantially weaker than that in
California. •
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OPPORTUNITIES
Contribute to the LCC Oregon Trail
Threatre Project -- help defray unusual production costs. Donors' names
Glass fireplace screen with brass will be printed in the program. Make
plate, 44" x 28" with two bi-fold checks payable to the LCC Foundation, c/o Joe Farmer, Adrnin. Bldg.
doors, $70. '942-9282.
Lane County thanks you!
Minolta camera system - two bodies;
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tax be defeated in November repeal of Measure 5, gross
receipts tax, increase in income
tax - none of the alternatives
appear to have a chance of
passing. That means Oregon
will be unable too fund basic
services.
As the quality of life and
education in Oregon erodes,
Oregon becomes a less desirable
location for business, and the
potential for economic development and recovery (jobs)
•decreases.
Many voters will find
elements in the sales tax
proposal they will not like.
However, taken in whole, this
proposal is fair and offers
Oregon its best chance for
maintaining basic human
services and quality education.
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Tickets: Hult Center - 687-5000, Lane - 726-2202
Order that ticket now for "That Pioneer Road," LCC's contibution to the
150th Oregon Trail Celebration. Box
Office: 726-2202.
SERVICES
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TRAVEL
MESSAGES
Toria, your strength and beauty are
admired by all, especially me. Happy
Anniversary -love, Benjamin.
Catskittensmamacatkittyyowlyowl
yowl - yours forever, Balzac.
JOIN THE DENALI STAFF LCC's
literary art magazine is searching for
editorial board members, a photo editor and volunteers. Work study and
CWE are available. Call ext. 2830 or
come by CEN 479 f.
Hey Dave - I'll see you at the
Eugene Celebration parade. I'll be
the one in the funny costume. Bozo
The speed limit on 30th Ave. is
strictly enforced. Pay attention or
pay the fine.
Student Health will open Sept. 27
for health problems, etc.
Spring Break '94 - Yucatan - Mayan
Peninsula, Mexico; $1050 - $1267;
with artist-instructor Richard
Quigley, 344-2962.
Bob & Vivian - I hope you had a
happy anniversary - Dorothy.
Mysteries of Mexico! Spring Break
'94 with Harland Wilhelm, Spanish
instructor, 726-2252 or 741-3941.
Don't forget to attend the Fall Welcome Week activities sponsored by
Student Activities and ASLCC.
BIG LIE continued from page 6
Given the basic nature of a
capitalist free market, it is easy
to understand that the most
powerful sector, the corporate·
class, continuously tries to
dump its tax burden onto the
backs of working people. Large
corporations contributed
significantly to the 1985 sales
tax effort To be sure, these
businesses and many others will
show as much material eagerness to pass the current sales tax.
Yes, the measure to be voted on
in November would increase the
corporate income tax - but by a
very small amount compared to
what those, who can least afford
it, will collectively pay if it
passes.
Consider State Representative Carl Hosticka's claim, in the
current issue of the Other Paper,
that a sales tax would be an
improvement over the current
tax/fiscal situation. The UO
professor of public policy and
planning asks of the sales tax,
"Will all elements [of society]
pay their fair share?"
Incredibly, he claims that
the personal income tax is the
most unstable form of revenue!
In fact, passage of the sales tax
would take a huge bite out of
consumer purchasing power and
result in more layoffs.
These would burden an
economy already severely
hobbled by the massive surplus
of labor - the very cause
driving the corporate restructuring and the source of layoffs in
the first place. Labor is the sole
source of value, so the corporations are always looking for
labor markets which cost less.
It's the practice of putting profit
before people. This exposes
Hosticka, s cruel contention that
according to ability to pay. So
unemployed people will pay the
same rate as very wealthy
people. What a racket!
AOI's newsletter just prior
to the opening of the legislative
session put it plainly: "Our
strategy in dealing with taxation
issues during the [session] will
be that the best defense is a good
offense." In other words,
because the poor are the most
vulnerable, AOI and the legislature will shift the burden to their
backs. Thus, the buzz word in
government circles during the
session was opportunism's polite
facade: "pragmatism."
Big business will always
hold public education hostage in
order to extort money from
people. If this weren't so, states
which have sales taxes would
not have problems funding
education. But they all do.
To the injury already
inflicted by Measure 5, passage
of the sales tax will add the
insult -of forcing the state's
school system to serve the
ideological mission of the
corporations. As the contradictions of capitalism increase, the
corporate class increases its
power over the educational
institutions which exist primarily to produce obedient workers
and keep students from discovering more rational ways to
organize society.
Any serious solution to the
economic crisis will, by necessity, put people to work at
family wage jobs. For example,
a jobs bill funded by progressive
taxation could pay for construction of new schools, rehabilitation of existing ones and
increased staffing throughout the
state's education system.
Such legislation will have to
be forced by a grass roots effort
because, as common sense
reveals, the Oregon legislature
prefers to put out fires with
gasoline.
Vote no on Measure 1 if
you 're tired of getting burned.
WELCOME
TOLCC
Campus
Ministry
Center 242
747-4501 ext. 2814
a sales tax is fair.
By definition, "regressive
taxation does not differentiate
We're Here For You
Come in to the LCC,Bookstore today.
Plug in tomorrow.
Hey, what about
You operi the box. And find out
it's easy to set up an Apple®
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For a limited time, your
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CD-ROM?
Both the Centris 610 and 650
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Check it out. It's amazing.
Entire encyclopedias and
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