Special Pull-out Section

That Pioneer Road

Sales Tax

The story of Lane
County's "lost wagon
train" of 1853 brought to
life on stagel

Is the tax fair? If not, should
Oregon voters pass Ballot
Measure 1 anyway?

A focus on international students at
LCC and their experiences here.

See story page 4

See opinions page 9

See pages 6 and 7

-Lane Community College

Volume 29, Issue 7

4000 E. 30th Ave., Eugene, Oregon 97405

November 5, 1993

Admin. will

rescind new
'F' policy,
states V.P.
Arlene Hougland
lead writer

The Office of Instruction is
backing down from a new "F"
grading policy, but says ongoing
problems with the current administrative withdrawal procedures
leave the school vulnerable to
thousands of dollars in federal
fines.
LCC Vice President for Instruction Jim Ellison says he is
currently drafting a memo and will
be sending a copy to all faculty
rescinding the "F"/withdrawal
grading policy.
Ellison sent a memo on Sept.
20 to department chairs, secretaries and faculty directing them to
withdraw students for non attendance only during the first two
weeks of the term, and to issue an
"F' to any student who did not
attend the class and failed to drop
the course.
Previously instructors were
supposed to have dropped students, but often gave students a
"Y" - no basis for grade - instead, creating a record keeping
nightmare for administration.
The Faculty Council discussed
the new policy and sent a memo
to Ellison on Oct. 21. In it the
council expressed faculty concerns about the way the administration made its decision.
Sharon Moore, director of
Admissions, says she believes
Ellison did not intend to leave
faculty out of the original decision.
But, she adds, something needs to
be done about the problems the
increase in "Y" grades creates.
"Instructors were not dropping
students. Students would return
after the first two weeks and ask
for their money back because they
thought it was the teacher's responsibility to drop them."
Because this problem creates
extra costs for the college, Moore
says, she is being very firm this
quarter about the two week period.
Linda DeWitt, interim director
of Financial Aid, says several

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Rennalsance Room waiters Lloyd Wortham and Gary McKlllap wait on fellow Rennalsance Room staff,
Amandus Jalof and Laurel Henry .
Jeff Lea
for the TORCH

The Renaissance Room is now serving luncheon guests Mondays through Thursdays.
The Renaissance Room, open 11:30 - 1
p.m., providesLCC students, faculty and guests
a comfortable dining experience, while providing a professional setting for culinary arts
students to learn their trade.

No dish could be considered the house
specialty says Culinary Arts program coordinator Willie Kealoha. The student chefs learn
different styles and methods of cooking by
preparing a variety of ethnic dishes. The average meal costs about $5.7 5 and includes a nonalcoholic "mocktail" beverage.
The Renaissance Room began 17 years ago
as an institutional training center with more

classroom time than actual lab time, says
Kealoha. As the need for more hands-on training grew, the culinary program adapted to
provide more training.
The students who work in the Renaissance
Room also service a deli which offers a wide
variety of sandwiches, pastries, salads, deserts
and main courses. The Deli is open 9 a.m. to 1
p.m.

Raffle suggested for Child Care transformer fundraiser
Keri Trask
associate editor

Student Council reviewed a
proposal to loan the ASLCC Child
Care Co-op up to $7 ,500 for a
truck. The Co-op wants to buy a
new pick-up truck from Hutchins
Motors, Romania Chevrolet or
Kendall Ford for a fundraising
raffle.
A similar fundraiser used by the
Lions Club earned approximately
$45,000, according to ASLCC
President Steven Cheeseman and
Vice-president Nancy Johnson.
Co-op plans to sell raffle tickets
for $1 to $2 each. The proceeds
would pay for a $30,000 trans-

former for their new building.
Director of Child Care Co-op
Sue Fergeson says the proposal,
"shows Â·the Student Government
expects something of the clubs on
campus. They are willing to provide a viable option towards
fundraising."
"We feel this proposal has great
potential and could mean a great
deal to the co-op," wrote
Cheeseman and Johnson in the
proposal. "We also feel this is a
perfect way for them to obtain the
money they need and not deplete
student funds in the process."
In other ASLCC news, the
Multi-Cultural Center requested
over $5,000 for Open House,

weekly social hours, the Fiesta de
Latina, capital improvements,
social activities, Black History
Month and Martin Luther King
Day events. Student government
funded $3,120 - to be used for
the Open House, social hours and
fiesta - and referred it to Cultural Director Jeanette Nadeau for
the $150 for Black History Month
and MLK activities.

Student council also approved:
â€¢$5, 176 to purchase four computers equipped with DOS and Windows for student government use,
â€¢ funds not to exceed $300- to
send three people to the American
Student Association of Community Colleges conference and
â€¢ $600 - to subsidize half the
cost of 200 tickets for "That Pioneer Road."

Veterans' Day

Nov 11th
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There will be no school
in order to remember
our veterans.

News

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November 5, 1993

Money is the root of all schooling
Michael Cough
staff writer

Money makes the world go
around, or so the song goes. Many
Lane students are eager when
payday comes around. Money may
not buy everything, but it's hard to
get an education without it
Money from scholarships is
available to students who qualify.
At Lane, Phi Theta Kappa- a
national community college honors society - is accepting applications for three separate scholarships, says PTK coordinator Bette
Dorris.
Two of the scholarships are
open to all qualifying students,
says Dorris, while one of them is

available to PTK members only.
Scholarships open to all students are:
â€¢ The Academic All-American
Team scholarship- it will send two
graduating students at lane with a
GPA of 3.25 or better to compete
for the national award. The winners will have lunch with the governor and a national winner will
be recognized in USA TODAY.
Dorris says the deadline for this is
Dec. 10, 1993.
â€¢The Truman Scholarship
Program- it awards students pursuing a career in government or
public service scholarships. The
program

Change made
inTORCH policy
The TORCH has decided
to do Its part In solvlng the
lltter problem on campus.
As of Nov. 5 The TORCH
wlll no longer accept
Inserted advertising
clrculars. Inserts from the
Oct. 29 Issue of The
TORCH can be found on
the ground al I over campus.
Although refusing Inserts wlll cost The TORCH
advertising revenue, The
TORCH edltorlal board
feels the envlronmental
problems caused by
wasted Inserts are costlier.

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"assistive devices" for the disabled and loans out the equipment throughout five counties.
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It is also TALN' s job to provide information and services to
employers of the disabled, business owners catering to disabled
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Student graffiti encouraged on campus
Michael Cough
staff writer

A new student services group aided and abetted
graffiti scrawling on cafeteria walls.
The Enrollment Management Team sponsored
the Graffiti Forum Oct. 14, tacked butcher paper to
the wall and encouraged Lane students and staff to
express opinions and ideas about LCC' s performance.
Many students responded, says Student Activities Administrative Assistant Sally Meadow, although faculty and staff were less represented.
Financial Aid Department staff were the exception, Meadow recalls. "I was extremely impressed by the Financial Aid staffs keen concern
for students' opinions about all areas."
The comments by students were mixed, says
Meadow. While some students suggested solutions
to problems, many out)ined dissatisfaction with

child care facilities, Campus Food Services and the
Bookstore buy-back policies.
Meadow transcribed all the comments - over
200 in all-from the original rolls of butcher paper
onto a 16-page list.
Staff members from the Admissions, Counseling, Financial Aid, Student Records and Student
Activities departments are represented on the EMT,
says team facilitator Sandy Ing. The event was the
first sponsored by the group since it formed.
Vice President of Student Services Linda Fossen
says the group grew outofameeting ofLCC's vice
presidents last spring. The vice presidents sought a
process to improve student retention at Lane.
"The main goal of the EMT is to support student
success," says Ing. She says Fossen's interest in
enrollment management led to its formation.
Meadow hopes the EMT repeats the graffiti
forum. "It's important to do once a term, or at least
once a year," she says .

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Arts & Enterta inment ___Th_e_To_rch_3_

Helping studentsÂ·f eel safe enough to make fools of themselves

Theater instructor teaches more than stage presence
Jake Harris
â€¢staff writer

The first thing Acting Instructor Terra
Pressler does with a new class is to sit in a
circle and tell them one of "Mamma
Drama's"mostimportantrules:"Treateach
other with care and respect," she says.
Pressler says she falls in love with every
new class.
She says what has always attracted her
to theater is the sense of community, and
with every class there's a bonding.
In Pressler' s class the normal barriers
between people don't seem to exist, says
acting student Sharon Boyle. "I feel that
everybody is my friend and ready to support me. Usually I can't wait to get to
class", she adds.
Pressler says in order for the students to
tap their individual creativity they have to
feel safe enough to make a complete fool of
themselves. People will make magic if the
right atmosphere exists for them to let go,
she says.
"Tight-knotted people will come into
my class and slowly unfold," says Pressler.

"I feel like a midwife helping with a birth.
It's an act of great courage for a woman
who has been a housewife her whole adult
life to even be in the class."
She says in theater she has to teach
empathy, because when students become
characters theirs is an act of empathy. They
have to feel the character no matter how
seemingly gruesome, and they have to understand why they do what they do.
Empathy is important to teach in a world
that has over five billion people who all
have to get along, Pressler says.
One term she recalls a student was filled
with hate. She could tell he was defensive
by the comments he made.
"I had this kid all three terms, and from
the beginning I wanted to soften him, help
him open his heart.
"I didn't know I was being successful
until the final scene, when he chose to work
with an African American classmate.
"After the final exam he came up to me
and said 'I just want to thank you. When I
came into your class I was really into my
problems and had a lot of bigotry, and in
your class I learned that people are just

people and we 're all doing the best we can.'
"I can't believe they pay me to teach,"
she exclaims, "what a wonderful way to
make a living."
Pressler believes all people have unique
talent that needs to be developed in individual ways.
In her warm-ups, she teaches relaxation
and breathing. She says, "I'll never ask
them to dance, I' 11 ask them to move.
"I like to keep the lights low so they 're
not self-conscious, and let them explore.
There are so few places where adults can
investigate physical and emotional space."
Pressler says most of these students will
never be on a stage, so the experience
teaches them "the three C's, " - confidence,
cooperation and communication skills.
Before her theatrical career Pressler was
a practicing lawyer, and an alcoholic. During her recovery she says she realized her
real love was the stage, so she enrolled at
the University of Oregon and earned her
Ph.D. in theater arts, specializing in acting,
playwriting and women's theater.
Pressler says she's written several plays,
two of which have been produced. "Fat"

â€¢WEEKE ND REPORT â€¢
LCC
( 4000 E. 30th Ave)
Radio
-November 14
Beginning at noon KLCC 89.7
FM Eugene and KLCO 90.5 FM
Newport will air a variety of special programs dedicated to the
topic of fresh water. The first program, "Thirsting for Tomorrow,"
is an audio journey examining the
future of fresh water, sponsored
by National Public Radio and the
National Geographic Society.
A combination of digital recording and top research will tell
the story of the Earth's water cycle
and examine fresh water in
America.
November 15-19 KLCC/
KLCO will air special reports on
regional water issues during its
Morning Reports - 5-9 a.m. and Northwest Passage - 4 :30-5
p.m.
Hult Center
(291 W. 8th - Eugene)
A Carnival of Movement
.
-November 7
The drum beat will resonate
throughout the hall when the 35
musicians, storytellers, acrobats
and dancers of Les Ballets
Africains appear. Universally
recognized as Africa's most renowned and accomplished dance
company, this colorful traditional
dance troupe is touring the US
with an exciting new production,

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"Silo - The Path of Life." The
show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are
$18 and $15 and can be found at
Hult Box office, EMU Main Desk
and by phone 687-5000.

"Fires on the Water"
-November 13 & 14 (Soreng
Theater)
"Fires on the Water," is a collection of five legends, narrated in
English while performers singing
in Tlingit, drumming and dancing
enact the story.
Adult and child will enjoy being led into the magic world of
myth, legend and adventure by
way of chants, props, costumes
and masks.
Showsbeginat7:30p.m. Tickets are $14 and $10 for students,
seniors and youth. Student tickets
are limited and can be found at
Hult Box Office, EMU Main Desk
and byphone687-5000. Both performances are sign interpreted.

A MIXED--MEDIA
PAGEANT!

Eugene Symphony to Play
-November 17 & 18
The Eugene Symphony Guild
will sponsor the second in the
1993-94 series of eight Concert
Previews in Studio 1. Guest Conductor and Piano Soloist Jeffrey
Kahane will discuss works to be
preformed on the 17th. Featured
on the 18th will be Britten's
Simple Symphony of Strings. Both
concerts start at noon and admission is free.
''Man of La Mancha" Stops in
Eugene
-November 19 & 20
Don Quixote may seem a fool
when he tilts at windmills, but his
quest awakens something in us
that we fear we may have lost. He
gracefully reminds us of the soul's
need to dream the impossible
dream. Begins at 8 p.m. Tickets
are $27 .50 & $18.50 and may be
purchased at Hult Box Office,
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Photo by Ryan Reynolds

Terra Pressler
won the 1989 Play Series Event at the
Omaha Magic Theater. "Earth People
Looking at Sky" is a one-woman show she
performed at the Actor's Cabaret in Eugene last year.

ASLCC Activities
â€¢ Your Student Governn1ent is looking for you!
Join a con1111ittee and
get involved in the decision 111aking process of
this institution.
â€¢ The Multicultural
center has a social every
Thursday at 1:30. Stop
on by and grab a bite
and visit.
â€¢ Next -week's ASLCC
n1eeting -will be Mon.
the 8th at 4 pn1 in the
Boardroo111. (Adrrtin
Bldg. r111. 216)
â€¢ Music in the cafeteria
on Friday-will be fro111
KSND 93. Drop on by,
relax, and let your brain
recuperate.

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Arts & Entertainment

NovemberS,1993

Photo by Matthew J. Auxier

cast and crew run thro1:1gh scenes putting on flnal touches of
"That Pioneer Road," opening this Friday on LCC's Malnstage
Theater. The multl-medla pageant portrays the hlstorlcal accounts
of a wagon train lost In the cascade Mountains In 1853.

LCC's 'That Pioneer Road'
brings Oregon settlers to life
BC Mills
A&E editor

The shortcut hasfailed. Martin Blanding
speaks ofbroken wagons, worried mothers
with sick children, desperate men probing
their way through the dense pines and firs,
everyone frantic to find the Willamette
River's middle fork that they know will lead
them to the valley and finally complete
their six months journey.
Adapted from the historical accounts of
the book "Our wagon Train is Lost", by
LCC Media Technology instructor Pete
Peterson, "That Pioneer Road" is a rare
glimpse back in time to the early days of the
Oregon Trail.
Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of
the Oregon Trail, "That Pioneer Road," reenacts the dramatic story of over 1,000
emigrants, who set out to settle in the rich
Willamette Valley in 1853 -via the new
cutoff over the Cascade Mountains.
The new route would cut 150 miles out
of their long journey and deliver the settlers
to the Willamette Valley weeks ahead of
the regular route's schedule. The only
problems: were the trail was never completed and no one had tried to cross the
mountains before.
The Performing Arts Department presents this touching story with the mixture
of modem day technologies, rich sound
tracks~ hundreds of slides, two film sequences and 22 life-sized photosculptures,
creating a profound and unique look at the
history of the Oregon Trail.
Peterson first published "Our Wagon
Train is Lost" in 1975. 2,000 copies have
been sold- the first 500 copies sold within
three days. Then, he said, "I realized that
different people have different ideas as to
what history is, and I thought to myself, this
would make a good stage play."
The set alone is impressive. The 22
photosculptures, images of Peterson's
friends, students, colleagues and family
have been brought to life with the skills of

photographer, David Joyce.
The sound track mix helps ease in to the
distinctive feel of the slides and film in
what Peterson describes as "a reader's theater pageant of mixed media."
All the volunteered help, in every aspect
of the pageant's production, of LCC students, staff and media departments has
created an intricate tapestry of a most unique
audio-visual set design. The "painstaking"
process of piecing it all together, said
Peterson, has left students saying, "they
would do it all again."
"I'm excited to be able to do this," expressed Jim McCarthy, first-time director
and LCC Performing Arts instructor. The
work and time that has gone into this has
'taught me a lesson' of what people can
and will do, he said.
Performing the five major roles are:
Roger Emmet as Walt, Bob Foster as Bud,
Bob Friedman as Vic, Jacquie McClure as
Katherine and Bonnie Plant as Carolyne.
Other contributing cast members include
Jason Bell, Stasia Calderon, David Clark,
Jayson Faust, Sarah Holmberg, Laura Laine,
Doug Laird, Mark O'Hara, Andrew Schar
and Joletta Stechelin.
Skip Hubbard is technical director;
Kathryn Offen, costume designer; Rachel
Sailor, stage manager; Setsuo Udo, projectionist and Amber Vincent, props manager.
Also assisting with production: Jed Morrel,
Warren Smith, and Nathan Ulrich.
This mixed-media pageant will run for
three weekends on Fridays and Saturdays
only, on Nov. 5-6, 12-13 and 19-20. Tickets are $6 and the ASLCC has subsidized
half the cost for the first 200 student tickets.
All evening shows will begin at 8 p.m. On
Friday Nov. 12 a special showing will be
presented for school groups, for a group
rate of $3 each, at 10 a.m.
Tickets are available at the Hult Center,
Market Place Books in the Fifth Street
Public Market, The Bride's Come!. or by
calling the LCC Box Office at 72~-2202
between noon and 4 p.m.

Photo by Matthew J. Auxier

Left, Setsuo Udo, projectionist and author Pete Peterson review
slides for the production.

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Costumer Kathryn Offen,costume assistants carolyn Hewitt, left,
and Teri WIison, right, piece together final costume alterations.

-Lane Community College

International Edition

Sister city program links two hearts together
Arlene Hougland
lead writer

International relations between Russia
and the United States moved another step
forward on Oct. 30, at the Nativity of the
Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church.
In a ceremony which included rich elements of symbolism - including the
crowning of bride and groom - LCC Political Science Instructor Joe Kremers and
Lucia Vasilieva, an English instructor from
the Language Institute in Eugene's sister
city Irkutsk, Russia, wed.
Their marriage, among thefirstto emerge
from the relationship between the two cities, is one of the hundreds of links the sister
city program has produced since its inception in 1988.
Charlotte Peterson, a Eugene psychologist who was the second president of the
Sister City Committee and a member of the
first delegation to Irkutsk, says that the idea
for a sister city in Russia resulted from the
fears many people felt about nuclear war in
the mid-'80s.
She says the people who explored the
possibility of a Russia-US relationship
wanted to improve relations between the
countries and make the world a safer place.
However, Irkutsk was not their first
choice. After researching its options, the
committee wanted to pursue Nalchik as a
sister city, but the national sister city organization recommended Irkutsk.
When delegates from Eugene went to
Irkutsk in July of 1988 they discovered the
city, with its surrounding forests and
mountains, was similar to their own.
The most moving part of the trip,
Peterson says, was the reception the Russian people gave them.
"They were so excited to know that we
wanted peace. Grandmothers would come
up to us with tears in their eyes and ask for
our autographs."
After a delegation from Irkutsk visited

Eugene later that same year, the two cities
signed the papers and became official sister
cities in October of 1988.
In the fall of 1990, the Teacher's Institute sent Alexander "Sasha" Kravchenko
to LCC as the first faculty exchange. While
at LCC Kravchenko investigated the prospects for sending other faculty and students
toLCC.
In the spring of 1991, LCC student Mark
Harris and Erik Kalashnikov, from Irkutsk,
became the first exchange students from
the two sister cities.
Kremers became the first LCC instructor to go to the Institute in fall of 1991. He
met Vasilieva while teaching an "American Culture" class at the Institute.
"She reminded me of the pioneer women
of this country," says Kremers, specifically
her inner strength coupled with a gracious
beauty.
Vasilieva also admired Kremers.
"Everyone in our school was impressed
with this man. He was so kind and he
helped me with my studies," she says.
After Kremers returned to the United
States in January of 1993 he routinely telephoned Vasilieva although he didn't pursue
any romantic connections; he was unsure
whether he would be able to return to
Irkutsk.
But he did. In March of 1992 he and
Vasilieva began teaching together at the
Institute. Their relationship grew stronger
and that summer he brought Vasilieva and
her 13-year-old daughter Liena to America
with him.
One highlight of their trip, says
Vasilieva, was visiting Disneyland.
When they returned to Irkutsk in December of 1992, Kremers went with them.
On Jan 7, 1993, - Russian Christmas
- Kremers staged a treasure hunt for
Vasilieva. The final prize was a Disney
figurine of Prince Charming kneeling with

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Photo by Matthew L. Deets

LCC Instructor Joe Kremers and Luda Vasllleva, English teacher
from Eugene's sister city Irkutsk, eschange wedding rings.

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My name is capital L, o-n-g;
capital S, h-u-n; and my last name
is Yu. I was born in 1965 and I
have an English first name Marcus- because in my country
most people have an English name.

You go to learn English and people
can't memorize your name, so you
take an English name. My godmother picked the name for me.
I live in Taipei, that's the capital city of Taiwan and my home
town. It's dirty and cloudy, and
just like New York.
My mother is a business woman
in import/export and real estate.
My father was like the big cop in
the Taiwan Police Department.
He retired last year, in 1992.
I've gota wife. We met here at
Lane, although she's from Taiwan
too. Her name is Shihfen and we
have different last names. I first
met her at the UO. We've been
married for one year. I've been in
the United States almost three
years - mostly in Eugene.
I have a pretty bad past in my
country you know, and after a
while you have to go into military

service. After that I kind of got
drinking problem and stuff like
that.
My father said "You got to
study." Actually I've got a junior
college degree in electrical and
mechanical engineering. But my
father said, "You got to study
more." I think the goal of my
father was, kind of, to help me
quit the drinking.
So I was going to L.A., but my
father said, "Northwest Christian
College," and that actually helped
me a lot. That's the first place I
wenl I was going to go to the UO
film division. I transferred to Lane
and I was taking lower division
classes but the UO cut the film
major, so I quit the lower division
stuff and I was here at the Media
Arts Dept. I am taking studio production. I think the program here
is pretty good. More practical.

The school system is different
in Taiwan, like if you want to
apply to a school higher than
middle school in Taiwan; you have
to go through a test. So we get
nine years of mandatory education. So after nine years you 're
free to go if you want to work. If
you want to study, go through the
test. If you can't get the test passed
you can't go to a public school, so
you have to pay more in tuition;
go to a private school.
I think the education is much
better here because they stuff you.
They kind of make you understand
what's this, what's that. I think
most American people - they
got very good concept.
I was in the military for two
years, after that I went to junior
college. Actually, I told you, I got

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students, Mohammad Al-Mana Saudi Arabia,
Azzam AlbralkanSaud/ Arable, Meguml lnove
Japan, Salah Bakhshweln Saudi Arabia.

A few new friends travel to Crater Lake
Mary-Denise Tabar
staff writer

An entourage of students departed
the LCC Performing Arts parking lot
bound for Crater Lake at 8:30 a.m on
Saturday, Oct.15.
Students from a variety of countries - China, India, Japan, Korea,
Malaysia, Mexico, the Republic of
Georgia, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and
the United States- accompanied Pat
Williams, International Students
Community Programs coordinator, on
the excursion.
The sky was clear, brilliant with
sunshine. The chartered bus sped
smoothly. Inside, among a maze of
feet, were backpacks and pillows; the

students slept.
For two and a half hours the bus
traveled, passing scenery draped in
autumn splendor. The bus pulled into
a rest stop and all the students filed
out and waited for a snack.
Embarking again, the students
were much livelier than before talking, laughing and joking. Some
students even introduced themselves
on the bus intercom.
After leaving the rest stop, autumn
scenery changed to a winter wonderland - snow everywhere. The bus
parked by the rim of Crater Lake and
students burst out the doors into the
snow. A snowball fight erupted.
After taking their fill of fun in the
snow, the students returned to the

bus. Outside, snow began falling.
â€¢ After lunch, the students shopped
at Crater Lake Lodge, watched a
movie about Crater Lake and filed
back onto the bus to go hiking. The
snow stopped, and the sky cleared.
The students hiked and played catch.
The cameras snapped non.:stop as the
students sought to capture memories.
The ride home was an adventure.
Students who were awake decorated
sleeping students with cosmetics. This
provoked such hilarity that more students joined in, decorating each other,
sleeping or not. Then students sang
songs native to their countries.
The students concluded the day
with a pizza party before they returned to Lane at 9:45 p.m.

i, 1993

The Torch

Photos by
Matthew J. Auxier

(Left to Right) Sean
Shalrslng Trinidad,
Azzam Albralkan
Saudi Arabia, Mlshal
â€¢ Samman USA/Saudi
Arabia, and Selah
Bakhshweln Saudi
Arabia enjoy a tussle
In the snow.

Juan Valle Mexico, holds a snowball aloft victoriously. In the
background Crater Lake can be
seen.

Klyoml Okawa Japan,
talks to a new friend she
met on the trip to Crater
Lake.

Mohammad Al-Mana
Saudi Arabia, gets a
'kick' out of the trip as
Sean Shalrslngh
Trinidad, looks on.

8TheTorch

Interna tional Edition

November 5, 1993

International students face many challenges
Mary-Denise Tabar
staff writer

Imagine an international student trying to communicate with
an American. Now imagine being
that student at LCC.
When students come from other
countries to study in the United
States they must adjust to physical differences, a different social
structure and a foreign language.
"I had a headache for two
months when I got here," says
Musaed Al-Haddad, an LCC
student from Kuwait. "My doctor
said my physical patterns were
readjusting from desert climate to
this mountainous 'vegetated' climate."
"Physical patterns aren't limited to eating and sleeping," says
Deborah Bowen R.N, "physical
patterns also include adjusting to
climate, listening to different accents, reorienting to spatial and
directional changes and the arrangement of time."
The arrangement of the week,
the day within the week, what
happens during the day and when,
is all new to international students.
In Kuwait, for example, the
week begins on Saturday and ends
Wednesday - the weekend is
Thursday and Friday. Lunch is the
big meal of the day, and takes
place at 1 o'clock, after which
there's a rest period until 4 o'clock.
Language is a barrier for many
students who have learned to read
and write English, but aren't used
to listening to it. Teachers are
often hard to understand.
"My teacher gave this paper to
me called a syllabus," says AlHaddad. "Ididn'tevenknowwhat
a syllabus was. I dido 't realize it
was our homework for the quarter,
my teacher expected me to know.
"He put us in the lab and said,
'begin your experiment,â€¢ butl had
no idea how to do the lab work in
this country, and he dido' t bother
to explain." adds Al-Haddad.
Al- Haddad also says the grading system is very different in
Kuwait. He has difficulty preparing for tests and talcing them because he is not sure of the evaluation method.
Al-Haddad says the whole

Arabic way of thinking is so different from the American way that
it takes him considerable time to
communicate what he's thinking.
International students find
adapting to the social structure
particularly difficult, says Pat
Williams, International Students
Community Program coordinator.
They must establish bank accounts, obtain medical insurance,
find housing and learn to shop for
groceries. School, transportation,
making friends and dating have to
be learned again.
International students also say
they experience a profound sense
of loneliness while here.
"Coming from highly populated Belgrade, in Serbia, I felt
that personal space in America is
generally much greater than in my
Jasmina
says
country."
Gradistanac. "This gives me opportunity to express myself more
fully, but also brings more separation between people. There is that
physical contact missing sometimes - that closeness."
Many international students
come to stay with friends from
high school exchanges, but others
don't. They leave friends and
family behind and when they get
here they have to start their lives
over again, says Williams.
This is one reason - besides
the communication barrier - international students tend to flock
together. And, Williams adds,
because they aren't as mobile as
American students.
"The typical American student
has to dash from school to work,
work to home, and stuff studying
somewhere between the two,"
states Williams. "Most international students can't work in the
United States, so they aren't in
such a hurry all the time. The result is, American students don't
have as much time to socialize
with international students, so the
international students socialize
among themselves."
Intercultural dating is the
trickiest interaction between
American and international students. Here cultural values can
really clash.
According to Misha! Samman,
in the Middle East dating isn't a

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a pretty bad past. I want to get going to say like, "Let's go to kill
degree. They kick me out; I went somebody," 'cause I'm not that
out to work and I go back again. I type of person anymore. Maybe
quit the school, right? And I go to they will say, "Well, I have some
production, go to work for like business." I was making money,
one year or a half-a-year - some- but that's what my parents don't
thing like that - and after the want.
My father, he retired as the
military I go to work.
As far as my earlier problems, chief of the Taiwan Police Dewell, they were kind of gang re- partment ... I make his reputation
lated. Well, I got that kind of you know ... and, actually, I was
problems very young and I tried to in some magazine ... it was like,
quit very young. I was having "whose son?" He came and told
those problems like in middle me, you know ... that caused him
school, I kind of joined the gang to lose face. And for me to feel
and tried to quit at like 17 or 18. I bad you know.
When I was a kid I was looking
actually quit I lost friends. I lost
everything you know, and I lose in the comic books ~t hippies because there are no such people in
face.
That was very young, you know Taiwan. People are rich. People
. . . the reason that I went here. are realistic. People lie. People
Well it was hard not to relate to say anything for money you know.
But when I actually got here I
those people ... like they're not

practice. Kiyomi Okawa says in
Japan casual touching isn't common. Williams says American
students have dating freedom.
"Dating can be very difficult,
especially for women of other
cultures, when alcohol and sex are
main issues," says International
Student Counselor Mason Davis.
"In many cultures it's unacceptable for women to be forceful and

The best way to piece together
the multicultural puzzle is to learn
more about theÂ· international students in your environment, says
Williams.
The Multicultural Center, in
Center Building Room 409, is
open to all people, and Pat Williams in the International Peers
office regularly coordinates
multicultural events and outings.

loud in protestation, so they may
get caught in an uncomfortable
situation."
Davis says that men can become more aggressive when alcohol is involved. Williams says
American men tend to be more
aggressive anyway, and suggests
they should be careful and keep
the atmosphere light when dating
a woman from another country.

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an engagement ring hanging
from his out stretched hand,a marriage proposal.
Their wedding last week
included elements of both
cultures. Part of the ceremony was spoken in
Slavonic, a form of old Russian. And because Vasilieva 's
parents could not attend the
wedding, Kremers added extra touches to make her feel
more at home.
The Oregon Slavonic
Choir sang the liturgy for the
ceremony and later serenaded
the bride and groom at the
reception with Ukrainian folk
songs.
George King, choir director and one of the founders
of the choir, says it was a
privilege to be part of such a
significant event. To make
the wedding even more special, King wrote three of the
selections the choir sang.
"Joe and Lucia are beautiful people. When the choir
heard they were getting married we were eager to be a
part of their celebration," says
King.
Later at the reception,
Galina Groza, a Russian language teacher at South Eugene High School, led the
bride and groom in a Russian
wedding tradition. According to the custom the parents
meet the couple at the reception with a loaf of bread and
some salt. Salt is considered
to be the preserver of life and
the bread represents health

thought, "well this is really a social problem. This is not real hippie, but homeless." There is not
that much homeless in Taiwan. I
went to San Francisco and Los
Angeles, they got same thing, same
homeless problem. You know,
people drinking in the streets.
The way I saw America and the
way I understand hippies to be, I
was thinking, "well these people
they hate violence, you know, and
they like to sing, they like maybe
some kind of, you know, potjust for feeling for creation." And
when I came here I thought,
"Wow, you can't use those kind
of things in the street." So I donâ€¢ t
know.
In Taiwan there was some
marijuana, not much. The most
serious problem is Amphetamine.
Lot of that. A lot of young people

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Reverend Joseph Jacobberger leads the bride
and groom during the ceremony.
and prosperity.
Even though her parents
were not present, Vasilieva's
daughter and second cousin
were there to share her happiness.
Elena Shulgina, a former
colleague at the Language Institute who now lives in California with her American husband, also traveled to the wedding.
"When I see how happy
Lucia is it makes me proud to
be Russian."
Vasilieva beamed with joy
as her guests congratulated her.
"I am so happy. You have
made me feel so welcome.
Joeâ€¢ s friends have become my
friends."
Julie Kremers, one of
Kremersâ€¢ four daughters spoke
for her family.
"We have always been a

close family, and Luda and
Liena are wonderful additions
to our family."
The Kremers are building a
house in Irkutsk and plan to
spend part of their time in each
country.
As the festivities came to a
close the band played Russian
melodies. Americans and Russians linked arms and joined
the bride and groom as they
danced and twirled to the
rousing rhythm. They laughed
and shared in each other's happiness for the couple.
Peterson summed up the
mood of the moment.
"I can't believe that just a
few years ago we saw these
people as our enemies, and now
we are marrying them. The
world has become a little safer
and closer by the joining of
two hearts across the sea."

are doing too much of that. It
makes people crazy-can 'tsleep.
I think the problem here in
America is the the rich people are
too rich and the poor people never
get money. But the rich people are
becoming richer because they
save. They buy stock, they buy
real estate.
The social problem becomes
more serious because the rich
people, they have rich son. The
rich son knows how to do business. The poor people, say a
homeless family, they have a
homeless son. I think that's the
most serious problem facing
America.
When I first came here I got
culture shock. Definitely. I dido' t
learn English in Taiwan. When I
came here I couldn't speak the
language.

The first time I had contact
with people in America was the
hall meeting at Northwest Christian College. It was so interesting.
I could understand only a little bit.
You were supposed to introduce
yourself and tell your "hall man,"
how many pennies you have and
how many sets of underwear.
It kind of scared me - a new
place, new country, new culture
and why do I have to tell these
people how many pennies I havein
my pocket?
The hall meeting lasted 40
minuets and the only word I understood was "Amen." It got better after that. You learn. If you
don't learn you can't survive. That
makes you learn the language
faster. You wanttospeakEnglish.
You want to talk to somebody.
That's pretty much about it.

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Commentary

Editorial

Sales tax hurts Oregon's future

The sales tax: just do it

Brian Wanty
guest edtorial

Sales taxes are regressive because they
are based on consumption, not on the
ability to pay like income taxes.
Sales taxes take a larger percent of
income froni low income people, like
students, than from high income people.
The proposed sales tax contains
several exemptions that will moderate,
but not eliminate, this effect. These
exemptions will benefit all income
categories.
Some exemptions, like ones on basic
needs, benefit low income people and
other exemptions, like ones on services,
primarily benefit higher income people.
A recent study by the Citizens for Tax
Justice found Oregon has a mildly
regressive tax system. People with the
lowest earnings (20 percent) paid 9.8
percent of their income in taxes and the
top wage earners (1 percent) paid 7.3
percent. Nationally the lowest income
bracket (20 percent) paid 13.8 percent of
their income in taxes and the top earners
(1 percent) paid 6 percent. We can
expect a similar tax burden shift in
Oregon with a sales tax.
To offset the regressive nature of the
sales tax, the Legislature included low
income tax credits. But they are no(
protected by the constitutional amendment. So the low income credits could be
eliminated by the Legislature at any time,
without voter approval, like the renters
tax credit was after Measure 5.
The measure would double-tax
renters. It would eliminate school
property taxes on owner-occupied
housing, but would continue to tax
residential rental property. Renters would
pay school taxes twice - once through
their rent and then again through the
sales tax.
Why are school taxes being lowered
when we need more revenue for schools?
There are alternatives.
Measure 5 failed in Lane County. The
Portland metro area passed Measure 5.
In the short term, a local income tax
dedicated to schools could be on the

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ballot at the March 1994 school election.
The arguments against a sales tax
Don Reynolds
This wouldn't require action from the
essentially
fall into two categories: First,
editor
Legislature.
that schools don't really need the money.
In the longer term, the state business
Oregonians are deeply divided about the Second, that a sales tax is not the best way
income tax could be raised or a localsales tax. Even many who clearly favor or
to fund schools.
option could be put on property taxes.
oppose it feel ambivalent
"Those who say that schools don't need
Business' share of the tax burden has
Ballot Measure 1, the sales tax, is the
the money are lying. That's L - Y - I - N dropped to about 40 percent. Business
first bill the legislature has forwarded to
G," says Garrett Epps, concerned parent of
taxes wouldn't even need to be raised to
voters in response to a Measure 5 mandate
two 4-J students.
equal 50 percent of the state tax burden
to reploce monies lost to local schools from
"If we do not have replacement revenue
to replace all the revenue lost by Measure property tax cuts.
by the 1995-96 biennium, the service
5.
1be voters presented that mandate in
budget (the amount needed to maintain
A local-option property tax would set
1990. It is now 1993. In 1995, the amount
current levels of service) will be 79 percent
up local limitations instead of a state
local property taxes will contribute to
of what it was in '92-93 - a 21 percent
limitation. The current state limitation is
schools will drop to $5 per $1,000 of
cut," says Epps. "If Measure 1 ~ses, the
unfair. Many areas, like Portland, have a
assessed value.
service budget will be 96 percent- still a
lot more property to tax per pupil than
But Oregon voters have rejected sales
4 percent cut"
other areas. A single state limitation
tax measures eight times before, so they
Opponents say that legislators are
results in a 4-to-1 difference in the
have heard the usual arguments against
holding Oregon children "hostage." Okay,
revenue raised per pupil between differsales taxes enough times to recite them by
so what? They're our kids! The position
ent areas.
heart:
we're in may not be fair, but that doesn't
Every dollar raised by the sales tax
â€¢ Sales taxes are "regressive."
absolve us of the responsibility to address
would send an additional 25 cents to the
â€¢ Sales taxes are "cumulative."
the problem.
federal government. Sales taxes are not
â€¢ Sales taxes would "cut retail sales."
A "damnable lie" has been sold
deductible on federal income taxes like
â€¢ Sales taxes are "inefficient"
wholesale over the last decade. That lie is
income and property taxes, so shifting to
These criticisms all contain some truth,
that we can have the same or better
a sales tax would increase Oregonians'
but without a sales tax, the 1995-97
services while paying less taxes. The lie
federal tax bill by approximately $300
legislative budget cutting will make ''The
just doesn't stand up to scrutiny.
million per year. That could fund 15,000 Texas Chainsaw Massacre" look like a
jobs at $20,000 per year each.
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Noonan Rockwell print
Recent estimates predict that up to
30,000 retail jobs would be lost along
Oregon's borders, because residents of
adjoiningÂ· states come to Oregon to avoid
their state's sales taxes. Why must we
Measure 1 is a sweeping tax reform for the support of K-12 and community college
give up these jobs when other types of
education. Itis a compilation of three legislative bills: HB 2500-b, HJR 10-b, and HB 3677.
taxes wouldn't cause their loss?
To understand measure 1, first examine these bills.
To collect the sales tax, the Oregon
HB 2500 is the nuts an bolts of the tax reform. HJR 10 refers th~ tax bill to the people, and
Department of Revenue would require
HB 3677 lists the ballot title, summary, language, filing deadlines, contributions, etc.
250 new employees at an annual expense
Measure I will be voted on Nov. 9. The Torch summarizes each of the three bills.
of $10 million. Adjusting the rates of
HB 2500
existing taxes would require few staff
1. Imposes 5 percent general sales and complementary tax on goods.
â€¢ Prohibits local sales taxes.
changes.
â€¢ Begins sales tax May 1, 1994.
More power would be transferred
â€¢
Dedicates sales tax proceeds to public education programs (K-14).2. Sales tax
from local school boards to the legislaexemptions:
ture. The legislature would control the
â€¢ Food for home consumption.
distribution of almost all school money.
â€¢ Prescription drugs and medical devices.
How would different local needs be
â€¢ Utilities (except products purchased by PUD's and Municipal power systems).
recognized? Would parents and students
â€¢ Animal life necessities.
needs be heard in Salem?
â€¢ Feed, seed, agricultural fertilizer and pesticides.
When submitting the sales tax to
â€¢ Motor fuels.

Information on Measure 1

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â€¢ It lowers the sales tax to 3 percent for machinery and equipment necessary for
production in agriculture or extraction.
â€¢ It exempts most purchases by state and local government
â€¢ It exempts purchases by nonprofit organizations such as churches and health care
facilities.
3. Prohibits school operating property taxes on owner occupied properties and limits school
operating property taxes on properties, other than owner occupied, to 5 dollars per 1000
dollars assessed value.
It accelerates Measure 5 property tax reductions by one year
4. Increases corporate income tax from 6.6 percent to 7.6 percent.
It enacts a non-refundable personal income tax credit equal to half of the federal
earned income credit in 1994.
5. Implements constitutional spending limits. Sets base, defines terms and repeals existing
spending limit and surplus "kicker" upon implementation of new limit
6. Makes four appropriations of sales tax monies in 1994-95:
â€¢ $614.1 million to state school fund to replace reduced school property tax
â€¢ $48 million to community colleges to replace reduced property tax
â€¢ $350.8 million in additional funds to the state school fund
â€¢ The remaining sales tax funds, up to $300 million, to be placed in a trust fund
for education.
HJR 10
1. Limits the sales tax to 5 percent maximum by a constitutional amendment .
2. Exempts the following:
â€¢ Food for home consumption, shelter, prescription medication and devices, water,
power, fuel, heat. motor fuel, essential services, feed, seed and fertilizers for farm
production
3. Dedicates proceeds to public education programs (K-14)
HJ 3<,77
1. Limits spending from state income and sales taxes based on inflation and population
growth.
2. Requires 60 percent vote in the House, Senate, and the signature of theÂ· Governor to
override spending limits.
3. Prohibits school operating property taxes on owner occupied principal residences.
4. Requires one-half of lottery proceeds to be used/or education and children's needs.
5. Enacts a sales tax and other tax changes contained in HB 2500.
6. ~ the sales tax, prohibition on owner-occupied property tax, lottery rededic'!'ion,
and statutory income tax changes in HB 2500 if the measures are not reapproved in the
November election of 1998.
Sources: Secretary of State, House of Representative staff measure summaries for HB 2500b, HJR 10, and HB 3677. Compiled by Trent Glover, staff writer.

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voters the legislature suspended
opponents 26 to 1. Supporters
the laws requiring a fair and
claim this is the best measure
readable ballot title. They also
that they could get through the
suspended the law allowing
legislature. With that kind of
citizens to challenge the ballot
money. why dido 't they petition
title in court.
to have a better constitutional
Instead, they wrote their own
amendment placed on the ballot?
ballot title, which includes
Why weren't we offered a
several misrepresentations. It
fair tax to support education?
includes provisions that are
Protect Oregon's future, vote
contained in the accompanying
no Nov. 9, 1993.
â€¢
bill that are not part of the
constitutional amendment.
Brian Wanty is a Political
Supporters have spent
Science student at the UO and
$600,000 promoting the sales
an advocate of proportional
tax measure, out-spending
representation elections.

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Continued from page 9
Opponents also say better tax
plans exist Granted. Measure 1 is
a deeply flawed piece of legislation. Many people support
exciting ideas for tax reform.
What we must ask ourselves is
this:
â€¢ Will some sort of school
funding be found that staves off
catastrophic cuts?
â€¢ Will the Associated Oregon
Industries and other powerful
lobbyists allow the legislature to
draft better tax bills if they win
this fight?
â€¢ Will any citizen's initiatives
for taxing corporations, the
wealthy or other special interests
make it to the polls without facing
well funded campaigns against
them?
The answer is, undoubtedly,
no.
The schools need the funding
- and other ideas are pie-in-thesky at this point
Vote yes on Measure 1 and
prevent irreparable damage to
education and the quality of life in
Oregon.

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Petty says she is happy to explain what the TALN program is about
and really loves her job of researching possible assistive devices for
those needing to find that special something to help make theirs, or
someone else's life easier.
T ALN' s idea of helping people covers a full spectrum of "assistive
devices," including large handled cooking utensils for arthritic hands,
to high tech wheelchairs that allow business people to run an entire
office sitting down.
Unfortunately, Petty says, tacking on the words "assistive device"
to the equipment TALN recommends usually equals a large price tag.
That is why the TALN center researches cost effective products in an
attempt to keep the price tag down, whenever possible.

MONEY

continued from ~e 2

will award up to $30,000scholarships this year. Deadline for application is Feb.15, 1994.
The scholarship for PTK members only is the Guistwhite Scholarship Program- which awards
$5,000 scholarships. Deadline is
May 31, 1994.
Several books offer guidance

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community.
For more information on these
scholarships stop by the legal services department on the second
floor of the Center Building. Next
year Velma Jesser, in the Business Department, will research
scholarships.
Scholarships don't come to
students who don't apply, says
Dorris.

to scholarships, says Reference
Librarian Cheryl Coleman.
These include: "The Grants
Register"; "The National Directory of Grants and Aid to Individuals in the Arts, International"
and "The Directory of Financial
Aids for Minorities."
Students wishing to apply for
scholarships should keep in mind
that programs look for students
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moneybacktothefederalgovemment.
Jolene Bowers, LCC registrar
and director of Student Records/
Veteran's Office, says when the
college first initiated the administrative withdrawal program in
1991 there was a decline in the
"Y" grades. But, she says, last
winter term the number increased
and has been steadily rising since.
"We clearly say in the catalog
that it's the student's responsibility. If they don't follow through,
the institution has to."
Ellison saysÂ· he is willing to
meet with Moore, DeWitt, Bowers and Faculty Council Representative Allan Kluber to work
out a solution that every one can
live with.

years ago the U.S. Department of
Education audited the college and
found discrepancies in records for
registered students who earned no
credits. The college faced a potential liability of $300,000 per
year as a result of the audit.
In 1991 Vice President of Student Services Bob Marshall ereatedacommitteetotry andresolve
the issue. The committee decided
to reduce the 100 percent refund
period from three weeks to two,
to initiate an administrative drop
- "Y" grade - policy and move
the financial aid disbursements to
the third week of each term.
DeWitt says if a student on
Financial Aid registers, but never
attendsclass,andnoo nedropsthe
student, the college has to pay the

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CLASSIFIED ADS ARE FREE to
LCC students and staff, 15 word
maximum, and will be printed on a
space (lVailable 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. ADS WILL ONLY BE
RUN FOR TWO WEEKS UNLESS
RE-SUBMITTED. Deadline for
Classified ads is 5 p.m. Friday for
publication in the following Friday's
issue.

AUTOS
1989 CHEV. CAY ALIER, auto, a/c,
execellent gas mileage, very clean $
3400, Tiffany 687-9631
1979 VW SIRROCO good condition,
must sell,$ 450, OBO. Stevie 6875884
1972 TOYOTA CELICA $ 650, runs
very good, leave message 485-4667

FOR RENT
2 BEDROOM TO SHARE, 2 block
off campus, great place, need roommate soon. Furnished, cable, pool and
laundry. Dave 345-1150

Classifieds ______

for Fall and Winter Terms (credit
available) Perf. Arts ext. 2209

Jesser, Business Dept. on M,W,F.
ext. 2157

HELP WANTED

2 MENS, 10 SPEED BIKES, 1
raleign, 1 sr, 1 perfect, 1 fair, 100 +
75, Ken Stephens 741-4931

THE TORCH is looking for writers,
Call ext. 2657 or come by CEN 205.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS students needed to motivate
others and get course credit! Try an
OSPIRG INTERNSHIP!
HELP OSPIRG build a better recycling progtarn on campus. Contact
Samantha. ext. 2166
911 DISPATCHING! Interested in
becoming a dispatcher? Call Keri at
747-6840 to get that program here at
LCC. No obligation!

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ACCEPTING PIANO STUDENTS

WOW Hall
(291 W. 8th - Eugene)

Acoustic Blues
-November 7
The Cascade Acoustic Blues
Festival will feature 13 acts and
run from 1 - 11 p.m. The performers are: Gary Buford Trio at 1
p.m., Al Carson at 1:45 p.m.~
Arthur Moore Trio at 2:30 p.m.,
Pat Miller and Brian Price at 3: 15
p.m., Mike Propsom and Dave

OPPORTUNITIES

BROWN RECLINER chair- $20
942-9282

TICKETS for 'That Pioneer Road,"
LCC's contribution to the 150th Oregon Trail Celebration. Box Office:
726-2202.oo

X-COUNTRY SKIS-pioneer zoos,
$35. Bike, women's 3 speed, $30.
Both in excellent condition. 683-4821

EUGENE AIRSHOW 1993, THE
VIDEO as seen on TCI cable. Great
gift, call 687-8100 today.
MATTRESS/BOX SPRING $20, lv
msg- 485-466
IBM-PC, 386, 70 MB hard disk,
windows, and other software. $750.

WEEKEND
EMU Main Desk and by phone
687-5000.

AMIGA 1200 w/120 hard drive $
750, raleigh " heart " mountaen bike
$ 400, must sell, Stevie 687-5884

TUTORS/NOTETAKERS can earn
tuition waivers/pay, contact Jane in
Disabled Student Services ext. 2662

APERFECTLYGOOD 13"COLOR
TV - not cable ready.$ 50, call 4652151

EDUCATION

X-COUNTRY SKIS- pioneer 200's,
$ 35. bike,womens 3 speed, $30.
both in excellent conditon, call 6834821

DOUBLE BOX SPRING and mattres s, $25 , Louise 746 -7335

FREE

FREE CLOTHING FOR STUDENTS and staff at No Cash Clothing Stash. PE 301

WALL TENT- 8' x 12' w/fly and
wood stove, good condition $575,
call 998-5311

CONTRIBUTE TO THE LCC Oregon Trail Theater Project. Make
checks payable to the LCC Foundation, c/o Joe Farmer, Ad.min. Bldg.oo

AMIGA 1200w/120harddrive$750.
Raleigh" heat" mountain bike $400.
Must sell. Stevie, 687-5884

CAT NEEDS A GOOD HOME-she's
a Siamese / long hair mix with a
sweet disposition. 683-4821

REFRIDGERATOR- apt or dorm
size, hardly used. $ 80, call 998-5311

MOTORCYCLE ACCESSORIES
Shoei RF 200 Corsa helmet;, white
w/ red and black (large) $150.
Hondaline saddlebags, excellent
condition, black$75. Henry 686-4859

LOOKING TO SHARE 2 BDRM.
APARTMENT with female. I have a
2 bdrm. apartment in Gateway area,
completely furnished except bdrm.
Washer & dryer. Bdrm has just been
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Mathis at 4 p.m., Bill Rhoades
and Steve Cameron at 4:45 p.m.,
Walker T. Ryan at 5:30 p.m. The
John Fohl Duo at 6: 15 p.m., Small
& Strange at 7 p.m., Kelly Joe
Phelps at 7:45 p.m., Lloyd Jones
at 8:30 p.m., The Terry Robb
Acoustic Power Trio at 9:15p.m.
and headlining the event is Robert
Lucas at IO p.m.
Tickets are $9 in advance $10
at the door. Doors open at 12:30
p.m. and the show is scheduled to
begin at 1 p.m. For more information those interested should contact 687-2746

Macintosh Rentals
and Services
A computer lounge alternative.
Hourly rentals of color Macs in comfortable setting.
Reservations, competitive rates and free coffee. Compact
Macs delivered to you. Troubleshooting & training.

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EXPERIENCED WRITING TUTOR
available for next-day assignments
or long-term projects. On campus
daily. Daniel, 686-1136
CRUISE SHIPS HIRING-Earn up to
$2,000 + /mo. on Cruise ships or
land-tour companies. World travel.
Summer & Full-Time employment
available. No exp. necessary. For info.
1-206-634-0468 ext. C6070

IF YOU REALLY WANT your ad to
sell, call The TORCH at 747-4501
ext.2654 for display ad rates.

call ext2826.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Daddy Bob!
love, Dorothy.

EVENTS

OPEN HOUSE Nov. 1-5 at No Cash
Clothing Stash. PE 301

"HERE TODAY, HERE TOMORROW." Scary recycling event in cafeteria. Fri. 10/29. Be there!
BLTIZ CHESS TORNAMENT, cafeteria, LCC, Sat, Nov 13, 9:00 am.$
4 Cash prizes. Info: Gary Bricher,
342-2392

WANTED

AMY JOBOBODOAN where are
you? I'm still at the same place. Snag.
THE LITERARY MAGAZINE
BOB'S IMAGINATION is accepting
submissions! Send all art & writing
to: Bob'slmaginationc/o Austin Rich
P.O. Box 892 Cottage Grove, OR
97424
ADVERTISE in The TORCH!

NO CASH CLOTHING ST ASH
would greatly appreciate clothing
donations. PE 301

DUSTIN FURLONG "Oh Rocky
Horror God" call 465-937 4 and leave
a message.

SUBMISSIONS WANTED for fall
issue of Denali, LCC's Student published literary art magazine. Deadline is Nov. 12 at 5pm. Submission
forms at SRC, Torch office, Womens
Center, & Denali office. Bring submissions to Cen 4798. For more information call ext. 2830.â€¢

FOR A GOOD TIME call 747-4501
ext. 2014 and become a staff writer
for The TORCH

EDUCATION
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AVAILABLE for next-day assignments or long-term projects. On campus daily. Daniel, 686-1136

MESSAGES
WORD CRAFTERS is a new literary
magazine in Lane County. For submission information leave name and
number at 465-9374
MISSING. Dell Laptop computer
from 2nd floor M&A building. Please
return to CIT office, M&A 226, or

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Submissions for LCC's art and
literary magazine, the Denali, must
be turned in by 5 p.m. on November 12.
They are accepting drawings,
etchings, graphics, prints, sculp-

BusinessWorkshop
Candy For Competition
On Tuesday, November 9
Candace Brambora, an LCC
Senator, will hold a candy sale in
the cafeteria to raise funds for her
trip to an international modeling/
talent competition (1.M.T.C.) in
Los Angeles, Calif.
Agents from all over the world
will be present at the competition
set for January.

Food Service Gala
World famous Chef Ray, in
conjunction with LCC Food Services, will soon serve Rayâ€¢ s renown "salmon burgers" on campus. To celebrate his arrival Food
Services has planned music and
festivities.
Food Services is keenly interested to know how you perceive
them and is offering their customers a free coffee or small soda if
they hand in a completed "Satisfaction Survey" to cashiers.

Charity Luncheon
The Oregon Community
Foundation will hold their 20th
anniversary luncheon celebration
in Portland on Wednesday. November 10.
Terence O'Donnell, an Oregon
historian and author of "The Balance So Rare: The Story of Oregon". will give the keynote ad-

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Author and technology commentator Howard Rheingold will
be speaking at the Hult Center,
Saturday, November 13 at 8 p.m.
Rheingold will explore the social, economic, and philosophical

Aprovecho Potluck
The Aprovecho Research Center in Cottage Grove is holding an
open house Sunday, November 7
between 2 and 7 p.m.
A tour of the facility and lectures on Appropriate Technology
and organic gardening will be followed by a potluck.
To attend pleasecall 942-8198.

Benefit auction
HIV/AIDS Resources will hold
a holiday auction Saturday, November 20 in the EMU Ballroom
at the University of Oregon. A
silent auction will run from 5-9
p.m. and the oral auction, with
Larry Tardie, will begin at 7 p.m.
All Proceeds will go to HIV/
AIDS Resources.
Hosts will be State Representatives Cynthia Wooten and
George Eighmey. Tickets are $10
prior to the event and $11 at the
door.

The calendars are $9.00, choice of 8. Gift wrap is $3.00
per roll, 6 different designs. The cards are $8.00 a box,
B great holiday greetings with coordinated envelopes.

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The Lane Council of Governments Board of Directors is holding the Annual Appreciation Dinner Friday evening, November 12.
The dinner will provide an opportunity for elected and appointed
officials, staff and citizens of the
Lane County region to meet and
celebrate past accomplishments
and look to future challenges.
This years diner will include
entertainment, awards and an address by Lane County Commissioner Jack Roberts.
The event begins at 6 p.m. and
the diner at 7 p.m. and will be held
at the Lane County Convention
Center - 796 W13th, Eugene.
The cost is $15 per person and
reservations must be received no
later than Friday, November 5.
For further infonnation contact
Carol Hughes at 687-4416.

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featuring outdoor action photographer Micheal Kevin Daily, at
110 Willamette Hall on Thursday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m..
Daily will share his knowledge
of winter photography - the
challenges of shooting in a snowy
environment - , technique and
equipment.

implications of virtual reality
computer technology. According
to Rheingold, "The revolutionary
technology of computer-generated
artificial worlds promises and
threatens to transfonn business
and society."
Tickets are available at at the
Hult Center or by calling 6875000 .

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jewelry,

Residents who have a hazardous substance near their house or
garage and wish to be rid of itin an
environmentally sound way can
do so for no charge on Saturday,
November 6, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the Central Receiving Station
- located at 3100 E 17th Ave. in
Eugene (Glenwood Dump).
The one-day Household Hazardous Waste Roundup is sponsored by Lane County Waste
Management, who urge those
bringing hazardous waste to lable
waste if itâ€¢ s not in its original
container.
Generally hazardous waste is
identifiable by labeling that includes such words as "caustic",
"acid", "flammable", "warning",
"danger", "poison" or "caution".
For additional infonnation call
the Waste Management Division
at 687-4120.

An infonnal panel will meet
Thursday, November 11 at 7 p.m.
to discuss issues regarding the
rights and responsibilities of independent contractors working in
Oregon - specifically the problem of working without workers'
compensation insurance.
The panel will be moderated
by local KUGN talk show personality Ralph Steadman and held at
the EWEB Training Center- located at 500 E. 4th Ave., Eugene.
Registration beginsat6:30p.m.
and the panel promptly at 7 p.m.
Public is welcome and a donation
of $10 is suggested. Refreshments
will be provided.

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