Csued for $5 Million After Spring Explosion Studentparalyzed in Day Earlier with a Flammable Ports
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DEC. 5, 1979 LINN-BENTON COMMUNTIY COLLEGE ALBANY, ORE. 97321 ades of Christmas ... r around Linn and Benton Counties lately. But C personnel aren't exactly known as Scrooges r. Festivedecorations have decked the campus sallweekand even Santa made his rounds to the monsandthe Parent/Child Lab yesterday. Below, nyDanforthhelps trim the lab's Christmas tree. At , theLBCCConcert Choir and some members of Brass Choir rehearse for tomorrow night's 'stmasChoralConcert. The program will be held in TakenaHall Theatre at 8 p.m. and is free to the lie. Directorsof the show are Hal Eastburn and Ruppert. Csued for $5 million after spring explosion studentparalyzed in day earlier with a flammable ports. negligence in the manufacture riplegia and pneumonia. entlastMay at LBCC industrial flushing compound. An investigation by the State and use of the slushing chemical LBCC Pr~sident Ray Needham it againstthe college The tank had been built in the Accident Insurance Fund sup- caused the explosion. It also said the school's insurance com- icalmanufacturer for shop and was intended to be ported the theory that a spark contends the negligence caused pany, the Insurance Company of used to store diesel fuel. It and tank fumes caused the him permanent personal injury, North America, based in Port- sen,t9, 1535 N.W. contained no diesei at the time of explosion. including head and neck injuries, land, is handling the suit. He ., Corvallis, was in- the accident, according to re- Hansen's lawsuit alleges that coma, vertebra fractures, quad-' declined further comment.O 31whensparks from sawapparently ig- in an empty 200 tank nearby. The Winter term registration to begin Monday explosionripped open lank,blowingpieces of Just when one term is about Next Monday, Tuesday and be allowed to register Dec. 13 register, said Carnahan. The breakingthree win- licked, there's another to start Wednesday have been set aside when registration begins for new programs have been set for 8:30 shop. worrying about. for registering students enrolled students and students returning a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. wast2 feet from the Advising for winter term fall term. This is to assure proper from an absence. on" Dec. 13, Dec. 14, Dec. 28, il exploded. The classes at LBCC is taking place classes for their programs, ac- New full-time students have Dec. 29 and Dec. 31. fractured Hansen's this week. And starting next cording to Jon Carnahan, LBCC been assigned a time and date to New part-time students may hisspinal cord and Monday, registration for stu- registrar. attend' a new-student orientation register any time beginning Dec. hisfifth vertebra, at dents enrolled fall term will ContinUing students will also program prior to being allowed to 13.0 hima quadriplegic. begin. inedslight use of the Monday is also the beginning hisupper arms and of the three-day "finals" week Inside... for fall term. it wasfiled Nov. 23 Faculty members are respon- A new quarterly feature, Tableau, is in this week's Commuter. Creative writing, calligraphy, ,ty Circuit Court by sible for advising this year. poetry and artwork by LBCC students and staff make up this pullout magazine-within-a-news- mother,Sue Fisher. In Registration-and more advis- paper. Center lBCC,named in the • ing-will take place in the mall of the O'Brien Corp., Takena Hall Monday morning. asFuller-O'Brien Schedules of classes for winter • An LBCC reader's theater production of adult fairy tales is reviewed. page 2 term are now available and have afterthe accident, been distributed throughout iities Director Ray campus. • Sports Editor Rick Coutin finishes his two-part series on Roadrunner basketball ... page 14 tile inside of the 200 hadbeen coated the. 2 Dec. 5, 1979 The Commuter H/,MOM! COLLE6£ 18 ~_f Ediforiaillo-.--_ GREAT! yr~TERDAYJ L£ARNED ABoUT EQUAL PRoTEClioN IN Decade, saluted with relief CON&mWTIoNAL LAW, AND As the end of the last term of the 1970's approaches and the last Commuferof the decade rots in the stands, a brief over view of recent ToDA'l I LEARNED iiow TO &/IV campus events confirm that no sentiments should be wasted while pondering the last ten years. -~::~;;:;.. .. DEPoRT THE PER~IANPIEla" When fall term officially ends next Friday students will not have a 1VV'\....:IN IRANIAN. school nurse, they will not have a cooperative bookstore nor will they have a more efficient registration system. Not surprising. In fact, it's so typical of the 70's. A one word description for the mood might be "a pathetic," but perhaps a better one would be"cynical': Shifting from the 60's to 70's, the changes came little by little-not in large enough quantities to notice all at once. But they came. Causes became less and less frequent after the Viet Nam War ended and thoughts turned elsewhere: to pollution, figuring out what to do with physically and mentally disabled soldiers, keeping up with inflation and soaring energy costs, in short, just surviving. To survive, people had to become more selfish and after the Watergate scandai, they became a lot more wary. The general consciousness of youth rose-pot got to be as necessary as water to some. The country went through three (well, maybe three) presidents. Ain't that somethin'? The 70's served as a time of transition to reevaluate some of America's lifestyles. Energy awareness became a lot more widespread and so did wiser eating habits. The 60's may reveal that the internal combustion engine can be used as a fairly efficient flower planter; they may see the start of a' "great new war." Goodbye 70's; it was nice while it lasted. _____ f Review 1"--__ Business club busy with. travels by Russ Fromherz Adult tales are witty, fun Staff Writer college and university students. DECA membership on a LBCC's business club, a chap- Three Oregon community col- application. by Julie Trower ter of the Distributive Education leges have DECA chapters: Dempsey said DECA cha Staff Writer Clubs of America (DECAl. re- LBCC, Mt. Hood and Central are encouraged to get invol Every adult who has ever been a child should enjoy at least one-if cently returned from a regional Oregon, with a total of 34 community service projects not all-of the 12 fairy tales presented In "Transformations." conference in Salt Lake City. members at this level, said like a business would. F The beloved fairy tales we all heard as children take new forms in LBCC's 11 members and staff Dempsey. projects for the LBCC chapter this reader's theater presentation directed by instructor Jane advisor Jay Brooks attended the Dempsey said the low number wood cutting for senior cltl Donovan. Red Riding Hood is accosted by a transvestite wolf; conference on Nov. 17 and 18, of DECA members is due to the and a bicycle safety program, Sleeping Beauty is rescued by her prince only to become an said DECA member Don White. fact that students are unaware of said. The conference, he satd, was a the club and don't know what lnscmniac; the frog is no longer content with a kiss, but desires to Dempsey said the ch sleep in the maiden's oed.These are only a few surprises in store for leadership training seminar ra- DECA can do as a job reference. ther than a conference for . hopes to increase their mem those who attend this off-beat, humorous and somewhat grim competition. Busmess,asaroundthe country ship with their present mem performance. .. have been Impressed by DECA's ship drive. To get in contact White said DECA deals With track record, he continued, and While a storyteller narrates each tale, the actors contribute .the the LBCC DECA chapter, action and voices - but act like they are reading the story, by all stages of rnarketinq a product are impressed when they find through competition at state and . Brooks at extension 167.0 accompanying each line with "he said" or "she said." The effect Is national conventions. All projects at first charming and adds to the flow of the stories, but eventually are handled in a business-iike becomes tiresome and distracting. manner, so club members can The actors' obvious enthusiasm makes up for the flaws in Financial aid hassle gain hands-on experience with 'performances and the total effect is one of skilllull storytelling. Each marketing. actor plays a variety of parts as the 12 taies unfold, so by.the time the Travel expenses for the DECA cleared, says office last story is told, the audience feels a kinship with each new club members were paid for by by Bryon Henderson . character. the club treasury;" said White. Staff Writer too many jobs and not en The Gold Key opens the performance and the audience is DECA has some major fund- A bottleneck in hiring students money." introduced to actor Kevin VanSlyke who displays his talent again and raising. projects, he said. They for work study has apparently She said that eliminating again throughout the play. VanSlyke portrays Rumplestiltskin, one of are presently acting as "whole- been cleared, according to offi- of those jobs was not difficull. the dwarves, a prince and even a narrator with lively artistry. saler and retailer" for a giant ciaIs in LBCC's Placement office. "All of our jobs are prioriI' Jane VanSickle, LBCC English Instructor, shines at playing the Christmas coloring book. The Earlier this term, requests for so we just eliminate the be virtuous virgins Red Riding Hood and Snow White. While she lacks club is supplying local high work study positions were "fro- jobs," Seth explained.