rs age -ter Linn.-Benton. C o .....rnUI:I.1ty- C 0 II.....e'6e .. 6500 SW" Paeilic. Boulevard AI'bany" C>re~o:n 97321. Students seek new club Tuition Hike for gays, lesbians and $4 per credit increase considered by board their friends, families By Trista Bush Of The Commuter By Ancira J. Stephens Tuition will increase by winter Of The Commuter term under a proposal that will A new club called the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Alli- be submitted to the Board of ance may soon be established on LBCC's campus. Education next week. The organization will provide information, promote un- Ifapproved, tuition will rise$4 derstanding about homosexuals, and offer a supportive per credit--from $28 to $32 per environment for gays and lesbians who have not "come out credit hour. ofthe closet; along with those who have. According to LBCC President LBCC student Bobby Morris first contacted Student Jon Carnahan, the proposed in- Programs about three weeks ago in his effort to form the creasewasdelayeduntilOregon's club, which willalso welcome"friends that don't understand Legislature decided how much why their friends are gay and people who want to find out funding it would give the college. more about gays and lesbians; he said. That turned out to be about 10 Morris believes the club should "be an open group so percent less, he said. people can find out what we're like and how we do things "We don't like to raise tuition because wedon't doanything different from heterosexuals." everyyear, but the state ofOregon He plans to organize many activities, dances, and discus- is having a budget crisis," said sions for the club. Carnahan. According to a survey "We want to better educate people and help lesbians, of Oregon's community colleges, gays, and bisexuals who are still in the closet sothey can get Photo by Michelle Rani. LBCC'stuition is $1.25 under the support. Hopefully we can get more people out in the open Bobby Morris and Bethany Yingling offer Infonnatlon average ofthe16 other schools. with their sexuality; said Morris. He added that "it's not abol" homosexuality In the COllege center during National The increase will be submitted easier to come out ofthe closet because you've still got your COming OUt Day. to the~ard on Oct. 20 by stereotypes and homophobics." Carnaban.Ifitpasses, the board Morris filled out a charter that defines the purpose and will hear students' responses to goals ofthe organization and obtained a minimum number "We want to better educate people and the tuitition hike at a forum to be of eight signatures from people who are interested in help lesbians, gays, and bisexuals who held on the subject. starting the club and being an active participant. The are still in the closet so they can get Another source of funding for charter also requires the signature of an LB staff member the school,accordingto Carnahan, who will act as advisor to the group. support. " --Bobby Morris could be bond measures, which Counselor Mark Wiess will act as the club's advisor, and would be submitted and voted on will make sure that the organization's members know the in Linn and Benton counties. policies and procedures as stated by LBCC's Student Pro- "The only reason a club would not be funded is if they are Throughout the college's 25- grams. politically or religiously affiliated," explained Paul. "Any year history, students have paid Upon completion, the charter willbe returned to Student other club has the ability to be funded on campus and those approximately 15-25 percent of Programs and routed through student government who will funds also come out of student fees." the cost of education. Carnahan, then review the charter and approve or disapprove it within Clubs can request additional funding in the form ofloans who is freezing his own salary for the next two weeks. If approved, the GLBAwill become an and grants, which are provided by Student Programs and the 93-94 school year, would like established organization on campus and "will have all the are given on an application basis only. to see students paying for 20-25 rights and privileges as any other club; said Tammi S. Student Programs can't enforce any regulations or stipu- percent of the total cost. Paul, coordinator of student activities. lations for clubs, The structure and guidelines are set bythe "As funding goes down, there's Funding for the group will also be decided by the student club members. no doubt that students will have government. If accepted, the club will be awarded the Morris plans to be president of the club and use sugges- to pay more for their education." standard $50 that all funded clubs receive as a basic 'club tions and opinions of members to structure the club and Carnahan feels LBCC should account. (Turn to 'New Club' on page 4) not depend on the lottery for its funding because it is an unpre- dictable source of revenue. In the Russian officer to speak at LB next week last two years, about $1.5 million lottery dollars have been allotted . d LBCC C' . I J ti . audience, because the things I'm going ViSitby Interpol officer arrange Moscow, rimma us ce 10· to tell are not at all merry". for equipment and technology- structor Jerry Phillips learned that money which has already been by criminal justice instructor Safronov decided to make the trip. ~afronov, isa~aduateoftheHigher spent. Safronov is scheduled to speak at Pohce College 10 Moscow and has He said the college is facing By Renee' Lunsford the Alsea Calapooia Room on Monday, worked for; The Ministry' of Interior other major expenses, such as re- Of the Commuter Oct. 18,from 11:30-12:30and again on (with responsibility for police activi- pairing the college's 20 year-old A Russian police leiutenant colonel Oct. 19, from 12:30-1:30. He will talk ties), The National PoliceAcademy (as roof. He said the project would will arrive in Oregon this week for about policing, correctional systems a senior research worker), and is cur- cost around $1.7 million. speaking engagements at LBCC and and politics in Russia. rently working as a lieutenant colonel If funding stays the same, the eight other northwest colleges. Greg Pierce, a colleague of Phillips ofInterpol in Moscow. collegewill be about $3 million in Up until Friday, that arrival was at Blue Mountain Community College Saranov will also speak at Wash- debt by the 96-97 school year, he questionable. in Pendleton, arranged the tour by ington State University in Pullman, said, adding that passage ofMea- Alexander Safronov, a graduate of contacting several colleges in the Wash.; Lewis-Clark State College in sure 1, the sales tax measure, the Higher Police College in Moscow, Northwest to line up speaking engage- Lewiston, Idaho; Whitman College in would ensure students a quality originally began planning the trip last ments. Eight ofthe colleges, including Walla Walla, Wash.; Eastern Oregon of education. year, but recent unrest in Moscowput LBCC, responded and agreed to split StateCollegeinLaGrande;Chemeketa "If Measure 1 passes, it is not his plans on temporary hold. The up- the travel cost for Safronov's trip. CommunityCollegeinSalem;Western goiug to give us a lot more money, rising, which led to more than 100 Saranov recently wrote in a letter to Oregon State College in Monmouth;' but it will stabalize funding and deaths in the city, made him concerned Pierce: "Greg, you've made so much Southwestern Oregon Community we can continue the level of ser- for his family's safety in his ahsence. advertisement to my future coming, College in Coos Bay; and Blue Moun- vice rather than reduce it." When tension settled last week in that I fear lest I would disappoint the tain Community Collegein Pendleton. 2 The CommuterlWednesday Oct. 13, 1993 _____________________________________ O~I!i:nio:n Inane TV shows not to blame for children's actions A Moraine, Ohio, woman blames the MTV crazy and starts fornicating. "Fire! Fire! Fire!" telivision cartoon "Beavis and' Butthead" for the Eliminate shows that encourage fire hugs, in- Why was this five-year-old watching this car- death of her two-year-old daughter. deed. Instead we should eliminate mothers who let toon? According to an Associated Press article pub- their kids watch anything and everything on TV. Ofcourse,hismotherwas too absent minded, too lished last Saturday, a five-year-old boy set the "Beavis and Butthead" weren't intended for five- trusting of the media, and frankly, too stupid to family mobile home on fire year-olds, regulate what her children watch on T.V. while playing with a cigarette T:" 1~1 The cartoon was intended for college students. What is more disturbing is her willingness to lighter. His sister perished in ~ It's been a runaway success amongthatage group- cite the deplorable cartoon as the cause of her the blaze. ' folks that, forthe most part, can distinguish between daughter's death. Howpatheticitis when discussing The frantic mother was, of course, referring to reality and the perilous antics in Butthead's living the burning death ofa little girl to mention the very the vogueish cartoon portraying two dimwitted room. names of "Beavis and Butthead." teenagers who sit on their couch, blow farts at Parents simply cannot tum wide eyed five-year- eachother and light things on fire. olds loose in front of a full color big-screen and not The article said "Fire Chief Harold Sigler said he Parents simply cannot turn wide expect them to totter away with a wacked idea or wants the cable network to eliminate shows that eyed five-year-olds loose in front two.