In 1971 when I began teaching Writing and Literature in the LCC English Department, I became good friends with Ben Kirk, a Science Department teacher now deceased at age 96. Ben had been awarded the honor of “The State of Michigan High-School Science Teacher of the Year” before moving to Oregon. Here he was assigned…
Six people from student government come forward with serious allegations On Tuesday, Feb. 18, in a recorded on-record interview with Margaret Hamilton, the President of Lane Community College, she declined to comment on the nature of the former Director of Student Engagement Donyel Hill’s sudden and quiet departure from his position between November 2019 and…
Six girls – four from Eugene – recovered from Portland-area hotel The Eugene Police Department held a press conference Monday, Feb. 24, at 1:30 p.m. in regard to the recovery of teen human trafficking victims in the Portland area on Feb. 20. Following a call reporting shots fired as well as “possible abduction of juveniles”…
Jazz music wafted through the air as a parade of people braved the cold in Eugene’s Whitaker neighborhood on a foggy winter night in 2009. They gathered to mourn the loss and celebrate the life of Theodore “Ted” Lee, otherwise known affectionately as “Papa.” When the restaurant opened its doors in 2006, Lee’s mission was…
