The Springfield City Club will be hosting a candidate forum on Thursday, April 20 for the LCC Board of Education election. The candidates who have filed include: Rich Cunningham, Zach Mulholland, and Nick Skelton for Zone 2; Kevin Alltucker and Bob Baldwin for Position 6; and Lisa Fragala and Kyle Reallon for Position 7. The…
Introducing a new transportation program to a community can be an exciting, yet daunting task, and that is precisely what is happening with the one-year pilot program that began service on March 31, 2023. The city conducted a comprehensive evaluation of several license applications and has selected Superpedestrian as the preferred provider for shared micro…
Since Covid hit in 2020 on-campus activities have slowed quite a bit. Three years later, the Student Government Association is hoping to bring back some life to campus this term. LCC’s Student Government Association President Nikhar Ramlakhan was elected in May of 2022 and started his term the following September. Ramlakhan shared with The Torch…
Donte’ Walker, the assistant men’s basketball coach at Lane Community College, recently organized the Lane International Basketball Showcase. The game provided a unique opportunity for international students to experience playing in a real basketball game. The event took place at LCC’s’s gymnasium during a Thursday basketball class, and was attended by players of varying skill…
The Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government had their third hearing on March 30 to try and prove collusion between the Biden administration and social media companies in censoring conservative voices. This hearing was examining the Missouri v Biden civil case which was filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana in…
Reproductive and gender-affirming care are seeing significant barriers being put up across the country. In Oregon, reproductive health care is a right but there are still barriers. In this current legislative session one bill is being brought up that could protect both gender-affirming care and reproductive health care in the state. The Oregon House Committee…
Representative Val Hoyle addressed issues regarding the Coos Bay Port, child care, job training, housing, and more on March 16, 2023 to a City Club meeting in Springfield, Oregon. She came to discuss the Port of Coos Bay and her continued work in trying to fund that port when their requested $1.25 billion grant was…
Clank. Clank. Clank. The sounds of a Mandalorian hammer strike from somewhere offscreen. Even as the intro is still playing, we are immediately brought into the first episode of the third season of Disney’s “The Mandalorian,” which just aired earlier this month. Emily Swallow’s character, The Armorer, is pounding away at a piece of metal….
On March 3, 1970 Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water was at the top of the charts, Barbra Streisand was making them laugh in Funny Girl, and LCC was charging senior citizens $6 per term and building a new science building. The article describes it as being between the Air Frame Building and the…
On March 14, 2023, the LCC Library will be hosting an Open Educational Services event giveaway of Ramen noodles at Study-Jam 2:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m. The event is to bring awareness to food insecurity among students. The average cost of books and supplies are estimated at about $1,460.00 per year according to the College Board…
