Eugene sees largest protest in recent memory, businesses looted Unrest – On May 29, a peaceful demonstration began at the Federal Courthouse to protest the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police officer on May 25. It moved to the intersection of 7th and Washington Ave. where a myriad of dumpsters, construction equipment, picnic…
“The First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition. It forbids Congress from both promoting one religion over others and also restricting an individual’s religious practices. It guarantees freedom of expression by prohibiting Congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals to speak freely. It also guarantees the…
Journalism is rapidly changing as a result of Covid-19, limiting what used to be in-person interviews to phone calls or emails and replacing in-person events and gatherings with virtual ones. Curious about how other community college papers in Oregon have shifted their operations during this historic time, The Torch editorial staff reached out to community…
Our nation is heading in the right direction but is it enough? What the hell? It’s April 1. Happy Fool’s Day? No. I weep as I write this while watching CNN’s Chris Cuomo — himself infected with Covid-19 — interview the late Dr. Frank Gabrin’s now-widowed husband Arnold Vargas and friend Debra Vaselech Lyons on…
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…
The Director of Student Engagement leaves LCC under mysterious circumstances By: Editorial Staff With the Associated Students of Lane Community College Student Government elections commencing next week through March 6 at 5:00 p.m., The Torch is sticking with its motto of “telling stories that matter.” On Feb. 6, The Torch was presented with a tip…
New street names honor Eugene’s past On Nov. 26, Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis unveiled the three street names chosen for the new Downtown Riverfront. Picked from a narrowed down list of over 1,000 suggested names, the three winners were announced at 10:45 a.m. at the future site of the Downtown Riverfront. The three winners: Annie…
Whether on Lane Community College’s main campus or elsewhere, there is a multitude of resources in the case that someone is overwhelmed by emotion and needs someone to talk to or they are suffering suicidal thoughts. On the main campus is the LCC Counseling Center where drop-in counseling is available in Building 1, Room 103,…
INTRODUCTION On October 12, the Center Building was dedicated to Lane Community College’s first President and founder and renamed the Dr. Dale. P. Parnell Center Building for Learning and Student Success. Just a few months later, the next big thing to hit LCC struck: the unprecedented late-February snowstorm. It was catastrophic enough to down a…
State halts permits for new cannabis growers Oregon has too much cannabis. One-million pounds too much of it to be exact. Or to put that hard-to-picture figure into perspective, enough of it has been produced just in the last two years that, if stopped immediately, the supply can last the state for another six years…
