The state of Oregon and Lane Community College are facing serious financial consequences due to the Republican-led walk out in the Oregon Senate. LCC can not figure out their financial future if the Oregon budget doesn’t get passed. LCC has scrambled every year to take out loans when there is a budget delay at the…
On Saturday at Island Park about 100 people gathered in all shades of orange to honor victims of gun violence and advocate for change. The Wear Orange movement honors lives lost to gun violence and the first Friday in June is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. State Senators James Manning and Floyd Prozanski spoke to…
Oregon legislatures are considering several pieces of legislation that will affect Lane Community College including the Higher Education Coordinating Commission budget that would increase funding for community colleges and universities, the Oregon Opportunity Grant and the Oregon Tribal Grant. In support of those policies student government groups from around the state gathered for a lobby…
Last week, the LCC Board held a public meeting about the potential closure of the on campus health clinic. Twenty-eight speakers shared with the board why they felt that the clinic should remain open. Outside the meeting, students shared their feelings about the health clinic. Nursing student Taylor Shen Daily feels that closing the clinic…
The City of Eugene has announced the opening of several cooling centers. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for the weekend with temperatures in the high 90s to low 80s.. The Eugene Public Library will be open during its regular hours and the public is welcome to come in and cool down. Downtown…
May 19, 1970 In May 1970 the national guard opened fire at Kent State and killed four students who were protesting the Vietnam War, the Beatles released their final studio album Let It Be, and LCC was electing their student government while voicing concerns to the LCC Board. May 6, 1988 Adele, singer of hit…
Lane Community College Title IX coordinator Daniel Brown has condemned the US House passing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. In an emailed response to The Torch, Brown stated that it is “very unlikely” that this bill could become law and called the bill “political showmanship, likely in response to the Biden…
On Thursday, April 20, 2023 the US House of Representatives passed H.R 734, The Protection of Women and Girls Act, on strict party lines. This bill rewrites Title IX to require that athletes participate in the sport that matches their biological sex, proven through their reproductive sex organs. Not a single Democrat voted in favor…
April 14, 1970 Let it Be by The Beatles was topping the charts, John Wayne had won Best Actor at the Academy Awards, and Nixon had just been elected president. On this day, LCC was reporting about the Apollo 13 mission. The ship was supposed to make it to the moon but the mission was…
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…
