Editor-in-Chief, 2018-2019 Tacked up on the wall of my newsroom office is a printed copy of the first edition of The Liberator, the anti-slavery newspaper written and published by the famed abolitionist and my personal hero William Lloyd Garrison. In his so-called “Inaugural Editorial,” Garrison wrote: “I am aware that many object to the severity…
Editor-in-Chief, 2019-2020 As a reporter, a full-time worker and full-time student I had to push myself this year to handle more responsibilities than I have ever had before. I spent my first 24 years of life essentially coasting. I was never one to blaze my own path or pioneer innovative ideas. I always took the…
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…
Blenders to close after Spring Term Blenders, the only coffee shop at Lane Community College, will be leaving after June 30 as part of the outsourcing of the school’s Food Services, currently run by David Ferris, which have seen declining profits over the years. However, as part of Food Service, Blenders has its own story…
April 17 Game 1 Chemeketa Storm – 1 Lane Titans – 2 In the first game of a doubleheader, the Titans edged past Chemeketa in a pitchers duel. Charlie Patterson threw seven scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out four. Trey Werner picked up the save. Outfielder Takanori Shimizu continued his hot batting…
There are major changes coming to Lane Community College in the near future that will be affecting day-to-day student life. To start, on April 1, the Board of Education voted—with only Rosie Pryor in opposition—for a $4.50 per-credit-hour tuition increase. Considering that LCC was already the most expensive community college per-credit-hour in the state of…
New student group does what transfer orientation misses Out of 1,095 students who transferred to the University of Oregon during fall and summer 2018, 321 were from Lane Community College, according to the University’s Director of Enrollment Management Research Jonathan Jacobs. With a significant number of students transferring to the University of Oregon each year,…
Access to Moodle, MyLane, student email at risk during future storms During the last week of February, Lane County was overcome by a record amount of snow. By the end of it all, nearly ten inches of snow had fallen at the Eugene Airport making this the second largest snowfall in recorded Eugene history. While…
The fourteenth annual DisOrient Asian-American Film Festival of Oregon was held from Thursday, March 14 to Sunday, March 17 on the University of Oregon campus. Asian-American and Pacific Islander stories, histories, and themes are the focus of films screened throughout the the weekend, but emphasized are social justice and universal human experiences. The Torch was…
After planning to have wrapped up production of their premier Class A coach, Winnebago Industries is closing their Junction City location leaving only thirty employees. They will relocate to another campus in their home state of Iowa. The service center will remain open. They had only been here two years when the announcement was made….
