The Lane Community College Board of Education met over Zoom Dec. 16 to approve the vacancy appointment process to replace board member Lisa Fragala, who stepped down from position 7 on Nov. 6 after serving since October 2018. Fragala won election to replace longtime state Rep. Paul Holvey in the Eugene-area District 8 in the…
Major initiatives of the $121.5 million voter-approved bond measure passed in 2020 to “increase safety; repair, construct and improve facilities; update technology” at Lane Community College are on track according to the Oct. 28 meeting of the Lane Community College bond oversight committee. The bond committee seeks to ensure transparency in fund management and held…
LCC’s Board of Education discusses grass versus artificial turf for the baseball field and a future discussion of land acknowledgments during meetings at it’s Oct. 22 work session Lane Community College Board Work Session 10/22 On Tuesday, Oct. 22, Lane Community College’s Board of Education met for a Board Work Session. On the docket was…
By Julia Shumway The FBI and local law enforcement are investigating after deliberately set fires at ballot boxes in Portland and Vancouver early Monday morning damaged three ballots in Oregon and destroyed hundreds in Washington. Someone used an incendiary device early Monday morning to ignite a ballot box outside the Multnomah County Elections office in…
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…
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…
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 Earth Day, Apr 22, the city of Eugene, Oregon saw a show of solidarity as hundreds of people gathered to rally for the protection of mature and old-growth forests. Attendees advocated for lasting protections for federal forests and to put pressure on President Biden to fulfill his promise(s) related to environmental protection. Despite the…
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…
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…
