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…
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…
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…
