I set my alarm for 6 a.m. It is now 6:32. After hitting the snooze button several times I am awake enough to write down the significance of today, September 27. This day is my new year. Today is the day that everything has changed for me many times throughout the years. On Sep. 27,…
It’s been one year since Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. The question everybody has is has anything changed? Do Black people finally feel safe around non-melanated Americans? The answer is no. We don’t. We still see non-melanated Americans not being held accountable for their crimes time and time again. The patterns that have criminalized Black…
The 2021 Collegiate Award Ceremony, hosted by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, was a virtual event this year. The Torch took home several awards in multiple categories. Reporter Michael Stahler won first place for Best Feature Story and first place for Best Review. He also took home third place for Best Spot News Story. Multimedia…
The Lane Student Government meets publicly every Thursday. The senators introduced themselves at the beginning of the meeting. Eugene Kim, acting chair Jeremiah Vandagrift , Thao Nguyen and Tim Turganov. SGA President Amber Coleman is also present in the meeting. President Coleman started the meeting by reporting on the Lane Community College Board meeting on…
Northern Virginia native Chandlor Henderson moved to Eugene in 2015. He was somewhat of a traveler, moving from city to city for a large part of the prior decade. Henderson chose Eugene because of the “hippie” aesthetic. He realized very quickly that not only was he not a hippie, he had no desire to be…
COVID-19 is a dark time, but there is light in the situation. COVID-19 has killed 1,506 in Oregon. During this dark time of disease and struggle, people found different ways to find light in the tunnel. A small community in Cottage Grove, Oregon came together to help support those in need during the pandemic. Many…
Proud Boys and Trump loyalists went to the capitol in an attempt to thwart a fair election. Fueled by a tyrannical President. They did not succeed. Editorial January 6, 2021, in the Capitol we saw an assault on our country. It was, to me, beautifully poetic, as this country has stepped on my people since…
“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…
I’ve been one half of a long-distance relationship for the past ten months — my partner lives in Portland and I’m in Eugene. We’re both self-described hermits and, while the long-distance part has not been without its occasional challenges, we thrive when doing our own thing. Fast forward to March 2020 when the novel coronavirus…
