By Molly Newhard Welcome to Week 2, Titans. Hopefully by now everyone has settled into a good groove that will move them through a successful term. The Titan Newsletter has a lot of good information in it about asymptomatic COVID-19 testing, the Lane Community College Presidential search, a virtual resources fair, and much more. Covid…
LCC Board of Education voted unanimously to require all students attending on-campus classes to be vaccinated against COVID-19, when fall term starts in September. “All of us are eager to put the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us and come together again in-person as a campus community,” said LCC President Margaret Hamilton. “Widespread vaccination…
The Media Arts Department of Lane Community College announced on May 19 the winner of its online photo challenge. The department’s Instagram presence, known as M.A.D.Social, made a post declaring Austin Dillon (@amnesiaamerican) won the challenge. The prize: a Fujifilm Instax Square SQ6 camera. The challenge itself was titled “Fluidity/Motion”. Entrants had to generate still…
The coronavirus pandemic created an atmosphere of uncertainty for college students. Campuses closed down which meant students had to have access to a laptop and internet to continue their education, a new digital gap affected low income students. A lot of students left because they had other priorities. According to a Best Colleges article, national…
Voting for Lane Student Government elections will be open from May 26 until May 28. Although the candidates are running unopposed there are important changes to be voted on that will effect your student fees. The results will be announced on June 1. The 2021 voters pamphlet can be accessed here. Six candidates — the…
The Report highlights the use of force, community oversight, and independent investigation and prosecution, released on May 3. The Ad Hoc Committee on Police Policy, a city body made up of 30 members with representatives from local Eugene groups including the NAACP, Black Unity, Transponder, Eugene Islamic Center and many others started meeting in September…
Earth Week will look a little different this year for Lane Community College students. Instead of the usual in-person events, LCC is pushing forward with virtual events and initiatives for the whole campus. Luis Maggiori, LCC’s Sustainability Coordinator, discussed the upcoming events for Earth Week. He spoke about the Diversity Panel that is happening over…
Laura Greene, the Health Clinic Director at Lane Community College, has applied and been approved to distribute Covid-19 vaccines to students and employees. The timeline in which they will be distributing the vaccines is still in the works since the state is still in phase 1A of distribution, primary healthcare workers are receiving the first…
On Jan. 13, 2021, The Torch Editor-in-Chief Chandlor Henderson had a chance to sit with Lane Community College President Margaret Hamilton and Vice President Paul Jarrell. The main topic covered was Measure 20-306, which provided the school $121.5 million in bond money. Henderson: How did you become the president of the school? Hamilton: There’s a…
