LCC blames budget shortfalls The college plans to eliminate hundreds of part-time workers, according to Lane Community College’s administration and leaders of the Lane Community College Employee Federation. President Margaret Hamilton sent an email addressed to all employees on March 24. In it, Hamilton expressed that LCC is not immune to the effects of COVID-19….
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced schools across the nation to take drastic action. Lane Community College will be following suit starting on finals week March 16-20. For finals week, tests will be given online and classes for the spring term will be held remotely through the first three weeks of the spring term according to…
LCC campaigns for $121.5 million bond Lane Community College’s Board of Education is pursuing the most ambitious bond in the school’s history of $121.5 million in May— nearly a 50 percent increase from the $83 million bond in November 2008. On Feb. 18, many board members present at the Board of Education meeting expressed that…
Six people from student government come forward with serious allegations On Tuesday, Feb. 18, in a recorded on-record interview with Margaret Hamilton, the President of Lane Community College, she declined to comment on the nature of the former Director of Student Engagement Donyel Hill’s sudden and quiet departure from his position between November 2019 and…
Student Activity Fee Committee seeks to fairly distribute funds to student groups Students tend to look at their tuition bills and wonder what student activity fees actually fund. The Student Activity Fee Committee is working toward demystifying and fairly allocating these funds with second-year Lane Community College student Laney Baehler at the helm. Student activity…
Six students debate topics relevant to student issues The fourth annual Speak Out at Lane Community College began Saturday morning on Feb. 8 at 9 a.m. Daniel Henry has run all four of the events. Henry is a full-time speech and communication instructor who was drawn to LCC because of the diversity of students and…
Lane Community College president Margaret Hamilton passed out pizza and met with students to discuss the budget on the second floor of the Center Building on Tuesday Feb. 11. The pizza was provided by Bartolotti’s on the first floor allowing for a steady stream of pies. A poster of the school’s current budget of over…
In spite of Follet’s best efforts to accept Electronic Benefit Transfer and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments by the beginning of the winter term there is still no clear date as to when the Titan Store will be accepting EBT and SNAP cards. The time-consuming application process began at the beginning of fall term in…
The past week began with the Associated Students of Lane Community College Student Government in disarray as four seats turned over. When prompted for information on the four vacating senators, Vice President Leila Jebara declined to divulge their names but said “they were all great. They were all doing their work.” “First, let me clarify…
State politicians, faculty members, and students stood beneath the dilapidated “17” on the steps of the weathered building of the same name on Lane’s main campus on Jan. 21. Among them were Lane President Dr. Margaret Hamilton, Springfield Mayor Christine Lundberg, and Oregon State Representative Marty Wilde. They were gathered to gain support for a…
