At Lane Community College, students have every opportunity to feed their minds with knowledge, but what about their stomachs? Luckily, over at the Center Building neighboring with the Titan store where you may have picked up your school supplies and books is the food courts where students can study, hang out and most importantly get…
According to AirNow.gov the Air Quality Index in Eugene is currently 130 which is described as unhealthy to sensitive groups. In southern Lane County near Cottage Grove the AQI is over 160 which is considered dangerous. The Cedar Creek fire near Oakridge has burned almost 123,000 acres and Eugene is in the line of smoke….
Elections are fast approaching and Oregonians in House District 4 have questions to consider when choosing their representative. On Oct. 6, the City Club of Eugene and the League of Women Voters of Lane County hosted an online candidate forum for candidates where questions about reproductive healthcare, the housing crisis, child care, and more were…
LCC’s new president, Dr. Stephanie Bulger, comes from a family of educators. She is the great granddaughter of a sharecropper who passed a philosophy of “using education as the vehicle to change your life” down to his children, and his children’s children. Dr. Bulger has tried to embody that philosophy throughout her journey to LCC….
Welcome Week has arrived at Lane Community College. The college welcomes students back with an array of clubs, organizations and support groups for students to help them with everyday college life. While maneuvering college life, Welcome Week invites students to walk around and see what opportunities await. Career Pathways is a program that aids students…
The phenomenon that is Hamilton made its debut in Eugene on September 13. The excitement resonated throughout downtown with signs advertising the historic musical. The Hult Center is providing 11 nights of performances, every night, except Monday, until September 25. The traveling ensemble has big shoes to fill, considering the Broadway performance is one of…
Former LCC faculty member Frank Ragulsky, 75, died on June 30, 2022. Ragulsky wasthe News and Editorial adviser for the Torch and taught Newswriting I from 2003-2011.Family and friends are invited to a Memorial Mass, 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 8 at St.Mary’s Catholic Church, 501 NW 25th Street, Corvallis, Oregon. Burial will take place inHomer,…
Anti-choice and pro-choice protestors gathered in front of the Wayne Morse Federal Courthouse on Friday after the Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs V Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This decision has effectively ended the precedent set by Roe in 1973. The anti-choice rally featured speakers from Oregon Right To Life an anti abortion activist group that…
The March Against Fear will take place this Sunday, June 26, at 10 a.m. A coalition of organizations — the NAACP, Moms Demand Action, Beyond Toxics, HIV Alliance, and many others — organized this march as a response to the ongoing epidemic of gun violence. Miles Pendleton, Branch President of Springfield/Eugene NAACP, described the intention…
Lane Community College’s Board of Education held its monthly meeting June 1. The first action item of the meeting was the proposal to approve the budget plan for the fiscal year 2022-2023. All six of the board members voted in favor of approving the plan. Here is the link to the document with a detailed…
