Six girls – four from Eugene – recovered from Portland-area hotel The Eugene Police Department held a press conference Monday, Feb. 24, at 1:30 p.m. in regard to the recovery of teen human trafficking victims in the Portland area on Feb. 20. Following a call reporting shots fired as well as “possible abduction of juveniles”…
Jazz music wafted through the air as a parade of people braved the cold in Eugene’s Whitaker neighborhood on a foggy winter night in 2009. They gathered to mourn the loss and celebrate the life of Theodore “Ted” Lee, otherwise known affectionately as “Papa.” When the restaurant opened its doors in 2006, Lee’s mission was…
Two months into the new decade and Oregon’s Department of Education has provided the state with great news: high school graduation rates increased, topping-off at 83.7 percent for students who graduated in four years. As Oregon Public Broadcasting quantified, this equates to “an increase of 600 students in the Class of 2019 who received a…
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…
The Director of Student Engagement leaves LCC under mysterious circumstances By: Editorial Staff With the Associated Students of Lane Community College Student Government elections commencing next week through March 6 at 5:00 p.m., The Torch is sticking with its motto of “telling stories that matter.” On Feb. 6, The Torch was presented with a tip…
It is a common goal in this newsroom to write information in an honest and balanced way. However, we are constrained by what information we are given. As student journalists, we try our best to pursue our degrees while following through on every news story that hits our desks. On top of the busy schedule,…
Demonstrators assemble weekly to protest the President. Tuesday, Feb. 11 — A crowd of 20 stalwart Eugenians gathered downtown near the steps of the Federal Courthouse continuing a weekly tradition that began in January of 2017. There, every Tuesday, is a vigil to both mourn and resist the policies and practices of the Trump administration….
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…
