Despite the heteronormative image of fraternities and sororities, there is a thriving queer scene within Greek life By Emma J Nelson “He seems like the gods’ equal, that man, who / ever he is, who takes his seat so close / across from you, and listens raptly to / your lilting voice,” writes Sappho, an…
Camilla Mortensen is a writing and journalism instructor at Lane Community College. She is also the editor-in-chief of Eugene Weekly. She spoke to The Torch about time management, objective journalism, bias in the classroom, and the legacy she hopes to achieve. How do you balance two different careers between Editor-in-Chief at Eugene Weekly and writing/journalism…
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…
