Aries (March 21st – April 20th) Conversations may trigger pain and emphasize healing within yourself that needs to happen. Deep emotions may cause you to want to retreat from society. Your independence may conflict with group relationships. Taking care of yourself is your best way to take care of the collective. Who you want to…
Unemployment rates in the United States have been improving. 6.3 percent as of January 2021, in comparison to the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a historic 14.7 percent in April 2020. However, for many, the struggle is not over. In Oregon the homeless crisis has been a persistent issue. In Lane County alone pre-pandemic,…
Ruby McConnell may not be a woman written about in history books, but she is a woman making history today. The majority of wilderness survival guides are written by men from a male perspective. McConnell’s book, “A Woman’s Guide to the Wild,” is a guide to the outdoor’s from a woman’s perspective. McConnell highlights the…
Journalism is rapidly changing as a result of Covid-19, limiting what used to be in-person interviews to phone calls or emails and replacing in-person events and gatherings with virtual ones. Curious about how other community college papers in Oregon have shifted their operations during this historic time, The Torch editorial staff reached out to community…
The Torch wins seven awards at the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association’s Collegiate Newspaper Contest The Torch was awarded seven awards from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association’s 2019 Collegiate Newspaper Contest for both writing and photography. For the second year in a row, the team earned first place in General Excellence. This years’ award was for…
Lane’s Pulitzer Prize-winning alumna visits campus Tonya Alanez, 2019 Pulitzer Prize winner visited Lane Community College to give a speech on her life. She delivered her award-winning story and foremost the ubiquitous power of journalism in the boardroom of Building Three on Nov. 7 to a group of about a dozen attendees. In her speech,…
