Queen MotherLane student pursues her dreams while helping others too
Dreams are thoughts - actions make reality. Shakelah Morgan, 35, is Mrs. Eugene 2011. She and her husband Arnold are making their dreams a reality. Shakelah is a mother of six, a pageant queen, an owner of four businesses - two of them co-owned with her husband - and a student at Lane.…
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Titans place second in NWAACC baseball playoffsTitans lose to champions Lower Columbia 6-0
Lane baseball (33-17, 20-10) entered the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges' playoffs for the first time since 2006 on May 27 as the Southern Region's number two seed in Longview, Wash. The Titans finished the regular season strong, winning 18 of its last 20 games.…
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Mental disorders - diagnoses or discriminating?Some people labeled with mental problems may need a loving community instead of a diagnosis
What is a mental disorder? After I wrote "FML - I really need a car," an article that offended some of members from the disabled community, I set out to find the answer to this question. After many interviews and guidance from people who specialize in studies of the mind, I found an answer.…
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Bikes and ThievesEugene area experiences high bicycle theft rate
Ask any bicycle rider or employee of any bike shop and you will get a common agreement that Eugene is easy pickins' for bike thieves and that nothing is safe from a determined criminal. It is also rumored that Eugene bicycle thefts are higher per capita than New York.…
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Rocking out with Demimonde Slumber PartyLane graphic design graduate to dedicate next album to former instructor
With a unique sound that is guaranteed to transport any listener back to the days of Jefferson Airplane, musical veterans Demimonde Slumber Party are set to release their second album "Heart in Outer Space" June 6.
Lead vocalists and guitarist Melissa Lubofsky, drummer and back up vocalist Kim Lindquist and bassist and back up vocalist Tim Romain make up the band.…
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How intelligent are you?
Maybe the more accurate question would be, "how are you intelligent?"
Albert Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, was a philosopher and had hundreds of his works published.
Thomas Edison invented the modern electric light bulb, photograph and the motion picture camera.…
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Non-smokers can't stop breathingAn ex-smoker takes sides with the non-smoking
My opinions on this matter are formed by my thoughts, feelings and experiences from the past couple of months and from the last eight years of my non-smoking life. I'm in absolute agreement with the future smoking ban, and this is why:
Eight years ago in January, I finally quit smoking as a birthday present to myself.…
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