Cookin’ up a future
Shelbie Rife fashions a business from her culinary education
Sixteen months ago, LCC student Shelbie Rife found a future in cupcakes. As you enter her North Eugene home, you’re instantly met with Michael Jackson blaring in the kitchen from her iPad. Shelbie is in the kitchen, making red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. The smell lingers in the kitchen, where she is smiling...
Outside the Box
Prepped for real life
While writing these weekly columns is enjoyable, I must confess that I have more than just that driving me. I am constantly working on my writing skills for the day when I am on the other side of the tape recorder, getting interviewed for my first job. My instructors are constantly reminding my class that...
Class of the week Religion brought
into the light
“See the darkness, hold onto the light” is the philosophy LCC instructor Clif Trolin implements in teaching Religions of The Middle East. The class covers Judaism, Christianity and Islam “from the perspective of the religion rather than outsiders,” Trolin said, “which is a steep thing to ask.” Trolin wants students to understand their own limitations....
Ready to explode
The cast of ‘Exploding Love’ talks characters, scenes and, of course, love.
It might not be every day that one straps a bomb to his chest in the name of winning back his ex-wife, but this won’t stop the audience relating to Exploding Love, said LCC student Joseph Tanner Paul. “People always do crazy things for love,” Paul said. Joseph Coyne’s 1995 play shows the events that...
Guest Column
Ditch smart phones, keep it simple
By Sonja Taylor I am an iPhone addict. I overtext. I have been known to play Plants vs. Zombies and Words with Friends in crowded rooms. I have checked the weather, my email and Facebook hourly, or more frequently if the conversations around me were really dull. Recently, motivated by the possibility that I might...
Award delay is explained
A computer glitch kept aid from students for 24 hours
…There was never any intention of holding anything back from the students. -Helen Garret, Executive Dean of Student Affairs Financial aid refunds landed in bank accounts one to two days later than 8,900 LCC students expected last week, causing them to vent their frustrations on social media sites while LCC officials scrambled to explain...
Lane scores 532 for the community
What a night! The fifth annual Jam the Gym, hosted by the Lane Community College athletic department on Jan. 21, has been a success every year, according to Athletic Director and women’s basketball coach Greg Sheley. “Like the past couple years, we once again had a great turnout and were able to fill up three...
The Fox Trot
Kelly’s unfinished business
Being under the national spotlight is something to which the University of Oregon football team has become accustomed over the last three-years. All three of those seasons were by the hands of head coach Chip Kelly and his trademark visor. The national media turned the spotlight on nice and bright late on Jan. 22, when...
Senate Decision Postponed
Public hearing scheduled for Parker-Milligan and Selix
ASLCC President Mario Parker-Milligan and Gender and Sexual Diversity Advocate Vashti Selix will have a chance to fight for their positions in a public hearing during ASLCC’s Feb. 1 meeting, according to a unanimous vote by the Senate. “I have committed myself fully to this role since June 1, 2010, and I...
Speakers on Islam come to LCC
It’s education, and part of education is to break through the biases people have. -Clif Trolin, Instructor A speaker from the lecture series “Speakers in Islam” will be coming to the LCC campus in an effort to bring awareness to the many aspects of Islam and its surrounding ideologies. “The goal of the series is...
Titans mauled by Cougars
It was a rough night for the Lane Community College Men’s basketball team. The Titans shot only 34% from the field in their 68-55 loss, to the visiting Clackamas Cougars Saturday night. It was the lowest shooting percentage and points scored all season for the Titan men. The first half started out well for Lane...
Titans bounce back, win 71-68 over rival Cougars
Titans Head Coach Greg Sheley said it best. “Not necessarily the most pretty game by either team,” Sheley said after defeating the Clackamas Cougars 71-68 Saturday night. “Both teams played really hard.” Sheley and his team walked off Titan Court all smiles as they improved to 13-4 and 3-1 in the Southern Region, while the...
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into ‘Dylanology’
After 51 years, musician Bob Dylan
reels in new listeners
Textbooks cost too much
In Thailand, LCC nursing students learn the value of respecting other cultures in medicine.
Organizers hope the event will raise awareness of the clubs at LCC.