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...
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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.