Lindsey’s Line
Passionately driven to report
As a woman going into the world of sports journalism, I often get asked what motivates me and how far I want to go with it. It seems to surprise everyone that a young woman cares so much about the sports industry — but for me, it’s a way of life. I’ve lived and breathed...
Senate OKs new club: Occupy LCC
Student government approves $950 for other clubs and events.
ASLCC lost Sen. Danielle Brandon after the Feb. 1 meeting, but it was business as usual Feb. 8. The Senate appointed a temporary secretary, approved a funds request for $500 and ratified a new Occupy LCC club. Brandon declined to comment on the reason for her resignation, but Sen. LynDel Simmons said she believed...
Fly-in Buy-in
Former LCC instructor Pete Peterson attended the one-night Fly-In, Feb. 4, at The Studio inside the Hult Center. The event exhibited more than 100 photo cutouts of flying people created by David Joyce. The cutouts, which used to decorate the passenger terminal at Mahlon Sweet Airport, were sold first to the people used in the...
IT briefs Board of Ed
on Moodle revamp
Technology dean presents the future of online education, which has seen a 193 percent increase since 2009.
Lane Online was the highlight of the Feb. 8 LCC Board of Education meeting after Division Dean of Academic Technology Brad Hinson presented the state of online education and its potential future. The Lane Online coordinator said students and instructors must “unlearn” old software in order to keep up with evolving technologies. Hinson said technology...
Inflatable turtle to raise awareness of plastic waste
LCC will host several events to commemorate Oceans Week, starting with OSPIRG’s Feb. 6 campaign for students to reduce their plastic bag usage. Today, OSPIRG will bring a 30-foot plastic, inflatable turtle that has made stops at Southern Oregon University and UO, before making its way to LCC. OSPIRG will have tables with flyers and...
Men’s Basketball
Colemans erupt with 30 points against Roadrunners | Titans one game away from final playoff spot.
Lane’s men’s basketball team picked up a big win on Wednesday night, defeating Linn-Benton Community College 72-55, inching closer to that final playoff spot for the Southern Region. The Titans (10-11, 4-5 Southern Region) moved within a game of the last playoff spot while knocking down the second-place Roadrunners to third, only two games behind...
Student actors vie for Twelfth Night spotlight
He paced the hall, one hand balled in a fist. The other chopped the air with huge sweeping gestures. His voice rang off the tile walls as he practiced his lines in the precious few minutes before the audition. Other students sat cross-legged on the concrete floor, tabletops and in the scattered chairs, feeding each...
Lane’s Lessons Learned
Save yourself, speak up for women’s issues
Most women have experienced some form of sexual harassment and brushed it aside: the guy who groped you in transit or at the bar, the crude remark made by a coworker you were to cautious to confront, or even worse crimes, like flashing, peeping or taking unwanted photos. Most disregard these instances of harassment because...
Fight for the recognition of same-sex marriage
Change is in the air when it comes to the recognition of same-sex marriage. Washington State’s House of Representatives passed a bill 55-43 on Feb. 8 recognizing same-sex marriage. The hurdle left to jump is obtaining Gov. Chris Gregoire’s signature, and her approval is anticipated. If Gregoire signs the bill, Washington will become the seventh...
Outside the Box
Reclaiming V-Day
It’s here. In fact, it’s been here. That horrifically sweet time of year when the world is drenched in pink, chalky heart-shaped candies are distributed, and everyone asks one question: “Will you be mine?” Valentine’s Day has for too long been tagged as the one day a year set aside to show your true affections...
Meet the board
Johnston grows as LCC student, board member
LCC Board of Education member Susie Johnston started her very first college term as a student at the age of 59. She enrolled in 2006, after serving the board for less than a year — 40 years after she graduated high school. “I was incredibly reluctant to let anyone know I was on the board,”...
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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.