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Three-year journey comes to end
As cliché as it may sound — all good things must come to an end. I have been The Torch’s sports editor since the spring term of 2010, but I have decided to move on and pursue my journalistic career through another avenue. Before my tenure at The Torch, the paper lacked a sports section...
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Aldridge rises up
When the Portland Trail Blazers selected Tyrus Thomas with the fourth overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft, fans in the Rose City began to grumble with the thoughts of draft mismanagement once again, for their beloved team. Moments later, those thoughts were washed away when former Trail Blazers General Manager Kevin Pritchard traded the...
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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...
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Time to give back
People usually associate sports only with the entertainment they see on the television or at the stadium, and usually look past what the athletes, franchises and athletic departments do within their communities. Most professional franchises and athletes are part of Boys and Girls Clubs, United Way or other national charities, and there are a large...
The Fox Trot | BCS is a Joke
In the famous words of former Indiana Colts Head Coach Jim Mora, “Playoffs, you want to talk about playoff? You kidding me?” With the outcome of Monday night’s Allstate BCS National Championship game, the questions begin to arise again if the college football should have a playoff system or if there should be a...
Wilcox sisters lead Titans to victory
The Lady Titans used its defense to cause a season-high 35 turnovers to dismantle the Saints in the two team’s Southern Region season opener. Twenty-four of the turnovers were caused in the first half of the game. On the offensive end, Lane was led by the Wilcox sisters, Jordan and Kersey, who each scored 14...
Green Chemistry Club works to build interest in science
By Jon Fuccillo/The Torch jonfuccillo@lcctorch.com The Green Chemistry Club is more than just an ordinary club at LCC – it’s a way of “saving the world one reaction at a time,” as its motto prescribes The club has 10 to 15 members attending activities, and is advised by John Thompson, an instructor who’s...
Art in everything
By Jon Fuccillo/The Torch jonfuccillo@lcctorch.com Doug Wiltshire made jewelry for 20 years before jewelry store. Now Wiltshire wants to give back to the art community that has given him so much. He intends on receiving a four-year art degree from the UO and becoming an instructor in metal arts and sculpture, someday. Inspired by his...
After a long, drawn-out offseason,
By Alan K. Fox/The Torch alankfox@lcctorch.com After a long drawn out offseason the NBA Lockout has finally come to an end. After 149 days both sides have came to a tenItive agreement and we should see the players back on the hardwood on Christmas Day. There was a time where it looked as if there...
The freshmen and me
By Alan K. Fox/The Torch alankfox@lcctorch.com The Lady Titans will be hitting the hardwood with only one returning player from last year’s team, which of Community Colleges’ playoffs last season with a 24-6 overall record. The team also sent five players to Division I and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics universities. “Expectations are high, but they...
Titans look to rebound on last season
By Ryan Kostecka/The Torch ryankostecka@lcctorch.com The Lane Community College men’s basketball team is back and ready to improve on last season after narrowly missing out on the Northwest Athletic Association of Community College playoffs. With only four returning players and 10 incoming freshmen, Head Coach Bruce Chavka is looking for his team to come together...
Tap, rap, bang to the end of the term
By Chelsea Van Baalen/The Torch chelseavanbaalen@lcctorch.com Hitting their notes Taking the stage at Ragozzino Performance Hall, LCC’s music department prepared to show their stuff to the audience, but Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble director Ron Bertucci said they get more than the experience of performing. “So much of life is showing up,” assured ¬¬–...
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