KLCC hosted a night of music and breweries both local and not so local at its annual Microbrew Festival on Feb. 10 and 11. The festival featured 57 breweries, setting a new record for the Microbrew Festival. All proceeds for the event went to KLCC and while the total hasn’t come in yet, KLCC Marketing...

by Jon Fuccillo, Joe Hannan and Veronica Hernandez ASLCC appointed Anayeli Jimenez as communications director, ratified a new Sustainability Club and discussed the possibility of a $10,000 funds request for a car show during its Feb. 15 meeting, President Mario Parker-Milligan and Vice President Jenny Lor said four or five students applied for the position...

The official dates for the upcoming spring ASLCC student government elections are set for April 30 to May 3. The positions available are president, vice president, treasurer and multicultural program coordinator. Also, 10 at-large Senate seats and four at- large Student Finance Board seats are available. Candidates are required to maintain a cumulative GPA of...

The idea of not paying for haircuts, meals or massages attracted many people to join the Emerald Valley Time Exchange over the past three years. With approximately 100 members and steady growth, they are optimistic about this year’s future. Time exchanges, which offer their members the opportunity to trade services instead of paying with cash,...

Although three members of ASLCC missed an important Senate meeting on Jan. 25, they brought ideas back to LCC from the Creating Change conference in Baltimore. The conference was held Jan. 25 to Jan. 29. “I went to community-building workshops and also talked to a lot of folks on how to engage people in the...

  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...

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...

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...

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...

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,”...

Students will have the opportunity to join ASLCC as part of the Student Finance Board this term, Senate Vice President Jenny Lor said. The SFB will be comprised of seven student positions, four of which will be filled by students who apply and are appointed to the positions. The remaining members will be comprised of...

The Senate voted on the ratification of LCC’s Forensic and Debate Club. The Forensic and Debate Club has been a club here at LCC in the past, but was inactive last year due to the transfer of the president. This year, there are 20 members in the club and they are actively participating in national...