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Fox prepares to pass the torch
Alan K. Fox, the longtime sports editor of The Torch, is leaving to pursue other opportunities in the world of sports reporting. Fox has paved the way and created excellence at The Torch in the sports section for the past three years. It has been a pleasure to get to know him, work alongside him...
Dr. Hat
Patients with chronic illness need insurance
I’m a 25-year-old first-year journalism student at LCC. But I’m also a Crohn’s disease patient who receives crucial infusions of a drug that prevents inflammation every six to seven weeks at the Oregon Clinic in Portland. Crohn’s disease is expensive and time-consuming, both mentally and physically. Without health insurance, these infusions would cost anywhere from...
Powwow provides a different kind of healing
By Jon Fuccillo/The Torch jonfuccillo@lcctorch.com More than 1,000 visitors from Lane County and across the Northwest packed the LCC gymnasium on Dec. 3 for this year’s annual powwow. There were vendors and spectacular Native American food, with a mix of traditional American food. As I entered the gymnasium, I was greeted with smiles. It was almost...
Dr. Hat | Pain in the ass
Alternative medicine is quite the new science to me. The same might be said for you. It wasn’t until about a year-and-a-half ago that I stumbled upon acupuncture as a healing tool for both symptoms of anxiety and autoimmune diseases. At first, I must admit I was quite skeptical of the idea of acupuncture. What...
Food for thought: Bring your own
By Jon Fuccillo/The Torch jonfuccillo@lcctorch.com Not to play the cliché of being a hungry, broke college student like a broken record, but the facts are facts. I’m exactly that – a hungry, broke college student. In other words, I’m a cliché. For many students, faculty and staff members – getting food on the fly becomes...
Make the most of LCC’s health resources
By Jon Fuccillo/The Torch jonfuccillo@lcctorch.com Searching for health care and medical resources on campus? Search no further. According to LCC’s Health Clinic mission, it provides, “affordable, accessible, efficient, evidence-based health care to students and employees.” Whew. Sign me up! Wait. What’s the catch here for students? When signing up for credit classes on campus, each...
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