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		<title>Class of the Week   Students learn true value of early childhood education</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kinzley Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Class examines various ways to work with children, teaching communication skills By Matt Macari LCC instructor Bev Hickey said our first years of life, when we learn our most basic communication and learning skills, matter most. Hickey has served LCC for 17 years and teaches Introduction to Early Childhood Education. The class focuses on describing characteristics of someone who successfully works with young children, different types of programs for children, proper classroom environments, the benefits of preschool education and the importance of being a professional in the early childhood development field. “I want (students) to take it seriously and understand the importance of working with children,” Hickey said. Hickey said working in early childcare is a very personal and emotional investment, and that the students show interest in changing their own life and the life of children. “They want to make a difference, they really do,” Hickey said. Hickey hopes her students learn what it means to be an early childhood teacher and give a sense of the programs that are available in the childcare profession. Hickey says a number of her students get positions at Head Start, a program that promotes school readiness in younger children. “My uncle works [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hats OffFox prepares to pass the torch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Fuccillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 and be a part of his sports section this year. It is now my duty to serve as the new sports editor of The Torch. I am looking to maintain and gain readership in the sports section with intense game coverage, previews, and feature stories highlighting student-athletes and coaches. I bring to this newspaper a great wealth of sports knowledge — both as an athlete and as someone who has covered sports for the last five years. Before arriving at LCC, I was the sports editor of The Advocate at Mt. Hood Community College for two years. There, I won a handful of Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association awards. Currently, I am freelancing for Pamplin Media Group. I have been published in the Portland Tribune, Gresham Outlook, Beaverton Valley Times, Clackamas Review and Sandy Post. It’s a great pleasure to now serve The Torch. Like Fox, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GSA bakes up naughty treats for t-shirt funds   Gender Sexuality Alliance raises $165</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maygan Beckers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gender Sexuality Alliance, formerly known as  e XYZ Club, had its second Naughty Bake Sale after the success of last year’s fundraiser. Students sold their baked goods on Feb. 14 and Feb. 15. baked goods included Rice Krispie Treats® encrusted with penis-shaped candies, cupcakes frosted with fondant carved to resemble vaginas and other provocative pastries. Charging between $1.50 and $3 for each of the sweets, GSA raised $165 from this year’s bake sale.  e profits will help GSA attend the Power of One Conference at Oregon State University on April 6 and 7. GSA Vice President Max Jensen said the Power of One Conference is an LGBTQ student leadership conference similar to the Creating Change Conference he attended in Baltimore. However, this conference is regional and on a “smaller scale” than the Creating Change Conference. Last year, four members of GSA attended the Power of One Conference and they were able to send four other students as well. Because GSA has more members this year, it wants to increase the number to seven students. The cost to attend this conference is approximately $100 per student. “In order to go to conferences and to put on events, we need money,” said Christian Moody, GSA’s communications coordinator. “It’s also a way to promote GSA, see and talk to people, and be a part of the community,” he said. GSA will use remaining profits from the bake sale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outside the Box   A world of caution for concertgoers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsea Van Baalen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s difficult to force yourself to shell out $20 for a new pair of shoes sometimes, but it’s not nearly as unfathomable when your favorite band comes to town. More often than not, bigger-name concerts in Eugene are kind of like meteor showers. They’re rare and you have to see them when they hit. After all that money and waiting, the big day arrives and you find yourself surrounded by a throng of people, brought together by music, yet who feel familiar. Having attended countless concerts, I’ve recognized four types of reoccurring concert-strangers and compiled this dossier. The Super Fan: Ah, the most common one to say the least. This member of the crowd knows every B-side, the alternate lyrics, the rhythm and the middle name of the lead singer. Be wary standing too close to super fans. They are completely unopposed to throwing elbows when it comes to grabbing a guitar pick or anything else thrown from the stage. The First-Timer: The antithesis of the super fan, the first-timer doesn’t seem to know where they are. Somehow, they wound up at this concert, either dragged there by the lure of a date, cheap drinks, cute band members or free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dancing for their future  Dancers take the stage to raise money for scholarships</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Webb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new LCC performance, Collaborations, will showcase the efforts of students and faculty of LCC’s dance department, along with other community dancers. Collaborations will be hosted in the Ragozzino Performance Hall from Feb. 23 to 25 at 7:30 p.m. “We are expecting as many as (1,300) to 1,400 over the three-day show,” said event publicist John Watson. “Get your tickets early &#8230; . This is one of the hottest dance tickets in town.” Along with being production manager for Collaborations, Anita Sanford helped choreograph two pieces, bringing together LCC students and Dance Northwest performers. One piece by Sanford is a hip-hop and jerk medley, and the other is a mix of jazz and country swing. “Some choreographers asked their dancers to have creative contributions,” Sanford said, “Each choreographer casts their own performance.” Sanford added, “We invite novice students to perform with us. All involved have to show huge dedication and passion, with an 8 a.m. rehearsal on Saturdays, six months of rehearsal, and one and a half to four hours of rehearsal a week.” Watson said, “The performance is open for all to come. You can expect everything from modern (dance) and hip-hop to tap, which is  always fun.” The choreographers involved are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Men&#8217;s basketball   Titans fall to SWOCC in contentious battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Kostecka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a heated halftime exchange in which Laker fans were ejected, Titans took a loss &#160; The Titans took a serious blow beyond an 80-77 loss when racial slurs erupted in a dispute between players and fans during their Feb. 15 game against the Southwestern Oregon Lakers. For the second time in two weeks, things, got heated between the teams and led to the ejection of SWOCC fans. “I didn’t hear anything said,” Titans head coach Bruce Chavka said. “I was just trying to get our players to the locker at halftime.” At the end of the first half, both teams were filing into their respective locker rooms when some shoulder bumping occurred. It is unclear which team made the first racial epithet when words were exchanged, but one SWOCC fan came running across the court and started jumping up and down calling one of the Titan players the N-word and egging on the Titans to a potential brawl. The fan was caught in mid-air by Titan assistant baseball coach Jeff Lyle and carried out of the gym. He was not allowed to return. Coaches, refs and administrators of both teams quickly got the situation under control. Both teams went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s Basketball  Titans beat lakers with 46-point lead</title>
		<link>http://www.lcctorch.com/2012/02/17/womens-basketball-titans-beat-lakers-with-46-point-lead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kinzley Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lane heads to fourth Championship in a decade By Lindsey Kidwell The Titans secured a playoff berth Feb. 11 with a victory against the Chemeketa Storm, 80-71. And for the second time in two weeks, the Lakers ran into a buzz saw when facing the ex- plosive Titan offense. On Feb. 13, Lane walked off Titan Court Wednesday night with a 101-55 win. The last time these rivals faced each other, the Titans won 98-43 in Coos Bay on Feb. 1. LCC freshman post Brandy Blackburn tripled her season high with 18 points in 17 minutes of action. “I felt like I needed to step it up a little bit,” Blackburn said. The Titans’ star post, Megan Shields, suffered a knee injury against the Chemeketa Storm and hopes to return full force after limited playing time against the Lakers. Blackburn covered Shields’ position and proved she was the right person for the job. She made up for any loss the Titans could have endured, shooting 72 percent from the field and ending the game with four rebounds. Also taking control, sophomore guard Reed Levings walked off of the floor with 16 points, six rebounds and three assists. Levings shot 45 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fox Trot   Three-year journey comes to end</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan K. Fox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 and barely had any sports content to speak of. I started the sports section that you read every week and incorporated special sections inside of the section — like Athlete of the Week and the Player Showcase. Last year, I also presented Ashley Smith with the first ever Athlete of the Year Award, something that I hope will continue to be a tradition at the paper. All of these things will be missed. Over my time here at the paper, I have forged some great relationships with some amazing people, and I cannot thank them enough for the guidance and cooperation while working together. The school’s athletic department has been a fundamental part of my growth in what I have accomplished here and I want to say a special thank- you to Greg Sheley, Dave Ellis, Bruce Chavka, John Scholl, Grady O’Connor and Brent Ellison. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Men&#8217;s Basketball Brothers bounce between sports</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Fuccillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When basketball players and brothers Tyler and Alex Coleman touch the court for the Titans, you can see them automatically click as if they had been playing the game they love together forever. Yet that isn’t the case. Tyler (5’11’,’ 170 pounds), who is 25, attended Eugene’s Marist HighSchool and graduated in 2004, where he was a standout student-athlete on the gridiron and hardwood. Twenty-one year old Alex (6’1’,’ 190-pounds) attended South Eugene High School and graduated in 2008, where he also stood out on the football field his senior year, as well as the basketball court. Both brothers played college football out of high school, but decided to give basketball another chance after they found out both had eligibility. The two found a calling at LCC after attending open gyms last summer. “During the summer, there were open gyms, and I was deciding whether I wanted to go somewhere else and play football or stay in town,” Alex said. “Why not Lane?” Alex added. “I emailed Coach C (head coach Bruce Chavka) and started going to open gyms and brought Tyler along &#8230;. I could have gone somewhere else and played football, but I decided not to.” Alex attended the College [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s Basketball  Twin talents take court for Titans</title>
		<link>http://www.lcctorch.com/2012/02/17/womens-basketball-twin-talents-take-court-for-titans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Kostecka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twin sisters Jordan and Kersey Wilcox always dreamed they’d go to college together. When LCC came calling with athletic scholarships, they knew they’d found their new home in Eugene. What sets these twin sisters apart from the rest is their love and friendship for one another. Even at 19, they argue as sisters do, but they don’t let anything drive a wedge between them. “We argue all the time, but we get along really well too. We never have any fistfights or anything like that,” Kersey said. “The only time we’re really competitive is when we play basketball, but for the most part she (Kersey) is more competitive,” Jordan added, laughing along with her sister. Growing up in the small town of Prineville, Jordan and Kersey received athletic  scholarships play basketball for LCC after being recruited out of Mountainview High School, in Bend, by LCC assistant coach Jeff Wingat. Together, the two sisters have combined to continue the winning tradition and excellence here at LCC, both on and off the court. Titans head coach Greg Sheley said the twins are “outstanding young women” who take care of their business in the classroom and are responsible enough to where he doesn’t [...]]]></description>
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