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TORCH - APRIL 17, 2019 - VOLUME 54, EDITION 11 - EUGENE, OR -
Eugene News / pg 2 LCC Events / pg 6
Students respond to tuition increase, outsourcing
Putting the ‘wow’ in ‘powwow’ BUS ROUTES
Native American Student Association relaunches powwow after three-year hiatus
Nicholas Lutze Reporter After two years, the Native American Student Association has brought back their Powwow to Lane Community College. With every beat of the drums from the Bad Soul Singers, attendees felt the heartbeat of the families, community and art that the Native American community carries with them throughout their lives. Though the NASA Powwow has been on a hiatus since 2016, NASA director Lori Tapahonso had spent months with her team, co-Chairs Eric Reynolds and Matthew Murdock, bringing together vendors from different areas across the Pacific Northwest. They also received a boost by asking KRVM DJ Nick Sixkiller, who promoted the event on his weekly radio show, “Indian Time.” The NASA Powwow is “a way for American Indians to come together from continued on page 6
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Selina Scott / photojournalist
Jeremy Barney journeyed from North Burns, Oregon to attend Lane’s first Powwow since 2016. The April 6 event was attended by nearly 300 visitors.
Saturday Market celebrates 50 years The history behind Eugene’s favorite open-air marketplace
Selina Scott / photojournalist
A Saturday market attendee samples coconut mango organic artisan cheese from Fern’s Edge Goat Dairy. Owners Shari Reyna and Fred Warner have been making organic cheese since the 1970s.
Clearer skies ahead?
Audrey Scully Reporter Saturday Market encompasses the spirit of Eugene. On April 6, the Eugene Saturday Market kicked off its 50th season. It all started with one woman, Lotte Streisinger. Inspired by fond childhood memories of European markets, and later inspirations from market plazas she saw in Central America led her to the vision of a Saturday marketplace in Eugene. The very first Saturday Market was held on a rainy day in May 1970. At its debut, it continued on page 4
‘California dreaming’
Titans look to change their fortunes against conference foes
Titans triumphant in 1500m, 5000m and triple jump events in Chico
Trayse Riggle Reporter This season has seen many ups and downs for the Titan baseball team. Throughout the start of the season, many games were cancelled due to bad weather. Now, 24 games into the season they are at the 50 percent mark with a record of 12-12. They started the season winning three of their first four matchups
David Galbreath Reporter Chico State held their ninth annual Twilight Invitational and Distance Carnival April 5-6. Lane student athletes placed well in a variety of different meets. By the end of the weekend, the men’s team finished in fifth place and the women’s team in sixth place.
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LCC News / pg 7
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James Croxton Reporter There are major changes coming to Lane Community College in the near future that will be affecting day-to-day student life. To start, on April 1, the Board of Education voted—with only Rosie Pryor in opposition—for a $4.50 per-credit-hour tuition increase. Considering that LCC was already the most expensive community college per-credit-hour in the state of Oregon, this news has been met with criticism from the students, whom it will most directly affect. Ana Weaver, a first year engineering student, said, “I understand that they are needing money for various things, but I also feel that the money that they do have is not being used effectively.” It was also said that “since a lot of people, especially those who come to a community college as opposed to a four-year university, are struggling financially anyway, afterall, that’s why a lot of people are here.” Not liking, or even knowing, where student fees and tuition dollars go is a common position many LCC students are in. Among those students is Bradley Jenkins who started studying psychology this year, but plans to stay for a couple more at least. He said that “we pay more [than other colleges], and so I want to see where the money is going,” adding that “it’s kind of getting thrown up in the air for the administration to catch, but I want to see it actually getting used for our benefit.” In regards to tuition dollars being used to benefit students, Judah Robinson, a third-term music technology student, said “I was looking at what financial aid is covering and why I was $56 short, and it was just a bunch of random tacked-on [fees] that I have no use for.” He further explained by saying that “I’m not using the transportation fee for the bus pass—I drive here from Salem—and I don’t use the health clinic.” Long-term student, Katie Kreklau, who has been studying elementary education at LCC for two years, expressed understanding, but still showed discontent. “I’m not keen on [the tuition increase], but I know that there’s a lot of bills to pay and not as many students are attending school, so that makes it a little harder to keep up with everything, so I understand it, but it definitely does make it harder as a student to attend,” Kreklau said. Also among the changes coming to LCC is the outsourcing, or “localsourcing,” of continued on page 8