LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S
I N D E P E N D E N T, S T U D E N T- R U N N E W S PA P E R
1.3 0 .14
V O L . 5 0 , N O. 1 2
Jazz festival strikes chord
Kneebody headlines the Oregon Jazz Festival in Building 6 on Jan 26. Members include: Adam Benjamin (left) on keyboards, Kaveh Rastegar on bass, Shane Endsley on trumpet and Nate Wood on drums.
story on page 6
chris piepgrass / THE TORCH
Lane will host equal-rights symposium May 10 ASLCC passes $1,050 funds request for event
Taya Alami Reporter Lane will host this year’s Oregon Students of Equal Rights Alliance Symposium, leading Lane’s student government to pass a $1,050 funds request to secure space for the event. The second annual gathering is a student leadership conference attended by students from around the state. The event consists of workshops and presen-
tations centered around equality for all, specifically the LGBTQ community. The OSERA Symposium is held annually at the campus of an Oregon Student Association member school. “It’s like a giant workshop to educate students on LGBTQ issues,” ASLCC campus community director John Price said. This year’s OSERA Symposium is scheduled for May 10. OSA Organizing Director Philip Shilts
said the event is open to all students. Students who don’t identify as LGBT are also encouraged to attend. “The purpose of the conference is really to try to build up leadership in the LGBT community. Of course, allies are important,” Shilts said. The Associated Students of Lane Community College Senate took a first look at a $1,050 funds request for the event during its Jan. 22 meeting. The ASLCC keeps a line-item in its budget
for conferences like the OSERA Symposium. Because the funds request was greater than $500, ASLCC bylaws require the Senate to table the proposal until the following meeting. ASLCC Gender and Sexuality Diversity Advocate Max Jensen said other student groups like the Gender and Sexuality Alliance and the Oregon Student Association may help contribute to CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
Blood Mobile pulls up to Lane Feb. 4 Taya Alami Reporter
torch archive 2012
The Lane County Blood Mobile will open at 9 a.m. from Feb. 4 to 6 at Lane’s main campus.
Lane will host a three-day blood drive beginning Feb. 4, when the Lane Blood Mobile sets up shop outside the Center Building cafeteria. The Blood Mobile usually arrives once per term, and leaves with approximately 55 donations per day. This year, the Lane Blood Center has a goal of leaving with 180 usable donations after three days.
Lane Blood Center’s Marketing and Donor Recruitment Director Marshall White said the blood drives are especially important because the Lane Blood Center is the sole provider of blood to the county’s hospitals. “We’re counting on Lane big-time,” White said. “It’s a large audience. We don’t have that kind of opportunity every day. It takes all of our resources to do this. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to CONTINUED ON PAGE 6