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SFB grows by three Students appointed without opposition Taya Alami Reporter
IT’S OVER Titans stumble at finish, playoffs hopes ended Jarrid Denney Sports Editor With the season on the line, the Lane men’s basketball team responded with one of its strongest performances of the season on Feb. 17 versus the Mount Hood Community College Saints. Unfortunately, the Titans’
effort wasn’t enough, and they suffered a 71-69 defeat. “It’s a heartbreaker,” Lane head coach Bruce Chavka said “It was great to see our guys battling and playing hard. We just couldn’t play 40 good minutes and that’s been our problem this year.” The 5-6 Titans entered the game in sixth place in the
Northwest Athletic Association of Community College South Region. They needed a win to keep their playoffs hopes alive. Lane started the game on a red-hot 11-0 run, and were led by sophomore forwards Alex Sattley and Dale Baker. The duo combined to score 20 points in the first half.
Titans sophomore forward Zach Kirschbaum scored only two points in the first half, but made a huge impact on the defensive end. Kirschbaum picked up five rebounds and three blocks in the first five minutes of the game alone. Kirschbaum also held SEE LOSS ON PAGE 6
Social Science Department plans new mural Tran Nguyen Reporter After two and a half years, Lane students in Designing Arts for Public Places are in the final stage of design for a new mural for Social Science Department on the fourth floor of the Center Building. “We feel that the social science department was not truly represented by the art currently in (the) social science building. So we came up with a couple ideas to identify ourselves, and redoing the murals in the building was one of them,” said Jane Benjamin, one of four members of the project committee. Lane studio arts faculty Thomas Madison is in charge of the project. At the meeting, he presented to the social science committee four palettes with four different themes to
describe the variation of the “most diverse department in the campus.” Nick Siegrist, the mural’s primary designer, said he was inspired by the Eugene elaboration on nature when he created the palettes. He is now doing an internship with Madison on this project. “Every student in my class came up with his/her design, then we showed (them) to the committee, and after all (that) we narrowed down to Nick’s,” Madison said. Student designer and photographer Nicole Rund contributed one of her photographs of a Eugene protest in a design. The image is presented as a negative to create an ambiguous view of people looking forward toward social changes, Madison said. “It is also nice to have a picture that tells a story of local
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Lane graphic design student nick siegrist works on his mural design, which was chosen for display on the fourth-floor walls of the Center building as a part of the remodel.
people right here in Eugene on the mural,” Madison said. “It will add more layers of meaning to the painting.”
The four color palettes raised controversial opinions among members of the committee. SEE MURAL ON PAGE 7
The Associated Students of Lane Community College Senate ratified three students as members of the Student Finance Board at its Feb. 19 meeting. The SFB is an advisory board with the responsibility of overseeing the student activity fee and ensuring that its funding programs directly benefit students, according to its application. Student leaders approved Carter Hendrick, Ross Serna-Smith and Ashley Jackson to join the group. Jackson said the SFB deals with the student activity fee it serves as an access point to connect with students. “I feel like most students won’t stop and necessarily listen to a big group,” Jackson said. Jackson said she worked as a treasurer for another organization for four years. Although the infrastructure may be different, Jackson said looking over a budget is familiar position for her. Audio engineering and production student Serna-Smith said he has no budget experience, but he’s willing to learn. “I want to benefit students in a non-biased way, and help add transparency to our budget,” SernaSmith said. Hendrick, an environmental studies student, said he wanted to join SFB to make a difference. “I’m interested solely to get involved with something at school,” Hendrick said. “That’s pretty much the only reason.” Hendrick added that he had learned a lot during the time he volunteered for SFB. “They’ve (all) done a really great job so far,” ASLCC Senator Rebekah Ellis said. All the students were approved without any opposition, and a total of two abstentions — one because Ellis is a friend of an applicant and another abstention occurred accidentally when another, Senator Zach Wright, had fallen asleep and woke up suddenly when it was asked if there were any abstentions. “Sorry,” Wright said.