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october 10, 2013
volume 50 edition 2 L A N E C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E ’ 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 P A P E R
EUGENE,OREGON
Stolen Suzuki eludes new owner’s notice
STEPHANIE ORNDORFF // DESIGN EDITOR
Lane student Eric Givens watches with law enforcement officers as his Suzuki motorcycle is towed from campus parking lot L on Oct. 2. He paid $5,400 for a bike that turned out to be stolen.
Dental Program and HIV Alliance try to improve care sytem KEONI CONLU// REPORTER Lane’s dental program and the HIV Alliance will spend a $21,569 grant to outfit Chemeketa Community College’s satellite clinic with dental chairs and equipment. The satellite clinic — at the Oregon Institute of Technology on Chemeketa’s campus — is intended to give Lane’s dental students an opportunity to work in a rural area that would otherwise go unnoticed, said Bree Nicolello, public relations coordinator for the non-profit HIV Alliance. Nicolello said that the DentaQuest Foundation grant will go towards dental chairs and basic dental equipment like mirrors, cotton pliers, hatchets and spatulas. Sharon Hagan, program coordinator at Lane’s Dental Hygiene program, said that
the clinic will help all patients and that they must go through a screening process to get an appointment. “We are happy to have our dental hygiene programs working together to provide needed services for this underserved population,” Hagan said. Nicolello said the HIV alliance and Lane have worked together since 2006. “Their main goal is to provide a lowcost, comprehensive dental service,” Nicolello said. “Last year, 750 patients were helped within central and southern Oregon. There are about 700800 patients per year.” Hagan adds that their prices have stayed low which makes it affordable for low-income patients. Mary Ann Kozlowski, manager of public relations for the DentaQuest founda-
tion, said that DentaQuest provides grants for oral health issues. Rather than drilling and filling, she said that there are other ways of filling dental cavities. Kozlowski said that the health care system is broken and that it needs to improve care delivery. She said physicians and pediatricians can check mouths early and catch anything at an early stage, then act upon it by getting the patient the right doctor’s information at a local clinic. Amy Hackenschmidt is a case manager who helps patients in rural areas get medicine and get to their appointments by using her personal car. If the doctor is uncomfortable treating the patient because they feel unqualified to do so, then Hackenschmidt finds a doctor who is experienced in treating AIDS.
MISSY CORR // EDITOR-IN-CHIEF A Lane student’s illegally parked motorcycle was towed from the South side of Building 16 Oct. 2 after a public safety officer determined it had been stolen. Third-year criminal justice major Eric Givens said he purchased the Suzuki GSXR 600 from a private seller for $5,400 in June 2012. “That was the average price of all the other ones that were on Craigslist,” Givens said. “So it seemed normal to me.” He said the motorcycle did not come up as stolen when he registered it or got insurance because one of the agencies involved did not report it as stolen. Police are currently investigating to determine the agency responsible for the error. see
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MANIT DAY BRINGS THE ISLANDS TO THE LONGHOUSE
ALYSSA LESLIE // PHOTO EDITOR
Thasten Riklon roasts a 40-pound pig from Long’s Meat Market outside of the Longhouse during a Sept. 27 Manit Day celebration. Manit Day is a holiday originating from the Marshall Islands which celebrates skills such as weaving and canoe building, with the intention of keeping culture cohesively connected through skill sharing.