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Left to right: Jewish Federation of Lane County grants manager Kristina Lahtinen introduces Dotty Indyke, executive director of Creativity for Peace, and students Deema Yusuf and Yaara Tal, who present two perspectives on Palestine and Israel at an Oct. 21 Lane Peace Makers Project discussion at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED BY MISSY CORR

Visiting students share stories to promote peace MOHAMMED ALKHADHER// EDITOR-IN-CHIEF In September, two students — one from Palestine and one IURP ,VUDHO Âł DUULYHG LQ Eugene as part of an LQLWLDWLYH WR EULGJH WKH JDS between people of two regions WKDW KDYH EHHQ DW RGGV IRU years. ´7KH\ KDYH WR FRPH miles away from home in order to hear what the other VLGH KDV WR VD\ Âľ &UHDWLYLW\ IRU Peace ([HFXWLYH 'LUHFWRU 'RWW\ Indyke said. &UHDWLYLW\ IRU 3HDFH LV FRVSRQVRULQJ WKH HYHQWV ZLWK Lane’s Peace Center and the Lane Foundation, which SURYLGHG \HDU ORQJ GRQRU funded scholarships to an Israelite, Yaara Tal, and her Palestinian counterpart, 'HHPD <XVXI DV SDUW RI WKH Peace Makers Project.

According to a press release, WKHLU VFKRODUVKLSV FRYHU WXLWLRQ at Lane, fees, books, supplies, UHQW DQG WUDYHO H[SHQVHV &UHDWLYLW\ IRU 3HDFH LV DQ \HDU ROG RUJDQL]DWLRQ EDVHG in New Mexico that seeks to promote peace and dialogue among women from Gaza and Israel. The organization recruits eight women from each side of WKH FRQĂ LFW WR DWWHQG D summer camp in New Mexico that trains them to listen and FRPPXQLFDWH HIIHFWLYHO\ )RXU RI WKH 3DOHVWLQLDQV OLYH LQ ,V UDHO ZKLOH WKH RWKHUV OLYH RQ Palestinian territory, Indyke said. Tal and Yusuf attended the camp in New Mexico, where they were selected to represent the program at Lane. Tal attended the camp in DQG <XVXI DWWHQGHG LQ “Our work is based on the

idea that an enemy is a person whose story you KDYHQ¡W KHDUG Âľ VKH VDLG during her Oct. 21 presenta tion at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene. “We work with ZRPHQ Âł Ă€UVW RI DOO EHFDXVH we think they need to be trained as leaders, and because WKH\ RIIHU DQ DOWHUQDWLYH WR KRZ WKLQJV KDYH EHHQ IRU D long time.â€? &UHDWLYLW\ IRU 3HDFH ZRUNV H[FOXVLYHO\ ZLWK ZRPHQ Indyke said. ´, WKLQN ZH ZRXOG KDYH WR use, like, wrestling instead of dialogue,â€? Indyke said. “I think a program for boys that was so centered on the emotional piece of this would be hard.â€? ,QG\NH YLVLWHG (XJHQH IRU the scholarship recipients’ SUHVHQWDWLRQV Ă€UVW DW 7HPSOH Beth Israel and again at Lane, where Yusuf and Tal spoke Oct. 22.

MUSIC GALA: ALL CUED UP New Lane band director Paul Krueger leads the Symphonic Band at the First Annual Music Gala at Ragozzino Performance Hall on Oct 7KLV ZDV KLV Ă€UVW SHUIRUPDQFH DW /DQH .UXHJHU SUHYLRXVO\ WDXJKW MD]] VWXGLHV DW 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 2UHJRQ DV DQ DGMXQFW SURIHVVRU (Right) Lane Chamber Choir director Matt Svoboda introduces the song “GuararĂŠâ€? to the audience prior to the choir’s performance.

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“They come into this program often knowing nothing about the other side — absolutely nothing,â€? Indyke said. “How can you make SHDFH LI \RX GRQ¡W HYHQ NQRZ the story of the other side? You don’t know anything about them, except what you read in the newspapers. And on both sides, all they read is ‘the other side are monsters and they want to kill them.’â€? Indyke equated the space of Palestine and Israel to the size of New Jersey. “I remember my classmate’s FRPPHQWV VD\LQJ ÂśZH KDYH WR kill all the Arabs,’â€? Tal said. “I GLVFRYHUHG WKH\ DUHQ¡W WKDW horrifying.â€? Yusuf and Tal spoke about their experiences in the 3DOHVWLQLDQ ,VUDHOL FRQĂ LFW “They’re your neighbors, and they’re who are trying to kill you,â€? Indyke said. Yusuf told a story about her

family and their struggle to WUDYHO WKURXJKRXW 3DOHVWLQLDQ and Israeli territories. Jerusalem and Ramallah are PLOHV DSDUW ´0\ ROGHU VLVWHU OLYHV LQ Jerusalem but works in 5DPDOODK DQG WKH RWKHU OLYHV in Ramallah but works in Jerusalem,â€? Yusuf said, “and P\ PRP OLYHV LQ 5DPDOODK EXW works in Jerusalem.â€? Her family members tell her their experiences passing WKURXJK WKH FKHFNSRLQWV HYHU\ day. Tal shared her experiences growing up in Israel and the time she spent in the Israeli 'HIHQVH )RUFHV “I’d watch the border and make sure no one is coming into Israeli territory,â€? Tal said. ´,W¡V LQWHQVH DQG , VHUYHG D lot in cooperation with warriors,â€? Tal said. “It was really hard for me to express myself.â€? SEE PEACE PG. 3

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FOOD PANTRY SHELVES HUNGER

In an effort to ease students’ Ă€QDQFLDO LQVHFXULW\ $6/&&¡V sustainable food committee has set out to open a food pantry for students sometime in the next two weeks. The Torch editorial board supports the actions of the FRPPLWWHH DQG DOO ZKR KDYH KHOSHG WR EULQJ WKLV VHUYLFH WR RXU VWXGHQW body. :KHQ WKH FRPPLWWHH VXUYH\HG VWXGHQWV ODVW VSULQJ SHUFHQW indicated they would use a campus food pantry. This is just one hint of WKH QHHG RQ D FDPSXV ZKHUH SHUFHQW RI VWXGHQWV UHSRUWHG DQ LQFRPH DW RU EHORZ WKH SRYHUW\ OHYHO DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH VDPH VXUYH\ 7KH 5HFRYHU\ $FW SXW LQ place to temporarily boost the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — once known as food VWDPSV Âł LV VFKHGXOHG WR HQG 1RY ,W ZLOO UHVXOW LQ EHQHĂ€W FXWV WR HYHU\ 61$3 UHFLSLHQW DFFRUGLQJ WR the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Cuts will be based on the size of the household, according to the center. Households of one will re FHLYH D GHGXFWLRQ RI SHU PRQWK +RXVHKROGV RI WZR ZLOO UHFHLYH D deduction. Households of three will UHFHLYH D GHGXFWLRQ +RXVHKROGV RI IRXU ZLOO ORVH ZKLOH PLQLPXP EHQHĂ€WV ZLOO EH UHGXFHG E\ These cuts will hurt many Lane VWXGHQWV $Q UHGXFWLRQ PD\ QRW

sound like much, but it’s a real blow WR DQ\RQH OLYLQJ LQ SRYHUW\ DQG the food pantry could help keep those students from going hungry. Lane’s student body has a much KLJKHU UDWH RI SRYHUW\ WKDQ UHVLGHQWV of Lane county as a whole, where DSSUR[LPDWHO\ SHUFHQW OLYH EHORZ WKH SRYHUW\ OHYHO DFFRUGLQJ WKH 8 6 &HQVXV %XUHDX “There’s so many people going hungry in the U.S., and people just don’t understand it,â€? Lane sustainability coordinator Michael Weed said. To ease the burden, the food pantry, sponsored by Food for Lane County, will distribute on campus to students. $IWHU D QLQH PRQWK FDPSDLJQ WKH sustainable food committee PHPEHUV WKLQN WKH\¡YH IRXQG D home for their food pantry. “Right now we’re just waiting WR JHW DQ DSSURYDO IRU WKH EXGJHW Âľ :HHG VDLG DQG WKH DSSURYDO FRXOG DUULYH ´DQ\ GD\ Âľ The potential location is in the Center Building on the north side of WKH EXLOGLQJ¡V JURXQG Ă RRU DGMDFHQW to the tutoring lab. :HHG VDLG %ULDQ .HOO\ Âł YLFH SUHVLGHQW RI FROOHJH VHUYLFHV Âł brought the location to the committee’s attention after hearing ASLCC President Paul Zito DQG 263,5* Ă€HOG RUJDQL]HU 'DUOHQH $]DUPL VSHDN DW WKH 2FW %RDUG RI Education meeting. 7KH KHOS ZDV RYHUZKHOPLQJ

Weed said. :LWK WKH FRVW RI OLYLQJ FRQWLQXLQJ to rise along with tuition, students DUH Ă€QGLQJ WKHPVHOYHV FKRRVLQJ WXLWLRQ DQG RWKHU OLYLQJ FRVWV RYHU nutrition. The food pantry will help ease students’ stress by offering resources to the population that needs it most ZKLOH SURYLGLQJ SULYDF\ IRU WKRVH who need it. ´7KHUH¡V DQRWKHU DGYDQWDJH WR this,â€? Weed said. “Say that someone is not comfortable being out in the open. There is a back door, stairwell DQG HOHYDWRU WKDW FRPH XS WR WKH EDFN ZD\ VR SHRSOH FDQ WRWDOO\ KDYH WKHLU SULYDF\ Âľ The food pantry is hoping to open LWV GRRUV WR VWXGHQWV WKLV 1RYHPEHU SHQGLQJ WKH DSSURYDO RI LWV EXGJHW “It’s really awesome,â€? Weed said. Know that if you’re in need, there ZLOO VRRQ EH D VDIH SULYDWH SODFH RQ campus to get food and other assistance. We applaud the members of the sustainable food committee for taking action to address a dire need at Lane. We also ask students, staff and faculty who can afford to support the pantry to do so through GRQDWLRQV RU E\ YROXQWHHULQJ WR WDNH action. The action of these students leaders will mean fewer students ZLOO KDYH WR FKRRVH EHWZHHQ SD\LQJ tuition and buying food. And that can only help students as they begin their career path with an education at Lane.

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ASK A TITAN Q: What’s your biggest financial worry? “I don’t really have financial insecurities. I have a home, and get to school and back. That’s all I need.� -Amelia Haney

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CORRECTIONS// In the Oct. 24 edition of The Torch, we incorrectly identified Lane Public Safety Officer Gina Walker LQ WKH SKRWR DWWDFKHG WR ´6HOI defense class draws low turnout.â€? We also incorrectly identified two students in “Ask a Titan.â€? Lane student Sissilya Colegroue is pictured on the bottom left, and /DQH VWXGHQW 1LFROH 'DYLV LV pictured on the top right. The Torch regrets these errors.

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“I’m usually pretty on top of my expenses. I would say mostly my car. Getting things fixed for my car. Gas. I make sure I don’t worry about food or rent.� -Brook Manion

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Palestinian student plans political career MOHAMMED ALKHADHER// EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 'HHPD <XVXI LV DQ \HDU ROG 3DOHVWLQLDQ QDWLYH DWWHQGLQJ /DQH DV SDUW of the Peace Makers Project. “I was born in Jerusalem and spent my whole life in Ramallah,â€? Yusuf said. Yusuf is Palestinian with an Israeli passport because her father is from Nazareth, she said. ´0\ GDG LV D WHDFKHU DW WKH XQLYHUVLW\ and my mother is a high school teacher in Jerusalem,â€? Yusuf said. “Both of them teach history.â€? She’s majoring in Peace Studies and is D \RXQJ OHDGHU ZLWK &UHDWLYLW\ IRU 3HDFH along with her Israeli counterpart, Yaara Tal. She’s following in her three siblings’ footsteps. “All of them got their B.A.’s here,â€? Yusuf said. “My two sisters did their masters in England. Then they went back.â€? Yusuf’s sisters hold positions at the World Bank and Bank of Palestine. “When I saw them going, when I was OLWWOH , ZDV OLNH Âś, KDYH WR JR , FDQ¡W VWD\

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Deema Yusuf in Ramallah,’â€? Yusuf said. Yusuf’s childhood dream was to become the president of Palestine. “When I grew up I found out I couldn’t become president, because I KDYH DQ ,VUDHOL SDVVSRUW Âľ VKH VDLG Yusuf still plans to work in JRYHUQPHQW DQG SROLWLFV ´, GRQ¡W ZDQW P\ NLGV WR OLYH KRZ , OLYH RU KRZ P\ SDUHQWV OLYHG ,W¡V EHHQ D really hard time,â€? she said. “There’s a lot of people who still care,â€? Yusuf added.

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Yaara Tal MOHAMMED ALKHADHER// EDITOR-IN-CHIEF <DDUD 7DO LV D \HDU ROG ,VUDHOL 'HIHQVH )RUFHV YHWHUDQ DWWHQGLQJ /DQH as part of the Peace Makers Project. 7DO ZKR VHUYHG DV DQ REVHUYHU LQ WKH ,') ZDV ERUQ LQ D NLEEXW] ´,W¡V EXLOW LQ D YHU\ FRPPXQLW\ ZD\ DQG HYHU\RQH LV VKDULQJ HYHU\WKLQJ Âľ 7DO said. “If you work in the dining room, and I work in a shop — we’d put it all

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Lane instructor Cliff Trolin orchestrated the HYHQW DQG VFKRODUVKLSV DIWHU KHDULQJ DERXW &UHDWLYLW\ IRU Peace at a conference in New Mexico. “I went back home to Eugene, and began to read about it and went ‘hmm,’â€? Trolin said, “‘what if we brought them to study at /DQH DQG WR DOVR EH YRLFHV for peace in the commu nity?’â€? Along with speaking at Temple Beth Israel and Lane the students will be speak ing at the First Congrega tional Church. â€?We did try to do a mosque, but they don’t like dealing with political stuff,â€? Trolin said. ,W FDQ EH GLIĂ€FXOW WR VKDUH their experiences when they JHW EDFN WR WKHLU UHVSHFWLYH homes, Indyke said. “I try to tell them about the good things and the bad things. They think I came here and forgot about Pales

LQWR WKH FRPPXQLW\ DQG WKHQ HYHU\ one gets the same amount of money. It doesn’t matter if I work one hour or I ZRUN Âľ The daughter of a Korean mother and Israeli father, “I kind of come from D FRQĂ LFW RI P\ RZQ Âľ 7DO MRNHG GXULQJ her presentation at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene. Tal is attending Lane on acholarship for the next year while she shares her experiences from the other side of the wall with her Palestinian counterpart, 'HHPD <XVXI 7DO DQG KHU WKUHH VLEOLQJV KDYH DOO VHUYHG LQ WKH ,') DV PLOLWDU\ VHUYLFH LV compulsory in Israel. ´, GR EHOLHYH ZH QHHG WR KDQGOH people that want to hurt us,â€? Tal said. “I don’t think we should be quiet. I wish ZH GLGQ¡W KDYH WR GR LW WKURXJK YLR lence.â€? Throughout her stay at Lane, Tal will GLVFXVV WKH FRQĂ LFW EHWZHHQ 3DOHVWLQH DQG ,VUDHO IURP KHU SHUVRQDO SHUVSHFWLYH with students at Lane and Yusuf. ´, GRQ¡W UHSUHVHQW P\ JRYHUQPHQW , only represent myself,â€? Tal said.

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tine and its history,â€? Yusuf said. “I didn’t forget anything about Palestine. I’m just try ing to make a change,â€? she said. Most of the attendees supported Lane’s mission. “I liked it,â€? community PHPEHU DQG 3DOHVWLQH QDWLYH ,EUDKLP +DPLGH VDLG ´,¡YH been up there many times, so I know what it’s like. ,¡YH EHHQ D SHDFH DFWLYLVW years in this community.â€? Hamide has spoken on this topic at panels held by Lane in the past. “I fear the intended takeaway message from WKRVH HYHQWV ZLOO EH WKDW ‘deep listening and honest dialogue’ — presumably transforming distrust, fear and anger into FRPSDVVLRQ DQG ORYH Âł LV confused with and substituted for the KXPDQ ULJKWV DGYRFDF\ DQG political action SURYHQ HIIHFWLYH LQ

comparable situations of colonial occupation, segregation and $SDUWKHLG Âľ DO 1DNED Awareness Project &R 'LUHFWRU 0DULDK /HXQJ ZURWH LQ DQ 2FW OHWWHU WR 7KH 5HJLVWHU *XDUG ´, VXSSRUW HYHU\ process that has honest intentions for peace. I don’t think one is a substitute for another,â€? Hamide said. “I don’t think there’s only one path to peace.â€? Hamide said he supports any sincere process for peace and doesn’t think there’s one VLQJOH SDWK WR DFKLHYLQJ D resolution. “A lot of times they come to us thinking one way, and when they go home, HYHU\WKLQJ WKH\ EHOLHYHG was completely blown to bits, and if you think about that, it’s not easy. It’s really hard,â€? Indyke said. “They don’t necessarily know what they’re in for.â€?

Medical Emergency Oct. 21, 9:47 a.m. 3XEOLF 6DIHW\ UHVSRQGHG ZKHQ DQ XQLGHQWLÀHG ZRPDQ reported that she was in pain. The student, who participates in Lane’s Early College and Career Options program, was ZHHNV LQWR KHU SUHJQDQF\ 6KH ZDV WDNHQ WR WKH /DQH +HDOWK &OLQLF IRU HYDOXDWLRQ Missing Person

Oct. 22, 3:37 p.m. $W DSSUR[LPDWHO\ S P DQ XQLGHQWLĂ€HG Adult Basic and Secondary Education instructor informed Public Safety that one of his students appeared to be missing. The student KDG OHIW KHU EHORQJLQJV LQVLGH KLV 'RZQWRZQ Center classroom but was nowhere to be found. 7KH LVVXH ZDV UHVROYHG ZKHQ VKH UHWXUQHG WR FODVV DIWHU KDYLQJ JRQH RXW WR FRIIHH ZLWKRXW informing the instructor.

Medical Emergency Oct. 23, 7:03 a.m. $Q XQLGHQWLĂ€HG /DQH )RRG 6HUYLFHV HPSOR\HH ZRUNLQJ in the Center Building complained of chest pains and arm tingles. Rather than accepting a ride from Public Safety, she ZDV WDNHQ WR D KRVSLWDO E\ D FR ZRUNHU Fire Alarm Oct. 24, 1:21 a.m. Public Safety and Titan Court Community Assistance UHVSRQGHG WR DQ DXGLEOH Ă€UH DODUP LQ WKH KRXVLQJ FRPSOH[ 2IĂ€FHUV NQRFNHG RQ WKH GRRU VHYHUDO WLPHV without any response, so they forced their way into the URRP 6HYHUDO FLJDUHWWH ER[HV DQG DVKWUD\V ZHUH ODLG DURXQG WKH URRP LQ SODLQ YLHZ EXW QR UHVLGHQWV FRXOG EH found. According to the report, “all the lights were on, the windows were open and the fresh RGRU RI FLJDUHWWH VPRNH PDGH LW REYLRXV WKDW RQH or more occupants had recently been in the apartment.â€? Community assistants said they planned to cite RQH RU PRUH UHVLGHQWV IRU YLRODWLQJ VPRNLQJ SROLF\ 7KH Ă€UH DODUP ZDV VLOHQFHG DQG UHVHW Person Contact Oct. 24, 10:40 p.m. 3XEOLF 6DIHW\ GLVFRYHUHG DQ XQLGHQWLĂ€HG ZRPDQ attempting to bathe in the downtown Titan Store restroom. 7KH RIĂ€FHU DVNHG KHU WR OHDYH DQG WKH ZRPDQ ZKR appeared to be homeless, complied. Criminal Mischief Oct. 25, 9:35 a.m. $Q XQLGHQWLĂ€HG PDQ MXPSHG RYHU D VWDQGLQJ OLJKW SROH QHDU 7LWDQ &RXUW 7KH SROH WRSSOHG RYHU H[SRVLQJ WKH wiring. Public Safety submitted a work order to Lane Facilities Management and Planning. Complaint Oct. 25, 6:15 p.m. $Q XQLGHQWLĂ€HG PDQ reported that a dog was lunging at children near the campus track. Public Safety DVNHG WKH RZQHU WR OHDYH Fight Oct. 26, 12:36 a.m. &RPPXQLW\ $VVLVWDQFH UHSRUWHG D SRVVLEOH Ă€JKW VWDUWLQJ RQ WKH VLGHZDON RXWVLGH 7LWDQ &RXUW $Q RIĂ€FHU UHVSRQGHG WR WKH FDOO DQG LQIRUPHG WKH (XJHQH 3ROLFH 'HSDUWPHQW :KHQ 3XEOLF 6DIHW\ DUULYHG DQ XQLGHQWLĂ€HG ZRPDQ ZDV WDONLQJ WR DQ XQLGHQWLĂ€HG PDQ ZKR DSSHDUHG WR EH LQ KLV V +H DSSHDUHG WR EH LQWR[LFDWHG 7KH RWKHU SDUW\ KDG OHIW E\ WKH WLPH RIĂ€FHUV DUULYHG RQ VFHQH 1RQH RI WKH SHRSOH LQYROYHG OLYHG LQ 7LWDQ &RXUW

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Jordan McNamara lives his dream in TrackTown, USA While at Lane, Jordan McNamara won the 2006 NWAACC cross-country title and won NWAACC titles in the 1,500-meter, 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter events GXULQJ WKH WUDFN DQG ÀHOG VHDVRQ

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'XULQJ WKH 2O\PSLFV WULDOV DW +D\ZDUG )LHOG 0F1DPDUD Ă€QLVKHG VHYHQWK LQ WKH PHWHU Ă€QDO DQG missed qualifying for the U.S. Former Titan Jordan McNamara VSHQW WKH VXPPHU RI SURYLQJ WKDW Olympics team by fewer than two seconds. he is one of the premiere mile runners So after accomplishing so much, in America. what keeps McNamara coming back After running a personal best PLOH LQ 2RUGHJHP %HOJLXP RQ to Eugene? ´:LWK GLVWDQFH UXQQLQJ \RX KDYH -XO\ 0F1DPDUD QRZ RZQV WKH WKLUG to be happy in your entire life — not fastest American mile time and the just when you’re at practice — and IDVWHVW HYHU IURP WKH VWDWH RI when I’m here, I enjoy it,â€? McNamara Washington. said. “I go for runs and hear people One of the most successful distance say, ‘Jordan, you’re the man. Keep runners in Lane history, McNamara ZDV D IRXU WLPH 1:$$&& FKDPSLRQ training. Keep working hard.’ It’s just IRU WKH 7LWDQV DQ 1&$$ $OO $PHULFDQ good to know that what you’re doing DW WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 2UHJRQ DQG LV QRZ matters.â€? Although he now calls it home, has his sights set on qualifying for the (XJHQH ZDVQ¡W 0F1DPDUD¡V Ă€UVW :RUOG 7UDFN DQG )LHOG ,QGRRU choice. Championships. After placing third in both the 1RZ FRPSHWLQJ IRU (XJHQH EDVHG DQG PHWHU HYHQWV DW WKH Oregon Track Club Elite, McNamara Washington State Championships KDV DFFRPSOLVKHG DOPRVW HYHU\WKLQJ GXULQJ KLV VHQLRU \HDU DW $XEXUQ a distance runner can in one of tracks 5LYHUVLGH +LJK 6FKRRO LQ 6HDWWOH most historic cities. McNamara committed to run for the

8QLYHUVLW\ RI :DVKLQJWRQ +RZHYHU DIWHU RQO\ RQH VHDVRQ RI FURVV FRXQWU\ DQG LQGRRU WUDFN DQG Ă€HOG 0F1DPDUD GHFLGHG LW ZDV WLPH for a change. ´, ZDVQ¡W IXOĂ€OOLQJ P\ SRWHQWLDO there and I knew that. I needed to be somewhere where I could be fully committed to running, where the community was fully committed to running,â€? McNamara said. “I’m the NLQG RI JX\ ZKR QHYHU ZDQWV WR OLYH with any regrets, so I packed my bags and came down to TrackTown, USA.â€? McNamara planned to transfer to WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 2UHJRQ DIWHU WKHQ WUDFN DQG Ă€HOG KHDG FRDFK Vin Lananna offered him a scholarship. He admits that he wasn’t on the 'XFNV¡ UDGDU DIWHU KLV VHQLRU \HDU RI high school. “They didn’t know who I was and it was kind of funny,â€? McNamara said. ´$IWHU , PDGH P\ YLVLW WR 2UHJRQ DQG showed them my times from high school, Vin kinda looked at the

assistant coach and was like, ‘What the heck were we thinking?’â€? NCAA rules forbid athletes from WUDQVIHUULQJ IURP RQH 3DF VFKRRO WR another in the same year, which left McNamara with few options. +H FRXOG HLWKHU VLW RXW WKH season and lose a full year of eligibility, or he could spend the year at a junior college and continue competing before transferring. He chose to spend the year competing for the Titans. It was a GHFLVLRQ WKDW PD\ KDYH VDYHG KLV career. 0F1DPDUD VD\V WKDW EHIRUH DUULYLQJ DW /DQH KH VSHQW PRUH WLPH UHFRYHULQJ from injury than he did training. He suffered multiple stress fractures that would take anywhere from four to six weeks to heal. Ross Krempley, the Titans’ head FURVV FRXQWU\ FRDFK DW WKH WLPH ZDV DEOH WR Ă€QG D IRUPXOD WKDW NHSW McNamara healthy and set him up for RQH RI WKH JUHDWHVW LQGLYLGXDO VHDVRQV

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in school history. “The biggest secret with Jordan is that he likes to push the boundaries sometimes. So he and I had an understanding, that I would look at KLV WUDLQLQJ ORJ SHUVRQDOO\ HYHU\ ZHHN because I knew he wouldn’t lie in his training log,â€? Krempley said. This allowed Krempley to make constant adjustments to McNamara’s WUDLQLQJ SURJUDP RQ D ZHHN WR ZHHN basis and tone down the intensity of his workouts when needed. “Jordan knows that it only takes a couple days or weeks of training too hard to go back to that past, to get injured again,â€? Krempley said. “Once that clicked in his head, that was it. We knew he was going to be successful.â€? McNamara says that the close relationship he had with Krempley and the rest of the Lane coaches is something that was missing during his WLPH DW 8QLYHUVLW\ RI :DVKLQJWRQ ´5RVV MXVW KDG D ORZ SUHVVXUH

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Cross-country women conquer South Region, men place second JARRID DENNEY// SPORTS EDITOR

Potter was followed by sopho more Macaulay Wilson, who placed WKLUG LQ DQG IUHVKPDQ 1L FROH 0DXUPDQQ ZKR Ă€QLVKHG Ă€IWK LQ On its way to the NWAACC :LOVRQ LV WKH RQO\ UHWXUQLQJ championship, the Lane women’s runner from last years squad. FURVV FRXQWU\ WHDP FRQTXHUHG WKH )UHVKPDQ $OL &URVV Ă€QLVKHG VHY 2FW 6RXWK 5HJLRQ FKDPSLRQVKLSV HQWK LQ DQG IUHVKPDQ .ULV at Clackamas Community College. WLQH 'XQQ WRRN HLJKWK LQ WR Titans freshman Katy Potter FUXLVHG WR DQ HDV\ YLFWRU\ LQ URXQG RXW WKH WRS Ă€YH IRU WKH 7LWDQV 7KLV YLFWRU\ FRPHV RQO\ D \HDU almost a minute slower than her DIWHU WKH 7LWDQV Ă€QLVKHG ODVW LQ WKHLU personal best time. region and second to last at the “I honestly thought it would be a NWAACC championships. FORVHU UDFH Âľ 3RWWHU VDLG ´,¡P YHU\ “It was really exciting when we proud of our team and how well we started to realize that we were going performed.â€? to be able to win Southern Regionals, The Titans dominated the meet, because last year that wasn’t the case SODFLQJ Ă€YH RI WKHLU UXQQHUV LQ WKH at all,â€? Wilson said. “I’m so proud of WRS HLJKW DQG Ă€QLVKLQJ ZLWK D WHDP RXU WHDP EHFDXVH ZH¡YH WUDLQHG VR score of 24 points. Treasure Valley hard and so smart this year.â€? and and Mt. Hood community col The Titans men placed second OHJHV HDFK VFRUHG SRLQWV DQG WLHG ZLWK SRLQWV EXW ZHUH XQDEOH WR for second. chase down Clackamas Community ´:H GLGQ¡W KDYH WR UXQ WRR KDUG &ROOHJH ZKR HDVLO\ ZRQ ZLWK up front with Katy kind of holding points. EDFN IRU WKH Ă€UVW PLOH Âľ 7LWDQV KHDG “The Clackamas men came to race coach Mike Blackmore said. “I think today,â€? Blackmore said. “They basi that helped keep our top four run cally went to the front of the pack ners pretty close to each other and and controlled the race.â€? made our day a lot easier.â€?

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/DQH IUHVKPDQ (GXDUGR -XDUH] ZDV WKH Ă€UVW FURVV FRXQWU\ 7LWDQ DFURVV WKH line at the Oct. 26 NWAACC South Region Championships at Clackamas &RPPXQLW\ &ROOHJH -XDUH] Ă€QLVKHG Ă€IWK RYHUDOO LQ D WLPH RI Blackmore said that Jonathan DQG 'DYLG &RUQLVK KDG EHHQ GHDO ing with sickness during the week leading up to the race and that he was proud of the way they battled Clackamas’s top runners. “I think the guys are tired a little bit,â€? Blackmore said. “So we’ll just KDYH WR UHFRXS D OLWWOH ELW DQG MXVW get ready for NWAACCs and hope things come together.â€? 7KH &RXJDUV Ă€QLVKHG DQG ZHUH OHG E\ LQGLYLGXDO FKDPSLRQ %DGDQH 6XOWHVVD ZKR Ă€QLVKHG LQ

Eduardo Juarez, Jonathan Cornish DQG 'DYLG &RUQLVK Ă€QLVKHG Ă€IWK VL[WK DQG HLJKWK UHVSHFWLYHO\ IRU Lane, but the Titans were unable to deal with the depth of the Cougars, ZKR Ă€QLVKHG ZLWK IRXU UXQQHUV LQ WKH WRS VHYHQ -XDUH] ZKR Ă€QLVKHG LQ said he hopes the team will use the GLVDSSRLQWLQJ Ă€QLVK DV PRWLYDWLRQ DW the NWAACC Championships. “I’m hungrier now, I wanna go DIWHU &ODFNDPDV QH[W WLPH DQG I wanna catch them,â€? he said. “I wanna go get it done with my team.â€?

Soccer Titans weather Storm, Lakers for wins KEONI CONLU// REPORTER

The matches turned physical as two of the Titans UHFHLYHG \HOORZ FDUGV 7KLV didn’t stop freshman The Titans soccer team IRUZDUG -RUGDQ +HYHUQ ZRQ LQ DQ 2FW JDPH from scoring in the 42nd against the Chemeketa minute. Community College Storm. “It was a physical game According to Titans and we worked really hard. KHDG FRDFK 'DYH (OOLV WKH We knew we had to win,â€? JDPH ZDV D PXVW ZLQ HYHQ freshman forward Aubrie WKRXJK WKH\ DOUHDG\ KDYH D Hood said. spot in the playoffs. 7KH 7LWDQV UHFHLYHG H[WUD 7KH Ă€UVW VFRUH RI WKH comfort in the win as game came from sophomore IUHVKPDQ FHQWHU PLGĂ€HOGHU GHIHQVLYH PLGĂ€HOGHU &DLWOLQ Courtney Fieldhouse scored &DVWLOOR LQ WKH WK PLQXWH 7KH FURZG FDPH DOLYH DV VKH LQ WKH QG PLQXWH “Putting up three goals headed the ball into the back compared to the loss to of the net.

&ODUN JDYH XV D FRQĂ€GHQFH booster,â€? sophomore goal keeper Samantha Schoene said. Lane vs SWOCC The Lane Titans won against the Southwestern Community College Lakers LQ D JDPH RQ 2FW DW Coos Bay. The Titans record now VWDQGV DW DV WKH\ KHDG into the last two matches of the season. Their next match is against top ranked Clackamas cougars on Oct. “We played really well,

played with a lot of FRQĂ€GHQFH DQG D ORW RI DJJUHVVLRQ Âľ FRDFK 'DYH Ellis said. Freshman forward Aubrie Hood scored for the 7LWDQV LQ WKH WK DQG WK minutes of the game. This JLYHV +RRG D WRWDO RI VL[ goals at this point in the season. As the Titans prepare for the second meeting with the Cougars, they are looking WR LPSURYH RQ WKH PLVWDNHV WKH\ PDGH LQ WKH Ă€UVW meeting on Oct. 11 when WKH\ WLHG ´ :H QHHG WR SXW RXU

chances away, we had chances last time and got a little bit unlucky. Maybe a little lack of composure because of the size of the game,â€? Ellis said. Playoffs are coming up and the Titans are looking to be either the second or third seed behind Clackamas, ZKR KDYH DOUHDG\ FOLQFKHG the top spot in the South Region. “I like our chances. I GRQ¡W WKLQN ZH DUH IDYRULWHV to go through. I don’t think anyone wants to play us and I think we feel like we can beat anyone,â€? Ellis said.

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ALYSSA LESLIE // PHOTO EDITOR John Whiteaker and his family are buried in the Eugene Masonic Cemetery. Whiteaker was a soldier from Indiana in the Mexican-American war before he moved to California during the Gold Rush. He settled in Oregon, where he served as a judge and a member of the state legislature. In 1859, he began a four-year term as Oregon’s first governor.

MASONIC CEMETERY OFFERS PORTAL TO THE PAST ALYSSA LESLIE// PHOTO EDITOR

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