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Top left: The men’s basketball team poses for a team picture after the redemption victory over Umpqua. The Titans say goodbye to their sophomores Tarik Cool, Gabe Sorber and Josh Erickson. Top right: Mya India Thomas was devastated after the loss to Umpqua. The Titans locked in second seed in the playoffs. Bottom left: Will Graves is fouled by Connor Shaw as he goes for a layup during the Titans' final home game of the season against the Umpqua Riverhawks. Bottom center: Coach Joe White celebrates the Titans' win against Umpqua. This win, 87-79, clinched the number one playoff seed for Lane. Bottom right: Titan guard Kylie Guelsdorf drives around Cielo Gonzalez for a shot during Lanes' comeback game on March 4 against Umpqua. continued on page 10-11

Kicking through the glass ceiling

Audrey Scully Reporter In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued a presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8 as National Women's History Week.

“Too often, the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed,” Carter said. “But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength and love of the women who built America was as vital as that of the men whose names we know so well.”

Throughout the years, National Women’s History Week has grown in popularity and become widely celebrated, particularly among educators, to spread information about the women who helped shape this country. In 1987, after being petitioned by the National Women's History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9, which designated the entire month of March as Women’s History Month. continued on page 3

Down but not out LCC track star rebounds, inspires Evelyn Vannezza Reporter A lot of people have asked Josh Peterson why he calls this his comeback season. After all, he is not recovering from a sports injury, which is what most people think about when they hear “comeback season.” He was almost homeless, suffered from depression and has a degenerative eye condition; the story behind Peterson’s comeback is one about resilience.

Peterson is a vibrant 20-year-old with his entire life ahead of him. Be that as it may, he has glaucoma. He had to have an eye implant in his left eye, and he was born with continued on page 5

‘Who is American?’

DisOrient festival highlights Pan-Asian independent cinema

James Croxton Reporter The fourteenth annual DisOrient AsianAmerican Film Festival of Oregon was held from March 14 to March 17 on the University of Oregon campus.

Asian-American and Pacific Islander stories, histories and themes were the focus of films screened throughout the weekend, but themes emphasized were social justice and universal human experiences.

March 15 was the official opening night.

First, at Lawrence Hall, the festival screened For Izzy directed by Alex Chu. In this film, he tells the story of Laura, a woman with autism, and her father, Peter. They discover the value of family from their neighbors: Dede, a queer photojournalist who’s lost her job and fiancée as the result of her opioid addiction, and her mother, Anna. The two families, through their own tragedies, come together as one. The film

featured unique, caricature-like animation sequences that were a major topic of the subsequent Q&A. Director Chu explained that he chose to include these as he has family members with autism and they have all been drawn to drawing and animation as an act of comfort.

It is important to note that the acclaimed Chinese-American actor, Elizabeth Sung, who played the mother, Anna, in the film unfortunately passed away just a few weeks following the L.A. premier of the film.

Coincidentally, it was mentioned at the Q&A by Lawrence Chau, the writer of short-film Justice for Vincent—screened the next day—that Sung was slated to play the mother in his, but had passed away. Her

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Letter to the editor Dear Editor,

The college landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate. Where natural gas and coal once powered campuses across the country, solar and wind power is taking over.

Schools such as Cornell University, the University of Richmond, Boston University, and now the University of California, Berkeley are moving towards 100 percent renewable energy, so why can’t Lane Community College?

This February, UC Berkeley announced that it will transition to 100 percent renewable energy for all of its energy needs by 2050. If UC Berkeley believes that it can accomplish using clean energy sources for all of its electricity, heating, and transportation, what is stopping us from doing the same?

Lane Community College can be a leader too by committing to a greener, healthier future powered by 100 percent clean, renewable energy sources.

Sincerely Ciara Wyatt OSPIRG Students

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Campuses are the perfect place to push renewable energy, there is opportunity for research and vocational training in sustainable energy.

With subsidies wind energy and PV are cheaper, meanwhile coal and nuclear plants are wasting money and still being subsidized, OH MY.

Thanks to Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, Butte College, a community College in Oroville, California has gone ‘grid positive’. Meaning they make more energy than they use!

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Editorial

Marek Belka Editor in Chief

Part One: Regarding the Board Some of you, as you read through this edition, may acutely notice that there’s no article regarding last week’s Board of Education meeting and the decisions made regarding the Titan Store, Food Services and a proposed tuition increase.

That’s because two members of The Torch staff chose to speak during the public comment portion of the meeting as students and citizens–not as journalists–concerned about the effects of these proposed changes on their future education. As editor, I felt it would be improper to also report on the meeting because I could not guarantee an objective narrative on the events that occured.

While we pride ourselves on our journalism at The Torch, we’re also students and members of our campus community, and our voices are just as important as everyone else’s. I completely support my staff members’ decision to speak their mind to the Board, but I also recognize our responsibility as journalists to

inform all of you about the happenings at Lane Community College.

To avoid the tricky rules around conflicts of interest, we will host two videos on our website, lcctorch.com. One is unedited footage of the public gallery statements, where over 20 students and staff spoke to the Board about their concerns.

The other will be edited to highlight certain statements and debates between Board members, though time constraints–we are still students after all–forced our team to leave the meeting before its conclusion. We believe that these videos are the most viewpoint-neutral way to present the events of the meeting and accurately capture the sentiment of the student body at Lane Community College.

I can objectively report this: The Board made no decision on a tuition increase, they voted “no” on outsourcing the Titan Store for one year, and Food Services will be “localsourced” or outsourced.

If you have thoughts or concerns about our journalistic integrity or the creative process we follow at The Torch, please feel free to contact me directly via email: editor@lcctorch.com.

Part Two: On student journalism Now that the tricky ethics stuff is out of the way, I have some good news.

One of the few luxuries we allow ourselves at The Torch is a yearly winter trip to sunny Southern California for the Associated Collegiate Press Midwinter Conference. It wasn’t just an excuse to send a few staffers to a warm, dry climate in the middle of an Oregon winter, attending the conference gives us an opportunity to put our finest work on display for America to see.

It’s also chance to get a first-hand look at the future of speaking truth to power.

Student journalists gather every year to meet with other journalists, learn from professionals and professors, and exchange tall tales from their newsrooms. The conference also allows student newspapers to compete

for the prestigious ACP Best in Show award, putting their finest writing, photography and design up for judgement by industry veterans.

I’m happy to report that Volume 54, Edition 9 of The Torch–which was remotely crafted from three different locations during that big, bad snowstorm–took home third place honors among twoyear newspapers. The edition, which I already count among my proudest moments as editor of this newspaper, exemplified what we strive to achieve in our newsroom: great stories about community college life told by community college students.

We’re eager to prove ourselves.

After growing up in a post-9/11, post-financial crisis world, we’re ready to cover America as we see it. This new crop of journalists is not focused merely on reporting news and features, but finding solutions to the world’s biggest problems.

If the people I met in La Jolla represent the whole of student journalists–and I believe they do–then we are on the cusp of a Golden Age of journalism. But our work is only just beginning.

The young journalists of today are facing challenges unlike anything that came before them, both on their campuses and–assuming they break into

"If the people I met in La Jolla represent the whole of student journalists–and I believe they do– then we are on the cusp of a Golden Age of journalism...

the industry and find work that pays them fairly–in their careers.

Their morals and ethics will be called into question. They’ll face criticism, harassment and threats from anonymous online trolls who disagree with their work. They’ll be mocked by a sitting U.S. president and his confounding army of allies.

The powers that be know we’re coming–and they’re afraid of us.

Regardless of what happens in the near future, our award-winning staff here at The Torch will continue to bring our campus community the best journalism we can. While it’s always nice to have our hard work celebrated by others, we don’t do this for the awards.

We’re here for the students of LCC, and we will always make their interests and their stories our priority.

We appreciate all the support you’ve given us, both this year and in years past. As we head into the warm embrace of spring, I hope that you’ll continue your support of our humble newspaper and the work our dedicated staff puts in week after week.

... But our work is only just beginning"

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Kicking through the glass ceiling In observance of this, a discussion panel called "Making History Their Own Way" was held on March 11, 2019 and moderated by Lane Community College President Margaret Hamilton. The panel included Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis, University of Oregon Vice President for Equity and Inclusion Yvette Alex-Assensoh, Vice President of Policy and External Affairs for Holt International Susan Cox, Sector Strategy Director of the Lane Workforce Partnership Ashley Espinoza and CEO and co-founder of Mobility International Susan Sygall.

These women are pillars of the community, their acts of service reach far and wide. They are creating a better standard of living, equal opportunities, access to education, teaching in an inclusive way, expanding openness for all persons in the community. Success often has a narrow concept of being only about job performance and high company positions. Each of these women help to instill a broader metric of success to include well-being, wisdom and wonder, according to Hamilton.

A common thread throughout the discussion was a concept called “imposter syndrome.” It is a psychological pattern in which an individual does all of the necessary work, yet still does not feel qualified; one doubts their own accomplishments and

fears that they will be outed as a “fraud.”

That can be attributed to the inequity of recognition and treatment of women.

Vinis went to a post-secondary school, and it was a socially accepted notion that upon completion, “men would be stepping into a professional track role, and women would be getting employment as secretaries and office administrators.”

Ashley Espinoza grew up the youngest of five children in a Latina family in Junction City. Her father was a mechanic, and her mother was a stay-at-home mom. She was expected to get married, have children and take care of the home. The hope of anything more than that was never fostered. It wasn’t until after receiving an award as volunteer of the year from the United Way, and with the push from a friend, that she struck out to make a career out of these community outreach services with Latino Professionals Connect.

Globally, this is a much larger issue. Cox attests that in one of her first meetings in Korea where no other women had a seat at the table, a business partner said, “Thank your husband for allowing you to come today.”

The women believe this environment breeds this toxic idea that women are not as capable, less intelligent and therefore

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undeserving of equal recognition, roles in leadership, business and compensation, leading women to feel that their efforts and contributions will never be enough, compensating by overextending themselves.

“Balance is key. It’s hard not to think you have to do everything. I wish I would have watched my male colleagues and done the same, and come in and say: ‘this is my job, that is their job, and I don’t have to feel guilty about that,’” Cox said.

One of the largest adversities comes from intersectionality, where one faces bias not just as a woman, but also as being disabled or a person of color.

“When you have these overlapping identities with the intersectionality, race is not the only factor. There is a notion of invisibility,” Yvette Alex-Assensoh, who teaches about intersectionality at UO, said. “That underneath this gendered, racialized being, is an authentic human being. That outsider status is something that we all face.”

The other common thread was how each of these women overcame those obstacles.

They each echoed sentiments of surrounding oneself with a network of people who believe in them and complement what they can do.

“It is important that you take care of yourself along the way, and that will be different for everyone. Being sustainably successful and maintaining your trajectory,” Yvette said, “means being good to yourself and others.”

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“Being curious, being vulnerable, being honest about your strengths and weaknesses and really latching on to people who believe in me,” recounted Espinoza.

When discussing their backgrounds, current roles, and female inspirations, they all harken back to strong family support.

They are now offering that same support and encouragement to youth and others in the community.

“If you have no one else to believe in you, you have got to believe in yourself,” Sygall concluded. “Be persistent, be able to listen and take advice.”

Top: Ashley Espinoza speaks about Latino Professionals Connect, a company she founded as a networking space for Latinx communities. Espinoza was invited to this panel because of her background as an exemplary minority female business leader.

Bottom: Acchord from Transpose PDX, a nonbinary acapella group, joined the Soromundi Lesbian Chorus for their 29th annual winter performance at the Central Presbyterian Church on Saturday March 9.

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NEWS Making the most of a rainy day Evelyn Vannezza Reporter One of the things that not many of us learn while growing up is self-care: what it is, what it looks like, and why it is so important. Along with all the changes and growth that come from entering adulthood, such as pursuing higher education, finding our way in life, following the crowd or carving out our own paths, self-care always seems to get shoved to the back burner at best, and become nonexistent at worst.

The truth is, self-care is a lot harder than it sounds the longer you go without it. It can also be simple if we develop good habits early on in life. Things like good hygiene, a good night of sleep, and a nutritious and fulfilling meal have no substitutes! Though our bodies are resilient,, as we age things take a toll on our bodies. The rest you don’t give your body today, your body will take out of you tomorrow, and trust me, it will be at the most inconvenient time possible (that big project that’s due by midnight, not gonna happen if you’re down for the count!)

You have the good ol’, true and tried college student staples: fast food, mac & cheese, sandwiches, cold cereal,

ramen noodles, and, if you’re particularly handy in the kitchen, scrambled eggs. While these can seem like the only cheap, easy and quick options, they are not. Not only can they can get boring after a while, but most importantly, if that is all we are eating, we are literally leaving life sustaining nutrients we need daily out of the dinner table.

That’s why the rainy-day food pantry was started here at Lane Community College, to help students who may otherwise be deprived of nutritious food, have easy and free access to one of life's biggest necessities. There is a wide range of wholesome foods that we can add to pack meals with nutrients, vitamins, and minerals and without it feeling like “pulling teeth.” For example, just add some spinach, mushrooms, kale, onions, or tomato to your scrambled eggs. Toss in a can of mixed veggies and canned chicken or tuna, or to that mac and cheese or ramen.

Let’s say after reading this article you decide to venture out and give it a shot. You find your way to their headquarters in the basement of the center building. Now what? Here’s a simple soup recipe perfect for chilly nights. It will help you expand your repertoire, warm you right up, get out of your comfort zone and get you to try something new.

Orzo is a delightful small pasta. Add some broth of any

kind; veggie, chicken or beef, the Rainy Day Food Pantry has a lot of creamy turkey, so that is what I used for this recipe, as well as canned green beans, frozen carrots, and corn. What is so great about this recipe is that it's versatile.

You can omit the chicken and use a vegetable broth to make it vegan/vegetarian. Add, remove, or substitute ingredients to your preference. Skip the steps that use those ingredients or substitute for your own. The best part is that it makes enough that you'll have plenty of leftovers!

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(Chicken) Orzo soup recipe 30 minutes, Serves 6

Ingredients

• 1 cup of frozen orzo • 2 qt of creamy turkey broth • 1 cup frozen sliced carrots (thawed overnight in fridge) • 1/2 can green beans (rinsed to diminish salt content) • 1 tbsp of butter • Salt & pepper to taste • (optional) • 1 medium onion, small dice ¼ in • 2 stalks of celery sliced to about ½ in (they will look like crescent moons) • 3 garlic cloves minced (culinary word for finely cut) • 4 oz of chicken or turkey (the equivalent of 1 chicken breast, shredded or small diced) • 1 cup corn kernels (I’m using the kernels from frozen corn on the cob, thawed overnight) • 1 cup baby spinach leaves • Juice and zest of 1 ½ lemons (zest is the shredded rind of a lemon using a tool called a zester) • 1 handful of italian parsley leaves, haché ( is the culinary word for hashed or shredded)

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Optic cable severed during snowstorm Access to Moodle, MyLane, student email at risk during future storms James Croxton Reporter During the last week of February, Lane County was overcome by a record amount of snow. By the end of it all, nearly ten inches of snow had fallen at the Eugene Airport making this the second largest snowfall in recorded Eugene history.

While many in their private residences were without power or internet for a few days or even weeks, many still relied on their mobile phones to access Moodle and other mobile Lane Community College applications.

That was until nearly everything crashed.

All that was left was a sliver of LCC’s internet services that, on Feb. 27, alerted users that a downed tree had severed the school’s fiber-optic line.

Every student with a hybrid or online course was immediately affected as services were down for nearly a week. Once restored, many instructors simply got rid of whatever was on the schedule during that time.

For some, the first obvious thought that came to mind was, “Why are LCC’s fiber optic lines not underground?”

To answer that question, LCC’s lead electrician Carl Hassman said that “the fiber optic line is underground once it enters main campus” and that “the utility [department] has the responsibility for the line feeding in.”

When asked for comment regarding the downed tree or fiber-optic line, The Torch did not get a response back from the LCC’s groundskeeping department.

However, as the fiber-optic line is above-ground outside of school grounds, Hassman said that he “could not say if it is a requirement or a decision, and who would have made that, to determine [what would happen to the cable in that area.]”

An employee of Eugene Water & Electric Board could neither officially “confirm or deny” that they were responsible for that line.

Fortunately, it is unlikely that Eugene will see a storm like this in the near future. However, if it were to happen, Hassman explained that “electrically [for LCC], there are two incoming main power feeders, and in the event that neither one works, we have a generator to back-up the servers and systems, and that is unlikely to have all three fail.”

But that doesn’t quite explain why Moodle was down.

If there was more than one server, what was the problem?

Updates to this story to follow.

Instructions Open the can of green beans, rinse them well and strain.

Melt a tbsp of butter over medium heat in a large pot.

Add the onion and sweat/sauté until it is translucent, add garlic and sauté for about a minute. (Heating the onions also releases their aroma and reduces the chemical bitterness they exhibit when raw.)

Add carrots and celery, mix well for about a minute or so.

Add the rest of your vegetables and sweat for about 15 minutes until fragrant, but try not to caramelize (brown) them. (The purpose of sweating is to draw moisture out, concentrating the flavor and enhancing conversion from starch to sugar.)

Add your 2 qts of broth and gently stir everything together.

Add the juice and zest of the lemons (if you really love lemons, you can go ahead and just use both whole lemons) Allow the soup to come up to a simmer, in the meantime, you can separate the parsley leaves from the stems.

Once the soup has reached a simmer, add the orzo and chicken.

Start checking the orzo at 10 minutes, for those who like firmer pasta, or al dente as they say in the culinary world, 15 minutes is average. (One thing you want to keep in mind is that all cooked foods have something called “carry over cooking,” which means the food continues to cook even after it has been removed from the heat source or the heat is turned off.

Add the spinach and parsley, mix everything well.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Serve, enjoy and bon appétit!

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Down but not out congenital cataracts, which his doctors have told him is a condition which will more than likely cost him his vision by the time he is 25. He can see well enough without glasses, but he has special glasses for sports performance. He hasn’t let that let it get in the way of his aspirations.

“I’ve worked so hard to be where I am. I have so much support right now,” Peterson said. “I’m so grateful for them. Dropping out for 15 months is tough. Most people never even come back, but I am glad I was able to come back and compete. I’m just trying to be the best that I can be.”

At the Rich Allen Classic, hosted by George Fox University in Newberg on March 16, Peterson ran a 51.9 in the 400m and took fifth place overall. “As a team, we had several first place finishers, a couple top marks in NWAC [NorthWest Athletic Conference], and a school record in the women's steeplechase was broken."

He didn’t play sports recreationally, afraid of injury due to his vision problems and size. He didn’t start playing basketball until he was in the eighth grade but was cut from the team three times because he had trouble dribbling with his left hand. In spite of his limitations, he surprised everyone by dunking the ball at a faculty/ student game. This was his first “aha” moment, and he decided to do the other things that he had been too intimidated to do but always wanted to try, like cross country and eventually track and

field.

In August of 2016, Peterson made the last-minute decision to attend Lane Community College and join the track team. Since everything was so last-minute, he wasn’t able to start right away and had to wait until the winter term. However, he started coming to practice and recalls fondly the sacrifice his parents had to make driving him to and from practice back and forth from Independence.

It was his old coach, Coach Grady O’Connor, who kindled his motivation to get out there by telling him that everyone has a different story and that “not everyone can do things right out of the gate.”

He smiled as he recalled the words of one of his mentors.

“It made me realize we all have a different path.”

During Peterson’s first two terms, winter and spring of 2017, he qualified for the 2017 NWAC championship with a top 16 time.

He was on the 4x400 meter championship relay team and placed fifth in the open 400 meter.

Like many college students, Peterson faced housing issues; he couldn’t afford his rent, which led to depression. “The depression had a huge impact in my day-to-day life for several months. I didn't want to do anything except play video games and play basketball. I had no motivation to go to a track or to even get a job.”

He had to drop out in the spring of 2017 as he could neither pay off his lease or get someone else to take over it. It was then that he

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embraced the advice that everyone has a different path, and he took a detour.

Writing became one of his passions and hearing feedback from his Instagram followers who tell him that he is very inspirational, continues to inspire him to do his best. It made him realize that maybe he could make a comeback.

“I just wanted to go out there and do what I could.”

When he returned in the fall of 2018, the new coach, Coach Bill Steyer asked him if he was serious about coming back to the team and warned him that he would have to work much harder.

“Then when I finally did [come back], it was different. Most people can only do things with a team, but to realize I could do it by myself is the thing I am most proud about.”

He had to train by himself. He was

his own motivator. All that training paid off, though, “towards the end of last year when I realized I could go somewhere with it.”

Before his return to LCC, he helped out his former high school team, and that led to an epiphany for him. Peterson wants to become a teacher or a coach, while he hasn’t fully made up his mind yet, there is one thing he knows for sure, he loves writing. He likes to stay positive and to keep a smile on his face. Not losing sight of his goals and keeping his head up along with his attitude are what kept the depression at bay during those tumultuous 15 months. “I just wanna help out kids in the future,” Peterson said. “It makes me feel good about myself.”

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Titan head coach to lead Lane United Football Club David Galbreath Reporter Conner Cappelletti, affectionately known as Coach Cap by his team, has an extensive resume that shows his passion for soccer. Cappelletti began his college career during the 2007 season at Wallace State Community College, earning NJCAA All-Region honors in back-to-back seasons. Beginning his playing career at a community college, he now is named head coach of Lane United Football Club.

After a stellar junior college career, Cappelletti played for the Division I Valparaiso Crusaders in 2009. He closely relates to the position his players are currently in, having started at a two-year college before moving into Division I. He sees many similarities between himself and his players and intends to guide them to a career path in soccer.

“Even when I first went into it, I was very lost in the dark with it, didn't really think anything of it,” Cappelletti said. “I wasn't quite sure about the whole process but then obviously after I went through it for the two years and it worked out the way it did, I transferred to play Division I at Valparaiso University, it really opened my eyes. I also played with a lot of guys who are currently playing pro right now who have done the same

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exact path that I have.”

He is certified to coach development programs to prepare youth for a future in soccer. He wants to be able to eventually have the credentials that qualify him to coach Division I or even professional leagues.

He is still learning all the necessary behind-the-scenes tasks college coaches face. “There’s a lot of little things outside of it when it comes to the fundraising and staying on top of their schoolwork. It’s not super hard, but it does take up time,” Cappelletti said.

Spare time is in short supply in Cappelletti’s life right now. In addition to coaching the Titans and Lane United, Cappelletti coaches a youth team. Between faculty meetings, youth programs and practices, his schedule is packed with one common thread: his love for the sport.

“It definitely throws some more obstacles in there, but in a good way,” Cappelletti said. “It is certainly tough to manage all of it at one time, but I’m getting by.”

For the 2018-2019 season, the Lane men had an overall record of 6-6-3 with Cappelletti at the helm. The next season won't start until the fall, but the informal spring season is about to start and will help break the mundane offseason training. Spring season starts April 1, currently Lane is scheduled for two spring games on April 19 and 20.

“There’s a lot of little things outside of it when it comes to the fundraising and staying on top of their schoolwork. It’s not super hard but it does take up time,”

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NEWS Oregon to regulate rising rent Eugene, Portland among cities with highest annual rent hikes

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Trayse Riggle and Sabrina Piccolo Reporter and News Director With Gov. Kate Brown signing off on Senate Bill 608, Oregon becomes the first U.S. state to institute rent stabilization laws. The passing of this bill has received a lot of local attention. It even accrued national attention when it was picked up by the New York Times on Feb. 26.

With the nation currently in the midst of what the New York Times called a “housing affordability crisis,” this bill has the potential to change lives. Being the first state to offer a solution to a nationwide problem gives other states the opportunity to follow suit.

According to the annual rent report on the Abodo website, many major cities are suffering the same problem. In Las Vegas, rent has been increasing approximately 4.9 percent per month.

Oregon cities were also present in this rent report. Eugene rent prices increased by 9.4 percent last year, putting them at the fourth largest increase in the country.

The bill caps the rent increase at 7 percent per year.

While this is the first instance of statewide rent limitations in the U.S., many other countries have used similar methods. Germany, for example, has rent control laws in place that prohibit landlords from raising rent 10 percent more than the average for that area.

According to the European news publisher The Local, “this margin has given landlords so much wiggle room that the law is only relevant in areas where the prices have been rising yearly by at least 3.9 percent.” While the law hasn’t proved to be successful throughout all of Germany, it has worked in places that were experiencing a housing crisis themselves.

Other countries throughout Europe have found rent stabilization to be an effective way to keep housing affordable.

Many landowners aren’t very enthused about the new regulations. Many are fearful that this will be a slippery slope leading to even steeper rent control laws.

Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick, one of the chief sponsors of SB 608 and a landlord for 35 years, acknowledges these concerns from landlords, but believes this bill is still vital in ensuring that landlords do not repeatedly gouge their tenants. Many landlords have been abusing rentals laws, she said, and SB608 can limit this to relieve tenants from personal distress.

“Especially in rentals that are at the lower end of Portland,” she said, “families are having trouble putting food on the table, let alone paying rent.”

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Calibrating the educational compass James Croxton Reporter Out of 1,095 students who transferred to the University of Oregon during fall and summer 2018, 321 were from Lane Community College, according to the University’s Director of Enrollment Management Research Jonathan Jacobs.

With a significant number of students transferring to the University of Oregon each year, it hasn’t been until now that a club dedicated to helping those students transition has been founded.

As a product of this, two transfer students have founded the University of Oregon Transfer Club.

The mission of the club: to create a community for all transfer students, offering a network, support, and a voice that will allow students to succeed on and off campus.

Founded by former Lane Community College student Hannah Guth and formerUniversity of Arizona student Jodi Allen they “have always thought that it is super difficult to emerge ourselves into the community at UO.” Especially for transfer students.

Guth explained that “while we were able to find friends, network and learn more about the school, others have a really difficult time with it and we wanted to help.”

Currently, the club is trying to recruit members.

The first scheduled meeting was Feb. 25 at 5:30 p.m. but was canceled due to Eugene’s snowstorm.

It was rescheduled and the first meeting was held on March 11 in Allen Hall on the university’s campus. There, the co-founders and few starting members discussed their plans moving forward, including social meet-ups and clinics on UO services that may not be highlighted during the traditional transfer-student orientation.

They currently have a website, a Facebook page, Twitter and Instagram. Interested students can search on the aforementioned social media’s for the University of Oregon Transfer Club.

Students are encouraged to check their social media accounts for further updates and events.

College Transfer’s website, an online transfer aggregator, states that the university has a transfer student ratio of eight percent, or an estimated 1,613 students.

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NEWS Resisting federal overreach Tribal attorney speaks on preserving the rights of the Ojibwe Tribe David Galbreath Reporter The Community Rights Lane County organization invited tribal attorney and activist Frank Bibeau to speak about the rights of nature on March 8. The speech was delivered in a long hall to more than 50 people at the Eugene Garden Club. Bibeau spoke on the path he took fighting the Minnesota state government to stop the building of a new pipeline and the struggles that the indigenous people overcame over the last 200 years.

Bibeau was a key player in stopping the Sandpiper pipeline. The pipeline was going to tear through the Ojibwe’s wild rice fields. His work with Honor The Earth secured the Ojibwe rights to the wild rice. The state already used the Ojibwe’s territory for an oil pipeline they wanted to replace, but Bibeau wouldn't allow. Harming the quality of the rice is now something the state will have to consider before building anymore pipelines.

“What it really does, it makes a protection standard of nature to use against the state,” Bibeaua said. “The state doesn't understand the significance and the importance culturally and traditionally of wild rice to us [Ojibwe].”

Wild rice, or more specifically manoomin, is a key indicator species for the environment of the Great Lake region. Manoomin is not technically a rice but an aquatic grain that relies on pristine water conditions. For these reasons, Bibeau fought against energy company Enbridge's installation of a new Sandpiper oil pipeline that would cut through Ojibwe lands and threaten the wildlife. Enbridge wanted to decommission a pipeline built in 1968 and build

a new one.

Bibeau felt this new pipeline would be unnecessary, and deconstructing the old system would have led to oil leaks and other messes harming the Ojibwe territories.

The water quality of the Great Lakes is one of the most pressing issues in Bibeau’s mind. He expressed he's not against pipelines, but against oil pipelines specifically.

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Michelle Holnan (left) introduces Frank Bibeau to the crowd before he begins his speech. Bibeau, an attorney who is part of the Ojibwe Tribe of Minnesota, works on national environmental causes surrounding native land and pushes for the federal government to uphold treaties with native tribes.

“Build infrastructure; there’s things that need to be fixed,” he said. Building water pipelines would be better suited for the needs of the area from Bibeau’s point of view.

His speech had a large focus on the history of the Ojibwe and adversities they faced making treaties and preserving their rights from encroachment by the U.S. government.

A large part of his speech was on the activism it took to get past levels of oppression in hopes that the youth of would take notes on how to protest in the most informed way possible.

Community rights Lane County’s mission is to keep corporations in check so decisions are made by the residents. Stopping corporate greed from rigging laws in their favor with no regard to the locals is their primary objective.

They brought Bibeau in because they knew of his history of fighting large corporations, like Enbridge Inc. Using a slideshow presentation, he educated the listeners on the treaties the tribes have with the state. Bibeau uses these federal treaties to defend the tribes against state overreach. He displayed a map of the territory that demonstrated where the rice no longer grows along the current pipeline. The audience groaned when he pointed out the divide the pipeline created.

“Now they want to go through our prime territory again, and they don't even know how to fix what they've done in some ways already,” he said.

Bibeau doesn't take credit for all the work done on these issues. Winona LaDuke, who is also an attorney, is the executive director for Honor The Earth. LaDuke is a co-founder of the organization whose goal is to raise awareness and money for the struggles of indigenous peoples.

She had a brief political career running as Ralph Nader’s vice-president in 1996-2000.

“We’re fighters, we’ve been fighting for a long time,” Bibeau said. Stating that he will always have his tribes' interest in mind, he will protect the Ojibwe rights. “We’re [the Ojibwe] are the wildlife I need to protect, and by protecting us, I think I’ll be protecting nature.”

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good friend, Lee Chen, took on the role. documentary by director Lynn Hamrick. It Following the first screening, the festival follows master chef Hiroji Obayashi and his moved to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of wife, Yasuyo, over fifteen years while they run Art for an Opening Night Gala and perfor- their restaurant, Hirozen Gourmet, found in mance by No-No Boy. an “ugly strip mall” in West Hollywood as During the gala, one interviewee put the festival’s attendit. The pair have since ees were treated relocated to Portland, to an enlightenOregon. ing performance While the docuby No-No Boy, a mentary was often project by Brown times lighthearted, University researcher filming began on and scholar Julian Sep. 11, 2001 and Saporiti. His perforfeatures the family - Pamela Quan, Executive Director witnessing the attack mance, a mix of guitar-backed storytellon T.V. Furthermore, ing and multimedia, many about Vietnamese Hamrick decided to pause filming and experiences, is also his doctoral dissertation documenting the family for a while followsoon to be published by the Smithsonian ing the death of the Obayashi’s son from Institute. an accidental overdose. However, they The next day, on March 16, two docu- eventually continued on and the product mentaries were screened in the morning of all of that is an excellent commentary and early afternoon—one a feature-length that shows strength in unity and family. film and the other a short. The first film Attendees during the Q&A expressed that screened was Hiro’s Table, a feature-length they “felt such a sense of love” from the the

"We felt this movie took a fresh, real approach to the Asian-American story."

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Julian Saporiti, who performs under the alias No-No Boy, explains the history behind his 2018 song Boat People at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Saporiti launched No-No Boy as part of his dissertation at Brown University and incorporates music, storytelling and archival imagery to capture the experiences of Asians in the United States.

family and the film.

Chin in Detroit by a couple of angry auto Within a few minutes of Hiro’s Table workers who thought he was Japanese—this ending, the short-documentary Mẹ, a word being during the “Japanese Auto Invasion” that means “mother” in Northern Vietnamese as it was coined. The murderers were only language, began. ordered to pay $3,000 Directed by Derek and serve three years Kw a n , t h e f i l m probation and was the follows two gencatalyst for the first erations of moms Pan-American Civil rushing to create a Rights movement. new dish for their Next up to b e E a s t Va n c o u v e r screened was the Vietnamese restaufeature-length docurant. Kwan coming mentary, Alternative up with the idea as Facts: The Lies of he knows the son, E xe c ut ive O rd e r Vincent, who eventu9066, directed by ally took the helm of Jon Osaki. This film the restaurant. was a gut-wrenchFollowing a series ing, punch in the of short-films and a - A.L. Lee, Artemis & the Astronaut face. Osaki even said music video, the next during the Q&A after double-feature was screened. The first, the that PBS turned it down said it was “too in aforementioned Justice for Vincent by Writer your face.” It chronicled the disinformation Laurence Chau and director Andy Palmer and politics that led to the internment of who is known for his horror films. The almost 120,000 Japanese-Americans. The short-film tells the true story and violent title being in reference to the current United 1982 murder of Chinese-American Vincent States administration. The film, as should

"I have never worked so hard for a movie as I did for this one.

Everything that could go wrong did go wrong, so to win this award speaks to the resilience of my team."

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A.L. Lee, writer and director of the short film Artemis & the Astronaut, smiles after winning the Best Short Narrative award at the 2019 DisOrient AsianAmerican Film Festival. Judges chose Lee’s film, which explored themes of loss, mental health and aging, because it encouraged “tough conversations about how we care for our loved ones.”

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NEWS be highlighted, was centered predominantly around Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, who was instrumental in the discovery of what led to these invents—thanks to an editor who kept the tenth, and only surviving, copy of the DeWitt “Final Report” regarding the “Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast,” probably knowing that someday, it would prove useful.

She also, sadly, passed away last year.

Later in the afternoon was the screening for Last Sunrise, a Chinese science-fiction film by director Wen Ren. Also written by Ren, his debut film is centered around a world completely run on solar energy while the sun mysteriously disappears in a flash— one character in the film suggesting that an alien civilization has “sucked” it through a

wormhole to harness its energy. Whatever it was that caused the sun to disappear, it brought a lone astronomer and a quirky

definitely nervous. DisOrient program director, Susan Hirata spoke with him for a minute and then he apologized to the audi-

March 17, the final day of the festival, featured a run of short films in the morning.

In the afternoon was the final double feature.

The first film screened, HOÀI, directed by Quyěn Nguyen-Le, tackled heartbreak and the many forms it takes, from breaking up with a partner to being forced to leave your beloved homeland. In this film, identity is wrapped up in culture, and no one can ever fully escape their culture.

Another feature documentary, Nailed It, directed by Adele Pham, covered the - Susan Hirata, DisOrient Program Director Vietnamese-nail salon boom of the 1980s and 1990s as more Vietnamese immigrants woman together to form an unlikely bond ence. Somehow the screening had happened came to the United States. Furthermore, to survive. without any of the film’s musical score. The it was interestingly pointed out that Tippi After the film ended, the director Ren audience agreed that they didn’t need the Hedren—famous for her role in Alfred looked confused, a little aggravated, and film score, it stood up very well on its own. Hitchcock's The Birds—was more or less

"We are an aging community, and soon, we’re going to have to have some tough conversations about how we care for our loved ones. This movie helps prepare us for those conversations about mental health and aging."

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Sandra Lozano (front), Trish Quan and patrons of the DisOrient Film Festival listen to an award speech by director A.L. Lee during the 2019 DisOrient AsianAmerican Film Festival. The festival, now in its 14th year, spotlights the accomplishments of Asian filmmakers, both in the United States and worldwide.

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Jon Osaki (left), director of Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 and Lawrence Chau, writer/actor/producer of Justice for Vincent, explain the motivations for their films in the Redwood Auditorium at the University of Oregon. Both Osaki and Chau were honored with audience awards for their films, which took different approaches to explaining racism against AsianAmericans during and after World War II.

single-handedly responsible for the birth of the Vietnamese nail salon in America. As part of her charity work in the 1960s and 1970s, she helped twenty Vietnamese refugees over to the United States—now called “The Original Twenty”—and paid for them to go to beauty school and get nail technician training ultimately getting them jobs in and around Southern California salons.

Later that evening, after another run of shorts and a feature documentary, the Awards Ceremony took place.

First, the Official Judge Awards were presented.

For Izzy was awarded Best Feature Narrative with executive director Pamela Quan saying “We felt this movie took a fresh, real approach to the Asian-American story.”

Best Feature Documentary was awarded to Minding the Gap, which also was nominated for an Academy Award. Artemis & the Astronaut took Best Narrative Short award with director A.L. Lee stating “I have never worked so hard for a movie as I did for this one. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong, so to win this award speaks to the resilience of my team.” Best Documentary Short was awarded to Mẹ, and Moananuiakea – One Ocean, One People, One Canoe, was awarded the Social Justice Award.

A couple of Special Recognition Awards

were awarded by the judges. Speakeasy Bee was awarded one for Social Relevance and Gaps was awarded the other for its Advocacy for Elders. Regarding its advocacy, Hirata said “we are an aging community, and soon, we’re going to have to have some tough conversations about how we care for our loved ones. This movie helps prepare us for those conversations about mental health and aging.”

Finally, the festival-goers made their own choices for the finest films of the weekend.

Audiences chose Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 as Best Feature and Justice for Vincent, the drama directed by Lawrence Chau, as Best Short.

Chau accepted the award in person, warmly embracing the festival directors before giving the final speech of the weekend.

“I’ve been to six festivals in six months, and I want you all to know–and I’m speaking sincerely–that this festival is the absolute best,” Chau said. His voice broke slightly before he continued. “I promise you, you all will be the biggest, best, most talked-about film festival very, very soon.”

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TORCH FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Lighting strikes for first time in 20 years

TORCH SOPHOMORE OF THE YEAR

LUCAS WILSON

Titans come within spitting distance of championship

TARIK COOL

Have you heard about Lucas Wilson yet? In his first year as a Titan, the former multi-sport Churchill High School phenom averaged 14 points and eight rebounds per game, wowing the home crowds at Titan Coliseum with explosive athleticism and thunderous dunks. But the 20 year old freshman’s impact extended far beyond the hardwood. Wilson’s teammates and coaches speak reverently about his calm but unwavering faith and optimism, and a profile on the freshman published in the Register-Guard uncovered the tragic, winding road that led Wilson to star for the Titans. Wilson was one of two freshman–and the only Titan–named to the NWAC South All-Region team.

Trayse Riggle Reporter On March 16, the Titans’ season came to a close. Lane was one game away from a championship appearance, and they gave it all they had in the run-up to that final game.

To get the number-one seed in the playoffs, the Titans needed to beat the Umpqua Riverhawks. The Riverhawks had won their earlier matchup, so Lane looked for redemption.

The game was postponed due to snow, which only increased the intensity.

Before the game had even started, the gravity of this bitter rivalry was felt in the stands as more fans piled in, turning into the largest turnout of the season.

Not only was this the Titans’ chance at redemption, but it was also the sophomores’ last chance to play at home.

The game proved to be as intense as anticipated the moment it began. Following a back-and-forth battle, where no team took a major advantage, the Titans held strong, winning this emotional game 87-81.

After the win, the Titans drenched their coach in water in celebration. This win locked them into the number-one seed in the playoffs.

Going in as the number-one seed, they faced the Wenatchee Valley Knights. The Knights came in rolling off of a four-game win streak.

At the start of the game, Lane came out strong, springing to a 32-18 lead with five minutes left in the first half. The Titans continued this performance throughout the first half and ended with a score of 45-31.

With the second half ramping up, the Knights did what they could to close the gap, but the Titans ultimately won with a score of 95-87. Titan players Lucas Wilson, Tarik Cool, Cody Mathis and Lezjon Bonds all scored in the double digits in their first playoff game.

After beating the Knights, the Titans faced off against the Green River Gators. The Gators came into the matchup with a record of 20-10. The Titans took care of business in their second playoff game winning by a 10-point margin, 90-80. This win sent them into the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, the Titans contended for a chance to play in the championship game. Before they could get there, they needed to beat the confident and top-ranked North Idaho Cardinals. The Cardinals sported a 29-2 record, with their two losses to colleges outside of the region.

The game was hard fought with neither team taking an edge. The Titans went into halftime with a lead of one following a three-point bucket by guard Rodney Hounshell.

The Titans went into the second half with confidence, taking a 53-46 lead within the first two minutes. Lane kept the lead through 13 minutes of the half until a Cardinal bucket tied the game at 70. The Cardinals piled on eight unanswered points making the score 78-70 with 3:14 left in the semi-final game.

The Titans left it all on the floor bringing the score back within two before the Cardinals took the game. The matchup ended 85-78 with a Titan loss. The Cardinals won the championship game versus Walla Walla the following day with ease.

Despite the loss, the Titan’s season was still successful. The team only lost four games this season ending with a 27-4 record. With only two sophomores leaving the team, they hope to start off on the same foot in the 2020 season.

The Torch got the opportunity to sit down with the Titan’s coach Joe White, team captain Lucas Wilson, and sophomores Tarik Cool and Gabe Sorber to discuss what it takes to be a unified team.

Tarik Cool averaged 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game for the Titans this year while running the point for the Northwest Athletic Conference’s second-ranked offense.

Cool had the speed, agility and silky-smooth shooting to thrive in Coach Joe White’s high-octane offense, and his quiet confidence as a point guard and team captain helped lead the Titans to their first Final Four appearance since 1999.

The Portland-born, Arizona-raised sophomore also earned NWAC Southern region Most Valuable Player honors, was named Player of the Week back in February after back-to-back 30-point games against regional rivals Linn-Benton and Clackamas and finished third in overall scoring in the conference.

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Lezjon Bonds takes his rightful snip of the winning basketball net after Lane’s 87-79 victory over Umpqua.

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Departing sophomore Gabe Sorber screams after taking his piece of the net following a Titan victory during sophomore night March 4.

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TORCH FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

KALINA ROJAS

Hailing from the tiny town of Dayton, Oregon, Kalina Rojas averaged 12 points and eight rebounds per game in her first year in college, serving as a dual-threat guard and forward for the top-ranked Titans.

While she was a consistent midrange threat for the Titans all season long, Rojas hit her stride when it mattered most–clutch situations late in the season. Rojas averaged a double-double–15 points and 10 rebounds per game–in February and March and was a defensive force in the Titans’ heartbreaking Final Four loss against Wenatchee Valley last weekend. Rojas was also one of five Titans named to the NWAC South All-Region team.

Lane reaches fifth Final Four in six years Titans fall to eventual champions in NWAC semis Reporter Trayse Riggle The anticipated matchup between the Lane Titans and Umpqua Riverhawks was postponed due to snowy conditions in Lane County.

As the days went by, the anticipation amplified. The game was rescheduled for March 4.

A lot was riding on this game as the two were playing for seeding spots in the NWAC playoffs. The loser would get a number two seed in the playoffs while the winner would be crowned a number one seed, giving them the easier path through the tournament.

The two teams had locked horns earlier in the season, resulting in a Lane loss. The Titans looked for redemption.

Both teams came out strong. Lane took a slight lead of 28-26 going into the second quarter. Throughout the second quarter, the game remained neck and neck. With 44 seconds remaining, Lane guard Kylie Guelsdorf knocked in two free throws to give the Titans a one-point halftime lead with a score of 47-46.

Throughout the second half, neither team took a double-digit advantage until six minutes remained in the fourth quarter when Lane Guard Kalina Rojas hit a clutch jumper to add to the lead.

A minute later, Rojas chipped in another two-point bucket, spreading the lead to 12.

The Riverhawks responded by scoring 11 unanswered points and bringing the Lane lead down to one with 41 seconds left in the game. The Riverhawks converted another twopoint attempt, giving themselves a 79-78 lead on the Titans with just seconds remaining on the clock.

With eight seconds left, the Titans gave the ball to Guelsdorf. She got a look at a layup as time expired, but the attempt fell short, and the Titans lost to Umpqua once again.

“All we have to do now is concentrate on our next game. It’s motivated us our last two [losses], so hopefully it motivates us again,” assistant coach Susan Smith said.

At a second seed in the tournament, Lane then faced the number three seeded Walla Walla Warriors, winning that matchup 81-73.

The Titans advanced to the Elite Eight where they faced off against the number one seeded Lower Columbia Red Devils, whom they completely blew out of the gym on Sunday, March 10, ending with a score of 93-44.

The Titans looked to continue winning as they advanced to the final four. Next, they faced the Wenatchee Valley Knights.

The Knights had a 26-5 record going into the semi-final. At tipoff, the teams proved to be evenly matched. Lane went into halftime with a 46-39 lead hoping to continue that trend.

The Titans kept their lead throughout the third quarter and through much of the fourth until a Knight free throw knotted the game up at 72. Following a Lane miss the Knights then took the lead and ran with it. The game ended with a score of 84-81 with the Knights on top.

With the Titans’ monstrous season coming to a dramatic finish, they are hopeful as they look into the 2020 season. Though six sophomores are moving on, this year’s freshmen will be eager to build on their success and return to the NWAC postseason.

TORCH SOPHOMORE OF THE YEAR

MEGAN STILL

Megan Still, the sharpshooting sophomore from Hillsboro, was the Titans’ biggest long-distance threat all season long. Still averaged 14 points, 5 rebounds and three steals per game this season while shooting over 40 percent from behind the arc, good for seventh in the Northwest Athletic Conference.

During a 49-point blowout of the Clark Penguins on Feb. 11, Still tied a single-game school record by draining 10 three-pointers, earning her Player of the Week honors from the NWAC. She also earned NWAC South Defensive Player of the Year honors and was one of five Titans named to this year’s All-Region team.

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Kelly O’Malley is recognized during sophomore night before the final regular season game against Lane’s rival Umpqua.

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Khadija Smith accepts a bouquet for sophomore honors March 4 before the match against Umpqua.

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Karen Sanchez dances with fluid movement under the spotlight while standing elevated and alone on the stage for the sixth performance of the night, “Crumbs.” The event, Dance Collaborations 2019, was produced in tandem with LCC’s Departments of Music, Dance and Theater Arts.

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Omar Ramirez and Anabel Tucker danced a duet choreographed by lead LCC dance instructor Bonnie Simoa.

“We danced together for about fifteen minutes and it was recorded,” Tucker said. “Then we just picked things that we really liked and we just sort of constructed it from there.”

Former ASLCC President Wilgen S. Brown leans into a power stance while giving their interpretation of of the many aspects of what a family dinner can entail. The Collaborations performance was March 7, 8 and 9 in Ragozzino Hall on Lane Community College’s main campus.

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Anabel Tucker and Karen Sanchez pose during a dress rehearsal for “Crumbs.” “We sort of play out this scene that actually kinda came from one of the dancer’s experiences growing up at the dinner table,” Tucker explained. “That’s sort of how the whole dance came about, we talked about our family dinner experiences and stuff; we sort of pick that one and then worked with it ...then it [became] what is now.”