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Kirschbaum signs letter of intent at Bemidji StateJarrid Denney Sports editor

Lane sophomore Zach Kirsch-baum has signed a National Let-ter of Intent to play basketball for the Bemidji State Universi-ty Beavers, a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II school in Bemidji, Minn.

Kirschbaum, a 6'10" forward, was named to the Northwest Athletic Association of Commu-nity Colleges All-Southern Re-gion Second Team and shared the region’s defensive play-er of the year honor. He aver-aged 18.19 points per game dur-ing the 2013-14 season and shot 50 percent from the field. He ranked second in the NWAACC in blocks per game (2.89) and was third in rebounding (10.63).

Kirschbaum played just one season at Lane, after transfer-ring from Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, Calif., where he played during the 2011-12 sea-

son and redshirted the 2012-13 season.

He chose Bemidji over the University of Denver, Colo-rado State University Pueblo and Holy Names University, among other schools.

“His recruitment was cra-zy,” Lane head coach Bruce Chavka said. “It was every-thing from (National Associa-tion of Intercollegiate Athlet-ics) schools all the way up to Division I; there were three or four schools Division I-wise

that were interested. I think he’s in a great situation. He’s got a full-ride to an NCAA Di-vision II school and that’s why he transferred here from Van-guard, because he wanted to try to get to a higher level.”

Kirschbaum said he thought Bemidji gave him the best shot to fulfill his dream.

“After two years I want to get my bachelor’s degree in so-ciology and then transfer over-seas and hopefully sign with a team,” Kirschbaum said. “I would love to go to Israel, Ger-many or Australia.”

Bemidji State finished fourth in the Northern Sun Intercol-legiate Conference last season with an 18-9 overall record.

Kirschbaum is the second Lane athlete to sign with an NSIC school this month. Last week, Lane women’s basket-ball standout Tori Mahaff-ie signed with University of Mary.

SIGNS oFTroUBLE

Sean hanson Managing editor

Students packed a sweltering board-room to urge the Lane Board of Educa-tion to fully consider the ramifications

of a tuition increase as the college seeks to balance the budget against a project-ed $12.6 million shortfall.

The board must adopt a budget by June 30.

The most recent proposal anticipates

a $92 million general fund budget fund-ed more by tuition than state money. It is built around an estimated 12 percent enrollment drop and a $3 tuition hike.

When added to the $2 inflationary BOARD ON PAGE 3 WOMEN ON PAGE 3

Lane Budget Committee citizen-at-large Chris Matson listens to a budget presentation before the May 14 Board of Education meeting. The col-lege must cut approximately $12.6 million from its budget in the face of a projected 12 percent enrollment drop.

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Over 100 donate on Main Campuscourtney Springer Reporter

Lane staff and students rolled up their sleeves for the Lane Blood Mobile phlebotomists from April 29 to May 1. Just over 100

people successfully donated blood. Each donation could save up to three lives according to the American Red Cross.

The Lane Blood Mobile will be back on campus July 10 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Penny Scott Reporter

About 25 Lane students attended the ”Women Speak” event held at the Women’s Center on May 8, sharing the differences between living in their home countries and abroad.

The event was the first of its kind at Lane and was organized by Rita Loop, advisor for the Women’s Program Transiciones division. Originally from Panama, Loop said that the more women are able to share their personal and cultural experiences, the more they are able to collaborate and grow together.

“Sisterhood goes across cultures. We are not that different, and I believe that this is a movement that is just starting,” Loop said. “Seeing women from different countries come together is the birth of something important.”

Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Libya and Palestine were just some of the countries represented by students in the group. Regardless of barriers with language, the women shared painful experiences from their lives which left many of the participants in tears.

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Sean hanson Managing editor

The Torch, Lane Community College’s student newspaper, won 25 awards, including the top prize, in the annual Oregon Newspaper Publishers Asso-ciation Collegiate Newspaper Contest.

This was the fourth time since 2009 that The Torch took home a first-place award for general excellence, the highest honor a college newspaper can receive from the ONPA. The Torch, which is funded through the student activity fee, is in its 50th year.

Three from The Torch won more than one award. Photo Editor Eugene Johnson won five awards, including best sports and feature photos. Former reporter Taya Alami won four, including best writing. Sports

Editor Jarrid Denney won two, including second place in the best-section contest.

“We’ve had a rough year, and it was good to see every-body’s hard work pay off in a big way,” Editor-in-Chief Alyssa Sutton said.

But it was reporter Laura Newman’s first-place prize for her editorial, which stressed the need for cultural-competency training among Lane’s staff, that called the contest’s importance into focus, Sutton said.

“She had never written an article before, let alone an editorial, and then took first in that category,” Sutton said. “It’s good to get feedback from professionals in the industry, assuring us that we’re doing something right.”

The winners were an-nounced May 9 at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany.

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TheTorch EDITORIAL

We’ve had it happen often. A student offers a little speech at the beginning of the class requesting that you register to vote or sign a petition to keep their club funded. More recently, students have used class time to urge their classmates to attend Board of Education meetings to protest tuition increases.

When you’re approached in hallways, it’s a lot easier to pass by on the pretext that you’re in a hurry for class, or to mum-ble that you’re not interested. However, in a classroom you are a captive audience, in the most literal sense of the phrase.

Last week, members of our student government stopped by some classrooms and requested that students show up to the May 14 Board of Education meeting to protest proposed tuition increases.

They didn’t, however, mention that without a raise in tuition there will be cuts elsewhere on campus. Cuts that will affect students in a drastic way.

Did you know our Cottage Grove campus is in jeopardy? Did you know our Child and Family Center is in jeop-ardy? Did you know that without an increase in tuition, we could lose several programs vital to our school?

Regardless of what happens with tuition, there will be changes through-out programs on campus, but students shouldn’t protest a raise in tuition with-out knowing what else is at stake.

Students should be able to make deci-sions on their own, and can do so wisely if provided with all of the information. Student government should trust that students will be smart with their choices. Withholding information to gain more support is a lie.

Students need to make the effort to be more informed. Decisions are constantly

made around campus, concerning bud-gets and programs, that students should know about.

We urge members of student gov-

ernment to give all the facts. We urge students to ask for more information.

After all, presenting every side is the cornerstone of higher education.

Leaders must present all sides

The Torch takes home

multiple awards

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GENErAL EXcELLENcE: First place

BEST DESIGN: Byron Hughey and Wes Fry, first place

BEST WrITING: Taya Alami, first place,Kyle Webb, second place

BEST EDITorIAL: Laura Newman, first place, Alyssa Sutton, second place

BEST WEBSITE: Tenaya Smith, second place

BEST FEATUrE STorY: Aislinn Rennison, first place, Marissa Corr, second place

BEST SEcTIoN: Sports Editor Jarrid Denney, second place,Former News Editor J. Wolfgang Wool, third place

BEST SPorTS PhoTo: Eugene Johnson, first and third places

BEST FEATUrE PhoTo: Eugene Johnson, first and third places

BEST cArTooN: Kassidy Zuniga, first place

BEST NEWS STorY: Taya Alami, second place

BEST SErIES: Taya Alami, second place

BEST PhoToGrAPhY: Matt Edwards, second place

BEST rEVIEW: Taya Alami, second place

BEST SPEcIAL SEcTIoN: Eugene Johnson, third place

BEST hEADLINE WrITING: Staff, third place

BEST SPorTS STorY: Jarrid Denney, third place

BEST SPoT NEWS PhoTo: Brett Stanley, third place

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informal one-hour event were discussions regarding the cultural differences regarding the status of women in different countries. They talked about their relationships with men and the differences between being married, divorced, and single in their home countries and here in the United States.

“I got married when I was 13. My parents made me get married at that age,” Lourdes Daran from Mexico said. “I have three kids, and coming to the United States was the best thing that happened to me and my kids.”

Daran said she worked two full-time jobs and that she felt guilty because she didn’t feel she spent enough time with her children. She added that there wasn’t any other way to make it as a single mother and that the situation was nothing compared to how her life was in Mexico.

“I was an abused woman. I was mentally and physically abused,” Daran said. “I am not afraid to say. It is why I am the person I am right now. It has made me stronger.”

Lilia Salgado Fletes, also from Mexico, cried as she said she has faced many obstacles and continues to do the best she can no matter what her circumstances.

“I want to give back,” Fletes said. “Now I am crying, but I am strong.

I want to be good at everything. I want to be a good friend and I want to be a good student. I’m going to make it. We can do it. We are women, but we can make it.”

Alla Hazim from Palestine said in her country men are responsible for finances and that it is their duty to take care of women financially. She said she worries about money here in the United States.

“There is no homelessness in our country,” Hazim said. “I am from Palestine. She is from Saudi Arabia. She is from Libya,” Hazim said, pointing

to the women seated nearest her. “There is no homelessness in our countries.”

Many of the women shared that they had been abused both physically and mentally by men. The women said that leaving such relationships is more difficult in their home countries.

Some of the women noted that wives from previous generations stayed with their husbands longer, whether there was abuse or not. The response from Marcie Parker, who works at the front desk of the Women’s Center, brought laughter around the room.

“I didn’t get married to any of my kids’ dads,” Parker said.

Cecilia Sanchez from Mexico said that even though the women in the room were from different cultures, they have many things in common. “We are here to encourage each other,” she said.

Loop said that the event was a great success. She said it was not just about women sharing together, it was about women speaking up and becoming leaders. Loop said she plans to hold more events at the Women’s Center in coming weeks.

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Denali Editor Torch Editor

Denali editor selects and manages the 2014-2015 student staff, organizes a production schedule and has the final word on all matters concerning the magazine. He or she must have a concrete understanding of, or the commitment to learn, the technical skills of the prodution process of a magazine. He or she can expect to work an average of 20 hours per week. A background in literature and art is recommended. Knowledge of indesign and Photoshop is extremely helpful. The editor must be an officially registered Lane student and must maintain a 2.00 GPA or higher. the denali editor will be paid a stipend of $550 per term and will serve, fall, winter and spring terms of the 2014-2015 academic year.

The Torch editor is responsible for directing newsgathering and the publication process, and has control of the news and editoral content of the paper. the editor should have journalistic, management and organizational abilities, training and/or experience. He or she should also have previous service on a newspaper staff, and have gained an adequate understanding of the operation of a newspaper.

the applicants must have completed at least six credits at lane within the last 12 months and be registered for three credits per term at lane while editor. the editor must maintain a 2.00 GPA or higher, can expect to work 30-40 hours per week, and will recieve a monthly stipend of $700 per month for 12 months. the editor will serve fall, winter, and spring terms of the 2014-2015 academic year.

Applications for 2014-2015 Torch and Denali editors will be available Wednesday, May 7, in The Torch office, Building 18, Room 214, Lane Community College, 4000 E.

30th Ave. Eugene, Ore. Applications are due Friday, May 23, at noon. Return applications to Building 18. Room 214

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Lane students Cecilia Sanchez from Mexico (left) and Alla Hazim (right) from Palestine share the differences between being women in their own countries, compared to being women in the United States at the May 8 “Women Speak” event at the Women’s Center.

Tran NguyenReporter

Students might fi nd them-selves removed from the class-rooms under the faculty union’s negotiating safety proposal, giv-ing instructors authority to dis-miss students with inappropri-ate behaviors without fi ling a Code of Conduct complaint.

The current proposal reads: “Faculty members have the right to permanently remove students from their class for disruptive, threatening or otherwise inappropriate behavior. Faculty members exercising this authority shall notify their supervisor within 24 hours. Students may be returned to the class by the

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ELECTION

J. Wolfgang WoolNews Editor

Nearly two months ago, Lane student government Sustainability Coordinator Michael Weed announced his intention to run for student government president.

J. Wolfgang WoolNews Editor

Student government sen-ator Francisco “Kiko” Go-mez began campaigning for the presidency April 14 af-ter saying he would resign last week.

During the April 2 student

J. Wolfgang WoolNews Editor

With a little more than two weeks to campaign, 20 stu-dents offi cially announced their intention on April 14 to run for offi ce in Lane’s stu-dent government.

Students are elected to four different positions in the Asso-ciated Students of Lane Com-munity College. The positions are president, vice president, senator and Student Finance Board student-at-large.

This is the fi rst year where the treasurer and the multi-cultural programs coordina-tor will not be elected. A bal-lot measure passed last year turned both titles into ap-pointed positions.

The presidential and vice

presidential candidates run to-gether on a joint ticket, where-as the other two positions run alone. According to the stu-dent government’s bylaws, the elected presidential ticket will receive a monthly stipend and up to 12 free credits.

According to an email from Elections Committee Chair-woman Rebekah Ellis, there are currently three presidential elec-tion tickets: Francisco “Kiko” Gomez for president and Ben Buchanan as his vice president; Michael Weed for president and Malisa Ratthasing as his vice president; and Clinton Fear as president and Kathy Ren-frowand as vice president.

Gomez and Ratthasing are senators in the student government. Weed is the

Fundraising puts campaign under scrutiny

Instructors negotiate for power to eject unruly students

Senator becomescandidate aftermeeting blow-up

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COLOR ON PAGE 6

Polls open April 28 to May 1

Chris PiepgrassReporter

The Color Me Rad 5k visited Eu-gene for its third consecutive year on April 12.

As the crowd gathered before the

sound of the starting horn, partic-ipants were given a shirt and a pair of shades; at the end, that once-pris-tine white T-shirt — along with the rest of them — was caked in color.

Color Me Rad goes to cities all over the U.S. The organization al-

so tours select cities in Europe, Aus-tralia and South Korea. Color Me Rad works with the same local char-ity each year. That charity receives a portion of the proceeds made by the 5k in the host city. In Eugene, Re-lief Nursery has been selected as the

benefi ciary.“Relief Nursery supports the pre-

vention of child abuse and neglect,” Jennifer Anderson said, a volun-teer representing the charity. “Re-lief Nursery will receive $75 for each

COLORRUNThird annual running event hits maximum capacity for runners

CHRIS PIEPGRASS / THE TORCHashley Mills (left), anes Koushkbaghi (center) and ashley Ford (right) get weird after the Color Me Rad 5k fun run april 12.

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increase passed earlier this year, the proposed increase would nudge tuition closer to $100 per credit.

The student government has urged the college to cap the proposed tuition increase at $1.88 per credit while the Oregon Student Association has taken a hard-line stance against any tuition increases.

Both groups sent represen-tatives to the board’s May 14 meeting, before which Lane College Services representa-tives presented their most recent budget proposal and answered board members’ questions.

“Was there a concerted ef-fort (to communicate) with our student community?” board member Matt Keating asked during the meeting.

“At every point in the con-versation, students were includ-ed,” Vice President of College Services Brian Kelly replied.

Board member Robert Ack-erman said he received the doc-uments too late to fully review them before the meeting, and Budget Committee citizen-at-large Chris Matson said that Or-egon law requires the college to furnish documents at the com-mittee’s request.

Keating praised College Services’ transparency before board member Tony McCown and Budget Committee citi-zen-at-large Kevin Cronin be-gan requesting information regarding the budget.

McCown asked the college to prepare a list of the differ-ences between the last propos-al and this one, to show the board “how we got from 14 days ago to this budget.”

Afterwards, Cronin asked for the college’s pre-recession numbers from 2007 — regard-ing the average refund for stu-dents who receive financial aid and the ratios of loans to grants and students to staff, among other statistics — be-cause he would “like to be more in touch with what was going on back then.”

That was the last time the college was budgeting during a sound economy, he said.

Cronin also asked to see the vacancy rates and rent sched-ule for student housing at Ti-tan Court.

At one point, Budget Com-mittee citizen-at-large Jacque Betz sought to reassure the protesters that “decisions that are made at the college are not made in a vacuum.”

The Budget Committee will meet at least once more before the board convenes June 11 to approve a budget.

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SPoRtS&rEcrEATIoN

Jarrid Denney Sports editor

The Titans are deadlocked in a second-place tie with the Southwestern Oregon Com-munity College Lakers in the NWAACC Southern Region. Their playoff ambitions hinge on a May 16 winner-take-all three-game series with the Lakers.

The series could include a continuation of an April 25 game that was suspended in the top of the 13th inning due to darkness. The teams will play a doubleheader with the first game beginning at noon and, if each team wins a game, they will play the re-mainder of the suspended game as a tiebreaker.

Both Lane and SWOCC own 16-11 records and trail the Clark Community Col-lege Penguins (19-9), who have already locked up first place. Only two teams from each region go to the playoffs, and whichever team claims two wins on Friday will book its ticket to the NWAACC tournament.

Titans head coach Josh Blunt said his team is embrac-ing the situation.

“We’re excited for it,” Blunt said. “I like our chances. Ob-viously, it’s a little nerve-wracking … the halted game could decide the season.”

Blunt said both sides will be depleted in the continua-tion of the suspended game if it is played. Lane’s lead-ing hitter, sophomore Konner Reddick, will not be available because he has already been subbed out of the game, and the same goes for freshman infielder Kyle Watson. Lane will also be without freshmen pitchers Beau Ueland, Shane Quaterly and sophomore Er-ic Ruaro. Freshman Travis Boggs will be on the mound

for the Titans when the game resumes.

The Titans also could be without their top power-hit-ter, sophomore first base-man Jarren Goddard, who sat out the last two games with a pulled hamstring.

Blunt said Goddard has looked “significantly bet-ter” than he did on Mon-day, the day after he was in-jured, but whether or not he plays against SWOCC will be a game-time decision.

To reach their current posi-tion, Lane won three of four games over the weekend.

In one of his strongest showings of the season, soph-omore pitcher Jared Priest-ly led the Titans to victory in the May 11 opener versus the Clackamas Community Col-lege Cougars.

Priestly threw seven shut-out innings and allowed six hits and no walks while strik-ing out four Cougar batters. He will be the Titans start-er in the series opener versus SWOCC.

“I’m stoked to be that guy. Like any athlete, you want to get the ball in that situation,” Priestly said. “I’m honored that (Blunt) thinks I’m the one who should contribute to the team and help us get a win that day.”

The Titans were led on of-fense by sophomore shortstop Tucker Campbell, who went 4-for-4 with an RBI and a double.

Reddick and freshman catcher Kyle Beam each had two hits and drove in a run.

The nightcap took a more dramatic twist.

The Titans and Cougars were tied 5-5 after three in-nings, and the Titans were forced to go to their bullpen early after Ruaro surrendered five runs on six hits and was pulled after just 2.1 innings.

Titan reliever Chris Neif-ert was able to get the Titans out of the third inning with-out further damage being done, and after that, freshman Travis Kelly was lights-out for the Titans. Kelly pitched

four nearly flawless innings in relief; he surrendered no runs, no walks and just one hit while striking out three Cougar batters.

“(Kelly) was supposed to be one of our four start-ers this season,” Blunt said “But we’ve kind of hesitat-ed to take him out of the relief role because he’s saved our lives in that situation so many times this year.”

Lane was held scoreless by Cougar starter Mike Kelly un-til the bottom of the seventh, but seized the game when Reddick drove in Motague with a walk-off single.

The next day, the Titans faced off against the Penguins in their final home series of the year. Blunt gave Jeff Har-dy the ball in Game 1, and the Titans sophomore didn’t disappoint. Hardy tossed eight innings and struck out three batters while allow-ing just three hits and one controversial run.

Penguin designated hit-ter Michael Gonzales scored

the lone Clark run on a dou-ble-steal, after it seemed like fellow Penguin Sam Kosbab had already been tagged out while running back to first base. However, the umpire ruled that Lane first baseman Kyle Watson missed Gonza-les with the tag, and Kosbab was called safe. Had he been called out, the inning would have been over and no run would have scored.

One run was all the Pen-guins needed, as they held the Titans scoreless for the re-mainder of the game behind the pitching of Kevin Ham-man. Hamman limited the Ti-tans to just five hits in a com-plete game shutout.

The Titans struck back in Game 2 with a 7-3 victory. Campbell went 2-for-3 and drove in two. Montague had three RBIs and a double.

“That was big, for sure,” Priestly said. “It’s definitely a big momentum boost for this upcoming week, and I think it’s gonna lead to us playing well against SWOCC.”

SEASON ON ThE LINETitans will battle Lakers for second place, trip to the NWAACC playoffs

Sophomore Eric Long hits a pop-fly to center field May 12. Long’s batting average is .293 this season.

Sophomore Jeff Hardy threw eight innings against Clark, striking out three batters and allowing only one run on May 12.

The Lane baseball team kneels in a pre-game huddle before hosting Clark Community College in a May 12 doubleheader against the Pen-guins. Clark won the first game 1-0 and Lane won the second game 7-3.

PHOTOS BY EUGENE JOHNSON / THE TORCH

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Consecutive games in which Lane utility player Konner Reddick has had at least one hit.

Reddick’s batting average over that stretch.

Games the Titans have played this season that were decided by one run.

Sacrifice hits by Lane outfielder Darin Nelson, the most in the NWAACC run.

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WOmEN

Jhazelle Ambus 100-meter dash: 12.34200-meter dash: 25.4

Jalen Tims 400-meter dash: 56.5

Macaulay Wilson 800-meter run: 2:16.61

Nicole Maurmann 1,500-meter run: 4:48.69

Kara hallock 100-meter hurdles: 14.4

400-meter hurdles: 1:03.58Long jump: 18’08.00 ft

Ambus, Kristine Dunn, Tims, Wilson,

4x100-meter relay: 47.49Kristin clark

Triple jump: 37’01.00 ft

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Jonathan cornish 1,500-meter run: 4:02.58

Sean McGetrick 110-meter hurdles: 15.30

Dakarai hightower High jump: 7’0.25 ft

Trever Walker Shot put: 47’10.00 ft

Jarrid DenneySports editor

Lane’s track and field pro-gram has made winning the regional championship almost an annual event.

At the May 9 region-al championship in Gresh-am, the Titans men scored 225 points and edged out the sec-ond place Clackamas Com-munity College Cougars by 23 points to claim their 11th con-secutive regional title. Lane’s women’s squad dominated every section of the meet in a 250-point performance, out-scoring the second place Cou-gars by 65.5 points on the way to their sixth straight title.

“It was, for both squads, a dress rehearsal for NWAACCs,” Lane head coach Grady O’Connor said. “Our goal was to compete for po-sition and place, instead of trying to chase marks.”

Sophomore Kara Hallock, who finished second in the

NWAACC Heptathlon Cham-pionship earlier this month, led all athletes with a 46-point performance. Hallock fin-ished first in the 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles and long jump. She placed second in the high jump and set season-best times in both hurdle events.

On the men’s side, fresh-man Trever Walker earned top-athlete honors by placing fourth or better in three differ-ent throwing events to earn 23 crucial points for Lane. Walk-er finished first in the shot put, second in the hammer toss and fourth in the discus throw.

Three other Lane athletes scored 16 points or more, led by sophomore Diego Gonza-lez, who scored in the triple and long jump events, as well as the 400-meter dash.

The Titans won 13 total events, nine of which came from the women’s side. Soph-omore Madison Seaman placed second in the shot put,

discus and hammer throw, while sophomore Jhazelle Ambus won both the 100 and 200-meter dashes.

The Titans will compete in the NWAACC Championships in Spokane, Wash, on May 19-20. Lane’s men’s and wom-en’s teams were both crowned champions last season, and both will be in contention to do so again.

O’Connor said he sees the Cougars, as well as the Com-munity Colleges of Spokane Sasquatch, as the strongest competition on both the men’s and women’s sides.

Clackamas did not have all their top athletes on full dis-play at regionals, and it is like-ly that they will give the Ti-tans a greater challenge in Spokane. Budane Sultessa is the top 800-meter runner in the conference but did not compete at regionals, and Eliz-abeth Venzon is the NWAACC heptathlon champion but on-ly competed in two events

at Gresham.After several Titan athletes

suffered injuries at last week’s Oregon State University High Performance meet, O’Connor said he was planning to lim-it the number of events his athletes participated in at re-gionals in order to prevent any further injuries. O’Connor stuck to that plan, but the Ti-tans were unable to escape the meet entirely healthy. Soph-omore Dylan Hamming and freshman Mackenzie Folkerts both came away from region-als with nagging injuries, and O’Connor is unsure if they will be able to contribute at the NWAACC championships.

“That’s the worry we had going up there — getting somebody hurt,” O’Connor said. “That’s just the nature of the meet. The nature of the sport. We can’t dwell on it. We just need to rally and sup-port those guys, and hope-fully, somebody else will fill the void.”

Lane cruises to victoryHallock and Walker top scorers at NWAACC South Region Championships

(Left to right) Lane freshman Kristine Dunn, sophomore Jalen Tims, Clackamas Community College sophomore D’Nara Jones and Lane sophomore Jhazelle Ambus run the women’s 200-meter dash at the May 10 NWAACC South Region Championships in Gresham.

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Eddie Leach Reporter

For four hours, the Silva Hall at the Hult Center was transformed into a multimedia music and dance collaboration, a modern fantasia which felt more like a psychedelic club rave than a concert, with the added fun of a costume party.

This was the much-anticipat-ed Bohemian Dub Ball on the night of Saturday, May 10.

The ball had its roots in local Eugene band Medium Troy. The three members of the group, Connor Sullivan and brothers JoJo and Jessie Ferriera, all attended Lane. Their idea of combining a full orchestra with their trip-hop-inspired beats, grooves and socially conscious lyrics had its first outing last November at The McDonald Theater. The Bohemian Dub Ball expanded that show.

The 30-piece Bohemian Dub Orchestra consists of a full string section, horn section (both brass and wind), guitar, accordion and percussion. They are led by conductor Jeremy Schropp. Jessie Ferriera said that there are at least 10 mem-

bers of the orchestra currently enrolled at Lane.

For visual effect, LightAt-Play, an interactive lighting design company, provided two half-globes for either side of the stage at floor level and a mas-sive globe suspended centrally above the stage. These interac-tive light sources responded to the music and the movement of the dancers, generating con-stantly shifting color patterns throughout the evening. Think of these as highly advanced, digital versions of a disco ball.

Many people attended in full costume. I saw a cossack, a pirate, an apostle and countless

other outrageously outfitted people, all contributing to the atmosphere and spirit of the event.

The show featured five DJs, five dance troupes and a set by Medium Troy. Among the DJs, nationally renowned art-ists Devin the Dude and RJD2 generated the greatest crowd response.

The first half of the show saw an appearance by the Broadway Revue Burlesque. Their high-spirited, hilarious and slightly naughty routine, complete with high kicks, delighted the audience. They were followed by the Work

Dance Company, Eugene’s premier hip-hop and jazz-funk troupe, which gave a Vampire-themed routine to a pounding beat. It was reminiscent of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” but with much more aggressive and extreme shapes. Devin the Dude closed the first half of the show. His down-tempo hip-hop flow and sense of humor had the crowd waving their hands in the air.

The second half began with a set by Medium Troy backed by the Bohemian Dub Orches-tra. Among their tunes was crowd favorite “SpaceTree,” a new electro-swing number and

a heavy-duty cover of Portis-head’s classic trip-hop anthem “Glory Box.” During their set, various dancers moved around the stage. An aerial silk artist drew gasps from the crowd. A gymnast did flips and rear-screen projections synchroniz-ing with the music appeared behind them. The crowd surged forward, drawn by the sheer power and energy of the combination of Medium Troy and the Dub Orchestra. They received a huge ovation.

The final act got underway after a quieter dance piece by Harmonic Lab and a very lively breakdance crew that popped and spun to hip-hop beats, which included a slow-motion sequence to Chopin’s E minor prelude.

RJD2 ended the night with a lengthy set using four sets of turntables and two sam-plers. He capped his set with a superb collaboration with the Dub Orchestra. They continued throughout the Grande Finale, as the various dance groups returned for brief reprises of their earlier sets. His energy, innovation and musicality was the perfect way to bring this extravaganza to a close.

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Jeanne Heifetz is a New York-based artist whose col-lection, Geometry of Hope, is inspired by the difference be-tween what we think we see and what we actually see.

Shadows, which have no independent existence, but are part of how the brain works, are an important aspect of the collection, Heifetz said.

Heifetz sets rules for each piece she creates to give her-self a framework from which to work. From there she im-provises and enjoys the free-dom that comes from having a sense of ongoing dialogue with her work where she’s constantly making decisions.

Nikky Allen, a media arts student who works in the gal-lery, said the exhibit is attract-ing a lot of attention. People ask him questions regarding the materials used by the art-ist and the effects she is creat-ing.

“People are really curious,” Allen said. “I’ve watched ma-ny people go in and look through the fabric at the re-flection on the wall. For my-

self, I was thinking about get-ting my computer out and looking up effects of color on visual 3D.”

Heifetz says there’s no in-tended message in her work. She presents what fascinates her, trusting that the same things will fascinate others.

“The art really catches my eye,” Lane student Grace Madden Huang said. “It’s so different.”

The main elements Heif-etz uses in her work are col-ored glass rods, stainless steel mesh and silver and copper coated wire. It’s essentially embroidery for the 21st centu-ry, she said.

“Oftentimes we consid-er drawing and painting as the standard mediums in 2-dimensional art, and it can sometimes be difficult to see past the traditional forms of art,” Jennifer Salzman, me-dia arts instructor said. “I find this exhibition to be an excit-ing use of alternative materi-als.”

The way the room is lit plays an important role in what happens to the shad-ows, Heifetz said. During the day the shadows can appear

muted. When the light sub-sides in the early morning or afternoon, the interior lighting will pick up the drama of the shadows.

Lane gallery staff were in charge of selecting the light-ing for the exhibit.

“Jennifer (Salzman) has chosen a very elegant pre-sentation with a single shad-ow so, you have a sense of di-alogue with just the two talk-ing to each other,” Heifetz said.

Color plays an important

role in the collection, both for its inherent beauty and in the context of the difference be-tween perception and reality.

“Color is one of the ele-mental joys of being human,” Heifetz said.

Heifetz uses shift tint glass for some of her pieces, in which the color of the glass completely changes with dif-ferent light sources.

“If you look at something and say that it is that color, it gives you a certain faith and confidence that your sens-

es are working,” Heifetz said. “But if you move that same object into a different light source and it’s suddenly a dif-ferent color, that’s a very dis-orienting sensation.”

Geometry of Hope is a tribute to a collection of art owned by Patricia Phelps de Cisne-ros, which comprises art by a group of postwar Latin-Amer-ican artists whose work was shown together under that ti-tle. It will be on display in the Building 11 gallery until May 22.

Exhibit reshapes perception of art

Multimedia extravaganza invades Hult Center

Artist challenges traditional interpretation in Building 11 gallery

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Grace Madden Huang, an English as a Second Language student, views the Geometry of Hope exhibi-tion in the Building 10 gallery.

Musicians, dancers and acrobats take stage with orchestra

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Medium Troy performs with The Bohemian Dub Orchestra at The Hult Center May 10.

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chris Piepgrass Reporter

Dr. William Chapman Nya-ho’s May 9 recital showcased material from composers of African descent.

The concert was put on by the Lane Diversity Depart-ment in collaboration with the Black Student Union whose members ushered during the event.

Before each song, Nyaho spoke a little about the piece he was about to play and ex-plained the cultural influenc-es and how they affected the music. The night’s theme was playful piano music from the African diaspora.

“I made a New Year’s reso-lution not to play any western European music until I learned a full recital of music by com-posers of African descent,” Nyaho said.

The diversity department has been searching for pro-fessionals to represent a sto-rytelling series at Lane that will help inspire students that

wish to become performers. At the department request, per-formers and speakers come to the college to speak about their lives and how they have achieved their goals.

When diversity department director Donna Koechig asked Dr. Stanley Coleman, a Lane instructor of literature and

communication, if he knew somebody who would like to perform, Coleman instantly thought of Nyaho.

“We’ve been pushing peo-ple we know to come here because they have so much to offer, and they’re such role models for young people who want to be performers,”

Coleman said.John Watson, Lane’s mar-

keting manager, granted guests free admission into the concert.

Before his performance, Nyaho sat down in the mul-ticultural room to discuss his background and answer questions.

Nyaho is a Ghanaian native, raised in Switzerland where his father held a job with the United Nations. His family lat-er returned to Ghana where he developed a passion for both traditional African music and classical European.

“I come from a family where music was important, traditional music and classi-cal music. I grew up with all of that swirling in my head,” Nyaho said. “I struggled with being able to meld my pas-sion for traditional music with classical for a long time.”

In college he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Oxford Honour School of Music before pursuing a master’s degree from the Conservatoire de Musique de Geneve in Switzerland, and later a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Texas at Austin.

“It was an amazing revela-tion, learning and struggling through all this music,” Nyaho said. “It’s very exciting to be able to share it with you.”

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Featuring artist Jeanne HeifetzMain Art Gallery, Building 11

April 28 to May 22

Elements and Forms Exhibit, Sister Gallery, Building 11

April 28 to May 22

The Works Dance Ragozzino Performance Hall

Building 6, May 15 to 17 7:30 p.m.

General Admission: $10 Students: $5

Thursday 16Art Workshop for Stress Reduction

Building 10, Fiber Studio 221 May 16, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Union Murder Mystery Dinner TheaterCenter Building, May 16

6 p.m. to 9 p.m.Pre-registration requiredopen to first 80 guests

Admission: $25

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courtney Springer Reporter

Stephen Sondheim is known for his technically in-tricate musicals and Into the Woods is no different, but that didn’t deter Mark VanBeever, director, from taking the show by the horns.

VanBeever is a graduate of Lane’s GED program and has been acting and directing in the community for several years. He has presented his vi-sion of the show at Actors Cab-aret of Eugene, which opened May 1.

The seats were nearly full when the house lights dimmed and the stage lights illuminat-ed a silhouetted forest in hues of purples and blues. The Nar-rator, played by Austin Van-derplaat, began to tell a med-ley of fairy tales including Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Rid-ing Hood, Cinderella and more.

Veteran and Lane student Ben Buchanan was cast as the Wolf from Little Red Rid-ing Hood. Buchanan’s elabo-rate costume included a fur-ry mask, with chest and hand prosthetics, giving the Wolf an element of authenticity. Bu-chanan captured the charac-

ter’s sleaziness through move-ments around the stage and manipulations of his costume pieces.

The music was canned, meaning it was pre-recorded instead of played live, but this didn’t affect the cast’s enthusi-asm . With only floor mics am-plifying their singing, the cast effectively filled the room with sound and maintained crisp dialogue throughout the show.

Vanderplaat recently attend-ed Lane majoring in acting, but has taken a break from the ac-ademic world to work and act within the community, apply-ing what he learned at Lane to

real-world situations. The character who stole ev-

ery scene and only said “moo” was Marv, a white wooden cow that represented the char-acter Milky White. Marv was listed in the playbill, citing his past experiences with North Eugene and Churchill High School productions.

“I tracked him down espe-cially for this show. He was created for my first produc-tion of Into The Woods at North Eugene Highschool 15 years ago,” VanBeever said.

The first act wrapped up the fairy tales with common-ly known happy endings. The

second act then further ana-lyzed what happens post hap-py ending, complete with Sondheim’s creative weav-ing of story lines. The audi-ence was well pleased opening night and expressed their de-light through steady applause, laughter and overall enthusi-asm.

Lane also touched the lives of other actors like Cathy Beck-er, who played Granny in Little Red Riding Hood, and India Pot-ter, who portrayed both Flo-rinda and Snow White. Becker grew her passion for theater by taking voice and acting class-es at Lane, and plans to take more in the future.

Gene Chin, voice instructor at Lane and the University of Oregon, played the Baker. The central character helped pull focus during Into the Woods with a quest that required ap-peasing a witch in order to have a child with his wife.

Other actors openly shared stories about seeing Lane shows, taking classes years ago or knowing students and staff.

The show will run May 16, 17, 18 (matinee), 22, 23 and 30, and closes Saturday, May 31, at the Actors Cabaret of Eugene on 996 Willamette.

Fairy-tale musical enchants audience

Lane showcases world talentInternational Day unites students from 35 countrieschris Piepgrass Reporter

International students and performers from 35 dif-ferent countries gathered in Lane’s cafetria on May 7 for Lane’s International Day.

Lane created the event to demonstrate the talents of Lane’s multicultural student body. Beth Schenderlein coor-dinated the showcase this year.

“The mission of Interna-tional Day is to showcase the amazing talents of the diverse population of inter-national students who come to Lane and promote under-standing between cultures,” Schenderlein said. “We al-so want the whole student body of Lane to have the op-portunity to meet our inter-national students.”

The day started with a fashion show. Twelve stu-dents modeled clothing from their native countries. As the day went on, singers and mu-sicians took the stage. Dancers also performed, pulling stu-dents from the crowd out of their seats to join them.

Lane student Yaara Tal helped Schenderlein orga-nize the event.

“I think 85 percent of the crowd was international students,” Tal said. “I love working with other students and getting to know new people from different coun-tries and cultures.”

Local residents of Lane County also gathered to hear Jimmy Le, a Lane student in the audio engineering pro-gram, lay down tracks for the audience. This year Lane Me-dia Services provided student workers to film the event.

Forrest Beckley, a Lane music major, heard the mu-sic from across the cafeteria and joined the festivities.

“I thought it was really cool to hear songs in different languages,” Beckley said.

International Day is an event held annually in early May, and all the participants volunteer their time, whether they are students or faculty.

“We appreciate you shar-ing your culture with us as you learn here at Lane,” Lane President Mary Spilde told the group.

Cody Mendonca and Emily Westlund take the stage for a pick-up rehearsal at Actors Cabaret of Eugene on May 8 for the production of Into the Woods.

Mayra Jaquez plays the accor-dion and sings for the student body May 7 for International Day in Lane’s cafeteria.

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Lane students perform at Actors Cabaret of Eugene

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Marv the wooden cow takes on the role of Milky White, the beloved bovine from Jack and the Beanstalk in Actors Cabaret of Eugene’s production of Into the Woods.