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Two Hawaiian instructors, Kalimakuhilani “Kuhi” South-ard and Christopher “T.C.” Southard, shared their art and their personal stories with ap-proximately 20 students at Lane’s Longhouse on May 16.

Eugene resident Belle Car-acol, who was born and raised in the Philippines, and who dances hula, said she appreci-ated hearing from the instruc-tors that being Hawaiian is not about a bloodline.

“I really like what they said about being Hawaiian being an attitude,” Caracol said. “Their love for Hawaii is so great, they just want to share it with those who want to share it with them.”

Being Hawaiian is about em-bodying the culture, T.C. said. It’s about the values, tradition and essence of what it means to be Hawaiian.

“It’s not about blood. It’s about how you act. That’s being Hawaiian,” Kuhi said.

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The Lane men’s and women’s track and field team each won their second consecutive NWAACC Championship in Spokane, Wash. on May 20.

Lane sophomore Jarren Goddard hit a grand-slam against South-western Oregon Community College on May 17 in Coos Bay.

Christopher “T.C.” Southard performs a hula dance with his wife, Kalimak-uhilani “Kuhi” Southard, accompanying him on a traditional ipu, a drum made of two large gourds of unequal size joined together.

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Beam, Goddard lift Lane to playoffsJarrid Denney Sports Editor

The Lane baseball team has faced plenty of high pressure situations this sea-son. Last weekend, the Ti-

tans saw their toughest test thus far and didn’t blink.

With the season on the line, Lane swept a three games series against the Southwestern Oregon

Commencement speaker chosen for 2014 graduation ceremony

Hawaiian culture preserved through dance

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chris Piepgrass Reporter

Alan Overwater, a 36-year-old Lane student who will graduate with a 3.5 GPA and a transfer degree, will

deliver the commencement speech at this year’s graduation after winning a May 16 contest to find the most quali-fied speaker.

Overwater was attending Lane during a period of homelessness,

from 2006 to 2009. He recently re-turned to Lane to finish his degree.

“It’s hard to keep yourself moti-vated when you don’t know where you’re going to sleep and you haven’t had a meal in a while. There is a pop-ulation of people, and I don’t know if it’s that they’re lost or if they’ve just

given up, but you can’t surround yourself with that,” Overwater said. “I don’t want to sound too pompous or anything, but I think I earned the right to say my piece.”

Overwater also congratulates the graduating class of 2014 for pushing

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On March 9, the father of a Uni-versity of Oregon student reported to Eugene Police that his daughter had been sexually assaulted by three of the school’s basketball players.

University officials learned of the report the same day, and learned the names of the athletes under investigation on March 19. The Lane County District Attorney’s office ultimately decided not to charge the men. The university kicked them off the basketball team in early May.

But the fact that campus police didn’t log the reported assault when they first learned of it, or issue a campuswide alert, led Jennifer Freyd, a UO psychology professor, to complain to the U.S. Department of Education that the university vio-lated the Clery Act, which requires U.S. colleges and universities to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses.

Freyd — who has been recog-nized by the White House for her research on sexual assault on college campuses — contends that the uni-versity police should have logged the reported assault back in March.

UO President Michael Gottfred-son has defended the university’s response.

“In my opinion, at the time, the balance of our interest favored pro-tection of the integrity of the crimi-nal process, and not interfering with a criminal investigation,” he said in a May 4 faculty senate meeting.

Regardless of how the UO thought it was protecting an inves-tigation, they should have instead been thinking about how to protect their students. The Clery Act is in place for a reason. It is not only to hold universities and colleges accountable to criminal activities (alleged or proven) on and around their campuses, but also to keep students safe.

UO may have not violated the act. We don’t know yet. If something happens that in any way affects students negatively while they are in college, the university should be concerned. Students are in college to learn. They are not in college to worry about their safety. The federal government needs to impose serious sanctions on universities that violate

the Clery Act. Currently, universi-ties that fail to file under the act can be fined as much as $35,000 per violation, by the U.S. Department of Education, and in some cases they can have federal funds completely withdrawn.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, one in five women in college are sexually assaulted. The issue is serious enough that the U.S. Department of Education recently announced that 55 institutions — none of them in Oregon — of higher education are “under investigation for possible violations of federal law over the handling of sexual violence and harassment complaints.”

With a number that high, it’s about time.

Colleges and universities should be more responsible. Students should be the number one priority, with an emphasis on students’ safe-ty. It’s good that people are starting to pay attention — people who can make a difference on a federal level — but frankly we should be making a difference on our campuses long before we gain federal attention.

UO incident highlights need for Clery compliance

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Colleges and universities should be responsible. Students should be the number one priority,

with an emphasis on students’ safety.

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Alan Overwater peruses the library after winning the keynote speaker contest on May 19.

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


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


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

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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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themselves to achieve their dreams.

“All these students put in the work it takes to get their certificates, degrees and di-plomas,” Overwater said. “They didn’t just sit through class. They put work into it and they kept living their dai-ly lives. Not a lot of people have the will and determina-tion to do that.”

Each speaker had to touch on four main points. They were to discuss the time and energy students put into at-taining their individual de-

gree, diploma or certification. The speaker also had to

give examples of their own personal successes and of-fer inspiration for students, as well as recognize contribu-tions that the staff, family and friends had in helping stu-dents succeed.

Christina Lymath, the de-partment coordinator of Stu-dent Life and Leadership De-velopment, has been coordi-nating the graduation cere-mony since 1998.

“Classmates feel a sense of kinship when there is a

student speaker who can identify with the daily strug-gles and positive experi-ences of student life,” Ly-math said. “There are some truly inspiring student suc-cess stories, and when I hear them share theirs with the audience and fellow gradu-ates, I am truly touched by their stories.”

She advertises the key-note speaker contest a term in advance to provide plen-ty of time for students to hear about the opportunity and prepare their speeches.

This year, the deadline was extended by one week due to scarce participation. Six con-testants turned in hard copies of their three- to five-minute speeches on May 14.

Alena Vasquez will be graduating with a degree in psychology this June and was a participant in the keynote speaker contest.

“I think I did about five drafts total,” Vasquez said. “There was a lot I want-ed to say. It was challenging to fit it all into a five-minute speech.”

Budget officials seek more information

chayne Thomas Reporter

Lane’s budget committee will meet at least once more to grapple with a $12.6 million shortfall in the college’s 2014-15 budget.

Incoming student govern-ment President Michael Weed addressed budget commit-tee members for the first time at their May 21 meeting. He took the opportunity to reiter-ate the student government’s position, that the committee should vote against any tuition increase above $1.88 per credit, in addition to the $2-per-credit inflationary increase the board approved earlier this year.

Faculty union President Jim Salt also spoke at the meeting, where he presented data from the last 11 years that indicated the average year-end balance of the college’s reserve fund is approximately $8.8 million.

Salt asked the committee if this indicates a crisis.

“Put it in context,” he said. “Let the data decide that.”

Budget Committee member Chris Matson said the balance of the reserve fund was not in-cluded in documents distribut-ed to committee members.

Lane President Mary Spil-de said the fund is counted as revenue in the audit, and the reserves were carried over to the beginning of the next year’s costs.

“If there’s money outside of the purview of the Bud-get Committee, we need to see that,” Matson said.

Salt later said he was con-cerned that the information provided to committee mem-bers was insufficient, especial-ly when it came to the costs and benefits of cutting class-es taught by part-time instruc-tors, some of which might be profitable or prerequisites for other profitable classes.

“It’s happening, with no public info on it,” Salt said. “(The budget committee is) in a position to require this.”

Most who spoke at the meeting agreed that the com-mittee, instructors and stu-dents must work together col-laboratively.

“There’s been a crisis bud-get every year since I’ve been on this board,” Matson said.

Board member Pat Albright agreed.

“Since I’ve been here, they’ve characterized bud-get planning as crisis manage-ment,” Albright said.

Budget talks will continue in the Building 3 boardroom on May 28 at 5:30 p.m.

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Community College Lakers and are now headed to the NWAACC Playoffs for the first time since 2011.

The Titans picked up a 9-6, nine-inning victory to begin the series on May 17 and, later in the day, bested the Lakers with a 7-1 seven-inning win. The next day, they finished a game that had been suspend-ed due to darkness on April 26. The game was tied 2-2 when it was suspended, but the Titans exploded for four runs in extra innings to cap off a 6-2 win.

They outscored the Lakers 22-8 in the series and commit-ted just one error while sur-rendering only two walks.

“We played unbelievable catch and we made all the routine plays,” Lane head coach Josh Blunt said. “Every single time they scored, we scored on top of it. It’s kind of a recipe for success.”

In the first inning of Game 1, the Lakers scored two quick runs to gain an early advantage. However, fresh-man catcher Kyle Beam put the Titans ahead with one swing when he launched a three-run home run in the top of the second inning. From that moment, the Titans nev-er trailed.

“As soon as Beam hit that home run, the momentum just changed,” sophomore first baseman Jarren God-dard said. “We started put-ting runs up and after that, we saw SWOCC and their de-meanor and could just tell that they really didn’t want to be there.”

Beam went 2-for-5 and sophomore outfielder Darrin Nelson was 3-for-3 with three RBIs for the Titans. Freshman Malik Evans picked up the win out of the bullpen and fel-low freshman Shane Quarter-ly tossed three innings and surrendered no hits or runs to close out the game.

The following game, God-dard picked up the big hit for the Titans.

The game was tied 1-1 enter-ing the top of the seventh un-til Goddard smashed a grand slam and essentially clinched the series for the Titans.

“It felt great,” Goddard said. “It was probably the first ball I’ve hit hard in about a month and after that, as a team, it kind of took all the pressure off of us.”

Goddard and sophomore shortstop Tucker Campbell each went 2-for-4 and sopho-more pitcher Travis Kelly sty-mied the Lakers offense in his first start of the season. Kelly threw six innings and surren-dered just one run and six hits while striking out seven Lak-er batters.

The Titans knew they had already clinched a playoffs berth after the second game, but continued their hot offen-sive streak the next day in a third game that had no actual implications.

They scored four runs in the top of the 13th inning, and sophomore pitcher Park-er Sherrell closed the door on any chance of a Laker come-back with a perfect perfor-mance in the bottom of the 13th. Sherrell struck out all

three batters he faced. After a regular season in

which they finished 27-16 overall and 19-11 in South-ern Region play, the Ti-tans will head to Longview, Wash., on May 22 to begin the NWAACC Tournament.

In the first round of the

five-day tournament, the Ti-tans will face the Edmonds Community College Tritons (34-7)(20-5), the tournament’s top seed.

“I have been told through-out the year that most peo-ple thought Edmonds and us were the best two teams in the

NWAACC,” Blunt said. “But who knows. We’re not going to deviate from what we do … You play against the base-ball.”

The Titans will take on the Tritons at David Story Field with first pitch scheduled for 4:35 p.m. on May 22.

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“As soon as (Kyle) Beam hit that home run, the momentum just changed … after that, we saw SWOCC and their demeanor and could just tell that they really didn’t want to be there.”

Jarren GoddardLane sophomore first baseman

Lane sophomore shortstop Tucker Campbell went 3-for-6 with two doubles in two wins over Southwest-ern Oregon Community College on May 17.

Lane first baseman Jarren Goddard waits for the ball in an attempted pick off against Mount Hood Community College sophomore shortstop Cole Hamilton in a May 2 game.EUGENE JOHNSON / THE TORCH


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NWAACC Baseball Tournament Preview

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By finishing second in the NWAACC Southern Region, lane clinched a trip to the nWAACC baseball

playoffs for the first time since 2011. the titans will be joined by seven

other teams at the five-day, double-elimination tournament held at david Story Field in longview, Wash. the titans will open the

tournament against the Edmonds Community College tritons in a

first-round matchup at 4:35 p.m. on May 22.

Jarrid Denney Sports Editor

NWAACC Baseball Tournament Preview

Lane community college Titans (27-16) (19-11) Second Place, South region

While the Titans haven’t put up gaudy offensive stats and their pitchers don’t have incredible strikeout numbers, they have one advantage over every team in the tournament: pitching depth. Nine Titans have tossed 20 innings or more, and all but one of them have 2-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratios. They have a true ace in sophomore Jeff Hardy (5-4, 2.52 ERA, 56 strikeouts) and three relief pitchers who have combined to strikeout 64 batters and surrender just three runs in 82 innings. On offense, the Titans feature a balanced lineup that relies on a small-ball approach, but also has long-ball threats in first baseman Jarren Goddard and catcher Kyle Beam. The Titans’ biggest challenge could be simply putting up runs. Bellevue is the only team in the tournament who has scored fewer.

Bellevue community college Bulldogs (25-21) (19-6) Second Place, North region

Bellevue posted the worst overall record of any team in the tournament, but won 13 of its first 14 regional games to help clinch second in the North. The Bulldog’s lineup was one of the most efficient in the conference with just 112 strikeouts, and also one of the top power lineups. They posted the sixth-best slugging percentage in the NWAACC and the seventh- most doubles. No Bulldog has outstanding offensive numbers, but six different starters batted .280 or better and drove in at least 15 runs. Bulldog starting pitcher Nick Kiel scorched NWAACC hitters this year; he struck out 85 batters, by far the most in the conference, and opposing batters hit just .207 against him. However, he received very little run support and has a win-loss record of just 6-4.

Treasure Valley community college chukars (34-10) (25-7) First Place, East region

The Chukars climbed as high as third in the NWAACC coaches’ poll during the season and have been one of the conference’s most consistent teams throughout the year. They have lost consecutive games on just two different occasions this season and are near the top of the conference in nearly all major offensive categories, including fifth in home runs and RBIs. Treasure Valley’s sophomore utility man Brady Baker is one of the most versatile players in the conference. Baker has crushed eight home runs and and 36 RBIs and was also the stopgap of the Chukars’ bullpen. He has earned either a win or a save in 8-of-9 appearances and has struck out 14 batters in nine innings in the Chukars’ closer role.

Walla Walla community college Warriors (27-14) (18-13) Second Place, East region

Five players had 40 hits or more for the Warriors, the most of any team in the NWAACC. Their high-powered offense was second in the conference in doubles and RBIs and no player had a bigger impact for Walla Walla than designated hitter JJ Robinson. Robinson led the NWAACC with 11 home runs and tied for fourth with 42 RBIs. He has the potential to change a game with one swing of the bat, but is essentially a bang-or-bust player; he racked up 25 strikeouts and grounded into 5 double plays, extremely high numbers for a player who is his team’s top offensive threat. While the Warriors have a plus offense, their pitching staff ranked in the NWAACC’s bottom-five in runs, hits and walks surrendered.

Pierce community college raiders (27-11) (22-3) First Place, West region

The top offensive team in the NWAACC, the Raiders hit an astounding .339 as a team — 37 points higher than any other team in the conference. They were led by four players who hit .336 or better, including outfielder Dillon Gee at .383. While they don’t have a true middle-of-the-lineup power hitter, the entire Raider’s batting order hits the ball all over the park. They were second in the conference in extra-base hits and only one team had fewer strikeouts. Pierce has three strong starting pitchers, but does not have an extremely deep staff, as only six pitchers have thrown 20 innings or more. Pierce’s Achilles heel could be their defense; they made 64 errors this season.

Tacoma community college Titans (37-6) (22-5) Second Place, West region

The Tacoma Titans have more depth offensively than any team in the tournament. Eight of their everyday players hit .270 or better and drove in at least 19 runs, and four Tacoma players hit .350 or better. Tacoma leadoff hitter and right fielder Jeremy Spring led the way for the Tacoma with a .366 batting average, five doubles, six triples and 29 RBIs. Although they have a standout offense, the Titans’ pitching and defense are their strongest assets. They have made just 38 errors this season, and are led on the mound by Jake Vernia, a sophomore with a 10-0 record and a 0.90 ERA. They have four other starters with at least four wins and ERAs lower than 2.70, and closer Ryota Koiwai has struck out 21 batters and walked just one in 24.2 innings.

clark community college Penguins (31-13) (21-9) First Place, South region

The Penguins do not have a great overall offense, but the top of their batting order may be the strongest of any team in the tournament. Penguin leadoff hitter Kyle Vanderkin reached base in 47 percent of his 153 at-bats and is one of the top defensive shortstops in the conference. Left fielder Michael Gonzales is one of the NWAACC’s top baserunners and led the South Region with 16 stolen bases, and cleanup hitter Brady Maney provides a true power bat in the middle of the Penguins’ order. He hit hit .363 and drove home 33 runs this season. On the mound, the Penguins are led by the tournaments top pitcher, sophomore Tanner Eckert. Eckert boasts a 0.70 ERA and led the NWAACC with 10 wins while striking out 65 batters.

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Edmonds community college Tritons (34-7) (20-5) First place, North region

The Tritons own the top overall record in the conference and boast one of the NWAACC’s most prolific offenses. They batted .302 as a team, second best in the conference, and were led by a quartet of players who batted .340 or better during the regular season. Tritons first baseman Ryan Budnick led Edmonds’ offensive attack with a .386 average, 44 RBIs and six home runs, and Edmonds’ three starting outfielders combined to steal 57 bases, including 28 by sophomore Travis Beck. On the mound, the Tritons were led by three starting pitchers who all earned at least eight wins and boast ERAs of 2.12 or lower. Edmonds’ ace Zach Johnson leads the team with eight wins, a 1.20 ERA and 71 strikeouts.

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Jarrid Denney Sports Editor

For the second season in a row, Lane’s men and women have claimed the Northwest Athletic Association of Com-munity Colleges’ track titles.

The Titans wrapped up both titles at Spokane Com-munity College on May 20.

Lane women’s team won with a score of 241 points, while the men prevailed with 183 points. Both finished 22 points ahead of runner-up the community colleges of Spo-kane Sasquatch.

Lane freshman Dakarai Hightower was named Out-standing Male Field Athlete of the meet and Titans soph-omore Kara Hallock scored the second-most points of any woman athlete. Lane head coach Grady O’Connor was named men’s coach of the year.

MenWith eight of their athletes

competing injured, Lane’s men had their backs against the wall going into the final day of the NWAACC champi-onship.

However, the Titans re-ceived numerous strong per-formances late in the meet’s second day, and one record-breaking jump to help earn their second consecutive title.

The Titans trailed the Com-munity Colleges of Spokane Sasquatch by two points af-ter the first day of action and found themselves narrow-ly behind the Sasquatch, en-

tering the second day’s final event, the triple jump.

Four Lane athletes finished second through fifth in the tri-ple jump to earn a total of 23 points, while no Spokane ath-letes placed, leaving Lane vic-torious in one of the closest meets in recent memory.

“They exceeded expec-tations,” Lane head coach Grady O’Connor said. “That jumps crew really reveled in the pressure with their teammates on the fence line screaming at them. That was awesome that they answered the bell.”

Lane sophomore Alex Sat-tley led the Titans in the triple jump with a leap of 45'04.75". He was followed by freshman Caleb Buzzas, sophomore Di-ego Gonzalez and freshman Kaelen Byrum.

“Caleb, who basically has a torn hamstring that’s lit-erally black and blue, just wrapped his leg and was able to finish as an All-American,” O’Connor said.

The highlight of the meet for the Titans came in the high jump, where freshman Daka-rai Hightower broke his own school record for the third time this season and set a per-sonal best and NWAACC re-cord with a jump of 7'3.25".

“It was my first PR in a year or two. I almost for-got what it felt like,” Hight-ower said. “It was good to be back up there again, national-ly ranked.”

On his final jump, Hight-ower narrowly missed clear-ing 7'5".

In total, the Titans earned 84 total points in jump events. Sophomore Zach Olivera claimed Lane’s only individu-al title of the first day with a win in the pole vault. Olive-ra cleared 15'11.75" to earn his second consecutive title and was joined on the podium by fellow sophomores Connor White (fourth) and Erik Jor-gensen (sixth).

Jorgensen’s day ended ear-ly when his pole snapped in half during an attempt, leav-ing him with a broken thumb and a laceration that required stitches.

Sophomore Sean McGet-rick, last year’s 110-meter hur-dle champion, finished sec-ond in the event this year, de-spite breaking the Lane record with a time of 14.37. McGet-rick also finished second in the 400-meter hurdles.

Women Lane’s relay team already

sprinted their way into the school record books once this season. Tuesday, they did so again and won a combined seven NWAACC titles to cap off a historical season.

Sophomores Jahzelle Am-bus, Jalen Tims and Macu-lay Wilson, as well as fresh-man Kristine Dunn, teamed up to break the Lane 4x100-meter relay record with a time of 47.29 and captured the con-ference title. Each member of the relay team also won an in-dividual title, and to finish off the meet, they won the 4x400-meter relay.

Ambus claimed both the

100-meter and 200-meter dash titles; Dunn won the 400 and placed third in the 200; Tims won the 400-meter hurdles and placed second in the 100; and Wilson won the 800-me-ter run.

“To have NWAACC titles in every event from the 800 down, I don’t think has ever been done,” O’Connor said. “It’s just a testament to those women — this sophomore class is going out with some huge accolades.”

Titans sophomore Kara Hallock won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.76 seconds to help Lane com-plete a sweep of all running events 800-meters and short-er. Hallock also placed third in the long jump, third in the 400-meter hurdles and fourth in the high jump. She scored 36 total points, including 10 from her April 29 heptathlon title.

Lane won eight total indi-vidual titles. Aside from Hal-lock and the Titans’ sprint group, sophomores Janelle Noga and Kristin Clark each won an event. Noga cleared 11'09.25" to capture the the pole vault title, and four other Titans vaulters finished on the podium. Clark was victorious in the triple jump and also fin-ished second in the long jump.

Sophomore Madison Sea-man placed second in the dis-cus and third in the shot put, and sophomore Leah Wilson and freshman Simone Reyn-olds placed second in the jav-elin the pick up points in the throwing events.

Freshman Nicole Maur-mann finished second in the 1,500-meter run, and fresh-man Katy Potter took fourth in the 5,000-meter run to lead a Lane distance crew that scored 19 points, after scoring none at last year’s meet.

“Most of this sophomore class hasn’t experienced any-thing but victory,” O’Connor said. “This team wasn’t as top-heavy as last year’s — last year’s was ridiculous. This year’s team had a little more depth in all of the events.”

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High jump mark by Lane freshman Dakarai Hightower, a personal best and NWAACC record.

Points scored by Lane’s men in jump events; 18 in pole vault, 23 in triple jump, 20 in long jump and 24 in high jump.

Events won by Spokane sophomore Jessica Mildes; the 1,500-meter, 5,000-meter, 10,000-meter runs and the the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Points scored by Titan sophomore Kara Hallock in her Lane career, including 35 this year.

Individual champions for the Titans; seven on the women’s side and three on the men’s.

Lane athletes who won consecutive individual titles; Zach Olivera in the pole vault and Dylan Hamming in the decathlon.

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RIGHT: Sophomre Janelle Noga won the women’s pole vault title with a height of 11'09.25" at the NWAACC track and field championship. Fellow sophomore Anna Jensen placed second.

TOP: Lane sophomore Alex Sattley finished second in the triple jump with a distance of 45'05.75" in the NWAACC Championships in Spokane, Wash. on May 20.

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Lane dancers give audience The Works

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structor Joseph Colton ar-ranged for the instructors to come to Lane as part of the Sto-rytelling Model for Social Jus-tice Program. He said he was very pleased with the event.

“I thought it was really im-pressive,” Colton said.

There are two types of hu-la, Kuhi and T.C. said, and both have cultural significance for Hawaii.

Traditional hula requires re-search and discipline. It’s what preserves the heritage and tra-ditions of Hawaiian culture through dance. The lineage of teachers, to which Kuhi and T.C. belong, are custodians en-trusted with keeping the integ-rity of the dance intact.

A more free-flowing hula, ex-ists within and alongside tradi-tional hula, which allows for in-dividual expression from the dancer. It’s about freedom and creativity in the moment. Both styles of hula work together. The tradition never changes, but the

individual stories do, T.C. said.Kuhi started dancing the hu-

la at 5 years old, and T.C. began his career with hula as a teen-ager. They are both kumu hu-la, which literally translates to “teacher of dance.”

T.C. played competitive sports when he was young-er, but when he began compet-ing in hula competitions, he learned humility, he said.

“The competition allows you to grow as a group,” T.C. said. “You learn to pick each other up when you fail. It’s a bond-ing experience. Even though it’s about you, it’s also about the group.”

While exploring the signif-icance of her role, Kuhi has thought about the future of hu-la and what it will be like in 20 years. She said her role, and that of any teacher, is to help students navigate their way through life.

“We keep what we were giv-en and keep it as it was meant

to be,” Kuhi said.Regarding making chang-

es to hula, Kuhi said, when you know the history and the tra-dition, you know what you are changing and why you are changing it, and you have the ability to change it back again.

Kuhi said hula has taught her that she is being guided.

“It’s like watching a mov-ie and being in it at the same time,” she said.

Both Kuhi and T.C. empha-sized the importance of blend-ing the masculine and feminine in hula. They each uphold their own lineages and respective fe-male and male characteristics, while honoring and embracing them all.

James Florendo, steward to the Longhouse and Lane Na-tive American Programs coor-dinator thanked Kuhi and T.C. for the spirit and energy they brought to the longhouse.

“When you add your spir-it, people come in here and can

feel it,” he said. In 2008, Kuhi won the ti-

tle of “Miss Aloha Hula” at the annual weeklong Merrie Mon-arch Festival, which has been

held in Hilo, Hawaii, since 1963. The Merrie Monarch Fes-tival is a nonprofit organiza-tion dedicated to the preserva-tion of Hawaiian culture.

Katie Buchanan, Eviana Dan, Lacey Porter, Courtney Snow and Elana Sutton perform the dance “Follow the Chance” during The Works in Ragozzino Performance Hall on May 15.

Kalimakuhilani “Kuhi” Southard performs a traditional hula before a small audience in the Longhouse May 16.

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Lane dance students showcased their choreography, lighting and cos-tuming skills in a three-day event at Ragozzino Performance Hall that be-gan May 15.

The Works, an annual event, featured individually designed pieces by the stu-dents, giving them complete control over what the audience experienced. Lighting ranged from flashy bright pinks to white spotlights, and costumes varied from tan outfits to shiny dresses.

The choreography was varied as well. Movements included ballet, mod-ern dance and jazz, to name a few.

This is no talent show, Lane lead dance instructor Bonnie Simoa said, and the dancers go through a competi-tive audition to earn a spot on stage.

Each dancer is required to present about a minute and a half of individually designed choreography at the audition. Most dancers began this journey by tak-ing three choreography classes at Lane. The entire process took about a year and included dance improvisation, dance composition and group choreography.

“They get to feel what it’s like to make your own work and make deci-sions about costumes, lighting and the overall design of the show in detail,” Simoa said.

After each dance, the audience wait-ed for the last beat of music to com-pletely fade out before applauding.

Lane dance student Katie Buchanan participated in the event.

She was a choreographer, along with Courtney Snow, and both were dancers in an improvised piece entitled “Follow the Chance.”

“We didn’t know what song would

play,” Buchanan said. “We gave them a list and told them to play whatever.”

Buchanan said there weren’t any pre-choreographed moves. They were literally drawing ideas out of a hat.

Three other Lane dancers participat-ed in the piece: Eviana Dan, Lacey Por-ter and Elana Sutton.

Lane marketing specialist John Watson said this year’s performers are talented.

“I’ve been following the concert for publicity purposes and have watched the dancers evolve,” Watson said. “It’s a great, great show.”

Annual event showcases student creations

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Lori Hawley, a music tech-nology tutor, began as a culi-nary arts major at Lane, but once she’d experienced com-mercial editing, music com-position, mixing, and mas-tering in the music lab, she changed her major.

“It totally changed my life and my career path,” Haw-ley said. “I decided I wanted to be a tutor and now a year later I am. I’m studying mu-sic technology and audio en-gineering.”

Lane’s state-of-the-art mu-sic technology lab sets Lane apart as an industry leader among community colleges. Twelve years ago, the college constructed the lab, which has remained top in its class ever since. A portion of the fees from music, dance and theater students are saved each year and earmarked for major upgrades to equip-ment every five or six years.

The lab has a research center, sound studio, isola-tion booth and 20 individ-ual high-tech stations. Each student is assigned a sta-tion that resembles a person-al home recording studio. In-stead of being assigned lab time throughout the week, students have access to indi-vidual stations until the lab closes each day at 5 p.m.

“There are students who are really passionate about what they’re doing, and they don’t want to spend two, three, or four hours. They want to spend 10 or 20 hours working on their creative projects,” Alberto Redondo, music lab coordinator, said.

Lane’s music program of-fers courses in both for-mal music theory and music technology. Many students share both disciplines, which expands their musical capa-bilities, taking them beyond the thresholds that a single discipline imposes, acording to Redondo.

The lab was the brainchild of lead music technology in-structor Ed McManus.

“Ed changed my life. He is such a great teacher and has been the shining star of developing this music pro-gram,” Hawley said.

The lab has eight tutors in music technology and music theory.

The tutors are being trained to become music in-dustry leaders, Redondo said.

“Tutoring is about com-munication between human

beings,” music theory tutor Matt Noble said.

“You’ve got to be real-ly clear and really specific. You’ve got to really under-stand where the student is coming from.”

“The best thing is meet-ing new people,” music tech-nology tutor Kyle McCready said. “I get to work with people with different learn-ing styles, having different troubles, and ways they get over their obstacles in under-standing music.”

The music instructors are high -caliber and they each bring something unique to the program, Redondo said.

“Seth Mulvihill is a local artist and a really fun teach-er,” Hawley said. “He plays in a lot of jam bands. He has his doctorate, and it’s so great that he gives back and plays in the community.”

Redondo sees opportuni-ties for people emerging in the music industry. He said people educated in music go to concerts, stimulate that economy and bring money back into the arts.

“You have people who are doctors or profession-als in other careers who, be-cause of a musical or artis-tic background, may be more creative thinkers when they are in another job,” Redendo said.

“Music is in everything. It’s in the way we commu-

nicate and work with each other. So music or arts trans-lates into a higher quality of whatever they are doing.”

Students collaborate and things have a way of falling into place in a synchronis-tic way, Redondo said. Mu-sicians and bands can meet just the right person for their projects. Relationships form and their creative efforts are taken to new heights.

According to Redondo,

students perform for each other, and other students show up and get inspired. They, in turn, compose some-thing and perform for each other, and it creates commu-nity awareness of the arts; be it music, dance or theater.

“We have such an influx of students and so many cre-ative things happening,” Redondo said. “We are pro-ducing a very sustainable thing.”


A request by Lane’s Fenc-ing Club for $435.90 to replace six broken fencing blades was approved at the May 21 senate meeting after the Council of Clubs failed to make quorum.

Fencing Club representa-tive Carl Knoch requested the funds for a tournament at Lane on May 31.

The club purchased begin-ner level blades, which have been breaking because club members are fencing at a higher level than expected, he said.

“We’ve got about eight peo-ple who are at the national level right now,” Knoch said.

Chairwoman Jyoti Burns said she was reluctant to ac-cept the funds request, stating that the Fencing Club was not represented at the council’s re-cent council event. She sug-gested that the club postpone the tournament pending a re-view of funds requests over the summer.

Knoch said the club has been planning the event for three months. For students to experience what it’s like to be in a tournament environment, they need new blades, he said.

Knoch added that his club participated in every fair prior to the 2014 event.

Emily Aguilera said the Outdoor Adventure Club is planning a camping trip for the summer. She did not make a formal funds request, but announced that the club will be requesting more than $200 for the event at the senate meeting.

Absent from the meeting were the Chess, Green Chem-istry and Anime-Manga clubs. The Student Nurses Associa-tion had been excused.

Council of Clubs will meet once more this term on June 3. Members will bring food.

Fencing students need blades

Lane creates music industry leaders of tomorrow

Music technology lab helps take students’ music to new heights ASLCC approves equipment funds

Carl Knoch Fencing Club representative

Music theory tutor Matt Noble (left), and music technology tutor Kyle McCready (right), are working in the research department of Lane’s high-tech music lab on April 14.

Lane’s 20 high-tech individual music stations in the state-of-the-art music technology lab in Building 6 provide personal space for students to create and mix virtually any kind of music.

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