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Lane student Eric Givens watches with law enforcement officers as his Suzuki motorcycle is towed from campus parking lot L on Oct. 2. He paid $5,400 for a bike that turned out to be stolen.

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Lane’s dental program and the HIV Alliance will spend a $21,569 grant to outfit Cheme-keta Community College’s sat-ellite clinic with dental chairs and equipment.

The satellite clinic — at the Oregon Institute of Technol-ogy on Chemeketa’s campus — is intended to give Lane’s den-tal students an opportunity to work in a rural area that would otherwise go unnoticed, said Bree Nicolello, public relations coordinator for the non-profit HIV Alliance.

Nicolello said that the Den-taQuest Foundation grant will go towards dental chairs and basic dental equipment like mirrors, cotton pliers, hatchets and spatulas.

Sharon Hagan, program coordinator at Lane’s Dental Hygiene program, said that

the clinic will help all patients and that they must go through a screening process to get an appointment.

“We are happy to have our dental hygiene programs working together to provide needed services for this un-derserved population,” Hagan said.

Nicolello said the HIV al-liance and Lane have worked together since 2006. “Their main goal is to provide a low-cost, comprehensive dental service,” Nicolello said. “Last year, 750 patients were helped within central and southern Oregon. There are about 700-800 patients per year.”

Hagan adds that their prices have stayed low which makes it affordable for low-income patients.

Mary Ann Kozlowski, manager of public relations for the DentaQuest founda-

tion, said that DentaQuest provides grants for oral health issues. Rather than drilling and filling, she said that there are other ways of filling dental cavities.

Kozlowski said that the health care system is broken and that it needs to improve care delivery. She said physi-cians and pediatricians can check mouths early and catch anything at an early stage, then act upon it by getting the patient the right doctor’s information at a local clinic.

Amy Hackenschmidt is a case manager who helps pa-tients in rural areas get medi-cine and get to their appoint-ments by using her personal car. If the doctor is uncom-fortable treating the patient because they feel unqualified to do so, then Hackenschmidt finds a doctor who is experi-enced in treating AIDS.

KEONI CONLU// REPORTER

Thasten Riklon roasts a 40-pound pig from Long’s Meat Market outside of the Longhouse during a Sept. 27 Manit Day celebration. Manit Day is a holiday originating from the Marshall Islands which celebrates skills such as weaving and canoe building, with the intention of keeping culture cohesively connected through skill sharing.

ALYSSA LESLIE // PHOTO EDITOR

Manit Day brinGs the islanDs to the lonGhouse

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MISSY CORR // EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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Stolen Suzuki eludes newowner’s notice

A Lane student’s illegally parked motorcycle was towed from the South side of Building 16 Oct. 2 after a public safety officer determined it had been stolen.

Third-year criminal justice major Eric Givens said he pur-chased the Suzuki GSXR 600 from a private seller for $5,400 in June 2012.

“That was the average price of all the other ones that were on Craigslist,” Givens said. “So it seemed normal to me.”

He said the motorcycle did not come up as stolen when he registered it or got insurance because one of the agencies involved did not report it as sto-len. Police are currently investi-gating to determine the agency responsible for the error.

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The Torch / 10.10.2013Missy CorrOPINION

EDITOR

L A N E C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E ’ Si n d e p e n d e n t , s t u d e n t - r u n n e w s p a p e r

CHAR HOUWELING // PRODUCTION MANAGER

The federal government has shut down, taking away services many citizens, including Lane students, rely upon for their basic needs. Lane students may not cur-rently see an impact, but if Congress continues to be divided in their willingness to provide funding, it’s only a matter of time until the effects are felt by students on our campus, according to Lane President Mary Spilde.

Congress’ sole constitu-tional duty is to pass spend-ing bills that fund the fed-eral government. On Oct. 1 Republicans refused to pass any spending bill void of pro-visions to defund or disrupt Obamacare.

A government shutdown takes away the government’s legal authority to spend mon-ey on what legislators consid-er non-essential services.

Financial aid will continue to flow, for now.

“Financial aid was already dispersed. So at least for this term, we’re okay with that,” Spilde said.

Veterans are currently ex-

periencing an even longer de-lay than usual in the process-ing of their disability claims.Over 3.5 million citizens, who have either served or have spouses who have served, face receiving no compensation or pension payments in Novem-ber.

“However, in the event of a prolonged shutdown, claims processing and payments in these programs would be suspended when available funding is exhausted,” accord-ing to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Field Guide to the Govern-ment Shutdown.

Oregon’s Women Infants and Children program — the federally funded, state-run program that provides nutri-tional and health care bene-fits to single mothers of young children — is continuing to run, but we wonder how long that can continue. WIC will cease providing benefits in North Carolina, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, despite federal attempts at continuing funding to WIC

programs nationwide. At Section 8, a program

that supplies rental assistance to low-income families, appli-cations will not be processed and public housing funding, while currently proclaimed safe for the month of Octo-ber by the US Department of Housing and Urban Develop-ment, is also in jeopardy if the shutdown persists.

“However, PHAs (Pub-lic Housing Agencies) are advised that HUD may be unable to make additional HAP (Housing Assistance Payments) and administrative fee disbursements beyond the October payment in the event of a prolonged government shutdown,” according to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s government shutdown contin-gency plan.

Head Start is a program that provides developmental and educational services to low-income families and also faces a potential lack of fund-ing.

“The Head Start program that we have here at Lane

is still operating. I mean that’s with federal money, they’ve got enough to see that through,” Spilde said. “So, I think it’s more a question of how long it will last.”

The government shutdown will affect those relying on federal assistance the most. Those receiving it need to speak up for themselves. Congress is still getting paid, thanks to the 27th Amend-ment to the Constitution.

The IRS is still collect-ing the tax money that pays congressional salaries. If Congress puts first the needs of the people who are paying their salaries, its members will restore government benefits.

Tell your representatives this shutdown is unaccept-able. If you don’t think they’ll listen to you — and who would blame you, after all — then send this message through student government and other student organiza-tions such as the Oregon Student Association and National Student Association that represent you.

Right: J.S. Bird’s “Trinity-Pyshe and Pan” is on display in the Lane Arts Gallery’s

“SKETCH BOOK” exhibit in Building 11.

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DuDe, where’s My GovernMent?

Corrections: In the Sept. 27 issue of The Torch, we reported that the Native American Student Association’s annual Powwow will cost $5-$8 to attend. In actuality, entry is, free. The Torch ap-pologizes for this error.

DeMocracy inaction!

editor 3The Torch / 10.10.2013Mohammed Alkhadher NEWS

STEPHANIE ORNDORFF // DESIGN EDITOR

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Public Safety Briefs

Public Safety responded to a call on Oct. 5 at 5:14 p.m. regarding a possible cougar on the soccer field. Upon investigation the reporting officer found a latex coyote statue complete with a faux fur tail nailed into the ground, but did not remove it. “If it was a threat to the cam-pus in any way we’d let everybody know about it,” said police chief Jace Smith.

STEPHANIE ORNDORFF // DESIGN EDITOR

Sept. 20, 11:50 p.m.Public safety responded to a report of an “unusual repeated animal sound” from the

West Access Road. Officers heard the sound in the distance, but it ceased upon investigation.

Sept.23, 10:00 a.m.Public Safety received a report that the second step from the top of staircase leading from Titan Court’s first to second floor was “more wob-bly” than the others. Upon investigation, officers found that the step was not any more wobbly than the oth-ers and did not appear to be damaged in any way.

Sept. 30, 2:51 p.m.Public Safety was notified that a female was stuck in an elevator in the Center building. Officers were able to swiftly remove her from the elevator.

Sept. 20, 9:44 p.m.A fire alarm went off in Titan Court. Resident had been smoking tobacco from a hookah. Public safety advised community assistants to cite and remove the individual.

Sept. 23, 3:48 p.m. Public Safety responded to a fire alarm in Titan Court. Upon inspection of the apartment, officers observed a bong and a hookah pipe. Reports stated, “Both did not appear to be in use, nor was there any smell indicat-ing that they had been.” A lit candle had been found in the resident bedroom and the resident was left with a warn-ing about monitoring open flames in the apartment.

Alarms going off ........................................................................ 11Strange noises from parking lot ................................................ 2Suspicious cars in parking lot / parking enforcement ............ 9Smoking infractions/ related drama ......................................... 7Drunk people on campus .......................................................... 3Theft............................................................................................ 2Medical emergencies .................................................................5Suspicious doors / found open or ajar .................................... 14Traffic stops ............................................................................... 8

* Data collected from Sept. 17 to Sept. 30.

“We’re not sure if insurance screwed up or somebody else screwed up, or if it was the DMV or the police department,” Givens said.

Lane Public Safety Officer Chantelle Thomas was inclined to find out if the motor-cycle had been stolen because of an advanced auto theft technique class she attended less than one week prior.

“So many (motorcycles) are stolen in this area, so I checked the VIN (vehicle identifica-tion number) plate,” Thomas said.

Thomas said the license plates had not been changed since it was reported stolen from Vancouver, Wash.

She said it can be difficult to pinpoint when a vehicle was stolen because after five years the system automatically purges and data is re-entered. The motorcycle was re-entered into the law enforcement data system this past February and most likely stolen in 2008.

Givens said the future of his motorcycle is uncertain until the agency responsibility for the error has been determined.

“I could be just out of luck and they take the bike, and I get nothing back, or they’ll give me the bike back, or they’ll write me a check for value of the bike plus everything I put on it,” he said.

Lane County Sheriff’s Deputy D.J. Mann said it’s rare that a person unknowingly pos-sesses a stolen vehicle.

“They might say they didn’t know, but this seems pretty legit,” Mann said.

Givens said this has experience has provid-ed insight he will be able to use in his future career as a U.S. Marshal.

“It teaches me that things don’t always appear as the facts say,” Givens said. “Because apparently I am in possession of a stolen ve-hicle although I clearly didn’t steal it and I did everything right.”

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The Torch / 10.10.2013Mohammed AlkhadherNEWS

“Making friends. Making love with my friends at school.” — Charles Winn, Ninth-term student

Ask a titan

“Just being back in school. Having a sched-ule, being in class and seeing everyone.” — Charleen Justice, First-term student

“Trying to find a parking spot. It was crazy.” — Claude Alexander, Second-term student

“Walking around campus and finding all the cool spots to hang out.” — Amonie Pomlee-Grandberry, First-term student

ASLCC President Paul Zito donned a bra, f loral dress and leggings on the first day of Fall term — a milestone for an individual endeavoring into a more comfortable identity.

Zito’s morning started with a nervous dash from his house to his car. He then realized he wouldn’t be able to hide all day and made a point to stop at a gas station.

“I went in and bought cigarettes and coffee and the lady called me ‘love,’ and it was wonderful,” Zito said. “That like set the tone for the day. I don’t know if you call it passing or whatever but she didn’t throw me out of her store and she called me a cute name.”

In his ninth term at Lane and third year in Oregon, he said he feels less risk of ostracization and physical harm expressing his feelings of gender nonconformity in Eugene than in his hometown of Greybull, Wyo.

Zito identifies as transgendered. He has not had surgery to change his gender and hasn’t worn feminine clothing in public in the past. He said he doesn’t know how often he will in the future.

“I finally let people know that when I’m feeling extra feminine and I have a dress on, I prefer the name Shae,” Zito said. “I think that it’s kind of been a part of me forever, so it will be something that will kind of pop out as I’m feeling that way on the gender spectrum.”

His natural inclinational toward an unconventional identity is a tendency that shows up in his

leadership style, not just his gender. Unlike other presidents, who’ve pushed ASLCC bylaw reform and college affordability, Zito’s two main campaigns as president are opening an on-campus food pantry — the location of which was recently approved by FOOD for Lane County — and financial aid reform.

“Right now, they (the financial aid department) can make any policy or procedural changes they want and just not tell a soul,” Zito said. “I want them to have to operate within the governance structure of our college so that they have to present something to a council, move it to college council and then the Board of Education has to vote on it. It’s the way everyone else operates and there’s no reason why they should be operating outside of that.”

Zito said there is room for individualism within governmental structure.

“I relate to the way of allowing people to find their own path and in order to do that you have to be willing to do battle with bureaucracy to shape those spaces for people,”

Zito said.Political Science Co-op

coordinator Steve Candee said Zito’s off-center attitude is refreshing and relatable for students who otherwise may not be interested in student government.

“He’s very inclusive in terms of his approach to student government and trying to do the right thing — the fair thing for everybody,” Candee said.

Candee said he thinks Zito understands the representative nature of his position and cares about representing students and their interests.

ASLCC has collected 1,500 Oregon Student Association surveys to assess the importance of particular issues to students.

Zito said he doubts that varied gender expression will have a serious backlash on his career here.

“Later on, am I going to have prob-lems if I run for public office?” Zito said. “Maybe. I think it’s a new age, and it leaves room for some maneuvering there.”

Student body leader makes unconventional choicesMISSY CORR // EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

(Above) Paul Zito started in his role as student body president June 1 after running unopposed with Vice President Anayeli Jimenez.

(Left) Zito receives a warning Sept. 30 from a Lane Public Safety officer for parking on the grass near parking lot F. Zito said he parked there because no parking was available.

“I relate to the way of allowing people to find their own path and in order to do that you have to be willing to do battle with bureaucracy.”

— Paul ZitoASLCC President

“What’s the most memorable part of your

first week of school?”

editor 5The Torch / 10.10.2013 Mohammed Alkhadher STUDENT LIFE

opportunities abound in student clubsCLIF TON HANEY // REPORTER

asian pacific islander student

union The APISU offers Asian and

Pacific Islander students the op-portunity to network, participate in relevant

activities and spread cultural awareness.

Meets: Tuesdays at 2 p.m., Building 19,

Room 245Contact:

Adviser Remie Calalang remie.calalang@bethel.k12.or.us

Online: http://www.lanecc.edu/stu-

dentlife/asian-pacific-islander-student-union

Lane is home to several student clubs and organizations that serve a wide variety of interests and needs. Some of these clubs are purely for fun while others offer students opportunities for networking, academic support and activism. Students interested in other clubs or forming their own should consider contacting ASLCC’s Council of Clubs. The Council of Clubs can help stu-dents connect with other groups like those that are just forming or fellow students who share interests and are looking to start new groups. Student groups in-terested in being listed in future issues of The Torch are encour-aged to contact chaneylcctorch@gmail.com.

associated students of lane community

college

ASLCC is the student body’s elected representatives on

campus. Positions currently available.

Meets: Wednesdays at 4 p.m., Building 1,

Room 206Contact:

Communications Director Robert M. Schumacher

aslcccommunicationsdirector@gmail.com

Online: http://www.lanecc.edu/aslcc

black student union

The BSU Seeks to serve the needs of African-American students, sponsor relevant

activities and events on campus and spread cultural awareness.

Meets: Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m., Building 19

Room 241Contact:

Vice President Jessie Ellison ellisonjessie03@gmail.com

Online: http://www.lanecc.edu/studentlife/

black-student- union

gender & sexuality alliance

The GSA offers students of all sexual preference, orientation

and gender a safe space to meet, freely express themselves and

participate in community involvement.

Meets: Thursday at 12 p.m., Building 19, Room

250Contact:

Co-President Max Jensen gsalanecc@gmail.com

Online: http://www.lanecc.edu/studentlife/

gender-sexuality-alliance

movimiento estudiantil chicano

de aztlán

MEChA de Lane seeks to promote Chicano and Latino

history, culture, higher education and political

involvement.Meets:

Fridays at 1 p.m., Building 1, Room 201Contact:

Adviser Jim Garcia, mechadelcc@gmail.com

Online: http://www.lanecc.edu/studentlife/

mecha/

native american student

association

The NASA offers a variety of resources and support to Ameri-

can Indian and Alaska Native students.It holds and

sponsors relevant student activities such as an annual

Powwow.Meets:

Building 1, Room 201Contact:

Native American student program coordinator James Florendo,

FlorendoJ@lanecc.eduOnline:

http://www.lanecc.edu/nasa

oregon state public information and research group

OSPIRG works with students to address issues like

affordable health care, environmental protection and fighting poverty. Internships

available.

Meets: Thursdays at 3 p.m., Building 17,

Room 309Contact:

OSPIRG LCC Organizer Alicia Bis-sonette

Alicia@ospirgstudents.orgOnline:

http://www.ospirgstudents.org/lane

sustainable food committee

The Sustainable Food Committee will maintain the Rainy Day Food pantry, work

to raise support and awareness for the Learning Garden and in-crease the availability of healthy low cost food options for Lane

students.Meets:

Tentatively Fridays at 4 p.m. Building 1, Room 206Contact:

President Michael Weed aslccsustainabilitycoordinator@gmail.

comOnline:

https://www.facebook.com/Sustain-ableFoodCommitteeOfLcc

the torch

The Torch is Lane’s indepen-dent, student-run newspaper.

The Torch covers stories relevant to student life and offers students paying work-

experience in the fields of journalism, design and photography. Positions

available.Meets:

Main Campus Building 18, Rooms 212-218

Contact: Editor-In-Chief Missy Corr

torch@lanecc.eduOnline:

https://www.lcctorch.com

Animal greenhouseSTEPHANIE ORNDORFF // DESIGN EDITOR

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The Torch / 10.10.2013Jarrid DenneySPORTS

EDITOR

When David and Jonathan Cornish joined the Titans cross country team in August, they set a goal to become the top runners while helping the team ascend to new heights.

The Grants Pass natives and twin brothers have competed against each other since child-hood in cross country, wres-tling and basketball.

When going into a race against each other, their mindset is geared towards being competitive and keep-ing their sibling rivalry alive. Jonathan wants to show that he is still faster than his brother, while David wants to show that the few times he did beat his brother were no fluke.

The competitive fire be-tween the two brothers caught

the attention of Titans head coach Mike Blackmore.

“They are both hard work-ing guys.” Blackmore said, “and I knew that by just watching them run in high school. I knew that they went to practice everyday and worked hard.”

Even though the two broth-ers loved competing with each other in high school, David almost ended his cross coun-try career in favor of playing soccer.

“I wasn’t going to do (cross country) in college. I was prob-ably going to focus on my stud-ies, but then I got really good, and I just said, ‘Oh I’ll try it out in college,’” David said.

They both started cross country in middle school and Jonathan has always been the

faster of the two.“We are closer now. Back in

middle school I was beating him by 30 seconds, and now we are about a couple seconds apart,” Jonathan said.

Jonathan said their competi-tive nature motivates them to push each other during prac-tices and when racing.

“I love running. Besides the competitiveness, I just love running for fun,” David said.

David added that during training, they both sprint and have exactly the same pace, while putting in the same mile-age.

“Sometimes I have to tame them down a bit because they like to work hard, but they understand the concept of our team goals and come to work everyday with the idea that it’s

all about the team,” Blackmore said.

David said that during the race they are looking to com-pete and become better runners for the Titans, as well as get the team into a top contender spot.

“The biggest thing is to com-pete and don’t ever give up,” Jonathan said.

David and Jonathan came into the Oct. 5 Willamette Invi-tational with differing goals.

Jonathan wanted to finish under 26 minutes and he al-most beat that goal by running 26:00.35 while placing 51st in the men’s 8000 meter.

David’s individual goal for the meet was finishing in the top 10, while helping the team to succeed.

David finished the race by running 27:18.87 and placing

108th overall. These two brothers will have

different school paths when their time at Lane comes to an end .

Jonathan wants to transfer to a Division 1 or Division 2 four-year university. He is con-sidering going to the University of Washington, hopefully by earning a running scholarship.

David would also like to go to a four-year university and run cross country. He has been talking to Western Oregon University and right now that is his number one choice.

After about 18 years of going to high school and competing with each other, the Cornish brothers have decided that after Lane, it’s time to move on alone and start to make an in-dividual name for themselves.

KEONI CONLU // REPORTER

cornish brothers brinG siblinG rivalry to titans

After outstanding running careers at North Valley High School, in Grants Pass, Ore. twins Jonathan (left) and David (right) Cornish now have the opportunity to compete together at the collegiate level.

cross country

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JARRID DENNEY // SPORTS EDITOR

JARRID DENNEY // SPORTS EDITOR

ALYSSA LESLIE// PHOTO EDITOR

Lane freshman Katy Potter finished eighth overall in the women’s gold race to help lead the Titans to a seventh place finish at the Oct. 5 Willamette Invitational in Salem.

Potter covered the 5,000 meter course in a personal best time of 18:03 and helped set the tone for a huge day for the Lane women. Potter was not the only Titan to set a personal best. Four other Titans also ran the fastest times of their careers.

Sophomore Macauley Wilson finished in 19:30 and placed 49th. Freshman Nicole Maurmann finished 61st in a time of 19:53. Freshman Chel-sea Spencer finished 62nd at 19:55 and freshman Kristine Dunn 63rd agt 19:56, “The women ran awesome,” head coach Mike Blackmore said. “We knew it was a fast course

but it’s still extremely rare to have everybody (run a personal best) like we did.” The Titans finished ahead of every other NWAACC team at the meet. Blackmore said they are the fourth best team of all the NWAACC competitors right now according to this year’s results. “We realized after the first meet of the season that the women’s team was not what we expected and I mean that in a very good way,” Blackmore said. “I think we definitely have an outside shot of winning an NWAACC championship.” The Titans’ men were expected to be among the top teams at the meet, but settled for a disap-pointing 11th place finish in the team standings. “We didn’t run very well,” Blackmore said. “We need to have less of a gap between our number one and our number four guys.” The

Titans were lead by freshman Eduardo Juarez, who finished the mens gold 8,000 meter race 17th overall in a time of 25:23 — 43 seconds faster than his previous season best. Juarez was the only Lane runner to finish within the top 40. The Titans were de-feated by Ever-ett Community College, Clacka-mas Commu-nity College, and Spokane Commu-nity College, who finished seventh, eighth and 10th respectively. The Titans will be competing against all three teams later this season at the NWAACC championships. “There’s a lot of reasons I think we performed so poorly,” said Blackmore. “These guys are all freshman and

are still getting used to run-ning an 8k race. We just need to be more patient.” Clacka-mas, the Titans’main competi-tion for a South Region title, also underperformed at the meet. “I’m not sure where they are in their training cycle right

now, but we know they won’t be running like that when it comes time for regionals,” Blackmore said. The Titans’ next meet is on Oct. 12, when they will travel to Portland for the George Fox Invitational at Fernhill Park.

Freshman Matt Campbell was the third Titan across the line at the Willamette Invitational on Oct 5. Campbell

finished 76th overall in a time of 26:55.

Potter, Juarez top finishers for Titans at Willamette Invitational

editor 7The Torch / 10.10.2013Jarrid Denney SPORTSEDITOR

cornish brothers brinG siblinG rivalry to titans

JARRID DENNEY // SPORTS EDITOR

Lead by an experienced defense and deep group of forwards, this year’s women’s soccer team has high hopes for a regional championship.

After a second place finish in the NWAACC South Region and a trip to the quarterfinals of the NWAACC Championship last season, head coach Dave Ellis believes this years team has a chance to be even better.

“I think we have a great chance to win the Southern Region,” Ellis said. “Once you win the southern region, it’s one win to get into semifinals and semifinals are starfire, if you can get to that final four anything can happen.”

The Titans have already been tested by some of the NWAACC’s best teams early in the season. They suffered defeats by Peninsula Commu-nity College and Highline Com-munity College, who are 10-2-0 and 9-2-2 respectively.

“Aside from the Highline result, I’ve been very pleased. In Highline, we had our oppor-tunities to score but we didn’t make the right choices in key moments and denied ourselves a chance to really be up 3-0 at half. We weren’t stopped as much as we stopped ourselves,” Ellis said.

With only five players re-turning from last year’s squad, Ellis has depended heavily on a freshman class filled with of-fensive talent.

“I think this is probably the best recruiting class I’ve had here at Lane, as far as attack-ing players go,” Ellis said. “It’s a really good class and it’s really good kids, they just wanna work hard and they always wanna get better.”

Sophia Swanson, Aubrie

Hood and Kathryn Hostkoet-ter are all freshmen who have made a significant impact for the Titans this season.

Swanson leads the Titans in goals with four — two of which came in a key 3-2 victory over Lower Columbia Community College.

Hood has provided three as-sists and also scored twice for the Titans and Hostkoetter has scored twice as well.

“We have a lot of speed up top, I think that has made us really good,” Hood said. “Some of us played together before we came to Lane, so we have really good chemistry together.”

Although most of the Titans’ offense has been provided by freshmen this year, the team is held together by an experienced defense, lead by sophomore goalie Samantha Schoene.

“Sam is, in my opinion, the best goalie in the NWAACC. Last year, she had 11 shutouts. We were a more defensive ori-ented team. This year we’re far more attacking and Sam’s being asked a lot more questions and she’s made some amazing saves this year, just phenomenal,” Ellis said.

Schoene believes the Titans’ defense is just as strong as it was last season and she enjoys the challenge that comes with being the last line of defense for an offensive-minded team.

“Although we are scoring more goals this year, I’m having to come through on more saves which is nice because then that allows me to show my ability to play,” Schoene said.

Along with Schoene, sopho-more Caitlin Castillo has joined the team after transferring from Pacific University and sophomore defender Katie McKirdy, a 2012 NWAACC all-star, has returned to the Titans.

The Titans are currently 4-3-2 overall and 3-3-0 in regional play and find themselves in third place in the South Region, just one point behind the Clark Community College Penguins for second place.

Ellis believes his team is more than capable of moving to the top of the region if they are able to clean up some small mistakes.

“So far we’ve a tendency to leak bad goals and that’s something that we have to get rid of and fix,” Ellis said. “It’s balanced by the fact that

we can score like we’ve never scored before. It’s just one of those things, we’ve got to be a bit tighter in the back, a bit smarter with our play.”

Clackamas Community Col-lege will be the Titans’ biggest competiton for a South Region Championship this season. The Cougars are 8-3-0 in league play and are currently six points ahead of the Titans.

The Titans will have a chance to face the Cougars for the first time this season when they meet in Oregon City on Oct. 11.

The Titans soccer team improved to a 5-3-0 record in league play after a 1-0 victory over the Clark Com-munity College Penguins on Sept. 25.

With that win, the Titans move into second place in the NWAACC south region behind Clackamas Com-munity College. The Titans have won four of their last five games with the only defeat coming at the hands of the Olympic Community College Rangers.

“It’s my hometown, so it was a big deal to win,” sophomore goalkeeper Sa-mantha Schoene said after the victory over Clark.

The only goal came from freshman defender Jordan Hevern in the 25th minute of the game with a high arching kick bouncing off the right bar.

“The aggressive practice made it easier to come out ready to win,” Hevern added.

Even though Hevern was the only one to score for the Titans, there were many op-portunities to score with the first coming from freshman forward Aubrie Hood.

“We just knew what we had to do to win today so we just came out and everybody was all for it,” Schoene said.

Schoene made five saves the whole game with only one goal being a close call. The ball went over the goal and the Titans crowd breathed a sigh of relief.

After the shutout win, Hevern stated that this win will bring them one step closer to becoming NWAACC champions.

Defender Jordan Hevern scored the only goal of the match in the 23rd minute for the Titans in their 1-0 home victory over the Clark Community College Penguins Sept. 25.

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titans move up to second in the south region with victory over penguinsKEONI CONLU // REPORTER

Midfielder Kyleigh Jandro scored early in the first half to lead the Titans to a 1-0 victory over Chemeketa Commu-nity College on Oct. 2.

NWAACCSouth Region

ClackamasLeague 8-1-0Points 24Season 8-3-0

LaneLeague 6-3-0Points 15Season 7-3-2

ClarkLeague 4-4-1Points 13Season 4-8-2

PierceLeague 2-7-0Points 6Season 3-10-0

SW OregonLeague 1-6-1Points 4Season 2-7-1

ChemeketaLeague 1-8-0Points 3Season 1-10-0

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Audition workshopAspiring actors ages 14 and older can hone audition

skills such as identifying strengths, selecting mono-logues, picking warm-ups and blocking. Participants are encouraged to bring a printed monologue. Prior regis-tration is preferred.

when: Oct. 12, Noon - 1 p.m.

location: Ragozzino Perfomance Hall, Main Campus

cost: Free

contact: Theater director Brian Haimbach at

haimbachb@lanecc.edu, 541-463-5643

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A Lane marketing special-ist will open his photography exhibit, “Figuratively Speak-ing,” Oct. 10 at Dot Dotson’s Photography.

John Watson, who works in Lane’s Music, Dance and The-atre Department, received his Masters of Fine Art in photog-raphy from Texas A&M Univer-sity and has worked with nude subjects since he graduated in 1977.

“Figuratively Speaking” is an exhibit of 12 black-and-white photos captured at the Oregon coast’s Strawberry Hill Beach.

Watson said the ruggedness attracted him to the Oregon

coast.“I love shooting on the Or-

egon coast,” Watson said. “I’m from Texas where we have flat, wide, sandy beaches.”

Watson was accompanied by his twin-lens Mamiya c330 film camera and the model who was the subject of the photo-shoot.

“The representation of the human form is one of the most challenging tasks an artist can undertake,” Watson said.

The subject of Watson’s exhibit chose to remain anony-mous due to the nature of the photographs, Watson said.

“This project was a true collaboration,” Watson wrote in the event press release. “The model’s poses are her

interpretation of my desire to record the human form echoing, complementing and contrasting the forms of the coast.”

Watson has been processing his film at Dot Dotson’s since he moved here in 2008.

“He’s got great work,” An-nette Pfautz, Dot Dotson’s customer service representa-tive, said. “He is a master of black-and-white media.”

William Rose Wines and the Oregon Wine Lab are sponsor-ing the event with a free wine tasting at the reception.

The Oct. 10 reception will begin at 4 p.m. at Dot Dotson’s at 1668 Willamette St. and will end at 6 p.m. The show will run through Nov. 7.

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Lane faculty and staff are encouraged to submit community college-relevant, original artwork in writ-ten or visual form pertaining to this year’s theme of “The Changing Classroom.” Guidelines can be found at www.lanecc.edu/ccmoment/submission-information.

Deadline: Nov. 8

send submissions to: moment@lanecc.edu

Lady Jangchup Palmo will share her experiences of the Communist China invasion of Tibet in 1959, during which both of her parents and three siblings were killed.

when: Oct. 10, 2 p. m.where: Longhouse, Building 31contact: Peace Center director Stan Taylor attaylors@lanecc.edu, 541-463-5820

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Participants will create scenes, improvisations and monologues to improve performance, writing and en-semble generating skills. Attendees are asked to bring a notebook and pen or pencil. Prior registration is pre-ferred.

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when: Oct. 26, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.

where: Ragozzino Performance Hall, Main Campus

cost: Free

contact: Theater director Brian Haimbach at

haimbachb@lanecc.edu, 541-463-5648

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photos by John watson, including “heceta rocks” shot at strawberry

hill beach, will be featured at Dot Dotson’s photo finishing as

part of his “figuratively speaking” exhibit, running oct. 10 — nov. 7.

MOHAMMED ALKHADHER // NEWS EDITOR