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Blood Mobile pulls up to Lane Feb. 4

Lane will host equal-rights symposium May 10

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Kneebody headlines the Oregon Jazz Festival in Building 6 on Jan 26. Mem-bers include: Adam Benjamin (left) on

keyboards, Kaveh Rastegar on bass, Shane Endsley on trumpet and Nate

Wood on drums.

The Lane County Blood Mobile will open at 9 a.m. from Feb. 4 to 6 at Lane’s main campus.

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Taya Alami Reporter

Lane will host a three-day blood drive beginning Feb. 4, when the Lane Blood Mobile sets up shop outside the Cen-ter Building cafeteria.

The Blood Mobile usually arrives once per term, and leaves with approximately 55 donations per day. This year, the Lane Blood Center has a goal of leaving with 180 usable donations after three days.

Lane Blood Center’s Mar-keting and Donor Recruitment Director Marshall White said the blood drives are especially important because the Lane Blood Center is the sole pro-vider of blood to the county’s hospitals.

“We’re counting on Lane big-time,” White said. “It’s a large audience. We don’t have that kind of opportunity every day. It takes all of our resources to do this. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to

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Taya Alami Reporter

Lane will host this year’s Oregon Students of Equal Rights Alliance Sym-posium, leading Lane’s student govern-ment to pass a $1,050 funds request to secure space for the event.

The second annual gathering is a student leadership conference attended by students from around the state. The event consists of workshops and presen-

tations centered around equality for all, specifically the LGBTQ community. The OSERA Symposium is held annually at the campus of an Oregon Student As-sociation member school.

“It’s like a giant workshop to educate students on LGBTQ issues,” ASLCC campus community director John Price said.

This year’s OSERA Symposium is scheduled for May 10.

OSA Organizing Director Philip Shilts

said the event is open to all students. Students who don’t identify as LGBT are also encouraged to attend.

“The purpose of the conference is really to try to build up leadership in the LGBT community. Of course, allies are important,” Shilts said.

The Associated Students of Lane Community College Senate took a first look at a $1,050 funds request for the event during its Jan. 22 meeting. The ASLCC keeps a line-item in its budget

for conferences like the OSERA Sympo-sium.

Because the funds request was greater than $500, ASLCC bylaws require the Senate to table the proposal until the fol-lowing meeting.

ASLCC Gender and Sexuality Di-versity Advocate Max Jensen said other student groups like the Gender and Sexuality Alliance and the Oregon Stu-dent Association may help contribute to

ASLCC passes $1,050 funds request for event

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STAFFEDIToR-IN-chIEFClifton HaneyMANAgINg EDIToRAlyssa LeslieNEWS EDIToRJ. Wolfgang WoolSPoRTS EDIToRJarrid DenneyA&E EDIToRLaura NewmanREPoRTERSTaya AlamiJackson DietelAnna TatumCameron HugheyCrystal GasserChris PatrickChris PiepgrasscoPY chIEFSean HansoncoPY EDIToRZack Bear PhoTo EDIToREugene JohnsonPhoTogRAPhERSMatt Edwards Zora ParkerPRoDUcTIoN MANAgERByron HugheygRAPhIc ARTISTSWes Fry Lynette SlapeWEB EDIToRTenaya SmithDISTRIBUTIoN MANAgERPatrick BloughNEWS ADvISERPaige ParkerPRoDUcTIoN ADvISERDorothy Wearne

Hard work, low pay and miserable conditions.

College is supposedly he time of your life. Take a moment to appreciate it.

These days it’s sometimes tough to stop, breathe and appreciate what’s going on around you. We know, it’s tough for us too. But with midterms coming it’s incredibly important that we do appreciate these moments.

It has been hectic here in The Torch’s office since the term began. We know — things are rough for everyone right now.

Ever since the recession a few years back it seems like everyone is doing the jobs of at least two people. For some reason stores continue to have only one checkout lane open, despite having throngs of customers waving cash in the faces of overwhelmed clerks.

Bureaucracy remains backed-up as bean counters, stamp stampers, and data enterers now seem to have more papers than ever piled up in their in-bins.

Teachers feel the stress as enroll-ment continues to drop and Lane’s

budget continues to crunch. Students struggle to graduate before they rack up so much debt that they can’t pay it off. Lane as an institution started shifting policies, such as requiring a new form for unsubsidized loans, in response to the fact that so many of its students were defaulting on their college loans that the school was in danger of being sanctioned by the government.

Everyone is working harder. Tem-pers are shorter, and work days are longer. We don’t eat right, we don’t exercise enough, and we don’t take care of ourselves like we should. Worst of all, some days it seems like we’re on autopilot.

It’s cool, you and us; we’ve both got stuff going on. Ourselves? We’ve got four issues out now, the first four this group of people put out together, that we’re very proud of.

We know you have stuff going on too. Maybe you like to spend time with loved ones. Maybe you write little stories to pass the time. Maybe you love to crusade against the man. Maybe you’re in a field of study that

fascinates you. Maybe you’re studying to be the man. Maybe you’re a little like us; masochistic workaholics.

Take some time, and appreciate the good things. Appreciate your kid, who somehow went straight from toddler to goth … or is it emo? Ap-preciate your significant other who puts up with you when they probably shouldn’t. Appreciate the hard-won opportunities ahead of yourself.

It won’t solve everything, but it’ll help. We’re four weeks into the term, and those midterms are just around the corner.

Get caught up with what you need to, but take a day this weekend or next and really reflect. That could mean yoga, it could mean a night at the bar with friends, or it could even mean a trip to see relatives. Whatever it is, find something that appeals to what you’re doing why you’re doing it, then regroup.

You’ll be happier for it, your work will be better, and you’ll be far more likely to survive the rest of the term.

Clifton Haney, editor-in-chief

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NEWS EdiTOR J. WOLFGANG WOOL NEWS

Transport fee goes under the microscope

Zach Wais

Michael Weed

Jennifer McCarrick

Robert Schumacher

Sara Shepherd

Max Jensen

John Price

Treasurer

Student Resources center Director

communications Director

State Affairs Director

gender and Sexuality Diversity Advocate

campus community Director

Sustainability coordinator

Duties: Chairs the budget committee. Acts as ASLCC’s bookkeeper. Gives regular reports. Provides financial ad-vice to ASLCC.

Duties: Chairs Sustainable Food Committee. Manages Rainy day Food Pantry.

Duties: Maintains and manages the Student Resource Center. Manages the Snack Shack. Chooses to sit on Ty Promotion Committee and Facilities Committee.

Duties: distributes ASLCC information to media, other colleges, campus organizations and the Lane student body. Assists in publicity for student groups. Co-chairs Events Committee. Holds a delegated seat on the Oregon Community College Student Association Board of directors.

Duties: Serves as liaison between ASLCC and other government bodies, such as the Oregon House of Representatives. Acts as liaison between the Oregon Student Association and ASLCC, sitting on the OSA board of directors. May delegate this seat.

Duties: Promotes inclusivity at Lane. Sits on Oregon Student Equal Rights Alliance board and co-chairs Lane’s OSERA chapter. Serves on Lane’s diversity Council. Advises the ASLCC on gender and sexual diversity issues.

Duties: Organizes ASLCC Events. Assists student organizations with their events. Chairs Council of Clubs and Events Committee. Works closely with multicultural programs coordinator and gender and sexuality diversity advocate.

ASLCC-APPOINTEDEXECUTIVE STAFF

This is an ad-hoc position the current administration created to address stu-dents in need of food on campus. ASLCC is looking to make this position perma-nent before the end of the school year.

Brandi Hoskins

chief of Staff Duties: Supervises other appointed positions. Meets weekly with staff. Maintains ASLCC office space. Volunteers to serve on Lane’s Learning Council, which oversees learning support such as the library and tutor centers. Also serves on AdA-504 Council, which keeps the school in accordance with disability requirements.

SerIeS: StUDent GoVernment

Wais will be the last person elected into this position, after students passed a ballot measure in 2013 that makes the position appointed.

With each new administration of the Associated Students of Lane Community College, the president appoints students to staff positions. They receive a monthly stipend of $300 and a tuition waiver for as many as six credits. The treasurer receives $400 and a tuition waiver for as many as 12 credits, although this may change for future treasurers.

The Hiring Process• Elected ASLCC members form a hiring committee. It is not mandatory for the president to form this committee, but this has been the precedent.

• Applications are submitted. The hiring committe interviews select applicants. • The ASLCC Senate must ratify the hiring committee’s selected candidate by a two-thirds vote. if they do not ratify the candidate, the committee must select a new candidate.

Taya Alami Reporter

The college’s $27-per-student transportation fee merits a closer examina-tion, members of Lane’s student government decid-ed at their Jan. 29 meeting.

The fee, one of five every student on the main cam-pus pays each term, helps cover student bus passes, in addition to BikeLane, a program to encourage cycling to and from cam-pus, and Zimride, a carpool network for students and staff. Students who attend classes off the main campus pay only a $5 transporta-tion fee each term.

ASLCC Sustainability Coordinator Michael Weed sits on the Transportation Fee Committee, and said the fee’s account currently has a surplus. However, since the college’s addition of a downtown campus, parking costs have gone up by $28,000, putting stress on the fee’s account, Weed said.

“They’re looking at get-ting rid of some programs students utilize,” Weed said, adding he thought that could be a mistake.

Weed said the Zimride program has its merits, but that the committee is also evaluating it.

“(Zimride) was started by students two years ago, more students would use it if they promoted it,” said ASLCC Faculty Adviser Barb Delansky.

ASLCC Vice President Anayeli Jiminez added further discussion to the agenda for the Feb. 5 meet-ing of the ASLCC Senate meeting.

Weed said he hopes stu-dents who care about their fees attend the meeting and give their input, so he can bring their ideas back to the Transportation Fee Committee.

“They want student input on potential things,” Weed said.

The ASLCC meeting will be held Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. in the Building 3 boardroom.

Students to discuss fee changes Feb. 5

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SpORTS

Average points per-game scored by Lane women’s basketball team, first in the NWAACC by nearly four points.

Average points per-game scored by Lane women’s basketball team, first in the NWAACC by nearly four points.

Back in the hunt

Halfway home

Jackson DietelReporter

With the first half of regional play in the books, the Lane men’s basketball team is thick in the hunt for a playoffs spot.

The Titans’ week got off to a rough start when they traveled to Coos Bay to take on the 16-5 Southwestern Oregon Community College Lakers.

Despite the play of soph-omore center Zach Kirsch-baum, who scored 33 points and had 15 rebounds, seven blocks and three assists, the Titans were unable to keep up with an electric Lakers offense that averages 92.43 points per-game.

Aside from Kirschbaum, the Titans struggled to get much going offensively. They shot an abysmal 14 per-cent from three-point land on their way to a 92-78 loss.

The Titans looked to re-bound from their tough loss to the Lakers when they wel-comed the Chemeketa Storm, 9-10 overall, 5-1 in conference, to Lane on Jan. 25.

After a back-and-forth first half, Lane trailed the Storm 35-33 at halftime. Sophomore guard Alex Sattley scored 16 points in the first half for the Titans

to keep them in contention. Kirschbaum only played five minutes in the first half due to early foul trouble, but he immediately made his presence felt in the second half, scoring four points and blocking a shot early on.

Lane head coach Bruce Chavka decided to give Sattley and Kirschbaum a rest with the Titans trailing 56-54 with 8:30 remaining. The choice worked well, as freshman forward Daemund McCants and freshman point guard Willy Malos both scored to give the Titans the 58-56 lead with seven min-utes remaining.

McCants made several key plays for the Titans in the final minute, scoring four straight points includ-ing a breakaway dunk off of a steal to put the Titans up 66-65 with 42 seconds remaining.

The Titans played solid defense on the Storm, forc-ing Chemeketa’s leading scorer, Bryce White, to miss a difficult jump shot. Storm guard Kevin Brazille caught the rebound, but Kirsch-baum rejected his layup attempt with 3.8 seconds left in the game. The Storm were forced to foul freshman guard Dyrall Goods, who drained both free throws to

seal the game and give the Titans a 68-65 victory.

Chavka said that he knew White, who leads the North-west Athletic Association of Community Colleges South Region with 27.16 points per game, would be a tough match-up.

“He can get his points, pe-riod,” Chavka said. “We said in the scouting report that we knew he was going to get his and we’ve got to make sure nobody else beats us.”

White was the only Chemeketa player to score in double figures.

Sattley led four Titans in double figures with 23 points and six rebounds. McCants added a double-double off the bench with 12 points and 10 rebounds. The Titans im-proved to 11-10 overall with a 4-3 record in regional play.

“We’re not satisfied yet. We go to wait until we get a (playoffs) spot. (We) got t keep working,” McCants said.

Lane is now tied for third in the South Region, along with Mount Hood Commu-nity College and Clackamas Community College.

The Titans will look to build on this victory, and continue their push for the playoffs, when they host Clackamas on Feb. 1.

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The Lane women’s basket-ball team is first place in the Northwest Athletic Associa-tion of Community Colleges South Region.

Although they are tied at 5-1 with the South Umpqua Com-munity College Riverhawks, the Titans own the tiebreaker because they defeated the Riv-erhawks earlier this season.

Lane started off its week with a blowout victory over the Southwestern Oregon Community College Lakers.

The Titans jumped out to a 52-26 halftime lead and the game was never close again. Freshman Shelby Snook scored a game-high 27 points and grabbed nine boards to help the Titans to an 85-52 victory.

The Titans extended its winning streak to five games on Jan. 25 with a 71-55 victory over the Chemeketa Commu-nity College Storm.

Lane opened up the game, hitting the first few shots be-fore enduring a long drought in the first half.

It wasn’t due to selection of bad shots — the Titans had plenty of open looks. They were simply unable to put the ball in the basket.

Snook, the Titans’ leading scorer, played only 10 minutes in the first half after getting herself into early foul trouble.

The slow-paced first half

resulted in a 10-point lead for Lane. The Titans’ stifling defense was able to hold the Storm to just 26 points in the first half.

“We haven’t been defend-ing very well this year. The last two games, we’ve held teams below their season aver-age, below 60 points,” Titans head coach Greg Sheley said. “We were playing tight and deflecting.”

Fueled by a great defense resulting in turnover after turnover for the Storm, Lane was able to produce 30 points off of turnovers.

Over the course of the game, the Titans were able to snatch 27 turnovers led by freshman guard Nikki Dun-cans’ five steals.

Briefly into the second half, Lane strung together an 11-3 run. With a lead of 17, the Titans were able to coast to the finish line with a 16-point vic-tory and a final score of 71-55. Duncan was able to convert five three-pointers for a game-high of 15 points. Snook was held to only 11 points but made up for it by dishing out six assists, almost half of the team’s total.

The Titans will face the Clackamas Community Col-lege Cougars at home on Feb. 1 to begin the second half of NWAACC South Region play.

In their first meeting Jan. 4, Clackamas handed the Titans their only Southern Region loss of the season.

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Lane freshman point guard dyrall Goods scores a layup during a Jan. 25 game against the Chemeketa Community College Storm. The Titans won 68-65.

Lane sophomore guard Sequoia Tilmann shoots from the key during a Jan. 25 game against the Chemeketa Community College Storm. The Titans won 71-55.Lane now 4-3, tied for third in Region

Titans hold top spot in conference

Average rebounds per-game by Titan forward Zach Kirschbaum, third in the NWAACC.

Portion of Titans’ total points scored by Kirschbaum and guard Alex Sattley.

10.50 43%

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SPORTS EdiTOR JARRID DENNEY SpORTS

Setting the bar highJarrid Denney Sports Editor

Over the past decade, Lane’s pole-vaulting program has proven to be one of the best in the Pacific Northwest.

Lane sophomore pole-vault-ers Zach Olivera and Anna Jensen each won individual titles in the event at the 2013 Northwest Athletic Associa-

tion of Community Colleges championship, and sophomore pole-vaulters Eric Jorgenson and Tara Carlton took individu-al titles in 2012.

The Titans’ pole-vaulters have dominated their competi-tion for nearly a decade, win-ning 10 individual NWAACC titles since 2006.

Lane pole-vaulting coach Dan West, who has coached at

Lane since 1999, has established a tradition to help maintain his program’s success.

Each January for the past 12 years, West and his athletes have made the 430-mile road trip to Reno, Nev., to attend the National Pole-Vault Summit, a three-day clinic sponsored by United Canvas and Sling.

“It’s really a learn-by-doing clinic and a competition, with

the competition being the least important part,” West said. “The top, elite, Olympic-type athletes always show up, so we get a chance to meet them. It’s not something you get to do every day, so it’s pretty exciting.”

The Titans don’t participate in a formal indoor track and field season, so the summit often offers the only competi-tion Lane’s pole vaulters will see before the outdoor season begins.

This year’s event featured dozens of guest speakers, including 2008 Olympian Erica Bartolina and Fresno State University track and field head coach Bob Fraley.

“Our athletes trust me, but when they hear famous coaches say the same thing I’m saying, it helps make it easier later when I tell them to do that,” West said.

The Summit ran Jan. 17 and 18, with all clinics and assem-blies taking place on the first day, as well as the Masters and Global Elite competitions.

The Global Elite competition featured several world-class pole-vaulters, including French International and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Renaud Lavil-lenie, as well as Becky Holiday, who finished second at the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials.

“You find out very soon that the pros are just like you, just ordinary people that share the

same love and desire that you have,” Olivera said. “Just go-ing my first year changed my whole mentality on how I lift, run and vault.”

On the second day, all high school, college and open com-petitions took place.

Twelve Lane athletes com-pete at the summit, including their five returning All-Ameri-cans: sophomore pole-vaulters Conner White and Kayla Vasquez, as well as Jensen, Jorgenson and Olivera.

Sophomore pole-vaulters Luke McKay, Sean Duncan, Jason Feagles and Paris Piva, as well as freshman pole-vaulters Anna Loken, Marialice Row-land and Janelle Noga, also made the trip and competed for the Titans.

“This is my 16th year now, and this is without a doubt the Titans’ deepest pole-vault group we’ve ever had,” Lane track and field head coach Grady O’Conner said. “I would stack it up against most of the programs, talent and depth-wise, at any division across the Northwest.”

“This is something to break up the winter and make it really feel like what we do is worthwhile,” West said.

Lane will host the Titans’ first official outdoor meet on March 8 and 9, when they be-gin their season with the Lane Preview.

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Lane sophomore pole vaulter Anna Jensen cleared a height of 10’8” at the National Pole Vaulting Summit on Jan. 18.

Lane sophomore pole-vaulter Eric Jorgenson cleared 15’5” at the National Pole-Vaulting Summit on Jan. 18.

12 Lane athletes compete at National Pole-Vault Summit

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ARTS & ENTERTAiNMENT

EVENTS CALENDAR: JAN. 30 TO FEB. 5Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

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The art department at Lane is encouraging students to submit their artwork for the an-nual Student Exhibition and the League of Innovations competi-tion by Feb. 13.

The League of Innovations is a national art competition among 19 community colleges throughout the country. Only recently were these exhibitions combined.

“We kinda followed the foot-print of what some of the other schools in the league were doing and we changed our for-mat. So now we collect for both the exhibition and league at the same time,” Gallery Director and Lane instructor Jennifer Salzman said.

This change was also prompted by the lack of com-munication the league had in announcing the winners, which confused participants.

“There was no showcasing of the winners. Also, it created some confusion for the students because there were multiple collections for different exhibi-tions and competitions,” Salz-man said.

This allows students to simultaneously submit their work to both competitions and be displayed to the community.

“It’s interesting because you may not get selected for the Student Exhibition, but it may be selected for the league and vice versa,” Salzman said.

Both of these competitions are juried events. The Student Exhibition is typically juried by a local community artist, while the league has several spectators from several differ-ent areas.

“It is a fascinating process to watch the discussions that take place,” Salzman said. “I have to reassure (students) that it’s never an easy task. I’ve seen a lot of deep thought and discus-sion put into every piece that’s been selected over the years.”

Usually there are 30 to 40 pieces that go into the gallery, but ultimately the juror picks how many pieces to display.

“As a gallery director, it’s always exciting because I have no idea what kind of instal-lation I’m going to have until after it’s done,” Salzman said.

In the 2007-2008 competi-

tion, Lane student Deborah Taube won first place with a sculpture carved from African mahogany. Her prize was $500, and although someone sought to purchase the piece, she had already given it to her partner.

“I had no expectation of even being selected to represent Lane since my work is more form-based than conceptual,” Taube wrote in an email. “I was very surprised and pleased to be selected to represent Lane in the national competition.”

The competitions are open to any student enrolled at Lane, but the work must have been produced within the last 12 months. The mediums for the pieces are endless. Many submissions have included sculpture, ceramics, photogra-phy, and paintings. Recently, submitting artists have worked with video.

Second-year media arts student Karen Seaton said she plans to submit her work to the competition again this year. Last year, her photograph “Helping Hands” was featured in both Denali, Lane’s student literary magazine, and the exhibition.

“When I first came to Lane, that was my main goal: to get something in the art show. I think that pushed me from a person that lived a very negative history, and I actually pursued it,” Seaton said. “It pushed me to be better and to get to my next goal.”

Seaton explained that during her Image Communications class, her instructor told the class about this opportunity, prompting her to submit again this year. She plans on present-ing more of her photography and a silkscreen project on canvas.

These competitions allow students to build confidence and experience the process of having their work in a gallery, participants have said.

“Even if you don’t get selected, just going through the process of entering your work and putting it out there is valu-able. It’s a valuable experience, and it’s not an experience all college students get the oppor-tunity to have,” Salzman said.

Applications are available in the main art office in Building 11. Students must submit their work by Feb. 13.

Student art show accepting submissions

Lane, UO harmonize for festival No. 9Chris Piepgrass Reporter

Splashy cymbals and smooth melodies filled the ninth annual Oregon Jazz Festival Jan. 24 and 25.

For nine years, Lane and the University of Oregon have collaborated for this event.

Festival directors Ron Ber-tucci and Steve Owens built the Oregon Jazz Festival from the ground up. Their vision was to create a celebration where students, scholars and fans can come together to ap-preciate the art of jazz.

Bertucci said the two direc-tors decided to join forces in 2005. Before that, each school had its own jazz event under a different name. After inte-grating, the resources of the festival grew.

Since then, Lane instruc-tor and original composer Paul Krueger has taken over as director of the Lane Jazz Ensemble.

“It’s really great to have Paul at Lane. He’s a great person,” Owen said.

Student musicians of all skill levels come from all over the region to represent their schools’ programs. During

the day, these ensembles are judged personally by a board of qualified professionals. After critiquing the bands, the professionals lead clinics and workshops for the students, Owens said.

“It’s a huge learning experi-ence,” Lane student and jazz trombonist Cassidee Fosback said.

The clinicians divide the stu-dents into their ensembles, and the students are given feedback on their performances.

“We couldn’t ask for a better situation with guest art-ists,” Krueger said.

Just after lunch, the partici-pants are divided one more time — this time, according to the specific instruments they play. The students are then again schooled in techniques that will benefit them when the judges are scoring for points. However, that is not what this festival is about, Owens said.

“We want to reward people that do exceptional work. Nothing about our festival is a competition,” he said.

At the end of each day, en-tertainment was provided by participating schools. On the first night, the Lane Jazz En-

semble opened with a display of smooth jazz.

“The students are making great progress, and they put together a great performance,” Krueger said.

The Oregon Jazz Ensemble followed with a crisp, uptem-po, poppy style that had the audience tapping their feet. Owens maintained a similar laid-back style.

As both bands played, guest instructors jammed per-sonally improvised solos. This style is integral to jazz, as the performances are jam sessions as much as they are concerts.

On the second night, schol-arships were awarded and the top two jazz bands took the stage as openers for the head-liner, Kneebody, a progressive, electronic-infused jazz band out of Los Angeles.

The band usually consists of five members. However, the band’s saxaphone player couldn’t make the perfor-mance. It was up to a quartet — bassist, keyboardist, drum-mer and trumpeter — to pick up the slack.

After Kneebody’s set, the audience roared chants for an encore. The band was happy to oblige.

Kaveh Rastegar, left, and Shane Endsley of Kneebody perform at the Oregon Jazz Festival Jan. 26 in Ragozzino Performance Hall in Building 6.

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donation has the potential to save up to three lives, because the blood collected from Lane’s winter term blood drive will be filtered into three separate “blood products.”

These products include leukocyte reduced, a dense concentration of red blood cells. Plasma is also sepa-rated, frozen and taken to area hospitals for transfusions. The third product is cryoprecipi-tate, which White character-ized as “the glue” holding the previous two blood-parts together.

“There’s a transfusion every 33 minutes on aver-age in Lane County,” White said. “If that weren’t enough, there is no artificial substitute to blood. It’s not like it can be simulated or extracted through some other avenue. It’s only from the volunteer

donor.”Although she has never

donated before, Lane stu-dent Darcy Peterson said she would consider donating on campus.

“When you make something like (a blood drive) that easy and accessible, people who wouldn’t normally do that would have a greater chance of doing it,” Peterson said.

White said one of the com-mon reasons people don’t donate blood is that they’re never asked to. Donation num-bers are also threatened by the public’s phobia of needles.

“If you’re hesitant, we more than understand,” White said. “That’s why we have very caring, warm, professional phlebotomists and nurses to care for people.”

Lane student Jon Campollo said he had given blood in the past, and enjoyed his experience.

“It was very tiring. They

took a good amount of blood, and since I didn’t eat any-thing, it was a lot,” he said.

Although his donation took a lot of his energy, Campollo said he would definitely do-nate blood again in the future.

“I’ll do it as many times as I need to,” he said.

Lane student Jessica Davenport said that when it comes to blood work, stu-dents have nothing to fear.

“It only hurts when they put the needle in. It’s like a bee sting,” Davenport said.

White said donating blood can provide donors with a great feeling that keeps them returning in the future.

“It’s like going to the spa, you know? Or you’re go-ing to your grandmother’s house,” White said. “You get the cookie and the pampered treatment, really.”

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OSERA granted funds despite tight budget(continued from page 1)the event as well.

“It’s going to be a great, big, queer symposium,” Jensen said.

Although balances weren’t readily available during the Jan. 22 ASLCC Senate meeting, student leaders indicated the funds request would likely pass.

“We have more than enough money for this,” ASLCC Treasurer Zach Wais said. “Let me clarify — we have money for this.”

However, Wais told student leaders during the Jan. 29 ASLCC Senate meeting that, because of declining enroll-ment, the request will likely leave the ASLCC budget with a deficit at the end of the year, leading student leaders to consider the ramifications such a large funds request would have on the ASLCC budget.

Wais said that the ASLCC budget will likely finish the year with a deficit, because declining enrollment shows

the student government hav-ing approximately $80,000 less to spend this school year than orginally projected.

“We’re going to be in the red either way,” Wais said.

Wais said that he’s cur-rently involved in discussions that would bring the student government additional sources of funding next year.

“They’ll be able to handle it,” Wais said.

ASLCC President Paul Zito said it was students this year who contributed their fees into this year’s budget, and that money should benefit them.

The funds request passed by a vote of 5-0, with two abstentions. Wais abstained on ethical grounds, while Senator Zach Wright abstained because of financial concerns.

“I think we should do more to raise funds. I’m not going to vote against it, because I think it’s a good idea,” Wright said.

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Fencing group gains club status Cameron Hughey Reporter

It’s taken eight months for Lane’s newest club to counter-riposte from its passé to get the recognition and funding it needed from the Associated Students of Lane Community College.

Fencing Club founder and coach Carl Knoch first requested ASLCC funding in Spring 2013, but the club’s application for ratification was proposed too late in the term.

“That dragged the process out. We’re currently waiting for the funds to be transferred to our club account so we can get our equipment order in and get people fencing,” Knoch said.

Knoch got the money when the ASLCC Senate ap-proved $3,204 for the Winter term. The Senate was not sure if it should approve the funds request, or if the

ASLCC or Council of Clubs budget would provide for the request.

“Once they found a place to store the gear and hold the club meetings, it was a unani-mous decision,” ASLCC Trea-surer Zach Wais said. “I think it will spur student involve-ment, but most importantly, the money is available.”

The Fencing Club has organizational meetings every other Tuesday. The meetings are announced via Facebook and email.

“We’ll be meeting in which-ever room our faculty adviser can schedule for us,” Knoch said. “We’ll also be having practices … whenever we can get gym time.”

With the funding, Knoch is hoping to buy fencing gear for 10 people.

“We also have four to five members who have their own fencing gear already. One of our biggest issues will be hav-ing enough gear to go around

if our numbers grow, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it,” Knoch said.

Knoch and others believe the new club will be success-ful as long as the club has a positive, inclusive environ-ment focused on fitness and fun, and they increase the vis-ibility and access to the sport among Lane and surrounding areas.

“I don’t know much about it, but it sounds pretty cool. If there was a match, I would go to it,”first-year Lane student Alexander Piermont said.

Knoch has helped start sev-eral fencing clubs in Virginia, including two at colleges and one public club in Char-lottesville, Va. Both college clubs are still in existence. The Charlottesville Fencing Alliance is still active, with members earning medals at the national level while many young members have quali-fied for the Junior Olympics.

As the basketball season

winds down in March, the gym will become more avail-able. The open gym time will allow more practice time.

“Our goal is to have two (practices) per week spring term, and to be able to sched-

ule practices at consistent times to help our members plan for them better. For now, we’re taking what’s available and trying to be flexible for the Athletic Department,” Knoch said.

Lane fencing instructor Sean Hayes moves his weapon into position to demonstrate proper technique during his Jan. 28 class in the Building 5 gym.

ASLCC recently ratified a new fencing club for Lane students. Fenc-ing Club founder Carl Knoch will coach the practices tentatively scheduled for every other Tuesday.

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ASLCC Senate approves $3,204 for equipment and initial costs

NEWS EdiTORJ. WOLFGANG WOOL