31, 2013

VOLUME  50 // EDITION  5

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New Lane band director Paul Krueger leads the Symphonic Band at the First Annual Music Gala at Ragozzino Performance Hall on Oct

Visiting students share stories to promote peace

ZORA PARKER  //    PHOTOGRAPHER

Left to right: Jewish Federation of Lane County grants manager Kristina Lahtinen introduces Dotty Indyke, executive director of Creativity for Peace, and students Deema Yusuf and Yaara Tal, who present two perspectives on Palestine and Israel at an Oct. 21 Lane Peace Makers Project discussion at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene.

PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED BY MISSY CORR

MUSIC GALA: ALL CUED UP

(Right) Lane Chamber Choir director Matt Svoboda introduces the song “Guararé” to the audience prior to the choir’s performance.

MOHAMMED ALKHADHER// EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

In September, two students — one from Palestine and one

Eugene as part of an

between people of two regions

years.

miles away from home in order to hear what the other

Peace

Indyke said.

Lane’s Peace Center and the Lane Foundation, which

funded scholarships to an Israelite, Yaara Tal, and her Palestinian counterpart,

Peace Makers Project.

According to a press release,

at Lane, fees, books, supplies,

in New Mexico that seeks to promote peace and dialogue among women from Gaza and Israel.

The organization recruits eight women from each side of

summer camp in New Mexico that trains them to listen and

Palestinian territory, Indyke said.

Tal and Yusuf attended the camp in New Mexico, where they were selected to represent the program at Lane.

Tal attended the camp in

“Our work is based on the

idea that an enemy is a person whose story you

during her Oct. 21 presentation at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene. “We work with

we think they need to be trained as leaders, and because

long time.”

Indyke said.

use, like, wrestling instead of dialogue,” Indyke said. “I think a program for boys that was so centered on the emotional piece of this would be hard.”

the scholarship recipients’

Beth Israel and again at Lane, where Yusuf and Tal spoke Oct. 22.

“They come into this program often knowing nothing about the other side — absolutely nothing,” Indyke said. “How can you make

the story of the other side? You don’t know anything about them, except what you read in the newspapers. And on both sides, all they read is ‘the other side are monsters and they want to kill them.’”

Indyke equated the space of Palestine and Israel to the size of New Jersey.

“I remember my classmate’s

kill all the Arabs,’” Tal said. “I

horrifying.”Yusuf and Tal spoke about

their experiences in the

“They’re your neighbors, and they’re who are trying to kill you,” Indyke said.

Yusuf told a story about her

family and their struggle to

and Israeli territories. Jerusalem and Ramallah are

Jerusalem but works in

in Ramallah but works in Jerusalem,” Yusuf said, “and

works in Jerusalem.” Her family members tell

her their experiences passing

day.Tal shared her experiences

growing up in Israel and the time she spent in the Israeli

“I’d watch the border and make sure no one is coming into Israeli territory,” Tal said.

lot in cooperation with warriors,” Tal said. “It was really hard for me to express myself.” SEE PEACE PG. 3

OPINIONEDITOR

Mohammed Alkhadher2

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 ,

n e w s p a p e r

FOOD PANTRY SHELVES HUNGER

In an effort to ease students’

sustainable food committee has set out to open a food pantry for students sometime in the next two weeks.

The Torch editorial board supports the actions of the

body.

indicated they would use a campus food pantry. This is just one hint of

place to temporarily boost the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — once known as food

the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Cuts will be based on the size of the household, according to the center. Households of one will re

deduction. Households of three will

These cuts will hurt many Lane

sound like much, but it’s a real blow

the food pantry could help keep those students from going hungry.

Lane’s student body has a much

of Lane county as a whole, where

“There’s so many people going hungry in the U.S., and people just don’t understand it,” Lane sustainability coordinator Michael Weed said.

To ease the burden, the food pantry, sponsored by Food for Lane County, will distribute on campus to students.

sustainable food committee

home for their food pantry.“Right now we’re just waiting

The potential location is in the Center Building on the north side of

to the tutoring lab.

brought the location to the committee’s attention after hearing ASLCC President Paul Zito

Education meeting.

Weed said.

to rise along with tuition, students

nutrition.The food pantry will help ease

students’ stress by offering resources to the population that needs it most

who need it.

this,” Weed said. “Say that someone is not comfortable being out in the open. There is a back door, stairwell

The food pantry is hoping to open

“It’s really awesome,” Weed said.Know that if you’re in need, there

campus to get food and other assistance. We applaud the members of the sustainable food committee for taking action to address a dire need at Lane. We also ask students, staff and faculty who can afford to support the pantry to do so through

action.The action of these students

leaders will mean fewer students

tuition and buying food. And that can only help students as they begin their career path with an education at Lane.

MOHAMMED ALKHADHER  // EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

EDITORIAL

CORRECTIONS//In the Oct. 24 edition of The Torch, we incorrectly identified Lane Public Safety Officer Gina Walker

defense class draws low turnout.” We also incorrectly identified two students in “Ask a Titan.” Lane student Sissilya Colegroue is pictured on the bottom left, and

pictured on the top right. The Torch regrets these errors.

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ASK A TITANQ: What’s your biggest !nancial worry?

“I don’t really have !nancial insecurities. I have a home, and get to school and back. "at’s all I need.” -Amelia Haney

“Food. I get that you have to pay for classes. You’re here day a#er day, you get hungry and you don’t have enough to buy lunch.” - Galen Philips

“Tuition, because it’s expensive.” -Jason Wang

“I’m usually pretty on top of my expenses. I would say mostly my car. Getting things !xed for my car. Gas. I make sure I don’t worry about food or rent.” -Brook Manion

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF// Mohammed Alkhadher PRODUCTION MANAGER// Stephanie Orndorff DESIGN EDITOR// Char Houweling COPY EDITOR// Sean Hanson SPORTS EDITOR//

PHOTO EDITOR// Alyssa Leslie WEB EDITOR// Crystal Kingery PHOTOGRAPHERS// Zora Parker Leighanne Vittetoe Hana Behrs REPORTERS// Keoni Conlu Jeffrey Cramer Marilyn WalkerGRAPHIC ARTIST// Connor WhiteNEWS ADVISER// Paige ParkerPRODUCTION ADVISER//

NEWSEDITORMohammed Alkhadher

PEACE CONTINUED FROM 1

Lane instructor Cliff Trolin orchestrated the

Peace at a conference in New Mexico.

“I went back home to Eugene, and began to read about it and went ‘hmm,’” Trolin said, “‘what if we brought them to study at

for peace in the community?’”

Along with speaking at Temple Beth Israel and Lane the students will be speaking at the First Congregational Church.

”We did try to do a mosque, but they don’t like dealing with political stuff,” Trolin said.

their experiences when they

homes, Indyke said.“I try to tell them about

the good things and the bad things. They think I came here and forgot about Pales

tine and its history,” Yusuf said.

“I didn’t forget anything about Palestine. I’m just trying to make a change,” she said.

Most of the attendees supported Lane’s mission.

“I liked it,” community

been up there many times, so I know what it’s like.

years in this community.” Hamide has spoken on

this topic at panels held by Lane in the past.

“I fear the intended takeaway message from

‘deep listening and honest dialogue’ — presumably transforming distrust, fear and anger into

confused with and substituted for the

political action

comparable situations of colonial occupation, segregation and

Awareness Project

process that has honest intentions for peace. I don’t think one is a substitute for another,” Hamide said. “I don’t think there’s only one path to peace.”

Hamide said he supports any sincere process for peace and doesn’t think there’s one

resolution. “A lot of times they come

to us thinking one way, and when they go home,

was completely blown to bits, and if you think about that, it’s not easy. It’s really hard,” Indyke said. “They don’t necessarily know what they’re in for.”

Medical EmergencyOct. 21, 9:47 a.m.

reported that she was in pain. The student, who participates in Lane’s Early College and Career Options program, was

Missing PersonOct. 22, 3:37 p.m.

Adult Basic and Secondary Education instructor informed Public Safety that one of his students appeared to be missing. The student

Center classroom but was nowhere to be found.

informing the instructor.

Medical EmergencyOct. 23, 7:03 a.m.

in the Center Building complained of chest pains and arm tingles. Rather than accepting a ride from Public Safety, she

Fire AlarmOct. 24, 1:21 a.m. Public Safety and Titan Court Community Assistance

without any response, so they forced their way into the

found. According to the report, “all the lights were on, the windows were open and the fresh

or more occupants had recently been in the apartment.” Community assistants said they planned to cite

Person ContactOct. 24, 10:40 p.m.

attempting to bathe in the downtown Titan Store restroom.

appeared to be homeless, complied.

Criminal MischiefOct. 25, 9:35 a.m.

wiring. Public Safety submitted a work order to Lane Facilities Management and Planning.

ComplaintOct. 25, 6:15 p.m.

reported that a dog was lunging at children near the campus track. Public Safety

FightOct. 26, 12:36 a.m.

STEPHANIE ORNDORFF  //  PRODUCTION MANAGER

MOHAMMED ALKHADHER// EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

of the Peace Makers Project. “I was born in Jerusalem and spent

my whole life in Ramallah,” Yusuf said.Yusuf is Palestinian with an

Israeli passport because her father is from Nazareth, she said.

and my mother is a high school teacher in Jerusalem,” Yusuf said. “Both of them teach history.”

She’s majoring in Peace Studies and is

along with her Israeli counterpart, Yaara Tal.

She’s following in her three siblings’ footsteps.

“All of them got their B.A.’s here,” Yusuf said. “My two sisters did their masters in England. Then they went back.”

Yusuf’s sisters hold positions at the World Bank and Bank of Palestine.

“When I saw them going, when I was

in Ramallah,’” Yusuf said.Yusuf’s childhood dream was to

become the president of Palestine. “When I grew up I found out I

couldn’t become president, because I

Yusuf still plans to work in

really hard time,” she said. “There’s a lot of people who still

care,” Yusuf added.

MOHAMMED ALKHADHER// EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

as part of the Peace Makers Project.

said. “If you work in the dining room, and I work in a shop — we’d put it all

one gets the same amount of money. It doesn’t matter if I work one hour or I

The daughter of a Korean mother and Israeli father, “I kind of come from

her presentation at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene.

Tal is attending Lane on acholarship for the next year while she shares her experiences from the other side of the wall with her Palestinian counterpart,

compulsory in Israel.

people that want to hurt us,” Tal said. “I don’t think we should be quiet. I wish

lence.” Throughout her stay at Lane, Tal will

with students at Lane and Yusuf.

only represent myself,” Tal said.

Palestinian student plans polit ical career

Israeli Defense Forces veteran shares perspective

Deema Yusuf

Yaara Tal

EDITOR4

PHOTOS BY ALYSSA LESLIE // PHOTO EDITOR

JARRID DENNEY// SPORTS EDITOR

Former Titan Jordan McNamara

he is one of the premiere mile runners in America.

After running a personal best

fastest American mile time and the

Washington.One of the most successful distance

runners in Lane history, McNamara

has his sights set on qualifying for the

Championships.

Oregon Track Club Elite, McNamara

a distance runner can in one of tracks most historic cities.

missed qualifying for the U.S. Olympics team by fewer than two seconds.

So after accomplishing so much, what keeps McNamara coming back to Eugene?

to be happy in your entire life — not just when you’re at practice — and when I’m here, I enjoy it,” McNamara said. “I go for runs and hear people say, ‘Jordan, you’re the man. Keep training. Keep working hard.’ It’s just good to know that what you’re doing matters.”

Although he now calls it home,

choice.After placing third in both the

Washington State Championships

McNamara committed to run for the

for a change.

there and I knew that. I needed to be somewhere where I could be fully committed to running, where the community was fully committed to running,” McNamara said. “I’m the

with any regrets, so I packed my bags and came down to TrackTown, USA.”

McNamara planned to transfer to

Vin Lananna offered him a scholarship.

He admits that he wasn’t on the

high school.“They didn’t know who I was and it

was kind of funny,” McNamara said.

showed them my times from high school, Vin kinda looked at the

assistant coach and was like, ‘What the heck were we thinking?’”

NCAA rules forbid athletes from

another in the same year, which left McNamara with few options.

season and lose a full year of eligibility, or he could spend the year at a junior college and continue competing before transferring.

He chose to spend the year competing for the Titans. It was a

career.

from injury than he did training. He suffered multiple stress fractures that would take anywhere from four to six weeks to heal.

Ross Krempley, the Titans’ head

McNamara healthy and set him up for

Jordan McNamara lives his dream in TrackTown, USA

While at Lane, Jordan McNamara won the 2006 NWAACC cross-country title and won NWAACC titles in the 1,500-meter, 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter events

SPORTS

EDITOR

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY STEPHANIE ORNDORFF // PRODUCTION MANAGER

NEWSNEWS

SPORTS

in school history.“The biggest secret with Jordan is

that he likes to push the boundaries sometimes. So he and I had an understanding, that I would look at

because I knew he wouldn’t lie in his training log,” Krempley said.

This allowed Krempley to make constant adjustments to McNamara’s

basis and tone down the intensity of his workouts when needed.

“Jordan knows that it only takes a couple days or weeks of training too hard to go back to that past, to get injured again,” Krempley said. “Once that clicked in his head, that was it. We knew he was going to be successful.”

McNamara says that the close relationship he had with Krempley and the rest of the Lane coaches is something that was missing during his

approach to racing. He told me, ‘go out and do what you can’ and he just

time I left Lane, I knew I could be one of the best in the country,” McNamara said.

McNamara won four NWAACC

He still holds the school records

“Jordan’s a phenom,” Lane track

said. “As far as an NWAACC athlete

accomplished, he pretty much left it

meter.

to run for Oregon Track Club Elite, but

himself before he earned funding.“It got tough. I had another job and

week,” McNamara said. “But I’m a big

something enough, you’ll make time for it. I refused to take no for an

results I wanted.” McNamara experienced the

breakthrough season he had been

in the European professional tour.

He had the chance to compete on

narrowly missing a spot on the U.S. Olympics team.

“It was awesome. It was a big

are to make it because, I mean, this is the Olympic trials,” McNamara said.

walked away with no regrets.”McNamara said that the highlight

of his summer was running at the Olympic Stadium in London, where he set his personal best mile time of

brought tears to my eyes,” Mcnamara said. “I felt like I was in the World Series. It really was one of the most

during the U.S. Olympics trials on July 29, 2012, at Hayward Field. He took seventh place in 3:37.79 and missed a spot on the U.S. Olympics team by fewer than two seconds.

SPORTSEDITOR

KEONI CONLU // REPORTER

KEONI CONLU // REPORTER

JARRID DENNEY// SPORTS EDITOR

On its way to the NWAACC championship, the Lane women’s

at Clackamas Community College.Titans freshman Katy Potter

almost a minute slower than her personal best time.

“I honestly thought it would be a

proud of our team and how well we performed.”

The Titans dominated the meet,

score of 24 points. Treasure Valley and and Mt. Hood community col

for second.

up front with Katy kind of holding

coach Mike Blackmore said. “I think that helped keep our top four runners pretty close to each other and made our day a lot easier.”

Potter was followed by sophomore Macaulay Wilson, who placed

runner from last years squad.

region and second to last at the NWAACC championships.

“It was really exciting when we started to realize that we were going to be able to win Southern Regionals, because last year that wasn’t the case at all,” Wilson said. “I’m so proud of

hard and so smart this year.”The Titans men placed second

chase down Clackamas Community

points.“The Clackamas men came to race

today,” Blackmore said. “They basically went to the front of the pack and controlled the race.”

Blackmore said that Jonathan

ing with sickness during the week leading up to the race and that he was proud of the way they battled Clackamas’s top runners.

“I think the guys are tired a little bit,” Blackmore said. “So we’ll just

get ready for NWAACCs and hope things come together.”

Eduardo Juarez, Jonathan Cornish

Lane, but the Titans were unable to deal with the depth of the Cougars,

said he hopes the team will use the

the NWAACC Championships.“I’m hungrier now, I wanna go

I wanna catch them,” he said. “I wanna go get it done with my team.”

Oct. 26 NWAACC South Region Championships. From left to right:

line at the Oct. 26 NWAACC South Region Championships at Clackamas

KEONI CONLU// REPORTER

The Titans soccer team

against the Chemeketa Community College Storm.

According to Titans

spot in the playoffs.

game came from sophomore

headed the ball into the back of the net.

The matches turned physical as two of the Titans

didn’t stop freshman

from scoring in the 42nd minute.

“It was a physical game and we worked really hard. We knew we had to win,” freshman forward Aubrie Hood said.

comfort in the win as

Courtney Fieldhouse scored

“Putting up three goals compared to the loss to

booster,” sophomore goalkeeper Samantha Schoene said.

Lane vs SWOCCThe Lane Titans won

against the Southwestern Community College Lakers

Coos Bay. The Titans record now

into the last two matches of the season. Their next match is against top ranked Clackamas cougars on Oct.

“We played really well,

played with a lot of

Ellis said. Freshman forward Aubrie

Hood scored for the

minutes of the game. This

goals at this point in the season.

As the Titans prepare for the second meeting with the Cougars, they are looking

meeting on Oct. 11 when

chances away, we had chances last time and got a little bit unlucky. Maybe a little lack of composure because of the size of the game,” Ellis said.

Playoffs are coming up and the Titans are looking to be either the second or third seed behind Clackamas,

the top spot in the South Region.

“I like our chances. I

to go through. I don’t think anyone wants to play us and I think we feel like we can beat anyone,” Ellis said.

Soccer Titans weather Storm, Lakers for wins

Cross-country women conquer South Region, men place second

HALLOWEENEDITORAlyssa Leslie

ALYSSA LESLIE // PHOTO EDITORJohn Whiteaker and his family are buried in the Eugene Masonic Cemetery. Whiteaker was a soldier from Indiana in the Mexican-American war before he moved to California during the Gold Rush. He settled in Oregon, where he served as a judge and a member of the state legislature. In 1859, he began a four-year term as Oregon’s first governor.

(Above) Iantha Castleman, the wife of Phillip Castleman, is also buried in Eugene Masonic Cemetery. Noted in the cemetery burial list as the first photographer in Eugene, his photographs were possibly used to create the earliest lithographs documenting Eugene City circa 1859.

ALYSSA LESLIE// PHOTO EDITOREugene Masonic Cemetery, located at the

Masonic cemetery is the burial ground of

organization was created to maintain the

Spooky.

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A tree will be put up outside the Women’s Center for the

Multicultural Center and the Women’s Center. Here donations of food, clothing and toys will be accepted for children of Lane students who need some extra help during the holidays.

WOMEN’S CENTERGIVING TREE

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The PhotoZone Gallery will exhibit a collection of participating members’ work in the main hallway of the

PHOTOZONE GALLERYGROUP SHOW

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The Student Productions Association is seeking actors for its upcoming production of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” to be produced in February. Roles

genders. Auditions are open to students and the public.

‘WAITING FOR GODOT’AUDITIONS

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