Demonstrations spanned the entire country Nov. 3, exactly one year before the 2008 election, to rally citizens to become actively involved toward what scientists are calling the most pressing issue of our time, global warming. Bill McKibben, author of ten books, and professor at Middleburg College in Vermont, gave a lecture in the Erb Memorial Union ballroom at the University of Oregon last week concerning the new sense of urgency toward global warming, human impact, and what needs to be done politically.
The 1995 LCC Construction Bond will expire in 2009 and the Board of Education has begun preliminary discussions about the possibility of asking voters to renew the bond in November 2008. "We're in what I'd call the exploratory stages, to see if it would make sense for us to go for a bond in November '08, in 09, the bond we've invested in would be paid off so we could be able to go to voters and ask them for the same level of investment in the college.
State Measure 49 Modifies Measure 37 Yes 75,029 65.15% No 40,135 34.85% State Measure 50 Increased Tobacco Tax Yes 51,828 44.90% No 63,591 55.10% City Eug Measure 20-132 City Gas Tax Yes 21,645 44.26% No 27,256 55.74% City Eug Measure 20-134 Downtown Urban Renewal Amend Yes 17,709 36.
Although Lane Community College has looked into providing a hosted .edu e-mail system for students, the college has decided not to, primarily because of the cost involved. Without computing the numbers, Stephen Pruch, associate vice president of Information Technology, estimates that offering students a hosted e-mail system would cost the college over $300,000.
Instructional Research, Assessment Planning recently conducted a survey among faculty and students to assess if students are meeting the expected outcomes at the end of Writing 121, Writing 122, Writing 123. "The results were pretty positive, much more positive than I'd expected," Kate Sullivan, English faculty member, said.
Nationally recognized media critic, author and documentary producer Norman Solomon will discuss his new book, "Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State," Thursday, November 15, at 1 p.m. in Forum 308 at LCC's Main Campus. Solomon is the founder and executive director for the Institute for Public Accuracy, a national consortium of researchers and public analysts.
Empty receptacles for LCC's literary journal, Denali, are located throughout campus, leaving students wondering about the absence of the magazine. Every year Denali publishes three issues, one issue each Fall, Winter, and Spring Term. Denali Literary Adviser, Bill Woolum, said there will not be an issue this term.