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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

What is the "10" all about?

What is the “10” all about??

(I need to note that I did as much Fact Checking as possible, but I might have gotten something wrong,...


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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Credit where credit is due

Here at LBCC we offer a wonderfully wide selection of foreign languages, ranging from Spanish and French to Latin,...


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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Thoughts on our Scantron policy

I had the pleasure of participating in a school policy which I had no intentions of agreeing with, in principle. It concerns our policy on Scantron...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Letter from LBCC's poet laureate

Dear Students and Staff:

It is with great honor and excitement that I endeavor on this new adventure of being LBCC’s second Poet...


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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Board of Education letter

The Linn-Benton Community College Board of Education would like to thank you for working with the board and college administration in a...


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Dear Commuter Staff:

I’ve been thinking of writing to you all for quite awhile. For one thing, I need to thank Ryan for his kind article about me, a few weeks back....


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Postponing my dreams

Each one of us has a dream, something we wish we could do, or a goal we’ve set for ourselves to accomplish. But how many of us actually achieve...


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Friday, May 29, 2009

RE: The search for LBCC's next president

I find it interesting that no students chose to attend the open session for staff and students as we seek to find a successor for President...


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RE: All abort!

Dear Mr. Dewar: I read with interest your intense and earnest opinion piece about abortion, and wanted to share a bit of clarification regarding...


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RE: All abort!

Oh my God Mr. editor-in-chief. I am so grateful you showed your anger and intolerance for those so-called angry zealots out there at the...


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Friday, May 22, 2009

In regards to the Student Government hiring practices:

I would like to comment on the recent appointing of a new vice-president of the Associated Student Government. I threw my hat in the ring, hoping...


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Instructor thanks all for award

Each year that I’ve gone to the Student Government recognition ceremony, I’ve watched with humility the faculty who received the...


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Securing Firefox

Giving a complete stranger my bank account PIN # is at the very end of my checklist for today… wait… ah...


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Help is available for emotional struggle: a heartfelt letter

An open letter to our students:

The Counseling Center is seeing an increase of students in crisis this term. We’re seeing stress,...


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Monday, May 11, 2009

Letter to the Editor

“Imagine the worst case scenario. What would happen if the bicyclist you are approaching in your car gets distracted by traffic, hits an obstacle (there’s lots of debris on roadways), and splays all over the pavement in front of you? Will you be able to stop safely, or will you add injury to insult by driving over her head?”


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Monday, April 27, 2009

Shotgun Approach to Economy- The Budget

The Obama Administration is throwing hundreds of billions of dollars at a multitude of programs, hoping for economic success. It appears the...


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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Letter to Nick Carlson

I am writing in response to the article written by Nicolas Carlson on April 1, 2009. I am hoping that it was a joke. Even so, I can’t...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Letters to the Editor - May 28, 2008

Rocky: A letter of affection

For Rocky,

A letter of thanks to my brother Many Mountain Eagles

You are my ancient of...


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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Letters to the Editor - May 14, 2008

Reader stands up for Sen.Obama; wants the truth

To the Editor:

Josiah Stephens’ accusatory article on...


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