News
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Letter from an Iraq-bound instructor
I can tell that it is becoming real to the men now, it may be that we have
too much time on our hands that we often spend thinking. Certainly a
very dangerous thing to be doing when headed for a war zone. It is time
to shelf the people that we are and become what we must be to survive
the coming months.
Friday, June 26, 2009
LBCC to partner with China
“Our hope is that we will see … a more culturally diverse student body, cultural opportunities for our faculty and students, and financial benefits that will support exchanges,” Cavin states.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Honor roll
The following students at LBCC earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for 12 or more graded credits during spring term. These do not include pass/no pass or incomplete credits.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Graduation info and photos
On June 11, 345 students walked into their future during LBCC’s graduation commencement ceremony.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Socialize yourself: network now
On May 20, in the LBCC library, a workshop was held on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. ...
Classifieds for June 3
Deadline: Ads accepted by 5 p.m. Friday will appear in the following Wednesday issue. Ads will appear only once per submission. If you wish a...
LBCC dives deep for local youth
LBCC’s physical science department has partnered with the Oregon Workforce Alliance to deploy an underwater and volcanic exploration...
LBCC picked for HP grant
LBCC has been selected as one of 10 colleges in the United States to receive a $284,000 Hewlett-Packard Innovations in...
Monday, June 1, 2009
The trail of two cities
Commuters between Albany and Corvallis may have a new alternative to burning fuel in the next few years as a bike path connecting the two cities is in the works to be built.
Getting involved with social networking
On May 20, in the LBCC library, a workshop was held on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. The...Friday, May 29, 2009
What's up with the wind turbine blades
With cranes, forklifts and two big semis, two mammoth sized wind turbine blades made their journey to Linn Benton Community College, May 14, to...
First Alma Mater: All hail to Linn-Benton
As spring term winds down, LBCC’s Concert Choir is gearing up for a very special last show. James Reddan, conducting the final performance in...
Monday, May 25, 2009
Fall childcare: register now
If you need childcare for next fall term, make sure to enroll your children at Periwinkle Child Development Center ( In a brief interview, Fred Haynes gave an update on the construction that has been happening around LBCC campus. The... Sunday, May 24, 2009 In a letter to the editor printed in last week’s issue, “In regards to the Student Government hiring practices,” a student expressed... Friday, May 22, 2009 Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Every two years since 1988, Peace Studies has taken students from LBCC to an international symposium on education for... Bumper stickers: the bane of any car’s resale value, a comical outlet, a preachy way of forcing other drivers stuck in traffic to know what you... Monday, May 18, 2009 With current LBCC President Rita Cavin officially retiring next December, the hunt for our next college president has... On Wed., May 13, the English for Speakers of Other Languages program held a showcase at the Benton Center featuring speakers and participants from all over the world. The showcase gave students the chance to show off their countries while publicly practicing speaking English. The position of Poet Laureate next year is open to applicants. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. on June 1. Applications are available at the Albany campus library reference counter, or through e-mail with Robin Havenick. Without the Brown v. Board act, we would not be able to appreciate the great diversity our world has to offer. Open minds would be fewer, hatred would perhaps run rampant and we wouldn’t be celebrating our first black president. As result of what state economist Tom Potiowsky calls “Oregon’s deepest recession since the great depression,” LBCC administrators continue to try and bridge the school’s budget gap. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Ryan Henson will be the next editor-in-chief of the Commuter, LBCC’s student newspaper. Henson’s... The Oregon Newspaper Publisher’s Association (ONPA) held their annual collegiate day at OSU... Monday, May 11, 2009 Every two years, since 1988, Peace Studies has taken students from LBCC to an international symposium on education for peace, justice, and human rights. The next symposium will be held at Leeuwarden, Netherlands in September of 2010. The Valley Writers Series event for this term will be held on May 21 at 2 p.m. in North Santiam Hall, room 208. This term the event will host Alison Ruch, a short fiction author and writing instructor a LBCC. The event is free and open to the public. Last Wednesday in F-113, LBCC’s Democracy Club sponsored a speech by Jim Doherty, a representative for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Doherty believes that drugs and drug addiction are a social and medical issue and should not be handled in the criminal justice system but with a regulatory and educational approach. Sunday, May 10, 2009 One of the services of LBCC that many people may not know about is the Parenting Education Department. This department encourages parents to learn about the behavior of their child and to interact with them to problem-solve troubles with behavior. The Star Riders Chapter 339 puts together this bike rally the first Saturday in the month of May. The event is held rain or shine and I was determined to make it as I had been planning to go for the entire year. Wednesday, May 6, 2009 The end of the LBCC school year is rapidly approaching, as is the reign of the Commuter’s editor-in-chief and his... A blood drive was held in The Commons at LBCC on April 28 and 29. Students, faculty, and staff could either make... On April 29, the fifth annual “Copper Chef” competition took place in LBCC’s Commons Cafeteria hosted by the Culinary Arts program. The... Tuesday, May 5, 2009 The other day I saw an old Ford pickup truck, resplendent in bumper stickers loudly and proudly proclaiming its owner’s affiliations and... Glenn White is the new food service manager at LBCC. He hasn’t even been here a complete term and already he is... Winner winner, chicken dinner? Monday, May 4, 2009 Last Thursday, an Iraq war veteran and LBCC student spoke to room full of In its first out-of-state tour in its 41 year history, the LBCC Concert Choir and Women’s Ensemble participated in the 2009 Heritage Music Festival in Seattle, WA, taking home a silver rating out of 25 attending choirs. Alter Wiener, Holocaust survivor and author of “From a Name to a Number” spoke at LBCC Tuesday, April 28, from three to five p.m. to an audience of 300. His speech was about his experience of the Holocaust, learning from history’s mistakes, and celebrating life, followed by a question-and-answer session. Linn-Benton Community College’s Democracy Club will honor their version of the tree by sponsoring a “liberty tree” fair in the courtyard from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6. Next Day Air Sunday, May 3, 2009 One case of swine flu has been confirmed at Western Oregon University. Thursday, April 30, 2009 On 5 p.m. April 30 an all-campus email was sent out with details of a possible swine flu case involving a student. Details from the... Tuesday, April 28, 2009 To start things off, Brian Newberg called me a “Mensch”. I stared for a moment while he explained that generally it’s a good person. ... The stimulus package has struck again. The air conditioning systems were shut down in IA on Tuesday, April 21 for various work and repairs. As a... In the indigenous communities of Mexico there exists a traditional way of life. ‘You help me, and I’ll help you.’ Baldemar... Swine Flu Epidemic to become Pandemic? By Rebecca Martino For the last few days, we have heard reports of a... Monday, April 27, 2009 by Mike Van Hoosier Seemingly these two random things have little in common right? Wrong! It’s obvious to those who look. You should... The Commuter The LBCC Periwinkle Child Development Center will hold an open house on Saturday, May 2, from... It’s really easy to take a newspaper for granted. We find them lying on the floor of public restrooms. We see them discarded in the trash. We... A Linn-Benton Community College Student will speak about his Military service in Iraq and why he refused involuntary activation after being... The Pow-wow was held Saturday, the 25th, and went on from noon to late in the evening. It took place in the activity center in our school. The... Kathy Rollins I would be a vampire. I used to draw blood. Last Saturday members of the Corvallis Pride and Portland Shockwave spilled into the Corvallis high school football field to battle each other. The club has been around for sometime, but it went dormant without student support. Karelia Stetz-Waters, the faculty advisor for GSA, says that the group has a lot of support on campus but they did not have the students they needed till Jennifer Boatwright came along. As a part of the stimulus projects on campus, the AC will be shut down intermittently in all main buildings for repairs and other work, until June 30. “If you are interested in traveling and learning another culture’s customs, people, and language, there is no substitute for actually living and studying in a foreign country,” Friday, April 24, 2009 A possible school closure April 24 turned out to be a false positive; a spill of soap was mistaken for a dangerous chemical. Wednesday, April 22, 2009 In the indigenous communities of Mexico there exists a traditional way of life. ‘You help me, and I’ll help you.’ Baldemar Mendoza... The student ambassadors want to play games with you. And to do this, they have brought out the Yahtzee, the Jenga, the jigsaw puzzles,... Monday, April 20, 2009 “It’s just awesome ‘cause it’s better than anything you’ll find at the grocery store,” said Corvallis local Justin Groft. During LBCC’s spring inservice day a tour and discussion was held to discuss sustainability and the landscape around The Periwinkle Child Development Center (PCDC) is adding a co-op pay model in hopes to provide quality affordable child care to any parent. Friday, April 17, 2009 In addition to the State of the College Address, as part of Spring Inservice, retirees were announced and members of Flower planting – open to all staff as part of LBCC’s spring inservice day, April 17, took place between... In her state of the college address, LBCC president, Rita Cavin told faculty and staff that, even in the face of current... Thursday, April 16, 2009 On Wednesday, April 15, awards were handed out to 13 part-time faculty members. This took place after the banquet where snacks and coffee were... Click here for the video of President Cavin introducing the... Click here for the board of education meeting video Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Linn-Benton Community College President Rita Cavin formally announced her retirement at the board of education meeting on Wednesday, April 15 in... According to the latest budget message, Marlene Propst, Linn-Benton Community College’s director of college advancement, announced a number of... LBCC President Rita Cavin today announced her retirement. In an all staff e-mail, Wednesday afternoon, Cavin... Tuesday, April 14, 2009 As one of five community colleges chosen in the US, Linn-Benton Community college will host a group of Chinese delegates until April... Monday, April 13, 2009 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Linn-Benton Community College’s diversity achievement center brings the horrors of the Holocaust out of the textbooks and on to the movie screen... April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, so what should be done if someone has information about child abuse? Report it. In this... Monday, April 6, 2009 A number of academic seminars will be held throughout the term to help students succeed in college. These seminars are free and are held at most of the campuses. Each seminar is an hour long and more help is available if you request it at the end of the seminar. Thursday, April 2, 2009 For LBCC students who are dual enrolled or planning to transfer to Oregon State University, the Zonta Club of Corvallis... A chorus of clapping hands accompanied the LBCC choir as they performed their winter-term concert, “We Have Had... Spring is (finally!) in the air and it is time to start preparing our gardens for planting. Growing your own seeds can be rewarding, healthy, and fun. Wednesday, April 1, 2009 How do you feel about the sin tax, the tax on alcohol and tobacco? The following students at Linn-Benton Community College earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for 12 or more graded credits during winter... On Tuesday 29-year-old Corvallis resident Nathan M. Lenahan was arrested after barricading himself with a knife inside a neighbor’s apartment. Tuesday, March 31, 2009 From us all of us here (including Rick Astley) to you. Monday, March 30, 2009 Today is the last day of Spring Break, and I was determined to make something of it and I certainly did not want to spend the day dealing with... Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Scabies are little microscopic bugs that burrow under the skin and feed off the flesh in the epidermis layer of human skin only. Pets cannot transfer these mites. You can carry these mites for two to six weeks without showing any symptoms, and in that time you can also transfer it. Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Today, March 11, is the last day to file a valid grievance regarding the election. If you wish to do so, do it NOW. Tuesday, March 10, 2009 With talk of Obama stimulating the economy via stimulus checks, and all the talk about money pouring out of the government with you in mind,... For over twenty years the Linn Benton Community College has sponsored the Industrial Skills Contest with several competitors from several schools.... More changes are being made due to budgetary concerns at LBCC, according to a campus-wide e-mail sent from the... Drafting – 2D Mechanical Last Thursday LBCC hosted its 31st Annual Job Fair, and as expected it was jam-packed. Over 1600 potential employees...
Construction Update
ASG explains "hiring practices"
Anthropology exhibit now at LBCC Library
Now through the first week of June, Michele Wilson’s anthropology class investigates the “Culture of Human Beauty” with an exhibit downstairs...
The Commuter salutes new editor-in-chief
After Ryan Henson’s appointment as next year’s editor-in-chief to The Commuter last Wednesday the 13th, I took the time to sit down with him and...
Give Peace (studies) a chance
Editor's Note: Stumper Bickers
The search for LBCCs next president
ESOL hosts showcase at Benton Center
LB seeks poet laureate
Brown v. Board
Movies for release Friday, May 22
Terminator Salvation (early release Wednesday, everywhere Thursday)
The fourth...
LBCC continues with budget reductions
Next year's editor-in-chief announced
The Commuter wins awards
Peace Studies
Valley Writers Series
Legal eagle says legalize it
Learning to live with your preschooler
The rally in the valley
Commuter seeks Editor for next year
Blood drive saves lives
Whose cuisine reigns supreme?
Socialism We Can Believe In (And Don’t Understand)
Courtyard Cafe changes
The Weekly Burger: not a winner
Iraq vet gives testimony
students, staff, and community members, telling them “it is not natural for a human being to take another human being’s life.”
LBCC Choir strikes silver
Holocaust survivor speaks
Liberty Tree Fair
Movies for release May 8
When an overnight drug shipment arrives at the wrong address, the rightful owners are out to get it back before the contents...
Swine flu confirmed in Oregon
Possible swine flu outbreak at Western Oregon University
Crosswords for April 29
Newberg plans big after LBCC
IA building takes time to cool off
NAFTA "hits" Mexico
Weekly swine flu forecast partly cloudy with a chance of death
The Commuter
California. . . or the next Hitler
Campus Shorts - April 27.
The birth of a newspaper
Iraq Veteran: "We Can Say No"
Pow Wow
Perspectives April 29
Major: Medical Office Specialist
Take Pride in your team
GSA gets Active
Temporary AC shut downs
Fall: Italian Style
Spill turns out to be harmless
According to...
Crossword April 22
Gary the Grief Counselor
Comics April 22
NAFTA "hits" Mexico's communities.
Student Ambassadors come out to play
Keeping it local at the Farmers' Market
Sustainability Tour
Daycare Co-op
Retiree Announcements and Award winners
Campus beautification day
State of the College Address, Friday April 17
Outstanding part-time faculty awards presented at board meeting
Video: LB President Cavin introduces Chinese delegates
Video: Board of Education Meeting - April 16, 2009
LB President Cavin announces retirement update
Propst announces budget cuts
LB President Rita Cavin announces retirement
Chinese Delegation visits LBCC
Skills USA Conference
Construction will affect students
For the rest of the term, LBCC students will need to add the...
DAC Remembers Holocaust
Child Abuse Prevention
Spring 2009 Academic Success Seminars
Women in Business Scholarship
LBCC has had singing
Organic seed starting for beginners
Perspectives April 1st
Ridiculous that they are taxing it...
Winter Term 2009 Honor Roll
Corvallis Resident Arrested For Armed Barricade
Merry April Fool's Day
Spring Break: going coastal
Health Warning: Scabies outbreak on Campus
ASG Elections may be null and void
BEWARE: stimulus scammers are prowling!
High School Industrial Skills Contest
The weekly budget crisis
Metal Ablaze- Industrial Skill Winners
1st Place Jose Lule South Albany High School
2nd Place Rachel Hanke South Albany High School
3rd...
31st annual job fair
