1. october 24, 2013
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Lane earns honors
for energy programs
STEPHANIE ORNDORFF // PRODUCTION MANAGER JEFF CRAMER // REPORTER
rest of the list consist of major universities such as
KEONI CONLU // REPORTER
Stanford University, California Institute of Technol-ogy,
Lane placed 45th on a list of top 50 U.S. colleges and
Duke University and Massachusetts Institute of
universities committed to saving the planet.
The College Database, an organization that intends
to inform students about colleges based on a variety of
criteria, recognized Lane in September for its energy
management and renewable energy degree programs.
Lane is the only community college listed. The
Technology.
“These 50 colleges and universities not only host
students in the lecture hall, they put them to work in
research laboratories where scholars practice
real-time, ecological heroism,” according to The
College Database, which posted the list to its website,
onlinecollegesdatabase.org.
According to the list, Lane students can “start
changing the world house-by-house, business-by-business,
community-by-community.”
“Tons of colleges have environmental science
courses and programs.” said Wes Ricketts, the vice
president of The College Database. “Those on our list
stand out not only for unique concentration and scope,
but also for going beyond the classroom, turning
lessons learned into long-term, life-changing results.”
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State legislature increases funding for community colleges
MohammEd Alkhadher
// NEWS EDITOR
The Oregon state legisla-ture
passed a series of bills
during a special session that
closed Oct. 2, but Lane is still
trying to find ways to balance
the budget.
In the special session, the
legislature approved $40
million for Oregon
universities and community
colleges to hold down tuition
increases, according to a news
release issued by Oregon
House Communication
Director Lindsay O’Brien.
Oregon H.B. 5101 passed
with a 52-3 vote to appropri-ate
approximately $200 mil-lion
to Oregon public schools,
community colleges,
universities, mental health
services, senior programs
and support for low-income
families.
“The negotiations to get to
this point were complex, but
the result is simple: The
Oregon legislature came
together for Oregon’s
schools,” Rep. Val Hoyle,
D-Eugene, said in O’Brien’s
release. Hoyle is the Oregon
House majority leader.
“Instead of taking the
D.C.-style path to a partisan
shutdown, this package was
developed and supported
by both parties. Today was a
show of statesmanship in our
Capitol and a turning point
for our state,” she added.
With a 36-19 vote, Oregon
H.B. 3601, which will increase
corporate excise tax rate on
taxable income between $1
million and $10 million, and
raises $244 million in new
revenue, according to
O’Brien’s news release.
“We took a stand for the
future of education in Oregon
today,” Rep. Peter Buckley,
D-Ashland, said in O’Brien’s
release. Buckley is co-chair of
the Oregon Ways and Means
Committee.
“Genuine compromise is
not easy to achieve, but it
is what Oregonians expect.
Long, careful negotiations
allowed us to forge a path
to increase funding for our
schools,” he added.
Lane will receive
approximately $1.8 million of
the $40 million increase over
the next biennium.
“As part of that grand
bargain money,” said Brian
Kelly, Lane vice president of
college services, “we’re not
going to see any of that this
year. It’s all going to come
next year.”
The forecast for next year is
difficult, he added.
“We were somewhere
between $1 million and $2.4
million down,” Kelly said.
“That’s real money.”
The projection for next year
was a $6.8 million, he said. In
hopes of balancing the budget
the college will be differing all
nonessential capital
expenditure and leaving
vacant positions open.
“Just as we increased our
part-time budgets
significantly over the last four
years to deal with the
enrollment surge,”
Lane president Mary Spilde
wrote in an Oct. 18 email.
“Less demand is causing us to
build smaller class schedules,
affecting part-time faculty
and staff.”
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