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Environmental Portrait

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  Rachel Biscoe, the SLC President, helps make sure that everything runs smoothly for students on campus. She’s been a member of the Student Leadership Council since May of 2022, and won the election for president last November. She is, as of October 6th, a member of the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission. She advocates for students to the Board of Education, as well as running weekly SLC meetings and biweekly executive board meetings. The executive board meetings are spent trying to decide how to better their team and how to more effectively help students. Grace Hegel is a hobby artist. “Art has been my method of working through stressful periods of my life,” Grace says “this month was worthy of two heads.” In his spare time, Grace gets up to all sorts of craft projects, though his recent series has been styrofoam heads. They have also done a series of Beanie Babies, a couple of which can be seen on their shelf, as well as a reasonably sized series of paintings. The a...

Photographer's Choice: Late Fall

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     The occasional deciduous tree speckled along the road provides lovely contrast with the evergreens, and despite how late it is in the season, many of these trees still hold firmly onto their leaves.      Tawnya Dailey uses a leaf blower to clean out the gutters on her house outside of Lebanon, Oregon (November 19th)     The damp soil and dying leaves on the ground provide excellent conditions for fungi to grow.

hometown

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  Tawnya Dailey, local acupuncturist, has been serving Lebanon for the last 20 years. Dena Burian (left) and Jodi Zurfluh (right) set up lights for Holidays in the Park, which will be holding the tree lighting ceremony in early December. The sun setting over Cheadle Lake silhouettes the Weldwood Water Tower in Lebanon, Oregon.

photographer of the week: cindy sherman

Cindy Sherman, born 1954, is a photographer who specializes in self portrait photography, though not in the typical sense. One could make the argument, in fact, that Sherman is an actress, as she plays the role of a different character in all of her photos. She began attending college in 1972 in the visual arts program, where she began painting. She found herself frustrated by the limits of the medium, and began dabbling in photography instead. While in college, she had also begun to experiment with what would later be one of the biggest features of her work—dressing as different characters created from clothing from a thrift store.  Her works have a very wide range in focus, from the variety of people you may find on public transport to imitations of historical paintings to clowns. Her best known works, however, were from her series known as “Untitled Film Stills” which focuses on different female characters typical of 50’s and 60’s movies, showing different cliches. As in most of...

on campus

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    Students walking between classes on campus.     Leaves dance through the wind in circles across the track.   Zeph Portukalian, Student Engagement Leader at LBCC, demonstrates how to get your hand stuck in a vending machine while trying to push a packet of Skittles back into place.

On The Job

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On occasion, the greatness of one's feats can delay the progress of other tasks. This has unfortunately been the case for me over these last couple months, as I've honed my wizardry. I have been caught up in my own studies, too focused on spellcrafting to practice my skills with the camera. Had I thought of it, perhaps I could have rigged it to capture an image of myself summoning a great beast. Much to keep in mind for the future. Only recently have I captured the forms of workers, although as my old master once said, it is always better late than never. Ashley Dunn, an employee at the Lebanon Walmart, has been working here for the last 2 years. Outside of work, she likes to listen to Archspire. Gracie Morgan is the Event Planner in LBCC's Student Leadership Council. She's been in the position for a month and a half, and loves how inclusive and open-minded all the people in the SLC are. bonus round, an image of my dear familiar. aside from a full time job as my familia...