Alexis McLean

Most LBCC students are familiar with the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion office and the clubs that meet there, such as Gay Straight Alliance and Estudiantes Del Sol , but few get to know the office’s executive director, Jason Dorsette. He has worked at LBCC for two years, moving over from OSU after eight years of work there. With a long history of civic engagement, including holding the presidency at the local NAACP chapter, and the board treasurer of the Pacific Northwest chapter of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, Dorsette is a paragon in his field. While the office of EDI is on the second floor of Forum Building in room 220 on LBCC’s Albany campus, Dorsette’s office is a short walk to the first floor of Willamette Hall in room 135, directly across from the bookstore. He generously spared a chunk out of his busy schedule to answer some questions: What is EDI? EDI stands for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. What does the office of EDI do? The offi

Source: Maryilang at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Lovers of math and dessert rejoice!   Faculty at both the Albany and Corvallis campuses of LBCC are celebrating pi day with students with activities, games, prizes, and pie.  In the 1980s in San Francisco a physicist at the San Francisco Exploratorium celebrated the first pi day, and the event has stuck. The trend has been to celebrate on March 14 at 1:59 p.m., representing the first six digits of pi: 3.14159. Now the tradition continues locally with the help of LBCC’s annual pi day.  “It’s a day to be math-y and eat pie,” said Nicole Seaders, math faculty at LBCC who’s helping organize the event on the Albany campus.  The celebration on both campuses will include a pi-ku contest. It’s similar to a haiku, with the 5-7-5 syllable pattern, except a pi-ku has a 3-1-4 syllable pattern. On both campuses there will be a vote on the best pi-ku with prizes. The Corvallis campus’ pi-ku prize is a pizza, while the Alb

Photos courtesy of Sarah Rose Larson Need a smart outfit for an interview? The Roadrunner Clothing Connection has your back. Valentine’s Day celebrated the soft-launch of Roadrunner Clothing Connection, a resource for free clothes for Linn-Benton Community College’s students and employees. The grand opening will be on Wednesday, March 6 at noon in room 109 of the Forum Building of LBCC’s Albany Campus. The Roadrunner Clothing Connection’s normal operating hours will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Wednesday until the end of spring term. Upon entering a student is greeted at the back wall by a mannequin dressed in some of Roadrunner Clothing Connection's fashions. There are a half-dozen or so full clothing racks and walls of cubby-style shelves filled with folded garments and shoes. Overseen by the American Association for Women in Community Colleges , the Clothing Connection carries donated jackets, coats, dresses, pants, jeans, dresses, pajamas, shoes, bras, ties, and menstrual h