Josh Cande Presents The Roadrunner Monitor

  Albany, Oregon – Both the Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams won their games on Saturday, Jan. 28 at Portland Community College. In what was an absolutely dominant performance for the Women’s team, they crushed the Panthers 70-45. The Men’s team triumphed 84-73 in another incredible performance. The Lady Roadrunner’s entered the game sporting a 14-3 record (4-2 in conference play), having lost their previous two games. The Panthers sought to defend their home court and 7-10 season and 2-5 conference records. Returning to their winning ways, the beaks led 32-16 at the half, holding the Panthers to 6 of 26 shooting. Committing only two turnovers in the first half, the Roadrunners forced 8 from Portland, in addition to holding the Panthers to zero of eight shooting on three point attempts in the first half. The second half of the game was more of the same, with Linn-Benton outscoring Portland 38 to 29, outperforming the Panthers with 18 rebounds in the second half to the Panthers’ 7...

Albany, Oregon – The Linn-Benton Men’s Basketball team lost their second consecutive game on Wednesday, Jan. 25, this time to Lane Community College. The Men’s team entered the game with an 8-10 record, including 3-2 in conference play. This created a fairly even matchup with the Titans, sporting a 6-11 record for the season with a 1-4 record in the NWAC. The Titans won the game 89-80. The Titans held the lead for almost the entire game, and extended their lead to as much as 15 points in the first half. Lane connected on 18 of 40 shot attempts in the first half, while the Roadrunners only made 12 of 31. Linn-Benton was also outrebounded 20 to 15, and the Titans collected 7 turnovers to the Beaks’ 4. In addition to this, Lane delivered four blocks to Linn-Benton’s 1 in the first half of play.  The Beaks, however, continued to claw at the lead and closed the game several times. A supportive home crowd cheered on the Roadrunners while they battled throughout the game. It was a much cl...

On a night that honored those who have perished seeking a better life, it seemed that their spirits were present. Linn-Benton’s Hostile Terrain exhibit reopened to students and faculty in a ceremony that included a moving information session and a native dancing ceremony in the January night. Professors Anne Magratten and Lauren Visconti opened the ceremony by welcoming guests to Room 103 of Linn-Benton’s Calapooia Center in a room with four long tables housing about 20 people. The guests found themselves surrounded by large projector screens on three sides of the room and about a dozen additional people sat along the walls in chairs provided by the faculty. After this, Visconti introduced the guest speaker, Perla Torres. Torres is the Colibri Family Network 's director. She immigrated to the United States in 1999 with her family and studied at the University of Arizona, focusing on immigration law reforms and justice for migrants as a psychology and pre-law major. Torres also wo...

  Albany, Oregon – The #4 Linn-Benton Women’s Basketball team lost its second consecutive game on Wednesday, Jan. 25 against the #1 ranked Lane Community College.  Linn-Benton entered the game sporting a 14-2 record (4-1 in conference play) while the Titans entered undefeated at 18-0 (5-0 conference). It was a promising performance against the top-ranked team in the NWAC and one that the team hopes to improve upon when the playoffs arrive. The Roadrunners dominated the first half, making use of the home crowd and leading 34-22 while making 15-35 shot attempts. This compared favorably to Lane’s 10-39 shooting, and at one point the Beaks led by as much as 15 points. Brooklynn Hankwitz contributed 10 points in the first half while Sabrina Albee added 9 to the Roadrunners’ impressive start. It was in the second half, however, when Lane showed why they are undefeated and a formidable team in any arena. The Titans improved their shooting in the second half, making 15-32 shots. They ...

  While it is shaping up to be an incredible season for Linn-Benton basketball, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams hit a stumbling block on the road at Clackamas Community College on Wednesay, January 23.  The men’s team kept it competitive in the first half, keeping the game tied at 45, before falling behind in the second half as the contest ended with a score of 97-89 in favor of the Cougars. This brought the Men’s basketball team to a record of  8-10, though still sporting a winning record of 3-2 in NWAC conference play.  While home field advantage proved too much to overcome for the Roadrunners, several players played excellent basketball, including #1 Tyson Parker, who scored 27 points while connecting on nine of 13 attempts and making seven of eight free throws. #5 Ayden Foster collected 11 rebounds, and #44 TJ Zimmermann contributed 24 points on nine of 20 shooting and making 5-6 free throws.  The difference for the men’s team appears to have bee...

The opportunities to be found at Linn-Benton seem to be limitless, and for those looking to broaden their cultural horizons and travel, this summer offers lucrative opportunities. For those interested in improving their Spanish speaking skills in a Spanish speaking country, building upon their culinary skills, or bringing song to the British Isles, Linn-Benton is offering students tales to tell for a lifetime. These study abroad offers are available to students at the college and the time to apply is drawing near. Each of the trips will offer college credits. The first of these events is a study abroad trip to Costa Rica and is led by faculty member Margarita Casas. During the voyage, students will be housed at the Monteverde Institute, which is located in the lush rainforests of the Central American nation. The requirements to attend the trip are being registered in any Spanish language class at Linn-Benton and the cost will be between $2,200 and $2,600. During the experience, student...

It was an electric crowd at the Benton Center on Wednesday, January 11th when the Women’s Volleyball and Men’s Baseball teams celebrated their conference championships. The banners (pictured above), were revealed to the victorious athletes of Linn-Benton Community College during the half-time ceremony of the men’s basketball game, crowning the efforts of Women’s Volleyball and Men’s Baseball at the college during their respective seasons. Athletes from both teams gathered beneath the banners to celebrate their seasons while the coaches huddled in as well. The Men’s Baseball team, who finished 38-12-1, defeated the Mt. Hood Saints 4-1 in the NWAC Championship Game on May 31, 2022. The Women’s Volleyball team defeated the Columbia Basin Hawks 3-2 to finish with an incredible 32-1 record, including 16-0 in conference play. The Volleyball team also won the title in the previous season, meaning the celebration of back-to-back championships for the Roadrunners. The weather did not match th...

Linn-Benton Community College always seems to grow. Whether it be through its enrollment or the programs that it offers, the half a century that the campus has been serving students has seen persons from around the world and of many races attend classes and find their futures. It was on Jan. 11 that the college added another person and moment to its history of diversity and inclusion: Dr. Ivory Toldson. A professor at Howard University, Toldson arrived on campus to discuss academic access for persons of color, along with the travails and triumphs that they find in the United States campus scene, both past and present, so that we might all improve upon the future. In Forum 115, some 20 persons gathered to hear Toldson share both anecdotal and academic descriptions of the lives that young African-American men and women live, and the circumstances that they bring with them when they arrive on college campuses, be they financial or social. Sharing statistics about college completion and de...

TOPIC 1: ABOUT YOU -- Who's who in JN216-News Reporting this term: What prompted you to enroll in this course? I chose to take this course to expand my skills in journalism and build upon my ability to write articles and report news, seeing as I took the photojournalism class in the previous term and developed my abilities to articulate events and happenings in the form of photos and the explanations that accompany them. I found it all-too appropriate to continue my success in the field of journalism by adding to my repertoire with news reporting. I am hoping to continue to make contributions to the Linn-Benton Commuter. I also want to participate in a cooperative work experience project in the future, perhaps the spring, and become a professional journalist. This is all part of the concept of storytelling, whether it be fiction, non-fiction, or news;  I am hoping that I can get a degree in photojournalism and pursue professional credentials in the field. My fantastic experience i...