Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Tuition Billing Goes Electronic

Is LBCC taking another step to going green, or are electronics the new big thing for billing and ways to send and receive information?

As of summer of 2011 LBCC will no longer send paper billing to homes for tuition. Now tuition will be paid via Gmail. This is an aspect that has people worried, and also has some relieved.

According to LBCC there are several reasons for electronic billing rather than recieving it through the post office. One is that it is sustainability. There will be no more paper bills. Second is that recieving it through your email makes it instant. Third is that with it being electronic it is now accurate. There will be no worries about late fees, or out of date balances. Lastly it is a better use of resources, aka also helping into going green.  Electronic communication is more cost effective and frees up resources for other uses.

So looking at all of the benefits that the campus believes are true what are some of the opinions on the people it actually affects?

The students at LBCC should be the people who decide how they pay for the college they attend.

Kelsey Dunkle of Corvallis, was amazed by the news, but was not worried to the fact of tuition going wrong because she is graduating this spring.

"The ways I see it is if it isn't broken don't fix it." Says Dunkle

"I just hope that all of the 'bugs' get all sorted out before the time for tuition comes about" Says Burdette, a OSU dual enrolled student "I do not want to be charged with late fees, and have to try and fight something that was never broken in the first place."

Some of the opinions of students also differ from what has been recently said.

Emily Hendricks of Jefferson was perfectly fine when she found out about electronic tuition. She finds it easier to pay all of her bills if she can just make a folder on her email account, rather than to fumble through papers every month.

So whether students approve or dissaprove the new way of billing there will always be contoversy of whether the system is working or not. Just hopefully everything will run smoothly, and it creates a new effective way to run the system at Linn Benton Community College.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Q & A with Analee Fuentes

Kacey: Out of all of you art work what is you favorite piece?

Analee: My most recent favorite piece is called Mi Compeñera (Which means my companion in Spanish). I like it because it communicated what i was feeling at the time.



K: Which piece of art do you believe is the most successful?

A: My most successful pieces in terms of sales and mass appeal, was the fish series.



K:Who is your role model when it comes to art?

A: My role model in art is my mother. She was extremely creative, and was a potter.



K:What it something you want to learn or improve on in your artwork?

A: I want to improve on my watercolor paintings. It is a medium I use in the summer, is really fun, but is also difficult


K: Why did you decide to teach art?

A: I decided to teach art because I believe that art has the power to change lives, and because I truly enjoy students! Both art and teaching are creative acts, and I just got lucky enough to be able to mend the both.

Friday, May 13, 2011

LBCC Art Teacher Analee Fuentes

Walk through an LBCC art gallery and you will be sure to find some art work from the one and only Analee Fuentes.

Analee is a typical American who has accompanied her inspiration for her art through her family members, and close personal friends. She first got interpreted and interested in art by her maternal grandfather who was a painter in his spare time. Her inspiration is from her mother, who herself was a potter, and had a level on creativity skills.

As a young child living in San Diego, California Analee got to see all the different aspect of ethnic diversity on a community. She saw the graffiti on the streets, to the different murals of the community.

Analee became more aware of art in the 1960's when feminism, and civil right were always in the media. The Vietnam war was also a major impact. Even though she didn't have any family or people of close relation in the war she still saw the affects  that the war has on families. This had her thinking about the nature of Art, war and politics. It was right then that she started to become more associated with art.

In 1981 Fuentes moved to Oregon and in 1990 she attended Lane Community College. In 1994 she earned her B.F.A in painting at the University of Oregon, and later on earned her M.F.A in painting and drawing at the University of Arizona.

Her education has lead her through teaching at different schools from Arizona back up to Oregon. She started out in an internship with painter Robert Colescott in Tucson, Ariz. was also a part time instructor at Western Oregon University in Salem, and Lane Community College in Eugene, and eventually resides here at Linn Benton Community College here in Albany.

Fuentes considers herself lucky. She believes that "art" and "teaching" are both creative acts, and she is just on of the lucky ones that get to mend the two together.

"I decided to teach art because I have always believed that art has the power to change lives," says Fuentes, "I also teach because I truly enjoy students!"

Her students that take her classes all seem to gain a new inspiration for art, and what Analee takes personally to her lifestyle.

Sydney Altson of San Francisco, Calif. was a student of hers last fall in Drawing 115. She took her class to explore the aspects of art that she had never experienced before.

"I like how kind Analee is, and how passionate she is about her teaching." says Altson, "Due to Analee's teaching I almost changed my major to art."

Some of Analee's artwork that she has done has been put into many different places. She has had articles in newspapers like the Albany Democrat Herald, The Corvallis Gazette-Times, and the Oregonian. She has also had some interviews with the KLCC radio station, and Cable 97.

Some of the bigger projects that she has done are some of the photographs from "Teatro Milagro" or "Day of the Dead". This invitational occurred in Portland. Some of the pictures she does for her interpretation of Day of The Dead include "Bona Lisa" and "Santa Muerte".

One of her most recent photos that is her personal favorite is called called "Mi Compañera", meaning my companion in Spanish.

 "I like Mi Compañera because it really communicated what I was feeling at the time." says Fuentes.

For sales Analee's most successful painting would have to be the Fish Series, they include the Brook Trout, and the Rainbow Trout. These painting are up close to the scales of fish. They are colorful to the extent that most people don't see the real beauty of these creatures.

With arrays of pinks, and greens and focused on the scales of differnt fish in different seasons, the fish series have captured the attention of artists all over Western Oregon.

For improvements in her art Fuentes would like to work on her watercolor medium. This is one of the mediums that she enjoys to do in the summertime, but it is also very difficult.

With Analee's creations there is always something unique to see. In the future we will probably see more of her heritage, and of course her honor to her art.




Brook Trout
picture from analeefuentes.com
 


Bona Lisa
Picture from analeefuentes.com
 





 










Two of her successful paintings to the left. "Brook Trout", and to the right "Bona Lisa"                                                       


At a Glance:
Who: Analee Fuentes
What: LBCC Art instructor
Contact Information:
Office: NSH 116
Phone: 541-917-4540