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Campaigning for ASO unnecessary if unopposed Sara Deleon

Union Intern

For the seven candidates running in this year’s Associated Students Organization election, not much campaigning is needed before the election on Monday and Tuesday when most students are running unopposed.

Campaigning started last Monday and continued until Tuesday, the last day of the election. Candidates are allowed to pass out fliers and hang posters. However, so far little to none campaigning can be seen around El Camino.

Campaigning is a typical way of letting voters know that you are the best fit for a position opposed to your competitors. However, not much campaigning was needed this year due to members continuing their run and students running unopposed.

“Usually we have turnovers. So people who are in ASO this year will continue but a lot of students are transferring.” ASO Co-Advisor Breanna Von Stein said.

Because we are a two year college ASO members tend to change frequently due to transfers. Also,

when there is only one candidate per position there’s not much of a need for campaigning.

“People don’t do a lot of campaigning and that’s usually when people are running unopposed,” Von Stein said.

Some students want more awareness about the candidates and the election.

“Teachers could give out flyers in class or make announcements and posters,” Tamiko Raras, 20, art major, said.

How running begins is when students fill out a petition to run for election and then their eligibility is checked.

Eligibility is a requirement of six units and a minimum GPA of 2.0.

There are also time restrictions for some of those who may already be serving in ASO. Besides campaigning, candidates and ASO members want to heavily encourage students to vote. On this year’s ballot, a new constitutional amendment will be featured as well as a proposal for an activity fee.

When voting, not only do students need their identification, but students need to keep in mind when voting for Senate positions

you can only vote for your division or major. Also, when voting students are allowed to write in candidates for themselves or others for any position.

Once it is time for the elections, two main position are the ASO President and Vice President; the president is the chair for the meetings, can veto legislation passed by the Senate, and can appoint for next year’s positions. What this means is that if next year there are open positions people can apply for the position and the president would appoint them. The president also helps prepare the budget.

The vice president is chairperson of ASO Senate and runs biweekly Senate meetings. The Senate leader is in charge of making sure the Senate is doing its job and answering questions.

“Both attend a lot of campus committee meetings with administrators and faculty and represent students at those kind of committees.” Von Stein said.

Candidates had one last opportunity to meet with students on the last day of elections which was May 14.

According to a press release, Kurt Peters, men’s volleyball assistant coach, won the closest to the pin in the men’s contest and Kate McLaughlin, journalism professor, won the women’s contest.

McLaughlin’s team, “Kate’s Kids from the Block,” including Pete Marcoux, Darrell Thompson, and Dave Vickers received the mixed division prize, according to a press release.

There was also a dinner and an awards presentation following the match.

The Male and Female Athletes of the Year were swimmer Jonathan Diaz and softball player Aisha Salami, according to a press release.

According to the brochure, the goal this year was to raise

$25,000, as it was in the past, “to supplement, enrich and support all our athletic programs.”

Biedler said the money raised from the event “helps all of the athletic teams” in addition to tutoring, equipment, supplies, and staff development.

The money supports student programs primarily as well as the Scholar Baller program. Scholar Baller is geared to create academic success through competition and reward,” according to the college’s website.

The program honors student athletes with at least a 3.0 GPA and it honored 127 athletes this year, Barbone said.

Biedler said the idea for the golf classic was suggested 26 years ago by then golf coach, Al Greenleaf,

Torrance, California

Voting speaks the mind

Kyle Borden/ Union Blake Carlock, 27, Physical Education major, votes for an ASO candidate. Carlock wanted to voice his opinion because programs such as the EOP&S can be affected by the outcome of this election.

Annual Golf Classic on par to raise funds Jessica Martinez

Co-Sports/Arts Editor

Fundraising and friendship was the name of the game at the 26th Annual Golf Classic at Los Verdes Golf Course on May 10.

“It will be a good time of fellowship,” Tony Barbone, athletic director, said. “It will be a good time of what we call Camino camaraderie.”

During the event, there were “contests on about five holes and we have the putting contest before we start,” Carolyn Biedler, athletic specialist, said.

These five contests were hole in one, closest to the pin, circle of opportunity, long drive, and the putting contest, according to the event’s brochure.

and “our dean ran with the idea.”

Barbone added a golf committee meets once a month all year long to prepare for the event and then they meet twice in May, both before the event and after.

“I get quite a bit of support from faculty and support. We do have quite a few return participants,” Barbone said. “It’s proved to be rewarding for our student athletes.”

The event was about coming together and having a good time for a great cause in a beautiful location, Barbone said.

“I think it is the camaraderie.

Our alumni comes to this. The golf team has a role,” Biedler said.

“With the alumnis, it brings them back to the days they worked here and played here. It’s a fun event.”

Trayvon Stinnett/ Union Dozens of EC faculty members and staff participated in the 26th Annual Golf Classic, at Los Verdes Golf Course, in order to raise money for student programs.

New measures being taken to prevent cheating in online courses may invade student privacy Joh’nysha Vercher Staff Writer

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Cheating within courses that are available online is a problem that EC is trying to help prevent as best they can but extreme security measures aren’t readily available for the school to implement.

“There are some high-tech ways to authenticate students. For instance, they’re developing technology that can identify people by the patterns they use when they type,” Christina Gold, academic senate accreditation committee representative, said. “But as a

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community college, we don’t have access to that kind of technology.”

Though EC wouldn’t be able to adopt these security measures anytime soon, there are upcoming solutions for ensuring a level playing field for all students who are and will be taking online courses.

“So currently we’re in the process of developing a policy to ensure that we can authenticate the identity of our students,” Gold said. “We hope to have it done by the end of the semester.”

According to an L.A. Times article, some colleges such as Western Governors University are

adopting new security measures to help prevent cheating that has been going on in online courses.

While these security measures are effective, there is a student concern that they are invading their privacy. Some of the measures include using webcams and analyzing students typing patterns as they log in.

“It sounds creepy to have a webcam looking at you because sometimes your eyes just wander so it’s not exactly fair,” Paul Richmond, 20, art major, said.

Though students may see it as an invasion of privacy, instruc-

tors believe that if these measures weren’t distracting to the actual courses, then they would be happy to adopt these methods for their courses.

“I would use them if they didn’t interfere with teaching the course,” Gold said. “It isn’t good practice to develop your course and teach to the students who might cheat, you want to teach to the bulk of your students who are not cheating.”

Webcams would be used to track the eye movements of the students as they take a test; their typing pattern will be tracked to

ensure that it is the same person logging in each time to the online course websites.

“But I don’t think that any of those methods would interfere in the way you teach, I think most of us would feel fairly confident that we knew who students were,” Gold said.

Some students appreciate the technology that’s being developed and believe that only students who cheat would be opposed to these security measures.

“Only people who plan on cheating would really have a problem with it but I can understand

that it does have a few design flaws,” Brenda Lee, architecture major, said.

One important reason why EC is looking to develop new policies to help protect deception within online courses is the too frequent problem of students enrolling in classes only to get financial aid funds and then not take the actual course.

“The federal government is concerned because of financial aid fraud,” Gold said. “People were enrolling in in these courses and getting financial aid but they weren’t taking the courses.”

Nursing Information Session

Documentary Screening and Discussion

Anger Management Workshop

CSU Los Angeles Tour

Financial Aid Online Workshop

Pursue your dreams of becoming a nurse. There will be an info session today at 1 p.m. hosted by the counseling department through Distance Ed. For more information, visit the counseling department in the Student Services Building.

Come and watch a documentary about the battle over ethnic studies in Tuscon, Ariz. The behavioral and social science department will have a screening then discussion with the director today from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the East Dining Room above the Bookstore. For information, call 310-489-8455.

Come learn to find your center.

Dr. Sally Emery will be hosting a workshop today today from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Health Center. Students can sign up 15 minutes before the workshop starts and can call 310660-3643 for more information.

Interested in transferring to CSU L.A.? Come see the campus first.

The Transfer and Career Center will be hosting a tour on May 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Inquiries can be directed to 310-660-3593 ext. 6137.

Get your education without breaking the bank. Meet in SSC 204-G on May 21 from 4 to 6 p.m. for this workshop by the financial aid office. Students can register or find more information by calling 310-660-3493 or by emailing eccfaid@elcamino.edu

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By Karen Garcia

Man with $7500 warrant cited for using cellphone while biking

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The do’s and don’ts of scheduling Kayla Maaytah Staff Writer

May 11, 1:00 p.m.— Officers pulled over a male that was riding his bicycle while simultaneously talking on his cellphone. There is a Los Angeles County code that states you cannot talk on a cellular device while riding a bike. It was found that the male had a traffic warrant in the amount of $7500 out of the Los Angeles Police Department. The male was given a citation for his warrant and was warned about the traffic violation.

Student robbed while sleeping in Schauerman Library

May 9, 4:30 p.m.— Officers responded to the station regarding a theft report. At approximately 1:40 p.m. a male student was sitting at a desk in the second floor of the Schauerman Library.

The male was watching Youtube videos on his iPod when he fell asleep. When he woke up an hour later his iPod was gone.

Possible case of identity theft

As registration for the 2013 summer and fall semesters begin, EC students face the daunting prospect of selecting courses geared toward achieving their educational goals as smoothly and in the least amount of time possible.

EC counselors and veteran students have noticed a plethora of both registration and scheduling mistakes rampant every semester for the greater majority of students which leads to delayed transfer and more money spent in the long run on their education.

“I’ve been here almost five years now and I was a semester away from transferring until I realized I didn’t want to work in the field of my originally intended major,” Caroline Perez, 26, English major, said. “I had wasted so much time and energy on something that just fell through in the end.”

One of the first and most common mis-

takes students tend to make at registration is signing up to take classes required for a major before fulfilling general education requirements. This is mainly an issue when students then decide to change their major - resulting in time wasted in classes useless in transferring.

Rather than jumping the gun to satisfy major requirements that don’t satisfy any other areas of transfer, a solution is fulfilling general education requirements before attempting to satisfy those for your major because they are the classes that for sure allow you to transfer and get acquainted with unfamiliar subjects that might possibly spark an interest.

“I thought I really wanted to go into engineering,” said Perez. “But after so many science and math classes I couldn’t even think anymore. My head was spinning at the idea of going into it so I changed my major.

And although I’m happy in my change I can never get back the money and time spent in all those classes that aren’t even required

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for my major now. Sure the education was worth it, but I’m still at EC and could have been gone a long time ago.”

A second common mistake made is registering for classes that do not transfer their units over to another institution. This is often made out of the mistake that because that subject’s other classes transfer over, that one class will as well. Students need to double check in either the class schedule or college catalog that a specific course is transferrable to either the UC or CSU system if that is where they intend to transfer.

Transferability of courses for private institutions can be done online as well.

Another hurdle for students is an ignorance of classes needed to fulfill certain areas of general ed certification, as well as the distribution of classes in those areas to fulfill them all. Knowing the different areas to fulfill for the CSUGE Breadth, IGETC or general ed requirements for private institutions is one of the most vital in the transfer process.

“I wasn’t entirely sure what classes to take when I started here and dealing with the counseling office and trying to make an appointment was disheartening. I ended up taking more classes in one area, I think it was Humanities, than was necessary. But I had only one satisfying my Social Science requirement,” Robert Long, 23, chemistry major, said. “I had so many holes to fill, while others were bursting beyond completion.”

Lastly, students fail to recognize the major requirements corresponding to specific institutions with the same major and the differences in them.

Students can receive information of what classes transfer and satisfy general education in the counseling office or online at www.elcamino.edu. The Transfer Services page allows students tools to view all of what they’ll need to transfer.

The transferability of courses are determined via articulation agreements.

Get exercise and a few goodies for Bike to ECC day Emerson Keenan Sports Editor

Elizabeth Aviles

Online Managing Editor

The Sustainability Committee is hosting the Second Annual Bike to ECC Day, today in conjunction with Metros Bike to Work Day. In its efforts to fulfill its goal of

May 3, 3 p.m.— Officers responded to the station in regards of a possible identity theft report.

A female student was trying to log into her MyECC account but could not get in. The account was being accessed by another female with the same social security number.

The report was forwarded to a detective and the admissions office was also notified.

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Kyle Borden/ Union Michael Stimac, 19, art major, is biking to class in front of the EC Administration building.

creating a green, more sustainable campus environment, the Associated Students Organization (ASO) Sustainability Committee is preparing to host its second annual Bike to School day.

Dillan Horton, ASO Vice President, said ASO has conducted a census of the number of bikes on campus, one week prior to the event. The bike census was used for the advertisement of the event last Tuesday, when bikes around campus were tagged with event fliers.

“We have a designated pit stop that will be on Crenshaw between the Humanities and the Administration Building, we have goodies for people who ride their bike on that day,” Irene Graff, the Director of Institutional Research said.

Although many like Metro will celebrate National Bike Week for an entire week, EC will only be hosting the Bike to work/school today, but this certainly doesn’t mean you can’t bike the whole week.

Metro buses will in fact have a fun initiative to bike on Thursday in which they will give free bus rides to individuals who bring the bike on the front of the bus.

Students on campus such as Derek Peper, 19, sociology major, feel that this kind of event can help students become more aware of alternative transportation.

“It’s a good opportunity for people to get out and treat the environment in a nice way,” Peper said. “It is also a good way to get healthy as well.”

Although the event doesn’t last all week, that shouldn’t discourage people from riding their bikes to school as this is a great way to save gas and burn calories, said Peper.

“It’s difficult to manage an allweek event,” Horton said. “It’s an entirely student-run organization so people have classes, a good portion of them work as well so to do an all week event the majority of the day we have to have a student at that booth or at that loca-

tion handling that event all hours of the day.”

The committee has hosted other events, which aim at creating a more ecologically friendly campus, such as Earth Week and has had recycling competitions.

“The college has seven strategic initiatives and these are college goals that we’d like to achieve to help our college be better and strategic initiative G tries to have our college become more sustainable environmentally,” Graff said.

Through his experience in ASO, Horton said they have found that the reason that students on campus feel it is difficult to lead “sustainable” lives on and off of campus is that they feel that they do not have the resources to help them.

“What we have to be able to show people is that there are simple and easy things for them to do that wouldn’t be going out of their way that’s not going to cost them too much as far as time, effort and resources,” Horton said.

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May 16, 2013

Group dances to Marsee Auditorium

Photo courtesy of Joe Lambie Dancers from Nickerson-Rossi Dance. The company has traveled around the country to perform and will perform in Marsee Auditiorium at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

Kevin Hendricks

Union Correspondent

El Camino will play host to local up-andcoming dance company Nickerson-Rossi Dance on May 18 in Marsee Auditorium.

Started in 2011/2012, Nickerson-Rossi Dance is the brain child of Michael Nickerson-Rossi, a 34-year-old Bay Area native who draws from real experiences as inspiration for his pieces.

For Nickerson-Rossi, dance serves as an emotional outlet of sorts.

“My work is very therapeutic-based,”

Nickerson-Rossi said.

Nickerson-Rossi found a suitable outlet.

Nickerson-Rossi started using dance as “The moment I discovered dance,” Nickan outlet after the erson-Rossi said, “I condeath of his parents, nected so well.” his mom died from “The moment I Though Nickerson-Rossi cancer and his father was able to take solace in discovered dance, I from an infection. dance, it did not come easy.

For a while, Nick- connected so well.”

Kim Davis, a dance proerson-Rossi searched — Michael-Nickerson-Rossi fessor at Modesto Junior for various methods artistic director College and one of Nickerto aid him in grapson-Rossi’s former profespling with his emosors as well as one of his tions, such as psychotherapy. mentors, remembers him being a very dediIt was not until he discovered dance that cated yet uncoordinated student.

“It took him a while to learn how to calm down,” Davis said.

However, after Nickerson-Rossi’s first two semesters, Davis saw that things began to click.

Davis credits Nickerson-Rossi’s determination to the craft as the driving force behind the turn around.

“I think he wanted it,” Davis said. “He figured out what he needed to do.”

Since Nickerson-Rossi left Modesto Junior College, he has made his way to Los Angeles where he attended California State University, Long Beach before eventually transferring to California State University, Dominguez Hills where he graduated in 2010, starting his company soon after.

Since Nickerson-Rossi started his company, he has performed across Southern California, but is looking to take his company bicoastal.

Nickerson-Rossi is optimistic that he will reach his goal as his company recently performed in Philadelphia.

That performance served as a solidifying factor for Nickerson-Rossi that his company is heading toward bigger and better things.

“I’m driven,” Nickerson-Rossi said. “I don’t take no for an answer.”

Nickerson-Rossi believes it is that drive, as well as his personal approach to dancing, that makes his company unique.

As Nickerson-Rossi’s showcase nears, Lori Brynhi, a dance professor at Modesto Junior College and another of NickersonRossi’s mentors, marvels at how far he has come.

“He dove in headfirst and I don’t think he ever looked back,” Bryhni said.

Of what to expect at the showcase, Nickerson-Rossi promises immaculate costumes and intense choreography, and believes the audience can expect a “physiological change.”

For Nickerson-Rossi, dance serves as more than just a form of expression, it’s his lifestyle.

“It changed my life,” Nickerson-Rossi said. “I can not tell you where I would be without it.”

‘Great Gatsby’ dazzles Photographer aims to follow her dreams Director Baz Luhrmann, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Carey Mulligan exceed audience expectations with the much-anticipated film.

Karen Garcia

Online Associate Editor

Lavish parties of dancing women and champagne drinking mean more to one man as he seeks to regain his love in a world where money controls all in “The Great Gatsby.”

As told by a recovering alcoholic, manic depressant, and anxiety-driven Nick Carraway, played by Tobey Maguire, in order to recover from his present condition, he is to tell the tale of his acquaintance with Jay Gatsby, his next door neighbor.

Set in the times of the roaring twenties, Carraway describes the lifestyle to be fastpaced, living in the moment and the ability to get carried away. It was a time of parties, bootlegging, and soaring stock markets. Although everyone was having fun many weren’t completely satisfied with their lives.

In the midst of it all is a man of several trades and talents, unknown to many and known to all, and that is Mr. Gatsby played by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Mr. Gatsby throws lavish parties every weekend in which all residents of New York travel to participate in just to dance and to say they’ve been to Mr. Gatsby’s parties of wonder. It seems as though all come to get lost in time, frozen within the sounds of trumpets and saxophones. All the partygoers claim to know who Jay Gatsby is but every version differs from “German spy” war veteran to “Oxford Man.” What Carraway comes to find out is that Gatsby is a man who seeks out his lavish wonders in the hopes that his lost love Daisy will return to him

and wonder in the halls of the majestic world he has created.

Carey Mulligan plays Carraway’s cousin Daisy Buchanan, wife of the wealthy polo player Tom Buchanan, played

by Joel Edgerton.

Daisy’s character is mildly unattainable as she cannot think for herself and is unhappy with the affair that her husband has with a mechanic’s wife. Upon reuniting with Mr. Gatsby after being separated for five years, Daisy’s love rekindles but she is unable to identify her own feelings when confronted by her husband.

Carraway, wrapped up in the affair of Tom and later Daisy and Gatsby, grows weary of the lies, deceit, and façade that these characters live behind.

He learns that Gatsby is none other than a man of humble beginnings reaching for the unattainable in order to relive the past.

Presenting the novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” stays true to the novel but brings along a stunning twist that envelops the audience into every character. Certain scenes such as the car ride of Gatsby and Carraway seem to race across the screen creating the feeling of urgency as Gatsby explains his up-bringings to Carraway so that Carraway can dismiss all the previous tales he has heard.

Luhrmann also gives the story a modern yet ‘20s style feel as the soundtrack to Gatsby’s parties is filled with music

by Florence and the Machine, Jay-Z and Lana Del Rey, to name just a few.

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On the scene

By Kayla Maaytah

Art Exhibition with more than 500 years of artwork The El Segundo Museum of Art is hosting “TRUTH,” an art experience and exhibition showcasing more than 500 years of work by artists including Pablo Picasso, Gustav Klimt, Diego Rivera, and Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Days and hours of operation are Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ESMoA is located at 208 Main St. in El Segundo. Admission is free for all. For more visiting information, interested persons may call 424-277-1020.

Student show on display The 2013 Student Show is now on display in the Art Gallery until May 30. The gallery is located on the first floor of the Art and Behavioral Science Building and is open on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays from noon to 8 p.m., and is closed Fridays and weekends. The gallery is free of charge and open for all students and faculty.

Music Jazz vocalist and pianist The Center for the Arts is presenting a performance by jazz vocalist, Laura Ellis, and pianist, John Rodby, Friday in Marsee Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18 for everyone. For tickets, interested persons may call 1-800832-ARTS.

Student concert band performance The Center for the Arts and the Applied Music Program are presenting a performance by the student concert band Sunday at 3 p.m. in Marsee Auditorium. Tickets are $10. For more information, interested persons may call 1-800-832-ARTS.

Armed Forces Day Military Concert The Torrance Cultural Arts Center is presenting the City of Torrance Armed Forces Day Military Concert Saturday. There will be two performances at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. in the James Armstrong Theatre. Admission is free for all. For more information, interested persons may call 310-781-7171.

Theatre Tracy Kumono/ Union Maria H. Andrade-Reyes, 32, photography major, taking photos in a field of flowers. She enjoys capturing nature and landscape photography.

Eric Hsieh

Staff Writer

Down in the basement of the Art and Behavioral Science Building, photography students work in hushed tones under the murky red glow of the darkroom.

However, by all accounts, the darkroom is where Maria Andrade-Reyes, 32, photography major, shines the brightest, albeit with a kind of brilliance that won’t ruin anyone’s negatives.

“She is an extremely gifted artist and photographer,” Darilyn Rowan, photography professor, said. “She’s sensitive, intelligent, and insightful. I’d say her artwork and art practice have a very mature perspective.”

Andrade-Reyes was most recently recognized for her work in EC’s annual student photography exhibit titled “Earth, Wind, Water, Fire.”

“Maria’s images were so moving and so beautiful,” Rowan said.

“The way she interprets the assignment shows a very insightful and evolved mind and eye.”

However, Andrade-Reyes didn’t come here taking exhibit-

quality photos. Instead, slowly learning the techniques in Rowan’s classes has given her a much deeper appreciation of the work that goes into each image.

“I started a long time ago with those cheap disposable cameras,” she said. “I never understood the process until I started taking classes here. But once you do it yourself it’s an amazing experience. You understand how it’s done, the time it takes, and it makes it more valuable.”

What expertise Andrade-Reyes has developed she now shares intently with friends and classmates.

“She’s wonderful. Maria works a lot with film and I have no knowledge of film whatsoever,” Norma Alatorre, 24, business management major, said. “She’s always there for everybody. Either helping people to do a test strip in the darkroom or showing someone a

step-by-step.”

“I am always the first to ask her opinion about anything. She gives a very clear, open opinion about artwork,” Alatorre added. “She’ll suggest, ‘Maybe next time you could use this technique and it’ll be even better.’ Her advice always works to the dot.”

So what does the future hold for this up-and-coming artist?

Andrade-Reyes isn’t sure, but she doesn’t intend to waste her penchant for photography.

“I don’t see it as just a hobby anymore,” she said. “Maybe someday I’ll be a well-known photographer. I don’t know what the future has in store for me, but I’m looking forward to making the best of it.”

Those who have spent the past year watching her talent develop are far less modest while discussing her future.

“I think her photographs are so beautiful and moving. I know that she’s going to do some remarkable things with her work out in the world,” Rowan said. “I really consider it an honor to have been one of her teachers.”

‘The Crucible’ in the Campus Theatre The Center for the Arts is presenting their last three performances of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” a drama surrounding the Salem Witch Trials in colonial America. Showings will be in the Campus Theatre Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Admission is $15 for everyone. To order tickets, interested persons may call 310329-5345 or may call toll-free at 1-800-832-ARTS. There is a $2 service charge for any ticket orders via phone.

All female musical spoof, “Ruthless!”

Friday and Saturday are the last two nights to see the Torrance Theatre Company’s presentation of “Ruthless!,” an all female musical spoof and comedy. Admission is $25 and open to all, although may not be appropriate for children due to adult language. Shows for both nights begin at 8 p.m. For ticket information, interested persons can call or text 424-243-6882.

EDITORIAL

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May 16, 2013

Online class monitoring is Orwellian privacy invasion

Illustration by Eugene Chang

Privacy is an issue most Americans take seriously.

From walking around the house in pajamas to talking on the phone, we want the privacy to do what we want when we want, and most of the time we don’t want a third party involved.

EC has recently been presented with a proposal that would allow instructors of online courses to be able to monitor the class participants and make sure that no cheating of any sort is happening.

This would include watching students on the computer with webcams and tracking cookies to see what sites students are visiting while completing work related to the course.

There would also be an option that would allow the installation of keystroke readers which could track how long it normally takes for a person to type in their password and therefore be able to detect if someone different were signing into the account.

While it is understandable that certain levels of monitoring would be essential to preventing online course cheating, the measures being proposed seem to be on the extreme end of the specturm.

Not only is this an unusual invasion of privacy, but it is also just a waste of money. The cost of the equipment and the computer specialists who would have to install said specialized equipment would far outweigh the purpose.

At a time when cuts are already

The Issue • The old ways of teaching are not engaging students enough

Our Stand • Instructors should be more creative in their presentation approach being made to public education at a steady pace, our system cannot afford to put into place a system that is going to cost more than the classes it is meant to monitor.

On the privacy side of the issue, institutions should not have the right to track what students do while online.

Students these days are busy,

often completing multiple tasks at once while working on schoolwork. Looking at students while they are working on things that are not related to the class material could infringe on some personal information including money and bank accounts. This could increase the risk for identity theft and important information leaking to the wrong people.

Technical difficulties could cause problems to students when the complicated system of tracking what they do is shut down as a student is trying to access his class information.

Online courses are supposed to be a convenient way for students to do class work at their own time and their own pace. It is unfortunate that technology could infringe upon student lives, but this seems to be the direction in which it is headed.

It is an important thing that students realize what may happen in the future. Technology is great and innovations in the classroom are always a plus, but when privacy is at risk, we must seek to protect it.

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A government for the students by the students should inform the students The latest ASO elections happened without much fanfare or campaigning leaving many unaware it was even occuring.

As students, we should all be involved in campus activities and services that impact us directly.

This would include our student government, The Associated Students Organization (ASO) is something that students can have a direct say in and should always be looking to participate with.

They are our student government, and they represent us in many committees and meetings on campus.

In the elections that ended Tuesday, many of the candidates were running unopposed, so there was not much campaigning done to make students aware of the participating candidates.

Obviously if a candidate is running unopposed there is not much

need to persuade voters to vote for them; they typically win by default, but this should not deter the candidates and incumbents from making sure that students on campus are aware of the issues that could potentially impact them in the coming school year.

In fact, running unopposed is the perfect opportunity for candidates to speak out and get students involved in the many issues facing our campus.

Here is the opportunity to push things that normally would be unpopular; there’s no one competing against you, so there’s no reason not to use your voice to speak up on these topics and issues.

Even if a candidate is running unopposed, they should still take the opportunity to let their con-

stituents know who they are and what they stand for.

Additionally, running unopposed now does not mean they will be running unopposed in the future, and using this lull in the campus political climate to make themselves known to the student body would not be a bad idea.

In fact, it could work to their advantage later.

ASO candidates should also be using this time to educate students on the campus political process and encourage them to become active members of it.

This year’s ballot includes a new constitutional amendment and a proposal for an activity fee.

There is no way to get students to act on these measures if they are not informed on them.

Case notes at the end of the first semester of nursing EDITOR’s NOTE Nursing is a profession with its own challenges and rewards.

I may have dropped the ball when I wrote an article back in February; I discussed how nursing school, more or less, Nenna Olumba 27, Nursing is a magical experience akin to, Hogwarts.

My adorable cynicism aside, I truly love nursing school. I’m just not immersed in the honeymoon state at the moment.

Perhaps the lack of sleep may be the key.

If it were possible for me to bypass sleep altogether whilst maintaining my charming personality, dear readers, it would already be so.

However, my body is a temple and all that rot. And my body needs the respect and care it deserves. Sleep is an important factor in maintaining said care.

Maybe it is the stress. Funnily enough, stress is essential in my life. There are some stresses that are healthy.

Running, for example, is a form of good stress; so are carnal relations and, yes, school. Stress in moderation presents motivation, that fire that burns my arse into gear and gets me moving. I do, however, tend to take things a tad in excess, like when I study until three in the morning when I have classes a few hours later.

Whoops.

There are times when stress is not good or overwhelming.

Like when I spend countless hours on a report just to have it judged as decent enough. Or when I am tested on material I just learned barely a week prior. But I can handle the pressure, right?

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Everything comes down to organization. How can I manage my time well, I ask? Each week I write an alarmingly micromanaged weekly schedule. And in pretty bright colors! I compose a checklist of objectives to accomplish every day. I cannot imagine my life without my AstridTM application on my phone, my ereader, my laptop, jingling to me to finish this or that activity to the point of insanity. A bit much I suppose, but when I check one thing off after another, a slight sense of accomplishment rises while the anxiety and stress, well, they’re still there, I’m afraid.

But they’re manageable.

Nursing school presents challenges I never expected. I am given the tools, but the key lies in critical thinking (also known as a word I never wish to hear again). Having the tools, the knowledge, is not enough. I need to be able to use said tools in many ways, many directions. And I need to hold onto said tools. Summer and winter are no longer intellectual dumping grounds. I am responsible for maintaining the knowledge I gained throughout this. Yay. Nenna Olumba is a nursing major who has attended EC since 2009.

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Indeed, this election seems to be a missed opportunity on many levels.

As students, we are here to learn. The student government system at EC is a microcosm of our national political machine.

What better way to teach students how politics work and how government affects them than by encouraging participation at this level?

There are likely many students on campus who are not aware of ASO, not familiar with how they operate and not educated on the functions of the many different positions within the student government.

Do students know when ASO meets? Do they know who their elected officers are? Do they know

the responsibilities of these officers? Do they know what they as students can do if they are not satisfied with the way their student government is working for them?

A slow election cycle is not an excuse to relax and hold back on the powerful messages that student government can be delivering to the student body.

Instead, it is the time to do everything possible to inform the population and help them make educated decisions on the issues that concern them.

Community college is the training ground for the civic and community leaders of tomorrow.

We should be taking this opportunity to polish up on our campaign speeches, campaign practices and our knowledge of how

the political and voting processes work.

The U.S. government was founded on the principle of being of the people and for the people.

EC student government is of the students and by the students.

It should be doing everything in its power to make sure that it is informing the students as well.

Don’t wait until there is an opponent run against.

Consider the lack of knowledge and information being shared on campus as a constant opponent and campaign against students being ill-informed of their governmental process.

It is the college government civic duty.

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Tuning in to ‘The Office’ resignation

Everything I ever needed to know I learned from “The Office.”

Now that it is ending, I’m not quite sure what to do.

The feeling is like the one you get when you finally finish a realKaren Garcia Associate Editor ly good novel and you’ve thought of all the possible explanations for why it ended the way it did.

The fact that it’s over hasn’t actually set in yet.

It’s like the feeling you get when you graduate; everyone is going their separate ways, and you’re not quite sure how to process the idea that all the people you’ve grown up with will soon be gone.

It’s a good thing all nine seasons are available on Netflix!

Where else will you find romance, comedy, a time for serious issues and a time to play?

Well, that would be in the Scranton, Pennsylvania office of the fictional Dunder Mifflin.

In an article in USA Today, executive producer of “The Office” Greg Daniels said, “for the people for whom that sensibility was just hitting the sweet spot, they got a long drink of that comedy juice from the show, and it maybe encouraged other people who like that sensibility to do more along those lines.”

What the show inspired was love and wit.

It began with the regional manager Michael Gary Scott, played by Steve Carrell, who has been absent

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from the series for two seasons.

Scott was a character in many in the office either loved or hated, and you could only give into loving his dysfunctional work ethic.

Michael taught me how to chase my dreams in the “Booze Cruise” episode when Jim wants to give up on the already engaged Pam. He later gave a greatly emotional farewell to the office when he was to marry his true love Holly Flax, played by Amy Ryan.

After nine long seasons of miscommunications, past relationships, and distance, Jim and Pam, also known as “Jam”, show us that true love prevails.

Let’s not forget the loyal and faithful paper salesman Dwight K. Shrute, assistant to the regional manager.

Dwight, played by Rainn Wilson, taught me that knowledge is key and that persistance equals success.

Always a step ahead of the game and full of paper facts, Dwight can never fail showing the office a thing a two about safety in the presence of a fire or if an employee were to need resuscitation.

“The Office” brought memorable and relatable characters that will last a lifetime. It told the story of romances that you hope will one day happen to you.

It gave you fictional bosses that leave behind a legacy of great advice and humor.

It taught you that loyalty is real, and in the end it just might land you a position of regional manager in the Scranton Branch of Dunder Mifflin.

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Is the student government relevant, does it serve students?

Student government gives students power

Chris Guzman Intern

distribution of power governing EC. They relinquish some power from the hands of administration and grant it to students via representation: a building foundation of our constitution that reflects the spirit of this country.

Elections for Student Government are here, and for many students, spring brings disappointment for those who hope there will be changes made to school policy.

Students only have a vague memory of what candidates actually look like, let alone the name of who is running. As time runs

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down to elect the next student council, the majority of students do not vote.

The majority of the student community is disconnected and unaware when it comes to participating in student policy. The small effort of the ASO (Associated Students Organization) to inform and educate the students usually goes unsung.

It seems the reason people are so disconnected with their student representation is that they honestly feel that the student government has no immediate effect on campus lifestyle. Changes and improvements that have been made on behalf of the students can easily go unnoticed and can become irrelevant because there is no immediate recognition of it, unless one is on the school website every day engaged because they are in the student government or they know someone.

Other than that, the general student couldn’t care less. They would rather know about food, games or social media.

The people we elect to run our student government need to be more connected with the student base. Engaging more with students on a more personal and intimate level can really change the atmosphere of what voting can be.

Imagine an invitation to an outdoor barbecue that would host all of potential candidates. They speak a little about themselves; inform changes and improvements that need to be done with food and music playin. Creating a personal connection for those few minutes, in the end, will spread the word on the new voting ceremony which could be an anticipated event. People would Tweet, Facebook and Instagram the place to be.

Instead, ASO voting has come and gone, and most studemts haven’t had a clue.

And even if studemts did vote, will they actually see the impact of of their choices?

Notices should be posted throughout the year that list all new policies implemented.

This would be a friendly reminder of the important role all students make.

Student’s prize for a hard-fought semester is the perks of summer Column

Monique Judge Co-opinion editor

I am ready for you, summer.

I’m ready for beach weather.

I’m ready for the Old Navy $1 flip flop sale, maxi dresses and lighter colored hair.

I’m taking a four-hour oceanography class this summer that runs from 2 to 6:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday and I’m still ready for summer.

Even though I will technically still be in school for the greater part of the summer, I’m ready because summer school, with its frenetic pace and extra days added into my schedule, still seems like

a break from the regular semester.

I’m ready for beach parties, backyard barbecues, lying by my parents’ pool and cruising up and down the coast highway with my friends.

I’m ready for movies every weekend, dying my hair a bright shade of auburn and working on my tan.

I’m ready for sitting at the pool at Drai’s on Saturdays and the Do Over in Hollywood every Sunday.

I’m ready for Margarita Mondays at Te’Kila and reverse happy hour at Five0Four.

I’m ready for Friday nights at 901, my own personal version of Cheers.

I can already feel the sun baking me in my personal cabana at Paradise Cove in Malibu.

I’m ready for the near emptiness that is the EC campus during summertime, when only the most serious come to knock classes out

By Karen Garcia

ASO isn’t connecting with average students

Kaylah Maaytah Staff writer

Elections for the Associated Students Organization (ASO), an all-student senate, are approaching as they do every spring semester. As they approach, they raise questions of their overall relevance and impact in policy actually affecting student life and leading many to question the importance of student governments.

Undoubtedly, yes, student governments are important because they allow for student representation, a vital factor in serving the needs of students most efficiently.

The election of the ASO includes nine Senate Executive Officers (i.e. affecting finance, student and community advancement, public relations, student services) two student senators and a council to represent each of EC’s eight academic divisions.

ASO is funded by the Auxiliary Services Board (ASB), which oversees funds distributed amongst students services, such as athletic programs, fine arts programs, and student clubs and organizations. Such student organizations are direct reflections of campus life that affect students like the Inter-Club Council, a composition of one representative each from every club on campus.

Due to the fact that the ASB voting board possesses one student representative from ASO, students hold representation alongside official ASB members in voting on issues of college policy and funding affecting student services.

According to EC’s ASO by-laws, powers of student senators include voicing concern as a spokesperson of students; providing guidance to the ASO in their specific area of authority or division; approving programs and expenditures of their division by majority vote, and coordinating activities by campus clubs and organizations.

Student governments allow power to be possessed by the student body to actually affect their school as well as uphold a system of checks and balances with the

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of the way, and the riff raff is elsewhere not disturbing us.

I’m ready to not wait in line for lunch at Chicken Maison.

I’m ready for picnics in Barnsdall Park, looking up at the Hollywood sign and the glorious views from the Griffith Observatory.

I’m ready for the UCLA Jazz Reggae Fest, the Playboy Jazz Festival and the Long Beach Jazz festival.

I’m ready for road trips to Vegas, Palm Springs and Mexico.

I’m ready for the long lines at Diddy Riese in Westwood and ice cream sandwiches that are made with cookies and cost only $1.25.

I’m ready for the snorkeling trip we have planned at Catalina Island.

I’m ready for the quietness of the Schauerman Library when no one is here.

I’m ready to catch up on my reading list.

I’m ready to catch up on the writing I do for pleasure.

I’m ready to catch up on my Netflix instant queue.

I’m ready for slumber parties with my nieces, watching them play Barbies and make up stories for each other.

I’m ready for Fridays spent downtown at Central Library with my friend Nenna, writing, reading and enjoying each others company.

I’m ready to spend some time reflecting on the year I have had and the year that is coming.

I’m ready for my birthday to make its appearance at the end of July and the party I’ll have to celebrate it.

I’m ready for the all white party for Labor Day. I’m ready for nail polish in loud, bright colors on my fingers and toes.

I’m ready for trips to Lake

Mead, sailing on my cousin’s boat and riding his jet skis.

I’m ready for our annual trip to Hualapai Mountain and the five days of fun in the middle of nowhere that comes with it.

I’m ready for summer. I am ready for every last single bit of it.

Do you hear me summer?

I am ready for you.

Diante Debarge President of the International Club

Debarge, 25, English major, discusses the community that is created from the different students that join the club and how they come together to learn about one another. If you’re interesting in learning about the diverse differences between all the people from around the world and their cultures, then the EC International Club is the club to join.

What is the International Club about?

International club is a club for students from different backgrounds, different cultures and race to come together and learn about each other. It’s about getting to know each other and broadening our horizons to the world. Seeing what else is out there other than our town. Because of that, 50 percent of our club is social and 50 percent is educational.

How does the club learn about their member’s culture?

We normally do it by having club members do presentations. It’s usually in the form of powerpoint, or they can show a video.

From that they’ll teach the club their culture or another culture. They’ll have their turn and show their insights, so its not limited to you having to do your own personal background. Typically our culture presentations talk a little bit about food, the culture, the daily life and the history.

What has been the most interesting presentation you have seen?

There was a presentation that displayed the animal rights issues in Thailand. Elephants there are trained to learn how to draw. They can draw extravagant things such a murals but they’re not trained in an ethical or humane way. They’re tortured.

There was also a presentation about the troubles that are going on in Uganda or the Congo, things like that. But not all of our culture presentations are depressing, it’s just that those are the more serious issues.

What other activities does the club engage in?

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We also go on different field trips. We go out to different restaurants and we also go to museums and festivals. Anything that is multicultural related, we do it.

Our most recent field trip was during spring break and we went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). We got to see different things and learn about different types of art. For example Muslim art, Egyptian, and East Asian.

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Does the International Club host events on campus?

Join the conversation online at www.eccunion.com

The most recent event we participated in was the World Tour Festival. We helped out the Inter-Club Council (ICC) and acted as guest services. Because we are International Club we couldn’t show bias to a country so our theme was international airport.

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Campus viewpoints

Is the student government relevant, does it serve students?

By Rigo Bonilla

Mark Trujillo, 22, Geography

Matthew Sanders, 20, Nursing

Martha Villanueva, 19, Psychology

Albert Ramirez, 25, Computer science

Carhen Collazo, 19, Nursing

Diamond Rush, 19, Nursing

“They represent us and the issues we have. It’s hard to get our voices out there.”

“I want to see what the purpose is. How does it benefit students? What do we gain?”

“A lot of people don’t speak up. People are shy, we need representation.”

“We need more information from them. They ask for your vote, but don’t tell you why.”

“We need them so everyone can get their voices and opinions heard.”

“We never know what they do. They have to make more fliers and interact with us.”

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Dancing with the Stars of Tomorrow

Cary Majano/ Union Dancers from Santa Monica College are golden in their performance of “Let It Out” at the 40th anniversary American College Dance Festival Association Baja Region Conference, hosted this spring by El Camino College.

Betty Rene Norman/ Union A dancer from California State University at Long Beach demonstrates her ballet form in the dance “Proxima.” Approximately 511 student performers, including eight board members, took part in the four-day festival.

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Betty Rene Norman/ Union Dancers from Mt. San Antonio College demonstrate the beauty of dance and theatrics in “Within These Walls.” This is the first year that ECC has hosted the annual dance festival. Festival conference coordinators for EC were David Berney and Pamela Santelman.

Infused with exciting performances, the American College Dance Festival Association’s 40th anniversary Conference could be described as a bombardment of lights, music, and motion during its spring showcase at El Camino College.

From April 11-14, EC hosted more than 500 dance students, from 37 colleges, for the ACDFA Baja Region Conference.

“This has been an amazing educational experience for college dance practitioners from not only across California, but from Oregon, Florida, and Taiwan,” Kenneth Walker, conference consultant, said. “Here in Torrance, we have been witnessing the best up-and-coming practitioners that you are going to see at major performing venues in the future.”

Student performers took part in a variety of dance forms that were conducted by “top-notch” instructors, Pamela Santelman, conference coordinator, said.

“We (hosted) all of these people from all over and this is a very Performers from California State University at Fullerton important thing for college-aged students to be exposed to, all the different cultures and dance forms,” Santelman said.

“To see beginning and advanced dancers coming together to unite is a beautiful thing,” Joshua Dunn, 21, communications and dance major of Long Beach City College, said. “This conference shows the beauty of art.”

Along with dance classes, the ACDFA conference offered academic research presentations from graduate dance students.

“I’ve networked with the professors that I’ve taken classes from, and I’ve been really paying attention to the way they teach class from a pedagogical stand point,” Rachel Winchester, 30, of the University of Oregon, said.

Also, the ACDFA conference showcased four concerts that were judged by a distinguished panel, and

Cary Majano/ Union Dance groups performed on stage from colleges as far as Taiwan. There were 89 techniques classes offered during the In the performance “Like the Sea Around the Shore,” Loyola-Marymount University dancers work in synchronization to entertainment the audience. festival, four adjudicated concerts, three informal concerts, as well as seminars, workshops and panel discussions. nizing the festival included Bruce Spain, executive director of the Center for the Arts; Ken Walker, dance project organizer; Hector Salazar; and

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Betty Rene Norman/ Union Showing uniformity and synchronization is a dance group from San Francisco State University. Colleges from across the nation and student dancers demonstrated a variety of dance styles at the festival.

Tracy Kumono/ Union During a special Sunday concert to spotlight this year’s top performers, two dancers from CSU Long Beach unlock their skills in the dance, “Boundaries,” at Marsee Auditorium.

three informal concerts where undergraduate dance students were given feedback from the panel, Daniel Berney, conference coordinator, said.

“It’s a chance to see other universities and students in the United States. It has opened my mind,” Wang Ning, 21, dance major of the National Taiwan University of Arts, said. “American dance is very big with many people performing fluid movements; Taiwanese dance has smaller theatres and pieces.”

Ning added that the confidence displayed from American performances has motivated her to be confident in her own performances when she returns to Taiwan.

“There are amazing artists that have such smart and different ways of seeing things and expressing them,” Jaimee Kadish, 20, dance Mark Mendez/ Union major of California State University of Long add drama to their dance routine.

Beach, said. “Dance is extremely relevant and present in our generation.”

“We want to instill the creative process again, so that they get enthusiastic about creating again and dancing,” Santelman said.

Also, Berney said the conference has established a “task force” dedicated to addressing pertinent issues about dance within the academic environment in order to “sustain a strong and vibrant program.”

“The Center for the Arts that we have in place here has made this as large a conference as you could possibly present for the ACDFA 40th Anniversary,” Berney said. “We’ve appreciated the administrative support for the conference; this has been a huge undertaking by our college.”

Tracy Kumono/ Union “Ji” (Season) captures the flow of dance with the change of season in a performance choreographed by undergraduate student, Yinmin Liu. This dance was among the performances invited to Sunday’s final concert at Marsee Auditorium.

Cary Majano/ Union Working with light and leaves are a pair of dancers from San Francisco State University in the production, “Season.” Dee Esquerra and Arvejon Jones were among the college’s performers.

Cary Majano/ Union Mark Mendez/ Union Wearing striking red outfits against a black backdrop are dancers from Fullerton College. Photo coverage by student photographers and Union The ACDFA dance festival was deemed a “success” by EC coordinators Berney and Santelman. Others involved in orgaphotojournalists was arranged by Darilyn Rowan, head of the EC photography department.

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Player proves to be star for tennis team because he thought she’d be a great fit for it, but she rejected his invitation until he pursued her more and she finally gave in, Shin said.

Shin was looking forward to winning the Chie Chung Young Shin, 27, film major, is proud of what she accomplished during the ten- state championship, as she put forth her best effort, but wasn’t able to accomplish her goal. nis season.

She remains dedicated, which is made clear “I was surprise because I didn’t think I could receive the award the player of the year,” Shin with how much she practices and trains every said. “This season I made a goal, and my goal day.

“Every morning, I wake up early, then I go to was to win the state championship.”

Shin said that she won Player of the Year be- run, and I go to practice by myself,” Shin said.

The goal of Shin was to win the state chamcause she was undefeated in many of her matches during the season. During her performance pionship. Shin is by herself here in the U.S.; her in the prelims, she had cramps throughout her family is back home. She does everything by whole body that made her quit the competition herself, and sometimes she has many struggles in her practices. and she was not able to “My goal and my go to the state finals. skills have a huge “I was very shock be- “When I was 18 years old, I difference,” Shin cause I might have been started to play in a team for said. “I wanted to able to win, if I never win but my skills are give up, but I got cramps the university. And I grew up not enough.” and I couldn’t play any- mentally. But I quit when I was This is the last more,” Shin said.

22 and last season I come season for Shin playShin started to play back.” ing tennis at EC, but tennis when she was six years old and then quit — Chie Chung Young Shin she said she will still and went back many tennis player play for fun. She added she will miss her times. As a teenager, team members beshe played tennis just for cause, on the team, she met her best friends and fun. Shin added she went to a tennis academy.

“When I was 18 years old, I started to play in she considers them to be family. She will most a team for the university. And I grew up men- likely continue to practice with the team for fun tally and also my skills. But I quit when I was 22 and teach them the skills she’s developed and the experiences she’s gone through, Shin said. and last season I come back,” she said.

“I feel accomplished,” Shin said. “I am a little As she was starting out, Shin took a tennis class for beginners at EC. The coach extended bit of sad but satisfied because I worked so hard.” an invitation to her to play on the tennis team Lorenzo Gutierrez

TRACK AND FIELD

Staff Writer

State championship tomorrow and Saturday at the College of San Mateo

Cary Majano/ Union Chie Chung Young Shin, 27, film major, is ending her tennis career at El Camino College. Shin has been one of the top women tennis players here for the past two seasons.

Runners go on to championship Lorenzo Gutierrez Staff Writer

It was hot and dry, but light winds didn’t stop the women’s track and field team in their last performance in the Southern California Championship held at Antelope Valley College on May 11.

“Our women contingent performed very well with a large number placing high and qualify to this coming week’s CCCAA State Track and Field Championship that will be held on Friday and Saturday at San Mateo,” coach Dean Lofgren said.

Araya Dixon and Ruby Davis had a great day qualifying in many events.

“They both started really well,” Lofgren said.

Dixon placed sixth place in long jump.

She also placed fourth in 100 and 200-meters. In the 200-meter, Dixon made All-Time Performer in ECC history, Lofgren said.

Davis had a good performance in the long jump placing third and it ended up being a personal best. Davis also placed in fifth in the triple jump, Lofgren said.

“I felt very proud of myself because I was a little bit nervous, and I tried very hard to qualify to the state finals,” Davis, 19, sociology major, said. “This season was hard, it was a lot of work I put into it.”

Other women that qualified to the finals are Raven Nunez, who obtained the sixth place in the 400-meter, and Brittany Householder, who placed ninth in the 800-meter, Lofgren said.

The men’s team had many runners that qualified to the Southern California prelims, “but the Southern California Championship is very competitive and unfortunately we didn’t submit a lot of them to the championship,” Lofgren said.

The men’s track and field performed slightly worse. David Rosales placed fifth in the 1500-meter, but he did not qualify to the finals.

“Luckner Brady, one of the long jump leaders in Southern California, was unable to make the trip to the finals along with triple jumper Regis Bula,” Lofgren said.

Even though the men’s track and field team didn’t have a good performance, many runners will return next season. The coaches have already seen a lot of high school seniors from the area, Lofgren said.

Lofgren said he’s fortunate to do what he does every day, which is “to develop collegelevel student athletes, and comparing to the challenges of the world we are competing in a positive environment. Such a pleasure to work with this group.”

Swim coach receives top award

Betty Rene Norman/ Union Coach Corey Stanbury won Coach of the Year due to his dedication to the swim and dive team at the conference championship last month at Chaffey College.

Joh’nysha Vercher Staff Writer

Photo courtesy of Dean Lofgren Araya Dixon sprints the 200-meter at the Southern California Championship at Antelope Valley College on May 11.

After a great season of swimming, conference titles, and individual awards, the person that has influenced, inspired, and trained EC’s talented swimmers to achieve their success is coach Corey Stanbury.

Whether it be the men’s swim team or the women’s team, Stanbury is known to be a hardworking coach that is not only dedicated, but helpful and encouraging to all of his swimmers.

“He’s always there watching and making sure you do everything right.

Like your warm-ups and stuff,” Julie Takigawa, freshman, said, “and at practice making sure you do all your techniques right, your strokes right, and that you come to all the practices and encourages you.”

Not only is Stanbury a good coach, but he always has a personality to go with it that enables his swimmers to feed off of his positivity and allows them to be the best they can be as people and as swimmers.

“He’s a good person, always happy and making jokes. He’s funny,” Devin Sanchez, freshman, said. “As a coach, he’s dedicated and he cares about everybody.”

At the South Coast Conference Championship, Stanbury was named Coach of the Year and was recognized for his hard work and outstanding coaching abilities. With all the accom-

plishments of the season, it was a welldeserved honor.

“He definitely earned that title, the way he would coach us he would give us the workouts and have us push ourselves and he wouldn’t yell at us that much like other coaches,” Jonathan Diaz, freshman, said. “He would make us want to work and be faster for ourselves and he always knew what to say before meets.”

“It’s been a great pleasure working with these talented people and I’m looking forward to duplicating it next year.”

— Corey Stanbury swim and dive coach

Not only does Stanbury deserve being named Coach of the Year because of his dedication, but because his coaching led to the men’s swim team winning their first conference title in more than 50 years.

“That was really exciting and a hard fought contest,” Stanbury said.

Coaching a conference-winning team is something that has only added to what Stanbury is capable of as a coach and shows in a more prominent way the qualities he has.

“He deserves it more than anyone else. He works us hard and makes us perform really well,” Carlie Olney, freshman, said. “He got Coach of the Year because he’s a really good coach and the guys won conference for the first time since 1955.”

Having hardworking swimmers to coach was a fun experience for Stanbury and it only made it easier to coach them and have more success for the season.

“It was fun because they worked hard and were receptive to every task I set them to,” Stanbury said.

This season, the swimmers have learned important lessons from their coach, lessons that they will hold onto and help them become successful in their future in swimming.

“The most important thing we learned was to just work hard because once we work hard we will see what we are capable of,” Olney said.

The experience in being coached

by Stanbury is something that helps the swimmers appreciate the sport of swimming.

Stanbury is looking forward to next year and has had a very memorable experience in coaching this semester with gifted swimmers.

“It’s been a great pleasure working with these talented people,” Stanbury said, “and I’m looking forward to duplicating it next year.”

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May 16, 2013

Warriors football team is focused Mens golf team plays well and motivated for fall season at conference finals but only

one athlete qualifies for California Championships

team’s captain, James Harper, 20, business administration major, qualified to advance as an individual player in Monday’s state championship at Rancho Most of the Warriors closed out their season in Canada Golf Club located in Monterey, Calif.

“They took the top 18 guys for individual and I got two challenging rounds of golf May 6 at the Southern through with a 148,” he said.

California Regional in Costa Mesa.

Playing on a different course under the pressure of The team struggled in its morning round before rallying in the afternoon; the effort proved too little state competition brought its own set of unique challenges, Harper recalls. too late and EC posted sixth in team results.

“Rancho Canada was a short, really narrow golf “The most challenging thing our team faced was the green. They were really bumpy, so we could get it course with a lot of dog legs” he said. “It’s a shoton the green but once it was there it was hard to make maker’s course. You have to think your way around putts,” Kyle Alexander, 21, finance major, said. “Be- in order to score well; it’s almost like chess.”

With a practice round on Sunday and moderate cause nothing was moving true, it was hard to pick a weather the day of, Harper spent Monday playing 36 line and commit to it.” holes of tour“The course nament golf. conditions were “I shot tricky,” Erwyn “We had a shot at it, but it’s difficult for six play73 75 and Lam, 24, busi- ers to play 36 holes consistently and all at the I’m probably ness major, addaround the ed. “They’d just same time.”

—Michael D’Angelo, middle of the punched their 19, Psychology major pact,” he said. greens maybe The team three weeks ago as a whole so nothing was finished the season playing at its best, with Harper rolling the way it should be.”

Still, the Warriors adapted in what ways they solidifying the group trying to keep the team togethcould after their first 18 holes and looked to sharpen er.

The team ended its season at the Southern Calif. their performance in the afternoon, second round.

“I switched everything around because I knew championships and finished placed sixth as a team. it couldn’t get any worse and I actually played re- Although they didn’t play to their best, many players ally well the second round,” Michael D’Angelo, 19, on the team felt it was a great experience.

Next year James Harper will no longer be here and psychology major, said. “If you’re doing something wrong and it keeps happening, you have to change will move on to bigger and better things. He believes he could have a future in golf. something. Golf can be experimental like that.”

Regardless, Harper viewed the end of his time At the end of the day, EC failed to advance as a with EC golf in very positive light. team to the state championships.

“I consider all the guys on the team my friends.

“We had a shot at it, but it’s difficult for six players to play 36 holes consistently and all at the same It was an honor to have a leadership position on the time,” D’Angelo said. “We have great players but team this year,” he said. “I hope I fulfilled that role sometimes we don’t all play well on the exact same and I’m glad I got to compete and represent EC at the state level.” day. You have to synchronize.”

However, the day wasn’t without celebration as the Eric Hsieh

Staff Writer

Cary Majano/ Union Cole Webb, sophomore, is just one of the few quarterbacks on the Warriors competing for a spot as the starter. Last season the Warriors had trouble finding consistency at the quarterback position, and coach Featherstone looks to improve upon this.

Terel Emerson Staff writer

Emerson Keenan

Co-Sports Editor

The first game played at El Camino’s Murdock Stadium was on November 24, 1949 in which they would lose 6-0 to East Los Angeles College. However, despite that far distant memory all expectations will be high when the Warriors’ hope to open in its new football stadium.

Last season was not a very successful one for John Featherstone’s team. They salvaged a 3-7 record with two of those three victories coming in conference play. That record gave El Camino fifth in the National Central Conference.

Featherstone added that in the 27 years that he has coached here, there have only been three losing seasons, last season being one of those. Featherstone added that seasons like last season are needed for coaches.

He also added that the Warriors have the “second highest winning percentage of any other JC in the country, other than Mt. SAC.” Kaeyln Henderson, sophomore ,undecided major tried to elaborate on the team improving.

“As a team, we need to stay together more as a brotherhood and encourage each other more,” Henderson said. “There was a lot of lockeroom turmoil that nobody outside ever saw and it became a distraction.”

This statement would eventually be backed up by Jean Sifrin, sophomore, accounting major, that

last year there was “chemistry issues” and said there was “tension” between teammates.

The only two conference wins would be against the teams that the Warriors finished higher than the College of the Desert and Long Beach City College.

Featherstone, who has been named Coach of the Year on two different occasions (2006 and 2012), now has a career record that stands at 169-80-1.

Last year, the struggle seemed to be the Warriors defense. The

“We have all of the talent in the world, we just need to learn how to play together.”

—Jean Sifrin, sophomore, tight end

defense allowed 31.6 points per game all of last season.

“Our secondary was kind of young but this year we have a lot of returners and we’re all more confident,” Henderson said.

Defense was another issue as the turnover differential of negative five was a definite sign that the Warriors needed to work on defense.

The defensive front line showed signs of greatness accumulating a total of 28 sacks all of last season.

The Warrios played five games on their home field and disturbingly enough they lost four including the last three.

Sifrin admitted that this year the Warriors will trust their defense more to ensure no team “just scores on us.”

Sifrin went on to say, “Our defensive line is stronger, our linebackers are quicker, and our secondary is smarter.”

One bright spot for the Warriors season was putting 35 points on the board against Riverside.

For those who are not aware, Riverside went 9-2 and finished second in the conference only behind 11-1 Mt. San Antonio. During the course of the game the Warriors seemed to be in control until it turned into a downward spiral.

However, the Warriors should not hang their head about letting that game get away from them because in that game they put the most points on the board that Riverside had allowed all of last season.

“After that game we realized the offense works,” Sifrin proclaimed. “We have all the talent in the world, we just need to learn how to [play] together,” Sifrin continued.

Sifrin believes his team has exceptional talent, even comparing his team’s star power to that of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Heading into this season the Warriors should continue to build on their offense led by Bobby Watts at running back.

Before the kickoff of this 2013 season Featherstone summed his team up in one word. That word was family, as he felt this team is like a brotherhood.

Induvidual athletes for badminton team have a great end to season at State Championships Lorenzo Gutierrez Staff Writer

Competing as real warriors Callie Rodela, 19 and Corinne Belandres, 20 both nursing majors, were the lone representatives for the women’s badminton team.

These individual athletes came out with a great performance in their Individual Finals State Championship at Pasadena City College on May 10-11.

“They both did really well to go to the finals, but the level of competition was a lot higher than at the conference final,” coach John Britton said.

Rodela said that she played all her games on Friday and also in the same day she played double games with her partner (Corinne) Belandres and they went to a consolation game and unfortunately lost it.

“I didn’t do so well in my singles match because I had to set in

my mind I couldn’t win, kind of give up, but I know I can do better,” Rodela said.

“The hard part about the competitions were the opponents, they were really good players, so it was a competition for sure,” Rodela said. “The experience was amazing, I am so glad to have enjoyed and met in the badminton team, it was such a fun sport.”

Rodela enjoyed playing together with Belandres, this was their last games and Rodela said that overall they played a well rounded game.

“I think Belandres did a really good job, she lost her first game, so she went to consolation games, but she won all of her consolation games, and I am really proud of her; I knew she could do it because she is amazing player,” Rodela said.

Belandres played both days, on Friday the double games and Saturday she played her all of her consolation games, she said.

“My opponent was a great player, we went to three sets, she won the first set, and I won the last two, this is how I won my final consolation game,” Belandres said. “I wish I had played better, I didn’t have the extra push that I usually play with.”

In their doubles games, Rodela and Belandres unfortunately did not win many games, their first opponent went until the semi-finals and there were a lot of competitive teams, Belandres said.

“It was a good way to end this season, it’s always very tense during a final because it is a final,” Belandres said.

This ends a season that started with many athletes were nervous for their first match, as many of the players had little experience.

Coach Britton was eager to get the girls experience this season, but Belandres and Rodela were a constant force throughout as they made it to the postseason.

Men’s basketball team looks to improve on difficult season James Bell

Staff Writer

side shooting,” Gordon said. “I just want to come in and help. I’ll do whatever the team needs me to do to help win games.”

Uphoff also expects a change in style of play this next season with different players with all different types of techniques.

“Next season I expect us to be much more up tempo, much more in-your-face defensively,” Uphoff said.

With the losses of both Wilson and Howard more of the team will need to step up to fill the holes.

Wilson averaged 17.6 points per game while Howard averaged 10.3 points per game. Uphoff hopes Julian Dakdouk and Branden Bowles, along with Boyd and other recruits.

Boyd plans to use this offseason to work on some areas, and come back next season ready to fill the holes with the losses of those two players.

“I need to improve in my three point shot and free throws,” Boyd said. “Once I get that I will be unstoppable.”

Coming off of a difficult season that started with high hopes, the Warriors men’s basketball team hopes to bounce back in the 2013-14 season.

After beginning the year with a huge two-point win over JC powerhouse Citrus College, EC lost seven of their next 10 games and finished with an overall record of 8-16, failing to make the playoffs.

Returning captain, Brandon Boyd, has high goals for himself and his team for next season.

“I want to win state,” Boyd said. “Winning gets you scholarships and that’s everyone’s goal.”

Robert Uphoff, coach, also has high goals for the Warriors next season.

“My number one goal here early on is to win a conference title,” Uphoff said. “I think that’s our number one goal next season.”

Winning more games will definitely be a focus for Boyd and the rest of the men’s basketball team this upcoming season.

Replacing their four sophomores from last season will also be a huge focus for Uphoff, and the rest of the coaching staff.

The players leaving the team include All-SCC South Division Team members Joshua Wilson and David Howard, along with centers Shawn Ray and Brandon Bobo.

Boyd has an idea of the type of players he would like to see added on to next year’s team.

“Athletic and hungry guys willing to play hard,” Boyd said, “also people that know their role.”

Recruitment, however, isn’t the only way Boyd can get his type of player. Chris Gordon, 18, physical therapy major who plans on trying out for next Phil Prins/ Union year’s team hopes he can conBrandon Boyd, sophomore, guard, prepares to take a free throw during the last home game of tribute. last year against Los Angeles Southwest College. Boyd looks to be a leader in fall 2013.

“I think I can help with out-