El Paisano Newspaper vol.58 issue 2

Tuesday March 5, 2019

Serving the Rio Hondo Community

Volume 58 Issue 2

The Vagina Monologues

At Rio Hondo College

“ ... An emotional, yet inspirational, play that Without a doubt made an impact to many of the audience members one way or another.”

ASHLEY LOZANO Reporter

ashley.lozano1408@my.riohondo.edu

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Ice Tsunami Hits The East GILBERTO ESPANA Reporter

Gilberto.espana0348@my.riohondo.edu

A huge wall of Ice has forced residents near Lake Erie to “drive with caution”.

The weather service in Buffalo have believed wind speeds could reach up to 75 miles per hour. This has forced the police service to close down the Niagara River Parkway.

The New York Power Authority has announced that high winds raised water levels in parts of Lake Erie.

The Ice Tsunami has been covering the Hoover Beach area and many parts of Hamburg, New York. Many residents who live in this area have evacuated due to the large amount of Ice. Dave Schultz who is a Hoover Beach resident said “ We’ve had storms in the past but nothing like this, We’ve never has the ice pushed up against the walls and right up onto our patios.

It’s in my patio, the neighbor’s patio, and the patio after that”.

Evacuations in other cities Continues on page 8

VINCENT FRANCO / EL PAISANO NEWS One part of the Fifteen “Vagina Monologues” was a five minute presentation given to the audience, of the various orgasms a women can experience. This one was the “Please don’t stop” Orgasm.

Sexual Harassment Measles OutUnder I.C.E break In The States ANAMARIA APARICIO Reporter

Anamaria.aparicio8532@my.riohondo.edu

IMAGE / ACLU Most sexual abuse complaints in immigration detention go unanswered. Out of 1,224 complaints issue between January 2010 - September 2017, only 43 have been investigated.

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“Since the beginning of this year, there have been 159 individual cases of Measles in 10 different states. This is according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who also stated that the states that have reported to CDC are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.”

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NEWS

Sexual Harassment

Under I.C.E

GRAPHIC BY MOIZ SYED Breakdown of sexual abuse complaints in immigration detention.

JAKE LAURELL Reporter Jake.laurell7011@my.riohondo.edu

Thousands of immigrants detained by I.C.E. Officials faced sexual assault and harassment as reported by The Intercept. The report looked at 1,224 complaints filed between 2010 and 2017 that allegedly took place in I.C.E. (Immigration and Custom Enforcement) custody.

The Intercept reported that in earlier discussions with the D.H.S. (Department of Homeland Security) the Office Inspector General received 33,000 complaints between 2010 and 2016 in immigration detention centers varying in a range of abuse.

The O.I.G. gave records to The Intercept documenting investigations for just 2 percent of the complaints the office received.

Alice Speri interviewed a woman held at an immigration detention center in Washington state said she was raped by a medical worker and a private facility contractor as she sought help in the center’s medical unit.

As reported by The Intercept there was another case where a women said officers cuffed and maced her following an argument with a fellow detainee at an immigration detention center in Florida.

Then, as she lay on the ground, an officer sat on her “like a person would sit on a horse,” his “erect penis on her butt.” Officers then filmed her as she showered to wash off the mace.

Another case in Florida where a man said a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent threatened him with deportation after he refused to engage in oral sex and that the officer told him he would be deported to Haiti, even though the man is from the Bahamas.

Many other women and men held in immigration detention across the country reported routine searches that turned into groping and fondling.

Many said they were propositioned, subjected to suggestive stares and sexual innuendo, and threatened with retaliation if they spoke up.

Many said officers shrugged when they reported abuse by fellow detainees.

These allegations are just a sample of hundreds of complaints of sexual and physical abuse in immigration detention obtained by The Intercept in response to a public records request with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, which is tasked with independently reviewing the department’s various agencies, including ICE and Border

Patrol.

The New York Times published an article quoting a two women that described being sexually harassed and assaulted.

One of the survivors of the assaults, Maria said it started early in the morning as she was being released from T. Don Hutto Residential Detention Center in Texas.

After she gathered her things, she was lead to a loading area and placed into a cage inside a van.

After shortly leaving the facility the driver named Donald Dunn pulled over on the side of the road as he presided to “grab my breasts,” and “touch my private parts.”

He then started to masturbate as her hands were tied.

An agency spokesperson from the D.H.S. Stated that it would be nearly impossible in getting an accurate estimate of how many men and women were abused in immigration detention.

Regulations that have been in place since 2014 from the D.H.S. requires I.C.E to release to the public all aggregated sexual abuse and assault data annually.

But the spokesperson said the agency never did so. I.C.E. didn’t begin to record sexual abuse and assault until later that year the spokesperson stated.

I.C.E. responded to the article published by The Intercept stating that: They received 1,448 allegations of sexual abuse between fiscal years 2012 and March 2018, with 103 recorded so far this fiscal year.

They stated that they investigate all of its complaints.

The organization also said that between 2012 and 2017 they found only 160, 12 % of complaints were “substantiated,” while 793, or 59 % were “unsubstantiated.” Three percent still remained in investigation.

“Sexual abuse is an under reported crime everywhere, but it is especially so in detention, and exceptionally so in immigration detention.”

On top of feelings of shame and the victim-blaming that all survivors face, detainees who are sexually abused by staff are faced with the horrifying prospect of having to report the assault to their rapist’s colleagues and friends.” stated by Jesse Lerner-Kinglake of Just Detention International.

NEWS

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The Importance of “The Vagina Monologues”

IMAGE / GOOGLE A bilingual performance that aims to celebrate the strengths of women while raising awareness and taking action to stop violence against women and girls in our communities and worldwide.

ASHELY LOZANO Reporter

ashley.lozano1408@my.riohondo.edu

“The Vagina Monologues” was an empowering play that left guests and students with awareness of what real women go through in life, while also praising the word “vagina”. The play was held at the Wray Theater Thursday at 7p.m.

The hour-long play covered a variety of topics including rape, sexual assault, and body empowerment.

With the seriousness of these topics, they still managed to add comedic aspects to what was being said, which gave the normally “uncomfortable” topics a better and relatable understanding.

The play was divided into

15 different monologues, as each girl stood up to talk on the Mic, every monologue became more real and more serious.

Although they made jokes to lighten the mood, what was being said were real stories of experiences many women have went through.

From the tone of their voices to their hand movements, the words coming out of their mouths left you speechless. It left you feeling exactly what they were feeling.

These women did an amazing job trying to get the audience to feel the real emotion behind what they were saying.

They talked about things people are too embarrassed or too scared to talk about. They

made women feel like they are not alone and that having a vagina isn’t something that should devalue you.

“Personally I want the audience to get out that vagina’s are important, that women are important and we should view every aspect of a woman. Especially things that happen to woman, rape or other things like mutilation in other countries. We live in a patriarchal society so women are still demeaned to being less than. I think we should take back the word vagina and especially the word cunt and reword it,” said cast member and Rio Hondo student, Valeria Gomez, after being asked what she wanted the audience to take away from what was being said in the monologues.

Numerous times throughout the play the cast made it a point that the word ‘vagina’ isn’t a word that people should be embarrassed about.

It should actually be a word that should be said proudly and without a bit of shame. The stories, “Hair” and “Because he liked to look at it,” truly represented that women should not feel belittled for having a vagina, instead they should embrace it and show confidence in what they have no matter the shape or size.

The “My Angry Vagina” monologue got the audience in a laughing outburst with what Gomez was expressing about what vagina’s have to go through.

This monologue truly

captured the humor that they wanted to put off while also getting the message across.

Audience member and former Rio Hondo Student, Naomi Cortez, enjoyed the play saying, “I enjoyed the variety of humor and the complex and almost triggering stories but realistic stories. It was a good flow, no pun intended.”

“The Vagina Monologues” left every women proud to be themselves and every man with a better idea of what women go through because of their sex.

It was definitely an emotional, yet inspirational, play that without a doubt made an impact to many of the audience members one way or another.

Measles Outbreak In The States ANAMARIA APARICIO Reporter Anamaria.aparicio8532@my.riohondo.edu

All U.S states require parents to vaccinate their children in order to start public school, private school, and daycare facilities.

The only exception to this would be from 47 states and that’s because of medical, religious, and philosophical reasons. The three other states that do not allow this exceptions are California, Mississippi, and West Virginia.

According to CDC most people who have been affected with Measles had not been vaccinated. The virus is highly contagious, airborne and easily spreads. This virus can also survive in the air for a couple of hours.

“A patient with measles can go to the doctor, cough in the exam room and two hours later another patient coming into the same exam room can be infected,” says Diane Peterson,the associate director for immunization projects with the pro-vaccine advocacy group Immunization Action Coalition, to National Public Radio.

Washington was one of the many states with a measle outbreak.

According to The Department of Health in Washington, Clark County has 68 cases of measles and one in King County.

The demand for the vaccine is so high that The74 stated, “...one clinic told NBC News the number of vaccines

administered jumped 450 percent year over year, from 263 in January 2018 to 1,444 in January 2019.”

Texas was another state has had five counties with a measles case. These counties are Bell, Denton, Harris, Galveston, and Montgomery.

This is according to Texas Health and Human Services, who stated there was a total of eight cases.

This year isn’t the only case of measles in the most recent of years.

In 2015, California had a measle outbreak at Disneyland. According to CDC, because of this Disney outbreak, “As of February 11, a total of 125 measles cases with rash occurring during December 28, 2014–February 8, 2015, had been confirmed

in U.S. residents connected with this outbreak. Of these, 110 patients were California residents. Thirty-nine (35%) of the California patients visited one or both of the two Disney theme parks during December 17–20, where they are thought to have been exposed to measles…...In addition, 15 cases linked to the two Disney theme parks have been reported in seven other states: Arizona (seven), Colorado (one), Nebraska (one), Oregon (one), Utah (three), and Washington (two), as well as linked cases reported in two neighboring countries, Mexico (one) and Canada (10).”

People who do not get vaccinated or vaccinate their children, worry about the side effects these vaccines may

cause. But it is stated by National Public Radio that the side effects of these vaccines is extremely rare.

A suggestion that immunization might be tied to severe consequences like autism was debunked years ago “Since 2003, there have been nine CDC-funded or conducted studies that have found no link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and ASD, as well as no link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and ASD in children,” Stated CDC.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Nintendo Announces New Pokemon: Sword and Shield SAMUEL GARCIA Reporter

samuel.garcia8465@my.riohondo.edu

Feb. 27, Nintendo and Game Freak announced the release of two new Pokémon games: Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield.

Sword and Shield will take players to the new Galar region.

As shown in the trailer, the Galar region will showcase a wide variety of environments, such as steampunk inspired cities, grassy plains, and snowcovered mountains.

Players will travel through the region, catching Pokémon and battling other trainers along the way.

The end goal, of course, is to catch every pocket monster, defeat different gym leaders, take on the Pokémon league, and become Pokémon Champion.

Since Sword and Shield are two versions of the same game, each game will have Pokémon exclusive to that

title.

So, if you have Shield, then you’ll have to trade with someone who has Sword in order to complete your Pokédex.

Just like in games past, players will get to choose between three new starter Pokémon. These Pokémon usually fall under three types: fire, water, and grass.

Sword and Shield are no exception.

There’s Scorbunny, a fire-type rabbit; there’s the water-type Sobble, a salamander-like creature; and then there’s Grookey, the grass-type monkey.

This is the newest Pokémon game to be released since last November’s Let’s Go Pikachu! and “I dig it. It’s a lot better,” says Peter Garcia. “It’s probably gonna look as good in your hands as it does on the screen.”

“As far as the game, we didn’t get much to look at, but as far as my excitement,

The Jonas Brothers’ Release New Single MADELYN GASTELUM Reporter

madelyn.gastelum1526@my.riohondo.edu

Thursday February 28, the Jonas Brothers announced their new single that would drop at midnight EST that same evening. The single has now dropped and it is everything that you could ask for and more.

The last time that the Jonas Brothers were making headlines was 6 years ago when they announced that a fifth album was in the works but it had come to a halt when the band had broken up due to creative differences.

The eldest brother Kevin Jonas, 31, had left the music world almost entirely only making appearances here and there and having a brief run on a reality TV series, Married to Jonas, that featured domestic life between him and wife, Danielle. Middle brother Joe Jonas, 29, continued his music career after a couple years away from the industry.

In 2015 Joe started his own funk-pop band “DNCE” and was the lead vocalist.

The group quickly jumped to fame after debut single “Cake By the Ocean” which landed ninth on the Billboard Hot 100 for the year. Youngest member of the boy band “Jonas Brothers” Nick Jonas, 26, took a short break from the industry but quickly started working on a solo career. Nick also started getting into television and

films, including Jumanji and the TV show Scream Queens.

In 2014 Nick released multiple singles, Chains and Jealous, both leading to his debut album titled Nick Jonas.

The Brothers all experienced success through their solo careers but that wasn’t going to last because a band of brothers couldn’t break up if they’re related.

The new single, Sucker, is already trending on Twitter with thoughts and reviews from the fans. The song has a great pop vibe with that familiar Jonas Brother feel to it. Of course a love song they sing about how they’re a sucker for you.

Along with the new single they also dropped a music video that has the Jonas Brothers and their three wives dressed in a outlandish wardrobe comparable to the District 1 fashion from the Hunger Games.

Some lyrics in the song also hint that they are no longer teens by singing about drinking. The music video definitely shows how they’ve matured with hints of scenes towards sex and even light BDSM. The song reveals that though they are no longer teen heartthrobs, the Jonas Brothers that we knew and loved are still here. As the band grew up, so did the audience and from what the song and music video showcased so did they.

I’d say it’s pretty high,” says Bernie Gonzalez. “I don’t have a Switch, so I’ll probably have to buy one.”

As for the aforementioned starter Pokemon, the overall consensus is that they’re “cute.”

“I think they’re really cute, but I don’t think they fit the world of Pokemon. So far I like them, but until their evolutions come out - we’ll see,” says Castro.

“They’re very adorable,” says Gonzalez. “Design-wise, they’re some of the best we’ve had since past ones.”

“I think they’re all basically cute. I heard [Scorbunny] looks like a Roger Rabbit wannabe. I’m excited nonetheless,” Garcia says with a grin. “I’ll go with [Sobble].”

The games are slated for a “late 2019” release, so expect more announcements from Game Freak and Nintendo in the coming months.

Gotta catch ‘em all!

ILLUSTRATION / JAIME APARICIO Sword and Shield will mark the franchise’s eigth generation with the standard fire, grass, and water-type Pokemon as your starters. Whether or not each of the starters will evolve into a combination with another type is still unknown.

Abdul-Mateen II Cast as Candyman in Peele’s Remake

ILLUSTRATION / JAIME APARICIO Abdul-Mateen II will now take up the role of the mythological entity first made famous by actor Tony Todd (left). Whether or not Todd will cameo in the upcoming remake is uncertain but will most likely be considered with the actor becoming somewhat of a horror icon over the years.

DAVID IBARRA Reporter david.ibarra4617@my.riohondo.edu

The Jordan Peele produced remake for Candyman has found its lead. Yahya AbdulMateen II is set to play the role of Candyman in the upcoming remake. The film is scheduled for a June 12, 2020 release. Nia DaCosta (Little Woods) is set to direct the film.

Abdul-Mateen has seen his villainous days in acting.

The rising actor last appeared as the villain in Aquaman

and also portrayed a villain in The Get Down on Netflix.

The casting seems like a perfect fit for Abdul-Mateen, as Candyman is centered around a villainous mythical monster.

Candyman is an upcoming remake of the 1992 classic.

The original movie is centered around a graduate student who is writing a research report on the local myth of “The Candyman.”

Upon doing so, she summons the monster to reality.

Candyman is infamous for being summoned after saying

his name five times in front of a mirror. The remake has only been dubbed as a “spiritual sequel” to the original, where the main protagonist returns to Chicago, the city where Candyman was originally spawned.

Peele’s production company Monkeypaw will produce the film along with MGM and Win Rosenfeld.

The film is slated to begin production this spring and will hit theaters Summer 2020.

OPINION

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Betrayal From a Best Friend and Baby Daddy ASHLEY LOZANO Reporter

ashley.lozano1408@my.riohomndo.edu

A friendship and relationship seem to have come to an end after rumors began to circulate that basketball player, Tristan Thompson, cheated on Khloé Kardashian with Kylie Jenner’s best friend, Jordyn Woods, at his after party last weekend.

An insider who attended the after party, hosted by Thompson, reported that guests were told to put their phones away for the remainder of the night as Woods entered his house. Guests described seeing Thompson and Woods flirting and ‘making out’.

As soon as the news broke out the Internet went crazy with disbelief that Woods would not only go after a taken man, but go after someone she considers family’s, boyfriend. Woods has been close to the family for years and they have done so much for her over the years so they will of course feel ‘betrayed’ over the whole situation.

Jenner has done so much for Woods over the years.

They collaborated on a

makeup line for Kylie Cosmetics, they lived together in Jenner’s home, and she helped her launch a modeling career. It’s unbelievable that Woods threw a friendship away over a guy. It’s not just any guy, it’s a man who has been cheating on Kardashian repeatedly throughout their relationship.

Nothing has been officially confirmed and no statements have not been released from individuals involved, but some clues have indicated that the rumors could be true.

The Kardashian sisters have all unfollowed Woods on social media and Khloé has commented on Instagram posts with emojis indicating that the rumors could possibly be true. She has also posted onto her Instagram story quotes that are awfully accurate about the situation.

If the rumors are confirmed to be true, Woods ruined a great relationship she had with the Kardashian/ Jenner family and a long friendship with Jenner. No guy is worth losing your best friend over, no matter what.

She had so much to lose and she still took that risk and

ruined her reputation.

People also mentioned the fact that everyone is putting the blame only on Woods when Thompson should also be dragged down like Woods has been. Although that is true, Woods had so much more to lose than Thompson.

Yes, he did ruin his relationship and having any chance of providing his daughter, True, a normal family, but it seems like he never really cared. He cheated on Kardashian while she was pregnant with his baby and cheating rumors were constantly being reported. So it seems like he was always uninterested in showing his daughter what a loving faithful relationship her parents could be in.

On Friday, Woods appeared on Jaden Pinkett-Smith’s “Red Table Talk” on Facebook answering questions regarding the scandal.

Woods denied being flirty with Thompson that night but did reveal that he gave her a kiss on the lips as she left the party.

She also denied ever sleeping with him and having any intimate relationship with him months prior, as

some people speculated.

“I know I am not the reason that Tristan and Khloe are not together. Now, this situation may have made it harder for her to want to be with him. And I understand that. But, I know I am not the reason”, Woods said in the interview.

Khloé responded by tweeting, “Why are you lying @jordynwoods ?? If you’re going to try and save yourself by going public, INSTEAD OF CALLING ME PRIVATELY TO APOLOGIZE FIRST, at least be HONEST about your story.

BTW, You ARE the reason my family broke up!” Followed by, “Tristan is equally to blame but Tristan is the father of my child. Regardless of what he does to me I won’t do that to my daughter. He has been addressing this situation PRIVATELY. If Tristan were to lie publicly about what conspired, then yes I would address him publicly as well”.

After apologizing numerous times to the Kardashian/ Jenner Family it is clear that Woods is still not forgiven.

Kylie Jenner is currently the only one from the family that is still following Woods on

Instagram.

After the release of the interview and the response tweets from Khloé on Twitter, people began to take Woods’ side. People are upset that Woods is getting all the blame and Thompson is being forgiven just because he is the father of her baby. They pointed out that Woods made a little drunken mistake and should not be solely punished for it. Whereas, Thompson has continuously cheated and has been forgiven each time.

Now, people are attacking Khloé on social media and all the sympathy towards the situation is forgotten.

Twitter users even jokingly started the hashtag, #FreeTristenThompson.

The hashtag was filled with memes and jokes pointing out that no matter how many times Thompson has cheated, Khloé continues to take him back so there is no way Thompson is getting free if he’s doing his best to break up with relationship.

Regardless of who’s side people take, the situation, as a whole, is unfortunate.

At the end of the day, many feelings were hurt and trusts were broken.

The Oscars Back on Top The 91st edition of the Oscars were hosted on Feb. 24 at the Dolby theater in Hollywood.

The Oscars didn’t have a host, but that didn’t seem to be a problem.

JESUS MANRIQUEZ Reporter

jesus.manriquez9661@my.riohomndo.edu

The Oscars ratings rebounded after four years of decline.

I think the main reason why the Oscars has declined in viewers is because people have formed the belief that the Oscars aren’t all about the best in the film industry , but in many occasions just a form of business for movie studios.

Whenever we watch the Oscars we often question certain wins .

We believe other people or movies deserved to win an award rather than the actual winner.

That is because many times nominations and winners aren’t based off performance, but rather who invests the most money into the Academy.

Truth is, we all know the Oscars aren’t 100% about the best of the best in the film industry. In 2011, the New York Times published an arti-

cle about how movie studios “bribe” voters in the Academy with things like gifts, celebrity meet and greets, tickets into elite parties and more just to ensure a nomination.

The research firm IBISWORLD, found that the average Oscar best picture saw a bump of $20.3 million in box office revenue.

Movies with small budgets are the ones that gain the most out of Oscar nominations. Which makes sense why in the past, not so good movies have been nominated or even won.

It makes sense, once a movie is nominated or wins an Oscar, all of the sudden you feel like watching that movie.

That is why movies from Netflix will have a harder time winning an Oscar for best movie, since you can watch them anytime.

Other movies that are released in theaters are the real winners.

Sometimes nominated movies and winners are re-released in theaters for a small period of time.

In fact, Oscar winner for original song, A Star Is Born is set to be in theaters again for a week.

That doesn’t mean that the actors and movies that are nominated are not good,

most of the time they are, it is just not entirely true when it comes to who wins.

When a movie or actor wins an Oscar, even if they are the best, knowing how the Oscars operate, it loses some of that “taste”. Denzel Washington even joked about the whole situation during an acceptance speech.

Even the red carpet is a big marketing ad. It is an event for the fashion industry to sell its products.

The red carpet is all about which celebrity is wearing what and from which designer.

Celebrities are basically like NASCAR cars, showing off all their ads.

Celebrities get paid to wear certain outfits, makeup, jewelry and hair products.

Even if the Oscars are a big money-making event and not entirely reliable, it is still a great show to watch.

Many times it helps us know more about movies that we may end up liking. We still sit there and root for our favorite movies to win.

Truth is, they are still the most prestigious award for movies and actors, it is the award that every person in the industry dreams of winning one day.

PHOTO/ GETTY IMAGES Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star is Born are big winners at the 2019 Oscars.

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LIFESTYLES

Oscars Fashion Over The Years ASHLEY LOZANO Reporter

ashley.lozano1408@my.riohondo.edu

This year’s Academy Awards brought a lot of excitement to not only the winners, but to all the latest fashions worn by the guests at the award ceremony.

Every year it’s not just the announcements of the winners that are the most anticipated part of the ceremony, but also the red carpet event.

It’s where celebrities show off their unique ensemble which receives the same amount of attention.

The fashion at the Oscars has come a long way since its debut show in 1929.

At the time, women arrived in skirts and sweaters and men in regular suits.

Although it was an important event, they didn’t have the opportunity to wear expensive gowns and tuxedos.

No one knew how big the Academy Awards were

expected to become, so the casual ‘Sunday best’ was good enough for the show.

As the years went on, slowly but surely the gowns began to look more elegant and glamorous. The flashy jewelry, long dresses, and fur coats started to make an entrance.

The women took advantage of the event and arrived with extravagant outfits.

Each year being better than the last.

It wasn’t until 1951, when Marilyn Monroe arrived in a dramatic black gown to the event and definitely stood out from the crowd, which caused quite a stir.

After this, more nominees began to arrive in a bit more scandalous type of dresses.

By the 60s, the red carpet was filled with much more interested outfits.

More layers, colors, and eccentric cuts were used to spice up the gowns. Elegant

gowns started to be worn and the women began to have a little more fun with their outfits.

The 70s got even wilder.

Celebrities began to accessorize with abnormal jewelry and accessories.

This is when fur coats made an even bigger fashion statement. The color scheme was all over the place instead of the pale colors like pink, blue, and yellow.

Royal blue, bright red, and shiny gold were making an appearance. They began to have fun with the event and their outfits really showed that.

The 80s and 90s brought out a wide range of fashion statements that celebrities were trying to achieve in hopes of standing out.

There was an equal amount of hits and misses with fashion choices.

For the most part, some were very questionable as to

what exactly was going on with the outfits, while others continues to wear balls gowns and simple dresses.

During this time it was definitely arguable as to whether the fashion choices were actually a good choice to go with.

From the 2000s and on, the evolution of the gowns worn at the Oscars has became debatable and critiqued.

Magazines began to rank the dresses and call out the celebrities who didn’t choose the appropriate attire for the night.

Their outfits were being as criticized as much as the performance that got them the nomination for the Oscar.

What a celebrity wears to an award show gains so much attention now. Back then they simply showed up to the award show to see if they would take the Academy Award home, now it’s all about the outfits as well.

This year’s Academy Awards, for the most part, were not the best.

There were definitely more misses than hits. At times people wonder if celebrities are wearing an odd outfit simply for the attention.

The gowns caused critics to question the celebrities as to why they would even try on a gown that appalling.

The Academy Awards fashion will continue to be something many look forward to and it will be exciting to see what celebrities will ultimately choose to wear to the ceremony.

Who knows, the fashion can tone down a bit or become more extravagant and interesting with the years to come.

Tips On Studying JESUS MANRIQUEZ Reporter

jesus.manriquez9661@my.riohondo.edu

Let’s be honest, studying is one of the most challenging things to do in college.

Many of us do not know how to study. We sit and read whatever we are reading and feel like we understand it and that’s it.

We think that studying is a complex process, but in reality it is more simple than we think. Here are some simple tips to study better in college.

1.Take Better Notes Before you get to the studying part, you need to make sure you are taking good notes.

If you take messy or bad notes, then you already have a problem. It is much more difficult to study something that you can’t even read or follow along. Taking better notes will make it easier to read and comprehend. All of us have opened our notes and realized we can’t even understand our own writing, good organized note taking will make it so much easier.

2.Do Not Over Study Just because you spend a lot of time staring at your notes or books doesn’t mean you’re learning. If you feel like you’ve lost track and find yourself stressed, take a break. Studying for hours will just make your brain tired, take a break for an hour or more if you need it, go outside,do your thing and then go back to studying. A relaxed mindset will make it easier for you to absorb information.

3.Be Organized

VINCENT FRANCO/ EL PAISANO NEWS Plan out everything that you need to get done each week.

Make sure to space out work in the best possible way so that you do not have to deal with too much in a short period of time. The worst thing you can do is to try and absorb all the information needed for multiple classes the night before. Make a calendar or a planner that will help you stay on track. Sometimes we forget we have a test

two days from now and try to learn chapters worth of work in two days. Organization is one if not the most important thing you can do in college.

4.Practice Practice Practice The best way to learn something is to practice it over and over again until you get it right. Whatever it is that you need to learn, practice it until you become an expert on it.

Just like when you get your

license or learned how to ride a bike, practice does make perfect. Sometimes teaching or helping someone else in the same problem will help you absorb the information better.

5.Study In Groups Multiple brains are better than one. Sometimes we just can’t manage to understand things, and when we study alone, it feels almost impossible to understand it. Assem-

bling study groups will help make it so much easier to learn things. When you study with multiple people, you help each other, there will always be someone out there that knows something you don’t. Working with multiple people isn’t just beneficial for studying but also for homework. Multiple brains can always get through anything.

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With six more wins than the Roadrunners, they come in as the favorite. However, the Roadrunners can still hang their hats on the fact they are (2-0) in the division and actually are tied for first in the North section part of the South Coast Conference. The Warriors are (0-2) and second to last in the South part of the SCC.While the offense for the Roadrunners has a higher total team batting average, the Warriors only batting .237, the pitching and defense is where the Roadrunners fall short in measuring up to El Camino. Pitching and defense wins games, which is evident in the two READ MORE ON www.elpaisanoonline.com

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It was a perfect day for the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Club legend David Beckham saw his statue unveiled in front of thousands of fans pregame. A tribute to former coach Sigi Schmid following his passing last Christmas was viewed on the big-screen, and an epic comeback on their 2019 Major League Soccer opening game sealed a great start to the season.

When all eyes were on LA superstar striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, it was a16-year-old super-sub that changed the game.

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CHRISTIAN SALINAS

The 2019 baseball season has been rough for the Rio Hondo Roadrunners. They are 6-7 and have fallen bellow expectations.

There hard work leading up to the season hasn’t been paying dividends in the win column and the only thing they have going for them right now is that they are on a two game win streak.

The first multiple win stretch since the start of the season.

This could be grounds for another disappointing season, just like last year, unless they turn things around. They’ve picked up their total team batting average the past few games to the highest point it has been all season to .281.

They’ve added another home run to bring them to two on the season and need to continue to hit for power along with executing smallball when needed if they want to keep up with the other offenses in the South Coast Conference.

Two straight big wins against the Compton Tartars gives them a little momentum heading into its Tuesday, March 5 game.

They play home and host a strong team in the section.

The El Camino Warriors will stroll into ‘the jungle,’ where the Roadrunners play, with a (12-3) record.

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Celebrations ensued following Adama Diomande’s game-winner.

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Los Angeles Football Club get revenge IGNACIO CERVANTES Sports Editor

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The Los Angeles Football Club needed extra time Sunday, March 3 to come away with a 2-1 win over Sporting Kansas City in game one of Major League Soccer’s 2019 season.

Adama Diomande’s shot from 16-yards flew past Sporting goalkeeper Tim Melia and sent everyone inside the Banc of California Stadium into a frenzy, none less than the 3252 Supporters Section at The Banc behind the goal where the winner

was scored.

A late red card to Sporting midfielder Roger Espinoza signaled the opportunity for LAFC to pounce and take all three points despite going down 1-0 in the 16th minute.

“Especially when they get the red card at the end, I was thinking ‘OK lets go for it’,” Diomande said post-game. “I take a good touch in and hammer it in behind the goal.”

The Norwegian forwards game-winner meant head coach Bob Bradley and his side earned its first victory of 2019 and heading in the right direction with a fashionable last-minute win.

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Los Angeles Football Club and Sporting Kansas City wrestled their way to a thrilling week one match in LA that ended 2-1 to the

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Efrain Alvarez, 16-year-old Mexican-American phenomenon from the Los Angeles Galaxy Academy came on the pitch and immediately implemented his skills by assisting La’s first in a 2-1 win over Chicago.

Northern Ohio Tennis travels West to face Rio SAM GARCIA Reporter

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In a clash between fowls, the Lady Roadrunners will take on the College of the Desert Roadrunners March 5 at Desert.

Rio is coming off back-to-back losses against El Camino College and Cerritos College. And even though they lost both matches, Coach Karen Unger likes what she saw in both matches, especially against El Camino.

“Even though we didn’t win, everyone gave it their all,” coach Unger said. “It was a long game and it was really evenly matched.”

That was especially true against Cerritos. It was an exhaunting match, especially for freshman Heaven Diaz.

Right after her singles match, Diaz went straight into her doubles.

“I was out of breath, but I pushed through,” she says with a laugh. “Me and my partner were trying to keep each other motivated.”

Sophomore Jane Quach had her hands full as well. She went head-to-head with the no. 1 girl from Cerritos.

“She’s an international student, and she’s been playing since she was six years old. It was really fun playing against her. I lost pretty badly, but I think I put up a good fight.”

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Tucker County, West Virginia has have the highest wind speed around 74 miles per hour.

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Taking Precautions

In order to avoid any disasters, residents have began to bulldoze trees and street lamps.

According to the Special Weather Statement released by the National Weather Service in Buffalo, New York people should avoid roads near Hoover Beach.

Also, the statement states “Always assume power lines are live. Falling trees and power lines will create a dangerous environment to be in”.