Thursday February 27, 2019
Serving the Rio Hondo Community
Volume 58 Issue 1
RHC’s Study Abroad Program In Taipei DIANA JUAREZ Managing Editor
Diana.juarez8805@my.riohondo.edu
DIANA JUAREZ / EL PAISANO NEWS Professor Liu and Emerald Rojas are excitedly prepare for this semester’s study abroad program to Taipei. Rojas is one of five Rio Hondo students in the program who will depart from Los Angeles March 3rd and arrive in Taipei March 5th.
Rio Hondo College is sending five students to Taipei University on full scholarships, March 3rd, 2019. Emerald Rojas, Nathan Schmidt, Daniel Cabezas, Daniel Aaron Davis, and Joseph Tustin will be travelling to Taipei for four months where they will get the opportunity to submerge themselves in the culture. The program, which is funded by the TAipei City Government is an all-expenses paid semester long internship. Students will be expected to teach English to elementary school children three days per week and spend the remaining days taking classes at the Taipei University or explore the city. “The students have a great opportunity for an adventure. It’s four months in Taipei where they get to explore life and learn things that they wouldn’t get to do here,” said professor Liu. Professor Liu is in charge of the program and helped develop it alongside school president Teresa Dreyfuss. Rojas, 21 and a Science and Continued Page 8
RHC Debate team Scores Nine Wins At Cerritos Tournament NOAH GARCIA Editor-in-Chief noah.garcia3720@my.riohondo.edu
Rio Hondo Colleges Forensics Speech and Debate Team rose high in the Tabor Vanitsky and Southern California NFA-LD and IPDA Championship hosted by Cerritos College, February 17-19, 2019. This was the 15th tournament of the debate season and the last tournament before the penultimate State competition. Winning in IPDA ( International Public Debate Association) was Brandon Leon, Ryutaro Miyamoto, Daniel Bassuro(gold),Carolina Campillo, Diana Laureano and Kimberly Soto(bronze). In the two person parliamentary Debate ( parli) was Diana Laureano & Cambria Pinal as Continued Page 8
ARTICLE AND PHOTO / EL PAISANO STAFF
Black Excellence At Rio Hondo’s Student Lounge “ Black history month is really a celebration of the contributions of the global, Pan African celebration. When you look at the context is the celebration amongst the black and brown communities . all we are doing is pausing to celebrate the deeds of those who were able to persevere , looking at those
deeds and hoping to emulate and give out to our community so others can be successful as well .. I think Rio Hondo gets the spirit of this moment, of history that it’s not necessarily about black folk but looking at examples and deeds. And what you’ve done is put together a
community, that’s majority populated with brown individuals, which i is exceptional. Understanding the solidarity between our communities and then listening and having conversations.” - Kirk Kirkwood Regional Director of Cal State Teach