Volume 75, Issue 18
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018
CN/STEVEN ADAMO
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South Gate announces new building construction BY JERRY FLORES Staff Writer Associated Student Union hosted a meeting on March 23 and announced a new building construction at South Gate Educational Center campus. The new building will be constructed across the street of the South Gate Educational Center and will be done in January 2022. It will have new resources, one of them is the science department.
Calling local entrepreneurs for new incubator program BY SUSAN LORENZANA Staff Writer The East Los Angeles College Foundation and Omni Works launch the first ESTEC LA Incubator For Women, Veteran, Minority, Formerly Incarcerated, and LGBTQ Owned Businesses. This program will help students feel comfortable learning about the business world. Paul De La Cerda is the Executive Director of the ELAC Foundation, Dean of Resource, Economic and Innovation’s Office and External and Government Relations and Corporate Partnerships. He had the idea of starting the incubator and will manage the program. “When you think about when babies are born, you put them in an incubator so they can grow and
get stronger,” said De La Cerda. “This program will give you knowledge that you need to grow a strong business,” De La Cerda said. The new program is funded by a $150,000 investment from JPMorgan Chase, with additional support of Union Bank and the California Strong Workforce Program. Omni Works is part of the program of entrepreneurship. Their role and mission is to support women who want to start a business. This program will provide twelve months of business curriculum that will help people who want to start their own business. Those who enter will also work with mentors and advisers. The program’s goal is to help build economic prosperity, support quality job growth,
develop intellectual property and create generational wealth in underserved communities. This new program will launch on April 13 and will start off with a two
“This program will give you knowledge that you need to grow a strong business.” PAUL DE LA CERDA Executive Director, ELAC Foundation
day boot camp. In those two days the program will start talking to the first fifty students who will qualify. They will talk about how business works and how to be
successful in the business world. After the workshops, they will qualify to take five more shorter workshops. When those students finish those five workshops, they will qualify to enroll in a series of two classes. In addition, college credit will be earned and will be transferable. Students don’t have to be a business major to enter the free program. This process will consist of 15 weeks of ELAC business curriculum integrated with OmniWorks interactive workshops on contemporary business strategies, planning and launching, building and growing community based businesses marketing strategies. Students will also get help with interpersonal skills, legal roadmap and building financials.
There will be notable guest speakers actively working in relevant California industries and nine months of high-touch incubation with executive mentors. After the program is completed, those who enter will receive an ELAC Certificate of Completion. The goal is to help students who want to start their own business even if it’s at home. “I started my first business my sophomore year of college,” said De la Cerda. “I invented a dog door that for instance, a dog’s collar will have a chip and when a dog gets near the door, it will open automatically,” said De La Cerda. De la Cerda wants to help people because when he started his business, no one helped him. Paul said students should take this opportunity because it is rare to see programs like this.
“We really need the building to attract the South Gate student community because, otherwise, if we don’t have a bigger campus, they will choose to go to other colleges.” ERIC CALDERON
Commissioner of Arts and Humanities and Physical Education
Currently, students who attend the South Gate campus can only take general education classes such as English and Math. ASU made changes to its constitution-- including a proposal for the election of a vice president at the South Gate Campus-- if approved by the board members. They want a student from the campus to run for office. The elected Vice President will take office in Fall 2018. “We are proposing that this new position, if passed, should be occupied ideally by a student from South Gate Campus. This will help the South Gate students to get more involved on campus activities. We think that having three senators and a vice president will allow more representation and more power to the campus,” Eric Calderon said. ASU will host another meeting on April 13 at 1 p.m. in F5-209. Visit www.elaccampusnews.com to read the full article.
‘One Book, One College’ discussion turns opression into opportunity BY CRISTAL GOMEZ Staff Writer Oppression of women in the modern society was a topic of discussion by the faculty and student panelists at One Book, One College. A paraphrased quote from the book that began the discussion said “Over the ages, the view and treatments toward women have evolved, but some of the old ideologies have stayed. Developing countries and some modernized countries still have the old ideologies of women.” The focus of this discussion was “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into an Opportunity for Women Worldwide” by
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Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Natalina Monteiro, one of the panelists, has used the book for years for her political science classes. She wanted to debunk the assumptions that the authors had made through their book. “My inspirations to attending the panel is to continue to bring awareness and challenge the ideas on some of the things the author spoke of,” Monterio said. Monterio disagrees with the ideologies both authors talk about Islam and female circumcision. Monterio mentioned during the panel that within the book, Kristof makes it seem as if the females circumcision are related to Islam. Monterio said this process is older than the Pharaohs
and many believe that Cleopatra was circumcised. “I don’t see why he made Islam seem misogynistic. This is a form of control that is seen in various cultures for many years,” Monterio said. Anisa Abeytia, a graduate student who is completing general education credits currently at East Los Angeles College, was part of the panel. She said that the stereotypes placed upon Muslims continue the insinuation of their own moral judgments. “The author makes a statement regarding how Christianity was misogynistic, but they have moved on. No one can make this type of comparison to Islam. This is just showing that masked racism is being implied by Kristof
ESTEC LA Entrepreneur Workshop The free two-day Entrepreneur Workshop will be on Friday at 1 p.m. to 5 p.m and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at G1-301A. Registration is required and space is limited to 50 participants.
and WuDunn,” said Mendez. LaQuita Jones, who is a sociology professor and panelist, said how in some countries they use obsidian glass to cut the girls’ clitoris, in order to prevent the young girls from growing a penis or even for pleasure. Apart from these ideologies, allowing women to get an education to improve their future contributes to the transformative thinking of society. “The first things that need to be challenged are the cultural ideologies of the mindset that poverty indicates the practices you will be doing in the future and especially that the living conditions can improve,” said Jones.
Scholarships from Hispanic Managers Application deadline for the Los Angeles County Hispanic Managers Association’s annual awards scholarships is June 1. Visit www.lachma.com for more information.
‘Chicano!’ film screening today In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of East LA Student Walkouts, the ELAC Chicana/o Studies Department will screen the film “Chicano!” today at noon, at the S2-Recital Hall.