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Budget meeting focuses on completion, enrollment

BY VICKY NGUYEN Staff Writer

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COMMUNITY SERVICE—Tyson Amir, author of Black Boy Poems, talks with the crowd about the similarities between communities of color at the Adelante First Year Program’s Social Justice Plactica on Thursday.

Freedom fighter talks community power

BY MARIA MARROQUIN Staff Writer Adelante First Year Programs Social Justice Plactica on Thursday brought awareness to students about the struggles and similarities between the black and brown communities.

Tyson Amir, author of Black Boy Poems, was the speaker of the platica. The publication of his book had a meaningful date for him because it was on the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Black Panther party.

He spoke about the legacy that came from his father, who was member of the Black Panther party.

As a kid, Amir said he was exposed to everything related to historical, cultural and political knowledge in fighting for freedom.

“I don’t identify as an MC (a freestyle rapper), I don’t identify as a poet, I don’t identify as an author.

I identify as a freedom fighter,” Amir said, after reciting a poem.

According to Amir, the Black Panther party was founded out of the fight for human rights and now the immigrant community is facing similar treatment.

“This is the time to be revolutionary. Y’all are students, but you can be more, you can do more,” Amir said.

He spoke about the president’s comments regarding immigrants, and how the foundation of his campaign was bottling all the Latino people into one single category: such as rapists and drug dealers.

He said he stands in solidarity of our indigenous people, our Latino people, our Asian people and everyone in between that is oppressed by the same system the black community is, and has been oppressed with for centuries.

“He was from the Black Panthers, but he did not focus only on black, he focused on all the American people.

It was so powerful, because if the system victimizes one group, they can victimize all groups,” Ryan

Astango, an audience member who spoke in a discussion after the event.

“Our worth in their eyes is somewhere between feline and pigeon,” Amir said, quoting from his poem “Between Huey and Malcolm” after an audience member said this was a powerful lie.

He compared minorities such as the homeless, Latino, black and Asian communities seen in society as cats. The powerful people, the people running our country are the canines, the alpha dogs. He said that pets have higher acceptance in our society than the people in need.

He compared it to homelessness and how they can’t get healthcare, but yet we have animal hospitals and hotels for dogs, while our people are dying in the streets.

Amir was presented with an appreciation award from the Adelante First Year Experience program. “This appreciation award was presented to him in appreciation for his work, coming from the Bay area to talk to us and giving us his

time before having to catch a plane to North Carolina,” ambassador of the FYE program Jesus Ruiz said.

“Personally, I love that we have so many different people representing aspects of our community coming together and having a conversation that I hope is really moving for everyone,” Amir said. He also added that he loves what ELAC is doing to bring awareness and involvement and he hopes to be a part of it.

“We brought Tyson because we wanted to make sure that we show the connection between the black and brown people, because as he said in his talk, when we unite as people, we become really powerful,” Associate Dean of FYE Vanessa Ochoa said.

“He was talking to us and telling us what his people went through, but he was inclusive of everyone.

Mexicans, Salvadorans and the Asian community. It’s not just about black power, it’s about community,” said Jairo Perez, a student.

The East Los Angeles College budget committee voted Monday to prioritize a new state formula to help students earn degrees and certificates faster.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed California 2018-19 budget includes a new California Community College funding formula.

If approved by state legislature, the new CCC funding formula how they use grant funds.

“Once we move into this new would take into account student income and completion formula, it’s going to take a lot of of programs in addition to resources to support our student services,” Martinez said. “We want enrollment. “ N o w, i t ’s m o r e a b o u t to be given the freedom to move graduating students, much more more money around to where we need it.” so than enrolling Hernandez voiced as many students opposition to this as we can,” ELAC “Now, it’s more idea, explaining that President Marvin Martinez said. about graduating categorically funded programs, such H o w e v e r, i n students, much as the Extended explaining the Opportunity pros and cons, more so than & Academic Senate enrolling as many P r o g r a m Services, meant to President Jeffrey students as we help disadvantaged Hernandez said students, are the new formula can.” i n c r e d i b l y makes things successful, and they more difficult for should be protected students who need MARVIN MARTINEZ with restrictions. assistance or for ELAC President The committee students who take will present their longer to complete recommendations their programs.

Martinez also expressed his to the Consultation Council of concern that the new formula Community Colleges on Mar. 15 might encourage schools to and submit to the state legislator become diploma mills, rewarding on Apr. 1.

“Writing recommendations? large amounts of certificates to take advantage of the system. He That’s easy. The hard part is also stated an appropriate timeline going to be working with the is needed to allow adjustment to legislator, working with [California the new formula to ensure the Community Colleges Chancellor] needs of all students are met under Eloy Oakley, working with the governor’s office and trying to the changes.

The committee is examining persuade them,” Martinez said.

Gov. Brown proposed the budget issues that might be affected, such as enrollment caps and student and new CCC funding formula in January. Under the current services.

If a single large block grant formula, which has been in use is given for programs, Martinez since the ‘90s, allocation of funds advocated that the committee has been based almost entirely on recommend less restrictions on enrollment.

S.A.A.V.E.’s ‘Ninja Warriors’ temporarily canceled after lack of interest

BY NOE ORTEGA Staff Writer After months of advertising ”Ninja Warriors,” East Los Angeles College sports director Allen Cone decided to step away from the Sexual Assault Awareness Violence Education team due to professional and personal reasons.

“Ninja Warriors” was an idea that the S.A.A.V.E. team came up with last summer to draw awareness toward Sexual Assault by having an obstacle course in Weingart Stadium, competing in physical activities and having presentations on Sexual Assault Awareness.

“Even before I was named Athletic Director here, I felt it was important to be proactive on the matter of domestic violence and sexual assault

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involving student-athletes. I began giving domestic violence and sexual assault presentations to our ELAC student-athletes and to our coaches roughly 16 years ago after reaching out to then V.I.T. (Violence Intervention Team),” Cone said.

Due to no responses from several ads on Campus News and not coming to agreement with local agencies, Ninja Warriors was temporarily canceled.

“I loved the idea, and still do, but then challenges surfaced and I realized that I would not be able to devote the time and energy to the event needed,” Cone said.

Cone has been at ELAC for almost 30 years and says that sexual assault is an issue that he feels is very near to him and wants to get the message through to other

universities and community colleges around the United States.

“Many (male) athletes have felt they were immune to violence of this nature, mostly because many have never heard the word no, and many of those same athletes have been held in larger-than-life esteem or they were big men on campus,” Cone said.

Recent events like the three exMichigan State University football players who were charged for sexual assault on another MSU student in January of last year are what Cone feels happens too often.

“Violence of this nature is still taking place far too often and is far too under reported, but I think at least here at ELAC, more people are taking their head out of the sand, and actually talking about it. Sexual

assault and domestic violence have gone on for far too long and if we as mentors continue to discuss this openly, we can educate our students who in turn can educate others,” Cone said.

Cone plans on having an event during April’s Sexual Assault Awareness month. The event plans on having 90 minute to two hour presentations on sexual assault awareness, and will invite the entire campus in the style of a town hall meeting. Also, they will be handing out t-shirts and offer a Certificate of Completion to use in a resume.

“Knowing the climate four-year schools are presently in, maybe, just maybe, that certificate can be used as a part of their resume or in a transfer process to a four-year institution,” Cone said.

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Impact of racial microaggressions

An informational meeting about the program takes place March 7 at 12:10 p.m. in P2-205.

Adelante FYE presents a social justice platica with Dr. Daniel Solorzano about the impact of racial microaggressions Thursday, March 15 at F5-201 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

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Arming teachers would be wild and dangerous

BY CRISTAL GOMEZ Staff Writer Schools are meant to be a safe haven for students to get an education, not a place for guns to be kept in classrooms.

Since the beginning of 2018, there have been 17 school shootings, and it’s only February.

The shooting that happened in Florida on Feb 14 was just one of the many school shootings in the U.S. Between the year 2000 and 2018 there have been 91 recorded school shootings with deaths, and yet no reforms toward gun control have been put into law.

How many students, teachers, faculty and officers have to perish for a change to occur in the U.S.?

According to the National Home Education Research Institute, there are about 2.3 million home-educated students in the United States as of 2016, compared to the estimate of 2 million in 2010.

Perhaps the rise of students homeschooled is linked to the number of school shootings.

It would make sense considering parents would want their children to be in a safe environment and not a place where their lives will be at risk The educational system in the U.S. is currently lacking. Spending money on weapons wouldn’t do any

good to the students.

The funds used for guns can be used for new books, uniforms, technology for the classrooms, or new teachers.

Having firearms on campus would make it easier for a shooter to attain a gun.

They may threaten a teacher to obtain the weapon, or if they run out of ammo, they can simply take the pistol from the staff or faculty.

“Teachers don’t need to be armed for a multitude of reasons. It will confuse staff if there is a school shooter since law enforcement won’t know who the actual shooter is,” East Los Angeles College student Zuvanny Macias said.

Police officers won’t know who is truly the enemy and who is a victim.

The distinction between the two will be difficult to determine.

By having firearms on school grounds, it would be like a child in a candy shop; the shooter will have a variety of weapons to choose from.

President Trump said during his speech on Feb. 22, that “We must harden our schools..Now what I'd recommend doing is the people that do carry, we give them a bonus because frankly, they'd feel more comfortable having the gun anyway.”

Teachers carrying guns will make students not feel safe at all.

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Teachers that decide to go through the training might just do it just to get easy cash.

Some staff and faculty at school just go to work for the paycheck.

They don’t care about the students.

All those individuals care about is the money.

When the time comes, would these individuals truly take a bullet for a student or would they hide like the trained Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Peterson on the day of the Parkland shooting in the high school?

John Molina, a student at ELAC, said “The teacher can easily shoot

one of the students if they are having a bad day or if they are messed up in the head.

“Some of the mass shooters were able to pass the background check like Devin Patrick Kelly or Omar Mateen.” Under-pressure staff may not remember their training even though they are certified and “ have that aptitude.”

Even if they hire ex-veterans or law enforcement to be in class, some may have post-traumatic stress disorder which may trigger them.

No one would know what is going through their minds, so their actions are unaccountable.

Schools are educational institutions that are meant precisely for that.

Students shouldn’t be afraid of getting shot accidentally by a staff or faculty because police confused the student for the shooter.

The society we live in today is changing, but let this not affect the students, who are still growing and are in charge of the future.

Being fearful of authority figures will bring no benefit. Creating stricter gun control laws will solve this problem. Adding guns to the place where there shouldn’t be guns isn’t solving anything.

School shooting victims are not crisis actors

BY JERRY FLORES Staff Writer Government representatives should not claim a person is an actor after experiencing and surviving a shooting.

On Feb. 20, Florida legislator’s aide Benjamin Kelly said David Hogg, a survivor of Florida’s shooting, was an “actor that travels to various crises when they happen.”

Instead of making those claims, Government officials should help survivors through their traumas as much as they can.

How is it possible to think a person is acting on a serious issue like that?

It is unreasonable to think that way because students who

experienced this situation are not who exploit tragedies. only emotionally affected, but People who are sharing these mentally affected. posts, are accusing Hogg of being Survivors just want to share their a paid actor because last year in experiences on how frightening August he appeared in a news report it is to be in a aired by CBS Los violent event.

Angeles. Hogg was They shouldn’t be about How is it possible interviewed judged, but helped a confrontation to think a person is b e t w e e n a instead.

The internet has and a acting on a serious lifeguard played a big role surfer in Redondo issue like that? in this controversy.

Beach, CA and Users of social said he was a high media are sharing school student in these comments and making them California. viral.

To them, Hogg is just pretending A n a r t i c l e p u b l i s h e d o n to be a student. To them, he is just NBCNEWS.com on Feb. 21 reported traveling to places where tragedies that more than 111,000 Facebook happen, giving interviews about users shared a post claiming that those events.

Parkland students were performers To them, Hogg is lying and

just wants to get paid for giving interviews.

However, is that a strong enough argument to prove that he is a paid actor?

I don’t think so. He and his family could have decided to move to Florida, and unfortunately for him, he was involved in another event.

And as a survivor, he gave those interviews so that people could get first-hand information on what happened during the shooting.

The real problem in this situation is that shooting massacres in the United States have increased in the past years, taking with them the lives of innocent people. Yet, no one in congress has passed a new gun law to stop this problem.

Hogg has become the leader of the victims and survivors of the

massacre who want a change in this country, who are seeking for a stricter gun laws.

But instead of receiving support from people and the government, the y and other outspoken students are being ignored.

The students are pushing the government to pass a gun reform bill with a “comprehensive background check and a ban on assault rifles,” said Harris Chaffe, a Douglas High School student.

Although the government is analyzing laws like providing mental assistance to people who want to buy a gun, which would be really helpful, they also need to pass a law for gun restriction.

That way, only those with adequate gun training and knowledge can acquire it.

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Students missing study abroad opportunies

BY JULIE SANTIAGO Staff Writer Students should take advantage of the many study abroad opportunities we have at ELAC. Traveling is less expensive and more possible than most probably think.

There is financial help for college students and most study abroad programs at ELAC provide additional help like fundraising, scholarships, and

money-saving tips.

Many college students can save enough money to travel if they make it a priority.

According to Money, millenials spend more money on same-day shipping, craft beer, energy drinks and gas-station food more than any other previous generation.

If this sounds like you, think about what you spend your money on the most and ask yourself if it’s something you could do without.

You could go to the movies on the weekends which can cost anywhere

from $20 to $60 each time, or you can save that money and use it in Ireland to buy a few beers or whiskey instead. You can save today for a more exciting tomorrow. It's all a matter of priorities.

Traveling doesn’t have to be super expensive if you plan and do your research.

There are so many websites that give tips on how to be a smart traveler, like samanthability.com and wanderwisdom.com. Those are just two of the many websites you can find that offer tips on how to

travel cheaply.

These and other resources make it easier to travel as a broke college student.

Many tourist attractions offer discounted rates and sometimes free admission for students, yet another reason to travel now rather than later.

Traveling as a student can also be helpful to those people who might be afraid to travel alone.

You can travel as a group with people your age or with people you already know.

You can sign up for a study abroad class with your best friend.

You can also travel with professors who already know where you’re visiting and can advise you if you’re nervous about getting out of the country.

Studying abroad can be fun for those who find class boring and who might like a different experience while earning college credits.

Imagine learning about art while walking through the Musée du Louvre.

You can learn things you couldn’t possibly get from being in a fourcornered classroom or from reading an article.

Traveling makes you more aware of other cultures, people and ultimately yourself.

It helps you grow as a person and become a more well-rounded individual, which is what college is about.

Many young adults nowadays don’t know what to do with their life.

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Traveling can also help young people by inspiring a good course of action and help steer them in the right direction.

Traveling as a young person is also great because their bodies are able to do more physically demanding things.

Walking for long periods of time, flying or strenuous adventures are less doable as you get older.

Tr a v e l i n g a t a young age is also ideal since most young people don't have family responsibilities or careers holding them back.

As people g e t o l d e r, m o s t will have bigger responsibilities and think twice about traveling.

You should travel while you’re young, able and free to do whatever you want.

It’s okay to be a little selfish here because life won’t always be just about you.

According to a 2012 Forbes article, some of the biggest regrets people had on their deathbed were not living the life they wanted to, working too hard and not traveling more.

People go their whole lives wanting to do certain things and many end up never doing them.

Mark Twain once said, “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”

Don’t be that person.

Traveling makes you more aware of other cultures, people and ultimately yourself.

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Arts 3 ‘Kingdom Come’ delivers success across all platforms EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE CAMPUS NEWS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018

BY ANDREW AYALA Staff Writer “Kingdom Come: Deliverance” is a medieval role-playing game that takes gamers back to the Middle Ages in the most realistic and interesting way possible.

The game takes place in 15th century Bohemia during the year 1403 when there was a fight for power between two brothers.

King Charles IV died and gave his son Wenceslaus IV the crown.

Once villagers realized the son of the old king wasn’t living up to his expectations, they begged for a new leader, which is when his brother Sigismund decided to use wrath and fury to begin making the empire his own and reforming the law of the land.

The gamer plays the role of Henry, the son of a blacksmith who lives a normal life until an expected turn of events occurs in his hometown of Skalitz.

The gamer begins the game flinging dung at the house of a local official, romancing the local bar maiden and forging a beautiful sword with the Henry’s father. Soon enough his whole life will make a complete 360.

Once Sigismund’s army begins the attack, players begin to understand the true mechanics and frustration that come along with this game.

The fighting style is innovative and includes crosshair highlights wherever the next strike or block will be.

The archery is pure skill since there is no crosshair and players must improve their skills, by training in order to make their shot better.

When one wears a helm it feels as if it is actually on because of the different faceguard designs, which is different than most medieval style games, such as “Skyrim,” “Dark Souls,” or “Middle Earth: Shadow of War.” Lockpicking is essential in many adventurous RPG’s and this game doesn’t fail to make it as difficult as pickpocketing.

The pickpocketing and lockpicking skills can change the game by making it easier to acquire certain items for missions, but it will take some tedious practice.

Even saving the game is a hassle, but it is a worthy challenge. The only way it saves is by drinking “Saviour Schnapps,” a drink acquired by trade with a merchant, sleeping,

which can be done in most beds and after certain main missions an autosave will show after dialogue.

This game isn’t the typical fantasy RPG, so there won’t be any dragons flying, wizards casting magical spells or undead rising and attacking a village.

Instead, this game shows the true dark side of the Middle Ages where one would get stabbed or killed for a piece of bread.

This game puts the player in the life of a 15th century man during a war that happened in history.

The game is so detailed that nonplayable characters in the game judge based on what the protagonist wears, how clean he is, and whether he has blood stains on his armor or weapons.

This adds a realistic feel to the game. Players must also sleep, eat and socialize to survive.

One thing that was interesting was how Henry must find someone to teach him how to read because that skill can be upgraded and put to use to avoid certain conflicts.

The game is accurate to what a medieval life would be from the scenery and architecture, to the food and drink, all the way down to the clothes and weaponry. Another

intriguing aspect of the game is the codex, which explains everything the player comes into contact with in greater context and detail.

The codex allows one who is confused or has a question about a certain group, tool, or person you come into contact with to read about .

Most of the important nonplayable characters are people from history, so they each have a biography that can be read.

This game isn’t for the fainthearted and is not as simple or easy as most games are nowadays.

Players can learn to appreciate the brutality and history of this as they play it through and stick to it.

There is a learning curve to it so it may make most frustrated, but gamers must realize it wasn’t easy being a 15th century man dealing with so many things at once.

It seems to be a very proper view of what life was like during these times and the quirks and bugs don’t intervene with the one-of-a-kind captivating experience this game gives.

This game is rated M for blood, gore, nudity, intense violence, strong language, strong sexual content and use of alcohol.

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MGMT comes back after long hiatus

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SAY CHEESE—Mark(Jason Bateman) and Annie(Rachel Mcadams) pose with Brooks (Kyle Chandler) because they think they’ve won thew game but are in for a big surprise.

‘Game Night’ gone wrong, actually goes right

BY ANDREW AYALA Staff Writer “Game Night” is a very fun and interesting comical murder-mystery where a game night gone wrong, actually goes right.

The main couple Max and Annie, played by Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, are very competitive and take board games and trivia to the next level. Life seems to be well for them until they begin having trouble with fertility.

The issues seems to be with Max after visits to the doctor insist that his stress and insecurities are causing them to not be able to have a child. A main stress factor for him seems to be his older brother Brooks, played by (Kyle Chandler), since everyone sees Max as inferior to him.

The movie begins with a very heartfelt love story of two game competitors who eventually take the next steps to forming a life and family with one another. As time passes and they get more situated, moviegoers are introduced to their typical routine of hosting a game night at their home for friends.

As they prepare for the game night

viewers meet a very creepy yet interesting character named Gary played by Jesse Plemons, who is a cop and also the ex-husband of one of their good friends. That same night Brooks shows up and proposes a game night to the others at his house. The couples are all for it and end up meeting up at his mansion where he explains the rules for the game that night.

The way the characters are set up is entertaining because all couples are different and have the same characteristics as real couples off the big screen. There isn’t many awkward moments between the actors and the flow of the movie seems to be consistent all the way through. From the jokes they say to the things they do, the comedic approach fueled by sarcasm seemed to work for them.

Soon enough, a group of robbers break in and kidnap Brooks, but the group is stuck on the idea it is part of the game. Once the real hosts of the game enter and explain the situation, all couples set off in a race to find Brooks and secure the victory. After that the story lines split and moviegoers get a feel of what every couple is going through,

they all separate to try and win the game in their own way. Many plot twists are just pieces of the puzzle that make this movie interesting and keep the moviegoer wanting to know what will happen next.

The cinematography is very interesting because there are transition scenes that make everything in the real world look like game pieces. The camera seems to have a very interesting angle and visual effects make even cars and houses look like monopoly pieces.

The dialogue was funny, if the references or jokes were understood and the acting wasn’t boring or unamusing.

There are certain moments where the movie seems to die out, but then there are scenes, such as the return of Gary, which do the film justice and give us unexpected twists and turns that are comically satisfying. There are a few parts to the film that could not be used, but nonetheless all of the minor and major scenes add up to give a fun and an interesting game night movie experience.

This movie is rated R for language, sexual references and some violence.

The willful duo Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser popularly known as MGMT is back with their new album, “Little Dark Age” after their 2013 self-titled album that was unsuccessful. It is safe to say that this album could be considered as their comeback.

MGMT revealed that they collaborated with Ariel Pink and Connan Mockasin on “Little Dark Age.” The album was produced

by Chairlift’s Patrick Wimberly and Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann.

“Little Dark Age” consists of powerful hallucinogenic melodies that have recurring concepts to them, such as the reference of the fictional persona of Michael from the song Me and Michael.

The opener, “She Works Out Too Much,” brings in an upbeat tune with an irresistible catchy pop payoff line: “The only reason it never worked out was he didn’t work out enough.” It includes retro exercising video voice overs scattered throughout the song. Other sounds that are used to highlight the song’s uniqueness are the 8-bit notes.

The teaser song, “Little Dark Age” was released late October 2017 and signifies a new era for MGMT’s music career, indicating that this would be their most coherent project. This track extracts all of the gothic undertones that every song has to offer and it is sculpted to replicate the vibe of an early ’80s trad-goth song.

The cliché ’80s pop ballad track Me and Michael focuses on a wonderful friendship between two guys and displays the band’s common interest for European synth-pop.

In retrospect to the song “TSLAMP” time spent looking at my phone, conveys a subtle central theme about technology consuming society. “One Thing Left To Try” and “TSLAMP” complement Europop with ethereal sweet romantic melodies. “One Thing Left To Try” however, tackles depression and its’ icy effect on a person who is on their last straw.

Ariel Pink’s collaboration is evident in “When You Die,” one of their current popular songs.

VanWyngarden’s sardonic vocals molds an oriented motif that is accompanied with neo-psychedelic guitar sounds.

The final two songs, “When You’re Small” and “Hand It Over,” are ballads with ominous and bittersweet vocals that have a similar structure to a Pink Floyd melody by using various electronic sounds and stringed instruments.

Definite flaws of this album are that it is obscure and the lyrics are generic. Most of the lyrics are repetitive and eventually become tedious.

However, the band masks this by emitting the catchy synths and electronic background with psychedelic sounds over the lyrics.

Unfortunately, both tracks “James” and “Days That Got Away” do not bring any excitement. They both are stale happy-go-getters and lack in actual structure. The melodies are lovely, however, they are in an infinite loop.

“Little Dark Age” does not disappoint like their ill-received selftitled album “MGMT.” It reassures the listeners that MGMT aren’t hiding from the harsh critiques.

Just like their song “Little Dark Age” said, “just know that if you hide/it doesn’t go away”- it truly consolidates a comeback.

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‘Everything Sucks’ takes viewers back to the ’90s

BY MICHAEL DOMINGUEZ Staff Writer The show does not disappoint if one is fond of ‘90s culture and wants to remember the good times of the late ’90s.

This show brings back the era of music videos on MTV, colorful clothing, the sound of dial up computers and anticipating new CDs of one’s favorite artist.

Everything sucks for teens in high school, especially if they are freshman in school dealing with finding who they are and everything around them changing daily.

The new Netflix series

“Everything Sucks” takes place in the town of Boring, Oregon in the year of 1996.

The shows main character is Luke O’Neal played by (Jahi Di’Allo Winston ) who is an incoming freshman in high school.

His mother, Sherry O’Neal, is a single mother and works as a flight attendant. O’Neal spends most of his time at home alone while his mom works.

As the show progresses viewers get a backstory of O’Neal’s father walking out in him and his mother when he was only seven years old.

Also, along come his friends Tyler (Quinn Liebling) and Mcquade

(Rio Mangini).Tyler has a learning disability and Mcquade is awkward but is smart. The three are trying to fit in their first year of high school so they join the Audio Visual club.

In the club O’ Neal meets Kate Messner, a high school student who is a sophomore and whohappens to be the principal’s daughter. Ken Messner, her father is also a single dad because Kate’s mother died.

He is dealing with being single for a long time with his daughters struggles, since Kate is in the stage of finding her sexuallity and feels she doesn’t fit in herself.

The show portrays how times were different, but the situations and

things that people lived then, such as single being a single parent, finding oneself and dealing with the fact that everyone has to eventually grow up and become an adult, are still very much present in today’s society.

Although a person is out of high school and now in college, they’re still dealing with stages in life that are good and bad.

The series causes the viewers who went through the ’90s to have the feel of nolgastic times with the soundtrack of the show. There is a scene where Luke does a music video to get a date off Kate with the song by Oasis called WonderWall.

The reason he chooses that song was

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because Luke gives the Oasis Album to Kate, since he already owned a copy of the album after he got it in the mail through a service that delivered CD’S to one’s home.

The show has moments of laughter but mostly a lot of drama and heartbreak between the characters of the show. One may relate to their problems of heartbreak and not being able to fit into a certain group of people.

It is comforting to know that one can find a group of friends that have similar traits, interests and being able to talk about their problems.

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SPORTS Men’s basketball bounces out in first round 4

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018

BY ROGELIO ALVAREZ Staff Writer Men’s basketball team suffered a loss against Santiago Canyon College 94-89 last Saturday in the South Gym. “The guys did a good job. The ball just didn’t bounce all the way in tonight,” East Los Angeles College head coach John Mosley said.

ELAC came into the postseason as Southern Coast ConferenceNorth Division champions with a first-round-bye and home-court advantage.

ELAC finished the season 9-1 in conference play and 24-6 overall.

“This is our third year in a row winning the conference championship. The guys fought hard,” Mosley said.

However, the Huskies were down on the scoreline for the majority of the game.

ELAC sophomore guard Roderick Williams led the team in the second half as it attempted to come back and tie the game.

“It’s a tough loss. We just have to bounce back. I left it all out on the floor, but unfortunately it didn’t come out our way,” Williams said.

Williams finished the game with team-high 24 points and 10 rebounds.

Williams was able to keep his composure despite the constant defensive pressure from Santiago Canyon. Williams was 12 from 13 on the free throw line.

Throughout the game, several

other ELAC players stepped up and increased their intensity on the floor. Sophomore guard Nick Bertz finished the game with 11 points and five rebounds.

On defense, ELAC forced 13 turnovers from Santiago Canyon, but gave up 18 turnovers.

Freshman Abdul Bah was quick on his feet and scored 16 points for the Huskies.

“We played with our hearts. We gave everything we could but we

“It’s a tough loss. We just have to bounce back. I left it all out on the floor, but unfortunately it didn’t come out our way.”

RODERICK WILLIAMS

ELAC Sophomore guard

just came up short,” Bah said.

Late in the second half, Bah assisted freshman forward Jacob Tryon who scored a 3-point shot that brought ELAC close to tying the game.

Tryon was 3 for 4 in 3-point shots and finished the game with 15 points.

ELAC came close to tying the game in the last two minutes after Williams made it 84-82, but a 3-point shot from sophomore guard Rodney Henderson increased

Santiago Canyon’s lead by to five points.

The Huskies struggled to stop Henderson, who leads the state with the most rebounds, points scored and points averaged per game “We shot the three well. That’s kind of been our key to success this year,” Santiago Canyon head coach Todd Dixon said.

The game was full of emotion, with Mosley receiving a verbal warning from a game officials.

Some of the players came out of the locker room with tears in their eyes.

“We practiced hard, but sometimes it doesn’t go in our favor,” Bah said.

If the Huskies won, it would of hosted Cerritos College in the semifinals of the California Community College Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Southern California Regional.

The Huskies made it to the semifinals last year.

“Life’s all about getting knocked down. It’s all about how you get up,” Williams said.

Saturday was the last game in an ELAC jersey for Williams and other sophomores.

The men’s basketball coaching staff will meet up in the next few weeks to discuss plans for the off season.

With the long season over, the players will continue to focus on their academics.

“Our philosophy is just to win forever. We may have lost on the scoreboard, but we want them to keep winning in life,” Mosley said.

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OUT JUMPED—ELAC freshman guard Abdul Bah (4) outjumps Santiago Canyon College freshman pointguard Antoine Jenkins (11) on the three-point line in a 94-89 early exit last Saturday.

Error after error causes another baseball defeat field and allowed ELAC freshman second baseman Grant Victor to Staff Writer reach home, giving ELAC its first East Los Angeles College baseball point of the game. continues to suffer from errors in its As the inning progressed, ELAC second consecutive loss against was able to fill in the bases and Santa Ana College with a score of ELA C s ophomore s horts top 8-3 last Friday.

Gabriel Figueroa hit the ball, ELAC head coach James Hines giving sophomore said that little-to-no third baseman errors in games was Matthew Sosa and something the team “I think the team sophomore center could take pride in. fielder Steven However, these past performed poorly. Nuno a chance to games the team has The players, score two more been suffering from runs for ELAC. the coaches, more errors than usual.

Hines says that everyone. We “What is really the reason ELAC frustrating is that these need to fix a lot was able to score are simple routines during that inning of things...” we do at practice. I was because there know that the team was poor pitching knows what to do. But from Santa Ana for some reason, they pitcher.

JAMES HINES aren’t doing them,” ELAC Baseball head coach It was in the Hines said. top of the fourth The last game they inning that Santa played, ELAC made Ana took the lead and didn’t let go. four errors. The game before that, Santa Ana had both the second they made six errors, even though and third bases full when Santa they won that game. ELAC made Ana sophomore left fielder Bryan a total of 10 errors in the last two Leef hit the ball towards left field games they played. allowing Santa Ana sophomore In the bottom of the eighth inning, right fielder Nathan Flores to score. the Huskies scored when ELAC Another incident occured in the sophomore first baseman Oscar same inning where the bases were Osorio hit the ball toward center loaded, and Santa Ana sophomore

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catcher Andrew Martinez hit the ball to center field and the ball wasn’t caught.

It was thrown to third base, then it was thrown to first base, where the ball was dropped, with Leef scoring for Santa Ana. During the fourth inning, Santa Ana scored four times.

“I think the team performed poorly. The players, the coaches, everyone. We need to fix a lot of things that were disappointing this game. We are going in a direction we shouldn’t be taking steps to,” said Hines.

Hines said going into the next game, he has confidence the team can do well, it’s just all contingent on them doing what they are supposed to do and perform well.

Santa Ana head coach Tom Nilles said that his team performed one of the best games they had this season.

Nilles said that they made a couple of mistakes, but were able to overcome them.

When talking about the players he thought did well, he said starting pitcher Jay Edwards had a good performance that day.

“If I had to say who did the best I’d say it was Edwards. He gave us an opportunity. That’s all you can really ask from a player,” Niles said.

ELAC plays tomorrow at 6 p.m. against Cerritos College in its first conference game at home.

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BOMBS AWAY—Freshman pitcher Josh Jorgensen (8) gets ready to pitch the ball toward Santa Ana College player in a 8-3 loss at East Los Angeles College last Friday.

H U S K I E S

Sports Updates WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Women’s basketball season ended last Saturday after losing 70-55 away at Irvine Valley College in the Southern California Playoffs.

The Huskies ended its season with an overall record of 18-11 and finished third with a 6-4 record in the South Coast Conference-North.

Freshman forward Dominique Godbolt led the Huskies with 19 points and nine rebounds. Godbolt was ranked first in the SCC-North with a 13.2 rebound per game average.

East Los Angeles College sophomore forward Monica Garcia scored a total of 15 points and also got nine rebounds, eight out of the nine were defensive rebounds. Garcia ended the season ranked second in points per game in the SCCNorth with an average of 18.2 points per game.

SOFTBALL

East Los Angeles College’s softball game was canceled yesterday against Cerritos College due to rain, and was rescheduled to be played on April 20 at 1 p.m.

After a tough weekend for the Huskies, who are now 6-8 overall and 0-2 in the South Coast Conference-North, after three consecutive losses. The Huskies played on Monday at Riverside Community College and lost 2-1. ELAC had the lead in the top of the second inning after a mistake from Riverside third baseman that allowed sophomore infielder Emily Sanchez reach first base. Sophomore outfielder Dominique De Alba got to second and sophomore pitcher Samantha Alvarado scored the first run of the game.

Riverside immediately replied in the bottom of the second inning with a homerun from sophomore catcher Aerial Carlson to tie the game. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Carlson scored an unearned run after a mistake from ELAC freshman third baseman Julie Granadeno.

The Huskies’ next game will be tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Chaffey College.

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