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‘Woke Womxn’ provide empowerment

BY JORGE VAZQUEZ Staff Writer T h e A d e l a n t e F i r s t Ye a r Experience program hosted t h e i r “ W O K E W O M X N ’s Conference” as part of an inaugural Empowerment Summit series complete with multiple keynote speakers, workshops, panels and performances.

“The Empowerment Summit Series is a fundraising event with the goal of establishing an Adelante Scholarship program for FYE scholars,” Associate Dean of first year programs Vanessa Ochoa said.

The first of the series, WOKE WOMXN Conference, featured five female keynote speakers with merit in their respective fields, two empowerment panels, networking opportunities and a flamenco dance performance.

As for the “x” in “womxn,” Adelante student ambassador and organizer of the conference, Lizbeth Ventura, explained “Spelling Womxn with an “x” emphasizes that womxn are empowered and also highlights the inclusion of transgender womxn, womxn of color, womxn from diverse cultures, and all self-identifying womxn,” Ventura said.

Keynote speakers were Gabriela Ortega, an actress, writer and USC alumna with roots in Hollywood, Denisse Cobian, media representative from Mitú, Lupe Fuentes, House Music DJ, producer and owner of the record label, “In the Loop” and street muralist, Sandoner.

“Spelling Womxn with an ‘X’ emphasizes that womxn are empowered and also highlights the inclusion of transgender womxn, womxn of color, womxn from diverse cultures and all selfidentifying womxn.”

LIZBETH VENTURA

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During her time on stage, Sandoner spoke upon her struggles as a person of color, as a woman in the arts industry and the difficulty of growing up working class.

Sandoner promoted self-love and self-determination and said success comes from persistence. She has been in the industry for five years

and only during the fifth year has she made enough money to feed herself.

“Now I sell art, when I used to sell tacos!” Sandoner said.

Panel speakers were Monica Lin and Kiona Stowers, coowners of Eyelust Eyewear and marketing directors for Popular Demand clothing, and Mujeres De La comunidad, Marcela Lozano, Vanessa Ochoa, and Marcela Mendoza. Both panels were interactive and emphasized chasing your dreams regardless of criticism.

The role of men was also discussed, but it wasn’t negative.

“All they need to do is be supportive.” says Lin. “It is important for men to be there, but we need to tell them how to help us,” Ochoa continued in the next panel.

The WWC ultimately provided empowerment to students and staff of all backgrounds.

In addition, there was a resource fair featuring the ELAC Health Center, Safe Zone and the East Los Angeles Women’s Center.

The next event in the series is ELAC Pride Week which will empower scholars through advocacy skill development and access to resources. Pride Week will be four days long from April 23 through April 26 in the MultiPurpose Room.

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DREAM CHASERS—Monica Lin and Kiona Stowers talk about being taken seriously as women

of color in business during the Wxmen in Business panel during the Woke Womxn Conference.

Academic Senate urges state legislature against block grants

BY GISELLE PALOMERA Staff Writer

GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN

The Academic Senate meeting held yesterday, reviewed the categorical funding issue which Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing be turned into a block grant.

“The Governor of California wishes to consolidate programs which are currently categorically funded into block grant funding, and has requested that the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges bring him a proposal in time for the May revision,” according to the agenda.

Categorical funding is the form in which funds are distributed to its respective program within the Los Angeles Community College District.

A block grant is a grant from

the central government, which ones affected. a local government can allocate This proposes an issue because to a variety of programs and funds would not be evenly services. The Academic Senate is distributed. against changing the way funds According to the meeting’s are distributed because this could agenda, the Academic Senate mean that some of California programs could Community be getting more Colleges affirms A block grant is a while others don’t that the format of grant from the central distribution for get enough. government, which a A block grant funds available to would mean that underprivileged local government can all of the funding and disadvantaged allocate to a variety for each program students, be of programs and would be thrown kept the way it services. together into one is.

Categorical big grant for the funds provide a programs to take restriction which from. The Extended Opportunities protects the amount for each Program and Services, Disabled program. This ensures that those Student Program and Services, programs which need more funding and other programs which receive than others, receive it accordingly. funding from the state would be the The Academic Senate came to

two resolutions: that they urge the state legislature to keep the funding at the categorical level and that the categorical funds be used exclusively for the programs specified.

They believe that the block grant would not allow programs like EOPS to thrive.

“EOPS have just recently been restored to 2007-08 levels after years of severe statewide cuts to categorical programs, which has resulted in an approximate 40% reduction in services,” according to the agenda.

For a program like EOPS, 2007 and 2008 were its best years in terms of funding and since then suffered, due to statewide cuts.

This block grant can affect the programs recovery in terms of funding, which could disrupt the student success.

Professor shares historical discoveries about women

BY FRANK PORTILLO Staff Writer Professor Barbara Dunsheath gave a presentation on Women in U.S. History at Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library on Sunday.

The hour-long presentation was a modified version of Dunsheath’s lecture she gives during the first day of her History 52 course, The Role of Women in U.S. History.

It covered different eras of U.S History and included discussions of women in art, politics and health.

Dunsheath also covered parts of the women’s movement that were local, such as Mothers of East Los Angeles.

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The presentation was a part of the National Women’s History Month program organized by the Women/ Gender Studies Committee at ELAC. Dunsheath says the program is being put on during the month and her presentation helps raise awareness about the different issues women face.

“It’s a recent kind of phenomenon, bringing women more into history.

It used to be (about) adding them in or talking about the exceptions.

I think what it’s moving to is rethinking history,” Dunsheath said.

One of Dunsheath’s current students, Wu Ti, attended the presentation.

A physics student, Ti uses

history courses to help improve his English. He became interested in women’s history from taking Dunsheath’s History 52 course and reading the assigned textbooks.

Ti believes that we need to teach more about women in history and that there are important stories about women we have yet to discover. He cited the slow progress of history textbooks to update while new information on women’s contributions to history are being found every year.

“They (women) contributed a lot to America, but nobody cared about them,” Ti said.

An outspoken attendee was former ELAC student Paul Perez.

Perez came to the lecture because

Financial Aid Town Hall Meeting ELAC Financial Aid staff will be on-site to answer any questions about Financial Aid on Wednesday from noon to 2 p.m. in front of the E3 building.

he believes it is important to speak up for women’s rights.

Perez contributed many of his thoughts during the presentation, including his personal experiences with misogyny. He recalled a once popular belief that women should be “at home making tortillas,” as well as an era where it was common for men to bar female entry into organizations and dismissed valuable contributions coming from women.

Perez expressed disappointment that more people, especially men, did not show up.

The program for Women’s History month continues with #MeToo Panel on Thursday in the G3-Auditorium Foyer.

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HERSTORY—Professor Barbara Dunsheath talks about

female artists during a presentation on Women in U.S. History at Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library on Sunday.

Scholarship award deadline The deadline for the Helen Miller Bailey Memorial Scholarship Award is Thursday at 4 p.m.

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#MeToo Panel at ELAC ELAC’s Women/Gender Studies Committee is hosting a #MeToo panel on Thursday from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the G3-Auditorium.

Opinion Sinking California needs water rights 2

BY STEVEN ADAMO Staff Writer If the people of California are being penalized for water consumption, so should the companies that make excessive profits from California’s natural water.

“Each Californian uses an average of 181 gallons of water each day,” says the U.S. Geological Survey website. In terms of reusable 5-gallon water jugs, that’s about 36 jugs per day.

Last year in December, the California State Water Board concluded a nearly two-year investigation into Nestlé, the transnational food and drink company.

According to findings from the investigation, Nestlé is only allowed to extract 8.5 million gallons of water per year, but from 1947 to 2015, it extracted an annual average of 62.6 million gallons of water per year.

That’s about 12,520,000 jugs of water per year.

Another corporation that makes large profits from California’s natural resources is The Wonderful Company, makers of POM Wonderful, FIJI Water and Wonderful Pistachios/Almonds/ Citrus.

These companies have revenues of over $4 billion. In a 2015 article published by Forbes, The Wonderful

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Company — owned by Stewart and Lynda Resnick — use at least 120 billion gallons of water every year.

That’s 24,000,000,000 jugs of water a year; a figure that can’t be calculated by a smartphone.

Despite these inconceivable numbers, there are laws helping communities achieve their water rights.

The Department of Interior is the government agency that oversees the sale of natural resources.

Although the case with Nestlé is still not resolved, there is progress happening in other parts of the country.

Last Friday, Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke signed paperwork to transfer the first $800,000 of the $470 million agreement called the Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016.

The Water Rights Settlement Act will help fund projects like the Four Horns Dam and the long-neglected, 100-year-old Blackfeet Irrigation Project. Other projects include the development of community water systems, development and management of fisheries, and land acquisition.

“This will have a tremendous impact on our children and grandchildren,” Montana-based Blackfeet Tribal Business Council chairman Harry Barnes told Zinke.

“It will impact the Blackfeet people for years to come.”

Although the bill was signed into law by President Obama in 2016,

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Eve Byron of the Missoulian said in an article published last Friday that the process began about five decades ago.

“The process actually dates back to the early 1970s, when the state of Montana began a water adjudication effort to determine all water rights within the state, including those of the tribes. The effort faced legal challenges that led to a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court

decision that allowed the process to move forward,” Byron said.

While big corporations are extracting water at a record rate, farms and towns in San Joaquin Valley have used the underground water supply because of the drought.

Last year in February , NASA released a report illustrating two “bowls” where the land is sinking — one between Modesto and Tulare, the other between Huron

and Kettleman City — showing the potential risk to the California Aqueduct.

If corporations like Nestlé and the Wonderful Company can make excessive profits off California’s natural resources, the people in our communities should benefit by having easy and inexpensive access to clean water and investment into their infrastructures and sustainability.

Late financial aid causes troubles for students

BY GUSTAVO BUENROSTRO Staff Writer The spring semester is more than a month in and students still have not received their financial aid.

That is not okay.

Many students are going to the Financial Aid Office to figure out why they haven't received any money yet.

What the office tells students is that they don’t know when they will receive their financial aid.

The best they can do is tell students whether or not they will get it that week.

But how pointless is that?

Students would know whether they received the money or not, otherwise they wouldn’t go to the financial aid office to ask.

This isn’t just an issue at East Los Angeles College; students all over the district aren’t getting their money.

It's understandable if the system is keeping money from the students and nothing can be done at the moment.

However, it is nowhere near acceptable because students still don't have their money.

Many of the students depend on their financial aid for food, transportation, buying school supplies and books for classes.

And when they don’t get it, what are they supposed to do?

In a day, a student spends $3.50 on transportation . If they go to school Monday through Friday, they spend roughly $17 a week. That's not counting if students use services like Uber, which vary in price.

More work needs to be done to fix this problem and while I may not know how much effort is being put into fixing it, it's not enough.

If more effort was put into fixing the problem with the system, it would already be fixed.

It’s extremely frustrating not knowing when students will get their financial aid. As someone who relies on financial aid, angerinducing.

I have to get through the week with the $20 my mom generously gives me for food and transportation.

She shouldn’t have to give me anything.

What is worse is that the district sent out an email saying that students will receive the money no later than Feb. 18. That was nearly a month ago and the issue is still

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not resolved.

In the end, this whole ordeal is unacceptable and students shouldn’t have to go through it.

The least the school and the

district can do is be more transparent and give students updates regarding their financial aid. For a lot of us, this really is the only source of income we have.

We don’t have time to look for a job with a full time school schedule.

Some students have a plan for the semester and these issues make it more difficult for them.

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“Students in my class were not able to buy their supplies because they had not received financial aid and ended up falling behind.”

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ELA CAPE swings back into action

BY JOSHUA INGLADA Staff Writer The East Los Angeles Comicbook, Art and Pop-Culture Expo is swinging back into action May 12.

Formerly known as the East LA Comic Con, the name changed after the events of the San Diego/Salt Lake City lawsuit in December, which was fueled over the copyright claim of the term “comic con” by San Diego.

ELA CAPE was founded in 2016 by East Los Angeles College alumnus and lead organizer Peter J.W. Mellini in 2016.

Mellini stated in a press release that he hopes the new name will better convey what the event will offer guests.

“We might have a cosplay contest,” said Jonathan R. Diaz, ELAC alumnus and recreation assistant. “Last year was our first year and we had it mostly online.

People submitted pictures of themselves to our judges. We don’t really have a stage for it set up yet, so we’re just going to wait and see what we do as we develop more information.”

Panels and events for the expo are still in development. Mellini does plan to have previous artists and vendors from last year ’s event appear again. “It’s all still

in planning. We have a line of self-publishers, comic studios and creators. We predict that we’ll have a lot of artists,” Mellini said.

Last year’s turnout for guests was so large that the plaza filled close to over maximum capacity,

leaving the area tightly packed.

Preparations have been made this year to accommodate more guests.

“We estimated about 3,000 people that showed up last year. To have that kind of support from the community was amazing,” Diaz

said. “One of the problems that was mentioned last year was a lack of space. We actually had a good amount of space, but we just had so many people.”

An outdoor area with canopies has been added to this year’s venue for additional space. It will be two doors down from the venue and provide room for vendors.

Mellini hopes that this event will draw in as much attention as it did last year and provide inspiration for up-and-coming artists in the community.

“The event last year showed us what the area, especially the surrounding community, was like.

They really embraced it, they really wanted something like this. We knew that there was a fanbase in the area, but we didn’t realize how big it was,” Mellini said.

“And ever since last year’s show, people were asking me, ‘When’s the next one, when’s the next one?’

We’ve been trying to make that happen and improve it as much as we can. We’re 50 percent bigger than we were last year since we added some space.”

The expo will be held at the El Gallo Plaza on 4545 Cesar Chavez Ave. It opens at 11 a.m. and will last until 7 p.m.

For more information on the event and how to apply as a vendor, visit www.eastlacomiccon.com.

Students to learn how to start a business

BY CHRISTIAN HORTA Staff Writer Students who would like to know more about opening a business will have the chance to learn how, at the Gig Economy open house event which will take place on Wednesday and Thursday.

It will be held at F7-113 at 5:45 p.m., and on Thursday, it will be held in F7-203 starting at noon. The event is free to attend.

Allen Coson, Ph.D., an economics professor, encourages all students to attend, including those who have the slightest interest in business, despite their economic background.

“By having this type of workshop, we are enabling students to trust us, the faculty, as their mentor, as a support unit,” Coson said.

Coson also hopes that this workshop will make information more accessible to students.

“We chose to make this a two-day event to accommodate all students

because we felt that having it only plan, what to look for when opening one day may only attract those a business, costs, location and how who are only here on Mondays to budget.

Additionally, attendees will learn and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and how improve Thursdays” credit score, Coson wants including what to bring all “You will be taught to do and what students on the to avoid. same page by how to manage your According to having this type checkbook, how to Coson, managing of workshop.

“Not everyone manage your credit card credit is one of the biggest issues is as privileged. bills, how to improve with students, Some people your credit...”

“In the past, no don’t have one has really proper guidance Allen Coson, Ph.D. told us the do’s and don’t know Economics Professor and don’ts of who could lead a credit card,” them in the right Coson said. direction,” said Coson would like for more Coson.

Although the workshop is financial informational workshops aimed toward a business-oriented to happen in the future.

He believes that every student audience, Coson highly encourages should have full access to the basics anyone to attend.

Information will be provided on of how to finance.

“We would like to focus on how to get a loan, attain a business license, how to create a business creating a class specifically for

personal finance,” Coson said.

Coson is in the process of putting together a new economics course that will focus on personal economics.

“You will be taught how to manage your checkbook, how to manage your credit card bills, how to improve your credit score, even as far as how to buy a vehicle or a home,” Coson said.

Coson also encourages students to take advantage of all resources that East Los Angeles College provides.

“We want to make sure that people have an ownership here at ELAC. We are here for one thing, our students,” Coson said.

The workshop will include a panel, along with an open question session and possibly a city employer.

Gig Economy is sponsored by the entrepreneurship club, and will collaborate with business and social science department.

The event will last about 1 hour and 15 minutes long. Refreshments will be served.

New partnership reveals opportunity for free college

BY KEVIN CAMARGO Staff Writer East Los Angeles College partnered with the Los Angeles Unified School District- Local District East, LAUSD Board Member Dr. Ref Rodriguez and California State University, Los Angeles to launch the GO Southeast program at Bell High School last Wednesday.

“We’re having this partnership to ensure that our students have an opportunity to go through the K through 12 pipeline and continue,” ELAC Student Services Associate Dean, Miguel Dueñas said.

“My goal is that they have an understanding that college is for them (and) accessible for them.

We are here to support them and see them through this pathway,” Duenas said.

GO Southeast is related to the LA College Promise Program to provide students their first year of college free.

It allows participating high school students to take college classes offered at their respective school.

“I want to be able to save them time, because we know that the less time they spend at East LA College, the higher the probability that they

will graduate and transfer,” ELAC to college is not a top priority,” President Marvin Martinez said.

Martinez said.

“The more time they spend at “That’s why this program is East LA College, the higher the important. It gives them a chance; it probability they may not make it. gives them an opportunity. They can We want to be take advantage able to reduce now, why wait?” that time.”

Martinez said.

GO Southeast The launch of “We’re having this is also an GO Southeast partnership to ensure was held at Bell expansion of that our students the GO East LA High School, program that as LAUSD have an opportunity has been active bussed the other to go through the K for the past five participating y e a r s . E L A C through 12 pipeline and school students now has a service to the high continue.” in the southeast school. area as well, not Throughout just in East LA. the event, student S i x t e e n leaders from MIGUEL DUEÑAS schools in the selected schools Student Services Associate Dean southeast area of gave a oneLos Angeles are minute speech participating in to why they want this program. to go to college.

Schools vary from Legacy, South “It was very well-organized; Gate and South East, to Odyssey, students were very excited; the Maywood Academy and Huntington students were very motivated; they Park high schools, and among did great videos about their schools others. and who they are,” Cal State LA “The other purpose of the representative and GO East LA program is to create a college-going Director Bianca Guzmán said. culture in these communities. These The GO Southeast event included communities don’t really have a pledge from all organizations of that culture, so as a result, going the program to all the participating

schools to offer this program.

“Our partnership, as part of Cal State LA, we promise students a seat if they meet the minimum requirements of Cal State LA,” Guzmán said.

“What’s important about that, is that students are guaranteed (a spot) as long as they do the work they need to do because more students apply to Cal State LA and less are able to get in.”

Guzmán believes students need to start noticing themselves as intelligent and global scholars.

“It’s very important that students begin to hear those words and begin to believe and begin to see a picture of themselves as global leaders.”

The event ended with performances from the South East High School Mariachi Band and the Maywood Academy Jazz Band.

“We want to make it festive and exciting to go college; it shouldn’t be boring. It should be something where now they’re turning a new chapter in their lives where they can achieve their dreams, and that should be exciting for them,” Martinez said.

This program’s aim is to make the process from elementary school to college much easier and more cyclical as more students start to attend college.

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Accounting Club helps students become Certified Public Accountants

BY JORGE VASQUEZ Staff Writer The Accounting Club hosted guest speaker Andrea Johnson to inform students on how to become a Certified Public Accountant.

On March 1, Johnson, a business development representative from Roger Certified Public Accountant Review, informed students on the format of the CPA exam, the new changes coming to the exam in April 2018 as well as becoming a licensed Certified Public Accountant, says professor Jennifer Alvarado, co-advisor of the Accounting Club.

CPA is a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university with 24 semester units of accounting subjects and 24 semester units of business-related subjects.

As far as becoming certified, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants administers a four-section, 16 hour examination on Auditing and Attestation, Business Environment and Concepts, Financial Accounting and Reporting and Regulation.

“Each section is four hours and the

patience of the student is also tested during the exam,” said Johnson.

Exam-takers in the past would use a generic spreadsheet tool provided by the AICPA but starting April 1, the AICPA will begin using Microsoft Excel.

In addition to upgrading spreadsheet programs, the AICPA is upgrading computer monitors at testing locations to 23-inch high definition (HD) monitors to make exam taking and document viewing easier says Johnson.

The Accounting Club aims to help ELAC students understand the variety of opportunities open to accountants and the resources available to help students reach their academic and professional goals with the guest speakers says Alvarado.

The next speaker the club is having will be David Lo from the California Society of Certified Public Accountants on March 15 during the Accounting Club meeting from 12:15 to 1:15 pm in F7 room 113.

“There is never a perfect time to sit for the exam. So don’t wait to take it,” Johnson said.

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Theater Arts Department wins big at competition

BY JERRY FLORES Staff Writer Theater Arts students Andrea Tinoco, Edgar Bustillo and David Sanchez won awards at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival competition that took place from Feb. 12 to Feb. 18 in Mesa, Arizona.

Started in 1969 by Roger Stevens the Kennedy Center’s founding chairman, the KCACTF national theater program honors excellence of overall theater production and offers individual recognition to student artists through awards and scholarships.

In addition to performances, there are wide range of activities including workshops on topics such as playwriting, auditioning, voice, movement, stage combat, theater for children, scene painting, scenery construction, stage management and theater technology.

Andrea Tinoco won the national award for Theatrical Excellence for her scenic design in last semester’s play titled “Blood Wedding.”

“It was incredible. I didn’t expected (to win) because it was my first design. There were a lot of competitors, so the fact they called my name was really amazing,” Tinoco said.

In April, Tinoco will travel to the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. for five days.

The national competition and design seminar where she will attend master classes, receive help on professional development and will be discussing their respective award winning designs.

“I am excited to attend this event.

I want to get to network with more people in the industry, see other people’s work, have a good

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MAKIN’ MOVES—The student designers of the East Los Angeles College Theater Department show off their awards before attending the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival last month. time and get to share my work with others,” Tinoco said.

This is the second year in a row that a student from East Los Angeles College has received the National Award for Theatrical

Excellence. Stephen Azusa and David Sanchez won last year for light design and costume design, respectively.

Edgar Bustillo won the Robert Edmond Jones Legacy Award for

his sound design in last semester’s play, “The Metamorphosis.”

“I was able to win one of the most prestigious awards, which I am very fortunate about. I was not expecting that. I felt really proud.

Not only for myself, but because I was representing my school and the Theater Arts Department. It was very honorable,” Bustillo said.

“As a sound designer, the competition is really hard because

you are trying to show (the judges) visually something that you can only hear. You try to build a visual picture of the relationship between the show and the sound.”

The prop designer Katherine Cordero made it to the finals and helped the winning students achieve their objectives.

She worked in liaison with custom designers, set designers and sound designers.

She planned everything needed in the stage, movable and portable. The material she presented was an Aztec sculpture used for her dark comedy titled “No Exit.”

“It took me about a month to prepare the presentation.

I focused on size, color and texture as well as being historically accurate to create an indigenous powerful figure,” Cordero said.

Cordero gave credit to the Theater Arts staff members who helped her in this project. She said that she has been in a lot of community colleges, but East Los Angeles College is the only school where the theater staff members are passionate about their work.

Cordero said that they help students and do not just work for a paycheck.

Sanchez, who works in the costume design department, received two internship opportunities in the costume department at the Utah Festival and Musical Theatre and Pacific Conservatory Theater.

A newsletter from the Theater Arts Department said that winning awards at the KCACTF event helped all four ELAC design students for their future education because they were approached by several different university representatives to pursue their education through transfer opportunities.

Former Elan appears in 2018 Superbowl commercial for Amazon

BY NOE ORTEGA Staff Writer Actress and former student Alexandra Jimenez made an appearance in a 2018 Super Bowl ad for the Amazon Echo titled “Alexa lost her voice.”

Jimenez had a showcase performance in Los Angeles last October after earning a bachelor's degree in honors acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

LAMDA hosts two U.S. showcases, one in LA and one in New York for graduate students who have a bachelors in acting.

The showcase performance is an opportunity for casting directors, agents and managers to see actors perform and possibly represent them.

Jimenez received attention from different managers, but ended up signing with Principal Entertainment Los Angeles, an L.A. based talent agency that represents actors in television, film and dramatic arts.

The agency represents actors like Sally Hawkins, Jim Parsons and Seth Rogen.

Jimenez was accepted to LAMDA in 2014, but couldn’t afford to pay for her tuition. After getting approved for loans, she headed off to London.

“I wasn’t straight out of high school, so I didn’t qualify for any scholarships. There aren’t that many (scholarships) for drama school and that’s what makes it hard for someone like me, someone from East LA, to get accepted into one of the most prestigious drama schools in the world,” Jimenez said.

Jimenez was one of the only American girls in her first year, and the only person of color in her classroom.

She was introduced to a commercial agency through her representatives at PELA, where she went through two auditions and a callback audition to get the part.

“Commercial auditions are so weird because you get paired up with people who’ve been doing this for years. So you’ve got to be on your toes. You have to know how to take directions,” Jimenez said.

T h i s w a s J i m e n e z ’s f i r s t commercial audition, which

Alexandra Jimenez “I wasn’t straight out of high school, so I didn’t qualify for any scholarships. There aren’t that many (scholarships) for drama school and thats what makes it hard for someone like me. Someone from East LA, to get accepted into one of the most prestigious drama schools in the world. ”

made her feel like she was a “lost dog in a new neighborhood.”

Jimenez showed up to the callback audition with her toothbrush and in her pajamas.

This wasn’t a problem, however, because she made it a habit to carry around a toothbrush and toothpaste at all times.

Her television appearance was only a couple seconds, but Jimenez was excited that she got to be in a commercial with people like Cardi B, Gordon Ramsay, Rebel Wilson and Anthony Hopkins.

Jimenez started taking classes at East Los Angeles College in 2007 through the Jaime

Escalante program, when she was a sophomore at Garfield High School.

After taking math and child development courses, Jimenez wanted to perform for an audience.

She auditioned for the Garfield and ELAC joint “Zoot Suit” production during her Senior Year.

In that year, Jimenez had school from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., softball practice after school and then rushed to ELAC for drama class.

“When I was a senior at Garfield, I got to know everyone (at ELAC). I made friends with the drama students and teachers.

I ended up being the only high school student that stuck around,” Jimenez said.

In her freshman and sophomore years of high school, Jimenez was in folklorico and swing dance classes. In middle school, she was in the Jazz band and played the Tuba.

Jimenez used to spend her nutrition and lunch in her teacher’s class with her bandmates, where they had dance battles.

She also said that she enjoyed performing before going to high school, but couldn’t financially afford to get into an arts school.

She told people that she wanted to be a concert pianist and a veterinarian.

In high school, Jimenez even thought about becoming a professional wrestler, due to her love for former World Wrestling Entertainment wrestlers Shawn Michaels and Chyna.

“I knew that I really enjoyed performing. Before middle school, I had seen Jerry Lewis and Al Pacino. They were my two favorite people and I was inspired by them. I wanted to do what they do,” Jimenez said.

Jimenez said that she always loved to perform whether it was performing with her friends, in drama class or on television.

She also made an appearance in the pilot of the television series on Hulu, “East Los High.”

Jimenez likes to compose music and play guitar in her free time, but said that she doesn’t like to sing.

She likes to walk dogs and house-sit dogs for people. She also enjoys playing video games like “Fallout 4,” “Rocket League” and “Call of Duty: World War 2.”

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Theater tour trip to visit London landmarks

BY JULIE SANTIAGO Staff Writer Theater Arts professors Kelley Hogan and David Laird Scott are hoping to get 20 students to enroll in their Theatre Tour trip to London, Stratford class for this summer by April 8.

The tour will be nine days long beginning July 23 and would cost the average student $3,940. The price includes airfare, accommodations, breakfast, tour guides and other activities. Professor Hogan lived in London for several years where she worked as an actress, and a tour guide.

In 2005, Hogan took a group of students to London. She said her tour guide experience and familiarity with London will give students an advantage. Hogan said she worked hard to make this trip as cost efficient as possible.

“You can buy a used car with this money, but you will not have your car forever. This trip has been life changing for many students,” Hogan said at a weekly London Theatre Tour meeting. Scott, a Los Angeles based actor and a writer of the Theatre Department’s History of Theatre, and Hogan planned the itinerary for the trip together.

The professors hope to visit The Globe Theatre, the Royal National Theatre, the Tower of London, Abbey Museum, Oxford University as well as other places not yet mentioned.

Professor Hogan would like to plan trips around student’s interests, so students who enroll in the theater class for the tour will be able to suggest other places to visit. Hogan said she would be able to give a tour on either the Beatles or Harry Potter for students interested.

Students who tour with the

professors will also have a chance to buy tickets to the popular American musical Hamilton that will be touring in London.

Hogan said that students who would like to stay longer or travel to other places in Europe can call the EF Tours before the trip and ask for an open-ended ticket.

Financial Aid technician Julio C. Alvarado recommends students who would like to study abroad to visit the financial aid office for personalized help. The financial aid office offers students a few options that can help pay for their trip.

Alvarado said students should look for scholarships and grants first.

“I always recommend scholarship. com, fastwebs.com and, of course, our own website for scholarship opportunities ... We recommend students also use different search engines to see (different) keywords,” said Alvarado.

He said that in prior years, ELAC has offered scholarships of up to $500, available for students who would like to study abroad. In the past, students have also joined the study abroad club at ELAC and fundraised through them. Students can also use their own financial aid money to help pay for their trip.

Depending on the amount of the trip, Alvarado is able to help students plan payments and give each student further guidance on how they can pay. Alvarado said EF Tours is willing to accomodate the payment plan to their financial aid disbursement schedule.

Students over 30 looking for single bed accommodations, however, still pay a little more.

Finally, Alvarado said ELAC also has loans available to students but advises against it. If students do plan on getting a loan, Alvarado suggests to pay it off as soon as possible so it doesn’t accumulate more interest.

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Greek tragedy to come to upstairs theatre

BY FRANCISCO PORTILLO Staff Writer “Antigone,” the latest play on campus, is set to open on Friday at 8 p.m. in the P2 Upstairs theater.

The latest production from the Theater Department is being directed by David Laird Scott.

The story, which was written by philosopher Sophocles, is a family drama that questions the basic rights of human beings when presented with laws created by man.

The main cast of characters are the offspring of Oedipus. His children Eteocles and Polyneices are meant to rule their kingdom and alternate between the two every year, but Eteocles decides he doesn’t want to give up power.

Fueled by anger, the two go to war and kill each other in battle. With a kingdom left to rule, their uncle Creon takes the mantle and makes it illegal for Polyneices’ body to be buried by anyone. He decrees that those caught attempting to bury the body would be stoned to death.

Antigone, the titular character and sister to both Eteocles and Polyneices, is dead-set on burying her brother, citing his basic human rights as her justification.

While the play will have a contemporary setting, the script will be poetic with the lines being written in verse-style, mirroring Scott’s last directed play “A Doll’s House.”

Since the casting of the play, the performers have only had five weeks of rehearsals as opposed to the normal number of seven to eight. Scott said the rushed rehearsal time is more along the lines of what the student actors would face in real world situations.

“We’re losing two to three weeks of rehearsal for the actors,” Scott said.

Scott decided to go with a called workshop style play, in which very minimal production designed is used and the focus remains more on the acting and writing.

“We try to be more creative because we have this limited space and budget,” Scott said.

He said that the idea to go with a basic version of the play came from wanting to focus on the other two upcoming plays on campus, “Comedy of Errors” and “Chavez Ravine,” which have more production value.

“All that (is needed) for a theater production is an audience, actors and a space,” Scott said citing a book titled “The Empty Space.” “Were trying to do the show in a basic way as we can.

That’s where it started from.”

“Antigone” debuts Friday and will run through next Sunday in P2-205. Matinee show times are at 2 p.m. while evening show times begin at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance online or in person in P2-101A and will cost $10. Students with ASU receive a discount of $2.

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MEET THE CAST—Actors from the upcoming play “Antigone” Lesley Palo,arCruz, Mitch Feldman, Christina Lee and Zaira Hernandez, rehearse at P2-205.

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GATHER AROUND— The characters Mrs. Who, Calvin, Mrs. Which, Happy Medium, Meg,

Charles and Mrs. Whatsit, left to right, from “A Wrinkle in Time” form a circle and focus their energy and memories in an attempt to locate Dr. Alex Murry.

Disney’s modern twist on classic novel

BY ANDREW AYALA Staff Writer “A Wrinkle in Time” is a funfilled adventure around the universe for viewers of all age groups.

The director Ava DuVernay does a splendid job at depicting Madeleine L’Engle’s 1962 novel and bringing it to life on the big screen.

The film begins with a scene where Dr. Alex Murry, played

by Chris Pine, is speaking to his daughter Meg, played by Storm Reid, about getting ready to meet her new little brother and speaks heavily about love.

Viewers are also introduced to Meg’s adopted younger brother Charles Wallace, played by Deric McCabe, an outspoken, intelligent and very loving individual.

Everyone at school seems to think Meg is crazy because her father has been missing for 4 years, due to a supposed science experiment, yet she still holds on to the hope that possibly one day he will return.

Things begin to take an unexpected turn when Charles brings a strange dressed woman into their house one night.

The woman introduces herself as Mrs. Whatsit, played by Reese Witherspoon, and explains to Meg, Charles and their mom Dr. Kate Murry, played by Gugu MbathaRaw, that their father is out there and should be praised as opposed

to being called crazy.

Eventually the siblings are encountered by a boy from Meg’s school named Calvin, played by Levi Miller, who said that something had told him to go there.

The three are then introduced to the other celestial beings Mrs. Who, played by Mindy Kaling, and Mrs. Which, played by Oprah Winfrey.

The women explain their father is alive and they followed the path of his distress signal, which lead them to earth.

Mrs. Which tells the children that they must embark on a journey to Camazotz, which is the land of darkness where their father is trapped.

They soon learn both the beauty and dangers of the land they are about to travel through.

The dynamic cast chosen did an amazing job. It was interesting to see them play roles that matched their character on and off the screen.

Other appealing aspects of the film are the camera angles and shots that were chosen because they add to the emotion of the film.

The scenery was beautiful and although most of it was shot in Los Angeles, the computer-generated imagery and green screen locations were magical.

The themes in the film were interesting and refreshing because certain topics were brought up, such as having a half-sibling,

being abandoned or being bullied.

These are all issues that are part of life, which allows viewers to form a connection or bond to the characters.

Although there is a lot of Disney magic, viewers are able to separate reality from fiction and understand the overall message being portrayed.

Moviegoers are able to learn what it means to truly never give up, never lose hope and never lose love for a strong belief.

For the most part the film was pretty accurate to the book, although some alterations were made to certain characters.

One change that was noticeable was the addition of a mean girl named Veronica, played by Rowan Blanchard, and the deletion of Meg and Charles’ twin brothers, Sandy and Dennys.

Another notable change was that in the book the celestial beings have been historically thought of as white, but in the film they are all different races.

This changes the construction and norm of film, where a person’s race should match their character and is an innovative and interesting thing to see happen.

“A Wrinkle in Time” seems to be a breath of fresh air, which steers away from the typical prince and princess Disney love story that moviegoers are used to.

This film is rated PG for thematic elements and some peril.

Sequel of ‘The Strangers’ surpasses original

BY ALLISON BEATTY Staff Writer “The Strangers: Prey at Night” is a sweet and short experience of tension, thrills and jumpscares.

At only an hour and twenty five minutes, this movie doesn’t drag on too long or get boring to watch.

It’s decently paced, beautifully shot and gives the world an actual good horror sequel. Even if it is 10 years after the original.

Similar to the 2008 “The Strangers,” the movie starts off with the characters already going through drama.

The viewers are kind of thrust into the middle of the situation.

This is where the strong writing really shows, as no one said outright what’s going on.

It’s realistic, unlike some movies that will have characters spout out information for no reason than to explain the plot to the audience.

The teenage daughter Kinsey, played by Bailee Madison, is being sent to boarding school for behavioral issues.

Just from the way the characters act and talk to each other, it shows that she’s been acting out for a while and she finally pushed things too far.

Her brother Luke, played by Lewis Pullman, resents her and said she acts out for attention.

Mike and Cindy, her parents, aren’t happy about sending their daughter away and constantly second guess themselves when they’re alone.

The day before Kinsey officially moves into boarding school, the family spends the night in a trailer owned by an uncle.

It’s never mentioned why, best

guess is it’s closer to the school and they have to move all her stuff the day after.

When they get there, a mysterious stranger with long blonde hair knocks on the door and asks for someone named Tamara, an exact repeat of the original “The Strangers” setup.

The scene is perfect. The audience can barely make out the young woman’s face, but can’t make out any features.

Once they tell her that she has the wrong place, she wordlessly walks off.

Kinsey eventually storms off and the parents send Luke to go after her and bring her back.

People can go see it without having ever seen the first one and could probably get the same enjoyment out of it While they’re gone, the parents talk over whether or not sending Kinsey away is the right choice.

Kinsey and Luke have a nice bonding moment as siblings.

They insult each other and can be downright mean, but they still have a certain understanding between them.

This scene makes it clear that they still care about one another, just like real siblings.

The young woman, called Dollface, comes back and asks the

same question while the kids are gone.

Mike answers, and she walks off without saying anything else again.

Cindy gets worried and they go out looking for their kids, because that creep is suspiciously hanging around their trailer and no one else seems to be around.

Kinsey and Luke come accross a trailer with the door open. They naturally go inside and find the rotting corpses of their aunt and uncle.

They freak out and run off screaming, finding their parents quickly.

They explain what they saw, and Luke takes his father back to see the bodies, while Cindy and Kinsey go back in the trailer to call the police.

They find that all of their phones have been broken and they are not alone in the trailer.

From this point on, it’s pretty much the same story as the original.

They just have more people and a bigger space to work with. It’s the exact same people-are-home-alonemasked-killers-show-up-and-huntthem-down movie.

The protagonists here fight back way better than the leads of the original.

There is nothing more satisfying than seeing a serial killer getting hit upside the head with a golf club.

Especially after seeing how terrible every other horror movie’s main characters are at self defense.

The protagonists’ ability to defend themselves mildly well.

This would be a pretty standard horror movie full of jumpscares and cheap thrills if it wasn’t for the cinematography and soundtrack.

The camera is often at a vantage

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point or trailing shakily behind someone.

It makes it feel like looking through the eyes of a deranged serial killer stalking their victims.

It adds a nice touch to the overall feel of the movie.

The creepy ambient horror movie background noises to enhance suspense are used sparingly.

For the most part, the music consists of songs that sound like something from a top hits of the ‘70s playlist.

These songs were played over bloody murder scenes.

It’s actually kind of hilarious how jarring the songs are.

Audience reactions have been pretty positive.

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They jumped at the jumpscares.

They swore and moved in their seats at the suspenseful moments.

They also cheered when Kinsey shot Dollface at point blank range with a double barrel shotgun.

It was like walking through a haunted house.

People screamed and laughed every couple of minutes.

As for the ending, it falls into the typical let’s-try-and-get-them-withone-last-scare category.

It does the same thing every other scary movie tries, which is make the character look like they got away only to be caught at the last minute, then they get away again.

It would be fine, except “The Strangers: Prey at Night” does this

three times in a row before the movie ends.

Aside from having the same masked killers and the same based on a true story premise, “Prey at Night” has virtually no connection to the first movie.

People could go see it without having ever seen the first one and could probably get the same enjoyment out of it.

The worst thing to be seen is the rotting corpses of the uncle and aunt. They looked pretty fake.

Overall, “The Strangers: Prey at Night” is an enjoyable hour and a half that doesn’t overstay its welcome and earns its Rated R for its language.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018

Baseball wins its first conference game and third base, freshman outfielder Ruben Hernandez hit the ball right field and sophomore outfielder Maldonado turned the score around The Huskies won their first South for ELAC. Coast Conference-North game at Losing by a run, Long Beach were home against Long Beach City able to tie the game after designated College last Thursday with a final hitter Mark Stanford reached second score of 5-4. base after an error from ELAC In the bottom of the ninth inning, freshman infielder Grant Victor who with a player on second base, East let the ball slide through his arms.

Los Angeles College won the game Freshmen infielder Michael after sophomore outfielder Damian Kunipo hit to the center field Lomeli smashed a hit to left field, allowing Stanford to reach home allowing sophomore outfielder plate for Long Beach.

Elias Maldonado to reach home Sophomore catcher Matthew plate. Maldonado finished the game Shults gave the lead back to ELAC with two runs. in the bottom of the fifth inning “It was the most amazing feeling. after he scored the third run for the It was just a rush. My head was Huskies. about to explode. As soon as the With a player on third base, Victor (Long Beach) outfielder got back smashed a hit to left field and Shults and did not catch the ball, it helped scored the run. me to score,” Maldonado said.

“Their pitching was good, we Long Beach took the lead in the did not had the opportunity to load top of the first inning when third the bases, so it was hard for us to baseman Reese Berberet made a score,” said Vikings head coach home run.

Casey Crook.

In the bottom of the first inning The Huskies the Huskies momentum were able to tie carried to the the game after bottom of the “I am not the best sophomore seventh inning i n f i e l d e r strikeout pitcher, but I when Hernandez Matthew Sosa did get a lot of ground hit the ball left stole second ield where balls, and having a good fLong base.

Beach first T h e n , defense as we did was baseman slided sophomore to the ground but designated hitter easier for us to get the could not grab Oscar Osorio win” the ball, allowing smashed the ball sophomore ZECH JARRAD to the right field outside fielder ELAC Sophomore pitcher and the bases Steven Nuno to were loaded. score the fourth Freshmen run for ELAC. infielder Bryan Duenas connected Up by two runs, the game seemed with the ball and got a straight hit controlled by the Huskies in the top to center field so that Sosa scored of the eighth inning after ELAC the run for the Huskies. sophomore pitcher Zech Jarrard In the bottom of the second made two strikeouts. inning, with a player on second Jarrard finished the game with six

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BOMBS AWAY—Sophomore infielder Matthew Sosa smacks a base hit in the first inning of Thursday’s conference win

against Long Beach City College at home. strikeouts from the hill and allowed two runs.

“I am not the best strikeout pitcher but I did get a lot of ground balls, and having a good defense as we did was easier for us to get the win,” said Jarrard.

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designated hitter Reese Berberet connected a hit to center field that allowed outside fielder Danny Gill to score the third run for Long Beach.

ELAC head coach James Hines switched Jarrard for sophomore pitcher Tyler Oblea. Oblea allowed

Softball returns to winning

BY NOE ORTEGA

Upcoming games

bit more complete today and did not make many mistakes. It was the key for getting this win,” said Hines.

ELAC are 10-9 overall and 1-3 in the South Coast Conference-North play. The Huskies will face LA Harbor away in another conference game tomorrow at 2:30 pm.

Badminton suffers second defeat Chinh Chu Lai is the only returning player from last season Staff Writer and was ranked number seven in Badminton lost its second last year’s roster but is now ranked consecutive game, 21-0, in the number one in this year’s roster.

“We didn’t know how tough PCC South Coast Conference last Wednesday against Pasadena City were going to be since this was our first game of the season against College at home.

“We see some improvements them. Our performance could’ve because this year, the majority been better but we have to work on of our roster are new girls and it,” Lai said.

Lai lost both one of the things we her sets in singles need to do here is “We need to do and doubles. With to tell the girls to be scores of 2-21, 4-21 more competitive and more drills and in her first singles, not to give up,” East Los Angeles College be more physical. 4-21, 0-21 in her second singles, Badminton Head More getting 9-21, 6-21 in her coach Qui Nguy said. ready endurance first doubles and, PCC dominated East Los Angeles because basically 7-21, and 4-21 in her second doubles.

College in both singles Nguyen believes and doubles by only right now, they’re that last week’s loss playing to the third not moving” was a lesson for his match once in both team to encourage categories. ELAC them to play better Freshman Lingxuan and learn from their Gu won one out of mistakes. the three sets 21-17, QUI NGUY Badminton head coach The Huskies but ended up losing to new players are PCC freshman Grace Haoyan Zhang, Bajar 9-21 and 17-21.

The other set was in a doubles Lingxuan Gu, Shouzheng Zhang, match between ELAC freshmen Mohan Tang, Xingming Hou, Thuy Zhaoyan Zhang and Shouzheng Tran, Chi Bach, Bianca Ortega, and Zhang against PCC freshmen Xuedi Li. This was the first time since April Jessica Lee and Pinky Cheung.

ELAC won that first set 21-13 but 2015 that badminton lost a game lost the other two 14-21 and 13-21. without winning a set and the last “ We need to do more drills and be time that happened was against more physical. More getting ready PCC. ELAC badminton hasn’t been endurance because basically right now, they’re not moving as much able to defeat PCC since April 2014 when they won 16-5 at home. as I want them to,” Nguyen said.

The Huskies next badminton Badminton hasn’t nine new freshman players this season game will be on Friday at 2 p.m. and only one player returning against Compton College in the small gym. from last season.

BY NOE ORTEGA

Staff Writer Softball won its ninth game of the season yesterday, 9-5, at home against Los Angeles Harbor College.

“It was tough in terms of the weather. Harbor is a good hitting team. They don’t stop playing or give up easily, but I thought the girls did well. They put us in situations where we have runners in position to score, but they executed well,” East Los Angeles College head coach Erika Blanco said.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, sophomore pitcher Samantha Alvarado bunt a sacrifice ball that allowed sophomore infielder Jessica Hernandez to run in and score for the Huskies. Sophomore infielder Sara Serrano doubled ELAC’s lead by two after she hit a ground ball to center field so that sophomore outfielder Monne’t Manning can score a run.

Sophomore outfielder Natalie Acosta hit a sacrifice punt, but an error from LA Harbor freshman catcher Natalie Saucedo allowed sophomore infielders Destiny Avena and Serrano to run in and make it 9-5 for ELAC. The Huskies were down by two runs in the fifth inning, but cut the lead down by one run after Hernandez hit a sacrifice fly that was caught but allowed pitch runner Stephanie Castor to score.

With sophomore infielder Angelina Gonzalez on third base, Manning hit a ground ball toward the left-field and allowed Gonzalez to run in and tie the game.

Freshman pitcher Majisty Shomo came off in the top of the third inning after three earned runs. Freshman pitcher Angelita Villalvazo came on

Long Beach to tie the game from a run scored by Berberet.

Before this game, the Huskies had lost five consecutive games.

“Our guys are motivated (for the win). They do not like losing. We found a way to go out of these negative results. We played a little

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BOMBS AWAY—Freshman pitcher Angelita Villalvazo pitches toward LA Harbor batter in

yesterday’s victory 9-5 at home. and allowed two runs and got five strikeouts for the Huskies.

“I was nervous at first, but I had to boss up and do what I had to do.

I came back and I did good at the end,” Villalvazo.

In the bottom of the first inning, with sophomore outfielder Dominique De Alba on third base, Alvarado hit a run batted in single

to give ELAC the first run of the game. ELAC increased its lead in the bottom of the third inning with RBI singles from Gonzalez and De Alba.

“It was really wild in the beginning, we did struggle in the fifth inning but I’m glad we were able to get back up,” De Alba.

After yesterday’s win the Huskies

Softball East Los Angeles College will play tommorrow at Long Beach City College at 3 p.m. in a non-conference match where the Huskies look to improve their overall record.

have an overall record of 9-9 and a South Coast Conference-North play record of 2-2.

“I feel that the girls are finally playing good together. Softball is such a team sport and it takes a while to get these girls to play well together and I’m looking forward to this year,” Blanco said.

Women’s Swimming and Diving The Women’s Swimming and Diving team will compete in a three-way competition on Friday that starts at 12:30 pm at El Camino College. The Huskies will compete against hosts El Camino and Los Angeles TradeTechnical College.

Track and Field The Track and Field team will travel to Redlands University this Friday to compete in the Redland Invitational competition that will be held all day.