Campus News Fall 2019 Issue 11

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VOLUME 77, ISSUE 11 | WWW.ELACCAMPUSNEWS.COM | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2019 | SINGLE COPY FREE - ADDITIONAL COPIES 50 CENTS

ELAC partners with Yale School of Drama BY JONATTAN ROBLES Staff Writer East Los Angeles College is working to provide students with opportunities beyond its borders by working with Yale School of Drama and Center Theatre Group. On October 4, Center Theatre Group, Yale School of Drama and ELAC hosted an event geared to getting community college students an understanding of the application process. The event informed students on attending a graduate program in various technical fields of theater for instance, theatrical design, production and management. The event focused on the application process and experience of Yale, but the information learned could also be applied to a wide range of graduate programs and universities. The goal was to connect community college students with aspirations for graduate level programs in theater. Yale presented their specific master’s and doctoral programs, but also introduced students to their certificate and non-degree programs for those looking to go straight to working in theater from community college. The Yale School of Drama also offers non-degree programs and has something called Special Students. Their website states, “each year, some students are admitted to Yale School of Drama as one-year special students,” in the technical fields of the school of drama. An option available for those students not seeking a master’s

The goal was to connect community college students with aspirations for graduate level programs in theater. degree but still wish to add Yale graduate level education to their resume. The program does however, allow the special students to apply for admission to the department’s degree program of study or matriculate as second-year students if the students find Yale to be the right fit for them and decide to pursue a master’s or doctoral degree after all. Very few ELAC students may be thinking about going to the east coast to continue their education, but by hosting events and partnering with some of the top schools in the nation no matter what part of the country they may be at. ELAC is opening doors that students did not know were there. Not every student that attended this event went with the intention to apply for admission to Yale, but some students just went to seek out feedback on their portfolio or to find out how to put together a resume that will attract industry professionals. The goal of this event and others like it, as well as many of the partnerships ELAC seeks out, are done so to provide students with as much valuable information for when the students are ready to move on.

Club collects donations for families in need BY MELVIN BUI Staff Writer

CN/ZASHA HAYES

RUNNING FOR A CAUSE—ELAC students run through campus for the Turkey Trot food drive.

Students trot to Weingart Stadium ELAC food drive helps the needy during the holiday season BY ZASHA HAYES Staff Writer The faculty and students of East Los Angeles College hosted the third annual Turkey Trot on Thursday. The club which spearheaded the event was the Kinesiology Cub; the adviser of the club is a current Professor of kinesiology, Rick Gamboa. The event was a full departmental effort. Along with the Athletics Department, the campus police secured the event. The Training Medical Staff were at the event for any emergencies. Arroyo Vista Family Health Center lent a hand in the Trot and NutriShop also participated in handing out drinks for those who needed hydration. Most of the faculty chipped in for the event. The number of people participating in the trot ranged from 500 to 700. It has rapidly grown from the 250 to 300 people who had originally participated at the event. Anybody who was willing to participate was welcome at the Trot and encouraged to donate for the drive. Gamboa, the director of the event, says recently donations have grown. “We had maybe about 250-300 runners, and we filled my SUV with a bunch of food, and we went off

campus and delivered it to a couple of food pantries...the idea is that if a student, regardless of the major, that if they need food that they have at least somewhere on campus that they can get and get something to eat and something they can take back home.”

“The event is really opening, participants are welcomed in front of the stadium, not only there but they have the guidance to come inside.” REBECCA MIRAMONTES

Kinesiology club member

To begin the event, donations are taken about two weeks to a month in advance. Anything from canned to packaged food is accepted for the support of students in need. After the event, the donated food goes toward ELAC students. The food is taken to the food pantries at ASU, EOPS, the English

Department, and the Athletics Department. During the event, a 1.5 mile runwalk that starts at the track and travels through the campus only to circle around and end back at the track. Interactive fitness activities are also held for those who don’t want to run or walk. Raffles are held after the run with prizes such as pants, hats, and shirts from the coaches of the sports at ELAC. For students who chose to participate and donate for the event, extra credit was given out as a form of thanks. As staff in the event, Eric Guevara says, “I offered my services so I could help out the community, you know, help him out in a sense of giving back to our community and what we can do for ourselves and everybody together.” A student at ELAC and member of the Kinesiology Club, Rebecca Miramontes, agrees with Guevara and encouraged others to participate in the event, “The event is really opening, participants are welcomed in the front of the stadium, not only there but they have the guidance to come inside.” Next year both students would like to see more volunteers and participants in the event, not only on the Monterey Park campus, but the South Gate campus too, as Guevara said, “...an outreach of more people would be an improvement.”

The Child/ Family/ Education/ Service club has partnered with Toys for Tots for their annual Christmas toy drive. Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps reserve. The drive started on Nov. 13 and ends on Dec. 6, this gives students three weeks to donate toys. In order to participate, one must donate toys that are new and have not been wrapped yet, so that staff are able to inspect for safety. The gift must cost at least $10 and must be appropriate for the ages of 0-16 years old. The toys must be dropped off at class rooms 115, 116 and 120 in F7. The toys are stored until it is near Christmas, then the toys that have been donated are brought to the Honda Center in Anaheim. Toys for Tots has their staff reach out to families that are in need and then distributes the toys to them. The staff partners up with social welfare programs, churches and other local community agencies to see which families need the gifts the most. The purpose of the drive is to help children and families that are less fortunate by giving them gifts to help brighten their mood. Receiving gifts around Christmas

time allows them to participate in the cultural holiday and make memories that they can talk about. Last year the CFES club was able to adopt two families and donate dozens of toys. Adopting means sponsoring the family by giving them supplies to help their everyday life like food, supplies, shelter or money. In the previous years, they have had toy drives for other holidays like Easter and Halloween. On Cloud 9 is a Los Angeles based organization that has the main objective of helping homeless people and animals in need. The CFES club has partnered up with L.A. On Cloud 9 in the past for their annual food drive. It is a non-profit organization that gathers its funds from the donations of its constituents. The CFES club is comprised of child development, family and consumer studies, nutrition and liberal arts major students. The club meets every week in the F7 building to talk about possible outreach projects that they can partake in around the community. They have events specifically for certain holidays. This year, they hope to raise more funds so they are able to help people who are less fortunate and adopt more families and new organizations that are concerned about the welfare of the less fortunate.

News Briefs Stress management

The ELAC Student Health Center is having stress management drop-in workshops beginning Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Piano recital

A student piano recital will take place in the S2 Recital Hall Monday at noon and will introduce the student pianists of professor Lucy Nargizyan.

Pup edition

CN/MELVIN BUI

GIVING SEASON—Food donations gathered for families

before Christmas.

This week’s issue of Campus News was written, produced, edited and photographed by the Journalism 101 classes.


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