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ELAC alum inducted into CCCAA Hall of Fame first Dodger game in 1964 with his grandmother. Staff Writer While he was only with ELAC for one school year, he helped the Huskies advance to the East Los Angeles College Southern California Regional alumni and former Major League Finals, where they ultimately fell Baseball player Darrell Brown to Cerritos College by one run. will be inducted into the 2022 During his time at ELAC, California Community College Brown, who played centerfield Athletic Association (CCCAA) and occasionally short-stop, had Hall of Fame (HOF) on April 6. a batting average of .411 which During his time at ELAC was the first in the school’s Brown was baseball history. noticed by He also stole a b a s e b a l l “We had a good team, approximately scout, giving bases and though. It wasn’t only 40 him countless won Metro opportunities me. Because I was Conference that helped Player of the a first- round pick, him pursue a Year. I was getting all the professional Brown recalls career in the publicity. But everybody playing against sport. al State played well, everyone C Brown, 66, Fullerton and transferred to contributed. That’s how this being the ELAC from moment his life we won” Los Angeles changed as the DARRELL BROWN V a l l e y scout that was College and there to watch continued the Fullerton to play ball baseball team in 1975 as a but instead Huskie. noticed Brown. In order to continue being He was eight for eight that eligible to play he was required game and credits ELAC for this to take 19 units, all while opportunity. working nights. “The scout called me that night “It lets you know what you can and he named about five people do when you’re young. When from Fullerton. He said he was they get older they find out there to see them play, but that they’re cheating themselves,” I seemed like the best player on Brown said of students and the field to him.” Brown said athletes today who don’t put in about being scouted for the the work. Felton Wilson Houston Astros. His spark for the game began He chose to continue playing as a child playing fast pitch with college ball. his buddies and attending his Despite being drafted, and
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THROWBACK TO 1975—Darell Brown during his time as a Huskie and Brown today. making headlines, Brown made sure to credit his team for all their success. “We had a good team, though. It wasn’t only me. Because I was a first-round pick, I was getting all the publicity. But everybody played well, everyone contributed. That’s how we won,” said Brown.
He expressed excitement over being inducted into the CCCAA HOF, where he will be honored on April 6th at the CCCAA convention. It was the idea of Lonnie Teper, Kinesiology professor at ELAC and former Campus News’ sports editor and Sports
Information Director. He says Teper initiated, and he was just thankful due to it being in the one year he was at ELAC. Brown was drafted by the Detroit Tigers as a third-round pick in 1977 and eventually made his MLB debut on April 11th, 1981. He played for the
Detroit Tigers, the Oakland Athletics, and the Minnesota Twins, winning the 1983 Outstanding Rookie award. Brown went on to coach high school students and scouting. He now resides in Oregon with his daughter.
Reclaim Our Schools LA advocates for better education BY LEONARDO CERVANTES Staff Writer Reclaim Our Schools LA, is a Los Angeles movement of parents, educators, students, and community members working to improve access and advance opportunities in public education for all students. So that students thrive in the classroom, in their communities, and beyond. The organization has a clear vision on how to better schools. They want to have better food at schools, to hire more psychologists and to minimize class sizes across all grade levels. One of the initiatives the organization has taken is organizing against fully defunding the LA school police. In Los Angeles Unified School District, Black youth make up 8% of the student population, but make up 25% of school-based arrests, citations and diversions. 73% of Black and Latino students believe that school police officers escalate situations. 67% of Black and latin students describe school police officers as overly aggressive. Students feel that some school officers walk around school looking to intimidate students,. They’re like school bullies. “We want to defund school police and reinvest more money to support black students by creating BSAP, the Black student achievement plan,” Kyla Payne, a speaker at the meeting said. The BSAP provides support in curriculum and instruction, community partnerships and personal support. Elosia Galindo, a mother of a
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TUNNEL VISON—Melody Gonzalez introduced herself, sharing the vision of the future of Los Angeles schools. 5th grader spoke about the difficulties of having large classes and how it not only affected her child but the rest of the students as well as the teacher. Large classes make learning difficult as it becomes increas-
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ingly harder for teachers to focus on one or a few students that are struggling. “That isn’t fair to the teachers or the students to be dealing with that many kids at once,” Galindo said.
On-Campus Theatre Workshop with Corky Dominguez will be on Friday March 25 at 1:00 p.m. Learn about the concepts, creations, and techniques for devised solo, performance artwork. Go to ELACtheater.org for more info.
LAUSD is the second-largest school district in the nation. “We would tell the principal we want to raise funds so we can have a science lab and they would tell us no because of district rules.
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They wouldn’t let us fund resources and they wouldn’t provide the resources. Instead they were cutting resources more and more each day,” Galindo said. The rise of mental health awareness over the last few years
On March 23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Monterey Park Campus, Student can enroll in short term classes which they will be able to complete in 8 weeks.
has been great, but some schools still do not offer the proper support to help students deal with personal issues they might be going through. ROSLA wants more psychologists hired to help students as well as more counselors, PSA (Pupil Services and Attendance), and PSW(Psychiatric Social Work Services). Another initiative they want is to increase healthy food options for students and families that address food insecurity, nutrition, culture and sustainable food sources. Healthier food that includes fruits and vegetables for students. They also support housing initiatives like converting vacant LAUSD property into housing for low-income families. Provide targeted academic support for unhoused students, foster care students, working students and parenting students. ROSLA wants to reduce caseloads for special ED teachers, health and human services staff and other student support staff. More teachers and staff should be hired in order to better support students and so teachers or staff aren’t overloaded. “We have to lift up all of the issues and common concerns that educators, students, parents and community members are having so that we can come together. We have to fight for these demands every single step of the way. We do that by uniting together. Start building the proposals that are going to take us to the future,” Cecily MyartCruz, the United Teachers Los Angeles President said.
Aristophanes’ The Birds
Tickets for ELAC Theater Arts Department’s first production of semester. Tickets are available for purchase now at: https://elactheaterarts.ticketleap.com/birds/.