Volume 71, Issue 4
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Architecture students to develop Vernon housing complex Diego Linares Staff Writer Architecture 202 students are developing a housing complex for the city of Vernon as their final project of the semester. East Los Angeles College architecture Instructor Orhan Ayyuce was doing research to enter into the International Architecture Biannale of Rotterdam (IABR),but through research found that the city of Vernon wanted to develop a housing complex on 52nd and District Street. Ayyuce then proposed the project to the IABR with the theme being “food and the production of food” and received funding. Ayyuce, who is a senior editor at archinect.com, has been preparing
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ELAC’s Jose Ortiz, left, tries to gain ball possession over Long Beach City College’s Joel Altilano during yesterday’s game at Weingart Stadium. The Huskies kicked off the South Coast Conference play with a 2-0 win over the Vikings with goals by Jose Garcia-Aranda and Billy Campos. This result improves ELAC’s overall record to 3-5. For more information on this stor y, v i si t elaccampusnews.com
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his students since the beginning of the semester for everything that’s involved in their project. The team will tackle this project on a site surrounded by meatrendering plants, slaughterhouses and other suppliers of food for Southern California. With a focus on urban design, the team will meet and lay out their floor-plans to bring a new structure to the city of Vernon. During the spring semester, Ayyuce had students working on a project to design a museum of contemporary art for East Los Angeles. The museum was designed for the Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights. The previous year, students worked on the the Sunset Triangle Plaza in Silverlake, to make it more
pedestrian-friendly. At weekly round-table discussions, Ayyuce and 21 students discuss concerns about politics and geography of the site where they are currently working. “Like (Ayyuce) was telling us from the beginning, it’s like a big think tank. He kept telling us that he was going to treat us like a firm. So that when we get into the workplace this is what we’ll be dealing with,” team-member John Estrada said. This city has seen its problems in politics and toxic refuge in the soil in recent years. This team seems determined to confront those problems. “The city has arrived to a certain place, because of the political scandals and all that they had.
There’s something about Vernon every day in the newspapers. What we are trying to do is conceptually make peace between the politics and the place,” Ayyuce said. “Since we’re getting introduced to more of an urban design and more of a larger aspect, we have to deal with more issues and problems. We have to figure out solutions for those specific needs,” team-member Anthony Rodriguez said. The students have learned to appreciate their professor and will look to him for guidance. “I love this professor. I feel like he’s expanded our minds so much. With this project, it’s like he’s letting us into something that’s his and letting us explore it. We’re learning a lot,” Estrada said.
Engineering club inspires youth Augustine Ugalde Staff Writer In an attempt to inspire Eastside youth into an engineering career in academics and beyond, the engineering club held the “Noche de Ciencias,” (Science Night) last Friday night in Ingalls Auditorium. The event was designed to inform parents and students of the college enrollment and funding process. More than 150 parents, students and community members joined with club volunteers and their sponsors in staging their version of the “Caine’s Arcade, Global Cardboard Challenge.” The global challenge was inspired by 9-year-old Caine Monroy, who created a cardboard arcade game in his father’s auto shop in 2012. Also, in a short film, Monroy challenged children around the world to do the same. “We wanted to show students the fun side of engineering,” Engineering Club Faculty Adviser Brian Vazquez said. The East Los Angeles College event was a collective effort by the engineering students of ELAC who envisioned, planned, organized and staged the event on their own. “This is what’s so special about this event. It is wonderful to see students organize a conference like this,” ELAC President Marvin Martinez said. Club Interim President Candelaria Flores said she wants to make a difference in this community by leading by example, by working hard and being focused on her academic career, which is
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ASU will award five $500 scholarships to ASU students. The applications are available in the Student Activities Office in G8-119 and must be turned in by Dec. 6.
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Learning the basics—Engineering hopefuls take instruction from a student volunteer
during the Engineering Club’s “Noche de Ciencias,” last Friday in the Ingalls Auditorium. The event allowed students from K-12 and parents to learn more about engineering and college advice.
why she chose to be a part of this event. The chemical engineering major, who wants to go to USC, grew up in a family of eight and wants to be a role-model for her younger siblings and for what she calls this underrepresented community. “I love reaching out to the community. I want to be a leader for the community and my family. I want to show them that they can also succeed,” Flores said. Mechanical engineering major and project leader Albert Venegas had a similar take on the reasons why he volunteered for the project. “I want to give back to the community. Kids get exposed everyday to things why not something to better the
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community?” Venegas asked. He also said that there was nothing like this when he was growing up and that he wanted to broaden the horizons for students of the community. After the brief opening ceremony inside the auditorium, students were escorted to the foyer where they began working on their projects under student volunteer supervision. Since students from K-12 participated, the stations were divided into three levels to accommodate students from all backgrounds, with the younger students on level 1 and the older students on level 3. “We wanted to take students all the way through the engineering/
design process,” Vazquez said. Vazquez made this a fun event for the students with hand clapping, desk banging and chanting throughout the night. “I wanted to show them that engineering was more than just math and physics,” Vazquez said. This fact was not lost on Dean of Career and Technical Education Laureano Flores who stressed the importance of an engineering degree. “When I came to this country, I knew no English, but I had my civil engineering degree. That opened doors for me,” Laureano Flores said. For more on this story, visit www.elaccampusnews.com
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship open for applicants To apply for the Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship students must have a sophomore status and a 4.0 grade point average. The application must be in no later than Nov. 7. For more information go to jkcf.org/scholarships/ undergraduate-transfer-scholarships/.