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DACA no more:

ELAC rallies in front of E3 building

BY FRANCISCO PORTILLO Staff Writer With the dropping of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program last week, a large group of students and administrators gathered at a “Dream Rally” Thursday in front of the E3 building.

The rally featured stories from DACA recipients and documented students. It also featured unified chants, poetry readings and students singing.

Even the Husky mascot made an appearance, holding a sign that said “Here to stay! #ELAC4DACA.” The backdrop of the rally was a wall covered in messages written in chalk by students and faculty members.

Some of the messages included were “el pueblo unido” and “they can’t kill your dreams so they assassinate character.”

The rally was hosted by Dream Resource Center coordinator Reyna Hernandez because of President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind the DACA program.

Associated Students Union President Oscar Cruz got emotional before delivering his message. Not able to conjure up any words, he was immediately comforted by co-host Brenda Ayala and Hernandez.

Oscar Cruz made it clear that he was taking a stance as a DACA student.

He spoke about the importance of community and shed light on how his undocumented status has impacted his life.

After the deportation of his father, Oscar Cruz became the supporter of his family, working four jobs and trying to attend classes.

“It was very positive and inspirational to see faculty members, even deans, supporting our undocumented students. It was great to see the students singing and sharing their stories,” Hernandez said.

Hernandez opened up to the crowd by recounting a memory from her childhood in which her mother hid her in a street gutter after seeing Immigration Customs Enforcement.

The organizers then invited students from the crowd to share their stories.

The first student to step up was Francia Cruz, who was brought to

the United States at eight.

“DACA does not define who we are. I refuse to return to the shadows,” Francia Cruz said as the crowd offered a round of applause.

The dropping of the DACA program, which protects undocumented students and workers from deportation by offering permits to work and study in the country, is the latest step taken by the administration to rid the country of undocumented individuals.

The Dream Resource Center, along with Hernandez, offers

support and resources for the large community of undocumented students who are in need of guidance.

She is currently working on bringing back attorneys to campus from Loyola Marymount University to provide free legal aid for DACA students. She also plans to visit the South Gate campus for a Q&A session with students.

The group of activists at the rally blocked off the front entrance to the building, forcing students to walk around the building to the other side in order to reach their classes.

This event is the latest attempt from faculty members to reassure the safety of those who are recipients of DACA. On Sept. 5, Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Dr. Francisco C. Rodriguez sent an email advising who are affected to remain enrolled in school and to remain employed.

Current DACA recipients will be allowed to continue working until their permits expire.

Those whose permits expire

by March 5 will have the ability to apply for a two-year renewal if they do so before the Oct. 5 deadline. As a child of undocumented factory workers, Rodriguez states the importance of this issue on a personal level.

“I pledge to keep the doors of LACCD's colleges open for all students seeking an education, particularly for the most vulnerable and poorest in our communities.

We will continue to advocate relentlessly, fearlessly and unapologetically for the rights of all students, regardless of their immigration status,” Rodriguez said.

Students interested in reading the full message can refer to the school’s email account.

Those with any questions regarding DACA or available resources should visit the Dream Resource Center at E1-142.

SIS system crashes on first week of class, reverts to add slips

BY DORANY PINEDA Staff Writer On the second day of the Fall 2017 semester, the new Student Information System crashed while thousands of students at East Los Angeles College were signing up for classes.

Ruben Arenas, ELAC’s dean of institutional advancement, was at one of the SIS welcome stations by the Fiscal Office helping students navigate the system when he noticed it started slowing down.

“We’re not sure what happened, but it could’ve been that there was more traffic than the number of servers could handle,” Arenas said.

The system, which Arenas said was down between four to six hours, left the entire campus

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on gridlock.

Last week, after numerous add “We couldn’t do anything during codes were reportedly not working, those hours,” Arenas said. He department chairs were given add expressed how impressed he was slips––the previous method of by the patience of students during adding classes that the SIS system the malfunction. was supposed to replace.

An email was sent Aug. 29 The add slips were distributed around 11:30 as a backup a.m. to staff and in case the administrators at “We’re not sure what add codes ELAC notifying didn’t work them that the happened but it could’ve or a faculty system was down. m e m b e r been that there was The sender feel more traffic than the didn’t wrote that he had comfortable been told that the number of servers could using them, District Office’s Arenas said. handle.”

Information He added Technology that one of department was the reasons RUBEN ARENAS Dean of Institutional advancement adding servers to the add codes help speed up the w e r e n ’ t system. working was

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because the codes were mixed up.

If an instructor is teaching five classes, he explained, they get add codes that are specific to each class.

It’s likely that some of the add codes weren’t working because they weren’t the correct ones for that class.

According to vice president of continuing education and workforce development Armida Omelas, these aren’t the only inconsistencies that the new SIS system is having.

“There have been several issues in terms of the technical difficulties the district has had with rolling [SIS] out,” Ornelas said. “From issues of prerequisites, from coding, from students not being able to navigate between [the old system and the new], it’s just been on and on with different issues.”

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In response, admissions and student services workers have been working long hours doing manual inputs for applications and add slips, Ornelas said.

As a result of these system problems, enrollment has seen a dip, but it’s hard to tell how much it has actually been affected, she added.

“We’re doing so much manual inputting that we’re not caught up with all the applications and everything else,” Ornelas said.

But administration is trying to be as proactive as possible, vice president of student services Julie Benavides said.

They’re calling together an SOS team composed of faculty, administrators and the Associated Student Union to organize a Boom Festival.

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At the Boom Festival, she continued, “all the players, like financial aid, admissions, the learning assistance center, distance education, are coming together to figure out how we can help get the students who weren’t able to get into classes.” The plan is to offer them additional, short-term classes.

They’re hope is to have the Boom Festival sometime between September and October.

Despite all the problems, everyone is still confident that the problems will be resolved.

“I’m optimistic, though, that once the district works out this initial roll out, SIS will actually work okay. I think this is just the trial and error part of rolling out a major new system,” Ornelas said.

Health Coverage Assistance Via Care will help students with health coverage forms outside the cafeteria, Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. Students should bring I.D., proof of income, social security and last year’s taxes.

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The rise of ignorance plagues America

BY JOSEPH DARGAN Staff Writer White supremacy has become louder, more disruptive, and scariest of all, more mainstream force over the last eight years or so.

The great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

The recent rise of the White Power movement has once again proven these great words to be true said Dr. Robert Sussman, a physical anthropologist at Washington University said in the Huffington Post.

It’s no surprise that Kant and Blumanbach are German and Hume is Scottish, in other words, White.

“Most biologists, geneticists and anthropologists have discarded the concept of race because actual genetic studies have shown that there are more similarities among different populations than there are genetic differences. However, the idea of race in Western culture is very old and very entrenched, and many people do not understand or believe in the modern science of human genetics,” Sussman said.

Time and time again, science isn’t enough for white supremacists.

It’s not because racists can not learn the truth, but because they do not care to learn the truth. It is this lack of education that is the foundation of this conscientiously stupid and sincerely ignorant movement.

On August 12, 2017, a white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia resulted in multiple incidences of violence including the tragic death of a woman named Heather Heyer.

A white supremacist named James

Alex Fields Jr. drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing Heyer and injuring 19 other people in the process. Heyer was a white woman by the way. You would think a white supremacist would care about something like that. Another incident that comes to mind when describing the shear ignorance and stupidity of racism is the slaying of nine innocent, black churchgoers by convicted murderer Dylan Roof back in June of 2015.

Though these are extreme instances of hatred and racism, the derangement of these individuals are born out of the condonation and perpetuation of racial stereotyping, bigotry and white supremacy by friends, coworkers, family members

and, sometimes, the media.

If any of this sounds familiar in your household, then you are part of the problem.

Convincing ourselves as a nation that racism was eradicated during the civil rights movement was one of the biggest mistakes this country has ever made.

N o t s h o w i n g o n e ’s r a c i s t tendencies has merely become a side effect of America’s obsession with political correctness. Bigotry wasn’t dead but at least it had become relegated to the shadows of white America.

For a number of years, racists were thought to be either uneducated rednecks or outdated nursing home dwellers. That all changed on

January 20, 2009: the day Barack Hussein Obama, a black man, was sworn in as President of the United States of America.

Right-wing America’s head blew off. Black people were cool as long as they weren’t running the country.

If you wanted to see just how disgusted people were that Obama was elected president all you had to do was turn on Fox News channel or any conservative news network that promoted right-wing views.

They hated his name, criticized his interracial heritage, questioned his citizenship, attacked the sexuality of his wife and what did he do? He did his job.

As a nation, black Americans learned very quickly that “right-

wing” was code for White-Wing.

While conservatives were hoping for some sort of meltdown, Obama’s handling of the negative bombardment with grace and elegance was the last straw.

Right-wing conservatives would have taken anyone over Obama or his affiliates.

Sorry Hillary.

When it seemed like the Republican base was having trouble finding a leader, along came a savior in the form of Donald Trump.

While spouting anything conservatives wanted to hear, Trump seemed to tap into a darker fan base than he had expected.

Then, instead of rebuking the likes of David Duke and other known racists, Trump relished in the idea of having a group of fully attentive idiots eating up every word he said.

Donald Trump has a responsibility tonight to speak out and reassure people that he is going to be the President of all the people he insulted and offended and brushed aside.

We don’t want to feel that someone has been elected by throwing away some of us to appeal more deeply to others,” said Van Jones, CNN commentator, Yale graduate and co-founder of the social justice organization, Dream Corps.

Trump becoming president represented the mainstreaming of ancient and destructive racist ideals.

As long as white nationalist groups like the KKK and Neo-Nazis aren’t being denounced by President Trump, he will be perceived as an ally.

Staff Writer The city of Los Angeles took a step in the right direction last Wednesday when City Council voted 14-1 to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. This action reflects the removal of Confederate memorabilia in southern states.

F o r y e a r s n o w, I h a v e contemplated the validity of Columbus Day as a holiday.

Throughout grade school, I was taught about what an amazing historical figure Christopher Columbus was.

It’s difficult not to admire the person who discovered what is now

considered to be the greatest nation in the world.

Thought-provoking history teachers however, argued the validity of his role in the founding of America, pointing out the fact that Columbus technically could not discover a land that was already inhabited.

Despite the progression of civil rights in the country, there are still aspects of racism that are sprinkled throughout.

The false moniker of “Indians” that was placed on the first Americans was given by mistake.

While trying to find a new trade route, Columbus sailed West to make his way to Asia faster.

Since then, popular culture

has further marginalized people The Washington Redskins’ indigenous to the country. In almost mascot is a stereotypical caricature every major American sport, there of a Native American appearing on are teams that players’ helmets. are meant In an open letter to represent written by Dan “ Despite the N a t i v e Snyder, the team’s progression of civil Americans, owner, refuses to but they do so change the name rights in the country, in offensive there are still aspects of of Thish organization. ways. e reason Ta k e t h e racism that are sprinkled behind his decision National was because too throughout.”

Football many people now League for associate the logo example, with their personal that the memories of the representation team. According of Native t o S n y d e r, t h e Americans is the most derogatory. team’s name was meant to honor

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the nations that lost their land to invading Europeans.

The name is failing to be honorable in any way.

It is is extremely offensive considering that it stems from the color of their skin.

A comparison would be if there were a team called the Brownskins along with a racist, stereotypical drawing of a Hispanic.

My perception of Native Americans came from popular culture, which depicted all Natives as nomadic killers, living in teepees.

While there remains no simple solution when it comes to race relations, at least there are small steps being taken to the larger goal of perceived inclusiveness.

Volunteers step up to help victims of Harvey

BY JULIO SANCHEZ Staff Writer

On August 25 the world stood in disbelief as they saw a major US city be the ultimate victim of Hurricane Harvey.

The tragedy that happened in Houston has caused a great deal of pain and suffering to its residents.

Streets, homes, buildings, cars, and freeways have been engulfed in water which has resulted in many leaving their homes with whatever they could carry.

Then that is only if they were prepared to make such an immediate exit and could afford to make it out of the city until the water receded.

Unfortunately, not everybody had the opportunity to make it out of the city.

They now enter the new world of tragedy and despair while being forced to find a solution to the unbearable two-worded question, “what now?”

Did the parents pretend to be strong in this horrid time for their children or did they let their confused, disbelief get the best of them?

Luckily, there are people and organizations that will do whatever it takes to aide those in need of help and give them some type of reassurance that everything will get better in due time.

At least in the midst of all the disaster, there are still good souls out there trying to be the beacon of hope in this world.

In the days following the

hurricane in Houston, people from all around the country have taken the initiative to help those who need it by donating food, water, clothes, and their time.

Hundreds of volunteers and supplies have been making a positive impact to the lives of so many people and will continue to do so as long as people keep wanting to be a

part of the change that this world desperately needs.

Organizations like Houston Humane Society, Best Friends Animal Society, and Houston ASPCA are just few of the many highly qualified groups that focus on helping animals that have been hurt, displaced, malnourished, or in need of shelter due to Hurricane Harvey.

Other organizations like Houston

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Food Bank, South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, and the LGBTQ Disaster Relief Fund focus on helping people that need help with getting proper physical and mental treatments, as well as materials needed to stay healthy and safe.

These organizations make sure that animals and people get proper care as soon as possible.

Those lucky enough to escape and stay safe until the day they return, if they ever do, are the fortunate.

Tomorrow is never promised and Hurricane Harvey reminded the world of how true that is after taking the lives of at least 70 people and damaged more than 100,000 homes.

As of now, it seems like the world is heading for a serious change in atmosphere.

With a major tragedy being followed by an even worse catastrophe, there is no way to know just how bleak the future will get.

What is known is that the work, progress, and accomplishments that happen when people unite and care for one another is nothing short of amazing.

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Husky cafe offers more food variety

BY GISELLE PALOMERA Staff Writer The Husky Café opened mid-August, making Pacific Dining Food Management Service the sole food service provider for all the nine Los Angeles Community College District campuses.

Pacific Dining offers three different kitchen services. The Casa Solana kitchen offers students a variety of Mexican food. The Husky Grill offers burgers, hot sandwiches and other favorites like Pastrami.

Block and Barrel offers deli sandwiches and paninis.

“Students come to me and complain about the prices of the food, and I think that the prices are good for the quality we offer. I’m still trying to see and learn the needs of students,” Erika Chavez, who runs the cafe, said.

The board of trustees approved a ten-year lease with Pacific Dining, Wednesday, providing the East Los Angeles College cafeteria with a fully operational Husky Café. The lease agreement included yearly and monthly commissions, scholarship and food contributions.

The rent amount for Pacific Dining will be based on a monthly commission of seven percent on all net cafe and catering sales and 10 percent commission on all net outside catering sales to outside groups or off-campus catering, plus a $1,000 scholarship contribution to each of the nine colleges in LACCD. Other terms for the lease agreement include a $1,000 food service to campus administrations yearly, a $500 food service to governing student bodies yearly and $25,000 for a reserve fund specifically for LACCD and Los Angeles Southwest College dining improvements.

Pacific Dining caters to corporate, campus and vending one-stop food services.

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FOODS UP—Employee Juan Mora serves up one of the new food options available at the Husky Grill kitchen.

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Study suggests homeless population growing in LACCD

BY STEVEN ADAMO Staff Writer Homeless students within the Los Angeles Community College District are on the rise according to survey results reported by the Los Angeles Times.

The survey was authored

by Hope Lab, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, along with the Association of Community College Trustees.

A c c o r d i n g t o t h e Ti m e s ’ article, both groups suggested that LACCD campuses make showers available to homeless students and offer additional help for them to receive the resources that are already available to them.

On our campus, there are few resources available to students.

Assembly Bill 801, or the “Enacts the Success for Homeless Youth in Higher Education Act,” went into effect in January.

The bill allows an employee of the Financial Aid office to serve as a Homeless and Foster Student Liaison.

AB 801 gives students under the age of 25 (who are formerly from foster care or are currently homeless) priority in registration and enrollment.

Students unable to fill in the address portion of the application will be

considered a “non-resident.” currently enrolled and are “In order to obtain resources in good standing with their college. available, students who are currently More information on shower homeless must register at a shelter availability can be found in the before enrolling,” Kristen Mercado, Student Services office at E1-213.

Administrative Secretary of the In a study conducted by Amy Student Services office.

D w o r s k y, P h . D . , a n d M a r k Student Courtney, Health Center Ph.D., they coordinator concluded Cecilia Cruz that youths In a study conducted is one of the aging out of

by Amy Dworsky, Ph.D., foster care are members who created the at high risk and Mark Courtney, Behavioral Ph.D., it was concluded for becoming Intervention homeless that youths aging out Team over the during the of foster care are at summer. transition to The BIT high risk for becoming adulthood. meets twice “Between homeless during the a month to 31 percent discuss cases transitions to adulthood. and 46 percent that have been of our study, filed by East participants had Los Angeles been homeless College staff. at least once by age 26 years,” According to Cruz, the team is Dworsky and Courtney said. contacted if students are a danger Created January of last year, to themselves or others. the Cooperating Agencies Foster During the meetings, members Youth Education Support connects discuss different courses of action to students aging out of foster care to help connect students in need with the resources they need for their resources available to them that they education. may not be aware of.

“In many cases, students B e g i n n i n g i n J a n u a r y , might not have strong family Administrative Regulation support systems, but the S-15 made shower facilities on program’s pathways help us a l l d i s t r i c t c a m p u s o p e n ensure students are on the right path t o a l l s t u d e n t s w h o a r e with manageable course loads,

financial aids and the like,” Danelle Fallert, dean of Student Services, said.

More information on the CAFYES program can be found by contacting Danelle Fallert in the Student Services office.

An app developed by Our Children LA allows people to locate food, shelter, health/mental health, education, crisis support, hotlines, drop-in centers, transportation, legal assistance, job supports and government benefits.

More information can be found at: https://www.ourchildrenla.org/ win-app/.

Another local resource is People Assisting The Homeless Mall.

It is located at 340 N. Madison Ave. in Los Angeles and gathers a variety of homeless services into one place, making it easier for people to get the help they need without having to travel all over town.

The closest shelter to ELAC is the Salvation Army in Bell.

Their phone number is 3232 6 3 - 1 2 0 6 . T h e r e ’s a l s o t h e Downtown Women's Center in Los Angeles and their phone number is (213) 680-0600.

For more information on on resources available, contact the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority at (213) 683-3333 or https://www.lahsa.org.

DACA removal looms over trustees meeting

BY NOE ORTEGA & GISSELLE PALOMERA Staff Writers The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was a major discussion point at the board of trustees meeting on Wednesday.

Los Angeles Community College District President Sydney Kamlager and East Los Angeles College President Marvin Martinez spoke about President Donald Trump's decision to eliminate DACA. “That decision is cruel, uncomfortable and contradicts the American dream. Today I want to remind us all the importance of leadership, now more than ever,” said Kamalager.

Martinez assured that all DACA students are welcome on campus.

“I would like to acknowledge all our DACA students who are here, and we want to let you know that we stand with you. Rest assure we are here to comfort you in this time, and we want to make sure that you will earn your degree,” said Martinez.

President of the Associated Student Union Oscar Cruz spoke out about the student fees policy and how the prices per semester affect students, especially international students.

“International students pay $2,886 per semester. That’s almost twice my rent. That’s unbearable, and if you are trying to increase your enrollment entries, I suggest you reconsider this,” said Cruz.

Cruz also talked about the food vendors’ rise of prices this semester compared to last semester's, saying that the prices don’t benefit the district or the

students enrolled.

Cruz thanked LACCD Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez for sending an email to all students in the district last Tuesday to show his support for DACA students.

Rodriguez wanted to emphasize that all DACA students should

“I would like to acknowledge all our DACA students who are here, and we want to let you know that we stand with you. Rest assure that we are here to comfort you in this time, and we want to make sure that you earn your degree.”

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continue to go to school, work and to not do anything to jeopardize their status.

Martinez announced a partnership between ELAC, the Vincent Price Museum and the Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and Internships.

Faculty at ELAC and the VPAM negotiated and conversed with representatives from the Smithsonian that they would accept ELAC students as interns.

“This is an opportunity for ELAC students to go out to Washington D.C. and to intern in the incredible museums we have in the

National Mall in Washington D.C.,” said Martinez.

Hope Flores, Melissa Marinero, Daniela Camilla and Vanessa Quintero will go to Washington D.C. in January.

There were 26 requests to speak to the board. Each speaker was given two minutes to address the board.

Multiple staff members of the LACCD spoke to the board about the Health Reimbursement Arrangement and to continue its support.

Bridgette Thompson, Child & Family Studies department professor, spoke out about her support for the HRA. “I depend on the HRA to pay for my costs. I take 11 medications and I need to depend that the HRA will cover those costs,” said Thompson.

An adjunct professor of the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild, who did not provide his name, went up to the board to express his concerns with the reserve amount for LACCD. “LACCD has twice the recommended amount of money on reserve. This is why I believe it is absolutely possible to get the health coverage we need through a contract,” he said.

Student Ernesto Yanes Arnold said he was struggling to find a place to live at one point.

“As the Largest community college district, the board should offer more tangible solutions to change how we are being treated. I hope that this change happens. We are the future.

We need better connections to resources. Resources that everyone should have available,” Arnold said.

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New ASU vice president has high expectations

BY GISSELLE PALOMERA Staff Writer Monique Hernandez began her term as vice president for the Associated Student Union with promise of more club events and a livelier campus.

Hernandez began at East Los Angeles College in 2014 and is now the newly elected vice president after serving two terms as senator and secretary.

As the beginning of the semester brings on new challenges, Hernandez encourages students to be involved and to make ELAC their safe place.

“Get involved. The important thing is to be a part of ELAC. Apply to be on the board, start a club, join a club, be active, make memories and make ELAC your home,” Hernandez said.

Hernandez chose the position of vice president because the main

responsibility is to be the liaison for the clubs on campus.

As the vice president, she plans to have more club events to bring the student population on campus together.

She, along with ASU, are currently planning events like Club Rush week to encourage students to be in a club or to start their own.

Hernandez believes student involvement makes campus life more enjoyable because being around others who share the same interests and have goals is encouraging.

Her lack of involvement before being on the ASU board made her want to go home after class, but now she enjoys a busy life on campus.

After classes, she goes to meetings, and spends time in the library and is how Hernandez spends her school days.

Hernandez is currently studying Biochemistry and taking courses from the Science, Technology,

Engineering and Math program. “ I have volunteered at a hospital before and I've always enjoyed helping people. It's hard to explain why I chose the medical path without telling a whole life story.

But I really hope I inspire other students on campus to get involved and give back to the community.

Everyone has a story that leads them to contribute something to society,” Hernandez said.

Hernandez plans to attend either the University of California, Berkeley or the University of Southern California.

A year ago, Hernandez visited the UC Berkeley campus and said she enjoyed the liveliness and friendliness of the campus, making it her top choice.

She also thinks of attending medical school to become a doctor or anesthesiologist if her plans take her in that direction.

Hernandez believes that in the sciences, everything is political and

should be taken personally.

“Political is personal, take everything personally,” Hernandez said.

When Hernandez is not busy on campus she, enjoys exercising her mental and physical abilities.

“I like to stay active physically and mentally, so I like to go to the gym or sit down and read a book. I like to watch scary movies, cook with my loved ones and eat ice cream. That's the best I can summarize,” Hernandez said in an email.

Hernandez hopes to inspire students to be more active and aware of members of the community at ELAC. Students can attend and be a part of Club Rush week from Sept. 19 until the 21, and is open to anyone who wants to start a new club.

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International players pursue same goals at ELAC

BY STEPHANIE GUEVARA Staff Writer Vicente Herencia, Edson Jimenez, Kevin Rodriguez and Gustavo Sliva come from four different countries to pursue the same goal in the United States that couldn’t be fulfilled in their countries.

Herencia, Jimenez, Rodriguez and Silva opted to play for the East Los Angeles College men’s soccer team because they found the opportunity to earn an education and play soccer.

Herencia,19, a freshman defender from Santiago, Chile became fascinated in college soccer through his older brother.

“It had been my desire since I was 15 years old to came to the United States because my brother came to South Carolina to play soccer and study,” Herencia said.

Herencia said he had the opportunity to travel to South Carolina with his brother, see him play and visit his dorm.

After being exposed to his brother’s environment, Herencia took the initiative to look for a way to come to the U.S. Herencia heard about ELAC through mutual friends and coaches.

“The coach (ELAC head coach Eddie Flores) spoke to my parents and cleared everything to them.

After that, I came here,” Herencia said.

Although Herencia is still getting back to rhythm, after suffering an injury that kept him out for a while, he said he is optimistic in achieving great things with the soccer team.

In Mexico, Jimenez tried to pursue a career in soccer, but it

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PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS—Gustavo Silva (left), Edson Jimenez, Kevin Rodrigez and Vincente Herencia locking arms in unison after Friday’s tied game. became impossible.

Jimenez, 22, is a freshman midfielder who came from Guadalajara, Mexico, formed part of Jaguares de México, a soccer club from Chiapas Mexico. He left the team because it was in a terrible position athletic wise.

“In Mexico, I was playing for a team, but nothing else was going to happen because it was bad. I came

here to look for a team where I could play. I found ELAC and saw the opportunity to play and study, since I was also studying industrial engineering in Guadalajara,” Jimenez said.

Jimenez in the Spring took a soccer class.

He approached the soccer coaches and asked them how he could get on the team.

“We saw him in the class and he was just special. He was doing things however he wanted and taking down players. Everything resulted because he was just being himself in the soccer classes,” men’s soccer assistant coach Ricardo Raygoza said.

Jimenez said his long term goal is to pursue a career and play for a soccer club.

Rodriguez had a different process at ELAC. Freshman forward Rodriguez, 19, came from Santa Barbara, Honduras three years ago and played for Augustus Hawkins High School.

He tried out for the men’s soccer team, but was recommended by a friend to Raygoza.

“Kevin was presented to me by a soccer mutual friend. He called

me and told me there was a kid (Rodriguez) who was super good, talented and fast. He told me ‘If you don’t take him someone else will’,” Raygoza said.

Rodriguez said he found his motivation in playing soccer through school.

He learned in high school that in order to play for the team he had to earn good grades.

Rodriguez said he didn’t have that in Honduras.

“Over there (Honduras) there aren’t the same opportunities as here. In Honduras, if I wanted to play, I didn’t care about going to school. I would play and practice the whole day. When I entered high school here, I joined the soccer team and realized I had to earn good grades to play soccer. That motivated me into being good academically,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez’s biggest goal for this season is to win a title with ELAC. Remembering his loss last year in the California Interscholastic Federation final motivates him in wanting to win the South Coast Conference.

Silva found a place closest to his native Sao Paulo, Brazil in Los Angeles.

Freshman defensive midfielder Silva, 20, left Concordia, Kansas after a year of playing because he wanted to play in California.

Raygoza said Silva adapted to Los Angeles and ELAC fast.

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Workshop prepares Elans for active shooter scenario

BY ANASTASIA LANDEROS Staff Writer Oct. 1, 2015: A 28-year-old student at Umpqua Community College in Oregon fatally shoots an assistant professor and eight students before committing suicide.

June 1, 2016: Two men are killed in an apparent murder-suicide inside an engineering building at the University of California, Los Angeles.

May 4, 2017: A 21-year-old male kills his 20-year-old female stalking victim in the Performance Hall Building at North Lake College in Irving, Texas before committing suicide in a locker room shower stall.

How prepared is our campus community in case of an active shooter situation?

At Monday’s Active Shooter/ Behavioral Threat workshop, faculty, staff and students found out.

The workshop, presented

by ELAC’s Fire Technology Coordinator Jason Hosea, was an interactive, one-hour presentation on what to do in case the campus becomes the setting of an active shooter situation.

An active shooter is a gunman or gunmen attempting to kill people in a confined but populated area.

The training focused on options faculty, staff and students have when they encounter a shooter on campus, and how to identify and defuse a violent situation.

Hosea said that knowing the difference between disruptive behaviors and threatening and violent behaviors can help with deciding how to de-escalate a potentially violent argument.

Disruptive behavior includes causing a disturbance with a raised voice, with or without the use of profanity, but the disrupter clearly has no intention to physically harm anyone.

Hosea said that when dealing with a disruptive person, whether it be a faculty member or a student, offering

calm but concerned responses is the how to identify the warning signs of problematic behaviors is a key best way to defuse the situation.

He said that indicating your component in preventing an active shooter on campus. desire to listen, “We don’t want understand to stick our heads the problem in the sand and and solve it say ‘Oh, that’s rationally not gonna happen usually ends the here,’ because I disruption. guarantee you in Threatening all those incidences and violent (of active shooters behaviors, on campus), I’m however, need sure they felt the to be handled same way at their delicately. colleges.”

Hosea said He said that that if someone anyone involved in witnesses or an active shooter reasonably situation has three believes that JASON HOSEA options: run, hide a threatening Fire Technology coordinator or fight. situation can Hosea highly become a violent encourages altercation then, they should immediately call 911 students to run and/or hide if it is or the Sheriff’s Department on safe to do so, but as a last resort, campus at (323) 265-8800. Hosea fight back against the attacker by said that being vigilant and learning any means necessary.

“We’re kind of the leaders of the campus and we need to shepherd the students.”

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The training accompanied a short video from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on surviving an active shooter situation.

It offered situational examples of what to do during an emergency.

Is someone shooting in the library?

T h e S h e r i ff ’s D e p a r t m e n t suggests hiding under a desk or out of sight since most active shooters aim for easy targets.

The video offers three items to remember for a fast plan of survival: concealment, cover, escape.

Find an object that can conceal you from the bullets and take cover behind it while trying to escape through emergency exits or windows.

Hosea said that an active shooter situation can last anywhere between 10 and 15 minutes, so taking notice of your surroundings is an important part of survival.

He suggests playing the “what-if” game when inside a building and take note of all exits, windows and

empty rooms that can be used as a place to hide.

“The key to success is being prepared, and these classes help with that,” he said.

Most attendees to the emergency preparedness workshops are students, but he hopes that more faculty and staff attend future sessions.

“We’re kind of the leaders of the campus and we need to shepherd the students.”

Although there is an emergency preparedness coordinator for the district, he said a home-grown approach allows for our campus personnel to be ahead of the curve when it comes to keeping students, faculty and staff safe in an emergency.

The next active shooter training will be Sept. 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in F9-101.

A light lunch will be provided.

For more information, contact Jason Hodea at hoseaj@elac.edu or (323) 267-3703.

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‘New Voices’ exhibits variety of talent on campus

BY MELODY ORTIZ Staff Writer

The annual “New Voices” exhibit opened in the Vincent Price Art Museum on September 5, to display original pieces by East Los Angeles College students.

The museum’s website describes “New Voices” as an exhibit that “highlights exceptional artworks” from different departments at ELAC. The website also says that this is the first time submissions from the Theater Department were included.

“We are always trying to give every department a little, you know, recognition,” said Jorge Claustro, museum preparator of VPAM. Before introducing the juror and curator for the exhibit on opening night, the director of the Vincent Price Art Museum, Pilar Tompkins Rivas, welcomed visitors and spoke a few words.

“This has been a place that has given the first step to so many artists that are very important, especially within the Latina and

Chicana community,” Rivas said.

She continued saying, “Talent is something that is within this community and we are looking for those new voices.”

This year’s juror was Allison Agsten, the director of The Main Museum of Los Angeles Art, a new institution downtown. Agsten decided which submissions made it into the exhibit, as well as which would take the top three places.

Agsten said that before coming to the event, she took her staff to the federal building as she was one of the many who were upset upon hearing the news about DACA. Agsten said, “There are places in town, I know this is one of them, the Main Museum is another, where we support you and your community,” Agsten went on to express how grateful and honored she felt to take part and judge the submission for this year’s exhibit.

With so many unique pieces, Agsten said choosing was “almost impossible.” In the end, first place went to Katherine Cordero for her Mayan bust. Masami Scorvelcin took second with an untitled quiltlike piece made from porcelain,

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hemp cord, and a metal bar. Finally, third place was awarded to Eduardo Urbina for his photograph title “Venice Dukes.”

Many pieces in the exhibit showed expressions of political views, some obvious and others more subtle.

Artist Janet Macias explained that she expresses her feminism through ceramics.

Macias’ piece, Eres Muxer, is a pink, ceramic spice tray in the shape of a flower. The five containers sitting on the petals are each lidded with an individual vagina with a container shaped like a single breast placed in the middle of the tray.

After pointing out a few other artworks that she believed went with her theme, Macias said, “That’s kind of how we express our political views. We use different mediums.”

While Macias expressed through ceramics, others used photography and paint.

“New Voices” is open to the general public until November 4.

Admission is free. The Vincent Price Art Museum hours are noon to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and noon to 7 p.m. on Thursdays.

‘IT’ delivers scares without resorting to typical tricks GUSTAVO BUENROSTRO Staff Writer Terrifying as well as heartfelt, “IT” delivers a faithful adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name that will send goosebumps throughout the body.

“IT” is about a kid named Bill, played by Jaeden Linberher, and his friends being terrorized by a creature that takes the appearance of a clown.

As with any good horror movie, “IT” delivers on scares. There are jump scares that most modern horror films have, but “IT” does not rely solely on them to make the film scary.

Whenever there was a scare coming, the music would swell louder until Pennywise, the name of “IT,” would show up on screen.

The tension in “IT” leads to creepy images on screen, unlike other horror films where the tension usually leads to something more mundane. When the audience expected a scare they got a scare.

This can be seen as a negative, however, as every jump scare was given away and the audience was able to guess accurately when to look away from the screen.

The music also added to the atmosphere, which was dark and sinister. Whenever Pennywise showed up on screen, little kids could be heard singing in the

background for a few seconds before “IT” would go in for the kill.

T h e c o m p o s e r, B e n j a m i n Wallfisch, did a great job at bringing the horror back into the more sincere and heartfelt scenes. When Beverly, played by Sophia Lillis, is looking at a card she gets from a secret admirer, the music is soft and light. Then she hears something coming from the sink and the music smoothly goes from light to heavy as the strings moved to a lower register.

One surprising aspect of the film was the humor. The mixing of humor and terror added to the heart of the film. The kids act like kids and say things kids would say when their parents aren’t around. It makes the film feel genuine.

What is impressive about the film is that the humor adds to the horror.

The little jokes that characters like Richie Tozier, played by Finn Wolfhard, make put the audience into a false sense of security. When horror films use jump scare after jump scare, the audience becomes numb to them. But when humor is intercut with the scares, the audience has a chance to relax from the scares and build the tension back up again. This makes every scare just as effective as the last.

All the actors in the film did a great job portraying kids dealing w i t h s o m e t h i n g t h e y d i d n ’t understand. The reactions to the crazy things they would see were

appropriate reactions. The moments were the kids really shined were when nothing scary was happening at all. They were discussing what they should do about “IT.” However, one of the best performances of the film has to go to Bill Skarsgard who portrays Pennywise. He portrayed a being that was terrifying as well as sadistic.

Skarsgard, without the help of special effects, could move each of his eyes independently of each other. One eye would look at the characters and one eye would look at the camera. This was something that the director, Andy Muschietti, used a lot in the film. The eye movement Skarsgard did is not something other characters noticed, but it’s something the audience notices, breaking the fourth wall a little bit. The director added these moments throughout the entire film, but would not bring attention to it, which made it creepier.

At its core, “IT” is about friendship. The bonds of the kids friendship are tested because of the ordeal they all go through. This is the real focus of the film and where the heartfelt moments stem from.

Overall, “IT” is a good time if you love horror films. Sure it doesn’t add anything to the horror genre or reinvent horror movies but “IT” has good scares, great characters and a touching story.

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TRAGIC SYMPHONY— Crystal Andrade created this piece last year using oil paint on tree bark.

It is currently on display at the Vincent Price Art Museum until November 4.

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New documentary explores life of activist Dolores Huerta DORANY PINEDA Staff Writer Director Peter Bratt’s new documentary “Dolores” is a powerful, intimate and engaging look into the life of activist, feminist and rebel Dolores Huerta.

Huerta––unbeknownst to many–– was cofounder of the National Farmworkers Association, which would later be known as the United Farmworkers Union. She, along with the more widely-known Cesar Chavez, fought tirelessly to change the miserable working conditions and unjust treatment of the country’s food growers in the 1960s.

Despite her tremendous influence, work and sacrifice in the fight for labor and racial justice, Huerta’s contributions to the movement have been largely unrecognized. But Bratt paints a powerful portrait of Huerta’s life, both on the frontlines of social change and the personal stakes that came with it.

Told through interviews with family members, friends, activists, political dignitaries and scholars, along with Huerta’s own voice and archived footage, the story of Huerta––who is described as “the most vocal activist you’ve never heard of”–– is one of sheer passion, conviction and sacrifice.

The documentary opens in

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an intimate space: Huerta, now 87, is shown in a hotel room, fixing herself up to go out into the world. The camera then cuts to a montage of Huerta walking onto a series of public spaces: a stage, an auditorium, a podium, a sidewalk, all to a crowd of cheering people.

But as the film shows, the mostly deep affection and respect that Huerta gained from farm workers and later the rest of the country, did not come without its struggles. She was jailed, seriously beaten, mocked and often criticized by both men and

PHOTO COURTESY OF PBS DISTRIBUTION women who preferred to see her in a more traditional role.

A mother of 11, most of Huerta’s children were interviewed in the film. Besides talking about her work and influence, they also all unanimously expressed how their mother’s absence affected them when they were younger.

The amount of screen time that

these candid and heartfelt interviews get are what makes “Dolores” unique. Her adult children talk about how for months at a time they wouldn’t see their mother, who often left them behind with relatives while she was out organizing farm strikes and rousing people into action.

The interviews with her nowadult children were very emotional.

One of her son’s remembered when he dropped out of high school, and Huerta, his mother, didn’t find out for 10 months. “The movement became her most important child.

There are scars there because of that,” one of her daughters said.

These interviews show a woman who, while capable of great justice and change, was also capable of causing great pain to those closest to her. “Dolores” exposes Huerta’s humanity in all its flaws and vulnerabilities in all its regrets and successes.

Originator of the phrase “Si se puede (yes we can),” which became former President Barack Obama’s motto, Huerta then as Huerta now, at 87, still chants that song.

And Bratt’s “Dolores” highlights the force of the woman behind not just those words, but these: “You can’t make change unless you give something up,” a statement Huerta utters and which the powerful film shows the truth of, from all sides of her life.

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Men’s soccer remain undefeated so far practicing corner kicks to generate more opportunities of goals. “We Staff Writer practiced a play yesterday and tried to perfect it and get a goal out of it,” Men's soccer ended in a 1-1 Raygoza said.

ELAC Midfield freshman Edwin draw due to two penalty in the same fashion against Orange Coast Vasquez had his own ,shot but College on Friday at the Weingart missed wide in the 38 minute Sophomore midfielder Luis Stadium.

Orange Coast came out fired to Alvarado had a miss of his own start the game as took a shot but moments later.

Sophomore midfielder William went over the crossbar.

ELAC came back with a shot from Morse and freshman forward Kevin Rodriguez freshman midfielder Edy generated many Martinez in the 26th opportunities minute of the game, “I told them for the team to but Orange Coast increase their goalkeeper blocked it. to stop yelling lead. Rodriguez Husky sophomore at each other and Morse each goalkeeper Joshua and leave that had three shots Moreno had a busy first on goal out of half with three saves. to the coaches. the nine that The Huskies applied A few halftime the Huskies had pressure to create many corner kicks and chances ajustments paid during the game.

In the 60th to score. off right away.” minute of the They had a total of game Barros 18 shots and nine were EDDIE FLORES committed on goal.

Head Coach a penalty by In the 30th minute blocking a header ELAC shot a corner from Orange in the keeper's area where sophomore forward Valentin Coast, which tied the game 1-1.

“Our handball that was called was Mercado hit a header that an Orange Coast defender block with his clearly not one because it wasn't delvert or anything,” ELAC coach hands.

ELAC was awarded a penalty Andy said. With 15 minutes to go kick that sophomore captain and the game was more intense with defender Agustin Barros scored to time running out to find a game winner. put the Huskies in the lead.

ELAC had the chance to win Toward the end of the first half Orange Coast almost tied the game, the game with four minutes left. but Moreno stopped them with a Sophomore forward Andy Benitez had a clear one-on-one chance save.

Assistant Coach Ricardo against Orange Coast goalkeeper, Raygoza said the team had been but his shot was blocked.

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HAT TRICK— Sophomore midfielder Luis Alvarado kicks his third goal of the day past the Los Angeles Harbor College goalie.

Moments later sophomore defensive captain Jorge Mejia and freshman midfielder Jerson Maravilla crashed with each other with three minutes left in game causing a break in the action for medical attention.

“We should've won the game.

It feels like a defeat, Andy said.

Barros said the game was difficult

and that the team had to improve scoring. “We need to be strong at home. Today we tied, but we need to focus on the next game,” Barros said ELAC won its game yestrday by a score of 6-2 to continue its perfect season at 4-0-3 played this season.

Alvarado scored a hattrick and provided an assist.

Sophomore midfielder Edward Robles had three assists in the game.

“It was just some what unexpected yeah you have to expect every ball and be at the right position at the right the moment. I felt like it took me a bit but thankfully god was on my side to be in that precise moment,” said Alvarado after the game.

They continue their undefeated season on the road at Glendale College Tuesday night at 7pm.

guaranteed touchdown, the ball was stripped and recovered for a fumble

by ELAC sophomore defensive lineman Sione Vea. Vea provided a field goal block and a shared sack with sophomore d e f e n s i v e l i n e m a n Tr e s t a n Kueneman on a failed two point conversion attempt later in the game.

Though Orange Coast scored again, they didn’t mentally recover from the lost fumble on the goal line.

Tran went on for 18 of 30 with 293 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions. In the 4th quarter Tran had a drive that included a 17 yard, passing third down conversion and ended with a 14 yard, flipping through the air, rushing touchdown for Lavell Thompson. freshman kicker Hector Gomez, 17, went five for five on the night converting four extra points and one field goal.

The one downside of the game was that the Huskies were responsible for 16 penalties throughout the game.

Since coach Bobby Godinez was hired, the Huskies are 10-2 and have not yet lost a home game.

According to a family member of the coach, Godinez would do

anything to get last year’s first game back.

“When we cut down on penalties and consistently execute our style of play, this team could be unstoppable,” said Godinez Although ELAC lost last season’s first game, the team finished with a 9-2 record, earning themselves an invite to the Patriot Bowl, in which they won.

The Huskies could not replicate their success in week two, as they were defeated by Allan Hancock College 13-21. Although they were able to cut down on penalties, committing 11 compared to week one’s 16, the Huskie’s offense struggled, averaging 2.2 yards per play.

Allan Hancock averaged more than double ELAC’s output with five yards per play. Sophomore wide receiver Kenny Allen was able to score his second touchdown He is currently averaging 23.4 yards a catch. With a even record of 1-1, ELAC will be playing home on Saturday against Antelope Valley College at 6:00 pm.

Huskies’ football breaks even after two weeks

BY JOSEPH DARGAN Staff Writer Football won the season opener on Saturday night against Orange Coast College,avenging last season’s opening game blowout loss.

Among the crowd of fans enduring the 100 degree temperature on game night was ELAC President Marvin Martinez.

“With the addition of our new coaches, staff and recruits, along with a year to put it all together, we could very well go undefeated if we beat Orange Coast tonight,” Martinez said.

After rendition of the National Anthem by ELAC student Regis Bell,the Huskies began their opening drive on offense. Freshman quarterback, Philip Tran dropped backwith 12:02 left in the first quarter to deliver an 80 yard pass to sophomore wide receiver Kenny Allen.

Allen took it into the end zone for the Huskies first touchdown of the season.

Orange Coast retaliated with a touchdown in the first quarter and failed to convert the extra point, leaving the score 7-6.

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SPEED KILLS— Sophomore wide receiver Kenny Allen bolts past Orange Coast defenders to score an 80-yard touchdown.

A two yard rushing touchdown by running back Nicholas Hutson made the score 14-6, giving the Huskies some breathing room midway through the second quarter.

Orange Coast wouldn't go

Goals: ELAC helps keep dream alive here and there because not all of us root for the same soccer team. One “We are still impressed on how player might be talking about how Real Madrid is he made it to the team. better and another One day it was really one might yell hot, but he never “It had been my across the locker stopped running.

He kept on pushing desire since i was room Barcelona or Manchester himself and harder.

15 years old to United is better, That’s what we need come to the United but that’s how we on the team and that’s get along,” said why we love him,” States because Rodriguez.

Raygoza said. Silva my brother came Assistant coach wants to pursue a David Garcia said career in business if to South Carolina all four players soccer doesn’t work. to play soccer and adapted well to He plans on staying the team. study.” in California for as “A couple of long as he can.

VICENTE HERENCIA injuries have limHerencia, Jimenez, Freshman Defender ited the playing Rodriguez and Silva time of some of have no problem the players, but adapting to the team. They said team other than that their up side is very has become part of their family.

“We have our little arguments high,” Garcia said.

without a fight as they mounted a third quarter comeback.After scoring a two yard rushing touchdown, forcing ELAC to punt on consecutive possessions, and mounting a 55 yard drive,

Orange Coast found themselves on the one yard line with a chance to take the lead.

Orange Coast attempted to run it in on third down. After a hand off to the fullback forwhat looked like a

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