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Editorial on concerns about campus saftey and emergency procedures.

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE—A police force consisting of Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputies and Monterey Park Police Officers on standby in front of the South Gym on Cesar Chavez in response to a call of a possible gunman on campus.

LACK OF COMMUNICATION Faculty, students, staff question emergency readiness • Buildings do not lock automatically in an emergency • There are no loud speakers in E7, F7 or the parking structures

• An emergency text must be routed through LACCD before it is sent • Students and school employees must register on elac.edu to receive texts

BY GUADALUPE BARRIGA AND IVAN CAZARES Staff Writers Students, staff and faculty are concerned about their safety and question whether East Los Angeles College is prepared for an emergency. The issue was discussed during Thursday’s American Federation of Teachers meeting and Tuesday’s Academic Senate meeting.

ELAC was placed under an unofficial lockdown last week when the Monterey Park Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to a rumor of an active shooter on campus.

Faculty’s main concern was the lack of communication during last week’s threat.

There wasn’t a message sent out to students or faculty to inform them on the situation. However a message was sent out telling people that the situation was resolved.

“We had no idea what was happening,” Adjunct Representative Randy Adsit said.

Classes in the C2 complex were told to remain inside and lock the doors until the search was over while other students were turned away and told that classes were canceled.

Teachers continued with their classes unaware of what was happening. Janitors were informed through their radios. Faculty suggested to Martinez using similar equipment to communicate in future emergency situations.

The senate agreed with the Fire Technology Program Coordinator Jason Hosea’s proposal to develop an emergency response plan that everyone is aware of.

He suggested appointing a disaster preparedness coordinator with experience and developing an emergency response team. “We don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

There are schools with robust programs we could use as examples. We have emergency response experts on campus,” Hosea said.

He also suggested periodic training for faculty and staff. He pointed out the advantage of having emergency response experts such as himself and the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department on campus to help

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• Not every classroom has a telephone or computer for instructors to receive messages • Faculty and staff are not trained for emergency procedures

develop such a plan.

“It’s not just active shooters. We need a plan for fires and earthquakes,” Hosea said.

Senators also mention the South Gate Educational Center’s lack of loud speakers around campus. Martinez said that if an accident were to happen at the South Gate campus, the agreement is for South Gate Police Department to take care of everything.

“The information they (police) received was vague,” Martinez said. “We are taking precautions. I didn’t send out an alert to avoid spreading panic.”

Students and professors called Martinez’s decision to not place the school on lockdown irresponsible and dangerous.

A large number of students were unaware of the potential danger and continued to walk around campus.

“We tried to go back on campus, but they (deputies) weren’t letting anyone in. They stopped us to see who we were,” student Jose Velazco said. Velazco was by the south gym with a group of friends.

According to President Martinez, the Monterey Park Police made the decision to tell students to leave campus without informing him.

Professors such as Political Science Professor Jerry Hernandez suggested changing the college’s policy in response to the incident. This change would mean that an immediate lockdown would be issued if campus personnel observe weapons drawn on campus. Martinez was questioned on the effectiveness of the school’s emergency alert systems.

Martinez said more buildings will soon have speakers and faculty will have their own key to lock the doors in case of a lockdown.

Hernandez brought up a similar incident that occurred during the summer when administration failed to enforce a lockdown. “Six months have passed since the summer when we had the false alarm, and in all that time we haven’t gotten any closer to the speaker problems,” Hernandez said.

Martinez assured that in future emergencies he will instantly place ELAC on lockdown to secure the safety of its students and faculty.

The East Los Angeles Speech Team presents award winning selections of comedy, drama and poetry at the Center For The Performing Arts Proscerium on December 8 and 10 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8.50.

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ELAC chosen for law school program

BY JAVIER LOPEZ Staff Writer The State Bar of California recently chose East Los Angeles College to participate in the Bar’s “Community Colleges Pathway to Law School” Initiative.

Now that the program is recognized by the state, members at ELAC get priority consideration at participating law schools. The program also provides students with many other services and opportunities that help demystify law school their brochure says.

Through the Pathway to Law School Transfer Program, students are given the chance to visit law schools. Ehecatl “Palabra” Rojas, a member of the program, said they have “gone to the law school at UCLA” this semester. At UCLA they met with law professors and got to sit in on a lecture, Rojas said.

During their visits to law schools, members are also given the chance to meet students who are already attending law school. “Meeting with other law students encouraged me to apply to private universities,” Evelyn Rodriguez, president of the Pathway to Law School transfer Program said.

Members have also been able to meet up with the Mexican American Bar Association.

The students met with attorneys who also come from low income communities to talk about how students can achieve their dreams of going to law school.

Students also go to moot court competitions, bar events and Scholarly presentations. Members of the program are provided with a chance to meet with law students and students at ELAC who are interested in law.

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Christine Rodriguez coordinator and founder of the program here at ELAC said that the program has given her and other members “a lot of insight into the process of how to get into law school.”

The program also serves as a safe and supportive environment for students who share the same goals.

Rojas said that “building strong relationships with peers.” is a great benefit that the program provides.

Finding others who are interested in giving back and helping the community is one of Rojas favourite part of the program.

“They do a pretty good job of supporting each other,” Rodriguez said.Rodriguez is also working on getting the members of the club, such as attorneys or judges, to further guide students on the right path to law school.

She has decided to do this even though the State Bar of California does not require it.

Getting into the initiative was a process that was worked on by members of the program and Rodriguez. “the members helped by submitting letters of support,” Rodriguez said.

The President of ELAC Marvin Martinez also supported the program.

The Pathway to Law School Transfer Program serves as a way to guide people of color into law schools, as said by Rodriguez.

There are requirements to join the program. One must be assessed in English 101 and Math 125 or have completed the courses.

Members must also take Sociology 14 and Math 227 or 260 at the convenience of the student.

Most importantly, members must have and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA.

This is the last issue of the fall 2015 semester.

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EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE CAMPUS NEWS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015

Editorial

Security system puts Elans at risk The East Los Angeles College community is put at high risk because of lack of organized emergency responses.

Given the recent school shootings within the United States in the last year alone, it is of great importance to have safety locked in place so that ELAC will not be a victim of tragedy in the future.

On the evening of Nov.24, while students, faculty and staff were active on campus, the Monterey Park Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department responded to a rumor of an active shooter.

It was reported that two Hispanic males, one wearing a blue shirt and black shorts, were hanging around by the South Gym. The anonymous caller said one had a gun.

Exits were blocked by the South Gym on Avenida Cesar Chavez and Floral Drive and police were on standby with body armor and weapons.

Students, faculty and staff roamed the campus unaware of the potential danger.

ELAC President Marvin Martinez did not declare an official lockdown despite police initiating lockdown procedures.

Some students, faculty and staff arriving for evening classes were told that classes were canceled.

This put even more people at risk, especially as many cars tried to leave the parking structures at once.

Had it not been for people outside of campus texting those in classes or for social media outlets, such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter,

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most students, faculty and staff would not have known about the potential threat on campus.

President Martinez said in a faculty meeting Thursday that the reason why he did not call for a lockdown was to avoid panic.

The lack of information and response demonstrated in the recent threat, has given students, faculty and staff a reason to panic.

It is irresponsible to not follow through on proper emergency responses, especially in cases where police had weapons ready.

During the meeting, faculty also said that students do not feel safe and action needs to be taken to

insure that a future tragedy does not happen.

This summer, a similar incident occurred with a vague description of two Hispanic suspects, similar to the suspects that were described in the recent threat.

As in the recent case, students, faculty and staff were not notified properly. Apparently nothing was learned from that incident.

Loud-speakers that surround the outside campus and also inside some buildings are supposed to alert the campus of any threat, but not all classrooms have working loudspeakers for this purpose.

Also during the summer session

emergency, the volume of the loud-speakers was turned down and students were not able to hear the alerts.

They had been turned down for some time due to complaints from the surrounding neighborhood.

On Thursday faculty also said the South Gate campus is not properly equipped for emergencies such as fires and earthquakes, let alone an active shooter.

There is no loud-speaker set-up as used on the ELAC main campus.

Martinez’s plan of action is that the South Gate Police Department will handle it if such a situation occurs.

Students, faculty and staff have

signed up for emergency texts and email alerts for situations like these.

T h i s e m e rg e n c y r e s p o n s e procedure, however, was incredibly inconsistent in this case.

Some students got a text only after it was over, while others didn’t.

Administration must decide to send an alert during times like these.

It is the responsibility of President Martinez and the administration to provide a safe learning environment for the ELAC community.

Without proper response to emergencies, this will only keep students, faculty and staff in panic and fear, an ultimate distraction in higher education.

Cooking: useful life skill

BY ELIZABETH TOY Staff Writer Whether you’re trying to save money, lose weight, change your diet for health reasons, impress a date or show some love to your family, cooking is a surefire way to do it.

Co-Host of “The Great British Bake-off,” Mary Berry believes that children should be able to cook at least 10 meals before they leave school.

B e r r y ’s o n t o s o m e t h i n g , considering how many meals we eat throughout our lives.

It’s hard to disagree in our culture of drive-thrus, fast food takeout and the obesity epidemic that many find difficult to address.

Some may object that they don’t have time to cook, but in the 30 minutes it takes to call in, wait and drive to pick up a take-out order for dinner, one could have a healthier, cheaper and just as tasty meal ready in the comfort of their own home.

With so many resources available today, there really is no excuse not to know how to cook at least a few basic dishes.

Professional cooking shows, amateur chef videos online, food and cooking blogs, open forums and recipe sites that offer user reviews all contribute to the endless mass of instruction for even the greenest of rookies.

Living in Los Angeles exposes its residents to a world of food. Ours is among the most culturally-diverse, societies not, to mention one of the best foodie cities in the world, which makes for a variety of food available right in our backyard.

While restaurants are the most obvious and easiest option, we can’t forget about the various ethnic markets just a hop, skip and a jump away.

I was surprised to find that fellow students don’t know that the butcher in the meat department of a market can and will advise you on how to cook a piece of meat if you ask.

The seasoned staff in the produce department can teach you how to pick ripe fruit and discern fresh vegetables from those past their prime.

On top of controlling what and when you eat, cooking allows you to be creative and self-sufficient, not to mention picky, if you have discriminating tastes.

Living in a cosmopolitan city, it’s a given that restaurants will cater to various diets, offering gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, vegetarian and vegan entrees, or extra cheese, extra hearty and Animal-style everything to our orders.

Little do people realize that their kitchens offer the same options, which can be especially convenient at 3 a.m. when you don’t feel like having another burrito or eating at Denny’s.

Allergic to nuts? Omit them.

Don’t like the taste of cow’s milk?

Substitute it. Love cheese? Add it in.

Being the master of your own kitchen gives you the power to decide exactly what you eat.

On top of that, who doesn’t love a great cook? We all appreciate our parents and grandparents who know how to make the best Pozole, fried chicken, pho bo or lasagna.

Becoming a great cook doesn’t come without practice.

Amateur cooks can take advantage of learning from their elders, which often comes with the added bonus of learning about their ethnic roots or a family story as well.

Cooking is a great way to preserve traditions and culture within the family.

Although it might take some time and planning to cook, ultimately the rewards and life skills reaped make it worthwhile.

As people learn to cook, they will also learn shortcuts to save time, money and may even open their palates to try new ingredients.

What better aha moment than trying a food you never knew you loved because you were too uncertain to order it?

Cooking allows people to experiment for a fraction of what it might cost them at a restaurant.

If they hate it, they never have to eat it again. If they love it, they may just decide to make it an everyday staple.

Wi t h t h e w i n t e r h o l i d a y s approaching, we have the perfect opportunity to spend some time with family, friends or Youtube to learn a few basic dishes or meals.

Cooking is a life skill that will always come in handy, and you can count on it that cooking something yourself will almost always be healthier and cheaper than buying it at a restaurant.

Besides, ramen and scrambled eggs taste better when they’re made on the stovetop.

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Elan finds gold at construction was the fact that I kept saying, “I no Black, I like you. Burritos. Quinceblah. Tio.”?

I tried sneaking onto the Construction on campus is all construction site at night. At around a lie. The world is ending. This 3 am, I snuck onto the campus with reporter has found the truth in quite the cover of night. the mysterious way.

Well, there really aren’t any gates On Monday , I came across an like K-12 schools, so I just briskly interesting conversation when I pass walked in while eating a sandwich. the construction site.

I found the gate to the construction “We found an even larger bedrock site slightly open, so I went right in sir. With this, we can truly see our while listening to Tim McGraw in dreams come true, sir.” The other my headphones. man said, “Shut up and get back to I went into the building’s first work!” That man was obviously the floor like a ninja walked and around boss. This needed to be looked into. without a sound. However, my butt The investigation began when an did not agree to stay silent. unknown Hispanic worker left the That asada burrito was a menace site and a question was asked by to the operation. After going to myself, “What exactly the hell are the bathroom, I continued looking you people hiding from everyone!” around the building until the I was very subtle. The unknown basement was found. There, lying man responded with, “I don’t speak in wait, were two serious looking English.” construction workers wearing I believed he might be telling the sunglasses. truth until he looked down and said, They had to be evil to wear “Nice shoes, b***h.” Obviously sunglasses at night in a dimly this made me second guess whether lit passage. I knew I was onto he was telling the truth or not. The something. investigation had to go deeper.

After getting past the sunglasses The next day, an infiltration men using ancient martial arts and a operation was put into action. 2 by 4 found on the construction, a S o m e h o w t h e d i s g u i s e w a s secret passage that sloped very deep discovered immediately and police was found behind them. were called.

It took about an hour to finally I was dismissed and sent away. I reach leveled ground and a narrow have no idea how they immediately cave that was supported using found me out. Maybe it was the metal beams. After another 10 fact that the construction outfit was minutes and updating my Facebook, bought at a sex shop? Or maybe it I reached a large expansive cave. www.ELACCampusNews.com

BY ROBERT FLOWERS Staff Writer

Inside all around was untainted gold everywhere the eye could see.

Suddenly, from behind me, slow, repeated claps came. I turned to see the East Los Angeles President and five large goons around him.

They were all wearing sunglasses including the president. The principal said, “Congratulations student! You have found me out.” I responded with, “How do you know my name!” The president returned with, “I never said your name.”

He must be a master of wordplay.

He then began to tell me that when the original construction crew dug too deep they found gold and he had them killed and replaced with a mercenary group from South America.

He had planned to use the gold to build his own school-country and later take over the world. I didn’t know what a school-country is, but I didn’t like the sound of it. How did he find a mercenary group?

Craig’s List?

After the president long, boring monologue, only one question could be asked, “So what are you going to do with me?”

The president laughed and said, “What do you think?” We stared each other down. At least I think so.

After about an hour, the principal broke the silence with, “I’ll let you go.”

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Pastor travels to Iraq to help refugees

Bible says in the Matthew 28:18-20 and Acts 1:8,” Manzo said.

Before Manzo became an assistant pastor, he didn’t care to go to church. It was at East Los Angeles College where Manzo was invited to a Baptist church.

According to Manzo, after the first time he attended that church, his life changed completely. Since then, Manzo has developed a desire to help people with different needs.

Manzo recently started to attend ELAC after taking some

semesters off.

Growing up as a kid, Manzo wanted to pursue his dream of being a professional skater, but destiny had a different route for him.

Manzo was 19 years old when he first started to attend ELAC, but

when he was in his 20s, he began to work for Fuel TV. According to Manzo, becoming a pastor was the last thing he thought of.

“I didn’t want to become a pastor because being a pastor take up a lot of responsibility, but God called me,” Manzo said.

Many youth members at CCM look up to Manzo and admire him.

Jeremy Solis, a member at CCM, says that Manzo has always has helped him a lot in times of struggle.

“He’s the person I go to when I struggle because he always has an lightening word for me,” Solis said.

Although Iraq is one of the toughest places for an American to travel, Manzo has inspired youth members of this church to go Iraq.

“I wanted to go with him (Manzo). I told him that he should plan a youth trip so that all of the youth from church can go to Iraq,” Rebecca Mendoza said.

Mendoza has gone to many countries on missionary trips with Manzo, such as Japan.

Manzo begins his trip to Iraq in January and hopes to bring a word of comfort to the Iraqi refugees.

“Most of these children are being taken by ISIS and trained to become killers,” Manzo said.

His desire is to plant hope in the hearts of the Iraqi refugees and bring love to all children and their families.

“The majority of these kids, their parents were killed by ISIS. We are going to be able to go to the orphanages and share hope and love through the gospel,” said Manzo.

“When I first started teaching, agreements with UCLA and UC 80 percent of the students were Irvine,” Spangler said.

Spanish speakers and around 20 Spangler was the sole director percent were Chinese. Now it’s of the program and found it to be the opposite and 80 percent are more and more difficult to take Chinese speakers and 20 percent are control of the program as it grew Spanish,” Spangler said. bigger. The program increased from Te a c h i n g 250 students when students from Spangler first became various parts of the director to 350-400 “I want to do world has taught students now.

Spangler about “My responsibility some traveling. different cultures. was to schedule honor There’s so many classes that students “That was part things I want to would take that would of the reason why I didn’t want to have critical thinking do now that I leave. There was and critical writing finally have time that would prepare the always something new to learn and students with the skills for it.” that’s why I loved they would need when it here at ELAC,” they would transfer Spangler said. out,” Spangler said.

SUSANNE SPANGLER Apart from Since the Honors ESL professor teaching ESL, Program did not have Spangler was also an official office, it hired as the Honors w a s d i ff i c u l t f o r Program director in 2001. students who had questions about The Honors Program is a program the program. set to provide an easier pathway for Spangler had been working with students who want to transfer from architects for the past 10 years to a community college to a university. come up with a plan on how to “UCLA created this program design a new Honors Program office 30 years ago in 1985. So we have that will be located inside one of special arrangements and honor ELAC’s new buildings.

“I will definitely be back to look at the new buildings. I’m especially excited to see the new Honors Office. The Honors Program has never had an office, the director of the program has always had to use their desk from whichever department they were from, which made it very difficult,” Spangler said.

The building will also feature a student lounge where Honor Students can gather or representatives from universities can give presentations. It is set to open in spring of 2016.

“When it opens up, the Honors Office will really be what I put together. People are saying ‘Why are you leaving now?’ but I think it’s actually a good time right now and probably best for the new director to come in and take over,” Spangler said.

Nadine Bermudez, a Chicanostudies professor at ELAC, is set to take over Spangler’s spot as the Honors Program director.

Spangler has been coming back to ELAC on and off since her spring semester retirement to mentor Bermudez.

Wooi Ong, an Asian-American studies professor at ELAC, will be

helping Bermudez as the program coordinator. This will be the first time the program has a coordinator.

“That was great fun. I really enjoyed working with the Honors Program. I was working with a strong transfer audience and I know Nadine and Wooi are going to do great,” Spangler said.

Spangler also helped create a statewide honors research conference at UC Irvine which allowed honor students from all over California who have written a research paper to go to UC Irvine and present their work.

“It’s a very prestigious program.

ELAC held a similar event this past Saturday which was actually modeled after the program,” Spangler said.

Spangler was also in the process of trying to make women’s studies a major at ELAC. “I had one student who transferred out as a women’s studies major and I said ‘How is that possible, when we don’t have that major here?’ and the student said ‘Yeah why don’t we?’ And I said ‘You’re right why don’t we?’ So I started talking to faculty and they liked the idea,” Spangler said.

Women’s studies is still in

the process of becoming a major and is only waiting for state approval.

“Last year we thought we were going to get approved, but then there was a glitch in the system and we had to wait a whole year. So we’re hoping this year we get approval,” Spangler said.

If approved, ELAC will be the first campus in the Los Angeles Community College District to offer a women’s studies major.

Spangler has found her retirement to be a bittersweet moment and even her colleagues were surprised to find out.

“When you have worked in one place 35 years you establish relationships with everybody.

Not just with students, but with faculty members, everyone,” Spangler said.

Spangler and her husband, who is a banker, decided to retire the same year and have plans to travel and volunteer for foster youth programs.

“I have a big interest in genealogy and opera. My husband and I want to do some traveling and I’ve gone to a couple of genealogy conferences. There’s so much I want to do now that I finally have time for it,” Spangler said.

BY STEPHANIE GUEVARA Staff Writer Traveling around the world might be common on a person’s bucket list, but less common is traveling to Iraq to help refugees.

East Los Angeles student Raul J. Manzo, 38, is an assistant pastor at Calvary Chapel Montebello.

He became interested in going to Iraq after discovering that Iraq had one of the world’s largest refugee camps.

After three years of praying about this interest, Manzo saw an opportunity to travel when he went on a missionary trip to Thailand.

In Thailand, Manzo met a missionary, who works with an organization that helps fight sex trafficking.

He was also planning to make his next trip to Egypt and Iraq.

Manzo saw this as the perfect opportunity to fulfill this desire to help refugees.

Manzo has traveled to different countries with his church to help out people in need, but going to Iraq will be one of the craziest trips, according to members of his church.

According to Bethany Castillo, a member at Calvary Chapel Montebello, CCM, Manzo is a person with great boldness because he is going to Iraq.

“This trip has been on Juny’s (Manzo’s) mind for a long time and God has given him the boldness to go to Iraq,” Castillo said.

Castillo has traveled with Manzo on missionary trips and says it is

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BIBLE STUDY— Pastor Raul J. Manzo leads Awakening, his young adults’ ministry at Calvary Chapel Montebello, in a Bible study covering Malachi 2 on Sunday Dec. 6. a blessing to be able to travel with him.

Manzo lives on a Biblical motto on and that motto encourages him to go to Iraq and help the refugees.

“One of the reasons why I want to go to Iraq is because of what the

ELAC professor retires after 35 years of teaching

BY STEPHANIE GARIBAY Staff Writer

Former English as a Second Language professor Susanne L. Spangler has devoted 35 years to teaching ESL at East Los Angeles College, but she is now saying goodbye to ELAC as she has retired.

Spangler started teaching at ELAC in 1980 and was the first full time ESL professor to be hired.

Before teaching at ELAC, Spangler was also the first ESL professor LA Trade Tech. She was also hired as a substitute for West Los Angeles College and taught English, ESL and German.

Since Spangler was only teaching part time at LA Trade Tech, when she heard ELAC had an open position available, she decided to apply.

“I interviewed and the interview went well and they were looking for someone who had a strong background in ESL since the program was still new at that time,” Spangler said.

As an ESL professor Spangler taught students from all over the world.

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ELAC professor strives to be best-selling author, actor The University of Minnesota played all his books on tapes to help with Staff Writer his learning disability. He was always challenged when he read Robert Johnson, a public speaking lines because of his disability but he still wrote his own professor books. at East Los Johnson studied A n g e l e s to become a College, is on lawyer while he a journey to attended college. make his acting He earned multiple career a success degrees in speech while striving and theater from to make his the University published book of Minnesota. a bestseller.

Johnson was Johnson offered an teaches public opportunity at speaking at USC to teach ELAC, but also acting. This has many other motivated him to job. leave home and Johnson pursue his true obtained his Robert Johnson passion. master’s degree Growing up, he was raised at the University of Southern California and undergraduate degree by his mother. Johnson’s father was an alcoholic. He witnessed at the University of Minnesota.

When attending the University his mother shoot his father in of Minnesota, he discovered he had the foot to protect him. His childhood was his inspiration dyslexia.

Johnson never let challenges get behind his story telling.

Johnson has been in Verizon, in the way of chasing his dreams.

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Disney, Bud Light and Jordan commercials. He also directed three films, “Out of the gate,” “Clubbing,” and “Restrained.”

He has published three books, one of which is “How To Survive Speech 101,” This book relates to his job as a professor. Johnson’s most popular book is “Convertible Chocolate,” which is a story about finding true love.

Johnson’s book “Convertible Chocolate,” is based on his life experiences.

“Writing this book gave me the courage to look at the true composition of who I am,” Johnson said.

Being honest with oneself is an essential step in finding true love in Johnson’s book. “I wrote ‘Convertible Chocolate’ because I was in pain and needed clarity,” Johnson said.

Johnson is planning on a late-January or Valentine’s day for the worldwide release of his book,“Convertible Chocolate. “I’m excited about having an exclusive red carpet release here in LA,” Johnson said.

Johnson will be having a book tour to promote his book.

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Former Elan takes NBA by storm

BY BRYCE RONQUILLO Staff Writer Seizing opportunities and making the most of them is what former East Los Angeles College Basketball player and coach Rex Kalamian has done to build a successful career in the NBA. Kalamian has worked 23 years in the NBA, two as a scout and 21 as an assistant coach.

He currently is the assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors out of the Eastern Conference under Dwane Casey.

His coaching career in the NBA has lead Kalamian to work with teams such as the Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers (scout), Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Sacramento Kings and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

His most successful years were with the Thunder, where he spent six seasons coaching under Scott Brooks. During his tenure, the Thunder never had a losing record, reached two Western Conference finals and made an NBA Finals appearance in 2012.

“Not only is he (Brooks) a great coach, he is a very good friend,” Kalamian said. “He is someone I have learned a tremendous amount from and we had a lot of success together,” Kalamian said.

While with the Thunder, Kalamian coached superstars such as Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant and James Harden.

“One of my favorites was James Harden. He was the one I spent the most time with during the season and the summer. We were always together,” Kalamian said. “Russell Westbrook was also someone I really enjoyed coaching because not only was he the biggest competitor I’ve been around, but he kept me sharp as a coach, challenging me to always be at the top of my game and prepared as well.”

Kalamian came from a humble upbringing. Born in Monterey Park, Kalamain’s parents divorced when

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GAME DAY PREPARATION—Toronto Raptors assistant coach Rex Kalamian, right, watches game film with Raptors All-Star Guard Demar Derozan at the Raptors shootaround at Beverly Hills High School to prepare to play the Los Angeles Clippers on Nov. 21. he was still very young. His mother worked very hard to provide for him and his brother, Mitch. Kalamian attended local Schurr High School, but transferred to Mark Keppel High School where he graduated in 1986.

During his senior year, he averaged 18 points per game, which attracted attention from ELAC Men’s Basketball coach Jim McFarland. Kalamian’s freshman year, he averaged 14 points per game. He played at ELAC for the 1986 and the 1987 season.

“I really enjoyed (going to ELAC) because it gave me an opportunity to play. There were maybe other schools I could’ve gone

to, but not have played right away,” Kalamian said. “ELAC gave me an opportunity to be a student and be on the team. It also gave my family a chance to come watch me.”

Kalamian graduated from California State Polytechnic U n i v e r s i t y, P o m o n a w i t h a bachelor’s in business management.

Kalamian started his coaching career at ELAC as a grad-assistant under head coach Jorge Calienes in 1990. He spent two seasons with Calienes.

“I really enjoyed that first year as a grad-assistant. I knew I could possibly have a career coaching basketball. I didn’t know what level

yet,” Kalamian said.

It didn’t take much time for Kalamian to figure out what level he wanted to work at. He reached out to the Clippers several times to see if there was a possible job opening for him. He called them so much that the secretaries knew him by name.

Eventually, there was an opening for him as an unpaid intern.

“With any type of internship you have to be aggressive, assertive and show the company that you are willing to do anything to learn and become better. That was my approach with the Clippers,” Kalamian said.

Kalamian spent two seasons as

an intern. He said he would do jobs such as tape-recording late night games then driving the film to the coaches homes. In his third season there, Kalamian got a full-time job with the Clippers as a video coordinator and scout.

His hard work and the relationships he built with the Clippers did not go unnoticed. In Kalamian’s fourth season, Clippers head coach Bill Fitch made him an assistant coach for the 1995 season. Kalamian went on to spend eight years with the Clippers. “(Fitch) taught me so much. I really learned the game under him, especially how hard you must work

to be really good at this profession,” Kalamian said.

Despite living a life of constant travel while coaching one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference, Kalamian has not forgotten his roots. He grew to love basketball during his childhood living in Monterey Park.

“I was always looking for a game. Whether it was at the school playgrounds, a park or a local gym, I was always playing. I became a basketball junkie,” Kalamian said.

Kalamian’s ultimate goal is to be a head coach in the NBA. Even though he lacks NBA playing experience, he does not believe that affects him.

“I can make up for my lack of NBA playing experience by outworking everyone and being the most prepared,” Kalamian said. “One of the best coaches in the league, Gregg Popovich, never played in the NBA. I know that I am a good coach, a fair coach and I know that I help players develop.”

While at ELAC, Kalamian met his wife Patsy, who was the statistician for the basketball team.

They have been married 16 years and have two kids, Mason, 14, and Ella, 10. His family currently lives in Oklahoma City while he is in Toronto.

“The one downside of this job is that it takes away from family time,” Kalamian said.

Kalamian offers words of wisdom to his fellow Elans.

“It does not matter where you come from. What matters is how hard you work to get where you want to go. Regardless of the school you go to, you create your own success. It’s all about how much you are willing to sacrifice to learn and get better,” Kalamian said. “Who would have thought that somebody who played four years of high school basketball, two years of community college basketball and is from East Los Angeles College would have a 23-plus year career as an assistant coach in the NBA?”

ELAC instructor breaks borders Hernández Ríos said.

During high school, her mother Staff Writer experienced health problems and could no longer support their family.

From the outside, Casandra Soon Hernández Ríos and her Hernández Ríos is youthful with brothers moved in with their aunt comfortable style. But beneath her and put her dreams of college on glowing exterior is a young woman hold for two years while she worked who has endured her share of cross- to support the family.

“It was a low point in my life. I cultural and financial hardships, and who is still discovering more about didn’t even think about college,” Hernández Ríos recalls. herself.

As she matured and saved As confident and put-together as m o n e y, h e r Hernández Ríos dreams of college appears to be, she resurfaced, wasn’t always though she certain of her anticipated path in life. With hardships beginnings as an especially undocumented because she was M e x i c a n still contributing immigrant, to her family.

Hernández Ríos Hernández Ríos and her family began to study came to America Journalism at illegally when she East Los Angeles was three years College. She old and lived tried to focus on with her family sciences, but took in Riverside, English courses speaking only CASANDRA HERNANDEZ as electives for Spanish. fun. She soon Hernández RIOS realized, “You Ríos always loved writing in English. “Writing was my can't get away from what you’re comfort. Whenever I needed to get meant to be.”

She transferred to California State away, I would write,” Hernández University Long Beach, where she Ríos said.

During high school, Hernández double-majored in English and Ríos began to notice differences in Creative Writing. Although she privilege and materials things as she enjoyed her studies, she was secretly depressed, wondering, “Why am I compared herself to her peers.

On a deeper level, she also began investing in myself if, in the end, to piece together the puzzle of I don’t have a work permit to do her background, which was never anything with it?”

Following Hernández Ríos’ clearly explained to her.

“I didn't know fully my legal graduation, she was accepted into status until the beginning of high CSULB for a master’s program in school, but then it all started to creative writing, but didn’t qualify make sense. (My mom) never for in-state tuition, despite the fact wanted us to go on field trips or that she had paid in-state tuition for do anything exciting. We never her undergraduate studies.

“It crushed my soul that I couldn’t traveled,” Hernández Ríos said.

She soon realized her status as an go because of financial reasons. I illegal immigrant, the biggest reason was undocumented and didn't have a for her newfound awareness. “I was social security number,” Hernández still trying to reconcile and it was Ríos said.

Disheartened, she wrote her the beginning of a new life for me,”

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letter of declination.Two days later, she received a call from Suzanne Greenberg, a CSULB creative writing professor.

“She asked me, ‘If you could pay in-state tuition, would you join the program?’ I told her, yes, that was the only reason I wouldn’t go,” Hernández Ríos recalled.

The university accordingly funded her out-of-state tuition fees. During her two-year master’s program, Hernández Ríos attended the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ (AWP) workshop in Seattle, where she discovered she wanted to become a teacher.

“I never wanted to be a teacher, but this workshop changed everything.

It’s really important that my students see themselves, a person of color, in their teachers. That’s why I want to teach,” Hernández Ríos said.

Hernández Ríos obtained her work permit and applied for Deferred Action, an American immigration policy that allows certain undocumented immigrants to receive a renewable two-year work permit and exemption from deportation. Hernández Ríos feels her time in grad school was a pivotal point in her life. In retrospect, she believes it is through writing that she began to find out who she is.

“I didn’t choose to come to America, but I’m here now,” she said, “Maybe that’s the reason why I didn’t want to be seen. I used to lie and say I’m from here to avoid questions. But I’m not afraid to show who I am now.”

Currently, she is still not “100 percent legal,” but feels more secure in her status. “Now I feel braver to say I’m Mexican, born in Mexico, I speak Spanish, I write about my culture and I want to expose (people) to that,” Hernández Ríos said.

With that, Hernández Ríos shares wisdom from her experience, “It’s your life. Do the thing you love, because you don’t want to regret not doing it.”

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Students give their creativity a voice

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Movie screenings from a galaxy far, far away

BY ROGELIO ALVAREZ Staff Writer

Open Mic Poetry Night, hosted by the English Club, provided students and guest speakers the opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings through poetry and short stories.

Despite the cold weather, there was a huge student outcome at the event. English Club members were surprised at the turnout of students.

At least 40 students and a few faculty members were present at ELAC Gardens, eager to listen to the two guest speakers, author Carolina Rivera and ELAC Alum Matthew Mejia.

“There was a lot of talent and a lot of heart, definitely. The messages spoke true to the audience and that’s the ELAC students. A lot of our frustrations, our dreams, our life experiences, they all kind of interconnect,” ELAC student Anthony Lopez, said.

The event began with the English Club President Johnnie Mora arriving with free coffee and pan dulce.

The combination of coffee and pan dulce was satisfying on a chilly night last Friday.

The audience patiently waited while English Club members promoted free snacks and free used, old-editions college textbooks.

Some of the students in the audience received extra credit for attending.

“Even if it was for the extra credit, they’re going to go home with the sense of art, sense of artistic feeling,” Lopez said.

Former ELAC Alum Matthew Mejia paid tribute to his parents with a heart-warming poem titled “Let the Rain Sing You to Sleep.”

His parents were in the audience and smiled at the sound of their son’s inspiring words.

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APPRECIATION—Alum Matthew Mejia recites a poem he wrote for his parents, inspired by the title for an essay he wrote at the ELAC Garden last Friday for the Open Mic Poetry Night.

“My parents came and they don’t come often so I wanted to read the one I wrote to them,” Mejia said.

After a quick introduction from the club president, the first guest speaker Carolina Rivera was introduced and shared her background about the difficulties of growing up in civil war-torn El Salvador during the 1980’s.

She read a short story from her book “...after…”

Some of the student speakers voiced their thoughts on the difficulties of relationships and dealing with heartaches.

Students saw the event as a platform to voice their frustrations with politics and disillusionment with society.

ELAC student Joseph Roman had one of the best readings of the

night with a long poem titled “Ode to Westlake MacArthur Park,” about an experience with a homeless man from MacArthur Park.

“I feel like it really resonated a lot, especially with what’s going on with our society in terms of the criminalization of homelessness and the ignorance that revolves around all of those topics,” ELAC student and one of the speakers at the event, Raul Meza Munoz said.

“It was really powerful in my opinion,” Munoz said.

One student responded to presidential nominee Donald Tr u m p ’s r e m a r k s a b o u t undocumented Mexican immigrants with a piece that criticized his allegations.

All attendees were given the opportunity to sign up and share any

poetry or short stories.

According to club president Mora, Open Mic Poetry Night came about through club meetings.

“After tonight’s outcome, there was a lot of people, so I was very happy about that. I definitely want to have another one,” Mora said.

“Make it a regular thing, hopefully in the beginning of spring semester.

Maybe a smaller one in the winter session.”

After hosting a successful turnout, Mora and the English club hope to attract “any author, hopefully other people who’ve been published in Milestone, our school’s literary magazine and hopefully next time we have professors who will be willing to come up (and) either read some of their writing or recite another famous Shakespeare poem.”

The Force awakens at East Los Angeles College with the first three installments of the legendary “Star Wars” franchise.

The Amateur Film Group will be hosting its first “Star Wars” three day event for all students, staff and facility.

“We hope to bring a event that welcomes all students and members of the ELAC family” Amateur Film Group Vice President David Mamcilla said.

The three day screening will be taking place in the lecture hall of the Vincent Price Art Museum.

Each showing begins at 7 p.m. with first come first serve seating. The event will start today with the first “Star Wars” film.

Before the film, there will be trivia about it along with the original trailer of the film.

Like the Wednesday showings, the Thursday and Friday showings will consist of the same activities for “The Empire Strikes Back” on Thursday and “Return Of The Jedi” on Friday.

The group will also have a “Star Wars” themed photo booth with props such as lightsabers and poster board cutouts of characters from the films.

The group will also be selling refreshments like hotdogs, sodas, and water to enjoy during each viewing.

There will also be a costume contest open to attendees.

The group will also be having a raffle with the cost of $3 to $5 for each ticket.

Prizes include T-shirts, posters and other items.

The group hopes to continue with events like this each semester.

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JAZZY JINGLE—Chair of the Music Department Robert Dawson counts in the Jazz Band as they wow the audience with an adaptation of the Setzer Band’s “Jingle Bells” from the 1940’s.

Jazz Band sizzles at Christmas concert

BY ELIZABETH TOY Staff Writer The East Los Angeles College Jazz Band kindled the spirit of the holiday season at the Jazz Christmas Celebration Friday in the S-2 Recital Hall.

Chair of the Music Department Robert Dawson opened the night with a bold and cheeky rendition of “Angels We Have Heard on High,” arranged by Ralph Carmichael.

Dawson conducted the Jazz Band through various songs from the three categories of Christmas music: carols, popular standards and children’s songs, almost all of which he arranged.

The Jazz Band embraced a big-band style of music as they revisited Christmas classics from a cheerfully swinging “Here Comes Santa Claus” to a smooth jazz rendition of “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” featuring Tony Garcia on alto saxophone.

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guitar solo played by Giovanni Verduzco, a jazz guitar major at ELAC. Conventionally heard as a simple and uncomplicated children’s song, Verduzco added dimension and exhilarating flair to the song while demonstrating his mastery of the guitar.

The band indulged the audience in Dawson’s remarkable arrangement of “My Favorite Things,” one of the highlights of the evening.

The band showcased their incredible skills in playing to the complex tempo of the song.

“In music, we have two-four, three-four and four-four time, but this song is in eleven-four (time signature),” Dawson said.

The particularly smooth and simultaneously rhythmic song had audience members swaying in their seats and tapping their feet to the timeless classic.

Featured vocalist Angela Storey delivered a heartfelt and emotional performance of “Where are you, Christmas?” and also scat sung the bridge of an unconventional, but increasingly rich and progressive

arrangement of “Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer.”

Despite the high-caliber performances, Dawson created a comfortable and relaxed ambiance with his down-to-earth personality as he emceed the evening.

In between songs, he divulged personal anecdotes to the audience and shared the history behind some of the music, striking a chord with “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” as he recounted the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

By the end of the evening’s performances, the Jazz Band received a standing ovation with several requests for encores.

Audience members were reluctant to leave the theater.

They remained seated, with several audibly wondering, “It’s already over?”

Dawson and the Jazz Band members took time to meet and greet admiring listeners after the show.

The performance was the last of the season, but First Fridays Jazz will commence again in the spring semester of 2016.

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Basketball schedule Women’s basketball Dec. 18 - Santa Rosa College - Rams Classic Tournament at City College of San Francisco at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 19-20 TBA - Rams Classic Tournament Dec. 27- Merritt College -ELAC Husky Classic Tournament at 4 p.m.

Dec. 28-29 - TBA - ELAC. Husky Classic Tournament *In January-February all games start at 5 p.m.* Jan. 6 - Los Angeles Southwest College Jan. 8 - Long Beach City College Jan 13 - Los Angeles Harbor College Jan. 15 - El Camino College College Jan. 20 - Cerritos College Jan. 22 - Mt. San Antonio College Jan. 27 - Pasadena City College Jan. 29 - El Camino Compton-Center

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HEADS UP—ELAC freshman forward Jordan Elias (left) headbutts the pass from freshman midfielder Alvaro Torres at Weingart Stadium.

Soccer falls short of playoffs

BY STEPHANIE GUEVARA Staff Writer The East Los Angeles soccer team fell short from qualifying to the California Community College Athletics Association SoCal Regional playoff, after ending a tough season.

The Huskies ended the season 9-6-6 overall and 6-5-3 in the South Coast conference.

From the South Coast Conference, only two teams advanced to the playoffs.

According to head coach Eddie Flores, the Huskies had a better team this season than last season “We had a better record and better players but we didn’t make it to playoff,” Flores said.

After winning the last four consecutive games, ELAC was defeated by Cerritos College 1-0 in

a rescheduled game.

Before winning those four consecutive games, ELAC came back from a three-game losing streak.

According to forward Jordan Elias, after the first game against Cerritos, the team’s performance began to drop tremendously. “ After the game against Cerritos the team’s performance began to drop because we had the best defense in the conference and they (Cerritos) scored 5 goals on us,” Elias said.

Half-way through the season, Huskies lost key players due to injuries. According to assistant coach David Garcia, the loss of key players weakened the team in the second round of the season.

“This was the season we had a good solid starting eleven and he had people in the bench, but once we started losing key guys due to injuries, we lost that debt in the

bench. At one point we had about five injuries,” Garcia said.

ELAC starting goalkeeper Brian Paredes suffered a concussion when ELAC played El Camino Compton Center. Paredes collided with ECCC forward. The three consecutive losses came after Paredes’ injury.

Coaches and players have a different perspective on how the season was overall.

According to midfielder Alvaro Torres, the season had ups and downs because of the injuries and because other teams in conference had a bad preseason, which was a major factor why ELAC didn’t qualify for playoff.

“The team had a lot of ups and downs and if we would’ve not had that many injuries, our team would have been in a better position,” Torres said.

Torres also said that the team’s frustration when losing played a

huge factor because the team wasn’t used to losing.

Although the season didn’t end as expected, four players made it to the all-star team and won awards.

Valentin Mercado, Hugo Flores, Aldair Martinez and Jorge Chave form part of the all-star team. Javier Gutierrez won honorable mention.

ELAC midfielder Alexis Cubias and defender Albert Chamagua were also nominated by coaches to the 2015 California Community College Soccer Coaches Association showcase.

According to Flores, the team will have five games scheduled to in spring as preparation for the the 2016 season.

A positive factor for the team will be that the majority of the players will be returning.

“Since 80 percent of the team is coming back, that is a huge plus for us,” Garcia said.

Feb. 3 - Los Angeles Trade Technical College Feb. 10 - Mt. San Antonio College Feb. 12 - Pasadena City College Feb. 17 - El Camino Compton-Center Feb. 19 - Los Angeles Trade Tech Text in bold are home games.

Men’s basketball Dec. 15 - Oxnard College at 5 p.m.

Dec. 19 - Chaffey College at 5 p.m.

Dec. 28 - San Diego Mesa College - Holiday Inn San Diego Mesa Tournament at noon.

Dec. 29-30 - TBA - Holiday Inn San Diego Mesa Tournament *In Jan.-Feb. all games start at 7 p.m.

Jan. 6 - Los Angeles Southwest College Jan. 8 - Long Beach City College Jan. 13 - Los Angeles Harbor College Jan. 15 - El Camino College Jan. 20 - Cerritos College Jan. 22 - Mt. San Antonio College Jan. 27 - Pasadena City College Jan. 29 - El Camino Compton-Center Feb. 3 - Los Angeles Trade Technical College Feb. 10 - Mt. San Antonio College Feb. 12 - Pasadena City College Feb. 17 - El Camino Compton-Center Feb. 19 - Los Angeles Trade Technical College Text in bold are home games.

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