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JULIA CASAS VP of Veteran’s of ELAC

SYLVIA THOMPSON VETS member

PAULINE WILLIAMS Parking lot attendant

VONNIE RICKS Veteran’s counselor

JESSICA PEAK VETS peer mentor

Women veterans establish support network at ELAC

BY IVAN CAZARES Staff Writer The support network Veterans Empowering Through Sisterhood was established this semester as part of Veterans of East Los Angeles College to empower women veterans and reach out to the community.

Members received a tour of the Downtown Women’s Center on Friday after delivering clothes donated by the ELAC community.

“We have 142 (female veterans) who are currently taking classes.

We were providing workshops through the Veterans Resource Center that just weren’t working anymore. We wanted to redo it to be more hands on,” counselor Jessica Peak said.

Peak added that VETS was founded to encourage female veterans to talk about subjects that they might not feel comfortable sharing with their male peers, like sexual abuse.

She said that although men also face hazing in the military, sexual abuse against women is an issue

that needs to be addressed.

Peaks said the issue has gained some media attention and that the military has addressed it.

However, she also said there are many cases women in the military where women don’t report sexual abuse for fear of being discharged and losing their benefits.

The VETS’s visit to the women’s center was its first outreach effort.

However, it plans on organizing clothing drives every semester and supporting other women resource centers that help female veterans.

“I think there are unique challenges with homeless women.

Domestic abuse and violence is huge, even among veterans. They (the Downtown Women’s Center) is reaching out and helping women in that situation,” Peak said.

The Downtown Women’s Center was founded in 1978 by Jill Halverson after she realized the services offered to the homeless didn’t adequately service women.

The day center currently serves around 200 women a day.

Approximately 64 of them are veterans.

It provides resources like clothing, sanitation supplies, peer support and job training.

“Transitioning to a civilian has been the hardest thing I’ve had to do. Being in the military was easy for me. You’re told what to do. You’re told what to wear.

You’re told how to wear your hair.

I was used to the routine,” ELAC student and VETS peer mentor Vonnie Ricks said.

Ricks served four years in the United States Marine Corps managing supplies and was later part of the military police.

She is now studying sociology and hopes to be able to help children who have suffered from abuse.

“I didn’t realize that I needed to be around other female vets until it was brought to my attention. I didn’t think about it. I just went along with whatever the military gave me,” Veterans of ELAC Vice President Julia Casas said.

Casas served eight years in the U.S. Navy working as a computer technician.

She is now studying business

administration and plans to transfer in the fall.

Peak said failing to transition is one of the reasons many veterans end up homeless.

She also gave other reasons can included Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and lack of family support, but in many cases, it’s a lack of knowledge on how to access resources like the GI Bill.

Ricks said that some veterans just don’t feel like they have a purpose after leaving the military.

The GI Bill is a form of financial aid provided to U.S. military men and women after they finish their service in the military to help with school or job training.

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs reported in 2015 that 49,933 veterans are living in homelessness as of 2014.

The National Coalition For Homeless Veterans reportedin 2010 that 3,228 women veterans are homeless as of that year.

The Veterans Resource Center is located in D7. Women veterans interested in VETS can call (323) 415-5052.

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LENDING A HAND—Student and VETS member Sylvia Thompson unloads boxes of clothing donated to the Downtown Women Center by the ELAC community.

Campus community rallies to protest Trump

BY IVAN CAZARES Staff Writer

Students, faculty and staff expressed discontent with President Donald Trump in a “Speak Out” rally organized by the East Los Angeles Coalition for Social Action at G3 Foyer.

Speakers expressed their opinions and presented a call to action in resistance to discrimination, hate crimes and executive orders like the travel ban.

In January, Trump signed an executive order banning refugees from entering the United States for 120 days and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries for three months.

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The order was deemed unconstitutional, incited protests across the country and was ultimately blocked by a federal judge.

A second attempt at a travel ban was signed by the president in March and is facing the same opposition.

The mural “A Biography of Mexican Painting” by Raúl Anguiano’ served as the backdrop for the rally.

The mural portrays several influential Mexican figures and is symbolic of the struggles of Mestizo people.

Posters around the G3 Foyer encouraged attendees to express their opinions and methods of resistance with markers.

This was inspired by the chalk

art produced by East Los Angeles College students on the E3 wall the day after the election.

The crowd of about 100 people locked arms and chanted: “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and protect one another. We have nothing to lose but our chains.”

The chant was lead by an ELAC student from the Dolores Social Justice Program.

“Democracy in the United States is a guarantee of individual liberty and civil rights. We certainly see that under attack today. In my classes, I teach about fascism. What constitutes fascism is extreme nationalism—ethnocentrism that privileges on culture over another. We’re seeing that as a form of policy under the Trump

Screening and Discussions on Race The Delloro Transfer Program, Homeboy Scholars and the Sociology Club will host a screening and dialogue of “13th,” a documentary on the history of racial inequality in the U.S., on Thursday in the Performing Arts Building from 6 p.m to 8:30 p.m.

administration,” political science professor Jeffrey Hernandez said.

Hernandez's call to action was to put aside political differences.

He said people need to stay united in their resistance against Trump’s rhetoric.

He added that U.S. democracy is more important than petty differences.

Sociology professor Rin Kahla encouraged attendees to build community bonds among minority groups, such as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Transgender and Queer, Chicano and black communities.

“I’m not suggesting we forget about our individual struggles.

Start looking around you. The more we are interested in one another, the more we are connected to one another,” Calla said.

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History professor Barbara Dunsheath focused on feminism and the impact Trump’s presidency can have on women’s rights.

She expressed disbelief that someone who publicly boasted about groping women was elected president.

“Women issues are human issues, and human issues are women's issues,” Dunsheath said, quoting Hillary Clinton.

American Federation of Teachers ELAC intern administrator Kenia Alocer, intern Daniel Ortiz and Genesys Sanchez collected signatures for a petition to demand a statement from ELAC President Marvin Martinez on a pro-Trump banquet that the ELAC Foundation was hosting.

Martinez canceled the banquet

Students are invited to the Business Administration open house and workshops on Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in G3 Foyer. Refreshments will be provided and there will be give-aways for those in attendance.

when confronted by Sanchez, and faculty supported her during an AFT meeting.

Earth science professor Steve Tarnoff’s call to action was for attendees to participate in the March for Science protest being organized on Earth Day on April 22.

March for Science is a global movement being led by scientists in protest of recent policies that reject scientific finds that prove climate change.

Protesters in Los Angeles are meeting at Pershing Square at 9 a.m. to march to City Hall.

Attendees signed the petition that was passed around by AFT interns, interacted with one another and requested information from speakers after the rally.

Open House with Social Sciences The Social Science Department is having its spring open house today from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the S2 Theater Arts building. Students can learn what to do with a social science degree and more.

Refreshments will be provided.

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Identifying legitimate news stories

BY SERGIO BERREUTA Staff Writer Recognizing legitimate news sources is an important issue that everyone must acknowledge and understand.

With major media outlets being labeled as fake and online stories growing more and more believable it's beginning to become more and more difficult to distinguish what is real and what is fake news.

The main problem with fake news is that illigitimate articles can spark major controversy with the smallest cases of libel.

Libel is when a publication or any form of news media publishes a false statement that can easily damage one’s reputation.

However, there is a current problem with fake news entering our social media circles.

While there is a bevy of jokes sites and satire news within the media, none of the press outlets that have been deemed false actually are.

The aforementioned news outlets have wrote their stories and articles with the facts given in order to write these stories even though they can be easily lost in the midst of the fake news surge.

Facebook and Google are implementing systems in place to target to bar the real forms of fake news from invading their feeds with the help of mainstream organization.

France and Germany are the first two countries. The terms “fake news” and “alternative facts” only cause harm by making the public not trust worthy of news and information.

In an article from Buzzfeed from last year, fraudulent political news made up a total number of 10.6 million shares in news feed out of the 21.5 million shares analyzed.

These numbers do not take into account the fact whether or not the stories shared were under belief of it being fact or merely for satirical purposes.

There are ways to spot the fake from the reality around.

FactCheck.org has a whole

section devoted to giving a guide on how to point out the fiction from the fact. First and foremost is checking the source.

If the source reads a bit off from the real URL of the site, then it most likely is false.

For example, instead of it saying cnn.com, it says cnn.tv with usually an outrageous headline that borders on merely rumor.

Other sites such as Above Average and The Onion also can fool readers

with legitimate Associated Press style and writers on staff, despite opting for a satirical point of view.

What also helps is reading more than just the headlines.

Headlines are only part of the story by giving you a brief summarization.

If one reads the actual story, one can come across made-up quotes with fictitious people and maybe even written by an author that never existed.

Other interesting notes to look out for are the date of the article and the lack of supportable evidence that can easily be solved with a quick Google search.

If a news piece has a certain bias attached to it, the articles can be deemed fraudulent as well.

Sites have been in place since the beginning such as the aforementioned FactCheck.org to check the evidence within the piece.

Political news itself that seems

fishy can easily be cleared up via PolitiFact.com by checking out all the sources and claims in the article.

One popular site known as Snopes.com originally began to debunk sites for urban legends.

Now, it is devoted to debunking the claims of fake news, ranging from the political to current pop culture.

Media plays an important role in observing those in power and it is essential that they have all their facts straight before publishing stories.

Media take note of those who abuse their power and in many cases can change people's stance on any topic.

It is a right to let people know the truth and with freedom of press.

Many outlets do so and help spread information around.

The right of free speech is granted in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights within the Constitution.

This amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

This gives the people of the nation the right to speak freely, the right to protest, the right to worship freely and the right to the freedom of the press.

Sometimes that freedom of the press and speech can become the fake news given, but it is up to readers to figure out how to sort out the mess.

If nothing is done to combat these claims and the fake news in general, then the attacks will become more constant and will never cease.

So remember, read every single detail about any news story you come across and always research the publishers source. If what you’re reading seems fake, then it probably is.

Identifying and acknowledging legitimate outlets will bring change to what is being published in todays news.

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BY MARIA CUBILLO Staff Writer The lack of knowledge about eTranscript California can leave students unprepared, with high last -minute fees.

Students can save the $10 fee per paper transcript requests.

In December 2012 Michelle Pilati, Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Vice President wrote an article titled “Making the Case for eTranscript California” in which she explains that eTranscript California allows all California Community Colleges to request, view and transmit academic transcripts via Internet with each other and participating California universities. eTranscript needs an awareness campaign at East Los Angeles College.

A transfer student must go to the transfer center and be told about eTranscript California or read wordfor-word the web pages that the universities send via email to be aware of this money-saving option.

ELAC has used eTranscript California functions since May 28, 2013.

The transfer center is seeking to bring more students through its doors and share with those students about eTranscript California.

The home page of eTranscript C a l i f o r n i a s a y s e Tr a n s c r i p t California has supported the work of Student Success Act of 2012 (SB1456), AB1056, and the CCC Education Planning Initiative.

SB1456 goal is to ease the path to graduation and transfer. One of the ways it seeks to do that is by improving the service given by Student Services at each college.

Yet after five years the passing of SB1456, one essential benefit that Student Services can be giving to students transferring is being kept

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When students submit a paper transcript request, the transcript is sent to the designated school and the staff at the school needs to manually type in their information.

The opportunity for mistakes is inevitable. eTranscript removes human error.

Pilati listed some benefits of using eTranscript California which include the more efficient use of college personnel, the reduction paper use, elimination of mistakes from students’ records and easier transition for students from one institution to another.

Paper transcript fraud can cease to exist if eTranscript California is

completely implemented.

He said California State If student services fail to notify University, Northridge is known students about eTranscripts, students to do it in the students’ favor. They should look into it on their own. request the transcript from the Transfer Center Director Kirby community college.

Dominguez said Admissions in I had a different experience. I Student Services handles the went in for an appointment with processing of eTranscript California a pre-admissions counselor. When requests and would know more on she walked me to the Admissions the topic. and Records, I was told that a paper Dominguez said the three distinct transcript needed to be submitted student information systems are not for all community college courses uniformed within the Universities and that ELAC had only sent my of California, California State records from 2008 through 2014.

Universities, and California The experience was frustrating.

Community Colleges.

“UC are a lot more in sync with The lack of uniformity adds to their system, more uniformly.” students not having all the benefits Dominguez said. that eTranscript Cslifornia can give.

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there are nine campuses in contrast to 23 CSUs and 112 CCCs. Students take the short end of the stick when requesting transcripts from the Admissions Office.

A solution is to have a large poster with bold letters explaining the overview of eTranscript California on the door of Admissions.

In the financial aid town hall meeting and workshops, eTranscript California needs to be flagged as a priority.

Let’s share with others the knowledge of eTranscript California.

If you have more questions, speak with the Senior Admissions and Records Supervisor Anna Salazar.

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Financial Aid office provides students advice

BY CHRISTIAN HORTA Staff Writer Students were given financial aid information at the town hall meeting on Thursday from noon to 2 p.m. in front of the E3 building.

The event was able to provide different types of financial aid sources available.

Several financial aid assistants from the Financial A i d O ff i c e w e r e p r e s e n t t o answer questions recording the application process and more.

Handouts with basic information about financial aid was provided.

Jose Cortez, an assistant from the financial aid office, stressed

the importance of applying before the deadline.

“There are less funds if you miss the deadline. If you apply earlier, you may possibly get a Pell Grant, Cal Grant and different grants that we have.

If you apply late, they may run out,” Cortez said.

This year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) deadline was March 2.

Students need to meet satisfactory academic progress requirements in order to qualify for any grant.

Student must have a minimum 2.0 grade point average, complete at least 67 percent of total units attempted and have taken fewer than 90 units.

Additionally, students with

an Associate of Arts degree, or causes them to have a low Associate of Science degree GPA, they will need to attach and a higher degree outside the proof to the appeal packet. It Los Angeles goes through Community a review. Then C o l l e g e a supervisor D i s t r i c t w i l l “There are less funds if will be the one not qualify. you miss the deadline. to determine,” Stephanie said.

If you apply earlier, you Baca Baca of the Information Financial Aid may possibly get a Pell was provided Office said about the Pell Grant, Cal Grant and that students Grant, which is c a n a p p e a l different grants that we a federal grant. their case, Students get have.” depending awarded based JOSE CORTEZ o n t h e i r on financial Financial Aid office assistant circumstance. needs and “ S o m e enrollment students have status. medical conditions. Whatever It is based off the student’s the reason was they had to drop, income. Students are limited

to six full-time years of awards.

A similar award is the Cal Grant, which is a state grant.

This grant is based off a student’s GPA. There are three types of Cal Grants, which are A, B and C. Cal Grant A provides financial aid assistance to students in the baccalaureate degree program at four-year universities.

Cal Grant B applies for those who attend community colleges.

Cal Grant C applies for those who are enrolled in vocational programs.

Information about a change to the financial aid website was given.

Kelly Hernandez, assistant from the financial aid office, said the new system will have

improvements and that students won’t have to come to the office as often.

She said that the new system will allow the student to turn in verification forms, schedule appointments, check financial status’ and more.

The system is exclusive for Los Angeles Community College District schools, and will be effective this upcoming fall.

The event also provided students with a scavenger hunt worksheet in order to encourage students to be active and ask questions.

Prizes such as T-shirts or USB drives were given out. The event was sponsored by the financial aid office.

CSULA Pop-Up Event answers student questions

BY MARIA ISABEL CUBILLO Staff Writer California State University and East Los Angeles College Tr a n s f e r C e n t e r h o s t e d t h e CSULA Pop-Up Event, where students had questions answered yesterday in the E3 quad.

Recruitment specialist at CSULA Francisco Cornelio said ELAC has been the number one feeder school for CSULA Fall 2017 and Fall 2016.

A feeder school is when most students from a community college transfer to the same university. Cornelio said the goal of the event is to foster the historic collaboration between CSULA and ELAC. Other recruitment specialists were available to answer questions for prospects at the Student Information Center.

“Once admitted, talk with an advisor from the college that admitted you,” Bobbie Galaz said, a natural and social sciences academic advisor. Galaz advised that students should meet with a preadmission counselor prior to applying.

“We advise students to sign up for orientation. The sooner, the better.” lead academic advisor

of the College of Arts and Letters Evelyn Espinoza said.

During orientation, the academic department chair and advisors helped students to register for classes at CSULA. Orientation starts in July.

“It was very useful information.

It motivated me even more to transfer to Cal State LA,” Cheryl Brindley said, a rehabilitation counseling major and a computer office system specialist. She is looking forward to inspiring her daughter Justine Brindley.

Disability management specialist Sylvia DeSantis says the on-screen display tries to give the same accommodations the student had with their previous school.

The Veterans Resource Center representatives help students transition from schools during pre-admissions.

Benefits Coordinator Deana Garay said the center also helps in the transitioning period of admissions process and provides their own orientation in additional to the mandatory academic orientation. Garay said 98 percent of veteran students at CSULA are transfers.

ELAC is one of 19 schools in California that is a part of the

VetSuccess on Campus federal program. VSOC is available to military personnel and dependents of veterans or military personnel.

Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor is provided to participants that go through the program.

International admission l i a i s o n Tr a c e y Tr u o n g s a i d o n c e a d m i s s i o n s i s o ff e r e d , the International Office representatives can answer questions for international students and help them fill out immigration paperwork Financial aid advising coordinator Damien A. Mejia said this year financial aid application are being sent in early April. The process has been sped up from last year.

Mejia said if a transfer student is a continuing student from CSULA, they can apply for university scholarships via calstatela.academicworks.com.

For department scholarships, students need to apply through their department.

“Students can ask us questions about majors and basic admission questions. (We also) advise on transferrable lower division major courses,” Siu Leung said, academic advisor with College of

Business adminstration to host open house

BY GUSTAVO BUENROSTRO Staff Writer The Business Adminstration Department will be hosting their first open house on March 24 at G3 Foyer from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.

“We are putting it together for the benefit of the East Los Angeles College students. We want them to know there are classes they can take while they are at ELAC to start their own business,” assistant accounting professor Jennifer Alvarado said.

The purpose of this event is specifically to help students who want to start their own businesses, as well as be efficient in businesses to make a profit.

The Associate Science Transfer degree in Business Adminstration will be offered for the first time this semester.

This degree is brand new to the Business Adminstration Department, where the degree received state approval in December.

The review process is usually lengthy.

The open house is the first for the department and is funded by faculty.

The open house will have 15-minute workshops.

The entrepreneurship focus of this event will also help explain what to do in the gig economy, which is people going to business for themselves.

Each workshop will have a specific focus.

Legal Formatting Issues workshop will help students understand how to separate themselves from business and how that’s important.

Launching & Marketing your Business workshop will help the students understand which opportunity to pursue and how to market that business.

The workshops will also teach students how to price product and services and real estate careers.

Students can also form their own business in information technology.

The open house will teach these skills to make sure students are making a profit, whether they are working in the gig economy or

going into business for themselves.

“We started because there are other careers that we want to merge with. The students can come and know what is needed to be successful in entrepreneurship.

On-demand jobs are coming and they need to be ready for customers if they decide to start a small business,” business professor Laura E. Ramirez said.

While alumni will be present at the event, they will not be presenting at the workshops.

Professor of real estate and law Olivia Anderson and open house committee chair Roderick Lipscomb, as well others, will be speakers at this event.

This event is not just for business majors, but for all students to attend.

“We are specifically reaching out to students in other departments like auto technology, child development, p h o t o g r a p h y, a r c h i t e c t u r e , t h e a t e r, d a n c e a n d m u s i c .

These are people who oftentimes are already working in the community.

They need to know how to make a profit,” Alvarado said.

Third annual animation day at ELAC

BY GUSTAVO BUENROSTRO Staff Writer The East Los Angeles College Animation Program will present this year’s Southeast European Animation Day in the Music Recital Hall on Saturday.

This will be the third year that East Los Angeles College partners up with Cinema Without Borders to present the Animation day.

They will also be partnering up with the Southeast European Film Festival.

The films that will be shown are all animated short films, no longer than 11 minutes. After the films, there will be a Q and A panel.

The panelists include: ItalianAmerican animator Cinzia Angelini, expert Sarah Baisley, editor in chief of “Animation Magazine” Tom McLean, Bulgarian-American concept artist Vladimir Todorov and Iranian-American animation director Noureddin Zarrinkelk.

Mike Libonati, an animator and visual artist that runs ELAC’s Animation Department, will be the panel moderator.

Angelini will give an update on the film she has been working on for 12 years called “Mila.” The film is based on events that happened to Angelini’s mother.

The event will also honor Zarrinkelk for his work in animation and present him with a Life Achievement award. Zarrinkelk was elected to be president of Association International du Film d’Animation by his peers in 2003.

He has animated and directed 16 short animated films.

The event will be from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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LINING UP—College of Arts and Letters academic advisors answer students’ questions

in their booth. Other booths included the other colleges at California State University, Los Angeles.

Business and Economics.

“If a student knows they are transferring to CSULA, go to the academic advisor of their college,” Rudy Ramirez said, advisor from the computer science and technology department. He also said students need to meet with their academic advisor and

develop an educational plan.

“Always good to plan ahead,” Ramirez said.

ELAC transfer center had a booth in the event because “the (transfer) center plays a vital part in helping students transferring,” transfer center counselor Sabrina Pan said.

To t a l k t o a r e c r u i t m e n t representative at ELAC, go to the transfer center and ask when the CSULA representative will be back.

The Office for Students with Disabilities will have informational sessions starting June 2 for enrolled students.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017

Consistency brings followers to Instagramers

BY JORDAN ELIAS Staff Writer To b e c o m e a s u c c e s s f u l Instagramer, a user must be consistent and dedicate time to the media outlet.

An Instagramer is a person who dedicates their time to posting pictures and videos on a daily basis.

Jessica Jalife, who has a bachelor’s in communication, and is a television producer, and Social Media Producer, said that nothing is easy, it is difficult to have a lot of followers but if people work hard, it can be done.

Jalif is also the manager of Santiago Maratea who is one of the most famous Instagramers in Argentina.

Jalife thinks that people have to be constant, work as a team and give the best of themselves.

People have to know the responsibility of being famous.

“If people know how important their work is, can be accountable to the companies that want to contract them. It is possible to get money from appearances in events, free clothing, or even free entrances to nightclubs, as well as many others benefits,” Jalife said.

“Many Instagramers do not have many followers, but work

with many companies because they know how to sell their product,” Jalife said.

“So sometimes companies spend money just in one Instagramer that has many followers, but other companies search and work with others Instagramers that do not have many followers. It depends on each company,” Jalife said.

There are many ways to get a lot of followers. Argentine Instagramer Gregorio Rosello said in Ciudad. com that he started off as a comedian five years ago, doing shows for 15 or 20 people. Then he started doing videos on Instagram a year and a half ago. Now he has more than nine hundred thousand followers on Instagram.

“When I started, I had like two thousand followers, but then other people promoted me and I get like one thousand followers in one day,” Rosello said.

As he continued to post videos twice a day he began gaining up to two thousand followers per day.

According to elmundo.es, a Spanish news outlet, for an Instagramer to get a lot of followers he or she should create a short and attractive username because it is easier to remember.

Elmundo.es also said that it is important to be creative, unique and to have a personal style.

Rosello changed his life with Instagram.

“Now I’m doing my show for three hundred thousand people on Gran Rex Theater. Also, this summer in Argentina I did a show almost every day for 300 or 400 people,” Rosello said in an interview for Ciudad.com.

Since his start, he has found another job in the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in Argentina.

According to sdpnoticias.com, a Mexican website, it is important to use hashtags to define what you will post and people can search you in the Instagram search box.

It is also better for an Instagramer to create his or her own hashtag and use it on posts so other users can know of it.

It is recommended to partner up with another well known Instagramer and post videos together so each others’ followers can increase.

The target audience depends on what kind of videos an Instagramer does.

Instagramers can combine both of their styles into one video. For example a video can be both a comedy and dancing video.

Social media is important nowadays and users can take advantage to become known.

New English Department chair elected

BY FRANCISCO PORTILLO Staff Writer

The English Department faculty elected a new department chair Dr. Ruth Blandón after James Kenny was promoted to Dean of Academic Affairs.

Kenny held the position since 2007.

“Being ... Latina elected as English Department Chair is a tremendous honor, and the vote of confidence is both humbling and inspiring,” Blandón said.

With the current Vice Chair/ Interim Chair Sharon Allerson retiring at the end of the semester, Blandón is to officially take the position on July 1.

“The Jimmy Kenny/Sharon Allerson team was one that we all would have been happy to enjoy perpetually. No one wanted to see this end. I aspire to lead as they did, to help the department grow and flourish, and to meet new challenges head on,” Blandón said.

The new position has demanding administrative work such as meetings that requires one’s full attention.

In order to accept the position, Blandón has to drop three of the

four classes that she is currently teaching.

While excited about the historical aspect of the election, student Vianey Hernandez said the bittersweet news left the students in her 12:10 p.m. class shocked and saddened.

“I was disappointed because she is such a great professor. I had taken her in the past and it’s hard to find a good professor that works with you so much,” Hernandez said.

Blandón decided that she would drop all three of her 103 courses because of the amount of candidates that are qualified to fill her position.

However, the students who are enrolled in her Film & Literature course are not facing any change.

“Those are the classes that many of our faculty teach and they could, therefore, step right into teaching them, thus providing a smooth and fluid transition for the students,” Blandón said.

Blandón has chosen professor Obed Silva as her replacement for one of her English 103 courses.

According to Blandón, some of the students in her class have taken her for consecutive English courses.

“He seems like a cool professor.

We still don’t know his teaching

methods. That could be completely different, but so far he’s been good,” Hernandez said.

Blandón credits her pursuit of a career in education to the inspiration that was provided to her by past educators and the relevance of her work.

“Their passion was infectious!

A passion for teaching, however, must have a source that keeps it all aflame and, for me, this was the fact that every day, my work in the classroom is relevant in a deeply political way.” Blandón said.

“Given these tense and alarming times, we do have new challenges,” Blandón said, “such as student h o m e l e s s n e s s , h u n g e r, a n d immigration status anxiety and insecurity.”

Blandón wants students to be aware of their rights.

She would like to see students use the campus and community resources available to them.

She said that the English Department has extensively sought to reassure students and educate them of the resources available, yet she believes resources are left unused.

“Student success cannot be seen as something separate from student wellbeing. They are inextricably linked.” Blandón said.

Life of James Baldwin commemorated

BY MEGAN G. RAZZETTI Staff Writer What was expected to educate and enlighten through creativity, “ B e a r i n g Wi t n e s s t o J a m e s Baldwin” fell short of its goal last Friday.

The East Los Angeles College Black History Project’s 5th annual production, directed by ELAC Associate Dance professor Wanda Lee Evans, consisted of its usual performers in the dance company JazzAntiqua, choreographed by Pat Taylor, and collaborated with actor and author Charles Reese.

The event was created to commemorate the 30th anniversary of activist and author James Baldwin’s death by highlighting his work through creative media.

The three movements were split up, each having their own topic in which people was hoping that the influence of Baldwin would be highlighted.

The concept was to create a literary salon in which Reese would engage the audience in the performance in order to present the work and life of Baldwin.

Instead it felt like a last-minute rushed Powerpoint one would see in a class presentation.

During the progression of the presentation, many clips featuring Baldwin were played for the audience to hear interviews in which he spoke of social issues.

The combination of these clips were played off YouTube and were not fluid in their transitions.

Reese took parts of an offBroadway play: “James Baldwin: A Soul on Fire.” He starred in and created what seemed to be a one man show.

He started the opening movement, “Wherefore art thou, brother James Baldwin?” by projecting each line from the back of the S2 Recital Hall.

J a z z A n t i q u a ’s b e a u t i f u l dancers graced the stage for brief moments of time, gliding along to jazz instrumentals and at

times Reese’s monologues.

The ensemble should have had more prominence on stage rather than Reese instead of being an afterthought in the performance.

One highlight of the dance numbers, was dancer Jason Poullard who demonstrated strength and beauty as he moved with ease in powerful movements on stage.

The company made up of dancers: IIze Mattson, Bridget Murano, Sarah Platte, Latrice Postell, Laura Ann Smyth, Stacey Strickland and Shari Washington Rhone added a magical element to the dance pieces in their own ways.

The unorganized stage management was an unfortunate and distracting way to share the importance of Baldwin’s influence with the ELAC community.

The event wound down with Reese reading a few excerpts from Baldwin’s book “The Fire Next Time,” which in itself left one with a profound interest in reading further on Baldwin’s works.

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EMPOWERED—Charles Reeves and the JazzanAtiqua Dance and Music Ensemble raise

their fists after the final performance of the fifth annual Black History Project on Friday in the S2 Recital Hall.

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Deep, dark fears awaken in ‘Metamorphosis’

BY FRANCISCO PORTILLO Staff Writer The first play of the semester, “Metamorphosis,” takes a look into one of humanity’s deepest fears: being discriminated upon based on physical differences.

White drapery is placed all around the stage, giving the audience the sense that they're watching a play taking place in a cocoon.

The play is located in P2-205 and the audience is right in front of the action with the actors on the same level as the audience.

The play starts off quickly with the main character Gregor Samsa, played by Christopher Magallanes, waking up from sleep transformed as a beetle.

The special effects used to display his transformation are simple but effective.

As Gregor awakens in his new body, he is only able to move his head. Magallanes brings the character to life as he frantically jerks his head around, trying to figure out what has happened.

When his family realizes that he has yet to join them, they begin to worry about him and decide to

check on him in his bedroom.

Shocked by their discovery, they decide to keep Gregor in his room until he gets better.

His parents, played by, Raffael Chagoya and Ronda Thomas, try to find ways to cope with the new transformation.

For the set of Gregor’s bedroom, the bed is raised upwards which gives the audience a view of the top of the bed.

Magallanes, dressed in a white onesie, embodies a bug perfectly as he climbs all over the bed.

Throughout the play, Magallanes is in different positions on the bed displaying his physical abilities.

Audience members in the front row will be in for a creepy portrayal as he crawls on the floor. Since the audience is essentially on the stage, it may become difficult for shorter people to see over the audience members in front of them.

The play examines the struggles of the Samsa family as they try to deal with Gregor’s new appearance.

His loving sister, played by Ariel Ortiz, tries to ensure that her brother stays alive by looking for ways to feed him.

The play’s subject matter may seem bleak at times, as it chronicles

the tribulations of Gregor as his family tries to come to terms with the situation.

While dark at times, it also manages to provide a good amount of humor.

In the most surprising performance: the female Maid, played by Mathew Shioi, almost steals the show.

Every time the Maid would entered the stage, it brought laughter from the audience. Even when Shioi isn’t speaking, his display of uneasiness is comical.

No longer able to put up with the transformation that has taken place, the Maid requests to be excused from servicing the family.

Upon approval, the maid lets out a masculine shout of glee causing the audience to erupt in laughter and applaud.

Audience members will certainly enjoy the show that runs an hour.

“Metamophosis” will run all weekend until Sunday with matinee and evening showtimes. Tickets can be purchased from P2-101 or on the campus website.

General admission is $10 online and $12 at the door. For Associated Student Union members tickets are $8

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TRANSFORMED— Gregor Samsa, played by Christopher Magallanes, wakes up transformed into a beetle which is symbolic for society’s view on physical appearance during the production of the “Metamorphosis” in P2-205.

Disney transforms classic animated story into live action film

BY CHRISTOPHER REYNOSO Staff Writer

Disney’s live action adaptation of the classic story “Beauty and the Beast” lived up to the hype surrounding it on its release Friday.

As one of Disney’s long-time animated favorites, there was quite a bit to live up to for this modernday remake. While being an overall good film, there is no real reason to compare it to the classic. It is a thing all its own.

Starring Emma Watson ( the Harry Potter series) as Belle and Dan Stevens (Legion) as the Beast, the film takes place in the small French village Villeneuve.

Once the movie finds its legs, when Belle switches places with her father at the castle, it really starts sprinting.

From that moment it becomes a nonstop ride with all the magic that people have come to expect from Disney’s take on fairytales.

The film opens to a grand ball being thrown by a vain prince.

During the course of the ball a storm forces an old woman to seek shelter at the prince’s castle, but he rudely turns her away.

The woman turns out to be an enchantress who curses the prince and his staff, which sets up the plot for the rest of the film.

The beast is cursed unless he can find true love before all the petals on an enchanted rose fall.

This is where Belle, the beauty, enters the picture. She goes looking for her father and discovers that he has been imprisoned by the beast for stealing a rose.

Being the heroine of the story, she tricks her father and takes his place as the beast’s prisoner.

Belle is given run of the castle

by the staff, which have all been turned into household items by the curse, particularly a candelabra named Lumière, voiced by Ewan McGregor, who hopes that Belle and the beast will fall in love and break the curse.

Luke Evan’s introduction as the villain, Gaston, is the first good moment in the film. He immediately steals that scene, and every scene he stars in thereafter.

Watson took a little longer to feel really comfortable in the role.

The first 20 minutes of the film all seemed a bit forced, like the director forced the actors into playing out his vision exactly, rather than guiding them to give the best, most natural, performance.

Gaston is the only thing that stood out from this portion of the film.

Dan Stevens’ turn as the Beast, all done in motion capture, is surprisingly captivating.

His performance took the

audience from unwary caution to absolutely falling in love with him.

The set design and costuming of this film is entirely above and beyond, and will definitely be winning some awards next February.

The film is all so vibrant and real that it pulls more than its weight and makes this fairytale come to life, and differentiates this adaption from the animated classic.

The music is of course great, though there were times when it felt forced and out of place, specifically the first song at the beginning.

Overall this film is definitely an achievement in filmmaking and really impressive considering its pedigree.

Watson charms as Belle, Stevens’ terrifies and captivates as the Beast and Evans makes the skin crawl as Gaston, just the way it should be.

The film is out nation-wide and is rated PG.

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TALE AS OLD AS TIME— Dan Stevens as the Beast, left, and Emma Waston, as Belle, take on a live action role on a timeless Disney classic in ‘Beauty and the Beast.”

Real Estate returns with solid indie tracks after four years

BY FELIPE RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer

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It’s been four years since Real Estate has released a new record and although the band has seen a new lineup, former guitarist Matt Mondanile’s absence demonstrates an unfillable void with its new sound.

Real Estate’s new record “In Mind,” is a solid return from the band’s long break from songwriting.

Following the release of their last album, “Atlas.” Its dreamy riffs and and catchy hooks made them one of the most recognizable bands in the current indie scene.

With primary songwriter Martin Courtney taking full control on this record, not much has changed in response to the band’s basic song structures.

Courtney has always had a simplistic and minimal form of putting together a melody and that’s why their sound really hasn’t seen much change.

Mondanile was an essential mind that brought great ideas into Real Estate’s sound. His departure left the band struggling with trying to maintain the sound they were known for.

With a good start on the track “Darling,” Real Estate demonstrates to listeners that although they’ve been gone for quite some time, they have not drifted far from their roots.

Although the record has its strong hits, many of the songs in this album fail to pack a memorable and recognizable sound.

Many of these tracks feel like fillers and show how Mondanile

was such an essential to their sound.

The absence of a catchy lead riff usually brought by Mondanile, brought songs together and not only added a punch but made them memorable.

In comparison to their last record “Atlas,” one notable factor that made it stand out was the approach on crafting and emphasizing their unique lead melodies.

Many of the songs in this record focus mainly on the rhythm component and fail to really grip listeners with a strong lead.

Another notable thing Real Estate has added in this record is the use of more effects.

Some tracks on this record include different effects that the band has never used before.

Some of the effects that are well

noted throughout the record are the use of auto-wah and unusual phase shifters.

This demonstrated that Courtney brought these new effects in order to fill the sound Mondanile was known for.

Although it was a good change, it does not really own up to what their past records have sounded like.

With Mondanile out of the picture, Real Estate struggles to fill the void their former guitarist had filled in so well.

With that out of the way, “In Mind” is a solid record that has its own fair share of hits.

“In Mind” is available on other platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music. The new record “In Mind” is out on Domino Recording Company.

Drake gives fans ‘More Life’ with new album

BY TIANNA HUNTER Staff Writer ‘More Life’ is the sixth solo album from triple platinum artist Aubrey Graham, better known as Drake.

The long awaited album was finally released March 18 after many push back dates.

Back in October he alluded to dropping another album which many people thought would be released on his birthday, October 24.

After much speculation, Drake published a video on his instagram giving fans a release date.

Drake has hinted at mending a broken fence in a relationship between him and his father. “More Life” would be extremely personal after the album cover was unveiled as an image of Drake’s father.

The album begins with shots being fired in the song ‘Free Smoke’ with industry beef with Chris Brown, Tory Lanez , Kid Cudi and his most known one with Meek Mill.

Drake used the platform of his intro “Free Smoke” as a boastful track that basically says “I'm above these artist and they can't do anything about it,” but also challenging any artist to take him off the throne of rap.

Drake then goes back to his personal side, paying tribute to his

new style and Caribbean roots with song destined to be a summer hit.

Along with the third track of the his next nine songs.

Drake created this twist of album “Passionfruit” which also has modern hip hop and pop with classic a pleasantly smooth feel to it.

This song Caribbean tells fans about sounds through his last album Drake used the platform Drake’s struggle to maintain a ‘Views,’ with of his intro “Free but songs like “One Smoke” as a boastful relationship also his trust issues.

Dance” and track that basically Once Drake got out “Controlla.”

This is seen says “I’m above these of the Caribbean phase, he throws in songs like “ M a d i b a artist and they can’t do o u t “ P o r t l a n d ” featuring popular Riddem” which anything about it.” rap artists Quavo is a song about and Travis Scott.

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The title “Portland”refers to the NBA team, the Trailblazers but Portland is significant to both Scott and Drake.

This song is about those who make a path where there isn't one, these artist describe themselves as trailblazers.

Deeper into the album the song “Teenage Fever” samples Jennifer Lopez’s “If You Had My Love.”

Many feel this song is about Drake’s transition to a relationship from Rihanna to J-Lo. Another song that has received a lot of attention due to Drake telling his story of how he reached his success then used his final verse to bash how nemesis, Meek Mill reached fame by just talking about

“rollies” or drugs.

The only single in this album is “Fake Love” which was released once the album was announced in 2016.

“More Life” established Drake as one of the top active artists of his generation.

It shows diversity and range that many people questioned him for not having or not showing.

He addresses everything from the ghostwriting rumors, burying his rivals, and making catchy songs that'll be stuck in everyone's head for the rest of 2017.

Thus leaving his fans craving for his next album or project. “More time for family and friends.. More Life.”

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017

Track and Field East Los Angeles College had a good day at the Redlands Invite as new personal records from sophomores Dale Wilson, Daniel Lopez and freshmen Pablo Hernandez and Jonathan Quintero were set.

Wilson had an impressive night, as he took first in the 400 meter run and set a personal record of 48.58 seconds, just two seconds from his previous record.

Wilson came in third in the 200m run and set a personal record of 21.88 seconds, compared to his previous record of 22.02.

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Three Huskies set personal records in the 1500m run with Lopez making a time of 4:41. Quintero came in at a time of 4:17. Quintero also set a personal record of 2:03 in the 800m run.

BATTER’S BOX—ELAC sophomore outfielder Morgan Lomax steps into a swing in the ninth inning, before being hit by a pitch on his way to scoring the winning run in yesterday’s 6-5 win over Rio Hondo College.

Baseball averts loss with final play

BY DAN GUDINO AND TIANA HUNTER Staff Writer

Baseball bounced back with a walk-off win at home yesterday over Rio Hondo College, 6-5.

El Camino defeated the Huskies 11-3 and 5-0 on Thursday and Saturday.

In the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded, sophomore right fielder Kyle Francis reached for a pitch outside the strike zone and hit a sacrifice fly ball to right field, scoring sophomore center fielder Morgan Lomax.

There were no runs Saturday until the bottom of the second inning when El Camino’s sophomore centerfielder, Noah Barba hit a groundball to second base bringing in sophomore first baseman Angel Mora scoring one for El Camino.

ELAC tried to keep up by getting batters out, but they were outplayed and El Camino’s offense was too good.

Two crucial errors were made at the bottom of the fourth inning during Saturday’s game that gave El Camino a lead in the game.

The first error made by freshman first baseman Thomas Acuna who missed the throw and caused El Camino’s sophomore designated hitter Ryan Eastburn to get on second base.

This led to an RBI from sophomore center fielder Noah Barba, making the score 2-0, El Camino up.

The second error Saturday was

by sophomore right fielder Kyle Francis who fumbled a hit by El Camino sophomore third baseman Hunter Lewis, causing Barba, who was on second base to score again for El Camino.

Mistakes were made by El Camino that helped ELAC players get on base, but they couldn’t get past third base or score without production at the plate.

Another RBI by El Camino’s sophomore catcher Trevor Casanova and a home run hit by sophomore shortstop Darian Sylvester would keep the score up for El Camino.

Even though ELAC kept the score low for El Camino by striking out seven of their batters, they were stuck on the offensive side.

In the seventh inning a misplay would also cost ELAC and gave El Camino another run, making the score 6-0. El Camino sophomore designated hitter Ryan Eastburn scored the final run on a throwing error by ELAC freshman third baseman Joaquin Castillo.

“It wasn’t a good situation, not enough mental toughness and making adjustments. Getting shut out seven-zip, making four errors and striking out three times with the bases loaded wasn’t a good situation. We just have to bounce back and get ready to play Rio Hondo next week,” said ELAC baseball head coach James Hines.

Yesterday’s game was an exciting walk-off victory.

Lomax has the most stolen bases on the team with 15, and ranks fifth among all players in the state.

His baserunning got ELAC in

position for the win, first by taking a fastball that hit his back putting Lomax on the ground in agony.

He later got up and stole second base, which led to him scoring the winning run.

Lomax tagged third base as Francis’s fly ball was caught, ran home and dodged the tag from Rio Hondo’s catcher as he went underneath the glove, sliding head first for the win.

“Speed has always been my strength. I knew as soon as I got hit by a pitch, we were walking (off),” Lomax said.

Francis led the team in doubles with eight, is one of three players with a home run and finished 2 for 4, with a triple, three RBIs, and struck out twice.

“I knew what he (Rio Hondo’s pitcher) kept throwing. He kept going with sliders away. I knew if he kept going with the same pitches, I would find one. I got one that I reached for and we won,” Francis said.

Francis is getting back into the swing of things because he took a year off last year due to elbow surgery to his right arm. He’s a redshirt sophomore from Redmond, Washington.

ELAC sophomore relief pitcher Richard Escobedo had a notable performance, helping ELAC out of crucial situations in the bottom of the third, with the bases were loaded and struck out all hitters in the fourth.

Escobedo captured his fourth win as he pitched three and a half innings in relief, struck out four,

walked three and allowed two runs on four hits in relief.

On-and-off mist and a light rain threw off Escobedo, who struggled on the mound in the top 6th when the game was stopped for a rain delay. The mound was patched up with sand for footing.

Escobedo, on three different occasions , had to step off the mound as a light drizzle came down and had to scrape off mud from his cleats.

“Its different for each player.

Rain affects players differently.

It depends on the player, whether its grip, footing and mentally. We weren’t hurt as badly by the rain.

We kept doing what we do best and that’s grind out each game,” ELAC head coach James Hines said.

ELAC is now 12-11 overall this season, snapping a two-game losing streak to El Camino and moves two a three-way tie for the North division of the South Coast Conference.

“Its cliche and coaches speak, but we really have to take things one game at a time. The ultimate goal is to get into the playoffs. What needs to improve is being able to duplicate today’s energy into the season. Team chemistry and finding the energy to encourage, and play at a high level is something we need to work on,” Hines said.

Hines is in his 19th season as head coach of baseball, and captured his 400th victory at East L.A. last Thursday against El Camino College-Compton Center.

Swimming and Diving ELAC held a dual meet last Friday against Chaffey College and Los Angeles Trade Technical College.

The Huskies had their best showing of the year. ELAC won eight of the 14 women’s events held in the pool.

The best outing came from freshman Sophia Gonzalez, who won three races, the 100 yard Freestyle, 500 yard freestyle and the 1000 yard freestyle. Gonzalez was eight tenths of a second from swimming under a minute in the 100 yard freestyle.

Freshman Justine Salcedo and sophomore Irene Young, finished one and two in the 200 yard freestyle. Young was fast and finished almost five seconds ahead of second place Salcedo.

Freshman Jessenia Barberena won the 100 yard backstroke, clocking at 1:11.50, finishing four and a half seconds faster than Chaffey’s swimmer.

In the fastest race of the day, freshman Karen Barrera dominated the 50 yard freestyle, clocking under 30 seconds at 28:41.

As a team, ELAC won the 400 meter freestyle relay, was four seconds faster than Chaffey and seconds from being a minute faster than L.A. Trade Tech, finishing at 4:13.29. The Huskies finished second in the 200m medley relay.

ELAC will continue South Coast Conference competition on Friday at 12:30 p.m. at home, in another dual meet against Pasadena City College and Cerritos College. ELAC will also host the SCC Championships, April 20-22.

Softball returns to winning games

BY NOE ORTEGA Staff Writer Softball is on a two-game winning streak after defeating Chaffey College and Los Angeles Valley College 7-3 and 4-1 on Thursday and Friday, while yesterday’s game was cancelled due to rain.

The Huskies won their first conference game in South Coast Conference-North play against Chaffey on Thursday, making them 1-2 in the conference.

“I’m really proud of the team.

We bounced back after a couple tough games, but it’s a season and you can’t lose sight of it. I’m really proud that they regrouped and played well today,” said head coach Erika Blanco after Thursday’s game.

Freshman left fielder Destiny

Avena led the team this weekend with The Huskies got off to a great three runs and an RBI. Freshman start for Thursday’s game as they shortstop Mone’t Manning had two led 3-0 by the third inning and runs and an RBI weren’t letting this weekend.

Chaffey attempt to get back in The Huskies “She (Blanco) just told the game. never put their h e a d s d o w n us to play like we usually S o p h o m o r e a f t e r C h a f f e y play, the Husky way, talk starting pitcher G r i s e l d a comeback. “She it up, don’t get down Vasquez threw (Blanco) just on yourself, make sure for five innings told us to play like we usually you pick up the player b e f o r e s h e play, the Husky was switched next to you and make with freshman way, talk it up, don’t get down sure you have everyone’s center-fielder on yourself, make Samantha back.” sure you pick up Alvarado. the player next Va s q u e z MONE’T MANNING to you and make pitched a total Sophomore Shortstop you sure you have of nine innings everyone’s back,” this weekend said freshman shortstop Mone’t and got four strikeouts and allowing Manning. two runs. Alvarado pitched a total of

five innings and got five strikeouts.

Blanco’s substitutions were a factor for the Huskies victories this weekend, as freshman pitcher Aaliyah Martinez came off the bench and hit three RBI’s.

“It’s something that we’ve had to practice and grow. When you have 14 freshman and that type of scenario gets thrown at you, things can get really tight, and there’s been games in the past that we haven’t been able to shut it down and score, but because we’ve been practicing and just really working on their mental game, they were able to close it out.”

ELAC will host Pasadena City College tomorrow in SCC-North play. ELAC has a record of 14-11 through 25 games, which is a better record than last year’s 9-17 after 25 games.

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